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Sawbuck Tales is a collection of tales (68,000 words) that form a memoir of the history of the fictional town of Sawbuck, Idaho, written to commemorate their centennial in 2010. The narrator in all but one is Thomas Weldon Wheeler, a descendant of one of the earliest pioneers. The exception is one by an "invited author" who was more familiar with the incident recounted. The tales appear in chronological order and tell about life in Sawbuck and Sawbuck County from its earliest beginnings as a family-owned sawmill to the present day as it evolved through the years into a resort community and arts colony. Sawbuck took its name from the fact that the land was purchased after the 1910 great fire for a Sawbuck. At first, it was accessible only by boat traveling the length of Sawbuck Lake then five miles up into the Sawbuck River.
The tales vary from the purely historical to the poignant to the humorous and introduce a variety of colorful characters who made Sawbuck the independent-thinking, self-sufficient town it is today. Being isolated, they devised their own solutions to everyday problems. Events in the outside world touched their lives but in ways unique to Sawbuck.
I have tried to remain true to the history and lifestyles of the general area at each period in its history.
Contents of Sawbuck Tales
Sisters of the Careful Fires (a novella—36,000 words) was inspired by a zany dream I had one night that I actually remembered after waking up. As wild as my imagination can be sometimes, my conscious thought would never have come up with that title, let alone part of that plot. The setting is a small Midwest town. Kate Dawson receives a letter and package one afternoon addressed to her law office from her aunt, Ellie Dawson. The letter begs Kate and her husband to come get her—that she fears for her life. Meanwhile, Kate is instructed to put the package in her office safe unopened unless something happens to her. Kate immediately tries calling her aunt. Getting no answer, she calls Ellie's neighbor and learns that Ellie is dead from a fall down her basement stairs. Kate opens the package and finds a diary, several copied pages of mumbo-jumbo and a diaphanous circle of tulle with holes cut out for the neck and arms. On the top are instructions to make two copies of the diary and put the original along with the other items in her safe. She is to give one copy of the diary to the state police and have no dealings with either the local police chief or sheriff.
Kate and her husband follow Ellie's instructions and set out to Ellie's place to see what is going on. On the way, Kate starts reading the diary aloud while her husband drives. They stop at the state police local headquarters on the way and are able to persuade them to look into the situation as something other than an accident. When they arrive, things develop so fast, no one has time to finish reading the diary in its entirety until several days have passed.
It seems that Ellie was caught up in a super-secret woman's group called the Sisters of the Careful Fires in an effort to find out more about the death of her older sister. At first, it seems only as zany as the name, but it soon takes on a more sinister air as, one by one, various sisters die accidental deaths. As the story unfolds, Kate not only learns the secrets of the Sisters, but her family secrets come pouring out and Kate discovers some surprising things about her own parents.


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ST. LOUIS - In the middle of a particularly violent few weeks in St. Louis, the city is joining with Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice to fight senseless gun deaths by handing out free gun locks at city hall.
According to the Children's Firearm Alliance, over the last year and a half, 14 children across Missouri have been unintentionally shot by a firearm; 9 of them were in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
But event organizers offer a simple solution they say everybody with a weapon should be using a lock.
Harriet Kopolow, a volunteer with Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice, said a gun lock is a simple device to use.
"Thread the lock through the barrel it comes out the cartridge take the gold end of the lock insert it into the lock only a quarter turn. It is locked," she said.
June 21 is National Ask Day, which means parents are advised to ask if there are guns in the homes where their children are visiting.
So far this year, there have been more than 1,600 kids and teens killed or injured by firearms across the county. Statistics show, nearly 40 percent of American homes with children have a gun. An estimated one in three handguns is kept in the U.S. is kept loaded and unlocked. Thousands of accidental shooting deaths and injuries may be prevented when a gun is stored safely.
More than 300 people picked up a free gun lock Wednesday, including Kittrel Moore who knows firsthand the importance of locking your firearm.
"Years ago, my house was broken into and I had two weapons that were stolen and they hand no locks on them, so that's kind of bothered me ever since," he said.
Police also sold lock boxes at the event.
Alderman Frank Williamson (26th Ward) picked up a lock box himself and hopes more gun owners will do the same.
"If you do have a weapon and you're entering a place that you cannot carry your weapon, even if you have a carry conceal license, at least you can leave it in your vehicle and lock it up," he said.
Other local gun lock giveaway events include:
6/25 Ivory Perry Park
6/29 St. Louis Place Park
7/8 Pick Up the City Tour, 1414 N Garrison
7/18 St. Francois Community Services, south side
7/30 Back to School Fair, Temple Israel, Ladue and Spoede Road, Creve Coeur
8/5 Affinia Healthcare Back to School Fair, 3930 S Broadway, St. Louis
8/5 Beyond the Backpack, Normandy High School

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Eric and Shawana Myhre have been youth pastors for the last 16 years but felt God calling them to more. They live in Oakland on the edge of what is known as the Acorn which are housing projects in West Oakland. Eric and Shawana's heart for discipleship and reaching their neighborhood was something that they could not contain anymore. The Myhres are veterans at the Urban Youth Workers Institute and have completed the 90 Degrees Certification Training as well as hosted the signature event for urban young men called Manhood Camp. They are trusted partners in our UYWI network. This foundation and their love of students and the gospel has helped them thrive in youth ministry but now it was time for the next season.
Because of you, UYWI was able to come along side and coach the Myhres to shape and prepare their vision to reach the Acorn. After a two day session with Tommy Nixon, UYWI Chief Strategy Officer, they walked away with a clear vision and mission with strategic next steps.
"It was an incredible support to have someone walk with us through the challenging and rewarding process of getting the things God has called us into out of the basement of our heart."
The first practical step was to prayer walk the Acorn. The next week Eric goes out to prayer walk the Acorn and comes across a community center with a sign on the door that says, "If anyone wants to help here please call." Eric gives the number a call and one meeting later he was invited to use the community center that was just remodeled with bullet proof glass to run an after school program and they offered to pay him. Two weeks later he has 30 kids 4 days a week at the community center. Since he started in November 2017 there have been at least 10 shootings in the neighborhood with one of his students getting shot.
When God gives you a bullet proof community center, you can't say no. The Myhres are deeply committed to loving the Acorn and UYWI will be there to support them in growing their impact. The preparation and coaching allowed Eric and Shawana to step into how God is moving in the Acorn.


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Mopar HEMI NAG1 Transmission
If the transmission in your Dodge Challenger, Charger, Magnum, or Chrysler 300c has seen better days, replacing it with an OEM unit from Mopar is a good option. These HEMI transmissions are built by Dodge / Chrysler to ensure that they comply with all of the original specifications. A stock transmission replacement and torque converter are included in this package. No core charge. After installing a new Mopar transmission your vehicle will shift like new.
If you broke your transmission due to aggressive driving or your high-power modified motor is too much for your transmission to handle, you should get a higher performance transmission from Arrington's list of NAG1 upgraded replacements.
