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An iPad created instrumental song which differs from the norm
I bought Garage Band for my iPad last year in the hope that I could semi-professionally record my own songs within the confines of my home. What I wasn't told when I downloaded the app was that I needed an i-Rig to link my guitar to the iPad to actually begin playing and recording (unless I wanted to use the built in iPad microphone to record my guitar which wouldn't have sounded great). As such before I was able to get my hands on this i-Rig I had time to faff about with the app and see what was what. Before long I was using the drums, piano and guitar pre-sets to make my own instrumental song…I think my attempts to keep time in the song are pretty shit, with the whole click track fiasco it is not surprising either, but the song is what it is.
It is called Head of a Weasel. To be honest I am not 100% sure where I got the title from…maybe it is about someone who finds the head of a weasel in his Kentucky…I don't know…give it a listen and see what you think!!

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The renewed cosy café with lovely outdoor area is surrounded by a beautiful green landscape. You can relax here in both good and 'bad' weather, enjoying the sun or shade, indoors or outdoors. We have the option to seclude an area within the café for groups, for instance to hold a brunch, BBQ, workshop or lecture.
Passers-by, hikers, mountain bikers, cyclists and visitors are all welcome! Put your feet up while enjoying a cup of Fairtrade tea / coffee with cake or a tasty slice of Limburgse vlaai, an organic juice, a glass of wine or a refreshing beer. Having a drink and some food this way is a unique experience in this region.
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Why women, just women? Women are strength, they are beauty. I love the complexity of what women emit when they come in front of a camera. I love our nature, our wholeness, our love and our spirit. There is a power to us that radiants from us and that's what I look for when I photograph. I find that strength comes from within. There is always a story to find and to tell.
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Mareld EP
The Swedish quintet Ìxtahuele has never shied away from approaching the scintillating Exotica genre in a presumably laid-back fashion… only to then reveal the utmost beautiful polyphonies and helicoidal galactosamines in their works. The band from Gothenburg started their career with the gorgeous four-track digital-only EP The Exotic Sounds Of Ìxtahuele (2012), moved on to their full-length debut Pagan Rites (2013) that revisited three of the four previously EP-only cataracts, and now comes up with another peaceful coup de main called Mareld EP.
First previewed at Tiki Oasis 2014 and subsequently graced with a purple seven-inch vinyl disc released on Stefan Kéry's Subliminal Sounds label in September, Mareld EP is very obviously a little work which shows where the band is at. Then again, this is a deception, a connotative ploy, for this intrinsic triptych is also timeless and withrawn into itself, allowing the listener to visit its rain forests, encounter a vivacious allure and being swept away by the varied material.
From gentle driftwood over carefully Spy Jazz-flavored locales to the wonderfully clichéd dry deserts of one's Hollywood-penetrated mind, there is much to visit over the course of approximately 12 minutes. The term mareld is the Swedish description for the phenomenon of the milky effects near the beach side when the water gleams and glows for various reasons (mermaids?). The personnel meanwhile remains largely intact, comprising of the two vibraphonists and percussionists Wictor Lind and Mattias Uneback, dedicated percussionist Johan Hjalmarsson and bassist Henrik Nilsson. New on board is pianist David Löfberg who replaces the freshly honored US expatriate Carl Turesson Bernehed. Bernehed, however, hasn't cut any bond at all and is still affiliated with the band, having composed one sparkler of this EP which is, as usual, inspected in-depth. Who could resist the tropical hue after all?
The EP is aglow right from the get-go, as verdured plankton, aqueous ashlars and rectangular blebs intermix in unison amid the eponymous title track. Mareld is written by Mattias Uneback and is a long-form track by Exotica standards, running for almost five and a half minutes. The retrogressive approach the band takes here is noticeable during the entry point already, for in lieu of field recordings, lush waves, birds and the various critters which all appear later on as the EP progresses, David Löfberg's lactal piano glissando is unveiled. Vibraphones and even a violin carry the sumptuous melody onward, and once a majestic mixed choir enters the benthic lavabo to severely cajole the gustatory aura of freedom, insouciance and laissez-faire, this piece exudes, spawns, emanates a gorgeously laid-back tropical diorama. Jungle flutes flow like vanillarific superfluids, fibrillar bongo patterns emerge from the distance, and beyond as well as all around this nucleus are the strings, a clarinet-like woodwind instrument and an argentine yet amicable military march segue near the end. The revved up production skills and textural variety make the title track an orderly stirred melting pot of paradisiac equanimity. Ìxtahuele is now officially successful enough to invite a choir of coquettes to join their sea shanty hums. An epiphany!
Side B harbors two songs, as is often the case with seven-inch releases. Colors Of Hawaiki is another Uneback composition brought to life both by interplay and interdependence. While Mareld is eminently mellow and hammock-compatible, this second arrangement invites the listening subject to absorb many pointillistic vibraphone vesicles in-between an upbeat bongo groove. One particular vintage veil is lifted in the first few seconds as a boatswain's ship signal is emulated by the thermal warmth of a silky flute; this kind of escapism is specifically used in many an Arthur Lyman album, and once you hear the effect in Ìxtahuele's piece, you experience the superimposition of melancholia and nostalgia. This oneiric tribute, however, is just the beginning for a birdcall-underlined vitreous Spy Jazz-flavored sunburst of sizzling maracas, hollow drums and fusillades of eclectic piano-and-vibraphone entanglements. Once the polyphony of the vibes is further ameliorated by the piano's pericarp, the titration process experiences its completive balance.
Colors Of Hawaiki is a swinging piece sans brass instruments, the band is capable of blending cautiously clandestine spy splinters with forested soulfulness. The melodies, while not necessarily hummable due to their saltatory nature, are always accessible in the most welcome way; they still inherit an infinitesimally labyrinthine physiognomy that makes them come closer to the improvisation skills of the Rene Paulo Group. That is the reason why I attributed the term sunburst to Colors Of Hawaiki, for its aureate aureoles are traversed by interstitial shades. Excitement ensues!
Aural floralcy, floral reality: Carl Turesson Bernehed's The Rose Of Bukhara kisses the listener goodbye, but before this event unfolds – and becomes repetitively annihilated by a new listening session – the curious traveler is in for a seething mirage. The band ventures into the Orient, and while the notion of the term Orient is deemed unacceptable nowadays due to the implied glorification of imperialism, I use this very term in order to hopefully somewhat encapsulate the pompous mélange of Sahara winds, saffron market places, the stench of camels and the most precious of all flowers next to Cal Tjader's Black Orchid, namely said Rose Of Bukhara. And indeed, this flute-carried piece extrapolates possessive envy in the liner notes already which state that "men have died for the Rose of Bukhara, and men will die again."
This grim but adventurous verve is embedded via a soothing flute melody that evokes the Middle Eastern pentatonicism that is so often associated with snake charmer shawms. However, only the melody is resemblant of that notion, the texture meanwhile is that of an alto flute. Glistening vibraphone shards diffract the dreamy bass bokeh, silvery tambourines and syringa bongo stabs round off the ornate theophany known to man as the Rose Of Bukhara. Sense the scent!
When the Mareld EP has stopped, Ìxtahuele have come full circle in the short runtime of 12 minutes, having revealed important pillars – and pillows – of modern Exotica erethism. We are offered the dedicated easygoing title track Mareld with its luminescent nucleus and captivating production technique, followed by a faster paced Spy Jazz-resembling piece whose duality complements the respective force, and finally the band succumbs, if you will, to the most prototypical Exotica desert chintziness ever since Duke Ellington's Caravan has seen the light of day in late 1936. The EP harkens back to Ìxtahuele's first digital-only EP, but the band has obviously come a long way since 2012.
I fully admit that the Mareld EP is probably just that: a small EP in the wake of something bigger at a later point. However, the slick recording technique with all the digital advancements and whatnot does neither set back nor overly purify the material. While all three tracks are top notch, vivid and varied, Mareld is the showstopper here. No surprise, since this is the A-side, duh. But even apart from this assessment, this track shows a wider scope, a technicolor flame that is realized by classical strings and a mixed choir, be it sampled or not. Oscillating between an appetizer and a multifaceted complexion, Mareld EP lives up to the Exotica connoisseur's demands in general… and the band's fanbase in particular.
Exotica Review 372: Ixtahuele – Mareld EP (2014). Originally published on Sep. 6, 2014 at AmbientExotica.com.


