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I've lost the install disks that came with my 500D and I was wondering if there was any better software for editing Canon RAW files. I Had a quick skim of the Canon website and couldn't find anything.

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    You should be able to download the software from here canon-europe.com/Support/software/dpp – labnut Dec 15 '10 at 17:56
  • See also: photo.stackexchange.com/q/4880/21 – Rowland Shaw Dec 15 '10 at 19:31
  • Note that there are very few (if any) third-party programs which will edit Canon raw files but not other brands. – mattdm Dec 16 '10 at 3:15
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    Do you mean free merely as in price, or are you looking for open source? It sounds like the former, and you're getting answers based on that (though some are also open source)... but just checking if that's how you mean to be asking it. – lindes Dec 17 '10 at 17:56
  • I'm not too fussed about looking at the source code, I've got my photographer hat on here not my developer hat. – Omar Kooheji Jan 17 '11 at 18:15

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Raw Therapee is an excellent piece of software and it's free.

Short answer: RawTherapee

Almost everything uses DCRaw under the hood at least for reading in the RAW data. The differences come with the demosaicing algorithms. RawTherapee offers several such algorithms but the one to note is AMaZE, its the one you want.

The comparison page on RawTherapee's website doesn't contain the new AMaZE algorithm but this will show you the kind of differences you will see with different algorithms.

RawTherapee was free for a long time but now it is free and open source. It is being actively developed in the open as I write this.

Here's someone's brief review of RT.

  • Linkrot alert: review of RT not working. – nilon Jun 29 '19 at 19:12

Darktable is a fairly new project but it looks very promising and has some great functionality already.

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    It's a bit rough on the edges, but I have huge hopes for Darktable – t3mujin Dec 15 '10 at 19:39
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    Unless you're on Windows... :) – inkista Apr 25 '14 at 18:51
  • Doesn't show RAW files in their correct color for Nikon d5300 NEF files. – ALH Nov 17 '15 at 11:34

UFRaw, another classic free photography app

Yes. Download a copy of Canon's Digital Photo Professional from the Canon website (at least in the US). Canon has changed their download policy and now grants access to the full installers, rather than just updaters. You no longer have to have the original disk to download the software utilities that come in the box with the camera. You simply need the serial number of your camera.

There are, of course, also good open-source alternatives for RAW conversion, most of them based upon DCRaw. Good open source packages to consider would include UFRaw (most typically as a plugin for the GIMP), or if you prefer an Adobe Lightroom-like interface, DarkTable, PHotivo, and RAWTherapee.

The Gimp is an excellent photo editor, but lacks support for RAW images. However, there is a plugin you can get for it that will enable it to open the files.

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    careful though: GIMP is 8bit. This could be impactful to your RAW image which is likely 14bit. depends what you want to do, however. Word is that next ver of GIMP will be 16bit. – Kevin Won Jan 14 '11 at 23:51
  • @Kevin: cinepaint supports 16-bit RAW images, IIRC. – Nathan Osman Jan 16 '11 at 23:44

Picasa is a nice simple photo editor that's free, and it will take in RAW files.

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    This is true, but it's very simple... You just have to decide for yourself if that is good. – chills42 Jan 15 '11 at 22:23
  • Picasa will not work with newer Canon RAW files, the 760D/RebelT6s to name just one, will display with a pink hew. – Steve stevenet150 B Dec 10 '15 at 14:28
  • Picasa is now discontinued (2016) – kazanaki Mar 23 '16 at 8:50

Don't forget the De-Facto raw conversion utility DCRaw.

It's very user unfriendly (read: command line only), but most available RAW converters are at least somewhat based on it, since it's open source, and largely BSD licensed.

I also recommend checking out Scarab Darkroom. It is often praised for its intuitive user interface and is also relatively fast. [Disclaimer: I'm the developer]

Sorry but another simple answer here. Irfanview is a pretty neat and fast editor I use. Easy to install plugins and I make sure it uses the Canon dlls for processing raw files.

In a nutshell I use it to post process my RAW files into jpegs. I shoot CR2 for everything and then use scripts to do the following 1. Copy RAW files from card to computer 2. Convert to jpg, adjusting the quality and size to be 2048 at the longest edge * 3. Call exiftool to copy EXIF information from the CR2 file into the jpg. ** 4. Go through card for anything else. Ie copy across movies or resample any in camera jpgs into lower quality ones. 5. Run synctoy to backup images. 6. Run picasa to sync to web 7. MANUAL step. Go through RAW files on the computer and keep the best ones, deleting the rest.

  • I use Picasa as a backup solution. With a Google+ account you are allowed free storage for images upto 2048 at the longest edge. With my trusty 400D nothing comes out greater than 1936 anyway. ** In camera jpgs have the right EXIF data. Irfan does not copy exif data when converting from RAW to jpg, only between jpg to jpg. This is an intended feature not a bug.

Sorry for the verbose answer. Hopefully it helps someone.

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    You don't answer the question though. You give a verbose description on your workflow, but it's not answering the question. – Håkon K. Olafsen Apr 3 '12 at 9:19
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    This explenation is NOT an alternative to working with raw files. You convert them to jpg on the first step. From that point i stoped reading couse it is not raw image anymore. I'm not voting down couse im nice :o) – Rafael Apr 9 '15 at 16:12

I'm a linux user and I was looking for a great open source software like Adobe light room, I used Darktable at first, but soon I realized that It doesn't support NEF nikon d5300 files (Nikon RAW files). I now use Lightzone it is a great piece of software and I'm very happy with it.

Many filters of Lightroom is there for you for free like clarity, HUE, b&w, blur, and so.

My suggestion goes for LIGHTZONE: http://lightzoneproject.org/

Unique software that is now developed open source. It has a useful graphical zones tool hence the name. Furthermore each tool is on its own layer, which allows to achieve some creative effects. Multi platform too.

  • I have one more suggestion, this one I haven't tried, it's Polarr web/Chrome editor. It does have experimental raw support. Someone with reputation 10 please update the post on free RAW converters, I think Lightzone deserves to be included. – leon Nov 16 '15 at 17:25

If you can spare fifty quid Bibble is pretty amazing. If not, ufraw and Picasa should cover it.

  • Bibble is now Corel's AfterShot Pro and is no longer free. – inkista Apr 10 '15 at 20:25

If you have a Canon camera that shoots RAW, you should be able to download Digital Photo Professional for free from the Canon website. It's good software - I used it exclusively for three years before moving to Lightroom, and I notice that DPP has had some additional tools added to it since then. You shouldn't have to have the original install disks to do this.

I use the Free Zoner Photo Studio 17 to edit Canon RAW files. It will open and edit RAW files and then convert them to JPEGs of TIFFs or other file formats. I prefer to retain version 17 on my computer although there is a new version 18 available as a Free download simply because v18 requires you to be connected to the internet for it to work. You can upgrade to a pay version for extra functionality, but at the moment I am finding the free version very useful.

DigiKam https://www.digikam.org/ is very powerful and feature rich.

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Stern Simpson's Versus Willy Wonka Standard Edition?

By stuckey_t

11 months ago

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Topic poll

“Stern Simpson's Versus Willy Wonka Standard Edition?”

  • Simpson's Pinball Party 8 votes
  • Willy Wonka Standard Edition 13 votes

(21 votes)

#1 11 months ago

Both of these games have deep code. Both are very close in rank. Which would you chose for long term in home use? What do you like best about each game? Any major negatives with either game?

#2 11 months ago

Wonka in a heartbeat.

It is not perfect but Wonka seems like a no brainer. Simpsons is chore by comparison.

Literally my only knock on Wonka in this comparison is younger /shorter players would need a stool moreso than most games to see the upper right flipper.

Both have crazy deep code but Wonka I could say hit this then get it in the whole. Do it 3 times to start mb.

#3 11 months ago

How did you narrow it to these two?
If your kids love one of these themes, go for it. If not, JP or MM or IJ might be a little violent now but will age much better.

