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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss hit consecutive home runs in the third inning, A.J. Griffin matched his season high with eight strikeouts and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Monday night.
It was Texas' first trip to Oakland since being swept in the final three games of the 2012 regular season and coughing up the AL West title to the surprising A's.
Griffin (4-3) went seven innings and didn't walk a batter for the first time this season, earning his second victory in six outings since he won back-to-back appearances to start the year.
Mitch Moreland homered to give the Rangers the lead in the second, then Eric Sogard and John Jaso hit RBI singles for the A's in the bottom half.
Griffin faced either the minimum or one more batter in each of his final five innings, helped by a pair of double plays. He improved to 3-0 in four starts against division opponents.
The right-hander got a scare when he ducked out of the way of Adrian Beltre's sharp single up the middle leading off the seventh, and the pitcher patted his hand on his pounding heart once back on his feet. Sean Doolittle struck out the side in order on 12 pitches in the eighth.
Cespedes hit an 0-1 pitch just over the center-field wall above leaping Leonys Martin in the third. But the Cuban slugger came out of the game in the top of the fifth with a stomach illness.
The Rangers (24-14) arrived in the Bay Area having won seven of nine and began the day with the best record in the majors, but again ran into their division nemesis.
Oakland became the first team in major league history to win a division or pennant after trailing by five games with fewer than 10 to play, stunning the two-time reigning AL champion Rangers in game No. 162. Oakland trailed by 13 games on June 30.
"We're not in here for any revenge," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "They beat us, we understand that, but there's nothing we can do about that. … I'm not coming up in here thinking about what happened in the past. Learn from that, but that certainly isn't fueling us. What's fueling us is we're healthy and we're playing good baseball, that's it."
The Rangers had their four-game winning streak snapped. They haven't won five in a row since June 26-30 last year.
Texas righty Justin Grimm (2-3) lost his third straight after receiving one extra day of rest between outings. He gave way to Joseph Ortiz after plunking Daric Barton to begin the sixth. Ortiz immediately allowed Derek Norris' double.
Moss struck out on four pitches to start the second after fanning four times on 14 total pitches in a 6-1 loss at Seattle. Then, he connected for his sixth home run with a drive to nearly the same spot as Cespedes moments before. It marked the second time this season the A's hit back-to-back homers, also done by Jed Lowrie and Chris Young on April 3 against Seattle.
Moss' homer was the 7,000th in Oakland history, and Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson hit the first on April 10, 1968.
Back home, Oakland looked refreshed after losing six of seven on a 3-7 road trip through New York, Cleveland and Seattle. The A's avoided dropping a season-low two games below .500 for the first time since Game 2 on April 2.
NOTES: Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis, a former A's prospect who had surgery last July to repair a torn flexor tendon, was examined by team doctor Keith Meister in Texas and diagnosed with mild tendinitis in his triceps. He is scheduled to throw again this weekend in Arlington and pitch his next rehab outing for Double-A Frisco as soon as Monday. … Oakland Gold Glove RF Josh Reddick is yet to swing a bat to test his injured right wrist, but hopes to do so soon. There is no tear, so he is encouraged he can avoid surgery, which he had on the left wrist two years ago. … A's CF Coco Crisp (strained left hamstring) ran, hit and shagged flies. If all goes well, he will be activated from the disabled list Wednesday. Fellow OF Chris Young (strained left quadriceps) went 1 for 5 with a home run in an extended spring training game, but didn't feel that good. He is set to play again Tuesday. "He wasn't 100 percent," manager Bob Melvin said. "Probably a little bit of soreness." … Announced attendance was just 11,030, a far cry from those lively sellouts to end last season. … Texas SS Elvis Andrus stole his eighth base in the ninth.
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If you travel at least a little bit for work, you'll be interested in this RollerTop tray for your carry-on bag. It's a stand that hooks to the top of the handle on your roller bag, which folds out to give you a "stable" platform to put your laptop on. This way you can be checking email or surfing the net even when you're waiting in line to board.
Of course, you could do that with a smartphone, but what smartphone has a 13-inch screen? Best of all, when your bag tips over and your laptop gets smashed to bits, you'll still have a nice platform to put your elbows on while you're sobbing.
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is an application-layer protocol that provides encryption technology for the Internet. SSL ensures the secure transmission of data between a client and a server through a combination of privacy, authentication, and data integrity. SSL relies upon certificates and private-public key exchange pairs for this level of security.
This chapter contains the following major sections:
•ACE SSL Configuration Prerequisites
The Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine (ACE) appliance uses a special set of SSL commands to perform the SSL cryptographic functions between a client and a server. The SSL functions include server authentication, private-key and public-key generation, certificate management, and data packet encryption and decryption.
The ACE supports SSL Version 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Version 1.0. The ACE understands and accepts an SSL Version 2.0 ClientHello message, known as a hybrid 2/3 hello message, allowing dual-version clients to communicate with the ACE. When the client indicates SSL Version 3.0 in the Version 2.0 ClientHello, the ACE understands that the client can support SSL Version 3.0 and returns a Version 3.0 ServerHello message.
Note The ACE cannot pass network traffic if the client supports only SSL Version 2.0.
A typical SSL session with the ACE requires encryption ciphers to establish and maintain the secure connection. Cipher suites provide the cryptographic algorithms required by the ACE to perform key exchange, authentication, and Message Authentication Code (MAC). See the "Adding a Cipher Suite" section in Chapter 3, Configuring SSL Termination, for details about the supported cipher suites.
This section provides an overview of SSL cryptography as implemented in the ACE and contains the following topics:
•SSL Public Key Infrastructure
SSL provides authentication, encryption, and data integrity in a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). PKI is a set of policies and procedures that establishes a secure information exchange between devices. Three fundamental elements characterize the PKIs used in asymmetric cryptography:
These three elements provide a secure system for deploying e-commerce and a reliable environment for building virtually any type of electronic transactions, from corporate intranets to Internet-based e-business applications.
