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We're occasionally featured in local and national news media. Here's a few recent articles concerning your favorite camera store!
Excellence in Business Award, 2006
The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Council have chosen to honor Dan's Camera City with their Excellence in Business Award for 2006.
The New York Times
(June 7, 2006) Dan's Camera City has been featured in The New York Times again! They've got a nice picture of our DigiPrint Lounge, and said we're "considered one of the most innovative camera stores in the country". Read the article on nytimes.com
Photofinisher of the Year, 2005
Dan's Camera City has been named Photofinisher of the Year by Photo Industry Reporter magazine. Read the press release
PTN Dealer of the Year, 2002
(September 3, 2002) We're proud to announce that Dan's Camera City has been named Dealer of the Year by industry journal Photo Trade News. Read the press release here.
The Morning Call
(September 9, 2002) Dan's Camera City was the focus of an article in The Morning Call. If you didn't catch it in the paper, you can read it here.
The New York Times
(May 23, 2002) When The New York Times asked Kodak which photo labs were at the forefront of digital technology, Kodak sent them to us. Read the article on nytimes.com


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Daily News Round #1 for September 2, 2003 #2
Daily News Round #1 news post from TweakTown's online news computing and technology content pages for September 2, 2003 #2
- Albatron 848P
Albatron has released a new motherboard today based on Intel's 848P chipset. This chipset emerged quietly recently and carries similar support to the Springdale chipset minus the Dual Channel memory support making the overall cost of the product lower. Full details can be found in our New Products Forum.
With Intel pushing FSB800 processors and market trends showing that consumers are leaning toward DDR400 technology, an influx of Intel 865 based mainboards has hit the market. Although these i865 high-powered (and sometimes pricey) boards have overtaken the top layer of the P4 pyramid of mainboards, a significant portion of the P4 market still remains in the hands of i845 based boards. After launching its own i865 mainboard (PX865PEL-800) earlier this year, Albatron Technology is again aiming to take another significant bite out of the i845 stronghold with the launch of the PX865PE Lite Pro, featuring the recently released Intel 848P chipset. This mainboard was designed to lean more toward i865 performance but is pegged at prices more palatable to the cost conscious consumer.
- Much GPU goodness for Computex 2003
According to Digi Times and their sources, ATI, nVidia, XGI and VIA will all make major GPU announcements at the popular Computex trade show later this month amongst all the hustle and bustle which is Taipei, Taiwan. We've heard similar stories from our sources, too.
Nvidia plans to introduce two graphics processors - the NV38 for the high-end market and NV36 for the mid-range and high-end markets - at Computex 2003, according to sources.
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I know I am not always a patient person. I can be, but there are times when I am forced to wait that seem to just grate on me. When I'm stressed, or in a hurry, I do not want to bide my time. When my plate is too full, my patience starts to wear thin. In any given week, all of us are forced to wait for something that we feel is important to us. I think of those in our church who are anxiously awaiting the news on a medical test. Or some difficulty or crisis has happened to a member of our family, who is far away. We worry through the waiting times to know if they are going to be all right. Our world is in a difficult place of waiting through uncertainty, violence and terror. We eagerly want things to improve, but changing the course of world events seems so far out of our hands.
We begin this Sunday our Advent season, an important time in our church as we prepare our homes and faith for Christmas. We get ready for the coming of God's chosen One, our messiah and Lord, Jesus Christ. Our Advent season is all about waiting. It is a theme that runs through the days and weeks. We look to Christmas when Jesus will arrive and so we live with an anticipation and excitement for the fulfillment of a promise made long ago, that God would send us a savior. We also look to God to bring hope and help to our troubled world. The Apostle Paul uses the metaphor of labor pains and all creation being in labor as God sets us free from decay and sin. The entire creation longs for a new birth and existence, but we are in that time of waiting when it has not fully happened yet. We are left wondering and struggling about what we should do in the interim. Is there a constructive way to wait? Sunday we'll talk about how we do this in an often imperfect world. We'll talk about what we expect from God as we look to Christmas. We'll talk about how we are to live by faith and what we can practice as we await God's arrival. God is always working in our lives. Sometimes it is less visible, but under the surface, God is doing such good things. We live this week in the spirit of gratitude for God's many gifts to us. We worship this Sunday in thankfulness for God's presence and help that is always available. Join us as we come to receive God's grace and strength.
Rev. Dr. David Summers, Senoir Pastor
Paradise Valley United Methodist Church
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Can Anyone please help me how to show shapes like rectangle after a button is clicked in JAVA?
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Can Anyone please help me how to show shapes like rectangle after a button is clicked in JAVA?
Look at the custom painting tutorial: Lesson: Performing Custom Painting (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)
and http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutori...nlistener.html
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The Latest on Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw's®
air has long been associated with virility. Stories abound from the ancient epic literature: hair and strength, hair and wisdom, hair and power. The boomer generation and the spiritual revitalization that it represents has been characterized by the flaunting of hair; recall the smash generational hit, Broadway musical and movie, HAIR! What is the relationship between hair and aging? Is there a direct aging benchmark in terms of the way hair is manufactured in the body that actually decreases or shuts down? In this interview with Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw, the answers to these questions are explored; as well as the less academic but consuming issue for many men and many women: "How can I best defend my hair from the ravages of time?"
DURK: Sandy's always had long hair . . .
SANDY: And lots of it.
DURK: Whereas I have the genes for male-pattern baldness. My father was completely bald on top and in front by the time he was in his mid-30's. So by my early 20's I started noticing that my hair was going away. Much of it was coming out in the comb, and there was a lot less hair on my head.
SANDY: There was, particularly, a thinning section on the crown which is where it typically occurs first.
DURK: So back in the early 70's, I started doing literature searches through the National Library of Medicine database for what made hair grow and what made it not grow; what made it stop growing and fall out. An oral hair-support nutritional supplement and our shampoo resulted. The supplement provides nutrients that maintain your hair. And the shampoo provides repair and bodybuilding capabilities for the hair shaft. The supplement contains a great deal of cysteine. Cysteine is a major structural constituent of your hair.
SANDY: About 8% of your hair, as a matter of fact, is cysteine.
DURK: It's interesting to note that under conditions of starvation, one of the very first things that happens to people is that their fingernails and hair stop growing. That's because you can get along without fingernails and hair, but you cannot get along without other things that contain cysteine, like glutathione and insulin. You will die immediately if you don't have or produce glutathione or insulin, both of which require cysteine. But you can get along without hair just fine, and similarly without fingernails. Cysteine can be found in relatively large amounts in eggs but a lot of people are refraining from eating eggs because of the cholesterol and fat they contain. The supplement has a lot of cysteine, about 700 mg at the recommended dose of four capsules a day. That's equivalent to about three medium-sized eggs, without the fat and cholesterol!
It also contains the nutrient inositol, which is a growth factor and essential for the keratinocyte cells which line your hair follicles and produce hair. It also has other vitamins that are needed for your hair to grow properly including folic acid, plus the amino acid taurine. We've also included the antioxidant vitamin E, and selenium, which are important for proper hair function.
