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- Using Logic Pro as a remixing environment
- Setting up a session
- Lining up vocals over a kick drum
- Analyzing chord changes and harmonic structure
- Programming synth parts
- Arranging a track
- Demonstrating advanced vocal editing techniques
- Mixing the drums, bass, synths, and vocals
- Mastering the final mix
Skill Level Intermediate
For the purposes of this movie, I have muted the lead vocal, leaving only the vocal samples and the rest of the track. And as you can see, the arrangement is built up quite a bit from where we last left of. One of the things that I like to do prior to the mixing stages is to actually sit and listen to the track as almost an instrumental. I generally will leave the vocal samples in, because I do consider them to be transitional sounds. And I like to listen to the track from start to finish, and make sure that the track as an instrumental has the energy that I'm looking for, Ebbs and Flows; in the arrangement is paste well.
The only way to really feel out the arrangement and decide if it makes sense from start to finish, is to actually sit and listen to it several times through and make sure that there is not pockets of unnecessary 8 bar or 16 bar sections, you really only want to have in your arrangement, what you need. You don't need to make it an eight minute mix, if it doesn't need to be an eight-minute mix. So let me take you on a brief tour of what I've done as I have finished out the arrangement. I've copied and pasted the vocal samples in the various parts of the arrangement, mostly in the intro and the outro here.
And I've copied and pasted the crash cymbal pretty much every eight bars throughout the entire song. And I've added a second drum fill which is colored in red and a third drum fill which is colored in green. So I have used the color palette tool so that it will help me differentiate between which drum fill is which, as I went ahead and copied and pasted. So what we have here is essentially a finished arrangement; a DJ drum intro, the body of the song, verse 1 here, chorus 1, the post-chorus verse 2, chorus 2, post chorus 2 and a section that I like to refer to as the drop.
And essentially what I've done is dropped out everything, but a couple of elements. And I will just play this instrumental section and you can hear when the track kicks back in, how the energy picks up. (Music playing) You'll also notice that on the master fader, I applied a channel strip setting simulating mastering.
I will explain this further as we get into the mixing portion of the course. So let's just play the outro, because we did spend a few minutes several movies ago listening to the intro, or the intro under construction. So I've got the post-chorus happening here in the vocal samples filling in the holes and then the arrangement breaks down and ends basically off of 16 bars of drums. (Music playing) And it ends at the end of that phrase with a crash cymbal on the downbeat.
So I also added one more transitional sound which you heard here as we were playing through measure 152 into 153. And I actually switched the Piano sounds. So you will notice that there's a different Piano preset under the EXS24 Piano. And that is an overview of what a finished arrangement looks like. You should have an intro and outro that builds in the intro, builds into may an 8 bar hype section, full instrumentation and then it breaks down into verse 1, the body of the song, some sort of an 8 bar or maybe even the 16 bar drop, which is what this section is over here, where everything breaks down, except for a few keyboard parts.
We slam back into the track for a strong chorus and post-chorus and outro, and the track deconstructs at the end, ending on a crash cymbal. So I hope this tour of the final arrangement gives you insight, into how to finish off the arrangement that you're working on. Fill in the holes, and come up with a very solid five and a half minute to six and a half minute mix that makes sense. There is no extra fluff in this arrangement. There are no 8 bar sections that don't need to be here. It's very important that you listen to the track all the way through to make these final decisions as to whether a section should stay or go or if it needs to be extended or shortened.
These are all things that you can't really make decisions on until you sit and listen to something in an almost finished state.


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Senior tight end Adam Bishop was named the team's Outstanding Offensive Player of the Year honor and senior outside linebacker Ezra Butler captured the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year award. Junior Kevin Grimes was named the Outstanding Special Teams Player of the Year.
Nevada finished the season with a 6-6 overall record and a 4-4 mark in the Western Athletic Conference. The Wolf Pack is bowl eligible for the third straight year and is awaiting a bowl invitation.
The following is a full list of the awards handed out today:
Golden Helmet Award (MVP)
Luke Lippincott, junior running back
Outstanding Offensive Player
Adam Bishop, senior tight end
Outstanding Defensive Player
Ezra Butler, senior outside linebacker
Outstanding Special Teams Player
Kevin Grimes, junior running back
Dr. Chris Exline Academic Excellence Award
Matt Hines, senior nose guard
Nevadatude Award (best representative of the beliefs and ideals of the program)
Matt Hines, senior nose guard
Basalite Big Blocker (given the offensive lineman who grades out the best in victories)
Nicholls State game: Alonzo Durham, sophomore tackle
UNLV game: Charles Manu, senior guard
Utah State game: Greg Hall, junior guard
Idaho game: Dominic Green, junior center
New Mexico State game: Greg Hall, junior guard
Louisiana Tech game: Mike Gallett, freshman tackle
Blackout Award (big hitter)
Jerome Johnson, junior linebacker
Full-speed, Effort and Habit Awards (scout team players of the year)
Offense: Zach Sudfeld, freshman tight end
Defense: Brandon Walsh, senior defensive lineman and Zack Madonick, freshman defensive lineman
WAC Players of the Week
Dwayne Sanders, sophomore return specialist (Special Teams: UNLV game)
Luke Lippincott, junior running back (Offense: Utah State game)
Ezra Butler, senior outside linebacker (Defense: Idaho game)
Colin Kaepernick, freshman quarterback (Offense: New Mexico State game)
Fireman's Award
Colin Kaepernick, freshman quarterback
Striker Awards (dominating play over a period of time)
Ezra Butler, senior outside linebacker
Luke Lippincott, junior running back
Adam Bishop, senior tight end
Charles Manu, senior guard
Greg Hall, junior guard
Dominic Green, junior center
Captains Awards
Adam Bishop, senior tight end
Matt Hines, senior nose guard
Charles Manu, senior offensive lineman
Joshua Mauga, junior linebacker
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Monday, June 29, 2015 - Women's Basketball
Wolf Pack golf alums qualify for the U.S. Open
Monday, June 8, 2015
A letter from Doug Knuth: Much to be proud of for Wolf Pack fans
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - General
Pack women's golf signee Collom wins state tournament
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - Golf
Letter from Doug Knuth: Questions and answers about our 2015 football schedule
Monday, March 9, 2015 - Football
Pack puts on clinic for local children in Puerto Vallarta
Friday, March 6, 2015
Former Nevada coach headlines Boys and Girls Club Dinner
Friday, January 30, 2015 - General
Christenson earns spot in World Cup rifle competition
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - Rifle
Pack freshman Surin races against her Olympic medalist father
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - Track and Field
A letter to Wolf Pack fans from Doug Knuth: Successes on the field and in the classroom.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - General
Former Nevada track & field standout Hanson passes away
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - Track and Field
Tonight's Wolf Pack basketball game will feature "Kindness Minute"
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A letter to Wolf Pack fans from Doug Knuth: Mackay Stadium renovation approved
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Wolf Pack Fans, Reward Yourself and the Team
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Wolf Pack women's basketball hosts free skills clinic
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My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun –
by Emily Dickinson
Analysis: Setting
Where It All Goes Down
The setting is a very vague one, but it helps in understanding the poem to think of it "taking place" in three settings. The first stanza would be around town. We picture the speaker standing in dark corners when "The Owner" passes by on the sidewalk, and carries her away. Then they roam in the "Sovereign" forest for a few stanzas. We imagine it's a dark and dense forest in which the speaker lurks. Then, the scene seems to shift to a bedroom or house. The speaker and her "Master" lie in bed together as she guards him.


