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A Conductor Reflects on the American Classics: CFA at Symphony Hall
Part two: Samuel Barber's praise, prayer, and judgment
On Monday, December 3, the Boston University Symphony Orchestra andSymphonic Chorus will perform the first of two annual concerts atBoston's Symphony Hall. More than 250 musicians — mostly from theCollege of Fine Arts school of music, but representing other BU schoolsand colleges as well — rehearse for weeks preparing for theperformance, which Ann Howard Jones, a CFA professor of music anddirector of choral activities, describes as an "experience that can seta standard by which all of their music-making can be measured."
"Thegoals for the performance are to reach artistic heights that areenhanced by playing and singing in a hall where the musicians canreally hear themselves," she says. "A young performer's musicaleducation is not complete without excellent performance of music of thehighest possible quality."
Monday's concert features works by American composers, including Charles Ives' Psalm 90, Samuel Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard,and Aaron Copland's Third Symphony. David Hoose, a CFA professor ofmusic and director of orchestral activities, will conduct theorchestra, and mezzo-soprano Penelope Bitzas, a CFA associate professorof music, will be the soloist. Hoose shares his thoughts on the workswith BU Today; below, he explores Barber's iconoclastic style and religious themes. Yesterdayhe reflected on Ives' role in furthering the American classicaltradition in the early 20th century; check back on Monday for histhoughts on Copland's World War II–era reflection on America.
Monday'sperformance takes place at 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall, 301 MassachusettsAve., Boston. Tickets are $35, $20, and $10 and are available at theSymphony Hall box office, 617-266-1200, and the Tsai Performance Centerbox office, 617-353-8724. For more information, click here.
Samuel Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard
By David Hoose
DistinctlyAmerican, but passionately cosmopolitan, Samuel Barber found his ownpath. He rejected Arnold Schoenberg's densely chromatic language,though he was devoted to the long-lined thought that defined Germanmusic for 150 years, including Schoenberg's. And he rejected both thecomplexities of Charles Ives' world (he couldn't abide the music) andthe cool intensity of Aaron Copland's, though the piercing rhythmicvigor of both drive much of his music. About himself, Barber wrote, "Iwrite what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer…. I think thatwhat's holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they mustcreate a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless…. Ijust go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certaincourage."
Though his music broke no huge barriers and defined nonew language, its deep feeling communicates so powerfully that it ishard to resist. Performers find his music gratifying to sing and play,and audiences — when given the opportunity — are rewarded by hismusic's energy, eloquence, and openness.
Barber's compositionaloutput, however, was fairly modest — making his impact on the musicalscene all the more remarkable — and even only a limited number of thoseworks are heard. The one symphony (a second was withdrawn), one or twoof the orchestral essays, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, the one string quartet (whose slow movement became the Adagio for Strings, a piece whose commercial misuse may be matched only by the unimaginative perversions of Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man), Summer Music(for wind quintet), and a generous number of songs that are staples ofyoung singers are about all that have much currency. The ViolinConcerto, known by conservatory-aged violinists, shows up on programsonly rarely, and the Piano Concerto even more rarely. The two largeoperas, Vanessa and Antony and Cleopatra, have, on the other hand, received some attention in recent years.
Among Barber's lesser-known compositions, however, there are gems. Music for a Scene from Shelley, the Third Essay, and Andromache's Farewell are among them. And his Prayers of Kierkegaardis one of the most ambitious and affecting. Barber took 12 years tocompose this work after it was commissioned by the Koussevitzky MusicFoundation. Given its premiere on December 3, 1954, by the BostonSymphony Orchestra, the Cecilia Society Chorus, and Leontyne Price (forwhom it was written), with Charles Munch conducting — and its New Yorkpremiere four days later, sung by the Schola Cantorum — it was receivedwith great eagerness and enthusiasm. Like much of his other music, thisextended single movement, multisectioned cantata for chorus, largeorchestra, soprano solo, and incidental contralto and tenor solos,integrates a carefully wrought lyrical line (the consistentcharacteristic of his music that ties him to the European tradition), avivid rhythmic sense (the American thought), evocative harmony (bothEuropean and American), and a creative sensitivity to the performingforces at hand.
For this cantata, Barber chose, adapted, andrearranged prayers and a sermon of Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), thephilosopher, theologian, and harsh critic of vacant formalities of theDanish church. Kierkegaard's theological and philosophical writings areoften intentionally complex and abstruse — he wrote that "the task mustbe made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble hearted" —but the words Barber selected, found in "The Unchangeableness of God"and "Christian Discourses," communicate with remarkable incisiveness.
Barber'sfluent musical thought penetrates and unveils these very personal wordsthrough a wide variety of musical ideas. The music presents the fourprayers in one extended movement, but each prayer receives a distinctcharacter and musical treatment in support of its theologicalperspective. The first, speaking of God the unchangeable, unfolds inthe oldest of musical thought, unaccompanied chant, the type of musicthat to Barber was "the only religious music possible." The completeprayer is offered, and the orchestra responds by quietly picking up thechant in imitative counterpoint — a younger musical process than chant.Gradually, the chorus and orchestra join and together they build untilthey surround the words "O Thou unchanging" in a swirling climax.
Thesupplicative second prayer, the only one uttered in the first personsingular, unfurls in a single voice, a soprano whose arching lineshover above a gentle rocking beneath. The third prayer begins withthick choral writing that suggests a Russian choir, and throughout itgrows only denser. Growing more and more determined, the music finallycatapults into a hedonistic orchestral dance, at the climax of whichthe chorus cries twice, "Father in Heaven!" The momentum eventuallyrelents, and from the dance's disappearing footsteps and amidst theringing of distant and deep bells, the fourth prayer begins in awhisper. Gradually, it gathers the conviction to become a hymn whosestraightforward Protestant bearing finds company in the words that askthat we be judged by our sins.
Prayers of Kierkegaardreveals the composer's clearest statement of his religious beliefs,Protestant thoughts that somehow find resonance in complexities of thearcane theologian's. About Kierkegaard's work, the composer observedthat "one finds his three basic traits of imagination, dialectic, andreligious melancholy. The truth he sought after was 'a truth which wasa truth for me,' one that demanded sacrifice and personal response."There could hardly be a more personal response than this one.
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I recently wrote an article based on the money and looks topic, and it was a received well. Now we are going to continue the theme, but this time with a listicle of random facts solidifying why money has a greater weighting in relationships. The moral of this post doesn't mean money is everything, but it just puts things in perspective to see the facts as to why money is so important in today's world. Money and relationships go hand and hand, and if your perceived to not have any mula, the dates will dry up like the Sahara Dessert.
