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"Good morning, Psychic Surveys, how can I help?"
The latest in a long line of psychically-gifted females, Ruby Davis, can see through the veil that separates this world and the next, helping grounded souls to move towards the light - or 'home' as Ruby calls it. Not just a job for Ruby, it's a crusade and one she wants to bring to the High Street. Psychic Surveys is born.
Based in Lewes, East Sussex, Ruby and her team of freelance psychics have been kept busy of late. Specialising in domestic cases, their solid reputation is spreading - it's not just the dead that can rest in peace but the living too. All is threatened when Ruby receives a call from the irate new owner of Highdown Hall. Film star, Cynthia Hart, is still in residence, despite having died in 1958.
Winter deepens and so does the mystery surrounding Cynthia. She insists the devil is blocking her path to the light long after Psychic Surveys have 'disproved' it. Investigating her apparently unblemished background, Ruby is pulled further and further into Cynthia's world and the darkness that now inhabits it. For the first time in her career, Ruby's deepest beliefs are challenged.
Does evil truly exist? And if so, is it the most relentless force of all?
"This isn't a ghost we're dealing with. If only it were that simple..."
Eighteen years ago, when psychic Ruby Davis was a child, her mother - also a psychic - suffered a nervous breakdown. Ruby was never told why. "It won't help you to know," the only answer ever given. Fast forward to the present and Ruby is earning a living from her gift, running a high street consultancy - Psychic Surveys - specialising in domestic spiritual clearance.
Boasting a strong track record, business is booming. Dealing with spirits has become routine but there is more to the paranormal than even Ruby can imagine. Someone - something - stalks her, terrifying but also strangely familiar. Hiding in the shadows, it is fast becoming bolder and the only way to fight it is for the past to be revealed - no matter what the danger.
When you can see the light, you can see the darkness too.
And sometimes the darkness stares straight back at you.
"We all have to face our demons at some point."
Psychic Surveys - specialists in domestic spiritual clearance - have never been busier. Although exhausted, Ruby is pleased. Her track record as well as her down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach inspires faith in the haunted, who willingly call on her high street consultancy when the supernatural takes hold.
But that's all about to change.
Two cases prove trying: 44 Gilmore Street, home to a particularly violent spirit, and the reincarnation case of Elisha Grey. When Gilmore Street attracts press attention, matters quickly deteriorate. Dubbed the 'New Enfield', the 'Ghost of Gilmore Street' inflames public imagination, but as Ruby and the team fail repeatedly to evict the entity, faith in them wavers.
Dealing with negative press, the strangeness surrounding Elisha, and a spirit that's becoming increasingly territorial, Ruby's at breaking point. It seems some demons just won't let go...
It's not wise to linger at the crossroads...
In a quiet Dorset Village, Old Cross Cottage has stood for centuries, overlooking the place where four roads meet. Marred by tragedy, it's had a series of residents, none of whom have stayed for long. Pink and pretty, with a thatched roof, it should be an ideal retreat, but as new owners Rachel and Mark Bell discover, it's anything but.
Ruby Davis hasn't quite told her partner the truth. She's promised Cash a holiday in the country but she's also promised the Bells that she'll investigate the unrest that haunts this ancient dwelling. Hoping to combine work and pleasure, she soon realises this is a far more complex case than she had ever imagined.
As events take a sinister turn, lives are in jeopardy. If the terrible secrets of Old Cross Cottage are ever to be unearthed, an entire village must dig up its past.
This is what we're dealing with here, the institutionalised…
Brookbridge housing estate has long been a source of work for Psychic Surveys. Formerly the site of a notorious mental hospital, Ruby and her team have had to deal with spirits manifesting in people's homes, still trapped in the cold grey walls of the asylum they once inhabited. There've been plenty of traumatic cases but never a mass case – until now.
The last remaining hospital block is due to be pulled down, a building teeming with spirits of the most resistant kind, the institutionalised. With the help of a newfound friend, as well as Cash and her colleagues, Ruby attempts to tackle this mammoth task. At the same time her private life is demanding attention, unravelling in ways she could never imagine.
About to delve deep into madness, will she ever find her way back?
What if evil won't let go?
Along a sheltered lane, deep in the Sussex countryside, sits a house that is sometimes called home, the tenants it has held unable to forget it. When Ruby Davis gets a distressed call from Rosie Cowell, the latest inhabitant, little does she know that her life too will change forever, from the moment she steps over the threshold.
Unlike other houses of its kind, such as Bolskine and Borley, Blakemort has no reputation. Indeed, there is no written record of it anywhere; its history is quite untraceable. But Blakemort exists, and it exists for one purpose only. To torment.
How do you fight a house like Blakemort? Even with a team on your side, and the light encircling you? Is it possible to take on a darkness this deep?
In Legion, Blakemort is back.
Did it ever truly go away?
What do you do when a whole town is haunted?
In 1899, in the North Yorkshire market town of Thorpe Morton, a tragedy occurred; 59 people died at the market hall whilst celebrating Christmas Eve, many of them children. One hundred years on and the spirits of the deceased are restless still, 'haunting' the community, refusing to let them forget.
In 1999, psychic investigators Theo Lawson and Ness Patterson are called in to help, sensing immediately on arrival how weighed down the town is. Quickly they discover there's no safe haven. The past taints everything.
Hurtling towards the anniversary as well as a new millennium, their aim is to move the spirits on, to cleanse the atmosphere so everyone - the living and the dead - can start again. But the spirits prove resistant and soon Theo and Ness are caught up in battle, fighting against something that knows their deepest fears and can twist them in the most dangerous of ways.
They'll need all their courage to succeed and the help of a little girl too - a spirit who didn't die at the hall, who shouldn't even be there...
"That house, that damned house. Will it ever stop haunting me?"
After her parents' divorce, five-year old Corinna Greer moves into Blakemort with her mother and brother. Set on the edge of the village of Whitesmith, the only thing attractive about it is the rent. A 'sensitive', Corinna is aware from the start that something is wrong with the house. Very wrong.
Christmas is coming but at Blakemort that's not something to get excited about. A house that sits and broods, that calculates and considers, it's then that it lashes out - the attacks endured over five years becoming worse. There are also the spirits, some willing residents, others not. Amongst them a boy, a beautiful, spiteful boy...
Who are they? What do they want? And is Corinna right when she suspects it's not just the dead the house traps but the living too?
What happened all those years ago, in the dark?
In 1977, Minch Point Lighthouse on Skye's most westerly tip was suddenly abandoned by the keeper and his family - no reason ever found. In the decade that followed, it became a haunt for teenagers on the hunt for thrills. Playing Thirteen Ghost Stories, they'd light thirteen candles, blowing one out after every story told until only the darkness remained.
In 1987, following her success working on a case with Sussex Police, twenty-five year old psychic, Ness Patterson, is asked to investigate recent happenings at the lighthouse. Local teen, Ally Dunn, has suffered a breakdown following time spent there and is refusing to speak to anyone. Arriving at her destination on a stormy night, Ness gets a terrifying insight into what the girl experienced.
The case growing ever more sinister, Ness realises: some games should never be played.
Could you find your way through Hell?
Ruby Davis runs Psychic Surveys, a high street company specializing in domestic spiritual clearance. Having inherited her ability to see beyond the veil that separates this world and the next from her mother Jessica, she is busy helping grounded spirits to cross the great divide. In turn, Jessica inherited her gift from her mother Sarah, and Sarah from Rosamund.
