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Lemonade Cleansing Diet – What You Should Know
The lemonade cleansing diet is one of the most popular cleanses known today, and it even has the endorsement of celebrities and many holistic websites.
While the lemonade cleansing diet is not particularly dangerous, there are certain things you should know before you decide if it is right for you.
Cleansing with cayenne pepper, lemon juice, water and maple syrup is not the only option for healthful, natural detox and weight loss, and it isn't even the best option.
As described above, this strategy involves the use of many natural ingredients, and is purported to result in a rapid reduction of pounds, as well as the expulsion of several toxins. It is not so much what is in the cleanse that should be of concern, as the nature of the lemonade cleansing diet itself. This diet involves a quick-fix solution; one that almost guarantees it will need to be repeated in the future.
The lemonade cleansing diet never addresses the true reason for cleansing, and the habits and addictions of the individual.
Addictions may include too much sugar and caffeine, which causes him or her to gain weight and take in more unhealthy substances. Without this essential element, even if the lemonade diet proves effective the first time around, the weight loss and other results will be temporary. It simply won't be enough to rebalance the body, heal it, and provide long term health and energy.
For some, a quick fix is all that is needed. It is about fitting into a dress or looking good for an event, and, if that is what you are wanting, and you are not seeking long-term change, the lemonade cleansing diet is perfect for you. If you want true health, energy that lasts and lasts, as well as youthful looking skin, hair, teeth and eyes, you need a more serious approach.
To really change your health and your lifestyle, you need something more powerful than a 3 to 7 day lemonade cleansing diet.
You need to go after the foods that are making you sick, tired, and overweight, and seriously reduce their role in your daily eating. This means food like caffeine, dairy, glutenous grains, refined foods of all kinds, sugars, and eggs.
These ingredients cause food cravings and addictions, allergies, and an upset in the natural pH balance of the blood. When the body becomes acidic on this kind of diet, many of the health issues that cause someone to cleanse show up; things like obesity, constipation, food allergies, headaches, and other health problems. Daily eating habits are the root cause of many diseases, and what must be addressed if one is truly going to cleanse.
The lemonade cleansing diet cannot compare to a natural cleanse using whole foods. It is a temporary solution, meant to be quick, but not long lasting. If you want real results, you will have to start eating whole, nutritious foods, more fruits, more vegetables, and more raw foods. The lemonade cleansing diet is not sustainable – only healthy eating will provide a real cleanse, meaningful healing, and substantial health benefits.


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Presented by Firuz Kazemzadeh, Commissioner,
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Professor Emeritus of
Yale University
Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
March 21, 2000
Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission,
My name is Firuz Kazemzadeh. I am professor emeritus of history at Yale University and a member of the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom which has endorsed the statement I am about to make.
Turkmenistan is one of the most repressive of the successor states of the Soviet Union and one of the poorest. Yet Turkmenistan is rich in natural resources. Its known reserves of natural gas place it fourth in the world, behind Russia, the United States, and Iran. Turkmenistan has an estimated six to eight billion-ton oil reserve, but geography and politics have made it difficult for foreign business to invest there.
Bordering on the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, Turkmenistan occupies an important strategic position. That very position, however, makes it vulnerable.
With a population of fewer than five million and a limited pool of educated persons, Turkmenistan has been unable to make much economic or social progress since it achieved independence in 1991. Its government practices and attitudes have remained largely Soviet in substance and style.
Turkmenistan has never been a nation. The nomadic tribes that inhabit the area east of the Caspian never had a central government. Conquered by Russia in the last decades of the nineteenth century, they were ruled from St. Petersburg and Moscow until 1991. Thus there is no tradition of government, no legal tradition, except what has been inherited from an alien colonial power. It is, therefore, not surprising that Turkmenistan today is ruled by a president whose authority in practice is not limited by laws. As under the Soviets, in Turkmenistan today elections and referenda are nothing but public endorsements of the decrees of the ruler.
My concern is with human rights, and primarily with religious freedom that does not exist in Turkmenistan. The government lives in fear. It is frightened of events that have overtaken Afghanistan, where the Taliban have engaged in a bloody conflict and imposed their version of Islamic theocracy on the country. It is frightened of what has transpired in Tajikistan and by the possibility that Turkmenistan might be infiltrated by Islamicist political or military groups, particularly the Wahhabis, presumed to be financed by Saudi Arabia, groups that would receive aid from abroad. Fear of intervention and subversion prompts the government endlessly to emphasize Turkmenistan's neutrality, which is proclaimed to be one of the foundational principles of Turkmenistan's statehood.
The government sees any religious organization as a potential threat to the stability of the state. It should be noted that the Turkmen Muslim population in its vast majority is tolerant and shows no signs of wishing to establish a theocratic state on the Afghan or Iranian model. The repressive policies of the government in regard to religion are motivated not so much by religious intolerance as by fear of diversity, fear of losing control.
The collapse of Communism has left an ideological and psychological vacuum in Turkmenistan that the governing establishment, itself a child of the Soviet regime, is trying to fill through the cultivation of an artificial nationalism and the cult of the leader. The president is being turned into a superhuman being, perhaps even a prophet. Rumors circulate in Ashgabat that a book entitled Ruhnameh, a Perso-Arabic word literally meaning "soul book," is already in draft. This book would take its place next to the Koran as a repository of truth about morality and a prescription for the conduct of life of the Turkmen people.
There is no room for independent thought and free religion. While the Constitution speaks of freedom of religion in terms that echo the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, supplementary legislation and government practice make a mockery of principles so proclaimed. All religions and denominations, except for Sunni Islam and Russian Orthodoxy, have been virtually banned. The 1997 law that requires a religious community to have at least 500 members to be registered makes all activity by smaller communities illegal. Thus Baptists, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Baha'is have been in effect outlawed. Some of their adherents have been subjected to arrest, intimidation, and deportation. Their houses of worship have been closed or demolished.
The Baptists, who have met the numerical requirement for registration, have nevertheless been refused recognition. Pastor Vladimir Chernov was deported in December 1999. Baptist leaders Anatolii Belyaev and Mikhail Kozlov were arrested by officers of the KNB (National Security Committee) in February 2000. Belyaev, his wife, and his daughter were eventually deported to Russia. During a raid on the Ashgabat Baptist church, a KNB officer is reported to have said, "First we will deport all foreign missionaries, then we'll strangle the remaining Christians in this country."
The Turkmen Baptist Shageldy Atakov was arrested in his home at Turkmenbashi (former Krasnovodsk) in December 1998 and sentenced to four years imprisonment for his involvement in the activities of local Baptists. His wife and five children have been subjected to "internal deportation" on KNB orders as she refused to sign a statement renouncing her Baptist faith. Other members of the Atakov family have been subjected to arrest and harassment.
