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This page aims to help you remove Securityrisk.mtray Virus. Our removal instructions work for every version of Windows.
Perhaps you are on our page today, at this moment due to the fact that you have been experiencing problems with your computer and a program called Securityrisk.mtray Virus. It's logical that you may be trying to find a solution to such a nasty infection. Luckily for you, we can offer one such solution which is possible because of the fact that our removal guide has actually been designed with the aim to help everyone remove this virus once and for all. To begin with, Securityrisk.mtray Virus is a version of a Trojan horse virus. Yes, it is possible to remove this type of malware, but its representatives are still very hazardous. In fact, Trojan horses cause the largest number of malware infections around the world in comparison with the other different versions of mischievous software. They have this high rate of success in contamination because they cause an infection which is most of the time insidious and is only noticed when something bothering has already happened to your personal computer. As the name might suggest, Trojans normally sneak into your system without asking you for your consent and even more – without your knowledge. What's more, there are different goals that a virus such as this can be used for. This fact makes the removal and avoidance of Trojans even harder for the common victim user.
Can Securityrisk.mtray Virus do anything really harmful to your PC?
Actually, Trojans are so mean that they not only sneak into your computer suddenly and without any sign of the coming danger, but they also can serve lots of not quite honest purposes, and their consequences actually depend on the desires and the needs of their creators. Now you can read about some of the most popular functions a virus of this type can have.
- Securityrisk.mtray Virus is a classical malicious program. It can be set to steal different types of information that you may store on your PC. Then the Trojan's creators could use all this information for different purposes which can harm either you as an individual or your computer.
- At times malware like this could be programmed to use your own computer or laptop webcam. There are hackers who might even go as far as physical harassment because they already have all your information: your bank accounts, social media accounts, address, PO Box.
- Another thing is that this Trojan is likely to do is to just crash your computer. Most of the time, it may not have a particular task or a plan. Its developers might have just programmed it to destroy your system for their own fun.
- There are people who could use the virus to turn your PC into a bot. After they do that, your computer will be exploited with the aim to send spam or mine cryptocurrencies.
- Usually, Securityrisk.mtray Virus and Ransomware love working together on their way to your system. The Trojan is the one that guarantees the safe arrival of the Ransomware to the inside of your system, and the latter is the one that then harasses you and extorts money from you.
Securityrisk.mtray Virus Removal
Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.
Reboot in Safe Mode (use this guide if you don't know how to do it).
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Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC at the same time and go to the Processes Tab. Try to determine which processes are dangerous.
Right click on each of them and select Open File Location. Then scan the files with our free online virus scanner:
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After you open their folder, end the processes that are infected, then delete their folders.
Note: If you are sure something is part of the infection – delete it, even if the scanner doesn't flag it. No anti-virus program can detect all infections.
Hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl –> OK.
You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries. Uninstall it/them. If you see a screen like this when you click Uninstall, choose NO:
Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter. A window will pop-up:
Startup —> Uncheck entries that have "Unknown" as Manufacturer or otherwise look suspicious.
- Remember this step – if you have reason to believe a bigger threat (like ransomware) is on your PC, check everything here.
Hold the Start Key and R – copy + paste the following and click OK:
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
A new file will open. If you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. Look at the image below:
If there are suspicious IPs below "Localhost" – write to us in the comments.
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Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.
Once inside, press CTRL and F together and type the virus's Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don't show up this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. It could be any one of them – ask us if you can't discern which ones are malicious.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random
If the guide didn't help you, download the anti-virus program we recommended or ask us in the comments for guidance!
In fact, this and every other Trojan might have many more various aims. But, the already mentioned ones above are the standard usages.
How may your computer get infected by Securityrisk.mtray Virus?
There is no exact answer to this particular question, as the means of distribution Securityrisk.mtray Virus normally uses could be very different. You can catch a Trojan really easily if your system or any installed program there has certain foibles. Weaknesses like this could be the lack of a good-quality anti-malware tool, for example. In this case, you can get Securityrisk.mtray Virus from practically everywhere – torrents, spam emails, shareware, and various shady websites.
How can you remove Securityrisk.mtray Virus from your system?
In spite of the fact that Trojans are actually the most popular cyber threat known to any user, and a big number of machines get infected by them, if you follow some good tips, you will stay away from such nasty and dangerous infections from now on. The most useful advice we can give you is to learn how to surf smart and avoid all the possible sources of Trojans and other malware.
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|Not really present. Such viruses do not usually reveal themselves.
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|Via fake ads, contaminated pages and other contagious content.
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Some threats reinstall themselves if you don't delete their core files. We recommend downloading SpyHunter to remove harmful programs for you. This may save you hours and ensure you don't harm your system by deleting the wrong files.
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NBA orders Iman Shumpert to remove logo from haircut
Iman Shumpert's hairstyle -- a high-top fade -- has been an attention-getter all season, and last week it got the league's attention.
Shumpert had an adidas logo cut into his the lower left side of his fade, and the league told him he couldn't have a commercial emblem on his head. Shumpert apologized and had the logo removed.

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Touma Amagase
|Touma Amagase
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Touma Amagase (天ヶ瀬冬馬 Amagase Touma) is an idol from 961 Production, along with Shouta and Hokuto. They form a male idol group called "Jupiter". He is the leader of Jupiter. He is voiced by Takuma Terashima (寺島拓篤 Terashima Takuma).
Character description
Touma Amagase, age 17. Grumpy, serious and over competitive.
As a rival from 961 Productions, he would do anything in his strength to get the IA Awards. He does not like it when people get in his way or when he has to face weak opponents. As a solo idol, he is rather strong. As he defeated Ritsuko's idol unit, "Ryuuguu Komachi" single-handedly and being able to gather a large audience, even though one of his speakers broke down when exposed to rain after the start of the performance.
Character resumé
"My goal is to be top idol, nothing more. I get things done, and I'm not ever losing to those idols who just talk and play all day. I'll show you my performance!"
- It is possible that Touma's character is similar to Hibiki as they both are very gullible and takes rivalry very seriously.
- He also likes to insult the idols from 765 Production, calling them "weak" and "low-leveled". He even thinks they are playing childish "pretend" games with each other.
- Even though Touma talks to his rivals in a rude matter. When in front of the staff, he is quite polite.
- It may not look like it but Touma is quite a tsundere. As he would get flustered and tries to cover it up whenever this shows through.
- Touma is the only one who doesn't know the main reason why President Kuroi hated Takagi and 765 Production so much.


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John Bogle, founder and former chief executive of The Vanguard Group, mentions the above quote in this 2009 speech. In the more recent speech he also explained what inspired the title of his book Enough:
"I wrote my new book largely because I care deeply about the traditional values that are eroding not only in our financial system, but also in our businesses, in our communities, and even in our own lives. The story of ENOUGH begins with a sort-of-poem by Kurt Vonnegut. It was entitled "Joe Heller," and I chanced upon it in The New Yorker in April 2005. The poem was a tribute to the late author of Catch 22—one of the seminal books of the post-World-War-II era, and one of its most successful. I can summarize the short poem in just a few words:
At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut tells Heller that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch 22 over its whole history. Heller responds, 'Yes, but I have something he will never have...enough.'"
For Bogle, the rampant greed and disgraceful conduct that now overwhelms "our financial system and corporate world runs deeper than money."
To him, the behavior "subverts our society's traditional values" and results in the "diminution of our national character and values."
More from the 2009 speech by John Bogle:
Capitalism's Pathological Mutation
"During the past half-century, the very nature of capitalism has undergone a pathological mutation. We have moved from an ownership society in which 92 percent of stocks were held by individual investors looking after their own interests and only 8 percent by financial institutions, to an agency society in which our institutions now hold 75 percent of stocks and individuals hold but 25 percent.
These institutional agents have not only betrayed the interests of the principals to whom they owe a duty of trusteeship, but have also abandoned their traditional investment principles. For it is these agents who have been the driving force in changing the central characteristic of market participation from long-term investment—owning businesses that earn a return on their capital, creating value by reinvesting their earnings and distributing dividends to their owners—to short-term speculation, essentially trading stocks and betting on their future prices. It is not only hedge funds that are playing this game, but most mutual funds and many giant pension plans.
Today, we are witnessing an orgy of speculation the likes of which have never been seen before."
Speculation in the Drivers Seat
"Revenues of our stock brokerage firms, money managers, and the other insiders soared from an estimated $60 billion in 1990 to some $600 billion in 2007.
So while trading back and forth with one another—foolish as it is—is by definition a zero-sum game, once the costs of our Wall Street croupiers are deducted it is a loser's game."
Later he added...
"That $600 billion in 2007 plus many hundreds of billions in earlier years, obviously represent a truly staggering hit to the gains investors earned in the bull market, and a financial slap in their face in the bear market that followed. Any confidence in Wall Street that our investors once may have had has largely vanished, just as it should have."
John Bogle has long been known as the "conscience of Wall Street" for a reason. In a more recent speech, he said "we need not only ethical principles to guide us, but ethical principals to assure their observance".
Well, I happen to think the principles that led to his founding of The Vanguard Group and his contributions since have made the world a bit better for investors.
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High-end handbags aren't the only counterfeit game in town: Convicted counterfeiters will soon be sentenced for a massive Ugg boot rip-off in Australia, on top of the $7 million in damages Ugg's parent company, Deckers, was awarded last fall.
The conclusion to the trial comes three years after a raid confiscated thousands of pairs of boots -- just one of many operations worldwide. According to WWD, the company has shut down thousands of websites and discontinued eBay auctions, while customs has seized more than 60,000 fakes all over the world.
Who knew the unassuming Aussie-sheepskin-surfer-bootie-turned-patron-shoe-of-LA would spurn such a massive black market? Having reached their heyday in the mid-aughts, then proceeding down to the bottom of the fashionability scale, slipper-like Ugg boots have maintained their extreme popularity and motivated scores of renegade dealers to get a piece of the pie.


