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I Gave Up Caffeine Cold Turkey. Here's What Happened (Even I Was Surprised!)
I'm an Instagrammer, food blogger, dog lover, plant lady—and matcha fiend.
The week of April 17, I decided to do something crazy. I set out a personal as well as Instagram challenge to do #caffeinefreeweek. The challenge was to go seven days without caffeine, meaning no coffee, no decaf, no kombucha, no matcha, no Yerba mate. While I'm not a crazy coffee drinker, I drink matcha daily and kombucha a few days a week. Needless to say, I was ready for a rough week.
Here's how it all went down:
Day 1: Why am I doing this again?
I overslept last night. As in, I slept too much so I already feel groggy. I start the day with an herbal coffee coconut latte with coconut butter, MCT oil, ashwagandha. It tastes amazing but it doesn't give me a jolt. All day, I feel slow, not as sharp, forgetful, and spacey. I can feel the slow, painful onset of a headache around 2 p.m. I am forgetting people's names, definitely not very productive, find it hard to concentrate, and am kind of moody from the lack of my feel-good morning matcha. My friend comes over to help me finish my taxes (yeah, I do them myself!) and I question why I decided to even do #caffeinefreeweek. The hashtags and hundreds of people doing it with me keep me inspired. Come 3 p.m., I am pretty useless. So tired, so lethargic. I am on the couch from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., then I fall asleep at 9:30 p.m., as soon as my head hits the pillow.
Day 2: Headache, be gone!
I sleep very well. I wake up feeling a bit more refreshed with natural cortisol and am feeling more hopeful. I make a cardamom iced herbal coffee. However, the headaches start around 8 a.m. I go for a walk around 10 a.m., which is when I normally have my caffeine. This helps alleviate the headache a little but not really. I'm irritable, irritated. I use peppermint oil on my temples to help with the headaches. I am chugging LITERS of water like I'm a fish. But the headaches are crippling. Luckily I was expecting this so I had scheduled my first cupping session at 1 p.m. Cupping is an ancient Chinese method that helps relieve tension, balance hormones, get rid of migraines, and helps with just about everything else. I leave my first cupping session feeling like a BOSS, with my headache completely gone. However, come 5 p.m., I am so bloated and gassy, it's hard to get off the couch again and is uncomfortable to eat.
Day 3: The stomach troubles begin.
I'm still on cloud nine after cupping. I finally wake up feeling almost like myself. It's getting easier. I make a moringa spirulina latte. However, my stomach is all messed up. My gut is inflamed and my IBS-D symptoms are flaring up like CRAZY. It's hard to eat, so I just have smoothies and soups for every meal hoping that will help. I up my enzymes and my sauerkraut but am still not feeling so hot. I do notice I am not as anxious and not as hyper. I'm also a more peaceful driver and not clenching my jaw so damn hard.
Day 4: OK, the digestive issues are getting bad.
I text my functional health doctor and explain to her my symptoms. She lets me know that I shouldn't have removed matcha and kombucha from my diet since they are beneficial to my health and that the stress from suddenly removing these things was causing my body to freak out. I used to have horrible leaky gut and through daily probiotics, kombucha, collagen, LED light therapy, Clean Program, and bone broth, I have really healed my gut. However, I'm getting worried that I'm wreaking havoc on my gut lining with all this stress. Though I'm sleeping better, my daily digestive issues are making it hard to get through the day. I start wrestling with the idea of cutting my challenge short. Part of me is thinking, "You can do this, Lee!" The other part of me is asking why I'm putting myself through this misery.
Day 5: Well...
I wake up and decide in order to feel like a functioning human being and not destroy my gut lining, I need to make a potion and add half a teaspoon of matcha. I drink and within 30 minutes, I feel the bloat begin to decrease; I feel more focused; I feel like LEE again. All things are back to normal within a few hours and I just feel so relieved.
Overall, removing caffeine completely from my diet made me really appreciate caffeine and what it does for me. One good thing about removing it from my diet was seeing how it affects me, and I also saved some extra bucks without buying matcha lattes. The pros of caffeine for me really outweigh the cons. Though I gave up coffee completely a year ago due to adrenal fatigue and hormonal imbalance, I still love drinking a daily cup of matcha and kombucha.
Lee Tilghman is a blogger and founder of Lee From America. Currently based in Los Angeles, she has her B.A. in creative writing from St. Joseph's University.


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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Cowboy~Fluid Acrylic on Watercolor Canvas
~~Here is the final version of the cowboy commission I had mentioned before. It took a bit of time because I wanted the final result to be exactly what my client had envisioned in his mind. I had an old, grainy black and white photo to work with and the story of a man who was a tough-as-nails true cowboy. The man was my client's uncle and I felt honored to be asked to help preserve a bit of family history.
~~I decided to go with a dark, sepia toned palette instead of simple black and white because I felt that the brown tones would add life to the piece. This was a challenging change of pace for someone who is used to painting the soft-toned skin of children! Even after I thought I was finished I ended up adding several more dark layers to the skin to add a "rough" texture. I was afraid of having it look too rough but my client said, "Oh no! You can't get too much texture because he had skin like leather."
~~So here is the final piece and for fun I thought I'd also post the reference photo.
12 comments:
- Misti said...
Oh, wow! That is fabulous! You did an wonderful job on it. Did you decide to enter it into the competition you were talking about awhile back?
- June 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Awesome work, Kasie! Thanks for sharing this masterpiece!
Karen Goltry
- June 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM
- Carol said...
Awesome, The sepia was was a great idea!
- June 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM
- Rose Welty said...
Looks good Kasie, I'm sure he got what he wanted.
- June 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM
- Valerie Jones said...
Amazing work, Kasie!! Congratulations!
- June 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- Jo Castillo said...
This is just wonderful. I love it.
- June 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM
- Sab said...
I went there by chance and I find your blog great !
- June 3, 2009 at 6:11 AM
- Angela said...
Oh, I have been anxiously waiting for this picture to be posted!! I love the sepia tones! I think it really enhances the picture without distracting from the time period! You did an amazing job! It looks like an exact copy of the original!! You really caught the feeling in it too! I can almost hear the cattle lowing! :-) I'm sure your client was trilled!! Thanks for sharing!!
- June 3, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- Angela Sorrell said...
Hey, did you end up entering it in the "Southwest Art's Emerging Artist competition"? If so, how soon will you hear something or do you have to wait until the September issue?
Angela S.
- June 3, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- Kriscinda said...
Awesome job, Kasie!! looks great in sepia
- June 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- Sunny said...
That's AMAZING!! Love it so much. You're truly inspiring, and thank you for sharing your talents with us.
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Sea Ranch Videos Will Inspire You to Travel
If one picture is worth a thousand words then these Sea Ranch videos are simply priceless.
The Sea Ranch was a grand experiment in environmental stewardship, land development, and intentional community planning. In fact, many vacationers rent homes in the Sea Ranch just for the opportunity to experience this philosophy personally. These six incredible videos will not only reveal Sea Ranch's history, they will also awaken you to its marvels. They will give you a deeper insight to the environment, the lifestyle and the beauty that defines our special community, The Sea Ranch, located in California's northern-most Sonoma County.
We draw from our collection of Sea Ranch Videos saved for you in our Sea Ranch Abalone Bay Rental YouTube Channel.[ctt template="8″ link="Sd1C2″ via="yes" ]These six Sea Ranch videos may even inspire you to plan a road trip to Sea Ranch Abalone Bay soon.[/ctt]
The Sea Ranch: An Environmentally-Planned Community on the Sonoma Coast:
We're especially pleased to share this one from KCET that includes our friend Marg Lindgren of Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours. In speaking about the ethos of the Sea Ranch Marg says, "It's really about working with nature and not against it,"
The video tells of our environmentally-planned private community that stretches 10-miles along the Sonoma Coast. Our small community is renowned for it's unique architecture and for being the first development to fully embrace the concept of "living lightly on the land."
By the way, did you know The California Coastal Trail runs north of the Sea Ranch, and there is access to the public beaches along the community?
Learn more here!
Sea Ranch Videos Explain the Community's Vision
The following are excerpts from the documentary "Dream of The Sea Ranch," by Zara Muren. Another historical tidbit is Sea Ranch was designed 1963- 69. Its visionary team included architect/ developer Al Boeke, landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, and architects Joseph Esherick and Charles Moore. Learn more about the documentary project at https://tclf.org/stewards/zara-muren.
We love this one for all its history.
An Aerial View of Sea Ranch
Unfortunately, aerial views found in Sea Ranch videos are a rarity now that drones are no longer permitted to fly in the community without special authorization.
Without any further delay, we invite you to just kick back and dream of what your vacation may look like at Sea Ranch…
Coastal Rock Formations of The Sea Ranch
This video highlights many of the intriguing rock formations and outcroppings that define our Sea Ranch coastline.
Sea Ranch Videos Include Our Home Movies
Whenever we have a chance to visit Sea Ranch, we like to add to our collection of Sea Ranch videos. Our videos include clips of our vacation life. Of course, they also include the big beautiful sea that makes up our backyard.
Recently we had a chance encounter with whales breaching while we took a sunset walk along the bluff of Abalone Bay. It's not a fancy video, but it does show our joy of this chance encounter with nature.
Songs of The Sea Ranch
Of course Sea Ranch videos show the beauty of our community. But did you know they also show how this magnificent gem on our globe inspires us artistically?
Kronos Quartet was commissioned by the community of The Sea Ranch in celebration of the seaside retreat's 50th birthday. Composer Aleksandra Vrebalov's The Sea Ranch Songs connects with the spirit, nature, and architecture of this magical place.
"The Sea Ranch idea on a global scale might be utopian," Vrebalov writes in her liner notes, "but through music, we praise its beauty and affirm its urgent relevance in our wounded world, so much in need of healing."
Subscribe for More Sea Ranch Videos[ctt template="8″ link="U4Rd0″ via="yes" ]Did you enjoy our sampler of videos that pays tribute to the spirit, nature, and architecture of this magical place?[/ctt] Then you'll enjoy viewing our YouTube collection of videos that showcase Sea Ranch and our vacation rental, Abalone Bay.
Have you made videos of Sea Ranch too? We invite you to recommend your favorite Sea Ranch videos in the comments below. We'll be happy to add them to our Sea Ranch Abalone Bay Rental YouTube Channel.
One more thing, be sure to share our blog with your friends and family. That they too become inspired to visit Sea Ranch. It might also aspire them to make a video of their own! We'll be sure to add it to our collection of Sea Ranch videos!


