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Putting pulling exercises in to your boot camp without buying equipment!
Today we are lucky enough to have a guest blog post from one of the most up and coming boot camp owners in the U.K., Sam Feltham or as he's known in some circles, the Fitness Business Dude. Sam has come up with a really unique and NO cost way of how to incorporate pulling exercises in to his boot camps. Over to Sam 🙂
Firstly, you're probably wondering why I'm called the Fitness Business Dude. Well I used to be an international snowboard coach in Colorado, Vermont, Canada, New Zealand, Austria and Switzerland. So from me being a snowboarder dude and a fitness business owner the Fitness Business Dude was born.
Now…I'm not going to lie to you I'm pretty new to the boot camp industry! I qualified as a Master Personal Trainer through the European Institute of Fitness in June 2010 and only set up my boot camp in November 2010. But I've seriously accelerated my success with one of my biggest strengths…CREATIVITY!
As fitness boot camp owners we can provide our boot campers with exercises and workouts for the upper body pretty easily with no equipment, using the many push up variations there are.
The problem with this though is that our boot campers can become unbalanced due to the high amount of pushing exercises they do. They then eventually develop rounded shoulders with over developed pectorals.
This eventually bites your business in the butt down the line, because you will be known as…
This in turn can lead to a serious decrease in clients, damage your own reputation and harm your earnings!
You see when I started my fitness boot camp back in November 2010, on a shoe string budget, I had ZERO money to buy any equipment. I was living in my brothers "spare room" which was actually his wash room!
However, I still wanted to provide my boot campers with truly balanced workouts and exercises.
I racked my brain day in and day out to come up with a way to give an optimum service to my clients whilst not having to spend any money on expensive equipment.
It was a sunny day in November that I was reading "The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams and EUREKA I CAME UP WITH IT!
Here is the exert from chapter 3 that gave me my eureka moment:
"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough. "
Over the next few months I came up with a TON of exercises and workouts that I could use in my own fitness boot camp, all with out spending a dime on equipment!
My boot campers ABSOLUTELY love the exercises and workouts that I've created not only that though they are seriously effective to IMPROVE BACK MUSCLES, POSTURE AND ACCELERATE THEIR FAT LOSS.
This is the 5 minute warm up that I do with my campers every workout.
The Warm Up
There's more to warming up your campers than just "getting the blood pumping" and doing some static stretching. You've got to actually wake up their central nervous system or CNS and get them mobilised before they go "hardcore you know the score" in your main workout.
Here is how I warm up my campers every single time!
1)20 Seconds Leg Swings Per Side
2)30 Seconds Hip Hinges
3)20 Seconds Hip Mobility Per Side
4)15 Seconds Paired Towel Squat Per Person
5)20 Seconds Lunge with High Knee and Optional Hop Per Side
6)20 Seconds Towel Stick Ups
7)20 Seconds Towel Shoulder Mobility
8)20 Seconds Dynamic Chest Stretch
9)20 Seconds Vertical Arm Swings
10)10 Seconds Shoulder Shrugs Per Way
11)20 Seconds Jumping Jacks
12)Shake and Bounce
This is a great warm up to dynamically stretch clients, mobilise joints through the body, check campers form individually and to wake up their CNS all in 5 minutes!
As I said, I use this warm up every time because it works well and can sometimes get experienced campers to help me out if I'm having to sort out a new campers form, especially on those dastardly squats 😛
Also, here is a workout that goes down a storm every time we do it at my boot camp!
Exercise – Duration – Rest
Human Prowler – 50 Secs Each – 10 Secs
Alternate Towel Row – 50 Secs – 10 Secs
Human Prowler – 50 Secs Each – 10 Secs
Towel Squat – 50 Secs – 10 Secs
Human Prowler – 50 Secs Each – 10 Secs
Towel Pull Ups – 50 Secs – 10 Secs
Human Prowler
In pairs have one person sit on a mat or piece of cardboard on a slippy surface. Have that person hold on to the middle of a towel whilst the other person is in a slightly squatted position holding the 2 ends facing the sitting person. The person standing up drags the person sitting down across the floor, swapping over when time is up.
Alternate Towel Row
2 people stand in a split stance holding on to the ends of 2 towels equal distant apart. Alternately row the towels with the elbows driving past the rib cage. Keep the shoulders in a neutral position, just moving the arms and avoid jerky movements.
Towel Squat
In pairs, have one person hold the 2 ends of the towel whilst the other person holds on to the middle in an over hand grip who is going to do the squat. With arms fully extended the person holding on to the middle drives the hips back and down to the floor whilst using the other person and towel to balance. As they stand back up, squeeze the bum cheeks together, tense the thighs and use the towel to pull themselves back up if needed.
Towel Pull Ups
In pairs have each person lie down head to head. Have one person bring their elbows by their rib cage, in a starting stick up position, holding on to a towel in each hand. The other person has their arms fully extended holding on to both towels. With each persons arms just off of the floor have them pull and resist each way so their doing a pull up action horizontally.
Finally, as a special treat just for TheFitnessBootCampInnerCircle.com here is a killer finisher called "Ring of Fire"
Ring of Fire
Have all the campers make a circle at arms length apart with a towel in their right hand. Then have everyone grab the towel to their left, connecting everyone in a ring of fire 😛
You will then have all the campers perform 20 seconds of a group towel row then 10 seconds of rest for 8 rounds, totalling 4 minutes.
I've had 20 people do this and it's a riot! Just make sure you get a good rhythm going using your music or by singing a song.
Hope that's given you an idea of what is possible with a bit of creativity and something as simple as a towel.
If you like to get more of my creative towel workouts, so you can put pulling workouts into your boot camp at no extra cost, I've put together a nifty eproduct for you with 12 workouts, 4 finishers, the warm up you've seen today and a cool down and stretch that seriously increases your campers mobility and flexibility!
It's aptly called the "Boot-Camp-Owners Guide to Pulling Workouts" click here to check it out.
Helping you reach your full potential,
Fitness Business Dude, Fat Loss Expert and Health Coach
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Using Rich Problems for Differentiated Instruction
This is a good paper describing the use and characteristics of rich problems. http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu/papers/HsuKyshResek-RichProblems.pdf (The teaching method here is Teaching With Tasks.) Has 3 examples of rich problems First is rich and fairly basic and doable. Second is excellent. #differenceofsquares … Continue reading
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Why you should stretch before spinning® class – spinning® 2015 electricity rates
More than ever, today's Spinning® participants (and gym-goers in general) require professional help when it comes to flexibility. Thanks to desk jobs, increased work hours, longer commutes, and advancements in technology, many individuals are relatively inactive the other 23 hours outside of the gym. Fewer physical demands and more repetitious actions (like sitting) can lead to muscle imbalances and poor posture, which can cause joint instability and increased movement dysfunction. This means that many individuals may be less capable of handling the stresses that come with Spinning® classes and exercise in general, making the need to stretch before Spinning® class a key component in decreasing these dysfunctions and the risk for injury. In fact, flexibility training may decrease the occurrences of lower back pain, joint pain, and overuse injuries 1-4.For these reasons, stretching should not be underestimated as a necessary component of your overall fitness routine.
