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As a sophomore at UNC Charlotte this is my first semester living off campus. Myself and my three other roommates decided to get an apartment at University Walk across the street from UNC Charlotte. It was convenient and close. The price was a little on the higher side, but we didn't look many other places.
We have lived there since August and had a few run ins with the police for parties, and loud noises but no major violations with the University Walk apartment complex. We like to be a bit festive so we put up christmas lights when me moved in (in August) on our balcony.
Just last week University Walk employees came into our apartment unannounced to change the batteries in our smoke detector. It is a routine thing, and we didn't think much of it. We were a little caught off guard to the attention they were paying to the rest of the apartment. They kept looking around as if they were trying to find something. It was a bit strange but we didn't think much of it.
Later on that day we also some University Walk employees walking around with a clipboard outside our apartment building. I was a little confused as to what they were doing. Maybe taking some sort of inventory on something outside? I didn't even know. Regardless I dismissed it and went on with my day.
A few days later we received letter with a list of fines and violations that needed to be payed in just one weeks time along with the month of Februarys rent. The four of us were furious as we looked down the list of fines that we had received.
The first fine that we saw $150 for having christmas lights hung up on our balcony. That was just absurd. We have had those lights up there the entire year since August. How on earth can you fine us for something like that? It wasn't affecting anyone, it's not an eye sore. It's just us being a little festive.
The next fine we saw was for trash inside out apartment. We assumed this was from when the University Walk employee came in to change our smoke detector batteries. He was looking around too suspiciously to only be there to change the batteries. He was looking for reasons to fine us. We had one bag of trash left by the door to be taken out the next time one of us went outside. It's not like we had heaps of trash all over the apartment. We were fined $120 for that.
Next was for having trash outside. We had a garbage pale outside for throwing away our beer cans or any other trash when we have parties. Some people smoke out on the balcony so we thought it would be convenient and considerate of us to leave a trash can out there, much rather than have trash left out there all over the place. We were fined another $120 for that.
We were fined another $50 for having 2 camping chairs unfolded on the balcony, as well as a mop. We were told that we were using it as storage and that was grounds for a fine. How are 2 unfolded chairs where people were sitting out there just earlier that day grounds for storage. Its for leisure! Sometimes we like to sit outside! As for the mop we had just cleaned our floors and needed a place for the wet mop to dry out. Another ridiculous fine.
Lastly we were fined for having a artifact statue one of my roommates brought back from Switzerland. We were told it looked like a hookah and were fined $175 for smoking paraphernalia . Keep in mind there was no hoses, no tobacco, or illegal drugs anywhere to be found on this thing. This was clearly made on assumptions. It was very clear University Walk was trying to make some extra money off of us.
We were all clearly upset about these ridiculous fines so we all went to the club house to see what exactly our lease had written on it about all these fines. When we asked for the lease the man behind the desk was being very difficult about it. He didn't want to turn over the lease for us to look it. It took over 15 minutes of haggling with him to finally get it so we could view it.
After viewing the lease we did not see any of fines and violations listed on there. There was nothing about christmas lights, balcony storage, not a damn thing. This made us even more furious and we stormed back to our rooms.
To top it all off my roommates car was broken into just recently too. There has always been rumors of theft at University Walk, but we sure have found out on our own that it is definitely true. They stole his expensive sound system, and stereo system. When we tried to have University Walk help us out with the situation they rudely dismissed us and told us it wasn't their problem.
After all this stuff University Walk has put us through they had the guts to knock on our door yesterday and ask us if we wanted to resign our lease for another 12 months. We were all absolutely flabbergasted. After all this crap they really expected us to resign. We politely declined. However the man trying to get us to resign wouldn't stop pushing us.
He would not leave our doorstep and literally got on his hands and knees begging us to resign our lease. He said that if we did all of our fines would be dropped. Thats when it all became clear. University Walk made up these bogus fines to try to trap us into resigning our lease. They are a dirty organization and the four of u
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We all vowed never to live in this piece of crap apartment complex ever again. We are currently looking for a house to live in next year while we go to school. We hope to avoid the stupid crap that University Walk put us through. I definitely don't recommend anyone ever live there. They are a dirty company and try to screw their residents.


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Monday, December 29, 2008
Gross donation
A stunning new donation of works by and about Samuel D. Gross, MD, was received into Historical Collections & Archives this morning. Delivered by longtime faculty member and bibliophile Richard Mullins, MD, the collection is comprised of nine works (listed below), all new to the History of Medicine Collection here at OHSU. Once processed, these works will be available to researchers throughout the Portland community and beyond. We are extremely grateful to Dr. Mullins for choosing to deposit this significant group of titles here in HC&A.
Item Number 1
Title on cover: Complimentary Dinner to Professor S. D. Gross. April, 1879
Title Page Dates and Edition: Complimentary dinner give to Professor S. D. Gross by the medical friends in commemoration of his fifty-first year in the profession. April 10, 1879
Publisher: Lindsay & Blakiston Philadelphia: 1879
Item Number 2
Title on cover: Memorial Oration in Honor of Ephraim McDowell
Title Page Dates and Edition: Memorial Oration in honor of Ephraim McDowell "The father of ovariotomy". Samuel D. Gross, M.D., LL.D., D.C. L., Oxon.
Delivered at Danville, Ky at the dedication of the monument erected to the memory of Dr Ephraim McDowell by the Kentucky State Medical Society, May 14, 1879.
Publisher: "Published by the Society", Louisville, Ky. Printed by John P. Morton and company, 1879
Ex libris Robert J. Moes.
Owner's name "L Connor MD" on spine
Item Number 3
Title on cover: John Hunter and his Pupils / Prof Gross
Title Page Dates and Edition: John Hunter and his pupils. By S.D. Gross, M.D., LL.D., D.C.L., Oxon., LL.D. Cantab. Professor of Surgery in the Jefferson Medical College: President of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Etc.
Publisher: Presley Blakiston, 1012 Walnut Street Philadelphia, 1881
On the second page is the signature "DL Smith, MD, May 1881"
On the title page under John Hunter is written in pen "was 5 feet 2 inches high".
Several notes from apparently Dr DL Smith in the text.
Item Number 4
Title on cover: Memoir of Dr Mott
Title Page Dates and Edition: Memoir of Valentine Mott, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Surgery in the University of the City of New Your, Member of the Institute of France
By S.D. Gross, M.D., LL.D. First Edition
Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and Co., Philadephia: Lindasy and Blakiston. 1868
Bookplate of Alferd C. Wood, M.D., Philadephia Penna.
Inscribed note on the second page "With the authors kind regards"
Item Number 5
Title on cover: History of American Medical Literature
Title Page Dates and Edition: History of American Medical Literature. From 1776 to the present time. By S. D. Gross, M.D., LL.D. D.C L. Oxon. Professor of surgery in the Jefferson Medical College "The chief glory of every people arises from its authors." Dr. Johnson. First Edition
Publisher: Philadelphis: Collins, Printer, 705 Jayne Street 1876
Item Number 6
Title on spine: Wounds of the Intestines
Title Page Dates and Edition: An Experimental and critical inquiry into the nature and treatment of Wounds of the intestines: Illustrated by engravings. By Samuel D. Gross, M.D. Professor of Surgery in the Louisville Medical Institute: Surgeon to the Louisville Marine Hospital: Member of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia: &c, &c.