The NAGI automatic transmission (NAG1 Automatic Transmission) is an electrically controlled 5-speed transmission with a lock-up clutch in the torque converter. The ratios for the gear stages are obtained by 3 planetary gear sets. Fifth gear is designed as an overdrive with a high-speed ratio.
NAG 1 identifies a family of transmissions and means "N"ew "A"utomatic "G"earbox, generation 1. Various marketing names are associated with the NAG I family of transmissions, depending on the transmission variation being used in a specific vehicle. Some examples of the marketing names are: W5A300, W5A380, and W5A580. The marketing name can be interpreted as follows:
- W = A transmission using a hydraulic torque converter
- 5 = 5 forward gears
- A = Automatic Transmission
- 580 = Maximum input torque capacity in Newton Meters
The gears are actuated electronically/hydraulically. The gears are shifted by means of an appropriate combination of three multi-disc holding clutches three multi-disc driving clutches and two freewheeling clutches.
Electronic transmission control enables precise adaptation of pressures to the respective operating conditions and to the engine output during the shift phase which results in a significant improvement in shift quality.
Furthermore it offers the advantage of a flexible adaptation to various vehicles and engines.
Basically the automatic transmission with electric control offers the following advantages:
- Reduces fuel consumption
- Improved shift comfort
- More favorable step-up through the five gears
- Increased service life and durability
- Lower maintenance costs
The transmission can be generically identified visually by the presence of a round 13-way connector located near the front corner of the transmission oil pan, on the right side. Specific transmission information can be found stamped into a pad on the left side of the transmission, above the oil pan rail.Transmission Gear Ratios
The gear ratios for the NAG I automatic transmission are as follows:
- 1st Gear - 3.59:1
- 2nd Gear - 2.19:1
- 3rd Gear - 1.41:1
- 4th Gear - 1.00:1
- 5th gear - 0.83:1
- Reverse - 3.16:1
The converter housing and transmission are made from a light alloy. These are hooked together and centered via the outer multi-disc carrier of multi-disc holding clutch, B1. A coated intermediate plate provides the sealing. The oil pump and the outer multi-disc carrier of the multi-disc holding clutch, B1, are bolted to the converter housing. The stator shaft is pressed into it and prevented from rotating by splines. The electro-hydraulic unit is bolted to the transmission housing from underneath. A sheet metal steel oil pan forms the closure.Mechanical Section
The mechanical section consists of an input shaft, an output shaft, a sun gear shaft, and three planetary gear sets which are coupled to each other. The planetary gear sets each have four planetary pinion gears. The oil pressure for the torque converter lock-up clutch and clutch K2 is supplied through bores in the input shaft. The oil pressure to clutch K3 is transmitted through the output shaft. The lubricating oil is distributed through additional bores in both shafts. All the bearing points of the gear sets, as well as the freewheeling clutches and actuators, are supplied with lubricating oil. The parking lock gear is connected to the output shaft via splines.
Freewheeling clutches F1 and F2 are used to optimize the shifts. The front freewheel, F1, is supported on the extension of the stator shaft on the transmission side and, in the locking direction, connects the sun gear of the front planetary gear set to the transmission housing. In the locking direction, the rear freewheeling clutch, F2, connects the sun gear of the center planetary gear set to the sun gear of the rear planetary gear set.Electrohydraulic Control Unit
The electrohydraulic control unit comprises the shift plate made from light alloy for the hydraulic control and an electrical control unit. The electrical control unit comprises of a supporting body made of plastics into which the electrical components are assembled. The supporting body is mounted on the shift plate and screwed to it.
Strip conductors inserted into the supporting body make the connection between the electrical components and a plug connector. The connection to the wiring harness on the vehicle and the transmission control module (TCM) is produced via this 13-pin plug connector with a bayonet lock.Shift Groups
The hydraulic control components (including actuators) which are responsible for the pressure distribution before, during, and after a gear change are described as a shift group. Each shift group contains a command valve, a holding pressure shift valve, a shift pressure shift valve, overlap regulating valve, and a solenoid.
The hydraulic system contains three shift groups: 1-2/4-5, 2-3, and 3-4. Each shift group can also be described as being in one of two possible states. The active shift group is described as king in the shift phase when it is actively engaging / disengaging a clutch combination. The 1-2/4 -5 shift group controls the BI and KI clutches. The 2-3 shift group controls the K2 and K3 clutches. The 3-4 shift group controls the K3 and B2 clutches.NAG1 Stock Transmission Section Diagram
- Torque Converter
- Oil Pump
- Driveshaft
- Multi-disc Holding Clutch B1
- Driving Clutch K1
- Driving Clutch K2
- Multi-disk Holding Clutch B3
- Driving Clutch K3
- Multi-disk Holding Clutch B2
- Output Chaft
- Parking Lock Gear
- Intermediate Shaft
- Freewheel F2
- Rear Planetary Gear Set
- Center Planetary Gear Set
- Electrohydraulic Control Unit
- Front Planetary Gear Set
- Freewheel F1
- Stator Shaft
- Torque Converter Lock-up Clutch
- 1st Gear - 3.59:1
- 2nd Gear - 2.19:1
- 3rd Gear - 1.41:1
- 4th Gear - 1.00:1
- 5th gear - 0.83:1
- Reverse - 3.16:1
- Dodge Challenger 5.7L & 6.1L LC 2008 to 2010
- Chrysler 300 5.7L & 6.1L LX 2005 to 2010
- Dodge Charger 5.7L & 6.1L LX 2006 to 2010
- Dodge Magnum 5.7L & 6.1L LX 2005 to 2010


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Video Rental Wes Novack on 15 Feb 2007
Netflix exchange at Blockbuster
All you Netflix subscribers out there should know that Blockbuster is currently running a promotion that allows you to trade in Netflix envelope tear-offs for a free instore rental at local Blockbuster stores. This "envelope tear-off" is the part that you normally throw away after opening your Netflix mailing. The promotion runs 02/15 – 02/21 and could be particularly useful on President's day when the post office is shut down. The move is an obvious attempt by Blockbuster to introduce Netflix subscribers to the in store "benefits" of the Total Access program. An instore Blockbuster account is required in order to redeem the free rentals. (Thanks Steve)
6 Responses to "Netflix exchange at Blockbuster"
on 15 Feb 2007 at 7:50 PM 1.Steve said …
Should note that you have to have a Blockbuster account. If you don't have one you will have to sign up. This account doesn't have to be the Total Access account.
on 15 Feb 2007 at 7:54 PM 2.Wesley Novack said …
Good point thanks. And for those who might not know, obtaining a Blockbuster instore account is free.
on 16 Feb 2007 at 6:17 PM 3.aviationwiz said …
Hmm, too bad I'm out of town, otherwise I might go in to take advantage of this, of course, I would never switch to Blockbuster Online. Oh well, it's not even that great anyways considering I'd have to make 2 special trips (one to pick up the movie, another to drop it off.)
on 17 Feb 2007 at 12:28 PM 4.Wesley Novack said …
I exchanged some Netflix labels at Blockbuster last night. It wasn't the easiest process in the world, but at least it yielded some free rentals.
First off, the guy at the counter didn't even know about the new offer, he started out by telling me that "this promotion had expired".
