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Tudor Power & Glory: Henry VIII and the Field of Cloth and Gold eBook
Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the greatest tournament of the Tudor age – the Field of Cloth of Gold, which took place in 1520.
The Field of Cloth of Gold was one of the greatest courtly spectacles of the sixteenth century. A carefully-orchestrated meeting outside Calais between Henry VIII and Francis I, it encapsulated Henry's imperial ambitions and confirmed the role of the tournament in international diplomacy.
Here, Keith Dowen and Scot Hurst reveal the glamour and excitement of the Field of Cloth of Gold. Using surviving artefacts and important archival material, they illustrate how England began the transition from being a small nation on the edge of Europe to becoming a global empire with power and influence. The armour that was created for the event was made possible by Henry VIII's new armoury at Greenwich and his existing armoury at the Tower of London.
Tudor Power and Glory explains the skill of the armourers as they prepared for the tournament, the fighting that took place on horse and on foot, and the significance of the Field of Cloth of Gold as a political event as England and France, two emerging nations of old Europe, took their places on the world stage.
Keith Dowen is Assistant Curator at the Royal Armouries Museum, and author of Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars (2019). He has presented and published widely on late medieval and early modern arms and armour, and on British military history. Scot Hurst is Assistant Curator at the Royal Armouries Museum.
Publication date: 03/06/20
Dimensions: 234x156 mm
No. of pages: 80
Binding style: ebook
Details of illustrations: 90 colour illustrations
Publication Date: April 2020
Publisher: Royal Armouries
Pages: 80
Cover: Paperback
Illustrations: 90 colour illustrations
Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm
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7 public speaking pitfalls—and how to sidestep them
More is always too much. Also, don't show up without energy, emotion and enthusiasm.
If you speak in a public setting, you will make mistakes. That's expected.
Still, you want to minimize errors. Thankfully, many presentation mistakes are avoidable—with a bit of practice and strategic preparation.
Here are seven common blunders and how to avoid them:
1. More is too much.
You've been invited to speak because you're the expert, so it's crucial to tell the audience everything you know, right? No, that is definitely not the case.
Your job is to be clear, concise and compelling. Tell your audience exactly what they need to know, and prioritize information they'll find helpful and relevant. Skip irrelevant anecdotes and ancillary tidbits.
Remember: It's not about how much you know; it's about what they need to know.
2. Don't make them read.
How's the word count on your slide deck? The fewer words, the better.
Have a conversation instead. Your audience longs for interesting, stimulating human connections—not dense chunks of text. If you do show slides, make sure they are highly relevant, simple and visually driven.
3. Don't try to be a comedian.
Humor can elevate your speech, but it can massively backfire.
Unless you are being paid to deliver a standup comedy routine, don't deliver one. Mix in a few quips, keep it light, but don't waste your audience's time with misguided attempts at humor.
Also, don't save the punchline for the end; give it to your audience up front.
4. Don't show up without energy, emotion and enthusiasm.
If you're resigned to the fact that your subject matter is boring, what will your audience think?
Going through the motions with a detached, listless delivery will ruin your chances to connect with attendees. To be taken seriously, command their attention. Make them feel your passion and believe in what you're saying. Emotion, energy and enthusiasm are contagious.
5. Don't play it safe.
If you plan to read a script or regurgitate your slides verbatim, just send your colleagues an email or a document with your recommendations.
Take some risks to make your message stick:
- Tell stories.
- Use props.
- Ask thought-provoking questions.
- Surprise your audience.
- Use provocative slides.
- Challenge the status quo.
6. Don't forget to connect.
Many presenters lean heavily on logic and data to drive home their points. That's fine, but you must make your audience feel something. Make eye contact, encourage their participation, and try these tips:
- Evoke attendees' curiosity.
- Challenge their thinking.
- Use vivid metaphors and analogies.
- Use descriptive, visceral language.
- Animate your message through movement.
- Vary your tone of voice and sentence cadence.
7. Don't forget to be you.
Too many presenters turn into "robo corporate spokesperson" the minute they hit the lectern.
Just be you. Show personality, and speak the way you normally do. There's no need to put on a stern façade. Don't be afraid to be a bit vulnerable. Sharing a few personal details and insights helps you break the ice with the audience.
Maurice DeCastro is CEO of Mindful Presenter. A version of this post first appeared on the Mindful Presenter blog.
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Analysis: Michigan Taking Firm Action to Combat Opioid Crisis
LANSING, Mich. - The opioid epidemic is worsening in states around the nation, and Michigan is among states taking firm action to address the problem.
A legislative review from Stateline, a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts, highlights several bills introduced in Michigan this year that would stem the prescription of pain medication and help those who are addicted.
Scott Greenberger, Stateline's executive director, says the number of overdose deaths from opioids has skyrocketed in recent years and almost every state is taking action.
"Whether it's putting new safeguards in place to prevent what is called doctor shopping or people going from doctor to doctor to get pills – to making an overdose antidote called naloxone more readily available," he explains.
The Michigan House recently passed legislation now under consideration by the Senate
(SB 793), allocating $2.5 million to overhaul the state's prescription tracking database.
Other bills would allow pharmacies to offer naloxone without prescription (SB 778 and
HB 5326), and allow training within school districts for its use. (SB 806 and HB 5379).
Greenberger says Gov. Rick Snyder's recent creation of a 17-member panel to examine the opioid problem also is an important undertaking.
"It's going to be comprised of state and independent health experts," Greenberger explains. "And they'll be responsible for monitoring some of the indicators of this epidemic and trying to recommend policies to the governor involving licensing and law enforcement, treatment and prevention to do something about the problem."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were more than 1,700 deaths related to opioid overdose in Michigan in 2014, nearly triple the number since 1999.


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Unit V1-A, Lot 45880, Jalan Techvalley 3/2, Sendayan Techvalley, 71950 Bandar Sri Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan.
By Alpro Pharmacy
February 10, 2019
" You have the pain, I have the pinch. How can I assist you? "
– Ph Chong Mong Nee –
Alpro Pharmacy Tangkak, Johor
" Pain free shouldn't be a luxury. "
– Ph Choo Jian Hwa –
Alpro Pharmacy Yong Peng, Johor
" Pain makes you think twice. Overcome the pain makes you think further. "
– Ph Eugenne Teo Ying Hui –
Alpro Pharmacy Seremban Flagship, Negeri Sembilan
" Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. "
– Ph Go Poh Poh –
Alpro Pharmacy Biz Avenue, Negeri Sembilan
" Pain management is not just about medicines. It involves multi-disciplinary approach. My goal is to help patients to cope better with pain and improve their quality of life. "
– Ph Ho Wei Na –
Alpro Pharmacy Mushi Abdullah, Melaka
" Don't fight your pain, you can't win. The paradox of recovery is that you have to surrender to win. Accepting what you cannot change makes the difference. Let me assist you in making those differences. "
– Ph Jason Tae –
Alpro Pharmacy Lobak, Negeri Sembilan
" It's a symptom, it's manageable. "
– Ph Leom Yan Rou –
Alpro Pharmacy Kubang Kurus, Terengganu
" Pain is actually an important part of human survival. Most images of pain are focused on portraying negative emotions and defined as an unpleasant experience. With painWISE, I believe we can manage pain in a better way such as through patient education to provide patient with the understanding that pain is a protective output of the brain, rather than a direct measure of tissue damage. Conveying these messages in relation to their existing beliefs and attitudes towards pain may modulate their painful experience, which may lead to better outcomes. "
– Ph Moo Chee How –
Alpro Pharmacy Bandar Sri Permaisure, Kuala Lumpur
" PainWISE pharmacists creates an individualised treatment plan to improve QOL of patients suffering from pain. "
– Ph Ng Jin Yong –
Alpro Pharmacy Nilai, Negeri Sembilan
" Pain is also considered as sixth vital sign and this implicates how important is to control the pain for patient wellness especially psychologically and hence improve their life quality. Motto: pain free for better life. "
– Ph Ng See Woon –
Alpro Pharmacy Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
" Your pain is just temporary, the solution is just one step away. "
– Ph Ng Wen Bin –
Alpro Pharmacy Bandar Baru Uda, Johor
" An earlier and appropriate management will reduce the rate of unwanted upcoming event. "
– Ph Noorazwaniza binti Ahmad Khairi –
Alpro Pharmacy Bangi, Kuala Lumpur
" Pain is more common than you think. Sometimes it becomes a huge part of your life because you don't know how to let go of the pain. Now, we help you to analyse your pain and together we breakthrough the pain. "
– Ph Nurul Waheedah binti Mohd Zaharin –
Alpro Pharmacy Taman Tas, Kuantan
" Managing Pain, Brightening Life. "
– Ph Pricilla Tan –
Alpro Pharmacy Masjid Tanah, Melaka
" Leaving Pain, Enjoying Life. "
– Ph Siew Pui Wan –
Alpro Pharmacy Muar, Johor
" Pain management in community pharmacy should be performed to reduce the suffering and improve the quality of life with combination of medications, nutraceutical and lifestyle modifications; hence pain management accredited pharmacist is a good path to reach community and educate them about the pain and usage of pain medications by giving counselling and constant follow up. "
– Ph Siow Elene –
Alpro Pharmacy Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan
" Pain created an emotional & physical unpleasant sensation which shall lead to poor quality of life. A proper pain management make a different and helps patient to move on. "
– Ph Tan Loon Piow –
Alpro Pharmacy Tun Ismail, Pahang
" Pain should be managed in a proper and professional way. There are so many misuse of pain killers, leading to excessive use and causing unwanted side effects. "
– Ph Then Ru Luen –
" Pain management is a holistic approach to improve patient's quality of life"
– Ph Vince Chin –
Alpro Pharmacy Malim Jaya, Melaka
" Pain can be debilitating, and it can affect not just the physical body, but the emotional and psychological aspects as well. I believe that a good pain management plan can enable people to improve their quality of life, and ultimately to help them live life to the fullest. "
– Ph Vincent Lee Seng Keet –
Alpro Pharmacy Bandar Seri Putra, Kuala Lumpur