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This is a somewhat heavy post. I put it here to get it out of my head.
I am by nature a healthily paranoid person. I doubt because I've been deceived in the past. This means that my world view actually factors in a bit of disbelief into its model. At times this is unhealthy; a distrust of everything eventually dissolves into total self-delusion. Therefore it is important that we do trust, but that we are very careful over what to trust.
I bring this up because of multiple recent events, of which I'll only bring up one. I usually work with a news station playing in the background (this is a good strategy for web workers to allay some feelings of loneliness that can occur from working alone at home during the day). So I was watching CNBC in the background, when a news alert came in, it was a report about a judgment in favor of Boeing. That wasn't significant, what was significant was the fact that it looped. The lady was speaking, and suddenly the "feed" started looping, repeating the same 4 words over and over. They had to cut away until they fixed "the feed". It seems obvious to me anyway that the remark was pre-taped; what bothered me about this incident was that the reporter in the pre-taping was pretending to be speaking in real-time, with a quick cut-away at the end.
This brought to mind the scene in the movie THX1138 when the lady is reading the daily news on one of the hovering televisions only to have it loop, and everyone shrug it off. For those who haven't seen the flick, TXH1138 is a dystopian (lol the spell checker doesn't like that word, dystopian) movie by George Lucas about an underground consumerist culture that prays to wealth ("work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and, be happy" is repeated over and over in the film as some unholy mantra). The move is pretty good for eschatologists like myself, but is only so-so in popular opinion. My point is that it's really depressing to see something in a dystopian movie happen in real life, and if concentrated upon it removes trust.
Trust is an important faculty in the human psyche. Without it we dissolve into insanity. Without it we cannot enjoy and participate in society. Without it no constructive thought can flourish. Trust must be placed in one's thought, one self, and in one's environment. Therefore, when I see CNBC loop like this I simply shrug it off. Not because it makes me doubt their honesty, but because I must extend my trust in order to be healthy. Extend by corollary: the concept of KISS and the belief against conspiracies must also follow from this premise in trust. Trust allows us to progress unhindered by doubt, and when it is betrayed it causes us to pause and perform cognitive dissonance. Trust assures us that many people out there aren't colluding to betray you. It removes paranoia.
I know all of this is obvious. Keep in mind that I'm a mathematician, and as such am distrustful of jumps in logic. My point that I'm getting to is that in order to survive, we have no choice as human being but to trust others, or to risk insanity, ostrichization, and oblivion. For some reason I felt it absolutely important to prove to myself this seemingly obvious fact. And it wouldn't have happened if CNBC weren't dishonest. It's a curious world when dishonesty spawns honesty.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
No choice but to trust?
Posted by Leadhyena Inrandomtan at 7/15/2008 10:22:00 PM
Labels: heavy, philosophy, trust
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- Stamford Talk said...
Well that's pretty odd that CNN would do that, although I've been aware for a while that a clip that says "LIVE" in the corner might not be live. I found that annoying and it just reminded me that the media is not always the perfect, objective, honest institution we expect.
- 16 July, 2008 07:29
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There are several "somethings" that could prove inspirational for bond markets at the moment. The biggest among those continues to be any major shift in the stock market. Specifically, if stocks move to threaten recent lows or challenge Oct/Nov highs, bonds would almost certainly be forced to follow.
If stocks remain indecisive, bonds could take cues from other sources. The most immediate candidate is "European markets" given that the ECB announcement is coming up tomorrow morning. Beyond that, any major updates on the shutdown situation or China/US trade talks have already proven themselves capable of pushing bonds around.
Europe helped US bond markets gain ground heading into the afternoon today (EU market close). Stocks were even getting in on the action, but everything reversed course after European markets closed. Stocks and bonds retraced about half of the move lower from the 9am highs. This left 10yr yields up 1.1bps at the 3pm close at 2.752. Fannie 4.0 MBS were 2/32nds (0.06) lower at the same time at 101-22 (101.68).