I informed him that I had JUST read a press release that detailed the promo for this week, and he then went and verified it with a supervisor on duty.
In order to credit me for my Netflix tear-offs, he had to manually punch in a promo code for each movie, which took him awhile. So don't expect to just run in there and run out.
Either way, thanks to Blockbuster for the free movie rentals! 😉
on 17 Feb 2007 at 11:51 PM 5.aviationwiz said …
I had a similar experience during the last promotion like this. The guy looked at me like I was nuts and said "uh, we're Blockbuster, these here are for Netflix." So I explained the promo to him, which he hadn't heard of, so I went to the front of the store to look for the promo literature that they had out, and showed it to him. He had to call over his supervisor to get the discount done and for me to get my free movies.
The supervisor mentioned that they don't get why corp was doing it, so I said "it's to try and get people to switch over to Blockbuster Online." She just said "Well, it doesn't do much good if their already members (referring to the fact that I had BBO returns as well, since I was doing that trial during that time period.) Nothing she could do about it though, 🙂
I think I got 6 free rentals that day, 3 from Netflix, 3 from my BBO returns.
on 22 Feb 2007 at 1:20 PM 6.Wesley Novack said …
Well, I took full advantage of the Blockbuster promotion. Traded in another 3 Netflix "tear-offs" yesterday. So I received 6 total freebies from Blockbuster. Did anyone else manage to get more free rentals than 6?


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September 1, 2016
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
On this second World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, I invite the faithful and all people of good will to hear the prophetic words of Pope Francis as he focuses our attention on "the sufferings of the poor and the devastation of the environment."
On this day, with the Orthodox Churches, Christian communities, and other religions, we are particularly called to unite in prayer and action as we respond to the worldwide refugee crisis. In this crisis, the world's most vulnerable people bear the heaviest burden – those who are least responsible for the ecological damage we have done suffer the greatest impact.
As Pope Francis says, "When we mistreat nature, we also mistreat human beings."
I invite the faithful to visit the Archdiocese of Vancouver's Laudato Si' webpage to read the Holy Father's message for 2016 and his prayer for creation, to find valuable resources and to learn about concrete actions that can be taken here at home.
God has entrusted this wondrous world to our care. Let us ask for his help as we thank him for our common home, strive to overcome our selfish ways, and work to be the stewards of creation he has called us to be.
With cordial best wishes and the assurance of my prayers, I remain
Sincerely yours in Christ,
+ Michael Miller, CSB
Archbishop of Vancouver


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WZZM-13: 40 Vehicle Pileup on US-31 in Northern Muskegon County
WZZM-13 reports Southbound US-31 has reopened in northern Muskegon County after a multi-vehicle accident involving dozens of vehicles.
The pileup happened just before noon Wednesday in between White Lake Drive and Russell Road.
Michigan State Police say approximately 40 vehicles were involved, including four semi-trucks, an ambulance, and an armored truck.
One person was injured and he had non-life threatening injuries.
State police says the crash happened during white-out conditions and drivers were traveling too fast.


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Makita's got a new reciprocating saw, the JR3070CT. Most of its features are pretty standard for a big corded reciprocating saw. It has a 15 Amp motor, goes from 0-2800 SPM, and has tool-less blade changes. The saw features a stroke of 1-1/4″ which is a bit longer than average, and makes for smoother, faster cutting. It has some nice controls, which allow you to set a max speed, as well as adjust the cutting action between orbital and straight cutting. To prolong the tools life it features a mechanical clutch that will disengage the drive if the saw binds up.
The headline feature here though (which you can tell from the giant AVT emblazoned onto the side of the saw) is the Anti-Vibration Technology (AVT). This is a counter weight system that Makita claims will reduce the vibrations by half. Vibration is a big deal as it is one of the primary factors in fatigue. A saw that is shaking around alot will cause you to get tired very quickly, as your arms will try and hold it in place. Therefore AVT should make this saw alot easier to use for long periods of time than other comparable saws.


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Since being able to run again after having Lia, I have been struggling to reconcile finding the time to run, not putting the rest of the family out and still managing to run further and faster. I'm not someone who can just run for the health benefits and to run the odd race slowly without improving. I certainly won't be entering races to come last. As I want to get faster and train for specific events, the most natural solution is to follow a training plan. So in complete contradiction to anything I've learnt about training and improving, here are the three reasons why I won't be doing so:
1. Time.
I never know when I'm going to be able to run, at what time of day or how far. I could follow a training plan, making sure I fit in the designated run each day, but I'd often end up running late at night, eating into my sleeping time. With a baby who doesn't let me sleep at night, this just isn't acceptable.
2. Motivation
You may notice that this all revolves around sleep… but on a day when I'm surviving on 3 hours sleep, I might not want to do the hard, long or fast run on my training plan. And I really have to question whether I'd benefit from that designated run, or whether I'd be better off writing that day off and having an early night. On other days however, running is all I want to do. That's when I will fit in my fast, hard and long runs.
3. Doing things differently
If we all followed the way that things are supposed to be done and did what everyone else does, we'd never discover a new way of doing things that might be right for us.
So here is what I will be doing instead…
1. Running with friends
I'm lucky enough to have a friend who I run my long runs with. We put aside Wednesday evenings to do a decent long, hilly run. This is the only part of my weekly running schedule that is set in stone. We tend to do around 7 miles. I really enjoy this and look forward to it, and I know I'll have a decent run every week.
2. Making the most of the circumstances
Some days, I don't run until 10 pm and I can only muster a slow jog, but that's ok, I'm getting out there. Some days, I only fancy running for 10 minutes, so I'll run 2 k as fast as I can, that's ok too. I know I need to work on my speed, so these fast runs are as beneficial as the long ones, the slow ones, the hills or the intervals. Some days, my (lazy) dog wants to come with me. He's very much a speed merchant so we go to the sports field and do some sprints. This is tiring, for both me and my running partner.
3. Staying motivated
Pushing myself to go out on the same run day in day out, or to do something that I'm not feeling like doing just doesn't work for me. I end up having a week off training just because I don't fancy doing what I'm "supposed" to be doing, so I put it off, lose momentum and my running goes out of the window. I know enough about running and training to know roughly what I need to do. I need a long run, some sprints, some hills and some race distance each week. At what point during the week I do them doesn't matter.
4. Mixing it up
To avoid injury, I personally think it's important to do other sports as well as running. For me at the moment it's swimming, just once a week. I hope that as I get a bit more time, I'll manage cycling as well. For now though, I've settled on training to do some aquathlons next year. I hope to put in some good times as well as losing the last of the baby blubber and getting a bit fitter and healthier. Watch this space!
Do you follow a training plan or are you rebelling against it? I'd love to hear your views!


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1. Any of several African trees (especially Microberlinia brazzavillensis) or tropical American trees having striped wood.
