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DemandGen is a global consulting firm helping companies deploy and utilize marketing automation and CRM systems including Eloqua, Marketo and Salesforce. We are the trusted advisor to the world's leading marketing and sales teams combining superior service, business process, and technology expertise.
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Panel Session: Death by Content
Sep 25 2014
64 mins
John Sweeney, DemandGEN, Sebastian Zentgraf, Oracle, Katy Howell,Immediate future, Neil Stoneman, Velocity Partners
Once upon a time there was a brand that produced high quality content, informative and entertaining that was a success amongst prospects and clients alike.
And then came the content marketing boom. With countless brands pumping out infographics and blog posts at a rate never seen before, customers became more skeptic towards branded content. Posts remained unread, infographics never made it to LinkedIn.
Aiming to give an insider's view on the status of the industry, this panel will look into the major developments in content marketing, the challenges marketers are currently facing, and what the future for content marketing is -- and whether there is one.
The Future of Account Based Marketing
Jun 19 2014
57 mins
John Sweeney, Managing Director of DemandGen UK, Cliff Pollen CEO of Postwire
John Sweeney, Managing Director of DemandGen UK and Cliff Pollen CEO of Postwire explore what's new in Account Based Marketing and review some of the tools sales people use to accelerate buyer decisions
Spinning Plates: Personalisation vs. Automation Roundtable
May 15 2014
58 mins
John Sweeney, Stephen Partridge, Peter Veash, Steve Pailthorpe, Joel Harrison
The connected, digital savvy consumers are more demanding than ever: they expect to receive the right messages and content at just the right time and through the channels they use.
This requires a often difficult balancing act: making content relevant and self-service whilst not draining the company's resources to do so.
Join this panel session to learn from the experts how to achieve personalisation through automation and make spinning plates a doodle in 2014.
Getty Images Case Study - Using Webinars to Drive Demand
Feb 12 2014
59 mins
Sebastian Zentgraf & Nadia Barmada, Getty Images; Morgan Cantrell, BrightTALK; John Sweeney, MD, DemandGen
Webinars and videos are becoming important tools to attract, engage and nurture prospects across the buying cycle. Engage with experts from Getty Images, BrightTALK™ and DemandGen as they discuss using webinars and videos to generate demand.
Topics covered:
Content creation at Getty Images
Implementation of an integrated marketing system
Connecting revenues to content
Learnings and future developments at Getty Images
The future of demand creation
Panel Session - Optimizing Content for Social Media
Jan 23 2014
60 mins
Charlotte Baillie, Johan Rook, John Sweeney, Katy Howell, Oliver Choron
How do you use social media to generate revenue? In this panel, specialists in Demand Generation and Content Marketing will share their views on how social media can be better leveraged in both B2C and B2B environments.
Knock Down the Walls Between Sales and Marketing
Jan 23 2014
44 mins
John Sweeney, Managing Director DemandGen UK; Renee Chemel, Director of Marketing Leadspace
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Recharge Pipeline Creation from Webinars
Dec 31 2013
22 mins
David Pitta, Director of Marketing at BrightTALK
Pipeline development is a constant need. Every business day, sales and marketing departments are tasked to acquire and qualify prospects actively seeking their product or service. Webinars and videos offer a proven technique of identifying a target audience that is self-educating on pressing business objectives. However, many companies fail to convert webinar engagement into exponential revenue growth.
Join David Pitta and learn how a qualification team, powered by webinars and videos, creates hundreds of new opportunities worth millions of dollars every month.
Topics covered:
- Quantifying webinar lead and pipeline quotas
- Developing a qualification methodology
- Positioning the pitch via phone and email
- Measuring and motivating the demand generation function
SiriusDecisions & BrightTALK Interview: The Future of Sales & Marketing
Oct 17 2013
23 mins
John Neeson, Co-founder, SiriusDecisions & Charlie Blackburn, Co-founder, BrightTALK
Join the Co-founders of SiriusDecisions and BrightTALK in this video session as they discuss the key themes of the upcoming SiriusDecisions Summit Europe taking place in London 5 & 6 November 2013.
Optimizing Your Campaign Process
Aug 29 2013
58 mins
Hosted by David Lewis, CEO, John Bokelmann, Senior Manager, Campaign Services, Angela Najab, Optimization Manage
When you think about your next email campaign, is your first thought usually "How on earth am I going to get that done in time?"
In this "meet the experts" workshop, you'll discover:
• The 4 levels of process management maturity
• How to build an optimized campaign execution process
• Actionable workflow examples and tactical tools
These best-practice insights have been honed through thousands of successful campaigns.
Panel; 5 Tenets of Modern Marketing Teams
Jul 18 2013
59 mins
Getty Images, five9, DemandGen
Savvy marketers and forward-looking organizations are embracing innovative new models driven by cutting-edge technology and analytics to align sales and marketing, pinpoint (and respond to) customer needs, and achieve breakthrough revenue gains.
In this panel session leading B2B marketing practitioners explore the enormous impact these shifts have on marketing teams, their relationship with sales and the skills todays marketing teams need to drive revenue for their business.
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Deciphering Customer Buying Patterns
Jun 6 2013
49 mins
David Lewis, CEO, DemandGen
How modern marketers can leverage a prospect's "digital body language" to determine engagement and likelihood to buy.
