Ah, the Holidays. The HoHo's, the haha's but also the Oh No's (Oh no, not the ugly sweater again, and oh no, not that annoying cousin Winnie with his less than perfect family). Don't we just love it all when the whole family gets together on this special time of the year to boast the stuffing out of the roast and gossip the cream out of the trifle? In case you find yourself overwhelmed with the annual I-was-there-first-shopping-crowd, that's-my-ham-you-moron-line-ups and tell-me-you-didn't-buy-that-50-feet-Christmas-three-to-fit-our-6-feet-high-living-room Holiday season, here are a few of Santa's little helpers that might make it all a bit more bearable (even if with a slightly blurred vision).
1. Stock up not only on nicely filled stockings for the fire place, but also on good old fashioned liquor in whatever format. Let Bloody Mary, Gin Fizz, Rum Swizzle, Red Russian and Tequila Sunrise become your permanent (and very welcome) houseguests for the festive season. If your health condition (or other booze-inhibiting circumstances) doesn't allow for a lasting-a-week-long intoxication, consider other forms of relaxants, such as prozac, pipe smoking or even knitting. Whichever form of tranquilliser works for you. You'll learn to appreciate it when life tests the frosting out of you during the three-hour-all-family-included Christmas dinner. Cheers!
2. Take up yoga. There's nothing more grounding and zen-inspiring than a session of few yoga postures. Whichever comes more naturally to you: Downward Dog, Full Straddle Forward Fold or Reclining Pigeon, each of the poses is designed to keep your inner calm and insuring your cool. Don't let yourself be dragged into the who's-got-the-most-impressive-Christmas-decorations or I-got-a-better-present-than-you-sucker battle. Go on your mat and start stretching, and let auntie Annabelle continue caroling on the high pitch.
3. Make a re-gifting plan. Yes, it's bound to happen: a ceramic dish in form of a cat filled with last year's chocolates, some weird sounding perfume: The Infidel, Delicious Closet Queen or Monster Bait Underpants, airplane bottle holder, donut coasters, moustache cufflinks and lots more. But don't get into despair. Instead, think of more suitable people in your circle who due to short sight, age or preferences might appreciate such a gift.
4. Become an actor/actress for a few days. Don't worry, you're off the hook. Nobody's expecting you to play the nerve-wrecking Santa part or any of his elves. Start small. Fake a smile. Fake enjoyment. Fake happy. They say you become what you pretend to be. It has worked for Bruce Jenner, it will work for you.
5. Think of Christmas as of a hurricane. A short lasting, all consuming thunderstorm spiralling deep into the troposphere. Imagine yourself in the centre, right there in the eye of the storm, watching as the disaster unfolds around you. Just like no matter how devastating the storm would eventually pass and resolve into calm and crisp weather, Christmas too shall pass and life would resume again. Or think of the Holidays like of watching a soap opera. People cheating, planning intrigues, dramas unraveling on the tv screen while you're making yourself a grilled cheese sandwich and opening a can of soda/sparkling/beer.
6. Escape. If you can afford it, for heaven's sake, get away. Hawaii, Brazil, Iceland, anywhere, as long as it's as far as possible. If you can't get away physically, pretend you're there. Escape in your thoughts. Close your eyes and watch yourself mingling on the beach in Australia with a hot, half naked Santa Clause, with nothing on but swimming trunks and a fake white beard. Now, open some bubbly, sip on an oyster and cheer on to the Holidays. I've lost you, haven't I? Never mind, keep on dreaming and make sure not to wake up until after New Year's Eve.
Q: What's your secret survival technique?
It's just us 5 for Christmas every year but I still feel absolutely wretched by the time the children go back to school. I'm not really much of a Christmassy person being an atheist, it's just for the kids really & of course it's impossible to opt out without being branded a scrooge by all the temporary Christians jingling their Christmas cheer everywhere. Bah Humbug?
My 5 year old said yesterday "Mummy why doesn't Santa bring you a present?" I said it's ok darling I got lots of presents when I was child, I don't need anything.
Hmm, think I've been a bit tired & cranky lately hahahaha – time to get the mulled wine out?


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Q: Get previous day inserted data from table using MYSQL I want to get data of previous day which inserted in table
SELECT *
FROM tbl_stockpricemaster AS sm
WHERE DATE(sm.inserted_on)=DATE(NOW()- INTERVAL 1 DAY)
  AND sm.stock_keyvalue='positive'
GROUP BY sm.stock_id
ORDER BY sm.stock_difprice DESC
LIMIT 5;

This is my query but the problem is that when there is no data inserted on previous day then it show blank but i want to show the last inserted record

A: You will have to find out which date is the previous date
This can be done using this statement:
SELECT MAX(inserted_on) FROM tbl_stockpricemaster WHERE inserted_on < DATE(NOW())

So, changing your query to this should solve your problem:
SELECT *
FROM tbl_stockpricemaster AS sm
WHERE DATE(sm.inserted_on)=(SELECT MAX(inserted_on)
                            FROM tbl_stockpricemaster
                            WHERE inserted_on < DATE(NOW()) )
  AND sm.stock_keyvalue='positive'
GROUP BY sm.stock_id
ORDER BY sm.stock_difprice DESC
LIMIT 5;

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Value: As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around $17, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $3,000 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. So when we say average, we mean in a similar condition to other coins issued in 1900, and mint state meaning it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies. [?].
Additional Info: There is also a proof 1900 Barber half dollar that was minted to the tune of just 912 total. They are worth between $1000 and $1350 each depending on condition and market.
Numismatic vs Intrinsic Value: This coin in poor condition is still worth $11.59 more than the intrinsic value from silver content of $5.41, this coin is thus more valuable to a collector than to a silver bug. Coins worth more to a collectors may be a better long term investment. If the metal prices drop you will still have a coin that a numismatic would want to buy.
Current silver melt value* for a 1900 No mint mark is $5.41 and this price is based off the current silver spot price of $14.96 This value is dynamic so bookmark it and comeback for an up to the minute silver melt value.
**When we say that 4,762,000, of these coins were produced or minted in 1900 this number doesn't always match the actual circulation count for this coin. The numbers come from the United States mint, and they don't reflect coins that have been melted, destroyed, or those that have never been released. Please keep that in mind.