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The Wildcats take the field at 2:48 p.m.
The band is led on the field by drum majors Tylyn Ballinger and Cheyenne Owen. The band features Beatles tunes for the football halftime show. They received second place at a contest in Tishomingo earlier this year. Kendal Hasty took over as director in August. Here is the official schedule for tomorrow's contest.
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Call for papers – Thinking and singing conference,
10.30am-5.00pm Saturday 20th April 2013
Senate House, University of London
Singing performance is an area dominated by the weight of tradition and vested interests, but little clarity about the personal and philosophical issues at stake.
The idea for this conference has come from a group of practitioners who are also academics, and want to share contributions to clarity of thought in relation to singing, and to performance practice.
The two keynote speakers are Prof Peter Wiegold, composer and Head of Research at Brunel University, and Robert Lada, leader of a new research project into somatic training for voice teachers at Berklee Conservatory.
We welcome contributions from anyone who is interested in furthering this debate, in the area of philosophy or related disciplines. We hope to run a focussed and coherent day, with a high level of engagement, which will give rise to further publication of some of the submissions.
Proposals (300 words) for individual papers (20 minutes, with 10 minutes discussion) should be sent by Friday 1 February 2013 to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. Any enquiries should also be addressed to Sara Clethero.
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Far Cry 5 is not a game about cults, the American wilderness or murderous turkeys. It is, at its heart, a game about some very good boys (and girls).
After the disappointment of some other recent open-world games—Zelda didn't let you pet the animals, and AC Origins was stingy with its cat cuddles—Far Cry 5 gives you the one prompt you need to see every time you approach a lil' buddy:
That's a good boy who sits outside a resistance town. Here is another dog I found while hunting:
And here's one who was hanging around a pumpkin farm:
And here's one who was just walkin' around with his master:
And here's Boomer, a dog you can rescue and who becomes one of your allies on missions:
We are now all best friends.
NOTE: please only pet the good dogs. The bad dogs who are trying to kill you are bad.


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"By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market." Vaclav KlausI first got a taste of Brno in 1995. Back then, one of the most popular "Italian" dining options was a slice of pizza with a squirt of ketchup, served through a tiny window on Česká street.
You can still get it there today.
Even so, eating out in the Czech Republic's second city has come a long way since my first visit. Fine dining establishments have slowly and sporadically sprouted up over the years.
Several years ago, I surveyed the scene and sampled Borgo Agnese, Ristorante Rialto, Noem Arch and many others, a few of which have disappeared. But a new crop of restaurants have been making names for themselves.
There's Pavillon, a modern-looking eatery by the much-lauded team behind U Kastelána. And the sushi restaurant Koishi was voted the sixth best restaurant in the country in Maurer's Grand Restaurant Guide for 2012.
Now Riccardo Lucque, Prague's purveyor of top Italian fare and the creator of Aromi and La Finestra in Cucina has opened a restaurant in Brno.
It is Il Mercato, located on the Zelný Trh (Vegetable Market) in the center of town.
Grandezza Hotel. Dining outside is an option in the warmer months.
But the inside may also give you a warm feeling. The dining room is light and long. Large windows let the sun stream in during the day.
We stopped in for a late lunch. Hearing lively tunes by Mina playing over the sound system quickly brought smiles to our faces.
Our waiter quickly brought us basket with light and dark bread, bread sticks, and crunchy, spicy chickpeas.
What we really loved was the Giachi primolio extra virgin olive oil. The olives are picked in the first ten days of November, the oil has low acidity and really presents the essence of the fruit.
To go with that we had a large bottle of Mattoni mineral water (90 CZK) and a glass of Ruggieri Prosecco (110 CZK).
I had the scallops with smoked aubergines and Bernaise sauce (295 CZK). The photo does not give the proper perspective -- these three scallops were the largest and plumpest I've seen in a long time.
There was a noticeably long pause between courses. Only three other tables were occupied in the late afternoon, so I'm not sure what caused the delay. Miss P had a glass of Nino Franco brut rosé "Faive" (130 CZK).
From the secondi, Miss P had the grilled octopus (395 CZK).
Divinis Wine Bar a couple of years ago. But this version was even better. The lovely char on the outside gave it a smoky, crunchy exterior that gave way to an almost impossibly tender interior.
The close up shot makes it look small, but it was a generous portion. The octopus sat atop a caponata of red pepper, zucchini, green beans, and fresh apricot slices. The juices from the ripe fruit combined enticingly with the reduced red wine underneath.
I got a starter-size risotto as my main course -- the risotto alla Milanese (225 CZK).
I wanted that dish to last forever, but there was some consolation when it was time for dessert. I went for the profiteroles filled with hazelnut crème Chantilly (175 CZK).
Miss P ordered the lemon sorbetto.
We finished with two cappuccinos (55 CZK each).
The tab for this meal was 1920 CZK before tip.
We only had one day to spend in Brno so we walked around town, shopped, and had more coffee. And then we went back to Il Mercato for dinner.
Unlike lunch, we received an amuse bouche. It was tangy Gorgonzola topped with honey on crispy pane carasau.
We decided to try a Czech wine, so we had two glasses of rosé Merlot (80 CZK).
Given the short time between meals, we weren't so hungry. Miss P had the seared tuna and artichoke salad (195 CZK).
She asked if the tuna could be extra rare, but was told the tuna was served rare and already cooked. It was a little more done than she liked, but she still really liked it. But what she loved was the raw, thinly sliced artichoke hearts. The chewy, crunchy, earthy flavor was a taste of her Tuscan youth.
"This is the best salad ever," she declared. "Can I have it again?"
"Yes, you can."
So she had another one. I'm not sure if they seared another tuna based on her previous request, but this one was much more rare.
I had a hard time deciding what to order because so many dishes sounded good to me. After much deliberation, I choose the grilled organic chicken "diavola" (295 CZK).
La Bottega di Finestra in Prague. I wanted to compare.
The chicken, with most of the bones removed, had the same beautifully crispy skin and moist flesh underneath. However, the sauce was lacking the zing in the version I'd had before. The roasted potatoes in the Brno dish were done right, but I preferred the vinegared potato salad it came with in Prague.
We also had Mattoni with the meal and finished with cappuccinos. This dinner cost 990 CZK before tip.
The service was generally efficient and friendly, with only a couple of lapses when our servers left us unattended for too long.
The big question is whether it is worth it to pay Prague prices in Brno. My answer is yes, absolutely. The quality and standards are the same. It was a lovely experience.
Shortly after opening, Il Mercato has to be one of the best restaurants in the city. I really hope I'll get a chance to return to this market.
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Bentley Continental GT and GTC V8 revealed
Some grunt for your morning: Bentley V8 style. The iconic car company has announced a pair of new Continental V8 models that will debut at the North American International Auto Show in January next year, and since we're talking Bentley nothing is being done by halves. The new Continental GT and GTC V8 models each pack a 4.0 litre, twin-turbocharged engine with 500bhp and 660Nm (487 lb ft) of torque, for sub-5s 0-60mph acceleration and a top speed of in excess of 180mph.
That V8 puts its power down through a new, eight-speed automatic transmission with shortened ratios, and onto the asphalt via all-wheel-drive and 20-inch alloy wheels as standard. Somewhat bizarrely, Bentley has actually managed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions by 40-percent with the new powertrain, though you have to consider that's in comparison to the existing 6.0 litre, 12-cylinder engine that will remain in the higher-range Continental GT and GTC.
The "wave of torque" is coupled with distinctive new style, each Continental crisping up to suit the punchy engine. New body features include a black gloss matrix grille with chrome detailing, a red enamel Bentley 'B' badge, and a black matrix three-segment lower front bumper with body-color highlights. There are also figure-eight chromed tailpipes and a choice of 21-inch six-spoke alloy wheels.
Inside, your swiftly-transported buttocks are coddled in two-tone leather, with Dark Fiddleback Eucalyptus veneer on the shortened dashboard. As before, you can seat four, though rear accommodation is likely to be tight, despite the car's oversized aesthetic.
Bentley hasn't confirmed exactly how much the new Continental V8 models will cost, though it's worth noting the existing GT starts at around $190,000 and these V8s will slot in underneath that.