5. Simply stated, if a person is flexible, their tissues are extensible enough to allow for each joint to move as it is intended to move without limitation, compensation, or impediments. With that said, extensibility alone does not make a person flexible. The ability to control motion—termed motor control—is just as important. Optimal range of motion coupled with the nervous system's ability to control that range of motion makes up proper movement. The Science Behind Flexibility
In order to achieve optimal extensibility, it's important to understand how basic muscle physiology plays a role in stretching techniques. Muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joint capsules contain small sensory receptors called mechanoreceptors that send messages from the source to the nervous system to detect any distortion in soft tissues, such as stretch, touch, and pressure
Muscle spindles are major sensory organs of the muscles and are sensitive to changes in length and the rate of length change (Figure 1). If a muscle is stretched too fast and/or too far, these sensory organs are also stretched and stimulated. When stimulated, a signal is sent to the brain telling the brain to contract the muscle, helping to protect the muscle from injury
The Golgi tendon organs (GTO) are mechanoreceptors that reside in the musculotendinous junction (where the muscle and tendon come together). These mechanoreceptors are sensitive to changes in muscular tension and the rate of tension change. Unlike the muscle spindles, when the GTOs are stimulated, they cause the muscle to relax, decreasing tension in the muscle in order to protect the muscle from injury 7.
When stretching a muscle, the muscle spindles are initially stimulated to help protect the muscle from stretching too far, causing the muscle to contract. This can be experienced when feeling an initial "tightness" when initiating the stretch. As the stretch is held, more tension is created, stimulating the GTO, which then overrides the muscle spindles, causing the muscle to relax (termed the autogenic inhibition reflex)
8. At this point, the "tightness" first experienced when engaging in the stretch becomes less, allowing the joint to be placed in a new position to further stretch the muscle. Over time, this can lead to permanent changes to the muscle and the associated tissues, resulting in tissues that are more extensible. Because the autogenic inhibition reflex is activated through the development tension, it becomes important that stretches are held for a specific period of time (20-60 seconds) 6 so enough tension is created to stimulate the reflex. This important for Spinning® instructors to consider when it comes to applying stretches at the end of class, as many may only hold the stretch for a few seconds before going to the next stretch. This results in individuals not getting the most out of the stretch. Practical Application
If time is short, but you want to apply a full 20-60 seconds for each stretch at the end of your Spinning class, there are three key muscles to focus on. These groups include the calves (gastrocnemius/soleus), hip flexors (specifically the rectus femoris), and pectoral (chest) muscles. These muscles are key areas to address because of the body's posture on the bike and their usage during a Spinning® class. They are also important because tightness in these muscle groups can affect the range of motion of multiple joints. The calf musculature (specifically the gastrocnemius) crosses both the ankle and knee joint. If it is tight, it can not only reduce the range of motion of the ankle, but the knee as well. The rectus femoris (a hip flexor that is also considered part of the quadriceps group) crosses both the knee and hip joint. If it is tight, it can negatively affect the range of motion of both the hip and knee. Due to the rider's body positioning while on the bike (forward flexed position), the pectoral muscles can also become tight, resulting in a limited range of motion in the shoulder complex. Stretching these three regions will help to address the main joints of the body that can lead to pain and injury if range of motion is limited.
Stretching can be as important as the ride itself and should not be neglected in a Spinning® class. However, proper application of these stretches must be applied to ensure riders get the most out of there stretches. Make sure to hold stretches between 20-60 seconds to allow for optimal relaxation of the muscle. If time is an issue, key muscles to stretch would include the calves, hip flexors and pectorals. The pectoral stretch can be performed on the bike, while the lower body stretches being performed off the bike.
• Witvrouw, E., Danneels, L., Asselman, P., D'Have, T., & Cambier, D. (2003). Muscle flexibility as a risk factor for developing muscle injuries in male professional soccer players. A prospective study. American Journal of Sports Medicine,31(1), 41-46.


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The second volume of Georgy Zhukov's memoirs begins with the desperate defense of Moscow in the late fall and winter of 1941 and continues through more than three years of war.
Georgy Zhukov was the leading Red Army commander of the Second World War. Geoffrey Roberts is the author of Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 and the award-winning Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov.


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New: 2014 model Ecoforce 1 Affordable Bamboo Bike/
What's new with the 2014 model Ecoforce 1 affordable bamboo bike? A little tweak here, a little tweak there, and a gorgeous bike is now even more beautiful than before.
The first thing you'll notice is the redesigned lugs. Still made from 6061 recycled aluminum, the angled cut of the lugs add a sleek new look to the frame and an advanced look to the overall bike. And we scaled down the Ecoforce 1 logo on the down tube to give you less words and more bambooiness.
It's hard to miss the stunning new tires. Each bamboo bike now comes standard with color-matched tires. They're so cool you might miss the changes to the rims. Because not everyone wants to ride fixie, we machined the rims to add more breaking power for riders who prefer the freewheel experience.
Not to be outdone by the tires, the seats have chameleoned themselves to color match the frames as well. And you can finally say goodbye to cheesy looking zip ties. The cable stays are now integrated into the lugs. Sweet.
The new 2014 model Ecoforce 1 affordable bamboo bike is available to retailers and bike dealers today. Ride it like you grew it!


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The Apalachee High School boys basketball team fell to Clarke Central 64-49 Wednesday in the Region 8-AAAAA tournament championship in Loganville.
Kamar Baldwin scored 21 points and Kent Knowles finished with 11 to lead the Wildcats (23-5). AHS will host M.L. King in a first round state tournament game Saturday at 7 p.m.
Clarke Central improved to 26-1 with Wednesday's victory. The Gladiators led 19-8 after the first quarter.
It was the second time in program history that the AHS boys played for the region basketball championship.
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Holiday Almanac December 6: Chocolate Chiffon Cake/
For more information on the Holiday Almanac, go here. Or to see what I've been up to on past Holiday Almanac days, check out this page.
Today's task is meant to be 'bake a chiffon cake' from a cake mix, but since chiffon cake mix is not a thing (at least not in the UK), I figured I'd make one from a recipe in the box. But the only one I could find was for a chocolate chiffon cake, so here we are.
I don't know that I've ever had a chiffon cake before this, and I don't know that I actually know what defines a chiffon cake now... it's just a light cake, I guess? Anyway, if you're going to do the 'slice, butter and toast' method of serving a chiffon cake, then I recommend using a non-chocolate recipe as doing it with chocolate cake was just kind of strange. But the cake itself was great, though kind of boring without frosting.
Basically, if you're into cake but not into frosting, then this is the holiday treat for you. Make this 'to welcome company' as the almanac suggests, or just because it sounds delicious... either way, you'll come out on top. And since you don't have to wait for this one to cool before you frost it, you'll save time along the way!
The verdict:
3 spoons out of five. My favourite part about cake is the frosting, so this just wasn't the cake for me.
The recipe:
Chocolate Chiffon Cake
the directions:
Preheat oven to 176C/350F and line a large loaf pan with paper.
Sift flour, soda, salt, and 1 cup sugar.
Add oil and ½ c buttermilk.
Beat 1 minute.
Add remaining buttermilk, egg yolks, and cooled chocolate.
Beat 1 minute longer.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
Gradually beat in remaining ½ c sugar.
Fold into batter, then pour into prepared loaf pan.
Bake 25-30 minutes, then slice, spread the slices with butter, and toast under the broiler for an additional minute or two until crispy on the edges.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Serve immediately.
the ingredients:
1 ¾ c cake flour
¾ tsp baking soda
¾ tsp salt
1 ½ c sugar, divided
1/3 c vegetable oil
1 c buttermilk, divided
2 eggs, separated
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted
Butter for serving
Powdered sugar for sprinkling


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The Shared Hypocrisy of Rahm and Barnard
A women's college president demanding drastic cuts to maternity leave for employees? Obama's former chief of staff attempting to ram through more racist school reform in what some already call an apartheid school system?