One of the most interesting things that we have in very large quantities is vitamin B2. In the presence of other antioxidants in vivo vitamin B2 can act as an antioxidant. But much more interesting, at physiologically achievable concentrations, vitamin B2 can act as a testosterone 5-alpha reductase inhibitor. Testosterone is converted to dihydotestosterone (DHT) by the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. DHT - produced in the hair follicle as a result of an increased level of the enzyme 5-alpha reductase - is what shuts off hair growth from the growing stage to the resting stage in male-pattern baldness. In male-pattern baldness, there is an aging clock in the follicles that drastically upregulates the production of 5-alpha reductase, which produces more DHT from testosterone produced in the male testicles; at that point, hair ceases to grow and begins to fall out. If you can block 5-alpha reductase with a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, then you can decrease the formation of DHT from testosterone and therefore decrease hair loss.
SANDY: After menopause, this same thing can happen to women. And a lot of women do lose hair in a male-pattern baldness type pattern because their ovaries are no longer producing estrogen. But their adrenal glands are still producing androgens. As a result, you can end up with a male pattern baldness happening in post-menopausal women.
DURK: Now, we're not marketing a cure for male-pattern baldness. If you're bald as a billiard ball, this is not likely to do much for you. Our hair maintenance system should help maintain the amount of hair that you have. In no way do we want to market this as a cure for baldness because, unfortunately, it isn't. Believe me, if we figure out an actual cure for baldness, you'll be hearing from us.
SANDY: (Laughs)
DURK: However, I've noted that when taking the supplement, it really makes a difference in the amount of hair that comes out in the comb. It decreases.
SANDY: It certainly does. Far from going bald, there hasn't been any further loss of hair from the area of Durk's head that was becoming thinned out way back when. He's retained all of his hair.
DURK: On the other hand, if I stop taking the the supplement and stop using the shampoo for about two weeks, the results are really alarming. Huge amounts of hair start coming out in my comb; and it doesn't stop coming out until I go back on the supplement and the shampoo again.
WILL: I've noticed the same results too; it takes a few weeks and my hair becomes much more brittle. I also see hair in the sink in greater amounts.
DURK: Our supplement will also provide you with nutrients that your hair and fingernails need to grow. And we've noticed ourselves (along with the feedback of other customers), that some people can actually double their fingernail and hair growth.
SANDY: Remember that hair normally goes through a growing stage and a resting stage. This is true for anybody, whether they've got male pattern baldness or not. Hair grows in this fashion, on-and-off. You can get more growth when your hair is in the growth phase by providing the follicles with the nutrients that are required in order to make hair. It's that simple.
WILL: How is the growth pattern controlled?
DURK: In part, it is controlled by DHT. That puts the hair into the resting phase. If it stays too long in the resting phase, it'll fall out.
WILL: I saw a Japanese paper showing that riboflavin - vitamin B2 - was particularly effective as an 5-alpha reductase inhibitor.
DURK: Yes. That's why we have 12 mg of vitamin B2 in the four capsules. There's not much point in putting in any more than that because the solubility of B2 is limited in your gut and you can only absorb so much. That's another one of the functions of the niacinamide ascorbate. Niacinamide forms a complex with vitamin B2 that increases its solubility.
WILL: Isn't this a formulation change?
DURK: Yes. Our nutritional supplement has substantially changed, with much larger amounts of vitamin B2 along with the same relatively high levels of cysteine and inositol. Also, we have added taurine, one of the functions of which is to downregulate the oxidation of cysteine to taurine, thereby maintaining more cysteine for your hair. The 250 mg of taurine that you get in four capsules is far larger than you're going to be able to get in your diet; even a principal source of taurine such as red meat.
WILL: What about your shampoo?
DURK: It contains polysorbate 80. And if you want to find out about that, you can read the chapter on baldness in Life Extension: A Practical, Scientific Approach. We are not marketing the shampoo as any sort of a hair restorer. It's part of a hair maintenance system. The manufacturer of minoxidil (Rogaine), according to the Wall Street Journal, was disappointed with the initial sales of the product as a prescription drug. It didn't work all that well, the price was high and the sales were considerably less than the stock analysts had anticipated. After approval for its use as a hair restorer was announced, the market moved up but, after six months of rather lackluster sales, the stock price went down because people were disappointed. One of the things that the minoxidil manufacturer realized was that they were competing against polysorbate shampoos that were making hair restoration claims too. And they did a citizen's petition to the FDA to prohibit any claims being made for restoring hair unless they went through a new drug application procedure, which is what the manufacturer of minoxidil did; but which none of the polysorbate companies could afford.
SANDY: In other words, it didn't matter what in reality proved to be effective. If something was causing hair to grow on bald heads, you couldn't say anything about that unless the FDA approved it. This put expensive hurdles in the way of any company that wanted to make a claim - a truthful claim - for something that was growing hair on some bald heads.
DURK: Not only that; the minoxidil manufacturer did a clinical trial of the polysorbate for six weeks. And they found that it didn't grow any hair. Surprise, surprise! No one ever said it grew hair in six weeks. It takes longer. But that was sufficient for the FDA to conveniently ban any such claims. Not only that, Rogaine won't grow hair in six weeks either.
SANDY: It's another unfortunate part of the FDA, but they always favor the companies that they regulate, the companies that they've got under their thumb. It was a very unfortunate occurrence that anything that may grow hair on bald heads may not be revealed to do so. Unless you've already gotten the FDA's approval to do so.
DURK: I have seen a few people that were really bald on top grow a full head of hair with polysorbate 80 shampoo. However, that is rare; that does not happen with even 1% of the people who use it. What I do think happens is that polysorbate 80 helps prevent further hair loss. That's been my own experience. If I go for a couple of weeks without using our shampoo, a lot of hair starts coming out in the comb. It really does; the amount is alarming in fact.
SANDY: The other ingredient we have in the shampoo is, remarkably, something that hasn't been noticed by anybody in the shampoo industry except ourselves. It's an amazing material that's used in food preparation, actually, in the preparation of dough. It has a particular affect on the binding of various molecules.
DURK: The function and the consistency of dough - the way it stretches and the way it feels when you squeeze it - is due to cysteine-cysteine interactions. That's what produces the structure and function of body in your hair. This compound is called isostearoyl lactylate.
SANDY: It repairs damaged hair. It has the most incredible effect of repairing hair that's been damaged by brisk brushing, combing . . .
DURK: Or ultraviolet light or just age . . .
SANDY: . . . or being blown around in a heavy wind or by hair dryers; there's a whole lot of things that can damage hair.
DURK: And if you look at it under a microscope, damaged hair looks similar to an unraveled piece of rope. There's a cuticle around it that holds all these strands together that gets damaged and it starts fraying. And all of these strands are flopping around. One shampoo with our product will fix every split hair on your head.
SANDY: And it's a permanent fix!
