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Favorite new items at IKEA – Office edition fall 2015August 17th, 2015
I had the awesome opportunity to attend a blogger event at IKEA (the location in Draper Utah) where they gave us a preview of all the lovely new products that were just released. All of my favorites were office/desktop items and I'm super excited to show you my picks:
magazine holder / paper boxes / pencil boxes / copper task light / pendant light / document box / desk / stool / glass jar / charging desk lamp
I got to take one item home with me, and I chose this chic desk lamp with a base that wirelessly charges my cell phone! I was thrilled to get it all set up and test it out, and it works great!
And now looking at my picks above, I seriously want to hang that chandelier above my desk. I wonder if Mr. Project would go along with that…
Here's what the base looks like on my lamp. Your phone has to have a special ikea phone case that functions as a receiver and charges your phone through contact with the base. So far I'm loving it! And there are other wireless charging items as well, even a nightstand that wirelessly charges your phone!
If you've been to Ikea lately, I'd love to hear about your favorites too.
Oh and I haven't talked about this here, but Mr. Project is going to be assembling and installing an Ikea kitchen in a home that he's working on. I'll be updating soon on that process!

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In a frankly bizarre twist, Sampdoria caught a Genoa scout dressed in camouflage gear spying on their training ahead of Sunday's derby.
The two local rivals will face off at Marassi on Sunday at 19.45 UK time. Click here for a match preview. [12]
It seems Genoa were hoping to gain an advantage, but were left red-faced when Primavera youth team goalkeeping Coach Luca De Prà was caught spying on Samp's training session.
It was Sampdoria who revealed the strange story with a statement on their official website and photograph of the man dressed in full camouflage gear to hide in the bushes outside the Bogliasco camp.
"We knew the derby was a matter of nerve, tactics and strategy, but we frankly never expected it to become a matter of espionage," read the Sampdoria site.
"And yet, in Genoa, this too can happen. Just two days before the big match, Delio Rossi ordered training behind closed doors and an emissary from the other team was asked to spy on the tactical systems for Sunday night.
"It was a real secret mission set by the Genoa generals, a military action with full camouflage gear and mountain boots.
"Like a would-be Rambo hidden in the Poggio bushes, Luca De Prà, Coach of the Primavera youth team goalkeepers from the club of such noble descendants, could not fight the counter-measures of the Blucerchiati's intelligence services.
"However, there are no prisoners, nor bloodshed. Once he was caught in the act, with his hands in the cookie jar, the soldier from the other side was set free so he could return to base.
"After all, one must always forgive enemies, as nothing irritates them more."
Genoa released their own statement assuring the spying mission was his "personal initiative" and De Prà has been suspended awaiting "an explanation."
See the latest Serie A predictions and betting tips with Eurotips.co.uk [13]


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What does beg the question mean?
Definitions for beg the question
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To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii).
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To raise or prompt a question.
Origin: * petitio principii.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 808901
bad treatment of multimonitor setup with different monitor size
Last modified: 2012-04-01 23:18:08 EDT
Description of problem:
On multimonitor setup when the graphical install begins the window use all the desktop across all monitors. If the monitors have different size there are areas in the installation window that doesn't appear in the screens. If the right monitor is smaller the buttons are inaccesible.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 16
How reproducible:
Always with a multimonitor setup (my setup uses a nvidia graphics card)
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot with F16 install DVD in a multimonitor system
Actual results:
Anaconda graphical install uses the combined multimonitor area
Expected results:
Installation program appears just in the first monitor.
Additional info:
Nvidia graphics card, multimonitor system, each monitor of different size.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 725219 ***


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Word for Today – Haggai 2:20-23
God Chose YOU!
The Times
Haggai delivered a message earlier in the day, but wasn't finished. That same day, God sent a second message to the prophet; this one was specifically for Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah.
The Atmosphere
The message delivered earlier in the day proclaimed prosperity to the obedient people. The second word given to Zerubbabel was more somber. It warned the governor of tumultuous times ahead for his community. However, the message also offered encouragement as God said, "I will take you" in the midst of the turmoil.
Current Application
It seems that something dark and desperate is always looming on the horizon for us here on earth . . . global warming, terrorism, and scary economic times. You name it, and it has probably tried to scare us at some point over the last decade. But, fear is not of the Lord. Although it is prudent to prepare as best we can, it is far more important to remember that God chose us . . . even before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4).
When my boys were elementary age, Pokemon was the the fad. For those who may not have had children during this era of popular culture, I'll do my best to describe the whimsical world of Pokemon. As far as I could tell from my adult perch observing this kiddie craze, Pokemon originated from Japan as a cartoon that followed "good" trainers and "evil" trainers who had little creatures (Pokemon) that battled on their behalf.
When a trainer needed a certain Pokemon with a specific trait, he'd call the creature's name and yell, "I choose YOU!" The faithful little Pokemon would fly into action despite the chaos swirling around them.
Even though we are a far cry from pop-culture cartoon characters, we share some similarities. Much like the Pokemon trainers obtained their army of little helpers, God obtained us through Jesus' shed blood, and our acceptance of his gift of salvation.
How wonderful that God CHOSE us. Not only that, but he provides special gifts and talents to every one of us and is blessed when respond obediently. Just like a Pokemon called by his trainer, we need to respond to God. When we hear his call . . . "Shona, I choose YOU!", we bless him when we act on his behalf.
Key Verse
"I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, and to overthrow the thrones of kingdoms; I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and overthrow the chariots and their riders…On that day, says, the Lord of Hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you, says the Lord of Hosts" (Haggai 2:23 NRSV).
Think About It
What a wonderful thing that the Master of the Universe chose you and me. In the midst of your Christian walk or life's difficulties, consider how you can use all the lessons we've done in Haggai. Lastly, always cling to the comfort God offers because HE chose US.
- Be enthusiastic: it is contagious and keeps us from becoming complacent.
- Establish the right priorities: this helps us focus on God's desires.
- Persist: this leads us to abundant living.
- Join together: an enthusiastic and persistent community with the right priorities will further God's kingdom in miraculous ways.
- Step out in faith; the more we step out in faith, the more our faith grows.
Word for Today: Never, ever forget that God chose YOU!


