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How to Read and Write Kalimba Tablature
If it matters to you what notes you are going to play - that is, if you want to learn specific songs and want to achieve specific learning, Kalimba Tablature is a very good way to accomplish that. Tablature is a map of the kalimba that shows you which tines to play to make a song.
Why and How of Kalimba Tablature
I have written hundreds of songs on the kalimba, but, unless I take action, most of them are gone by the time I wake up the next day. To make it easy to save my kalimba ideas for another day, I invented a kalimba tablature, a visually intuitive diagram or map of the kalimba that shows you which tines to play to produce a song or exercise. The tablature to the right is for the 15-note Alto kalimba, and is the song Mwana Aboyi Mama from the 1968 Hugh Tracey manual. The black center line represents a line separating left from right; the measures are numbered on the right side of the tablature; you read from bottom to the top; each tine is labeled with its note name at the bottom; the repeat signs are green here; and the note symbols indicate the tines to play as well as how long to wait between plucking this tine and when you pluck the next.
Click here to listen to the song.
I use this kalimba tablature to help me remember new songs I write; as a tool that gives me an easy way to put down, one note at a time, what i am composing; as an instructional tool to convey detailed musical ideas to students; and as a tool to help me learn difficult passages that my mind has created but my hands don't yet understand. I have written dozens of kalimba books and instructional downloads using this tablature.
Demonstration of Kalimba Tablature with Greensleeves
The Goshen Box 8-Note Kalimba plays along with KTabS to demo the tablature.
Comparing Kalimba Tablature with Staff Notation
For comparison's sake, I have reproduced Mwana Aboyi Mama in standard staff notation, which of course reads left to right. The advantage to using staff notation is that anyone who has achieved a degree of facility with music notation could sing or play it on piano. However, it is a major challenge to read this music and play it on the kalimba, and the reasons include, first, that in addition to being familiar with music notation, you also need to already know where each note is on the kalimba. Plus you will have to separate out which notes are played by the right thumb and which by the left thumb. And last, there can be a lot of difficulty when trying to go from reading standard notation and understanding the linearity of it - notes low on the staff are low and those higher up are higher notes, and instinctually knowing where to sing or play these - to playing an instrument that is extremely different, divided in half, and played only with the thumbs. The gift of kalimba tablature is that it takes all those issues away. One need only follow it like a treasure map to produce the right notes, in the right order, and in the right timing. Whether you know standard notation, or have no musical experience at all, kalimba tablature gives you the key to making music on a kalimba.
The Tablature is a Map of the Kalimba
It is not that hard to look at the kalimba tablature and recognize that it is a map of the kalimba, and to see how to trace out the steps required to play a song. If there are two notes at the same horizontal level on the tablature, they are to be played at the same time. In this example, both first notes appear on shaded tines; these correspond with the painted tines on the kalimba. Go to the notes just up the page to learn which tines are to be played next. In this example, you can see that the right thumb plays the tine one further right from the tine it just played, and the left thumb plays the tine one further left from the tine it just played.
Children with no musical experience, and adults who never thought they could play music, can read this tablature and have a highly successful musical experience with the kalimba. In other words, kalimba tablature provides an avenue for learning kalimba that can work for almost anyone who has the patience to sit down and go after it step by step.
It is a lot like looking over the shoulder of someone who already knows how to play the kalimba - but the tablature will never get impatient with you no matter how many times you need to repeat something!
Geometrical Patterns
When I play kalimba, I can often see geometrical patterns dancing on the kalimba tines. When looking at a song written out on kalimba tablature, these geometrical patterns can be very noticeable (see the diagram to the right with the pattern marked to make it highly visible). Sometimes I use a geometrical pattern to lead me to a song or at least it can give me the seed for a song, and it is a wonderful feeling when one comes out of it. And you can use a memorable geometrical pattern to remember a song and play it by heart.
More on Reading Tablature
The kalimba tablature is an elongated map of the kalimba, and reads from bottom up. It is totally connected to what your thumbs need to do to make music. Using tablature, you won't waste any time figuring out where a given note is supposed to be played on your kalimba, left or right side—the tablature shows you exactly which tine to play to accomplish the song you need to make.
Tablature is flexible and can accommodate all types of kalimba; ones that have few tines or ones that are packed with them. If your kalimba has fewer tines, that kalimba's tablature will also have fewer tines, just like the 8-note tablature in the diagram.
There is one disadvantage to tablature: until you have a lot of experience reading it, you probably won't be able to look at a song notated in tablature and know exactly what it will sound like. You'll just have to play it to hear the song.
Kalimba Tablature and A Few Music Basics
Music is based on a recurring cycle in time, and a measure is one of the smallest units of that recurring cycle. Bars demarcate the beginning and end of a measure; in this tablature, the bars are the dark horizontal lines next to the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to the right of the tablature. The numbers indicate measures; the first measure is between 1 and 2, the second is between 2 and 3, and so on. The same amount of time goes by in each measure, and notes are the pulses of that time. The more notes there are in between the bars, the faster you need to play the notes. Kalimba tablature uses the same note symbols as standard staff notation (quarter notes, eighth notes, etc.) which describe how long a note is held. The timing of a piece of music is dictated by a fraction, called the "time signature". (See the 4/4 at the bottom left of the tablature diagram.) The top 4 indicates 4 beats per measure, and the bottom 4 means that a quarter note is given one beat. In this example, the whole note gets four beats, half notes get two beats, quarter notes get one beat, and eighth notes each get half a beat.