Confidentiality ensures that unintended users cannot view the data. In PKIs, confidentiality is achieved by encrypting the data through a variety of methods. In SSL, specifically, large amounts of data are encrypted using one or more symmetric keys that are known only by the two endpoints. Because the symmetric key is usually generated by one endpoint, it must be transmitted securely to the other endpoint. The ACE supports the use of the key exchange mechanism for the secure transmission of a symmetric key between the ACE and its SSL peer.
In key exchange, one device generates the symmetric key and then encrypts it using an asymmetric encryption scheme before transmitting the key to its SSL peer. Asymmetric encryption requires that each device has a unique key pair that consists of a public key and a private key. The two keys are mathematically related; data that is encrypted using the public key can only be decrypted using the corresponding private key, and vice versa. A device shares its public key with its SSL peer but must keep its private key a secret.
The security of asymmetric encryption depends entirely on the fact that the private key is known only by the owner and not by any other party. If this key were compromised for any reason, a fraudulent web user (or website) could decrypt the stream containing the symmetric key and the entire data transfer. The most commonly used key exchange algorithm is the Rivest Shamir Adelman (RSA) algorithm.
For SSL, the sender encrypts the symmetric keys with the public key of the receiver to ensure that the private key of the receiver is the only key that can decrypt the transmission.
Authentication ensures that one or more devices in the exchange can verify the identity of the other device. For example, assume a client is connecting to an e-commerce website. Before sending sensitive information such as a credit card number, the client verifies that the server is a legitimate e-commerce website. Both the client and the server may need to authenticate themselves to each other before beginning the transaction. In a financial transaction between two banks, both the client and the server must be confident of the other's identity. SSL facilitates this authentication through the use of digital certificates.
Digital certificates are a form of digital identification to prove the identity of the server to the client, or optionally, the client to the server. A certificate ensures that the identification information is correct and that the public key embedded in the certificate actually belongs to that client or server.
A Certificate Authority (CA) issues digital certificates in the context of a PKI, which uses public-key and private-key encryption to ensure security. CAs are trusted authorities who sign certificates to verify their authenticity. Digital certificates contain the following information:
•Details about the owner (the certificate subject)
•Details about CA (the certificate issuer)
•Public key for the certificate's subject
•Certificate validity and expiration dates
•Privileges associated with the certificate
As the certificate issuer, the CA uses a private key to sign the certificate. Upon receiving a certificate, a client uses the issuer's public key to decrypt and verify the certificate signature. This procedure ensures that the certificate was actually issued and signed by an authorized entity.
Public key certificates support certificate hierarchies. A CA creates a hierarchy of subsidiary authorities that share in the responsibility of issuing signed certificates. The CA that sits at the head of the hierarchy is known as the root authority. Each level in the hierarchy certifies the level below it, creating a hierarchy of trusted relationships known as certificate chaining. This process enables an entity that is verifying a certificate to trace the CA certificates back to the root authority, if needed, to find a CA in the hierarchy that it trusts.
A certificate remains valid until it expires or is revoked by the CA. When a CA revokes a certificate, it adds the certificate to a certificate revocation list (CRL) that lists any certificates that it previously issued but no longer considers valid.
Clients or servers connected to the ACE must have trusted certificates from the same CA or from different CAs in a hierarchy of trusted relationships (for example, A trusts B, and B trusts C, therefore, A trusts C).
Message integrity assures the recipient of a message that the contents of the message have not been tampered with during transit. To ensure message integrity, SSL applies a message digest to the data before transmitting it. A message digest takes an arbitrary-length message and outputs a fixed-length string that is characteristic of the message.
An important property of the message digest is that it is extremely difficult to reverse. Simply appending a digest of the message to itself before sending it is not enough to guarantee integrity. An attacker can change the message and then change the digest accordingly.
Each message exchanged between SSL peers is protected by a message authentication code (MAC), which can be calculated by using a hash algorithm such as SHA or MD5. The MAC is a hash value of several pieces of data, including a secret value, the actual data being sent, and a sequence number. The secret value is the write session key. The sequence number is a 32-bit counter value. This data is processed by the hash algorithm to derive the MAC. Upon receipt of a message, the receiver verifies the MAC by using the read session key and the predicted sequence number and calculates the hash over the received data. If the two hash values do not match, the data stream has been modified in some way.
The client and server use the SSL handshake protocol to establish an SSL session between the two devices. During the handshake, the client and server negotiate the SSL parameters that they will use during the secure session. Figure 1-1 shows the client/server actions that occur during the SSL handshake.
Note The ACE does not replicate SSL and other terminated (proxied) connections from the active context to the standby context.
Figure 1-1 SSL Handshake
Table 1-1 describes the actions that take place between the client and the server during the SSL handshake.
Client initiates the handshake by sending the ClientHello message that proposes the SSL parameters to use during the SSL session.
Server responds with the ServerHello message that contains the SSL parameters that it selects for use during the SSL session.
Server sends the client its public key certificate.
Server concludes its part of the SSL negotiations.
Client sends session key information that it encrypts using the server's public key.
Client instructs the server to activate the negotiated SSL parameters for all future messages that it sends.
Client instructs the server to verify that the SSL negotiation has been successful.
Server instructs the client to activate the negotiated SSL parameters for all future messages that it sends.
Server instructs the client to verify that the SSL negotiation has been successful.
Table 1-2 provides information on the SSL capabilities of the ACE.
SSL versions
•SSL Version 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Version 1.0
•SSL Version 2.0 ClientHello message (hybrid 2/3 hello)
Public key exchange algorithm
RSA—512 bits, 768 bits, 1024 bits, 1536 bits,
Encryption types
•Data Encryption Standard (DES)
•Triple-Strength Data Encryption Standard (3DES)
Hash types
Cipher suites
Digital certificates
Supports all major digital certificates from Certificate Authorities (CAs), including the following:
•Netscape iPlanet
•Windows 2000 Certificate Server
Maximum number of certificates
Maximum size of a certificate file
Unlimited (cannot exceed the available capacity of the flash disk)
Maximum number of
Maximum number of SSL concurrent connections
SSL throughput
1000 Mbps
SSL bulk encryption
1 Gbps
Maximum number of SSL transactions per second (TPS)
By default, the ACE supports 100 SSL TPS. Installing an optional SSL TPS license allows you to increase the number of TPS that your ACE supports. See the Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide guide for information on ACE licensing options.
