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What Is a Complement Protein?
Proteins perform a wide range of functions, from muscle repair to immune function to fluid balance. While you probably know that getting the right amount of protein is important, you may not be aware that not all protein sources are created equal. Complement, or complementary, proteins are those that come together to form a high-quality protein source.
Protein Structure
Proteins are made up of structures called amino acids. There are a total of 20 amino acids, some of which are essential and some of which are nonessential. Essential amino acids are those that you must consume in your diet because your body cannot make them. Nonessential amino acids are those that your body can produce, so they are not as vital in the diet.
The way the amino acids come together determines what type of protein is made. Proteins that contain all of the essential amino acids are called complete proteins, whereas proteins that are missing or low in one or more of the essential amino acids are called incomplete proteins. Foods from animal sources, like meat and eggs, are complete proteins, while plant foods, like beans and nuts, tend to be incomplete proteins.
Complement Proteins
Complement proteins are two or more incomplete protein sources that together form a complete protein. If a protein is low in a certain amino acid, like lysine, a complement protein is one that provides the missing protein, in this case lysine. Together, these two proteins provide you with all of the essential amino acids that your body needs to function properly.
Because most plant proteins are incomplete, finding complementary proteins is especially important for vegetarians.
Complementary Protein Examples
Beans and rice are an example of complementary proteins. Beans are low in specific essential amino acids that rice provides. Other complementary protein combinations include a peanut butter sandwich, tofu with rice, pita bread and hummus, chickpeas and rice, beans and tortillas and baked beans and cornbread.
Previously, researchers thought that complementary proteins had to be eaten at the same meal to reap the benefits. After further research, however, the American Dietetic Association noted that complementary proteins provide benefits if eaten in the same day, not just at the same meal.
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The entire infrastructure and culture of medicine is being transformed by digital technology, the Internet and mobile devices. Cyberspace is now regularly used to provide medical advice and medication, with great numbers of sufferers immersing themselves within virtual communities. What are the implications of this medicalisation of cyberspace for how people make sense of health and identity?
The Medicalisation of Cyberspace is the first book to explore the relationship between digital culture and medical sociology. It examines how technology is redefining expectations of and relationships with medical culture, addressing the following questions: • How will the rise of digital communities affect traditional notions of medical expertise? • What will the medicalisation of cyberspace mean in a new era of posthuman enhancements? • How should we regard hype and exaggeration about science in the media and how can this encourage public engagement with bioethics?
This book looks at the complex interactions between health, medicalisation, cyberculture, the body and identity. It addresses topical issues, such as medical governance, reproductive rights, eating disorders, Web 2.0, and perspectives on posthumanism. It is essential reading for healthcare professionals and social, philosophical and cultural theorists of health.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Medicine in Society
Mediatized Health Medicine in the Media: 'Do text in your body parts' Health & Medicine in Cyberspace The Internet as a Mass Medium? Overview of TextSECTION ONE: CYBERMEDICAL DISCOURSE
Chapter 1: Medicalization in Cyberspace Medicalization & Medical Sociology Consuming Medicalization
Chapter 2: Cybermedical Bodies Digital Culture Retrospective The Cyborg Ritual Visible Humans in BodyWorlds
Chapter 3: Cybermedicine & Reliability Discourse Beyond Information The medical control of health information
Chapter 4: Virtual Governance of Health Behaviour Public Health Promotion in Cyberspace The healthy cyber citizen The commercialisation of obesity discourse in cyberspace Digital Self-Governance Virtual Morality
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Cyberpatients, Illness Narratives and medicalization
Online health communities Illness narratives Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome and the contradictory culture of cybermedicalizationSECTION TWO: CYBER BODIES
Chapter 6: Partial Prostitution
The eBay Auction for a Human Kidney Not Another Human Clone! Egg Pharm, Inc
Chapter 7: Biological Property Rights in Cyberspace Reproductive Rights in Cyberspace Intellectual & Biological Property Rights Viagra, Spam & CyberPharmacies The End of Medical History and The Last Prosthesis
Chapter 8: The Online Pro-Ana Movement Pro-Ana environments The politics of Pro-Ana Pro-Ana and Cybermedicalization Pro-Ana Bodies
Chapter 9: The Bioethics of Cybermedicalization The Ethics Within Pro-Ana Posthumanism: The Absent Present Textual Bodies Prosthetic Burdens
Conclusion: After-Cyborgs or Artificial Life
"The Medicalization of Cyberspace is a compelling and comprehensive consideration of how the Internet and web are impacting medical practice, communication between experts and patients, the construction of the posthuman body, and many other pressing issues. In clear and precise prose, it consistently avoids the binary rhetoric all too prevalent in discussions about cyberspace and explores the complex interactions currently taking place between and around medical practices and the web. Highly recommended for anyone interested in how the digital cultures of cyberspace are shaping the practice, understanding, and consumption of medicine in the contemporary period." N. Katherine Hayles, UCLA, Author of 'How We Became Posthuman'
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"the richness of the topics treated by Miah and Rich is a reflection of the sheer range they cover, and the variety of the conceptual approaches they discuss. While they do not make one 'big claim' into which all of the contents of the book is contextualized, they emphasize different themes and aspects with multi-faceted nuances. Sara Rubinelli, Body & Society (2009)
Andy Miah and Emma Rich have written an insightful and provocative book about cybermedicine, the varieties of knowledge, experience and practice emerging at the intersection of health information and the Web. Lisa M. Mitchell, Surveillance and Society (2009)
For anyone who wants to explore the question of whether digital technology poses particular novel ethical problems, in relation, say, to human reproduction and genetic enhancement, this book is invaluable Hugh McLachlan, Genetic Ethics (2009)
[The Medicalization of Cyberspace] benefits from a wealth of theoretical and empirical work that provides a starting point for understanding the medicalization of cyberspace. The authors have provided a foundation on which future scholars can explore in more detail the ways in which cyberspace is influencing discourse and action in a range of areas related to bodies and health, even when they exist in the disembodied realm of cyberspace. Sally J. McMillan, New Media & Society (2008)
"there are many aspects of Medicalization of Cyberspace for those interested in the exploration of health and social aspects of cyberspace. This book is a great place to start, explore and really get a feel for what more there is to learn and discover in regards to our changing environments, virtual selves and cyberspacial interactions with the world medically, culturally and socially around us." Kristi Scott, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology (2008)
Andy miah and Emma Rich have extracted from cyberspace fascinating narratives about topics such as the persistent sexual arousal syndrome, the Visual Human Project, the controversy about an online auction for a human kidney....We had better listen, too." Edward W. Campion, MD, New England Journal of Medicine (2008)
The Medicalization of Cyberspace makes a valid and very necessary contribution to the conversation concerning cyberspace, medicalization and the body. Its value is found in the fact that rather than duplicating arguments already advanced on the positives and negatives of medical information being presented on the web or the horrors which stalk online discussion forms, it digs to the deeper issues of why cyberspace is altering the interaction between medicalization, health and body - a question which is often overlooked. Whilst its immediate readership will be probably be from the field of sociology, the healthcare professional, philosopher and ethicist would do well to engage with Miah and Rich's thesiunderstanding is going to be reached both now and in the years to come. Matt James, BioCentre (2008)


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This talk will outline all of the ingredients and factors that US universities will be looking for in your child, detailing how to maximise your child's chances of getting into the US university of their choice.
