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Moody's Warns on Debt Rating Ahead of Fiscal Cliff
Moody's warned that Congressional budget negotiations ahead of the looming "fiscal cliff" will likely determine the future its triple-A rating on U.S. government debt. Steven Russolillo reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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HEC Paris builds ethically responsible companies to boost economic change and social good
Innovative inclusive businesses, as opposed to governments, NGOs or philanthropists, are best placed to provide solutions to the massive global challenges – social and economic – faced by the 21st Century. Albeit partnering successfully with these other important actors is critical.
To operate as effective social entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs, leaders need both to understand the ecosystem of an inclusive business so they can create alliances inside and outside of their organization, and to understand how to align social and environmental issues with their corporate strategy.
The HEC Paris Executive Education program, 'Inclusive Business and Value Creation', addresses this need and offers essential support. The program delivered in South Africa and France is endorsed by the Chair in Social Business, Enterprise and Poverty which is run in partnership with Danone, Schneider Electric, and Renault.
"By simply capitalizing on core strengths and knowledge, companies and entrepreneurs can engage in an emerging business model that will enable them to create - and demonstrate - real, sustainable social impact in society." Professor Mohammed Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Co-president of the HEC Paris Social Business/Enterprise and Poverty Chair
Two takeaways from this program are: first an appreciation of how organizations can develop innovative business models that make goods and services more affordable for people at the 'base of the pyramid'; and secondly an understanding of the key success factors and obstacles to effectively implementing inclusive business projects.
The program enables social entrepreneurs, senior managers and executives of large private organizations to gain a unique interdisciplinary perspective of how to best align social values with their own corporate strategies, to conduct ethical business overseas, and create social and sustainable change. It explains the role international aid agencies, governments, impact investors and NGOs, can play in encouraging sustainable economic development, and learn how they can best collaborate with these actors to create a larger impact.
The programme is run by Frédéric Dalsace, HEC Paris Associate Professor of Marketing and Dr Sabrina Djefal, Executive coach in Leadership, with support from Ashoka, the first global network of leading social entrepreneurs and Hystra, a consultancy specialized in inclusive businesses.
The program is designed for participants who have typically 15 or more years of management experience and are part of the team determining the strategic direction of their company. After completion of the program, participants become part of a pioneering global network of 'change-makers' which connects global businesses with leading social entrepreneurs, and provides access to project tutoring.
These are the topics covered:
Shared value creation models, innovation in business models, marketing and distribution strategies for the Base of the Pyramid, scaling-up inclusive business.
Key players for inclusive business, social entrepreneurship insights for inclusive business, financing models for inclusive business.
Managing change and fostering intrapreneurial skills, aligning your organization behind your goals, crafting strong coalitions for change.
'Inclusive Business and Value Creation' is run in South Africa from 22 May 2017 and in France from 3 October 2017.

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Kelly is often considered the glue that holds the office together. With CGC since 2006, she has worked with nearly every client and employee during her time with the company.
Kelly's attention to detail and desire to meet clients' needs have been instrumental in creating an excellent level of service at CGC. As a lead client service specialist and team lead for Glen, it is her goal to ensure that clients feel supported by a team of professionals. In addition to interfacing with Glen's broad client base, she is often the main point of contact for rollovers and distributions, and as a Series 6 licensed professional, she assists clients with money movement within their accounts.
When not at work, Kelly enjoys trying new recipes and restaurants, visiting with family as often as possible, and making memories with her husband Alex and their two children, Clara and Avery.
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How can I put this in a politically sensitive way, so that I don't offend anyone's patriotic zeal? How's this – Australian butter is crap. Honestly, it is. In fact, the only thing worse than our crap, bland, brainless butter is the crappier, lobotomy-white, lazy-ass-whipped, flavourless butter that they serve in US supermarkets. If you love your butter, you're probably buying French or Danish – I keep Lurpak on steady rotation in my fridge, only using the Australian butter for menial tasks, like making clarified butter.
But I'm not here simply to rant (not that there's anything wrong with that) – I've actually got good news. I was at Brasserie Bread's Banksmeadow headquarters to meet with social media mavens and food hounds, Tony Hollingsworth and Lorri Loca, when Tony introduced me to the Pepe Saya butter that they're now stocking here. I tried a taste on a piece of cracking sourdough bread, and it send my brain a-tingling.
I have no friggin' idea who Pepe Saya is, but Senior Pepe churns a mean 'handcrafted' cultured butter. We're talking rich and satiny, with a wide taste spectrum that tilts ever slightly towards sour – not so much that it'd put you off, but rather a subtle tongue play that makes you think, 'More, please'.
A little read-up on the Pepe Saya website, and I learn that this kind of cultured butter separates the cream from the pasteurised Aussie cow's milk. Then a lactic culture is 'inoculated' into the cream, which ferments its and brings our the sourness. Think of only the mildest hint of Jarlsburg. "The fermentation process produces additional aroma compounds," the site says, adding that it "makes for a full-flavoured and more 'buttery' tasting product." Hell, I'm no butter-making guru, but this kneaded butter is the bees knees. I also discovered that Pepe Saya's butter scored the gold and overall 'Champions' gongs at the recent 2010 Melbourne Fine Food Show, so I'm not the only one gong mental over Pepe's lactic fabulousness.
It cost about $8.50 for me to walk away with a 225g round of the salted stuff (an unsalted version is also available), which is certainly more expensive that your normal 500g cheapo block, but way more satisfying. I'd rather butter my toast with a 20-cent lashing of the good stuff, rather than devour a 10-cent shmear of mediocrity.
So now that I've found my first example of decent Aussie butter, I'm wondering, are there any others out there? I recently overheard some food folks gossiping about some killer Jersey butter that's going around, and then Googled a lightly salted Jersey butter from NSW's Over the Moon Dairy in Glen William, from the Upper Hunter. It's spruiked at Harris Farms and a bunch of area farmers' markets, so I'll keep my eyes peeled. Has anyone tried it, or found another notable Aussie butter? Feel free to post any suggestions, and together we can 'spread' the love.
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IntelliJIDEA: A Feature I Like to See
Saliya Ekanayake 2:33 AM intellij , java 2 commentsRecently I was doing some tiresome debugging with Java using IntelliJIDEA. It was then that I thought that there is a great improvement we can do. This is totally my imagination, so I am not sure on any implementations in the Internet (yet).
The IDEA enables you to put debug points. These debug points may serve in creating a virtual path to traverse through the code. Thus, you are able to quickly jump to the next important point of code by just hitting F9. All this works really well for your debugging scenario. Now, what if you want to debug a different scenario, yet do not want to remove the older debug points? Then you have no option other than to add any new break points for the new scenario along with the older break points. This works okay, but makes the life bit hard since F9 will jump to points which are useless for the new scenario.
So what I suggest is to have a mechanism to define break points separately for each debugging scenario. So when you place a break point you can give it a scenario ID and inform the debugger to follow the break points for the relevant ID. It will be like layers that you find in Adobe Photoshop. You can on/off layers. Similarly we can deactivate a set of debug points based on their ID.
I wonder what JetBrains would think about this :)
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Health organizations 'struggling' to find talent
Hiring on the uptick, but high-qualified candidates hard to come by
The Department of Labor estimates a 30 percent increase in healthcare hiring between now and 2014 – totaling as many as 4.7 million new jobs. As part of that, the department predicted the need for some 50,000 workers in health IT to meet the demands of meaningful use, ICD-10 and more.
That's great news for top-notch job seekers. But it's bad news for cash-strapped hospitals. Because, as a recent PwC Health Research Institute report put it, those skilled technology professionals are akin to "needles in a haystack."
The competition is pitched to land those employees – and those who are hired are commanding big salaries.
The area of clinical application support is in especially high demand.
