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Low Carb Barbeque Sauce
Is there such a thing as low carb bbq sauce recipes? The answer is yes! You can enjoy all that barbequing has to offer with several different low carb barbecue recipes.
The main item in BBQ sauce that causes the high carb levels is of course sugar, so you should look for recipes that do not have any sugar or substitute the sugar with a substitute like Splenda. You can make your sauces sweet if you like, but not all barbeque sauces have to sweet to be delectable.
Try this one on. You will need:
1 minced onion,
Place all of the ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Then lower the heat and simmer for around 15 minutes. All done and you have a low carb barbeque sauce that everyone at your dinner party is sure to love.Of course you can adjust if you are serving seafood, beef, pork, chicken or plain hamburgers.
For any barbacue sauce you will need some type of tomato product such as tomato sauce, ketchup, or a combination of tomato puree and tomatoes. Then all the other ingredients are pretty much taste.
You can add onions, green pepper, red pepper, jalapeno peppers, orange juice, pineapple juice, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce or anything else to enhance the flavor and aroma of your barbeque sauce. But, to keep it low in carbs stay away from sugar or any items that have sugar added. Some ketchup's have sugar added, so be sure to read the label before you purchase the items to prepare your BBQ sauce.
Enjoy your low carb cookout!
Hans is author of Steaks, Seafood and Barbeque Recipes at Steaks-Guide.com
Chinese Dumplings on Chinese New Year
One of my fondest childhood memories is the celebrations around Chinese New Year. This was a time of great excitement and joy, families came together, children were given gifts, and everyone enjoyed traditional New Year's foods. Perhaps my favorite New Year food was Chinese dumplings.
Straight Talk from a Comfort Foodie - The Gravy Train
In all fairness to my mother and the great homemaker that she is, our family did enjoy the fruits of her "from scratch" dishes. She made great tuna fish sandwiches, and her pancake batter never had any lumps. Pepper steak from the electric wok was one of my favorites; I didn't care for the peppers, or the onions for that matter, but the thin slices of beef that had been soaked through and through with salty teriyaki sauce was right on the money. Come to think of it, that may have been the only dish that mom made that had sauce. I just seem to remember most of my childhood meals being very dry. I don't think she liked gravy much, because we never got it; which was the case with a lot of seemingly traditional foods.
Cooking Instructions For Prime Rib Roast
Have you been searching for cooking instructions for prime rib roast and still can't find a recipe that will give you the juicy and tender prime rib roast that you deserve? The reason may be that recipes only give you the basic ingredients for cooking and not the cooking instructions for prime rib roast.
Tasty Rice Pudding
1 cup - uncooked rice
Ice Cream In A Baggie
Yes, it sounds dangerous and the potential for messes seems highly likely, but you'll be surprised at the good, "clean" fun you'll enjoy when you make ice cream.This recipe is enough for one person to make a dish!
Rib-Eye Steak with Mushrooms and Bleu Cheese
This is a mouth watering steak. Every time I serve this in the restaurant the customers rave. The best part, it's so simple you can make it at home for the family.
Weird Foods Of The World - Chinese
I have eaten some weird and wonderful dishes around the world but some of the more interesting concoctions have been served up to me in China.
Holiday Leftover Ideas
The holidays are a time for friends and family and good old-fashioned home cooking. Who can resist the tempting smells coming from the kitchen at this most favorite time of year? Holiday dinners were among my favorite, most memorable meals as a child. Our family shared our holiday meals with different relatives each year, but wherever we were and whoever we were with, we always knew to expect good food and enjoyable family gatherings that we would remember for months to come.
In Grandmas Kitchen (Part I)
One of my fondest childhood memories is being in the kitchen with my Hungarian grandmother. I loved watching her chopping vegetables, kneading dough, and leaning over bubbling pots in a kitchen that was always filled with wonderful aromas. I'd always help her after school-shelling peas or beans, scrubbing and peeling vegetables, and when I got older, helping to prepare dinner. My favorite was Friday dinner-we would always have some kind of savory soup followed by a noodle or sweet dish. I was always a sweet tooth and looked forward to egg noodles with eggs or jam, palacsinta (Hungarian crepes eaten with jam, cocoa, nuts or sweet cheese fillings), and, in the late summer, silvas gomboc (plum dumplings) topped with cinnamon sugar breadcrumbs.
A Scone Recipe for Dinner or Lunch
There are two ways to pronounce scone. "Skon" in England and "Skoan" in the United States, but both in Canada, anyway, here is how to make them:
How to Make a Seductive Chili
Dedicated Chili cooks always seem to be looking for an amazing recipe for a blow-you-out-of-the-water chili. Wouldn't it be exciting to UNLEASH your chili and rock your family and friends' worlds, save money and have a great time preparing it?
Cooking Roast Prime Rib on the Grill
Love the taste of prime rib? Love the taste of barbecue? You can combine them together for cooking roast prime rib on the grill. It takes a bit longer than hamburgers, but cooking roast prime rib on the grill gives you a fabulous roast that everyone enjoys.
Wonderful Holiday Recipe Ideas
The Holiday Season is upon us and soon we will be frantically searching for yummy recipes to serve our family and friends. Many of the leading food manufacturers have spent 1000's of hours testing and perfecting recipes for you to enjoy.
Kalasan Fried Chicken (Indonesian Sweet Fried Chicken)
Chocolate Tasting Techniques
First of all start with an empty stomach. This has never been too much of a stretch for me, I am always willing to sample chocolate before dinner. Next, have the chocolate at the recommended 66-77 °F. Finally allow the chocolate to sit in your mouth for a few moments. This will help to release the principal flavors and aromas. After the chocolate has set for a few moments chew it slightly to release the secondary aromas. Resting the chocolate against the roof of your mouth will allow all the flavors to be enjoyed.
How to Prepare the Perfect Garlic Lemon Chicken
If you want to prepare the perfect garlic lemon chicken then you should try this recipe. This is one of the easiest and best recipes around for creating delicious garlic lemon chicken.
Ma Po Tou Tu (Bean Curd with Chili Sauce)
Ma Po Tou Fu is Sichuan's well known characteristic dish. Tradition has it that during the Tongzhi years of Qing Dynasty, there is a small inn at the WanFu (Innumerable Blessings) bridge outside the north gate of Chengdu, Sichuan. The woman owner Chen is pretty good at cooking. She uses bean curd, tiny sliced beef, hot pepper, Chinese prickly ash, thick bean sauce and other ingredients to cook. The dish tastes hemp (a unique flavor from the Chinese prickly ash), spicy, fresh, fragrant, and it is delicious, it is extremely well received by the people around the town. At that time there was no official name for this dish. Because Chen has pockmarked face ("ma" face with "ma" happens to be the same character as the "ma" or "hemp" flavor from the Chinese prickly ash), people then started calling it "Ma Po To Fu". "Po" in this case means woman, wife. So to translate accurately it means "wife of pockmarked face Tou Fu". From then on it became well-known around the entire nation. It is now a world-renowned Chinese cuisine 100 years later. All the Sichuan restaurants must have this dish. Along with the development of Sichuan cuisine, most of the overseas Chinese restaurants (Sichuan style or not) all carry this famous dish. Not too long ago, the Japanese merchants even imitated Sichuan "Ma Po Tou Fu" and produced canned "Ma Po Tou Fu" which sell quite well around the world.
Best Recipes: Chicken with Apples
Low Fat Pasta: Why and How to Make it.
Making your own pasta is not difficult. It's actually very easy.
Rowan Jelly (Mountain Ash - Pyrus aucuparia)
Sharp and sour but sweet and succulent all at the same time, this traditional accompanyment to cold meat is bursting with flavour, and folklore !
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Capital works as a buffer against losses and provides protection for members when a credit union is struggling financially. It follows then that an institution's level of capital is an essential measurement of its financial strength. When it comes to safety and soundness, the higher the capital, the better.
CENSUS racked up 26 out of a possible 30 points on our test to measure the adequacy of a credit union's capital, exceeding the national average of 15.65.