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Pleural biopsy for pathological confirmation is the standard diagnostic procedure for pleural diseases, transthoracic ultrasonography (TUS) has evolved as an important imaging tool for diagnosing pleural and pulmonary conditions.
Aim of the study
To assess the diagnostic yield of TUS guided pleural biopsy versus both CT guided and thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.
Patients and methods
The study was conducted at chest department, Zagazig University Hospitals. The study included 60 patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion. They were assigned randomly (by systematic randomization) after signing an informed consent into three groups according to the method by which pleural biopsy was obtained (Group A, TUS guided biopsy group, Group B, CT guided pleural biopsy, Group C, MT pleural biopsy) each included 20 patients.
The mean age of the studied patients was 52 ± 10.3 years; they were 27 females and 33 males with no statistical significance. There was no statistical significance between the 3 studied groups regarding, co-morbidities, side of effusion, smoking pattern, and pleural fluid parameters except pleural fluid WBCs (was higher in group B). Malignancy was the most common etiology in 48/60 patients (80%). The diagnostic yield of TUS guided pleural biopsy was 80% versus 85% for CT guided pleural biopsy and 92.5% for thoracoscopic pleural biopsy. Reported complications were (for TUS guided pleural biopsy were; pain in 90% of patients, pneumothorax 5%, hemoptysis 35%, biopsy site bleeding 20% and shock in 15%), (for CT guided biopsy; pain in 100% of patients, pneumothorax 15%, hemoptysis 50%, biopsy site bleeding 60% and shock in 10%), and (for medical thoracoscopy; intra-operative bleeding 3.7%, broncho-pleural fistula 7.4%, failure of lung expansion 14.8%, surgical emphysema 18.5%, post-operative empyema 3.7%). MT was superior in the detection of pleural septations and visceral pleural nodules; the incidence of complication was correlated to the length of the procedure time in MT group.
Pleural biopsy ultrasound; CT guided; Thoracoscopy
Citation: Adel S. Ahmed, Mostafa I. Ragab, Alaa eldin M. Elgazaar, Nagwan A. Ismail Ultrasound Guided Pleural Biopsy In Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural Effusion Patients doi:10.1016/j.ejcdt.2015.12.012
Received: 10 December 2015, Accepted: 15 December 2015, Available online: 11 January 2016
Copyright: © 2015 roduction and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Egyptian Society of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
In conclusion
Thoracic ultrasound (TUS) guided pleural biopsy had a diagnostic yield which was slightly lower but comparable to both CT guided pleural biopsy and medical thoracoscopic pleural biopsy (MT).
Conflict of interest
There is no conflict of interest.


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Baird to have fun in Australian GT Clipsal 500 event with Erebus Motorsport
Craig Baird to race Erebus Motorsport SLS AMG GT3 in the Australian GT Championship Clipsal 500 event. Team comments on reason why Peter Hackett will be on the sidelines.
Craig Baird will join Erebus Motorsport's line-up for the second round of the Australian GT Championship presented by Pirelli at the Clipsal 500 next weekend.
This will be the first time the flying Kiwi has had the opportunity to take to the wheel of the AMG Customer Sports SLS GT3 Gullwing and continues his association with the former Stone Brothers Racing team, with whom he raced the 2012 V8 Supercar endurance races.
"Peter was our foundation driver and remains a strong part of the Erebus Motorsport family," said Erebus Motorsport CEO, Ryan Maddison. "There may be opportunities for us to work together in the future, which we can explore as they come to hand.
"Peter has many commitments with the Mercedes-Benz and AMG brands around the world through it's benchmark Mercedes-Benz Driver Academy."
Maddison added that with the advent of Erebus Motorsport's V8 Supercar program - the decision to draft in Baird was based on performance and commercial outcomes.
"Without doubt, Craig is one of the best GT drivers in the world," he added. "The weekend is massive for Erebus Motorsport with the beginning of the AMG journey in V8 Supercars with Tim Slade, Lee Holdsworth and Maro Engel.
... a challenging track like Adelaide is very exciting.
Craig Baird
"Every single one of our sponsors will be at Clipsal and the GT program is totally complementary to the V8 Supercars program. Having Craig on board will allow us to further expose what Erebus Motorsport is about and we welcome him to the team."
After finishing behind Erebus Motorsport SLS AMG GT3s at the last two Bathurst 12 Hours, Baird is looking forward to having the opportunity to step behind the wheel.
"Racing against both these cars at the Bathurst 12 Hour was incredibly tough - for the last two years Erebus Motorsport has finished in front of me," said Baird - who raced for Asian team, Clearwater Racing. "Now to drive one of Erebus Motorsport's SLS AMG GT3 on my own, at a challenging track like Adelaide is very exciting."
The Australian GT Championship presented by Pirelli will conduct two races - a one hour twilight race on Saturday for the Murray Walker Trophy and Sunday's sprint half hour race.
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Re: Long term AWR retention
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:38:28 -0600
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Sorry, I am late to this discussion. I see that Kerry's blog post was from Jan 2010.
So the max retention is 100 years. Kerry "knows a guy" who did 7 years. What is the real downside to setting retention to something, like, 10 years? Has anyone collected metrics on that? Surely at some point performance will be negatively impacted, but is it noticeable?
7 days... sheesh.
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 08:22, Kerry Osborne <kerry.osborne_at_enkitec.com>wrote:
> I am not aware of any issues with long retention times either. I have
> worked (am working) with several systems that have over a year retention
> with 1 hour or half hour snapshot frequency. And I know if a guy that has
> plans to never purge and AWR data (I think his retention period is 7
> years). Anyway, I did a blog post about reasons for having a very long
> retention period (one being having a permanent record of parameter changes)
> here:
> http://kerryosborne.oracle-guy.com/2009/12/tracking-parameter-changes/There was some pretty good discussion on the issue and Doug Burns followed
> up with a post pointing out that there was a built in script for estimating
> sizing of AWR data. I personally think long retention times should be
> implemented (45 days at an absolute minimum 13 months more reasonable). The
> 7 day default is frustratingly short.
> Kerry Osborne
> Enkitec
> blog: kerryosborne.oracle-guy.com
> On Jun 24, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Allen, Brandon wrote:
> I ran a system with AWR snapshots at 15 minute intervals and 45 day
> retention for a couple years and never noticed any problems.****
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Tory Government Trident Cover Up A Dangerous And Worrying Precedent
Who Knew What About Missile Test Failure?
Paisley's MSP, George Adam, has condemned the UK government for withholding details of a serious malfunction in a Trident test launch last June – just weeks before the vote to renew Trident to the tune of £205bn.
It has been widely reported that during a test launch, an unarmed Trident missile had fired in the wrong direction towards the US coastline. The major failure was not shared publicly ahead of the vote on renewal.
Commenting, George said: "It is deeply worrying that just weeks before the House of Commons voted to renew Trident, the UK government chose to withhold vital information about a serious Trident missile malfunction that raised doubts about the safety of the technology. "Each time a missile is tested it costs the taxpayer £17m, and these latest reports demonstrate that not only is Trident obscenely expensive but it is potentially unreliable and unsafe.
"The SNP will continue to hold the UK government to account for their lack of transparency and press them for answers on this."


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The only solution for these duplicate songs is to remove them to clean up Mac. removing duplicate files manually is not possible. To remove duplicate files we need help of a third party application. Tidy up Mac software is such professional software that helps in removing duplicate files from Mac. Tidy up Mac software is an efficient duplicate file finder that find duplicate mp3 files. The software is with powerful algorithm that finds duplicate files from MP3, iPod, iTunes and music files.
The application is specially developed through skilled software engineers for Mac systems. With the help of this tool you can go for duplicate mp3 files find, and remove them. With the removal of the duplicate files you can manage your music library better. With duplicate files your player becomes clumsy and slow processing. To make your drives clutter free and your media player memory usable remove duplicate files with tidy up for Mac. The tool is with easy steps of installation and user friendly GUI, so that one can use it without technical help.
Tidy up for Mac is a best utility that finds duplicate mp3 files and removes them. with the removal of the duplicate songs you get clutter free space on drives and media players as a result you Mac becomes speedy and optimized.