Your buyers are evolving and they are changing the buying patterns that we've traditionally observed. It's stating the obvious that B2B Customers will take certain actions and make certain decisions in order to buy your products and services. But are these activities random? Are there patterns you can detect and leverage? Based on qualitative research conducted from companies using marketing automation and CRM systems, this webinar will teach you 10 ways to leverage online buyer behavior for your content strategy, lead scoring modeling, nurture triggering, and sales insight.
What You'll Learn:
- Which behaviors do prospects commonly exhibit early in a buying cycle
- What type of activity patterns suggest that it's time for sales to engage with a prospect
- How can online engagement be used in lead scoring models
- Which activities should be used to trigger your nurture programs
- How you should display these behaviors through your marketing automation and CRM system for better sales insight
Join us for this exciting webinar hosted by David Lewis, CEO of DemandGen International, Inc. (www.demandgen.com) and author of Manufacturing Demand – The Principles of Successful Lead Management (www.manufacturingdemand.com).
Enabling the Channel to Amplify your Message
May 2 2013
63 mins
Amy Bills, Oracle | Eloqua; Scott England, VP Business Development, Zift Solutions and John Sweeney, MD, DemandGen UK
In this month's Marketing Automation in EMEA webcast series John Sweeney (DemandGen) welcomes two companies Oracle | Eloqua and Zift Solutions who together are leading lead the charge in providing innovative technology solutions to Partner Marketers.
The session will cover:
· The challenges of delivering scalable and trackable Partner Marketing Programs flexible enough to meet the needs of multiple Partners
· How Partner Marketing enablement tools create better Partner Marketing Programs
· Examples and Case Studies from successful technology enabled Partner Marketers
Using Webinars & Videos to Generate Revenue
Apr 11 2013
47 mins
John Sweeney, MD, DemandGen UK
In this webinar John Sweeneyprovides a Case Study on how DemandGen uses video and webinar as part of its marketing strategy. DemandGen, the world's largest Integrated Lead Management consultancy, use video and webinar content to generate names, nurture leads and close new business. This webinar will describe the role video and webinars play in the company's lead management process and the progression of prospects the through the Demand Funnel.
· Top of Funnel - Building a community through webinars (on the BrightTALK DemandGen Channel)
· Middle of The role of video and webinars in lead scoring and lead nurturing
· Bottom of Funnel - Using video and webinars to close new business
John Sweeney, Managing Director of DemandGen UK, will share insights on how best to combine video and webinars into a demand generation activities and provide examples of how to use video and webinar effectively.
Integrated Lead Management – How Data Driven Marketing Increases Revenue
Mar 14 2013
39 mins
John Sweeney & Richard Harris, DemandGen
Demand Gen are the world's leading consultancy for Integrated Lead Management, Marketing Automation and Inbound Marketing. In this webcast John Sweeney and Richard Harris from DemandGen will provide practical insights learned from projects with data driven marketing departments.
In this session you will discover how a data driven marketing approach feeds an integrated lead management system and delivers an increase in marketing attributed revenue. Content includes case studies from award winning clients leading the successful deployment of marketing automation platforms.
How to Build a Sales and Marketing Machine
Feb 7 2013
47 mins
Bob Apollo, Managing Partner, Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners; John Sweeney, Managing Director, DemandGen UK
Most CEOs regard improving sales and marketing alignment as an important priority, and with good reason. Highly aligned organisations consistently outperform their peer group when it comes to revenue and profit growth. But best-in-class levels of sales and marketing alignment can only be achieved through tightly integrated planning combined with common processes, goals and metrics and technology . Fortunately, it's easier to achieve than you might think.
Bob Apollo, Managing Partner of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, and John Sweeney, Managing Director of DemandGen UK share some simple best practices that can help to ensure that your sales and marketing teams get along together just fine - as well as achieving outstanding results.
"Perfect Valentine gifts to Sales (from Marketing)"
Jan 24 2013
41 mins
Renee Himelhoch Chemel, Marketing Manager, Leadspace; John Sweeney, Managing Director, DemandGen UK
Savvy marketers have already worked out that generating leads and revenue works best when sales and marketing work together. What would happen if sales professionals could get their hands on sophisticated marketing tools and help share the load? The answer is that they would find super-targeted prospects in online, in social networks and your database.
This webcast explores the sales enablement tools that are being used today to support lead generation.
Social Media and Cloud for Channel Marketing - A How to Guide
Oct 25 2012
49 mins
John Sweeney, DemandGen; Celine Astre, Acronis; Olivier Choron, purchannelapps
Times are changing in High-Tech Channels. IDC predict massive restructuring is "due to the emergence and convergence of social, mobile, big data, and cloud based solutions. These forces are expected to cause a substantial churn in the channel".
Now more than ever Channel Marketing needs to make an impact. Marketing ROI needs to be demonstrated, partner campaigns need to be both scalable and sustainable. Partners need marketing support and marketing expertise.
Join John Sweeney, Managing Director UK and Olivier Choron, CEO and Co-Founder of purchannelapps. They'll be assessing the challenges facing Partner Marketers and providing examples of some innovative companies using Marketing Automation and Social Media tools to win the hearts and minds of Channel Partners.