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What do the latest studies tell us about political views among young people in Russia?
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This is a pertinent question today. March 26 saw a wave of anti-corruption demonstrations sweep across Russia. The protests were organised by Alexei Navalny, an opposition politician and anti-corruption activist who has announced that he will run for president in Russia's next presidential election in 2018. The media and many political commentators have depicted the latest protests as Russia's most youthful protests yet, with teenagers speaking out in front of crowds and getting arrested by police. The Kremlin subsequently publicly accused Alexei Navalny of paying children to attend the rallies. Additionally, in recent weeks, many videos and audio recordings have circulated online that show teachers and school principals across Russia speaking to their pupils about politics, discouraging them from attending rallies, and encouraging them to support Putin. So what do we know about these young people?
The media and many political commentators have depicted the latest protests as Russia's most youthful protests yet, with teenagers speaking out in front of crowds and getting arrested by police. The Kremlin subsequently publicly accused Alexei Navalny of paying children to attend the rallies.
There are not that many studies about the political views and political behaviours of young people in Russia, but some do exist. The Centre for Youth Studies in St. Petersburg (part of the National Research University Higher School of Economics) has continuously focused on youth for many years now. Their studies have focused not only on protests, but also on far right youth groups, volunteers, and "Nashi", a pro-Putin government youth group. So young people have always been quite active, the latest protest wave is not a new phenomenon in this sense. We have seen young nationalists in the streets, and we have even seen young "Nashi" members in conflict with their "liberal opposition" peers on Moscow squares.
The interest of social scientists towards young people as a group spoked after the "Bolotnaya protests," a wave of rallies that took place in 2011-2012 in Russia. These protests really challenged the myth that Russian people (both young and old) are generally politically passive. Below I'll list a few articles that resulted from attempts to analyse that wave of political activity. One of the main surprises of this period was that young people can voice their protest politically in the same spaces and using the same rallying cries as other age groups in Russia.
We cannot really expect sociological studies to directly predict how people will behave in the future, or, for example, how young people in Russia will act politically in the future. This is just not part of what sociologists aim to do. Sociology (or at least qualitative sociology) works on what is happening now and explains why something is happening.
This is how qualitative sociological studies usually unfold - first we see something that is surprising or unexpected, and then we start studying it. Many disciplines in the social sciences work along these very same lines - they try to explain the world, instead of trying to predict certain events or imagine new worlds. For this reason we cannot really expect sociological studies to directly predict how people will behave in the future, or, for example, how young people in Russia will act politically in the future. This is just not part of what sociologists aim to do. Sociology (or at least qualitative sociology) works on what is happening now and explains why something is happening (or not happening). The difficulty (or even outright impossibility) to predict events stems from the fact that qualitative sociology assumes that every person has individual freedom to act. We call this "agency", or the opportunity for people to challenge existing trends, or, alternatively, to follow existing trends.
The main thing we can learn from existing studies on Russia's youth is that young people are informed and are thinking about what is happening on the political arena in Russia. They are also often critical of what they see. But the important thing to remember is that opinions do not always translate to action, and that is why we cannot predict protest based on information about dissatisfaction. For example, David Snyder and Charles Tilly, in their famous study "Hardship and collective violence in France, 1830 to 1960" (1972), showed that hardship and dissatisfaction donot predict mobilisation. In order to dissatisfaction to translate into action, we need an array of other factors that we cannot even fully list at the moment because we don't know for sure what the list ha to include. Charles Tilly claimed that we can predict mobilisation if we use political opportunity theory, which says that no matter how awful their lives are, people won't act until the see that their actions will get them results - which can only happen when the state (or whoever they are protesting against) is weak, disintegrating into factions, and cannot go through with repressions. In order for this theory to work, though, we cannot just study "potential protestors" - we have to also understand what is going on with the state.
The main thing we can learn from existing studies on Russia's youth is that young people are informed and are thinking about what is happening on the political arena in Russia. They are also often critical of what they see. But the important thing to remember is that opinions do not always translate to action.
Political opportunity theory has been harshly criticised: sometimes the threat of repressions results in the opposite - it stimulates protest instead of stopping it (we all this the "paradox of repression"). People can come together in solidarity, and people can act out of certain emotions, like being offended or feeling that something is deeply unfair. For example, the LGBT protests following the police raid at Stonewall Inn in New York in 1969 happened "suddenly" in response to a routine police act. But sometimes protests are responses to non-routine events, like killings or the torture of activists by police officers, as we saw in Egypt and in other countries during the Arab Spring. The emotional dynamics of these kinds of things are difficult to predict, since they happen so quickly. And it is most often the case that we can pinpoint and analyse these "trends" and events after they happen, and to show how certain factors led people to do certain things that they would be unable to even think of under "normal" circumstances.
For studies on youth in Russia and their political engagement, you can look at these English-language texts:
Krivonos, Daria. "State-managed Youth Participation in Russia: The National, Collective and Personal in Nashi Activists' Narratives." Anthropology of East Europe Review 33.1 (2015): 44-58.
Krivonos, Daria. "And After That We All became Like Brothers Emotions, Affectivity and Communication in a Pro-governmental Youth Movement in Russia." Young 24.2 (2016): 102-117.
Omelchenko, Elena, and Guzel Sabirova. "Youth Cultures in Contemporary Russia: Memory, Politics, Solidarities." Eastern European Youth Cultures in a Global Context. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. 253-270.
Pilkington, Hilary, and Gary Pollock. "'Politics are bollocks': youth, politics and activism in contemporary Europe." The Sociological Review 63.S2 (2015): 1-35.
Erpyleva, Svetlana. "Freedom's children in protest movements: Private and public in the socialization of young Russian and Ukrainian activists." Current Sociology. October 13, 2016.
Anna Sorokina
Research Associate at the Laboratory for Political Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics
I work at the Laboratory for Political Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, which is headed by political scientist Valeria Kasamara. Since 2008 we have been carrying out a number of empirical studies that fall under the category of our overarching project on Russian youth, and we've polled and interviewed many university students and high school students across Russia.
Our project analyzes empirical data on Russian students' political perceptions of the past, the present, and the future of Russia. We answer questions about how those who were born after the Soviet Union collapse imagine the future of Russia. We analyze what they know about the history of Russia, and we gather data on their attitudes toward current and historical political leaders. We also ask questions about what events in Russia's history make young people feel proud of ashamed of Russia. Empirically-grounded answers to such questions may help us understand what views dominate, what youths expect from the government, and whether young people are ready to take an active part in Russian politics or not.
We have published several articles with results of this study, the latest of which came outin March 2017, entitled "Rebuilt Empire or New Collapse? Geopolitical Visions of Russian Students". In it, we conclude that there is a three-way divide in how univeristy students in Russia imagine Russia's future: the largest group is optimistic about Russia, seeing it as a global power. A second, smaller group expects Russia to decline in the coming years, while the third group is undecided and unwilling to make forecasts. In the article, we analyse the arguments of the 'optimists' and 'pessimists', who respectively backed and criticised the annexation of Crimea. We highlight especially the association between support for the annexation and optimism about Russia's future.
You can check out our other publications on the topic here:
Kasamara V. A., Sorokina A. Post-Soviet Collective Memory: Russian Youths about Soviet Past // Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 2015. Vol. 48. No. 2-3. P. 137-145
Sorokina A., Kasamara V. A. The "Ideal" President Through the Eyes of Russian and French College Students // Russian Social Science Review. 2013. Vol. 54. No. 3. P. 49-67
Kasamara V. A., Sorokina A. Imperial ambitions of Russians // Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 2012. Vol. 45. No. 3-4. P. 279-288
Kasamara V. A., Sorokina A. The Political Consciousness of Adolescents: Normal School Students vs. Children of the Streets // Russian Education and Society. 2010. No. 10. P. 19-42.


