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The communication of lightwater
Lightwater. What a significant connection of two elements: light and water. The first water, which are titled so were Lourdeswater, Fatimawater or water from San Damiano, they all came from places of pilgrimage. In Germany they were also named Marienwater. The German magazine "Quell – das Magazin für nachhaltiges Leben" introduces, in issue Autumn/Winter 2016/17 41/42 an interesting and informative written article about the communication of light water and our water research. More about this amazing water research topic you find on our website.
"Water responds sympathetic"
What would be, when sympathy would depend on attracting water molecules? In our laboratory exchange some water drops over an distance of approx. 1,5 m information and influence each other. Adults with up to 70 % body water, which for example sit in a bus or a lecture hall, have exchanged information with each other, before they have even greeted each other. The German "Praxis Magazin" introduces in the winter issue 12/2016 – 1/2017 an informative and successfully written article about our seven secrets of water and the importance for man. The magazine appears in PACs Verlag GmbH in Staufen under the ISSN-No. 0162-7307T; the price is € 5. It´s only available in German, but you can find more about the communication of water here on our website.
A chapter about "The secrets of water"
We and our bodies communicate with water on different levels; on the physical level, when we watch a river, the sea or a pond or when we take a bath, when we drink water or when we wash ourselves and we communicate in a deeper, unconscious level. The publication VAS HERMETICUM introduces, in issue 02/2016 23rd volume, in an 8 page-chapter our research "The secrets of water" by Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplin. The book is published twice a year in the Wiontzek-HERMETICA-Foundation, Owingen (only available in German language).
"World in a drop" in the book: Wij en Water
Gabrielle Sutherland describes in her book "Wij en Water" (we and the water) based on our impressive pictures how salvia drops look before, during and after a x-ray application or the impact on human beings on the structure of the water droplets; also very awesome is the research about water drops before and after a strong emotion and water drops from different places. The information about this water research is also available on our website under "research".
Gabrielle Sutherland, "Wij en Water", only available in dutch language, Wildcat-Publishing, Borger, ISBN 978-90-82439-60-1
Our "World in the drop"-research in the new book "Vital water - energy source for the body"
Vital water - what does this mean? Andrea Tichy is trying to explain this topic in her new book "Vital water - energy source of the body". She explains classical water research methods for example from Viktor Schauberger and his theories about vortex and waves. And she discusses new research results from themes like endothel-protection with vital water, the 4th phase of water and natural wells as powerful places.
Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplin and our water research "World in a drop" is part in the chapter about the memory of water with our research under the darkfield microscope: "How does tap water and spring water effects the human saliva?", pages 30 to 33.
The book (only in German) is available in our shop.
Life, resonance and music
Alexander Lauterwasser, water researcher and musician, has participated successful in our water exhibition "World in a drop" several times. He is very interested in the effects of sound and frequencies on the surface of water and the forms, that this is creating. In his live concerts he creates magic sound and light installations with water projections. In his new book "Vibrancy - resonance - life" (only in German language) he publishs his new water-sound-photos related to the forms of life.
Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplin has been cited in the book from Alexander Lauterwasser about the theme image-forming forces in life, which he finds in the structures of the dried water drops under the dark field micrsocope in his water research.
If you are interested you can order this illustrated book (only in German language!) from Alexander Lauterwasser in our "World in a drop"-shop.
Article: "Memory and Communication in Water" by Prof. Dr. Bernd Helmut Kröplin
"Water is a medium that is largely not understood by physics and chemistry. Its material nature is tested, studied and understood by physics. However, beyond its physical and chemical qualities also memory and information play a significant role in water, and these form a bridge from the immaterial to the material world and vice versa. These subtle phenomena are the ground of misunderstanding, and they can neither be studied nor detected by traditional experimental methods. Hence, we use a different approach: we investigate the patterns that appear in a water drop after evaporation of the water and photograph them under the dark field microscope. (.....) Our findings prove the memory of water and also the communication between separate units of water. Both seem to be essential for the understanding of mechanisms in living cells - these consist for approximately 70% of water - as well as for the communication of water in the world. This knowledge constitutes a reason to talk about a new dimension of quality and health of our planet."
This article explains very short the faces of water, the influence of inlaid flowers, the influence of electromagnetic waves, influence of mobile phone on body water and more...
In: "Bulletin on Microvita Research and Integrated Medicine", August 2015; S. 29 - 35
Einen 8-seitigen Sonderdruck dieses Artikels in englischer Sprache können Sie hier bestellen. Das neue, umfangreiche Buch zur Wasserforschung von Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplin erscheint im Herbst 2016.
Vital water
A second, updated edition of the water book "Vital water" from author Andrea Tichy will be released in the year 2016, in the same year when our own new water book from the research world in a drop will be published. The author Andrea Tichy made an interview with Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplin about his water research under the darkfield microscope in Stuttgart; because in one of the chapters of her book, she enlarges the theme about our water research world in a drop and Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplins ideas about the memory of water. We look forward reading the new, updated book about vital water in may 2016!
Vital water, Andrea Tichy, second updated edition, may 2016.
Our knowledge is a drop – Water, the unknown substance
A classic among documentations about water is "Our Knowledge is a Drop" and it is a popular rerun on TV as well. The 45 min.-documentation refers at length to our research project "World in a Drop". The film-team was our guest for an entire day. In his documentation the author Hans Kronberger pointed out the latest results of research on water. Here you find a brief clip from the interview with Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplin.