The ROI of Buyer Personas
Sep 13 2012
49 mins
Richard Harris, Senior Consultant, Demand Generation
In this webcast, John Sweeney and Richard Harris from DemandGen and James Ollerenshaw from Forrester will be discussing the reasons behind using buyer personas, the process of creating them for your organisation and some of the use cases and results. Get real input on how to increase your marketing effectiveness with buyer personas.
Building and Managing Partner Demand Centres
Aug 23 2012
50 mins
John Sweeney, DemandGen; Dejana Stankovic, Cisco
Join DemandGen UK, Cisco and Sirius Decisions as they discuss how to build and manage Partner Demand Centers.
LIVE VIDEO: Extending the Life of Your Physical Event Content
Aug 16 2012
45 mins
Andy Wiggans, BrightTALK & John Sweeney, DemandGen UK
Join Andy Wiggans of BrightTALK and John Sweeney of DemandGen UK as they discuss the value of capturing content at physical events and repurposing them for campaign usage.
Discover what works (and what doesn't) in modern demand generation.
The demand generation channel is designed for technology marketers wanting to learn the latest techniques for driving exceptional demand for their products and services. Featuring leading demand generation practitioners you'll learn what works (and what doesn't). You'll gain valuable insights into reaching today's ever more elusive buyers. And you'll see how the latest approaches and systems can significantly improve your results.
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Williams left Ferrari wondering just how much fuel Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya were running during this morning's two practice sessions at Suzuka, after they set the fastest times of 1m 31.149s and 1m 31.422s respectively and left Michael Schumacher only third on 1m 31.705s.
"It was a very useful session," Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn said. "We made out tyre choice and did some race preparation, and I just hope Williams was running less fuel than we were."
Ralf Schumacher initially found his FW25 nervous but set-up changes cured that, while Montoya began with understeer, which was gradually ironed out.
"We did our homework and chose our tyres," said technical director Patrick Head. "Each driver had a different set-up but they were both quite pleased with their cars. It's going to be very tight this afternoon and the decisive factor will be fuel load. Our biggest worry is the possibility of rain tomorrow."
Montoya had a scare when Fernando Alonso's Renault blew up at Degner near the end of the session and coated the track in oil. He just missed the tyre wall after sliding off on the lubricant.
Schumacher's best left Jarno Trulli and Rubens Barrichello in fourth and fifth places. The Italian said he had no problems on his way to 1m 32.343s, and was happy with his Renault's balance. The opposition had simply caught up. The Brazilian was happy with his car on old tyres but found it had a mixture of oversteer and understeer on new Bridgestones.
It was a disastrous morning for McLaren. Kimi Raikkonen made a mistake after only seven laps in the first session, sliding off in the second part of Turn One and clobbering the outer tyre wall. He was okay but his car will now assume spare status. The team then sacrificed David Coulthard's chances by putting Raikkonen in his car for the second session. That's allowed, but not use of the spare, so Coulthard kicked his heels for the 45 minutes as Raikkonen's race car was too badly damaged to fix. The Finn's 1m 32.930s best came after only a lap or so in Coulthard's car, and later his attempt to go quicker was frustrated by Alonso's oil. He finished sixth, the unfortunate Coulthard 16th overall on the strength of his first session time of 1m 34.309s, which had then been ninth fastest. Not surprisingly, he did not have any comment to make on his morning.
Toyota is cautiously optimistic of qualifying in the top 10 in this most important race for the Japanese manufacturer. After a lot of hard work overnight Olivier Panis said his TF103 was much better as he recorded 1m 33.082s for seventh place, while Cristiano da Matta said his felt "much more connected" on his way to ninth on 1m 33.133s. Alonso separated them on 1m 33.107s.
Jenson Button completed the top 10 for BAR, another team on its mettle on the engine manufacturer's home ground (Honda actually owns the Suzuka Circuit). Technical director Geoff Willis reported that the Englishman had made up most of the time he lost on Friday with his engine breakage, and said that the BARs were pretty much where they wanted them to be. Button lapped in 1m 33.41ss, Takuma Sato in 1m 33.662s for 11th place.
Sauber also said it was on target, which meant being right behind its principal opposition (BAR) if it couldn't be ahead of it. Heinz-Harald Frentzen did 1m 33.694s in his C22 in the second session, while Heidfeld relied on his previous session time of 1m 33.749s for 13th overall after doing a different tyre programme in the second.
Mark Webber warned not to expect fireworks from Jaguar in qualifying, and there were certainly none in practice as he and Justin Wilson ran with high fuel loads. The latter also did a long tyre run, though the choice of Michelins had been made overnight. Webber lapped in 1m 33.807s, Wilson in 1m 33.952s, the closest they have been since Hockenheim. Webber, like Montoya, went off on Alonso's oil. "I nearly binned it," the Australian reported.
At Jordan Giancarlo Fisichella regained the upper hand over Ralph Firman, but not by much as they lapped in 1m 35.476s and 1m 35.620s respectively (more than two seconds off the team's 2002 qualifying pace). Both reported lack of grip, and Fisichella's engine was changed as a matter of routine as he complained of lack of straight-line speed.
Finally, Jos Verstappen outran Nicolas Kiesa in the Minardi camp, the Dutchman lapping in 1m 37.379s as the Dane reduced the deficit to his more experienced team-mate with 1m 37.884s.
