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Biocontrol and biostimulation for vegetable cultivation

Consumers’ expectations on fresh vegetable quality and their increasing awareness of health risks linked to chemical residues has led industry players and public authorities to limit the use of synthetic phytosanitary products on vegetables.
The diversity of crops and of production conditions depending on the region multiply the technical constraints for producers. Biocontrol products and biostimulants derived from microorganisms are a new solution for vegetable producers that answer both technical and economic needs while limiting the use of conventional phytosanitary products.

Soil diseases like Pythium on carrots or brown Rhizoctone on salads

Short rotation crops like carrots or salads are increasingly exposed to soil pathogens due to the reduced usage of soil disinfection products and, more generally, because of soil fatigue. Used regularly and preventively, some biocontrol products contribute to restore the microbial equilibrium between beneficial microorganisms and telluric pathogens. Using these products helps to improve the sanitary state of crops while limiting the usage of synthetic products.

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Leaf diseases such as Oidium, Botrytis and Mildew

These diseases generally occur during the second part of the vegetative cycle and up to the harvest. A contamination such as Oidium can cause significant damages on the crops leading to taste alteration or even the destruction of the harvest.

Crops like strawberries, tomatoes or cucumbers need to be protected until the harvest to ensure optimum quality and productivity, all the while respecting the authorized maximum residue limits. Biocontrol products perfectly integrate foliar disease treatment programs in substitution of or in addition to conventional phytosanitary products.

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The action of biostimulants derived from microorganisms offers a real advantage towards the increased technicality of vegetable cultivation. Their direct interaction with the plant and the soil allows to improve vegetable quality and yield at harvest by acting on the plant physiology. Biostimulant products boost several measurable parameters like the number of fruits, their weight and size, their shelf life after harvest, their sugar content, and even the sulfur content for some fruits and vegetables

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Why Poetry Is Still Important (Period).

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Recently I wrapped up a unit on poetry both for my ninth graders and tenth graders. I’m going to rag on them a bit (they know how much I love them–I often joke that sarcasm is my love language, so if I don’t sass you, we’re probably not too close). The reason is that I want to use their voices to reflect a greater societal value: Education is merely utilitarian. In other words, the “When am I ever going to USE this?” blasting like endless cannons nearly every day of the unit is indicative of a modern understanding of learning and personal development. If it doesn’t give me something resourceful (a greater skill, a greater experience for my resume, something tangible, etc.), it’s not valuable.

I think we pay lip service to the arts through our offering of art-related classes in our schools and communities, but they’re relegated to secondary or tertiary status rather than prominent, inter-disciplinary aspects of life.

I found myself explaining the importance of reading poetry as the ability to interpret difficult texts (meaning that isn’t always immediately clear) which will be useful as they continue their education. Don’t get me wrong, as an English teacher, I believe in the importance of developing the types of skills that will serve them well in college and careers: grammar, composition, communication of ideas, and everyday work-related reading. In fact, I think I once naively assumed teaching English would be me sitting in a circle with a copy of Shakespeare in hand and discussing the deep implications of Macbeth’s gloomy reflection: “Out, out, brief candle!” I now know I was wrong AND I’m okay with that (but I also get to do that from time to time as well which makes me so happy). However, poetry should never be (and arguably CAN never be) relegated to utilitarianism. It just doesn’t work.

Poetry is mystical.

It is hard to define the lifting up and setting down on a higher mountain that poetry blesses a person with or the soft, spring grass on the feet or the embrace like my great-grandma’s old afghan that hugs me with warmth, truth, and memory.

Poetry teaches (sometimes preaches), and poetry caresses. It holds our hands in loss, kicks us out of the house in apathy, and transforms narrow thinking.

Poetry is life wrapped up and handed to us on a page, often messy and corporeal.

I like how a literary resource page of Abilene Christian University eloquently describes literature (and poetry):

Literature is something that reflects society, makes us think about ourselves and our society, allows us to enjoy language and beauty, it can be didactic, and it reflects on the human condition.  It both reflects ideology and changes ideology, just like it follows generic conventions as well as changing them.

But read what some famous poets have to say about poetry:

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is prose; words in their best order; – poetry; the best words in the best order.

-S.T. Coleridge

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.

-Carl Sandburg

or one of my favorites

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

-Wallace Stevens

Unfortunately, “all [we] want to do / is tie the poem to a chair with rope / and torture a confession out of it. // They begin beating it with a hose / to find out what it really means.”

Poetry doesn’t make you a more capable person, it makes you a better person.

Poetry makes you more well-rounded, perceiving life both intellectually and viscerally. It puts you in touch with reality. It breeds compassion and understanding.

Poetry is still important.

What are some of you favorite poems? Add a link to them. Here are a few of my favorites you can start with (or revisit).

“Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas

“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry

“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou

“Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou

“The Poet” by Pablo Neruda

“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes

“Death, be not proud” by Johne Donne

“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

“Sailing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats

“The Story-Teller” by Mark Van Doren

“Invitation” by Shel Silverstein

“Song of the Open Road” by Walt Whitman

“of course I want to be successful but…” by Rupi Kaur

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The Cost of Empire: Compensatory Justice in the United States

AHA Session 294
Sunday, January 7, 2018: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Columbia 11 (Washington Hilton, Terrace Level)
Justin Leroy, University of California, Davis
Justin Leroy, University of California, Davis

Session Abstract

International organizations and humanitarian observers frequently criticize the United States for failing to address legacies of colonial and racial violence. In the instances where the U.S. has admitted culpability, the federal government has largely resorted to pecuniary compensation, rather than convene far-reaching truth and reconciliation commissions like those adopted by nations from South Africa to Guatemala. Through mechanisms of arbitration, treaty, and legislation, the federal government has calculated a price to offset a range of injuries caused by imperial expansion: territorial dispossession, extralegal detention, disenfranchisement, and murder.

Much scholarly debate concerning compensation for historical wrongs in the United States focuses on arguments for or against reparations. This panel instead lends critical attention on the theoretical and legal underpinnings of the range of compensation schemes undertaken by the federal government. Comparing various bids for redress, both realized and unrealized, this panel recognizes compensation as a practice that threads through the United States’ imperial activities abroad and its forced relocations on the continent. In other words, attention to these varying compensatory models reveals a technique of imperial statecraft central to American attempts to secure legitimacy worldwide and to establish the foundations of American territorial sovereignty. The panel suggests how profoundly the idea and practice of compensatory justice has framed debates over the legitimacy of United States imperial expansion across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Focusing on the fiscal relationships forged by compensatory schemes, this panel responds to calls from legal scholars and historians of American capitalism to examine how commercial personhood became a platform for political rights. We will explore how compensation depoliticized colonial and racial violence by reframing redress as a form of market exchange. As each panelist will discuss, financial transfers between governments and subjugated parties made possible certain circuits of wealth accumulation, and foreclosed others. In short, this panel reconsiders the political economy of American empire by surveying the uneven landscape of federal support.

We will confront two sets of interlinked questions. First, we will inquire about the rubrics -- moral, political, legal, and economic -- that guided federal officials in their selection of parties deserving compensation. From Mexican claimants considered too economically unproductive to merit monetary awards for loss of life, to the Japanese-American survivors of attacks that American public memory prefered to forget, the figures our panelists will address embody histories that through their exclusion clarify what compensation was intended to remedy -- and what compensation was supposed to bury.