Chords are multiple notes played at the same time, producing a harmonic sound. An example of a chord in kalimba tablature appears just above the bar in Measure 5 in the tablature diagram above. Arpeggios (the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously) are often played on adjacent tines as in Measure 3. Scales zig-zag back and forth on kalimba; notes progress outward to go up the scale as in Measure 4, or inward toward the center to go down the scale.
More Help with Notation
If you don't understand the rules for all of the symbols used in musical notation, you are in LUCK! This subject is covered in a series of blog posts Learn to Read Tablature 1, and Learn to Read Tablature 2. and Learn to Read Tablature 3.
Learning kalimba by playing old favorites
Simple tunes, complex tunes
Yes, kalimba tablature is fundamentally simple to read, but that does not restrict you to playing simple music. It is possible to notate very complex music with the tablature, as can be seen in the first four bars of Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
As you can see there are many notes to play, some on the same single beat of a measure. There are a couple of techniques used to deal with these instances. On the second beat of the first measure (at the word "the"), there are three notes to be played, G on the left and B and D on the right. While you place your left thumbnail over the G, place your right thumbnail in between the B and D tines, and pluck downward on all three at once and ta-daa! It makes a beautiful G chord with B in the bass. (You can always look down at the bottom of the tab to be reminded of what notes are being played.) Now look at the third beat of measure 3 ( at the word "to"). Do you see the five notes for you to play all at once? You will need to do a glissando to play that. A glissando is most easily accomplished if you have between 1/16 and 3/16 of an inch of thumb nail extending beyond the thumb flesh. Touch the C, the lowest (closest to the kalimba's center) of the five notes, with your thumb nail, and drag it slowly across the other notes, E, G, B, D, and then stop. What chord is that? A CM9 (C major ninth) in the pop charts, or C79 (C seven ninth) in classical music theory.
As you can see, the tablature is very simple, yet it is very capable.
Tablature - your key to the kalimba world
Tablature-based Books and Downloads for Various Kalimbas
Next Up: KTabS - Kalimba Tablature Software
KTabS is a marvelous software program that can be used to create tablature for any kalimba and any tune. KTabS was created by kalimba enthusiasts Randy and Sharon Eaton. People around the world have begun using KTabS and kalimba tablature to notate kalimba music, and I use it almost every day. All of the tablature examples on this page were written in KTabS, quickly and painlessly. And what's more, since KTabS plays the notes as you click on the tines on the screen, and the whole song can be played back at any point, I no longer make errors in my kalimba tablature.
Click on to the next section to learn more about KTabS.


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After you have a few recommendations for a new dentist, you may want to call or visit more than one of them. Again, your relationship with your dentist is very important, so make sure you are a good fit for one another.
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The Importance of the Follow Through
This is a guest post by Nicole Rodrigues, founder & CEO, NRPR Group
By Nicole Rodrigues, CEO and founder of NRPR Group.
Those of us veteran public relations professionals often preach to our teams the importance of following up on any leads or communication to help secure stories and earn media. One thing that is often overlooked, however, is the importance of the follow through. In our industry, I believe the follow through is actually what gets things done, earns trust and respect, and builds our businesses. At NRPR Group, one of the main factors that has contributed to our rapid success is not only the efficient systems and best practices we have in place, but the fact that we work with integrity, keep our word and follow through when we say we're going to do something. We've seen firsthand how deeply this additional step can impact our media relations results and the kind of stories we're able to tell for our clients. Because I believe in sharing the wealth with all PR pros, I'm happy to share three key facets to always put in practice with regards to follow throughs in this field:
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No matter where you live, work and travel to, we operate in a deadline-driven society. Time is money. Time is everything. At NRPR Group, we've set certain protocols and internal deadlines within our company to ensure we can meet clients' deadlines and exceed their expectations. To do this, we must really work together as a team. Following through for your teammates is the first step to a job well done. If you say you are going to take the lead or start something, it is important to do so not only in a timely manner, but also to the best of your abilities. It's easy to spot when something is done halfway or quickly. However, if someone genuinely tries – spends the extra time to do their research and strengthen their work – you can see it. This internal effort and accountability builds a relationship of respect and gratitude for your colleagues, who you can be confident are doing their work to strengthen the team. There is a mutual affinity that springs from this practice, along with a shared inspiration to return the favor and elevate the workplace culture. Additionally, from a management perspective, knowing all work has been completed to the best of each employee's ability through true teamwork provides a clear indication of where leaders can come in to teach and grow the team.
