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Life lessons for kids.
Just recently I took a photograph of my son Jackson and my jaw dropped when I viewed it on my computer later. He looked so….adult-like. I seriously almost cried. I stared at it for quite awhile and began wondering what he would be like as a teenager…or even scarier, a full blown adult. Have I taught him enough? Have I done enough? Kissed him enough? Told him I loved him enough? Cheered him on and motivated him enough? Been there enough?
Gosh, I hope so.
Now, I know I am not the perfect mom. And I know I have made plenty of mistakes along the way, but I hope that each one of my four children will step into adulthood as confident, determined, successful people who are crazy happy and understand the true meaning of life.
Here are 20 life lessons for kids that I think are essential, and that I hope --more than anything-- I can instill within each of my babies before they walk out my door and into the real world. Gulp.
1. Happiness is a choice. Choose it-- simple as that.
2. Politeness should not be overrated. There is no such thing as saying, "please" or "thank you" too often. Express your appreciation sincerely and without expectation of something in return. If you truly appreciate everyone and everything around you, you will find that more people, more opportunities and more things will inevitably surround you.
3. Persistence pays off. You will never fail if you never give up. Natural born talent, inherited genius and education have nothing against persistence. Persistence pays off. Persistence pays off. Persistence pays off. Get the point?
4. You are loved, always. If everything else falls apart; if you fail, if you break, if you are teased or knocked down; I am here. My love for you is not dependent on your successes. It will remain through every up and every down. It is constant and does not fray. It is unconditional, forever, and without a doubt, no matter what.
5. Learn something new everyday. Expect to. Continue to grow, question and evolve. With every new thing you learn, you will feel more at home in the universe, more comfortable in the nest, and more prepared for tomorrow. When you're in your twenties – you're still learning and growing. You'll understand in your 30′s.
6. Be a good listener. Always. There is no better way to show you care about someone than by listening and comprehending their words and feelings. That means shut your mouth, keep your ears open and do not offer advice unless asked. Just hear them.
7. Learn to be self-sufficient. Far too often, we lean on others and expect to be given the answer. Stop that. If you don't know how to do something, figure it out! Look it up in a book, or on Google for goodness sake. Try different approaches. And most importantly, realize that you can find the answer yourself. You are enough.
8. Be an optimist. See your glass as half full, always. Your perception will pave the way to your success.
9. Express yourself freely. Whether it be through words or art. Your story and feelings matter. So, leave your mark with beautiful expressions of who you are.
10. Let things go. There are things in this world that are beyond your control; let them go. At one point or another, you will come across people who will hurt you, situations that will break you, and loss that will overcome you; let them go. Life will continue on around you, so all you can do is make peace with today and take a step toward tomorrow.
11. This world is not made for only you. You are living in a compact and populated world; respect that. Respect all aspects of this world-- from your elders to the bees; from someone else's property to your own body; from the organically living to the artistically made --and everything in between.
12. Live slow. Life goes by too fast, don't rush it. You have the rest of your life to be a grown up, don't wish for it just yet. Embrace the moment you are in right now always and the future will come when it's ready.
13. Make a life, not a living. Sure, money matters and you need to be able to support yourself. But, do not get so wrapped up in making money that you forget to make a life that matters.
14. Learn to love books. They will allow you to view the world from new perspectives, take you to impossible places, and help you find your meaning. There is power in words, solace in stories, and freedom in the knowledge found on a page.
15. Collect memories. There will be days in your life that feel little and insignificant. However, one day you are going to look back and realize that all the little things steamrolled into the big things. These little moments and seemingly meaningless days are full of moments that are becoming your memories. Embrace them. And don't forget to pay attention to what you see, what you smell, what you hear and most importantly how you felt.
16. Choose to see the good first. In a world full of gossip, social media, rash decisions and snooty comments, do not make assumptions. Before believing the bad, search to find the good. And if you find it, share it. Remember that there is always another side to the story, there is always a heart inside the human, and there is always, always, always a silver lining.
17. Less is more. The more you accumulate, the more you need to manage. Likewise, the more you have, the less you appreciate. So, unless it is vital to your life; unless you cannot imagine a day without it; unless it essential to your happiness; you could probably do without it.
18. Welcome others. Be the kind of person who pushes over to share their seat on the bus. Be the kind of person who sits beside someone who is sitting alone at lunch. Be the kind of person who smiles at strangers and stands up for others. It can be scary to let others in, especially those who are not always accepted by others; but be the better person. I will not ask you to be anyone you are not, but I will ask you to be kind, always.
19. Radiate Confidence. Please, no floppy fish handshakes or slumped shoulders. Keep your chin up, your back straight, and your handshake firm. You are someone to be reckoned with. You deserve every opportunity that is presented to you. Believe that.
20. Our door is always open. If you ever get lost or cold or scared; if the world ever treats you bad or breaks your crown; if you ever for one second forget your value or purpose, Daddy and I are here to remind you. You are valued. You are full of purpose. You were placed on this earth for a reason. The world may knock you over again and again, but we will always be here to help you back up. We believe in you and we are here. Always. And Always. And Always.
Jackson, Delaney, Luke & Kerri Claire-- remember these words, remember these moments and know that my love for you will last all of the days.


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I am back on Kelly's table in Nashville one week later. I am getting my soul re-arranged with her digging deep into my spine. No being told to breathe deep. No water if I ask for it. No fancy name for her technique. Relentless. Painful. I am squirming. When I ask Kelly if she had ever hurt anyone, she laughs and says no, but offers that she does carry liability insurance.
I am going in and out of the real world with my head in a padded hole. I remember what Woody Guthrie had written on his guitar, "this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender." Kelly needs a sign above her door that reads, "This machine surrounds pain and forces it to surrender." I leave a pool of muscle memory in that room worked out under sharp elbows and strong hands. I listen to the story of how Kelly's father fought his doctor phobia so long he found himself in that silent white room with a huge angel wrapping it's wings around him, before working his way back. This massage has me there and back again, too. She explains that people are afraid of her. She says, "Alot of guys are not able to be men."
Most amazing is the aftermath. For all the deep tissue shuffling, there is no pain the next day. No stiffness. Nothing is sore. Just the most amazing energy. My head is spinning in the top of the doorways. When Jackson says, "RUN DADDY" - I sprint and lap him around the house. When I fly out to LA the next day - I am up until dusk in Tokyo.

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Loving my new cut and color.
I know my hubby would love it long
but I'm a short hair kinda gal.
always have been, always will be.
I'm also pretty sure he's not too keen
on the purple either
but he is such a good sport about these things.
We don't really celebrate Valentines
but I would like to send out
a very enthusiastic
to my dreamboat.
Thank you for always loving me just as I am!!!


