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Do You Struggle With Meditation? This Is What's Blocking You
"I can't seem to focus."
"My thoughts won't go away."
Does this sound familiar? If you struggle to find stillness when you sit down to meditate, you're probably searching for what Deepak Chopra describes as "The Gap."
Here are four common reasons why you might not be meditating effectively:
1. You think something is wrong with you because you "can't" meditate.
Nothing is wrong with you — it's totally normal to have thoughts during meditation. But instead of getting frustrated about achieving perfection in meditation, gently push your thoughts aside and re-center yourself.
Will this take some time and practice? Absolutely. It is said we have around 50,000 thoughts a day, so don't feel discouraged. But the point of meditation is to find that peace and balance within yourself, so getting upset during the process is counterproductive. Relax and enjoy the experience. Soon, these thoughts will come and go in the background without distracting you.
2. You meditate in the noise of the day.
Meditating in the beginning of the day makes a big difference. Your mind is fresh and temporarily in a peaceful state from restful slumber. It's easier to meditate before you answer emails and the messages from your boss. You don't want to find yourself anxiously thinking about meditating while trying to meditate, because you've already distracted yourself from your responsibilities for the day. You will find as your day goes on that it's so much easier to re-center yourself, once you've already established that center beforehand.
3. You're thinking past today.
It's the end of the day and you're trying to meditate and relax to get ready for bed, but you can't seem to do so because you're thinking about a day that isn't even here yet. Planning for the future is absolutely necessary, but dwelling on it in the present can be detrimental to your health and cause anxiety.
So the next time you meditate repeat to yourself, I will only think about today. Visualize yourself completing your to-do list for the day and then relaxing afterwards. Avoid thinking about what lies in the days ahead during your mediation. For some people, it's much easier to live life by the hour, or even in the present moment, but not a second past that. So get some rest — today has enough problems as is! Let tomorrow worry about itself.
4. Your mind is filled with television and social media.
Has there ever been a moment when your television, laptop or iPad have NOT been distracting? As useful as these little gadgets are, they're also reliable tools for procrastination and brain degradation. The average American spends more than five hours in front of the television — that's not even including the hours given to smartphones, kindles and other electronic devices.
It's no wonder you might find it difficult to transition from constant audio/visual stimulation, to complete silence in meditation. Try taking a social network, TV, or even a news break for a whole week. Read a book. Go outside and get fresh air. Open up your blinds. You'll find that the less your brain is stimulated by nonsense, the more it can be stimulated by being aware or your consciousness.
Everyone can meditate, but just like anything else it takes practice. You don't just walk into the gym and tackle the heaviest weight successfully, you build up to it. Then once you reach your peak, you train to maintain. In a world built on moving fast and staying productive, you're essentially re-learning how to be still and not think. It's totally possible and incredibly rewarding. You'll forget how precious and rare stillness really is. Just remember to stay consistent and stay focused. You will get there.
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Bitwise launches beta funds for bitcoin and ethereum
Crypto investment startup Bitwise has announced the launch of two new low-cost, liquid beta funds, exclusively holding bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH).
The company said that the launch of the new funds is driven by growing client interest and investor dissatisfaction with existing options.
"Though an ETF has not yet been approved, investors and advisors like the fund format because it's professionally managed and simplifies access to best-in-class custody, trading, reporting, and tax preparation, and allows for the safe capture of events like hard forks and airdrops," Hunter Horsley, Bitwise CEO, explained.
Bitwise has launched the Bitwise Bitcoin Fund and the Bitwise Ethereum Fund, which are the second and third strategies in the Bitwise fund family, joining the broad-market Bitwise 10 Private Index Fund.
According to the official release, the funds are available today in two share classes:
- Institutional Shares which have an all-in expense ratio of 1.0% and a minimum investment of $1 million.
- Investor Shares which have an all-in expense ratio of 1.5% and a minimum investment of $25,000.
The new funds, which are open to U.S.-accredited investors, safeguard holdings in 100% cold storage with an institutional third-party custodian, Bitwise said. Investors can come in and out of the fund weekly, with no lockups, withdrawal fees, or performance fees.
"With significant positive developments on the horizon, including the launch of the Bakkt bitcoin futures exchange from ICE, the launch of Fidelity Digital Assets, and the continued movement of institutional investors like Yale University and Stanford University into the crypto space, we have seen significant inbound demand for high-quality bitcoin and ether funds," said Matt Hougan, global head of research for Bitwise. "Our clients have been adding to their positions throughout the downturn, and many who've been following the space for a while are using this opportunity to finally come in."
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Improved Learning through better Health, Nutrition and Education for the School-Age Child.
Better learning in school and better educational outcomes
Good health is essential for learning and cognitive ability. Ensuring good health when children are of school age can boost attendance and educational achievement. School children are often thought of as naturally healthy, but studies have shown that in Africa, more than half of the schoolchildren are stunted in height and are anaemic, and that in many areas most schoolchildren are infected with worms, bilharzia and malaria parasites. These highly prevalent conditions are all associated with impaired cognitive ability.
Global and national initiatives to achieve universal access to basic education mean that more children now have the opportunity to go to school. As a result, more children can be reached by the school system than ever before. They need health interventions because most of the children now attending school were previously beyond the reach of both the education and health services. School health programmes can help ensure that children are healthy and able to take full advantage of what is often their first and only opportunity for formal education.
Children who begin school with the worst health status, have the most to gain from health and nutrition programmes. They also have the most to gain educationally, since they show the greatest improvement in cognition as a result of health intervention. School health programs thus particularly benefit the poor and the disadvantaged. These children are increasingly accessible through schools as a result of universal education strategies.
Increasing numbers of countries have recognized the need to ensure good health and development during the most vulnerable early years of life. Integrated management of childhood illness, early child development, and growth monitoring and promotion programmes all help to ensure that a child enters school fit, well and ready to learn. But the school age child continues to be at risk of ill health, and the health of children, especially girls, often deteriorates during the school years. School health programmes ensure that children remain healthy during the years that are critical for education.
School-based health programmes, if well-designed, can be amongst the most cost-effective of public health interventions. Since they promote learning, and simultaneously reduce repetition and absenteeism, they can also be used as leverage for existing investments in schools and teachers. But they must be well designed. Many countries have discovered that by redesigning their existing programmes -particularly school feeding programmes - they can enhance the educational effectiveness while actually reducing the cost.


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Kenya (East Africa Protectorate), 1901-1946
Kenya (East Africa Protectorate), 1901-1946You are here: Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953 : Kenya (East Africa Protectorate), 1901-1946
Kenya was first known by the British Empire as the East Africa Protectorate. The Blue Books from 1901 until 1916 all refer to it by this name. Alleged delays at the printers led to a gap in publication from 1917 until 1925. When the statistics were next published, in 1926, the country's name had changed to Kenya. These statistics tell the history of Kenya through its population data, accounts and lists of the colony's officers. Details of its trading partners and social services are also in these records. These books each have a contents page at the front so that you can see if the data set you need is in that Blue Book.View Documents
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Irish Sauce.—E. R.—Take five or six hundred green walnuts, according to the quantity of juice they will yield; scoop out all the whites, beat them in a mortar, and strain the juice through a cloth; let it stand a day and night, strain it, and pour it off clear; to a pint of this liquor put one pound of anchovies and half a pint of vinegar, and to each pint thus made a clove or two of garlic, two or three shalots, some horseradish, and one onion cut in quarters; boil it two hours, and then strain it off. When strained add to every pint of liquor half a quarter of an ounce of mace, the same quantity of cloves, of nutmeg, and of whole black pepper, half a pint of portwine, and two tablespoonfuls of soy. Boil them together for half an hour. Then pour it off into an earthen jar, and let it remain covered until it is cold; then bottle it off into clean dry bottles, distributing the spice equally in each; cork it down closely, and take care in boiling to keep the saucepan covered
.-A new system of domestic cookery: formed upon principles of economy…, Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell, 1808.
The Place for real traditions.Irish Culture begins in prehistory. First was a paleolithic mindset-based on hunting. The spirits of animals aid in this. Groups had totems- birds, boar,for identity. Next came a Neolithic awareness- crops, agriculture,farm animals. Villages and lineages. Multiple gods became single gods with many powers. Chieftains by birth ruled. Next the Bronze age with rule by heroes. We got cookbooks and recipes left the mind. How do we know what to do? That's our purpose.


