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BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Jimmy Fallon says he learned a valuable lesson from Conan O'Brien's bruising Tonight Temp experience. "Hosting Late Night," he says, "is a one way ticket to NOT hosting the Tonight Show."So true. Both of Fallon's Late Night predecessors, David Letterman and O'Brien, sought and were ultimately denied the Tonight prize.Fallon was in L.A.… Read on
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BOYNE CITY -- Boyne City High School senior Andrew Deneau was recently selected as one of only four students from across the country to represent the 2013 All-American Video Crew at this year's U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.
Andrew was presented with the award Thursday during a filming of the Rambler Sports Network at Boyne City High School.
In receiving the honor, Andrew won an all-expenses paid, six-day trip, along with his visual imaging teacher, Randy Calcaterra, to San Antonio.
He will be trained for two days at Newtek Corporate Headquarters, the company that produces the broadcast of the football game, on the latest and greatest production equipment and then be part of the production team on the U.S. Army All American Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 5. The game is broadcast on NBC and last year nearly 40,000 fans attended.
Andrew was selected after the evaluation of his three-minute demo reel application. The demo reel that Andrew created is the highest-viewed and highest-rated submission since Newtek began this program three years ago.
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Andrew's future plans include attending college to pursue a degree in film and video production.
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Itchy Feet!
Hey ladies! So I'm 37 weeks, my next appointment is on Tuesday and I'll be asking my doctor, but I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this!
All of a sudden my hands and feet have become extremely itchy, especially at night! I wake up (when I do sleep lol) and scratch and scratch and scratch! It's the weirdest thing!
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Check out this new record, "Play It," by my friend, the great guitarist/composer John Moremen of Flotation Device.
Totally worth many listenings. Smart and fun stuff- a great combination.
I did the back cover photos for the LP.
Honored & happy to do so.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Play It - new LP by Flotation Device
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This is a sketch for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge on Karen Giron's blog . She has a lovely blog with some really amazing works of art!
I chose one of my favourite colour combos - Old Olive, Regal Rose & So Saffron. These colours scream SPRING to me. It's hard to tell from the picture but I actually cut out the butterfly and pushed the wings up for a 3D look.
Here's the inside. I didn't leave much room for writing so this would be perfect for a quick note.
Now take a look at this busy one. I like the different parts of it but together...well...it's just crazy busy!
Products Used (top card)
Stamps: Good Friend (Occasions Mini)
Ink: Regal Rose, Old Olive, So Saffron Classic Ink Pad
Paper: Regal Rose, Old Olive, So Saffron, Whisper White Card Stock
Accessories: Silver Brads; Old Olive 5/8 " Grosgrain; Scallop Border, Scallop Square, Scallop Circle, 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8 Circle Punch; Big Shot; Stampin' Up Texturz Plates (Swirls)