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EUR/USD Perspective Looks Constructive – UOB
The research team at UOB Group keeps the positive view of the pair in the upcoming weeks.
Key Quotes
"As mentioned yesterday, while short-term momentum has eased off, it is not enough to indicate that a short-term top is in place. Hence, we continue to hold a positive view for EUR".
"Last week's peak near 1.1435/40 is clearly a strong resistance but even if EUR can surmount this level, the October 2015 peak of 1.1495 is a major resistance and this level would not be easy to overcome. On the downside, support is at 1.1330 followed by 1.1270".
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Two desperate dads compete in a no-holds-barred battle to be the best father and make this the best Christmas ever. Fun-loving, laid-back dad Larry is ...
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NASA scientist Tom Reynolds thought everything would be fine when he moved to Seattle to be with his fiancé, Navy Lieutenant Emma Peterson. But when ...
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91 min
Five friends are terrorized by a supernatural entity after downloading a mysterious app.
Actor: Saxon Sharbino, Bonnie Morgan, Alexis G. Zall, Brandon Soo Hoo, Robyn Cohen, Kate Orsini, Matty Finochio, Victory Van Tuyl, Aaron Hendry, Brett Wagner, Billy Mayo, Camden Toy, Mitchell Edwards, Angelina Armani, Paula Lauzon
Kiss at Pine Lake
IMDb: 6.2
90 min
A man (Barry Watson) is reunited with his former teenage crush (Mia Kirshner) and they finally share that very special first kiss while working to ...
Genre: Romance
Actor: Barry Watson, Mia Kirshner, Matty Finochio
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When a clumsy elf accidentally shrinks two kids on Christmas Eve, they get scooped up into Santa's sack. When they are dropped off across the ...
Country: Canada
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Your food and beverage destination for refreshing breakfast choices in the morning, and a variety of dinner and cocktail options in the evening. The Bistro also offers specialty beverages made with Starbucks® coffee to help you get a jump on the day.
We also offer a menu of beverages made with Starbucks coffee, designed to get you through the day.
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Serving fresh sushi and Thai dishes.
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Hudson North America Hiring an Online Marketing Manager
Fri, 10 June 2011, 11:24 am
There's some big things happening at Hudson. We are undergoing transformational change with a new CEO on board and new web platforms to take the company where we want it to go. Many of the initiatives will take place in the digital realm of which I am the leader in our North America operation. I'm very much looking forward to the process of bringing on a new team member in our Chicago office to help us to innovate with all of the tools that are at our disposal. Check out the job description for our Online Marketing Manager position in Chicago, IL.
Here's a little taste…
Help build a top professional services brand using your talents as an online marketing expert. Hudson North America is seeking a skilled and motivated digital marketer to work with our line-of-business marketing managers and our web development team to build programs that achieve business results.
Catch the market upswing as we re-position our websites onto DotNetNuke, reposition our brand as Trusted Advisors globally, and position your interactive abilities as a centerpiece of the digital marketing department of the future. If you know more about thought leadership than online shopping carts, please apply!
If you know that you can rock this job, or you can refer someone else who will, please have them Apply. I will see every resume that comes into the Job Posting.


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Framingham improv group in the works
Lovers of improv comedy now have to schlep to Boston and Cambridge to see performances, but a group of actors based in Framingham is trying to get a MetroWest performance troupe organized.
Doug Freeman, a founding member of the Framingham Community Theatre group, said he realized there was a need for a MetroWest improv group while performing in the recent "Mobsters of Framingham" dinner theater production.
"One of the things I recognized is there were a lot of talented and funny people, and the director emphasized a lot of improv work while we did our rehearsals," said Freeman.
He and other cast members decided to try it out. They've had one meeting so far, and will hold another on Aug. 9, at 7 p.m. to further organize and welcome anyone with comedy and performance skills who want to explore joining the group.
Like the Framingham Community Theatre group, the improv group will be based out of the Performing Arts Center of Metrowest at 140 Pearl St. in Framingham, which is where the meeting will be.
For more information, call Freeman at 508-596-9351 or go to the Performing Arts Center website at www.pacmetrowest.org for directions.
Megan McKee can be reached at email@example.com.


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How to get your Write Idea Now
Use my W.I.N. method to flush out your best idea in 15 minutes or less.
Decisions, decisions.
Hard right?
When faced with more than one choice, just how do you know you're making the right one?
What if you make the wrong decision and end up on some wayward path filled with pitfalls and no success?
You probably have tons of ideas and not enough time to do them all. So determining which of your many great ideas are the best ones to act on right now is vital if you want to keep getting your best work out there and moving toward the success you crave.
I'm going to show you a solution that allows you to not only make a decision but to know that you're making the right decision for YOU – the decision that speaks to your core and keeps you on track for personal success.
I call this method W.I.N.
And what's even better, finding your W.I.N (your Write Idea Now) is easy peasy. You can boil down 5 ideas to your best idea in less than 15 minutes and you can be confident that it's the right decision for you.
"I'm learning how to find my write idea now!" Click to Tweet
How to Find Your W.I.N.
I am going to walk you through the W.I.N. process including a WIN Decision Table you can use (and download: WIN PDF here or WIN DOC here) so you can make the WIN Method a quick easy tool to get your best ideas rolling out the door.
WIN is solidly based on the psychological premise that we think in a number of distinct ways. These distinct ways can be identified and accessed (as you'll see in the worksheet) so we can use our thinking about particular issues in a more productive way.
Steps to W.I.N
List 5 ideas you have right now. Quick, no need to contemplate at all, in fact it's better if you don't. Just bam bam bam. What are you thinking about working on?
Now. Pick 3. ANY 3. How do you do that? Well,
- Txt a friend and let them pick
- close your eyes and point
- have your mom or significant other pick
- pick which ones sound coolest or make you smile
- pick 3 that have the letter "m" in them
- pick numbers 2, 4, and 9
- You get the idea
What you are going to do now is to quickly look at your 3 ideas from a few different angles. I've made this easy by giving you this downloadable worksheet in either DOC or PDF formats – I'll give you a moment to grab it now because it'll make it easy for you to follow the steps below (like having the words for a singalong).
- The neutral angle. This is where you list 1 or 2 facts that you know about this idea, such as data or figures.
- The optimistic angle. What is the beneficial impact of this idea?
- The pessimistic angle. What is the downside to this idea? Why might it not work? What are the biggest weak points?
- The emotional angle. How does this idea make you feel? What are your hunches or gut feelings? Do you feel pumped? Excited? Scared?
- The creative angle. What alternatives can you think of for the idea? What could make it better?
- The descriptive angle. List 3 adjectives or verbs that come to mind when you think of this idea.
- Review. The big picture. This is where you scan what you've written in the previous steps to determine the best decision for you. And just how do you do that? Don't worry! It's easy.
For a visual, the worksheet box will look like this:
For the review, look over what you've written for each idea. Often you can eliminate an idea because it has a more obvious pitfall, or you might lean toward another idea because the upside is huge. Or maybe you just simply know more about one idea (step 1) so your research time will be cut way down. Maybe one idea makes you feel bored. Cut it. Upon doing the review if one idea is the obvious best choice, pick that one.
But what if no single idea jumps out at you? What if all 3 look good? Here's the secret to choosing. Look back at the words you've written in each segment of step 3 and select the idea that has words which literally you would use to describe yourself.
For instance, if you are a conservative writer who likes to fly below the radar don't select the idea which you described with words such as "loud" "big" or "bold" as those are not words you would use to describe yourself. Conversely, if you are a dynamic outgoing risk-taker don't select an idea that you write about as "ordinary" or "blah," pick the "big" and "bold" one.
Making the right choice by selecting ideas that are in harmony with you will keep you on a personally successful track that not only reaps financial rewards, but is in keeping with your personal growth.


