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UVA Career Center – February 20th, 2017
Are you a freshman or sophomore who wants to learn more about their 2017 Insight Week and 2018 Summer Internships? In order to better serve and educate you on what Bank of America has to offer, they are hosting a series of Webcasts throughout the spring. Below is a menu of their Line of Business 101 presentations. Please join Bank of America for any and all in order to dig deeper into your interests and our opportunities. For details about what will be covered in each webcast, please refer to the information below. Further information provided when you register.
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Constant Craving
Justine Lavoie is shocked when her first love appears at her newspaper, offering to save it from bankruptcy.
Rafael Menendez de Aviles is one of the richest men in Miami, and still has a powerful hold on Justine's heart.
She's even more shocked when Rafael makes a proposition: spend the next month together, allowing him to do anything he desires with her. And make no mistake: he will demand everything, and make her submit.
If she agrees to his indecent proposal, her newspaper gets everything it needs.
But is Rafael only back in Justine's life to show her what she's missed all these years? Or is he out for revenge? Or something more dangerous — like love? Justine isn't sure, but Rafael is still devastatingly sexy. She's powerless against his touch, his kisses, his body.
Opening their hearts and giving their bodies to each other a second time may destroy them forever…especially when the pain of the past and difficult choices for the future collide.


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The weather has been just about perfect except we could sure use some more rain. I have been doing a lot of hand watering. I love standing with a hose and refreshing everything. I have lots of things blooming now. All my rose bushes have at least a few blooms. I have shown them several times and won't show many this time.
I have been enjoying this big Louis Philipe rose. This picture was made through the back porch screen.
Close up of Louis Philipe. And just to the right of this big bush is this one.....
....Mutabalis. I love this single petal rose, sometimes called the butterfly rose because the blossoms turn darker and it can have about three shades of blooms at one time giving the impression that a bunch of butterflies have lit on it.
I keep thinking of all my company that has come and gone and I wish they could all see my yard now. I know they will think I am just saying this but it really does look a good bit better than when they were here. This is duranta.
It is also called golden dew drop because of these seeds. It has both nice purple blooms and these seeds at the same time.
This Ducher rose just blooms and blooms.
Because you could see this in the background of the last picture, I am showing a close up. I plan to do a post with all my Easter decorations a little later.
One of my best shots of a Ducher bloom up close.
This is another little plant that just blooms constantly - Euphorbia. I love how delicate the small white blooms are.
Is that some big ears I see in the blue-eye grass!!!
It sure is and doesn't he look quite proud of himself.
It's hard to photograph but this grass has lots of little blue flowers (iris) on it.
As I finished photographing the rabbit another critter fluttered by - this Monarch butterfly. I am happy to start seeing these. They have been a little scarce but hopefully are making a come back.
And, would you look at this!!! Is he one of the critters that has been chewing perfectly round holes in a lot of leaves. I guess he is trying to get some calcium and perhaps a little protein from this egg.
Someone has left seven eggs in this pot of grass.
This morning I noticed all the walking Iris had developed buds. They all bloom at once in one day. I went on around the house taking pictures and watered a little with a hose and when I came back around, maybe thirty minutes later this is what I saw!
Isn't it just amazing how nature is so wonderfully designed!!! Every one of them had fully opened.
They're not the prettiest iris and the blooms don't last long but they sure are organized.
Well, I have many more pictures but I am going to put those in part two of our yard tour. I hope you are enjoying some outside time and are noticing the many marvelous wonders of Gods creation!


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South Carolina-based Greenwood Genetic Center played a major role in gaining regulatory approval for an important breakthrough in genetic testing for developmental and intellectual concerns in newborns.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week gave medical technology company Affymetrix Inc. approval to market a blood test known as CytoScan Dx Assay. The information from those tests can help quickly diagnose genetic conditions such as Down Syndrome and DiGeorge Syndrome.
In some cases, those diagnoses now take months or years, thus delaying appropriate care for the conditions. The National Institutes of Health estimates 2 percent to 3 percent of children in the U.S. have some sort of intellectual disability, often genetic.
The approval for the first-of-its-kind test is expected to be a major boost for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Affymetrix. It is a feather in the cap for Greenwood Genetic Center, which played a role in the study that gathered data for the FDA approval process. Most of the 960 samples used to prove the efficiency of the test were provided by Greenwood Genetic Center.
"Participating in this clearance process is a wonderful opportunity for GGC to play an important role in guaranteeing the high quality of the testing we offer," said Barbara DuPont, senior director of the company's Cytogentics Laboratory.
Greenwood Genetic Center, a nonprofit that provides clinical genetic services, is based in Greenwood and has offices in Columbia, Charleston, Florence and Greenville.
The CytoScan examines a patient's entire genome to search for the cause of developmental and intellectual disabilities. The studies done as part of the regulatory process indicate the full genome tests offer improvements over standard chromosome testing.
The CytoScan was not approved for pre-natal use or for screening for genetic aberrations that occur later in life, such as cancer. But CytoScan screening of newborns can confirm physicians' suspicions about genetic disorders.
"When there's something about the child that strikes us as unusual or pointing to a potential genetic disease, that's when we would use this testing," Dr. Annemarie Stroustrup, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, told The Associated Press.