"The honor of our art, and the moral character of its professors suffer, whenever we pay so blind a deference to any one as prevent us using our own judgments, and from declaring feely the results of our inquires or experiments." Post. First Edition
Publisher: Louisville: Prentice and Weissinger. 1843.
Book plate from Victor Robinson Froben. Signe by O H Allis; June 68- No 225 So 9th Phila
Inscribed: "For Dr Jones. With the best regards of the authors. Louisville, June 1845."
Item Number 7
Title on spine: A Manual of General Anatomy.
Title Page Dates and Edition: A Manual of General Anatomy, containing a concise description of the elementary tissues of the human body. From the French of A. L. J. Bayle and H. Hollard. By S. D. Gross, M.D. First Edition
Publisher: Philadelphia: John Grigg, No 9, North Fourth Street. 1828.
Stamped name Matt O Smith
Item Number 8
Title on spine: Elements of Pathological Anatomy
Title Page Dates and Edition: Elements of pathological Anatomy, Illustrated by Numerous engravings. "In morbis, sive acutis, sive chronicis, viget occultum, per humans speculations fere incomprehensibile." Baglivi By Samuel D. Gross, M.D. Late Professor of General Anatomy, physiology, and pathological anatomy, in the medical department of the Cincinnati college. In two volumes, Vol 1 and Vol 2. First edition
Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capan, Lyon, & Webb, and James B. Dow. 1839.
Signature and stamped name inside cover both volumes. L. P Williams, Harrodburg, Ky, 1878.
Item Number 9
Title on spine: Gross on the Urinary Organs
Title Page Dates and Edition: A practical treatise of the Diseases and Injuries of the Urinary Bladder, the Prostrate Gland, and the Urethra. By S.D. Gross, M.D. Professor of Surgery in the University of Louisville: Member of the American Medical Association; Author of "Elements of Paathological Anatomy," etc. etc. With one hundred and six illustrations. First Edition
Publisher: Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea. 1851
Stamped with A. H. Barkley M.D. Lexington Kentucky.
Signiture of Curran L. Smith
(to see the Gross already held by OHSU, check the online catalog)
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Bulgarian Folklore
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The Bagpipe
The Bulgarian bagpipe or GAIDA which some westerners misquote as Macedonian is a typical folklore instrument. It belongs to the group of wind instruments. It first appeared in the remote past somewhere in Southeast Asia, but it is now part of the folklore music in many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. In some like France, Germany, Austria and others it has been improved, retained its primitive shape. In Bulgaria the gaida is bound up with people's everyday life. As an instrument with a very powerful sound it is often played at weddings, at grape-harvest time, holidays like Trifon Zarezan in February when the vines are clipped, at Nestinari (barefoot walking on live coals) or Koukeri (masking parades) games and gatherings. The gaida is a respected instrument in many parts of the country but it is most treasured in the Rhodopi Mountains.
The Bulgarian gaida has two sound pipes – a chanter and a drone. There are of course bagpipes with more than two sound pipes, but they are not representative for Bulgaria. There are two types of bagpipes here – the low, mountain gaida, also called KABA, and the high weddings gaida which is called DJOURA.The Kaba gaida is the most popular type of Bulgarian bagpipes. It is distinguished for its large bag, longer chanter and drone. The sound is unique, deep and beautiful; it takes you away to the mild green hills of its home, the Rhodopi Mountain.
There are data about a third type DVOIANKA (double chanter) but it can rarely be heard.
Construction: All share a common form: white kidskin bag, blowpipe, drone and chanter. The wooden parts are as follows:
1. "duhalo" (blowpipe) – a short (12 cm) wooden pipe through which the player blows in order to fill the bag with air. The bottom part of the duhalo has a skin flapjack which prevents the air from escaping out of the bag;
2. "gaidunitsa" – a chanter, made of hard wood, 25-30 cm long. The gaidunitza has on its face side seven finger holes of different width and on its back side a single hole for the thumb. The tone row is obtained from the finger holes. The "gaidunitsa" makes this instrument unique. It has the capability of a full chromatic scale.
3. "ruchilo" (drone) – made out of plum tree, 58cm. The drone produces only one tone, which sounds incessantly and is in unison with the main tone of the melody.
4. "Glavini" (Stocks)
The bagpipe tone is achieved through the help of "piskuni" (reeds) – thin pipes, with a tongue cut in lengthwise. The long one is made of special type of reed, it is 8, 5 cm long, and placed at the upper end of the drone. The smaller one (5 cm long), made of cow's horn, is for the gaidunitsa. Its most unusual detail is the "flea hole", a small metal ring at the top of the pipe that calls the tune. In its low register the bagpipe sounds softly with a subdued tone. In its high register the bagpipe tone becomes harsh, sharp and shrill. Generally, the bagpipe sounds full toned and mellow.
- The large KABA gaida with a low register is typical for the Rhodopi mountain area. It is usually pitched in the key of E (mi) or D (re). It is distinguished for its large bag, longer chanter and drone. The chanter is cylindrical or hexagonal with slight curve in its lower end. Griff apertures are 8 and differ in diameter and form. The drone consists of three parts. The most important acoustic role plays the third part - it forms the specific timbre of the sound. The reeds of the Kaba-gaida are quite big as well. The ring cap is made from cow-horn. When all griff apertures are closed, in accordance to the full length of the chanter, the produced tones may be C, Bb or A of the little octave. The drone is formed in tune with the tone that is two octaves lower than the quintal tone of the chanter. The sonority of the Kaba-gaida is mild and pleasant. Very often the piper-man sings and accompanies his song himself.
- And the small one called DJURA gaida with a high-pitched register. It is outspread in Thrace, Northern Bulgaria, and Dobrudja. Djura gaida is usually pitched in the key of G (sol). Djura in the key of D (re) also can be made. The high Djura-gaida is smaller than the Kaba. The chanter is in the form of cone with 7 griff apertures on the front side and one on the back side. The drone consists of three different-length parts. Due to the length of the joints, the drone is shortened or made longer till the right tune matching the chanter is achieved. The reed of the chanter is small as well. At all griff apertures closed, chanter produces G of the 1st octave. The basic key of the drone may be D or E. Djura-gaidas are characterized by its bright and sharp sonority, very suitable for playing on the outside. They are often accompanied with tupan (a big folk drum).
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Bulgarian Myth and Folklore
Bulgarian folk narratives are distinguished by their stark, primal qualities, their spare poetic beauty and powerful archetypal characters. The characters are larger than life - epic heroes, warrior women and beguiling beings who inhabit a magical landscape that has its own reality, laws and logic. They are many-layered and reveal some very ancient roots, perhaps going back to Thracian times and beyond.