CENSUS's capitalization ratio of 26.00 percent in our test was better than the average for all credit unions, a sign that it's more well prepared for financial trouble than its peers.
In this test, Bankrate tries to estimate the effect of troubled assets, such as past-due mortgages, on the credit union's loan loss reserves and overall capitalization.
Having lots of these kinds of assets means a credit union could have to use capital to cover losses, diminishing its equity cushion. It also means that there are likely to be many assets that are in non-accrual status and no longer earning interest for the credit union, resulting in reduced earnings and potentially more risk of a failure in the future.
On Bankrate's asset quality test, CENSUS scored 36 out of a possible 40 points, failing to reach the national average of 38.09 points.
A below-average ratio of problem assets of 0.00 percent in our test was potentially indicative of greater financial strength than other credit unions.
A credit union's profitability affects its safety and soundness. Earnings can be retained by the credit union, expanding its capital buffer, or be used to address problematic loans, potentially making the credit union better prepared to withstand economic trouble. Credit unions that are losing money, however, are less able to do those things.
On Bankrate's earnings test, CENSUS scored 2 out of a possible 30, falling short of the national average of 10.11.
CENSUS had an earnings ratio of 0.00 percent in our test, better than the average for all credit unions, a sign that it's doing better than its peers in this area.
Bankrate.com's Safe & Sound Ratings provide a star rating system to evaluate the current financial status of financial institutions. The information gathered about banks, credit unions and thrifts is updated as set forth in the Terms of Use of Safe & Sound Ratings and Reports. The Safe & Sound Ratings information is grouped by categories of banks, thrifts and credit unions.
Bankrate.com evaluates the financial condition of institutions and assigns a one- to five-star rating for each with five stars representing the highest rating. Institutions with satisfactory performance will generally receive a rating of three or more stars. The majority of institutions fall into the three- to four-star range. An institution with an "NR" rating may be too new to rate or may have limited the publicly available information in their regulatory filings. The "NR" is not an indication of financial strength or weakness. The Safe & Sound rating is believed to be reliable, but the information is not guaranteed. In addition, events since the information was collected may have altered the institution's financial condition.

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In this article, we are going to talk about the registration requirements under GST laws relating to non-residents. But first, let's try and understand what we mean by Non-Resident Taxable Person. Under Central Goods and Service Tax, 2017 they are defined as "any person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving the supply of goods or services or both, whether as principal or agent or in any other capacity, but who has no fixed place of business or residence in India". They are located outside India and are not regular traders. To read more about this topic, you can refer to our blog on Non-Resident Taxable Person.
Their nature of occasional trading makes it hard for the authorities to track their transactions. Therefore different registration provisions are given in the Act for them.
Who should Register?
In today's world, anybody who is looking to expand their business are aiming to enter the global market. Indian market is also a very lucrative area of business for many. However, if anyone wishes to do business in India, the GST registration is a must for them.
If any non-resident is involved in regular business either as principal or through an agent and has a place of business inside India then they will be required to register under GST like any other taxpayer.
On the other hand, if any non- resident willing to do any business which is not done in the normal course of their business and don't have a place of business inside India, then their registration requirements are a little different.
Registration Provisions for Non-Resident taxable Person
Rule 13 under the head of Registration of CGST Rules provides the provisions relating to registration of Non-Resident Taxable Person, they are;
- These rules state that an application for registration by a non-resident taxable person can be given in FORM GST REG-09.
- This application shall be accompanied with a certified copy of the valid passport of the applicant.
- If the business identity making the application is incorporated or established outside India, then Tax Identification Number or any other Unique Identity No. issued by their government shall also be submitted along with the application for registration.
- This application must be made at least 5 days before the commencement of business in India.
- This application shall be submitted on the Common Portal of GST either directly or through any Facilitation Center notified by the Commissioner.
- Registration form shall be duly signed or verified by any authorized signatory through an Electronic Verification Code. This authorized signatory must be a resident of India and have a valid PAN No.
- This application must be accompanied with an advance deposit which shall be equal to the estimated tax that they will incur during the course of their business.
Verification and Registration
After an application is made, and all the conditions stated in Rule 13 are complied with then rules regarding verification and grant of registration specified in Rule 9 and 10 respectively will apply to it also like any other application received under normal circumstances.
Such an application is to be duly verified and if any discrepancies are found in the application then they are required to be communicated to the applicant in FORM GST REG-03, and the applicant will be required to submit a reply in FORM GST REG-04.
If the authorities are satisfied then GSTIN is to be issued along with a registration certificate to the non-resident taxable person in FORM GST REG-06. And if the application is rejected then this rejection is to be communicated in FORM GST REG-05, and reasons for such rejection are to be recorded in writing.


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Join BADWest for its March presentation: Social Media For Your Doc.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Writers Guild of America
Social Media For Your Doc
Learn how to use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to publicize and market your documentary. Katrina Jefferson of CHICA/intelligente will share ideas on how to use social media to secure followers for your project, engage with bloggers and tweet to target and keep an audience.
Katrina Jefferson received her Bachelors of Science from San Francisco State University and attended Spelman College for half of her college career. She began her professional track in Silicon Valley, where she specialized in client management, marketing, and training and development with start-up companies. Upon moving to Los Angeles, she created and managed a client services division at Pathways, a non-profit organization devoted to helping low income families receive child care, and employment assistance. She also started a non-profit tutoring business called SmartAlek, catering to assist low income students in Math, Science, and Reading Comprehension.
Phase two of Katrina's life began when she went back to school to receive an Associate degree in Fashion Marketing. She made a smooth transition into the retail space, taking on roles in Digital Marketing and Advertising for major fashion, beauty, and entertainment houses like GUESS?, Sears Holdings, Zara, Babies R Us, Charlie, Red Bull Media House, and FabFitFun. Katrina's business savvy has propelled her to advise small to mid-size business owners on Social Media and Digital strategies that help make their companies successful. She just wrapped an offline and online activation with Keurig, and Soul Beach Music Festival, and is now working with BAD West, The Original Ceylon Tea, and Girls in Tech (Global) in their Web Design & Development, Press, Social Media strategies.
In between, she devotes her time mentoring for Girls In Tech LA, a non-profit organization, dedicated to helping young women and professionals in all things digital, math, and science
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Writers Guild of America
7000 W. 3rd Street
Corner of 3rd and Fairfax
Los Angeles, CA
Free underground parking
$5 for non-BADWest members.
(cash please)
The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West (BAD West) is a professional organization providing people of African descent working in documentary film, video or other media the opportunity to network professionally, share resources, exchange ideas and meet socially in order to enhance the development, production, promotion and exhibition of documentaries. The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West also advocates the recognition and professional advancement of Black documentary filmmakers.


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Newbrough Parish Council Data Protection Policy
Newbrough Parish Councils Data Protection & Information Security Policy
Newbrough Parish Council recognises its responsibility to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 which regulates the use of personal data. The Data Protection Act 1998 sets out high standards for the handling of personal information and protecting individuals' rights for privacy. It also regulates how personal information can be collected, handled and used. The Data Protection Act applies to anyone holding personal information about people, electronically or on paper. This data does not have to be of a sensitive nature; it can be as little as a name and address.
Newbrough Parish Council has a number of procedures in place to ensure that it complies with The Data Protection Act 1998 when holding personal information. The Parish Council has also notified the Information Commissioner that it holds personal data about individuals. When dealing with personal data, Newbrough Parish Council staff and Councillors will ensure that they follow the eight Data Protection Principles which are:-
1. It must be collected and used fairly and within the law.
2. It must only be held and used for the reasons given to the Information Commissioner.
3. It can only be used for those registered purposes and only be disclosed to those people mentioned in the register. It cannot be given away or sold unless you said you would to begin with.
4. The information held must be adequate, relevant and not excessive when compared with the purpose stated in the register. So you must have enough detail but not too much for the job that you are doing with the data.