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Icy Tower (iPad)
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DescriptionIcy Tower is seen in a traditional platform side view and players control Harold the Homeboy as he attempts to climb a tower of infinite height whilst doing cool jumps and moves in order to get a high score and awe from his friends in the hood.
The main game mechanic is that the faster Harold runs, the higher he can jump. This can be used to pick up speed in order to jump several stories in one go, something which is required to string together combination jumps which in turn score the most point. This is made harder by the fact that the screen where the player is seen is constantly moved upwards, faster and faster, and the player must keep up or forfeit the game.
Controls are very simple with only left, right and jump being used. Replays can be recorded and shared with friends and via a global online highscore function. The game also supports custom characters which either can be created by the user or downloaded from the net.
There are no iPad user screenshots for this game.
There are 15 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.
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Alternate Titles
- "Icy Tower Classic" -- Macintosh/iOS/Android title
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Sciere (646721) added Icy Tower (iPad) on Jun 07, 2013
Other platforms contributed by Sciere (646721), Kabushi (245429) and Johan Peitz (66)
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Plover Woman Evicted After Authorities Discover Hundreds of Pet Rats
Plover Woman Evicted Over Pet Rats
Woman Evicted for Too Many Rats
A Town of Plover woman will have to find a new home after being evicted from the Birch Tree Estates for having too many pet rats, which at one point was estimated at 200 or more.
Darlene Flatoff, 58, was given her first pet rat as a gift, but over the course of a year one rat multiplied into hundreds.
"They're my babies," Flatoff said.
Now, after ignoring warnings to get rid of the rats, she's been evicted from her trailer home, despite owning the trailer, because having the rats is against park rules and the situation is considered a public health hazard.
"Somehow she feels that these are pets and it has now exploded to estimates of anywhere from 3 to 400 rats," said Tim Karcheski, the Town of Plover chairman.
While our crew was in the home Tuesday morning, we only witnessed a few dozen rats, and Flatoff had already gotten rid of many of them herself.
An exotic animal rescue business, Nature's Niche of Stevens Point, has removed a total of 250 animals from the home over the last year, but the problem persists.
Flatoff was served eviction papers Monday, and has up to ten days to vacate the property, so exterminators can tackle the rat problem.
Meanwhile, her neighbors fear the rats could infest their homes if swift action isn't taken.
"The neighbors here are very upset about having this person here because they're always concerned about the rats going in their places," said Miguel Lopez, who manages the mobile home park.
So far he says there has only been one incident of a rat seen wandering around the park, and the rats appear to be contained to Flatoff's trailer.
Karcheski says he hasn't heard of any other complaints.
Authorities were tipped off to the rat problem after a Town of Plover police officer gave Flatoff a ride home and noticed the animals in December.
The Portage County Sheriff's Department was called in for a welfare check, and according to a police report deputies immediately noticed an estimated 200 rats, which at one point were crawling on Flatoff.
Soon the Portage County Health and Human Services Department was called in. A health officer deemed the home unsuitable to live in, and along with the town is in the process of having it condemned.
"The town is working on getting it cleaned up and hopefully it will be done in the next few months," said Karcheski.
Meanwhile, Flatoff isn't sure where she'll go and what will happen to her animals.
"They don't have diseases. They're sweet little babies," she said.
The Town of Plover Board met Tuesday to discuss the problem.