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There's been a lag in posts in the last week or so. I (Mike) have been getting gritty and gross out in Badlands National Park and Black Hills National Forest for the last week on a much-needed escape from the throes of city life. Being out in that nationally-sanctioned collection of trees, it's hard to believe there's no bears whatsoever. Buffalo, sure. Bighorn sheep? Yup. Hell, even mountain goats. But not a single goddamn bear. (long sigh)
Regardless, BEAR HQ is still officially in the midst of our breathe time. The last two practices we've been focusing on tightening up two songs that we're really excited about. One feels pretty fun, the other pretty dark and creepy. Gonna be so fun to play them back to back.
Jordan (BEAR's bass banger) is sending out booking emails right and left. We noticed our Bryant Lake Bowl show on November 7th is the end of our calendar and needed to fix that ASAP. We'll update our shows page as those confirmation emails start rolling in.
Other than that, Jon (BEAR's lead guitar grabber/organ ogre) and Matt (BEAR's tub thumper/beat brainiac) are working on a set of Goosebumps-inspired songs for our friend Adam's band Goosebumps. G-bumps are playing BEAR's October 26th Halloween blowout at Driftwood Char Bar and it's going to be so goddamn good.
That's it for now. I'll update with some more irrelevant drivel as it comes to me. Stay tuned!


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In the past few weeks the American public has been made aware of an unprecedented number of individuals who are defaulting on their home loans. Many of these loans are considered "subprime," which means that they deviate in some important aspect from what is arguably fair. For example, they could include prepayment penalties, balloon payments or unmanageable interest rates. Many of these loans will go into foreclosure and a number of individuals will thereby lose home ownership.
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All Saints' Day in Poland: Finding Beauty at Powązki Cemetery
Once 9pm hits on October 31st, many households shut off the lights, take in the candy bowl and pack up Halloween decorations. And while that's considered mainstream in many parts of the world, it's not the case everywhere. In countries like Poland, the holiday is just beginning.
All Saints' Day in Poland
On November 1st, millions of candles will be lit at cemeteries throughout Poland for All Saints' Day. The holiday is locally known as Wszystkich Świętych and is something we were fortunate enough to experience during our second visit to Poland last November. To say it's a beautiful tradition would be an understatement. All Saints' Day in Poland is one of the nation's most important holidays. It is a solemn celebration of life, a time of reflection and a day when families gather at cemeteries to honour the lives of those no longer living. Both November 1st and 2nd are days rooted in Roman Catholic traditions with special church services offered in memory of the dead.
Chrysanthemums (aka mums) seemed to be the most common flower at graves but many people were bringing large bouquets, elaborate wreaths and even chestnuts. Candles of all colours and sizes were available for sale outside of the cemetery as well as local candies called pańska skórka. Reflecting on this now, I'm reminded of all the times people ask us how we afford to travel. The truth is, some of our most memorable experiences abroad cost little to no money at all. Observing All Saints' Day in Poland is an experience that is both free and priceless.
Powązki Cemetery on All Saints' Day
Cemeteries aren't something we make a habit of visiting during our travels so I'll admit I wasn't sure what to expect when we first arrived to Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. It's a historical cemetery, one of the oldest in Warsaw and among the most famous in Poland. As soon as we walked through the gates, I could see why. This was nothing like visiting the cemetery where my nonno and nonna are buried in Toronto. Instead of endless rows of granite walls in a mausoleum, there were lavish tombstones and sculptures throughout the seemingly endless grounds. Some were so large and impressive that it almost felt like we were walking through an outdoor museum.
We arrived at dusk along with dozens of locals and families. As it got darker, more and more people came with their colourful candles, flowers and wreaths. An estimated one million people are buried here and, with a candle on every grave by the end of the night, I'm sure you can imagine how beautiful it was to have seen a glow of flickering lights all around us. Walking through the rows of graves, we could smell the fragrance given off by the mums, especially as we passed the more crowded sites where famous Polish artists and historical figures were buried. I know we would have had a memorable experience visiting any cemetery in Poland on November 1st (or 2nd) but our evening spent observing this tradition at Powazki was really moving.
Know Before You Go
As tourists, it's easy to miss out on a celebrations like All Saints' Day. We might spend all our time in a country caught up in the best things to do and the trendiest restaurants to eat at without being aware of the rituals and customs that are more rewarding than any tourist attraction. If your travels bring you to Poland during these early days of November, here are a few things to keep in mind before visiting a cemetery:
This is a solemn celebration throughout the country and of high importance to those you encounter at the cemetery. Act accordingly.
People will begin to gather at dusk but we found the cemetery to be especially beautiful later on in the evening once thousands of candles were lit.
The tradition continues until November 2nd in case you're not able to visit a cemetery on All Saints' Day.
November 1st is a National Holiday in Poland meaning banks and several businesses will be closed.
Expect heavier traffic than your normal 'rush hour' since many people will be on the road.
All Saints' Day Around the World
Poland isn't the only country to pay tribute to those who have passed at this time of year. Christians around the world celebrate All Saints' Day and several countries have developed unique traditions of their own. You've likely heard of Día de Muertos, a Mexican holiday where families decorate graves at cemeteries bringing gifts and marigold flowers to honour loved ones on November 2nd. Some countries observe a similar holiday at different times of the year like the Japanese who honour spirits of their ancestors during the Obon Festival in August.
Whatever your beliefs may be, I think it's important to learn about these types of celebrations in the countries we visit. If you're fortunate enough to participate in a tradition like this, I encourage you to do so but always with a sense of respect and understanding.
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Girona range adds new paragraph to David Millar's Chpt3
David Millar launched Chpt3 on the world as a kickback against the pro peloton. After retiring from an 18-year career during which he could only really be seen in team kit he not only wanted to ride in something that was happily logo-free, he wanted something that would be impossible to print logos on.
The first Chpt3 collection came in at the very highest end of the cycling apparel market. This was Castelli with knobs on - well buttons actually - designed in cahoots with close friend, Saville Row tailor Timothy Everest, Chpt3's kit had bespoke design touches, including custom buttons and darting. This was more poseur than peloton - and achieved exactly the look Millar was hoping for.
The purists couldn't see the point, and some even highlighted the loss of aero benefits to a jersey with buttons on the neck.
Maybe they will be happier with the new Chpt3 Girona collection, the brand's idea of everyday training kit. They've used race-weight Castelli Maglia Rosa aero fabric, which is noticeably aero and moisture wicking and styled it up with some class touches unique to Chpt3. The Chpt3 Girona bibs are just as slick and have been fitted with Castelli's Kiss chamois.
Chpt3 is calling this its "third tier", with the first being that dandy Origin kit, and the middle the One More Lap collection. The name Girona relates to the town that Millar and more than 100 professional riders have made their home.
You can buy the Chpt3 Girona kit here. We'll review it when we get our hands on some.