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Inflammation can be tough on a body, and this is especially true for athletes who challenge their bodies to constantly perform better. Inflammation is actually a normal part of training. After a hard workout, inflammation occurs naturally to help an athlete's muscles heal so that they can recover and go on to ever more strenuous workouts in the future. Inflammation is a direct reaction to damage on a cellular level. Anytime you have a tough workout, your body activates an inflammatory cascade that alerts cells to heal whatever damage was done. remember that when you work out, you're causing micro tears in your muscles and the healing is what allows the fibers to become bigger and stronger. That means inflammation can be a sign of progress in the gym. The challenge is determining when inflammation becomes a hindrance instead of a benefit. Learn how anti-inflammatory supplements may help athletes achieve better performance.
When is inflammation too much of a good thing?
When athletes, including weekend warriors, over-exert themselves, too much inflammation can occur. Combined with not enough sleep, not allowing for recovery time, or an unhealthy diet, and the body can really suffer as a result. A little soreness can be expected after an extra hard workout; ongoing pain is an indication of too much inflammation and the body telling you it needs help to reduce that inflammation.
Options for treating inflammation
Modern society has benefited substantially from medical breakthroughs that provide us with medicines we take for granted nowadays. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can be helpful when suffering from too much inflammation but just like inflammation, too much of a good thing, including NSAIDs can cause the body more harm than good. NSAIDs have been associated with gut damage and may actually impair training adaptations that help athletes recover from a hard workout and get stronger.
There is a more natural solution to help with inflammation. There are certain foods that tamp down inflammation by interrupting it at the cellular level. Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and seafood, lower inflammatory markers, according to a study analysis from Pennsylvania State University. Fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, beans, nuts, seeds, and legumes are also good choices.
Curcumin may help athletes with inflammation and recovery
Natural anti-inflammatory ingredients such as curcumin (the active ingredient in turmeric) can help athletes preserve performance and properly recover from the rigors of exercise. Curcumin has long been known for its health benefits and medicinal qualities in treating a host of physical symptoms and ailments. However, turmeric extracts have more recently been recognized in the medical and alternative community for reducing inflammation within the body, and for easing the joint pain and swelling that accompany osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The challenge with curcumin is its low bioavailability, so consuming a curcumin product with liposomal delivery will help greatly enhance absorption of the product for better results.
While it might seem simple enough to pop a pill when you're suffering from inflammation, there is an all-natural alternative that can give you the comfort you need and provide plenty of other benefits as well. The alternative is turmeric. Anti-inflammatory supplements such as turmeric may help athletes achieve better performance by keeping inflammation at bay. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a weekend warrior, keeping turmeric on hand might just be the smart move to stay healthy and active.


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BTS's V Releases His New Self-Composed Track "Scenery"
He composed this song as a special gift for his fans.
BTS's V has been hard at work composing a song as a special gift for ARMY, and now that song is finally here!
On January 30, V released "Scenery" on SoundCloud. "Scenery" is a touching slow jam about love and yearning that is perfect to listen to with a warm beverage on a snowy night. According to the song credits, V wrote the lyrics, composed the music, and took the cover photograph.
V first revealed that he was working on this surprise gift for ARMY at the 28th Seoul Music Awards, and later dropped a video teaser for it, entitled "Self-composed song", on January 24.
You can hear V's "Scenery" here.


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With our support, we have worked with local employers to fill more than 1,000 vacancies since 2012, ensuring that residents benefit from opportunities on their doorstep.
Our team is made up of people that care about helping you and our community, and we look forward to working with you.
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A Web-based utility used to look up names in a remote database, it was initially used as an aid for finding the e-mail addresses of people in large institutions or companies. Now it is primarily used to look up domain name ownership information on InterNIC, the organization that maintains it. As such, it is a searchable database that contains information about networks, networking organizations, domain names, and the contacts associated with each, for the .com, .org, .net, .edu, .mil, and "ISO 3166" country code top-level domains.
Whois also refers to the protocol, or set of rules, that describes the application used to access the database. Other organizations have implemented the whois protocol and maintain separate and distinct whois databases for their respective domains.


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In real life, the watch is always affected by the surrounding magnetic field. Once the watch is magnetized, it will cause the time not accurate. Today, I will recommend three anti-magnetic watches for you to fight against strong magnetic fields, and you won't be afraid of traveling all over the world.
Omega Seamaster Railmaster Chronometer Co-Axial Master 40MM Mens Wristwatch 22010402006001
Reference: 22010402006001
Price: $4,000.00
Diameter: 40MM
Case Material: Stainless Steel
Movement: Automatic 8806 Chronometer Movement
Power Reserve: 55 Hours
Water Resistant: 150M/500FT
In 1957, Omega released the first Seamaster Railmaster watch only for railway employees or professionals who work near magnetic fields. The new upgraded watch of the Omega Seamaster Railmaster series is based on the innovative concept of the original watch, presenting a simple, practical and elegant charm. The case is made of stainless steel, and the vertical matte black dial features a brushed stainless steel hands and an inlaid retro-style hour scale, all covered with a Super-LumiNova luminous coating, and also a beige "Railmaster" lettering, fulling of timeless style. The watch is paired with a fully-brushed steel bracelet and the directional screw-in case back is designed with a NAIAD lock to ensure that the enamel lettering is always in an upright position. The interior is equipped with the Omega 8806 movement. This watch is certified by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), which can be resistant to high magnetic fields up to 15,000 Gauss, making people remind of the outstanding anti-magnetic properties of the original modern.
Baume Mercier Clifton Baumatic 40MM Automatic Mens Wristwatch 10436
Reference: 10436
Price: £2,500
Diameter: 40MM
Thickness: 10.3MM
Case Material: Steel, Polished/satin-finished
Movement: Automatic Baumatic BM12-1975A COSC Movement
Power Reserve: 120 Hours
Water Resistant: 50M
The new Clifton Baumatic series features silicon materials at key components, giving the watch a powerful diamagnetic resistance of up to 1500 gauss, no matter how the years change, it can keep accurate time. The design of this watch is outstanding, sophisticated and complex. The carefully polished steel case matches the retro "swashplate", contrasting and complementary. The dial is lined with delicate hour and minute engravings. The brand's iconic date display is located at 3 o'clock, echoing the slender Alpha (lancet type) big three hands. The design of the dial is very clear. The watch is equipped with the COSC automatic movement and has a 120-hour power reserve, which can keep you for a long time.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Milgauss Blue Dial Automatic Wristwatch 116400 GV / 72400
Reference: 116400 GV / 72400
Price: £7,550
Diameter: 40MM
Case Material: Stainless Steel
Movement: Automatic 3131 Movement
Power Reserve: 48 Hours
Water Resistant: 100M
The reliability and accuracy of a typical watch is affected by a 50 to 100 Gauss magnetic field strength. Rolex has been working hard to find a solution, and in 1956, it launched the first anti-magnetic watch Rolex Milgauss. This watch is made of stainless steel case that is wear-resistant and beautiful. The crystal glass mirror is complemented by an electro-optic blue dial that contrasts with the iconic lightning-shaped second hand. Rolex specially uses ferromagnetic alloys to create a magnetic cover to protect the movement. Milgauss uses the 3131 self-winding mechanical movement developed entirely by Rolex, combined with the brand's patented advanced technology to ensure that the watch is protected from magnetic fields.
Summary: There are more magnetic fields in our modern life than before. If the watch is magnetic, it is recommended to go to a professional repair shop for degaussing. Anti-magnetic watches can bring more convenience to people in this respect, so these three it may be a good choice.