I cant fathom how or why our culture is shifting so far into money being a prerequisite to dating someone. Hey if you have millions and look physically unappealing, I know for a fact that you can get a model to date you. If someone drives a fancy car it is assumed that the driver is well off. If you travel constantly and post Yolo all over Instagram, you'll probably get more than a few invitations to date.
Its about time we ask a serious question. What do you love more – The Money or the Relationships?
Money and Relationships and why Money has more weight than it seems in Relationships:
The number 1 cause of divorce is money fights / arguments
If you fight over money once a week as a couple, you have a 30% greater chance of separating.
Having good Credit is viewed as a must in order to get serious with new love interest.
A Divorce can drag on for years, unless the exact $$ settlement is given. Then all is forgotten and no more court appearances required. (Everyone is gone with the Wind)
Someone with a luxury car is perceived to have greater wealth and may get greater attention as a single person.
A poll was released that people who openly reveal income amounts above 250K annually get 3 times as many date emails on dating websites.
After years of relationship bliss and love, if one person messes up big time with money, it can lead to a break up.
People commit financial infidelity and keep money and purchases away from the love of their life (So who do you love more)
Millionaires are approached more often compared to non- rich singles no matter how the person looks
Products and gifts are purchased in greater numbers instead of buying experiences from 1 spouse to another for Christmas and birthdays.
Love has nothing to do with money, but people put money as a prerequisite to finding love. (Sad but True)
Can you believe some of the facts listed above? It is unfortunate that after being married for many years spouses have to hide purchases away from their loved ones. Financial infidelity is a real issue affecting many couples, and I don't know why anyone would place things or the thrill of buying things above their loved ones.
This is why I asked above who do you love more, the money, the things you bought with the money, or the spouse?
We didn't get married to the master card, so do not put a spouse above the almighty credit cards.
What can you do to be a better supporter of relationships and place money as a secondary thing in a relationship.
-Respect each other to be open and honest about any financial information
-Do not judge those who might appear to not have any money and get to know them before saying No
-Don't commit financial infidelity because it gives money all the power.
-Take time to communicate any money issues you are having with a spouse without getting emotional
– Seek out cool experiences over things when gift giving.


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With the holiday season among us and shoppers saving for all the great deals, why not go ahead and save to spend a little (or a lot) of cash at the big screen this season. The last couple of years have been relatively duds in the movie world with only a few great hits here and there, and only a couple greats coming out during the holidays. This year is bound to start the ball rolling in Hollywood again.
The holiday season is a very popular one for cinemas across the country, and is a great place to go with your family, take a date, or bond with friends while you're home. Previews and gossip have been circling around like wildfire for the movies premiering this holiday season, so let's take a sneak peak of what all is coming out.
Maybe a movie trailer that has fallen behind the excitement of Mockingjay and The Hobbit is that of Foxcatcher. This R-rated movie premiering today stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo, and contrary to your first thought, it is not a comedy. The movie will follow Carell into his transformation into a schizophrenic wrestling coach working with Olympian brothers, played by Ruffalo and Tatum, in an attempt to train another team for the '88 Olympics. This is a true crime story coming to the big screen from Bennett Miller, the director of "Capote," and "Moneyball." The film is already being acclaimed by the critics after its screening at Cannes and Carell may just be in the running for an Oscar.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1
If you are a fan of the popular books by Suzanne Collins, or just the movie franchise, you've been counting down the days to Nov. 21. Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen in this first half of the final book in the trilogy. The movie will pick up following the events of last year's Catching Fire and spends an amount of time trying to get to Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). The main conflict and well known plot is also led by Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Elizabanks, and the late Seymour Hoffman. In attempts to save the world from the evil capital, Mockingjay has the potential to make bank at the box office and dethrone Guardians of the Galaxy. The movie is rated Pg-13.
The Imitation Game
Fans of BBC's Sherlock will be excited to see the premiere of Benedict Cumberbatch's new movie The Imitation Game premiering on Nov. 21 as well. It has already received great reviews from its premiere in Toronto and it follows Cumberbatch's character, Alan Turing, through his pioneering on early computer systems and cracking Nazi Enigma codes. The movie also co-stars Kiera Knightley, Matthew Goode, and Mark Strong.
Horrible Bosses 2
To contrast the dramas this season, Horrible Bosses 2 will premiere on Nov. 28 and is a reunion sequel to Horrible Bosses. This R-rated comedy follows Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, and Charlie Day's characters through another criminal scheme. In addition to the original trio, Chris Pine and fan favorite Christoph Waltz joins the crew.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Biblical stories return to the big screen with Ridley Scott's Exodus on December 12. The film focuses on the rivalry of Moses, played by Christian Bale, and Ramsses II, portrayed by Joel Edgerton. On top of the already heavily starred film, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, and Aaron Paul also star.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The strongly awaited third installment of The Hobbit opens up on December 17. Peter Jackson completes his journey through Middle Earth with this final film of J.R.R. Tolkien's book by following Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and the rest of the company of dwarves in their final battle with Smaug (Also Benedict Cumberbatch), Sauron and the Orcs, and the fight for their lives. Sure to be a hit, this one will be the movie to beat to control the box-office.
Into the Woods
Also strongly casted and long awaited is the musical Into the Woods. Christmas day sees the release of many awaited movies, and this one is sure to bring movie goers out. The mash up of fairy tales stars Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, James Corden, and Emily Blunt. With this many stars what can go wrong?
Christmas Day and the weeks before also hold the release of many more movies. Be sure to hit the theaters this holiday season and see for yourself. Which movie are you most excited for? Tweet us @RCbracketyack and let us know!


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A perfect example of how flawed thinking results in flawed (and useless) data
This article is both rich and ripe with fodder. I hardly know where to begin, but let's trudge through this together. The title: "The relationship between mental health disorders and treatment outcomes among adults who stutter." Again, let's look at the assumptions the authors are making. Do we see articles on mental health disorders and the treatment of cerebral palsy? Do we see articles on mental health disorders and heart disease? Liver malfunction? No, you don't; "that's silly" is what you're probably thinking. But this is an anchor to the negative stuttering stereotype: unexplained phenomenon below the neckline is usually viewed as physical or medical. Unexplained phenomenon occurring above the neckline (such as stuttering, cluttering, Tourette's, etc) is generally not viewed as "medical", but rather a character flaw (or character weakness) of the person. This prejudice is encapsulated in the title.
So let's look at the article's premise. The authors cite that only 1/3 of those that go through stuttering treatment have any real kind of lasting result. And they're trying to figure out what makes this 1/3 'successful', and the other 2/3's failures. So they make the assumption that only those without mental disorders can retain therapeutic success post-treatment.
Let's delve into this a little further. What they're implying is that stuttering children and adults have mental health disorders. Ipso facto, it's our fault. If we were strong enough not to have these mental health disorders, then we could make stuttering therapy work for us. It's the old (bad) SLP playbook: "If first you don't succeed, blame the client."
