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It is considered bad form, even if a club is running away from its rivals, to compare the home-run power of any present-day team to the 1927 New York Yankees, who reached the fences so often they were called Murderer's Row.
That was the year, of course, when Babe Ruth exploded for 60 home runs, and Lou Gehrig, who followed Ruth in the N.Y. batting order, hit 47 while driving in 175 runs. Opposing pitchers set a record that season with bizarre excuses for why they couldn't work on days the Yankees were in town.
While no one here is trying to say that the 1980 Milwaukee Brewers are anywhere near as good as the '27 Yankees or even the current Yankees of Jackson and Nettles, who happen to lead them in the standings, the Brewers do have a hit show in Milwaukee.
Brewers Manager George Bamberger has eight players who regularly smash the ball out of the park, including outfielder Gorman Thomas, who led the American League last year with 45 homers. The other seven are Ben Oglivie, Larry Hisle, Sixto Lezcano, Cecil Cooper, Paul Molitor, Robin Yount, and Don Money.
Milwaukee also employs Sal Bando in the dual capacity of player-coach. Bando is a former home-run threat whose major league high was 31 and who, on occasion, can still put a pitcher's mistake into orbit.
The trouble with most home-run hitting teams is that they generally live or die with the long ball. Their defense is often shoddy; their pitching so-so; and their speed practically nonexistent.
In some games this kind of team can generate a thrill an inning, but when the season is over don't look for it in the World Series, because its players probably will be home lifting weights when they should be studying up on defense.
"While it's true that we can do more damage with our bats than any team in baseball, I would disagree with anyone who says we are not a complete team," Bamberger explained. "Sure I like my sluggers because they hit home runs, but they also hit singles and doubles, and that's why I think we can catch the Yankees and eventually win the American League pennant.
"We can beat you bad with the big inning or the home run," George continued. "But we can also beat you several other ways that are a lot more subtle. I don't want a ball club that's top- heavy in one department, unless it's depth, because you need a lot of things to win consistently, and balance is what saves you over a 162-game season."
Nevertheless those Milwaukee sluggers have already accomplished a number of amazing things this season, including 24 home runs in the Brewers' first 18 games. They also tied a major league record with two grand-slam home runs in one inning against the Boston Red Sox.
Another time they hit seven balls out of the park in one game against the Cleveland Indians, whose outfielders weren't even bothering to follow the flight path after the third or fourth inning.
Probably the two most interesting hitters on the Brewers are Oglivie, a left-hander who's clouted 21 homers, and Thomas, a right-hander with 17. It should be pointed out, however, that Cooper has a more perfect swing than either of them.
Oglivie, who started his career with the Red Sox in 1971 and was traded to Detroit when he averaged only .218 his third year in Boston, was basically a line-drive hitter until 1977, when he suddenly learned he could pull the ball for distance.
Now he pulls everybody. He hit 29 home runs last year and led the American League in homers entering this season's All-Star break. Ben has also learned to combine average with power.
Thomas, on the other hand, is a free swinger who drove in 123 runs last year with only 136 hits. Of his 376 lifetime hits going into this season, 190 were for extra bases. To manage Gorman, you've got to understand his talents and his personality, which would not go unnoticed on any quiz or "Gong" show.
When Thomas hits he's beautiful -- cannon shots that play footsie with half the seats in most ballparks' upper decks. But when he strikes out (175 times last year), he looks like a guy trying to hit a low-flying airplane with a two-by-four. Most pitchers fool him, but not for long.


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Zoe Saldana Plans Plastic Surgery After Kids
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Avatar actress Zoe Saldana has apparently wanted to have kids for over a decade, but it just hasn't happened for her yet. Whether she has two or twenty in the future, Zoe says she is probably going to have a plastic surgery mommy makeover to help her recover her famously fit body.
33-year old Zoe Saldana has been in Hollywood for years, although she didn't find fame until Avatar hit the big screen. Still, her time in Hollywood has given her time to contemplate the entertainment industry's favorite special effects: plastic surgery.
In a televised interview on "The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet," a Lifetime chat show, which is produced by Demi Moore, Zoe discussed motherhood and whether or not she would have plastic surgery after having kids (See Make Me Heal's story on Zoe Saldana's plastic surgery).
"I would," she said frankly. "The same way an old man who is having a midlife crisis can buy a Porsche and dates a 17 year old, I can buy a pair [of new breasts] and be the sexiest soccer mom you've ever seen. Why not? I am okay with people trying to do whatever it is they need to do to feel better." And she's down with women flaunting what they have. "It doesn't matter how flat or how big or saggy or crooked or whatever, just be proud of them and just show them. Go up and down the stairs without a bra and just let them hang. I think it's so sexy and empowering."
Dr. David Shafer, celebrity plastic surgeon in New York City says, "Many women seek out possibilities for plastic surgery after childbirth. Mommy Makeover is a generic term that involves anything from abdominoplasty, to breast implants and/or breast lift to liposuction and fat grafting. All of these procedures are useful to improve the body after changes that occur from many pregnancies."
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text: Winter Blues Fest The Winter Blues Fest special on The Blues! By Lee Hay • Jan 26, 2016 The Winter Blues Fest will happen again this year at The Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati on Friday & Saturday evenings, February 5th and 6th. The headliners this year are the Nick Moss Band on Friday night, and Carolyn Wonderland along with the Tullie Brae Band on Saturday night. The blues special tonight, January 30th at 11pm, will feature music by Carolyn Wonderland and many of the talented blues musicians who perform in the Cincinnati area. Warm up with hot blues at the Winter Blues Fest By Stuart Holman • Jan 9, 2015 Listen Listening... / 7:46 It's almost time for the Winter Blues Fest from the folks at the Cincy Blues Society, and this year's two-day event happens February 6-7 at The Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati. Joining Stuart Holman with details of the event and some of the performers is local musician and event organizer Mark Bubash. Acts announced for 2015 Cincy Blues Fest! By Lee Hay • Dec 29, 2014 Three acts have been signed for the Cincy Blues Fest on August 7th & 8th. Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro and Samantha Fish will all be coming to Cincinnati to perform. They'll all be performing on the main stage. Winter Blues Fest By Lee Hay • Nov 30, 2013 The Cincy Blues Society (founded in 1990) celebrates over two decades of supporting the blues with its hottest Winter Blues Fest line-up yet! On February 7 & 8, 2014, The Phoenix will be rocking with more than 25 of the best local blues bands and two amazing touring headliners. There will be four stages. Headliners include Tinsley Ellis and Janiva Magness. Food will be available. Tickets $20 per night or $35 for the weekend. Tickets at cincybluesfest2014.brownpapertickets.com http://cincyblues.org/winter Winter Blues Fest By Lee Hay • Jan 15, 2013 On February 8 and 9, 2013, Cincinnati will be rocking with more than 25 blues bands. The Cincy Blues Society's Winter Blues Fest celebrates over two decades of supporting the Blues. This year's festival showcases the best local and regional Blues musicians for two nights, from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am at The Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati.


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YHM Dil ki Nazar Se Dekho Episode 1
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii my dear friends,
Rushi here(Author of YHM-Dil ka rishta, YHM-undying love, YHM-Dil toh pagal hain, Yrkkh-True Love, Tei-Milan Do Diloka)
I missed u all soooooo much
Did u all miss me??
so am back with a brand new ishra short ff
Today I will present a promo
please let me know ur opinion about this
so here we go
A young n beautiful Lady is lying on Hospital bed,
Blood is flowing from bottle through a Iv on her soft hands
Her eyes are closed
A man is sitting besides her bed
He is looking at her
His eyes are moist n red
He places his hand over hers
Man (softly)-Mihika please open ur eyes please dnt trouble me this way please
(patient doesn't move)
ok fine u willnot listen to me fine I am also stubborn n I will not let u remain unconscious for more time
(so the patient is our mihika her role will be essayed by mihika verma, so who is the man?? keep reading. …..)