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Live: Patriots draft Florida defensive tackle Dominique Easley
Credit: Jeff Howe
The Patriots have drafted Florida defensive tackle Dominique Easley with the 29th pick.
He's a terrific interior pass rusher who is coming off a torn ACL that hurt his draft stock. He's got top-15 talent. One huge question mark was his love for football, as he famously said at the combine he preferred cartoons to watching football. Well, no one cares more about people who believe football is important to them than Bill Belichick, so I think we can put that narrative to rest.
Darqueze Dennard to Bengals
The Chiefs took Auburn defensive end Dee Ford with the 23rd pick, which was a bit surprising due to his medical red flags. Ford had the same back surgery as Rob Gronkowski. However, the kid is an electric pass rusher, and ESPN reported Tamba Hali reported to camp 20 pounds overweight. Consider the message sent.
The Bengals then took Michigan State cornerback Darqueze Dennard, who is the third cousin of Alfonzo Dennard.
The Chargers took TCU cornerback Jason Verrett.
And the Eagles landed Louisville edge rusher Marcus Smith at No. 26. It seems early, but teams desperate for pass rushers knew they'd have to reach a bit at this stage.
The Cardinals added safety Deone Bucannon at No. 27, and the Panthers got Travis Benjamin at No. 28.
The Pats are on the clock.
Browns trade up for Johnny Manziel
The wait is over. The Browns, who reportedly had no interest in Johnny Manziel at No. 4, took him with their second selection.
The Browns traded up from No. 27 to take him with the 22nd pick, which was previously owned by the Eagles. That gives the Browns Justin Gilbert and Manziel in the first round. That's also three trades in the opening round for the Browns.
Saints trade up for Brandin Cooks
We welcome those of you reading the Bruins blog.
The Dolphins took the fifth tackle off the board, Tennessee's Ja'Wuan James. Reports out of Miami suggest the Dolphins had a first-round grade on him, so while it might have been a reach by some standards, it wasn't for a team in desperate need of an overhauled offensive line.
The Saints then traded up from No. 27 to No. 20, shipping a third-rounder to the Cardinals as well, to select speedster receiver Brandin Cooks. Look out for that kid on the NFC South turf.
The Packers then seemed to steal Alabama safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix at No. 21. Nice way to counter the huge passing attacks from the Bears and Lions.
Jets take Calvin Pryor
The Jets have taken the first safety off the board, selecting Louisville's Calvin Pryor with the 18th pick. Good addition to the secondary, for sure.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys took Notre Dame tackle Zack Martin at No. 16, disappointing the national audience that believed they'd snag Johnny Manziel.
The Ravens landed Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley, a former understudy of Dont'a Hightower. That adds some heat to the rivalry.
Giants select Odell Beckham
The Giants couldn't wait to snag LSU wide receiver Odell Beckham with the 12th pick, so their offense has a lot more life after a surprisingly terrible season in 2013. Beckham and Cruz give their receivers a bunch of speed.
The Rams followed by stealing Pitt defensive tackle Aaron Donald at No. 13, possibly giving the Rams the best defensive front in the NFL.
The Bears added Virginia Tech cornerback Kyle Fuller at No. 14, as they needed to boost the secondary and took Fuller over the full board of safeties.
The Steelers added Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier at No. 15. For a team that features its linebackers so much, that could be an awesome pick.
Lions take Eric Ebron with 10th pick
It's an offensively driven first round so far. To catch up on the last few picks, the Vikings took UCLA outside linebacker Anthony Barr, who is considered the third best pass rusher of first tier.
The Lions selected North Carolina tight end Eric Ebron with the 10th pick, so they'll bring Calvin Johnson and Ebron to Gillette Stadium this season. First one to 50 wins.
The Titans took advantage of Michigan tackle Taylor Lewan's fall to No. 11, so the elite tackles are now off the board, just a pick ahead of where the Giants might have loved to take him.
Seven of the first 11 players selected are on the offensive side of the ball. None of them were Johnny Manziel. Without a trade, where could he go? Maybe the Rams (No. 13), Cowboys (No. 16), Jets (No. 18), Cardinals (No. 20), Chiefs (No. 23) or Browns (No. 26). Or someone even more surprising? This is getting interesting, for sure.
Bucs land Mike Evans
Most of the top 10 is out of the way, and there haven't been any surprises since the Bills traded up for Sammy Watkins.
The Raiders took Khalil Mack at No. 5 to add to their assortment of pass rushers, and the Falcons landed tackle Jake Matthews at No. 6, which left wide receiver Mike Evans to the Bucs with the seventh pick. Sean Glennon now has himself a nice new receiver to play with, so long as the Bucs don't draft any quarterback competition.
The Browns then made a surprising move, trading the ninth pick and a fifth-rounder to the Vikings for the eighth selection. And they did it for Oklahoma State cornerback Justin Gilbert, which is surprising. Gilbert was the top cornerback on a lot of draft boards, but was he worth that high of a pick? Hey, the Bills believed he was, so they got their guy.
Bills trade up for Sammy Watkins
OK, now it's showtime.
The Jaguars took the first quarterback off the board in UCF's Blake Bortles, finally landing the local QB they've coveted for a few years, right?
And the Bills gave up a haul to move up for wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who should be an absolute stud in the league. The Bills traded the ninth pick, a first-rounder next year and a fourth-rounder in 2015 to move up to No. 4. So the Browns continue to amass picks.
Darrelle Revis and Sammy Watkins twice next year? As if those Pats-Bills games weren't already highly anticipated enough.
Rams take Greg Robinson
Imagine filling out an NCAA tournament bracket if the teams re-seeded after each round. That's how difficult it can be to come up with a good mock draft.
But right now, plenty people are looking good. The Rams took Auburn tackle Greg Robsinson with the second pick, one selection after the Texans went with Jadeveon Clowney. Where's the drama!?!?
Jadeveon Clowney goes first
Let the fun begin.
The Texans have ended months (and two extra weeks) of speculation by taking South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney with the first overall pick. All the talent in the world, now he's got to put it to use on a weekly basis.
Welcome to Gillette Stadium for the NFL draft
Good evening from Gillette Stadium, where the Herald is stationed for the NFL draft throughout the weekend.
Standard operating procedure here, as we'll watch the draft on TV and then hear from each Pats pick via conference call. Bill Belichick is also scheduled to address the media at the end of each night.
The Patriots are expected to be on the clock sometime after 11 p.m., and we'll see if they actually hold onto the 29th pick.
Keep it here throughout the night, as I'll keep you updated with random thoughts during the first round.
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BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick is again urging lawmakers to adopt his plan to raise taxes by nearly $2 billion dollars to pay for improvements in education and transportation, dismissing proposals to raise the gas tax instead as insufficient and unfair.
Patrick testified at a public hearing Friday that the extra money in his plan is needed to ensure the state's long-term economic prosperity, in part by guaranteeing Massachusetts students access to early education and affordable college.
He said his proposal will turn out the workers needed to fill the jobs in the state's increasingly high tech economy, pointing out that about 30,000 children are currently on waiting lists for early education programs in Massachusetts.
"Brainpower is our signature economic edge, and failing to invest in that in Massachusetts would be like Texas failing to support the oil industry or Iowa their corn farmers," Patrick told lawmakers.
Patrick's proposal would hike the state income tax from 5.25 percent to 6.25 percent, while lowering the sales tax from 6.25 to 4.5 percent.
He said under his plan families earning less than $62,000 a year would pay essentially the same or less in taxes.
The proposal has met with skepticism on Beacon Hill.
On Thursday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo called for a much smaller tax package, saying he wants to address critical needs while avoiding any "collateral damage" to the state's economy.
DeLeo told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce that he is worried the administration's proposal would put too heavy a burden on working families and businesses.


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To search for clinical trials for Leiomyosarcoma, go to http://clinicaltrials.gov. You can also search for "solid tumors" but this should be after you exhaust the list of trials that have been specific to LMS.
STEPS TO GET A NEW DRUG APPROVED (simplified)
The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) reviews then approves or disapproves each step of drug testing. It's estimated to take 12 years and millions of dollars to go through these steps:
Preclinical testing (lab and animal.)
Phase 1 study (typically involves 20 to 80 people). Question to be answered: Is this treatment safe?
Phase 2 study (typically involves a 30 to about 100 people). Question to be answered: Is this effective and at what levels or dosage?
Phase 3 study (typically involves several hundred to about 300 people). Question to be answered: How effective is this compared to the existing approved treatments?
Targeted Chemotherapy (molecular pathway and angiogenesis inhibitors, vascular disrupters)
Cytotoxic Chemotherapy (kills fast growing healthy & cancerous cells)
Immunotherapy (vaccines, viral or gene therapy)
Interventional Radiology (RFA, cryoablation, ultrasound, cyberknife)
Stem Cell
Combined Methods (chemo + radiation + surgery)
Here are a few important terms to know taken from the extensive glossary at ClinicalTrials.gov
Blind study: the investigator or participant, or both, do not know which participants have been assigned which
Informed Consent: A process in which researchers communicate with potential and enrolled participants about a clinical study.
Placebo: A substance that does not contain active ingredients and is made to be physically indistinguishable (that is, it looks and tastes identical) from the actual drug being studied.
Principal investigator (PI): the person in charge of the study.
Protocol: The written description of a clinical study. It includes the study's objectives, design, and methods. It may also include relevant scientific background and statistical information.


