Composer and multi-instrumentalist, creates an original form of contemporary improvised music, using elements from medieval, world, jazz, contemporary music, as well as various popular music, with no boundaries. Plays electric viola da gamba coupled with laptop and Live Ableton.
Apart from western culture (Bach, Ravel, Monk to Hendrix and Frank Zappa), his musical sources are european (from Irland to the Balkans through Andalousia), and arabian, indian and african. Some say “worldmusic”... yes, coming from Lorraine...
After nearly 20 years of blues/rock/jazz guitar and bass, changed to the viola da gamba in 1993. Took some years to (re-)gain the same level as the guitar. The instrument changed his vision of music completely. Though he does like some of the baroque music for the viol, this music is not his world and he wants to show all the facettes of this wonderful instrument in all sorts of other musical contexts. Played a lot with oriental musicians (Persian, Indian, Arabian)
Music comes from the muses, not the museums !
- Egling an der Paar, BY, Germany
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Instant Pot Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic (Whole30 recipe)
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic is a classic recipe. Traditionally the method is to slow cook the chicken to perfection, along with a huge helping of garlic. But what if you don't want it to take 2 hours? Enter the Instant Pot: everyone's favorite new kitchen tool! In less than half the time, you can have this dish on the table and ready to eat!
- 4 lb 4 lb 4 lb Whole Chicken, cut into pieces
- 1/2 tsp 1/2 tsp 1/2 tsp Himalayan Pink Salt
- 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp Tin Star Cultured Ghee, or fat of your choosing
- 40 clove 40 clove 40 clove Garlic, about 2 heads of garlic
- 2 tsp 2 tsp 2 tsp Primal Palate Amore, or similar Italian Seasoning
- 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup free range, organic Chicken Stock
- 2 sprig 2 sprig 2 sprig fresh Rosemary, optional garnish
- 2 sprig 2 sprig 2 sprig fresh Thyme, optional garnish
Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
- Cut the chicken into pieces (drumsticks, thighs, breasts, and wings). You can save the back and freeze it for making chicken stock at a later time.
- Season the pieces of chicken with pink Himalayan salt.
- Select the saute setting on your Instant pot, and allow it to come up to temperature. It will display "Hot" when ready.
- Add 1 Tbsp of ghee (or other compliant fat) to the pot, and swirl around. Add half of the chicken pieces, skin side down, and sear for 4 minutes. Flip, and sear on the other side for 4 minutes. Set this chicken aside, and repeat with the remaining chicken.
- Add the garlic cloves to the pot, and saute for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the chicken back into the Instant Pot and season with some of the Primal Palate Amore (or other compliant Italian Seasoning). Layer on the rest of the chicken, and season it as well.
- Add 1 cup of chicken stock to the pot, then close the lid and set vent to seal. Select the poultry setting, and increase the time to 20 minutes.
- Once the timer has gone off, allow the Instant Pot to gradually depressurize about 10 minutes. Serve the chicken along with the soft cloves of garlic. You can garnish this dish with fresh rosemary and thyme.
Our recipes are created using Paleo, Primal and Gluten-free guidelines. Learn more about our diet and lifestyle at www.primalpalate.com.
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To regulate the conduct, relationships, responsibilities, and obligations of the parties involved in the clinical trial, the Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA) must be in place. The parties in a CTA are not usually limited to sponsors or contract research organizations (CROs), but also include institutions and principal investigators. The Malaysian Guideline for Good Clinical Practice, has defined the CTA as“A written, dated, and signed agreement between two or more involved parties that sets out any arrangements on delegation and distribution of tasks and obligations and, if appropriate, on financial matters. The protocol may serve as the basis of a contract.”(1)
The above definition widens the scope of CTAs, where apart from obligation of parties, the clinical trial budget must also be enumerated clearly in the Agreement.
Halsbury Laws of England has also defined the meaning of agreement in general: “A contract or an agreement is usually reached by the process of offer and acceptance and the law requires an offer on ascertainable terms which receives an unqualified acceptance from the person to whom it is made”(2)
In Malaysia, clinical trials are developing rapidly, which has allowed Malaysia to become a preferred site for clinical trials sponsored by multinational sponsors or CROs.(3) With that, Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) is established as a one stop shop to assist the principal investigators and the industry in matters related to clinical trials. The CRM Legal and Regulatory Affairs’ role is important in providing CTA Review. The experienced CRM Legal and Regulatory Affairs department is equipped with detailed and current legal knowledge that results in a thorough and prudent review of the CTA by respecting all the applicable laws and regulations.
It is most important for the CTA to be drafted in a language that is understandable to all parties. It needs to be written clearly, limiting and defining any legal terms used. Sponsors and CROs share the same interests in relation to clinical trials, which are:
- collecting accurate data to support their application for marketing approval of their investigational product
- protecting confidential information and intellectual property
- complying with the applicable laws and regulations
On the other hand, from clinical trial site perspectives, their interest lies among compliance with the protocol and regulations, which includes:
- to be fairly compensated for their work
- indemnity (subject illness, injury, or death due to participation in the study or as a result of the investigational product) and sufficient insurance coverage protection to the site, principal investigator, and principal investigator’s team
- the ability to publish study results
- payment for subject in relation to the study(4)
When working towards a contract agreement between sponsors/CROs and clinical trial sites, there needs to be two-way communication and negotiation. Without having a clear and straight forward language, it is difficult to finalize the CTA in a short time. Therefore, it is essential to prepare when negotiating a contract with sponsors and CROs for items and changes that are requested. Apart from that, with the presence of experienced, proactive, and efficient CRM Legal and Regulatory Affairs Departments in reviewing CTA, the review and negotiations of CTA are done in a short period of time.
In ensuring a short timeline of CTA Review, a fixed 14-day calendar timeframe is introduced so that the site initiation visit can follow through as planned under the protocol. All CRM’s legal personnel shall maintain a timeline tracker to make sure the 14-day calendar timeframe is achieved for any one CTA review. However, it is still subject to the budget negotiation between all parties, as the clinical trial budget is incorporated as part of the CTA.
The total number of CTAs that have been reviewed by CRM between 2012 and 2017 was compiled and will be illustrated in Schedule 1. This is based on the retrospective data collection by CRM.
|CTA reviewed by CRM|
From 2012 to 2017, a total of 457 CTAs have been reviewed by CRM.
The number of CTA review days is crucial to start a clinical trial at the site because it will affect the activities of the trial. The study cannot commence without execution of the CTA. The data on review days from 2012 to 2017 are illustrated in Schedule 2 below.
|Year||CTA reviewed timeline by CRM (average time by days)|
From 2012 to 2015, CRM took a longer time to review the CTAs—it took 59 days on average to review the CTA until endorsement. The CTA review days decrease from 2016 and were reported as 13 days in 2017.
The substantial improvement is mainly because:
- All CRM Legal and Regulatory Affairs personnel have their own Key Performance Index to review the CTAs within 14 days.
- In 2015, CRM Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department developed an online CTA Review System expediting the CTA review days from 59 to 13. The online review system was launched in March 2016. The online system is our own purchased internal system, where all the CTAs for Malaysian Ministry of Health sites, specifically for industry sponsored research, will be submitted in the system by the clinical research assistant from sponsors and CROs for CRM Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department’s review.
- The CRM Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department had also organized the CTA online review system workshop for sponsors and CROs on how the system works and their role as the external end user of the system. The system was fully utilized in 2017 and has shortened the timeline for CTA review.
- CRM expanded the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department manpower from 1 in 2012 to 3 in 2017 which contributed to expedite CTAs review.
The four actions described above have reduced the CTA review days. Reduction time in review days improves the study start-up time from the CTA review point of view. This evolution enticed more sponsor and CROs to bring more clinical trials to Malaysia.5The unnecessary delays in finalizing the CTA should be avoided. As a result, the nation benefits with faster and more clinical trials for doctors and patients to include in their treatment options.
- National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) Ministry of Health Malaysia. Malaysian Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (Fourth Edition). Glossary 1.21. pg 10. 2018.
- Halsbury Laws of England; 4thedition, Reissue 1998, para 632. 1998.
- Jenny Maganram Goh, 31 October 2016, Moving medical research forward: Malaysia aims for 1,000 clinical trials by 2020 (https://today.mims.com/moving-medical-research–forward–malaysia-aims-for-1-000-clinical-trials-by-2020)
- Pfeiffer, J. and Windschiegl, M. (2016) Managing Clinical Trial Budgets and Contracts. LAD Publishers. Georgia.
- A.J.A. Ooi, K.F. Khalid, MD, January 26, 2017, Malaysia’s Clinical Research Ecosystem (http://www.appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/malaysia-s-clinical-research-…)
Nurul Atiqah Abd Rahman, Norafizaa Yusop, Clinical Research Malaysia


