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Danger level 7
Type: Adware
Common infection symptoms:
  • Annoying Pop-up's
  • Shows commercial adverts
  • Connects to the internet without permission

Facts Right

Facts Right is a new application that falls under the category of adware. This program works rather differently than one would imagine as instead of providing you with interesting facts it gathers the information about you. Mainly, this program settles on the Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers and generates pop-ups with ads while you search the Internet. Based on the information gathered about you, it will provide targeted ads that you might be tempted to open. However, we advise you to stay away from the content displayed by this adware, because you might harm your computer or expose your private information. To learn more, you should continue reading this article. If you decide to remove this program from your computer, you can use our recommended steps to guide you through the process.

Facts Right is not unique in any way as it has numerous clones, such as Triangle Trail, Glass Bottle, On Stage, Strong Signal, etc. If you check the Facts Right files you can see that Leto Elite signs their Digital Signature. This company has released many potentially unwanted programs (PUP) and adware applications that were created not as useful tools for the user, but as a way to make money from user’s browsing. Therefore, we have no reason to believe that this application is any different. Moreover, if you have Facts Right on your system, it is possible that there are even more adware or other malware programs installed. It is very likely because this program comes bundled with the malicious installers, meaning that it settles on your computer along with other possible infections. So you might see ads generated by different applications and other malware symptoms. There is an easy way to check what adware is installed on your computer. Most of the ads display “Powered by” or similar lines on the ad, so look for possible titles on the ad itself. Many users download bundled malicious installers while getting free applications from suspicious websites. That is why it is so important to avoid file-sharing pages that offer free programs, especially if your computer is not protected by a Firewall or an antimalware tool, as they would notify you before entering an untrustworthy page.

Facts Right’s primary activity is advertising numerous products through various types of pop-ups and links. That is why it will continuously display ads that will be based on your latest search results or the bought goods. How does it know what you buy or what you are interested in? Apparently, it gathers your browsing and shopping information that some users would consider private. This program creates a particular Windows Registry entry in the DOMStorage key that is used by Internet Explorer. To be more precise, it is a particular Internet Explorer tool that works in a similar manner as HTML Cookies. The main difference is that DOMStorage allows gathering a bigger amount of information and for much longer period.

According to the picked up information, Facts Right provides you with Third Party ads or links to their websites. While doing so, with each pop-up or sponsored link it advertises a particular Third Party and helps it increase its website’s traffic. From every click the Facts Right creators receive advertising revenue. It would seem that everyone gets something useful from this, but not you. On the contrary, the experience with this program might become very unpleasant. Besides generating money for application’s originators, these ads also redirect you to suspicious websites that might promote fake products and have harmful content like viruses or worms. So you might catch more serious infections if you click on such pop-ups. This advertising content might be displayed as banners, full page ads, video ads, etc. Probably it will present attractive deals that would help you save some money, but users cannot recognize which ad is reliable and which one is fake.

We see no reason you should leave such an application on your computer, especially when one can find various shopping offers or sales directly on reliable e-shops. Facts Right ads might seem tempting, but consider the possible threats and think whether it is worth keeping it just to save some money. Therefore, we urge you to remove this useless adware from your system with the instructions below the article. If you follow these removal steps carefully, you should have no trouble deleting Facts Right. Though, if some parts seem a little bit tricky, you can contact us via social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and YouTube) or leave us a comment here.

Delete Facts Right via Control Panel

Windows 10 and Windows 8

  1. Press Windows Key+R to launch the RUN.
  2. Type Control Panel and click OK.
  3. Choose Uninstall a program.
  4. Locate the adware and click Uninstall.

Windows 7 and Windows Vista

  1. Go to the Start menu and pick Control Panel.
  2. Select Uninstall a program.
  3. Choose the program and click Uninstall.

Windows XP

  1. Open Start.
  2. Select Control Panel.
  3. Choose Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find the application and pick Uninstall.

Remove Facts Right from browsers

Internet Explorer

  1. Click on the settings icon on the top-right corner.
  2. Open Manage add-ons and choose Toolbars and extensions.
  3. Locate the adware and delete it.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Press CTRL+SHIFT+A.
  2. Pick Extensions.
  3. Select the program and click Remove.

Erase the remaining junk files

  1. Launch RUN (Win+R).
  2. Copy and insert these locations one by one:
    %TEMP%\Facts Right.
    %PROGRAMFILES%\Facts Right.
    %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Facts Right.
    %SystemRoot%\Prefetch\FACTS RIGHT.EXE-[any number of symbols].pf.
  3. Locate Facts Right folders or files and right-click on it to delete them.
  4. Repeat the same to remove remaining Facts Right shortcuts from these locations: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Facts Right.lnk.
    %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Facts Right.lnk.
    %USERPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Facts Right.lnk.
    %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Facts Right.lnk.
    %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Facts Right.lnk.

Delete the remaining keys from the Windows Registry

  1. Press Windows Key+R.
  2. Type regedit and click OK.
  3. Locate and remove Facts Right related keys from these particular paths:
    HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\factsright-a.akamaihd.net.
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Facts Right.
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Facts Right.
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Danger level 6
Type: Adware

Transponder.BTGrab is malicious adware that is dangerous and will also drive you crazy. Once your computer gets infected with Transponder.BTGrab, you will experience many computer problems that may seem impossible to get rid of. Transponder.BTGrab is able to monitor your browsing activity, as well as your view what you type into search engines, this information may be sent to malicious predetermined remote servers.Transponder.BTGrab has been designed to infect the majority of Windows platforms.

Transponder.BTGrab may go by the following names:
• TransponderBTGrab
• Transponder BTGrab

Transponder.BTGrab may display some of the following symptoms:
• Files will appear again after being deleted.
• Some files will be missing from the registry.
• Strange programs will appear in the process list.
• Pop ups will drive you crazy.
• There may be changes in your internet settings.
• You system speed may decrease dramatically.

Transponder.BTGrab needs to get removed from your computer as soon as possible upon immediate detection. You need to be warned that if you choose to make use of the manual removal process, the risks are very high of you causing severe additional damage to your computer. It is within your best interest to choose the automatic removal process.

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Transponder.BTGrab DLL's to remove:

Remove Transponder.BTGrab registry entries:

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Out of the Frying Pan? Nintendo 3DS Sells 4 Million Units in U.S.

Welcome back to the land of happy press stories, Nintendo: The company says it's now sold four million 3DS game systems in the U.S., adding that its no-glasses 3D handheld has so far sold "more in its first nine months than the Wii did." Altogether, Nintendo sold 12 million total hardware units — Wii and 3DS sales combined — in the U.S. in 2011.