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Dark Matter Finally Identified!
I've solved the mystery that astrophysicists have been puzzling over for decades: What is dark matter?
That's easy! It's Anti-Science!
We're surrounded by it. It's everywhere! Just look. Here's a bunch right here!
It obviously makes up the majority of the matter in the United States alone; therefore (and I'm extrapolating here), it must make up the majority of the matter in the rest of the universe.
Mystery solved.
For my next miracle, I will explain why so many women and minorities vote Republican.
OK, on second thought, maybe I can't explain that one.
On the anti-science front, there was an article in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday about the quandary the Republican presidential hopefuls are in when they come out here to Silicon Valley:
But the Republican candidates' views on climate change are being met with the most raised eyebrows in Silicon Valley, the mecca of political fundraising, tech innovation and venture capital dollars.
"In a valley of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, the science behind climate change is overwhelmingly accepted," said Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the nonpartisan Silicon Valley Leadership Group, which represents more than 325 of the region's top companies.
That will hurt them a bit financially, but I suspect there is more than enough stupid money in the rest of the country to make up for it.
Fortunately, their irrational beliefs will also make it harder for almost any of these Republican to carry the state in 2012.
There is little doubt about climate change among likely California voters, 61 percent of whom believe that the effects of global warming have already begun, according to a July survey by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.
It also might work against them, to some extent, in the rest of the country.
Nationally, 55 percent of Americans believe that global warming is a "serious personal threat," according to a Gallup survey in August.
Here's where it gets good:
The bad news for Republican presidential candidates: The Public Policy Institute survey found that 62 percent of independent voters, who are the swing voters in the state, believe that, too.
Of course, they always have the idiot core:
Thirty-two percent of California Republicans believe that the effects of global warming "will never happen," the poll also found.
That's just not enough to carry the state. If things were settled purely rationally (the way they ought to be!), the election would already be over in California. Just hand over those 55 electoral votes to Barack Obama!
In reality, since Obama is a thoroughly incompetent president, he'll probably manage to hand over those 55 electoral votes to the Republicans.
An example of this is best illustrated by this tweet from God regarding the recent earthquake on the East Coast:
There was just a 5.8 earthquake in Washington. Obama wanted it to be 3.4, but the Republicans wanted 5.8, so he compromised.
But let's get back to the Chronicle article:
Only one major Republican candidate has dared to challenge his party on these views. Last month, Jon Huntsman, a former U.S. ambassador to China and Utah governor, tweeted: "To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy."
He is crazy. By Republican standards.
He has other problems, so I could never support Huntsman, but I still wish he'd be the Republican's pick. Actually, I really wish they'd pick Michelle Bachmann. She's so crazy that she probably couldn't win the general election.
Since the Republicans will probably nominate someone else, My hope is for Huntsman. If they pick a "moderate" (by Republican standards), whoever that is will probably win. I'd rather we have a pro-science Republican in the White House than an anti-science Republican. All of the other GOP candidates are anti-science.
In addition to climate-change denial, all of the other candidates also deny evolution. The Chronicle article briefly touches on those views too.
Rick Perry has described himself as "a firm believer in intelligent design as a matter of faith and intellect…"
OK, I can understand it being a matter of faith. But intellect?
…and has called evolution "a theory" with "some gaps in it."
I think it's his brain that has some gaps in it.
Mitt Romney appears to be taking a nuanced position. "I believe God is intelligent, and I believe he designed the creation," he said.
He's not taking a nuanced approach. That's exactly what the Intelligent Design creationists are saying.
"And I believe he used the process of evolution to create the human body."
This actually shows that not only does Romney not understand evolution, he doesn't understand Intelligent Design creationism! According to Michael Behe and the other pushers of this drug, evolution alone isn't capable of creating us. God had to step in at critical points during our evolution and poof us to the next stage.
Michele Bachmann…
Who let the crazy woman in here? How did she get out of bed this morning? Didn't anybody check her straps?
…has claimed that "hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes," believe in intelligent design, as she does.
If by "hundreds and hundreds" she means "one or two" and by "many of them holding Nobel Prizes" she means "none of them", then she's absolutely correct!
But she said government shouldn't take sides in scientific debates "when there is reasonable doubt on both sides."
She's right. Some scientists look at her brain scans and claim to see activity. Other scientists only see a wet gray sponge. The government shouldn't take sides in that debate until we can cut her open and check. Evidence! We need more evidence, people!
Ron Paul said he does not accept the theory of evolution. "The creator that I know created us, each and every one of us, and created the universe, and the precise time and manner," Paul has said, although he has also said there is no "absolute proof on either side."
Science doesn't work on absolute proof. It works on data. In the case of evolution, "absolute" refers to the absolute mountain of data we have supporting it. Where is any data supporting his claim?
Newt Gingrich…
Newt Gingrich!? Is that guy still around?
…has said, "I believe that creation as an act of faith is true, and I believe that science as a mechanical process is true.… Both can be true."
What does that even mean? The universe had two origins? A created origin and a mechanical origin? When we finally look, the act of observing will make the entire universe collapse!
He says both should be taught in schools, evolution as a science and intelligent design "as a philosophy."
ID creationism isn't philosophy. It isn't the intellectual equivalent of Plato or Kant. Just try to justify teaching creationism in the schools, Newt! You'll discover you Kant.
Jon Huntsman is the only candidate in the GOP ranks who has taken a strong position in support of evolution, recently tweeting, "I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy."
Rick Santorum, who calls himself a fierce believer in creationism, jabbed back at Huntsman, saying, "I believe in Genesis 1:1 – God created the heavens and the earth. I don't know exactly how God did it or exactly how long it took him, but I do know that he did it."
And I do know that the Republicans are hell-bent on destroying science and science education. Lose your house in the Republican-caused Great Recession? Don't worry! Just vote Republican a few more times, and we'll all be living in nice warm caves again! Then we'll be arguing over "teaching the controversy" and the "strengths and weaknesses" of the theory of fire.
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Lindsay Says:
September 7th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Great to have you back Ron. I enjoyed the article but was a bit worried Santorum was no longer being spread. However, I just had to wait until the end to get a big load of Santorum.
Call me juvenile, but Santorum never gets old…
Andy Hollandbeck Says:
September 8th, 2011 at 6:07 am
Michelle Bachmann came out on top in the race to crazy with this short-sighted statement: "…government shouldn't take sides in scientific debates 'when there is reasonable doubt on both sides.'"
You know in what other areas you can find a reasonable doubt? How about the link between smoking and lung cancer? Between immunizations and autism? How about eugenics?
For that matter, you can find plenty of people for both sides of a debate about capitalism. Or democracy.
The idea of a government that requires unanimity before action is ridiculous. And frightening.
Parrotlover77 Says:
September 8th, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Huntsman doesn't stand a chance. I agree he is incredibly sane for a modern Republican. His winning the primary would be good for America because his moderation would actually allow Obama to move further left to distinguish himself. But he doesn't stand a chance.
So out of what's left, I'm rooting for Perry because I don't see any conceivable way he survives the general even with an abysmal economy. My position is that he won't lead or vote appreciably any differnet from Romney or the rest, so by having the most insane candidate take it all has no real net effect on the country if he wins, but helps Obama greatly in the general.
Perry's Yosemite Sam act may work in the Republican primary, but I don't see how he can walk that back effectively. He really has a Bush The Third perception problem too. He just looks, acts, and sounds too much like him. I don't see how it works.
In reality, since Obama is a thoroughly incompetent president, he'll probably manage to hand over those 55 electoral votes to the Republicans.
Ron Britton Says:
September 8th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Obama is incompetent, because he completely lacks the ability to recognize when he's being fucked up the ass by the Republicans. He gives away 90% and then gets nothing in return. He's now willing to damage Social Security and Medicare, something even many Republican presidents have been unwilling or unable to do. He completely caved in to the teabaggers over that manufactured debt ceiling controversy.
Here's a couple of articles for you:
From The Guardian, "Obama Criticised for Continuing Civil Rights 'Violations' Introduced By Bush".
On becoming president in January 2009, Obama promised to close Guantánamo Bay within a year. He did order an end to waterboarding but Guantánamo remains open and almost all the rest of the Bush era anti-terrorism apparatus, from the Patriot Act through to increased surveillance is still in place. [emphasis added]
From The Nation, "Our Vanished Civil Liberties".
In pursuit of both terrorists and common criminals, Obama has perpetuated so many of the Bush administration's policies that even Republicans might take heart.
Data collection on individuals has flourished without judicial oversight. People under no suspicion are still monitored clandestinely with Bush-era legal tools. State secrecy is invoked to thwart lawsuits by victims of government abuse. Leakers and whistleblowers are aggressively prosecuted, and federal agencies vigorously resist inquiries made under the Freedom of Information Act. Last spring the hard line against defendants' rights reached into certain criminal matters that have nothing to do with national security.
Ron Britton Says:
September 9th, 2011 at 7:04 am
The idea of a government that requires unanimity before action is ridiculous.
I wonder what Bachmann's opinion was on the Iraq War when we first went in. Most of the experts doubted there were weapons of mass destruction, our stated goal.
Parrotlover77 Says:
September 9th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
No argument from me on civil liberties, which is my biggest complaint about him. It is also something he never campaigned on. This is what we get when we have a completely broken media and horse race obsessed political system, instead of sound governing bodies that use evidence-based metrics to create policy.
That said, the "he gives republicans 90% of what they want" is just an emoprog myth. An excellent example is the government shutdown fiasco. I wish I had bookmarked the link, but I read where they analyzed every cut and something like 80-90% of it was stuff that was already cut or expiring or overfunded, being put into a bill in order to make it look like it was additional cuts.
The fact is, a moderate/conservative Democrat is the best we can do until the rest of the system is fixed.
To everybody who can't stop complaining about Obama, I tell them to work on their local representatives. If you want a liberal president, you start with a Democrat (even a Blue Dog), then you add salt, pepper, some half and half, and heaping spoonful of LIBERAL CONGRESS. Without that, it will never happen.
Yelling at Obama might feel good, but it doesn't solve the problem. Worse is apathy. Apathy in the 2010 elections gave us conservative state governments. The next ten years of elections are going to be fucked up due to the lines being drawn right now because emoprogs stayed home because Obama disappointed them with the lack of ponies he was able to pull out of his ass.
Finally, since when are you against cutting social security? I clearly clearly remember you posting about how the retirement age should be moved up. Although no specific policy guidelines have come out yet, that is the most likely outcome from the austerity folks and the most likely outcome to make it through congress. And for the record, I'm against that big time. I think social security should be expanded. But I'm not going to yell at Obama for holding that opinion when the rest of the proposed Jobs bill looks so good.
ETA: The Supreme Court. Even if you think Obama is terrible in every other conceivable way, his Supreme Court picks have been stellar. And those fuckers are getting old fast. That alone could set the stage for what is possible in the next 20-30 years of progressive policy. In a sane country, the ACA would be upheld by the supremes unanimously. Right now, it's looking like it's going to be a coin toss. Imagine how a truly progressive law would fair against those odds?
S. Says:
September 9th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
women? I thought most women were smarter than that.I've never,ever voted republican and don't ever intend to.
Ron Britton Says:
September 9th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
No argument from me on civil liberties, which is my biggest complaint about him. It is also something he never campaigned on.
It doesn't matter that he didn't campaign on it. He swore to uphold the Constitution, not shred it. It's appalling that this country has moved so far toward totalitarianism that most Americans have no qualms about the government monitoring all of their telephone and internet traffic, and all without warrant or oversight.
This is his single biggest failing. Passing piss-poor third-rate health care reform or raising automotive fuel economy standards is very feeble compensation for the loss civil liberties. Maybe you'll accept that deal. It's intolerable to me.
That said, the "he gives republicans 90% of what they want" is just an emoprog myth.
The fact is, a moderate/conservative Democrat is the best we can do until the rest of the system is fixed.
I agree with you there. The system is very broken, and the unwashed masses are too ignorant to realize it. They're too busy getting all their news from TMZ & ESPN to have any room left in their brain for any actual information that profoundly affects their lives.
Worse is apathy.
I'm not advocating apathy. Anger doesn't come from apathy.
Finally, since when are you against cutting social security? I clearly clearly remember you posting about how the retirement age should be moved up.
Yes. And you had some ludicrous fantasy of lowering the retirement age to 55. I did some research at that time to write one of my scathing rebuttals. What I read changed my opinion. People tend to go through a fairly rapid decline once they're into their late 60s/early 70s. A retirement age of 67 is about as high as we should go. I'm still opposed to lowering it. (I was going to follow up on that discussion with either a comment or an article, but as you can tell, I'm not able to post as often as I used to.)
Jeff Says:
September 11th, 2011 at 4:36 am
"The creator that I know created us, each and every one of us, and created the universe, and the precise time and manner,"
"I believe in Genesis 1:1 – God created the heavens and the earth. I don't know exactly how God did it or exactly how long it took him, but I do know that he did it."
I love it when they say they "know". They really don't understand the difference between faith and knowledge.
Or perhaps it's just the language that confuses them – 'cause you know, English is hard.
Sue Blue Says:
September 11th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Perry is a twat who makes even Bush look reasonable and middle-of-the-road. This is the guy who supported Texan secession and who thinks holding huge public prayer rallies at taxpayer expense is the way to fix Texan weather and economic woes. The irony of this guy running for president just fucking blows the top right off my irony meter. Here's someone who claims to hate "big government" so much that he wants his state to secede… yet he wants to be POTUS? Who in their right mind – even a Republican – would want this guy running the country? Then there's the do-nothing-but-pray-loudly approach to natural and man-made disaster. He's as dumb and crazy as Bachmann when it comes to his statements about evolution and science. He's only slightly more articulate than that other Texan village idiot.
I was down in Texas visiting unfortunate relatives when this moron held his prayer-fest, held in a huge, air-conditioned stadium while thousands of Texans sweltered in 110-degree heat with their power turned off because the emergency funds collected by the utility to help the poor were being held in a special account used to make the state budget look good and keep the Repub promise not to raise taxes. These guys would rape their own Grandmas if there was a buck in it for them.
Jeff Says:
September 14th, 2011 at 3:05 am
Everything Sue said is correct. Frankly, I wish Texas would secede, or at least try to. It would bring everything to a head. Perhaps the sane citizens of Texas (I'm told there are a few) would rebel, and inspire the rest of the red state liberals to do the same. We could do with a good, old-fashioned uprising. It might end this perpetual stand-off into which we've locked ourselves – because reason ain't gonna do it.
And if not, and Texas did secede – good riddance.
Parrotlover77 Says:
September 16th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
This is his single biggest failing. Passing piss-poor third-rate health care reform or raising automotive fuel economy standards is very feeble compensation for the loss civil liberties. Maybe you'll accept that deal. It's intolerable to me.
We'll have to agree to disagree. I understand your position that you want large change and you want it now. I actually want that too, but I'm okay with gradual change as long as we're moving in the right direction, and I think some very key issues have done so recently after about a decade of nothing.
I am quite happy to read that you have walked back on social security. I still think it should be age-lowered, but only after doing three things: removing the cap on contributions, progressively decreasing payouts for those who have wealth (thanks, Jimmy Carter, for that idea), and progressively increasing contributions from the wealthy. Turn it into a regular god damned tax, like the income tax. The whole "it's a fund you pay into and draw from" may be structurally accurate and a fine way to run it from an accounting stand point, but fuck it for having anything to do with contribution levels and realized benefits. If billionaire rich fucks get to pay only 15% on capital gains, they can suck it up and stuff more money into SS and Medicare.
You know, spread the wealth around. That sounds like a golden idea.
Parrotlover77 Says:
September 16th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
The secession of Texas would be a pivotal event, policitically. Such an event would almost guarantee Democratic presidential domination for decades due to Texas' sizable electoral college allocation. While Congress would always be a battle (one everybody here needs to fight and fight hard, no matter how discouraged you get), presidential candidates would almost certainly get more liberal since such a sizable conservative base of supporters would be gone.
I would feel bad, very bad, for the citizens, animals, lands, waters, and everything else, in the great Republic of Texas because it would be a worse conservative hell hole than now. Imagine what would happen once Texas is no longer able to suckle off the government's liberal teet they complain about so much?
Sue Blue Says:
September 16th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Texan secession would almost guarantee a tsunami of northward-fleeing refugees within a decade as the consequences of Republican theocratic government become painfully obvious to even the most deluded, retarded Texans. The only good thing about that is it would almost certainly stamp out the Republican party in one fell swoop. Although human memory tends to be short and we seem to have to keep learning the same tired old lessons over and over again, the next generation or two might actually be scarred enough by the ordeal to lock out conservatives for a good long time.
Or maybe we are just fucking doomed by some lurking gene for stupid.
anti_supernaturalist Says:
September 26th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Science is not to be believed in
• The question, do you *believe in* evolution — conflates disparate worlds of thought and behavior. Rather the question is — how could anyone know that evolution is true (false)? The difference between knowledge-based scientific inquiry and faith-based assertions may not be dismissed as "mere semantics".
Were I asked — do you "believe in" evolution? — Indeed not; I do not believe in evolution. I know that Modern Evolutionary Theory is true beyond a reasonable doubt — based on evidence, sound method, and explanatory power.
Consequently, any denial of evolution, by xians or by moslems, is a Big-Lie in the political sense made notorious by propaganda minister Goebbels during Germany's uncontrolled social experiment 1933–45.
A belief that a faith-based statement is true requires no evidence at all to be asserted. Determining which empirical claims are true requires an entire set of procedures and methods to verify or falsify that claim.
That is — the concept of truth is distinct from the means by which a truth claim must be evaluated. (Search terms: Tarski, semantic theory of truth.)
No scientific theory is logically immune from rational criticism — that is a necessary (though not sufficient) mark of its legitimacy! The distinction between statements which are empirical — which require evidence to ascertain their truth value — and all other statements — is that empirical statements must be open to being false on the evidence. (See Karl Popper, demarcation criteria.)
• Certainty is a chimera. Believers are obstinately and irrationally certain. Christians falsely believe that they already have the Truth. They claim that their ideology is immutable, immune from rational overthrow. Nonsense.
One pays dearly when immunizing an alleged fact — a xian god rose from the dead — against all empirical criticism. Such a strategy is literally unreasonable. It cuts off rational communication. The immunizer gives up the right to be classed as a reasonable person — in the common sense meaning used by courts of law.
In the matter of MET there are no more legitimately naive adult persons. Just as when willfully drinking and driving, willfully dismissing modern evolutionary theory has no excuse. All Republican aspirants to the Presidency hope to steer the nation while driving intellectually drunk.
the anti-supernaturalist
Parrotlover77 Says:
October 10th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
anti – I just want to say I really enjoy your comments.
But if you actually spend time arguing the language semantics of a "do you believe in…" question, you are going to lose not just the scientifically ignorant, but basically everybody except English nerds.
Like it or not, the "Do you believe in…" construct has two meanings and will continue to have two meanings for the foreseeable future. It's probably not worth the time to debate the question being worded incorrectly when literally everybody knows what the asker is asking.
It's bad enough that Republican presidential respondants answer "no" to that question, without having to explain why the question itself is flawed.
Also, too, MITTENS!
I'm looking forward to my city elections tomorrow. Remember: electing more liberal local representatives is how you end up with more liberal state representatives is how you end up with more liberal federal representatives. If you are disappointed at the national level, start by getting involved at the local level. It's an investment that will pay off.