2. The wood of any of these trees, used in cabinetmaking.
zebrawood(ˈzɛbrəˌwʊd; ˈziː-)
1. (Plants) a tree, Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, Asia, and Africa, yielding striped hardwood used in cabinetwork: family Connaraceae
2. (Plants) any of various other trees or shrubs having striped wood
3. (Forestry) the wood of any of these trees
ze•bra•wood(ˈzi brəˌwʊd; Brit. also ˈzɛb rə-)
1. a tropical American shrub, Connarus guianensis, yielding a hard, striped wood.
2. the wood itself, used in making furniture.
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|zebrawood - handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
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zebrawood - handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
Connarus guianensis - tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork
arariba, Centrolobium robustum - Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood
Eugenia dicrana, nakedwood - tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood
Astronium fraxinifolium, goncalo alves - tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction
marblewood, marble-wood - hard marbled wood
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As I'm writing this post I can't help but hear Julie Andrews singing in my ear, but there definitely could be worse songs to have in your head all day! I thought it was about time I did a roundup post of everything I am loving right now, from my favourite pyjamas to what I'm reading. Sound fun? Here are a few of my favourite things…
I've recently redecorated the master bedroom and I just love it. The chunky knit throw is from The Range and the blush tone suede pillows are from George, Asda. I've taken to making my bed each morning which I have never done before in my life- maybe there is an age you reach and suddenly realise the importance and satisfaction of this task??
Every time I see Alice in Wonderland products, it's in my shopping bag faster than the white rabbit. This gorgeous pale blue pyjama set is from TU by Sainsburys and is £16. Super soft and definitely needed after an evening's work on the sofa with cake and tea.
My favourite bra right now is this stunner from Hunkemoller: it's the Samara underwired push up bra, which does up at the front, super handy! This just moulds to my shape and I often forget I'm wearing a bra when I wear it- such a pretty design too.
It's no secret that my organisation skills have been somewhat hectic my entire life, then I watch a show on Netflix based on this book. My wardrobes, drawers and the way I see my possessions has entirely changed, and I can honestly say that Marie Kondo is to thank for this. If you haven't jumped on the 'KonMari' bandwagon, I highly recommend you see what it's all about, especially if you are crap at keeping your house and home tidy!
This Mother's Day I was truly spoiled, and I now have another charm to add to my collection. This is my most favourite yet, as it looks just like an Olympus Pen camera!
My health has taken a big hit since having Alice in many ways. I try to stay on top of eating a balanced diet and taking care of my skin, so these beauty collagen gummies from Bioglan are the first thing I reach for in the mornings (they're on my night stand). No effort except a strawberry treat that will help top up collagen levels and to support healthy hair, skin and nails.
The last stop on my list of favourite things is by far the most relaxing. I am loving Image Skincare's range of products, here I am using their Rose Quartz face roller and recovery face mask. The mask is wonderful on my sensitive skin, and after the magic has absorbed into my skin, I am left feeling rejuvenated and glowing.
If there is anything you see in this post that I haven't mentioned where it's from, leave a comment below and I'll share all my secrets!
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Aside from working with her patients, nothing makes Bethany happier than being at Lake Greenwood with her husband and two daughters on the weekends while listening to her favorite country music singer, Tim McGraw, crooning from the stereo. When she has a break from the office, she makes her way to Starbucks to pick up her favorite treat; a tall non-fat white chocolate mocha.


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By the time you read this, we will have had a little taste of the aftermath following on from a shock win for the UK Br exit campaign. Dear God help us! In the months and weeks leading up to the referendum, I remained a fervent supporter of the Br exit campaign, but when I cast my vote in the near closing hours of the referendum voting day, I must say I did so with a sense of resignation. The media forecasts during the day had been predicting results showing the Remain camp as being in the lead. I wasn't surprised as that had always been my expectation judging from poll analysis in the lead up.
By the late evening when I was yet to cast my vote, I felt I had very little reason to believe that the Br exit camp could still win and I almost completely abandoned the idea of voting. I finally decided to catch the polling station less than an hour before voting was due to close. After voting, I went straight home and didn't bother to turn on the news in my certainty that the Br exit campaign had already lost. I retired to bed shortly after and even the following morning still wasn't in the mood to switch on the news to listen to jubilation's of victory by supporters of the Remain campaign. My surprise and elation knew no bounds when just before 9am the following morning, I finally succumbed to the temptation to check the frantic alerts that had been coming in rapid succession through to my phone. I was shocked and immediately saddened to learn David Cameron had resigned and that against all the odds, the Brexit vote had won! There are scores of people now expressing alarm and dismay at what the decision by the UK to exit the EU implies. Call me stupid but I don't for one minute share such sentiments and it is not because I am under any illusions about the fact that we are in for a rather rough ride for a period no one can determine as yet. On so many levels, the Brexit victory illustrates the simmering grass root dissatisfaction that eventually spilled over into the ballot box.
In the weeks leading up to the referendum, key figures, economic experts, heads of think tanks and even a few international leaders seemed to be falling over themselves and lining up to offer the most dire predictions of economic disaster in the event of a Brexit win. From the Prime Minister to the Governor of the Bank of England, heads of FTSE listed companies and big businesses etc; all weighed in on the debate in support of the Remain campaign ultimately to no avail. I personally was never in doubt that I wanted an exit from the EU and no amount of dire predictions was going to convince me otherwise because I simply applied layman's logic to guide my decision. The case for leaving the EU in my mind were too glaring to be ignored. The social and economic cost of continuing in the EU could no longer be justified in the face of crumbling public service provision and infrastructure, chronic under-funding, a massive slide in the general standard of living for vast sections of the ordinary working population; set against the disproportionate high cost of living and above all, the repressively bureaucratic nature of the EU and its impact on the UK's sovereignty and jurisdictions. Yes, there are some benefits to the EU, but simply not enough for what we were giving away and would continue to give away for decades to come. The more that politicians screeched on about how better off we were in the EU, the more my resolve hardened to vote out as the basic economic arguments simply didn't stack up. I am no economist, but the size of the UK is a pin prick by many comparisons. Immigration numbers continue to swell and to flock into the UK year on year, taking immense toll on the UK's capacity to directly or indirectly accommodate the ensuing chain of social and financial obligations necessitated by immigrant influx. Having lived and worked in the UK for longer than I care to count, I make my surmises based on practical experience of its impacts and not the on sentiments of wanting the UK to be seen as an open, liberal and multi-culturally oriented society. I have no problem with us being all of these thing if we can afford to foot the cost of what it takes to generally provide a decent standard of living for as many as are willing to work hard to achieve it. The concept of EU integration based on free movement of people across the EU has always to my mind sounded impractical and unsustainable. Governments simply do not have unlimited capacity infra-structurally and financially, to cater to the immigration influx on such unprecedented scales. Hard choices invariably have to be made when untenable levels of demand are reached, as I think they have in the UK or near so. While political mainstream figures frequently attempt to play down the real crisis levels that have been reached across wide areas of public service provision, lives of ordinary hard working people are being adversely affected by the near melt down that has no end in sight if we stick with the status quo.