But back to the study…The authors are predicting that only those without mental health disorders will retain therapeutic success. Stutterers that fail to succeed have mental health disorders. And what do you think they found? Data that supports their prejudicial assertion.
Now–how is this utterly and fatally flawed? It's flawed in the hearts of the "researchers". They're pairing the cause of stuttering and the failure of stuttering treatment with psychological disorders. These are the predjucial glasses that they wear. And if you look for something, predjicially, you'll be sure to find it. This is a perfect example of both: (a) pseudoscience, and (b) cargo-cult science. The authors fail to even respect or recognize that the cause of stuttering and failures in stuttering treatment are entirely beyond the realm of psychological or mental health disorders. But let me invalidate their entire study with one or two sentences. Those participants that scored as having a mental health disorders were more severe from the start; the stuttering ti-ger has been kicking their ass for an undocumented period of time, and this is being revealed in their psychological metric.
Looks like I just found yet-another crappy research article to use as an example in my classes. Keep it coming folks–this material helps my students become better and more critical scientific thinkers…


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At Together Church we believe that building healthy relationships with the people around us is an important part of building a healthy relationship with God. To a lot of people, building relationships with people can feel awkward and challenging that's why we have created together groups. Together Groups are a group of people that meet together all over the city once a week for about an hour and a half.
There are men's groups, women's groups and groups for married couples with all different ages and stages of life. The greatest part is that you get to choose a group. We will not put you in a group that you don't want to be in.
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text: As I mentioned in another thread, I emailed the NRL yesterday asking when they were planning on releasing dates for rounds 24-26 and why they've abandoned the '6 weeks in advance' policy. To my surprise I just received a reply. While not answering my second question, they did provide me with the following details. As mentioned elsewhere rd 24 has been released and we play the Dogs at 2pm Sun 21 Aug. Round 25 will be advised at the completion of round 21 and round 26 will be advised at the completion of round 23. I realise they are bowing to the whim of Fox and Nine, but it amazes me earlier in the season they were releasing dates 10 weeks in advance now we will soon be down to 3.


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More than 30 members of the public attended a neighborhood workshop Thursday night regarding the Fruitville Initiative, a Sarasota County planning project affecting more than 400 acres of land east of Interstate 75.
At the Fruitville Library, county staff took public input and discussed the project, which through public-private partnerships with property owners encourages a mixed-use, interconnected community on the mostly-vacant land north and south of Fruitville Road.
"We call this the anti-University Parkway," said Steve Suau, an engineer working on the project, which has been discussed for a decade. "We will have streets out the wazoo here (to support development). That's why we're trying to do a road network before development occurs. We haven't really planned like this in 100 years. Usually, we react to things. "
From here, the Sarasota County Commission needs to approve a rezone of roughly 360 acres and a critical area plan to direct the unique style of growth within the plan's boundaries.
After the planning commission reviews the plan this summer, county staff expects for the board to vote on the plan in September.
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Do Products Matter?
Most Direct Sales companies are product based. The product line is, by far, the most important aspect of any MLM program. First, ask yourself these questions;
- Are the products high in quality?
- Is the price competitive with similar products on the market or are they inflated to earn income for their associates?
- If you were not earning anything because of the MLM aspect of their program, would you still purchase the company's products at the retail price?
- Does this product line cross all gender and age sectors of the market?
- If you answered NO to any of these questions, then forget it. While some people are successful at building huge organizations, most people who get involved will never sponsor anyone and not even buy the product themselves. Will they continue to earn you money by purchasing and selling the products month after month if they aren't receiving any bonus from their down-line?
Now let's look at the product line from a distributor's viewpoint and ask these questions;
- Are the products consumable? If they are consumable, you can continue to sell these products month after month to the same loyal customers. Additionally, you will want to consider what the true market of the product line is.
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- The same goes for unique, one-of-a-kind products. How many people would actually buy the product? Always keep in mind that if the product line is unique to the company, it won't be unique for long if it really is successful. If there truly is demand for the product, then copy-cat products will hit the traditional stores and what was once a unique niche in the marketplace will become a highly competitive market where your products are likely very over-priced.
- Will your customers buy something based on price or quality? Nobody was ever sorry for buying the best, price matters, but it isn't the most important thing. The product must stand on its own to create repeat customers.
The Final things to consider when researching a product line are;
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- Can it cost effectively be mailed?
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- What are the history, reputation and guarantee behind your product line?
To be truly successful in this or any business is to believe in the product yourself. You must be your best customer. Your Passion must show through. You don't have to be the best salesman in the world, but you must believe in your company, product and profession and the world will come looking for what you have and who you are!
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- Renown Gospel DJ Soxxy and his wife have welcomed their second born, Ethan Wambage Kamau on Saturday, July 2
- The couple who already have a girl Eliana, recently shared their struggle with infertility urging those in similar struggles to seek support
Renowned Deejay and gospel television host Jackson Kamau, alias DJ Soxxy, has welcomed his second born, a son Ethan Wambage Kamau.
Soxxy and his wife Anne Wanjiku welcomed Ethan weighing 3.2kgs on Saturday, July 2 at 7.59am.
READ ALSO:DJ Soxxy opens up about going into the labour room with wife
DJ Soxxy took to his social media pages to share the good news with his fans
Congratulatory messages quickly followed afterwards.
Soxxy and Anne who have been married for now five years share a daughter, Eliana Wairimu Kamau.
Anne recently shared the couple's struggle with infertility after she was diagnosed with Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormone problem and a leading cause of infertility in Kenya.
She urged couples with such problems to pray and seek support.
Congratulation to the beautiful couple.
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Author has written 4 stories for Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun, Fullmetal Alchemist, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and Adventure Time with Finn and Jake.
Dear merciful lord preserve me from what I was.
For uh more recent introductions, uh...
yeah i write fanfiction sometimes.
Perfect-Wretched here. (obviously. If you so much as *le gasp*-ed there, GET OUT.)
Anyway, so yes, I am she. And I am /a/ she.
I have a terrible time with people who like to read my stories and then not say anything on the quality of said story. *pointed look*
My favorite things in the biggest wide world would have to be manga, chocolate, video games, and really good movies. (like Twilight//shot//brick'd//stabb'd JK.)
I love to write and draw, though I consider myself to be horrid at both, (narcissim, wherefore art thou? [and yes, I realize what 'wherefore' means. Shut it.]), I get distracted easily and have a horrible time staying on track, (You see, the results haven't come back ye-OMGASQUIRREL.), and I can carry on a conversation entirely in movie quotes, manga quotes, comic book quotes, and, of course, Internet-memeian. (U mad?)