I’d take Simpsons over Wonka if I have to. Wonka is not for everyone. The rule set is complex and all, but the layout and sounds got old real quick. I wouldn’t buy anything for kids- how can it compete with their phone? Buy what you like. Kids will move out soon enough.

#4 11 months ago

Maybe you could put up a Poll?

For me, I prefer TSPP on theme alone.

I do not think you can go wrong with either choice.

#6 11 months ago
Quoted from pinballaddicted:

For me, I prefer TSPP on theme alone.

+1. I feel the same way.

#7 11 months ago

I prefer TSPP.

#8 11 months ago

I took the home use with kids part out. Doesn't really matter because I am the one playing the pinballs all the time anyway. I think these games are close in value for what you get and it is a tug of war in either direction. Curious what the masses think!

#9 11 months ago

Tspp should be at least 1k cheaper if not more

#10 11 months ago

TSPP... Better game and cheaper

#11 11 months ago

While I do like tspp overall wonka has much better layout and flows and plays like no other and is just super fun to play over and over. After a few games on tspp I'm ready to Turn it off and move on... it's a good pin with nice rules/code but drags on after a bit.

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Billy came home from school on Monday and decided to take over the world. He didn’t like how grownups were always telling him what to do.  Grownups were stupid.  And he didn’t want goulash for dinner anymore.  Goulash was icky.  If he took over the world he could make pizza with peanut butter on it the only supper ever.  Pizza with peanut butter on it was the best.

All the bullies at school would be the slave people.  They’d cut down the trees and make bricks and stuff, then they’d make buildings with them. And Billy’s friends would all be the Presidents.  They wouldn’t be able to do anything important, though, because he would be Super King President.  But he wasn’t gonna tell them that until after he took over the world.  That’s when his parents, and all the rest of the grownups, would find out that the only thing they get to do is make pizza with peanut butter on it, forever.

Billy came home from school on Monday, took off his backpack, and ran upstairs to his room to get the Powertron from under his bed.  A space caterpillar had talked to him on Wednesday and asked for a glass of water.  When Billy asked why, the space caterpillar said his cosmoship used water for fuel, and he had run out of water near Earth. He missed the lake over by the golf course and landed in Billy’s yard instead.  Billy thought that was good, because golf courses were stupid.  The space caterpillar was named HsimreuEck, but Billy said that was a dumb name, and that his new name was Bacon Fart.  Bacon Fart offered to shrink Billy and show him around his cosmoship in trade for some fuel water.  Billy thought that would be awesome, and said yes.  Bacon Fart used his Molecular Compression Pulse Generator to bring Billy down to his size.  Billy didn’t know what that meant, so he called the machine Shrinker.  Bacon Fart brought Billy inside his ship, which had landed under Mom’s lilac bush.  It was a small ship about the size of a soda can, so even after shrinking, Billy felt cramped inside it.  This was annoying to Billy, because he was expecting something like the Enterprise or Galactica.  Instead, he got the escape pod from A New Hope.  Billy asked if he could push some buttons, but Bacon Fart said something about “there isn’t enough power” and “ship will never start again” but Billy had already stopped listening after the word “no.”  This shrinking tour was a total letdown.  When Bacon Fart showed Billy the Powertron, he got excited again.  It was a blue glowing crystal on a strap, to be worn like a headband.  It made it so Bacon Fart could control the cosmoship with his mind.  Speed, steering, weapons, everything did what the pilot wanted, just by thinking about it.  The ship could even change shape, fix damage, and add new parts to itself with the Powertron.  Billy took a big, deep breath and said “I HAVE TO GO POTTY! UNSHRINK ME!”  Bacon Fart got scared when Billy yelled like that, and ran to the Molecular Decom…Unshrinker, to return Billy to his normal size.  He was so scared, in fact, that he didn’t notice Billy putting the Powertron in his pocket.  Once Billy was back to regular boy size, he started running toward the house.

As Billy’s foot was descending upon Bacon Fart, the space caterpillar thought; “Oh no!  He doesn’t realize I am under his foot.  My mission to save the solar ostriches of Berricon Theta 7 will go unfinished, and those poor animals will become extinct.  Without them, the Berricon system will be vaporized in the upcoming Hypernova.  And yet, in this moment I can only hope that when Billy realizes his folly, he will someday be able to forgive himself for my death.  In the short moments we knew each other, I had come to value his friendship.”

As Billy’s foot was descending upon Bacon Fart, the 8 year old was thinking a variety of thoughts at one time, as young boys often do.  They roughly translated to; “WOO!  I got a Powertron!  Bacon Fart is stupid.  His ship is stupid.  I’m gonna make him die with my shoe.”  Amidst those thoughts, pizza with peanut butter came up several times.

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Billy pulled the cosmoship out from under the lilac bush and dropped it in a bowl of water.  He put on the Powertron and thought “start working again!”  It worked, and the ship started bubbling and lighting up.  Billy set the bowl on the floor in front of his TV and his video game system, the Y-Bag 180.  The Powertron worked by sensing the intent of the person wearing it and carrying out whatever action was needed to accomplish what the person desired.  That’s how it knew what to do when Billy brain-shouted “Be totally awesome!”

The technological abomination created by the fusion of television, game console, cosmoship, and an old Discman Billy found in his dresser, slowly started walking downstairs. Pretty soon it was absorbing the big TV, the cable box, Blu-Ray player, and stereo.  Billy starting jumping up and down when they got to the kitchen.

“Keep getting awesomer!” Billy thought-yelled at the machine.  As it went to work on the dishwasher, he had a way cool idea.  By the time the microwave, toaster, and coffeemaker were swept into the beast, Billy had removed the racks and was nestled snugly inside the oven.  He had figured out what to do.  He would use the Powertron to build a World Dominatortron.  And once he had a World Dominatortron, it would be pizza with peanut butter on it from here on out.  The World Dominatortron, or SweetBot, installed the oven as a chest and body, making it larger and converting the inside into a cockpit for Billy.  In order to factor in the last appliance, the refrigerator, SweetBot needed more room.  Billy did this by telling SweetBot to knock down the kitchen wall.  Once the dust and debris settled, Billy looked through the hole in the wall and saw what Mom always called “Daddy’s attempt to be a teenager again.”  Daddy called it “The Hummer.”  After several seconds of speechless, ecstatic shaking, Billy shouted out loud, “AW SHIT, DUDE!”  Then, after covering his mouth and looking around to see if anyone was nearby to hear that, he scrunched down in his ovenpit and whispered intensely, “…..aaawww shit, dude”

Two weeks later, after Billy had replaced the oven with the front half of a stealth bomber, the feet made of Hummers with feet made of train cars, and using two 83-inch TVs for SweetBot’s eyes, the World Dominatortron was standing in front of the White House.  Billy had made his friends Presidents of all the other continents, and used the Powertron to turn all the army vehicles and bombs and guns that people attacked them with to build smaller Dominatortrons, called CoolBots.  Each CoolBot had pizza-making machines and pizza ovens built into them.  All the ingredients, plus the peanut butter, were brought to the CoolBots and SweetBot by the slave bullies, everyday.  Billy’s friend, President Carl, didn’t like peanut butter on his pizza.  He liked pickles on it instead.  But President Carl was stupid.  That’s why he was President of Antarctica.  Antarctica is stupid.

When Billy died at age 11 of a massive heart attack due to a diet consisting of nothing but pizza and Vanilla Coke, he thought about the day he murdered that little space caterpillar, Bacon Fart, in order to steal the technology that allowed him to take over the world.  His last words; “SO worth it.”

Midnight Question

She turned her face toward mine, instantly finding my eyes with her own, and softly asked me “If you could do anything, absolutely anything, right at this moment, what would you do?”

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“Sweetheart, why would you do all that?”

Because then, in the forever darkness, this perfect night with you would never end.  I would wipe clean the skies to be here with you forever.

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…that if you cover George Washington’s face with peanut butter, it will transform into the face of George Washington Carver?

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…that dealing a hand of poker in Stonehenge will guarantee the dealer one (1) royal flush in every casino he ever visits?

…that being killed in Stonehenge while singing will cause you to reincarnate in the body of a former American Idol champion?