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Instead, Eicher's book became hopelessly mired in a photo-piracy scandal that eventually led to McPherson's repudiation of the book, which features his name prominently on the cover.Before the book's release, author William A. Frassanito discovered that Eicher had scanned at least 42 of the 164 historical photographs in Gettysburg Battlefield directly from the pages of his two Gettysburg books and falsely credited them to other sources.When Frassanito blew the whistle, Eicher (whose day job is editor of Astronomy magazine) admitted that he had scanned many photographs from Frassanito's two landmark works, Gettysburg, A Journey in Time (1975, Thomas Publications) and Early Photography at Gettysburg (1995, Thomas Publications) for his own field study work Eicher said he "could have inadvertently placed the wrong digital images" on the disk he sent to Chronicle.Eicher claimed to have legitimate prints for all the historical photos in his book, but when Chronicle demanded an accounting, Chronicle conceded that Eicher was unable to produce a legitimate source for nine of the images in question. Still, Chronicle released the book, claiming that Eicher had done nothing illegal. And now, in the December 2003 issue of Civil War Times Illustrated, Eicher states: ". . .no admission by this author of duplication of prior works has ever occurred."In fact, the duplication was so obvious and egregious, Gettysburg's most important Civil War bookstores refuse to handle Eicher's book, including the National Park Service bookstores and Greystone's American History store. The Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg, which had been offering the book, is no longer doing so and has returned their remaining copies to the publisher. And at least one of the guest essayists in the book, Wayne Motts, also wrote Chronicle requesting that his work be removed from any future printings.In addition, the Adams County (Pa.) Historical Society protested Eicher's misuse of one of its photos, which he published without obtaining an ACHS copy print, without obtaining permission, and without paying its user fee. Mr. Eicher disingenuously tried to patch things up after the fact not by asking for permission, but by sending a "donation" that equaled the user fee; his inappropriate gesture was rejected. Moreover, the ACHS flatly notified Eicher of their own finding that the photo in question had been scanned from a Frassanito book. Eicher never responded.The purpose of these pages is to expose exactly what Eicher did, to publish the findings of Frassanito's meticulous forensic investigation, to repudiate Eicher's unethical and unprofessional behavior, and to show readers the proper way to obtain and use Civil War photographs. We also reveal the world's best source for thousands of reproduction-quality Civil War photographs.
William A. Frassanito's Critical Analysis of David J. Eicher¹sGettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History(Chronicle Books, 2003)This critical analysis of David J. Eicher's Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History will focus primarily on what is arguably the backbone of his "definitive illustrated history," namely his photographic presentation, and especially on the magnitude to which that presentation and its supportive captions were based upon my two pioneering studies, Gettysburg: A Journey in Time (Scribner, 1975; Thomas reprint, 1996) and Early Photography at Gettysburg (Thomas, 1995).My review of Gettysburg Battlefield quickly evolved into a laborious forensic investigation once I began to come across the first of literally dozens of historical photographs that Mr. Eicher secured not from the sources he credited, but instead by scanning them -- without my knowledge and without my permission -- from the copyright-protected pages of my books. Thus far I can prove with absolute certainty that at least 36 of the historical photos in Gettysburg Battlefield were scanned from my photo prints (most custom-made) as they appear in Gettysburg: A Journey in Time (18) and Early Photography at Gettysburg (18), with six more probables, making a total of at least 42, or fully 25% of the historical Gettysburg photographs in Mr. Eicher¹s book. (I suspect that the actual count is substantially higher.)For example, the fact that his photo of Little Round Top on pp. 166-167 of Gettysburg Battlefield was scanned from pg. 308 of my Early Photography at Gettysburg is evidenced by the series of telltale, parallel vertical streaks (denoting the lines of text from my reverse pg. 307) which appear across the sky in his reproduction. In a number of instances, Mr. Eicher scanned photos from my books that I had copied from rare originals in private collections. Not knowing how to credit these images without revealing his true source, he arbitrarily assigned them to government collections, obviously never checking to see whether these collections actually had the images (they don't). He was likewise completely unaware of the fact that many of the photos he was scanning contain obscure but distinguishing characteristics that are unique to my custom prints.Apprised of my irrefutable findings, Mr. Eicher's publisher, Chronicle Books, recently informed me that "Dave Eicher acknowledges that he included images from your book in his." But according to Chronicle, this was perfectly legal because "All historical images of the Civil War are in the public domain, and are in the public domain regardless of the source." Incredible! But whatever the legal technicalities may be, I consider all of the dozens of photos in Gettysburg Battlefield that were surreptitiously reproduced from the pages of my copyrighted books to be the equivalent of stolen property, especially given the enormous effort and expense that I devoted to securing all of those images legitimately.A well-known hallmark of my published studies are their original then & now pairs, with my two books containing a total of more than 150 pairs, many of which took literally years of original research to produce. Of the 89 then & now pairs in Mr. Eicher's book, fully 94% (84/89) are simply duplications (or at least attempted duplications) of what he found in my Gettysburg: A Journey in Time (61) and Early Photography at Gettysburg (23). Employing my books as his trusty and easy-to-follow guides, it took him all of three days (6/8/97, 8-21 & 22/00) to conduct his systematic and wholesale duplication of my many years of work. Ironically, of the only five then & now pairs actually original to Mr. Eicher's book, all five are flawed.In his preface, Mr. Eicher boasts that his "captions provide a great amount of information on the historic images that early photographers created...." If Mr. Eicher had been as meticulous about citing my two books as his sources of photo-related information as he was obsessive about crediting himself for each and every individual modern photo (see pg. 296), he could easily have included well over 100 footnotes to Gettysburg: A Journey in Time and Early Photography at Gettysburg in his captions. Instead, his historical photo presentation doesn¹t include any footnotes, unlike his fairly routine battle narrative, which includes some 140 (many of which were unnecessary).Despite the sheer magnitude of Mr. Eicher's reliance on my two original studies for the production of his historical photo presentation, nowhere throughout his entire book is either Gettysburg: A Journey in Time or Early Photography at Gettysburg ever mentioned as the source for a single historical photograph, a single then & now pair, a single caption, a single photographer attribution, or a single date. Clearly Mr. Eicher wanted the names of my two books -- his "bibles" -- and the crucial roles they played, to remain as obscure as possible (while at times mentioning my name with praise, typically as either a generic source of inspiration, or as the generic source for an occasional fact), thereby leaving the unsuspecting reader with the erroneous impression that the historical photo presentation in Gettysburg Battlefield is primarily his work, and essentially original to his book.I must also call attention to the misleading title of Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History, for there is nothing about Mr. Eicher's book that can claim to be "The Definitive" anything. The photo presentation itself is riddled with factual errors, especially when Mr. Eicher is on his own. The most bizarre example of the latter is his reproduction of a May 1864 photo of Fredericksburg, Va., to illustrate the Railroad Cut at Gettysburg (pg. 47). Almost 20 of the photos he has dated from 1861-1865 are actually postwar, several as late as the 1880s, and one as late as the 1890s. He even displays a remarkable ignorance concerning a number of historical photos he correctly identifies as postwar, but otherwise misdates. For example, he seems clueless about the well-known background behind William Tipton's famous series taken in the spring of 1882 for the cyclorama of Pickett's Charge, Mr. Eicher being unsure about the identity of the photographer, not mentioning why the photos were taken, and dating the two examples he reproduces as "ca. 1870s" (pg. 224).A key claim made by Mr. Eicher in his preface is that "In compiling the photographs for the book, I have attempted to include all historical images of the Gettysburg battlefield made during the Civil War years themselves, 1861-1865." Apparently this unfinished statement was intended to mislead the reader into believing that his book contains virtually all of the early photos recorded at Gettysburg. Of the at least 40 photographic scenes taken at Gettysburg from 1861-1865 that Mr. Eicher failed to include (most of which have been published in my several studies, listed below), I can convincingly establish that Mr. Eicher never even "attempted" to include most of them. And, as those individuals who are familiar with my studies will notice, Mr. Eicher¹s historical photo presentation doesn't include a single new discovery of significance. The only truly definitive presentation on the early photographic coverage of the Gettysburg battlefield remains the multi-volume series comprised of Gettysburg: A Journey in Time and Early Photography at Gettysburg, supplemented by two magazine-format publications, Gettysburg Then & Now (Thomas, 1996) and The Gettysburg Then & Now Companion (Thomas, 1997).Although quality-control issues likewise abound in Mr. Eicher's book, such as the presence of a surprising number of blurry historical photos and the reproduction of numerous photos in an almost postage-stamp-sized format, etc., etc., it is the manner in which his historical photo presentation was put together that should be of alarming concern to all serious students of the Civil War. Certainly the unacknowledged, systematic, and wholesale duplication of someone else's original work, and the portrayal of that work as if original to the duplicator; the clandestine acquisition of photographs from copyrighted publications; and the deceptive manipulation of photo credits, are all disreputable practices that should be condemned.