I seriously talk like this in the real world. Except with a lot more conversations about cannibalism in society, (could always be a backup plan, don't judge.), all possible meanings of the phrase "Fold it in half", interesting nicknames, possible cartoons that could feasibly air as adorable cartoons in the future (Kezzy-Wez and Tater Tot), evil laughter, and something called "murrhing".
Favorite manga: Nightmare Inspector
Favorite Anime: Durarara!!!
Favorite Song: (ATM; my tastes change often, and I do not hold any particular sort of loyalty to any artist or band.) Don't You Dare Forget the Sun by Get Scared
Don't stay too long!
You might become mad, too. 8}


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|By Kevin Benedict
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|May 5, 2016 12:30 PM EDT
The words "digital transformation" appear everywhere today. I use them in discussions daily. They describe the era we live in - an era where the rules of business, strategies and the pace of business have changed. In this era the manner in which we operate our businesses, and interact with our customers, suppliers, employees, partners and even physical objects have changed. This new era is different. We feel urgency for more information, deeper insights, faster operational tempos and business agility. We recognize a need for change, but to what?
I propose that it is important to understand how we got to the era of digital transformation. What path led us here? What are the contributing factors? For that purpose, let's begin by considering how we moved over the past decade from a commercial environment full of disconnected unknowns, to the world of connected knowns. How we evolved from mass markets of faceless customers to precision markets of one. How did we get here today? I posit that rapid advances in six areas have converged to create the era of digital transformation:
I propose that it is important to understand how we got to the era of digital transformation. What path led us here? What are the contributing factors? For that purpose, let's begin by considering how we moved over the past decade from a commercial environment full of disconnected unknowns, to the world of connected knowns today. How did we get here? I posit that rapid advances in six areas have converged to create the era of digital transformation:
- Hardware
- Software
- Networks (cables, wireless and human)
- Societal and industry comprehension
- Democratization of technology at scale (low costs & mass adoption)
- Moving beyond human time to digital time
The evolutionary path to digital transformation followed a timeline that included the invention and development of the following[1]:
- Computers & Moore's Law
- Memory and data storage
- Mass adoption of PCs and laptops
- Local Networks
- ERPs
- The internet
- Mobile networks and mobile phones
- Mass global adoption of wireless devices (laptops, mobile phones, tablets, smartphones, wearables, sensors)
- Proliferation of websites and online activity
- Rapid adoption and expansion of online and mobile databases and search
- Rapid adoption and expansion of online marketplaces and reviews
- Rapid adoption of online and now mobile payments
- The transformation from physical to digital (think retail stores to e-commerce, and now m-commerce)
- Move from paper documents to digits
- Rapid expansion of embedded computers
- Rapid adoption and proliferation of mobile apps and the mobile web
- Online gaming
- Rapid transformation from traditional marketing to digital and mobile marketing
- Rapid addition of smartphone enabled sensors
- Rapid evolution and adoption of online social networks, social media sites and content sharing
- Online classified sites (e.g. Craig's List)
- Rapid emergence of the sharing economy (e.g. Airbnb, Uber, etc.)
- Rapid adoption of online education services
- Rapid adoption and expansion of online entertainment movies, TV programs and streaming music
- Wearables
- Cloud computing
- Rapid emergence of cloud based platforms for everything
- Internet of Things
- Industrial Internet (telematics, smart grids)
- Proliferation of analytics and reporting
- Mobile wallets
- Development of advanced algorithms
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Augmented reality
- Robotic process automation
All of these innovations and advances, and our adoption of them, changed us. We are different consumers. We are different employers and employees. Our expectations increased. We became impatient and mobile. We became global. We demand immediate, accurate and real-time responses. We want personalized and contextually relevant experiences. We want digital experiences that are beautiful, simple and elegant. We want instant access to all products, services, news, information and friends' status. We want to share our lives instantly and globally. We want to find things, buy things, move money and complete transactions from anywhere at anytime.
All of these innovations and our resulting behavioral changes - changed commercial marketplaces and brought us to the tipping point. Definition of tipping point: the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more drastic change. That drastic change today is - digital transformation.
Read more on digital transformation strategies here:
- Digital Transformation Requires Agility and Energy Measurement
- A Doctrine for Digital Transformation is Required
- The Advantages of Advantage in Digital Transformation
- Digital Transformation and Its Role in Mobility and Competition
- Digital Transformation - A Revolution in Precision Through IoT, Analytics and Mobility
- Competing in Digital Transformation and Mobility
- Ambiguity and Digital Transformation
- Digital Transformation and Mobility - Macro-Forces and Timing
- Mobile and IoT Technologies are Inside the Curve of Human Time
[1] Not a definitive list
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"There's plenty of bandwidth out there but it's never in the right place. So what Cedexis does is uses data to work out the best pathways to get data from the origin to the person who wants to get it," explained Simon Jones, Evangelist and Head of Marketing at Cedexis, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"Cloud Academy is an enterprise training platform for the cloud, specifically public clouds. We offer guided learning experiences on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and all the surrounding methodologies and technologies that you need to know and your teams need to know in order to leverage the full benefits of the cloud," explained Alex Brower, VP of Marketing at Cloud Academy, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clar...
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Large industrial manufacturing organizations are adopting the agile principles of cloud software companies. The industrial manufacturing development process has not scaled over time. Now that design CAD teams are geographically distributed, centralizing their work is key. With large multi-gigabyte projects, outdated tools have stifled industrial team agility, time-to-market milestones, and impacted P&L stakeholders.
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Gemini is Yahoo's native and search advertising platform. To ensure the quality of a complex distributed system that spans multiple products and components and across various desktop websites and mobile app and web experiences – both Yahoo owned and operated and third-party syndication (supply), with complex interaction with more than a billion users and numerous advertisers globally (demand) – it becomes imperative to automate a set of end-to-end tests 24x7 to detect bugs and regression. In th...
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"Akvelon is a software development company and we also provide consultancy services to folks who are looking to scale or accelerate their engineering roadmaps," explained Jeremiah Mothersell, Marketing Manager at Akvelon, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that CrowdReviews.com has been named "Media Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 22nd International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 5–7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. CrowdReviews.com is a transparent online platform for determining which products and services are the best based on the opinion of the crowd. The crowd consists of Internet users that have experienced products and services first-hand and have an interest in letting other potential buye...
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"IBM is really all in on blockchain. We take a look at sort of the history of blockchain ledger technologies. It started out with bitcoin, Ethereum, and IBM evaluated these particular blockchain technologies and found they were anonymous and permissionless and that many companies were looking for permissioned blockchain," stated René Bostic, Technical VP of the IBM Cloud Unit in North America, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Conventi...
