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If you're a frequent flyer, fond of tracking your air miles and points and generally follow the aviation community closely, you know Gary and you know him well.
And if by some twist of fate you don't, let me make it easier for you.
Gary Leff is the co-founder of Milepoint.com, a popular online community for frequent flyers. Gary also manages Freddie awards and blogs frequently at View From the Wing. In fact, Gary's blog was the first to exclusively focus on frequent travel and loyalty programs and he's been leading the way for over 11 years now.
Not just that, Gary has also served as a moderator of Flyertalk.com from 2003 till the beginning of 2011 and was the senior founding moderator of Flyertalk's member-elected TalkBoard. He's been cited and profiled in New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Washington post among others.
And in his "real day job", He is the chief numbers guy for university research centers. Phew!!
Reading about him prior to our chat I chanced upon this. Read this and you will know why he is so revered within the aviation/frequent flyer community.
"Gary Leff is so proficient at the frequent-travel game that in 2008 he redeemed enough miles to fly first class with his wife from Washington, D.C., to Spain for dinner at the famous three-Michelin-starred El Bulli restaurant near Barcelona. After the meal, they turned around and flew home." (Via Executive Travel)
Yes, he flew across the pond. For a dinner. Excerpts from our chat:
- What makes you travel? And why you love getting on planes?
Gary – It would take a really narrow focus or a lot of hubris to believe that wherever one is at a given time is the single greatest place in the world to be. There's so much out there in terms of diversity of experiences, creativity and achievement, food and spectacle. We're on the earth for such a short time, and experiencing as much as possible seems just so fundamentally…. human.
And I've had the great fortune to connect with people, I get on planes to reduce the distance and maintain that connectedness. And to try new things, broaden my horizons. My life is so much richer, so much more fulfilled because of travel. An early morning flight or a groping at security can't begin to detract from that.
- No problems with early morning flights or groping certainly means you enjoy flying, if I hadn't figured that one out yet. What has been the most unforgettable flying experience for you?
Gary – The destination will always be more interesting than flying, though flight itself is a tremendous achievement of humankind over nature and it's certainly possible to enjoy getting there alongside being there.
I suppose my most memorable flight experience was circling New York airspace before I was a teenager, when the landing gear just wouldn't go down. Until it did. Truly, though, in all of my flights few have really been that memorable which is to say that nearly all have been marvels of human achievement.
- Safe to say all that circling over New York airports is not always so pleasant. Which is your favorite airport and which airline is most impressive in terms of their first class/business class product?
Gary – There's no question that the Singapore airport impresses me most. The amenities there are unrivaled. I like the Seoul airport, and though far from a favorite I think Bangkok is undervalued. I can't think of any major airports in Europe that I like (though the first class terminal in Frankfurt is my favorite *terminal*). Dallas is a really good experience overall, and Rick Bayless' Tortas Frontera almost redeems O'Hare.
My favorite international airline is Cathay Pacific. I love their first class product, it's solid all around and I sleep better in their seat than anyone else's. Their long haul business class seat is fantastic as well. My favorite domestic airline is American — overall good service, excellent treatment as a top tier elite, wireless internet across the mainline fleet, pretty good food, and a great new business class seat. Award redemption for international first class is unrivaled.
- Talking about award redemption, which is your favorite city to travel to?
Gary – My favorite city has to be Singapore, because it's at once far away and accessible, and probably better for food at both the high and low end than anywhere else. Little matches sitting out at the beach in the evening at the East Coast Lagoon Village hawker center, open air, enjoying great food and a walk along the water.
- What about airports? Wi-Fi is becoming all too common. As a frequent traveler which other amenity you would like to see them incorporate within their premises?
Gary – Starbucks or similar (or higher!) quality coffee airside. There's no excuse not to have decent coffee available near the gate in a world where the TSA continues to prosecute the War on Water.
- Do you consult any specific website before and while your traveling?
Gary – Milepoint.com – frequent flyer community, a friendly group of experienced travelers that are happy to share their advice and experiences.
- What counsel would you give to the average Joe? She/he wants to travel but is scared about incurring heavy expenses while doing so.
Gary – Though it's possible to travel frugally, and to cover much of the cost of travel with points, it isn't free. There's nothing wrong with – and indeed tremendous virtue in — traveling on a tight budget. But if you're in significant debt, well I'd strongly suggest paying off credit cards before making discretionary travel spend decisions. Don't finance your travel on a credit card. That's not only good advice; it's also a way to travel much more in the future. Your travel experiences will pay dividends, but don't incur interest to have them.
- That's very well explained Gary. In the end, as this series is "GlobeTrotters on Twitter", please tell us your 3 must follow twitter accounts?
Gary – @GlobeTrotScott for the latest airline news
@onemileatatime for witty commentary about the travel experience
@boardingarea updates from all the best travel blogs in one place
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BTN Europe presents an overview of business travel and MICE predictions for this year
Arco Buijs, CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG, talks to ABTN about a three-year, €100m investment plan for the group's two brands: Steigenberger Hotels and Intercity Hotels.
Steigenberger operates 78 hotels, with a total of 14,000 rooms, in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Egypt.
As well as investing €100 million in Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts and Intercity Hotels in France, Italy and the UK up to 2014, the company is looking to buy an existing UK hotel chain. It aims to own six or seven hotels in the UK within two years, including one Steigenberger Hotel in the centre of London, and a number of Intercity Hotels at main airports or train stations.
You joined Steigenberger last year. What was it that attracted you to the company?
It is a fantastic brand with a big heritage and a lot of opportunities and potential to grow. Our challenge is to make it happen. For 80 years it was owned by the Steigenberger family and it was kept very much in Germany and German speaking companies. Since the company was sold in 2009 to Hamed El Chiaty [Egyptian tourism entrepreneur and owner of Travco Group], his ambition has been to internationalise the company and grow.
What were your first steps?
The first step was to reshape the way we work, our systems, and our sales organisations. That has now been completed. We and our partners are now spending €100 million on the properties and the systems. I want to make sure we get opportunities to take the brand outside Germany. I like to compare it with the car industry in Germany, which is very successful at exporting its cars. People pay more for German cars than other cars, and so it would be good to export a German hotel brand.
We also have a market of 100 million German-speaking potential customers who know us, so we should also look at destinations that are attractive to the German-speaking markets. In the UK we are look at the cities and seeing whether we maybe can partner up with a small hotel company, or buy one. We see a lot of opportunities. The hotel market in the UK, for instance, is strong, and I think there is a chance here for our brand.
So where would you expand, Majorca? A lot of German tourists go there...
Majorca, yes, plus Italy, Spain, Turkey, North Africa, the Middle East, the Canary Islands, the Alps, where we are already, and the city side for the corporate sector. The UK is also a key focus. At the moment we are in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There is still room for growth, we have 12 hotels in the pipeline, both Steigenberger and Intercity, all new builds in these countries in the next two years. We don't need to do a lot of homework to expand in Germany, for instance. We know the laws and regulations and know where not to go. It's easy to grow there. The challenge is to bring the whole machine outside Germany. I am confident we can do it but we have to take big steps. A few resorts in Egypt and one hotel in Holland.
