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L C Carpentry is a full-service construction company providing homebuilding and remodeling services to residents throughout the Wisconsin Rapids region. Their team is comprised of licensed, dedicated craftsmen who specialize in meticulous workmanship and are guided by the core values of honesty, quality, and dependability.L C Carpentry began its operations in 1989 under the leadership of Les Coates. For over 25 years, the company has been committed to offering clients exceptional service, meeting fundamental requirements and exceeding expectations. They accept projects of all budgets, scopes, and sizes to create spaces that are not just functional, but inspiring.You can rely on the experts at L C Carpentry to make your home remodeling experience fun, easy, and practical. They even complete home expansion projects, such as deck construction, ensuring the added space complements your original structure. These professionals can also build garages, add rooms, or install new siding and windows to enhance your property's curb appeal.Due to the team's precise attention to detail, they consistently deliver superb results in all their construction projects. As one of the leading carpentry companies in Wisconsin Rapids, they guarantee excellence in projects both big and small. They also strive to preserve their clients' trust by maintaining reliable, friendly working relationships.Whether you need kitchen remodeling, deck construction, or siding services, L C Carpentry will work hard to create the home of your dreams. Call today to see how they can complete your next home remodeling or construction project. Ask for an estimate by contacting their office at (715) 887-2781. You can also browse their gallery online.


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When it comes to women's health, it is necessary to know that there is a linked between hormonal imbalance and women's health. The body is capable of handling stress if the hormones are in enough balance; the body can also fight disease recover better if the hormones are enough. Here, are the natural methods that could help you attain health through balancing hormones.
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Wild yams have diosgenin, a enzyme that manufactures natural progesterone. The hormone comes from plants, but can also be compared to the ones created by the body. Estrogen dominance throughout the luteal phase believed as among the leading cause of PMS symptoms. To correct the problem, all you have to do is to take enough amounts of the herb.
If you are wondering where evening primrose oil or oenothera biennis comes from then worry no more as it can be obtained from the seeds the plant, also known for having fatty acid content. The important oils in the herb are gamma-linoleic acid or GLA and linoleic acid. Not all women sho is suffering from exhibiting PMS symptoms as it does not work on some women.
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2017 East Coast Vacation
Our 9 day, 4 city trip to the east coast has come and gone. We started by flying into Boston (a first visit for us both), then, by way of train, we visited New York, Philadelphia, and finished in Washington D.C.
There is so much to see and do in these cities, so only spending a few days in each (and in the case of Philly, just an afternoon), we knew it would be a challenge to see everything. After walking nearly 90 miles over the 9 days, we did our best. What began as an easy and relaxed way to experience the four cities morphed into an incredibly interesting and enjoyable trek through the history of our nation. From the beginning of the revolution in Boston, to the very building and room where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were debated and signed, finally ending up in the city where the experiment is still underway...it was a truly fantastic journey.
We walked a lot, took tons of pictures, ate some really good food, and tried to take in the essence of the cities we visited. It was a wonderful trip and a great way to see some of America's great cities and history.
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Don't worry, Monsters Calling Home isn't going away.
But their band name is.
The young indie alt-rock band -- whose members include Alex Hwang '08, Daniel Chae, John Chong, Jennifer Rim, Sally Kang and Joe Chun -- has enjoyed an amazing year.
After recording songs in a Honda (the acoustics were great, and it was much cheaper than renting studio time) and posting video of the music on the web, the band caught the eye of Honda Motor Company. That led to a surprise performance by the band on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in September. Earlier this month, the band capped off an exciting 2012 with yet another highlight: a sold-out December 4 performance at the legendary venue, The Troubadour, in Hollywood.
"Some of us were dreaming of playing there long before Monsters ever started," Hwang says of The Troubadour, where music legends Elton John and James Taylor enjoyed early success. "Getting the show was the result of a combination of things: our booking agent, our managers, and the Honda-Kimmel experience."
Another result of this success? A change of name.
Monsters Calling Home is changing their name to Run River North.
"We're growing as a band," explains Hwang, "and I think we've grown beyond being 'Monsters Calling Home,' which was the name of a song before it was our band's name."
He also points to the inspiration of a 1986 letter written to Nicholas Hughes, the 24-year-old son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
"It's a quick read, and well worth it, in our opinion," says Hwang, who majored in media studies at CMC.
In the letter, Hughes Sr. urged his son to embrace life and seek adventures, ending with the following advice (that may contain the seed of the band's new name): "...that's how we measure out our real respect for people -- by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate -- and enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a mighty river...."
Though their name is changing, the band can still be found at their Monsters Calling Home website, where you will find more information on future performances, recordings and other news.


