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Dressing is a Nightmare Lock Rss

hi well my daughter is 9mths old and i am having a hell of a time trying to get her dressed at anytime of the day even to change her nappy is a nightmare i sit her up for the top half but when she has to lay down she rolls over gets up on all fours rocks on the change table hangs over the edge i keep rolling her back over and i try to keep her entertained with toys and stuff but nothing seems to be working i dread dressing her everyday some days she even squeals at me when i turn her over she has only started doing this in the last month and 1/2 anu ideas would be great thanx
Hi twinkletoes,
My little ratbag Cody has been doing the same recently. It's fine for his dad as he just plants his big hand on his tummy and holds him there. Where as I have to sing and and act like a manic so he focuses on my face and stay's on his back.( I also enjoy acting the clown for him). Goodness know's what my neighbours think but it makes thing's alot easier.
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Hi Nat,
I'm sorry, but there is no quick fix for your problem, however, rest assured, it doesn't last forever!! At around 6-8 months, babies discover a new found freedom.....crawling!!! Even before they can crawl, they discover ways of moving/rolling and they just want to keep moving. They learn at an early age, that laying down on the change table means keeping still to get dressed/changed etc, and once a little older, they don't want to keep still anymore, they just want to move!!! Most babies grow out of it once they are walking, but in the meantime, it is just a struggle of trying to dress them, and acting like clowns to try to keep them entertained while changing/dressing takes place. I know how you feel. I have a 10 month old doing the same thing at the moment. Take care.

Mother of 3, Qld

Hi Nat,
It certainly makes for trying times when they just won't lay still!!
I find and found that giving Ella either her dummy or a baby wipe to play with kept her occupied until she was dressed.

Louise, Brisbane Qld. Mum to Ella and Luca

Hi twinkletoes,I have a baby girl Breanna who is 7 month and like yourself dressing her is a battle within itself.She want to roll over I trying gieing her a toy sometimes this works and other times it fail.Maybe we could look at it as a good arm workout Kind thoughts Leanne&Breanna

Leanne & Baby Breanna, Redland Bay

I had pretty much the same question posted, anyway i received some great advise !

Give the baby some sticky tape in their hands and they will be transfixed for sometime trying to remove it from their hands...its cute ! it also works.

Pls give it a go and let us all know how it goes!

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hi well i gave the sticky tape ago tonight after my daughters bath it did work for awhile and then she got bored with it but it kept her entertained long enough to get her half dressed which helped alot i will try it again tommorrow and see how we go thanx for the tip great thinking for whoever came up with that idea.
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I have just been told that I have post-natal depression. I have been placed on medication and I am starting to feel alot better. I was wondering if there is anyone else out there who has had this. I was told that i had a severe case i could not bond with my baby at all, had sucuide attempts and all. The hardest part was that i didn't think i had problem. I still feel like no-one wants to talk about this with me everyone wants to act like it's not a problem. Is there anyone who wants to talk about this, or any PND groups that they are aware of.

Nicole,NSW,16wk girl & 3yr girl

Hi nicck

I personally don't know what it is like to have PND but my best friend suffered from it & was put on medication too. She spoke to her Dr & he has put her into see someone to help her through it. All I can suggest is to have your friends around you as much as possible, she said that helped her HEAPS!
I think I spent nearly every day at her house with her for about 4 months she is now a lot better & off her medication.

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hi nicck
i have had post natal depression myself, after my 3rd baby. I now have four, Poppy is now 8weeks and so far I've been fine. I hope you are still doing OK because I really can empathise with you...remember you are not alone. I am actually doing some research into post natal depression for my own benefit as well as for an assignment for uni. If anyone would like to help me out and answer a few questions could they email me at The questions are about the fact that there is still a real stigma attached to depression and many women are afraid to seek help. I want to know how mums feel about the care they received through their pregnancies. it seems a lot of emphasis is put on physical and not mental well-being. Then when the baby arrives no one asks about the mum at all!! So if you want to talk pls email me...I have a lot of information nicck so if you need some let me know.
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i have suffered PND with the last 4 of my bubs and probably had it my first too, it was at it's peak with #4 and when i was pregnant with #5 i was put onto meds and i'm still on them, george is now 8wks. my meds are really low dose ones so bub doesnt end up with an addiction but i know the dose isnt high enough and so does my dr.

like you, i know what it's like to be suffering the stigmas attatched to PND, no one wants to talk about it, and even if you tell them and they say they understand and are supportive you will find for the most part they just dont want to talk about it again. the key is to surround yourself with a genuine support network that can honestly be there for you when you feel really blue, as well as when u feel relaly good, and having a good relationship with your dr is a good key too, as they will know when to change meds either way. always be honest about how your feeling and most of all, always be honest with yourself.

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Mr. Donald Columbus Hendrix, age 81, of LaGrange passed away at his residence on July 4, 2020. Mr. Hendrix was born on May 15, 1939 in Manchester, Georgia to the late Julian C. Hendrix and Belle Anderson Hendrix. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Eston Hendrix; step-sons, Jeremy Yeager and Richard Quinn. Survivors include his wife, Cassandra Wilson "Cassie" Hendrix; children, Kevin Hendrix (Dee) and daughter, Heather, Kyle Hendrix (Kris) and daughters, Jessica and Hannah and step-daughter, Kelli Yeager; 4 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; special person in his life, Kaye Kratfel; extended family and friends. Mr. Hendrix was a long time coach and educator at Callaway High School. Full obituary will follow as soon as available. Higgins Funeral Home at Hunter Allen Myhand, 506 Hill Street, LaGrange, 706-884-5626.

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Proactive Monitoring and Context – The secrets weapons in cyber security

August 20, 2017

Tune your SIEM to alert you when odd things start to happen

 Anyone in the cyber security industry will agree that without proactive monitoring and context, organisations are blind to today’s sophisticated and tailored cyber-attacks.

Moreover, what was once the purview of highly-skilled cybercriminal groups, well-refined, multilayered malware systems, combining social engineering, zero-day vulnerabilities and custom exploits are becoming more of the norm than the exception.

This is the new frontline of the cyber battleground, where daily skirmishes are leaving security operations teams battered under the withering firepower of enemy attacks. But what can you do get ahead of your adversaries? Let’s look at what matters – proactive monitoring and context.

Proactive Monitoring and Context support Business Continuity

Proactive and continual tuning of security controls ensures they remain effective in keeping out the bad guys while letting the business continue to meet its strategic objectives. Security operations teams need to quickly find breaches and clean up the mess before the attacker has a chance to cause harm – but this is not an easy task. The reality is that most businesses don’t have breach detection capabilities that work or, at least, remain capable as the attackers change their tactics. In fact, even moderately sophisticated attacks are exploiting more than one vulnerability to achieve its goal.

For example, the recent WannaCry outbreak saw multiple payloads compiled together to allow the attacker to gain access to the target’s computer, then to spread laterally through the target’s network, encrypting each computer it encountered along the way. And while this malware seemed sophisticated with its layered exploits working together to make the germ even more virulent, the technology wasn’t smart at all. It required a little lateral thinking and a lot of luck to bring over 200 companies to their knees.

Furthermore, most of the organisations that were infected by WannaCry had serious deficiencies in the most basic of cyber security defences. If they’d have only patched their Microsoft Windows computers with the latest set of updates, they’d have been immune.