The ACE is responsible for all user authentication, public/private key generation, certificate management, and packet encryption and decryption functions between the client and the server.
You can partition the ACE into multiple contexts (virtual ACE devices). You configure each context with the certificate and key files that the context needs to establish an SSL session with its SSL peer. The ACE creates a secure storage area in flash memory for storing the certificates and keys associated with each context that you create.
To establish and maintain an SSL session between the ACE and its SSL peer, the ACE applies policy maps to the traffic that it receives. When the traffic characteristics match the attributes of a specific policy map, the ACE executes the actions associated with the policy map.
Depending on how you define the policy map, you can configure the ACE to act as a client or a server during an SSL session. Figure 1-2 shows the three basic SSL configurations of the ACE in which the ACE is used to encrypt and decrypt data between the client and the server.
Figure 1-2 ACE SSL Applications
The following sections provide an overview of the three ACE SSL applications:
SSL termination refers to configuring an ACE context for a front-end application in which the ACE operates as an SSL server that communicates with a client. When you create a Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map to define the flow between an ACE and a client, the ACE operates as a virtual SSL server by adding security services between a web browser (the client) and the HTTP connection (the server). All inbound SSL flows from a client terminate at the ACE.
After the connection is terminated, the ACE decrypts the ciphertext from the client and sends the data as clear text to an HTTP server. For information about configuring the ACE for SSL termination, see Chapter 3, Configuring SSL Termination.
SSL initiation refers to configuring an ACE context for a back-end application in which the ACE operates as a client that communicates with an SSL server. When you create a Layer 7 policy map to define the flow between an ACE and an SSL server, the ACE operates as a client and initiates the SSL session between the ACE and the server. SSL initiation enables the ACE to receive clear text from a client and then to establish an SSL session with an SSL server and join the client connection with the SSL server connection. The ACE encrypts the clear text that it receives from the client and sends the data as ciphertext to an SSL server. The SSL server can either be an ACE configured for SSL termination (virtual SSL server) or a real SSL server (web server).
On the outbound flow from the SSL server, the ACE decrypts the ciphertext from the server and sends clear text back to the client.
For more information on configuring the ACE for SSL initiation, see Chapter 4, Configuring SSL Initiation.
End-to-end SSL refers to configuring an ACE context for both SSL termination and SSL initiation. You can configure the ACE for end-to-end SSL when you have an application that requires establishing a secure SSL channel between the client, the ACE, and the SSL server. For example, a transaction between banks requires end-to-end SSL to protect the financial information exchanged between the client and the server.
End-to-end SSL also allows the ACE to insert load-balancing and security information into the data. The ACE decrypts the ciphertext it receives and inserts the load-balancing and firewall information into the clear text. The ACE then reencrypts the data and passes the ciphertext to its intended destination.
For more information on configuring the ACE for end-to-end SSL initiation, see Chapter 5, Configuring End-to-End SSL.
Before configuring your ACE for SSL operation, you must first configure it for server load balancing (SLB). During the SLB configuration process, you create the following configuration objects:
•Layer 7 class map
•Layer 3 and Layer 4 class map
•Layer 7 policy map
•Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map
After configuring SLB, modify the existing SLB class maps and policy maps with the SSL configuration requirements described in this guide for SSL termination, SSL initiation, or end-to end SSL.
To configure your ACE for SLB, see the Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Server Load-Balancing Configuration Guide.


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While our resident F1 aficionado generally handles this type of news, he has graciously (well, he doesn't really know about it yet) allowed me to write up the release of Pole Position Remix (iTunes link) for the 3G iPod nano, 5/5.5G iPod, and iPod classic. The game, developed by Namco, is a follow-up on the wildly-popular arcade classic, published by Atari in America. Features? We have got your feature list right here:
- High-speed arcade racing with speeds in excess of 200mph
- Race on five unique 3-D tracks
- Navigate through road hazards such as oil slicks, puddles and enemy cars
- Choose from four race types: Practice, Single Race, Grand Prix, and Sudden Death
- Listen to game music or your music as you race
- Race past billboards based on your personal music collection
- Race well to unlock additional content, such as themed graphics, player cars, and mirrored reversed versions of tracks
- experience fireball wipeouts complete with flying debris
It seems clear that if you want an accurate driving simulation outside of Forza 2, Pole Position Remix might be your best solution. While most iPod games don't seem to lend themselves to the iPod's "unique" means of control, the steering wheel-shaped click wheel seems perfect for intense F1 action. No need to mod that racing wheel to fit into the iPod connector.


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I am very new to the field of approximation theory, and since an extended search on the Internet did not provide answers for two rather basic questions, I decided to ask them here.
1) From my understanding upper bounds for
$$ \inf_{q} \int_{-1}^{1} |f(x) - q(x)|^{2p} dt $$
with $f$ continuous and $q$ a polynomial of degree $n$, are expressed in terms of the $L^p$ smoothness of $f$ and in terms of the degree $n$. Could somebody point me to a proof of such a result?
2) Heuristically, what kind of information do lower bounds for the above infinum contain ? (For example, suppose that I can give a lower bound of $p!$ for the above infinimum as $p \rightarrow \infty$).
My last question might not be well-posed, so if it doesn't make sense please ignore it.
Thank you.


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Ontario Liberals hold their leadership convention this weekend at Maple Leaf Gardens -- a great choice of venue. The event belongs to a dying breed: brokered conventions. That means the wheeling, dealing and decision-making happen right there on the floor among delegates in real time. It runs counter to the trend toward more self-evidently democratic conventions, in which party members everywhere get to vote by mail or online -- the way the NDP chose Tom Mulcair last spring and federal Liberals will do so in April.