- Follow Through With Clients
We look at ourselves as extensions of our clients' teams. We are not some separate entity. When we come on board, we want them to feel as though we are sitting in with them every day, learning and understanding their business and goals. If we tell them we are going to pitch media a certain way, share things on social media, build reports or calendars and seek out opportunities that will accelerate their growth, we do it. Following through for our clients helps them trust that they're in good hands and builds the relationships between our two teams. It creates a transparent and seamless process that ultimately proves more symbiotic and successful than when PR is done separately in a vacuum. This practice is one of the reasons had very happy clients, year-over-year. We've set clear and meaningful expectations, remained dedicated, communicated honestly and followed through on our promises. We put our energy not only into securing media hits, but also into making our clients feel comfortable and cared for. That's really all they ask for, as many PR agencies overlook this important aspect of our business.
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Simply put: without the media, we do not have jobs. Our job, then, is to make sure we are working closely with members of the media – that we are giving them great story ideas and access to executives when they need commentary, all in a timely manner. If we send them a pitch with a bunch of broken promises, we set them up for failure. Again, trust and respect are at stake here. No follow through equals no relationship, and relationships are the foundation of our work. There may come a time when you have to man up and honestly say, "We thought we were going to have this story, but we can actually offer you this now instead…" Don't be afraid to admit when something shifts. This industry is a moving target, and the media knows this better than anyone. But never drop the ball or leave them hanging. Our job is to find a way to follow through with getting them the resources and information that can help them write the story. Period. Keeping this in mind has helped us build real relationships with the media that pays off well for our clients in the end.
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Ways Adults With Asperger's Syndrome Can Improve Their Social Skills
I've read quite a bit about Asperger's Syndrome, in books and academic articles, but also through a ton of forum posts by people who have it. Below is my synthesis of what seems to help them improve their social skills the most. I'll just be talking about very general ideas. I'm not going to reveal some earth-shattering secret to improvement that everyone else seemed to miss or anything.
People with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) can definitely make progress their social skills. They can be very far behind when they begin, and improvements may come slowly, but at least some people with AS will tell you they eventually managed to acquire a decent base of social competence. Usually what they say is that they still have a lot of their quirky traits, and they realize they'll never be the most magnetic person in the room, but the worst of their problems are behind them.
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I've read at least two dozen research journal articles that lay out the curricula for therapeutic various social skills training groups, and this never seems to come up. However, when I look at forums about Asperger's and social skills it's an issue I constantly see people struggling with.
People with Asperger's Syndrome often have extremely mixed feelings about the idea of improving their social skills. On one hand they may see how it could help them achieve some of their goals, say of making more friends, or getting into a romantic relationship. However, they may also dislike the idea at the same time, for all kinds of reasons:
- By the time they reach adulthood they may have completely associated socializing with things such as failure, discouragement, anxiety, confusion, depression, rejection, and not being accepted for who they are. It's kind of hard to get enthusiastic about learning and working on something that brings up those feelings in you.
- They may resent that they have to conform to typical people's idea of what good social skills are, even though a lot of those practices seem totally illogical (e.g., "Why can't people just come out and say what they mean? Why is being blunt necessarily such a bad thing? I'd say lying and tip toeing around what you want to say is even worse.")
- Similarly, they may be fed up with constantly getting the message that there's something wrong with them because they have Asperger's and they need to change, even though it's a variation in brain wiring, not some kind of disease.
- They may want certain things for themselves socially, like a social circle that understands them, but have no interest in other aspects of socializing, like small talk or office politics, and not want to learn them.
I think before diving into a program to try to improve their social skills, it would help someone with Asperger's to really explore how they feel about socializing and what they want from it, and get their thoughts and motivations all straightened out and in the open. If everything is clear then they can make an informed decision about how they want to proceed from there. If someone is trying to work on their social skills but their feelings on the matter are totally murky and conflicted, it's going to sabotage their progress.
One person may think about all this and come to the conclusion that they're totally bitter about the idea of improving their social skills, and don't actually want to do it. That's fine, and they can plan accordingly. Maybe they'll try to get past their bitterness, or maybe they'll try to set up their day-to-day life so they don't have to socialize as much.
Someone else may decide that some aspects of socializing rub them the wrong way, but they're willing to be pragmatic and play along to get what they want. Awesome. With their values clarified they can make better decisions about how they'll handle certain situations.
The people who seem to improve the most have a clear idea of what their goals are, and what they're willing to do and not do to achieve them. Some successful people with Asperger's seem to fall into the pragmatic mold, where they come to peace with the fact that the social world is set up a certain way, don't take it personally, and adapt to its rules in order to get the things in life that are important to them. The other type of successful 'Aspie' seems to be someone who wants to live life on their terms and tries to set up their world to accommodate that. They've also made their peace, this time with the things they'll have to miss out on in order to create a routine that works for them.
Make peace with your Asperger-ish traits
Many people with Asperger's struggle with that identity. They can put a lot of work into improving their social skills so they can pass as normal, and their sense of self-worth may be very tied into how successful they are at doing that. I can totally understand how someone could want to get over their interpersonal problems. What can happen though is their self-esteem gets so wrapped up in getting past their Asperger's that they deny and suppress some of their other traits, and that ultimately leaves them feeling unfulfilled.
