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Judgment day wasn't as nerve racking as I expected.
I watched confidently as trainer Jesse Ewell punched numbers into his calculator.
My goal during the two-month weight loss challenge at his Fircrest gym, Innovative Fitness, was to shed 10 pounds of fat, improve my physical performance and not scare small children when I took off my shirt at the pool.
The numbers Ewell was crunching were going to tell me my body fat percentage.
The goal was 10 percent but, really, I felt like I'd met all my goals.
I felt healthy and fit, I was picking up my intensity in my favorite sport – cycling – and when I looked in the mirror I had the clearest view of my abs since my last MRI.
What I was thinking about more than the number was now that my two months of hard work were over, what's next?
"There's no such thing as maintenance," Ewell said. "You're either getting stronger or you're getting weaker."
In other words, when you reach your fitness goals it's time to set new ones.
When Ewell looked up from his calculator and showed me the numbers he scribbled on a sheet of paper, he confirmed it was time for new goals.
By his calculations I'd lost 10.72 pounds of fat and gained 2.86 pounds of lean muscle for a body fat percentage of 10.1 percent. Additionally, a hydrostatic body composition test, widely regarded as the most accurate form of testing, showed my body fat percentage was 5.1 percent. (I should probably point out that even though the hydrostatic test was run twice, Ewell and I remain skeptical of the result even though I really want to believe it.)
Either way, if I continue to use the number on the scale to set my fitness goals, I'm likely to be unsuccessful.
That was the case with Adam Ulrich of Auburn when he dropped from 278 pounds to 180. When he reached his ideal weight, he shifted his goals from the scale to his performance.
He started running and setting goals. Now he's running as many as 25 miles per week and signed up to run last year's 187-mile Ragnar Relay last year. Not only did he help his team finish but his performance coupled with his dramatic weight loss earned him a spot on one of this month's "Biggest Loser" Ragnar Relay teams.
On April 15-16, Ulrich will run three legs of the 200-mile race in Southern California with contestants from the NBC weight loss TV show.
After that he's planning to run a half marathon and his first triathlon.
"Having goals and setting new goals is motivation to stay disciplined, keep working out and to make healthy choices when I'm eating," Ulrich said. "It makes a big difference."
Continually setting new goals is a good way to condition yourself to lead a healthy lifestyle, Ewell said.
Chuck Carone, one of Ewell's trainers, recently started racing in 5-kilometer runs to inspire himself to keep training hard.
"It's about leading a healthy lifestyle," said Carone, who says the scale is rarely good motivation.
"I told one woman to imagine me sitting in her bathroom every morning and when she comes in I tell her 'You're fat,' " Carone said. "That's what you're getting from the scale."
This particular client now keeps a picture of Carone on her scale.
It's better, Carone said, to measure success based on your progress toward a performance goal.
Kelly Norton of Tacoma says continually setting new goals was paramount in her journey from 40 pounds overweight five years ago to the toned All-Star Fitness instructor she is today. Her current goals are to eat cleaner and to improve her balance and flexibility.
"You have to keep pushing yourself," she said. "It's inspiring."
Of course, when you reach a goal you might deserve a little celebration. For Ulrich this means relaxing on his food diary for a day or two.
Ewell usually doesn't recommend rewarding yourself with food, but says it's important not to be a slave to your fitness goals.
"Are we going to go through life and be boring all the time and never eat a cookie or a piece of cake on somebody's birthday? No," Ewell said. "But 90 percent of the time you are going to be on (working toward your goal)."
As he said this, my mind drifted to a box of Girl Scout Cookies my wife bought me a month ago as a reward for finishing this two-month stretch of training.
If they'd been Thin Mints or Do-Si-Dos I'd probably have been able to get them out of mind, but these were Samoas. So, when I got home I broke open the purple box, thought again about what's next – a summer of challenging bicycle tours – and I knew the best place to eat my celebratory cookies.
I walked to the garage and hopped on my bike. It was time to get back to work.
Craig Hill's column runs Sundays. Submit questions and comments via craig.hill@ thenewstribune.com, facebook.com/adventureguys or twitter.com/adventureguys. Get more fitness coverage at blog.thenews tribune.com/adventure, thenewstribune.com/fitness and theolympian.com/getfit.


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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Guest Designer Spotlight - Sarah Gough
Today I have some more awesome stuff to show you! This time, we're featuring the work of Guest Diva Sarah Gough. After seeing some of Sarah's Verve creations, we knew she needed to be a Guest Diva for us!
The first project I'm featuring today is Sarah's Triangle Box using Poinsettia Christmas. I love how she created depth with the circles and cut out flowers, and the multi-colored sentiment is to die for! I think my favorite part, though, is the ribbon treatment. The white sheer ribbon paired with gold cord is totally STUNNING!
1. When/how did you get hooked on stamping?
I started stamping almost exactly a year ago. I had dabbled previously....but stumbled on SCS while looking for Cuttlebug advice in late 2007 and haven't looked back since! Because of SCS I "discovered" all the amazing stamp companies and artists out there - yup, I'd been living in a bubble till then!
2. How often do you stamp?
I try to stamp every day. Sometimes life gets in the way....but doing something creative is essential for my sanity!
3. Tell me about your funniest or most embarrassing stamping related injury.
Uh oh! Let me think.....you know, I don't think I've ever injured myself stamping - does that mean I'm not doing it right?!? I did manage to open a Stampin' Up! ink pad so forcefully once that it came apart and hit me in the face!!! I blame creative energy and enthusiasm for that one.
The next card I have to show you is this colorful and adorable snowman Sarah created using Snow Wonderful. These colors just immediately draw you to this card, and the ribbon is just awesome. I love the little details that Sarah adds to her projects! The snowman is cut out and popped up over several layers and has glitter and liquid applique to accent him. I LOVE IT!!
Here are more of Sarah's answers to the Verve-i-View:
4. How long does it take you to create a project that you're happy with?
It depends. I have "multiple stamping personality" so sometimes you'll catch me making a clean and simple quickie in 10 minutes, but other times I can spend half a day fluffing with this or that ribbon or embellishment! Generally a couple of hours though I'd say....I like to relax and take lots of time to play.