It is generally not appropriate to reproduce Civil War images scanned from other books or magazines. The poor quality of such multi-generation reproductions misrepresents and degrades the superb clarity attained by Civil War photographers with their large glass plate negatives. It is unethical and wholly inappropriate to scan images from a book and falsely credit them to another source, such as the Library of Congress. If the author feels he must use a Civil War photograph scanned from another book, he must credit the book as the source and, if possible, obtain permission from the author or publisher. As an example, authors and publishers have occasionally used obscure and otherwise-unavailable images that appear in the 10-volume Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War, which was published in 1911. While there is no one to obtain permission from and the volumes are now in the public domain, any reproduction should be credited to Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
In 2001, the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress began a comprehensive program to make low-resolution and high-resolution digital scans of all of the Civil War photographic negatives in its vast collection. Most of that work is complete and now accessible to the general public. More than 12,000 Civil and early post-war negatives that were previously unavailable on the Internet are now available for instant download. Patrons no longer have to go through the library's photoduplication service or pay fees for copy negatives or prints.Since all Civil War photographs are in the public domain and open to free use, no permission is required to reproduce, publish, market, or use any of these thousands of images. Proper Credit is all that is required. The Library of Congress requests the following credit line:Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division[reproduction number, e.g., LC-B811-650].Some Handy Links:Search engine for 7,000 Civil War Photographs:http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/cwpquery.htmlInformation about the Library of Congress Collections:http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/cwphtml/cwpabt.htmlOverview of the Major Civil War Photograph Collections:LC-B811 series.About 3,000 cut stereoscopic or half-stereo negatives mostly taken in the field.. Index nos. LC B811-0001 through LC B811-1292 are primarily negatives produced by Gardner's Gallery. (Many 1861-62 images were originally issued by Brady's Album Gallery). Index nos. LC B811-2282 through LC B811-4037 are primarily negatives produced by the E. & H. T. Anthony Co. as part of the War for the Union stereoscopic view series.LC-B813 series.About 3,000 Civil War negatives, primarily studio portraits.LC-B815 series.670 full, uncut stereoscopic negatives taken in the field by Gardner's Gallery. (Includes 1861-62 images originally by Brady's Album Gallery).LC-B817 series.758 large-plate, single-lens negatives taken in the field by Gardner's Gallery. (Includes 1861-62 images originally by Brady's Album Gallery).LC-B8156 series.Forty-four large plate negatives taken in South Carolina by the photographers Haas and Peale.Brady-Handy Collection. LC-BH82 series.About 5,000 glass negatives, chiefly portraits (many of military officers), circa 1860-1875, by Mathew Brady and Levin C. Handy studios.
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A hands on science museum set in 15,000 square meters of a restored steel works plant, the Naples Science Center, Citta della Scienza, was the first museum of its kind in Italy. Born in 1987, it was brought to life in 1996 by the foundation, Fondazione IDIS, and quickly became an integral part of the Naples community. An especially kid friendly museum, it served over 350,000 visitors a year.
On March 4, 2013, a tragic fire destroyed the Città della Scienza, leaving the community devastated. Within a few months however, the museum had reopened its doors to a handful of exhibits which include:
Einstein's Games
Volcanoes Adventure
Fatal Attraction
Educational Garden
Selection from Gnam: Agricolture in Campania matters – and the secrets of healthy eating
Inflatable Planetarium
As the Città della Scienza continues rebuilding, it strives to offer rich and varied programming to the public. Meanwhile, anyone wishing to aid in the reconstruction of Naples Science Center can find more info about how to help here.
Place Categories: Bagnoli & Fuorigrotta, Campania ArteCard, Museums & Galleries and Naples Attractions


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Dallas Police Department now has three women in its uppermost ranks
As far as Police Chief David Brown sees it, the "glass ceiling" has been shattered.
On Tuesday, Brown promoted Brigitte Gassaway from the rank of deputy chief to assistant chief. She will be Brown's new chief of staff and joins Assistant Chiefs Cindy Villarreal and Patricia Paulhill in the department's uppermost ranks.
"It's the first time in our history to have three women at the top ranks of the department," Brown said in a recent interview. "It's a big deal for the women on the department."
The department currently has six assistant chief slots.
"It's a great opportunity," said Gassaway, who joined the force in 1984 and has previously commanded several divisions, including property crimes, personnel, and special investigations. "There's been a lot of trailblazers…. I'm just proud to do my share
In the early 2000s, Shirley Gray and Dora Saucedo-Falls held the rank of assistant chief. But for at least five years, Villarreal was the only woman at the assistant chief rank. Last year, she got company when Brown promoted Paulhill to the rank of assistant chief.
It's clear that women have come a long way.
Opportunities for women were scarce when Villarreal decided she wanted a career in policing in the mid-70s, she said. Dallas, unlike many other departments, was hiring.
"Dallas has always led the way on hiring and promoting women," said Villarreal, who oversees the department's investigations bureau.
Paulhill, who joined the force in 1981, commands the administrative and support bureau.
"It's important for us to understand and realize that the success we've been able to achieve is a journey, not a destination," she said. "We just have to try to continue to bring people up through the ranks."


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increase Image: HBK/Sebastian Lang.
The Performing Arts course of study offers a diverse range of classes on the theory and practice of theatre, performance and other forms of popular culture. Artistic experiments with body and space, theoretical reflection and the translation into various forms of expression augment each other.