Throughout the early 20th century, Rosamund Davis was a woman held in high regard concerning her mediumship abilities and her pioneering work with London's famous psychical society. She published many papers on psychic matters, although there are some that remain unpublished, for the eyes of the Davis family only. It is these unavailable works concerning the non-spirit that fascinate many - entities born of negative thoughts that subsequently take on their own energy. Entities known as demons.
But what caused her to write about such dark matter?
From her own notes, in her own words, this is Rosamund's account.
"The dead of night, Jess, I wish they'd leave me alone."
Jessamin Wade's husband is dead - a death she feels wholly responsible for. As a way of coping with her grief, she keeps him 'alive' in her imagination - talking to him every day, laughing with him, remembering the good times they had together. She thinks she will 'hear' him better if she goes somewhere quieter, away from the hustle and bustle of her hometown, Brighton. Her destination is Glenelk in the Highlands of Scotland, a region her grandfather hailed from and the subject of a much-loved painting from childhood.
Arriving in the village late at night, it is a bleak and forbidding place. However, the house she is renting - Skye Croft - is warm and welcoming. Quickly she meets the locals. Her landlord, Fionnlagh Maccaillin, is an ex-army man with obvious and not so obvious injuries. Maggie, who runs the village shop, is also an enigma, startling her with her strange 'insights'. But it is Stan she instantly connects with. Maccaillin's grandfather and a frail, old man, he is grief-stricken from the recent loss of his beloved Beth.
All four are caught in the past. All four are unable to let go. Their lives entwining in mysterious ways, will they always belong to the ghosts that haunt them?
An extreme land breeds extreme emotions…
Comraich – Gaelic for Sanctuary – that's what this ancient fortress of a house in the Highlands of Scotland has offered its generations, a haven from the world beyond.
The nesting instinct kicking in, a pregnant Jessamin decides that Comraich, which she shares with her partner Fionnlagh Maccaillin, needs refreshing. Getting to work in one of the spare bedrooms she makes a startling discovery, one that pulls her into a world of the intense and disturbing passions of others that have been here before.
Jessamin has to decide.
Will delving deeper into Comraich's history bring hope and peace to this troubled house or return her to a darkness she's only recently left behind?
Welcome to the asylum...
Their troubled past behind them, married couple, Rob and Louise, visit Venice for the first time together, looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Not just a romantic destination, it's also the 'most haunted city in the world' and soon, Louise finds herself the focus of an entity she can't quite get to grips with - a 'veiled lady' who stalks her.
After marrying young Venetian doctor, Enrico Sanuto, Charlotte moves from England to Venice, full of hope for the future. Home though is not in the city; it's on Poveglia, in the Venetian lagoon, where she is set to work in an asylum, tending to those that society shuns. As the true horror of her surroundings reveals itself, hope turns to dust.
From the labyrinthine alleys of Venice to the twisting, turning corridors of Poveglia, their fates intertwine. Vengeance only waits for so long...
A snowstorm, a highway, a lonely hotel...
Devastated by the deaths of her parents and disillusioned with life, Caroline Daynes is in America trying to connect with their memory. Travelling to her mother's hometown of Williamsfield in Pennsylvania, she is caught in a snowstorm and forced to stop at The Egress hotel - somewhere she'd planned to visit as her parents honeymooned there.
From the moment she sets foot inside the lobby and meets the surly receptionist, she realises this is a hotel like no other. Charming and unique, it seems lost in time with a whole cast of compelling characters sheltering behind closed doors.
As the storm deepens, so does the mystery of The Egress. Who are these people she's stranded with, what secrets do they hide? And, in a situation that's becoming increasingly nightmarish, is it possible to find solace?
Highgate, perhaps the most famous cemetery in the world, is renowned for its Victorian Gothic splendour, famous residents, its vampire and, of course, ghosts...
Lucy Klein, 42, is not only obsessed with Highgate, she works there too, organising tours for those with an interest in some of the finest Victorian funerary architecture in existence. Single, and on the shy side, she is nonetheless content with her life, or so she thinks. When she meets the enigmatic Zak Harborne, she realises what she's been missing and quickly falls in love. He's everything she's ever wanted...isn't he?
1972, and Emma Matthews, a 19-year-old history student, also feels as though she's on the outside. After visiting a derelict Highgate with a group of friends, she starts to feel a connection, a sense of meaning to her life, in amongst the tombstones, the crosses and the angels. Returning to Highgate over and over, she discovers both a paradise and a garden decidedly more savage.
Grace Derby is just 11 when she encounters the gentleman, tall and with a tall hat, a long black coat and a cape about his shoulders. It is the 1850s and street urchins such as her are not accustomed to kindness from those belonging to the upper echelons. Proffering money for food, for her and her family, he asks nothing in return. Curious about the man with the kind blue eyes, she follows him one day... all the way to Highgate.
For some, it seems, all roads lead to Highgate...
There is a doll. There is a legend...
When museum curator Annie Hawkins walks into a diner in Idaho Falls, seeking the help of 22-year-old Shady Groves with an old broken doll named Mandy, life takes a dramatic turn for both of them. Psychometry is the ability to sense or read the history of an object just by touching it, and Annie has heard Shady has this psychic ability.
Mandy may look harmless, but Annie believes she's possessed and, after handling her, Shady can only agree. She feels tainted by the doll that now invades her thoughts and dreams, terrifying her. There's only one solution: to understand the doll, her history, what has possessed her, and why. Knowledge is power, Annie tells Shady. It's protection.
The pair set off on a road trip - along with Shady's old high school friend Ray - one that will take them from Idaho into the depths of Canada, desperate to trace Mandy's past, to find out something, anything, about the demonic doll that accompanies them in the trunk of the car.
The truth, when it comes, is far deadlier than any of them could have realized.
When you look in the mirror, who do you see?
With Mandy the haunted doll now safely ensconced in Mason Town Museum, sealed in a glass case, Shady Groves and her colleagues, Annie and Ray, can relax. After a fashion. The small-town museum they run is not like others, it's a place that seeks to contain and understand artifacts and relics charged with negative energy. Their aim is to gradually reduce how potent that energy can be, and the destruction it can lead to.
All is well, until Shady chances upon a mirror in a thrift store. The reflection staring back at her is not quite her own. The artifact is purchased and brought back to the museum, where, under controlled circumstances, they begin to explore its history.
A girl, a woman, appears to be the previous owner. One who is troubled, who swings between emotions like some wild pendulum. As more is revealed, Shady follows her down each dark avenue, finally uncovering an involvement in one of the most shocking episodes of American history. Appalled, she refuses to continue.
But, as Shady, Annie and Ray know, sometimes there's no turning back.
Just what did happen at Cades Home Farm?
A renovation. In the countryside. Just over an hour's train ride from London.
An ideal family home. Sold unseen. At auction.
Married couple Al and Liz Greenaway love London, but when they discover an impressive country property for sale in need of some TLC, for the same price as their London flat, they decide to go for it. For them, life is all about reinventing themselves and keeping things fresh, and this house marks an exciting new chapter.
In the week running up to Christmas, it is Liz who finds herself at Carfax House, alone. Al's held up with work. No matter, there's plenty to occupy her before he arrives, getting it ready for the festive season. A fine house. Once. Solitary, romantic, isolated, and quiet. So quiet that, for the first time in years, Liz can hear her own thoughts as long buried memories emerge. And there's an echo in them, a whisper...
For someone else in the house, memories are emerging too.
Carfax House - what if it's haunted?
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Q: LINQ pull records from a database where string list is from a model I have a database of strings that contain IDs.  I need to pass that list into a LINQ query so I can pull the correct records.
model.SelectedDealers = db.dealers.Any(a => a.sdealer_name.Contains(UserToEdit.UserViewAccesses.Select(s => s.ViewReferenceNumber)));