The demolition of the Seventh-day-Adventist church in Ashgabat, erected with government permission; the destruction of the unfinished Hare Krishna temple in Mary; the refusal to register the Bible Society of Turkmenistan; raids on the homes of members of unregistered religious communities; confiscation of religious literature, and the ever present threat of arrest and imprisonment, have created an atmosphere in which all practice of religion is dangerous.
While high government officials have been promising for months that the situation would improve and the numerical requirement for registration of religious groups lowered, no improvement has taken place, and harassment by the police and the KNB (Committee for National Security) has continued or even increased.
America's commitment to support international religious freedom requires action on the part of the United States government. It should continuously remind the government of Turkmenistan that maltreatment of religious minorities would have serious consequences for relations between the two countries. However, given the facts of political life in Turkmenistan, only representations made on the highest level would be heard in Ashgabat.
The United States should raise the issue at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and advocate the appointment of a special rapporteur who would investigate the situation in Turkmenistan. A resolution condemning human rights violations there is bound to influence in some degree the thinking of the regime.
Perhaps the most effective measures would be economic ones. Turkmenistan's economy has been deteriorating. It can be repaired and developed only with large infusions of capital and technology from outside the country. Turkmenistan is currently engaged in intricate negotiations with several countries about the construction of pipelines to convey its natural gas to world markets. This provides leverage that the United States and other like-minded countries could very well use in urging the government of Turkmenistan to improve its behavior in regard to human rights, and specifically in regard to religious freedom.
Rapid and radical improvement of Turkmenistan's treatment of religious minorities cannot be expected. Still, consistent use of all legitimate means to push the government of Turkmenistan in the right direction must sooner or later achieve the desired results.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.


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Meandering our way through the offseason, a single one-liner at a time…
— Mike Leach might be returning to the Big 12… as an opposing coach.
— 10 of the 12 teams in the Big Ten are investing a combined $1.72 million more this year in football assistant coaches pay than they did last year.
— The Des Moines Register has a 45-minute conversation with Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, replete with video and everything.
— From, again, the Des Moines Register: recruits who keep an open mind are simply playing by the rules.
— al.com takes a look at the surprising development at slot receiver for Auburn this spring.
— If you're interested in hearing third-generation Michigan State player Riley Bullough singin' and strummin', click HERE.
— Michigan will, for now, open the season as 26-point favorites vs. Central Michigan.
— With skill commitments in tow, Vanderbilt will now switch its recruiting focus to the trenches.


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Special dividends: Big waste of cash for techDecember 4, 2012: 1:25 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Apple (AAPL) has more than $120 billion in cash. Microsoft (MSFT) is sitting on $66.6 billion. And Cisco Systems (CSCO) has $45 billion in "caysh." So will any of these firms join the latest craze that's sweeping the markets and announce a special one-time dividend before year's end?
Hopefully not.
Several retailers, consumer companies and casino firms have all done their best impersonation of Dana Carvey's old Church Lady character on Saturday Night Live. "Well ... isn't that dividend spe-cial!"
Costco (COST), Whole Foods (WFM), Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman (BFB) and Las Vegas Sands (LVS) are some of the more prominent examples. These companies are trying to reward shareholders (which often includes company executives) now in the event that Congress and the White House decide to close their eyes and step off the fiscal cliff.>
But I think it would be foolish for big techs to part with some of their hard-earned cash. Sure, it's getting harder to justify why many of these companies are hoarding cash. But just about every major tech company is paying some form of dividend. Google is the notable exception.
Doesn't it make more sense for Apple, Microsoft and Cisco to just keep paying their regular dividend and increase it gradually over time? Doing that sends the signal that a company is confident it can keep growing and is worrying more about actual fundamentals as opposed to accounting.
Related: Deutsche Bank says Apple special dividend 'welcome but unlikely'
Offering a one-time payout ... or moving regularly scheduled dividends from next year to this month, like Oracle (ORCL) plans to do ... just because tax rates might go up seems like a silly use of cash.
What if we avoid going over the fiscal cliff? Wouldn't the billions of dollars that some companies are doling out wind up being a waste? What's the point of demonstrating to shareholders that you have nothing better to do with your cash than panic about a possible tax hike? Do any of the special-dividend payers think they are making a political point by essentially giving all their investors the equivalent of a winning Powerball ticket for no reason other than fear?
Sure, most tech companies have an abundance of cash and very little debt, so they're not risking major damage to their balance sheets with a special dividend. Still, many techs are holding big chunks of cash overseas for tax reasons in the first place. So moving money back (or repatriating) just to get ahead of a dividend tax hike may not make much sense.
Related: Costco's odd fiscal cliff dividend deal
But the fact that some investors are wondering if tech companies should even consider special dividends to begin with just shows how real the fiscal cliff anxiety is and how risk-averse many investors have become. Shareholders seem eager to take whatever money they can right now, even though special dividends may be unnecessary.
It wasn't that long ago that dividends in general were thought to be an anathema for tech stocks. Any self-respecting growth investor felt that it was better for tech giants to keep investing in research and development, equipment, acquisitions and talent (i.e. hiring more people) than to issue quarterly dividend checks.
That argument still holds true for younger companies like Google (GOOG) and Facebook (FB) -- firms that haven't matured yet and don't pay dividends. Both of them could clearly afford to do so: Google has $45.7 billion, while Facebook has $10.5 billion. But investing for growth is more important.
Related: Dividend investors prepare for fiscal cliff
Even though older and more established tech firms are paying regular dividends, they should not follow the crowd and issue one-time dividends.
A special dividend would do nothing more than satisfy the increasingly myopic (and infantile) whims of Wall Street. "Wah! Taxes might go up. Give me a pacifier and more of your cash now!"
If Apple, Microsoft and Cisco want to remain competitive with more nimble upstarts, they will want to use their cash wisely and invest it for the long-term instead of throwing it over the fiscal cliff.


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Victim identified in Harrisburg fatal shooting
Police looking for shooter
An 18-year-old was shot and killed in Harrisburg Wednesday afternoon.
The shooting marks the city's seventh homicide of the year.
The victim has been identified as Valdez Cockren of uptown Harrisburg.
The incident happened on 16th Street between Market and Park streets, police said.
Police said they are still looking for witnesses to the shooting for a person of interest.
Police said they are looking to interview Cody R. Thomas, 19, regarding the shooting. Another person of interest was taken into custody and later released.
"It's terrible out here," said neighbor Lashanda Marshall.
Marshall said she didn't see the shooting, but said she isn't surprised.
"It's just getting worse and worse. It doesn't make any sense," she said.
Police found Cockren laying in a yard off of 16th Street just after 4 p.m. He had been shot at least once in the chest.
