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Cryptocurrencies have taken the financial world by storm, offering investors exciting opportunities. However, with the rise of cryptocurrencies, the risk of losing your assets to scams, hacks, or technical glitches has also increased. In this article, we will explore the world of crypto asset recovery and the importance of legitimate crypto recovery companies.
Understanding Crypto Asset Recovery
What Are Crypto Assets?
Crypto assets are digital currencies or tokens that exist solely in electronic form. Unlike traditional currencies, they are decentralized, often making them more vulnerable to theft or loss.
How Can Crypto Assets Be Lost?
There are several ways crypto assets can be lost:
- Hacking: Cybercriminals can target cryptocurrency wallets or exchanges.
- Loss of Private Keys: Losing access to your private keys means losing access to your assets.
- Scams: Deceptive schemes can trick you into sending your cryptocurrencies to fraudsters.
The Importance of Legitimate Crypto Recovery Companies
legitimate crypto recovery companies play a crucial role in helping individuals and businesses recover lost or stolen crypto assets. They offer expertise, experience, and legal support that can make the difference between losing everything and reclaiming your investments.
Common Scams in the Crypto Asset Recovery Industry
Fake Recovery Services
Beware of fraudulent recovery services that promise to recover your assets but disappear once they receive your payment. Legitimate companies do not demand upfront fees.
Advance Fee Frauds
Scammers may request a significant upfront fee, claiming it is necessary for the recovery process. Authentic recovery firms only charge fees after successfully recovering your assets.
How to Identify a Legitimate Crypto Recovery Company
When choosing a crypto recovery company, consider the following:
- Credentials: Ensure they have a proven track record and are registered legally.
- Transparency: A reputable company will be transparent about its processes and fees.
- Reviews and Testimonials: Read reviews and ask for references from satisfied clients.
The Recovery Process
Legitimate crypto recovery companies follow a systematic approach to asset recovery:
You’ll provide information about your case, and they will assess its feasibility.
Experts will trace your assets, often involving blockchain analysis.
A tailored plan is developed to maximize the chances of success.
If necessary, legal actions may be initiated to recover assets from wrongdoers.
Legitimate recovery companies have a history of successfully retrieving assets. Here are some real-life examples that demonstrate their effectiveness.
Costs and Fees
Authentic companies are clear about their pricing structures and do not surprise clients with hidden charges.
Beware of Hidden Charges
Be cautious of companies that add unexpected costs once the recovery process is underway.
Tips for Protecting Your Crypto Assets
- Safeguard your private keys.
- Use secure wallets and exchanges.
- Stay vigilant against phishing attempts.
- Educate yourself about crypto security.
Crypto asset recovery is a lifeline for those who have lost their valuable investments. Legitimate recovery companies provide hope and a path to reclaiming what was lost. However, the crypto world is full of scams, so it’s essential to do your due diligence and choose a reputable company wisely.
- What is a crypto asset recovery company? A crypto asset recovery company specializes in helping individuals and businesses recover lost or stolen cryptocurrency assets.
- How do I know if a crypto recovery company is legitimate? Look for credentials, transparency, and positive reviews. Avoid companies that demand upfront fees.
- Can all lost crypto assets be recovered? While there are no guarantees, legitimate recovery companies have a high success rate in recovering lost assets.
- Are there any legal actions involved in crypto asset recovery? Yes, in some cases, legal procedures may be necessary to recover assets from scammers or wrongdoers.
- What steps can I take to protect my crypto assets? Protect your private keys, use secure wallets and exchanges, be cautious of phishing attempts, and educate yourself about crypto security best practices.

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This small chain can be found in several cities, bringing a sleek setting with a lovely outdoor patio and credible food and service. Who knew how nicely burrata goes with honey, za’atar, and butternut, kabocha, and delicata squashes? Lovely. No surprise, though, that a pile of greens propped up with wedges of manchego and scattered chunks of Gorgonzola, walnuts, tomatoes, and fresh figs could be anything but good. We also savored our salad with spicy shrimp and seared salmon, tossed with avocado, fennel, arugula, heirloom tomato, and a citrus dressing, as well as a paella noir with squid ink rice, a load of seafood, and a side of saffron aioli.
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Perez Falls Down: Blumenthal Falls Up
Perez’s appointed end had been visible to most political watchers soon after stories began to surface in the press concerning favors done by contractor Carlos Costa for Perez at a time when the memory of similar favors conferred upon former Governor John Rowland were still fresh in the mind of everyone but partisan Democratic politicians who had supported the Hartford mayor over the years.
Democratic politicians were a little slow on the uptake. After Perez’s verdict was read out by the jury – the Mayor is facing a possible 50 year sentence – one columnist noted that Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was somewhat laggard in this regard: “I think it's fair to ask Richard Blumenthal, who has announced his intention to use the fairly new pension and benefits law against Perez, why he saw fit to endorse Perez in 2007 when the basic facts of the renovations case against Perez were a matter of record? These facts haven't changed much at all from then until yesterday, when they were good enough to make six people return guilty verdicts. Why weren't they good enough to make Blumenthal withhold his endorsement?”
Of course, Blumenthal has not been out and about in the public arena since his numerous lies concerning his military service in Vietnam surfaced weeks ago, and so he is unlikely to face a firing squad of journalists any time soon.
And indeed, why should Blumenthal submit to the indignity of media questioning: He is 20 points ahead in the polls? The usual dog-eared political playbook recommends a low profile for prospective U.S. senators who are that far ahead of their competitors six months before an election. And it has been agreed by a majority of Connecticut reporters and commentators that the attorney general has over a period of more than 20 years accumulated enough wish-you-well points to survive even stolen valor charges, a fatal banana peel for politicians less happily situated than Blumenthal.
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In junior high sports action for Mulberry Grove teams last week, the baseball Eagles improved their record to 3 and 0 with an 11 to 0 victory over Brownstown/St. Elmo.
The Eagles play at Patoka on Tuesday and host Sandoval Wednesday.
In softball play, Mulberry Grove defeated Beecher City/Cowden Herrick 25 to 15. The softball girls travel to Patoka Tuesday, go to St. Elmo Wednesday and play at Ramsey Thursday.


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On the 18th of June, the Board of Directors of American Apparel, Inc. voted to replace Dov Charney as Chairman and notified him of its intent to terminate his employment as President and CEO for cause. The termination was to have been effective following a 30-day cure period required under the terms of Mr. Charney’s employment agreement. However, before that could happen, the company and Charney have recently come to an agreement whereby Charney will be hired as a special consultant, at his same base salary, while the company conducts an investigation into the allegations that lead the board of directors to oust Charney in the first place. These allegations include misusing company funds, engaging in and covering up sexual harassment, and leaking nude photos of a woman who claimed she was his sex slave (her lawsuit against the company for $250 million was recently thrown out of court). Charney took umbrage with the existence of an investigation that took place without his feedback and about issues that the company was well aware of. He threatened to sue and now he’s back.
Say what you will about Charney but it’s difficult to imagine the company without him at the helm. His vision defines the clothing line’s style and his sensibilities have kept the company’s manufacturing in the US at a time when every single major clothing retailer and wholesaler manufactures their clothing in overseas sweatshops. Sure, from a corporate perspective, Charney’s shenanigans are problematic, but if there is truth to the notion that no publicity is bad publicity, Charney has been a veritable gold-mine for American Apparel.