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Emailed results for a Quizmaker quiz will display pertinent data for each individual question on a separate line. If one or more line breaks are missing in the emailed results (so that data for two or more questions appears on the same line), this incorrect formatting can make it difficult to import the raw data into a spreadsheet or database for analysis.
If you receive emailed results with missing line breaks, it indicates that there is a setting in the end-user's email client that needs to be changed to correct this behavior for future quizzes. Here's how to correct this behavior in Microsoft Outlook:
- Open Microsoft Outlook on the end-user's computer.
- Navigate to the Tools menu, and select Options.
- On the Preferences tab, click the E-mail Options button.
- Deselect (uncheck) the "Remove extra line breaks in plain text messages" check box.
- Click OK to close the E-mail Options dialog.
- Click OK to close the Options dialog.
To correct the formatting issue in emails that you have already received, you will need to:
- Create a new text document, using a text editor such as Notepad.
- Copy and paste the text from the body of the email into the new text document.
- Manually enter line breaks at the end of the data for each question. (Note: Each line of text that corresponds to a question will begin with a date.)
- Save the modified document as a CSV file (which can then be imported into a spreadsheet or database).


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Extra Large, Quality Heavy-Gauge Christmas Santa Claus Canvas Drawstring Gift Bag
These heavy-duty 100% natural cotton Santa canvas gift bags with beautiful, well-designed, well-detailed Xmas decorative patterns are Christmas must-have for you and your family. You can use this special Christmas present bag to hold the presents ready to give to your family, friends, or kids. Your little ones will be thrilled to bits when they see their presents have arrived straight from the North Pole!
Package includes ONE Christmas canvas gift bag.
As these bags are made of natural cotton, it will be likely to shrink a bit after being wash. Therefore, hand wash in cold water and dry in the shade would help prevent shrinking.
You can use a marking pen to write your loved ones' names on the bags to personsalise them.
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Stratford 8s fall in New England championship game
MILFORD — The Stratford 8-year-old Cal Ripken All-Stars will be going to the World Series,
MILFORD — The Stratford 8-year-old Cal Ripken All-Stars will be going to the World Series,
The Stratford High School athletic department has announced its 2019 fall sports preseason schedule. All
CHESHIRE—The Stratford Post 42 American Legion baseball team might not have the deepest pitching staff
STRATFORD–The Stratford Brakettes have announced tryouts for their 18U Junior Brakettes team for the 2020
MILFORD—The Stratford Baseball Association Cal Ripken 8-year-old All-Stars, which won the Connecticut state championship last
STRATFORD– The Stratford Brakettes entered their final homestand of the 2019 Thursday night with a
NEWTOWN—The Stratford Baseball Association Cal Ripken 8-year-old All-Stars hadn't faced a lot of adversity this
The Stratford Old Timers Athletic Association honored its 2019 scholarship recipients during their annual monthly
STRATFORD—The Stratford Brakettes will face a trio of opponents this weekend at Frank DeLuca Hall
STRATFORD—Two weeks ago, Caroline Das sat inside a soccer stadium in France, looking down on
(Editor's Note–The following story first appeared on the Greens Farms Academy's Dragon Nation Sports Blog.
The Bunnell High School athletic department has announced its Fall Sports Tryouts dates and times.


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A festival celebrating the works of maverick Marxist composer Conlon Nancarrow takes place at London's Southbank Centre this weekend.
Arkansas-born Nancarrow fought in the Spanish Civil War and was exiled in Mexico during the McCarthy era. The festival includes his compositions for mechanical pianos that are too complex to be played by human hands.


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Please enjoy a selection of photos from the wedding of Michela & James, married in Italy in May 2019.They are such a lovely and fun couple with so much energy.
The bride got ready the Hotel Laura Cristina in Malcesine, a very old fashioned hotel so we left the hotel quickly to get photos outside. The weather wasn't the best but we managed to keep try until after the wedding ceremony itself. The ceremony was held outside on the terrace of Malcesine Castle, and the group photos just nearby. After the wedding, unfortunately the heavens opened and it didn't stop all afternoon or evening. We made our way from the castle to the boat for a boat trip, (luckily it has a covered area too) to get to the restaurant. Our photographer, Gwen, suggested to the couple that it may be a nice idea to take some pictures the next day in the sun, they jumped at the chance. As they already had some beautiful photos in the castle, it was decided that the photo shoot the next day would be up the cable car on Monte Baldo, which is exactly what happened. Michela felt a bit overdressed in the cable car in a wedding dress, but secretly was loving all the attention. Once at the top the icy cold wind hit us all, it had actually snowed the previous day, something we just weren't prepared for temperature wise. Luckily Gwen had gone prepared, she had a large white fluffy blanket, wellington boots for both the bride and groom and even a bottle of Prosecco. The air was really thin but we got up to the top and got lots of tourists involved with the photos. They were holding the dress out of the mud to try and keep it clean. We cracked up the prosecco and James has fun spraying it at the camera, it made for some fun photos.
Congratulations, we wish you a live of love and happiness. We hope you see you again soon. Pop in and say hi when you are over next time.
Lake Garda is one of europe's largest lakes and is Italy's largest lake, and offers something for everyone, such as sailing, surfing, theme Parks, cable cars, boats and ferries, walking and is very popular for cycling and rock climbing. It is a great place to kick back and relax, or do the opposite and have an activity holiday.
Malcesine castle is a very popular venue for weddings from many country all over the world. Many British, Irish, Germans and Americans chose this as the venue of a lifetime. The views from the castle are breathtaking and make a great backdrop for the wedding pictures. It is possible to have a champagne toast in the castle after the ceremony, or by the lakeside, the choice if yours.
Lake Garda Weddings is Lake Garda's leading wedding planner, we have arranged over 3000 wedding on Lake Garda and have the attention to detail that comes with so much experience. We can assist with flowers, beauty treatments, musicians, transport, boat trips, photography and video. You will have a wedding planner with you on your wedding day to translate the ceremony and make sure everything runs smoothly.
Photos by Gwen Courtman www.gwencourtman.com. Gwen is an award winning photographer who trained with Jerry Ghionis and received her qualifications from the New York Photography Institute. Her passion is photography and looks forward to each wedding as if it was her own. She has a photo studio in Malcesine where she likes to practice her art in the off season and also does commercial work too
Location: Lago di Garda, Malcesine.


text: Karla Melendez has over 11 years of experience in the healthcare field. Mrs. Melendez's vast repertoire includes women's health, geriatrics, and attending to individuals with intellectual disabilities. Mrs. Melendez is a true believer in building a strong rapport with our families at Serenity HCS. This along with her love of nursing, devotion to our consumers health and well being, and her continous support of consumer advocacy, ensures that every individual will be attended to with the utmost care.


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- 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider
- Amazing competition history including the Carrera Panamericana
- Raced at Monza, Monthléry, Nürburgring, Spa, Mugello and Brands Hatch
- Known ownership history from new
- Fastidiously maintained mechanically
- Nearly £34,000 of invoices since 2001
The Giulietta family of cars were introduced in 1954 and produced in various body styles (Berlina, Sprint, Spider, Sprint Speciale and Sprint Zagato). It was fitting for the new family of Alfa Romeos to use a new engine, which came in the form of the beautifully engineered 1,300cc twin cam that would be used in Alfa Romeos until 1994, albeit in varying capacities. The Spider was introduced in mid-1955 sporting a stunning body by Pinin Farina. In 1962, the Giulietta family became the Giulia family. Not a huge amount changed visually but the Giulia models featured a 1,600cc version of the same twin cam engine that would become the staple of Alfa Romeos for years to come.
The Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider for sale at The Classic Motor Hub was delivered new in 1963 to a Signore Giorgio Mara from Busto Arsizio, a small city just 20 miles from Milan, where the Alfa Romeo factory was. The early history is unknown but from correspondence with previous owners we understand that the car was bought by Giancarlo Comana in Bergamo ,who had the car tuned, in period, by Alfa Romeo specialist Angelo Chiapparini.
Signore Comana raced the car all through the 1980's taking part in a number of European Championships, during which the car raced at the Nürburgring, Spa, Monthléry, Mugello, Monza, Brands Hatch and Imola. In the late 1980's the famed rally, the Carrera Panamericana, a gruelling race that took place in the 1950's through Mexico, was resurrected and in 1990, well known Ferrari collector and racer, Corrado Cupellini, bought the Alfa Romeo to take part. There are photos on file showing the car on the event with a custom made alloy hardtop and doors, which accompany the car today.
After the event it would seem this Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider was sold back to Signore Comana who kept the car until 1997 when he sold it to Daniele Turrisi. He in turn kept the car a couple of years before selling it through the Poulain Le Fur auction in Paris (now Artcurial) where it was bought by UK based, Martyn Charles. This is where the invoice trail in the file starts and it would seem Mr. Charles kept using the car for competition and spent a significant amount of time and money making sure the car was in tip top condition mechanically. In his ownership he went through the car mechanically including:
- All new suspension front and rear inc. bushes etc.
- Steering completely overhauled.
- Top end rebuild on the engine including new racing valves, springs, high lift camshafts and all new cam chains.
- Weber carbs rebuilt.
- New FIA spec roll cage and FIA spec belts.
- Fuel cell and fire extinguishers.
- Uprated anti roll bars and bushes.
- New brake disc and calipers all round.
- New high capacity radiator and hoses.
- Full flow 4 branch exhaust manifold and system.
In 2008 the Alfa passed into the hands of James Wheeler of Black & White Garage, a very well respected Alfa Romeo dealer and specialist at the time. During his ownership he competed in many rallies and events including the Coppa Intereuropa at Monza and the Vernasca Silver Flag. The trend of keeping the car in excellent mechanical condition was kept up including some cosmetic works and an extensive engine overhaul. In 2012 the current owner, a seasoned Alfa Romeo owner part exchanged his road going Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce for this car.
Originally, the intention was to race the car but eventually the decision was made to recommission the car in certain areas (suspension, roll cage removal and a refreshed interior) to make it more usable on the road. A new soft top and frame were fitted and now the car offers a more road focused experience but with all the go and grunt of the race car that this wonderful Alfa Romeo used to be.
Now for sale and ready for immediate inspection at The Classic Motor Hub, this Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider comes with an extensive history file and is accompanied by a number of spares including 2 x hardtops, 2x lightweight doors and various trim parts for fitting the aforementioned hardtop back on the car. The next owner of this car has a perfect crossroads, one could either use it as a genuinely quick and fun road car, or quite easily, return it to FIA specification, get papers and race it. Either option offers a huge amount of car and fun for the money.