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Kristina Gondova
Head of Human Resources and Talent Development
Story of AIESEC
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"Seeing the impact of what I`m doing in my colleagues' work, makes really worth what I am doing." Kristina Gondova is Head of HR and Member of the Management Team at AIESEC Austria. Her advice: "Never be afraid to fail and to use every opportunity that is in front of you! "


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Compare and contrast Calpurnia and Portia in Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare.
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare includes two women in the dramatis personae. Calpurnia and Portia have similarities but also are a study in differences.
Calpurnia, Julius Caesar's wife, loves her husband. When she is first mentioned in Act I, Scene ii, Caesar wants Antony to touch her in his race of the Feast of fertility. Caesar wants an heir by his wife who has no children.
The next time Calpurnia is seen comes in Act II, scene ii. She has a terrible dream. Her dream seems so real that she begs Caesar not to go to the Capitol. The dreams describes Caesar's statue with a hundred holes which had pure blood coming from them. There were Romans smiling and bathing their hands in the blood. Actually, Caesar is stabbed thirty three times; and, the conspirators do bathe their hands in Caesar's blood.
Calpurnia begs Caesar not to go to the Capitol. She fears that the dream will come true. After listening to her, Caesar agrees to stay at home. Unfortunately, Decius Brutus comes to make sure that Caesar does go to the Senate. He reinterprets her dream and makes it into a positive. Calpurnia's wishes are swept aside.
Portia, Brutus's wife, shows frustration. She knows that something is going on with Brutus. He has not been sleeping and does not communicate with her. She believes that if they are husband and wife, there should be no secrets. If not, then she is no better than a whore.
When Brutus refuses to confide in Portia, she takes issue with his secrecy. She further points out that her father was a great man; her husband is a great man; then, why will Brutus not trust her?
I grant I am a woman; but withal
A woman well-reputed, Cato's daughter.
Think you I am no stronger than my sex,
Being so father'd and so husbanded?
Tell me your counsels, I will not disclose 'em…
To prove her loyalty and strength, Portia stabs herself in the thigh. Brutus is impressed and promises to share his dilemma with her. He is not able to tell her about his joining the conspiracy because the conspirators show up to see if Brutus will join them. Immediately, they leave to go to Caesar's house to ensure that he will go to the Senate.
Portia seems to know more than she tells Brutus. She sends the servant to the senate to spy on Brutus and return to tell her what is happening. Portia is mentioned later when she commits suicide by swallowing hot coals.
women in rome had little or no power at all and so one way to prove themselves was to align themselves with men in their lives which is what .however many women cant do this,they are very feminine just like Caesar's wife,Calpurnia.
Portia is more of the woman that has the masculine qualities as she is not superstitous,very logical and doesnt let her emotions control what she does.She always bases her arguments on facts and manages to get her point across.When she persuades brutus to tell her what was bothering him,she stabbed herself with a knife on her thigh.This action is very violent and is mostly associated with men.All actions she takes are persuasive because they appeal to brutus' logical male perspective.
Calpurnia can be described as the typical shakespearean woman that cares and is nurturing to her family.She believes in superstition and goes down on her knees and begs caesar not to go to the capitol.


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Mount Eagle Walking Route including Dingle Way, Kerry
Aug 28, 2012 at 11:32 am in Walking/Hiking, Walks by ActiveME
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|County: Kerry Dingle Peninsula
|Route Length (km): 14
|Nearest town: Dingle
|OS Map: 70
|Route shape: loop
|Route type: Mountain
|Grade/difficulty: Strenuous
|Duration: 5.5
|Parking: Road Side
|Wheelchair friendly?: no
|Family/child friendly?: no
|Dog friendly?: no
|Grid ref. (start): Q 35175 00174
|Grid ref. (finish): Q 35175 00174
Moderate to tough mountain hike


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The other day when I wrote about hanging my bulletin boards, I mentioned a "couple" crafty projects but then only talked about the one.
The other crafty project I'm working on is a travel journal for our upcoming trip to the States. I made one for our last trip back home in 2006 after seeing a lot of examples on websites that brilliant craftspeople had created. I especially liked the idea of taking an old book and refunctioning it for use as a journal.
In particular, I was completely inspired by these three journal/sketchbooks (Paris, Italy, Provence) by a lovely lady named Jan. She even replied to my inquisitive email and gave me some tips on how to rebind my own.
I picked up a book at the Lifeline Bookfest called This is Your America. It's navy blue and has the capital building embossed on the front cover. I thought it would be perfect to pull apart for this project.
I took out the book I did the last time to recall what papers I used and how I put it all together. And while I had it off the shelf, I took photos of the pages. There were quite a few blanks that I thought I would go back and fill when I got back. I added a few, but I'm definitely going to be more proactive in using it along the way this time!


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Situated in the lush, northern suburb of Athlone in Pietermaritzburg, our Bed & Breakfast is ideally located close to a number of private schools, shopping malls and hospitals. We are ten minutes from the CBD and Hilton and twenty minutes from Midmar Dam and the start of the Midlands Meander.
Our gorgeous "Garden Suites" are tastefully furnished with lovely cottage pieces and comfy beds, duvets and throws. Our main "Garden Suite" is well appointed with a private entrance, garden and verandah. It is a very large suite which consist of a double bedroom (King size bed or two singles) with modern en suite bathroom (with bath). The suite also has a den or small lounge where guests can watch television. A Kitchenette with sink, fridge, microwave, kettle and toaster allows guests to prepare light or pre-prepared meals. The den can sleep another adult and children can be accommodated on mattresses.
Our second garden suite or "Snug" is nestled in the garden, separate from the main house. It is a smaller suite situated on two levels and consists of two single beds. It has an en suite bathroom with shower as well as a small kitchenette. The room has a television.
We always endeavour to provide a warm and friendly environment and personalized service for our guests who can relax on the beautiful verandah or lounge at our sparkling 15 meter pool. We provide a scrumptious continental breakfast, but a cooked breakfast and hearty supper can be arranged at an additional cost.
We are happy to accommodate children and have lovely facilities such as a Wendy House, swings and jungle-gym for them to enjoy - although they seem to find great pleasure just exploring the winding paths and interesting creatures in our garden. We are disabled friendly with a ramp and stairs as well as grip rails and hand-showers in our bathrooms -we can provide transport to and from hospitals in our area. We are also pet friendly.
Our city is fondly called "Sleepy Hollow" but we do actually have some wonderful places for tourists to visit which include our beautiful Botanical Gardens, Tala Game Reserve, Birds of Prey, Albert Falls Amble and Lion Park. Guest could visit KarKloof Canopy Tours. We personally recommend exploring the Midlands Meander where one can buy up-market art and crafts as well as enjoy a meal at one of the many restaurants along the route. Pietermaritzburg is also only forty-five minutes from Durban and the sea and one and a half hours from the incredible Drakensberg Mountains.
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We are members of the Tourism Council of Kwa Zulu Natal and the Midlands Bed & Breakfast Association
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Lettuce Be Clear, Gardening is Usually Hard Work. (unPunny ...)
This Way is Cooler, Cleaner, and Oh So Delicious and Easy.
Why not grow lettuce on a windowsill and keep harvesting for sandwiches, salads, and snacks anytime?
Growing lettuce in a glass or container of water didn't appeal to me. Until now. I thought I would give it a go and see what happens. So I did.
I've been buying the bagged mixed greens and couldn't find any in my local stores. There wasn't a recall, so I don't know the reason for their disappearance.
Instead, three romaine lettuce heads in a bag came to my rescue. (Heads? That sounds odd, but I didn't name it.)
When the lettuce was down to nearly nubs (hearts) I put them in juice glasses after not finding anything else suitable which would prop them up and which would fit on my narrow windowsill. (I long for a deep windowsill in my next home. Even a box seat would be welcome, or a bay window that I can fill with all the plants I wish.)
After about 3 days the lettuce was growing deep green leaves. I changed the water every couple of days and snipped off any mucky looking bits at the bottom of the lettuce.
Now, with the leaves growing I anxiously awaited the leaves to reach harvesting size. The day came, about the seventh day, and my sandwich was excellent!
I overdid it on the first sandwich as you can see from the photo. Subsequent sandwiches had fewer leaves, all very good.
There's something delicious about growing fresh, free from pesticide, and free from the long transport from grower to distribution center to stores to me salad leaves. It saved money, too. There's almost always spoiled salad leaves that have to be thrown out in each and every bag I buy.
I know this isn't making a dent in the ozone, but I'm glad to have tried it and will do so again. Next time, a bigger head of lettuce, which I will keep in the fridge and harvest as it produces.
If you enjoyed this post, you can find more Tutorials and Tips or Recipes by clicking the label in the sidebar or typing in your search terms in the Explore bar above the Archive. Thanks for reading.
Here's something you might like, Two Ingredient Angel Food and Pineapple Cake Sweet and Easy to Make.
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The Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce plans an information session for small businesses on health care reform and its impact on them from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The session will be held at the chamber's office, 5 Computer Drive South, in Colonie.
Register at the Albany-Colonie chamber website. Online registration will be open until Monday, the chamber said.