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You must have found the title some what amusing and wondered what I was really up to - writing on steel. roses and now chillies. As I am committed to portray India's inner strength despite thousands of blogs still engaged in showing only its poverty, beggars, monkeys, snake-charmers et al, this post had its compelling reasons.
Coming to chillies, I have been reading reports about them in Times of India for the last two days with the last title 'How India won the chilli war'. International honours are hard to come by and when it was to be decided which chilli is the hottest, there were 3 serious contenders. The result (do not mistake in assuming that it was based on tasting them as that would lead to, who knows, terrible consequences) was given after elaborate tests were carried out by New Mexico State University's Chilli and Pepper Institute. The Indian entry known as Naga Jolokia was crowned with the honour scoring 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units (SHUs) and USA's Red Savina scored 577,000 SHUs. The other entrant Dorset Naga which was developed for years scored 923,000 SHUs. Just to get an idea of hotness of chillies, any chilli having only 300,000 SHUs will bring tears. It is perhaps for the obvious reason, Naga Jolokia has a local name 'Bhoot' (ghost) as one would surely start seeing ghost when it is put in the mouth even accidentally. Records are made only to be broken.
Guinness Book of World Records have many examples of old entries giving way to new entries. In this age of globalisation, one cannot shy away from competition. Till some other chilli is found to be hotter than Naga Jolokia in some other part of the globe, let us savour its global honour (definitely not its taste though!).
To sum up, India is surely very very hot.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Indian Chilli Enters Guinness Book of World Records
You must have found the title some what amusing and wondered what I was really up to - writing on steel. roses and now chillies. As I am committed to portray India's inner strength despite thousands of blogs still engaged in showing only its poverty, beggars, monkeys, snake-charmers et al, this post had its compelling reasons.
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Monday, February 19, 2007
India's Acquisition Spree From Steel To Roses
Recently, India proved that it has the nerves of steel by acquiring two steel giants of Europe - Arcelor and Corus to become the world's No. 1(Mittal-Arcelor) and No. 5(Tata-Corus) manufacturers .There might be a mistaken impression among some quarters that its most acquisitions have been made for manufacturing or services.
It all changed after I read a news report on St. Valentine's Day that a firm in Bangalore is negotiating with a Dutch flower company Sher - the biggest in the world for acquisition. Incidentally, it seems 40% of annual rose sales takes place on this occasion alone. It may be too early to speculate whether India will be catapulted to become the world's biggest grower of flowers; but already it is being reckoned as a flower power with exports touching $678 million which is expected to cross $1 billion by 2010.
Adding such feathers to India's cap would be truly admirable if one does not read daily about farmers' unabated suicides and grim struggles of tens of thousands of farmers. The stark reality is that even agriculture is not free of infrastructure weaknesses which have been impeding growth of manufacturing sector. Power has been a laggard for decades although other sectors have been scaling new heights.
Not surprisingly, the noted business school KnowledgeAtWharton and a consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group have said in a new study "India is on its way to becoming world-class manufacturer due to changing environment but poor infrastructure, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive labour laws have kept India's manufacturing a backwater while its services have become red-hot'.
'Sher' means tiger in Hindi and to capture big tigers including the Dutch one, India must firstly have power - to light homes, run factories, turn pumps and also to make roses bloom brilliantly.
Is it not?
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
How Are You Celebrating Valentine's Day?
My heart leaped in joy today in the morning when I got a SMS with the starting words 'Dinner at Taj for u...'. Soon my soaring spirits got deflated on reading the next line 'On this Valentine Download and Dedicate Romantic Songs and U could be the Winner...'. It did not take me long to realise that the great Valentine's Day has arrived as I glanced over the pages of the morning newspaper. My favourite page had a strange look full with classified ads. Some 250 persons had decided to make the world know that they love someone by displaying their printed messages so that the loved ones can always preserve and produce them as proof of their lovers having remembered them at least on this day.
I learnt that on 14Th day of February, Valentine's Day is celebrated and is dedicated to love. Lovers feel they are on top of the world on this day and the romantic frenzy is sought to be built over weeks in advance with media splashing big ads of special gifts for the occasion. Although this day of the calendar I had crossed 65 times in my life so far, I do not remember to have done anything special. Was it because I expressed my love on all the 365 days of the years instead of letting it out on one single day or I am not "trendy" enough to be influenced by the changes sweeping our society?
I wanted to contemplate further. I read a report in Times of India which answered my query about the origin of Valentine's Day.
"In 270, Roman emperor Claudius II was unpopular for waging wars. He lost so many men that he found it difficult to find soldiers. So, he cancelled all marriages and engagements to force the youths to join the army. St. Valentine, a priest, secretly married couples till he was arrested and beheaded on 14Th February."
Since lovers want this day to be celebrated in a special way, it is their choice. I do not believe in jingoism and hence would not comment that this is a foreign custom making way into our lives. At the same time, I do not agree in this case, with the saying 'What is sauce for the gander is sauce for the geese'.
Don't you agree?
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Kudos For India's War Against Global Warming
India's current rapid economic growth is drawing increasing attention from far and near with projections released by reputed agencies that it would dislodge Japan from its third rank by 2032 and USA from its second rank by 2050.
A more deserving achievement by India, however, I feel, is its highest reduction in green house gas (GHG) emissions (which have been responsible for global warming) among the developing nations Brazil, Mexico, China and Chile. As per Kyoto protocol, these nations including India, though not bound to reduce emissions, have been encouraged to adopt measures and at the same time earn 'carbon credits' which are tradable globally so that those who cannot achieve reduction in emissions could buy such 'carbon credits' for offsetting. As per a report, India tops such a list with 155 projects registered out of a total of 492 followed by Brazil 88, Mexico 77, China 37 and Chile 14 projects. Some more projects are awaiting registration. It has been estimated that it may finally bring 350 million 'carbon credits' which on a conservative basis would generate a whopping $3.5 billion by 2012.
It has been like killing two birds in one shot. In my post
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Monday, February 05, 2007
India: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Today, Indian economy has slowly started getting a respectable position globally. Her GDP growth has now become, what many economists believe, sustainable at 8-10% and in the process the past low growth @5-6% has been buried. Indian MNCs are out for acquisitions abroad and the latest Tatas-Corus deal - the biggest in size by any Indian company involving $12 billion has proved beyond doubt that India has truly become a global player.
How was it yesterday?
"On the eve of industrial revolution (around 1770), India was the second largest economy in the world, contributing more than 20% of total world output. By the 1970s, after two centuries of relative economic stagnation, that share had fallen to 3% - the lowest in its recorded history. From a long-term perspective, the post-industrial economic decline of India (and China) is a historical aberration, driven to some extent by a lack of openness. After independence in 1947, India followed inward-looking and state-intervenist policies that shackled the economy through regulations and severely restricted trade and economic freedom. The result was decades of low growth termed pejoratively the 'Hindu rate of growth'. Reforms beginning in 1991 gradually removed obstacles to economic freedom, and India has begun to play catch-up, steadily reintegrating into the global economy."
So says a report titled 'A game of Catch-up' appearing in Times of India (having its source Golden Sachs' Global Economic Paper no 152).
About tomorrow, I have already reproduced the forecast made, again, by Golden Sachs in my post 'Do you believe India's economy will be the second largest by 2050?' accompanied by my wish-list. The lesson for Indians out of the vicissitudes in last three centuries is "You must run faster to stay where you are".
Is it not?
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Marcus Hutchins, a Briton, and author of the popular blog Malware Tech who found the 'kill-switch' to halt the WannaCry ransomware in May this year was arrested by FBI in Las Vegas. He was there to attend the annual DefCon event of security researchers. Joseph Cox of the VICE first broke the news in an early morning Tweet on Aug 3.
Andrew Mabbitt, a hacker who was accompanying Marcus on their way to Vegas also tweeted.
Finally located @MalwareTechBlog, he's in the Las Vegas FBI field office. Can anyone provide legal representation?
— Andrew Mabbitt (@MabbsSec) August 3, 2017
According to the last reports, Andrew was trying to source letters of recommendation from cyber security colleagues to help Marcus be granted bail. He was also trying to set-up a crowdfunding campaign to post $30,000 bond to apply bail for Marcus. He's also collecting legal defense donations for Marcus on LawPay.
How The Events Unfolded?
As per the Tweets and chronology of events, it seems that Marcus was arrested in the wee hours of Aug 3 in a sting operation by FBI. According to the prosecutor, Dan Cowhig, Marcus admitted having created Kronos, a malware that collects bank details.
"He admitted he was the author of the code of Kronos malware and indicated he sold it," Mr. Cowhig said. It is alleged that FBI's undercover cops bought the code of the malware.
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The sting operation that resulted in the detention of Marcus relates to charges against him that dates back to July 2014 and July 2015. As the charges were related to the two-years old time period, the District judge Nancy Koppe ordered that Marcus may be released on a $30K bond.
The next hearing for the case will take place on coming Tuesday. Marcus's employer, Los Angeles-based computer security firm Kryptos Logic will also join the proceedings.
In May this year, we reported how Marcus, who also runs malware research blog 'Malware Tech', found the kill switch of WannaCry ransomware. The malware hit 100s of countries with U.K's NHS being the hardest hit. The ransomware infected 48 of the 248 NHS trusts in England. If it was not for Marcus to notice the unregistered domain through which the malware was executed, things could have gone dirty for thousands of NHS hospitals and trusts.
While there's another co-defendant with Marcus who's been charged by the FBI, it seems that the security researcher will have to spend some time in the US to clear the case.
The cyber security researchers and the hacker community was surprised by FBI's move to detain Marcus. There were a lot of speculations as to what Marcus (Malware Tech) was doing while on his trip to Vegas. The speculations were laid to rest when his colleague, Andrew, posted a note on his Twitter account stating that Marcus takes away a six-figure salary and wouldn't need to sell 2,000 dollars (£1,522) worth of malware.
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Note: The news regarding Marcus's arrest will be updated on Wednesday when we'll have the latest status on the outcome of his release on Monday, and the planned hearing on Tuesday.
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San Francisco public libraries could see more darkened buildings than welcoming lights, despite major renovations or rebuilds on all 27 branches.
The library is considering reducing hours and bookmobile service in light of an estimated $3.6 million budget shortfall next fiscal year. That shortfall is estimated to rise to $11 million by the year 2015-16 budget year, according to San Francisco Public Library documents.
Library officials are also considering reducing spending for new books and materials.
The shortfall will be discussed during a Library Commission Thursday beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Koret Auditorium in the Main Library. A final adoption of a budget and its service reduction proposals is expected at the commission's Feb. 17 meeting.


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Benjamin Lewis Cole, longtime owner of B.L. Cole Insurance Agency in his hometown of Perryville, died Friday of heart failure at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre De Grace. He was 72.
Services for Mr. Cole will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Perryville Presbyterian Church, 710 Broad St., Perryville.
He opened his insurance company in 1949 and was its sole owner until he retired in 1985 and turned it over to a niece, Vivian Wallace.
Mr. Cole was a life member and served as an elder at Perryville Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are a brother, Rodney M. Cole of Perryville; three nieces, Vivian C. Wallace and Nancy J. Huss, both of Perryville, and Kimberly C. Morrison of Aberdeen; a nephew, Rodney L. Cole of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and 10 great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family suggests that contributions be made in memory of his mother, Vergie F. Cole, to the Perryville Presbyterian Church in -- care of Patterson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 188, Perryville 21903.


