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Optimize your apparel designs for digital direct-to-garment printing.
Digital printers designed for producing quality graphics on T-shirts have reached a new level in quality and ease of use. This newer decoration method has its own challenges. There are particular styles of artwork that fit well with the digital process; however, many decorators quickly find out that clients don't always provide artwork that is easy to deal with and make friendly for these digital printers. Most of the time, a few simple adjustments to the artwork can be made so that the work meets the approval of the client and the shop.
If you are designing your own artwork for a digital printer, or if you are buying art from a freelance supplier, it's important to spell out certain issues and qualities in the art so that the final design is easy to produce and profitable. The most common challenges that can crop up with artwork for digital printing are design-border issues, underbase concerns, consistency with solid colors, and converting the artwork to work best with digital imaging.
Costs and labor
It is best to get a clear idea of costs before you start tackling art issues with the digital printer. The inks can be very expensive, so any scrap—especially with the tendency for orders of digitally printed shirts being smaller in volume—can quickly turn an order from a profit to a loss. A good way to finalize your cost is to track consumables against the square inches of coverage in the designs that have been printed, remembering to add a multiplier for a white underbase. Of course, some designs have more saturated colors than others, but if you have a variety of designs and then average it, you can at least then get a measurable number.
The next important factor is the labor involved in shirt prep (pretreatment or heat pressing) and then the curing of the design. A final factor that can be difficult to estimate, but necessary with digital printing is a certain amount of cost added for routine and unexpected machine maintenance. Some garment printers will help with the estimation of ink used, and this is great, but the real costs are often hidden in the labor and extra steps, including pre-testing the design.
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|1,309 free recipes at www.edenfoods.com
Serves 4 | Prep Time 5 minutes | Cook Time 20 minutes
8 ounces any Eden Udon
1 tsp Eden Toasted Sesame Oil
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 cup sliced onions
1/2 pound baby portabella mushrooms, sliced
1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce
1/3 cup chopped scallions
Cook udon according to package directions, rinse, drain and set aside. Heat the oils in a large skillet and sauté the garlic, onions, mushrooms and 1/2 tablespoon of shoyu for 3 to 4 minutes. Place the udon on top of the mushrooms and onions. Turn the flame to medium-low. Sprinkle the remaining shoyu over the udon, add the scallions, cover and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes or until the udon is hot, mixing periodically. Place in a serving dish.

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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Across 34 years, among all the franchises of the NBA jacking up 3-point shots since the rule and the arc were established for the 1979-80 season, no team shot them as often and as badly as the Minnesota Timberwolves last season.
The Wolves' .305 percentage was the worst in league history for a team that, by God, kept on shooting them anyway — averaging 18.0 per game. Injuries to some of Minnesota best players hurt their accuracy – even if a perimeter shooter was healthy, he might face more close-outs with big men Nikola Pekovic or Kevin Love absent on a given night. So, too, did the Wolves' annual struggle to find competent players at the shooting guard position. Too often last season, coach Rick Adelman was stuck with an undersized tandem of Luke Ridnour and J.J. Barea.
Those concerns – about the shooting and the depth chart — seemingly both got addressed Tuesday with reports that Wolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders reached agreements with two free-agent shooters.
One is familiar: Chase Budinger, who played last season for a $885,000 salary, reportedly will get a huge raise on a three-year, $16 million contract to return. The other one is new to Minnesota and was considered one of the top 15 or so free agents in this offseason market: Kevin Martin, who is said to have reached agreement with the Wolves on a four-year deal worth an estimated $28 million to $30 million.
Budinger, 25, will try to have the success envisioned by him and the Wolves prior to his knee injury (meniscus) last fall, which limited him to 23 games — 15 from March 21 on. A 6-foot-7 forward, Budinger spent his first three seasons in Houston, two with Adelman. Reunited in the Twin Cities, he seemed perfect for the ball-and-player movement that the veteran coach runs offensively. Healthy now, he'll try to fit perfectly again.
Martin, 30, is a professional scorer, period. Twice in the past six years, the 6-foot-7 product of West Carolina ranked in the NBA's top 10 in scoring and from 2007-2011 averaged 22.4 points, made 38.5 percent of his 3-pointers and got to the line for 8.4 free-throw attempts per game.
Martin established himself with the Sacramento Kings, who drafted him 26th overall in the 2004 Draft. Then he became a central figure in two major trades. In 2010, he went to Houston in a three-team, nine-player transaction in which his role was to step in for former Rockets star Tracy McGrady. Like Budinger, Martin was coached there by Adelman.
Last October, Martin was shipped from Houston to Oklahoma City in the Thunder's desire to cushion the loss of guard James Harden, the third option on OKC's 2012 Finals squad whose contract demands exceeded the team's budget. Coming off the bench the way Harden had as the league's top Sixth Man, Martin averaged 14.0 points – lowest output since his second NBA season – but at 18.2 points per 36 minutes, he was only slightly off Harden's 19.3.
But his ballhandling, passing and rebounding were a step back from his predecessors. And OKC didn't make it out of the second round.
Now Martin joins a team that would be grateful for help in making it into the first round. Minnesota hasn't made the playoffs since 2004, a drought that this reconfigured crew hopes to end with Budinger and Martin getting open for Ricky Rubio assists and Love outlet passes.
And at a combined 37.7 percent from 3-point range in their careers, the Wolves' lowly 2012-13 ranking is bound to improve.


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Maria Bartiromo interviewed Sarah Palin on CNBC last week before her selection was announced. The nearly twelve-minute interview is to be aired today. The interview focuses on energy exploration in Alaska and shows Governor Palin getting in a jab or two against Obama and Biden. It's an impressive performance on an issue with respect to which Governor Palin has something important to offer Senator McCain.
Via NRO's Planet Gore.
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Masterful Lee leads Phillies past Nationals
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Young is effusive in his praise for Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee.
Young appreciates everything about the guy.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Young is effusive in his praise for Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee.
Young appreciates everything about the guy.View Full Game Coverage
"I love playing behind Cliff," said Young following Tuesday's 4-2 victory over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. "I've had a chance to do it a lot now, in a lot of big games, too. He loves having the ball in his hand. He loves to compete. Obviously, he has a great tempo. He throws a ton of strikes and keeps the defense involved. It's a huge plus for us any time he's on the mound. He can hit, too."
Of course, one has to wonder if Lee and Young will be playing together in a couple of months. The Phillies might have moved into a second-place tie with the Nationals in the National League East, but they are just 35-37. The losing record and its proximity to the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline is on everybody's mind. In fact, five days ago, Lee declined to say he wanted to remain in Philadelphia if the Phillies continued their losing ways.
Lee repeated a few times Tuesday that he spoke honestly that night in Minnesota, and he said he would continue to speak honestly in the future.
"If that rubs people the wrong way, then I don't really care," he said.
But Lee also added he preferred to stay in Philadelphia.
"I was telling the truth about how I felt," he said. "I'll continue to do that. I try to be honest and say how I feel. I don't really care about how it's interpreted, to be honest with you. I want to win. I signed here to win. I think that was misconstrued into thinking I want to play somewhere else, and that's not the case. I want to win, and I want to win here. That's it."
The Phillies have won the first two games of this three-game series against a team nearly everybody expected to run away with the NL East crown. The Nationals have problems of their own, but one has to wonder why the Phillies can't play games like this more often.
"I don't if I look at it like, 'Why we haven't done that?' but it proves that we can," Lee said. "I think we're a good team that can beat anyone."
Lee allowed five hits and two runs and struck out nine in eight innings to improve to 9-2 with a 2.53 ERA. He allowed a solo home run to Jayson Werth in the fourth inning to hand the Nationals a 1-0 lead, but the Phillies came right back. Young hit a double to center field to get things started in the bottom of the fourth. Jimmy Rollins' sacrifice bunt advanced Young to third, and Young scored on Ryan Howard's sacrifice fly to right to tie the game.
Young is heating up. He went 3-for-4 with a career-high three doubles Tuesday. He is hitting .408 (20-for-49) with five doubles, one triple, four RBIs and a .971 OPS in his past 12 games.
