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As part of the City's effort to protect Casco Bay and improve the operation of our sewer system, the City of Portland Water Resources Division will be surveying the West Side Interceptor. SGC Engineering LLC has been contracted to do this survey work. This work will begin September 3, 2019 and continue through December of 2019. Surveyors will be working along the West Side Interceptor Sewer Right-of-Way. The West Side Interceptor runs from the intersection of Warren Avenue and Trundy Road, crossing under rail tracks, continuing alongside Capisic Brook, crossing Sunset Lane, Warwick Street, Dennett Street, Violette Hill Street and entering Brighton Avenue near Mayer Road.
Surveyors will be locating existing property markers for the Interceptor Right-of-Way and locating existing manholes, headwalls and outlets along the Right-of-Way.
This work is necessary to locate Right-of-Way and manholes, so the city can determine how best to access manholes and pipes for CCTV inspections, as well as conducting repairs, if necessary.
If you see surveyors working behind your property, they are working for the City to establish the Right-of-Way limits. Should you have any questions please contact the Department of Public Works - Water Resources Division at 207-874-8838.


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Not so long ago, I was fortunate to be able to take part in a weekend long workshop devoted to yoga. My first. The retreat was based around The Peaceful Warrior also known as Virabhadrasana. My dedicated teacher Sara explained to the group that these particular set of poses can teach: how to act with wisdom, courage, and cultivate a resolute focus. Oh, I thought, I'll have some of that please! I was excited about the weekend ahead, as some of my favourite standing yoga asanas or postures include the different variations of the Warrior Pose; I'm also a huge fan of twisting poses especially Half Lord of the Fishes (but that's another story!). Before we launched into the series of challenges ahead, Sara spoke to us about the origins of these beautiful postures, setting the scene wonderfully for a room full of very eager warriors!
We got ourselves ready and I must say how good my new purple yoga mat looked amongst the rainbow coloured assortment that surrounded it. Purple, how lovely. A quick surreptitious glance around the room, confirmed that I was in the company of some very experienced yoginis, I had my work cut out for me! I did, however, feel very proud to part of a group of women, who were not only willing to challenge their bodies BUT also their minds, ideas, and egos. Being, what I would consider a complete-beginner, I found myself staring at a 60 something year old woman as she threw herself into her first pose with such gusto, and then when I spotted a fresh faced 20 something year old put a carton of coconut water beside her mat, I knew I was only a baby in the world of yoga, so much to learn, so much to try and where to begin? At least I was trying, right? I even had a DVD at home – the latest ten-minute solution to my daily yoga needs – but by golly the DVD didn't have anything like the poses Sara was putting us through.
After only four asanas, I was sweating profusely willing my yoga-buddy next to me to pass the coconut water! Telepathy it seemed would be for another day. I reassured myself that I wasn't just there to stretch, bend, flex and contort my body; I was also there to let go and give my ego permission to go sit in the corner for a bit and let me just be. So I continued to stretch, bend and sweat! And then some. Sara explained and demonstrated the position we should find ourselves in and then walked around the room making minor adjustments to us females who needed it; no DVD could ever, not in a million years, be equal to having a real guru show us how it was done. Sara, not only imparted her knowledge to us, but her presence was like a light guiding us along the path to spiritual freedom and confidence. She was also very kind, opened the window several times and offered us fresh water straight from the tap in her kitchen! Yes, please! Being part of such a mixed group made no difference at all and that's exactly what I love about yoga, it is completely available to anybody who is willing to accept it, regardless of age, ability or creed. In actual fact, I think it is the daily practice of yoga that keeps us truly young not just physically but especially young at heart; my favourite type of young – as far as I'm concerned much more important than fighting the yearly appearance of crow's feet, or stray sliver-grey hairs.
That day in February, the room was full of Peaceful Warriors each of us willing to invite wisdom into our daily lives. I'm aware of and often talk with other women about just how hectic modern life is; inevitably leading to unbalance -physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. But at least I am, we are, trying to re-address these aspects of our lives and that can only be a good thing. Otherwise, not only will continue to hold unnecessary tension in our bodies but our actions too. We will never find our centre but remain off-centre. I know which I aspire to.
If I was to sum up the overall effects my retreat afforded me it would this: Comfort. Being part of this class re-assured me no end; I was amid a group of Peaceful Warriors on our journey to enlightenment. A journey we are all on – destination unknown. A friend of mine (not a yoga practitioner) asked me, "Why is there a Warrior Pose in yoga? Isn't yoga the practice of nonviolence?" And yes, I can understand her confusion somewhat, but I explained that the Warrior Poses can teach us about bringing wisdom into our every day actions. The idea being that the more it is practiced the chances are quite high that the heart of a peaceful warrior will emerge and reveal itself.
Our world needs powerful women both in spirit and in mind. We need young, vibrant women who will take inspiration from older women; we need mothers who will nurture and rear children who will become the citizens of a future world where each person will be a Peaceful Warrior. We need older ladies and grandmothers who will impart their wisdom and help teach us that in the end we must all strive to become the change we wish to see in the world. And that it doesn't matter how old you are, if the mind is willing the body will follow. And stretch. And bend. And sweat.

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'Mad Men' costume designer to launch fashion line. Are you a Betty or a Joan?
When the admen -- and Peggy -- on " Mad Men" defined women as types for a Maidenform campaign, they branded them as a "Marilyn" (Monroe, natch) or a "Jackie" (as in O). Well, word has it over at Glamour.com that the show's brilliant costume designer, Janie Bryant, is in talks to launch her own fashion line, and so the question is: "Are you a Betty or a Joan?"
I talked to Bryant last July, and here's a taste of her personal taste in a style profile. She's meticulous about researching the looks of the '60s for "Mad Men," right down to sewing special undergarments for the ladies and men that are absolutely true to the period. (In fact, Christina Hendricks told me that that they are incredibly uncomfortable. Read more here.)
No doubt, Bryant will adapt the retro looks she creates for the show. I'm anticipating sexy pencil skirts, sweater sets and vintage-inspired dresses that have been updated just enough to feel modern and classic. Will she design for men? I can't help but wonder. I think guys would buy into the idea of inhabiting a character like the Madison Avenue scamp by wearing a slim-cut suit and skinny tie. Those high-waisted gabardine pants that Don Draper favors might be a tougher sell.
Are you a Betty or a Joan, and who's sexier? Men, weigh in too.
-- Monica Corcoran


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But this post also made me think of a conversation I had with a friend of mine recently about a friend of hers who is beginning her teaching career in a Brooklyn charter school this year. I'd let the school remain nameless even if I knew its name, which I don't, because this is hearsay. But she told me that her friend is required to wear a suit to work every day.
Now, I know that other careers, like law and finance, have fairly strict and traditional dress codes. I also know that people working in investment banks and law offices tend to have air conditioning, which many schools do not, and that even young lawyers and bankers typically start off making six figures or close to it. Being in a charter school, this young woman is making a little more money than I did when I started off, but not, I would think, enough to comfortably drop her first paycheck on a dozen or so suits.
I'm an advocate of dressing professionally. Teachers in tank tops and flip-flops make me cringe. But I'm not sure that requiring a suit in a sweltering public school classroom on a teacher's salary is quite the right way to go, either. I think you can look lovely and professional without, necessarily, the whole suit deal.
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My first attempt at homemade mac n cheese. The cottage cheese was a little off putting when I mixed it in but definitely added to the creaminess. I sprinkled a few crumbled croutons on top to add a little crunch.
1/2 small onion, minced (I used a whole onion)
2 T butter
1 T flour
dash black or white pepper (I used a few shakes – love pepper!)
1 C milk
2 C shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 C cottage cheese
Cook 12 oz pasta in lightly salted rumbling boiling water. Drain.
Melt butter and add onion, cook until clear, add flour and pepper, stir everything together and add the cup of milk. Stir until mixture is boiling and thickened. Remove from heat and stir in both cheeses. Add drained pasta and mix well. Add mixture to well buttered dish and sprinkle top with cheddar, romano or parmesan cheese or if you have a favorite topping.
Cover and bake @ 350 for 25 – 30 min. Remove the cover the last 10 minutes if you would like a firm top.