Modern day Bulgaria lies at the crossroads between East and West, and has ancestral roots among three quite different groups of peoples: the ancient Thracians, the Slavs and the Proto-Bulgarians. These peoples were originally separate and ethnically distinct, with widely differing cultures and religions, and it is this mix that has contributed to modern Bulgaria's rich heritage and still vibrant folklore and traditional culture.
The ancient Thracians were an Indo-European tribal people who settled at least 5,000 years ago in that area of the Balkans whose heartland is now the modern state of Bulgaria. They were expert horse breeders, produced fine vines and wines, and were artful metalworkers, creating an exquisite treasury of adornments, ritual objects and vessels. They had a rich culture to rival that of the ancient Greeks but they had no written language of their own. So much of what we know about them comes from their rich archaeological remains, and from the Greek writers who were their contemporaries.
The Thracians revered the forces of nature, worshipped the sun and believed in the immortality of the soul. Thracian mythology encompassed the mysterious Thracian Horseman, the wine-loving Dionysus and Bendis, the great mother goddess, sometimes depicted riding a doe, bow in hand with a quiver of arrows slung across her back. Thracian myth and culture is dramatic, veering from light to dark. It is located in a wild mountainous landscape where the great goddess hunts, the horse is sacred and the mysterious Thracian Horseman dispenses both life and death. And Orpheus, the great singer, musician, healer and sorcerer, descends to the Underworld in search of his dead consort Eurydice, offering the promise of immortality and rebirth.
After the 6th century AD the Thracians were absorbed into the Slavic and Bulgarian peoples who settled in the area, but the subsequent Bulgarian kingdom inherited their legacy.
Bulgaria is rich in Thracian archaeological remains, and traces of Thracian myth and religion have survived in current Bulgarian folklore and customs, such as those given below.
Samodivi (also samovili and yudi) There are many tales about these wild female nymphs of the waters, woodlands and the mountains, renowned for their exquisite singing and dancing. Though they are generally viewed as Slavic in origin (see below), in Bulgarian folklore they share some characteristics with the Thracian goddess Bendis. In one tale, Vida, a powerful samodiva of the Pirin mountains, rides a stag with bow in hand and a quiver of arrows on her back; her reins are grass snakes, and her whip is also a snake. She kills the beautiful male singer, Ivo (a relic of Orpheus?) and flies up to the moon, before restoring him to life in the curative gardens of Magda samovila. In other tales, samodivi call down the moon and milk it like a cow. In some tales they kill or take the heads of humans who cross them, reminiscent of the Maenads, the ecstatic female followers of Dionysus who tore Orpheus apart in a drunken frenzy.
The epic hero Krali Marko on his horse Sharkoliya Krali Marko was a real historical person who lived in the 14th century AD. He has since became overlaid with an earlier mythology that reflects some aspects of the Thracian Horseman god, who was sometimes simply called Hero. There are many heroic songs (the traditional way of telling these epic tales was through song) about Krali Marko's adventures with his magical horse Sharkoliya.
Bulgaria's ancient style of singing, famed throughout the world for its haunting vocals and exquisite harmonies, surely follows in the tradition of Orpheus. It is also thought that Bulgaria's unusual uneven rhythms may derive from Thracian music.
They believed in many deities, spirits of nature and demons, and for them, the world was alive with all-pervasive supernatural powers and energies,The Slavs migrated to the Balkan peninsula from Central Europe in the early part of the 7th century AD. They were a freedom-loving agricultural people, living democratically in clan communes with no rigid organisational structures or hierarchies. including wood and water nymphs, witches, vampires and werewolves. Trees and animals were revered as man's ancestors, rivers were worshipped, fire and the sun were important partsof cult rituals, and seasonal festivals featured prominently in their religion.
The Slavs built shrines where they worshipped their gods in the form of idols. Their main god was Perun, the god of thunder, who gave his name to the Pirin mountains in southern Bulgaria. Volos, or Veles was the god of horned animals. Female deities were less significant and included Lada and Lyulya, goddesses of love and awakening nature.Ladouvane A girls' ritual that takes its name from Lada, the Slavic goddess of love. The ritual includesfortune telling in a custom called "the singing of the rings". The goddess also features in traditional Bulgarian wedding songs.
Vampires This is one of several Slavic demonic beings. If proper burial and mourning rites are not observed, the dead can return from the grave in the form of vampires who walk the night, drinking blood from humans and animals, and smothering sleepers. Vampires can be created if, for example, a person or animal jumps over the dead body, if the corpse is not properly washed, if the deceased is not fully mourned, or if someone dies a violent death. In Bulgarian myth the vampire's bite is not contagious and there is no association with bats.
According to some people, during the first 40 days of their existence vampires look like shapeless bags of blood, after which they become strong enough to form some bone and to take on a human hape. Then they can leave the grave during the daytime, get a job, and even get married. But they must always take care never to cut themselves, otherwise they will burst and become a pool of gelatinous blood.
Vampires can be despatched in many ways: by pouring boiling oil in the grave, putting in hawthorn or blackberry, by fire, nail, stake or silver bullet. Also, it is well known that vampires are naïve and not very clever. If, for example, you were to send one to get some fish from the River Danube, he would undoubtedly fall in to the water and drown.
The ancestral homeland of the Proto Bulgarians is uncertain but it was probably the Altai Mountains of Central Asia or the northern frontier of China. The Proto Bulgarians were originally a nomadic people, keeping herds and revering horses. Mare's milk was an essential part of their diet. They were excellent warriors with a well-organised army; they were skilled in metalwork; and they lived in clans under the leadership of khans who held absolute power. In 681 AD they founded the first Bulgarian state in the Balkans in exchange for protecting the local Slav population against Byzantine attack.
Their religion centred on the sun and the light, and their main deity was the sky god, Tangra, whose sacred animals included the horse and the eagle. White horses were particularly revered. Although they had no writing system, the Proto Bulgarians had their own calendar based on a 12-year cycle like the Chinese calendar, each year bearing the name of an animal, bird or reptile. Shamanism was practised and each clan had a sacred animal totem – and dogs, deer and wolves seem to have had special significance.
Zmey The zmey, or dragon has an important place in Bulgarian myth.
Traditional folk costumes
The soukman dress was the most widely spread women's dress, most often a sleeveless dress, but in some places it is with short or long sleeves. The decoration of this type of costume is concentrated on the skirts, along the neck and sleeve ends. It consists of multi-colour embroidery, decorative cloth and braid appliques, varied in size and style. The soukman dress is worn with short woven belt whose ends are buckled by means of belt buckle called pafti. The apron is the most picturesque decorative center of the soukman dress. It is richly ornamented, in a variety of colours with beautifully stand out against the background of the large blackness of the dress, thus making the soukman costumes very artistic and original.
The saya dress has also the tunic-like shirt as a major component. The saya is a constantly worn outer garment, open in the front part, slightly wedged, with varied length of the skirts and the sleeves. The one-colour white, black, blue and dark blue saya dresses are predominant, made of cotton or woolen fabric. The decoration of the saya is concentrated on the neck and the ends of the sleeves. The other important component of this Bulgarian women's costume is the waist band, black or red, made of woolen fabric. The apron is also woolen in most of the cases.