Compute and compare loss functions for single-output ARX models
V = arxstruc(ze,zv,NN)
V = arxstruc(ze,zv,NN,maxsize)
Estimation data set can be iddata or idfrd object.
Validation data set can be iddata or idfrd object.
Matrix defines the number of different ARX-model structures. Each row of NN is of the form:
nn = [na nb nk]
Specifies the maximum number of elements in a segment when input-output data is split into segments.
If larger matrices are needed, the software will use loops for calculations. Use this option to manage the trade-off between memory management and program execution speed. The original data matrix must be smaller than the matrix specified by maxsize.
maxsize must be a positive integer.
Note: Use arxstruc for single-output systems only. arxstruc supports both single-input and multiple-input systems.
V = arxstruc(ze,zv,NN) returns V, which contains the loss functions in its first row. The remaining rows of V contain the transpose of NN, so that the orders and delays are given just below the corresponding loss functions. The last column of V contains the number of data points in ze.
V = arxstruc(ze,zv,NN,maxsize) uses the additional specification of the maximum data size.
with the same interpretation as described for arx. See struc for easy generation of typical NN matrices.
The output argument V is best analyzed using selstruc. The selection of a suitable model structure based on the information in v is normally done using selstruc.
This example uses the simulation data from a second-order idpoly model with additive noise. The data is split into two parts, where one part is the estimation data and the other is the validation data. You select the best model by comparing the output of models with orders ranging between 1 and 5 with the validating data. All models have an input-to-output delay of 1.
% Create an ARX model for generaing data: A = [1 -1.5 0.7]; B = [0 1 0.5]; m0 = idpoly(A,B); % Generate a random input signal: u = iddata(,idinput(400,'rbs')); e = iddata(,0.1*randn(400,1)); % Simulate the output signal from the model m0: y = sim(m0, [u e]); z = [y,u]; % analysis data NN = struc(1:5,1:5,1); V = arxstruc(z(1:200),z(201:400),NN); nn = selstruc(V,0); m = arx(z,nn);
Each of ze and zv is an iddata object containing output-input data. Frequency-domain data and idfrd objects are also supported. Models for each of the model structures defined by NN are estimated using the data set ze. The loss functions (normalized sum of squared prediction errors) are then computed for these models when applied to the validation data set zv. The data sets ze and zv need not be of equal size. They could, however, be the same sets, in which case the computation is faster.


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Traveling in Bihar is rewarding but there are a lot of questions whose answers are still needed to be found. Here are some of the most asked questions about traveling in Bihar.
Street art is not something that one will expect or associate with a city like Patna. But recently, the city administration and state government, in their attempt to promote folk arts, decided to paint the wall of the city with beautiful paintings made by Madhubani artists.
Rajgir is the first capital of Magadha Kingdom and was known as Rajagriha. This small village close to Bihar and Jharkhand’s border is now a highly revered site being important to the followers of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Sonepur Mela is one of the most popular fairs in India. Apart from being the biggest Cattle fair in Asia, its sheer grandness surpasses famous festivals like Pushkar fair.
From the building to the galleries, Bihar Museum, Patna presents a display of unique culture of Bihar to the visitors. As one of the best places to visit in Patna, this museum is a perfect day trip in Patna.
Sonepur Mela is the biggest cattle fair of Asia organized near Hajipur. An hour away from Patna, Sonepur is located on the banks of Gandak River and has a huge importance in mythology.
Bihar’s monsoon experience is unique because hardly anyone has seen it from a traveler or a photographer’s POV.
The Stupa contains the relics of Buddha. These relics are secured in a glass enclosure and a tiny golden statue of the sitting Buddha is kept inside.
छठ की एक खास बात यह है की ये एकमात्र ऐसा पर्व है जहाँ कोई पंडा पुजारी किसी भी तरह का कर्मकांड कराता नहीं दिखेगा| 36 घंटे निर्जल उपवास वाला ये त्यौहार अकेला डूबता सूर्य की पूजा करने के लिए जाना जाता है|
During my childhood, my parents used to take me from pandal to pandal. Durga Puja was a nine days of celebration with an extravaganza of food and fun. Now, like million of people from my state, I spend Durga Puja away from home and have to satisfy my soul with the pictures share by friends and family living there.