In another article I write about how for any broad issue, it's important to keep the good aspects of it and work to get rid of the parts you don't like. It's not an either-or thing. Just because you want to get past some of your social awkwardness, it doesn't mean you have to completely throw away the other stuff too. With Asperger's there's nothing really wrong about, say, looking at the world in a different way, or having different priorities, or being super interested in esoteric topics. I've heard many people with AS say they became a lot happier when they just accepted all these traits, realized they were just a part of who they were, and went with them.
Give the 'Asperger's' label the right amount of power
This is a theme I also tended to see in forums. Some people seem to give the label too much power and use it to excuse their not trying to improve their social skills, or their giving up too early. Their thinking seems to be, "I have Asperger's. I can't do anything. There's no point in trying." In some cases the people who think like this may not be all that motivated to do better socially in the first place, and the label plays right into that.
On the other hand, if you do have Asperger's then you have to respect how it can make socializing harder for you. If you don't you may put unrealistic expectations on yourself and get discouraged when you don't meet them. There's nothing wrong with knowing your limits and working within them. It's the same as how an overweight person and a thin person may approach taking up jogging in different ways. They may both have the potential to become pretty fit after a few years, but they'll take different paths to get there.
There's also the whole issue of how some people may be misdiagnosed, or others may truly have AS, but never formally had a diagnosis applied to them. It emphasizes the importance of evaluating where your social skills stand, and how they may need to change, for their own sake. Regardless of what a label says you should or shouldn't have problems with, it's up to you to evaluate where your personal strengths and weaknesses lie.
Have social skills explained and broken down
This one is pretty obvious. People with Asperger's need to have social situations broken down in detail, and have various approaches and strategies explained to them. The amount of break down and detail they need is often greater than that required by a more typical awkward person as well. I also find it's important to provide them a reason for why social rules and situations are the way they are, rather than just going, "That's just how it is. Don't ask questions." It's easier to adjust to something if you know the rationale behind it.
I think my site may help in that regard. There are plenty of other written sources that do the same thing. Various tools have also been developed to teach social skills to people with AS, such as comic strips that explain how someone may typically be thinking in a certain scenario. Someone could also get this information in a social skills training group, by working with a counselor, or trying to figure things out with friends who are in the same boat.
However, one problem is that there are so many social rules, and variations on how to apply them depending on a huge number of variables, that it's totally impractical to catalog them all. Like I said, there are resources that cover social rules, but there's no master guide that covers everything. Like anyone else, many of the more nuanced or subculture-specific rules they'll have to figure out on their own.
Have a social skills mentor
This person may be a professional therapist or an understanding friend or family member. People with Asperger's benefit from having someone they can go to who will patiently answer and clarify any questions they have about social situations. The 'mentor' can also give feedback on the any conclusions about the social world the person with Asperger's has come to. People with AS can observe and analyze social situations, but arrive at conclusions that aren't quite right. A mentor could tell them if they're on the right track or not, and explain why.
Get tons of real world practice
There are a lot of factors that make it harder for people with Asperger's to pick up social skills. Still, even if the process is going to be slower, they still need lots of practice in the real world. One thing I've noticed is that many socially successful people with Asperger's will speak of growing up with a lot of siblings, or having a good group of friends in high school. Those circumstances just gave them a ton of opportunities to learn, compared to someone who was more isolated.
Adults need to seek out their own practice more. I talk about some places they can do that in this article. Of course, ideally they can work on their social skills with a detached attitude where they see their mistakes as feedback and just part of the learning process, and not a sign they're inherently flawed and will never get better.
Use artificial practice too
Many people with AS get this as kids when they're put into social skills training groups to help them role-play interpersonal situations, or learn to recognize emotions in others. They can specifically work on things that may be tricky to deliberately practice in the messy real world. After providing a formal lesson on some aspect of socializing, these classes typically have their members do various games and exercises to practice the skills.
Adults may benefit from this kind of training as well. For example, they could work with a therapist and work through exercises to practice mingling or small talk. They could join a social skills group for adults if they can find one.
Be open to simpler 'good enough' alternatives to more confusing social rules
Some social situations have an ideal way to handle them that involves knowing a lot of subtle, nuanced unwritten rules, as well as the right times to apply them or not. If you have Asperger's you may find it takes too much effort to get your head around it all. Luckily social situations usually aren't black and white in the sense that anything less than the ideal is a total failure. There may be alternative ways to act that are a bit more crude and simplistic, but which get the job done, don't drain your mental resources, and don't cause too many negative side effects.
For example, it's not ideal to directly ask people you're just getting to know, "Do you want to be friends with me?" That approach will often be viewed as too up front and clumsy. It can put people on the spot. It's seen as how little kids make friends, not adults. However, under the right, hard-to-explain set of circumstances someone could use this question and have everything go fine. A person with Asperger's may decide, "Trying to make friends gradually and with a light touch is too much for me to think about. I've found that once I seem to be getting along with someone asking if they want to be friends does the job well enough. Plus, I accept I'm a direct person who's not always socially perfect, so if anyone is put off by my asking, it's a sign they wouldn't be a good fit for me anyway. Maybe I'll lose a good potential friend here and there with this method, but I can handle that. In the future I may get better at being subtle, but this works for now."