5. I am usually a little messy in my creating. Tell me about your creative space.
I was dreading this question! It seems I spend more time cleaning and organising my space than actually stamping sometimes. Luckily, I like getting everything "just so" then destroying it in 10 seconds flat! I get so caught up in the process, I never put anything away as I work. Consequently my little studio space always looks like a hurricane has just passed through. I wouldn't have it any other way though, the mess is just proof of all the love and tenderness I put into what I'm working on. (That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it!)
6. If you were stranded on a deserted island, what craft tool would you take with you? Why?
Wow...tough one! I think I'd have to take my Crop-a-dile. I always seem to be using it around the house to fix this or that - so it stands to reason it might come in handy on an island. Worst case scenario - it's heavy enough to crack open coconuts with!
Sarah's final project is this gorgeous card using the Philippians 4:13 Plain Jane stamp. I adore how she coordinated the colors of her project with the colors of the Prima flower. The most awesome thing about this card, though, is that the ATC sized layer with the scripture is detachable, so you can carry it around with you! How GENIUS is that? Love it.
7. What is your biggest source of inspiration?
Other stampers. Definitely! There's something to be learned from every stamper - no matter how new they are to this medium. I love the time and dedication stampers put into sharing their amazing work on blogs or sites like SCS - I even love all the enabling they do (I'm looking at you Julee - I swear I didn't NEED those Long Rectangle Nesties!!!) We're definitly a community that cares, and I find that incredibly inspiring.
8. Who in the stamping world do you want to be when you grow up and why?
There are so many stampers I admire - we'd be here a long time! I'm especially impressed by anyone who can colour, I do a lot of paper peiecing to try and hide my fear of colouring! I'm also in awe of anyone who knows exactly what their style is - it's so cool to see a card and know who the stamper was automatically. I'm thinking of stampers like Silke Ledlow, Julee Tilman, Sharon Johnstone, Beate Johns, Shannan Teubner, Dawn Easton, Cindy Haffner and just sooo soooo many others! Of course I love the entire Verve design team....the never ending inspiration provided by these amazingly talented ladies and Julee's amazing designs is the reason for my dearly loved, and extensive Verve stamp collection!
We are so lucky to have Sarah working with us for the month of November. All of her amazing Vervalicious creations are available for you to drool over HERE in her Verve Gallery. Her blog, thINKing Stamps Again is another fabulous place to see more of Sarah's gorgeous work. Please give Sarah some Verve Love...she definitely hit this one out of the park!
I mentioned yesterday that there were 2 more Guest Spotlights to go...actually, there were THREE! So you have TWO more days of awesome inspiration to get your Mojo kickin. Stay tuned! :)
7 comments:
It's hard to believe you have only been stamping for a year! Your work is amazing. Love that little triangle box. Fabulous look!ReplyDelete
Sarah I loved all your projects but my fave was the triangle poinsettias!!! I loved your Q&A answers!!!!ReplyDelete
Go Sarah! Those cards are stunning - as per usual though, don't think you could make a dud card if you tried - LOL!ReplyDelete
A great inspiration for us fellow kiwi scrappers and card maker wannabes!
Wooohoooo! Good to see you rocking the Verve Divas Sarah! Luv from your own personal local stalker and driver! LOLReplyDelete
Well - I'm a huge fan of Sarah too - not only is she a fabulous stamper herself, but she is also super sweet!!!ReplyDelete
Sarah - your projects are gorgeous!!! Congrats on being a Guest Designer!!! Big hugs ~S~
Beautiful work. I love the snowman card!ReplyDelete
Sarah, you're projects are fantabulous, as always! I had no idea you'd only been stamping a year- you look like such a pro! It was so much fun having you join us behind the scenes at Verve this month.ReplyDelete


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The heavy Caucasian-non-Caucasian mixing zone is from North Africa across Arabia, and then in a belt from the Urals in the north down through the Stans to Afghanistan, Pakistan and North India in the south and all the way to Siberia and even East Turkestan in China to the east.
One can say that there is a White/non-White mixing zone of recent origin in the Americas mostly from Mexico south in Mesoamerica down to Latin America all the way down to Chile, Uruguay and Argentina in the south, with more admixture to the north and much less at the south. Mesoamerica is quite thoroughly admixed or mestized as is Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Paraguay. In Colombia, the Whites are also quite admixed with Black.
There is a White/Black mixing zone in the Caribbean and the Guyanas down to Brazil. In the Caribbean, White genes have been pretty much washed out by Black ancestry, and the Caribbean is quite a Black place. The same has occurred in Belize and to a lesser extent in Panama, both of which are seriously mulattized. Even Dominican "Whites" would probably not qualify as White to most people as they seem to have too much Black in them to be considered White. There are definitely White Puerto Ricans though and there are many White Cubans. The Guyanas are so mulattized that there are not many Whites left, similar to the Dominican Republic.
In North America, there has not been a lot of White/non-White mixing. The heavily mixed people are mostly recent immigrants from Mesoamerica, mostly from Mexico. Otherwise, Whites in the US, Canada and even Alaska have not mixed much with Indians, Inuits or Blacks.
Hawaii can be considered a White/non-White mixing zone of extremely recent origin as by this time most of the population is seriously admixed. The admixture is generally White/Asian mixes of all different sorts.
The Whites in New Zealand, Australia and even Europe are not much admixed other than recent immigrants in Europe, though there is some Asian/White admixture in the Sami. Nevertheless, I regard the Sami as Whites. Black-White mixing in Southern Europe is very negligible, despite the rantings and false science of Nordicists. Iranians are White. Turks are a bit admixed, but still they are overwhelmingly White.
There has been quite a bit of White/Black mixing in South Africa and Namibia, more than you might ever expect. The Namibian Whites in particular are quite admixed. Quite a few are so admixed that one wonders if they could be properly called White anymore as they tend to be in the "border zone" of Whiteness.