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This has been hotly anticipated chez nous like you would not believe. From south London, the record company describe their debut long-player as "a collection of hallucinogenic pop-songs played with a sense of urgency and an experimental verve". To us, that means they're out of the Toy envelope and that is never a bad thing.
The album is Measures Of Joy and came out on Fire Records on the 3rd of November, you need this in your life. So go get it.
They admit to sucking at Twitter, but give 'em a whirl anyway @hivirginiawing
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One of my favourite scenes. Even on a cold winter morning.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 30, 2016
The Barge Run
Three or four times a week, week in and week out, City Transfer tows a barge of semi-trailers between
their terminal in Richmond and their terminal at the Mill harbour and back. A good deal of the retail merchandise sold
in Powell River stores arrives this way. Here we have Catherwood Towing's Sea Imp IX pulling the City Transfer
barge back south on Malaspina Strait, having just rounded Grief Point on one of our poor weather days last week.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
At Powell Lake
From the archives : watching floatplane C-GZCK leave the marina harbour and fly up the lake.
The photos were taken 6 years ago to the day, December 29, 2010. The airplane is a Found Bros. Bush Hawk XP -
according to the internet, only 31 were built.
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
On Its Own
This very young, and very small, Snow Goose, apparently lost and on its own last week,
decided to sit and rest in the dead centre of the parking lot at the head of the Seawalk.
And not in the least bothered by me and my camera, though probably too young
to know any better. It did sit up for the portrait, and went back to resting when I was done.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
No Matter The Season ...
Monday, December 26, 2016
Reading Material
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Merry Christmas!!
Saturday, December 24, 2016
On His Way!
Friday, December 23, 2016
Gingerbread Creations - Part 2
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Gingerbread Creations
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Cleaning Up
Captain Jan Bevelander on the Curve of Time.
When you don't have a deckhand, you do the job yourself.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Mural - Michigan Landing
Part of the Michigan Landing mural on Willingdon Ave. Michigan Landing was used by the Michigan-Puget Sound Logging Company
for log sorting until 1918. In 1927 the area was turned into a community playground, and renamed Willingdon Beach.
The beach trail is the old rail bed this locomotive rode on.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Scoters, winter ducks in Powell River, come in 3 varieties. The top photo is a male and female pair of Surf Scoters,
middle is a male White-winged Scoter, and bottom, a male Black Scoter.
The Surf Scoters are by far the most common, I only see a handful of White-wings each year, and haven't
seen a single Black off the Seawalk in several years.
They eat crayfish and mollusks, as in the above photo, which does say something for their digestive system!
Unfortunately these birds are in decline - the size of the flocks of Surf Scoters we see from the Seawalk
the last few years pales compared to what was here 20 years ago.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Short Lens
Saturday, December 17, 2016
On The Westview Wharf ...
Friday, December 16, 2016
Rest Stop
Thursday, December 15, 2016
On The Seawalk
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Puttin' On The Ritz
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The Last ...
Monday, December 12, 2016
Odd Bird Out
The last few winters have seen a small flock of Snow Geese over-winter here, and again this year it seems. The
birds in this photo at the JP Dallos field are all youngsters - bar one - though there were 3 adult Snowies out
of the frame. While the odd bird out in the centre may look familiar, it is not a Canada Goose. It's a Cackling Goose,
smaller in stature than our familiar bird, with a stubbier beak. I see a few here every winter, though with a very
cold winter in the forecast, all these geese may move on yet.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Meandering above the pole line, in October.
With all the poor weather lately I've not been out as often as I'd like,
and I'm resorting to photos just slightly out of season.
With all the poor weather lately I've not been out as often as I'd like,
and I'm resorting to photos just slightly out of season.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
One of our smaller winter visitors is the Dunlin, arriving here from Alaska and the Arctic.
They are a pleasure to watch when feeding, with the head continually bobbing up and
down in what the books call "sewing machine action". So a group of Dunlin
feeding at the waters' edge is interesting to see!
Friday, December 9, 2016
The Hulks
|Hulk # 10 - YOGN 82 - no longer on site
In yesterday's post I noted that one of the mill breakwater ships - YOGN 82 - was no longer on site. Here
I'm showing what a few of these 10 - now 9 - "hulks" look like in archive photos from the last time I took
snaps of these old ships from the water side, June 2014.
|Hulk # 4 - SS John Smeaton
|Hulk # 3 - SS Thaddeus Merriman
Thursday, December 8, 2016
High Tide ...
... at the Mill breakwater. This view looks empty since the Mill moved YOGN 82, the old ship
that extended the breakwater at the mouth of the harbour.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Ramsey's Yellow Fish
Powell River artist/muralist Luke Ramsey has been in the news recently, having been named
Victoria's Artist in Residence for 2017. He has also just completed a local workshop for budding teen muralists,
some of whose designs he will paint in the Teen Room of our new Public Library, and he is commissioned to do
murals for the new BC Children's Hospital surgical floor. I caught his one-man show at the Madrona Gallery in
Victoria a few years ago, and sought out his most recent large Victoria mural (on Cormorant St)
this past spring. While his art is admittedly not for everyone, it is interesting. The small work pictured here can
be found on a fence on Cranberry St (across from Magpie's).