Second, what were the multivalent effects of compensatory justice on political autonomy, especially for those seeking redress? For indigenous peoples, securing compensation from a federal fiduciary introduced mechanisms of surveillance and control that further undermined national sovereignty. Which forms of resistance to empire and war did the federal government evade by channeling demands for remediation into bids for compensation? By linking the legacies of Cold War atrocities, settler colonialism, and racial violence, this panel will assess the costs of limiting justice to compensation.

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New Perspectives on Female Bondage: Reproduction, Medicine, and the Archives of Slavery in the Atlantic World

AHA Session 210
Saturday, January 6, 2018: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Roosevelt Room 2 (Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibition Level)
Sasha Turner, Quinnipiac University
Marisa J. Fuentes, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Deirdre Cooper Owens, Queens College, City University of New York
Lisa Ze Winters, Wayne State University

Session Abstract

The legal code partus sequitur ventremoffspring follows belly - enacted in slave colonies across the Americas from Brazil, to Jamaica, and Virginia, bound enslaved women’s fertility to the reproduction of slavery. Enacting that all children take their mothers’ status not only made the slave condition inheritable and installed a racialized hierarchy across all New World slave colonies; partus sequitur ventrem imbricated the reproductive potential of women in the construction and ultimate destruction of slavery. From the ideological foundations of slavery and abolition, to the organization of labor, intimacies, family, kinship, and sexual relations, the advancement of medical knowledge, and the ways in which slave markets functioned and slavery archives were constructed, enslaved women’s reproductive lives were bound inextricably to slavery. These fundamental truths juxtaposed alongside the invisibility of enslaved women in slavery studies puzzled Deborah Gray White, and informed her simple, but profound 1985 question, “where are the women?” Jennifer Morgan’s rethinking of Gray White’s question in 2004, “women’s work and women’s bodies are inseparable from the landscape of colonial slavery,” ushered in a new wave in enslaved women’s history. Representing a mere subset of new slavery studies, this discussion explores the reproductive and medical lives of enslaved women and methodological constraints and breakthroughs in interrogating the experiences of enslaved subjects.
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  • General Laser Therapy Principles
  • Deep Tissue Laser Therapy for Trigger Points and Fascia

This course provides access to the complete Laser Therapy Certification Course and Deep Tissues Laser Therapy. This course outlines the biological effects of medical lasers for treating common conditions. It covers the effects of medical lasers in the promotion of analgesia, acceleration of wound healing, and reduction of inflammation.

There are demonstrations for treating a variety of disorders concerning the shoulder, elbow, wrist, lumbar spine, knee, ankle, foot, and others.

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Upon completion of this course you should be able to:

Medical Laser Safety

  • Identify the safety risks for lasers
  • Describe procedures for safely working with lasers

Scientific Basis of Medical Lasers

  • Discuss the theory of the production of laser light and radiation.
  • Discuss the difference between continuous wave, pulse, super pulse and intermittent laser output.
  • Describe the most beneficial model of laser light penetration.
  • Define the terminology used in connection with medical lasers.

 General Laser Therapy Principles

  • Describe how laser therapy promotes analgesia and reduces inflammation
  • Explain how laser therapy accelerates wound healing
  • Identify proper dosages, settings, and procedures for applying laser therapy
  • Describe proper techniques for applying laser therapy

Deep Tissue Laser Therapy for Trigger Points and Fasica

  • Identify types of trigger points and what causes them
  • Describe the three factors in success
  • Describe how to evaluate the shoulder, hip, and knee regions and and techniques for administering photobiostimulation

Medical Laser Safety

There are many aspects to laser safety. As a healthcare laser user you should understand these hazards and how to minimize them.

Scientific Basis of Medical Lasers

This course outlines the science behind medical lasers. In this course the participant will explore the origins of lasers, the physics behind lasers, the basic components all lasers share and the theory behind the selection of lasers for therapeutic and medical applications

General Laser Therapy Principles (1.5 hours)

This course details the application of therapeutic laser. This course instructs the user in the use, application of energy, proper application and documentation of laser therapy. Participants in this online seminar will learn some of the benefits of the use of therapeutic lasers, and learn to improve the outcome of other therapies used in conjunction with the application of therapeutic laser light.

Deep Tissue Laser Therapy for Trigger Points and Fasica

This presentation provides the user with an introduction to trigger points and how to treat them with a therapy laser.

Medical Laser Safety (.5 hours)

  1. Identifying Potential Risks
  2. Practical Laser Safety
  3. Quiz

Scientific Basis of Medical Lasers (1.0 hours)

  1. How Lasers Work - Part 1
  2. How Lasers Work - Part 2
  3. Laser Physics
  4. Laser Tissue Interaction
  5. Quiz

General Laser Therapy Principles (1.5 hours)

  1. Analgesia and Inflammation Reduction
  2. Healing Properties of Therapeutic Lasers
  3. General Laser Therapy Principles
  4. Application Principles for the Upper Body
  5. Application Principles for the Lower Body
  6. Quiz

Deep Tissue Laser Therapy for Trigger Points and Fasica

  1. Overview of Trigger Point Laser Therapy
  2. Evaluation & Application: Shoulder - Part 1
  3. Evaluation & Application: Shoulder - Part 2
  4. Evaluation & Application: Hip
  5. Evaluation & Application: Knee
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Collaborative Care Experiences: A Primary Care Provider's Perspective

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Angel Mathis, ARNP working with Daniel during a follow-up visit.

Angel Mathis, ARNP was the primary care provider (PCP) featured in Daniel’s Story, a video chronicling a young man named Daniel and his journey with depression. Angel worked with a Collaborative Care team to deliver Daniel’s depression care at County Doctor, a community health center in the Mental Health Integration Program. Angel joined Country Doctor in 2008 as a registered nurse practitioner with a Master of Nursing and a Master of Public Health from the University of Washington. Angel’s background drives her to focus on disease prevention in her clinical practice, working with individuals, families, and communities to encourage the development and maintenance of healthy environments. Angel interviewed with the AIMS Center in 2014 to shed light on the PCP’s role in Collaborative Care.

Q: How did Collaborative Care change the way you provide treatment?
When I see a patient in primary care, I have 15 minutes with them. It’s very difficult to make a mental health diagnosis in that time period. You can imagine how alarming it is to be labeled with a mental health diagnosis during the first 15 minutes of your interaction with someone.

Rather than jumping straight to a diagnosis, I am able to refer the patient to our Collaborative Care team. They get an hour-long initial evaluation with our care manager. Sometimes it can take two sessions to clarify the diagnosis, but in Collaborative Care there is someone who has the time to do those extensive evaluations to fully assess symptoms and get the correct diagnosis.

Once a diagnosis is made, the psychiatric consultant and care manager help me develop a treatment plan. I am more confident in the treatment we provide and that the treatment will work. If it doesn’t, I have the support I need to figure out the next steps.

Q: Does Collaborative Care add to your workload?
Collaborative Care is not more work for me in the overall sense, it just shifts the way we approach treatment. As a primary care provider, it requires more coordination between providers, more reading, more notes, and less in-person time with the patient. The care manager, in turn, has more face-time with the patient and is able to direct that time in a useful way. Collaborative Care improves the quality of care we provide. It is a very patient-centered approach.

Q: What has surprised you about practicing Collaborative Care?
I have been surprised by how available our psychiatric consultant has been, with returning e-mails, phone calls, pages, after hours. It has been very pleasant to feel supported in that way.