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At Market Research in a Mobile World (#mrmw) last week in London, the discussion of how to move forward with mobile research without losing the advantages of advanced research methods was a hot topic. TNS made an important observation that the industry needs a guide on when advanced methods are required and when simple explicit questions are sufficient.
One area where advanced choice behavior research methods are absolutely critical is in the assessment of the drivers of behavior. One particular advanced method that is excellent at deriving insight on behavioral drivers is choice based conjoint research (CBC). CBC also is facing a significant challenge with the rise of mobile research.
Mobile Consumer Behavior Research
I see two major opportunities for innovation in choice based research in the new MR world.
First, we need reliable choice based conjoint models that have the flexibility to account for irrationalities that are being widely embraced by the industry from the rise of Behavioral Economics. Those models will need to incorporate emotion as a quantitative measure to account for these irrationalities. This means that advanced techniques for measuring emotional response to products, brands, benefits and features will become increasingly important. Implicit research technology including affective priming and response time techniques, eye-tracking, and facial coding will gain in importance, particularly those which can be implemented reliably on mobile devices.
Second, choice based conjoint designs need to evolve for mobile, particularly the smartphone, platforms. Currently, choice based designs give good information on the relative value of features and benefits of products and concepts. But these kinds of studies in a desktop environment typically involve numerous attributes and levels that are challenging to process even on a large desktop screen. We need to avoid losing the valuable insight we derive from these choice designs simply because the mobile screen is too small.
New Technologies in Mobile Choice Modeling
Innovation in this space will need to be more than simply shortening designs. The market will demand a technology and sophisticated model that allows for the measurement of many attributes. SKIM (@SKIMgroup) presented some of their early work at Market Research in the Mobile World (#mrmw) last week in London.
While their presentation over-simplified a bit by implying that conjoint studies can be done in 3 taps on a phone (depends on the complexity of the design), they did demonstrate great forward thinking and use of their database of studies to determine the amount of information needed per person to get reliable results.
More work is needed in this area and publications of guidelines are critical to facilitate CBC design on mobile devices. We're looking forward to the future advances from Sawtooth and SKIM, as well as the innovation in quantitative emotion modeling from the Sentient Consumer Subconscious Research Lab in the coming months.


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About WINMAN CA-ERP
Winman CA-ERP is the No.1 CA software suite in India. This flagship product is a bundle of many software like Income Tax software, Balance Sheet software, Audit Report software etc. The software is rated as the 'best income tax software' for Chartered Accountants as the software is specifically developed to revolutionize the Income tax computation, tax return preparation, tax filing procedures, preparation of balance sheet and other functions of CA office in India.
Income tax software is a package of Income tax computation software, ITR software and income tax e-filing software. Income tax software is enabled for different types of Assessee Status. The data entry in CA-ERP is very simple and user-friendly due to minimum key operations and single window computation. As the calculation of tax and entry of data are in the same table, there is no navigation through multiple windows and thereby avoids confusion in data entry.
ITR Software facilitates easy preparation and generation of ITR forms in paper returns and e-return by automatically filling the values from the computation sheet and balance sheet to ITR forms.
Income tax efiling software facilitates generation of income tax return (IT return) as per the e-filing schema prescribed by the Income tax department, Government of India. At the time of generating ereturn, if any inconsistent entry is made or mandatory data is not entered, then the errors along with the description are listed out. Therefore, the software ensures accurate filing of tax returns. On generation of e return, the upload page of Income tax Department website will be opened automatically to enable easy upload of income tax returns.
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The software further provides many easy to use online tools and exciting features. On completion of e-filing of every return the ITR V is downloaded, extracted from zip file and saved automatically. No need to wait for department mails to know the e-return processing status, just by one click, the e-return processing status of all the assessees will be downloaded and reported in excel. The software also facilitates import of data from Form 26AS, import of intimation emails and many more exciting features.
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Bookkeeping Road Map
Getting Your Business on The Right Track!
Thank you for letting us join you on your journey!
This page was created to you better understand the process of getting your books caught up and onto a regular bookkeeping maintenance relationship with the team at AIS Solutions.
Listed below are the five phases of our process. However, in order to initiate the Discovery phase we will require the completion of our New Client Questionnaire.
Phase 1: Discovery
This is an opportunity for us to get to know you, your business, and your books as they currently stand. This provides us with the information and tools we need to suggest the right combination of software and solutions to meet your needs. Some of the work that will be done during this phase is:
- Review current status of books and other documentation
- Identify and record any existing issues
- Correspondence with teammates to get clear ideas of workflows and key responsibilities
- Formulate plan for cleanup/setup phase of the project
Here is an outline of our detailed 21 Point Discovery Checklist that we complete during this Discovery phase.
Phase 2: Mutual Agreement
Once we have completed our Discovery and in depth Site Assessment we then formulate a plan and finalize a budget and next steps to get you on track.
We will present, in writing, a proposal outlining in detail our plan, including all of the steps required to help you achieve your goals.
Once we have mutually agreed to the next steps we will enter into an agreement and proceed to the on-boarding phase to ensure a smooth and seamless transition to our services.
Phase 3: Onboarding / Setup
Here's where things really start to get exciting. We are going to flip the switch and get you setup with new software, apps and systems as best fit your requirements. We will also spend time with you making sure you have a comfortable grasp of the new tools you will be using. This is the bulk of what will be done during the setup /clean up phase:
- Perform tasks that need to be done before transitioning bookkeeping to the new system
- Set up of new software, apps and systems
- Full software training
Phase 4: Catch-up
This can be the most time consuming part of the process but also the most satisfying and rewarding. We will go through your books and make sure that all reconciliations are complete through the end of the last completed month.
Depending on where you are, this can be just a couple of weeks or months or even a couple of years that need to be updated. We have seen it all so never feel shy or embarrassed to ask for help if you are behind; you are making the right move.