A couple last minute sales blockbusters probably helped: Super Mario 3D Land (released November 13) and Mario Kart 7 (released December 4) each sold over one million units in the U.S., says Nintendo, becoming "the fastest-selling titles in the history of their respective franchises."

The 3DS, which debuted in Japan in February and the U.S. in March, was slow off the block, due in part to a lackluster software lineup, prompting Nintendo to slash the price of the system in mid-August, dropping it from $250 to $170 — an unprecedented move for a system not six months old at the time. Nintendo also attempted to placate customers who paid $250 for the system by offering them 20 free downloadable games from the Nintendo eShop.

The 3DS's four million U.S. sales figure brings the system in line with Japanese sales estimates, which also topped four million at December's close. I'm not sure how the gaming demographics work out in either country in terms of who buys what, but it's worth noting the population of Japan is slightly more than one-third of the U.S.'s, making the Japanese sales figure theoretically more impressive.

For Wii-watchers, Nintendo says the Wii sold 4.5 million units, and that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword also broke the one million units sold mark, though that number's actually kind of dullsville given the Wii's install base and Zelda's pedigree. Even if Nintendo included worldwide sales, they'd pale in comparison to numbers like Modern Warfare 3's, a game that topped 6.5 million copies globally during its initial 24 hours on sale. Nintendo adds that Mario Kart Wii reached 11 million units sold, and that New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS had reached 10 million units sold.

Nintendo says its install base in the U.S. is now 39 million for the Wii and 51 million for the DS family. The latter aggregates fundamentally different systems to come up with an impressive figure, but that's branding for you — Sony used to mask the PS3's poor sales by adding up everything PlayStation branded (PS3, PS2, PSP), too.

Is Nintendo back? We'll see. The company took a significant $927 million loss in October 2011, double the loss figure it predicted last summer. One lesson Nintendo's hopefully learned: You need great games to sell a system, especially when its prime feature — glasses-free 3D — tends to be touch and go (move your head or the system as little as an inch or two and the 3D effect's ruined).

Fingers crossed for Kid Icarus, Resident Evil: Revelations and Metal Gear Solid: 3D Snake Eater, all due soon.

[Update: A previous version of this story listed Mario Party and Pokémon as upcoming 3DS games, but Nintendo says PokéPark 2 and Mario Party 9 will be coming out for the Wii this quarter, not the 3DS.]

For more, have a look at our Nintendo 3DS review and our look at eight of the system's first games.

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Digital TV: Promise vs. Reality

A decade of promises and predictions

Tech analysts have been talking about the future of television for a long time... but not always accurately.

Tech analysts have been talking about the future of television for a long time... but not always accurately.

Today about 1700 television stations across the United States will make the switch from analog to digital signals. The switch follows a year of heavy advertising, exhaustive reporting, local programs to help elderly residents deal with the switch, and a converter box coupon shortage that delayed the whole enterprise by another four months.

While the large majority of U.S. households are ready for the switch, as many as 1.75 million to 2.2 million people could be watching a blanket of snow in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The Federal Communications Commission has 4000 operators on standby ready to answer questions from confused residents, and has set up digital TV demonstration centers in major urban centers, as well as a Digital TV conversion Website.

So, after years of hype, the future of television has arrived. But is this what we signed up for? I've scoured the historical record to see what tech analysts were saying as early as ten years ago about the future of digital television. Read on to see what tech pundits got right and what they got wrong, during the time when AOL was king, Apple's future was still in doubt and the cost of an HDTV cost more per square foot than an office in downtown Washington, DC.

What They Got Wrong

Continuous Adverti sing and Extra Screen Width: On January 29, 1999 the Washington Post ran an interview with Rob Pegoraro, WAPO personal technology editor. Pegoraro predicted that cable companies might reduce the width of your TV viewing experience, and run continuous ads in the free space similar to what you see on a web page. Pegoraro also suggested that cable companies would allow you to buy extra screen width for sporting events and other special programming.

Cable Domination: On November 1, 1998, Business Week discussed the future of digital television and HDTV. The magazine posited that digital TV would turn the tech world "upside down." They said cable companies looked well positioned to weather the digital TV storm, and the big losers might be Dell, Compaq and Intel. While cable still dominates the living room, the development of services like Hulu and Boxee make it clear that cable's lock on the American living room is about to get rocked in a very big way.

Web Browsing on TV: Business week also suggested the digital TV revolution could bring about the end of the PC. In the article, Business Week asked, "who needs a Pentium PC if simpler, cheaper appliances let you browse the Web or videoconference with friends on a giant high-resolution screen?"

While bringing Internet to the TV has been tried many times, it has never taken off. People have stuck with their trusty computers, and that is unlikely to change any time soon.

Enhanced Interactivity: Wired ran an article in January 1999 discussing how the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was embracing digital television. At the time, CPB's President and CEO Robert T. Coonrod foresaw a time when viewers would see enhanced interactivity. Coonrod pointed to the classical music program "Great Performances," imagining a time when people would watch the broadcast of the symphony from different angles, follow the written score on TV, or even mute a specific instrument and play along with the symphony.

Coonrod did correctly predict the idea of viewing a program from multiple angles, but that is happening on your computer, not your television. Last season, NBC and the NFL allowed you to watch the telecast of Sunday Night Football online and view the game from a variety of different camera views.

Shopping from your TV: In August 1999, The Guardian talked about grabbing "the TV remote, your credit card, and a nice cup of tea" to shop for computers, books, or whatever tickled your fancy right from your living room chair, all thanks to digital television. You can do that today, just not on your TV -- unless your computer uses your television as a monitor.

What They Got Right

More HBO: Discussing the future of television and the possibility of wider programming possibilities, Pegoraro said he didn't think the changes were likely to create a slew of offbeat and niche program. Instead, Pegoraro said, we just might get ten more flavors of HBO and MTV. Score one for Pegoraro. There are currently seven HBO channels, including HBO, HBO 2, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Comedy, HBO Zone, and HBO Latino.

Set-top boxes: Around May 1999, CNET argued that set-top boxes of the future would let us browse the Web, play video games, and access digital programming guides. Since then the set-top box has become more than just a way to broadcast television, but to play video games, stream and download movies and yes, even view an interactive programming guide. Today, we have Netflix's Roku, TIVO and other DVRs, the Xbox 360, Apple TV, the PlayStation 3 and more, all trying to be the central hub for your entertainment needs.