"It's more competitive than any other market right now," says John Hoyt, executive vice president of HIMSS Analytics. "Because there are placement firms who are body shops, and they are offering bonuses – sign-on bonuses – something hospitals rarely do. And so hospitals are losing their people to these body shops because they can go get a sign-on bonus and travel for a few years. It's a really, really competitive market. Clinicians and IT combined into one person is a valuable person."
The fact that clinical application support and clinical informatics are in such high-demand points to how far health IT has come.
"About 14 years ago, it was a highly competitive market for server management and security," says Hoyt. "We've matured in that space, and it's now a real battle for clinicians."
Sixty-one percent of providers say they expect to increase the size of their IT staff in the coming year, according to the 2012 HIMSS Leadership Survey, published in February. But as these organizations desperately cast about to find the right experts for implementations, their prospects are often further narrowed by their own vendors.
"They're struggling," says Hoyt. "They're struggling to find the people. And there's somewhat of a constraint: Some vendors will say, 'You cannot have somebody install my software that I have not certified as a certified installer on my system.' The vendor becomes a bottleneck."
Thousands of college graduates walked timidly into one of the worst job markets in recent memory this past May. Ostensibly, health IT would be one of the first sectors many of them would turn to. But not everyone is hiring people right out of school.
"Some of the placement firms will not take a fresh grad," say Hoyt. "But I know vendors will take kids out of college. And they'll train them. They'll train 'em and train 'em and train 'em. And if the kid says to the vendor three magic words – 'I can travel' – and they've got a good GPA and they look presentable, they can train them and put them on the road."
Another problem, however, is that most young technology grads just aren't aware of the opportunities in health IT.
"I think when they think healthcare, they think hospitals," says Hoyt.
"That's exactly right," adds JoAnn Klinedinst, vice president, professional development, at HIMSS. "And that's a big problem."
Hoyt's suggestion? "The vendors need to get on college campuses."
Clearly the past couple years have been banner years for health IT jobs. The HITECH Act, of course, is the big reason why.
"Hospitals are being incentivized to deploy healthcare IT, and they're doing it for several reasons," says Hoyt.
"One, it's the right thing to do. Two, there is some money attached. Three, if they don't do it, there's a disincentive. All three of those are congealing to drive the market."
But what about after meaningful use is all said and done? Will there be a leveling off? Or even a burst bubble?
Hoyt doesn't think so. "There's something coming behind this, called bundled payments and payment reform that'll mean deja vu all over again," he says.
"The other thing is that you need to sustain these systems that need to be implemented," says Klinedinst. "Whenever you hear me talk about meaningful use, you'll hear me talk about achieving – and sustaining – the meaningful use of health IT, because once these organizations put their systems in, guess what? That's where it starts. That's not the end, that's where it starts."
Going forward, Hoyt expects to see more of the same – at least in the near term. "I think you will see in the future more of the clinical informaticists who are analysts of clinical and business intelligence. Because once we get all this stuff live, and we have piles and piles of digital data, how are we analyzing it to improve quality, safety and access?"
One thing's for sure: It's going to remain a challenge to staff IT teams.
"I think it will be for a few years," says Hoyt.


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Save Water - Vehicles & Surfaces
- Clean your driveway or sidewalk with a broom, not a hose.
- Wash your car at a commercial car wash that recycles water. This saves hundreds of gallons of water when compared to washing your car at home. Remember that starting with Stage 1 Restrictions, vehicles may only be washed at a commercial car wash, not at home.
- If you wash your car at home during Conservation Stage, park on the grass and use a hose with an automatic shut-off nozzle.
- Consider using a waterless cleaning product to wash your car.


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iPad Tablet holder
Dual clamps are maintenance free and can be left as long as you want once is
setup. The setup and put away is very simple.
1. The versatile T-clamp.
When compared with other clamps, it has following advantages:
a) It is safer. It applies pressue on both edges on the front of the tablet, making the tablet
secure in all directions. That is why the tablet won't slip out the
T-clamp even on bumpy road.
b) This T-clamp can hold most of naked tablets or tablets with cases. For
example, it can hold naked iPads or iPads with a Otterbox.
c) Very easy to put on or take off tablets from it and need no tools.
It has to threaded heads which are compatible with the rest of Holder King
parts. The two heads make it possible to clamp not only on a horizontal
board but also on a vertical board, i.e. boards of a drawer. When the
night stand top cannot be clamped on, you will still be able to to champ on its
drawer. The base clamp is fully paded to protect the surface of
3. Four stage telescopic arm – all aluminum metal.
Each stage of tube is made from a single piece of aluminum tube, including the thread part. All locks are made from aluminum, too. You only need make 1/4 turn of the lock to lock or unlock.
The advantages over other arm types:
a) Long reach. No arms can reach 3 feet long in the market. It ebables
people to interact with tablets while lie back.
b) Steady and flexible combined. Its length and height can be adjusted while the iPad is loaded. It can also turn around the base 360 degree. It never sags no matter what kind of iPad is loaded.
c) Since it can retract to one foot long, it is hard to be noticed. The all black color design easily blends itself into background. Esthetically, no iPad holder can compete with it.
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Top 5 Ecological Threats in a Synopsis
All five threats are interdependent.
Top 5 action list and strategy to combat environmental threats
- Education & Awareness
- Climate agreement and creating an effective global governing body, "International Climate Control Fund", for pricing C02 and other green house gas emissions (convergence for measurement system)
- Extensive humanitarian aid programmes
- Global strategy for environmental protection (new global governing body)
- Investments and incentive programmes to support green tech, ecological solutions, and sustainable positive development
Many of the above actions are already supported by excellent programmes, various UN bodies, and many more organisations. A more co-ordinated multilateral approach and effort by governments is crucial. As an enabling catalyst, the World Ecological Forum aims to support, participate, and lead future action logs to facilitate the implementation of the above strategy
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Many fitness walkers do not like the feeling of exerting them selves... however, the best health benefits come from moderate intensity workout rather than an easy workout. Nordic Walking raises the heart rate into the MODERATE INTENSITY ZONE without the person feeling like he/she is working any harder. It might not feel like that, but it's very true!
Nordic Walking is...
Ø Nordic Walking with proper technique is 46% more effective than normal walking (Cooper Institute study in Dallas 2002).
Ø Nordic Walking is a good cardio workout. It increases heart rate and oxygen consumption and calorie expenditure without increasing your preventive rate of exertion. It consumes about 400 calories per hour and normal walking 280 calories per hour.
Ø Nordic Walking is really a total body workout because it involves 90% of all muscles.
Ø Proper arm motion can relieve neck and shoulder tension while toning upper body muscles
Ø Rotating your torso while walking improves your posture, poles keep chest more open while keeping shoulders in correct position.
Ø Nordic Walking is associated with increased rotation of the spine more than normal walking. Motion on the back feeds your spine because it increases blood circulation.
Ø Nordic Walking can reduce back pain and improve spinal mobility as well as improve your posture.
Ø Nordic Walking poles provide additional stability and balance for your joint. It helps reduce stress in knees and other joints.
Ø Nordic Walking assists in bearing your body weight
Ø Nordic Walking is safe and effective way to lose weight.
Ø Nordic Walking saves your joints by bearing your weight, it does not aggravate knees like running do.
Ø Nordic Walking burns more calories than walking without feeling that you are exercising any harder.
Ø Nordic Walking exertion is in the fat-burning zone.
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Fitness Programs, Motivational Tips, and Humour to help you improve and maintain your FITNESS well into your EIGHTIES. Fitness for seniors, elder folks, older people, and those of us who are aging and growing older. The key is starting a program and making it a priority in your life!!! Personal programs for Individuals or Groups in the Collingwood, Ontario Area!
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Three Good Exercises to Shape Up for Spring
America's rapidly expanding waistline has become a huge concern in the past decade. Today, eight out of ten adults are overweight and some 40 million people are considered obese. It's not hard to see why: We eat foods that contain tightly-packed calories in smaller packaged and don't engage in enough physical activity. Here are 3 unique and easy exercises that will get you in shape this spring!