DURK: Isostearoyl lactylate has this incredible affinity to the cysteine in the hair. In fact, you can take a hair sample and boil it for 24 hours in chloroform and you can only extract about half of the isostearoyl lactylate that's bonded to the hair. Unlike many conditioners, though, this is a conditioning shampoo that can be used every day without excessive build up. Many conditioners stick to themselves if you use them too often. For example, the first time you use a shampoo that contains sticky ingredients, your hair is great; however, when you shampoo the next day, your hair will begin to get a little bit stiff and overconditioned. The third time, your hair will become even stiffer and maybe start getting tacky, gummy, or sticky and mushy. You start having "bad hair" days.
SANDY: The hair starts clumping together from the sticky ingredients building up.
DURK: Whereas the isostearoyl lactylate will stick to the damaged hair preferentially, and it will form a molecular layer over the hair.
SANDY: And it doesn't stick to itself!
DURK: It penetrates the hair shaft; polysorbate 80 is a penetration aid. Not only will polysorbate 80 help things penetrate your skin, it will also help substances penetrate into your hair shaft. And the isostearoyl lactylate will fix every split hair on your head in one shampoo. It prevents "frizzies."
SANDY: The incredible thing is that both of the ingredients in our shampoo are used in foods. These ingredients are safe for people to eat and found in foods that you probably eat every day.
DURK: Most baked goods have isostearoyl lactylate because of its effectiveness as a dough conditioner.
My hair is very fine. Measuring the diameter with a micrometer, my hair, even though it's brunette, has a diameter typical for that of a blond woman, which means that it's very limp. My hair is also slow growing, so I really need a conditioner to fluff it up and make it look like there's more there to help cover my partially thin spot. Not only that, the only hair that I cut is the hair that hangs down in bangs over my eyes in front. I have to cut that, otherwise on a windy day here in central Nevada, I'd have hair blowing in my eyes all the time. But the hair on the sides and in back never, never, ever gets cut. I just don't have enough of it to want to sacrifice it. I want hair down over my shoulders. Normally that means split-end horror! When you don't cut hair, the ends end up becoming split; it's inevitable after a period of time - except after using our shampoo.
SANDY: Because there's nothing on the end there holding the hair together.
DURK: It's like cutting a rope. It starts unraveling after you cut it. And if you keep cutting off the end of the rope, you'll cut off the unraveled part every time . . .
SANDY: But it will unravel again . . .
DURK: . . . so you cut it again. But if you're not going to be cutting your hair at all, you've got a major problem dealing with that unraveling; if you're not using our shampoo.
WILL: Could you comment on the thickness of the shampoo?
DURK: It is a concentrate. People need to realize that. When using, wet your hair and comb it all straight back. If your hair is long and kinky, you probably won't want to use it unless you dilute it down first. Put some of our shampoo in the palm of your hand, rub in a little water. It'll feel warm and the viscosity will first get higher and then drop. After the viscosity drops, then you can put that on your hair and just rub it in following the hair. Don't try swishing it around, or it will get your hair all tangled up. You get your hair thoroughly coated with it, leave it on there for about a minute or two, and then rinse it out. That's all there is to it. If a person has an area that is thinning like I do, before you wet your hair, comb it away from the thin spot, so you get maximum exposure. Put the concentrate right on that thin spot while the skin is dry. Leave it on there for a few minutes. Then you can start wetting your hair and apply as above, again, using your hand to stroke that material out to the tips of the hairs.
SANDY: Remember that in a thinning spot, unless the thin area covers the entire top of your head, some hair will continue to grow. The hairs may be short and may not grow for very long periods, but they're still alive. They're still there and capable of growing.
DURK: You want to protect them as much as possible and give them the conditioning so they'll stand up proudly, rather than flopping down. Our shampoo is a concentrate. Don't mix it up with water to dilute it in advance, however. First off, there are no antimicrobials in it, which is important because antimicrobials are, along with perfumes, the number one and number two causes of allergic reactions to personal care products and cosmetics. This is an anhydrous shampoo meaning there's no water in it. Without water, bacteria and molds can't live. So we don't need preservatives. Secondly, this is being sold by mail order, and it costs a lot of money to ship water. Thirdly, if you add too much water, the isostearoyl lactylate will start precipitating out into the bottle instead of on your hair. It is a concentrate that you dilute immediately before using.
A strand of human hair before and after the application of our shampoo's ingredient, isostearoyl lactylate, magnified 1000 times.WILL: What about aging and hair? Does the aging process shut down hair production?
DURK: Yes, there is an aging clock, which turns on increased production of the enzyme testosterone 5-alpha reductase, particularly in the follicles in the areas that go bald. That's why transplants work. If you take hair from the back of your head down near the nape of your neck and move that to the top of your scalp with a hair transplant, it doesn't fall out. The reason for this is that the 5-alpha reductase is not upregulated in those areas.
Just as a silverback (silver haired) gorilla tells the other gorillas "I'm an old gorilla; I've seen it all and if you have a problem I've probably seen it before and I can help you survive during the next drought or during the next flood," similarly, so do silver haired (or bald) humans tell other human beings. Back in the bad old days, not all that many people had a chance to live to the time when they had silver hair or became bald. In early times, silver hair and baldness was a social signal that announced, "this is a wise old man."
SANDY: Today, we have so many wise old silver-haired and bald older men, that hair loss is not considered a valuable social signal anymore.
DURK: Just take a look at the wigs that were worn by muckity-mucks back in George Washington's time. He wore a wig, a white wig. The judges in the British high courts still wear white wigs, long white wigs, presumably as a signal of age, wisdom, and perhaps bravery. Harkening back to the bad old days, if you had a lot of animal products in your diet you would have more methionine and more cysteine to grow more hair. The length of hair of a teenager or early 20's hunter might very well be a very good indication of how good and brave a hunter they were. Thus, possibly, the length of the judicial wigs.
WILL: But nowadays, the quality, if not amount of hair you possess, might indicate that you're a different type of hunter; one whose judgement excels in finding products such as ours - to better sustain the life of one's hair by providing you with growth nutrients and repair and bodybuilding capabilities.


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girly sock #2 is underway ... i am on the gusset, so it's all downhill from here!
normally, i would be dreaming of my next pair of socks ... but, i'm not. i'm dreaming of lady eleanor. this entrelac beauty is from interweave's scarfstyle. and like all good books, it inspired an ongoing KAL that's in its second year!
... now i just need to get my hands on some silk garden! (the yarn diet is almost over)(not that i was faithful)
EDIT: after mouse left a comment, i replied to her comment with gusto! i felt the need to further explain my latest obsession ...
"you know how sometimes you're in love with something ... that's what it is .... LOVE. lady eleanor LOVE!
i saw one on a woman at my LYS last winter. i gasped! i held my breath .... and i whispered .... "oh, it's a lady eleanor". i thought i had whispered, but the woman turned around, beaming with pride and recognition.
i'm sure moments like that made her think the cost and time was so worth it. not that any of us knitters are vain (as seinfeld would say, "not that there's anything wrong with that.")
but, webs has a colorway i like on closeout.
i'm going to try and be good and only order that yarn.
i can do it.
i am strong!"
... sometimes i just don't understand myself. i'm okay with that, but i'm sure it (sometimes) bewilders others. ahhhh, e l e a n o r . . . .


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Cougar Town Review: "Free Fallin'"Nick McHatton at .