Film by Hans Kronberger, first broadcast: October 22,2008, 21:00 (ORF/3sat), 45 min., 16:9, rerun on ORF/3sat/Phönix…
Exhibition "The world in a Drop" in Bad Füssing
Invited by the 2. Water-Symposium in Bad Füssing abstracts were shown from the exhibition "World in a Drop" in the foyer of the Großer Kursaal and till October 31, 2012 also in the "Bio-Hotel Falkenhof". Our exhibition was announced in an article in the monthly magazine "Fliege" by Jürgen Fliege (issue 9-2012, p. 55)
in: Fliege-Magazin, Ausgabe September 2012, S. 55.
The World in a Drop and homeopathy
"The soft revolution of homeopathy" points a cover story of the Fliege-magazine in June 2011. This article also refers to the research regarding "World in a Drop" by Prof. Dr. Bernd-Helmut Kröplin, who lectured during the 161. Annual Meeting of the German Central Association of physicians of homeopathy in Aachen 2011.
in: Fliege-Magazin, Ausgabe Juni 2011, S. 42 - 43.
Water in focus
The principal topic of the May-issue of the magazine "brennstoff" in Austria is entirely dedicated to water. Pages 5-9 present our research and the book "World in a Drop" extensively. The profound and well investigated article was caused by the interview of "World in a Drop" in the documentation on German TV 3Sat. The magazine also offers several more interesting articles on Alexander Lauterwasser and in general the element water as a "resource". The book review to the subject matter we provided as download. The magazine "brennstoff" is published by GEA in Austria.
From: "brennstoff", issue May 2011, p. 5-9 and p. 27
The magic of water
We are drinking it. We take showers, brush our teeth and rinse our groceries. We are swimming in it – and all this, without thinking much further about it. Water is self-evidential. However, the elixir of life has not been investigated down to the last detail. The magazine "Traumbäder" introduces, in issue 09, in an informative and successfully written article water and research around water. The magazine appears in the Fachschriften-Verlag in Fellbach; ISBN-No.978-3-939164-39-5. Here you can take a look into an excerpt of the article.
The healing mystery of water
Today, the beneficial effect of the physical application of water is scientifically accepted. However, the energetic power, which activates healing impulses in the inner body is a different matter. Yet, there is a change upcoming: scientists make more and more phenomena measurable, which the naturopathy section has observed already quite some time ago. In a dossier of the German health magazine "Natürlich gesund + munter" the different effects from ultrasound, music, mobil radiation, and also living objects on water are summarized again. These effects can be seen among others in the results of the research of Prof. B. Kröplin under dark field microscopy. The beginning of research of bio-technology and material research of other scientists are briefly introduced. Here we have for you page 1 of the three page article as an abstract and download.
Seite 1 des Artikels downloaden
Den ganzen Artikel können Interessenten in einem Probehefte kostenlos anfordern. Der Artikel ist ein Auszug aus: "Natürlich gesund + munter", Ausgabe Juni/Juli 2009 (siehe Titelabbildung). Probehefte unter: www.ngum.de
Music in blood – more as an idiom
Annette Kolb and Katharina Sinner – both young scientist – treated drops of blood with diverse sounds of music and kept this effect in pictures. Without sound there was a structure of honeycomb pattern to be seen. To soft piano music it became a nicely crinkled wickerwork and under heavy metal the inner structure nearly scattered into pieces. Thus, we hear music not only with our ears but also directly with our body fluids… (…). Further information to the experiment can be found here.
(P.M. Magazin – Welt des Wissens, issue June 2008, p. 20)
Medical staff using homeopathy, alternative therapy, and alternative medicine know by experience: Water has a memory, which makes it possible to transmit healing information to the body. Within the "hard core" science this assumption/thesis is being discussed highly controversial. A subject determination of the exhibition "World in a Drop" (…)
The ability to retain information
Thus, has water a memory? Does it remember, what happened? "In a certain way", guesses Kröplin. "If I define memory from the Brockhaus as an ability to retain information, which can be stored over a long term and can be restored then, one could indeed talk about memory." For instance, a sample from gentle dehydrated human saliva on a slide illustrates distinct other structures before and after a mobile phone call. "Water reacts to electromagnetic radiation highly sensitively", discovered the team of researchers around Kröplin.
Due to the fact that Kröplins method is easy in handling, he gets more and more support for his research on memory of water. Pupils of the Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium in Rottweil investigated recently in an "experiment with several persons the impact of music", what music in water causes…
Abstract from: "The memory of water" in: "Quell-Inspiration für bewusstes Leben", Winterausgabe 2006/2007, pages 8 u. 9. "Quell" can be obtained in health-food-shops and Health and Personal Care Stores.
"What is the reason, that water makes us feel well? That we spend our vacation at the seaside or seek relaxation after a long working day in a warm bath or likewise go swimming? Why does the endless immensity of the sea fascinates and give relieve to our nerves? (…)"
Reflections and findings about water, the exhibition "World in a Drop" 2006 at the Urania, among others the works by Inge Just-Nastansky, Ruth Kübler and the ISD.German Journal for Midwives/ Deutsche Hebammen Zeitschrift (DHZ), September issue 2006, p. 12 -14.
Water: the magic element
In: Geo, Vol. 07, issue July 2006, p. 112-140, cover story "Water, element of life ".
Book publication: The last mysteries in science
The scientific journalist Felix R. Paturi describes in his book: "The last mysteries in science" our experiment with several people, which we brought to the public in the following exhibition in Berlin (in April 2006) (please look our internet-rubric "research") In his chapter "Mysterious water – a fluid with memory?" the author dedicates himself to the anomalies of water and our results of research (p. 90-92).
