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History of Federal Clean Water Regulations
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 was the first major U.S. law to address water pollution. It authorized the Surgeon General to prepare comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries; and for improving the sanitary conditions of surface and underground waters. This statute also authorized the Federal Works Administrator to assist states, municipalities and interstate agencies in constructing treatment plants to prevent discharges of inadequately treated sewerage into other waters and tributaries. Since 1948, the original law has been repeatedly amended to authorize additional water quality programs, to impose standards and procedures governing allowable discharges and to provide funding for specific goals contained within the statute.
Clean Water Act of 1972
November 3, 1952 Cuyahoga River fire (photo credit James Thomas, from Cleveland Press Collection, Cleveland State University Library)
It seemed impossible, as a nation, we had allowed our waterways to become so polluted that they caught on fire. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio erupted in fire several times beginning as early as 1868. On June 22, 1969, a Cuyahoga River fire caught the attention of Time Magazine. Time Magazine focused the nation's attention on the pollution of the Cuyahoga River: "Some river! Chocolate-brown, oily, bubbling with subsurface gases, it oozes rather than flows. 'Anyone who falls into the Cuyahoga does not drown,' Cleveland's citizens joke grimly. 'He decays.'" This seminal event spurred an avalanche of pollution control activities ultimately resulting in the Clean Water Act and the creation of the federal and state Environmental Protection Agencies.
The regulatory philosophy contained in the Clean Water Act is referred to as the command-and-control, or standards-and-enforcement, method. No longer would the federal government wait for the states to devise their own water quality standards, since few had done so when given the opportunity. Rather, Congress gave this responsibility to a new federal agency, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Under authority contained in the 1972 legislation, the EPA had primary responsibility for implementing the ambitious and optimistic goals of ensuring that all waters of the United States be "fishable" and "swimmable" by 1983, 10 years after the act's passage.
The statute employs a variety of regulatory and nonregulatory tools to sharply reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways, finance municipal wastewater treatment facilities, and manage polluted runoff. These tools are employed to achieve the broader goal of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters so that they can support "the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation in and on the water."
As passed in 1972, the Act focused on reducing the obvious impacts of pollution flowing from drains, pipes, and other features common to industries. It created a permit program, called the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), which began to have its desired effect within the next 15 years. Through limitations on the amounts of pollutants discharged, as well as monitoring and reporting requirements, the NPDES program grew to affect reductions at nearly 60,000 dischargers in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Clean Water Act Amendments 1977 and 1981
In 1977, Congress amended the Clean Water Act. The amendments accomplished the following:
- Established the basic structure for regulating pollutants discharges into the waters of the United States
- Gave EPA the authority to implement pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry
- Maintained existing requirements to set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters
- Made it unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained under its provisions
- Funded the construction of sewage treatment plants under the construction grants program
- Recognized the need for planning to address the critical problems posed by nonpoint source pollution
In 1981 when Congress passed the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grants Amendments. Revisions in 1981 streamlined the municipal construction grants process, improving the capabilities of sewage treatment plants built under the program. In 1987, Congress passes the Water Quality Act. Changes in 1987 phased out the construction grants program, replacing it with the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, more commonly known as the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. This new funding strategy addressed water quality needs by building on EPA-state partnerships. All of these statutes reaffirmed the federal interest in assuring water quality in the United States, but they also recognized the difficulty of achieving the goals set forth in the 1972 act within the time period specified. Thus, timelines were pushed forward, and the rigid command-and-control regulatory approach was modified. It was replaced, in part, by a more flexible approach that stressed partnerships between the federal government and the states, tribal governments, and municipalities in achieving common purposes.
Water Quality Act of 1987 – Stormwater Runoff Regulation
The initial emphasis of the Clean Water Act was on point source pollution discharges from industry and municipal sewage facilities, discharges identified as coming from a specific point source. Point sources continue to be a major part of the NPDES program. However, after years of issuing NPDES permits and regulating dischargers, it became clear that efforts to control pollution from more diffuse sources were ineffectual and there was a more serious contributor to the problem of maintaining water quality then initially thought. Stormwater runoff, in particular, from municipal storm sewer systems as well as from construction and industrial sites continued to affect water quality with heavy loads of sediment, metals, nutrients, and other problematic pollutants.
By 1987, however, it became clear that a great deal of pollution was coming from nonpoint sources. It was estimated that over 50 percent of the nation's remaining water pollution problems was coming from sources that are not easily identified, such as runoff from agricultural lands, construction sites, urban areas, and even forests.
Under Section 319 of the 1987 legislation, Congress authorized measures to address these diffuse sources of pollution by directing states to develop and implement management programs targeting their major nonpoint sources. Federal grants, covering up to 60 percent of the program costs, also were authorized to assist states in tackling this difficult pollution problem.
In the Water Quality Act of 1987, Congress responded to the stormwater problem by requiring that industrial stormwater dischargers and municipal separate storm sewer systems (often called "MS4") obtain NPDES permits, by specific deadlines. NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) permits cover industrial and municipal discharges, discharges from storm sewer systems in larger cities, storm water associated with numerous kinds of industrial activity, runoff from construction sites disturbing more than one acre, mining operations, and animal feedlots and aquaculture facilities above certain thresholds.
In addition, NPDES permits for urban wet weather discharges require cities to develop an overall strategic plan for addressing runoff of pollutants from various types of land use currently employed and expected in the future. The amendments also required EPA to conduct studies on stormwater discharges, with the goal of identifying any other sources contributing to water quality degradation and to provide a basis for establishing a comprehensive program to regulate such sources.
In an effort effectively to implement this type of permitting system across the broad array of municipalities in the United States, the 1987 law created a two-phase permitting and regulation program to control stormwater from municipal storm sewers, based on the size of the municipality involved. Known as "Phase I" and "Phase II," the components of the permit scheme came into effect over a span of five years.
Large municipalities were the first to be regulated by the new municipal stormwater permitting regulations. Under Phase I of the stormwater NPDES program, CWA requires EPA to establish stormwater permitting regulations for discharges associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), the conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that discharge urban runoff into waters of the United States. Nonpoint sources such as stormwater runoff from impervious areas (e.g. city streets, buildings, construction sites, and farms) are the biggest source of pollution, the number one threat to our surface water quality.
The Phase I requirements apply to the MS4s serving urban areas with a population of 100,000 or greater. These communities are referred to as "medium and large MS4s" to distinguish them from the smaller municipalities regulated under the later Phase II program. In addition, departments of transportation serving these communities, typically state DOTs, and 11 industrial categories, including construction sites disturbing five acres of land or more, were regulated under these requirements. The Phase I regulations came into effect on November 16,1990, and required large municipalities to develop and implement stormwater prevention plans and comply with other requirements intended to reduce stormwater discharges. Large MS4s were required to complete the application process by November 1992, while medium MS4s were given until May 1993. Nearly 1,000 MS4s, primarily city and county governments with responsibility for their storm sewer systems, have been permitted under the Phase I program.