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You and Network Overdrive were instrumental in 'evolving' us and our operation into the 21st century with ease and security. From email hosting and simple ongoing back-ups to competitively supplying hardware and integrating new software programmes; from ongoing, at call troubleshooting to ever reliable advice and guidance, you and your Team were always pleasant, efficient, and more than capable. You made it happen and enabled us to 'keep up'.
Now that I am part of a much smaller operation in Handworks, nothing about Network Overdrive has changed. We can still rely on you totally, for any and every IT need, and definitely feel as supported and up to date with 3 computers as we did with 12.
I will continue to recommend you to businesses large and small, and I both congratulate and thank you Greg, and wish you continued excellence.
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Your staff have been proactive and attentive when required… nothing is too much trouble.
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Bobby Durrett recently published a note about estimating the volume of non-logged blocks written by an instance with the aim of getting some idea of the extra redo that would be generated if a database were switched to "force logging".
Since my most recent blog notes have included various extracts and summaries from the symbolic dumps of redo logs it occurred to me that another strategy for generating the same information would be to dump the redo generated by Oracle when it wanted to log some information about non-logged blocks. This may sound like a contradiction, of course, but it's the difference between data and meta-data: if Oracle wants to write data blocks to disc without logging their contents it needs to write a note into the redo log saying "there is no log of the contents of these blocks".
Somewhere I think I've published a note about an anomaly that's been bugging me since at least Oracle 10g – but if it is somewhere on the Internet it's hiding itself very well and I can't find it, though I have managed to find a few scripts on my laptop that make a casual reference to the side effects of the provlem. [Ed: a tweet from Timur Ahkmadeev has identified a conversation in the comments on an older post that could explain why I thought I'd written something about the issue.]
Anyway, I've decided to create some new code and write the article (all over again, maybe). The problem is a strange overhead that can appear when you do a simple but large update driving off a tablescan.
Upgrades cause surprises – here's a pair of results from a model that I constructed more than 15 years ago, and ran today on 12.2, then modified and ran again, then ran on 22.214.171.124, then on 184.108.40.206. It's very simple, I just create a table, gather stats, then update every row.
A thread started on the Oracle-L list-server a few days ago asking for help analysing a problem where a simple "insert values()" (that handled millions of rows per day) was running very slowly. There are many reasons why this might happen, ranging from the trivial (someone has locked the table in exclusive mode), through the slightly subtle (we're trying to insert a row that collides on a uniqueness constraint with an uncommitted insert from another session) to the subtle (Oracle has to read through the undo to check current versions of blocks against read-consistent versions) ending up at the esoteric (the ASSM space management blocks are completely messed up again).
Here's a little procedure I've been using since Oracle 8i to dump the contents of the current log file – I've mentioned it several times in the past but never published it, so I'll be checking for references to it and linking to it.
The code hasn't changed in a long time, although I did add a query to get the full tracefile name from v$process when that became available. There's also an (optional) called to dbms_support.my_sid to pick up the SID of the current session that slid into the code when that package became available.
This is stored only for reference, and in case anyone wants to wade through the details. It's the redo log dump from the 90/10 index leaf block split test from the previous blog posts running on 126.96.36.199 on Linux. The first part is the full block dump, the second part is an extract of the Record and Change vector headings with the embedded opcode (opc:) for the undo records in the redo vectors, and a tiny note of what each change vector is doing.
Some years ago, at the time of 12.1 release, I published in the SOUG newsletter some tests to show the amount of redo generated by different operations on a 10000 rows table. I had run it on 12.2 without seeing the differences and now on 18.1
I get the statistics from mystat using a script that displays them as columns, with the value being the difference from the previous run. I've run the same as in the article, and most of the statistics were in the same ballpark.
Starting from Oracle 12, in a default configured database, there are more log writer processes than the well known 'LGWR' process itself, which are the 'LGnn' processes:
$ ps -ef | grep test | grep lg oracle 18048 1 0 12:50 ? 00:00:13 ora_lgwr_test oracle 18052 1 0 12:50 ? 00:00:06 ora_lg00_test oracle 18056 1 0 12:50 ? 00:00:00 ora_lg01_test
These are the log writer worker processes, for which the minimal amount is equal to the amount public redo strands. Worker processes are assigned to a group, and the group is assigned to a public redo strand. The amount of worker processes in the group is dependent on the undocumented parameter "_max_log_write_parallelism", which is one by default.
I gotten some requests to provide an overview of the redo series of blogposts I am currently running. Here it is:
The redo series would not be complete without writing about changing the behaviour of commit. There are two ways to change commit behaviour:
1. Changing waiting for the logwriter to get notified that the generated redo is persisted. The default is 'wait'. This can be set to 'nowait'.
2. Changing the way the logwriter handles generated redo. The default is 'immediate'. This can be set to 'batch'.
There are actually three ways these changes can be made:
1. As argument of the commit statement: 'commit' can be written as 'commit write wait immediate' (statement level).
2. As a system level setting. By omitting an explicit commit mode when executing the commit command, the setting as set with the parameters commit_wait (default: wait) and commit_logging (default: immediate).
3. As a session level setting. By omitting an explicit commit mode, but by setting either commit_wait or commit_logging it overrides the settings at the system level.


