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« on: August 13, 2018, 11:51 »
I havent set it up for print yet, sorry! I hopefully will get that done in the next day or so (different format, different artwork, etc).
No worries! I will check back. Sorry, I just like the smell and feel o f real books. Libraries are heavenly! I spend entirely too much time on my ipad as it is. 😲
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« on: August 13, 2018, 07:10 »
I read the synopsis and it sounds good! Is Barnes and Noble on the list of upcoming places to buy? That is my preferred source. Also will it be available in paperback, or only digital (kindle)?
I only buy printed books. I might snag it here after a few unknowns. (new baby and right out of a slump in work, the next couple months are scary territory, life always works out though  ).
That kindle link sucks. Can we get that on the regular amazon print thing?
Yeah, I prefer printed books myself. Dont like reading books on ipad, just doesnt feel right. 🙂 I wanted to pre-order a paperback, but the site/buttons werent allowing me to do that. The preorder button shows when nook is selected, but when you select paperback, the button goes away and it says something like out of stock. I will check again later.
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« on: August 12, 2018, 18:01 »
I read the synopsis and it sounds good! Is Barnes and Noble on the list of upcoming places to buy? That is my preferred source. Also will it be available in paperback, or only digital (kindle)?
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« on: August 11, 2018, 07:08 »
Some of the composites look like you just put some graphic elements together without any style or color palette in mind. This one for instance:
https://www.istockphoto.com/nl/en/photo/ransomware-gm684693338-125700649
The colors are all over the place, the background is ugly and distracting, the Ransomware font looks cheap.
Plus, on that same image, you have narrowed your market by putting ANY type at all. Designers just want images. They will put their own copy. Or maybe provide one without copy, in adddition to this one.
830
« on: August 08, 2018, 13:14 »
If the OP did not draw the icons him/herself, then none of them can be used because he/she wouldnt own the copyright to them. If the OP did draw the icons, then submit the property release stating that.
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« on: August 08, 2018, 06:34 »
Well for those who thought that all the money is going to the large factories forget it! Just spoke to a guy who together with some others have over a quareter of a million files on line.
Guess what?? down 40% during the last 5 months! so its hitting all of us except the choosen few who keeps the Quarterly alive!! might be a few Hillary supporting photographers I guess, SS is probably leftie orientated? 
I think you posted in the wrong thread. 😲
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« on: August 06, 2018, 10:29 »
More ramblings of a Trump hater 
If the Pope stood up today and said Donald Trump was the second incarnation of "jesus" democrats and liberals would still hate him for no other reason than they have to hate him.
It might come as a surprise to find that there are a good number of Republican NON Trump supporters who hold him accountable for his numerous contemptible and documented actions; because many of those actions are in polar opposition to the actions Jesus thought were of paramount importance.
I am happy to hear that. Because when I watch video of him at some of his rallies, spewing racism (and a whole lot of word vomit), while the fans clap and cheer, I just shake my head and wonder what has happened to people.
833
« on: August 05, 2018, 09:41 »
I went on that site!
https://pixabay.com/en/
Found some of images! 
You sure? Some of the images shown in the search results are in fact sponsored by Shutterstock, and will take you to the Shutterstock site.
Yes some of my images are there, but they are sponsored by shutterstock and when you click on a picture, it takes you to SS to buy them. Still, I would rather they not be on such a scumbag site at all.
834
« on: August 04, 2018, 17:44 »
I don't want an answer I like.
It was my first post on talp talk, my first interaction, so didn't know so well how it works...got the idea.. thank you for all your answers.
How do I end a post? I delete it?
Trimis de pe al meu SM-G935F folosind Tapatalk
You cant delete it. Since its a double post, it will die a natural death. 😄
835
« on: August 01, 2018, 13:15 »
I did a search for a few of my photos, and found nothing. I am only on SS and Adobe. I see a lot of pics of ronald mcdonald and colonel sanders, but no editorial license? I wouldnt touch this place with a 10 ft pole.
836
« on: July 22, 2018, 07:04 »
If there is controlled revenue, then how come each contributor's plateau lies somewhere else? Say, Person A has a plateau of $200 monthly (i.e. he won't ever make more than that, no matter how hard he tries) but Person B has a plateau of $1000. Seems rather arbitrary, doesn't it? How is that number decided then?
Now, a gradually decreasing profit is very normal in most businesses and fields. Your revenue plateau is most likely just a combination of 1) your own personal effort 2) port quality 3) competition in your subject matter 4) buyer numbers 5) changing trends.
Each factor has numerous parameters that ultimately determine your port performance.
Your profit may rise, plateau or even decrease as years go by, depending of how favorable market conditions are. And that's all there is to it. No conspiracy, no secret SS department closely monitoring your personal port, no devious algorithms designed to screw you over on a personal level.