Subsequent to the Phase I regulations, EPA moved to address additional stormwater discharges that were not addressed by this portion of the NPDES permitting scheme. On December 8, 1999, the agency released its Phase II stormwater rules. Phase II regulations expand the scope of the stormwater permit program to encompass construction sites of less than five acres and MS4s operated by smaller municipalities with populations of less than 100,000 people, but with at least a population of 50,000 at an overall density of 1,000 per square mile. The Phase II Rule also allowed state permit agencies to extend the permitting requirements to even smaller MS4s designated by rule when it discharges to impaired waters or may cause impairments to water quality. Obviously, Phase II is much broader, affecting local governments and more facilities such as military bases, smaller transportation departments, hospitals, prisons, and universities.
The stormwater Phase II rules require municipalities and local governments to obtain NPDES permit coverage. These local governments must all have in place a stormwater management program that will include the development and implementation of six specified measures that reduce stormwater pollution. These "six minimum measures" include:
- Public education and outreach,
- Public participation and involvement,
- Illicit discharge detection and elimination,
- Construction site runoff control,
- Post-construction runoff control, and
- Pollution prevention / good housekeeping.
An NPDES permitting authority issues NPDES stormwater permits. In Missouri, the Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is authorized to run the NPDES program. Once an NPDES permit is obtained, the conditions of the permit must be satisfied and periodic reports must be submitted to the NPDES permitting authority on the status and effectiveness of the local government program.


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The cost for fossil fuels can be a significant constrain for the operation of a small farm. Reverting into renewable sources of energy such as biomass, can help increase the farm's competitiveness while protecting the environment.
A local action groups promoted energy efficiency upgrades in the towns of its area and in order to identify good practice examples it cooperated with partner local action groups in Scotland.
A young farmer realised her dream to set up a farm for breeding the Hungarian swine Mangalica using support from various RDP measures.
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I would appreciate help in resolving this issue.
My specification for Class Employee states:
//post variables set to non-null values;
Employee (String nme, char sex, Date dob, int id, Date start)
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Class Employee extends class Person.
This is what i have done for the constructors which I have taken the details from the specification for.
public class Employee extends Person { //instance variables protected int id; protected Date start; protected float salary; //start constructors public Employee() { super(); id=0; salary=0; [COLOR="Red"]start=[/COLOR] } public Employee(String nme, char sex, Date dob, int number, Date start) { super (nme, sex, dob); id=number; start= new Date(start); salary=0; } //end of constructors
the problem i have is with setting the date (the section highlighted in red) to a non-null value. How do i do this? I have looked over my previous work and found nothing where we have set the initial state for a date.
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Islamic Reformation
An Islamic Reformation refers to a desire by moderate Muslims to challenge what they view as the corruption of Islam by Jihadist terrorists.[1] The concept is similar to the Protestant Reformation in which Christian reformers challenged Catholic doctrine that was inconsistent with the original Old Testament and New Testament doctrine. The Qu'ran states that Moses and Jesus are prophets of God (named Allah in Islam), but Jihadists contrary to the Qu'ran are openly anti-Semitic and anti-Christian, when Islam identifies itself as the third Abrahamic faith alongside Judaism and Christianity, and claims that it is the purest representation of God's word that got diluted over the ages through alleged corruptions of Judaism and Christianity. Today, moderate Muslims fear that Islam is collapsing into anti-Semitic and anti-Christian Jihadism.
- ↑ Michaelle Browers, Charles Kurzman. An Islamic Reformation? Lexington Books, 2004.


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TreeSync is the latest innovative tool available in Family Tree Maker 2012, which gives you the ability to sync one Family Tree Maker tree and one online Ancestry tree.
Now you can make changes to your tree anytime, anywhere. Maybe you're at the library and you find your grandma's birth record. Record this information in your online linked tree using your laptop or mobile app; then when you get home, open Family Tree Maker, click the Sync Now button, and your desktop tree will be updated with the new information. Or, add a number of family photos to your desktop tree, sync it, and friends and family all over the world can see them in your online tree.
Why Would I Want an Online and a Desktop Tree?
If you only have an online Ancestry.com.au tree or you've always used Family Tree Maker, you may be wondering why you would want both. Many people enjoy online trees because they can update and edit their tree anywhere they have Internet access. And they can invite friends and family to view the tree, which makes sharing family history quick and easy. Others prefer desktop software because they can quickly build a tree without worrying about Internet connections, refreshes, and upload times. And they can create a variety of beautiful charts and reports to help with their research. With TreeSync, you can enjoy the best of both worlds. You'll have the mobility of an online tree with the advanced features of a desktop software program.
How Does TreeSync Work?
If your main tree is in Family Tree Maker, you can upload your tree to Ancestry.com.au by clicking the Upload and Link to Ancestry button on the Plan workspace. This will create a new linked online tree. (If you've already uploaded this tree to Ancestry.com.au, you will now have two duplicate online trees; you can simply delete the old one.)
If your main tree is on Ancestry.com.au, you can download it into Family Tree Maker by clicking Download from Ancestry on the Plan workspace. This will create a new linked desktop tree.
Once the trees are linked together, you can access and edit it online or on your desktop. You can even use our Ancestry iPhone and iPad apps to update your tree.
Can I download and sync my Ancestry tree to more than one computer?
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Marlins manufacture enough support for Eovaldi
Righty allows two runs in six frames before Stanton, McGehee deliver
MIAMI -- A little run support went a long way for Nathan Eovaldi on Tuesday night.
Giancarlo Stanton and Casey McGehee each delivered RBIs in the sixth inning that provided enough offense for the Marlins to edge the Rockies, 4-3, at Marlins Park.
Eovaldi, who flashed a fastball as high as 99 mph, struck out six and allowed two runs in six innings to collect the win. Steve Cishek captured the save, his first of the season. Dating back to last year, the sidearm-throwing right-hander has converted 30 straight save chances, extending his franchise record.
Over his career, Eovaldi has had just 2.83 runs of support, the lowest average among MLB starters with a minimum of 45 starts since 2011.
"This is a completely different team," Eovaldi said. "We added the key guys we needed to add. In Spring Training, it was the same thing. We had great games in Spring Training and carried it over into the season."
The Marlins are 2-0 for the first time since winning their first four to open 2009, the club's last winning season.
A year ago, Miami was blanked in its first two games at Washington. Now it has 14 runs through two games, and Eovaldi was the recipient of just enough production.
"We talked about the run support thing last year," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "Sometimes that happens with some guys. I don't know if you can figure out why some guys get runs and some guys don't. Last year, he didn't get a ton of them. It was nice to go out there and keep battling. We had some great at-bats."
Miami manufactured all of its runs, with three earned, off lefty Brett Anderson.
"For the guys to come back and get the lead back was awesome," Eovaldi said. "Yesterday, we came out swinging. Today, we put up some good at-bats and we got the hits when we needed them. It was huge."