SelectedDealers is of type dealers
ViewReferenceNumber should be a list of strings which should match sdealer_name
So essentially I am trying to find all of the dealers whos sdealer_name matches the list of sdealer_names I have in my UserToEdit.UserViewAccesses
I've tried moving parts around and switching them in different spots and can't seem to figure this out.

A: Any() is just a boolean indicating if there are any results. It doesn't actually return the results.
If I understand what you are after correctly, then this might work:
var dealerNames = UserToEdit.UserViewAccesses.Select(s => s.ViewReferenceNumber).ToList();
model.SelectedDealers = db.dealers.Where(a => dealerNames.Contains(a.sdealer_name));

A:
So essentially I am trying to find all of the dealers whos
  sdealer_name matches the list of sdealer_names I have in my
  UserToEdit.UserViewAccesses

   var dealersthatmatched = (from d in UserToEdit.UserViewAccesses.sdealer_names
                             where d == sdealer_name
                             select d).ToList()

Wish I could have made a comment instead, but as I don't have enough rep I can't. I wish I understood the requirement better, but you seem ready and able to try stuff so perhaps you find this useful.

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In my last entry, I unveiled my predictions for macro-economic conditions. Today, I want to focus on the media space and look at how certain changes will impact media in 2009.
The advertising industry is probably going to be one of the most affected industry this year, hit by the double wammy of a slower economy and a push to digitization.
The economic slowdown will result in a substantial drop in advertising expenditures for traditional media: Newspapers and magazines are already feeling the pinch and I suspect it is not too much longer before television, radio, and display advertising go through the same changes.
Direct media will continue to do OK, however, as it is result oriented and this fully measurable.
Online advertising will continue moving towards performance-type models with CPMs dropping substantially and CPCs and CPAs becoming the de-facto standard.
Social Media will see a sharp reduction in investments unless it can prove that it can perform better than other forms of advertising, as companies will be less interested in experimenting this year. This will put pressure on pricing models relating to social media. One potential way to fight back is to highlight targeting and demonstrate as such targeting benefits ad buyers.
The net-net of all this is that advertising agencies and their holding companies are going to feel pretty squeezed this year, unless they start developing marketplaces than can help their customers purchase bundles in a more efficient and more cost effective fashion. Because ad agencies have generally been slow at reacting to changes in their industry (we're over 10 years into web-based advertising becoming mainstream and some ad agencies buyers are still questioning its impact), I'm not very hopeful for their short term outlook and positively worried about their long term one.
Print media is about to have one of the worst years of its existence. Newspapers will continue to fail and at least one major newspaper will close by year end (by major, I mean one of the top 100 newspapers in the country).
Most magazines will see substantial drop in their advertising base and many will move to web-based only productions, transforming themselves from print publications into web-based ones. In the process, many of them will have to shed staff as the economic model for web-based publications tends to be much more thinly staffed than that for prinit publications.
Other magazines, like The Economist, The Atlantic, Harper's, and The New Yorker, will continue to thrive as print continues to be a better place for long form writing than the web. As other publications depart for the web, those long-form, more reader-oriented (and by reader, I mean people who READ instead of scan articles), will continue to thrive, with their advertising base increasing in value.
The movie industry will, at best, remain flat, and probably see a small decrease in revenue.
TV, on the other hand, is in for a major shake-up. Just as newspapers are starting to feel the pinch of the Internet, IP-based video is going to have a substantial impact this year, eroding audiences as they increasingly choose the place and time for the shows they want to see and, in some cases, may even demand the way in which the media offerings are offered to them.
Just think of the current offerings: today, you can watch a show on television, you can buy it from iTunes or Amazon , you can stream it (or at least stream older episodes) on Netflix as part of you rental plan, or you can watch in in an advertising supported mode on either hulu.com or the station's own site. On hulu.com, you may have a choice of advertising either watching a two-minute commercial before the show and watch the show uninterrupted or you can watch the show with some limited interuptions as you would on regular TV.
However, today, most of that experience is based on the assumption that you would be using your computer to do so. A new class of devices is starting to appear that are offering access to some of those services directly from your TV: Apple started with their AppleTV device and companies like Roku, LG, Samsung, and others also now have offerings on the market. This will become more common and continue to erase the mark of what TV networks are about. The focus will continue to shift to shows, giving more power to creatives who can deliver the goods to an audience and lowering the usefulness of aggregating middlemen, which is essentially the role TV networks currently play.
In turn, advertisers will want to pay less for TV as they can measure those audiences less than they can those online and see decreasing return on investments for their TV-based advertising expenditures as compared to their digital ones.
So the bottom line is that traditional TV will suffer as more an more of video production is moving to an IP stack.
In the next entry, I will look at general technology related trends that may emerge over the next 12 months.


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Q: Oracle, Stored and External procedures Could someone give me a brief explication about these two mechanisms in oracle : stored and external procedures.
Are they distinct ? Are they differ when we integrate in some language (Java, C++ or C ...) ?

A: Stored Procedures and External Procedure are distinct ones.
Stored procedures are stored in database and used from there. You can write them in different languages. Also note that you can pre-compile PL/SQL instead of interpreting

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*SQL/PL-SQL , most common

*Java

*.NET only in windows environment.

External Procedures are external functions/procedures in Operating System. You write a stored procedure in PL/SQL, use  call specification to call other languages in operating System. This potentially gives you power to call any function in other languages. Following usages come to my mind.

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*Use a Data Mining algorithm which is not implemented in Oracle Data Mining

*Use ftp function to transfer files to another server

*Use a graphic functions of Gnu Plot to create graphics and store them in database for later use.

These usages in my opinion are extreme and unnecessary. All of them can be accomplished with application programs. Nowadays nobody uses database as it is. There are always applications built using Java, .NET, PHP etc. Whenever possible, these other languages should be used in application.


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Biosafety is a concept that refers to measures put in place to mitigate or protect human health and the environment from possible adverse effects of the products of modern biotechnology.
What is CODEX? The Codex Alimentarius or "Food Code" was established by FAO and the World Health Organization in 1963 to develop harmonised international food standards, which protect consumer health and promote fair practices in food trade.


The province of Palermo is Sicily's largest and most populated. It is located in the island's northwestern part, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea and including the island of Ustica. With the exception of the famous Conca d'Oro, its landscape is full of hills and mountains, including the Madonie range, that together with Nebrodi and Peloritani form the Sicilian Apennines, where Pizzo Carbonara, Sicily's second highest peak after Mount Etna can be found.
Imera and Pollina rivers border the range that is part of the Madonie Regional Natural Park, safeguarding forests where several endemic species thrive such as the Abies Nebrodensis, as well as many other birds and mammals.
Bosco della Ficuzza, Rocca Busambra, Bosco del Cappelliere and Gorgo del Drago Natural Reserve boasts western Sicily's largest Mediterranean forest, where Rocca Busambra stands (1,613 m).
Mediterranean maquis and forests cover Monte Pellegrino's slopes, a natural reserve near the capital, where numerous birds of prey, such as peregrine falcons, kestrels, buzzards, owls and barn owls nest.
Ustica and Capo Gallo – Isola delle Femmine, are both marine protected areas and natural reserves.
The main Mediterranean civilizations ruled this stretch of land. Phoenicians founded Palermo as their trading colony and Carthaginians built Solunto on Mount Catalfano, near Santa Flavia, where the remains of the Gymnasium are found, the theater, the baths and the House of Leda, a large aristocratic mansion containing splendid mosaics and frescoes.
Himera's ruins, the westernmost Greek colony, comprising a temple, some houses and the Athena sanctuary, proof of Greek presence in this part of Sicily.
Varied and tasty, the Palermo cuisine is a combination of sea and land ingredients, with specialties such as ''pasta con le sarde'' (with sardines), ''sarde a beccafico'' (stuffed sardines), roasted sausage and skewers. Very popular are ''sfincioni'', soft pizza topped with tomatoes, sardines, cheese, bread crumbs and onions, ''pani ca 'meusa'' (sandwich with spleen), ''arancine'' (rice balls) and fritters of chickpea flour. Palermo's pastry pride are ''cassata'', ''cannoli'', marzipan fruits and the renowned ''Setteveli'' cake.