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Until last Monday afternoon, I knew only three things about Bread:
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Then, watching an infomercial for Time-Life's awesome, 11-disc Classic Soft Rock Collection, I heard "Baby I'm-A Want You." Floored, I've played this track about 10 times a day since then. You'll probably do the same once you hear its first glorious refrain, which first hit airwaves in 1972.
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While hanging out in study hall, these three university students found a fun way to share tips on the importance of oral hygiene.
We're not sure if they were supposed to be studying something else, but the clever lyrics from Jonathan Lee Casas to the tune of Ice, Ice, Baby would surely bring a smile to Vanilla Ice's face.
Dental hygiene never sounded so cool. (pun intended)
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Personally I do not like complaining.
Have you have complained about bad service that you received? If, like me, you're English – then probably not, or at least hardly ever! But if you are from a different country you likely know all about complaining about bad service. Personally I do not like complaining in this way, admittedly partly because I am English and it totally goes against the grain. But also I can see that getting to the point where you actually complain about something, usually involves a sense of anger, which steals your peace. You may feel totally justified, you may actually be totally justified, but it really doesn't matter.
You have to protect your peace. You weren't created to live worried, upset or on edge.
— Joel Osteen (@JoelOsteen) 27 July 2017
It is far more important to maintain that inner sense of peace, than it is to vent your anger in the form of a complaint – whether it be an official complaint, or just moaning to whoever will listen to you (which seems to be what many people like to do). Proverbs 4:23 tells us the importance of protecting our hearts, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life". No matter how badly you feel you have been treated, do not allow what happened to get down inside you – protect your heart. Roll the care of the situation over onto God and receive the peace that passes all understanding. Only if God tells you to act, should you act!
What is that should be making you angry?
Having said all that, there are certain things which should make you angry enough to refuse to put with it. "Really Matthew? That's great, because I did not get what I paid for…….". Hold on, keep your peace, I'm not talking about those sort of situations! I'm not even remotely talking about getting angry at other people or companies. Ephesians 6:12 in the New Life Version makes it clear that our fight is not with other people, "Our fight is not with people. It is against the leaders and the powers and the spirits of darkness in this world. It is against the demon world that works in the heavens". So what is that should be making you angry then, if it's not the things done by other people? Well, how about all the things which you have seen written as promises in God's Word, but which you have not yet seen come to pass in your own life? If something has been promised to you, but you haven't got it, isn't that something you should be getting angry about?
It is absolutely not God that you should be angry at.
Now let's be clear, it is absolutely not God that you should be angry at. He wants you to have everything that He has promised to you, and unless you are one of those people who like to explain away why God's promises don't really mean what they appear to say, you want to have everything that God has promised to you too – I know I do! So what's the issue? What is stopping us from receiving what we have been promised? Take a wild guess! That's right, it's the devil. Not that he has any right or authority to stop your promises from coming to pass, but if you allow him to hinder you, then he will. There are certain things which you may be doing that could be hindering God's promises from coming to pass, such as not being obedient to God, not walking in love, holding onto unforgiveness, etc. But if you are not aware of any such issues, it is likely that the devil or his cohorts are behind the delay in receiving what God has promised to you and that is why you should be angry.
As Christians, we are not supposed to be spiritual pacifists.
In my post, 'Take It By Force!', I wrote about taking what is rightfully yours by force. I spoke of how Duke William of Normandy had been promised that he would be the King of England, but that when the previous king, King Edward, died in January 1066 Duke William was not just handed the crown. Instead Harold Godwinson, King Edward's brother-in-law, claimed the crown for himself and William had to take what he had been promised by force. In modern warfare, much of the fighting can be done from a distance using drones, guided missiles, aerial attacks etc. The need for hand to hand combat may still be present, but it is vastly reduced. In the time of Duke William, who later became known as William the Conqueror, things were very different. Other than archers, who could fire arrows from at least some distance, the majority of fighting was at close quarters, eyeball to eyeball. Fighting in this type of way involves, I would imagine, a certain amount of anger and if not anger, then certainly adrenaline. Which is exactly what we need as Christians, we are not supposed to be spiritual pacifists.
It is time for you to be a conqueror.
I wrote before of how, like Duke William, we need to take what we have been promised by force; but for us it involves using prayer and not the sword. Let me add that doing this requires you to inject a certain amount of zeal, a certain about of righteous anger, a certain amount of passion into your prayers. But let me give you some other reasons to get angry with the devil: Are you poor (relatively speaking)? Well you shouldn't be! You should have enough to be able to give without thinking twice about it. Are you sick? Well you shouldn't be! Jesus has already suffered for your healing, so why are you still sick? The devil is hindering your God-given future from coming to pass, the devil is trying to get you to receive sickness, when Jesus has already provided for your healing. It is time to get angry with the devil and attack him with prayer. Like William, it is time for you to be a conqueror, so keep going until you secure the victory in every area. Let this shout be yours:
VICTORY IS MINE! #BattleofHastings #Battle1066
— William of Normandy (@Duke_William66) 14 October 2016
You may also find this blog post, 'Pray Like a Drunken Woman' from the site 'Reflections of Grace', of further help in studying this topic.
If you have any further questions or thoughts, please feel free to leave a comment.
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There are as many approaches to massage as there are massage therapists. If you have any questions about the Living Touch approach, please don't hesitate to ask us.
We strive to provide certified high-quality care in a
clean, safe, and comfortable setting.
If you've never had a massage, try an appointment with us and Experience the Difference.
Age is a mindset. We are a product of what we eat and do. Diet, exercise, hydration, stress levels, and thought patterns affect us. With self-care and awareness things can improve.
At our office we do not do any "spiritual rituals"
Yes, we can feel knots and tension in the muscles. We can also feel when the knots and tension release. Many times we can also tell if it is muscle tension from a strain of injury.
We find our clients are about 50/50 on this. Some people need to talk to unwind and get nervous if they have to be quiet. They need to know what we are doing to them. Some people are very inquisitive and want to learn. Other people like to enjoy the quiet. We always try to follow the lead of the client, it becomes obvious where their comfort level is.
We had been married for 11 years and both of our children were in school before we decided to go to massage school. When we got married Paul said that he was going to get out of construction before he was crippled. Because of this, we were always looking for something to do that we could believe in. We knew that we wanted something in the wellness area.
We know that shaved legs are a hygiene thing for many ladies and we understand that, but at our office we work on both men and women. Normally the men have hairier legs. Hair on the legs is not a problem. Our lotion can cover a multitude of skins. If the leg hair is furry we have to use oil instead of lotion and work in one direction so the hair does not knot up.
This is something that we talked about in massage school. People respond to touch differently. Also many people have experience "touch trauma" in their life. It is always important to be aware of a person's reaction to touch. Many people don't understand what therapeutic massage in until they have one.
Some of the ways that we help our clients in to start them face down. If a man is going to have a reaction it will be in the first few minutes of the massage and if he does only he knows. Men are more excited by sight then touch. We also dress professionally and have a professional setting. In my 13 years of practice I have never had a male client with an erection problem.
There was a female massage student that went to massage day school the same time as Paul went to night school. She was cheasty and liked to wear low cut shirts, mid drift shirks and short shorts. She was having problems with men reacting during massage clinicals. Our teacher had to pull her aside a couple of times to address her lack of professional dressing. How we, as massage therapists present ourselves does matter.
Massage is a service driven industry, like any service based industry, tips are appreciated but not required.
The average client we see is an educated professional, so we typically don't have to deal with those types of issues. Usually the person with that type of mind set doesn't invest themselves in the wellness of their body. We also strive to present ourselves as professional, not a fly by night business. The way we present ourselves does matter.
I have had one client in IL that was a semi-retired lawyer that informed me that he didn't think that he needed to be covered by the sheet and I informed him if he did not cover himself I would not work on him.
We do end up every year with some calls and texts that are very inappropriate. We handle the calls by giving the information to the Hubbard Police. The police then calls the number and informs the individuals that what they are doing is considered sexual harassment by law and if this continues the police will have to take action. Normally after that the phone calls stop.
Yes, I have worked with several people that have fibromyalgia, each case is unique in itself.
When we went to massage school in Southern Illinois our massage instructor taught us the importance of self-care, stretching and proper body mechanics. We do take time to take care of ourselves, including getting regular massages.
We work on a lot of people and many people who have had trauma in their lives. We are trained to be aware of signs that indicate people are having an anatomical reaction. We have also been trained on how to slow or stop and help a client through one of those reactions.
This is one of the things I wondered about when I started my massage education. I was fortunate that in my massage class we had all sizes. We had a"Victoria's Secret" size up to someone as "round as I am tall". Massage and deep tissue release work the same on everyone.
The hardest people to work on are the very thin people, because their muscles are also thin and harder to follow along the bone structure.
As long as you aren't black with dirt, don't worry about it, most people really don't smell that bad.
With deep tissue work there can be discomfort, we always work with our client pain tolerance. Our goal is to work with the clients' bodies and not beat them into submission.
Massage is proactive care, not a New Age belief. There are some therapists that like to be mysterious and mystical instead of therapeutic. There is science behind massage, it's more than just a back rub or chasing oils around your back.
Massage can be many things, light and fluffy or deep and therapeutic. 1 of 10 massage therapists are myofascial masseurs. I am a professionally trained myofascial massage therapist. We can do massages from light touch to very deep tissue, based on the preference of the client.
An anatomical response is the body responding to the massage work either emotionally or physically. The most common releases can be: crying shaking, sweating or excessive, emotional talk. Anatomical responses can be normal and are nothing to worry about.