Would this growth be in terms of management contracts?
It could be, yes, though we also do leases. At the moment in our portfolio most are leased and managed by us and we have a few management contracts. We also have a few franchises in both Steigenberger and Intercity Hotels – around ten in total. I think the expansion will come from conversions, although we will look at new builds.
The difficult thing about growing by conversions is it is difficult to say what the Steigenberger brand means...
I don't think so. Steigenberger is individualistic not standardised. We have hotels that are quite unique – landmark properties – but we also do airport hotels, or pure business hotels, or resorts. What makes it a Steigenberger is it is in a great location and has a unique service. The food and beverage aspect is important, it's not a product where you find ten in a row. Every Steigenberger has its own identity. On the marketing side there are certain things we have in every hotel – a breakfast buffet, for instance, or the service and the style, but the features of the hotel can be different. You don't have to walk into the hotel and think I'm in Frankfurt but I could be in the Berlin property. Intercity is a more standardised product, purely mid-range and we know exactly what it is.
So all these Steigenbergers are the same rating would you say?
Steigenbergers are defined into Grand Hotels which are the top hotels, five star [First Class]and four star plus hotels [Deluxe]. Intercity today is always near a railway station or an airport. The idea is that you as a guest can arrive with your wheeled bag from the airport or railway, and you get a free ticket for public transport in the area where you are.
What do you think about loyalty programmes?
Loyalty programmes are important for knowing your guest. I'm not a big fan of rewards-based programmes, although we do have one –[Award World] http://www.steigenbergerhotelgroup.com/award_world_programm
and we are analysing where we go in the future. My opinion is that if the guest wants to get rewards, whether it is airline miles and points, then fine, you can earn those for your preference and our systems can handle that, but we want to learn our customers' preferences. So if you like having two pillows or a certain type of room and I have it in my system and you come to the Frankfurt property we can provide that for you. This is better than just giving you the points.
What proportion of your guests are international?
In the big cities a large proportion, but if you go to our spa hotels in the countryside, it might be 98% German. Internationally to promote ourselves we have signed up with GSAs to promote the properties and part of the €100 million we are investing will go on this, but much is also on the buildings. Some €23 million is being spent on the Frankfurter Hof, for a complete overhaul of one wing of the building, creating a wellness area of 950 sqm. That's quite a big operation.
Where do you stand on free internet?
In the future internet will be free, the question is when. We all made contracts with providers which we pay for and we get a commission on the sale of the internet which has been going on for six or seven years. Once contracts can be renewed we will think of giving it free of charge, but then it will be included in the room rate. For some of our hotels it is already free.
What are your hopes for this year?
I'm very positive for 2011. We had a very good 2010, Germany had a very good 2010 and so far in 2011 the growth is positive. It's very sustainable right now. It's why we are looking into the possibility of growing the two hotel brands outside Germany and in the UK.


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City school officials said Shawn Nowlin, a 27-year-old arrested Nov. 26 on charges that he impregnated a 15-year-old in Harford County, was hired in September 2011 to oversee "partnership coordination" and act as a community liaison at Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School under the title "Temporary Professional II."
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Officials have said they don't know whether Nowlin was vetted and that they are still investigating his specific duties at Hazelwood. School system spokesman Michael Sarbanes said Friday that Nowlin was "asserting credentials he didn't actually have."
Nowlin was hired to the temporary position at $20 per hour and earned a total of $25,145, school officials said. Under the hiring rules, his title includes teachers and other educators. He later secured a contract under a different title.
City schools CEO Andrés Alonso said in response to an inquiry from The Baltimore Sun that he plans to meet with central office staff on Monday and principals by the end of next week to discuss the issue. He said he did not attend a meeting this week with parents — who demanded to know why the schools chief has stayed quiet — because he was out of the office for a family emergency.
"This is an important and sensitive issue, and I do not want to react without understanding exactly what happened, both at the school and district level, since obviously balls were dropped," he said.
Alonso said he has "been gathering the facts" over the past week.
On Friday, school system officials did not respond to questions about Nowlin's temporary employment and the hiring rules.
The district's Parent and Community Advisory Board said in a statement that it requested a meeting with Alonso to discuss security measures at schools.
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Officials also said that principals are often the people responsible for verifying the academic and professional backgrounds of the employees they hire, while the central office conducts criminal background checks, which they said Nowlin passed. The principals union president said all of those responsibilities lie with the district's human resources office.
A reference guide published for employees for the 2013 fiscal year reads, "Under no circumstances can temporary employees begin work prior to receiving official notification from the Office of Human Capital."
Child abuse experts say credential checks should be the most clear-cut measure a school can take to protect children.
"Parents should be able to rest comfortably knowing that the people who are in their children's building are who they say they are," said Adam Rosenberg, executive director of the Baltimore Child Abuse Center. "If [school officials] can't take that level of due diligence, how is there any level of safety and comfort?"
Human resources experts say vetting responsibility should always stay in one centralized location.
Jonna Contacos-Sawyer, president of the Johnstown, Pa.-based HR Consultants, said employers should always vet job candidates, including checks for criminal background, verifying degrees and professional licenses, and running credit reports.
"You really need to do a thorough background check," Contacos-Sawyer said.
Contacos-Sawyer said organizations should perform human resources functions, including hiring and fact-checking resumes, from a centralized office, rather than distribute the responsibility to managers such as principals.
"It's best for principals to be in charge of what they do best," she said. "Let the HR professionals do what they do best."
Nowlin was arrested and charged with second-degree rape, sex abuse of a minor and second-degree assault in connection with a Harford County teen he was counseling. The teen is not a student at Hazelwood.
Prosecutors said Nowlin had legal guardianship of the teen, which he was able to obtain because he misrepresented himself as a therapist. During an investigation, prosecutors said, they concluded he was a hall monitor.
Nowlin and his attorney have declined to comment on the charges and his credentials. Nowlin's attorney said his client maintains his innocence.
According to online court records, Nowlin pleaded guilty in 2006 in Baltimore County District Court to theft of more than $500. Details of that case were unavailable late Friday.
According to parents, prosecutors, community members, school officials and social media, Nowlin represented himself in a variety of capacities: as a child and family therapist, licensed social worker, guidance counselor, vice principal, dean of students, dean of student support and director of community affairs.
In August, Nowlin signed a $24,900 contract as a "life skills education facilitator" and director of student support, and his duties were to "provide structured support to emotionally disturbed students in crisis."
According to school officials, he earned $17,796 of the contract — which was to expire June 29, 2013 — between August and November.
The minimum qualifications for the job include a doctorate in social work or a licensed clinical social worker degree.
On the contract, signed and dated by Nowlin and the school's principal Aug. 20, Nowlin identified himself as a doctor and licensed social worker.
Online records with the Board of Professional Counselors & Therapists, Board of Social Work Examiners and Board of Physicians show that he is not licensed in Maryland.
Several parents said Nowlin told them that he had received a doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University this past spring, though Hopkins officials said they haven't had a graduate or a student by that name.