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It's a topic we have all thought about deeply. We have attended workshops and presentations, read scholarship, tried new and exciting ways of getting our students to collaborate during the revision process in our writing classes – and collaborate effectively. I thought I had it down, really. Then, the other day, I had a conference with one of my most impressive and hard-working students, and that all changed.
This student works diligently to revise his essays and to earn his grades. He is straightforward and participates in class regularly, and has never missed an assignment. Overall, this is a student whose feedback I seriously value in terms of what might work in class and what might not work. As we were conferencing over a draft of his essay, he asked, "Will we be doing peer review for this essay?" When I answered that no, we would instead be using one-on-one conferences and instructor feedback for this one essay, he replied, "Oh good. Peer review has mostly been useless for me."
Punch to the gut! Man down! Red Team Go! S.O.S.! All manner of emergency exclamations ran through my mind. Useless? How could this be? Grades are improving (for the most part). Writing is getting better (through my rose-colored glasses). In short, I had gotten cocky. So, I asked my student, "Why do you say that, Student?" His response was an eye-opener, and something I hope we can all use as a catalyst for discussion on the topic.
Student said, "Well, the one time we sat in a circle was helpful." (To be clear, this is what I call "Carousel Peer Review." I sit students in a circle and give them each four identical sheets of paper. Each paper contains a space for the reviewer's name, the writer's name, and three questions:
1. What is the author's central claim? Explain whether or not it is arguable and if not, how it could be.
2. What is the best part of the essay and why?
3. What part of the essay needs the most improvement and why?
Students pass their essay to the left once, read and fill out the sheet and when I call time, pass the essay to the left again and complete it for another, and so on. This way, they get four short but focused peer reviews, which I hand back at the end of class.) So, I asked Student, "Is it because you got so many reviews back?" And he replied…
"No. It was the best because everyone had to be quiet."
He went on to explain that during past peer reviews, in which students had been placed in small groups with traditional and more elaborate peer review sheets to fill out, he felt that nothing got done, that it was just an opportunity to socialize and that the last time we had done it, the other students in his group had not revised their essays at all. "And," he asked, "Why should I revise their papers for them if they do not want to do the work?" So of course, I start questioning my methods. I mean, it's not as if I do not circle the room and meet with each group during peer review, but we all know that small group work can be a tricky monster; students can seem really on-task when we approach their group, but then revert back to talk of Facebook and what is going on that night or what they watched on TV that week as soon as we are out of ear shot. In addition, if we are using peer review as a way for students to receive revision comments outside of instructor feedback (say, for a middle draft when we have already extensively commented on first drafts), unless we closely evaluate each essay on peer review day (which sort of defeats the purpose), we don't really have a way of knowing whether or not a student has truly revised the essay.
Several ideas are coming to the surface. Should students show up to peer review day with a written summary of their revisions? Should a requirement of peer review be that they somehow articulate their revisions to the group? Do we have to be such police officers?
So, I put these questions to all of you. How do you handle the not-doers, the "I refuse to revise because only my classmates are going to be reading this anyway" students? To beat a dead horse, how do you make your peer review effective?


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Newest Member to the Family, Jessica Walker
UR Superior Fintess Introduces Their Newest Member To Their Fitness Family. Jessica Walker!
Jessica Walker aka NPC Bikini Competitor And Superior Fitness Model
(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 25, 2015 ) Salt Lake City, UT — How does she do it? NPC Bikini Jessica Walker just teamed up with UR Superior Fitness. Jessica Walker is nothing but a ball of energy to say the least.
Jessica Walker competed in the NPC Pro Master bikini competition where she placed in 3rd. Jessica does all of the workout video's for the UR Superior Fitness exercise ball and is getting ready for upcoming competitions throughout 2015.
UR Superior Fitness also has big plans for her on their upcoming workout equipment projects that their currently working on. When they asked Jessica what motivates her and keeps her going she could have written a book.
"She is always striving to be a better person than she was the day before." To do that Jessica gives it 150% on everything that she does. Jessica loves to give back in a way that inspires others that they can accomplish their goals through hard work and a positive attitude towards anything that their doing in that moment.
UR Superior Fitness stated that Jessica is the first one to drop whatever she is doing to help out another that might be struggling with their diet or just a question on a particular workout with the Superior Fitness Yoga Ball.
UR Superior Fitness hit another home run with bringing Jessica Walker on board. With the knowledge of the body and work ethic that Jessica brings to the table. I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more trophies and accomplishments sitting on her mantel.
Jessica Walker uses and stands behind the product Superior Fitness exercise ball 100% and is their to help anyone with their Journey. Jessica says "that it all starts with Mindset and Family which is her foundation." And her loving husband is nothing but solid concrete when it comes to supporting Jessica and being her biggest cheerleader.
Congratulations to Jessica Walker on her new home and UR Superior Fitness on another home run.
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Sandpiper Imports founder Erika Poulos knew she wanted her jewelry collection to connect consumers to the world around them - and to the artisans who made each piece. The first time she flew to Bali in search of silver artisans, she knew she'd found just the place to handcraft her line. Erika quickly fell in love with the community where her jewelry is produced and has been so inspired by Balinese culture.If you've never visited Bali before, we'd like to share our favorite elements of the island's culture with you. Read on for 3 reasons we fell in love with Bali on our very first visit…
Community: One of the things Erika noticed immediately was that the Balinese people are very gentle - to each other, to the earth, and in their movements. Kindness is emphasized in all interactions, and angry encounters and outbursts are uncommon. This focus on living gently makes everyday life on the island seem incredibly peaceful, and visitors to Bali often note that they feel incredibly welcomed by the locals. This sense of belonging is what often draws people back to Bali again and again.
Family Life: Balinese families often live together in family compounds, called "uma." Each home welcomes you with an arched entrance and feature gardens and an open verandah, a structure for rice storage, a kitchen, and an area for bathing and sleeping. There is also often a small family temple in the home for family shrines, and as many of Bali's residents are skilled tradesmen, it's not uncommon for homes to include a workshop on-site. This living arrangement, with a large extended family coexisting in one space, creates an emphasis on family relationships, which is key to the way the Balinese structure their lives and priorities.
Rituals: While there are some Balinese people who practice other religions (including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism), the foundation of the island's culture is Hinduism. Spirituality impacts every part of Balinese life, and visitors often notice the small religious rituals that are carried out each day by the locals. One of the most notable rituals in Bali is making daily flower offerings. Each morning, Balinese locals wake up and lay out flowers or petals as an offering to the Hindu gods. There are usually two offerings placed at the same time, one higher to honor the good spirits and one lower to the ground to appease the evil spirits. The simplest offerings are a single flower inside a folded banana leaf with a bit of rice and stick of incense. But the Balinese also exhibit their artistic flair with more elaborate floral arrangements laid outside the temples and during their numerous ceremonies. The streets of Bali come to life with flowers in the early morning hours and again at mid-day, and each evening they're swept away to make room for the next day's offerings. (You can read more about Balinese flower offerings here.)
Have you been to Bali? What did you love most about the culture there?