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Language and Subjectivity
Part of Key Topics in Applied Linguistics
- Author: Tim McNamara, University of Melbourne
- Date Published: February 2019
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Understanding the role of language within the formation of a sense of self has been revolutionised by developments in social theory, particularly poststructuralism. There is now a new emphasis on the way in which subjects are vulnerable in the face of powerful discourses such as nation, gender, race and sexuality. This book is a clear and engaging introduction to these developments and their relevance to students of language. Using lively and often personal examples throughout, Tim McNamara explores the role of language within processes of subjectivity using the insights of conversation analysis (CA), creating an original conceptual and methodological bridge between the macro- and micro-dimensions of social discourse and everyday conversational interaction.Read more
- Provides an up-to-date theoretical approach to the topic, in a field which often relies on out-of-date theory
- Difficult concepts are explained clearly, promoting understanding by students as well as researchers
- Presents an exciting and theoretically defensible methodological breakthrough in poststructuralist discourse analysis
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- Date Published: February 2019
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Table of Contents
1. The construction of the subject
2. Discourses of gender and sexuality
3. Recognition and the colonial other
4. Racist discourse and everyday language
5. Language learning and subjectivity
6. Discourse and subjectivity in face-to-face interaction (1): the interaction oOrder
7. Discourse and subjectivity in face-to-face interaction (2): inscribing gender
8. Categorising others in casual conversation
9. Technologies of subjectivity: language tests and identification
10. Conclusion: discourse and discipline.
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As many of you know Sophie is the very talented lady behind all my branding and web design. We've known each other for about a year now and have become good friends. Sophie involved me in all the plans for their wedding during the five months before the big day, and it was so lovely to see everything come together. You may remember Sophie and Jorgen from their pre-wedding shoot HERE. Sophie and Jorgen met on Match.com and as Jorgen is Swedish they decided to incorporate old Swedish Match Boxes into their wedding, which were used as the table names! Such a creative idea and it fit in perfectly with the colour scheme and look and feel of the room! They held their wedding at the very grand Alexandra Palace which was perfectly suited to the elegant and timeless feel of their day. The red colour scheme worked perfectly with the amazing walls in the reception room.
A big thank you to Sophie and Jorgen for including us in their big day and for the yummy dinner. We had a great time at your wonderful wedding! I feel very honoured to have been asked to photograph your special day and have loved getting to know you both. xx
Sophie got ready at home with just her Mum and Dad, which was lovely. We had lots of yummy sandwiches before heading off for the church!
Sophie's Dad was very patient waiting while the girls got ready. I love this shot of him watching the action!
I love this shot of Sophie checking the hairdressers work; she looks gorgeous! The hairdresser did such a great job of Sophie's hairstyle; it was perfect for her dress.
Sophie did her own makeup and she did an amazing job. The red lips were perfect for her red hair and of course the red colour scheme of the day!
Loved the plait and the earrings!
I love the green backdrop with Sophie's red hair!
Isn't Sophie just stunning?!
Sophie changed her earrings before dinner; they really glammed up the look for the evening.
Sophie and Jorgen had rehearsed a fast dance routine to Barry White's "Your My First, My Last, My Everything" and it was perfection! The guests loved it!
Feel free to leave some love for Sophie and Jorgen! Next up on the blog is Vikki and Scott's Cornwall wedding! Have a great week everyone; I'm off to photograph Emily and Pete's wedding on Saturday. xx


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Education and Credentials
Music Therapists are required to complete a nationally approved college curriculum which includes training in psychology, ethics of the therapeutic relationship, anatomy and physiology, and clinical experience. Music therapy students are trained to use instruments such as guitar, piano, percussive instruments, and the voice as therapeutic tools rather than as a means of performance. After completion of their academic work and prior to taking the national board certification exam, music therapy students must then complete a 1,040-hour internship at an approved facility. Music Therapists differ from entertainers and volunteers because they have received rigorous specialized training to deal with the unique challenges that arise during intensely emotional sessions, and they are specially equipped to work with individuals with wide-ranging physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and musical skill levels. Music has innate healing qualities, but it takes years of training and study to fully understand its effects on the brain, and how best to use music therapeutically in diverse populations and circumstances.
Currently, there is one college within the state that offers a Music Therapy program, and that is Seattle Pacific University . You can learn more about their program by clicking on the "Seattle Pacific University" in the previous sentence to go to their website.


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Convergence Analysis of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Poroelasticity Equations
Tan, Jun
Riviere, Beatrice M.
Master of Arts
This thesis analyzes a numerical method for solving the poroelasticity equations. The model incorporating the poroelasticity equations in this thesis can be applied in intestinal edema, which is a medical condition referring to the accumulation of excess fluid in the spaces between cells of intestinal wall tissue. The model has a dilatation term and can give a comprehensive prediction of pressure and displacement for intestinal edema. I approximate the pressure, displacement and dilatation by the discontinuous Galerkin method, which includes symmetric, nonsymmetric and incomplete interior penalty Galerkin cases. Moreover, in order to solve for the nonsymmetric case, I introduce an additional penalty term in the scheme. Theoretical convergence error estimates derived in a discrete-in-time setting show the a priori error can be bounded by some constant, which is related to the pressure, displacement, dilatation and the mesh size.
Discontinuous Galerkin methods; Poroelasticity equations; Error estimate; Intestinal edema; Numerical PDE