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My loved ones, we have been adopted into God's family;
and we are officially His children now. The full picture of our destiny is not yet clear, but we know this much: when Jesus appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him just as He is. – 1 John 3:2
There are days when I know the struggle Paul speaks about Romans 7:18 all to well
"I want to do what is right but I can't:
One minute I'm listening to music praising God, the next minute yelling at the guy who cut me off in traffic wanting to give him the right fist of fellowship.
And there are more serious matters I fail at.
Thinking bad thoughts about those who offend me, gossiping about other people's failures, critical, judgemental, angry and bitter when people and things don't go my way.
But even in my failures and yours He loves us anyway.
Because He sees ahead, to what we will become. That doesn't mean we can just blow off or excuse our failures because one day we will be OK.
No part of knowing Him as Father is humbly going to Him when we have blown it.
Owning our failures, and experiencing His forgiveness and love that 1 John 3:1 tells us He has lavished on us because He calls us "His children".


text: So...Lynn and I decided Rex was old enough to not freaking sleep in our room any more at night. Don't get us wrong: He needed to be nearer to us during his months of ear infections. But we'd hit a stride with him. He was getting himself well back to sleep on the rare occasions that he was waking up. Ear infections seem to be past with ear tubes and better weather. He's sleeping til about 6.15 am, which is late morning in babyworld.We'd tried to merge the boys in Ben's room (now redubbed Ben and Rex's room) several months ago. We had a couple decent nights and then two that just didn't work. We gave up until Rex was further along. We decided we had slept well enough that we could stand some midnight wakings, and we figured the boys might actually sooth each other. The whole thing has gone far, far better than we anticipated, partly due to both kids' love for each and sweet natures. The first night, we put Rex into his crib, where he often naps, and he was a little confused, but went to sleep right away. Half an hour later, we go in with Ben, and Rex wakes, disturbed and a little unhappy. I soothe him and put him back down, and Ben is in bed. But after a while, it's clear that Rex is too excited. Ben, on the other hand, has fallen deeply asleep. Lynn fetches Rex and he spends the night happily sleeping in our bedroom. Night 2 was just awesome. Rex goes down. Passes out. Ben comes in, Rex doesn't wake. Both kids sleep til 6 am. I get Rex up and Ben sleeps another hour. Night 3 was interesting. Rex never fell asleep when he was put down, and when Ben came in, he was pretty alert. The two guys talked pleasantly to each other for a while, and then Ben fell asleep even as Rex is hurling his new stuff animal (a border collie we named "Dubbly" after my brother-in-law's late, lamented Dolby) around the crib and saying, "Dog! Dog!" (Or rather, "Daw! Daw!") We have a friend over for dessert, and our attention is split between said friend, amused by all this, and the baby monitors where we're seeing action. Finally, our friend says, I think things are quiet. And they are! Rex and Ben managed to put themselves to sleep even with the excitement, and they slept til 6.15 this morning. When I heard them, Ben was singing (his normal way of waking up, how lovely), and Rex was just getting up. I shut the door to our bedroom, and got Rex up and suggested to Ben that he might go back asleep. Ben tried, but he was too excited that Rex is now sharing his room with him. Rex was, too. Knock wood and make the sign of the evil eye, but we have two pretty great kids. Who could have hoped that they'd get along at this age so well? They might be more contentious later, and that's normal, but this is pretty cool indeed. Lynn and I engaged in very adult activities in bed: talking and reading books.


