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Here is my confession, internet: I am writing a cat DNS. That is, a DNS server that resolves everything to cats. You want your email? Cat! You want to check the weather? Cat! It's always cat.
Wait why?
We were talking at work about DNSes, and it turns out I only hand wavingly know how they work. I also like things that troll you. The reason why this post is about what I'm doing and not about what I've done, is because my server isn't done yet. Let me try to explain.
- The DNS spec is ridiculous. I genuinely don't want to parse it; It's got a billion fields, it's written in Courier New, and it is really boring. Pros: I have found a nodejs project on github that I'm working from. Cons: it doesn't work for me.
- Testing the DNS server is ridiculous. You take your DNS server for granted, dear reader. I know this, because the moment I set my crappy, barely-running, returning-nothing service as my DNS, a hundred thousand requests started coming in. You see, every service in the universe (gmail, hangouts, apple notifications, twitter) polls their mothership every second to check for updates. All these polls come to your server. All you want is to try to go to
www.google.comin a tab and see what happens. It meeps, that's what happens. MEEP.
DNS: How do it do it?
You know how DNS works. You give a server a human readable hostname, like
www.google.com, and it gives you back the IP address (like
184.108.40.206) where the thing you are looking for actually lives. Here's pretty much how it goes.
- You type in
www.google.com. We're off to the races!
- This goes to a recursive caching name server, which, after doing some work, will give you the IP you need. This name server has a list of hints, such as addresses of root name serves, and most likely a cache of popular requests. Let's say it doesn't have an answer cached, which means it will go ask a root nameserver.
- A root nameserver might not know the IP of your service, but knows the IP of the top level domain you need to speak to (in this case, the .com one). It also responds with 'I don't know, but I bet you this other IP does'
- The top level domain server (e.g. the .com one) knows you want something about
google.com, so it will tell you where the google authoritative name server is.
- The authoritative name server is the best. It knows things without having to ask anyone else. The google authoritative name server is going to report back with the IP you want. Bingo bango, sugar in the gas tank.
- The caveat here is that you have to ask it only about things it knows about. If you end up asking a google authoritative server about
notwaldorf.github.com, it's most likely going to apologize politely and tell you it doesn't know.
- Addendum: @pphaneuf says this is technically incorrect (which is the best kind of incorrect) because all non recursive servers are authoritative about something. The
.comone is authoritative about who you need to talk to when you want
*.com. @pphaneuf also writes DNSes for a living though, so his level of knowledge is over 9000.
Finally, this is mostly a lie, as in real life all of these recursive servers that you hit first do a lot of caching. Imagine doing this 4+ step dance every time someone typed
www.google.com in their browser. IMAGINE.
Cat DNS is technically a recursive caching name server (because it's the first one you hit), a root one, and an authoritative one, mostly authoritative about cats. Cat DNS knows everything: it's cats. Cats, cats, cats. This also means it should be super simple to implement.
Some code deets
Things communicate with DNS servers over UDP on port 53. A couple of things:
- 53 is a small number for a port, which means it's privileged. Sudo that with care.
- You talk to these servers over UDP. UDP is great because it doesn't have a state, doesn't do any handshakes, offers no guarantees, and is used for sending a small chunk of data. You know what's small? The IP of a cat.
Tune in next week for results on how this actually worked in practice, once I actually get around to writing dem codes.


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During the course of putting this issue together, several things have stood out to me, or at least raised questions and prompted thoughts.
When reading up about and researching for the 1959 Bonneville story (see page 58) a couple of things came to mind.
Among them is the idea that 1959 was perhaps the most important year in motorcycling. Let me explain…
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In 1959 there were record numbers of motorcycles registered and one fifth of vehicles on the road were motorcycles.
But other things happened too. The Austin (or Morris) Mini appeared, as is well documented.
This modern 'car for the 1960s' changed things, massively, and though it was a success, I'm sure I've read somewhere that its makers lost money on every one sold.
So not such a success, but anyway, it changed everything, it seems, with cars becoming what young people wanted.
The launch of the Bonneville is also significant and can, I think, be argued as the point that motorcycles and motorcycling started to become a leisure industry.
The Bonnie was basically a machine for leisure, aimed predominantly at the United States, or at least so Triumph envisaged.
But it soon became massively popular in the UK; more so than the Triumph 5TA (unit-construction) Speed Twin that Triumph gave greater prominence to for the UK market when the two were launched together, as the firm clearly reckoned that the bathtub-faired, clearly scooter influenced, all-rounder 500ccc model was what the UK market wanted. Not so, perhaps.
Fast-forward 10 years and have a look at the market – many of the machines on sale had more in common with the 1959 Bonneville (think CB750, Trident, Commando, still the Bonneville et al) with the middleweight all-round/commuter market (the 5TA) pretty much dead and buried.
It's not an exact science but, I think, worthy of consideration.
Another thing I've been considering/noticed, is the amount of 'forgotten marques' (and makers) that for some reason have come to be included this month.
Even Richard Rosenthal, a self-confessed lover of the odd and obscure side of motorcycling, hadn't heard of the Ekon carburettor (see YWA, p88), while there are a couple of marques in Richard's summary of 1921's roadtests that are mysteries to me. Stanger anyone?
Likewise Armis, while it can't be claimed that the likes of Diamond, Kenilworth, Hawker, Hobart and so on are exactly well-known or remembered.
We've a combination of the well-known and the forgotten, the 'vintage' and the classic.
To me, that is what makes old motorcycles so fascinating, the mixture of familiarity and the unknown.
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Son charged with mom's murder after her remains were found 4 years after she disappeared
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO/Gray News) – A Colorado woman who had been missing for four years was found dead in a trash bag inside a manhole at her home, investigators said.
Her son has been charged with first-degree murder.
In 2018, Sylvia Frens' daughter reported her missing. According to court documents, detectives went to Frens' home and discovered a foul odor in the bedroom and a brown stain that covered most of the floor. The stain was tested for blood, but the results came back negative.
But investigators also found that Frens' son Richard Vandervelde used her debit cards and took more than $10,000 in cash from her bank account.
The following month, prosecutors claim Vandervelde lied about his identity when pulled over in Missouri. Grand Junction Police Department detectives traveled to Missouri and asked him about his mother's disappearance. He claimed she went to California with a friend.
Years passed with no sign of Frens. Then, on April 26, 2022, the current owner of Frens' house reported a trash bag inside a manhole. Court records describe the hole as 6 feet deep. Detectives thought they saw an animal leg and later believed they found human remains.
DNA tests confirmed the remains were that of Frens. An autopsy said she died from blows to the head.
Police found Vandervelde in Florida and arrested him May 29.