Man is walking fast on road he enters a beautiful Mansion he rings doorbell
A Dashing man opens door
Man(pleading)-Abhi please please
Dashing man (firmly)-Raman u r my childhood friend n I dnt like to behave this way with u, see I have already told u my condition if u agree u tell me otherwise
(so friends Man in hospital sitting beside mihika is our Raman aka Karan patel n Dashing Man is my lucky charm Abhishek aka Vivek Dahiya)
Raman(helplessly)-I agree, Am ready
Abhi is dumbstruck
He smiles n happily hugs Raman while Raman makes helpless face
A beautiful women is making hair
Abhi looks at her adoringly
Women-Abhi y r u standing there?Come here
Abhi(surprised )-How do u always make out that I have come
Women (smiles)-Espl talent
Abhi hugs her
Abhi-Am so so so so so happy today
A voice is heard
"Ishita, Abhi come downstairs breakfast is ready Ishita"
Women-Abhi leave me, Amma is calling us lets gooo chalooooo
Abhi holds her hand n they walk
(So friends Abhi was hugging our Ishita
what is Abhi n Ishita' s relationship?
n mihika n Raman what is their relationship?
what condition Raman agreed?
Any guesses? ?
N dear readers r u excited to read more? Do u want me to continue? Any suggestions
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Fresh Eyes on EARNEST, 4th Installment
Tech week! After three weeks in the rehearsal hall with the set design taped out on the floor and bits of costumes (mostly petticoats, corsets and shoes), the cast and crew of The Importance of Being Earnest moved onto the Alder Stage this week. Suddenly the show starts to inhabit a richer, more detailed world, and the precision developed in the rehearsal hall is now even more important than before. Anthony Hudson reports on his experience watching the first day of tech.
It's tech week and the set is beautifully, ornately completed. It's the first time we're seeing a set of any kind used in rehearsals. Previously there had been some space marked out for stairs, and at best there was a mobile bench. Now the actors get to occupy a black-and-white Aubrey Beardsley wonderland with a painted placard downstage left that reads: "A little sincerity is a dangerous thing and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."
Old-time gramophone cues echo through the space as the same opening tech cue is set up, started, stopped, and repeated endlessly. This repetition without completion feels like creative death, but in actuality it's the labor pains of the show, and soon it will be crowning. The wonder of tech is the meticulous training of the mechanism of theatre, and even if it is mind-numbing, it forces a sort of meditation on its bystanders. The same piano medley is digging into my skull as the crew fights to get through the opening cues, and 50 minutes into the process we finally get to dialogue.
In a tech-ridden haze, I'm immediately struck by the entrances of Earnest and Algernon in wigs and costumes, sans rehearsal glasses, and dressed in full character for the first time. They're men! Honestly, they look so different than the actors I've been watching for weeks. And most fascinatingly, the illusion is sold without the actors having to wear binders - wraps that push down and conceal breasts used by drag kings, some trans men, and other gender non-conformers - and this seems a vastly important decision for this cast. These characters look and sound and move as men, but we have this subtle reminder (in male costume no less) that all is not as it seems.
Lady Bracknell enters and everyone screams. Like the men, it's her debut in full costume, and it becomes instantly apparent why Bracknell is often portrayed by men in drag. Linda Alper, Bracknell's avatar, has been transformed into a giant purple drag queen. Her huge-plumed, feathered hat feels almost as tall as she is, and it sways gloriously every time she moves. Noting its wondrous movement, Alper smiles as she realizes she's been transformed into some sort of bird woman. "I should have a beak, though," she says, pantomiming a giant beak as she delicately sips her tea.
After the relief of running the opening scene we're back to running cues, and I find myself staring at the set again in between these long cycles of set up, cue, start, stop, repeat. Like Wilde's words and Lady Bracknell's everything, it's a lot take in. It dazzles and you lose yourself in it. I've always loved Beardsley and his flourish-full patterns precisely because you can lose yourself in the ornamentation - and now I'm stuck scouring it, trying to find a trace of the Judy Chicago vagina plate series that was mentioned by the set designer on Day 1 as an influential design motif; alas, if there is a vagina reference it's subtle, and I can't find one. Instead I find a rainbow. It's the tiniest rainbow lurking upstage left against a white column, and it only appears during one specific lighting setting, perhaps inadvertently created by a reflection off the period-reconstruction light fixture that hangs over the set.
"Don't you just want to live on this set?" Michael says to me.
"I do," I say. "And I really appreciate that rainbow upstage left. I don't think it's intentional but I love it."
"It's not," he says, and he stops and smiles as he notices it. "That's our tribute to Wilde."
The rainbow may be corrected and excised by the time this show goes to previews and then opens next week, but even without it I think Wilde would find much to take away as an honored tribute. The hilarious characterizations, the incisive timing, the dazzlingly over-the-top set and costumes, the drag - all of it crafted with so much play to delight and tease, and just sincere enough to be a little dangerous.


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Getting Around The City – What Your Choice Of Transport Says About You
Cities are packed, jammed, polluted, and tough to move around in. It doesn't matter whether you live there, work there, or just visit. Getting around the city can be hard work, uncomfortable, and even thoroughly unpleasant. But what turns you off about the city might not bother the guy sat next to you. Perhaps you don't like the bus because the noise of shrieking kids on the school run gives you a headache? Or maybe you just don't like the smell of the subway? Does the mode of transport you choose say anything about your personality or outlook on life though?


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BOSTON (07/21/2000) - Soon after AllAdvantage.com Inc. started paying users to surf the Web, the company grew quickly to 7 million registered members.
AllAdvantage set up offices worldwide, and what seemed a novelty 16 months ago when the company started caught on, with copycat sites springing up.
Like all things Internet, the novelty wore off quickly. Last week, AllAdvantage announced it had fired 60 workers, or about 10 percent of its staff, to cut costs, consolidate departments and push the company toward profitability. The latter is easier set as a goal than done. AllAdvantage paid US$32.7 million to Web surfing-members from December of last year through March of this year, but earned $9.1 million in the same period from advertisers.
The company compiles profiles of members' surfing habits, tailoring advertising to their interests. AllAdvantage users, who are paid 53 cents an hour to surf, endure personalized banner ads that run constantly across their computer screens. Only about 2 million of the company's 7 million members actively participate, according to the company.
Now AllAdvantage and other companies paying people to learn their habits are taking a new, critical look at how to make money from that knowledge.
"The question really is, who is $7.50 a month really going to appeal to?" said Harry Wolhandler, vice president of research at Web marketing analysis firm ActivMedia Research LLC in Peterborough, New Hampshire. "I can't see that it's taking over the world. People aren't going to want to give up their privacy and let people know everything about you. It takes a lot to motivate people for micro-payments."
There are people willing to be paid to look at advertising, but most would probably rather avoid seeing banner ads. "It's a niche market. I would rather pay not to see advertising at all," he said. "Looking at who is likely to use a service like this, I don't see it going anywhere."
People who earn money surfing do so as a lark or are students or don't have much income, and so want the money rather than the personalized advertising, Wolhandler said. Such Web surfers aren't likely to spend money with online advertisers because they simply don't have the money to spare.
"It's just another form of grabbing eyeballs," he said of the pay-to-surf business model. "The question I would ask is, are those the eyeballs you really want?"
The companies themselves seem to be asking the same question. AllAdvantage withdrew its bid for an IPO (initial public offering) on July 3 because of unfavorable market conditions, said company spokesman Alex Gourevitch.