How can these folks, whom we expect to be leaders in the fight to end sexism and racism, be the ones behind these attacks?
The first thing to do is to look at the facts.
The office workers and dorm-access attendants at Barnard have been fighting for a fair contract for months—the Barnard administration has stonewalled and demanded huge cuts. Mind-boggingly, last week Barnard President Debora Spar herself wrote, "Of course, companies should strive to create generous maternity leaves," and "…keep fighting the proverbial fights—better day care, better family leaves, more flex time at work and co-parenting at home. These are important goals." Yet she is in charge of demanding huge cuts to maternity leave and flex time.
And despite all of Rahm Emmanuel's talk of putting students first, it's obvious from his actions that he puts himself and his elite friends first. Rahm sends his children to The Lab School, where the director opposes standardized testing (which Rahm wants more of for working-class students), where the school has three libraries (160 Chicago public schools have no library), and where the director actually supports teacher's unions (which Rahm and the Democrats want to gut). [For those who still believe in neoliberal school reform, see top-education-official-turned-education-advocate Diane Ravitch's book.]
And of course, Rahm's attacks hurt blacks and Latinos most. More than two-thirds of Black students in Chicago attend schools where more than 90 percent of all students are the same ethnicity. These students are segregated racially and economically. In 188 schools in predominately black neighborhoods, 95 percent or more of students qualify for free and reduced lunch. The same is true for only 3 percent of white students. And the attacks are on both students and teachers. In the schools closed this year, 65 percent of the teachers were black.
Far from fighting against sexism and racism, these leaders use it and perpetuate it. Of course they are not the right-wing bigots that argue rape doesn't exist or call Palestinians savages in NYC subway ads. The problem is that just because right-wing fanatics are proudly sexist and racist, that does not mean that liberal leaders don't quietly carry out racist and sexist policies. Obama delivers some incredibly inspiring speeches, but his actions speak louder. Obama promised to repeal anti-abortion legislation while campaigning, and then he himself used it to restrict abortion. Electing a black man as president has immense significance, but he won't end—in fact he's contributed to—racist evictions, school closures, and policing.
Often we are taught to believe that all whites benefit from racism and all men benefit from sexism, etc. The facts are undeniable, whites don't face the murder by police or any of the other insane racism that plagues people of color, and men don't face constant sexual harassment or the rest of the outrageous sexism that plagues women. But what father is happy about his daughter being sexually harassed? And what white person is happy about a black person being paid half of what she or he makes? In fact, when wages are driven down for blacks or women, it drives down wages for whites and men as well.
The people who benefit from racism and sexism are the people at the top. All of us at the bottom have a stake in overthrowing these oppressions, and the teachers in Chicago and office workers at Barnard show us the way to really fight to end sexism and racism.
The CTU victories of pay increases and new hires will be a huge boon to women (a majority of teachers are women) and people of color, who are hit by unemployment the hardest. The contract also promotes diversity in hiring to fight the loss of black teachers, stops the increase in class sizes, and textbooks. And, perhaps most importantly, it taught the teachers and parents who fought back that they aren't worthless or stupid, that they know what's right and that they can fight back and win.
Right here at Barnard and Columbia, the history of working-class struggle against racism and sexism is equally inspiring. The officer workers have always been a majority female and people of color workforce, so it's no wonder the fight against oppression has been and remains central for them and their union. In 1985 the CU workers went on strike and won a $125,000 fund to combat racism, favoritism, and sexual harassment. In 1992, they won a pay-raise and an increase in the child care subsidiy to $50,000. The union has consistently fought for more equality and they have won, and they show us all how women and men of all colors can unite, that we all have a stake in the fight for liberation, and that it's not liberal leaders, but everyday working-class people who have the impetus and the power to fight against sexism and racism and to win.


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Carter Page, Trump Aide With Russia Ties, Is Also an Energy Scholar: Here's What He's WrittenRead time: 7 mins
Steve Horn | March 30, 2017
By Steve Horn • Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 19:22
Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser for Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, has been mentioned repeatedly in news coverage about the ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Russia.
Page owns the New York City firm Global Energy Capital LLC, located right next to Trump Tower, and lived and worked in Russia for a few years. Beyond that, however, he comes across as somewhat of an enigma, with little known about his past. Yet his own scholarly writings on the topics of geopolitics, energy, and climate, along with other career details, reviewed by DeSmog, may offer deeper insight into who Page is and how he came to assume the role of a Trump foreign policy adviser.
Page left the campaign in September 2016 after it was revealed he had visited Moscow, Russia in early July to give a speech at the New Economic School titled, "The Evolution of the World Economy: Trends and Potential," just weeks before the Republican National Convention (RNC). Page eventually confirmed he had met with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, at the RNC, but says it was a brief conversation and one among many he had with various ambassadors.


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A beautiful day and good time had by all. Unbeaten, and awarded the spirit of rugby shield joint honours with Ruthin! Not bad for the first outing as a stand alone U7 team! We are proud of them all, well done!
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Nespresso controls brand with boutiques
Posted by TheShot on 09 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Beans, Café Society, Consumer Trends, Home Brew
Contrast with the many home espresso machine design failures, Nestlé's Nespresso pods and machines have been something of a consumer success story. The Nespresso machines do exhibit good design and an impressive amount of convenience. For a number of home espresso lovers, however, these advantages ultimately pale in comparison to their required use of stale, pre-ground coffee. And when you add in that these machines are just as susceptible to the build-up of rancid coffee oils, and thus require regular maintenance anyway, they're no longer quite as hands-off convenient as advertised.
Yet Nestlé has been very savvy at globally positioning these machines and their pod "system" as an upscale brand. (Contrast with Kraft Foods' home pod coffee system, Tassimo, which has been a financial disaster.) Today's Los Angeles Times featured an article on Nestlés marketing strategy for the Nespresso, which has included branded boutiques for showcasing the devices: Nespresso controls brand with boutiques – Los Angeles Times. (Last year we wrote about one such Nespresso boutique in Lisbon's Chiado District, including George Clooney's Portuguese ads for the stuff.)
Of course, Nespresso's chief executive is going to say, "We're selling the ultimate coffee experience" — even if that experience means stale, pre-ground coffee pumped out of a hunk of cheap plastic. The question for me is how long can Nespresso play this Wizard of Oz-like "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" upscale experience. Because sooner or later, coffee consumers will catch on to the critical importance of freshness in good coffee. And like fresh baked bread, nobody considers pre-shredded croissants, baked a month ago and stuffed in vacuum-sealed capsules, an "upscale experience". The proof is in the flavor.
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Well it does keep the coffee fresh and this is what matters. Have you actually tried their coffee? It beats most commercial and home machines in terms of taste.
It's 10:15 pm in Scotland and I thought I would look for sympathy. While everyone else debates the quality of nespresso coffee, I'm still trying to get my machine to work. It is a Krups XN210010 and only six months old and has now been serviced twice with the same parts replaced (automatic essenza module and auto thermo block senso). Nespresso will not except the machine is duff and our good relationship is going sour. Trying to pin it on descaling has not worked as Scotland is known for its soft water. I've logged the sixth call and will now spend another 1/2 a day discussing the failure. Nepresso has to start to accept that if a machine is not up to the job then they should deal with the issue head on. We are high worth custom spending aprox £30/month on coffee. I think we will move to lavaza or miele. My gut feeling is that there are more machines out there like this and margins are not as great as they should be therefore Nespresso are unwilling to give way to good customer service that costs beyond current budget. Watch this space as I beleive Nepresso is now at a tipping point. The glossy branding can intice but reality is the decider.