were among the
winners Monday, gaining 5% after the retailer named a new CEO and said it plans to put its Parisian chain on the block.
Saks promoted Stephen Sadove, currently vice chairman and chief operating officer, to the chief executive position. Sadove replaces R. Brad Martin, who will remain chairman. In other management moves, the company eliminated the position of chairman and CEO of its Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises division. Fred Wilson, who had held those roles, will leave the company. Sadove will assume Wilson's responsibilities.
Saks also announced plans to explore strategic alternatives for its Parisian specialty department store business, which had 2005 revenue of about $700 million. The chain has 40 stores in nine states. The move comes as Saks has been shedding its slower-growth assets. The company sold its Proffitt's/McRae's business for $623 million in July, and is in the midst of selling its Northern Department Store Group to
for $1.185 billion, a deal that is expected to close in the fiscal first quarter. Saks shares recently were up 94 cents to $18.80.
shares jumped 11% after the specialty materials company put its fourth-quarter results above its prior forecast. Rogers expects to report fourth-quarter earnings of 52 cents to 54 cents a share, up from its earlier guidance of 40 cents to 44 cents. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call have an average estimate for earnings of 42 cents a share. The company lifted its sales projection to $97 million from $85 million to $88 million. Rogers said its circuit-material and high-performance foams product lines had strong sales. Shares gained $4.26 to $45.36.
shares fell 6% after the radio and television-broadcasting company posted a sharp drop in third-quarter earnings from continued operations. Including gains from asset sales, Emmis posted net income of $197.8 million, or $5.30 a share, up from $17.6 million, or 31 cents a share, a year earlier. Earnings from continuing operations, however, fell to $2.5 million, or 1 cent a share, from $6.3 million, or 7 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts, on average, predicted a loss of 1 cent a share on this basis. Emmis reported revenue of $100.5 million, topping analysts' forecast of $99.4 million. For the fourth quarter ending in February, Emmis expects its pro forma radio revenue will be up 1% to 2%, with station operating expenses up 5% to 7%. The company's shares were down $1.34 to $19.35.
rose 4% after the toymaker signed a license deal with
( MVL) for the rights to super hero names such as Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men and Captain America. The five-year license gives Hasbro the right to market Marvel-based toy products beginning Jan. 1, 2007, with the first products expected to be based on Ghost Rider and the
movie. Marvel will receive $205 million in royalty and service-fee payments. Hasbro shares traded up 79 cents to $20.78, while Marvel rose 35 cents, or $2.10, to $17.04.
shares fell 2% after the metal recycler posted lower first-quarter earnings. Schnitzer's profit for the quarter ended Nov. 30 fell to $41.5 million, or $1.34 a share, from $42.9 million, or $1.38 a share, a year earlier. The results included a gain on an asset sale, as well as a charge related to the settlement of an investigation into past payment practices in Asia. Excluding items, earnings were $19 million, or 61 cents a share. Revenue, meanwhile, jumped to $389 million from $199 million. Schnitzer shares recently were down 72 cents to $30.95.
The most heavily traded shares on the NYSE Monday included
( LU), down 4 cents to $2.73;
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( NT), up 2 cents to $3.42; and
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volume leaders included
, down 13 cents to $4.58;
Sirius Satellite Radio
, up 14 cents to $6.68;
, up 22 cents to 18.99;
, up 8 cents to $22.99;
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, down $1.36 to $20.70;
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Before you press play on the below trailer for Jupiter Ascending, let's all just take a moment to thank the movie gods for letting the Wachowskis exist and continue to make big-budget sci-fi movies that look absolutely insane.
Seriously. We love Captain America and the likes, but we're so, so glad that we've got Channing Tatum with space-elf ears helping simple Earthling Mila Kunis rise to become empress of the universe. Or something like that. We'll just let the official synopsis put things into context while we press play on this crazy piece of eye candy.
From the streets of Chicago to the far-flung galaxies whirling through space, “Jupiter Ascending” tells the story of Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), who was born under a night sky, with signs predicting she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people’s houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along—her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.
Jupiter Ascending hits theaters on July 18, 2014.
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It started when I was but 19 years old and about to go on a trip to Europe. I needed a new handbag, something very durable but also fashionable which could be worn for 5 weeks straight and look good with everything.
I fossicked through the handbag “bin” – an honest appraisal of how the handbags were stored – and came up with gold, and not the fool’s type either.
Light red and with a leather orange strap, I soon found my treasure. Made of soft but durable (as I found out in the years to come) material, this handbag was brand new with tags and even contained a certification of authenticity inside it.
I scrutinised and squinted at some words I didn’t then recognise: Yves Saint Laurent. I noticed the zip had a “YSL” symbol on it.
It was only months, maybe years later that the impact of what happened hit me.
There in a Grovedale opp shop I picked up a luxury goods item for $5. Not even the price of 2 coffees! (Although it was 2005, so maybe you could get 2 coffees back then.)
This lovely bag took me all around Europe. Twice. I literally probably used it more than 1000 times, I am sure.
Now, eight years on this bag is admittedly very worn and refused to be photographed.
Nevertheless just thinking about that bargain inspired this blog post. I need to tell my ladies out there that you can find incredible designer bargains and awesome, one off finds at your local thrift shop!
Ever since that first $5 handbag moment, I fell in love with opp shops.
I loved the interesting bargains I found rummaging around, the sweet people I would meet in the opp shop stores and the fact that my money was going towards a good cause.
The Salvos. Vinnies. RSPCA. I haven’t yet found a thrift shop with a cause I haven’t wanted to support.
Showcasing accessories picked up at opp shops, I would like to share with you some of my favourite finds in the hope of inspiring others to go and check out their local thrift store. There is such gold to be found, you just need a high dose of both patience and optimism. And maybe, if you are allergic to dust, a tissue or two …
Gotta love well-worn leather boots that are still in great condition!
This fantastic Indiana Jones inspired hat for $4
There are plenty of other treasures I will be sharing with you soon! The bargains just keep coming.


The best thing about social media is that you get to meet so many amazing and cool people! Case in point: from my limited (and harrowing) time on Twitter, I made friends with a plethora of interesting writers, each of them uniquely talented and inspiring.
One of these lovely people was the incredible Nillu Stelter, who has recently landed in the beautiful land of Switzerland Land. She is also a poetess, first-time novelist, and mom, and her work is verdant and lush. What’s even better is that she stayed my friend, even after I jumped the Twitter ship. And, just the other day, she nominated me for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award, a chain award blog tour that began in 2011 and has even included a dude.
Sisterhood is in the heart of the beholder, isn’t it?
Anyhow, here are the rules as I found them:
- Tell the amazing Nillu that she’s amazing, and then link to her coolio blog post. You should read it here. Lots of loves and chocolate in it.
- Answer 10 questions she’s invented for me to answer, most of them truthfully.
- Nominate 7 female bloggers and ask them my own ten questions.
Are you ready for some cra-mazing Willow action? Strap in, cause it’s about to get bumpy.
10 Things That Nillu Steltzer (and the Universe) Need to Know About Willow Becker
1. What was the first book you got lost in?
When I was 6 or 7, I found an old book in a set of drawers that was hidden out in our garage. The book, whose title I can’t remember for the life of me, was about witches. These were some of the most gruesome witch stories I can remember, and it was the beginning of a trend towards the darker things of life. The one that caught my imagination the most was about a bride who goes to a witch to make her dress, and the witch sews it using the bride’s blood for thread.
2. Which animal would you like to be and why?
I have always thought that if I couldn’t be a unicorn or a mermaid, I would like to be a peregrine falcon. They are the fastest animals on earth, getting up to 242 miles per hour when they go into a killing dive. It’s also super-smart, and can be trained to assisting in hunting (or sending messages, if you tire of texting). And, of course, it flies. Deadly, beautiful, fast, intelligent, and free. The peregrine falcon is me.
3. What and where is your favorite restaurant?
Sonic in Bogalusa, LA. It was here with one of my best friends that I realized that I might marry my husband. Also, the tator tots are super-good.
4. Where is your safe place?
In my mother’s arms. No matter how old I get, there is no safer place in the world than sitting on the ratty couch in Coos Bay, Oregon with my mother’s arms around me.
5. Describe a moment from your childhood which makes you smile.
I grew up in a little town called Irrigon, Oregon. And, when I say little, I mean microscopic. At the time, there were only 800 residents, and most of those were rattlesnakes. It was the kind of town where, when the circus came through, everyone was there. It was the kind of place where a 10-year-old could ride from one end to the other without a parent worrying where they were.
This town always means summer to me. There was a park down by the Columbia River, which was the lifeblood of our little village. I recall one 4th of July, after a day of eating pie, spitting watermelon seeds, and dancing. I laid down on that warm, green grass beneath the birch trees, listening to them whisper all the things that I didn’t know yet. The light in the sky faded, giving way to a velvet blackness, warm and full of sound. Children laughing. Parents murmuring softly. My small body, tired and freckled, sank into that field – the sweetest mattress ever invested by God himself.
And then, the dark filled with fireworks, so close and big they looked like I could pull one from the sky.
6. Which of your own creations has meant the most to you and why?
Such a big question! My greatest creation has been my daughter. She is amazing and wonderful and teaches me more about myself and life than anyone else I know.
7. If you could spend the day with anyone from history, who would you choose and what would you do?
I would choose to spend the day with my father’s mother’s dad – my Grandpa Burbank. I would make him tell me all his jokes and take me hunting and show me how to skin a bear. Also, I would let him tickle me and give me his secret for being happy for a whole lifetime.
8. Name a song which would get you on the dance floor or which you sing to life your mood.
This is another hard one. I have songs that make me feel strong, loved, excited. I have a different favorite song for every mood that can possibly be felt. But, the one that most often raises my spirits is “I am a Child of God.” I know, I know. It’s a really churchy choice, but remember that my second and third picks are “Sing, Sing, Sing,” and “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore.
9. Which one book would you recommend to your friends and why?
I think every human should read C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.” This is a book that has changed my perspective about God more than any other single fiction novel. Lewis understands the nature of God so well, and he is able to put it in words that almost anyone can understand. The whole concept of the atonement and what Christ has done for us is shared in a non-judgemental, non-dogmatic way. I hope that I get to meet Aslan some day.
10. Which three places in the world have you really enjoyed being?
I loved our first trip to Hawaii. There is no place on earth that is better-smelling, softer, or more gentle than those islands.
We lived in Colorado Springs for a little while and I just loved it. The gorgeous flash-storms in the summer, the amazing snowfall/snowmelt in the winter. Also, I thought that the people were kind and wonderful, and I had a lot of great learning experiences there.
Finally, the best place in the world is Oregon. I can’t even limit it to a town. From the Eastern desert plains to the cold, windy coast, the entire state is the Garden of Eden. If I am very lucky, someday I will return and dance in the rain once more.
Joanne Blaikie – A lovely UK writer who is currently in the process of publishing her first book.
Ally Atherton – Shares book reviews, artistic interviews, and fiction on her personal blog. She’s also dope as hell.
Callie Armstrong – This is one of my favorite writers whom I’m also friends with on social media. Smart, kind, and wonderfully witty.
Kiera Bruce – Another card from my favorite UK deck, Kiera Kizzywiggle Bruce’s blog is all about how she is managing a house full of kids on the Autism spectrum and still remaining partially sane.
C.J. Sellers – My partner in horrible crimes, this lady has a way with words that will keep you up all night long…crying terrified under your covers.
Liesel Potter – An old, dear friend of mine who is a phenomenally talented artist. She is currently working on publishing her first children’s book and raising four amazing children.
Here are your questions, should you choose to accept them:
1. When and why did you decide that your art was important enough to pursue?
2. What’s the thing you regret most?
3. If you could have someone else’s body, brain, or talent, who would you choose and why?
4. Star Trek or Star Wars. Defend your position in 100 words or less.
5. What is your favorite artistic creation (by yourself or another) and why?
6. What is your favorite word and why?
7. Who or what has been the biggest influence on your writing or art?
8. What are you currently working on and why should we read it?
9. If you could make a wish (not for love, to bring back the dead, or more wishes – as per the Aladdin rules), what would you wish for?
10. What do you believe more than anything in the world?
Thanks for reading! Look forward to the answers from these amazing authoresses!