We hear the usual mantra about how immigration is good for the nation and my argument is not that it isn't, but there is such a thing as taking even a good thing too far! The ability of the UK to accommodate vast numbers of immigrants must be as near on par with its ability to provide a decent and cost-even standard of living for as many as possible and that in my experience is simply not the case. The UK has record number of homeless people on its streets, record numbers of people who cannot afford to rent or buy homes despite the fact that they work all the hours God sends, record numbers of state schools that simply cannot cope with the demand for school places and record numbers of people who cannot get or afford decent quality of healthcare or GP (General Practitioner) attention when they need it due to the near crumbling state of the NHS in many parts of the UK. Luckily, I do not depend on the NHS as I am fortunate to have excellent private health insurance. But it costs me much to maintain and many people simply cannot afford the costs of private health care and are therefore stuck with depending on a health service virtually on its knees. Yet our politicians still think it is a good idea to be part of an EU framework that is fundamentally based on an unsustainable principle of free movement of people. The UK is not the size of the USA or Australia and even these nations that are geographically more endowed than the UK, have their own concerns about immigration and they continue to take necessary steps to stem the flow of influx into their countries to ensure they don't become cornered by overwhelm. Why do we get accused of being anti-immigration when we choose not to ignore glaring facts about worsening social living conditions caused by a system bursting at its seams and increasingly unable to cope? I voted to opt out of an EU alliance which among other issues, also does not permit the UK as a sovereign nation, freedom to determine a better suited immigration policy instead of us allowing this to continue being shaped by EU jurisdiction. We keep hearing about how the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world. Well it does not feel like that for the majority.
The UK spends a most disproportionate amount of its resources on supporting a welfare system that does not provide sufficient incentives to those who are on it, to find work and to stay in work. I can't blame many on benefits because for many of them, it simply does not pay to work full time. The reality for most is that the cost of public transport, child care (if applicable) and rent are so prohibitive that the tendency is to give up on the idea of working even before commencing. The UK system encourages poverty rather than self-sufficiency or even wealth. It is into this system that we attract hordes of immigrants who upon arriving, get shoved or sucked into the poverty trap, together with their families. The argument also is given, that immigrants do many of the jobs that we don't see white English people doing and for that reason immigrants provide great benefits by supporting the UK work force. No doubt true, but truth from a rather flawed perspective. I choose to view it from a slightly different angle and its not a complimentary one to white English folks – sorry! The realities of poverty that face many immigrants who come into the UK is such that they often will go to every length, more so than their white counterparts, to get an education, re-train and secure any jobs available. White counterparts do not necessarily go to these same lengths and what has happened over decades is that these types of roles get filled by those who are most desperate for them. You find that as you climb higher up the social scale and ladder of employment, you don't witness as many immigrants in those positions as you find white counterparts. Why is that? I dare any politician or similar person to tell me why they think that it is a good thing for the country's public services to be shouldered mainly by immigrants, many of whose first language isn't even English, but it isn't okay for this same level of representation to be reflected in more prestigious, higher paid positions across the work spectrum. If this isn't silent racism at its most stealthy, I don't know what is. Someone tell me who are the real racists? The ordinary man on the street who says it as he sees and feels it by exercising the civic right to vote on issues of concern to them or the posh talkers who tell us what or what not to think or say; but who appear to preside over a system that very rarely provides immigrants opportunities to achieve a genuinely good standard of life for them and their families. So when people express the fact that immigrants provide the greatest support to the network of public service provisions, I don't know whether to laugh, cry or rant at the ignorance and the smug condescension these comments are often layered with. Don't get me wrong, I have the most passionate love and pride for my country, its values (some!) and its traditions of catering for the less privileged. But that's why I can be unapologetically passionate about some of the social issues that affect more of the masses than many creamed politicians who simply are oblivious to these realities. Though British by birth, I am also Nigerian by parentage. I will always have the opportunity to move back to the country that I do love and have bonded ties with. Many who are familiar with Nigeria can attest that while it is an extremely vibrant country, it is not an easy country to live in or to adapt to. In fact it can be hell on earth unless one has sufficient means to foot the cost of maintaining an affluent lifestyle. But the fact remains that though I technically am not an immigrant, I do have an immigrant consciousness. Despite my strong sense of belonging in the UK as my primary place of abode, I also have the same sense of belonging when I am in Nigeria, which leaves me very open to the possibility of moving back. In fact at some point in the near future, I will be doing just that and vacating my portion of allocated space here in the UK, for hordes more immigrants to occupy (I'm sure it won't just be a 1:1 substitution). The same applies for many immigrants in this country who maintain their nostalgic links with their nations of origin and sometimes even harbor plans of moving back at some point in their future. On the contrary, there are millions of ordinary British folks who apart from holiday trips taken, have no option than the UK. For them, British culture and its values is what gives them their sense of cultural and national identity and they don't wish to see this gradually and increasingly replaced through persistently uncurtailed immigration by some kind of non-specific world cultural ism that constantly chips away at the essence of what British culture is all about. If they choose to migrate to other nations they are still British citizens living in another country. By contrast, when I move back to Nigeria, I am not regarded as a Briton living in Nigeria, but as a Nigerian living like any other, in the midst of predominantly fellow Nigerians. This makes the crucial difference in terms of perception and my sense of cultural identity. I know of colleagues who have simply packed up and moved to other climes because they were fed up with some of these aspects of the cultural and economic impacts of mass immigration and the sense of things being out of control.
This may or not be a valid position to hold but one's perception is their reality. These are real concerns and only just a few of the issues that affect the consideration as to whether the EU is a force for the overall good of the UK, or a force for something that the UK never anticipated. If that makes me a racist or a person to be labelled with some derogatory label, then I 'happily' accept the label because I simply can't shed these concerns or pretend that I don't have them not just for myself who does not even plan to live here for much longer, but also for the scores of ordinary people that I engage in conversation with who are often too cautious about voicing their deepest concerns for fear of being labelled. I give you a simple analogy based on my layman's logic, rather than on what I am told by smooth-talking politicians. I have a three bedroom house which can only cater for a limited number of occupants, for example three adults. I also earn a fixed amount of income that can only support a certain stretch in my expenditure, my living costs and not much else beyond that. I might have the most noble intentions to accommodate more people in my home with its limited space and my limited earnings; but the fact is, I can only stretch my noble intentions so far by accommodating just a few more people. So, in addition to the original occupants of my home, I may choose to accommodate a further five persons. By this time it would be quite a stretch, with me now having to house and cater for eight people in total. Don't forget my home has originally been designed to accommodate just three people. At this point, I sensibly begin to appreciate that I am stretched to the limits financially. No matter how much I would wish to take in more occupants, I wouldn't for instance be able to accommodate a further thousand people in this same home, on a salary already stretched to absolute limits and expect us all to still live comfortably and harmoniously within the limited space.