I have been a nespresso drinker for the past year and have found it much better (on the whole) than coffee chains like bucks and Costa (uk).
however the capsules are not consistent as they fade in quality over time as you might expect. I try to ensure all the coffee I buy has a production date within the last six weeks.
Although this means going to a boutique instead of mail order.
But even I find some of the blends unappetising and barring in mind that like wine certain coffees only go well with specific flavours.
Their new strong espresso blend Iyrindia is simply miles better than their original ristretto, provided it is used within two months of production.
But to compare Nespresso to freshly roasted, freshly ground coffee is nonsense! Of course it won't be close to as good.
But as far as quick convenient coffee goes, it is better than anything on the market.
And with the right machine you can make americano, cappuccino, latte, machiatto in seconds too! With fresh milk, unlike some competitors!


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by Matt Kinsman
An exclusive Folio: survey of city and regional magazines conducted last summer revealed a dynamic category that is getting more crowded by the minute. However, despite the increased competition, fewer than one quarter of respondents said they had launched a spin-off title or brand extension.
While the city and regional category has been one of the few bright spots in print media, there is a tremendous glut of competitors emerging in smaller and secondary markets as well as larger areas, including newspaper publishers looking for a way to boost sagging revenues. For future growth, city and regional publishers need to connect their audience to their advertisers with as many touchpoints as possible. "The good lesson to learn from city and regionals is that unless you're in a market that's exploding, it's hard to sustain growth in the core product," says Chris Schulz, publisher and COO of OCR Magazines, itself a spin-off of newspaper publisher Freedom Communications. "Resources can be limited and it can be hard or not even affordable to develop circulation. We need to look at other readers and pools of advertisers in order to fuel expansion."
And if it's every publishers' dream to build a franchise they can eventually sell for a huge return, solid brand extensions can raise the value of the entire property. "Brand extensions are extremely important for a city and regional publication," says Kim Mac Leod, president of Regional Media Advisors, a firm specializing in strategic assessments and mergers and acquisitions for regional magazines. Mac Leod cites one city and regional publisher that possessed two primary titles in two contiguous markets that was looking for a buyer. In addition to its core magazines, the publisher had developed a series of six home-related ancillary publications through a relationship with a local home builder's association. "Both core magazines were very strong and both were profitable but what really boosted the interest of the buyer was not just those two markets but all of these ancillary publications," says Mac Leod. "Because the ancillary publications had a slightly higher margin than the main magazines;as they often do;that extra EBITDA translated into a higher price. That publisher probably got an additional 1.5 points on their multiples than they would have if they just had the two core titles."
Find a Niche The most successful city and regional publishers tend to be the ones that have created a strong brand, then extended that brand through ancillary publications that are a subset of content that would normally be covered in a smaller way in the magazine. According to the Folio: City and Regional Magazine Survey, 20 percent of publishers that had launched a spin-off targeted the shelter market, while 15 percent launched luxury and lifestyle publications. In 2006, 417, a magazine that covers the region in Southern Missouri with that area code, expected to generate approximately $2 million from special issues with topics ranging from bridal to real estate.
"The leverage a regional magazine has is increased exponentially when they can increase the dollars in their ad community," says Mac Leod. "The more brand extensions a regional magazine can do, the deeper they can entrench themselves in that marketplace and the more compelled the advertisers will be to advertise in that magazine."
Look to opportunities within your existing product. "I think city and regional publishers learned early on that you have a core product, then you have brand extensions that might be standalone products but they were started within special sections," says Schulz. "Things like, ?The Bridal Issue,' the ?Summer Fun Issue,' ?Best Lawyers.' Topics where there's traction to spin off into separate publications."
And while online is becoming more essential, print still remains the best touchpoint for most city and regionals. "Right now we've made custom publishing a priority over Web," says Elizabeth Tucker, publisher of Alive, a lifestyle magazine for St. Louis. "We're interested in doing more to create a community online with blogs and forums but we're not quite ready for that yet." This year, Alive published 35,000 copies of a beauty guide packaged with its core magazine, plus an overrun of 10,000 copies mailed to cosmetic surgeons. The publisher has also created a "To Do" guide and is launching a spin-off called City Living, geared toward loft developments in trendy areas of St. Louis.
Diversify?and Diversify Newspaper publisher Freedom Communications originally launched a magazine business with national distribution, partnering with publishers such as Bill Curtis. In 2000, the company changed strategies, focusing on titles targeting the ultra-wealthy Orange County market. Today, OCR Magazines offers a stable that includes 70,000-circ. Orange County Homes, and generates around $10 million in annual revenue.
OCR is now creating a specialty-media division to further diversify its product lineup. The company has launched 50,000-circ. Coast Kids, targeting affluent families. In the past year, OCR launched an alternative weekly for young professionals called Squeeze OC and acquired Preferred Destinations, a tourist magazine, distributed at 80 hotels, the company's first outreach to upscale visitors. And while Freedom originally dabbled in national magazines and then went local, OCR is looking to revive that national strategy. "We've had a very limited geographic strategy of going very deep into a market," says Schulz. "Now we're contemplating expanding beyond the walls of Orange County."
While Schulz credits the brand extensions with helping take OCR from zero dollars to over $10 million in revenue in a few years, he warns other publishers not to overextend themselves. "Where it makes sense, we've used existing resources," says Schulz. OCR salespeople have a primary title but can also sell across the portfolio, and even the newspaper staff can sell into some of the magazines. "Seventy-five percent of our advertisers in specialty media do not advertise in the newspapers," says Schulz. "If you're just trying to create it as a portfolio, it becomes unfocused. It's certainly a challenge from the sales side when you have one person used to selling one product to get them well-educated on four or five or six different products."
Beyond the Page Going "beyond the printed page" has almost become a cliche for the consumer and b-to-b categories, but it's a strategy that's starting to gain ground among city and regional publishers as well. "The good ones realize that if they really want to serve the reader and advertisers, they need a strong online community for subscriptions, search, and for advertising," says Mac Leod.
According the Folio: City and Regional Magazine Survey, e-media revenue averaged less than a percentage point in 2005, up slightly from 2003. However, some publishers are acting on the opportunity online, and they anticipate that it will position them well for the future. DLG Media Holdings, which publishes Philadelphia Style and DC Style, expects to make "a couple hundred thousand dollars" in online revenue in 2006, according to CEO Dana Spain-Smith. "For 2007, we came up with a budget and then it cut in half," she says. "If we make that half, we'll pay for all the Web stuff we've done for the last three years twice over. The bottom line is, we will have a 200 percent profit margin online. The money is there. Will it replace print? Not yet. But in 2008, 2009, it will be a strong contender."
DLG currently offers podcasts, daily blogs and a Web-enabled video player that provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse at photo shoots and other events. In early 2007, DLG will debut a Webisode channel that features experts talking about certain topics, such as fashion or dining. In the spring, the company plans to start doing Webinars, and offer advertisers product placement rather than straight brand sponsorship, according to Spain-Smith. DLG is also looking into providing PDA and mobile content. "More national advertisers are starting to look at us because of the Web," she adds.
For DLG, Web sites offer wider packages for advertisers and instantaneous feedback for readers. It's also cheaper than print;assuming you don't get fleeced by Web design firms that don't know publishing. "There's lower overhead once the modules are built," says Spain-Smith. "Web sites are self sufficient, self-sustaining, profitable, and they help you pay for the next big thing coming down the pike."