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Meet the the 44th Long Preston Queen.
She is 13-year-old Imogen Daley, who lives in the village and is a pupil at Settle College.
She will take centre stage at Long Preston’s May Day celebrations on Saturday, May 3.
Also taking part will be her ten-year-old brother, William, who will be dancing around the maypole with fellow youngsters from Long Preston Primary School.
“Imogen is looking forward to it,” said her mum, Georgina. “She applied last year but was unsuccessful and this was her last chance as you have to be under 14.”
Imogen, who enjoys going beating with her dad Ian, and spaniel Holly, will be attended by Year Two pupils from school.


Mark explores the basics of lighting for a nighttime shoot.
Hi. I’m Mark Montgomery from Video Maker and this is tips and tricks. Tonight, we’re gonna show you how to shoot at night.
There are three main rules we want you to consider here. One, shoot at a wide angle, okay? You don’t always have to stick to that, but if you shoot at a wide angle, guess what? Your iris is gonna be wider and it will allow you more light into the camera and in a light scare area, that’s what you need.
The second rule is watch the video gain. As soon as you introduce gain into your image, you’re gonna get noise and your colors will start to desaturate and that’s not good. So, just be mindful of where your gain is.
And the third and final rule here, manual focus. Any time you’re in auto focus in an area that’s really dark, what will happen, the auto focus will have a habit of drifting and hunting for something to focus on. So, when you use manual focus on your camera, you can lock down the focus and you won’t have the drifting.
One thing you’ll notice about outdoor lighting is the quality of light is generally harsh. That’s because the light sources are lamps are car lights, stuff that are real small points of light, and that gives you a harsh quality to the light. So, when creating a scene, consider creating pools of light rather than lighting a whole scene with a soft blanket of light. It’s more practical this way and more realistic.
When it’s time to get creative with the light source, don’t be afraid to use gels. Gels can convey a police car or a moon, so go ahead and use gels to emphasize certain emotions in your scene.
Following our own advice, we’re building a scene here with one light and two practicals. Where’s those practicals? One’s behind me about 50 yards. It’s a street lamp, okay? Now, guess what? Right here is also a street lamp. This is only providing a minimal amount of light. So, what we’ve done is we’ve added a light off camera that’s actually providing most of the light on my face. It’s still a hard, harsh light. You get shadows. You see a lot of me and that’s what we want. We’ve created one pool of light and there’s a lot of darkness and some practicals to sell the effect.
The final two considerations – one, use an on camera light. Why would you use this? They’re very practical, but you usually want to use it in the context of reality. That means if you’re shooting a documentary, a news story, or like a wedding, it’s very practical; but, for narratives, it’s not so practical. Another very reality-based lighting source is your infrared source on your camcorder. Now, not all camcorders have this. Usually consumer models do. It’s usually under night shot or low light shooting and it beams out infrared light and comes back to the sensor. And guess what? It looks green. You’ve probably seen this before, so it’s another way to use a light source that is perfect for night shooting.
Well, I hope all these examples have helped you. I hope you learned how challenging night shooting is and put it to practice. I think it will be illuminating.
For more details, take a look at these articles using this DVD on your computer.
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15 (Other) Ways To Make Up With Your SO After A Fight
“I’m sorry” is totally overrated when it comes to the little spats that arise in long-term relationships. Because you can’t be sorry that you talk loud when you’re drunk or that you like to wake up at 6 a.m. or that you love show tunes. These are things about you that are never going to change, the same way that your partner’s never going to stop eating cold pizza for breakfast or interrupting your serious conversations in public to snap an amazing picture. You don’t need to be sorry for these things, but that doesn’t stop snits and fights from cropping up over these minor annoyances. Your unconditional love for your partner doesn’t stop you from occasionally yelling, “Get that slice of pizza out of your mouth!” and then seeing his face droop because he loves cold pizza so much and you know it. So, how to make things right without changing who you or your partner is? Here are some creative techniques to help smooth things out when those little pet peeves get in your way…
1. GIFing/Tumbling/YouTubing. After a spat, try making it up to your partner by sending rapid-fire GIFs or Tumblr images or funny YouTube videos that you know will make him or her laugh. (Sample fave GIF below)
2. Funny Dances. Everyone in a relationship should have a funny dance in their back pocket that they can pull out if their partner is scowling or pouting. It should be ridiculous enough to inspire laughter, yet sexy enough to ignite attraction.
3. Ridiculous impressions. Winona has found that after she acts like an ass, the best way to lighten the mood is to do an unflattering impression of herself. Laugh at yourself in order to help your partner laugh at you, and soon you’ll both forget what you were fighting about.
4. “Remember that time when….” You fill in the blank. It can be something funny or sweet. Example: “Remember that time when my underwear unraveled at your parents’ house?”
5. Mems (short for memories). Ami’s dude loves a certain photo of her when she was an angry college student with over-plucked eyebrows. She keeps it on her phone and texts it to him if she said or did something stupid.
6. Courtship flashbacks. Do something you guys used to do at the beginning of your relationship, when you were young and carefree and didn’t get annoyed at the sound of the other person’s chewing.
7. Cleaning the bathroom unsolicited. This counts as a gift because cleaning the bathroom is the worst, and there’s no surprise better than an unexpectedly sparkling toilet.
8. Funny t-shirts. Ami is fond of one that says “I’m Doin’ Me.”
9. Cold Pizza. If you yelled about cold pizza, the respectable thing is to show up at his place with a cold pizza and tell him you want to grow old and fat together.
10. Watch your partner’s favorite TV show. Watch the hockey game to demonstrate how sorry you are for saying you have “sports blindness” and can’t see sports when they’re on TV. You also have to pretend to be interested at least for 10 – 15 minutes.
11. Massage. Winona’s boyfriend has found a foolproof way to fix any awkward post-fight vibes: a spontaneous back massage. A few good kneads and suddenly all is forgiven!
12. SNUGS. Short for snuggling, which is the life force. It makes everything better all the time.
13. Sex/oral sex. It’s hard to stay mad at each other after an awesome orgasm.
14. Praise the thing you criticized. If you’re annoyed about your partner’s Instagram habit, ask to look through his feed and give the pictures you like a glowing critique.
15. Remind them exactly why you love them. When a fight crops up, it focuses attention on the pet peeves or negative feelings we have toward our partners; change the dialogue by telling them all the reasons you adore them, and all their cute little habits that don’t make you want to scream.
[Photo of couple eating pizza via Shutterstock]