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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
I am eleven years a widow now. I reread the words I have written in my widowhood and wonder how I ever made it through the pain, the fears and the frozen terror of life in the aftermath of death.
But I did. Sometimes it actually feels contained. The grief. The longing for him alive has been replaced, filled, adjusted. I can attest to rebirth and renewal. They're not only r & r words.
And then it hits me again. Peter's mother, twenty-four years a widow, dies at the age of 94. His twin sisters omit Peter's four sons and his grandson from their mother's obituary. And if they've removed them from the obit, you can imagine what they've done with their inheritance. "This brings it all up again," I say to my mother. "If Peter hadn't died, it would be so different." I can almost hear my mother rolling her eyes from the other side of the line, wondering when I am going to eliminate that pointless lament from my repertoire of woes.
Ram Dass says he is "stroked." He lives a life after his stroke that is forever different. Such is the experience for a woman who is widowed. As women, we become mothers, sisters, daughters. And we are "widowed." I can almost see the peak at the forehead when I say the word now. The peak that begins the rest of the elaborately complex hood. And when we are widowed we pare apart a union that was once paired. We become singular in our life's choices.
Should I go back to school, sell my house, move out of this mausoleum of grief, we wonder as widows. Should I quit my job? Do I have a choice? Some of us actually do. We're the fortunate few.
Eleven years later, I've done what fortunate widows and women do. I've fed my boys, earned my masters, worked a farm, quit my job, sold my house, fell in love again, fed my boys some more. Through it, I've known that my life's work runs parallel to my life. I have discovered a hood of being a woman that I never imagined wearing but have tailored to fit my life. Being a widow has intersected with being me.
I am a widoe. I've softened her with an "e" so that I can wear her name. Bear her existence. That she was I. Peter was gone. I had babies. It was survival for many years. Not enough. Too much. Too many. Too few. When is it not about survival?
But I'm not a refugee widow. Not in the Sudan. Afghanistan. Not fearing my daughter will be raped at the well. Not gathering wood to sell at market. I am a privileged, white-faced, mother of sons whom I watch grow strong like the green winter grasses outside my window. Young ones, older ones, middle-sized ones; I've inherited two more in my merger of families with a new mate. Six sons. A grandson too. There's a hood I can wear more easily.
Unfortunately, motherhood and widowhood are commonly worn together. I founded WidowSpeak, a non-profit that makes visible the lives of widows, and far too commonly, it is only about survival. I work for a neighborhood of widows whom I call my "widows in the hood." I work for renewal and justice and the strength that we must harness as a community of widows, but most of the stories that come across my desk are desperate. Widows with AIDS, widowed grandmothers raising babies, widows with hungry children. Africa, Indonesia, Iraq, California: some may forage for our children's next meal; some of us fight for our sons' inheritance.
Eleven years ago, only four months after Peter died, I signed the papers that removed my mother- in-law's name from the title of Peter's and my home. In 1988, Peter's "ahead of his time" microbrewery had declared bankruptcy and when we bought our home in 1989 we had put it in his mother's name. We had agreed to pay all the mortgage and property taxes and had. It was mere hours after he had suddenly died, that my mother-in-law had insisted that I change the title of the house. "I want this house out of my name," she had repeated.
I was thirty-six, the mother of three sons, pregnant with our fourth, working at the local high school and trying to hold it all together; and I was calling loan agents to apply for credit for the first time, so that I could please my mother in law. I tried to assure her that I wasn't boarding the next plane for a Thai beach, and saddling her with the house, but she was determined. On a cold January morning, the baby's first kicks fluttering in my belly; I was sitting by myself at the title company, having to gulp back the tears and the morning sickness as they came in waves.
Uncanny that she would be buried, eleven years to the day, that I had signed those papers. Peter had been an eleven, and he had always claimed magic in the number. He was born at eleven minutes after eleven on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. In his mother's eulogy, they said that in her last days she had talked about having not seen Peter for a while and that she was going home to see him again. Peter had been close to his mother. They had shared a special bond. I hope she doesn't show up at Peter's home looking for him. That home was sold some years ago. Or maybe showing up to a house of strangers is a good place for her to start knocking. It's a sad story. But it's not desperate.
Today, my life and work intersect again. I work for the widow in Chad who relies on the United Nations and private donations from wealthy countries, and miles of bureaucracy, for a plastic tarpaulin to call home. And I also work for the widow who blogs from the attic space of her rented home. Living in Chile, as a child, in the years leading up to Allende's election, my window to humanity's collective suffering was opened and only gets wider. When I look at my well-fed children, I cannot forget the children's gaunt eyes from the gutters of Coya. When I blow my "woe is me widow-whistle," I renew my pledge to work for widows worldwide. Widows who lose their homes and their children too.
I pledge to blog as the widow I wear. A postmodern widoe, whom I call my PoMoDoe. I've been quieting her because I fear my edge, my anger, my bitterness, my myopic singularity. "Who am I to speak for widows?" I question, stuffing my words into my behave box. Today, I realize again, that there are no "ifs" in his story but that there are necessary edges to my story and though I may be able to soften my Doe, I will no longer be able to stuff her.
I have a voice and I will continue to listen for the voices of the widows and their children whose voices have been stripped from them. To be widowed is to become singular, but it doesn't mean we are alone. It's 2009. It's a new year. The numbers add up to eleven. We welcome a new president, of a new generation of Americans, whose mother-in-law, a widow, will be living with her family in the White House. Peter's mother had been a staunch republican. She had campaigned for Reagan, she was bitterly opposed to immigration and didn't hold back her thoughts about Americans of color and language. "What are they doing here?" she'd ask with exasperation. "Tell them to go home and learn English," she'd say about those who were moving into her once only-white neighborhood on the sparkling Marina. There are some beautiful ironies here. The Catholic priest who presided over her service was Pakistani and his lyrical accent was difficult to understand, but he spoke an impeccable English.