This unique ingredient has a real affinity with the skin,widely found in the cell membranes it is safe, natural and really versatile.
What exactly is soya lecithin?
The word Lecithin is Greek is pronounced Lekithos and means egg yolk.
But don't worry, you'll be happy to know you won't end up with egg on your face, if you see this listed on the back of your skin care products.
Unsaturated phosphatidylcholine is extracted from soy lecithine. It contains omega-6-unsaturated fatty acid – linoleic acid and choline plus smaller quantities of omega-3-fatty acids – alpha-linolenic acid – all of which is essential for human life. Our bodies are not able to synthesize these substances.
Technically Soy Lecithin is known as phosphatidylcholine, which plays a very important role for barrier-active skin care. It is the most important substance for the formation of cell membranes and it enables the skin to form and build up bi-layers of lipid by providing the fatty acids which are essential for the barrier layers in form of linoleic acid unsaturated phosphatidylcholine, which creates the formation of ceramide I in the horny layer of the skin and palmitic and stearic acid – referred to as saturated phosphatidylcholine which has ceramide-like properties, so it can substitute ceramides.
In cell metabolism, phosphatidylcholine actually transfers to ceramides, enabling the formation of sphingomyelins which is essential for live cells. Both of these substance groups are of major importance for the homeostasis of the skin and this primarily is why phosphatidylcholine is able to.
Linoleic acid is the substance for the synthesis of arachidonic acid in the human body which fulfils many physiological functions.
Phosphatidylcholine from vegetable lecithin is used for the treatment of acne vulgaris Clinical studies show a 60% decrease in comedones and a 70% decrease in efflorescences after 28 days. The content of linoleic acid in the skin increases significantly.
Active Additive: It helps to soften and moisturise the skin.
Penetration Enhancer: It alters the skin structure allowing other substances to penetrate deeper.
Antioxidant: It helps to repair free radical damage, soothing inflamed, irritated skin.
Hydrophilic ingredient: It attracts water to the skin, working to prevent moisture loss from deep within the skin tissues.
Thickener: Soya lecithin can add thickness to a formula.
Emulsifier: Soya lecithin helps emulsify oil and water products, making formulas more stable.
Why is lecithin used in personal care products?
Barrier repairing: Phospholipids as they are referred to in the industry, have interesting properties that resemble the skin barrier, so they are particularly suited for skin protection purposes, helping to repair the barrier function.
Hydrating: They help to stabilize the trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) on a natural level and are the perfect choice for dehydrated skin.
Moisturising: The active agents last a lot longer because they are slowly and evenly released, this is due to the phospholipids binding to keratin, the protein in our skin. For this reason i have encapsulated in both Nectar manuka balm and Fortify barrier repair cream.
Many skin care formulas are oil in water, and because of this they require emulsifiers, to help bind the small amounts of oil into large amounts of water.
Lecithin is often used in skin care as an emulsifier, it works by preventing water hating (hydrophobic) and water loving (hydrophilic) substances, such as oil and water from separating, this is why it works really well in barrier cream.
When you try to get a little water in a lot of oil, you need to utilise an emulsifier that favours the oil phase, one that has a HLB at the low end of the scale, his can be anywhere between 3 to 5, which is where Soya Lecithin comes into its own.
This is why I use soya lecithin in my balm formulas that contain Manuka honey, which is a sugar and water mix and tends to sit on top of oils. What happens if you don't add a little bit of chemical diplomacy is that the formula separates.
So as you can see, not only is it the perfect skin restoring ingredient, it also plays a useful role in formulas too, seriously, who doesn't need a little soya lecithin in their life.
Great website and great information, you present complicated information in a manner that is engaging and fun. Have you ever thought about teaching this information in a class room or webinar setting?
Thanks so much for the lovely feedback, as the founder of The Naked Chemist and the range comes from my knowledge as a skin esthetician and I do actually work as an educator, for students going into both the beauty and spa industry…so it seems I have found my caling. I agree webinairs are somethign I am also interested in.
As a beginner, I sometimes want to add honey & glycerine to my lip balm, can you help if I add honey & glycerine (e.g. 15 & 5% respectively), then how many % of soya lecithin is required? Do we have any formula to calculate amount of lecithin in a recipe?
Thanks really glad the post was useful. You only want to use a very small percentage of lecithin upto about 2% otherwise it will taint your product, enjoy formulating.
I agree . This is indeed a very informative. I just received my shipment for Soy Lechitin and I didn't liked the way it looked so was to call the company but not anymore. I think I made a right decision to buy it.
How would I go about making Soy Liquid Lecithin easier to use as aneeded eczema 'lotion' for my toddler. Allergy tests show it's the only thing she can tolerate but it's so hard to rub onto her.
You need to start with a simple emulsion, check some diy sites or "making cosmetics.com" to get you started.
Very informative, thanks so much! 🙂 may I ask how is soy lecithin supposed to look like? Is it a powder or liquid? The only one I can find is a powder and the supplier doesn't mention anything about it being suitable for cosmetics, only in food. Just wanted to make sure that this is the same thing before I buy the wrong thing!
Also, do I mix soy lecithin with the oils first and then add water, or do I mix with water and then add the oil?
My concern is everything we put on our skin is absorbed into our blood stream.
Not everything is absorbed into the blood stream, some molecules are to large and sit on top of the skin, working as protectors.


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News reports : Maliki withdraw his nominees for the ministries of security
1 News reports : Maliki withdraw his nominees for the ministries of security Wed May 18, 2011 9:16 pm
The independent MP in the coalition, the Iraqi al-Dulaimi, a full withdraw the nomination of Saadoun al-Dulaimi, and Tawfiq al-of the security ministries. He said al-Dulaimi's (news) that "the Iraqi List, is still committed to their candidates and selection will be the former of whom, in the absence of consensus on these Iraqi will have to switch candidates." Dulaimi said "under the Convention on the Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, Iraqi has the right to (veto) the candidate of the National Alliance for the Ministry of Interior and the National Alliance has the same right candidate for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense." He pointed out that the political consensus between the political blocs that lead the only way to resolve this crisis.
To, however, uncovered a parliamentary source early, Wednesday, that the political blocs have agreed on the nomination of Khalid al-Obeidi of the Ministry of Defence, saying that Maliki will Obeidi with candidates for the ministries of interior and national security to vote on them in a special session will be held early next June, while the eye of the Iraqi List to a political movement file to resolve the security ministries as soon as possible. The source said "Alsumaria News", "The political blocs agreed during the meetings held in the capital Baghdad during the past few days under the auspices of a Kurdish, a candidate list for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense Khalid al-Obeidi, rather tired of the candidate of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Saadoun al-Dulaimi." The source, who asked not to be named, said: "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will Obeidi Marchiha with the Ministries of Interior and Tawfiq al-homeland security Riad Ghraib to vote on them in a special session will be held in early June next year."
Prior to the Iraqi list that revealed, in the third of last April, the withdrawal of its candidate for the Ministry of Defence tired Khalid al-Obeidi his candidacy from the office, likely to be his decision because of the lack of agreed upon within the list.
For his part, said a spokesman for the Iraqi List, Haider Mulla "Alsumaria News", "agreements Irbil confirmed that the candidate and the Department of Defense share of the Iraqi List and the National Alliance of the right to acceptance or rejection," saying it "makes no sense to keep the security ministries vacant after One year and a half on the parliamentary elections. " And asserted that "there is a movement politically and attempts to contain the crisis, the security ministries and the implementation of the agreements in Erbil as soon as possible," noting that "the political blocs agreed on the candidates getting the security ministries on national consensus, independence and professionalism."
Mullah stressed that "the Iraqi List, committed to their candidates to the Ministry of Defense," pointing out that "the door to dialogue is open to everyone to agree on a candidate to file the resolution of the security ministries."
The head of the House of Representatives Osama Nujaifi announced during a press conference, the fifth of May current, the names of the candidates of the security ministries are all of Saadoun al-Dulaimi, who currently serves as Minister of Culture of the Ministry of Defense, and Tawfiq al for the National Coalition for the Interior Ministry, Riad Ghraib for the National Alliance Also, national security, stressing that it will be discussed and be listed on the agenda of the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Imagine BMW back in 2006 deciding to build a car that says "farewell Mr E46 M3 and welcome Mr. S85 V10".
What BMW did indeed do was take the E46 M3 and put the New S65 E92 V8 engine into it. They called this the M3 GTR and lead the most number of race wins for over 10 years with this combo of car on the track.
This is what we aspire to when we say "some special secret release", and believe the E46 M3 with the S85 V10 engine is a perfect example of a car that should have been built by BMW.
Original format from the factory was an S54B32 engine with an SMG 2 transmission package. The chassis is a Phoenix Yellow Coupe. This colour was the most striking and complimented the beefed up body panels and flared arches seen on the E46 M3. The shape is a stand out MUST if we are to have a V10 in there. Sitting on OEM CSL Wheels, these will give the car the exact look we want. It was Dyno run and achieved its factory power delivery of about 190rwkw. Onto the hoist it went and it was time to start dismantling the drive train.
A quick walk around below showing the initial engine installation preparations. Clearances and fitment here are tight, but achieved while retaining a stock M3 steering rack location.
First ever dyno run of our S85 V10 build. M mode ON giving us over 310rwkw on a stock M3 exhaust.
Cooling a V10 engine in a small engine bay requires some serious heat ventilation. This bonnet vent retrofit will certainly help solve the issue.
Luis shows us how it's done.


Whether your main workout jam is a Taylor Swift pop ballad or a pulsating EDM track, music is scientifically proven to make you work harder during exercise. And while the "Power Playlist" you made in college might be enough to get you through a turn on the elliptical, when it comes to really tough sweat sessions, a little new inspiration can go a long way -- like another half-mile, or set.
That's why we asked Adam Rosante, fitness and nutrition coach and ambassador for C9 at Target, for the music that motivates him through a particularly grueling workout. Here's a 20-minute playlist from the author of best-selling exercise book The 30-Second Body to fuel your next effort, which might as well be a 20-minute workout.
For more exercise inspiration, be sure to visit Rosante's YouTube channel, where he releases a new workout video every week. Sign up for updates at AdamRosante.com.
Erin Kelly is a New York City-based writer, runner, and triathlete who will be putting this playlist on repeat for the next six weeks. You can follow her on Twitter at @erinkellysays.