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You never give it a thought that you miss your periods until they are late! Before you push the panic button, keep in mind that there are several things that are messing with your cycle- no it’s not “pregnancy” for sure. Take a few breaths and it will surely show up. Stop thinking about it, in the interim, here are seven reasons why your periods are held up.
- If you travel a lot, your period could go on a vacation too! Long flights, visiting new places, time differences and travelling can mess up with your periods! Sometimes, it can cause your periods to occur earlier, while, it may be the contrary for some! Just chill and enjoy your vacation and let your cycle adjust. This is absolutely normal!
2. Have you been sick lately? That nasty cold is surely causing your periods to come late, especially if it occurs in the middle of your ovulation period. You period might occur a week or two later or you might just miss it completely! This happens due to your body’s potential to fight bacteria, and it can’t multi-task, to ovulation is given a back seat! Don’t worry, if you miss your period while you are sniffling!!
3. Stress messes up with your cycle too! There are a number of reasons that make us undergo stress, it could be a break-up, exam pressure, work, family or anything. There are higher chances that you miss your period when you are extremely stressed, the ovulation is held up until you are not stressed. It is nature’s way of dealing with it. So, just relax!
4. A sudden change in your weight can impact your period! Yes, a gradual increase or decrease in your weight is good, but when it happens suddenly and frequently it does cause a tough time on your hormones while trying to adjust to your new body. Your weight does impact your periods, so be slow with it!
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6. PCOS (Polycystic ovarian syndrome) is very common and majority of the girls do not find out their entire lives that they suffer from it! It is basically a hormonal imbalance which modifies the progesterone, estrogen and testosterone levels in the body, which are related to your periods. Period irregularity is one of the easiest yet treatable symptoms of PCOS. Visit your doctor if you feel like you have it, also another reason that you could be missing out on your period is thyroid! So watch out!
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Missing your period or having it late is quite normal, it is just a sign that there may be things that need a bit of change when it comes to your lifestyle!! If you have made new changes in your daily routine just go with the flow, once your body has adjusted, your periods will occur normally as they used to. So, worry not, it’s not something to be concerned about!
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I feel like I need to just catch up.
After my lesson yesterday, I realized there are quite a few random and disjointed thoughts swirling around in my head about dance, none of which (on the surface) are ready for their own post. So I thought I would just collect them here and see what comes out.
Yesterday was a review of 2 of the open standard routines, one of which needed some additions to bring it to the proper time. We started with Quickstep (which needed the additions). Of all the dances, Quickstep is definitely the one that changes the most from syllabus to open level. I am finding it intimidating on the one hand, but ready to dive into the challenge on the other.
Following QS, we went through the Foxtrot, which was more a case of me trying to follow what Boss was leading as, like the QS, we haven’t really worked on it or run it together. I think the main point of the first part of the lesson was for Boss to simultaneously review the routines (it had been since before Christmas for both), and determine the places where I need the most work so we can start focusing on them in lessons.
I am going to be away for 3 weeks beginning the middle of March, so until then I will have 4 lessons a week to sort of pre-make-up the time. I am looking forward to the concentrated block.
When I get back from that trip, Boss tells me he hopes to have some news about us dancing together more as he has an injury that will be reassessed. I am eager to hear what he will have to say but don’t hold out for much beyond working together more in lessons. Competing is more or less up to him right now and I don’t seem him as eager to get back on the floor. For me, there is so much to do I am not in any rush myself.
I still haven’t completely figured out how to work through the open routines on my own yet, but I can feel ideas peculating in the back of my mind. Have to let them settle.
After the QS and Fox, we worked a little bit on Tango before going into tango conditioning (which is 4-step, promenade close, drag, back corte repeated for a set amount of time followed by rest till my pulse recovers and repeat). I was surprised that Boss did the entire set with me (which certainly got the pulse up!). Usually I do all conditioning on my own while he monitors time and the technique, although the last couple times he has done the last set with me. I think he is testing out his injury a little and seeing where he is at for conditioning (generally much better than me!).
There is a strength and quality about my movement in standard right now that is new. When we were doing tango, Boss kept asking me if I could feel that I am now ‘using my legs’, but while I can tell there are different elements happening, I can’t (yet) equate or describe what I am doing or where it is coming from. In tango especially, I am willing to bet it is different if I don’t try to focus on doing something and just let myself move. There is definitely something happening in my ‘natural’ movement I can feel my mind trying to latch on to.
In retrospect, the same could be applied to both foxtrot and quickstep. There was something about how I was moving in general that was different (and I think positive), although perhaps not completely consistent that is coming from somewhere (likely some of the exercises I am doing). Like I tried to describe above, I can feel the difference, but I can’t describe it or say what it is I am doing and I think trying to figure it out changes it. Again, I think Boss recognizes it more that I do (and thinks I am better aware of it than I am). It’ s like I just want to work through some things in standard until I can understand what I am doing so that I don’t ruin it by ‘trying’.
Some general thoughts on Latin–
Ever have something seem just a little bit out of the reach of your brain and you keep doing it but you can tell it is just a little off? That was me until a week ago in back steps. Boss had explained them (again) and I had begun work on them, but right away I could tell I was missing a big piece. The way I was focusing on the movement was off. We had gone through several different versions of the same thing–focusing on hip, moving leg, feet, turnout, it just always seemed a little ‘off’. Two weeks we hit on it though–for me, I need to focus on the standing leg and everything else tends to move as it should. Once I centred in on that, the back walks seem to have ‘clicked’ together and what Boss is describing and what I am doing now makes sense.
Love those ‘aha’ moments but man, they tend to make you want to pull hair out getting there!
For latin routines, I am feeling pretty good on the two sections I am working on in both Rumba and Samba and am ready to try to venture out. The technique is of course not fully there, but the sequence and timing is coming more naturally and taking less thought, which is my first goal with the routines. Once I have the movements joined and flowing, I can start pulling apart the technique as we work on them in lessons. I hope to equally be able to do the first part of the waltz when I get back to regular practice on Wednesday.
My schedule was a bit disrupted last week while my father was visiting, which was expected. He has headed back home today, so tomorrow it’s off and running again.
The other thing we have been working on in latin is the connection between us, the action and reaction, and keeping our weight (meaning mine mostly) forward towards Boss. It’s another thing, like the movement in standard that I can feel my mind processing through in the background. Something that needs to become an innate habit and is almost there, but not quite.
In both cases, it is like I am standing on the edge of a cliff, almost ready to jump, but not quite sure if I brought the right harnesses. Eventually, I just need to do it, but there are still too many options and directions to go for me to be completely ready to take the plunge.
It’s a bit of a fascinating time for me in dance, with a lot more going on that I have had in a while. I can feel myself slowly preparing for bringing things to the next level, so that I have a chance of making it work when I get there.
More baby steps, but not bad for recovering.