Learn social skills by rote or trial-and-error when you have to
I wasn't totally sure about including this point. I have heard people with Asperger's saying something similar themselves though. A person with Asperger's is missing some of the instinctive understanding that allows most people to easily grasp broad, abstract social rules. Like if you told a typical person, "To have better conversations start sharing more of yourself", they'll probably get the gist of it fairly quickly. Someone with Asperger's may find that hopelessly vague and struggle to put it into practice. Instead they may have to learn how to socialize through a more mechanical, trial-and-error process, where they figure out the types of responses and statements that tend to work in certain situations, even if they have trouble comprehending the more general concepts those correct actions are built from. Of course, this undoubtedly makes acquiring social skills harder for them.
I think to some degree people with AS just have to do the best they can with the rote approach anyway. It absolutely has its limits, but a lot of situations are easier to navigate with the help of a rough script. Even typical people sometimes make small talk by falling back on well-worn routines. With a huge amount of experience someone can even apply this approach to even more complicated conversations. Yeah, it's impossible to have every eventuality mapped out, but over time certain topics and conversations do come up again and again, and even regular people sometimes go, "Oh, she's saying X,Y,Z. Telling her 'I know how you feel' is the way to go here."
Again, this approach has tons of limitations, and if someone can learn a more core principle they should do that instead. Using scripts in a clumsy or overly rigid way will come off as rehearsed and robotic. If someone had a more typical level of social intuition and ability to improvise and think on the spot I wouldn't recommend it. However, if a person has AS and is always going to have to rely on this to a degree, they may as well make the best of it. Even if they get to the point where they can largely make up their conversations as they go, having the ability to sprinkle in the odd bit of scripted behavior never hurts.
Possibly tell other people about your Asperger's
This one has its pros and cons. I think it's getting a little more feasible though as more and more people learn about what Asperger's is. The positive aspects are that if other people know you have it, they can be more understanding and adjust their expectations accordingly. They may also be better able to help you with your social skills. Naturally the negative side is that some people won't understand, think even worse of you, or get the wrong idea about what the condition means. Some people may also have a justifiable wariness towards telling anyone about their diagnosis at their job.


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Sometime over the past year I decided to stop making and selling cupcake picks in my Etsy Shop. They weren't fitting in with my brand anymore, so it was just time to move on. They really are super cute, though, and I feel like all my design files shouldn't go to waste, just sitting on my hard drive unused.
So since Halloween is coming up, I'd like to share some FREE Vintage Halloween design files that you can use to make your own cupcake picks, or whatever other crafty project you'd like to use them for. The images come from some vintage gummed labels I have in my Halloween ephemera collection. I scanned them, cleaned them up, and set them against black & teal backgrounds.
Just click on the images below, and you'll be taken to the pdf files that you can download. Have fun and go get your craft on! xo


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One basic characteristic of Bollywood films is the fact that actors generally do not use their own singing voices during the musical numbers - that task goes to playback singers like Asha Bhosle, who over the span of six decades has participated in almost 1,000 such flicks. In the meantime, she has also kept busy doing non-film songs - including a Grammy-nominated CD with the Kronos Quartet, 2005's You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood.
In celebration of her 75th birthday (a landmark that saw her first-ever appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall earlier this year), Bohsle has released a CD of new songs written by up-and-coming songwriter Nitin Ramesh Shankar, who also performed on the sessions. Thanks to its wide musical approach, it's a surprising disc for even those familiar with Bohsle's work.
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For instance, "Kamsin Kamsin Main" has a 1940s jazzy feel (think Jessica Rabbit singing in Hindi), with an impressive arrangement that showcases the individual talents of her accompanying musicians (including a hot saxophone solo by Raghav Sachar), while "Main Asha Hoon" is bona fide reggae that wouldn't be out of place on the dance floor.
Another surprise is the highly percussive "Hara Rama," which sounds like a nod to the music of Western Africa. There is plenty of more traditional material, like "Tum Jo Mile," a beautiful ballad with lush strings and a gorgeous sitar by Sunil Das, and also "Yeh Chandni," a tune that blends in several electronic elements.
Precious Platinum shows Bohle's willingness to try something new, and is also a great introduction to new listeners who had only heard her through the memorable sample from The Black-Eyed Peas' 2005 hit "Don't Phunk With My Heart." - Ernest Barteldes


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If you're a blogger, your readers' attention is divided.
The noise about social media marketing is too much; you can't stake the future of your business on it. What about search engine optimization?
Yes, it can be a source of free traffic, but you can't rely on it. At least, not in this era of rigorous Panda and (Lion) updates. Lol!
You need a much better system, which can give you peace of mind. Email can, social media and SEO can't!
Email marketing has been the best way to communicate with target audience and build a strong relationship.
It's quite unfortunate how 75% of bloggers focus their marketing activities on Twitter, Facebook and the latest Pinterest, neglecting what is sustainable.
I'm seriously making plans to write a blog post that compares social media and email marketing.
But understand this: email marketing has no rival. Right from the inception of the internet, communicating via emails has made for deeper connection.