You will learn the individual steps and phases of a theatrical production from the conceptual development of the idea, the selection of material in addition to research, rehearsal and realisation to multimedia presentations of performances. You will acquire a broad range of knowledge and skills, for example in the fields of voice and body work, dramaturgy and contextualisation.
You will ideally attend classes at five Lower Saxon universities. Aside from the
HBK Braunschweig, these are the Leibniz University Hannover, the Hannover
University for Music, Theatre and Media, Hildesheim University and the Technical University Braunschweig. The course of study is a cooperative one.
The options involved in the double-major B.A. degree course are accordingly
diverse: At the HBK Braunschweig you can combine the Performing Arts major with the minors German Studies, English Studies, Communication Design, Aesthetics & Art History as well as Media Studies.
The successful completion of the Bachelor's degree is the prerequisite for admission to a subsequent M.A. degree course. To the extent that you intend
on teaching Performing Arts and German or English at secondary schools
or comprehensive schools, we also offer you a corresponding M.A. degree course that opens the way to preparatory school service.
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Improv comedy, at its best, is, well, unpredictable. But there are a few predictably entertaining improv troupes in the area. Loosely divided between the "short-form," "long-form" and "sketch" designations, these supremely talented men and women will do anything to make you laugh. Read on for just when and where:
All for 'Sportz'
Actually a national franchise, the short-form ComedySportz features two teams of "act-letes" battling for points in a competition filled with an array of improvisational theater games – and with a referee to govern the action. Shows are held each Saturday at 7:30 and 10pm at the Adrienne Theatre in Center City, with the early show being "family-friendly" and the late show, err, not so much. Audience participation is part of each performance, so you may want to put on your comedic work-out clothes.
$12 – $15, Playground at the Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St., Philadelphia, 877.98.LAUGH; www.comedysportzphilly.com
'Ninjas' Power
Long-form troupe The Ninjas – the city's self-proclaimed "Most Deadly Improv Group" – holds a weekly showcase on Tuesdays at the Raven Lounge in Center City. The evening of comedy features recurring characters and a loose plot, but hopefully no Chinese stars.
8pm, free, Upstairs at the Raven Lounge, 1718 Sansom St., Philadelphia, 215.840.3577; www.ninjaimprov.com
Best of the Rest
'Lunch Lady' Land: Long-form troupe Lunch Lady Doris, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, will be the guests of the above-mentioned Ninjas at the Raven Lounge on July 25. Visit www.lunchladydoris.com
Crowd Control: Short-form improv troupe The N Crowd, which blends humor and spontaneous actions in its performances, just finished a run at the Society Hill Playhouse in Center City. Visit www.phillyncrowd.com
'Bird Watching': Long-form troupe The Rare Bird Show has a handful of upcoming shows scheduled, including the Philly Fringe in September. Visit www.rarebirdshow.com
Pure 'Energy': Comic Energy, which has been compared to Chicago comedy giant Second City, has been busy lately with gigs at Rembrandt's in Fairmount and the Shubin Theatre in South Philadelphia. Visit www.comicenergy.com
Why 'Wait': Billing itself as Philadelphia's premier sketch comedy troupe, The Waitstaff has been lighting up the Five Spot since 2003 but recently performed at World Café Live. Visit www.thewaitstaff.com
'Minor' Chords: Sketch comedy quartet The Minor Prophets, which uses self-shot video skits in its performances, will be premiering a new show this fall. www.theminorprophets.com


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Oregon State University student, Elizabeth Gonzales, is one of only 30 students nationwide – and the only Oregon student – to be selected to participate in the inaugural GEAR UP Alumni Leadership Academy in Washington, DC this Summer! Elizabeth Gonzales graduated from Madras High School (OR) in 2010 and is currently a Sociology major at […]
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EOP, CAMP, SSS Honor StudentsWednesday, May 6th, 2009
Students in the Educational Opportunities Program, Student Support Services, and College Assistance Migrant Program take a moment to celebrate their scholastic achievements during the Honor Roll Reception held in April. Check out the photos that I got from Sheila Roberts, an Advisor in the Educational Opportunities Program. (Thanks, Sheila!) To all students honored: OSU is […]
Sabor Latino Event a Success!Friday, April 17th, 2009
Cool stuff going on over at University Housing and Dining Services. In partnership with the Casa Latino/a de OSU, the Centro Cultural César Chávez, the College Assistance Migrant Program's Multicultural Community and the Sabor Learning Community, Sabor Latino is a journey through culture and cuisine to help celebrate Latin and Caribbean culture. Entrée menu items […]
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The Censored blog has been an education this year, changing the way I approach news, thanks to all of you who read and contribute to the Censored blog.
For most journalists, the news that is published comes by way of compromises with the editor and publisher. While reporters are carrying out interviews for controversial stores, they have to ask themselves: "Will they publish this?"
This all depends on the editor and publisher's personal views and politics, along with fears of advertisers and other controlling powers that are quietly hidden behind every newspaper.
Yesterday, I drove by the building in Scottsdale, Arizona, where Tim Giago, Lakota, and the staff of Indian Country Today gave birth to a new newspaper in the summer of 1994. Giago was recently honored at the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame, where his photo now joins all the white men who have been honored. During all the years that I worked for Giago, at Lakota Times and Indian Country Today, he never censored my articles. After he sold the newspaper, the situation changed.
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But driving past that building, I remembered the incredible people and stories. I remembered Hopi photographer Larry Gus who went out on stories with me, and our managing editor who came down from South Dakota during those early months, Avis Little Eagle from Standing Rock. There are two stories that stand out in my mind. One was about Fred Walking Badger, environmental activist who was then missing and later found buried in the desert. The other story was Larry Gus' photo shoot with Keith Secola in the desert. Keith, known for his "Indian Kars," was always generous with his time. Avis Little Eagle was, and is, a light in American Indian journalism.
It was an honor to have been there with all of them.
Now, the U.S. Congress is creating new legislation to criminalize radical thought and we are all thrown back into the McCarthy Era. As the media is compromised more and more each day, the United States government, both the Bush administration and the US Congress, continues to represent the tyranny, censorship and terrorism of the Nazi regime that it claims to oppose.
But with this oppression comes the hope delivered here each day in e-mails from readers like you. Thanks to all of you who rise up in the fight against censorship and oppression.
May your holiday season bring you great joy and a celebration of the struggle for life and humanity.
Now, this just in, an example of those great e-mails. When Juan Reza, heard that Texas border columnist Jay Johnson-Castro had been terminated, here's what he wrote. His comments are published with permission:
We asked Juan Reza if he would like to share something about himself with readers. Here goes, "I'm a pitiful two-legged being seeking to daily grow my love for our Creator and our Creator's creation and do something good for them while I'm here."Hi Jay!
I just finished reading about your firing at the Rio Grande Guardian through Brenda Norrell's site. With sincere and humble respect I render to you my Congratulations! I read several of your articles within the last few months, and I commend you for your steadfast, courageous reporting of critical information that the sell-out media owners and their accomplices are refusing to disseminate. I will be sending my prayers your way, that you may be strengthened even further in your resolve to provide truthful, highly ethical services to the people you really serve: God's Children, your relatives, the poorest and most vulnerable ones. Where one is intelligently courageous for a noble purpose, others will be too. Wishing you the greatest of blessings possible, that according to the great Lakota Holy Man, Frank Fools Crow, are inner peace and
Juan Reza
Finally, for a few of my favorite all time censored articles, please see my earlier Censored blog. The articles include an interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie, an article censored for seven years, about her being blacklisted.