PorchDrinking’s 2018 Midterm Election Drinking Game
Can you hear it? That’s the sweet sweet sound of silence on the horizon. We’ve finally arrived at election day, which means by tomorrow the barrage of political ads will be all but a distant memory. Until then, we thought we’d help make election day a little more entertaining with a 2018 Election Drinking Game.
Early voting numbers in several states have already dwarfed 2014, but the main event culminates on Tuesday, November 6 when millions of Americans will decide the fate of Congress, state officials and a host of other positions. After the polls close, there’s nothing one can do but sit back and watch the results. What better way to enjoy the tallying, than with a few drinks…and a game? It’s time for PorchDrinking’s semi-regular election night drinking game. Are you ready?
- Someone shows up to your results watch party without an I Voted Sticker.
- Someone in your group asks “Who is even running this year?”
Campaign HQ is playing any of these songs in the background: 1 drink
- “We are the Champions” (Queen)
- “Beautiful Day” (U2)
- “Don’t Stop” (Fleetwood Mac)
- “Celebration” (Kool & the Gang)
- “We Are Family” (Sister Sledge)
- “Born in the USA” (Bruce Springsteen)
- “Trump country” mention: 1 drink
- Home state mention: 1 drink
- Gerrymandering mention: 1 drink
- Any time Putin or Russia is referenced take a shot of vodka
- Technical issues with a reporter in the field, or with the “Magic map”: 1 drink
- Introduction of an unnecessary, pointless technology: 1 drink
Politics & Parties
- Blue Wave or Red Wave mentioned: Take 1 group drink while everyone in the room performs the wave. (Person on the far left takes a drink, then the person next to him or her, and so on until the person on the far right takes the last drink.)
- Any talk about a potential candidate for President in 2020/2024: 1 drink
- Take a shot if any outlet references a celebrity without any political experience as a viable candidate in 2020 or 2024
Voting Numbers & Analysis
- Any mention of exit polling: 1 drink
- Mention of “New voting demographics”: 1 drink
- Mention of “Highest turnout since _____”: 1 drink
- If you hear someone say “This is the most important election”: Fist pump and 2 drinks
- Mention of your current Congressperson/Senator/Governor by name: 1 drink
- Explanation of what “Too early to call” / “Too close to call” means: 1 drink
- Someone you voted for is announced as a winner: Take your neighbor’s drink and finish it.
- If a third party candidate wins a seat: 3 drinks
- If a contested fight flips (Like Beto beating Cruz): Finish your drink
- If a candidate you voted for loses: pour one out for your fallen candidate.
Media & Live Shots
- They show more than 4 pundits sitting at a table together.: 1 Drink (Also, tack on one more drink for every extra pundit sitting at that table.
- Anytime a completely random totally unrelated statistic is referenced: Randomly make up the number of drinks to doll out to friends.
- Fake News mention: Pretend to take a shot.
- Nate Silver or Five-Thirty Eight Mention: 1 drink
- Pan to a local dining or drinking establishment: 1 drink
- Any shot of confetti or balloon drops: 1 drink
- When controversial breaking news occurs during the election results: Take a Shot
- If they show the results for an uncontested race: 1 drink
- Any (and every) live coverage of a Trump Rally: Shotgun you beer
- 1 drink – “Breaking news” or “Key race alert” graphic, just to announce that a race is close, not yet called (max 5 drinks for the night)
Investigations, voting legality and indictments
- Any mention of Putin or Russia: 1 shot of vodka
- Any reference to Paul Manafort: 1 shot of the most embarrassing liquor in your house
- If someone mentions voter suppression: 1 drink and shed one tear
- Mention of Mueller: 1 shot
- Mention of Cohen: Take a drink when no one is looking
1 shot of NyQuil: All races have been called, or it’s 11 p.m., whichever comes first (you have to work in the morning, after all).
The Morning After
1 Bottle of Sports Drink after the night is over. It’s a Tuesday! Gotta be presentable for work tomorrow!
Special thanks to the entire PD staff for contributions to this post. / Cover Photo Courtesy of Hollywood Reporter


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But the threat that many executives saw was not the credit crisis then looming — it was the threat of excessive litigation and overregulation. Wall Street urged Washington to lighten up.
The financial industry could not get what it wanted then, but it may get what it wants now.
If adopted, the sweeping overhaul of the system overseeing the American financial system proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. on Monday could hand Wall Street investment banks a major victory in their years of effort to streamline regulation.
While the plan is unlikely to gain Congressional approval soon, and may go nowhere in a partisan election year, it echoes many of the seemingly subtle and yet profound changes that Wall Street has been lobbying for all along.
One change Wall Street wants is for regulators to shift from policing the industry with hard and fast rules — do this, don’t do that — to using looser “principles” that might be open to interpretation. Another is to modernize the hodgepodge of state and federal regulators that sometimes overlap and compete with one another.
Mr. Paulson’s plan would take a step toward both of these changes by consolidating banking and insurance regulators and potentially merging the Securities and Exchange Commission with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, then stripping the combined entity of much of its regulatory authority. Many on Wall Street applaud those proposals.
“I thought it was a major step forward,” Thomas A. Russo, chief legal officer of Lehman Brothers, said of the proposal. “The world became homogenized, but the regulatory structure stayed within the same straitjacket.”
Proponents of the principles approach say it is more efficient. They point to the meteoric rise of London as a global financial center, which has fueled worries that New York might one day lose its title as the world capital of capital. The Financial Services Authority, Britain’s main financial regulator, relies on principles rather than rules.
Some former American regulators, however, wonder whether Wall Street deserves a longer leash, especially at such a chaotic time in the markets and the broader economy. After all, the financial industry has had plenty of scrapes with regulators in recent years, over issues ranging from conflicted stock research to questionable mortgage investments.
“Some advocates want broad principles that will not be enforced,” said Harvey J. Goldschmid, a former Democratic commissioner at the S.E.C. who now teaches at Columbia Law School. “You take that approach and the problems of subprime and securitization will look like minor bumps compared to the mess we will have in the future.”
Richard C. Breeden, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and chairman of Breeden Capital Management, questions whether the Treasury’s proposals will end up hurting rather than helping the investing public.
“I don’t see what’s in it for the public in this plan,” Mr. Breeden said. “What’s in it for the taxpayers and the customers of these firms?”
But Wall Street, among the most deep-pocketed and politically savvy industries in America, senses opportunity.
In November 2006, the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation released a report concluding, “It is the committee’s view that in the shift of regulatory intensity balance has been lost to the competitive disadvantage of U.S. financial markets.”
A separate report, released two months later by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Senator Charles E. Schumer, stated in stark terms that the United States was falling behind.
“The last thing that New York and the country, for that matter, need is to wake up one morning and find we are no longer the financial capital of the world,” Senator Schumer, Democrat of New York, said at the time.
Hal S. Scott, the Harvard Law School professor who directed the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, said on Monday that he agreed with many of the Treasury’s short-term recommendations. But he argued that the government should not waste its time with the medium-term proposals and instead move directly toward more radical reform with a principles-based system.
“Too often we have a problem and we say ‘here’s a rule’ and then people figure out a way to get around the rule,” Mr. Scott said. “We’d be better off with a principle.”
Still, Wall Street has until recently flourished despite — and sometimes because of — the current regulatory system. Markets for some complex investments, like collateralized debt obligations, do not appear to have been policed by anyone. And no agency has effectively addressed the huge leverage in the system, a problem that seriously compounded the recent crisis.
Indeed, as the industry has increased its profits geometrically in recent years, the size of agencies like the S.E.C. has not kept pace. As a result, regulators have struggled to react to seismic changes in the industry, like the rise of hedge funds and the proliferation of financial products that are traded in the shadows among firms, rather than openly on exchanges. That has former S.E.C. commissioners wondering why turning the commission into a different agency would improve things.
“It’s the height of disregard to America’s investors to abolish the one agency that has done something to protect the public from the baser urges of Wall Street,” Mr. Breeden said.
But he admitted change was hard. “It’s not so clear that just because you draw simpler charts and simpler boxes, the system works better,” he said.


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Park Hosts Special Program in July
Shenandoah National Park and the Shenandoah National Park Association are hosting another special program featuring renowned author Jeff Alt who will inspire enthusiasm and care for nature and the outdoors. The program will be held at Byrd Visitor Center at milepost 51 on Skyline Drive.
Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:30 a.m.: "Get Your Kids Hiking!"
This short family stroll turns a walk in the park into a fun filled multi-dimensional adventure. Family hiking expert and author of Get Your Kids Hiking, Jeff Alt, teams up with Shenandoah National Park Rangers to lead kids and accompanying adults on a short hike loaded with hands-on family hiking tips and ways to explore the outdoors. Learn how a few simple techniques and some basic equipment can turn any walk in the woods into a safe, fun-filled adventure that kids of all ages and parents will enjoy. Come prepared for a short walk. Open to children of all ages. In addition, Alt will present his A Walk for Sunshine Appalachian Trail Program at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 6th in the Great Room at Big Meadows Lodge.
Jeff Alt is an expert hiker and a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA). Alt is the author of the award-winning books, A Walk for Sunshine, Four Boots One Journey and Get Your Kids Hiking: How to Start Them Young and Keep it Fun. His adventures and hiking expertise have been featured in national media including: Discoverychannel.com, ESPN, Hallmark Channel, the AP, CNN-Radio, New Dimensions National Public Radio, Scholastic Parent and Child and more.
The program is free. There is a $15-per-car entrance fee to Shenandoah National Park which is good for seven days. For more information about these events and other park programs, visit the Shenandoah National Park website at http://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm.