5. It must be accurate and be kept up to date. There is a duty to keep it up to date, for example to change an address when people move. (A data controller can keep data for any length of time if it is being used for statistical, historical or research purposes).
6. It must not be kept longer than is necessary for the registered purpose. It is alright to keep information for certain lengths of time but not indefinitely. This rule means that it would be wrong to keep information about past customers longer than a few years at most.
7. The information must be kept safe and secure. This includes keeping the information backed up and away from any unauthorised access. It would be wrong to leave personal data open to be viewed by just anyone.
8.The files may not be transferred outside of the European Economic Area.
Storing and accessing data
Newbrough Parish Council recognises its responsibility to be open with people when taking personal details from them. This means that Councillors and staff must be honest about why they want a particular piece of personal information. If, for example, a member of the public gives their phone number or address to staff or a member of Newbrough Parish Council, this will only be used for the purpose it has been given and will not be disclosed to anyone else without the person's permission.
Please make Councillors and staff aware when making complaints or queries if you wish these to remain confidential. All data is kept within a secure setting & work laptops are password protected. Newbrough parish clerk is the Data Controller & will be able to answer any queries you have regarding our use of data, storage & access as well.


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Inmate wins fight tied to religion, unusual diet
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa inmate has won a lawsuit against the state because he was served food prepared in pots and pans that had previously touched meats and other ingredients — a violation of that inmate's religious rights, a judge has ruled.
As a result, the Iowa Department of Corrections agreed to give the prisoner access to foods that are prepackaged and free from contact with utensils that might have touched the culinary ingredients he maintains are against his religion.
The lawsuit will cost taxpayers $12,000 to cover the prisoner's legal fees, according to a settlement approved last week by the Iowa Appeal Board.
The inmate, Mahendrakumar Patel, 46, has practiced Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan — sometimes known as BAPS — since birth. The religion is a sect of Hinduism, and its followers believe no animal should die for a meal.
Eggs, for example, are forbidden because they have the potential for life, Patel testified in court.
Patel staged as many as 10 separate hunger strikes as he objected to food prepared in pots or pans or with utensils that had previously touched meats, eggs or dishes that contain mayonnaise, onions and garlic, court records show.
Those hunger strikes resulted in Patel going at least 236 days without eating over six years. The inmate's weight fell from 188 pounds in 2006 to 114 pounds in 2012, an exhibit presented at a trial last year showed.
"We have tried to make accommodations with him, but it seems that every time that we've reached one accommodation then there would be another objection on his part," Greg Ort, the former warden of the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, said in court testimony last year. "We seem to be unable to reach a satisfaction with him."
Patel acknowledged various attempts from prison staff to provide him with meals that met his religious beliefs. In some cases, those efforts ultimately ended with Patel discovering the food was potentially contaminated. Other times, the prison halted practices that were previously acceptable in order to accommodate Patel's new requests, the inmate said.
"There is stuff I cannot eat, so I complain about it but they said, 'That's all you're going to get,' " Patel testified in court.
Patel, a native of India, was sentenced in 2006 to 25 years in prison for stalking and attempting to kill his girlfriend in Des Moines, court records show. He maintains his innocence.
The Des Moines Register was unable to reach Patel through a request made to prison officials last week. His attorney, Patrick Ingram of Iowa City, criticized state officials for failing to take the inmate's dietary requests seriously.
Ingram, who has previously represented prisoners with special diets for religious reasons, said the prison system has a pattern of denying or disbelieving the legitimacy of a prisoner's requests.
"The Department of Corrections always believes they're pulling something on them," Ingram said. "Diet is the issue that pops up most frequently."
Patel said he once was unable to leave his cell for five days as punishment because he refused to eat the food that was given to him.
Prison officials said they researched Patel's religion and contacted several Hindu experts after Patel made his initial dietary request. Hindu leader Budendranauth Doobay of Canada told Iowa officials that one of the prison's practices — using stainless steel utensils that were sanitized between each use — was adequate, Ort testified.
In order to satisfy Patel's religious beliefs, the prison could have provided him with prepackaged foods — something it is now doing. But Ort, the former warden, testified during the 2012 trial that doing so "would go to setting a practice that others would want to take advantage of also."
The Coralville prison has about 950 inmates and serves about 3,300 meals a day to both staff and offenders.
Prepackaged foods are more expensive, Ort said.
"We're only obligated to supply what is a balanced diet, so to go into providing more is setting a precedent that could lead us into difficult territory," Ort testified.
Despite Ort's testimony, William Hill, an attorney for the state, and Fred Scaletta, a spokesman for Iowa's corrections department, said they are not now concerned that U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Ross Walters' ruling could lead to a large number of prisoners making similar requests.
Ross specifically ruled that the state's actions were a violation of Patel's rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a federal law that prohibits governments from placing burdens on the ability of prisoners to worship.
Part of what a court looks at when reviewing prisoner dietary lawsuits is whether there is a component of sincerity. An inmate who has started his own religion while incarcerated, for example, is far less likely to be successful than another who can demonstrate a lifelong dietary practice associated with his religion, Hill noted.
Complaints or lawsuits from prisoners about their behind-bars diet are not unique across the nation.
Michigan's corrections department, for example, last year made a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union to accommodate diets of Muslim prisoners; a federal judge last year dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Colorado prisoner who said his membership in the Ever Increasing Faith religion prohibited him from eating meat; and, in February, a federal court ruling required Florida to provide Jewish inmates with kosher diets.


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Platform sharing is big, so much so that the globe's largest automakers have adopted the platform sharing approach in a mighty big way. Examples abound. Toyota has the Toyota New Generation Architecture (TNGA), Volkswagen has the MQB, Volvo has the Scalable Platform Architecture (SPA) and Renault-Nissan have come up with the Common Modular Family (CMF) architecture. Platform sharing offers significant cost reductions through shared production facilities and parts. Also, shared platforms mean lower development lead times, which further lead to vehicles making the cut from concept to production in record time.
General Motors will the latest entrant to the platform sharing club, what with CEO Mary Barra announcing that the American automaker will have just 4 core platforms by 2025, down from the existing number of 26 platforms. The transformation towards the 4 core platforms has already begun at General Motors. CEO Barra says that tremendous progress has been made in this regard, with extensive bench marking already underway.The four key platforms that General Motors is said to host by 2025 are – D2XX (sub-compact and compact cars), E2XX (large front wheel drive cars and crossovers), Alpha/Omega (High performance cars, luxury sedans and crossovers) and K2XX (large pick up trucks and SUVs).
General Motors' whittling down of vehicle platforms from the current 26, to 4 by 2015 will not be without its share of challenges though. The American automaker will have to spend billions of dollars in terms of re-tooling to accommodate the new platforms. Also, executing the sweeping transition to fewer platforms could prove to be very difficult, as Volkswagen's move to MQB is showing. One of the first cars from General Motors to take the D2XX approach is the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze sedan, which will eventually land on Indian shores. Expect next generation versions of cars such as the Chevrolet Beat and the Aveo hatchbacks to also hit the D2XX bandwagon.
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Dishonesty in business practices has been around since the time people started conducting business, this is nothing new. One only has to go to the Bible to see how upset Jesus was in the temple (Matt 21:12) to understand how irritating it is to come across less than honest business people. This kept in mind is the inspiration for the creation of this blog and for my completing my accreditation on Antiques Appraisals. I am constantly amazed and disgusted at the misinformation and absolute lies that are told people when looking at or for a particular antique.
When looking at a piece for possible purchase, examine the joints, wood grain, overall construction and stability of the piece. Ask yourself these few questions:
Does the piece seem authentic?
Does the piece pass the smell test?
Does the piece speak to you?
Does the piece fit your original goals?
Does the piece seem too good to be true?
Is the asking price in your budget?
When determining the authenticity of a piece, you must be knowledgeable of the construction methods of the time the piece is from. Are the fasteners correct, is the hardware correct, is the form correct. Determine your answer and move on from there.