The Rockies closed the gap to one run in the eighth inning on back-to-back doubles by Michael Cuddyer and Carlos Gonzalez off Mike Dunn. But with two outs and runners on the corners, A.J. Ramos struck out Nolan Arenado.
"Last year, we were inexperienced as a pitching staff, but we showed our talent was good enough to perform," Ramos said. "Now, we've got another year under our belt. We're a little more confident. We've figured out a few more things from last year. We're kind of using our knowledge from last year and using our talent and also learning in every game."
The Marlins gained a two-run edge in the sixth inning, capitalizing on DJ LeMahieu's throwing error, which accounted for one unearned run. Reed Johnson led off with a pinch-hit double, and he moved to third on Christian Yelich's groundout to short.
Anderson used some unconventional strategy from there, by pitching around Jeff Baker to get to Stanton. The reason was because of Baker's previous head-to-head experience against the lefty.
With runners on the corners, Stanton chopped a grounder near the third-base line. Colorado forced out Baker at second, but LeMahieu's throw to first sailed wildly. Stanton was awarded second on the error.
"There probably won't be too many times where the person in front of Giancarlo Stanton gets pitched around," Anderson said. "But I faced Baker quite a few times in the American League, and he had pretty quality at-bats against me before. I liked where I was against Stanton. I felt like I'd get a groundball. Unfortunately, it wasn't hit hard enough."
Johnson scored the go-ahead run on Stanton's RBI fielder's choice. Stanton stole third and scored on McGehee's single to center.
One of the early-season story lines to follow for the Marlins is how lefty-hitting first baseman Garrett Jones does against southpaws. For the second straight game, he had a chance. After going hitless in four at-bats with a walk on Opening Night, Jones delivered a second-inning single to center that set the stage for a two-run inning.
Jones scored from first on Jarrod Saltalamacchia's RBI double to left. Adeiny Hechavarria's sacrifice fly gave Eovaldi a two-run cushion.
After breezing through three innings, striking out five, Eovaldi surrendered two runs in the fourth. A one-out walk to Gonzalez put the inning in motion. Troy Tulowitzki laced an RBI double to the gap in right-center.
Justin Morneau reached on an infield single on a little popup that landed perfectly on the grass beyond the reach of Eovaldi and in front of the infield dirt near shortstop. The hit put runners on the corners, and the Rockies tied it at 2 on Wilin Rosario's sacrifice fly to right.
In the ninth, Cishek made quick work, logging one strikeout in his clean frame.
"We're sick of losing all those close games," Cishek said. "I did not want to start us on a bad note."


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San Diegans, get ready to take your love for beer to a whole new level as the city celebrates Beer Week starting Nov. 2.
The annual event highlights what San Diego is known for: Craft beer. Dozens of breweries, restaurants and bars throughout the county will have special menus and samples during 10-day event.
Kicking off Beer Week is the San Diego Brewers Guild Festival on Saturday, Nov. 3. Port Pavilion will be transformed into a beer fan's paradise as local breweries showcase their best crafts. There's also a beer garden at the luxurious Lodge at Torrey Pines on Sunday, Nov. 11 featuring unlimited tastings of beer and food.
Local breweries will also be hosting their own events, including powerhouse Stone Brewing Co. and award-winning Green Flash Brewery.
More than 300 local events have been submitted for this year's Beer Week – meaning locals and visitors will have plenty of options to choose from.
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Fayetteville Hooters to close later this month
The Hooters in Fayetteville is set to close at the end of the month because of issues with the leasing agreement, as confirmed by the restaurant manager.
The bar/restaurant is also under investigation by the Alcohol Beverage and Control Board after a man left Hooters and was hit crossing the street, according to Rick Crisman with ABC.
Gilbert Flores was hit by two cars after leaving Hooters on Aug. 2. Police said Flores left the restaurant and walked across College Ave. where he was hit by a Honda Accord and then by mini-van.
Flores was flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, where he later died from the injuries.
Crisman said the case is currently on hold until Fayetteville police have completed their investigation and have recieved Flores
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Programmers are shocked and angered by a change to how Adobe charges for its LiveCycle Data Services 3.0, raising questions over their continued loyalty to Flex.
Pricing for the freshly-minted LCDS has been branded unaffordable with non-enterprise IT shops canceling projects. Adobe has introduced what amounts to a $30,000 price hike to run LCDS in live production environments.
The irony is that some of those doing the complaining on an Adobe blog actually helped the company test and build LCDS 3.0 by participating in the company's beta program last year.
Such is their concern over the scale of the increase and what it means for what Adobe might do in future, some of these loyalists are now looking at getting off of Adobe entirely for fear it could act with such abandon on other products.
They have eschewed Blaze, Adobe's open-source subset LCDS, for alternatives like GranideDS and Web Orb, while some may dump Flex entirely.
The catalyst was the introduction of LCDS 3.0 last November, which saw Adobe scrap a license that let you run the software for free on a machine with a single CPU and also scrap a low-cost 100-user license. LCDS 3.0 now starts at $30,000 per on a single CPU.
Developers do get to continue using what Adobe called an LCDS development environment for free. Adobe used to offer this, before LCDS 3.0. Traditionally, though, development versions for software cannot be used in live deployment and are only for build and testing.
The reaction to the change in the two-months since LCD 3.0 was released in November was swift and consistent.
One commenter on Adobe senior product manager Anil Channappa's blog described themselves as a "former customer" saying the change meant that for a server project with 50 people they'd pay $559 per user. "That is more then we planned to take for our complete product," the commenter said.
A commenter called Matthew on Channappa's blog said the rug had been pulled from him, as his business has based its strategy around an "affordable" LCDS license.
He joined another commenter who claimed in December, a month after the change, the he knew of "three very big" projects that had voted against using LCDS because of the costs.
A commenter called Gloria posted on Friday last week that her organization's discussion of how to transition off LCDS had opened a broader debate of how to move forward without Flex, because of Adobe's "lack of regard" for the user. "It's very jarring for me as a business to see such dramatic changes without a low cost path," Gloria wrote.
Developer Glenn Williams who'd been on the beta three program said he was "totally blown away" by the magnitude of the price increases, having started to map out some strategies in 2010 for a number of clients based on LCDS. "I've had to make some really uncomfortable calls to a number of clients that I've been in talks with this past year," he wrote.
In an emailed response to The Reg, LCDS group product marketing manager Chris Ethier said Adobe is "investigating options to address some concerns from developers to make it easier and more affordable for small to medium businesses to be able to OEM or purchase" LCDS.
He also repeated Channappa's claim on his blog in December that Adobe is looking at a hosted - or managed services - version of LCDS to make it more affordable, in an attempt to placate developers and staunch the growing exodus.
Ethier did not provide further information on when this managed services, or the other changes, might be introduced. ®
Thanks to former Adobe principal scientist Jeff Vroom for highlighting this issue.
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DR. HOOK- Twist 'n shout: Rotator cuff injury hurts!