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As part of the Test Designer, you can track the progress of your test writing requests through test level statuses. This allows for increased visibility into the status for each of your individual test requests and enables communication between our customers and the test authors through the product itself. All communication regarding these requests, previously done via email, can now be performed in-app itself.
As a customer, you can see the status of each test in your request as demonstrated in the image below. A test can be in one of the following states:
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The status of each test request is updated in real-time and can be seen next to each test request in the writing status column.
As the name suggests, a test is "in progress" when it is in the process of being written by our team of test authors. All tests are run in draft mode during the writing process and are published by the test authors when all steps are written and the test is passing green. Once a test is published and successfully returned, the status changes to "completed". At this point, the test can be organized into your test suite - you do not have to wait until the other tests are completed to start running your test cases.
The third status of test requests is blocked. A test will be in a "blocked" state when a test writer needs more information and cannot proceed with creating and running the test - this can occur if the credentials are wrong, the environment isn't working, the test outlines are unclear, or we found a bug!
When a request is blocked, the author will flag the test and provide information on the issue they encountered. The user that started the test writing request will then receive an email notification with information about the blocker.
The blocker information is also relayed back to the customer via the app where the user has the ability to click into the test view and check the blocker information, read the writer's notes and proceed to unblock the test author by clicking the Update Status button.
After clicking the update status option, the user will be asked to supply additional information to the test author that resolves the blocker. Again, after unblocking the test, the authors are notified that they are unblocked in-product itself and will continue writing the test with the new information supplied.
Lastly, there are instances when a blocker (ie environment is down) may affect the entire batch of test requests, therefore, halting writing progress on all requests. In this situation, the product will display a banner on the batch level indicating progress on all tests has been paused until the blocker is addressed.
Similarly to test level status, when all requests are blocked the user can unblock all tests via the product by clicking the unblock button and supplying additional information resolving the said blocker. This information is relayed back the test authors and they will resume writing the test cases.
To see any unresolved blocked test, navigate to the Blocked Tests tab inside the Test Designer. All blocked tests (whether in real-time or after the fact) will appear inside this filter. From this view, you can click on the blocked test badge of any test to take you to the test view.
At the top of the test view, you can review the blocker context. Adjacent to the blocking comment, there is an option to select unblock.
If you resolve the blocker yourself, Rainforest will remove the blocking designation and allow you to publish your test. If you send to Rainforest, the test will remain in a draft state and you will need to provide any helpful context on the blocker resolution as well as any additional instructions for the test author.
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I have a Westell 7500 router/modem. I am trying to set up a wireless IP security camera at a vacation house. I want to see what is going on when we are not there - so I need remote access. I set up a DNS updating but it is not updating the IP address (which always changes). Does anyone know if this router has built in software for Dynamic DNS addressing?? Will it update? It does not seem to be doing it and I am about to kill myself!! I have been working on this for almost 8 weeks trying to get this stupid camera set up. It works fine, as long as the IP does not change. I don't really want to pay $25-$50/month for a Static IP. This should be able to do it. Please help!
Why domain name are you entering as dynamic?
Read that thread. You'll see what I mean.
How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
I will call DynDNS Monday to see about getting the TSIG - if that will help. Then I am going to call Fairpoint (internet provider) to see if I can get a deal on the static IP since their router should be updating it automatically. If their equipment doesn't do what it is supposed to do they should give me the static IP for free! We shall see what happens! This is so frustrating - I cannot even tell you.


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7th Pay Commission: DA calculator, 17 per cent estimated amount
New Delhi, Aug 13: There is some good news regarding the 7th Pay Commission. Central Government employees are likely to get Dearness Allowance of up to 17 per cent for the month of July 2019.
The Centre it may be recalled had indicated that CG employees would an increase in their DA from July 1 2019. The hike is expected to be around 5 per cent for the period between July 1 2019 and December 2019. Currently the DA is at 12 per cent and once the increase is rolled out, then it would stand at 17 per cent.
DA Calculator for CG employees:
DA percentage: Average of the All India Consumer Price Index (Base year-2001=100) for last 12 months-115.76/ 115.76 x 100
DA calculator for central public sector employees:
DA percentage: Average of the All India Consumer Price Index (Base year-2001=100) for last 3 months-126.33/ 126.33 x 100.
There is a possibility that the DA may be increased by 5 per cent. There is a tangible reason behind it and that is because, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, inflation has increased in April, 2019. However, there is a little uncertainty as CPI statistics for June, 2019 are yet to come and this will be revealed by the end of July.
7th Pay Commission: Latest update on DA hike of 5 per cent
This would mean that the DA would stand at 17 per cent. This would incidentally be the highest DA increment since 2016. The government had hiked the DA by 3 per cent in January 2019. At that time the AICPI stood at 301 and the DA at 10.36 per cent. If the index increases by 2 points then the DA calculation will be based on 17 per cent.
CG employees would however hope that their demand for a pay hike be met too. The 7th Pay Commission had recommended a pay hike of Rs 18,000.


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On February 18, 2019, 14 students of the International Management Institute "IMI-NOVA" gained some new experience due to a study visit at the Institute for Standardization of Moldova (ISM).
The purpose of the visit was to inform future specialists about the ISM's activity and to increase their interest in standardization. Students became acquainted with the possibilities of buying a standard, as well as other services, like training and consultancy. They also participated in an informative session, in which they were informed about the work of the technical committees and standardization activity at the national level through the elaboration and adoption of standards.
The meeting with the students ended up with a question-and-answer session.