Making That Body Strong and Minimizing the Chances of Risk.
From the fact that you actually have a lot of fun to the fact that exercise is vital to your health, there are so many advantages that comes with playing sports. It also comes with its problems since when you play you stand a chance of getting risk. The injuries can be painful, set you back and in some cases you may never even be able to play again. There are however things that you can do to reduce the chances.
Warming up before you can start the intense activities will help you reduce the chances of illness as well as enhance your performance. Warming up will have positive effects to the heart and you will also reduce the chances of you getting muscle tears which occurs when the muscles are cold. There are a few suggestions for the warm up exercises that you can do to make your body prepared and reduce the likeliness of injury. The other thing is to avoid doing the sports when you are not feeling well emotionally and even physically.
In as much as exercise is important, what you eat is important as it will determine the how strong your body actually will. You should therefore assess what you are eating to make sure that they are good for you and your muscles like the protein powder that helps you sustain lean muscles reducing the … Read More..
Steps to Follow If You Undergo Whiplash Problems Following a Car Accident.
Did you know that in each year about 2.35 million individuals in the United States face physical damage or even disabilities as a result of a car accident? What's more, most of these are not compensated, And it is due to certain factors such as numerous injuries, failure to notice the symptoms of the damage at the right time or even Whiplash cases.
Let's take a look at Whiplash, This is a significant injury that occurs after an intense and abrupt back and forth movement that causes your neck muscles to be injured leading to your tendons and ligaments to tear. What is even surprising is that the symptoms of this condition may take up to days to be noticed. And some of these symptoms that you will experience include; giddiness, vague visualization, Pain and stiffness in the neck, headache at the back of the skull, body weakness Additional symptoms will include: absentmindedness, buzzing in the ears, failing to get sleep, cynicism or even persistent neck or shoulder ache You may also feel pain in your arm and get challenges of turning your neck In this case, consult a specialized practitioner.
The initial step is to get medical help immediately. Once you get the symptoms visit the doctor straight away. Remember, getting the medical records in right time will help you … Read More..
People have always had a problem in keeping track of their money. Today you may be in college and before you know it you have already graduated and you are deep in your life. Your bills are among the things that you must handle when you start living by yourself.
Everyone has a dream of getting the nicest things and going into great places. If you want to have a great life, then it would be funded by the money that you get from your work. Keeping a record of your income and expense is among the most important things that you can do. Among the many things that you need to look into is the retirement.
When it comes to your savings, then there are many things that you can do. We have some things that you can look into when you want to save your money.
When you want to get the best insight, then you need to talk to a professionals. You will benefit from the experience of these professionals. Make sure that you teach yourself as much as you can regarding the finance. When you have the experience, then you can talk to the expert.
Make sure that you get a checklist for retirement and a great example is the use of the Judge Accountants.
It is the most common form of contribution. This system is contributed by the employer and the employee. We know that the employer always matches a certain percentage that the employee makes.
No one can underestimate the power of a savings … Read More..
There are very many people that go to outside countries to visit different places in the world on a daily basis on the holidays. For the tricks to be successful, it'll be very important for you to plan very well and part of what you supposed to plan for is how you're going to have a great time when you go for the holiday. It is usually very important for person to understand the ways that they can be able to enjoy the international trip, you either decide to use guided tours or, sell explorations. When you go to the different country, you can either decide to go for the different destinations on your own whereby, you get to explore but in addition, can either decide to use guided tours. It is very important for you to consider these two options and this article is going to give you enough information regarding how you will be able to make the best decision between these two options. There are different kinds of guided tours that a person can be able to go to and it is something that you should definitely consider. Guided tours can always include having a personal guide whereby, you have a special guide for your own reasons.
Group guided tours are usually also an option whereby, you'll have a person guiding a number of people through the different pieces that you have to see during the trip. Another option that is easily available to you also is to decide to use audio tours whereby, you'll be listening to a person that is guide you through the different places that you have gone to. All of these methods usually have their own kinds of benefits as you shall be able to … Read More..


Rubik's Royal Brainteaser Puzzle is a jigsaw puzzle made by Springbok. The picture it is supposed to form consists of a long loop of chain which visits every puzzle piece once, and where each piece shows a single jewel bead on the chain. These beads can be square or round, and are red, yellow, blue or grey. There beads occur in a particular sequence on the chain. There are some clues to this sequence on the box, though that is not much help.
The finished puzzle is square, and has 21×21=441 pieces.
There are in fact two sequences to deal with - the sequence of bead colours, and the sequence of bead shapes. These are completely independent of each other.
The basic colour sequence consists of one red, two blue, three yellow, repeated all the way along the chain. Occasionally however there is a square grey bead, and the sequence is then reversed so that the square grey bead is like a mirror with identical colours on either side.
The basic shape sequence if very similar to that of the colours - it consists of one round, two square, three round, one square, two round, three square, repeated all the way along the chain. It is therefore again a 1-2-3 sequence, but of alternating shapes instead of colours. Occasionally there is a round grey bead, and the shape sequence is then reversed so that the round grey bead is like a mirror with identical shapes on either side.
The picture below shows the solved arrangement.


Hedeker Wealth and Law is an American independent business group dedicated to helping people protect, preserve and grow their wealth through services based around four key areas of expertise—investment, management, financial planning and tax advice. This complete and holistic combination marks Hedeker out from what is a crowded market of individual businesses providing fewer services.
To better express their experience and breadth of service, and to help reposition the group in a way that would attract more affluent clients, Hedeker worked with London-based studio Socio Design to create a new brand identity. This included logo and logotype design, stationery, business cards, quarterly newspaper and website.
ITI Computers is a Croatian-based software company that specialises in the development of IT solutions for the leisure, tourism and hospitality sectors. Bound by a consistent typographic and monogrammatic design solution but divided by an organic and systematic contrast of context, creative agency Bunch developed a new logo and print solution for ITI and its leading management product Diventa, which delivers an interesting richness to familiar technological cues.


Answering the call of more and more cyclists taking their drop bar bikes off-road and seeking a flared handlebar comes the G Series Gravel Handlebar from ENVE. Like everything coming out of the Ogden, UT firm, extensive research and development went into this purpose built carbon drop bar with some really special features and details making it the ideal choice when lightweight, comfort, control, and reliability are not just nice benefits, they're requirements. Equally at home on a gravel race machine, as it is finding more comfortable hand positions during a week-long bikepacking tour, this full carbon handlebar provides the proper lay-up, measurements, and angles to provide confidence on every ride.
The rise of gravel specific components continues to grow and as one of three critical touch points, the handlebar is certainly an area that deserved some attention. When faced with uneven terrain, steep washboard descents, and longer events, having some flare in the drops can provide more, comfort, control, and confidence but the challenge is nailing the right angles and widths. Riding mountain bikes has taught us that wider handlebars can improve control, especially in technical terrain. Conversely, riding road bikes favors narrower bars, as long as its ergonomically comfortable, for better aerodynamics. This is why ENVE developed the G Series Handlebar with widths ranging from 42 to 48cm, measured center to center in the hoods, while the drop measurement is a full 12cm wider across all sizes.
ENVE further refined the ride by using carbon fiber laminates and a strict layup schedule so the G Series Handlebar can flex in a controlled manner and absorb and damp riding imperfections, thus minimizing fatigue. Each handlebar is sized tuned to ensure that the ride quality is consistent for smaller and larger riders alike. Throughout the bar, thoughtful shaping was carefully considered, maximizing hand positions. In fact, the only round sections are the clamping zones for the stem and controls. The transition from the tops of the bar is to the hood location is wide with a tight radius for a flatter transition to the controls and better ergonomics. There you will find cable ports for easy and discrete electronic shifting set up and the bar is also Shimano bar-end junction box (EW-RS910) compatible.
At the drops, the G Series handlebar features a compound bend allowing for two different hand positions. The first bend lets you reap the benefits of the wider flare and as you get near the end of the drops, it begins to flatten out preventing the feeling of a slipping hand off the drops compared to other flare style handlebars.