A Facebook page under his name indicates Nowlin attended Howard and Hampton universities. Officials at both schools said they haven't had a student or graduate by that name.
City school officials declined to release Nowlin's resume Friday because it was part of his personnel file.
A "School Improvement Plan" — a 94-page document outlining extensive measures for raising achievement at Hazelwood — published by the school system in 2011 listed Nowlin as the director of community affairs and acting guidance counselor.
According to a job posting by the system, a guidance counselor requires a master's degree and must be certified as a guidance counselor by the state.
Baltimore Sun reporters Yvonne Wenger and Jean Marbella contributed to this article.
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Tariq's website makes much of his work for SeaChange (in fact, a large number of the projects used to illustrate his website are related in some way to our dubious local 'regeneration' company). One of the 'projects' listed is 'Managing Protests Against Regeneration' – an interesting spin on the long campaign against the Bexhill Hastings Link Road. Paint your opponents as Luddites, and there's no need to have any kind of intelligent analysis of what they're opposed to. It would appear that the hundreds of people who resisted the Link Road simply wanted to 'stop change in the area', as opposed to, say, stopping a hugely expensive, environment-destroying, carbon-creating, unnecessary road scheme.
'They've used the media to spread dissent'
The charges against the protesters are put like this:
They've waged an organised campaign over several years, attempting to turn public opinion against the regeneration programme and the organisations – and individuals – behind it. They've used the media to spread dissent. They've lodged several high court challenges to the schemes. And, at the start of the construction of roads and premises, they've brought the programme to crisis points by physically obstructing progress – locking themselves to trees and diggers and occupying tunnels dug into the ground.
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It's not clear what 'false claims' he's referring to. Certainly Combe Haven Defenders, one of the key groups behind the resistance to the link road, has been scrupulous in only making claims that could be backed up by evidence. Not so SeaChange Sussex, which over the years has made the most outrageous, and unsupported, claims for the likely numbers of jobs to be created by their so-called 'regeneration' projects.
'Tangible proof of benefits'
It's important, of course, not just to counter the 'false claims' of your opponents, but also to promote a positive message. To this end, Tariq claims that:
…whenever a scheme has produced a result such as occupancy by a good employer, we've communicated this as proactively as possible to provide tangible proof of the benefits of the programme.
This would seem to prove what an effective PR agency TK Associates is, given the dearth of positive outcomes from the various ill-conceived SeaChange projects locally. Despite claims of endless jobs to be created, most of the business parks and offices created by SeaChange Sussex (all of them using public money) remain stubbornly vacant.
'Lone voices standing against progress'
And the PR campaign against opponents of 'regeneration' worked – at least according to Tariq:
In the early days, the protesters managed to attract many followers and foster the impression of being environmental protectors commanding a great groundswell of support. But it's now clear they're lone voices standing against progress and increasingly at odds with the mainstay of public opinion.
Of course, one could say that nobody knows what the 'mainstay of public opinion' might say about all these projects, since the public has never been asked, and TK Associates' main job for SeaChange would appear to be to keep the failed projects quiet. Despite the tens of millions of pounds of public money thrown at all these projects, many people in and around Hastings still haven't heard of SeaChange – which is the way they like to keep it.
If you need a testimonial from Peter Jones…
The page ends with a testimonial from the not-always-well-informed Peter Jones, ex-leader of East Sussex County Council, who pushed the Bexhill Hastings Link Road through whilst, bizarrely, accusing protesters of wanting to 'take away people's jobs and homes'. His plaudit notes that:
Tariq in particular has advised us on how to deal effectively with highly organised protest groups who opposed the construction of new roads and business premises, enlisting the support of local businesses and other groups to counter the loud and often violent voices of a tiny minority.
Despite the odd wording, which makes it sound as if the protest groups had to enlist the support of local businesses to counter the voices of a tiny minority, it's good to know that Peter Jones thought the campaign was 'highly organised'. His hyperbole in referring to 'violent voices' is very typical of a man not known for his moderation. Refusing to move out of the way of chainsaws and bulldozers is not an act of violence, whatever Peter Jones might think. Setting that aside, a testimonial from a man who – by many accounts – was not the most likeable person on the county council, and ended up being sacked (in his words) from his next job at the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (perhaps because nobody could work with him), is perhaps not the most glowing endorsement of the work of TK Associates.
At the end of the day, however, it's good to know that SeaChange Sussex has at least created one job – for their spinner-in-chief, Tariq Khwaja.


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If you are new to cycling or cycle touring it is a good idea to join or at least contact a cycling club, where in our experience the good clubs will make you feel very welcome. If this is not so, and cyclists like other human beings are not perfect then look for another club or another local association.
Britain: The CTC Cyclists' Touring Club is a long established cycling organisation in Great Britain. If you live in Britain and enjoy cycling it is well worth joining: Members can tap a wide range of cycling experience, obtain reduced price cycle and cyclists' insurance and rebates on travel. As a member you will be made very welcome by the local and regional groups who organise full and half day tours. The CTC offers a full programme of guided cycling tours worldwide.
Clarion Cycling Club The originally socialist, internationally orientated club is still active. You can join and take part in their activities by contacting one of the local sections. As the "Guardian" wrote on September 6, 2004: "But it is grand to see a return to the tradition of the socialist riders of the Clarion Cycling Club, who genuinely wanted sport and good health for all."
If you live or work in London then think about joining the London Cycling Campaign. Its aim is to make the great wen, a world class cycling city, but just don't hold your breathe, or may be you should considering the air quality in the "smoke".
If you live, study or work in East Anglia or even intend to go touring there, check out the University of East Anglia Bicycle Users Group UEA BUG web site.
Britain and anywhere else: If you join the Youth Hostels Association or your national association you can stop at a wide range of youth hostels all over Europe. The Youth Hostels Association in Britain offers cycling weekends at various hostels.
Germany: The odd name of the ADFC, Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad Club (General German Cycling Club) can be seen as cocking a snoot at the older German motoring organisation: Allgemeiner Deutscher Auto Club (ADAC). It has had much success in lobbying for cycleways and facilities in Germany. If you are going to cycle in Germany it is worthwhile checking out the web site and its links especially the "Bett und Bike" information. These are lists of hotels and simpler accommodation for both cyclists and their bicycles. However you will need some German. We have been trying to persuade the ADFC staff responsible for some years to have an English language version, but they want a high cost version with everything translated whereas we feel a simpler version could be translated more cheaply. Our help was politely refused.
If you are employed in the Heidelberg-Mannheim-Ludwigshafen area of Germany and wish to enjoy cycling with a jolly bunch of fellow enthusiasts, then cast a gander at the ADFC Mannheim Home Page.
Switzerland: The Swiss cycling club IG Velo Schweiz web site offers information about the club in German, French and English.
Luxembourg is small, definitely smaller than LA but has more bicycles and the Luxembourg cycling club LVI Lëtzebuerger Velos-Initiativ is small but very active. The web site is in English, German and French and unlike their magazine not in Lëtzebuergisch, the national dialect. It features a full listing of their activities and some good cartoons (under Gallery). The LVI offers a Bed and Bike website in German and French (http://www.lvi.lu/bedandbike/).