How SIEM technology provides Proactive Monitoring and Context

Patching is often not the responsibility of the security team, yet they are still expected to keep the wolf from the door. So, how can security operations teams tune their systems to detect and shut down attacks such as WannaCry when the patches haven’t been rolled out? Firstly, you need a Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) system that collects the logs and security information continually being produced by your network appliances.

The source of an attack, such as WannaCry, can appear to be external when it’s coming in for the first time, or internal when it’s spreading laterally or trying to encrypt your data. But each kind of attack is different in its behaviour, which you can use to your advantage if you know how your systems are supposed to behave under normal operation. To stop an attack, you can detect these changes to normal patterns of services which act as early warning signals.

proactive monitoring and context are the secret weapon in cyber security

Being able to detect attacks at the beginning of the kill chain requires that you have deep insight into how you configure your systems. Knowing how they are architected and how they perform under duress will help you find anomalies. Once you have this knowledge (which we’ll call context), you can tune your SIEM to alert you when odd things start to happen. One viewpoint that security operations teams can take is that of the context of users’ assets.

Furthermore, if you combine the use of contextual behaviour monitoring with real-time threat intelligence about rogue sites and IP address, you’ll be able to pre-empt the attackers and detect them during early recognisance rather than when the user calls the service desk wondering why their files won’t open.

Proactive Monitoring and Context: Building Correlation Rules

There are several modes of context that you can use to focus your activities when building correlation rules, helping you tune your security devices against each of these viewpoints. Take the user context, for example; if you are a Microsoft Active Directory user, you can use user authentication, assignment to groups and organisation units and general privilege and ACL usage to profile how regular user activity looks. You can also use this activity to help the Active Directory team refine their access policies since you’ll be feeding back incidents to them to investigate what you might consider indicators of attack.

When you are locating false positives that might look like patterns of behaviour associated with an attack, you are helping the other technical teams in the investigation understand how the baseline appears. Any help in this space is usually welcomed and helps the organisation develop a richer understanding of what’s going on ‘under the hood.’ Other contexts that you can profile might be the system, security appliances, vulnerabilities, and even different user groups’ contexts, such as Executive, Sales, Finance and HR. You might even profile the attackers’ context. Model each viewpoint, determine what changes to the baseline indicate an attack. You can then determine if any systems need to be reconfigured to notify you of these behavioural anomalies, which can then help you tune the SIEM.

You can develop use cases within security operations that are optimized to each of your contexts, spending development time working on cross-sections of contexts to see how each of the different styles manifest in an attack.

Be Proactive …… Get on the front foot today

In security, proactive monitoring and context is everything. To get security operations finally back on the front foot, you need to understand how things work. How are systems configured? Who is authorised to access file stores and your intranet? Why is that account accessing that information repository? Once you have context, it’s so much easier to locate intruders and kick them off your network before they cause harm.

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Keep Your Fireplace Safe This Winter!

During those unbearable cold winter nights, what could be more appealing than enjoying a cup of hot cocoa and relaxing by the fireplace? Of course, the hot cocoa won’t hurt you (as long as you don’t spill!), but you definitely need to be careful with the fireplace.

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, heating fires account for 36 percent of residential home fires in rural areas each year. Thanks to Smokey the Bear, we all know we can prevent forest fires and the same applies to home fires.

To help your family stay safe this winter, the personal injury attorneys of Hupy and Abraham, S.C. have put together a list of fireplace safety tips.

  • Have your chimney inspected and cleaned each year
  • Use paper and kindling to start a fire, NOT lighter fluid, kerosene or gasoline
  • Ignite small fires
  • Burn seasoned wood only; green wood can cause chimney fires
  • Place a screen over the fireplace
  • Keep a fire extinguisher handy

In addition to practicing good fireplace safety, it’s important to regularly test your smoke alarms. Both precautions could prevent expensive property damage and even save lives.

If you or a loved one have been injured in a fire caused by someone else’s negligence, contact the personal injury attorneys of Hupy and Abraham, S.C. immediately.

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  • There is a way
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How did I get the fear of closed in places?

We all have an extensive experience file. Somewhere in the
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Our mind takes it out of awareness and over generalizes the fear.
Most of us have a huge, sloppy fear file. So that the response becomes automated out of our awareness. Then the brain learns to imagine the worst
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The Fear of Enclosed Places and being Trapped

It becomes so conditioned that even imagining the fear or anticipating it

becomes traumatic. It becomes a pattern of behavior or conditioned response.

Why? Because our thinking or imagining leads to feelings. In the case of Claustrophobia, the feelings are limited and downright unpleasant with anxiety.

Some people suddenly developed the fear by experiencing stress, having anxiety and then connected it to the elevator they are using or traffic jams, etc.

There are different areas the result in claustrophobia and include:

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  • Trains and airplanes
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  • Medical or hospital procedures like MRIs

This fear can have a negative on lifestyle and health. This results in avoidance behaviors like checking for a n “escape” route or sitting near doorways and exits.

How can I overcome Claustrophobia and get rid of the limitations attached to it?

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Some people may take 2 or 3. It depends upon the individual. Everyone is unique. We listen and watch in order to utilize the skills and techniques the most effective for you. You can overcome claustrophobia so do get in touch with us today.

I became very afraid of elevators and traffic jams as an adult. The first session I attended with Barbara, I climbed 15 flights of stairs to get to her office. The work she did and that we did together was very effective. I left her office and used the elevator to exit. She met me on the first floor and I was fine. My life is no longer limited and I have the freedom to go where I want.


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Hypnosis and NLP can stop your fear of flying.

Phobia of flying is a Common Fear

Some statistics tell us that as many as 20% of our world population has some sort of fear attached to flying. The fear can vary from be being able to fly, but uncomfortably. Others just can’t even get into a plane and of course, the phobia prevents them from traveling experiences far away wonderful parts of our world or even visiting dear ones. It limits the quality of their life. We have helped many people for many years, to rid themselves of the phobia of flying.

What is fear or phobia of flying?

Most fears are learned patterns of response. Perhaps you experienced turbulence, perhaps your plane was delayed because of “a small technical difficulty”. Maybe you were worried or stressed and attached it to flying. Perhaps you’ve never flown but saw a plane crash on television, movies or in the newspaper and developed fear response to flying. It is similar to people’s response to the old shark movie, Jaws. Suddenly there was an outbreak of water phobias.

How can I eliminate Fear/Phobia of flying? How can you help me?

It doesn’t really matter why or when the fear developed. What matters is that you can stop the fear. We have many resources and what we do depends upon your personal situation. The Fast Phobia Cure, developed by Dr. Richard Bandler is one of the many effective techniques and methods we use in ending the phobia. We have a plethora of NLP techniques and skills. We use Hypnosis to help you unconsciously be able to enjoy freedom from fear by avoiding the conscious resistance and offering beneficial suggestions.

  • Imagine the freedom to fly anywhere you want
  • If only you could stop feeling afraid
  • And could end that fear
  • Hypnotherapy and NLP can help you
  • Stop the fear and live a life of freedom
  • We have helped many people get rid of their phobia of flying

From people who have never flown and just the thought of it terrified them, to people who experienced a plane crash, onboard fire, etc…….the situations and successes are endless. We have even worked with private and commercial pilots, including airplane owners.

Whether it is simply a fear of flying or a combination of fears like fear of heights, falling, enclosed places (claustrophobia), losing control or the no escape syndrome; it is just as easily and successfully treated as a simple phobia.

Fear of Flying-Symptoms and coping strategies

Many people have that fear and fly anyway. They often have symptoms like

sleeplessness in advance of the flight, anxiety, nausea, hyperventilation, etc.