Q: Did you have any challenges implementing Collaborative Care in your practice?
It has been a bit of a change from the traditional treatment plan, but I can’t think of any challenges when implementing the program specifically. Before, if psychiatric services were available, they would be provided by an outside clinic and I would not have any interaction with the psychiatrist or the therapist. I notice when depressed patients are referred outside of our clinic, care can become fragmented. My preference now is to have everyone receive treatment right here, in our clinic.

Q: Why do you think care gets fragmented when the providers are outside of your clinic?
The problem with fragmented care comes from not knowing the psychiatrist or the therapist, and not having freely accessible records to review. Here in our clinic, we are able to look at each other's notes within the patient registry and know what has been discussed. The care manager knows what the medical treatment plan is and is able to follow up with our patients to make sure they are following the plan. I also know the mental health plan, which allows me to check in with patients to make sure they are adhering to it.

Q: Do you think treating mental health conditions in primary care makes sense?
It makes a great deal of sense. Most people have some sort of mental health condition, diagnosis or not. The most likely place for those people to access care is their primary care provider’s office. It’s very satisfying to provide care when you have support, and when a patient is engaged in their treatment plan, the outcomes are usually positive.


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1 scoop strawberry whey protein* (30 g)
1 large egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
8 packets stevia
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons white cooking wine

Preheat oven to 350°F. Blend all ingredients except water until oats are fully chopped and ingredients are completely mixed. The batter should be fairly liquid and pourable. Spray a donut pan with cooking oil and fill the wells of the pan to 3/4 full. Bake 5 minutes then remove immediately to a wire cooling rack to cool.

Nutrition Facts (per donut, 8 donuts):
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Carbs: 7 g
Protein: 5 g

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Area  24,389 km2
Population  4,780,380
Capital  Kumasi

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Colleges and Universities  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi), Prempeh College (Kumasi), Garden City University College (Kumasi), Christian Service University College (Kumasi), Presbyterian University College (Abetifi-Kwahu)

Map of Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Region is located in south Ghana and is third largest of 10 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km2 (9,417 sq mi) or 10.2 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the most populated region with a population of 4,780,380 according to the 2010 census, accounting for 19.4% of Ghana’s total population. The Ashanti Region is known for its major gold bar and cocoa production. The largest city and regional capital is Kumasi.

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Location and size

The Ashanti Region is centrally located in the middle belt of Ghana. It lies between longitudes 0.15W and 2.25W, and latitudes 5.50N and 7.46N. The region shares boundaries with four of the ten political regions, Brong-Ahafo Region in the north, Eastern region in the east, Central region in the south and Western region in the South west. The region is divided into 27 districts, each headed by a District Chief Executive.

  • Bobiri Forest Butterfly Sanctuary
  • Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Digya National Park
  • Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve
  • Owabi Forest Reserve and Bird Sanctuary
  • Recreation areas

  • Centre for National Culture
  • Historic sites

  • Komfo Anokye Sword
  • Manhyia Palace Museum
  • Kumasi Fort and Military Museum
  • Armed Forces Museum
  • The Prempeh II Jubilee Museum
  • The Asante Traditional Buildings
  • Festivals

    Several festivals are celebrated in the region, the major ones being the Akwasidae and Adae Kese. These are religious festivals celebrated by some members of the Akan ethnic group of which the Ashanti belong. The festivals are celebrated to remember past leaders and heroes. Though they are dead, their spirits are believed to be alive and taking interest in the affairs of the living, watching their actions, and consulting with them during the Adae festival.

  • Papa Festival
  • Kente Festival
  • Yaa Asantewaa Festival
  • Mmoa Nni Nko Festival
  • Nkyidwo Festival
  • Other tourist attractions

  • Kejetia Market
  • Patakro shrine
  • Adinkra cloth printing in Ntonso
  • Population

    The center of population of the Ashanti Region is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan District. According to the 2000 census, the region had a population of 3,612,950, making it the most populous region; however, its density (148.1 per square km) is lower than that of Central (162.2/km2) Region. Majority of Ashanti region’s population are Ethnic Akans and citizens by birth (94.2%) with five per cent naturalized Ghanaians. A smaller proportion (5.8%) of the population originate from outside Ashanti and Akanland or Ghana, made up of 3.7 per cent mainly from the five English-speaking countries of ECOWAS and 2.1 per cent from other African countries. The non-African population living in the region is 1.8 per cent of the total population. Akans are the predominant ethnic group in the region, representing 94.2% of citizens by birth. A high proportion (82.9%) of the Akan population is Ashanti.

    The Ashanti region is served by the Kumasi Airport, which handles domestic flights. Five national highways – N4, N6, N8, N10 and N6 – and a few regional highways such as the R52 and R106 serve the region.

    The N6 connects Kumasi via Kwame Nkrumah Circle and through Nsawam and N4 to Accra. The region is also connected to the Central Region by the N8 and N10, both of which originate from Yemoransa in the Central Region. The N10, however, connects the regional capital of Kumasi.

    Higher education

    The Ashanti region has one public university, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and a Polytechnic in Kumasi. In addition, there are a number of private universities and university colleges spread throughout the region.

    The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 27 districts. Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Area, is administered by a Chief Executive, representing the central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves.

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To those who emphasize "originality:" Since the Beatles, and prompted by a dislike on the part of record company accountants on paying royalties, this mostly false claim of "If the artist doesn't pen (or sing into a cassette) the whole disc, it's not original," has frankly taken us to the point of mostly re-written mediocrity. THAT's what's unoriginal, and it borders on the unethical.

Count Basie did not write a lot of tunes, hardly any in fact. He didn't even write arrangements. But he brought a sound and a way of editing arrangements by the likes of Neil Hefti and Quincy Jones that it can be stated that Count Basie changed the way music was played. (By the way, Basie told us he always considered his band a blues band, and to his closest friends he went by the nickname "Arkansas Red.")

Isn't it original to have a blues disc without a guitarist on it? (Do they think I can't afford one, or don't know any good ones?) With our own way of playing the covers, which are not "covers" to me, but good vehicles for expression.

Are all us revolutionaries really ready to revolutionize?

                 -- Al Copley


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The Rainier Fog 180gm standard Vinyl 2XLP, featuring an etching on side ”D”. Rainier Fog was recorded in Los Angeles, Nashville, and, for the first time in more than 20 years, their hometown of Seattle. Mixed by Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age), Rainier Fog is the band’s third straight album recorded with Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones), who produced Black Gives Way To Blue and The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.

Songs like “Red Giant,” “The One You Know,” and title track “Rainier Fog” see them staying true to their roots; massive in sound, the songs are edgy, inventive and uncompromising.

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nestle1This past week was tough week in the Meakin home; we lost our beloved pet Nestle to degenerative arthritis, heart disease, liver disease, and other complications. I think every animal lover has a pet soul mate, and Nestle was mine. I have always loved Chesapeake Bay retrievers – they are labs on steroids – always-high energy, dedicated, strong willed, and protective – everything I love in a dog. Approximately 8 years ago, Linda had received word from the Clermont Humane Society that there was an adult Chesapeake Bay retriever needing a home. Secretly, the staff of All
Creatures tried to hide her in our kennels until Christmas day. Naturally, I found her and began questioning whom she belonged to and commenting what a great dog she was. I took her out and played with her and she immediately respected me as a Chessy lover. I even tried reaching the fictitious owner to see who bred this dog, as I was looking for one. Vague replies from an employees spouse never alerted me of the scheme to surprise me.