North East LHIN CEO receives OTN award
July 8, 2015
SUDBURY – Louise Paquette (pictured), Chief Executive Officer of the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN), has been honoured with an inaugural Champions of Telemedicine Award from the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). The award was given for her work in helping more Northerners access care through telemedicine technology.
“In her role as CEO, she has spearheaded the use of telemedicine across the region and was a key player in the development of OTN in the North,” said Dr. Ed Brown, OTN’s founder and chief executive officer, upon presenting her the award at the NE LHIN’s Sudbury office.
The NE LHIN has the most active telemedicine sites of all LHINs at 300 – an amount which has expanded more than five-fold since 2007. The NE LHIN has supported the expanded use of this technology by funding telemedicine nursing positions, partnering with OTN to host forums on its use, and promoting initiatives that make use of its technology like Telehomecare.
The NE LHIN is one of the early adopters of Telehomecare. So far, more than 1,500 Northerners have participated in the program which pairs people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or heart failure, with nursing coaches and remote sensing technology to learn how to better self-manage their chronic conditions.
Not only does Telehomecare improve quality of life for its users, it also helps them to avoid unnecessary trips to a hospital’s emergency department or hospitalization.
“As a Northerner, I know that it isn’t always easy to access specialist care without having to spend time and money travelling,” said Paquette. “Making better use of technology to deliver healthcare is our Northern ticket to increasing access to care closer to home.”
OTN’s 16 inaugural Champions of Telemedicine, including Paquette, were featured in a recent Globe and Mail article.
“Ontario’s healthcare system wouldn’t be where it is today if it wasn’t for the leadership of providers across the province who have adopted new technologies to improve care delivery,” said Dr. Brown. “While OTN works hard to steward technology, our providers are working even harder, integrating this technology into their practice so their patients can receive the right care in the right place.”
OTN’s front-line staff, team and community partners were asked to submit nominations for the award to be reviewed by OTN’s senior leadership team. As Dr. Brown explained, the Champions of Telemedicine are “the real heroes of our healthcare system.”


I've been doing some tracking on my miles and fuel consumption until a quarter tank is left, and I usually travel rush hour traffic highway and city, I'm only getting 19 mpg.. Something seem off. what is everybody else getting?
I would average anywhere from 23 to 26 with a very heavy right foot on my 2.5 Auto. That was mostly city driving with a small amount of highway from time to time.
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I got about 19 - 21 average on my SE 2.5... getting 30-32 routinely on my GLI
been tracking fuel consumption since day 1 on my 2.5.
My current average is 27.823mpg and all time low is 23.037mpg and all time high is 32.811 mpg. This is with just shy of 20k miles on the car. My driving is about 65% highway and 35% traffic.
I've also been cycling different octane fuels every 5000 miles to determine if there is a difference. There isn't (with this car). So just stick to regular, you won't get more mpg's out of premium.
325 miles with 12 gallons is 27mpg. Which if your computer is as crappy as mine, should be about right. I filled up at 167 miles yesterday, gauge said I was in between 50% and 75% full and at 28.3mpg and the true value I hand calculated was 24.9... a whopping 3.4mpg difference, crappy computer!! lol
on my sel, ive normally got anywhere between 19 if im gassing it, and 23 if i just let it sit on cruise control all the time.. right now my avg on the jetta is saying 26-27.. why, i dunno but im not complaining.. but i will complain because i can only go 180 more miles on my tank, and only got 140 miles on my tank.. which is going to tell me im getting roughly 21 mpg when i fill up -.-


EpiPens are in short supply across the country, Health Canada announced in a news release last week.
The shortage of the epinephrine auto-injectors is due to “disruption of the manufacture of the drug,” according to a report from Drug Shortages Canada.
Pfizer, the company that manufactures the drug in the pens, says it anticipates the next shipment sometime in late August.
Sutherland’s Drugs in Yellowknife just recently ran out of EpiPens, says pharmacist Aaron LaBorde.
“Until the last two weeks, we were able to just order a small amount at a time,” says LaBorde. “Right now we’re completely out and I can’t get any regular EpiPens.”
He says a few people have come into the pharmacy looking to buy them over the last few weeks and left empty handed.
“There’s been nobody that’s been upset or in an emergency situation where they need one, but it is an inconvenience to have to wait for a period of time,” he says.
The company says it does not expect to be able to provide a new supply of EpiPens until the end of the month. In the meantime, LaBorde says, people can continue to use what they have.
“People should just keep what they’ve got at home,” he says.
“If they’ve got one that’s expired, keep that around and they can still use that. As of right now, that’s kind of the option. The ones that they say expire at whatever date, it’s the end of the month always of the month that they list on there. And that doesn’t mean it’s not going to work after that date, it will still work. You just start to lose potency after a period of time after that.”
There is also epinephrine in a vial that a person could take and draw up with a syringe and inject if they were in a very desperate situation as well, he says.
LaBorde says people should also check in with their local pharmacy to find out when they restock.
“If there’s people that are looking for them, the best course of action is usually to just contact the pharmacy,” says LaBorde. “That’s a good resource, to just check in and see when they’re available, or when they’re expected to be available. “


Origin and history
The settlers brought horses with them to Iceland. Considering the value of horses for transportation as well as the long journey over the Atlantic Ocean on small ships, it is likely that the settlers picked strong and sturdy individuals to fund their future herds. Very few horses were imported after the settlement. The closest relatives seem to be the Norwegian Fjord, the Faroe Island horse and the Shetland pony.
The population had to survive harsh weather conditions and in most cases rely on very limited grazing during winters. These living conditions formed the physiology of the horse. Small horses with relatively large bodies that were able to consume of fodder during short summers and gain weight fast before winter were more likely to survive.
Since the 19th century the Icelandic horse served well as a draught-horse until tractor power took over by the middle of the 20th century, and now it has become a highly popular riding and equestrian sport horse. The most unique characteristics of the Icelandic horse are the great colour variation and its five gaits; walk, trot, gallop (canter), tölt and pace. The smooth gait, tölt, has become a well known quality symbol of the Icelandic horse, contributing a great deal to its popularity worldwide.
The Farmers Association of Iceland (FAIC) is responsible for the breeding work and sets the official breeding goals covering both condition traits and riding ability. Currently, there are assumed to be around 75,000 horses in Iceland and the sum of all horses of Icelandic origin abroad is likely to approach the same number. An international recording system and a database is operated by FAIC (http://www.worldfengur.com/) where horses of the Icelandic breed are registered worldwide. In WorldFengur you can find comprehensive information on around 300.000 Icelandic horses all around the world such as pedigree, offspring, pictures, assessments, owners, breeders, BLUP, colours, microchips and more. Also you can find about 5.000 pictures of breeding horses.
Horse breeding is a big industry in Iceland today and practiced by a large proportion of the population for both pleasure and pay. Well bred animals with high breeding scores are highly priced and tournaments and breeding shows are popular events among many people.
The qualities of Icelandic horses are in many aspects a unique asset and the population is valued both in Iceland and abroad. Although effective population size has decreased in recent decades, the breed is not considered in any danger with respect to sustainability.