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Virtual Reality and the Syrian Refugee Camps: Humanitarian Communication and the Politics of Empathy
In recent years, virtual reality (VR) has gained traction in humanitarian communication through its utopian promises of copresence, experiential immediacy, and transcendence. I analyze three communication texts that engage with the Syrian refugee crisis. Two were made using immersive technology, and one is a traditional documentary. The article argues that VR brings new techniques of experiential immediacy to the practice of humanitarian communication, but it also uses meaning-making codes in the simulations of other peoples and spaces. Therefore, VR remains subject to the operations of dominant ideologies. Comparing these artifacts, the article demonstrates that although immersive technologies foreground the primacy of nonmediation, ignoring the structures of representation defangs the political possibilities of humanitarian communication.


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Two local gay rights advocates say they view the Omaha City Council's resolution to oppose workplace discrimination as a positive first step in their fight, but only that.
“Yes, we should encourage people to do the right thing, but we should also take the step to make it clear that it is illegal to do the wrong thing,” said the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones, who is gay and the senior minister of First Central Congregational United Church of Christ in Omaha.
The council voted 7-0 to approve the resolution after Jones and Michael Gordon of the local gay rights coalition Equal Omaha spoke at Tuesday's council meeting.
The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce also weighed in to support the resolution, which was introduced by three council members who voted against efforts to grant legal protections to gay and transgender residents in 2010.
Tuesday's resolution comes as a new debate brews over such protections. But it's unclear whether the resolution will be seen as an alternative to council member Ben Gray's planned effort to change the city's anti-discrimination ordinances to include gay and transgender residents.
Under city ordinances, discrimination based on such factors as marital status, age, race and gender already is prohibited.
The resolution was sponsored by council members Jean Stothert, Garry Gernandt and Thomas Mulligan.
Stothert said the resolution was intended to “rise above the rhetoric” of the ongoing debate.
“What we really need to do at this point in time is say all people are important to us,” she said. “It's a positive statement. … Positive messages are always a good thing.”
Gray at first said he'd vote against the resolution, saying it lacked teeth. But he changed his position Tuesday and even introduced a motion to approve it.
The resolution doesn't do much good, but there's no harm in it either, Gray said Tuesday. The councilman reiterated his plans to propose amendments to city discrimination ordinances by the end of the month.
“Discussion of this issue is of paramount importance,” Gray said.
The resolution's language was carefully crafted to avoid specifically mentioning any group.
Instead, it says, “All people possess an innate human dignity that must be acknowledged and respected.”
The council also pledges to work with business and community leaders to promote workplaces that “promote respect and eliminate any workplace discrimination,” according to the resolution.
Chamber President David Brown, in a letter to the council, said the resolution would “reinforce Omaha's image as the best place to live and work.”
“Omaha is certainly a welcoming and inclusive place,” Brown wrote, “But we do need to constantly reinforce that — from government leadership to individual employers and associations.”
Wendy Boyer, the chamber's vice president of community affairs, said Brown's comments reiterated part of the chamber's position from 2010.
She said the chamber would not take a position on Gray's proposal until it was formally introduced.
Gray's amendments to the city's anti-discrimination ordinances would allow gay and transgender residents who believed that they were fired over their orientation, suffered other workplace discrimination or were refused service at a restaurant, hotel or other place that serves the public to file a complaint with Omaha's Human Rights and Relations Department.
Draft language in the proposal, provided to The World-Herald, would exclude all religious organizations from adhering to provisions prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Employers would not be required to provide employment benefits to same-sex partners under the proposal.
In 2010, the chamber's executive committee, Christian-oriented policy groups and others urged council members to vote against the changes. Chamber officials had argued that the ordinance would impose ambiguous and unclear regulations and would be difficult for businesses to implement.
The issue, the chamber said, would be best resolved at the state or federal level, and it encouraged the City Council to work with community groups to come up with a voluntary approach to creating an inclusive workplace.
Meanwhile, State Sen. Beau McCoy of Omaha has introduced a bill in the Legislature that would bar Nebraska cities and local governments from unilaterally creating new classes of residents protected from discrimination. McCoy's Legislative Bill 912 would grant such authority solely to the state.
A hearing on the bill is scheduled for Feb. 22 before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.
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The Foreign Ministry on Thursday criticized the U.S.'s recent statement about the protests over the appointment of a new rector at Boğaziçi University, saying that it is nobody’s place to interfere in the internal affairs of Turkey.
In a statement, the ministry highlighted that Turkey guarantees the right to convene and protest under the Constitution.
Noting that security forces have been carrying out their responsibilities in line with the law, the ministry also revealed they had uncovered cases of individuals with ties to terrorist groups attempting to provoke the protesters.
“Necessary and proportional precautions are being taken against these unlawful acts,” the statement said.
"Recent images of disproportionate violence by security forces to innocent and civilian citizens in the slightest objection against the government in many countries – which have been called ‘developed' democracies – are still in the memory," it added.
The ministry had a word of advice for those trying to lecture Turkey on democracy and law while not taking into consideration the country's legal approach to the situation, telling them to first "take a look at themselves."
Turkey has been demonstrating its determination to protect fundamental rights and freedoms under the Constitution through the reforms it carries out and its continued fight against terrorism, the ministry noted.
On Tuesday, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said that of the arrested, 79 were members of terrorist organizations, including the DHKP/C and TKP-ML.
Boğaziçi University, one of the most prestigious higher education institutions in Turkey, became the center of violent protests last month after the appointment of Melih Bulu as the rector. Just as the protests began to relatively die down, another incident occurred, sparking further outcry leading protesters to convene once more at the campus. Over the weekend, four people were detained when they unfurled a picture depicting the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, with an LGBT flag.
Police have detained dozens of people over the past two days as violent riots broke out in the city’s Kadıköy district on the Asian side Tuesday evening. Demonstrators clashed with police trying to disperse their unauthorized rally, and 105 were detained for charges including resisting police, holding an unauthorized gathering and assault on a police vehicle.
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CUMBUM: On a day when the Supreme Court trashed the petition of Kerala government over storing water up to 142 feet in Mullaiperiyar Dam, the forest officials at Thekkady too relented on Wednesday and allowed the National Security Guards team to inspect the security arrangements at the century-old water body along with the Tamil Nadu Public Works Department officials.
However, the officials of the Tamil Nadu PWD were asked to sign in Kerala forest department’s register before heading to the dam.
“To avoid further embarrassment to the NSG team, we signed in the register of the forest department. The members reviewed the security arrangements at the dam,” said a senior PWD official and quickly added that the PWD officials would not budge to the demand of the Kerala forest officials hereafter. The four-member team of NSG, including chief commandant Mohan, senior commandants, Vijay and Raghunathan, along Tamil Nadu PWD senior officials like Mullaiperiyar dam assistant Executive Engineer A Soundaram, sub-divisional officer Akbar Ali and engineer Ramamuthy, were stopped at the jetty around 11 am by Thekkady forest ranger Sanjeevan and his team and asked to sign the register. Heeding their instruction, the assistant executive engineer Soundaram then signed in the register.
Subsequently, the NSG team conducted a two-hour inspection of the security arrangement at the dam site. “The main focus of the NSG team was to find out if there was any possibility for a terror attack on the 152-foot structure. As part of their mission, the team also checked all the routes to find out if saboteurs can make their way to the dam,” said a PWD official.