Ben Revere started a three-run rally in the sixth inning with a bunt single and was moving on a 3-2 pitch to Young, who ripped the ball into the right-field corner for a double. Revere scored easily to give the Phillies a 2-1 lead.
Rollins singled to put runners at the corners, and Nationals left-hander Ross Detwiler hit Howard with a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Kevin Frandsen's two-out single to left field scored Young and Rollins to make it 4-1.
Frandsen is hitting .375 (9-for-24) with two doubles and two RBIs in his last nine games, providing the offense some punch while Chase Utley is on the disabled list and Freddy Galvis is hitting .145 in his last 22 games.
"You come out there with two outs and the bases loaded, all you're hoping for is a good count to get in, and I got 2-0," Frandsen said. "I feel like he had to come at me, a one-run game he doesn't want to walk another guy in or anything like that. I got a good pitch to hit."
Lee handled the rest, as he has been since he signed a five-year, $120 million contract in December 2010. Asked how confident he is the Phillies can win today compared to the day he signed his contract, he said, "I don't know. I mean, I'm confident that we can win. I like our team. If all the guys are healthy on the field, I think we can beat anyone. I'm confident the organization is going to do everything it can to field the best team. Those are all reasons why I came here. And that's what I expect. And I think that's what everyone here should expect."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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by Josie Kerr
The Cutman
Ryan Richards returned from Afghanistan with more than a shattered body. His heart was in tatters, too. For the three years since then, renovating houses and patching up fighters has been the only thing to quiet his demons—those foisted upon him and those he has created himself. At DS Fight Club, he has a purpose. And when he spends time with sexy trainer Junior Maldonado, he feels more like a real man than a shadow of one.
The Trainer
Injured in the Middle East while an Army Ranger, Junior shared an instant camaraderie with wounded corpsman Ryan…and more than a little bit of attraction. And although Junior has reunited with his high school boyfriend, Ryan's haunted whiskey eyes are never very far from his mind. He knows Ryan is hurting, and wants the best for his friend.
When Junior returns to Atlanta after his second-chance romance fails, he finds Ryan careening toward rock bottom. Overwhelmed by uncontrolled physical and emotional pain, Ryan is fighting for his life…and hiding the truth. It's up to Junior to help him see that real men come in many forms, and they are all entitled to love.
Excerpt #1
"That's right, Ryan. I've fucked a lot of men. A lot. But I've only ever made love to you. And yeah, this is scary. I get that. But I'm not going to let you run away from me now that I've gotten my head out of my ass, not when we're on the verge of something great. Now, we can take a step back, we can take a whole bunch of steps back, but I'm not going to let you sabotage this."
Ryan rubbed his face with a shaking hand, and Junior held his breath until Ryan decided to speak.
"Fuck, I thought the 'have you ever wanted kids?' conversation was intense." Ryan's gaze met Junior's, and his lips curled up into that crooked grin of his for a brief moment before settling into a contemplative line. "So, yeah. Um, I'm scared shitless, Junior Maldonado. Okay? Scared that I'm . . . not going to be enough. For you. For myself. For anyone. But I promise I'm gonna try, okay?"
Junior reached out and caught Ryan's hand in his. He raised it to his lips, and after giving it a little squeeze, kissed his fingers. "That's all I could ever wish for."
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Answering the "why" had occupied Junior for most of the fourteen-hour drive from Newark to Atlanta, and he still didn't have an answer other than he was too damn old to fuck around in a situation that just didn't feel right. After all, he was closer to fifty than to forty and feeling every bit of his age these days. Of course, getting shot in the shoulder didn't help with the whole "you're only as old as you feel" thing, and truth be told, his body just wasn't what it used to be. Three words: gray fucking pubes. Dios.
And Junior could just imagine what it looked like to Ryan when he walked into Foley's and saw the man he'd just spent the weekend with, just opened himself up to, at their bar with a person who had made it clear that he disliked him for no reason other than there was the potential for a rivalry. Yeah, Junior could understand why Ryan was so hurt, although it didn't necessarily excuse his pigheadedness in the truck.
But the glimpse of Ryan's face that he caught as he glanced in the rearview mirror? The man's stricken expression was almost enough to make Junior turn around, grab the corpsman out of the worn front seat of his old truck, and take him home so they could love all the hurt in both of their hearts away.
Josie Kerr is a transplanted West Texan living on the edge of semi-profoundly rural Georgia,
a.k.a. the southernmost edge of the northernmost county in Metro Atlanta.
She has an M.Ed. in Secondary English Education, but discovered that she hated high school more the second time than she did the first, so she decided to meld her love of technology with her education background and became an Instructional Designer. When not writing articles about how to fire someone without getting sued or why you should really not apply for jobs using your email@example.com email address, she writes steamy romance novels that feature grown-up Heroes and Heroines.
You can find Josie on social media at:
Website: http://www.josiekerr.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorJosiekerr
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AuthorJosieKerr
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/AuthorJosieKerr


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What is MyPace Portal?
You will use MyPace Portal to access information about Pace activities, events, and news. In addition, the Portal will give you access to your courses, accounts, financial aid, registration, grades, and much more! It is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
How do I access my MyPace Portal Account?
If you are a first time user and have never logged into your MyPace Portal account, you will need to activate your account and set up your password first. You will also be asked to set up your secret questions which are helpful in the future if you have to change or reset your password. This username and password will be used for all your Pace accounts including the Portal, E-mail, Blackboard, Web File System, and ITS Helpdesk—so make it a strong one! Any future password changes will apply to all of these accounts.
To get started, follow these instructions.
STEP 1: Find your MyPace Portal Username
1. Go to Pace University's White Pages
2. Type your First and Last name in the Name textbox
3. Select Applicants in the Person Type textbox
4. Click Search
5. After receiving results, click View Details next to your name
6. Write down your Username. It will begin with your initials, followed by a sequence of numbers and a letter.
Note: If your name does not appear, you may also try typing only your Last Name in the Name textbox and select All Staff, Faculty, and Students in the Person Type textbox.
STEP 2: Set-up a New Password
For this step, you will need to know that your default MyPace Portal Password is your first and last initial and a hyphen, followed by your birthday in this format: MMDDYY. (If your birth date only has one digit, add a zero to the number.) Example: John Doe, DOB=January 1, 1990 = jd-010190. (You must add a hyphen). When you log-in for the first time, you will be prompted to reset your password.
1. Go to the Pace University's Apps/Downloads/Account Management
2. Click Account Activation (right-hand side)
3. Click Begin Activation
4. Type your MyPace Portal Username in the Username textbox
5. Type your Default MyPace Portal Password in the Password textbox
6. Click Log In
7. Type your Default MyPace Portal Password (Example: jd-010190)
8. Type your New MyPace Portal Password
9. Confirm your New MyPace Portal Password
10. Click Change Password and then click Continue
11. Answer two different Security questions. (Answers are all case sensitive.)
12. Click Save and then click Continue
13. Click Logout in the upper right hand corner
Note: Once your password is reset, you CANNOT reset it again for another 24hrs. To create new passwords, see our password guidelines.
Step 3: Log onto the Portal
1. Go to Pace University's MyPace Portal to log in
2. Type your MyPace Portal Username in the Username textbox
3. Type your New MyPace Portal Password in the Password textbox
4. Click Login
Once you have successfully logged in to the portal, you will be brought to your student portal page. Your portal page is divided into tabs, channels and columns. Click on the Students tab, which is located in the upper left column, then click on Registration and Grades.
Now select the Register, Add or Drop Classes link. Using the drop down menu, select the appropriate semester and click submit.
If you KNOW your course reference number(s) (CRNs), enter the CRNs in the boxes on the Add Classes Worksheet and click Submit Changes.
If you DO NOT know your CRN, click the Class Search button in order to look up courses in the class schedule.
- In order to search, you must select a Subject from the drop down menu. You can refine your class search by specifying all your criteria for a subject, then click Class Search. A list of all classes that meet your criteria will display.