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Consulting. You're just giving your opinion. That's it. Nothing more.
Now, in theory, that opinion is worth something on the open market. It's worth something for two reasons. First, you have some special training or knowledge. Second, you have data. Data about what is happening.
And there's the rub. In the modern day and age, we collect ever bit of data we can and call it good. Yet. Yet. Yet. Data can mislead. It can make you believe you know something when you don't It can confuse when it should inform. Therefore, we need to know something about gathering data scientifically
Fifth episode in a series on the ins and outs of tech consulting.
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- Victor, the Dispatcher – Jake Minevich
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Alex Rackley was a 19-year-old member of a criminal gang. In May 1969, gang members suspected that Rackley had been disloyal. They kidnapped him and brought him to a house where he was tied up and tortured for two days, mainly by having boiling water poured over much of his body. He was also beaten with a blunt object in the "face, groin and lumbar region," as Wikipedia describes it. After two days of torture, Rackley "confessed" his disloyalty to his gang–of which, in fact, there was never any evidence.
You can listen to his confession, because the gang taped it. After a few preliminaries, Rackley's "trial" begins with a monologue by a woman who identifies herself as Ericka Huggins. This is a partial transcript of what Huggins says:
Ericka Huggins, member of the New Haven Chapter Black Panther Party, political education instructor. On May 17th at approximately 10 o'clock, Brother Alex from New York was sleeping in the office; this is a house that we use as an office. And I kicked him and said, "Motherfucker, wake up!" Because we don't sleep in the office, and we relate to reading or getting out.
And so Brother Alex picked up a book, selected military writings of Mao Tse-Tung, and began to read.
I was talking to Brother George and Warren and George looked over at Alex and said, "Brother, I thought you couldn't read. You told me you couldn't read before. What you reading?"
You know, and so the brother said, "I can't read."
"So why you got the book? Why did you lie to the sister?" …
"Because I didn't know it."
So then the brother got some discipline, you know, in the areas of the nose and mouth, and the brother began to show cowardly tendencies, and began to whimper and moan. …
So we decided he was a motherfucking phony, that he was lying, and that if he lied to us, he lied to other party members and the people.
So that, George began to give him other disciplinary [pause] things. Like, you know, a stick was taken to the brother, you see, because he was acting like a coward, and acting like a non-Panther. And as I said before, he was lying.
This is a disgrace to the people's revolutionary struggle.
Sit down, motherfucker. Keep still. [Rackley apparently tried to move here.]
And he then said that he had no conception of what revolution was or what a revolutionary was, you see. So he was taken down to the basement for a while, and he came back up, and it was decided he should leave the house, but we decided, you know, that he shouldn't leave the house, that he should go back down to the basement again …
And then Brother George began to discipline him again …
He said that he lied to us, to the party and to Brother Landon [Williams, a Panther enforcer visiting from the West Coast] about the fact that he could not read, because he did read the 10-point program.
So then we began to realize how phony he was and that he was either an extreme fool or a pig, so we began to ask questions with a little force and the answers came out after a few buckets of hot water.
OK. So that is basically what happened with Brother Alex, and he's going to begin to tell us what, you know, what's really going on. You see. We have to know this.
Here is the tape:
After another day or two of torture following his "confession," gang members–mercifully, perhaps–shot Rackley to death. It didn't take long for the authorities to unravel the crime, and they prosecuted a number of gang members for murder. Several were convicted, but following a highly politicized trial, the jury was hung as to the more senior members of the gang, Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale, despite Huggins's incriminating voice on the tape.
Bobby Seale was a co-founder of the Black Panthers, but he was whipped, raped and driven out of the party by the psychopathic and drug-addled Huey Newton. Seale no doubt participated in many of the crimes committed by the Panthers, but he might have been innocent of Alex Rackley's murder.
The story of the Black Panthers is a sordid one, but it is fondly remembered on many college campuses. Like, for example, the University of Minnesota. A professor there sent me this. Click to enlarge:
"The Black Panthers, a Love Story." That isn't quite how Alex Rackley, Betty Van Patter, and more than a dozen other Panther murder victims saw it. The "love story" stars "political activist" Bobby Seale and "political activist, scholar, and writer" Ericka Huggins, who will grace the event with their physical presence. What a thrill! And this, of course, is all about "faculty diversity." What else? You can read more about the event here.
Everyone involved, including the event's sponsors–the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the Robert J. Jones Urban Outreach-Engagement Center at the University of Minnesota, the Office for Equity and Diversity of the University of Minnesota, and the Office of University Relations of the University of Minnesota–should be deeply ashamed.
The University's president, Eric Kaler, has said that he wants to meet with me in my new capacity as President of the Center of the American Experiment. I will indeed meet with President Kaler, and I will tell him what I think of his university's sponsorship of this homage to a vicious gang of murderers.


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There's something I've been wondering for a while. I know I'm not the only person who wonders it, because I've heard other people say similar things, but I've not yet heard a good answer to it.
What I'm wondering is this: in what state does a baby need to be born by caesarean section in order for us to say, "Oh, maybe we shouldn't have done that caesarean. Perhaps that baby should have been born physiologically"?
Because when a baby is born in less-than-optimal condition by caesarean section, people say, "Wow, it was a good job we did a caesarean … that baby really needed us to get it out".
And when a baby is born looking really healthy, happy and alert by caesarean section, people say, "Wow, it was a good job we did a caesarean … we managed to get that baby out while it was still in good condition".
Both of these sentiments are common in maternity care settings. But the lack of a comparable comment about physiological birth raises an important point about the bumpiness of the playing field, our culture's attitude to the different approaches to birth and, perhaps, our dislike of accepting that some decisions might not, in retrospect, have been the only or best options.
Although caesarean operations can be lifesaving, we know that (a) they are overused and (b) they carry greater risks and side effects and far fewer advantages than physiological birth. It is for these reasons that so many countries, agencies and organisations are looking for ways to reduce the caesarean section rate.
I'd like to humbly suggest that deeper thinking about the way we think and speak about birth might help us take a step towards this goal.


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Diabetes mellitus, commonly known by the shortened name "diabetes", sugar diabetes or "sugar", is one of the most frequent and important medical disorders of both humans and dogs. As a pet owner with a newly diagnosed dog with diabetes, it is difficult to know what you need to do. We created this article to help you know step by step what you need to know and what you need to do and to answer common questions that come up with new diabetic dog owners.
The 6 keys to treatment of diabetes in dogs include:
- Change your dog's diet
- If your dog is overweight – help your dog lose weight
- Give insulin every 12 hours
- Monitor for response to treatment
- Maintain a consistent diet, exercise and insulin treatment plan
- Monitor for complications of the disease
We will help you understand more about diabetes, how and when to give insulin how to deal with complications. We also included answers to the most common questions diabetic dog owners have as they start their journey as a diabetic dog owner.
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease that leads to chronic elevation of the blood glucose or sugar. Blood sugar is maintained by a group of hormones, the most important of which is insulin, which is manufactured by the pancreas, a small organ near the intestines. Insulin lowers the blood sugar after a meal, and deficiency of insulin, or an insensitivity of body cells to available insulin, leads to diabetes.
With good care, your dog can have a very good life with diabetes. We will help tell you how.
What Dogs Get Diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus usually affects middle-aged to older dogs of either sex, however it is most common in female dogs (twice as common in females as in males). The peak age seen in dogs is 7 to 9 years. Juvenile-onset diabetes may occur in dogs less than 1 year of age. Any breed can be affected but some breeds are at higher risk.
Breeds at increased risk for diabetes mellitus include the Australian terrier, Samoyed, Schnauzer (miniature and standard), Bichon frise, Cairn terrier, Keeshond, Spitz, Fox terrier and the Poodle (both miniature and standard).
What Causes Canine Diabetes?
The cause of diabetes has a lot to do with genetics and bad luck. There are risk factors which can potentiate diabetes such as obesity, recurring pancreatitis, Cushing's disease (hyperadrenocorticism), and drugs such as glucocorticoids and progestogens that antagonize insulin.
What are Common Symptoms of Diabetes?
Common symptoms of diabetes in dogs include thirst and increased water consumption among others. For more detailed information about the diagnosis, treatment and complications of diabetes, go to: Diabetes in Dogs.
Uncontrolled elevation of glucose leads to dehydration and body chemistry disorders that can eventually cause coma and death. Left uncontrolled, diabetes can become life threatening.
Why Does My Diabetic Urinate More?
When a pet is diabetic, the body tries hard to fix the problem. For example, the kidneys will try to get rid of excess glucose in the urine. To get rid of extra glucose they also end up getting rid of a lot of extra water. So they urinate more. Because they urinate more and are getting rid of a lot of extra water, they are thirsty and drink more.
Classic signs of diabetes is drinking more and urinating more. The medical term for this is polydipsia (drinking more) and polyuria (urinating more).
What Does the Term Spilling Glucose Mean?
Some clients hear their vet say this term – their dog is "spilling glucose". This term means that their dog has glucose in the urine. This is the body's way of trying to get rid of excess glucose in the dog's blood.
How is the Diagnosis Obtained?
The first step in treating diabetes in your dog is getting a correct diagnosis. This requires a veterinary examination and appropriate tests, such as a urinalysis (to detect spilled "sugar") and blood glucose determination. Additional tests often are needed to assess the overall medical situation. Once the diagnosis is made, however, you and your veterinarian can work together to effectively control diabetes mellitus.