The Reform-Conservatives led the way on this. That clearly seems more democratic since all members can vote -- not just delegates, party bosses and insiders who are on the spot. Even U.S. parties, who used to have riotous brokered conventions -- one went 103 ballots -- abandoned them long ago. Yet there's an appeal to these past-their-due-date gatherings. I've always adored them. What is it?
Sheer nostalgia, like the locale? Weirdness and quirkiness -- people wearing funny hats covered in buttons? Trying to spot momentum as some switch sides and jump on the bandwagon? The sleazy, inevitable deal-making? Political drama that's practically Shakespearean, like Richard III's schemes? No, I'd say it's that these exclusive insider events somehow feel more democratic -- how can that be?
I think it's because people are actually talking, arguing, changing minds and votes based on what they hear and who makes sense -- to some extent anyway. I know we don't characterize democracy as talking, we picture it as voting, but that's what you could call the voting fallacy. It's not how democracy was in ancient Athens where all citizens (which excluded slaves and women) met, debated, heard each other out, new solutions emerged; that may not happen much this weekend but the model is right: people deliberating together rather than isolated individuals prissily casting a precious vote the way callers phone in to talk shows and bellow but rarely listen to others or go beyond making their pitch. Yes, I guess you could accuse me of being romantic and nostalgic.
But let me digress to a related case of the same mentality: the free speech wall that went up and came down swiftly at Carleton University this week, where a student dismantled it lest it incur some expressions of hate. I'm actually in favour of free speech for haters, racists etc., and not because I think speech does no harm. I think it can and does. But the damage done by "bad," vile or "wrong" ideas is a price worth paying for the benefits of getting many varieties of thought out there, and showing respect to every citizen.
What's usually missing though, from these eruptions over free speech, is the discussion component. It's as if the entire point is the right to vent, to post your opinion on a wall or comment page, like an exercise in catharsis or self-expression. It's the free speech equivalent of the voting fallacy. Why don't people focus more on engaging each other in the hope of advancing beyond the place they've already arrived? That should be the point of free speech in a democratic context: to reach agreements that build a sounder community. Take the classic case of prohibited speech: crying fire in a crowded theatre. What if there was time to discuss the cry, to point out there is or isn't a fire and agree on a plan of action? Since there isn't, it's OK to prohibit it. But in most cases there's time and space to have a conversation, what's lacking is the will or the habit. The mere vote or post absorb all the political oxygen.
And what about this weekend's convention: Isn't it another case of voting for representatives (delegates) who then get to do all the real interacting? Yes, with this difference. The people we elect to parliaments are cut out of the conversation too; as Tim Harper noted here, not a single elected member in Canada was at work this week. The discussions really occur only among top leaders and their coteries. At the Liberal convention, after the first obligatory ballot, the folks on the floor will get turned loose to their own devices. Any kind of democratic mayhem could conceivably break out.
This article was first published in the Toronto Star.
Photo: Sandra Pupatello/Flickr
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text: Movie – Mark Twain is a biographical documentary about the great 19th-century American author Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain), directed by Ken Burns. Burns distills the essence of Samuel Clemens into almost four hours via interviews with many Twain scholars, plus other authors, such as Arthur Miller and William Styron. Hemingway called Twain's book, Huckleberry Finn, the beginning of American literature. The character "nigger Jim" represented the first time that a black man was given a voice in literature. No aspect of Clemens' life was omitted from this documentary – his family and relationships, his failed businesses, and his travels through Europe. Burns documents Clemens' life with hundreds of photographs, maps, journal entries, readings and even a few very early film clips of Clemens himself. Clemens was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. As a young man, he traveled west and moved frequently from city to city working as a printer's apprentice, a steamboat pilot, an unsuccessful prospector and a newspaper reporter. He later became an essayist and novelist, and his comic genius was soon apparent. Twain made money doing speaking tours, where he regaled audiences with humorous stories of his travels and life on the Mississippi. He was a poor kid who became very wealthy and built a fabulous mansion, yet railed against the indulgences of capitalism. I loved this documentary about Mark Twain's legendary life. Did you know that Mark Twain was a lifelong creator and keeper of scrapbooks? He took them with him everywhere and filled them with souvenirs, pictures, and articles about his books and performances.


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JOB CUT AT FIFTH & PACIFIC: Fifth & Pacific Cos. Inc. said Tuesday in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that John Moroz has left the company. He was senior vice president for global operations. The company said the position has been eliminated. Per an agreement dated Jan. 11, Moroz will receive cash payments totaling $562,500, representing 1 times his base salary and target bonus, and medical coverage for six months. Moroz also gets an acceleration of certain unvested non-qualifed stock options to purchase common stock in the company that otherwise would have vested on March 1, 2013.
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My Christmas Cards are all made! Yay, Yippy, Yahoo. I like to send them out the day after Thanksgiving. All I need to do now is address them…but that is for another day. I needed to rest my hands.
I made over 30. Those MemoryBox Bianca Snowflakes could have been tedious but they weren't thanks to the Spellbinder's ToolNOne! I paired it with my old Coluzzle mat…remember those. Sadly they are no longer made. When I saw the mat that Spellbinders' sells online, I thought that looks like my Coluzzle mat. I don't know for certain that they are the same material but the Coluzzle mat did the trick see here:
This spared my hands for sure! Now that this task is complete I am free to pursue other crafty adventures.
Other supplies:
Paper Trey Ink – One Liners Die (peace)
Star Dream Paper from Macro's Paper
Sequins from Simon Says Stamps
Stencils from MemoryBox
Small Snowflake Stamp: Rubber Stamp Tapestry
Delicata Ink in Shimmering Silver
Mat Silver Foil paper from Hollos


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Name: Amber Rose Tamblyn
Profession: American Actress
Birthday: May 14, 1983
Tamblyn played Pippi Longstocking in a school play when she was ten years old. Her first TV role was Emily Bowen (later known as Emily Quartermaine) on the soap opera General Hospital. She is dating comedian and actor David Cross.