A weapon used in the shooting was recovered at the scene, police said.
Witnesses told police both individuals were armed before they heard two shots. The shooting could have been self defense.
"It's too early to say at this point in time," said Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico.
Marsico met with investigators at the scene along with the city's police chief.
He confirmed that the first suspect agreed to go downtown and answer questions about the shooting and why it happened.
Marshall said she's scared to be out at night, especially when she has to walk to work.
"I don't know why people are out here thinking that this is right, just shooting at people for no reason. There is no reason to kill somebody," Marshall said.
Police blocked off the area around the shooting scene as investigators looked for shell casings and other evidence.


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- 6 Out of This World Space Solar DesignsIt may sound crazy, but many scientists believe that space-based solar power (SBSP) represents our greatest hope for solving the global energy crisis. The technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we harness energy. Back in 1968, Peter Glaser, a renowned American scientist and aerospace engineer, proposed the concept of launching photovoltaics into space that are capable of transferring energy wirelessly back down to Earth. NASA has now been working on SBSP for more than three decades, but there`s still much research left to be done. Read on for a look at 6 of the most promising space-based solar power designs!1
- SPS-ALPHA (Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large Phased Array)
SPS-ALPHA
 This margarita glass-shaped space setup is nicknamed, SPS-ALPHA - which is short for Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array. It consists of a large array of thin-film mirrors attached to the curved surface of a massive satellite. These mirrors are moveable and will be used to redirect incoming Sunlight towards the solar cells that are fixed on the backside of the device. A collection of microwave power transmission panels is placed on the Earth-side of the array, which enables the transportation of the electricity generated by the solar cells to earth in the form of radiowaves. John Mankins, the leader of the concept says: "The needed next steps are to develop a working prototype of one or more of the modules and demonstrate the assembled system in the field. Over the next several years, the goal is to realize a low-Earth orbit flight test of the system."2
- JAXA`s SBSP System
JAXA's SBSP System
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is aiming to launch their space-based solar power prototype by 2020, with plans to set up a full system in space by 2030. JAXA`s SBSP system is a satellite designed to run in stationary orbit 22,400 miles above the equator, where it will absorb sunlight with chromium-enhanced solar cells. Neodymium plates fixed on the satellite's surface will zap the energy down to Earth by using laser beams with 42% solar-to-laser energy efficiency. Current estimations predict that a single solar SBSP satellite in space would be able to generate enough energy to power 500,000 homes.3
- The Dyson-Harrop Satellite
The Dyson–Harrop Satellite
 Even though The Dyson–Harrop Satellite is technically not a space-based photovoltatic power design, it does harness the sun's energy for the good of the planet. This satellite is in really a giant "sail" – 8,400 kilometers (5,220 miles) wide – designed to harness solar winds. The sail generates a magnetic field by pointing copper wires at the sun. This field is capable of capturing the electrons found in solar winds, which in turn are funneled into a spherical receiver that produces a current (a fundamentally different approach than photovoltaic solar panels). The plan is to send this energy back to Earth with powerful infrared laser beams. The total potential for harnessing solar winds is 1 billion gigawatts of electricity, so figuring out how to tap into this energy source could be a revolutionary step for mankind.4
- NASA artwork of SunTower
The SunTower
 The SunTower is a supertall gravity stabilized structure that uses inflatable circular solar concentrators, multi-junction solar cells and magnetron segments to transmit the suns energy down to earth. In laymen terms, it is similar in design to a sunflower, with the flower facing the Earth and sending the energy down the stem using microwaves. The predicted cost – before any energy has been produced – of one SunTower is estimated at $12 billion. Though the SunTower is an interesting concept, it soon became clear that the approach could only deliver power to a given ground station for a few minutes a day.5
- SolarDisc Solar Power Satelite
The SolarDisc
 This SBSP concept involves an axisymmetric, modular space segment that extends in geostationary Earth orbit. It is covered with high efficiency thin-film solar cells. One SolarDisc along with its ground component could be scaled to produce as much as 10 GW of energy.6
- The European Sail Tower SPS
The European Sail Tower SPS
 The European Sail-Tower SPS (short for Solar Power Satellite) is a large tower-like orbital system that is similar to the Sun tower. The satellite deployes rectangular solar panels from sail-like structures that line the sides of the tower. The satellite stays in orbit and generates electricity that is transmitted back to Earth via microwaves. This design was developed in the late 90s, although there hasn't been much activity in the last couple of years.7


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While it could be said that there were times Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams walked on water — he owns three back-to-back French Opens and she has already racked up eight Grand Slam titles so far — the organizers of the Sony Ericsson Open took it a step further by staging this exhibition on Monday.
It took a team five days to construct invisible (acrylic) platforms at either end of the Hotel Gansevoort's rooftop pool. It would've been so much cooler had they brought in people to make it seem like it was business as usual; as if tennis on water happens all the time.
By the way: Gansevoort South, the South Beach sister to the Hotel Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District, is opening quietly this month after some delays. It'll be worth the wait, though. The hotel's main kitchens will be helmed by the ladies of the ONE Group; they've even scheduled to open a branch of their STK restaurant there in November.
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The UK medical journal the Lancet has critisised Australian Prime Minister John Howard for his comment about possible introduction of new migration laws to decline migration applications to Australia from applicants with the HIV virus. It is estimated that those who progress to AIDS could cost the tax payer quater of a million dollars each on things like Medicare Antiretrovial Therapy. Do you think migrants with the HIV virus should be refused entry to Australia?
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I think common sense must prevail in this situation.
Migrants to Australia must be fit and healthy, If they aren't (malaria, TB etc) then provided medication to remedy these maladies is not overly expensive then these treatments should be offered, on cost only basis, and administered in secure location (ie Christmas island).
Terminal, or untreatable conditions, I think should be able to enter Australia, provided they contribute the full cost of expected ongoing treatments. I believe this is what occurs with UK pensioners wanting to retire here to Australia.
On a side note, any migrant that enters Australia and knowingly spreads disease (AIDS sufferers engaging in vomit OFF TOPIC WEB SPAM _________OFF TOPIC WEB SPAM assaults for example) should be punished with a criminal conviction (obviously) and be stripped of their citizenship and deported, preferably to serve out their sentence in the original country of origins penal system.
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- 8 heads Belgian endive halved lengthwise
- 4 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 orange cut into 8 pieces
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 pounds celery roots peeled and diced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 large egg yolks
- 6 cloves garlic peeled
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 8 5 ounce turbot fillets skinned
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 small frozen black truffle defrosted
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Lay endives, cut sides down, in large shallow pan or braising dish with lid. Sprinkle with salt, pour in stock, and arrange orange pieces around pan. Cover and braise until tender, about 25 minutes. (Endive can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cool to room temperature and discard oranges, then refrigerate, covered, in braising liquid. To reheat, add 1/2 cup fresh chicken stock and simmer, covered, over moderate heat until warm, 5 to 10 minutes.)