People who have had touch trauma or who have image issues normally ask for a woman. People who have had a massage before really don't care either way. They just want a good massage therapist and they will book for a time that is more convenient for them. Normally if they like your work they stay with you. It is a normal case of "first hands on" is normally who they will rebook with. Our athletes normally prefer males because they think a man is stronger and are used to male coached and personal trainers.
Some people think that men are stronger and rougher and that women are more gentle and nurturing. That isn't quite true. A good massage therapist is determined by technique and knowledge of controlling their strength. The stronger massage therapist with be in practice longer.
We find many times that the side that hurts is not always the tight side. Sometimes the sore side is sore from the tight side pulling on it. It is always best to work the body as a whole.
Before Paul and I had our two kids we suffered from two miscarriages. After the first miscarriage I scheduled a massage with our friend who learned his technique when he was serving in Vietnam. After my massage my body recovered and was back to normal within a month. With the second miscarriage, I was busy with work and did not make time to schedule a massage. My body took three months to recover. I told Paul that anything that makes that big of a difference at such an emotional time is well worth looking into.
Paul used massage to help lessen pain and improve movement and function while he worked in construction. One case that really proved the benefit of massage was when Paul was working construction in St. Louis. Before we went to massage school he was in pain. He was going to the chiropractor three times a week and the adjustments help but the releases were not long lasting. We found a couple of massage therapists that did deep tissue massage work. We discovered Paul had better result managing pain from getting a massage every other week then getting adjusted three times a week. It was also easier on the budget. The chiropractor had already addressed the skelatorial issues but now Paul was dealing with muscular issues.
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When they are this size ( about one foot long) alligators spend their time hiding, blending in with the weed and brush.
When they are this size ( about fourteen feet long and one thousand pounds) alligators spend their time worrying about nothing, the are truly the alpha ambuse predator. Please do not judge the composition of this image, I had to shoot through a small opening in the underbrush to get the shot. I wanted to get the image because this is by far the largest alligator I have seen in Florida. Look at the girth on it's mid-section, certainly eating well.
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Do you have an SLR Camera but aren't quite comfortable using it? Do you travel and wish you were taking better photos? Have kids and want to document every day life a little better? This photography workshop is a beginner, one-day workshop for you. You'll leave with a better understanding of the buttons on your camera, we'll chat about light, lens choice and photography fundamentals.
This beginner workshop is hosted by Nataschia Wielink Photography. Nataschia has been a photographer in the Niagara region for over 14 years. She primarily photographs love stories and has also developed her portfolio of commercial images. You can view more of her wedding and portrait work here, her commercial work here and if you're interested in her day to day adventures, you'll find her on instagram as @nataschiawielink
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The Inner Planes
The inner planes, also called the elemental planes, are planes consisting primarily of one type of matter. The inner planes consist of six major planes and 12 minor planes, arranged on a sphere as shown. The Prime Material planes and Ethereal plane are located inside that sphere.
The following are the six major elemental planes:
The plane of elemental Fire
The plane of elemental Earth
The plane of elemental Air
The plane of elemental Water
The plane of Positive Energy (Positive Material plane)
The plane of Negative Energy (Negative Material plane)
The twelve minor planes are divided into two types: The para-elemental planes, which exist between the four elemental planes, and the quasi-elemental planes, which exist between the elemental and Positive or Negative Material planes. Each elemental plane has a solid core of its elemental type for example, pure rock in the case of elemental Earth. Each also contains islands of other elemental material that allow a wide variety of creatures to survive in that plane.
These elemental, para-elemental. quasi-elemental and Positive and Negative Material planes share a inborn hostility to life forms not from the inner planes, and to life from the Prime Material plane in particular. Travelers are therefore warned to wander here only it they possess specific protection, or, lacking that protection, remain in the Border Ethereal of these planes.
Reaching the Inner Planes
The inner planes can be reached in three ways – via the Ethereal plane, other inner planes, and elemental vortices. Reaching a particular plane from the Ethereal plane is covered in the section on the Ethereal (enter the Border Ethereal of the Prime Material plane, pass through the Deep Ethereal to the curtain of the proper color, then pass into the Border Ethereal of the desired
inner plane).
An important point for adventurers who travel through the inner planes while ethereal (i.e., who travel through the Border Ethereals of the Inner planes): Natives of these planes can see into the Ethereal from their home plane. They can also attack ethereal beings and enter the Ethereal from their home planes (only). An earth elemental in the plane of elemental Earth that sees an ethereal traveler can attack that traveler and then pursue the fleeing traveler into the Ethereal plane. Such a creature could not follow the traveler into the Prime Material plane, nor into any non-adjacent quasi- or para-elemental plane.
An inner plane can be reached from another inner plane merely by traveling through the para- or quasi-elemental border between the planes and crossing over into the new plane.
Finally, vortices can be opened directly between the Prime Material and the elemental planes. These vortices may be free-standing or temporary.
A free-standing vortex exists in situations where a high density of elemental material exists in a concentrated mass. Such free-standing elemental vortices link only with the major elemental planes, not their attendant quasi- and para-neighbors. Some free-standing gates:
A vortex to elemental fire in the heart of a volcano
A vortex to elemental earth at the center of a mountain chain
A vortex to elemental water at the bottom of a sea
A vortex to elemental air in the eye of a hurricane or typhoon
At these vortices matter and individuals can move freely from one plane to another without harm. When the phenomenon that created them ceases (the typhoon expands itself. the volcano cools, etc), the vortex disappears.
Vortices to the Positive and Negative Material planes are possible but none have been discovered thus far. A vortex to the Positive Material plane would result in a massive surge of energy, such as that of a star, while a vortex to the Negative Material plane would suck in all surrounding substances. The dangers of such vortices preclude their existence in inhabited areas save under tight controls, probably under the eyes of Great Powers. These dangers also indicate why these types of vortices have not yet been discovered.
Survival in the Inner Planes
Each of the inner planes has its own special hazards; the dangers they share in common are noted below.
Breathing: With the exception of the plane of elemental Air, normal breathing is impossible in the inner planes. Unless the traveler has some extraordinary means of breathing, or reduces the elemental material to a breathable state (airy water or similar spell), he suffocates or drowns rather quickly.
The Plane of Elemental Air
Of all the Inner planes, the plane of elemental Air is the most hospitable to Prime planar life. The plane's substance can be breathed and is excellent for travel. Beings of elemental air are the most easily summoned and controlled (the aerial servant, dust devil, and invisible stalker spells all summon elemental creatures from the plane of Air, yet no equivalent spells exist for the other elemental planes).
The traveler first notices the sterling blue color of the plane, like the bluest high-summer day in the Prime plane. Unlike conditions in the Prime, this blue extends underfoot as well as overhead, so that the traveler is surrounded by a great vault of sapphire hue. Small pieces of matter float in this realm, bits of other elemental planes that have found their way (or been brought by powerful forces) into the plane of elemental Air. It is in and around such
matter that other-planar creatures usually make their homes; the open space is the home of the air elementals.
As the traveler moves through the plane of elemental Air, the terrain changes. As the traveler moves toward the plane of para-elemental Smoke, the air becomes thicker, warmer, and harder to breathe. In the opposite direction, the air becomes cooler, and snow and ice crystals begin to hang in the air until they fill the sky, becoming the thick, crystalline walls of the plane of para-elemental Ice. Toward the plane of quasi-elemental Lightning, the air thickens with rain clouds and fogs, and there is the distinct tang of ozone, until lighting erupts and the traveler knows the buffer area between these planes have been reached. Finally, toward the Negative Material plane, the air begins to thin out until an airless state is reached in the plane of quasi-elemental Vacuum, looking into the heart of the Negative Material plane.
The Plane of Elemental Fire
The plane of elemental Fire is a hellish place, unsuitable for the unprotected traveler and uncomfortable to those who make their homes in cooler regions. In addition to elemental creatures, this plane is the home of the evil efreeti and their fabled City of Brass, and the realms of the dwarf-like azer.
The unwary traveler entering the plane of Fire is immediately subjected to the terrible heat of the plane and the brilliance of the plane itself. Those who survive their entry into the plane of Fire are treated to all the wonders of the plane.
The plane of Fire is alive with every color and manner of flame, all burning without consuming any fuel, radiating energy and heat at maximum levels. There are the brilliant yellows and oranges of every adventurer's campfire, and the hot red edged with white of the live embers of the campfire. The shine of candles and the white radiance of heated steel can be seen, as well as the blue and green flames of alchemic experiments.
Most matter that is unprotected is consumed by the flames, but some elemental pockets do survive in the plane of Fire and often serve as waystations for beings from other planes.
The borders of the plane of Fire are only slightly cooler than the inner parts of the plane. Toward the plane of elemental Air, the amount of burnable materials increases, and large pockets of haze and soot collect until the fires of the plane are reduced and the traveler reaches the para-elemental plane of Smoke. In the opposite direction. toward the plane of elemental Earth, more ground appears, thick basalt columns form, as well as less impervious materials that flow under the effects of the heat. When the fire is finally subsumed in the heat of the surrounding rock, the plane of para-elemental Magma, home of the magmen, is reached.
If the traveler gains an elemental guide and moves toward the Positive Material plane, the flames become brighter and less distinct. until the light overwhelms the fires and the traveler reaches the plane of quasi-elemental Radiance. In the other direction, the flames begin to die, leaving behind the remains of eons of fires now dead. The air becomes cool and then bone-chillingly cold and the last of the flames disappear. The traveler has reached the negative quasi-plane of Ash, the border between the plane of Fire and the unknowable depths of the Negative Material.
The Elemental Plane of Earth
Of the four major elemental planes, it is earth, not fire, that is the least hospitable to travelers. Elemental earth cannot be breathed by atmosphere-requiring travelers, and the very solid mass of the plane prevents the normal traveler from entering . Air, water, and fire all part for the traveler, but the building blocks of the elemental plane of Earth form a solid wall against intruders.