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The Nature Rules: Dreaming of Earth Project
at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo)
in the Tokyo: Others area
This event has ended - (2019-04-13 - 2019-07-28)
The Nature Rules: Dreaming of Earth Project at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo) is one that not only brings together the minds of artists, but also the minds of architects, philosophers and even scientists. About twenty collaborators join in an effort to raise awareness about the political and environmental issues that surround the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the Korean Peninsula through this exhibition.
The DMZ represents the dichotomy of life and death, peace and war. The strip of land has been undisturbed by military action for the past 65 years since the armistice agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. However, ironically, the zone that has been planted with nearly 3 million landmines is also a source of life to 5,057 species of animals, 101 being endangered, as they thrive in a unique ecosystem—an ecosystem untouched by human intervention.
Jae-Eun Choi, who was born in 1953 – the same year the DMZ was established – launched and directed the exhibition from its conception stages in 2014 to its final completion this year. She reiterated at the opening press conference that the message being communicated in this project is not purely artistic, but rather philosophical in the sense that protecting the nature that has positively evolved as a result of the DMZ's ecosystem ought to be a global issue we should all reflect and take action on.
The exhibition spans the two stories of the museum. An especially moving work by Jae-Eun Choi is an installation and video in Gallery II called hatred melts like snow (2019). Visitors can walk over 12 steel slabs on the floor, wondering what they are or what they mean.
Below is an excerpt of Jae-Eun Choi's message about the work:
For almost seven decades, multiple layers of barbed wire fences have demarcated the 248km of DMZ that separates the Korean Peninsula in two. The fences signify the hatred between the two parties that were once one
nation but now stand at one another's gunpoint. With scalding heat, I melted down the fences retrieved from the borderline and used the metal to make stepping stone(s) that people can walk on. Fences can transform into any other thing. A heart, confession, pedestal, shelter, etc…
In the face of love, hatred melts like snow.
On the wall of the gallery is a video showing the process of the fences being melted.
The biological and scientific point of view of how peace will affect nature is further demonstrated on the second floor. Installations such as To Call by Name display the scientific names of each of the 101 endangered species. Included with these installations are official documents that are signed by specialists in favor of promoting peace for humanity as well as animals at the DMZ. Visitors can also view historical news documents at the time of the armistice agreement.
The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is in Shinagawa. The museum site feels somewhat like a retreat as it is not in the city-center but in a quiet location. The museum was originally constructed as a private residence in 1938 and is one of the rare examples of early-Showa period architecture.


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Directory: Characters → Villains → Movie villains
"How can I fix what just isn't broken?!"
Krang (タコ科学者 Tako Kagaku-sha) is a purple alien scientist who works for Paragus.
Although he usually wears a black cloak, his true form resembles a combination of an octopus and a brain, with several tentacles and a mustache.
Dragon Ball Z
Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
When Broly enters a rage when he sees Goku, Paragus has trouble controlling him, so he takes his control device to Krang and asks him to fix it, although Krang claims that the device is not broken and Broly must be acting out on his own. Unlike the Dragon Team and the slaves, Krang and Paragus' soldiers were not taken to Piccolo's ship when Comet Camori crashed into New Planet Vegeta, so he was presumably killed when New Vegeta was destroyed or he may have been among the henchmen Broly killed during his rampage.
He was only named in the credits.
Voice Actors
- Japanese dub: Naoki Tatsuta
- Funimation dub: Kent Williams
- He resembles Krang, a villain from the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, in both in his appearance and name. Due to the popularity of the series in Japan, it is likely this is a purposeful reference, though the name "Krang" was only given in the Funimation dub of the movie, and he is unnamed in the Japanese version. Presumably his English name is a homage to Krang due their similar appearance.


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Emarketer has predicted that digital video advertising will see double-digit growth every year through 2020, led by mobile video. The channel has taken off quickly, and many marketers are woefully unprepared for the boom. It's not surprising, as video advertising is remarkably different from standard display, bringing along its own terminology and its own set of rules for engaging and persuading consumers.
To help marketers prepare for -- and find success in -- the age of mobile video, here are six indispensable tips for digital video campaigns:
Have a plan
As with any marketing or advertising you engage in, you need to be prepared before you hit the ground running. Know your goals and have a roadmap to achieve them. Video can be a high-impact medium for advertising, but you have a have a clear idea of who you want to reach, and what you want them to do once you've engaged them. As part of your plan, you'll also need to determine what your KPIs are and how you're going to measure them.
Choose your ad formats
Digital video offers many formats for many screens. You should select more than one, and consider the user's state of mind when they see your ad as you design your creative. Popular formats right now include:
Build your creative -- several versions of it
You've probably heard this a lot already, but digital video ads are not like TV ads. They need to be shorter, more dynamic, and much more personalized. You should create a version of your creative for each audience you're targeting so that each group sees a relevant message and imaging. Keep it engaging, valuable and entertaining. You have less time than you would in a TV ad (usually about 10 seconds), so make sure you're using that short time wisely.
Remember your call to action (and other best practices)
Like any ad, video advertisements should have a compelling and measurable call to action, whether it's "Buy Now" or "Like Us on Facebook." It seems obvious, but many advertisers forget this. Keep in mind, too, that many users may not make it to the end of your video, so be sure to include your logo and a link to your landing page upfront -- and maybe throughout the length of the video.