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If you are missing a tooth or multiple teeth, implant dentistry is a good option to consider. Dental implants are artificial tooth roots that can hold crowns, dentures, and bridges, offering an unmatched level of stability and improved aesthetics. Dr. Alex Hecht and Dr. Jason Hecht have helped countless patients in Staten Island, NY have beautiful and fully functional smiles thanks to dental implants.
While many people can benefit from getting dental implants placed, there could be some restrictions or limitations. A patient's age, for instance, is an important concern. The team at Staten Island Aesthetic & Implant Dentist would like to consider the role that age plays in implant dentistry.
Generally speaking, the mid-20s and onward is a good age for dental implants. By this time, a person is fully matured, meaning that their jawbone will not change in any major ways. This ensures that any oral surgery performed will not require correction or revision for years to come, and the implants can be placed optimally for stability and effectiveness.
Can You Be Too Young for Dental Implants?
Placing dental implants on children would be a bad idea since children are still growing and their jawbone and gum tissue is subject to change. Even children who are born without teeth as a result of cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) will wear dentures rather than have dental implants placed. You may be familiar with CCD through Gaten Matarazzo, one of the co-stars from Stranger Things who has this condition. He currently wears dentures to address his missing teeth.
What Is the Youngest You Can Be for Dental Implants?
Adulthood is the youngest a person should be to get dental implants. As we noted above, the jawbone will not change significantly upon reaching adulthood, allowing for the implants to be placed properly and to have long-lasting benefits/results.
Can You Be Too Old for Dental Implants?
Technically you cannot be too old for dental implants. Patients may get dental implants well into their 60s, 70s, and 80s.
That said, a patient's health in advanced age may affect their candidacy for dental implants. If an elderly patient is infirm or suffers from serious illnesses late in life, oral surgery could pose a significant health risk that makes dental implants a bad idea.
Elderly patients should also consider the amount of time it takes to complete the dental implants process. Osseointegration must occur, which involves the fusing of the implants with the jawbone. This can take several months to a year. If the patient requires bone grafting or gum augmentation surgery, the overall treatment time is further increased. Simply getting a bridge or dentures may be more convenient, and these appliances cost less as well.
If an elderly patient is interested in getting dental implants, we will carefully screen that patient for suitability. We'll go over the patient's dental history and medical wellness, making sure that the surgical procedure will not result in any adverse health effects or issues.
To learn more about your dental care options and whether or not dental implants are right for you, be sure to contact Staten Island Aesthetic & Implant Dentist. We will answer your questions and address your concerns in full. You can reach our office by phone at (718) 705-4434.


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Join our team for this year's NAMIWalks event! We are walking to raise awareness of mental illness and raise funds for the important work of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Receive a free MPA T-Shirt for walking with us!
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This will be the 12th NAMIWalk in Minnesota! We invite you to take part in one of the largest NAMIWalks in the country and the largest mental health awareness event in the state. It is an incredibly inspiring event to see so many people come out to raise awareness about mental illnesses. Most of the mental health and health care organizations participate in the walk demonstrating their support for this issue and for NAMI Minnesota.
NAMIWalks supports many of the programs provided by NAMI Minnesota including the helpline, public policy advocacy, education programs for parents of children and adults, peer led support groups, grassroots organizing and much more. Last year NAMI Minnesota reached over 28,000 people through our education classes and presentations, including over 6,300 through suicide prevention classes and over 9,600 teens through our Ending the Silence program. In all, over 180,000 people were served through all of our programs. The need for NAMI's programs are great – and the walk makes these programs possible.


I hope you had a lovely weekend, I know I did. The weather was perfect for an April weekend. A little on the cold side but the sun was out.
I was sick of working inside all day. No sun, no air. So I took a look at my many bags I have and I transformed one into a working bag.
I thought of everything that I could possibly want to have outside, with out this constant running inside to grab something.
We bought this lovely beach chair to work in.
Well no, really we wanted something to shade us from preying eyes of the cars driving past our garden. It turned out to be this chair which I must say is the best thing I have bought this year. It protects me from wind and I can decide how much sun I want.
What I love about working outside is the peace that I have (apart from the odd car or tractor) . The birds are out singing their merry song. I spend time my dogs. I have fresh air. When I can't sit and write any more I can just get up, put on my working gloves and pull a few weeds. And believe me we have loads.
below I take you outside to show you the lovely view I have and into my work bag.


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A recap of the trail, it felt like we were on the Rubicon, dusty, snow tattered trees with broken tops and large loose rocks. These tight trees took paint off both sides of my roll cage. If you have a Wrangler remove the windshield. If you have a full top you better have an exo cage.
The best part about running this trail is the fact that it is not too often you get to run a trail and not know what is around the next corner. If you're anything like me you have been wheeling for the last umpteen years on your favorite trails and while it is fun your miss the anticipation of wondering what is up ahead.
If your running a Dana 30 keep your fingers crossed, the only Dana 30 in our 5 man convoy broke an outer axle shaft on the first rock.
Thanks again to all who helped create this trail. I know for a fact this trail will quickly grow in popularity.