Felix R. Paturi, The last mysteries in science, Eichborn Verlag, August 2005, ISBN 3-8218-5593-2, aprox. EUR 29,00.
"The pattern of the drop pictures," Kröplin is convinced, "are not coincidental (…) For instance structures of the drop pictures do change, when water is briefly exposed to the low electromagnetic field of a mobile phone. Afterwards the microscope pictures show exceptionally clearly visible structures, that are yet limited. "Water has remembered what happened", says Kröplin, "even though the mobile phone had been taken away." (…)
Liquor, saliva, blood, and urine belong to the body fluids containing water in abundance. But also muscles have a water content of 50 percent and even the bones have one of 22 percent. Every body fluid generates its own drop picture."
P.M. Magazine – Welt des Wissens
Issue July 2005, p. 45-54
"These are pictures inspiring the imagination. Some remind of glowing balls or show concentric circles, which gather around a light center. Despite different forms and colors the pictures have the same source. They are remains from water drops applied on thin slides. After the liquid had evaporated, the experimentators from the Institute for Static and Dynamic for Aerospace Constructions of the University of Stuttgart checked the achieved result under the microscope. The patterns were photographed and now enhance the exhibition at the Urania of Berlin: "World in a Drop" (…) "Scientist must pay attention to the consequences of their achievements in research", says Prof. Kröplin. Therefore he is looking for the development of methods, in order to investigate the impact of electromagnetic fields on organisms. (…) For example: dried drops of saliva before and after a two-minute-call on a mobile phone. The structures that at first remind of ice crystals changed into green and brown circles. (…) "With our research we want to initiate a dialogue," he says.
Abstract from: Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, 2.22004
The first issue of the monthly magazine "Unterwasser" in January 2004 dedicates a seven page report with interesting pictures to our research under the title "World in Water".
Can water think?
Die Zeit
Nr. 49, p. 37-38, November 2003
The August-issue of "Natur & Kosmos" dedicates an extensive cover story with an interview of Prof. Dr. Bernd Kröplin to the subject "Memory of Water" and the research on water at the Institute. The nine page article is enriched predominantly by the photographs of water drops from our book "World in a Drop".
Natur und Kosmos
Titel: The Memory of Water – H20 stores information
August 2003
At the Institute for Static and Dynamic for Aerospace Constructions (University of Stuttgart) a lot has been done to water: it is being radiated, exposed to sound waves and it will be shaken well. In addition after an ultrasound treatment, which is equal to a mechanical impact, so it is demonstrated the molecular structure has changed. Among other "watery" specimen, there was taken in account human salvia before and after a phone call by mobile phone, thinned alcohol and many more "watery items" in order to experiment with them…
Aus: Gedächtnis des Wassers von Barbara Morawec, in: "Salzburger Nachrichten" vom 8.8.2003.
Die Welt im Tropfen im TV
The author Birgit Thaler composed one of the most interesting and well investigated TV-reports for the scientific magazine "Nano" on 3Sat. Since the first appearance in 2003, the report has been repeated in the program of ZDF, ARD and 3Sat and is a classic among scientific documentations. Sadly, this report is not available any more at the Media Center of 3Sat because the center only goes back to the year 2004. But there will always be a next replay. TV-Report: "Nano" in 3Sat. Author Birgit Thaler, 2003.


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A burgeoning musical institution rings strong and bluesy as Blues on the North Shore 2010 presents its annual concert series at Evanston's SPACE
Food, fun, and agricultural exhibits await families at the Hawaii State Farm Fair held on the Bishop Museum grounds July 24-25, 2010
Itsoseng balances comedy and tragedy in the story of a young man's yearning for change amid the politics of township life during and following apartheid in South Africa
L.A. performer Brian Stanton demonstrates his multifaceted skills as an actor and playwright in his one-man show BLANK, which details his journey about how an adopted young man decides to meet his birth mother
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New Yorker's brought their game to the Garden to entice Cleveland Cavalier Lebron James with a super size Big Apple gift bag
For the fifth year in a row, the Will Geer Theatre continues its annual tradition of producing this enjoyable Shakespearean production that appeals to all ages
Theatricum Botanicum regulars Mike Peebler, Melora Marshal, Jeff Wiesen, and Susan Angelo alternate their performances as the Danish prince and his conflicted mother, resulting in what may be the best production of this Shakespearean play that has been conjured in Southern California to date
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Although the story is the same, Pocket Opera's production of Handel's Rinaldo is unimaginably different from Armida. In fact, Donald Pippin's productions of any of Handel's operas are in a class by themselves
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Faith Hill Gets Braces
While the focus was on Faith Hill's dress at the Country Music Awards last week, a closer look at the superstar reveals a new accessory: braces.
While the focus was on Faith Hill's dress at the Country Music Awards last week, a closer look at the superstar reveals a new accessory: braces.
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Hank Williams Jr. was kicked out of Monday night football on this date in 2011, Tim McGraw married Faith Hill in 1996, Garth Brooks sang about his friends in 1990 and more.
Faith Hill turns 45 years old today (Sept. 21). Few will argue she isn't one of the most beautiful women in country music, but was that always the case? Well, yes it was. In this gallery of Faith Hill pictures, one will find all of the singer's many styles -- from her covered country look of 1994 to her midriff-bearing days in the early 2000s and the gorgeous style she chooses today.