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Pioneer International Limited Business Information, Profile, and History
New South Wales
History of Pioneer International Limited
Pioneer International was formed during the period of industrial growth in Australia that followed World War II. Originally founded to supply a limited range of concrete materials to the domestic construction industry, Pioneer has extensive investments in building materials, petroleum refining and marketing, and oil and gas exploration and production. Diversification into mineral mining in the late 1970s proved unprofitable, and the company began to sell its mineral assets in 1989. In the 40 years since Pioneer Concrete Services was founded, the company has grown into a major international operation, with subsidiaries throughout Australia and in 11 other countries. Under the leadership of Sir Tristan Antico, the company has grown to become one of Australia's most productive corporations.
Pioneer Concrete Services was established in 1949 as a partnership between two young Australian entrepreneurs--Tristan Antico and Kelvin Conley--providing concrete placing and formwork to the Australian construction industry. The postwar economic environment in Australia was extremely favorable to the building industry. While the country's infrastructure had escaped damage during World War II, the following years saw an influx of immigrants, which, with the baby boom of the early 1950s, created the need for increased house-building in Australia. The growth of the Australian economy after World War II was relatively slow, but Pioneer benefited from increased government investment in housing in the 1950s.
Pioneer grew slowly during the early 1950s, expanding its businesses with minor acquisitions in New South Wales. The company formed a new subsidiary--Pioneer Readymixed Concrete and Mortar Proprietary Ltd.--in 1954, following the acquisition of a Canberra-based concrete producer which owned one concrete plant. In October 1956 Pioneer was incorporated as Pioneer Concrete Services Limited. Three years later, in 1959, it was listed on the Sydney Stock Market as a public company, and the name was changed to Pioneer Concrete Services Ltd. Following its flotation, Pioneer embarked upon a period of rapid expansion in the pre-mixed concrete and quarrying markets in Australia. Much of the growth came from new acquisitions, but diversification into new building-materials products was also undertaken.
Despite the economic recession in Australia from 1961 to 1962, and the marked decline in government assistance to the construction industry, Pioneer had developed an effective expansion strategy based on conservative spending and consolidation. This allowed the company to prosper while more ambitious construction companies failed. Tristan Antico's guiding policy, from the inception of Pioneer to his retirement as chief executive in 1988, was based on the belief that long-term stability and growth is best maintained by cushioning the company from economic recessions while taking advantage of periods of sustained economic growth elsewhere. Accordingly, the company reacted to the fluctuations in the Australian economy during the late 1950s and early 1960s by embarking on a period of geographical expansion. Having established its first successful foreign venture, a pre-mix concrete plant, in Hong Kong in 1961, Pioneer began to look to the European markets for the first time. Construction and building materials operations were established in the United Kingdom in 1962, where, in the same year, the worst winter in a century hit the industry badly. Pioneer survived its second overseas venture and then had about 140 construction and quarrying operations in the United Kingdom. In the following year, the company established operations in Israel and, in 1964, in Italy. At the same time, Pioneer was expanding throughout the Australian states, and by the middle of the decade had established a wide network of lucrative operations in its home market.
In 1965 a new subsidiary, Pioneer Asphalts Pty. Ltd., was formed, jointly owned by Shell Australia Ltd. This marked Pioneer's first entry into asphalt manufacture and supply. In the same year, the company diversified into aggregate quarrying in Hong Kong. Two years later, Pioneer acquired F. W. Williams Holdings, a large and diverse Australian company with plastic manufacturing operations, and tea and coffee plantations in Papua New Guinea. The program of vigorous expansion and development at home and abroad continued until the end of the 1960s, although profits did not increase proportionately with spending. The company's policy after the 1960s was to consolidate the businesses it had acquired over the last ten years, and to make no further major investment or diversification.
However, expansion continued in the 1970s, although not at the rate of the previous decade. In 1970, Pioneer acquired pre-mix and quarrying companies in Spain and by the middle of the decade the company's interests had spread to Asia, Africa, and most of Europe. In 1973, together with CSR Limited, one of Australia's largest cement manufacturers, Pioneer acquired Australian and Kandos Cement (Holdings) Ltd. The takeover gave Pioneer substantial cement production facilities in Victoria and New South Wales. Antico was knighted in 1973 in recognition of his services to industry.
A significant commercial development took place in 1975, when Pioneer began to invest heavily in resources. Pioneer's first venture into the mineral-exploration field was a joint project with Pennzoil of Australia in 1975. While many companies had suffered losses as a result of making incautious mineral investments during the resources boom of the mid-1970s, Pioneer had considerable experience in the quarrying industry and it was thought logical to invest in other resources. From 1975, profits from Pioneer's building materials division were used to expand the minerals operations in Australia. The drive to exploit mineral mining and marketing continued until 1988, when mineral sales represented only 5% of Pioneer's total revenue.
In the United Kingdom in 1977, the company's subsidiary, Pioneer Concrete UK, was among a number of companies being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading for alleged contract fixing. Pioneer Concrete U.K. was one of 21 companies eventually put on the Register of Restrictive Practices, although senior managers insisted that they knew nothing about local deals, "many of which were agreed over a drink in the evening," according to one newspaper report. With the Australian economy stagnating in the mid 1970s, and with continuing industrial disputes, Pioneer was increasingly dependent on its overseas construction activities. Political unrest in Italy was adversely affecting Pioneer's Italian operations, and in Spain and West Germany, profits were falling. Antico's policy of geographical diversification to insure against isolated economic downturns seemed to be effective; despite recession in most European building markets, and restrictive government construction policies at home, Pioneer announced a 46% increase in earnings for 1976-1977.
In 1978, Pioneer became involved in a major coal coking and steaming development. Set in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, the project operated in conjunction with the Electricity Commission of New South Wales and Ampol Petroleum Limited. Initial research indicated that there was enough coal in Hunter Valley to provide mining opportunities for 100 years. The following year, Pioneer acquired a 20% stake in Ampol Petroleum, which was increased to a controlling stake of 65% in 1980. The investment in Ampol marked a crucial commercial turning point for Pioneer; Ampol Petroleum Limited and its associate company, Ampol Exploration Limited, were giant oil exploration, production, and refining companies in Australia. The Ampol companies provide the Pioneer group with 50% of its profits and represent 50% of assets. Pioneer's mineral operations expanded considerably in 1979, notably in uranium and beach-sands mining. Ampol and Pioneer formed a new, jointly owned company to control new mineral acquisitions: the Nabarlek uranium mine and Queensland Mines Ltd., another major uranium producer. When Queensland Mines and Kathleen Investment (Australia) Ltd., a major beach-sands mining company, became wholly owned subsidiaries of Pioneer in 1981, the company's profits rose by 30% in one year.
Widely varying world economic conditions in the early 1980s reversed the dependency Pioneer had had on overseas operations in the previous decade. By the mid-1980s, the company was increasingly reliant on the Australian construction and resource markets. In 1982, Pioneer attempted to take over Mixconcrete (Holdings), a large British building materials producer with widespread concrete plants and aggregate reserves in the United Kingdom. The takeover was completed in 1983, and Pioneer's building materials division became the third-largest readymix concrete producer in the United Kingdom. In Australia at this time, Pioneer was experiencing several commercial problems. A fall in demand for domestic building materials, a sharp decline in concrete and quarrying activities, and the state governments' interference in the pricing of petroleum products threatened the stability of the Pioneer group.
In 1984, Pioneer began a series of investments in the United States, to capitalize on its earlier American successes in concrete production. The US$23 million acquisition of Lone Star Industries's sand, gravel, and quarrying operations in 1985 gave Pioneer the opportunity to cash in on the impending construction boom in the United States. The following year Pioneer was the subject of a hostile takeover bid. F.A.I. Insurances, Australia's largest general insurer, offered A$1 billion for the company, and pursued Pioneer for a year before retreating. Its vulnerability to predators forced Pioneer to make fundamental changes in its strategy. The company had a history of refusing to sell unprofitable assets. However, in 1986 the building materials divisions in Italy, Portugal, and South Africa were sold in an attempt to consolidate Pioneer's more lucrative assets and to strengthen the company's stock rating. In 1987, the year of the stock market crash, Pioneer began an important period of growth and restructuring. The company gained control of Giant Resources, a group with mineral and gold assets in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Guyana. Later that year, the Bell Group, a failing investment company, sold its shares in the former Ampol Petroleum--which, had been renamed Ampol Ltd. in 1982--to Pioneer, giving Pioneer the opportunity for full ownership of Ampol.
The acquisition of Giant and the potential for 100% ownership of Ampol, which it achieved in 1988, provided Pioneer with the means of streamlining its increasingly diverse management structure. However, Pioneer's regrouping strategy, in which mineral assets were to be amalgamated under Giant Resources, and petroleum exploration and production controlled by Ampol Exploration was thwarted by the A$32.5 million loss made by Giant in 1988. Sir Tristan Antico retired as chief executive that year but stayed on as group chairman. His deputy, Des Quirk, who had been with Pioneer for 31 years, and who had been responsible for the company's expansion in Europe, took over the leadership. The company changed its name to Pioneer International Limited at the end of 1988.
Ill health forced Quirk into early retirement, and in April 1989 Rodney Price was appointed managing director. Price began to refocus Poineer on its core activities following the disposal of most of the company's mining assets. Taking advantage of the domestic construction boom in order to extricate the company from costly mineral activities is generally considered to have secured Pioneer's future stability. Under Price's leadership there has been a review of all aspects of the company, with the goal of rebuilding Pioneer's traditional concentration on building- and construction-materials and oil refining and exploration.
Principal Subsidiaries: Ampol Exploration Pty Ltd.; Ampol Ltd.; Solo Oil Ltd.; Brick & Pipe Industries Ltd.; Pioneer International Finance Ltd.; Besser (Qld) Ltd.; Pioneer Concrete & Quarries (NSW) Pty Ltd.; Pioneer Plasterboard Pty. Ltd.; Pioneer Roof Tiles Pty Ltd.; Pioneer International Investments BV (Netherlands).
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After several days of tasting really great wine, I can't lie, you do wonder if you just stacked your cards right or if some level of 'disappointment' might not be that far off. Then again, if it was to come, I knew it wasn't coming at the hand of Wagner Stempel! We landed in the northern part of the Rheinhessen as the sun broke through the clouds "officially" and some more late-springlike (n-o-t summer) warmth with it. Tromping through the much more rolling hills/vineyards in these "conditions" was a treat. Assistant Winemaker Oliver Mueller was our guide, providing tremendous insight about their more Burgundian-like spot within the Rheinhessen appellation as well as the non-Riesling grapes they cultivate (though, of course, Riesling does have a very large presence, too). Silvaner, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and (of course) Spaetburgunder (Pinot Noir) all have a home here.
Walking up through the vineyards was more like meandering, compared to the Mosel and Rheingau's much steeper slopes. Oliver was incredibly passionate - and gave some great insight about their organic approach, explaining how their practices came about and demonstrating with his large visual aids (the vineyards themselves) how their practices lead to healthier vines and, therefore, better fruit for winemaking. (You could see their neighbor's adjacent vineyards were flagging comparatively- why they didn't follow suit bewildered us.) Stempel's philosophy, like so many of our hosts already, is that wine is made in the vineyards first.
We met lead winemaker and owner, Daniel Stempel, back at the winery in their gorgeous open courtyard to sample the wines. Daniel and Oliver are clearly on the same page, as Daniel led with the same thought - that he enjoys his work in the vineyards most - and that that was where the wine was made. Wine after wine tasted, nuances were more fruit-driven and the minerality more warming; think of it this way - the minerality in the Mosel was like icicles hanging off the eaves like daggers; in the Rheingau these were just starting to melt, with softer edges; and at Stempel the crisp, fresh water was running through our fingertips like a narrow-running brook's waterfall edge - forcefully, yet softly. Compelling? No doubt. Another three-hour appointment slipped by as the daylight hovered in the hills.
The next day took us yet still farther South. We had an appointment at Dr. Heger/Weinhaus Heger after lunch with winemaker Markus Mleinek in the Kaiserstuhl region, Baden particularly. Markus started our tour in the cellars, where it was self-evident that this was an operation that valued tradition and the importance of showcasing terroir in wine, as much as they did innovation. Markus even shared that they experimented once with American oak, which to my knowledge is virtually unheard of in traditional "Old World" winemaking regions, save parts of Spain and Portugal. American oak is known for supplying a bold "marinade" in wines both texturally and in flavor profile (a post for another day); Markus chuckled at the thought, noting that the wine which resulted was "too loud", so they moved on. Stainless steel tanks in one part of the cellar - different sized (and different origin) wood barrels in others. Different projects command different vessels - having the capacity (and need!) to cope is another feat entirely.
Our vineyard tour was also astounding. In the distance the Rhine river - and France! - terraces of unique volcanic soil lay in front of us. Here, too, they employ various techinques to mitigate using too many chemicals in the vineyards. The wine bottles hanging on the line PICTURED RIGHT are filled with sugar water, to keep pests elsewhere and harmony happening naturally in the vineyards! Brilliant for its simplicity and effectiveness.
Heger's projects are many, hence the two names on the door: Dr. Heger/Weinhaus Heger. Dr. Heger is the elite-most line, Weinhaus Heger just below on the totem pole - and Fischer a special project we were just as happy to sample featuring a collaboration with a local cooperative of wine growers where they invest knowlege as much as any other resource to ensure quality grapes are grown. We tasted 30 some wines this afternoon, each as compelling as the next, more than respectworthy for its unique place in the Heger "family" of offerings. Yes, the spit bucket needed to be relieved several times to accomodate our 'thirst' to sample as much as possible with Marcus.
What was particularly interesting is that here in Baden red grapes have an important presence - although the white lineup was more than compelling in itself. Not one Spaetburgunder failed to deliver, and we tasted several back vintages of current wines - as these delicious treats can certaily age! Smoked meats, fresh pink roses, violets, volcanic soil, ripe black cherry fruit comingling with tart pomegranate and boysenberry exploded in various proportions from the glass; finesse met power with perfect elegance, and a picture was painted on a virtual timeline, showcasing anticipated versions of perfection as the individual wines showed that day, and would again at various points in the future.
Yes, it was a helluva way to end the formal portion of our tasting adventures. Back here at home I realized I learned more in Germany than on any other wine trip (so far). No doubt I had the most to learn, and therefore the most to gain. It didn't hurt that the appointments I had, and the recommendations from winemakers we enjoyed meeting, were spot on. If you're going to do a whirlwind wine country tour inside of a week, this was the way to do it! Literally it was a sampling of German wine regions. I guess I'll have to go back!