Weight lifting used to be a passion of mine. As a "petite" Asian man, I used to be very self-conscious about my size. In elementary school, I was always chosen last to join a team in physical education. Even Gigi, a four-pound girl, was chosen before me (okay, I made that part up, but it was practically that way). So tennis and golf were my sports, and contact sports were like scenes from Gladiator for me.
When I was a freshman in college, another pre-med student taught me how to lift weights. It was a humiliating first experience because on the bench press I couldn't even lift the bar– without weights attached! (Wonder Woman and Superman never had to face this trauma.) I worked out five times a week and went from a 128-pound wimp to a 138-pound weakling.
Through medical school and residency I kept lifting weights and got bigger. Everyone in my gym in Hollywood kept saying to me, "Wow, your shoulder are huge, but when you turn 30, you probably will have a rotator cuff injury like the rest of us."
"Don't Rain on My Parade," said Barbra Streisand. They jinxed me, and I promptly got impingement syndrome of my left rotator cuff.
The shoulder doesn't have a "real" joint like the hip, knee, or elbow. It's a girdle (like Petticoat Junction) supported by muscles and tendons. The rotator cuff consists of four muscles that allow the shoulder to abduct (reach over your head from the side) and rotate the shoulder to put on your shirt.
You don't have to be a weight lifter to hurt your shoulder– in fact, most people aren't. Rotator cuff problems tend to come on inconspicuously due to repetitive motions like reaching over the head, pushing things, and pulling things (like Christmas shopping). If one or more of the four rotator cuff muscles or tendons become inflamed, or if the tendons get impinged under the shoulder bone (a.k.a. Impingement Syndrome), a nagging pain develops.
People with rotator cuff syndrome complain about pain when they sleep on that shoulder, and they end up throwing that arm over the edge of the bed to relieve the pain. Putting on a shirt or jacket is as much fun as banging your head against the wall. The pain of reaching for the stars makes you swear at the gods.
Construction workers, painters, and others who do manual labor find that lifting things and reaching up becomes more and more painful– and the situation doesn't improve with continued overuse of the shoulder. This stinks because their livelihoods are dependent on their physical abilities.
For those who don't raise their arms up because of the pain, a "frozen shoulder" can occur, and not even the Hulk can lift that person's arm above the head because it's scarred down.
Physical therapy is the best remedy for a rotator cuff strain. I show my patients some exercises to do with light weights or even a bottle of water to free the tendons and strengthen the rotator cuff muscles. NSAIDS can reduce the inflammation, but because it masks the pain, some people overuse their shoulder and never allow it to heal.
Steroid injections can be very helpful (and I do them so often that some patients look like a water sprinkler shooting out steroids left and right), but the patient cannot lift heavy weights for a while after the shot to prevent actually tearing the rotator cuff.
I begged and pleaded with my LA doctor to inject steroids into my left shoulder when I hurt it, but she also worked out at my gym and always caught me trying to bench press or do military presses. Foiled again! I gave up the weights for six months, did physical therapy, and I continue my shoulder exercises to this day. Now the only cuffs I worry about are on my pants or shirt sleeves.
Got a medical question? Dr. Hook wants to hear from you.
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I read your weight lifting history with interest.
I am now 62 and have been lifting weights for 30 years. I have had rotator cuff surgery on both shoulders. Left shoulder less then a year ago.
I have switched to machines rather then free weights but my shoulders continue to hurt after a
work out. At age 62 with surgery what would be the best gym workout to get my muscle mass back.
I was injured in a motorcycle and auto wreck (I was on the motorcycle naturally). I ended up with multiple injuries. One of the injuries was a broken collar bone, which they had to put a plate and 8 screws in to repair it. During recovery
time my arm was in a sling and I was noticing that my deltoid muscle was bothering me a little. The doctor just wrote it off as muscle pain.Now two months after surgery my arm hurts all the time. I haven't been able to sleep for three nights due to pain in my arm. Motion in my arm is limited. After doing a little reading it sounds like the rotator cuff. I guess my question is do I pick surgery or therapy. The reason I ask is it sounds like with surgery I can go back to what I like to do, golf,weights, motorcycle eventually. But with therapy it will get better but not get as strong as it would with surgery. Am I WRONG IN MY THINKING


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raresaturn necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 37 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Bones Soap is a funky pirate themed soap stamped with a skull & crossbones.
The soap comes packaged in foil, so we need a lable to stick on each package. The label is to be 100mm x 70mm(revised), full colour (don't forget bleed on the edges)
Need a funky, fresh, geeky, grungy feel. Nothing too comic or cartoon-like. Experiment with colours but I was thinking blue might be good. Seeing space is limited i was thinking it might be an idea to compartmentalize all the different aspects of the label, but thats just an idea.
CMYK 300dpi. Output to be jpg & psd
- "Bones" (this is the main focus, the brand)
- "Coconut "
- "Shea Butter Soap"
- "with RUM" (prominent, maybe a stamped on effect)
- "This triple milled shea butter soap contains genuine Australian rum for a unique bathing experience! Suitable for all skin types. "
- Skull & crossbones motif (graphic)
- "200g/7oz net when packed"
- INGREDIENTS-Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Water, Fragrance, Glycerine, Sodium Chloride, Shea Butter, HEDP, EDTA, Australian Rum, Titanium Dioxide" (this to be fairly small)
- "This product may contain traces of alcohol "(v. small)
- Barcode (small if possible, actual number to be formalized)
- Bathcode logo (this is the maker's logo)
- "Made in Australia" a little map of Australia would be good
- "Bathcode s2.10 343 Little Collins St Melbourne 3000 Australia"
- http://www.Bathcode.com (fairly prominent)
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If you're driving in the tiny town of Boonville, Calif. – a 115-mile drive north of San Francisco – and hear expressions like "Ilden pike to the chilgoory nook," you better grab a dictionary, because you're bound to get lost in the translation.
Actually, probably even a dictionary won't help.
That's because in these coastal mountains of the Anderson Valley, home to roughly 1,000 people, the dying language of "Boontling" is on its way out.
Boontling is a dash of English, with a whole lot of boont. Technically, it's a mixture of Scottish Gaelic, Irish and even some Pomoan and Spanish – a lingo locals created in the 1800s to talk behind each other's backs. But because only elderly Boonville residents speak it, it's fading away.
Even Boonville teachers don't teach it in the schools anymore, and you'd be lucky to find 12 people who actually say phrases like "A hoot hoot jim sheet," and "Me and kimi says you're deekin' for pearl netties. And he joles."
Most of the 12 people are graying men who sit on their front porches trash talking and joking around. As they rock in their chairs and chew the fat, they're holding onto a small slice of history on the verge of extinction.
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When Boontling goes the way of the Dodo bird, natives like Reuben Thomasson will have no one who understands him when he says "Pike the macdonald to the sea japeway." And who will know what Rod Dewitt means when he says "You might deke on bonny tonker too." (Huh?)