A traveler is normally restricted to moving in the Border Ethereal until a safe area to enter can be found (usually a pocket of another elemental material that permits the traveler to enter). The traveler can also employ spells that force an open area (such as stone shape) or that permit the traveler to walk through solid material. Those who pass into the plane of Earth find themselves totally enclosed in densely packed earth. The plane of Earth is colored with streaks of dark greens, mud browns, and granite greys. Bands of color drift past the eyes. What little air there is smells of stone dust and damp calcium deposits. Only when an elemental pocket is reached does the plane of Earth resemble anything familiar to the traveler; elsewhere there is the feeling of being buried alive.
This enclosed nature of the elemental plane of Earth is most true at its centermost heart. Toward its borders with other planes, its nature alters slightly. Toward the plane of Fire, the cool stone warms and finally becomes hot and viscous, giving way to the plane of para-elemental Magma that separates Earth from Fire. In the opposite direction, the earth and stone becomes wetter, cooler, and more pliable the plane of para-elemental Ooze is reached. As the traveler moves toward the Positive Material plane, bands of crystal become more common, as well as ore-bearing rocks, until finally the plane of Earth gives way to the quasi-elemental plane of Minerals. Toward the Negative Material plane, the soil begins to dry out and fall apart, until the traveler arrives at the barren plane of quasi-elemental Dust. For the traveler to reach any of these bordering lands, the ability to move through the stone and rock of elemental earth is required in addition to a guide that knows which way to go.
The Elemental Plane of Water
The plane of elemental Water is an ocean without a surface, a vast expanse that extends in all directions without reaching air above or solid bottom below. The pressure of the water is uniform in all directions and equivalent to that several feet beneath the surface of a Prime planar ocean. The entire region is illuminated by soft light: glowing blues and greens that seem to radiate from the water itself. Elemental Water is less harsh than the planes of Fire and Earth, though not as accessible as the plane of Air. The plane of Water is the home of elemental creatures such as the water weird, the nereid, the triton, and the realm of the marid.
The traveler entering the plane of Water feels surrounded by the softly resilient element. Sights are muffled by the surrounding liquid, though sounds carry greater distances. Bubbles of air, floating chunks of rock, and even an occasional free-standing ball of fire survive in this cool plane. Unless the traveler has some method of breathing in this plane, however, these sensations may be the traveler's last.
At its heart, the plane of Water is clear water. brilliantly green and fresh. As the traveler moves away from that center, the nature of the plane changes. Toward the plane of Earth. the amount of debris and sea-borne muck increases until movement is hampered by wading through the muck, and the plane of para-elemental ooze is reached. In another direction, toward the plane of Air, the water grows chillier and fragments of ice appear and grow until the entire horizon is filled with the wintery white solid mass of the plane of para-elemental ice. Toward the Positive Material plane, the water becomes warmer and more agitated until the cohesiveness between water molecules breaks down and the plane of quasi-elemental Steam is reached. Finally, as the traveler moves toward the Negative Material plane, the water begins to evaporate, leaving a saltier and saltier mixture until the traveler finds himself in the plane of quasi-elemental Salt.
The Para-Elemental Planes
The para-elemental planes are minor planes that lie between the major elemental planes. The para-elemental planes are Smoke, where Air meets Fire; Magma, where Fire meets Earth; Ooze, where Earth meets Water; Ice, where Water meets Air. These planes are called minor for several reasons: they are harder to reach for Prime Material spell casters: they are home to fewer great powers; they are less varied than the major planes; they are also transition planes between the major elemental planes.
The plane of para-elemental Smoke is a large bank of foul-smelling fog, sweeter and cleaner toward the plane of Air and its quasi-planes, hotter and brighter toward the plane of Fire and its related quasi-elemental planes. The plane of Magma is a long sea of lava. thinning to burning gas near the plane of Fire and thickening toward the plane at Earth until it becomes solid rock. The plane of Ooze begins with clammy dampness on the borders of Earth, passes through a quicksand-like state in the central part of its plane, and finally becomes muddy silt where it borders the plane of Water. The plane of para-elemental Ice is a solid land of frozen water broken by fissures and caverns. ranging from scattered icebergs at the edge nearest Water and ending in a white wall jutting into the plane of Air.
The Energy Planes
While the four major inner planes are generally hostile to Prime Material life, they pale in comparison with the effects of the Positive and Negative Material planes. These two planes, also known as the planes of Positive and Negative Energy, are thoroughly hostile to outside life. No Greater, Lesser, or Demi- powers are known to inhabit these planes.
The Positive Material plane is alive with light, the very atoms of the elemental medium vibrating with energy. Power is everywhere, so much so that it overwhelms the traveler.
The Negative Material plane sucks in all matter and energy. The Negative Material plane is eternally dark, its structures and towers made up of physical, solid blackness.
Both planes border on the major elemental planes and where they meet are the quasi-planes. The positive quasi-elementals are Steam, Lightning, Radiance, and Minerals, while those that border the Negative plane are Ash, Dust, Salt, and Vacuum.
The Quasi-Elemental Planes
The Positive Quasi-Planes
The planes known as the positive quasi-planes or positive quasi-eiemental planes lie between the Positive Material plane and the four elemental planes it adjoins. These four quasi-elemental planes are those of Lightning (adjoining Air), Radiance (Fire), Minerals (Earth), and Steam (Water). These positive planes have so much energy that the elemental matter is in an agitated state. Of all the inner planes. the positive quasi-planes are the most changing and dynamic.
The plane of quasi-elemental Lightning is elemental air at its most excited state, crackling with energy as a continual storm front plays along its border, registering such power that the very air tastes of metallic ozone and the atmosphere is charged with electrical energy. Those travelers who enter this plane from the plane of Air find the region heavy with clouds that range from grey to greenish black in color. Continual bolts of lighting are from cloud to cloud; quasi-elemental creatures dance through the churning maelstrom. All forms of electrical discharges are found here, from the well-known bolts to St. Elmo's fire to large metallic sheets of lighting. Hair, fur, and feathers rise and separate in the charged atmosphere. The touch of metal carries a shock. At the farthest edges of the plane lies the border with the Positive Material plane. a continual bolt of electrical power issuing from afield of pure brilliance beyond.
The plane of quasi-elemental Radiance is flame and fire at its brightest. it is not hotter than the plane of Fire that adjoins it, but the fires burn purer and with a more intense glow. Rainbows of flame exist here. The creatures that live within span the entire spectrum of color in a dazzling display to be seen nowhere else. Walls, spheres, and lines of prismatic force lace the plane. The lights become more crystalline and sharper. until finally the border with the plane of Positive Energy is reached and mere colors are overwhelmed by the brilliant white light issuing forth.
The plane of quasi-elemental Minerals is the most varied and intricate of stonework and crystals. From the border with the plane of Earth, the veins of crystal and metal-bee ring ore become thicker and richer. until they dominate the surrounding earth. The plane becomes filled with black marble naturally polished to a mirrored shine, interlaced with veins with gold, gems, and crystals that catch the inner glow of the earth itself. The crystals and gems become more fragile and delicate and seem to hum with a life of their own. Finally. at the border with the Positive Material plane, the crystals shatter from the energy within and the plane ends in a great cliff-face, beyond which lies the bounty of pure positive energy.
The plane of quasi-elemental Steam is not a hot plane, though portions of it are on the verge of boiling. Rather the water itself is so turbulent that the it ceases to hold itself together and the plane fills with mists and fogs and thin vapors. The mist-like vapor glows from the energy within. and this glowing increases as the traveler moves toward the Positive Material plane. Eventually the plane ends in the brilliant border to the Positlve Material plane. All of the positive quasi-planes have definite edges or boundaries with the Positive Material plane. The boundaries are not stationary, but rather ebb and flow like the tide against the quasi-elemental planes.
All of the positive quasi-elemental planes are inhabited by creatures that are suited to the energetic and chaotic nature of their planes. Such creatures are rare on the Prime plane, and only one, the lighting quasi-elemental, has been studied in any detail. This quasi-elemental and others like it may be beseeched to act as elemental guides. Elementals from the other inner planes may be used as guides, but they dislike such service because the continual confusion greatly unsettles their senses.
The Negative Quasi-Planes
The planes known as the negative quasi-planes are those that lie between the Negative Material plane and the the elemental planes it adjoins. These four quasi-elemental planes are Vacuum (between Negative and Air), Ash (between Negative and Fire), Dust (between Negative and Earth), and Salt (between Negative and Water). These elemental planes are characterized by the increasing absence of their primary elemental material as you move closer to the plane of Negative Energy. These planes are generally barren wastelands inhabited by parasitic beings.
The plane of quasi-elemental Vacuum is a thinning of the atmosphere of the plane of Air until a true vacuum is reached. Paradoxically, pressure and temperature do not drop as the atmosphere thins. Those who venture here must contend not only with nothing to breath, but worse yet, nothing to transform into a breathable atmosphere. The ambient light of the plane of Air becomes dimmer and dimmer until a wall of solid blackness rises betOre the traveler-the Negative Material plane.
The plane of quasi-elemental Ash is the depletion of warmth and fire. The transition from the plane of Fire to that of Ash occurs in a region of cooling temperature and the dusty remains of burned materials hanging in the atmosphere. The plane is bone-chillingly cold. Finally the ash thickens to a grey, dusty wall, beyond which is the darkness of the Negative Material plane.
The plane of quasi-elemental Dust represents the crumbling at at elemental earth as it loses cohesion. The earth and stone become looser, and the restrictive nature of the plane of Earth is eased, so that a character can swim through the plane as if through loose sand. The motes of earth still glow, but they are dimmer and farther apart. The empty blackness between motes becomes darker and more prevalent. Finally the dispersing motes of dust and completely in a wall of solid darkness. Beyond this only negative energies exist.
The plane of quasi-elemental Salt is the residue from the evaporation of elemental water. As you move from the plane of Water to that of Salt, brine overcomes pure water and quickly solidifies into hard crystalline lumps. These solid salts soak up all the remaining water. The solid salts end in a great cliff overlooking the plane of Negative Energy, beyond which neither water nor other substances exist.
Each of the negative quasi-elemental planes has a hazy and variable border with its adjacent elemental plane and a definite edge with Negative Material plane. The boundaries with the Negative Material plane move forward and backward sporadically, sometimes adding territory to the negative quasi-planes, sometimes swallowing up parts of those planes.
The negative quasi-elemental planes are inhabited by creatures that have adapted to the hostile nature of these planes. Several creatures found on the Prime plane may have their origins there (sandiings, sandman, and dune stalkers are all from the plane of Dust), but no definite information exists on this subject.