Down East, serving Maine and published by Down East Enterprise Inc., is also bumping up its online presence. "In the past, our Web site was very typical of a lot of magazines;we basically shoveled our print content onto the site," says John Viehman, director of marketing. "We want to become more of a destination/portal site and downeast.com should be top of mind with people who want information on the state of Maine."
Viehman also sees online as way to shift Down East from more fickle ancillary channels. "We had an extensive gift business and a warehouse full of stuff that's now obsolete," says Viehman. "We're trying to get out of the gift business and back into the information business."
Several regional publishers are looking to real estate to be the early adopters online. "We should be aggregators for real estate;we're not designed to sell it but we'll do the first cull of tire kickers for realtors," says Viehman.
DLG built a real estate module for its DC site where viewers can look at properties. It is now bringing that model to its Philadelphia sites. It's an appealing package as realtors deal with a housing slide and find themselves with a lot of inventory but less money for marketing. "They need more cost-effective ways to market their properties because they can't keep putting dollars into print, especially print that's a month or two old," says Spain-Smith. "This may cost them $1,000 a month instead of $5,000 a month."
Down East is still developing its online revenue model, although Viehman has a definite preference for a CPM model. "We're trying to get away from ?time on site notions' that don't make sense," he says. "Why give someone a block of time on your Web site? As much as it does illustrate the power of the medium, you're holding yourself responsible for the creative. Years ago, magazines did per-inquiry advertising;it was one of those deals where you did it but didn't really want to. That's how I feel about pay-per-click;I'll do it but I'm not excited about it."
Down East anticipates between $75,000 and $150,000 in online revenue next year. "We're not coming out of the starting gate with a Web site paying for itself, we're all past that illusion," says Viehman. "It's going to take a good six months to get the kinks worked out. There are certain categories that are already there with the Web, and others that don't quite get it yet. Markets like real estate and lodging and hospitality want everything you can throw their way."
Go Live Live events are an extension that many city and regionals already do. The next step is to monetize those events. "Regional publishers have done events for years, such as food and wine parties and home shows," says Mac Leod. "The smart publishers look at events as self-sustaining."
Twice per year, DLG hosts a charity event called Dinner with Style, which brings together 35 of the region's best chefs to cook for attendees. "It's like wrangling cats to get the chefs together but it's sold out months in advance," says Spain-Smith. "It's a great way to give back and keep us fresh in our advertisers' minds. Does it make money? No, but it gets us in the right hands, in front of the right people."
Woodbury, a magazine targeting the exclusive North Shore of Long Island, hosts several charity fundraisers, including the Woodbury Disco Ball, which draws more than 1,000 attendees. "It's wonderful for the brand but if I'm going to put the name of the magazine behind something, I want it to do something for other people," says publisher Jennifer Polansky.
DLG is making money on its "Best of" party series, which draws over 2,600 people. The party sells sponsorships in which advertisers;such as Trump Casino;can rent out a room and create a theme and the money goes to charity. Sponsorships start at $7,000 and go up from there. "We throw a $250,000 party, and it only costs us $10,000," says Spain-Smith. "It allows us a buzz factor that's unbelievable."
Limited Resources Creating ancillary products can be a challenge, particularly for smaller city and regional titles with limited resources and staffing. Arizona Highways, a near perennial winner of the International Regional Magazine Association's Magazine of the Year award, found itself hampered by its own business model when it came to diversification. As a state-owned magazine that does not carry advertising, building brand extensions is not only essential, it's a multi-million dollar business for Arizona Highways, according to publisher Win Holden. "It's the cornerstone of our entire business," he says.
Although Arizona Highways is state-owned, it is not state funded, and receives backing from an enterprise-fund. That can limit the magazine's options. "We have to be much more entrepreneurial," says Holden. "Some say ?entrepreneurial' and ?state-funded' are oxymorons but we've found ways to be resourceful."
When Arizona Highways wanted to do brand licensing with certain partners;such as travel and tour operators, and airport gift shops;it discovered a prohibition against a private enterprise profiting from a state asset. "That shut down our licensing expectations until we were able to meet with like-minded legislators who understood this was not profiteering scheme, it was a brand extension and revenue build for the magazine in order to build our funding and keep us away from legislature appropriations," says Holden.
Further legislation led to the opening of Arizona Highways gift shops at Sky Harbor Airport. "We don't have to operate it, we partner with a firm that does a large volume of gift shop business," says Holden. "They carry our products and promote the magazine and aren't burdened with the state personnel restrictions that we are. They do what they do best;run gift shops;and we put our products in the sweet spot of the most heavily traveled airport in the Southwest."
The most important aspect of creating a regional spin-off is making sure the product fits your audience. Arizona Highways has a Web site (which serves to market its book and photography products) and has also teamed with digital magazine vendor Zinio to offer a digital version of the magazine. While the Zinio model;which requires a proprietary download to view;has fallen out of favor with some consumer and b-to-b magazine publishers for its lack of Internet capability, that's exactly why it appeals to Arizona Highways. "I realize an older demographic is actually the fastest growing audience online but our audience is not that big on the Internet," says Holden. "We're walking before we run. People have said, ?Gee, you're moving so slowly, you're not able to take advantage of some of these opportunities.' There may be something to that, but in the state environment, and the conservative business environment we operate in, that's not all bad."
Managing Costs, And Staff Successful brand extensions require the support of an already thinly-stretched staff. DLG manages its online extensions with editors who feel it is their platform, and one that is just as important as print. "Our editors wanted the Web as an additional outlet and it didn't cost us anything," says Spain Smith. DLG's dining editor Joy Manning started The Joy of Dining, a weekly blog. "We find our demographic is very hungry for that information, it fits into their lifestyle, and the editors are jazzed that people are reading that content." Spain Smith advises other publishers that going online can be cost-effective. "It doesn't have to cost a fortune," she adds. "Publishers shy away from really investigating how they get on the Web when they see these big numbers, usually from third-party design firms. It doesn't have to be that way."
Down East is hiring new staff for its online ventures but beyond that, Viehman says, the cost is minimal. "Right now we're advertising for three new online positions, which for a city and regional magazine, is not insignificant," he adds. "But these days, we're on the fourth or fifth wave of technology, and as a result your risk is way down. Now you're looking at a situation where you don't have to invest a quarter-of-a-million dollars in software any more, it's just in the qualified people you can hire."
"We're blessed with staff that understands brand extensions," adds Holden. "The ultimate example of multi-tasking is our marketing sales director, who handles the magazines as well as brand extensions, and is in tune for all sorts of cross-over opportunities."


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Post 71 completes sweep of Apex
Apex's American Legion Post 124 baseball team brought its battiing shoes to Spartan Field Wednesday night for its Area I Western Division battle with Johnston County Post 71.
But so did the Sabres' Matthew Parrish, who produced five RBIs and lifted Post 71 to a weather-shortened, 10- 2 victory and a sweep of the three-game series. The game was halted with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning, due to lightning.Parrish made his presence felt in the bottom half of the first inning, slamming a 2-2 pitch from Austin Debevic over the left field fence for a 3-run homer.
"Just a 2-2 fastball, and I reacted to it," Parrish said. "It was inside - I was trying to see the ball deep and just reacted to it."
That shot wiped out an early 2-0 lead for Post 124 - but Parrish wasn't through.
With runners on second and third to open the fourth inning, Parrish again came through with a two-run single to left, pushing the Sabres' advantage to 6-2.
"It was kind of the same thing," Parrish said. " I was up trying to drive people in with runners on second and third. The main thing was he (reliever Chase Dennison) gave me something to work with."
Parrish was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the fifth, ending his night 2-for-3 with a walk.