Belgium: As is to be expected there are two Belgian cycle clubs: A Flemish Club in the North: Fietsersbond and a French one in the South: Gracq. They do cooperate however. Both web sites are monolingual.
The Netherlands: Quite why there is a Dutch national cycling organisation we cannot understand, since almost everybody in the Netherlands cycles and there are almost as many bicycles as people in the country. There is a cycle club: Fietserbond and it has a nice site in Dutch with one page in English.
Europe: The European Cyclists' Federation is an umbrella organisation giving all the national cycling a voice in Europe. While membership is limited to organisations and companies, its website offers useful links and information about the Eurovelo long distance cycle routes across Europe.
USA: The League of American Bicyclists is 130 years old and very active in defending the rights of US cyclists and trying to improve facilities.
The US Adventure Cycling Association (www.adventurecycling.org) offers members a magazine and both members and others a wide range of cycle maps and guides. You cannot yet buy our guides there, but we are working on it. You can still order the books directly from us or the ebook from Smashwords or Amazon.
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
The oft-changing "King of [the city]" argument in hip hop is about the closest to political debate the genre ever gets, with categories like Body of Work, Adaptability and Authenticity all factoring into who gets the proverbial key for that year.
In New York the title has been passed like a blunt at a Wiz Khalifa show with names like KRS-One, Notorious B.I.G. and Jay Z all holding the crown at one point, while on the West Coast OGs like Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and more recently Kendrick Lamar have boasted the title.
But in one city, a man named Jordan has reigned supreme for more than 25 years (No, it's not Chicago and this dude isn't trying to sell you sneakers.). Brad Jordan, better known as Scarface, has been the de facto king of Houston literally since he dropped his first solo album in 1991.
Face recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of his landmark LP The Diary, and fittingly has reconnected with that album's producer, N.O. Joe, for his latest project, which is due out later this year. In an exclusive interview with BET.com, the Lone Star state's most iconic MC discusses the current state of hip hop, bringing a breath of fresh air to the game and why half the industry owes Three 6 Mafia a check.
BET.com: Is there anything you can tease about the new album that you're working on?
Scarface: I can say that this is a breath of fresh air to the entire hip hop community. The makers of The Diary are back in the same room again. That would be me and N.O. Joe. I know everybody loves what's going on right now, but I just wanna bring it back to what it was. It was a privilege to get a great sounding album. People took that for granted. When we was getting all that great music back in the '90s and early 2000s, we took that for granted. People thought that there was always gonna be great music. People that were making great music stopped making music period. Nobody knows how to make a great album anymore. Seriously. I think the last great album I heard in hip hop had to be, as far as a complete body of work, good kid m.A.A.d. city. [Editor's note: This interview was conducted before the release of To Pimp a Butterfly]. Actually, Nipsey Hussle, that Crenshaw s**t too. Don't get me wrong. I love what's going on, but just a body of work that had a storyline from beginning to end and was not just a whole bunch of individual songs, that's what I mean by a great album. You gotta have a great start and finish. A great body, a great climax and a great ending. An album should be made like a book.
On your albums you've always been pretty consistent. Is there anything you've one differently this time around?
I feel like the albums that were made in the '60s and the '70s and the '80s and the '90s were the best albums. So I'd be a damn fool to try to go into something else. I stick to what the best albums were made from. I don't wanna experiment with no new s**t. I just wanna make better s**t using the same format. And you might say, "Face, you don't wanna do that because that makes s**t stagnant." No! The s**t that's coming out right now is making s**t stagnant, because every f***ing tempo BPM is like 60. All the BPMs are 60 and everybody sounds like the old Three 6 Mafia music. Everybody is biting the old Three 6 Mafia style, making the old scary music with the hard bass. If I was Three 6 I'd say something about it, like "Y'all are stealing my s**t."
You've been through so many different eras in hip hop, what in hip hop has inspired you the most?
I think the number one favorite album had to be the first Public Enemy album, Yo, Bumrush The Show. That's when s**t got hard, when music was hard. That's one of my all time favorites. I was around when Big Daddy Kane did his albums, I was around when Marley Marl did Cold Chillin' and when No Limit dropped they s**t and when Cash Money did they s**t. I was around when Blastmaster KRS-One and Scott LaRock did they s**t, when Roxanne Shanté did her s**t, Eric B. and Rakim did the first Paid in Full album. You feel me? So what can you do to me? I come from all those different eras in hip hop wrapped up in one. I have a f***in' extensive rock history. I know rock n' roll, I know classical, I know movies. You can't beat me. I came up on great f***in' music.
You mentioned rock n' roll. What are some of your favorite rock or non-hip hop albums that people might not think you listen to?
Dude, that f***in' Arctic Monkey s**t! Have you heard this shit yet? Oh, my God! That's some of the best stuff I've heard in a long a** time. Coldplay's first couple albums were the s**t, especially Parachute; that s**t was crazy. Also I love Stevie Nicks. I'm a huge fan of Fleetwood Mac, and an even bigger fan of her voice. I wrote the hook for "In Between Us" with the intent to have Stevie Nicks sing it. I'm out the box. I think when she agreed to do it we were already done.
That would have been amazing. And have you ever thought about working with someone like the Arctic Monkeys?
Without question. I would definitely collaborate with the Arctic Monkeys, with that lead singer, man. He's the s**t. That guy's got the best voice in music.
You've always been able to adapt to the times without changing your musical DNA. Do you miss the times when hip hop used to really scare people with its reality?
I don't think hip hop should scare people. I feel like hip hop should make people aware of the situation of what's going on around them. You're not gonna hear that s**t no more. That's not what they wanna hear right now; the record companies don't want that message out there no more... Either that or 50 Tyson gonna be the next one to get a deal.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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Did you know that over seven million pets enter shelters nationwide every year? This summer, Stephanie Hebert Insurance Agency would like to donate $10 in your name to provide medical care to these abandoned animals.
Stephanie Hebert Insurance Agency is partnering with Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter, an established local non-profit 501(c)3 animal welfare organization. Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter mission is to protect of animals from mistreatment, promote responsible pet ownership, and protect the rights of people from the dangers and nuisances caused by uncontrolled animals.
Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter provides a variety of services to the community. They advocate for abandoned or abused animals by giving them shelter, medical care, and finding them new homes. They locate and care for lost and stray pets in addition to assisting the public in all animal related problems. Additionally, the shelter works in conjunction with local law enforcement for after hour, weekend, and holiday emergencies.
"Everyone at our agency has a soft spot for animals – including our customers. We are truly grateful to be able to help our local shelter save even more animals," says Stephanie Hebert, agency owner.
Right now, Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter is in need of funds to treat heartworms in their adoptable dogs.
This is where you can help.
Our agency will donate $10 to these animals on your behalf for every recommendation you send our way.
Join the #AgentsOfChange movement and let's care for all members of our community – especially our four-legged friends!