You have to move to lose weight
The number one cause of being overweight is inactivity. The human body is designed for physical activity. Our ancestors were hunter-gatherers who spent most of their lives on the move; their metabolic functions matched their physical lifestyle. Nowadays, we live in opposition to our nature. The reason most diets fail is because our bodies are not designed to subsist on meager foods. We are designed to consume a good amount of energy -- and then to burn that energy. Physical activity is the key to a healthy metabolism.
Exercise 1: Swimming Dragon speeds up your metabolism
This simple qigong exercise can help speed up your metabolism and reduce your appetite. Not unlike a belly dance, Swimming Dragon is a wriggling rhythmic dance of the torso, which burns energy and promotes fat burning in the abdomen.
You have to move to lose weight
The number one cause of being overweight is inactivity. The human body is designed for physical activity. Our ancestors were hunter-gatherers who spent most of their lives on the move; their metabolic functions matched their physical lifestyle. Nowadays, we live in opposition to our nature. The reason most diets fail is because our bodies are not designed to subsist on meager foods. We are designed to consume a good amount of energy -- and then to burn that energy. Physical activity is the key to a healthy metabolism.
Exercise 1: Swimming Dragon speeds up your metabolism
This simple qigong exercise can help speed up your metabolism and reduce your appetite. Not unlike a belly dance, Swimming Dragon is a wriggling rhythmic dance of the torso, which burns energy and promotes fat burning in the abdomen.
1. In a comfortable, quiet place stand with your feet together and ankles touching, or as close together as you can get them. Bring hands over your head, with palms together and fingers pointing up. Keep your palms together during this entire exercise.
2. Inhaling, push your waist out to the right side while keeping your head and upper torso straight. Simultaneously move your right elbow to the right, so that it rests at shoulder height.
3. Exhaling, push your waist out to the left side while keeping your head and upper torso straight. Simultaneously move your left elbow fully to the left at shoulder height.
4. Repeat this movement several times. Every time you move your waist to the right, bend your knees slightly more, lowering your entire body as you squat. Be sure to keep your upper torso and head straight.
5. With each right movement, move your hands lower, keeping your palms together and fingers pointing up. When your arms reach your chest, turn your fingers toward the ground and continue the movement.
6. When your arms reach your knees, you should be squatting.
7. Continue the movements, now rising with each right movement until you reach the standing position. When your arms reach your chest, switch the direction of your fingers so that they're pointing up again.
Throughout this exercise, your hands should produce an S-shaped movement and your body should do a rhythmic belly dance. Remember to inhale on the rightward movement and exhale to the left. Only do this exercise on an empty stomach. Begin slowly and increase speed, warming up the whole body, but not to the point of perspiration.
Exercise 2: Arm Swing
Energy exercises like tai chi and Eight Treasures Qigong have been found to improve cardiovascular health. Here is the Arm Swing, a warm-up movement to tai chi that will invigorate your daily workout.
Exercise 2: Arm Swing
Energy exercises like tai chi and Eight Treasures Qigong have been found to improve cardiovascular health. Here is the Arm Swing, a warm-up movement to tai chi that will invigorate your daily workout.
1. Start with your feet should-width apart. Freely swing your arms from front to back until you reach a point of natural resistance. Now let your arms swing to the front again.
2. After a couple of minutes of arm swinging, increase the work out by bending your knees and lifting your heels as your arms swing back and forth.
3. Increase your work out further by jumping off the ground as your arms swing back as though the momentum of your arms carries your body upward. Jump progressively higher each time. Swing your arms for 15 minutes. Gradually slow down and stop. Perform this exercise twice each day.
Exercise 3: Merry-Go-Around
With a daily practice of Qi Gong exercises like the Eight Treasures you can strengthen your hormonal system, help balance your blood sugar levels, and maintain your proper weight. Below I describe a simple walking exercise called "Merry-Go-Around".
Exercise 3: Merry-Go-Around
With a daily practice of Qi Gong exercises like the Eight Treasures you can strengthen your hormonal system, help balance your blood sugar levels, and maintain your proper weight. Below I describe a simple walking exercise called "Merry-Go-Around".
1. In a quiet outdoor setting find a thick-trunked tree (10 - 12" diameter) with at least 5 feet of clear space around the trunk in all directions. Perform the following walking exercise for 15 minutes.
2. Walk with a relaxed but steady gait, with hands raised to your trunk. With each completed circle change the position of your arms by slightly raising or lowering your hands in front or on the sides of your trunk.
3. For the first half of the exercise walk clockwise around the tree. For the second half, walk counterclockwise.
Do the Merry-Go-Around twice each day.
How often should you exercise? It is best for all-around health to exercise 4 or more times per week, for 30 minutes each time. Even a brisk walk around your neighborhood, or the merry-go-round circle walking described above can have a wonderful effect on your energy metabolism and help you get back into shape.
How often should you exercise? It is best for all-around health to exercise 4 or more times per week, for 30 minutes each time. Even a brisk walk around your neighborhood, or the merry-go-round circle walking described above can have a wonderful effect on your energy metabolism and help you get back into shape.
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Friends - The benefits are difficult to measure, but they are so important!
Let's hear it for friends! In the quest for a longer and healthier life, friendships play a key role in making us happy -- and keeping us healthy. While it is well known that having a strong social network can make our lives richer and more abundant, research has shown that it can boost the immune system and cardiovascular health, and even help us live longer.
A ten-year Australian study, for example, found that older people (over the age of 70) with a large circle of friends were 22 per cent less likely to die during the study period than those with fewer friends. And research has also found that strong social ties are linked to better brain health and motor skills like strength, speed and dexterity. (See Social networks and brain health andSocial activity and motor skills.)
"In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn't terribly well appreciated," Rebecca G. Adams, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, told The New York Times. "There is just scads of stuff on families and marriage, but very little on friendship. It baffles me. Friendship has a bigger impact on our psychological well-being than family relationships."
Strong friendships help to protect us against stress, depression, anxiety and other forms of mental illness, according to the Mayo Clinic. And, in case you're wondering, the health and psychological benefits of friendship hold true for both men and women.
Expanding the network
While having a supportive social network is good for us, it's not always easy to make new friends, or for that matter, even find time for the ones we have. (See 5 tips for keeping friendships warm even when life is hectic.)
If you're looking to put yourself out there a little more, here are some basic tips for meeting new people and expanding your social network.
Get out with your pet. If you haven't noticed, pets are great conversation-starters. Seek out a popular dog park, stop to chat with the people you pass on your daily neighborhood jaunts, or make pet play dates.
Work out. Joining a fitness class or starting a walking group is good for you in more ways that one. Get fit and expand your social circle at the same time.
Just say yes. When you're invited to a party, dinner or other social event, accept the invitation -- even if you're tempted to decline because you may not know everyone there or you're worried about feeling awkward. Keep in mind that you can always leave an event if it's not enjoyable.
Volunteer or join a cause. Hospitals, museums, community centers, charitable groups, places of worship and other organizations are frequently in search of volunteers or new members. You can form strong connections when you work with people who share a mutual interest or a goal you believe in. Check out your city's website for information about community groups and volunteer opportunities.
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For a guilt-free holiday, try working for your beer
St. Paddy's green routine
Bend more than an elbow this St. Patrick's Day.
Irish Canadian colleen Ciara (pronounced keer-uh) Moynihan, a personal trainer and co-owner of Korezone Fitness ( korezone.com)has taken the traditional St. Paddy's Day workout and expanded it into a trio of exercises that will have worked the whole body by the time you're done.
Add Celtic music and really green up your workout -- Moynihan's dad, Francis, who is Irish to the core, recommends something by the Dubliners or Horslips.
It's a healthy way to balance the day, especially if you know you're going to wind up in a pub, Moynihan says, laughing.