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat ramekins or aluminum foil muffin cups with vegetable oil spray or brush with vegetable oil. In large pot combine celery root and cold salted water to cover. Bring to boil over high heat, then lower heat and simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 25 minutes.
- While celery root is simmering, in small saucepan over moderate heat, warm cream until barely simmering (do not allow to boil), about 2 minutes.
- Force celery root through food mill. Transfer 1 1/2 cups celery root to blender, reserving any leftovers. Add hot cream and process on medium until creamy and smooth, about 1 minute. Add salt and process just until combined, about 10 seconds.
- In large bowl, lightly whisk egg yolks. Slowly add celery root purée, whisking constantly to avoid curdling. Strain mixture through fine-mesh sieve, then ladle into ramekins.
- Transfer ramekins to large roasting pan and add enough hot water to come halfway up sides of ramekins. Cover entire pan with foil, and using toothpick, poke small holes 3 inches apart all over surface of foil to allow steam to escape. Bake until flans are set, 20 to 25 minutes, then transfer ramekins to rack. (Flans can be prepared up to 2 days ahead. Refrigerate in ramekins, tightly wrapped, then reheat in large roasting pan filled with hot water in 325°F oven until warm, about 5 minutes.)
- In small saucepan, combine garlic cloves and cold water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, then drain, add fresh cold water, and bring to boil again. Drain, add wine, and bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer until liquid is reduced by 1/2, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken stock and bring to boil, then lower heat and simmer until liquid is reduced by 1/2, about 5 minutes. Transfer to blender, add butter and salt, and blend on medium until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour through fine-mesh strainer into small saucepan, cover, and keep warm over very low heat, until ready to use. Whisk before serving.
- Heat cast-iron or stainless-steel pan over high heat until almost smoking, then add 1 tablespoon canola oil. Sprinkle 4 fillets on both sides with salt and transfer, skinned-sides-up (there will be a rosy-colored stripe running up the center of the fish where the backbone was) to pan. Add 1 tablespoon butter and sear, without moving, until undersides are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Turn fillet over, lower heat to moderately high, and continue cooking until just opaque, less than 1 minute. Transfer to paper towel–lined plate to drain, wipe pan clean, and cook remaining fish in same manner.
- Transfer 2 endive halves to center of each plate. Run small, thin knife or offset spatula around inside edges of ramekins to loosen flans, then turn 1 out onto side of each plate. Spoon garlic nage over endive and top with turbot. Grate 1 teaspoon truffle over each fillet and serve immediately.
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Reds fan hasn't missed opener in 50 years
Tony Chitwood flew from Germany to catch '85 game
Being a Reds fan is a way of life for some, but Tony Chitwood takes it to a whole new level. He hasn't missed an Opening Day in 50 years.
Chitwood said the only good memories he has from his childhood are from Reds baseball, and specifically Opening Day.
He's so dedicated, the retired Air Force veteran flew back from Saudi Arabia in 1985 just in time for the first pitch.
"When we got to Germany the plane got grounded for mechanical reasons," Chitwood said. "We flew back to Dover, to Cincinnati, went to Opening Day, and as soon as it was over, flew back to Germany."
He did the same in 1991, using the game as motivation during the Desert Storm conflict.
Now Chitwood is passing the tradition on to his children and grandchildren.
His 21-year-old son, Thomas, has been to 20 Opening Days with his dad, and he plans to pass the tradition to his own children someday.


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The GCN Lab throws the mil-spec tests at a range of products built to withstand the elements
The Lab throws mil-spec tests at 8 products built to withstand the elements:
8 rugged devices that are ready for field duty
Casio Exilim
General Dynamics Itronix GD 8000
Getac V100
Motion Computing J3400 Tablet PC
Motorola Adventure v750
Olympus Tough 8000
Panasonic Toughbook 30
Parvus DuraCOR 810
Every year, devices pour into the GCN Lab on quests for survival against vigorous rounds of Mil-Std 810G testing. Some end up as burnt, cracked and utterly destroyed pieces of ex-technology. But the ones that make it through – some of them surprisingly unscathed – are ready for duty anywhere.
There were eight competitors in our rugged roundup this year. Devices were tested according to the Mil-Std 810G specifications, but only against conditions that each one had certified it could survive. For example, if a unit wasn't designed to handle salt fog, an occurrence that mostly happens in marine environments, it wasn't put into the salt fog testing chamber.
Each unit earned a rugged grade in addition to the standard scores on performance, ease of use, features and value. The rugged grade was based on how well the unit survived each test that it went though. If a device failed, we state when and how it happened. A failing device won't necessarily get an F if it passed other tests beforehand, but it won't score very highly either.
Like last year, some of the devices that came into the lab didn't look very rugged. Advances in plastic and rugged glass mean that a rugged unit doesn't necessarily have to look like a tank anymore, although many of the toughest ones still do. We didn't take into account the aesthetics of any units tested, though we did consider weight.
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4 Proven Ways to Increase the ROI From Your Marketing Campaigns
Although there are many drivers of overall campaign success, four factors with significant untapped ROI potential are outlined based on strategic customer relations management practice assessments conducted by Data Square and informal polls administered during a series of Direct Marketing Association database marketing seminars I taught.
The key factors include: de-duplication, predictive analytics, enterprise campaign testing strategy and inclusion of referral metrics.
1. De-duplication: In a number of strategic CRM practice assessments, the presence of duplicate customer records was found to be a key issue plaguing both mid-market and large-sized companies. Duplicates within marketing databases ranged from 5 percent to 15 percent, often stemming from an inability to standardize certain types of addresses. Multiple mailings to the same customer, communications with inappropriate messages (e.g., cross-sell, reactivation) and inability to identify high-value customers because their purchase history is spread across multiple records are just a few of the ramifications. Consolidating duplicates will typically pay for itself—not just for heavy direct mail organizations, but also for those that use e-mail as their primary communication channel.
2. Predictive analytics: A second tactic that can have considerable impact on campaign effectiveness is the use of predictive models. However, this is typically going to hold true for expensive or high-volume campaigns.
- Tier 1 analytics represent list selection methods and are by far the most frequently used category. In Tier 1 Data Square analytic implementations, we have routinely seen returns of 300 percent to 1,500 percent within B-to-B and B-to-C sectors across a range of verticals including retail, consumer packaged goods and technology. Tier 1 predictive models that were being used most frequently and/or associated with the highest ROI include: a) response models that identify customers who are most likely to respond to a marketing communication; b) best customer models that rank customers on their predicted profit in the next year/quarter; c) cross-sell models that rank customers on their likelihood to purchase specific products; and d) acquisition models used to select prospects from a larger base.