I agree with everything you say...until people start saying that they are making the same exact amount, every day, then get to a number and sales stop. That sounds like something rotten in Denmark. Could be coincidence, but companies are greedy, so Im not ready to discount the conspiracy. I personally do not see the same exact amount of sales from SS every month, but I am not actively uploading anymore so my sales are more trickles than steady streams.
837
« on: July 21, 2018, 18:16 »
I'm not claiming any moral superiority. US has interfered with foreign elections as much as Russia.
I already mentioned that such practices are as old as history.
I am not even accusing Russia for doing it. It is in their interest to try to get what's best for them.
This is an internal US problem, where its leader is defending his own selfish interests as well as Russia's, instead of what's best for USA.
Exactly. Treason cannot stand. He needs to go.
838
« on: July 21, 2018, 18:12 »
One of my friends just started on a biologic for Crohn's. Terrible side effects. I feel for her. The brand I worked on was a biologic...extremely dangerous, black box warning (cigarettes have a black box warning on the side, so you have an idea of how toxic something needs to be to warrant a black box warning). Basically one step away from chemo, IMO.
I suffer from one of the conditions the brand I worked on is targeted towards. Immediately, my coworkers told me I should be on the drug, and immediately I told them no way. As a writer, I had to read the research and had to be knowledgeable about efficacy and side effects, and sorry, a side effect of death was a bit much for me. And as I said earlier, drug manufacturers only have to prove their meds are more effective than a placebo. So if a sugar pill relieves symptoms for 1% of the (miniscule) tested population and the black box meds relieve symptoms for 1.5% but also cause leukemia, incurable systemic infection and death, that's A-OK.
My job was to draw attention to the fact that it relieved symptoms for more people than a placebo and play down the side effects (hey, the advertising and pharma industries had to be forced to list the side effects...they weren't going to do it voluntarily). As the end of the patent drew near, the client got increasingly desperate to find more conditions the drug was slightly effective at treating so they could milk as much profit from it as humanly possible.
A couple of years ago I was in the doctor's office and saw a brochure for a "new" drug to treat my condition. Suspicious after working on a pharma brand, I googled it. Turns out it's thalidomide, renamed. BTW, my completely non-life-threatening condition is not mentioned in this wikipedia article, but thalidomide was being marketed to treat it anyway....with brochures left in the waiting room for unsuspecting patients to read. Disgusting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide
Thalidomide...omg they are trying to resurrect that poison, as if the damage the first time around wasnt bad enough. My eyes have sure been opened since delving into all of this for my family member. If I remember correctly, in the statin trials, more people died that were taking a statin than those who took a placebo. But you will never find that little tidbit touted anywhere. Its sad, but every drug has to be researched thoroughly nowadays before you take it. The human body does a good job of taking care of itself, if you feed and exercise it properly. There are exceptions, as in your case. But for a good portion of the population, cholesterol, diabetes, and bp meds are not needed...in a lot of cases, diet can correct those things. But people are lazy...they want to eat and drink what they want, when they want. Taking a pill is so much easier. The drug and healthcare industry is banking on it!
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« on: July 21, 2018, 17:02 »
Thank you for posting, Sammy and Shelma. Statins and their harm being inflicted on people is a pet project of mine. I have friends and family harmed by statins as well, and I jump at the chance to try and warn others. Yes, big pHARMa, big food, healthcare...all doing a great job of trying to get rid of healthy people and get everyone on as many drugs as possible. And if you think THATS a conspiracy, read about I. G. Farben company and the Rockefellers. And depopulation. Ever wonder why processed and junk food is cheap, but a trip to Whole Foods will cost you almost twice as much as at the regular market? Maybe so the poor and elderly get sick and die? Hmmm, another conspiracy theory, eh? Shelma, I know grapefruit is bad to take with warfarin, a blood thinner, but I didnt know of the dangers with statins, but I am not surprised. A family member of mine was put on statins, beta blocker, and eliquis after a stroke. She recovered from the stroke after 1 month of rehab. Within 6 months of when she started the meds, tho, she had muscle and nerve damage. After stopping statins, a year later she can barely make 1 trip around the grocery store. Her leg muscles continue to atrophy. She was using 7 lb. weights on her legs while exercising when she left rehab, so it cant be from the stroke. Every cell in the body uses cholesterol. Every week big pHARMa pays a writer to float a story about statins and what a wonder drug they are. I have seen articles where it cures kidney disease, prevents stroke and heart attacks, and other nonsense. It does none of that. I have read the clinical trials and the data are right there. There is a small subset of middle-aged men who already have CVD that may benefit, but after seeing the destruction they cause, I even have doubts about that. In fact, many have heart attacks after starting statins. Cholesterol is used big time by the heart and brain. The strange thing about statins is a person can take them 1 day, and