Other companies trading on personal information that have gone public suffered this year as well. The per-share price for Engage Inc., which helps advertisers target customers, is down to $12.83, more than 85 percent from its high of $94.50 in March. The better-known DoubleClick Inc. has steadily fallen from its January high of $135, trading near $35 now. DoubleClick tracks Web user information using cookies set at Web sites that are DoubleClick customers.
But the companies had room to lose.
"Everybody had free money to grow with," Wolhandler said of the market.
"Shrinking isn't going to hurt these companies. They were bloated. This will impose discipline."
Interestingly, some companies that pay users to surf, including AllAdvantage, deny that paying users to surf is their objective.
"Pay-to-surf is not our business model," said AllAdvantage's Gourevitch. "We help consumers get the benefits from the information they create. It creates value for our members and our advertisers."
The pay-to-surf label is misleading, Gourevitch said. He said the company is moving away from paying surfers a fixed amount. Recent changes in the company's pay rate and restrictions on the number of hours paid for surfing will save the company 30 percent on costs, he said.
Meanwhile, AllAdvantage delivers its personalized advertising service to its members without having to reveal their identities to the advertiser. They only share demographic, profile data, not names and other specific personal information -- so privacy is protected even as the personalized service is being delivered, according to AllAdvantage. But questions about the business model remain.
"Are people willing to buy into our services rather than just getting paid to surf? That's one of the challenges," Gourevitch said.
Competitors apparently face the same challenge.
"All the companies that think of themselves of pay-to-surf Web sites are toast." said Thomas Leavitt, chief operating officer of Clickrebates.com Inc., the owner of Clickdough.com, a Web site which, nonetheless, pays members to surf.
"It's not about getting paid to surf. It's about building customer relationships with advertisers," he said, noting that some surfers may want to see advertising, but only the advertising they want or need. "A lot of (companies) are flooding the market with undifferentiated (banner) advertising that's one step ahead of spam."
Leavitt said Clickdough's click-through rate, or the frequency at which users actually click on a banner to visit an advertiser's site, is between .75 percent to 1 percent, which he said is a good percentage. He and other pay-to-surf executives said the rate has been falling.
However, click-through may not always be the best measure of an advertisement's success, said Wolhandler. "Among other things, click-through isn't always the purpose of an ad. Ads can support brands that sell through channels, like Compaq (Computer Corp.), or for positioning, like car sales."
Assorted Web sites still look at variations on the pay-to-surf business concept for profits. Several simply offer members a percentage cut of the advertising revenue surfers draw to the company, rather than a fixed sum. ValuePay.com Inc. splits its advertising revenue with its paid-to-surf members, but shies from the pay-to-surf image. ValuePay President and Chief Executive Officer Gulshan Bahl called his company an "infomediary," a broker for consumers to reach the advertisers they want, as does AllAdvantage.
Pay-to-surf companies face the task of reinventing themselves in light of the technology market's movements, and the public's increasing discomfort with companies compiling data on their personality and habits and trading it like fruit in a farmer's stall.
It's a challenge AllAdvantage and sites like it will have to overcome before the market makes a financial about-face impossible. "There were a lot of me-too companies," said Bahl of ValuePay, which is seeking a first round of venture capital right now. "They're going to get into the same situation as AllAdvantage. It is hard for everybody right now."
AllAdvantage.com Inc., in Hayward, California, can be reached at +1-510-670-1630 or on the Web at http://www.alladvantage.com/.


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GENEVA (AP) — Commodities trader Glencore International PLC said Friday it is prepared to raise its offer to salvage a proposed $80 billion merger with mining company Xstrata PLC.
The announcement followed an intervention by former British leader Tony Blair, according to the Financial Times. The newspaper reported that the new offer was worked out at a meeting in London between Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg and Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani. The meeting was reportedly arranged by Blair.
Glencore has struggled to net Xstrata because its previous offer was resisted by Qatar Holding, a major Xstrata shareholder.
Xstrata announced Friday that it had received a proposal from Glencore to offer 3.05 new shares for each Xstrata share, up from the existing offer of 2.8 shares. Qatar Holding had previously indicated it wanted 3.2 Glencore shares for each Xstrata share.
Xstrata shares were up 7.7 percent at 1,054 pence in midday trading in London. Glencore shares were down 4.3 percent at 375.5 pence.
There was no comment from the Qataris and Blair's office could not be reached for comment.
Glencore also proposed that its chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, would become CEO of the combined companies. The earlier plan was for Xstrata CEO Mick Davis to take that role in the combined company.
Glencore also proposed that it have the option of structuring the deal as a takeover rather than a scheme of arrangement, the original plan which required the approval of 75 percent of eligible shareholders. A takeover requires a simple majority.
Glencore and Xstrata adjourned shareholder meetings which had been scheduled for Friday to approve the deal.
Standard Life Investments, which had also pressed for a better price for its Xstrata shares, welcomed the new offer.
"The deal will, we believe, enhance the growth prospects of the combined group and consequently, as shareholders both of Xstrata and Glencore, we are pleased with the proposed outcome," said David Cumming, Standard Life's head of equities.
Glencore, the world's largest publicly traded supplier of raw materials such as oil, copper and wheat, had said earlier that it would rather walk away from its proposed merger than overpay.


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The following is a commentary from WBRC FOX6 Sports Director Rick Karle:
You've heard the question asked over the last few weeks: Can any team in the nation beat the Crimson Tide? Aside from the New England Patriots, I'm not sure there is a team out there that can compete with Bama (I kid about the Patriots thing, but the point here is that this Tide team currently owns college football). And I have to admit, as talented a quarterback as Jalen Hurts is, I find it more enjoyable to watch the Alabama defense in action. I mean, these guys are like boa constrictors: They wrap their arms around opposing players and by the fourth quarter of any game the opposition taps out. Just think of what the Bama defensive unit I like to call "Phi Bama Slama" did to those poor Aggies on Saturday afternoon:
*It held the Aggies to zero offensive yards in the first quarter
*It scored its ninth defensive touchdown of the season (see Jonathan Allen)
*It has now scored a defensive touchdown I ten straight games
*It sacked Aggies quarterback Trevor Knight five times
*It held Knight to 164 harmless passing yards
Watching Tim Williams and Ryan Anderson rush from the edge and Jonathan Allen disrupt things in the middle is a thing of beauty, so I ask you again: What team is going to move the ball consistently against the Tide? Not LSU, not Miss. State. Auburn, perhaps? While there is plenty of football yet to be played, Bama fans are already calling this team the best Nick Saban has fielded in Tuscaloosa. The bummer on the Bama front? Talented defensive back and ace return man Eddie Jackson fractured his leg on Saturday and will be lost for the season.
Now for the offense: How smooth is Jalen Hurts? His 37-yard TD run late in Saturday's game was a thing of beauty, and the kid didn't break a sweat. Hurts is smoother that a satin sheet- and to think he will be around for two more seasons. Hurt's line against Texas A&M? 164 passing yards and 2 TD throws, 93 rushing yards and a score for a grand total of 259 offensive yards and three scores. The SEC folks may as well renew that Offensive Player Of The Week Award every Monday and forward it on to Jalen.
Want more superlatives from the Bama offense? Damien Harris had 128 rushing yards & OJ Howard had eight catches and a score. The Big Uglies did a fine job in the trenches, and Lane Kiffin called another fine game.
The bad news? Seven penalties is never good, missed field goals are painful, and the pass defense was at times leaky. But a few tweaks and rants from the head coach and the team will be ready for LSU.