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Institution: National University of Singapore
URL: http://cit.nus.edu.sg/lift/projects/computing/creating-chemistry-related-mobile-apps.html
3D Sym Op
Institution: National University of Singapore
- "3D Sym Op" is an educational app designed to visualise the symmetry elements and operations on molecules of various point groups. The 3D molecule is searchable via four ways: Name, Formula; 2D Structure; Point Group and Image Recognition. Symmetry elements – rotation axis (C); reflection plane; inversion point (i) and improper rotation (S) can be selectively displayed on the scalable 3D molecule. On touch, the symmetry operation e.g. C6 – 60o rotation, is performed and the user can pause/resume movement at any time.
- The corresponding 2D image with a symmetry element can also be shown. Tapping the point group would display the character table. A quiz mode is available for which each time has 7 symmetry element questions followed by 3 point group questions, for self-assessment. Chemistry undergraduates are encouraged to download this application to supplement their individual learning purposes. This mobile application is a joint project between the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, and School of Computing, both from the National University of Singapore.


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Brigadier General On Failure To Rescue Americans In Benghazi
" Dominos are falling in the Benghazi cover-up. Today, explosive and emotional testimony from Brig. Gen. Robert Lovell (Ret.), former Intelligence Director of U.S. Africa Command, rocked the House Government Oversight Committee. Lowell held his post at the time of the Benghazi attack, which fell into his area of command. From the U.S. base in Stuttgart, Germany, Lovell watched the message traffic relating to Benghazi, in real time, as the attack was unfolding.
As Lovell stated, it is "my duty" to come forward to give the American people a "full forthcoming" about what happened. The discussion in the post-Benghazi investigations has focused on issues such as time, distance and assets that could have been used to rescue the Americans under attack. However, said Lovell, his voice filling with emotion,
"The point is we should have tried. The military is trained to go in the direction of gunfire."
In Benghazi they did not, and the question remains why."
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This is an actual quote from CNN's resident dunce (well, one of them anyway), Don Lemon:
"We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them."
Assuming you have an IQ above 41, the fact that, within the same sentence, Lemon first admonishes us for demonizing people, and then demonizes a specific group of people – based on their skin color and gender – will probably come across as the astonishingly stupid raving of a racist and sexist, who is so dense he makes asbestos look like sponge material.
See, I told you Don Lemon was well named.
Because if this guy isn't a Lemon, who is?


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Ralph Baxter
Ralph served as Chairman & CEO of Orrick for nearly a quarter century, leading the firm as it expanded, diversified and extended its geographic reach, transforming from a domestic firm with California origins to become one of the world's most prominent
global law firms, with more than 1,100 lawyers in 25 offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Ralph launched several groundbreaking initiatives that modernized the way Orrick operated and served its clients, including establishing the legal industry's first on-shore operations center in Wheeling, West Virginia in 2001, affirmatively embracing technology, and instituting non-traditional talent and pricing models, distinguishing the firm as a bold innovator.
The American Lawyer named Ralph one of the "Top 50 Big Law Innovators of the Last 50 Years." In naming Ralph among the "Most Innovative Managing Partners," Law360's editors said Ralph "has left an indelible mark not only on [Orrick]… but also the larger practice by upending traditional career models, rejiggering payment structures and transforming the business of law in many other innovative ways."
Recognized as one of America's "100 Most Influential Lawyers" by The National Law Journal, Ralph has long been a frequent speaker on business leadership and the evolution of the legal profession. He is the founder of the Law Firm Leaders Forum, one of the most significant gatherings of law firm leaders that annually examines the critical issues facing the legal profession.
Before becoming Chairman and CEO, Ralph practiced employment law and led Orrick's highly regarded Employment Law Department, which he founded as a second year associate. He was recognized as one of the "Nation's Best Litigators in Employment Law" by The National Law Journal, acting as trusted advisor to Fortune 50 clients. During his years as a practicing lawyer, he lectured and wrote extensively on developments in the law, and testified on employment law issues before the California State Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
Since 2014, Ralph has engaged in a comprehensive set of activities in which he continues to influence the modernization of legal service. His work extends across the legal ecosystem: legal education, law firms, law departments, legal technology companies, public interest projects, and regulatory reform. He also devotes time to thought leadership, hosting a podcast, writing a blog, speaking at seminars and events. Ralph's current and recent roles include:
● Intapp Board of Directors
● Lex Machina Board of Directors (prior to sale to Lexis Nexis)
● Legal Zoom Legal Advisory Board
● Ravel Law Advisory Board (prior to sale to Lexis Nexis)
● Stanford Law School Senior Advisor and member Advisory Board to the Center on the Legal Profession
● Harvard Law School Advisory Board on the Legal Profession
● CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Fellow
● Legal Services Corporation Leaders Council
● Institute for the Future of Legal Service Board of Directors
● Law Technology Now Co-Host, on the Legal Talk Network
● Legal Service Today Blog about how the law works and how to make it work better for everyone
● Law Firm Leaders Forum Founder and Chair (1999 to present)
● Advisory engagements with law firms and law departments are confidential
Ralph received his J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he served as an editor of The Virginia Law Review; he received his M.A. in Education from the Catholic University of America; and he received his A.B. in History from Stanford University. Prior to his career in the law, Ralph taught sixth grade at the Scott Montgomery Elementary School in Washington, D.C.