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'It's about the tradition': How these suburban shoppers embrace the art, thrill of Black Friday
Kelly Miller of Schaumburg has Black Friday shopping down to a fine art. "The crowds don't bother me. To me, that's always been the fun of it," she said. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Holiday shopping devotee Kelly Miller of Schaumburg has scrapbooks chronicling her many Black Friday excursions. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
This expandable ladder was one of the practical items Black Friday shopping veterans Erin and Mike Chapa of Schaumburg picked up during one of their annual excursions. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
As evidenced by this photo from a previous excursion, veteran shopper Kelly Miller makes the most of her annual Black Friday excursions. Courtesy of Kelly Miller
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Black Friday shopping is not for the faint of heart.
So says Kelly Miller, whose power-shopping prowess prompted friends and family members to dub her the Queen of Black Friday.
"You have to have stamina and staying power," said the self-proclaimed shopaholic.
When Miller heads out early Friday, she will be joined by more than 158 million Americans -- 2 million more than last year -- who are expected to shop over the Thanksgiving weekend, according to the National Retail Federation.
Erin and Mike Chapa will be among them.
"We finish Thanksgiving dinner, leave the house at 8 p.m. and don't come back until 8 a.m. the next day," Erin Chapa said of the tradition the Schaumburg couple established about 14 years ago.
The heyday was the era when stores opened at midnight, she said. There was a sense of camaraderie among the shoppers waiting in line for the doors to open, a group of people "crazy together" who shared a common goal to be home by the time the masses started shopping.
Among their most memorable Black Friday buys was a camera that retailed for $1,400 which they purchased on sale for $600, she said. She also recalls crawling under the legs of fellow shoppers with cartridges for a computer-controlled cutting machine used for arts and crafts projects.
Erin and Mike Chapa of Schaumburg pose with a TV they bought during one of their annual Black Friday shopping expeditions, which they've done together for 14 years. - Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Many years they carried their purchases home in their 2001 Mazda Protegé packed to the roof with gifts, leaving Erin to fit herself into whatever space was available.
"Every year she would crawl into a nook for the last drive home," Mike Chapa said.
Their families indulge them, sharing ads for Black Friday deals and watching their three children -- a 6-year-old and 14-month-old twins -- while the couple complete their mission. They return exhausted, with just enough energy to wrap the presents.
"It's one day of crazy and we're done," said Erin Chapa, adding that she and her husband avoid shopping malls the rest of the season.
Make a game plan
Kelly Miller says it's a day she lives for. The Schaumburg woman says she has shopped on Black Friday for 21 years.
She begins strategizing a month or more before her annual excursion: scanning ads, making a list, checking sizes. She then maps out a route based on the item she most wants to purchase.
A month or more before Thanksgiving, Kelly Miller begins preparing for Black Friday shopping. That includes mapping out a route, scanning ads and compiling lists of gifts and sizes. - Courtesy of Kelly Miller
Heading out about 10:30 p.m. Thanksgiving night, Miller starts with stores closest to her home, then expands her search outward to stores including Target, Walmart, Ulta Beauty, Kohl's and others.
She returns home about noon Friday.
She advises using a cross-body bag to keep hands free. She also recommends carrying a fully charged cellphone and keeping water and snacks in the car to refuel. And she cautions shoppers to stay alert and be aware of their surroundings to ensure the experience is a good one.
Lastly, she urges people to be patient and kind.
Like the Chapas, Miller says the hustle and bustle, the camaraderie and finding the ideal gift matters almost more than the deals. According to the retail federation, 58% of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers are motived by deals "too good to pass up," while 28% are motivated by tradition.
"The crowds don't bother me. To me, that's always been the fun of it," said Miller, who chronicles her experiences on Facebook and in memory albums.
She describes her experience as joyful and her fellow shoppers and store employees as polite, helpful and courteous.
"That's why I'm OK going out and being among all those people. It has been pleasant for me," she said.
Erin and Mike Chapa say standing in line, goofing around with other shoppers, helping them out and being helped in return is part of the fun.
Most enjoyable is the thrill of the hunt.
"I don't know how else to put it," explained Mike Chapa. "When you have a game plan and things start falling in line, there's an endorphin rush."
A family event
For Kara Kendrick, that rush begins at 4:30 a.m. Friday, when her Volvo leaves the garage for the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont, the Black Friday destination of choice for her family.
Kara Kendrick, in the front row second from left, took this photo with friends and family members as their shopping trip commenced on Black Friday 2019. Having suspended the tradition last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her friends and family members will resume it Friday. - Courtesy of Kara Kendrick
More than 40 relatives from nine states converge on Kendrick's Elmhurst home for Thanksgiving dinner, part of an extended holiday weekend. It begins with a pizza party on Wednesday, includes a turkey trot Thanksgiving morning and concludes Saturday with either a visit to Chicago or a trip to pick out the Christmas tree.
The ideal window for Black Friday shopping is 5 to 8 a.m., according to Kendrick. By 5 a.m. the overnight shoppers have left and the daytime shoppers haven't yet arrived.
"That's the perfect time," she said.
After meeting for a photograph at one of the stores, members of the group go their separate ways.
"We meet back up at different times," said Kendrick, who completes about 50% of her holiday shopping on Black Friday. "We finish with lunch at 1 p.m. and talk about all our great deals, or not."
For her, Black Friday will always be more about family than commerce.
"I could be done (with shopping) and I'd still go anyway," she said. "It's not about the sales. It's about the tradition. It's about being with my family and closest friends."
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You may have come across this age-old adage, "Work smarter, not harder." So, why not extend the same philosophy in other aspects of your life? Are you in a situation wherein no matter how much you exercise, eat healthy, and sleep well, you still struggle to focus and motivate yourself? If yes, you need a smart solution minus the adverse health effects. Try 'Smart Drugs,' that could help you out of your situation by enhancing your thought process, boosting your memory, and making you more creative and productive.
Our 2nd choice for a Brain and Memory supplement is Clari-T by Life Seasons. We were pleased to see that their formula included 3 of the 5 necessary ingredients Huperzine A, Phosphatidylserine and Bacopin. In addition, we liked that their product came in a vegetable capsule. The product contains silica and rice bran, though, which we are not sure is necessary.
These are some of the best Nootropics for focus and other benefits that they bring with them. They might intrigue you in trying out any of these Nootropics to boost your brain's power. However, you need to do your research before choosing the right Nootropic. One way of doing so is by consulting a doctor to know the best Nootropic for you. Another way to go about selecting a Nootropic supplement is choosing the one with clinically tested natural Nootropic substances. There are many sources where you can find the right kind of Nootropics for your needs, and one of them is AlternaScript.
Rogers RD, Blackshaw AJ, Middleton HC, Matthews K, Hawtin K, Crowley C, Robbins TW. Tryptophan depletion impairs stimulus-reward learning while methylphenidate disrupts attentional control in healthy young adults: Implications for the monoaminergic basis of impulsive behaviour. Psychopharmacology. 1999;146:482–491. doi: 10.1007/PL00005494. [PubMed] [CrossRef]
Soldiers should never be treated like children; because then they will act like them. However, There's a reason why the 1SG is known as the Mother of the Company and the Platoon Sergeant is known as a Platoon Daddy. Because they run the day to day operations of the household, get the kids to school so to speak, and focus on the minutia of readiness and operational execution in all its glory. Officers forget they are the second link in the Chain of Command and a well operating duo of Team Leader and Squad Leader should be handling 85% of all Soldier issues, while the Platoon sergeant handles the other 15% with 1SG. Platoon Leaders and Commanders should always be present; training, leading by example, focusing on culture building, tracking and supporting NCO's. They should be focused on big business sides of things, stepping in to administer punishment or award and reward performance. If an officer at any level is having to step into a Soldier's day to day lives an NCO at some level is failing. Officers should be junior Officers and junior Enlisted right along side their counterparts instead of eating their young and touting their "maturity" or status. If anything Officers should be asking their NCO's where they should effect, assist, support or provide cover toward intitiatives and plans that create consistency and controlled chaos for growth of individuals two levels up and one level down of operational capabilities at every echelon of command.
It is known that American college students have embraced cognitive enhancement, and some information exists about the demographics of the students most likely to practice cognitive enhancement with prescription stimulants. Outside of this narrow segment of the population, very little is known. What happens when students graduate and enter the world of work? Do they continue using prescription stimulants for cognitive enhancement in their first jobs and beyond? How might the answer to this question depend on occupation? For those who stay on campus to pursue graduate or professional education, what happens to patterns of use? To what extent do college graduates who did not use stimulants as students begin to use them for cognitive enhancement later in their careers? To what extent do workers without college degrees use stimulants to enhance job performance? How do the answers to these questions differ for countries outside of North America, where the studies of Table 1 were carried out?