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We are pleased to announce the availability of complimentary use of snowshoes here at the Captain Lord Mansion. This young lady seems to be making a snow angel; you can do the same! The Kennebunkport area is blessed to have several areas close to the inn where you may do snowshoeing. The expansive rolling fields at Laudholm Farm, otherwise known as the Wells National Estuarine Research Preserve, provides a beautiful place to enjoy a winter snowshoe trip.
Additionally, there is the Cape Arundel Golf Course which borders the Kennebunk River and the course offers a fairly flat terrain for an afternoon outing. The winter views from the links overlooking the river are quite picturesque, so take your camera or I-phone along to capture some great pictures. Now we only need some snow! See you soon. Your innkeeper, Rick Litchfield


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On 21.04.2009 11:41, Marcel Berteler wrote:
Andrew Findlay wrote the following on 2009/04/20 16:58:(If any of you have a way of allowing us to interrogate our BDB backend with SQL like queries that are relatively fast, than please let me know.)I assume you are searching on createTimestamp - something like (&(createTimestamp>=200903010000Z)(createTimestamp<=200904010000Z))That is indeed how we use it.I will double check, but even if the 'slowness' is taken away, I still run into the return limit that we have set. Increasing this limit will allow me to retrieve more data, but also opens the server up for DOS problems. Is there a way of having a limit defined that is user based? So the user that is running the stats searches can have a higher limit than other users?Have you indexed this attribute?
Yes, see the "limits" keyword in slapd.conf(5). You need something like: limits dn.exact=<your stats user's DN> size=unlimited Regards, Jonathan


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1. crockery 2. morningtime 3. skunkcup 4. his and hers
"you can never get a cup of tea or a book long enough to suit me".
~ c.s. lewis
teacup month is almost over....i'm sad. it's been a blast. i hope you guys have enjoyed it too. for the last etsy monday during teacup month i thought i would take a look for some images that captured that love for teacups that we all have. here's some of the faves that i found..and yep, there is a heckuva lot more than 4 again, but i couldn't resist. there were too many lovely pics to post.
1. teacups 2. teacup series no.3
3. an uninvited guest 4. stack of teacups
3. an uninvited guest 4. stack of teacups
1. shabby tea time 2. waiting 3. tea. not quite coffee
1. teacup fine art 2. tea please 3. green teacups 4. tea time
do you have a favorite image, photograph or piece of artwork that's a teacup? i'd love to see it! link up :) hope you all had a great weekend!


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Little Players, Ages 4 - 12
Monday - Friday, June 25-29
10:00 am - 11:00 am or 12:00 pm
Instructor: Ty Molbak
Week-long camp of theatre games, storytelling, imagination, and movement will have kids collaborating to create a fun and engaging performance to share with parents and friends.
Two timelines to choose from!
Two hour camp: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Tuition $150
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Here's How I Plan to Nail 2016 Like an Italian Prostitute
Last year I asked Santa Claus for a 'Passion Planner' agenda book as a device to plot out my aspirations for 2015. I recently went through this pseudo-journal to find that I used it for a whopping combined 3 1/7 weeks total, yet still somehow managed to make it to December with more than I arrived with at the top of the year. I quit my fake job, was #blessed with a real job, and invigorated a latent culinary passion.
Case in point: This gift was moronic for a 23-year-old and I should have just asked for shoes.
We, the goal-hungry, meditate on our hypothesized 'recipes for success' for a new year as the clock winds down drop a ball on 2016. We make a checklist of obstacles that might lead us to our ideal selves in an attempt to feel at ease, when instead, it drives us to drink more champagne.
This is why I've decided that my 'recipe' for growth in the new year will not be a recipe at all. It will simply be a loose preparation of sorts using ingredients that I already obtain rather than scavenging for foreign components. I'll mirror the approach of a spaghetti alla puttanesca, a pasta dish made with tomatoes, olives, and anchovies, whose name literally means "spaghetti in the style of the whore" due to its alleged historic notoriety among Italian prostitutes who needed quick fuel for a long night of work.
So let's burn the recipe cards and nail this year like an Italian whore by using the productivity hack of Jerry Seinfeld, who fills up the days of his calendar with happenings rather than starving them with the unfulfilled void of lofty goals. Seinfeld claims to motivate his routine writing by drawing a large 'X' through the date on a large desk calendar with a big red marker when he has completed his daily writing quota.
"After a few days you'll have a chain," Seinfeld told software developer Brad Isaac. "Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You'll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain. Don't break the chain."
Draw smiley faces instead of X's if you have a fear of snakes. Modify the writing concept to fit your own goals. I'll be taking the whimsical approach of creating a chain of words on a giant calendar featuring Kate Hudson posing as a political pundit (don't ask) by choosing one word to sum up the day based on an accomplishment, failure, or outstanding event. The trail will become a footpath that builds itself organically by acting on intuition, and can be reflected upon later in hindsight. Productivity blossoms from wading mindfully through the hot mess of the present as opposed to skipping stones of hope out into the future and watching them all as they sink.
So how about it? Let's say "Happy to be here!"and truly mean it wherever "here" may be. Today's anxieties will be tomorrow's punchline, so catch yourself before you're the last one to start laughing.
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Discovery of optimal zeolites for challenging separations and chemical transformations using predictive materials modeling
Bai, Peng
Jeon, Mi Yeong
Ren, Limin
Knight, Chris
Deem, Michael W.
Tsapatsis, Michael
Siepmann, J. Ilja
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Zeolites play numerous important roles in modern petroleum refineries and have the potential to advance the production of fuels and chemical feedstocks from renewable resources. The performance of a zeolite as separation medium and catalyst depends on its framework structure. To date, 213 framework types have been synthesized and >330,000 thermodynamically accessible zeolite structures have been predicted. Hence, identification of optimal zeolites for a given application from the large pool of candidate structures is attractive for accelerating the pace of materials discovery. Here we identify, through a large-scale, multi-step computational screening process, promising zeolite structures for two energy-related applications: the purification of ?ethanol from fermentation broths and the hydroisomerization of alkanes with 18-30 carbon atoms encountered in petroleum refining. These results demonstrate that predictive modelling and data-driven science can now be applied to solve some of the most challenging separation problems involving highly non-ideal mixtures and highly articulated compounds.
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Citable link to this pagehttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79024
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If you came here looking for information on human trafficking in East Africa, you actually want to go here, since I don't know anything about it.Welcome to my Small-But-Intense Home Page! There's not much here yet, but at least I'm avoiding those obnoxious under construction tags, so if there's a visible link it should give you something.
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July 2013 New York, NY – Karen Gillen has joined RealFoundations as a Director to design and implement new products and services for the firm. Her first initiative is the implementation of a new Data Service offering in the firm's Managed Services group. RealFoundations' Managed Services group currently delivers back office business process outsourcing including Accounting, Lease Administration and Technology Support. The Data Service offering addresses an industry-wide lack of visibility, governance and inefficient movement of property and asset-level data to the real estate investment manager and through to investors, third parties, and industry indices. Prior to joining the firm, Karen held Senior Product Manager and Program Manager roles at J.P. Morgan in their Private Equity and Real Estate Services group.
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CI, Laravel DevelopmentLove beautiful code? We do too.
PHP web frameworks have an ecosystem of their own in the world of web development. PHP frameworks are used to build websites and web applications of all sizes and complexity, ranging from small static websites to large scale complex enterprise content management systems.
PHP is the language of choice for web development with almost 80% of all the existing websites breathing on PHP code. It would have been next to impossible to create such a huge web footprint by developing web applications using raw PHP code from scratch. It is the power of PHP frameworks that has fueled such a massive growth.
Why Use PHP Web Framework?
When we look at modern web development needs, the key to success is speed development with well organized, reusable and maintainable code, all the while ensuring scalability. The best way to achieve this is by using an existing, proven PHP framework.
Frameworks offer ready to use components, libraries, enforce proven architecture, ensure separation of model, view and controller logic (MVC paradigm), abstract you away from the low level security concerns, enforce file and code structure, and the list is quite long. In short, PHP frameworks make web development fun and make you more productive.
Selecting the right framework, however, can be challenging at times. In an attempt to make the selection process a little easier, we have analyzed most of the PHP frameworks out there in the wild and listed below the 10 best.
These are the frameworks that are actively maintained, popular among developer community, promote modern web development practices and make it possible to build websites and web applications of all sizes and complexity.
Laravel is undisputedly the king of PHP frameworks and spans the widths and depths of large scale web application development. Laravel ecosystem has quickly grown huge with supportive community and boasts tons of free tutorials and learning resources to get you started within no time.
Laravel is built to be simple, easy to learn and supports rapid application development. You get rich set of features to bring any large scale project to life within days. Laravel comes with its own templating engine named "Blade". The best thing about Blade is that it allows you to write plain PHP in the templates which essentially means that Blade brings no performance overheads to your application.
Another power fact about Laravel is the inclusion of "Homestead" which is the packaged Vagarant box to let you start development without the hassles of installing web server, HHVM, PHP or any other package on your local machine or server.
New to the world of Laravel or PHP development, no problems, there is a dedicated website named Laracasts.com that hosts hundreds of PHP video tutorials. You can access the basic tutorials as well as most advanced ones to master Laravel at a very minimal cost.
Laravel team has recently released "Lumen", a micro PHP framework for the web developers who like to build lightning fast API's as well as Laravel based services.
Codeigniter (CI)
Codeigniter is the one framework that has maintained itself well over the period of time, however, in recent times, it is seeming shaky against the modern and newly launched PHP frameworks. Codeigniter was created by Ellislab back in 2006 and made available to public for free use under MIT license.
Codeigniter has been the framework of choice for the reason that it was lightweight, fast as compared to other contemporary PHP frameworks and easier to learn. As of today, most of PHP beginners are attracted towards Laravel, Phalcon and even FuelPHP rather than Codeigniter.
Although, the framework has been among best of its times, "IMHO" the future ahead for Codeigniter doesn't look bright. Ellislab also doesn't seem to support it anymore and it is now fully in control of the community.