…that if a man achieves an erection while in Stonehenge he gains the ability to climax at will for the rest of his life?

…that five (5) Thalidomide Babies riding five (5) unicorns into Stonehenge will reboot the Earth?

…that Clay Aiken can often be found in Stonehenge singing requests for people to murder him?

…that burying the ashes of Gene Roddenberry in Stonehenge will turn all the triptychs into Guardians of Forever? (not a Star Trek fan? Look it up.)

…that five (5) Thalidomide Babies riding five (5) griffons into Stonehenge will reverse the direction of Earth’s rotation?

…that if a survivor of Hiroshima rides a pegasus into Stonehenge, then kills himself, Stonehenge will supply unlimited energy to the planet forever?

…that burying the frozen head of Walt Disney in Stonehenge will cause every nation’s capital to collapse into dust, and a Disney Magical Kingdom to rise from the rubble?

Did you know…(Part 1: Landmarks)

…that pushing the Leaning Tower of Pisa to lean the other direction will turn all the water in the oceans into Hawaiian Punch?

…that inserting the Eiffel Tower into the ground at the Terrestrial South Pole will awaken the army of Abominable Snowmen sleeping below the ice?

…that Old Faithful is really just the end of a tube that Satan farts into as a joke?

…that the Bermuda Triangle is the alternate entrance to Narnia?

…that the Roman Colosseum is the Hue Adjustment dial for the sky?

…that inserting the Washington Monument into the sands beneath the Great Sphinx of Giza will awaken the hordes of Behemoth Demon Scorpions, who serve as our only defense against the Abominable Snowmen?

…that the Grand Canyon is Earth’s vagina?

You don’t recognize me.  I can tell.  You see something that rings a bell, but no matter how hard you try, you can’t place it.  Only when you look beneath the surface, under the skin, will you start to put it together.  Let’s pull back the curtain together and take a look.  You just sit right there, and I’ll walk you through the process step by step.

Are the chains too tight?  Yes?  Good.

We can start with the smile.  Right now, seeing you trapped as you are, my smile is real.  But behind it, you can see a few others.  The nervous smile, the fake smile, the smile eager for acceptance, all the smiles that one wears to cover up the trembling lip that comes before the tears.  You and your kind forced me to wear it every day.  For over a decade I carried those fake smiles with me everywhere I went.  Not to protect me from the names you called me, or the taunting comments.  There is no protection from that.  But they hid my true reactions, and that saved me from the additional mocking that would have ensued.  And it denied you the pleasure of seeing me break.

Keep struggling if you want.  You’ll only hurt yourself, and I am fine with that.

Let’s look at the eyes next.  I know it’s hard to see them now, being cold and dark like they are.  But behind them, you can see there used to be ambition, and hope, and light.  Can you tell what kind of light?  Would you even know?  Of course you wouldn’t.  That light comes from kindness and compassion.  Your kind aren’t really known for that.  You’re better known for making people like me think that the person in the mirror is less than worthless.  That we’re too fat, or too skinny, or weak, or ugly, or awkward for you to waste your time on, regardless of the fact that you spent quite a lot of time focusing on us in order to do it.  You gambled on us being so distraught by your torture that we would believe there was something wrong with us, and not notice that you were doing it for no other reason than for the perverted fun of it.  And you were right.  We did.  For a while.

You’re sweating.  Are you figuring it out?  Are you realizing who I am?  I assume you are, considering how pale you just became.

Still, I saved the best for last.  Behind everything else, behind the smiles and the eyes and the years and the growing, look at the soul.

I said LOOK, you coward!

Look at the scar tissue.  Look at the missing pieces.  Look at the wreckage left behind from your “harmless fun.”  Sure, it’s still alive.  It still works.  But not the way it could.  Like the way a car never quite runs properly after surviving an accident. It’s crippled now.  You saw to that.  Every time you pushed us aside to get through the door first.  Every time you called our talents “gay” because you didn’t like them or share them.  Every time you insulted the best clothes we could afford because they weren’t as cool or expensive as yours, you stabbed us.  You stabbed into our souls.  We were singers and band members, actors and artists, readers and poets, gamers and fanboys, but it would never and could never be enough to buy us out of that Hell, because we were also the kind ones, which is why we could never be like you.  Cruel, selfish, and unkind.  At least, not back then.  See, these days we are all adults now, and since we learned back then what it was like to live with pain, fear, and derision every day we have a better appreciation for decency.  We also learned a few things about how to make people feel like they’d rather die than wake up in the morning and do it over again, and again, and again, and oh dear God please just let it stop for one moment, just one quiet moment of peace and happiness!

You’ve figured it out, haven’t you?  I know who you are.  You are the High and Mighty; the Jocks, the Style-makers, the Rich, and the Popular.  But what about me?  I am the rest of us.  I am the Outcasts; the Drama Club kids, the Choir Geeks, the Band Geeks, the Comic Book Nerds, the Goths, the Emo Kids, the Poor, and the Lonely.

You act like you never ruined our childhoods.  We have never forgotten.  You think you’ve done nothing wrong.  We do not forgive you.  You trapped us in Hell during our most vulnerable years, and We are finally free of you.  Between us?  A bonfire, burning with every painful word, every heartache, every dismissive look You tortured us with.

You are bound by chains and locks, and We have the key.

Come on and take it from us.

Short fiction, 2/9/12

I was born here.

The door creaks and moans its protest as I enter. The floorboards cough dust upon my bare feet with every step. I lay my hands on the old furniture, still covered in the yellowing bed sheets, looking like so many corpses, and wonder why I bothered protecting sofas and chairs that I thought never again would receive guests.

I was born here.

I pull the curtains back from the dirt-coated windows and turn to see the now illuminated living room and, for a fleeting moment, it looks as it did once upon a time. The cat stretches on the new carpet, the Christmas tree blinks and shines in the corner, my family gathers around the television, my nephew thumps across the floor in search of new adventure. When I bat my eyes the years reassert themselves, and the cold clenches down upon the house once again. It takes me several seconds to realize that my mouth was open and my breath was drawn, ready to speak to these old ghosts. A loneliness the world has never known settles into my chest.

I was born here.

I light the candles. I remove the sheets. I clean the windows and the floor. I make everything come to life again. I sit down in the old recliner, preparing the stories I will tell. The door creaks and moans its protest as you enter. Come in. Sit down.

I have so much to tell you.

Short short story – 2/6/12

Mom painted the living room wall again. Of course she painted the entire room, but she always starts with that wall. She keeps coming up with reasons. Nicotine stains were getting bad, a new color will make the room look bigger, a new décor for the new millennium. Each time she does it, I watch her. It gets easier after the first wall. But I can see the pain in her face as she moves the roller up and down that side of the room. She pushes harder, adds an extra coat that she doesn’t need. It is because in her mind she still sees what was there before.  So do I.  But I’ve learned to control it.

We see Dad, sitting on the floor. The blood on the wall, almost dry, paints a trail from his head up to the six foot high smattering of holes in the wall, made by the household shotgun he used to keep in the hall closet. Self-defense, the police decided. Dad attacked her after she discovered obvious stains on their bed. The white stains were from him. The red stains were not. She defended herself and, at the same time, got her revenge.

I like the new wall color.

Short Short Story – 1/28/12

You people make me sick! I mean it. If ever there was a group of people so pathetic as to make a man break his jaw rather than speak to them, it is YOU! How your kind could ever survive without daily bludgeoning is beyond me. If it were up to me you would all somehow become dead before leaving this room; slowly, excruciatingly dispatched in a manner that makes continental drift seem like a brisk pace. Mind you, while this is happening, I will smile and grope my biblical erection.

Honestly, of all the depraved and unconscionable things a person could do you people have taken the cake and, sickeningly, eaten it too! What’s this?!? Do I hear a sniffle? Two sniffles? Come on now, I expected more from you. Considering why you’re here I would have thought it would take more to bring you to tears. Like, perhaps, visiting a righteous and unparalleled act of mutilating violence upon your collective genitals, to such a degree that God himself would wonder why he even created such a thing as genitals in the first place! Perhaps then you will have the vaguest idea of what it feels like to be a victim of child molestation!!!