- Choose your classes by clicking the box to the left of the course title. Please note: a checkmark will appear and you may click on multiple boxes at the same time.
- Click Add to Worksheet at the bottom of the page. Your current worksheet will populate with the courses you selected.
- You may continue to select courses before registering. You will be registered for all courses selected when you click on the Submit Changes button.
- If a class is not available or you have selected classes with the same days and times, a warning/error message will appear with that explanation.
- When you have finished searching the class schedule and adding classes, click on the Back to Home tab at the top left corner of the Register, Add, or Drop page. It will take you back to the MyPace homepage.
If you encounter difficulty using the MyPace portal: Log on to the ITS Help Desk and enter a job ticket, visit a Computer Resource Center for assistance, or call the ITS Help Desk at (914) 773-3333 or extension 33333 on campus. Live help is available from the ITS Help Desk Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm.


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Station Owner Pleads No Contest to Gas Mislabeling
HURON, S.D. (AP) - A Wolsey travel center owner has pleaded no contest to selling mislabeled fuel.
KOKK radio reports that an attorney for 281 Travel Center owner Robert McGillvrey told a judge his client contracted with Rapid City-based M.G. Oil Co. for delivery of 87 octane fuel, but the company sent lower-grade 85 octane fuel instead.
The fuel was filled in tanks attached to pumps labeled 87 octane.
As a part of the plea agreement, Beadle County prosecutors stipulated Wednesday that the 85 octane fuel was delivered without McGillvrey's knowledge. The center was fined $500.
In November, M.G. Oil pleaded no contest to selling 85-octane fuel at its five Corner Pantry stations in Huron.
A new rule allows the sale of 85-octane gasoline only in nine western counties and only until June 30.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed.


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New Joe Budden
Let me reintroduce y'all
I guess in doing that I will reduce y'all
Sent away from Parks's shelf, excuse y'all
I'd hate to have the fans to be thinking that they didn't have a use for y'all, wait!
Even thinking as I write this, yeah
Probably come off as abuse to y'all, so
Think we better call dyfs
Or get a chair, every snare's like a noose to y'all
What I gotta prove to y'all? Already been clear
So serious, I'm so sincere
Thinking I'm overlooked, really I been here
Going on ten years
And by no means at all is that a thin career
I'll battle anybody in this hemisphere
It's not recklessness, specialist on some introspective sh*t
I don't respect this sh*t, I thought y'all didn't care, so
Since they hopping on the same page, wait
Lemme go and write a new book, yeah
Let me show them what we 'bout Royce
Let me show them what we do Crook
They was under the impression we was underground, nah
We don't do the spotlight and gimmicks
Dudes y'all listen to don't be getting it in
So I snatched every n*gga that they mimicked
Authentic, y'all call it a clinic
Y'all race against time but I'm winded
Hip-hop's son, Kool Herc's descendent (?)
Nah, n*gga, never cared who we offended
'Cause they told me I'd be dead by now
Told me I was sick, I'm on meds right now
sh*t's pitiful, I'm lyrical, b*tch, in the booth, n*gga probably getting head right now
I wish it was a window
To what my mind be brewin'
Y'all pop the bottles or wine cooler
Either way don't interrupt what I'm doin'
It's my tune it don't pertain to you
It's not obtainable, this rhyme schooling
So after my latest should be labelled the greatest
And even if I'm not I'm signed to him
Always thought I only had to be myself though
All that ever got a n*gga was the shelf though
Built my own legacy without help though
So now I need more room than just elbow
Now the angst is building and the buzz is high, sh*t is long awaited
Even though I run the risk of having songs be dated
Before I ever conform I'll be constipated
What I mean I can easily pop off
Sell out and get the whole world to talk 'bout
I'd be rich right, but it wouldn't sit right
So I hold my own sh*t before it's forced out
Every line would be about pulling a Hawk out
Not me, can't help 'em lower the bar
Label heads keep callin', they know I'm a star
f*ck the charts, I'd rather take over their hearts
Got paper just as long
Got a couple of fags that doubted, I don't brag about it
I was raised to think that that's wrong
Surrounded by thick strippers who don't get the picture
As they poppin' it to that song
But I'll put a million worth in your brain
Before I put a single one in that thong
Maybe I'm just fabricating myself
Maybe I'm a sucker for some ass and some hips like that
Powerful enough to set you up with a career
Spiteful enough to snatch it right back
Man enough to never care what other folks think
Tell a chick pack up get done with the hood
But this new lifestyle so foreign to her, her new name Ms Understood
Built my own legacy know it's fan made
Thousand dollar shades on, hand made
When it comes to pain, no they can't aid
Maybe it'll be a temporary band aid
Cause I came in blind to it all
Then I learned the game's designed for you to fall
I don't mind it at all, eating my ribs
Good meal, cause I stay prime through it all
I can tell from the whispering that these haters got it so wrong
Thinking bout my currency the only worry I see is which balcony to smoke on
And I know it hurts to hear a n*gga persevere kind of man know how to stay strong
Just gotta shake the dice up and throw them sh*ts without a care which side they land on
You're hearing a legend, a leader
Still brought to you by Kevin and Lyor
Cig lit in the bed with my feet up
Mislead if you think you can keep up
At this point it's the have's against the have not's
Nah we won't ever share the same views, got different bread
n*gga the same dude has got different ones, went to the same school
The same folks, the same hoes
So it's clear to me could be blurry to you
In the same regard they got the same heart
And I been there with you, in a hurry to do
We don't move at the same speed, nah
Probably thinking I'ma cheat code
Unparalleled, it's called beast mode
Had my real n*gga ethics, G code


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Exciting news: we are expanding our popular Grill conference to The Locations Show, a two-day gathering in downtown Los Angeles in June that serves the global movie and television production industry.
TheGrill@ Locations Show will take place on Friday, June 28, at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will feature Wrap journalists interviewing industry leaders and innovators focused on the changing landscape of global production.
We will have a special segment on China and its place as the fastest-growing market for entertainment content of all kinds. TheGrill also will feature the latest technology and innovative products, as well as the most relevant financing incentives for producers, production managers and directors. A full program will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
"The team at TheWrap has a proven track record in attracting influential and innovative leaders in media, entertainment and technology to high level industry events like ours," said Kevin Clark, Executive Director of AFCI. "We couldn't be more excited to have them join us as a partner this year."
The Locations Show is a lynchpin event for the production side of Hollywood, organized by the Association of Film Commissioners International, the group representing more than 300 film commissioners from around the world. Their annual event brings together more than 3,000 attendees who learn about the latest in tax incentives and production benefits at different global locations.
We are incredibly excited to expand our Grill brand to another core industry audience at this gathering. This Grill@ Locations Show will focus specifically on the business imperatives of this audience and will be an entirely separate program from our annual Grill in October 2013.
Registration will open by May 1, and interested speakers should contact producer Caroline Schweich, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Here's the official announcement. Stay tuned for more to come:
Film Commissioners and The Wrap News Join Forces to Present "TheGrill@Locations Show"
Los Angeles, March 25 2013 — The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI), the official professional organization for film commissioners who assist film, television, and video production across the globe, today announced that it will partner with leading entertainment industry publication TheWrap.com to bring its premium conference TheGrill to the 2013 Locations Show.
Taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 28-29, 2013, the AFCI Locations Show brings together hundreds of production industry decision makers from the film, television, and commercial world under one roof to discuss trends in the always competitive world of global film production.
"Partnering with TheWrap for this year's event will allow us to elevate our conference programming and add significant value to what is already known as the premier event for the global production industry," said Kevin Clark, Executive Director of AFCI. "Through its conference series TheGrill, the team at TheWrap has a proven track record in attracting influential and innovative leaders in media, entertainment and technology to high level industry events like ours. We couldn't be more excited to have them join us as a partner this year."
"We are thrilled to bring TheGrill to the AFCI Locations Show," said Sharon Waxman, CEO and Founder of The Wrap News, Inc. "The format of deep, one on one conversations with industry leaders and innovators combined with AFCI's network of film commissions from around the globe will give us a great platform to discuss issues such as global film financing, technology, and other key business challenges in front of a highly engaged audience."