I'll come right out and say it, "Free Fallin'"left me on the floor.
I've said this before, but I'll say it again, Cougar Town is at its best when character growth comes along with the comedy. Last night's episode is another great example.
I've always been a fan of the relationship Travis and Jules have, but I'm glad Jules put her foot down with him. Travis shouldn't have manipulated her like he did (hard to believe considering Jules loves when he "needs" her).
I understand where Travis is coming from after Kirsten broke his heart. He needed some time to put it back together. Is putting your entire life on hold the way to do it? Probably not, but we've all made stupid decisions at some (or multiple) points in life.
I applaud Jules' decision to kick Travis out of the house.
If he's not going to school he needs to be an adult and enter the real world. Even if it is just to Bobby's boat. If anything, it's probably the best place for him. Bobby doesn't live and provide the way Jules does for him, and the security that comes from that is gone too.It forces Travis to quickly make some life decisions and gives Jules and Bobby another victory parenting dance.
I've always loved Ellie, but her pairing with Grayson made me love her even more. I believe I spoke too soon about the council being my new favorite thing the show has done, because Chalk Children is even better.
I don't think I've ever seen Grayson's eyes be such a prominent feature on his face. I didn't even know Ellie could experience fear. Well, at the very least she had chills. Either way, I laughed throughout.
While I still think Tom is mostly creepy, I did enjoy his expanded role as the knowledge source of the Chalk Children. The way they got back at the Chalk Children was hilarious with Grayson channeling his Full Metal Jacket, Ellie doing her best Helena Bonham Carter impression, and Tom using his thinking face.
I'm traumatized by the thought of Tom's thinking face. It gave me chills.
Lastly, Bobby, Laurie, and Andy work together to keep Penny Can successful. In comes Smith's Dad, Roger, who is willing to buy it. His idea? Make it Lou Diamond Phillips Penny Can.
I love Laurie's reaction to Phillips, "I don't know exactly what your race is, but I am into it in a big way." I was hoping they would press that topic a little more.
Other thoughts:
- I don't know how they did it, but Jules and Grayson's role play kiss was somehow creepy.
- I hope homeschooled children aren't that creepy.
- I highly recommend the "there's nothing good on TV wine" Jules has. It's very good.
- Bobby can do some serious damage with a fingernail.
What did you think of the episode? Browse some of the night's top Cougar Town quotes and leave a comment below with your thoughts!


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The Biggest Nerve of Your Nervous System and Acupuncture
If you're stressed or eating poorly, you probably have issues with your vagus nerve, which often leads to chronic illness. The vagus nerve is the most involved cranial nerve bundle in the body (there are 12). Only the spinal cord passes more information through the multiple nerve bundles that pass through it. Apart from the adrenal glands, the vagus nerve has a role in every organ below the neck.
Stress tends to deactivate the vagus nerve, as the "Fight or Flight" response is the opposite of the "Rest and Digest" response of the Vagus nerve. This means stress can can cause:
- Gastrointestinal bloating
- Indigestion
- Loose stools
- Shortness of breath
- Hiccups
- Frequent urination
- Constipation
- Heartbeat issues such as tachycardia or skipped beats
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Nervousness
- Inflammation
- Most other digestive issues, such as GERD.
Research by the National Institute of Health (nih.gov) has even shown that violence due to testosterone is related to vagus nerve function!
In Psychology Today, Christopher Bergland said, "The vagus nerve is the commander-in-chief when it comes to having grace under pressure. The autonomic nervous system is comprised of two polar opposite systems that create a complementary tug-of-war, which allows your body to maintain homeostasis (inner-stability). The sympathetic nervous system is geared to rev you up like the gas pedal in an automobile – it thrives on adrenaline and cortisol and is part of the fight-or-flight response. The parasympathetic nervous system is the polar opposite. The vagus nerve is command central for the function of your parasympathetic nervous system. Unfortunately, the vagus nerve's reflexive responses can backfire and turn it from comrade into saboteur."
One way that acupuncture seems to work is by activating the Parasympathetic nervous system – as opposed to the "Fight or Flight Response" of the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system activates the "Relaxation Response" which allows the vagus nerve to function properly.
At least one study has shown that acupuncture has a significantly measurable effect on vagus nerve function, comparable to embedded VNS (vagus nerve stimulator) devices. As well as affecting vagus nerve function, acupuncture reduces stress in the body. This means that stress, digestive, heart, and renal (kidney) issues often respond very well to acupuncture. If you suspect your vagus nerve is having issues, stop in and see what acupuncture can do for you.


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10 miles of hell! 1000 participants!
Running the Turbo X course is definitely an extreme sport! It is described as "PURE FILTH! The maddest, muddiest run of the Saab Salomon Trail Running Series." You will endure 10 miles of the gnarliest mix of mud, sweat and trail, experiencing a natural assault course of water, sand, marsh and muck!
I fancied a nice 10 mile run so I signed up for the Turbo X course. However, on arriving at Bordon in Hampshire I realised that maybe it would not be such a great experience as it was pouring with rain and strong gales. It was tempting to get back in the car, but somehow I ended up at the start line and before you know it you are running 10 miles.
I thought I was 7 miles round the course and one of the marshals shouts "half way, only 5 miles to go". I nearly cried! I thought I had definitely got through the muddiest parts of the course; I had already experienced freezing cold water up to my chest and walked through a long trench full of muddy water and had a mile of running over boggy terrain.
Towards the end you then enter the 'Saab X Zone' which is a 2 mile section of the "craziest trail terrain to push your stamina, agility and perseverance to the limit! " So, just when I think it can't get any more challenging it does! This section does make you laugh though due to the madness of it. I had to laugh as I saw my friend Cat crawling through the mud on her hands and knees, which made me laugh at myself for thinking about what I had chosen to do with my Sunday morning!
When you make the finish line it is a huge relief and it all seems worth it. You are greeted with a generous goody bag from Salomon and knowing you can eat as much as you want for the rest of the day makes me smile.
I had been stressing about bras, false eyelashes and breast enhancers in preparing for my first Pamper Party but this race has put things in perspective as I am now grateful I survived!
See saabsalomontrails.com to enter for next year's races and see Phil O'Connor's site for some more crazy pictures.
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After wanting to keep the inaugural year as simple as possible, the thought of "How much extra work would a duathlon be?" came into play.
Adding a duathlon wouldn't create the need for any more volunteers, wouldn't create the need for more resources, wouldn't create more time spent! What it would do, however, is open the race to more people with varying capabilities!
After countless emails, phone calls, Facebook messages, and in-person chats, it became a no brainer to include a duathlon!
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With grandstand seating capacity of 2,220; bleacher seating for about 792 more (total seating a little over 3,000); parking for 300 cars; and full field lighting, the stadium hosts a variety of sporting events. Box office hours vary according to games.
Take I-93 to exit 8 (Bridge St.) take bridge St. all the way to Beech St.. Take a left onto Beech. The stadium is about ¼ of a mile down Beech St, at the intersection with Valley Street.