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Before we go on to announce the winners of the giveaway, we've decided that it is only fair for us to address the comments and suggestions that you've given us during the giveaway.
While some of you have enjoyed our blog (thank you for the sweet comments!), many of you have also suggested more nail art, swatches, tutorials, tips and tricks, comparisons and hauls. We will be working on incorporating more of these posts in our blogging routine to make it more interesting and varied. Some of you have also requested for more swatches of HTFs but as we've just started this little hobby of ours, we do not have any of such beautiful and rare polishes :( A number of you have also asked for Zoya swatches... I have only one confession to make: I'm ashamed to say that I've only recently started noticing Zoya but I will definitely be working on getting myself more Zoya love! We will also be working on adding a "where to buy" page to help other polishaholics satisfy their
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Originally intending a solo show for Japanese artist Genichi Watanabe, curator Reno from Tokyo's ISSO Art Gallery opened up her satellite exhibition a few months prior to the talents of 12 additional New York City artists. Reno contributes her change of heart to a novel desire to juxtapose Watanabe's work with the visions of emerging local artists, as well as provide the latter group with a spotlight opportunity of their own. The exhibition name is thus no coincidence – "Boundary-less" evokes the merging of these multiple artists with a loose commonality based mostly on their creative ambition and harmonious spirit.
Standing alone, Watanabe's works are striking examples of a colorful and quasi-abstract painterly form. The rest of the exhibit, however, welcomes a diversified range of means and materials, including three-dimensional sculpture, tapestries, and even faux fruit. Color diversions are also seen – Colleen Blackard's "Small Cat" series of ballpoint pen on paper brings an almost necessary hushed tone to Watanabe's splashy colors. Cultures blend and bend as well, as the artists' varied backgrounds emerge side by side on Pleiades' walls. Qinza Najm explores her own sundry identity as an Islamic-American through his religiously tinted mixed media on canvas artwork (coincidentally also offering a black and white contrast). Off canvas, Sophia Chizuco references her upbringing in the Japanese countryside as well as her femininity through installations such as Drop, which features organic materials like egg shells and rice paper. Further into the realm of other materials, L. Mylott Manning and Juliet Martin each brings their own interpretations of textile based sculptures, the former working with various threads in her begging-to-be-touched assemblage work Shitfaced and the latter blending handwoven and machine made fabric in the garment-wall hanging hybrid Fiber Grapes.
Housed amidst this potpourri of media and creative ethos, Watanabe's more traditional oil paintings inevitably open themselves up to new interpretation and reimagining. The viewer is left to find his or her own meaning in the overlaps and disparities that arise, no doubt Reno's true intentions all along.
"Boundary-less" is on view at Pleiades Gallery, 530 West 25th St., 4th floor, New York from December 1st to 26th, split over two openings on Thursday, December 3rd & Saturday, December 12th.
All 12 artists featured include Lisa Benson, Colleen Blackard, Sophia Chizuco, Pauline Galiana, Bernice Sokol Kramer, L. Mylott Manning, Juliet Martin, Jamie Martinez, Qinza Najm, Kenichi Nakajima, Lily Koto Olive, and Sophie Sejourne.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak shares plunged 15 percent on Thursday after a U.S. trade panel upheld portions of a ruling unfavorable to the company in a patent fight over digital camera technology in cellphones.
The U.S. International Trade Commission sent portions of the case back to its internal judge for further review.
In January, the judge had found that Apple and Research in Motion did not infringe Kodak's patented technology because it was invalid.
The commission said it was affirming in part, reversing in part, and remanding in part the prior decision.
Kodak's Chief Executive Antonio Perez had previously suggested the company could reap $1 billion from a favorable ruling.
Kodak filed its ITC complaint against Apple and RIM in January 2010, arguing Apple's iPhone and RIM's camera-enabled Blackberry infringe on a Kodak patent related to a method for previewing images.
It asked the ITC to bar the importation of Apple and RIM mobile phones and other wireless devices with digital cameras.
Apple filed a countersuit at the ITC, accusing Kodak of infringing its patented technology. In an initial ruling, Kodak was found not to have infringed.
The ITC's notice on Thursday gave a brief summary of an opinion to be issued later.
The internal judge had found in January that Kodak's patent was invalid, which means it could not be infringed. The full commission, in its statement, asked the internal judge to reconsider the invalidity decision but said it took no position on the question.
On the issue of capturing a still image while previewing a moving image the ITC said: "We find that the Apple iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 do not literally infringe the asserted claim in their non-flash-photography modes of operation."
But it said the accused products from Apple and RIM did infringe a portion of the technology involving color patterns.
"We are gratified that the commission has decided to modify in our favor the judge's initial recommendation," said Laura Quatela, Kodak's general counsel, in an emailed statement. "As we have said from the start, we remain extremely confident this case will ultimately conclude in Kodak's favor."
Kodak also has related lawsuits pending against RIM and Apple in federal courts in Texas and New York.
The ITC set a target date of August 30, 2011, but said the administrative law judge could himself extend the date based on the need for further proceedings.
Shares of Kodak have moved sharply on developments in the case. They rose in March on word the ITC would review the judge's decision.
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With the passing of the "friendship generation" and the increase in (mostly negative) societal participation in the late 1980s, the governments of China and Japan have found it increasingly difficult to navigate between the constraints and possibilities in their relationship. Based on ten years' research in the United States, China, and Japan, this book argues that the relationship is politically now dispute-prone, cyclical, and downward-trending but manageable; militarily uncertain; economically integrating; psychologically closer in people-to-people contact yet more distant. The author develops measures of political interaction, trade, foreign direct investment, tourism, and student exchanges, and casts doubt on many prevailing assumptions about Sino-Japanese relations.
Ming Wan is Professor of Government and Politics and Director of the Global Affairs Program at George Mason University. He is the author of The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Wealth and Power (2008), Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Relations: Defining and Defending National Interests (2001), and Japan Between Asia and the West: Economic Power and Strategic Balance (2001).
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1. Introduction: Studying Sino-Japanese Relations
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"...Ming Wan adds to our empirical knowledge, updating the literature on China-Japan relations, on which there has not been a major book in years, with the most complete, rounded, and thorough account in the English-language literature."—Political Science Quarterly
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"This book advances well beyond existing publications in its breadth of coverage of Sino-Japanese relations and in its depth of understanding of how and why they have been changing. It is exceptionally balanced, drawing on unprecedented research into both Chinese and Japanese reasoning and combining the two effectively."—Gil Rozman, Princeton University
"This is a very thorough and comprehensive study of the political, security, economic, and sociocultural aspects of Sino-Japanese relations The overall quality and comprehensive nature of this book, which lead this reviewer to wholeheartedly recommend it to all interested readers."—Reinhard Drifte, Newcastle University/London School of Economics
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Corky has been actively engaging in real estate continually since 1996. He develops systems that provide his clients the real estate solutions that meet and exceed their expectations. Corky welcomes the opportunity to assist buyers, sellers, and investors with their real estate investment in the area. Another specialization with assisting in 1031 tax exchanges.
Corky and his wife Kathy have 7 children and are blessed to call the Murphy area home for over 20 years. Corky is an avid fisherman, well o.k., a fishing maniac. He loves to spend his spare time on the beautiful lakes and rivers that surround these mountains.
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Moving onto GCC compilation testing we first timed how long it took to compile Apache 2.2.8. With one Opteron 2356 it took 45 seconds on average while with two Barcelona CPUs it took 38 seconds. Switching over to Shanghai, one CPU took 34 seconds but when occupying both sockets on the Tyan Thunder n3600M we were able to compile Apache in just 27 seconds. For those unfamiliar with the Phoronix Test Suite operations, the number of jobs specified during the compilation tests is automatically set to twice the number of available CPU cores.
With it taking longer to compile ImageMagick than Apache, more sizable performance gains were experienced with dual CPUs. Like the other tests thus far, Shanghai was much faster than the Barcelona even when factoring in the frequency difference.
The power of eight cores was quite dramatic with the 2GB file compression performance through Parallel BZIP2 (PBZIP2). However, the Shanghai didn't end up being much faster than the Barcelona in either the single or dual CPU configurations.