Speakers at recent Grill conferences include industry leaders like Judd Apatow, Irving Azoff, Seth MacFarlane, and Ted Sarandos. TheGrill@ Locations Show conference series will occur on Friday, June 28th, day one of the Locations Show event. Announcements of this year's participants will be coming over the next several weeks.
"With this partnership we are certain that TheGrill@Locations Show will become a must-attend event for decision makers from across the entertainment industry," concluded AFCI's Clark.
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The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1975 to serve the growing needs of on-location film and television production. The AFCI was initially formed by a small group of film commissioners who wanted to share information and learn from one another's experiences. Since then, the AFCI has expanded into a worldwide network of more than 300 commissions representing six continents. All are devoted to the business of facilitating on-location film and television production activity which generates billions of dollars annually.
TheGrill is a high level forum bringing together the leaders, the deciders and the disrupters in the entertainment industry to debate the transformational forces in our changing industry. TheGrill is a flagship brand of The Wrap News , the leading digital news organization covering the business of entertainment and media.
The Wrap News Inc., founded by award-winning journalist Sharon Waxman in 2009, is the leading digital news organization covering the business of entertainment and media. The Wrap News Inc. is comprised ofTheWrap.com, the award-winning, industry-leading outlet for high-profile newsbreaks, investigative stories and authoritative analysis; ThePowerGrid, an algorithmic, data-driven ranking system for every person, project and company in the film business, and PowerGridPro, the most current, relevant film development database; and TheGrill, an executive leadership conference centered on the convergence of entertainment, media and technology.
TheWrap was named the best online news site in both 2012 and 2009 at the National Entertainment Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club.


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Alternative R&B act the Weeknd -- a solo outlet for vocalist Abel Tesfaye -- surfaced in March 2011 with House of Balloons. A nine-track, 50-minute mixtape made available for free download on the Weeknd website, House of Balloons was based in morose ballads filled with drug references and sexual longing. Sonically, there were clear traces of radio-friendly contemporary R&B +á la Trey Songz, Jeremih, the-Dream, and Drake, while also appealing to listeners who favored left-of-cent... Read more


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Jennifer Lawrence Feels Like an 'Ogre' in Heels + Other Adorable Things That Will Make You Smile
Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence. (We were kind of hoping she'd show up if we did that, but apparently that only works in movies.)
In a new interview, the adorable actress and everyone's imaginary BFF proved yet again that she's just your average, hilarious, self-deprecating girl with an assload of money. Why a sonnet or a ballad hasn't been written about this chick yet, we do not know.
J. Law recently sat down with the UK's Fabulous Mag to talk about her fall at the Oscars, why heels make her uncomfortable and all the other things that make us want to send her friendship bracelets.
Said Lawrence of her Academy Awards tumble, "When I'm in high heels I feel like an ogre, I can't walk and my feet are uncomfortable."
"I'm at that awkward height where I'm already kind of tall," the 5 foot 7 inch actress continued, "so when I put heels on, everyone is like: 'Oh, well, where's the ball?' ... I'm terrible in heels."
She also admitted she's not that comfortable walking the red carpet and doing interviews, saying, "It's not my comfort zone. Making movies is where I belong. I shouldn't be heard just talking ... When you put me on a red carpet or on a stage, I turn into Chihuahua Jennifer."
Here are more tidbits from the interview:
How she feels about going out: "I do like going out but every time I'm out, I am always thinking about my couch. And I'm thinking I would probably be having more fun if I was on my couch right now."
How she feels about her fame: "I don't ever walk around feeling famous. I walk around feeling the exact same way I have walked around my entire life, but it's not until I talk to somebody and see in their eyes that I'm different. It makes me feel weird."
How her family keeps her grounded: "My family is not the kind of family that would ever let me turn into an asshole or anything like that, so I am fortunate to have them."
Why slapstick comedy makes her laugh: "I think when people run into things or people get hurt ... I know I just have a terrible reaction when I start laughing! Then I ask if anyone is okay. But I just think people falling down and getting hurt is classic hilarity."


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The Federal Reserve this month will take a step toward revealing more about its oversight of the financial system, an area where the central bank has yet to match the strides it has taken toward transparency in monetary policy.
With the scheduled publication of annual stress-test findings in March, the Fed will for the first time describe how rising interest rates could affect the health of the nation's biggest banks.
Last year, the Fed didn't disclose results of a similar test, even though the U.S. Treasury's Office of Financial Research had flagged interest-rate risk as the one code-red concern in the financial system. Almost four years after the Dodd-Frank Act gave the Fed unprecedented authority over the banking industry, Democrats and Republicans alike in Congress are demanding more communication on financial risk.
"For too long, financial watchdogs were asleep on the job and American taxpayers paid the price," said Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee. "There is not nearly enough transparency and accountability in their oversight of Wall Street."
Fed officials download billions of pieces of data on loan and securities portfolios as part of their annual stress test, which measures an institution's readiness to withstand adversity. This year the test expands to the 30 biggest banks, from 18 last year. The Fed Board of Governors has set up a special office to monitor financial stability, and a committee of supervisors, payment-systems experts, and economists to study risks across the largest banks all at once. Neither the supervisors nor the risk watchers are telling the public much about what they've learned.
Likewise, the Fed has said little about its new supervision of non-bank financial groups General Electric Capital Corp., Prudential Financial Inc., and American International Group Inc. Nor does the Fed have a formal way of communicating how it might use supervisory powers to head off financial bubbles. The special cross-bank group, known as the Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee, doesn't publish minutes or a report.
"It is either a gaping hole, or they are very busy trying to maximize their discretion," said Adam Posen, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee and now president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. Transparency boosts "market discipline, and you want that to be your corrective as much as anything else."
Pressure to Reveal More
Representative Scott Garrett, a New Jersey Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, introduced a bill this year that would force the Fed to say more. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, both Democrats, wrote to Fed Chair Janet Yellen Feb. 12 seeking more accountability and transparency on bank enforcement action.
Yellen, in a Senate hearing Feb. 27, told Warren it would be "appropriate for us to make changes" on the Fed board's input into enforcement actions.
Warren also pressed Yellen for more disclosure about settlements on enforcement actions. "The Fed doesn't have to wait for Congress to do that; you could voluntarily adopt that public disclosure now," she said.
"I agree with you, it is important for us to disclose more and to disclose as much as we can," Yellen said, adding that the Fed would "try to provide more information."
Under Yellen's predecessor, Ben S. Bernanke, the central bank boosted transparency in monetary policy. Bernanke began holding quarterly press conferences, the central bank described its inflation goal numerically for the first time, and officials now publish their forecasts for the policy interest rate.
Bernanke also took the step, after an intense internal debate, of publishing results of bank capital adequacy after the stress test of 2009, when the financial system was still fragile.
The Fed "has taken significant steps in the past five years to increase transparency of supervision and regulation," spokesman Eric Kollig said in an e-mailed statement.
These include "releasing increasingly detailed, firm-specific data as part of the annual stress tests and qualitative information regarding firms' capital planning processes; providing detailed summaries of staff and Board member meetings with outside groups regarding regulatory matters; and holding more Board meetings open to the public on regulations," Kollig said.
Capital Levels
The Fed uses stress testing to make sure banks can manage extraordinary risks and reserve sufficient capital, instead of paying too much of it out as dividends.
The tests reveal the capital levels of banks after they are wrung through a "severely adverse scenario," such as a deep recession. The Fed also reveals hypothetical loss rates on various categories of loans, on trading books for six banks, and—for the first time this year—counterparty risk for eight banks. All of that is a large step for a central bank that once said almost nothing about risks inside the largest banks.
Still, opacity in the process remains.
The Fed ordered JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to resubmit their capital plans last year, citing "weaknesses" in their processes though not in their capital adequacy. It never specified what those weaknesses were. The Fed objected to BB&T Corp.'s capital plan "based on a qualitative assessment," even though the bank had one of the highest capital scores among the 18 banks tested.