What lies ahead for this team? A week off, a trip to Baton Rouge and the big showdown with Auburn. After that? You tell me what team out of the SEC East can challenge the Tide in Atlanta? The playoffs? Bring on Ohio State, Clemson, Washington. I'm not a betting man, but I have a very strong feeling that #17 is headed to Tuscaloosa in early January. Yep, the Alabama football team is just that good.
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It's Tricky: Burgeoning Versioning
More mornings than not, either my fiancée or I will wake up with a song securely stuck in one of our heads. Yesterday morning in hers was "The Pursuit of Happiness" by Kid Cudi (2009). Once she found and played the song, I noticed something a bit off about it. I wondered if it had originally be sung by a woman and if he'd just jacked the chorus for the hook. I distinctly remembered the vocals being sung by a woman but also that they were mechanically looped, sampled, or manipulated in some way.
Upon further investigation I found that the song was indeed originally Kid Cudi's, but that singer/songwriter Lissie had done a cover version of it. Her version is featured in the Girl/Chocolate skateboard video Pretty Sweet (2012), which I have watched many times (Peace to Guy Mariano). Even further digging found the true cause of my confusion: A sample of the Lissie version forms the hook of ScHoolboy Q's song with A$AP Rocky, "Hands on the Wheel." This last amalgam of allusions was the version I had in my head [runtime: 3:26]:
So yeah, I sampled your voice. You was usin' it wrong.
You made it a hot line. I made it a hot song.
— Jay-Z, "Takeover," 2001
Citing Serge Lacasse, Justin Williams (2013) makes the distinction between the sampled and nonsampled quotation illustrated above. The former being the straight appropriation of previously recorded material, and the latter being like the variations on a theme found in jazz or covers like the Lissie version above: A song or part of a song performed not cut-and-pasted. Building on Gérard Gennette's work in literature, Lacasse (2000) calls these two types of quotation autosonic (sampled) and allosonic (performed). Of course the live DJ, blending and scratching previously recorded material, conflates these two types of quotation (Katz, 2010), and when we bring copyright law into the mix, things get even more confusing.
For instance, the song "It's Tricky" by Run-DMC (1986) is primarily constructed from two previous songs. The musical track samples the guitars from "My Sharona" by The Knack, and the hook is an interpolation of the chorus from the hit "Mickey" by Toni Basil (1981). Explaining the old-school origins of the song, DMC told Kembrew McLeod and Peter DiCola, "I just changed the chorus around and talked about how this rap business can be tricky to a brother" (quoted in McLeod & DiCola, 2011, p. 32). Tricky indeed: Twenty years after the song was released, Berton Averre and Doug Fieger of The Knack sued Run-DMC for unauthorized use of their song. "That sound is not only the essence of 'My Sharona', it is one of the most recognizable sounds in rock 'n' roll," says Fieger, The Knack's lead singer. As true as that is, it's not the most recognizable element of Run-DMC's "It's Tricky."
Ice-T's track "Rhyme Pays" (1987) samples a guitar riff from Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" (1970). I remember the first time I heard Faith No More's 1989 cover version of the Black Sabbath song and wondering why in the world they'd be imitating an Ice-T song.
I guess I owe Kid Cudi an apology.
Carter, Sean. (2001). Takeover [Recorded by Jay-Z]. On The Blueprint [LP]. New York: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam.
Katz, Mark. (2010). Capturing Sound: How Technology has Changed Music. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Lacasse, Serge. (2000). Intertextuality and Hypertextuality in Recorded Popular Music. In Michael Talbot (Ed.), The Musical Work: Reality or Invention? Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, pp. 35-58.
McLeod, Kembrew & DiCola, Peter. (2011). Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Williams, Justin A. (2013). Rhymin' and Stealin': Musical Borrowing in Hip-hop. Ann Arbor: MI: University of Michigan Press.


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Turns out, Curt Schilling doesn't have what it takes to last more than 4 innings. Truthfully, this may be a blessing for Beantown. He surrendered back-to-back bombs by Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez and a two-run homer by Casey Blake (sans beard) before the bullpen totally shut me down.
Fausto Carmona, rated lower than Gil Meche, held his own for the Cleveland Indians. He struck out nine over 8 innings, allowing only a base hit by Manny Ramirez and a triple by Kevin Youkilis (because I spilled my beverage) before being replaced by Joe Borowski, who shut down the Sox by striking out the side to polish off the 4-0 shutout.
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I believe that I am free to lose it over my father's impending death, with snot running down my nose, in my car without Kleenex, listening to "Say It Isn't So" by Hall and Oats. I want to stay here in 1983 where everything's warm and cozy.
But I know it's 2007, and I have to buck up after this cry. Dad's dying, after living with Alzheimer's disease for nearly 10 years.
He was diagnosed at the age of 63, at the peak of his career as a neurosurgeon. The irony didn't escape me, but I was in no place to ponder how Shakespeare or Sophocles might have channeled the experience. The news of the disease hit me the year before I got married, soaking every act of wedding planning with indifference and guilt. I had always thought that Alzheimer's disease was something that only afflicted really old people, and I don't think I even knew what it was definitively. Inside, I was tumbling down a rocky slope, with one sharp emotional trauma followed by another: dad can't go back to work; we're driving to Cleveland Clinic for tests; Dad is asking the same question over and over: did I feed the dogs? Did I feed the dogs? I forgot, did I feed the dogs?
But on the outside I stood straight, I had to for my mother's sake, but only by leaning heavily on my soon to be husband, Ashok.
My dad once responded sternly after I gently inquired about his memory loss, "I will never forget the brain." He mostly kept his feelings to himself, and I think now, what a burden that must have been.
Dad was a philosopher and a lover of poetry, and his words wafted through our house like incense. He sang Malayalam poetry with the mirth of a child, and when he was together with his childhood friends in India, they would sing for hours from memory. When my brother and I fought over some trifling thing he would say, There is nothing called yours and mine here. We were sufficiently terrified to believe it. I believe it still. In addition to being a neurosurgeon, as if that wasn't enough, he had a PhD in zoology, a pilot's license, and a passion for photography, yet he would always proclaim, What we know is very limited.
Some evenings he would lie in bed, with the lights on, staring at his index finger or his open palm. At 8 or 9, I didn't know that this was his meditation on the one consciousness that appears as many different things. I would just climb into bed with him silently and watch him watching, with my head on his chest, listening to the beats of his heart. Even at that young age, I remember thinking that I didn't want his heart to stop.
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In Episode 1, we learnt about what a virus is and how we can keep them out of our body. We used playdough to understand what HIV might look like.
Activity: HOMEMADE PLAYDOUGH (uncooked)
1/4 cup salt
1 cup flour
1/4 cup water
Mix the flour and salt in a bowl then add water.
Knead and squeeze the dough to make a clay consistency. You may need to add more water.
Note: This playdough doesn't last as long as the cooked recipes. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate.
In Episode 2, we learnt that viruses are very hard to see. You will need a special microscope to see them. You can make your own "play" microscope at home. Here's what you do!
Activity: Make a Microscope
Water is full of plants and animals that are too small to see with the naked eye. Make a simple microscope to see if you can detect any tiny organisms swimming around in the water.
You'll need:
* empty matchbox
* piece of thin, transparent plastic (e.g., from a plastic bag or plastic wrap)
* matchstick
* petroleum jelly or lip balm
* dropper
* scissors
* transparent tape
* water samples (e.g. from an "island" pond)
Log on to http://www.pbs.org/weta/roughscience/discover/waterquality.html for information on how to make this craft.
Washing hands regularly with warm soap and water is a good way of keeping germs and viruses away. We made decorated hands in episode 3 to help us remember when we should wash our hands. Here's what you need to make your own "Decorated Hands."
Activity: DECORATE HANDS
You'll need:
*Makers or Crayons
How to make it:
Place your hand in the center of the paper and trace it using crayons or markers.