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Boosting its rejuvenation of the '60s French spy spoof franchise, this sequel to "OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies" (2006) walks a fine line of politically incorrect comedy that grabs sporadic laughs before the gags hit the floor. Based on a plethora of Cold War spy novels by Jean Bruce, comedian Jean Dujardin returns as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (a.k.a. agent OSS 117), a borderline racist and misogynist with a permanent grin and a pistol that never needs reloading. With his slicked back hair and the unfortunate codename Noel Flantier, OSS 117 travels to Rio de Janeiro circa 1967 in order to extract a piece of microfilm with the names of World War II French collaborators from Von Zimmel, a former Nazi who has set up a secret fascist group in Brazil. Pursued by Chinese mafiosos wherever he goes, our nattily dressed spy is assigned a red-headed assistant from the Israeli secret service named Dolores (Louise Monot) who challenges his ideas of modern femininity. Drawing on stylistic influences from early James Bond films as well as movies such as "The Thomas Crown Affair" and "North By Northwest," "OSS 117: Lost in Rio" is visually appealing enough to carry the bumpy comedy across the film's frequent lulls. This type of parody is an acquired taste, but you can get hooked on it while you're watching it.
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Where: Alki Masonic TempleThe West Seattle Rock Club is holding its 48th annual Rock and Gem Show celebrating "Earth's Treasures" on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2014. There will be literally TONS of rocks, gems and mineral-related exhibits and hands-on fun with plenty of activities for kids and juniors.
We'll have silent auctions — one for kids and one for adults. Spin our giant wheel for prizes. Check out the rock displays, minerals, fossils, geodes, gemstones and crystals to explore. Club members will have their own display cases on exhibit. See jewelry and lapidary making demonstrations. Dealers selling: minerals, lapidary tools, fossils, geodes and more!
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First you must understand the anatomy of a fetus, as opposed to an adult. We breathe through our necks, and so the appearance of "strangulation" alarms us. Fetuses, however, do not breathe through their necks; they can't, because they live in liquid for 10 months. Instead, they receive their oxygen through the umbilical cord, and do not need to use their trachea to breathe until after they come out. For this reason, the most vulnerable part to a developing fetus is the umbilical cord itself, or the placenta to which it is attached, NOT the neck.
Babies can, and do, die because of accidents involving the cord and the placenta, such as cord prolapse, placental abruption, and other such incidents. The cord itself, however, is extremely strong, and unlikely to be compromised, except with a great amount of force. This article does a good job of explaining the mechanics of the umbilical cord.
Not only does the physiology of a nuchal cord make death by strangulation nearly impossible, but the incidence of nuchal cord is so common, that more babies ought to be dying if it were possible. Cord around the neck (nuchal cord) occurs in one out of every 4-5 births (various sources). That's 20-25% of all babies who are born with a cord around their neck at least once, and sometimes more. If nuchal cord is so deadly, why aren't more babies dying? The answer is that nuchal cord isn't deadly.
In this article from the March of Dimes, an organization which specializes in the prediction, prevention, and treatment of prematurity and defects, it is stated, "About 25 percent of babies are born with a nuchal cord (the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck) (1). A nuchal cord, also called nuchal loops, rarely causes any problems. Babies with a nuchal cord are generally healthy."
Just to be on the safe side, many studies have been done that show that there are no increased risk of negative outcomes with nuchal cords. In these studies, they looked at ___ number of pregnancies, and tracked all the factors associated with those pregnancies and labors, and could find no statistical correlation between intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD) and nuchal cords. In other words, while some stillbirths had nuchal cords, it was apparently a coincidence.
While nuchal cords themselves aren't dangerous, I found this article that states, "Furthermore, decreased Wharton's jelly in certain areas of the cord, most notably the fetal and placental insertions, can result in occlusion of fetal blood flow if the vessels are twisted sufficiently[33]" The article itself makes no conclusion about whether or not nuchal cords increase the risk of IUFD, but that statement would imply that the nuchal cord itself doesn't cause death, but may in some cases complicate things because it could also be twisted at the umbilicus or the placental insertion.
I have also heard it suggested that the cord could become tight enough to cut off the blood supply through the artery or vein in the neck. The carotid artery is fairly deep in the neck, so the pressure on the neck would have to be extraordinarily tight, something I believe would be nearly impossible for a fetus with a limited range of movement to accomplish.
If you are a mother who was told your baby would have, or did, died due to nuchal cord, you were misinformed. Do doctors lie? Sometimes. Sometimes they make an error in judgment, a baby dies, or a woman undergoes unnecessary surgery, and they need to have a reason in order to avoid being sued or fired. But I think this is not common.
I think in most cases, the doctor is not aware of the newest studies that show that nuchal cord is not a possible cause of death. I think in most cases, doctors want as badly as the parents to find a reason for why bad things happened to their babies. I think in most cases, a doctor is trying to do the best they know how, and they simply give their best guess to answer the often unanswerable questions.
In any case, it is clear from the evidence out there, and from our knowledge of anatomy and physiology, that having a cord around the neck is not life-threatening to the fetus, and should be treated with no more concern than a baby born posterior.


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I have long wondered about the importance (or lack thereof) in ascribing authenticity to something. Authentic.
I think the first time I questioned it was probably about 15 years or so ago, living in Santa Fe, working in the restaurant world, when the Balsamic Wars were starting. Authentic was a word you wanted to use, when describing the vinegar with which you would be massaging your hand picked wild arugula. Followed by a topping of authentic manchego, perhaps, or in the style of authentic Italian cuisine. The implication, of course, was that unless you had genuinely certified authentic items, you were lesser than. It separated you from the hoi polloi of grocery items.