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Venezuelan opposition struggling for momentum against Maduro
by: SCOTT SMITH and JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press
Posted: Nov 18, 2019 / 02:26 PM EST / Updated: Nov 18, 2019 / 04:36 PM EST
Opposition politician Juan Guaido raises his right fist as he greets supporters at a rally, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Guaido called nationwide demonstrations to re-ignite a campaign against President Nicolas Maduro launched in January that has lost steam in recent months. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Juan Guaidó is struggling to draw protesters into Venezuela's streets just days after calling for daily demonstrations to drive President Nicolás Maduro from power, trying to reignite a movement he started early this year.
Only several dozen people answered Guaidó's call in Caracas on Monday, some scuffling with security forces. That fell far short of what the opposition had hoped to achieve, after Guaidó at a large demonstration Saturday appealed for sustained protests against the government.
Office worker Ofelia Briceño said she was done marching until the opposition gets organized and can present a clear approach to lure the military away from Maduro. A passing group of marchers failed to persuade Briceño and her co-workers to abandon lunch plans and join them in the street.
"It's crazy that they ask people to come out, but there's no plan. Everything is so haphazard," Briceño said. "I've gone out marching many times before — but no more."
Guaidó rose to lead the opposition in January and later claimed presidential powers under the constitution alleging Maduro's re-election was illegitimate. He vowed to oust the socialist president and hold new elections.
The opposition leader won the backing of the United States and more than other 50 nations that contend Maduro won a second term in 2018 through fraudulent elections.
Guaidó initially drew huge crowds when he declared himself interim president. Many thought change was imminent, but Maduro has kept power — primarily with backing with might from the military.
In a speech Saturday, Guaidó called for persistent protests, pointing to Bolivia where 18 days of upheaval prompted the resignation of Maduro ally Evo Morales, who fled to self-exile in Mexico.
The opposition has at least three marches planned this week, including Thursday when university students will try approaching Fuerte Tiuna, the nation's most important military base and seat of the defense ministry.
School teacher Yldemar Acevedo was among one small but vocal group of protesters in Caracas on Monday who answered Guaidó's call and clashed with national police dressed in riot gear.
The police shoved protesters with their shields and struck them with their hands, but Acevedo said she would not quit, no matter the personal cost.
"We're not backing down from our protests," she said, adding that the events in Bolivia emboldened her. "The only way they will understand that we have any power is for us to come out into the streets."
Diego Moya-Ocampos, principal Venezuela analyst with the London-based consulting firm IHS Markit, said Morales' ouster in Bolivia may serve as a source of inspiration.
But Venezuela's opposition also confronts Maduro's "military regime," known to use heavy-handed tactics that include arbitrary arrests and torture.
These are effective tools used by the military and national police to increasing degrees to match protests, deterring shows of resistance, Moya-Ocampo said.
Maduro defends the strong response to protests, saying Guaidó is a puppet of the White House bent on toppling him to exploit the nation's vast oil reserves.
"It's very difficult to maintain momentum when you're facing such a strong security apparatus," Moya-Ocampos said. "They're willing to use force against protesters and willing to treat an unarmed population as an enemy combatant."
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday accused Turkey of breaching an agreement to halt foreign interference in Libya by sending warships and mercenaries to the North African country.
Following a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Macron also described a maritime deal between Turkey and Libya's U.N.-backed government as a "void document" with no legal or political standing.
LONDON (AP) — Scotland's Parliament voted Wednesday to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence, a move intended to increase political pressure on the British government as the U.K. leaves the European Union.
Lawmakers in the Edinburgh-based legislature voted 64-54 to call for holding a referendum "so that the people of Scotland can decide whether they wish it to become an independent country."
by VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press / Jan 29, 2020
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
A presidential decree ordering Naama Issachar's release on "humanitarian principles" was effective immediately, the Kremlin said.
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Civil Geeks: Exoplanetpalooza
Astronomers in Hawaii play a critical role in the search for planets orbiting stars beyond our own solar system. My latest "Civil Geeks" column explores a recent sky survey that identified over 100 new...
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With human space exploration ambitions now focused on Mars, scientists are tackling the myriad challenges that will face astronauts making the 200 million mile (or so) journey. Tomorrow, a doctor will explore how medical...
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The first attempted orbital launch from Hawaii failed this evening. The U.S. Air Force-led Operationally Responsive Space mission, ORS-4, launched the islands' first space-bound rocket from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility at...
Rocket Shoots Student Science into the Sky
A rocket launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this morning was carrying a scientific payload designed and built by a team of community college students from Hawaii. "Project Imua" was the culmination...
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A space mission more than a decade in the making will reach its target in the coming weeks, and the Bishop Museum is planning a special program to commemorate the occasion. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft was...
Community College Students Set Sights on Space
In less than two months, a scientific instrument designed and built by students from four community colleges in Hawaii will be launched into suborbital space flight from a NASA facility in Virginia. "Project Imua"...
Talk: Voyager Space Program at 37 and Counting
On Wednesday, local space fans will be able to hear first-hand stories from the golden years of the space age. But the best part is that new stories are still being written. In 1977,...
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Unlike most teaching aids, the MIT models are designed to teach what the molecules do, not just what molecules look like. These injection molded molecules are made to be manipulated. In this way educators can teach abstract concepts in concrete ways. Students can build and fold proteins, learn about hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions, demonstrate all 4 levels of protein structure, create models of proteins they know like hemoglobin and antibodies, and more. Diverse populations including English language learners, middle schoolers, and AP biology students all have found the learning experience interesting and memorable.
Download the flyer about the MIT Edgerton Center Protein sets. Inquire about ordering here.
MIT Edgerton Center Protein Teacher Guides coming soon!
The following additional resources are from organizations outside the MIT Edgerton Center. We have found they are excellent supplements to our curriculum and recommend their use with our lessons. Please contact the appropriate outside organization for questions about their resources, website, or proprietary information.
The RCSB Protein Data Bank has an extensive educational online resource, PDB-101. PDB-101 is an online portal for teachers, students, and the general public to promote exploration in the world of proteins and nucleic acids. Learning about the diverse shapes and functions of these biological macromolecules helps to understand all aspects of biomedicine and agriculture, from protein synthesis to health and disease to biological energy.
The RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month by David S. Goodsell presents short accounts on selected molecules from the Protein Data Bank. Each installment includes an introduction to the structure and function of the molecule, a discussion of the relevance of the molecule to human health and welfare, and suggestions for how visitors might view these structures and access further details. This feature provides an easy introduction to the RCSB PDB for all types of users, but especially for teachers and students. We frequently use Goodsell images in our booklets.
The Protein Data Bank also has an excellent introductory video on proteins that covers the same material as our booklets.
Molecular Workbench from the Concord Consortium provides many interactive simulations that pair well with our lessons. From DNA to Proteins and Protein Folding is a collection of 11 interactive simulations about DNA and protein structure, protein synthesis and folding, and sickle cell disease. The Molecular Workbench worksheet and key are available for use with this collection.
Star BioChem is a tool developed at MIT for easy 3-D viewing of proteins from the Protein Data Bank. Use this program with advanced biology students to explore protein structure. The software can be downloaded for free and the Sample Exercises tab includes excellent worksheets on various protein topics, such as hemoglobin and sickle cell anemia, DNA glycosylases, and an introduction to basic macromolecules. All worksheets guide students through use of the software from the beginning.
The DNA Glycosylase Power Point presentation is a great supplement to the DNA damage and repair exercises in our DNA/RNA Booklet 2. The slides explain how DNA repair proteins prevent mutations from occurring by using a common example of 8-oxoguanine as the damaged nucleotide. (This Power Point presentation was authored by Dr. Lourdes Aleman. Kindly credit the slides should you incorporate them into your own presentations.) The DNA Glycosylase Exercise and Key is a sample exercise for the Star BioChem software above. It guides students through use of the software by exploring the structure and function of a human DNA glycosylase in the process of repairing a damaged DNA base.
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The Campaign to TAKE ON HATE, led by the National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), calls on you to join us in elevating the voices of the refugee community. We urge you to contact your local, state and national elected leaders.
TELL YOUR GOVERNOR: Stand Up for Refugees!
Depending on your state, you can contact your governor about one of three things: thank them for their commitment to welcoming all refugees, demand that they reconsider their dangerous and disappointing refusal to accept Syrian refugees, or urge them to publicly declare their support of all refugees if they've remained silent.
Thank your governor for promising to continue welcoming all refugees, including Syrians. These elected leaders have stepped up to do the right thing, and we must show them our support and appreciation. We've made it easy for you! Click here for a list of governors who have said 'yes' to refugees, including their contact information and Twitter handles, and a sample letter and tweet you can send to them today.
Tell your governor that you are disappointed with their dangerous decision to undermine the efforts to resettle Syrian refugee families. Their misguided, reckless actions and ill-informed rhetoric does not do justice to the millions of refugees and immigrants who have made this country their home. Closing our borders will not increase security, but will leave thousands of innocent people vulnerable to danger. Click here for a list of governors who have said 'no' to refugees, including their contact information and Twitter handles, and a sample letter and tweet you can send them today.
Call on your governor to publicly promise to welcome all refugees, including Syrians. Let's encourage our elected leaders to step up to do the right thing. We've made it easy for you! Click here for a list of governors who have remained silent on this issue, including their contact information and Twitter handles, and asample letter and tweet you can send to them today.
Make your voice heard by adding your name to petitions being circulated in support of Syrian refugees, such as Governors: Stop Your Collective Punishment of Refugees in Need and Welcome Refugees in Chicago.
*Because of the increased tension regarding refugee and immigrant communities in the U.S., we are seeing an increase in hate crimes and biased attacks. If you or someone you know has experienced a hate crime, please report it and seek help. Click here for a list of resources to help report and handle hate crimes.