Use your crayons or makers to decorate the inside of the hand.
You can make whatever designs you want, stars, hearts, flowers.
Using Scissors, cut out the hand you just traced on the paper.
Now you have a decorated hand!
The immune system is our body's defense system. The white blood cells are like the soldiers of our body. Making paper doll chains is a great craft that helps remind us how the immune system works.
In this paper chain pattern, the figures are holding hands.
They represent the soldiers in our body that keep us safe and protect us from diseases.
Activity: PAPER DOLL CHAINS
You'll need:
*Colored Paper
*Makers or Crayons
How to make it:
1. Fold piece of drawing paper evenly, like a fan.
2. Draw your design for the paper dolls. Make sure the design touches both sides of the paper so the dolls "hold hands." Draw only one half of the doll since the other half will be across the top fold.
3. Cut out the doll pattern.
If you want to be even more creative you can decorate each doll with markers, or glue on trims such as ribbon, yarn, or fabric scraps.
You can also make holiday decorations with paper chains of hearts, bunnies, or stars -- just remember to leave a part touching each edge.
Resource: http://home.howstuffworks.com/paper-dolls3.htm
You'll need:
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- confetti
- food coloring
- markers
- tissue paper
- glue stick
How to make it:
1. Cut off the tops of a dozen eggs and empty them.
2. Rinse the egg shell inside and out with warm water until the residue is gone and let the shell dry.
3. Make confetti out of colored paper.
4. Decorate the shells using food coloring or markers. If you use food coloring, dip the shells into the water and leave there a few minutes or until you like the intensity of the color. Let them dry on an old towel or on paper towels.
5. Fill the dry egg cups a quarter full of confetti.
6. Glue a square of tissue paper over the top of the egg cup and allow to dry.
With your friends, gently crack these over your friends' heads outside. Confetti will fly everywhere!
In Episode 5, Trendy Wendy showed us how to make"gooey slime" a very cool activity that's loads of fun!
Activity: MAKING SLIME
You'll need:
- corn starch
- water
- food coloring
- mixing bowl
- ziplock bag
1. Pour water into mixing bowl
2. Add the cornstarch a little at a time, at a slow and steady pace
3. Blend the mixture until smooth. It's okay to use fingers for this step! Add food coloring to give the slime a cool color
4. If the consistency does not seem quite right, slowly add more cornstarch if the slime is too runny, or more water if the slime is too thick.
5. Keep the slime in a zip lock bag to make sure that it stays moist.
Resource:www.ehow.comEPISODE 6
We know HIV is not spread by shaking hands, coughing or even sneezing. But some germs and viruses are very easy to spread. This activity teaches us just how easy germs and viruses can be spread.
Activity: MAKING PINWHEELS
You'll need:• paper
• scissors
• pencil
• crayons or markers
• pin or thumb tacks
• ruler
How to make it:
1. Cut a 4-inch x 4-inch square out of a piece of paper
2. Decorate your paper however you like.
3. Draw diagonal lines across your square to join up the corners and put a pencil mark on each line about 1/3 from the center.
4. Mark the center of the square with a dot, and draw an additional dot at each of the corners.
5. Use a pair of scissors to cut along the diagonal lines. Stop cutting at your pencil mark.
6. Bring every other point into the center and stick a pin through all four points.
7. Stick the pin into a pencil.
TA DA! You made your very own pinwheel.
Resource: http://www.leslietryon.com/3dcolorcutout/makepinw/makepinwheel.html
In this episode we learnt that you cannot get HIV from a mosquito bite. Here's a really fun craft to help us remember this.
Activity: MAKING A MOSQUITO
You'll need:
*Clothespins(plastic or wooden)
*Markers or crayons
*Pipe Cleaners or Schaneel wires
*Pattern from website
How to make it:
1. Cut out patterns and color them
2. Decorate the clothespin (The opening of the clothespin is the head of the mosquitoes)
3. Take 3 pipe cleaners about 12 inches long and fold each in half (they are the mosquito legs)
4. Insert one pipe cleaner into the smallest hole in the back(this represents one set of legs)
5. Insert two other pipe cleaner pieces in the front hole
6. Bend the legs up and down until they look like mosquito legs and are able to stand
7. Attach the wings. Fold each tab, apply glue and insert on both sides of the clothespin for wings.
8. Slide the head into the mouth of the clothespin.
9. Cut the antenna in half and slide one piece above and one piece below the head. Bend the piece above up and the piece inserted below down. These represent the stinger and the antenna.
Here's a fun activity to help us remember how easy it si to get infected with HIV by sharing a needle.
Activity: Watercolors
You'll need:
* Food coloring
* Glass jars with water in them
* Syringe
1. Place three jars of water on table, each with a different color in front of them and one jar with plain water in it.
2. Take turns putting the syringe in the colored water jars and then squirt out in the plain water jar.
See how the colors change because the syringe transferred the colors over. – The original three jars of water also are a different color from sharing the syringe.
Making puppets is so much fun! Here's what you do.
Activity:Making Puppets
You'll need:
* Paper Bag
* Markers, crayons, or pencils
* Buttons
* Glue
* Colored Paper
1. Lay paper bag flat with the opening facing towards you and the flap showing.
2. Use art supplies such as paint, crayons, or pencils to draw facial features on the flap. For eyes, glue on two googly eyes or buttons (or you can draw them on the bag). You can also draw clothing below the flap or glue fabric scraps or colored paper on.
3. Lift the flap up carefully and draw a tongue.
4. Add hair by cutting some lengths of yarn, longer if it is a "girl" puppet. Glue them on to the top edge or the front of the flap, near the top.
5. To use the puppet, put your hand into the bag and place your fingers in the flap. Move your fingers up and down to make it "talk."
Resource: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Bag-Puppet
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We are one church meeting in multiple locations reaching people far from God and bringing them to life in Christ.
Next Level Church is a loving, relevant, life-giving church. We exist to make a difference in the lives of people and in the communities around us. Jesus is the reason for everything we do and the hope of the world.
No matter who you are, what you've done, or where you've been; you are welcome here. Whether you have been following Jesus for years or never set foot in a church before, you will be comfortable here. Come as you are to ask questions, explore your ideas about who God is, or grow deeper in your faith.
At whichever location you decide to attend, you will find a relevant, encouraging message from the Bible, an exciting and age-appropriate kids environment that will have your children begging you to come back, and dynamic music and videos to engage your heart.
When Next Level Church launched its first multisite location in 2010, we were simply responding to a God-ordained opportunity to reach into a new community and to a problem of running out of seats at our existing location. Our commitment to love people far from God and move them to life in Christ has always compelled us to continue finding new ways to reach into more communities with the gospel message.
It wasn't long before we discovered that a multisite approach to ministry had great potential in New England where towns are a source of pride and passion for all of us, and where there are more people but less large cities than almost anywhere else in the country. Today, many years after our first multisite experience, we are even more convinced that a multisite approach to ministry is a powerful tool in advancing God's Kingdom in unchurched regions well beyond those humble beginnings.
We recognize that this approach can seem a bit unusual to those who've not seen it up close. Some people assume that they would not be comfortable in a multisite church, especially one where the teaching is delivered by video. But the reality is that those objections are usually offered by folks who've not yet seen or experienced a multisite church firsthand. So here are our answers to a few of the questions you may have.
A multisite church is simply one church meeting in multiple locations. A multisite church shares a common vision, budget, doctrine, leadership and staff. The purpose of becoming a multisite church is to make more and better followers of Jesus by bringing the church closer to where people are, creating good stewardship through efficiency in leadership and finances, and giving a church the opportunity to get both larger (in total numbers) and smaller (in more individual locations and experiences) simultaneously, which allows people to experience the benefits of both larger and smaller churches at once. Just as large universities create local campuses to reach more students, multisite churches create multiple locations to reach more people who need the hope of the Gospel.