When asking yourself if it passes the smell test realize this is not the actual odor of the piece, but rather this refers to the old saying "Something smells fishy, or something is rotten in Denmark" In other words does the piece look true to the story the seller is telling or is it just questionable. Determine your answer and move on from there.
When asking if the piece speaks to you, in essence you are asking yourself is this what I want for where I need it. Determine your answer and move on from there.
When asking yourself if this fits your original ideas, make sure you have set parameters before venturing out for a specific piece so that you don't just "settle". You may want a certain time frame, a certain style, certain wood/color, etc… These need to be determined prior to your antiquing adventure.
When determining if a piece seems too good to be true, ask yourself "Am I falling in love with this piece just from the story or first appearance? Or have I done my due diligence and am making an informed purchase. We all make purchasing mistakes, but the goal is to minimize this as much as possible.
Finally, when determining if this fits my budget, know before setting out what you want to spend and how much you want to go over if you find "the piece of a lifetime"
This all seems like common sense, but it is easy to be caught up in the moment. I have seen this so many time as estate sales as more than one person is looking at a piece; at auctions I have seem so many emotional purchases that just turn into regret when the heat of the moment cools.
Know what you want, have knowledge about the piece so as not to be miss-lead, set a budget and shop with knowledge in hand.


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For the third annual Day Without Art, The Kitchen, in collaboration with Visual AIDS, organized an hour-long performance to be aired live via satellite from 3-4 p.m. on December 1, 1991. Directed by Charles Atlas, the hour-long broadcast included performances by John Kelly, Robbie McCauley, Richard Elovich, The Lavendar Light Choir, Bill T. Jones and Karen Finley as well as other footage, such as commercials and news clips, that related to the AIDS crisis. The broadcast was watched by individuals across the country in both public and private spaces, from museums to living-rooms.
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Adaugo is the beautiful spoilt daughter of a wealthy businessman, who is going out with Pascal, an ordinary business guy at the time. Pascal's marriage to Adaugo was one born out of necessity, but one he will not forget in a hurry. Adaugo showed Pascal pepper and nearly made him lose his identity as a man. This is a must watch movies, highly recommended!
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Pink Noise: Perspectives, an independent project by Tayina Deravile
Pink Noise Perspectives is an independent, web-based project by Winter/Spring 2017 Fellow, Tayina Deravile. The project exists as a podcast series exploring the effects of the social constructs of the color pink to various individuals working in differing vocations. A teacher, a DJ, a noise artist, a producer, an optometrist, and a marriage and family…View Post
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Understanding low-frequency reproduction....room or speaker
I own BMC PureVOX speakers, and in our living room space approximately 16x17 with open hallways and a half-wall (not a fully closed square area) if I play the opening track of the "Titanic" soundtrack the low-frequency effects will shake my wife's trinkets off the wall if I'm not careful with the volume. This is with the speakers out into the room, about 8 feet apart, not close to side walls and at least 2+ feet from the wall behind them.
Just for info, the PureVOX is a bipolar speaker, aluminum cabinet, sealed enclosure, with (2) 6.9" kevlar drivers in addition to the AMT tweeters. BMC does not provide frequency specs, I assume this is because measuring frequency response is less relevant with bipolar designs.
We recently went to hear the new B&W 802D3, just out of curiosity, and when listening to that same track the 802D3 barely produced any of that low-frequency effect. This surprised me, because just in terms of size (and price) the 802D3 is in a different league - it's much larger than the PureVOX.
In trying to understand, I pulled up one of those websites where you can listen to low-frequency tones to test audio system boundaries, and on the PureVOX the test tone becomes audible in between 20hz and 30hz.
So my question is...does this mean the PureVOX actually goes that low, OR is this all just a function of my living room size and configuration, which also explains why my speaker did something the much-larger 802D3 couldn't do? In my smaller office, I know my Wilson Benesch Arcs sound fuller when they're closer to the wall, so I at least superficially understand wall proximity and room reinforcement and want to understand if that's also what's happening with the PureVOX.
Hardy, har, har. :-)
I believe it's mostly due to your room boundaries. My Clearwave Duet 6 monitors "only" go down to 42Hz and yet, with a RatShack SPL device I get into the mid 20s at 1 meter from the speaker. It's down some 14db but it's there. And it makes for some beautiful listening as I don't need to use my imagination to fill in what's missing.
Sometimes one gets lucky with speakers and rooms.
All the best,Nonoise
First of all you need to look at the way speakers need to be supported correctly on the floor or if they are on stands.
Never spike a speaker (floor stander)or (stand mount) into a suspended floor, as you only make that floor a sound board for the low frequencies, and that will muddy up or ruin your bass. The speaker need to isolated from a suspended floor.
The only times a speaker (floor stander or stand mount) should be spiked into the floor, is if that floor is a cement slab, and not be able to act like a sound board. Start with this first, then positioning.
Cheers George
Thanks for the input, I think I was surprised given that the speakers don't have big cabinets - they're really just slightly oversized monitors - and they're out into the room away from the walls, and toed-in so that even the rear firing driver on one points off into a wide-open space. They're not getting much help from nearby walls, or at least I didn't think they were but maybe that's not the case.
I don't have suspended floors, and the speakers are on slabs, not spiked. But that's moot - I don't feel I have a solidity problem, or a positioning/toe-in problem. I don't have muddy bass, I just have more than I expected given the size of the speaker, hence the question.
I can think of two things that may cause your wife's trinkets to shake in response to the low frequencies output by your speakers
The first is room gain or boundary reinforcement as mentioned by "nonoise" ... below your room's transition point (Schroder frequency) the wave lengths of the frequencies' below the transition point will no longer fit within the room's dimension and these frequencies below the transition point will pressurize the room ... unfortunately this pressurization is not even through out the room with the four corners and the mid point of all walls having higher pressure than the rest of the room
If your wife's trinkets are placed in or on a corner Hutch and placed in the corner of the room they will be experiencing higher pressures due to the wall's reinforcing and boosting of those low frequencies in the corners ... this excessive build up in the corners during low frequencies passages may be just enough to shake the trinkets and is also the reason why you place your Resistive Bass Traps in the corners of the room to reduce the extra energy created by the corner walls
Also you room no matter what the dimensions are will have higher pressurization at the mid points of all the walls including the ceiling and floor ... if your wife has her trinkets placed on a free standing book case and that book case is placed right at the mid point of the front/back or side walls they will also experience higher pressurization like in the corners and this can be the cause of the shaking during low frequency passages
Placement of trinkets on a free standing book case or hutch which is placed at the mid point of any wall or in the corner may experience enough pressure from the wall's boundary reinforcement to cause them to shake when low frequencies below the room's transition point are present
But I don't think that is what is causing your problems
One of the biggest misconception in audio is that the speakers can produce enough vibrational energy that the cabinet's coupled to the floor can cause the walls ceiling and floors to vibrate
If the speaker had that much energy to shake the room violently they would probably come apart at the seams and the stuffing would fall out into the room
Here's the second reason I believe your wife's trinkets are being shook
Your wall are excited and vibrate in sympathy with your speaker's low frequency response when the speaker produces a frequency that is equal to your wall's Primary Resonate Frequency
Based on the length of the dimensions of the room each wall (length .. width .. and height ) has a primary resonate frequency dictated by it's actual length that will cause the wall to vibrate when that frequency is excited by the speakers low frequency response
You can calculate this P/Resonate Frequency mode by dividing 562 ( the speed of sound divided by 2) by the walls length
In your case 562/16 Width = 35.125HZ's ... for the room's length 562/17 Length = 33.05HZ's and for the 8 ft ceiling height (I'm guessing) it would be 562/8 Height or 70.25HZs
When ever your speakers reproduce one of these low frequencies ... 33HZ .. 35HZ or 70HZ ... the wall whose primary resonate frequency (based on it's length) is close or a match to that frequency being produced by the speaker will vibrate in sympathy with the speaker which is pressurizing the room again below the rooms transition point
You should be able to see that when your speakers produce these low frequencies that match the wall's Primary Resonate Frequencies' based on it's length ... the wall or walls will vibrate violently shaking anything attached to them such as a shelf with trinkets on it or pictures hung on the wall or recessed lighting fixtures along with any Deer Head or Fish trophies attached to the wall
Speaker produces low frequency that excites wall ... wall shakes in sympathy to speaker exciting it at it's P/R/Frequency and wife's trinkets on shelf attached to wall shake
Also take note that because your room's dimension are very close (16x17) that the room's P/R/F points are very close also and will reinforce each other causing additional boost or gain
You will also get additional reinforcement because your 8 foot ceiling height is a direct multiple of your 16 foot wall dimension in a 2 to 1 ratio ... Happy Birthday
Most Home Theater low frequency punch is around 30 to 35HZ and seldom goes into the mid or low 20's .... this punch or slam is right at your room's dimensions (16x17) Primary Resonate Frequency excitation point ... so I feel the low frequency content in the 30 to 40HZ range is exciting your walls and shaking the wife's trinkets
An easy way to check this out is to run a test disk ( like any of the Stereophile test disks) with 1/3 octaves from 200HZ down
As the 1/3 octaves play down to the lower frequencies the bass tones will be clear and distinct ... when you hit the octave on the test disk that matches your wall's Primary Resonate Frequency point ... the walls and room will shake violently and it will be clearly audible ... once the test tones are out of the range that excites the wall ... the bass test tones will become clear and distinct again
I'm just guessing by your room's dimension that your walls will vibrate audibly between 30 and 40HZ and also around 70 or 80HZ
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davehrab, thanks for that excellent post. This is where I get confused...I don't have a technical background so I while I enjoy music and audio equipment I don't understand the technicals as well as most of you do. Nonoise's post made sense to me, that the speaker by itself isn't producing the low-frequencies, it's doing so in combination with the room and the walls. What you seem to be saying is that the room and walls aren't creating the low frequency, they're simply responding to what the speaker is outputting and if the frequency of the speaker's output matches the wall's resonant frequency I get the LFE that I hear and feel. Am I following you correctly?