Recently, our own Harry Gardner penned an article for the October issue of Mortgage Banking magazine entitled, "The E-Notarization Challenge: 50 States of Grey." As Gardner pointed out there, getting all 50 states to fully support electronic notarization is a serious challenge facing the industry. We need to overcome it if we hope to have end-to-end electronic mortgages.
We caught up with Gardner recently and asked him for an update on the status of eNotarization and what has changed.
Q: First of all, why are you watching this issue so closely?
Gardner: The eNotary movement is a significant issue for the mortgage industry if we hope to continue toward fully electronic mortgages. Awareness seems to be growing rapidly, if the recent ESRA (Electronic Signatures and Records Association) meeting in Washington, D.C. is any indication.
Q: What did ESRA members conclude is the best option for overcoming this challenge?
Gardner: We're discussing two possible approaches within ESRA. One is to tackle it from the public policy perspective. The ESRA Public Policy Committee is beginning an outreach program to the states, their attorney general's and notary issuing commissions, to help educate them on the eNotarization landscape and to make them aware that the lack of eNotarization presents a real-world business impediment to the modernization of the mortgage industry.
In states without eNotary laws, the purpose of the education is to also get the point across that you don't necessarily need to pass a separate law to enable eNotarization in your state. ESIGN and UETA are over 16 years old now, and they provide a national infrastructure for the legal validity of electronic signatures.
Meanwhile, MISMO and MBA have started a discussion about it as well and have invited all the different parties to the table. At the September MISMO meeting, MBA hosted a roundtable discussion session on Remote eNotarization, where some partipants, particularly the title insurance industry, expressed concern over investor acceptance and the potential for loan pushbacks if a county recorder refused to record a remote eNotarized loan in the county land records.
Q: Is there concern that eNotarization could open the door to fraud?
Gardner: There are concerns, but the good news is that they are unfounded. The notary performs a basic check of a signer's driver's license or photo ID. They don't do an extensive check and they aren't necessarily required to do anything beyond that. It's entirely possible that in the paper world, a notary could be fooled by a forged ID, and that's a readily accepted risk inherent in the process today. The notary's other primary purpose, whether the documents are paper or electronic, is to witness the signing ceremony and attest that (within the reasonable powers of their observation) the signers did not appear to be under duress when they performed the signing.
Those functions, identification and witness, are no different in the eNotarization world – the only difference is the way the documents are signed. In fact, the identification portion can be much more robust in electronic notary solutions. Pretty much all the solutions out there include advanced options to authenticate the signer's (mortgage borrower's) identity to a higher degree of assurance than what's readily accepted with the cursory driver's license check used in the paper world today.
Gardner and his team will continue to monitor this issue, and we'll bring you more information in this space in the future.
For more information on Docutech, contact Tony Inskeep or Harry Gardner for eNotarization inquiries.


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Security researchers discovered a Magento flaw that could allow threat actors to penetrate and control features within the popular e-commerce site without authentication.
The Adobe-owned company rushed to offer a patch after a blog post on Sucuri late last week outlined details of an injection vulnerability dubbed PRODSECBUG-2198. Cybercriminals would have to download and crack the necessary password hashes to exploit the vulnerability, but once they do, it would be relatively simple to skim credit card numbers or install backdoors.
In fact, the Magento flaw was given a rating of 8.8, or "very easy" in terms of how readily it could be used to target e-commerce sites.
To prove the severity of the threat, researchers said they were able to reverse engineer the official patch and create a working proof of concept of how it might be used by attackers. The vulnerability threatens e-commerce sites that use both the commercial edition of Magento and the open-source version and may go back to some of the product's earliest releases.
So far, attacks in the wild have not been reported. However, researchers said cybercriminals could use the Magento flaw to inject SQL commands to steal admin rights, usernames and passwords, and other sensitive information. Worse, such attacks could be automated to target a wider pool of vulnerable e-commerce sites simultaneously — a serious concern given that Magento has an estimated 300,000 customers.
The patch subsequently released by Magento covers several other bugs. In the meantime, the researchers recommended monitoring for multiple hits to paths such as /catalog/product/frontend_action_synchronize, which might indicate threat actor are trying to exploit the vulnerability.
Effective patch management is critical to defend against threats exploiting the Magento vulnerability. Patch posture reporting can help security teams determine the severity of the threat, when a patch was released, whether other patches have since superseded it and even which machines might be offline for repair. This enables the organization to measure the effectiveness of both its patch management processes and the patches themselves in remediating threats.


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Federal judge orders more changes to troubled foster care system
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Judge demands quick plan from state, seeks information
Keri Blakinger
Jan. 10, 2017 Updated: Jan. 11, 2017 10:16 a.m.
In this July 4, 2008 photo, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack administer the U.S. oath of citizenship to more than 100 area residents representing 25 countries aboard the USS Lexington. Todd Yates/Associated Press
A federal judge has slapped the state of Texas with an exacting interim order demanding more information and prompt plans for a slew of changes to the troubled foster care system at the heart of a long-running class action on behalf of more than 12,000 children in permanent care.
The order asks that, among other things, the state submit a plan for policies overseeing monthly in-person visits, create a central databank for all children in long-term state care and plan to launch a 24-hour hotline for kids to report allegations of abuse and neglect.
"We're making progress," said Paul Yetter, a Houston-based lawyer representing the children.
The order is the latest step in a case that started back in 2011 with a lawsuit alleging that the Texas foster care system violated children's constitutional rights by keeping them in unsafe care, moving them around repeatedly and failing to provide sufficient oversight.
After finding the current system "broken" in a damning 255-page ruling in 2015, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack demanded that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services overhaul how it oversees foster services for the thousands of children in long-term care.
In November, two court-appointed special masters issued 56 recommendations to fix the problems, but the state objected to all of them.
Before issuing a final order, Jack issued Monday's interim action for a series of more immediate plans and information.
"Despite the tremendous accomplishments by the parties to date, the Court is not prepared to enter a final order," she wrote. "The Recommendations of the Special Masters are preliminary in nature and require additional information gathering, input, and supervision by the Court."
In the meantime, the interim order asks for the creation of a number of plans - including one to deal with missing health care records and one to assign an attorney to each child in long-term care - and some studies, including a look at various employee workloads.
In issuing the order, Jack noted the state's own repeated findings of systemic flaws.
"The refusal by the State to accept this burden despite over 20 years of studies conducted by the State or commissioned by the State, all of which found these same deficiencies, brought us to this point."
Yetter celebrated the order as a step in the right direction.
"This is a careful judge who is determined to get it right," he said. "The system is so broken, it can't be fixed without careful study."
But the state pushed back, suggesting that the judge overstepped her bounds.
"Sweeping changes to the state's foster care system should come from state officials, not from un-elected federal judges or their appointed special masters," Marc Rylander, spokesman for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said in a statement.
DFPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins offered a more neutral take on the matter.
"We are carefully reviewing the interim order, which clearly recognizes that Commissioner (Hank) Whitman and state leadership agree with the need for significant improvement of our foster care system," he said.
"We look forward to working with the Texas Legislature on this issue."
A final order is expected later this year.


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Q: Found this one while reviewing close votes I was reviewing close votes on stackoverflow.com, in one question i found this kind of behavior and it's not allowing me to close the question.

What should be causing this? Any explanations?

Should i leave it open?
  Should i edit it?
  Or
  Should i skip it?

Any explanations are welcomed!
Thank you!
Edit: Now the question is closed! Why that popup appeared? How that question closed?
See Screenshot below:

A: Let's say Question A is in the review queue with a dupe close vote of Question B, and you get that message.
The basic explanation would be that both questions had dupe close votes of each other, but were not yet actually closed, at the same time. The votes can't be cast to dupe each other if one is already closed - but the votes can be cast until the closure has actually happened on one or the other.
So, while both had pending dupe close flags waiting, Question B was closed as dupe of Question A. But Question A still has the vote(s) for closure of B.
I'm not sure if it happens enough to be worth adjusting something, but that's the basic cause.