Even if these occupants were to offer me some additional supplement to subsidize the cost of their occupancy, there would still be other logistical problems of capacity being stretched to unacceptable levels. There would be a need for additional toilets, bathrooms, bedrooms and kitchens needing to be built within the space limits. It would not be racist, xenophobic, homophobic or phobic of me in any way to insist that my home and my income could only cater for a certain number of occupants. I would also find it inconceivable that my right to that decision could be challenged by an external party/parties who had little or no understanding of my financial challenges or my personal preferences as regarding who I chose to give my home access to. I have offered a rather simplistic analogy I know, but this illustration serves me better than all the political spin being dished out around the issue of the UK's membership of the EU. This basic logic strikes me as the reason why it made absolute common sense for the UK to exit the EU and for me to support the Brexit campaign. It is not anti-immigration to reject the idea of uncontrolled influx against the backdrop of shrinking investment in public services. Neither do I think or believe for one moment that Nigel Farage (leader of UKIP) is bigoted or racist to raise the alarm about social issues and conditions in a tone that resonates with the realities of present day experience for the majority. His plain and uncompromising speaking is in contrast with the whitewashed picture that politicians and those who live in rose-tinted baubles try to present. If that makes racists of us who hold this view and who prefer to appraise things from the perspective of the common man on the street, then I'm afraid politicians are more out of touch than I gave them credit for, and the absence of common sense across the mainstream political spectrum is more real than I imagined. Of course there are many ordinary folks who, as they are perfectly entitled to, hold a different view and would prefer for the UK to remain in the EU. It is simply a matter of perspective and what one chooses to priorities. They point to other factors as reasons for their preference; like there being greater strength in unity and the stability of being part of a wider socioeconomic EU framework, as good enough reasons not to upset the apple cart. Well, I like upsetting the apple cart if I think there is good enough reason to do so, and in the case of the UK's exit from the UK, I absolutely am convinced we can weather the ensuing storms of temporary economic upsets that will certainly beset us for some time. I don't think however that we will be able to continue coping with the economic burden caused as well by untrammeled immigration, if we don't get this particular act in check over the coming years and decades. I utterly reject the notion that without the EU, the UK cannot succeed as a sovereign nation forging its way in the world like many other successfully independent nations; in a manner better targeted at addressing the complex socioeconomic needs of this great country. Following the Brexit win, those misguided few who choose to engage in opportunistic hate crimes and slurs should where apprehended face the full wrath of the law (and some), because encouraging racist and other petty attitudes is not what Brexit represents and should not be seen as such. It is an utter disgrace that criminally minded people try to make sick capital of whatever positives that we should be looking forward to from the Brexit outcome. Anyone who imagines that a vote for Brexit was not going to have immediate knee-jerk and adverse impacts for a while to come has probably not grasped the magnitude and scale of what exiting the EU means for the UK. Perhaps they need to go sign up for an online petition currently being circulated, asking for a 2nd referendum to be held. They want to smother us with referendums until the vote goes their way. So, much for democracy or should I call it democracy by dictatorship. Another analogy; the fact that a boil hasn't burst does not mean that it should not be lanced in order to rid the body of accumulated toxins and pus, in order to give the body a proper chance to heal. I see the EU as a boil the UK needs to lance once and for all and however painful the process. If it takes us years to heal then so be it, but one way or the other, if the boil is lanced the body will surely heal. If we don't lance the boil, we surrender ourselves to its uncontrolled poisoning. Yet another simplistic analogy, but that's the analogy I trust to make my decisions rather than listening to gobbledygook politicians and their equally gobbledygook spin. Not everyone may share my views or concerns but these concerns are representative should not be derided.
I am not against immigration or immigrants. I am against uncontrolled immigration when in the face of systemic public service cuts and under-investment, the government knows very well that they have little capacity to invest sufficiently in the long term needs of these immigrants in order to provide the necessary incentives to help them to genuinely advance beyond the social poverty bracket. Already the recriminations, the backlash, the knee-jerk as well as witch-hunt reactions have commenced and our typically staid and predictable UK political scene has suddenly become an exciting spectacle of intrigue and mystique! I love the combustible political atmosphere happening at the moment. It is exciting, it is certainly encouraging debate and attack, and people are sitting up! Many are even regretting casting their vote for Brexit. Hilarious! Did these spongy Brexit voters not realize that a vote for Brexit would at least in the short term have reactions of seismic proportions? In the lead up to the referendum, every catastrophic financial prediction that could be thrown at this debate was thrown. We were told financial Armageddon would happen if Brexit won. So, what on earth did they expect to happen when Brexit won? Did they seriously expect calm? Eventually maybe, but certainly not before the massive storm of market and political reactions right across the board, spilling over onto the international circuit. Where were these people then? Did they have their ears blocked with cotton wool? Where they led blindfolded to the voting booths? Did they think they could vote Brexit and then roll over in their beds and not expect economic reactions of tumultuous proportions? Well, there is much more to come and many are already jittery. I can't stand weak-kneed people who vacillate from one opinion to another. There were three choices during this referendum; to vote in, to vote out or to not vote. People need to know what they want and stand by it if they are convinced. To have voted without a sense of conviction about the crucial issues at stake. I have little patience for those who less than 48 hours into the market fallout from a Brexit win, were already looking for who to blame and for how to change their vote! Purleeze! At this rate we won't find anyone with the gumption to actually proceed with invoking the EU's Article 50. Everyone is now quaking at the knees. Why bother to call a referendum or give us a choice to vote and promise to abide by its results and all the hassle that came with it, if leaders are going to start buckling. While we buckle at the knees, EU leaders have started to show the stuff of which friendship is made by demanding we get on with it and get out! So much for loyalties. At least they could have waited a full week before the daggers were out! No doubt that the UK is in for a period of economic downturns and adverse conditions for what I hope won't be a protracted period. There is no reason to believe that the UK cannot weather the storm of economic unpredictability and emerge from it well positioned to do itself better justice than that which was served us within the EU.
Market conditions will regularize and our astute economists shall continue to take appropriate economic measures to stabilize the economy for the longer term gain. If the UK in its days of empire glory when it colonized vast sections of the globe, could grant these same colonies their independence; allowing them to embark on their own journey of self-governance and independence, I don't see why the same UK cannot successfully forge its own destiny, independent from the EU. I appreciate that we are speaking of a different time and era, but the principle remains the same. Choosing to go it alone rather than remaining paired up to a complex alliance, too mammoth-like to manage effectively, is not an isolationist move. But even if it is, it is not the end of the world for the UK, or for its chances to prosper. There is talk of the Brexit win being a Pyrrhic victory and one that could cost the UK far more than the trouble to secure the victory was worth. That may well be so though I don't think so for all the reasons I've outlined earlier. I would say the same for the Remain campaign that had it won that would be in every sense have been a Pyrrhic victory. But the truth is that whatever side of the argument divide you happen to be on, everyone (apart from our enemies) wishes the UK the very best in her future direction and in the many choices and decisions left yet to make as this unprecedented situation continues to unfold.
From my heart to yours, always,
Kobi Emmanuella-King


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Holy Crap! A Benches-Clearing Brawl Broke Out at the Annual FDNY-NYPD Hockey Game
Things got ugly in the middle of the 41st annual FDNY-NYPD charity hockey game when—like a hockey game—a brawl broke out.
I'll let the videos speak for themselves, because they are crazy. The NYPD won 8-5.