In order to fly, they will take sedatives, drink large amounts of alcohol during flight, or perhaps see a therapist in advance for relaxation and breathing exercises. We have been told by our clients that it didn’t help. Many people have a huge file in their minds labeled fear. In other words, they have a fear of fear. They plan in advance to have the fear, even if they don’t realize it consciously.

Hypnosis and NLP can end that fear for good!

We listen to you and use the techniques for you to personally so that you can enjoy the freedom from the fear of flying and have more choices.

How long will it take?

Using the skills of Hypnosis and NLP we expect help you to end the phobia of flying in 1 to 3 one-hour sessions.

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Where did the friendship go? Let gentle, permissive hypnosis ease the pain

Losing a Friend

When you lose a friend, the end of the friendship can feel as devastating as a bereavement. But it's difficult to grieve, exactly, because your friend is not dead. Just no longer your friend.

So there's no funeral rites to help you, and no condolences from other people. The foundations of your life have been shaken - but everybody expects you to go on as normal.

Losing a friend can cause deep grief

You may know what it was that brought your friendship to an end. If it was by mutual agreement, you may have expected that you would be able to handle the loss of your friend with equanimity.

You may be puzzled to find yourself going through the stages of grief. You may feel inexplicably weepy. Or angry. Or depressed. Because, even if you ended the friendship by agreement, you really have lost something important.

The pain of not knowing why the friendship ended

And it can be even trickier if you are not sure why the friendship has ended. Because then you may be questioning and blaming yourself - was it something I said? Something I did? And there is no answer to these painful questions.

Although we like to think that 'there must be a reason', people's motives are not necessarily rationally explicable. Yet somehow you have to find a way to go on with your life without this friend.

Helping yourself come through losing a friend

If the friendship is not repairable (and only you can know whether this is so), there are constructive things you can do to help yourself adjust to the new situation. It helps to acknowledge your own pain - to other friends if you can, but at least to yourself.

Allow yourself to grieve over the loss of the friendship. Friendships are important parts of the structures of our lives, and when they go, they deserve recognition.

Practical steps to help with grieving over a friend

You can take charge of the process of your grieving, rather than letting it swamp your life. Set aside some specific, limited times to think about the lost friendship. You can use these times to feel sad, but also to be glad of the good things that friendship brought you.

You may like to note what, in particular, that friendship gave you that has lasting value, whether the friend is there or not. Such actions help you to come through grief.

How hypnosis can ease your path through grief and bring comfort

You can make the process of grieving for your friendship easier and kinder to yourself by availing of the help of hypnosis. Losing a Friend is an audio hypnosis session which will gently guide you through the process of letting go of the lost friendship and the lost friend, and moving on in confidence and serenity.

Listening to Losing a Friend will allow you to enter a state of deep relaxation, and soothe and relieve the emotional strain you have been experiencing. Your mind will become calm and clear, and you will find a deep peace within yourself as you let the hypnotic suggestions for integrating this experience take hold.

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This enchanting lake, formed after a massive eruption over 100,000 years ago, has huge significance for the Mayans and features prominently in their holy book of the creation, Popul Wuj. Framed by 3 perfectly shaped volcanoes and verdant high hills, with ever-changing blues in both sky and lake, it's easy to see how Aldous Huxley dubbed this 'the most beautiful lake in the world'. A dozen indigenous villages ring the water, each with its own distinctive weave. This area of the highlands is one of the few places where both men and women wear traditional clothes and is a highlight of any visit to Guatemala.

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Acas Early Conciliation Solicitors

Dealing with Acas to start an employment tribunal claim can be daunting. IBB Law’s employment law team have extensive experience in securing favourable outcomes via Acas.

IBB Law’s employment law team can provide clear, practical guidance on all areas of employment law. Our team includes some of the region’s top ranked employment lawyers with decades of experience advising and representing employees of all levels.

What is Acas early conciliation?

It is a legal requirement, unless an exemption applies, for individuals who want to make an employment tribunal claim to have made an early conciliation notification to Acas. A tribunal will reject a claim form (ET1) unless the complaint has been referred to Acas and a conciliation certificate issued. This certificate confirms that the early conciliation requirements have been met and must be included in the ET1.

If you bring a claim against your employer you will be called the Claimant. Your employer defending the claim will be called the Respondent.

Early conciliation is:

  • voluntary – you are required to contact Acas before making a tribunal claim but you do not have to take part in attempting to resolve this through Acas. If you do agree to early Conciliation, either you of the Respondent can stop the process at any time
  • free – there is no charge to use the Acas early conciliation
  • confidential – what you tell Acas can only be discussed with the Respondent if you agree that it will be helpful in trying to settle your case. Whatever is discussed during early conciliation cannot be used by either party outside of the process or at a tribunal hearing.

Do you need legal representation?

There is no obligation to have a representative in early conciliation. If you appoint a representative to act for you (e.g. a solicitor), Acas will conciliate through them and not you. Your representative may agree a settlement on your behalf. Such settlements are legally binding and will normally prevent you from pursuing a claim that is the subject of early conciliation.

Are there any exceptions to early conciliation?

The requirement to notify Acas applies to nearly all intended tribunal claims with a small number of exceptions. For example, if you are one of number individuals making a claim against the same Respondent and one person has already made a request to Acas in the same dispute, the other potential claimants may not have to. Further information about exceptions can be found on the Acas website at Despite an exemption applying, you can still choose to use early conciliation if you wish.

How is a request for early conciliation made?

The easiest way to start Acas early conciliation is to complete an online Early Conciliation Notification Form. Alternatively, if you cannot access the internet you can discuss your options by telephoning Acas on 0300 123 11 22.

The early conciliation notification form asks for basic contact details about you and the Respondent. You should be careful to include the correct name of the Respondent. If a claim is subsequently made to the tribunal the name of the employer on the ET1 will need to correspond to the name on the early conciliation notification form. If the names are different this could lead to the claim being rejected by the employment tribunal.

Respondents can also use early conciliation and start the process if they believe there is a workplace dispute which is likely to lead to a tribunal claim.

How can early conciliation help?

The benefits of Acas early conciliation are:

  • you can get a clearer idea of the strengths and weaknesses of your potential claim, and explore the options for resolving their differences
  • if you can settle your potential claim with the Respondent, this will avoid the time, expense, risk and stress of an employment tribunal claim
  • you are in control of the process and the terms of any settlement can include terms that a tribunal could not make (e.g a reference or an apology)
  • if you are still employed by the Respondent it could increase the chance of avoiding a permanent breakdown of the employment relationship – if that is what you and the Respondent want to achieve
  • many cases can be dealt with relatively quickly compared to a tribunal claim.

What will the Acas Conciliator do?

Acas Conciliators are experienced in dealing with disputes which will mostly take place over the telephone and by email. The Conciliator will also, where appropriate:

  • explain the conciliation process
  • encourage the use of internal procedures such as disciplinary and grievance procedures if available
  • help parties to understand how the other side views the issues
  • discuss any proposals either party has for a resolution
  • discuss the options available e.g. a meeting chaired by the conciliator or the appointment of an independent Arbitrator under the Acas Arbitration scheme in appropriate cases.

What are the boundaries of the Conciliator’s role?

The Conciliator cannot:

  • advise either side whether to accept or make any proposals for resolution
  • take sides and must be totally impartial
  • take a view on the merits of a claim or advise whether a claim should be made.