Another censored issue was the Lakota warriors' defense of the Badlands against museum excavations for prehistoric bones, during the summer of 2002. The struggle was censored by most newspapers except the Lakota Journal. Stronghold Table is where the Ghost Dancers were massacred after they fled the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
Before passing to the Spirit World, Tony Black Feather delivered a powerful statement on the American flag and the nation it represents, from the Stronghold:
In his own words, Tony Black Feather, Lakota:
Black Feather, in his statement to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, said the flag represents a nation of dishonor."I tell them that the aboriginal Lakota people of this country look at this flag as a piece of red, white and blue cloth that stands for the foreign racist system that has oppressed Indigenous peoples for centuries.
"For traditional Lakota people, that piece of red, white and blue cloth stands for a system and a country that does not honor it's own word."
"If it stood for honor and truth, it would remember our treaties and give them the appropriate place under international law. But it doesn't. It dishonors its own word and violates its treaties, that piece of red, white and blue cloth."
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Gunns Eyes Bigger Refinancing; Wants Options
Gunns plans to sharply expand its proposed capital raising to increase its flexibility for financing the planned jewel in the company's crown – the proposed 2.3 billion Australian dollar (US$2.4 billion) Bell Bay pulp mill, the Tasmanian-based forestry concern reported Monday.
Urged on by investors, plans are now afoot to raise about A$400 million rather than the A$280 million proposed on Feb. 8, including A$150 million from Singapore-based Richard Chandler Corp., a plan that collapsed only a month later when Chandler Corp. walked away.
Morningstar research analyst Peter Warnes said a capital raising of that magnitude at a previously suggested price of 12 cents a share would mean the issue of 3.33 billion new shares taking the share base to almost 4.2 billion, diluting the value held by existing shareholders.
"Over many years the underlying value in Gunns has been well and truly pulped in the headlong run to get the Bell Bay Pulp Mill off the ground," Warnes said in a note. "This is clearly the last throw of the dice."
Investors have encouraged Gunns to raise sufficient equity to give it the desired flexibility in its approach to financing the Pulp Mill, the company says.
"Additional financial flexibility is likely to result in a superior outcome in the Pulp Mill financing," it says.
The equity raising might involve placing shares to new investors, it says
The company has had the devil's own job in recent years in trying to raise funds for the controversial project, running into some serious headwinds in the form of a global financial crisis, a surge in the value of the Australian currency and a euro zone debt crisis.
The company has always said it would prefer to develop the mill in some form of joint venture, but this expanded capital raising along with the ongoing asset sales program, could provide it with the flexibility to develop the project on its own, which has been flagged as a possibility in the past.
Gunns expects to be in a position to provide a further update regarding the proposed capital raising next Monday, April 2.
Moelis & Company in undertaking a detailed review including of the company's non-core asset sale process, bank facilities and the financial metrics of the Bell Bay Pulp Mill ahead of the capital raising, Gunns said.
In the meantime, shareholders remain unable to trade their shares.
Gunns shares soared to 22.5 cents on Feb. 17 from 12.5 cents on Feb. 8 on news of Chandler Corp.'s interest. But trading in the shares has been suspended at 16.0 cents since March 9 when news emerged that Chandler Corp. was walking away, leaving shareholders who wanted to exit trapped with their holdings.
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DEXTER -- Naomi Miller, 96, died Aug. 15, 2007, at her home.
Born July 5, 1911, in Stoddard County, daughter of the late Charlie and Mollie McClard Temples, she was affiliated with the Pleasant Grove Community Church near Dexter.
On Jan. 13, 1926, in Piggott, Ark., she married George William Miller who preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 1972.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Deloris Jean Sexton; three brothers, Samuel Temples, Thomas Temples and Fred Temples; three sisters, Ruth Corlies, Julie Ivester and Gladys Spore; and two grandchildren, Tony Miller and Kimberly Miller.
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My daughter had her repair 1.5 years ago and her surgeon does not require no no's or bottle/pacie restrictions. It made life a lot easier, because we did not have to take any of her comfort items away or restrain her. We gave her larger toys to play with that she couldn't put in her mouth. She took her haberman and pacie in the recovery room and did just fine. We also steered clear of any narcotics as they make her very agitated/ nauseated and not sleep. She got iv ativan for the first 12hours after surgery and tylenol/motrin rotated every four hours for the first two weeks. We had the stronger stuff on hand in the hospital and at home, but never had to use it. Room temp liquids are the best. It took about a week before she would take her formula again. She was taking her baby food in bland flavors like sweet potatos and bananas on day two. She did the best with this surgery. The first 12-24h are a little rough becuase of the after effects of anesthesia, but after that it was fine. Good luck!
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Florida 11, Atlanta 4
Dontrelle Willis pitched seven innings for another sharp April start and the Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 11-4 Friday night.
It was also the first game and win for Florida manager Fredi Gonzalez against the Braves, where he was the third-base coach the previous four seasons.
Willis (3-0) is 12-1 with a .923 winning percentage in April. That's the second-best career percentage in April to the 13-1, .929 of Babe Ruth, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Willis' only loss in 18 April starts was last season, a 3-1 setback at Chicago. The 25-year-old will try to match Ruth's record next week -- probably Wednesday -- at the New York Mets.
Hanley Ramirez had two hits and scored three runs for the Marlins, who had lost two straight. Cody Ross, Dan Uggla, Miguel Olivo and Joe Borchard drove in two runs apiece.
Willis allowed three earned runs and eight hits. He struck out five and walked one over 107 pitches.
Florida jumped on Atlanta starter Mark Redman (0-2) for five runs in the first inning. Olivo drove in two with a bases-loaded single. Ross followed with a two-run double and scored on a sacrifice fly from Aaron Boone.
The Marlins added two more in the third on Borchard's two-run single, ending the night for Redman, who allowed six hits and seven earned runs in 2 2-3 innings.
Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer off Willis in the third as Atlanta lost its second in a row. Andruw Jones scored on Willis' balk in the sixth.
Atlanta's Chad Paronto left with a strained muscle in the seventh inning, limping off the mound after throwing a third strike past Ross.
The Marlins added two unearned runs in the eighth when right-fielder Jeff Francoeur dropped Borchard's fly ball. Miguel Cabrera had a RBI single and Josh Willingham added a run-scoring groundout.
Mets 3, Nationals 2
48-year-old pinch-hitter Julio Franco singled up the middle to drive in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals, 3-2.
Washington's John Patterson, seeking his first win in nearly a year, left with a 2-1 lead but Carlos Delgado hit a tying single in the sixth. Ryan Wagner gave up the lead in the seventh and the 2-9 Nationals lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Aaron Heilman is 1-1 with the win. Scott Schoeneweis pitched a one-two-three eighth, and Billy Wagner did the same in the ninth for his third save.
Houston 9, Philadelphia 6
Carlos Lee hit three homers, including a grand slam, and drove in six runs and the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-6. Morgan Ensberg had a three-run shot.