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I've often thought that banks could easily squash P2P "lenders" like Prosper and Lending Club by creating an online lending marketplace of their own. In addition to the organic traffic they could drive to the site, they could refer loans they decide to pass on themselves, and give the option to investors/savers looking for higher rates of return than they'd get with CDs to lend money in the marketplace.
Lending Club charges a processing fee ranging from 2.25% to 4.5% of the loan amount, and hits investors with a service charge of 1% of each payment received from a borrower. Seems to me that banks could easily underprice that.
But there's another P2P lending opportunity for banks and credit unions to capitalize on.
Do you know how much money is lent between family, friends, and acquaintances? I doubt that you do, because, as far as I know, Aite Group is the only firm to have estimated the volume of P2P transactions that occur in the US.
We've estimated that US consumers borrow (and presumably, repay) nearly $75 billion from each other (and not from financial institutions or other types of businesses, legal or otherwise) each year. On average, every household in the US makes two loan payments to other people for money they've borrowed.
That last number is actually pretty useless, since a large percentage of households don't make any P2P transactions for the purpose of repaying loans. But in our research on consumers who use alternative financial services (e.g., payday loans, check cashing services, etc.), borrowing from family and friends is the second most popular source of funds (after overdrawing on their checking accounts, which might not count).
In fact, of the alternative financial services customers that Aite Group surveyed, one in four borrowed from family or friends three or more times in 2010, and more than one-third did so more often in2010 than they did in 2009.
This is a huge P2P payment opportunity for banks. Note that I didn't say it was a P2P lending opportunity.
How are these loans and agreements documented? I have no idea, but my bet is that in many cases they're not documented at all. After all, among friends, verbal agreement is just fine, right?
But if there was a cheap (i.e., free) and convenient way to capture the details of that loan, and a way to actually transfer the money between participants — cheaply and conveniently — don't you think a lot of people would use it?
The money in the P2P lending space for banks isn't from loan processing fees or from taking a cut on the interest rates. The money is in the movement of funds.
To date, banks, as a whole, have floundered with their P2P payment offerings. CashEdge and Zashpay have gained some traction, but have hardly become household names. PayPal is a household name, but the vast majority of their business isn't P2P.
Why haven't P2P payments taken off?
Banks are marketing it all wrong. They're pitching the "electronic" aspect. Big deal. People don't care about channels and methods. They simply care about what's the most convenient thing to do when they want to do it.
Instead, banks should be marketing convenient alternatives to transacting certain types of P2P payments — repaying loans to other people being one type.
Banks could provide an online capability for the parties to document the terms of the agreement, establish repayment parameters, and enable either the automatic or manual transfer of funds. All for the low fee of a P2P transaction, and not a cut on the loan. No future disagreements about the terms of the agreement, and proof of payment.
In addition to improve the way existing customers transact P2P loans between family/friends, this approach might help attract un- and under-banked consumers who could fund an account that could either be a savings account or take the form of a prepaid card account.
The real winner, though, will be P2P payments. By driving trial of the service, consumers may find it convenient for other use cases.


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For my current project, I am using Blender/Cycles and am in need of some
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Kleen Car Wash is a service based android application for a user to book slots for the car or bike washings. We developed an application for them to automate all their chores and to enhance their business.
The user can select a location, vehicle type, the vehicle makes and made, and view the packages set by the admin. The user can select any of the packages, and also add a two-wheeler along with the car. Once the package is selected, the user can make payment through a third-party payment gateway. Though, there is no service provider module, whereas admin will assign the lead to any of the service providers offline.
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From the admin module, the admin will add the categories, made and make of vehicles accepted for service. Whereas, the user can select the vehicle types, made and make of the vehicle from the front end application.