How long will early conciliation last?

The initial period of early conciliation is intended to be up to 1 calendar month.

However, if both parties agree that longer is needed, the period can be extended by a further 14 days.

If after this period the matter is still not resolved, the Conciliator will bring early conciliation to a close and issue an early conciliation certificate which will include a unique reference number.

What happens if Acas conciliation is successful?

If a resolution is reached through Acas, the Conciliator will record what has been agreed on an Acas document (known as a COT3 used to describe the Acas settlement.

You or your appointed representative on your behalf (e.g. a solicitor) will sign this as a formal record of the agreement. The COT3 will be a legally binding contract that means you will not be able to make a tribunal claim in relation to the settled dispute.

What happens if Acas conciliation is unsuccessful?

The Acas conciliator will issue an early conciliation certificate which will include a unique reference number.  You will then be free to make an employment tribunal claim.

Please see our page employment tribunal claims.

A copy of this formal acknowledgement that early conciliation has finished will also go to the Respondent but only if they have been involved in the process.

If you make an employment tribunal claim, you can still seek a resolution through the Acas Conciliator.

Does early conciliation affect the timescale to make a tribunal claim?

The time limits for bringing an employment tribunal claim are either 3 or 6 calendar months less 1 day depending on the nature of the claim.

To allow sufficient time for early conciliation to take place, changes have been made to the time limits to bring an employment tribunal claim once the early conciliation process has been started. These time limits are known as limitation periods.

When you (or you representative) contact Acas this will pause the time limit for presenting a claim to a tribunal (known as Day A). This pause can be for up to one calendar month, plus a further 14 days if more time is needed. The time limit will start to run again when you (or your representative) receive the Acas early conciliation certificate (known as Day B). If the early conciliation certificate is sent by email it is deemed to have arrived that day and if sent by post it is deemed to have arrived 2 days after it was sent.

For example:

  • Dismissal: 20 June
  • Day A: 22 July
  • Day B: 22 August
  • Expiry of limitation period: 19 September
  • One month after Day B: 22 September
  • Last day to present ET1: 20 October (i.e. the period beginning with the day after Day A and ending with Day B = 31 days)

Once early conciliation has ended, if there is less than 1 month to go of the limitation period, you will have 1 month after Day B to make an employment tribunal claim.

If early conciliation is started after the limitation period has expired any subsequent employment tribunal claim will be out of time.  On this basis, a Respondent may well refuse to engage with the early conciliation process.

Our expertise with employment tribunal claims

Our employment law team have been advising individuals of all levels in relation to Acas early conciliation for years. We are also highly experienced in dispute resolution.

Over the years, we have built an exceptional track record of success in achieving favourable outcomes for our clients, including in relation to complex, high value and contentious employment tribunal claims.

IBB Law is one of the South East’s top ranked legal firms for employment law, having secured Tier 1 ranking in the highly respected Legal 500 client guide. Marc Jones from our employment team has been individually recognised by the Legal 500 as a leading individual in the field of employment law.

Having specialised in employment law for over 20 years, Marc advises and represents individuals from a range of sectors and organisations. He has successfully acted for individuals against large multinationals, small to medium-sized enterprises, public sector bodies and charities.

As well as having extensive experience with Acas early conciliation, Marc is also a qualified workplace mediator, allowing him to offer mediation as a non-confrontational approach to quickly and cost-effectively resolution to workplace disputes.

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This year has been really special for the Bangtan Boys, popularly known as BTS. On Friday, the South Korean pop group was chosen as the group of the year by Variety's Hitmakers brunch. The event was held at the Soho House in West Hollywood.

In the acceptance speech, RM, one of the members of the seven-member boy band, thanked their fans and said: "2019 was truly a very exciting and surprising year for us, and this event really made it even more special. Thank you very much."

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"We have to say thank you and we love you to all the Armies all over the world who always send us the greatest love and support. Also, we'd like to express the biggest respect and admiration towards all the members of the music industry including artists, songwriters, producers, and everyone," RM added in their speech.

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"The great news is that we are currently working on our new music and new album and can't wait to share them with you guys in the near future. I hope you guys are so excited to discover what BTS has in store in 2020," RM said on behalf of BTS.

Apart from the K-pop group, others honourees at the award ceremony include Megan Thee Stallion for breakthrough artist of the year and Billie Eilish for hitmaker of the year.

2019 special for BTS

Recently, BTS (Bangtan Boys) took home three awards beating out the Jonas Brothers and Panic at the American Music Awards 2019. At The Disco, BTS won the favourite duo or rock group in the category of Pop/Rock. The die-hard fans of the Bangtan Boys were really over-joyed when the group bagged two other awards in two different categories: one of them was 'Tour Of The Year' and the other was 'Favourite Social Artist'. This is the second year in a row that BTS has won at the AMAs.


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How You Can Start Selling Online

If you came to this post looking for the inside scoop on online shops, we’ve got some bad news: we aren’t going to be talking about them. You won’t find any mention of plug-ins or sale prices. You won’t even find sales strategy mentioned on this page. Why? Because selling online starts way before any of that.

Selling a product or even a service online isn’t about having an online shop, running a sale, or even advertising your products on a Facebook business page. Selling online starts with having something worth purchasing. You need a product or a service that people don’t even know they want yet. You need a product or service so remarkable that people can’t say no to it.

How do you get to that point? For starters, you need to know your market, your story, and where first impressions actually happen.

Three Things to Know Before Selling Online

Solve a challenge for a niche group.

Before you start developing a marketing strategy, researching product design, or even reaching out to potential customers, you need to understand that selling is all about solving challenges. And, when it comes to starting something new, you need to be targeting the right buyers. In his book, All Marketers Are Liars, Seth Godin theorizes that there isn’t one market, but millions of markets. When you’re starting out, you need to know which of those millions of markets you’re talking to.

In order to be successful at selling online, you need to target a niche group. The masses are already solving their challenges with another product and most likely won’t be responsive to the change you’re bringing to the market. The niche group though, the ones on the outskirts of the masses, are going to be more receptive to the change.

Go after that group. Understand that group. Make that group your people. If they love you and your product, they’ll spread the word.

Create a story worth sharing.

Before your product, idea, or service can spread, you have to create a story worth sharing. That niche market you want to be a part of needs to feel connected to who you are and what you’re doing. They have a set view of the world and you aren’t going to change that. What you can do is frame your story in a way that appeals to them.

In creating your story, you need to do everything in your power to remain authentic. If you start telling a story that isn’t true, then the market you are trying to reach, won’t buy into the story. When no one buys into the story, no one shares it.

Your story needs to be true to who you are as a brand.

Design everything to be a first impression.

When does a first impression actually happen?

That’s a trick question because we’ll never actually know. In website design, we’d like to say it’s the home page or maybe a specific product/service page. The truth is, though, the first impression can happen on any page or even long before a potential customer discovers your website.

That means, everything you design, write, create, publish, or are a part of has the potential to be the first impression. No one likes to admit it, but we do judge a book by its cover. If the cover isn’t appealing, we won’t pick it up. That first impression needs to be authentic, yes, but it also needs to be impressive. Every piece of your brand (your product/service, messaging, logo, website, flyers, employees) needs to present the same, united message.

Getting started with your strategy before selling online.

It all comes down to having the right strategy. You need to know where and when to connect with your target market before you start selling online. The team at Iconic Digital loves helping businesses, established and startup, figure out the different moving pieces of the puzzle. We’ll talk about your product or services, how they benefit your customers, and what exactly your story is. From there, it’s all about creating the right image, message, and brand.