Santa Fe was a crossroads kind of place, where people come to simultaneously get lost and get found. To shed their layers and take on new ones, to become their authentic self. Shirley McClain flew off her authentic magic mountain, Oprah had an authentic adobe up the road. We all lived the realest, most authentic way we could- sometimes just for the principle of it all. And, as often as not, life was hard and people were still disappointing cads. Perhaps, the real authentic self was not as exciting as the imaginary authentic self.
I occasionally have mused over the media battle for the big descriptors, the nth degree, who gets to claim something so often it becomes meaningless. When the word authenticity becomes an advertisement and loses its essence. How is this meaningful, to me? Some years ago, living in Scandinavia, I stumbled upon a beautiful handmade bag of sealskin, and bone or tusk beads, probably from Greenland. It was sitting on the rack of other used bags at the little thrift store down the street. I bought it for my sister, because she has an appreciation for these kinds of collectables, although I have no idea how authentic it was. I mean, it looked, smelled and felt like what I imagine a handcut, air dried seal fur would be like. There were no signs of industrial manufacture. I had a little fantasy that an Inuit lady had crafted this bag, to carry her sundry items while kayaking among the bergs or collecting lichens on the rocks. Maybe a real Inuit had made it for tourists.
I live in Arizona, where the whole world of the real wild west really lives and breathes, authentic America. My years of anthropology had me struggling with who deigns to designate this title. Surely, handmade jewelry made by "real Indians" and sold to tourists on the side of the road was authentic. Yet, when made with modern beads of plastics, and cords I could buy at the bead store, I wondered where the authenticity lay. In the creator, or the buyer. It's so important for people to feel as if something is real. I had studied iconography, I had understood the importance the connection to a real (though imagined) person, place or happening. As I would never be Native American, could I ever make authentic jewelry- even if my beads and threads and needles and patterns came from a Native American outfit?
But, it is not beads or bags or balsamic vinegar that really matters to me. At least not anymore, as I have looked past the persona of authenticity and thought about what really mattered. My desire to collect unique things waned, as I had to weigh the cost versus benefit of acquisition. Traditional had been vying with authentic in the parlance of genuine experience. Material culture had to adapt to modern availability of materials and techniques. It became more important, to me, to like something because I liked it- not because it appeared to have value. I can appreciate a lucky find on Antique Road Show, but that is a world I have left behind me.
A few weeks ago, I was at a spectacular lecture on a specific herb, Rauwolfia serpentina, and its traditional uses. It is a strong cardiotonic, used to treat hypertension much the way one might employ a beta blocker. Traditional use goes back thousands of years into TCM and Ayurveda, long before concepts like hypertension existed. Instead, the paradigms of health used words like hot, excessive, manic, restless, red, pulsing, insomniac. One is cautioned, if using Rauwolfia as a cardiotonic, to watch for mild depression. The spirit lies in the heart, and depression is often linked to heart disease, trauma, loss, broken hearts. Wild pulsing raging hearts caught in the throes of excess can be tuned down too much, slowed too much, cooled too much.
What was most interesting about this lecture was not the specific actions of the reserpine alkaloids. It was the speaker's side trip into the world of authenticity. Why hypertension? For many, a life of accumulation, of excess, of overconsumption, of constant acquisition, of identifying in those things. When do we find depression, with Rauwolfia? Perhaps, he suggested, when the heart is "toned" and the awareness of living this life- an unauthentic life- brings the depression to the fore. The realization that all this excess, this consumption, this acquisition, this drive towards what we believe is relevant- and recognition that it is perhaps not all we have imagined it to be. This tends to happen around mid-life, socially and biologically, but it can come at any time. The moment of realization may be painful, but needn't be debilitating.
How much of our lives are busy presenting our idealized self to others? How much of that is authentic? What if we don't like how we "really" are? Can we change this, and truly become someone else, something else? How many skins do we need to shed, or clothes do we need to try on? If I make you something with my heart in it, is that authentic enough?
I'll have to see your orginal certificate of authenticity first to make sure it is authentic Arizona Heart and of course it will be dna tested to ensure that your certificate of autheticity is in fact what it seems. Presumably, you didn't spend enough time in Santa Fe to pick up any New Mexican impurities?? :-)
Is this the real deal??
I got to digest this Bowl. But I will try to come back with my ehoughts, such as they are..
I like to believe that you can change yourself into the person you want to be and still be authentic. I have to believe that. We can't be doomed by biology. In fact, studies show that you CAN change your brain chemistry, in effect changing your authentic self, by being the emotion you want to be. You should be allowed to be who you want as long as you're not murdering, maiming, etc.
Families get upset if you try to break the mold they set up for you. On G H there's a character that went so far as to change her name to become her authentic self, but when her family caught up with her they started tearing her down because they felt slighted. And she has issues because she's letting them. That's where it gets tricky- when people take your change as a slight to them and label you as a fake. You have to hang in. And be yourself.
So yes, if you make me something from the heart, that absolutely is authentic, to me.