In 2012, when the NSG team visited the dam, the level in the dam stood only at 136 feet. Pointing out that this was the NSG team’s first visit after the storage was raised to 142 feet following the apex court order, sources claimed, “This time they are making a fresh assessment of the security arrangements at the dam.”
Meanwhile the farmers from Theni district, led by Mullaiperiyar Dam Retrieval Committee Chairman Ranjith Kumar, staged a protest at Pennycuick memorial condemning the Kerala officials for repeatedly preventing the PWD officials from visiting the dam.


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Apple Arcade saw the launch of the NBA 2K franchise on the platform back in 2021, and NBA 2K22 followed last year. Now Apple has announced that NBA 2K23 will be coming to its gaming service in October, featuring everything you love about the franchise plus a brand new “Greatest” mode.
Apple has added NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition to its “Coming Soon” list of titles in the Arcade tab of the App Store.
With an expected launch date of October 18th, the hit NBA 2K franchise is bringing an exclusive version of the game to Apple Arcade for this year’s release. This includes a brand new “Greatest” mode.
“Coming soon to Apple Arcade; NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition is the latest title in the world famous NBA 2K series. Test your skills exclusively in Apple Arcade in the brand new “Greatest” mode. Complete challenges and rack up points to see who really is the best finisher, shooter, playmaker or defender in the NBA. For the first time you can compete against the 20 “Greatest of All Time” NBA players from the 76th NBA season like Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Luka Doncic, and NBA legends like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and Dirk Nowitzki.”
You can tap “Get” in the game’s Apple Arcade listing here to automatically download it once it’s available on October 18th.
Key Features of NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition
- Start your NBA journey – from young rookie to NBA legend
- Create your player and choose physical attributes such as height, span, weight, playstyle and more
- Choose your position and play on your favorite NBA team
- Change your stats and build: become a 3-dot specialist, or dominate and dive into color
- Enter your own private MyCOURT and practice exercises and tutorials to improve your skills
- Become the GM and Head Coach of your favorite NBA franchise and build your NBA dream team in The Association
- Manage your NBA roster and make trades, sign free agents, scout up-and-coming talent, and control your team’s finances
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- Test your skills with authentic basketball gameplay, choose your favorite NBA team and compete in 5v5 basketball matches against rivals from across the NBA
- Blacktop Mode: Choose your favorite players and play street basketball in 1v1, 3v3 or 5v5 game modes
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- Choose one of 30 NBA teams and take on a friend in 3v3 street basketball in Blacktop mode
- Online Multiplayer Games: Play real-time PVP basketball in online matches
- Play alone or against friends via iCloud – on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV.
- Compatibility with Xbox or PS DualShock controllers
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In your factory, you might use a lot of equipment that is powered by gas. However, you may also have many electrical components that are in use as well. If this is the case, you should think about using a current sensor. Basically, a good current sensor will help detect how much current each item needs and will send the right amount of current to that electrical component. These are a few reasons why this can be handy in a factory setting.
1. Avoid Damaging Delicate Electrical Components
For one thing, you should think about the fact that some of your factory's electrical components are probably a lot more sensitive than others. Some of your industrial equipment might require a lot of current in order to operate, but other items could be damaged by too much current. Because of this, you could have to worry about more delicate electrical components receiving too much energy and being damaged because of it.
2. Conserve Energy
Conservation of energy is probably something that is very important to your company. Not only do you have to worry about conserving the gas that is used to power some of your machinery and other equipment, but you may also want to put a focus on using the minimum amount of electricity necessary. One good way that your factory can conserve electricity is by using a current sensor. Then, only the necessary amount of power will be sent to each electrical device or component. It will be enough energy to power the component, but it won't waste any unnecessary electricity in the process.
3. Detect Problems Immediately
Detecting problems with electrical components can be tough to do. One good thing about a current sensor is the fact that it can help you detect problems with your electrical components very quickly. Some of these sensors are designed to notify you if there seems to be a change in current, so you can then determine where the problem is coming from and can address it as soon as possible.
As you can see, if you aren't always using a current sensor for the electrical items in your factory, now is the time to install one. If you hire a good electrician who has experience in working with industrial businesses like yours, you can find out more about the various types of hall effect current sensors that are out there, and you can have the right one installed for your factory's needs.


text: It's Pride Month in the civilized world (and here where I live in Missouri, too) so I'll be participating in a couple of LGBT blogathons in the coming weeks. One of them is the LGBT Blogathon sponsored by YAM Magazine. The other is the Queer Film Blogathon held by Caroline over at the awesome Garbo Laughs. They run one right after another, so that'll be two weeks' worth of delicious queerness (and a bunch of crabby bitching about trans depictions in film, I'm sure). With any kind of luck, I'll be able to find some queer subtext in Prometheus or Brave, too, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll still write about them, though.


NEW YORK – (June 25, 2020) – The Dodo, the most-engaged with media brand globally on mobile, today announced that it will premiere its first long-form family special, “Summer at Home with Toby the Toad” via its YouTube channel with more than 6.5 million subscribers. The 30-minute, live-action special, produced entirely remotely, is sponsored by Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. “Summer at Home with Toby the Toad” will engage the entire family whose summer plans are being disrupted during the current pandemic and elicit heartwarming, funny, and honest feelings about summer at home. The Dodo’s special will also feature a reading of excerpts from The Dodo’s book “Pumpkin’s Story,” published by Scholastic.
“The Dodo is excited to partner with Kraft on our first long-form family special, which we hope helps those whose daily lives have been impacted by the pandemic and whose summers may look different than others they’ve experienced,” said Dave Glauber, Creative Lead of Dodo Kids.
"The Dodo constantly brings joy to all ages and creates feel-good programming that is not only brand-safe, but family friendly," said Group Nine's Chief Revenue Officer, Geoff Schiller. "We're thrilled to partner with Kraft Macaroni & Cheese on The Dodo’s first TV-length family special as we aim to brighten their time at home this summer."
Toby the Toad, is a bit of a grump. But if there’s one thing he loves, it’s hanging out in his dollhouse home. And after years of staying inside 24/7, he’s an absolute master at amusing himself indoors. That’s why Toby’s made it his mission to help those who may be staying inside a lot this summer. As the host of The Dodo’s new live-action special, Toby will share advice, activities, and videos to help families have the best time in a very unusual summer.
About The Dodo:
The Dodo is the #1 media brand for reach on mobile in the U.S. [Nielsen DCR, November 2019], and the most engaged with media brand globally across all content genres [Tubular Labs, February 2020]. We tell fun, entertaining, emotional stories about animals that make people laugh, cry happy tears, feel ALL the feels, and fall in love with animals. In December 2016, The Dodo joined forces with NowThis, Thrillist and Seeker to form Group Nine Media — the #1 video publisher on mobile in the U.S. [Nielsen DCR, March 2020].