have severe adverse effects immediately, but there are others that take them for 20 years and do ok, but then one day everything starts hurting. They suspect the statins, but their dr. says statins dont do that or you are getting older, you know. The two favorite dismissals people get from their drs. Some people recover from their damage, others do not. My family member got rid of the bad brain fog after about a week after stopping, but the muscle and nerve damage continues. Who knows if it will ever resolve. I have a friend who has lesions in his brain. He has been disabled from that for close to 13 years. Anyway, thanks for listening to me and acknowledging what I said. I take every opportunity to start a narrative about it, but I know that some dont want to hear, will criticize, scoff, and call names. Thats ok, I know I cant save everyone. Sometimes I get thanked by people who were looking for the info and were grateful to learn, and thats thanks enough. They stop the statin, and start feeling better. Shelma, interesting how you learned about it. Sorry about your dad. Its especially frustrating when you are almost certain of the cause, but it cant be proved. People who take a statin plus other meds would have a difficult time trying to prove the statin was the culprit, when most of those meds cause the same type of adverse effects. Sammy, anyone can go on a site called dollars for docs, plug in their drs. name, and see how much $$ they personally took from drug companies. If you want a real eye opener, put in Dr. Steve Nissan, cardiologist, from Cleveland Clinic. The info only goes to 2016. Since 2013, he has taken a cool +- $130,000. And some asinine dr. suggested statins should be put in the water supply. Oh, and yes, of course, Trumps in Putins pocket. #traitor https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/And for anyone who laughs at me, but would respect what a former NASA astronaut/dr. says, go to spacedoc.com For all you experts, he goes into some pretty technical crap.
840
« on: July 21, 2018, 12:00 »
The problem here is that Trump is denying or even defending the interference, like any of those aforementioned puppet rulers would normally do, in order to justify their right to rule.
The problem here is that some people claim some sort of intellectual superiority over other people's unfounded claims when they are doing essentially the same thing.
I don't care about the veracity of the wiki article, yet interference in Russian elections by the US isn't a big secret, and it was even bragged about by the Time magazine, I'm old enough to know
http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960715,00.html
where were all these principles back then?
Another thing, I don't care what Trump or any other politician is saying, I'm with George Carlin (RIP) on this one.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/78321-now-there-s-one-thing-you-might-have-noticed-i-don-t
Im with you and George Carlin on that!
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« on: July 21, 2018, 06:59 »
Cathyslife, why don't you take your conspiracy theory nonsense elsewhere and leave the discussion to the adults? Believing "testimonials" from uneducated idiots, publicity hounds and hucksters on internet chat rooms will lead you down the wrong path every time. If you don't believe the Mayo Clinic then you probably don't believe in vaccines either. Sorry to be so blunt, but I get really annoyed by people parroting pseudoscientific nonsense based on superficial internet "research". Try to chill out, have a glass of wine and relax and maybe you will enjoy life more. You seem to be full of anger - that is much worse for you than taking statins.
Back to the OP: Yes, it is becoming more and more obvious that Trump is completely in Putin's pocket. Whether this is part of some brilliant long-term plan or merely a pathetic attempt to save his own skin we don't yet know for certain but I strongly suspect the latter. What we do know for certain is that Trump is one of the biggest liars ever, especially about his sexual infidelities. Why he is allowed to continue when others are being fired or resigning their positions for even a hint of sexual impropriety is truly disgusting.
Such a condescending a-hole you are. Cracks me up, whenever you guys want to think you are going to piss someone off, you go with the you seem to be full of anger, have a glass of wine schtick. Where do you get YOUR research from? Are you also a photographer/scientist? Somebody made fun of me that way, wonder why they arent here saying that about you. LOL you guys are so entertaining! But...I am off to do something constructive today. But thanks for the laughs! Back to the OP. At least we agree on the fact that Trump is a disgusting liar. #traitor 
842
« on: July 20, 2018, 22:59 »
The Mayo Clinic is the least objective place to go. They are in deep with big pHARMa, just like the Cleveland Clinic and WebMD. I am not going to argue with all you experts here on this forum. I dont care if you agree with me or not. I just want to implore everyone to please do a lot of your own research before you take a statin, or any other drug, for that matter. Drs. get kickbacks for prescribing drugs, so they dont really want you to get better. Polypharmacy...and a statin is a gateway drug....take it, and your dr. will have to prescribe 2 or more drugs to treat the adverse effects you get. Next thing you know, you have a baggie full of meds to take. Dont take my word for it. There are plenty of testimonials out there from good people whose lives are now ruined because of statins. Theres a reason your body makes cholesterol. It needs it. Look at a facebook group called neurotoxicity and see all the damaged people, from statins and all kinds of other drugs that are being prescribed and handed out like candy. Too many sad stories.