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I've known and loved zplane for over seven years now, since finding that the (now discontinued) Avid Phasescope plugin was actually inaccurately reading PPM (peak program meter) values, causing people to fail technical review. zplane also make the excellent PPMUlator metering plugin (separate review of that to come), and in all this time it really hadn't occurred to me to check out their pitch shifting plugin - Elastique Pitch V2.
Good, Cheap And Fast?
A lot of the Pro Tools Expert Community felt that this marvellous GIF struck a chord.
I've long felt the same way about pitch shift plugins, so have used premium options like X-Form or Serato.
The ones that were good were usually very slow, and you could never find a good but cheap pitch shift plugin.
This stands to reason. Behind what might seem to a lot of people to be something simple, is an awful lot of very complicated processing. This never usually comes cheap or fast.
In this review I'm comparing zplane's Elastique Pitch V2 to two Avid Pro Tools AAX plugins - Timeshift (which is bundled with Pro Tools), and Avid's premium pitch shift plugin - X-Form (now bundled with a HD upgrade/support plan but also available separately).
As Timeshift is bundled, we can't really compare it on cost grounds, but Elastique Pitch V2 is currently less than half the price of X-Form, and more than four times cheaper than what has almost become an industry standard - Serato Pitch 'n Time Pro.
Elastique Pitch V2 is also available in VST (32 and 64bit) and AU formats, which is a bonus because users of other DAWs don't have access to the Avid plugins.
Using Elastique Pitch V2
This plugin instantly scores big over the Avid plugins in that it is available in real time AAX64 Native format, and very importantly, in multi channel.
This is really handy as it enables us to get a preview of the result, even if in the long term we render.
Using a 5.1 instance of Elastique Pitch V2 and recording it out through an internal bus on a HD Native system, results in a latency of approximately 12 samples. That's pretty damn good in my book. If in Pro Tools 12 you commit the audio, there is zero latency, as is also the case with AudioSuite. This could really speed up my workflow when working on feature length projects.
When looking at the user interface requirements for post production, there are different things that are important to a post user than a music user.
The main headline for those of us that have to deliver in multiple frame rates, is having a handy set of presets for all our common scenarios.
The fact that zplane have included all the usual suspects shows that this plugin's development team have really thought about the needs of the post community.
Otherwise, the user interface is clean, intuitive and resize-able to three different displays.
AudioSuite - Book A Flight To India?
It's been a sort of in-joke, that while you wait for a good quality pitch shift plugin to do its work, you don't so much have to pop off and put the the kettle on for a cuppa, you usually have time to take a flight to India, pick and dry the tea, and come back before it's done.
This has certainly been my experience with X-Form recently. Pitch shifting 5.1 content seems to take it multiples of the running duration. I did a comparison of the three plugins based on pitch correcting a 2 minute 11 second long piece of stereo and 5.1 audio. The results are fairly shocking -
|Time to process
Stereo Audio
(mins & secs)
|Time to process
5.1 Audio
(mins & secs)
|zplane Elastique Pitch V2
|Avid X-Form
|Avid Timeshift
Where Elastique Pitch V2 really aces it is with 5.1 material - screaming through in sixteen seconds, compared to more than four minutes for X-Form. Timeshift also delivered a very swift result, but we'll look at the implications of that speed later.
These figures were measured using my Windows 10 Pro Tools 12.7HD twelve-core host system, with 16GB of DDR4 RAM. Given the enormous capabilities of the host, I frankly couldn't believe how long X-Form was taking. It actually seemed slower than it was on my original Windows XP Dual Core system many years ago. So I took a look at the CPU loading while X-Form was at work. The Pro Tools System Usage meters don't display CPU load while using an AudioSuite plugin, so I used CPU-ID to give me a better picture. It seemed that X-Form was max'ing out just one CPU core out of a possible twelve. This leads me to suspect that this is down to poorly ported, legacy 32 bit code. This is a real shame, as the main drawback of using X-Form is the amount of time it takes to deliver.
What Do They Sound Like?
Have a listen to my video to find out -
The performance of Timeshift is pretty much as awful as it's always been, mainly with "burbling" artefacts on strings and piano. It was these artefacts that originally led me to seek out X-Form and Serato.
X-Form and Elastique Pitch V2 are both very good, but the latter slightly edges it when dealing with deep male voices - X-Form has a tendency to make them sound as if they're in a bathroom.
What was most alarming though was what X-Form was doing to the phase relationship of the 5.1 image. If you keep your eyes on the phase meter on the X-Form track, against that of the Elastique Pitch V2 track and the original un pitch-corrected track, you can see that X-Form is fairly drastically changing the phase relationship. In the stereo fold down you hear in the video, it also changes the nature of the sound of the music.
When listening in 5.1 on well set up monitoring, this results in a distinct image shift, which as disturbing as it is to hear, can have a major consequence on subsequent LtRt matrix style fold-downs, like Dolby Pro Logic. It seemed that Elastique Pitch V2 was maintaining a far closer phase and image relationship to the original.
I am genuinely massively impressed by this plugin, even before taking the price tag in to consideration. I threw all manner of material at it, and didn't seem to be able to trip it up. It has the potential to revolutionise my multi-frame rate workflow. I was having to pretty much "lock out" my Pro Tools system for 24 hours to pitch correct an entire movie and stems.
Now it seems I can get this done far more efficiently, with the added bonus of the re-sped and pitch corrected material sounding more like the original. With it also being available in VST and AU formats, it extends which DAWs and indeed which video editing software I can use it on.
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Q: What's the difference between Bordeaux and Rhone style blends?
A: We get this question a lot at Burnt Bridge Cellars because we make (and love!) both. And our blends tend to be some of our most popular wines. At Burnt Bridge, Pont Brûlé is our Rhone style blend and Blend X is our Bordeaux style. I like to say "style" because the only way to make a "true" Bordeaux or Rhone blend is to get the grapes from France and make it in France. And while we like those wines, we are happy to be making wine right here in Washington state. To me, the cool thing is that we can make some pretty amazing wines with local grapes that rival those in France. Plus, we're not constrained by a lot of archaic French restrictions on what can be planted where, and what can be blended with what. We are free, as American winemakers, to explore different combinations of grapes in our wines, from vineyards in different parts of the state. In France, this sort of experimentation is prohibited. (This may be a topic for another blog post…)
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text: So there's still activity in the Myriad case, and also a second edition of my book Who Owns You is now under contract with Wiley. My draft is due in August so I'll be writing this summer to update and revise in light of the significantly different legal landscape since the first edition was published. That landscape is active, but so far stable since the Supreme Court case. When Myriad lost in the Supreme Court, as I indicated they would, they sought to vigorously defend what remained of their patents, including by suing those who used the decision as an argument to compete in the BRCA testing arena. Myriad used the aggressive move of asking for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against one of those competitors, which turned out to be a big mistake. To win an injunction like that, before the merits of a case are reached, you need, among other things, to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits. In a 100+ page opinion, the court in Myriad v. Ambry denied the injunction, using the opportunity to expound on the merits and concluding that Myriad has no such likelihood. This is an early blow that won't help their stock price, and moreover, gives a pretty good early clue as to how the case will go. With the opinion's clear language, other companies are now entering the testing market and competing with Myriad, taking their chances and betting on the likelihood that in fact Myriad cannot monopolize the isolated DNA segments that the Supreme Court already said they cannot monopolize.