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Chinese Chili Chicken
Game Info: Chinese Chili Chicken
First slice and dice the ingredients before following the recipe to make some tasty Chinese Chili Chicken. Follow the Chef's instructions to make this exciting and flavorful meal which includes peppers, onions, and lots of spice.
How to Play:
This game is played with mouse only.
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Software synthesis, sample playback, sequencing, mixing, and effects all rolled into one.
Now that PCs are Pentium-powered, music-software developers are determined to squeeze as much real-time synthesis as possible from them. The German-Hungarian company Audio Simulation continues this trend and takes it one step further with Dream Station 1.0, an all-in-one synthesizer and music-production program that costs less than $100.
Dream Station offers software synthesis in the form of analog simulation and sample playback with up to 96 oscillators, 32 filters, and 32-note polyphony. Its physical modeling of analog circuits produces some great sounds, but that's only the beginning. Dream Station also includes a built-in step-time sequencer complete with automation, an 8-channel stereo mixer, and dual stereo effects processors. Combine these features and you have a versatile software-based production studio that can make many of your techno, acid, trance, house, rave, and pop composing dreams come true.
I tested Dream Station on a Pentium II/300 MHz with 64 MB of RAM, Windows 98SE, and a Diamond Multimedia Monster Sound MX300 sound card. It performed nicely, but as you might expect of a first-version release, there was still room for improvement.
SETUP TROUBLENormally during installation, you simply type in the supplied serial number to authorize the software. Unfortunately, I was not quite so lucky, because I use a multiport MIDI interface. According to Dream Station's documentation, Windows doesn't allow more than ten MIDI drivers to be active at once, and the Dream Station installation program scans for this situation. If it doesn't find room for its own driver (which is needed to drive the synth from a sequencer on the same machine), Dream Station won't install the driver properly. So every time I ran the software, I received a MIDI-driver initialization error message. (If you select another MIDI port in the Preferences dialog box, you can still trigger the synth from an external MIDI controller.)
The documentation simply tells you that the installation probably didn't succeed, and suggests that you restart Windows and try again. But that does not work, because the archaic copy-protection scheme won't allow you to reinstall the program if it senses that a copy already exists on the machine. What's more, there's no easy way to uninstall the program in Windows 98. On my machine, Dream Station didn't even appear in Windows' Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box.
Luckily, I was able to install the program on a second machine (with only one MIDI driver in use), and could then see how the Dream Station MIDI driver is implemented. After adding midi2=dsmidi.drv to the Drivers section of the System.ini file on the first machine, everything worked fine. But many users may not be so tech savvy. Hopefully, Audio Simulation will remedy this problem in a future version. Independently of copy protection, I should be able to easily uninstall and reinstall the software on the same machine if I am a legitimate user and have the original disc.
SKIMPY DOCSDream Station's very terse printed documentation poses another problem. All you get are 27 pages of short descriptions covering the program's features. That may be okay if you're an advanced user and already have experience with synthesis and sequencing, but beginners will most likely be overwhelmed by the software at first.
Furthermore, the documentation doesn't provide any step-by-step examples or tutorials. Some excellent demo files and a full bank of Programs (presets) show off the software quite nicely, but you have to spend some time getting to know this product before you can put it to good use. Unfortunately, the Help file doesn't provide much assistance either; it simply repeats the information the printed manual gives you.
AWESOME ANALOGAside from its installation and documentation shortcomings, Dream Station is quite impressive, and its synthesis capabilities are very powerful. The program's 32 notes of maximum polyphony (depending on your CPU) are each constructed of up to three Oscillator modules and Amplifier, Filter, LFO, User Envelope, and Vibrato modules. Individual modules represent each of these features in the synthesizer section of Dream Station (see Fig. 1). The combination of these modules makes up a single Program. A basic Program consists of the combination of the Oscillator 1 and Amplifier modules, which are the only modules that are always active. The other modules can be turned on or off.
All three Oscillator modules can be set to a variety of waveforms including sine, triangle, sawtooth, noise, and pulse/square. Only Oscillator 1 has a pulse generator that can be adjusted with its Pwidth (Pulse Width) and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) controls. Oscillators 2 and 3 provide nonadjustable square waves. All the Oscillator modules, however, have a PCM option that lets you use 16-bit mono samples in place of the traditional waveforms for a wider variety of synthesis options. (I'll talk more about this option later.)
All three oscillators can be tuned, with fine-tuning available in Oscillators 2 and 3. Keyboard tracking can be activated in Oscillators 1 and 2, but not in Oscillator 3. You can adjust the volume of Oscillators 2 and 3 only. Other options include hard synchronization and ring modulation between Oscillators 1 and 2. In addition, you can experiment with FM synthesis by adjusting Oscillator 2's FM Amount control, which sums the frequency of Oscillator 1 and the output signal (waveform) of 2.
The Filter module provides the usual cutoff-frequency and resonance controls as well as its own ADSR-envelope and gain controls. Keyboard tracking of the cutoff frequency is also available. The Filter can operate in one of five modes: 2-pole lowpass, 4-pole lowpass, 2-pole highpass, 2-pole bandpass, and 4-pole formant. The LFO module allows you to modulate the frequencies of Oscillators 1 and 2, the pulse width of Oscillator 1, or the cutoff frequency of the Filter. It provides the usual sine, sawtooth, pulse/ square, and noise waveforms, which you can adjust with the Depth and Rate controls.
The User Envelope module is a stand-alone envelope generator that you can use to modulate the FM control of Oscillator 2, the pulse width of Oscillator 1, the frequencies of Oscillators 1 and 2, the volume of Oscillator 2, and the cutoff frequency of the Filter. It provides the usual ADSR and gain controls. The Vibrato module is "hardwired" to modulate the frequencies of all three Oscillators with a global set of Delay, Depth, and Rate controls. (A bit more flexibility here would be appreciated.) The Amplifier - the final module in the chain - has the usual ADSR-envelope and gain controls, which affect the overall volume of the Program.
The Program module provides some overall parameters for the current Program, such as settings for portamento speed, note release, legato, and distortion. The Program module is also where you assign a mixer output channel and where you can name your new Program and store it in any one of the 99 available user locations.
You can create truly amazing sounds with Dream Station, easily producing fat, full sounds that you'll swear come from a real analog synth. The software ships with 99 default sounds - in Dream Station Instrument (DSI) format - that show the program's capabilities quite well. You don't have to worry about overwriting these patches, because an included file contains all of the default Programs. A Randomize Sound feature randomly sets all the controls to produce some unique textures that can serve as great starting points for new sounds. One thing missing, however, is a good GM sound set, which would let you quickly begin using the software with your current compositions.
SIMPLE SAMPLESDream Station provides synthesis but has only 16-bit mono sample playback. You can get around the mono limitation by splitting a stereo sample into two separate files (representing the left and right channels) and assigning each file its own Program. Then you simply assign each Program to a different Mixer channel and pan one channel hard left and the other hard right. You might run into sync problems with long samples, and this approach may be a slight waste of resources, but at least it can be done.