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Today's jigsaw is a scene from Episode 6 of The Blackened Mirror, the final episode in the current series. It finds our main characters, Harland Quinn, Alais Alleyn and indefatigable Mr Biggins heading in to danger (rather than trying to escape it).
"You know where we're going," says Alais to Quinn at one point, and it's not a question.
But how does Quinn know? And what will they find at the end of their journey?
It's … complicated.
But you can find out by watching The Blackened Mirror today, when it's broadcast for the first time at 3pm SLT as part of Happy Hunting!
And then, tomorrow, you can join us for a celebratory party!
But, in the mean-time, let's do a jigsaw!
Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).
If you'd like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.


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Ohio man pleads guilty, gets life in adopted child rape case
DAYTON, Ohio -- An Ohio man pleaded guilty Friday to raping a boy at the center of sexual abuse allegations that have already landed the boy's adoptive father and another man long prison sentences.
Following his plea, the Montgomery County prosecutor's office said Patrick Rieder was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Rieder, 32, pleaded guilty to 27 counts including rape of a child under 13, pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor and illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material or performance.
Authorities said the boy's adoptive father gave Rieder and another man access to the boy. The adoptive father brought the child to Rieder's Dayton home, where both men raped him, prosecutors alleged.
Rieder's attorney, Christopher Thompson, did not immediately return calls Friday.
The adoptive father pleaded guilty Nov. 2 to six counts of raping three young boys in his care in Miami County, where prosecutors have recommended a sentence of 60 years to life in prison in exchange for his guilty plea. He also pleaded guilty Dec. 20 in a Montgomery County court in Dayton to one count each of child rape and complicity to rape under a plea agreement that calls for 50 years to life in prison.
The adoptive father agreed to testify at Rieder's trial that had been scheduled for later this month, but Montgomery County prosecutor's spokesman Greg Flannagan said that sentencing may be moved up in light of Rieder's plea.
Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said after the adoptive father's plea that the father "will basically spend the rest of his natural life locked up and that certainly is a good disposition."
Authorities said the 40-year-old adoptive father had been caring for three boys and a girl in his Miami County home and adopted all of the children except for one of the boys, whom he was in the process of adopting.
The Associated Press isn't naming the adoptive father to protect the identities of the children, whose ages at the time of the arrests ranged from 9 to 12. The adoptive father said in an interview late last year that he was sorry for his actions and wanted to testify against Rieder.
and another man in Miami County who was charged with raping the boy.
The Miami County prosecutor said that the adoptive father arranged for Jason Zwick, of Beavercreek, to rape the boy. Zwick, 30, pleaded no contest Jan. 8 to one count of child rape in that case and was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison.
The adoptive father was arrested in February 2012 as the result of a detective's investigation of a person who went online seeking what was called "taboo" sex.
Rieder was also labeled a sex offender at his sentencing, meaning he would have to register his address every 90 days for the rest of his life if he ever leaves prison.


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Claret-and-Cobalt Seek to Stay Atop League Table in Rematch at Home Depot Center; ABC4's Live Coverage Begins at 8:00 p.m. MT
SANDY, Utah (June 14, 2012) – After an extensive hiatus that saw just one league match in the last 35 days, MLS table-topping Real Salt Lake (9-3-2, 29 pts.; #1 in West) resumes MLS action on Saturday, June 16, traveling to take on Chivas USA (4-6-3, 15 pts.; #6 in West) for the second time this season. ABC4's live event coverage from The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA will begin with an 8:00 p.m. pre-game show with hosts Bill Riley and Brian Dunseth, and will continue with an 8:30 p.m. MT kickoff. Fans will also be able to listen to the action live via the team's official radio partners: ESPN 700 AM / ESPN700Sports.com and La Gran D 102.3 FM.
Real Salt Lake looks to continue its best start in club history and extend the active six-game MLS unbeaten streak in a rematch against the only league visitor to have won this year at Rio Tinto Stadium. Back on March 24, in the season's third match, RSL fell 0-1 to Chivas despite dominating most of the match. Chivas USA striker Casey Townsend poked home a loose ball in the box in the 72nd minute, after a cross at the top of the six caused RSL GK Nick Rimando to collide with both RSL DF Chris Schuler and Townsend.
Saturday's match is the first in yet another three-game, eight-day span – Real Salt Lake's fourth of the season - this time against the league's trio of Californian clubs (home vs. Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday, June 20 and vs. San Jose Earthquakes on Sat., June 23). This stretch commences a run of nine MLS games in the next 35 days, with Claret-and-Cobalt manager Jason Kreis welcoming the return of RSL internationals MF Kyle Beckerman & GK Nick Rimando (United States), FW Álvaro Saborío (Costa Rica) and MF Will Johnson (Canada).
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. Chivas USA
- Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. MT at The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA
- TV: ABC4 w/ Bill Riley & Brian Dunseth (pre-game coverage at 8:00 p.m.)
- English Radio: ESPN700 AM / ESPN700Sports.com (Pre/post game coverage with James Rust & James Edward)
- Spanish Radio: La Gran D 102.3 FM & Juan 1600-AM with Nelson Moran & Fernando Hortal
- Online: Live updates via the @RSLkickoff gameday Twitter Feed and MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter
MLS Game Guide for Saturday's RSL-CHV Showdown Now Available Online
Following is the link to the Adobe PDF version of the Major League Soccer Game Guide (media notes) in advance of Saturday's contest between Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA. If you have any problems obtaining the document, would prefer to receive it as an attachment, or are seeking more information on the match, please contact Trey Fitz-Gerald in the RSL Communications Department via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Click here to download the Adobe PDF version of the MLS Game Guide
RSL History v. Chivas USA
In the eight-year history between Real Salt Lake and expansion brethren Chivas USA, the goats have obtained seven home wins at The Home Depot Center, for an overall record of 3-7-1, last beating RSL in May of 2009, when Paulo Nagamura scored the 1-0 win in the 54th minute. However, RSL's seven all-time road wins at the venue – including a 3-1 win over the LA Galaxy in the 2012 season opener – means that nearly 1/3 of RSL's 22 regular-season road wins have come in Carson.