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Some Utah high school students who cracked their yearbooks to find sleeves digitally added to their tank tops and a tattoo erased say school officials have apologized to them.
Wasatch High School administrators in recent days offered at least one student the chance to return her yearbook and get back her $50.
But sophomore Shelby Baum opted to keep the memento.
"I was a little surprised, but for the most part I knew, if it was real or not, I would get an apology," she said Monday evening. "I'm over the whole thing. There's not much that I can do about it now."
Last week, Baum discovered her collarbone tattoo reading "I am enough the way I am" was lifted from her yearbook photo. She also found a high, square neckline drawn onto her black V-neck T-shirt.
School Officials Defend Altered Yearbook PhotosMay 30, 201401:47
Half a dozen other girls noticed camisoles or sleeves added to their pictures.
District officials declined to comment Tuesday, pointing to their statement last week acknowledging error in doctoring pictures of some students but not others who were similarly dressed.
Wasatch High School is in Heber City, about 40 miles outside Salt Lake City.
Baum earlier said she planned to ask for a refund or a new yearbook with an unaltered photo, but she changed her mind at her mother's urging.
At the very least, said Baum's mother, Bobbi Westergard, the doctored photos can remind the girls they spoke out against a policy that singled out some students.
Baum said she and her mother met with a vice principal who said he didn't want Baum to feel unwelcome at the school.
The district's statement pointed out that yearbook staffers warned students that clothing violating the school dress code adhering to modesty might undergo digital touchups.
"The high school yearbook staff did make some errors and were not consistent in how they were applied to student photos," it reads, "and the school apologizes for that inconsistency."
Other students say they have not received an apology but are eager to move past the ordeal and on with summer vacation, which began Friday.
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Chapter Seventy Four Jealousy
On the day of He Ming's marriage, Qu Qing Ju and Jin An Princess received the womenfolk who'd arrived for the celebration as the mistresses of the house. Now that Ning Wang Fei was under house arrest in Bright Moon Tower, Qu Qing Ju held seniority among the wang fei. For this wedding of He Ming, her little brother-in-law, even if she wanted to be lazy, she couldn't avoid it.
The womenfolk were fine. Order a few cheerful plays, put out some fruit and refreshments and chit chat. It wasn't very difficult. But it was more complicated on the men's side. It didn't just touch on the personal interests of some, they had to pay attention to people who were drunk and would cause an unfortunate disturbance. Additionally, He Yuan wasn't willing to demean himself by receiving guests so He Heng and some of the officials of the Ministry of Rites had to organize the guests.
Even if it seemed busy, most of those who came were smart. They wouldn't cause a disturbance at this kind of setting, and wouldn't try to find trouble. Most of them respectfully sat down and waited for the wedding to begin.
Jin An Princess paid attention to the time. Not long after, a taijian ran over and reported that the wedding sedan was almost at its destination. A crowd of women stood to walk to the front hall and waited for the couple to bow to the Heaven and Earth.
Qu Qing Ju and Jin An Princess stood together. She swept a gaze across the hall. The men and women stood at their own sides, the men on the left and woman on the right, clearly divided. In a short while, the music sounded. She tilted her head to look and saw He Ming wearing the bright red wedding clothes, his hand holding one end of a red silk cord as he walked in from the outside. On the other side of the red silk cord was Luo Wen Yao, who was wearing a phoenix crown and cape.
While Qing De Emperor and the Empress didn't personally attend, their gifts had been sent down very early beforehand. Qu Qing Ju watched as the couple bowed to the empty seats above them and once again looked down on the Imperial House. The father wasn't present when the son got married. Was there even any meaning left when the Imperial father and son were like this?
When the three brothers in front of He Ming had married, Qing De Emperor had personally written out a celebratory speech to be read at each of the ceremonies, expressing the regret of his absence and wished to make up for such a deficiency. Why wasn't there one when it was He Ming's turn?
After the ceremony, Qu Qing Ju and the others followed the newly wedded pair to their bridal rooms and waited for He Ming to lift the bride's veil.
The bridal rooms were very busy. Qu Qing Ju even saw Jin An Princess' two children. She watched as He Ming slowly lifted the bride's veil. Underneath it, Luo Wen Yao's face was full of bashfulness, like a flower just before blooming.
Some said that a woman was most beautiful on the day of her marriage. Qu Qing Ju smiled at the bashful Luo Wen Yao and had to admit it was true. She and Jin An Princess smiled as they came forward to say some lucky words. After the children received their red packets, they ushered everyone out and left a silent space for the newlyweds.
Coming out of the bridal room, Jin An Princess looked at the darkening sky. She smiled as she reminisced: "That year I was married, the didi were still all children. Now, all of them are married."
Qu Qing Ju guessed that Jin An Princess was thinking of her failed marriage, comforting: "Time is like flowing water, jiejie doesn't have to be sad."
Listening to the noise from the banquet in front of them, Jin An Princess smiled as she glanced at Qu Qing Ju: "You are assuming that I am sad over what happened with the Count of Bei Lu?" She laughed, "Right now, I am the Princess Royal, I have a son and daughter, and they have their titles. What do I need to be sad about?"
Qu Qing Ju hadn't thought Jin An Princess would say such unaffected words and stilled before conceding: "It's me that was mistaken."
Jin An Princess shook her head: "When the Count of Bei Lu betrayed me in the beginning, he should have thought of the conclusion. I am the daughter of the Emperor, he underestimated the people of the Imperial Family." Maybe it came about because of the Imperial Family were too courteous to him when they used to return to Jing, and that made him forget what they were truly like.
Qu Qing Ju felt that Jin An Princess was extremely domineering right now. As they walked closer to the wedding banquet, she looked ahead and hesitated before speaking: "A few days ago, a subordinate of my wang ye came back from Jing Zhou. I heard him say that ninth-grade official's daughter died from sickness, the Count of Bei Lu hasn't stepped out of his home and even sent up a request to transfer the title to his didi."
"Fuhuang will not agree," Jin An Princess smiled as she explained, "This title, until the Count of Bei Lu dies, will always be on his head. But after he dies, it isn't certain that this title will still be the Cao Family's."
Qu Qing Ju looked at the smile on Jin An Princess' face, instantly feeling reverence. This was what a true woman should be like.
At the wedding banquet, He Heng occasionally drank a cup with the guest but most of the time, he only had to sit to one side and wait for others to come to him. Looking at the noisy play on stage, he gave a yawn of disinterest.
"Er ge is tired?" Sitting by his side, He Yuan played with the wine cup, looking lazy, "Now that lao si has married, he will get busy in the future."
He Heng didn't seem to hear the implication in his words. He raised the wine cup and swirled the contents: "With a wang fei to care for him, si di will have more relaxing days."
"Ha," He Yuan snorted, "When did er ge become so simple? Didi finds it very unexpected." He Heng was pretending not to understand his words, still acting in front of him.
He Heng gave a warm smile as he responded: "Er ge is always like this. It was san di who didn't know before today."
The corner of He Yuan's lips jerked. He turned his head to avoid looking at He Heng's expression and saw his eldest sister and Duan Wang Fei emerge from the back and walk to the female side. He frowned as his gaze landed on Qin Bai Lu who had been seated the whole time. The hand which held the wine cup tightened. They were both wang fei, but why was the difference in conduct so large?
The noise eventually had to quiet down. When Qu Qing Ju and He Heng came out of Cheng Wang Fu, it was already the deep of the night. She inhaled, watching as the guards surrounded Jin An Princess as she left, before she said: "We can finally return and rest."
He Heng helped tie her cloak: "Let's go back."
"Er ge and er sao, take care."
Qu Qing Ju turned her head and saw He Yuan and Qin Bai Lu walking together with a stride length between them. Qin Bai Lu's expression didn't seem right.
"San shu, san dimei," Qu Qing Ju smiled, "It's late, you two should return and rest too."
"Thanks for the concern, er sao. Of course we know to rest," Qin Bai Lu calmly said, "Today, er sao was very busy, don't exhaust yourself."
It was easy to detect the queerness in her tone. He Heng's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes instantly becoming cold. Even the smile on his lips disappeared without a trace. It was only the fact that the other was his dimei that he didn't speak.
"Shut up," He Yuan snapped, "If you're tired, then go to the carriage and rest."
Qin Bai Lu's expression changed as she coldly answered: "If that's the case, qie will leave first. Wang ye can do as he pleases." She really did abandon He Yuan to leave first, and didn't even care that He Heng was present.
Qu Qing Ju felt that Qin Bai Lu painted a gigantic black dot on the reputation of the Qin Family as an educated and noble family. And this stain couldn't be washed out, and couldn't be brushed off.
He Yuan's face was so dark, ink could be squeezed out of it. He managed to raise his hands to the two and state: "Er ge, er sao, you go first." He said to Qu Qing Ju, "Er sao, forgive me for the wife's ill manners, and for letting you see such a joke.
This wasn't the first time I've seen your embarrassments. Qu Qing Ju smiled calmly as she replied: "It might be that dimei isn't feeling well. San shu should go take a look. We don't live very far from here and can get back to the fu very quickly. You go first."
He Yuan nodded: "Goodbye."
Qu Qing Ju reached out to hug He Heng's arm, whispering in his ear: "Our san dimei's temper isn't soft at all."
He Heng smiled coldly, wrapping an arm around her waist to enter the carriage before declaring: "The Qin Family raised a good daughter!"
Qu Qing Ju listened to the tone of his voice and had the impression of it expressing "wait and see". She smiled, "Who cares whose daughter she is? It has nothing to do with us."
He Heng embraced the other in his arms, gently patting her back. A long time later, he stated: "Don't worry. In the future, no one would dare to be disrespectful to you."
The person in his embrace didn't speak. A beat later, he lowered his head to look but only saw the other's sleeping visage. He smiled helplessly. It seemed that today had exhausted her.
"Clang!" A blue-ink porcelain teapot smashed onto the floor. He Yuan angrily pointed at Qin Bai Lu, "Look at what you've done. How does it look like anything a proper lady would do? Even an uneducated shrew would be better. Ben wang gets angry just looking at you."
"Who do you not get angry looking at? Lu He in the Dong Yuan, Qing Liu or that whore in Xi Yuan?! The women of the Qu Family are all fox spirits but you men stop moving after taking a look … …"
He Yuan dealt a blow to Qin Bai Lu's face, making her stagger. He expressionlessly looked at Qin Bai Lu who was covering her face, "Before saying this, think of your position. If you feel that you can't stay in my Rui Wang Fu any longer, then get out and stay in your paternal home for the rest of your life. Don't come here to be an eyesore."
Qin Bai Lu covered her face. That slap had been extremely heavy. She still felt her ears ringing. She raised her head to look at He Yuan. From the other's handsome face, other than dislike for her, she couldn't see anything else. She looked dazedly at the man, her tears streaming.
"The Qin Family is an educated and noble family. Don't stain the Qin Family's reputation. My Da Long Dynasty has had wang ye in the past who'd divorced their wives. If you don't accept, you could try." He Yuan took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands in disgust. He turned and left the room, not looking once at Qin Bai Lu.
It didn't matter how noble the xiaojie of the Qin Family were. He was an imperial son, a wang ye. If she married him, she had to obey his rules. If she couldn't obey, then get out.
"Wang fei," Seeing that wang ye had left, the yahuan who served Qin Bai Lu hurriedly supported her to a seat. She got others to bring a towel and medicine, the zheng yuan quickly descended into chaos..
Qin Bai Lu was crying and laughing: "I can't even scold that Qu Family whore. Just a qieshi, but wang ye treats me like so for her. That whore has good tricks."
"Wang fei, why do this?" Ru Hua, one of the yahuan who was part of Qin Bai Lu's dowry, had reddened eyes as she helped put on medicine for Qin Bai Lu, "No matter how Qu shi is, she's just a qie. Why be hostile against wang ye for her?"
Qin Bai Lu woodenly looked at the darkness outside the door, "Come say, which part of Qu Qing Ju is stronger than me? Do men really place such importance on a woman's face?"
Ru Hua asked in confusion: "Wang fei, why are you mentioning Duan Wang Fei?"
"Why is it that I can't receive what she can get?" Qin Bai Lu still remembered the rumors before the marriage decree. At that time, there were people saying that the Emperor wanted to marry Qu Qing Ju to wang ye and her to Duan Wang. However, the decision had been changed at the last minute for some reason.
She had rejoiced that she was engaged to Rui Wang because Rui Wang was more favoured by the Emperor than Duan Wang. And two years ago, she'd seen Rui Wang in the palace once, she had silently given her heart away.
Ru Hua didn't understand why her wang fei would have that kind of idea. After she applied the medicine, she carefully said: "How Duan Wang Fei lives, only she knows. What we usually see might only be intentional. Wang fei, you have no need to compete with Duan Wang Fei. You have to know that, other than a face, she is less than you in every other aspect."
Qin Bai Lu listened to her words and suddenly laughed, "Yes, I want to see just how long she can be proud."
She wasn't living well and so she couldn't bear to see people who were lesser than her have better lives.