Vandervelde is charged with first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body, crimes against at-risk adult, fraud-identity theft, theft of $5,000-$20,000, motor vehicle theft, and abuse of a corpse.
Vandervelde was extradited back to Colorado and is being held on a $1 million bond at the Mesa County Detention Facility. He is due in court June 21.
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Program Information
Program/Department Chair: Kathy Cook
Program length: 27 months
Admit by cohort: Yes
Authorized Award(s): Nurse Anesthesia - MN (CIP Code: 51.1604)
Minimum number graded credit hours: 109 credits for MN
Minimum acceptable GPA: 3.0 GPA
Program Purpose Statement
The NAP recognizes the growing community health needs within Oregon, the Northwest, and across the United States. The NAP strives to maintain high standards in educating qualified Registered Nurses at the graduate level in the domain of nurse anesthesia. The program endeavors to provide the Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRNA) with a solid foundation of scientific knowledge, clinical skills, and accountability, with a progressive understanding of the components of clinical judgment.
Student Learning Outcomes Statements
Nurse Anesthesia Program Objectives:
At the end of the OHSU Nurse Anesthesia program the graduate will be able to:
- Demonstrate safe patient care with an emphasis on continual quality improvement throughout the perianesthetic period.
- Provide indvidualized, culturally sensitive perianesthetic management
- Apply critical thinking skills during the perianesthetic period to ensure high quality patient care.
- Use effective communication skills and technologies to provide collaborative perianesthetic care.
- Integrate professional leadership skills in the delivery of perianesthetic care.
- Synthesize relevant, current scientific knowledge and evidence based research findings into practice.
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Exclusive Interview with Data Scientist – Bishwarup Bhattacharjee (Analytics Vidhya Rank 8)
Energy and Persistence conquers all things!
– Benjamin Franklin
Bishwarup Bhattacharjee, senior data scientist, Decision Minds is an epitome of persistence and hard-work. The road to becoming a data scientists is tedious. It requires sheer perseverance and a lot of hard work. Bishwarup's journey not only tells us how to make a career in data science, but also how to become one of the best.
Bishwarup completed his Bachelors in Statistics from University of Calcutta. His experience varies from being a data analyst to being an independent analytics consultant and finally joining a startup as a data scientist. He has won several competitions on Analytics Vidhya and is currently ranked 8th on our datahack platform.
He is a huge inspiration for all of us and one of the best minds I have come across in analytics industry. We wanted to know more about his journey and what kept him going. So, we conducted an exclusive interview with him.
Here are the excepts from my conversations with him!
KJ: First of all, I would like to sincerely thank you for devoting time for this interview. Kindly tell us about yourself and how did you start your career in analytics?
Bishwarup: I am glad to have this opportunity to present myself to such a fascinating group of professional and aspiring data scientists and I really thank you and the team AnalyticsVidhya at large for that. I hail from a Statistical background. I always liked the part where Statistical methods are used to solve real-life problems like driving the growth of a business or facilitating various workflows in a large organization and many more. On the other hand, I've always had a knack for learning different programming languages and I am still learning. I think that helped me a lot to get me going and make my journey very interesting as a data scientist. I started as a Data Analyst in a product based start-up. However, not after long I started providing independent consulting services.
KJ: When and why did you think that you will start your own consultancy?
Bishwarup: While working as an independent consultant, I made quite a few contacts with offshore clients who wanted to work with me in a confidential manner and without the hassle of going through different freelancing web portals. In the beginning, I would take care of most of their requirements by myself, but going ahead I got involved with a number of long term projects where time management became an issue. I was almost working 16 hours a day at a point. So, I thought of reaching out to a few like-minded people I knew who could potentially help me in this regard. All of us together, thought that it would be better for us to work as a team rather than a number of people working on their own. So, I went ahead and registered a business. The business was good in its initial years. But today almost every analytics service is being automated and we too took a pretty bad hit. So very recently, I thought of moving out of what I was doing and at this moment, I am working with Decision Minds Pvt Ltd, a US based start-up, in the role of a Senior Data Scientist.
KJ: Tell us 3 things life has taught you in your journey from a data analyst to founder of a company and going back to corporate again?
- It's crucial to spend time with yourself to be very clear about what you want to do next, weight different pros and cons, assess the present and future situations.
- Analytics is a very dynamic field of work; a lot of work have been achieved in the last decade which completely changed the landscape of how different organizations think of leveraging it for their profitability. That is why I think it's necessary for one to keep a close eye on the latest technologies and developments and have an idea where we are heading to in next 5 years.
- Whenever taking a big stride with a lot of risk both for your career and financial stability, you must have a back-up plan. Data Science is full of opportunities and it will be so – no matter how it shapes up in the time to come. It's about finding suitable place for you and preparing yourself in advance.
KJ: Tell us a bit more on what challenges did you face in your journey? How did you overcome them?
Bishwarup: The most critical challenge, I think you would agree, to make up your mind when thinking something out of the box. Apart from that, I had a financial constraint at a point which got better with time. Also, I would like to mention that when I started my own consultancy services.
KJ: You are currently ranked 74th on Kaggle among more than 50,000 people. Amazing feat. Please describe your journey.
Bishwarup: I joined Kaggle almost a couple of years back. At that time, I was exploring potential ways of enhancing my skills in data science, not just by enrolling into some online course but something that will provide me with hands-on experience of what it takes to deal with large scale data. I found Kaggle very useful and I am really glad that I kept myself involved in there. My first competition in Kaggle was Springleaf Marketing and the data was quite large to fit into 4GB RAM laptop that I had at that point. I was confused by the advanced discussions going on the forums and I had little idea how to efficiently approach the problem. However, I went ahead and rented a AWS instance to implement whatever I could learn and we finally ended up at the 27th position in the private leaderboard among 2226 teams. I was pretty satisfied with my effort and since then I've always believed I can do better in every competition in which I take part and that's what helped me to learn a lot of new things including stuff like how to preprocess large data files in a number of different ways, stacked generalization and many more. From my personal experience, I have seen people who think of platforms like Kaggle, AnalyticsVidhya, KDD etc. as just a fun competition organizers. However, if you ask me, I would rate these platforms even higher than attending a course in Coursera or Udacity. These platforms promote self-learning which, in my opinion, is the best way to master a subject.
KJ: Recently, you've won various other data science competitions including AV Hackthons, CrowdAnalytix etc. I must say you've got the midas touch. Is there any structure / formula / framework you follow to build this winning streak?
- Well, there is no secret formula or shortcuts one can take to just pop up in the top. It's all hard work and perseverance. Most of the people who participate in these types of online contest are working full-time with other companies and yet they consistently perform well in the competitions. So, it's also about priorities and dependent on how you want to spend your free time after the office or in the weekend. I would rather understand Owen Zhang's leave-one-out randomized and shrunk encoding of categorical variables and write my own implementation of that instead of going to a movie.