Phase 5: Maintenance
Here is where we begin the monthly bookkeeping services that we established in the agreement phase.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic First Class Passenger - FORTUNE, Miss Mabel Helen
- Age: 23
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 13th November, 1888
- Place of Residence: Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Embarked at: Southampton, England ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912
- Ticket Number: 19950
- Price Of Ticket: £263 0s 0d
- Cabin Number: C-25
- Class: First Class Passengers
- Destination: Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Survived: Yes ( List )
- Lifeboat Number: No. 10
- Location Buried: Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Mini Biography
Mabel Helen Fortune was traveling with her parents, Mark Fortune and Mary Fortune, and her two sisters, Ethel Flora Fortune and Alice Elizabeth Fortune, and her brother, Charles Alexander Fortune. The Fortune family all boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg, France, on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912, and were bound for Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mark Fortune and his son Charles Alexander Fortune were both lost in the sinking, and their bodies were not recovered. Mary Fortune, Ethel Flora Fortune, Alice Elizabeth Fortune and Mabel Helen Fortune all managed to board lifeboat No. 10, and survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Mabel Helen Fortune died on the 19th February, 1968, and she was buried in Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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Phillip Monks said that Aldermore should not be penalised as it had not played any part in the financial crisis. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both said they would impose a levy on banks, raising £1bn and £2bn respectively, as part of their plans to reimburse taxpayers.
Mr Monks said: "We are trying to build a bank to lend to the UK economy. Surely there has to be some differentiation between those causing this and those trying to be part of the solution. Adding more financial burden on us is not helping the economy."
He added: "We are getting tarred by the malpractice from some of the bigger players."
Mr Monks' comments come as the latest banking industry figures show a continued fall in year on year lending to small businesses. The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said that £678m of fixed-term lending had been agreed in March, down from more than £700m last year.
The Bank of England has said that lending to all businesses contracted by £800m in February and the stock of lending to business was down 9.2pc on the year before. In contrast, the BBA said that the loan stock to small businesses, after repayments and reduced overdraft borrowing, stood "little changed" at around £55bn.
Aldermore's Mr Monks, a former Barclays' banker, said that small and mid-sized businesses faced restricted lending for at least two years. "I think it's got a good two years to run," he said.


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Every day this Lent, we'll explore the
life and faith of a bearded Catholic saint.
We'll pray with them, and together we'll grow in holiness and manliness.
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St. Francis de Sales
St Francis de Sales embodied the simple statement, "God is Love". This short phrase shaped the whole of his ministry. This simple statement can be the most challenging part of all of Christ's, and the Church's, teachings for us to accept. We live in a world that wants to see us torn apart from our brothers and sisters, and one that wants us to draw lines that we feel God's love should not cross. St Francis was instrumental in healing the wounds caused by these same types of divisions during the protestant reformation. As men (and women) of faith, can we also live Christ's love in a way that is not bound by human lines?
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
Daily Blessing of the Beard
Lord above, bless this beard
As it grows from my face.
Let it serve as a reminder that I am yours.
Let it serve as a symbol of my role in your kingdom.
Let it serve as a sign of your blessing in my life.
As I was anointed and claimed for you at my Baptism,
I anoint this beard as a reminder of love.
Today's Prayer
Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life;
Rather look to them with full hope that as they arise,
God, whose very own you are, will lead you safely through all things;
And when you cannot stand it, God will carry you in His arms.
Do not fear what may happen tomorrow;
The same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you today and every day.
He will either shield you from suffering or will give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Advancing the Consumerization of Big Data with Strategic Analytics
Irvine, Calif., March 7, 2013 – Alteryx, Inc., the leading provider of Strategic Analytics software, today announced Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5, further supporting the Consumerization of Big Data by putting powerful analytics into the hands of the business analyst and decision makers. At its annual Inspire 2013 conference in Phoenix, Ariz., Alteryx unveiled significant enhancements to its platform, including new capabilities to drive social media data into any analytics, the first native creation of the Tableau Data Extract, and a new designer interface specifically designed for line-of-business Data Artisans.
"With Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5, we are putting Big Data and customer analytics where they have the most value - into the hands of the business analyst and the decision maker," said George Mathew, president and chief operating officer, Alteryx. "We are providing a purpose-built product that enables Data Artisans to easily create the Big Data customer analytics that their sales, marketing and operations business decision makers need."
Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5 delivers increased benefits to Data Artisans and decision makers through:
- New Big Data tools that allow all Data Artisans to inject social media into any analytic app: This release includes new preview capabilities for Twitter, Yelp and Foursquare that can be simply added into any analytic workflow. Additionally, Alteryx is announcing a new partnership with Gnip, the world's largest and most trusted provider of social media data, and enabling the integration of the Gnip enterprise social media streams into analytic applications.
- The fastest way to get sophisticated analytics directly into the hands of business decision makers: Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5 is the first analytic platform to programmatically deliver Tableau Data Extract files as a native output from an analytic process. This leverages the new Tableau Data Extract API – a new capability of the upcoming Tableau 8.0 release. The Alteryx release, building on the Alteryx and Teradata partnership, enables greater customer value from Teradata Unified Data Architecture investments with support for Teradata Aster analytical capabilities and a new high-speed Teradata data warehouse connector which provides read/write capabilities. Alteryx will also provide a new Oracle database bulk loader enabling Oracle customers to benefit from large- scale data blending.
- The easiest to use, sophisticated analytics platform with a modern, intuitive analytic design experience: This release introduces a new user interface that is purposely designed for the modern Data Artisan. Additionally, Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5 makes it easy to integrate location intelligence into analytic applications with new interactive mapping capabilities. The release also enables deeper understanding of customer behavior with new packaged predictive tools such as market basket analysis and A/B testing.
"Kaiser Permanente has been using the Alteryx platform to blend all of the relevant data needed to get to those strategic decisions quicker and to implement our analytics projects faster," said Greg Hall, senior service optimization leader at Kaiser Permanente. "Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5 takes this integration to the next level to leverage an even broader array of data sources and offers a compelling new analytic design environment – both essential to us as we continue to expand our use of strategic analytics."
Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5 is scheduled for availability in April 2013. More information on Alteryx can be found here.
About Alteryx, Inc.