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Nearly half a century after it started shooting, Orson Welles' final film bows at Venice
Dir. Orson Welles. US. 2018. 122 mins.
In an industry where 'long-awaited' usually just means 'hyped for several months', here's a film truly deserving of the term: completed 48 years after it started shooting and 33 after its director's death, and a work that few ever really expected to see. The Other Side of the Wind has long been legendary as Orson Welles's uncompleted final feature, an experimental swan song that he shot piecemeal between 1970 and 1976.
Perplexing, sometimes exhausting but never less than fascinating
Now assembled, partly thanks to a crowdfunding campaign, under the aegis of producers Frank Marshall (a production manager on Welles's original shoot) and Filip Jan Rymsza with editor Bob Murawski, The Other Side of the Wind is a revelation not least because of the questions it poses.
First, you wonder whether this Wind is really close to the film Welles would have made, or whether a completed film could only really be imagined in the perspective of the intervening decades of cinema. Quite another question – and one that's hard to answer on one dizzying viewing - is the film's quality. Wellesians, both hardcore and casual, will certainly argue about Wind long after its Venice premiere and its release by Netflix in November. It's a safe bet that many contemporary viewers will find the film confusing, abrasive, pretentious and antediluvian in its sexual politics. But there's no denying the audacity of Welles's undertaking, and of the reconstruction project.
What can be said with certainty is that this version of Wind is perplexing, sometimes exhausting but never less than fascinating.
The film begins with a voice-over from film-maker Brooks Otterlake (Peter Bogdanovich), over a still of a wrecked car in which veteran director Jake Hannaford (John Huston) met his death following a party for his 70th birthday (the recently-added intro introduces the film's one overt anachronism, a reference to cellphones). Wind goes on to show the party – held at the house of Dietrich-like star Zarah Valeska (Lilli Palmer) – and the events leading up to it, as well as sequences from Hannaford's latest film, called (what else?) The Other Side of the Wind, screened at the party and at a deserted drive-in.
The action proper begins at a sound stage where Hannaford is shooting a steam bath scene – one of several full-on sexual sequences throughout. It then follows him and a convoy of vehicles filled with crew members, acolytes, journalists and documentarists hanging on his every word – one of them played by film historian Joseph McBride - while Kael-esque film critic Julie Rich (Susan Strasberg) is on hand to ask Hannaford confrontational questions.
Huston, manifestly playing both himself and a version of Welles, is magisterially amused throughout, although it's a somewhat one-note performance, possibly because the frenetic, fractured editing scarcely allows it to develop organically. Meanwhile, in sequences reminiscent of the Jack Palance moments in Godard's Le Mépris, Hannaford's right-hand man Billy Boyle (director and long-time Welles associate Norman Foster) nervously shows footage to a coldly unimpressed studio executive visibly modelled on producer Robert Evans.
Later, the company assembles at Zarah's mansion, where the badinage comes thick and fast. Most of the party comprises a quickfire torrent of barbs, bons mots and elegantly acidic declarations of war. Bogdanovich's character is, again, a version of himself - a film historian turned director – and Bogdanovich plays it persuasively with a mix of puppyishness and knowing fatigue. The film is also as self-referential as they come, with wry comments made about neo-realism and the French New Wave: someone even comments at one point, "Suspense! Pure Hitchcock!"
The dialogue at the party and before is sometimes hard to follow, the delivery resembling the overlapping dialogue style associated with Robert Altman, but which Welles had already developed in his own films. And the general ambience and chiaroscuro photography suggest John Cassavetes, with the long-bad-night-out scenario echoing both La Notte and La Dolce Vita. Intrigue and rumour centre around someone conspicuously absent from the party: Hannaford's young male lead John Dale (Robert Random), their mentor-protégé situation (involving a meeting at sea in Mexico) oddly echoing the central male relationship in Welles's The Lady From Shanghai.
The film-within-the-film, screened in chunks, forms a striking contrast with the main narrative. It is a moody, vividly coloured number without dialogue, an existential erotic drama that plays on elements of European art cinema, especially American-set: most apparently Zabriskie Point and Jacques Demy's hippie-era L.A. drama Model Shop. It involves a young biker tangling sexually with a mysterious free-spirited woman. Played by Welles's co-writer Oja Kodar, silent throughout, she's identified in the end credits only as 'The Actress', although party-goers disparagingly refer to her as 'Pocahontas' because of her supposed Native American identity.
Hannaford's movie, parodic as it appears to be on Welles's part, may be hard to swallow for 21st-century audiences because its sexuality is extremely of its time: its glossy visual stylisation and outright objectification of both Kodar's and Random's often naked bodies suggests a cross between a 70s Penthouse shoot and classic Elektra LP sleeves. The film features some unnerving sequences – notably a long-notorious sex scene in a car – and some quite magnificent ones, notably the couple's chase among the painted flats of a deserted studio lot, a kinetically-edited sequence that's like a psychedelic update of the mirrors in The Lady from Shanghai.
All in all, the variety of visual styles and textures throughout forms a magnificent testament to Welles's long-serving and by all accounts long-suffering DoP on this project, the late Gary Graver.
A particularly challenging element is the ferociously dense script, crammed with one-liners (one character "wouldn't know his cineaste from a hole in the ground") along with extended, sometimes enigmatic discursive passages, and ample nods to Welles's beloved Shakespeare. It's also hard to get a grip of all the characters, although Hannaford's associates – played by, among others, Edmond O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell and Mercedes McCambridge – cut strong presences in a muscular old-school way.
You might see the film as a sort of reportage on its own unconventional making, and on its meaning in the cinema climate of the 70s – with real-life film-makers at the party including Claude Chabrol, Paul Mazursky and even Dennis Hopper (it's tempting to see Wind as a kindred project to that director's own film maudit, The Last Movie). Other themes include alpha-male rivalry, with an implicitly homoerotic factor strongly at work. Despite the lasciviously adoring footage of Kodar, Hannaford's real love object in this story appears to be his male star Dale, seen in his film as a more feminine Jim Morrison lookalike.
Now that The Other Side of the Wind actually exists, cinephiles will certainly need to see it more than once to untangle the formidable density of a film that comes across as both boldly innovative and as a somewhat outré 70s period piece (that period element has been perfectly fine-tuned by the addition of a magnificent new jazz score by Michel Legrand, along with much pop and rock of the era). How much the film's existence will cause critics to retrospectively rewrite the book on Welles is another question, but it certainly offers a mesmerising new closing chapter.
Production companies: Netflix, Les Films de l'Astrophore, S.A.C.I., JKK Productions, Americas Film Conservancy
Worldwide distribution: Netflix
Producers: Frank Marshall, Filip Jan Rymsza
Screenplay: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
Cinematography: Gary Graver
Editors: Bob Murawski, Orson Welles
Production design: Polly Platt
Music: Michel Legrand
Main cast: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster


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If you suspect you have periodontal (gum) disease, it's important to get a correct diagnosis and begin treatment as soon as possible. The sooner you begin treatment the better the long-term outcome.
Gum disease is a bacterial infection that's most often triggered by plaque, a thin film of food particles on tooth surfaces. Plaque buildup most often occurs when a person doesn't practice effective oral hygiene: daily brushing and flossing and professional cleanings at least twice a year.
The most common type of gum disease, gingivitis, can begin within days of not brushing and flossing. It won't always show itself, but you can have symptoms like swollen, red or bleeding gums, as well as bad taste and breath. You could also develop painful abscesses, which are localized pockets of infection within the gums.
If we don't stop the disease it will eventually weaken the gum attachment to the teeth, bone loss will occur and form deep pockets of infection between the teeth and bone. There's only one way to stop it: remove the offending plaque from all tooth surfaces, particularly below the gum line.
We usually remove plaque and calculus (hardened plaque deposits) manually with special hand instruments called scalers. If the plaque and calculus have extended deeper, we may need to perform another procedure called root planing in which we shave or "plane" the plaque and calculus (tartar) from the root surfaces.
In many cases of early gum disease, your family dentist can perform plaque removal. If, however, your gum disease is more extensive, they may refer you to a periodontist, a specialist in the treatment and care of gums. Periodontists are trained and experienced in treating a full range of gum infections with advanced techniques, including gum surgery.
You can also see a periodontist on your own for treatment or for a second opinion — you don't necessarily need a referral order. If you have a systemic disease like diabetes it's highly advisable you see a periodontist first if you suspect gum disease.
If you think you might have gum disease, don't wait: the longer you do the more advanced and destructive the disease can become. Getting an early start on treatment is the best way to keep the treatment simple and keep gum disease from causing major harm to your teeth and gums.
If you would like more information on the diagnosis and treatment of gum disease, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "When to See a Periodontist."
In the sports world, athletes are always looking for an edge. And it's not just college or professional sports—even Little Leaguers are focused on enhancing their performance.
That's why sports and energy drinks have rocketed in popularity. With marketing pitches promising to increase stamina or replace lost nutrients from strenuous workouts, it's not unusual to find these beverages in sports bags or the team water cooler.
But there's a downside to them regarding your dental health—they're often high in sugar and acidity. Both drink types could increase your risk of tooth decay or periodontal (gum) disease over time.
Sugar is a primary food source for the bacteria that can trigger a gum infection. They also produce acid, which at high levels can erode tooth enamel and lead to tooth decay. The risk for enamel erosion also increases with the drink's acidity.
You can lessen your risk of these unpleasant outcomes by restricting your consumption of these beverages. In fact, unless your sports activity is highly strenuous for long periods, your best hydration choice is usually water.
But if you do drink a sports or energy drink for an extra lift, be sure to take these precautions for the sake of your teeth:
Try to drink them only at mealtimes. Continually sipping on these drinks between meals never gives your saliva a chance to neutralize mouth acid. Reserving acidic foods and beverages for mealtimes will allow saliva to catch up until the next meal.
Rinse with water after your drink. Water usually has a neutral pH. This can help dilute mouth acid and reduce the mouth's overall acidity.
Don't brush right after drinking or eating. Increased acid that can occur right after drinking or eating can immediately soften tooth enamel, but saliva can neutralize and help restore minerals to tooth enamel within an hour. Brushing during this period could remove tiny bits of the enamel's minerals.
Taking these precautions will help keep sports or energy drinks from eroding your tooth enamel. Once it's gone, you won't be able to get it back.
If you would like more information on protecting your tooth enamel, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Think Before You Drink: Sports and Energy Beverages Bathe Teeth in Erosive Acids."