- Apart from that, I think it's essential for one to think of different ways a problem can be modelled. For example, in the BNP Paribas competition where we ranked 2nd, we had a total of more than 300 models with different data preparation and hyper-parameters. As one can understand, that took us more than just a magic touch to crack. Besides being diligent, I think it is also crucial for one to keep track of the latest developments taking place in the field of data science and understand their applications in real life situations.
KJ: How do you decide in which Kaggle competition should you participate?
Bishwarup: Given the time, I would like to participate in all of the competitions as each of them helps one learn something new. However, there is a resource and time constraint on my side, so before entering a contest I like to think of the amount of time I would probably be able to invest behind it. There is no point taking part in a competition, copy some forum scripts and make a number of submissions.
There are also a lot of competitions related to computer vision that are held in Kaggle, but I don't have much idea about that subject. I would really like to learn that in near future and participate in such competitions.
KJ: Which mode do you prefer in a competition? Team or Self?
Bishwarup: I personally prefer competing solo mainly because of the reason that after the end of the competition you get to know what possibly you could have done differently to make your model better. But participating in team is also advantageous for a number of reasons. For one, you get to learn different ideas and concepts from your teammates. At the same time, it offers a really good scope of ensembling different approaches and surging the leaderboard.
KJ: According to you, what should be the ideal approach by people to solve problems in these competitions?
Bishwarup: I don't think that there is a one size fits all solution here as the problems are quite varied and they come in their own flavours. However, certain things are common across them. For example,
- Knowing your data is necessary. By knowing the data I mean a few things – what is the target distribution, how the target relates to different covariates, how much signal you can extract from the data and how much noise is there, the structure of the NULL values and stuff like that. One can start with exploratory data analysis (EDA) – which is always very helpful in this regard. Even just looking at the data in a spreadsheet application like MS Excel and doing some basic colour coding, pivot and conditional formatting proves quite beneficial at times.
- From the point of view of performing well in a competition, it is also essential to know the criteria of scoring as different competitions use different evaluation metrics. Optimizing Root Means Square Error (RMSE) is not the same as minimizing Mean Absolute Error (MAE).
- One more point which I would like to highlight is that about cross-validation. Establishing a robust cross-validation strategy is indispensable if you are to rank high in the private leaderboard. How many folds you want to validate, whether you want to make the splits stratified in target values or by any other variable or you want a time-based validation is to be decided based on the structure of the competition. The main idea is to imitate the test data in your validation set as closely as possible.
- Hyper-parameter tuning – it can offer a lot of lift if you use it right.
- Weak learners make strong learners – One must use ensembling techniques whenever and wherever possible. Merging diverse models offers potential gain almost everytime.
- Thinking out of the box – what possibly you can do with the data which you think is not very conventional. Never be afraid of trying things that apparently does not make a lot of sense – at times they come out helpful and set you apart.
KJ: Which techniques / algorithms do you think are the most important to learn to give a tough fight in these competitions? Why?
- eXtreme Gradient Boosing (xgboost): It's a fancy implementation of conventional Gradient Boosting which offers higher accuracy, more flexibility in terms of hyperparameters one can tune and shorter training time. It also offers online learning which is the way to go in case your data doesn't fit into the memory. It can be applied to both classification and regression task.
- Artificial Neural Network (ANN): Can efficiently model complex patterns in the data given the right architecture. I encourage using Keras in python for this – which has both theano and tensorflow backend and offers huge flexibility in terms of implementation, parameter tuning, optimization, checking overfitting and training on sparse data. As a side note, it especially performs well in case of multiclass classification.
- Elastic Net: It might not offer as much accuracy as the previous two, but it is fantastic in terms of feature selection. Especially when you have a very sparse set of features – variable selection through elastic net can boost the score by quite a lot.
- Apart from the above I think there are a lot of other algorithms which are good to know as they really perform well in certain type of data sets – like Vowpal Wabbit, Factorization Machines, libFFM, Regualized Greedy Forest (RGF) etc.
KJ: According to you, how different are these competitions to real life challenges which are solved in industry using data science and machine learning?
Bishwarup: There is a fundamental difference indeed. In industry, businesses are looking for estimates which are backed by a certain confidence bands – the confidence interval is more crucial than just a point estimate whereas in online competitions we are crazy about optimizing the evaluation metric even up to the 5th or 6th decimal places. In real life use cases, people are more interested in a directional view of where the business is heading to and find the potential drivers of the change whereas in online contests we rarely bother about what insight we can gather from the data. Besides, the complicated stacked models that we develop to crack the online contests are hardly possible to implement in production environment due to their complexity/long training time/ stochastic nature of optimization. However, it does not mean that such contests offer no career value for people working in companies – I think most of the companies in their analytics wing, use algorithms like Random Forest or even xGboost. One just have to factor in the domain perspective rather than just applying the black-box machine learning to solve a problem in industry.
KJ: As per your experience, which tutorials, online courses, MOOCs are must to undergo for aspiring data scientists? Which one helped you the most personally?
Bishwarup: I haven't taken any online courses, MOOCs or followed any online or offline contents. I learnt by debugging – whenever stuck with something I would go to stackoverflow or google forums to search for answers. I think it's the best way to learn. Of course, the courses in websites like Coursera, Udacity or Udemy provide a lot of value – they will give you a jump start – but if you want to master a subject, better do it by practicing and being on your own. You will get hundreds of contents describing what deep learning is and where it is used, but not a single content in the web completely describing how to install [theano + gpu + cuda + cudnn] on a Windows machine. In my opinion, there is no use of going through an article if you can't practice the same side by side.
KJ: If you had a chance to go back in time, what are the things you would have done differently?
Bishwarup: I would learn Java to its core and also try to create some kind of routine in my life.
KJ: What things a fresher must do to get his/her first break in analytics?
Bishwarup: I would be honest, it's a very competitive market down there. Going back 7-8 years from now, companies would hire people who can efficiently run a logistic regression but today the outlook is completely different. Corporate establishments are looking for people extremely well equipped with latest technologies – however, it is not to demotivate the folks who just came out of college or looking to move to data science domain – I would say:
- If you have an Economics/ Maths/ Statistical Background, go ahead and learn some programming skills in R or python. These two are in very high demand at this moment and will be so for quite some time, especially python.
- If you are coming from a Computer Science/ Computer Application background, go to Coursera or Udacity and enrol yourself to a certification course, e.g. Data Science Toolbox or Data Analyst Essentials. It will help you to grasp the concepts of different applied statistical methods which is important and you will also get a certificate of achievement at the end of the course which will help you to build your portfolio.