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In order to rent the vehicle you also must have a major US credit card in order to cover the liability deposit should you get an accident and be required to pay the deposit amount. Full coverage liability insurance is also available but has a more expensive daily rate than the mandatory liability insurance.
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SHAHJAHANPUR: Nearly two thousand five hundred chicks were killed due to a massive fire at a poultry farm in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. As per the initial inputs, a short circuit was the reason for the fire at the farm. Fire brigade officials reached the spot soon after they received information about the incident and the fire was brought under control.
The incident took place at the Zulfikar poultry farm in Kakra in Sadar police area. The farm reportedly used battery operated lights which may have led to the mishap.
The entire farm was caught in the flames within minutes. The incident has led to the loss of nearly Rs 3 lakh for the owner of the Zulfikar poultry farm.
Just a few days back, a similar incident took place in Hardoi where nearly 1500 chicks were killed and a loss of lakhs of rupees was incurred due to fire at a poultry farm. The owner did not even have insurance for the farm.


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Dear Lord,
TY that overall the hip replacement has helped a lot, but stairs are still a problem. I'm looking all over the place for a 1st floor apt. + it's taking longer than I'd like. Please guide me to an affordable, safe place that's in good condition. Also, due to the prevalence of carjackings in our area, I need a garage to be available.
I'll have to pay a surcharge renting month-to-month since I'm not renewing my lease. I pray I don't have to do that more than a month.
In Your precious name, amen.


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Europe's subdued recovery and ongoing fiscal troubles are taking their toll on investment banks. According to a new analysis by Freeman & Co, a financial services research firm, investment banking fees in western Europe fell by 17% in the first four months of this year.
The pain in western Europe is in sharp contrast to a 53% jump in banking fees in America, an 87% rise in Japan and a whopping 161% surge in China. Banks in India and, perhaps unexpectedly, Eastern Europe also registered robust fee increases.