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Greenlight Supershow will capture the hottest games on Steam Greenlight for a 13-hour live-stream event on Twitch, starting at 10:30AM on Saturday, June 29. The Supershow showcases more than 25 games, each vying for a spot on Steam via Greenlight, and will include Q&As, giveaways, and sneak peeks at new things. Portions will be co-hosted by YouTubers Jesse Cox (OMGFcata) and Ryan Letourneau (Northernlion), as well as other indie-loving web personalities.
The Greenlight Supershow will feature Ray's the Dead, BroForce, Girls Like Robots, Escape Goat, Black Annex, Delver's Drop, Paranautical Activity, McDroid, Dino Run SE, 8BitMMO and Tower of Guns, among others. Check out the entire schedule – including breaks with games that have already been Greenlit – right here.
The whole shebang is organized by Alix Stolzer of development duo Robot Loves Kitty, who says the event comes complete with Valve's support. Stolzer's multiplayer roguelike, Legend of Dungeon, was Greenlit in April, and she wants more indies to find the same success on Steam.
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Is the Post Office Open on Thanksgiving Day?
No, the post office is closed on Thanksgiving Day. Since the post office is run by the federal government, most of the employees get the day off as a paid holiday. Customer service employees are not available. Also, there is no regular mail delivery or pick up.
The only exception is Priority Mail Express. Items mailed through Priority Mail Express are delivered 365 days a year, regardless of any holidays. However, not all locations support Priority Mail Express deliveries, so you'll want to check with the destination in advance if you need an item delivered on that day.
Additionally, if you have a PO box in an area of the post office that isn't secured. You can still check for mail that was placed there previously. Similarly, self-service kiosks, if available, are operational. This includes postage machines in lobbies in unlocked post office buildings. You also have the ability to drop mail into the available slots for sorting after the holiday.
Otherwise, the post office will be open for every usual business day aside from Tuesday, December 25, 2018, when they close to observe Christmas.
What Days Will the Post Office Deliver Mail During the Week of Thanksgiving?
When a holiday falls in the middle of the week, figuring out the mail delivery schedule can be a little difficult. Here is when the post office will be open during Thanksgiving week:
- Sunday, November 18 – Closed
- Monday, November 19 – Open. Regular business hours and mail service.
- Tuesday, November 20 – Open. Regular business hours and mail service.
- Wednesday, November 21 – Open. Regular business hours and mail service.
- Thursday, November 22 – Closed
- Friday, November 23 – Open. Regular business hours and mail service.
- Saturday, November 14 – Regular Saturday service.
If you really need to ship something on Thanksgiving Day, you may consider turning to other delivery services. But, are they even open?
Is FedEx Open on Thanksgiving?
FedEx closes on Thanksgiving Day. Regular FedEx service resumes on Friday, November 23, 2018.
Is UPS Open on Thanksgiving?
UPS closes on Thanksgiving Day. However, UPS Express Critical service is available. Otherwise, normal UPS service resumes on the day after Thanksgiving.
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Ganeden offers a probiotic ingredient called Staimune for functional foods
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Nancy Wideman was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up with regular visits to Disneyland with her family and friends. Now living in Michigan with her husband and two tweens, the majority of their family vacations are split between the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World, and Disney Cruises with at least a few visits per year to Anaheim and Orlando.
Nancy has been able to combine her passion for Disney and love for travel planning by becoming a Travel Specialist with Me and the Mouse Travel in early 2013, and she is in it for the long haul! She works with families all over the world to customize their dream vacations. Her favorite parts are getting to know the families, hearing tales of their trips and seeing the proof how Disney magic brings families together. Knowing that she can bring some extra pixie dust to everyone she plans for…that's the fun of it all!
When Nancy is not busy planning for families, she loves to spend her time with her own family on their small farm in Michigan. Her hobbies include travel, photography, scrapbooking and blogging. Nancy specializes in the Disneyland Resort in California, Walt Disney World in Florida, Disney Cruise Line, Disney's Aulani Resort and Spa in Hawaii, Adventures by Disney, and Disneyland Paris. In addition to Disney properties, she can also assist with plans for Universal Studios, Legoland, SeaWorld, many other cruise lines and Southern California excursions!
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I just wanted to touch base with you to let you know how much we truly appreciate you planning our recent Walt Disney World Vacation! I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am personally, as this experience gave my husband and I a change to really connect with our kids. Life gets carried away between work, my son's sports schedules, PTA meetings, grandparents needs/wants, and every day obligations/ That being said, we hadn't taken a "family vacation" since the birth of our daughter, and this trip was like a light bulb. It reminded us how important quality time is, with our little family of 4. Sending you heart felt HUGE THANK YOU for planning this amazing trip!!!
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The Diva Needs A Toy Box
I have been on a mission for a while now to get The Diva a good toy box. The old diaper boxes just aren't working anymore. The problem is that all the ones I have found are either too small or too expensive and I certainly can't afford a custom job. I think I will have to build it myself. I found a tutorial and it doesn't seem that hard. All I need is a door hinge or two, some wood, glue, nails and some paint. I could even put a decorative handle on the lid for easy access and no squished fingers. I am sure they have those safety hinge things at Home Depot and some pretty handles. I really think I could do this.
I want the top to have a pad so it could act as a bench as well. I love double duty furniture. 😀 I could get some stencils and put The Diva's name on it and maybe some cute characters or flowers. She loves flowers. I want it to be girly, but tough at the same time. Ro is not exactly gentle with her things and loves to climb and jump. I already have a drill, an electric sander and clamps….what could be so difficult about it? The home improvement stores will cut the wood for you and I am sure my neighbor has a router I could borrow.
I would love to have my own set of routers, table saws, pneumatic nail guns, etc., but my Husband feels I would be far too dangerous with them. I think he's afraid I will be quite literally able to nail him to the wall if I had a nail gun. 😛 Then again, he may think long and hard about messing with me if I had one.
Hmmm…Mother's Day is coming up… 😛
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LOL I am the only person that gets to use power tools in my house. And that toy box is beautiful. I think you could totally do it.
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You can do, I know it! Lucky little girl. 🙂
Ha ha! Diaper boxes? Hehehehe. But yep, you are totally capable of doing it! Good luck!
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Hey! If you end up getting some tools for Mother's Day will you make one for me too?
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The one in the pic is super cute. I need one for Hannah! I'm the same as you – if I had a garage I'd have a wood shop in there…love working on projects like that. But since I don't have the space, we'll have to buy one.
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That is one cute toy box!! My daughter could certainly use one like that too 🙂