bcgator ... you got it ... walls by their dimensions have a natural P/R/Freq, ... when your speaker produces this frequency the wall will resonate and vibrate in sympathy with the speaker
This is very hard to cure as it is based on your rooms dimensions that you can't change ... you're more or less stuck with the walls vibrating at their P/R/Freq point
If there is any solace in this ... at least you know exactly what the problem is ... where it is occurring and what is causing it ... this way you are not making yourself crazy trying to figure it out
The other issue not related to the walls vibrating is the peaks and nulls created by the rooms dimensions which can be very easily to deal with
Peaks and Nulls can effect the sound dramatically and need to be measured
If you can try the Test CD test of listening from 200hz down to 20hz ... you should clearly hear the walls vibrating when you hit the right frequencies
davehrab, I want to clarify something - and I think George had the same idea - the bass response I'm getting, and the resonance, is absolutely not a problem. It's not something I'm trying to cure, or eliminate. The purpose of my question wasn't to complain about the low-frequency effects, or figure out how to remove them. The purpose of my question was to understand how I was getting such great bass response from relatively small speakers (albeit sealed cabinets, and bipolar), in a room that I wouldn't consider small or closed-in, and with the speakers out in free space away from the walls. I've had larger speakers in that same space, with bass response not close to this. As I mentioned, BMC doesn't publish frequency response for these, and I figured from the size that if they got down to the 40hz level I'd be happy with them. But it seems they're going lower. I just didn't understand if it was the speakers themselves, or as Nonoise mentioned I was just getting lucky with the way this particular speaker was interacting with this particular room.
Many get this confused, spikes couple the speaker or stand to the floor, this is fine for cement slab floors, and the best.
But with any suspended floor the speaker or stand should be de-coupled from it to get the best bass response, as the manufacturer would have voiced it. As they would have been crazy to voice it spiked into a suspended floor acting as a sound board to any bass notes from the speaker.
To de-couple from a suspended floor you need to use an isolating puck or device like a sorbothane filled disc. Like these which you can still use your spikes with
"Cone/Spike Decoupling Glider" that are half way down the page.
Or you can substitute your spikes for these "Threaded Stud Glider " a bit further down the page.
Cheers George
I think you probably lucked out with a room standing wave problem that just happens to be just below the natural roll off of that 6.9" bass driver, giving you another octave lower perceived bass. Shh it's free don't tell anyone, and whatever you do don't move the speakers or you may loose it.
Cheers George
So far I've been lucky with placement...I've had fun playing with the bipolar configuration of the speakers and trying zero toe-in, extreme toe-in, even toeing them outward and pointing the rear-firing drivers upwards towards each other which creates an amazing wall-of-sound effect. But this hasn't changed or hurt the bass response...no matter where they're pointing, I get nice tight bass that seems to dip lower than I expected given the size of them. Thanks to everyone for the input.


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Impact Awards: Vote for the best converged infrastructure
Vote for the winner in the Best Converged Infrastructure category in the Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards.
The Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards recognize the top products, technologies and services in the essential areas of technology that Modern Infrastructure covers. The award-winning tools will be those helping to run enterprise businesses with efficiency and insight -- whether they're used inside or outside the data center.
Judges have whittled down the list of submissions to the finalists below. Voting is open from October 16 through October 31, 2014. Winners will be announced in early January in a special issue of Modern Infrastructure.
Entrants in the Best Converged Infrastructure category offer compute, network and storage hardware infrastructure that is significantly improved with software.
The companies listed to the left are the finalists for the 2014 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards, Best Converged Infrastructure category. Vote for your favorite below.
Dell PowerEdge VRTX
Dell says: The world's first integrated IT solution designed from the ground up specifically for office environments, PowerEdge VRTX is an unprecedented convergence of up to four server nodes; huge internal shared storage capacity; networking; and management into a single, office-optimized chassis the size of a desk-side tower server. Integrated, pre-tested and certified, VRTX delivers a complete technology platform that users can deploy smoothly and operate confidently. PowerEdge VRTX enables users to bring order to office IT chaos and experience greater simplicity to redefine their office IT operations and realize greater efficiency, and to deploy performance anywhere and discover greater versatility. Customers around the world with diverse use cases have selected Dell PowerEdge VRTX to reduce hardware complexity, improve IT efficiency and provide the scalability necessary to handle performance spikes and business growth. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is being adopted by customers in the retail, financial services and healthcare industries, and is now expanding its vertical reach and entering into new markets, such as education and manufacturing.
Gridstore 3
Gridstore says: Gridstore 3 enables the critical components in the delivery of the Cloud Data Center. There are three key elements in the realization of the Cloud Data Center. The first is the abstraction and pooling of resources from the hardware layer, enabling elasticity of capacity and performance from compute, storage and networking resources. The second is the delivery on a per-VM basis, precise allocation and control of these resources to meet SLAs in performance, capacity and cost. The final element is central management of the entire infrastructure and resources, providing maximum efficiency and flexibility. Gridstore 3 allows for management of all resources via a single console. Gridstore's patented software-defined storage allows companies to start small and scale non-disruptively over time. The more nodes in a configuration, the more network bandwidth, more cache, more processing power and more capacity that ultimately delivers linear performance scalability. Gridstore's unique end-to-end control -- from the server with Gridstore's patented vController installed, to storage nodes with Gridstore's added value technology -- create an isolated IO lane for each VM and auto-optimizes to enable optimal application IO, precisely controlled to allow critical applications to receive the highest priority, delivering the performance and resources when/where they are needed.