Church planting typically involves creating a new church with its own leadership, its own programs, and its own identity. On the other hand, a multisite church like Next Level shares a centralized leadership team, a unied budget, and has many shared resources (including the weekend teaching.) In contrast to church plants, multisite campuses have a much higher (90%) success rate and provide what business leaders call "economies of scale" – meaning as they grow larger it takes less and less resources to start and support each additional location because things like insurance, accounting, HR, and central leadership and directions are already handled, all of which would need to be developed from scratch for every new church plant.
When we began doing multisite ministry, we spent a great deal of time discussing the best way to deliver the teaching in two places at once. We considered a team-teaching approach, whereby two pastors would prepare and deliver similar messages at each location simultaneously. Eventually, we decided to use video broadcast for the majority of our weekend messages for a few reasons: It prevents people from choosing which location to attend based on a particular teaching pastor. We want people to attend the location nearest their home, since it's more likely that friends and family will accept an invitation to attend a church that is in their own community. Since everyone has the same teaching experience each weekend, people don't build their attendance patterns around a particular person but rather the presence of God.
Everyone across all locations gets the same weekend experience, and can have follow-up discussions either individually or in NLC groups, even if the NLC group is comprised of people from multiple locations. This also allows for uniformity and efficiency in communication of videos, print materials, online platforms, and social media. It is an important factor in truly being "one church". Since teaching typically requires 20-25 hours per week in preparation time, we can put more pastoral hours toward other people, ministry needs, and shepherding those who God trusts us to care for, rather than having more than one pastor immersed in preparation each week. We've consistently seen that most people adapt very quickly to viewing a message on a screen and interact with the message (by raising hands, answering questions, laughing, etc.) just as if the speaker were there in person.
We asked the same question before we started using video. But after a few weekends of video teaching we realized that many people actually prefer seeing a message on video if the lighting, projection and sound are done with excellence. Why? Because they can see better than when it is live in a large auditorium! It's the same reason that people who go to a concert most often watch a screen instead of the stage. And, it's the same reason that pastors in huge sanctuaries with projection screens notice that after the seventh row or so, no one looks at the stage – they watch the screens. At NLC, we have discovered that attending a location closer to one's home is a much higher priority than how the sermon is delivered.
By using a multisite approach, we can create a number of smaller communities, rather than one large community. Within these smaller communities, we are better able to care for people and help them connect to one another. We believe that we can better shepherd God's people by creating new environments as growth occurs.
By using a multisite approach, we can create a presence in a number of communities rather than just one concentrated space, allowing people to worship near the same community where they live, and invite their friends to worship with them. This strategy also makes it much easier for people to be involved during the week in groups and community service opportunities, because these activities also become concentrated around where they live.
By sharing resources and leadership, a large number of locations can advance the Gospel in unity. In some ways, a multisite church is an answer to Jesus' prayer in John 17, when He said, "May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
The motivation for using multisite ministry is twofold: to accommodate growth that is already happening and to reach into new communities more effectively. We add new locations in response to people who commute a long distance to attend NLC and also to make sure we are always able to accommodate future growth at every location.
To teach effectively and powerfully, a pastor must know and connect with people. But knowing the pulse of people doesn't mean knowing the pulse of every individual. The Christian church has long accepted the fact that eective and life-changing teaching can be done from a distance. Ministry done through TV, radio, books, CDs, and online carry out the work of the Spirit without the communicator being in direct relationship to the listeners. A message on a screen is no different.
As far as providing pastoral care for people, no one who pastors a large church shepherds all of the flock in a hands-on way. It simply can't be done. Large churches that are healthy have learned to depend on small group ministries and a team of pastors who are empowered and equipped to lead an assigned portion of the ock. A church location that uses video teaching will always need on-site pastors to shepherd and lead the people. At Next Level, we utilize location pastor teams and continually grow our NLC Groups to eectively meet the needs of the people at each of our locations
While there are obviously no biblical examples of sermons delivered via video, we do know that while he was far away, the Apostle Paul wrote letters to lead, feed, correct, and guard the churches: "For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ." (Colossians 2:5). We believe we can effectively worship God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24) on multiple sites utilizing video technology. The video screen is simply a delivery system (like amplication, lighting, and a host of other communication tools), that helps churches reach more people for Christ. It can't make a boring message interesting or add life where the Spirit's long departed. But it can put God's Word within reach of people who can't or won't drive a long distance to attend church.
The effectiveness of the multisite movement across North America is evident by the fact that there are more than 5000 multisite churches today. They can be found in 47 U.S. states and 6 Canadian provinces and it is the fastest growing portion of the North American church today.
Next Level Church held its first experience on March 23, 2008, in Dover, NH. From day one, NLC has not wavered from its desire to be a church that people who don't go to church love to attend. Its vision to be a loving, relevant, life-giving church was birthed in the heart of Lead Pastor Josh Gagnon and his wife, Jennifer, and has sparked a movement in unchurched communities throughout North America.
Today, NLC shares the love of Jesus with thousands of people across multiple locations every week and has been named among the 20 fastest growing churches in America for 3 consecutive years by Outreach Magazine. Next Level continues to see the kind of growth that only God can provide through its commitment to reaching people who do not know Jesus and the passion, prayers, and sacrifice of thousands of people who give of their time, talents, and resources to make this vision a reality.
Through the power and favor of God, NLC continues to see its influence expand into new communities where we are able to serve people, love our neighbors, and give hope to those who do not yet follow God. Every year, as God provides new opportunities to reach even more people, we look forward expectantly to what God continues to do in and through His church.


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Buchu Summary:
Buchu is an African medicinal plant mainly used for its antibacterial activity on the urinary tract. It has a much gentler action than other urinary antiseptics which makes it a good choice for the elderly or those with weaker urinary tracts.
Buchu is a diuretic that works by improving blood flow to the kidneys, rather than actually affecting filtration rates. This means it promotes the normal functioning of the kidneys to filter the blood, rather than overstimulating or inhibiting absorption itself. Some people refer to this action as aqueretic rather than diuretic as it is fundamentally different in the way it works, but ultimately achieves the same thing.
Other common uses includes laxative, and carminative.
Botanical Name
Agathosma betulina
Syn: Barosma betulina
Part Used
Herbal Actions:
[1, 2, 5]
- Urinary Antiseptic
- Mild Diuretic
- Aqueretic [10]
- Laxitive (Mild)
- Carminative
Liquid Extract (1:2)
2-4 ml/day
Tincture (1:5)
5-10 ml/day
Infusion (1:20)
5-1- ml/day
- Genitourinary infections
- Cystitis
- Urethritis
- Prostatitis
Common Names:
- Buchu (France)
- Barosma betulina
- Bucco (England)
- Diosma (Italy)
- Bukko (Denmark)
- Buccoblatter (German)
Traditional Uses:
The Hottentots of South Africa used the leaves of buchu as a perfume. Most of its traditional medicinal usage in this region was for its ability to treat urinary tract disorders as well as for its carminative and laxative actions. [1, 9].
The eclectics suggested buchu as an aromatic stimulant and tonic and used it to treat poor appetite, flatulence, and nausea. It was also commonly used in Europe to treat urinary tract infection and inflammation. [1].
In modern times, buchu essential oil is often added to artificial fruit flavoring and is common in the food industry for this reason [1]. It is often used in perfumes [8].
The British Pharmacopoeia lists buchu as useful for a urinary antiseptic, and diuretic useful for cystitis, urethritis, and prostatitis. [4].