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The flow of polymeric fluids
The thesis is concerned with the flow of polymeric fluids and their response to deformations. The current state of research into the rheology of polymers is reviewed and an introduction to non-Newtonian fluid mechanics is given. A novel numerical algorithm for simulating the flow of non-Newtonian fluids is presented, in which the fluid is represented by a set of Lagrangian particles embedded in it. Each particle carries a velocity and a stress with it as it moves through the flow geometry. The velocity gradient tensor and the divergence of the stress tensor are calculated for each particle by averaging over the neighbouring particles. The velocity is changed according to a discretised form of the equation of conservation of momentum and the stress is updated according to the constitutive equation for the fluid. Extra algorithms are presented to deal with the boundary conditions. The simulation is used to study the two-dimensional flow of a co-rotational Maxwell fluid past an array of cylinders between two walls. In the second part of the thesis, a computer simulation is developed which will allow the constitutive equation for a polymer melt to be replaced by a numerical version. Previous computer simulations of polymers are reviewed and a new, real space, reptation model is presented. This model is shown to have the correct behaviour for a reptating chain and is used to study the stress response to a step shear deformation. The long-term behaviour agrees with reptation theory, but the short-time behaviour is also found.


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Purchasing Document Adjustment
Purchasing document adjustment functionality helps to re-price the purchase order, whenever its corresponding valid source condition records gets updated. Valid source includes Info records, Purchasing contracts or other independent condition records. This article will explain key activities related to the new process implementation of purchasing document adjustment.
Sources of Purchasing:
Business normally uses Info records or purchasing contracts to maintain agreed prices with vendors apart from individual condition records based on vendors.
Price update for open purchase orders – Lots of manual activity, Such as extract open PO’s and update price for each purchase orders manually using purchase order change transaction codes
Purchasing Document Adjustment:
SAP has provided a standard transaction code MEI1 to update latest price from Info record or Contract. A set of prerequisite configuration (of course it needs Authorization too) is required to make use of this transaction code. Otherwise user will end up getting the following error
IMG > Materials Management > Purchasing > Conditions > Automatic Document Adjustment > Direct Entry for Creating Worklist > Activation of the Direct Entry for Creating the Worklist
Set Direct entry indicator for the Purchase order document category (01) by using Program “RMEBEMIG” before completing activation of the Direct Entry worklist configuration.
IMG > Materials Management > Purchasing > Conditions > Automatic Document Adjustment > Control Document Adjustment > Control Purchasing Document Adjustment
The priority for the source for the price change:
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IMG > Materials Management > Purchasing > Conditions > Automatic Document Adjustment > Activate Change Pointer for Message Category CONDBI
Process to update Price for Open Purchase order:
Open purchase order is the one which does not have goods receipt posted. Transaction MEI1 will pick the list open purchase orders whenever its corresponding valid info record or contract price gets changed.
The following activities needs to be completed before executing MEI1.
Set “Doc. Index active”
Select “Price date Category” (Mandatory, other than PO creation date)
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With this process, first worklist will be created for the price change before processing the transaction MEI1. Note, Direct entry indicator for the Purchase order document category (01) needs to be deactivated by using Program “RMEBEMIG”.
This article explained configuration settings and process steps required to process open purchase orders for price update from Contract/Info record. In case of any queries and clarifications requesting the aspirant consultants to contact the author without any hesitation.
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The kitchen is fully equipped with a full size electric range/oven, refrigerator with ice maker, and all small appliances. All the pots & pans,dishes, flatware, glasses, etc. you need to prepare & serve meals & snacks are provided. A gas grill is on the street side deck,with 2 picnic tables.
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The covered boat lift has room for your boat. Bring your canoe, jet ski,etc. We have table/ chairs/ umbrella/ lounge chairs/ swings for your comfort. The water is about 8' deep at the end of the dock, and clear, so you can see the fish swimming, and warm enough for you to swim and play. The bathroom has a shower. Fair Haven is a small town on the South East "corner" of Lake Onterio. Little Sodus Bay is the 3rd largest bay off the lake - about 1 mile wide x 2 miles long.
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Fleeing war and the death of her family, Eve has carefully constructed a new life for herself in London.
Yet she is troubled by vivid, disturbing dreams, symptoms of her traumatic past, which intrude increasingly on her daily life. As she is drawn further into her dream world, she finds herself caught up in a fresh battle for survival.
Set between London and an imagined setting of Enanti, The Shifting Pools sees Eve confronting what she has avoided all her adult life – confronting the Shadow Beast that haunts her nightmares. Her energies have been devoted to shutting away the dark events of her past – barricading her into the superficially successful world. Now those walls are crumbling. She must choose whether to reinforce them, or face the elements again, stand in the wind and rediscover the heart of herself.
Lyrical and insightful, charged throughout with a sense of the beautiful urgency of life, The Shifting Pools offers a unique way of looking at the wounds of war, the act of remembering, the fragmentation of self, the inexplorable seeping of the past into our present, and finding a way home.
Published by Lightning Books
Paperback – 350 pages
|I found this book to be a seriously stunning debut that took me as a reader on a haunting and spiritual journey, following the story of Eve as she faces her nightmares. I adored this book!!
It is beautifully written and cleverly split into sections as we see her now in London coming to terms with her past as those nightmares are now consuming her daytime. We get to look back at what she faced as a child and how that severely impacted her and explains why she feels so lost and alone now. And it also introduces a fantasy world element where she escapes to and becomes more aware of how she has hidden too much away and that is why she is struggling in the present.
It really delves into the blurred lines between reality and fantasy and how we all put up barriers to hide our true selves, and that sometimes the nightmares we face are often the key to understanding how to move on.
Eve is such a fascinating character – going from the carefree, happy childhood she shared with her family, through the horrors of war and how that ripped her heart apart, and then how she moved to London to be with her aunt and uncle who weren’t big on sharing their feelings which made her feel closed off and why she now feels the need to see a psychotherapist to try and shed light on the meaning of the nightmares, and her behaviour and her craving for nothingness as she lives life in limbo.
The fantasy world element of Enanti, was one I wasn’t expecting to embrace but it worked so well in this context. It felt surreal but grounded and spoke to me as a reader with its’ messages of how you deal with tragedy in your life, how we all ‘hide in plain sight’ through tougher times and that feeling of letting go and not trying to control every emotion. The fantasy element was part of her coping mechanism and allowed her to see things more clearly and really added emotional depth to the story.
This was a haunting, thoughtful and powerful story that I devoured in one sitting as I just couldn’t tear myself away from Eve and her journey. The imagery really popped off the page too which brought the story to life. A truly memorable reading experience and one I won’t forget for a long while. Highly recommended!!
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Percival Everett writes novels, short stories, poetry, and essays, and is one of the most prolific, acclaimed, yet under-examined African American writers working today. Although to date Everett has published eighteen novels, three collections of short fiction, three poetry collections, and one chil...
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This is part of a series on Transgender Rights and Marxism. I’m looking at the state of trans activism today, the record of LGBT identity politics and whether Queer Theory offers a way forward. In today’s blog post, I want to look at the rise of identity politics in the 1970s and both its upsides and downsides. Then the first indication from the late 1970s to the present day that some feminists were going to become sworn enemies of trans people – and why that happened.
I came out in the 1980s at a time when AIDS had both devastated but also emboldened the LGBT community. As we burst into the 1990s, pressure groups ranging from mildly reformist to direct action demanded a lowering of the age of consent from 21 years of age; gay marriage and an end to discrimination in jobs, housing, and financial services.
At the same time, the gay bar and club scene in my native London expanded so fast I used to call it ‘gay imperialism’. One pub after another became a ‘gay bar’. After the grim times of the 80s, what wasn’t to like about some strident identity politics? I guess for me it all reached a climax attending the New York Pride marches year after year in the early 2000s cheering on the likes of Hillary Clinton as she waved to us striding down Fifth Avenue.