When you finally get there, guilt-free because you did something good for your body earlier, raise a pint of Guinness or green suds and say "Slainte!" (pronounced slaincha) -- a toast to your health and the health of those around you.
Leprechaun Leap
Stand sideways next to an aerobic stepper with one foot on the box and the other on the ground. Holding one suitably challenging weight with both hands, squat down, keeping your back straight and making sure your knees don't extend beyond your toes. As you stand up, leap across the box and land with the other foot on top of the box. Reverse the move, and repeat eight to 12 times each side.
Beginners don't need to use a weight; they can sit back only until they feel their abdominal muscles engage instead of going into a squat, and can step instead of leap, Moynihan says.
If you don't have a stepper, do the exercise on the floor or put a non-breakable item on the floor to leap over.
It's a great exercise for strengthening legs and core muscles, building athletic power through explosive movement, and improving balance.
Irish Jig
Stand behind a Bosu, or half ball. Lift and tap the heel of one foot on the ball, then quickly switch feet and repeat the move with the heel of the other foot.
Continue until you feel you can't tap one more heelon the ball. If you haven't got a Bosu, use the bottom step of a staircase, and touch it with your toes to start.
Strictly speaking, the Irish always keep their arms at their sides when they dance, but go ahead and put your hands on your hips if you feel more comfortable, Moynihan says.
It's high-intensity training or a cardio burst that really gets your heart rate up -- and a great way to prepare for all the bike rides and runs you're planning once the snow has melted.
Top o' the Mornin' to Ya (Irish for 'Good Morning') Get Up
This exercise works every part of your body. Start by standing with your back to the Bosu ball. In
one fluid motion, squat down and lower yourself onto the Bosu ball; lean back until you engage your abdominal muscles, keeping the back straight; crunch forward and stand back up.
Repeat to exhaustion. Moynihan holds a paper shamrock in her hands while she does the exercise, but a medicine ball or any type of larger ball works, too.
Beginners don't have to hold anything and can use one hand on the floor to help themselves get up into a standing position, Moynihan says.
If you're unable to get down low to the ground, or don't have a Bosu, use an armless chair or bench.
Holding one hand in the air as you go through the motions makes the exercise more challenging.
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Train for balance:
1. Stand on one foot. You may need your hands near or on a stable surface. Find a fixed focus point to look at. Next, brush your teeth or talk on the phone on one foot. How long can you hold?
2. Straddle a straight line on the floor. Stand on one foot and hold 2 seconds, then shift and stand on the other foot. When this is easy, hop one foot to the other.
These might seem like simple exercises, but they can keep you healthy and safe from a fall for years to come.
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Great Snowshoe Today!!!
Excellent view of Collingwood and the Grain Elevator from the top of the Escarpment.
An hour and a half hike up and down the valleys with this glorious sunshine.
Loved the bright blue sky. Doesn't get much better than this!
The work of the Pileated Woodpecker!
Can you see the Racoon???
Look at the size of the wood chips flying in the air!!!!
The weather has been fantastic this week.
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Reason for Avoiding Exercise
Your Workouts Are Mind-Numbingly Boring
Boring workouts are like boring t.v. shows that nobody watches and eventually get cancelled. The reality of exercise is that it must be exciting and engage your mind as well as your body. It's a mistake to believe that an exercise habit will develop out of sheer repetition. It just won't happen because once your mind check out the body does too. Workout Tips: Find workouts that are fun and exciting to you (not your spouse or the latest fitness guru) and expand from that. The more interesting something is to you the longer you'll stick to it and the more you'll learn about what drives you to stay active.
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- Obtain medical clearance to exercise.
- Stop exercising if you feel pain.
- Don't exercise when you are injured, sick, or running a temperature.
- Don't over_strain during exercise.
- Don't hold your breath during exercise.
- Always warm up.
- Always cool down.
- Drink plenty of water before, during and after exercise.
- Avoid heavy meals for about 2 hours before energetic exercise.
- Use sun screen, hats, visors, and sunglasses during outdoor daytime exercise. Think safety at all times (for example, should you be wearing fluorescent colors? Is it too cold, too wet, too stormy, too polluted, too hot, and/or too humid for safe exercise?)
- Use the right equipment and wear the right clothes for exercise (dress in layers, wear fabrics that allow heat to escape, wear good shoes).
- Work at an effective, yet comfortable, intensity level. You should be able to carry on a normal conversation while working out.
- Use good posture during exercise.
- Stop exercise and consult your physician immediately if you experience any of the following
- chest pain or tightness in the chest, neck or throat;
- considerable difficulty breathing;
- abnormal heart rhythm; nausea' dizziness, light headedness, or visual
- interruption; excessive cold sweat; or extreme or lasting weakness or fatigue (after exercise)
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Exercise with a friend
Statistics tell us that people who exercise with a friend are more successful at exercising consistently. You can keep each other accountable. Knowing that someone is waiting for you to exercise with them can be great motivation to show up and get it done!
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So I was reading Joy the Baker's About Me page, and realized that I, myself like to know about whoever the blogger is... Little random stalker facts. And I don't have an "About Me" page yet, so I'm posting it now.
25 Random Facts About Me
1. I live with my Boyfriend just outside of Calgary, Alberta2. I love horses... And not "like" them... I L.O.V.E. them... Which is convenient since I work with them everyday.
3. My favourite thing to cook is Shepard's Pie... which in all honesty is Cottage Pie... I've only had lamb/sheep twice in my life... and both times when I was living in England.
4. I like watching the Dog Whisperer. Cesar is the man! And his whole theory can be put into context with other animals too... "Talk" to dogs like a dog, "talk" to horses like a horse... Energy and Body Language. Simple ya?
5. My favourite show is Greys Anatomy... and "my person" lives far far away now, so we watch the show and end up missing each other.... You can check out her blog, and pester her to write more often if you want
6. I started this blog so that I could do the Daring Baker Challenges. I was introduced to them by my old pen-pal (like snail mail pen pals). Her blog is here, and she was my inspiration for starting this.
7. I continually find myself inspired by the other bloggers out there. I like finding new recipes from Blogs... usually I have found them through the food porn sites like tastespotting, or foodgawker... You just click on a picture and then read all about it... Written by normal people who don't use big fancy words like they are writing a novel... I love it. And I find it more inspirational than any cook book.
8. I can't tell you what my favourite thing to bake is, because I don't know. I like trying a bunch of different and new things. I have yet to find a regular Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe that I love... I make some pretty incredible Triple Chocolate Cookies.
9. I like making food that has stood the test of time. Old fashioned recipes like stew, or ratatouille... Things that my ancestors might have made too. Because food like that, that stands the test of time, just seems to taste better to me.
10. I wouldn't turn down Kraft Dinner though. I love it. It is quick and easy, and a childhood memory. It has to be actual Kraft Dinner... And Canadian Kraft Dinner... the American stuff is not good.... When I was living in Florida, I had to get my mom to ship me some real KD.
11. I have lived in 3 different Countries (Canada, US, and UK), and 3 different provinces in Canada (Alberta, B.C. and Quebec)
12. I don't speak French... In fact, I probably speak more German, Italian, Icelandic, Latin than French... But I don't speak much of those languages either.
13. I am working on a Cooking/Baking Bucket List too
14. I'm an amateur Genealogist. I love researching my family History. I want to write a book about the whole thing, and I am slowly (VERY slowly) chipping away at this goal.
15. I am Canadian - 3rd generation... All my grandparents were born here. And the Majority of my great grandparents were immigrants.