Bulgarian men's costumes are belodreshna (white) and chernodreshna (black). They include: tunic-like shirt, pants and outer clothes - belt, typical fur cap and tsurvouli.
Music GENERAL
Boris Hristov
The legend of the Thracian singer Orpheus, who charmed gods with his music, tells that he was born in the Rhodopes.Bulgarian singers and musicians of today are no less famous than Orpheus. The remarkable opera-singers Boris Hristov, Nikolai Gyaurov, Nikola Gyuzelev, Raina Kabaivanska, Gena Dimitrova and many others make famous the Bulgarian school of singing on the world opera stages.
The unrivaled performances of our folk-singers - the Bulgarka Trio and the Mystery of Bulgarian Voices conquer the world of music. A Bulgarian folk song performed by Valya Balkanska resounds the Universe, recorded on a gold CD on the board of the Voyager space station.
The Bulgarian music is created on the basis of the musical tradition of the Thracians and the Slavs, later on influenced by the culture of neighbour peoples and conquerors. Instrumental and vocal folk-music are inherently bound to dance (horo, ruchenitsa), with the rites, beliefs and labour activities. The various regions of the country have their characteristic fast or slow, one-part or two-part folk songs with odd and even measure (5/8. 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, etc., up to 14/8). The most widely used string instruments are gadulka, gousla and tambura, wind instruments - kaval (shepherd's pipe) and gaida (bagpipe), percussion instruments - tupan (cattle drum).
Along with folk music works, soon after the conversion to Christianity in the 9th C., religious chanting in the Old-Bulgarian language develops. A Bulgarian church-singing school is created and it exerts influence over the musical culture of other peoples. Music is primarily vocal and monophtonic. The most prominent singer, composer and theoretician of medieval Bulgarian music is Yoan Koukouzel, known as Angel-voice.
The second half of the 19th century witnesses the emergence of city-folk music culture - city-folk songs, the first band of musicians, school and church choirs. At the beginning of the century primarily chorus songs are composed by Emanoil Manolov, Dimitar Hristov, Angel Bokoreshtliev. The opera genre is also developed - Georgi Atanasov - Maestro.
In 1908 in Sofia the Bulgarian Opera Society is set up, later to be named National Opera. The dance music is widespread.
During the 30-ies folklore motives are introduced in musical works - works of national style by Pancho Vladigerov (Bulgarian Rhapsody Vardar), Petko Stainov (Thracian dances), Marin Goleminov, Filip Koutev, Parashkev Hadzhiev, Lyubomir Pipkov.
The 50-ies are the period of development of popular song and chorus activity (Bodra Smyana Choir, Children's Choir at the Bulgarian Radio, Svetoslav Obretenov Cappella Choir, the men's choirs Kaval and Gousla, the choirs Rodina and Morski Zvutsi, the mixed chamber cappella choir Polyphony, etc.).
Melodious tunes and beautiful voices, fiery dances and brightly coloured costumes - Bulgarian folklore has to be seen, felt and experienced!
The world has already discovered Ninth Symphony, its message to other civilizations travelling to the stars aboard the Voyager I and Voyager 2 spaceships also includes the recording of a Bulgarian Rhodope Mountain folk song.
The world is discovering it again and again at major folklore and song contests in Italy, France, England and Ireland from which the Bulgarian music and dance ensembles invariably walk off with the first prizes.
The world has started talking about the "Mystery of Bulgarian songs and dances"...
If you attend one of the many picturesque folk fairs, singing contests and original folklore festivals in this Country, which gather thousands of singers, musicians and dancers, where several generations of Bulgarians sing, play and dance, you will perhaps yourself discover the key to this mystery, the key to the heart and soul of Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Folk Instruments
The Gaida (bagpipe)
Gaida (bagpipe) is one of the most characteristic folk instruments of Bulgaria. It is said that a traditional wedding is incomplete without its presence. Traditionally the solitary shepherd's companion, it is often heard solo or accompanied by a large drum. It is also popular in small village orchestras. Like all Bulgarian folk instruments there are many regional variations with distinctive styles of detail and ornament. All share a common form: white kidskin bag, blowpipe, drone and chanter. The pipes of the eastern regions of Thrace and Dobrudja are usually high-pitched, while those of western Shope region tend to be lower. In the south Bulgarian Rhodope mountain region they are extremely deep-pitched with huge goatskin bags. These are often played in pairs or trios and sometimes in large groups. There is one ensemble in that area called "Sto Gaidi", which translates as "One Hundred Gaidas". The standard instrument today is an outfit consisting of three chanters and two drones, giving the player capacity to perform music of all regions. The chanter, called a "gaidanitsa", makes this instrument unique. It has the capability of a full chromatic scale. Its conical bore may have up to seven subtle changes. The tone holes are curved and recessed to give the fingers a relaxed and comfortable grip. Its most unusual detail is the "flea hole", a small metal pipe or bushing at the top of the bore. This gives the instrument its exceptional chromatic range. The pipes are traditionally richly decorated with delicate grooving or combing and trimmed with metal and ox horn of varying hues. The kaba-gaida of south Bulgaria is a huge instrument. Its single drone is almost four feet long. It has a deep and noble tone. Its gaidanitsa is hexagonal rather than round in cross-section, and it is richly ornamented with subtle carving.
The gadulka
The gadulka is probably the most popular and also most ancient folk instrument in Bulgaria today. Although loud and resonant, its distinctive Slavic voice is warm and soothing. It is traditionally played in small orchestral groups or used to accompany singing. Most folk musicians make their own instruments following strong regional traditions of form and tuning, though there are many renowned professional makers. Two types of gadulkas are commonly played. Both are made from large single blocks of hardwood that are carved and hollowed into pear like corpus, then covered with resonant softwood faces. The more prevalent form has three bowed strings, tuned A'EA with ten to twelve additional sympathetic strings. The other type is much smaller and its playing is restricted to the Dobrudjan region near the Black Sea. It usually has three strings tuned EAA'. Unlike violins, gadulkas are played tucked into a shoulder strap or belt and bowed horizontally. The Tambura is also a popular instrument. It is similar in form to the gadulka, with a curved, pear shaped form. It has a loud, bright tone somewhat like a banjo, and is commonly used for both melody and chords. The strings are double-coursed like a mandolin but are tuned like the upper strings on a guitar.
The kaval
Kaval a Bulgarian or Balkan end-blown flute is also a common shepherd's instrument played in orchestras and as an accompaniment to singing. It is universally popular in Bulgaria. Playing techniques vary throughout the country. Typically a staccato style is played in the West, while a richly ornamented style is played in the East.
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I think Steve Amirault even makes the piano feel; just like he makes the listener feel. His music and his music-making sings to you, not just at you. I have been lucky enough to have seen him warming up before a performance and there is a grace to the way he approaches the moment. In essence he captures them with the same focus and sensitivity in preparation as he does when he is in actual performance. It is genuine. Moments captured, moments curated, moments nestled and nurtured, moments graced. The piano feels, the listener feels, the music respected; the artistry is unmistakably Steve Amirault.