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Few new things this week! I've already posted about the Expos'e SO onto other things!
New Mini latex dress. Comes in three colors *Ruby, Violet and Black*
New Men's outfit- Buckle Boi.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
**~New from Nightshade~**
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I'd been thinking about regular features I could write for the blog this year, when it occurred to me that the New York Times runs an article about food in their business section most Saturdays. Lest you think I'm some mutual fund obsessed food dilettante, I know this because the business section happens to also be the sports section.
This week's food article is Jose Nocera's Curing What Ails Starbucks. Should be interesting - I'm approaching this as a dyed-in-the wool Peet's fan. I pretty much only go to Starbucks when my wife competes in a triathlon someplace that doesn't speak Peet's. I was given a $20.00 Starbucks card in a white elephant gift exchange and, despite my daily coffee habit, I've used it just once. I purchased a large iced coffee for $2.50.
I had to wait five full minutes to receive my beverage while that automatic espresso machine spit out lattes. The coffee didn't taste as good as it does Peet's, it cost .70 more than it does at Peet's, and it took me at least five times as long to get. I made the switch to iced coffee a few years ago and have not looked back. It's easier on my stomach, less prone to lid issues, and at Starbucks I drink it black. I don't want it sweetened or blended. They have drinks that are sweetened and blended icy things, and they call them something else.
I'll recap Nocera's article this way, the founder of Starbucks hates the fact that they feel like a huge chain operation, so he's named himself CEO to restore the "romance and theatre" of a Starbucks experience that has become "watered down". Nocera's view is that this a bad idea, and that the competitive landscape has changed too much for Schultz to turn the ship around without doing things that he is unlikely to want to do - i.e. compete on price.
Along the way Nocera mentions some old news - apparently Schultz let the Stabucks executive staff hear about his unhappiness last year, in a memo that found its way to Starbucksgossip.com. Schultz writes,"we have had to make a series of decisions that, in retrospect, have lead to the watering down of the Starbucks experience, and, what some might call the commoditization of our brand."
The culprits include stay-fresh packaging that prevents Starbucks stores from smelling like coffee, and automatic espresso machines. In addition to eliminating the need for a barista to perform the act of creating an espresso drink, these new machines are tall enough to block,"the visual sight line the customer previously had to watch the drink being made, and for the intimate experience with the barista."
These decisions, combined with the ubiquity of the product, have resulted in Starbucks becoming what non-customers always thought it was - an over priced strip-mall version of an actual cafe where everything costs a lot more. Of course this makes sense to people like me, who think of drinking there as settling. What seems to be keeping Howard Schultz up at night is that is starting to make sense to people like my co-worker who treats himself to coffee there each Friday.
Premium brands and ubiquity don't get on well. This was on Seth Godin's mind last month.