NetApp FlexPod
NetApp says: The FlexPod solution portfolio combines NetApp storage systems, Cisco Unified Computing System servers, and Cisco Nexus fabric into a single, flexible architecture. FlexPod solutions are designed and validated to reduce deployment time, project risk and the cost of IT. The FlexPod portfolio includes FlexPod Datacenter for core enterprise data centers and service providers, FlexPod Express for medium-sized businesses and branch offices, and FlexPod Select for data-intensive workloads. Since its launch in 2010, FlexPod has generated $3 billion in joint sales and unit shipments have grown 81% year-over-year, with demand for FlexPod solutions now reaching a $2 billion annualized demand run rate. FlexPod is deployed with more than 4,100 customers and is available in over 100 countries, an increase from 2,300 customers and 70 countries last year. By combining compute, networking and storage into a single system, integrated infrastructure provides the ability to dramatically improve the efficiency and agility of data center infrastructure, while reducing deployment risks. As a result, integrated infrastructure has emerged as one of the fastest growing segments of the IT infrastructure market.
NIMBOXX Au-110
NIMBOXX says: NIMBOXX brings the benefits of the hyper-scale data center model to companies of all sizes, delivering extreme simplicity and a new standard of performance, while reducing overall data center costs by more than 40%. NIMBOXX is an all-in-one solution that converges servers, storage, networking and security. The solution features mesh-based scale out, dynamic resource orchestration, self-balancing workload heuristics, and a shared-nothing management model. It also provides dynamic adaptation to cache and storage changes based on multi-dimensional workload analyses. Deployments can start with a single node and scale to hundreds. The NIMBOXX Mesh Operating SystemTM (MeshOSTM) installs on bare metal and allows for direct control over all hardware resources. This unique approach of owning the entire stack enables full software-defined data center functionality and delivers dramatic performance improvements. MeshOS also offers a RESTful API for integration with third-party applications.
With NIMBOXX, organizations can:
- Choose any ratio of SSD-HDD to meet workload requirements for performance/capacity/price.
- Eliminate centralized SAN/NAS storage that wasn't designed for today's data requirements.
- Manage the entire solution from hardware to virtual machines in a single pane of glass.
- Enjoy performance in excess of 120,000 IOPS from a single node.
- Leverage workload-specific resource allocation to right resources for the environment.
Nutanix NX-3460
Nutanix says: Nutanix NX-3460 is a highly differentiated 2U Web-scale converged solution that consolidates compute and storage into a single appliance for virtualization environments. It enables IT to quickly and simply deploy new workloads with no need to configure dedicated storage systems. This is the same Web-scale converged infrastructure that easily deploys into and integrates into any data center using ESXi, Hyper-V or KVM, and can support any virtualized workload including desktop virtualization, SQL Server, Exchange, SAP, and big data and private cloud deployments. The NX-3460 is also a building block for the unique Nutanix Per Desktop and VDI Assurance Program, which enables IT to purchase virtual desktop infrastructure the same way they procure virtual desktop software per user or desktop. With support for multiple real-world user profiles, Nutanix eliminates complex infrastructure sizing for either VMware Horizon or Citrix XenDesktop, and assures predictable VDI pricing at any scale. NX-3460 can be setup and ready to serve desktops in just a few hours -- thanks to automated hypervisor installation, converged architecture and the Nutanix Prism management framework. The HTML5-powered, hypervisor-agnostic Prism for NX-3460 provides a highly intuitive management console that manages compute and storage through a single pane.
Riverbed SteelFusion 3.0
Riverbed says: As the need for branch offices has grown in order to pull from global talent pools and remain close to customers, companies have ended up spending over $4 billion on remote office IT, according to IDC. Only 8% of branch offices have consolidated infrastructure, leading to islands of distributed branch infrastructure, which have been necessary to meet branch performance, reliability and productivity needs. However, they are costly and inefficient to manage. Riverbed realized branch office IT desperately needed innovation, so in 2012, the company debuted SteelFusion (formally known as Granite), the first branch converged infrastructure solution that centralizes data in the data center, while delivering local application performance and near instant recovery at the branch office. SteelFusion allows businesses to restore branch operations in a matter of minutes vs. days, centrally protect and secure data in the datacenter and lower the total cost of ownership for branch and remote offices by 50%. SteelFusion reduces the average time to provision branch services by 30 times and recover from branch outages by 96 times, according to Taneja Group. SteelFusion has centralized up to 52 petabytes of data and powers up to 93,000 virtual machines across its deployments.
Scale Computing HC3 HyperCore v5
Scale Computing says: Since launching HC3 two years ago, Scale Computing has surpassed 900 customer deployments. HC3 fully integrates storage, servers and virtualization into an all-in-one appliance that is scalable, highly available and as easy to manage as a single server. Driving this customer success is version 5 of Scale's patented Ultra-Easy Hypercore Software. Hypercore V5 integrates all of the HC3 capabilities into a single data center building block. Using industry standard components, the HC3 installs in under an hour, and can be expanded and upgraded with no downtime. High availability insulates the user from any disk or server failure, and a unified management capability efficiently integrates all functionality. The result is a data center solution that reduces operational complexity, allows a faster response to business issues, and dramatically reduces costs. Designed as an alternative to the high cost and significant complexity of most virtualization environments, HC3 radically simplifies virtual machine implementations. When independently surveyed, Scale customers stated HC3 reduced the time to manage infrastructure, increased the availability of critical workloads, and improved scalability more than any other solution they had tried. HC3 is leading the way in hyper-converged data center solutions.
SimpliVity Corporation OmniCube CN-3000
SimpliVity says: SimpliVity, the fastest-growing IT infrastructure company since VMware, provides hyper-converged infrastructure that dramatically simplifies IT and delivers the best of both worlds -- cloud economics with enterprise performance, protection and functionality. Unlike siloed IT infrastructure, OmniCube provides a game-changing reduction in complexity, improves application performance, increases operational efficiency, and reduces TCO by 3x. Unlike partially converged systems that just offer scale-out storage and compute, SimpliVity uniquely assimilates 8 to 12 core data center services on a commodity x86 system, including the hypervisor, compute, storage, storage switching, backup, replication, cloud gateway, caching, WAN optimization, deduplication, etc. Combining two or more OmniCube building blocks provides high availability, mobility and scale. All instances of OmniCube within and across data centers form a federation that's managed from a single Global Unified Management interface via vCenter. SimpliVity delivers unparalleled data efficiency, with customers averaging 100:1 efficiency ratios. By managing data segments in 4K to 8K chunks, and deduplicating redundant segments inline before data hits disk, OmniCube eliminates unnecessary read/write IO, saving IOPS and improving performance. By deduplicating, compressing and optimizing data in real time the first time data is written to disk, capacity, bandwidth and IOPS savings occur throughout the workload's lifecycle. By abstracting data from its underlying hardware, policy management shifts from hardware resources to virtual machines, providing greater data mobility and automation. Further, OmniCube includes native full VM-centric backup and WAN-optimized replication to a DR site or the cloud. Market adoption is unprecedented, with 65% of SimpliVity customers consolidating all of their IT exclusively on OmniCube.
VCE Vblock System 340
VCE says: The Vblock System 340 architecture is optimized to support the most demanding workloads and customer applications, particularly in virtualized data centers, cloud environments and service provider implementations. To ensure the lowest total cost of ownership, the Vblock System 340 is engineered for rapid, simplified and scale-up of compute, network and storage resources. As a converged infrastructure, the Vblock System 340's individual components -- Cisco compute and networking, EMC storage and data protection, and VMware virtualization -- are pre-integrated, pre-tested and pre-validated based on customers' specific needs and engineering best practices. Every system is composed of built-in redundancy for high availability with a Vblock cabinet that is customized for energy efficiency, with neatly organized cabling and power components. Vblock System 340 is security hardened and protected with a complete VCE product portfolio featuring advanced data protection for reliable backup and recovery, as well as inline deduplication for more efficient use of storage resources. As with all systems from VCE, the Vblock System 340 is delivered as a fully converged solution that is engineered, manufactured, managed, supported and sustained as a single product. Vblock System 340 deserves the Impact Award because of its technical innovation, ability to meet and exceed customer expectations, and proven industry leadership.