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For the First Time Ever, Black Women Hold the Title for Miss USA, Miss America, and Miss Teen USA
History has been made this year in America after Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA's winners all happened to be black women. There have been black winners before, but they've never all been the reigning queens at the same time.
Beauty pageants have undergone some changes
Forbes reports that this historic moment comes after the three beauty pageants have undergone some serious changes in the past few years. As we all know, gender norms are changing, and people are no longer putting up with the objectifying of women. Needless to say, these pageants had to make sure that they keep up with the times. One of the significant changes occurred in 2012, when The Miss Universe Organization, which oversees all three pageants, started to allow the participation of transgender women. Another nice change was the scrapping of the swimsuit segment in the Miss America pageant last year. Progress is being made – and we like it.
This year's reigning queens are all black
Having black women as the reigning queens of all three pageants occurred on May 2, when Miss North Carolina's Cheslie Kryst was crowned as 2019's Miss USA, joining Miss Teen USA winner Kaliegh Garris and Miss America Nia Franklin as this year's reigning queens. And Kryst's adventures are not over quite yet – she's now advancing to the Miss Universe competition, and we can't wait to see what happens next.
This wasn't always possible
As you might've guessed, black women weren't always a part of these pageants. Miss America, which is the oldest of the three pageants, dating back to the 1920s, only started to accept women of color into the competition in the 1940s. It's a crying shame, really, because why should the color of your skin define whether or not you can take part in a beauty pageant? The first black woman to ever take part in Miss America was Cheryl Browne in 1970. The first black woman to win the pageant was Vanessa Williams in 1983. It took some time, but the tide is turning. Miss USA and Miss Teen USA have been held since 1952 and 1983 respectively, with Miss USA announcing its first ever black winner, Carike Anne-Marie Gist, in 1990. The year after, Miss Teen USA announced Janel Bishop as its first ever black winner.
This year's Miss USA pageant saw a lot of diversity
Reigning Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst, expressed her excitement over all the new developments in her crowning speech:
"Mine is the first generation to have that forward-looking mindset that has inclusivity, diversity, strength and empowered women. I'm looking forward to continued progress in my generation."
We're looking forward to that progress too. It's great to see more diversity and inclusivity in pageants like these – it sends a message to the whole world that the time for diversity is now. This year's Miss USA pageant proved this – Alejandra Gonzalez, the first runner-up, is of Mexican descent while the second runner-up, Triana Browne, has Native American heritage and an African American mother. Diversity quite literally rules at the moment.
The world is ready for this
People seem to like the changes that are occurring within these pageants and couldn't help but point out that for the first time ever, three black women are the reigning queens in the same year. Even Democratic senator and 2020 presidential contender, Kamala Harris, pointed it out on Instagram, saying that it is "truly amazing to see". We couldn't agree more.
Hopefully, these pageants will continue to inspire diversity and inclusion. These new developments are amazing. A few decades ago, people probably wouldn't have believed it possible. We've come a long way, and it's great to see the progress we've made. This is definitely a historic moment worth celebrating.


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Recently, Cosmopolitan magazine has released new pictorials featuring sexy diva Lee Hyori.
Lee Hyori shows off various difficult yoga poses, surprising fans with her flexibility. She dressed in all black sportswear that emphasized her toned and slim figure. During the interview with the magazine, Lee Hyori said, "While living with the beautiful nature of Jeju Island, I can focus on myself, especially when I'm doing yoga, I can totally feel it."
She added, "At first, Yoga to me is just a kind of exercise, but now I know what it is."
Are you impressed with her poses?


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Update from England Girls in Finland
England Girls Winter Tournament
Piispala Finland.
Friday 11th
Early start for the team and supporters with a 8.30 meeting at London's Heathrow.
All arrived in plenty of time with all their documentation!
Quick chats and reassurances with players and parents, this is often a worrying time for the many new players (and parents) who have not experienced an International trip away representing their country.
After short goodbyes, progressed effortlessly through check in and security both especially set up for the team.
Plane left on time and most of the players took the time to catch up on some sleep.
Coach took us North out of Helsinki and stopped at a pre booked service station for a hot meal….place and staff could not have been nicer…what we ate we had no idea but it was good, back on the coach for the last part of our journey.
Just arrived at Piispala and there is light snow and the girls are all settled with their kit in their changing room for the weekend and after a snack and hot chocolate the girls are now all gone to bed.
Tomorrow we have an early start, breakfast, a walk to the rink and a warm up before our first game.
Anyone who would like to watch the games this should be the live link