William Wheelan, President and Founder of Sentia Education
William is a native New Yorker and a graduate of Regis High School. He holds a B.S. in Theater and a B.A. in Comparative Literary Studies from Northwestern University and a certificate in College Counseling from UCLA Extension. His career as a tutor spans nearly twenty years and includes in-depth preparation for not only the SAT but also the SSAT, ISEE, ACT, LSAT, and GRE.
As an academic mentor, William has personally guided over four hundred students through the challenges of high school, college and beyond. His extensive background in college consulting germinated from a desire to help his SAT students present themselves in the best possible light throughout the college application process. His combination of an emphasis on community involvement, specialized interests, and polished and persuasive writing samples has a consistently transformative effect on his students' futures.
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On Wednesday, March 8th, Jetlore released it's first large scale consumer survey report, which you can access here. The report, titled "Add to Cart: Deal Makers and Deal Breakers of the Online Shopping Experience," presents conclusions drawn from the opinions of 750 consumers, each of whom regularly shop online.
There were a number of insights drawn from the survey that demonstrate the impact shopper frustrations have on the online shopping experience. For instance, 62% of surveyed customers prefer shopping online more than half the time, and 64% listed the ability to buy anytime from anywhere as a primary reason why. We're already seeing the effect of this statistic, as several traditional retailers like Macy's, Sears, Kmart, and HHgregg are closing dozens (if not hundreds) of physical locations.
Today, we'll be discussing a few key findings from the report, and what they mean for the retail industry as a whole.
86% of shoppers indicate frustration in sites that don't remember their information.
Online privacy is still a real issue, but customers are now comfortable providing basic information in exchange for a better user experience. The ability to collect that information and use it well is still a challenge for many online retailers. This statistic shows that, to some degree, customers understand the capabilities of online retail and expect the next experience to use their information in a positive way.
For instance, would you allow a site to cookie you, take your name, your email address, and your shipping information, if they were only collecting that information for their records? Or would you rather let them have that information so they can provide custom offers and relevant product offerings?
The biggest challenge for retailers is not in collecting that information, but in subtly leveraging that information accurately for hundreds of thousands of customers.
85% of shoppers will potentially abandon a site if given poor recommendations.
Out of 750 consumers, 69% said they would definitely churn if they receive poor recommendations, and 16% said they would consider abandonment. Many retailers invest in a simple recommendation widget so they can check off a box and say they're personalizing experiences - but there's a profound difference in poor personalization and an effective online experience.
We've entered into a new era of customer loyalty, where consumers are used to highly tailored social media experiences, and understand the abundance of choice they're offered from e-commerce sites. Because of that, we now live in a time where customers don't have patience for poor experiences - they know they can get the same/similar item somewhere else, so why would they choose to go to a site that doesn't understand what they need at any given moment?
40% of customers will only scroll through two product listing pages before they give up.
This statistic tells a lot about the modern consumer, and our lack of patience for poor experiences. Customers expect e-commerce sites that immediately relate to their specific, individual interests, and are easily frustrated with sites that cannot adequately leverage the information they've freely given. This statistic also represents a very specific challenge within product listing pages. If you're a retailer that offers millions of items and thousands of individual skus within a single category, it's on the consumer to search, filter, and sort through your inventory to find what they'd like to purchase.
What's the solution?
Jetlore conducted this study to re-affirm our theories on the modern consumer and gain a more complete understanding of what retail customers need. Results of the study reinforced the fact that Jetlore's AI-powered Prediction Platform is solving some of the most difficult and important challenges in online retail.
Jetlore's platform gives marketing teams a way to take collected information and leverage it into positive user experiences, through both our Predictive Layouts and Predictive Ranking products. Predictive Layouts enable marketers to provide highly relevant, predictive experiences to the 85% of customers who would otherwise abandon ship, and Predictive Ranking dynamically sorts entire inventories to automatically feature the best assortment of products immediately on PLP pages.
To learn more about how Jetlore's AI-powered predictions helps marketers adjust to the needs of the modern consumer, click here.
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Sabine Haenni
Born into a Spanish-German family, Sabine Haenni-Braatz grew up in Bern. She lived with her family in Zurich since the early 1990s. Before her children were born, Sabine worked in international sales in the graphics industry.
She is interested in the idea of self-healing for already 25 years now and attended a number of courses in kinesology and applied them in the circle of her family. Her initiation into Reiki (first and second degree) at the end of the 1990s took her one step further towards the ideal healing method.
Sabine Haenni's initial contact with Jin Shin Jyutsu was through her Spanish friends. A visit to Tarragona, her mother's home town, showed how holidays, massages and the healing practices of Jin Shin Jyutsu could be successfully combined.
This experience strengthened her decision to become a practitioner. Following intensive training in Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Sabine Haenni started out as a self-employed Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner in Nägelistrasse, Zurich, in spring 2010.
Through her Spanish friends she got to know Jesús Sanjaime, who works with curative treatment for many years now. Sabine and Jesús complement themselves perfectly in private, as well as at work.
They go their further in life together. The focus is on the health and healing. In order to entirely understand their clients they combine following methods; Jin shin Jyutsu, PSYCH-K and Biomagnetic Therapy.
Sabine Haenni's credo is: "I feel very privileged to be able to spend time with my clients. I learn something new every day and it is wonderful to consciously participate in the positive change in people's lives. It gives me great pleasure to help people, to accompany them on their journey through life for a while and to feel the effects of positive changes".