Back to the Future

That was the future then, and while some of it looks like our future now, it's interesting to note that a lot of the future of digital TV made its way onto the computer instead of your television. And as for the post-2009 future of digital TV? Well, considering how much the pundits of 1999 got wrong, I wouldn't dare to forward my own theories. However, if I were you I'd invest heavily in smell-o-vision. I swear it's the next big thing.

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Ascent of Luciano Mesa-East Area on 1997-04-05

Climber: David Olson

Date:Saturday, April 5, 1997
Ascent Type:Successful Summit Attained
Peak:Luciano Mesa-East Area
    Location:USA-New Mexico
    Elevation:5560 ft / 1694 m
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Utah County High Points

Showing Vince Kloster's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (4 out of 29, or 13.79%)

RankCountyPeak Elev-Ft Range (Level 4) Prom-Ft Ascent Date
1.IronBrian Head11,307Central Utah Plateaus37471990-07-21
2.San JuanMount Peale12,721Canyonlands61612009-07-04
3.GrandMount Waas12,331Canyonlands17932009-07-05
4.DuchesneKings Peak13,528Uinta Range63482010-09-05
 SummitGilbert Peak13,442Uinta Range1554
 DaggettEccentric Benchmark12,276Uinta Range716
 UintahEccentric Benchmark12,276Uinta Range716
 BeaverDelano Peak12,169Central Utah Plateaus4689
 PiuteDelano Peak12,169Central Utah Plateaus4689
 JuabIbapah Peak12,087East Central Great Basin Ranges5247
 UtahMount Nebo11,928Wasatch Range5488
 SevierFish Lake Hightop11,633Central Utah Plateaus4153
 GarfieldMount Ellen11,522Canyonlands5842
 Salt LakeAmerican Fork Twin Peaks11,489Wasatch Range3649
 WayneBoulder Top11,320Central Utah Plateaus2900
 SanpeteSouth Tent Mountain11,285Central Utah Plateaus3365
 TooeleDeseret Peak11,031East Great Basin Ranges5812
 WasatchMurdock Mountain-West Slope10,840Uinta Range0
 EmeryEast Benchmark10,743Central Utah Plateaus1543
 CarbonMonument Peak10,452Central Utah Plateaus1617
 WashingtonSignal Peak10,365East Great Basin Ranges4485
 MillardMine Camp Peak10,222Central Utah Plateaus3001
 KaneKane County High Point10,080Central Utah Plateaus0
 CacheNaomi Peak9979Wasatch Range3159
 Box ElderBull Mountain9934North Great Basin Ranges3734
 WeberWillard Peak9763Wasatch Range3243
 DavisThurston Peak9706Wasatch Range2690
 MorganThurston Peak9706Wasatch Range2690
 RichBridger Peak9255Wasatch Range855

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List Description

Winford "Dub" Bludworth was the first to climb all these peaks, finishing on 9/26/1992.

  • Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled by Andy Martin and reviewed by Winford Bludworth, with corrections submitted by Carl Mills and David Olson.
  • Personal research prior to 1995 had determined about a third of these points. I also added all information on individual peak pages, such as latitude/longitude.

     Utah County High Points

Selected Guidebook(s) for this List

       High in Utah: A Hiking Guide to the Tallest Peak in Each of the State's Twenty-Nine Counties (Weibel)

Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.

Map Showing Location of Peaks

 = Peaks climbed by Vince Kloster   = Unclimbed peaks

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Louisiana Parish High Points

RankParishPeak Elev-M Range (Level 5) Prom-M Ascent Date
1.BienvilleDriskill Mountain163Ouachita Foothills69
2.ClaiborneAthens Lookout152Ouachita Foothills50
3.SabineSabine Parish High Point149Plains of South Louisiana58
4.VernonVernon Parish High Point148Plains of South Louisiana56
5.WebsterWebster Parish High Point146Ouachita Foothills3
6.BossierBossier Parish High Point143Ouachita Foothills70
7.NatchitochesBig Hill Lookout131Plains of South Louisiana40
8.LincolnLincoln Parish High Point128Ouachita Foothills12
9.De SotoDe Soto Parish High Point126Plains of South Louisiana32
10.CaddoCaddo Parish High Point125Plains of East Texas39
11.WashingtonWashington Parish High Point113Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee0
12.TangipahoaTangipahoa Parish High Point110Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee3
13.West FelicianaWest Feliciana Parish High Point110Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee9
13.Saint HelenaSaint Helena Parish High Point110Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee3
15.East FelicianaEast Feliciana Parish High Point109Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee0
16.WinnWinn Parish High Point107Ouachita Foothills49
16.JacksonJackson Parish High Point107Ouachita Foothills21
18.La SalleLa Salle Parish High Point98Ouachita Foothills43
18.Red RiverRed River Parish High Point98Ouachita Foothills21
18.CatahoulaChalk Hills98Ouachita Foothills15
21.RapidesRapides Parish High Point94Plains of South Louisiana7
22.GrantGrant Parish High Point91Ouachita Foothills37
23.OuachitaOuachita Parish High Point88Ouachita Foothills0
24.UnionUnion Parish High Point86Ouachita Foothills16
25.CaldwellCaldwell Parish High Point80Ouachita Foothills3
26.BeauregardBeauregard Parish High Point66Plains of South Louisiana7
27.Saint TammanySaint Tammany Parish High Point63Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee0
28.AllenAllen Parish High Point58Plains of South Louisiana9
29.IberiaWeeks Island52Plains of South Louisiana52
29.MorehouseMorehouse Parish High Point52Ouachita Foothills21
31.EvangelineEvangeline Parish High Point43Plains of South Louisiana10
31.West CarrollWest Carroll Parish High Point43Ouachita Foothills8
31.East Baton RougeEast Baton Rouge Parish High Point43Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee2
34.East CarrollEast Carroll Parish High Point42Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee11
35.FranklinFranklin Parish High Point41Ouachita Foothills15
36.MadisonMadison Parish High Point35Ouachita Foothills12
37.LivingstonLivingston Parish High Point34Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee1
38.RichlandRichland Parish High Point32Ouachita Foothills5
39.AvoyellesAvoyelles Parish High Point30Ouachita Foothills1
40.Saint MarySaint Mary Parish High Point30Plains of South Louisiana
41.CalcasieuCalcasieu Parish High Point29Plains of South Louisiana1
42.TensasTensas Parish High Point27Ouachita Foothills2
43.ConcordiaConcordia Parish High Point24Ouachita Foothills5
43.Saint LandrySaint Landry Parish High Point24Plains of South Louisiana1
45.Pointe CoupeePointe Coupee Parish High Point20Plains of South Louisiana7
46.AcadiaAcadia Parish High Point17Plains of South Louisiana2
47.LafayetteLafayette Parish High Point17Plains of South Louisiana4
48.Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis Parish High Point17Plains of South Louisiana0
49.West Baton RougeWest Baton Rouge Parish High Point14Plains of South Louisiana2
50.Saint MartinSaint Martin Parish High Point12Plains of South Louisiana5
50.IbervilleIberville Parish High Point12Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee4
52.AscensionAscension Parish High Point9Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee9
52.Saint JamesSaint James Parish High Point9Plains of South Louisiana2
54.VermilionVermilion Parish High Point8Plains of South Louisiana0
55.Saint John the BaptistSaint John the Baptist Parish High Point8Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee2
56.Saint BernardSaint Bernard Parish High Point7Mississippi-Tennessee-Tombigee7
56.AssumptionAssumption Parish High Point7Plains of South Louisiana2
58.CameronCameron Parish High Point6Plains of South Louisiana6
58.OrleansOrleans Parish High Point6Plains of South Louisiana4
58.PlaqueminesPlaquemines Parish High Point6Plains of South Louisiana4
58.LafourcheLafourche Parish High Point6Plains of South Louisiana1
58.Saint CharlesSaint Charles Parish High Point6Plains of South Louisiana0
63.JeffersonJefferson Parish High Point5Plains of South Louisiana1
64.TerrebonneTerrebonne Parish High Point4Plains of South Louisiana0