- Those who are not from the above two backgrounds, there is no reason to believe you cannot get into data science. I personally know people who made it to analytics from completely different fields and well established at this moment. It's just that, it would be a career jump for you and before taking any online course or something, you should probably sit quiet and contemplate your move. If you find yourself determined enough, I don't think you will find it hard at all to make a break. If you are in confusion about where to start, you can always PM me. I would be glad to help J.
Also you should follow the AnalyticsVidhya blog posts which are full of helpful materials. Last time I remember, I read a blog post on D3.js and it was pretty well written.
I would like to thank the AnalyticsVidhya team once more for providing me with this wonderful opportunity and I look forward to having a long-term relationship with you guys. Your blog posts are fantastic and you guys are doing a great job for the data science community at large. My best wishes for you.
KJ: Thank you Bishwarup for your invaluable time and thoughts. I am sure a lot of people in analytics & data science industry will benefit from this. All the best to you too!


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There's a lot of neat tricks in this video by Rob Dodson where he focuses on accessibility tricks in Chrome's DevTools. A few notes:
- Chrome DevTools has an experimental feature to help with accessibility testing that you can unlock if you head to
chrome://flags/and turn on in the DevTools settings.
- Wrapping an
<input type="checkbox">in a
<label>gives the input a name of the text in the label, even without a
- The
aria-labelledbyattribute overrides the name of the element with the text taken from a different element, referenced by ID. It can even compose a name together from multiple elements, including itself.
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AMERICAN LEGENDS #1 is out in stores now! Make sure to pick up your copy today!! Issue #2 hitting stores next week and each issue a week after, with issues #4 & #5 hitting stores the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. This is our latest property with Top Cow Productions, Inc and Image Comics.


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Last week a fourth-grade boy in Florida was bullied because of his homemade University of Tennessee t-shirt design. His school was having a college colors day and he wanted to show off his favorite school.
Unfortunately, he didn't have any official UT apparel, but he did have an orange shirt. So the young man took a piece of paper and drew a large U.T. on it, complete with his now "label." Ya gotta love that.
The young man proudly wore his t-shirt to school. During lunch, though, some girls made fun of his shirt. As you can imagine, he was devastated.
Read the whole story on this page: https://theadventure.com/tennessee
Wanting to cheer him up, his teacher reached out on social media to see if anybody had any contacts at UT who could help get him an official t-shirt.
The story went viral. The young man got a bunch of cool University of Tennessee stuff. But the best happened next.
The University of Tennessee has now created an official UT t-shirt out of his design. Portion of the proceeds are going to @STOMPOutBullying.
Obviously, this is a great human interest story. It's also a great business lesson we can all learn from. Watch this week's UNCOPYABLE Business video and see what I mean.
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What Should I Expect from a Dental Cleaning?
A dental cleaning is a fairly routine procedure that is rarely painful. Those who fear dentists or who have marked tooth sensitivity may feel more discomfort than the average patient. Additionally, people who have not had their teeth cleaned in a long while may expect to experience a longer cleaning, and some extra pulling or scraping to remove plaque from teeth. For most people, however, a dental cleaning is more inconvenient than painful.
Most dental cleanings take between 30 minutes and an hour. If the cleaning is part of a yearly check-up, the dentist may also take X-rays to check for cavities. A dental hygienist usually performs most of the cleaning. The dentist will normally take a last look, and perhaps perform some difficult plaque removal toward the end of the cleaning, as well as evaluate the gums for gum disease.
People usually don't need pain medication for a dental cleaning. Some patients are made so nervous by dentists that they may ask for nitrous oxide though. Alternately, a patient might take a tranquilizer about an hour before the appointment to help with anxiety. In cases of extreme anxiety, some dentists use a method called sleeping dentistry, where a patient can be medicated and essentially sleep through a procedure.
Dental hygienists generally use several tools during a dental cleaning, including a tooth polisher and a scaler. Tooth polishers buff teeth and eliminate tiny pieces of plaque. They generally have several different sized heads for cleaning hard to reach places. Scalers look a bit like metal hooks and are used to remove hard plaque, especially between teeth. Some people find the use of a scaler uncomfortable, depending on their sensitivity level, pain threshold, the length of time since the last cleaning, and the extent of plaque build-up.
Dentists may also employ a device that shoots water into the mouth, so the person can rinse out plaque several times during the cleaning. In some cases, a dentist may merely use mouthwash for this purpose.
Those getting a dental cleaning should also expect the dentist to inquire about their home brushing and flossing activities. Dentists may lecture patients during a cleaning if they have a lot of plaque or if they don't regularly brush and floss their teeth. If a person is regularly caring for his or her teeth at home, and plaque build-up is still significant, this may indicate the need for more frequent cleanings.
Dental cleanings often conclude with advice about how to care for teeth at home, and scheduling any appointments needed for more extensive services, like filling cavities. People with busy dentists should schedule their next cleanings well in advance, so as to keep regular six-month cleaning appointments.
Anyone with a heart condition or who has undergone heart surgery should let the dentist know prior to the day of the teeth cleaning. People with heart problems or heart defects are at high risk for developing a condition called bacterial endocarditis, which can seriously affect the heart. The only treatment needed prior to a dental cleaning, unless otherwise instructed, is a dose of antibiotics an hour before the cleaning. If a dentist does not know the proper dosage, then the person should contact his or her physician. Usually dentists will know the dosage, but if in doubt, it's also possible to find information from the American Heart Association, which lists all guidelines for bacterial endocarditis prevention.
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I went to the college for a free cleaning. At 1 p.m., I consented to the examination. At 3 p.m., the student reread the consent form after mentioning a dental block. I did not consent at the second reading and left. My teeth were not yet cleaned. The oral surgeon used a dental block because I was under general anesthesia having wisdom teeth removed.
I went to a new dentist and was not at all impressed. I went for my six month check-up and cleaning. The doctor took X-Rays and did an exam. He felt that my pockets were deep and that I needed the rooting and scaling procedure. That's fine, but he didn't even provide a regular cleaning while I decide about the deep cleaning. Is this normal procedure?
To anon284053: If periodontal disease evaluation is the expertise of dental hygienist and not a dentist, why then a hygienist cannot diagnose the condition and have to be diagnosed by a licensed dentist? Please provide accurate information.
It is unwise to state that the DDS will come in near the end of the appointment to "perform some difficult plaque removal as well as evaluate the gums for gum disease".
I have been a Registered Dental Hygienist in the USA for 35 years and never has this happened during my appointments with dental patients. Plaque removal and periodontal disease evaluation is the the expertise of dental hygienists and not the DDS. Likewise, I would not assume expertise in the duties of the Dental Assistant unless I have had an equal amount of training.