16. My heritage is: Germans from Russia, Italian Swiss, Scottish, Irish, English (UK countries-all came to "Canada" prior to 1867), Icelandic, Norwegian.... I am a Heinz 57
17. Favourite snack from the Convenience Store = Teriyaki Beef Jerky and a Banana Colada FUZE drink (or a blue Monster)
18. In 2005 my grandma was diagnosed with Brest Cancer, (she went through Chemo and had a boob removed and is cancer free today)... When we found out, I cut my long hair to above shoulder length and donated it to Locks of Love. I'm growing my hair out to donate again this summer. My other grandma has Lung Cancer, so this donation will be for her.
19. I love the smell of clean laundry, but i hate putting clothes away after they are clean. I often forget and end up wearing wrinkled clothes from the dryer
20. I had my Wisdom teeth out on January 20th, 2011. They were all severely impacted. My surgery lasted an hour longer than they originally thought. It is currently 6 weeks later, and I still can't open my jaw all the way.
21. When I was 6, I was flying a kite, running as fast as I could, and looking back to see if the kite was flying yet, and then SMACK! I ran head first into a big tree and got knocked out. Kind of funny... and one of my favourite stories
22. I am 25 years old right now.
23. I am a stubborn, obstinate, determined, grounded Taurus
24. I sleep on the left side of the bed
25. We can't get anymore pets, because there is no more room on the bed... With the 2 of us, 1 little dog, and 1 puppy who is going to get big... There is no room for anyone else.


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Dirty Rush by Taylor Bell is what happens when you take the creative minds behind Babe Walker (author of the New York Times bestselling White Girl Problems series) and add Rebecca Martinson to the mix. Rebecca Martinson — yes, that b*tch — the former Delta Gamma sister responsible for the scathing, expletive-filled email that verbally assaulted her entire chapter for being "so f*cking boring" at social functions and threatened to "c*nt punt" every last one of them if their behavior didn't shape up. Dirty Rush is a no-holds-barred look at what really happens when you "go Greek."
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"Why don't we anchor here for a bit and chill? I haven't even shown you the berth yet."
"Okay. That sounds cute."
Jack turned off the motor and led me down to the lower cabin. It was cozy, with a little kitchen and a tiny bedroom at the front. Finally, some real privacy.
"This is it." He sat down on the bed.
"I love it."
"Good. I love it too. I've spent a lot of time on this boat."
"Like with your family and stuff?"
"Yeah, but also alone. This was like my own private hideaway when I was in high school. I would just come here to get away from sh*t."
"I'm sure all the ladies in high school wanted to 'check out' your dad's boat."
"Well, honestly, no. I wasn't that smooth with the girls back then. I wish I had been. This would have been a killer spot, but it wasn't in the cards. I was a skinny, pimply geek."
"I highly doubt that."
"No. I'm being serious. When I got to college freshman year, I was five nine, and a hundred forty-five pounds. Sounds sexy, doesn't it?
"I have a hard time believing that you weren't cute, even if you were scrawny."
"I wish I had been, but sadly, all I did here was watch old movies on VHS and read the entire Hunger Games trilogy, over and over. Are you completely turned on right now?" Jack sheepishly smiled.
"I gotta say, you're constantly surprising me. You're not the guy I thought you were . . . like . . . in a good way. A really good way."
"Did you think I was going to end up being this meathead frat brother or something?"
"Maybe at first?"
"Oh my God! I can't believe you. That's hilarious."
"Well, I don't know? I met you on, like, my second day here. I think I had a lot of wrong ideas about who everyone was and how they would act."
"Did you honestly think that an average meathead would willfully enroll in a women's studies class at eight-thirty a.m. on Mondays?"
"Point taken," I said as I closed the sliding door to the bedroom and sat next to Jack on the bed.
"Never judge a frat boy by his cover."
Jack leaned in to kiss me, and as his lips touched mine, we both laid back onto the little mattress. I was so into him I couldn't contain it. It really isn't a myth—college boys actually are better/cuter/hotter than high school guys. As Jack's body rolled on top of me I wanted to scream, but I knew I had to keep it inside. If the cokeheads made their way downstairs we'd never have any alone time for the rest of the day.
"Do you have a condom?" I asked as I pulled him closer into me.
"Really? You're okay doing it in here?"
"Yes. We can just try to be quiet. So, do you have one?"
"I do."
Jack hopped up, took his wallet out, and took his shirt and pants off as I stripped down to my bra and panties in record time. He placed the condom on a little wood ledge next to the bed and jumped back on top of me. There was something about his demeanor that was so disarming. Like he was confident, but also there was a tenderness about the way his body moved that made me feel completely free with mine.
Jack kissed me all over and worked his way down to my thighs, slowly removing my underwear. I knew what was coming next and my body quivered in anticipation.
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"It's a real turn-on that you're a 'glass-half-full' kind of girl. Most college girls are constantly complaining about everything."
He moved in quickly and starting kissing me again, but this time with much more intensity. As we made out I slowly inched toward my bed. Jack wrapped his arms around me with his hands on my ass and lightly lifted me up, and placed me gently on the bed.
The next couple minutes were kind of perfect. We were totally in a rhythm with one another. I felt like he and I had been doing this for years, like we learned to kiss at the same kissing school. Gone was the self-conscious bullsh*t that usually accompanies a first hookup. I was just there, in the room, completely focused on him. My mind didn't drift once to think about whether I was wearing the right bra, or if he thought my thighs were too jiggly or if he liked me liked me. In fact, this was probably the first time I'd ever been with a guy and felt this level of comfort. It was really . . . interesting.
"I've been thinking about kissing you like this since the moment I saw you," Jack said, as he pulled away for a second.
He was looking right into my eyes.
"I'm happy to help make your dreams a reality."
"You're so f*cking sexy to me."
"So are you."
Jack got up on his knees and pulled off his shirt.
"Can I take yours off? Is that okay?"
Jack then leaned in and started kissing my neck and collarbone as he unbuttoned my shirt. He kissed his way down to my chest and then removed my bra with no trouble. His hair smelled so f*cking good I wanted to scream. Guys are always in a f*cking rush, but he was definitely not. He was taking his time and I loved it. I could feel my heart pounding through my chest.
Jack must have felt it too. His head was right there. I wanted him to hear it. My whole body was gearing up for whatever he had in store.
That's when the phone rang. The landline. I didn't recognize it at first because I don't think I'd heard it ring once during my entire time at CDU. It was so jarring and loud and could not have come at a more awkward time. Who was calling me at 10:30 on a Saturday night? I hadn't given that number to anyone. Even my family called me on my cell phone.
The ringing didn't seem to have broken Jack's focus, because he continued to caress and kiss my body. I was relieved when the phone stopped because I wanted to enjoy every moment of this.
"These need to come off right now," Jack whispered as he started taking down my jeans.
Thank God I got a wax before I came to school.
What happened next can only be described in one word: nirvana. After kissing his way down my stomach, over my hips, and onto my thighs, Jack went there. When I say that he went down on me, I really mean that Jack took my whole notion of pleasure, smashed it with a steel-toed boot, and proceeded to redefine the boundaries of ecstasy.
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Week Two: NOURISH + REFLECT
Next week begins NOW!
Each week at Mama Reset begins on Friday. Why? Because, for most of us, planning and prepping for the week is most easily done on easy, breezy weekends.
We'll kick off each week with quite possibly the most important workout of all: your weekly NOURISH planning and prep. Take advantage of the weekend to reflect on your progress and set goals for an even more incredible next week.


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Who loves butter cookies aka Madeleines — (hand raised) ME, ME! It's basically the perfect dessert, as it is a cookie and a cake all in one (hello, fat kid heaven). This recipe was concocted after I accidentally purchased rose water in bulk from Amazon. YES, I know what you're thinking … HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN? Well it's because I didn't read the description, that's right, I'm one of the people who purchase by picture (cause who doesn't). So instead of only one bottle I now have three, which means: prepare yourself for recipes galore using rose water (ching)!
Keep reading for my rose water madeleines recipe!
- 3 large eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tsp rose water
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1 stick unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- powdered suger (to top)
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together: eggs, sugar, rose water, and almond extract until fluffy. Add butter and continue to mix.