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In 1968 Larry Graham joined Sly and the Family Stone, appearing with the group during the halcyon period which gave rise to such classic albums as Stand! and There's a Riot Goin' On, as well as smash singles like "Dance to the Music" and "Everybody Is a Star," both of which prominently feature Graham's rich baritone in addition to his enormously influential thumping bass style. The Album 'Rise Up' and subsequent Sold Out Tour dates are a testament to the talent and Inspirational works of Larry Graham. Graham Central Station will be arriving in the UK for a series of performances, at the Jazz Cafe and at the Love Supreme Festival. The current line-up of Graham Central Station consists of frontman and founder Larry Graham, Wilton "Fab" Rabb on guitar, Jimi "Joy" McKinney on keyboards/horns, Dave "City" Council on organ/keyboards, Brian "Rio" Braziel on drums, Ashling "Biscuit" Cole on vocals and Funkbox and Larry Graham's wife "Tina" on backing vocals.
Listen to the timeless music of Larry Graham 'One in a Million', 'Just be my Lady', 'When we get Married' you will feel the talent, passionate intensity and spiritual influence this Bass playing genius delivers throughout his music…
DeeperTheBeats 'In Conversation with Larry Graham'
DTB: Can you remember and tell us, what was the first record that you purchased on vinyl.
LG: I think it was a song, 'Uncloudy Day' by Mavis and The Staple Singers, I was brought up with my Grandmother who raised me, and I remember her getting that record.
DTB: Why do you think that you have succeeded in an Industry that is pre-destined for the majority of musicians, singers and songwriters to fail, especially with the Industry being a minefield of obstacles, what do you feel has been your personal ethos to guide you thorough that minefield, to cultivate a career that is legendary.
LG: I believe that if you run into problems with the endless minefields in any area of work or life, whatever the issue, you just got to deal with it, if you really love what you do, the opportunities, you have to stick with it. If there is a need to fix any problem, deal with it, move on but Do Not to give up. I also think, that it has a lot to do with the depth of love for what you do..there are a lot of things out there that stacked against you in any field, musicians, athletes, but I just really love what I do.
DTB: On your official website you mention Moon Base Guitars, and GHS strings, are these your favourite instruments when playing, how do they affect your sound, when performing especially when you are on long extensive Tours.
LG: I still use, and like the GHS gauge, and it makes it comfortable to play, especially when I play super hard, some people use thicker strings , I like the lighter gauge .. I've been playing the Moon guitar for about 30 years, and during early years with Sly and the Family Stone. Early Graham central Station I was playing Cinder strings. The Moon Bass, corporation approached me, and allowed me to give them my input of what I would like, showed me the best of they had, we collaborated and came up with the bass that I have today.
DTB: Everybody wanted me to ask you.. how many guitars do you own?
LG: Hmm in the house (laughs), maybe 12 or 15 Not all Moon though..
DTB: Do you usually have 3 or 4 guitars with you, on the road?
LG: I usually have no more that 2, a main bass and one as backup when doing a show ..I will sometimes have a string change and then go back to my main bass.
DTB: Tell us a little bit about the side of Larry Graham that the public never see, what do you do for relaxation.
LG: I am very family orientated, I was raised being around a lot of family, all my family and my wife's family are close, on both sides we are very close and spend time together in Minnesota, or California, our daughter has 3 kids so its busy, but a beautiful busy!
We spend a lot of time together we've been married for 40 years, for me being family orientated is my life, we have only been apart from each other for 2 days, any gig if you see me, my wife is either Backstage or, she's at the mixing board, always there and goes on tour with me. My daughter was on the road when she was 6 months old and until she was 18, I was only away from her 1 day…If my Wife can't go or my daughter can't go then… I can't go! We do everything together.
You don't really see a lot of families out on the road, it's not as easy, as travelling by yourself, maybe its harder for me, but I want them there…you leave home and leave your family behind, when I was with Sly and the Family Stone I wasn't married, I know what it's like being on your own, it's a big difference, and when my family are with me its like 'this is the way its supposed to be'.
Larry Graham SLAP BASS
DTB: What can we expect from your UK visit at the Jazz Cafe, and set at Love Supreme, will you have any special guest surprises for your UK visit, we are so excited for your arrival.
LG: Each time we come its always different, a lot of people come up on stage, last time Mark King (Level 42) came up.. It's like a big happy positive party. A lot of the countries we are fortunate to play in are different and they have their own characteristics, we love playing in America, Europe, Japan. If the audience is into the music, people not only listen music that they love, but get time to study it, get into the nuances, and so, when your playing its like their body and soul really get into it, its a beautiful thing!
DTB: It's a really long tour, how do your prepare or look after your hands and voice to ensure that you are happy with each performance?
LG: That's the exercise right there.. the playing! After the first gig, you are into the first set of exercises, the Tour is more set's and more repetitions, so you have to keep going, the only things with fingers, if you play guitar or Bass you can get calluses. if you don't play for a little while the calluses may soften up, after the 1st gig or too, you may feel a little sensitivity, but once you have done a few dates you don't feel that any more, so I don't have to do anything extra ..
DTB: How important is technology to you today, within your current creative process, and has that technology enhanced or influenced your musical performances,especially with the songwriting from back in the day with Sly and the family, or when you are out on the road with Graham Central Station.
LG: I think if you use it properly, it can be very beneficial, for example when editing back in the day, and you wanted to shorten say the bridge, or move something to another place you had to break out the razor blade and slice tapes, in studio you had difficulty finding the place you needed. Now can have it instantly where you want it.
With the sound there is a difference, if you compare analogue to digital. I do a combination, I do analogue 1st, then transfer it, onto digital for the ease of editing and stuff like that.
DTB: having worked with numerous artistes during your illustrious career, can you name two artistes today, who you admire, that bring a sense of depth back into the Music Industry, with great lyrics content, and spirituality.
LG: Of course Prince, and I recently saw Stevie Wonder, it was a fantastic show, he's always leading people in the right direction …
DTB: During an interview with Prince, a few years ago whilst on Tour in Europe, you gave a TV interview, where you both attributed your faith as a gift, and how you are able to enjoy the 'spirit of life' to reach your audience. Can you tell us how you work towards bringing your music to the audience, with that ethos in mind..
LG: When you study and apply what's written in the scriptures, by the one who created us, and who knows us best, by following the manual, that makes everything better. It makes the marriage better, by applying your faith, if you run into some issues, the answers are there if you read them and apply them. The issues today, with raising children, it takes time and desire to sit down and it takes time and desire study the scriptures, and willingness to apply what you are reading to your life. It makes you a better friend, a better person, you won't steal or lie to anybody or run game on anybody, we were created in God's image so we already have the basic knowledge and foundation of what we should and shouldn't do.
It's just reminders, taking you to the best route, to make you happy..
That brings the piece of mind because you feel comfortable.
Larry Graham with special guest Prince North Sea Jazz 2013
DTB: In the Interview with Prince in Europe, he was very open, and how very special you are to him, his 'Brother Larry'. Can you tell us what you feel, you have learned from working with Prince and that you still find valuable today, in your work and life journey.
LG: It's easy to work with someone with whom you are on the same page, musically we are total agreement, I didn't know when we first met, but he was raised up on Graham Central Station, and he went back and got deeper into Sly and the Family Stone, we are on the same page musically, and spiritually we both have that harmony as Jehovah Witnesses. His guard never has to be up around me and mine never has to be up around him, that makes for a true friend, one that you can really trust, then you are comfortable all the time. That carries over into the music, there's an agreement and harmony, it makes it very easy to work with him.
DTB: Can you tell us about the collaborations in the pipeline, on the album 'Raise Up'
LG: On the current album Prince is on that, Raphael Saadiq on the track 'One Day', I did a track that's a Stevie Wonder song 'Higher Ground'.
DTB: What moments during your career, would you describe as the most memorable, and what were the hi-lights for you.
LG: The privilege of working with my Mother, that was like going to a special college, a wonderful training ground, which set me up and laid the foundation of what was to come, then being in a group like Sly and the Family Stone, Woodstock… playing with those fantastic artistes, that was a turning point for us in our career, and took us higher, having our own band, and receiving our first Gold record.. its like Wow! Recording my first solo album, there's been so many hi-lights and I look forward for more to come..
A generation of musicians have given props to Larry Graham naming him as one of the Legends of 'Slap Bass' players in the world, From Marcus Miller, Mark King, Bootsy Collins, Flea to Prince.
It was an honour to interview Larry Graham the Legendary 'Slap Bass' Icon, DeeperTheBeatsHQ looks forward to seeing Larry Graham at the Jazz Cafe …You are welcome to join in the Funk Party
Step into "Graham Central Station", hop on board and make the connection with Larry Graham + Graham Central Station at The Jazz Cafe 1st & 2nd July. Doors open 7pm.
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Genzyme is raising cash to buy shares of its own stock, in a move that will mean taking on debt to gain more control of its shares.
The Cambridge, MA-based biotech powerhouse (NASDAQ:GENZ) reports today that it will sell $1 billion in corporate debt to complete the first part of a $2 billion share buyback plan. The firm is selling $500 million in senior notes at an interest rate of 3.625 percent due in 2015 and another $500 million in notes at 5 percent due in 2020. Genzyme expects to close on the sale of the notes to institutional buyers on June 17.
Genzyme's stated motivation for the share buyback plan is to increase shareholder value, and it's a common practice for companies to repurchase shares for that reason. Yet the buyback plan was announced last month amid the company's proxy fight with the activist investor Carl Icahn, who reached an agreement with Genzyme last week to end the proxy contest in exchange for two of his associates being appointed to the company's board. While Genzyme hasn't related the stock buyback to Icahn's bid to gain control of the company, the firm will increase its control of company stock by taking a significant number of shares out of play.
Last month, the company said it would repurchase $1 billion of its shares in the near term and spend the second $1 billion to buy shares over the next 12 months.
Genzyme, which is the world's largest maker of drugs for rare genetic diseases, holds its annual meeting tomorrow. All 10 seats on the board of directors are up for re-election. Plus, the board is expected to appoint three more directors—including Icahn associates Steven Burakoff and Eric Ende—bringing the total number of seats on the board 13. People aren't expecting there to be much drama at the annual meeting, given last week's agreement between Genzyme and Icahn.
But we're planning on being at the annual meeting anyway—because you never know what might happen.
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This is an old trick. Icahn buys a ton of shares; he raises a stink that the share price is too low and the management is incompetent; other shareholders get fired up and start shouting at management; the company has a huge buy-back, share prices go up, and the shareholders make a bundle. Icahn, as a big shareholder, will make a killing. Genzyme's future percentage of their own shares isn't really relevant here. It's who cashes in when the buy-back pushes up the share price. Other companies whose share price is low relative to underlying financials beware! Unless you like borrowing $1B to inflate your share price, that is.