Botanical Description:
Buchu is a small shrub from South Africa [4].
The leaves of buchu are highly aromatic, and resemble a combination of black-currant and peppermint. [1].
Agothasma is a member of the citrus (Rutaceae) family. It is a shrub that can grow up to 2m in height, with rhomboid-obovate leaves.
The flowers have 5 whitish petals that develop into brown fruits containing 5 carpels.
Interestingly, recent evidence has surfaced to suggest that buchu has a particular synergistic relationship with a common soil yeast, which allows it to grow in the low nutrient soil it is found in [7]. It has been suggested that this relationship plays a strong role in the medicinal constituent concentrations in the harvested plants. More research is needed.
Habitat Ecology, and Distribution:
Buchu is native to the Cape province of South Africa [4]. It is mainly grown by poor farmers in the region, which are often poached for its high market value [6]. Always purchase buchu from reputable resellers to combat this growing issue.
Harvesting Collection, and Preparation:
Buchu leaves are suggested to be of the highest quality medicinally while the plants are flowering or fruiting.
The Khoi-San of South Africa call any aromatic dusting herb buchu, which has led to some confusion in the region. there are currently many different species of herb referred to as buchu from the reason. The main species considered buchu for medicinal purposes however is Agathosma betulina. [1].
Buchu contains volatile oils (between 1% and 3.5%) (limonene, menthone, pulegone), flavonoids (rutin, diosmetin, diosmin, hesperidin, quercetin, and derivatives), B vitamins, tannins, resin, and mucilage. [1-3].
Pharmacology and Medical Research:
Aqueretic actions
Aqueretic was defined by Varro, E, Tyler PhD. He suggested that most botanicals used for UTIs are not actually diuretics, rather they are aqueretics. This means that they act to increase blood flow to the kidneys which then increases glomerular filtration rate. This is compared to the traditional idea of a diuretic which involves interfering with renal handling of ions. He spent time studying these effects in buchu, parsley, goldenrod, juniper, and birch and determined them to be aqueretic [10, 11].
Buchu is generally regarded as having a high level of safety, but is often contraindicated during pregnancy. This is mainly for the adulterant Agathosma crenulata however as the contraindicated chemical pulegone (in the essential oil) is contained in high amounts in this species. Agothasma betulina however is considered safe to use during pregnancy. Use caution when using buchu during pregnancy and ensure that it is in fact the correct species. There are ways of properly identifying this herb from the adulterant species.
- May cause mild gastrointestinal discomfort if taken on an empty stomach.
- Some other species of Agathosma have high levels of the constituent pulegone which is contraindicated during pregnancy
- Caution advised during use with kidney infection as the volatile oil may irritate the kidney. [3].
Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Still compiling research.
Still compiling research.
Justin Cooke
The Sunlight Experiment
Updated: June 2017
Recent Blog Posts:
- Bone K, Mills S. (2013). Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy. Elsevier health. China.
- Wren, R. C. (1968). Potter's new cyclopaedia of botanical drugs and preparations. Rustington, Sussex: Health Science Press for Potter & Clarke.
- Hoffmann, D. (2003). Medical herbalism: The science and practice of herbal medicine. Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press.
- British Herbal Medicine Association. (1983). British Herbal Pharmacopoeia. Bournemouth, UK: Author.
- Bone, K. (2003). A clinical guide to blending liquid herbs: Herbal formulations for the individual patient. Edinburgh [u.a., MO: Churchill Livingstone.
- Williams, S., & Kepe, T. (2008). Discordant Harvest: Debating the Harvesting and Commercialization of Wild Buchu ( Agathosma betulina ) in Elandskloof, South Africa. Mountain Research And Development, 28(1), 58-64.doi:10.1659/mrd.0813
- Cloete KJ, Valentine AJ, Stander MA, Blomerus LM, & Botha A. (2009). Evidence of symbiosis between the soil yeast Cryptococcus laurentii and a sclerophyllous medicinal shrub, Agathosma betulina (Berg.) Pillans. Microbial Ecology, 57(4), 624-32. doi:10.1007/s00248-008-9457-9
- El-Sheikh, M.A.; El-Rafie, S.M.; Abdel-Halim, E.S.; El-Rafie, M.H. Green Synthesis of Hydroxyethyl Cellulose-Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles. Polym. J. 2013, 2013, 1–11.
- Duke JA. CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1985:121.
- Tyler VD. Herbs of Choice: The Therapeutic Use of Phytomedicinals. New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1994
- Abascal, K., & Yarnell, E. (2008). Botanical Medicine for Cystitis. Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 14(2), 69-77.


text: Saturday Night Live is introducing a new cast member this Saturday, but they might be down three performers come the end of the season. Us Weekly reports that according to two sources, Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, and Jason Sudeikis are all leaving the show at the end of May. Each has a feature career heating up — Wiig is coming off the massive success of Bridesmaids, Samberg co-leads the forthcoming That's My Boy and Jesse and Celeste Forever, and Sudeikis is in the Will Ferrell comedy The Campaign and about to topline a new film opposite his real-life girlfriend Olivia Wilde — but a rep for Wiig and Sudeikis insists that an SNL decision hasn't been made yet. Still, all three performers have put in plenty of time at 30 Rock: Sudeikis joined SNL in 2003, while Wiig and Samberg have been there since 2005.


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The Comrades Marathon Association has conveyed its condolences to the family of Simon Mkhize. The 74 year old was the first Black runner to obtain his Comrades Green Number for running the Comrades Marathon ten times, and going on to achieve Double Green Number status.
Simon was a keen sportsman who inspired many athletes to get into running and especially take on the Comrades Marathon challenge in addition to other sporting codes.
Of his 20 successful Comrades finishes, Simon amassed 12 Bronze and 8 Silver medals. His best time of 6:40 was achieved in the 1971 Comrades. Due to the Comrades Marathon being officially opened up to runners of all races and genders only in 1975, Simon's Comrades finishes before that year, were all retrospectively awarded to him.
Simon was born on 4 March 1942 near Howick. He was one of 9 children, with five sisters and three brothers. Simon started running when he was 28 years old.
After his first race, he realized that he enjoyed running so much that he couldn't stop. Simon soon started entering and winning races, and so began his epic athletic career.
From archived news material, we learn that the year Simon had decided to take on the Comrades Marathon, spectators on the side of the road were very pleased to see him and other Black athletes running the race, and cheered them on.
Simon also found out that he liked other sports and soon got into canoeing. He was the first Black person to take part in the Duzi Canoe Marathon. However, Simon didn't stop there; he also tried mountain-climbing as well as rafting, which became one of his favourite pastimes.
Macdonald Chitja says, "Simon was a pioneer and a leader, who inspired many young people to take up sport. He was passionate about sport and a very gifted sportsman. He pioneered the way for Black participants in the Duzi Canoe Marathon. Even in his later years he always had time to give advice to ordinary runners on how they could improve their running. He will be missed."
CMA Vice Chairperson, Cheryl Winn says, "I personally did not know Simon, but my husband Mick remembers him as an accomplished athlete and upstanding citizen, entrepreneur, role model and trailblazer for future Comrades Marathon runners. He was one of the first athletes to be awarded medals retrospectively for having completed the Comrades Marathon unofficially prior to 1975 and which were substantiated as official."
Former CMA Chairperson, Barry Varty says, "It is sad to learn that Simon has reached the 'end of the road', and crossed the finish line for the last time. We remember his disadvantaged years, and his retrospective reward in being recognized for his 'unofficial' Comrades Marathon runs. We don't say goodbye, we say: 'Carry on Simon, we'll catch you later'."