Faith Hill has a new album finished, but it seems fans won't get to hear it until a single sticks. 'American Heart' is at least the third new song fans nationwide have heard -- including 'Come Home' and the title track, 'Illusion,' played during the 'CMA Music Festival' special on ABC. Like the others, it's a thick production made accessible by the wonder of Hill's voice.
Carrie Underwood found her Casanova on this date in 2009, Faith Hill proclaimed her Mississippi roots in 2005, Rodney Crowell scored his very first number one hit in 1988 and more.
This December, country superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will debut their Soul2Soul show at the Venetian in Las Vegas and we want you to be in the crowd for one of the very first shows!
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The Republican Municipal County Committee has interviewed candidates for the Millburn Township Committee and announced this week it has selected Robert Tillotson and Dr. Matthew Lipp.
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The tranquil vistas of the Pacific Ocean and neighboring island of Molokai make the Plantation course at Kapalua Resort in Maui one of the most inspirational golf courses of modern vintage, but the tantalizing views often obscure the clever routing and classic features that Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw infused into a rugged landscape that used to be a pineapple field.
Home of the PGA Tour's year-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions, the par-73 Plantation is spread over 240 acres to allow for a pair of natural forces that heavily influence shot values: wind and slope. Holes like the 663-yard 18th drop more than 150 feet from tee to green, so even a mid-handicap might find the full 7,411 yards negotiable in the trade winds.
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Renaissance Kota Bharu Hotel, Kota Bharu
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This was a one night stay over as we were continuing our journey in the morning. The hotel was in good condition but we did not care for the open lobby as it is very humid in Penang. We would have preferred an air conditioned lobby. This hotel is tucked away from the city center and from most restaurant so we would not consider this a place to vacation. If you are in transit and need to go to the airport it is a good choice.
Friendly staffs, comfort room.
checking in was quick and the staff were helpful. one of the single bed in my room was broken. the hotel offered to change room but i declined since the offer came late after i've unpacked. i would have thought the cleaner should have notified the management ahead and the bed should have been replaced otherwise they should not have give the room to me. my kids really enjoyed the swimming pool. as for me, the sauna and jacuzzi is the highlight of my stay. the hotel ran out of towels on the morning of my 2nd day. overall it was a pleasant stay and i would not hesitate to recommend my friends to stay at the hotel when they go to kota bharu.
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See drops of water 'trampoline' higher and higher At first, the drop rested motionless on the surface, but at around a twentieth of normal atmospheric pressure it suddenly jumped up. After a short leap the droplet eventually landed on the surface again, only to jump up again—even higher than the first time.
Bouncing Here and There and Everywhere
TFL Future Streets Incubator is like the Cult of Skaro for transport planning, creating innovative ways to improve London's transport infrastructure. These include such things as turning parking spots into tiny parks and cycle scramble green lights, but the Jewel in the crown of these schemes is The Bounceway , the world's longest commuter trampoline.
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bouncing ideas: "an infographically inspired, 1 take, top shot videoclip with professional trampoline gymnasts simulating typical video editing effects." They had me at the spinning umbrella. (via crabwalk)
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Mail servers down, Yahoo denies all All my buddies have bouncing Yahoo mail and no one knows what's going on. This, unfortunately for Yahoo, coincides with the launching of their pay for mail service. Does anyone have a scoop on this?
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Boingy boingy boingy. Has anyone had any experience with these? The movies on the website look pretty cool.. and it would seem that doctoring those videos up would take some considerable effort, so I'm guessing it's not a hoax?
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Did Amazon Sink the Queen of Online Erotica? - Phoebe Reilly, Vulture
"Engler is an underappreciated pioneer, a self-proclaimed feminist in furry-cat slippers. To put her crowning achievement demurely, she challenged the book-publishing industry's denial of women's appetite for sexually explicit books. She wrote tawdry, lowbrow novels, and published hundreds of others, that freed romance from its lame euphemisms well before Fifty Shades of Grey, and she did so in a digital format long before the Kindle and the iPad allowed e-books to flourish.
"To put it less demurely: There were readers out there, lots of them, who didn't want to read about thick manroots. They wanted hard cocks. So that's what Ellora's Cave gave them. Easily and often."
Free books from the Getty
The Getty has just opened its Virtual Library, where 250 book pdfs can be read online or downloaded. Some titles of interest include Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs, Between Two Earthquakes: Cultural Property in Seismic Zones and Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. They follow the University of California Press, which released 700 books online for free yesterday, including 28 art history books.
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"During his days as Harvard's influential president, Dr. Charles W. Eliot made a frequent assertion: If you were to spend just 15 minutes a day reading the right books, a quantity that could fit on a five-foot shelf, you could give yourself a proper liberal education. Publisher P. F. Collier and Son loved the idea and asked Eliot to compile and edit the right collection of works. The result: a 51-volume series of classic works from world literature published in 1909 called Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, which would later be called The Harvard Classics." (Via) [more inside]
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Arthur's Classic Novels, his Love of Mankind and the Internet
Arthur's Classic Novels has 4000 free ebooks, no registration, nicely organized by author and topics: great old Science Fiction magazines l plentiful online education with 650 books for doctors l a vast collection of famous novels l short stories l by women l Buddhist Scriptures, including The Buddhist Bible, a fave of Jack Kerouac l magazines online l stories by Robert Sheckley l The Autobiography of Charles Darwin l huge collection of fairy tales l philosophy l P. G. Wodehouse l vintage technology l Oscar Wilde l Mark Twain l Rudyard Kipling l George MacDonald l the Koran l a collection of eText resource links. About Arthur Wendover. [more inside]
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Housing, preserving, and providing access to these small-scale, homemade rags that document some corner of [often do-it-yourself and punk rock] culture, zine archives can be found via independently operated centers in Georgia (physical library in construction), New Orleans (myspace link, www address out-of-commission), Florida, Minneapolis, Denver, Cambridge, Olympia, Chicago, Seattle and... [more inside]
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Safari is a new service from O'Reilly which allows you online access to a number of their books for a monthly fee. While the concept isn't entirely new, (books24x7 comes to mind), the use of O'Reilly books and the monthly rate has promising potential. [Via Cam]
Waiting with bated breath for the conclusion of Stephen King's online serial? Touck luck. Even though I don't care that much for King, I'm disappointed that this experiment failed.