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It is of utmost importance for the future success of WebRTC to ensure that interoperability is operational between web browsers and any WebRTC-compliant client. To be guaranteed as operational and effective, interoperability must be tested extensively by establishing WebRTC data and media connections between different web browsers running on different devices and operating systems. In his session at WebRTC Summit at @ThingsExpo, Dr. Alex Gouaillard, CEO and Founder of CoSMo Software, presented ...
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WebRTC is great technology to build your own communication tools. It will be even more exciting experience it with advanced devices, such as a 360 Camera, 360 microphone, and a depth sensor camera. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Masashi Ganeko, a manager at INFOCOM Corporation, introduced two experimental projects from his team and what they learned from them. "Shotoku Tamago" uses the robot audition software HARK to track speakers in 360 video of a remote party. "Virtual Teleport" uses a multip...
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A strange thing is happening along the way to the Internet of Things, namely far too many devices to work with and manage. It has become clear that we'll need much higher efficiency user experiences that can allow us to more easily and scalably work with the thousands of devices that will soon be in each of our lives. Enter the conversational interface revolution, combining bots we can literally talk with, gesture to, and even direct with our thoughts, with embedded artificial intelligence, whic...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Evatronix will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Evatronix SA offers comprehensive solutions in the design and implementation of electronic systems, in CAD / CAM deployment, and also is a designer and manufacturer of advanced 3D scanners for professional applications.
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Leading companies, from the Global Fortune 500 to the smallest companies, are adopting hybrid cloud as the path to business advantage. Hybrid cloud depends on cloud services and on-premises infrastructure working in unison. Successful implementations require new levels of data mobility, enabled by an automated and seamless flow across on-premises and cloud resources. In his general session at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Tevis, an IBM Storage Software Technical Strategist and Customer Solution Architec...
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To get the most out of their data, successful companies are not focusing on queries and data lakes, they are actively integrating analytics into their operations with a data-first application development approach. Real-time adjustments to improve revenues, reduce costs, or mitigate risk rely on applications that minimize latency on a variety of data sources. In his session at @BigDataExpo, Jack Norris, Senior Vice President, Data and Applications at MapR Technologies, reviewed best practices to ...
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An increasing number of companies are creating products that combine data with analytical capabilities. Running interactive queries on Big Data requires complex architectures to store and query data effectively, typically involving data streams, an choosing efficient file format/database and multiple independent systems that are tied together through custom-engineered pipelines. In his session at @BigDataExpo at @ThingsExpo, Tomer Levi, a senior software engineer at Intel's Advanced Analytics gr...
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When talking IoT we often focus on the devices, the sensors, the hardware itself. The new smart appliances, the new smart or self-driving cars (which are amalgamations of many 'things'). When we are looking at the world of IoT, we should take a step back, look at the big picture. What value are these devices providing? IoT is not about the devices, it's about the data consumed and generated. The devices are tools, mechanisms, conduits. In his session at Internet of Things at Cloud Expo | DXWor...
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New accounting standards: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and UK GAAP
As the recognised global accounting standard, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have now been adopted by over 100 jurisdictions worldwide. In each jurisdiction where the standard has been adopted, IFRS tends to be mandatory for listed companies and some larger unlisted companies, permissible for all unlisted companies and increasingly permissible for SMEs.
In the UK, IFRS is mandatory for listed companies. With effect from accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2015, a new set of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) will apply to all other businesses in the UK. Consequently, accounting standards are changing again with the introduction of FRS 102 to replace the previous Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) accounting framework.
Some companies have always been able to choose which accounting framework they want to base their accounts on, whether IFRS, full FRS or the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (FRSSE). But with the introduction of FRS 102 replacing the FRS framework, there is now even greater reason to reconsider whether your accounting framework is best for you. Because there are subtle differences between the frameworks, which are all acceptable, there can be differences in how certain information and transactions are presented and in how Corporation Tax is calculated.
FRS 102 - the new accounting standard for large and medium sized companies, mandatory for accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2015. However, early adoption is permitted. The purpose of FRS 102 is to bring the presentation of the financial statements closer in line with IFRS, but without the full disclosure requirements of IFRS.
FRSSE - the accounting framework for small companies. This too has been updated for accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2015 and early adoption is permitted. The new version is largely the same as the previous version, other than in respect of goodwill amortisation which now has a deemed useful economic life of 5 years (previously 20 years), unless it can be reliably estimated.
There will also be a new regime for micro-entities (defined as having at least two of the following characteristics: Turnover < £632,000, Gross assets < £316,000, Employees <11). Qualifying companies will soon be able to present their accounts with reduced disclosures and will be exempt from certain parts of the FRSSE. Although the legislation permitting micro-entity accounts is in place, the FRSSE specifying the changes has not yet been finalised.
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Bloc leader says Harper lying about earlier coalition bid
By: The Canadian Press
MONTREAL - Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is lying when he says there was no plan in 2004 to build a political coalition to replace the then-Liberal government.
Harper has repeatedly raised the spectre of a Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition taking over if he fails to get his longed-for majority.
The prime minister says it's undemocratic for a second-place party to try to take power.
But Duceppe says Harper wanted to form his own coalition seven years ago against Paul Martin's Liberals.
He said there was a key meeting in a Montreal hotel where the subject of the opposition parties banding together against Martin was thrashed out.
Duceppe says Harper asked him at the time what the Bloc would like to see in the throne speech.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Harper would never lie, would he?
Posted by Brent Fullard at 11:08 AM
3 comments:
- Dr Mike said...
One thing about Gilles , he is the consummate European politician where you don`t flower a speech , you tell it like it is--- it helps to have the original letter in your possession.
A secret meeting in the Delta hotel in downtown Montreal led to the re-writing of the rules of parliament by the 3 in the union , the Cons , the Dippers & the Bloc.
These new rules were then presented to Paul Martin & he had no choice but to accept them as they were the will of the majority.
Can`t wait for Harper to bring up the specter of the Coalition at the debates , & Gilles hits him between his eyes with his own words.
This has the potential to remove Harper`s most valuable weapon , fear.
Way to go Gilles & thank you.
Dr Mike Popovich
- March 26, 2011 at 11:28 AM
Harper's not the problem. His nutty professor reads too much Plato.
Ya see, in the Republic, Plato fancies that the filosofer-ruler will have to lie every now and then to do a proper job.
So the nutty professor has sold his twinkly-eyed student on the hypothesis 'If the filosofer-ruler must lie to do a good job, then you must lie to confirm that you are doing a proper job.'
The problem is that the nutty professor has not defined 'the proper job.' But being a super student of Plato in the Academy of the foothills, he knows that he can fix that issue in his next reincarnation.
- March 26, 2011 at 2:11 PM
I am just wondering to what extent the Press will go to ignore Harpers previous attempts at creating the "Hated Coalition"? Today the Boggy man's busy inciting panic and fear of a Coalition which this two faced Pr..k embraced in 2004.