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Yesterday I mentioned that sea vegetables are a great source of iodine [1]. "But what is iodine?" many emailers asked. Well, dear friends, iodine is elemental. Let's take a trip through the land of iodine to learn what it is, what it does for the human body and whether you should make an effort to get more iodine in your diet.
What is Iodine?
Iodine is a highly water-soluble trace element that's rare in the earth's crust, but fairly prevalent in its seas. Our bodies require it, for several reasons. Our thyroid glands use it to make thyroid hormones (T3 molecular weight is 59% iodine; T4 molecular weight, 65%), and a severe deficiency [2] can manifest in the development of goiter [3], which is the thyroid gland swelling up in an attempt to keep up the pace of iodine uptake from the blood and thyroid hormone production. Lovely stuff, eh? Other common symptoms of iodine deficiency include hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. It can also increase the incidence of early mental retardation (iodine deficiency-related retardation is the most preventable kind, in fact), and even stunted infant brain development, provided the kid even makes it out alive: iodine deficient pregnant women [4] are at a higher risk for miscarriages and stillbirths.
Today, most table salt has been iodized, and most processed food is in turn made with plenty of iodized salt. As Richard pointed out [5] a few months back, an unintended benefit of the SAD may be the adequate intake of iodine! Ironically, hyper conscious eaters who eschew all processed foods and sprinkle shavings of the purest Himalayan salt blocks (reconstituted, perhaps, from the sweaty pits of organic Sherpas) on their meals may be missing out on iodine. Sea salt does contain trace amounts of iodine, being from the sea, but what's there degrades pretty rapidly. Subsisting on sea salt alone is almost certainly inadequate for iodine intake. If you avoid processed food [6] (as you should), be sure to eat sea vegetation [1] from time to time.
Iodine Dosage
Iodine dosage is a tricky one to get a handle on. While the RDA of 150 micrograms is sufficient to prevent goiters (kinda like the RDA for vitamin D [7] is enough to prevent rickets), it probably isn't optimal, and humans can definitely handle larger intakes. After all, coastal-dwelling sorts, like the Japanese, have regularly been consuming iodine-rich sea vegetables for ages without wide-scale thyroid problems – some even suggest this level of intake is preventive against thyroid disorders and breast cancer [8]. Most accounts put them at 5-12mg of iodine daily. The Japanese also consume a fair amount of soy, which has been shown to be antagonistic to iodine uptake, so perhaps they've found a balance between the two. At the same time, iodine supplementation can be overdone, leading to hyperthyroidism.
I lean toward the RDA being short sighted and rather inadequate, to be honest. The tolerable daily upper limit of 1 mg seems better. As they tend to do, the experts cast iodine in a single, solitary role – as the prime regulator of thyroid health and function – and ignore any possibility that it's important in other realms, too. That's madness, just like it's madness to presume vitamin D [9] is only about protecting rickets, even as evidence of its cardio-, immuno-, and carcino-protective effects mount. It's often stated that the thyroid only needs around 100 micrograms of iodine per day to manufacture sufficient amounts of thyroid hormone and this is used as evidence of the RDA's accuracy. But only 30% of the body's total iodine content is concentrated in the thyroid. The rest of it is found in the mammary glands, eye, gastric mucosa, cervix, thymus gland, and salivary glands. If the body is doing something with any sort of consistency, if there's a pattern to its processes, it's probably playing an important – even if not entirely understood – role.
Let's take a closer look at how iodine functions in the human body.
Fetal Development
The fetal thyroid gland begins to function at the 11 week mark of gestation, and at the 18th week, T4 is being produced by the fetus in order to develop its nervous system. The child's neurological development also depends on proper functioning of the fetal thyroid glands. Sufficient iodine intake (by the mother, of course) is required for sufficient thyroid action in the fetus, just as it's required in adult thyroids.
After birth, the child still depends on the mother for his or her iodine. Those little brains are experiencing their most rapid period of growth and development, and they need plenty of iodine to avoid impaired cognitive development. Nursing [10] increases the dietary requirement for iodine.
Iodine has been effective in the therapeutic treatment of certain immune disorders [11], and researchers are beginning to understand how it works on the molecular level. Research [12] (PDF) shows that iodine often gathers in damaged or diseased tissue, and it accumulates during phagocytosis, the process by which our immune systems attack, engulf, and consume foreign bodies or bacteria, suggesting a crucial role. During an acute infection, T4 hormone is actually subject to deiodination – the removal of iodine from thyroid hormone – and the resultant iodine is presumably mobilized for defensive aid.
Thyroid Cancer
When the thyroid is starved of iodine, it takes whatever it can get. And if an influx of radioactive iodine is suddenly made available, say, after a nuclear disaster, our thyroids will lap it all up if there's a deficit in the body. After the Chernobyl disaster, for example, residents living in areas which administered pharmacological doses of potassium iodide in response to the blast reported [13] (PDF) far fewer incidences of thyroid cancer when compared to residents that did not receive iodine supplements. It makes sense, then, to keep your iodine levels topped off to prevent uptake of radioactive iodine.
To figure out if you're deficient in iodine, consider taking an iodine loading test. Dr. Eades discusses this in his latest book [14], and here's how it works: take a large, 50mg dose of iodine; over the course of the next 24 hours, monitor the iodine levels of your urinary output. If you excrete most of it – say, 90% of the 50mg – you already have adequate stores of iodine. If you excrete very little iodine, that's an indication of an iodine deficiency that your body is trying to correct. If you're deficient, consider eating more sea vegetables (daily) or taking an iodine supplement. Lugol's solution [15] and Iodoral [16] are both good choices that many in the Primal sphere have taken with great success. Besides the obvious example of sea vegetables and seafood, eggs [17], milk [18], yogurt, and strawberries all contain decent amounts of iodine – enough to satisfy the RDA, at least, but not to achieve higher, possibly more therapeutic levels.
Who Should Take Iodine?
Those who eat a lot of raw broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, brussel sprouts, bok choy, collard greens, mustard greens, Chinese broccoli/cabbage, radishes, rutabagas, turnips, rapini, kale, millet, soy, cassava, spinach, pine nuts, pears, peaches, sweet potatoes, peanuts, or bamboo shoots should supplement with iodine or consider swapping in some sea vegetables. The aforementioned are all sources of goitrogens, which, when eaten raw, prevent iodine uptake by the thyroid gland. Cooking takes care of most of the problem, but variety is always good.
Those with poor intakes of selenium [19], vitamin A, and iron [20] may be at a greater risk for iodine deficiency symptoms. Eat your salmon [21], liver [22], and eggs [23], folks!
Those with minor hypothyroid symptoms (weight gain, sluggishness, fatigue, fuzzy brain, cold extremities) may want to consider eating more sea vegetables or supplementing with iodine. Richard Nikoley apparently solved his hypothyroid problems [5] with 12.5 mg of iodine a day, and his experiences were corroborated by several commenters. Note that folks suffering from chronic iodine deficiency may react poorly (hyperthyroidism) to a sudden bout of iodine supplementation, if the starved thyroid begins producing thyroid hormone in excess. At the same time, excessive amounts of supplementary iodine can actually prompt the thyroid gland to halt production of thyroid hormone. This is a protective measure, since unchecked amounts of thyroid hormone are dangerous, but it can lead to a chronically down-regulated thyroid hormone production if iodine intake is excessive.