It was a far cry from the politics I’d adhered to in the early 1980s. A member of a Marxist group called Militant with my nose hidden in the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky. A firm believer in the prime role of the working class in changing society and creating a socialist future.
So, what happened to me and many others? Defeats for the organisations of the working class – the trade unions and left-wing parties is what happened. Add to that the collapse of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991. Not that many of us supported the rotten Stalinism that had long established itself. But the continued existence of the USSR nevertheless evidenced that another kind of society was possible. After 1991, that was punctured.
With the end of Soviet rule came the complete victory of neo-liberalism, which extended into all spheres of life. The cult of the individual was paramount in both the political and economic realms. The working class was atomised. There was no such thing as society – as Margaret Thatcher once opined. And the whole idea of building a movement to transform society seemed like a forlorn hope postponed for the indefinite future. Because for now – history was over as the American political economist Francis Fukyuama declared at the time.
And did that impact LGBT politics – and the fight for trans rights? Yep – you bet it did! Didn’t matter if you’d never read a word of Karl Marx in your life. The retreat of Marxism would impact thinking across all branches of liberation politics.
Now, an older generation than me (born, say, in the 1940s) would point to 1968 as the beginning of the end for Marxist dominance in left-wing thought – a year of revolt by workers and students that ended in defeat. From that point, an intellectual movement got underway that shoved the Marxist historical meta-narrative to the side as well as the whole notion of the need to build a united movement for change. Post-modernism and post-structuralism came to the fore. This had a seismic impact on both the feminist and LGBT movements.
Whereas as a Marxist in the early 1980s, I’d been told to “put myself on the standpoint of the working class” and almost humble myself as a callow, middle class youth before the proletariat – it was all change in the 1990s. Increasingly, I defined myself through my sexuality. Becoming, in effect, a small part of the all-conquering identity politics of the last quarter of the 20th century. This coincided with coming out to everybody I knew and to an extent retreating into a gay ghetto. Though that wasn’t necessarily an unpleasant experience. It meant new friendships and some incredible experiences!
But what I soon discovered was that within the gay sub-set of LGBT – there were hidden hierarchies and discrimination. “A-Gays” – affluent homosexuals – looked down on less well-off gays. Black and Asian gays shared their experience of racism on the scene. There was also a strong awareness that we were a commercial market. And dismay among many LGBT people as our annual London Pride event became something we watched from the sidelines – as endless corporate floats drifted by – as opposed to being in the march as we had been in the past.
LGBT liberation through capitalism?
All that said, by the end of the first decade of the 21st century, LGBT identity politics and capitalism seemed to have found common ground. Human Resources departments couldn’t do enough, it seemed, to accommodate their LGBT employees. As one commentator put it:
“Due to current forms of capitalism, employers have a need to keep employees happy and enable them to seek meaning through their jobs. As a result, LGBT employees and their allies have seized upon the opportunity by creating spaces that enable social support and working toward organisational change.”
It appeared that capitalism might confound Engels by accommodating non-nuclear families and LGBT people into the system. There was no need to overthrow capitalism. You just had to convince the capitalists that LGBT people posed no real threat, were a potential market and could also be great employees even ascending to the boardroom without the sky crashing down.
But for trans people – there were still huge obstacles in the way and dangers abounded. Not least, a wave of hatred from within the feminist and LGBT movements. Identity politics was about to show its very ugly face.
FIND OUT MORE: Karl Marx meets Transgender Rights
Feminist identity politics and trans activism
How on earth did some feminists end up declaring war on trans people? Let’s journey back to the dawn of what’s termed Second Wave Feminism. The era of struggle for women’s rights from the 1960s to the 1990s. You could call it Boomer Feminism. Significant reforms were won but this era concluded with the first fiery broadside from within the ranks of feminism aimed at transgender people.
So, how did Second Wave Feminism begin?
In 1963, journalist Betty Friedan authored The Feminine Mystique. This bestselling book was a polemic against the notion that women should stick to being dutiful housewives and mothers. It was snapped up voraciously by women who felt their lives were disappearing down the kitchen sink plughole.
But twenty years later, the black feminist bell hooks (her pen name had no capital letters) asked a pertinent question of Friedan: where are the black and working-class women in your book? Friedan’s concern, she alleged, was for college-educated white women who were bored with home life. But for millions of women there was no husband paying the bills and far from spending all day in the kitchen, they were in factories, or cleaning floors or even working the streets.
It would have been a stinging criticism for Friedan because for many years – she was a Marxist activist. In real life, Friedan was about as remote from the bored housewives she was writing about as you could possibly imagine. At college, she had fought for the unionisation of maids on campus and as a freelance political journalist was known in left-wing circles for her pro-Soviet stance.
But after publishing The Feminine Mystique, all that hinterland got brushed under the carpet. Pardon the housewife metaphor. And her critics on the feminist left denounced her evolution into a very establishment, liberal feminist.
However as co-founder and president of the National Organisation for Women (NOW) Friedan was undoubtedly a champion of equality and abortion rights, achieving many reforms and bringing the feminist debate into millions of homes – even if it was often the subject of ridicule and misogynist jibes.
Friedan, though, was not so hot on LGBT related issues. As she put it: “Homosexuality…is not, in my opinion, what the women’s movement is all about”. Friedan was worried that lesbians – or the “lavender menace” as she referred to them in 1969 – would undermine her lobbying the establishment for women’s rights. She didn’t want to be seen as anti-family and fretted that supporting lesbian rights was a step too far for NOW.
In 1970, a group of lesbian feminists reacted to Friedan’s peevishness by forming a group they mockingly called – the Lavender Menace. Part of a long tradition in politics of appropriating the other side’s insulting term for you. This led to a realignment of some lesbian feminists away from both the Gay Liberation Front and the mainstream feminist movement to advance the cause of lesbian feminism.
But the problem Betty Friedan had with lesbians would be as nothing compared to the looming bust up between some Second Wave Feminists, lesbians, and transgender people. To understand this, let’s just restate in simple terms what trans activists wanted. Their core demand was official recognition by the authorities of who they are outside of the binary categories of male and female.
That gender recognition should not involve a long, bureaucratic process involving medical practitioners and psychologists. They also, like gays and lesbians, wanted the right to marry. And yes, male-to-female trans felt access to rest rooms of their choice was only fair as well as membership of sports teams that fitted with their chosen identity.
A significant number of Second Wave Feminists and lesbian activists were having none of that. In their take on identity politics – nobody becomes female. You’re born that way or not. There is no middle ground. The idea that you can ‘feel’ you’re a woman is anathema because the very notion of femininity is a “ritualised submission” foisted on women by society which transgender people reinforce with claims such as having a female brain in a male body.
To these Second Wave Feminists, if you’re born a man then you never lose your privilege even if you choose to become a woman. As a woman can never experience that choice. When a male-to-female trans individual demands acceptance as a woman, it’s just yet another display of male entitlement. But then the argument is taken one step further to a point at which any compromise is impossible. Let me break it down into a deductive syllogism that I don’t think is simplistic but spot on:
- All men are rapists
- Male-to-female transgender are basically men
- Therefore, male-to-female transgender people are rapists
That is the argument in a nutshell. Obviously, I don’t endorse it just to be clear! But you won’t have to look far to see that line of reasoning in trans-exclusionary feminist blogs and social media channels today.