Who will keep up the tradition of passing down the words "ricky chow" to the younger generations?
Oh, if you didn't know already, ricky chow, Boontling speaker Wes Smoot explains, is "when a newlywed couple goes to bed the first night and the bed springs start squeakin'."
And who in town will know to avoid a tinkler? Only the dwindling Boontling speakers in town, like Wes Smoot.
"A fella sat there jigglin' a glass of ice," Smoot explained. "So she said he's a tinkler. Well now, now an alcoholic is a tinkler."
Unless, a linguist discovers this quaint, country-poke tongue, most think that Boontling is "pikin' to the dusties," or in other words, getting ready to die.
"We're trying to keep it alive," Thomasson said. "But once it's lost, it's lost."


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A few of this week's hottest outfits, in cased you missed 'em:
What do you think?
A few of this week's hottest outfits, in cased you missed 'em:
Taraji & Star look great. As for Estelle, she is popping out of the dress!
Ashanti whole outfit is beautiful and Nelly looks nice.
Started in August 2006 by journalist Claire Sulmers, The Fashion Bomb provides daily doses of chic to stylistas of color. Recognizing there were few print and online sources for urban fashion, Claire took her interests in style and writing to create an online destination earmarked for sassy sirens with a passion for fashion.
500,000 monthly visitors log on to The Fashion Bomb for its fresh takes on fashion news and stories, along with its boutique spotlights, fashion show reviews, trends, parties, celebrity looks for less, and tips on how to break into the industry from the best in the business.
In October 2008, Claire moved to Paris, France to draw inspiration from the singular beauty unique to the world's capital of fashion. Now international, The Fashion Bomb has several contributors, and seeks to be the global online destination for connoisseurs of style.


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Take it home with you!
A music box from Brussels, a skateboard from L.A., a porcelain sheep from New Zealand… Our contributors share their stories
A glance at my fridge magnet brings everything back: the promenade in the coastal town of Alghero, the beatutiful pine-studded beaches of Sardinia, the wonderfully sweet pistachio ice cream. Some people may consider my fridge magnet cheesy, but souvenirs make you feel good because they magically transport you off to another place and set you dreaming of your next flight to some faraway place.
The souvenirs we bring back for others show them that they were on our minds while we were away, which makes everyone feel good. Taking something with you as a keepsake seems to be a fundamental human need, as souvenirs were the first items in history to be mass produced. Captain Cook left Botany Bay in 1770 with Australian Aboriginal spears and shields. Later, it became the fashion to take home more peaceful items, like souvenir spoons.
At the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, the first commemorative coin machine was introduced. It still exists today, as does the snow dome, which Erwin Perzy from Vienna patented in the late 19th century. Spoon, dome or coin, a souvenir is something you should always take home with you. No matter what.
Freelance writer
I'm an avid Beatles fan, so along with fellow "pilgrims", I went to Liverpool to mark John Lennon's 50th birthday. We visited all the mystic places, and, by singing a carnival song, gained admittance to the house where Ringo Starr was born. An elderly lady showed us his bedroom and made us tea. But what about a memento? Stealing something was out of the question. But, hey, look at all that grass in the back yard! I secreted a few blades into a film container – a precious relic to me, back then.
Freelance writer
Northern Kenya is home to the Samburu, a tribe of shepherds and nomads. When they get engaged, their future husbands give the women a crown with a cross to adorn their forehead, which the women wear until their wedding day. The women in the village of Maralal showed me how they live and how they make their precious beaded jewelry. During a photo session, one of them put her crown on my head. When I tried to return it, she insisted I should keep it, saying with a grin: "I'm already married."
Senior editor
A porcelain sheep by the artist Gregor Kregar caught my eye on a trip to New Zealand. It was love at first sight! But I was somewhat troubled about getting it home safely. Put it in my suitcase? Take it as a carry-on? The customs officals in Singapore showed great interest in my sheep. Did I have a receipt? Yes, here you are. They shook the sheep – nothing rustled. They X-rayed it – no hash, no grass, no snow inside. There's the transit area, sir! My love survived.
Managing editor
My visit to Brussels was a pilgrimage I had put off for too long. Especially the morning I spent at the museum dedicated to Jacques Brel, the singer who, like a crazed boxer, poured every last ounce of passion into his performance. The master of rhythm change, the lover, the scoffer, my hero and Belgium's vindication. The music box echoes my love. It plays "Bruxelles," a chanson about the early 20th century, when the city sang, danced, dreamed and "Brusseled." Its soft thrum fails to do the powerful melody justice – but it always elicits a tear.
While hiking through the Andes, my friend and I passed cactuses as proud and defiant as a thousand extended middle fingers. After our last stop, my backpack weighed an extra five kilos. A handmade rug is not the best thing to buy at 4000 meters, but strong, if not wise, I hauled my rug across mountains and two continents, and took it back over the Atlantic to my kitchen in Germany.
I buy sneakers when I travel. The kind that nobody wears back home. So every morning, putting them on, I slip into a souvenir. There are hundreds of sneaker sellers on Fa Yuen Street, aka "Sneaker Street," in Hong Kong. On the escalator, I glide past manga girls and neo-punks in search of a pair I've been after for years. When I finally hold them in my hands, the smell of butter-soft leather rises to my nostrils along with delicious cookshop smells. I'm in heaven.
Freelance writer
Two summers ago, an old Canadian canoeist gave me a paddle made of birchwood and maple and stained with walnut oil. It accompanied me on my five-day canoe trip through Wabakimi Provincial Park in the wilds of northwestern Ontario. I pushed myself off from pebble shores and used it to keep my balance on the slippery stones beneath the rapids that I had to cross on foot. Now, every time I take to the Alster lake back home, this piece of wood sings a Canadian melody.
Freelance writer
My father adores Persian sweetmeats, so when we visited Yazd, we bought him some tiny cakes laced with saffron and rosewater, rice-flour cookies, and sticky syrup whirls. But how on earth were we supposed to keep them fresh in the 40-degree heat during our tour of the adobe city? The taxi driver had a cool idea: He took the box home with him and put it in his mother's icebox until it was time to pick
us up and drive us to the station that evening. My father's verdict: "Absolutely delicious."
The thing about skateboarding is this: What you lack in technique, you make up with material. I've always had the best boards, but have somehow failed to improve with age. I acquired one of my boards in Venice Beach, where you really only have two options: smoke pot or skateboard. I'd given up smoking, so I bought the board – for way too much, as it happens – and mostly just carried it around. But hey, I belonged! These days, I only cover short distances on it – in my apartment – and hardly ever take a fall.
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Friday, December 02, 2011
Maramureş: The Fashion Shoot!