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Tri-Citians fret loss of plant could cost other jobs
The Tri-Cities' leading economic development recruiter says the community will need much more help from the governor's office if it hopes to attract major employers like the Areva uranium enrichment plant that was lost to Idaho in May.
"I don't think we'll win any of these projects without more activity from the state's chief elected officer," said Carl Adrian, chief executive officer of the Tri-City Development Council.
The $2 billion Areva facility, a juicy economic development plum, would have employed at least 400 with an annual payroll near $30 million.
"Most often the state is all over these things - the governor is all over these things," Adrian said. "In most other states, on projects of this size the governors get to be on a first-name basis with the company executives."
Gov. Chris Gregoire placed just one call to Areva to discuss the project - and more than six months after she personally decided to cancel a call.
Her staff began attempting to arrange a second conversation with Areva at the 11th hour after much prodding from Tri-Citians, but that call was not returned before Areva announced the plant would be built elsewhere.
"We would have hoped to see more direct involvement," said Mike Lawrence, a friend of Gregoire dating back two decades to when they helped negotiate Hanford's legally binding cleanup pact when he was manager of the U.S. Department of Energy's Richland office and she was state Ecology Department director.
Kennewick's Fran Forgette, whom Gregoire appointed to the Washington State University Board of Regents, wrote to Gregoire's office asking for her personal involvement. So did Lura Powell, a former Pacific Northwest National Laboratory director whom Gregoire appointed to a state board overseeing life sciences grants.
And Adrian, serving as a liaison between Areva and the governor's office, wrote the office frequently, according to e-mail and other communications obtained by the Herald through a public records request.
"Do I sound desperate?" Adrian asked in one plea for help.
Marc Baldwin, Gregoire's economic development policy adviser and lead staffer on the Areva issue, replied that his boss did call Areva once and said frequent Tri-City requests for the governor's involvement became "extremely difficult to meet."
Lawrence, who talked with Gregoire after Areva announced its plans to build the uranium enrichment plant in Idaho, is somewhat sympathetic to the governor's situation. But in a recent interview he reiterated a complaint he first reported to the governor's office in November.
"I think it would have been good if we had had the opportunity to meet face to face," Lawrence said, acknowledging the governor's busy schedule. "There was always an intermediary. I'm not certain what may have got lost in translation."
Lawrence said he doesn't believe the long Tri-City relationship with Gregoire has been tarnished and that "she still has a lot of interest in the Tri-Cities."
And she may hear about Areva again. Her office was repeatedly warned that Areva's fuel fabrication plant in Richland could be moved if another state was selected for the uranium enriching gas centrifuge project - which would be a major hit to the Tri-Cities' economy.
"The Areva site team hinted that to us," Adrian said. He previously had reported to the governor's office having seen internal Areva e-mail to that effect.
As one of the Tri-Cities' top employers, the facility is home to more than 600 jobs and an annual payroll of nearly $50 million.
"Since the decision has been made, Areva has been very careful," Adrian said. "They have told us there is no plan to move that facility."
But if there were such a plan, he doesn't expect Areva would say so.
"I sincerely think that is not an issue or at least not until the gas centrifuge is built" in Idaho, said TRIDEC's Gary Petersen, who has worked closely with the company.


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Behavior: Too Much Sitting Shortens Lives, Study SuggestsPosted: January 26, 2010 Filed under: Food and it's Impact on Our Health Leave a comment
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Published: January 19, 2010 in the NYTimes
A new study from Australia suggests that couch potatoes live shorter lives.
The study followed 8,800 adults ages 25 and older for six and a half years and found that each daily hour of television viewing was associated with an 18 percent increase in deaths from heart disease and an 11 percent increase in overall mortality.
Those who watched television four hours or more a day were 80 percent more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than those who watched two hours or less, and 46 percent more likely to die of any cause. And it did not matter whether they were overweight, according to the study, which appeared Jan. 11 in the online edition of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Although it is possible that people who were already ill watched more television than those who were healthy, the researchers tried to rule that out by excluding subjects who already had heart disease and by adjusting for differences in risk factors like diet and smoking.
While the benefits of physical activity have been well studied, there is growing interest among researchers in assessing the effects of being sedentary.
"For many people, on a daily basis, they simply shift from one chair to another — from the chair in the car to the chair in the office to the chair in front of the television," said the study's lead author, David Dunstan of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Victoria, Australia. "Even if someone has a healthy body weight, sitting for long periods still has an unhealthy influence on blood sugar and blood fats."


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Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo & Canto General
Viva La Black Live At Ruvo
Recorded live at the Ruvo Festival in southern Italy in 2004 this release brings Keith and Julie Tippett + Louis Moholo-Mohol together with the Canto General ensemble.
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Recorded live at Ruvo Di Puglia, September 5, 2004 by Gennaro Mele.
Keith Tippett-piano
Julie Tippetts-voice
Louis Moholo-Moholo-drums
Canto General:
Gianna Montecalvo-voice
Cinzia Eramo-voice
Gabriella Schlavone-voice
Teresa Vallarella-voice
Loredana Perrini-voice
Maristella Schlavone-voice
Vittorino Curci-alto sax
Roberto Ottoviano-soprano sax, alto sax
Farbizio Scarafile-tenor sax
Felice Mezzina-tenor sax
Nicola Pisani-baritone sax
Marco Sannini-trumpet and flugelhorn
Luca Calabrese-trumpet and flugelhorn
Vincenzo De Luci-trumpet and flugelhorn
Vito Mitoli-trumpet and flugelhorn
Beppe Caruso-trombone, Lauro Rossi-trombone, Franco Angiolo-trombone, Michele Marzella-trombone
Giorgio Vendola-acoustic and electric basses
Francesco Angiuli-acoustic and electric basses
Livio Minifra-piano, keyboards
Vincenzo Mazzone-drums
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"Keith Tippett (born Keith Graham Tippetts; 25 August 1947) is a British jazz pianist and composer.
Tippett was born in Southmead, Bristol. The son of an English father who was a policeman and an Irish mother name of Kitty. Keith wrote music dedicated to her after she died. Keith was the oldest of three siblings and had Clive and Thomas as brothers. Tippett went to Greenway Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. He formed his first band when he was fourteen with school friends, such as Richard Murch, Mike Milton, Terry Pratt and Bob Chard. They were called the KT Trad Lads performing Traditional jazz. Later Keith formed a modern jazz trio in Bristol and played regularly at the Dugout Club in Park Row, Bristol. He studied Piano and Church Organ, was a chorister and played with the school and Bristol youth brass bands. He moved to London in 1967, to pursue a musical life.