This isn’t the lecture to convicted child-rapists?

Then where the hell am I?      …oh

Uhh, hello. Well, my name is Simon, and I am an alcoholic. Tomorrow I’ll have 281 days. Thank you.


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Skin covers my entire body and delimits what is ‘inside’ from what is ‘outside’, namely my individuality. By its surface size, my skin is the most salient organ of my body. It is a protective layer that precisely defines my vital space and faithfully and unconsciously allows my inner state to show through: it is therefore a link in my relation with my entourage (I in my relation to others). My skin is the extension of my felt experience, of my inner sensitivity. It is the mirror of my inner life, my calling card. It analyzes all contact information. If I am a gentle person, so will my skin. If I am very highly sensitive, my skin will also be very sensitive. On the contrary, if I am rather hard with myself or with others, my skin too will be hard and thick. If my skin is irritated, then someone or something in my life is irritating me. Great insecurity makes my skin sweaty, whereas skin that perspires a lot evacuates the emotions that I hold back and that I need to release. A disease that ‘touches’ my skin indicates that I am experiencing difficulties in communicating with my entourage. I feel a loss in my soundness of health. The state of my skin indicates the state of my relations with others. My individuality is called into question, my intimacy and my vulnerability may be threatened. What are my limits? What are my zones of intolerance? My skin reacts when I need to touch and be touched, and I experience a deprivation in that respect. That is why I may develop eczema or psoriasis at the time of a separation, for instance: my skin is experiencing stress; it is in a state of need and becomes red with anger, not understanding why it is not receiving affection and tenderness. I am feeling an immense affective coldness and having difficulty in acclimatizing to my new life or my new situation. The quality of my relations with the outside world will thus be represented by the state of my skin.

Snoring is of course a psychosomatic problem. It occurs when a person is facing a perceived injustice and feels that he cannot express himself openly about it.

Suggested Processing

  • Do the Work of Byron Katie on the perceived injustice – you can book a session here
  • Take 30ml LP-ZnO before breakfast and lunch; 60ml of the same LP before going to sleep

Mr.Keshe KSW174@1:10 :00

The LCA Protocol is used for 21 days.

Drink 100ml PL-CO2 (made with K salt)+ 100ml PL-Mg 3x/day

Drink 200ml PL-ZnO 2x/day + up to 500ml PL-ZnO before bedtime

wash hair with PL-CO2+ZnO just before bedtime; this creates the equivalent of a weak GaNS patch compared to a strong drinking PL.

The symptoms or areas in which a stroke has occurred vary with age; the person’s concerns at that time are related to the age group to which they belong.

18-25 years: Stroke is often found at the junction between the brain and spinal cord. Stroke is related to the fact that the person has received too much information created in the brain that cannot be received by the body; then the brain blocks. The consequences are often severe paralysis.

35-45 years: stroke results in emotional paralysis, an explanation often not recognized by medicine because there are few physical symptoms: a lot of anger at not being understood, especially by the younger generation; also anger at not having enough time.

50-65 years: at this stage, the personality thinks that she has already lived most of her life and therefore the paralyses are more serious. Especially on the left side (= right side of the brain), which is also the direction of the emotions of the heart. There is little physical damage if the person is at peace with the idea of decline through age.

see also: Vaccines

Suicide Prevention

  1. Mix the following LP : 4p LP-ZnO + 3p LP-CO2 + 2p LP-CH3
    The ZnO helps to dissolve negative emotions, or thought patterns; CH3 gives the energy to be able to get out of the depressive low.
    Dosage : drink 30ml of the mixture 3x/day

  2. Prepare a Breathing Tube with 80% LP-ZnO + 20% LP-CH3 and use it minimum 3 hours/day

Thyroid nodules

Miroslav Bach in the Keshe Plasma Times april 2019.

A 46 year old woman was diagnosed with thyroid nodules and eventually Hashimoto’s disease. She related that the diagnosis was quite accidental, because in the beginning, around 8 years ago, the nodules were tiny. After a few years, however, she began to feel bad. She developed symptoms of very high blood pressure, shortness of breath, a feeling of palpitations, her body temperature fluctuated a lot. The nodules kept on growing and the blood tests were far from encouraging.

Thyroid nodules are solid or fluid-filled lumps that form within the thyroid, a small gland located at the base of the neck, just above your breastbone. The great majority of thyroid nodules aren’t serious and don’t cause symptoms; thyroid cancer accounts for only a small percentage of thyroid nodules.

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is gradually destroyed. Early on there may be no symptoms. Over time the thyroid may enlarge, forming a painless goiter.

Oral Application of LP:

  1. LP+amino acid of CO2 GaNS, taken daily in any amount
  2. LP-Iodine, 100ml, three times a day (Iodine GaNS was prepared using the caustic soda method using crystalline iodine, 99.8% purity)
  3. LP-CuO, 100ml, three times a week
  4. LP-CH3, 100ml, three times a week

The Liquid Plasma of each of these GaNS was prepared directly by the user, through the field interaction process, in the absence of direct contact of the GaNS material with water. A small bottle with GaNS is submerged in a bottle or jar filled with clean water and left to interact for a minimum of 24 hours.

Wearing three bracelets with LP and a couple of drops of GaNS-CO2, -ZnO, -Iodine, -CuO, and -CH3 respectively.

The application of patches with Liquid Plasma took place after the second test, which confirmed the return to normal parameters.

The patches were prepared in a ratio of approximately 3:1. Each health patch contained 50% LP-CO2 GaNS + couple of drops of GaNS, and 50% LP-Iodine + couple of drops of GaNS material.

After 6 weeks of balancing the body using Liquid Plasma, there was a noticeable improvement in well-being. The symptoms subsided and the positive course of the whole process was confirmed by another ultrasound examination, carried out 7 months after the first examination. Her thyroid gland has completely returned to normal.

(help against damage)

See also: AutismM.Keshe 172nd KSW@2:23:00

Vaccinations are not acceptable in a single application but in 3 applications with a 2 to 3 week delay between each. Single-dose vaccines contain Mercury, an element that causes damage to the child’s nervous system, especially at the age of 2 to 3 years. It often causes dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and other problems related to brain development. It is damage to brain cells at the neurological level and can either be protected before vaccination or repaired after vaccination.

In the Plasma Science we do not fight a situation, because generally speaking the fight binds us to our enemy and creates a connection that weakens us, we create another condition. It is recommended to takethe protocol before vaccination preferably, or afterwards to correct the situation

Protocol for the nervous system:

CO2, ZnO, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, Folic Acid, EPA. You can also make a Gans of these products to simplify the application and always have the product at home. GaNS-vaccinM.Keshe 172nd KSW@0:58:00Mix the following substances:

  1. Parmesan for Calcium
  2. Fresh yeast for Folic Acid (Vitamin B9)
  3. Dry apricots/dry bananas for Potassium
  4. Sesame/Amonds for Magnesium
  5. Omega 3 capsules for EPA (Omega 3 lipid acids)
  6. PL-ZnO, PL-CO2
  7. Vitamin B12 if there is physical damage or if the child’s age is over 7 years

  1. Cut the components into pieces and place them in a heat-resistant, closed container (Jam jars)
  2. Add Caustic Soda in the same amount and pour boiling water. (Beware of splashes and possible overflows, wear heat-resistant gloves, safety glasses, operate in a ventilated area at the bottom of a sink).
  3. When there are no more reactions to soda, close the jar, wait at least 8 to 15 days, then filter all solid particles
  4. Collect the dark liquid and wash it several times, there must remain a white deposit which is GaNS, collect and pour it into a bottle with CO2 Liquid Plasma

Apply 1x/day in cold climates and 1x/2 days in hot climates. This Gans can also be used to facilitate the taking of the vaccine – especially in young children – and is part of the protocol for the nervous system, with ZnO, and CuO. The elements can also be taken individually.