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Southern Louisiana presents many challenges to the parish highpointer, since the land is both very low in elevation and the contours are frequently reshaped by river currents and hurricanes. Many of the points listed here are provisional, based on old maps, may be man-made areas, or simply not possible to determine without detailed LIDAR surveys. Simply locating a definitive parish high point is a challenge, in some cases harder than actually getting to that point.

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Testosterone and Anxiety

Anxiety can be one of the most miserable and incapacitating of all the low testosterone symptoms. For reasons I explain in my My Personal Health Story, I am pretty sure that I have been low testosterone all of my adult life. And I can remember thinking after my first testosterone injection, "Wow! So this is what it feels like to be a normal person!" Testosterone has a profound effect on the male brain - you can read more about it in my link on Testosterone and the Brain actually - and I felt it in an unbelievable way. I was always a pretty high anxiety person prior to going on Testosterone Cypionate Injections and it was T that finally came to the rescue. My manager, who still does not know I am on HRT of course, even commented on how much better I was doing.

And I am not alone. One of the most common complaints of men with low testosterone on the Peak Testosterone Forum is anxiety. This is just one of the reasons that it is so cruel for physicians to ignore men with low testosterone and say, "It's all in your head" or "you're testosterone is fine" The reality is that the anxiety can be incapacitating. Look at how much these guys are suffering with it:

"Im not sure were to start but here we go, and forgive me if it get lengthy, but I feel it's important to see the whole picture.  I am 39 years old and have been suffering from anxiety, depresion to one degree or another since 1999.  Up until that point I had never had any issues with anxiety/depression.  I was healthy fit and vibrant, and loving life." [1] (NOTE:  His testosterone levels were a very low 221 ng/dl!)

"I have suffered from anxiety for 11 years. I have tried almost every mental health drug out there and Benzos, nothing works except I get a heap of side effects. I am currently on Klonopin 1.0mg per day, Valium 11mg per day and Citalopram (Celexa) 40mg per day. I still cant lead a normal life. I feel tired, irritable, very low sex drive, poor erections, abdominal weight gain, poor concentration etc. I asked my Dr for my Testosterone levels to be checked, they came back at 8.5 (Levels range from 7.8-35.5) which is around 210 in the States (I am in the UK) so they are very very low." [2]

"I started to have a little anxiety when I was 30 years old. It was mild and started from really no where that I could think of. I went to the Dr and had my blood work done. That was when I first noticed I had low T. My T then was around 222 to 250. I didn't do anything about it and lived my life. I am now 43 yrs old and still have low t. My anxiety got a little worse, still on the mild side. I started weekly injections a few weeks ago of Cypionate and I have made an appointment to see Dr. Shippen in Feb. I was wondering if the low t and the anxiety have anything in common?" [3]

So how do we know that low testosterone can cause or worsen anxiety?  Well, of course, one obvious signpost is the fact that so many patients report it as a symptom.  Plus, many men like me, are significantly helped once on HRT.  Researchers were clued in with other lines of evidence as well.  For example, prostate cancer patients, who usually undergo androgen blockers, often have increased anxiety. [5] And animal studies were showing that low testosterone causes anxiety. [6]

When they looked at it in human studies, there were a few that showed the opposite however.  Nevertheless, many studies did still indicate the relation between hypogonadism and being anxious and we outline some of them below by year:

1999.  One set of researchers finally admitted that anxiety was one of the hallmark symptoms of low testosterone in men with andropause, i.e. low testosterone that occurs as a normal part of aging. [8] What is interesting is that the researchers would not endorse HRT as a cure, partial or otherwise, for anxiety: "Most studies to date focused on physical benefits of testosterone replacement and failed to assess psychological symptoms rigorously. Preliminary data suggest that therapy may benefit elderly men with new-onset depression." So low T can cause anxiety but giving men testosterone won't fix it?  This was a strange response, but it was followed up with similar conclusions.

2000.  Contradicting the above was a case study of a high-anxiety young male, a 34-year-old, with "mental exhaustion, irritability, insomnia, poor concentration, and decreased libido." [7]  His doc had tried relaxation techniques and medications, but nothing seemed to help.  And no wonder as his testosterone was a nasty 185 ng/dl!  So they put him on 200 mg injections and - lo and behold! - the patient experienced a miraculous recovery.  Of course, there were many such similar stories from men on HRT, but notice that this study almost expressed shock that testosterone could do this and stated "with this case report, we suggest including anxiety in the list of psychiatric manifestations of hypogonadism that improve with testosterone replacement therapy."

2003.  A few years later a study looked at testosterone and anxiety in young males and found that "for boys, lower levels of testosterone and testosterone levels that decreased more slowly across the day were related to higher levels of anxietyâ€“depression and attention problems." [4]

2003.  Yet another study mentioned that anxiety is a standard symptom in men over 50 with low testosterone. [9] So far so good.  However, then the researchers, in spite of studies #1-3 above, were very cautious and wrote that "the relationship between andropause and psychological symptoms such as depression is far from clear."  We think that studies #1-3 are pretty clear!