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Kennebec Land Trust will celebrate its silver anniversary with an outdoor fete, nature workshops, triathalon, annual meeting and music on Aug. 24.
The organization, which is based in Winthrop, has conserved 4,860 acres, completed 32 miles of trails and worked in 21 communities in central Maine in those 25 years, according to executive director Theresa Kerchner.
"We have 900 members to date, and our goal is to have 1,000 members by December," Kerchner said. The group is hoping many community members will join in the celebration and learn about the nonprofit group, whose mission is to "work with land owners and communities to conserve the forests, shorelands, fields and wildlife that define central Maine."
The celebration will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Camp Winnebago, on Route 17 in Fayette, and will include a Tri-Sport Challenge, potluck lunch and music by the Gawler Family Band. There is a $15 fee for those over age 12, which covers food, with a maximum $37 fee per family.
The 9-11 a.m. sports event is a quarter-mile swim, half-mile paddle and 5-kilometer run at the camp.
"It's a beautiful setting, and people will be able to enjoy camp facilities, swim, canoe and enjoy trails and waterfront," Kerchner said. "It's just going to be a tremendous day."
The event also is being organized as a reunion for the organization's past officers and interns. Eighteen interns from 15 colleges have worked with the group over its 25 years. The current summer intern is Selena Bachelder, of Readfield, a senior at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., who is working on several projects, including invasive plant research.
She also is coordinating reservations for the anniversary celebration, which can be made through the organization's website at www.tklt.org.
In connection with the celebration, the land trust has organized a two-day Wilderness First Aid course Aug. 22-23 at Camp Mechuwana, in Winthrop. Enrollment in that filled almost immediately, Kerchner said.
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the organization is launching its first hiking guide to the 20 most popular properties, offering the book at $15 first at the annual meeting and later in area bookstores and businesses.
"It's a guide that people are going to find particularly useful," Kerchner said. She said the book, in which area businesses sponsor pages, offers maps and directions as well as a way to add pages when the trust adds properties later.
The group is trying to complete a number of projects this year, including Howard Hill in Augusta, which is a 164-acre woodlot that can be seen behind the capitol dome; and 65 acres in Fayette linking Parker and David ponds. The organization also is adding acreage to the Mount Pisgah Conservation Area in Winthrop.
Next spring, the group hopes to open to the public some trails on a 72-acre parcel on Trask Road in Vienna.
It is working with Jim and Muffy Floyd, the property owners, on an easement for the land, which offers views of the western mountains and Vienna hills and includes wetlands, a vernal pool and a mix of hardwoods.
"It's a special piece of property," Muffy Floyd said Saturday. "We knew we wanted to do something to protect it long-term." The Floyds bought 32 acres in 1993, built their house in 2002 and added 40 acres in 2005.
She said they thought about including provisions in their will and decided to talk to the Kennebec Land Trust, which resulted in the plan for the easement.
"There's no disadvantage to us or to anybody to doing it now," Floyd said, "and we can enjoy other people enjoying it as well."
The land trust is also organizing a Local Wood WORKS! initiative, a conference Nov. 14-15 at the Augusta Civic Center. The event is billed as "an opportunity for landowners, foresters, loggers, processors, wood-based businesses, state agencies, conservation organizations, artisans, students, and forest and wood products enthusiasts to connect, learn and propel Maine's local wood economy into a sustainable future."
Kerchner said the Kennebec Land Trust is trying to build on the local food movement and showcase opportunities to enhance the region's forest products industries.
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Monday, 28 February 2011
London Popfest 2011
Superfast, supercheap Virgin train to Euston, with free Wi-Fi... Wander to Camden and discover cheap veggie burger place is no more... Amble across the city (and The City) for a few hours (via V-Cross, St John's Gate)... Begin to realise my brand new £4.99 shoes are already totally fucked up... Walk up and down Cable Street but am unable to find the red plaque (cos it's on Dock Street)... Meet up with Clare Pop, then head over to meet other pop types in Shepherds Bush... Bush Hall has upsides (sounds, chandeliers, balcony) £3.80/can booze is one of the downsides... Tender Trap are my highlight for the evening... Friday is for Thai Food at The Miller, followed by 'Darkened Doorways' (lovely to share with others), then 'Strange Powers' (totally watchable, even as an unfan of Magnetic Fields)... Bored of the cold I buy a 1/2 price cardigan in H&M, Brixton... Comedy confusion in The Music Bar where Ben is told his chicken burger has become a beef burger as chickenburgers aren't served so the menu must have a 'spelling mistake'... It's payday for me and The Windmill has lots of beer and a merch desk... Town Bike & Sourpatch are top banana... Dancing til WAY past bedtime... Saturday is chinese buffet followed by Blue Posts, had to force the first couple of pints down battling with hangover... Enter The 100 Club to the opening notes of La Revolucion Sexual played by Twee Grrrls Club, hangover symptoms disappear... Wait for Humousexual... knackered guitar amp doesn't prevent a good number of terriblyexcited kids dancing, fists in the air to the likes of Oh Camberwell and Batty Street... Spend much of the day trying to avoid the eyes of people I went TOTALLY FANBOY over the night before, same with randoms I HUG-ATTACKED... Drink til it matters less... Go all FANBOY over Rob Price... Eux Autres nail their set... Think I may have accidentally sort of pulled a dude... Dance til late... Get called a 'cunt' by a Met Copper... Head across to The Lexinton for All Fringe No Knickers for more dancing to Sultans of Ping... Head east with a chatty taxi driver and a spare Swede... Early rise for Pop Quiz, Tony Wilson's Cock slaughter the competition... Head over to Bhel Poori House for dangerous amounts of curry... Find the following grafitti:'I bet the chef wanks in the curry, I would. Imagine all those uptight indie girls (not women, for sure) necking the whack.'... Enjoy the nervous dancing of Youngfuck's singer... Enjoy onstage banter of Girls Names' singer... Make a girl cry... Don't manage to say goodbye to everyone... Realise at Euston that my train ticket is for Monday... New ticket for train leaving 30 mins after I thought, arriving 90 mins after I'd thought... Birmingham City FC win the Carling Cup, my train makes this common knowledge... Popfest 2011 ends.
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Saturday, 12 February 2011
Fever Fever
So I lied, Lucksmiths next week.
Last night I went to see The Lovely Eggs cos they are ace. Everyone knows The Lovely Eggs are ace. What I didn't know is that Fever Fever are also ace.
I nearly saw Fever Fever some time last year when they played at the Victoria with The Lovely Eggs and Hotpants Romance. I didn't actually manage to see Fever Fever, though. This is because living in Dudley is a fucking ballache and pretty much makes existence anti-fun. I checked out some video clip somewhere of Fever Fever and didn't get it.
Last night I actually got to see Fever Fever and it was hella mega! As soon as they started I couldn't help but think of three sounds: early-ish Mudhoney, the first Help She Cant Swim album, and the criminally underrated Montana Pete. I'm fairly sure no one else would say they can hear these bands in Fever Fever's sound, but I reckon I can, SO THERE.
I was pretty surprised by how big a sound they manage to produce with just two guitars and drums, even when they go down to one guitar they still have a really impressive, chunky sound. I tried for ages to think of a better word but I couldn't. I will be winning no prizes for this post.
I've been looking around online and I still can't find anything by Fever Fever that does justice to the live set I witnessed last night. I'd definitely go see them again, though. I've half a mind to go to the Flapper tonight to see them. In fact, if I weren't flat-piss broke, and if I hadn't rolled in at 5 this morning, I would be heading for the bus right now.
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
Okay, I'm Sorry. Next post is The Lucksmiths..
I wanted to post this week, but I knew I wouldn't be able to say the right things about the stuff I wanted to post about.
So I figure a drunken post about something simple will do. RETRO HONPO are fucking mega. Here is some PROOF.
I heard them cos The legendary Alan 'The Doc' Farmer was DJing at The Aumtun Store all-dayer a couple of weeks ago. He sent some links to Dunc, Dunc posted them on Anorak.
The moral of the story? Retro Honpo are immesurably fucking mega.
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In 2011, my husband and I began the process of adopting our precious daughter, Abiella. Prior to meeting her, we knew her medical report read "Cerebral Palsy and Microcephaly", but the wide spectrum of symptoms and abilities that correlate with these diagnoses meant the majority of her needs were still unknown and undocumented. Our adoption coordinator explained that most of Abi's needs, including any additional diagnosis, would remain a mystery until she was home with a family who was advocating for her medical care. Three weeks after inquiring about Abiella, we were on our way overseas, eager to meet her for the first time.
Abi was in a large government orphanage and we were never allowed beyond the office doors. So every day of our first trip Sean and I would take a taxi to the orphanage, let the staff know we were there, and then go take our "assigned places" in the plastic chairs under a tree in the parking lot. Before long, we would see a caregiver walk outside with our tiny bundle of joy wrapped in blankets . We would eagerly hop up and go grab her, and then for hours we would sit there rocking her, memorizing her every feature, and telling her about the life waiting for her. Her room, her dogs, her family. We would sing and laugh and just be together. No phones, no tv, just the three of us under a tree in the middle of a land that felt so very foreign. It was an intense way to begin parenthood, but when I look back on it, it was some of the most sacred spaces of our lives.
After a week of observing her reaction to us and her environment, we felt that she was partially (if not completely) blind and deaf. She did not move her limbs much, had zero head and neck control, and other than touch, she responded very little to any outside stimuli. There was one moment, however, near the end of our trip that a car parked next to us and when the driver slammed his door Abi jumped. Sean and I looked at each other and cheered. She could hear something! It was a big moment.
Despite any of the challenges, however, Abi was exceptionally happy. She loved being held and when you rubbed her head she would light up in the most beautiful smile. If you look back on those first videos, there's a lot of Abi smiling and Sean and I absolutely bursting.
The adoption journey was intense and complicated but after three challenging trips to Ghana, a million and a half on-your-knees-begging prayers, a few Class-A Miracles, and one excruciatingly long year, she came home.
The first few months were spent in and out of the hospital and our vocabulary was soon infiltrated with words like feeding tubes, medicines, aspiration, joey pumps, ng tubes, diastat, swallow studies, EEG's, EKG's, splints, braces, AFO's, medical formula, wheelchairs, and so much more. We kept our heads down and moved towards the target of "as healthy as possible" with vengeance. As good nutrition finally flooded her tiny frame, her hearing improved drastically and her ability to track objects strengthened as well. She wasn't blind or deaf! Our precious Abiella (who came home weighing 14 pounds at 2 years old) was getting stronger every day.
In an effort to shield Abi from a desperately bad flu season, I found myself locked in the house with drive-thru windows and afternoons spent driving long country roads as my only access to the outside world. There was one time I stepped out onto the back porch and realized I hadn't had a breath of fresh air in nine days. NINE DAYS. While we were so very, very happy- the days were spent tending to the fight at hand and the nights were spent sinking into the sleep deprivation that threatened to swallow us whole.
Around this time our adoption social worker came for her last visit. At the end of the visit she asked me, "Have you connected with any other families in your situation?" "My exact situation? No."
I knew this was a necessity but it was at the very bottom of my list. Truthfully, I didn't know how badly I needed it. All I knew was the idea of finding a "parent's group" let alone attending a meeting felt totally out of the question to my already exhausted and introverted spirit.
On that day, however, I took a step in that direction and asked her "Do YOU know anybody who looks like our family?" "Actually, Yes. It's a family that goes to my church. I'll give them your number if that's okay."
I didn't think much of it. I was very happy to know this family was out there but my mind was elsewhere. We were packing up our house and moving to a county with better resources for Abi and more room for our family of three.
The next day my Facebook account "dinged" and I looked to find a message from the woman our social worker had spoken of. Here name was Alison. I can still see myself sinking into the couch and feeling my lungs opening up a little wider. Her family DID look like mine. Feeding tubes, adoption, wheelchairs, everything. And you know what else? She knew my husband! They had connected through Sean's music years earlier and one of his songs was even in their adoption video. Let me repeat that: One of his songs was even in their adoption video. The connections were crazy. The next day I spent an HOUR on the phone with her. G-tubes! Walkers! Physical Therapy! I had a place to talk about all that had been happening in the confines of our tiny flu-season-sheltered home. She got it! She understood! And beyond that, they were living life and thriving. She was super honest about the challenges (one thing I strive to do on this site) but she was simultaneously joyful and at peace.
The story continues- but the point is, this connection helped skyrocket me into a world where special needs was the norm, not the exception. I was no longer the only person in the room giving my daughter a snack through her g-tube.
Since then so much more has happened. I've made friends with people in many different situations and I've plugged into a community that is wide spread, generous, and brave. I've found friends online (or they found me- thank God!) that have been my saving grace in the wee hours of seizure scares and emotional challenges. Some of these friends even adopted their daughters from the same region we did. These connections are powerful and I can't imagine my life without them. Actually, I can. I think there would be a lot of lonely and scary moments.
Today, we live in a community where Abi is thriving. Little did I know when I was packing up those boxes that I was moving to a home only 10 miles from my new friend Alison's house!
Alison introduced us to equine therapy and now our girls even ride horses at the same place every week! My world has been opened to the amazing community of physical therapy, special education, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and even FEEDING therapy (who knew?). It's been an incredible joy to get to know this community and the amazing fury within it. My daughter and I spend all week getting to see the people we love while working on our skills in a "play" format, riding horses, and even going to school.
Prior to my journey into parenthood, I was a middle school teacher. I loved every second of it. During that time I got my Master's in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment and prior to Abi coming home I had started working on my Doctorate in the same field. After Abi came home I took a break from school. I needed time to assimilate to life as a new mother and an even newer nurse. After we were settled in the new house and Abi was in preschool I decided to go back and finish my doctorate. At this point, however, my passions had shifted. I was still interested in curriculum, but wanted to apply that knowledge to my new heart for special education. So I took a deep breath, switched my degree- which meant switching schools- and started over. IT WAS SO WORTH IT. I'm continuing in that journey even as I type this. My coursework is done, my comp exams are over, and I'm now in the final stages of my dissertation. (Deep breath.)
To conclude- Yes, Abi is in a wheelchair. Yes, Abi is on a feeding tube. Yes, we have 170 appointments on the books (seriously… that's the real number…special needs mamas you know what I'm talking about) and Yes, Abi is considered 'non-verbal' but MY GOSH we are happy. We are thriving. The hard times are hard but the joyous times are infinitely richer than I ever knew possible.


