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1: Contrapunctus I - Simple Fugue on the Main Subject
18: FUGA a 3 Soggetti (Unfinished)
Total playing time 76:07
18: FUGA a 3 Soggetti (Unfinished)
Total playing time 76:07
"The Art of the Fugue" (Die Kunst der Fuge), as its name implies, was intended as, and effectively provides, a complete treatise on the art of fugal composition, dealing with every type of fugal treatment from the simplest to the most complex.
Bach implied without any ambiguity that "The Art of Fugue" was written for the keyboard. Nor had anybody ever doubted this until the appearance of Graeser's edition. As Tovey put it in his edition of this work (Oxford University Press), "no rule of counterpoint is kept more meticulously by Bach than the confinement of the part-writing to the stretch of two hands throughout."
Bach and his contemporaries would have been accustomed to a two-manual harpsichord with 16' 8', 4' and 2' stops; this would have provided ample scope for "terrace dynamics", the movement between manuals or the combination of both, through which the different fugues could be given registration to suit their mood and style, and through which also fugal entries and internal dynamics could be highlighted. In the present performance, the arrangement by Bruno Seidelhofer for two pianos allows duplication in the base or top line as well as the highlighting of fugal entries thus replicating the effects possible on a two-manual harpsichord.
It might be thought that the piano, even two pianos, would lack the strength which comes from the plucking action of the harpsichord. In this case, nothing could be farther from fact. These are incredibly powerful performances, in which tremendous strength contrasts with peace and quiet, as the nature of each Contrapunctus demands. Throughout the entire work, there is total clarity, each fugal entry being clearly heard.
We would never have expected that a two-piano version of The Art of the Fugue would be among our favorite performances – but such has indeed been the case for many years – we never tire of it. These powerful and insightful performances bring the music to life as pure enjoyment, and demonstrate admirably the contrapuntal arts of the Fugue's greatest exponent.
Part of this famous Duo's success is that, as husband and wife, they were accustomed to playing together, in concert performances as well as in their Viennese home. They are totally in sympathy with one another, in phrasing, tempi and mood. We invite you to set aside academic concepts of authenticity (surely a concept unknown to Bach himself!), and listen to our samples as pure music.


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The reason for including the short anchor section on the top, is because that is how it appears in Zeeko's Ultimate Bar User Guide. But I agree, you can tie the short T/4 line directly to the pulley. That is what I have done on my configuration. Instead of using a pulley, or a round steel ring as you have done, I used a D ring from a worn out harness.tomatkins wrote: Zigzag,
Thanks for that analysis...i worked from the bottom up and wrote down the forces on each of the line segments, but couldn't figure out the short anchor section on the top, that you labeled 3/4T. If you look at my picture of the rings, you can see that I omitted that 3/4T section, and tied the short T/4 line directly to the pulley.
I think in my particular case the weakest point will be where the double powerline attaches to a ring on the QR/CL, because this ring is made of smaller gauge stainless steel than the other rings. If that happens, my kite will be suspended on the rear lines. Fortunately, this is one area where the wear on the line will be distributed over perhaps 20 or 30cm, as you adjust the depower. It will also be very easy to inspect, because this ring is as exposed as the others.
I have not yet ventured onto the water with my system, because yesterday the wind was too light. Slipping to full power might become an issue when the depower line is wet. The fact that you and I use rings instead of pulleys may be of advantage here, because the extra friction may prevent slipping.

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History of Chautauqua County - Introduction
History of Chautauqua County
the lapse of a period much longer than was anticipated, the writer
offers to the public the result of his protracted labors. Although he
has no assurance that the work will fully meet the expectations of all
for whom it has been written, he indulges the hope that it will receive
a good measure of the popular favor. But how much soever it may fall
short of universal Commendation, he has the satisfaction to believe,
that its supposed defects will not be ascribed to any lack of effort,
on his part, to fulfill the pledge of his "best endeavors to produce a
history which should meet the expectations of the people, and reflect
honor upon the county." This has certainly been his paramount object,
irrespective of the time deemed necessary for its accomplishment.
The author takes occasion here to suggest to the reader the advantage of a careful reading of the Introduction before proceeding to the perusal of the History. Portions of the work which might otherwise appear somewhat obscure, will be rendered quite intelligible by the previous reading of the explanations in the introductory pages.
SELDOM has a publication made its advent so long after its inception as this history of Chautauqua county. Fifty years ago, a distinguished citizen of the county conceived the idea of such a history, and commenced the collection of material. This labor was, for many years, unremittingly continued, so far as his professional and public duties permitted. His removal from the state and other causes conspired to hinder the progress of the work, until disease and the infirmities of age forbade the accomplishment, by his own hands, of his favorite and long-cherished object and the people of the county, who had long awaited its appearance, abandoned the hope of its publication.
At this juncture, the name of the author, then in a distant state, was communicated, by a friend, to the projector of the work. A correspondence ensued, which resulted in an engagement, on my part, to assume the entire responsibility of its publication. It was a great, and, pecuniarily, a hazardous undertaking. To examine more than twenty large volumes of manuscript and printed scraps from county newspapers, and a large number of printed volumes, for such matter as could be made available in the compilation of the work; and to collect, in person, an equal amount of additional matter from the twenty-six towns in the county, was a task which few who had a just conception of its magnitude would have readily assumed.
An important characteristic of a work is accuracy. Yet in publications of no other kind than this is it so difficult. Few of the earlier settlers remain; and the recollections of these few are so diverse and conflicting as to render them unreliable, unless confirmed by the concurrent statements of others. The collections of matter for several works containing historical sketches of this county, appear to have been too hastily and carelessly made. One of them, though a valuable work, abounds with errors. Several appear in the sketch of a single town, and more or less in the sketches of many other towns. Probably to save time and labor, most of these erroneous statements have been taken, on trust, from the first person applied to for information, and, without further inquiry, inserted in the forthcoming publication; and, through that and succeeding histories, they will be transmitted to future generations.
A large portion of this History is based on the collections of Judge Foote. These were commenced long before there were any old settlers in the county; and they consist chiefly of the experience and observation of the persons from whom they were obtained, and before their memories were impaired by time or age. A large portion of this matter has been examined by some of the early and well informed settlers still living, and has been found singularly free from inaccuracies. In the collection of new material, unusual pains have been taken to guard against errors. To ascertain the truth in the hundreds of disputed cases, has required an amount of labor of which few can form a just conception. And after the county had been several times traversed, and the newly collected matter written out, I was unwilling to permit it to be printed until I had again visited every town, and submitted the manuscript to my informants and others for examination. Any person, therefore, who questions the truth of any statement, has reason to doubt the correctness of his own memory, or of the source from which his information was obtained. Yet it would be a marvel if no inaccuracies should be discovered. Persons, not a few, have erred in relating transactions which occurred under their own observation, or in which they had themselves participated. If, with all the pains taken to insure a correct history, the object has not been attained, it may be confidently pronounced unattainable. In family sketches, inaccuracies are most likely to appear. Persons intimately acquainted with families they have described, have not in all cases been quite correct; and some sketches received in manuscript have not been entirely legible. Sundry errors, discovered since the body of the book was printed, are corrected on pages immediately preceding the Index, at the end of the work.