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Professor Charles Xavier may be the leader of the X-Men, but the keystone of the movie franchise so far has been Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, who has appeared in every single X-Men movie so far except for (arguably) Deadpool. Having played the character on the big screen for 16 years, Jackman is now planning a well-deserved retirement, topping off his career as the blade-wielding, super-healing Canadian mutant with a final solo movie, Logan, directed by The Wolverine's James Mangold.
Since last week, an Instagram account under the name wponx (i.e. "Weapon X") has been posting mysterious black-and-white photos teasing the events of Logan. So far the images have included an elderly Charles Xavier, a severed arm clutching a shotgun, a restricted-access facility, a mysterious motel, and even a page from the movie's script.
Now, a new tease is here, and this one offers a first look at the character played by Boyd Holbrook (Narcos), and a tip as to who the character is - the caption "Pierce." This has led many fans to conclude that Holbrook is playing Donald Pierce, a cyborg supervillain from the comic books (pictured above). Check out the image below:
When Holbrook was originally cast, his character was described as being a "relentless, calculating and intense head of security for a global enterprise," and was said to be playing the lead villain of the movie. This is somewhat different from Pierce's occupation in the comics, as a technological genius and leader in the fields of electronics and robotics (who is also filthy rich), but the original character description may have been a little off-base, or Mangold may have made a few changes to the character for the movie.
The other possibility, of course, is that the word "Pierce" is a misdirect. Interestingly, the image of Holbrook is evocative of the portrayal of Hawkeye in Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's limited comic book series Old Man Logan, which is widely speculated to be a key piece of source material used for Logan. In that story, Hawkeye is blind and wears sunglasses, and drives around with Wolverine on a cross-country road trip. Of course, Hawkeye is off-limits for this movie, since Marvel Studios owns the movie rights to that character, but perhaps this image was intended as an homage.
Is Holbrook playing Donald Pierce, an original character, or a different character from the comics? Let us know your theories in the comments.
Logan opens in U.S. theaters on March 3, 2017, followed by unannounced X-Men films on October 6, 2017, March 2, 2018, and June 29, 2018. Deadpool 2, Gambit, New Mutants and X-Force are currently in development.
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Amanda is a first-year graduate student working in the Invertebrate Zoology lab at MLML. She's here to provide an insider's opinion on the graduate process beginning with day one. You can follow Amanda on Instagram (@scatter_cushion) for more sciency goings-ons and the weekly #SeaCreatureSunday.
Greetings to any and all fellow readers and allow me to take the time to introduce myself. My name is Amanda and I am but a small part of the new cohort of graduate students here at Moss Landing. I'm coming into the Invertebrate Lab under Dr. Geller. During orientation, the lack of a new student's perspective was bemoaned by the powers that be, and so I have offered myself up as candid, quivering bait. I realize that there's not much I can say that can be of much import, returning as I have to the low wrung of the academic ladder. But all self-deprecating aside I hope that at least some of my fellow new blood can read this and know that maybe it's ok to feel any and all things I'm sure we have felt this week.
Orientation began with the usual posturing; tepid glances and shuffling feet abound. I actually stood in my living room (apple in hand, I swear it), and made my house mate wish me good luck on my first day of school. Seventeen is deemed large for an incoming class, but when you consider that we'll be navigating the same obstacles course of deadlines, expectations, and discovery, it feels a bit more intimate. We managed the perfunctory "go around the room and tell a bit about yourself," and I'll expand on that a bit here so you can get a sense of how one of us came to be.
I moved to Santa Cruz in 2010 and pursued a degree in Marine Biology with a minor in chemistry at UCSC. My first job was working in an invertebrate reproductive ecology lab, but I went on to pursue a variety of opportunities, any which way I could get them. I tutored upper division courses, spent a summer in Big Sur tracking sea otters, braved the frigid pre-dawn to romp among the elephant seals out at Año Nuevo. After graduating in 2013, I decided to pursue my graduate degree, but if Moss Landing was my ultimate destination I took a very roundabout way of getting there. I studied abroad in both Australia and South Africa. During that time I did a fair bit of travel, including Indonesia, London, Ireland, Malaysia, and most recently Thailand for my Divemaster certification. I hiked 240 miles in the Sierras and eventually came to rest about 35 miles to the north working at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
After work one night I went to a talk at Hopkins Marine Station being given by Jim Harvey on how to maintain integrity whilst pursuing a career in the sciences. I remember asking during the course of this talk how it was possible for young scientists such as myself to reconcile the quandary of obviously wanting to work towards furthering causes we believed in, to work towards the creation of innovative and novel science, while also accounting for the fact that…it's hard out there right now. There isn't a lot of money or a lot of jobs available to those of us making our start, and sometimes we don't have the luxury of maintaining high-minded goals when the bills have to be paid. And I remember his answer, verbatim, as being "I don't know how to answer that."
I left feeling a bit disillusioned, and I've thought about it a handful of times since, but there's a point to be made here. Because I ended up at Moss Landing Marine Lab, where Jim Harvey is the director, when I could have ended up somewhere else. And this time when I met him, when he came to speak to the incoming cohort as a part of orientation, it was to hear about his journey and how it was not so very different from my own. We both lived for a time in San Diego, shared a major (and a minor) from universities near the Monterey Bay, where we were no doubt profoundly shaped by the beauty and richness of the marine world, and we both received (or will receive if he doesn't boot me out for writing this) Master's degrees from here at Moss (MLML). He of course has gone on to cultivate an extremely inspiring career in the marine sciences, and this is how he got his start.
So, maybe in accepting our own positions here and in making the active choice to align ourselves with this university, we have all similarly taken steps in creating a career that we can pursue with integrity and pride. I can already tell it's going to be insane. It's only been four days of proper instruction and I'm feeling the rust that two years outside of academia can leave behind. There's no end to the different aspects of this new life that will make demands upon our time. All the same, there's endless potential.
The academics are, of course, a big component of any grad student's first year. I'll have several research projects to formulate as part of my classes, and I'm really looking forward to getting out in the field. This week we're planning to get muddy as we observe invasive snails in Elkhorn Slough. In addition, I'm also taking a course on scientific diving. Being affiliated with an institution such as Moss allows us to access sites like Hopkins that require some academic or research-oriented purpose. We're very fortunate in that regard, and I tend to think there's a certain complacency whereby we forget how lucky we are to have access to some of the best habitat in the world. If I don't ultimately use diving for my own thesis, I certainly hope I can at least make myself available to other students for help with their work. In that same vein, I'd like to use my time at MLML to get involved in the small boats program. It's yet another opportunity to make myself more well-rounded as a scientist.
Lastly, we're all settling into our new role as members of an active, high-functioning research laboratory. There's hierarchy to be dealt with, new social interactions, new protocols to learn, and a general sense of being thrown into the deep end. I feel fortunate, because thus far I've been welcomed warmly by the lab group who will become by extension my family of choice. Soon I'll be working in the lab, assisting with various grant-funded projects. I imagine I will rely on them consistently for guidance and support. It promises to be a busy few years.
So here's one take on all this madness. A little sentimental for a science blog, I know. But, I feel no qualms about admitting to being nervous, or excited, or optimistic, or overwhelmed. My hope is that in time, the stories of all of us will come to light. Each person brings to Moss something unique. Our many arrows of scattered directionality have aligned and straightened for a time in a single trajectory towards progress here at Moss Landing. When we leave, they will scatter yet again, in any and all directions. Allow me to introduce myself now, at the beginning of great things, and to say that the pleasure is mine.