Most epidemiological research on nonmedical stimulant use has been focused on issues relevant to traditional problems of drug abuse and addiction, and so, stimulant use for cognitive enhancement is not generally distinguished from use for other purposes, such as staying awake or getting high. As Boyd and McCabe (2008) pointed out, the large national surveys of nonmedical prescription drug use have so far failed to distinguish the ways and reasons that people use the drugs, and this is certainly true where prescription stimulants are concerned. The largest survey to investigate prescription stimulant use in a nationally representative sample of Americans, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), phrases the question about nonmedical use as follows: "Have you ever, even once, used any of these stimulants when they were not prescribed for you or that you took only for the experience or feeling they caused?" (Snodgrass & LeBaron 2007). This phrasing does not strictly exclude use for cognitive enhancement, but it emphasizes the noncognitive effects of the drugs. In 2008, the NSDUH found a prevalence of 8.5% for lifetime nonmedical stimulant use by Americans over the age of 12 years and a prevalence of 12.3% for Americans between 21 and 25 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009).
Since dietary supplements do not require double-blind, placebo-controlled, pharmaceutical-style human studies before going to market, there is little incentive for companies to really prove that something does what they say it does. This means that, in practice, nootropics may not live up to all the grandiose, exuberant promises advertised on the bottle in which they come. The flip side, though? There's no need to procure a prescription in order to try them out. Good news for aspiring biohackers—and for people who have no aspirations to become biohackers, but still want to be Bradley Cooper in Limitless (me).
Another common working memory task is the n-back task, which requires the subject to view a series of items (usually letters) and decide whether the current item is identical to the one presented n items back. This task taxes working memory because the previous items must be held in working memory to be compared with the current item. The easiest version of this is a 1-back task, which is also called a double continuous performance task (CPT) because the subject is continuously monitoring for a repeat or double. Three studies examined the effects of MPH on working memory ability as measured by the 1-back task, and all found enhancement of performance in the form of reduced errors of omission (Cooper et al., 2005; Klorman et al., 1984; Strauss et al., 1984). Fleming et al. (1995) tested the effects of d-AMP on a 5-min CPT and found a decrease in reaction time, but did not specify which version of the CPT was used.
To judge from recent reports in the popular media, healthy people have also begun to use MPH and AMPs for cognitive enhancement. Major daily newspapers such as The New York Times, The LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal; magazines including Time, The Economist, The New Yorker, and Vogue; and broadcast news organizations including the BBC, CNN, and NPR have reported a trend toward growing use of prescription stimulants by healthy people for the purpose of enhancing school or work performance.
Hall, Irwin, Bowman, Frankenberger, & Jewett (2005)	Large public university undergraduates (N = 379)	13.7% (lifetime)	27%: use during finals week; 12%: use when party; 15.4%: use before tests; 14%: believe stimulants have a positive effect on academic achievement in the long run	M = 2.06 (SD = 1.19) purchased stimulants from other students; M = 2.81 (SD = 1.40) have been given stimulants by other studentsb
Since the discovery of the effect of nootropics on memory and focus, the number of products on the market has increased exponentially. The ingredients used in a supplement can tell you about the effectiveness of the product. Brain enhancement pills that produce the greatest benefit are formulated with natural vitamins and substances, rather than caffeine and synthetic ingredients. In addition to better results, natural supplements are less likely to produce side effects, compared with drugs formulated with chemical ingredients.
That first night, I had severe trouble sleeping, falling asleep in 30 minutes rather than my usual 19.6±11.9, waking up 12 times (5.9±3.4), and spending ~90 minutes awake (18.1±16.2), and naturally I felt unrested the next day; I initially assumed it was because I had left a fan on (moving air keeps me awake) but the new potassium is also a possible culprit. When I asked, Kevin said:
Studies show that B vitamin supplements can protect the brain from cognitive decline. These natural nootropics can also reduce the likelihood of developing neurodegenerative diseases. The prevention of Alzheimer's and even dementia are among the many benefits. Due to their effects on mental health, B vitamins make an excellent addition to any smart drug stack.
The pill delivers an intestinal injection without exposing the drug to digestive enzymes. The patient takes what seems to be an ordinary capsule, but the "robotic" pill is a sophisticated device which incorporates a number of innovations, enabling it to navigate through the stomach and enter the small intestine. The Rani Pill™ goes through a transformation and positions itself to inject the drug into the intestinal wall.
I stayed up late writing some poems and about how [email protected] kills, and decided to make a night of it. I took the armodafinil at 1 AM; the interesting bit is that this was the morning/evening after what turned out to be an Adderall (as opposed to placebo) trial, so perhaps I will see how well or ill they go together. A set of normal scores from a previous day was 32%/43%/51%/48%. At 11 PM, I scored 39% on DNB; at 1 AM, I scored 50%/43%; 5:15 AM, 39%/37%; 4:10 PM, 42%/40%; 11 PM, 55%/21%/38%. (▂▄▆▅ vs ▃▅▄▃▃▄▃▇▁▃)
Some suggested that the lithium would turn me into a zombie, recalling the complaints of psychiatric patients. But at 5mg elemental lithium x 200 pills, I'd have to eat 20 to get up to a single clinical dose (a psychiatric dose might be 500mg of lithium carbonate, which translates to ~100mg elemental), so I'm not worried about overdosing. To test this, I took on day 1 & 2 no less than 4 pills/20mg as an attack dose; I didn't notice any large change in emotional affect or energy levels. And it may've helped my motivation (though I am also trying out the tyrosine).
Finally, it's not clear that caffeine results in performance gains after long-term use; homeostasis/tolerance is a concern for all stimulants, but especially for caffeine. It is plausible that all caffeine consumption does for the long-term chronic user is restore performance to baseline. (Imagine someone waking up and drinking coffee, and their performance improves - well, so would the performance of a non-addict who is also slowly waking up!) See for example, James & Rogers 2005, Sigmon et al 2009, and Rogers et al 2010. A cross-section of thousands of participants in the Cambridge brain-training study found caffeine intake showed negligible effect sizes for mean and component scores (participants were not told to use caffeine, but the training was recreational & difficult, so one expects some difference).
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(If I am not deficient, then supplementation ought to have no effect.) The previous material on modern trends suggests a prior >25%, and higher than that if I were female. However, I was raised on a low-salt diet because my father has high blood pressure, and while I like seafood, I doubt I eat it more often than weekly. I suspect I am somewhat iodine-deficient, although I don't believe as confidently as I did that I had a vitamin D deficiency. Let's call this one 75%.
This mental stimulation is what increases focus and attention span in the user. The FDA permitted treatments for Modafinil include extreme sleepiness and shift work disorder. It can also get prescribed for narcolepsy, and obstructive sleep apnea. Modafinil is not FDA approved for the treatment of ADHD. Yet, many medical professionals feel it is a suitable Adderall alternative.
We can read off the results from the table or graph: the nicotine days average 1.1% higher, for an effect size of 0.24; however, the 95% credible interval (equivalent of confidence interval) goes all the way from 0.93 to -0.44, so we cannot exclude 0 effect and certainly not claim confidence the effect size must be >0.1. Specifically, the analysis gives a 66% chance that the effect size is >0.1. (One might wonder if any increase is due purely to a training effect - getting better at DNB. Probably not25.)
Piracetam is well studied and is credited by its users with boosting their memory, sharpening their focus, heightening their immune system, even bettering their personalities. But it's only one of many formulations in the racetam drug family. Newer ones include aniracetam, phenylpiracetam and oxiracetam. All are available online, where their efficacy and safety are debated and reviewed on message boards and in podcasts.
But he has also seen patients whose propensity for self-experimentation to improve cognition got out of hand. One chief executive he treated, Ngo said, developed an unhealthy predilection for albuterol, because he felt the asthma inhaler medicine kept him alert and productive long after others had quit working. Unfortunately, the drug ended up severely imbalancing his electrolytes, which can lead to dehydration, headaches, vision and cardiac problems, muscle contractions and, in extreme cases, seizures.
The chemical Huperzine-A (Examine.com) is extracted from a moss. It is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (instead of forcing out more acetylcholine like the -racetams, it prevents acetylcholine from breaking down). My experience report: One for the null hypothesis files - Huperzine-A did nothing for me. Unlike piracetam or fish oil, after a full bottle (Source Naturals, 120 pills at 200μg each), I noticed no side-effects, no mental improvements of any kind, and no changes in DNB scores from straight Huperzine-A.
While the primary effect of the drug is massive muscle growth the psychological side effects actually improved his sanity by an absurd degree. He went from barely functional to highly productive. When one observes that the decision to not attempt to fulfill one's CEV at a given moment is a bad decision it follows that all else being equal improved motivation is improved sanity.
Many of these supplements include exotic-sounding ingredients. Ginseng root and an herb called bacopa are two that have shown some promising memory and attention benefits, says Dr. Guillaume Fond, a psychiatrist with France's Aix-Marseille University Medical School who has studied smart drugs and cognitive enhancement. "However, data are still lacking to definitely confirm their efficacy," he adds.
One last note on tolerance; after the first few days of using smart drugs, just like with other drugs, you may not get the same effects as before. You've just experienced the honeymoon period. This is where you feel a large effect the first few times, but after that, you can't replicate it. Be careful not to exceed recommended doses, and try cycling to get the desired effects again.
There is no official data on their usage, but nootropics as well as other smart drugs appear popular in the Silicon Valley. "I would say that most tech companies will have at least one person on something," says Noehr. It is a hotbed of interest because it is a mentally competitive environment, says Jesse Lawler, a LA based software developer and nootropics enthusiast who produces the podcast Smart Drug Smarts. "They really see this as translating into dollars." But Silicon Valley types also do care about safely enhancing their most prized asset – their brains – which can give nootropics an added appeal, he says.