- Tier 2 analytics include methods designed to optimize offer, pricing and messaging at the customer level. Research shows that a significant percent of coupons are not redeemed and cost organizations millions of dollars annually. Analytic opportunity areas include: a) offer optimization analytics that consider interactions between customer value segments and offers; b) messaging analytics that consider interactions between customer need and preference segments with messaging strategies; and c) pricing analytics that consider a combination of needs, preferences and customer value.
- Tier 3 analytics represent ways to optimize campaign timing and relevancy and include lifecycle, life stage, purchase cycle and behavioral triggers. Examples include the identification of leading indicators for positive behaviors (such as cross-sell, upsell) and negative behaviors (such as bad debt, churn, spend reduction, fraud). Although Tier 3 analytics are least common, several organizations have reported successes based on these tactics. For example, Staples and Fidelity report doubling their performance via a timing focus. Schwab and Wells Fargo show significant returns by focusing on relevancy driven by trigger-based marketing and lifecycle messaging.
- Tier 4 analytics refer to contact and channel/marketing mix optimization. Analytics in this category are the most complex and designed to optimize the frequency, timing and sequence of contacts across channels for each customer and campaign. For one large B-to-B marketer, contact cadence analysis helped identify the optimal number of marketing communications, resulting in the redirection of millions of dollars previously spent on wasteful touches.
For direct mail campaigns, Tier 1 is the first place to start. One should commence with Tier 2 offer optimization at the customer-level for e-mail and mobile marketing campaigns. For multichannel campaigns, Tier 4 analytics become extremely relevant—as they can help identify the optimal mix of channels, touch frequency and sequence.


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On Sunday, I spotted two men fiddling with the phone box on Tranquil Vale. I assumed they were repairing or fixing it. When I asked them they said "No, it's going". So, one less phone box for Blackheath. I have mixed feelings about these pay phones.
Everyone claims to love the way that traditional red phone boxes look, but I vividly remember the way that they used to pong… Stale tobacco and god knows what else. But the new ones didn't have the style, even if they functioned better.
This is what I don't understand… BT has this spectacular quantity of small parcels of land in public areas that are powered by electricity, and connected to their telephone network. Why don't they modify each one to become part of a wireless network? Wireless connectivity in this country is still pretty patchy, even in London. If they offered it as a free service to their landline subscribers, it might stop their exodus to other companies.
I've often wanted to do a spot of wardriving around Blackheath, to see where any free wifi might be. But with no GPS unit, and no car, it's not likely to happen in the near future. However, if anyone else has the inclination to do it, download netstumbler, and let me know what you discover. Googling suggests that the Royal Standard pub might have some?
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Back to work
Our local legislators returned to work in Juneau on Jan. 17. Here's hoping this session goes a little more smoothly than the last, which was marred by constant bickering between rival factions in the House and Senate.
Legislators will give a lot of reasons for why things broke down in the previous session, and we've heard plenty of blame thrown around in recent weeks as our local delegation has prepared to head south.
At the heart of the rancor last session was a dispute about oil taxes. Some in government — led by Gov. Sean Parnell and including those in our local delegation — want to see oil taxes slashed as a way to spur more development. Others say such a move amounts to nothing more than a giveaway to producers and would cost the state dearly in revenues.
We support those who believe incentives should be given to producers. This state derives the vast majority of its income from petroleum extraction, and we need to keep the Trans Alaska Pipeline flowing in order to remain solvent. In order to do that, producers need to know exactly how much they'll be paying, and they need a rate that won't force them to look elsewhere in the near future.
That being said, one wonders if there may be some middle ground on which legislators can stand. Perhaps somewhere between the governor's proposal and his opponents' staunch opposition, there's a bill that will ensure developers will find Alaska attractive to drill without "giving away the farm."
Because of its vast stores of oil and gas, it's likely the big oil producers aren't going to pack up and go home overnight. It seems that developers do deserve a tax break — but perhaps not one as large as what the governor seeks.
Being able to work well with others is one of the most important traits a leader can show. In this legislative session, Alaska needs legislators who will put aside their desire to win some political game and instead do what's best for the people they really work for.
It's always good to be careful what you wish for, and the recent cold snap is a great example of that. After a winter's worth of heavy snow and a seemingly endless stream of big, windy storms, many among us may have been wishing recently for a requiem from the constant precipitation. Well, we've got it — but in place of the snow we're now enduring a prolonged period of sub-zero temperatures.
As of this writing (Tuesday, Jan. 17), the temperature here in Eagle River has remained below zero for five consecutive days, and the National Weather Service is predicting several more days of clear, cold conditions before things may warm up.
But with the chilly days and frigid nights has come the welcome blessing of some bright sunshine, which sure seems nice after all those days of gray skies.
While this winter's extreme weather (it was well above 40 degrees above zero here just a week ago) may be unpredictable, it's also a reminder of why we choose to live in such an environment. For one, the heavy snowfall has given outdoor recreation enthusiasts plenty to cheer about, and skis and sleds have been getting more than their fair share of use this winter. On the flip side, the cold conditions are a great excuse to bundle up indoors with family or friends or even just a good book or DVD.
One downfall of the freezing temperatures is an abundance of ice on our local parking lots. While this may seem like a minor nuisance to some, anyone who has injured themselves in a fall will tell you it's no laughing matter. If you don't already have a set of those grippy contraptions that fit over your shoes, now might be a good time to invest in a pair. They might look a little silly, but vanity is no excuse for not being safe.
If you're not going to take that small safety step, here's a tip we learned recently from an old-timer with knowledge of such things — While walking on ice, curl your toes. You'll notice a world of difference.
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A six-alarm fire engulfed the Citibank on 111th Street in Morningside Heights Saturday morning, leaving three firefighters and four civilians injured.
As of Saturday evening, firefighters still surround the building and access is blocked to the west side of Broadway between 111th and 112th streets.
A Fire Department of New York spokesperson told Spectator that the three firefighters had been transported to St. Luke's Hospital to be treated for minor injuries, while four civilians were treated on the scene for smoke inhalation.
Computers were strewn across the floor and tables overturned in the bank Saturday afternoon. On the second floor, a hole appeared to have been punched through the wall. Shattered glass covered the sidewalk, and the Citibank sign over the building was removed.
According to DNAinfo, the fire broke out around 5:20 a.m. Saturday. An FDNY spokesperson said that the fire was difficult to extinguish because it appeared to be in the walls of the building. A nearby apartment building was evacuated, he added.
The fire was initially reported in the basement, but had spread to the first and second floors of the building, the spokesperson said, but the FDNY did not yet know what caused the fire.