Know what to measure and how to measure it
Some metrics to consider as your KPIs are:
Every company and every campaign will have different goals. Make sure you are measuring and analyzing the metrics that align with yours.
Measure, analyze, optimize, repeat
As with any digital campaign, optimization is the key to success. Watch your campaigns carefully, and tweak the audience, budget, creative -- whatever you need to drive success.
And one last bit of advice: partner wisely. There's a lot to learn in the world of digital video advertising, particularly as data-driven programmatic takes over the industry. If it doesn't seem like a practice you can easily bring in-house, seek out experienced partners. There are a lot of great companies in the industry who specialize in video advertising. Find one that has experience in the type of advertising you do (performance versus brand, for example), in your vertical, and most importantly, in the digital channel.
Follow these tips, and keep them handy as a reminder, even as your experience grows.
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Over a year ago, Facebook began testing their internal communication tool, Facebook at Work, with a number of organizations. Not only has Facebook renamed the platform to 'Workplace by Facebook,' they are finally publicly releasing it. Starting today, any company can use Workplace.
In the same vein as Google+ for Work, Workplace tries to adapt social networks for internal use at businesses. Facebook's news feed, search, trending posts, live video, and more have all made the jump. Workplace also features unlimited file, photo, and video storage, monitoring tools, team and project groups, and Single-sign on (SSO) support. Integration with G Suite (the new name for Google Apps for Work), Okta, OneLogin, Ping, and Windows Azure AD is also supported.
Pricing seems reasonable for all the features you get. The grand total is $3/month up to 1,000 users, $2/month for 1K-10K users, and $1/month for 10K+ users (all pricing is per user). Facebook only counts active users in this amount, and Workplace is completely free for non-profits and educational institutions. And if your company signs up before January 1, 2017, you get a three-month free trial period starting on that date.
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✓ Crank up your metabolism, big time My name's Rachel Ciordas and I'm a certified health coach. I'll be guiding you through this restorative, 11-day transformation. I'm an experienced culinary instructor and former junk food junkie turned whole foods cook. I'm a busy momma who became passionate about changing lives after losing 100lbs myself.
Did you know: Your body is carrying roughly 5-10 pounds of toxicity (a.k.a inflammation) at any given time? Translation: There's a reason for your headache, bloated belly, or that extra weight that's staying on, and it's called toxicity.
The toughest part? All too often, we eat "healthy" foods that are actually wreaking havoc on our system and creating more toxins.
Luckily, there's a simple solution: A real foods detox. This step-by-step approach to detoxing is designed to help you finally figure out which foods work for and fuel you – and which ones don't – safely and quickly. Folks, it's time to leave the confusion, diet books, and deprivation behind! This program will guide you through eliminating the foods that may be butting in on your health and happiness. What's included in this Detox?
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What makes this program different? It's a safe and effective detox – based on the elimination diet – that won't deprive you or leave you feeling hungry. By the end of 11 days, you'll know exactly which foods work for your body and which don't. Here are some of the results you can expect:
- Lose up to 3-5 pounds in one week
- Feel lighter, glow, and have tons of energy
- Kick sugar cravings
- Sleep like a baby, without waking up at 3 am.
- Decrease your belly bump – uncomfortable jeans, begone!
- Get a hot body before swimsuit season even starts, or just fit into the fabulous suit you need to wear for that important meeting next week.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg!
Are you ready to rock?
Why detox? Wild Rose College of Natural Healing defines detoxing as "clearing out toxins and debris in your body that may be stopping you from having vitality." That's what we're up to here. A detox focuses on releasing the toxins your body takes in day-to-day. That's not just food either – we're talking metals, chemicals found in cleaning products, drinks, etc. BUT, instead of relying on fasting, pills, and powders, we're focusing on improving your digestion. You'll only eat whole, seasonal foods that are designed to support your body's natural processes of detoxification and cleansing.
It's time to:
▪ Eliminate foods wreaking havoc on your body, leaving you bloated and blah
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▪ Discover the tools you need to de-stress in the real world
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I created this detox program for 5 BIG reasons:
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- I want to empower YOU (yeah, you!) with the right tools for healthy detoxification, so you can improve your immune system in a safe and nourishing way.
- The world needs to know fancy pills or powders aren't required for a detox – whole real foods will do the trick.
- You can use these steps over and over. Detoxing at least 4 times a year supports a healthy body for a lifetime.
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Are YOU ready ditch the toxins, refresh, and renew?
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Your investment in yourself is only $79!
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- You feel 10 years younger
- You can hit your weight loss goals with more ease & grace
- Your fight with food can stop being such an uphill battle
- You wipe the slate clean – and give your body a whole new beginning.
Fact: detox does not have to be scary or depriving. This is a delicious adventure of discovery and releasing what's no longer serving you – both physically and emotionally. And when you learn to finally let go of it all, you can access amazing freedom of both body and mind.
Besides, who doesn't want to look and feel their greatest today?
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. You should consult your doctor before making any dietary or lifestyle changes.


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Blazers Series 1
Blake reboots the blazer with a mix of state-of-the-art fabrics, contemporary styling and NASA technology. Developed on Savile Row and artisanally made in East London.