There is always a comic around - note some wit has stapled a fishing lure in front of the mouth!
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
The Man Himself
Monday, December 5, 2016
Now, And Then
The Wildwood switchback trail last month, and, below, 8 years ago to the month.
Since the 2008 photo was taken the wood railing has slowly
disintegrated, and there isn't much of it left complete.
Which is a shame.
Which is a shame.
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Aboard The Queen of Burnaby
This is an archive photo - Feb.'11 - as I'm hoping the next time I take a photo on the ferry to Comox,
that it will be on board the new Salish Orca. She left her build site in Gdansk,
Poland on Nov. 22, and the journey should take "between 45 and 55 days".
After more crew training, she should be in service here in "early 2017".
Saturday, December 3, 2016
No Trespassing
When one looks at the Google Earth map of Powell River there are a
lot of trails to be seen that look inviting. When I checked out this one, even aside
from the locked gate and the sign, it wasn't that inviting after all.
from the locked gate and the sign, it wasn't that inviting after all.
Back to the map.
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Man of Steel vs Thor TDW, seen 'em both, what do you folks think ? Compare/contrast
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mother die and he barely show emotion and guilt for not getting there on time to save her... Even Superman show more emotion after killing Zod... You felt the heartbreak and how hurt he was... Also didn't like the final fight... it wasn't as epic as MOS was and the main villain barely show how powerful he was when he acquire his new power. Thor seem weak and helpless without his hammer... If MOS superman were to go up against this Thor he would own him.
Thor was OK just not great. MOS by a mile...
Dude ! I really liked TDW, it was great fun, but totally agree it was nowhere near the Earth-shattering Epic that MOS was -100% pure awesomeness.
Also, I started some threads about Thor (from TDW) in a fight vs Supes (from MOS), go out there and stick up for the Man of Steel .
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Giuliana Rancic chats life, love and what's important
Giuliana Rancic has been through a lot in her effort to have a baby with her husband, the original Donald Trump Apprentice, Bill Rancic. Their efforts have been documented in their hit Style show, Bill and Giuliana.
Giuliana Rancic has phoned SheKnows for an exclusive interview about the third season of her hit show, working for E! and their wildly successful Fashion Police program as well as the work she is doing with Excedrin in their effort to rid Americans of headaches.
Rancic partnered with the company to solicit contributions from average Americans as to their biggest headache and will choose the winners and provide them with a prize pack that rids them of the headache! Rancic dishes what her biggest headache is, and it might surprise you.
Rocking with Rancic & the Fashion Police!
SheKnows: So, tell us about Fashion Police. Are there ever any moments where you feel like maybe even Joan Rivers has said something a little too much?
Giuliana Rancic: There are definitely head-in-the-hands moments where I'm saying, "Oh my God." [Laughs] I'm shaking my head. "Oh, no. She didn't just do that." But at the end of the day, here's the thing, Joan Rivers has been around forever and she's paved the way for female comedians and she's one of the originals. I think she can get away with anything. She can say anything about me and I would just be honored that she was talking about me. As far as other people in the cast (Kelly Osbourne, George Kotsiopoulos), we try to focus on the fashion because we really can't get away with it. I think we can go as far as we want when it comes to fashion because at the end of the day, it's just fashion. It's meant to be fun and if your feelings are hurt over something we said about your hemline, then you probably need a little more going on in your life. Really…that's going to upset you? If someone talks about my worst outfit, who cares? I think it's funny. I think if you work in this business you have to have a thick skin.
SheKnows: A lot of people felt that with the birth of the super-stylist, shows like Fashion Police would be obsolete. But, celebrities are still wearing things that make us go, "What?" Does it surprise you that there are still people making fashion errors?
Giuliana Rancic: You know it's funny because sometimes it's the stylist that's making the errors. I think that even with style people, they are still prone to getting on the worst dressed list. There will always be people wanting to get on fashion lists [laughs]. To be a real fashion person, you want to be on the best dressed list as well as the worst dressed list because it means you're taking chances.
Bill & Giuliana updateSheKnows: Tell me what the latest is with your show, Bill and Giuliana. Is it coming back?
Giuliana Rancic: As we speak, we were picked up for a fourth season! We're opening in July on Style which is exciting. It's all about the year of fun. No more baby talk. We're not going to have a baby format. We are having a year of fun and seeing where that takes us.
SheKnows: You mentioned the distance and its difficulties with a marriage. Could you share a couple of secrets on how you keep it going?
Giuliana Rancic: You know, in essence we're performers. We're best friends and we never lose sight of that. I think that a lot of people who succeed in marriage are best friends forever. We really look at each other as best friends and we do everything together. We work out together, we don't really have separate hobbies, which are the downfall of a lot of marriages. We find things that we both like to do. We have the same drive and the same goals. I think that's really important. Couples need to sit down and make goals financially, professionally, personally and be on the same page. They need to celebrate the goals together. It's like a road map to your marriage. Where do we want to be in five years? Where do we want to be in ten years? How much money do we need to retire? What will make us happy? Where do we want to live eventually? I think that when you make goals, the future is a little brighter in the sense that we're working towards something together. Then, you realize we're a team. We're in this together and we're going to reach these goals…and it all works out.