The clubs' last encounter on March 24 this season broke RSL's five-game unbeaten streak versus Chivas, dropping the overall record to 8-10-5 all-time. Last year, RSL posted two 1-0 wins over Chivas USA: the first on May 7 (Will Johnson 87'), infamous for a horrific left ankle injury suffered by MF Javier Morales, and the second on August 27, in which FW Álvaro Saborío's 11th-minute goal held up despite RSL having to play a man down for the final 66 minutes (Nat Borchers red card).
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Life lessons: Where psychology stands on living well
Unfortunately for us, there is no formula for fulfillment or guide to life satisfaction; however, humans have turned to philosophy, religion and science time and again for answers to our existential questions. We may have come a long way since Confucius and Plato, and science continues to piece together some of the answers, but what have we learned so far?
Psychologists Nansook Park and Christopher Peterson from the University of Michigan turned to their own field to ask, "What is a good life and how can we achieve and sustain it?" In their article recently published in Perspectives in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, the authors explored the many ways psychology has contributed to, and continues to research, the science of living well.
So far we have learned from psychology that a good life includes experiencing more positive than negative feelings, feeling like your life has been lived well, continually using your talents and strengths, having close interpersonal relationships, being engaged at work and other activities, being a part of a social community, perceiving that life has a meaning, and feeling healthy and safe. And while these conclusions may seem like common sense, we as humans fall short on knowing just how to obtain and maintain these qualities.
Psychology still has a ways to go until the perfect formula for a good life is found. As Park and Peterson put it, "At present, psychology knows more about people's problems and how to solve them than it does about what it means to live well and how to encourage and maintain such a life." They suggest researchers across all disciplines of psychology come together and collaborate on their findings, perhaps pulling together a more complete picture of the human experience.
"In speaking about the psychological good life, we are fond of saying that other people matter," the authors concluded, "It appears that other people matter in science as well."
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ribes nigrum — the natural wonder drug?
I saw the naturopath about a week ago and she offered me adrenal support in the form of ribes nigrum and let me tell you, I feel pretty much like my old (pre dyingness self) after only a tsp a day for the last week. I'm FINALLY alert. My brain feels like it's actually connecting with my thoughts and body — and that it's actually working to capacity again!! I feel like I can do more and take on more and not be exhausted.
Now, it has only been a week, but from doing a bit of research online just now, it looks like this is the natural wonderdrug good for everything from curing acne to supporting your immune system, to dealing with inflammation — ALL of the things that I need help with! I can't believe it. If this keeps up, at this rate, I may feel completely normal again in no time. Well, if no time doesn't include the 3 years of feeling like death and the over a year of trying to heal myself and not being able to eat anything other than candida-friendly food. Just LOOK at all of the different ailments this concoction is supposed to aid or cure. I even found mention that it is an anti-aging agent, so that's a bonus (well, except for the part where they don't know of any long-term ill effects….we'll just ignore that part).
Have you been on this thing? If so, please let me know how it worked for you and what it cured or aided you with.
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Adrenals eh….thats what the naturopath thinks might be my issue….I'm just at the early stages of sending that test to the states thou to see if it is true….I am going back to see the naturopath in a few weeks so i might be starting the support too. Glad to hear that something is finally working for you….hope it lasts and maybe I can finally find something to work for me :o)
Take Care….its great to hear your doing so good and that your even re-introducing some sweets in your life.
I have been recommended to try Ribes Nicrum by a friend who lives overseas and just happens to be a Herbalist whowever I have been unable to locate a UK supplier….can anyone help?
I have been recommended to try Ribes Nicrum by a friend who lives overseas and just happens to be a Herbalist however I have been unable to locate a UK supplier….can anyone help?
This is just Blackcurrant
Holland and Barratt do a Blackcurrant Seed Oil, so I shall be trying that first
Started this treatment 48hrs ago…HOLY COW..I am impressed. I think there is hope yet! Thank you Dr. Rootes.
You got it right. This stuff works amazingly fast on long standing adrenal fatigue/exhaustion.
What's the dosage you tried. ? M – Noon – Evening?
were you having problems with off-balanceness and spaciness? Has the ribes nigrum helped this as well?
Ribes Nigrum has given me an unbelievable amount of energy!!!!! Before taking this natural remedy I was always exhausted and all I ever wanted to do was sleep. Now when I wake up in the morning and take 50 drops, I feel like a million dollars! Like today for instance, I've been up since 6:45am, it's now 4:30pm and I still haven't felt like I need a nap, or felt tired at all. I feel so amazing and it's so wonderful to know that something natural has done so much for me. I hope it helps all of you as well. It's a miracle!
I have been on RIBES for about a month and the anxiety I have been struggling with since the birth of my son is all but gone! I still have some issues with depression but it is helping with that as well!! I have had more good days than bad which was not the case before I started taking the RIBES!! So yeah, it really has made a difference!
I have been taking Ribis Nigrum for about 6 weeks now for adrenal support and I am pretty much back to my normal self as well. I no longer have the fatigue crashes that I was having up to 3 times per day, I am sleeping better, my eyes are no longer fatigued. This after about 4 years of struggling with fatigue and anxiety. Just prior to starting the Ribis Nigrum, I took Adreset (for 3 months) for adrenal support and that worked really well too but it wasn't quite enough for me. I just hope that this upswing in my health continues. I'm starting on my second bottle of it. So happy to be feeling better!
Can you share the brand that you are using?
Just a question, has anyone had any side effects? Can one take too much?
has anyone here done the cortisol saliva tests before beginning ribes? I was just given some by my Dr as well, he seems to believe it will help. Its this or cortisol, just want to be sure the "stimulation" of the gland wouldn't be akin to caffeine (making things better for the short term only)? as there doesnt seem to be a whole lot about it on google. thanks!
i was in italy a few weeks back, i awoke wo find my left eye had completely swollen along with the whole left side of my face. The pharmacist recommened ribes negrum, a tsp a day for 3 days and also to dilute and bath my eye…. it worked wonders! I would recommend it to others!