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Today I had the privilege of guest posting at one of my favorite places. It is a group that I started on Facebook about three years ago when I only had two kids and the energy to rise with the sun! From a humble beginning of a handful of ladies eager to study the Word each day the group has grown to around 50 with more on the waiting list. I haven't been a part of the study for awhile and a good friend of mine who is now running the show invited me to be a part of their study on Galatians.
The passage for today comes from Galatians 3:6-9
6. Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.For the Jews, sharing their inheritance in Abraham was a new and radical idea. They were the children of the Promise, but in this passage Paul reminds them that the promise made to Abraham was to bless all nations. Why include "all nations" in the blessing if it was only for the Jews? God said it this way because God knows everything - past, present and future!
Paul explains in v. 6 that Abraham's righteous was declared because of his belief in God. God knew beforehand that He would justify the Gentiles (us) also by faith. According to Hebrews 11:6 faith isn't just believing that God exists.
Faith is believing that God exists and that He will compensate (reward) that belief.
Abraham believed the promise that God had given him, and we believe the promise that God has given us, the promise of salvation. In v. 7 by faith we are children of Abraham, v. 8 through faith we are justified by God, and v.9 because of faith we are blessed with Abraham!
Paul used what the Jews already understood about Abraham to explain the justification we have in Christ. Not only are we blessed in the lineage of Abraham (speaking of Christ) but we are also blessed like Abraham (speaking of our justification). The law was our "schoolmaster" to bring us to Christ, the only One who can grant us our eternal compensation for putting our faith in Him.
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As few days ago, I was perusing books on the Internet and The Penguin Book of Witches caught my eye. The cover is interesting, but what really caught my attention is that the book was edited by Katherine Howe. Yes, the Katherine Howe of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Immediately, I ordered my copy of the book.
When ordering, I didn't pay much attention to the specifics of the book, so when the book arrived, I was surprised at it's slimness. I was looking for a tome. Nonetheless, the book is full of writings from the 16th and 17th century writings on witchcraft and make for interesting reading on how accusations of witchcraft grew and spread. The Penguin Book of Witches is a wonderful choice of reading material for the season!
Book Details: Published by Penguin Classics (September 30, 2014), 320 pages, ISBN: 978-0143106180.


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Got lots of crafty stuff to show you this week but first I thought I might show you some pics from our busy weekend. My Hubby, his pa and I put this together on Saturday (I did more of the cosmetic work) Inside is still a working progress but it will get there - as long as we don't have to spend anymore time having "cups of tea" inside with Louise.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Birthday Weekend
Posted by Lulu froufrou at 10/05/2009 09:45:00 PM
4 comments:
- Melinda @ Here We Go Loopy Lou said...
Happy Birthday! Love the cubby, inside and out! I (think!) Santa will be bringing my boys one for Christmas.
- October 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- RACHAEL said...
Love the cubby house. What a little cutie you have there. I went to a my niece's birthday party on Sunday. She turned 2 as well and had a butterfly cake (pink in colour :p). I love your cake - very bright and colourful. You can't go wrong with smarties either.
- October 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
- Bree Leech said...
Wow Linda, what a fantastic cubby, Im so envious as I have always wanted one and still haven't managed to live vicariously through either one of my boys...one day!
- October 7, 2009 at 3:56 PM
- Unknown said...
The cubby was a little challenging to piece together but well worth it! Lou loves it.
Tea party anyone? :)
- October 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM
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Home ~ for now...
I seem to be gone more this Summer than at home. One Saturday I headed down to Carolyn Westbrook's Sale, over to Kerens, Malakoff, Athens, Canton and then to McKinney. Just a few miles (234) in a day. I will post a few photos later. I really wasn't in the mood that day to take pictures though. Do you ever have those times when you want to just absorb everything around you? Just to let it all sink in and enjoy the moment.
Last weekend my husband, son and I traveled down to San Antonio for a business and family trip. Of course, I coaxed my husband to make a few stops along the way. Thanks to Margo for her posts on great places to shop. My favorite stop was Gatherings in Georgetown. I was so charged up and inspired by their incredible displays. If you get even close to Georgetown, this is a must see.
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I-GO Car Sharing is proud to be a part of the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), which on Tuesday, April 28, was one of only eight organizations around the world to be selected for the 2009 MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions.
"The MacArthur Foundation has a long history of supporting organizations around the world like these that demonstrate the creativity, drive, and vision to make the world more just and peaceful," said MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton. "These organizations may be small but their impact is tremendous. From protecting human rights to improving urban neighborhoods to conserving biodiversity, they are blazing new paths and finding fresh solutions to some of our most difficult challenges."
It was CNT—one of the country's most venerable and innovative think tanks committed to urban sustainability issues—that originally launched I-GO Car Sharing in 2002. We remain closely attached to them to this day—both in terms of mission and literally: I-GO's HQ is housed in the same LEED-certified-platinum office building in Wicker Park.
The accolades weren't just from the MacArthur Foundation.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn: "The Center for Neighborhood Technology is an innovative and creative organization that has maintained a strong focus on sustainability for over 30 years," said Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. "The new technologies and ideas CNT has developed have kept Illinois at the forefront of green innovation, and this award is a fitting tribute."
Sadhu Johnston, Chief Environmental Officer, City of Chicago: "Building a green city takes more than leadership from city government—it takes strong partners in the community. CNT has been and continues to be a valuable partner in the development and implementation of Chicago's Climate Action Plan. Their in-depth analysis, along with their experience in implementing programs in transportation and energy, effectively demonstrate how and why cities are the solution to climate change."
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
We encourage everyone to read up on this remarkable, prescient organization that has been waaaaay ahead of the green curve since its founding three decades ago. Reinventing a "smart energy grid" for the nation may be the green topic du jour now. But CNT has been talking smart grid long before the greenwashing bandwagon hoppers grabbed ahold of those coattails.
Besides I-GO, they've created other green consumer programs:
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Awesome breakdown of Lanzarote DO last post by Blake Leja, Rachael Ryan, Ryan Bogdan, guildsomm user and a super cool photo from inderpal singh.
This week: Acacia barrels
How do these differ from oak? What styles will you typically see them used for? Name another alternative to oak that is used for wine barrels production.
Acacia wood barrels differ from oak mainly be imparting less flavor or more subtle flavors to the wine, and instead are used to give the wine a round and creamy texture and mouthfeel. Acacia comes from forests in northern France, and is sawed rather than split into staves. The price of the barrels is typically more than American oak but less expensive than French oak.
Acacia is used by some producers in Europe and the U.S. primarily with white wine styles such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Chenin Blanc, where the desire is to maintain and not overpower the varietal character and flavor profile of the grape, and to provide textural impact of wood and oxygen flow without the oak lactones or flavors such as vanilla and toast.
One other alternative to oak used for wine barrels is chestnut wood. Chestnut barrels are used, for example, in traditional Vin Santo production in Tuscany, because they contribute high amounts of wood tannins and are very porous, promoting increased evaporation in the barrel during many years of maturation.
Do you know the exact species of Acacia? My personal investigation would suggest it is Robinia pseudoacacia (AKA Black Locust) but I would appreciate someone's affirmation!
The following is an excerpt from an article fro Sevenfifty.com:
Barrel Builders owner Phil Burton says the acacia used in winemaking is technically from black locust—Robinia pseudoacacia—a tree that's native to the southeastern U.S. but was exported to Europe about 500 years ago. He gets all of his acacia barrels from French coopers working with French-grown trees, and doesn't know of any coopers using American acacia. Compared with nearly 5,000 French and American oak barrels, plus several thousand used oak barrels, Burton sells just 100 or so acacia barrels a year. He doesn't expect that number to skyrocket anytime soon—in part because he thinks acacia will remain a small portion of a wine's processing for the sake of flavor and appearance. "The 100-percent-acacia-barrel samples I've tasted—I don't like them very much," he says. "They get a chemical note to me and have the color of pee. The wood is yellowish and transmits that to the wine."
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Saw a bunch of small producers using them for viognier and marsanne/rousanne in the Ardeche department. Since those wines can have a bit of a chemical note and can be the color of pee already, I'm not sure I noticed.
Kozlovic in Istria does a Malvazija in acacia barrels. Tenuta Anfosso also produces a Rossesse Bianco in Liguria that's aged in acacia.
In terms of alternative barrel elevage--though not technically for wine production--Taruzake incorporates aging of sake in cedar barrels. Also, in Brazil, they tend to use a variety of local species for aging cachaça, including Amendoim-bravo, Jequitiba-branco, and Araruva.
Apolloni vineyards in Willamette uses acacia to age their Pinot Gris. Winemaker said it adds a slight floral note, as it softens the wine.