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"Hungry to learn" and "excited to share" are only some of the phrases used to describe attendees of ECHO's third biennial West African Networking Forum. But you would have to say "soif d'apprendre", and "heureux de partager" because this forum was held entirely in French to better meet the needs of practitioners across Francophone West Africa. A complimentary English Forum was held in March in Accra, Ghana. (For more on that Forum, see pages 7-8)
Held this January in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the Forum offered large-group presentations, hands-on workshops, and smaller breakout sessions for in-depth coverage of various topics.
128 participants came from the following countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin, Togo, Chad, Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the USA.
Every attendee went home with their own special memories. Here are a few of our favorite highlights of the event:
• Jean Apedoh, who first learned about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) through an ECHO Forum in 2010, was this year's SRI Specialist presenting at the 2015 Forum. Through ECHO's introduction of the topic and support, collaboration with other organizations in the region, and his own personal initiative, Jean says, "ECHO made me a champion and regional specialist in SRI."
• Emile Sanou and Josué Baya are also learners-turned-trainers who shared their experiences implementing Foundations for Farming (FFF) in a large group presentation and a hands-on afternoon workshop.
• The session on Biogas production presented by ECHO's Alain Gouba was the most popular afternoon workshop with over 40 attendees. Alain was able to share a biogas system that was made completely with locally available materials.
• One attendee who at the 2010 and 2012 Forums learned about Moringa, paid for a display table and sold at least ten distinct Moringa products that he and his wife are now producing. These ranged from Moringa powder capsules and shampoo to dehydrated food packets that can be added to sauces.
• Before the mid-morning break on the first day of the Forum, the French version of Agricultural Options for Small-Scale Farmers book from ECHO was introduced, and it literally took two minutes to sell out. Others have signed up on the waiting list so that when a new stock is available they will be able to receive one.
We are thrilled that these individuals are taking the education and training available through ECHO and multiplying it far beyond ECHO's reach. Together, we are truly training trainers.