Of the merits of the work, different opinions will be formed. Matter which some will appreciate, others may regard as unimportant. Some, perhaps, will read with little interest the adventures and experience of the early settlers, with which they are already familiar. Others will read this part of the work with greater interest than any other. A large portion of this History has been written, not so much for the present generation, as for the generations which are to follow. Many remember how earnestly they listened to the stories of pioneer life from the lips of their ancestors. Before the present generation shall have passed away, not an individual will remain to relate, from his own personal knowledge, the experiences of the first settlers which have so deeply interested us. This interest will not be abated by the lapse of time. The written narrative of incidents of "life in the woods," will be no less acceptable to those who come after us, than was the oral relation to ourselves. Hence, to commemorate the events and occurrences of the past-to transmit to our descendants a faithful history of our own time-is a duty. Many to whom such a history shall be transmitted, will estimate its value at many times its cost. Without it little will be known of early times, except what shall have come down to them by tradition, always imperfect and unreliable.
This History is written for a population of
60,000, differing greatly in their views and tastes, which the
historian can not entirely disregard. Hence, in addition to pioneer
history, which constitutes a considerable portion of the work, the
reader will find a great variety of other matter, civil,
ecclesiastical, educational, commercial, agricultural, statistical and
biographical, which will render it convenient and useful as a book of
reference, now and hereafter. It is believed that the exclusion of
either of these subjects would have materially impaired its value.
There was early manifested a desire among settlers to see the names of themselves or their ancestors associated with the history of the county. This desire is a natural and a proper one. A large portion of the early settlers in every town have been mentioned, and many others will be disappointed at not finding their own names. The omission was unavoidable. A notice of one-half of the families of this large county, would have infringed too much upon the space required for other topics. To visit every family was impossible: those only were called on who were most accessible and most likely to furnish the desired historical information. Hence the names of many of the more worthy and prominent citizens have necessarily been omitted
Biographical and genealogical sketches form a prominent feature of this History. They will generally be found in the historical sketches of the towns in which their subjects respectively resided or now reside. Sketches of persons who have resided in several towns, are in some cases inserted in the histories of the towns in which they passed the earlier or more eventful period of their lives. Probably no part of the History will be more frequently referred to than this. Many of these sketches contain much interesting historical matter, and will amply compensate a perusal. Their number has been materially increased by the unusual and unexpected number of portraits furnished by citizens, who, by their generous contribution to the embellishment of the work, deserved a full biographical and family sketch of the person represented by the portrait. One characteristic of these biographical notes can hardly escape the notice of the reader-the absence of eulogy, especially of the living. As persons widely differ in their estimate of the characters of their fellow-men, it was deemed prudent not to venture beyond a simple statement of the more noticeable incidents and events of the life of any living subject.
The attention of the reader is invited to the plan and arrangement of the work. Matter of general interest and application, and relating to the early history of the state and county, is first introduced, and is arranged under appropriate heads or titles. This greatly facilitates the finding of historical facts. The general history of the county is followed by a particular history of the several towns, in alphabetical order. The historical sketch of each town includes the names of early farmers, mechanics, business and professional men, and notices of mills, manufactories, schools, churches, etc. This will aid in the search for matter relating to the towns. The Table of Contents at the beginning, and the Index at the end, of the volume, will generally enable the reader to find what he seeks for. His searches, however, will be greatly facilitated by making himself familiar with the arrangement of the work. But the greatest advantage would be gained from at least one perusal, in course, of the entire History. Many interesting occurrences therein recorded, might, without such perusal, never come to the knowledge of the reader.
It soon became apparent that the work would far exceed its prescribed limits. To keep it within a proper and convenient size and weight, type one size smaller than was at first intended, was selected; the printed page was greatly enlarged; and the reading matter was increased twenty per cent beyond the quantity promised. And paper of less than the usual weight and thickness was taken to render the book more convenient in the using, and to insure its greater strength and durability.
Those who have read the foregoing pages will need no further apology for the unexpected delay in the issue of this work. No one regrets it more deeply than myself. To my patrons this delay is a gain at my expense. A history of the county might have been written in half the time expended upon this; but I would not offer to the public what was not satisfactory to myself. I presumed they would rather be served later with a good book than earlier with an indifferent one. In respect to its embellishment they will be more than satisfied. No definite number of portraits was promised. Instead of fifty, which, it was hoped, might be obtained, the publIc are presented with double that number, of which one-half are fine steel engravings, in which the subjects of the pictures will be readily recognized, except, perhaps, in a few cases of defective photographs, or of pictures taken twenty-five or thirty years ago. The aggregate cost of the portraits exceeds eight thousand dollars.
To the numerous friends who have given me assurances of their interest in this enterprise, I offer my grateful acknowledgments. All who have been applied to for information, have cheerfully rendered the desired service.
Next to Judge Foote, the projector of the History, who has devoted years of gratuitous labor to his favorite object, Hon. Obed Edson has the strongest claim to the gratitude of the people of this county. The "prehistoric matter," (as it has been appropriately termed,) with which the work commences, and which has cost much time and elaborate research has been gratuitously furnished; and it will be regarded, by most appreciative minds, as an invaluable contribution to the work. The lectures of the late Hon. Samuel A. Brown, delivered in the Jamestown academy, in 1843, and Judge E. F. Warren's Historical Sketches of Chautauqua County, have furnished valuable mattter. Some has also been obtained from the sketches of early settlers in Stockton and Ellery, by J. L. Bugbee, and S. S. Crissey, Esqs. As the greater portion of the matter thus obtained is interwoven with what has been collected from various other sources, specific credit could not, in all cases, be given to these authors, without unpleasant interruptions of the narrative, and the disfigurement of the printed page. Thanks are also due to Dr. Taylor for the free use of his History of Portland. Having devoted to his work several years of careful investigation, it is presumed to be, as respects the history of that town, generally correct and reliable. Hence much of what appears in this work relating to the history of Portland, has been taken from, or is based upon, that History. The few errors discovered in it are in matter relating to other towns, and come from those hastily prepared, unreliable histories elsewhere referred to. Dr. Taylor has done his fellow-citizens a valuable service, for which, doubtless, they are duly grateful.
Matter was received from many sources after the greater portion of the work had been printed. Much of it was intended to supply omissions in preceding pages, among which were parts of several biographical and family sketches accompanying portraits. This matter, together with some that had been prepared, and intended for the body of the work, appears in a "Supplement' of 50 pages, to which the special attention of the reader is invited. Much of this supplemental matter will be found arranged under the titles of the towns to which portions of it properly belonged. Other parts of it, among which is a sketch of Chautauqua lake and its surroundings, have been prepared since the printing was far advanced.