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Stacking the Shelves / In My Mailbox 07-06-2013
Stacking the Shelves / In My MailboxStacking the Shelves is a weekly feature/meme by Tynga's Reviews and In My Mailbox is hosted by Gabrielle Carolina's The Mod Podge Bookshelf. Both are fun ways to share what books you've bought, borrowed, or received in the past week.
Hello book loving friends. I've had a great week for books. I received Solstice in the mailbox for review, (it's got an awesome cover), a ton of awesome books from my local library, Revolution 19, The Kissing Booth and Rush. And bought a few for myself that I have been wanting- Sweet Peril and Imposter. Check out these covers!
I've already started Solstice and Imposter, and can't wait to tell you about them, and I'm really excited to get to some of these other fabulous books!
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Methadone withdrawal will certainly be called for one way or another, after methadone upkeep or a discomfort management program making use of methadone has started. If your feeling shackled by having to go to a Blue Lake CA clinic or a drug store day-to-day and also going through hell if you wish to travel, there is an escape.
Methadone usage produces a numb sensation to living, considerable tummy troubles as well as physical dependency that beats all others; that's the list. All sort of various other health issue that methadone use produced are uncovered as soon as starting methadone withdrawal. I'll provide you some answers to help today, as well as better remedies to deal with the issue to ending methadone dependence for life.
Methadone Use Is Epidemic
Addictions physicians as well as pain administration clinics in California are busily prescribing methadone for opiate abuse and persistent discomfort, yet what are the effects of methadone use? I've detailed numerous listed below. If you have actually already tried Methadone withdrawal and had troubles, I have actually obtained some assistance you would not have actually discovered somewhere else.
Once it is time to start methadone withdrawal, lots of people are having BIG issues ending their methadone usage. How does one take out from methadone in Blue Lake California? What challenges will they have to get over?
Methadone Withdrawal Challenges
- Methadone use makes people unfeeling, numb
- Even stepping down from methadone can expose hyper sensitivity to discomfort and nutritional depletion symptoms — cramping, aches, nervousness, sleeplessness
- Methadone withdrawal is often 4 times longer and more difficult than heroin once the drug has been abused or used incorrectly for long periods of time
- Withdrawing from methadone can give pains and aches which people can mistake for stress and pain from past accidents
I'm composing for those having trouble with methadone withdrawal. If you are experiencing no worry taking out from methadone, do not fret you are among the lucky ones.
The fact is that lots of addictions physicians and discomfort monitoring professionals in Blue Lake are acting on the recommendations from their peers and advisors. They are not informed of the deaths as a result of prescribed methadone use neither the troubles that in some cases take place when withdrawing from methadone use.
The burden sadly lies with the customer.
Vital: completely study medicines or medications yourself prior to you purchase or take them. The effects can be terrible. They also could have dangerous interactive effects when taken with other drugs.
Many if not all methadone impacts are brought on by dietary deficiencies. Methadone use creates nutritional depletion – particularly calcium and also magnesium exhaustion. Another is B vitamin shortage. This is just how these shortages appear.
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Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms
- Anxiety over sensations, pains and discomforts returning
- Sleeplessness
- Sneezing
- Cramping of legs and arms
- Bone aches
- Flu or dope sick
Methadone withdrawal will call for a lot of added dietary supplementation. That implies it's time to feed the body. Calcium and also magnesium will certainly aid with the constraining etc. But there will be some difficulty numerous will have taking their nutrients – a poor intestine.
Video: Methadone Clinics in Blue Lake
A Poor Gut
Methadone as well as anxiousness meds tend to damage the gut lining. A leaky intestine gives pains when consuming or allergic reactions, susceptible to illness and skin issues. An additional symptom of a dripping digestive tract is irritability and a 'attitude problem'. The perspective can have physical reasons overlooked by the person.
A great idea to assisting the digestive tract issue is eating great deals of high quality yogurt with real-time probiotics in it, like acidophilus as well as bifidus. One could likewise supplement with large quantities of glutathione – an antioxidant to aid the detoxing procedure.
The quantity of nutrients required throughout methadone withdrawal is undervalued so usually that I shake my head in wonder.
Drugs Like Methadone Are Contaminants
The issue with methadone is that it is toxic to the body. Your body recognizes it, yet you could not. Taking methadone challenges your body organs to detoxify the body and also protect the vital body organs before they are severely hurt.
Toxins provide the body a tough time. If you've seen drug users with dark circles under their eyes, grey skin, poor skin, hair befalling, reduced energy, odd disorders, and so on they're got dietary shortages. Those deficiencies are hard to recuperate from with food alone. Occasionally that food isn't really being effectively digested = bad digestive tract.
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Methadone Detoxification
Detoxing the body is more than just stopping substance abuse. Substance abuse develops interior body damages you might not quickly identify. Nevertheless, the body will try to cleanse right after drug use as well as recover itself utilizing any kind of nutrients available. If the nutrients aren't readily available, the body will certainly borrow (steal) them from the bones, nerve system or various other crucial features.
Some will require medical detox from methadone – the problem is that most Blue Lake methadone detox centers don't use nutritional supplements as part of their program. They just give more medications, and often not the right ones. The lack of full understanding on Methadone detox creates a brutal scene to withdraw from.
The Good News
The bright side is that I have actually found the tools as well as the detoxification centers in CA that can beat methadone withdrawal smoothly and easily.More:
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Iran says it didn't punish soccer players
The Iranian soccer federation has denied reports that national team players were punished for wearing green wristbands in apparent solidarity with the political opposition during a World Cup qualifier last week.
Soccer's world governing body said Friday it received a letter rom the Iranian federation "which stated that no disciplinary action has been imposed on any players of the Iran national team by any authority."
FIFA had written to Iran on Wednesday asking for clarification on media reports that several players were permanently banned for showing support for defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Players wore the wristbands during Iran's World Cup qualifier June 17 at South Korea.
One player, Ali Karimi, had green bands wrapped around both wrists. Captain Mehdi Mahdavikia kept his band on even during the second half.