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This season will feature many more exciting adventures of Shawn and Keith as they promote faith, family, friendship, conservation, and the values of living a hunting lifestyle, as they hunt in some of the most pristine hunting destinations in the world. "If the cameras picked up just a small portion of the excitement and fun that Shawn and I are sharing on these adventures, the viewers will want to join us every week because I truly believe they will feel like they are hunting with us!" Keith said.
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How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer
Top Three Reasons Camp Minnehaha is The Worst
1. The spiders (wayyyy too many legs)
2. King Arthur (a rampaging goat intent on my destruction)
3. Victoria a.k.a The Diva (an evil cabin mate obsessed with French beauty products and my humiliation)
Chloe McCorkle knew a summer camp where you had to learn a career was a bad idea. She tried to tell her parents, but they just had to go on vacation to Alaska and ship her off for two weeks. It's not ideal, but she's going to try to make the best of it. She might even learn some skills that will help her make money for the new bike she's been eyeing. But Chloe quickly discovers there's only one area at which she excels; she manages to get more demerits than anyone else in camp...


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Before sunset we'll be setting up campsites, doing tent set-up demos, and meeting our camping crew for the night.
At 7:00PM, there is an optional sunset yoga class led by outdoor enthusiast and yogi Talia Ram. Bring your yoga mat or use your sleeping pad.
At 8:00PM, we will be joined by local group Amateur Astronomer's Association (and their telescopes) who will lead us in stargazing.
Hosted in partnership with Tent & Trails, camping in Brooklyn is an experience you'll be talking about all summer. 18+ only.
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Dinner: You bring your favorite thing to grill and we'll bring the coals. Family style.
S'mores: will be brought to you by Tent & Trails.
Breakfast: We'll have oatmeal & coffee - bring a mug, bowl & spoon!
-Rules: No alcohol, must leave campground by 9:30AM on May 31st. Failure to abide by these rules means forfeiting your deposit. Read all regulations here.
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New Moon craters occurring faster than we thought
BY: Patrick Jones
When we gaze up at the sky and look at the moon, we often assume she's got the same marks on her face that she's always had -- but we'd be wrong.
Perhaps the moon's surface is struck by debris, but we tend to assume the face of the moon looks more or less the same. We'd be wrong. Turns out the moon's surface shows everything it's been through.
This is because it doesn't have an atmosphere and so there's no safety net to burn up things that may come its way. To put it into context, NASA reports that Earth is hit pretty often with more than 100 tons of space debris daily.
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The reason we don't realize this is because of our protective atmosphere, as well as the speed at which these things come, between 7 and 45 miles per second, generates enough friction to turn anything into a ball of fire.
Those that have been keeping an eye on our closest space neighbor are reporting that the moon is developing craters at a much faster rate than they expected.
Though the surface of the moon is rapidly showing more and more age, it doesn't look a day over 4 billion years old.