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Wired, UK asked me to create a series of icons for a feature called "Year in Ideas." The story showcases five groundbreakling technologies in 2011. Very cool stuff. Very difficult to capture in an icon. But it was a great excersize and a lot of fun to work on.
Lab on a Postage Stamp
"Doctors could soon carry a whole lab in their pocket, thanks to intricate patterns engraved on plates of glass. The micrometer-wide channels allow scientists to control a single drop of blood or saliva, guiding it through a circuit of precursors, mixing chambers and reagents to aid diagnosis. The practice of controlling fluids at this tiny scale is known as microfluidics." writer, Frank Swain
The New Haptics
"There's not much touch in a touchscreen: you can feel your finger on the glass or plastic, but the more nuanced sensation of a physical button – such as edges and resistance – aren't there. Yet." writer, Tom Cheshire
Inner Texting
"Trillions of mobile phone text messages are sent each year by the use of letters of the alphabet that correspond to numbers on the keypad: the letters A, B or C are ghosted on top of the number 1 key, and so on. This mapping has become so pervasive that it is now imbedded in our unconscious and affects our understanding of numbers through unnoticed verbal associations." writer, Vaughan Bell
Genome Hacking
"For years, scientists have been able to alter one or two genes in an organism of choice. But Peter Carr and George Church can make sweeping simultaneous edits across an entire genome. It's biology's equivalent of Find and Replace All." writer, Ed Yong
Crowd Restoration
"As digital production becomes standard in Hollywood, many great films are being left to die in archives around the world. Mark Cousins, a film writer and documentary director, whose epic 15-hour Story of Film told the history of innovation in cinema, has come up with an idea to save them from obscurity." writer, Adam Dawtrey


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British singer/songwriter Florence Welch, who serves as lead vocalist of indie rock band Florence and the Machine, has teamed up with Mark Ronson and Emile Haynie for a new collaboration.
Ronson and Haynie have collectively co-written and produced "Locked Out of Heaven," "Gorilla" and "Young Girls" for Bruno Mars, taken from the artist's sophomore album, 2012's "Unorthodox Jukebox" (Atlantic Records).
Other notable production credits by Ronson include Lady GaGa's "Perfect Illusion," Adele's "Lay Me Down," Solange's "6 O'Clock Blues," Christina Aguilera's "Slow Down Baby," Estelle's "Magnificent," Sean Paul's "International Affair," Lily Allen's "Littlest Things," and Amy Winehouse's "Rehab."
In addition to previously collaborating with Welch on "Too Much is Never Enough," "I Will Be" and the Amanda Ghost-assisted "I Come Apart," Haynie's resume boasts further works with Lana Del Rey ("Blue Jeans"), Ed Sheeran ("Photograph"), Dua Lipa ("New Love"), Troye Sivan ("Talk Me Down"), FKA twigs ("Two Weeks") and Emeli Sande ("My Kind of Love").
Meanwhile, Florence & the Machine are reportedly working on their upcoming fourth album under Island Records (UK) and Republic Records (US).
The still-untitled collection serves as the follow-up to 2015's "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful," which topped both the US and UK Albums Chart and spawned singles including "Ship to Wreck" and "What Kind of Man."
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Setting a name for yourself in the fashion industry can be a bit of a hassle but in order for anybody to be successful is based on their content , consistentcy and what you bringing to the table and our girl Jie Zheng does just that . She gives us a view of her show – A One Woman Show , of how creative she is with outfits and the quality of her pictures via Instagram . Originally from Maryland but now residing in Virginia , this 18 year old has been making a name for herself and sets the tone as an influencer towards the fashion community frmany parts of the world and we wanted to learn more ! Let's say goodbye to Febraury and hello to March with Jie ! Read more below !
Dasia : When did you know that you had a love for fashion ?
Jie : I enjoyed fashion since I first started dressing myself. I just knew when I put on an outfit I felt good in it . It had to ability to change my attitude. I think almost anyone experiences that. Later, that evolved to fashion being a way to express myself. Since I am more introverted, my clothes were able to convey who I am, without saying much. Fashion created an identity for myself.
When dressing myself I put on what I feel confident in that day.
I am a first generation Chinese-American. In my vocational high school, I was enrolled in the nursing assistant program and later graduated with my CNA and GNA license. However, in college I returned to this passion after I chose to major in Art and Visual Technology over the Biology major my parents forced.
Dasia : Who inspires your style ?
Jie : All the people on social media inspire me daily. Which includes people I follow and my followers. Everyone is so creative online, so when I need something new I just scroll through my feed. Also, an inspiration person wise would be Rihanna. I've been a fan of her since the beginning and now I appreciate her style so much more. I admire her versatility and daringness. Her style reflects the mash up of street style and high fashion, that I want to create.
Dasia : How did you come to have so many supporters following you and your style ?
Jie : I began when I was a freshman in high school, I believe. I just saw other influencers on Instagram and picked up on their methods. I saw people responded to my fashion related posts, so I kept my posts consistent. Over the few years, I just grew my viewer base. It's constantly still a surprise when I think about how many people follow me.
Dasia : How would you describe your style ?
Jie : I would separate my style from the way I dress my self and the way I would style a shoot. When dressing myself I put on what I feel confident in that day. I may be in a bomber and sneakers one day and then a blouse and heels another. I tried to come up with a technique of if I have a more masculine look, then I'll wear dressier shoes, and if I am dressed up then I'll pair my look with sneakers.
On the other hand, when I'm styling it's always more extreme than I would wear daily. When creating a look for a look book or editorial, I aim for the clothes to convey a feeling or story to the viewer. You can still see the mix of street style and high fashion come through with my styling and design.
I just like to call myself a creator since I work in styling, designing, directing, photography, graphic design, etc.
Dasia : What are your favorite fashion pieces ?
Jie : I think shoes and jackets make the outfit so I can never get enough. My pieces with the most longevity would be a pair of black-heeled boots, a leather jacket, Adidas Stan Smiths, my black turtleneck, and a perfect pair of light washed distressed denim.
Dasia : Where are your favorite places to shop ?
Jie : I've never had the funds to be able to splurge so I love my Forever 21 and H&M. However, I need everything at Zara and Topshop. Also, I love finding online brands through my feeds.
Dasia : Would you consider yourself a fashion blogger ? If so , what made you become a blogger ?
Jie : I've never used the term fashion blogger to describe myself. I think of bloggers of those that have their blog or website platform and write to their viewers. My main outlet is Instagram, where I just have photo posts. I have thought about blogging but I am a visual person. I can put across my ideas better through an image than writing.
( Above : Preview of Jie's lookbook from her tumblr page . View at jie-zheng.tumblr.com
I just like to call myself a creator since I work in styling, designing, directing, photography, graphic design, etc. I think this applies for so many other influencers on social media today. I think it's amazing how all these influencers are picking up all these skills and building themselves.
Dasia : Have you worked with or are you currently working with brands ?
Jie : I've worked with online brands, which I really appreciate. I build a connection with the owners many of the time, and I am able to witness their growth, as well as be part of the process.
Dasia : What can your followers expect from you in 2016 ?
Jie : 2015 is when I decided to take the leap into putting all my cards into a career in fashion. Right from then, things have only started to go up. 2016 is the year I will establish my work and allow the public to understand what I do. I want to showcase my portfolio in styling, design, directing, and photography. I have already started working on my own designs, so I hope everyone will be able to see those pieces soon!
Well there you have it ! We can't wait to see the great content Jie has for usbin the future so make sure you stay tuned and follow her journey @zh_ng
Thoughts on her article ? Comment below !
Written by @dasiatheceo