SheKnows: I wanted to ask also what it was about the Excedrin campaign to get rid of America's headaches that you wanted to be a part of it. And also, what's the biggest headache for you?
Giuliana Rancic: I think it has to be the fact that my husband lives 2,000 miles away. I struggle with my personal life along with all my duties at work. I get pulled in 8,000 different directions a day. That just gives me the biggest headache possible. That's gotta be it. I think a lot of people can relate too, although life appears easier than ever for all of us, the truth is we're being pulled in millions of different directions. More than ever people are having headaches and just trying to deal with it.
SheKnows: What was it about this program that appealed to you?
Giuliana Rancic: It's really cool because the prize is very original. What happens is you go to facebook.com/Excedrin and you just tell us, what's your headache? We're going to customize a prize for you up to $150,000 in value which is huge. For instance, if one of the things is you carpool every day and you have some road rage from always being in traffic, maybe what we do is get you a chauffeur or someone to drive you. For some it's a nanny. Whatever it is, it's customized to you to get rid of that headache.
Rancic's red carpet secret
SheKnows: You do such a wonderful job when you work the red carpet. We've been on a few red carpets ourselves and you can prepare all you want but there's so much going on and you have to think on your feet. Have you always had that knack? It's a role that you handle so well and seems to be your attitude in life as well.
Giuliana Rancic: Ah, thanks! We have fun with it. That's what I do with our relationship and just life in general. As long as I'm healthy and my family is healthy, then really nothing else matters. Everything is gravy. I just enjoy life and I really don't sweat the small stuff. Even when Bill and I fight, I'll interrupt a fight and I'll go, "Listen, we're going to make up." Let's just go have dinner and have some fun. We're here for such a short time -- all of us -- and you've just got to enjoy it. Don't sweat the small stuff.


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While all publicly traded companies aim to deliver superior shareholder returns over time, very few are able to accomplish this feat. In fact, less than than two percent of companies are able to reach this goal. But those who have succeeded display five similar traits that are outlined in the book co-authored by Galt & Company's Scott Gillis (CEO), Lee Mergy, and Joe Shalleck: "Beliefs, Behaviors & Results: The Chief Executive's Guide to Delivering Superior Shareholder Value."
Scott Gillis (CEO), Lee Mergy and Joe Shalleck bring readers inside the minds of Fortune 500 CEOs. "Beliefs, Behaviors & Results: The Chief Executive's Guide to Delivering Superior Shareholder Value" will have you on the way to running a successful organization by teaching you the values behind these five core principles.
Establish the Right Definition of Winning: CEOs and leaders of successful organizations have something in common: they establish a clear-cut definition of winning within their company. Everyone within their organizations are crystal clear on what they're trying to achieve and how they will measure their success.
Capitalize on Concentrations of Value: In many Fortune 500 companies, less than 40 percent of the capital employed in the corporation is generating over 100 percent of the company's shareholder value, while 25 to 35 percent of the capital employed is destroying shareholder value. Successful CEOs concentrate economic profits, shareholder value contribution and profitable growth potential. These can be concentrated by company, business, and business segment. Understanding where and why economic profits are concentrated, and how that concentration is likely to change in the future, provides management with a tremendous advantage in deciding where to invest time, effort and capital.
Manage to a Value Growth Agenda: The goal of the best CEOs is to find the most value growth in the shortest period of time possible. Jim Kilts, who as CEO turned around the performance of three of the world's most notable consumer brand companies: Kraft Foods, Nabisco, and Gillette, calls this way of thinking "doing what matters."
Differentiate Strategies and Allocate Resources Differentially: Successful CEOs don't just use strategies that include statements of intent; they give specific descriptions of how a business intends to outperform its competition by creating greater customer value and shareholder value.
Build the Organizational Conditions and Capabilities to Manage Value: Successful CEOs must ensure that strategies and resources are in place to maximize the economic profit growth of each business unit and the company as a whole. They must also establish organizational beliefs and conditions that increase the odds that the actions of the company are aligned with shareholder interests.
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Co-authors Scott Gillis (CEO), Lee Mergy, and Joe Shalleck are co-founders of Galt & Company. They advise some of the world's leading CEOs and have been associated with the corporate success of notable companies such as Coca-Cola, Gillette, Clorox, McCormick, BB&T, Alcan, Abbott Laboratories, MeadWestvaco, Caterpillar and others. Their book "Beliefs, Behaviors & Results: The Chief Executive's Guide to Delivering Superior Shareholder Value" is aimed to help other CEOs achieve the same results.


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You'd think the idea of making nail salons a little less toxic wouldn't be a particularly controversial proposition. In New York, of course, it's a different story.
New policies to improve ventilation in the state's thousands of nail salons is one modest measure by regulators to protect worker and consumer health in low-budget beauty shops notorious for toxic-chemical contamination. Yet business owners are protesting on the grounds that mandating cleaner air could stifle their American Dream.
The tensions among workers, employers, and the state reflect the challenges of labor enforcement in many under-regulated low-wage industries: not just in getting the right laws on the books, but engaging diverse communities and navigating local political fissures.