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Quiz of the Year 2011 (003)
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|A third quiz looking back at the newsworthy events of 2011.
Sample Quiz of the Year 2011 (003) Pub Quiz Questions:Q1 Name the super intelligent chimp in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes acted by Andy Serkis?
Q2 Directed by Kevin MacDonald, which film featured Channing Tatum as a Roman soldier, and Jamie Bell as his slave?
Q3 The 2011 film Never Say Never was a documentary about which pop star?


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I sat in the old patio chair in my backyard, pink coffee mug in hand, and watched my dog play in the yard. I took a sip of my coffee as I watched his excitement grow – he found a new stick and began tossing it about the lawn. It made me smile. Dogs are such humbling creatures, all it took was a new stick and his entire morning was made. I was reminded that the things I was worrying about in this very moment could wait.
I watched him as he pranced happily to where I was sitting, stick in mouth. His nub of a tail was waggling so hard that his behind was following in pursuit. "It's not so bad, just you and me, huh?" My voice was so soft, a whisper, and he immediately cocked his head to the right. He responded the only way he knew how – by placing his new stick in my lap.
I picked up the stick and threw it across the lawn, and watched him sprint to catch it. I smiled for the second time this morning and took another sip of my coffee.


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Ross Lake, L.Ac.
As a young child, I always enjoyed nature and the great outdoors. In college at UC Santa Cruz, I worked at an organic farm, where we tended to crops and animals. There I met a renowned herbalist who introduced me to Chinese Medicine. I was so impressed and inspired that I decided to enroll in Five Branches University, where I received a Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1986.
In 1987 I received my California State license and certification from NCCAOM (National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine).
I've traveled to China twice for research and study: once in 1988 to Xiamen, where I interned in acupuncture at the TCM Hospital; and in 1997, I interned at the Zhejiang Hospital in Hangzhou, focusing on herbal treatment in gynecology and pediatrics.
I attend educational seminars and workshops in Chinese Medicine to maintain my license. Currently, my study is with Kiiko Matsumoto.
I maintain practices in Ukiah, Willits and San Francisco, and have been practicing for over 30 years. I live in Redwood Valley with my daughters, Martina and Fabiana.
Personal interests and hobbies:
Ever since I worked at the UCSC Farm and Garden, I've had the "gardening bug". We have a large vegetable garden, where each year I grow more of my own Chinese herbs for my pharmacy. I enjoy playing violin/fiddle and mandolin. I like to cook, and an occasional meal at a fine restaurant is always a treat. And, I spend time with my family at home and traveling. I play basketball several times weekly.
Philosophy of healing arts and science:
I believe that we have a tremendous potential for healing. Our body has an inherent capacity to heal any pain or trauma we have been through. Acupuncture and herbal medicine are the best and most effective tools that I know for enhancing your innate healing capacity.
From personal experience, I know the power of these modalities. Several years ago, I was stricken with extreme and severely debilitating back pain. Because of an extruded disc fragment compressing the nerve in my lower back, I was in constant, vice-like pain, and I was unable to rise up on tiptoe on my left foot. This was frightening. By using acupuncture and other conservative modalities for several months, I was able to avoid surgery and heal thoroughly. Because of this personal experience, and the success with my patients with all types of conditions, I am confident that you can have the same satisfaction and happiness from this treatment.


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§ Mr. Russell Johnston
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has received for the building of a bridge over the narrows at Ballachulish.
§ Mr. Ross
I have received a recommendation from the Advisory Panel on the Highlands and Islands that a bridge should be provided. I will consider this recommendation further when I have the views of the Highland Transport Board which, as part of its general remit, is also looking into the possibility of improving the ferry.


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I have sold a property at 1207 615 Belmont ST in New Westminster.
Bright and clean NE facing 2 bedroom 2 bathroom corner unit at Belmont Tower. Good concrete building with lovely views. Close to shopping and transit. Insuite laundry. Re-plumbed in 2008. Very spacious rooms, sure to impress! No pets or rentals.


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Day and Night World Map
So, lately I've been really a slacker about school. Right now we are still waiting for Luke's math book so I declared this week, "track break." But I do so love the unexpected snippets of everyday learning. Today Luke was imagining that the earth from space at night would look really neat. So we got on Google images and checked some pictures out. We then looked at this day and night world map. Luke asked why the nighttime part is shaped like a "U." I got down the globe and explained (as best as I could) about the earth's tilt and how if you are far enough north or south, depending on the time of year, the sun might be up for months or down for months. While Isabel was at her dance class Luke and I were watching a Discovery Channel documentary about the ice hotel in Sweden. Coincidentally, it showed and talked about how they had to build the hotel in the dark a lot because the sun was only up for a few hours and that for a month and a half it wouldn't come up at all.
Isabel and I got our Signing Time DVD's from the library! Watching a sign language DVD with my daughter is school I can definitely do while I am having a lazy week.


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The last sentence of my privious post should read "Therefore, OUR DUTY IS TO ENQUIRE OUR WAY TO THE SWARUPA AND BE STILL, REMAINIG AS SAT-CHIT BLISSFULLY. THAT STILLNESS MEANS DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL FORM, FOR ANY SHAPE AND FORM IS THE CAUSE OF TROUBLE. "
Amma advised that practicing non-duality alone is dry, like eating stones. She directed him to practice the devotional path. She explained that non-duality is the goal and devotion is the means.
Besides, the above, I wish to respond to one more observation which you made in your last post under this topic.'I do not believe and therefore can never accept the view that Self-enquiry or Atma-vichara, as taught by Bhagwan Sri Ramana, is for intellectuals only. I will not give other examples. I, with all humility, say that I do sadhana of the Atma-vichara, as taught by Him, and I am not an intellectual, only a very ordinary devotee.
Dera sri Hari, I do not know anything about Sir Ethan Walker, nor I wish to know.
I feel that one who says that enquiry is a dry method does know the truth about the enquiry.