Lastly, I congratulate myself on the termination of my arduous and protracted labors. If those for whom these labors have been performed shall be satisfied, my highest object will have been attained.
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South Dakota State's Women Open Summit League Play at Home With IUPUI
After another grueling non-conference slate of games, the South Dakota State women's basketball team will see how they stack up against the rest of the Summit League starting this week when the Jacks host IUPUI Thursday night and Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon.
Despite graduating the likes of Ashley Eide, Katie Lingle, and Leah Dietel last sesason, SDSU has some veteran leadership on this year's team beginning with junior Megan Waytashek.
Waytashek is leading the team with nearly 12 points a game, and has notched 10 double figure scoring efforts in the first 16 games.
That kind of production is exactly when head coach Aaron Johnston told me he's looking for from Waytashek this season:
Pierre native Steph Paulch is back on the floor for the Jacks this season after missing all of last year with a knee injury.
She's responded with nine points a game so far, as she works to regain her confidence:
One of the key newcomers this season is Kerri Young, who was a standout player in Mitchell during her high school days.
She's averaging nearly eight points a game, and poured in 21 against Central Michigan December 15th:
As has been the case for South Dakota State over the years, the non-conference schedule read like a 'Who's Who' of college basketball: BYU, Creighton, Georgetown, TCU, Stanford, Penn State, Notre Dame, and others.
The results were mixed. Big home wins over Georgetown and #12 Penn State, blowout losses on the road at #6 Stanford and #2 Notre Dame.
But coach Johnston is quick to point out that those games aren't simply about wins or losses, but about getting better against some of the best teams in the nation:
More troubling than four losses by more than 20 points, were the 20 plus turnovers the Jacks committed in six of their seven losses so far:
It doesn't get any easier to open the Summit League schedule this week, as SDSU welcomes IUPUI to Frost Arena Thursday night. The Jags are not only the last team to beat the Jacks in Brookings, but also swept SDSU least season, with a physical style of play and players like pre-season first team all-conference player DeArria Goss. IUPUI also return starters Dee Dee Bellamy and Nevena Markovic:
Tipoff is 7:00pm Thursday night in Brookings.


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Elvis fans, there'll be a whole lotta jumpsuit viewing goin' on in 2013.
Graceland will roll out two new travel-themed exhibits at Elvis Presley's Memphis, Tenn., home this year, one about his movies and concerts in Hawaii and another about the King's Las Vegas years. Each promises artifacts that haven't been displayed before.
"Elvis' Hawaii: Concerts, Movies and More!" opens Jan. 8 on what would have been his 78th birthday. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the concert "Aloha From Hawaii" that was broadcast on TV by satellite from Honolulu.
It will feature footage of Elvis traveling to Hawaii for the first time and his first Hawaiian concert in 1957 along with jumpsuits (both of his trademark American Eagle styles) he wore during later concerts on the islands. Other items include a gold lame jacket he wore during that first show, a tiki mug created as a promotional item and movie memorabilia from "Blue Hawaii" and "Paradise, Hawaiian-Style."


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Revere loses out on replay reversal that costs Phillies a run in 3-2 defeat against Rangers
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ARLINGTON, Texas – Ben Revere got the call on the field. The Philadelphia speedster wasn't as fortunate in the replay office more than a thousand miles away.
Revere was picked off second base in a reversal that saved Texas a run, and Adrian Beltre singled home Shin-Soo Choo with the game winner in the ninth inning of the Rangers' 3-2 victory against the Phillies on Tuesday night.
"I saw the replay and I was a millimeter off the bag," Revere said. "Replay got me this time, but that was one of those plays where the ball was right around my body as I was going to the bag. I felt like I got my hand in there."
Rangers manager Ron Washington saw it differently, and he was right for the second time in a matter of minutes.
Washington's first big decision in Philadelphia's two-run sixth inning was not to challenge a play at third when Jim Joyce called Cesar Hernandez safe on a sacrifice bunt by Revere. Washington came out to talk to the crew chief but didn't challenge. Replay showed the call was correct.
Moments later, Revere was called safe at second base by Cory Blaser on a pickoff attempt by Martin Perez. Washington asked for the review, which put the umpiring crew on headsets with the replay office in New York for the first time in the season-opening series.
The video showed second baseman Donnie Murphy's glove on Revere's back as he caught the ball just before a diving Revere's hand was back on the bag.
Revere would have scored on Ryan Howard's double later in the inning, but instead only Jimmy Rollins came home for a 2-0 lead. Rollins broke the scoreless tie with a single.
"From my vantage point, I thought he had him, really," Washington said.
So did Murphy.
"I knew that I caught the ball at the same time I was tagging him," Murphy said. "I had a gut feeling that he wasn't at the base yet. I think maybe what happened I blocked out the umpire a little bit just because of how the throw was."
Choo reached base for the fourth time on a four-pitch walk to start the ninth against Phillies left-hander Mario Hollands (0-1), who was making his major league debut.
After Elvis Andrus' sacrifice bunt and walk to Prince Fielder on a full count, Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg went to right-hander B.J. Rosenberg. Beltre singled softly to right-center field, scoring Choo without a throw.
"Yeah, that's a tough spot for him," Sandberg said of Hollands. "I thought he showed his stuff actually even though he walked two guys. He threw some effective pitches to Fielder there, might have been one strike away from getting him out."
New Texas closer Joakim Soria got the win with a perfect ninth inning in his season debut.
Mitch Moreland's single got the Rangers within 2-1 in the sixth, and Beltre had a tying double with two outs in the seventh to score Choo, who had two singles and was hit by a pitch before his ninth-inning walk.
Howard batted fifth for the Phillies, snapping a streak of 665 straight regular-season starts as the cleanup hitter dating to June 29, 2008, also against the Rangers. He went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts, including one with two runners on in the eighth inning after the Rangers intentionally walked Marlon Byrd.
Philadelphia's A.J. Burnett left with a 2-1 lead after six innings in the debut for his fifth team covering 16 seasons. The 37-year-old right-hander gave up seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
NOTES: Rangers RHP Colby Lewis threw 92 pitches in a minor league exhibition game for Frisco as he continues his comeback from hip surgery. He gave up five runs in 5 1-3 innings. ... The Rangers tweeted an apology after a picture circulated from opening day showing dozens of empty beer cans and bottles at the base of a statue honoring Shannon Stone, the firefighter who died in a fall at the Rangers' home stadium in 2011. The team said the debris was removed "in a timely manner but it should not have been allowed to be placed there in the first place.


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Mark1345 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 171 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
LIFF (London Iranian Film Festival)
London Iranian Film Festival is the first annual Iranian Film Festival in UK. This festival is a 7-10 days special event, which takes place each and every year. This ambitious programme will have a major roll in introducing Iranian cinema in last three decades to new viewers. Many other nationalities have successful annual film festivals in UK and this event would be the first and most prestigious Iranian Film event in Europe.