843
« on: July 19, 2018, 08:40 »
I was in my gym this morning in California with about 15 other middle aged Anericans. I was the only person reading the subtitles on the tv screens showing the Trump / Putin summit. I just don't think Anetican people care about the news. Im the only Brit there so I guess its a cultural thing.
Yes, America is paying attention. In case you didn't know, more of us actually voted for Clinton over Trump. (Our electoral system let us down yet again.) Trump's approval ratings are in the toilet, because even some of those who voted for him now realize they were misled.
Since you brought it up... a majority of the UK voted for Brexit, which seems just as foolish as a Trump vote. Do most Brits not care about the news, as you're suggesting about the "Aneticans"?
I agree, Americans are paying attention. Look out Trump. #traitor
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« on: July 19, 2018, 07:14 »
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« on: July 19, 2018, 07:10 »
Not to mention getting your site to even show in the search engines. Takes big money to get on page 1 of search results.
846
« on: July 18, 2018, 13:43 »
How is that connected to Microstockr?
I'm sorry he has no collecon microstockr, the text corrector of my smartphone made a mistake.
You can turn it off. Or proofread before hitting send. 🙂
847
« on: July 18, 2018, 13:41 »
Shelma!! yes thats exactly what he does! he throws out something, anything and wait for a response a reaction! and then he steams in. Further more he thrives in creating mayhem, loves confusion. Right now when the world is curious as to what was said behind locked doors, hes got every pen-pushing journalist in the world guessing, speculating. He does it on purpose, acting, playing sort of bewildered sometimes.
Nah this guy is not stupid hes got the media the people exactly where he wants it i.e knowing sod all.
#traitor We will find out just how stupid/befuddled he is or isnt in short order, unless he is booted outta there. #treason
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« on: July 18, 2018, 09:39 »
Do your own research. I have, since Feb. 2017.
You're a photographer AND a research biochemist? WOW!
LOL you are SOOO funny!
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« on: July 18, 2018, 06:49 »
According to his doctor, he is taking statins. That crap messes you up. The brain uses 25% of the cholesterol your liver produces. Statins stop your liver from making cholesterol. Guess what happens to your brain...alzheimers. Guess what happens to your muscles and nerves. Pretty soon you cant walk.
This is not true. There is a small but significant chance of very serious side effects - e.g., neuropathy of various kinds and liver damage - but the incidence is very low and those mainly appear in people who are not like Trump (female, small body size, drinking too much). Statins actually may protect against Alzheimer's, although the data are not clear on that. Trump's problems are very unlikely to be due to taking statins - to me it looks much more like the early symptoms of dementia. Here is a list of early symptoms (https://www.healthline.com/health/dementia/early-warning-signs) - Trump exhibits all of them at various times, most people his age show none of them. Trump's father had Alzheimer's and his poor diet and lack of exercise increases his risk. Reagan clearly had symptoms of Alzheimer's by the beginning of his second term and possibly earlier, Trump is showing the same already.
LOL You are so, so very wrong.
Believe what you want, but saying people are wrong and providing no evidence is not very convincing.
Do your own research. I have, since Feb. 2017. You would argue I was wrong no matter what I showed you. Here are some people to read if you are really interested...Dr. David Diamond, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, Dr. Barbara Roberts, Dr. Stephen Sinatra. Whatever is wrong with Trump is speculation on both our parts. My guess is just as legit as yours.
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« on: July 18, 2018, 05:50 »
https://www.nhs.uk/news/neurology/do-statins-reduce-alzheimers-risk/
"The first direct evidence that statins cholesterol-lowering drugs can reduce your risk of developing Alzheimers disease by 79% has been found"
"This is reassuring evidence that makes it very unlikely that taking statins can increase the risk of Alzheimers disease; whether they decrease the risk is a question that requires further research."
You only need to Google "statins Alzheimer's" there's a lot of stuff out there.
And you only need to delve in further to know that most research like that is paid for and conducted by the drug companies that make the statins. That university research is paid for by big pHARMa. Go ahead and start taking them...they are such wonder drugs with no side effects! Get back to me when you have brain apoptosis, rhabdomyelysis, kidney disease or diabetes. Or brain fog that turns into alzheimers, or parkinsons. Yeah, you only need to Google statins diabetes class action suits. You are arguing with the wrong person on this subject. But no matter...as in every other subject, you all are the experts. SMH You also really need to research how your body uses the cholesterol that your liver makes. You found a link that you researched today. I can find links that I have researched since Feb. 2017.
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