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Some claim that Finland is at an important juncture concerning immigration and its role in our society. There are already clear signs that the Finns want to deal with this challenge in a civil manner without the usual dose of fear-mongering and nationalistic bravado.
How can I make such a claim? Because Finns from all walks of life want to make immigration work.
Even if the anti-immigration True Finns win a few percentage points in the next election, it will not be enough to turn them into a major party. Their xenophobic views of the world are only shared by a minority in this country.
One of the most interesting matters worth pointing out is that for the first time in our history we are debating and challenging racism openly. By debating this social ill we are also giving the thumbs down to a minority of Finns that want to take the country down the same questionable path like Denmark and the Netherlands.
Those that are not buying the anti-immigration rhetoric are giving the following message: Finland is independent and self-reliant to deal with immigration in positive and effective ways.
The biggest losers in the next elections will be those that use immigration as a scapegoat for all of our woes and opportunistic tool to win over votes. Even if a few get into parliament, there will never be enough of them to have a simple majority never mind two-thirds majority in the Eduskunta (Parliament).
Finns are pretty intelligent and have learned how to survive during trying times before. Spreading hatred and revenge as a justification to attack another country or group never worked, even if some want to take us down that path again.


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The Jade Dragon Mao Feng's color is very light and has a vegetal taste, so if you aren't a fan of that kind of flavor, stay away. Drinking it invokes a feeling of gently waking up on a sunny spring morning. There is a pleasant aftertaste and it almost feels refreshing. It also seems to be more delicate than other green teas I have encountered. The leaves are long and unwieldy; it's a bit of a challenge to get an exact teaspoon amount when brewing. I make sure to steep the tea for about 3:30-4:00 minutes on a second steep for maximum replication of the taste, and I have never brewed a third cup for fear of severe dilution.
This is easily one of the best and pure-tasting green teas I have had. I am quite disappointed that Teavana has elected to remove this tea from their collection. I made sure to purchase a couple of pounds from their clearance section.
Flavors: Vegetal
A robust tea that makes one think of leather and smoke. But don't let it frighten you off; it's got plenty of heart. This tea is full of gruff flavor between the pu erh dante and gunpowder. The hazelnut is faint among the presence of the other two teas, but the blend is comforting in a way that reminds you of curling up in your father's armchair, wrapped in a well worn flannel shirt.
Flavors: Leather, Smoke
While the novelty of the name/inspiration amused me, the ingredients are what sold me on making the purchase. Now I can't imagine NOT having this tea in a permanent spot within my cupboard. The almond makes it sweet enough without needing to add any sugar, the soft yet warm cinnamon notes linger with every aftertaste, and the black assam steadies the entire cup. I prefer just a splash of milk in my morning tea, but have also happily sipped on a pure black cup of it as well. I cannot recommend this blend highly enough!
Finally got around to trying this sample! Upon opening the package, it immediately brought to mind caramel candies! After steeping, I could smell the roasted mate at the forefront. I added a little sugar in the raw and a tiny bit of milk (again with the caramel candy vibe, I felt it needed a 'creamy' texture).
It's definitely not terrible. By the second cup, it's grown on me. It also isn't likely to be one I'll order in the future.


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RCMP confirms one person dead at Pemberton Music Festival
The RCMP has confirmed to the Straight that there has been a death at the Pemberton Music Festival.
An officer said at this point that nobody had yet been appointed to speak to media. He added that an RCMP news conference may be held later in the evening, possibly around midnight.
The officer also confirmed that members of the RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) were on their way to the Pemberton festival site or already here. He was however quick to add that the presence of IHIT officers did not necessarily mean the death was a murder. He described it as a "precaution".
Huka Entertainment, the festival's New Orleans–based organizers, has released a brief statement.
"The Pemberton Music Festival can confirm that an incident has occurred in one of the festival campgrounds," the statement reads. "RCMP are onsite investigating. Huka Entertainment is working with Pemberton Fire and Rescue to care for campers who need to be relocated during the police investigation."
There is an observably heightened police presence in the "founders" section of the festival's camping area, where the death is believed to have occurred.
The festival is continuing without interruption. At the time of writing, night-one headliners Nine Inch Nails were continuing their set on the main stage.
Update: Nick Phongsavath identified by police as man who died at Pemberton Music Festival
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Terrible Pressure
Jul 18, 2014 at 10:46pm
Well, this puts the deafening crap on 4th avenue in perspective--at least they only damaged people's hearing!
Nanny Kat
Jul 19, 2014 at 12:03am
Sadly the parents of this person probably don't know yet........but social media does.....
morals vs. values
Jul 19, 2014 at 11:01am
Out of respect for the deceased person and their family and friends, the music festival should be shut down. If I was at an event where a death occurred, I wouldn't continue partying--- I would leave. Why hasn't the event been shut down? Someone just died. Who cares about being out of the cost of the price of the event .... Life is worth more than a cover charge. So sad to read that "that the festival continues without interruption."
@morals and values.
Jul 19, 2014 at 12:28pm
It's a yanky company , do you think they would stop a show and interrupt profit. NOPE..
@morals and values
Jul 19, 2014 at 1:48pm
To the people hating on the organizers for not shutting down the event, have you any idea how much work and money goes into planning a festival this size?? While it's truly unfortunate that someone died, it's not their fault and why should they be millions of dollars in the hole because of it? There's thousands of people they'd have to refund, and they'd still be legally obligated to pay all of the bands, and I'm sure that's a huge price tag. If I were attending a festival that shut down because someone passed away, I'd be pretty upset considering how much of a financial investment it is to attend an event like this.
Jul 19, 2014 at 3:38pm
The show must go on.
morals vs. values
Jul 19, 2014 at 6:18pm
To the people responding to @morals vs. values: your life and death morals vs. monetary and right to party values, are duly noted. You appear to possess an attitude of entitlment that dictates to ensure you're "getting your money's worth" and reverence for financial gain at any cost, even when a death has occurred at the event. Did you consider how your attitude for your right to party on, even after RCMP have confirmed someone has died on site at this event, could be viewed as an accessory to the cause of death? Maybe that's why they haven't shut it down; keep all the suspects there at the scene while the RCMP conduct their investigation. But hey, on the other hand, there's a multi million dollar music festival that's much more important than the loss of a life. I guess the crowd control and legal contractual obligations in this scenerio are not factored into the cover charge at the event. Distract the inebriated morons with what's on stage. After all, that's what's more important here.....right?
What in the Hell
Jul 19, 2014 at 7:31pm
This is highly disturbing.
Ms. Jackson
Jul 19, 2014 at 8:17pm
If they tried to shut the festival down, all hell would break loose. I'm sure that even the deceased would want the show to go on. Condolences to friends and family. Rock In Peace kid...
Jul 20, 2014 at 8:40am
@ morals vs values, You are pretty immature. Your logic lacks reasoning. Yes, death sucks, but life goes on. They don't shut down a city every time someone dies do they? Oh, I get it. It's an opportunity for you to tell the world how much better of a person that you are.


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Author: Bruce Taubert
For whatever reason I have become obsessed with taking macro and micro photographs of bugs. Beetles, files, wasps, bees, stink bugs, moths, butterflies, and whatever other bugs in Arizona and around the world. Bugs are cool! They have compound eyes, colorful exteriors, antennae, exoskeletons with sharp spines or hairs, scales like a fish, and many endearing body forms.
To take extreme macro/micro images of bugs I have purchased some types of photographic equipment that one would not normally find in a photographer's bag. All the cameras I own are adequate to take wonderful macro images, but it is the lenses that lack the magnification power to get the job done. My first super macro lens purchase was the Canon MP-65 f/2.8 1X-5X zoom lens. This unique lens does not zoom from wide to telephoto but zooms to different magnifications. By moving the "non-focusing ring" the lens zooms from 1X to 5X without the need for extension tubes, teleconverters, diopter lenses, or the like. Very easy to use when it comes to changing the level of magnification.
When I want to go past the 5X world I must resort to purchasing equipment normally found in the research laboratory and, not in the camera bag. For 10X magnification I have purchased a Mitutoyo microscope objective. To allow me to use my digital camera and not a microscope I place a 70-200mm lens on the camera and use an adapter to place the microscope objective on the end of the camera lens. Not difficult to do and the cost of objective is less than the cost of a quality macro lens, and there are more inexpensive options than the Mitutoyo lens I have.
From here the only other relatively costly item is a focusing rail. When taking images at large magnifications, it is necessary to use focus stacking. Focus stacking is a mechanism by which the computer puts several images taken at different focal distances together resulting in a final, single image that has more depth-of-field than possible by any other process. For smaller magnifications I may only take 10 images for stacking but at higher magnifications I take 200 or more images. The focusing rail allows me to move the camera in very small increments and makes it easy to take the multiple images necessary for stacking. To make life easier I purchased an automated focusing rail.
The rest of the equipment is easy and cheap. I use either an empty tapioca container, plastic cutting board, printing paper, or even a ping pong ball for diffusion. Camera flashes or LED lights provide the illumination and the bugs are free.
Not only are the images, in my mind, beautiful they represent forms that are unimaginable without having a photograph to view. With this level of magnification, we can better appreciate the natural patterns of even the most obscure creatures. Small bugs that are completely unappreciated become things of beauty, hopefully allowing the viewer to better appreciate them. Even with all the biological experience I have and my love for all things alive (yes Roberta, even Creepy, Crawly Critters) I am forever amazed to see the intricate details these images uncover.
With a little practice and some unique equipment, it is relatively easy to see the smaller things in life. The learning curve is not steep and the equipment not as expensive or exotic as one might imagine.
If this type of photography interests, you I teach macro photography workshops through Arizona Highways PhotoScape's and I have just written a book with Amy Brooks Horn on The Art of Macro Photography.
Bruce Taubert is an Instructor with Arizona Highways PhotoScapes