Unfortunately, the current state of affairs is, as far as I know, that no researchers are advocating testosterone therapy as an anxiety cure or help in hypogonadal men. Perhaps this will change in time as it did for depression. [10])

In the meantime, additional evidence for the testosterone-to-anxiety link as science has uncovered many means of "biological plausability", i.e. actual physiological ways that  giving a low T man HRT decreases anxiety.  Here are a few examples:

1. DHT in the Hippocampus.  Researchers found that in rats, it was DHT (or a related metabolite) that actually was the cause of reduced anxiety. [11] Of course, DHT is converted from testosterone in the male and so this is why increasing testosterone lowers anxiety. The researchers noted that the rats with reduced anxiety were more "exploratory".  In other words, as anxiety goes down, creativity can increase. This is going to be good for your career and relationships.

2. Decreased Fear.  Although fear is considered a little different psychological animal than anxiety, it is obviously a related characteristic.  And, in general, as testosterone increases, fear is reduced. [12]  '

3. Reduced Amygdala Activity.  The amygdala is the key area of the brain involved in your fight or flight response and reacting to fearful situations.  Testosterone has been found in several studies to dampen the activity of the amygdala to fearful situations and thus is an anxiety tonic under certain circumstances. [13]

So if low testosterone is a cause of anxiety, does testosterone always cure anxiety?   Of course not.  It doesn't take much thought to come up with many different reasons for heightened anxiety, including past trauma, elevated adrenal hormones such as cortisol, chronic stress, major life events or even a bad mother-in-law or evil boss.  To really heal anxiety, it is important to take a holistic approach that looks at a multi-pathed solution.

WARNING:  High estradiol can cause anxiety and other similar symptoms in men.  If you are on HRT, make sure your doctor monitors and manages your estradiol levels.  Some men get no relief from HRT and this is one of the more common reasons why.

4) Development and Psychopathology, June 2003, 2:431-449"Salivary testosterone diurnal variation and psychopathology in adolescent males and females: Individual differences and developmental effects"

5) International Journal of Impotence Research, 2008, 20:157â€“161; "Hypogonadism is associated with overt depression symptoms in men with erectile dysfunction"

6) Hormones and Behavior, Dec 2002, 42(4):448â€“460, "Testosterone Rapidly Reduces Anxiety in Male House Mice (Mus musculus)"

8) Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, Aug 1999, 19(8):951-956, "Testosterone and Andropause: The Feasibility of Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Elderly Men"

9) Ann Endocrinol (Paris), 2003 Apr;64(2):162-9, "[Testosterone and depression in men aged over 50 years. Andropause and psychopathology: minimal systemic work-up"

10) J Clin Psychiatry, 2002 Dec, 63(12):1096-101, "Testosterone therapy in late-life major depression in males"

11) Psychoneuroendocrinology, Jun 2005, 30(5):418â€“430, "Testosterone's anti-anxiety and analgesic effects may be due in part to actions of its 5Î±-reduced metabolites in the hippocampus"

12) Biological Psychiatry, May 2006, 59(9):872â€“874, "A Single Administration of Testosterone Reduces Fear-Potentiated Startle in Humans"

13) Psychoneuroendocrinology, Jun 2009, 34(5):687â€“693, "Amygdala activity to fear and anger in healthy young males is associated with testosterone"


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10 Healthy Drinks for 2016

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing with you healthy drinks for breakfast, snacks and workouts.  I am trying my hardest to get back on the swing of things.  No better time like January to get moving.  For Christmas I got a FitBit from my Mom and it has inspired me to move.  After calculating calories, I noticed I eat a ton of carbs and not enough protein.  But at least my calorie intake is on spot.   Plus I realize that I am getting on average 3000 steps a day, not cool.  So there will be no more of that, I need to move my butt!  My first thing I need to do is get away from the computer.  I think that is my biggest downfall.  I sit all day at work and then I come home, blog and go on Facebook.  I need to just dedicate a certain amount of time to the computer a day.  Ha!  Well see how that goes. It sounds easier than it is.  So as part of my motivation, I am sharing with you some healthy wonderful drinks to help jump-start the new year!  2016 will be a great year for health and I plan on keeping it that way all 12 months.  So let’s get rolling with one of my number one drinks.

Detox Water – This helps with cleaning out the liver and toxins from the body, plus it tastes good.  I will be getting ingredients this week for it.

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Berry Oatmeal Smoothie – This makes for a filling and wonderful breakfast.

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Cucumber and Watermelon Cooler – This is so light and refreshing.  I still seen watermelon in the stores.

Cucumber Watermelon Cooler

Debloating Smoothie – Everything you need to help get rid of the bloat.

Debloating Smoothie

Mango Carrot Smoothie – This is so good and naturally sweet.

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Mint Monster Smoothie – Greens and mint make a great combination.

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The Superman Smoothie – Perfect for fighting off the winter colds.  Loaded with vitamin C.

The Superman Smoothie

Tropical Green Monster DeBloating Smoothie – I love this drink, you don’t even notice the greens.

Tropical Green Monster Debloating Smoothie

Vanilla Cream Protein Shake – I love vanilla, it’s one of my favorite flavors.  This drink has it all with lots ofvanilla taste.  Add fruit to it to change it up.

Vanilla Cream Protein Shake

Strawberry Coconut Water Smoothie – This drinks helps you if you are dehydrated or backed up if you know what I mean.  My recipe is in the new Trader Joe’s Cookbook too!

Strawberry Coconut Water Smoothie

These are my favorite drinks.  Check out my other healthy drinks here.

Have a great rest of the week!  So get out there and get moving.

10 Healthy Drinks for 2016

  1. Awesome Collection Healthy Juices and Drinks. I found here what i was really searching from last 2 days. I tried strawberry Coconut water smoothie it was awesome. Thanks. 🙂

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In the American South at the turn of the twentieth century, the legal segregation of the races and psychological sciences focused on selfhood emerged simultaneously. The two developments presented conflicting views of human nature. American psychiatry and psychology were optimistic about personality growth guided by the new mental sciences. Segregation, in contrast, placed racial traits said to be natural and fixed at the forefront of identity. In a society built on racial differences, raising questions about human potential, as psychology did, was unsettling.
The introduction of psychological thinking into the Jim Crow South, however, produced neither a clear victory for racial equality nor a single-minded defense of traditional ways. Instead, professionals of both races treated the mind-set of segregation as a hazardous subject. Psychology and Selfhood in the Segregated South examines the tensions stirred by mental science and restrained by southern custom.
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whats ur favourite vegetable or fruit?

i love spinach and broccolli

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baby bok choy and avocado!