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Food safety measures extend well beyond preparation of the edible product itself. Regulations are in place to ensure consumer safety in many steps of the process, and this includes the packaging. According to European Union regulation EC1935/2004, "packaging material shall neither transfer their ingredients into food in quantities that may impair human health, nor deteriorate aroma or taste".
Among the many agents routinely inspected, manufacturers monitor levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or solvent residues in both packaging materials and the inks used in printing. Manufacturers must comply with legislation on maximum permissible levels to prevent transfer into the food products they contain. Frequently, this means that product used for packaging must be analyzed as it is produced, a complicated and time-consuming procedure that takes between 30-60 minutes per sample when using traditional analytical methods.
Scientists at Thermo Fisher have developed two protocols using Thermo Scientific instruments that circumvent the limited analytical time available to accurately measure VOCs in packaging materials during production. Each method uses headspace gas chromatograpy (GC) in combination with various assay automation procedures.
The first method, Ultra Fast Determination1, exploits the rapid temperature cycling properties of an UltraFast Module (UFM) option within Thermo Scientific's TRACE GC Ultra for faster processing. The UFM can rapidly heat samples to operating temperatures, rising at 20 °C/s, and then cool down quickly to reduce wait time between runs. This, in addition to incubating up to six samples at a time, further reduces processing time to between one and two minutes per sample.
Once users manually prepare the samples of the test materials (packaging and flexographic inks), the procedure is fully automated. The protocol uses a TriPlus static Headspace Autosampler for advanced robotic control of vial and syringe operation during injections. According to the development team, this setup is "user-friendly, versatile and high performance". During validation, the assay results showed good consistency with high levels of repeatability and excellent calibration curves. Some solvents could be measured at levels as low as 0.1mg/m2. With results arriving in approximately 5 minutes per sample, a 10-20 fold speed increase compared with conventional GC analysis, the scientists propose that this method is highly suitable for the production line.
The second protocol devised by Thermo Fisher scientists is an unattended automated protocol for measuring VOCs in packaging materials2. It recognises the challenges posed for accurately measuring VOCs in the packaging materials and the need for standard addition calibration to counteract the significant matrix effects encountered. By replacing traditional and lengthy manual standards preparation with a completely automated step, the scientists reduced assay times in addition to minimizing operator error, thus improving accuracy of results.
The Automated Unattended protocol uses Thermo Scientific's TRACE 1310 GC coupled with an ISQ Single Quadrupole GC-mass spectrometer operating in full-scan mode for identification, and single ion monitoring mode for masses and quantification. VOCs are separated in the TraceGOLD TG-624 column. Using the TriPlus RSH Autosampler, the scientists combined the dilution step, the standard addition step and the headspace analysis step in the same sequence. Once the operator cuts the sample squares from the packaging under examination and places them in the headspace vials, all further assay steps, including calibration and standard preparation, are performed automatically.
Assay results showed good correlation factors, with the majority of VOCs being measured down to less than 0.01mg/m2. Furthermore, the protocol gave high sample throughput, consistent with requirements under manufacturing conditions.
Both methods presented are marked innovations using Thermo Scientific instrumentation for traditional headspace GC analysis for volatile organic solvents in food packaging materials. They provide useful and valid solutions to ensuring food safety without interrupting the normal manufacturing flow.
1. Application Note: 10132 "Ultra Fast Determination of VOCs in Packaging Materials by Headspace GC", Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Milan, Italy
2. Application Note 1010 "Unattended Automated Standard Addition and Headspace Analysis for the Quantitative Determination of VOCs in Food Packaging", Pelagatti, S. et al.


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The Rs 70-crore IPO of Bharat Wire Ropes sailed through on the last day of the offer today as the issue was oversubscribed 1.21 times.
The initial public offering (IPO) received bids for 2,11,28,700 shares against the total issue size of 1,75,00,000 shares, as per NSE data till 1800 hrs.
The qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) portion was subscribed 1.01 times and that of non-institutional investors 2.02 times.
The portion set aside for retail investors was also oversubscribed 2.08 times.
The Maharashtra-based specialty wire ropes manufacturer fixed the price band at Rs 40-45 for the IPO.
As per draft papers, the company is aiming to raise Rs 70 crore through the issue.
The proceeds will be utilised for setting up a manufacturing plant at Chalisgaon in Maharashtra and for other general corporate purposes.
The issue is being managed by Intensive Fiscal Services and BOB Capital Markets. The equity shares of the company are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE.
Since the beginning of 2016, four firms -- Quick Heal Technologies, TeamLease Services, Precision Camshafts and HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited -- have come out with their IPOs.


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- Walk around. Anywhere will do …It's all about looking for something positive you have never seen. Taking time to smell the roses may be just a cliché, but those roses could be anything. A restaurant you've never seen. A friend's cubicle. Some kids playing ball.
- Set an alarm and work on just one thing for that period of time. Maybe it's just 5, 10 or 20 minutes. Maybe it's two minutes. But at the end of the time, you will notice what's it's like to experience real focus. And if you complete the task, you have something to anchor your day around. You've gotten at least one thing really done.
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July 12, 1976: The Dead's Soundcheck at the Orpheum Theatre
Here's pro-shot color footage of The Grateful Dead's sweet soundcheck at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre on July 12, 1976 – exactly 40 years ago today.
The video (below) offers a behind-the-scenes look at the rejuvenated band – just five weeks after returning from their much-needed touring hiatus (which spanned much of 1975 through the spring of '76). It's a laid-back scene with Jerry and Donna sporting dark shades, and one of the roadies running around onstage checking the equipment (no doubt to get everything just exactly perfect).
It's obvious from the footage that The Dead are honing their skills and polishing their transitions on the way to possibly the best-played year (1977) of their three-decade touring run. You get a good look at Jerry working his white super-slick Travis Bean guitar.
The boys (and girl) seem able to catch fire very quickly – almost effortlessly – from a complete standstill. It's fantastic to see the band in such good form. Enjoy!
July 12, 1976
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Dancin' In The Streets (00:01), They Love Each Other (12:07), The Music Never Stopped (x2) (18:30), Stella Blue (x7) (27:26), Let It Grow jam (48:32), Eyes Of The World (50:15)
A very special thanks to voodoonola for posting this video on YouTube.


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A study was performed on two measurement systems used to obtain profiles of refraction from a ship the radiosonde and the rocketsonde. Refractive conditions measured by the Marwin Rawinsonde Set MRS utilizing radiosondes launched from U.S. Navy ships can yield misleading modified refractivity M versus height profiles. MRS obtained M unit profiles, when incorporated in propagation loss models such as Radio Physical Optics RPO, also may produce unrepresentative propagation loss assessments. Rocketsonde obtained environmental parameters temperature, relative humidity, pressure are measured away from the ships influence. The ship can modify the environmental parameters and affect temperatures by as much as 3 deg C. Rocketsonde obtained data yield improved fine scale vertical resolution. Resolution approaching 5m obtained via rocketsondes is found to most closely resemble the actual environment. Rocketsonde data is available down to the near surface whereas there is a distinct lack of data from the surface to the launch point when utilizing balloon launched radiosondes. Inaccuracies in initial surface data drastically impact refractive profiles. Rocketsondes can be used regardless of sea state or wind conditions onboard ship and require no specific ship maneuvering to safely launch. It is found that the rocketsonde can obtain the requisite environmental parameters for refractive assessment on demand in less than half the time required to prepare and launch a balloon guided radiosonde.