Before you can assign samples to an Oscillator, you have to load them into memory using the Sample Organizer. This dialog box allows you to change which samples are currently stored in memory. Along with the file name of each sample (only WAV files are supported), the sample organizer lists size (sample size is unlimited), root key, and loopback point. Only the loopback point is adjustable here, and you can't audition the results immediately, so you're probably better off using a separate sample-editing application for creating loops.
An especially welcome feature in Dream Station is that you're not limited to only one sample per Program. Using the Sample Split Editor, you can create sample splits to assign different samples to pitches across the entire MIDI note range. This is a great way to create drum kits. Samples can be assigned to individual notes or to a range of notes, and you can assign a transposition value to each sample in the list. The Sample Split Editor also lets you define up to 32 split presets (configurations). When assigning samples to Oscillators via the PCM option, you simply specify a split preset (1 to 32) instead of selecting a single sample. This feature works quite well. It would really be cool if you could change the split preset during sequencer playback, but unfortunately, that isn't possible.
CLASSIC SEQUENCINGDream Station provides tracker-type sequencing capabilities like those from the old days of DOS. This means that you compose songs by piecing together patterns. You create patterns using the Pattern Editor (see Fig. 2); each pattern can contain up to 32 tracks and be up to 128 steps in length. Each track in the Pattern Editor contains three columns: two for commands and one for note values. The note values can be entered from your computer or MIDI keyboard, but only step entry is available.
The command values provide control over some of the various synth parameters; for example, you can select a Program for the current note, adjust the Filter cutoff frequency, or retrigger the LFO. Special codes for these and many other settings are outlined in the documentation. One annoying characteristic of the Pattern Editor is that it can display only seven tracks at a time. Its window isn't resizable, and that can make composing patterns a bit cumbersome.
After you have created your patterns, you piece them together with the Musicparts Editor. Each pattern is assigned a number, and you simply list these numbers in the order you want their corresponding patterns to play. After you've completed your list, you can play your song or save it as a proprietary Dream Station Sequence file, which stores all the sequence data and all the Program data together. Unfortunately, Dream Station lacks support for Standard MIDI Files, although you can export your song as a 16-bit, 44.1 kHz stereo WAV file.
With the Dream Station MIDI driver, you can compose using your favorite sequencer. Just assign the MIDI output of your tracks to drive the Dream Station synth engine, and set up the appropriate MIDI channels using the MIDI Mapper. This allows you to run both the sequencer and Dream Station on the same PC, which shouldn't pose a problem with today's CPUs. I had no trouble running Dream Station and Cakewalk's Pro Audio on my Pentium II/300 MHz. Of course, you can also drive Dream Station using an external MIDI input. With either method, you can easily share your sequence data and still use Dream Station.
AUTOMATION STATIONFor further flexibility, Dream Station provides internal automation with its Automation Controls box (see Fig. 3). You can assign up to ten different automation controls to be recorded, and you can assign these controls to any knob on Dream Station's synth panel. Changes made to the specified controls are automatically recorded. Unfortunately, the automation data cannot be viewed or graphically edited. If you mess up, you have to record it all over again. You can copy and paste data to be used in multiple patterns, but that's about it.
Fortunately, Dream Station's MIDI driver comes to the rescue. Instead of recording automation internally, you can do it using your favorite sequencer. Every knob, slider, toggle switch, and control in Dream Station has been assigned a MIDI controller number. By changing the values of these controllers, you can externally control every aspect of the program - a nice touch. You can also create a custom controller set, but it's limited to a modest set of functions.
MIXED REVIEWWhen you're creating a synth Program, you have to assign it to one of the channels in Dream Station's Mixer module (see Fig. 4). The Mixer provides eight channels routed to a stereo master bus. Each channel includes a volume fader, a pan control, and two effects sends.
Some other nice features are the level meters in each channel and the mute function, which you activate by simply clicking on the channel name. I was disappointed, however, to discover that you can't assign the output of each channel to its own sound-card output, a capability that Audio Simulation should add to the next version.
MINIMUM EFFECTSAlthough Dream Station's effects sound pretty good, they are, unfortunately, limited. For example, the program has only two stereo effects processors, which means that all 32 synth voices have to share the same two types of effects. All you can vary is the amount of the effects applied with the Mixer module. In addition, only a limited number of effects types are available, although they do cover the basics: delay, phaser, flanger, chorus, and reverb. The number of choices you get within each type is rather slim. The program offers only three reverb selections, for instance, which isn't much to work with.
Finally, Dream Station doesn't support DirectX plug-ins, which would easily solve the problem of limited effects types. I do like the fact that the connection between the effects processors can be specified as parallel or serial. I also like that the second processor allows you to define two effects types, so in essence, you can have three types of effects going at once. But neither of these features makes up for Dream Station's other limitations in this section.
DARE TO DREAMAs you can see, Dream Station has some room for improvement. The copy protection should be dropped or at least better implemented, and the documentation needs to be beefed up a bit. The program also needs stereo sample support, resizable windows, Standard MIDI File support, automation-data editing, individual mixer channel outputs, more effects processors and effects types, and DirectX support.
This may seem like a long list of complaints, but many are actually wish-list items. Dream Station delivers on its promise to provide an all-in-one production studio that lets you compose many types of music using a single piece of software. The limitations won't stop you from creating some awesome sounds and songs. With a price tag of only $89, this program is definitely worth the money, considering the very real power that it provides. If you are interested in checking out Dream Station, download the demo from the Audio Simulation Web site; I think you will be pleasantly surprised.


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Thanksgiving is great, but finding new and different ways to use up the leftovers can be a bit of a challenge. However, it's also an opportunity to be creative. I had an idea for a turkey cranberry chipotle turkey enchilada and went looking for cranberry chipotle salsa or even some cranberry relish in the supermarket. The store had both, but I eventually decided I didn't want to buy a whole jar (and end up with more leftovers to use up). So I created my own instead.
I took some of the leftover turkey, a few craisins (dried sweetened cranberries), and added chipotle salsa which I already had (and could use for other recipes like chili or meatloaf). I combined them together to make cranberry chipotle turkey enchiladas.
If you already have cranberry relish or cranberry salsa from your own dinner that would work beautifully too.
It's pretty simple. Just warm up the turkey, heat the tortilla in some oil, add the rest of the ingredients, and roll it up into an enchilada.
A few weeks ago, those tortillas were "crepes", but this time I decided to use them as intended on the package!
Cranberry chipotle turkey enchilada with shredded cheese and cabbage.
- 3-4 craisins, chopped, or about 1/2 tsp cranberry relish
- 1T chipotle salsa
- 2 T cooking oil
- 1 -2 slices of turkey, shredded
- 1 tortilla
- 1/4 C shredded mild cheese
- 1 cabbage leaf (chiffonade)*
- Mix the craisins (or the relish) and salsa together in a small bowl.
- Heat oil in pan and reheat the turkey. Once it's hot, remove the turkey and set aside.
- Put the tortilla in the pan, and cook 30 seconds or so per side, flipping with kitchen tongs.
- Return the turkey to the pan and top with the shredded cheese.
- Cook a minute or two to melt the cheese.
- Remove the tortilla from the pan, add the cabbage, and top with the cranberry /salsa mixture.