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Kelly Walsh/Natrona At Home To Rock Springs and Riverton-Daily Sports Update
Kelly Walsh and Natrona boys and girls basketball teams are home to Rock Springs and Riverton in 4A West Conference games tonight and tomorrow. Kelly Walsh will host Rock Springs tonight. The girls game is at 5:45pm. The KW girls are 4-3 in the conference and 4-15 overall. The Rock Springs girls are 4-2 in the west and 10-9 overall. The boys game will follow at around 7:15pm. The Trojans are 10-10 overall and 4-3 in the 4A West. The Tigers come in at 2-4 in the conference and 7-12 overall. The KW teams will host Riverton tomorrow night at 5:45 and 7:30pm. On Thursday night the Natrona teams traveled to Riverton and would split their games. In the girls game, The Fillies pounded Riverton 54-17 to get to 8-0 in the 4A West Conference and 17-3 overall. The Mustangs lost to the Wolverines 61-44 to drop to 8-11 overall and 4-4 in conference play. NC will host Rock Springs Saturday afternoon at 2:00 and 3:30pm.
The Wyoming Cowboys will be at home to meet Fresno State Saturday afternoon at the AA in Laramie. The Pokes are 3-7 in the Mountain West Conference and 17-7 overall. Fresno State comes in at 2-8 in league play and 8-15 overall. Tip-off is at 2:00pm on AM 1030 ESPN.
The Wyoming Cowgirls will be on the road Saturday afternoon at Fresno State. The Cowgirls are 8-2 in the MWC and 19-4 overall. Fresno State is also 8-2 in the conference and 16-7 overall. 1:00pm tip-off from Fresno.
The Casper College basketball teams will host Little Big Horn College of Hardin, Montana Saturday afternoon at Erickson Gym. The T-Bird women are coming off a win at Northwest College of Powell on Wednesday. The men lost to NWC on Wednesday. The women's game is at 3:00pm with the men's game at 5:00 on AM 1400 ESPN.
The Wyoming high school regional wrestling tournaments are today and Saturday. Qualifiers will advance to the state tournament next Friday and Saturday at the Casper Events Center.
The Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling team will be in the NWCA National Dual Tournament on Sunday at the University of Missouri. The Cowboys are currently ranked 20th nationally and match up with 16th ranked Purdue in their first match and then take on either 6th ranked Missouri or Maryland in the 2nd round.
Here's Friday's Daily Sports Update with Frank Gambino.