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Graduating to the "Newcastle Beer Festival" after previous offerings along Honeysuckle in a few different shapes in 2017 NBF moved to the new location on Nobby's Road at the Foreshore and taking on the weekend.
This year they are compacting things to just the Saturday and there are plenty of rumours spreading that this means it is going to be a mammoth affair.
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t's baaaaaaack! Newcastle Beer Fest is back for another year of sunshine, music, food, and of course BEER! Independent Australian Owned and made beer ONLY that is. This year we are back to doing one massive day, rather than two, so make sure you get your tickets early to avoid missing out. We had over 3000 people through the gates last year, and are hoping for the same in 2018.
See you on the day!
On Saturday 7 April 2018 at 12:00pm
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck: I'm Done Having Kids
With three kids, does Elisabeth Hasselbeck of "The View" have plans to get pregnant again?
"No, I don't," she said Monday on Barbara Walters' SIRIUS XM radio show, "Here's Barbara." "If something happened and I was pregnant again ... I don't know how that would happen, because I'm clearly avoiding my husband," former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.
Not getting intimate is tough.
"He's so cute," Hasselbeck, 32, said. "This is the problem ... he's very cute."
Asked if she's ever heard of birth control, Hasselbeck replied, "Yeah, I have. It takes a while to kick in once you start one. But in the meantime, I just find him incredibly attractive. So, it's not like I'm that disciplined, so right now, my strategy is dressing in a way that will not get me pregnant."
How does she dress so that she doesn't get pregnant?
"Nothing too cute," she said. "I'm trying to wear nothing too revealing."
In August, Hasselbeck gave birth to son Isaiah, who joins siblings Grace, 4, and Taylor, 23 months.
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Beach Bummin'
This seven-night beach package at Costa Blu Adults Only Beach Resort is sure to give you plenty of time to be a beach bum if you so desire. There is also an enormous amount of island activities to choose from if you prefer to be more active. We can book any activity you desire such as scuba diving, more snorkeling, fishing, beach bbq's, sailing, etc., and add these tours to the prices below. Take a day or two and enjoy beach combing with beach bars and restaurants along the way. All you need to add to the below package is your international airfare.
Arrive in Belize, Goldson International Airport
Local flight to Ambergris Caye
Transfer from airstrip to Costa Blu, www.costablu.sandypointresorts.com
Costa Blu, One Bedroom Sea View Suite, seven nights
Golf Cart Rental, 7 days, includes delivery and pick up
Sunset Cruise
Guided snorkel to Hol Chan and Shark Ray Alley (includes gear and marine park fee)
Return Transfer to local airstrip
Local flight to Goldson International Airport
- $1,410.00 Per Person Double Occupancy
- Price valid to travel Jan 4 – March 31, 2019
- $1,273.00 Per Person Double Occupancy
- Price valid to travel April 1 – June 21, 2019
- $1147.00 Per Person Double Occupancy
- Price valid to travel Oct 6 – Dec 18, 2019
- $1,725.00 Per Person Double Occupancy
- Price valid to travel Dec 19, 2019 – Jan 4, 2020
- Roundtrip local air flights to Ambergris Caye
- Roundtrip transfers while on Ambergris Caye
- Seven nights hotel, including all hotel taxes & service fees
- Golf Cart Rental for 7 days (will need to refill with gas)
- Guided snorkel trip to Hol Chan and Shark Ray Alley
- Sunset Sailing Cruise
- Travel Insurance. Call us at 512-913-5525.
- Round trip international airfare to Belize
- Meals and transportation not specified
- Personal expenses
- Optional activities and entrance fees not specified
- Gratuities & Tips
- International Departure Tax, collected at the international airport before departure, payable in US cash or credit card ($56.00 US). Check with your airline, as this fee is usually now included in your airline ticket.
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The first underwater photography
Although not preserved, the first underwater photography was taken by the Englishman William Thompson in 1856. The camera used by Thompson consisted of a box with a glass front, attached to a tripod anchored to the seabed. It had a wooden shutter with a rope Thompson handled from the coast, where he built a darkroom with a tent. With a five-minute exposure Thompson got the first underwater photography, even though the water came in the box, getting a faint image of the seabed.
Anyway, pioneering underwater photography it is considered the French Louis Boutan, to which belongs the first picture that we show. Boutan knew the underwater world firsthand, and was determined to get a method to photograph it. For this had the help of his brother August, an engineer who designed a system to adjust aperture and plates. This first design even allowed to control the buoyancy of the chamber using a balloon filled with air.
The first results were disappointing and they realized that it was necessary to design a flash to get good results. Electrical Engineer M. Chaffour helped them design a chamber that housed a magnesium ribbon. The chamber was filled with pure oxygen and magnesium ribbon was ignited by an electric current. Unfortunately the system did not work quite right because it produced a thick smoke that clouded the images, and in addition generated excessive heat.
Eventually managed to reduce the size of the camera and improve the flash chamber, so that made the whole set more manageable. They used electric lamps as a light source.
With time and more improvements, Boutan became the pioneer of underwater photography, publishing a book in 1898 entitled La Photographie Sous-Marine with his images from which we leave you a small sample:
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Hitler posing for the camera while practising his speeches
Never seen before pictures that appear to show Adolf Hitler rehearsing for his hate-filled speeches have come to the public sight.
The album, features black and white images of the Nazi leader in a series of poses, using expressive face and hand gestures, which he would practise and review before addressing the German public. Once he saw the pictures, he would decide whether to incorporate the various gestures and poses into his speeches and appearances.
The photos, taken by his personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann, were apparently intended to give the Führer an insight into how he looked to the German public.
The photographs, taken in the late 1920s, were later banned from being published by Hitler for being "beneath one's dignity".
The vetoed pictures were reportedly stored in Hoffmann's studio until his arrest at the end of the war and disappeared into various archives.
But they were published in Hoffmann's memoirs entitled Hitler was my Friend in the 1950s, which have now been re-issued in English.
Historian Roger Moorhouse, who wrote the book's introduction, said: "We have this image now of Hitler almost as a buffoon. But these pictures show he experimented with his own image. He was a very modern politician in that way."
Hoffmann, who introduced Hitler to his then-studio assistant Eva Braun, survived the war and spent four years in prison for Nazi profiteering. He died in 1957, aged 72.
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Wall Street indexes surged on Wednesday, posting their best day of the year and erasing a steep loss from the day before.
Investors were encouraged that the Federal Reserve wants to keep interest rates very low for the time being.
"There's a lot of pressure on the Fed right now, so this was a big vote of confidence from investors," said J. J. Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 274.83 points, or 1.6 percent, to 16,994.22. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added 33.79 points, or 1.8 percent, to 1,968.89, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 83.39 points, or 1.9 percent, to 4,468.59. All three indexes had their biggest point and percentage gains of 2014.
The jump was the latest whipsaw day for the stock market. Only the day before, the Dow plunged almost 273 points on fears that the global economy was slowing. Wednesday's gains made up for what investors lost on Tuesday.
Volatility has picked up sharply in the stock market in recent days. The Dow has had moves of 200 points or more five times in the last 10 days. There have been only six other days this year when the index has made moves of that magnitude.
Wall Street analysts have been warning for some time that markets were ready to have more volatility, particularly with economic weakness developing in Europe and Asia — and with the Federal Reserve scheduled to end a bond-buying stimulus program this month. They say investors should expect more big moves in coming weeks.
"I don't think this is going to end until the Fed's meeting in October," said James C. Liu, a global market strategist at JPMorgan Funds. "The market is in a tug-of-war between the slowdown in international economies and the strong economic numbers here in the U.S."
Investors were encouraged by the language in the minutes of the Fed's latest meeting, which said that the central bank would raise interest rates only when measures of the economy's health and inflation showed that the time was right, instead of using a specific date or period.
Investors are now turning their attention to the latest corporate earnings season.
Alcoa reported its results after Wednesday's closing bell, and they came in much better than expected. The company reported an adjusted third-quarter profit of 31 cents a share, compared with the 21 cents analysts had expecting. Alcoa rose about 2 percent in late trading.
In other company news, Sears Holdings, the parent of Sears and Kmart, dropped $1.45, or 4.8 percent, to close at $28.85, after reports that the company's vendors had begun to halt shipments to the retailer.
Gap plunged as much as $3.80, or 9 percent, to $38.10, in after-hours trading after the company announced that its chief executive, Glenn Murphy, would step down early next year.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.32 percent, its lowest in more than a year, from 2.34 percent late Tuesday. The price of the 10-year note rose 6/32, to 100 16/32.