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As poll weary analysts debate the future of national parties in wake of the ever rising power of regional parties, one key message the 2012 mandate delivered has got completely lost in the cacophony of the voices emanating out of milling television studios. This message has significant ramifications for the policy framework and the overall trajectory of the national political discourse in the country.

No, it is not about whether Rahul would stop rolling his sleeves up as he faces the media next. This is also not about whether Mayawati pays a visit to Noida Park to draw fresh inspiration from her statues for what looks like a long arduous lonely battle ahead. Yes, not even about whether Nitin Gadkari seeks out L K Advani on figuring out what went wrong with 'Ram arithmetic' in Ayodhya?

This is about the moot question whether or not development is yet an election issue? The 2012 mandate has indeed put the development debate in perspective. But it has fallen well short of a clear verdict on the viability of development plank as the key to success at the ballot box.

Mayawati got trounced even as she returned an average 7 per cent plus GDP growth during her regime bettering Mulayam's 5.9 per cent. Is this a vote against economic policy pursued by BSP boss or a reflection of her failure to articulate the growth story she authored during her regime? Or, else, development never was an election issue in the first place in Uttar Pradesh.

Remember Rahul kicked off his campaign raising a question mark over the growth story in the state only to abandon it mid course to embrace the minority brand of politics, in between, of course parading Sam Pitroda, that too in a brand new avatar. And BJP too never looked tired of attacking Mayawati on the corruption stigma until it discovered abundant virtue in a corruption accused Maya discard, who it took to bed in the hope that he would help deliver a clincher. All this while the bi-cycle had its own tale to tell and that had nothing to do with the development story or the lack of it on the ground.

But what about Punjab where Akali-BJP alliance is all set to take charge yet again thanks to a clear verdict that many attribute to the inclusive economic policies of the Badal clan. The SAD- combine yielded growth averaging 7.5 per cent per year beating 5.9 per cent of the previous Congress government. Did development plank yield tangible results in Punjab, and if so, did it come up as a factor good enough to beat anti-incumbency as also sticky corruption charges against the ruling establishment?

This presents an interesting pointer to the development debate: a relatively prosperous state finds merit in the 'atta-dal' scheme of Akalis, but poor electorate in UP shy away from development work, especially in critical social sector including education while making the choice at the polls. But why blame the voter when the authors of the growth story themselves chose to use or in this case over--use the social engineering formulae.