As it turns out, JPMorgan was asked for more details on its models and portfolios, according to a person familiar with the resubmission. Goldman Sachs Chief Financial Officer Harvey Schwartz said on a conference call that it was "incorporating certain enhancements" in its stress-test process.
BB&T's Chief Executive Officer Kelly King said he objects to the scant details provided by the Fed.
"This is something I disagree with," King said in an interview. "We are not allowed by the Fed to talk about why we got the objection. We cannot be transparent. I would love to be transparent."
The Fed said all of the 18 largest banks last year received "detailed assessments" of their capital planning, including feedback on areas where the plans and processes need to be strengthened.
Transparency Varies
Bloomberg News in October requested through the Freedom of Information Act the aggregate number of supervisory orders in assessment letters issued following the past four stress tests. The Fed denied the request.
Bloomberg also requested results for the rising-interest-rate scenario in the 2013 stress tests. The Fed denied the request, saying about 66 pages of information was "exempt from disclosure." This year, the Fed will show it for the first time.
The Fed's supervisory actions have more targeted effects than its monetary-policy initiatives do, and that helps account for the differing approaches to transparency, said Marvin Goodfriend, a former Richmond Fed policy adviser.
"The Fed is comfortable with transparency on monetary policy because it is not about individual firms or markets, but about creating macroeconomic conditions for prosperity in general," he said.
"When the Fed is drawn into discretionary bank regulations and regulatory policy, it is often directly creating winners and losers with its decisions," said Goodfriend, who is now a professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh. "That makes central bankers uncomfortable, and may explain the apparent reluctance to be more transparent on such matters."
Since the stress tests were introduced in 2009, the Fed has struggled over where to draw the line so it can give the public a sense of financial-system health without undermining confidence in any particular bank.
In August, the Board of Governors took the unexpected step of reporting on how the largest banks, without naming them individually, were handling the stress tests. The conclusion: All of the large banks that participated in the stress test "faced challenges across one or more" of five areas. The report may not be an annual occurrence.
Proprietary Information
"I am sensitive to the proprietary nature of individual bank issues," said Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics in Washington, a firm that consults for large banks on financial regulation. Petrou said she "would like to see a lot more transparency" in how the Fed is devising sweeping new rules.
Garrett's legislation would require the Fed to perform a cost-benefit analysis on new rules, as well as disclose the aggregate number of supervisory letters sent to banks, and provide an independent review of the stress tests.
The Dodd-Frank Act did contemplate a need for more accountability on Fed oversight, creating the position of vice chairman for supervision at the Fed. That job comes with a statutory obligation to testify before House and Senate committees twice a year.
The White House has never appointed anybody to the seat, though President Barack Obama's first appointee to the Fed board, Daniel Tarullo, fills that role as the governor in charge of supervision and regulation.
Macroprudential Tools
The Fed, like many central banks around the world, is also considering a suite of so-called "macroprudential" tools that could tighten credit across entire markets without raising interest rates.
The Fed has already taken aim at one market as its low-interest-rate policy boosts prices on everything from stocks to high-risk loans. Writing regulatory guidance in March 2013 on the booming leveraged-loan market, officials spelled out what debt-to-cash-flow levels would raise concern. Usually, their guidance isn't numerically specific.
Minutes from December's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting show some members grasping for ways to communicate how their concerns about financial stability mesh with their current monetary policy of keeping the benchmark lending rate near zero.
One member suggested that financial stability considerations be incorporated "into forward guidance for the federal funds rate and asset purchases."
Yellen led Bernanke's communications subcommittee that pushed for more monetary-policy transparency. The political and economic benefits of having a way to discuss the potential use and impact of financial stability tools and bank rules won't be lost on her, said Michael Bordo, director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
"Picking winners and losers in secret, justifying things ex-post, and not laying out any criteria—that is back to the old days" when central bankers thought ambiguity was an advantage, said Bordo. "Just having to report to the Congress and the public on this function is a really good plan."


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Cape Breton, Quebec To Play Game 7
N.A. Juniors Playoff Game Night: 4/13
QMJHL Playoffs – Conference Semi-Finals
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 0 @ Quebec Remparts 3
Best of 7 series tied 3-3
D Michael Ward, CB: 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG
Playoff totals: 10 GP, 1-5-6, +6, 14 PIM
Season totals: 65 GP, 7-27-34, +9, 105 PIM
Quebec forces Game 7 with a shutout win in Game 6. The Remparts got a goal in the second period, then a power play marker with under 2 minutes left in the third. They would add an empty netter shortly after. Kelsey Tessier (Avalanche) had the game winner and the empty net goal. Charles Lavigne (undrafted) stopped 34 shots in net for Quebec, who were outshot by Cape Breton 34-22. He had 6 shutouts in the regular season, but this was his first in the playoffs. Lavigne starts in front of Jonathan Roy, son of Quebec coach and GM Patrick Roy. Game 7 is Tuesday in Quebec City.
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Tassels. Those neatly packaged little bits of fringe that have been around for ages and have been found decorating everything from rugs to loafers to burlesque dancers are making a comeback.
The trend has both an element of the refined and the carefree, making it one that anyone can embrace. Whether you choose to go for free spirited or luxe versions, they're a lot fun. Below are a few of my favorites for the home.
1. Tassel Place Setting from Once Wed. Similar tassels here .
2. Tasseled Sheer, Pottery Barn Teen, $41
3. Leather Tassel Keychain, K.slademade, $18
4. Sombrero Sheet Set, $58-$248 from Anthropologie
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Herbal Medicine: Herbal Nervines
Christopher Hobbs LAc, AHG
Ever had a
problem or person "get on your nerves"? Or felt certain sensations to be "nerve-wracking"? Or lived through an experience that turned you into "a nervous wreck"?
Popular figures of speech attest to the importance the nervous system takes in our daily lives. Most of us know of at least a few things that seem to weaken our nerves: aggravating noises, overwork, relationship problems, lack of exercise or natural light, and excessive use of stimulants such as coffee, tea, chocolate, and caffinated soft-drinks. Almost everyone has had insomnia from nervous tension at one time or another, and some of us may even suffer from more extreme nervous conditions such as heart palpitations or depression.
But whether we suffer from mild or severe conditions, occasional or chronic, much of the solution is always the same: better living habits to restore overall health, and gentle but effective natural medicines, like herbs.
Herbalists use a class of herbs known as
to help with many different kinds of nervous disorders and imbalances. These herbs are especially effective when combined with other natural healing methods such as deep breathing, hydrotherapy, exercise, meditation, visualization, and nutritional counseling.
Undoubtedly one of the most important ways to create a healthy nervous system, reduce the ill effects of stress and eliminate depression and anxiety is to rest. Resting the body is not hard, we try to do this every day when we sleep. But resting the mind--that is a different matter! Today, as we become more and more information-oriented, and less physical in our work, the mind and nervous system is ever active. Mental fatigue is probably one of the most devestating influences in the health and sickness realm. Sevo Brooks, a European-trained health counselor extroirdinaire has this to say. "Our appetite for speed and information seems insatiable; we are constantly encouraged to ingest as much of life as we can -- in the shortest possible time. As a result, our nervous systems gradually become strained and overloaded, overstimulated and overextended. After months and years of incessant intellectual activity, often combined with decreased physical activity, the deterioration begins to show: we feel tired; our neck is stiff; we have to strain to mover our bowels,; we are easily irritated; we spend more time worrying." Brooks emphasizes that many of the common activities usually associated with realaxation really are not so. Watching TV, reading and talking are still activities. Instead, he says, "relaxation....is a feeling we get while not doing something. It is a resting state, a time when we are doing nothing. After a period of true relaxation we feel refreshed and invigorated, the way we do after a pleasant nap.