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Bringing the clean food movement to supplements has paid off for this online-first, free-from, non-GMO brand.
All those legacy Southern California supplements companies might need to make way for the next generation, exemplified by hip, millennial start-up Ora Organic, winner of the 2017 NBJ Small Company Growth Award.
The young company, which began exhibiting at Natural Products Expo East in the fall of 2016, grew at a breathtaking 400 percent clip in 2017, and aims to match that in 2018. It's close to a $10 million company today, built on a value proposition that brings the clean food movement to supplements. The company features mostly non-pill formats in either powders or sprays, with all-natural, organic (mostly), non-GMO ingredients. The powders are naturally presented with sumptuous taste profiles, thanks to the vision and expertise of its own in-house chief culinary officer. The company also has a distinctive brand identity, replete with compostable packaging that contains wildflower seeds, so consumers can throw the whole empty box in their garden and watch the flowers grow.
It began as an online-only brand, and is using its digital bona fides to attract and maintain an ever-growing bricks-and-mortar business.
Ora Organic gained notoriety in February 2017 when it appeared on hit television show Shark Tank, which introduces entrepreneurial companies to celebrities with deep pockets in hopes of being early investors in fledgling companies.
At the time, Ora had racked up $415,000 in sales over the first 10 months of its life. Company CEO Will Smelko and co-founder and CCO Ron Chang did an impressive, semi-snarky yet informative 11-minute dog-and-pony show on the company and its mission, and were looking for a $375,000 investment and 5 percent stake in the company.
Leary said he'd give $375,000 for 17 percent.
As some would say, Shark money is the most expensive money you'll ever get. That percentage was too high for the Ora team.
But this number was a good one: 5,810,000. That's the number of people who tuned in to the broadcast. Among them were investors who were not TV personalities and who could more closely approximate Ora's investment desires. The company's wish list included a mentor who understands supplements and sustainable farming and organics and healthy food and nutrition.
The publicity also informed the company that its value proposition could resonate.
One notable decision the company made around organic is in deciding where to exhibit at the Natural Products Expos. Every supplements company positions itself either in the supplements pavilion or, if it is a new company, in the hot products section. Not so with Ora Organic. The team made a conscious choice to place their booth square in the organics aisles of the shows.
That outside-the-box thinking signaling a commitment to organic, clean, plant-based, quality ingredients—not to mention the whole construct around taste—is what led to the company earning two NEXTY awards at the Natural Products Expos. These awards are given to companies that truly stand out, especially on the triumvirate of integrity, innovation and inspiration. On its first Expo appearance, Ora won the Editor's Choice NEXTY, decided at the show. Just six months later, Ora won a juried NEXTY at Expo West 2017.
Supplements companies don't usually have to worry about taste. Yet this is a core tenet of the Ora brand. The company's R&D process starts with Chang, who was a former chef in the L.A. and Santa Barbara, California, restaurant scenes. Tinkering with flavor profiles and combinations to come to the final product takes up many months and dozens of prototypes.
The next generation of consumers demands nothing less. Ora Organic is a mission-driven supplements company serving this consumer desire. And making a fabulous return in the process.