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Home. A four letter word that means so much. And to Lindsay and her family, their home is the center of their lives. From the moment they moved in, they began picturing their little girl's wedding in the yard, because, quite frankly, it's charming and lovely and the perfect setting for a wedding. But before a wedding came other celebrations. The Walkers are KNOWN for their epic 4th of July parties, Halloween pumpkin carving parties and, my favorite, their annual Christmas lighting day, when they string hundreds of thousands of Christmas lights all around their property, with festive help from friends and family. So when Lindsay and Joseph got engaged, there was no question where their wedding would be, other than her childhood home. And true to form, there was so much meaning put into every last detail of this wedding. No aspect was left unnoticed and without a touch of memory, nostalgia or recognition of loved ones, but if you know Lindsay and Joseph, than you know it's the way they operate. I have to admit, a part of me was a little disappointed that their wedding celebrations are over, because that's how much I adore these two. From our first time meeting at their snowy Michigan celebration last December, I was welcomed into the homes of loved ones, seated around dinner tables as a guest, and treated like a member of the family, all while celebrating this fantastic couple. Earlier this year, after their gorgeous Carmel engagement session, Jeff and I were invited to dinner at Lindsay's parents' home, where we were met with fabulous food, amazing conversation and lots of laughs as we dined al fresco under the stars. Now, every few months, a new invitation pops into my inbox inviting me to the next Walker shindig, and that's when I realize it's not the end of celebrating with these new friends… It's the beginning. To Lindsay and Joseph, thank you, thank you, thank you for everything. We can't wait to keep the party going with you. Cheers, friends!
When one of your bridesmaids brings her brand new puppy for a visit, you stop what you're doing, because PUPPIES.
Love this series in the very spot where Joseph proposed!
As we walked back to the car, a band was playing in the park, so naturally, we stopped for a quick dance!
Lindsay was SO excited to be my first bride to drive a car on her wedding day!
Once we arrived at Lindsay's parents home, we planned a few special moments for her first encounters with her brother and dad.
The awesome vendor team:
Dress | Maggie Sottero | Trudy's Bridal
Veil | Trudy's Bridal
Venue | The Bride's Parents' Home
Flowers | DIY
Wedding Planner | Amy Sedan | Hitch Perfect
DJ |Nate Seider | Caliber DJs
Videographer | Graham King | Final Frame Studios
Cake | Alex Fitchener | Girasolecreation.com
Catering | Caterman Catering
Groomsmen Attire | Men's Wearhouse
Favors | Donations to the Wylder Nation Foundation


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VII Photographers Ed Kashi and Ron Haviv are part of the new Instagram feed, @everydayclimatechange. Recently featured on National Geographic's PROOF blog, the feed is populated by photographers from five different continents and showcases images that tell the story of how our world is effected by climate change, from many perspectives.
James Whitlow Delano, founder of the @everydayclimatechange feed, is quoted, "The main goal is to bring the concept that climate change isn't just happening 'over there' but is something that affects the whole planet. The other goal is to bring this visual evidence through the eyes of some of the best photographers on the planet to a new audience beyond our little, cloistered photo world."
Read the full article here: http://bit.ly/1HdBxPU
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Secret Swap
the nicest ecological packaging ever!
Vintage wall paper, paper scrap butteflies and cute stamps...
I keep the packaging, just too nice to throw away!
A beautiful clutch in Petrol blue and merlot red with an amazing ochre handmade flower on it! I am impressed!
(this picture does not good to the beautiful colors of the clutch)
Such a cute and original brooches for my kids (but will wear them too as I am a brooch-addict) The Elk is my fav,....or is it the floral bear!! I love them!
My Secret Swap arrived!
Again, I have been spoiled! (and so are my kids!)
All the way from Finland came a beautiful package!
I like the way Minna makes work of her packages, all recycled stuff and yet so beautiful and so Karuski!
If you did not know her work, go discover Karuski's Etsy shop
Or follow her creative life on her blog.
thanks so much Minna!!!
Hugs and kisses all the way from Belgium!
18 comments:
- ira said...
Wow Greet you've got a big treasures!!! What a lucky girl you are!:)
- May 19, 2010 at 9:22 AM
- Unknown said...
Die site van Karuski is inderdaad schitterend!
- May 19, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Saskia said...
Lovely brooches!! You are indeed lucky!
- May 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- Morrgan said...
Such a wonderful package, from the wrapping to the contents! Lucky you!
- May 19, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- LeelaBijou said...
Gorgeous!!! Lucky girl! :)
- May 19, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- vadjutka said...
aah, lucky girl - but you deserve it :-)
Minna is very talented, I really like her pouches and brooches.
- May 19, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- Pesky Cat Designs said...
What wonderful gifts! Lucky you and the kids. :)
- May 19, 2010 at 12:20 PM
- BlueTerracotta said...
Lucky! I love the brooches!
- May 19, 2010 at 1:17 PM
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Course notes
This page contains links to notes and resources that we use in our courses and that are also helpful for your study.
Bridging Course Text:
The first is a link to the modules that we use for our mathematics bridging courses and are available for downloading as pdf files. These are called the MUMS modules. They are suitable for bridging to NSW Advanced and Advanced plus Extension 1 Mathematics. We hope that you find them useful. The MUMS Modules are available to purchase. You can purchase the books by dropping into the centre any day of the week during semester or completing the order form.
MUMS Modules - Text for Bridging Courses
Each Macquarie University Mathematical Skills (MUMS) module begins with a short diagnostic test (one, two, three and four). These tests should help you decide whether you need to work through entire modules, or just individual chapters. The documents below are in pdf: a small increase in magnification may be needed to display all formulae and graphics correctly. All suggestions and corrections are welcome.
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Module One
|1.1 Order of Operations
|1.6 Signed Numbers
|1.2 Factorisation of Integers
|1.7 Further Signed Numbers
|1.3 Fractions
|1.8 Power Laws
|1.4 Fractions and Decimals
|1.9 Introduction to Algebra
|1.5 Percentages
|1.10 Further Algebra
Module Two
|2.1 Factors of Algebraic Expressions
|2.6 Factorizing Algebraic Expressions
|2.2 Solving Equations in One Variable
|2.7 Logarithms and Exponentials
|2.3 Algebraic Fractions
|2.8 Introduction to Trigonometry
|2.4 Introduction to Inequalities
|2.9 Introduction to the Cartesian Plane
|2.5 Arithmetic with Surds
Module Three
|3.1 Functions
|3.6 Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions
|3.2 Graphs
|3.7 Continuity and Limits
|3.3 Trigonometry
|3.8 Introduction to Differentiation
|3.4 Further Trigonometry
|3.9 Further Differentiation
|3.5 Simultaneous Equations
|3.10 Differentiating Special Functions
Module Four
|4.1 More Differentiation
|4.7 Modifying Functions
|4.2 Introduction to Integration
|4.8 Composite and Inverse Functions
|4.3 Integrating Special Functions
|4.9 Exponentials and Logarithms
|4.4 Applications of Integration
|4.10 Sigma Notation
|4.5 Polynomials
|4.11 Counting
|4.6 Properties of Trigonometric Functions
|4.12 The Binomial Theorem
|4.13 Induction
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Other Useful Notes:
Lecture Notes in Mathematics
The course notes that were previously used for first year mathematics courses at Macquarie University are available at this site as are other notes written by Dr William Chen.