VMware EVO:RAIL 1.0.0
VMware says: VMware EVO: RAIL combines compute, networking and storage resources into a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance to create a simple, easy to deploy, all-in-one solution offered by VMware-qualified partners. VMware, with qualified partners, delivers the EVO: RAIL hyper-converged infrastructure appliance via a new business model. Customers have choices for hardware and support provided by EVO: RAIL-qualified partners. EVO: RAIL is ordered via a single SKU and backed by a single point of contact for hardware and software support. EVO: RAIL enables power-on to VM creation in minutes, radically easy VM deployment, easy non-disruptive patch and upgrades, and simplified management. Building on the proven technology of VMware vSphere, vCenter Server and VMware Virtual SAN, EVO: RAIL delivers the first hyper-converged infrastructure appliance 100% powered by VMware software. EVO:RAIL is a resilient appliance design starting with four independent hosts and a distributed Virtual SAN data store ensures zero application downtime during planned maintenance or during disk, network or host failures. Customers can reduce operating costs with efficiency and ease: Time-To-Value (TTV) to first VM in minutes, zero-downtime updates of all VMware software, automatic scale-out, global settings and VM lifecycle management.


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- Psychedlics and Psychedlic-Assisted Psychotherapy, American Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, Ned Kalin, MD, Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD, Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD,
- The Devastating Clinical Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect: Increased Disease Vulnerability and Poor Treatment Response in Mood Disorders, American Journal of Psychiatry 1771, January, 2020, Charles Nemeroff MD, PhD and Elizabeth T.C. Lippard, PhD
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- Hope is a Key Factor in Recovering from Anxiety Disorders, Science Daily, David Barlow, PhD and Todd Farchione PhD
- Combat exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and head injuries differentially relate to alterations in cortical thickness in military Veterans, Neuropsychology Journal, 2019, Ashley Clausen, PhD
- Addressing Parental Accommodation When Treating Anxiety in Children, Eli R. Lebowitz, PhD
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- Benefits of Sequentially Adding Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Antidepressant Medication for Adults with Nonremitting Depression, February 15 2019, AJP.Psychiatryonline.org, by Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD, Edward Craighead, PhD
- Exercise anxiety: A qualitative analysis of the barriers, facilitators, and psychological processes underlying exercise participation for people with anxiety-related disorders, November 2018, ScienceDirect, by Julia E. Mason, Y.Nichole Faller, Daniel M. LeBouthillier, Gordon J.G. Asmundson
- DNA methylation levels are associated with CRF1 receptor antagonist treatment outcome in women with post-traumatic stress disorder, November 2018, Clinical Epigenetics, by Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
- The Role of Oxytocin in Early Life Adversity and Later Psychopathology: a Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies, October 2018, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, co-authored by Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
- Discomfort Intolerance in Relation to Asthma Outcomes, September 2018, Cognitive Therapy and Research, co-authored by Alison C. McLeish, PhD.
- Anxiety Sensitivity as a Predictor of Epilepsy-Related Quality of Life and Illness Severity Among Adult Epilepsy, August 2018, Cognitive Therapy and Research, co-authored by Alison C. McLeish, PhD.
- A meta-analytic review of cognitive processing therapy for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder, July 2018, ScienceDirect, by Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Audur S. Thorisdottir, Jacob W. Roden-Foreman, Scarlett O. Baird, Sara M. Witcraft, Aliza T. Stein, Jasper A. J. Smits & Mark B Powers
- Innovations in the psychosocial treatment of youth with anxiety disorders: implications for a stepped care approach, July 2018, Evidence-Based Mental Health, by Thomas H Ollendick, Lars-Göran Öst, and Lara J Farrell
- Emotion Regulation Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder With and Without Co-occurring Depression, March, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (Mennin, D.S., et al., Vol. 86, No. 3), Douglas Mennin, PhD
- The Search for Treatments for Depressed Veterans - Of Paramount Importance, Yet Still Elusive, June 2018, JAMA Psychiatry, by Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
- Are anxiety disorders publications continuing on a trajectory of growth? A look at Boschen's (2008) predictions and beyond, May 2018, Gordon J.G. Asmundson and Aleiia J.N. Asmundson
- Social Courage: Coping and Thriving with the Reality of Social Anxiety, 2018, Exisle Publishing, by Eric Goodman, PhD
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 2018, Oxford University Press, edited by Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD and Charles R. Marmar, MD
- Neuroscience at the Intersection of Mind and Brain 2018, Oxford University Press by Jack M. Gorman, MD
- Exposure Therapy for Treating Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Comprehensive Guide 2018, New Harbinger Publications, by Veronica L. Raggi, PhD and Jessica G. Samson, PsyD
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents: A Practitioner's Guide to Treating Challenging Behavior Problems 2014, New Harbinger Publications, by Pat Harvey, LCSW-C MSW, and Britt H. Rathbone, LCSW-C, CGP, BCD
- Tough-to-Treat Anxiety: Hidden Problems & Effective Solutions for Your Clients, by Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD, 2017, W.W. Norton.
TEDxEmory: How to Make Anxiety Your Best Friend - June 28, 2019
ADAA President-Elect Dr. Luana Marques, a talented behavioral therapist, teaches her patients to fight and become comfortable with their anxiety. She explains the biological background of anxiety, and how her family taught her how anxiety is a necessity, not something we should avoid. Luana Marques is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and president-elect of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). Recognized as a national and international expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBTs), Dr. Marques teaches individuals how to utilize goal-oriented thinking and approach techniques to overcome their challenges and propel their lives. Dr. Marques' book Almost Anxious educates the public about how worry and anxiety can interfere with happiness and productivity in their lives. At Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Marques' research mission is to bridge the gap between science and practice in mental health by bringing evidence-based strategies to underserved populations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx.
Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing - January 29, 2019
The first Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing of 2019 was held at the Rayburn House Office Building in DC on January 29 for a group of members of the House of Representatives and their staffers who are interested in brain diseases-neurological and psychiatric disorders. The briefing was sponsored by the American Brain Coalition, the Society for Neuroscience and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. The focus of the briefing was on the need for novel treatments for these disorders and more specifically for mood disorders and the associated high risk for suicide. ADAA member Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin presented on the progress in suicide prevention. Click here to view the presentation.
Online Courses by Reid Wilson
ADAA member Reid Wilson, PhD has created a new online course, Stop Worrying: Powerful New Tools for Anxiety Relief
On the landing page, you'll find these 4 FREE segments on anxiety and OCD that your clients might find helpful:
- "How Anxiety Uses Basic Human Nature Against You" (5 minutes)
- "Why You Should Step AWAY from Your Worries" (5 minutes)
- "Why You DON'T Need to Relax to Get Control" (6 minutes)
- "How to Transform Fear" (6 minutes)
New! Reid Wilson presents a free video on OCD self-help entitled "8 Self-Help Principles in 5 Minutes."
Reid Wilson "Accelerated Treatment for Anxiety: Core Concepts" Video
1.5 CE credits available online from Psychotherapy.net (additional fee)
Reid Wilson, PhD, sums up the fundamentals of tackling the most common condition confronting psychotherapists. In this lively new video, combining a live presentation with an accompanying case demonstration, he illustrates the core concepts of his groundbreaking technique and paradoxical twist in exposure therapy. Dr. Wilson and Victor Yalom, PhD, of Psychotherapy.net, have made this offer exclusively to ADAA.
ADAA Publications:
Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks - Second Edition
by ADAA Member Reid Wilson, PhD
Price: $15.00
- Purchase the paperback through ADAA's store
- Purchase the paperback through Amazon
- Purchase the Kindle version
Download the charts in this book to help you practice and track the skills you learn to overcome your panic.