In the late 1960s, Tippett led a sextet featuring Elton Dean on saxophone, Mark Charig on trumpet and Nick Evans on trombone. Tippett married singer Julie Driscoll and wrote scores for TV.
In the early 1970s, his big band Centipede brought together much of a generation of young British jazz and rock musicians. As well as performing some concerts (limited economically by the size of the band), they recorded one double-album, Septober Energy.
He formed, with Harry Miller and Louis Moholo a formidable rhythm section at the centre of some the most exciting combinations in the country, including the Elton Dean quartet, and Elton Dean's Ninesense. Around the same time, he was also in the vicinity of King Crimson, contributing piano to several of their records including "Cat Food" (and even appearing with them on Top of the Pops). His own groups, such as Ovary Lodge tended towards a more contemplative form of European free improvisation. He continues to perform with the improvising ensemble Mujician and more recently (2006) Work in Progress.
Tippett has appeared and recorded in a wide variety of settings, including a duet with Stan Tracey, duets with his wife Julie Tippetts, solo performances, and appeared on three King Crimson albums."-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Tippett)
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"Julie Tippetts (born Julie Driscoll, 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress, known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and The Trinity. Along with The Trinity, she was featured prominently in the 1969 television special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, singing "I'm a Believer" in a soul style with Micky Dolenz. She and Auger had previously worked in Steampacket, with Long John Baldry and Rod Stewart.
"This Wheel's on Fire" reached number five in the United Kingdom in June 1968. With distortion, the imagery of the title and the group's dress and performance, this version came to represent the psychedelic era in British rock music. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early 1990s with Adrian Edmondson as the theme to the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, the main characters of which are throwbacks to that era.
Since the 1970s, Driscoll has concentrated on experimental vocal music. She married jazz musician Keith Tippett and collaborated with him and now uses the name Julie Tippetts, adopting the original spelling of her husband's surname. She took in Keith Tippett's big band Centipede and in 1974 sang in Robert Wyatt's Theatre Royal Drury Lane concert. She released a solo album, Sunset Glow in 1975; and was lead vocalist on Carla Bley's album Tropic Appetites and also in John Wolf Brennan's "HeXtet".
Later in the 1970s, she toured with her own band and recorded and performed as one of the vocal quartet Voice, with Maggie Nichols, Phil Minton, and Brian Eley.
In the early 1980s, Julie Tippetts was a guest vocalist on an early single by pop-jazz band Working Week, on the song "Storm of Light", which brought them to the attention of a wider audience."-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Driscoll)
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"Louis Tebogo Moholo (born 10 March 1940), is a South African jazz drummer.
Born in Cape Town, Moholo formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Nikele Moyake, Mongezi Feza and Dudu Pukwana, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made an important contribution to British jazz. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Breath, a big band comprising several South African exiles and leading musicians of the British free jazz scene in the 1970s and is the founder of Viva la Black and The Dedication Orchestra. His first album under his own name, Spirits Rejoice on Ogun Records, is considered a classic example of the combination of British and South African players. In the early 1970s, Moholo was also a member of the afro-rock band Assagai.
He has played with many musicians, including Derek Bailey, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Irène Schweizer, Cecil Taylor, John Tchicai, Archie Shepp, Peter Brötzmann, Mike Osborne, Keith Tippett, Elton Dean and Harry Miller.
Moholo returned to South Africa in September 2005, performing with George Lewis at the UNYAZI Festival of Electronic Music in Johannesburg. He now goes under the name Louis Moholo-Moholo because the name is more ethnically authentic. South African promoter Slow Life in March 2017 at the Olympia Bakery in Kalk Bay, Cape Town produced a show where Louis performed along with Mark Fransman, Reza Khota, Keenan Ahrends and Brydon Bolton."-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Moholo)
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1. Mra (Island Music) 4:25
2. Thoughts To Geoff (Popgun Music) 8:32
3. Dedicated To Mingus 5:01
4. Mongezi Feza 1:35
5. Four Whispers For Archie's Chair 2:08
6. Traumatic Experience 4:39
7. Cider Dance 9:28
8. A Song 4:11
9. Dancing Damon 4:04
10. Septober Energy 13:08
11. South African National Anthem (Traditional) 3:39
12. You Ain't Gonna Know Me 'Cos You Think You Know Me 5:45
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"Viva La Black, on this occasion, is Keith Tippett (piano), Julie Tippetts (vocals), Louis Moholo-Moholo (drums, now mysteriously doubling-up his name) and the rather large Canto General ensemble, recorded live at the Ruvo Festival in southern Italy. Their repertoire might suggest a 1970s date, but in reality this was only 2004, with a bold mission to recreate arrangements from the golden years of the Dedication Orchestra and Tippett's biggest of big bands, the bloated Centipede.
An opening salvo leaves the listener wounded, reeling on the floorboards. The South African alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana's "Mra" is followed by Keith's own "Thoughts To Geoff," both tunes involving the pure embodiment of the joyous rush, full of ultra-dynamic jolts and propelled by a six-strong vocal chorus (seven, counting Julie). Such power! Roberto Ottaviano's marathon soprano saxophone solo is supported by swelling jabs from the enlarged horn sections, then Tippetts is leading her battalion in their own vocal escalation and Moholo is in a tumbling dialogue with second drummer Vincenzo Mazzone. When Tippett's "Dedicated To Mingus" takes things down to calm stasis, at this point that's needed. Then, there are two numbers by the South African bassist Harry Miller, also part of the exiled jazz community in 1960s-70s London.
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Although Paulina Gretzky has a Canadian hockey legend for a father, she insists she's really an American girl.
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The Federal Court of Australia has heard how peer-to-peer software, BitTorrent, is used to distribute Linux-based operating systems.
Downloading GNU Linux software was cited as one of the legal uses of BitTorrent during the landmark court case between internet service provider, iiNet, and the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
iiNet CEO, Michael Malone, took the stand for his third successive day of cross examination in the civil case. AFACT barrister, Tony Bannon SC, questioned Malone about the amount of BitTorrent traffic Linux downloads were likely to account for.