Since its launch last year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Exploited Workers Task Force has tightened labor oversight of low-wage jobs like construction and domestic work, and its targeted efforts toward nail salons could be a model for other states and cities that are trying to push higher minimum wages and enact other labor reforms in under-regulated service industries. The task force reported in July that it had over the past year investigated "3,000 claims, affecting more than 7,700 workers in 12 industries," including 247 enforcement cases against restaurants, 491 investigations on farms, and 440 cases in construction—primarily dealing with issues like wage theft and occupational-safety violations—coupled with training and education efforts. Altogether, the Governor's Office reports that last year "businesses were directed to pay a record $31.5 million in unpaid wages and damages to workers," which is up from a total of $13.1 million paid out in 2007.
The task force's flagship campaign has targeted the nail-salon industry, following an exposé by The New York Times revealing rampant labor exploitation and unhealthy conditions on the job. The state has investigated 480 claims involving nail-salon workers and "directed 143 nail salons to pay $2 million in unpaid wages and damages to 652 employees." And some of the strongest backlash has come from nail-salon owners, many representing New York City's rising Asian-American middle-class, who feel unfairly targeted.


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Q: I've been playing bass for five years, and I see that bass players that have been playing for three years who are way better than me! I focus on my modes, then on chord structure and then I focus on arpeggios… and it becomes hard for me to get technique down. What do you recommend?
A: It sounds like you feel that there are too many things to focus and work on (or a need to move on to the next thing), so you can't seem to get a grip on any one aspect.
The reality is that it is all a matter of perception. Some people focus on a million different aspects of music with intentionality (time, tone, feel, chords, scales or modes, technique, etc.), while others focus on only one thing: being able to make music.
There is no real easy answer as it all depends on how you learn and absorb information. The truth is, it's not that complicated… unless you need it to be.
There is no right or wrong way to play, study or approach music. But there is a way that will get you to what your goals are for the instrument.
So start there: what are your goals for the instrument?
You mentioned people playing for less time sounding better than you. Who are you playing for?
If your goal is to be the most shredding bassist on Youtube then, yeah, focus on technique, facility, finger independence and learn to play "Flight of the Bumblebee" at top speed.
If you want to be able to improvise over jazz changes, then you should practice understanding and utilizing scales, chord shapes and chord tones, chromaticism and transcribe horn solos and analyze the heck out of them in a pursuit to understand why they do what they do.
If you want to have a super deep pocket and be a great funk bassist, learn every James Brown, Jackson 5 and Motown song in the book. Study the bass lines of the greats.
I've always wanted to be able to do anything I was asked to do. So I've spent a lot of time focusing on all of the above.
There are a few key things to keep in mind:
1. Developing excellence with anything doesn't happen quickly. You really need hundreds to thousands of hours spent with your instrument in your hand before you will truly own it in one way or another.
That doesn't mean that you aren't or can't make music from day one or two. It doesn't have to be virtuosic to be fun or have value. The real beauty in playing music for most of us is the feeling we get when making music with others. That is also the quickest way to truly learn what works and what doesn't.
An hour spent playing music with a friend or peer can often be better than four hours spent sitting on your bed running scales by yourself (in most every way).
2. Do it for yourself and work on those things that you truly want to be better at in your heart. Don't worry about what Jaco did, what Hadrien can do or what Marcus Miller said you should do. Listen to your heart and your passion and pursue that which you love.
When you do what you love, you will never want to stop. You will play, practice, ponder, live and breathe it all day long and, with that kind of intentionality and passion, you couldn't possibly not get better.
If you're running scales because you think you should, but you hate them and don't retain the information anyway, it's wasted time!
If you really just want to rock and your teacher makes you run arpeggios over "Autumn Leaves" all day long, you're wasting both of your time.
If you truly wish that you could blow over "Giant Steps" or trade solos with Janek Gwizdala and not get dusted, then you are fooling yourself by thinking that you could get there by not doing those things for hours and hours.
You simply have to be honest with yourself about what you want to be able to do with the instrument and then work hard to be able to do it. Manage your shed time efficiently and with forethought.
You will be right where you want to be in no time. And you are always right where you should be by virtue of how hard you worked to get there. Just make sure that you walk in the direction you wish to go.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Sergio Garcia extended his middle finger to a reporter after his second round at the Masters on Friday.
Oh, come on. It's not what you think.
Following rounds of 72-68 that left him one stroke out of the halfway lead, Garcia talked about a fingernail injury that has been bothering him for the first two days of the tournament. When the reporter inquired as to which finger it was, he lifted his left hand and, well, displayed the distressed digit.
"It's obviously a little uncomfortable," Garcia conceded. "I think early on the day, it's worse. Then as the round goes on, I think that as the round goes on, it probably opens up a little bit and it loses a little bit of that … inflammation."
If the injury continues to heal each day, that could spell trouble for the rest of the field. In the second round, Garcia posted six birdies against just two bogeys, climbing into a share of third place on the leaderboard.