London Iranian Film Festival will provide opportunities for Iranians, foreign filmmakers and professionals in Film industry to meet and work together on international project. Further opportunities will be created as the festival promotes Iranian heritage and art which could be followed with more educational and presentation mediums.
The festival is about bringing people together, behind the scenes and in the audience. The Festival will also involve professionals who will share their skills, and sponsors who will contribute their resources. As the Iranian cinema has created a great momentum in last three decades the event itself will provide a setting, much more influential than other nationalities Film Festivals.
This is where people regardless of their nationality, life experience and social level sit together, laugh together, cry together and exchange ideas as an audience.
LIFF is a none political Film Festival
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Their island home ... Adam "Vigilante" Abbott and Mark Berry in the HD Bar. Photo: Supplied
THE decor at the Heavy Duty Bar just off Bali's tourist strip is pure bikie gang chic.
In the upstairs pool room, artwork of the skeleton-on-a-flaming-motorcycle school dominates one wall. A poster reads, "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". Ned Kelly and Southern Cross images suggest an Australian connection. It's 10.30pm and downstairs "hot girls" promised in the bar's advertising lounge around in micro-shorts and tight T-shirts.
They are bored. The poles in the corners stand ready for a performance, but are bare for lack of an audience. One lone customer sips his beer.
Members of the Rebel Motorcycle Club Bali chapter. Photo: Supplied
"To be honest, this is about as 'kicked-off' as it gets these days," says Mark Berry, the red-headed and muscle-bound manager.
The HD Bar on Jalan Patih Jelantik might be too far from Kuta's main nightclub strip to do much business, but Australian police believe it signals something else - Australian bikies are moving in on Australia's favourite holiday island.
The bar's part-owner, whose namecard reads Adam "Vigilante" Abbott, is an outlaw motorcycle gang member from Perth.
With his R5 rifle ... Adam "Vigilante" Abbott. Photo: Supplied
He's a patched member of Australia's biggest ''one per cent'' gang, the Rebels, which is the target of a new police crackdown called Taskforce Attero. Outlawed motorcycle gangs sometime refer to themselves as ''one percenters'', a descriptive term of disputed origins arising from a comment that 99 per cent of bikers are law-abiding citizens ''but there's that last 'one per cent' that are nothing more than outlaws''.
Abbott bought the bar from another West Australian bikie, Howard "Howie" Wignall, a 26-year veteran member of WA's most notorious gang, the Coffin Cheaters. Both men have a penchant for guns and have served time in jail.
But theirs are not the only bike gang insignia to be seen around Bali.
Aiming ... Jade Wignall, PR manager at Sky Garden nightclub. Photo: Supplied
They are part of what police believe is a broader push by several outlaw gangs.
The Bandidos have set up formal chapters in Bali, Bandung and Jakarta. Earlier this year the Australian president, Jason Addison, attended a rowdy ceremony to "patch over" dozens of new Indonesian members, inducting them formally into the gang.
The Finks and Rock Machine are also believed to be interested in Bali.
Neither federal nor state police would be interviewed for this story and it is understood they have no hard evidence yet of wrongdoing. But they believe the gangs are on the Indonesian party island for more than the surf.
As they come under increasingly heavy police scrutiny in Australia, gangs are believed to be exploring criminal opportunities in Indonesia including money laundering, the drug trade and smuggling.
Bali itself is a big market for drugs - particularly among the thousands of foreign tourists who land each week. Indonesia's lax laws governing the precursor chemicals used in drug manufacture mean substances such as ephedrine are widely available on the street. Its mainland has a growing drug market, consumer and producer.
The Australian Federal Police called a group of Indonesian counterparts together in a hotel in Bali early in 2012 for an "Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Forum" to warn about the potential threat to peace and public order on their doorstep.
But whether they do not recognise the threat, or they fear the impact on Bali's tourist industry if they talk about motorcycle gang activity, Bali police are so far not prepared to say much.
"We haven't really noticed any criminal activities," the Kuta police chief, I Gede Putu Dedy Ujiana, said. "Based on information from the internet, usually these groups will try to show their existence by showing their logo, but there has been none so far in Bali."
This is not strictly true.
The Bandidos, for one, have made no secret of their presence. In 2010 they held the first Bali Bike Week, attended by hundreds of gang members, many of them wearing patches. A video posted on YouTube shows a huge three-day outdoor party featuring bands, DJs, dancing girls and drinking by hundreds of leather-clad men.
The head of the organising committee for the event, Hari Wiguna, says on the video that 600 participants came from Europe, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and other parts of Indonesia to an event that included fund-raising for local orphanages, cleaning up the beaches and planting trees in Bali's main nightclub strip, Jalan Legian.
"We are doing this to introduce our new club, the Bandidos MC, to Indonesia," he says.
Adam Abbott and Howard Wignall both failed to respond to requests for comments for this story, but Mark Berry at the HD Bar said it was unfair to say they were part of a broader push by gangs. "Howie is the only Coffin Cheater in Bali, and Adam is the only Rebel," he said.
However, the Facebook page for "Rebels MC Bali" suggests otherwise. It depicts eight Indonesians and a western man, who may be Abbott, posing in their leathers with Rebels patches and a ''1%'' graphic.
Abbott and Wignall each has a significant criminal history and a deep interest in firearms. Their adopted country has strict gun laws, but these are undermined by weak enforcement and porous borders.
Abbott's Facebook page shows him carrying a South African army R5 assault rifle. A picture of a semi-automatic rifle is tattooed to the side of his shaven head.
Abbott, 35, has changed his name at least twice. As Adam Schamotta he was described by a court in 2002 as having a "passion for expensive firearms". The court convicted and sentenced him to a two-year and nine-month jail term on charges of obtaining money from banks by fraud, and stealing as a servant. He later lost his permission to hold gun licences for 10 years, reduced on appeal to five years.
In 2010, Abbott, online moniker "gingrowler", was described on eBay feedback as a "valued customer" by a US-based manufacturer of gun holsters, including those used to conceal handguns. He was also a "valued customer" of an online hydroponics store, "one of Australia's largest online suppliers of indoor gardening".
Wignall owns guns and collects birds. But in 2006 he was banned by the WA State Administrative Tribunal from holding gun licences because his membership of the Coffin Cheaters, with its history of firearms violence, meant that he was not a "fit and proper person".
He moved to Bali about two years ago, where he has settled, marrying a Balinese woman.
Wignall has a long criminal history in Australia with 55 convictions, including for drug possession and supply. In 1992 he was jailed for 13 months for offering a $15,000 bribe to a police officer to drop an investigation into a drug offence.
During evidence to a tribunal in 2006, Wignall said the Coffin Cheaters were "like my family". Some people in the gang were thugs and sold and supplied drugs, he conceded, but said of them: "There are a hell of a lot of people in my club now that I don't agree with what they do."