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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Packers decided to stay within the Ron Wolf scouting tree for their next general manager, but it's not his son, Eliot. Instead, the more experienced Brian Gutekunst was promoted to replace Ted Thompson.
Gutekunst will receive a five-year contract, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Gutekunst was set to interview for the Texans' general manager vacancy Sunday. The Houston Chronicle first reported the news of the Packers' decision to hire Gutekunst as GM.
The 44-year-old had been the Packers' director of player personnel since 2016. He joined the Packers in 1998, when he was hired as an area scout by Wolf, the Hall of Fame general manager, and served in that role for 13 years. Previous to his last promotion, he was the director of college scouting from 2012 to '15.
Packers president Mark Murphy picked Gutekunst over the younger Wolf, 35, and another in-house candidate, Russ Ball (the team's vice president of football operations/player finance), and former Bills GM Doug Whaley.
Had the Packers hired Ball, they would have broken from the Wolf scouting tree by hiring a GM without a background in player personnel and talent evaluation. According to multiple sources, Ball had taken on a larger role in that area over the last two years as Thompson, 64, cut back on his duties in part because of his age and his health.
The Packers also contacted two of their former scouts who are current GMs -- John Schneider (Seattle) and Reggie McKenzie (Oakland). They were denied permission to interview Schneider, while McKenzie declined.
The Packers risked losing Gutekunst and Wolf if they hired Ball. It's still possible Wolf will leave the organization. They also already lost senior personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith to the Browns last week, and it's possible Wolf would join him to work under former Packers personnel executive John Dorsey.
The Packers would like to retain Ball in a high-level position.
While there could be turnover in the scouting department, this should stabilize the coaching situation. According to a source, coach Mike McCarthy is comfortable working with Gutekunst. McCarthy is under contract through the 2019 season after he signed a one-year extension late this season.


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Essential Leadership Training Statements for Summer Camp
Here you'll find a list of the 12 sentences that should come from your lips during training and why these words are so powerful.
- Your time is valuable and I am going to respect that.
- Marketing for next year begins opening day of camp this year.
- This is not last summer.
- What are your expectations for me/admin staff/leadership team?
- This is our "boysenberry".
- Let me make this perfectly clear.
- I am here to support you.
- You will make "ripples".
- This training is for you so use it.
- What do you want to offer camp this summer?
Listen to the episode for the 2 bonus statements and complete details.


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Ellae Lisque By Maxi J Offers A Sexy Curve Collection
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A posy in white
Or rather, ecru. I decided to remake the posy and get it right this time. It's the Mary Konior pattern of just rings, and the thread is size 100, so it's quite small:
While I was finishing this off, some HDT I'd ordered arrived from Yarnplayer– and it's gorgeous. I was torn between wanting to drop everything and use it immediately – and thinking it's too nice to use incase I mess it up!
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This is my second favorite pattern. Actually between the 2 sometimes I can't decide.


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Stress Testing Example 1
If an air traffic control system is supposed to keep track of up to 200 planes in its sector, you could stress-test it by simulating the existence of 200 planes. Since there is nothing to physically keep a 201st plane from entering the sector, a further stress test would explore the system's reaction to this unexpected plane. An additional stress test might simulate the simultaneous entry of a large number of planes into the sector.
Stress Testing Example 2
Stress testing executes a system in a manner that demands resources in abnormal quantity, frequency, or volume. For example, (1) special tests may be designed that generate ten interrupts per second, when one or two is the average rate, (2) input data rates may be increased by an order of magnitude to determine how input functions will respond, (3) test cases that require maximum memory or other resources are executed, (4) test cases that may cause thrashing in a virtual operating system are designed, (5) test cases that may cause excessive hunting for disk-resident data are created. Essentially, the tester attempts to break the program.
Software Engineering(Pressman)
The Art of Software Testing by Glenford J. Myers
Also See:
Load Testing Tools
Difference between Load & Stress Testing
Excellent Performance Testing Articles
What is Load Testing
What is Performance Testing
What is Stress Testing


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Why Surreal ?
MIPIM is a place where the visual competition is fierce. Everyone is trying to grab the attention of visitors with inspiring images, special effects or enormous screens. In order to compete with all this visual attention we needed a strong visual concept which stands out from what you typically see in Cannes.
Reflecting on typical Belgian visual styles we decided that giving a sleek, modern and urban interpretation to the art of surrealism would be the winning combination.
We believe that "surrealestate" symbolises a creative message to the world about the 3 Belgian regions, dozens of cities and even more public and private stakeholders from Belgium. Working closely together generates a new dynamic for our real estate market.
Thank you and enjoy surreal estate!