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From Rigid Exercise Routines and Undereating to Compulsive Overeating and Binge Eating...
....and everywhere in between....when it comes to food, I've done it all...
I've struggled with my relationship with food for as long as I can remember. It was always my outlet, my coping mechanism, the way to turn off my mind. I can remember jumping on the fat free band wagon back in high school. Fat was the enemy and I obsessed about every fat gram in every piece of food I ate. Thinner was always better. It always equated to more confidence, more social adeptness, more happiness.
I guess the real trouble started in college. I gained your classic 15 plus some pounds during my freshman year while eating a diet of cheap beer and bagels. But hey, they were both fat free!! In my desire to get rid of the extra weight, I discovered group exercise the summer after my freshman year. It didn't take long to get hooked. I lost weight and I felt great.
I returned to school loving my new body but uncomfortable with the attention I was getting as a result. I started to eat less and exercise more to escape those uncomfortable feelings and other social anxieties. I fueled my body off copious amounts of diet soda, artificially sweetened coffee, broccoli, and carrots. I exercised obsessively. At my lowest, I was 104 pounds. My menstrual cycle had been absent for close to two years and my resting heart rate was 38. I remember thinking what an accomplishment it would be if my heart rate dropped to 35. Less was always more.
This was very difficult to sustain and my parents were very worried. They encouraged me to take a semester off and go into treatment. I started eating more and exercising less and outwardly things were starting to look up. My weight started to increase and my resting heart rate became normal. My menstrual cycle returned.
In college, I exercised excessively and severely restricted my food intake.
But this is also when I secretly started overeating. It started with a bag of cheese doritos after everyone had gone to bed at the beach. Gradually this bag turned into ice cream, candy, and pretty much any other processed thing I could get my hands on. And all of this was a secret. No one knew and I was a master at deception. I only ate when I was alone and I hid the evidence.
I remember the end of the day, after work, was always a really tough time for me. I would often stop at one gas station on the way home and get some sort of snack in an 'acceptable' quantity. I would eat it while I was driving and then I'd stop at another gas station. I would throw out my trash and get some other sort of snack. Again, in an 'acceptable' quantity. I would always end up at Roy Rogers or McDonalds and get an ice cream. One because I love ice cream and two because it could be eaten with little mess and no trash.
After college, I started compulsively eating and secretly binge eating.
I ate things people thought I would never even touch. And when one of these food raids was over, I felt horrible. And I would say things to myself that I would never EVER say to another human being. I felt worthless, ashamed, alone. I hated every ounce of my body.
I had become involved in the fitness industry while I was in college and I exercised frequently. That did a good job of keeping my weight in check but it also deepened the shame. I'm an instructor. I'm not supposed to have a food issue. I am supposed to be thin, fit, toned, etc.
This out of control compulsive eating and binging went on for longer than I ever restricted – probably 8-9 years. And it was harder than restricting because of the way it made me feel about myself. There was a pride in restricting but a deep and dark shame in binging.
I felt so out of control when it came to food. It was all or nothing. It was a constant source of struggle. A constant battle. I constantly wondered what was wrong with me and why I couldn't get a handle on this. I had a general idea of what I should do but could never actually do it. Clearly something was wrong with me. Clearly I had some deep seeded issue from my childhood that was never resolved. But I had a wonderful childhood. I grew up surrounded by love and support. I actually wished on some days that I could pin-point some specific trauma that made me like this. I just wanted to let this go. I just wanted to be able to move forward. But I was stuck in this detrimental cycle of overeating, feeling ashamed, and promising myself that tomorrow would be different.
Fast forward to today and I can honestly say that I am in a place where I feel at peace. Where the candy from the holidays is still in the pantry and isn't constantly calling my name. Where I can eat a piece if I want and don't feel the need to stuff the empty wrappers deep into the sides of the trashcan.
The journey to today wasn't easy and the healing process has been very gradual. But I feel healthier and more alive at 40 than I ever have before and it is the most beautiful feeling in the world.
This journey is helping me become my best self. It is moving me towards my authentic self. I see that now. I was asleep for a very long time. Using food to cope, to numb, and to escape turning inward. But I am awake now. I am becoming conscious. I am becoming aware. And each day I am moving towards being the woman I know I am supposed to be.
And that is my story. I wanted to tell you where I've been so that you can see how I have struggled. Some of you may struggle in a similar way and some of you may have different struggles. But the points is, we all struggle. We all struggle to find ourselves, to find our voice, and to speak our truth. And there is absolutely no shame in struggle. In fact, there is so much beauty in the struggle should we choose to see it.
Today, I am the mama to two beautiful girls and finally feel healthy, strong, and energized.
I have a very special place in my heart for those who struggle with their relationship with food. I have a level of understanding, compassion, and empathy for those who feel stuck in a cycle of thoughts, patterns, and behaviors around food that keep them from becoming their best self.
I have learned so much along the way and I would love to share this insight with you. I would be honored to guide you on your own journey and support you as work toward your health and weight loss goals.


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- Dressing for Winter: Includes tips for appropriate clothing for different temperatures along with recommendations for safe time lengths of outdoor play during extreme weather conditions, the rationale for using multiple thin layers of clothing in cold weather, along with basic prevention, recognition and first aid treatment for frostbite and hypothermia.
- Fire Safety: Covers the most common causes of household fires (cooking, home heating, electrical problems, smoking, candles and children playing with fire); makes a strong case for installing smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors; outlines simple fire prevention practices in the home, and the steps to take if smoke or flames are discovered, including the importance of developing a Fire Safety Plan for getting your family safely out of the building in an emergency.
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North Seattle Guitar Lessons is Jared Borkowski's private music teaching practice where he teaches in Seattle and online via Skype.
About Me
I've been playing guitar and composing music for more than 25 years, and teaching professionally for more than 15 years. I grew up in the Seattle Music Scene learning from local teachers and starting my own band at ten years old. My passion for teaching stems from my own experience and evolution through lessons and hard work, carrying me from a cigar box guitar that I made when I was eight years old to performing at places like the historic Paramount Theatre and recording in studios with producers whose work I grew up on. After so many years of learning from teachers who I love and respect, and after years of practicing, writing, dreaming, and breathing music, I'm grateful that I get to pass what I've learned on to others.
As a teenager my main focus was on songwriting and leading my then rock band. In 2003 that band won The Experience Music Project's (renamed MoPop) annual battle of the bands competition called Sound Off! When the band split up I turned to classical and jazz guitar and went to college to major in music.
Studying under the guidance of Cuong Vu, Michael Partington, and Steven Novacek, I was the first guitarist to earn a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Washington School of Music, where I also majored in Classical Guitar Performance and studied composition. While at the UW I co-founded the Improvised Music Project (IMP), a student run organization dedicated to showcasing the beauty of improvised music to those who may not find it accessible upon first listen, and generating a community around it. Years later the IMP is still going strong and puts on the Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPfest) each year, which has featured some impressive headliners in the past such as Bill Frisell and Tim Berne.
After college I helped to co-found the weekly, and long-time-running, free improvisation jam session called the Racer Sessions (written about in the New York Times). I also was a co-founding member (and briefly president) of the Seattle based new music record label called Table & Chairs.
I have performed professionally in a wide variety of settings and genres including classical guitar, straight ahead jazz, gypsy jazz, free jazz, bossa nova, solo guitar, classical chamber music, experimental improvisation, EDM, electro-pop, singer-songwriter, fingerpicking, funk, musical theater, avant-garde, rock, hip-hop, and more.
A couple of the many projects and groups that I've been a part of over the years includes a hilariously wig ridden Queen tribute band called Her Majesty, and a project named Operation ID, which The Stranger called "one of Seattle's most interesting prog groups . . . in which virtuosity serves a greater purpose than showing off one's academic training." I've also performed numerous times with the Seattle Rock Orchestra, playing alongside inspiring artists such as Stewart Copeland and Allen Stone.
I also run a side business composing and producing custom music for media content and TV, as well as mix engineering and producing for other artists. Composing and recording original material has always been one of my greatest passions. You can hear samples of my composing work here (featuring a lot of guitar playing!).
Some of the work that I'm proud of includes writing and recording guitar parts for Macklemore (on this song), working with Ben smith (of the band Heart) composing music for television sound tracks, and getting my music placed on the ridiculous (but somehow very popular) reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
Currently I'm focused on taking the guitar material that I've been teaching for years and compiling it into a series of free lesson videos and online courses. You can get the free video lessons by signing up for my mailing list, and you can learn more about the courses on my courses page.
Teaching is a special calling for me because I love practicing, learning, and creating so much that it naturally extends to helping others do the same. I've spent thousands of hours developing effective ways to go about practicing and acquiring skills on and off the guitar. I get very excited and enthusiastic about working on musicianship goals and passing on what I find to be important philosophical approaches for anyone aspiring to be an artist.
I also love to sing, play piano, dance, write, draw, tell jokes, read, and ride the unicycle.
About the Teaching Space
I teach out of a luxuriously comfortable and private teaching studio called Maple Leaf Music Lessons. It's located at NE 85th street and 2nd avenue in the (you guessed it) Maple Leaf neighborhood, just north of Greenlake Village. The studio features a spacious waiting area, free coffee/tea and sparkling water, an acoustically insulated teaching room, air conditioning, and plenty of street parking.
I also teach remote lessons via Skype.