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veggie- fresh green beans

fruit- honey mango

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veg--raw zucchini

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Fruit - rainier cherries, honeycrisp apples, fresh blueberries, tree-ripened peaches, meyers lemons

Veggies: Red pepper, sweet onion, zuchinni, fennel, radish, cucumber

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Pick your own strawberries, the perfectly ripened peach or nectarine

Brussel sprouts

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Fruit: Peaches that have been picked off the tree (love 'em when they're warm!)

Veggies: Yellow wax beans and tomatoes from the garden

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Langraa mango, litchee, rambutan, kala jamuns (acai berry), papaya, grapes, avocado, artichoke, asparagus, spinach

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I love asparagus and avocado!!

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My favorites are definitely spring/ summer fruits and veggies:
asparagus, spinach, watermelon, peaches, blueberries, cherries, tomato

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watermelon ....yum! The only bad thing is that has a short summer season only!

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tree ripened peaches....vine ripened cantaloupe

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During the Cold War, a joint U.S.-Canadian military installation was built outside the tiny northern town of Churchill, Manitoba, at the western edge of Hudson Bay. Those stationed at Fort Churchill had several jobs to do, like be ready to repulse the Soviets if they invaded over the North Pole and figure out how to lob nuclear warheads at Moscow through the Aurora Borealis, which was proving, mysteriously, to muck up the guidance systems on their rockets. A lot of the soldiers’ time was also spent dealing with a nuisance: hundreds of polar bears that ambled across the tundra there every fall.

In November 1958, for example, one ate a pair of boots at the firing range. Another smashed a building’s window, poked his head in, and had to be blasted with a fire extinguisher. At least twenty polar bears were loitering near the mess hall and the dump, and, late one Sunday night, three turned up at the central commissary. Soldiers in station wagons drove them back into the wilderness. One report noted, “The most effective, anti-dawdling weapon has been the small helicopter.” Even so, occasionally the bears would rear up on their hind legs and try to tussle with the armored flying machines. One helicopter pilot described how unsettling it was to make a low pass and find “some six feet of indignant polar bear throwing haymakers” with paws the size of dinner plates. After a while, military contractors limited the amount of work done outside at night; the higher-ups decided it would just be easier to stay out of the polar bears’ way. “So this is civilization,” began one newspaper article about military wives at Fort Churchill.

By the time I arrived, one November a half-century later, the military was gone. The fort had been dismantled and carted off, though two massive, ruined radar domes still sat in the distance like some post-apocalyptic Epcot attraction. A dozen specially built vehicles called Tundra Buggies crawled along the network of dirt roads the military had built and abandoned. Each was stuffed with tourists, many of whom had paid several thousand dollars a head to fly to Churchill, now billing itself as “The Polar Bear Capital of the World.” They were mostly older vacationers, taken out to the tundra every day to get a glimpse of the animals, then deposited back in town to prowl the gift shops along Churchill’s main road, buying polar bear caps and snow hats, polar bear T-shirts, polar bear aprons, polar bear Christmas ornaments, polar bear magnets, polar bear boxer shorts, polar bear light-switch plates, polar bear wind chimes, polar bear baby bibs, and pajamas that say “Bearly Awake.”

A Tundra Buggy, if it resembles anything at all, resembles a double-wide school bus propped up on monster-truck tires. Three had pulled off the road to watch a lone polar bear splayed flat at the rim of a frozen pond, asleep in the willows. I was behind them in a scaled-down vehicle known as Buggy One, one of the storied, original rigs of the fleet. Buggy One is now operated by a conservation group, Polar Bears International. One of the group’s videographers was shooting footage of the bear through an open window while the other staff on board tried to sit perfectly still so as not to rattle his tripod. The cameraman had been filming the bear for a long time, in Super HD, hoping it would stand up or do something alluring. Up ahead, tourists filed onto the rear decks of their buggies, training their Telephoto lenses and little point-and-shoots at the animal. It lifted its head once or twice, but that was it. After a couple of minutes, I noticed that the tourists had turned ninety degrees and were photographing us, aboard Buggy One, instead.

It was then that Martha Stewart’s helicopter came into view. Everyone turned to watch it as it passed, flying low and very far ahead. Two hundred years ago, Arctic explorers described polar bears leaping out of the water and into boats, trying to “resolutely seize and devour” whichever dog or human being was sitting closest to their jaws, unprovoked and absolutely undeterred even if you tried to set the bear on fire. Now Martha Stewart had come to Churchill to shoot a special segment about the bears for her daytime television show on the Hallmark Channel.

Polar Bears International had been working in a loose partnership with Martha Stewart for many months in advance to handle logistics for her shoot. The group was trying to ensure that Martha told the right story about the animals. It isn’t enough anymore to gush about how magnificent or cute polar bears are, as the many travel writers and television personalities that came to Churchill over the years had tended to. The stakes were too high now—too urgent. Climate change had put the bear in severe jeopardy. According to a 2007 study by U.S. government scientists, two-thirds of the world’s polar bears are likely to be gone by the middle of this century. And, of course, that’s only one of many dispiriting prognoses trickling into the news these days. Another study predicts that climate change may wipe out one of every ten plant and animal species on the planet during that same time. Another claims seven of every ten could be gone. Tropical birds, butterflies, flying squirrels, coral reefs, koalas—the new reality will rip away at all of them, and more. The projections range from bona fide tragedies to more niggling but genuinely disruptive bummers: tens of millions of people in Bangladesh are likely to be displaced by sea-level rise and flooding; the Forest Service warns of maple syrup shortages in America.

The polar bear, in other words, is an early indicator of all this other turmoil coming our way. It is, as everyone on Buggy One kept telling me, a “canary in the coal mine”—that was the phrase they used, always, with unrelenting discipline. The animal had become a symbol for some otherwise inexpressible pang—of guilt, of panic—that can burble into the back of your mind, or the pit of your stomach, when you think about the future of life on Earth. But, Polar Bears International was arguing, it could also be a mascot—a rallying point. By now, bears are all but guaranteed to disappear from a lot of their range. But the science suggests that there’s still time to slow climate change down and, in the long term, keep the species—and many others along with it—from vanishing entirely.