Alteryx provides an indispensable and easy-to-use analytics platform for enterprise companies making critical decisions that drive their business strategy and growth. Alteryx Strategic Analytics runs analytic applications that empower executives to identify and seize market opportunities, outsmart their competitors, increase customer loyalty and drive more revenue. It Humanizes Big Data by enabling business analysts and Data Artisans to combine Big Data with market knowledge, location insight, and business intelligence; easily perform predictive and spatial analytics; and produce analytic apps that can be shared via the private cloud or the Alteryx Analytics Gallery public cloud. Customers like Experian Marketing Services and McDonald's rely on Alteryx daily. Headquartered in Irvine, California, and with offices in Boulder and Silicon Valley, Alteryx empowers 250+ customers and 200,000+ users worldwide. Visit Alteryx, the leader in Strategic Analytics, today at www.alteryx.com or call 1-888-836-4274.
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BY SUSAN KIM | Baltimore, MD | March 22, 2001
If foot-and-mouth were to spread unchecked, the economic impact, could reach billions of dollars in the first year alone, estimated USDA.
As foot-and-mouth disease spread to Ireland Thursday, U.S. officials were determined to keep the scourge from
entering this country.
Livestock animals in the U.S. are highly susceptible to foot-and-mouth, according to reports from the USDA. If an outbreak occurred in this
country, the disease could spread rapidly through routine livestock movements unless it was detected early and eradicated immediately. If
foot-and-mouth were to spread unchecked, the economic impact could reach billions of dollars in the first year alone, estimated USDA.
Deer and wildlife populations could become infected rapidly and could be a source for re-infection of livestock.
The highly infectious disease hit Ireland -- a country heavily dependent on farm exports --
Thursday and the Netherlands Wednesday, widening its circle from Britain and France. More
than 220,000 animals have been slaughtered in Britain and 90,000 more will be killed. The virus
can be passed from animal to animal and can also be carried on people's clothes, on vehicle tires,
through contaminated facilities and bedding, and through food and water shared with infected
People can even breathe the disease onto their livestock since it can remain in human nasal
passages for as long as 28 hours. Nearly 100 percent of exposed animals become infected.
Ireland had taken tough measures to keep out foot-and- mouth, including banning St. Patrick's
day celebrations. Police and troops were stationed along the border to prevent the disease
entering the country.
Across Western Europe, farmers and officials are on high alert. The disease is spreading throughout Britain, with 394 confirmed cases as of
Wednesday morning. The scale of the outbreak is threatening to overwhelm efforts to contain the menace. Serious backlogs have been
reported in the process of diagnosis, destruction, and disposal of affected animals.
Nearly in the throes of lambing time, European farming families are concerned that, if the disease overtakes their herds, their lambing
investment and work with be for naught. In what many regard as an attempt to save rural businesses from bankruptcy, Britain has
launched an advertising campaign to encourage tourists to visit the countryside. New York travel agents have already reported a
slowdown in bookings for this summer, the traditional time for trips to the countryside.
The U.S. has taken precautions to keep foot-and-mouth disease out of the country since 1929, said Kim Smith, spokesperson for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA). "We're been protecting the U.S. from this for 70 years."
In recent weeks, the USDA stepped up measures to guard against foot-and-mouth disease, announcing last week it was temporarily
prohibiting importation of swine and ruminant products from the European Union.
The USDA is also prohibiting travelers from carrying into the U.S. any agricultural products -- particularly animal products -- which could
spread the disease. Passengers are required to identify any farm contact to customs and USDA officials, and their baggage is subject to
inspection. Violations could result in penalties of up to $1,000.
Last week USDA inspectors held a mock inspection at Dulles International Airport on the outskirts of Washington, DC to help educate
travelers about the agricultural clearance process.
Even as Britain tries to send the message that tourists are welcome, the U.S. is recommending that travelers avoid farms, sale barns,
stockyards, animal laboratories, packing houses, zoos, fairs, and other animal facilities for five days prior to returning to the U.S. or
traveling elsewhere. They should also avoid contact with livestock or wildlife for five days after travel.
Travelers are also being cautioned to launder or dry clean all clothing and outerwear, and to wipe shoes, luggage and personal items --
including watches, cameras, laptops, CD players, and cell phones -- with a bleach solution.
The U.S. sent a team of 40 federal, state, and university officials to the European Union to assist in containment efforts.
The disease is economically devastating because it spreads rapidly among cattle and swine, and also affects sheep, goats, deer, and other
cloven-hoofed ruminants. Many affected animals recover, but the disease leaves them debilitated, causing severe losses in production of
meat and milk. Humans are not susceptible to the virus.
Symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease include blisters around the mouth or on the feet, reduced appetite, and lameness. If such symptoms
were spotted in U.S., an investigation would be conducted, and the location would be placed under quarantine until laboratory tests
confirmed whether or not the condition was foot-and- mouth.
The USDA established a toll-free telephone number (800- 601-9327) to respond to questions from the public and industry representatives
regarding response to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe.
The U.S. is also wary of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), especially after two flocks of dairy sheep in
Vermont were suspected of carrying a disease related to mad cow. Government agents already seized one flock and are planning to seize
the other. The foot-and-mouth scare coincides with Europe's creeping epidemic of BSE.
The human form of BSE, known as new-variant Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease, has killed more than 80 people in Britain and Europe. Recently
released reports suggest that suggest the fatal disease has an average incubation period of 30 years and may claim thousands or tens of
thousands more victims, scientists warned.
The brain-wasting disease, which has no known cure, devastated Britain's cattle industry and was first identified in 1986.
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National Pet Dental Health Month
It's February, and that means it's time to step up your pet's oral hygiene routines because it is National Pet Dental Health Month! Keeping your pet's teeth clean and healthy is just as important for them as it is for you or me.
Good oral hygiene for pets is as simple as a tube of pet-friendly toothpaste (never use human toothpaste), a pet toothbrush (or even your finger!), and 2 minutes a day. If you've got a fussy pet who isn't quite willing to participate, your veterinarian can help with some suggestions on how to get started.