Last spring I managed to get to one of my favorite places in Europe – the Maramureş region in northern Romania – twice in the space of a month. The first trip was in May, part of a project involving my ongoing folk music research. The second trip was even more interesting. As soon as I returned to Budapest I was contacted by Nigel, a professional photographer who had contracted with an American fashion company to arrange a photo shoot in Maramureş. He was already occupied with a job elsewhere, so could I return to Maramureş to do some preliminary location scouting, shoot some photos, and set up some contacts to prepare for their upcoming fashion catalog shoot for the USA based clothing and design company Anthroplogie, which situates its catalogue shoots in various exotic locales. The next shoot chosen was in Maramureş, which the art directors had seen while browsing for "exotic" locations on the internet. Of course, with me being the anti-matter version of a fashionista, I had no idea who or what this was all about, had never heard of Anthropologie (spelled with a 'y' that was what I spent a decade studying at University and is a pretty good explanation for why I can speak a bit of Zulu) And, Nigel added, it was a fully paid gig: travel, expenses, honorarium. Even though I had just returned from ten days on the road in Transylvania I was all over that like sheep cheese on mamaliga. First I had to get there. I don't drive. Luckily, my old buddy Gabor does, and as a Hungarian theater musician he is/was/will always be severely underemployed and has way too much idle time on his hands, so he was happy to jump at the chance to act as paid chauffeur in his 1985 Mazda – an ugly old little machine, but tough as a billy goat and it did run.And I was able to take Fumie along – an added asset since we would be visiting our friends in the archly traditional village of Ieud, where Fumie began learning to speak Romanian back in 2001 from our host Nitsa, an amazingly strong and independent village woman who is a living encyclopedia of local Romanian folklore and a pillar of her local Greco-Orthodox church. There is nothing Maramureş villagers love more than a Japanese girl who can speak basic Romanian with a Maramureş dialect.The fashion shoot folks were going to need some local help as a fixer for their work, and Nitsa – one of the most beloved and respected figures in the village hierarchy - was just the ticket to do it. And, best of all, she was well compensated for her time and trouble. That was in June, and in September the catalog came out online.I had never heard about Anthroplogie clothing, although asking around it seems to be well known and quite trendy (and expensive) but it was great seeing our friends in Maramureş included in some of the photos alongside towering Danish models draped in upscale fashions. Of course, the fashion models and photo shoot staff stayed in the city of Sighet at the swank Hotel Marmaţia with all the mod cons.I stayed in that hotel back in 1997, when it was a classic post-communist dump with stained furniture and odd wooden chandeliers in classic Ceaucescu hotel style. Today it is wall to wall wifi and quality capuccino and cable TV in every room. I shouldn't really be surprised. So many travel writers have made a living stereotyping Romania as Europe's backwater for so long that when you find a five star hotel in a small town it still elicits a sense of surprise. But I still prefer village life. While we were in Ieud, however, we stayed with our friends in the village. On the first morning, Nitsa invited us to a ceremony at the wooden church across the street. It was the seventh month after the burial one of the villagers, and a memorial ceremony was held in the church.Afterwards, everybody gathered in the churchyard and was given cake and a shot of home brewed horinca brandy, and then all marched down to the village hall for the feast. It was around noon, but already the "paharnic" - the bottle bearers - were in action serving drinks. What was amazing was that as they moved around the tables serving a glass of 110 proof plum brandy to groups of three or four people, they would also take a drink as a toast, yet we never saw any of them get noticeably tipsy. In Ieud people drink a lot for ceremonial situations, but we rarely saw anybody drunk. Which is not the case in all villages.Nitsa pulled us in and we were seated for a lunch of meatball ciorba and sarmale stuffed cabbage. These are different from the stuffed cabbage we have in Hungary. Smaller rolls, almost no paprika to speak of, more rice and less meat, and flavored with dill and thyme. There is even the vegetarian version, the lenten sarmale de post made with vegetables and rice which wins my vote for best vegetarian food in the world (in a close race with pizza and felaful.) Romanians eat a lot of sarmale and never get tired of it. It is the perfect food.These funeral anniversary feasts are held quite often in the village and within a few days we were invited again, on a day when Nitsa was part of the catering and cooking brigade who donate their time and services as part of their duty to their church. While the crew was doing their shoot they also did some shooting at musician Ion Pop's home in Hoteni. When their fixer, our Transylvanian-from-Budapest friend Andrea called him up to set up a meeting he told her "Come by any time, I'm always at home. I'm a peasant from Monday to Friday. I'm a musician only on weekends."
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Great post, Bob. In my unbiased opinion, though... those anorexic blondes can't hold a candle to the luminous Fumie. (vegetarian sarmale -- the stuff of tonight's dreams).
- Jack Falk said...
Bob (and all), here's a working link to the September (Maramures) catalog:
- zmkc said...
I remember those wooden chandeliers - thanks for reminding me: via one peculiar detail a whole lot is evoked. Wonderful post, yet again
- chelo said...
what a surreal story - high fashion in way out places - is that a bit of voyeurism?? Fumie looks great a big hug from Seattle
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This giveaway is full of so much good news, you may just pass out from the greatness. Not only is one of you going to WIN one…but the folks at Silhouette are going to have a crazy, wild, amazing deal on these beauties next Monday – now affectionately known as Cyber Monday. :)
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You will have to use a discount code to get this saaahweet deal – I'll be announcing that code first thing Cyber Monday morning so you can get the great discount!
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The possibilities with this machine are endless – your gift budget could be cut in half with a little imagination and the Silhouette!
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A Houston woman was convicted of murder Tuesday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5 1/2-inch stiletto heel of her shoe, hitting him at least 25 times in the face.
Prosecutors said Ana Trujillo used her high heel shoe to kill 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson during an argument at his Houston condominium in June.
Trujillo's attorney had argued the 45-year-old woman was defending herself during an attack by Andersson, a University of Houston professor and researcher.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Trujillo, who faces up to life in prison, showed little emotional reaction when the jury verdict was read. She had been out of jail on bond but was taken into custody after the guilty verdict. The jury, which deliberated for about two hours before reaching its verdict, will begin hearing evidence in the trial's punishment phase Wednesday.
Before she was taken into custody, Trujillo could be overhead speaking in Spanish with some friends, telling them, ""I loved him and he was crazy."
Jack Carroll, Trujillo's attorney, said he was disappointed with the verdict and Trujillo was "taking it a little hard but she's pretty tough."
"I'm hoping that they will be merciful in the punishment," Carroll said, adding he will be asking for a prison sentence of two years.
Prosecutors declined to comment on the case until after a sentence is announced.
During the trial, prosecutors portrayed Trujillo, a native of Mexico, as out of control on the night of the slaying.
Prosecutors told jurors that after a night of drinking, the couple began arguing and during the confrontation, Andersson was injured and fell on his back. Trujillo sat on Andersson, preventing him from getting up and repeatedly struck him in the face and head with her shoe, they said.
"This is not self-defense. This is a vicious murder," prosecutor John Jordan told jurors during closing arguments earlier Tuesday.
Jordan told jurors that Trujillo had a history of violence, reminding them of testimony by two witnesses who said Trujillo had attacked them two weeks before Andersson's death.