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Stephen King's new serial is now online.
Stephen King's new serial is now online. The download is free, but he's asking people to pay; the next installment will be posted only if he receives payments for at least 75% of downloads.
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The Pleasanton Partnerships in Education (PPIE) Foundation will sponsor a half-marathon and 5K event today starting at the Alameda County Fairgrounds to raise money for education.
Called the Pleasanton Run for Education, the event will include a:
Half marathon, run on a fast, flat, challenging course over the streets and trails of Pleasanton,with the route including Foothill and Amador Valley high schools;
5K Run/Walk, offering a family-friendly race from the Fairgrounds through downtown Pleasanton. This course is fast and flat, as well.
Kids' Challenge, offering a fun sprint through the Fairgrounds for youths 4 to 11 years old.
The entry fee for the Half Marathon is $65 before Thursday, April 11, and $75 after. Early registration for the 5K is $34 before Thursday and $40 after. Discounts are also offered for up to four family members for $20 for each. The fee for the Kids' Challenge is $10 before April 11, $15 after.
School district employees are being offered 50% discounts for participating in the half-marathon or 5K events if registered by Wednesday, April 10.
Entry fees includes custom t-shirts for all half-marathon participants and special-event shirts for 5K participants, finisher medals for half-marathon participants, goody bags, post race food, family fitness expo, awards ceremony, and entertainment.
Early race packet pick-up will take place at ClubSport Pleasanton from 3-8 p.m. this Friday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 13. Race packets also can be obtained on the day of the race at the check-in tables.
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By Pontotoc Progress/NEMS Daily Journal
PONTOTOC – Pontotoc County investigators are looking into what prompted a dog attack that resulted in the death of a Pontotoc County man.
Ronnie Waldo, 51, was killed when three pit bull dogs attacked him Wednesday afternoon at a home at 879 Topsy Road, off Randolph Loop. Waldo was pronounced dead at the scene. At least two of the three dogs were shot and killed by deputies after being aggressive toward them.
Waldo was renting property from Casey Swanson and was found by a close friend in Swanson's front yard. Pontotoc County Sheriff Neal Davis said the case is still under investigation and would not provide any more information.
More than hour after the incident reportedly happened, emergency personnel, deputies and the coroner were still on the scene. Yellow police tape around the roughly 3,500-square-foot, two-story home marked the spot where Waldo's body was found.
A half dozen pit bull puppies scurried around the yard, seemingly oblivious to the howls and growls of the adult dogs that were being corralled from the backyard by sheriff's deputies. One by one the large dogs were carried from the backyard of the home by a catch pole looped around their necks and placed in cages in back of a truck.
It took several deputies to get control of the animals, most of them not going without a fight.
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The Championship Gambit: Rwanda Maraba EspressoSubmitted by true on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 18:56
[flickr-photo:id=3533691455,size=m]For the uninitiated, the idea of a barista championship might seem about as exciting as competitive crossword (and more on that one soon...). But in the world of specialty coffee, the various barista competitions are very serious business. Baristas train all year to craft espresso drinks with exacting precision. Roasters tweak blends and roasts, timing the production to maximize flavors at the precise time of competition. Grinders are modified and lugged around the world with the hope of providing the slightest edge in producing consistent and predictable extractions.
Intelligentsia's Mike Phillips won the US Barista Championship with an extraordinary preparation of the Bolivia Anjilanaka single origin espresso. The Intelli roasting crew had gone to great lengths to produce single origin roasts for the US championships in Portland, with special roasts of the Bolivia, Yirgacheffe, and Guatemala coffees for their four different baristas. In the end, Mike Phillips won the US title. Having tried Mike Phillip's Anjilanaka espresso from the US Barista Championship, I was skeptical when I heard that he was switching to a Rwanda Cup of Excellence-winning coffee for his World Barista Championship try. Then I had the chance to try it myself, first as a syphon brew and then as an espresso. I'm not sure about the "articulate" description (it speaks well for itself?), but tamarind and gingersnap is spot on. It is stunning.
Mike put on an amazing performance at the World finals in Atlanta last month, taking third out of a field of nearly sixty (you can watch the video of his performance here). Just after the competition, Volta was able to offer a very limited amount of Mike's competition Rwanda espresso. We're pleased to be able to offer it again this week on the second grinder. Not only did the coffee help to propel Mike to the finals, it itself was a winner in the Rwandan Cup of Excellence competition. Produced by the Abahuzamugambi Bakawa ("Together we work the coffee") cooperative, the coffee had placed sixth out of all of the lots submitted for evaluation as the best coffees produced in Rwanda last year. Just fifteen bags of the coffee were available, with the lot split between Intelli and two other companies for $8.20 a pound green. In other words, we're talking about a very rare and limited coffee.