@cellmania: I'm a dental hygiene student at a new school in Anaheim, CA. If you're around any schools where you are (you can easily look them up online) students are always looking for patients and it is completely free (at least our program is). It's a great opportunity and we need all the experience we can get! Look up a school and see what you find.
@cellmania: You might want to check with your local health department. Often times, they offer free dental cleanings. Most of the time, it is for children but there may be some that offer the services for adults as well.
Is there anywhere that you can get free dental cleaning?
@dega2010: If you a good dental insurance plan, you are usually allowed two free cleanings per year. However, if you do not have dental insurance, the prices can vary.
The charge for a standard teeth cleaning can range anywhere from $50 to $135.
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Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to visit Cairo next week to attend the 12th session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). His visit to Egypt will be the first for an Iranian leader since 1979, when Iran's revolution deposed the Egyptian-backed Shah Mohamed Rezla Pavlavi.
Since coming to power, President Mohamed Morsi has made efforts to improve relations with Iran. In August 2012, Morsi travelled to Iran in order to participate in the Non-Aligned Movement summit.
The OIC has 57 member states, and is considered the unified voice for the Muslim world, although India, despite having 10% of the world's Muslim population, is excluded from the summit due to strained relations with Pakistan.
The 12th summit is titled "The Islamic world: New challenges and growing opportunities." According to the State Information Services (SIS), member states will be discussing a broad range of issues including tackling Islamophobia and boosting scientific and technological cooperation between Islamic countries.
Also on the agenda is the conflict in Mali, Jewish settlements in Palestine, and the Syrian crisis, according to SIS. Sudan's ongoing peace process with South Sudan, Somalia's counter-insurgency and recovery, as well as the current state of Afghanistan, are all also expected to be hot topics during the summit.
According to Assistant Foreign Minister Amr Ramadan Current, the summit will also discuss some of the conflicts and the humanitarian situation in the Islamic world, as well as the enhancement of economic cooperation among member states.
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It was love at first sip…
When Clos Pegase Winery opened in Calistoga in 1987, it captured the attention of the international wine world with a masterpiece design by renowned architect Michael Graves. The winery was essentially designed as a temple for wine… And after visiting Clos Pegase earlier this year, I admit it felt like a place to worship wine with the wine itself paying homage to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.
The founder of Clos Pegase Winery, Jan Shrem blessed the winery with it's name given his passion for Greek mythology and French wine culture. Clos, a French term for enclosure, signified his desire to make wine from estate-grown fruit, while Pegase is French for Pegasus, the famous winged horse in Greek mythology. The legend of Pegasus has it that the winged horse slashed his hoof on the ground and created a sacred spring, which watered the vineyards of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit this "wine temple" which specializes in producing Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot. I was taken aback by the extensive art collection…and the wine. Each bottle we tasted was bold and beautiful, perfectly paired with its artistic surroundings. During our private cellar tasting, which I soooo recommend you do, I learned the winemaker for the 2016 vintage would be new. What?!?! I had just fallen in love at first sip with these wines and now things were going to change????
Actually, a lot has been changing at Clos Pegase over the last few years. New owners. New labels. And now a new winemaker. While I try to look at change as a good thing, I do tend to struggle with it…so as not to loose my new found love, I asked the new Clos Pegase winemaker, Robin Akhurst, to take part in my Interview with a Winemaker series. After getting the skinny on his background and winemaking philosophy I'm excited to check out the 2016 vintages Clos Pegase releases. I hope you will be too. Cheers!
Robin Akhurst Clos Pegase Winery
What is your background as a winemaker?
I began the journey working as a sommelier back in Edinburgh, before deciding to spend a harvest down in Provence, working both in the vineyard and winery. That harvest was a great experience for me, and I returned to London to work as wine merchant, specializing in sourcing independent wines mainly from Italy and France. It was here that I developed my palate and gained familiarity with the classic wine regions of the world. I was so inspired by this experience that I decided to immerse myself more fully in the business by pursuing the creative side of winemaking and pursuing more formal training.
In early 2015 I was offered the job of winemaker at Swanson Vineyards, which allowed me to work closely with Chris Phelps as he transitioned into a consultant role. Following the acquisition of Swanson Vineyards by Vintage Wine Estates I was brought over to head up the winemaking team for both Clos Pegase and Swanson Vineyards.
My fiancé and I moved to New Zealand, where I obtained my post graduate degree in Viticulture and Enology at Lincoln University, Christchurch. After graduation I set my sights on gaining as much hands on experience as possible, making sure that each harvest I was working with industry leaders in each region. I spent time in Burgundy working for Domaine Leflaive, Barossa Valley with Two Hands Wines and on Howell Mountain in Napa Valley with Thomas Brown at Outpost Wines. I was careful to include experience in a cross section of the industry, from making wine at 16,000 ton facility in Marlborough New Zealand to 100 ton family run winery in the Languedoc, France.
After the 2009 harvest at Outpost I was fortunate enough to be offered a permanent position as winemaker and production manager at Envy Wines in Calistoga, which was in the process of converting to a boutique high-end custom crush winery. Although hard work, my four years there allowed me to work alongside some brilliant winemakers including, Mike Smith of Carter Cellars, Francoise Peshon formerly of Araujo, Vince Tofanelli of Tofanelli Vineyard and Kirk and Nils Venge of Venge Vineyards.
I like to think that change is a good thing and it seems a lot has been changing at Clos Pegase Winery over the last few years. New owners. New labels. New winemaker. This harvest – 2016 – will be your first with the winery. How do you plan to incorporate your winemaking style into the wines at Clos Pegase?
The winemaking is only a part of the overall equation, the estate vineyards will be staying the same, which is important as that's where the major influences of soil, aspect, micro climate and farming all play a role in determining what you have to work with. My job is to capture those qualities, unique to each site, and make character driven, complex and balanced wines. Most of the time that involves doing as little as possible to the wines. As long as you can prevent oxidation, microbial spoilage and ensure a temperature and humidity safe space to mature the wines then you should be ok; the caves at Clos Pegase are excellent for this.
That doesn't guarantee that you won't have to ever take remedial action, you have to remember wine is a living product and much as we like to think we have a 100% control over it, in reality we don't.
I love how you went from a sommelier to a winemaker. Can you share a little about the transition – how you made the shift, was it easy, and why you wanted to make the change.
So, it definitely didn't happen overnight. Getting the wine to the customer's table, opening the bottle and pouring the wine is the end point in a complex supply chain operated by thousands of people that can start from vines planted on a small parcel of land on a remote hilltop in Italy. That I always find fascinating. So I moved from one end of this supply chain to the other.
As a sommelier my goal was to learn about wine as much as possible, from the customer and wine buyers perspective. I never wavered from wanting to end up as a winemaker, I just recognized that as a winemaker it would better serve me to have a broad understanding of the "wine industry" of which I am a part.