- Roll it up to make an enchilada.
To make the chiffonade, just roll up the cabbage leaf into a cigar shape, and then slice pieces off the end. You'll end up with shredded cabbage.
Use a mild cheese, such as Monterey Jack.
Tools and Ingredients for Turkey Cranberry Chipotle Enchiladas
OXO Good Grips Box Grater
Much as I love my zester/microplane, there are some jobs that require a different tool. A box grater can slice or shred food better than a zester can. Use this to shred or slice cheese, carrots, onions, and potatoes or to coarsely grate citrus peels (use the microplane for finer results).
This particular grater comes with its own marked storage container, so you can measure while you're grating and just make exactly the amount you need.
SilverStone Ceramic 8-Inch Deep Skillet, Chili Red
I don't like the old-style non-stick pans, but I confess I am enjoying using my ceramic pan. I can make eggs, enchiladas, frittatas, and many other things without worrying about it sticking and it cleans up easily. So far, the coating has held up beautifully. I don't have this exact pan, but if I had seen the red I would have gotten that one in a New York minute. Do keep the heat a bit lower than you would with a stainless steel pan, and be careful if you have a glass top stove.
More Turkey Recipes
Quick and Easy Spicy Turkey Soup
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Microsoft has decided that with the launch of the Xbox One it is going to take control of the used game market and have it generate revenue for itself and publishers. And in the process it's going to upset gamers and severely limit the amount of money retailers can make on a used game sale.
Until now, a consumer could take a game they owned into a store and the retailer would buy it at a price they determined. The retailer could then resell the game at a price they also determined and any profit made would stay with the retailer.
Microsoft is thought to be modifying that process for Xbox One games to ensure it also generates cash from every used game sale. Here's how the new system will work:
- If a retailer wants to handle used Xbox One games they must install and use Microsoft's own Azure-based used game retail system.
- A consumer can bring their Xbox One game in store and sell it to a retailer and receive cash or credit in return.
- That sold game is then wiped from the seller's Xbox One Live profile and can be resold, with the retailer deciding on what price to resell it at (within limits, which are discussed below).
- The money generated from that used game sale will then be split between the retailer, the publisher of the game, and Microsoft itself. The percentage split will be determined by Microsoft.
The used game trading system effectively stays exactly the same for the consumer. They can continue to sell their games and buy new used games as they always have. The biggest change is for the retailer, who will now earn significantly less from every used game sale.
There are two bits of very bad news for Xbox One owners in all of this, though. First of all, this pretty much confirms that your Xbox One will need to connect to the Internet regularly, and probably once every 24 hours as has already been suggested. The second bit of bad news is about used game pricing.
As Microsoft will be in control of used games for its console, it will also have control over what retailers can do with pricing. Apparently, Microsoft wants used games to sell at no lower than 90% of the new game price. So the new copy will be $60 and the used copy $56.
One of the major reasons used games have become so popular is because they allow you to pick up games at a significantly lower price point. If Microsoft do impose the 90% price rule, they could effectively kill the used game market while claiming they support it.
The only winners in this are the publishers and Microsoft. Used games will now generate revenue for them, while retailers are the biggest losers. I'd actually be more accepting of this system if it meant new Xbox One games were $30 instead of $60, but you can guarantee that isn't going to happen and we'll all be forced to pay full, or near full price for our games.
Sony is also potentially a big winner from this move if it has chosen to allow the used games market to carry on in its current form for the PS4. If that's the case, you'll see many more retailers stocking PS4 games than Xbox One later this year.
We won't know for sure if this is exactly how Microsoft's used game system will work until they decide to tell us officially. As usual, Microsoft isn't commenting on rumors and we may be left waiting until E3, or even closer to launch to know the state of used games on Xbox One.


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Ironman Malaysia 2014 Men Pro & Women Pro Champion!
The video that I manage to capture when both Men Pro & Women Pro crossing the finishing line in this tough race at Ironman Malaysia 2014 at Langkawi! All the Pros and age groupers are so strong!!
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Direct from Colorado is a pioneering theory which equates hand holding as an opiate, one that also very loosely legitimises the Backstreet Boys. Science. I want it that way.
Let's talk about the Backstreet Boys (the best boyband of all time), and their teachings applied to practical science. No offence millennials, but your One Direction argument is invalid.
The perfectly coiffed Nick, Howie, Kevin, AJ and Brian had a way with the ladies with their immense talent for being in sync (much like N*SYNC), and like you and your loved one, according to the latest findings of science. According to a study conducted by the University of Colorado, you being in sync with your beau is a science in itself.
Please refer to the visual example below:
All the boys in the band, unite in dance. With one hand, palm facing out, falling from the sky to the ground slowly while looking away in deep thought, their other hand clenched into a fist upon thy chest. Feet apart for a beat then back together on cue. Well, that's what our hearts do, with the person we love.
Isn't that wild? Isn't that cute? Or does that make you want to vomit a little?
A new study showed couples synced physiologically to some degree just sitting together. During this study, the woman was subjected to pain, and don't worry everyone it was a controlled environment, it's not like they made her relive the moment Zayn left 1D repeatedly. When the pain was administered and the guy couldn't touch her, that synchronisation was severed. To use a real-world example, exactly the same phenomena occurred when Justin Timberlake left N*SYNC. When the subject was allowed to hold her hand, their heart rates fell into sync again and her pain dissipates.
Those who performed the study are calling it 'interpersonal synchronisation'
*Cough* N*sync.
In this touching bit of scientific research, this unchartered territory is proving very interesting. You often hear those loved up annoying couples, (apologies but I am referring to myself here) say that they feel like they have morphed into their person, they laugh the same, dress the same, have the same bowel irritations, and they text each other at the exact same time, unprompted. Is this true love or just real science? Either way, we can agree on one thing. Justin Timberlake was right all along, he was right for leaving N*SYNC, and he was right when he sang:
'Cause it's like you're my mirror,
My mirror staring back at me.
Which by some logic makes me a scientist, for playing that song when I signed my marriage papers when I eloped in Bali earlier this year.


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Are there any studies about incomplete injuries and if you have any type of sensation at your legs, what the percentage of those individuals also have movement? Is there a correlation, or is there zero connection there?
Are there any studies about incomplete injuries and if you have any type of sensation at your legs, what the percentage of those individuals also have movement? Is there a correlation, or is there zero connection there?
- A = Complete: No motor or sensory function is preserved in the S4-S5 sacral segments
- B = Incomplete: Sensory function but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the S4-S5 sacral segments.
- C = Incomplete: Motor function is preserved below the neurological level, and more than half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade less than 3.
- D = Incomplete: Motor function is preserved below the neurological level, and at least half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade of 3 or more.
- E = Normal: Motor and sensory function are normal.
Neurologic level at hospital discharge:30.1% incomplete quadriplegia (tetraplegia)
25.6% complete paraplegia
20.4% complete quadriplegia (tetraplegia)
18.4 % incomplete paraplegia.
I'm not sure if you're asking about the statistics in each category (B vs. C) or if your question is about the nature of the injury?