She was delivered to me on Christmas Eve in a crate in my garage and we even bonded more. The first morning I let her lose on the property and said as a joke – “Nestle go get the paper”, which she promptly did! After a few days I didn’t even have to ask her to retrieve it. For the first few years I wondered if she ever slept because no matter what time I went outside she was awake ready to play, hike, run, or go check on the farm animals. She always ignored our other pets and only paid attention to people, and most of all me. If someone else walked her she was looking for me, she never wanted to leave my side. She was quick to protect the farm from people she did not recognize, but if she had met you before she affectionately greeted you with a stick or tennis ball. When tennis balls were not available, she greeted you with a rock or lump of dirt. If you threw the rock or object, she would find the exact same one no matter where you threw it, sometimes-diving head first under water to retrieve the exact same stone.

Her appetite was always excessive; she cleaned up all our family’s leftovers and also savored pig and goat feces, chicken feed, birdseed, cat poop, and horse feed. So whenever she stopped eating, we knew she was sick and would take her to All Creatures. As always, X-rays would reveal the small driveway rocks she could not pass in her stomach and she would have surgery and be fine. After three surgeries, we paved our driveway but still have a small collection of the rocks she had found irresistible. We built her a pond to swim in and year round it was impossible to
keep her out of it. Literally everyday, even after surgery, or in winter blizzards she swam in that pond. For 7 years, she was built tough – nothing stopped her or slowed her down.

nestle2This last summer she had started to show her age, since we always guessed she was bout 3 when we got her, was probably about 10 hard dog years. She had degenerating arthritis in her spine, hips, and knees and was rising slower and having trouble jumping in and out of the lake. She was still game for pet therapy at the nursing home, or walks in the Amelia or St Patrick’s Day parade but she slept more and I even was able to get in the garage without her standing at the door. However, my car could not come down the driveway without her greeting me with a stick, rock or tennis ball, as she loved to do everyday when I came home.

We have operated a pet hospice at our home for other family members and now Nestle was being admitted. At first she responded to medications for pain, but the effects wore off. I wanted to
learn more about helping animals in pain so I visited the Colorado pain clinic this spring and discussed Nestle with a classmate and friend Dr Jamie Gaynor – national expert on animal pain. We changed some things and watched an improvement for a period then, she started with some side effects and with the help of Dr Harris and Dr Rogers, we diagnosed her with liver disease. Medications were increasing – and I really came to appreciate what owners have to do to medicate their pets. Nestle has become resistant to swallowing her pills, and much time every day was
needed to care for her. Her monthly bathes became weekly and she often needed help getting up in the morning then would stand all day as her most painful time was getting up and down. Because her will was so strong, she continued to try and retrieve rocks from the pond and probably made herself worse by overdoing her joints daily. She followed us to the creek and would struggle trying to get up and down the embankment, so we would end our hikes early.

For 2-3 months we nursed her at home changing meds and taking her into All Creatures – twice weekly. Then one day she would not get up. She was anemic, and her heart was failing her. Her response to treatment was only temporary and she said her goodbyes to her five siblings and 2 parents and we ended her suffering.

You would think all those years of veterinary school and now 18 years of veterinary practice would prepare me to handle almost any kind of situation with any animal. However, these years of practical experience are only useful when dealing with client’s animals, the truth is many veterinarians admittedly have trouble making medical and objective decisions regarding their own pets. All pet owners struggle with when is the best time for elective euthanasia at one point. I think veterinarians become better veterinarians from facing these issues in their own homes, with their own pets. Nestle did not want to leave her family, if for no other reason than she was worried and concerned for us, and especially me. I am certain her last thoughts were not on her own suffering but who would care for us, who would retrieve our paper, and protect our home. She will be missed but never forgotten.

A Dog’s Plea

“And my friend, when I am old and no longer enjoy good health and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going, I am not having fun. Please see that my trusting life is taken gently. I shall leave this earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safest in your hands.”


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E –cash, Swiss Dollar: Multilevel chain business looters nabbed

Belgaum police arrested six persons on the charge of cheating several people to the tune of crores of rupees through E-Cash Online Business. They did business in different names such as Reliable, diamond, Swiss dollar.

All this was done using internet as a medium.

The police have seized Rs. 18 lakh, six cars, six laptops, foreign currencies, 37 ATM cards, 13 mobile phones and cheque books from the accused.

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Womens Smat Workwear to Look Gorgeous at Work Place

Womens Smat Workwear to Look Gorgeous at Work Place

The ideal image of workwear is changing significantly over the years. What we wear at work is directly affects by where we work and that’s where the whole problem is being generated from. The last decade have taken a full toll on what the ideal workplace and  womens workwear used to be. We have very few board meeting sort of settings now, we often sends more email across the globe and business become more digital and less formal because of the various cultural invades over the years. This positive changes and growth have lead us to longer work hours. Most of us are very familiar with words like acronym WFH and even more of us like even prefer working on  freelance  basis from some fancy coffee shops, bars, workspaces.

Modern day women, the largest consumer group ever,grew up alongside the technology central to these changes and working womens are entering workforce that’s a whole lot more flexible than how it used to be that of their parents. Dress codes and the need of the typical formal attires have shifted significantly. What was once office formals morphed into business casual and eventually business word vanished and what left is just casuals.

Women workwear in todays time is being hanging somewhere between a zhuzhed up version of what you wear at the weekend to a over the top slick outfit that screams “ I have a business interview”. What’s required is a balance between both the spaces.

Let’s just stop classifying working women in just on start-ups. There still are many professions and women professional who needs a proper formal tailoring. There are many arenas that still have pretty traditional dress codes and plenty of modern working women are working very hard in this sectors. So we should respect their needs and must keep having them in our minds while talking about the need of workwear clothing in today’s professional bindings.

The next section of women, who are normcore-esque. The professional who doesn’t care for spending time each day deciding what to wear. The kind of over the top busy bee ladies  who sticks to a strict self developed palette and may rotate key pieces repeatedly. So, workwear clothing is a monotonous act for them but still it pays a vital space in their professional lives.

That’s where the third class came, they are being a little less cut and dry. They are being the blind followers of what’s happening around the fashion world and they just follow. It’s like mixing and matching and coming up with a look of a classic denim jean with a statement shirt and colorful shoes. It’s the super-hyped sneakers paired with a bomber. It works for most of modern working womens who worked in  a comparatively casual work culture yet the dressing-up part is still important. We definitely needs a line between weekend and weekday lies, leaving the consumer a little uninspired.

Modern independent working women are desperately in need  of a formal workwear brand who can bundle that up with a product offering that taps into womens workwear needs and just owns the space completely.

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Virtual Decluttering

Virtual Decluttering

This is for you if you work full time, live outside of Sydney or just feel virtual decluttering would fit in to your busy life. (We are available on Saturdays). A virtual session means your home is organised with out me being there in person.  A virtual declutter may suit if you are downsizing, or moving home. Maybe you are selling your holiday home which is out of the Sydney area?  Maybe you’d like your home or office, to be more organised? We help you sort like with like, making a logical place for everything.   Maybe this would be great for a family member who isn’t tidy!

The Virtual Declutter includes two 30 minute Facetime or Skype sessions. During the initial session, I will make an assessment of your needs and discuss how best to proceed. I then send you a written plan in bullet points – this is our Plan of Action.   With our second call or session, the declutter process continues – guiding you to an orderly space, whether it is your kitchen, office or a wardrobe.

Telephone or Skype follow up sessions are also available.