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Graphic print scarves and pocket squares designed to complement Blake blazers. Made in London with high quality British fabrics.
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This is a rather decent looking and well performing green step light. Hella LED Step Lights feature a special lens which directs light downwards making them perfect for use as stair lamps either inside or out. The light is 100% waterproof and can be used as emergency lights or passageway illumination as well. The light is set in a 44mm x 16mm cut-out using a foam gasket and two screws. A attractive decorative polished Stainless Steel cap is provided.
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The way you drive can affect the longevity of your car's parts, especially wear items like brakes. By following these simple tips, you can extend the life on your brakes and save yourself money in the long run.
Your vehicle's brakes generate stopping power by creating huge amounts of friction and heat. This friction and heat slows or stops your vehicle, but it also means that your brakes wear out a little every time you use them. This is how brakes work and it means that occasionally you'll need to replace components like brake pads and rotors.
Brakes are a "wear item" — that is, a component designed to wear down while doing its job over the course of many months and miles. As such, a few simple tricks can help extend the life of your vehicle's braking system parts, ensuring that the wearable components last longer before requiring replacement, saving you money in the process.
It's all about making life easier on your brakes. Read on for the details:
Prolonged periods of high brake system temperatures can degrade or even damage components over time, which is why it's important to help your brakes out by being conscious of when they'll be hottest and helping to cool them down if possible.
After generating high brake temperatures, try to allow the vehicle to cruise a few moments without any application of the brake pedal (where feasible) at the highest speed possible. This allows cool air to flow over the brakes, reducing temperatures in a quick and controlled manner.
Your brakes will be hottest in a variety of scenarios, including immediately after braking down a steep hill (more so with a trailer in tow), after spirited driving around a winding road or road course, or after executing a rapid stop from a high rate of speed. Basically, any time they're applied for a length of time from a high speed, or repeatedly in quick succession, your brakes will become piping hot, and heat 'soaks' into components like the brake calipers, pads, rotors and fluid.
It's immediately following these conditions where an opportunity exists to prolong brake component life by providing extra cooling. If possible, avoid stopping, slow speeds or parking within a minute or two of conditions like those mentioned here. This may not always be feasible and that's fine — your brakes are designed to stand up to the heat. But cooling them down with an extra spin around the block or a few more minutes of driving can go a long way towards prolonged brake component life.
Proper maintenance of your vehicle's brakes can prolong the life of wearable components within. Check your owner's manual for details; parts of your braking system may occasionally need to be dismantled, cleaned, lubricated and reassembled. This bit of brake-system pampering can work wonders for performance and safety and also ensures that all parts of the system are healthy and in proper working order. A healthy braking system is a long-lasting braking system!
Following too closely is a bad manner, safety hazard and key cause of accelerated brake system wear. The closer you follow another vehicle, the more often and harshly you'll have to apply your brakes as traffic speeds up and slows down — and the faster they'll wear. A bigger gap between you and the next car in traffic means more opportunities to coast, instead of braking, to slow down. You'll be at lower risk of an accident and your brakes will last longer too.


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Facebook tests star ratings for places
Facebook appears to be testing star ratings for places, similar to the system it uses for apps.
Some users are seeing a "rate these places" module in the sidebar with the option to give one to five stars to places they've been to or Liked. This feature could help Facebook better organize places in search or a new recommendation engine, as it has done with App Center.
[Update 10/30/12: Some users are seeing a version of the module that includes a short note about how a user is connected to the location. After users rate a place, the module refreshes with another location to rate.]
Facebook takes a unique approach to ratings to avoid manipulation. App ratings use random sampling rather than appearing on a static page that anyone can visit. This way, it is much more difficult to game the system and ratings are more reflective of how people feel about an app. Facebook seems to have done the same with places, but we're waiting to hear back for confirmation.
The social network has a little-known location search feature that could rival Yelp or Google for business searches if the company decided to put resources toward developing it. Star ratings could be the start to an overhaul of the product, which would benefit from a mobile component.
Last month, a Bloomberg Businessweek article hinted that Facebook had a new review feature in the works:
During a meeting in a conference room near his desk, [VP of Engineering Mike] Schroepfer leads a group of engineers in a half-hour debate over the design of a restaurant review feature. Should it have a five-star rating option, a Like button, or both? Should there be animation? Does it feel natural? At the end of the meeting, Schroepfer and one other guy remain at odds over the Like vs. Stars question.
From what we've seen, pages still have Like buttons and the modules have stars, but it's possible Facebook is testing different variations.
On place pages themselves, users can already leave "recommendations" in a module on the timeline. Facebook also tested a "favorite places" module in the sidebar last year. These units would show users two places they had checked into and ask "which place do you like better?" Users could click a "see your favorites" link in the module to see a ranked list of all the places they voted for, but this hasn't been available for a year or so.
Thanks to Ryan Plant for the tip and the top screenshot.


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Pink Palm Kimono Cardi
Fun and flirty, one size fits all kimono Cardigan featuring original our original watercolour palm artwork. Excellent for laying as an additional top or light summer coat. Classy! Made to order.
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