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Krakow or Cracow is a historic city in southern Poland on the Vistula River at the foot of the Carpathian Plateau, 219 m above sea level. Approximately 300 km north is Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and 100 km south are the Tatra Mountains, forming the southern border of the country. The city is an industrial, cultural, and educational center of southern Poland, and is the third largest city in the country.
Warsaw - The Phoenix from the Ashes of Communism
Warsaw, the capital city of Poland has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of Communism and reinvented itself yet again as a vivacious vibrant city with a buzzing night life scene. This is not the first time the city has been reborn, it was completely destroyed by the ravages of World War II when most of the city's buildings were reduced to piles of rubble and Warsaw's primarily Jewish population had either perished in the horrific Nazi concentration camps or had emigrated to escape the horrors of War. The Soviet occupation of the city from 1945 to 1989 saw the picturesque ' Old Town' of Warsaw being restored to somewhat its former glory so much so that UNESCO put in on its World Heritage list in 1980. Since the fall of communism, however the city has developed somewhat haphazardly but rapidly and continues to change and grow even today.


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Red Meat often gets a bad rap. But if you stick to the leanest offerings available, your favorite cuts of steak aren't just good for you, they provide a bounty of nutritional benefits:
Steak is a great source of protein—a typical serving actually exceeds your daily recommended intake. Protein helps you feel full and limits your calorie absorption, possibly by boosting levels of a hormone called peptide YY. And if you want to get the most out of your workout, you'll need to make sure you're getting enough—since it can help maintain muscle mass and reduce body fat during weight loss.
How dramatic are the results? Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that people who increased their protein intake from the USDA's recommended level of 0.36 grams per pound of body weight per day to 0.73 grams (still well within the USDA's accepted range) lost more body fat and less muscle mass than the control group. These folks also decreased their carbohydrate intake from 1.3 grams per pound of body weight per day to 0.95 grams. A likely explanation is that protein-rich foods contain high levels of leucine, an amino acid that helps preserve muscle tissue. And larger muscles burn more calories, helping you lose weight.
Protein may help you get the most out of your workout even if you're not trying to lose weight. In another University of Illinois study, participants who followed a high-protein, high-intensity exercise program lost a significant amount of weight; almost 100% of the weight loss was fat. A high- foods such as eggs, dairy, and other meats—may help make the time you spend at the gym pay off even more.
Half the fat in beef is monounsaturated—the same good-for-you kind found in olive oil. And the levels of saturated fat in lean beef are comparable to those in fish and chicken.
Three ounces of lean beef provides as much zinc as 13 servings of tuna, as much vitamin B12 as eight skinless chicken breasts, and as much iron as three cups of raw spinach. Zinc helps with cell growth and improves immunity; it also speeds wound healing and can help suppress out-of-control hunger pangs. If that weren't enough, the vitamin B12in steak promotes the body's production of red blood cells, helps keep the brain and nervous system functioning at their peak, and may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and heart disease. And iron helps the body produce red blood cells and carry oxygen from the lungs to the blood cells and tissues.
Steak used to be a pretty simple choice: Do you want T-bone or filet mignon? Medium-rare or well-done? But now the beef case at your grocery store offers a dizzying array of options, from grass-fed to Angus and dry-aged. Which are worth the extra money, and which are just window dressing?
Up until World War II, all beef cattle raised in the U.S. were grass-fed; now only 25% are. After the war, ranchers began taking advantage of an abundance of cheap corn and fattening their animals with it, rather than leasing out more expensive grasslands. Grass-fed beef is making a comeback in the U.S., and it's already very popular in Latin and South American cuisine. The choice here is based mainly on how you like your steak to taste: Beef from grain-fed cattle is richer and milder in flavor; grass-fed beef is leaner and has a stronger flavor, more like wild deer and buffalo.
Any steak marked "Certified Angus Beef" is from a species of large, black cattle known as Angus. Since the meat is certified, there's also added quality control over noncertified Angus cuts. Although you're paying more, Steven Raichlen doesn't think it's always worth it. "It's not the best beef you can buy, but as a nationally available product, it is very good." KOBE
To truly be called Kobe beef, a piece of meat must come from the Japanese Wagyu breed of cattle. "These cows are fed beer and are massaged with sake," says Raichlen. "They lead absolutely princely lives." And the work pays off: Kobe beef is incredibly tender, smooth, and finely marbled. Some U.S. farms are raising Wagyu, and a few even claim to follow the Japanese fundamentals, but they don't get the same results. "You can have a domestic Kobe beef that's very good and hints at the real thing, but I've never tasted one that's even a fifth as good as what's in Japan," says Raichlen. Most Kobe beef you see in American restaurants has been raised here; very little is imported, and if it is, it's $100 a pound. The Japanese version is worth the extra cash; the domestic version probably isn't. DRY-AGED
Ninety percent of American beef is aged in its own juices, in a vacuum-packed bag kept under refrigeration for about seven days. The other 10% is dry-aged, meaning it spends 10 days to six weeks under controlled temperatures and humidity before being shipped to restaurants and stores. The advantage is a more tender piece of meat, but dry-aged beef also has a certain taste that some have described as "musty." It's good, but unless you're a fan of this unique flavor, it's probably not worth the extra cost.