Roy Oswalt improved to 2-0, but wasn't overly sharp. Oswalt was uncharacteristically wild, walking a career-high six batters while allowing six runs and seven hits in five innings on a chilly night.
Brett Myers is 0-2 with the loss.
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Kansas enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed after an awesome 30-4 regular season campaign.
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RE: Dolphin Therapy
1. try Key Largo visitors center (Chamber of Commerce).
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here is the place which our south florida paper wrote about and recommended.
they do have child therapy.
it is on key largo.
their dolphins stayed even when they had a chance to swim out during the flooding from hurricance last october.
i like that it is recommended and also that the dolphins are happy there :)
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if cost is not a problem, there are a couple outstanding luxury hotels on key largo. i would talk to the chamber of commerce. enjoy
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Thanks for all the replies. We now narrowed down to Island Dolphin Care or the Dolphin Cove. We are not sure whether we can afford Dolphin Cove because it is a 2 week programme. We can do 1 week programme at Island Dolphin Care.
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When I was a kid I thought these Family Circus comics were so funny!
Can you imagine a bunch of kids all saying it wasn't them? That would be so crazy! I was an only child, and only once, once in my entire life was I ever not responsible for some transgression I was accused of. Left the oreos open? Me. Milk on the counter? Me. Toys on the floor? Me. Once–once–I was not, in fact, the person who ate all the Cheetos. My dad was. Ah, that was a great day.
But now I have four kids–or, more relevantly, three kids. One is ten, and asked if he left his popsicle stick on the counter he will say "oh–sorry!" and throw it away.
Then there are the other three. They say, in unison, "not me!"
And one of them is lying.
And it makes me way, way angrier than it should. Not because I think the liar will grow up to be a politician or cable television call center representative, but because, pretty simply, there is a sticky popsicle stick on the counter. Again. And again. Because there is bowl of crackers in the basement where no food is allowed. Again. Because there is a big pile of paint-covered paper towels on the table. Again. And it feels like there always will be.
Tonight was particularly stupid. Rory and Wyatt each bought Silly Putty today. The same kind, of course. And at the same moment, they both placed their hand on the same blue egg on the counter and said "that's mine!"
The other egg was sitting, open, on the other counter. Its mate was on the floor. Its putty has yet to be seen, although I have no doubt it will turn up in the carpet or stuck to a sofa cushion or the dog soon.
There was no way to tell whose egg it was. They both insisted. I put MY Silly Putty BACK IN THE EGG! I put it on the counter! RIGHT HERE!
Evidence pointed to Rory as the lying party. She had a Silly Putty earring on one ear, and a matching Silly Putty earring had been seen on her other ear minutes before and had then been picked up from the floor immediately behind her. But they weren't big earrings. They could have come from the putty in the egg on the counter. Hell, I don't know how much Putty is in a Silly Putty egg. It looked full. But really, I have no idea.
I admit to being just totally, unjustifiably angry. One of them was being really unfair to the other. They bought the Silly Putty with their own money. And now I really should take it away from them both. I tried to force them to find the other Silly Putty. Then Rory declared that she didn't care and would take the piece that had been earrings. But by then I was mad, too mad to let it go. One of you is LYING, I said.
I really do know you're not supposed to get all worked up about that. But it's so hard not to. I mean–I really think one of them knows. Very little time had elapsed. And if I'm honest, I think Rory was lying. I think she thought I'd be even angrier, and this time at her and her alone. But I'm not sure.
In the end, I called them both liars too many times. I made the whole Silly Putty thing un-fun for everyone. Rory decided to take the small piece and the empty egg. Wyatt said, "see? She was lying!" But I really don't know. He can be just as bad i not worse. It took me twenty minutes to get over being generally pissed about the whole thing.
And then I gathered them up, those three little ones. And I said, look. One of these days I'm going to know. You're all going to say "not me!" and it's going to turn out that I know that only one of you had an orange popsicle. You're all going to deny being the kid who came in and used my favorite purple pen to color all over my office blotter pad, and I'm going to look at one of your hands and find ink. I'm going to mark your lollipop sticks, and when one of you throws it on the floor of the car, I will know.
I'm sorry. I know it's pitiful. But this is going to be my mission for at least the next week.


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When I read this thread, I am reminded of Saotome sensei discussing "satsu jin ken and katsu jin ken" the sword that gives life and the sword that kills. That must be in one of his books.
I am also reminded of a story I heard from Gleason sensei about some shihan who was being attacked in real life (outside of the dojo) by several people. The story goes that while dealing with the other attackers, the aikidoka noticed that one of the attackers who ended up flying past him headfirst at a brick wall - so that aikidoka somehow swotted at that flying attacker to change his direction so that the attacker hit the wall with his shoulder instead of his head. I think about this when I think about minimum damage.
Of course, ideally you want to do no damage. But since we are not ideal, we settle for doing the least amount. I think it is the same kind of idea as when people try to argue that there is no unselfish actions because it can be argued that the person performing the aaction does it selfishly for the good feeling - or whatever. The idea is that selfless actions and doing no harm are more spiritual goals to aspire to. IMO.
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Title-wise Nostalgia in Vogue is spot-on. It features the highlights of Vogue's history. The content is drawn from the Nostalgia column in the magazine. Anna Wintour opens the book with a foreword, that says it all. We quote: "Fashion photography might appear to be the very definition of ephemeral, created for the sole purpose of capturing the trends of a fleeting season - but it's extraordinary how evocative a great image can be. There are so many more layers than the eye sees, some of which reveal themselves only in retrospect. I always say that a great fashion picture can tell you exactly what was happening in the world at that time." We couldn't have said it any better, but we sure as hell can make you understand what she means without any words: check page 94-95. Barbra Streisand, 1965 by Irving Penn. Helloo!!
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A Constructive Approach to Conflict Resolution
Debbie Garr
Another professional, engaging speaker presented to The Center for Spirit at Work on Friday, October 12. Valerie Burke, a licensed attorney and approved mediator in Kansas and Missouri, presented an informative framework for approaching and resolving conflict. Ms. Burke, who holds a J.D. from St. Louis University and a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kansas, has received several awards for her professional and volunteer work in dispute resolution. She is a speaker, consultant, trainer, adjunct professor, and coach who helps people in various situations resolve rather than litigate, using facilitative, transformative, and evaluative approaches.
Ms. Burke assured us from the outset that experiencing conflict is human nature. She added that people of faith oftentimes tend to shy away from facing conflict, but it's always best to talk it out. In doing so, having a mentor or objective person facilitate the conflict resolution process can be a plus.
Litigation, we learned from Ms. Burke, so often comes from conflict that could have been resolved. While many people avoid conflict, others seem to enjoy it. For resolution, communication is key, and the style each of us was born with can lead us in both positive and negative ways.
When talking out conflict issues, she recommended slowing down before you speak, react, get angry, or take things personally. Realizethat both parties are right and both are wrong. It takes compromise for resolution. No one is going to get everything he wants.
To aid in her discussion of conflict resolution, Ms. Burke introduced a conflict map called Social Transformation of Conflict (copy attached), developed by a professor at Notre Dame, John Hall Lederach, and she encouraged us to share this map with others to educate people about conflict resolution.