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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Fact of the Day: The Great Disappointment
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He's lucky people didn't tar and feather him and ride him out of town on a rail.ReplyDelete
so nice :)ReplyDelete
And there are people who still to this day believe that the rapture will be happening soon.ReplyDelete
I just don't understand people like that.ReplyDelete
Nice post.would you like to follow each other.!!
Keep in touch
another world ending nutReplyDelete
But Jesus is between us;He resurrected and live forever at least that what I believe and I have understood from my religion. Kisses, Adam:)ReplyDelete
People still try predicting this stuff!!! I say leave well enough alone so that people that are nervous like me can get a good nights sleep. lolReplyDelete
Never take these people seriously. No one knows if and when the world will end. Just live your life.ReplyDelete
Well I'm sure glad it didn't end :)ReplyDelete
Somewhere in the Bible, doesn't it say only fools will predict the end.?? :))ReplyDelete
Saw your comment at Meme's and wanted to ask you to come over and see a turtle at my place today. :)
Actually, we must be prepared everyday coz we never know when we gonna die. End of the world or not.ReplyDelete
This is just crazy.ReplyDelete
Sounds like that guy from last year who did this. Well, we all gotta go sometime. I'm a believer so there's no problem there!ReplyDelete
that is just crazyReplyDelete
I just don't get the mass amount of people who take another human's word for when the world is going to end. Nut Jobs. The whole lot of them.ReplyDelete
ha-ha-ha, i'm laughing! doesn't seem like much has changed in the last 100+ yrs.ReplyDelete


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By the end of this year, this baby boy is going to think that I'm some crazy aunt with a camera. I was excited, and touched, when these guys asked me to photograph his christening. I'm all about traditions and the Catholic church does not disappoint when it comes to tradition. Even three year olds feel the weight of Catholic tradition when they step into church. No craziness was to be had. Everyone just relished in his baptism. Well, I'm sure the three year old wasn't relishing in anything but, I like to think he might've had a moment or two for his little brother. Right?!? The cherry on top of the whole thing was that it was a private christening. Score for the photographer!


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Seasonal Eating + Wellness
Everyone gets excited when the pumpkin ales come out and apple cider is in season. There is a method for why companies promote certain products during a specific time of year. I know beer isn't exactly the best example of a natural, healthy product but it is a perfect case where this flavor is only offered when the product is in season or able to be harvested. (I also happen to love mixing pumpkin beer with apple cider :)
In this day and age, our bodies have become disconnected with seasonal eating because so many products in our grocery store are available year round shipped from different climates around the world. As the weather changes in our region and the temperature starts to drop our bodies start to slowly contract in order to conserve and create body heat. Our bodies have a very strong connection with the foods we eat that effects the mind, energy and how we feel every day. It is interesting that our bodies also have a strong connection to the earth and have many similarities to animals and plants. Just as trees shed their leaves and become dormant in the winter, our bodies have a similar effect. It is the same thing with animals that hibernate in the winter.
So what does this have to do with nutrition and health? Well, eating consciously with foods that are produced seasonally has a great impact on our energy levels, immune system and everyday health. Do you ever notice yourself craving warm, hearty stews and heavier foods during the cooler seasons? It is your body's natural response to conserving energy for the long, cold days ahead. As fall and winter quickly come, we should turn to nature to be our guide.
Here are some tips to help your body adapt to the cooler seasons and eat more in tune with the earth.
1.There is less natural light as the sun sets earlier which means our bodies need more rest and nourishment to make up for the lack of sunlight. Allow yourself to get extra sleep and supplement more vitamin D
2. Fruits are less abundant which is it the earth's message saying fewer of these foods. Skip the out on the cooler, raw foods and opt for warmer options. These will tax your immune system and force the body to work harder to bring the internal temperature back to homeostasis (I will add a list below)
3. Foods that are heartier will strengthen the blood and kidneys to keep us warm and healthy.
For those of you who are familiar with the Paleo diet, you are on the right track. Take a look at what our ancestors ate and what foods would most likely be able to grow in your region during this season. Follow this guide and I strongly suggest buying a Crock Pot. It makes for easier meals that are warm and delicious when you get home :)
Best Foods for the Season:
Root vegetable, Leafy greens, squash, quinoa, pumpkin, walnuts, herbs and warm spices like Cinnamon, garlic and onion, sea salt, meats and heavier fishes like Salmon.