Herbs have a special place in healing the mind-body connection. We have a history and connection with them that is long-lasting as we are. Plants and animals co-evolved and turning to them to help us soothe our nerves or lift our spirits is perhaps an instinctive behavior. David Hoffmann, a leading herbal spokesperson for a return to herbal medicines based on our connection with all life here on planet earth says, "....our unquestioned materialism has created a deep split in the collective consciousness. No wonder that our modern scourges are anxiety and fear." But Hoffmann emphasizes that "Herbalism is based on relationship -- relationship between plant and person, plant and planet, person and planet. Using herbs in the healing process means taking part in an ecological cycle."
Concentrated herb essences have been known to have a healing action on frazzled nerves, as well as more deeply-seated emotional and nervous conditions. Edward Bach, the great English doctor and creator of the Bach flower remedies, which work with the finer vibrations of healing plants hints at one of the most important aspects of nervous and mental health when he says, "It is when our personalities are led astray from the path laid down by the Soul, either by our own worldly desires or by the persuasion of others, that a conflict arises." Bach prescribed "flower essences" to help harmonize conflicts between our soul and personality. He gave (xxxx) for nervous states relating to (xx).
Essential oils are distilled essences from plants that are receiving increasing attention world-wide for their healing properties. Robert Tisserand, a leading French aromatherapist recommends plant essences for therapy as both stimulating and sedative nervines. He says, "Essences can be of use as therapeutic agents in a similar way to ordinary trnquillisers, although they work organically, and in a more subtle way. At the same time they uplift our spirits they have a calming effect on the nervous system. He praises the virtues of oil of bergamot, camomile, camphor, geranium, jasmine, lavender, rose and sandalwood for anxiety and nervous tension and frankincense, neroli, patchouli, peppermint to counteract depression and melancholy. The essences can be smelled directly from a small container, or used in a commercial "mister," which can spread the aroma throughout a larger living area. A sort of environmental herbal treatment. Best of all, try taking a hot bath using herbal bath salts (such as lavender), and experience the healing aromas of plants and hydrotherapy together.
Most nervine herbs that herbalists use--among them valerian, hops, kava-kava, and camomile--have a long history of use and have more recently been scientifically supported with clinical and laboratory tests (want refs?). They are safe and effective medicines when taken in the right dosages and in high-quality preparations. However, they
sedatives and stimulants, and as such should not be abused.
The term
usually encompasses several different kinds of therapeutic activity. For instance, an herbalist might prescribe an herbal nervine to calm and sedate the nerves in cases of anxiety or insomnia. But he or she might also recommend a nervine to perk you up if you're feeling run-down, depressed, or have low energy.
Sound like a contradiction?--Not to the way of natural medicine. What is needed in both cases is fundamentally the same:
* increased nourishment to the nervous system
* a restoring and balancing action.
To understand this paradox, we need to know a little bit about what the nervous system is and how it works.
The nervous system is the "hard-wiring" that connects all of our organs, muscles, and other functional parts with the control center of the brain and spinal cord. Our nerves also bring in signals from the outside the world, and send signals to our body telling it to move or react in various ways.
Nervous Connections
Doctors have known for a long time that stressing the nerves can weaken digestion. But recent studies (source--Advances journal) have found fascinating connections between the nervous system and other systems in the body, especially the hormonal and immune systems.
For instance, we now know that certain neurotransmitters (the chemicals that make connections between nerves) interact with immune cells. This new information seems to point the way for future studies which may explain the workings of other phenomena we have already observed--for example, that feelings (both positive and negative), nervous stress and general outlook on life can affect both the immune system and digestion.
What we're interested in for our purposes here is the
autonomic nervous system
, which energizes and regulates automatic functions like breathing, heartbeat, release of hormones from glands, dilation of the pupils, etc. These functions are usually considered to be outside of our conscious control--that is, unless we train ourselves to affect them.
The autonomic nervous system has two sub-systems: the
nervous systems.
The parasympathetic nervous system is most active when we are at rest. It controls the digestive tract as well as the eliminatory and repair functions of the body.
However, in times of stress, energy is diverted from the parasympathetic to the sympathetic nervous system, which activates the famous "fight or flight" reaction--our most primitive survival mechanism. This reaction prepares us for danger in a number of ways: by decreasing digestive activity, diverting extra energy to the muscles, increasing the heart rate, and telling the adrenal glands to secrete stress hormones such as adrenalin and cortisol.
Unfortunately, the fight-or-flight reaction is indiscriminate. That is, it occurs during
stress, whether it is a real threat to our lives, or only common life-problems such as traffic jams, deadlines at the office, or a strong emotion.
Thus, chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system can harm the entire body in two major ways:
1) It can rob the digestive system of energy, thus interfering with proper assimilation of nutrients, which in turn can eventually weaken the immune response and nervous function.
2) It can cause nervous energy to get trapped in the muscles, which leads to tension and fatigue. For instance, if you have a fight-or-flight call to action, yet just sit in your car or at a desk in the office, all the nervous energy mobilized by the stress finds no release. That's why it is good to work off nervous energy by engaging in sports or some other physical activity.
Fortunately, many herbs help restore balanced nerve function. There are four basic categories of nervines:
Sedative nervines
are prescribed for anxiety, over-excitement, and sleeplessness. They include herbs such as valerian, hops, passion flower, lavender, and lemon balm.
Stimulating nervines
are for low energy states, lethargy, and depression. These include theobroma extract, rosemary oil (which contains natural camphor), green tea, ma huang, and St. John's wort (used especially for mild depression).
Functional nervines
are needed to repair actual nerve damage or weakness. St. John's wort and wild oats are functional nervines. (The tincture of fresh wild oat seeds is a good nerve tonic, and is particularly useful for nerve weakness while trying to "kick the habit" of smoking or drugs.)
Antispasmodic nervines
are prescribed for muscle cramping or twitches, especially of the colon, bronchi, or uterus. Thyme is used for coughs (bronchi), while camomile and peppermint oil are good for painful digestion (colon).
: antispasmodic nervines are
used for sore, tight muscles, as in the back or neck. For these conditions try external applications, such as camomile oil or tiger balm.
Choosing an Effective Herbal Nervine
With most herbs, the fresher the better. Herbal sedatives, especially, lose their strength if they are too old. Herbs such as valerian, hops, and passion flower retain more of their medicinal properties when they are extracted fresh or are fresh-dried. You can often find the expiration date of a given sample, or even its manufacture date, on the bottle. If you can't find these, ask the store manager for information, or call the manufacturer.
A second principle with herbs is that quality counts. Look for "Certified Organically-Grown" herbal preparations whenever possible, because these are the only ones that are guaranteed to have been grown under optimum conditions and without the use of pesticides and herbicides.
Also, liquid-extracts (tinctures) retain their properties longer than any other type of preparation. The next best is a powdered extract or a freshly-dried powdered product. Whole or cut-and-sifted herb in the bulk bin is the least reliable, because it is exposed to air, which can cause sensitive ingredients to degrade.
Valerian--a Proven Herbal Sedative
Valerian has demonstrated decidedly relaxing properties in clinical trials. For example, in three separate sleep tests (two of them double-blind) people who received a valerian preparation fell asleep up to 50% faster and had a sounder, more restful sleep than people in the placebo group (Hobbs, 1989). Another study found that a preparation of valerian and hops caused "significant improvement" in both subjective and objective measures of stress-reduction (Moser, 1981).
One researcher has stated that herbal sedatives such as valerian not only can help old people who have trouble falling asleep, "but they also can make it easier to put up with lying awake at times, so that it becomes a restful, relaxing experience." (Weiss)
It is important to remember that herbal remedies need to be tailored to a person's unique constitution and condition. No one herbal nervine is a panacea for a given type of problem. For instance, valerian alone will not cure all cases of insomnia, especially where a weakened immune system or low vitality due to poor living habits are involved. Often a whole constellation of complaints need to be treated at once, or in the proper order--which is why it is advisable to consult a trained herbalist.
The following case histories should illustrate situations in which each of the four categories of herbal nervines is best used. Note well how other natural treatments interact to support the herbal formulas.
Sedative nervines
Joseph was a 25 year old student at a junior college. His family expected high things of him, but didn't have the money to put him through school. So he attended classes during the day, studied hard in the evenings, and worked on the weekends. His routine left little time for relaxation.