A happy Virtual Client recently said

“ I engaged Jo Carmichael of All Sorted Out through her virtual decluttering sessions. This was achieved through phone conferences/facetime/video to give me direction, suggestions; this was always followed up with notes and action plans with a time frame. The sessions proved absolutely invaluable. I streamlined the kitchen, made it much more user-friendly and a beautiful space to work in. “

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City: Sherwood Park, Alberta

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Job Type Full-time

Title: Administrative assistant (NOC: 1241)

Vacancies: 1

Job start date: As soon as possible

Wage: $ 22.00 / Hour

Hours: 40 Hours / Week

Terms of employment: Permanent, Full time , Day

Employer: 1853500 Alberta Ltd o/a Pharma Save

Business and Job location: 815 8005 Emerald Dr Sherwood Park, AB T8H 0P1

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Languages: English

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

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Quote this!!!!

“Follow your heart. But take your brain with you.”   -Alfred Adler

Quote This!!!”( A Poem)

And if you are someone

who still carries hope in your heart,

kindness in your eyes

and generosity in your fingertips

despite terrible people happening to you,

thank you.

You are one of few truly pure things

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The local cacao industry is making waves in the world market with brands like Malagos Chocolate by Puentespina Farms reaping international awards. There is no stopping the allure and fascination with chocolates, and almost everyone with a sweet tooth has his or her own favorite.

But what makes Davao cacao special?

In celebration of World Chocolate Day, we put a spotlight on the city’s newest signature produce.

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Filipino-made pure chocolate on the rise

Valente Turtur, executive director of the Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Incorporated (CIDAMI), believes that one of Davao’s biggest milestones to date is a recognition that cacao beans from the region are among the world’s best.

The Philippine cacao bean was recently selected as one of the top 50 samples for the 2017 Edition of the Cocoa of Excellence Programme, the entry point for the International Cocoa Awards in Paris, France.

“What is the significance of this? Davao cacao is now one of the sought-after beans by chocolate makers from the U.S., Japan, and Europe,” Turtur shares.

Davao produces about 80 percent of the country’s cacao. Based on aggregate data from the Philippine Provincial Agriculturist Offices (PAGROs), the Davao region has more than 20,000 hectares of cacao farms, with Davao City having the largest area of 6,060 hectares.

With a good crop and a ready world and local market, Turtur is optimistic about opportunities to bring the cacao industry to greater heights.

“Our thrust right now is to focus on the production of quality cacao. To get a good price, our cacao must be categorized as fine or flavor cacao. In five years, we see our cacao being processed into cocoa liquor or even chocolate bars when it is exported to other countries.”

Progress through collaboration

progress through collaboration

Davao cacao beans among the world’s best

CIDAMI started out as an organization aiming to make Mindanao a world-renowned quality producer of cacao. But turning this vision into reality meant all stakeholders – farmers, traders, processors, investors, academe, and the government – are working together to make cacao a priority crop.

“We focused our efforts in helping upskill cacao farmers in the region and linked them to markets other than the traditional buyers,” Turtur shares.

Technology transfer, technique, and proper training opened the eyes of cacao farmers to the possibilities of shifting from yield to quality, and growing varieties that would meet the industry’s standards.

Stakeholders hail the effort and dedication of Davao cacao farmers who toil hard to produce quality beans. Their efforts in the preparation, fermentation, and drying process – combined with the perfect climate of Davao City in growing cacao trees – are winning factors to the industry’s success.

Turtur says they continue to encourage farmers to participate in conferences like the Kakao Konek, and recently, a chocolate center in Davao City’s Pasalubong Center known as “Cacao City”, where local artisan chocolate makers display and sell their products.

“Currently, there are about 100 chocolate processors. Some have their own brands of chocolates in the market shelves. Local processors inspire cacao farmers to improve their productivity. Importing countries have started to import semi-processed cocoa products and this will give our farmers better and stable income,” Turtur said.

Meeting the Cacao Challenge

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The future looks bright for cacao farmers in Davao

No doubt, Filipino-made pure chocolate is on the rise. Cacao industry leaders are looking to produce 100,000 metric tons of cacao by 2020, to meet a cacao shortfall expected by that year.

CIDAMI believes the country should take advantage of the increasing global demand for cocoa. Factors include the growing awareness of chocolate’s health benefits and expanding the range of its applications in food, beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

“In the next five years, Davao will be known as the country’s chocolate hub. For sure, there will be a better and brighter future for the cacao industry and most especially to our cacao farmers,” says Turtur.

As a homegrown brand, Alsons Properties couldn’t be prouder of the cacao growers and chocolate makers in the city.

To know more about the growing cacao industry in Mindanao, visit CIDAMI’s website ( and Facebook page ( or visit Cacao City at the Pasalubong Center, Palma Gil St., Davao City.

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Organic Milk vs Hormone Free Milk

Alison asked if hormone-free milk was as good as organic.

As for as Organic milk vs hormone free, neither will have the hormone added, but the hormone “free”-only will still have pesticide residue. Organic milk comes from cows fed an organic diet – grain or grass. In most cases, organic cows are treated better (more room per cow, most organic cows graze in an open pasture), while conventional cows don’t have much room to move around. So that to me even means healthier milk since cows treated better tend to be healthier anyway, thus not needing antibiotics, etc.

Hormone free vs organic – cows naturally produce hormones, so the milk is not entirely hormone free, however no synthetic hormones are added (which to me is still better than conventional milk). However, it seems as though “hormone-free” is more of a marketing term.

CNN also reported on this topic pointing out research has shown there is no difference in milk from cows treated with rbST and cows that were not. However, the author echos many who feel “science” and the FDA has let us down before and consumers are questioning the safety of, well everything.

But then again, Natural News debunks that and gives a glowing review of why adding hormones is not good, including pus getting into the milk from these cows who often get mastitis due to the overproduction of milk and these cows are then given antibiotics to treat the mastitis infection. Now, who wants all that in their milk?

Benefits of Organic Milk
Here is another very good article showing the benefits of organic milk vs conventional milk. Such benefits include less pesticide contamination, more vitamins and antioxidants, improves the quality of breastmilk and helps prevent asthma and eczema in children. Read the entire article for more benefits.

SFMilk-FamilyAs for as choosing a good organic milk, first things first – Horizon milk is not really organic, which is really sad considering it is the best selling brand of organic milk. There are several links on there, one of which is a link to thorough research of many organic brands of milk rated on how “organic” they really are. So if you choose to stay/go organic, you can choose a good brand. Also, you can usually sign up on the manufacturer’s website and get coupons — for example, Stonyfield Farm or Organic Valley may send out coupons in a newsletter.

We eat the “dirty dozen” fruits and veggies (mostly these are the ones where the outer skin is exposed like peaches, grapes, strawberries, potatoes, apples…) these are the ones that will have the most pesticides and bananas for example, do not have near as many pesticides since it is protected by a thick peel. So I get organic apples, but not bananas. I say that to give you an example that there are tradeoffs. You don’t have to go 100% organic on everything. To me, milk is one of those areas where the benefit definitely shows organic to be better.

Certainly cost is a factor. I get our milk from Whole Foods. If you drink a lot of milk or you have room in your freezer, Whole Foods gives you 10% off if you purchase a case of milk (4 gallons). We go through that in about 10-14 days, so I do this sometimes, but it’s a little hard to drink that much milk when we still give our 3 year old whole milk. And I am not sure about freezing milk, have not tried it, but know people who have with great success. And as mentioned, you can usually sign up to get newsletters which may contain coupons.