She prefaced the discussion with the statement: "Conflict is not bad." We have it when there's change. The key is to make it transformative instead of destructive, which is not easy for those personally involved because it's personal and therefore hard to see.
Ms. Burke said she uses this map with seven levels of conflict when meeting with each person individually. Her first question is: "Where are you on this map?" (In her presentation, Ms. Burke used the example of a conflict between two workplace associates and how their supervisor should step up and help them work toward resolution.)
1. Problem solving, disagree but share problem—If (e.g., John and Sally) walk into their supervisor's office and say they can't solve a problem, he should not turn them away. First, he must talk to each person individually to get both sides of the story and then get them the resources they need. Perhaps it's systemic. It could be a workplace problem.
2. Shift from disagreement to personal antagonism, person seen as problem—If the supervisor says, "Go talk it out and come back in a week to tell me what you've decided to do," when they come back, it will have become personal. With different communication styles one may think she needs more info and the other may think she should be able to make a decision quicker. Now it's John's problem and Sally's problem—they don't want to work together.
3. Issue proliferation, from specific to general—The next week each has many reasons why the other is impossible to work with. John decides Sally's a slacker. He comes in early and she comes in late (but he may not know she stays late). Now they're the problem and the boss is showing he doesn't want to get in the middle of it.
4. Triangle, talk about not with—Sally and John reach out to others for reinforcement. John might say to another worker, "Do you know what Sally did?" Sally or John might bring several other people to the boss to say they're not going to put up with this.
5. Eye for an eye, reaction and escalation--This is a critical time for the boss to be involved. John and Sally are now intentionally leaving each other out; e.g., not copying one another on emails or not giving one another info they need to do their jobs. There is no mutual trust and it gets ugly here.
6. Antagonism →→→ Hostility—At this point it can become tragic. When Sally sees John's car in the parking lot, she gets upset. It can get violent at this point. It's critical to intervene. (Interestingly, oftentimes the people involved say it's at a level 6, while the supervisor says it's at a level 2.)
7. Polarization, change in social organization—Factions have totally separated. If one person is alone, they've been destroyed at this point.
Ms. Burke asked us to think about what we as bystanders can do to help resolve conflict. She reiterated that instead of standing back, we must call attention to the situation right away. Get help for the people involved. Coach them. Refrain from getting triangulated in, which only adds to the problem. Realize there's no right or wrong answer and tell the people in conflict that they need to be talking to one another.
In closing, Ms. Burke asked, "Why do people litigate?" Her answer: "Cases that don't settle have become personal. "
Her solution is that we need to resist these forces by developing self awareness, self control, and reciprocity.
About the Author: Debbie Garr, Center for Spirit at Work CommunicationsVolunteer is a Human Resources consultant, facilitator, and author in Kansas City, MO.


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We are not healthy. Obesity is now an epidemic, 1 in 3 kids are now obese, more and more people are becoming type II diabetics and heart disease and most other common illness's are on the rise. But you don't have to go to hospitals or statistic offices to see this.
Just look around. I see it every day wherever I go. I guess, because of the nature of my work, I see it with magnifying glasses on. Yet we have more medical services, more doctors, more drugs, more information and more health "guidelines". So why is this happening? I'll tell you exactly why and I'll tell you as straight down the line as is humanly possible. In terms of nutrition, what you are being told by the government and what you are being told by your doctor and what you are reading in books and magazines is basically a complete load of bullshit, the majority of it anyway. Look, I'm not going to beat around bush here. Most of you who know me or have read my articles and blogs before will know this. I'm outspoken and have strong opinions about diet and health. I now have a lot of knowledge to back up these opinions. Then I just want share what I know so that it can help people. It's as simple as that.
The way I want to do this is to dig through all the information about health and nutrition, decipher it as best as I possibly can, then tell it how it is without external influences be it monetary or political. I still don't have all the answers and probably never will due to the nature of this game. However, what I know as being closer to the truth is not the same as what people are being told from what are deemed "credible" sources. A lot of people are genuinely trying to be healthy. But the recommendations and guidelines that are out there are a pile of lies and fallacies. You're told not to eat too much fat . You're told to eat plenty of carbohydrates for energy . You're told not to eat eggs and red meat to prevent cholesterol . You're told the best way to lose weight is to do aerobic exercise. The list goes on. All I will say is that every single one of these recommendations is seriously questionable and almost contrary to what the science says.
What I'm alluding to here is not based on some whimsical bit of hearsay. I've looked deep into the science of all of these things by reading hundreds of papers, articles and books on everything from nutrition to endocrinology to exercise. I'm now looking at things on a cellular and molecular level. I'm looking at gene expression, mRNA and epigenetics. I'm looking at enzymes, hormones and interleukins. I'm even looking at the hypothalamus and neuron signalling. All of this is allowing me to slowly put the pieces of the puzzle together. At the same time, its showing me that there is more to the way the body works than we ever imagined and for the most part, the way we currently think it functions is actually wrong. I won't go on, but I hope you get the picture. Like I said, I want to help people. This is why I'm trying to explain what I know. I will say that I am only scratching the surface in certain situations as the complexity of what I really want to explain is just far too much for me to go into.
Sometimes, less is more.. So I'll continue in the same vain and move forwards with the hope that I make some sense and the reader can take home the message so that he or she can improve their health. Right so I'm going to try to blow a few of these lies and fallicies out of the water. I'm going to start with common food advertisements/claims that I see on a daily basis.
Here goes number 1: Brennans Bread – No added Sugar
So you are expected to believe that eating this food is good for you because it has no added sugar. Let me first point out that this applies to any wheat/flour type food. So bagels, baguettes, Panini's, scones, pastries the big one "cereals" all fall into this bracket and these same rules apply. Flour of any type is essentially a chain of glucose molecules.
To put it very simply: Bread/Cereals –—> Glucose
With white breads, this happens very quickly. It happens even quicker if it is smothered with jam. It happens a bit more slowly with breads which still have the fibre and germ layers (i.e. the wholegrain) and it happens even slower if it is eaten with more protein and fat type foods e.g. meat and cheese. However, the end point is the same. When you eat bread you are essentially eating sugar i.e. glucose. Why is this bad for you ? This causes your blood sugar levels to go up and down, which causes your energy levels to go up and down, which causes your mood and appetite to go up and down. This is obviously not good for your health and it leads to weight gain and type II diabetes. In addition to this, grains, in particularly wheat, are not what we are designed to eat. These foods were not available to use pre agriculture and therefore grain foods are relatively new to us. We now know that there are parts of the grain that are difficult to digest and cause inflammation of the gut. Gluten is the main culprit and exists in many different forms depending on the grain type. With the cultivation of crops, the grains have been hybridised over the years so that now the modern wheat is even more different to the original form. This has lead to a change in the structure of gluten which has made it even more intolerant for digestion.