“The Transsexual Empire” – identity politics and trans ‘ideology’
This line of argument isn’t recent. It’s now over forty years old. In 1979, radical lesbian feminist Professor Janice Raymond published a bombshell book The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male. For Raymond, trans rights were not feminist-friendly and “trans ideology” but an existential attack on women and lesbians.
The language used in The Transsexual Empire is incendiary and uncompromising, setting the tone for the next few decades:
“All transsexuals rape women’s bodies by reducing the real female form to an artifact, appropriating the body for themselves. However, the transsexually constructed lesbian-feminist violates women’s sexuality and spirit, as well. Rape, although it is usually done by force, can also be accomplished by deception.”
The idea that male-to-female trans people are automatically rapists because they have appropriated women’s bodies is jaw-dropping stuff. Raymond refuses to countenance that any sex change is genuine and even when trans people have clearly suffered from discrimination, she argues that wanting to change sex is like a black person wanting to be white.
“There is no demand for transracial medical intervention precisely because most Blacks recognise that it is their society, not their skin, that needs changing.”
The term ‘transgender’, replacing transsexual, is viewed by Raymond and feminists of a similar outlook as an extension of trans-ness to envelop just about everybody in the LGBT movement. Not just pre and post-op trans people. The real reasons for liberalising attitudes towards changing sex, in Raymond’s view are surgeons benefitting financially and allocating “acceptable” gender categories to “gender rebels” who are “disrupting the two-gendered system of male supremacy”.
Trans ‘ideology’ and the problem of identity politics
There are elements of the second wave feminist arguments on transgender that taken in isolation might conceivably have some merit. The way in which the medical profession and pharmaceutical industry have medicated sex and sexuality in the past. It’s not that long ago that gay men were subjected to drugs regimes and even electric shock treatment to ‘cure’ their same sex feelings.
The argument that gender-dysphoric young people might be better off challenging gender stereotypes than changing biological sex could be worthy of consideration. And that biological sex, from which women cannot escape or choose, has been weaponised by capitalism and the patriarchy it has fostered to assign women to certain roles and an inferior status.
The gut instinct of a Marxist would be to address these issues within ‘the movement’. But that isn’t the approach of these Second Wave influenced feminists. Instead, some have aligned to the conservative and even extreme Right – as we’ll see – to block trans rights. Even when the people they are teaming up with to declare war on transgender activism are also seeking to curb gay and lesbian rights – and roll back access to abortion.
And their activity on social media – including the tweets of a certain famous children’s author – are well documented.
These feminists have no affinity to trans people though some see themselves not only as Marxist influenced – but standard bearers against the influence of post-modernist and neo-liberal gender ‘ideology’. Trans people depicted as some kind of neo-liberal Trojan Horse that has been wheeled into the labour movement where at any moment it will cause untold damage.
More on that later!
For Second Wave feminists who came to prominence from the mid-1960s to the 1980s, ‘trans ideology’ is an existential threat to feminism. In her down to earth way of expressing things, the veteran feminist Germaine Greer – author of the 1970s best seller The Female Eunuch said in 2015 that any man who has been married and had kids who then declares he is “trans” is not to be believed. “The wife is dumped, and the children are bastardised,” is the consequence from many men transitioning to become women, Greer opined.
And where children are born “intersex” – that is their genitals are indeterminate to a degree – they should not be subject to an operation. In 2018, feminist activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull went on TV to declare that transgender women threaten feminism and the very idea of what it is to be a woman. Women, she claimed, are now referred to as “menstruators”, “chest feeders”, etc.
This is the level of ‘debate’ on transgender rights at the present time.
In the next blog post in this series on Transgender Rights and Marxism, we stay with identity politics to see how trans people have been accused of ‘erasing’ other oppressed groups and the lengths to which some anti-trans feminists will go to undermine the forward march of trans liberation.
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This isn’t a Marxist analysis. You ignore the material reality that transwomen are males masquerading as females.
Hi – Did mention the accusation of subjective idealism, the rejection of material reality, against Queer Theory over that issue. And I get that Marxists are not united on this at all. Which kind of makes it fascinating and infuriating. But – having gone on an intellectual and ideological journey with these five blog posts, I’m bound to say I think identity politics has set us all at each other’s throats. It’s not a good situation where some feminists feel they should side with groups who oppose LGBT rights and abortion rights – just to trample on trans people. Don’t you think something has gone badly wrong here?


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Matthew is a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Minnesota through the Board of Medical Practice and also a Nationally Board Certified acupuncturist and Diplomat of Acupuncture with the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).
Matt’s focus is on pain relief and injury recovery.
He graduated from the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in Racine Wisconsin, which is one of the oldest schools for the study of Chinese Medicine in the United States.
During his internship at the Midwest College, he honed his skills as an acupuncturist as well as an herbalist and a traditional Chinese nutrition therapist. He graduated from the dual degree program with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition.
His focus in clinical practice is to provide a broad and diverse treatment to his patients including acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Chinese nutrition therapy and adjunct modalities such as cupping, gua sha, moxibustion and electrostimulation (E-Stim) acupuncture. He provides treatments for physical injuries needing therapy as much as internal medicine concerns as well as a variety of health conditions ranging from mental and emotional issues to matters of the spirit.
Outside of the clinic, Matthew enjoys exercise, bicycling the many trails around the Twin Cities, gardening and relaxing at home with a good book or film.
He lives in Minneapolis with his partner and their three cats.

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What is Psoriasis?
Typically Psoriasis sufferers usually develop well defined red raised patches covered by silvery scales which form first on the scalp, behind the ears, on the back of the neck, between the shoulders, on elbows and knees or near fingernails and toenails.
Other areas of the body can also be affected including the back, the penis, the nails and even eyebrows. Individual psoriatic patches can spread and join together to affect quite a large area of the body. However, there are always Psoriasis-free places where the skin looks normal, which is an important characteristic in diagnosing this condition.
The most common form of Psoriasis is Psoriasis vulgaris. Other forms include localized pustular Psoriasis and exfoliative psoriatic dermatitis. Localized pustular Psoriasis usually only appears on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hand; and instead of red, scaly patches there’s usually a mass of tiny yellow Blisters. With exfoliative psoriatic dermatitis the entire skin is red and covered in fine scales.
How is Psoriasis usually treated?
Psoriasis cannot be cured although symptoms may disappear for long periods. Conventional treatment is aimed at controlling the condition and ranges from simple topical treatments such as moisturizing and lubricating products and corticosteroid creams to exposure to ultraviolet light. Very severe conditions may be treated with anticancer medications.
While conventional treatments can be very effective, they can also be extremely harsh – especially in the long-term — and many treat only the external symptoms.
What is Skin Dr.?
Skin Dr. is a combination of selected Herbs and biochemic tissue salts known for their ability to cleanse and purify the entire system, support healthy lymphatic functioning and treat the symptoms of a range of Skin Conditions, including Psoriasis, Eczema, Acne, Dandruff, Cradle Cap, Herpes Blisters, as well as itchy Skin Conditions like Chicken Pox and Allergic Rashes.
Taken internally, Skin Dr. helps to balance and hydrate the skin, improve the supply of oxygen at cellular level, promote skin healing and remove dead and infected cells.
Skin Dr. is used internally to:
- Treat the symptoms and underlying causes of Psoriasis, Eczema, Acne, Dandruff, Cradle Cap, as well as itchy Skin Conditions like Chicken Pox and Allergic Rashes
- Improve skin health and functioning and strengthen the membranes of cells in the skin
- Reduce the symptoms of dry, Scaly Skin.