I forgot to mention, I also had motion sickness from being on the canals in Venice, the pharmacist recommended it for this as well.
Having read the previous comments, I am continuing to take it because I am having a particularly difficult time in work, stress and anxiety big time.
I've been battling chronic fatigue syndrom and adrenal fatigue syndrome for 2.5 years now. I did the cortisol tests by my regular doctor and it turned out to be within the so called "normal" range, yet I am constantly tired, unsteady (like drunk, especially when im tired and need sleep, or wake up to early and still feel half asleep), so i went to see a naturopath and he recommended Ribes, so im considering trying it and was just wondering if anyone had any bad experiences with it, or if it was addicitive, and if it was short-term like caffiene from coffee, or if there were any side effect? Please let me know!
Thanks a bundle! 🙂
ribes nigrum has the natural property of cortis gggood for good for colds an cough, mast be taken in the morning as the cortison is more active between 9 and 11. abour 40 drops. helps allergies and asthma.
just started this today, have been depressed, agitated , anxious, sleepless with symptoms worsening after 3 months…jumped to a cocktail of prescription garbage ( yes, it has it's place sometimes) and have taken myself off in search or anything that will mend my mind, body, and spirit…the comments make me hopeful…
My naturopath prescribed RIBES after my hysterectomy. I was having sweats & chills and my body clock was out of whack. I couldn't sleep at night, and wanted to sleep until noon. By 4 pm I was exhausted again. The dr estimated I would see results in 3-4 weeks, it took about 5 & I am my old self now. No temp fluctuations & my energy level is so much better.
No results at all for me with RIBES NIGRUM
I take Blackcurrant (Ribes Nigrum) in combination with Horsetail, Dandelion and Devils Claw, in capsule form, for joint pain. I find it works well for this, as well as the inflammation caused by a pinched nerve. However supervision is advised…you can't take it indefinitely.
I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's and hypothyroidism about 6 years ago and have suffered fatigue ever since. I also have problems with anemia. I went to a natural medicine doctor and he recommended that I take Ribes Nigrum, along with Silicea, Floridix (iron tablets), Phytogreens, and another product for infections (combination of 4 or 5 natural medicines)…anyways. I have to say that I feel really great after taking these products for 3 weeks. I sleep better and I am more alert…finally I can concentrate again! I am very excited about my new energy levels. I do not feel one bit jittery…if anything I feel calmer…but energetic. I can't believe that I felt so miserable a month ago. I hope this keeps up!!!
Can anyone tell me dosage and brand and how ribes nigrum works? does it just stimulate or actually heal the adrenal gland?
Tanya can I ask the name of the product for infections with 4 or 5 ingredients? I might be able to find it online and try it if I think it would help me, thanks. Silicia is a homeopathic right?
I just saw my naturopath yesteray and she started me on ribes nigram. She said it's for adrenal and immune support. I'm also on a bunch of other supplements (essential oils, multivitamin, probiotics, vitamin d, quercetin with bromelain) as well as a gluten-free, sugar-free, caffeine-free and dairy-free diet. The past few months have been hell…I hope to feel better soon. Your post is encouraging!
I have also saw my naturopath and was put on ribes nigrum, I couldn't agree more with you that it is a wonder treatment, I on month I have felt better than I have in months perhaps years. I have been battling menopausal side effects hot flashes, night sweats they are complete gone. I rest better, more alert and able to handle stress much better. I would highly recommend it. My question where do you buy yours? Is it available on line? The cost for me is quite a bit and I was looking for a site with a more competitive price. But I will continue on it for the rest of my life if need be I have seen that much of a change.
Does Ribes Nigrum work for headaches?
for those who asked the brand and where to get it, I got my Ribes Nigrum in Gemmotherapy by Unda. it is available on pureformulas.com for about $21 free shipping. I just got mine today so I can't say how it's helping yet, I sure hope I get results like some of the comments I read here.
Only those who have been there will know what I mean when I say that after reading the posts on RIBES I am in tears. This adrenal dysfunction is a robber of one's life. THE WALKING DEAD, as one author refers to it. I have been in this terrible place for two years and despite having naturopathic care have not improved. I am near out of my mind as I am single and senior and fear losing my independence. Just today my naturopath gave me RIBES and I will start it right away-with all this positivity floating around. I so hope that I will be helped by this formula. I have to say it sounds too good to be true, but we have to be open to miracles. I am happy for those of you having experienced good results. Enjoy Life Again……
Kathleen let me know how it works. I seem to be the only one who wasn't helped by it, instead it seemed like it gave me anxiety and chest pains. but then, I was always sensitive to any type of adrenal support. My Naturopath was hopeful this one would not. I tested it by stopping, and those symptoms went away. Anyone else had any negative effects at all? only me?
HI Kathleen. I felt the chest pains and anxiety too after 4 days of taking it. So my Homeopath told me to reduce the dosage and it worked wonder. Try to reduce your dosage and it should work wonders….
louie would you mind sharing how much you reduced the dosage? I was putting the drops in small amount of water, once a day. I'm sure both Kathleen and myself will be helped by your post, thanks.
i reduced it by a lot … basically more than half a dosage reduction as instead of taking it everyday i was asked to just take it evry 2nd day with half the dosage as well..
Hi, I haven't tried Ribes, but I have tried many adrenal support supplements. I, too, am extremely sensitive and can't take them. They cause anxiety/insomnia.
For me, ashwagandha is wonderful! It isn't giving me a ton of energy yet, but it is so very calming. My sleep has improved so much. If you typically have problems sleeping and/or nervousness/anxiety with your low adrenals, I highly recommend it!
I am hoping to add Ribes without any ill effects.
I just started taking 50 drops twice a day one week ago. I do not drink tea, coffee or alcohol and am very sensitive to stimulants. I find that after taking this I fell jittery and my limbs feel heavy. I don't like this feeling. My Naturopath prescribed this as an anti-infalmmatory because of some shoulder problems I am having. I don't see any positive effects after one week.