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Getting Wicked at BCMF
After an event packed weekend, we are WICKED excited to bring to you a quick recap of all the fun things we were involved with throughout the Boston Calling Music Festival! From Sia's amazing performance to Arancini Bro's tasty rice balls, we have the inside scoop about everything everyone was raving about throughout Memorial Day Weekend.
Just hours before the 2016 Boston Calling Music Festival was about to kick off, an announcement was made that had fans' jaws dropping. Boston Calling will no longer be a semi-annual event; it will now only be held once each year to kick off everyone's summer. Additionally, it was also made public that the festival will be moved to the considerably larger Harvard University athletic fields for every upcoming event. Fans will miss being surrounded by the towering city skyscape, but now, even more people will be able to enjoy themselves by finding a spot in the grass to relax and feel the vibes. The venue will also offer the non-VIP folks an opportunity to be shaded from the blazing sun with some "indoor-type" space. (If you joined us this past Saturday, you know exactly how nice that will be!) With the weather reaching 93 degrees, people were lining up and waiting for over 45 minutes to use 1 of the 10 water taps provided by Boston Water and Sewer Commission. Boston Calling even set up a misting station in the back of City Hall Plaza to keep patrons cool throughout the day!
Some WICKED cool activities throughout the weekend were hosted by the 47 Brand, Kind Bar, and Wicked Wines. The 47 Brand set up a personalization pendant station where all attendees partook in spray painting each other's pendants – AND attendees were then able to choose a pendant to screen print on; a fun activity and a free souvenir!
Kind Bar had two unique events both promoting their company values – "Do the kind thing for your body, your taste buds and your world." Friday they were raising awareness about children's medical health while on Saturday Kind Bar was handing out colorful Gerbera Daisies and asking attendees to pick one and pass it on! #kindawesome
Across the festival in the tree shaded area, Wicked Wines had people lining up to spin the WICKED wheel. We offered a variety of prizes, from coozies, t-shirts, bags and more! Fans were snapping photos and making their way to the nearby bar to try our fun flavors. A few other WICKED cool vendors seen at Boston Calling include; Sam Adams, Dunkin Donuts, Verizon and Mass Health Connector – all giving a little back to the fans out here in Boston! By the end of the festival, City Plaza was crawling with flowers, pendants, glow sticks and Wicked Wine gear!
Some of you asked: What's the connection with Wine Riot? Can we buy Wicked Wines in their Pavilion? Short answer, no. But, our parent importer company, Global Wines, featured two wines you may have tried at the Pavilion. Casal de Sofia Vinho Verde, a light, crisp, semi-sparkling white and our Flama d'Or Cava Rosé, a sparkling and dry Rosé were sure to provide some chilled refreshment! [Shoot us a message through our CONTACT page to find out where you can buy these wines.]
As each night came to a close, fans raved over Sia, Disclosure, HAIM, Odesza, Miike Snow and more. All artists kept the crowd coming back for more. Back in the office, we decided to take a vote and see which performer stole the hearts of the Wicked Wine employees – the polls are in and it was a close call between Sia and Elle King.
Fans not only loved the wide variety of bands lined up to perform but we also loved the array of food trucks and tents. From all organic burrito bowls, rice balls and fried Oreos, to Ruth's Chris lobster rolls, this event satisfied everyone's weekend cravings.
Even if you weren't at the show, you can still capture everything that happened by looking through social media! The infamous, @OnlyInBOS is always up to date on all events here in MA and we were WICKED excited to be able to do a snapchat take over for him last Saturday! Tens of thousands of Wicked Wine fans were going crazy with our newly released geofilter and hundreds of new people became a part of our NEW Wicked Wine Club! (Reach out to us to get on that list!)
We were thrilled to have our wine served throughout the entire event and we were even more excited to be able to actually meet some of our fans! Follow us throughout the summer on our blogging journey and catch up with us at our next event to win some more free gear! Let's be WICKED good friends!
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I always find it fascinating how many business owners do not even consider a buy-sell agreement when operating their business. What's worse, in my opinion, is how many professional advisors (whether that is a financial advisor, accountant or attorney) completely fail to bring up the subject of a buy-sell agreements to their business owner clients.
What is a Buy-Sell Agreement?
A buy-sell agreement is a written contract between two individuals (more often than not it is two business owners) that provide for a certain outcome as it relates to a business or businesses if a condition precedent happens. The easiest example is death.
Let's say you and I own a business together, and I die, what happens to that business? Assuming I have a will that leaves everything to The Wife (and I do) then, surprise, you now have a new business partner, My Wife! Possibly worse for some people, you die. Now I, the surviving business owner, am negotiating with your spouse to buy him or her out…think I may try to take advantage of the fire sale?
Most practitioners stop at death but there are so many more things that a buy-sell can cover.
Beyond Death What Other Situations Can a Buy-Sell Provide For?
The big one is death, but there are other situations that a buy-sell can provide for:
- Disability – What if one one owner becomes disabled? Is the non-disabled owner just expected to run the business and pay the salary of the disabled owner forever? If not for how long? The non-working owner is going to be worried about current income while the working owner is going to be worried about growing the business.
- Divorce – What if your co-owner is in the middle of a divorce and the shares of the business become part of equitable distribution or whatever system your state may have.
- Departure – What if one owner wants out? Wouldn't you want to determine terms when no one is in a weakened position
- Deadlock – what if the owners can't agree on a topic?
- Default – What if one of the partners goes through a bankruptcy proceeding? Wouldn't you want to determine how and when to buy his or her shares?
There are a number of other situations that may be specific to a particular industry, such the loss of a license when a profession calls for it (i.e. if you can no longer practice law your co-owners are likely going to have to buy out your interests).


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Mozilla this week announced that the next upgrade to Firefox, due for release March 19, will automatically block all auto-play audio by default.
"Starting with the release of Firefox 66 for desktop and Firefox for Android, Firefox will block audible audio and video by default," Chris Pearce, a Mozilla software engineer, wrote in a post to the company's Hacks blog.
Only when the user explicitly interacts with the website to launch audio or video content - Pearce cited clicking a "Play" button as an example - will Firefox allow sound to stream.
"Any playback that happens before the user has interacted with a page via a mouse click, printable key press, or touch event, is deemed to be auto-play and will be blocked if it is potentially audible," Pearce added.
Auto-play blocking will be enabled by default in Firefox 66, currently scheduled for release March 19.
Users may set site-specific controls to allow some destinations to start playing audio as soon as the browser pulls up a page. And auto-play video will be allowed when muted, Pearce said. He recommended that site developers adopt the latter practice, perhaps with an "Unmute" button for users to click. "Note that muted auto-play is also currently allowed by default in all major browsers which block auto-play media," Pearce said.
Google's Chrome has led the pack in stymying audio auto-play, although that browser has taken a looser approach. As long ago as 2013, Chrome began blocking audio that blasted unbidden from an opened tab. Last year, it instituted stricter control over auto-play, though at the same time it declined to block every site's audio.
On personal computers, Google tracks user behavior and "if the user has frequently played media on the site, according to the Media Engagement Index" (MEI), audio will pour from the speakers. The MEI, according to a Google explanatory document, "provide[s] a metric reflecting the engagement of a given user with regards to media playback on a given origin." Sites with high MEI scores - a prime example would be youtube.com - are given a pass on the no-sound rule.
Firefox, by comparison, doesn't deal with nuance.
Chrome also already blocks auto-played Web Audio content, something Pearce said Firefox would only get to sometime later this year. The Web Audio API (application programming interface) is a newer make-sound standard for web applications.