Other indications: All disorders affecting the nervous system: Stroke, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, cerebral sclerosis, brain surgery, hyperactivity with or without attention disorders, neonatal pain, polio, spinal cord injury, etc.

Wound treatment

By Caroline Keshe

Create the following never ending supply of the mixture for wound treatment:

  • 50% GaNSCO2 + 40% GaNS-ZnO + 10% GaNSCuO water; this is your never ending mix; take only the clear LP when the GaNS has settled to the ground; when the container is half empty, fill it back on with demineralized water
  • add 10 drops lavender 10 essential oil + 10 drops of chamomile + pinch of salt
  • put it all together in a blender for about 40 seconds

  1. spray on the wound
  2. add some to the drinking water
  3. make 3 small patches and put 2 on the wound and 1 in the back of the wound


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10 Best Power Tower 2020 – Reviews & Buying Guide (Updated)

A power tower, also known as a pull-up or dip station, is a popular fixture in most gyms across the world. A stand-alone structure approximately ten to twelve feet tall, it usually includes a back pad and several different parts to place your hands, chest, or back to engage different muscles for different workouts.

Best power tower allows you to work many different parts of your body, including your shoulders, arms, chest, and core. You may even be able to get a good cardio workout on a power tower, depending on how you customize your own routine.

Top 5 Best Power Tower: Editor’s Pick

Researching the top power tower can take some time, especially if you’re selective about what you want to do, how often you’ll use the structure, and how much you’re willing to spend. As with many pieces of fitness equipment, the best fitness power tower for you will depend on a number of factors.

Best Power Tower Review:

Different power tower stations fit different needs. When conducting your review, be sure to weigh the cost, utility, size, and effectiveness in a way that best suits your needs. Below are some typical models that can help you decide which is the best power tower station for you.

1. XMark Commercial Vertical Knee Raise with Dip Station

This model is one of the more basic “dip station” models, as it doesn’t include a pull-up station. At first glance, it may seem a little too stripped-down for some people, but it features very rugged construction and is one of the sturdiest models on the market. It’s on the upper end of the price spectrum, but it is by no means exorbitant. In fact, if you want very high-quality materials, you may decide this is very worth the price tag.

Highlighted Features:

  • powder-coated, rugged steel construction
  • dip and push-up handles
  • skid-resistant rubber caps to keep your floors protected
  • vinyl back and forearm pads and rubber grips to protect your body against impact
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2. XMark VKR Vertical Knee Raise with Dip and Pull-up Station Power Tower XM-4432

XMark VKR Vertical Knee Raise with Dip and Pull-up Station Power Tower XM-4432
  • Includes vertical knee raise, dip, pull-up, push-up, and sit-up stations
  • Narrow and wide grip pull up bar
  • Large 4 inch contoured roller pads

The model shown here is a bit more complex than the previous model; this is a good option for people who want to incorporate pull-ups into their workout routine. When deciding on the top power tower for you, keep in mind that this model incorporates a pull-up bar, it also takes up more space than other models. Its price tag is reasonable but still reflects its quality materials and construction.

Highlighted Features:

  • vinyl back and forearm padding
  • pull-up bar, knee raise and dip stations
  • padded grips
  • rubberized feet to protect floors
  • powder-coated heavy steel construction

3. Fitness Reality X Class High Capacity Multi Function Power Tower

Fitness Reality X Class High Capacity Multi Function Power Tower
  • Set Up Dimensions: 63.4 L x 49 W x 83 H inches | Set Up Weight: 150 lbs
  • 2 adjustable handle bars with foam rollers for multiple exercise with 7...
  • Ergonomically designed 3" thick angled backrest for real comfort. 2.25"...

If you decide on this option, you’re getting into really serious workout features. It’s a bit more expensive than your average power tower, but if you can justify the price tag by attaching a heavy bag, it’s a great way to combine a power tower and a bag stand in one, and overall reduce the amount of space used in your gym.

Highlighted Features:

  • knee raise, dip, and push-up stations
  • heavy bag hanger
  • vinyl back and forearm pads
  • heavy steel powder-coated frame
  • rubberized feet

4. Bowflex BodyTower

Bowflex BodyTower
  • 7 levels of adjustment that allows you to do 20+ exercises
  • E 7 adjust horizontal bars let you add variety and intensity to your...
  • Stable, commercial grade steel frame

A really great lower-cost option from Bowflex is this tower. It’s not quite as heavy-duty as some of the power towers you may find as you conduct your power rack review, but it has a lot of great features you won’t find elsewhere.

Since Bowflex has long worked to perfect its full-body workouts in limited space, there’s a lot you can do with this one. Bowflex is well-known for condensing intense full-body workouts into a small space, and that ingenuity is shown in this tower.

Highlighted Features:

  • Dip, knee raise, and pull-up stations
  • Elbow slings
  • Fitness guide to help you create more effective workouts
  • Adjustable bars
  • Back cushion and rubberized grips
  • Steel frame

5. Stamina 1690 Power Tower

Stamina 1690 Power Tower
  • WHY POWER TOWER? Power Towers allow for many different bodyweight...
  • DIMENSIONS: 49 x 42.5 x 81 | Weight: 61 lbs
  • ALL-IN-ONE FITNESS EQUIPMENT: The versatile Stamina Power Tower 1690 can be...

The power tower shown here is a very economical option for people with limited or casual use of a power tower. While its price tag is inviting, the trade-off is sturdiness. This is a great option for a casual home-gym user who will not be performing any dramatic gymnastic movements on it. Its tough end-caps prevent slipping while helping to protect your floors.

This is probably the most portable model of all reviewed here; of these, it’s probably the only power tower available that could be moved when assembled. The rest are far too heavy and unwieldy once assembled.

Highlighted Features:

  • Dip, knee raise, push-up, and pull-up stations
  • Capacity up to 250 pounds
  • Slip-resistant end caps protect your floors
  • Highly portable frame

6. Body Champ Power Tower

Body Champ Power Tower
  • VERSATILE DIP STAND: The 4-station VKR Power Tower takes exercise back to...
  • TONE MUSCLES: With so many different workout possibilities, you'll be able...
  • NO WEIGHTS REQUIRED: Once you have this at-home fitness equipment set up,...

Another great lower-cost station is a great middle of the road suggestion for someone who wants quality without spending too much. This model can’t be anchored into the ground, but it allows for weight to be spread across the tower for maximum sturdiness. It is made of heavy-duty steel and has rubberized feet for gripping without damaging your floor.

Its price tag is very inviting for the level of craftsmanship it boasts, although it is missing some of the features of the fancier models. It still may be the best power tower for you, if what you want is a good solid frame with comfortable box-style cushions, and the ability to work your triceps, do pull-ups, and create rock-hard abs.

Highlighted Features:

  • Knee raise, pull-up, push-up, and dip stations
  • Rubberized comfort grips
  • Rubber feet to prevent slipping or skidding
  • Heavy-duty back and forearm pads

7. Soozier Fitness Power Tower w/ Dip Station & Pull Up Bar

You may decide that this is the best power tower for you if your looking for something sturdy, easy to put together, and very cost-effective. It takes up a bit more space than its more compact competitors, but it is a very reasonable price and has all the basics you may be looking for.

Depending on how intense your workouts can get, you may find that this is the perfect power tower for your needs.

Highlighted Features :

  • Knee raise, dip, push-up and pull up stations
  • Reinforced steel construction
  • Rubberized floor grips to prevent skidding
  • 330 pound capacity

8. Phoenix 99403 Power Stand II

Phoenix 99403 Power Stand II
  • Multi-station exercise stand for performing diverse workouts
  • Uses body weight as resistance for greater strength and balance
  • Stations for pull-ups/chin-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, dips, and more

This model’s padded foot grips is sort of an uncommon feature on power towers. It not only gives you a place to rest your feet in between sets, but personal trainers or physical therapists may find these cushions helpful in strengthening their clients’ legs and backs as well. It’s attractive and compact enough to store away in a corner, while being sturdy enough to handle an average sized person.

It’s cost-effective, but still includes all the basic features to do triceps dips, pull-ups, and abdominal work. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and is sturdy enough for everyday use when put together properly.