Eventually Joe began to lose weight. The muscles in his shoulders and neck were often ached, and he had trouble falling asleep. He tried sleeping pills and muscle relaxants, but had little luck.
In desperation he visited a natural health practitioner, and was advised to take at least 15 minutes to walk and think of nothing but relaxing. He was also told to take a brief cold shower in the morning after a hot one, to help restore nerve strength.
The herbalist gave Joe a tincture of valerian and hops (2 droppersful, 3 times a day), plus digestive bitters to be taken in the dose of 1/2 tsp. half an hour before meals. Within two weeks, Joe was sleeping better and felt more relaxed. He liked his walks so much that he began to lengthen them.
Stimulating nervines
Emily was 35 and had a job as a bank teller. She had been married for 5 years, but had no children. Her problem was exhaustion. She couldn't take any interest in work, and just wanted to lie down when she got home. Although she enjoyed going out with friends on the weekends, she often had to stay home due to lack of energy.
Emily had been to several doctors, who had diagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome and candida. Then one day she read an article on herbal medicine and decided to try it. She visited a naturopathic doctor who prescribed regular daily walks and foods with warming spices such as ginger, mustard, and cayenne, to increase circulation and enhance metabolism. The doctor also prescribed 1-2 enteric-coated capsules odorless garlic extract (also to boost circulation and metabolism). The herbal combination for Emily included ginger, damiana, and rosemary to gently stimulate her natural energy. She took this as a tea, one cup each in the morning, afternoon, and evening. The dosage was 1 tsp. of the mixed herbs added to 1 cup of boiling water and simmered for 10 minutes, then steeped for 15. Or she could substitute capsules of herb powder (4 to 5 = 1 cup of tea), or a tincture (2 droppers = 1 cup of tea).
After ten days, Emily started to feel better when she got up in the morning. She began to read all she could about other natural ways to increase her energy. She discovered that she was wasting energy by worrying about her illness. Soon she found that when she turned her mind to more positive thoughts, and took an interest in painting, she really began to improve. Several months later, Emily had regained her full health and joy of living.
Functional Nervines
Jody had been working as a computer operator for nearly four years when her right wrist began to feel stiff in the mornings. She visited a doctor, and thought he was joking when he told her that she had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
But soon Jody began to feel more and more pain; her wrist even got swollen at times. So she went to an acupuncturist, who gave her treatments, a warming analgesic oil consisting of camphor and camomile, and encouraged her to take up Yoga exercises to stretch and strengthen the joint.
The acupuncturist also recommended that Jody put hot- and-cold compresses on her wrist (4 minutes hot, then 1 minute cold) for a half hour in the evenings, followed by rubbing oil of St. John's wort on the joint. (St. John's wort is excellent herb for joint, muscle, or nerve trauma; it has demonstrated anti-inflammatory effects in scientific studies (Hobbs, HerbalGram). After 5 weeks, Jody began to feel less pain, and learned to relax her wrist at regular intervals during her work time, which led to a complete recovery after 3 months.
Antispasmodic nervines
Steve was a contract lawyer who ran a very tight schedule, slept little, and ate on the go. After years of this lifestyle, his digestion became very weak. He suffered from excessive gas, abdominal pains, and constipation. He felt nervous during the day, and noticed his hands shook in the mornings. That's when he decided to seek help from an herbalist.
Steve did well on digestive bitters, 1 tsp. half an hour before meals. He was also advised to take 15 minutes in the afternoon to relax, breathe deeply, and to have a bowel movement (one movement a day is average for many people, though three is ideal--one after each meal).
Steve also took a an infusion of camomile, which he could drink as much as he desired (up to 1 quart a day).
All of these treatments helped restore proper digestion. Steve's condition improved significantly after several months, and he became interested in vegetarianism. He read everything he could find on the subject, and soon began to tell his friends that he felt more energetic and relaxed.
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Tech Benefits From Stock Market TumbleALBUQUERQUE, N.M. August 10, 2011– When the Dow Jones Index lost 5 percent in one day, New Mexico Tech benefited. The university sold $14.5 million in revenue bonds on Friday, August 5, as the perfect storm created a ripe economic environment for selling bonds.
Bond underwriter Mark Valenzuela, who is also a Tech graduate, told the Board of Regents, "We walked into a great market. Thanks to the luck of the market, we sold them at a strong rate."
The board met in regular session August 5 in Albuquerque. The board held its annual retreat Saturday, August 6, also in Albuquerque.
Valenzuela said he anticipated that Tech's bonds would sell at about 4.5 percent interest. Due to the drastic one-day plunge, the bonds sold at 4.26 percent. The difference will save Tech about $200,000 over the 20 year life of the bonds, he said.
On that day, only a few municipal bonds were on sale and the university's issue was the only one from New Mexico, Valenzuela said.
Most of the buyers were investment advisors purchasing the bonds for their clients, Valenzuela said. Standard & Poors rated the university at A+, but Valenzuela said the university's bonds sold more like an AA-rated bond.
"Investors bought it and they liked it," he told the Board. "We had more investors than we had bonds so we were able to reduce the yield."
The revenue bond will raise capital for New Mexico Tech to build a new 150-bed dorm and some funding for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer.
The dorm will be built in the location of the current Child Care Center, which will be razed after the new Center is built near Macey Center. The new dorm is expected to be ready for the fall 2013 semester.
During his announcements, President Dr. Daniel H. Lopez told the Regents about the newly formed Charles and Jessie Headen Endowment, which he described as a significant donation.
Chuck Headen passed away earlier this year and left the bulk of his estate to New Mexico Tech. In the 1960s, Headen started a title and abstract business in Socorro that eventually grew to include more than a dozen such companies across New Mexico.
About 10 years ago, Headen started selling the title companies and got into the oil business.
"Everyone thought he was crazy," board member and estate attorney Jerry Armijo said. "But he did it and he hired the right people. He started his own oil company, purchased many mineral leases and started developing them. Today, this oil company is strong and profitable. Plus, he owned real estate – significant real estate in terms of market value and cash."
Armijo said the Headens' assets will be liquidated and the proceeds will be transferred to an educational trust to benefit New Mexico Tech. Half of the annual profits from the trust will fund scholarships; the other half of the profits will be reinvested in the trust, Armijo said.
Lopez said, "It's premature to talk about values, but it will be significant."
Board member Richard N. Carpenter and university attorney Mark Adams each offered personal comments about Chuck Headen's business acumen and sense of humor.
Alex Thyssen, Tech's internal auditor, gave a report on the New Mexico Tech Foundation, for which he is a board member. He said the Foundation provides about $1 million of support to the university each year, mostly in scholarships.
Thyssen said the Foundation had only $30,000 when he joined the board in 1976.
"Then came the nicotine patch and that changed the face of the research foundation," he said.
Dr. Frank T. Etscorn, then a professor of psychology at Tech, invented the transdermal patch at New Mexico Tech in the late 1970s. The university secured the patent, with Etscorn and New Mexico Tech sharing the royalties.
Regent Deborah Peacock, who joined the Tech board this year, was the patent attorney for the university during that time.
She fought legal battles to secure the patent in the United States, then fought more battles in court to secure the European patent.
"Most patents don't make money, but this was amazing," she said. "Industry approached us."
Thyssen said he was shocked to see the first royalty check – for $5 million.
"When the first check came in from the pharmaceutical company, I couldn't believe it," he said. "The deposit slip didn't have enough spaces for all those zeros."
From 1991 to 2008, when the patent ran out, the New Mexico Tech Research Foundation reaped the rewards of that invention.
Thyssen said the Foundation manages about 30 patents and tries to market or license each one. The latest patent that shows promise is from the computer science department. Tech has formed a company with the inventor and has a license for 10 percent royalties on future sales, he said.
In other business:
- Dr. Peter Gerity, vice president of academic affairs, announced that Dr. Barbara Bonnekessen is the new chair of the Communication, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Department, or CLASS. She replaces Dr. Mary Dezember, who was recently named the new associate vice president for academic affairs.