Other businesses on the block have varying degrees of damage. Bank Street College of Education canceled classes Saturday due to smoke. Pinkberry, two stores down from the bank, suffered no damage because of the fire, an employee told Spectator.
Feras Samad, owner of The Heights Bar & Grill and Samad's Gourmet next door, said they are waiting to re-enter the building and plan on reopening quickly, but "right now we don't know the full extent of the water and smoke damage."
Vareli manager Richard Bill said that the restaurant—one storefront away from Citibank—will be ready to open by Monday after suffering water damage.
"We got a little water coming in from all the hoses. It just started to breach the walls," Bill said. "We've spent most of the day pumping the water out."
Check back for updates.
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly spelled Vareli manager Richard Bill's name. His last name is "Bill," not "Brill." A previous version of this correction misspelled "Vareli." Spectator regrets the errors.
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Africa must scale up efforts to protect its plant genetic resources particularly now when rapid changes in modern biotechnology are posing serious risks to the continent's agro-biodiversity, says Dr. Melaku Worede, an internationally acclaimed plant genetics researcher.
"We need to be more aggressive because the world is changing fast and risks for the plant genetic erosion of the continent's biological resources are increasing," Dr. Melaku said, in an interview for The Black Star News in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
"We are not against modern technology but we are concerned with the context in which it is developed and used. The way it is being done now encourages monopoly and control of the continent's plant resources by large agro-processing companies at the expense of indigenous crops and community needs," he said.
"I get very worried when new technologies are developed and oriented towards exploiting the African farmers. It's wrong for big agro-multinationals to force African farmers to use new seed varieties which will disempower them and lead to dependency when local varieties suitable to local conditions can be enhanced.
"I get very concerned when European plant genetic researchers use African farmers as guinea pigs. What they cannot do in Europe they do it here in Africa," said Dr. Melaku, renowned for his pioneering work in plant genetic research and his role in restoring Ethiopia's food security and plant resources.
In 1989, Dr. Melaku who has retired now, was honored with the Right Livelihood Award, commonly referred as the Alternative Nobel Prize, for "preserving Ethiopia's genetic wealth for the benefit of all humanity."
Through plant genetic research and breeding, he was highly recommended for preserving Ethiopia's genetic wealth by building one of the finest seed conservation centers in the world. "The threat of losing biological resources is growing and it's getting worse because of the expansion of commercial agriculture which promotes mono-cropping and western agricultural values," said Dr. Melaku.
Despite the numerous challenges facing Africa today, he said it was pleasing to note that there were some initiatives that were keeping the unfettered expansion of commercial agriculture in check and working to address the community needs of farmers in Africa.
"In the early 1980s, I was among the crop of scientists who fought for the promotion of African landraces as a food security strategy at a time when scientists from the North were strongly advocating for mono-cropping and Agriculture," he said, referring to indigenous crop varieties.
"When we talked about this, they said: 'This is crazy, how can you maintain diversity with farmers?' We kept arguing for the growing of African landraces. I joined forces with Jeff Hadden from Canada and everywhere we went we opposed mono-cropping and agriculture which did not take into account the needs and aspiration of African communal farmers.
"We met strong resistance at the time but we continued with the fight. I'm happy today that scientists from the North and us here in the South are now talking the same language –biodiversity," Dr. Melaku said.
Biodiversity, in simple terms, refers to the full range of living things in a particular area or on the earth as a whole. It is a measure of the richness of life on earth, valuable both to humans and other forms of life.
"It was a David and Goliath fight. We were lucky that we got support from USC Canada to expand the program and generate more data about the importance of growing African landraces," Dr. Melaku said. "Of course, there are gaps in the knowledge available and we need to touch base with communities and the first hand information they have on plant breeding. We need to involve African farmers in the seed supply system, seed storage and in the distribution systems to help them conserve local crop varieties," said Dr. Melaku.
"There are so many issues now, the biofuel and climate change debate, biopiracy, biotechnology. What are the implications of these new developments? "We need new blood, a new generation of Africans that will promote and enhance farmers' varieties and work to fight the genetic erosion of the continent's plant genetic resources," said the veteran Ethiopian plant breeder and researcher.
"There is a real challenge to continuously add value to what we started. There are co-existent and complementary factors. African farmers conserve through utilization. We should not lose sight of this. It's important. Through our field works we were able to prove that you can raise the yield potential for farmers' varieties while maintaining diversity," Dr. Melaku said.
Ethiopia is renowned for its great genetic diversity. It is this bio-diversity - now under great threat from drought and modern farming methods - that Melaku sought to preserve.
Dr. Melaku won more plaudits for establishing the Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC), a 'Strategic Seed Reserves' of traditional varieties that could be released to farmers for planting in times of drought when no other seeds were likely to thrive.
Over a few years Dr. Worede and his staff collected and safely stored a considerable amount of Ethiopia's genetic wealth. "In the process," noted one publication 'he established not only Africa's finest facility of its kind but one of the world's premier genetic conservation systems."
Dr. Worede built this institution exclusively with Ethiopian staff, training a whole new generation of plant breeders and geneticists in his home country.
He retired from government service to continue and develop his pioneer work on a farming-based native seed (landrace) conservation, enhancement and utilization.
Growing without commercial fertilizers or other chemicals, the locally adapted native seeds developed in this way--such as durum wheat—have been shown to exceed their high-input counterparts on the average by 10-15 percent and the original farmers' cultivars by 20-25 percent in yield, Ethiopian agronomist noted. Though he has retired, Dr. Melaku still promotes this concept in other developing regions in Africa and Asia.
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The HTC HD2 is the first Windows phone with HTC Sense, a customer experience focused on putting people at the centre by making their phones work in a more simple, natural and personal way.
With its industry leading, high-resolution, 4.3-inch capacitive touch display, the ultra thin HTC HD2 delivers more visible content in a sharper, brighter and richer way.
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Internal GPS antenna
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Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
3.5 mm stereo audio jack
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5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and dual LED flashlight
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Video supported formats:
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Capacity: 1230 mAh
Talk time: Up to 320 minutes for WCDMA / Up to 380 minutes for GSM
Standby time: Up to 390 hours for WCDMA / Up to 490 hours for GSM
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The United Israel Appeal scrapped a plan to showcase President George W. Bush at a Feb. 12 gala in Geneva amid reports that human rights groups were poised to protest and file a torture complaint.
The charity, also known as Keren Hayesod, notified the former president on Friday morning "that the event has been called off," a Bush spokesman, David Sherzer, said Saturday.
"We regret that the speech has been canceled," Sherzer said. "President Bush was looking forward to speaking about freedom and offering reflections from his time in office."