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Does organic milk come from grass fed cows?

Not now, but it very soon could be a requirement. The USDA is considering requiring that all dairy cows used in producing organic milk be grass-fed during grazing season.

I think this is a great step. Currently, these cows are fed grain that is not treated with pesticides. Grass is what cows naturally eat and what their bodies know how to process. Grain is not as easily digested and because of this, cows fed grain often have stomach ulcers, indigestion and other issues. Because of this unnatural diet, grain fed cattle are often treated with antibiotics to help prevent diseases common among grain fed cattle.

Certainly would be a great step for all — healthier for the cows and for our consumption. Read the entire article here.

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Is Horizon Milk really organic?

No. Apparently it is not. Which explains why it’s so cheap and why Wal-Mart sells it. I had a friend tell me about this who read it somewhere, so one to never just take anyone’s word for it, I did a little research and found that Horizon is NOT organic, just as my friend had said. No Horizon products for this house.

horizon1It’s really a shame as the Horizon brand is the number 1 selling organic brand of milk. Dean Foods bought Horizon, as well as Silk brand soy milk. Aurora Organic milk has also been pointed out as labeling themselves organic when they are really not.

How do they get away with this? For one, they are lobbying to reduce the standards set forth for organic products to lower them to a more conventional standard. Uh, then what’s the point of “organic?” Until then, they are claiming that their animals have access to open pasture and to them, that’s good enough to call themselves organic. The truth is, their farms do not allow enough pasture for the number of cows they have. When reporters or other important folks visit one of their operations, some cows do see the pasture.

Just proves that if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Horizon is by far much cheaper than any other organic brand of milk I have come across. I had wondered how they were able to do this and now I know why. If you really want organic milk, DO NOT buy Horizon! If their sales weaken, they will realize consumers will not stand for just an organic label — we want a real organic product!

Click here to read the full story.

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A Safe Way to Discard Old Medicines

Wow, I had never really thought about what happens when I toss out old medication. But it does make sense that it could get into the wrong hands or could be ingested by animals. Thankfully, someone smarter than me has realized the issue and started a drug-take back program.

Group Health in Washington state has several pharmacies that have implemented the program with great success. They have been working closely with government and environmental agencies to ensure the drugs are properly disposed of. The program is limited, but legislation is in the works to change this. It would also include the ability to take back prescription narcodics, like codeine. Currently federal law does not allow consumers to give narcodics to anyone other than a law enforcement official. Until then, it is suggested to mix these drugs with something unappetizing to animals such as coffee grounds or kitty litter.

Here is a link to the full story. I found it very facinating and eye-opening. I will certainly take greater care when disposing of OTC and prescription drugs in the future.


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With a maximum temperature of 450° F, the BaByliss Pro Nano Titanium Straightening Iron can really pack a punch despite its otherwise small frame. One thing to note though: these heat settings are not pre-set like the CHI G2 hair straightener we also reviewed, and you will need to play around with them to find the right temperature for your hair. This shouldn’t be a problem if you have a Saturday afternoon or two to kill, but may not be ideal for users that are looking for a flat iron with pre-recorded settings.
my styler seems to be legitimate and has the shiny sticker and seems to be correct in all other ways. It does indeed work so that really is all that matters. I was given this free for an honest review. I have to say overall I like this styler. It is the perfect size for my hair as it is short and medium in thickness. The styler it self is a little heavy to hold up for long periods so just be warned about that and it rolls on my counter top. It heats up quick and works great though and I love that I can curl or straighten and it has an auto shut off in case I forget to turn it off that is the best feature to any styler in my opinion so I do not burn my house down . Also this one in particular looks very nice not that it matters for functionality but it is a pretty iron. I was able to straighten my hair in far less time than my previous straightener and it seems also I am not using nearly as much heat. So I love this styler and my only complaint is that it is a bit clunky to hold.
fast shipping easy product to use and always reliable this is my second ghd only because I dropped my first one so much that it finally broke after 3 years. Love these straighteners over a chi
Ghd have a big reputation to uphold and they more than maintain it with this wonderful gift set. The presentation box is worth a sentence alone. It's grandiose and gold really looks the part and will absolutely impress anyone who receives this.next onto the core part of the product the hairdryer and tongs. Both are of exceptional quality and you can tell that they are a cut above your usual high street products which might retail at a lower price. There are a good variety of settings on each of the products and these ensure that the products adapt to whatever your hair requires there is no doubt this pricey but in this case price really does equal quality and for that reason I can recommend.
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The ceramic blue plates aren't just pretty; they push conditioners into the hair, quelling frizz 65 percent more efficiently than a traditional ceramic iron. Even experts were impressed. "[It] leaks heat-protective ingredients onto the hair at the exact point of contact, coating every strand during the straightening process," says cosmetic chemist Ni'Kita Wilson.
While the BaByliss Pro Nano Titanium Straightening Iron is a great option for a beginner or someone on the go, we like to think of the Solano Sleek Heat 450 Professional Flat Iron as the no-nonsense, professional-grade alternative for anyone with short or medium length hair. This Solano professional hair straightener isn’t just for stylists or beauty bloggers though: the fast heat time and maximum heat temperatures make it an ideal choice for any aspiring stylist-to-be or anyone with stubborn shorter styles.
I love this one had one before it broke used another for about a year glad to be back. Doesn't overheat.
Genuine ghds so great quality as expected👍🏻 very happy and great value. Ghd eclipse are a bit better in my opinion but are much more expensive so if you’re on a budget this is an affordable high end product.
This is the best straightener I've ever used plus I can curl with it I registered it online and activated the guarantee. Great product
There are many options to embellish and arrange the hair. Hairpins, clasps, barrettes, headbands, ribbons, rubber bands, scrunchies, and combs can be used to achieve a variety of styles. There are also many decorative ornaments that, while they may have clasps to affix them to the hair, are used solely for appearance and do not aid in keeping the hair in place. In India for example, the Gajra (flower garland) is common there are heaps on hairstyles.
great product. Top quality I bought in recommendation of my daughter and boy is this worth it
love this hair iron. Best iron I've owned aside from chi.

Unlike the plain Jane ceramic plates of most hair straighteners, the tourmaline-infused ceramic plates in the CHI Air Expert Classic Tourmaline Ceramic Flat Iron are designed to keep your hair healthy during styling. Specifically, the tourmaline helps to more evenly distribute the heat during use which, in turn, creates a higher number of negative ions for shinier and healthier looking hair with each use. This reduces the static electricity created, meaning you get a sleeker, smoother style.

so the nice thing about this one is that it does heat up very fast and it has a fast recovery rate. I have thick curly hair not wavy. So for me it works. However the curls do start to show alittle resistance by the end of the day. This model as one temp max of I think 380 degrees isn't hot enough for my hair. I think I need like 400 degrees. However the brand itself has been awesome as the plates on it doesn't caulk up with products and doesn't snag my hair. It is definitely better than anything you can buy at a store. I am okay to use it but if it breaks I will find one with a temperature settings.
I was stung once buying some fake ghds online but these are the real deal. They are perfect. I ve been using them for years and my last pair gave up after five years of daily use.
Smooth and doesn't pull...it's so much better than my last flat iron and I style my hair in much less time
Like everyone else I was really afraid of getting a fake ghd product from here. In the past I have been ripped off before when trying to buy this straightener but I took a chance anyway and its real I verified it on the website and I got an email back saying its authentic. I am really pleased I got this straightener for 90 dollars
In the 1800s, American women started wearing their hair up when they became ready to get married. Among the Fulani people of west Africa, unmarried women wear their hair ornamented with small amber beads and coins, while married women wear large amber ornaments. Marriage is signified among the Toposa women of South Sudan by wearing the hair in many small pigtails. Unmarried Hopi women have traditionally worn a "butterfly" hairstyle characterized by a twist or whorl of hair at each side of the face.[42]

I bought this almost two years ago and still works well on my hair. Since I use it everyday it will probably have to be replaced soon. I will buy the same one again
I haven't checked to see if its registered and original but it is phenomenal love it
In short YES! You absolutely can use too much heat on your hair. Burning hair is not a good smell, it’s not a good look either! You may end up having to get a pretty severe haircut if you’re not careful about the amount of heat you put directly on your locks. Read through this to get an idea of what’s safe and what will leave you wishing for a good trim (or possibly a wig).