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Research programmes in grapevine and wine biotechnology
The IWBT is the only research institute in the country that is focused primarily on studying the biology of grapevine and wine microorganisms, and cooperates very closely with the wine and table grape industries of South Africa.
Approach to research
The research philosophy of the IWBT is the result of strategic decisions on how best to respond to five challenges:
Research portfolio
The IWBT's research theme is the understanding of the biology of wine-associated organisms, including the ecology, physiology, molecular and cellular biology of grapevine, wine yeast and wine bacteria to promote the sustainable, environmentally friendly and cost-effective production of quality grapes and wine. The Institute continually integrates the latest technologies in the biological, chemical, molecular and data analytical sciences to achieve these aims.
The specific research portfolio consists of three programmes (see Fig. 1). The first focuses on a better understanding and exploitation of wine associated microbial biodiversity, and the physiological, cellular and molecular characterisation of Saccharomyces and non-Sacharomyces yeasts, as well as the genetic improvement of wine yeast strains. A second programme is concerned with lactic acid and other bacteria, including their impact on wine, metabolic characterisation and improvement of malolactic fermentation. The third programme focuses on the physiology, cellular and molecular biology and genetic improvement of grape cultivars. These programmes are planned and executed in an integrated manner, combining research groups from the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, the Department of Food Science, the Department of Viticulture and Oenology and the Institute for Wine Biotechnology under the scientific theme of Metabolomics and Metrics of vine, wine and wine organisms. The focus of the research will be to provide a fully integrated and controlled research chain starting with characterised model vineyards and ending with a comprehensive chemical, sensory and quality assessment of the final product. Each of these partners offers specific postgraduate opportunities
Grapevine molecular biology and biotechnology
Dr John Moore
Prof Melané Vivier
Dr Philip Young
Wine biotechnology
Prof Florian Bauer
Dr Benoit Divol
Prof Maret du Toit
Dr Evodia Setati
Computational Biology and Biomathematics
Dr Dan Jacobson
Analytical chemistry
Dr Helénè Nieuwoudt
The IWBT's research is conducted in collaboration with local research institutions, as well as several international laboratories.
Scientific articles 2013
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In a way, there's nothing sadder than obsolescence, a thing no longer useful left to fall into misuse and disrepair -- and there's maybe no better example of that than the pay phone. That's why, for the past couple of weeks, we've been highlighting one Sad Payphone of the Week, and also why today we're bringing you a nostalgic look back on the payphone's heyday.
This list is based on famous movie moments involving a pay phones that stand out above all the other "ordinary" pay phone scenes.
10. Tie: Get Smart and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Both of these movies use a phone booth as an elevator to travel underground. In Get Smart, Maxwell Smart uses the telephone booth to get to HQ. In Harry Potter, Harry and Mr. Weasley use a London pay phone to access the Ministry of Magic.
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9. Dirty Harry Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is a San Francisco Police Department inspector who fights his way across town to try to prevent the murder of a young girl who is being held for ransom. He receives clues from a serial killer that lead him from pay phone to pay phone. 8. Jumpin' Jack Flash In this spy comedy, there is a funny scene where Whoopi Goldberg answers a pay phone and ends up getting dragged through New York by a tow truck while still inside pleading for help. 7. Goodfellas There is a great scene where Jimmy (Robert De Niro) hears the news that his partner in crime, Tommy (Joe Pesci), was murdered. When he hears the news over the pay phone, he proceeds to knock the phone booth over out of anger for his friend. 6. Die Hard With a Vengeance In the third film in the Die Hard series, John McClane (Bruce Willis) and Zeus Carber (Samuel L. Jackson) must race around New York City from one pay phone to the next, trying to sabotage a terrorist's bomb plot. The bomber calls them on pay phones all over the city, giving them clues as to where each explosion will be. 5. Dumb and Dumber There is a classic scene in this movie where Joe "Mental" Mentaliano (Mike Star) loses his patience and punches through the glass of a phone booth to strike the annoying guy on the other side. 4. Anchorman Upset due to seeing his dog Baxter punted off of a bridge, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) uses a phone booth to call his fellow reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd). Since Brian cannot understand what Ron is babbling about because of his hysteria, he asks him where he is, to which Ron exclaims, "I'm in a glass case of emotion!" 3. The Matrix As she's being chased by an agent driving a construction truck, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) calls "the real world" from a phone booth which transports her there from the Matrix. The truck drives full speed into the phone booth as she departs in the nick of time. 2. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) travel by way of a teleporting phone booth to collect historical figures to pass their history exam. 1. Phone Booth The obvious number one for a phone booth film, seeing as the entire movie takes place around one. Publicist Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is trapped in a phone booth for fear of his life. On the other end of the line is a caller (Kiefer Sutherland) who says he is a sniper pointing a gun at Stu and will shoot if the call is ended. The film, which was written by Larry Cohen, was originally pitched to Alfred Hitchcock in the 1960s, but wasn't made into a film until 2002.


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A Meditative Moment/
When we take time to listen
to what's going on inside
to sit with what is
and to feel what is simple, beautiful, and whole
we are reminded of our own humanity.
Even for all its complication,
and its difficulty,
life can be simple.
We can connect.
You and I, we are both capable
of love, of compassion, of patience.
As I sit, I notice
the quality of the air around me.
The sound of the wind moving through the trees.
The feeling of immensity that the colors
of the far off sky
awaken in me.
The way the earth is alive,
and in me I carry that same energy.
The sound of the birds,
my connection to them,
The way I have done nothing, yet I am connected.
I am awake.
Through sitting,
noticing what's happening now,
I am offered the opportunity to go inward.
To be within
my inner world.
And then,
I find a smile,
knowing that all is well.
When today's meditative moment
reaches you,
take a pause.
Take it all in,
what is waiting,
what is here and around every corner.
a moment of peace.