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Using 1K SNP panel for genomic selection in 3 French pig breeds: Accuracy of Imputation and estimation of genomic breeding values using 1K SNP panel, designed for several breeds in French pig populations

Céline Carillier-Jacquin (Université de Toulouse, INRA, INPTet ENVT)  et al., World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, Nouvelle-Zélande, 11–16 février 2018, p. 294-298

The current cost of medium density SNP chips is a limit to the development of genomic selection in pig populations (Badke et al., 2014; Wellmann et al., 2013). To reduce the cost of genotyping, a low density (LD) SNP chip was designed in 2016 and has been used in routine.
This LD panel of around 1100 SNP was optimized for imputation accuracy in the French Landrace (Land) pig population using equally spaced SNP with minor allele frequency (MAF) larger than 0.2. In the present study, we proposed to adapt the panel to two other major French pig breeds i.e. Large White (LW) and Pietrain (PI) lines. Imputation accuracy as well as the impact on genomic estimated breeding value (GEBV) were estimated in the three breeds using this new SNP chip design.


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First renovated Hudson store opens

The Hudson shop is now open for business.

Located after the security checkpoint and next to the Low Country Harley store, the news and gifts shop has a new look and feel and a layout that makes it easy for passengers to find travel essentials quickly or just spend time browsing for uniquely Charleston gift items.

Travelers will see an upscale, high tech travel store with easy to spot products categories like Media (books and news), Marketplace (grab and go food, snacks and beverages) and Essentials (electronics, sundries and travel accessories).

A key feature in the Hudson stores at CHS is Discover Charleston where passengers can get last-minute souvenirs and gift items as reminders of time spent in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Hudson has exclusive agreements with several local landmarks and attractions to provide local gift items. These include Charleston Preservation Society, Magnolia Plantation, Young Plantation, Charleston Museum, Drayton Hall, Gibbs Museum and Moon Pie and General Store.

CHS will eventually house two Hudson stores, totaling 1,423 square feet of news and gifts space. A partner store Veranda News located near the Ticketing Hall provides another 1,348 square feet of news and gifts retail space.

Hudson’s other brands coming as part of the Terminal Redevelopment and Improvement Program (TRIP) include Eddie Bauer, Tech on the Go, Low County Harley Davidson, Charleston-based Saffron Bakery and Dunkin Donuts.

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The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) welcomes the decision taken at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit to endorse “The Mexico City Principles for Voluntary Codes of Business Ethics in the Biopharmaceutical Sector”, often referred to as the “Mexico City Principles”. These principles are fully aligned with the IFPMA’s global Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices which sets standards for ethical promotion of medicines. The IFPMA looks forward to the Mexico City Principles being adopted by all industry sectors on a voluntary basis within all 21 APEC countries.

“Ethical relationships with health care professionals are essential to the pharmaceutical industry’s mission in delivering the best quality care to patients. Our industry has been supportive of the APEC process since its conception as it raises awareness and demonstrates the value of partnerships between the pharmaceutical industry, governments and other key stakeholders,” said Eduardo Pisani, Director General of the IFPMA.

“The fact that more ethical business environments within the pharmaceutical sector are being accepted across the Asia Pacific region demonstrates how setting global standards as an industry can be a force for positive change. These principles will also provide a sound basis for further productive dialogue with our stakeholders, validating that collaborative efforts in this area are possible and that we all have a role to play in ensuring ethical business practices” said Russell Williams, President Rx&D Canada and Chair of the IFPMA Code Compliance Network.

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Is a Pescatarian Diet Right for You?

Monica Reinagel, MS, LDN, CNS

Pescatarian is not a newly discovered Zodiac sign—although it does have something in common with the sign Pisces. Both words come from the Latin word for fish. If you’re a Pisces, it means you were born under a constellation thought by ancient Babylonians to resemble two fishes.

If you’re a pescatarian, it means that you eat fish and other seafood but not poultry, beef, pork or other animal flesh. Pescatarians may include eggs and dairy in their diet as well. Plant foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds and legumes (and chocolate, of course) round out the pescatarian diet.

Health Benefits of Eating Fish

Because it includes some animal flesh, the pescatarian diet is not a vegetarian diet. Nonetheless, it enjoys a similarly good reputation for healthfulness. People who eat more fish have a lower risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and depression. Not surprisingly, public health agencies including the World Health Organization recommend including fish in your diet at least twice a week.

Although plant-based diets have many health advantages, plant sources of protein are not as high in essential amino acids as animal sources. In particular, animal proteins have the advantage when it comes to building and maintaining lean muscle mass. A plant-centric diet that includes fish may offer the best of both worlds: high-quality protein without the health risks that accompany diets that are higher in meat.

Unlike red meat and full-fat dairy products, fish tends to be low in saturated fat. At the same time, it can be a great source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are relatively scarce in beef, pork and poultry. A diet that’s lower in saturated fat and higher omega-3s helps reduce inflammation, and has been shown to benefit the heart, brain, joints, immune function and even mood!

One of those omega-3 fats (DHA), is particularly important to the healthy development of an infant’s brain, retina and neurological function. Expecting and nursing moms who eat more fish tend to have healthier babies. Seafood is also one of the primary dietary sources for vitamin D, which helps maintain strong bones and teeth. In addition, seafood—especially shellfish—tends to be a particularly good source of zinc, iodine and selenium (an important antioxidant).

Mercury and Other Contaminants in Fish

Along with the unique nutritional advantages of seafood, there are also a couple of unique concerns. Certain types of fish, particularly king mackerel, marlin, orange roughy, shark, swordfish, tilefish, ahi and bigeye tuna, may contain elevated levels of mercury and/or PCBs, which accumulate in these larger fish over time.

Limit your intake of these fish to once or twice a month (or avoid them entirely if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant). But don’t let concerns over mercury or other contaminants keep you from enjoying the health benefits of a pescatarian diet. Avoiding the most problematic types of fish will minimize the danger, and studies show that the benefits of eating fish far outweigh the potential risks.

Finally, many of us also want to take into consideration the environmental impact of our food choices. Although a vegan diet (which contains no animal products at all) has the lowest carbon footprint, a pescatarian diet is virtually equivalent to a vegetarian diet in terms of its greenhouse gas emissions.

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  2. Fotuhi M, Mohassel P, Yaffe K. Fish consumption, long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and risk of cognitive decline or Alzheimer disease: a complex association. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2009 Mar;5(3):140-52.
  3. Jensen C.L. Effects of n-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2006;83:1452S–1457S.
  4. Kris-Etherton PM, Harris WS, Appel LJ; American Heart Association. Nutrition Committee. Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2002 Nov 19;106(21):2747-57.
  5. Li F, Liu X, Zhang D. Fish consumption and risk of depression: a meta-analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2016 Mar;70(3):299-304.
  6. Scarborough P, Appleby PN, Mizdrak A, et al. Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK. Climatic Change. 2014;125(2):179-192.
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How do I know if I have a healthy relationship?