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Originally known as Varick Park, the facility has served as a baseball site since the early 1900's. When the park proved inadequate, the stadium was constructed on the same location by Amoskeag Manufacturing in 1913 and called Textile Field. The ballpark was leased to the Amoskeag Textile Club for their baseball league until sold to the City of Manchester in 1927, at which time the name was changed to Municipal Athletic Field.
The Sunset League was formed sponsored by local utilities. In 1928 American Legion Baseball began organized play, including use of the Manchester ballpark. American Legion World Series were hosted by the Municipal Athletic Field in 1932, 1942, 1968, 1976, and 1977.
In 1967, the stadium was renamed Gill Stadium in honor of former Parks and Recreation Director Ignace J. Gill who served from 1935 to 1967, and under whose tenure the stadium hosted the Manchester Yankees, a class "AA" Minor League Baseball Team in 1947 and 1948. In 1971 and 1972 a second Minor League Baseball Team, the class "A" Manchester Yankees played at Gill Stadium.
On April 15, 2004, Gill Stadium welcomed the NH Fisher Cats, AA Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Fisher Cats played home games at Gill in 2004 while the new Fisher Cats Ballpark was being constructed.
With the temporary (interim) return of Minor League Baseball to Manchester, Gill Stadium was completely renovated, including seating, elevator, artificial playing surface, bathrooms, and two detached locker room buildings.
In 2004, Gill Stadium was home to the NH Fisher Cats, the AA minor league affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2005, the Fisher Cats moved to Fisher Cats Ball Park in Manchester's millyard. As of 2005, Gill hosts Manchester School Athletics events plus Babe Ruth and Legion Baseball, and Bears football and Eagles Pop Warner football.
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Myself and the Plymouth Bloggers were invited to the very first Satori Salons Blogger Event. On arrival, we were greeted with a firm handshake and a glass of bubbly, which is always a good introduction.
Not long after, introductions were made and we were introduced to lovely Natalie the owner, her partner and the Satori team. Also introduced was Ed from Hartley Medical who has partnered with Satori. Satori is a place I have only peeked at through the window whilst wandering round Drakes Circus but on walking in it was a lot larger than expected with multiple nail workstations and a private beauty room. With products from Elemis, Delilah Cosmetics and OPI there was plenty to see and experience.
My first stop for the evening was to the beauty room to see Gemma having her eyebrows microbladed, this is something I was really interested in as I am sure you are aware this treatment has been everywhere over the past few months. I have seen many a blog post where the blogger has had microblading done, there have been mixed reviews from it was painless to it was nearly unbearable. Watching Gemma have her eyebrows done it was hard to believe anyone had said it was painful! She seemed calm and collected and very nearly turned her head to talk to us whilst the treatment was in progress. When finished there was minimal redness which meant it was nearly unnoticeable that anything had been done, the brows were slightly darker but this is something that will fade with time.
Next stop was the Delilah Cosmetics stand, a relatively new brand to me although I am sure I have used a couple of the products before but I am not sure where I found them.
A boutique British brand created by 3 friends with masses of experience in the beauty industry you just know these products are going to be high-end, surprisingly I would say they come in at a mid-range price point. A capsule range with slick packaging, I wanted to try all of the products but there was just not enough time if I wanted to visit the other areas of the salon.
Luckily, I did see one of the most beautiful illuminating powders I have set my eyes on, the Pure Light -Aura. The colour itself is a mixture of rose gold, pink and a touch of lilac which I tend to prefer to a white highlight as it really smoothes the skin and does not give the skin look like there is a tinge of grey. I currently have quite a few highlights and illumizers so once the stash has been used Delilah is next on my list to try out.
One of the most popular sections of the evening was the Elemis Skin Mapping, one quick photo can tell a lot about someone's sun habits, caffeine intake and beauty regime. Only in the salon for one week we were all very lucky to get the opportunity to look further into our skin.
With a feeling of dread and intrigue, I was last in line to get my skin analysed and unsurprisingly I was told my skin was very dehydrated. As well as being able to see the images on screen we were added to the system and given a print out of our problem areas and a list of Elemis products that will help to resolve those areas. I have been advised my skin is currently in a catch 22, it is very dry as it is dehydrated but is also producing too much oil to try and combat this dryness leaving me with incredibly combination skin.
Gemma advised me that I should be using moisturiser a lot more than I currently am so I am going to test the Elemis Maximum Moisture Day Cream and I will be returning to Satori in December when the Skin Lab returns to see if this has helped my skin and its lack of moisture.
Whilst everyone else was having their faces mapped I was able to get my eyebrows threaded, something I have not had done in a long time due to the first time I ever had this done it was in the middle of a shopping mall and excruciatingly painful.
This time was a lot different, apart from watery eyes the pain was nonexistent and the results perfect. I am now a threading convert and will not be going to back to at home plucking or waxing.
Although, we didn't get the chance to have a look at any of the OPI products/treatments I just had to include this image of the OPI Breakfast at Tiffany's collection because it is just so beautiful and Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my all time favourite films.
When the event came to a close a raffle was drawn and Elle from Elle Simpson won a new electric toothbrush kindly donated by Ed and Hartley Dental.
Speaking of Ed, Hartley Dental have teamed up with Satori and will now be offering dermal fillers, lip fillers and botox among other non-surgical cosmetic surgeries. After having my lips filled last year I was really intriqued and pretty much interrogated poor Ed about the qualifications of the nurses performing the procedures and he has very kindly invited me to go to the clinic and have a look around for myself.
Upon leaving we were each given this beautiful goody bag packed with full-size OPI polishes, sample sized toothpastes, a 25% off voucher for a massage or facial with the addition of Elemis samples and information all about the evening, Satori and the treatments offered.
As first events go I think Satori planned this perfectly and as discussed at our bloggers brunch a few days later everyone thoroughly enjoyed theirselves and found the treatments rather interesting.
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At the Port of Civitavecchia, cruise ships normally moor along the breakwater between the harbor and the Tyrrhenian Sea. (Ferries use dedicated piers.)
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Popular beauty and parenting vlogger Liza Prideaux recently released a video that provides parents with back-to-school meal ideas for the year ahead. While many parents are eager to put together healthy lunches for their kids, they may be stumped as to how to make these meals appealing for fussy eaters. In her latest video, Prideaux uses kid-friendly ingredients in creative ways to help parents put together appetizing school lunches.
In the video, Prideaux uses products from the British grocery chain Tesco to make creative lunches for her son Vinny. The recipes Prideaux creates stay away from the basic sandwich and snack formula to give children more fun and appetizing options. These back-to-school meal ideas include sandwich skewers, DIY Lunchables and tortilla pinwheels made with peanut butter, Nutella and bananas.
The lunchbox snack tutorial is likely to appeal to moms who frequently use YouTube, Pinterest and other social media platforms to find creative, kid-friendly recipes.
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Police Chief David Brown says he wants to keep his job as he
battles unions and other critics this week
But, he joked Thursday, he has considered a more lucrative option as activists call for every officer in the country to wear a body camera.
"It makes me want to retire and buy body camera stock," Brown told an audience at a Verizon Wireless conference Thursday. "It makes me want to sit on the beach and do the Johnny Manziel money sign. Because it's a seller's market."