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Just a quick update to let you know that I've entered NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. I made a video at my medium-sized desk of one of my newer songs called "Where The War Is." Here's a link to the NPR page that features my song. I hope you like it! Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Happy Birthday, Dad!
When I was a kid we would always go to the antique show at the fairgrounds every month. I was always looking for new Monkees things that I didn't have, whether it be records, trading cards, or anything really. I was pretty young when my Dad bought me my first music book at this antique show. It was for The Monkees' third LP, Headquarters. I definitely didn't realize how important this book would be to me in my life at the time, I thought it was just another awesome Monkees thing to collect. I never had any music lessons but this exact Headquarters music book was what I used to teach myself how to play guitar and how to read music. For some reason, the songs on the album are out of order in the book. The first one is my Dad's favorite Monkees song, "Shades Of Gray." I never did become a very accomplished piano player but this song is just about the fanciest thing I can (kinda) play.
I'd like to thank you for getting me that first music book. And for everything before and after that of course. I don't know where I'd be without your constant support and encouragement for all of these years. I hope you have a great birthday, Dad! I love you!
Time Enough! New album update, September 2018
Hey! Remember back in January when I posted this video?
Spring 2018, huh? Sorry about that. Quite a few things have held me up as far as completing the album. But it's all for the best! I have written some new songs this year and I'm really excited to share them with everyone. It's always good to have too many songs for an album, now I get to pick the best of the best. I've been working extra hard lately on finishing up all of the vocal arrangements for the songs.This is the first time I've ever notated my own wordsongs, believe it or not. It has been such a valuable tool for me with arranging my own vocal parts. I'm no stranger to standard notation, it's just not something I've ever considered using for my own arrangements, however odd that may sound. I'm sure that a big part of that was my ego, thinking that I needed to do things my way instead of the proper way. Since I have my songs transcribed and notated now, I'm also preparing sheet music to release with the album as well. The way I started learning how to read and play music when I was a child was because I had a copy of the sheet music for the album Headquarters by The Monkees. Since I am a music educator now, why not create something that someone else can learn from with my new album too?
As I start to tidy up things for the new album, I'll post more updates about it here. I have a nice track list of 13 songs and I can say for certain that I've never written better songs than these 13 in my entire life. I've never been more proud, nor more eager, to share my own songs with everyone. In fact, I'm so eager that I'd like to share one that still only has a vocal from my demo recording on it. I have plans to record the vocals properly in the coming days. But here's what I have so far of one of the new songs from Time Enough, a track called Never Let Go. I hope you like it!
Jazz ensemble arrangements!
I just posted a couple classic pop tunes from the 1960s that I arranged for a middle school or high school jazz ensemble. Head over to my Arrangements page to hear previews for Daydream Believer by The Monkees and Yellow Submarine by The Beatles. As always, any edits, additions, or substitutions are always welcome. And any requests you may have, I'm always ready for something new!
A truly outrageous bassoon trio!
I recently had the pleasure of learning how to arrange music for a bassoon trio. That's not something I ever really thought I'd say! My good friend Maia Hamann teaches bassoon at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN. She formed a trio with two of her students and wanted to play an open mic night at a local coffeeshop with them. I had just arranged a quick piece from the Jem & The Holograms theme song for one of her other groups, the Twin Cities Trio. I went ahead and rearranged that for three bassoons. I asked if Maia or her students had any suggestions for other songs. I arranged a few more pieces that they suggested as well as rearranging my first Twin Cities Trio piece, Super Mario Bros. Suite. I then got the opportunity to sit in on a rehearsal with them so I could get their feedback and change whatever they wanted. After all, they're the ones delivering this music to the audience, not me. They should get as much input about what's in the arrangement as anybody. From start to finish, it was really a rewarding experience for me. I think they had fun performing at the coffee shop too.
Here's the playlist with the full set by The Local Bocals from their only performance, July 13, 2018. Have a listen and enjoy! What would you like me to arrange for your bassoon trio?
A birthday gift for my mom
One of my earliest musical memories is hearing my mom listen to Carole King's "Tapestry" on 8-track. She had it on almost everyday it seems like. I loved hearing that album. I knew that she had written some of my favorite Monkees songs too, so I've always had a soft spot for her music. Tapestry wasn't just background noise, it was a soundtrack for my mom. I know it still is because she just recently asked me about it since she temporarily couldn't find her copy of the CD (I don't think she has an 8-track player anymore).
From The Monkees to The Gilmore Girls, every time I hear anything by Carole I think of my mom. And I also hear a lot of her influence in my own music. I feel like I learned a great deal about how to craft a good melody, how to make things sound beautiful and sensitive when needed, and also how to appreciate the beauty in other music more. And because of those skills that I feel like I have as a songwriter, that has helped shape my personality and is a big part of who I am today. It's one thing to be inspired by the music itself but it's a completely different thing, on a completely different level, when you can get inspired by someone else's love of music.
Mom, for your birthday this year I wanted to record a version of the title track as a thank you. It's the only thing I could think of to get you this year that you didn't already have. I hope you like it. And I hope you know that I couldn't ever have asked for a better mother. I hope this is your best birthday yet. I love you!
(I know it's not a copy of Tapestry, but it's still a nice picture ok?)
This is not my new album!
This is not my new album! While taking a break from my new album to give my ears a rest, I found a handful of covers I've done over the years. The oldest recording is probably about 10 years old and the newest is from this past November, 2017. In one case, I believe this cover is actually the first available version of the song (so it is still a cover?) Some tracks are full productions with tons of guitars and keyboards and whatnot, some are just acoustic guitar and voice. One doesn't even have any real instruments. One track features a musician other than me for the first time on one of my albums. And one isn't even in English. All of this for the low cost of free. Refunds will be given on your way out if you don't have a good time.
While we wait for my new album
A sample of something else. Coming February 1st…
Happy New Year!
Happy new year, everybody! I have some good news to share! I've been working like crazy lately on my new album. It will be ready this coming spring. It is easily the best album I've ever done, and I'm only about half way completed. I've never been more proud of a musical project, or of myself. It's been a while since I've done this, so I'm making sure I take my time and make this as good as I can make it.
Also, my birthday is this month. I really don't like gifts. So instead, I've made my previous album, "Songs For The Moon" from 2010, available for free on Bandcamp. Just visit my Bandcamp page by clicking here and press "buy now". Name your price as zero and continue to the download page. You'll get a link in your email to download the album. If you want the quickest and easiest option, just select one of the mp3 options (Bandcamp allows audio nerds to specify which file type they want the audio in… are there any Ogg Vorbis hipsters still around?)
Please share this with your friends, both the new album trailer and my free album link.
I greatly appreciate all of the support over the years, near and far. Here's to a happy, healthy, and peaceful 2018 for all of us! Cheers! Kippis!


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The local authority has set an April 25 ultimatum for the Chong people to dismantle their community headquarters in the district they are not officially recognized as an indigenous group.
Record producer, Ian Brennan, and his wife Marilena Delli, a photographer and documentary filmmaker, are on a quest for the unknown and unfamiliar.
Oscars confronted post-Harvey Weinstein era and sought to pivot to a vision of a more inclusive movie business
In Los Angeles, home to one of the largest Asian populations in the US, festivals are held over several weekends.
When you think about fine wine, what countries come to mind? France? Italy? What about China? Well, by 2020, China could become the world's second-largest wine consumer, behind the United States. VOA Khmer's Hong Chenda narrates.
More than 15,000 Montagnards live in North Carolina.
Newly discovered structures include raised highways, urban centers with sidewalks, homes, terraces, agricultural fields, irrigation canals.
Photos of the ceremony have been widely shared on Facebook, drawing criticism that the gesture was "disrespectful and an insult" to the people who are still alive.
Some made us dance and filled our hearts with music, others made us dream with movies. VOA reports on some of the famous faces we lost in the U.S. and elsewhere in 2017. VOA Khmer's Sreng Leakhena narrates.
John Burgess most recent, "The Stairway Guide's Daughter," is a work of fiction set in the 12th century at the clifftop temple of Preah Vihear, famous for its 2,400-step stairway.
The final new years celebrations got underway in the Americas, with revelers in New York City braving frigid temperatures.
Proposed taxes on filmmakers reflect broader push to transition from dysfunctional system of negotiated tax to more sustainable government revenue base.
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