- Treat and prevent watery and itchy skin and Blisters
- Promote healthy cell renewal and remove dead and Infected Skin Cells.
- Maintain the body’s water balance, keeping the skin fresh and hydrated without dry or weeping areas
- Cleanse and purify the system.
- Assist in the treatment of infectious childhood illnesses like Mumps, Chicken Pox, scarlet Fever and Measles
- Improve lymphatic functioning and reduce lymphatic and glandular swelling (prostate, Mumps, glandular Fever, Tonsillitis)
What are the ingredients of Skin Dr.?
Skin Dr. contains the following ingredients in our unique herbal/homeopathic formula:
Natrium Muriaticum 6C (Nat. Mur.) is a biochemic tissue salt which helps to maintain the body’s water balance and is an essential component of all living cells. This tissue salt has an excellent reputation for effectively treating Eczema (dry and scaly as well as itching and weeping) as well as Psoriasis and any other Skin Condition that is associated with Blisters and watery discharge from the skin. It is also useful for the treatment of Allergy Rashes and all itching Skin Conditions, including Chicken Pox.
Kalium Muriaticum 6C (Kali. Mur.) acts as a blood and lymph Cleanser, a waste eliminator and a natural Anti-Inflammatory. It is very helpful in relieving skin itching, blistering and inflammation and will also prevent skin infection caused by frequent scratching. Due to the lymph cleansing and skin soothing properties of this tissue salt, Kali. Mur. is also invaluable in the treatment of infectious childhood diseases like Mumps, Chicken Pox, scarlet Fever and Measles. Additional benefits include the alleviation of conditions associated with inflammation and swelling such as Arthritis, Rheumatism, bursitis, prostate swelling as well as a range of other conditions.
Kalium Sulphate 6C (Kali. Sulph.) is a biochemic tissue salt that helps to distribute oxygen throughout the body and to each individual cell and keeps all cell membranes healthy. By providing essential oxygen to inflamed or infected cells, Kali. Sulph. effectively assists healing, reduces inflammation and removes infected or dead cells. This tissue salt is well-known for its ability to treat stubborn Eczema and Psoriasis and is equally effective in treating other Skin Conditions such as Acne, ringworm, Dandruff, Herpes Blisters, warts and fungal infections of the skin and helps to promote the growth of new cells. Other uses include the treatment of sinus and respiratory congestion, Hot Flashes and joint Pains.
Galium aperine (Cleavers) is a herb which has been used in folk medicine for many centuries as a cleansing tonic and lymphatic Cleanser and blood purifier. Regular use helps to expel toxins from the body and therefore assist in the treatment of chronic Skin Conditions like Eczema, Psoriasis and Acne. Also useful for conditions involving inflammation and swelling of glands (glandular Fever, Tonsillitis, Mumps and prostate swelling) and for urinary problems like Cystitis or urinary gravel.
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) has Anti-Inflammatory, Diuretic and antispasmodic properties and is also well known as a cleansing herb for skin complaints, including Eczema and Psoriasis. Its ability to improve lymph functioning and reduce lymphatic swellings helps to purify and detox the system.
Lactose: Skin Dr. is presented in small lactose tablets. The amount of lactose used is very small and is generally well tolerated even by people who are lactose intolerant.
(Skin Dr. contains no gluten, artificial flavors, colors or preservatives)
“After years of trying different treatments I can hardly believe that I have found one that makes a difference! I can recommend Skin Dr. tablets to any person who has Psoriasis. Not only has my Psoriasis cleared, but my whole skin tone is just so much better! Thank you for a wonderful product!” - Mrs B, UK
“I have had Psoriasis since my middle teens and you can imagine how that affected me! I have a wonderful wife and great kids and am very happy, but still feel awkward when meeting new people - or starting a new job for example. Your Skin Dr. has helped very much and for the first time I feel positive that I have control over my condition, which I feel has controlled me for many years. That is saying a lot about a medicine and even a natural medicine but believe me I mean every word that I say!” - Gerald
“I can recommend anyone with Psoriasis should use the Skin Dr. remedy. I did not believe it could work when a friend with Psoriasis emailed me about it, but I decided to try it and see. I can see a very big difference after only three weeks and I am told that this will continue. You will never know how happy I am that I listened to my friend’s advice!” - Sara
How do I use Skin Dr.?
Adults: Slowly dissolve two tablets under the tongue in a clean mouth two to three times daily. May be used continuously without side effects.
Babies and Small Children: Dissolve 1 - 2 tablets in a little warm water or milk twice daily.
Tip: Skin Dr. may also be dissolved in warm water and dabbed or sprayed onto the skin using a ’spritzer’. Use four tablets in 250 ml water.
NB: Safety during Pregnancy has not yet been established.
How long until I see results?
Degree and speed of improvement differs from individual to individual, depending on many factors.
With regular use, improvement is often noted within 3 - 5 weeks or sooner.
How long does one bottle last?
One bottle of Skin Dr. contains 125 tablets and will last for approximately one month, depending on frequency of use.
Finding a definition of Hypnosis that everyone agrees with is virtually impossible. Because they come from diverse backgrounds, the different therapists in The Hypnosis Network probably would not agree on a single definition. Therefore we are going to provide multiple definitions:
From William Broom, Chief Executive& Registrar, The General Hypnotherapy Standards Council: Hypnosis is a state of mind, enhanced by mental and physical Relaxation, in which our subconscious is able to communicate with our conscious mind. It is widely accepted as a most excellent method by which we may access our inner potential. The state of mind referred to may be brought about either by oneself, unaided (self-Hypnosis) or with the help of another person.
From Eric Greenleaf Ph.D.: The notion of Hypnosis is to help a person, by focusing and searching inwardly, to utilize all his learning and skills to resolve his problems, and to do so with the aid of unconscious learning and understanding. What scientists do when they “dream up” inventions and theories, what statesmen do when they “sleep on it” before solving problems of state, what athletes do preparing for a match by “visualizing” the flight of the ball‹this is the sort of thing hypnotized persons do to apply themselves to difficult problems of living.
Hypnosis is based on respect for us as a whole organism, in all that complexity and unique experience that has made us who we are. It may be thought of as a state of mind which can imitate many of the original and useful actions of the mind, body and spirit. In Hypnotic trance a person may experience reduced pain, heightened sensation, strong emotion, remembering and forgetting, imaginings and creativity and an enhanced sense of self. Hypnosis points people toward those capacities within themselves and the learning they contain.
From Krasner, A.M. The Wizard Within: ABH PRESS, 1990/1991: Hypnosis is “a process which produces Relaxation, distraction of the conscious mind, heightened suggestibility and increased awareness, allowing access to the subconscious mind through imagination. It also produces the ability to experience thoughts and images as real.”
Healing by trance state (Hypnosis) is one of the oldest phenomena known to man and is found, in one form or another, in virtually every culture throughout the world. The Hypnotic State is, in most respects, entirely dissimilar to sleep.
Color Therapy is using light frequencies to induce healing. It may be as basic as wearing certain colored clothing, or wearing specific colored glasses to create a change in the person’s brainwave patterns. Or it may be using progressive Color Therapy, which involves using several color modalities at the same time during treatment. We will be discussing the progressive Color Therapy, as that is my method of Color Therapy. However, an introduction of the history of color healing is a good place to start.