Talk to your doctor or endocrinologist if you've got established thyroid issues, like Hashimoto's thyroiditis, (which has a confusing relationship with iodine [24]; iodine deficiency seems to be the cause of HT, but once you've got it, iodine can make things worse by further increasing the thyroid's resistance to iodine uptake) before supplementing.
Thyroid issues are incredibly complex, and too much iodine can actually exacerbate existing thyroid disorders just as too little can create them, so concrete recommendations can't really be established. As always, nutrition is incredibly individualistic. We may need the same basic nutrients, minerals, fats, and proteins, and we may react poorly to the same Neolithic foods, but it's all a matter of scale and degree.
If you have any questions about hyper or hypothyroidism let me know in the comment board and I'll attempt to answer your questions this coming week. And check back tomorrow for a delicious chicken liver recipe. Grok on!


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By Janlee Wong
Sadly, the political discourse in this country has become so polarized (aided and abetted by the White House) that instead of discussing the massive availability of guns in this country as contributing to mass shootings, politicians dismiss the issue as the actions of a "deranged" individual for which nothing can be done about.
Even if we believed this excuse, by not calling for more funding for treatment, Congress and the White House demonstrate how they don't really believe this and how shallow they are when it comes to trying to do something about this issue.
There are some facts about the issue that can't be ignored or dismissed but gun ownership advocates will do so anyway (Fisher and Keller, 2017):
- "Americans make up about 4.4 percent of the global population but own 42 percent of the world's guns."
- "… mass shootings were better explained by a society's access to guns than by its baseline level of violence."
- "A 2015 study estimated that only 4 percent of American gun deaths could be attributed to mental health issues."
- "… American crime is simply more lethal. A New Yorker is just as likely to be robbed as a Londoner, for instance, but the New Yorker is 54 times more likely to be killed in the process."
NASW and social workers have been demanding sensible gun control laws and declaring a public health emergency (http://www.socialworkblog.org/advocacy/2017/11/in-aftermath-of-church-mass-shooting-nasw-calls-for-sensible-gun-control-laws-public-health-emergency-declaration/) but Congress and the White House need to hear from all of the American public.
Please ask your friends and family, co-workers and anyone else you can think of to contact their elected representatives about this. Listed below is a website from which anyone can take action on this critical issue:
Fisher, Max and Josh Keller. "What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer." New York Times 7 Nov. 2017: https://nyti.ms/2hODjPs


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Hello, it's me. I was wondering if after all….
Ok, it's been a while since I've posted. I'm sorry, for everything that I've done….
Yep, I've been busy singing Adele songs and not really dating much, so I've had nothing to write about.
But something did happen recently that has made me reconsider my sometimes harsh treatment of men that I deem to have behaved in a cowardly way. I still don't think it's a nice way to treat people, but I now somewhat understand it.
A few months ago I was out at a show with Ms A and we'd had many a glass of wine. After the show people continued to linger in a beer garden type area and my memory is a bit fuzzy, but we got talking to a security guard. The place closed and as Ms A and I were heading to get a cab, the security guard appears again and we get chatting and joke around which included taking some photos of us. He is going out, but we are going home, so we exchange phone numbers and he says he will be in contact as maybe we can catch up the next night.
The next morning I awake with a mighty headache and looking through the photos on my phone I wonder why I was interested in this guy. He is tall and has nice teeth, but he isn't my usual type. And he is wearing a reflective vest. Oh that's right, wine…
I don't hear from him that day and I forget about him. Until the following month. Ms A and I and another friend Ms K are out and about at a wine festival. We're about 3 glasses in and feeling a little tiddly when we stumble upon a familiar face wearing a reflective vest.
Not that I was interested, but this guy never contacted me so I play it cool and politely say hello, but I have better things to do. But as the festival plays on, I've drunk more and I find myself winking at him as I pass by him. Now my closest friends know that I'm rubbish at winking so it probably looked like a bad twitch, but whatevs….
The day progressed, we get a little messy and by the time the ferry arrives to take us back to the city we are very very tiddly. On the ferry, everyone is in a good mood, there is music and dancing and lots of drinking and it's getting quite dark outside. I find my security guard and I think we chatted and flirted for a bit (?!?) and the next thing I know we are pashing. On the ferry. In the middle of everyone. Whilst he is working. Okaaaaaaaaayyyy….
When we arrive at the wharf we swap numbers again and he goes off to get changed as he plans to meet up with us at the bar. I attempt to rejoin the ladies but Ms K has decided to call it a day. Ms A and I decide there is no talent at that bar, so we head off to have cocktails at another bar whilst Mr Security calls and txts asking if I'm still at the original bar.
I've moved on already and ignore it. He ditched me last time. I haven't done anything he didn't do first right??
The next morning, again hungover as shit, he txts and asks if I remember him. Of course I do, I wasn't THAT drunk. A few hours later after not responding, he txts again saying 'why did you give me your number if you aren't going to reply?'
And now I feel bad. I don't want to be slack to him, but I know I'm not interested. I respond and play the 'sorry, ended up going home early with my friends last night' card and tell him I can't chat as I'm out.
Over the next few days he messages every day and I do that thing that I hate guys doing where I was answering with basic answers that encouraged no further conversation. But he wasn't letting me off so lightly. One night he said goodnight to me and my real name is Michelle (I think we've known each other long enough for me to reveal that to you…) but he spelt it Mechail. Honestly. I'm not even shitting you.
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddddddd I'm definitely out…..
The next weekend I was heading out with another friend Ms M and he suggests that maybe we can meet up later. I try and play it cool saying I won't have a big night out, so unlikely. He txts at 8:30pm asking if I'm having a good night. Then again at 10:30pm asking what I'm up to. Then at midnight I get a 'Mechail?????'
Why? Why am I doing this to myself?
I don't hear from him the next day, but the day after I get a message asking why I ignored him that night. Why can't he just get the point? There is NO WAY I would be this pathetic with a man!
Why can't I just say to him 'It's because I don't like you'. At brunch that day Ms J suggests I send him this…
And I realise that is exactly the problem. I feel bad because I was keen when I saw him in person. Drunk. But not enough to want to do it again sober.
I can very easily be upfront and tell guys that I'm not interested when I've been out with them and realised that there was nothing there and nothing happened. But it feels really mean when I've attempted to pick him up twice AND pashed him. A lot.
This realisation made me think about all the guys that go AWOL after one or two or even three great dates. For whatever reason they have decided that they no longer want to see you, maybe they've met someone else in the meantime, but they never tell you, they just disappear. You never get a response to your last txt and it's nicer to assume they died….a gruesome death that involves their penis being sliced off. Fuckers….
It seems kinder to ghost than to say you're not interested to someone that you at some point did seem interested in. You don't want to hurt their feelings. After all, you were genuinely interested….at some point….at some very drunken point.
So I've ghosted him now. It's for the best. I just hope I don't run into him and his reflective vest again anytime soon…