There are now many studies which link problems in the gut to many common health problems such as eczema, fatigue and even depression. Suffice to say that not only is bread worth avoiding because of its sugar supply, but the affect it has on the digestive system and associated health issues is arguably even more of a reason to take it out of your everyday diet. The Science Bit Glucose causes a release of insulin from the pancreas. If you eat bread, particularly white bread, the release of glucose into the bloodstream is fast and the corresponding insulin release is fast. Insulin's job is then to send the glucose molecules to the muscle tissue. However, if you are obese and have a poor diet in general, you could be insulin resistant which means that glucose doesn't get transported fully to the muscle and can get deposited in the fat cells instead. An increase in insulin causes inhibition then of lypolysis. Lypolysis is the breakdown of fats in the adipose tissue. Therefore, not only are you storing more fat, you are preventing the breakdown of fat. It's a double edged sword. This problem escalates as you continue to eat more bread as it continues to disrupt insulin and its function. This results in hyperinsulineamia as more insulin is secreted than is actually needed. Excess levels of insulin in the blood plasma causes an inflammatory response causing damage to the thyroid, brain and cardiovascular health. With the constant circulating high levels of glucose in the blood, they can become glycated leading to the formation of AGE's (Advanced Glycation Endproducts). The formation of AGE's releases side-products which are linked to hypertension, alziheimers and cancer. Gluten is a protein that is difficult to digest and causes leaky gut. There are several compounds of gluten which all cause intolerances whereas the test for celiac disease tests for only 2 components of gluten. In other words, even if you pass the celiac test you still may be intolerant to another compound of gluten.
In addition, wheat contains Wheat Germ Agglutinin which is another protein molecule known as a lectin. These have also been shown to cause digestive issues and associated leaky gut problems. Damage to the gut is now known to be the cause of various auto-immune diseases from hashimotos to Alzheimer's.
Finally, there are even now recent studies which show that wheat proteins can cross the blood brain barrier and trigger the opiate receptors which are associated with pleasure and addiction. Synopsis Being told that a food such as Bread contains "no added sugar" is a complety misleading statement. Bread is converted to glucose rapidly and therefore eating bread is the equivalent of eating sugar. High levels of glucose in the blood cause insulin spikes which cause fat storage (in individuals predisposed and/or obese) and stops fat breakdown. Long term surges in blood sugars and insulin lead to a host of diseases from diabetes to cardiovascular disease.
Finally, it is not only the glucose content of flour type foods that is a concern but also the toxins such as gluten which cause digestive problems. Put it in Context So "Bread" is one of the staples of several nations' diet. It certainly is a staple here in Ireland. Not just bread but all the other foods made from grains such as cereals, pasta's, pastries, biscuits and cakes. Since this is the case, and since obesity is an epidemic, wouldn't it seem plausible that the very food that we consume the most of is the one that causes most of the problems?? Based simply on this observation, the answer is obvious. But this is not just an observation, it based on the evidence behind blood sugars, insulin, inflammation, gluten and digestion. Thus, if you are obese of suffer from any major health problem, eliminating wheat and grain foods from your diet would be strongly recommended.
If you are feeding your kids, realise the bread is sugar and can also cause digestive problems. In other words, give them something else for lunch other than a sandwich. Finally, if you are fit, lean and healthy, I would still advise against regular consumption of wheat/grains but having some now and again is probably not going to be detrimental to your health. Side Note: I've decided not to reference every single statement I have made here and will probably continue to do this going forward. The reason for this is that the more I look at the research and studies, the more I realise that there is never one clean cut conclusion when it comes to nutrition and health. I could have a nice peer reviewed study showing how gluten is harmful while another peer reviewed study can show its not harmful. So for me it's now all about the power of deduction. You need to read all the literature and information and review all the studies, then read between the lines and put everything in context. When you're finished doing that, you then need to apply the law of specificity and tailor it to the individual's physiology, health, nationality, age, sex, fitness, stress levels and lifestyle. I realise this is a difficult task for the average person so that is why I am trying to do the majority of it for you.
But remember, the individual bit is up to you. N=1.
Nothing's equivalent to the ON State of Mind…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjj4hk0pV4
Further Reading: http://chriskresser.com/beyond-paleo-2 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1309704 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-grains-are-unhealthy/#axzz1sPEn75QY http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/12/gluten-sensitivity-celiac-disease-is.html http://www.marksdailyapple.com/diabetes/#axzz1sPFIC65q http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheat-Belly-Davis-William-MD/dp/1609611543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334763169&sr=8-1
Barry another non compromised conclusion of what we are all told to believe is "healthy"
Keep these up, great to refresh the memory on some of the things you've already spoken with me about.


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"To insanity and beyond." That has been the cry of screen animation through the ages. But the art of great screen animation, surely, is to go one step beyond madness, beyond the facile gifts of anarchy and anti-gravity. It is to make the madness meaningful. Toy Story and Toy Story 2 did that: they made a "human" drama from a bunch of interacting dolls and plastic animals. They forced filmgoers to go "Ooh" and "Aah" at the feelings and actions of a pull-string cowboy (Woody), a toy spaceman (Buzz), a Mr and Mrs Potato Head, a Barbie, a Slinky Dog, a Little Bo Peep and the rest.
If there were a Nobel Prize for Digital Animation it would have been won almost every year by Pixar. Toy Story 3D (
a film company can assemble the best techno-geeks, even the best craftsmen. I don't understand how they, Pixar, also get the people who understand great comedy, drama
and storytelling wisdom. The Shakespeares of pixellation.
It is a toy's tragedy – ask any toy – that its owner grows up. So Andy, the little boy in TS and TS2, is now a college-bound older teen while Woody, Buzz and Co wonder if they are bound for the attic, the dumpster or the kiddies' day care centre. Turns out it's the last. But it turns out that the last is a neo-fascist state, led by the chief toy, a strawberry-scented care bear called Lotso (voice of Ned Beatty in best southern-cracker snarl). Can Woody lead his team to safety? Even to survival? Can they live on when even the flames of the town's incinerator are licking at them in the action climax?
None of this is Shakespeare. It is good comedy and great kinetic knockabout. What is bardic, what is vatic, apart from the sprinkling of higher grace-notes and character inventiveness throughout – the day-care centre's actorly hedgehog Mr Pricklepants ("We do a lot of improv here"), the moment when a newly radicalised Barbie tells Lotso, "Authority should derive from the will of the governed, not from brute force" (must have been reading Tom Paine) – is the turn of pathos and wisdom after the action and comedy climaxes. I won't plot-spoil, but darned if there isn't a tear in the spectator's eye as the toys learn that the way to grow up is to change while staying the same. Or to stay the same while changing. Home is where the sense of self is. That's it. That's true wisdom. That's Pixar. Where's the Nobel Prize committee?
Christopher Nolan's Inception
DiCaprio bravely enters another Psycho-Babel mere months after Shutter Island. He does these tangled mental struggles well. But the true star of Inception is the mind of Nolan. I don't mean his dream-share idea: we have been there, done that, in Elm Street and elsewhere. No, Nolan's brainstorms are the passing visual ones: the Paris street that upends and folds in on itself, the stairs that vanish beneath walkers' feet, zero-gravity dream states where we walk on walls and ceilings.
|Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Inception'
Yet there, too, is the rub. We don't walk on walls and ceilings in dreams. Dreams are not like that. Their matter, mainly, is reality. They just mix reality in weird and hyper-real ways, shuffling the deck of the humdrum. So we should say to Nolan: "Beware what you dream of as a filmmaker." Getting his $170m budget, for his fantastic effects, for his audiovisual bells and bangs and whistles, he has lost the simple delicate magic of dreaming. Perhaps he needs to remake Inception, sometime in the future, using the budget he had, before international fame, with Memento.
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