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There has been some talk about the follow-on release to Visual Studio Whidbey, which is codenamed "Orcas".
I won't comment on the release, since I'm not on the team any more, but Dan's title makes an allusion to Marine Mammals, and some of you might be wondering why we chose that as a code name.
In fact - and I'm not sure if this is clear in Tony's video or not - the code name comes from Orcas Island, which is one of the San Juan islands, which reside in north Puget Sound, near the Canadian border. If you cross the border, you get to the Gulf Islands, which are really part of the same island group as the San Juans.
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I got my first tattoo when I was 19 years old. My best friend, M, and I were about to embark on a cross-country road trip and in order to mark the occasion of our newfound youthful independence, as well as further establish our bond as besties, we decided to get tattoos. I spent a long time designing mine; I was into drawing in pen and ink back then. My design was inspired by a combination of my freshman Eco-Feminism class and one summer night of hallucinatory intoxication. It was a tree, more specifically a naked lady tree, stretching her branches in two opposing directions. One arm pushed the moon up into the sky and the other pushed the sun down. The lines were intricate, but the overall design was fairly simple. I planned for it to be on the side of my back, along my waistline. At the last minute, my mother convinced me to make it smaller.
M's older brother did the tattooing. Halfway through the tattoo, I heard the worst word you can ever hear from a tattoo artist: "Oops." M's brother didn't realize that the sun was a sun. He thought the tree was dripping or something. Dripping what, I don't know. Anyway, his attempt to fix it only made it worse and I ended up with a marginal tattoo. On the bright side, our road trip was awesome!Things I learned from that encounter: • Make sure your tattoo artist is experienced. • Check out photos of a tattoo artist's work to see if it is in a style similar to what you want. • Spend a lot of time discussing your design with the tattoo artist before they ink it.About two years later, while traveling in San Francisco, my college roommate, P, took me to a "world famous" tattoo parlor where she had gotten her amazing full back tattoo. I was still optimistic/naïve/stupid (pick one) at this point. I brought in a picture of my original tattoo, but I had added some subtle shading to help fill it out in all the right places, and a little bit of color to show that the dripping was actually a sun. P stayed to flirt with the distracted tattoo artist I'd only met five minutes before being randomly assigned to him. He went to town on my tattoo. A half hour later, the subtle shading I had discussed with him ended up being a dark puddle of gray. The branches were thinned with heavy lines. The face on the lady was squashed and nearly indecipherable. It looked worse! But I didn't actually realize that at the time -- maybe I was in denial; maybe I was high from the endorphins. Whatever it was, I paid and walked out smiling.
But a few months later, someone asked me if I had a tattoo of a morel mushroom on my back. I was horrified. From a distance, it didn't even look like a tree anymore.Things I learned from that experience: • Just because a tattoo parlor is famous for being good, doesn't mean the tattoo artist you get will be. • Check the work intermittently to make sure the artist is on the right track. • If you don't like the work, say something.I decided to just live with it. Mainly I was scared to make it worse, scared I'd make another bad choice about the tattoo or the artist. I felt lucky it wasn't on a conspicuous part of my body. It took me 20 years to finally take action to fix that tattoo. During those years, I got two more tatts (they are both small and solid black; nothing fancy). I don't know what made me decide to brave putting the tree lady under the needle again. Maybe I just wanted to feel more confident in my bikini, or maybe I wanted to face my fear. I knew that as long as I had that bad tattoo on my back, I'd never be able to get another big or elaborate tattoo. I did some research about cover-up tattoos. I asked around town to find a good artist, and I met with her three times before I went in for the tattoo. She drew on me to show me what it would look like, and I walked around with the markings for a while to make sure it looked right. We discussed in detail how I wanted it to look, the colors I wanted to use. Still, I was anxious. I decided just to give myself over to my tattoo artist and put my trust in her. I couldn't control the outcome and I had to just hope for the best.
Things I learned from this artist about cover-up tattoos: • The older the tattoo is, the easier it is to cover up. • You should cover up a tattoo with darker colors. • It's better to incorporate the old tattoo into a new design. • Cover-ups are not exact, and require some free-hand design, so make sure you have a great artist. • Sometimes it takes more than one sitting to complete the cover-up.I decided to cover my tree lady with another tree. I wanted to honor the original idea, because although that first tattoo was horrible, I never want to forget the youth that inspired it. The new tree is larger, colored with shades of green and brown. The roots reach out and down my back. The new tree has no lady and no moon. Instead of a bleeding sun, there is a vibrant sunset.
Overall it looks great, and I'm so much happier with it -- I no longer feel embarrassed by my ugly tattoo when I wear a bikini. And I'm already planning what I'm going to get inked on my body next.Do you have a tattoo you hate and want covered up (or one you already did cover up)?


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DITTO's 3D Try-On iPad App Brings the In-Store Experience to You, Wherever You Are
DITTO's 3D Try-On iPad App Brings the In-Store Experience to You, Wherever You Are
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 5, 2013) - Online eyewear retailer DITTO.com (http://www.ditto.com/) today announced the launch of its free iPad app, which will provide a full in-store experience online, even when you're on-the-go.
In addition to selling a wide collection of designer glasses and designer sunglasses, the iPad app incorporates DITTO's 3D video try-on technology into a mobile experience that makes shopping convenient anytime.
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DITTO is a new ecommerce site and iPad app selling a wide collection of the best designer glasses and sunglasses. Based in the Bay Area, DITTO uses patent-pending technology to let shoppers create a DITTO, a 3D virtual self, from video footage from their webcam. Shoppers can use their DITTO to virtually try on glasses to see how they fit in 180 degree views before they buy them from the site. Customers can also share their DITTO to get feedback from friends or ask a DITTO stylist for a personalized recommendation.
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Let's open those neural floodgates!