Highlighted Features :

  • Dip, pull-up, knee raise, and push-up stations
  • Forearm and back pads
  • Comfort grips
  • Steel construction
  • Fold-down dip handles

9. Gold’s Gym XR 10.9 Power Tower

Gold's Gym XR 10.9 Power Tower
  • Vertical Knee Raise Station; Step up and discover your inner 6 pack with...
  • Push Up Station; Get the most out of your push up workout with these...
  • Multi Grip Pull Up Station; Get a grip wide, narrow, side to side and build...

This model is so heavy-duty that you can only get an estimate of its price. Sold by a well-known gym franchise, it includes your typical dips/pull-ups/knee raise stations. If put together correctly, it can eliminate wobble when you use it; however, care should be taken when putting together such a large piece of equipment.

It cannot be anchored to the ground; as its base consists of rounded tubing, drilling holes for anchoring would be difficult. However, solid craftsmanship combined with competent construction will make it easy to avoid wobbling when doing typical exercises on this structure.

Highlighted Features:

  • Knee raise, dip, push-up, and pull-up stations
  • Back and forearm pads
  • Comfort handles
  • Heavy-duty steel construction

10. K KiNGKANG Power Tower Adjustable Height

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  • Made of Heavy-duty steel frame | U shaped frame base
  • Product dimensions – 51.2” L x 35.4” W x 64.96”-92.52” H | Weight...
  • Assembly required | Product can be used outside, but different weather...

This is a rather basic, compact, user-friendly model, with all the comfort you need but without a lot of bells and whistles. Its price tag is attractive and won’t break the bank, and you’ll get everything you need out of it if you’re a casual or dedicated gym goer.

Professionals may want something a little fancier, but for everyday use, this is a great option. It’s sturdy enough for casual use without having to be anchored to the floor.

Highlighted Features:

  • Knee raise, dips, push-up, and pull-up stations
  • Angled forearm pads
  • Back pad
  • Comfort hand grips
  • Adjustable pull-up handles to enable you to perform chin-ups
  • Leg stabilizers and skid-resistant end caps
  • Weight capacity of 275 pounds

Buying Guide: Things to Consider when Looking for a Power Tower

The best power tower station will be one that gives you all the features you want, without breaking the bank or taking up too much space. Using the guide below and following the links provided, you’ll be able to find the best fitness power tower for your needs.

Probably one of the most important things to consider when buying a power tower is the kinds of exercises you can perform on it. While most of these towers have a back pad, knee raise station, and dip station, other features include chin-up or pull-up stations (or both), arm slings, push-up bars, and as you’ll see below, even a heavy bag hanger.

Other, less obvious features, to consider are composition of the steel structure, whether it has rubberized feet or grips to keep from sliding or damaging floors, and whether the handles for performing exercises are padded or foam-covered. You may also want to make your decision based on whether the tower is portable or if it can be anchored to the floor.

Weight Limit

While the 250-300 pound weight limit of your average power tower will be more than enough for most gym-goers, very athletic individuals may find that the extra weight of their muscles can cause the tower to shift when if they swing or make dramatic movements on the tower.

Another issue to consider is if the tower is too heavy—if you’re constructing the tower for a home gym and putting it together yourself, if it’s too heavy for you to build, you’ll want something a bit lighter.

Size is a very important consideration, as some of these towers can take up a lot of space. Most towers are one-sided, meaning you only use one facet of the structure, but others utilize both sides, meaning you will have to allow for extra space around it.

If you have a lot of space to spare, a heavy-duty tower could be the best power tower for you; however, if you are short on space, a more compact model will make more sense.

Ease of Construction

If you’re going to be building the tower yourself, you may want something that’s easy to put together, especially if you want to be able to move it within or between buildings. But if you’re planning on keeping it in the same place for years, ease of construction is less of a consideration, especially if it would mean sacrificing features you actually do want.

The best option isn’t always the priciest—you can definitely get a good workout from the less expensive brands. They tend to range in price from just under $100 to just over $300, so they are definitely a financial commitment.

The most important thing when considering prices is not to necessarily go for the cheapest or most expensive model; the right power tower for your needs might lie somewhere in between. Comparing price versus quality and features might be a balancing act.

Final Verdict:

As with any piece of specialized equipment, your ultimate choice will come down to how much you want to spend, how practical the tower is for you, and how much space it takes up. For those who are dedicated martial artists and fitness enthusiasts, the Xmark Deluxe is probably your best option.

However, most of us are casual users, and would probably prefer something that requires a smaller investment and less of a commitment, like the Soozier. If you want to go very compact, the Stamina will probably be your best option. Whatever you choose, doing a little

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Homestead Update: June 1st

The daisies are in bloom – it must be June! May was a great month and June is slated out to be even better. We have some AWESOME projects to show off that will be ‘finished’ this month but got started in May. Here’s the homestead update for May with photos of June “first”, as reported mid June thanks to server issues and lack of computer time. 😉

One day these shots will include tall, lush pasture of mixed grasses, clovers and forbs – vs all bent grass and daisies thanks to years of mismanagement by the previous folks. I’m slowly but surely renovating the soil and planting new pasture thanks to the chickens and ducks. It’s very fun to watch the patches where i’ve planted: no daisies and super healthy pasture … all in good time. For now it is fun to stop and smell the daisies 😉

Our biggest project in May was setting up the vegetable garden fence and multi-purpose shed. We’re so close to being finished! The roof remains and a few finishing touches on the wire and gates. I have all the veggies in and the potato tower seems to be working. It feels so GREAT to be gardening again – i cannot stress how much joy getting dirty and growing food makes me. :) I am also SUPER proud of my husband especially, but of both of us in our capacity to learn, work together, and create something from scratch without previous experience…. i think our shed is going to be pretty darned swell!

The weeds aren’t the only things growing and blooming around here. The foxglove (toxic yet beautiful) are standing tall along the edge of our pasture and many of the flowers and shrubs in my beds and hedgerows are happy as can be, blooming to provide food for the pollinators and joy to me as i drive home. The potato tower seems to be growing nicely – though i’m not seeing as many sprouts as i would expect for the number of seed potatoes i included.

And, my little ‘yard garden’ is doing great! My garlic is about a month away from harvest and VERY happy thanks to many doses of diluted blood from butchering these past months and several applications of rabbit manure. Those buns sure come in handy – i’m not one to waste any part of them! I planted some early kale in this bed and i’m glad i did – we’re enjoying kale with our supper even though the main garden is still young while i waited for a fence to plant.

Speaking of the buns: we have a new addition to our barn! Young miss Foxglove, aka Foxy was aptly named after the seasonal beauties around our farm – isn’t she adorable? I cannot wait to pair her with my new red buck to make some gorgeous babies! I plan on starting to show my rabbits later this year and have high hopes for her and her babes. I have a date with all the rabbit sand my camera this weekend, so look for updated photos of our breeding stock on the Birdsong Farm page soon.

The April and May showers have gone, leaving the sun and heat of summer. I hope i can harness that energy to create some delicious veggies. My skin is already glowing with a gardener’s tan adn i can’t wait to spend more time in my new sanctuary… complete with a tool shed! I’m also looking forward to having this ‘build the garden’ project OVER so we can focus on some new projects. Soon i’ll have some spare time to post some really informative blog posts! Maybe 😉

Enjoy the spring/summer wherever you are!

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Create a 6 pages page paper that discusses memory training in older adults. As memory loss in ageing is related to deficit in declarative memory, emphasis should be given to effective techniques that will help retain more information. Based on the cognitive theory of memory, theorists have suggested various methods of teaching to improve the recollection of information. This may include visual representation of information, repetition of the particular information, the technique of acting out the particular information, known as “learning by doing” or by using short forms.