- March 27, 2011 at 12:40 PM


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And with 70% of new business stemming from referrals, success for their clients is something the Smartequity team has achieved in abundance.
The Smartequity team understands that an effective employee share plan is about far more than the plan itself. Engagement at every level of the organisation – from the board to the workforce at large - is critical to the success of the plan, and where the Smartequity way makes the difference.
Smartequity is certified by ASIC and carries an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) which demands a superior level of accuracy and compliance. Over and above its diligent administering of different plan types, Smartequity works to engage, educate and empower eligible employees with tailored seminars, handbooks and ongoing support so that employees feel confident in participating and a sense of ownership in successful outcomes for the business.
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'X-Factor,' Season 1, Episode 9: TV Recap
Tuesday marked the first night of live performances, and host Steve Jones didn't hesitate to highlight the stakes right off the bat when he said, "it's all come down to this." Unlike other competition shows, however, the judges sequestered the singers that they're mentoring, and following a performance from each of them, their designated judge will vote for three of them to go through, and for one to go home.
L.A. Reid mentored the Boys under 30, and the first act he brought out was Astro, a 14-year-old rapper who turned a mashup of Wrecks-N-Effect's "Rump Shaker" and Kris Kross' "Jump" into a showcase for his quite frankly extraordinary talent. Afterward, Paula Abdul observed, "this is what you're going to be doing your whole life." Cowell offered what initially seemed like a backhanded compliment, but he eventually admitted, "you come out on this stage and just killed everybody."


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PBOC's Hu on the Yuan, U.S. and Global Economy
Hu Xiaolian, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, sat for an interview Tuesday with The Wall Street Journal. She is the most senior of five deputy governors under central bank head Zhou Xiaochuan and has been the front person for the new currency policy the central bank rolled out in June.
Previously she was also head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the arm of the central bank responsible for managing China's foreign exchange reserves. Edited excerpts from the interview:
On China's plans to liberalize the use of the yuan for cross-border trade and investment
"The expansion of pilot programs of yuan settlement of cross-border trade is based on increasing market demand. Following the outbreak of the financial crisis, there have been large fluctuations in exchange rates of major settlement currencies. Companies have a real need to manage their exchange rate risk. Particularly for China in its trade with other developing countries, both sides want to use their own currencies to settle trade. Also, the policies adopted by the Chinese government in response to the financial crisis have increased international confidence in China and the yuan. In general, market demand is the driving force for the yuan to be used in cross-border trade and investment.
"In response to the market demand and to facilitate trade and investment, we will gradually lift the restrictions on the use of the yuan. In the old days when foreign exchange was in short supply, all trade and investment activities were required to be settled in foreign currencies. Now we want to assess the new situation, consider the real market need, and gradually lift these restrictions.
"There's now demand for the yuan to be used in cross-border investment and we'll consider that as a next step. That includes outward investment made by Chinese enterprises and also outside enterprises and institutions that have satisfied certain requirements investing in China. As long as there is a demand we will consider such changes.
"In our view there are many conditions that must be met before a currency can be regarded as an international currency. The yuan has a long distance to go before it can become an international currency."
On U.S. pressure for the yuan to appreciate more quickly against the dollar
"My view is that the yuan doesn't have a key role to play in rebalancing bilateral trade between the U.S. and China. I don't think excessive argument and criticism on this issue will help, but I think it's important to encourage communication for better understanding. Implementation of structural policies deserves more attention.
"We emphasize that the yuan exchange rate has moved close to its equilibrium level as measured by the current account surplus as a percentage of GDP…You can see the percentage has been declining. We also emphasize that if you look at trade, you need to look at trade with the rest of the world and not just one country."
On the need to rebalance the global economy
"The Chinese government has taken a lot of measures to boost domestic demand and encourage consumers to consume. The growth pattern of the Chinese economy will gradually shift. We have been taking concrete action and we hope there will also be some change in the growth pattern of the U.S. economy. The U.S. economy should move away from overconsumption based on excessive borrowing and savings should grow. "
On the management of China's foreign exchange reserves
"When SAFE invests China's foreign exchange reserves, there's no difference with other central banks, that is, it focuses on safety, liquidity and return. These investment activities should not be politicalized.
"In international markets, China is a responsible investor. We invest for the long term. If there are misunderstandings, we will resolve them by communication."
On the global economy
"The global economy is still recovering, sure. But the recovery will be quite slow and with some volatility."
– Rebecca Blumenstein, Andrew Browne and Dinny McMahon


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Miller AndersonLabel: MIG Music
Release Date: 06 January 2014
Format: LP Vinyl
|Miller Anderson Bluesheart Limited Collector's Edition Blue Vinyl LP
Bluesheart is officially Millers fourth solo album and features a selection of original Anderson songs, including a re-recording of High Tide and High Water from Bright City.
Bluesheart was co produced by future Miller Anderson Band bass player Kris Gray with Miller. The studio band consisted of Chris Farlowes musicians with Norman Beaker (guitar), John Price (bass), Dave Baldwin (keyboards), Paul Burgess (drums) and Deep Purple organ player Jon Lord guests on two tracks.
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Sense of Taste MythBy Health Blog on August 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
Did you know that the tongue map where the tongue was supposed to sense different tastes on different parts is a myth? It was taught in schools around the world to be a fact that different areas of the tongue cater to different tastes which has been scientifically proven to be false. The reality of it is that the tongue senses all tastes from all parts of the tongue.
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Gingivitis SymptomsBy Health Blog on May 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
Gingivitis is the inflammation of gum tissue often caused by poor dental hygiene. It can cause swollen gums, gum tissue to become inflamed red or purple, bleeding gums, and gums which are often sore or tender.
While proper oral hygiene is the most common preventative cure for gingivitis, there are two different types of the periodontal disease; dental plaque induced gingivitis and the non plaque induced gingival lesions. The most common type of gingivitis is plaque induced which is usually prevented with improved dental hygiene.
If gingivitis symptoms occur you should first see your dentist or dental hygienist, but if the symptoms are very mild or you simply wish to avoid plaque induced gingivitis, there are a few things you can do.
- Brush your teeth daily, morning and night
- Floss your teeth daily
- Regularly use an anti gingivitis mouthwash recommended by your dentist
- It is also recommended to have your teeth cleaned regularly by your dentist to remove the plaque build up which brushing misses.
Good oral hygiene promotes all over general health and eliminates any health problems caused by poor oral hygiene.
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How to solve the problem of tonsils?By Health Blog on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
This is one of the problems that make us difficult to breathe and eat or drink anything. This problem generally occurs along with common cold. The throat may be red and hurt. When we already have the problem of tonsils then they create more problem when you eat or drink some cold items or during the winter season due to climate. The tonsils forms lumps on each side of the throat and become very painful and we can also get fever when suffering from this problem.