James Wells, who had been romantically involved with Trujillo, testified that in an unprovoked attack, Trujillo bit him on his head, pulled skin from his skull, and then told him, "You're a dead man." Chanda Ellison, who had also been romantically involved with Wells, testified she had to use a stick to fend off an attack from Trujillo in her home.
During witness testimony, prosecutors highlighted that Trujillo did not have any injuries from her confrontation with Andersson while the researcher had defensive wounds on his hands and wrists. Trujillo's attorneys argued she did have injuries.
Defense attorneys told jurors Trujillo did the only thing she could do while being attacked: defend herself.
"What would you do if there was the threat of serious bodily injury ... if the threat of death is there? You defend yourself," Carroll said in closing arguments.
Prosecution witnesses portrayed Andersson, a native of Sweden who became a U.S. citizen, as mild-mannered and quiet.
In a video of Trujillo's police interrogation that was played at trial, she told detectives Andersson had become enraged after thinking she was going to leave him, attacked her and that she used the only weapon she had at her disposal -- her shoe -- to defend herself.
Trujillo told detectives she hit Andersson with her shoe "a couple of times" and didn't realize she had hurt him until she saw blood on the floor. Trujillo told detectives she tried performing CPR on Andersson.
The blue suede stiletto heel -- a size 9 platform pump with a 5 1/2-inch heel -- was brought out during testimony about the bloody crime scene and also during closing arguments.
In video and photos taken by police at the crime scene, the stiletto heel can be seen lying on the carpeted floor of Andersson's condominium, above his head. A large pool of blood was also near his head, which was bloodied, purple and had several visible wounds.


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WE RECOMMEND: Roman Holiday dir. William Wyler
Roman Holiday (1953), dir. William Wyler
Upon returning from a vacation in Italy, I was inspired to revisit a classic film from 1953. Roman Holiday follows the short-lived adventure of a runaway princess in the Eternal City. Audrey Hepburn, in her first starring role, plays Princess Ann. Hepburn's performance earned her an Academy Award. Ann is heir to the throne of an unidentified country, and is making her way through a press tour of Europe. Frazzled by the constant and structured public appearances, she is given an injection to soothe her nerves. The princess breaks out from the embassy to begin an impromptu tour of the city while in an incoherent state. Joe Bradley, an American journalist played by Gregory Peck, reluctantly assists her.
Both the princess and the reporter attempt to conceal their true identities. Ann introduces herself as Anya, a schoolgirl on the run. Joe claims to be in the fertilizer industry. However, he has already recognized his new companion as the visiting dignitary. Indebted to seemingly everyone in the city, he is eager to publish an exclusive and lucrative interview with the royal. They soon engage in a carefree tour of the city on the back of a scooter.
Roman Holiday was shot entirely on location. The audience experiences the grandeur of many of the city's famous sights, including the Coliseum, Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, and the Victor Emmanuel II monument. Perhaps the most memorable scene in the movie involves the Mouth of Truth. The Church of Santa Maria has a large carving of a face whose mouth is purported to chomp off the hands of liars. Inserting a hand into the monument is problematic given the couple's ruses. A thoroughly amusing film, Roman Holiday will make you long for a gelato or an espresso at a sidewalk café in some Italian square.
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If you're one of 115 million Americans trying to lose weight, here's a hot tip:
Don't go on a diet.
According to recent studies, diets can actually cause WEIGHT GAIN in the long term.
It sounds weird, but there are two major reasons dieting can cause weight gain
Dieting is hard on your body and your mind!
Dieting is ineffective because it increases chronic psychological stress and cortisol production. Cortisol is known as "the stress hormone" and increased levels of the hormone make you crave sugary, fatty foods.
Basically, Dieting = more stress = more cortisol = higher appetite for junk food = more belly fat.
Research has shown that frequent dieters are more likely than non-dieters to binge eat and gain weight.
If dieting doesn't work, what's the answer to weight loss?
The answer might be different for every person, but millions of people have used meal replacement shakes as a SIMPLE way to control hunger and start losing weight.
What are meal replacement shakes?
Everyone knows a meal replacement shake is well, a shake to be used in place of a meal. Doesn't take much brainpower to figure that one out.
However, ask someone what's inside a meal replacement shake or how it's different than a protein shake and you'll get more confused looks.
A meal replacement shake is NOT a protein shake. A meal replacement shake can and should have an adequate amount of protein, but a meal replacement shake is much more than that.
Meal replacement shakes help you replace high-calorie or unhealthy meals with a lighter, more balanced option. They make the nutrition part of losing weight simple.
Since meal replacement shakes are meant to replace a meal they contain essential nutrients, carbs, fats, and protein equivalent to a balanced meal. Meal replacement shakes designed for weight loss should also contain hunger blockers to keep cravings and appetite under control.
A meal replacement shake:
- Turns an unhealthy meal into a healthy one (Replaces breakfast, lunch, or dinner)
- Includes a healthy balance of protein, fats, and carbohydrates
- Comes fortified with vitamins and minerals
- Includes fiber and other ingredients to block hunger and reduce cravings
Why do meal replacement shakes work?
So how exactly do these shakes work? Do you just drink them and the weight magically falls off? Not quite. Like anything in life there is an explanation that makes sense.
When it comes to losing weight, you MUST burn more calories than you consume. This is best done with a combination of eating less and moving your body more.
Eating right can be extremely difficult in a world where Mcdonald's and Dr. Pepper exists. The opportunity and temptation to overeat presents itself nearly every meal nearly every day.
On the other end of the spectrum, we have dieting which is really not any better for your health and waistline. Why? Because most diets fail. Backfire even.
Diets fail because they often restrict too much too quickly leaving dieters hungry, craving everything, and in a poor mood. Once you end the diet, you go right back to your bad habits, binge eat because you've been so deprived, and put the weight back on (or more).
It's a vicious cycle, but meal replacements can help end it! Meal replacements are delicious ways to cut calories without starving or depriving yourself.
When should you drink a meal replacement shake?
Meal replacement shakes can be used in place of any meal or used as a healthy snack to satisfy your hunger until your next meal.
Many people enjoy using a meal replacement for breakfast because they are quick and filling. Simply shake and go! Others prefer to have them for lunch or dinner. It's really up to you!
I would suggest using it for the meal you struggle with most. So if lunch is when you tend to make poor choices and end up eating three cheeseburgers, try a meal replacement shake instead and save yourself hundreds of calories in the process.
Another opportune time to use meal replacement shakes is in the evening as a way to fight cravings. Next time you're dying for something sweet while watching the Tonight Show, mix up a yummy shake instead of opting for that entire bag of Oreos.
Which meal replacement shake is the best?
Now that you know that meal replacement shakes are effective for weight loss, which one do you choose? Will any old shake do?
When it comes to choosing the right shake, there are some things you are going to need to consider:
- Does it provide adequate vitamins, minerals, carbs, and protein?
- Does it taste amazing?
- Is it a good price?