- Dr. Lopez reported on the effort to revamp the state's higher education funding formula. The Legislative Finance Committee and Governor Susana Martinez set a deadline of October 15 for university presidents to submit a proposed formula. Lopez said he is fighting to have an element related to student employment included in the formula. He is also hoping that the formula will be based on student outcomes instead of inputs.
- The Board approved the five-year facilities plan and the Research and Public Service Project funding requests, which are similar. In both plans, Tech has the following priorities:
- Bureau of Geology building, $22.4 million
- Chemistry / Materials Engineering facility, $16 million
- Student Wellness Center, $16 million
- Brown Hall addition and renovation, $5 million
- Research Facility matching funds, $4 million
- Geothermal district heating system, $4 million
- Melissa Jaramillo-Fleming, vice president of student and university relations, reported that fall 2011 enrollment is exceeding last year's record incoming class. As of July 31, 425 new students have paid their application fee, compared with 411 last year. Total applications were 1,499 for this year, compared with 1,399 for the same time in 2010.
- The board approved a budget adjustment request to account for increased retirement contributions.
- Lonnie Marquez, vice president of finance, reported that the financial analysis for June 2011 is within budget. For the Instruction and General budget, revenue was 17.5 percent higher than budgeted and expenditures were 9 percent lower than projected.
- The Regents approved the budget for the Langmuir Endowment, which helps fund the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research. The budget is $210,000 for 2011-2012.
- The Regents approved a revised property policy, which now is compliant with latest Office of Naval Research requirements. Training sessions for staff have already commenced.
- Marquez presented Regents with two purchases greater than $100,000 from restricted fund accounts. EMRTC paid $111,061 to Zia Engineering and Environmental for water testing and analysis at the Playas Training and Research Center. EMRTC also paid $2.5 million to Syndetix Inc. for support services at Playas.
- The Board approved two purchases greater than $250,000. One contract is for bulk fuel with Short Co. at Playas. The other is for $397,000 to North American Communication Resources to provide network core nodes for the Information Services Division at Tech. The company will upgrade network hardware and software for the main campus. Tech received 14 bids, nine of which were rejected.
- The Board approved a "security clearance exception resolution," which states that Regents do not have access to secure information.
- Gerity presented graduation lists for June 2011 and July 2011. Tech awarded two master's and two doctoral degrees in June. Tech awarded one bachelor's, nine master's and one doctoral degree in July.
- Marquez reported that the Employee Benefit Trust has an unexpectedly large series of expenditures during June. The Trust, which administers the university's health insurance, had to borrow cash from the university to cover expenses in June. "We were making progress (toward profitability), but then we had this setback," Marquez said. "We're a victim of increasing medical costs." University officials heard presentations from five health insurance providers and have issued a request for proposals – to consider options for changing the system. Lopez said the Trust will examine options to increase revenue.
- The Board moved its meetings to Fridays for 2011-2012. Meeting dates are September 23, October 21, November 18, February 10, March 23, April 27 and May 11. The retreat will be Aug. 2-4, 2012. The November meeting will be in Albuquerque and the February meeting will be in Santa Fe. The remaining meetings (apart from the retreat) will be in Socorro.
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The fifth-ranked team in Division III had a bit too much for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's field hockey team in a non-conference match at the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Complex Wednesday night. The Corsairs turned in a strong effort, but fell to the Bantams, 2-0.
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"If we compete with top 10 teams, we'll be a lot more ready for Little East competition," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Nicole Castonguay. "We made some great plays. I expected this to be a close game, because we have the talent to compete with them. Trinity is very good at getting opportunities, and taking advantage of them, and that's what they did tonight. Our defense did a good job, and (senior goalkeeper) Seana (Golden) was great. (Freshman defender) Taryn (Cardiel, Moorpark, CA/Moorpark HS) played like a senior tonight, and (freshman forward) Eleanor (Taylor, Fairhaven, MA/Bishop Stang HS) played very hard as well."
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Following the conference & PhD workshop at Aarhus University "Public Interfaces", Center for Digital Urban Living & Digital Aesthetics Research Center (Aarhus University) have published the PEER-REVIEWED NEWSPAPER: NYHEDSAVISEN – PUBLIC-INTERFACES.
NYHEDSAVISEN: PUBLIC-INTERFACES is a fake newspaper presenting cutting edge research in an accessible FREE tabloid format. The newspaper is a 100% genuine copy of the famous Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten
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NYHEDSAVISEN: PUBLIC-INTERFACES is a fake newspaper presenting cutting edge research in an accessible FREE tabloid format. The newspaper is a 100% genuine copy of the famous Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
The increasing demand for publication of academic peer-reviewed journal articles must be met. Unfortunate examples demonstrate that this may lead to plagiarism. This is not a viable solution. Research must be original and academia is not lacking original content. But perhaps researchers need new visions of how to produce research? Perhaps the readers need new ways of consuming research? Why not imagine academic research as something that can be consumed on a daily basis, in the train or at the breakfast table?
On April 1, at 13 am, NYHEDSAVISEN: PUBLIC-INTERFACES will be handed out to the public at the metro station 'DR Byen/Universitetet' in Copenhagen as well as at the central railway station in Aarhus and the State Library. Also, issues will be tactically placed in selected free newspaper stands and at University lunchrooms worldwide.
Emerging from the Digital Aesthetics Research Center and the Center for Digital Urban Living (Aarhus University), the aim of NYHEDSAVISEN: PUBLIC-INTERFACES is to encompass the changing concept of the 'public'. This is the result of an ongoing research in the computer interface.
CONTENT: Our starting point is that the computer interface is a cultural paradigm affecting not only our creative production and presentation of the world but also our perception of the world. We recognize that in the past decade, interfaces have been expanding from the graphical user interface of the computer to meet the needs of different new technologies, uses, cultures and contexts: they are more mobile, networked, ubiquitous, and embedded in the environment and architecture, part of regeneration agendas and new aesthetic and cultural practices, etc.. NYHEDSAVISEN: PUBLIC-INTERFACES investigates these new interfaces that affect relations between public and private realms, and generate new forms urban spaces and activities, new forms of exchange and new forms of creative production.
The newspaper is organised into thematic strands (URBAN, ART, CAPITAL) and brings together researchers from diverse fields – across aesthetics, cultural theory, architecture, digital design and urban studies – united by the need to understand public interfaces and the paradigmatic changes they pose to these fields.
All articles derive from an initial conference and PhD workshop held in January 2011, at Aarhus University. NYHEDSAVISEN: PUBLIC-INTERFACES and the full papers can be downloaded and commented on our website:
CONTACT:Geoff Cox, Aarhus University, Arts,
Christian Ulrik Andersen, Aarhus University, Arts,
Notes from the editors, Christian Ulrik Andersen, Geoff Cox & Jacob Lund:
Although our starting point derives from a concept of the public informed by network theory and the social practices around computing, we aim to expand this view in recognition of the ways in which contemporary power and control are structured.
The following questions operate as points of departure:"Can the public interface be used as a useful concept for understanding changing relations between public and private realms within aesthetic practices?""Does the public interface offer a way of examining relational aesthetics, the cultural regeneration agenda and public art?""Does the public interface provide new understandings of the relationship between creative production, the free market sphere and its critique?""How does the possible dissolution of the public and private spheres relate to bio-politics and contemporary forms of power?""Does the public interface suggest new perceptions, borders or even the dissolution of borders between the centre and peripheries of urban settings?""How do the experimentation and developments in the culture of software reflect emergent and self-organizing public actions?"
The newspaper and event was kindly supported by Center for Digital Urban Living, Digital Aesthetics Research Centre, and The Doctoral School in Arts and Aesthetics, Aarhus University, Denmark.
All articles derive from an initial conference and PhD workshop held in January 2011, at Aarhus University. Full papers can be downloaded and further comments made o.
Editors: Christian Ulrik Andersen, Geoff Cox, Jacob LundAarhus, March 2011Design: Ida Knudsen, Geoff Cox, Christian Ulrik AndersenCC license: 'Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike'ISBN: 87-91810-18-3 / EAN 9788791810183
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