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|The Cuban film Casa Vieja by Lester Hamlet will open the Festival of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), which will take place next week in Brussels, Belgium.
Also being screened during the festival will be films from Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela, all participants in the Venezuela-led initiative for regional integration inspired by Simón Bolívar.
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SP 1566 July
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Jul 4
- TNA SP 12/40, 21. Letter, Humfrey to Cecil, Mr. Alderman Hayward has consented to become Treasurer of the mineral works
- TNA SP 12/40, 22. Warrant to Devon, Somerset, Monmouth, Hereford, and Gloucester, to levy for service in Ireland
- TNA SP 12/40, 23. Draft of the TNA SP 12/40, 22, corrected throughout by Cecil
Jul 5
- TNA SP 12/40, 24. Letter, Lord Cobham to Cecil, wishes for a final resolution as to his burden
- TNA SP 12/40, 24. 1. Letter of marque, King of Sweden to Menard Frize, against the Danes
Jul 6
- TNA SP 12/40, 25. Articles, Company of Shermen of Shrewsbury
Jul 7
- TNA SP 12/40, 26. Letter, Sheriff of London to Cecil, has delivered the articles to Chr. Lascelles, and returns his answers
Jul 8
- TNA SP 12/40, 27. Grant, to Edward Randolph as Lieutenant General of the Ordnance in England and Berwick-on-Tweed, for life
Jul 15
- TNA SP 12/40, 28. Letter, Waad to Leicester and Cecil, has examined Mr. Cornelius [Lannoy ?] as to delay in assays of metals
Jul 16
- TNA SP 12/40, 29. Letter, Thomas Keys from Fleet Prison. to Cecil, for instructions how to act, as to his going into Ireland
- TNA SP 12/40, 30. Letter, Humfrey to Cecil, Opinion of Leicester that the calamine is not worth having, being at so low a price
Jul 17
- TNA SP 12/40, 31. Letter, Merchants of the Staple to Cecil, application for licence to export in the accustomed manner
Jul 19
- TNA SP 12/40, 32. Letter, Waad to Leicester and Cecil, Cornelius [Lannoy ?] has greatly abused the Queen
- TNA SP 12/40, 32. 1. Cornelius de Lannoy to Leicester and Cecil, explanation of his proceedings, begs for mercy from the Queen
Jul 21
- TNA SP 12/40, 33. Warrant, for Merchants of the Staple to ship and export wool in the accustomed manner.
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- TNA SP 12/40, 34. Letter, Archbp. Parker to Cecil, Sends a form of prayer for the Queen, for his approval
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- TNA SP 12/40, 37. Letter, Thomas Keys to Cecil, prays that he would intercede with the Queen
- TNA SP 12/40, 38. Letter, Master of the Jewel House, to Cecil, gift of Edward VI for the christening of the French King's child
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- TNA SP 12/40, 39. Letter, John Shers to Cecil, forwards some letters received from Venice
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Bryan Cranston Resurrects Walter White At Electric Daisy Carnival — Epic Video
This would be scary if it weren't so epic. Bryan Cranston was on hand at this year's Electric Daisy Carnival to DJ (what else?)– as Walter White! Watch the incredible clip right now!
Well, say his name! On June 21, Bryan Cranston, 59, shocked fans at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas by, not only showing up, but showing up as Walter White, his iconic Breaking Bad character. Luckily, because of this thing called the Internet, we don't need to worry if we didn't make it to Vegas– we can watch the whole, ridiculously epic video right now!
We all know Walt could cook up a mean batch of meth, but who knew he could also DJ? When the EDM group Above & Beyond took to the stage for their set at EDC (one of the biggest electronic festivals in the world), they recruited someone very special to push the button.
Walt– we mean, Bryan– got up on the podium in front of the thousands upon thousands of screaming fans. He grabbed the microphone in his hand, and told the people exactly what they wanted to hear. "Say my name," he said, with that terrifying gravel we came to fear by season four of BB. The crowd, obviously, went freaking nuts.
"You're god damn right," he continued. "Walter White, Above & Beyond!" he screamed, as he thrusted both fists into the air. Finally, Bryan got to the job he set out to do, because as we know, Walter White does not do anything half-assed.
He held his mighty pointer finger up in the air and then, in a fittingly dramatic fashion, rocketed it down upon the button. The thumping music began, and Bryan obviously got down. He, alongside the DJs, fist bumped throughout the entire song and it was just, ugh, everything.
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This Blog provides Detroit area youth hockey news. It was originally the blog of the now defunct Detroit Hockey Association, the most affordable youth ice hockey organization in Michigan based at Jack Adams Arena in Detroit. The Clark Park Coalition keeps this tradition alive in Southwest Detroit.
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Where I live, these early April days caught between winter and spring bring a sweet gift.
Cold nights and warm days mean the sap is running in the sugar maples, and that means old-fashioned pancake breakfasts that put the fanciest hotel brunch to shame.
We had our annual pancake feast Saturday at Sanger's Sugar House, where five dollars bought all the pancakes you could eat, plus homemade sausage, applesauce, milk, and coffee. They put up a big tent attached to the sugar house. And yes…that's hay on the ground. It's so you don't get your shoes all muddy.
I love events like this, that are so much a part of a place, and I love the details they can add to the setting of a book. I was so wishing I'd remembered my notebook Saturday, especially since my new middle grade novel SUGAR ON SNOW is about a girl who lives on a maple farm. The manuscript is off my desk for the moment and out on submission with one of my editors, but while I wait for news, I'm already thinking about that next round of revisions. I scribbled down tons of notes when I got home. The fresh summery smell of that hay. The aluminum pie plates they use to keep the pancakes warm while they go around to see who wants seconds. How after a while, just about everything feels sticky with syrup. And how the sweet smell of that syrup stays with you, even as you head back outside into not-quite-spring.