- Does it have some sort of hunger blocker to keep you from going hungry?
- Is there any sort of guarantee with the shake or social proof?
If the shake you choose can answer all of these questions, chances are it's a good fit.
Our personal favorite is this meal replacement shake from IdealShape. It fits all our criteria for a delicious and effective meal replacement shake.
Here's why we love IdealShake
- IdealShake has 11g of whey protein with absolutely no soy. It also contains 5g of fiber and is high in all the essential vitamins and minerals your body needs.
- IdealShake has an INCREDIBLE taste with no weird textures or aftertastes. Plus it comes in 8 unique and fun flavors so there's something for everyone to enjoy.
- IdealShake is one of the best priced shakes on the market coming in at just over one dollar per serving! You'll actually save money while you're losing weight!
- IdealShake has a powerful and clinically studied hunger blocker called Slendesta that has been shown to block hunger for up to three hours. This is huge! If your shake can't block hunger, it's not going to be very effective in helping you lose weight.
- Finally, IdealShape gives a fantastic 100% money back guarantee on IdealShake. If you don't love it, no problem. Just send it back! There is absolutely zero risk for you. Now that's ideal.


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Super, Mal!! Vielen Dank! I had checked everything under the sun - I though. Must have missed that one somehow.
That explains why the error only appeared occasionally, Poco only checked every 30 days. But it only started a couple of months ago so up to then, the check site must have been available. I remember seeing the quick messsage about no new version being found.
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Finally after moving from chilly Ballarat to the tropics of Darwin, I have managed to finally finish off a book I have been working on.
The frames are chipboard that my dear clever friend Jen Crossley has had made up for us all who love the antique album look without the hefty price tag of a real one (if you can get one) and shipping them from the states. This is the largest of her wonderful frames, and has other sizes and shapes available. Check out her blog for more.
Heres what I did with some of her frames. An album names "Beth".
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Kaneohe Rotary builds new bus shelter at WCCWindward Community College
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KANEʻOHE— In the spirit of giving, over one weekend, members of the Rotary Club of Kaneʻohe demolished the old bus shelter at Windward Community College and constructed a new one, complete with composite roof to mimic the orange-tiled roofs of campus buildings.
"I was absolutely amazed to see such a wonderful new bus shelter for our students completed in just two days," said Chancellor Angela Meixell. "Not only do students have a dry place to wait for the bus, but the design is in keeping with our campus buildings. I would like to extend a heartfelt mahalo to the Rotary Club of Kaneʻohe for this wonderful gift for our students, and our community."
Club members who worked on the project included Dennis Irie, Pete Dyer, Hank Iida, Dwight Kauahikaua, Clyde Morita, Guy Nishizawa, Gavin Nishizawa (Guy's Son), John Parker, Kathy Raethel, Ron Sauder, Pete Seymour, Tom Slavens, Kiha Tirrell, Richard Yokoyama, Alan Zane, and Tom Teruya. Dennis Irie was also the architect on the project.
Employees from T. Iida Contracting, Ltd, who played an important role in the completion of the project, included Nathan Kimura, Jonathan Iida, Troy Oshiro and Lester Azama.
Rotary is an international organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.


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-Veers Guy... I'm curious to see if there's a removable belt or hat included. Otherwise it looks ok to me. I can't tell much by the headsculpt but to me the face looks like Veers.
I guess I am a sucker for anything Hasbro throws the word "Vintage" on. These things are all good enough and welcome to my collection.
Not excited by any of these.
Is this figure actually being called "General Veers" or "AT-AT Commander"?
Well, that could just be Hasbro being cute - the Kenner figure was just called "AT-AT Commander", so if this is really an homage to the Kenner line/cards, that may be all they are planning on putting on the card.
Well since it is the new "vintage" line, he would just be called "AT-AT Commander" echoing the 80's vintage carded figure nomenclature.
I find it really funny that almost every site where there's discussion about these figures are completely disregarding the reporting of Jedi News in their article.
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The cold that brought shivers to the Midwest has spread to the East and Deep South on Tuesday, shattering records that in some cases had stood for more than a century.
Frozen fountains, lakes and houses also made the cold a beautiful sight to see. Here's some of the more stunning photos from across the country..


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text: REV. JESSE L. JACKSON TO HONOR GOVERNOR DAVID PATERSON, BERRY GORDY & WILLIE E. GARY AT THE WALL STREET PROJECT ECONOMIC SUMMIT January 23, 2013 Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps REV. JESSE L. JACKSON TO HONOR GOVERNOR DAVID PATERSON, BERRY GORDY & WILLIE E. GARY AT THE WALL STREET PROJECT ECONOMIC SUMMIT -- Special Guests U.S. Pres. William Jefferson Clinton, Jamie Foxx, Dionne Warwick and others; Special Performances by Multi-Grammy-Winning Gospel Recording Artists Mary Mary and the cast of the upcoming Broadway show "Motown: The Musical" Contact: Renée E. Warren, firstname.lastname@example.com, 646.344.2630 Thysha M. Shabazz, email@example.com, 757.450.3655 Jamila Cummings, firstname.lastname@example.com, 917.288.9857 REV. JESSE L. JACKSON TO HONOR GOVERNOR DAVID PATERSON, BERRY GORDY & WILLIE E. GARY AT THE WALL STREET PROJECT ECONOMIC SUMMIT Wednesday, January 30 — Friday, February 1, 2013 Special Guests U.S. Pres. William Jefferson Clinton, Jamie Foxx, Dionne Warwick and others; Special Performances by Multi-Grammy-Winning Gospel Recording Artists Mary Mary and the cast of the upcoming Broadway show "Motown: The Musical" (New York, NY) January 23, 2013 – The 16th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit (WSP) will take place January 30 - February 1, 2013 at The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 East 45th Street, New York, NY, 10017. WSP will honor notable people in law, politics, music and entertainment such as famed attorney Willie E. Gary, music legend Berry Gordy and former New York Governor David Paterson. "We are proud to present our honorees this year as they have set the foundation and raised the bar for our economic success," says Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, founder and president of the RainbowPUSH Coalition and organizer of the WSP. "This year, we are expanding the opportunity for access to capital, industry and technology. 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Bear with our hyperbole on this one. Because there was what Will Venable did—sprinting back toward the wall and laying out to make a backhanded catch over his head, à la Jim Edmonds—and there was the situation in which he did it.
Tie game, two outs, bottom of the 12th. The Giants had Brandon Belt on second. Put simply, if Venable didn't get to this ball hit by Juan Perez, the Padres lose. But he got to it all right, even though it looked like he had no chance. San Diego wound up scoring twice in the top of the 13th, and Huston Street locked down the bottom of the inning to finish it off.
It's a cliché to say every game matters, even in a 162-game season. And there are still more than three months to go. But the NL West has four teams within 1.5 games of first place, with the Padres now sitting in third, just .5 games in front of the Giants. This game mattered. This spectacular catch did, too.