What is your winemaking philosophy?
It's pretty simple: Don't mess up the goodness the vineyards give you.
What would you hope people say about your wine?
If they say my wines helped them enjoy life then I would be humbled.
How does your approach differ from other winemakers in Napa Valley?
(laughing) That's my own secret.
Tell us about the wines produced at Clos Pegase Winery…
The focus at Clos Pegase is on wines that are harmonious in every way and express the terroir of the estate vineyard where the grapes were grown. Clos Pegase Winery specializes in Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot. The winery is renowned for making wines that come from grapes grown exclusively in our 450 acres of estate vineyards in some of Napa Valley's premier growing regions. This important factor determines wine quality, as Clos Pegase has complete control over the grape growing process and can farm its vineyards exactly to our winemaking specifications.
When people visit Napa Valley, what are the top three things you think they should do/go/see?
Aside from visiting wineries……..
- Be in the valley for the grape harvest.
- Watch the sunrise from Howell Mountain as the fog sits in the valley below.
- Enjoy the great hiking trials.
When did you fall in love with wine? Do you remember the wine that was "the one" that started it all? Is there a story behind it?
I fell in love with wine after a brief affair with cheap spirits and mass produced beer. I do remember "the one," a Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon of the 2000 vintage, from a producer that you can probably pick up for $10-$15 on most supermarket shelves.
Are there any memories / lessons you learned in your training as a winemaker that have stuck with you?
1)Avoid "knee-jerk" reactions.
2)Take your time to consider if what you are doing is going to have an end positive effect on the wine.
3)Never underestimate anyone.
What resources would you reference for people who want to learn about wine? From a novice to more advanced.
For a novice;
- Book – Jancis Robinson's Wine Course
- Online – Wine Folly
More advanced;
- Book – Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson's "The World Atlas of Wine"
- Online –Wine Berserkers and Vinous Media
- Book – Ronald S. Jackson's "Wine Science: Principles and applications"
- Online – GuildSomm website
What are some of the misconceptions/phrases you hear from people regarding wine that are simply not true (or drive you crazy)?
After working in a wine shop you hear a lot…………………….
Me: "Can I help you?"
Customer: "Yes, I'm looking for a white wine, but I don't like Chardonnay."
Me: "What do you like?"
Customer: "I love Chablis."
I think within the industry the debate surrounding alcohol levels seems to have run its course, concluding that balance and complexity in wine is more important than %alc.
Have you visited Clos Pegase Winery? Want to? The tasting room is open daily from 10:30am to 5pm for a variety of tasting experiences. I personally recommend you do Connoisseur Cave Tour & Tasting it's the ultimate way to experience Clos Pegase, with an all inclusive tour, tasting and charcuterie pairing. This tasting does require you to make a reservation.
Have you visited or tried Clos Pegase wine?
Elaine N. Schoch
Elaine Schoch (pronounced the German way – Shock) is the editor and founder of Carpe Travel as well as an award-winning travel writer, wine judge, certified by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 2 and certified American Wine Expert. She is married to The Husband and has two kids, Princess One and Two – who's interest and knowledge in wine is quite extensive. Not to mention the stamps in their passports.


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Vida Ryan Intuitive Thoughts - review by Jessica Clarke
A painting has its own presence to the viewer and is saying something that connects to the viewer, something that is intangible but it is there, this is what my art means to me. It is a means of communicating the abstract unconscious using more of the intuitive side of myself to connect with people. It means that I can express through painting what I feel.
Vida Ryan's contemporary process and practice is fuelled by her lived experience, personally and socially. The places she traverses, the beauty she sees in both the natural and urban environment, and the people and places she interacts with, are rendered into poetic compositions that trigger the soul. Her abstract works are created with freedom, the paint applied directly to the canvas in layers that are guided and manipulated with a combination of paint brushes, everyday materials and objects, "whatever is at hand", Ryan says, she paints from within.
A scintillating collection of her works have been assembled for Intuitive Thoughts – an exhibition by Vida Ryan that through their colourful and expressive qualities captivates and visually transports the viewer into a realm of infinite possibility. The works feature vibrant and varied symphonies of layered colour form free-flowing brushstrokes that collide, overlap and animate; transforming the experience of art into a voyeuristic journey that encourages the imagination to run wild. As reflections of her own experiences, these works for Ryan, operate as a means of communicating, expressing and connecting to life, art and the people and places around her.
Her process is one of action in the moment, carried out with spontaneity, feeling, and an intuitive awareness of the materials and objects she works with. The layers upon layers of highly textured paint saturate Ryan's typically large canvases and are inspired by the subconscious. They engage the cycle between thought and feeling, conveying provocative reflections on experience. Her ability to let go and create through an intuitive
state of awareness, reveals the sensorial interplay between the movement, light and rhythms of the natural world and our experiences of it.
The expression of the subconscious excites and inspires me, I like to connect here to let go of self to create images, to bring forward or communicate the feeling and sense of connection that is a part of the human condition. It is the unknown that inspires me, I create from that point.
It is easy to get lost in the works of Vida Ryan, mesmerised by her performative layering of colour and texture. Intuitive Thoughts reveals Ryan's instinctual process and passion for colour, presenting an eclectic collection of abstractions that operate between the planes of thinking and feeling, the conscious and the unconscious, an experience that is alive and felt. Her works bring into view an interpretation beyond rational thought, one
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My art work represents bringing into view an interpretation of another view besides purely rational thought, it is heartfelt expression needing to be released and recognised. Everything considered, elements metaphoric application – medium manipulated either into a rough finish or smooth depending on the feel of the painting. directly onto the canvas to start, evolutionally process brushes stokes give a sense of movement and life to the image. Colour to convey the diversity of mood, colours can be played around with to create different atmospheres like to experiment with different ways of applying the paint to the canvas. instinctual process and passion for colour explorations of self and experience.
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GREAT MILLS, MD – Rumors of violence at Great Mills High School have triggered the concerns of parents and students of the Great Mills community.
On the evening of Feb. 20, TheBayNet.com received messages from several concerned parents of Great Mills High School students regarding the threat of a school shooting circulating on Snapchat. The Snapchat post warns students of a possible shooting planned to take place in the upcoming days.
In response to the threats, Dr. Jake Heibel, principal of Great Mills High School sent the following message to parents and guardians.
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Yesterday we received a report that a student in the hallway during transitions overheard two students mention "shooting" and "school". We interviewed the student with our SRO, viewed video, interviewed other students, and contacted central office. The threat was not substantiated. Late last night, additional information was circulated quite extensively on social media about a potential threat at school today. Law enforcement was contacted and an investigation was conducted, which included interviews with students and parents to determine the validity of the potential threat. The threat to Great Mills High School has not been validated at this time. However, we will have additional security today and we will continue to investigate the source of the postings. Also, continue your vigilance and alert us to any information you may encounter. If you see something, say something.