- In a medium bowl, sift together: flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir dry ingredients with mixture until just blended.
- With a spoon scoop batter into pan, filling each shell until almost full.
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes until brown around the edges and springy to the touch.
- Let Madeleines cool and gently tap out of the pan. Top with powdered sugar (if you want).


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Auto racing sound fx are some of the most difficult clips to capture. Last week's post shared my experiences capturing field recordings at the Honda Indy and the Canadian Grand Prix.
Are you interested in recording sounds at a sporting event? Wondering how to work in a challenging environment? Want to inject personality into sound subjects you don't control?
Today's post shares tips for recording your own motorsports sound fx.
Stealth Field Recording Tips
A few weeks ago, I wrote about four field recording styles. The tips I'll include this post are designed specifically for the stealth field recording style.
Why describe tips only for stealth field recording? Well, the truth is that not many people have sanctioned access to events like this. After all, how many of us are able to reserve a track for ourselves? It does happen, but rarely. We won't let that stop us, though.
So, I thought about sharing tips using a different approach. Why not describe a way to record motorsports events with suggestions that many recordists could easily use: with a single recordist using the stealth style? My hope is that a field recording fan of any skill level can put these tips in action.
I've organized the tips in five sections:
- Research.
- Recording: tech specs.
- Recording: capturing sound.
- Mastering.
- Curation.
Have a plan. It is vital to have a plan before attending an auto racing event. It may be tempting to merely show up and scoop up any and all recordings that pass by your microphone. Yes, that will capture many field recordings, it's true. However, more so than most other field recording trips, auto racing sessions are tactical. They require delicate planning and execution. Why?
Session effort has an inverse relationship with control. Field recordings require more tactics the farther they are beyond your control. Cars, scheduling, and positioning are examples. Tactics and planning are a way of brining these elements into a sphere of control so that you can capture sound effect more wisely with less stress. Planning ensures you'll have the best odds finding more about what cars are racing, why they're cool, when they're on the circuit, and where you should be to capture the best clips.
Pick your battles. Most races are three or four day events. Which day should you attend to capture the best field recordings?
Not every race event day is the same. Often the earliest days are more casual. That includes not only the driving but also the atmosphere on the track and with the staff. Most events begin with amateur races. The first days are practices. Some qualifying heats may be sprinkled in amongst them, leading to a dedicated day of qualifying the day before the final race day.
Above all, avoid race day. Expect helicopters, blaring PA, and mobs of crowds to interfere with your field recordings. It's dispiriting, and, frankly, a waste of time. Instead, focus on the first days of the event. Fewer people will be there. Security will be relaxed and inattentive. You'll have more flexibility to move around.
Plan your schedule to attend more than one day. Why? Well, a single field recordist can't be everywhere at once. Some practice events are only twenty minutes long. That may give you only enough time to capture sounds at the straightaway. Return another day to record the same cars passing on a hairpin turn.
Nail down scheduling. Race schedules change frequently, often only hours before the event. It's not uncommon for races to be swapped for others on the schedule, particularly on the practice and qualifying days. Of course, it's vital to know what race you're recording. It's also important to know the breaks between the races so you can reposition yourself, swap batteries, or check the takes you've captured. Where do you find this info?
Unfortunately, official race websites are notoriously bad. They're long on marketing and short on facts. Schedules posted on official websites are unreliable. Finding a simple, reliable timetable isn't easy. What about spotting cars by sight? Judging a race by eye is tricky since many cars look similar.
Find more accurate info at the event's info booth at the beginning of each day. I know, that's old school, but info on the ground works best, in my experience. Official Twitter accounts often post news about upcoming races, but unfortunately they're often announced only minutes before the race itself. So, they're useful for verifying what race is about to start, but little else.
The best bet is to consult live race timing websites. Those sites show a leaderboard of drivers, their times, positions, and race stats. Search the Web for "[event] live timing". Here's the Formula One live timing site.
Access. Some of our lucky field recording brothers and sisters may have sanctioned access to a track. That's not our case. So, the only way you'll get into a racing event is like the rest of planet: by buying a ticket.
Buy a ticket near the finish line. Of course, there's no sense recording sitting in the stands by the pole position. That will be buried in crowd chatter and event PA. Instead, these tickets grant access. A gold ticket holder will have their run of the entire event. In general, they'll be allowed everywhere, to wander in the silver grandstands, or mingle with the general admission ticket holders. The opposite won't be true, of course. Purchasing the cheapest ticket will allow access only to general admission areas that will be swarmed with chatty crowds. Yes, gold tickets are expensive. However, they will save you pain and give you access to capture better sound fx.
Scout early. Race tracks restrict access weeks and sometimes months before an event. While it's certainly possible to discover the general circuit layout from official websites and Google Maps, those tools aren't a perfect substitution for the reality of the conditions on the day of the event.
Track conditions may change from year to year. New food stalls may appear, radiating compressor chatter, chugging generator noise, or bass in an area that was silent before. Grandstands and event fencing may be shfit to new areas, severing access to a golden field recording nook. What helps?
Go to the event early. Show up as soon as the event gates open. Give yourself two hours to scout the event from end to end before it begins.
Work in unattractive places. Did your scouting reveal a grandstand in the shade right next to a hairpin turn? The cars there will downshift frantically then pull slowly out of the turn. Sounds great, right?
Wrong. While it's a great spot for field recording, you can expect spectators will love it, too. Unfortunately, the best spots for field recording will not be the same ones for enjoying the race.
Instead, a field recordist's job is to pick the best location for sound, not necessarily for vision or comfort. I specifically set up my equipment in unattractive locations. That ensures no other chatty spectators will come near. Remember, a field recordist needs only to hear the sound properly, not see it. Use this advantage to find nooks between security fencing, locations in the blazing sun (bring an umbrella), behind grandstands, or other desolate places.
Recording: Tech Specs
Avoid Limiters. Limiters on audio recorders work similar to compressors: when the source signal exceeds a specified amount, the limiter engages and automatically diminishes the loud sound. This will protect the sound, which would otherwise be damaged. So why would I suggest avoiding limiters? Won't they save a sound that would be ruined, otherwise?
Yes, that's true. However, the fact is that by their very nature, limiters affect shape of the sound. It won't be a completely representative reflection of the environment. It's far better to set your levels a bit more conservatively so that peaks will be avoided entirely.
Please note this is a "purist" perspective. Many field recordists use limiters with great success, especially when they expect clips to be treated further with sound design.
Set sample rate and bit-depth. Set a sample rate of at least 96 kHz. That allows intrepid designers to pitch and warp the sounds without creating artifacts within the file. If you expect your audience to be processing the clips, 192 kHz wouldn't be a bad idea, if you have the drive space.
What about bit-depth? Set the bit-depth to 24-bit. That will accommodate 144.49 decibels of sound (as compared to the 96.33 dB at 16-bit). The most advanced race cars top out at around 134 decibels, so you'll need the extra bits to capture them properly. (The previous F1 engines were 145 dB.)
Prepare for loud sounds. Of course, stealth field recordists can't command race car drivers to perform a test pass by for them. So, how can you prepare your equipment for these extremely loud sounds?
One trick is to test levels on a different subject that is similarly loud. A jackhammer is slightly quieter (around 130 dB). Some home alarms can also provide a good test.
The truth is that your first recordings will likely be distorted. That's OK, though. The cars will be passing many times. Just the same, many race first laps feature characteristic "formation" or "parade" laps. The cars shimmy and swerve to warm up their tires with pumping revs. You won't want to miss these passes. So, set your levels a bit conservatively. Expect that passes during the actual race will be significantly louder.
You researched the cars during the "Have a plan" tip earlier, right? Remove the guesswork by consulting your notes. You can estimate the levels you'll need by comparing the engine power of the cars. An IndyCar will be much louder than an Indy Lights car, for example.