Atlantis, Lemuria, and ancient Egypt, India, China, are all cultures who understood Color Therapy and who used it in their healing practices.
In the 19th and 20th centuries there were people who used Color Therapy to treat the sick. Dr. Edwin Babbit from England in the 1800’s used color healing, by putting light directly on the body and he used water placed in colored bottles as elixirs for patients to drink. Dr. Dimhah Chadiali in the early 1900’s developed Spectro-Chrome, which applies various colors to specific areas of the body to create healing.
All of this work was lost when the American medical community turned its back on this research and banned Color Therapy devices. Today, the medical community is just starting to explore this area of healing, as well as other “alternative” healing modalities.
20 years ago, I completed my Education in psychology, sociology, and spiritualism. I became an ordained minister and counselor, working with several community service organizations. Around this time I also became very interested in Shamanism, and alternative healing methods. Color Therapy has been used by native healers for centuries. On earth, color is known for its healing properties. Color in the environment has a subtle but definite impact upon the well being of a person. The colors in your clothes can affect how you feel in your day-to-day life. The colors of the furniture, and the colors in the rooms we place the furniture in impact us. Color is a frequency of light, just like Tuning Forks have specific colors associated with those frequencies.
The color therapist, just like sound therapists utilize specific colors to effect ones vibrational field of energy, to treat imbalances in the human form. Color Therapy and Sound Therapy can align the spiritual essence of a person (chakra, meridians,& organs).
The color or sound therapists see the client as a multidimensional person, who expresses him or herself physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Much of the benefits of a Color Therapy or sounding healing session depends on the client and how open they are to these frequencies.
I do all of my healings when possible inside of a healing vortex. A space created to facilitate the Healing Process. This healing space is set up with specific colored stones in a geometrical pattern that creates a vibrational field of energy that I call a healing space.
This, along with the various color and sound tools creates an opportunity for the client to truly heal themselves, I just assist the process enfoldment.
About the author
Charles Lightwalker is a Metis shaman, author, medical intuitive, and healer. For more information visit the web site: www.thefamilyoflight.com.


text: Finished The Bad Beginning, the first book in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events, and for me, it was a bad beginning. I just didn't like this book. Yes the characters are cleverly drawn and I can see why the series was popular, with the Baudelaire children being in constant peril, but for me it was just too mean. The idea of reading twelve more books from the series leaves me cold. No, shivering. No, shuddering.


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Dresses from the 1910s and 1920s were often ornamented with embroidery and beading, even for daytime wear. Just as there was a strong interest in ethnic clothing and crafts in the nineteen sixties and seventies, some women appreciated folk embroidery and embellishment ninety years ago. The style was not limited to “artistic” or eccentric dressers; “peasant” blouse and dress patterns were offered by mainstream companies. I was lucky enough to photograph the 1920s peasant dresses that follow while making an inventory of a friend’s collection. [I wish now that I had had time to take better pictures!]
Peasant Blouse and Dress Patterns, 1925
Here are some Butterick “peasant” patterns from 1925:
Butterick sold sewing patterns and also sold embroidery and beading transfers.
“#10341: You get several trimming combinations in this embroidery, for after you have finished trimming your peasant blouse with the cross-stitched bandings and motifs, you can use the one-stitch banding in bright wools down the front of your wool jersey sports frock…. The one-stitch banding may combine different bright colors in wools…. It can be adapted to 1 5/8 yard each of bandings 4 ½ inches wide, 2 ½ inches wide, 1 5/8 inch wide and 1 3/4 inch wide and 32 assorted motifs.”
These smocked peasant dresses from the same issue (May, 1925) have a strong relationship to the embroidered vintage dress pictured below. Smocking is a peasant embellishment technique originally used on shepherd’s smocks.
“#6006: One-piece dresses in peasant style are very cool and dainty for Summer and one of the smartest new fashions…. Many attractive color combinations are possible, for instance, on a white frock the smocking may be done in red, lavender, yellow and black.”
Embroidery on Two Vintage Twenties Dresses
The subtler color palette of this vintage peasant dress, in sheer cotton, is very attractive:
This white linen dress with marine blue embroidery and cutwork is more clearly inspired by ethnic embroidery. [I imagine it being worn by a 1920s tourist visiting the Greek islands with parasol in one hand and sketchbook in the other. I dimly remember a similar dress being used in the movie Carrington (1995), based on the life of painter Dora Carrington.]
PHOTO This dress, which was in the collection of a friend, had blue crocheted loops and blue crocheted buttons along the collar and neck opening. I photographed it first over a pale peach slip, to show the beautiful openwork patterns:
And again over a navy blue slip, which gives it more dimension.
Considering the amazing things that can be done with computerized sewing machines and soluble stabilizers, I suppose it would be possible to duplicate these dresses today without the many, many hours of handwork that made the originals so wonderful. But it would still be quite a project!


Furnaces are vital during the cold winter seasons. It protects the people inside houses with the warmth it provides. However, like all hard working equipment, furnaces need to be kept in top condition to function well. To do so you must learn how to clean the bloodline of furnaces, the exhaust vents.
Exhaust vents, may it be for gas or oil furnaces, are responsible for pushing out harmful combustion by-products outside. The exit of fumes and gaseous materials takes place through a plastic pipe that can be found on chimneys. This holds true no matter what type of furnace. Here are some tips to help you keep your furnace exhaust vents clean and clear.
- Locate the vital parts. You will find it hard to clean what you cannot see. Exhaust vents can be found outside of houses. Before you begin, locate the exhaust vent. Scout the area and figure out how you will position yourself to be safe and effective.
- Eyes on the ice. After locating the exhaust vents, search thoroughly for ice and snow. It is imperative that you do this after extreme winter conditions. Ice and snow will block the exhaust vents. As in some cases, it takes time for ice and snow to melt. Finding such debris and removing them immediately helps in keeping the furnace working properly.
- All clear. Exhaust vents are like lungs they keep everything flowing. And just like a person’s lungs, exhaust vents should be clear. Always keep them debris free. Be on the lookout for nests, leaves and twigs. You can clear this with the help of hand held vacuum machines or manually. Clear exhaust vents means clear passageways.
- Trim to the brim. Leaves, twigs and branches will certainly block exhaust vents. To avoid this, always maintain an ideal length for trees, shrubs and branches around the exit pipes. Keep trimming away so wind will not accidentally drop in unwanted elements. There is no need to cut down trees, just maintain the right amount of green and shrubs just like how you keep your hair.
- Right fill for filters. Exhaust vent filters accumulate debris through time. Every three months, replace the filters or even clear it to avoid blockage. Doing this regularly will keep the air flowing freely. It will also stop pile up of debris. Silly as it may sound you will be surprised what builds up in filters. It ranges from leaves to your pet’s hair.
- Handle filters with care. It is easy to climb up chimney tops and get to the cleaning work right away. But it is best that you take a read at your furnace owner’s manual. It will give you a clear instruction on how to care for your equipment. Some improper action on your furnace might render your warranty null and void. So read before you do. This is the reason why you should not throw away manuals.
- Plot removal of clot. It helps a great deal to have a calendar or a chart that maps out when you will clean and clear your furnace. It saves a large amount of effort and more importantly it will remind you to keep the equipment clean.
Furnace may look tough. But even the toughest of equipment also needs care.