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Caroline Sunshine is a potential American actress, dancer and singer, best recognized for her role as Barbara Winslow in the family film, Marmaduke, and her co-starring role as Tinka Hessenheffer on the comedy series Shake It Up (2010).
On stage, she has played as Compell in Bring It On the Musical and also appeared in the TV show Fish Hooks as Alexis in 2014. She casts for her main role on TV program Recovery Road as Emily Owenby in 2015.
Before fame
Sunshine began studying ballet at the age of 3 and got her first lead role playing Goldilocks in a kindergarten play. Later, she moved on to acting with the Orange County Children's Theater and dancing competitively with the South Coast Performing Arts studio in Tustin, California. At 12, Caroline took auditions and landed her first professional role in a commercial for "Amazing Allysen".
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In addition to her work with "Puppy Love", Sunshine is involved in several other charitable causes including the "Joyful Sewing Organization", "Working Wardrobes", " The Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center", "Adopt A Hero" program, the "Loaves and Fishes Ministry" and recently "Thirst Project".
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NIDCD-Supported Research: Two Regions of Brain at Work in Tying Emotion, Intensity of Emotion to Experience
While one region of the brain is telling you whether you're experiencing something pleasant or unpleasant, a different region is letting you know just how pleasant or unpleasant, says a study published in the January 21, 2003, advance online version of Nature Neuroscience. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a technique that graphically shows which parts of the brain are most active due to an increase in blood flow, NIDCD-supported researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, examined how two types of scents--an appealing, citrus-smelling scent and a repulsive, rancid-smelling scent--in mild and heavy doses would affect brain activity. The researchers found that the sheer pleasantness or unpleasantness of a scent is determined by the orbitofrontal cortex, in the front of the brain, while the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure in the brain's temporal lobe, determines the degree of pleasantness or unpleasantness. A person's emotional response to visual, auditory, and other sensory cues most likely takes place in the same brain regions, said the researchers, who chose the sense of smell for their study because it enabled them to independently alter the normally interwoven qualities of emotion and intensity of emotion most easily.


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Police Identify Fire Victim Who Jumped From Burning Truck
Police have identified the Winslow man who was hospitalized over the weekend after police say he jumped from his burning truck in Fayetteville.
Scott Dale Sherwin, 40, suffered burns and was hospitalized Saturday at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, before being medically flown to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, according to Fayetteville police. The extent of Sherwin's injuries is unknown, according to police and firefighters. Police released Sherwin's name Monday.
Police said the man got into the burning truck at approximately 9 p.m. at a motel on North College Avenue and drove north. Witnesses said the truck then veered into the center turn lane and the man leaped the vehicle as it became engulfed in flames.
The truck continued, crossing two southbound lanes before crashing into the curb in front of the Lewis automotive dealership near the intersection of North College and East Longview Street. The truck was badly damaged by the fire, which also scorched an electric box on the ground.
Police officials said the man was interviewed on the scene after the accident but the conversation was "unproductive." Police said they hope to speak to the man again after he recovers from his burns.
Emergency responders blocked off North College for a time to divert traffic through adjoining parking lots. Both northbound lanes and the inside southbound lane were reopened while police continued to investigate the accident.
The crash is still under investigation, according to Fayetteville police. They said it will be decided after the investigation concludes whether or not to file any charges.


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Actor Kim Bum revealed his adorable charm as he worked an arcade game to win a few plush toys.
In a photo that was revealed on December 26th, Kim Bum looks as innocent as a child, intensely focusing on a claw crane to win a few prizes, including a red bird plushie from the wildly popular smartphone game, 'Angry Birds'.
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Remember learning math in elementary school? Teachers would use all sorts of visual and tangible things to help us understand the different concepts. One I'll never forget was learning the symbols for "greater than" and "less than." Although the symbols were simple, it was hard for the kids in my class to remember which side of the "<" and ">" symbols represented the larger and smaller numbers. So my teacher cleverly told us to imagine a hungry alligator eating the number. Of course, his open mouth would face the greater number so that he had more to eat. I thought about that visual recently as I read 1 John. It's reassuring to know that God is greater than some of the most powerful influences we face every day.
God is Greater than Our Hearts
We often hear the phrase "follow your heart," but if we heed this advice, the results aren't always positive. In Scripture, the heart is used to represent thoughts, reasoning, understanding, will, judgment, affections, love, hatred, fear, joy, sorrow and anger. As a result, the heart can often lead us to make decisions based on our feelings instead of on truth. Sometimes it leads us down the right path, but sometimes it doesn't. The prophet Jeremiah describes the heart's fickle nature this way: "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9, NIV)
Our hearts can deceive us when we let them influence our faith too much. They can cause us to be too harsh or too lenient in our views of others and ourselves. If we're feeling disconnected from God, this might cause us to doubt his love for us. And if we get stuck in a rut of sin, we might feel like we no longer deserve God's love. Thankfully, "If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything." (1 John 3:20, NIV) Our salvation is not based on our feelings about God, but upon the grace, love and mercy he showed to us by sending Jesus to die for our sins on the cross. If you've accepted Christ as your savior, that is a truth you can believe, whether your feelings agree with it or not.