Ever since the early 2000’s when the planet collectively decided that straightening our hair to death was a good idea, beauty companies have been searching for a way to achieve beautiful and natural-looking straight looks without frying or unnecessary damage. From ceramic plates to protective sprays and everything in between, we have been desperately searching for some way, any way, to show off a straight head of hair that isn’t entirely made of straw.
love this straightener. Makes my hair smooth and shinney heats up within 30 seconds and does a quick and beautiful job
this is my 2nd ghd I love this straightener
Creative director of GLAMSQUAD Giovanni Vaccaro prefers this flat iron by Sedu. "The ceramic plates are really key to maintain the integrity and healthiness of the hair," he says. To get expertly straight hair, Vaccaro recommends using a boar-bristle brush to help mediate frizz, and that "the follow through is key" when moving the iron and comb completely from roots to tips.
usual excellent quality. Never disapointed with ghd's

This straightener is awesome especially if you travel. Unlike the chi you do not need a converter in europe. Just plug in an adapter and you are set
hot immediately smooth easy to use recommended by my hairstylists and well worth the money have not owned a chi so can't compare.
authentic and really high up in the hair straightener choices. And at a good price I got tired of worrying about burning my hair so this is perfect.
Simply the best
The manufacturer backs up all of this with a 4-year warranty. And the price ain’t to shabby either! So, any problems? Well, some owners have reported that the reservoir leaks whenever you push the vapor button. The good news is that some have noted no difference between using the vapor technology and not using it. The result is still the same – beautifully sleek and shiny hair. Also, due to the reservoir, it is quite bulky and a bit heavy.
If you’re a hair straightening novice, you may be a little intimidated during the first few times you use your new flat iron. These feelings are totally normal (after all, you are putting 300+ degrees of heat right near your scalp!), but there is no need to worry. All you have to do is follow these simple steps and you will have the gorgeous, flowing hair you’ve always dreamt of in no time!
I have used this styler before and absolutely love it I have wavy frizzy hair and it helps tremendously with the friz and it straightens so effortlessly. I had ordered this and they sent me one within 2 days I went to register it online and the code did not work even after mutiple times so I left the seller a feedback message that was not too nice which I do apologize for but they were absolutely fantastic. They sent me a new one in which the code did work so these are genuine ghd stylers. Amazing product and it makes it even more amazing with great customer service. I highly recommend this product and this seller. Thank you
I love this one had one before it broke used another for about a year glad to be back. Doesn't overheat.
I am a loyal ghd purchaser but unfortunately my last set died after approximately five years daily use these are a perfect replacement. I have shoulder length hair and these are a great size for both curling and straightening.i also bought them when they were on offer so saved 10 and with prime delivery I didn't have to survive without my essential ghds.
I can't believe Amazon would allow one of their trusted sellers to sell fakes. I received mine today and it took about 5 seconds to realize that it was fake. I could not register it on the ghd website, and I came across the information below to help identify fakes. This straightener did not have a reset button on the plug, and had many more of the 'give-aways' that it was a fake! DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SELLER.
wife loved it

I don't use the straightener very often but it has worked great for me. Gets very hot very quickly and does what it is suppose to do.

Martin Penny, Gary Douglas, Susan Powls and Robert Powls founded ghd in 2001.[7][8] The three collaborated to buy the rights to a hair straightening iron from a South Korean inventor.[9] The brand quickly took off organically, and the company did not even begin advertising until two years after its launch.[10][11] By then, hair salons and word of mouth carried ghd to £12 million, against a forecast of between £3 million and £4 million.[9]

If you have really short hair, you’re better off with a narrow plate, around half an inch in size. If you want to curl your hair, smaller plates are also ideal. For those with longer, thicker tresses, you need wider plates, around 1 1/2 inches, to ensure that you cover more area on each pass. This decreases the amount of passes you need to make, preventing more damage done to your hair.
The two strips of silicone atop Bio Ionic’s flat iron plates seem silly, but they serve an important purpose. By buffering the outer edge of the plates, they reduce your chances of hair snags. They also force you to glide the flat iron more slowly through your hair (they are called speed strips, after all). While the slower technique maximizes shininess and smoothness, the speed strips can become a bit of an obstacle if your hair is thick.
this product got to me in time I liked it a lot and so far is my favorite straightener

Count on Kristin Ess to bless us with high-performance hair tools that are super affordable and good lookin', too. Crafted from two titanium plates to deliver heat fast and evenly, Ess's flatiron reaches temperatures up to 440 degrees, has shine-boosting technology, and shuts off automatically. So you can forget ever having to wonder if your flatiron is still on after you've left the house.
If you have ever visited a luxury spa or wellness company, you have probably run across far infrared heat a time or two. Without going into too much science, infrared heat is the same heat you feel when the sun kisses your cheeks and warms your body from the inside-out. Far infrared heat, in particular, has been used by medical and wellness professionals for years to treat a variety of conditions from muscle pain to even cancer.
I absolutely love this flat iron I have straight hair always have but this gives me no frizz flat hair. And when I want curls well there you go I have them I researched for a flat iron since I bought one like 5yrs ago and it did nothing for my hair and pulled it too. This one is 100 authentic and I registered it online with ghd also. I'm soo happy my husband got my this well worth the wait also this was bought through amazon if you'd like to know happy styling

These flatirons are a great investment. I loved the results. For styling black hair. I would advise to curl you hair first and then apply oil. The irons gives a better curl on less greasy hair. It made my hair silky.
this edition of ghd has luxury christmas present written all over it plus points impressive packaging that is eye catching made of heavy cardboard and signalling a luxury product.quilted case with mirrored blue button and separator for the straighteners and it’s flex to be kept separately.quality heat may that is detachable from the case.beautifully designed straighteners in the same electric blue as the packaging with a silicone heat shield at the end.safety features cut off after 30 mins and a noise alerts you to them being plugged in being switched on or being switched off.the switch is inside the straightener so that you don’t accidentally turn it off as you are straightening your hair.plates glide through hair creating straightness without effort and as they are at the optimum 185 degrees without that crimped look at the top where you first inserted the plates.improvements that would’ve made it a 5 I needed a slightly longer flex maybe another 1 2 metre.i miss the option to choose the temperature that I had on my old straighteners. I appreciate their advice about 185 degrees being the setting that works best but I have very fine hair which is also frizzy and like to have a choice so that I can accommodate what my hair is up to that day.
excellent deal. Thanks
so let me clear up some of the mixed reviews. When you click on the link to this straightener the ghd classic styler the item is sold by different sellers. So someone who buys today may not buy from the same place that had the straightener yesterday. Which explains why some have received fakes. Click on the seller read the reviews about them do your research.however with that being said I purchased mine from salon logistix my ghd was authentic and I was able register it with the ghd site. I straightened my hair 30 minutes ago with it and am so happy with my purchase. I have natural caucasian hair but my waves are deep and usually take a couple passes to go away. This straightener ironed them out in about 2 passes. It heats up in seconds makes little beeps when turned on and hot and never snagged my hair huge problem with my chi . I would definitely recommend this straightener I previously paid 250 for a t3 mane tamer this ghd does just as well and for less than half the price
If you lived through this particular time in our world history, then you probably remember the super straight hairstyles that we all sported a time or two (bonus points if you took a photo of yourself like this in your bathroom mirror using a digital camera!). For reasons we may never know for certain, sharp and straight hair was the hairstyle of choice back in the early 2000’s giving the good old hair straightener somewhat of a bad reputation.