Incomplete Spinal Cord InjuriesIncomplete spinal cord injuries are more common than complete injuries, and are characterized by some degree of sensation and movement below the point of injury. The extent of an incomplete injury is generally determined after spinal shock has subsided, approximately six or eight weeks post injury. Incomplete spinal injuries can result in some feeling but little or no movement, or in some movement but little or no feeling. Incomplete spinal injuries fall under five different classifications:
- Anterior cord syndrome: characterized by damage to the front of the spinal cord, resulting in impaired temperature, touch, and pain sensations below the point of injury. Some movement can later be recovered.
- Central cord syndrome: characterized by damage in the center of the spinal cord that results in loss of function in the arms but some leg movement. Some recovery is possible.
- Posterior cord syndrome: characterized by damage to the back of the spinal cord, resulting in good muscle power, pain, and temperature sensation, but poor coordination.
- Brown-Sequard syndrome: characterized by damage to one side of the spinal cord, resulting in impaired loss of movement but preserved sensation on one side of the body, and preserved movement and loss of sensation on the other side of the body.
- Cauda equina lesion: characterized by injury to the nerves located between the first and second lumbar region of the spine, resulting in partial or complete loss of sensation. In some cases, nerves regrow and function is recovered.
Hi Grammy,
thanks for sharing the below. I am aware of the information, I guess my question is a data collection one. For example, how many percentage individuals that are incomplete have sensation and motor, vs just sensation vs just motor.
ill tell you why I?m asking and maybe that provides more information. My son is 3.5 years old and we just discovered he has some type of sensation on his thighs...this seems new to us - he is 3 years post injury but you can?t exactly ask a 6 months old this stuff. So I was wondering statistically speaking what the odds are if he has sensation that he has movement below injury. I know every case is unique but I?m looking at the overview of SCI.
I don't think that statistically there is any correlation. Given the time post injury or your son, I would guess that any sensation and
motor return would have occurred. That being said there is no such thing as never in this SCI world.
I am sorry not to be more helpful.
The SCI-Nurses are advanced practice nurses specializing in SCI/D care. They are available to answer questions, provide education, and make suggestions which you should always discuss with your physician/primary health care provider before implementing. Medical diagnosis is not provided, nor do the SCI-Nurses provide nursing or medical care through their responses on the CareCure forums.
I think sensation and movement is different "pathway". Not sure whats the scientific name is. I heard some injuries can have preserved movement but loss of sensation. I have mild sensation below the injury level, and can only move my left big toe. Only the the divine one will know what will be recover. Think Grammy can provide a better answer.
All I know is that I was almost completely paralyzed with no feeling below shoulders at first and after my folks rubbed my limbs for an hour every day for weeks I regained sensation and movement that got better in time....
Nominally T12/L1 complete, I have sensation on the outside upper sides of my thighs but no motor control.
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Ron D. Ebert
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Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 11:00 am at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Ixonia with Rev. Kenneth Ewerdt officiating. Visitation will take place on Monday, August 31, 2015 from 4:00 8:00 pm at Hafemeister Funeral Home in Watertown and at St. Pauls Lutheran Church on Tuesday morning from 10:00 am until the time of the service. Burial will take place at St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery in Ixonia. Memorials to St. Pauls Lutheran Church and St. Pauls Lutheran School are appreciated. The Hafemeister Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Watertown are serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.hafemeisterfh.com.
Ron Dale Ebert was born on September 29, 1957 in Watertown, the son of Milton and Jane (nee Loppnow) Ebert. He graduated from Northwestern Preparatory High School and attended Northwestern College in Watertown. He was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Ixonia. Ron owned and operated Eberts Greenhouse Village in Ixonia with his brother Mark. Ron truly enjoyed growing the most gorgeous flowers and hanging baskets at Eberts, but his real passion was found in serving God everyday as an example of how Jesus would want us to live and treat others.
Ron loved playing basketball and volleyball, jogging and working out at the gym. He was also excited that he hit every pitch in the fast pitch batting cage recently in Door County. He especially enjoyed the short trips to Door County and the Dells with his brother, Mark, sister-in-law, Renee and niece, Sierra; visits to Shorehaven to see his mom; and cherished conversations about faith with family and friends. Ron enjoyed watching and cheering for the Green Bay Packers and the Milwaukee Bucks. He read his Bible faithfully and will always be remembered for his huge smile and kind heart.
Ron is survived by his mother, Jane Ebert of Oconomowoc; sisters, Diane (Dennis) OBrien of Oconomowoc; Linda (Dave) Mickelson of Ixonia; brothers, Alan Ebert of Watertown; Mark (Renee) Ebert of Ixonia; nieces and nephews, Dave (Alison) OBrien; Katie (Ryan) Montgomery and their children, Maddy and Owen Montgomery; Jenni Mickelson; Neil Haiamerl; Joyce Haiamerl; Terri Haiamerl; Sierra Ebert as well as other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Milton Ebert.


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»Rock me« was the official song for the coverage of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup on german TV channel ZDF. Melanie C. is one of the five members of the Spice Girls and was nicknamed »Sporty Spice« because of her athletic style and tomboy attitude.
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We all know it is scientifically proven that a woman's brain differs from a man's brain. For this reason it is most likely that women have other ideas and insights than men, which is only one of the benefits of having a mixed team at work. Collaborating in a diverse team is challenging since you need to think in a different way. Consequently, people work more effectively and therefore there's more productivity. However, it is hard to find technical educated women to complement a men's team, so in reality, we have to adjust a little.
When I started my studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Applied Science, there were only 3 women out of 180 guys. It wasn't even possible to sneeze without everyone knowing, so don't even think about skipping classes. Everyone knows who you are and what you do; because you're the girl that studies mechanical engineering. Despite the fact I had to follow (almost) every class and did the right thing to get my degrees, I never felt any negativity during my 4,5 years of studying in a man's world. Not at school, not during my internships. I feel lucky to be a woman in technology, since I never expected it to be so enjoyable.
After my graduation in January this year, I started working at DMN-WESTINGHOUSE in April. At the drawing office, I have been working on 3D models in Solidworks, busy with implementing the Solidworks Product Data Management System and I've been modelling a Research & Development project. 'Of course' this office only consists of men, but I'm used to it and I like it. We have the same humour and we laugh a lot, not only on Fridays. I've also noticed that my colleagues are giving me the chance to learn by trial and error; just what every newbie needs. I also love that my work isn't all theoretical; it's just a one minute walk to the machinery, assembling and service department, where you're sensing the complete experience. I'm happy and proud to be part of DMN-WESTINGHOUSE, because we're creating excellent products with wonderful and dedicated people. Plus, they gave me a great opportunity to let me evolve.
To get back to women in technology: the companies I've worked for, including DMN-WESTINGHOUSE, never explicitly mentioned that I was a great female employee. They mentioned I was a great employee which I highly appreciate. Women don't need an award for being different because, (I guess) just like men, they want to be respected for their personality and skills, not gender. So luckily, being a woman in a man's world is not that hard as most people expect. To be honest: it's fun!
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