—Nicki Brand, Videodrome
Joan Smith writes, in "Speaking Up for Corpses," "There are men for whom female terror, experienced at a safe distance, carries an erotic charge." As one of these men myself, I would—for obvious reasons—feel more comfortable amending the above statement, and saying that there are men who are aware of the erotic charge that results from vicariously experiencing (or causing) female terror. And then, there are those men who, through denial, ignorance, fear or saintly purity (this last seems the least likely) are blissfully unaware of this sadistic streak in themselves. Then, among those of us (men) who are aware of this streak, and don't mind admitting it, there are varying degrees to which we accept it, fight it, strive to understand or overcome it, indulge it or, God forbid, act upon it. Personally, while I'm in my confessional mode, I can say that I have never in my life come that close to striking a woman, much less terrorizing or brutalizing one, and I can honestly add that (be it virtue or sentimentality) I am incapable of killing an insect—one that's minding its own business at least—without feeling pangs of regret. So—am I a violent person? Am I an evil, sick, depraved, and aberrant man? The moral majority and legions of decency would say, Yes, and resoundingly. But am I to be judged for my thoughts or by my actions? And if judged I am to be—who exactly is to judge me? Who among us is fit to cast the first stone?
I have come to accept, over the years, that imagination is not action, and that the rules and laws are different for thought than for deed, and that those who would most quickly judge another (either for his fanstasies or his acts) are generally those most reluctant to judge themselves, or even to look too closely at their own feelings—for fear of what they might find there. The easiest way to deal with the unpleasant truths about our society is to condemn them as "evil." The easiest way to live with unpleasant truths about oneself is simply to ignore them, to whitewash them over with positive affirmations about decency and goodliness. Both these "methods" are based on cowardice—they depend on avoidance of the issue through self-deception, and in fact, they serve to reinforce the problem. The more "evil" the other guy is, the safer we can feel about our own souls (we're pure enough to judge other people, obviously); the more decent and wholesome we pretend to be, on the other hand, the more we can puff ourselves up and point our fingers at the corruption around us. Society—decent, god-fearing society, that is—is made up of such fakers: it's very maintenance depends upon fraudulence and facades. And so there's nothing more terrifying, more dangerous, more "immoral," to these pseudo-saints, these self-appointed guardians of the good and the right, than the possibility of evil being something common to us all. The slightest doubt in the immaculacy of their moral front and the whole thing collapses. And so the notions of compassion, of understanding, of tolerance, charity towards "sinners," and the moral freedom which such charity implies, become unthinkable. And yet these qualities or virtues or concepts are the blood and soul—and the vocation—of every artist worthy of his station. To enhance our awareness as to the nature of life means being human, which is being fallible, which is succumbing to temptation once in a while, which is sin—the whole, murky question of evil.
A film that causes us, or at least helps us, to identify with a killer—whether to increase our compassion for evil or merely to diminish our pity for the victims—is not an immoral work, but a deeply moral one. For it forces us to assume responsibility for this evil (instead of simply feeling pity for the victim), which is the first, essential step towards understanding it, and perhaps, in time, correcting it. At the very least, it may force us to question our eagerness to judge and condemn what we cannot understand; and maybe, just maybe, it will cause us to pause in our moral outrage for a moment, and lay down our stones.
Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion.
—David Cronenberg, Cronenberg on Cronenberg
In the above interview from Chris Rodley's book, Cronenberg continues:
Suppressing everything one might think of as potentially dangerous, explosive or provocative would not prevent a true psychotic from finding something that will trigger his own particular psychosis. For those of us who are normal, and who understand the difference between reality and fantasy, play, illusion—as most children do—there is enough distance and balance. It's innate. . . . It's an endless struggle between those who are basically fearful and mistrustful of human nature—and they have ample proof that their version of humanity is right—and those who feel that a truly free society is possible, somewhere. It's conceivable that in the near future there won't be anything approaching a free society anywhere. That's more than possible. Which is why I resist, in any small way I can, any attempts . . . to increase censorship.
Marx wrote somewhere that the fight against capitalism begins with "the weapons of criticism and the criticism of weapons." If so, then the triumph of totalitarianism begins with the censorship of crime and the crime of censorship. One wonders about the mass hysteria of the so-called "moral majority" over the "dangers" of violent movies and their effects on children; how they cry out to protect the little ones from "exposure" to such evil, corrupting material, such vile and pernicious images. Where is all this hysteria leading? Is it really motivated by a simple—if misguided—urge to protect the innocent; or is it that old wolf in sheep's clothing again, crying "wolf," in order to distract the sheep's attention from its own lascivious designs? To blame the world's ills and the corruption of our children on a handful of "nasty" movies seems to me to go beyond mere idiocy, and to approach dangerously close to totalitarian thinking.
Obviously you can't stop crime by censorship, all you can do is limit the public's exposure to it, and by extension, its awareness of it. In which case—seeing as how awareness is the only defense we have against crime, and seeing as how aberrational activity (or "evil") is notoriously wont to thrive and bloom—like fungus—in the darkness of ignorance and denial, then this "protection" policy is worse than useless—it's downright deadly. Censorship is crime, then, of the most pernicious and indefensible kind—crime against freedom, against truth, and our right to possess it, no matter how "harmful" it may be (and, as every poet knows, truth that's worth its "salt" is the most dangerous thing there is).
It is impossible to protect children from certain cultural artifacts without, on the one hand, restricting and censoring the culture itself, and, on the other hand, restricting the behaviour—the freedom—not only of children but of adults as well. To go to such plainly fascistic extremes on the off-chance that a movie once in a while causes a crime would strike me as criminally insane, if it wasn't part of an apparently all-too-sanely-motivated "madness" (though nonetheless criminal for that). How is it that these irate and indignant persons can get so worked up about a few bloody videos—or even a few savage crimes—and be apparently indifferent to the war, starvation and encroaching social tyranny which are an instrinsic part of this very order which they are striving to protect? Never mind that their measures look set to make such ideas as free speech and right-of-choice just faded memories of the past; how is it that these spokespeople can pretend to know, beyond any doubt, what no psychologist or social scientist in the field has been able to establish: namely, the exact manner and degree to which violence in the arts encourages, or even causes, real violence? And why is the question never raised as to the possibility of actual violence—as mediated through the news and other documentary programs—also having such effects? Or children's cartoons; or Budweiser commercials? How come no one suggests banning TV itself, and going straight to the root of the problem?