The United Israel Appeal did not respond to an emailed request for an explanation on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. But the Associated Press, citing a Swiss newspaper report, said charity officials were worried protests could turn violent at the speech by the 43rd American president.
It was to be held at the Hotel Wilson, named for the 28th American president, Woodrow Wilson.
Protest organizers told participants to bring an extra shoe, prompting fears that someone might re-enact an Iraqi journalist's 2008 assault on President Bush in Baghdad. The reporter hurled his own footwear as a sign of contempt.
The New York based Center for Constitutional Rights said Saturday that European human rights groups had compiled a 2,500-page Convention Against Torture complaint against Bush, seeking to trigger it once he set foot onto Swiss soil.
CCR, a law firm led by New York civil rights lawyer Michael Ratner, has for years filed a series of mixed-result lawsuits against Bush administration policies, alleging civil liberties and human rights abuses in its detention, rendition and warrantless wiretapping policies.
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It systematically sued in U.S. courts on behalf of Guantánamo captives, expanding detainee rights since the Pentagon inaugurated the prison camps opened in southeast Cuba in January 2002.
It also is a party to a complaint in Spain against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and five other Bush era lawyers that alleges international human-rights abuses in the U.S. treatment of war on terror captives.
That complaint has been stalled for years, and a series of U.S. diplomatic cables posted on the Internet late last year by Wikileaks showed the efforts both the Bush and Obama administrations made to derail it.
Still, a Spanish magistrate has given the United States a March 1 deadline to say whether it was pursuing its own probe of the Bush legal brain trust.
Saturday, Ratner's firm all-but claimed credit for grounding Bush.
"The message from civil society is clear," it said in a statement. "If you're a torturer, be careful in your travel plans. It's a slow process for accountability, but we keep going."
Bush's spokesman countered that the Texan, who scarcely traveled abroad before his time in the White House, has been a frequent flier in retirement.
"President Bush has made several trips outside of the United States, including to South Korea, China, Japan, Brazil, Canada, and the Middle East," Sherzer said. "He gave more than 60 speeches last year, and we expect this year to be similar."


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - A goal by freshman forward Katrina Cerverizzo (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches) just three minutes in, proved to be the eventual game-winner for Farmingdale State, in today's 5-0 non-conference women's soccer victory over the College of Staten Island. The Rams improved to 5-8 with the win, their third straight, while the Dolphins fell to 3-6 overall.
The Rams led 2-0 at the half, after a score by junior forward Monica Grisales (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood), assisted by junior midfielder Trish Pickford (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa).
In the second, freshman midfielder Brittany Williams (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) would make it 3-0 with the assist from Grisales, before sophomore midfielder Anna-Marie Rivera (Bay Shore, N.Y./Brentwood) tipped in a pass in front from freshman forward Julianne Cicio (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Holy Trinity) for a 4-0 edge. Cerverizzo added her second of the day with seven minutes remaining for the final tally.
Farmingdale State held Staten Island to just four shots in the game, and freshman goalkeeper Amanda Maass (Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd) needed to make just two saves in her third shutout of the season. Staten Island's senior goalkeeper Tina Bellochio (Staten Island, N.Y./St. John Villa) made 14 saves in defeat.
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Learn this Gb blues in 6/4 time based on the Miles Davis tune "All Blues."
Taught by Dennis Hodges in Jazz Guitar With Dennis Hodges seriesLength: 12:42Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
Dennis Hodges teaches jazz for students with a rock background. In this series you will learn to play jazz chord progressions and licks without theory being forced upon you.
Lesson 1
Dennis kicks off the lesson series with a lesson on an F major blues solo.Length: 27:19 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 2
Dennis covers the rhythm accompaniment to the F blues solo presented in the previous lesson.Length: 16:58 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 3
Learn how to play a 12 bar jazz blues solo in Bb. Dennis provides an in depth analysis of the solo from a theoretical standpoint.Length: 20:30 Difficulty: 2.5 FREE
Lesson 4
Dennis teaches the accompaniment part to the Bb blues solo taught in the previous lesson.Length: 13:03 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 5
Learn a 12 bar jazz blues solo in Eb.Length: 21:55 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 6
Learn how to accompany a 12 bar jazz blues in the key of Eb. Dennis uses a walking bass line and three note chord voicings for this particular accompaniment.Length: 18:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 7
Learn this Ab jazz blues solo taught by Dennis Hodges.Length: 21:18 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 8
Dennis explains the accompaniment part to the Ab blues solo taught in lesson 7.Length: 14:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 9
Dennis teaches a jazz blues solo in Db major.Length: 20:45 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 10
Dennis teaches the accompaniment part to the solo in lesson 9.Length: 7:46 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 11
Learn this Gb blues in 6/4 time based on the Miles Davis tune "All Blues."Length: 12:42 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 12
Dennis teaches the accompaniment to the solo in lesson 11.Length: 12:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 13
Dennis continues his straight ahead jazz series with a lesson on a jazz blues solo in B.Length: 18:59 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 14
Here's a lesson on jazz blues accompaniment with a walking bassline.Length: 12:54 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 15
Learn jazz guitar with this straight-forward look at a solo in E major.Length: 13:52 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 16
Learn the accompaniment part to the solo in lesson 15.Length: 3:28 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 17
Dennis Hodges continues his growing Jazz-Blues series with a lesson on a solo in A.Length: 15:33 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 18
Learn the accompaniment to the solo in lesson 17.Length: 11:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 19
Learn jazz with a straight-forward lesson on a solo in D.Length: 21:39 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 20
Learn the accompaniment to the solo in lesson 19.Length: 10:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 21
Here is a very "outside" and modern sounding jazz-blues solo. The timing is very important here! This is one of the trickier solos that Dennis teaches in this series.Length: 18:00 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 22
Learn the rhythm accompaniment for lesson 21.Length: 3:00 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 23
Here is the final solo to learn for this jazz series. This solo is inspired by the great bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker.Length: 15:00 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Lesson 24
Here is the final lesson for Dennis Hodges jazz series. Learn the comping for lesson 23.Length: 12:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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For better or worse, Dennis Hodges cannot stop playing music, and (he hopes) will never stop playing music.
Growing up in Flint, Michigan, Dennis had a tremendous passion for drawing. He couldn't stop copying moves from bands he saw on MTV, though, and it didn't help that his parents filled the house with Santana, Stevie Ray, and Allman Bros. (on real records, no less!) so it wasn't long till he got his first guitar. It was junk. Within a few weeks his parents traded in a poor acoustic for a less junky 3/4-size electric.
Dennis started lessons right away at the age of 8. He still remembers hating it for awhile, and not taking it seriously until he was 12. He is thankful his parents forced him to practice early on and kept paying for lessons, even though rational thinking should have stopped them after a year.