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Poster Instructions
Research Day projects are presented on poster display boards arranged on easels and positioned throughout the staging area. Posters for 2017 Research Day will be displayed in ballrooms A, B, C, and D, and in the atrium of the Third Floor Conference Center in Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Feinberg Pavilion, located at 251 E. Huron Street on the Chicago Campus.
Poster Recommendations
It is strongly recommended that posters be professionally designed and printed to project a positive image of the presenter's work. Display boards must not exceed 6 feet in width and 4 feet in height. (Posters will be displayed on frames that are five feet wide by three feet high and secured by push pins supplied at the event.)
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In this week's episode of the Live Fit Podcast, I am thrilled to have as my guest, the New York Times Bestselling author of The Zone, Dr. Barry Sears.
Dr. Sears wrote a series of diet books called "The Zone" that have sold more than 5 million copies in the United States, that have been translated into 22 languages and has changed the life of many, me included.
The Book That Changed My Life
His first book, Enter The Zone changed the way I thought about nutrition and showed me that food is truly powerful and should be thought of as a drug. It has the power to alter your mood, physiology, and hormonal response.
I recommend The Zone to all my clients and created my weight management program, Live Fit Classic, based on its teachings. If it wasn't for Dr. Sears, I don't think I would be doing what I do today.
I had a lot of questions for Dr. Sears. I did my best to keep this interview to a half hour, but I really had to know how he came up with the idea for The Zone. I was also curious how he felt about the paleo craze and if they were compatible. Hint: It IS paleo.
What is a "Diet"?
He first explained that the word "diet" has been ruined by the thousands of books that use it incorrectly. That the word means "way of life". Therefor, The Zone Diet can be translated to mean "living in the zone". What is the zone diet? You'll have to listen to the podcast to learn that.
He then went on to explain that the root cause of obesity is inflammation, and if you can relieve the inflammation in the body the obesity will diminish as well.
Other Zone Books
We talked about some of his books such as the The Omega Rx Zone, Toxic Fat, The Anti-Inflammation Zone, and his newest book which will be release in September called The Mediterranean Zone.
Dr. Sears' Secret for Increased Longevity and Optimal Health.
- Eat right – The Zone diet
- Exercise right – Strength, endurance, intervals & stretching
- Proper down time – 20 minutes of quiet, sitting in a dark room, without thinking
The Perfect Eating Trifecta
He says the perfect trifecta of perfect eating can be gleaned from his three books: The Zone, The Omega Rx Zone, and the Mediterranean Zone.
Listen to the podcast here
Glenn: Today, I have on the line a New York Times Best Selling author. He has written 13 books, sold more than 5 million copies in the United States. His books have been translated in to 22 different languages. He's published 30 scientific articles and holds 13 patents. He's dedicated his research efforts for the past 30 years to the study of lipids and is an authority on the impact of diet on hormonal response, genetic expression and inflammation. Some of his books are 'Mastering the Zone,' 'Entering the Zone,' The Inflammation Zone,' 'The Anti-aging Zone' and 'The Omega Rx Zone.' His most recent book is 'Toxic Fat.' And there's another one in the works which we'll talk about in a little bit. I am thrilled and overjoyed to have my guest today Dr. Barry Sears. How you doing Dr. Sears?
Dr Barry Sears: Very good. Thank you.
Glenn: If you don't mind, I would like to gush for just a little bit and tell you why I'm so thrilled to have you on the show. It was in '97 I heard about your book 'Entering the Zone.' And I decided to read it and see what it's all about. I've never been a dieter but I've always been interested in diets. Just I found it very fascinating that one month, there's one diet that is the rage and everybody's talking about; then a few months later, another one comes on and that other one was totally ditched. And so I was kind of interested in what makes this one different. "Oh this one's the next best thing. They got it a little bit wrong. Now, the next one's great." And so I've never been a dieter because I didn't need to worry about my weight but I found it very fascinating.
And so when your book came around, I read it. And I was really intrigued by the fact that, one of the main things you said was that it stabilizes blood sugar and you explained how blood sugar elevates and decreases, and elevates and decreases and it really sets us up for more problems, physiological problems and eating problems and things like that. And I've always been pretty sensitive to blood sugar.
And so I started following the zone. And I could not believe the effect that it had on my body and even my personality. Without those wild swings of glucose, I had a much more stable level of energy. I just felt regularly energized all day, not over-energized but not super sluggish or tired either, but also my temperament was more stable because I found when I was really hungry, I get kind of crabby. When I was you know high on sugar, I would be kind of manic but this I found to be really great. And I've been eating that way ever since. And in fact, I've developed a couple of weight management programs that I've been running for years now that used the zone as the foundation of the program itself.
Dr Barry Sears: Well, I'm very, very happy to hear that and very gratified but not surprised.
Glenn: (Laughter) So I want to find out how did you write the zone. What was it that led you to coming up with this idea of the zone? I know you're a researcher so you probably put some pieces together here and there. And then at one point, you had a light bulb moment, aha. Is that… Am I right in guessing that?
Dr Barry Sears: Partially. You're quite right. My background is research but not in nutrition, that my research was really in drug delivery systems for cancer chemo therapy.
Glenn: Uhum.
Dr Barry Sears: And when you deal with cancer drugs, if you give too little of the cancer drug to the patient, they die. If you give too much of the drug to the cancer patient, they die of the cancer drug. So you're looking for a zone, a therapeutic zone. What I became interested with the Nobel Prize being awarded 1982 was a roll of certain hormones called eicosanoids that control the inflammatory process. And my goal was not to put together a diet but really a way of life to control inflammation. And the reason being that everyone in the male side of my family had died prematurely of heart disease. My father, who's the best example had died in his early 50's in heart disease, as did his brothers, as did my grandfather. So I knew I carry the same gene for a premature death from heart disease but I could possibly change that outcome in fact to control the levels of inflammation. And actually, the zone started out really with using fish oils as a primary tool for controlling inflammation. But as finding there's too much inconsistency. So I went back to the bowels of MIT library and found the answer. You had to control insulin at the same time if you want to control inflammation. And that led me to develop the zone diet, not as a weight loss program but going back to the root of the word 'diet' from the ancient Greek.
Glenn: Uhum.
Dr Barry Sears: It means a way of life. And what's the zone diet? It's a way of life of controlling inflammation for a lifetime. And what's your pay-off? You live longer. You live better.
Glenn: Yeah. You feel a lot better. I can definitely attest to that. I mean it was really difference of… A very, very obvious noticeable difference from eating a plate of pasta and how I felt immediately and for the next several hours after that versus eating a zone meal. Huge, huge difference. Now in your book, you do mention that food is essentially a drug. Can you explain that a little bit?
Dr Barry Sears: Well in many ways, that's a very derogatory statement because food is more powerful than any drugs because food affects hormonal responses. And hormones are hundreds of times more powerful than drugs. So it means that every time you eat, you're causing hormonal changes which are vastly more powerful than any drug can possibly anticipate. And yet, you're believed to control the outcome is totally dependent on how you balanced your plate. And that's a very powerful statement because it allows you to basically go in and to re-change, really re-alter, your genetic feature because it's how our hormones, how it can be orchestrated that can change the levels of inflammation and that can change the expression of our genes, which means ultimately that a diet becomes the same level of gene therapy. Don't like the genes you're born with? That's okay. You can change their expression if you treat your diet like a drug, be taking the right dosage at the right time for the rest of your life.
Glenn: Wow. Wow. That's pretty awesome. I know a lot of people. I had Dr. Edward Abramson and he talked about emotional eating. And I know a lot of people eat for emotional reasons. In fact, he said about 70% of men do for emotional reasons. And one thing, I probably got it from your book back in '97. I've been teaching people to treat food as fuel because… Then I give the analogy of the car. If you want to drive a car, you need to put gas on the tank before you can go anywhere. You can't wait until you get there and then fuel up and it also has to be the right kind of fuel. So that really harkens really well with me but I'm wondering when you say treat food as a drug, would that be all macronutrients or are we just talking about carbohydrates?
Dr Barry Sears: Oh no, all macronutrients because they all do different things hormonally speaking. And that's why you had to look at the balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat. And if you say "Oh my god, that's so hard. I can't do it. Get off my back." It's not that hard at all. All you need is three items: one hand, one eye and one watch. So how do you balance your meals to get the right hormonal response for the rest of your life? At each meal, simply divide your plate in to three equal sections. On one third of the plate, you put some low fat protein that's no bigger or thicker than the palm of your hand.
Glenn: Uhum.
Dr Barry Sears: The other two-thirds of the plate, you fill it until it's overflowing with colorful carbohydrates. Those are called fruits and vegetables. They're colorful because they contain chemicals known as polyphenols. And those polyphenols are also very powerful anti-inflammatory agents. And finally, you add a dash of fat. What's that? A small amount. But just make sure that fat is rich in of mono-unsaturated fats and low in omega 6 and low in of saturated fats. Which fats meet those criteria? Either olive oil or guacamole. And why do you need the watch? Because if you balance your plate correctly for the next 5 hours, you will not be hungry. You're not hungry because your blood sugar levels are being controlled. And you're maintaining peak mental acuity. So you have those 3 items for the zone diet lifetime is incredibly simple.
Glenn: Well, that does sound pretty easy. You know like you said a lot of people say, "This is so hard. It's confusing." And I've used that rule of hand before too but I think you simplified it even easier than that. So you mentioned carbohydrates and you definitely mentioned fruits and vegetables and I'm sure you're quite aware that there's this big anti-wheat trend going on right now. How do you feel about wheat and grains?
Dr Barry Sears: Well, I had a quote in a Time Magazine in 1997. And I think the quote was said, if all bread was taken at the phase off the plant, mankind would be better off. It was because wheat is the evil villain. It's just that bread has a very, very high glycemic load. It raises blood sugars rapidly that brings out the hormone insulin. And basically, it drops it down at blood sugars quickly. So you're looking for those to have a more moderating effect on blood sugar. Now we've been told that you know glutine is the cause of all of our problems. But if you look closely into the data, it just doesn't match up. If you are truly a gluten-insensitive or basically gluten-intolerant – and my wife is – that means you have celiac disease; yes, you simply cannot eat gluten. So I know exactly the problems of those who have a really genetic deficiency or genetic propensity for gluten intolerance. What about the people who say "Well, I stopped eating bread and I feel better." Say, "Well of course you feel better. Why? You're not putting as much sugar in the body by taking the bread out of the diet." People don't realize that bread is basically in many ways a vilely disguise of you know gigantic sugar cube. Bread enters your blood stream as sugar, as glucose, faster than table sugar does.
Glenn: Really?
Dr Barry Sears: And therefore the more you put bread on your plate, especially white bread, the more you're going to see the rise and fall of sugar levels, we go through this emotional and hormonal yoyo, day in and day out.
Glenn: Well, that's pretty profound. Since I've been hearing about this the anti-wheat thing, and I've been testing myself with it over the past – I don't know – year and trying to eat as little as possible and even going a week or two any wheat of any kind, and I've definitely noticed a little bit more stable energy but the main thing I've noticed is the lack of cravings for baked goods and sweeter carbohydrates.
Dr Barry Sears: Well, because what you're doing, you're hopefully seeing that source of carbohydrates with fruits and vegetables.
Glenn: Yeah.
Dr Barry Sears: And as a consequence, they basically moderate the glycemic load in the diet and therefore you helped moderate the levels of carbohydrates in the bloodstream but that's why you also need protein. That's why it has to be balanced by protein. These two work like a check-in-balance system. That's why you basically put a little protein on your plate and a lot of colorful carbohydrates and you're watch is gonna tell you how well you're controlling your hormones for those next 5 hours.
Glenn: Great. And you said just a dash of fat on your plate. And If I remember right, you recommend 30% of your calories should come from fat.
Dr Barry Sears: That turns out to be a dash.
Glenn: Okay.
Dr Barry Sears: And because the thing about the zone diet is that you're never hungry. And you're never hungry because you're stabilizing blood sugar levels, you don't eat as many calories. So people thought the zone diet was saying, "Well that's when these high protein diets."
Glenn: Yeah.
Dr Barry Sears: No. Every dietician in the world recommends eating no more protein that you can fit on the palm of your hand. I concur. And everyone says you should eat lots of fruits and vegetables. I concur. So with the zone diet, you had the zone paradox. You're eating a lot of food but you are not eating a lot of calories. On the zone diet, you're eating about the same amount of proteins that Americans have been eating over the last century. But you're number of calories coming from carbohydrates are decreased because it's hard to over consume broccoli.
Glenn: I've tried.
Dr Barry Sears: It's easy to over consume pasta and pieces of bread but try to eat you know 12 cups of steamed broccoli, its hard work.
Glenn: It is. I've speak from experience. I love broccoli. And I'll often eat just a giant pot of steamed broccoli. And I've yet to become fat from doing that even late at night.
Dr Barry Sears: And now we go back to the amount of fat, we're talking about maybe 50 grams of fat per day. That's well below the recommendations of the American heart association of a low fat diet.
Glenn: Now you have a book called 'Toxic Fat.' Would you like to talk about that a little bit since we're on the subject?
Dr Barry Sears: Well, you know people have so many misconceptions of what causes obesity. That's why we have you know 15 thousand diet books and press articles. What do we really have obesity is not so much of basically a course of people being morally deficit of but basically it's a case of inflammation. The inflammation starts in your fat cells and then begins to spread like a cancer to other organs. And as it spreads to a particular fatty acids known as an arachidonic acid. I just shortened it to be called toxic fat. Because the high levels of arachidonic acid will kill. How does it kill? It increases inflammation. And that's the driving force of virtually every chronic disease: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, you name it. They are all ultimately inflammatory diseases. And as you had that toxic-fat coursing through the blood streams, you're doing everything possible to speed up and accelerate the development of chronic diseases. The zone diet was developed to keep arachidonic acid under control.
Glenn: Do you think the zone is appropriate for everybody?
Dr Barry Sears: Yes, for me just 2 to a 102.
Glenn: That's pretty much everybody.
Dr Barry Sears: But by the time you meet the 102, whatever you're doing, you keep on doing it. It's working.
Glenn: Yeah, you've made it that far. It doesn't matter if you're having…
Dr Barry Sears: I say that because hormonal responses are important in humans. These responses have not changed since 40 million years and they won't change tomorrow.
Glenn: You know the interesting thing is I've been recommending this way of eating for well pretty much since I discovered it myself. And I find clients now and then — I'm a personal trainer as well — and I find clients come up to me and they say they're having problems, they're losing weight, this and that. And I asked them about their eating. And when they described their eating, I find that they're not eating in the zone. And I asked them about it. And they just sort of like "Yeah, I don't know" And it seems that people get bored of it. And they want to try something new or they slipped back into their old high carbohydrate habits. I have one client who just loves pasta. And she has pretty much an impossible time eliminating pasta from her diet. Do you have any recommendations I can say for people like that?
Dr Barry Sears: A couple. One, is that you know when we first started working with the zone diet, though I developed it for treating cardiovascular and diabetic patients, I did most of my initial work with world class athletes. They, too, are totally dependent on their hormones being in the zone. And the athletes I've worked with have won 25 gold medals in the last 5 Olympics.
Glenn: Wow.
Dr Barry Sears: They have a hormonal advantage over their competitors. And so if you're looking… That's what you want to have. If you want a hormonal advantage, if you control your hormones, you compete better, you basically lose fat. It's not losing weight. It's losing fat.