So I'll say something else. Somewhere around the age of fifty, I ceased trying to define myself–don't know why, but jeeze, what a relief. Around the same time, I realized that I was delighted by the woman I'd become. As a miserable fifteen year old, I wish someone could have whispered in my ear that I would fledge into this life. Sometimes, life requires a civilized face, other times, a primal animal face. Both seem equally authentic. Regardless, I don't think too much about the face I present. Which is perhaps, in itself authentic ;-)
I play plastic baroque recorders with classical, baroque and renaissance groups. It breaks my heart every time someone new shows up with a shiny new $500 traditional (wood) instrument that sounds like crap. Wood recorders don't play as well as under-$100 Yamaha plastic models unless you spend about $1,000 per instrument and take perfect care. No one does.
I get a lot of crap for my "p0olymer pets" from the authenta-nazis. But, I play better than Renaissance faire hippies.
That said, I would never play a plastic clarinet or use a polymer reed. They just don't sound the same. Gotta be a grenadilla or rosewood clarinet.
I suspect that if they had good polymers in the day, they would have used them.
Steve- I totally get what you mean. People who get wrapped up in the appearance of "authentic" forget the purpose of why they are there. You play instruments to make pleasing music, not to satisfy some god of wood carved instruments.
Thoughts on this had been kicking around my head prior to the recent kerfuffle. But, there are so many kerfuffles around here about identity vs authenticity vs honesty, it is hardly the first or last time.
Mark- the best way to do the research on that is to also enroll the help of a specialized herbalist- it is rare that only one herb is used to treat anything, and also in chinese medicine as well as ayurveda, herbs and acupuncture cannot overcome the deleterious effects of diet and lifestyle without changes there. A good acupuncturist is really trained in all of that, they know the acupuncture is only a small part of what they do. I know that beta blockers are no longer being used as the first line of therapy, as the side effects (from these drugs) is often too hard on the body. But herbs do not work the same as drugs, and it is definitely worth looking into. Just don't buy anything off the interwebs- especially herbs made in china (too much heavy metal toxicity and too much substitution of fake herbs).
Being authentic requires a great deal of vulnerability. Our facade stripped away we can be more easily judged. I think it takes a great deal of self confidence, that or a don't give a crap opinion, to show your authentic self to others.
That's where totally cool chicks and nebulous guys go
to get answers and hook up.
"How much of our lives are busy presenting
our idealized self to others?"...50 percent. the other 50 percent we
present our idealized self (superego) to ourselfs..
" How much of that is authentic?"
Sartre said, " the concepts of authenticity and individuality have to be earned but not learned. We need to experience death consciousness so as to wake up ourselves as to what is really important; the authentic in our lives which is life experience, not knowledge."
" What if we don't like how we "really" are? Can we change this, and truly become someone else, something else? How many skins do we need to shed, or clothes do we need to try on?"
Dylan: "he not busy being born is busy dying"
" If I make you something with my heart in it, is that authentic enough? "
hearts are fickle ..they gotta be...
the heart of the moment
is all you can give, i think...


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- A pretty village nestling in a delightful valley, full of opportunities to enjoy the wonderful outdoors
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- This charming village has so much to offer your holiday, with the perfect mix of relaxation and activities
- Located in the Gastein Valley, the village is surrounded by beautiful mountains
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This charming village has an idyllic setting in the Gastein Valley. Originally a market town, you'll find the village church surrounded by cobbled streets lined with a collection of cafés offering delicious cakes and shops selling local craft work. Next to the municipal hall, wander through the village's Kurpark, a relaxing haven next to the wonderful Alpen Therme.
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Local culture: With pretty cobbled streets lined with cafés Bad Hofgastein has plenty of character and charm. Originally a market town, the village has now become a popular spa town with natural springs that fill the Alpen Therme Spa.
Walking: Rolling mountain meadows in bloom and imposing glaciers for all to explore. Jump onto the summer lifts to take you to airier heights and reach the peaks. Or explore the valley keeping a beady eye out for golden eagles, vultures and marmots. With 350 kilometres of hiking trails for all levels you will have plenty to keep you occupied.
Spa: All guests staying at the Hotel Österreichischerhof receive free entrance to the resort's Alpen Therme spa facility, connected to the hotel by underground passageway. Consisting of 6 adventure and vitality worlds spread out over 32,000m² featuring a unique 360° panoramic view of the Alps, geysers and a glassed-in sky bar.
Evening atmosphere: With a relaxing evening atmosphere, enjoy a coffee or glass of wine in one of the cafés in the charming village centre.Private Transfers
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a ferrets is a ferret, no matter how much it seems like a weasel. if only i could say the same for people.
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When police responded to a 911 call from Guimares, he shouted "I'm in here" from the living room. A deputy writes that "we ran to the living room area of the home where we found the homeowner, Eduardo Guimares, lying down on top of the suspect who was later identified as... Harper."
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The many Developer Rooms will be hives of activity, with prolonged work sessions scheduled for free software projects such as Debian, Gnome, KDE and OpenOffice. The event will be held at the Solbosch campus of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (the Free University of Brussels). Entry is free of charge.
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Racket bag slung over her shoulder, resignation written across her face, Venus Williams weaved through fans milling about on the sidewalks that players must traverse to get from Court 2 to the Wimbledon locker rooms.
The 32-year-old Williams had just absorbed a lopsided first-round loss at the Grand Slam tournament she once ruled, a poor performance that raised questions about how much longer she will keep playing tennis while dealing with an energy-sapping illness.