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Guthrie Govan Interview (2010)January 29th, 2010 by Ivan Chopik
We last spoke to guitarist extraordinaire Guthrie Govan at the NAMM 2009 Show in Anaheim, California. Throughout the past year Guthrie's kept quite busy with a variety of musical endeavors, all while continuing to gain widespread recognition both inside and outside of the guitar community.
In early 2010 Guthrie embarked on an East Coast clinic and concert tour, including a stop at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where we took advantage of the opportunity to catch up and learn more about what he has been up to:
IC: Can you fill us in on what you've been up to this past year?
GG: Mostly, my life over the last year has been a series of exciting things that have conspired to stop me from making the next album. So to answer the next question – I can just sense it: there is still no next album. This is the year where I'm going to make it happen. I'm gonna carve out a big chunk of calendar and say no to everything else.
IC: I'm pretty sure that was the second question last time we talked – it was a pretty similar answer, too… [laughs]
GG: Some crazy things have got in the way – some stuff cropped up in my career that I couldn't really turn down.
IC: Sounds like that's a good thing.
GG: Yeah. Most notably – and I think we talked about this last time – the fact I do a lot of sample replays for the guys in the dance community who'll demo some house track using four bars of some famous recording, and then discover that they can't use that sample once the record company releases the tracks. I work for this company that sometimes just copies the loop note-for-note – which apparently is legally a different situation, even though it tends to end up sounding identical. Sometimes we have to rewrite things, like write a pastiche of this song in the same key and tempo.
We never know who the client is going to be, so we have to try and make sure they're all good, and every now and then somewhere down the line we discover we've played on an album that's at the top of the charts in the UK – which happened most recently with a guy called Dizzee Rascal, who's maybe not a household name over here, but he's the rapper in the UK.
The exciting offshoot of all of this is that once we discovered we'd accidentally played on his album, a couple of months later the BBC, which is the big government-funded broadcasting company in England, approached Dizzee – every year they do a thing called the Electric Proms, where they'll take some big popular artist and put them together with an orchestra or a choir or something surreal like that, so you get to see these famous songs being played in the wrong context altogether. It makes for quite interesting viewing.
They stuck Oasis in a big room with some philharmonic orchestra last year, and this year they said to Dizzee: 'Would you want to do something? We've got a male voice choir for you, we've got a string section for you – do you think you could put a band together?" And what's he going to do? In the world of rap, you generally go onstage with your friend who has a turntable, you shout 'Yo!' a little bit, and people come just to see the rapper, so he didn't really know how to put a band together.
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What are you going to do? You call the people who accidentally played on your album. So, we ended up on British TV with a giant, giant band – a 20-piece string section, a 13-piece rock band with horns and all that, and it went so well that he decided that he wanted to do that for all the big live gigs.
IC: So did you end up going on tour with him?
GG: Kind of. It's not like a regular tour, where you can say: 'Alright, I'll block out April. April is going to be 20-something gigs.' We only get the good gigs, which is flattering, but also leaves you with a pockmarked diary – festival here, festival there. But it's all going well, and we're excited to be doing something like that. It's not what the guitar heads would expect me to do, but it is a lot of fun. I think it's cool, because a rapper is doing something that most rappers don't do, and embracing our chosen field. And if you can play to that kind of audience, it means new people are going to see what you can do with a rock band, and what an electric guitar actually sounds like these days. It's all very fruitful. The days of real-instrument people over here and dance people over there scowling at each other – that has got to stop. Neither faction is going anywhere anytime soon, so we might as well make friends and cross-pollinate.
IC: I'm sure it will yield some interesting results, too. So since I can't ask you when the new album is coming out, maybe I can ask if there's anything you can share with us as far as the direction of the writing. Have you done any of the writing for it, and how does it compare to Erotic Cakes?
GG: None. I've done no writing for it at all. I've got tunes – there is a big pile of stuff. I could assemble the album starting tomorrow, I've got enough material, but I don't want to do that – because Erotic Cakes was something that took so many years to develop. There's tunes on there that I wrote at the end of the 80's or the start of the 90's. It spans this whole chunk of a third of my life. So I want the next album to be entirely the opposite – where the whole thing is conceived and written and recorded and mixed and the whole process will happen in a short period of time, and it's just a snapshot of life. I kind of insist on wanting to do it that way, just so I learn what that feels like and what's different compared to the way I did the last one.
Also, I've discovered that when you make an album, you tend to end up spending the next 18 months or so doing clinics and playing with an iPod – playing the same songs over and over again. And they're unflinching backing tracks, they never change, there's no live interplay, and that's just the way a lot of guitar gigs have to be. So I want the stuff to be as fresh as possible, and to excite me as much as possible, so that I don't get tired of it so quickly. You can imagine how I feel about something like 'Fives' now – I never want to hear it again, certainly not in its backing-track incarnation.
IC: An interesting move about Erotic Cakes that happened, that we didn't discuss last time, was the fact that it came out on Cornford Records. It's something a little different to have your album released by what is primarily an amp company. Could you talk about your relationship with Paul Cornford and how that came together?
GG: It was more of a gentleman's agreement than a real business agreement – no one ever signed anything. But the thing with me and Paul – I've used the amps for ten years, and again, never signed anything. It's all based on mutual respect – he seems to like what I do, I love what he does. So we try and help each other out. With regard to the album, the album only happened because Paul said: 'I've had enough of this situation where you don't have an album out.' And I came up with various excuses for not having one out: 'I don't think there's a market for it, I can't afford to record…' He said: 'Look, we're going to do an album. I'll fund for it. All you have to do is turn up somewhere and play what's instructed.'
So he made sure the album got finished, and made sure it sounded good. He took things a lot more seriously than you'd expect [him to do for something that's of small concern to him] – things like getting a really good guy to mix the album, recording the guitars properly in a big studio – things that I think a lot of guitar albums now don't have. There's such a pressure to try and do as much of it as you can on your own computer with your own trusty Pod or whatever, and make it a low-budget recording on the assumption than no one's going to buy it anyway. But Paul's vision was a little bit more ambitious. He said: 'Let's make sure this is a hi-fi buff's kind of album, and it actually sounds good on a decent system.'
IC: I agree. That's a fresh breath of air in the guitar community, too. I wonder how many records we would have listened to and perceived differently had they been recorded with a band, recorded with a real rig, and mixed properly.
GG: I like the fact that if you look at it that way, you're treating it as music, rather than just a vehicle for counting the notes. Like: 'Here's 70 minutes worth of licks you might want to slow down and steal.' I think that's so counterproductive. It feels so much better if you can come up with something and say: 'Well, that's proper music. Someone who doesn't play my instrument might enjoy some of this.' I think that's a good goal.
IC: While we're on the subject of Cornford – can you tell me a little bit more about your amps, and what it is that you look for in an amp? You have a distinct sound.
GG: This will sound a bit dating agency, but what I look for in an amp is honesty [laughs]. To me, an amplifier should just amplify – as in, whatever you feed into it, it should make it louder and give it back to you. The kind of amp I shy away from is the one that tries to force too much of its own character on what you're playing.
There are certain amps that flatter a certain kind of playing, but have a tendency to homogenize the various players who can plug into it. I don't trust an amp where you can plug a Tele in or a Les Paul in, or get ten different people to play the same guitar through it, and it all sounds pretty much the same – even if it's a nice sound. I feel hampered by that.
I like the warts and all to come back through the speaker cab – any imperfections, all the variations in the way you hit a string. I think that's what my playing's all about – more than circus tricks, the fact that every note can be unique. If I give the same guitar to someone else and say: 'Alright, now you play that scale.' it will sound different. Cornfords are really good for that, and really unforgiving. For someone who's used to shredding away at bedroom levels with really high gain, they plug into a Cornford and they're generally horrified.
IC: You mentioned articulation, and that's something I actually wanted to talk about. Articulations and inflections are certainly some of your strengths – you're able to take the same gear without changing anything and get a bunch of different sounds just by the way you pick, the way you attack. Did you specifically spend time figuring out those sounds?
GG: It's not something I ever figured out in as much detail as I now talk about it at clinics. To me, being raised on blues and blues-rock and all that stuff, articulation and attack and the individuality in each note – that's what it's all about. There's like three licks that you play, and everything else is about the way that you tell them. It's the tone, it's the variation from one note to the next. So to me, as a kid learning how to play all those blues-rock things, it seemed so obvious to me that that's the point – that's what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to worry more about how you hit the note, and what the note sounds like than even what the note is.
Now that I seem to be moving more in circles where the people who come to see me often have Dream Theater T-shirts, and they like the odd time signatures and the too many notes per second and that side of what I do, to a lot of them it seems like it's a revelation when I talk about this stuff: 'Did you know that you can play a note three times in a row with the same amp and the same volume control settings and make it sound different?' 'Really?' I'm sort of this evangelist for the obvious. There are different extremes in the spectrum of guitar players – there are people that are really good at the nuance thing and maybe they shy away from the more complicated stuff, and if someone's absorbed by the terrifying Prog side of things, sometimes they won't bother with the bluesy inflection aspect – because they think there's no need for it.
But yeah, it's just something I've always done. I've always cared about that stuff. I remember as a kid being fascinated by the way B.B. King, Albert King, and Freddie King could all play the same note, and I'd know which King it was. I was like: 'How do they do that?'
IC: Something from [yesterday's] clinic, that I would like to hear your thoughts on again for the interview, is your approach to time – I think you're very aware of when you lay back on the beat and when you're pushing it for a certain effect. Can you talk about how you work on that, or if you work on that at all?
GG: It's a bit like the articulation thing. It's not something I work on, per se – it's just something you should always be aware of every time you play a note. Part of your duty to that note is to put it somewhere where it feels good, because somebody out there is expected to listen to it. I think even people who don't play guitar will start to feel a little bit uncomfortable and turned off by what you're doing if you do that classic 'rushing the notes' thing. It's something I see a lot when you see someone who's just learned how to play something new – there's a certain tension, a certain fear of failure when they're trying to play it and they haven't quite nailed it yet. The natural thing to do, perversely, is to rush it and play it slightly faster than you need to.
I think relaxing is generally the best thing you can do. If everyone in the band has to play some event or another on beat one, I think the coolest thing you can do is be the last guy playing on that beat. I think yesterday I was probably rambling on about rappers and Miles Davis, and all of these people who sound so cool because they're not in any hurry to play the note. Being metronomically in time is great and has its place, and I think playing late has its place, but rushing stuff doesn't do it for me.
Again, it's the kind of thing that's so obvious when you listen to music. When you turn off musician mode and just become a consumer of music, this stuff is just instinctive and you can sense it – you know whether it feels good or not. But as soon as you're at the steering wheel with the instrument, different rules seem to apply. So I try to encourage people to be a member of the audience and listen to what they're doing as they do it, and that irons out a lot of the problems.
IC: What do you consider personally to be your strengths and weaknesses as a musician and guitar player? I think we all have things that we're always working on and trying to get better at… you have a lot less of those things than most of us [laughs].
GG: Everyone has stuff that they could be working on. I think about a player like Carl Verheyen – I've done teaching things with him, and he's a ridiculous encyclopedia of stuff. There is a guy who doesn't need to learn any new chord shapes or any new licks – he's got all of them already. But every day of his life, he'll sit down and learn a new lick or write a new chord shape or further himself in some way. I don't think it ever stops.
Strengths and weaknesses, you say? I guess I've got a good ear, because I learned that way. I like to think I'm fairly good at just inventing music up there [points to head] as an abstract thing, and then knowing how to play it. The improvised field of music is probably where I feel the most comfortable – I don't know if that makes it a strength or if that's a laziness thing, or what it is.
I could be more disciplined. Probably the biggest weakness I can think of is: if I'm sitting there in a studio trying to come up with a guitar part or a bass line or something like that – I don't know when to stop. I always get distracted by new things, though it's sort of fun to have that childlike thing: 'I wonder what else we could do?' But in terms of actually spending studio time efficiently, coming up with a part, remembering what a part is and just playing that – that's not a selling point, really.
IC: Looking back on your career, is there anything you would have done differently as far as your development, both on the playing side and the career side?
GG: I don't know. I don't think it's necessarily that helpful to look back and think what you could have done differently. All you can do is learn from what you have done and then proceed. You can't change anything from the past – you can learn from it, but don't regret it. Arguably, I could have made an album like Erotic Cakes a good decade earlier, but there's something cool about not having done that.
When that album did come out, it was quite an interesting time for guitar playing. It seemed like people were surprisingly receptive to that kind of playing, and of course you've got the internet there and all of this strange, underground mysterious marketing that kind of does itself – none of which would have happened ten years before. I think I would have sold more copies, because it was harder to steal music en masse a decade earlier. But in terms of getting the word out, and stuff like that…
IC: I think for some people it reestablished your spot on the map once the album came out, and I think a lot of people in the guitar community found out about you for the first time when the album dropped.
GG: I hope so. I meet people sometimes in really strange places like airports, and somebody will say: 'Hi, I'm from Saudi Arabia – we love you there!' Which is very surreal, but then they'll go on to say: 'We love your YouTube clips where you play blues too fast. You should join a band.' Or they'll say: 'You should make an album.' And it's like: 'The Internet has other things apart from YouTube – there's this great thing called Google. You should investigate it, because actually I did make an album, I'm in a number of bands…'
So it's a start. It gets the name out, but you can't always trust people to carry on and do the rest of the research to find out more about this person they've discovered.
IC: That's certainly true of that YouTube clip of you playing one bar each of different players. I think that was for Guitar Techniques magazine.
GG: It was. Thank you for knowing that. I think some people have watched that, and they assume that's what I consider a good use of my time: 'Let's write a song where it's like three beats of B.B. King, two bars of Zakk Wylde…' It's totally pointless, really – it's a little bit of a circus trick. It was a bit of fun in the magazine context, but when someone posts it illegally without explaining what it is…
IC: What do you see as some of the big things happening for you in the near future?
GG: There's one thing I'm quite excited about – I got a phone call just before I came out to the U.S. from Lee Ritenour. Lee – man of fusion, wonderful player, got in touch with me and said: 'I've got this project that I'm working on called Six String Theory, and we're going to have different guitar players on every track.' And I'm like: 'Okay, here we go. It's one of these things again.' And then he told me who the guitar players were: Steve Lukather, Neal Schon, B.B. King, George Benson, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Joe Bonamassa – and for reasons I can't even pretend to understand, me. I think Lee's son had heard me on YouTube, oddly enough. He hangs out with Kenny G's son, who's a big Opeth fan [laughs].
So we did a rerecording of 'Fives' – my favorite – and I actually like 'Fives' again, because the backing band was Larry Goldings on Hammond, Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, and Vinnie 'God' Colaiuta on drums. I'm like: 'I can't believe I'm playing with these guys.' They injected something new into that track, so I'm intrigued to see what happens when that comes out.