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Should You Care What Your Employees Eat and If They Workout?
Should you Care What Your Employees Eat and If They Workout?
You offer health insurance, life insurance, and maybe quality disability insurance for your employees, but you should you care what your employees eat or if they workout?
Research from the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), Brigham Young University and the Center for Health Research at Healthways shows "presenteeism", or being at work but not performing at optimal levels, damages workplace efficiency. These inefficiencies are created by employees not eating healthy or working out regularly. The inefficiency of presenteeism and absenteeism causes lost production that costs businesses billions in operations costs annually.
The study found some of the following statistics:
- Absenteeism was 27% lower for workers who ate healthy and regularly exercised vs those who didn't.
- Performance of workers who ate healthy and regularly exercised was 11% higher than those were are obese.
- 66% of employees with an unhealthy diet were more likely to report lost productivity vs those with a healthy diet
- Healthy snacks actually increase productivity, 93% of those who claim to not eat healthy snacks lose productivity.
Other Factors (from numerous studies):
- A Duke University study shows that obese workers file twice as many workers' compensation claims, cost seven times as much, and miss 13 times more days of work.
- Obese men take almost 6 more sick days than their healthier counterparts, obese women take an additional 9 more sick days.
- Hire a Sports Nutritionist/Fitness Coach (Like me!) to give 30 minute class during lunch on healthy eating and healthy lifestyle changes. Having these sessions once a month can help educate employees on the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.
- Healthy snack options. My wife and I teach our clients that snacks can make or break a diet. Most dieters think they need to stay away from snacks, but we find that snacks are a necessity and will prevent you from binge eating. Having almonds, cashews, fruits, and vegetables available in your break-room/kitchen will give your staff the opportunity to refuel for dollars a day. A bunch of bananas can feed 6-8 people and only cost you less than $2.00.
- Gym memberships are great benefits for your employees. Many gyms will give you a nice discount if you enroll your office all at once.
- Weight loss contests are great incentives for people to get healthier around the office. Prizes such as Apple Watches or Fitbits will encourage employees to continue tracking their health.
To become fully efficient in today's business, companies must take care of employees. The paradigm must be broken and businesses must attempt to change or at least show that they care about the well being of the employees by teaching sound nutrition advice. The studies show that healthier employees are more productive and have less absences. Businesses will have more productive employees who will live fuller and longer lives with nutrition and lifestyle enrichment programs that may not cost the employer much compared to the net benefit of utilization.
To debate more about this topic, or to contact me directly, email me: firstname.lastname@example.com.
About the author:
Dustin Holston is a personal trainer and sports nutritionist from West Virginia. During the day he is a Legal Administrator running a regional law firm in Charleston. Dustin completed his MBA from Marshall University and has 15 years experience managing insurance agencies, banks, and law firms. Dustin and his wife have a love of fitness and nutrition and spend much of their time volunteering and making workout plans and diet plans for those trying to lose weight (for free).
Diet may affect workplace productivity, Mother Nature Network, http://www.mnn.com/money/green-workplace/blogs/diet-may-affect-workplace-productivity. Accessed 31 Jan. 2017.
Duke Study Says Obese Workers File More Worker Compensation Claims, Fowler Insurance, fowlerinsure.com/2017/01/16/duke-study-says-obese-workers-file-more-worker-compensation-claims/. Accessed 31 Jan. 2017.
Eric A. Finkelstein, Marco daCosta DiBonaventura, Somali M. Burgess and Brent C. Hale. "The Costs of Obesity in the Workplace." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 52(10):971-976, October 2010.
You Are What You Eat…. Even At Work, Business News Daily, http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/3699-healthy-eating-worker-productivity.html. Accessed 31 Jan. 2017.


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RCIA welcomes everyone who seeks the Lord, including those who were raised in a non-Christian faith tradition, those who were raised in no faith tradition, those who have been baptized or raised in another Chrisitan faith tradition, and those raised as Catholics who have not yet received Confirmation and/or first Holy Communion.
The main book used is the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults.
For more information, call Fr. Mark Smith at the rectory (301-229-7933) and he will be happy to answer any questions.
"Baptism is the first and chief sacrament of the forgiveness of sins: it unites us to Christ, who died and rose, and gives us the Holy Spirit." -Catechism of the Catholic Church 985
Through Baptism, the human person is washed clean of original sin and restored to the image and likeness of God. At St. Bart's, baptisms are arranged through an appointment with a priest. Call the Parish Office at 301-229-7933, or email [email protected] for more information.
"Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiations, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith accompanied by deeds. -Catechism of the Catholic Church 1316
The Sacrament of Confirmation is conferred on candidates from our parish in the eighth grade by a Bishop of the Archdiocese in the Spring of the year. In the fall, there is a meeting for parents of Confirmation candidates, as well as retreat for candidates. A second meeting is held in February for parents and candidates, followed by the Confirmation Rite of Blessing at Mass.
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For more information, contact Cathy Mills, Director of Religious Education, at 301-229-3431 or [email protected] or [email protected]. Adults seeking Confirmation will be able to do so through RCIA.
"In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist 'the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ and , therefore the whole Christ is truly, really and substantially contained.' This presence is called 'real' - by which is not intended to exclude other types of presence as if they could not be 'real' too, but because it is the presence in the fullest sense: that is to say, it is a substantial presence by which Christ, God and Man, makes himself wholly and entirely present." -Catechism of the Catholic Church 1374
First Communion is received the first Sunday of May each year after a two-year preparation period. The usual age of the first reception of the sacrament is seven-years-old. To register click here. For more information on preparation for First Communion, contact Cathy Mills, Director of Religious Education, at 301-229-3431 or [email protected] or [email protected].
"The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament." -Catechism of the Catholic Church 1660
St Bartholomew's parish community rejoices with couples called to the vocation of Marriage and Family. Preparation includes classes and sessions with a priest. To schedule a date for your marriage, kindly call the Rectory office at least six months in advance, 301-229-7933.
In preparing candidates to receive the sacraments of the Church, St. Bartholomew's strives to educate the mind and heart through authentic instruction and lived experience.
"Our faith is not an abstract doctrine or philosophy, but a vital and full relationship with a person: Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God who became man, was put to death, rose from the dead to save us, and is now living in our midst. Where can we encounter him? We encounter him in the Church, in our hierarchical, Holy Mother Church. It is the Church which says today: 'Behold the Lamb of God'; it is the Church, which proclaims him; it is in the Church that Jesus continues to accomplish his acts of grace which are the sacraments."
Pope Francis
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im gonna kick you with em.
im gonna kick you cuz you stole my
you lie. im gonna kick you harder.
yes, those shoes
with the velcro.
you know i can't tie a knot.
now you made fun of me, you know what happens?
i'm gonna kick you
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If you had just three fewer hoops to jump through for HBO on Broadband, it'd be an amazing service. So, if you have Time Warner in Wisconsin, HBO on Demand and Roadrunner broadband (and Windows), you can download to your PC as much as you want from a catalog of 600 shows and movies they'll throw up every month, plus there's a live feed of HBO on the East Coast. Awesome, right?
But then we've got the DRM/studio content restrictions: No transfer to portable devices or burning, and content automatically withers off of your computer when it hits the expiration date in 4-12 weeks. Better than the iTunes timeframe nonetheless. And that whole Roadrunner requirement, it's totally literal, as in you can only pick up new content while connected to Roadrunner.
On the upside, you can register up to five computers per household, and you've got features like series passes that auto-download within five minutes of a show airing on TV. Since the file size runs about 1.2GB for a two-hour flick, the res is probably pretty close to what iTunes offers. Besides, it's free, and you can't beat that. [DVD Dossier via Engadget]


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Following the end of all botanical life on Earth, ecologist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), oversees a greenhouse on a space station, preserving various plants species for future generations. Assisted by three robots, Lowell rebels when ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with the remaining (human) crew. How far will Lowell go to keep his invaluable greenery alive?
Though somewhat dated, Silent Running is a noble effort and warrants placement in the canon of classic science fiction cinema. Its geological message remains relevant—especially with today's concerns of climate change—and Bruce Dern's performance harkens back nostalgically to other great peers of the time. Join us as we discuss the film's development and its ties to the George Lucas and the Star Wars franchise. Listen as Johnny Has the Keys orbits Saturn, observing the endangered vestige of Earth's fauna and questioning how far we should go to save it.
***Note: We've been having some Zoom connection problems and, occasionally, briefly, you may hear a glitch or our audio (Tim's usually) does not sync with the video. Never fear, we catch most of the audio and (with video) the error seems to correct itself shortly. We are working on solutions to this problem.***
- Silent Running (1972)
- original trailer
- Douglas Trumbull
- Deric Washburn
- Michael Cimino
- Steven Bochco
- Bruce Dern
- Battle Star Galactica (1978)
- Mystery Science Theatre 3000
- Heinlein's Starship Troopers (1959)
- Red Dwarf (1988)
- Night Gallery (1969)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Dark Star (1974)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- 2001 (1968)
- The Black Hole (1979)
- The Andromeda Strain (1971)
- Freaks (1932)
- Avatar (2009)
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