CMA International Brand Ambassador for Scotland, Don Mellor reflects on the humble and talented sportsman that Simon was. "I remember Simon as a 'quietly spoken man' who had an enormous running talent. It's no wonder that he went on to achieve such an amazing Comrades record. RIP Simon Mkhize."
CMA Board Member, Terence Hoskins says, "I had the opportunity of getting to know Simon very well. He always exhibited the fine and noble qualities of a gentlemen, in sport as in life. He was a talented and disciplined individual who inspired many athletes to greatness. He was a great guy and will be greatly missed. My thoughts are with his family and friends."
CMA Green Number Convener, Eileen Hall says, "I have huge respect for Simon as I knew him from when he ran with my Dad, Ray Karg. He was a very humble, respectful and pleasant runner."


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Dirty Ghosts "NO REFUNDS Fall 2K15" Tour Blog reinstatement: Day 1 – Denver, Colorado.
Doth thy know wherest said band name "Dirty Ghosts" origines from? Well if you didn't catch the answer to the same $45 (CDN) question on last night's Canadian Jeopardy, the answer (not in question form, CRTC laws) is a Norm MacDonald joke! On an old Letterman appearance, Normy (fellow Ottawan) was referencing the 'comet chasing via suicide' cult the Raëlians (who succeeded in the suicide part) saying something like "Now I can't ever watch a comet go by without imagining a bunch of dirty ghosts trailing behind it!" Old Torontonian friends of ours, Andrew, Dave, Flanagan & Carson thought this joke was funny enough to name their high school band after. Two live gigs later that hot act broke up.
Fa(s)t Fwd to decades later present day times… Allyson and I felt the name fitting enough to lift for our own. And here we are, the Ladies' Ghost, if you will, in need of yet another drummer for our Spinal Tap themed touring drummer issue. Who wants in?! Why it's Andrew Mosinski! Original Norm joke loving OG Dirty Ghosts member!! So last week he flew over to SF via T.Dot for an INTENSE pre-tour practice schedule. What ensued was endless eating, complaining, burrito wolf-seshes, a Tragically Hip show (!), pizza slams, a low impact song run through, donut comparison via eating, and perhaps about 400 cocktails… And that was just Andrew!
So what next made the most sense was to rent a van and begin the tour 20 hours outside San Francisco, over in Denver, CO! After a fun Facebook check-in at a brothel in Winnemucca, NV, we arrived promptly at Moe's BBQ in Denver! Our buddy Danny Sax booked the show and gave us a warm welcome with BBQ & drink which was DEFINITELY the way to Andrew's heart. This was our 2nd gig at Moe's (and 2nd touring drummer) and although the turnout was light (long way to the top) the vibes were noyce! Future Single Mom opened up the show with a great set, and post gig I convinced band members Maureen & Bennett to watch my dog Teddy whilst we loaded out. Oh, BTW, I brought our band manager, my Shih Tzu Teddy, along for the beginning of this tour!.. For his cool managing skills… They're not ruff! Arf you kidding me? Danny set us up at his place where we had the pleasure of meeting his tortoise Pushkin, gabbing, and sleeping comfortably.
First gig down, we are feeling good, partaking in an ungodly sodium intake, van weight lifting (women only… For exercise… For health!), Longmont Potion Castle referencing, documenting a terrifying food consumption log, blasting many a Killdozer & Ministry marathons, and getting revved for our gig at the Replay in Lawrence Kansas tonight!
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1955 Chevy Gasser - Part 2
1955 Chevy Gasser - The "Showtime 55" started with a decent 55 Chevy and
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Information for Midwives and Aspiring Midwives Who Didn't or Don't Intend to Attend a State-Approved School
Historically, the process of getting a WA state midwifery license for those educated through alternative routes has been somewhat challenging and unclear. MAWS has worked very hard for the past couple of years to open doors and help make a clear path to licensure for ANY qualified applicant that wishes to pursue licensure.
Who qualifies as being alternatively educated?
Because the Department of Health (DOH) determines the rules, the best we can do is give you an idea of which applicant category best applies to you. You can always contact Kathy Weed at the DOH for more information or specific questions : firstname.lastname@example.com .
The traditional route to licensure is someone who:
- Attended a state-accredited/approved midwifery school and graduated from it. (Bastyr University is currently the only state-accredited midwifery school).
- In order to be accredited by the state, their school regularly demonstrates that graduates must complete each required study subject as listed by the DOH here·
- Is able to have their school send a transcript indicating their successful completion of these courses. Their diploma and transcript demonstrates that each study subject required by WA state law was adequately covered as part of their schooling.
Alternative applicants are likely to be someone who:
- Took courses through different colleges or midwifery schools, not graduating from one specific school.
- Midwives that did the PEP (Portfolio Education Process) route to their CPM (Certified Professional Midwife) credential and/or self studied.
All applicants (traditional or alternative) must:
- Meet the specific clinical requirements (100+ births, 50 of these where you "participate in the care of")
- Have a midwifery education period of over 3 years (or over 2 years if you have previous nursing education)
- Meet the requirements written in the law for the route through which they are applying
This year our efforts successfully brought back the "Midwife-In-Training" route to licensure that has been written in the law for several years, but was not being offered as an option the past few years. You can now find the application for this route to licensure on the DOH website here
Visit the following links to read the laws regarding this Midwife-In-Training route to licensure here:
This year we are also able to celebrate a major success in clarifying a path to licensure for candidates who hold a CPM credential. Because WA law requires applicants to meet additional requirements, we succeeded in encouraging the DOH to clarify those additional requirements by outlining a "CPM+" route to licensure. According to law, this clarification must come in the form of a "rules writing" process. This rules writing process is expected to take a year, but could take more or less time. Once the "CPM+" route to licensure is written into the WA laws as rule, the "Midwife-In-Training" route to licensure will phase out. Kendra Pitzler at the DOH will keep us updated on the progress of the rules writimg process via the DOH Midwifery Listserv which you can join online here. From this DOH webpage, go to "Would you like to receive updates?" and sign up for these updates.
The new rules for the CPM+ route to licensure will be based on the research and forms which you can read here as well as the meetings that have been and will be happening regarding this process. While these documents may inform the future rules, it is important to note that since these forms are not yet part of the law and could still be modified in the rules writing process, these forms will not currently help you to get your license. At present and until future notice, you must apply for licensure through the traditional route or through the Midwife-In-Training route.


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Pilot Village Selection Process
- City Manager's February 4, 2004 Report to City Council on Pilot Village Selection REPORT NO. 04-027
- City Manager's Recommendations to Planning Commission REPORT NO. PC-04-010
- Timeline for Selection Process
- Phase I Shortlist Applicant Project Submissions
Descriptions, details, site plans, and select concept drawings submitted by the applicants in March 2003.
- Pilot Village Submittal Application – This application package was for the Pilot Village Program. It describes program goals, criteria, and the selection process. The application period has now ended.


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How to play Twisty Little Passages Game
Use the mouse to place segments of the passageway.
When the counter at the top of the screen reaches zero a hero will appear and begin to wander the passageway.
If the hero wanders off the edge of the passageway or reaches a dead end, they will be eaten by demons.
Build a passageway that guides the hero to the exit stairs, collecting treasure and defeating monsters along the way. Longer passageways with more treasure and more monsters are worth more points.
To make the hero move more
Twisty Little Passages game controls
fire = na;jump = na;movement = na;
Game Description
Use a random collection of hallway segments to build a passageway to guide the hapless hero through the dungeon -- leading them to treasure, monsters, keys, and potions along the way!
The longer and more twisty the passage you build the higher your score will be -- but build quickly, because if the hero reaches the end of the passageway they'll be devoured by the demons that lurk in the darkness!
Complete 20 levels, each one harder and more complex then the last, in order to win.