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Kegs sales and equipment rental are based on availability. PLEASE NOTE: we do not fill personal kegs. We ask that you please submit your keg request 2 weeks in advance.
1/4Bbl = 7.75 gallons = 63 pints: $105 (tier 1), $110 (tier 2) and $145 (tier 3)
50 Ltr = 13.2 gallons = 105 pints: $150 (tier 1), $155 (tier 2) and $180 (tier 3)
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ALEC capitulates..abandons Voter Integrity Promotion under Pressure
Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research today announced the formation of a "Voter Identification Task Force" intended to continue the excellent work of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) promoting measures to enhance integrity in voting.
The Think Progress "War Room," a project of the far-left Center for American Progress Action Fund, claimed yesterday that ALEC is discontinuing its work promoting ballot integrity under pressure from ten corporations that had been pressured to do so by the Center for American Progress and another left-wing organization, Van Jones' Color of Change.
"According to the Think Progress 'War Room,' the nine corporations and one foundation that pressured ALEC to stop supporting voter identification measures are: Coco-Cola, Pepsi, McDonalds, Wendys, Kraft, Mars Inc., Reed Elsevier, ATS/American Traffic Solutions and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation," said Amy Ridenour, chairman of the National Center for Public Policy Research. "The Think Progress 'War Room' adds that Blue Cross/Blue Shield piled on after ALEC capitulated, so that's eleven, most of which sell directly to the public. And there are a lot more conservative consumers in the United States than left-wing ones."
"Corporate CEOs who cower in the face of liberal boycott threats need to understand that the left never gives up," added Ridenour. "By falling in surrender to the 'War Room' and its ilk, all these corporations chiefs have done is tell the left they are afraid, which means they will be targeted again and again on issue after issue. If these corporations do not reverse course and immediately grow enough of a backbone to say no when the left tells them what to do, conservatives may as well consider them part of the organized left. It doesn't matter if corporate executives have free-market sentiments hidden deep inside them if they continually surrender to the left's Trotskyite strategy of making relentless demand-after-demand in public."
"Meantime," added Ridenour, "conservatives will kick up our support for voter integrity programs. We're putting the left on notice: you take out a conservative program operating in one area, we'll kick it up a notch somewhere else. You will not win. We outnumber you and we out-think you, and when you kick up a fuss you inspire us to victory."*
Ridenour allows for the possibility that not all of the organizations the 'War Room' claims pressured ALEC to drop work on voter identification really did so.
"To be fair, left-wing groups lie a lot, so if any of the corporations named in this release want to contact us to disavow the Think Progress 'War Room' claims that they helped pressure a conservative/free-market group to stop working for ballot integrity, we will be glad to issue a statement correcting the record," added Ridenour. "We will be glad to reproduce and distribute widely any statement of disavowal any of them care to make. We've set up a special email address just for this purpose: firstname.lastname@example.com to facilitate communications. We'll even be glad to spread the word if they did so and now regret it, and want to pledge to never do it again."
Announcements of the activities of the new Voter Identification Task Force are forthcoming. Expect activities to begin at shareholder meetings.
The National Center for Public Policy Research is a conservative, free-market, non-profit think-tank established in 1982. Supported by the voluntary gifts of over 100,000 individual recent supporters, and receiving approximately only one percent of its revenue from corporate sources, it is not particularly vulnerable to boycotts. Americans who support voter integrity are encouraged to make contributions to our work and/or to join us in educating others about the importance of voter integrity efforts.
* Note: Unlike the Center for American Progress, the National Center for Public Policy Research eschews the use of violent references such as 'War Room.' We are, however, inspired by a particular passage in the 1987 movie The Untouchables: "They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way."


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PERTH, AUSTRALIA — A teen in Western Australia nearly lost his ability to see thanks to a nutritionally-horrendous diet consisting of only bread, potatoes, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Coke.
For eight years, 14-year-old Cian Moore supposedly survived on eating potatoes, bread, KFC and Coca-Cola, exclusively. Eventually, he complained to his mother that his eyes had become dry and gritty. He was also having trouble seeing.
His mother took him to see several eye specialists, and eventually they found out Cian's poor diet had led to a severe Vitamin A deficiency. Without Vitamin A, the cells in the eye fail to mature properly, resulting in keratin build-up that manifests as spots on the surface of the eye.
To save his sight, young Cian had to load up on Vitamin A supplements, and eat his vegetables. Now 16, the vision in his right eye has almost completely recovered, but his left eye remains permanently damaged


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April 16, 1996 – Kiss hold a press conference aboard the USS Intrepid in New York City to announce the reunion of all four original members, and the Alive/Worldwide reunion tour. With Ace, Gene, Paul and Peter, the tour went on to gross over $140 million dollars.
April 16, 1969 – Elektra drops the MC5 after they put an ad in a local underground paper saying "F–k Hudson's", the retailer that refused to stock their Kick Out The Jams album. Hudson's pulls all Elektra albums in retaliation.
April 16, 1974 – Queen make their U.S. live debut at Regis College in Denver, opening for Mott the Hoople.
April 16, 1972 – The Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut in London.
April 16, 1976 – Boz Scaggs is knocked unconscious by bouncers when he tries to visit his friend Bobby "Blue" Bland backstage at Antone's in Austin, TX.
Classic Rock Birthdays
April 16, 1950 – "Lonesome" Dave Peverett, vocals, guitar (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (d. 2000)
April 16, 1947 – Gerry Rafferty, vocals (Stealers Wheel) (d. 2011)
April 16, 1953 – Peter Garrett, vocals (Midnight Oil)
April 16, 1964 – Dave Pirner, vocals, guitar (Soul Asylum)
April 16, 1951 – John Bentley, bass (Squeeze)
Rock Remembrances
April 16, 1999 – Alexander "Skip" Spence, co-founder of Moby Grape and the drummer on the first Jefferson Airplane album, dies of lung cancer in San Francisco. He was 52. Skip had spent 6 months in Bellevue and was a diagnosed schizophrenic, battling drug and alcohol problems his entire life. But, he was also called one of "psychedelia's brightest lights" – just a few weeks after his death, the tribute CD More Oar: A Tribute to The Skip Spence Album was released and featured such luminaries as Robert Plant, Tom Waits, and Beck, all paying tribute.