The research conducted by George W et al concluded that certain cognitive abilities could have lasting effects in the elderly. The study was conducted for a period of 10 years, at the end of the study they concluded that the reasoning and thinking skills could be retained in the elderly, but there was no particular difference in the memory performance among the control group and the memory-training group. The study was a randomized controlled trial with 2,832 persons with an average of 74 years of age during the beginning of study. They had a formal education of up to 14 years of age. The samples were divided into three training groups (speed processing, memory, and reasoning) and a control group that did not receive any training. The training was conducted for 60 to 70 minutes for a period of 5 to 6 weeks and some of the participants were randomly selected for additional sessions. The training was evaluated soon after the session and in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth year as well as 10 years later.

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PCA 2019: Pierre Calamusa Bags Chip Lead on Day 2 of the Main Event With 79 Players Remaining

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The picturesque Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island, Bahamas is currently the epitome of poker action with the ongoing PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2019 $10,300 Main Event.

With late registrations open till the start of play on Day 2, 23 new entries helped take the total field size to 865 entries (623 unique entries + 242 re-entries) making for a staggering $8,390,500 in prize money. This year, a total of 56 nationalities were represented in the Main Event with USA being the most represented country with 189 entries.

The top 127 players will finish in the money with the Main Event champion set to take home the $1,567,100 winner’s prize along with the exclusive Main Event trophy.

After six 90-minute levels on Day 2, only 79 players were left standing and leading them all is Frenchman Pierre Calamusa who bagged a massive stack of 1,500,000 (250 big blinds). Trailing Calamusa and the only other player in the seven-figure club is Spaniard Vicent Bosca with 1,138,000 in chips.

Other big stacks in the running include Enrico Camosci (980,000), Matthias Eibinger (894,000), Pavel Veksler (808,000), Brian Altman (746,000) and Joao Simao (734,000).

The Indian challenge at the event ended on Day 2 with the elimination of Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal.

Day 2 Recap

Starting the day as the chip leader was Alexander Kharkov (350,500), followed by Joey Weissman (267,000), Joao Simao (251,200), Brian Altman (236,100) and Rainer Kempe (214,200).

Spain’s Adrian Mateos ran out of luck early on where he came out on the losing end of a coin flip with pocket tens to Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos’ ace-king suited. Campos hit trip aces on the board that knocked out Mateos.

Among the other notables who busted before the money bubble were Rainer Kempe, Ole Schemion, Steffen Sontheimer, Brian Yoon, defending champion Maria Lampropulos, Dan Shak, Cary Katz, Chris Hunichen, Mustapha Kanit, Dietrich Fast, Joe McKeehen, Sylvain Loosli, Jake Cody, Steve O’Dywer, Nick Petrangelo, Joao Vieira, Liv Boeree, Pete Chen, Manig Loese and Ramin Hajiyev.

The Red Spade was well represented on Day 2 by Andre Akkari (143,200), Barry Greenstein (71,100), Jake Cody (67,800), Liv Boeree (64,800), Daniel Negreanu (56,700), Jeff Gross (53,300), Aditya Agarwal (52,800) and Randy Lew (43,500). The brigade suffered several casualties with Agarwal, Negreanu, Gross, Cody, Boeree, and Greenstein, all missing the money bus.

Negreanu was on the feature table, and was eliminated by Felipe Pantoja, who flopped three-of-a-kind and Negreanu couldn`t get there with the nut flush draw.

The money bubble round came with it`s fair share of drama as the hand-for-hand play commenced two places away from the money and in the very first hand itself, four-all-in-calls were made.

Kristen Bicknell and Matt Glantz doubled up while Stanley Lee and Luc Greenwood hit the rail and just like that the remaining 127 players locked in a $17,620 min-cash.

Post the bubble, the pace of eliminations picked up with several heavy hitters falling out and the list included names like Carlos Hey (80th for $20,980), Kristen Bicknell (82nd for $20,980), Davidi Kitai (94th for $20,980), Ivan Luca (97th for $18,460), Shaun Deeb (115th for $18,460), Joe Cada (121st for $17,620), Brynn Kenny (123rd for $17,620), Niall Farrell (124th for $17,620), and Sam Grafton (127th for $17,620).

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Top 10 Chip Counts At The End of Day 2

  1. Pierre Calamusa – 1,500,000
  2. Vicent Bosca – 1,138,000
  3. Enrico Camosci – 980,000
  4. Matthias Eibinger – 894,000
  5. Pavel Veksler – 808,000
  6. Brian Altman – 746,000
  7. Joao Simao – 734,000
  8. Franz Ditz – 732,000
  9. Eder Takashi Murata – 619,000
  10. Scott Clements – 591,000

Image & Content courtesy: PokerStars/PokerNews

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Rekowski, Franciszek (1833-1920) Stanisławie, the son of Mikolej Rekowski & Maryanna Gędzierska, m. (16 Nov 1856) Church of the Holy Trinity, Lubisewo-Tczewksie, Johanna (Julianna) Pacholska (1833-1893) Swarożyn, the daughter of Michal Pacholski & Agniszka Zymon. Family—Stanisławie; Paulina Katarzyna (1859-1942) & Michal Jakob (1862-1872), Lubiszewo-Tzewskie; Rozalia Anna (1865-1866), Franciszek Marcin (1867-1868), Jozef August (1869-1870) & August Franciszek (1871-1943). They left Stanisławie for Hamburg where they set aboard the “Palmerston” 29 July 1872, arriving at Port Chalmers, Dunedin, 6 Dec 1872.

 Listed aboard were—Franz Reikowski 39, Johanna 39, Paulina 9 & August 11 mths. The family was sent south to Scroggs Creek on contract work with Brodgen & Sons to lay the southern railway through the Taieri. The family soon moved to Waihola where they had the youngest member of the family—Rose Mary (1876-1949). The 82’ Freeholders lists Franz owning 2 acres to the value of £100 in Waihola & 83 acres to the value of £207 in the Milton area. Franz, a farmer, was naturalised as a New Zealand citizen 26 Jun 1912 residing at Loudens Gully. All his life he was engaged in farming and the sod chimney of his house at Akatore was still standing in the 1980’s. At one stage he owned a small farm at Loudens Gulley where he was reputed to have been a very careful and thrifty all round farmer. Julianna died at Milton 31 Jul 1893 aged 59 & Frank died at Raurekau 20 Nov 1920 aged 87. Both are buried at the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
Paulina (Polly) Rekowski m. (14 Oct 1896) St. Mary’s, Milton, Francis Joseph Barra (1858-1932) Gniszewo. Polly carried a vivid recollection of the voyage to New Zealand and from all accounts it is clear that she enjoyed every minute of it. During a water shortage on board the “Palmerston”, she was approached by the Captain and offered all the water she desired in an exchange for a kiss. She laughed it off as only a 14 year old teenager could. Family—Waihola; James Francis & Herbert Peter. The family moved to Loudons Gully where Polly died 2 Dec 1942 aged 83 years and is buried at the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
August Francis Rekowski m. (14 Oct 1896) St. Mary’s, Milton, Mary Ottrey (1872-1927) Milton. Family—Waihola; Francis, Akatore; Mary, George & Sidney James. August purchased section 3, block 2 in Akatore 29 Oct 1898. August was farming or labouring in the Moneymore area and was understood to be as careful and thrifty as his father. A cheerful and jolly gentleman, he would often play his squeeze box for the grandchildren when he visited. August, a labourer, was naturalised as a New Zealand citizen 23 Feb 1921. He died at Moneymore 18 Oct 1843 aged 72 and is buried with his wife at the Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.

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In late December, when a picture surfaced of Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, and Jason Priestly, together in public I was intrigued. And as the rumors started circulating about CBS shopping a Beverly Hills 90210 revival/reboot, I have to admit I was very excited.

Of course with Luke Perry and Shannen Dougherty not signed on, I was less excited.

Though now that the truth has surfaced that it’s not a revival at all, I’m actually kind of pissed that I was put in a nostalgia TV tizzy for nothing. This project is (deep breath) an hour-long mockumentary-esque dramedy with the former teen stars playing themselves (or a version of such) chronicling their efforts to get an actual 90210 revival going.

I mean honestly, would I even add such a thing to my endless queue, let alone watch it?  Well, certainly not without Luke Perry or Shannen Doherty.