"It was part of our situational hitting," said Sabres manager Stephen Nordan. "We talk to the guys about getting a ball thigh-high. Matthew got one, got it elevated and got it out of here. Then in the fourth, it was situational hitting with runners on second and third -- he hit the hole and got the runs in again."
Benefitting from Parrish's RBI hits were Jack Sherrill and Justin Carroll, scoring on both occasions. Sherrill singled in the first and waked in the fourth, while Carroll walked and doubled.
"They (Apex) has got a good solid team," Parrish said. "Their pitcher are not that bad, either, We got the hits when we needed to, made the plays when we needed to and came up big for us."
Apex opened the game aggressively, with their first three batters reaching base, and four of the first five Post 124 sent to the plate in building the 2-0 lead.
Luke Harvey reached on a infield hit to open the game, was doubled to third by Mike Sconza and scored on a single Brian Fortier.Sconza was erased when he was caught between third and hom on the ralythrow following a fly to center.Post 124 pushed its lead to 2-0 on a single by Alex Yarem that drove in Fortier. Harvey and Yarem enjoyed 2-for-3 nights for Apex, while Jordan Hockaday was 2-for-2.
But despite pounding out nine hits and drawing four walks, Post 124, which dipped to 2-12 overall and 1-7 in Area One play, couldn't dent the scoreboard again, as it managed a paltry 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position afterward.
"We started out pretty good, getting those two runs in the first inning," said Post 124 manager Tim Harrell. "But we loaded the bases three times afterthat and couldn't get anybody in. It's been the story of our season."
Part of Post 124's inability to convert on it's opportunities came from the variety of pitchers the SAbres sent to the mound.
Nordan utilized a trio of pitchers: starter Kesser Sorrell and relievers Cody Johnson (third inning) and Lane Johnson (fifth).
"With the big conference series (against fellow Area I unbeaten Garner up next), we were going to use a little bit of everybody," Nordan said. "Throwing different arms and their guys not being able to see the same guy over and over helped us out a little bit. They just couldn't get into a rhythm against us like they did in the first inning."
The Sabres. who improved to 9-4 overall and 5-0 Area One could, however, and added a single marker in the fifth and three more in the sixth before the game was called.
Adam Morrison tripled to lead off the fifth, scoring on a passed ball. Post 71 benefitted from three hit batters, two walks and an error in pushing across its runs in the sixth


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Yes, I'm all Christmas carded out. I've been doing Christmas cards since July. Now, I'm working on Valentines and Birthday card kits. I'm still working with red, but I've put the green away.
I would like to remind you that Saturday is Small Business Saturday, and encourage you to shop your local small businesses. To start you off for this big shopping week this Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26th and 27th, shop at R. U. Stampin' & Scrappin' and enjoy 25% off everything in the store. Now is the time to buy whatever you've had your eye on. (Sorry, these purchases cannot be added to your Reward Card and does not apply to remaining Card Kits.) See you tomorrow or Wednesday.


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I just pushed a minor update for PyJavaProperties out - this just adds a simple list as an index of the keys as they're parsed, and appends new keys on the internal index. Next, I want to keep original comments and whitespace.
Per Ars: Sun is talking about porting Java to the iPhone (and an idea for python)
Ok. So Sun has come out stating they're starting work based on the SDK released by Apple for the iPhone earlier this week to port the JDK over to the iPhone. Quoting the sun rep:
"Now, the iPhone is open" as a target platform, Klein said. The free JVM would be made available via Apple's AppStore marketplace for third-party applications.
Now, as comments there and elsewhere have pointed out - there's a clause in the Agreement that comes with the SDK forbidding applications from being placed on the AppStore that can execute/interpret "other applications" - to whit:
3.3.2) An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means, including without limitation through the use of a plug-in architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise. No interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple's Published APIs and builtin interpreter(s).
So - unless Sun plans on making a JDK that a) doesn't run anything or b) can be compiled into an application that is to be sold on the AppStore (providing the runtime for the app, like a self-standing .jar/.war) then I can't see this happening, and option a is about as useful as a toilet bowl filled with taco meat.
On the other hand, option b: Making a runtime they release outside of the app store for application developers to use to write an application in Java and then have it compile-down to an Objective-C runtime/bytecode binary - then it could work, but those would be some *fat* binaries without a lot of magic.
Now - could the same thing be done with Python? Perhaps. Right now we have the pyObjC bridge that ships with Leopard that allows you mostly unfettered access into the Objective-C/OSX programming environment. This means you can build "native" applications in Python.
I doubt these bindings will work/exist on the iPhone, which means you want some utility to take Python code and "interpret" it down into an Objective-C binary, i.e.: an embed-able environment ala what Sun may end up having to do where you write an app in pyObjC/Python and the app+runtime is compiled down into Objective-C.
Again, without a lot of trickery, these would be fatass binaries - probably fatter than the notion of the universal binaries most people ship nowadays for OS/X.
It's a thought - now I should get back to poking at Objective-C and other pre-pycon hackery. This is something people more versed in compilers, runtimes and with more free time than me will probably explore.


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Top 10 Garage Door Manufacturers. When you build a garage in your home, then the garage doors are important for you to ensure the security of your vehicle as well as different objects which are kept in the garage. A new door in your garage will provide a refreshing expertise as well as relief. Apart from providing security these doorways can even improve the look of your complete building. There are various kinds of doorways for garages which are accessible out there and it's worthwhile to consider certain components before shopping for these merchandise. First of all you need to resolve whether you want to go for a handbook door or an automatic one. Automatic doorways for a garage are available with a remote control and they can be operated more simply than the handbook ones. The automatic doors are easy to use and have additional options equivalent to automatic gentle features. However they are costlier than the manual doors.
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A centerpiece of the Bush administration's national forest management policy was the claim that vegetation management projects would be targeted to places where wildfire poses high risks to human communities — the "wildland-urban interface." According to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (subscription required) led by Tania Schoennagel at the University of Colorado, that claim was a bunch of hot air. But the Forest Service isn't entirely to blame. Here's the abstract:
Because of increasing concern about the effects of catastrophic wildland fires throughout the western United States, federal land managers have been engaged in efforts to restore historical fire behavior and mitigate wildfire risk. During the last 5 years (2004–2008), 44,000 fuels treatments were implemented across the western United States under the National Fire Plan (NFP). We assessed the extent to which these treatments were conducted in and near the wildland–urban interface (WUI), where they would have the greatest potential to reduce fire risk in neighboring homes and communities. Although federal policies stipulate that significant resources should be invested in the WUI, we found that only 3% of the area treated was within the WUI, and another 8% was in an additional 2.5-km buffer around the WUI, totaling 11%. Only 17% of this buffered WUI is under federal ownership, which significantly limits the ability of federal agencies to implement fire-risk reduction treatments near communities. Although treatments far from the WUI may have some fire mitigation benefits, our findings suggest that greater priority must be given to locating treatments in and near the WUI, rather than in more remote settings, to satisfy NFP goals of reducing fire risk to communities. However, this may require shifting management and policy emphasis from public to private lands.
AP has a story about the report here; the LA Times's Greenspace blog covers it here.


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When you are doing Search engine marketing, regularly, then you can get regular leads for your business.
- Regular traffic to the site,
- Regular leads are generated
- Regular sales conversions
- Regular profits
Follow the Rules
When you want, all of these to be regular then you need to be hiring the best of the SEOs in the business to do the SEM for you using the latest and the legit techniques to promote your businesses online. Remember, the word legit, though. If it is not legit then you are out of business in no time. Yes, that is true. Read more about penguin, panda, and humming bird onslaughts and the millions of websites that were shut down overnight. Therefore, get results that are outstanding but follow the rules if not there can be a disastrous shut down in no time.