In 2009 Wignall was named in the Federal Court by Tim Johnston, disgraced chief of bankrupt business Firepower, as a stand-over man.
Johnston claimed that Wignall and Sydney building industry "identity" Tom Domican (three times acquitted of murder) had intimidated him until he gave $11 million to one particular creditor, property developer Warren Anderson.
The Coffin Cheaters are known to have strong relationships with Perth businessman and industrial "mediator" John Kizon who also has businesses in Indonesia, including with members of some of the the country's politically connected oligarchs.
Wignall's links to Bali's nightlife go beyond the HD Bar. He is often seen at one of the most popular mainstream nightclubs in Kuta Legian, the Sky Garden.
At night this multiple-storey pub and nightclub conglomerate heaves with patrons and the skimpily dressed hostesses ready to entertain them. The club recently held its "2nd Annual VIP Schoolies Party".
Sky Garden's manager, Sean McAloney, denied in an email any link, formal or informal, between the Coffin Cheaters or Rebels and his club. Rumours that Wignall had an ownership interest were untrue, he said - Wignall had simply been "a loyal patron since he arrived in Bali".
Wignall's daughter, Jade, however - who is pictured on her Facebook page aiming a pistol - is employed at the Sky Garden as the "PR host and promotions supervisor".
Around the time Wignall appeared in Bali the Sky Garden changed security contractors - a controversial move in Bali's gang-dominated security sector.
A number of sources have confirmed that the Sky Garden sacked its previous security provider, Laskar Bali - literally Bali Army - a large and sometimes violent local group which dominates the nightclub security business in Bali. They replaced it with a group led by Jakarta gangster (aka preman, literally "free man") Hercules Rozario Marcal.
Around then, in early 2011, a large fight erupted outside the club, with some antagonists carrying weapons. McAloney said the fight involved only about eight people. Asked if linked to the change in security contract, he said: "I am not sure if this had anything to do with our security, as there have been many theories."
Asked about Hercules and Laskar Bali, McAloney did not answer directly: "We hire security based on their CV and skill sets. Our security come from all over Indonesia (Bali, Central Java, Timor, etc) and ALL have been trained/certified by the police."
New security provider Hercules is closely connected to ex-general Prabowo Subianto, favourite to win Indonesia's 2014 presidential election. A Jakarta source said Hercules had become friendly with "Howie" Wignall and WA identity John Kizon through their interest in promoting boxing.
If Australian bikies are coming to Bali to establish a criminal business, they enter a well-established gang scene. Observers believe they will need to either fight or make alliances.
"There are just so many actors involved in Bali," says Dr Jacqueline Baker, a University of Wollongong political anthropologist specialising in police in south-east Asia. "You see the Russian mafia in Bali these days. It's just such a big market. And it's a really difficult market to take on."
The competition for nightclub security contracts is intense and can be a gateway to the lucrative business of dealing drugs. There is no suggestion that the Sky Garden knows of or condones drug dealing inside or outside its premises.
As for law enforcement in Bali, the Indonesian police may view Australian bikie gangs as little more than Harley-Davidson enthusiasts - a passion they have in common.
The country's Deputy Police Chief, Commissioner General Nanan Soekarna, is, controversially, the chairman of the Indonesian Harley-Davidson Club, and Dr Baker says that, because Harleys cost a large multiple of an officer's annual salary, they have become a highly prized symbol of status.
Australian authorities, meanwhile, are worried about what might happen in Bali, where 2500 Australians come to holiday each week.
"Soon enough the Coffin Cheaters and Bandidos will clash on Kuta Legian over access to market and territory," a source said. "The local police are completely unprepared. They have no idea where this could go, and they don't want to admit they have a potential problem."


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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky's primary goal against Delaware will be like all Blue Hens' opponents: try to keep All-American Elena Della Donne from taking control of the game.
It's not the first time this season the Wildcats have faced one of the sport's best players.
Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell believes his team learned from their experience against the game's most imposing player — 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner — in a 85-51 loss to Baylor. The 6-5 Della Donne presents a different challenge; she rebounds, is a willing passer and averages 28.5 points — but she can dominate from the perimeter.
Delaware's supporting cast also makes it difficult to focus solely on Della Donne, but having faced Griner and an even more balanced Baylor team, the Wildcats feel prepared for the round of 16 showdown.


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He has been as reliable as they come for two seasons in black and gold, so it should come as no surprise that winger Shawn Thornton holds no ill will despite his being a healthy scratch for the first time this season for Game 4 of the Boston Bruins' Eastern Conference semifinal series with Carolina Friday night in Raleigh.
While Thornton sat, rookie Byron Bitz got in the lineup for the first time in the series. The Bruins still fell to go down 3-1 in the series.
"Bitzy's a great hockey player and they put him in to create some energy and I thought he played really well. So good for him," said Thornton after practice today in Wilmington, Mass.
"Whatever it takes. Unfortunately, it didn't end up with the 'W.' But it's not about me this time of year, it's about the team," the rugged forward continued. "Whatever the decision is, everything the coaching staff does is for the team. And I just want to be a part of that. So whatever decision is made, I support it fully."
Thornton maintained his team-first attitude while in the press box Friday, despite the frustration over not being able to help out his teammates and his admitted distaste for watching hockey. What he observed while in a suit might come in handy whether he's back in uniform for Game 5 or not.
"There's a few things (I saw). The game's obviously a lot easier from up top. Things happen so much slower, you can see things develop. So there were a few things that I probably wouldn't have been able to see if I was on the ice, especially with my tunnel vision."
As a former Stanley Cup winner and an elder statesman on the club, Thornton is a guy the younger players turn to in the Bruins' dressing room. He's positive about the Bruins' chances and their ability to regain their past form.
"It's not hard, it's playoffs. We let a couple slip, we've got to dig deep. There's no other choice. As a professional you've got to bring everything you can."


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This exhibition of Old Master prints includes many of the most famous artists ever to work with print-making. Works by Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya, William Hogarth and Rembrandt van Rijn are all featured in the exhibition, which is drawn from the Madden Arnholz Collection.donated to the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (RHK) in 1989 by Claire Madden, prior to the opening of the Museum in 1991. The exhibition is curated by Janet and John Banville.
The works included in the exhibition are by German, Flemish, Dutch and British artists, spanning the period between the beginning of the 16th-century and the early 20th -century. German printmakers of the Dürer period are well represented, but the most comprehensive part of the show is the remarkable group of prints by, and after, William Hogarth. While not complete, this is a valuable group, with several proofs of Hogarths single prints and sequences of modern moral subjects in various states.
The Madden Arnholz Collection was generously donated by Claire Madden to the Royal Hospital in 1989 in memory of her daughter and son-in-law. It includes some 1,200 Old Master prints the collection of engravings by Hogarth alone numbers over 500 works and is among the most comprehensive print collections in existence by the artist. The Collection also includes works donated in October 1998 following Claire Maddens death. These include a large collection of books containing prints by the English printmaker Thomas Bewick and his family, as well as unusual versions of the prints on silk and one of Bewicks printing blocks, of which will also be included in the exhibition.