Recording: Capturing Sound
Use articulation. What sound effects should you record? I described field recording articulation in an earlier post.
The good news is that race cars and motorsports provides hundreds of different sound fx, all of which can be captured relatively easily. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Race car types: Formula One, IndyCar, Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, etc.
- Speeds: the very fast passes will be the easiest to capture. Slower passes are not common and are valuable. The best bets are to capitalize on red flag situations or move to pit stop entrances.
- Car performance: start, stop, pass, approach, away, accelerate, decelerate.
- Race type: practice, qualifying, race.
- Track conditions: standard, red flag, yellow flag.
- Density: packs, stream, singles, waves.
- Race performance: parade lap, formation lap, first lap, final lap, celebration lap.
- Circuit areas: pit stop, paddock, start/finish line, tunnel, chicane.
As you can see, there's almost an endless way to articulate a race through sound effects.
Use performance economy. The list above is quite ambitious. The truth is that capturing everything is exceptionally difficult when using the stealth field recording technique. After all, stealth recordists have little control over the cars, schedule, or performances.
In this case, a field recordist must use performance economy. Performance economy asks the question: "what are the minimum types of takes needed to capture a sound effect successfully?" It recognizes that in challenging field recording conditions, a recordist has a limited ability to capture the clips they want. They must "take what they can get." They need to focus on the bare minimum of performances needed. How does this apply to auto racing?
Motorsports (the event, not the cars themselves) can be sufficiently captured with three types of performances:
- Decelerating into a turn.
- Accelerating out of a turn.
- Pass by on a straightaway.
With care, those three performances can be edited to recreate any track maneuver.
It's important to make the distinction between racing events, as opposed to the cars themselves. The performance economy for a single car is far larger. However, since field recording auto racing intends to capture the environment, those three performances will do the trick.
Surely, there are more locations on a track? Yes, of course. If you have complete control of a race you can set up microphones in the pits, at the start/finish line, at chicanes, and so on. It would be good to add starting and stopping, however, since this only happens rarely during a race under very controlled conditions, it's not really reasonable to expect to capture them.
Other tips: expect that practice races will have intensity and race-like action, but may not have the highest speeds. Qualifying is more measured. Cars will be spread out, so you'll have the best opportunity to record single, isolated passes by.
Adapt to subjects you don't control. One of the most difficult tasks when recording motorsports is the challenge of capturing a sound you don't control. I suggested tips for this earlier. Use the "4 Ps" of patience, perspective, pick-up pattern, and position to record character from sound fx subjects you don't control.
Slate. It's easy to become caught up in the energy of the cars roaring by. Remember to slate. Of course, slating helps identify where you are and what you're recording. That's vital for races that sound similar and start only minutes apart. Slating also forces you to distinguish the differences in the cars and move to capture them.
Races are so loud that you may find yourself shouting slates into a microphone. Use an app to slate instead. Note differences in the car maneuvers, when the races change to yellow or red flag conditions. Consulting the race timing app mentioned in "Scheduling," above for finer details about the race, and add those to your notes.
Move quickly. Limit how long you record at one location. Often practice or qualifying events are no longer than twenty minutes. When you calculate travel time, you'll discover you have only a few minutes to record in each location. Aim for three minutes, then hustle to the next area.
Isn't that a short time? In this instance, it's fine. After a point, the cars adopt the same speed and performance in one area. So, recording ten minutes of a straightaway will be redundant, anyway.
Organize your session. It may be tempting to simply dump all your recordings into a single stereo track and begin editing. Instead, expand the number of tracks to make the long task of mastering easier.
Give each race its own stereo track. So, if you're recording 9 races, create 9 stereo pairs. Move your clips from each race into the proper stereo pair. That helps you jump throughout that track's timeline to compare clips, or grab snippets from similar clips.
Are you recording only one race? Create additional tracks for positions: a track for the straightaway, for decelerating into a turn, and leaving a curve.
Transfer your slates. Create markers in the timeline with your notes. You'll have many takes from a full day of race recording. The visual markers help identify your takes after you've trimmed out the slates. They also help you jump around along timelines that can be hours long.
Use three-pass editing. A motorsports even has endless amounts of voices. A single field recording can provide dozens of cool sound effects. Highlight this by using three pass editing:
- Cut an ambience. Edit the track as a long atmosphere.
- Cut specifics. Pull out individual passes from the longer, cleaned ambience. Ensure the cars have long heads and tails, and proper fades.
- Cut sweeteners. Not every pass by will have a clean beginning or ending. Don't give up on them just yet. Extract characteristic maneuvers from the ambience, and label them as "sweeteners." While they may not be able to be used in isolation, these takes can support other fx.
Delete tracks. Getting clean race car recordings is not easy. PA, aircraft, and crowds all compete with even the loudest passes by. It may be possible to use surgical editing skill to slice these problems away. When in doubt, delete the track. It's better to have fewer completely pure tracks.
Provide variety. One of the trickiest aspects of motorsports curation is to provide variety. Often the passes by can seem similar or repetitive.
Combat this by labelling your mastered clips distinctively. Find unique aspects of every sound. Many race cars sound like insects or animal voices. Onomatopoeias (e.g., whizz, buzz, etc.) add colour. Work these ideas into your sound file name along with the practical information such as race type and maneuver (e.g., practice, qualifying, speed, corner, etc.).
Add metadata. Racing field recordings include specific and technical info such as race type, speed, position, and so on. Fitting all this information into a single file name results in excessive names.
Shift some of this info to metadata. Begin by populating a description and keywords. Category, subcategory, and location are helpful, too. See a guideline of which metadata to use.
Package in folders. Most often a sound pro will want to edit similar cars together. So, gather similar sound effects in distinct folder. You don't want to force a pro to hunt for an F1 pass by amongst the Pro Mazda takes. You may also want to gather your takes in sub-folders, labelled by position.
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To contrast the tips in this post, here are some great resources to learn about recording race cars in the controlled field recording style.
- René Coronado described recording a 911 GT3 race car on a Tonebenders podcast episode.
- Charles Deenan wrote a step-by-step guide for recording race cars on Designing Sound.
- The Speedhunters website described a professional driver's perspective on recording cars for the Need for Speed franchise.
This week I released a sound library of race car sounds on my Web shop, Airborne Sound. Please feel free to check them out, if you like.
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Last week, Italian Northern League party leader Mario Borghezio publicly urged all 27 members of the European Union to open the books on a previously secret UFO files.
So far, Borghezio's official request has received 17 signatures.
These June 14 declaration, the Italian leader said:
"Many members of the scientific community have been looking into the issue of UFOs and have denounced the systematic covering-up of information on the subject. ... A study of the material collected by the governments of all the member states would have major scientific and technological spinoffs."
It is Borghezio's hope that, with the support of all their member nations, the European Union will establish a European UFO commission, intended to study UFO sighting and divine the source and intention of the visitors.
In his proposal, Borghezio states," … [It is] essential to set up a scientific center for the analysis and dissemination of the scientific data gathered to date by various European bodies and governments."
Borghezio also calls "… for public archives on UFOs to be opened up and for records to be declassified by the member states, thus providing the public and the mass media with access to the full range of documentation on the subject."
It is of interest to point out that among Borghezio's reasons for European nations to investigate UFO phenomena was a controversial 1978 United Nations decree stating that UFOs and their sightings were a "valid issue".
While news of such a pronouncement makes my heart skip a beat with anticipation of becoming full disclosure of any and all secret government files on UFOs, it saddens me to know that the efforts of Mario Borghezio will go unfulfilled. Nations have too many other important things to worry about-like terrorism, the ever weakening global economy, and our rapidly changing (and deteriorating) environment-to devote any time, let alone money, to figuring out whether or not UFOs are real.