Volta is very pleased to have the Maraba espresso back on tap. I'd strongly suggest it as a straight espresso or as a macchiato to get the full expression of the coffee, but it is also spectacular as a cappuccino. The Rwanda CoE Maraba espresso is a .75 upcharge to the price of any of our espresso drinks.
These New TimesSubmitted by true on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 18:45
Beginning on Monday, 4/13, Volta will be opening earlier and closing earlier:
Monday-Friday, 7am-10pm
Saturday 9am-10pm
Sunday 9am-5pm
Our mornings just keep getting busier, and we are consistently hearing requests to open earlier so that more people can stop by before heading out to work. At the same time, we're seeing that people just don't need/want that much espresso later in the evenings, and our staff need more time off on Sunday evenings to spend down-time away from the shop.
Peru Cruz Del Sur MicrolotSubmitted by true on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 13:52
We've been enjoying the new Peruvian coffee Cruz Del Sur over the last month, and we're sad to say that it is no longer available from Intelligentsia-- they've already sold out of the entire lot from this year's crop. Although the regular Cruz will be off the menu by the end of this week, we now have a microlot version. Selected by the farmer as the highest quality coffee from this year's crop, the Cruz Del Sur microlot is more refined, nuanced, and less aggressively sharp than the standard Cruz. We're pleased to be able to offer the coffee at the shop; we're also glad that the crew at Intelligentsia put together the following video featuring the coffee's farmer and his family:
Volta Museum of Natural HistoriesSubmitted by true on Sat, 03/28/2009 - 16:06
[flickr-photo:id=3393248090]For this month's ArtWalk, Volta has been transformed into a temporary autonomous natural histories museum. The NeoNaturalist movement seeks to return the natural sciences to their amateur roots: entomologist and herpetologist working with illustrators, photographers, bike mechanics, cave divers, and baristas to document the esoteric reaches of the vanishing Florida landscape. Following the rallying cry of "Herping ain't easy," these intrepid volunteers spend long nights searching the back roads of north florida for traces of flora and fauna least likely to be featured in National Geographic or Florida Living: while the whales and wolves might be the poster critters of the environmental movement, the NeoNaturalists are documenting the last stands of the insects, reptiles, and plants most likely only to be encountered dead on the road by the residents of Florida-- the last traces of the true Florida landscape that is rapidly eroding in the shadow of development and the angel of history.
The installation includes specimen boxes and jars, line drawings, photographs, paintings, scientific research stills, including works by:
Lary Reeves
John Bremer
Alexandra Wright
Anthony Rue
Amanda Ropp
Amanda Grabau
Quincy Masters III
Montana Atwater
Keitha McCall
Charlie Meyer
New Chocolate: CioMod, from SicilySubmitted by true on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 11:41
Thanks to our friend Andrea Tosolini, Volta is debuting another new chocolate that is unavailable anywhere else in the US (yet). CioMod Neropuro is one of the more intriguing chocolates that we've come across. The packaging is extremely well designed; you'd think that the chocolates would be refined and sophisticated like Cuoronero or Maglio. The chocolate itself is unlike anything I've tried, anywhere in the world. CioMod prides itself on contemporary twists on regional Sicilian specialties. In their attempt to capture the "Terra del Sole" of Modica, they have developed a style of bar that seems ancient in execution. They don't use any cocoa butter in the bars: the pure dark, for instance, uses only cocoa mass and sugar. The pistachio bar adds only locally-grown Modica pistachios to the ingredients. The result is somewhat startling when you unwrap the bar. The surface looks like it has a swirling golden bloom, and when you snap the bar it appears to glisten with raw sugar granules. When you eat the chocolate, it has none of the characteristics that one would expect from a chocolate bar. There's no snap, no cocoa butter to smooth the flavor around. It's more like maple sugar candy: as the sugar and cocoa mass heats up, it dissolves into a luxurious buttery cream with profoundly deep chocolate flavor.
Free Public Coffee Cupping: South American CoffeesSubmitted by true on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 15:34
The next Volta coffee cupping will be held this Satruday morning (March 21) at 11 am. We're taking the opportunity to evaluate the South American coffees that we've seen dominate the menu board over the last few weeks.
The cupping is free and open to the public. No prior experience (beyond a love of coffee) is necessary; we'll provide instructions and guide the cupping from start to finish. A cupping is a structured tasting that is used in the specialty coffee industry to evaluate the quality of specific coffees, both in the field before auction/purchase and at the point of roasting to determine the best roast level. We'll start by evaluating the dry and wet aromas of the coffees, then move on to the "slurp" to develop an evaluation of each coffee's taste. All we ask is that you refrain from wearing perfumes or other strong scents when cupping with us-- there's just so much that a nose can take in before the individual fragrances of the coffees are overwhelmed.
Volta Goes to CancunSubmitted by true on Sat, 03/07/2009 - 10:44
Well, not exactly. But Volta will be holding to a shorter spring break schedule this week. Please note that Volta will close at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 9 through Friday, March 14.
We will return to normal hours of operation on Saturday, March 14
The Price of a Cup: History, Quality, and Our Difficult TimesSubmitted by true on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 19:34
I think that anyone who comes by Volta knows that we are pretty serious about how we approach our coffees, teas, and chocolates. Ok, sometimes we're borderline obsessive. First and foremost, we started Volta because we think that Gainesville deserves to have just as good a drink as anywhere in the world. If you can boil water and buy quality ingredients, you can make make great tea and coffee. It's not rocket science. As a business, it requires that we go out on a bit of a limb: we have gone against the grain to create a menu that shows each ingredient at its best. Sometimes we disappoint the occasional customer who wants a jumbo-sized drink, or a specific drink made exactly like it is by a multinational chain-- but the overwhelming majority of the people who come in to Volta understand and appreciate that we're serving something very special.