The original Madden Arnholz Collection was first shown at the RHK in 1987 before it was donated and shown again at IMMA featuring the Hogarth prints in 2007. This exhibition consists of approximately 35 books from the Thomas Bewick collection and 80 Old Master prints.
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If all good things come to those who wait, then Bally Total Fitness stockholders should be seeing something tremendous at the end of their wait.
In November, the company said it would restate its financials from 2000 through the first quarter of 2004. In the meantime, the company has not filed a financial statement since the first quarter of 2004 (It has said it will file financial statements by the end of this July.).
Company executives and stockholders also await the findings of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into accounting issues involving prepaid dues and a criminal investigation by the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C. No details were released by the U.S. attorney's office on the scope of the criminal investigation or whether it involves former or current employees.
In the meantime, Bally has retained the Blackstone Group as a financial advisor in hopes that Blackstone can help turn around the company.
"The reason Blackstone, a well-respected company, was hired was to look at all the strategic options," said Rick Caro of consulting company Management Vision. "The logical ones would be review its debt structure, which has been a burden for years, and see if there's a way to alleviate that. Certainly, they want to look at selling some of their noncore assets. Blackstone would be experienced in helping a client like Bally to do that in a way to maximize value."
Bally has said that the Blackstone Group will work with it to evaluate and refine its business plan and develop a long-term financial strategy to improve the company's capital structure and maximize free cash flow. As of Sept. 30, Bally's net debt was $725 million.
"We are paying $70 million a year in interest on the debt. So for us, it is critical to restructure that debt and get it down," said Jon Harris, Bally spokesperson. While that strategy may include franchising certain assets or the sale of certain noncore assets, Harris would not comment on which assets. However, the company has several clubs in Canada, China, the Caribbean, Korea and Mexico as well as the Crunch Fitness, Gorilla Sports and Pinnacle Fitness brands in the United States — any of which might be attractive to investors. Other assets that could be on the auction block include the company's remaining credit facilities. Last year, the company sold a $275 million credit facility.
Various publications have reported that certain investment firms are looking at purchasing parts of Bally. Companies mentioned include Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. LLC, which owns Town Sports International; TRT Holdings, which bought Gold's Gym last year; Brunswick Corp., which owns fitness equipment maker Life Fitness; and Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC, a Santa Monica, CA-based merchant bank and large Bally bondholder, who may be working with Apollo Management LP and Texas Pacific Group to buy 40 percent of Bally.
Harris would not reveal a timeline for any decisions.
"We are in the midst of a turnaround," he said. "I think the right decisions sometimes take time. We'd love to find a resolution as soon as possible, but this takes time. We know that we have a lot to do right now, and we are doing it."
Harris credits Paul Toback for changing the face of the business since becoming CEO, saying that while the past regime was focused on growing through acquisition, Toback is focusing on maximizing what the company already has.
"Keep in mind, Paul Toback two and a half years ago took over a very broken company," said Harris. "The company was riddled with problems from not having a focus, vision or solid business plan. We had 24 months of sagging membership sales. Within two years, Paul has undone what it took the prior regime seven years to do."
Harris' comments echo those of Bally's independent audit committee, which in February released results from its investigation into the company's accounting woes. The committee blamed many of the accounting issues that necessitated the restatements of financials on former CEO Lee Hillman and former CFO John Dwyer. Hillman was chairman and CEO from 1996 to 2002 and Dwyer was CFO from 1996 to 2004. Toback served as COO during part of the time under question, but the audit committee did not find him responsible for the accounting issues.
The audit committee said that Hillman and Dwyer, both of whom were employed as certified public accountants by Bally's former auditors Ernst & Young before their employment with Bally, were responsible for multiple accounting errors in the company's financial statements and created a culture within the accounting and finance groups that encouraged aggressive accounting. In addition, the committee said that certain accounting policies and positions were suggested and implemented without a reasonable empirical basis and that Dwyer made a false and misleading statement to the SEC.
The Chicago Sun-Times quoted Hillman and Dwyer's attorney, Jerold S. Solovy of Jenner & Block, as saying, "These are scurrilous allegations. They are trying to pass the buck for the poor performance of current management onto Mr. Hillman and Mr. Dwyer."
Two midlevel managers in the accounting department during 1997-2001 were also let go after the investigation.
While the investigation did not specifically examine Ernst & Young, which formerly was the auditor for the company, the committee stated that it believed that the firm made several errors in the course of its work. Ernst & Young declined to comment on the committee's statement.
The investigation found errors in the company's rationale for and implementation of its deferral of membership acquisition costs under Bally's prior accounting method. The investigation also concluded that the company took aggressively optimistic positions on several matters related to the analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts, which were without a reasonable empirical basis.
The company also has identified deficiencies in its internal controls over financial reporting. A number of these deficiencies, either individually or in the aggregate, constitute material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting, the company said.
The investigation, which took five months to complete, was led by former SEC attorney Herbert F. Janick III of Bingham McCutchen LLP. Forensic audit work was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Results of the investigation have been reported to the SEC.
Harris said that the audit committee investigation sends a clear message that an aggressive accounting culture will not be tolerated. "What's nice about this is that it allows us to turn our full attention to the business turnaround and our strategic plans," he said.
However, the SEC investigation and the criminal investigation by the U.S. attorney may prevent the company from moving forward too fast. Bally has stated that it is fully cooperating with both investigations.
"For us, it's about telling our story and letting people know that what was done in the former regime will not be tolerated in the current regime," Harris said about how the problems Bally faces is affecting investor views of the company. "It is our goal to not only tell the financial community that, but our members and employees. We are very serious and focused on making this business successful and maximizing the true potential of this business. We are doing whatever we have to do to increase shareholder value and improve customer service and maximize the true value of the Bally brand and make this brand as good as it can be."


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Dear Ron Kirk: Transparency Isn't Hearing From Critics, It's Telling The Public What You're Doing
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We already noted that he was playing word games here and being disingenuous, but it's even worse than that. As Sherwyn Siy properly points out, what Kirk is pointing out isn't transparency. All he's talking about is hearing various opinions -- not sharing what the USTR is actually doing. As Siy points out transparency is about information flow in the other direction:
This is a key point that needs to be made about transparency—it's not about whether or not the government has the relevant opinions of the public. Transparency is about the flow of information the other way—information about the workings of government being visible to the people it is supposed to represent. That is precisely what is lacking in this process. This should be an obvious point, but it's one that Kirk's response either fundamentally misunderstands or deliberately sidesteps. So long as no actual proposed text comes to light (you know, the way draft laws and international treaties are published), the process remains opaque, and no amount of input from whatever stakeholders into the TPP process makes up for a lack of real information flowing the other way.Until Ron Kirk is willing to address that point, his disingenuous and insulting claims about how many meetings he's holding are meaningless fluff from someone who is avoiding his official duty as a representative of the American public.