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First Winter Ember Day.
Please do pray for vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and religious life.
Please do pray for vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and religious life.
A prayer for vocations to the Sacred Priesthood -
Eternal Father,
You renew the Church in every age
by raising up priests outstanding in holiness,
living witnesses of your unchanging Love,
and faithful shepherds for your people.
Fill the hearts of young people
with the spirit of courage and love
that they may answer your call generously.
Give parents the graceto encourage vocations
by prayer and good example.
Raise up worthy priests for your altars
and ardent, but gentle servants of the Gospel.
Give the Church more priests
and keep them faithful in their love and service.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ,
your Son and eternal High Priest. Amen.


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These are some of the questions that were answers for attendees at the Business Link event at Burrough Court today. The eBusiness workshop provided a fantastic day learning some new online skills and the opportunity to networking over a tasty lunch!!
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Mac-and-cheese is my absolute favorite food. I could eat it every night of the week! So when my mom and I decided to make this dish the vegan way, I wasn't sure how I'd like it. But guess what? It was great! And because it was vegan, our meal was actually healthier for the planet.
We used Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Shreds, a nondairy cheese that tastes just like the real thing. My favorite combination was when we mixed the cheddar and mozzarella shreds and some Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread (also vegan!) in a pot with whole wheat pasta–it was delicious.
Next, we're trying grilled cheese with Daiya's Cheddar Style Slices and then we're making Follow Your Heart quesadillas. My mom and I love testing out new dishes! To check out some for yourself, go to kiwimagonline.com/vegan-recipes. Then, tell me what you thought by leaving a message on the KIWI Facebook page!