The one thing that every hotel should have, but doesn’t
Being as we travel as much as we do, staying in hotels is a necessity. When you sleep so many nights away from home, you want your experience to be as little of a departure from the norm as possible. When simple things are missing from hotels, it can become a burden and wreck your stay. With that said, when you’re traveling in a new country or city, it can be hard to get accustomed to your surroundings.
Many hotels all over the world will do things to make it as little of a change as possible by offering different pillow types (down, foam, feather free, etc) or even amenities that make you feel welcome. Many times we arrive to find handwritten notes and small things like extra bottled water, a food amenity, etc, just to make us feel even more welcomed.
But there’s one thing, one super simple thing, which I think all hotels should be doing to make the experience better for their guests. And you know what the best part is? It won’t even cost anything extra for the hotels to implement, apart from perhaps two to three cents in printing costs.
After a long day of touring about in a foreign country, sometimes it’s nice to come back to your hotel room and click on the TV to see what’s going on in the world around you. In many countries, finding an English-speaking channel is a challenge. In one of our stays in Italy a couple of years back, we got sucked into watching this quasi-porno mattress salesperson, even though we couldn’t pick up a word of what she was saying.
Flip on the TV
The problem is that every hotel has a different set of satellite channels, and some don’t have any English channels apart from perhaps CNN or BBC world. How hard would it be for ALL hotels to make a push to get a channel list in the room for guests to know which channel to go to?
Now sure, I expect many of you will come back and say “oh come on, there’s usually a guide button on the remote control.” Yes, sometimes there is, and sometimes there isn’t and I spent 30 minutes flipping through channels trying to find something in English!
Some televisions that we’ve used even have upwards of 100 radio channels towards the end of the dial. I’d love to be able to avoid that and just go directly to what we want to watch.
The Four Points hotels that we’ve stayed at usually, as a rule, have channel guides. Many of the apartment-style hotels (like Residence Inn or Element Hotels) also have channel guides since truly you are supposed to feel like a home away from home. I’m tired of having such simple things missing from hotels.
So, hotels of the world, PLEASE! I implore you to please take time out of someone’s day to make a simple list for us, your guest. Put the paper just underneath the remote on the nightstand and make our stay just that much better.


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Cloud migration brings benefits across the value chain, but different industries see things differently. As you can see in the chart of the total respondent pool below, almost a third of respondents say new geographical markets or lines of business are driving growth.
The story is different for retail, where 29% of respondents say operational efficiency is driving strategic growth. Healthcare, on the other hand, is significantly more driven by new geographical markets (44%). Professional services lies on the other end of the spectrum—only 20% said that new geographies were driving growth.
While financial services also value these growth drivers, a healthy 26% say that new product and service development within existing lines of business are driving growth. Government/education organizations are the least likely industry to have strategic growth driven by new product and service development—only 16% of respondents said that was so.


Imagine your favorite music available at your fingertips from any room in your home. Advances in distributed audio/video systems now make it possible to have a single home entertainment system that can be enjoyed anywhere in your home. With our multi-zone and multi-source systems, you can listen to a CD in the den while someone else listens to the radio in the kitchen. Even a movie playing in the family room can be viewed simultaneously in the bedroom.
Many of the multi-room systems incorporate keypads that can duplicate the functions of your stereo receiver and other components. They can be located in any room where you wish to have complete control of your entertainment system. Also, each keypad can contain an infrared receiver, so it can be operated with a remote control. Now you can enjoy music and entertainment effortlessly in any room of the house.


How Teachers too Need to Build Merit for Career Growth
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“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
At first glance, these words by French-American historian and philosopher of education Jacques Barzun in the 1950s seem to reflect the dilemma facing India’seducation sector today. And one may further jump to the common pitch that teaching has a ‘noble purpose’ and that society needs to renew its regard or respect for teaching.
However, I would argue that our country, which has been the home to several ‘gurus’ since time immemorial, still has regard or respect for ‘teaching’ and it is too deep in our mindsets to ebb away easily.
Rather, what seems to be getting eroded is the ‘aspiration’ associated with teaching as a ‘profession’, and this is not due to an erosion of traditions, but is a simple case of ‘market failure’.
What Led to Market Failure
Let us look at the background to this market failure. What most people in education sector have started agreeing on, is that while content, pedagogy, technology can contribute to quality, the most important role is played by the teacher in the classroom.
That understanding has led to a host of initiatives to improve the quality of teachers — teachers’ training, supporting teachers through content, providing facilitating technology and so on.
While the good initiatives among these fulfil important purposes such as honing skills or introducing new pedagogical practices or even meeting mandatory requirements, a question that remains is: Why should the teacher take up this training of content or technology and improve his or her skills in classroom teaching? What is the incentive for him or her to do that?
In a 2014 survey of about 300 new teachers and 120 senior teachers/principals, a vast majority responded that, in addition to the satisfaction of seeing their students learn and grow (which is of course a natural incentive for teaching), they would be keen to see: (1) merit-based career opportunities; (2) financial rewards; (3) public recognition. Here, we are not talking about mandatory increase in teachers’ salaries or just making teachers ‘feel good’. A keyword here is ‘merit-based’. Another keyword is ‘career opportunities’, indicating a long-term view rather than instant gratification.
What Allowed this to Happen?
How about a competency certification for teachers that is rooted in high standards, therefore signalling quality that is aligned with market needs? Will this lead to opportunities for teachers? Such a market-driven certification could address three pillars of any profession – standards, opportunities and aligned professional development.
The adherence to teaching standards that promise high quality of education to a child makes certification the benchmark of excellence for the teacher. With the certification being a common currency, these opportunities can go well beyond what each individual school may be able to create – benefitting all schools in the process.
So the opportunities can range from better placements and promotions to several supplemental roles such as content creation, selection for high-quality training programs, and national or international-level recognition for great teachers and their schools. With these kinds of opportunities, a much larger population of teachers will feel motivated to improve their competencies and therefore ‘demand’ aligned professional development options (training, content, technology, etc. that are most aligned with market needs).
The Final Question
Does such a certification have to be ‘market-driven’ or could it be ‘mandated’? A mandatory model means that the certificate is no longer compelled to open up opportunities for its own survival – so it is very easy, particularly in a large and diverse country like India, for the certificate to become disconnected with the market, because it is mandated anyway.
A market-driven certification is compelled to be aligned with on-the-ground requirements and therefore has the power of creating the virtuous cycle of excellence leading to opportunities, that lead to more focus on professional development. In the long term, the increase in opportunities and greater professionalism will inspire a larger number of people with the right skills, attitude and passion to embrace teaching as a preferred profession.


Context: The oncolytic polio-rhinovirus recombinant (PVSRIPO) has demonstrated promise in currently ongoing phase I/II clinical trials against recurrent glioblastoma and was granted breakthrough therapy designation by the Food and Drug Administration/Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. A reliable clinical assay to document expression of the poliovirus receptor, CD155, in routinely available patient tumor samples is needed for continued clinical development of PVSRIPO oncolytic immunotherapy in primary brain tumors and beyond. Objectives: To validate a novel anti-CD155 antibody for immunohistochemistry and develop a robust, reliable, and specific protocol for detecting CD155 expression in glioblastoma formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. To characterize the expression of CD155 in human glioblastoma cells as well as to evaluate the influence of CD155 expression levels on tumor cell susceptibility to PVSRIPO infection and killing. Design: Immunohistochemical staining on glioblastoma FFPE tissue sections and immunoblot of corresponding frozen tissues were performed. Positive controls were confirmed sites of poliovirus propagation, spinal cord anterior horn, and tonsils; negative controls were vascular smooth muscle in patient samples and FFPE sections from a confirmed CD155-negative Burkitt lymphoma line (Raji). Results: We succeeded in developing a reliable assay to specifically detect CD155 by immunohistochemistry in glioblastoma FFPE sections. Our data suggest widespread, virtually universal expression of CD155 in glioblastoma cells at levels commensurate with susceptibility to PVSRI-PO infection and killing. Conclusions: Anti-CD155 antibody D3G7H achieves monospecific detection of CD155 in immunoblots of tumor homogenates and immunohistochemistry of tumor FFPE sections. Our assay has utility in defining appropriate use of PVSRIPO in oncolytic immunotherapy against malignant glioma and other cancer histotypes.