Rabiner et al. (2009)	2007	One public and one private university undergraduates (N = 3,390)	8.9% (while in college), 5.4% (past 6 months)	Most common reasons endorsed: to concentrate better while studying, to be able to study longer, to feel less restless while studying		48%: from a friend with a prescription; 19%: purchased it from a friend with a prescription; 6%: purchased it from a friend without a prescription
Sure, those with a mental illness may very well need a little more monitoring to make sure they take their medications, but will those suffering from a condition with hallmark symptoms of paranoia and anxiety be helped by consuming a technology that quite literally puts a tracking device inside their body? For patients hearing voices telling them that they're being watched, a monitoring device may be a hard pill to swallow.
Power times prior times benefit minus cost of experimentation: (0.20 \times 0.30 \times 540) - 41 = -9. So the VoI is negative: because my default is that fish oil works and I am taking it, weak information that it doesn't work isn't enough. If the power calculation were giving us 40% reliable information, then the chance of learning I should drop fish oil is improved enough to make the experiment worthwhile (going from 20% to 40% switches the value from -$9 to +$23.8).
I can't try either of the products myself – I am pregnant and my doctor doesn't recommend it – but my husband agrees to. He describes the effect of the Nootrobox product as like having a cup of coffee but not feeling as jittery. "I had a very productive day, but I don't know if that was why," he says. His Nootroo experience ends after one capsule. He gets a headache, which he is convinced is related, and refuses to take more. "It is just not a beginner friendly cocktail," offers Noehr.
One might suggest just going to the gym or doing other activities which may increase endogenous testosterone secretion. This would be unsatisfying to me as it introduces confounds: the exercise may be doing all the work in any observed effect, and certainly can't be blinded. And blinding is especially important because the 2011 review discusses how some studies report that the famed influence of testosterone on aggression (eg. Wedrifid's anecdote above) is a placebo effect caused by the folk wisdom that testosterone causes aggression & rage!
Like caffeine, nicotine tolerates rapidly and addiction can develop, after which the apparent performance boosts may only represent a return to baseline after withdrawal; so nicotine as a stimulant should be used judiciously, perhaps roughly as frequent as modafinil. Another problem is that nicotine has a half-life of merely 1-2 hours, making regular dosing a requirement. There is also some elevated heart-rate/blood-pressure often associated with nicotine, which may be a concern. (Possible alternatives to nicotine include cytisine, 2'-methylnicotine, GTS-21, galantamine, Varenicline, WAY-317,538, EVP-6124, and Wellbutrin, but none have emerged as clearly superior.)
(In particular, I don't think it's because there's a sudden new surge of drugs. FDA drug approval has been decreasing over the past few decades, so this is unlikely a priori. More specifically, many of the major or hot drugs go back a long time. Bacopa goes back millennia, melatonin I don't even know, piracetam was the '60s, modafinil was '70s or '80s, ALCAR was '80s AFAIK, Noopept & coluracetam were '90s, and so on.)
MPH was developed more recently and marketed primarily for ADHD, although it is sometimes prescribed off label or used nonmedically to increase alertness, energy, or concentration in conditions other than ADHD. Both MPH and AMP are on the list of substances banned from sports competitions by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Docherty, 2008). Both also have the potential for abuse and dependence, which detracts from their usefulness and is the reason for their classification as Schedule II controlled substances. Although the risk of developing dependence on these drugs is believed to be low for individuals taking them for ADHD, the Schedule II classification indicates that these drugs have a high potential for abuse and that abuse may lead to severe dependence.
20 March, 2x 13mg; first time, took around 11:30AM, half-life 3 hours, so halved by 2:30PM. Initial reaction: within 20 minutes, started to feel light-headed, experienced a bit of physical clumsiness while baking bread (dropped things or poured too much thrice); that began to pass in an hour, leaving what felt like a cheerier mood and less anxiety. Seems like it mostly wore off by 6PM. Redosed at 8PM TODO: maybe take a look at the HRV data? looks interestingly like HRV increased thanks to the tianeptine 21 March, 2x17mg; seemed to buffer effects of FBI visit 22 March, 2x 23 March, 2x 24 March, 2x 25 March, 2x 26 March, 2x 27 March, 2x 28 March, 2x 7 April, 2x 8 April, 2x 9 April, 2x 10 April, 2x 11 April, 2x 12 April, 2x 23 April, 2x 24 April, 2x 25 April, 2x 26 April, 2x 27 April, 2x 28 April, 2x 29 April, 2x 7 May, 2x 8 May, 2x 9 May, 2x 10 May, 2x 3 June, 2x 4 June, 2x 5 June, 2x 30 June, 2x 30 July, 1x 31 July, 1x 1 August, 2x 2 August, 2x 3 August, 2x 5 August, 2x 6 August, 2x 8 August, 2x 10 August, 2x 12 August: 2x 14 August: 2x 15 August: 2x 16 August: 1x 18 August: 2x 19 August: 2x 21 August: 2x 23 August: 1x 24 August: 1x 25 August: 1x 26 August: 2x 27 August: 1x 29 August: 2x 30 August: 1x 02 September: 1x 04 September: 1x 07 September: 2x 20 September: 1x 21 September: 2x 24 September: 2x 25 September: 2x 26 September: 2x 28 September: 2x 29 September: 2x 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This looks interesting: the Noopept effect is positive for all the dose levels, but it looks like a U-curve - low at 10mg, high at 15mg, lower at 20mg, and even lower at 30mg 48mg and 60mg aren't estimated because they are hit by the missingness problem: the magnesium citrate variable is unavailable for the days the higher doses were taken on, and so their days are omitted and those levels of the factor are not estimated. One way to fix this is to drop magnesium from the model entirely, at the cost of fitting the data much more poorly and losing a lot of R2:
When I spoke with Jesse Lawler, who hosts the podcast Smart Drugs Smarts, about breakthroughs in brain health and neuroscience, he was unsurprised to hear of my disappointing experience. Many nootropics are supposed to take time to build up in the body before users begin to feel their impact. But even then, says Barry Gordon, a neurology professor at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center, positive results wouldn't necessarily constitute evidence of a pharmacological benefit.
A randomized non-blind self-experiment of LLLT 2014-2015 yields a causal effect which is several times smaller than a correlative analysis and non-statistically-significant/very weak Bayesian evidence for a positive effect. This suggests that the earlier result had been driven primarily by reverse causation, and that my LLLT usage has little or no benefits.
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a vitamin-like chemical filled with antioxidant properties, that naturally occur in broccoli, spinach, yeast, kidney, liver, and potatoes. The compound is generally prescribed to patients suffering from nerve-related symptoms of diabetes because it helps in preventing damage to the nerve cells and improves the functioning of neurons. It can be termed as one of the best memory boosting supplements.
Accordingly, we searched the literature for studies in which MPH or d-AMP was administered orally to nonelderly adults in a placebo-controlled design. Some of the studies compared the effects of multiple drugs, in which case we report only the results of stimulant–placebo comparisons; some of the studies compared the effects of stimulants on a patient group and on normal control subjects, in which case we report only the results for control subjects. The studies varied in many other ways, including the types of tasks used, the specific drug used, the way in which dosage was determined (fixed dose or weight-dependent dose), sample size, and subject characteristics (e.g., age, college sample or not, gender). Our approach to the classic splitting versus lumping dilemma has been to take a moderate lumping approach. We group studies according to the general type of cognitive process studied and, within that grouping, the type of task. The drug and dose are reported, as well as sample characteristics, but in the absence of pronounced effects of these factors, we do not attempt to make generalizations about them.
As it happens, these are areas I am distinctly lacking in. When I first began reading about testosterone I had no particular reason to think it might be an issue for me, but it increasingly sounded plausible, an aunt independently suggested I might be deficient, a biological uncle turned out to be severely deficient with levels around 90 ng/dl (where the normal range for 20-49yo males is 249-839), and finally my blood test in August 2013 revealed that my actual level was 305 ng/dl; inasmuch as I was 25 and not 49, this is a tad low.
The power calculation indicates a 20% chance of getting useful information. My quasi-experiment has <70% chance of being right, and I preserve a general skepticism about any experiment, even one as well done as the medical student one seems to be, and give that one a <80% chance of being right; so let's call it 70% the effect exists, or 30% it doesn't exist (which is the case in which I save money by dropping fish oil for 10 years).
This research is in contrast to the other substances I like, such as piracetam or fish oil. I knew about withdrawal of course, but it was not so bad when I was drinking only tea. And the side-effects like jitteriness are worse on caffeine without tea; I chalk this up to the lack of theanine. (My later experiences with theanine seems to confirm this.) These negative effects mean that caffeine doesn't satisfy the strictest definition of nootropic (having no negative effects), but is merely a cognitive enhancer (with both benefits & costs). One might wonder why I use caffeine anyway if I am so concerned with mental ability.
The word "nootropic" was coined in 1972 by a Romanian scientist, Corneliu Giurgea, who combined the Greek words for "mind" and "bending." Caffeine and nicotine can be considered mild nootropics, while prescription Ritalin, Adderall and Provigil (modafinil, a drug for treating narcolepsy) lie at the far end of the spectrum when prescribed off-label as cognitive enhancers. Even microdosing of LSD is increasingly viewed as a means to greater productivity.
Another well-known smart drug classed as a cholinergic is Sulbutiamine, a synthetic derivative of thiamine which crosses the blood-brain barrier and has been shown to improve memory while reducing psycho-behavioral inhibition. While Sulbutiamine has been shown to exhibit cholinergic regulation within the hippocampus, the reasons for the drug's discernable effects on the brain remain unclear. This smart drug, available over the counter as a nutritional supplement, has a long history of use, and appears to have no serious side effects at therapeutic levels.
The main concern with pharmaceutical drugs is adverse effects, which also apply to nootropics with undefined effects. Long-term safety evidence is typically unavailable for nootropics.[13] Racetams — piracetam and other compounds that are structurally related to piracetam — have few serious adverse effects and low toxicity, but there is little evidence that they enhance cognition in people having no cognitive impairments.[19]