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Contemporary a-cappella hits its maximum theoretical level, harmonic less is suddenly harmonic more (and vice-versa), and OH GOD THE FLAMES!!!!!
[Sing-Off and other a-cappella-related postings are simul-blogged at 5th Judge.]
This is a top 4 I can 75% live with. As of the cold open, Home Free is my iffy group, as VoicePlay was their incrementally-superior-by-comparison group and, based on the overall season, I think the latter should be in the former's place. But the top 4 last season was when the gauntlet was truly thrown down across the board, so who knows, maybe Home Free will go Pentatonix on us and all lurch downstage and belt at the top of their lungs together. Or... perhaps the opposite, to the same end.
"Shake It Out": now this is a great idea for a company number-- a great anthemic tempo and opportunities for big group chords and sing-alongs.
Having four groups left offers a great opportunity to have one singer from each group come up front and create a super-quartet trading off leads. Or even better, a super-octet consisting of a super-quartet of men trading off entire chords with a super-quartet of women, like they do on "looking forever for the devil in me," which is electrifying. This arrangement is just perfection. By the final ten seconds of this, I'm just floored by how, with the exception of the VP which is not very prominent anyway, at no point am I either a) feeling like anything is sonically missing that would make me not accept this as a commercial recordings, nor b) hearing anything that is imitative of non-vocal instruments. This is the way it should be done. Mission accomplished, a-cappella people; time to pack it in.
Are Filharmonic now called The Filharmonic? I must've missed the memo, or at least the chyron. (Also, as usual on this show, I am loving the way the bass fills my head.)
In the intro and first verse, the most obvious musical comparison that we can make to other Sing-Off groups is to Talk of the Town (season 2), North Shore (season 3) and Street Corner Renaissance, who, as I've effused before, can make a plain major chord sounds like a ringing gift from the heavens by virtue of their sincere (and, let's be honest, old-guy) tone. While this song is certainly not strictly streetcorner (a/k/a doo-wop, a term I find demeaning), the vocal styling is similar (assuming they're going for something Four Tops-like, which they are), and it suffers in comparison to the aforementioned groups (including the Four Tops), both in trying too hard with the flashy neo-soul approach and in the overly technical singing. The latter is really apparent when they all sing in the first chorus "Baby I need your lovin'... got... to have all your lovin'," where you can hear an attack on every change when syllables have more than one note on them ("a-all yo-our lo-ov-"). Man, I love their blend, and their unisons are some of the greatest ever on the show, but this is an example of trying way too hard for too little of a result. They were my #1 seed from episode 1, and have done such wonderful and surprising things on this show, but after last episode (the lackluster "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing") and now this, I'm just shaking my head wondering why they're not bringing their A game anymore.
While I initially had doubts about a group of backup singers throwing a group together, I have grown to love Ten's sound and energy. The idea of them singing "Proud Mary" made me nervous, because, assuming they take the Ike & Tina Turner route, I can easily imagine them doing the "take us to church" thing again and making rhythmic mincemeat of the faster part of the song like they did with "Chain of Fools," a song that was certainly not asking for that.
My nerves go up as soon as I hear the spoken intro, which is such a gratuitous lift from the Turners' version that I'm already bracing myself for the tempo change. As usual, they do a good job of separating the blocks of the arrangement (words on house left, "oo"s on house right), but that last chord of the slow section, of all things, is iffy. When they shift to the faster tempo, they still keep a good separation of blocks (whew!), and the energy, while super high throughout, is well controlled-- unlike with "Chain of Fools," they're not telegraphing the tempo change by running around like maniacs. My only big complaint-- although it's kind of an important one-- is that the arrangement, while "correct" in the "they completed the chords" sense, lacks particularly interesting voicings and figures (like those crazy runs we've heard in "Hot in Herre" and "Chain of Fools") and (until the very last section) feels too low to boot, thereby reducing the audible energy from where it obviously could go to given the power in this group (and which Shawn refers to later). I love Deonis's role as clown-prince of the group, but you can't spend a whole song doing a consistent rock beat and then end with two fills that sound like yelling. And ending with a major I, followed by... a minor I? I originally thought they meant to do a 7-sharp-9 (a/k/a the "Purple Haze" chord) and whoever was supposed to cover the lower major-3 dropped the ball, but on repeated listening I couldn't pick out a 7th either, so... weird choice.
Honestly, I'm not sure what "risky" parts Ben was referring to, nor do I agree that it was "wimpy" by any stretch. I think they could've really cooked up an arrangement that was more inspired by Creedence Clearwater Revival-- and that band already has the word "revival" in their name, so the church would come to them! (Also, where has that woman in the white dress with the tasseled waist been this whole time? She's adorable! More chyrons and interviews with her, please.)
The two issues I've had with Home Free up to this point, and the reason that I don't think they belong in the top 4 (by the thinnest of margins) are:
• They're a vocal band that depends to much on specific (albeit great) novelty moments, as opposed to making the whole song an organically great song, to carry the audience's interest. In "Ring of Fire" alone they had the high add2 and that insane double-low Gb, both of which "stopped the show" figuratively (as people cheered) and literally (as the group inorganically stopped to let those moments happen).
• They're a country group that appears to revel in reproducing the instrumentation of country music (strumming guitars, root-and-5th bass, double-time drumming, etc.) as opposed to using the unique vocal aspects of country (and all of the genres that fall under that umbrella) to create something new and exciting, which feels like a squandering of their talents.
Ironically, this very performance of "Colder Weather" should be exactly what I'm asking for, right? I don't know this song at all, but what I'm hearing in the video package is a lot of tonic chords. Like, a boatload of tonic chords. Last episode, their "Pretty Woman" was sunk (in my opinion) by missing notes, particularly tonic chords that should've been VI (relative minor) chords but were missing the, er, VI. It was a jarring omission that left me scratching my head, so not knowing if all of those tonic chords are "supposed" to be something else, I hope that there are more interesting things going on around this onslaught of tonal stability that'll hold my interest, because great ballads (like "Against All Odds" and "Skyfall" from last episode) should have a harmonic pull that compliments the lyrics. (I mean, would Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" be as heartbreaking without those insane chord changes?) Appropriately, but probably coincidentally, Austin says "We can't miss a note; we cannot drop the ball; we have got to give better than our best." In that case, make interesting harmonies without The Filharmonic's help. Please.
As I'm writing this, I'm watching this for the fifth time. And... I don't hate this! Rob's solo seemed wimpy on my first listen, but that's probably because I've become so inured to all of these ridiculously powerful (and less subtle) soloists in the other groups. We rarely see small groups do ballads on the show, and I appreciate that Tim and Adam are singing together in the "background" during the first chorus under the lead trio-- Tim is on the roots (B [IV], F# [I]; B, F#; B, F#; long low C# [V]), while Adam (as best as I can tell) is on some one color tone the whole time, maybe an A# (just below middle C), which is the major-7th of B and the 3rd of F#... whoa, wait a minute! That's why they kept singing tonic chords over and over in the package: because it's Tim's bass notes, inaudible in the package, that ultimately define the chords, and it just so happens that I/IV (or more properly IVma7no5, or more colloquially the Carole King chord, here F#ma over a bass B) is one of my favorite chords, so... well played accidentally, Home Free, well played accidentally. Then Adam switches to his usual role as VP, and I'm realizing what an underappreciated VPist he's been this season. His snare is a very tight "pbf", similar to the way I figured out how to VP... and after some research (initially to remind me what his name was), I discover that he started as a trumpet player too! All the trumpeters-turned-singers, holla back.
I've mentioned before about the problem that quintets generally have: that a two-note "chord" between the solo and the bass becomes tiresome real fast. So when Adam's VP kicks in, this should rear its head again, right? Actually, no, it's still a convincing background, which means they've been arranging strategically-- I can't pick apart the notes, but my guess it that they're putting the two parts closer together while still making sure that at least one of them is on the 3rd. (Putting two-part backgrounds farther apart for the sake of "correctly" filling out the chord, like the always tempting 6th apart, tends to backfire, as Urban Method and Pentatonix [twice!] demonstrated in rare sub-par moments last season.) Does that make them contenders, as so many people in the intarwebs have insisted since episode 1? I dunno. Simply overcoming a disadvantage does not a Sing-Off winner make. And that's not to say I wouldn't pay to see them-- I just wouldn't pay $100,000.
Finally, the group I've really been looking forward to. Since episode 2, Vocal Rush has been doing so much music from 20 or 30 years ago that I forgot that they're children of the late '90s. I still can't believe that there's a song with as unwieldy a title as "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark," but after this performance, I'll deal with it:
They start with such a strong unison at the beginning, and then abruptly go into a flangey background that subtly shifts the harmony each measure-- Emi, Emi11, Emi6, Emi7. Only after four bars do they start to hew closer to Fall Out Boy's harmonies (alternating Emi and Cma7). The channel is like the intro & verse in miniature. The chorus and second intro do pick up a bit in tempo and sound collectively out of breath in spots, and yet they still kick ass and sound full beyond logic. The next verse and channel bring out all of the soloists they've ever used for a super-quartet over shifting harmonies similar to the first verse (which may be the "bridge" that Shawn says was "so hyped that you didn't leave yourself room to go down and come back up", and if so HE IS INSANE FOR THINKING THAT THIS BRIDGE DIDN'T BUILD WELL), and it melds into a huge Bma (which may be the V chord that Ben refers to as weak and unglued, and if so HE IS INSANE FOR THINKING THAT THIS CHORD IS WEAK). The second chorus (i.e. the end) is even stronger that the first and brought it home big-time. Game, set... tournament?
(The pyrotechnics are way unfair. If I were a future competitor, I'd chose a song with the word "fire" in it just so I can have flames shoot out of the floor while I'm singing.)
Vocal Rush earned their ticket to the finale from episode 1 as far as I'm concerned, producer conspiracies against large academic groups be damned. The idea that The Filharmonic and Ten would have to Jenga Battle for a spot in the finale while Home Free gets a free pass would have been inconceivable even three episodes ago, but here we are. Nothing Home Free has done (other than, ironically, their "I'm Alright" team-up with The Filharmonic) has been an extreme standout, while Ten's "Skyfall" and Filharmonic's "This is How We Do It" are two of my favorite songs of the season, so "Should I Stay or Should I Go" feels like a taunt directed straight at me. Oh no! How many choices did Sophie have to make?!
(That last link will probably make no sense if you haven't seen the whole episode, but you'll thank me later for introducing you to the show.)
chunk 1, Ten: Odd choice to have a low guitar strum.
chunk 2, Filharmonic: They still have a killer blend on the trios.
chunk 3, Ten: A triplet meter is a fun switch, but it should be anchored by lower parts or even VP, not by a trio way up high.
chunk 4, Filharmonic: Dubstep time! And again, their uncanny blend lends themselves well to the synth stabs.
chunk 5, Ten: Finally, something in their wheelhouse, namely a choral section that takes advantage of their power.
chunk 6, Filharmonic: They do triplet meter this time, reminiscent of Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel", and it gets a little harmonically hinky.
(Why are The Filharmonic getting exactly twice as much time as Ten? Weird.)
Chunks 7 thru 10 start the final sequence and are super brief, with Ten returning to the Church of Chaos and The Filharmonic playing it safe with "daaaa da, daaaa da" chords that get very vague. Chunk 11 is the big finish, which mainly comes across as Joe and Emoni screaming at each other. Considering this was for a spot in the finale, I expected more consistent excellence to the end. Still a lot of fun, or at least they looked like they were enjoying themselves.
Based on this performance alone, The Filharmonic would've won by a whisker, but overall Ten has become the stealth favorite, and after last week's "Skyfall" they could've just gotten on stage and twiddled their thumbs for their requisite 115 seconds of air time and still squeaked past The Filharmonic. Based on their finest moments this season, The Filharmonic have an incredible future ahead of them, and I look forward to seeing it happen.
The Sing-Off Live tour is comin' to a city near me? I wouldn't say Westbury is a city, but I'll take it! But long before that: the finale this Monday, is not live, which is a bummer. Maybe Mark Burnett isn't comfortable with a finale being decided by the general public, as opposed to a tribal council, or a crazy businessman-turned-politican and his children in a midtown boardroom. Well, we'll be lucky to get another season of this, and the aforementioned crazy businessman isn't involved (yet), so let's count our blessings.
About the writer:
WARREN BLOOM was a founding member of Spur Of The Moment at Brandeis Univ., sang with Jazz Vocal 2 at the Univ. of Miami Frost School of Music, and MD'd the summer pro group The Hyannis Sound. Since returning to New York City in 1997, he's been MD and/or bass and/or VP for numerous a-cappella projects, including Doo*Wa*Zoo (Best Jazz Song nominee, 2000 CARAs), Dobsonfly (heard in the film The Rules of Attraction), Minimum Wage (2002 NYC Fringe Festival and off-Broadway runs) and Invisible Men (numerous New York and Boston Harmony Sweepstakes awards), and was a staff arranger for 10fm and the Ultimate A Cappella Arranging Service (now Total Vocal). He's also been a regular ICCA/ICHSA judge since 2002 (including both 2006 finals). He's been teaching musical theater (middle & high school) at the Usdan Center for the Arts on L.I. most summers since 1998, and also spent a year as a composer/lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. He was band & orchestra director at Talent Unlimited High School in Manhattan for three years, and now teaches general music (K-5) at P.S. 8 in Brooklyn Heights. He's also a freelance voiceover artist, live sound tech (for numerous vocal groups including Naturally 7, Ball in the House and Six13), and music copyist. He holds music degrees from Brandeis, U. Miami, and CUNY Hunter College.
haha, Fall Out Boy titles,Posted by Sammantix on 12/23/2013
haha, Fall Out Boy titles, man, you haven't even seen the half of it. Thanks for letting me know they dropped the key a whole step on that =) also, finally, a piece with lots of chord write-ups in it. I love your writeups because they tell me what the engine is doing that makes the sounds I like =)
the titles that never endPosted by Warren B. on 12/26/2013
When Nick read the long and self-referential title "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark", I immediately thought, hm, I'm not familiar with that particular Panic at the Disco song.
Fun fact, Panic is actuallyPosted by Sammantix on 12/28/2013
Fun fact, Panic is actually Fall Out Boy's student... so to speak. Panic was signed by the bass player of Fall Out Boy (he had his own imprint at the label). Though, for once, the long over the top title actually is a lyric. The fans kinda just refer to it as 'Light Em Up' because there was a demo a few years back with the 'my songs know what you did in the dark' title.
Moral of the story? Don't let bass players name songs.