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Hi Manuel, > I have read about a node/edge centric approach in this thread - I am very > interested in this, however, I may have misunderstood your intentions > completely. > > I'm am currently thinking about making visad depict graph structures by using > the Flow display mappings, which can be used to paint vectors, and thus could > be used to draw the edges between nodes of a graph. > > What I want to say: if anyone is also working on making visad depict graphs, > it would be great if we could get together and think about it. For drawing graphs, I recommend using a UnionSet of Gridded2DSets with manifold dimension = 2. There is a simple example in visad/examples/Rivers.java. By the way, I like your logo. Cheers, Bill ---------------------------------------------------------- Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html
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Saturday afternoon saw my return to Newcastle Gamers after a long, illness/work-enforced hiatus. It wasn't exactly a triumphal return given that I'm still ill (and given that I can't drive far yet, my thanks go to John Sh for the lift into Newcastle), but it was great to get out of the house and get some gaming in. My plan for the session was to keep the cognitive load relatively light by sticking to games I already knew.
I'd made arrangements earlier in the day to play Agricola with Olly, John Si and Pete "10-Point-Agricola-Handicap" M at about 6.30. That gave me two hours to fill at the start of the session. Olly adopted his role of Fabulous Host to a few newcomers hanging around the door, so we decided to kick off with a few lighter games before the main agricultural meat of the evening. Out came String Railway.
"But Owain," you cry, "what about your plan to stick to games you already knew?" Yeah, I know. But there's this:
It's a small intersection at the moment, but luckily String Railway ∈ ( A ∩ B ). It starts off nice and simple (place a station, lay a string), but by the time you get to the last of your four turns it's like a noodle-network nightmare. Olly had played it a few times before, John Sh just once and I and the two newbies (Louise and Richard) had never touched it.
Richard took an aggressive expansionist approach early on, moving into the mountain range directly in front of his home station and eventually making it all the way across to Olly's station opposite. My lines intertwined quite a bit with John's, seated to my right, while Olly and Louise both spidered out a bit and bothered everyone everywhere.
As discovered later, we fluffed a few rules, leaving players early in the turn order at a disadvantage and leaving me at a slight advantage due to the type of station I kept drawing, but that didn't stop the game from being fun. Of course, I would say that because I won.
It is a fun game though, and I like the idea of potentially limitless variation provided by the "mountain" and "river" strings, along with the different island shapes for different player numbers. I'll definitely play this one again.
The same crowd followed up with a couple of small card games from John's collection – No Thanks! and Newcastle Gamers favourite Coloretto. (Seriously, Coloretto's like Power Grid or The Resistance – it always seems to make an appearance at these sessions.) No Thanks! is about as simple as games come. I got off to a good start, but ran out of precious chips in the mid-to-late game, meaning I racked up points (which is a bad thing) and Olly ended as the victor, continuing his unbeaten run in No Thanks!
In Coloretto, I played my usual fairly conservative game (aim for exactly three colours or maybe four at most, taking small piles if necessary). It has a reasonable success rate, but it didn't work out this time. I've won previous games with 24 points, but not this time; Olly won again with substantially more points than that.
And then Agricola. Pete had turned up during our Coloretto game, so Olly and I assisted him in the ritual of setting up for a four-player game while we waited for John Si to arrive. We opted for a "deal 10 cards, discard down to 7" scheme for Occupations and Minor Improvements, with four from the E deck and three from each of I and K. The discard process is a game in itself, especially when you have a bit of experience with the other people at the table. I've played a few times with Olly in face-to-face games, and quite a few more with Pete and John Si on the iOS version, so I had some ideas about the ways they might play. I know, for example, that a game without Pete building the Well is a rare game indeed, so the Flagon Minor Improvement was a clear choice for me to keep (4 Food for me and 1 Food for everyone else when the Well is built).
The only decent card combo I had screaming out at me was the Writing Desk (when playing an Occupation, pay 2 Food to play a second Occupation) and Bookshelf (before paying for an Occupation, gain 3 Food… yes, even for the second one played with the Writing Desk, so that's a net gain of 3 Food and 2 Occupations for one action), but given the prerequisites of 2 and 3 Occupations respectively, they wouldn't be coming out in the early game and would be a late-game Food-boost at best.
It turned out to be a bit of an odd game. Pete had bemoaned the poor quality of his cards and ended up playing no Occupations at all, taking no Family Growth until the very last round (thus playing the game with the minimum 28 actions), with a two-room Stone house and his entire agricultural achievements consisting of one massive 12-space pasture with a few boar in it. He took no Wood until somewhere around round 9. And still he got 31 points, even while playing a very silly game.
I'd been the first to build a third room, so I had the early advantage in terms of Family Growth and extra actions, but I tend to get flabby and lose track of what I should be doing in the mid-to-late game, so I never really capitalised on that momentum. I ended up with six Occupations played (a couple mainly for the Writing Desk / Bookshelf combo Food boost) but not much in the way of a farm. 32 points.
John Si and Olly were both playing their typically sensible, balanced games and I couldn't instinctively pick out a winner. They'd both played Occupations involving the Travelling Players space, so there was the occasional bit of intrigue as to who might take that spot. John also had Harvest Helper, allowing him to nick Grain from other people's fields. (Thankfully, my farm was so poor that I didn't have any fields sown until the final round.)
Final scores – Olly: 42 / John: 33 / Me: 32 / Pete: 31
Like I said, an odd game. All four of us ended up with Stone houses. I seem to remember I was Starting Player for the last five rounds. For once, I didn't lose (these guys are all a class above me when it comes to Agricola, even when I'm not enfeebled), but the only person I'd beaten had only had 28 actions for the whole game. I need to get even more practice in.
Pete slipped away into the night, so Camo and John Sh joined Olly, John Si and me for a five-player Puerto Rico. It's a game I really, really rate, but don't often get the chance to play. It's always a bonus to have a table full of people who already know the game, so we were off to a flying start.
Starting fourth in player order, I got a Corn plantation, which is my preferred start. I quickly went down a Tobacco-as-cash-crop route which combined with my Small and Large Markets with Office to create a fairly powerful money machine. I got shut out of the Trading House a couple of times by being fifth in line for a tile with only four spaces, but I similarly got revenge by generating 7 doubloons when there was only space left for me to trade. There was huge competition around the table for Indigo (and hence space on the Indigo boat when Captain was taken), which I kept out of entirely. By the time Camo filled the last of his building spaces and brought on the end of the game, I was feeling pretty confident.
My confidence was well-founded: 45 points and victory. Camo was second with 39, while Olly and John Si were in the 30s and John Sh in the high 20s.