The growth of cameras, social media and other technology have helped transform policing in the wake of high-profile shootings by officers and protests nationwide, Brown said.
"This is the most dramatic reform effort in policing in our country since the '60s because of the controversies around these police-involved shootings," Brown said.
Technology such as surveillance cameras and license plate readers are a "force-multiplier," Brown said, because they allow officers to monitor more criminal activity and be several places at once.
The department of roughly 3,500 cops is rolling out 200 body-worn cameras to officers now. Brown said he hopes to outfit 1,000 officers in the coming years, when the price falls. He said the department will first issue the cameras to "frequent fliers" -- or officers who have found to misbehave on the job but not enough to be fired, and to officers who volunteer to wear them.
The new devices also bring their own challenges, he said, such as preserving privacy while complying with open records laws. Another issue is that officers are expected to turn on their cameras and microphones before interactions with the public, which could be difficult under stress.
"They're going to be criticized for not turning it on when somebody's shooting at them, which is ridiculous, but that's the environment we're living in," Brown said.
Brown spoke on stage with Michelle Miller, Verizon's central Texas regional president and the daughter of a police officer, at Verizon's Irving offices during the Future of Public Safety conference.
Brown thanked the national company for donating $50,000 to the department's youth community engagement efforts. "They put their money where their mouth is," he said.
Blake Pumphrey, associate director of Verizon's public sector, called Brown a "very technologically savvy chief," adding that body-worn cameras have the potential to improve law enforcement.
Verizon, through a contract with the city of Dallas, provides network support and data storage for the police department's cameras and bait cars, he said.


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In place of the chapter's usual monthly field trip, the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society will join chapters across the country and take part in the National Audubon's 108th annual Christmas Bird Count. This is one of our Chapter's longest standing traditions, extending back to 1957, and is part of the world's largest cooperative wildlife survey with over 50,000 participants in North and
There are three count circles in our service area: San Fernando Valley set for December 15, Lancaster in the Antelope Valley also set for December 15, and Santa Clarita set for December 29. Los Angeles Audubon sponsors the Antelope Valley count and two others: Malibu CBC on December 16 and Los Angeles on December 30 (see below.
We want to encourage you to join in one or more of these citizen science efforts. It's a lot of fun and provides useful information on bird populations.
Click here for more information about the 2007 Christmas Bird Count in the San Fernando Valley or look in the December 2007 Phainopepla. SFV Count Circle compiler is Arthur Langton, 818-887-0973.
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The face of the watch is shielded by a scratch-resistant sapphire with anti-reflective treatment. The case construction incorporates a black rotating ceramic bezel. The case flank is fitted with a special plate engraved with the limited edition number of the watch.
The eye-catching black carbon dial is completed with orange and white hands and markings. It offers supreme readability.
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Auten and Splinter, rightly when it comes to their functions, view the question as certainly one of whether or not poor persons are getting full money worth. La capacité de focus des internautes a terriblement baissé ces dernières années. (CDI), the slot-machine and wager-taking firm that happens to host the Kentucky Derby, announced that it was promoting its largest single asset, one thing called Large Fish Games.
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Coupled with the reduction within the top private income tax charge, which means a successful breeder or owner would pay tax at lower than a 30% price, in comparison with practically forty% below current legislation. Un business mannequin ou modèle d'entreprise est "l'ensemble des mécanismes permettant à une entreprise de créer de la valeur à travers la proposition de valeur faite à ses clients, son structure de valeur".
Le problème avec cette approche c'est donc qu'il va donc falloir énormément de trésorerie à l'e-commerçant pour pouvoir, sans parler d'espérer faire ses premiers bénéfices, au moins tenir le temps d'atteindre le point mort. Once we created an exhibition with one hundred community members impacted by the foster care system, it took virtually a 12 months to recruit, convene, open up, discover, and create the merchandise and the belief to build these merchandise effectively.


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A couple of chance encounters (if you believe in that sort of thing) with Charleston based photographer Roger Kirby, led to an brief chat with the ladies of Savannah Grand Weddings and ultimately the creation of this Savannah Wedding Video for LaTonya & Shawn. Roger was already photographing the wedding, but they didn't have anyone for video (it still amazes me that we're not higher up on the wedding food chain, but I'm doing what I can to change that!) Since I'm relatively new to the Savannah area (and since I need a pretty good reason to leave Tybee), I didn't know quite what to expect when I was told that the wedding was going to take place at Jepson Center. A gorgeous couple and an amazing venue make for a happy video guy.
The wedding was very cool, and included the traditional "jumping the broom," which I had only seen in movies up until Saturday. Directly after the ceremony, the entire wedding party climbed aboard a trolley and headed off to Forsyth Park (it just keeps getting better… the fountain & the earlier horse drawn carriage provided details of a true Savannah Wedding Video) Got some great detail shots of the fountain as well as some creative close ups as Roger snapped away.
As the sun went down, we headed back to the Jepson for the reception, with dancing, food and family. Toast's were made, cake was eaten and a bouquet was thrown. Congratulations to LaTonya & Shawn and thanks to Roger for providing the opportunity to be a part of this great day.


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I am Holly Gold and I am the owner operator of this website. As a professional artist I like to delve into the heart of being the artist. While the paintings and drawings are great, I like to get an inside look at the lifestyle behind being an artist.
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How to gear up for for Sealine Sand Drag
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Qatar Racing Club has this season's Sealine and Drag just in the right time for this article where i will give my own to-do things for first timers.Time here definitely won't be cast on stones,with the winds and sand blowing off-shore i bet we will have to endure long hours at the shores of historic PersianGulf.
|Inside Al Anabi Garage getting a biggie up for Sand Drag[PhotoKings]
Its been hot (high temperatures) for a while though now the unnoticeable Qatar winter is slowly sweeping across from the gulf sea.I expect to get a little cold and at best catch flu.But am totally prepared to be blown out with billowing sand storms as the winds sweeps across to Saudi.I know its hazard but the site of sand rails splitting sand on the wheels leaving a trail of track is awesome to capture.
Buggies are tuned for these festivals you can count on this that you would hear sputtering of modified engines ready to make a run.Shutters burst of over thousand frames to take capture of these moments.Those with quality glass stands out.For photographers these are moments that come once in a new year liker this.
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Qatar Sealine promises to be a classical repeat of the other year's 2 days action.In Qatar it means another long hours road trip to the scenic Sealine for a glimpse of these events.Driving long hours getting tired before the race and feeling exhausted.But worry less there are Hotels owned by Katara at the beaches for a night in the wilderness.
Sealine Sand Drag in Qatar is a perfect place to spend a day or two at.When you miss this be sure it will take you another year to hear about Qatar Sealine.


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Jami (my wife)
Thank you for joining us at Tip Top Saturday before the show.
(Am I forgetting anyone?)
Plus all the folks we saw later at The Riffe:
(Definitely leaving some folks out.)
As @avltheatre put it:
Thanks to @Jim1Coe for making it happen.
And an Extra Big Thanks to Tim and the rest of the Tip Top crew; it was the Saturday night dinner rush and I was pretty much in the way the whole time; my apologies.