God is Greater than The Evil One
John's letter also emphasizes that Christians are spiritually stronger than spirits of evil. He says, "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." (1 John 4:3-4, NIV) The "one" John refers to here is Satan, the prince of this world.
The evil one loves to distract believers with difficulties to prevent them from advancing the kingdom of God on earth. He wants to deceive us into believing we are powerless to fight his schemes. Sometimes he lulls us into apathy or self-absorption. Regardless of the methods he uses, his aim is the same: to take our eyes off of God and to make us forget that we have already claimed victory over him because of Jesus' death and resurrection.
So the next time you're facing discouragement, distress or any other negative situation, stop and pray. Thank God that he is greater than the enemy and claim the Lord's power over whatever difficulty you are facing.
God is Greater than the World
It doesn't take much to realize that living for Jesus means living contrary to the majority of the world. Christ followers spend their days swimming against the tide of popular opinion and worldly philosophies. And just like physical exercise makes our bodies stronger, this "spiritual exercise" makes our faith stronger. It can also make us a little weary sometimes.
Although the world often sees following God's commands as impossible, Scripture makes it clear that obeying God is within our grasp:
"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. (1 John 5:1-5, NIV)
We are victorious whenever we choose to reject the world's influence on our thoughts and actions and follow God's ways instead. This happens when we seek his direction for major life decisions instead of following worldly wisdom. It also occurs through daily decisions about the way we spend money and time, the company we keep, the pleasures we pursue and the ways we treat others. There is no need to feel burdened by these decisions. Doing things God's way frees us up to grow closer to him and to discover more of the abundant life he has for us.
Claiming God's Greatness
Maybe you need a reminder right now that God has overcome these areas in your life. Are your emotions influencing your thoughts more than the truth found in the Bible? Be encouraged that God is greater than your heart. Is Satan toying with you by causing you to believe lies or to wallow in self-pity? Be empowered knowing that God has overcome the evil one. Are the hollow philosophies and sinful choices of our culture wearing you down or lulling you into complacency? Be energized knowing that through Christ, you have overcome the world.
There are two great songs based on these truths that always encourage me. Click on the link to hear "Greater is He" by Blanca and "Greater" by Mercy Me.


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The contractor had used a jack-hammer on the rooftop parking deck, creating gaping holes.
Mall owner Bob Nazarian testified he rushed over after receiving a panicky phone call on July 15, 2008, from one of his staff.
"The mall was a fiasco. It was a disaster. It was a shower all over," Nazarian testified.
"I was so upset, there was a big chance I could have heart attack. I said, 'What have you done?'"
Nazarian said he had never wanted Peak Restoration run by Glen Day to do the work in the first place, and blamed a conspiracy between his mall manager and Day for the fiasco.
Peak had begun work on the roof weeks earlier, even though Nazarian had not yet signed a draft contract worth more than $400,000.
Nazarian said he only found out through a phone call from his lawyer the work had started.
"I was shocked," Nazarian said.
Still, he ended up signing a contract with Peak and paying him $80,000.
Why, commission counsel Peter Doody wanted to know, did Nazarian sign the deal and pay Day under the circumstances.
"We didn't have way to go back and fix it. They'd already jack-hammered the roof and so on."
After the mid-July fiasco, however, Nazarian did fire Day, who packed up and left the job site, taking with him tools paid for by the mall.
Nazarian also denied signing a bogus contract as one of a series of desperate measures aimed at dealing with the roof, which ultimately collapsed June 23, 2012, killing two women.
He insisted a June 2008 deal with a company set up by a family friend — who had no contracting experience — was no "sham" aimed at obtaining financing to carry out the repairs.
The inquiry also heard how Nazarian had been on the verge of signing a contract worth $903,000 to put down a waterproof membrane on the roof and cover it with asphalt.
However, Nazarian said he discovered the plan developed by an architect would not work because of the weight of the needed materials.
"I'm thankful to my God that I did not sign the contract," Nazarian testified on his second day on the stand.
"We could have had a catastrophe."
Still, a local newspaper in April 2008 trumpeted the proposed fix, saying work would be starting in two weeks.
In testy exchanges with Doody, Nazarian blamed the mall manager for providing false information.
Nazarian also described how he desperately sought financing for the repair work by, among other things, asking the town to forgo property taxes on the mall, the largest local taxpayer.
However, the town was legally precluded from lowering the taxes.
"I explained the mall needs help," Nazarian said.
"The other suggestion was to help me to fix the damn roof."
Nazarian, 68, of Richmond Hill, Ont., also sought financing from the Royal Bank, which had been pressing for repairs.
Pressure mounted after the bank said his mortgage was in technical default because financial statements were late in coming.
"That was a terrible situation," Nazarian said. "They were virtually taking over the mall."
Earlier in the day, Nazarian admitted ignoring for years orders to replace fireproofing in the building. He said that was because the leaking had to be fixed first because otherwise the water would wash away the new material.
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The University of Utah announced yesterday that it has received a $20.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health to support its Center for Clinical and Translational Science.
According to the University of Utah, it is one of just 15 institutions selected this month to receive an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award. The CTSA program was started by NIH in 2006, and the University of Utah received its first CTSA funding in 2008.