Personally, I consider the quality of what's in the cup to be a signifier of a chain of respect that stretches back to the farmers who grow the trees and the generations of working people who have suffered and strived to make their living by growing commodities that are entangled in a very troubling mesh of social and political forces. (I highly recommend Wolfgang Schivelbusch's Tastes of Paradise, Mark Pendergrast's Uncommon Grounds, or Coe and Coe's The True History of Chocolate if you are interested in how these luxury commodities are borne by hundreds of years of political and social injustice.) The coffees, chocolates, and teas are getting better every season, but it comes at a cost. Our wholesale cost of a pound of coffee is higher than the retail pound of coffee costs at Walmart or Target. When you see that our coffee prices are differentiated, it is because the different coffees have a considerable range of costs to us. It costs more to us because we partnered with a roaster that is extremely pro-active in working directly with the farmers to produce better coffees. Intelligentsia is fanatical in their desire to bring higher quality coffee to market, but they do so by working directly with the farmers and co-ops to produce better coffee cherries and to improve processing methods. They work with the farmers and producers to research better mill procedures, they invest in new technologies to ensure that the coffee arrives at the roasting works in better shape, and they put incredible focus on roasting each new harvest to bring out its potential based on the seasonal qualities of each crop. I strongly believe that the cost of our coffee is worth it because it is the cost of improving the lives of everyone down the supply chain to the farmer-- and because it is the best damned cup of coffee that you'll be able to buy in town.
As a retail coffee establishment, Intelligentsia's cafes in Chicago developed in a different time from Volta. Until recently, if you went to an Intelli cafe, you saw many of the same approaches that had been used over the last ten years to compete with the mermaid, including 20 ounce drinks and a lower quality blended coffee brewed by the gallon and sold for a reduced price. I feel a bit of pride to see that Intelligentsia is now switching their Chicago shops over to an approach that any Volta customer would recognize: selections of their best seasonal coffees brewed by the cup on the Clover or Chemex, served in sizes that are appropriate for the intensity of the experience. The change for Intelligentsia hasn't been without criticism; especially at a time when people are feeling financially at risk, the idea that a coffee-- no matter how spectacular-- might cost more than any other commodity coffee seems to bring out very emotional responses from some people.
Intelligentsia has caught a fair amount of heat in response to their changes in the Chicago press; a story in the Tribune about eliminating jumbo drink sizes brought out hundreds of very angry responses (although I'd wager that few if any of the respondents were actual customers). The move this week to brew-by-the-cup has ignited more debate, with the added twist of questioning the value of a $2.50 or $3 cup of coffee at a time when the media drumbeat about depression economics would have you believe that we should only be drinking watered-down Maxwell House. Intelligentsia's buyer, Geoff Watts, responded in depth to one such story recently. I'm indulging in reprinting the entire response here because I think anyone who frequents Volta will be interested in what he has to say about how Intelligentsia thinks about coffee in both an historical and a commercial context:
Coffee is probably one of the most poorly understood food products in the world, especially considering how ubiquitous it is in our lives. I don't think the Specialty Coffee industry as a whole has done a very good job of changing that, unfortunately. Part of the reason, in my opinion, is that in the last ten years there has been such relentless proliferation of certifications, seals, buzz-words, fancy brewing gear, new flavor additives, over-wrought milk-based coffee drinks and that sort of thing that the average consumer is overwhelmed and perhaps even a bit cynical about what they come to see as a lot of fancified hubbub masquerading as a culinary and cultural coffee revolution. Considering all of the misinformed proselytizing and disingenuous storytelling the industry at large has turned to as a means of marketing itself and it is no wonder that the actual coffee (the basic raw material that transforms into coffee beverages) has gotten pushed into the background.
But it needn't be that way. I thought about the comment Doug made in that Time Out article and realized that it may have been taken the wrong way out of context. I share his belief that coffee has historically been way under-priced. Ever since the Dutch started to commercialize coffee in their East Indies island colonies and the Portuguese went crazy planting coffee all over Brazil, it has been treated, with extremely rare exception, as a commodity—easily replaceable ("if Guatemalan coffee gets too expensive we'll just buy from Peru instead"), minimally differentiated, and valued as a function of worldwide supply and demand rather than as relation to true production costs or intrinsic quality.
There have been a few times over the last couple of centuries when becoming a coffee farmer seemed like a good idea. In the 1700's, when coffee first came to the Americas, lots of coffee was produced at low cost for the European markets and farmers expanded their land holdings as fast as they could cut down trees. In the 1800's you saw plantations turning into small fiefdoms, and coffee farms became coffee empires. By the early 20th century the US had already become one of the world's most important consuming countries, and farms kept proliferating. Coffee was the go-to-crop for many aspiring landholders/entrepreneurs who enjoyed some success in the 50's and 60's. There was huge price spike in 1953 that stimulated a lot of further planting (coffee was THE thing to do, man) and within 5 or 6 years a pattern of over-production was initiated that drove prices into the gutter and has kept them there, more or less, ever since. By this time many Central and South American and East African countries had come to depend on coffee as a critical source of export income. The economic fallout from the price drops was intense and led to the founding of an international regulatory body (the International Coffee Organization) which went on to institute a series of agreements (and a quota system) aimed at stabilizing prices in the world-wide market and preventing huge spikes/drops. It worked OK for a while. Countries had newly-imposed limits on what they could export annually, and 'extra' coffee got put into reserve stocks for the future. Supply was regulated so that markets could be more predictable.