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CYP24A1 gene
cytochrome P450 family 24 subfamily A member 1
The CYP24A1 gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called 24-hydroxylase. This enzyme helps control the amount of active vitamin D available in the body. When active, vitamin D is involved in maintaining the proper balance of several minerals in the body, including calcium and phosphate, which are essential for the normal formation of bones and teeth. One of vitamin D's major roles is to control the absorption of calcium and phosphate from the intestines into the bloodstream. Vitamin D is also involved in several processes in addition to bone and tooth formation.
The 24-hydroxylase enzyme breaks down the active form of vitamin D, called 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 or calcitriol, to an inactive form when the vitamin is no longer needed. The enzyme also breaks down 25-hydroxyvitamin D (also known as calcidiol), which is the form of vitamin D that is stored in the body.
More than 20 mutations in the CYP24A1 gene have been found to cause a type of idiopathic infantile hypercalcemia called infantile hypercalcemia 1, which is characterized by high levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia) and urine (hypercalciuria) and deposits of calcium in the kidneys (nephrocalcinosis). The hypercalcemia typically causes vomiting, poor feeding, and an inability to grow and gain weight at the expected rate (failure to thrive) in infancy, although some affected individuals do not develop signs and symptoms of the condition until adulthood. Features in affected adults, whether they had symptoms in infancy or not, typically include hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, and kidney stones (nephrolithiasis), although they may not cause any obvious health problems.
The CYP24A1 gene mutations that cause infantile hypercalcemia 1 reduce or eliminate the activity of the 24-hydroxylase enzyme. A shortage of this enzyme's function impairs the breakdown of calcitriol. The resulting excess of calcitriol increases calcium absorption into the bloodstream, causing hypercalcemia. Dysregulation of calcium absorption in the kidneys leads to hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, and nephrolithiasis.
Cytogenetic Location: 20q13.2, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 20 at position 13.2
Molecular Location: base pairs 54,145,731 to 54,174,032 on chromosome 20 (Homo sapiens Updated Annotation Release 109.20200522, GRCh38.p13) (NCBI)
- 1,25-@dihydroxyvitamin D3 24-hydroxylase
- 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) 24-hydroxylase, mitochondrial isoform 1 precursor
- 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) 24-hydroxylase, mitochondrial isoform 2 precursor
- 24-OHase
- cytochrome P450 24A1
- cytochrome P450-CC24
- cytochrome P450, family 24, subfamily A, polypeptide 1
- cytochrome P450, subfamily XXIV (vitamin D 24-hydroxylase)
- exo-mitochondrial protein
- vitamin D 24-hydroxylase
- vitamin D(3) 24-hydroxylase
- Dinour D, Beckerman P, Ganon L, Tordjman K, Eisenstein Z, Holtzman EJ. Loss-of-function mutations of CYP24A1, the vitamin D 24-hydroxylase gene, cause long-standing hypercalciuric nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis. J Urol. 2013 Aug;190(2):552-7. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.02.3188. Epub 2013 Mar 5.
- Molin A, Baudoin R, Kaufmann M, Souberbielle JC, Ryckewaert A, Vantyghem MC, Eckart P, Bacchetta J, Deschenes G, Kesler-Roussey G, Coudray N, Richard N, Wraich M, Bonafiglia Q, Tiulpakov A, Jones G, Kottler ML. CYP24A1 Mutations in a Cohort of Hypercalcemic Patients: Evidence for a Recessive Trait. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Oct;100(10):E1343-52. doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-4387. Epub 2015 Jul 27.
- Nesterova G, Malicdan MC, Yasuda K, Sakaki T, Vilboux T, Ciccone C, Horst R, Huang Y, Golas G, Introne W, Huizing M, Adams D, Boerkoel CF, Collins MT, Gahl WA. 1,25-(OH)2D-24 Hydroxylase (CYP24A1) Deficiency as a Cause of Nephrolithiasis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Apr;8(4):649-57. doi: 10.2215/CJN.05360512. Epub 2013 Jan 4.
- Pronicka E, Ciara E, Halat P, Janiec A, Wójcik M, Rowińska E, Rokicki D, Płudowski P, Wojciechowska E, Wierzbicka A, Książyk JB, Jacoszek A, Konrad M, Schlingmann KP, Litwin M. Biallelic mutations in CYP24A1 or SLC34A1 as a cause of infantile idiopathic hypercalcemia (IIH) with vitamin D hypersensitivity: molecular study of 11 historical IIH cases. J Appl Genet. 2017 Aug;58(3):349-353. doi: 10.1007/s13353-017-0397-2. Epub 2017 May 3.
- Schlingmann KP, Kaufmann M, Weber S, Irwin A, Goos C, John U, Misselwitz J, Klaus G, Kuwertz-Bröking E, Fehrenbach H, Wingen AM, Güran T, Hoenderop JG, Bindels RJ, Prosser DE, Jones G, Konrad M. Mutations in CYP24A1 and idiopathic infantile hypercalcemia. N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 4;365(5):410-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1103864. Epub 2011 Jun 15.