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Here is the story:
Gay 'Star Trek' Actor Omits 'Under God' From Pledge of Allegiance
Here is his colossally stupid statement (or deliberate lie):
"Well, they have to understand that there is a strict demarcation between the separation of church and state,"
There is NO "separation" of Church and State ANYWHERE in the Declaration OR the Constitution. If you doubt that, then go read them, then come back and quote the section that says this separation exists. In fact, this idiot and all those making this same argument are practicing the 180 degree rule because they have this back-azwards. What's more, foreigners even understood this from the beginning of the union:
The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
–Alexis de Tocqueville
But then, those who have actually bothered to read what the FOUNDERS said about the relationship between Church and State know that the FOUNDERS said – in America – it is not the State which must support religion, but religion which must support the State.
This is what happens when people are indoctrinated rather than educated: they fail to understand that, without religion, YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS — only 'privileges.' Without religion you live in Hobbes' world, not our founders'.


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On March 20, 2014, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation (H.B. 4291) to ensure taxpayers have the right to request and receive all relevant audit work papers, as well as the audit report of findings supporting the audit determination.
"Undergoing a tax audit is a difficult process, and this bill will make sure taxpayers who are being audited have access to all pertinent information so they can be as prepared as possible," Gov. Snyder said in a statement.
The Michigan Department of Treasury (Department) has one year from the date of enactment of this legislation to promulgate auditing standards, which shall include, but not be limited to, confidentiality, technical training, independence, due professional care, planning, supervision, understanding of the entity being audited (including internal control and risk assessment), audit evidence and documentation, sampling and sampling projections, and elements of the audit report of findings.
The legislation requires that the Department start the process by sending the taxpayer a letter of inquiry, stating "in a courteous and non-intimidating manner," the Department's opinion that the taxpayer needs to provide further information or owes additional tax to Michigan, and explaining the reasons for such opinion. The legislation also provides the taxpayer with the right to request an informal conference regarding the audit.
The legislation provides time periods during which certain steps in the audit process must be taken. The legislation provides that for any audit commenced after Sept. 30, 2104, the Department must complete fieldwork and provide a written preliminary audit determination for any tax period no later than one year after the applicable expiration of the statute of limitations for Michigan tax returns, without taking into account the statutory periods of extension of such statute of limitations. However, this limitation does not apply if the taxpayer and the Department have agreed in writing to extend the applicable statute of limitations.
In addition, for audits commenced after Sept. 30, 2014, unless otherwise agreed by the Department and the taxpayer, the final assessment must be issued within nine months of the date that the Department provided the taxpayer with the preliminary audit determination. The assessment must be issued within this time frame unless the taxpayer requests a reconsideration of the preliminary audit determination or requests an informal conference.


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It's common to feel much more beat up after a bad marathon than after a good one. A new Spanish study helps to explain why: Among a group of marathoners, those who slowed the most compared to their early-race pace had more post-race markers of muscle damage than runners who didn't slow as significantly.
Researchers tracked 40 finishers of the 2012 Madrid Marathon, noting not just their 5-K splits but also physiological measures such as degree of dehydration and core temperature. After the race, the researchers gathered blood to analyze it for markers of muscle damage. The researchers divided the finishers into two groups: those who slowed less than 15% from their start pace (22 of the 40), and those who slowed more than 15% from their start pace (18 of the 40).
Race day was hot, with temperatures ranging between 70 and 90 degrees. One interesting finding was that both groups lost about the same percentage of weight. Greater dehydration, it seems, didn't explain why one group slowed so much more than the other. Similarly, the core temperature of the runners in both groups increased by roughly the same.
There were large differences, however, between the two groups in blood markers of muscle damage. Those who slowed more than 15% from their early pace had much higher values for the three markers that the researchers measured.
In a sadistic touch, the researchers had the marathoners jump as high as possible after the marathon, and compared that to how high they could jump before the marathon. Both groups were significantly less adept at vertical jumping after the marathon, but those who had slowed the most also declined the most in this measure of leg power—their vertical jump was an average of 30% less than before the race, compared to a 23% reduction in the marathoners who had better held their pace.
The study didn't address why some of the marathoners slowed more than others. A likely explanation is that they made the common mistake of going out too fast. That would lead to depleting their glycogen stores earlier and potentially hitting the Wall so hard that their form was affected. Running with compromised form, in turn, could easily lead to greater muscular damage.


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I was recently asked by a fellow yogini and reader what "Twisted Branches" pose was. There are different names to this pose, some yinsters call it "Crushed Wings." If you look at the pose, it's almost like garudasana or eagle arms in a prone position.
I love this pose because it gets into my shoulders (especially posterior) and upper back. Every BODY is different, I've shown in my video clip here different options. Remember, if there is any pain or electrical sensation to come out. Your body is warning you and protecting you.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the yang meridians stimulated are: Small Intestine (SI), Large Intestine (LI) and Triple Warmer/Triple Burner (TW) lines. These are metal and fire elements of the 5-Element Theory.
Pregnancy option: Seated comfortably with Eagle Arms (Garudasana arms).
Similar poses: Thread the Needle (from all fours, thread one arm under and let head rest on floor)
Have a block and/or blanket available just in case. I typically marinate in this pose between 1-3 minutes. Make sure you do both sides. Enjoy!


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Love my chacos!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I bought my first pair of chacos two years ago, and fell in love instantly! Over time, I still love them, but found I would be even happier, with the classic z style not having it go around my big toe. So the past year I've been searching for a style I really like, and I was so happy they released the national park edition! Not only am I buying a product I really love, but supporting our parks too! I liked the Rocky Mountain the best, but the women's style went around the toe, so I purchased the men's for preference of style. I sized down as everyone suggested, but I don't suggest that.
Wow! arch support
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Durable, comfortable, stylish. Lots of arch support unfortunately too much for me when it comes to standing on these babies for long periods of time since I have a relatively flat foot.
Great sandals and the National Park series is especially stylish. Chacos already have a killer reputation at this point and these are no different.
First pair
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: Runs large
- Size Bought: 9
- Height: 5'9"
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This is my first time buying Chacos and so far I have really enjoyed them. They are heavy as all Chacos are but I like the sturdy feel of them. They are great for walking all day long and the arch support keeps your feet comfortable. I love the Yellowstone design but you can't go wrong with either style. They do run big compared to other Chacos. I bought the size 9 and I generally buy 8.5 in most of my shoes.
Yes, Yes, and yes
these are so sweet looking, comfortable, and stylish, if you are thinking about getting them just do it and don't think about it just do it.
Z-1 Changes, Verdict is Still Out
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: Runs large
- Height: 6'0"
- Weight: 161lbs
So I just got these, after my 5 year old pair with over 1,000 days of use practically disintegrated. Chaco has clearly made some updates/changes to the Z-1, which I prefer to having a toe strap, and I'm not sure I love them.
The strap feels a bit softer, which is nice. However, there just appears to be more material, i.e. a longer strap in total. So, after adjustments have been made and the sandal is tightened, the black tightening strap seems too long and flops around some. I could cut it, singe it, and tack it back, but it hasn't annoyed me too much just yet, and I'm hopeful that some wear and use may somehow shrink the material.
The sole is also different, no longer Vibram and now proprietary Chaco. No opinion on this yet, just a difference I've noted. We'll see if the Chaco soles compare to Vibram, but that would be a surprise since Vibram has been making soles for 80 years and I imagine you learn a thing or two in that time.
So maybe I'm being picky, or maybe I just don't remember the break-in period for my prior pair... but I was super stoked to get my new kicks on, and was initially disappointed by the floppy tightening strap.
As per typical Chaco sizing, I sized down and the fit is good. I wear 9-10.5 depending on the brand, and just swim in size 10 Chacos, while the 9 fits just right.
Will update if an update is needed...
Do the Yosemite High Noon have a Vibram sole? The pictures make it appear so but the description says ChacoGrip.


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