Glenn: Right.
Dr Barry Sears: That's a slow process. And basically, you live longer. So you pick and choose what's important to you today. And then say "How do I basically look better or live longer or perform better?" Say, they are all one and the same. "Are you telling me that the diet you recommend to a type overweight, type 2 diabetic is exactly the diet you recommend to a world-class athlete?" Well, the answer is yes except for one small difference. The world class athlete needs more protein so they need more carbohydrate and more fat.
Glenn: But it's all in proportion.
Dr Barry Sears: It's all in proportion. And the Olympic athletes I've worked with, who won the 25 gold medals, none of those athletes ever consumed more than 2500 calories per day.
Glenn: Really?
Dr Barry Sears: Why? Because they are able to basically, when you're in that zone, you're able to convert dietary calories into chemical energies called ATP more effectively. And that's why we eat. We eat not to get calories but to convert them to chemical energy so we can survive and move around. The zone diet just speeds up the efficiency of the process.
Glenn: Now would you recommend an endurance athlete who is out for a long time like for example, I like to ride my bike long distance, would you recommend that I eat in the zone while I'm on my ride?
Dr Barry Sears: Of course. Let's say you're an endurance athlete.
Glenn: Uhum.
Dr Barry Sears: That's a pretty long distance.
Glenn: It is.
Dr Barry Sears: Now it's very hard to eat when you're swimming, right?
Glenn: Yeah.
Dr Barry Sears: And it's pretty hard to eat when you're running.
Glenn: Yeah.
Dr Barry Sears: But you've got 6 hours in a bike, you can eat all day long.
Glenn: True.
Dr Barry Sears: So basically we just stock their water bottles of our ironman athletes with basically mixtures that are balanced in protein, the carbohydrate and fat to fill them through the race so now when they enter the marathon, the last part of the race, they're ready to go.
Glenn: Does it matter the protein source, like would you select whey for somebody to do that?
Dr Barry Sears: No, actually you really want a mixture of proteins. So whey is a fast acting protein. Casein is a slower acting protein. So by balancing whey and casein, I eat milk. You're able to get a better hormonal flux of protein and that stimulation helps you out dramatically as an athlete. One of my best athletes is one of the world's greatest ultra-marathon runners. His name is Dean Karnazes.
Glenn: Right.
Dr Barry Sears: And Dean basically runs you know usually a 100 mile marathon or 200 mile marathons.
Glenn: Yeah.
Dr Barry Sears: And he wins all the time because his body is adaptive for what is called metabolic flexibility. He can switch from burning carbohydrates and fat very effectively, where athletes who eat a high carbohydrate diet can't.
So he has dramatic hormonal advantage against them.
Glenn: Yeah, I read his book. And it starts off with him eating a pizza while running down the street in the middle of the night.
Dr Barry Sears: And again, those are basically getting energies. but again during his on training, he adheres to the zone very carefully, just to maintain that metabolic flexibility so he can switch back and forth during the course of a long race, getting high calories but again, the metabolic machinery is basically able to convert them more effectively into ATP.
Glenn: Now I know your system is 40% carbohydrates and there's a lot of people getting into the paleo-ish type of eating. Now they're from what I can ascertain from what I know about it is they're probably eating more like 20 or less percent carbohydrates. How do you feel about that?
Dr Barry Sears: Well, first of all, they're not Paleo. The actual event near the start of the zone diet came from an article written in 1985 in the New England Journal Medicine by the founder of Paleothic nutrition Boyd Eaton. And the most recent article of academics in studying this effect have tried to ascertain what was the balance of protein, carbohydrate and fat to our best knowledge eaten by paleotic man. And their extensive analysis came out to be about 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein, 30% fat.
Glenn: Uhuh.
Dr Barry Sears: Or maybe I just made a lucky guess. But remember, when something goes up in your diet, something else has to go down.
Glenn: Right.
Dr Barry Sears: So as you push down carbohydrates, usually you push up fat.
Glenn: Right.
Dr Barry Sears: Saying "Okay, fine, if the fat is olive oil but usually it's saturated fat," you know the porter house steaks and stuff like this or the coconut oil. But these are contained saturated fats that can turn on the inflammatory responses. So what you're looking for is that sweet spot that you can stick with that gives you the best hormonal results. And so far, the date has been pretty clear scientifically that that balance ratio of proteins, carbohydrates and fats basically seems to do the best.
Glenn: Now I know they're also talking about the types of fat and they – at least the ones I've read and listened to – say that the saturated fat and cholesterol and eggs and beef and coconut are not harmful to you. How do you feel?
Dr Barry Sears: Well again they ignore the medical literature. And so this what happens you know the first casualty of diet books is the truth usually. So its saying that yes, I can rank fatty acids accordingly in terms of their inflammatory potential. The fatty acids that had the greatest inflammatory potential are omega 6 fatty acids. These are now the most inexpensive sources calories on the face of the earth. Lessens inflammatory but still inflammatory are saturated fats. Non-inflammatory are mono-unsaturated fats, things like olive oil, and then you get into the real power houses, the anti-inflammatory omega 3 fats. So if you're an athlete and you're basically causing inflammation by your exercise, you want to decrease an inflammation by eating omega 3 fats or to increase that inflammation by eating saturated fats and omega 6 fats.
Glenn: Well, I definitely want to increase or decrease the inflammation. So omega 3 is a pretty hard to come by.
Dr Barry Sears: And so that's why that you know but the data is quite clear when you basically compare diets rich in mono-unsaturated fats to diets rich in saturated fats, the diets are in mono-unsaturated fats are far less inflammatory.
Glenn: So what's new with you? What's either on the horizon? Or what have you done recently?
Dr Barry Sears: Well, what I'm doing recently is doing just two things my spare time? Raising the dead and curing the blind.
Glenn: Really? Tell me more.
Dr Barry Sears: Well, it's not quite raising the dead, but it's pretty close to it. I spent a lot of time now these days working with severe trauma patients.
Dr Barry Sears: This was when 13 minors where cramped in a coal mine explosion.
Glenn: Oh yes. Yes. Yes.
Dr Barry Sears: And only one was brought out alive and just barely. When they brought him out, he had a heart failure, kidney failure, liver failure and brain failure.
Glenn: Wow.
Dr Barry Sears: Basically, the 41 hours of exposure to carbon monoxide had destroyed virtually all the white matter in the brain. So that night I got a phone call from his neural surgeon who read my book the 'Omega Rx Zone' and said you know – because he'd just gotten a call from the governor of West Virginia saying this man cannot die. So he's next phone call was to me saying "What are we gonna do about this?" So we airship down a lot of omega 3 fatty acids and start really force feeding him with the omega 3 fatty acids through a tube. And two months after that, he came out of his coma, kept feeding the high levels of omega 3 fatty acids. These are about 15 grams a day of omega 3 fatty acids.
Glenn: Right.
Dr Barry Sears: And two months after that, he went home. His heart was normal. His kidney was normal. His liver was normal. And he gave a speech worthy of any Italian politician.
Glenn: Really?
Dr Barry Sears: Now that could have been a lucky break but we've done it now 7 times.
Glenn: Holy cow.
Dr Barry Sears: So in the area of severe brain trauma, this maybe the only really hope to basically for a patient because when you have severe brain trauma, what you have is inflammation in the brain.
Glenn: Uhum.
Dr Barry Sears: And unless you put out the fire, you can't rebuild the brain. And so again in terms of severe brain trauma, we've been doing a lot of work. And now we get to the more mild brain trauma like concussions in NFL players. Those were easy to treat.
Now in terms of basically curing the blind, again a little poetic license, but there is a condition we worked with. It's called macular degeneration and this is the primary cause of blindness after age 50. It's really inflammation of the retina. And there's no known medical treatment. Once you get macular degeneration, you'll be blind in 10 years. That's about it. So we've been basically doing… We just published this work recently of giving high dose fish oil to these patients who have macular degeneration. And what you find, within a matter of months, usually about 4-6 months max, their sight returns.
Glenn: No kidding.
Dr Barry Sears: Because what you've done, you put out the fire. And by putting out the fire in the retina, you're able to basically now to allow the cells to regenerate.
Glenn: Well for the lay person, what's the best source of omega 3's? Should we just get it all from food or is there supplements that you recommend?
Dr Barry Sears: Well the trouble of getting it from all food, you know for omega 3's we're really talking about the long-chain omega 3's which means fish. Unfortunately, all fish in the world today are contaminated, contaminated toxins we have thrown into the environment in the last 2 generations. You can run but you can't hide. So the alternative to get adequate levels of purified fish oil is to ingest purified omega 3 supplements. Unfortunately, you're not gonna find these in health good stores or the supermarket. This is what separates the men from the boys in omega 3 fatty acids, your ability to get rid of toxins especially things called PCBs, these are polychlorinated biphenyls.
Glenn: Right.
Dr Barry Sears: And once you remove them and able to concentrate the fatty acids, now you have weapons grade fish oil. And high grade fish oil allows you to go to a much higher level to get but now a therapeutic dose to give therapeutic responses. And so that's why once you have had access to these kind of weapons graded fish oil, it becomes a really a medical miracle. Why? It puts out the inflammatory fires. That is really basically the underlying cause of virtually all chronic disease whether it be obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, neurological diseases. They're all just different manifestations of inflammations. And if you control the inflammation, you control the future of medicine. And that's where I started 30 years ago. When the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded for understanding how certain hormones, they're called eicosanoids, control the inflammatory process. And I realize at that point I could apply all my background in cancer drug delivery to treat food like a drug to control the inflammation. And if I was successful, you would cut the Gordian knot of chronic disease.
Glenn: That's compelling. But where can I get weapons grade omega 3?
Dr Barry Sears: Well, there's only really probably two spots. One, you can go to your doctor and basically get a prescription of drug called Lovasa. It's good quality oil but you will only get it if you basically have high triglycerides. The other source, I don't want to sound too egotistical, would be our website at zonediet.com. Actually in terms of PCBs, our levels of PCBs are actually lower than Lovasa.
Glenn: Really? That's fantastic. Did you also tell me that you have a new book coming out?
Dr Barry Sears: New book. And this book is called the 'Mediteranean Zone.' The book really basically deals with the last leg of the Zone dietary intervention. We have the zone diet.
Glenn: Right.
Dr Barry Sears: We have the omega 3 fatty acids. And now we have dramatically new information on these strange chemicals that gives fruits and vegetables their color. Their called polyphenols. At low levels, they're very, very good anti-oxidants. At higher levels, they're very, very powerful anti-inflammatories. At still higher levels, they basically are powerful anti-aging entities. What they do, they turn on what's called the enzyme of life. This is the enzyme that basically recycles your ATP to allow you to basically have peak of performance with the least number of calories. And so these polyphenols, become an integral part of our health. And why? Because as humans, were only partially human. We have 10 trillion human cells in our body. We have a hundred and trillion bacteria in our body.
Glenn: Wow.
Dr Barry Sears: So we're really walking hybrid of bacteria and human cells. And what the polyphenols do in high concentrations is to control those hundred trillion bacteria in our body to reduce the inflammatory load on our poor 10 trillion human cells.
Glenn: Wow. I can't wait to read it. When's it coming out?
Dr Barry Sears: This should be coming out in September of this year.
Glenn: Okay. I'm gonna pick up a copy of that and your 'The Omega 3 Arctic Zone' too. I haven't read that one either. I read 'Entering the Zone' and 'Mastering the Zone' and some of the cook books. So I have some reading to do after this. I'm gonna put links to all of your books on the Show Note page, your website. Do you have any other, anything else you would like to add before we wrap up? I have one last question for you.
Dr Barry Sears: Well I think that you know that people are more confused today than ever about diet. You know we make medicine more complex and really is. We try to make diet simpler than really is. What I try to do over 30 years is saying it is complex but there's some basic rules that aren't too hard to follow that can allow you to see the changes in really a matter of days for your own experience. Once you begin the change, the balance of protein to carbohydrates, you say, "Oh my god, I feel better." And explaining why you feel better is a role of science. And that's what you know nutritionist complex science and when we try to dumb it down too much, we end up basically of you know wiping out all the credibility of really what we should be doing to live a longer and better life.
Glenn: Well, you know I think the way you describe the zone as being pretty simplistic. I think it's pretty simple, pretty easy to follow and it can be done at home, it can be done at restaurants and parties as long the 3 different core macronutrients are available. I think it is pretty easy.
Dr Barry Sears: Call me crazy. I believe you. I concur so I scratch my head all the time "Oh, the zone is really good but it's so hard." I say, "Come on. Give me a break."
Glenn: Yeah. Watch this. I can tell you in one minute how it easy it is or less.
Well, I certainly thank you for being on the show. I have one last question for you. And that's what motivates you to stay fit and healthy.
Dr Barry Sears: Well, obviously one thing, living longer. No one wants to live to 120 but what you want to do is squeeze all you can out of your life. And so you really have a different aspect of how to do that. One, you have to eat correctly. That's your foundation. Two, you have to exercise and it has to be, basically, a comprehensive exercise program. You need strength training. You need endurance training. And the best one is usually inner core training. And you need stretching. And finally – and here's the hardest part – you need some downtime. You have to find a comfortable chair every night and sit on it. And for 20 minutes, try to think of nothing.
Glenn: Wow.
Dr Barry Sears: And why? That builds the brain up like a muscle. It builds up basically to increase your awareness of the things you have to do if you want to live longer and live better.
Glenn: So you don't mean sit in this chair and watch TV or read a book.
Dr Barry Sears: No, you turn off the lights. Basically close your eyes and try to think of nothing. And it's very hard work.
Glenn: Sounds like meditation to me.
Dr Barry Sears: It sure is. It works for about 4,000 years but you just got to do it.
Glenn: So eat in the zone, exercise a variety of activities, high and love intensity and meditate on a daily basis.
Dr Barry Sears: It works for me.
Glenn: That's your secret for longevity and good health.
Dr Barry Sears: Still here.
Glenn: What kind of exercising do you do?
Dr Barry Sears: Basically, I do both interval and endurance training down in my garage. That's my gym. Then on the days that I don't do my interval training with the rowing machine, then I do weight training but a lot of eccentric exercising. That is basically pull all the way up and then lower very slowly against gravity. Gravity is your greatest ally, work with it.
Glenn: Interesting. Yeah, I haven't heard too many people doing eccentric exercises on purpose in quite awhile. So that's interesting. I'm gonna have to do a little more experimenting on that. I used to back in the 90's when it was kind of a mini-raged but what about try it again.
Dr Barry Sears: Well, the nice thing about it is basically you have to use lower weights; it's a lot more difficult to hurt yourself.
Glenn: Yeah, that's true. That's true.
Dr Barry Sears: And at my age, that's a very important thing.
Glenn: It is important. And that's one of the main factors that a lot of my client come to me with is they want to get more fit and healthy and stronger but they don't want to injure themselves or become injured and so that's on the forefront of my mind and there's always this fine little balance of working them enough to give them enough stress to improve without giving them so much stress that they become injured.
Dr Barry Sears: Sounds like a zone to me.
Glenn: It does sound like a zone. Well, thank you very much, Dr. Sears. I can't tell you how much this means to me. I really enjoyed talking to you. I think my listeners will really get a lot of good information out of this. Just the last tip that you said right there about the three, your recipe for longevity and good health while you're getting to that, that end point, I think it's gonna be worth the expense of listening to this free podcast anyways. They just have to put in – what? – 35 minutes or so to listen to the end.
Dr Barry Sears: Well, thank you very much for the opportunity of being on your podcast.
Glenn: Well, you're welcome. You have a great day. And hope to hear from you again soon. I'll be reading your book when it comes out.
Dr Barry Sears: Thank you very much.
The End
Below are links to The Zone website and books written by Dr. Sears mentioned in the show. (note, he has many more).
- Dr Sears Zone website information, a blog and products, such as the Omega-3 and polyphenols mentioned in the show.
- The Dr Sears website is packed with scientific information. There is a lot there. Pour yourself a cup of tea and start reading.
- The Omega-3 supplements mentioned on the show can be found here: OmegaRx