Thanks for being such gracious hosts.
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I heard about NBA Playgrounds and knew I had to have it. An arcadey 2-on-2 basketball game promising big dunks and fast action harkening back to the days of NBA JAM.
Spoiler alert: some of these big dunks and fast action are delivered. But the game trips over its own shoelaces all too often. This is not an updated NBA JAM you can play with your kids.


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Finding accommodation is the first step you need to take towards making Maastricht your new home. Maastricht has many different types of accommodation on offer, but it can always be a daunting task to find a suitable room in a new city. By getting organised and thinking ahead, you should easily be able to find a room within your budget. Also, to establish yourself properly in Maastricht you will most likely have to deal with three separate parties; the municipality of Maastricht, an agency or housing corporation and your (future) landlord.
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Since some of you suggested I make the games and only worry about polishing any later, I've decided to take that advice. I've also decided to shorten the length of each of the prototypes to 1 week or 10 hours. Yes it's so little, and yes so little that my first LD catch-up game suffered from the amount of time I didn't put in. But I'm thinking it will hone my skills, not to mention not take a whole year to do all 20 themes. Instead it should be about 2-3 months. Then I can decide on how and what to improve on.
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MWUX 2014: A RecapPosted by: Calvin Chopp
Part of our business model at Elexicon is continued education and training through conferences and other group learning experiences.
I recently I had the opportunity to attend the Midwest User Experience Conference (MWUX) in Indianapolis. MWUX is a smaller conference, but it packs some great sessions with engaging speakers on topics like design and development, as well as the future of this industry, and what we can expect to see and ultimately contribute if we apply ourselves.
I was able to pick up on a few key themes during the conference, each of which I think will be useful for my own workflow, as well as our agency in general.
Learn, teach, repeat.
Many of the speakers touched on the concepts of learning and teaching. There were talks on managing your UX team, learning how to learn again, how to work well with developers, and how to become more valuable by how we articulate our designs and process.
Jared Spool opened the conference Friday morning with a thought-provoking talk on the nature of today's designers, the design and technology industry as a whole, and what needs to be done on the individual level to ensure that we as designers are able to keep up with the demand on our industry.
Jared asked questions like, "Why don't design students come out of school knowing about responsive design or how to create mobile apps?" and " Why are we having a tough time keeping up with the pace of innovation?" Jared focused on how it's not enough to know what you were taught, but that we need to take our learning to the next level: where we know the right questions to ask as well as the right things to research to further develop our skillset and hone in our toolbox for designing the technology, applications and digital products we imagine.
Jared's point was it's not enough to know what we do and how we do it today. To be successful in this industry, we need to make a commitment to lifelong learning, as well as teaching. Jared explained that one of the most effective ways we learn is through teaching — taking a concept or practice that we know, and sharing it with fellow colleagues or people interested in the field. Being able to articulate why we do what we do not only helps us in our own process, but it also helps us to establish value for the work we do for our clients.
This need for passionate designers, especially user experience designers, Jared explained, is more necessary than ever before. In the U.S alone, there are over 24,000 unfilled user experience jobs. In reality, it's a two-fold problem. There are just not enough qualified people to fill these positions. And employers don't fully understand what they need to be looking for to actually fill these positions.
HR personnel for these companies call the user experience candidates they're looking for "unicorns", because of their rarity and scarcity. Large companies are buying up design agencies that understand and have expertise with user experience. These companies grasp the need for, and value of, a strong digital identity, and what that means for overall customer care. They see that there's something missing in their digital offerings, and that they aren't outfitted to appropriately meet that need, but that it's important enough to take such drastic measures.
Whether individuals within these companies have the foresight to see the need, or consultants or agencies are pointing out the gap, it's undeniable that there's a growing disparity between the ever expanding digital landscape, and a full understanding of how we as designers best use and harness these concepts for our clients. It's more important than ever for us as designers to be on top of our game.
The screen is [not] the limit
Related to the ever-expanding digital horizon, another topic that a number of speakers presented on was the changing landscape of the devices and screens we design for.
This obviously isn't anything new, with the booming popularity of responsive design, native apps and a technological landscape that appears to have no bounds. Whether it's the new 5K retina display on the new iMac, the tiny displays of smart watches or other wearables, or the forecasted landscape of no physical screens at all (it's closer than you think), we as designers need to stop thinking so flat.
I'm not talking 'flat design' either, so you Apple/anti-skeuomorphic design toters can cool your washed out muted red blood. When I say "flat", I'm referring to the linear content and content transitions we're accustomed to. Beyond the fact that the technology we're designing for, be it a browser or operating system, can handle so much more than the simple content transitions of the past, we also need to take into consideration how we can use these transitions and layering of content to create a more dynamic, user-focused experience.
We're at a tipping point with how we interact with content and data, and it's equally important that we find that balance between using these new new features to enrich the experience, and not letting that experience distract from the content, or become confusing for the user to navigate.
We don't know what we don't know.
Now we come full-circle.
We don't know what we don't know, and more importantly our clients don't know what they don't know.
It's pretty typical that clients come to their agency with a project, usually accompanied with a project outline, some sort of project scope, and if, they're ambitious, maybe even a projected project timeline. Depending on the client and their background, this may be perfectly acceptable.
But when was the last time you went to the doctor, and told him why your knee hurt, and how much time you had available for your full recovery? Not a perfect comparison, I know, but you get the idea.
It's important that we as design professionals help knead and shape our clients in such a way that they understand this is our specialty, and we need to help set expectations on project scope, realistic timelines and what we can do within the time that we have available. Doing so will help to create happier clients, happier designers and happier developers on your team, and in the long run you'll help to create a more valuable product. You're also boosting your own credibility as an agency by offering solutions and producing results.
By articulating your work, designs, and process confidently and with excitement to your client, you're getting them excited about the work being done. If you're not buying what you do, neither is your client.
Because we're experts at what we do, and have committed to lifelong learning because we love what we do (right?), chances are we have a leg up on our clients regarding something that they could be either doing differently, or aren't doing [yet]. That's the thing that would bring value to them and their customers if done right.
In the end, whether you call yourself a designer, a user experience professional, or whatever title seems fitting or trendy now, it's your responsibility educate yourself, research what you do, as well as new and emerging services and technologies. You should be able to articulate what you do and present new services and products in a way to your clients that's compelling and shows the value that would be added by incorporating them into their project.
On Google and MetaFilterPosted by: Matt Saler
Last month, Matt Haughey of MetaFilter published a piece on Medium about the status of one of the true stalwarts of the internet:
MetaFilter is the little weblog that could, established in 1999 as one of the first community blogs. Over its fifteen year history it has expanded from a place to discuss interesting things on the web to include Ask MetaFilter as a community question and answer (Q&A) site, along with more subsections for things like music by members, completed projects by members, meetups among members, and most recently TV and movies.
While MetaFilter is relatively small (only about 62,000 have paid the one-time $5 for an account to date and 12,000-15,000 of those members come back to interact with the site every day), we have a great group of members, and I think we consistently have some of the best discussion on the web, with the sites attracting over 80 million readers last year. Our commenters are literate and thoughtful, and our site is watched around the clock by a staff of moderators. Despite the site's modest stature its influence makes waves in the larger world (like mentions on popular TV shows: Tremé andMythbusters).