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It´s worked for me too!!! It´s just incredible how it can change someones life. I live in Mexico and I was wondering where could I buy it in the USA cause I´m going to be there for Chrismas and I just ran out of Ribes Nigrum. Here in Mexico ir very hard to get it, I always have to ask friends from France to send it to me with other mexican friends that get to travel to Europe. The benefits I´ve expirienced are more or less the same you´ve mentioned. I can think clearly, I feel happy, I feel relaxed and when I don´t take it I usually feel terrible. I wish you could help me know where to buy it. Thanks!!!
I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by a psychiatrist after surviving a propane explosion in my home last year. Apart from the explosion, I had a year of prolonged stress dealing with a horrific insurance company, a crooked contractor and finally subcontracting everything myself and taking 7 months off work to do it. After that I collapsed with exhaustion, and it turned into extreme anxiety and depression, isolating myself from the woprld, no energy, crying all the time, hating to be in crowds, unexplained angry outbursts, not sleeping well, even thinking how nice it would be to die so I wouldn'y feel so anxious, depressed and hopeless anymore..does this sound like you? I am sure every veteran (even civilians who have experienced war-like traumas) can identify with this. It is totally normal to go falt-out for a long time and then have PTSD kick in after the immediate trauma is over, like finishing a big period of stress, or coming home from a war.
After three months I went for counselling and a psychiatric consultation.The psychiatrist prescribed Cymbalta and I had a terrible reaction: nausea, diarrhea, dry mouth, no sleep, shaking hands, terribly nervous, dizzy…all the side effects. Made me sicker than before.
So I returned to my homeopathic doctor who has pulled me out of the water so many times. (God know why I didn't go there in the first place…but that is part of depression not feeling like doing anything until it gets so bad you can't cope). He took one look at me and said: you're fine, you're just exhausted because you have been running on high adrenal energy for so long. We need to support the adrenals and you will be feeling great mentally and physically in no time. He gave me RIBES NIGRUM, 7 drops 3 times a day and a couple of other UNDA remedies to get me eating again. That was two days before Christmas. It is now the 29th of dec 2011 and I am back to my old self…energetic, eating like a horse, enjoying my family, wanting to get back to work, sleeping all through the night.
If you have been diagnosed with PTSD, your adrenal glands are worn out, but you CAN heal yourself homeopathically. Please try this route before you allow some doctor who has no time for "hocus pocus" to drug you into oblivion. They will tell you that your brain cannot produce any more seratonin, dopamine etc etc and make you feel more hopeless about yourself. They will tell you only anti-depressants will "stimulate your brain and make you better". Baloney: you'll feel worse, and you'll get addicted to the stuff: it will affect your sleep cycles and it will not solve the underlying problem: your adrenal glands are worn out from so much relentless trauma, and continuously being on-guard, and the acute and continuous anxiety which comes from always having to face the recurring trauma. That's normal for your body to wear out under those circumstances! Just give it a chance to heal itself…what's there to lose?
I am not suggesting giving up normal counselling therapy at the same time: but biologically, once your adrenal glands get going again, many of the symptoms of depression will go, as will your anxiety, and then other stuff will fall into place.
By the way, I am a woman, and I have cured my hot flashes with Sepia complex, Giant Sequoia and now this amazing Ribes Nigrum has really put an end to all hot flashes.
Hope this helps someone out there.
I have also had a few years of huge family illness stress and thought being tired all of the time was normal. My naturopathic dr and I have cured my hot flashes with Sepia complex. Omega 3 together with the Ribes nigrum in the morning and Sequoia in the evening has put an end to my exhausted waking dead state. Sometimes I get lazy and don't take them religiously and within days everything seems foggy and out of sorts. I can't say enough good stuff about getting real with homeopathic and natural remedies vs pharmacrapicals. Another thing the NDs have put me onto is bio-identical progesterone. My period cramps have stopped, my cycle is regular, my polycystic ovaries have stopped forming cysts and in conjunction with cutting flour and sugar out of my diet, I've managed to lose the extra 25 pounds that no amount of exercise seemed to lose. Lastly, the bacterial infection I've had on and off for years seems to be gone, again – I attribute it to the ND advice, which was to use a garlic suppository for 6 days after my cycle for 3 months.
I know that you wrote this 5 years ago, still…. I clicked on your link to all of the different ailments etc, and came to an ad but no list. I have myasthenia gravis, a neurological ailment. The treatment, here, is cortisone, which I have refused to take, since it destroys bones. Ribes Nigrun is sold here ITALY) as homeopathic cortisone. Any comments?
I find it interesting they would refer to it in Italy as homeopathic cortisone. personally cortisone makes me feel great. I want to give the Ribes a try. There is also something called Isocort by Bezwecken, it's natural pills that mimic cortisone as well, I am thinking of trying myself.
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I have been on Ribes Nigrum for nearly 4 months. My naturopathic doctor started me on 50 drops twice a day (morning and lunchtime), and the return of my motivation was almost instantaneous. I noticed a difference that very day. It did not feel like a stimulant to me. I went from feeling overwhelmed by daily life requirements to feeling ready, willing, and capable. I was also (already) on a very small, sub-therapeutic dose of an anti-depressant (I couldn't handle the side effects of even a half-dose), and unfortunately there was an interaction that caused bruising for me. I cut my Ribes to 50 drops a day and did very well at that level. I was able to go completely off the anti-depressant, but unfortunately I am starting to feel down again (probably Seasonal Affective Disorder), so I am starting to increase my Ribes to see if I can head this off without having to go back on the anti-depressants. That's where I am today. Hope it helps someone. I appreciated reading through the other testimonies.
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Suffering from severe adrenal fatigue and hypo thyroid. Living in seattle WA .
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Q2: do you use hypothyroid or adrenal fatigue hormones along with it or just Ribes Nigrum..?
Q3: I see recommended dosage on bottle is 50 drops I.e. 1.25ml.
How to determine how much we need ?
is a spoonful of ribes is 5ml ? Any one using spoonful. .?
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