Dilshara's Maths Notes
These are Dilshara's Notes from her first year lectures in Math130. They are suitable for bridging to NSW Advanced Mathematics.
Short Course Notes:
How to study maths
1. Take notes in lectures
Take good lectures notes – ones which you could refer to later. Your lecturer may not necessarily write down everything he/she says so you may like to add to the standard lecture notes by including snippets of what is being said as well.
2. Make Summaries
Summarise each topic you study using your lecture notes and related texts. You can do this by referring to the lecture notes you took in lectures and presenting it as a summary. All the main points should be there. You may need to refer to textbooks to consolidate some of the material. A summary does not have to be short – you can include examples and as much working as you like. This will become your reference book – a quick review of what you are expected to know in your course of study. Summaries take a while to do but it is worth it in the end.
3. Refer to textbooks
Textbooks are an additional resource to your lecture notes. Often a topic may be expanded on in more detail in your textbook with additional examples given. When you make your summaries have your textbook open at your topic and use it as a reference and guide.
4. Do and redo as many exercises as you can find
This is probably the most helpful way of studying maths – to do and redo as many exercises that you can find. Use your tutorial exercises as a guide but also refer to your textbook and recommended reading lists. Find the topic that you are working on and do as many exercises that you can on it.
5. Ask questions (especially if you are stuck)
The best way of getting help with maths is face to face. Don't be scared of asking your lecturer or tutor for help. Spend time at the Numeracy Centre (or your Maths Study Centre) where tutors are available to give you individual help. Discuss your questions with your friends and maybe together you can come up with a solution.
6. Work through all your tutorial exercises and assignments
Redoing your assignments is important especially before an exam as it gives you an idea of the standard of knowledge you are required to have.
For more of a discussion on this topic, the following site has some excellent information: Paul's Online Notes
Measurement tutorial
An interactive collection of World Wide Web pages designed to help science students come to grips with the details of measuring things.


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Preaching More Than Moralism
Last week, we looked at the gospel as Scripture's paradigm for ministry in general. Today, we are looking at the gospel as Scripture's paradigm for preaching – for interpreting and applying God's Word for God's people on God's terms.
Interpretation: Seeing Christ in all the Scriptures
We believe the gospel is not only Scripture's paradigm for "doing ministry," but Scripture's paradigm for interpreting itself. As stated in my last article, you might say Scripture is God's map to doing life His way, but you won't be able to read the map rightly unless you have the map key, and the key to the map of Scripture is the gospel. This means that, when it comes to sermon preparation, the gospel is our paradigm for interpretation. Jesus took this approach to interpreting the Old Testament. After His resurrection, Luke tells us He met two disciples on the road to a town called Emmaus and began discussing His recent crucifixion with them. Of course, they didn't recognize Him, and Jesus played coy regarding the execution; so, they filled Him in on the details and voiced their despair over the death of "Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified Him. But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel" (Luke 24:13-23, HCSB).
Jesus' response is quite terse,
"'How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken! Didn't the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?' Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures" (v25-27, emphasis mine).
Apparently, Jesus saw Himself in all of Scripture, and many of the New Testament authors saw the same thing (cf. Heb 10:1-10). This is incredibly helpful, because, when you preach, you're always asking the question, "What is God saying through this passage?" And Jesus' answer is that God is always saying something about Christ. But He's not saying something merely about Christ as a person, important in His own right (though He is). He's saying something about Christ as Redeemer, Christ as Savior, Christ as the Anointed One, come "to suffer these things and enter into His glory." In other words, when God speaks, He always speaks the gospel. But perhaps that's too narrow a way to put it. Maybe we should say that when God speaks, He always speaks the language of the gospel. Scripture isn't a compendium of gospel-repetitions stated differently for difference's sake or because repeating the gospel is God's central means of grace for the church. That's inane, shallow, missing the point. No, Scripture is speaking the language of the gospel, which means that every story, every precept, every imperative, every indicative is an illumination of some new angle of God's multifaceted wisdom displayed in Christ as Redeemer and through the church of His redeemed people (Eph. 3:10). We follow suit by approaching sermon preparation with a paradigm that has an ear for that gospel-language and allows us to interpret God's Word for God's people as God intended. This is what a gospel-paradigm does for interpretation. Now, one of the beauties of God's gospel-intentionality is it has a perennial practicality to it, so that the impulse of the gospel is to progress from interpretation to practical application. And so must our sermons.
Application: Preaching Christ's Work Then to Accomplish Christ's Work Now
I hope I'm not being trite when I say it's not enough for a sermon to tell people what a passage of Scripture means, but that it must tell them what it means for them. Preaching – good preaching – is using words to build a bridge from what God did then to what God is doing now, and hearing the gospel-language of Scripture is the key to taking this worn and worthy Map of life-lived-God's-way and interpreting it for a new generation so that they may indeed live life God's way. When you understand the gospel language of Scripture, you begin to recognize that the narrative of Scripture is not a story of a God who merely is, but a God who does. And what this God does is redeem His people. He redeems them from their sin; He redeems them from their suffering; He redeems them for Himself, and He does it because He loves His people, and His love is a redeeming love. And, if God redeemed His beloved children then, He is certainly redeeming His beloved children now. Thus, the word-bridge we build is a Word-bridge – where "Word" is "the word of the Lord [that] endures forever [and] was preached as the gospel to you" (1 Peter 1:23-25).
But the gospel is not just the language Scripture speaks or the bridge we must build; it's the work Scripture does, and the work Scripture does is God's work – the work of redemption. This means that when we come to application in our sermons, we are looking for where and how God's redemption then is being mirrored or filled out or fulfilled now. Perhaps God is redeeming through correction, but it must be correction on the gospel's terms, which means correction in the context of covenant – a covenant that says no matter how bad you fail, you can't fail out. Or maybe God is redeeming through comfort – the comfort of a foretaste of future grace, bought and secured by Christ. Or is God diffusing wisdom – competency to approach life as those who have been redeemed – among His people to increase their ability to view and handle themselves and their circumstances with joy and hope. All these angles – sin and suffering, wisdom and folly, forgiveness and reconciliation – are part of the glory of God's multifaceted wisdom given to us in Christ and applied to our daily dealings with a fallen world and a fallen nature in the medium of a fallen body. And all these things are being redeemed and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God (Rom 8:18-23). The work of the gospel is to bring us into an ongoing, this-age experience of God's redemption in the now so that we might have hope for its fulfillment in the "then" – the future "then" when Christ returns in fullness of glory and fulfillment of redemption. And so all preaching is to be proclamation of the present reality of God's redeeming love as well as invitation and instruction to enter into and engage with that love now.