Practically speaking, this leaves conservationists like Polar Bears International in a unique and sometimes disorienting position. Unlike with other species, the central threat to polar bears isn’t something that can be tackled or solved on the ground, out in the immediate ecosystem. The only meaningful way to save the polar bear now is to influence the energy policies and behavior of people who live thousands of miles away—which means, in part, influencing influential media personalities like Martha Stewart. At some point, polar bear conservation stopped being solely the work of scientists and became the work of lawyers, lobbyists, and celebrities as well. The bear is dependent on the stories we tell about it.

After spending the fall in Churchill, Polar Bears International’s president, Robert Buchanan, would head back home to the United States and start traveling from city to city, hosting talks by scientists and zookeepers, trying to use the appeal of this one charismatic animal to inspire people to reduce their own carbon footprints, however slightly—to drive less, to buy recycled goods. In Kansas City, PBI had partnered with the hardware chain Lowe’s to get inner-city kids to weatherize their neighbors’ homes, saving energy for heating and cooling. In suburban Connecticut, they’d cosponsored “Polar Bear Empathy Day,” at which members of the local Polar Bear Club, in a reversal of their traditional cold-water swims, put on heavy parkas and stood on a scorching beach in July to show solidarity with the bears in an overheating Arctic. All together, Robert regarded these strategies and stunts as a kind of psychological guerrilla warfare. “Polar bears are in serious friggin’ trouble,” he told me that morning on Buggy One. “But until you change the consumer’s attitude, you’re not going to change the policy or the political will.” By “consumer,” he presumably meant “citizen.”

It was a marketing gambit, after all. And Robert, a big man who talks in a languorous growl, felt very comfortable relating to it in those terms. This was his retirement. In his thirty-five-year career, he’d risen to marketing director at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, overseeing beverage and alcohol brands during the heyday of the corporation, when it owned Universal Studios and a large share of the music industry and was producing flashy wine-cooler commercials starring a young Bruce Willis. Robert handled cognacs and whiskey and Tropicana orange juice. “I take products to market,” he said. “I’m a marketer.” Now he’d put himself on the polar bear account.

Robert was literally trying to control the image of the polar bear in Churchill before that image was broadcast around the world. Churchill turns out to be the best, most convenient place in the world to see or film polar bears in the wild. (When you see a wild polar bear on TV or the Internet, the chances are good that you’re looking at a Churchill bear.) Because Polar Bears International operates in close partnership with a tour company in Churchill that owns the majority of the permits and vehicles needed to access the animals on the tundra, the group has been able to intercept most of the major media that come through town. They install biologists and climatologists on the reporters’ buggies like scientific press agents, trying to make sure an accurate narrative comes across, and they provide B-roll footage of bears plunging into melting slush to help newscasters illustrate the problem. In past years, though, PBI had gone out of its way to help television crews only to feel betrayed by the finished product: the reporters ignore climate change altogether, or regurgitate the junk theories of climate change deniers. Most television crews are now asked to sign memorandums of understanding, outlining certain guidelines, before working with PBI. (As a rule, one PBI staffer told me, Robert regards all journalists as “pirates and thieves.”) But that fall, Martha Stewart hadn’t signed one. And in the days before her arrival, her producers had become a little incommunicative about their plans. We’d all headed out on Buggy One that morning because PBI had hoped to tour the tundra alongside Martha and her crew, docking back-to-back with Martha’s buggy to pass people back and forth periodically for interviews. But that was starting to feel unlikely now. Though no one was quite saying it, there seemed to be concern that Martha Stewart was going rogue.

Everyone on Buggy One sat around for quite a while, not speaking much, while the cameraman stayed locked optimistically on the bear lumped in the mud outside, trying to gather whatever stock footage he could. Eventually, the polar bear got up and walked away. The cameraman shrugged.

We drove on. We looked for more bears. People noodled on their laptops and iPads. It felt aimless. Then, sometime after lunch, a voice crackled over the radio. It sounded like we would finally rendezvous with the Martha Stewart people and do a little filming on Buggy One. A PBI employee started wiping down the vehicle’s counters with wet wipes. She hung everyone’s parkas on coat hooks in the back. But when we got closer, we saw Martha’s buggy receding in our windshield, fairly rapidly. “Oh, they’re moving now,” our driver groaned.

All day, a strange paparazzi-like triangle had been materializing: Martha wanted good access to polar bears, and PBI wanted good access to Martha. I wanted to watch the whole process of brokering access, since I was quickly understanding that the media relations dimension of polar bear conservation was a critical part—maybe the most critical part—of the preservation of this five-million-year-old species.

Our driver pushed Buggy One as fast as it would go, which wasn’t very fast, trying to gain ground. Something that I’d kind of suspected for hours was suddenly obvious: we were chasing Martha Stewart across the tundra.
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This is pretty big news for web developers. Most of us are aware of Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act that requires all government related web site to make all content accessible to people with disabilities. Now there is legal precedent to hold a corporation liable for failure to make their web site accessible to persons with a disability (National Federation of the Blind VS Target Corp class action suit).

The court held: "the 'ordinary meaning' of the ADA's prohibition against discrimination in the enjoyment of goods, services, facilities or privileges, is that whatever goods or services the place provides, it cannot discriminate on the basis of disability in providing enjoyment of those goods and services." The court thus rejected Target's argument that only its physical store locations were covered by the civil rights laws, ruling instead that all services provided by Target, including its Web site, must be accessible to persons with disabilities.

I would expect that after this victory the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) will be more aggressive in persuing companies that fail to make thier web sites accessible.

The other thing that surprises me is that Target was unwilling to negotiate with the NFB, and refused to make their site accessible.

"We tried to convince Target that it should do the right thing and make its website accessible through negotiations," said Dr. Maurer. "It is unfortunate that Target took the position that it does not have to take the rights of the blind into account. The ruling in this case puts Target and other companies on notice that the blind cannot be treated like second class citizens on the Internet or in any other sphere."