Triumph Over Shyness: Conquering Social Anxiety Disorder
Second Edition
by ADAA member Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH, and the late John R. Walker, PhD
Price: $15.00
Look inside: Read excerpts from this book


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The Animals Asia Foundation is devoted to the needs of wild, domesticated and endangered species throughout the Asian continent. We?re working to end the barbaric practice of Moon Bear bile farming and rescue these suffering bears. Moon Bears are incarcerated in tiny wire cages, with rusting metal catheters implanted in their abdomens through which bile is extracted for use in Traditional medicine. Medicine that is completely replaceable by herbs and synthetics. We have Moon Bear sanctuaries in China and Vietnam and to date have rescued over 250 bears. We are also working to end the suffering of millions of cats and dogs in the brutal food and fur trades Go to charity »
The Bat Conservation Trust is the only national charity solely devoted to protecting the UK's bats. It is working towards a world where bats and people live in harmony, to ensure these amazing little mammals are around for future generations to enjoy. Go to charity »
To promote humane behaviour towards animals, including but not restricted to equines, by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for animals which are in need of care and attention for whatever reason. Go to charity »
IOSF was set up to protect and help the 13 species of otter worldwide through a combination of compassion and science. It supports projects to protect otters, which will also ensure that we have a healthy environment for all species, including our own. Go to charity »
The National Animal Welfare Trust re-homes hundreds of dogs, cats and small pets each year. We operate five re-homing centres which offer food, warmth and veterinary treatment. Animals come to us in great need of help and we work hard to find them new and loving homes. Go to charity »
Park Farm Animal Sanctuary provides a sanctuary for life for animals that are unable to be re-homed due to old age, ill health or past trauma or abuse. Home to a wide variety of animals from gerbils, to cats, dogs, livestock and horses. Go to charity »
Safe Haven provides a unique Sanctuary for abused and abandoned donkeys on both sides of the Palestinian border. They also offer free vet clinics, and work to reduce cruelty to donkeys across the region. Their work is funded entirely by donations. Go to charity »
The Aspinall Foundation in conjunction with Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks is devoted to saving rare and endangered animals and when possible returning them to protected areas in the wild.These activities include the funding and management of two gorilla rescue and reintroduction projects in Gabon and Congo, Central Africa Go to charity »
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation is the largest primate rescue project in the world. BOS is committed to saving the orangutan and the rainforest ecosystem in which it lives. Its activities include the rescue of orphaned as well as wild orangutans at risk, their care and rehabilitation and their eventual return to the wild. Furthermore, BOS protects large areas of rainforest and reforests degraded areas. Go to charity »
The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation is a conservation charity founded in 1984 by renowned wildlife artist, David Shepherd. Today our mission is to preserve and protect endangered mammals in Africa and Asia where we work with conservation experts on the ground on projects to save the elephant, rhino, tiger, snow leopard, moon bear and painted dog. We adopt an holistic approach to our conservation work and combine animal based measures with community projects which support the people who live alongside this precious wildlife. To date we have made more than £5 million available to overseas projects to fund anti-poaching patrols, provide veterinary care to injured animals, educate school children about the value of their wildlife heritage and support reformed poachers with self help enterprises. At home, our education programme aims to raise awareness of the importance of conservation through school visits and lectures, an annual art and poetry competition and access to our free, online education pack. 100% of all donations go to support our projects overseas. Go to charity »
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If you take math from Julie Young at Arbor Hills, you're not just in for some of the best math instruction our district has to offer. You're also in for some pretty cool digital experimentation. Earlier this year, Julie pushed her students not just to learn slope equations, but to demonstrate their learning through digitally-packaged MoveNote lessons, where each student became a teacher. Now, Julie has done it again with the quadratic formula and the web-building platform known as Weebly.
But, before we move to describing what she did, you should know that Julie has not done this alone. This project was developed in close collaboration with Maria Nielsen from Bowling Green. Maria and Julie have developed a powerful partnership, which often includes next-door neighbor Karma Vince. In a further ironic twist, Julie student-taught for Karma in her early days. This little section of hallway at Arbor Hills is a model of collaboration that develops strong teaching and learning, benefiting teachers and students alike.
Now, on to the quadratic formula. What Maria and Julie did is pretty straightforward in concept, even if its implications are impressive. They built a Weebly-based website that collected information on the quadratic formula, provided teaching tutorials, web-based calculators, and other resources, surveyed for formative feedback, and managed a culminating project. That culminating project came from Maria's work at college, where she and fellow students developed video-based memory aids for learning the quadratic formula, and those videos provided model examples. Students in Algebra 1 developed their own creative ways to learn and remember the quadratic formula, including sock puppets, stories, raps, time-lapse photography, and even a rhetorical channeling of Donald Trump!
Yes, at first the entire sequence seems very traditional, and it is. The teacher has taught a traditional concept in a fairly direct manner. Students are accountable to learn the concept by checking in with learning activities. Then, they complete a multi-factored group project to demonstrate learning. But, the transformation of this process through the Weebly website has a noticeable impact.
First, instead of lecturing the concept, Julie and Maria have curated a selection of text-based and video-based instructional resources. By collecting those and storing them online, students can choose the ones they prefer and consume them at their own pace. The surveys used for formative feedback provide Julie and Maria with easy access to data needed to adjust instruction. And, since the direct instruction is happening online at the student's pace, they enjoy a much freer hand in modifying class activities to serve the needs identified by the data. These approaches have lead to a delivery of instruction that is more flexible and targeted than the traditional lecture-based or textbook-based approach, and it is more likely to meet the needs of a diverse group of students.
Second, the design of the culminating project not only takes advantage of student creativity to foster engagement, but it also provides for easier sharing. Part of the project includes students watching each others' videos and checking out non-video content to provide comments for feedback. The digital management of this process makes it more flexible and portable, while never excluding classroom discussions about the products.
Basically, Julie and Maria have produced a 21st century learning unit that takes the strength of traditional approaches and adds portability, flexibility, and engagement. And, best of all, the approach is so simple that it can be adapted for virtually any unit.
Want to check it out? Go to the Weebly site here and tour through the navigation in the top-right menu. Be sure to visit "Part Five→Comments on Projects" to see student work!


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Every 16th of October we celebrate World Food Day. Caritas Europa joins national and international institutions, civil society organisations and all people of good will in reflecting on the 800 million people who still go hungry in the world every day.
It is now time to build on our last year's Global Action Week of the "One Human Family, Food for All" campaign, when we pushed the European Parliament to recognise the right to food as a basic human right. This year the momentum should be even greater. Less than two weeks ago world leaders unanimously agreed on signing new Sustainable Development Goals. These 17 goals are applicable to all countries of the world, according to the principle of common and shared responsibility.
Goal number 2 aims at ending hunger in the world, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture. This is a renewed objective of one of the only partially achieved Millennium Development Goals, which were set out 15 years ago. We cannot wait any longer, but need a stronger and more ambitious commitment now!
Europe is the first world donor in terms of official development assistance, and food security is among the priorities of development policies in the ongoing financial framework. But this is clearly not enough. Caritas Europa therefore calls on all EU institutions and sectors to improve coherence among development policies. Climate change, energy and land governance are only a few issues that have a direct impact on the possibility of achieving the right to food for all in a sustainable way. In this sense, the World Food Day should concern each and every one of us.
Yet, when thinking about the dysfunctions in the food system in Europe, the first things that come to mind are food waste, food loss and food poverty. The European Commission estimates that nearly 100 million tons of food is wasted every day. Caritas Europa sees this as a deep wound to the dignity of our region and a sign of non-respect for all populations facing problems linked to the lack of food. "Solidarity" and "dignity" are two key pillars for Europe; failing to adhere to these pillars will weaken the EU's mandate. For this reason, we urge a rethinking about fairer and more sustainable systems of production and consumption.
The Caritas network provides support to those in need through direct food distribution, soup kitchens, food banks, access to microcredits or investments in social agriculture. However, the increasing need for these kinds of actions merely confirms a more systemic crisis. This needs to be resolved with a step-bystep and holistic approach. In his Encyclical "Laudato Sì", Pope Francis reaffirmed the comprehensive sickness in which we are living. An ethical imperative on solidarity should lead us to a more respectful attitude and more joyful results, allowing all to a life of dignity.