Know about Strategies Beforehand
There are not just penalties but the site will be banished out of the web forever. There are black listed companies that could not come up after the audits conducted by Google in that way. So, when you are hiring the SEM professionals, talk to them about their strategies used.
There are not too many professionals who are well capable of doing Search Engine Optimization also. Under the circumstances when you are not certified in your Search Engine Optimization skills then you are out of date. We have to remember that for getting the best profits out of your site you have to first hire the right set of people who can work wonders. Web designing needs a lot of dedication from the designers.
Look at the code of your site
Similarly, Search Engine Optimization is something that will need professionals to work in various ways. Coding must be changed if necessary as per the instructions that are coming from the mentors. Changing to the search engine algorithms is essential. The search engine is what we are depending on traffic at any given day. The number of search engines to focus is not too many, though.
Stick to your niche
There are search engines that are not even recognized by the net users. So you have to make sure that what search engines you have to focus first. When the search engines are selected according to your interests to the relatedness of your niche, then the next step is to optimize the content on the pages to that search engine in particular.
If you have selected a number of search engines and that is going to help you to get more traffic for your web pages and number of pages that you are having in your website will increase the chances for traffic. So many websites or lots of traffic regularly to satisfy a well-established business brand will always have a great site. Look at the casino sites for example.
The number of websites that are in the casino, gambling and betting field are only increasing in numbers. Yet, there are a few websites that are having sufficient amount of quality content. When the pages are more on any site then the professional has a lot of work to do. SEO and the SEM team must work in unison for best results in that case.


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Eleven (at last count) phone calls about the house I'm living in (that's up for sale, see previous whine/post), two conference calls in the car with my barking dog in the back seat (have to vacate when the agent needs to show the house, see previous whine/post), and a phone interview in aforementioned car with aforementioned barking dog later, I came home for a little silent prayer time.
After which, I decided to call the listing agent myself to call a truce and hopefully and peacefully lay down some guidelines, but was put on hold. The recording was a meditation tape. Telling me to breathe. To close my eyes. Inhale. Hold. Count. Exhale. Slowly. Relax. Picture yourself on the beach. Hear the waves. Feel the breeze.
That God.
I did eventually have to talk to the agent's voicemail, which, after my typical two to three hours of obsession, pissed me off again tonight, because, as usual, I received no response.
But I get it, God. Women in Ethiopia. Rwanda. Darfur. Afghanistan. Iraq. Katrina. Bigger pictures. Mind off self. Gratitude. Faith.
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Shriya Pilgaonkar Profile / Photo GalleryShriya Pilgaonkar is an Indian film actress, director, producer, and stage performer. She is the daughter of actor, director and producer Sachin Pilgaonkar and actress Supriya Pilgaonkar.
As a child, Pilgaonkar trained to become a professional swimmer and won several medals while in school. Believing that she might become a translator or a linguist when she grew up, Pilgaonkar also took classes in Japanese when she was a child. Later deciding to take a different route, Pilgaonkar completed her Bachelor's degree in Sociology at Xavier's college in Mumbai. She also studied at the Film and Television Institute of India. Pilgaonkar learned Kathak as a child and loves animation.
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Matthews commissioners have placed a 60-day ban on the two-hour parking limits for 65 public parking places along North Trade Street and East Charles Street.
The moratorium came because of complaints from several business owners who said the parking ordinance was hurting their business.
Dave Bland, of Weaver, Bennett & Bland attorneys, and Jerry Stone of The Portrait Gallery said their clients need more than two hours to complete their business.
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Town Manager Hazen Blodgett said the two-hour ordinance has been in place for years but has only been regularly enforced for 30 days. He said that enforcement was a result of complaints by other nearby merchants who said commuters using CATS buses parked all day, in prime spots needed by customers. As more and more people chose to ride CATS, the problem got worse.
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Volatized salts are up again.
Ive got about 15 ltrs of wine lees which ive never worked on before.
Im gently distilling out the spirits and then the phlem to more or less dryness.
This will take a long time as im doing it very gently and ive got a lot of material to get through. I expect a three day distilling process but before i clean up the lab ready for the big move i thought id try and minimise this wine into a usuable medicine and see if i cant crack this egg before packing up the herbals for some time
I intend to then use the purified spirit to extract the dried mass before calcination. I hope to extract most of the "fire" without pyrodistillation.
Then comes the pyro. I am going to dry distill the dry mass that has already had its sulfur content extracted.
Im hoping this will yield some volatile salts. I will then gently distill the spirits off the red oils and then see how i might merge the volatile salts with the oil. If we get that far.....
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I've been doing a lot of vegan and gluten free baking lately. Instead of using an egg, I use 1 tablespoon of flax powder mixed with 3 tablespoons of water. It results in a thick and creamy liquid that simulates an egg in baking. If you have flax meal or flax seeds, put some in a coffee grinder to grind it into a powder. Remember, one egg = one tablespoon of flax powder mixed with three tablespoon of water!
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It seems that Dr. Anne Ross, celtic scholar, and author passed away last month.
A small notice can be found at BMDS Online.
An eclectic mix of book and music reviews, ramblings and other flotsam and jetsom encountered on an expedition to find a place in the pre-Christian religious traditions, and practices of the British Isles.
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Dr. Anne Ross
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"Jenab Assi Chhanaa Kenh khabar ye Kaem Chhu Banovmutt. Jammu kashmir Bunkik Afsar Chhi Yor Iwaan . Timunn Gotss Prutsunn"
" Sir we do not know who has designed it. Some officers from jammu and kashmir Bank Keep coming over here . Better Ask them."
so said the gardeners in Badaam Vaari Park srinagar when i asked them as to who had designed the beautiful sculpture Fountain in the Park. This majestic almond shaped sculpture fountain in the shape of word ALLAH lies close to the well decorated Warris Khan's Chhaah( Deep Well ) in Badaam Vaari Park Srinagar .From friends in Jammu and kashmir Bank , i came to know about the creator of this beautiful sculpture . I also learnt that the artisitc Fountains at Karan Nagar , Babademb and Baba Dharam Dass Temple Chowk( Munawarabaad ) have been designed by this Artist only.Enter the world of Masood Hussain Painter from Kashmir valley ,a Trained Graphic Designer from J J School of Arts Mumbai and equally trained by his Guru and well known Painter late G. R . Santosh .
Last time i saw some water colours of late Shri D N Wali Almast Kashmiri in an Exhibition organized jointly by Cultural academy and Dr T K Wali ( Son of the late Artist ), I was thrilled to see the beauty and presentation of various facets of kashmiri life through this medium. Now that i have seen the entire collection of Masood Hussain Titled TRANSPARENT STROKES , i am simply amazed to see these superb water colour Paintings.You may find the birds , lakes , seasons and landscape beauty in his water colours yet implicitly or explicitly he paints the culture and life of the valley both urban and rural.The paintings representing rural life are sheer Nostalgic.The fishermen in their Boats ,Dal lake in various colours, Tongas , Thatched Roof houses of villagers , Autumn colours , shrines , Majestic Chinars , Old city or Shahar e Khaas views ,Snow capped Mountains ,Horses , Cows and calves ,Men and women in Pherans ,House Boats ,Doongas , Shikaras, city under snow fall,Tourist Resorts ,Badaam Vari Garden srinagar in spring Blooms ,Boulevard ,Dubbs of old buildings , Houses lined on Jhelum Banks ,Vegetable sellers in Boats ,Garlands of Red Chillies hung on windows , Chinar Leaves being burnt for Kangri charcoal ,Mughal Gardens and many more views representing kashmir and kashmir only.Just view them . It is Everybody's pleasure .