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Code For America's CTO Michal Migurski is helping cities use data to unlock some of the biggest questions. A U.C. Berkeley grad, majoring in cognitive science with some computer programming thrown in, he got his start running code for Stamen Design back in 2002. Along with founder Eric Rodenbeck, who sports a trademark trilby, he zeroed-in on bringing data visualizations to the next level in remarkable ways. A map of San Francisco's taxi cabs, for instance, made it all the way to the Museum of Modern Art. Who knew data could be beautiful?
As Migurski tells it, data projects like the ones he executed while at Stamen are no small feat. Take "The City from the Valley": Stamen noticed how San Francisco tech workers were being pumped to and from Silicon Valley and decided to investigate. Migurski and his team started counting and clocking the buses: trips, stops, companies, and frequency. Sometimes they turned to bloodhounding for numbers, hiring bike messengers to tail buses wherever they went. The results turned raw data into bubbly arteries of traffic, simpler to the eye, like a subway map. Where's the pulse of the city? Look no further.
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Episode 90 – Looking at Our DNA with 23andMe
To prepare for this week's episode, Dale and I had to do some homework: spit into a tube. Carrying our DNA, this tube was mailed to 23andMe for analysis. Now that we have our results, we were able to talk with Emily Drabant – a research community manager (with a PhD in neuroscience) at 23andMe. Emily talks to us about 23andMe, how to read our results, and tells us who has more Neanderthal DNA.
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Division: Embryophyta
Class: Spermatopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Jatropha
Species: J. curcas
Jatropha curcas is known also as Barbados nut or White Physic nut. It is a perennial poisonous shrub (normally up to 5 m high) belonging to the Euphorbiaceae or spurge family.
The plant originally comes from Central America. It has been spread to tropical and subtropical countries and mainly grown in Asia and Africa.
Animals do not consume Jatropha, so it is used as a living fence to protect gardens and fields. It grows extremely fast and during a span of 4-5 years it attains a height of around 4 meters. Within 2 years of plantation, Jatropha Curcas starts to produce seeds and keeps on producing until the age of 50 years.
Jatropha Curcas grows best on well drained soils with good aeration but is well adapted to marginal soils with low nutrient content as well as shallow fields and rocky terrains. Jatropha can withstand long periods of drought, its water requirement is extremely low (1 liter per plant per day and can be provided once in 15 days.
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Making New Year's resolutions is easy. It's keeping them that's hard. How people are getting year 'round results from their year-end goals.
From The Wall Street Journal comes more than resolutions. More, even, than sheer resolve. A set of specific tactics and techniques to fulfill your New Year's resolutions enduringly.
It is no secret that the odds against keeping a New Year's resolution are steep. Only about 19% of people who make them actually stick to their vows for two years, according to research led by John Norcross, a psychology professor at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.
But those discouraging statistics mask an important truth: The simple act of making a New Year's resolution sharply improves your chances of accomplishing a positive change—by a factor of 10. Among those people who make resolutions in a typical year, 46% keep them for at least six months. That compares with only 4% of a comparable group of people who wanted to make specific changes and thought about doing so, but stopped short of making an actual resolution, says a 2002 study of 282 people, led by Dr. Norcross and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.
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Wade Munday December 30th, 2009 10:23 am
Good article, thanks for sharing.
Here's another good article regarding sticking to your New Year's resolutions – http://zenhabits.net
My resolutions for 2010 are to:
1. Put my goals in writing (and track them)
2. Implement Zen To Done (ZTD/GTD) system to be more productive on the things that matter the most
3. Get organized and get rid of all the clutter in my life
Still working on my weight loss goal from Jan 2007. Down 30 lbs in the past 2 years. Got about 5 more pounds to go to reach my ultimate goal – 6 pack abs
Happy New Year!


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Khan Makes His Debut: Ra.One | Genesis (iPhone) Game Review
I've got no beef with freemium games, but when it comes to games that make it absolutely necessary to purchase items in order to make any form of progress within the game, things get a little tricky. Technically that should downgrade the game from being "freemium" to a "shareware demo with purchase necessary". Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One | Genesis for the iPhone can be described as one.
The game, available for free on the iTunes App Store, is like a 3D version of Age of Zombies. Players take control of G.One, a superhero running around levels shooting up waves of minions from Ra.One. Minions may drop orbs and collecting these orbs allow you to purchase upgrades such as health and weapons that are absolutely necessary in taking on these bunch of crazies, otherwise G.One's a goner..(LOL).
The problem with Ra.One | Genesis is that these upgrades are priced so high, the only way you can get them without going into a perpetual grind would be to do an in-app purchase for a lump sum of orbs. This actually sticks out like a sore point in an otherwise beautifully realised game with very nice graphics and a complete feature set with Game Center rounding up the list. Players who are familiar with Age of Zombies or other dual-stick shooters will be able to join in the action almost immediately.
Nine Over Ten 9/10 rates Ra.One | Genesis a 4 out of 5 for being a solid action game AND a movie tie-in at the same time, but do be prepared to grind if you a stingy poker. The game is available on the iTunes App Store for free, check it out over here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/raone/id440488560?mt=8Powered by Sidelines
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Those Places Thursday: Ellington photo identification
Happy Thanksgiving! I stumbled across this Patch.com column while looking for a new blog and thought it might provide a fun puzzle for those of you with Ellington roots. "A Moment in Time" posts new photos every week and challenges readers to identify them. Most are of buildings but a few are of people. Here's a recent photo. Consider this a break from the turkey :)
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