She trudged by as her hitting partner, David Witt, was saying: "It's tough to watch sometimes. I think everybody sees it. I don't know what else to say."
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Looking lethargic, and rarely showing off the power-based game that carried her to five Wimbledon titles and seven majors overall, Williams departed meekly Monday with a 6-1, 6-3 defeat against 79th-ranked Elena Vesnina of Russia. Only once before -- as a teenager making her Wimbledon debut in 1997 -- had Williams exited so early at the All-England Club.
She hadn't lost in the first round at any Grand Slam tournament in 6½ years. Still, Williams said she'll be at the London Olympics next month and is "planning" to be back at Wimbledon next year.
"I feel like I'm a great player," Williams said, sounding a tad like someone trying to convince herself.
She repeated that affirmation as she continued: "I am a great player. Unfortunately, I had to deal with circumstances that people don't normally have to deal with in this sport. But I can't be discouraged by that. ... There's no way I'm just going to sit down and give up just because I have a hard time the first five or six freakin' tournaments back."
Later, as part of a slightly testy and awkward exchange with reporters, Williams said: "I'm tough, let me tell you. Tough as nails."
There were no opening-day troubles for top-ranked Maria Sharapova, who enjoyed an easy straight-set win on a cloudy but dry start to the two-week grass court championships.
Sharapova, who won the French Open this month to complete a career Grand Slam, picked up right where she left off at Roland Garros. She thoroughly dominated the 133rd-ranked Anastasia Rodionova, a Russian-born Australian, to win in just over an hour.
American Melanie Oudin lost to Timea Babos of Hungary 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, while Vania King fell in straight sets to No. 23 Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-2.
Sloane Stephens, a 19-year-old former junior doubles champion at Wimbledon, was the first American woman to win a match, 6-2, 6-2 over Karolina Pliskova. Stephens will face Cetkovska in the next round.
Americans fared better later in the day. Jamie Lee Hampton upset No. 27 Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), and 28th-seeded Christina McHale was even with Australian Johanna Konta 7-7 in the third set when play was suspended because of darkness.
Hampton had never played a match on grass before, and she first practiced on grass when she got to London. She wasn't sure whether she'd be able to enter the Grand Slam tournament after she quit during her opening match at the French Open last month because of two herniated disks.
"In the back of my mind I'm sure I was worried about whether my back was going to hold up or not," Hampton said after the match. "It's a little stiff but it's all right. It sounds worse than it is."
The 32-year-old Williams, playing in her 16th straight Wimbledon, was unseeded for the first time since 1997. She was coming off a second-round loss at the French Open to Agnieszka Radwanska.
Williams revealed in late August at the U.S. Open that she had been diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune condition that can cause fatigue and joint pain. She skipped the Australian Open in January, before returning to the tour in March in a bid to earn a berth on the U.S Olympic team for the London Games.
"I've been through a lot for years without knowing what I was going through," she said. "It's all a culmination at the end of the day. I just try to stay positive and focus on the tennis."
Williams has been champion or runner-up at the All England Club eight of the past 12 years, with her last title coming in 2008. The three losses in finals all came against younger sister Serena.
"I don't have time to feel sorry for myself," she said. "I'm not going to give up on it. ... There's no way I'm going to just sit down and give up just because I have a hard time the first five or six tournaments back. That's just not me."
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"At the Olympics, you'll see me here," she said. "I'm planning on it."
The 25-year-old Vesnina, who reached the fourth round here in 2009, played smart and steady baseline tennis to keep Williams at bay. It took 30 minutes before Williams won a game. But Vesnina broke right back to close out the set with a forehand winner.
The second set was much more contested, but once the Russian broke again for a 4-2 lead, she was in full control. Three games later, Vesnina cracked a big first serve on match point and Williams slapped a forehand return into the net.
Play began right on time at 11:30 a.m. on the outside courts under cloudy skies but without any threat of the rain that has soaked London and parts of Britain for much of the past few weeks. Temperatures reached 72 degrees.
Kim Clijsters' last Wimbledon got off to a good start when she beat former top-ranked player Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-4.
Clijsters is playing at the All England Club for just the second time in six years and has said she is retiring after this year's U.S. Open -- this time for good, having returned to the sport in 2009 after a two-year break.
The 47th-ranked Belgian looked to have recovered fully from recent injuries, breaking the 18th-seeded Jankovic five times -- including at love in the final game to clinch the victory.
She improved her record to 8-1 against Jankovic.
The third-seeded Radwanska and Grand Slam champions Samantha Stosur and Li Na won in straight sets.
Radwanska, who has twice reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, beat Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3 in the day's first match on Court 2.
Rybarikova took an injury timeout after her left leg gave way, which caused her to fall behind the baseline while trailing 2-1 in the second set. After treatment, she returned to the match with her leg heavily wrapped and did not seem bothered by it the rest of the way.
The fifth-seeded Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion, cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Carla Suarez-Navarro of Spain. The hard-hitting Australian has traditionally struggled on the grass at Wimbledon, losing in the first round the past two years and never advancing past the third, but she was always in command Monday.
Li, the 2011 French Open champion who is seeded No. 11, swept past Ksenia Pervak of Russia 6-3, 6-1.
No. 15 Sabine Lisicki of Germany, a semifinalist last year, beat Petra Martic of Croatia 6-4, 6-2.