In an Art Exhibition of Masood Hussain , noted Artist Manjeet Bawa said
"In his work there are no flowers , rivers or colours , Yet he portrays the true culture of kashmir "
The use of Blue colour (possibly his favourite) by this artist is superb.The Autumn colours especially the Majestic Chinars painted by him are simply mesmerizing . Having worked as faculty at Institute of Music and Fine Arts Srinagar Since 1977 where at he trained many Present day Young artists from Kashmir , Masood Hussain has mixed Painting and sculpture and also explored the use of Papier mache and lattice work found in old houses in kashmir .From careful study of his water colours , one can confidentaly say that the artist is a master of various techniques like WASHES AND GLAZES , WET IN WET and DRY BRUSH .
Born on 15th june 1953 in an Educated family , Masood Hussain 's father was a doctor who possibly like any other kashmiri parent would not have liked his son to be an Artist. That has always been so in kashmiri families where the son would usually take over the profession of his father.A friend of mine wanted to go to Baroda to get himself properly trained as an artist ; his father advised him as under :-
" Ami Khotta Chhuai Baichhun Jaan . Kossa Darbadarri Gayee . "
" It is better to beg . Why you waste time like this "
Water Colour medium of Painting dates back possibly to Cave Painting Era .Then came the Egyptians who adopted this technique .The Europeans too adopted this style in middle ages . During Renaissance period many artists used this medium . Many modern and contemporary Portrait artists also chose and preferred this medium. The medium is going to stay longer and has ever expanding base of admirers world over .So this great work by Masood Hussain is bound to spread far and wide in the world of contemporory Art.
I am informed by friends that paintings of this artist can also be seen in different Art Galleries of USA and UK .Some can be seen in Jammu and Kashmir Bank Corporate Head Quarter , Raj Bhawan and with many private Collectors within the country .
Beautiful Dal lake done in Blue is just Nostalgic and refreshing .
This Bazar scene below depicting shrines is a typical view from the valley . The architectural beauty of shrines and old buildings , vegetable sellers , men in modern dress and Pherans is appealing in its artistic beauty and presentation.The expression on the face of the man in Pheran is Hope and helplessness..Is he Outsider of Albert Camus ?
The life of Haanjis or Boatmen depicted brings back loads of memories and sympathy .
Thatched roof huts in villages ,children and garlands of red chillies being dried under autumn sun create sheer Nostalgia.
The autumn Views done in water colours are exceptional in style and presentation. Anyone who has seen autumn colours in kashmir shall have no choice but to appreciate the work . Naseem Bagh and Shalimar Garden's Autumn Grace has been captured with magical perfection by the artist .
Khizaan Raseedaa Nigaar e Bahaar Raqs Mein hai .
Ajeeb Aalaam e Be Aetibaar Raqs Main hai .
Baras Rahein Hain Darakhaton se Rang Soorat e Barg ,
Tillism Khaana e Lailo Nahaar Raqs mein hai .
Junoon Ne Pairhan e Bargo Baar Utaar diyaa ,
Barahangee hai Ki Deewaanwar Raqs mein hai .
( Ali sardar Jafri )
A PEEP OUT OF PAST " a painted relief by Masood Hussain is a very serious creative work . This relief (uploaded below) forms the cover of Agha shahid Ali's Book THE COUNTRY WITHOUT A POST OFFICE .Masood Hussain is a master in presenting Kashmir's Pain and suffering . Men, women , children peeping from windows. Innocent faces reflecting hopelessness ,fear, resignation and longing .He conveys pain that has no religion , caste , creed or colour. Even under these grave negative vibrations all around , the artist lives and rises above to convey hope and arrival of a new dawn . There the artist in him meets demands without shirking and demonstrates courage of intellectual conviction .This relief depicts a child peeping from the window to see the outer world for he lies trapped in the emptiness and gloom of the world of his room.The child 's face is mystical .Broken pieces of wood joined together for existence and window dressing .Metaphysical in contours and presentation.This is incidentally Masood Hussain favourite painting.
Below is a village scene in water colours by the artist
The colours used by the artist in the above painting represent the Autumn season . A typical view of a village in
While the children are happy and playful , the mother carries the load yet keeps strict vigil on their movement . She follows them to look at their safety . Human feelings or Mother child relation on display .
( Photograph by the Blogger )
Masood Hussain does not merely paint scenic beauty of valley through his water colours . This artist is an ambassador of goodwill who paints the cultural ethos of kashmir . An ethos that bears clear stamp of traditional Harmony that existed amongst the inhabitants .As a sensitive artist , he is touched by the pain and suffering of one and all. Pain has no caste , religion or creed that is what he essentially believes . His colours are radiant enthusing hope of a Happy Dawn. May peace be our permanent companion.
( Thanks to the Artist for allowing me to use some paintings from his collection Transparent Strokes .......Autar Mota )
CHINAR SHADE by Autarmota is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License.
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As a leading platform for increased productivity and collaboration, Evernote knows there is value in streamlining communication between professionals and the software that powers their businesses. That's why the SaaS company invested in a dedicated Twitter support handle: @EvernoteHelps.
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The Young People's Chorus of New York City to Offer Free Satellite Schools Concert, 5/24
The Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC), under artistic director and founder Francisco J. Núñez, presents its annual, free Satellite Schools concert "Give Us Hope," at the 92nd Street Y on Thursday morning, May 24, at 11 a.m.
This year's performance will be even more exciting with international performer/choreographer Jacquelyn Bird on hand to teach the children some high-spirited dance moves. This annual concert at the 92nd Street Y, where the Satellite Schools choristers have the opportunity to sing-and this time dance- together, is the high point of each year's schedule for these children.
Boys and girls from seven of YPC's satellite programs in nine New York City public schools will be featured. Hailing from schools in Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx, they will take the stage to sing their hearts out for an enthusiastic audience filled with their peers and the public. The children will be led by their YPC instructors: Associate Conductor and Director of the Satellite program Elizabeth Núñez, Assistant Conductor Sophia Miller, Conducting Fellows Johnny Rabe and Sheldon Ogbourne, and Emma Brondolo who conducts P.S. 69 and also is the director of the Young People's Chorus at Thurnauer, the YPC affiliate in Tenafly, NJ.
The Satellite Schools concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
The choristers will be arriving at the 92nd Street Y from P.S. 64 The Joseph Addabbo School and P.S./I.S .178Q Holliswood School in Queens; P.S. 69 The New Vision School in the Bronx; and four schools from diverse areas of Manhattan--P.S. 75 Emily Dickinson School, P.S. 130 Fernando DeSoto School, P.S.198 Isador & Ida Straus School, and KIPP S.T.A.R. College Prep Charter School.
YPC's Satellite Schools program was created by Francisco J. Núñez in 2003 when, due to limited rehearsal space, YPC was unable to admit additional children into its core after-school program. The decision was made to provide its National Standards-based music education program to individual public schools, expanding YPC's mission of providing children of all backgrounds with a unique program of music education and high-level choral performance. The program provides each school with a YPC-trained music educator/choral conductor skilled in the organization's performance-based curriculum and a professional pianist/accompanist. The conductors meet once or twice a week with the children, who are taught to read and write music, learn interpretative disciplines and healthy vocal skills, and sing in unison and in two- and three-part harmonies.