Tomorrow, students will have the opportunity to discuss school safety during One Lunch. I am very proud of our students and appreciate their vigilance and willingness to notify adults if they see something that concerns them.
Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
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SBC Crank Casting NumbersSmall Block Chevy Crankshafts
All crankshafts have a casting number located on one of the rough finished throws or counterweights towards the front of the crank. Two types of crankshafts are offered, cast nodular iron and forged steel. Since forged cranks are more expensive to produce, they are generally used only in high performance or severe duty (truck) applications.
Forged crankshafts are easily identified vs cast because a forged crank will have a wide parting line running down the length of the crank, while the cast crank has a thin parting line. Some forged cranks are tufftrided, which is a chemical heat treating process that hardens the bearing journal surfaces. When a crank is tufftrided it will have a dull grey color to it. Many cranks used in severe applications are cross-drilled, which helps ensure constant oiling to the main bearings. All tufftrided cranks are cross-drilled. Not all cross-drilled cranks are tufftrided.Rear Main Seal
Beginning in 1986 all production small block chevy engines used a 1 piece rear main seal. This means the bolt pattern on the end of the crankshaft was reduced to 3.00".Journal Size
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A fragment of painting under resin, set onto papier-mâché.
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Sterling Silver earring hooks.
Measures - 1.5cm x 2.5cm x 0.5cm.
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Colours of Capri - some of the colours, moods and patterns of Capri island in the summer.
In this piece - Morning Glory grows wild in Capri, climbing over rocks and fences, greeting the day with depth and beauty.
This is an entirely handmade piece.
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All the surfaces - copper, silver, aluminium and resin, can be cleaned and polished with a simple silver polishing cloth.
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Shared Solidarities 4: Galvanizing the Women's Movement: A one-day event at Sheffield Hallam University – Thursday 6 September 2018
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This is a video sad story, from all the reports, she was a good person,so this still doesn't make sense.
According to other reports, she had some tragedies in her life that may or may not have contributed to this.
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What is China's role in the downfall of Robert Mugabe? As Zimbabwe's major investor and provider of development finance, China has considerable interests in the country's stability. Yet it is highly unlikely that there was any official Chinese involvement in Robert Mugabe's resignation and the end of his 37 years in power. Beijing would have little to gain and much to lose from becoming directly involved. Why is this the case? And how is Mugabe's resignation likely to affect China-Zimbabwe relations going forward?
Zimbabwe's military and Anhui province have a strong relationship organized largely around greed and opportunism: Zimbabwe's military leaders have partnered with Chinese construction companies, mining firms, and farming companies from Anhui Province (the latter as I discussed in my latest book: Will Africa Feed China?). Multiple stakeholders in China complicate China's economic statecraft. I do not know the extent of personal ties among the Anhui Province companies and the new leadership in Zimbabwe, but I expect that they are likely to be quite good. This "mutually beneficial relationship" would be an interesting angle to investigate further.
How will ordinary Chinese investment be affected by Mugabe's resignation? Probably not at all. As we wrote here in 2014, Chinese companies have also been affected by Zimbabwe's indigenization law which requires 51% of large investments to be locally owned. (See also a great 2016 analysis on this by Yun Sun.) There isn't any indication yet that Zimbabwe will reverse this legislation. –JHU CARI/


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Stephan Winkelmann Named CEO of Bugatti
Adrian Hallmark will lead Bentley
Wolfgang Dürheimer, CEO of Bugatti and Bentley, will retire at the end of this year as earlier reports have suggested. His replacement at Bugatti will be former Audi Sport chief Stephan Winkelmann, while Adrian Hallmark from Jaguar Land Rover will take the helm at Bentley.
Winkelmann leaves his role as Managing Director of Audi Sport after having joined in the spring of 2016. Along with rolling out the new R8 Spyder and RS 5 coupe, he told Automotive News he had hopes for an Audi Sport hypercar. Prior to that appointment, he led Lamborghini for 11 years and helped the brand triple its number of dealerships. He starts his new post on January 1, 2018.
Hallmark will begin his new role at Bentley on February 1. Most recently, he served as Global Strategy Director at Jaguar Land Rover. Earlier in his career, he served as Bentley's Sales, Marketing and PR board member, helping to roll out the Continental GT in 2003.
Bentley is also shuffling around other executives. Werner Tietz will serve on the board for the Engineering team, and Chris Craft will lead up sales and marketing operations. Astrid Fontaine will lead People, Digitalization, and IT. All three execs hail from Porsche.
Although he's stepping down as CEO of Bentley and Bugatti, Dürheimer will continue to advise the Volkswagen Group on motorsport operations. The departing boss began his career in 1986 at BMW and was appointed to the board for R&D at Porsche in 2001. Ten years later, he led Bugatti and Bentley before heading Technical Development at Audi AG. After just two years at that post, he returned to Bugatti and Bentley and played a critical role in introducing the new Chiron.
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Postal.io came out of stealth mode Tuesday with a $9 million Series A round to launch its direct mail platform for sales and marketing teams.
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This is the San Luis Obispo, California-based company's first investment, which was led by Mayfield.
Rajeev Batra, partner at Mayfield, is now on Postal.io's board. (Editor's note: Batra is also an investor in Crunchbase.)
Postal.io helps scale direct mail workflows for sales and marketing, empowering companies to cut through online marketing clutter while improving offline conversion rates with automated direct mail, corporate gifting and charitable giving.
"The benefit of making sales and marketing digital is to operate with empathy for users, and Erik and Jed are taking this a step further," Batra told Crunchbase News referring to company co-founders Erik Kostelnik and Jed Danner.
Said Batra: "They are bringing the benefit of digital to the offline side, which had not been done on the business-to-business side, and making it scalable and deeply personal. They are closing the empathy loop."
Although this is the company's first investment, this is not the first company for the co-founders. This is actually Kostelnik's fourth startup. Previously, he and Danner founded TextRecruit, which connected job seekers with employers. They exited the company nearly two years ago, Kostelnik said.
Kostelnik said he then moved to San Luis Obispo to start the company, which has enabled Postal.io to save 50 percent on costs and recruit top talent.
He told Crunchbase News that since most people are working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for solutions like Postal.io is particularly urgent, because email marketing shows a continued diminishing rate of return. According to industry experts, post-pandemic email marketing volume is up, while response rates remain at near or all-time lows, he said.
"We hope to build a $1 billion business here," he said. "Our vision is to establish a new revenue source for local vendors to create a physical connection because they don't have the foot traffic right now."