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…..has the meaning "the worship of words". Although rarely used, it has previously been applied to religions and sets of beliefs, for example Christianity could be termed an 'epeolatric religion' due to the reliance that is placed on the words in the Holy Bible.
Derived from a Greek term, it was created and used by Sir Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1860. Sir Holmes was a poet and author as well as serving as a physician, professor, lecturer and inventor. He also created the word 'Anaesthesia' during his training and workings in the medical profession.


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The Tropical Salad: Leaves of a Different Cut (Panama)
Leaves of a different cut
I love the tropics as a place for permaculture, specifically the ability to grow tropical fruits and the capability to plant stuff year round. I like the interplay between rainy and dry season, the way things get incredibly green and grow uncontrollably in the wettest of times, and all that fodder for composting when things get parched. Still, living here is not without its sacrifices.
One of the major issues I've run into is what can't grow here because of the heat. When things can't grow in cooler climates, people have the option of greenhouses, but I've not really discovered a good way for cooling the tropical climate down for some rhubarb or broccoli. And, the one that stings the deepest — especially for a salad-loving vegan such as myself — is the lettuce.
Lettuce doesn't do well. Of course, iceberg and romaine, all those tightly wound balls of greenery, are out of the question, but even the looser leaves, known to be a little more resilient to heat waves, don't cut the mustard in my neck of Panama. And, so, I've learned a lot about making salads from other kinds of leaves. Here are some of my favorite solutions for a tropical salad.
Hibiscus Plant
Hibiscus leaves: Locally, there is a strain of hibiscus called rosa de Jamaica, which is used mostly to make tea, and another called cranberry hibiscus which has a great tart flavor. Whichever is around, we've taken to eating the leaves because they are fantastically flavorful and a perfect addition for a mixed leaf salad.
Okra leaves: (Actually, it is also in the hibiscus family, but we look at it differently.) Okra grows readily in heat, which is great, and the raw vegetable sliced thinly is good in salads too. However, the leaf is especially great and the most lettuce-like of all the ones we've sampled.
Okra Leaf
Sweet Potato leaves: We have loads of sweet potatoes, as they grow well here and are nitrogen fixers for the soil. Plus, I love sweet potatoes, and now I especially love that the crop is doing another duty for me in providing salad greens. Regular old potatoes just don't compare.
Basil leaves: This is already used in all sorts of salads, but it's usually a featured element, such as tomato-basil salad. However, we grow some of the fattest, fullest basil plants imaginable, so we readily harvest a dozen or so leaves as run-of-the-mill greens. Plus, this herb is medicinally delicious.
Sweet, sweet basil
Katuk leaves: Katuk is not a well-known plant, but it often gets thrown into the fabled superfood category, with the likes of chaya (grows readily in the tropics but shouldn't be eaten raw) and chia (prefers cooler climates). Katuk is around 50% protein, has a delicious nutty flavor, and comes in abundance.
Malabar "spinach": Not actually a spinach as we know it, this leafy vine has a very spinach aura about it, including flavor and appearance. In truth, the leaves can be a bit waxy/chewy, but it's super healthy, as its namesake suggests, and cutting it up before adding it to a salad makes a difference.
(Young) Bean leaves: Get them while they are young and tender and bean leaves of many varieties make for great greens. Lots of legumes, including mung, cowpea, pea, lima, fava, soy, runner… lots, have edible leaves; however, be wary of eating the actual beans raw as it can be dangerous. The older leaves get a bit tough.
Cranberry Hibiscus
Okinawan "spinach": Another non-spinach, this is actually a plant we've not tried/found yet, but in my research, I've learned it's a renowned tropical salad component. It's an easy-growing perennial plant, and it keeps the greens coming. Like beans, the younger leaves are said to be choice.
Kale: Not supposed to work here, but we've managed to get some going, and the key, yet again, is to eat the leaves young. The steamy climate causes the older leaves to get bitter. We grow ours in a shady spot, with indirect sun and a nice breeze, and we keep it small by harvesting when there are only six to eight leaves.
Amaranth leaves: The tropical version of quinoa, amaranth can take the heat and provides very nutrient-rich seeds. It also provides edible greens. At the moment, we have tiny amaranth plants, but we are waiting patiently. Supposedly, they are supposed to be a delight.
So, that's what we've got going on in the salad department, which oddly — seeing as we have no lettuce — provides a more diverse bowl of greens than I was previously accustomed to. Plus, the leaves make for a beautiful, insanely healthy combination in the salad bowl once or twice a day. We also put them on sandwiches and burgers, where one would normally find lettuce. And, this is how it's done in the tropics.


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I have recently ran into an issue with dropping replication, it complains about the error below.
exec master..sp_dropdistributor @no_checks = 1
Msg 15404, Level 16, State 19, Procedure sp_replcmds, Line 1
Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user 'DOMAIN\xxxx.xxxxxx', error code 0x5.
Exceptions like this are often caused when the login does not have access to a resource, or maybe when one is trying to detach/attach a database in SQL 2008 whilst using different user names. It sounded quite strange that I am having the same issues whilst trying to do something as simple as dropping replication on a test server. I setup a profiler trace for the session that I am using to try and track where the exception is occurring so as to know how to tackle the problem. I realized that the stored procedure was failing when it got the section trying to run the code.
sys.sp_replcmds 0
This stored procedure runs as part of exec master..sp_dropdistributor @no_checks = 1
Upon further investigation, I was able to run the stored procedure on the database which was throwing the exception, the first thing that came to my mind was, "which login owns the database ?". I then ran the code below to check the owners of each and every database.
select name, SUSER_NAME(sid) as DBOwner from master..sysdatabases (nolock) where name not like '%Snap' order by name
Some of the databases came up as "sa" which is my preferred db owner and some came up as null, the ones that came up as null were databases that I had just restored recently using my windows login, once restored the SIDS did not match that which was on the master database in the syslogins table.
In order to fix the problem, I then ran the script below that will update all the database owners on the database to sa.
EXEC master..sp_MSforeachdb ' USE [?] IF DB_NAME() not in (''master'',''msdb'',''distribution'',''tempdb'',''model'') BEGIN IF db_name() not like ''%Snap'' BEGIN SELECT ''?'' exec sp_changedbowner ''sa'' END END'
Now whilst trying to drop the distributor, it now works without any problem.
exec master..sp_dropdistributor @no_checks = 1
As a precaution, always change the owner of the databases to SA in order to avoid any such problems. Another issue that can occur is if the windows login which owns the database is removed from active directory ? thesame problem can occur.
EXEC master..sp_MSforeachdb ' USE [?] IF DB_NAME() not in (''master'',''msdb'',''distribution'',''tempdb'',''model'') BEGIN IF db_name() not like ''%Snap'' BEGIN SELECT ''?'' exec sp_changedbowner ''sa'' END END'


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Be Uplighted by Spirit.
A Course In Miracles
Sunday Mornings at 9:30 Meetings in Harmany House (5613 nw 41st)
A group that gather's together to discuss the insight gained from a book of the same title. You can call A Course In Miracles, A book of deep and insightful recent revelation
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Wednesday at 7:30
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2nd Thursday Fellowship and Potluck
From noon to 2 pm
This is a time of connection where individuals can sit and talk, play games, or walk the labyrinth together. This time of connection is flexible and free flowing.
Soul Moving Meditations
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Thursdays at 6 and 8:30
In meditation, we become aware of the "Life Force Energy" that flows into us. We learn to direct this life energy into the body to increase feelings of gratitude, healing and peace. An Awesome class on meditation!


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