The first seed eliminated was No. 16 Flavia Pennetta, who fell 6-4, 6-3 to fellow Italian Camila Giorgi.
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I grew up in New Jersey close to Manhattan where the Italian food is fabulous. As a new member, I am thrilled to be here. Since moving away years ago I have been trying to make Sicilian Pizza at home with limited success. The main obstacle to success is the pizza crust. My crust is too dense, but edible and not heavy (used to come out like a brick!). Nowadays I'm using high gluten flour, adding additional gluten--trying to get more lift and texture in the finished pie. I let the dough rise and punch it down twice, then proof it in the pan. Early on I would layer the sauce and cheese on the proofed pie. However, the weight of the ingredients would collapse the dough with no additional lift in the oven. Then I stated to parbake the dough, which allowed me to add the toppings without the collapse. When I look at the finished pie, the air holes in the crust are very small, hence a dense crust. When I compare mine to the real deal, the pizzeria Sicilian crust has a slightly more bready texture with bigger air holes. Any suggestions?
Knead until smooth and springy.Let rise in covered bowl until it doubles or triples.Punch down dough, then let rise again; orPunch down and transfer dough to pizza pan--proof until doubled
The dough for the signature Sicilian pie rises in the morning at room temperature, cools in a dough retarder (a humidity-controlled refrigerator)
The crust has a subtle yeasty note and a relatively soft, airy crumb. The outer edge was quite crisp. I expected the bottom to have a deliciously grease-infused, golden crisp typical to this style of pizza, but it had no oil at all.
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I let the dough rise and punch it down twice, then proof it in the pan. Early on I would layer the sauce and cheese on the proofed pie. However, the weight of the ingredients would collapse the dough with no additional lift in the oven. Then I stated to parbake the dough, which allowed me to add the toppings without the collapse. When I look at the finished pie, the air holes in the crust are very small, hence a dense crust.
Radost18, that's fantastic that you'll be able to do a little reconnaissance. At a minimum, try, if you can, to get a bake time. This could be especially difficult for longer bake pizza, but see if you can clock when the pizza goes in the oven and when it comes out.If you could do that, it would be a huge help in reverse engineering their recipe. If you want to go the extra mile, here are some suggestions.1. Bring a still camera. Ask their permission if you can take a few photos (for a blog). If they say it's okay, try to discretely take a zoom photo of the:bags of flourmixer (if out in the open)walk-in (if possible)and anything else that catches your eye, like empty/discarded packaging2. Bring a video camera. Again, ask their permission. Film a pizza from the point it goes into the oven to when it comes out. Zoom in on as much of the back of the shop as possible, doing a slow pan to get detail.3. If they sell dough balls, buy one, and, as you're buying the ball, press for fermentation details.You: Hi, I'd like to buy a dough ball.Them: Sure thingYou: When was the dough ball made and how long can I refrigerate it?Them: (details)You: What's the best amount of time to refrigerate? Do you refrigerate the dough in the pizzeria? How long? How long should I bake it for and at what temp? I really love your crust and am trying to match it as close as possible at home.4. Dumpster DiveIf you can get a chance to see a cheese wrapper, that would help, as would an empty bag of flour. A camera would be nice, but, be careful. If someone sees you taking photos of their trash, they might get a little suspicious.Befriending an employee can be especially enlightening, but, I've spent some time in Lyndhurst, and I don't see these guys as being real chatty. Not to mention that they're a 'best in state' winner, so they're probably busy most of the time.Also, use the bathroom. Sometimes you'll catch a glimpse of a storage area on the way to the bathroom.If all you end up doing is eating a slice of pizza and making observations, then it's not the end of the world, but whatever other data you can acquire would be incredibly helpful.
Try skipping the pan-proofing. Pan-proofing practically guarantees a dense crumb so delicate that it collapses under the weight of the toppings without a par-bake. Press the risen dough out with your fingers on a floured bench, drape it over your forearms (don't pick it up with your fingers), then put it in the pan, press out again as needed, top, and bake. Try this at least once before you change your recipe or methodology.JLP
Are those quantities correct?7.5 cups of flour + 1/2 cup VWG to 3 cups of water + 1/2 cup oil? (8c dry + yeast & salt, to 3.5 wet?)Yes, the quantities are correct, but I would suggest you use the recipe previously provided by Scott.http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=6e258e1714cdd56f6366ec80e12bccc1&/topic,13048.msg160058.html#msg160058After various adjustments and comparison trials I decided to abandon my recipe for Scott's Victory Pig Pizza. At a minimum, the recipe I was using has hydration issues. Also, adding extra gluten flour makes no difference, as evidenced by Scott's recipe.Good Luck, I hope this was helpful.


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Political satirist P.J. O'Rourke humorously criticizes the recent fiscal irresponsibility of conservative legislators. He says the poorest and least advantaged always suffer the most from any of the "three ways to pay for the electorates' fiscal irresponsibility."
Political satirist P.J. O'Rourke argues that guns are so deeply ingrained in the national culture of the United States that strict gun control is a moot point.


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EE's introduces Kestrel, a 4G LTE mid-range device
The UK has their first true LTE mid-range device. EE is responsible for bringing this one to the masses, with their self-branded Kestrel. The device, in addition to being an LTE capable handset, has another feature many will be interested in: a staggeringly low price tag.