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Q: What do I wear to a winter wedding? The wedding is in Maryland in January (cold!) in the evening, so I imagine it's relatively formal. - Lauren, New York, NY
Formal dressing in the winter is super annoying. In lieu of a simple dress and heels, you've got a number of layers to consider -- and frankly, you'd rather be wearing sweatpants. To help, we've put together three standout -- and practical -- looks for your next winter wedding. Pro tip: Do your best to steer clear of sleet and snow by quickly jumping into cars or wear boots that you can change out of when you arrive to the venue. And finally, never underestimate the power of alcohol to make unbearable weather and long ceremonies much more tolerable.
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Saint Christopher is the patron saint of strength. His saint's day is observed on July 25. He began life as a Canaanite man named Reprobus.
Saint Christopher was said to be 7 ½ feet tall. He began life as a soldier for the king of Canaan. He later became a Christian. He used his great strength to help many people cross a dangerous river, and legend tells that he also carried a child version of Christ who was heavier than lead across the river. On his visit to Lycia, he refused to perform pagan sacrifices. After many failed attempts, he was captured and beheaded in 251.


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10 moving photos of new fathers on day of baby's birth
TORONTO – Petrified, ecstatic, tearful. A U.K. photographer has captured the range of emotions experienced by brand new fathers.
In April, Dave Young was present through the nights at London's Chelsea and Westminster hospital, documenting the reactions of new dads minutes after their partners gave birth.
Created in honour of Father's Day, half of the proceeds from The Book of Dads go toward supporting Borne, a U.K. premature birth charity.
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The unguarded reactions from the men are coupled with a phrase or few lines of words they would like their child to live by.
Sentiments range from, "Live your life as if it were a constant pursuit of happiness" to "No tattoos until you're 30 and always be nice to your mum!"
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How stunning is this bride and how gorgeous was her wedding?! What an honor to design and collaborate with my old classmate & roommate for her special day. This lady knows what she wants and knows how to get it done. Listening to her describe her dream wedding and all the ideas she had was a creative dream for me. From creating her personal monogram, to picking out paper stocks together, I had so much fun partnering with Mrs. Malorie Holladay! Congratulations Wes and Malorie.
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The writer-director of the television show "Friday Night Lights," Peter Berg, demanded on Friday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stop using a line from his show in campaign appearances and accused the candidate of plagiarism.
In a letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Berg insisted that Romney, who is a fan of the show, stop using the phrase "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" during the campaign.
"I created the TV show 'Friday Night Lights' and came up with the phrase 'Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose,'" Berg wrote. "I was not thrilled when I saw that you have plagiarized this expression to support your campaign by using it on posters, your Facebook page and as part of your stump speeches. Your politics and campaign are clearly not aligned with the themes we portray in our series."
Berg further took a political jab at Romney by comparing him to one of the show's characters.
"The only relevant comparison that I see between your campaign and Friday Night Lights is in the character of Buddy Garrity — who turned his back on American car manufacturers selling imported cars from Japan," Berg added.
"We are grateful for your support of our beloved show, but we are not in any way affiliated with you or your campaign," Berg wrote in the email. "Please come up with your own slogan."
Buzz Bissenger, the author of the original nonfiction book "Friday Night Lights," the inspiration for the show, endorsed Romney earlier this week.
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Justin Bieber Joins Stallone in Expendables 4 Movie – Released in 2016
Justin Bieber is set to star in the 4th installment of action star-packed series The Expendables.
According to cast member Terry Crews, Justin would be joining the pack for the 2016 movie – alongside Sylvester Stallone, Statham, Van Damme and more big actors.
Terry Crews told Confidenti@l:
The next one, I am telling you, Justin Bieber is coming for The Expendables 4.
That is for real, Bieber in 'Expendables 4. We are going to shoot him all at the same time. It will be wonderful.
The Expendables 4 is expected to film scenes in Bulgaria and will most likely be released by the summer of 2016.


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There are no two ways about it: last season's Miu Miu runway bags were a bit of a catastrophe, even for someone like me who generally thinks that Miuccia Prada does no wrong in either of her lines. Thankfully, Miu Miu Fall 2012 is much better. The line doesn't look like Miu Miu so much as it does Prada Lite, but the bags are bold, structured takes on traditional shapes – an accessories avenue that rarely leads a designer astray. After last season's tiny, quasi-western oddness, it's a welcome change.
The neutrals in the collection bored me a bit, particularly as part of a ready-to-wear collection that was so exuberant with print and color, but when the blues and yellows started to come out, things got exponentially better. The bicolor jade and red bag? Such an odd combination shouldn't work, but it does. The highlights, though, were several options in inky azure; blue isn't even in my normal color palette, but for Miu Miu, I can make an exception.
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Multiple Sclerosis: How to Feel and Function at Your Best
The goal of treating multiple sclerosis (MS) is to help you feel and function well. So, together, you and your healthcare team can identify and implement strategies to manage your symptoms and keep you active, comfortable, and safe.
Manage your MS symptoms
Comprehensive symptom management is the key to keeping you on the go. So if your doctor says that nothing more can be done to control your symptoms, find a different doctor — pronto. Or, you may consider a one-time visit to a comprehensive MS center where the team can give you and your doctor further suggestions. Several medications and management strategies can address virtually every symptom of MS.
Even though you can't totally eliminate your symptoms, you and your healthcare providers can work together to identify the strategies that provide you with the greatest relief and comfort. The right strategies also help to reduce the risk of problems like infection, bone loss, joint problems, and respiratory problems.
Work with MS rehabilitation specialists
Although rehabilitation strategies help promote function and comfort at any time in MS, rehab is particularly valuable if and when your disease starts to progress significantly. Depending on the level of intervention you need, you may receive rehabilitative services on an outpatient or inpatient basis.
For example, your neurologist may refer you to a physical therapist (PT) or an occupational therapist (OT) for a certain number outpatient sessions, followed by a personalized program for you to implement at home.
Or, you may be referred for a 10- to 14-day inpatient stay at a rehabilitation facility. At a rehab facility, each member of the rehabilitation team gives you a thorough assessment and provides the type of intensive therapy you need. You will also receive a personalized regimen to continue on your own at home.
Stay healthy when you have MS
When your MS starts taking a lot of your time, energy, and focus, you may find that you have a tendency to neglect other aspects of your health. Because you see your neurologist regularly, you may begin to rely on him or her for your general healthcare as well.
But, published research shows that this strategy doesn't work very well. People who see MS specialist neurologists for all of their care have been found to be in less good health than their peers who see both a neurologist and an internist or family physician.
So, keep in mind that even though your neurologist will be paying close attention to your MS needs, he or she will probably not be checking your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and other health parameters. Nor will your neurologist be reminding you about the health screening measures recommended for your age group (for example, chest X-rays, ECGs, mammograms, prostate exams, and colonoscopies).
Having MS doesn't protect you from developing other health problems. Although it may feel like more than enough to handle, other medical issues can crop up at any time. So, you need to take the same care of your health as anyone else.