There are some temporary treatment tips that can reduce the hardness of this problem but they are permanent and can show again when climate changes to cold or when we drink or eat cold items. The permanent treatment is tonsillectomy through which can completely remove them.
- Temporary treatment methods:
- Gargle with warm water with some salt in that water.
- Take Paracetamol tablet for fever and pain.
- If the problem continues with fever for more days then it might be a danger sign of rheumatic fever and this treated through penicillin.
- If the child has tonsils very often then take the medical help.
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Works of TongueBy Health Blog on October 7, 2010 | No Comments
Body's most unusual and most flexible muscle in the body is the tongue which makes us to speak, chew, gallop and sense the taste. It allows the control and manipulation of food and speaks. This enriches food digestion and speaks flow. On observation we can find the tongue in to different shapes. What could be the reason which makes only tongue to change its shape when it's not possible with other muscles? The composition of skeletal muscle fiber enriches your life with flow of sweet and hard accent oriented talk. Let's find what makes your tongue to speak, taste and digests your food.
Things makes to Fulfill tongue's Diverse Responsibilities:
Its Role in Food digestion: Tongue plays the role of molding and chewing the food in mouth along with the cheeks. This enriches the digestive process in quite easy way. This is the reason for suggesting chewing the food for at least 10times.
Tongue is the most musical fiber that gets lace with in a surrounded skeletal bone perceiving the secured organs. This peripheral sense organ has the sensation towards heat, cold, pain and pressure.
Beneath the Tongue:
The symmetrical structure of tongue and muscles have two halves got divided by medium septum. Its composition is of extrinsic and intrinsic muscles. Each plays a different role and is initiated at different locations of body.
Extrinsic Muscle:
The very long extrinsic muscle is root is from somewhere in deep of the body, connects to the bone of the surrounding mouth and provides the movements to it. The stylaglosus, palatoglousus makes its movement where as geniglossus enriches the depression and thirstiness.
This extrinsic got laced with the jaw bone called hyoid bone for supporting the tongue, styloid processes and temporal lobes. Its u shaped structure hyoid bone suspends the styloid processes with the help of ligaments and muscles.
Intrinsic Muscle:
These intrinsic muscles originate from the tongue and it's the cause of tongue flexibility like contracting and expanding in different shapes. Intrinsic includes longitudinalis inferior, transverses linguae, verticalis linguae, longitudinalis superior which plays the keen role in speech process.
Mucous Membrane:
Mucous membrane is a double layered cover over the tongue which prevents the entering of intruders like microbes, pathogens in to the digestive system. Its covers the muscle mass and fat of tongue and secrets the mucus and keeps the mouth and food always moist.
Taste buds:
The taste which we sense while eating makes us feel different moments (tasty, spicy, sweet, hot, etc). Its due to the taste buds around the tongue which are named as papillae. This makes the actual friction between the tongue and food.
Small structured taste buds fixed in the papillae are made up of basal and supporting cells which maintain 50 gustatory receptor cells which are simulated by the chemical solutions.
Speech Instrument:
Tongue is the most vital speech instrument for the human body. The world of phonetics is generated just because of speech ability. There are vowels which specially needs the help of tongue, any of its malfunctioning can leads to the issues in speech.
A small flexible tongue have big role in human for interaction, finding the tastes of cusisine.
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Teeth BleachingBy Health Blog on August 10, 2010 | No Comments
Every one of us is seeking for perfection in appearance going through different cosmetic process. It can be face, skin or teeth. Whatever the problem is, there is a solution for every problem either temporarily or permanently. Among all having genuine white teeth without any defects is rare. The reasons for it could be addictions, things consumed, genus, use of fluoride water. In order to obtain such natural whiten teeth, many of us consult doctors and goes through different treatments. Among all, teeth whitening are mostly preferred by all of us. And for that mostly accepted solution is tooth bleaching. But tooth whitening can lead to several problems which may turn to non solution issues. This articles deals with the problems which will rise because of bleaching teeth using various methods.
Tooth Bleaching
Tooth bleaching and whitening are meant for the removal of stains over the teeth. Based on the status of teeth stain, the bleaching techniques will be applied. Stains will be generally categorized in to extrinsic and intrinsic stains. Extrinsic stains over teeth take place because of prolonged consumption of coffee, tea, alcohol, tobacco etc. Whereas intrinsic stains occurs due to the excess fluoride injection in body, trauma and drugs addiction. Sometimes it can be of teeth color from birth, thickness of color. For all this, there is a solution through bleaching.
By consulting the dentist, they offer high level of peroxide after cleansing the teeth and covering the gums. For optimal results they suggest for two more sittings. Apart from this, there are general home usage kits, which can be directly used by the users without the involvements of doctor's consultation. But for this, user has to choose the side effects free teeth whitening kits.
This cosmetic teeth procedure a double package, it offers white teeth and offers few side effects. The side effects can vary from minute to non curable cases. Few of them are gum irritation, enamel damage, leakage, zingers, tooth sensitivity, leakage, and oral cancer.
Bleach Leakage:
The bleach leakage may takes place when patient has the cracked tooth. The bleach moves in to tooth and effects tooth pulp. And it results to severe pain and to resolve this again, dentist need to perform root canal procedure.
Irritation of Gums:
Due to the teeth whiteners of hydrogen peroxide, there is chance of gums irritation if they are not covered safely. This irritation in patients range from mild to moderate based on the usage of bleaching.
Zingers by Home teeth bleaching:
By the home teeth bleaching techniques, there is a chance to cause intense, sharp pains which are named as Zingers. There is no specific reason for the cause of zingers, but many studies states that it's because of car amide peroxide level in the teeth whitening gel.
Tooth sensitivity is another problem which occurs during this cosmetic procedure. It's based on the patient's level of reaction towards whitening bleach. Doctors can suggest applying desensitizing gels before or after the treatment.
Loosing Enamel:
Enamel is the most important factor for healthy teeth. By the usage of few of the home made remedies, there are hard chemicals which can affect the enamel of teeth and results to drastic cases of tooth gums.
Many researches also posted that there is very close relation between the whitening bleaches and oral cancer. Over usage of teeth whitening bleach can affect the tongue and thoughts and results to the birth of oral cancer.
Usage of cosmetic process for the whitening teeth is preferable, but it should not lead to over usage which results to unbearable side effects. Before going through any cosmetic dental process, consult the doctor and get clarified with its positive and negative effects and step forward.
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Damn – ugh! Its every year at about this time that I quite simply shut down. I get the winter blues. Like a delicate flower, I need sun, sand, water and a little fertilization (in the form of alcohol). I need a vacation. So when you watch this video, just know that I wished I was somewhere else while I was shooting it.