You know what got me to watch the 90210 revival in 2008? (Besides Rob Estes, Lori Loughlin, and a theme song by Liz Phair?) Shannen Doherty.

And the hope that her being on another show set in the same zip code would correct some of the continuity error/plot holes from the original series. It didn’t. (And for the record, there are many of these original series blunders that still keep me awake at night — especially those that effected Brenda and Dylan and their off-screen time in seasons 7 and 8 together in London).

I have zero embarrassment whatsoever when I tout my love for Beverly Hills 90210. I started watching actually after the first season when a co-worker lent me his (yes, HIS, and he was straight) collection of home videotaped episodes. I was hooked after being up literally all night watching the back 12 episodes of Season 1. Yeah, that’s right, I was binging TV shows before it was officially a thing!

Thursday nights in college were spent with my friend Betty (and her bong) ordering pizza from Domino’s (back in the day when you could write a check for the $10 two-topping pizzas and a 2-liter Diet Coke meal deal that wouldn’t get cashed for a couple days) watching the antics of the West Beverly gang. Obviously, that the series lasted ten years, I would have different apartments with more comfortable couches, better pizza, new friends to watch with, and eventually a husband to mock me while I watched it — but it was the most consistent date I kept throughout my twenties.

Ask any woman who was teen girl in the early 90’s about it. 90210 was as important a lifestyle fixture as scrunchies, Zima, and l.e.i. high-waisted and thick black-belted jeans. We only differed in which side-burned hottie lit our hearts ablaze. (Dylan, duh).

Knowing my backstory, you would think that I could look past bleeding Team Brenda enough to anticipate spending some screen time with the other alumni of West Beverly Hills High — or at least the actors that played them. But nope. I don’t have it in me.

I never watched So NoTORIous on VH-1 (its creators Mike Chessler and Chris Alberghini are doing this new show) and have a hard time remembering if I ever actually made it a point to watch anything these original cast non-Luke Perry and Shannen Doherty actors ever did. The parts were never as good as the whole.

Also, was Donna Martin anyone’s favorite character? I mean, sure, we all wanted her to graduate, but that was because we were anti-authority.

As for Steve, David and Andrea, no one even liked those characters. Ever. I want to punch something thinking about the hour of my life wasted on Brian Austin Green’s bad acting through that meth in the orange juice storyline.

But maybe that just attests to the power of that show. It’s like family you don’t particularly like, but you love out of loyalty (and not enough time in therapy). in a post The OC world, I am har-pressed to honestly say it holds up. Marisa Cooper’s continual bad, but beautiful, choices in Season 1 alone put Kelly Taylor’s ridiculousness to laughable shame. And I cannot even allow myself to attempt comparing BH 90120 to Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights, or Buffy The Vampire Slayer. But…nostalgia has its pull and the Brenda/Dylan/Kelly triangle is the one thing I have faith in as the best teen primetime soap plot ever.

The actors surrounding this, however, do not even stand a chance. So, if this dumb idea ever comes to fruition, they cannot count on this diehard fan’s support.

Things I will be watching instead:

Shannen Doherty in Mallrats, the first season of Charmed, and posts about her and her real-life bestie, Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Vanessa Marcil (Gina Kincaid in Season 10) in any of her back catalogue, including poor quality YouTube videos of Sonny and Brenda on General Hospital. (This episode has not only has Vanessa Marcil, but also John Reilly the actor who played Kelly’s dad)

Tiffani-Amber Theissen (Valerie Malone — the wanna be Brenda in Seasons 5-10) as Kelly Kapowski in the Zack Morris is Trash Funny or Die videos.

Lindsay Price (Janet Sosna in Seasons 9 and 10) in Lipstick Jungle or as An Li Chen in early 90’s All My Children episodes.


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Review: “Angels With Dirty Faces” by Sugababes (CD, 2002)

Today’s POP RESCUE from a fate unknown is Angels With Dirty Faces – the 2002 second album by Sugababes. Is this album an angelic sound, or is too freaky to listen to? Read on…

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Sugababes’ 2002 album ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’

This album has been a curiosity to me for a long time, as it is seemingly the most donated to charity shop album I’ve ever seen – in close competition with Travis‘ album The Man Who.

So, with an aim to try to discover what is actually wrong with it, I rescued it from a pound store.

This 14 track album introduced the second incarnation of Sugababes, with new recruit (and former-Atomic KittenHeidi Range.

The album begins, as did the run of singles, with Freak Like Me – a cover of Adina Howard‘s debut single, using a sample of Gary Numan‘s hit Are Friends’ Electric. This catchy combination unsurprisingly gave the Sugababes a number one.

Blue is the second track here, and is a light, up-tempo, catchy track, and an excellent bridge into the third song, and their second hit single Round Round. The latter is a masterpiece.

Stronger, the third single (and a double-A with the album’s title track), reminds me musically of Gabrielle‘s Should I Stay, and something you’d find from Massive Attack. It’s slower, with rich sweeping strings, and gives all three the chance to let their vocals shine.

Supernatural is the first track here to feel like a bit of a filler. Whilst it’s fairly catchy, musically it doesn’t stand up equally with the rest of the album so far.

The other part of the Stronger single, and title track Angels With Dirty Faces follows, and returns them to form. This track was promoted with the TV animation series The Powerpuff Girls, who also feature on the single sleeve. The track is musically on track, but the song title feels a bit cumbersome for the vocals in the chorus.

Virgin Sexy is not a good song. It feels like a bad b-side.

Thankfully the Sting sampled Shape (his Shape Of My Heart is sampled) comes along, which is perfect timing, and his vocals sit perfectly alongside those of the Sugababes. Thankfully this did become a single.

Just Don’t Need This is a brilliant track – again using sweeping strings. We’re then into No Man No Cry, which is one of the weaker tracks here, followed by Switch – a fun, catchy, track, with a good up-tempo feeling.

The twelfth track, More Than A Million Miles is a lovely track – with a great beat, and guitar hook.  The vocal melody is mellow but perfectly formed. In a way, this is kind of the end of the album, but the acoustic version of a track called Breathe Easy just brings the tempo down. Again this allows all tree to showcase their vocal harmonies. If this was the end, then it would be perfectly placed.

Then, just to remind you that these are the Sugababes, an uninspired titled, but nice (more bass-y) Alternative Mix of Round Round ends the album.

Sugababes’ lead single ‘Freak Like Me’

Essentially, I now know why it is in every charity store and pound store – there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s simply because it sold so many copies, or that stores bought a lot of stock, meaning that there’s just a higher chance of finding it.

Having assumed it was rubbish, I’m pleasantly surprised to find that it is brilliant. Get it in your ears.

Rated 4 stars - You're missing a treat!
  • POP RESCUE 2014 RATING: 4 / 5
  • 2002 UK CHART POSITION: #2, certified 3x Platinum.
  • POP RESCUE COST: £1 (from a Poundland store)

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Choose the Sunday Buffet

Recently I went out for lunch at a restaurant with one who’s a special friend.
We talked about menu items that looked good and what we wanted to spend.

There was also offered a large brunch buffet, of which one could partake.
But we opted for menu entrees, unaware of the time that those would take.

For some reason, our chosen meals from the menu took well over half an hour.
We were seated right by the grand buffet and soon began losing will power.

Here was all of this delicious food; each person came by with a full plate.
Yet despite its nearness, we couldn’t partake, but simply were left to wait.

I thought about that, in a spiritual sense, especially in countries very blessed.
Christian churches abound, yet are passed up–by people who choose Sundays to rest.

God is offering His buffet of goodness and blessings, and the Bible teaches us His voice. But some are waiting and hungering still–due to simply making the wrong choice.

“Oh taste and see that the Lord is good…” These words from the Bible are for you!
God wants you to join others in receiving “the Blessing” from Jesus, who is Faithful and True.

P. A. Oltrogge

“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.” Psalm 34:8-9

“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more, as you see the day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:24-25

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.” Revelation 19:11

A local Christian church, where you can worship with other believers, is God’s pathway to many blessings; however, here are some on-line church services if you are new to following Jesus or if you simply want to receive more from Him:

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