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Openstack - Deploy training labs
I'm currently working to deploy quickly OpenStack based training lab to provide a platform for practical exercises for training sessions. According to the hosted training session, the needs may differ significantly and we need to quickly clean and recreate a "training" tenant. I have developed a quick helper to produce a new environment in short term: buildlab.sh Here is an usage example: # Following command will create: # * instance(s) named "training" # * based...
March 13, 2017
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1 person dead, 1 in jail following Friday night hit-and-run
9/03 UPDATE: Dizdarevic was released on bond on Saturday, though the time is unknown.
One person is dead after, witness say, the individual was hit by a vehicle while riding a bike Friday night.
Plainview Police were dispatched to the scene at the 900 block of S. Columbia Friday around at 8:50 p.m. in reference to a cyclist who had been hit by a vehicle.
According to the PD, a black SUV struck 64-year-old Curtis Carr and fled the scene.
The SUV was located shortly after and 55-year-old Asim Dizdarevic was taken into custody. Dizdarevic was charged with intoxication manslaughter and accident involving injury or death. He was booked into the Hale County Jail.
"I was sitting over here and all of a sudden we heard this 'thump thump,'" said a witness at the scene. "That didn't sound good."
The witness walked out of his home to see what was happening and saw a vehicle slow down then drive away.
Carr, witnesses say, lived in the Airport Motel & Apartments had been hit as he crossed the southbound lane of Business I-27 on his bike.
The witness then saw sparks fly as a second vehicle drove through the scene.
"The second vehicle hit his bicycle," he said.
That person stopped, the witness said.
"I ran over and I'm yelling 'hey, anybody out here!'" he said.
He saw the bike and ran to check the victim's pulse.
"There was no pulse," the witness said. "He was dead."
He yelled for another individual in his home to call 911. Then he flagged down a Highway Patrol officer passing by. The witness watched as the patrolman checked the victim for a pulse.
"(He) said 'no, he's gone,'" the witness said, and other first responders arrived on scene shortly after.
Other witnesses said Carr frequently rode his bike in the area. They'd taken him out to breakfast Friday morning.
Witnesses said Carr was hit close to Texas Farm Bureau and was lying at least 100 yards away.


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August 20, 2019
ESA Backs New York State Complaint to FERC Over NYISO Rules on Storage Capacity Bids
ESA filed comments with FERC yesterday in support of New York state agencies' complaints to FERC (Docket No. EL19-86) over NYISO's buyer-side mitigation rules as applied to energy storage technologies. Our short comments focus on the need to review buyer-side mitigation rules for storage that were initially raised in the Order 841 compliance filing, as well as how the intent of mitigation does not match the driver of storage deployments to meet legitimate state policy objectives. ESA points to precedents of resource-specific exemptions to buyer-side mitigation as an appropriate relief for energy storage asset in NYISO.