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I had this post written all about what my goals were for 2016. I'm not a fan of resolutions, rather SMART goals, ones that I know exactly when I am going to achieve them. I had them all planned out and thought that I knew exactly what was going to happen and when.
You know sometimes the best laid plans often go awry.
I got some bad news recently. Everyone is okay, but it's not my place to share. However, it does affect me and my family. I took some time off of blogging because I was feeling unmotivated and school was starting. I remember thinking this past week, "Man, I really need something to kick my butt to take what I have scheduled this year seriously." And then this news popped up.
I had everything planned in my new blog planner, which I curated and had spiral bound. I was organized, I had everything laid out. I knew when each launch was, I had each partnership laid out… Everything was perfect. I had set 2016 up to be the best year yet, with no surprises.
But life doesn't work that way. Life is full of surprises. And it's moments like these that I remember that God often laughs at the plans of men. Of course, I still have all my goals set out. The main thing that has changed is the timeline.
What's the point of this?
I share all of this with you because I know I am not the only one that makes up a plan and expects it to stay the exact same. When I started college, I thought I was going to go to Blinn for a year and then transfer to Texas A&M. That was the plan. But three years later, I was still at Blinn, finally finishing my Associates' Degree. UNT was not a part of my plan. In fact, when I visited, my thoughts were, "Heck no, I'm not coming here." Yet here I am a year out from graduating from UNT with my degree in social work.
If there's anything I've learned repeatedly over the past almost 6 years of college, it's that my plans usually always end up changing. They say God laughs at the plans of man, well, it must be Comedy Central up there. I've spent hours crafting plans only to have them changed in an instant. I'm thankful that He is the one who holds my future because it means that there are greater plans out there.
The point of this is not to tell you all that planning is stupid. It's the exact opposite. Planning keeps us organized, gives us hope and shows us that we can do more if we aspire to do so.
"When you understand and remember that there is a possibility for plans to change, it takes a level of stress off of you that you don't realize is there until it's too late."
When I received the news that I did, I was devastated. Why? Because I hadn't even considered it to be a possibility that everything would be flipped upside down. It wasn't even a blip on my radar. I went into 2016 thinking that it was going to be a breeze, that nothing was going to go wrong, and that there would be nothing to worry about.
I started thinking about a number of different factors that this news had affected, what adjustments I needed to make, and what I could or couldn't do. I called my old roommate and cried because for the first time in a long time, I had the rug pulled out from under me. (She's always been the less dramatic, more mature of the two of us.) I didn't even consider that life changes overnight. I had so much invested into things not diverting from my plan that I didn't even realize it.
The main thing that's changed for me this year blog-wise? Well, I have some projects with both TEE and TCG that I am launching. I had planned on launching them later on, but with these new factors, I have a new fire in me to get them done on an even quicker timeline than I expected.
Does that make life easy? No. Fun? Definitely not. But having the rug ripped out from under you is what makes life, life.


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d put outdid himself once again designing and fabricating our chicken coop.
after much research, we decided against a permanent coop, and opted for a "tractor" instead. the thought behind this being that we can move it around the yard, fertilizing as we go. we looked at what was available commercially (and were tempted by this), but felt that d could build one that answered all our criteria and was budget-minded as well. we needed a safe place for the chickens to sleep, with good ventilation (the henhouse) and a safe area for them to play and eat in during the day, with extra shade for our hot summers (the run). we also wanted to take advantage of the byproduct of all the food the chickens consume (and they do like to eat!). we settled on a variation of the many "ark" images we found. the droppings in the henhouse fall into bedding of shredded newspaper and all that can go straight into our composter, and the droppings in the run go right on our "lawn". the henhouse contains a perch for them to sleep on, as well as a nesting box, for when they are ready to lay (somewhere between 6 mos and a yr). the run will serve them when we aren't home, but the plan is, when they are a little bigger, to let them roam the yard when we are around.
we are enjoying our three girls so much. they are such fun to watch (really!) and each has their own distinct personality. little red (a rhode island red) - the curious one; chick-a-dee (a buff wyandotte) - the little sister, always trying to get someone to play with her; and annie (an aracauna, we think) - as in oakley - (or fluff, depending on who you ask) who is very brave, a great performer, but also very cautious.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
for goodness sake
my mom is staying with us for the next 6 weeks or so. then we will all pile in the van and head to the cottage. mom will have to head back to the prairie, and we will stay on for a week or two. we are so looking forward to it.
and so enjoying now. the girls days are filled with storytelling and games of make-believe. it is amazing for me to watch them all together. there is a comfort and love that belies the miles between us. so good.
it is also a strange feeling of watching what i go through in a day. right now grammee rules, and i am left in their dust. but usually my days are filled with being the storyteller... it is giving me a new sense of what matters. (and it isn't the dirty dishes.)
thank goodness.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
on the verge of becoming a crazy chicken lady who constantly posts pictures of her birds...
humour me. i am sure it will pass...
humour me. i am sure it will pass...
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Our low level timber trail range provides high performance timber based play equipment with plenty of rope elements, creating challenging and stimulating play equipment. This range is predominately aimed at schools, councils and campsites.
With a choice of either complete trails or individual components to create your own designs.
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Our timber trails are pressure treated with the leading wood preservative - TANALITH E. This advanced protection allows us to offer extensive warranties against the threat of wood decay and insect attack even in ground contact, provided a real assurance.
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ioSafe Duo: Fireproof and water resistant data storage (in pictures)
The ioSafe Duo brings peace of mind to onsite storage.
Remember how we noted data is going the way of the cloud? While there are no signs of this slowing down, there's another interesting trend unraveling, the so-called Insight Platforms as a Service (IPaaS). The thinking behind this is simple: if your data is in the cloud anyway, why not use a platform that's also in the cloud to run analytics on them, and automate as much of the process as possible?
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Robert D. Atkinson July 19, 2012
In The New England Journal of Higher Education, Rob Atkinson makes the case for a new Morrill Act, in which the federal government support the designation of a core of approximately 20 leading "manufacturing universities." As part of this designation, these universities would do several things. First, they would revamp their engineering programs much more around manufacturing engineering and, in particular, work that is more relevant to industry. Also, academic institutions would receive an annual award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), ideally at least $25 million a year, plus prioritization of their projects in the awarding of NSF grants