Anywho, we've made some serious progress on this place in just a few short weeks. We're essentially ready for sheetrock. Check it out now, 'cause the next time you'll see it, it will be a whole different place.
Here we are back again at 775 Yale Ave – 21229. I wanted to share some video of the project with you. The size and layout of this house presented several challenges. In all the deals I have done, I can not remember taking on such a small house. I once vowed never to do a 2 bedroom house – and who knows, I may live to regret taking on this one – but only time will tell.
Like many rowhouses in Baltimore City, this house is dissected by the stairway. Talk about stupid, outdated design. The stairs actually cut this very small house in half. So basically, you enter in the living room, walk 10 steps, and your greeting a small opening into the kitchen or the stairs leading upstairs to your right. Its tough to make a house like this feel modern and open. But, I think we at the very least opened up the kitchen / dining room. We also made the best use of the small space in the basement
Here's a short video of what we're doing in the basement.
Look how small this kitchen is. We'll change all that!
Finally, I had a little fun making a video of the new parking area. Shhh….don't tell me wife about this one. She hates when I smoke cigars before noon.
Whew! This one is gonna be WILD. OK, I can't lie to you all. I have a confession. 775 Yale Ave is already done. I've just been way too lazy to blog lately.
For now, let me take you back in time.
Feast your eyes on 775 Yale Ave – 21229. This 2 bed, 1 bath tiny rowhouse in Baltimore is a massive departure from the full-gut real estate rehab projects that you normally see me tackle. Honestly, when I looked at this house – I initially thought – "Hmmmm…..so small. What can we really do here?" Well let me tell ya, we turned this Motha' OUT! You'll have to stay tuned for the after pics, but for now look at this crappy piece of mess in its original state.
Again, its 2 beds, 1 bath.
For the rehab, we'll finish the basement with a new full-bath, combine the kitchen and the dining room into one fabulous kitchen, gut the original bath, add new plumbing, update the electric, add a new parking area in the rear, and will also add 2 feet to the rear deck to make it much more livable.
We acquired this property right off the MLS. It was a bank-owned property that we made ridiculous offer on – and low and behold, the offer was accepted. Just proves once again, crazy offers do work.
You may be asking, "Why add new plumbing?" Good question. Vandals, a kinder way of saying CRACK-HEADS got to this vacant house (as they often do) and stole most of the copper. They also used it as a crack-house for a while. At some point they decided to use one of the closets as a toilet, and even left us a little gift. That's the glamorous side of RE investing, huh?
Here are the numbers:
$ 68,000 Purchase
$ 36,000 Rehab
Even after holding, and all other soft costs – we should make a pretty tidy profit on this one.
Here are the before photos:


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School Choice and Individual Liberty
In early 2009, one of President Obama's first acts in office was to end the DC school voucher program. He even sought to revoke scholarships that had already been promised to children for the coming term. The children who benefitted from the program were mostly of African American descent, a constituency Obama carried by 96% in 2008. The voucher recipients' parents likely voted for the President, trusting him with looking out for their families. What's worse, two of the voucher recipients set to lose their scholarships attended Sidwell Friends, the same school where Obama's children are enrolled. Ever since taking office, President Obama has maintained a pernicious fixation on rooting out school choice programs.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have instituted voucher programs. Voucher programs allow students from low-income families to escape failing schools. Parents who qualify may send their child to a private school or, in some cases, a better-performing public school in another district. The state either directly provides tax dollars or facilitates the distribution of private funds in order to cover tuition. A lottery system is used in all of the voucher programs to determine which children are selected.
Louisiana is the latest frontier in the fight for school choice. A student is eligible for the state's program if his or her family lives at 250% or less of the poverty line, and he or she attends a failing school. The program has initially proven to be wildly popular and successful. Ninety-three percent of parents whose children receive vouchers approve of the law. That's no surprise, given that, from 2011 to 2013 alone, there was a seven percent increase in math and literacy performance among voucher recipients. And it is reasonable to believe that those results will only improve as the program expands.
In August, the Justice Department abruptly intervened to halt the Louisiana Scholarship Program, the state's voucher initiative, on the grounds that it exacerbates segregation in public schools. As students leave certain schools and migrate to others, the logic goes, the racial make-up at each end is changed. The Louisiana voucher program, according to the Justice Department, actually skews the racial balance between certain schools and their surrounding communities, thereby violating federal desegregation orders. The Justice Department claims jurisdiction in the case due to its authority to monitor the racial make up of schools within districts that are mired by a history of segregation. Vouchers worsen segregation in some schools that fall under the federal government's purview, the Justice Department holds.
Note the slippery way that the Justice Department presents the data to support its case. The brief reads, "In the 2012-2013 school year, the state awarded scholarships to at least 570 students from 22, or nearly two-thirds, of the school districts operating under federal desegregation orders." These scholarships, the brief holds, further skewed the racial make-up of thirty-four schools across thirteen districts. Percent changes of racial demographics within the schools in question are conspicuously absent from the Justice Department's analysis. No information on the supposedly worsening segregation's scale is readily presented.
The Justice Department cites two examples–tucked into footnotes–to back up its allegations of increased segregation: one school lost six students in 2011, and another lost five in 2012. Well, Jason Bedrick of the Cato Institute did the math. The resulting racial demographic shifts in both schools amount to under one percent. It's no wonder that the Justice Department found no statistically significant evidence that vouchers exacerbate segregation. A study by Education Next found that eighty-three percent of vouchers actually helped to integrate public schools, as 685 of the 828 vouchers examined lead to demographic shifts that left schools more racially integrated. The program reconciled the racial demographics of the failing public schools from which students were fleeing with those institutions' surrounding communities. Put another way, the students who fled were already in schools in which their racial demographic was already over represented. So, the Louisiana Scholarship Program accomplishes what the Justice Department alleges it hinders.
Overwhelming bipartisan outcry has forced the Justice Department to stand down, if only temporarily. Governor Bobby Jindal, along with congressional leaders, has led a public campaign to expose the administration's sinister tactics. In fact, Louisiana has agreed to continue to share data about its voucher program with the federal government so that it may continue to monitor the situation. The Justice Department claims it's looking for worsening segregation as a result of the scholarship initiative. But it's hard to image what the government is expecting to find, seeing as the vouchers actually integrate schools.
With its Louisiana intervention, the Justice Department invoked the federal government's desegregation authority to trap children–who are disproportionately black–in failing schools. This government intervention perverted the intent of desegregation laws; poor and minority children will suffer if it succeeds. President Obama and Eric Holder must recognize the irony of invoking desegregation laws to limit opportunities for black children. The administration may well desire to help the poor and improve education. But the attack on Louisiana school choice exposes Obama's primary dedication to liberal ideology, and the unending intrusion of government that it demands.