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Startup RV manufacturer Nexus RV LLC has invited 20,000 people to an open house June 20-30 at its Elkhart manufacturing facility to promote its new line of Class C motorhomes.
"We don't know how many people will show up," said Claude Donati, president of the factory-direct manufacturer who reported that invitees are current or recent RV owners.
Nexus' full lineup, which includes a traditional Phantom minimotorhome and a B-plus-style Viper C-body, will be on display at the June open house. "We are going to have all our units on display as well as consignments and used units," said Donati, a former Gulf Stream Coach Inc. vice president.
Supplier issues delayed a planned debut of the Nexus motorhome at last week's Family Motor Coach Association's (FMCA) 45th Family Reunion and Motorhome Showcase in Perry, Ga. "We took the posture that you're only new once and we didn't want to make a bad impression the first time out," Donati said.
With the supplier issues solved, Nexus plans to ship its first 10 units on April 1 to ABC Motorhomes, a rental dealership in Anchorage, Alaska.
Sixty-six minimotorhomes in Lexus' first production run will go to rental outlets, Donati reported. "Our plan is to use the rental business to help us initially," he said.
Although Nexus is a factory-direct manufacturer, the company's facilities will be open to rental dealers during Open House Week which is in the planning stages for the Elkhart area in September.
"We have a list of rental dealers and we are only a block away from where Forest River is going to hold its open house at Dynamax," Donati said. "We will have our doors open."
Donati has reported that the company expects $20 million in sales while producing one unit a day during its first year.
All Nexus Class C's are built on 14,500-pound GVWR Ford E-450 Super Duty chassis with lightweight steel superstructures and Azdell Superlite composite sidewalls and roofs.
The Phantom is available in five 23- to 32-foot floorplans with up to two slideouts and an MSRP of $85,300. The Viper will feature a molded fiberglass cap and offered in three 23- to 27-foot floorplans with up to three slideouts for an MSRP of $89,600.
Nexus has established service arrangements with 200 independent service centers throughout the country, according to Donati.


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TORONTO -- The deadline for Ontario's teachers to reach agreements with their local school boards is tonight at one minute before midnight.
Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten is urging those school boards and teachers who haven't yet reached deals to do so before tonight's deadline.
She says 65 ratified local agreements have been submitted so far and she's hoping others will follow.
Broten has not said if she would move to impose deals on Jan. 1 -- only that she has the option to do it under Bill 115.
The legislation -- which freezes the pay of most teachers, reduces their ability to bank sick days and limits their right to strike -- has drawn protests from teacher's unions in the province.
The union representing public elementary teachers held a series of rotating one-day strikes earlier this month as part of its fight against the controversial legislation and has warned of more protests.
On Sunday, Broten announced a tentative deal with the Canadian Union of Public Employees which represents about 55,000 workers, including educational assistants, early childhood educators, instructors, custodians, librarians and secretaries.
CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn says the union remains opposed to Bill 115 and will continue its campaign to repeal it, which includes a legal challenge.


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Now that the Duchess of Cambridge is a mom, it seems like she's been recycling her wardrobe even more than before giving birth to Prince George. Maybe she's not as into shopping for new looks, or maybe she just knows what she loves and sticks to it. That's definitely the case with this ink blue Jenny Packham gown, which Kate brought back out of her closet for the Royal Portrait Gala in London Tuesday (far left), just three months after she first wore it (right).
And we don't blame her for being obsessed with this dress. The off-the-shoulder number, featuring a black velvet belt, highlights her slender waist, while the flowing silk tulle feels very regal. Back in October, Kate debuted the gown at the 100 Women in Hedge Funds/Action on Addiction gala dinner in London. But for this time around, she chose to step things up in the accessory department, adding a diamond drop necklace borrowed from Queen Elizabeth. She also added a tighter curl to her coveted hair.
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NEW YORK -- It's a whole lot of history _ in a little paperweight.
The silver and wood-framed memento was given by President John F. Kennedy to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to mark the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
Fifty years later, the paperweight along with letters, photographs and other items from McNamara's personal effects is going up for auction. Sotheby's is opening the collection for public viewing on Tuesday, and the auction is scheduled for Oct. 23.
McNamara, who died in 2009, served as the head of the Pentagon from 1961 to 1968, first for JFK and then for President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was part of that decade's major events _ including the Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961, the missile crisis, and the escalation of the Vietnam War.
The collection is "sort of a capsule visual history of the 1960s, which is certainly one of the most divisive yet vibrant decades in American history," said Selby Kiffer, senior vice president of books and manuscripts and one of the main auction organizers.
Kiffer said the paperweight, with a pre-sale estimate of between $15,000 and $20,000, is one of the highlights. It's one of a relative few that were made.
He noted that the days of the public exhibition and auction coincide with the 50th anniversary of the missile crisis, a tense 13-day nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Afterward, Kennedy had given McNamara and others the paperweight with the October 1962 calendar page on it, the days of the conflict standing out and his and the recipient's initials on top.
The items up for sale in his personal archive also include a document signed by Kennedy that formally appointed McNamara to his position, estimated to sell between $10,000 and $15,000, along with two chairs from the Kennedy administration's Cabinet Room. They come with a letter signed by Jacqueline Kennedy, and have a pre-sale estimate of $150,000 to $250,000.
The material for sale also includes a collection of political cartoons, and signed books given to him by both presidents he served, as well as by Robert F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy.
There are also letters from Jacqueline Kennedy, like one from April 1963 in which she thanks McNamara and his wife for an engraving they had given the presidential couple. The letter is estimated to sell for between $8,000 and $12,000.
Kiffer said the overall estimate for the auction's sales was between $600,000 and $800,000.
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The Microbiome
Infant Microbiome
You Are only as Young as Your Microbiome
Antibiotic Effects on the Microbiome
Probiotics and Prebiotics
Exercising Dominion
Basic Needs for Good Health
Exercise - Walking
Fresh Air and Sunlight
Good Relationships
8 Glasses a Day ...Really?
About Being Female
The Science and Reality of Cellulite
About Being Male
The Vanishing Male
Fresh Food by Prescription
Philosophy vs Physiology
Vegetarianism to Save the Planet?
Organic Principles
Beyond Industrial Organic
What Diet Works for YOU?
Healthy Fats
Diet for a Global Economy
Food by Any Name
Myth of Modern Agriculture
Processed Food
Farming, Processing, and Gluten
Quantity vs Quality
Nutrition vs Nutritionism
Why Our Diseases?