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TONIGHT: Stephen throws a flag on Donald Trump's race-fueled comments about NFL players. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/MPhPrqboet
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) 26 September 2017
Tuesday, 26 September 2017 : President Donald Trump has continued his attacks on NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem, claiming the issue "has nothing to do with race."
CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert begs to differ.
"Wrong," Colbert said Monday night. "Kneeling during the national anthem has everything to do with race ― just like your presidency."
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During my first ever Dungeons and Dragons campaign, which I played a Dragonborn Cleric to a devastating effect, a trait of my character was cartography. He liked to draw maps of places on his travels to eventually build a world map, sharing this with other players or drawing maps at a price for fellow NPCs in the local taverns and library's.
Now I share this with you The Tangled Web, a redrawn vector graphic of the first continent (homebrew) I ever played on.
I have uploaded the following different versions (It was created in Fireworks at 736x988 pixels):
Adobe Fireworks CS4 PNG - 2.28MB - CLICK HERE
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In today's era of rapid globalization where the barriers to entry are increasingly marginal, businesses are faced with mounting pressure to sustain high levels of operational growth and competitive advantage by means of process automation, improvement and management. As new technologies and innovations come to the frontline, organizations compete on the proposition of greater operational efficiency, advanced product quality, lower operational costs, and greater service.
Being a leading provider of business productivity, the Office 365 suite brings together a range of tools in support of organizational growth, sustainability and efficiency. By integrating productivity technologies, this suite assimilates collaboration and automation solutions, enhancing performance agility and eliminating waste activities.
As business technology experts providing consultancy services, norbrik leverages the promise of Office 365 applications to deliver capabilities that promote and support process automation, improvement and management. Aligned with Microsoft competencies, norbrik renders its useful services in four fundamental areas: digital strategy, data management and analytics, business applications, and productivity.
Here's how we use Office 365 to successfully deliver our capabilities and services:
Digital Strategy
In the face of aggressive digital disruption, organizations are increasingly participating in rapid digital transformation in a bid to remain profitable and competitive. With disruptors shifting the competitive markets, executives are often faced with incredible pressure to overhaul their operations with technologies that offer minimal value-add.
The outcome?
With the cost of investment outweighing the potential benefits of the technology, efforts expended to digitally re-engineering organizational operations renders highly ineffective. Given the unprecedented rate of digital transformation, businesses thereby risk facing market penetration by unconventional disruptors.
Reimagining business processes through digitalization goes beyond the act of embedding digital technologies to resolve process problems. Rather, the success of such enablement lies in a clear and integrated digital strategy that is in alignment with your organizational objectives, people, technology and culture. Therefore, with value realization being contingent on the integration of digital technologies, as the growth of digital adoption accelerates across all industries, we can anticipate that those who neglect the value of an effective digital strategy risk being 'washed out' by new entrants that disrupt the marketplace with their advanced business models.
In understanding this, norbrik offers specialized strategy development in line with organizational needs, objectives and structure, helping businesses remain competitive and experience top-line growth amidst the disruption.
By digitalizing data, applications and processes, assessing the existing technical infrastructure, and aligning the technology and application services to the business goals and missions, norbrik ensures seamless digital integration into your business and its operations.
So, how does this relate to Office 365?
With advanced new technologies transforming the nature of competition, norbrik leverages the promise of Office applications to help businesses achieve digital maturity and compete effectively within their markets. In operating on such applications, norbrik works to deliver personalized strategies by finding opportunities to digitalize, consolidate, optimize and automate both organizational data, processes, applications and infrastructure.
Through the immense capabilities of Microsoft Flow, PowerBI, Dynamics 365, SharePoint, Teams, and many others, our team offers a range of on-premise and in-the-cloud solutions, with strategy development focused on supporting your customers, employees, services, operations in the long haul.
Data Management and Analytics
As we immerse into the Information Age, data has become a widespread commodity, providing both incumbents and disruptors with enormous opportunity to lead the marketplace. However, given the fragmented, incomplete, and unstructured nature of siloed data, we are now seeing a rising demand for integrated analytics technologies that promotes data-driven insights and enhance the decision-making capabilities of corporate institutions.
Offering some of the most intelligent applications in support of analytics and data management, Office 365 empowers executives with data aggregation, advanced analytics, and data visualization tools, leading businesses into rapid transformation. In doing so, organizations are equipped with enormous potential to unlock hidden insights and uncover process inefficiencies and opportunities.
To support businesses on their quest for greater operational effectiveness, norbrik offers data management and analytics capabilities, utilizing Office applications and Microsoft technologies to help organizations compete and gain actionable insights.
Through applications such as PowerBI, Flow, PowerApps, Excel and Microsoft Reporting Services, norbrik delivers interactive operational reports, analytics solutions, live dashboards, and data management solutions for highly effective organizational operations. Relying on an approach focused on high-level collaboration between clients and consultants, these solutions are extensively driven by the capabilities and offerings of Microsoft technologies and Office applications, with a range of tools employed to understand, validate, verify, model and interpret data.
Business Applications
With every organization hosting a unique value proposition, business applications play a fundamental role in delivering tailored value. As the operational needs of organizations begin to vastly differ, the value of developing or acquiring applications that support the specific needs of business functions can be highly favorable in driving organizational productivity and operations.
While we previously saw a preference for packaged, off-the-shelf software solutions, as organizational processes become increasingly complex and specialized, the opportunities of custom business applications are being widely recognized.
To deliver these capabilities, norbrik uses the competencies of Office 365 cloud services and Microsoft Azure to develop web-, mobile-, and custom-based applications. Through the capabilities of Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, PowerBI, SharePoint, Teams and OneDrive, our consultants deliver solutions of profound intelligence, connecting them to end-to-end business processes.
With Office 365 equipping Microsoft users with innovative and intuitive instruments, norbrik leverages this platform to create tailored offerings with powerful integrations, connectivity and functionalities.
Playing a fundamental role in driving value, businesses are constantly looking for productivity solutions that a) enhance collaboration and b) generate the greatest outputs from the smallest inputs. As the efficiency needs of modern enterprises grow, there becomes a greater demand for high availability, mobility and scalability of productivity toolsets.
The Office 365 suite offers a range of business productivity applications and tools that enable extensive collaboration via secure content sharing, group email, instant messaging and social network provisions. By leveraging the promise of cloud, this complete productivity suite provides remote access, mobility and availability on a large-scale spectrum, offering businesses a platform to foster greater organizational and inter-departmental collaboration.
With productivity directly associated with increasing profitability and satisfaction, Microsoft's proposition for Office 365 demonstrates a potential for executives to lead their businesses into new levels of operational efficiency and innovative practices.
Providing services in the area of productivity, norbrik leverages these in-the-cloud offerings to deliver on a range of content sharing solutions, intranet packages, workspaces, and instant messaging capabilities. In a bid to reduce the average cycle time, norbrik operates on the competences of SharePoint, PowerBI, Flow, PowerApps, Teams, and OneDrive, among many others, to provide highly connected and collaborative solutions.
For more information on our services and capabilities, please contact us at email@example.com.


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Short History of Shadow Caster project
Conceived by Boris Bakal as urban hyper-textual treasure-hunt project already in 1998 for the New York (as Orchestra Stolpnik production) and inspired by Paul Austers work, Shadow Casters has been first launched in Zagreb, Croatia, with its first phase in July 2001, as part of International Urban Festival. It was followed by the first phase in Bologna, Italy, in December 2001, within the International Festival of Urban Arts and New Media Hunting Season, then in Graz, Austria (Forum Stadtpark - preparations & video work - April 2002); Ljubljana, Slovenia (Exodos Festival, May 2002) and Belgrade, Serbia (REX-B92Cultural Center & CENPI, September 2002). Shadow Casters Zagreb Phase II took place again within the frame of Urban Festival in the summer of 2002 (June/July). In July 2003, Shadow Casters was launched in New York, in co-production with Dancing in the Streets in association with The Kitchen and Columbia University and in May and June 2006 in Pisa (Costellazione, Ipse Dixit – Shadow Casters Pisa) was devised and performed as a final even of the EU project dedicated to Galileo Galillei – Sidereus Nuncius.
So far, more then 50 artists and professionals from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, UK and USA participated in the making of Shadow Casters.


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I realized just now that Teddy Geiger was just seventeen when i first heard him rock the house. He was one of my favorite artists during my elementary days but I was not sure how to pronounce his last name so I just people that I liked Teddy's music.
I am currently listening to one of my generation's song, For you I will, not Monica's but Teddy Geiger's.
I was in elementary when I first saw his music video. He was musically gifted. He can play the guitar, the piano, the drums and he can sing. I never noticed his green eyes, until now. And I wonder whatever happened to him, where is he now? Does he still make music?
I'm not fangirling but I just love how good the music was, when singers can really sing and music is really music and not noise. I love music but it doesn't love me. I know I can't sing but sure I know if someone's out of tune.
Remembering the times when boybands have great music in them, when they have good harmony and when their songs can really go timeless.
I've updated my playlist. I downloaded the songs from my generation, 90s and early 2000. I remember the time when I would ask my parents to buy me a cd of Westlife and A1 (NSYNC and Backstreet Boys). I went Head Over Heels for those bands, really. I even had posters of them on our house. And I always made it a point that my songbook was up to date.
They are not just musically gifted, they are also good looking people… and moreover, they are more decent compared to the present "boyband" whose members shamelessly take videos of themselves smoking weed and grabbing one another's balls. Given the fact that they are being looked upon by the present generation. Total Shame.
I am not hating, I just don't get the point of young people preferring these present bands and solo singers over one like Teddy Geiger or a band like Nsync. I don't know if they do know what real music is or if they really do listen to the lyrics. I mean, how could "The way you smile at the crowd it ain't hard to tell", "Baby baby baby oh" and "i i love you like a love song baby, i i love you like a love song", "shake it off, shake it off" beat "And you're the place my life begins and you'll be where it ends"? There's no doubt that songs then have more meaningful lyrics.
I miss those times when singers are not autotune babies. When they can sing live and sound just as good as recorded. I just finished watching a clip of today's singers singing live and 75% of them sounded out of tune, nasal, and some plain horrible. It's just unfortunate to see today's teenagers go head over heel over these guys.
But thanks to Neyo, Rascal Flatts and Ed Sheeran… They saved this generation's music.