Around this time drawing became less important, and guitar consumed all his attention. After 6 years of lessons he parted ways with his teacher and, after trying out two others with no results, decided to continue alone. His nerdistic tendencies paid off, as he put in hours working on picking and left hand exercises and learned as many Randy Rhoads and Kirk Hammett solos as he could.
Luckily, there were playing opportunities at school talent shows and church. Dennis was playing bass at his church when he was 13, helping to hone his performance skills in a group setting.
In high school, Dennis joined the marching band on sousaphone for all 4 years. It was as awesome as you could expect. He was also fortunate enough to be in several different metal bands, still play at church, and get the incredible opportunity to play guitar for many local community theaters. This kept his sight-reading in shape and gave him an appreciation for different styles of music (and paid pretty well, from a high schooler's perspective).
In 2001, Dennis came to Bexley, Ohio to study guitar at Capital University with Stan Smith. His studies emphasized jazz and classical guitar. Here his metal past merged with a deeper understanding of the instrument and music in general, and the basis for most of his teaching style was set in motion.
Dennis now plays guitar for Upper Arlington Lutheran Church every Sunday, for St. Christopher in Grandview, Ohio, with the youth group, and also plays for touring Broadway shows that stop in Columbus. Occasionally, he plays weddings and private parties, and he is starting a new cover band with some friends, called Dr. Awkward. He is blessed to have his understanding and supportive wife Kate, and is glad to be at JamPlay!
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HUC-JIR Museum
One West 4th Street, New York, NY
On View: September 4, 2007 - January 27, 2008
Artist's Reception: Thursday, October 11, 2007, 6:00-8:00 PM.
Vodka tasting: 6:30 PM, Program 7:00 PM
Internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth presents her most recent body of work: her 2007 photo essay portraying Jewish women in the Commonwealth of Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (CIS) who are reclaiming their Jewish heritage and promoting social activism through the work of Project Kesher. Roth's photographs capture the empowerment of ordinary women who are creating extraordinary change in their own lives and in the lives of their communities. Through Project Kesher, these women have gained the knowledge and leadership skills to advance Jewish learning and tackle health and social ills, including breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and human trafficking, affecting the larger society.
"I have been photographing Jewish women around the world for many years," says Joan Roth. "This experience was exceptionally moving for me because it was about women seeing themselves in a new light. This time I wasn't going back to the old world; I was seeing into a new world. Project Kesher women are enriched and empowered in ways I hadn't dreamed."
This exhibition grows out of Joan Roth's longstanding commitment to the mission and goals of Project Kesher. In 1994, she documented Project Kesher's first International Conference of Jewish Women in Kyiv, Ukraine, which was the catalyst for the creation of a women's network throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States of the former Soviet Union (CIS). In 2006, she returned during 16 Days to End Domestic Violence, a worldwide campaign that Project Kesher leaders implemented throughout the CIS, convening roundtables, organizing rallies, establishing hotlines, and spotlighting this issue in public discussions and in schoolrooms. Traveling to the cities of Rovno, Lvyv, Lutsk, Kamenets-Podolskiy, Khmelnitskiy, and Kyiv in Ukraine, Roth met with Project Kesher activists and their local partners, to capture their lives and activism on film.
Founded in 1989, Project Kesher is now the largest Jewish women's organization in the CIS and one of the fastest growing women's advocacy and human rights organizations in the region. There are Project Kesher Women's Groups in more than 155 communities spanning 8 time zones and multi-faith/multi-national women's coalitions in 87 of those communities. There are Project Kesher Women's Groups in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. In Ukraine alone, there are groups in 61 towns and cities.
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The exhibition also includes drawings by artist Susan Malloy, who participated in Project Kesher's 2007 "Summit on the Black Sea." Malloy's sketches depict highlights of the interaction between Jewish women from North America and Ukraine on behalf of education, spiritual growth, and social action.
This exhibition has been made possible through the generosity of the Reba Judith Sandler Foundation.
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Welcome to Malaysia Thomas.ReplyDelete
Welcome to Malaysia Thomas. Hope you enjoy your stay with loads of fun.ReplyDelete
Thomas, from one European to another: welcome to Malaysia. You're going to love it there. Lovely country with great people, culture, and excellent food. And as for Robin: he's a great guy, host, and with a great eye for photography. As I've said before - they do no just stand out, they sparkle!ReplyDelete
Thomas, from one European to another: welcome to Malaysia. You're going to love it there. Lovely country with great people, culture, and excellent food. And as for Robin: he's a great guy, host, and with a great eye for photography. As I've said before - they do no just stand out, they sparkle!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Andre for the kind compliments, and the words of assurance to Thomas. I don't think I deserve such kind remarks from you, but we all learn and improve !!Delete
- Thomas Moser9/09/2012 10:09:00 AM
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Yes, your are right with Europe. But Europe seems to be very far away, with their problems being unknown here. And this is wonderful - not hearing about problems so much, but working on solutions.
The mixture of people seems to be well balanced in this country. This diversity in unity is an asset working and living here.
Thanks again for your welcome
Best regards
Who will be joining us with street shootings with Robin?
- Anonymous9/07/2012 12:07:00 AM
Dear all photo enthusiasts, and to RobinReplyDelete
As I admire Robin's capabilities as street action photography artist, I wrote to him on coming to MY for an IT project. We really sat down at a Chinese restaurant in one of the KL malls, meeting in person. This is the amazing result of our unique Internet community. Otherwise, we never would have known from each other – or even sitting together.
This first week in KL has been tremendous. This is the Asian country with self-esteem and a very bright outlook. I am happy to be here and contribute some of my experience to this country. Keep on, Malaysia is great!
Naturally, I also took the careless and serious side of Robin on my gallery of slices of life at
Robin, let's move on with "shutter therapy" all together. Your concept is great.
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Thanks Thomas for having me with you at the dinner. It was great pleasure comparing notes and talking about photography and getting to know you, as well as your beautiful country.Delete
Yes, lets attack the streets soon, when you are free !!
- Thomas Moser9/08/2012 12:01:00 PM
Hi RobinDelete
Thank for your street's attack invitation. I will be eager to join you.
Last night I was just moving from the hotel to an apartment close to Mid Valley. My first work week in the Malaysian IT project went well. I met a great team from all over the world. To my view Malaysia is a country with optimism creating its future.
I still will settle in my new environment (unloading stuff and getting cameras in place). The next weekend I will be glad to join you: no hassle, no competition - doing "shutter therapy" from different angles.
Best regards
You know, Robin, I looked in here just to see your views about the Pana 20mm f/1.7, and now I want to read the whole blog! Lovely food photography above btw, making me hungry.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks T.P Harvey, the 20mm F1.7 was a long, long time ago !Delete