I love Puerto Rico's interactivity: you've always got to be aware of everyone else's agendas and how your actions will affect them (and on the flipside, how their actions will affect your plans). If you do something to benefit you, it might benefit someone else twice as much, so you're sometimes better off waiting for someone else to do that something… and hoping that they actually do, rather than letting it go for another round and picking up another doubloon so the wrong person will be tempted into taking it, thus scuppering your devious scheme. Ah, it's a great game.
It was getting late, so what better time to bring out a new, heavy-ish euro from the 2013 Essen crop? John Sh was keen to play Yunnan, so I thought I'd give it a crack. After all, I'd just given a table of good gamers a solid thrashing at Puerto Rico, so I must be reasonably capable, right?
No. No, no, no. I've never been so confused by a game in my life. And it's not that it's a particularly complicated game; I play more complicated games even now (I can quite happily manage Mage Knight or Cuba Libre solo at home). It's just that at the moment I can't take in the rules at that sort of pace. At any one point, I think I had about 50% of the rules in my head, but exactly which 50% kept changing from round to round. I never at any point managed to retain the simple fact of which workers come back to my hand and which go to Pu'er.
Anyway… it's a tea-based euro by German first-time designer Aaron Haag. There are workers, trading posts, tea houses… tea horses for heaven's sake. The worker placement system involves a bit of an auction feel, with the possibility of displacing other players' lower-paying workers. At the end of each round, you have to divide up your income between cash and victory points, which is a horrible decision in itself.
I accidentally stumbled on a strategy of taking the bank action to gain plenty of cash and then taking all my income as VPs. In the next round I could bid to actually do things and take income as cash, then back to the bank in the round after that. It ended up working pretty well, somehow, and I took second place with 108 points to Camo's winning 113. If I'd just taken a few steps up the border crossing and imperial influence tracks I could have edged him out (each track scores n2 points for n steps up the track), but then I would have had to have spent cash on those steps.
I honestly can't form any sort of opinion on Yunnan without playing it again, and I don't think I managed to learn much about the game from my initial play. There were a lot of moving parts and areas that seemed to influence each other, but I didn't really figure out how. I'm sure it'll come out again in future and I'll be able to gather some thoughts about it. For now, in summary: brown.
And that was that. Creeping up on 1am, John and I zoomed back to Corbridge. It was great to be back at Newcastle Gamers. I probably won't make the next one (birthday of offspring), but watch this space for more gaming.
All photos by Olly and John Sh, shamelessly stolen from the Newcastle Gamers Google+ page. Newcastle Gamers is on the second and last Saturday of every month, 4:30 pm until we drop at Christ Church, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne!


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Every morning on my walk from the subway to work I walk by the CityTV building and the two things I check out every morning are the Jeep coming out of the wall and I usually take a peek in the window of Breakfast Television.
I have always loved the Jeep and thought that it was a great symbol of the maverick attitude of the early days of CityTV. If you are wondering why I am referring to the Jeep in the past tense it is because BlogTO is reporting that since BellGlobeMedia bought Much Music and the building there have been signage changes and that there is a rumour the Jeep is coming down tomorrow (July 3rd).
I get the fact that the Jeep is a CityTV thing and that they are probably moving out of the building but an argument can be made that the Jeep is also a Queen Street landmark and should be preserved as is….no matter who owns the building.


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Akebono: Greenlawn's Fusion Sunrise/
By Tes Silverman
When customers walk into Akebono Fusion Sushi in Greenlawn, they're often greeted by name by owner Patty Li. And if she doesn't know them when they walk in, she will by the time they leave.
Li and Chef David Cheng, the married owners of Akebono, provide a relaxing atmosphere that is contagious. Formerly occupied by Azuma, the duo took over the location in August 2014 and named for restaurant for the Japanese word meaning sunrise.
Cheng has been a sushi chef for 25 years and prides himself on serving high-quality sushi, which are works of art. If you're a sushi lover, Tower ($12.95), consisting of spicy tuna, avocado, tempura crunch and cucumber rolled in pink soy paper is the appetizer to choose. The clean taste of the tuna, combined with the avocado, tempura crunch and cucumber result in a creamy, yet crunchy roll.
For entrees, the Ika Maru squid ($16.95), Chilean sea bass ($20), Japanese Tradition Bento Box ($11), and various rolls such as Volcano ($11.95), Hawaii($13.95), Akebono ($13.95) and Fire Island ($14.95) are good options. The rolls are beautifully created and if you have to choose one, go for the volcano roll, which consists of crab, avocado, shrimp, caviar, tempura flakes, topped with spicy tuna and scallion.
The Japanese Tradition Bento Box consists of a California roll, shumai, vegetable and white rice, with your choice of chicken, steak, or shrimp teriyaki, shrimp tempura or beef negimaki, making the bento box dinner filling and economical.
The Chilean sea bass is grilled and tender. Prepared with asparagus, carrots, brown sauce and scallions on top, it is ideal for the health-conscious diner.
For the adventurous diner, the BBQ Squid is something worth trying. The texture of squid can be rubbery, but in this instance, the squid is grilled until tender and prepared with seaweed salad, crab, caviar, eel, spicy mayo and eel sauce, making this dish filling and ample enough to be shared.
For Asian fusion choices, Akebono offers Malaysian, Chinese and Thai-inspired dishes such as Malaysian Red Curry (lemongrass and coconut), with a choice of chicken, beef or shrimp, General Tso's chicken or Thai Spicy Basil with chicken or shrimp.
If you're still feeling adventurous after trying various dinner choices, then why not try some fried ice cream or mochi with red bean ice cream for dessert? The fried ice cream is crispy and filled with creamy green tea or vanilla ice cream. The mochi (sticky rice cake) with the choice of red bean, green tea or vanilla ice cream is delicious and not overly sweet, unlike other ice creams.
In addition to dinners, Akebono offers lunch specials, from sushi or sashimi ($9 for two rolls or $12 for three rolls) to Bento box lunches and Hibachi-style cooking with choices of vegetable, chicken, steak, prawn or scallop.
Li believes Akebono offers a different vibe than other restaurants. Their restaurant may be small, but the care diners receive from Li and server Bobby Lee outweigh the size of the space.
"We are a family-friendly restaurant and we believe in personal interaction," Li said. "We want our customers to relax once they step into our restaurant. We do that by remembering what our diners want and serve them their favorite dishes or suggest new ones they may want to try. We want them to enjoy and feel cared for, even if it's only for an hour or two."