Goa, which apart from putting India on the global tourist map, also scores pretty well on the development indices including the socio economic parameters, has elected BJP over Congress. Again here the development debate became irrelevant in the campaign itself because the entire election was fought in the shadow of corruption charges against the incumbent Congress government. Thus the fact that Digambar Kamat achieved higher GDP growth every year than the previous regime gets conveniently consigned to the files as another statistic.

Uttarakhand verdict hangs in balance so does the development debate. The state has an aspiration to grow and development issue should indeed have played a critical role in building the decider. Here again the story is about an alleged corrupt politician achieving triumph while the honest contender bites the dust. The man who underperformed his Congress predecessor in GDP growth has been returned to power beating the corruption stigma that saw him being removed from the top slot a few days before the announcement of elections in the state.

Has the development issue, therefore, just acquired a touch me not tag among the political class in India? The trust deficit with the development pitch across parties has come out in the open in this verdict. And, if politicians fear development mantra does not guarantee votes, nothing on earth would bind them to the development agenda as such, as they would often pre-occupy themselves with finding merit in the age old narrow, sectarian, communal, cast and appeasement politics. But why should someone now complain?
(The author is Editor-Zee Research Group)
Verdict 2012: Damn Development!
As poll weary analysts debate the future of national parties in wake of the ever rising power of regional parties, one key message the 2012 mandate delivered has got completely lost in the cacophony of the voices emanating out of milling television studios. This message has significant ramifications for the policy framework and the overall trajectory of the national political discourse in the country.


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How to Capture the Perfect Family Photo for This Year's Christmas Card
You've probably seen the ads: there are 8 Saturdays until Christmas! I'm sure your kids are flipping through the same Target holiday catalog that arrived in mailboxes around my neighborhood recently too. Slipping it into the recycle bin unnoticed was a complete fail, so now my girls have pointed out the trampoline they want, the Mickey Mouse car they have to have, and the furry vest they want to gift their newborn cousin.
Which means, I'm over here scrolling through my Facebook feed for the posts by all of my photographer friends about holiday mini sessions. We've gotta get some coordinating outfits on and snap a happy picture before the afternoon daylight hours run out. And because I usually drag out the picture printing, addressing, card stuffing, and remembering to walk them to the sidewalk postage drop into a several week process, I need to start planning now.
You too huh? Check out these fun ideas on pulling off a successful family photo to send out Christmas cheer.
1. Coordinate outfits. You don't have to go all matchy matchy with exact replicates of smocked dresses in adult sizes too. But you should consider a coordinating color scheme. The color palette doesn't have to be Christmasy. Consider what colors work well with your family's skin tone and eye and hair color. Be mindful of having too many opposing patterns. Usually one dominant print mixed with other complementary colors is best.
2. Pick the right location. Natural light is the best for making your family look great. So an outdoor setting is probably your best bet. A walk through nature. A rugged barn siding. An open snowy field. Even the middle of a Christmas tree farm all make festive outdoor backdrops.
3. Consider the mood. Be true to your family here. If you are a crazy, silly bunch then by all means, let the photo you send out be an accurate representation. Don't be afraid to capture personalities and your real life in this annual record. Especially looking back on these in later years, you'll appreciate the memories of the outtakes.
4. Bring props. How adorable is a little baby sipping Santa's milk and snagging his cookies?
Or a family Christmas picnic setup? Add in pieces that bring your scene to life. Props build the fun and enhance the mood for your little ones especially who you'll want to be cooperating during the shoot.
5. Take individual shots. Even though you'll send the family shot out to your long distance friends, since everyone is dressed and smiling you might as well take some individual pictures too. Try one of each child. Get a few of the siblings pretending to like each other. And definitely don't overlook a couple's photo. It's okay to include your dogs too.
6. Try taking them yourself. You totally don't have to be a professional photographer to take a Christmas card worthy photo of your family. You don't even need a professional camera. Iphones have incredible cameras these days. It's a great alternative if all those mini sessions are booked or if you'd rather spend the money on the enticing toys in the Target catalog instead. Here's an easy tutorial for getting great quality images from your phone.
Happy picture taking! When you load your photo to social media, we'd love for you to tag @RheaLanas if your children's holiday attire was snagged at one of our events.


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The Santa Clara Valley Water District will conduct its public process for setting FY 2018/2019 groundwater and surface water charges (rates) in the Spring of 2018.
As Santa Clara County's primary water wholesaler, the water district strives to make sure there is enough clean, safe water to sustain the region's economic vitality and quality of life. Water charges pay for the infrastructure and services required to deliver clean, safe drinking water to Silicon Valley residents and businesses.
The rate-setting process includes a series of opportunities for the public to provide input at an open house and public hearings in April. The details of these meetings are listed in the Important Dates section on page 3 of the notice. The rate-setting process also includes a formal protest procedure by which well owners, operators, and owners of land upon which a well is located can object to the proposed increase in rates. That procedure is explained in detail here.
As you are aware, what you pay the Santa Clara Valley Water District to divert surface water for your use is comprised of a basic user charge, which is equivalent to the groundwater production charge, and a surface water master charge. The basic user charge helps pay for the cost to manage and augment surface water supplies and is set equal to the groundwater production charge because surface water is considered in-lieu groundwater usage. The surface water master charge pays for costs that are specific to surface water users only, including the work to operate surface water turnouts, and maintain information on surface water accounts.
Due to the severity of the historic drought of 2012 to 2016, the water district suspended almost all raw surface water deliveries in 2014. Now that the historic drought is over, the district has restored surface water for those who requested it. Please keep in mind that drought conditions could return at any time. In fact, this winter-to-date has been uncharacteristically dry, providing a sober reminder that we must make conservation a way of life.
To prepare for the next drought, we must invest in large infrastructure projects. Of critical importance to water supply reliability and public safety are the seismic retrofits and upgrades at several dams, most notably Anderson Dam. Until Anderson Dam is restored, the district must operate the largest reservoir in the county at a fraction of its storage capacity due to state imposed restrictions. Unfortunately, the cost estimate for the Anderson Dam project has risen sharply, in part, as a result of the learnings from the Oroville Dam spillway disaster a year ago. Without the California WaterFix, which is the state's proposed plan to improve the infrastructure through which roughly 40% of the county's water supply is delivered, these critical imported water deliveries are expected to decline in the future. The district is conscientious about utilizing the public's money wisely, but the need to invest in large infrastructure projects is driving the need to propose an increase to water charges. The proposed maximum charges will allow the district to make the necessary investments to help ensure reliable water supply as we face uncertain and extreme climate changes.
|2018-19 Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies
|Surface Water Protest Procedure
|Protest Procedure FAQ
|2018 North County Surface Water Mailer
|2018 South County Surface Water Mailer
|Surface Recycled Water Conjunctive Use Benefit Study
|Treated Water Conjunctive Use Benefit Study 2011
|Wholesaler-Retailer Agreement Recycled Water SCVWD/Gilroy