Although the doctors will certainly differ from this view, still I would say that home made tips to get rid of acne are way better than swallowing a handful of those antibiotic and hormone pills everyday. They are certainly better than visiting a skin specialist here, since skin specialists cannot help you out. I have said in some of my past articles that home remedies do not work, and in most cases they do not. However a proper diet and exercise pogram can go a long way to treating your acne.
Acne is natural and almost inevitable, unless you are too lucky. You cannot check this all total and you should not try to do that too. Acne acts as a sort of outlet for the toxins in the body. But again, that does not mean that you let it take its course. Acne is not the problem in itself; rather it is just the expression or symptom. You should try to eliminate the root cause and not suppress the symptom. So! What do we do?
Let me give you some home made tips to get rid of acne. First, when in teens, regular exercise is a must. It may be anything; cycling, jogging, swimming, outdoor sports, athletics and even work outs in a gym. You might notice that athletes face acne les in some cases, and even if they do, the situation does not go worse. This is because regular exercises keep the circulation, digestion, excretion and the whole metabolism in order. When you work out, you perspire, and the more you perspire, more the toxins are removed from the body. The blood circulation increases below and in the skin and stimulates the sebaceous glands to open up their mouths. Further, the heavy perspiration washes away the dead skin and dust deposited on these openings. Along with the sweat, the toxins are also removed from the body, thereby minimizing the chances of acne.
Then there are other benefits too. As the body warms up during work outs, the endocrinal glands start functioning properly and secrete those hormones which regulate or check the production of those hormones which are behind acne. Maintaining good hygiene, less oily food, a regular bath and clear bowels also contribute a lot keeping away this problem. I hope these home made tips to get rid of acne will surely help you have a better time with acne.
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James Neal: Looking To Get Back In The "Flow" Of Things.
Photo credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
By Jason Gregor
James Neal scored 24 goals in his rookie season with the Dallas Stars, and over the next nine seasons, he produced 21+ goals each year. The fewest, 21, came in the lockout-shortened 2013 season and the most, 40, occurred the previous year, 2012, both with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In the first ten years of his career, he produced 21 or more goals. He did it with four different organizations: Dallas, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Las Vegas.
His consistency earned him a five-year contract with a $5.75 million cap from Calgary last summer. Neal and the Flames expected he would score 21 goals. It didn't happen. In fact, he wasn't close, producing only seven goals and 19 points in 63 games with the Flames.
I spoke with Neal a few days after he was acquired by the Edmonton Oilers to get a better sense of what happened last season?
"I think it was a combination of things," said Neal. "You never like making excuses or whining or anything like that, but I think coming off of back-to-back losses in the Stanley Cup finals, and just what you do to get to that point and what you put your body through, I think that any guy who's been there and won or lost in the finals will tell you how much of a grind it is and how hard it is. And then to do it (lose) two years in a row was tough.
"Anytime you lose it kind of wears you mentally. I think maybe I just was not ready for another quick turnaround and going to a new team. There was a lot of stuff going on and I loved my time in Vegas and having things not work out there and then go to Calgary… that it was hard for me."
His response gave me pause. I hadn't thought about two consecutive Cup Final losses. I don't see it as an excuse, just the reality of what he went through. He was on two different teams, lost both times, and then signed in Calgary. Did prognosticators overlook this fact? Probably. I know I did.
Neal believes he can return to his 20-goal ways.
"Looking back on it, everything happens for a reason, but I think for me having a long summer now and being able to get back into the gym, getting the body back to where you need it to be and then getting back to skating earlier and being ready for a big season, I think that's going to help me out a lot. I have another fresh start. I'm really excited about that."
When you struggle or fail to meet your own expectations, you have two choices. You can let it beat you down, or you can learn from it.
Apr 11, 2019; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames left wing James Neal (18) during the face off against the Colorado Avalanche during the third period in game one of the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary Flames won 4-0. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
WHAT DID HE LEARN?
So I asked Neal. What did last year teach you about yourself? How is James Neal a better person now than you were a year ago?
"I think you learn a lot about yourself," he said. "You learn how hard it is to score in this league, how hard it is to be successful in this league, and you can't take anything for granted.
"For me, it was a little bit of a humbling, a time to reset. I know what kind of player I am. I know what kind of person I am, I know what I can bring to a team. Things didn't work out the way we wanted them to in Calgary and now I find myself on a different team.
So, I'm excited about this upcoming opportunity. I think I'm in some of the best shape of my life and I've had the chance to do that and to skate early and to train and to do everything I need to do to get ready. I'm looking forward to this opportunity and I think that with the way the Oilers are shaped up and the way that things are changing there with management and coaching staff I think that we're going to have a great new look. We're going to have a team that has a lot to prove, and even guys individually are going to have a lot to prove. That's going to be a good thing."
He should be confident in his ability to return to his goal-scoring ways. He is currently tied with Bobby Orr at 250th for most NHL goals with 270. He knows how to score goals. His 31 playoff goals have him tied for 165th all-time in the NHL.
Yet, despite all that, many seem prepared to write him off because of a horrible 63-game season where he produced only seven goals. I understand the age factor. You can't discount it, but I don't think age is why Neal fell off a cliff last year.
There isn't one factor when a consistent goal scorer suddenly stops doing what he's done well for a decade. He explained his mindset, and I believe that is arguably the biggest reason for success of any athlete.
Professional athletes work hard. Often the best ones work the hardest, so I don't think Neal's struggles were due to a lack of work ethic. I think it is fair to consider fatigue, or lack of a proper training after two appearances in the Cup Finals, as one factor.
I'd heard about Neal and Bill Peters not getting off on the right foot. Was it true? I have no idea, so I decided to ask Neal.
Was there some friction there between you and Bill Peters?
"No, I don't think so," replied Neal. "I think for us, for me, signing a long-term deal in Calgary I wanted to come in and be a top-six guy. Obviously that didn't happen and for me that was kind of frustrating. For me, it snowballed from the start of the year and once that starts going, your confidence starts going and everything is a battle. You know how it is with how mentally strong you have to be throughout the year. If you want to be your best you have to be playing. For me I just felt like I wasn't and it was hard," said Neal.
His response was interesting. He focused on his views. He couldn't speak for Peters. Neal wanted to be a top-six player regularly, and when they didn't happen he admitted he was frustrated. Then his confidence waned, and when that happens it is very difficult to find success. That isn't an excuse, it is just the reality of the NHL.
More skilled players than Neal have lost their confidence and struggled. The lucky ones rediscover their confidence before weeks turn into months or an entire season. Neal was unable to find his last season. The harsh reality of professional sports is that is on the player. No one can find your confidence for you, in any walk of life. You need to do it on your own.
Sure, a coach can put a player in situations where maybe they will score and regain confidence, but even then it isn't a guarantee. Every situation is different because every player will react differently when their confidence diminishes.
Neal can't change the past, but he will play a major role in the future.
Will he play right wing or left wing in Edmonton? Does it matter to him?
"I'm comfortable on either side," said Neal. "I think it depends on the way that your centreman shoots. I played left wing in Dallas and then when I was traded to Pittsburgh having a left-handed centreman like [Evgeni] Malkin and [Sidney] Crosby and them being able to pass the puck on the forehand to you all of the time, it was an easier time for me to get pucks off and shoot and stuff like that on the right wing. I think that was the biggest thing for the change. And defensively, pucks coming around the wall are pretty easy to get off on your forehand too when you're on the right side. I'm comfortable on either side.
With Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins as the top-two centres (I have Leon Draisaitl starting on LW), it would seem likely we see Neal on the right side. He is their most proven winger, and head coach Dave Tippett coached him a decade ago in Dallas.
The Oilers need Neal to get off to a good start, so why not put him in the best position to succeed, on right wing?
ONUS ON SKILL…
I still believe scoring goals is the most difficult job in the NHL. Those who do it consistently, whether it be EV or on the PP, are very valuable in my eyes.
Neal is pretty good at it, but the NHL is always evolving. How has Neal evolved as a goal scorer?
"I think you have to evolve each year and every offseason," said Neal. "I think it gets harder and harder to score goals as you can see. But I think with your shot, your stick, all of the things that go into being able to be deceptive with things and being able to get pucks off quick. The goalies are so good nowadays so you've got to change maybe your curve or your stick a little bit, anything that can give you a little bit of an edge. And I think that I've done that over the course of my career. I've been fortunate enough to play with great teams and great players. So, I'm looking forward to the opportunity of coming to Edmonton and playing with some really skilled players."
Neal has worked with skills coach Shawn Allard from Perfect Skating for years. He works skills with him and trains with Gary Roberts at St. Andrew's College in Auroro, Ontario.
He got on the ice with Allard in the middle of July, and will hone his skills with him right up until he comes to Edmonton for training camp. They have a specific plan on what to focus skills to focus on.
"We look at where I've scored the majority of my goals from," explained Neal. "You look at the kind of patterns on how I play the game, where I like to go, where I like to get the puck. All of those things. So we kind of just tailor made it right to the way that I play.
Then we just kind of re-calibrated my stride a little bit, get back to getting maybe lower, getting more flexion in your ankles, all of those little things that help you create more speed. I think after a tough year you need to do all of those little things to get back to where you want to be. For me having the summer to be able to do that and to work on all of those things is going to help me tremendously throughout this upcoming year.
Neal is determined to prove last year was a major outlier for him. He has put in the work off and on the ice in the summer hoping it leads to another 20-goal season.
There was one other tidbit I uncovered during our conversation. Many of us are creatures of habit. We like things a certain way, and there are things we do that make us feel better, and when you feel better often you perform better.
It can be simple things. If you are single and you wear your favourite shirt out on the town, you feel more confident starting a conversation with someone who caught your eye. The shirt doesn't make you any better, but you feel more confident in it.
Some guys feel that way about their hair. At the very start of our conversation, I had to read a liner about Shadified Salons. It ends with the tagline, "Where studs like Struds (Jason Strudwick) get their hair cut."
Neal heard this and started laughing and we discovered maybe his struggles were due to something different than age, mental fatigue or a lack of confidence…
Gregor: Where would you rate the importance of hair in your daily life?
Neal: (Laughs) Well I guess you're asking the right guy, its right up there. Pretty close to number one for sure for me.
Gregor: You actually have pretty good flow. You used to show it off in warmup, but you didn't in Calgary. Why?
Neal: Well I think maybe that was the problem in Calgary. We all had to wear a helmet (team rule). So now that I don't have to wear a helmet again, I think I can get my swagger back a little bit. I like that that's (no helmet in warmup) is coming back (laughs).
Maybe all Neal needs to score 20 goals again is to "let his hair down."
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Alternative Properties>Seniors Housing
Chicago Seniors Housing Market Slowly Gains Traction
Jane Adler | Nov 28, 2011
Traditionally considered among the most active seniors housing markets, Chicago's assisted and independent living properties are showing signs of improvement as the local economy slowly recovers and developers make plans for new projects.
The Chicago area is the largest seniors housing market in the Midwest and the third largest nationwide. There are 35,000 units of seniors housing in the six-county Chicago area. In the top 100 metro areas nationwide there are a total of about 773,000 units of seniors housing, defined as assisted and independent living properties.
Occupancy rates in the Chicago area are rising, a sign that seniors housing is recovering after several rough years. During the economic downturn, occupancies declined overall by 560 basis points, from a high of 90 percent in the first quarter of 2006 to a low of 84.4 percent in the first quarter of 2010.
"The Chicago market had a bigger decline than we saw nationwide," says Michael Hargrave, vice president at the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC), which recently held a forum in Chicago on the Midwest seniors housing market. The decline was so steep due to a big growth in inventory of about 4,600 units, notes Hargrave.
But the market is recovering. Occupancies rose to 86.3 percent as of the third quarter of 2011, up now about 200 basis points from the low point. "That's a good sign," says Hargrave.
By property type, independent living buildings in the Chicago area have surprisingly performed a bit better than assisted living facilities. The conventional wisdom during the downturn has been that assisted living properties outperform other property types because seniors who need assisted living services have no choice but to move. However, today's seniors who might want to move to an independent living building may opt to remain in their current homes because it's easier to stay put, and it's hard to sell houses now because of the weak residential market.
Developer plans new project
Focused on the relative strength for independent living buildings, Essex Corporation plans to break ground this spring for an entry-fee retirement project in Northbrook, a suburb north of Chicago. The Lodge of Northbrook is an independent living building and will have 57 units, some as large as 2,230 square feet. Entry fees range from $84,781 to $528,112. Monthly charges are from $889 to $4,259.
Essex has another new Chicago-area project, the Homestead at Morton Grove, opening next April in the northern suburb. "The demographics in these areas are good," says Layne Yahnke, vice president of operations at Essex in Omaha.
According to NIC, occupancies at independent living properties dropped 480 basis points hitting bottom at 85.6 percent in the second quarter of 2009. But occupancies at assisted living properties in the Chicago area dropped by 1,000 basis points during the downturn, bottoming at 80.3 percent in the first quarter of 2010.
The big drop in assisted living occupancies was fueled by a fairly large wave of new construction, notes Hargrave. About 2,000 units of assisted living were added in the Chicago area from 2008-10, a 27 percent hike in inventory.
Market rebounds
Assisted living occupancies are climbing once again, now sitting at 88.4 percent.
Though average occupancy rates provide a window into the health of the overall market, the performance of individual properties is really a story of the "haves" and "have-nots," says Hargrave. In the Chicago area, 52 of the seniors housing properties are 95-100 percent occupied, while 47 properties are 80 percent or less occupied. "It's hard to tell why," says Hargrave. Though he can't explain the occupancy gap, Hargrave doesn't agree with the common wisdom that older properties struggle with occupancy. He cites a number of well-established buildings that are full.
Meanwhile, rent growth in the Chicago area is starting to quicken. In the third quarter of 2011, rent growth year-over-year was up 1.4 percent for assisted living and 1.9 percent for independent living. "That's what we are seeing in other markets," says Hargrave, adding that the increases, however, are not keeping up with the rising costs for food and energy.
Although the Chicago market is improving, there is a cloud on the horizon. Chicago still has a sizeable pipeline of new properties with 1,500 units under way. That's about 4.5 percent of the current inventory. Nationwide, in the top 31 markets, inventory growth is just 1.5 percent. "This is something to monitor," says Hargrave. On the plus side, absorption of units is outpacing construction starts. "That's encouraging," he says.
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