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Custom Orthotics
A custom orthotic is a device designed to align the foot and ankle into the most anatomically efficient position. They look like insoles,but are biomechanical medical appliances that are custom made to correct your specific foot imbalance which will help reduce stress and strain on your body.The plastic body of the custom orthotic helps to re-align the foot byredirecting and reducing certain motion that takes place during walking.
The symptoms of poor foot mechanics can include any one of the following:
- Localized foot pain
- Bunions, hammer toes
- Arch/heel pain
- Leg/knee pain
- Hip or back pain – even neck pain
Braces and splints can be useful for acute injuries, chronic conditions, and the prevention of injury. There is good evidence to support the use of some braces and splints. They have a relatively low cost, and no adverse effects. Bracing can be used for the following conditions:
- ACL Reconstruction
- Tennis/Golfers Elbow
- Knee Osteoarthtris
- Carpal Tunnel
There are four main kinds of braces:
- Prophylactic braces are designed to protect knees from injuries during contact sports like football.
- Functional braces provide support to knees that have already been injured.
- Rehabilitative braces limit harmful knee movement while a knee is healing after an injury or surgery.
- Unloader/offloader braces are designed to provide relief from arthritis in the knees.
Compression Socks, Hosiery & Sleeves
Heavy and tired legs and swollen ankles are signs of chronic venous insufficiency, which is a serious disease with real consequences. Around 15 percent of the population currently suffers from venous diseases. If you find that your shoes are getting tight during the day, this could be a visible sign for a venous weakness. Wearing compression stocking is key with the treatment of venous disorders. This treatment is prescribed by a physician to treat phlebitis, thrombosis and aftercare following surgery, sclerotherapy and any other forms of varicose vein treatment, and also to relieve all conditions of chronic venous disease (heavy legs, varicose veins, edemas, leg ulcers). It can also be prescribed to prevent venous issues during pregnancy and long distance travel. If no contraindications like severe arterial insufficiency are present, compression stockings of lower pressure can be purchased without prescription.


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Washing machine need repair? Troubleshoot and fix common problems with your clothes washer with this expert DIY advice, including step-by-step instructions.A washing machine is basically a big tub that repeatedly fills with water and then drains, spins to wring clothes dry, and has a device for stirring the contents up—either an agitator in the middle of a top-load machine or a rolling drum in a front-loading machine.
The four cycles that every washer performs are fill, wash, drain, and spin. Though these functions are pretty basic, a number of things can go wrong with them.
There are a number of problems that you can fix quite simply; some issues, however, are better left in the hands of an appliance repair person. Before working on a washing machine, be sure to unplug it.
Washing Machine Doesn't Run
If the washer doesn't operate or make any noise when set on any cycle, it may not be receiving electrical power.
If it stopped when it should have continued on to the next cycle, the machine's overload protector may have tripped. In this case, take out some of the articles to reduce the load and let the protector reset itself. Then restart the machine.
1Be sure the machine is plugged in and turned on. If necessary, check the receptacle it's plugged into for power, using a working lamp, appliance, or voltage tester. Be sure the washer lid is closed completely.
2If the receptacle seems dead, check the circuit breaker or the fuse that serves it.
3Check the power cord. Unplug the washer and check its cord for a break or frayed area. If necessary, replace the cord.
4Open the lid and check the lid switch and the tab on the lid that it pushes against. Press and release the switch. If it doesn't click when you do this, it's probably broken. Remove the switch, test it, and replace it if needed.
5If the washer still doesn't work, the controls may be faulty. Call an appliance repair person.
HomeTips Pro Tip: To prevent problems with your washing machine, follow good maintenance procedures. Use the right amount of detergent for your washer and your water hardness, make sure the machine is level, and don't overload it.
Washing Machine Doesn't Rinse Correctly
If residue remains on your clothes or in the washing machine following a cycle, the problem may have any of several causes. First, make sure you're using the machine properly—putting the right amount of soap in the load, not overloading the machine, and so forth. Check your owner's manual for this information. Just an overly bulky load can cause improper rinsing.
If these types of issues are not causing the problem, the chances are good that the rinse water is not getting into the drum or is not draining out properly.
1Check the supply valves. Make sure the water supply valves that serve the supply hoses are open all the way.
2Make sure the supply hoses are not kinked.
3Check the drain hose to make sure the machine is draining fully. A blockage can cause dirty rinse water to back up and remain in the drum. When you run a load, watch the machine to make sure it empties completely after each wash and rinse cycle.
4Check to make sure the cold water supply hose isn't blocked. Turn off the valve to the hose, and then disconnect it from the machine. Put the end into a bucket and turn the faucet back on. It should deliver a strong flow. If it doesn't, the hose may be partially obstructed. To determine if it is, disconnect the end from the valve, screw it onto a hose bibb outdoors, and try again. If the flow is still constricted, either clear or replace the hose.
5If these measures don't work, call a washing machine repair person.
Washing Machine Leaks
Leaking water from a washing machine usually comes from hoses or connections. Be sure that water appearing to be a leak isn't drain water from a backed-up standpipe. To prevent potential flood damage, which can occur if washing machine supply hoses burst, be sure to install "no-burst" stainless-steel mesh hoses and lever-type shutoff valves, as shown at right. With these, you can easily turn off the levers for both hot and cold water between wash days.
1Check the fittings where the hoses connect to the faucets and to the back of the washing machine. Also look for worn or leaky hoses. Tighten couplings or hose clamps if needed, or replace the hoses altogether. Be sure to turn the water off before removing the hoses, and then drain them into a bucket after disconnecting them.
2Determine whether the machine is oversudsing, which can cause it to overflow. Reduce suds by pouring in 1/2 cup white vinegar in 1 quart water. Then switch to either less detergent or to a low-sudsing variety.
3Check seals and bearings. The machine may have a faulty basket gasket or tub seal and bearing that must be replaced; in this case, call an appliance repair person.
Other Washing Machine Repairs
For troubleshooting and repairing specific problems with a washing machine, please see the following articles:
- Clothes Washer Doesn't Fill Correctly
- Washer Doesn't Agitate or Spin
- Washing Machine Shakes or Vibrates
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Nebuchadnezzar – NDN – Industrial Cyber Goth Gear
Stores Policies – Updated on 19/03/2010
Read me carefully before contact Onwer!
– All items I sell on my store are NO TRANSFER items. That means: – You wil have the ability to copy the items for a security reasons, modify them (some comes with resizeable scripts), but not transferable to anyone. The items is only reserved to you, the buyer.
– WE DON´T REFUND those items. Read it clearly – THEY ARE NO TRANSFERABLE – so you can´t give me back the item you purchase to refund you. Sorry but there are no deals about half refunding or anything at this nature, also please, if you come IM me saying you bought the item by mistake (wich is impossible on my opinion, you will have to confirm before buy anything on my store), i won´t even listen to it. Any attempt to try get a refund and the PRODUCT itself wont work with me. Also any problems regarding to SL and XTREETSL about missing products it´s not my fault, i don´t control what SL do about it, but if you miss a product and have purchased for it, read it below.
– We only will REFUND in case if you bought twice the SAME product, wich you will give me your transaction INFO of both PURCHASES before I do it (if you don´t know how to check your transactions, login at this SL website -https://secure-web2.secondlife.com/account/transactions.php?lang=en and copy both of ur transactions)
– If you bought an item and the item hasnt come for you by Slexchange or even in world (due SL bork problems) send notecard to me with your transaction of that purchase and i will provide you your item.
– At now hairs are sold separately from Packs. You can buy just one or more than one or even the whole pack.
– I don´t have Persons wich work as "store vendors" on my store. The Staff are only provided by 5 people wich are Luigi Sinister, Adelfried Scorbal, Trilochankaur Rehula, and Mewichigo Rotaru. Any else wich isnt on this list isn´t my staff so don´t attempt to listen them if they try to harras you!
– I do custom work but depending of your custom tastes. Send notecard to trilochankaur rehula to talk about it.
– I do answer ALL NOTECARDS sent to me. Please if you have any problems doubts even suggestions write in notecard and with the title the subject you want and send it to me. As i get my IM capped most everyday i might wont read your IM if you do so. So for more safety, send it by notecard.