Healthy relationships don't just happen, they are built and both partners must work on improving themselves first as well as the partnership. Here are 10 important characteristics of a healthy relationship:

  1. Time Together - The very definition of a relationship: "the way in which two people are connected." Go on dates, video chat, and make each other a priority with time.
  2. Time Apart - It's also healthy to have separate interests, friendships, and hobbies too. You'll both grow as individuals and appreciate each other more.
  3. Boundaries - Give each other privacy and personal space, and know where you end and your partner begins.
  4. Safety - Both partners feel safe without any physical, verbal, sexual or emotional abuse.
  5. Trust - Trust is a key component, and you must be vulnerable. Time to build will vary, but you should be able to rely on each other's loyalty and honesty overall.
  6. Communication - Open and honest communication while sharing your wants, needs, and feelings - even when they differ from your partner's.
  7. Managing Conflict - Every couple experiences conflict from time to time, and the key to managing your differences is connecting without insults, name-calling, sarcasm, and other types of negativity.
  8. Teamwork - A couple in a healthy relationship views themselves as a team, and teams work together - they don't compete against each other.
  9. Intimacy -Mutually satisfying sexual relationship and the ability to share thoughts, feelings, and needs with one another. Physical and emotional intimacy maintains the connection.
  10. Commitment - Maintain your commitment with boundaries between your relationship and the outside world. Work to block any "exits" in the relationship with an effort to thrive.

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Block Party: Reaching People in the Age of Ad Blocking

Block Party: Reaching People in the Age of Ad Blocking Adam Cohen-Aslatei

Reaching affluent and tech-savvy consumers with digital ads is increasingly difficult.  A recent study showed that 91% of people say ads are more intrusive today than 2-3 years ago.

Furthermore, people are blocking ads at an increasing rate, up 30% in 2016. In fact, Americans with college degrees are even harder to reach. They are 1.5x more likely to use ad blockers.

The number one reason for the increase is that people feel ads are annoying and intrusive. It's not surprising that people feel this way due to the staggering volume of disruptive ads. On a given top-rated comScore site, it's common to encounter over fifteen different ad formats.

Today, those who can afford to pay $12/month can go ad-free on Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Twitch, Amazon, and a growing number of other platforms. Apple and Google are also launching their own ad blocking technologies, reducing advertisers’ and publishers’ ability to show intrusive and autoplay ads.

Increasingly, the only people who get stuck watching interruptive digital ads are those who cannot afford to avoid them.

To reach tech-savvy and affluent consumers, advertisers must provide relevant, meaningful messages in a non-interruptive way. In a world where 82% of people have closed web pages due to autoplaying video, and 74% of people object to being singled out by brands on their social feeds, the industry must move expeditiously to solve for these challenges.

The truth is that 73% of people said they would be willing to pay for content to avoid ads. Between ad blockers and people willing to pay for digital content, how do brands reach their addressable audience?

This is a scary reality for brands reaching consumers, for ad-supported publishers monetizing their content, and for tech companies advancing the industry.

The solution

Non-interruptive ads such as native ads, branded content, and value exchange are increasingly used by publishers to win back audiences. Native and branded content placements provide non-interruptive experiences that match the look and feel of top publishers.

People prefer them because they blend in, and brands like them because they perform, with CTRs that are more than 4x that of display ads. Value exchange is another non-interruptive, opt-in format. It provides instant value to consumers by unlocking entertainment, points, and other types of digital content.

What’s even better is that value exchange is preferred nearly 2-1 over traditional ads, and its performance trumps the industry, with a video completion rate that is 1.5x benchmarks, with a 19% lift in aided awareness. These placements change the ad game and help dissuade people from blocking ads, while keeping content free and maintaining inventory abundance for advertisers.

Non-interruptive advertising is the key to improving the industry. It is also the perfect vehicle for delivering memorable ad experiences to millions of people.

Eighty four percent of Americans would reconsider using ad blockers if given the choice to view an ad. This kind of non-interruptive relationship can foster deeper brand connections because the messaging happens on the consumer's terms.

Why is this crucial?  In a mobile-first world, where consumers have control over how, when, and where they consume content, they also want to control their ads.

Producing better ads requires a partnership between publishers/platforms, advertisers, and consumers. Collectively, we need to make ads less intrusive and more relevant for consumers.

Publishers like Google, Facebook, Fox, and Zynga are already offering non-interruptive formats like value exchange and native placements.

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Many diseases are caused by improper nutrition. This includes poor eating patterns, consumption of high levels of preservatives and subtle mineral deficiency in our dietary intake.

Immuno Venture Products in conjunction with The Sabbatical Diet Wellness Clinic has developed a nutritional program called the Sabbatical Diet. It includes a range of targeted dietary  supplements. These advanced Prebiotic supplements provide nutrition to beneficial bacteria and work to address the deficiencies in modern food.

3. Mineral Deficiency

What causes disease?

2. Consumption of preservatives

Use of powerful preservatives in commercial food is a driving cause cause of inflammatory disease such as Arthritis, Asthma etc., as their presence disturbs beneficial bacteria in the human digestive system.

The Immuno-gizer products are supplemented with prebiotics which help to re-establish nutrition to these bacteria when consumed with commercial food.

Natural mineral deficiency in commercial food and filtered bottled water leads to elevated levels of free radicals in the body. This condition promotes onset of many diseases.

Key catalysts have been added to the Immuno-gizer products which re-establishes the bodies capacity to control unnatural levels of free radicals. When Immuno-gizer is consumed with regular  food, the supplement has demonstrably shown to improve recovery from diseases e.g. Cancers, Kidney failure, Fibroids etc.

Health Solutions

1. Poor Eating Patterns

Poor eating pattern is a primary cause of non-communicable diseases, such as Obesity and Diabetes and is addressed by the Sabbatical Diet Lifestyle. It recommends that we start each day with a big and balanced breakfast and fast one (1) breakfast every week.

Sabbatical Diet page

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Cancer is caused by the uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in the body. A Colon cancer diagnosis means that abnormal cell growth (cancer) has been detected in the inner lining of the large intestine (colon) or rectum.

  • Constipation

  • Diarrhea

  • Changes in stool color

  • Changes in stool shape, such as narrowed stool

  • Blood in the stool

  • Bleeding from the rectum

  • Excessive gas

  • Abdominal cramps

  • Abdominal pain

Immuno-gizer Stem Cell

1. Improves the human immune system response and this enables the body to more efficiently target and destroy abnormal cancer cells.

2. Blue-Green algae ingredients in the Stem Cell supplement, stimulates the bodies organ repair process.

3. Dismutation catalysts in Immuno-gizer improves the bodies natural Dismutase process which reduces the concentration of free radicals in the body. Free radicals are well known to increase disease risk by damaging cell tissue which can lead to cancer and many other diseases.

Immuno-gizer Science

Colon cancer mass

Dr. Doris Josephs free from Lung cancer

Read about Dr. Doris Josephs' recovery from lung cancer

Kidney Failure

Your kidneys are located to rear of your lower back on either side of the spine. The kidney filters toxins from the blood which it excretes to the bile or into the urine. The kidneys also play an important role in regulating your blood pressure levels and producing a form of Vitamin D. Acute kidney injury or renal failure is common called kidney failure. Elevated free radicals in blood and tissues damages cell tissue and can impair kidney function and lead to kidney failure.

Symptoms of poor kidney function include the following:

  • Reduced of urine flow

  • Failure of kidney to eliminate waste water could cause swelling of your legs, ankles, and feet.

  • Unexplained shortness of breath

  • Excessive drowsiness or fatigue

  • Pain or pressure in your chest

  • Be vomiting or often feel like you’re going to

  • Urinate more often than normal, or less often

  • See “foam” in your urine.