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Back Story
I've been dealing with spine issues on and off for 30 years. At age 22, I acutely herniated my L4-5 disc playing tennis, and was off work for a year. After a discectomy, I felt great again. At age 30, I re-herniated the same disc while lifting a patient at work and again was unable to work for a year. I switched from relatively heavy work as a neurology rehabilitation physical therapist to much lighter work in orthopedics. Around age 36, I had a further herniation at the same disc while traveling in Asia. With both legs symptomatic, a second discectomy with scar removal was performed.
By the time I met Dr. Reynolds at SpineCare around age 45, I had been managing some level of chronic pain for 15 years. At this point, my spine had gradually changed, and I thought there might be a 'surgical upgrade' possible. I still did much of what I enjoyed. I had stopped doing much loved rotational and impact sports that were hard on my specific spine problems, like tennis, volleyball, and running, but I continued activities such as mountain hiking, swimming, and overseas travel. I had also quit physical therapy practice, and was doing the administrative work for my husband's home practice.
Dr. Reynolds carefully reviewed my case, and concluded that surgery wasn't recommended. Although I was disappointed with the long-term implications of multiple areas and levels of degeneration, I appreciated his care, thoughtfulness, and thoroughness in detail. Today, I continue to appreciate that SpineCare surgeons provide both surgical and non-surgical care, providing them with a broader information base to practice from. Despite being a 3-time spine surgery recipient, I believe non-surgical care is appropriate and correct for most spine problems. It's delightful to be treated by a surgeon with this perspective.
Treatment and Recovery
About four years after meeting Dr. Reynolds, my function had gradually deteriorated. I'd also developed enough arthritis to require a hip replacement, adding complexity as spines and hips interact intimately. With painful and limited walking, my ability to lead an active life had dwindled; sitting and standing tolerance were poor. I'd developed a slumped posture due to pain in extension, and I experienced high levels of pain at rest. A new MRI revealed that my unstable L3-4 joint had developed a large disc herniation, which explained my primary complaint of buttock and leg pain. We decided on a single fusion at this level.
My recovery from the fusion went well. I walked shortly after surgery, and progressed normally. With carefully selected specific exercises, and challenging choices for recreational ''functional rehab'', I made substantial gains for the first 12-15 months post-surgery.
My story doesn't end with 'I feel as good as new', yet I live in gratitude. Much of the leg pain has resolved. And remarkably, stabilizing my L3-4 joint also helped reduce symptoms present for more than 20 years stemming from my L4-5 joint and L5 nerve. In doing the fusion, Dr. Reynolds also re-positioned my L3-4 joint, returning my degenerated, flat lumbar spine to more of its natural, arched position. I believe this enables my L4-5 joint to function better. Much of the time at rest I feel comfortable. I do many things that I love. Most importantly, I feel better than I've felt in 20 years while doing many of them.
I sit and stand tall…which is huge psychologically. We tend to slump when unhappy, and simply being mechanically forced into this posture affected my happiness and outlook.
Now that I'm older, I'm delighted when young friends carry the load when I backpack in the mountains. I enjoy travel again, including a recent three-month trip in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Laos. The plane ride was okay - which is good enough. The local buses were crowded, bumpy, and great fun. Motor biking the dusty country tracks was spectacular; the hiking, photography and people brilliant.
My advice to those with chronic spine pain:
· Learn what activities and positions increase or decrease your symptoms.
· Balance 'pain management' with a rich and activity diverse life.
· As much as possible, focus on life, not discomfort.
· Most importantly, do everything you can…every day!


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If you've been following this blog this summer, you are aware of the tornado that hit Minneapolis in May and destroyed a heron rookery and the recovery and rebuilding.
I got a call from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center that last week and they planned to release 7 of the 9 great blue heron chicks recovered after the tornado last Monday. They invited a couple of us from my park (the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area to be there) and I got to release one of the herons and my fellow Park Ranger Gordon took photos.
This was the great blue heron in my box. The herons have come a long way from when they were first admitted to the WRC. Videos on YouTube showed their progress--here's one of the chicks honing its fishing skills.
The birds were released at Cenaiko Lake at Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park--a perfect spot since the lake is managed and stocked for trout fishing. It's also not too far from the Coon Rapids Dam heron rookery, so they will be able to watch the local adults to see where they go to forage and learn from them. Perhaps one of the adults renesting in the park is a parent of one of the released chicks? There won't be any magical family reunion, if these are any of their chicks, too much time has passed for the adults to regard these chicks as anything other than a competitor for food and territory.
I took this shot with my phone. My heron was one of two that hung out in the water for several minutes after release. I'm sure some if it had to do with the confusion of a new situation for them but the day we released the herons was the first day of that nasty heatwave that ravaged the midwest last week--yuck. I think they just wanted to cool off.
The heron from my box eventually flew to the edge of the lake where it was promptly bapped by some red-winged blackbirds who didn't take kindly to it being in their territory. It then found an edge where it could gather its thoughts in peace and heat. It started panting and I could understand why. I was in my full on Park Ranger uniform and I have to tell you that the poly-wool blend the government makes us wear retains heat like nobody's business. I was only out in the heat in under 30 minutes and I'm certain I lost 5 pounds in sweat. My clothes were soaked through when I got to the car. Eventually the heron flew to a shadier spot close to the water, ready to fish.
And so this is a happier ending to the Minneapolis tornado for the herons. Though many nests were lost, the herons rebuilt and a handful of chicks have been returned to the wild. These chicks have aa good of a chance as any raised completely in the wild and I hope that they will figure out the best fishing spots and have a chance to migrate south and return next year.
Here's some of the media coverage of the release from KARE 11 , MPR and KSTP. (Mom, you'll be interested in the first 2 links).
And I leave you with a funny video of the herons from the WRC not long before their release. One of the chicks decides to take on a monster sunfish. With that sort of can do spirit, I'm sure the will do fine:


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Is it really over?
A spokesman for assorted negotiating parties said this week that the Entrada is finished.
He said there will no longer be a re-enactment on the Santa Fe Plaza of Spaniard Don Diego de Vargas' reoccupation of Santa Fe in 1692, 12 years after the Pueblo Revolt pushed the Europeans out of what is now northern New Mexico.
At this writing, we haven't heard from a couple of key players in the debate over the Entrada, which has drawn increasing numbers of protesters over the past three years when staged during the Fiesta de Santa Fe in September.