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What a crock. What's next? Is the NFB going to sue all the companies that allow shopping by catalog because the catalogs aren't printed in braille? I'm sure that if Target were loosing enough sales because of the accessibility of their website, they would change it. If it were my website, I'd pull all of the shopping capability and make sure to state why it was pulled and who caused it, including the judge. Or maybe just give the NFB the opportunity to pay for the modifications to the site on behalf of their membership.
Mike, according to the Wikipedia 1.3 million americans are legally blind. That's less than 1% of the population, but additionally 10% of the population is color blind, even more have poor vision. I think it is very likley that Target is loosing far more money than it would take to fix this problem. Additionally you tend to get more search engine traffic when you make your site accessible (because your adding more text descriptions of things). I would hope that money wouldn't be the only reason someone would make their website accessible.
I'm sure that money is the primary reason the site exists at all. If Target want's to make their site accessible, that's their business. It's the fact that a court feels that it needs to impose this requirement on a single company in a single case that rubs me the wrong way. If you want to change the law, change the law. Don't use the courts to legislate. It's just not fair. You know that Target's competitors will now wait until they face their own lawsuit before they do anything because they currently have a (however small) competitive advantage imposed by the court. When their suit comes, they'll just settle to avoid the cost of the trial, so they will still come out slightly ahead of Target. Does the catalog sales analogy hold? or is there something wrong with that comparison?
I agree that this type of judicial decision sets a dangerous precedent. Today it is the NFB - tomorrow it is a religious group that targets another large company because their Web site uses words that they list as offensive in their official religious documents. Where does it stop? The marketplace already has efficient mechanisms in place to handle these types of issues. NFB can start an education campaign to alert people to its plight, and why it is important to them. If they convince enough people, then Target would hear from those folks and see them shopping less at Target. But NFB knows that this is not going to work - most people won't be convinced that Target is doing anything wrong, for the NFB folks can simply shop at Wal-Mart, K-Mart or any other "mart". Again, not a good decision for business, the economy or the U.S.
Mike: Perhaps you will feel differently about accessibility when you or someone close to you acquires one. It does not happen only to ?them?. Each of us is one accident away from a disability. Target has lost my business and respect.
My comments about this subject had nothing to do with my opinion about web site accessibility and everything to do with a special interest group abusing the US court system to impose their will unevenly and heavy handedly on a single corporate victim. I have both a speech impaired and a deaf family member. I also volunteer for a professional interpreter organization in my area and have been managing their web site for about 7 years, gratis. While this decision might make a few of us feel better in the short run, it is, in my opinion, a detriment for our society as a whole. One of my law professors in college had a saying that stuck with me through the years. It went something like: In matters of law, think with your head and not with your heart. Your heart will always betray you.
Kind of ironic, but the font sizes on this page aren't section 508 compliant... they're too small. I wonder how long until a lawsuit brews? Just to add my opinion, I feel bad that people are blind or have disabilities that prevent them from doing certain tasks as others, but then again, that is why it is called a disability. I also know that this is a free country, and that includes free commerce. Target should be able to build and use their website as they see fit... regardless of who they offend, how they profit, or how they gain or lose money. If they're smart, they'll try to please everyone. But it should be up to them, not the courts to decide. After all, it's their business at stake. This might be different if it were a government entity, but Target is not... My guess is that Target would appeal this ruling, but it might make them look bad, so they're probably just going to make the necessary changes and go about their business. Victory for the blind... defeat for everyone else who now has to put up with a gazillion underlined links, oversized fonts, non-color coded navigations and layouts, and goofy audio sound confirmation bites...
Well, as a web developer, I think this is wrong, it should be the companies choice to build in extra functionality for people with disabilities(as depends on the website too). I just worry that someone is going to try to push laws that all websites with have to make sure their content is able to be accessed by people with disabilities. I just don't think the companies should have to put in a lot more time(Im not saying they should put in no time) to make sure people with disabilities can access the content when they know that it is not going to effect their business. Like I am building a website for a gaming company, I know that blind people are not going to be coming here(I mean you really can't play todays video games blind) so why should I put make sure that blind people can see the content when i know it will not help us? I also don't think it is fair to make the website not look as good as it can for the 99% of the people that are not blind for the 1% of people who are(or make developer spend twice the time making and maintaining 2 complete separate sites. Not for website of big companies like bestbuy, target, walmart, etc... this is a bit of a different story because a lot of people, blind or not, can use their products. As long as not tries to make the entire web like this, I am fine with it.
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Downwinder tour on my new S-Quad directional board - great fun

Session 87, Saturday 24 April 2010

Kite: Switchblade 14m & Switchblade 10m
Location: Hampton Beach
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Duration: 2.5 hours - two sessions.

Stuart and I headed to Hampton with a good westerly blowing and a forecast for good wind during the day.  We arrived at about 10:30 and were on the water by 11:00am.

I used my new waist harness (Cabinha) and directional board (Cabrinha S-Quad 2009 6'1") for the first time.  There was nobody else there, which seemed strange given the wind was good.

The board is amazing.  It is quite floaty compared to my smaller thin twin-tip (Naish Haze).  It tends to bob on the water more.  It turns well and goes upwind really well too.  I was concentrating on keeping the power going through the harness against the board and keeping the kite low.  If the kite goes high the harness tended to rise up and contact my lower ribs.  And yes, the harness was done up tight.

I turned the board by stopping, reversing its direction (easier done from the rear) and then doing a water start.  No jibe turns yet!

Stuart and I got out past the Sandringham marina breakwater, turned before some yachts that were racing, then headed off for a wonderful tour.  We went past Green Point, Brighton, Brighton Marina and got as far as Elwood, where the wind died a little.  Then we headed back.  It was really nice having a good look around, and touring on the S-Quad was easy and relaxing.  Some gusts came through enabling us to get some good speed up too.   I didn't have my GPS so no track log for this part of today's kiting

On the way back the wind dropped again off Green Point, but I was able to keep on going OK with the flotation of the bigger board.  We got back to Hampton around 12 noon, with the wind dropping right off.

Stuart headed home while I had a rest and chatted to another kiter who was packing up.

Then the wind came back in - I could see it coming across the bay as white caps sprang up further out and moved towards the beach.  I am glad I didn't fly the 14m kite as it was much stronger wind.  I packed away the 14 and got out my 10m kite, which was perfect for the conditions.   Here is my track log for the second part of today's session, which commenced at about 2:15.

I was concentrating on technique and keeping the chest harness low.  I de-powered the kite as the wind was quite strong.  The board handled the bigger swell with ease.  I tried a couple of small jumps as I had the footstraps on the board.  I did a longer run to Green Point and back, then tried some toe down riding.

I found it much easier to ride toe down on the S-Quad.  The board's flotation helps with the reduced speed and it feels more stable than riding toe down with a twin tip board.  Cranking turns onto the back foot is nice too.  By this stage there were 6 to 8 others out.  Everyone was having a ball.

I eventually stopped at about 2:15, tired, but very satisfied.  I stopped in at SHQ to buy a board cover for the S-Quad then had a coffee and muffin in a Hampton cafe before heading home.

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