  • Have swelling, particularly of the ankles, and puffiness around the eyes

  • Have muscle cramps, especially in your legs

  • Have very dry, itchy skin

  • Loss of weight for no obvious reason

Immunogizer Stem Cell:

Immunogizer Stem cell supplement contains dismutation catalysts which helps to restore kidney function by reducing free radical load. Immuno-gizer's prebiotics

content improve the bodies immune response by nourishing beneficial bacteria.

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High blood pressure is a common condition in which arteries carrying blood have become less flexible or narrowed, the reduced elasticity of the arteries increases

blood pressure which can lead to complications such as heart disease, stroke,

kidney failure etc.

If your blood pressure readings are consistently 140 over 90, or higher, over a

number of weeks, you may have hypertension.

What Causes High Blood Pressure?

The exact causes of high blood pressure are not known, but several things may play a

role, including:

  • Smoking

  • Being overweight or obese

  • Lack of physical activity

  • Too much salt in the diet

  • Too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day)

  • High levels of stress

Symptoms of Hypertension

  • Sweating

  • Anxiety

  • Sleeping problems, and blushing.

  • If blood pressure reaches the level of a hypertensive crisis, a person may experience headaches and nosebleeds.

  • In most cases, there will be no symptoms at all.

Immunogizer Stem Cell:

Immuno-gizer is commonly known to be effective against hypertension. The Stemcell supplement contains dismutation catalysts which help to improve artery flexibility by reducing free radical load. Immuno-gizer's prebiotics content improve the bodies immune response by nourishing beneficial bacteria. In these ways, Immuno-gizer Stemcell normalizes high blood pressure.

It is recommended as the patient's condition improves on the supplement, the doctor may choose to gradually reduce the dosage of prescribed blood pressure regulators.

Blood flow through artery

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High Cholesterol / Dyslipedemia

Cholesterol is a type of fat (lipid) in your blood. The buildup can also lead to dangerous blood clots and inflammation that can cause heart attacks and strokes. There are different types of cholesterol. LDL is commonly referred to as  "bad" cholesterol. It's the kind that can raise your risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.

Symptoms of High Cholesterol

There are no symptoms of high cholesterol

Factors that can increase your risk of bad cholesterol include:

  • Consuming a poorly balanced diet.

  • Obesity. Having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater puts you at risk of high cholesterol.

  • Lack of exercise. Exercise helps boost your body's HDL, or "good," cholesterol.

  • Smoking. Cigarette smoking damages the walls of your blood vessels, making them more prone to accumulate fatty deposits.

  • Age. As the body ages, the liver's ability to reduce LDL declines increasing the risk High Cholesterol levels.

  • Diabetes. High blood sugar contributes to higher levels of a dangerous cholesterol called very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and lower HDL cholesterol. High blood sugar also damages the lining of your arteries.

Immuno-Gizer Fat Reducer in conjunction with The Sabbatical Diet helps the body to absorb excess Cholesterol lipids from the blood into the liver where is can be processed into bile. The Fat Reducer also help to unlock stubborn fat deposits, freeing it for use as energy. This helps your body to lose weight and increase energy.

5 Steps to Fat Loss

Nurse Ricketts loses weight

Is a metabolic disease in which the body's inability to produce sufficient insulin or inability to absorb glucose from the blood leads to elevated levels of glucose in the blood and insufficient uptake into organs.

Diabetes usually presents in two major forms, Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2.

General Symptoms

  • extreme hunger

  • increased thirst

  • unintentional weight loss

  • frequent urination

  • blurry vision

  • tiredness

  • It may also result in mood changes

  • sores that are slow to heal

Dr. Robinson speaks about Diabetes

Immuno-Gizer Fat Reducer

As Diabetes and obesity are related diseases. The Sabbatical Diet is generally recommended first to Diabetics who present with

significant excess weight. The Fat Reducer reduces lipids and The Sabbatical Diet helps to repair cell receptors which promote glucose absorption.

3 Steps to Healthy Living

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.

Symptoms of Alzhiemer's

  • Repeat statements and questions over and over

  • Forget conversations, appointments or events, and not remember them later

  • Routinely misplace possessions, often putting them in illogical locations

  • Get lost in familiar places

  • Eventually forget the names of family members and everyday objects

  • Have trouble finding the right words to identify objects, express thoughts or take part in conversations

Immuno-gizer Brain-Maximizer

Immuno-Gizer Brain-Maximizer increases brain neurotransmitter levels and is ideal to reduce stress and to improve memory, alertness, attention and mood disorders. Add 1-2 teaspoons to your favorite food or beverage twice daily.

Lorna Grant's experience

with Immuno-gizer

Brain Maximizer vs DHA Study

Fibroids are abnormal growths that develop in or on a woman's uterus. Sometimes these tumors become quite large and cause severe abdominal pain and heavy periods. In other cases, they cause no signs or symptoms at all. The growths are typically benign, or noncancerous.

Symptoms of Fibroids:

  • heavy bleeding between or during your periods that includes blood clots.

  • pain in the pelvis or lower back.

  • increased menstrual cramping.

  • increased urination.

  • pain during intercourse.

  • menstruation that lasts longer than usual.

  • pressure or fullness in your lower abdomen.

Immuno-gizer Stemcell

Keisha Brown: "After 15 years of failed medical treatment I finally got my breakthrough for my abnormal menstrual pain and bleeding with Immuno-gizer Stem Cell by taking the Immuno-gizer Stem Cell Supplement".

Menstrual conditions

Keisha Brown reverses period pain

Corona-virus (Covid-19)

Covid-19 is part of the Corona virus family of viruses that include SARS and MERS viruses. It is a highly contagious species of Corona virus. The virus primarily attacks the lungs of its victims. Covid-19 like all other viral infections, attack the cell membranes and enters human cells where it hijacks its resources in order to reproduce DNA copies of itself.

Covid-19 produces flu like symptoms of respiratory

  • Dry unproductive coughs

  • Fever

  • Shortness of breath

  • Usually no runny nose or mucous

  • Tiredness

Conventional prevention/ treatment guidelines:

Covid-19 is a novel disease. No vaccines or anti-virals have yet been developed to combat the infection and clinical trials of any new anti-viral may delay its availability for at least a year and half.

How does Immunogizer reduce the threat of Covid-19?

Immuno-gizer products contain key minerals and elements which support the kidneys

ELECTRO OXIDATIVE CATALYTIC (EOC) field which functions to filter (neutralise) viruses by oxidation.

2. PREVENTION - BOOSTING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

It is now already understood that patient with weak immune systems are at

highest risk of contracting Corona-Virus and experiencing additional complications

and even fatality.

Immuno-gizer boosts the Immune system by providing key nutrients to

beneficial bacteria that populate the colon and other areas of the digestive

system. These bacteria play a critical role in supporting the bodies immune defence.

An improved immune response will ensure more efficient response to the viral threat,

destroying cells that have been compromised by the virus in the body more efficiently.

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Immunogizer and Covid-19

Immuno-gizer success with viral infection

IMMUNO-GIZER products have demonstrably reduced the impact of viral infection in infected patients by reducing the symptomatic load and reducing time to recovery. Below are two sets of sample patients, in the clinic environment, diagnosed with Dengue fever and HIV virus:

Dengue is a common tropical disease that is caused by viral infection and is transmitted

by mosquito sting.

Dengue can develop into hemorrhagic fever as the virus compromises the bodies ability to

form blood platelets (blood clots) resulting in internal bleeding and possibly dangerously

low blood pressure.

Typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. Dengue fever symptoms may

  • high fever

  • headache

  • vomiting

  • muscle and joint pains

  • characteristic skin rash.

Dengue Fever outbreak 2019

Several patients who are on Immuno-gizer have been reporting positive experiences with Immuno-gizer Stemcell in Jamaican clinic environments:

1. Two patients, using Immuno-gizer, confirm reduced impact from

Dengue fever at doctor's office in Portmore, St. Catherine.

2. Patient with Hemorrhagic Dengue who started Immuno-gizer

reports that blood tests show increased platelet count two days

after starting Immuno-gizer.

3. Medical clinic in Kingston: Patient who recently started

Immuno-gizer reported that his entire household had contracted

the Dengue fever virus. He has no symptoms of Dengue fever to

Five AIDS patients, were treated with anti-retro-viral drugs had relapse of symptoms in September, 2004 despite compliance with  treatment.

Symptoms included:

  • Skin

  • Diarrhea

  • Skin lesions

All symptoms resolved after 2 weeks of Immuno-gizer supplementation. All patients CD4 count increased after 3 months supplementation with Immuno-gizer.

(Courtesy of Dr. William Brown, Morant Bay, St. Thomas, Jamaica)

*CD4 count (T-Cell) is a measure of the activity of the HIV virus. The lower the CD4 count, the more compromised the immune system is said to be as the HIV virus reduces T-Cells count. A CD4 count below 200 provides a basis for HIV diagnosis.

More about viruses

More about viruses

Immuno-gizer products are designed to boost your immune system by

nourishing beneficial bacteria in your digestive system.

Simultaneously, it also improves kidney function which is central to

reducing viral overload.

To keep Corona-Virus at bay, make  Immuno-gizer Stem-cell food

apart of your daily dietary intake.

1 teaspoon with breakfast meals

1 teaspoon with your other major meal of the day, every day.

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The AR-15 (also known as the AR15 or AR 15) is America's most popular rifle. The modular AR-15 platform makes it easy to build, customize and configure your gun exactly the way you want it. The AR-15 has proven itself to be reliable, rugged, and accurate, and has been in use by the U.S. military and law enforcement for over 40 years now in various configurations like the M-16 or the M-4. It is the optimal choice for sport, home defense, competitive shooting, hunting, and more. Impact Guns has a huge selection of the best AR-15 rifles for sale. We carry AR 15 pistols, lowers, uppers, magazines, parts, accessories, AR-15 scopes, suppressors, and more.  Just a few of the manufacturers of AR15 rifles for sale that we carry are Bushmaster, Colt, DPMS, Rock River Arms (RRA), Armalite, Ruger, Smith & Wesson, and more!

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Washington, DC - "As part of a bold new diplomacy, we continue our historic push for peace on the Korean Peninsula."

A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY: President Donald J. Trump is committed to achieving a bright and secure future for all people on the Korean Peninsula and across the world.

  • On February 27 and 28, 2019, President Donald J. Trump will meet with Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Chairman Kim Jong Un for a second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • This summit aims to make further progress on the commitments the two leaders made in Singapore:  transformed relations, a lasting and stable peace, and the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
  • The President has made clear that should North Korea follow through on its commitment to complete denuclearization, we will work to ensure there are economic development options.
  • The United States and partners are prepared to explore how to mobilize investment, improve infrastructure, enhance food security, and more in the DPRK.
    • Robust economic development under Chairman Kim is at the core of President Trump’s vision for a bright future for United States–DPRK relations.

HISTORIC RESULTS: President Trump’s historic negotiations with Chairman Kim are already producing results.

  • In June 2018, President Trump met with Chairman Kim, marking the first in-person meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
  • Since President Trump’s Singapore summit with Chairman Kim, relations between the United States and DPRK have reached new heights.
  • North Korea has not conducted a nuclear weapons or missile test in more than 400 days, and has committed to the dismantlement of plutonium and uranium enrichment facilities.
  • Chairman Kim has reaffirmed his commitment to complete denuclearization, including in his New Year’s speech.
  • Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, Americans are no longer detained in North Korea.
  • North Korea has returned remains of Americans who died during the Korean War, and we are working to return more.

A PUSH FOR PEACE: President Trump is working to build coalitions and achieve real progress on North Korea.

  • Prior to President Trump, efforts to negotiate limits on the DPRK’s nuclear program failed, despite billions of dollars in payment under prior administrations.
  • Upon taking office, President Trump built an unprecedented international coalition to demonstrate that the world would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea.
  • The international coalition mobilized by President Trump implemented a maximum pressure campaign and the President has called on all countries to comply with these sanctions.


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Eclectic hospitality at The Park House Food Merchants by Alexander & Co

Taking a bowerbird’s approach to design, The Park House Food Merchants by Alexander & Co in the Mona Vale Hotel offers a sense of eclecticism that feels like it has been built up organically over time.

From the architect:

The Park House Food Merchants is a 200-seat restaurant within the newly rebuilt Mona Vale Hotel on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The space hosts internal double height dining areas, external courtyard with retractable roofs and various private dining rooms, an open kitchen, internal cocktail bar, external main bar, large open internal and external fireplaces and externally exposed timber and steel structures.

The restaurant has been conceived as a loft-style art warehouse, a sympathetic attempt to reconcile the old motel, which was 70s coastal and retro. Somewhere between Donald Judd and Scandinavian modernism the loft is both robust and curated, well equipped to cater to the heavy traffic and coastal location. The venue is an expressive and artistic insertion into the dilapidated shell of the old hotel. Part art gallery, part loft, all motel charm.

The project explored various masonry (brickwork) forms, arches, corbels and coursing, and combined them with an array of specific lighting, furnishing and artwork. Alexander & CO. augmented and exposed the existing steel and timber structure to create a double story volume both internally and externally under the retractable roof. This volume is illuminated by custom high bay pendants and includes custom oversized paintings to the loft void.

The internal restaurant is built around an open show kitchen with recycled brick arches. Polished concrete floors throughout are replaced in feature moments with fan-shaped Carrara mosaic tiles, custom-coloured patterns and stone chequer plate tile coursing. An internal dining height bar with retro granite plays a centrepiece while Art Deco detailing to an internal brick fireplace creates niches and nooks for lounge room dining.

Externally, stacked logs are displayed and a double-sided fireplace and hearth anchor the lounge areas and high bar, all under the suspended fairly lights which illuminate a double height courtyard and retractable roof.

The final venue has a slightly nostalgic, tactile patina. Filled with both custom Oregon and hardwood furniture, leather banquettes and reclaimed and repurposed light fittings and furniture, the venue has a distinctly “found” quality, unexpected and inviting but artistically engaging and true to its inspiration.

Within the project the aim was to explore all things low-fi. Nothing would be a lining, everything would be a substrate. There are no split battens, no MDF, nothing beyond base build materials and nothing that would eventually be churned and end up in a bin. The work of the venue is in its planning, volume management and then FFE. Very rarely does an opportunity come up where the fit-out component is all but removed in lieu of artwork and furniture. It is an example of undertaking work where waste, churn and material are all reduced or removed.

This was an adaptive reuse project of a heavily dilapidated motel structure. Across several thousand square metres of land, this venue represents one of six stages of work carried out or completed at the venue as part of a gateway project to the greater Mona Vale precinct. The complex context of the multiple stages of work intended to reintroduce the community back to the catchment, to provide a social context which could sympathetically cater to the wider Mona Vale population.

Photography by Felix Forest.

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