The Fiesta Council and the Caballeros de Vargas, which organizes the Entrada, have defended the religious pageant where de Vargas' veneration of the Virgin Mary is prominent. They say it was intended to celebrate a peaceful moment in history between Spaniards and the pueblos, as well as the origins of northern New Mexico's cultural mix.
Script changes in recent years made the Indian characters in the Entrada stronger and had them standing up for their own religion.
But Native American activists, and many others, saw the Entrada as celebrating conquest, by violence and the threat of violence, and oppression of indigenous people.
At Entrada protests, they shout the name of Pueblo Revolt leader Po'pay, while the Fiesta includes a procession from the cathedral to the Cross of the Martyrs, which commemorates Franciscan friars killed in Po'pay's rebellion.
The Entrada takes place on the city-owned Plaza, gets city taxpayer support and is secured by Santa Fe police (who arrested eight people last year after establishing separate "free speech zones" for protesters).
This week, Regis Pecos, a former Cochiti Pueblo governor and co-director of the Leadership Institute at Santa Fe Indian School, said discussions over the past 10 months with representatives from the All Pueblo Council of Governors, the mayor's office, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, the Fiesta Council and the Caballeros recently culminated in a decision to end the Entrada.
Pecos, designated to speak for the group, called the agreement a "profoundly significant event in the history of New Mexico."
"I think it's unequivocally the consensus that for the health and benefit of the public, it's an event that is best that we let go of because of the controversy that it continues to create," he said.
A lot of Santa Feans undoubtedly will be sad about the loss of the Entrada, which had become so woven into local affairs that portraying de Vargas in the pageant was a stepping stone to political success, including in recent years. Until March, there were three de Vargases among the nine people serving as city councilor or mayor.
But the pageant's continued performance in a publicly owned space had become untenable. What the Entrada's organizers saw as a celebration of local culture and history couldn't stand against today's celebration of diversity and inclusion.
As we've said before, the Fiesta Council and the Caballeros shouldn't be lumped in with the throwbacks or outright evil people who, in other parts of the country, have a soft spot for or outright idolize or want a return to a racist past. But an event that, any way you dress it up, in fact celebrates subjugation of Native people and thanks a higher power for success in that endeavor, is not proper grounds for a community celebration now.
Pecos suggests some kind of new event may take the Entrada's place to promote reconciliation and diversity. Maybe it should just be something that's fun.
The Entrada was started in 1911 as part of the 400-year-old Fiesta, as a tourist attraction. We don't need it anymore.


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Come meet Col. Doug Applegate at Cardiff Dog Days! More information available here!
"Cardiff-by-the-Sea is ready to celebrate man's best friend! Set in this beautiful beach community, this annual one-day street fair for dogs and dog lovers is set for Saturday, August 13th, from 10:00am-6pm on Newcastle Ave, Aberdeen Drive and Liverpool Drive in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. The event is hosted by Cardiff 101 Main Street and is expected to draw 10,000 four-legged friends, their fans and family members. This event is made possible though numerous sponsors, including funds from the County of San Diego and City of Encinitas. 'This is a great event to benefit the Cardiff community,' said County Supervisor Dave Roberts. 'It is fun for the public and their pets, and is the largest of its kind in the region. The County of San Diego is proud to support this community event.'"


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Traveling on your own can be very daunting. For some people, it's the one thing that stops them from getting out there and visiting the places they want to. As an introvert, I still get anxious when I get to a new place and I have to make friends all over again.
Solo travel can be tough but it also has it's benefits. Funnily enough, one of the main benefits is how easy it is to meet people!
When you're travelling in pairs or as a group, you don't naturally tend to include other people in your conversation and likewise, a group of solo travelers are less likely to reach out to big groups of friends. Some of my closest friends are people that I have met while travelling and sometimes have even met up again to visit new countries together.
To help you get over your own inhibitions about travelling on your own, here are some tips that has helped me over the years.
1) Choose the right hostel
On my travels I have found myself in some hotels that attract certain groups of traveler. There's the all hippie, fire-twirling, crystal carrying crew with questionable hygiene and a focus on "eco" practices over all else. There was the all French Canadian hostel where the conversation was predominantly in French. Some places are just popular with certain groups of traveler because it meets that particular need. There's even some hostels that mostly attract couples, not much fun for a single female!
To circumvent this, make sure to do you research when choosing where to stay. Read reviews online using either TripAdvisor or a hotel booking site and look for key phrases and guidance on where will suit your particular personality.
A lot of hostels these days also put on events, like free drink nights, Sunday BBQ's and movie nights. If you have a choice, I also highly recommend staying in a hostel that provides breakfast. A communal breakfast is a a great opportunity to chat to other travelers.
2) Stay in dorms
Depending on your budget, you might think that a dorm room is the last place you want to sleep. They can be noisy, smelly and personal space is at a minimum. If you do your research though, you can find some very nice dorms. The benefit of staying in a dorm is you have some automatic friends, people to chat with during the day and discuss travel plans.
I am currently staying in a "Deluxe Dorm" that has brand new orthopaedic mattresses, privacy curtains and personal outlets and lights as well as hotel-style bathrooms and a balcony. I can still sleep in comfort and take the opportunity to hang out with my fellow room mates.
3) Force yourself into the middle of the action
Just last night I arrived at a new hostel in San Cristobal, my all-female dorm was on the quiet side and everyone seemed to be hanging out in the garden by the bonfire. Even though it made me feel physically ill, I forced myself to go take a seat by the fire and say hi to everyone loudly. Once that was over with, everyone introduced themselves to me and I was instantly part of the conversation.
If being confident doesn't come naturally to you, the best thing to do is to just pretend. Choose someone in your life that you admire for their assertiveness and pretend to be them. I pretend to be a good friend from home who is the most extroverted, confident women I know. When I'm on my own I just think, how would she assert herself into this conversation?
4) Do some group activities
Just because you're traveling on your own doesn't mean you have to do everything by yourself. Sign up for some half day or full day trips that interest you and you have some automatic friends for a few hours. If things work out, you then have some people to have dinner with or share a long bus trip with to the next destination. You might even end up with some travel partners for days or even weeks. Read more on travel partners.
Cuba was one of the hardest places to meet other traveler because of the lack of hostels but somehow I ended up with a great bunch of travel buddies after a horse riding trip.
Have you got any advice for the traveling on your own?