The Role of Insulin
Find the Cause, Find the Solution
Confessions of a Gluten Addict
The Weight Loss Perspective
Healing Therapies
Colon Cleansing Therapy
Exercise Therapy
Diet Therapy Part 1
Diet Therapy Part 2
Emotional Therapy
The Cause behind the Cause
The Wisdom of the Body
Allergies, Asthma, ADHD, and Autism - Link
Solved: The Riddle of Heart Disease
Behind the Thyroid
Cortisol Is Good, Cortisol Is Bad
Does Thinking Make It So?
The Cost of Progress
How We Destroyed the Middle Class
Antibiotic Resistance Part 1
Antibiotic Resistance Part 2
NNT: The Benefit of a Drug - or Not
Unintended Consequences
Addressing Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's: Upsetting the Balance
Blood Sugar's Effect on the Brain
Brain Balance
A Mind of Your Own
Sessions 1 - 8 (The Old Testament)
Introduction - Biblical Perspective on Health
Session 1: The Character of God
Session 2: God the Creator
Session 3: The Fall
Session 4: Noah and a Changed Earth
Session 5: Fall and Renewal
Session 5 Bonus: Ascent from Chaos
Session 6: The Exodus
Session 7: Israel's Inconsistent Relationship with God
Session 8: The Law and the Prophets
Sessions 9 -13 (The New Testament)
Session 9 Introduction - Preparation for the New Testament
Session 9: Jesus - A New Way of Seeing
Session 10: Jesus - A New Way of Understanding
Session 11: Jesus - A New Way of Being
Session 12: Health in the Epistles
Session 13: Health Begins in the Heart
Essential Oils
God's Love Manifest in Molecules
Benefits of Essential Oils
Blessings & Benefits - Copaiba Essential Oil
Essential Oils & Antibiotics
Biblical Perspective
Genesis 1 - 12
Genesis 1-12
A Creation Perspective 1
Words of the Bible
Hebrew vs Greek Thought
Wisdom infused into all Creation
Creation or Big Bang?
The Miracle of Light
What Is a Day?
What is a Firmament?
Seas and Earth
A Creation Perspective 2
Let the Earth bring forth
Let there be lights
Fill the waters...
Let the earth bring forth (again)
Let Us Make Man
Subdue the Earth
Every green herb...
Enter His Rest
A New Creation
The Gift of Eden
A River Runs through It
Mankind's Purpose
An Incomplete Creation
Adam's Better Half
Two Questions
Misuse of the Power to Choose
A Kingdom Is More Than a Place
Adam Abused his Authority
Function and Dysfunction
Beyond Eden
About Cain and Abel
The Mark of Cain
The Family of Cain
Affirmation of life
What Is in a Genealogy?
Noah and the Flood
But Noah
Build an ark Gen 6 14
Creation Reversed Gen 7:1
Water, Water Everywhere Gen. 7:17
By your patience....
A New Beginning (Again) Gen 8:20
The Rainbow - Noah & Now
Incident with Noah's Son
Babel to Abraham
Nations from Noah
Ice Age Interlude
Culture & Character - Babel
Abraham at the Crossroads
Abram's Call
Promises to Abram
Blessings for All
Notes From 1 Kings
The Failure of the Wisdom of Solomon
Practical Israel
Matthew Chapters 1 - 7
Matthew 1 - 4
Gospel of Matthew
Matthew's Genealogy Matt. 1:1
Joseph's Side of the Story
Wise Men from the East
Out of Egypt
John the Baptist
John's Baptism
Temptation of Jesus Matt 4:1
Beginning Ministry
Building a Kingdom
The Beatitudes
The Beatitudes Introduction
The Poor in Spirit
Those Who Mourn
The Meek
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger & Thirst...
The Merciful
The Pure in Heart
The Peacemakers
The Persecuted
In the Sanctuary
Beyond the Beatitudes
Matthew Chapter 5
Salt & Light
Christ on the Law
Murder of a Good Name
Conflict Resolution
What you think matters
Jesus on Divorce
Jesus Forbids Oaths
Do Not Resist Evil
Love Your Enemy
Matthew Chapter 6
Do Good to Please God
And When You Pray
The Model Prayer
The Lord's Prayer Part 2
Lead us not into temptation
Fasting and Treasure
The Lamp of the Body
A Test of Faith
Seek First
Matthew Chapter 7
Judge Not - But We Must!
Pearls before Swine
Ask, Seek and Knock
Two Choices, Again
I Never Knew You
Rock & Sand
Matthew 8 - 11
Matthew 8
Cleansing a Leper
Healing and Healing
The Centurion in the Kingdom
Healing the Individuals in the Multitude
Discipleship Commitment
Wind & Wave Obey Jesus
Two Demon-Possessed Men Healed
Matthew 9
Jesus Forgives & Heals
Calling Matthew
Question of Fasting
Healing in His Wings
Two Blind Men Healed
The Compassion of Jesus
Matthew 10
Mission of the Apostles
Handling Rejection
Why We Are Quiet
A Perspective on the Cross
Receiving Peace
Matthew 11
John Questions Jesus
The Least Is Greater
Understanding a Difficult Passage
You Cannot Please Everyone
Laying down Your Burden
Matthew 12 - 15
Matthew 12
Lord of the Law
When May We Do Good Works?
A House Divided
A Difficult Passage
Looking for Signs & Wonders
An Unclean Spirit Returns
Choosing Our Genealogy
Matthew 13
The Purpose of Parables
The Parable of the Sower
Wheat and Tares
Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven
Hidden Treasure
Seven Parables, Seven Churches, New beginnings
Do We Have a Right to Be Offended?
Matthew 14
John the Baptist Beheaded
Feeding the Five Thousand
I AM; Fear Not
Peter's (Short) Walk
Matthew 15
Tradition as Master
Parents and Children
Our Words Defile Us
Victory of Humility
Feeding the 4,000
Matthew 16-19
Matthew 16
The Times They Are a Changing....
Beware the Doctrine....
The Son of Man Matt. 16:13
Rock, Keys, and Gates
The Rock Becomes a Stumbling Block
Take up the Cross
Matthew 17
The Transfiguration
Spiritual Things in a Physical World
Moving Mountains
The Sons Are Free
Matthew 18
Greatness and Humility Joined as One
Creating Stumbling Blocks
Angels to Watch Over Us
To Not Share in the Prize
Unforgiving Servant Part 1
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Fruit of the Spirit by Linda Lea
A Mosaic of Faith from the Gospels by Seaver, Paperback Used
Israel in Egypt by Hoffmaier Paperback Used
Sparkling Gems from the Greek by Renner Used
The Existence & Attributes of God by Charnock Hardback Used
The Names of God 52 Bible Studies by Spangler
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Healing Touch A Guidebook for Practitioners by Dorothea Hover-Kramer Paperback Used
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Quantum Physics, Essential Oils, and the Mind-Body Connection by David Stewart
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Reiki: Healing Yourself and Others by Burack Paperback Used
The Medical Discoveries of Edward Bach Physician by Weeks Paperback Used
The Science & Practice of Iridology by Jensen
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