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The public health system in Israel is undergoing profound changes. The country's approach to the system has been undergoing change and many privatization processes have had to be realized. Such processes are highly impactful on the management and operation of existing health institutions. New challenges have arose in order to transition and adapt to new realities, while simultaneously making efforts to preserve or improve level of health services to new levels.
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'Jalte Badan' [review]; a film about the perils of drug addiction. They tend to be quite fun. I don't know if the Bollywood ones were made with sincere intentions in mind or if they (too) were just exploitation, but either way, when trip-out songs were required for such films, music directors often excelled.
'Aag Se Aag Bujhale' is no exception. It starts with a long intro (sadly missing from the otherwise fantastic YouTube clip) that has the orchestra in a fast-paced and savage mood, sounding as if Keith Moon and Pete Townshend from The Who are guesting. And it continues with an utterly compelling melody, hypnotic and groovy, interspersed with demented (and loud) instrumental details. Fantastic stuff; if Punky Indian Soul Jazz were a genre, this is the track that would epitomize it.
The whole soundtrack is excellent though; the instrumentals perhaps being the other highlights. Both "Titles" and "Fire Dance" are captivatingly dramatic, as is the ominous horror music making up the majority of "Vada Bhool Na Jana Pt. 2".
Track listing:
1. Lata Mangeshkar & Mohd. Rafi: Vada Bhool Na Jana
2. Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Laxmikant & Chorus: Aag Se Aag Bujhale
3. Lata Mangeshkar: Vada Bhool Na Jana Pt. 2
4. Lata Mangeshkar: Gaon Gaon Ghoomi
5. "Titles" - Music
6. Lata Mangeshkar: Ham Woh Hain
7. Fire Dance Of The Snakegod - Music
Thursday 5 January 2012
Laxmikant Pyarelal: Jalte Badan (1973)
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- Anonymous5 January 2012 at 14:53:00 CET
One of the better albums from LP.. thanks for sharingReplyDelete
Ooh great! Glad to see this one PC! :)ReplyDelete
I've never felt such sincere empathy for the drug addict as I did after this eye opening depiction of human tragedy and suffering. I think every young person should hear this before it's too late. Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
Fantastic start to the New Year. TYVM :)ReplyDelete
hi....seems that u recd the "Apradh" LP....is it possible to upload that?ReplyDelete
Erm... other than what's previewed on Flickr and Facebook, how do you know which LPs I've received?ReplyDelete
actually it's not showing in ur present wish list....another one in also missing from the list...that is "Shararat"...that's why i thought...ReplyDelete
Ah, right. Actually, I've removed a couple of titles from the want list, not due to having located copies, but because I don't want them anymore. Shararat I don't even know what is, so I don't think that has ever been on the list. That said, I do have Apradh, and it will be posted at some point.ReplyDelete
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Brain Galiford of BuffaloRumblings.com and Dan Kadar of MockingTheDraft.com released a mock draft today. As we all know, and for those that don't, the Jaguars currently select 16th overall in the draft. Here's who they had the Jaguars picking:
16. Jacksonville Jaguars (8-8): Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State (SO). This team hovers on the edge of playoff contention yet again, but can't get there because of their lack of offensive firepower. Adding a sophomore with 111 catches and 20 touchdowns in one season seems like an OK idea.
Now, I'd be perfectly fine with the selection, but I'm not so sure I can see general manager Gene Smith picking a wide receiver in the first round. Given who's still available, I'd consider some guys like DE Adrian Clayborn, DE Cameron Jordan, OLB Akem Ayers, ILB Greg Jones, and QB Jake Locker.


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We had the pleasure of attending Goodcity's fundraiser yesterday.
Goodcity's mission is to identify and then support high potential community-based entrepreneurs whose goals are to create or enhance neighborhood and faith-based programs that promote self-sufficiency, hope and a sense of purpose in the lives of individuals in under-resourced communities in Chicago.
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Although the Israelis and the Jewish people are typically associated with banking and finance, one field, where they have contributed enormously, not only to the Los Angeles region of California, but to the world at large, has been the business of entertainment. For centuries now, the Jewish people have excelled at performing arts, fine arts, literary arts, entertainment like music and dance and even entertainment management. But it was in America, and especially Los Angeles, California, where the Israeli and Jewish contribution to the world of entertainment was highlighted in the form of Hollywood. The trend began in the 1930s and 40s when the silent movies turned the worlds gaze on this new entertainment. But it was the contribution of Jewish and Israeli people, especially in the Los Angeles, California region that made Hollywood possible.
Los Angeles, California and the surrounding regions, which were home to a large number of people of Jewish or Israeli origin, provided the entertainment industry with actors, directors, artists, technicians and other people. Eventually Jewish and Israeli people in the Los Angeles region of California began to own studios where the others worked. The most notable Jewish and/or Israeli studio owners and producers included the likes of like William Selig, Jesse Lasky, Samuel Goldwyn and Adolph Zukor. There are some interesting anecdotes associated with the Israeli and Jewish grasp of the entertainment business. Not all Jewish people were staunchly against the entertainment industry. The then Rabbi Samuel Hecht is reported to have appeared before the Los Angels City Council of Greater California in the year 1921 to speak up against the trend of censorship prevalent during that period.
Not to speak against the depravity of the entertainment business mind you, but to protest the fact that wanton censorship would cause several Israeli and Jewish people to lose their jobs. But there were others who enhanced the entertainment industry with a more active presence. Chief among them was Carmel Myers, a popular Jewish actress of Israeli origin, who was the daughter of Rabbi Isidore Myers of Los Angeles. She was not only a staunch proponent of the motion picture business, but also a firm supporter of several charitable and philanthropic projects of the Jewish communities in Los Angeles and other parts of California. Over the years, several professionals of Jewish or Israeli origin have entered Hollywood and have been able to make a mark in the entertainment industry. These included recognizable entertainment names like Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Dylan, Harrison Ford, Richard Gere and even Jeff Goldblum.
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Mike and Jessica McCarthy not only enjoy raising money for the American Family Children's Hospital, they also enjoy spending time with the children, many of whom are terminally ill.
Mike McCarthy said the children at the hospital are empowering.
For the seventh straight year, the Green Bay Packers head coach and his wife, raised money for the Children's Hospital by appearing at a dinner, that included an auction and a silent auction.
On Monday, they tee'd off at the Legend of Bergamont Golf Course in Oregon. The event raised $440,000 for the hospital this year, raising the total amount raised to more than $1.8 million over its seven year run.
McCarthy said, "It's been very rewarding. It's been an honor and a privilege to try to help these families and these children and definitely to the betterment of the American Family Children's Hospital. So we feel great about what we've done in these first seven years. We built this charity to be bigger and stronger every single year. It's raising money to make sure the hospital has the resources to continue to support these children and their families."
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