This hearing of the gospel-language of Scripture (interpretation) and proclamation-invitation to see God's redemption then, experience it now, and look forward to it in the future (application) is the paradigm of our preaching at Redeemer, and it is the foundation and launching point of our counseling and our service. And I look forward to exploring the glories of God's redemptive work in the now as we expound on these expressions of the gospel in the coming weeks.
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Importance of Google Analytics
Tracking data is important in business, if you have a website currently for your business or even a personal website for a blog and are not tracking data then you are missing out! Analytics and data is especially important for your Auckland SEO campaigns.
Google offers a free service called Google Analytics which helps you to track data on your website. It's main focus is showing you how many people are visiting your website. Google Analytics is a highly under used resource that a lot of businesses fail to take the opportunity to utilize.
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Even if you don't currently have a use for it, you should still make the effort to add Google Analytics to your website so that when it comes time for you or someone you hire to work on you site, they have access to all the previous tracking data that would not be there if you hadn't installed Google Analytics.
So What does Google Analytics actually do? Without getting too detailed or technical, it really depends on your needs for the data.
It is great for e-commerce stores or businesses that sell products online because you can set up something called conversion tracking, which allows you to keep track of how many people are buying products from your store.
Alternatively you can simply have it set up as a way to keep track of how many people come to your website, where they came from, what device they were using, and a whole lot more data about the visitors.
Analytics are also important to start monitoring especially after setting up paid traffic campaigns. You can easily track the progress and see what results advertising brings you.
As part of my website experiment, I released my site early and am still building it. So today I am writing this post to show you how to install Google Analytics easily. This tutorial is for WordPress websites because that is what I use for most of my websites.
So one of the things I did early on in my setup was that I installed Google Analytics just to start collecting data as soon as I could, but now I am going to reinstall it using a much easier method. This involves using something called the Google Tag Manager.
It allows you to install tracking codes and test them out to make sure they are working correctly. It also means that you don't need to install another plugin just to get Analytics which helps save resources and keep the page load times down.
How to Install Google Analytics – Easy & Without Plugins
So the first thing to do is to go to Google Analytics and sign in or create an account if you don't currently have one. If you haven't created an account yet, you will need to enter your details: Account name, website name, website URL, industry category & timezone.
Once you have created your account and entered your details, you will need to click on the "Get Tracking ID" button and accept the terms.
You will then be taken to a screen that looks similar to the one below, it shows your Tracking ID and also your Tracking Code.
Most of the time you will use one of these two codes to install Analytics using a plugin, but it is actually quite simple to install without using one.
Install Google Analytics Without a Plugin
What you will now need to do is copy the entire code in the "Website Tracking" Box. The next step is to log into your WordPress admin area for your website.
Before going on, if you are planning on installing the Analytics code using Tag Manager, you must skip this step. You don't need to paste the Analytics code into your site if you use the Google Tag Manager as it handles it for you.
Now not everyone is going to have the same theme, I personally use Divi for my websites and they have a special area for pasting codes, but I will show you how to do it without Divi.
You will need to go to Appearance-Editor, and in the right hand column you want to look for the Theme Header (header.php)
Once you click on the header.php, you will need to look for the </head> and paste your tracking code in a few lines above it. See the image below for an example.
Once you have pasted in your tracking code, you need to save the changes and you are now done! You can now enjoy the free benefits of Google Analytics.
Although that was nice and easy, I highly recommend you take it a few steps further and add your Google Analytics Code using the Google Tag Manager.
Now the Tag Manager is not necessary, it is just an extra step that I like to take to help keep things all together in one place. If you have made it this far successfully then you won't have any issues continuing on.
Google Tag Manager
The Google tag Manager is very helpful as you can add various tracking codes to it without using any additional plugins, and you can manage them all within one easy place rather than having to worry about adding too many extra codes to your site. Best of all I have found it to make installing Facebook tracking pixels super easy – I will have a post coming out about that soon.
First you will need to create a Google Tag Manager account. Open a new window or tab in your web browser and bring up Google Tag Manager.
You will need to either sign into a Google email account or create a free account. Enter your website details including your domain name and make sure to select web in the container option. Once the details are entered, click on create and agree to the terms.
Tag Manager Code
You should be directed to the main Tag Manager page and a couple of codes should pop up. Now what you want to do is copy the top code and log into your website in another tab or window on your web browser. Keep the Tag Manager code open as we will need the second code shortly.
Install Tag Manager code in WordPress
Now I am using the Divi theme by Elegant Themes which allows easy access to the places that I need to paste the Tag Manager code, but the concept is the same for most themes.
For the Divi theme, you need to go to theme options and under the integration tab, paste the Tag Manager code into the <head> section.
For other websites you will need to do the same thing but the head tag is located in a different place on WordPress. You can easily find info on how to paste code to the head tag, it covers a range of options to achieve this in more detail.
Essentially, you need to go to Appearance-Editor in WordPress and click on the Theme Header (header.php).
Find the <head> tag, and past the first code right below it.
Now do the same with the second code in Google Tag Manager, only you want to look for the <body> tag and paste the second code right below that.
If you are using the Divi theme like me, you can paste the codes under the integration tab in theme options. Below is an image of the <head> location in the Divi Theme, the Body tag is located right below it.
The next step is to go back to the Tag Manager and copy the second code which is to be pasted into the <body> tag in WordPress.
Once the codes have been placed into your website, make sure to save the changes, and then we are done with adding the codes to the website.
Add Analytics to Tag Manager.
The next thing we need to do is add the analytics code to Tag Manager so that it is synced with the website.
So to begin this process we need to go back to the Tag Manager and click "Add A New Tag".
From there, you can rename the new tag something like "Analytics Code" or what ever you like to call it. Then you click on the Tag Configuration window.
The next step is to select Classic Analytics from the menu that pops up. The other option would be for setting up things like conversion tracking.
Once you have selected this you will see the option to put in your Analytics code. Simply go back to your Google Analytics page, copy and paste the code into here.
Next you want to scroll down and click on Triggering, and select All Pages. From here, you are finished adding your tracking code and can press save.
Now all that is left to do is run a quick preview to make sure everything is working. Press the preview button and this will enable a test mode on your site.
Now that preview mode is enabled, you can go to your website and you should see something like the image below displaying the tracking code working correctly counting your visits.
Just a note, if you have a lot of browser extensions and things like Ad Blocker, you may experience issues with this, so that is something to check first if you have problems.
If everything is all good, you can go back to the Tag Manager, press Leave Preview Mode, and then press Submit.
Now you have successfully added Tag Manager and integrated Analytics to your site. I love Tag Manager since you can have all of your codes in one easy place, as well as ensure that they are working correctly with the preview mode.
It is also a great way to install your Facebook Pixel for advertising especially with the Divi Theme as they do not currently make it easy to add the custom codes to each page on your site.
I hope you found this helpful and I may do a video on this when I get time. If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to leave a comment below, or get in contact with me.