Unfortunately in the last couple years we have seen our Google ranking fall precipitously for unexplained reasons, and the corresponding drop in ad revenue means that the future of the site has come into question.
Haughey goes on to explain the situation at length.
His story is alarming for a number of reasons. MetaFilter is highly-regarded, with a reputation as a good citizen on the internet and has a community that is generally one of the best. The realities Haughey and his staff now face this are brutal and should have been avoidable.
However, the nature of Google in 2014 is such that determining where MetaFilter went wrong (or even if they went wrong) is difficult.
What we do know is that, as the company has grown over the years, Google has become increasingly opaque and monolithic. It has also become seemingly hostile to some of the principles it was originally known for. The famous but informal Google motto "Don't be evil," has become a punchline to some observers, particularly after the sudden shuttering of Google Reader and the intrusive full-court press on Google+. This MetaFilter story only adds to the narrative of a Google that is losing sight of the open internet, where the cream rises to the top.
At the surface, the MetaFilter situation is related to positive changes Google has made to their algorithm aimed at reducing instances of low-quality content and serving up high-quality content. However, if you do a Google search today, you still get content farm results and low-quality answers from sites like Ask Yahoo! If this were a case of MetaFilter losing out to quality competition, or utilizing unsavory SEO techniques Google is flagging, it wouldn't be so disturbing—it would be expected. As it is, you have MetaFilter losing out for reasons that remain opaque to the outside.
Here you have an extreme case that offers a harsh lesson: you can do all of the right things and still lose out if you are too dependent on a third party company for your success. It's true with Facebook and other social media sites, and it's true with Google too.
MetaFilter, for example, is now pivoting to another, less ad-dependent business model, but it seems they should have done so earlier as a safeguard against the shifting sands of Google's algorithm.
Our guidelines for customers remain what they were before: keep your SEO efforts clean and produce good content while striving to engage your users in a meaningful and lasting way. Just remember that what happened to MetaFilter underlines the importance of the engagement component. Search results can change, but a proper web strategy can minimize the damage to your business when they do.
For some more background on the story, check out this episode of the TLDR podcast.


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Sure Twitter can connect you with current and potential patients. It's also a great medium to engage in useful discussions. Yet, Twitter can also be a tricky place to navigate and sift through. Here are some great basic Twitter strategy tips to get you and your practice organized on Twitter.
- A great way to keep Twitter organized is with its powerful list feature. Using lists allows you to assemble groups of Twitter users you follow and put them into different categories. By organizing the vital people or practices you follow on Twitter, they are less likely to get lost in the ether of Twitter chatter.
- Ideas for Lists
- Colleagues in the medical field
- Current patients
- Potential patients
- Knowledgeable social media users
- Narrowing down and focusing on your Twitter topics is a great way to stay organized. Once a month take some time and really dig into what topics are trending and active in the healthcare Twitter community. This will help you keep your Twitter conversations fresh and current while engaging with other likeminded Twitter users. Making use of the Tailored Tweet feature will keep your Twitter Trends on topic.
- If you come across a tweet that you want to revisit later on, don't be afraid to favorite it. Marking a tweet as a favorite is like bookmarking something in your web browser. When you get time to come back to the tweet you've marked as a favorite, it will be much easier to find.
- Use a Twitter client like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck.
- Hootsuite is a Twitter client that has some powerful organizing tools. In Hootsuite, you can create a variety of feeds that are based on search, user, messaging, and more. You also have the ability to schedule tweets. Depending on what level of the application you use, you can assign team members and incorporate other social media feeds.
- Tweetdeck is a Twitter client that is owned by… Twitter! With Tweetdeck you have very similar options as Hootsuite. You have the ability to stay organized with Twitter by creating columns that display your tweets, mentions, saved searches, and more. In Tweetdeck, you can also integrate the Facebook platform.
If you found this article useful, have a suggestion or comment, or would like to add to the conversation, please leave a comment below, send us a message on Twitter @MDWebPro, or let us know on Facebook.


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[Philip Glass, Kiev Restaurant, 2nd Ave & East 7th St., New York City, June 10, 1993. Photo c. Allen Ginsberg Estate.]
Philip Glass celebrates his 75th birthday tonight in New York at Carnegie Hall with a special concert (and the US premier of his 9th Symphony, expertly conducted, we don't doubt, by Dennis Russell Davies). There'll be more celebrations later this month, including a five-night celebration at the Park Avenue Armory, New York, ("the Tune-in Music Festival"), which will include – and we've mentioned this before – collaborations by Patti Smith and Philip on the 24th, and with Bill Frisell, on the night before (that'd be the Thursday). Frisell and ensemble will be playing a work he composed to accompany a reading of Allen's poem, Kaddish. Stage designs will be by Ralph Steadman, the event will be produced by Hal Willner. We'll have more on that, and on Patti's contribution, (and, indeed, on Philip's contribution!) closer to the date - meanwhile.. Happy Birthday Phil !


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Discover the Freedom of Spiritual Economics
When we talk about prosperity in our Science, we mean how the Principle of Prosperity functions as a Spiritual Law. There is a lot of confusion around the subject of prosperity because the majority of people who study prosperity do not study it as a law. Those who study prosperity, study it as a skill set that once mastered will lead to the accumulation of wealth. For example, if you learn how to buy low and sell high in real estate or the stock market, you can accumulate wealth. If you can develop the skill of investing, you can accumulate wealth.
I am not in disagreement with any of these skills. However, they have nothing to do with the Law of Prosperity. Instead, the study of these skills deal in how you view human behavior in being able to predict how people value what the world is worth. The spiritual nature of life does not judge according to how the world values property or commodities. The spiritual nature of life views prosperity as a state of mind, not a state of accumulated assets. When you transition out of this body, your credit rating has no meaning. There is no bottom line of judging your success at living based upon how much money and assets you have accumulated.
This is what makes Dr. Eric Butterworth's book on Spiritual Economics, so valuable. He helps those who read his book understand that the value of your life refers to how you value the Principles of the Infinite and Eternal nature of Love, Peace, Understanding, and Compassion. This is why Butterworth starts his book with a chapter on, The Truth About Substance, and not money. Prosperity is not about Self-Worth. It is not about how much you are worth.
October is a five-Sunday month and we will be exploring Butterworth's ideas on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays. On the first Sunday, I will be exploring a book written by Dr. Joan Borysenko, Mending the Body, Mending the Mind. A significant study of our teaching swirls around the influence your emotional, mental, and physical state of mind has upon your experience. On Sunday, Oct 1, the first service will be a condensation of Dr. Borysenko's views and how they relate to the Science of Mind. Then the second service will be an interview with Dr. Borysenko. She and I will discuss how her study of science influences the application of our teaching. This information will help you understand the importance of her workshop after the second service from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
Both our study of Dr. Butterworth's book, and the workshop Dr. Borysenko will present, will make October one of the richest experiences of the year. Join us and grow!