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Roberto Markarian Abrahamian (12 de diciembre de 1946) es un matemático especializado en sistemas dinámicos y teoría del caos, así como autor y profesor uruguayo, fue rector de la Universidad de la República entre 2014 y 2018.

Biografía
Estudió en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de la República. Autor de ocho libros. En los últimos años trabajó como docente de la Facultad de Ingeniería dentro del Instituto de Matemática y Estadística "Rafael Laguardia" (IMERL). En agosto de 2014 fue elegido rector de la Universidad de la República.

Durante la dictadura estuvo preso por participar en el Partido Comunista de Uruguay, actualmente no realiza actividad política partidaria. Debió continuar sus estudios en Brasil, en la Universidad Federal de Río Grande del Sur, en donde obtuvo finalmente su primer título, luego revalidado en Uruguay.

Es profesor grado 5 en la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República, e investigador Nivel III del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores de la Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII). y fue elegido como Rector de la Universidad de la República el 27 de agosto de 2014.

Es hermano del técnico de fútbol Sergio Markarian.

El 7 de diciembre de 2022 le fue otorgado el título de doctor honoris causa por la Universidad de la República (Uruguay).

Referencias

Matemáticos de Uruguay
Profesores de Uruguay
Alumnos de la Universidad Federal de Río Grande del Sur
Rectores de la Universidad de la República
Egresados de la Universidad de la República
Profesores de la Universidad de la República

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It's clear that mobile is beyond the tipping point for email marketers; according to Litmus, 55 percent of email is now being opened on mobile devices.
As consumers are becoming more comfortable using mobile phones and tablets as their primary devices for interacting with brands, the industry is seeing an increase in email opens on mobile and a decline in email opens on desktops. According to EasySendy, there are 2.6 billion email users in the world, but only 900 million of them are desktop computer users; the disparity in numbers reflects an audience that expects emails to be catered to them according to their mobile preferences.
For marketers, establishing a new approach to both email marketing strategies and mobile marketing performance metrics is in order. Read on for insights into how to best approach this new era of email marketing.
It's important to keep in mind that even if contacts are not showing high interaction with emails via mobile, they are still likely to first view them on mobile. First impressions are crucial here, as 89 percent of email consumers are likely to delete mobile emails if they are poorly formatted.
To increase the odds of emails getting opened and eventually engaged with, marketers should make mobile emails easy on the eyes and convenient to navigate. Specifically, this means that the font should be large enough to read and the layout should allow for vertical scrolling.
Converting mobile emails into sales is paramount, so for email users who do prefer to engage with mobile messages beyond just the first glance, it's essential that brands ensure that every step of the process is optimized for mobile. For instance, if the email links to a landing page or brand website that's not easily navigable on mobile, the customer journey is likely to end there.
Additionally, email replies sent from mobile devices are about 60 percent shorter than replies sent on desktop, so ideal emails for mobile-first campaigns offer more information than they ask for in return. Thus, emails requesting feedback or survey participation are not as likely to perform as well on mobile as they would on desktop.
Just as the mobile customer's journey continues to evolve — and with it email marketing strategy — so must the way in which marketers measure their email performance.
Knowing that contacts are still more likely to engage in depth with email from a desktop computer, opens alone are much less valuable on mobile devices than they are desktops, so marketers need to take measurement a step further.
The ultimate measure of success for any brand comes down to conversions and revenue. In email, conversions often correlate with click-throughs, so marketers should be sure that click-through rate is a key performance indicator (KPI) in their reporting.
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I have decided to sell my set of dragonskin silicone scales. 232 lavender scales, 26 of which are a darker lavender. 78 green scales, 26 of which are a darker shade of green. 87 Iridescent white scales. There are 71 half white half lavender scales, and 63 half green half lavender scales. There are 531 scales all together. This was enough scales for a full tail for myself with some leftover, I am 5'11" so there would be enough scales for a merman merman tail or even enough scales for a tail and a top. Some of the scaled are thicker than others due to slight inconsistency in the molds.
I also have my first attempt at a fluke, the two sides are out together but the opening is large enough to slide a monofin inside to be securely sealed. Whoever buys this could use drgonskin to add more designs as well as smooth out the edges.
I am also willing to sell my powermesh and the pigments used on the scales. The pigments are also in a box, but if I cannot find them I am happy to give the names of the pigments to anyone who needs them!
If someone is interested in buying everything I would be happy to try and cut down the price some!
The price on this is also negotiable! I would love to hear any offers people have, I just hate to waste all of these materials and am hoping to not loose any money on materials spent for this adventure!
Hi there! I'm interested in your scale molds. Not sure if I want your scales (they're gorgeous but about the same cost as a finished tail so too expensive); but I'd be interested in the molds themselves. Do you have pictures of them?
I am out of town right now but will get picture of the molds as soon as I can! I wasn't sure how to price the scales and all the finished individual scale tails I saw for sale were upwards of $3,000, but the price on the scales is definitely negotiable!! I want then to not just be sitting in a closet being unused. I just want to be sure I am not loosing money on costs of silicone used!
Do you still have molds left? I would love one for a project I'm working on!
Do you have any scale molds left? I can buy right now if you want to message me.
All of these items are still for sale! I hadn't gotten any email notifications and have been off the site for a while but would love to sell all of this stuff, and the price is negotiable!! Also the scale molds were made very poorly, and I would rather not sell them off individually but with the scales in case any more scales are needed!
I would be happy to take $900/$800 even for all of this! The price is very flexible!!! I really need to sell it all because I'm in need of money and have no use for any of this! I would even be happy to help explain to whoever buys all of this how to finish the tail!!
**Price Reduced** I would like to sell all of this together! I would be happy to take $800 (or less, price is very negotiable as I need to get rid of this and need money for school) for all of this which would include: all the scales, the fluke(you can even have the mono fin that fits in it), the scale molds (They aren't in the best shape but you would be able to make the same scales), power mesh, and the pigments!
I am interested in everything but the scales. They are lovely but they are not the colours that I really want to go with.
Unfortunately it's really an all or nothing deal, I just want to get it all sold together!!
Also I'm going to reduce the price again!!!
I really need to sell all of this and will take $600 for everything!!!!!!!
I'm in love with the colors! $600 for everything? Including the molds and pigments? Would you be able to do a payment plan?
Unfortunately I don't think I would be able to do a payment plan, but yes it would include the molds and pigments. It would be everything I have for the tail!! The only thing the $600 wouldn't include is shipping.