The "video nasty" is the bugaboo beloved of the kind of partiarchal, literal-minded petty tyrants that thrive on expressions of moral outrage and the feelings of self-importance which they derive from them. It's another scapegoat, and the skapegoat is like the patsy—it really doesn't matter what it is, or does, or says, so long as it is there, available, for the sacrifice. It seems to me that those who "do battle with the devil" are really doing the devil's work—pouring gasoline on the blaze, as it were. The indignation, the audacity, and the degree of arrogance which this interfering mob displays strikes me as a kind of violence itself, equally as reprehensible and as corrupting as the kind they claim to be opposing, as well as being every bit as "nasty." In its own way it's even nastier, because it hides its meanness and small-mindedness behind false smiles and troubled frowns, and words like "decency" and "innocence" and "morality."
When a film like Child's Play III or Natural Born Killers is somehow found—however tenuously and spuriously—to have some fleeting connection to a real-life crime, the media, like one single rabid beast, pounces upon the chosen scapegoat and proceeds to tear it to shreds, with all the slavering, sadistic relish of Hannibal Lecter. But when a film like The Lion King is established, more or less conclusively, to have incited, or at least inspired, a child to commit suicide, this same beast barely stirs from its slumber. The boy in question (the case is described in Karl French's Screen Violence) was Imtiaz Ahmed, and wrote in his farewell note: "I am going to die because I want to be a Lion King. Mom and Dad please put The Lion King film in my grave with me." He was found hanging from a tree near his home in Stoke on Trent, England; the parents honored his last wish. It doesn't matter whether or not The Lion King really did drive a boy to kill himself (I'm every bit as inclined to doubt this as all the other claims)—the point is that the evidence here was far stronger than the evidence for any video nasty-related crime, but seeing as the proverbial scapegoat was not involved, and it would be pretty hard for the moral majority to get all puffed up and indignant over a Disney film without looking exactly like the facile dunderheads that they are, the mob kept quiet, and waited patiently for the next scapegoat to come along.
The hysteria over video nasties and movie violence in general is the worst kind of false alarm—it's not only crying wolf (because when an actual case does come along, who will believe it?), but a deliberate attempt to blind the public to the true dangers facing them, dangers represented not by the forces of anarchy or artistic irresponsibilty, but by the forces of censorship and control. The "mob" wants to rule not only our actions and our decisions, but our thoughts and feelings and our desires also. They want to protect our own children from us, and in turn protect us from ourselves, from our own negligence or faulty judgment or bad taste, or whatever is they consider us guilty of.
The obvious question here is—who asked them to? The worst kind of tyrant is the tyrant that elects itself to rule. And the majority that declares itself to be moral simply because it is legion, the people's own consensus of tyranny, amounts to nothing less than the rule of the mob.


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Researchers Present Key Findings Comparing PEM to MRI for Identification of Contralateral Breast Cancer at the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) Conference
PEM Demonstrated Higher Specificity With Equal Sensitivity When Compared to MRI
Mar 14, 2011, 08:30 ET
LAS VEGAS, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers presented data demonstrating increased specificity of Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) when compared to MRI for the detection of breast cancer at the National Consortium of Breast Centers' 21st Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference held March 12 – 16, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The poster presentation, titled Pre-Surgical Detection of Malignancies in the Contralateral Breast Using Positron Emission Mammography: Comparisons with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, reveals the results of a 208 patient, single-site, IRB-approved, prospective study.
Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer have a 3-5% incidence of synchronous contralateral cancer (cancer in the opposite breast). Because of this increased risk, accurate evaluation of the contralateral breast at the time of primary diagnosis is essential to reduce both time and cost to the patient. Traditionally, breast MRI has been used to evaluate the breast for both ipsilateral (originally diagnosed) and contralateral disease; however, Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) is a 3-D molecular breast imaging approach that has been found to be as sensitive as breast MRI in detecting index and additional cancer in the ipsilateral breast with improved specificity.
The study was conducted to determine whether PEM imaging would also be equally, or possibly more, sensitive than breast MRI for the identification of synchronous contralateral breast cancer. Of the 208 analyzable subjects, results showed that 71 women had contralateral breast lesions identified by either MRI or PEM. The study confirmed that PEM and MRI identified the same cancers, both with 83% sensitivity, whereas PEM showed a trend for improved specificity with 80% vs. 63% with MRI. PEM, unlike MRI, was not influenced by menopausal status or breast density.
"These results demonstrate that PEM has the potential to make significant contributions in pre-operative imaging evaluation of the contralateral breast in subjects with newly identified breast cancer," stated Dr. Kathy Schilling, Medical Director of Breast Imaging and Intervention for the Christine E. Lynn Women's Health and Wellness Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
About Naviscan, Inc.
Naviscan, founded in 1995, develops and markets compact, high-resolution PET scanners intended to provide organ-specific molecular imaging and guide radiological and surgical procedures. The Naviscan PEM scanner is currently installed and available in breast and imaging centers throughout the U.S. and other parts of the world. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California and is the first to obtain FDA-clearance for a high-resolution PET scanner designed to image small body parts and for breast biopsy image guidance. For more information, call 1.858.587.3641 or visit www.naviscan.com.
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Homespun Learn to Play the Songs of John Denver - Level 2 (DVD)
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John Denver was one of the most beloved figures in the history of American popular music. Pete Huttlinger was John's lead guitarist from 1994 until his tragic death in 1997, accompanying him on world tours, Grammy-winning recordings and TV specials. On this instructional video and DVD, Pete breaks down eight John Denver hits, teaching the easy but effective chord progressions, picking patterns and bass runs that made his arrangements so compelling. Songs include: My Sweet Lady, I'm Sorry, Annie's Song, Late Winter Early Spring (instrumental), Fly Away, Boy from the Country, Darcy Farrow, and Rocky Mountain High. 90-MIN. DVD OR VHS, INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB, LEVEL 2
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