L'Oréal Paris Elnett Precious Oil Hairspray has been specifically formulated to soften, smooth and add shine to dry, damaged hair. Its ultra fine mist leaves hair feeling clean with a lightweight, soft, shiny finish and a satin touch. Infused with the luxurious touch of silky Argan Oil. For perfect hold, complete any hairstyle with an all-over spray.
I've always wanted ghd's but never really had the budget for it so decided this birthday 24 after moving to the states and throwing my 30 pair in the bin I would treat myself. Best decision ever great irons and using them so much more than my old ones as they are so quick and easy. My hair is very thick so it used to take ages to style with my old irons. So much easier now
The ceramic plates on this hair straightener ensure that hair remains glossy and nourished even through the high-level of heat. A brilliant all-rounder for quick and effortless everyday styling, the ghd IV Hair Straightener can create both smooth locks and curls; making it a great multi-tasking product. Suitable for all hair types and lengths, the styler glides smoothly through the hair in one gentle action so snagging is reduced.
Just received my ghd classic I inch iron looooooooove it. Love it heat up fast and the lcd light is very good feature. And it gave my hair very nice look after using it. Now just have to see how long this machine would last loving it so far

Twist And Curl – The awesome folks at Good Housekeeping couldn’t have put it better than this: curling your hair with a flat iron is like curling ribbon with a pair of scissors. To do this, simply clamp your hair straightener around a piece of hair as you normally would when straightening, except flip the entire tool, so your hair is now wrapped around one of the plates. Holding the tip of your hair for support, simply glide the straightener down the entire length of hair and just like magic, you’ve made a curl!

These straighteners heat up to 232 degrees in just 30 seconds so you can style your hair quickly and without fuss. The smooth plates glide through your hair; helping to smooth the fibres and give you a highly conditioned and glossy finish. Temperature is monitored 50 times per second which ensures that heat remains evenly distributed throughout the plates and your hair appears healthy and sleek.

A fabulous duo of top notch ghd products. Firstly the styler it's easy to use as it automatically heats to a predetermined non adjustable 185 c optimal for styling without damaging hair. Should one need a higher temperature then this is not for you. It's supplied with a chunky 20 cm square heat mat to protect surfaces and it auto powers off after 30 minutes if not in use. Given its speedy heat up rate I reckon this could be reduced to 10 minutes in use great results are possible with very little practise.and the hairdryer very nicely balanced with good access to the controls without stopping. The lower switch is the 3 position fan speed off medium high but it doesn't sit quite right ... To get to the highest speed one has to push the end of the switch down into the handle its as though the switch has not been installed level vertical but it's not a huge problem the 3 position heat switch is much better. The cold shot button requires a fair bit of effort to hold in with 1 finger for anything more than a few seconds.both have very good quality cable that are properly flexible unlike some 2.7 m styler 3.0 m on the dryer. With regard to cables the manufacturer's make it clear that the cables should not be wound around the device but folded as they were as they came out of the box ... That's ok in theory but using the twist ties is not practicable so it would have been useful to include some cheap and easy method of coiling the cable especially for travelall said and done superb kit with a niggle about a switch and cable storage
thank you
This lightweight mini straightener is easy to use and great if you love to travel and need to take your tools with you. It's so tiny and portable that it can fit into a carry-on bag, and it heats and is ready to use in only 30 seconds. It packs serious punch, though — its 100 percent ceramic plates generate six times more negative ions than regular irons for less heat damage and frizz.
Perfect for straightening, curling or waving, this straightener features high-gloss titanium floating plates for a smooth glide, and advanced ceramic heaters to ensure fast and even heat distribution. Utilizing Ion Boost Technology, the straighteners deliver active conditioning ions to help hair look smoother and shinier, and are housed in strong, lightweight steel with curved edges to keep the plates aligned and allow you to create effortless curls and flicks. Versatile and easy to use, this amazing tool is the perfect choice for anyone who needs a tool that can do it all!
Very happy with the ghd iv styler a replacement for my previous ones that I had for a good few years.money well spent.

With a maximum temperature of 450° F, the BaByliss Pro Nano Titanium Straightening Iron can really pack a punch despite its otherwise small frame. One thing to note though: these heat settings are not pre-set like the CHI G2 hair straightener we also reviewed, and you will need to play around with them to find the right temperature for your hair. This shouldn’t be a problem if you have a Saturday afternoon or two to kill, but may not be ideal for users that are looking for a flat iron with pre-recorded settings.

We don’t know too many people that are using their hair straighteners vertically, but there must be a few since ISA has made a point of clarifying that this model is intended only to be used horizontally, i.e., perpendicular to your hair. According to the manufacturer, using the hair straightener horizontally reduces hair pulling for a more comfortable experience. This may be particularly important to you if your hair tends to knot easily or you have unruly curls and texture.
by far the best flat iron out there and I've tried them all. Unbelievably smooth use and finish. Floating plates are wonderful. No snagging at all and it leaves my hair silky and shiny with one pass. I have long thick wavy curly hair that I like to wear straight. I bought my first ghd 10 years ago. It still works wonderfully but I felt like it was time to buy a new one. I'm going to give the other one away to a teenager who wouldn't otherwise be able to buy one. I went and bought a chi thinking perhaps it may be better based on the popularity of the brand. I returned it. I also tried babyliss and after much research a croc and returned those as well. Neither gave me the silk and shine that the ghd does and the chi snagged my hair. Go with ghd. You won't regret it.
I was very nervous after reading all the reviews I got this professional original 1 inch ghd straightener and ordered from amazon it was sold directly from amazon which I heard was the best way to go. I heard do not buy from 3 party seller. Anyway... Received it in the mail bought it for 110 including shipping and tax cyber monday sale so so happy. I registered it right away on ghd official site and got an email telling me it was real and registered. I love it it works amazing and everyone compliments on my hair. I couldn't be happier. Get it get it get it. Get one that is sold directly by amazon would be my best recommendation.
It met my expectations
I ordered the ghd iv styler and was abit confused as to which one to order. I am happy with what I chose. It's small light and does the job wonderfully.
these ghd hair straightening irons are great excellent price fast delivery and authentic. Really is there much more you could ask for
love these first ghd’s I have bought normally but normal straighteners but thought i’d treat myself. These do the job well worth the money.
heats up so fast and does a great job straightening my hair I am not the most coordinated person and even I can use this.
used ghds for years. I wouldn't use any other straightners. Love them.