By the 70's and 80's coffee had evolved into the default cash crop for many smallholder peasant farmers who planted coffee for lack of other clear alternative or inherited small plots as a result of various land-reform policies that broke apart big farms. There were fewer "big estates" and millions more small-scale farmers. Sometime in the 80's the United States pulled out of the ICO, the quota system was dismantled, and things started to derail for coffee farmers. Between 1990 and 2000 Vietnam went from being an insignificant producer to the second largest in the world (behind only Brazil) and the world found itself flooded with very low-cost (and low quality) Robusta coffee. This led to a total collapse in the coffee market, wherein the prices hit rock bottom and stayed there. This time, from about 1999-2003, is often called the "coffee crisis". It would be understating matters to say that this depression ravaged the industry…it was a fatal blow for many coffee growers, and hundreds of thousands of people around the world who depended solely on coffee for cash income lost their livelihoods.
It still hasn't recovered, and probably won't for some time. Production costs are higher than ever before in history in most places due mostly to increased costs of fertilizer, which have almost tripled in the last few years, along with big-time increases in labor costs, energy costs, and transport costs. Your average coffee farmer today is making less money per pound of sold coffee than his grandparents did, in real (unadjusted) dollars, despite drastically higher living costs and production costs.
It is a problem—most coffee farmers I know are of an advanced age and continue to grow coffee because they have no other options. Their children want nothing to do with growing coffee—it has the appearance of the ultimate dead-end job. It is a question I ask myself often—why would one even consider growing coffee as a reasonable career option? Coffee growing, at least of the smallholder and family estate variety, is becoming increasingly unsustainable. Even producing low-quality coffee with the fewest inputs, the lowest costs, skeleton crew labor and little attention paid to detail, maximum attention to volume and minimal regard for environmental impacts…even this kind of production is failing to add up to any profit for coffee farmers. We've watched a race to the bottom taking place over the last two decades as the majority of farmers in the world scaled back on farm husbandry, cut harvest costs by sacrificing selectivity, and hustled just to get by.
Meanwhile, the mainstream first-world consumer has held stubbornly to the idea that coffee is a cheap luxury, that the $1.00 bottomless mug is somehow a right or a deserved privilege. It is this very attitude that will continue to ensure that the modern smallholder coffee farmer has little hope of escaping a life of extreme poverty. Cheap coffee (and by "cheap" I mean low cost, which typically equates to low quality) is one of the many forces shackling the developing world and suppressing opportunity for advancement for a huge chunk of the planet's population who depend on coffee to make a living.
I would argue that even downright crappy coffee ought to carry a higher price tag than it currently does, especially considering the higher production costs that most farmers face today. Current prices are not sustainable for farmers in the long term under even the most optimistic of economic outlooks. Something has got to give.
But high quality coffee (and by this I mean coffee with definite, perceptible sweetness in the cup, a profundity of positive flavor and aroma attributes, and free of taint or off-taste, which is clean coffee, sweet coffee, intrinsically pleasurable coffee, with no additives required) costs a lot more to produce than low quality coffee. Most of this cost accumulates in additional labor—much more highly selective picking, meticulous washing and drying, separation of individual lots rather than bulking, and so forth. Some of it comes in the form of more inputs and more intense plant husbandry—more attention to soil health and nutrition, cultivation of shade trees, good pruning and weeding, and that kind of thing. And some comes as a result of infrastructure improvement—cement or ceramic-tiled tanks for fermentation, raised screens for drying, better de-pulping equipment—there is a long list of things that can be done to dramatically improve the chances of producing a great tasting coffee. Typically it also means paying higher wages to farm workers, investing in training programs, giving attention to water quality issues. All of these things are necessary simply to produce a better tasting coffee in the field.
Once social and environmental issues are considered, the costs begin to accumulate further. If the farmer is serious about treating the water they use for fermentation and de-pulping before putting it back into the ecosystem, there is a cost involved. If an estate farmer is committed to giving increased opportunity and services to the many workers on the farms, they ought perhaps to invest in day-care services for pickers with children, a small health clinic for the community, a water pump for local use, or other basic services that are most often lacking in coffee producing areas.
Protecting coffee quality post-harvest is another matter. Green coffee is very perishable, and in the wrong circumstances can lose most of its quality in a matter or weeks or months. Investing in better packaging material (instead of the traditional jute bags) and organized warehouses with climate/humidity controls can make a huge difference in quality, but comes at a significant price.
Perhaps I've rambled a bit much, and I didn't really intend to when I started writing, but you know that happens sometimes. The point I'm really trying to make is that the reason we've raised prices is that we must. We are after the best coffee we can possibly develop, that is the purpose that drives us. To achieve that means paying higher prices to growers and giving them the resources (and the reason!) to produce better tasting coffees. While we certainly feel the impact of the depressed economy here in the States, that impact is not limited to us. The farmers that Intelligentsia works with around the world are feeling the same kinds of pressure—it's a global phenomenon. And while of course it makes sense to be thrifty in difficult economic times, we still need to realize that the decisions we make will have an impact further down the line. For a consumer the choice to purchase cheaper coffee has ramifications that extend far beyond the personal sacrifice of taste in favor of lower cost. It impacts the way coffee is produced, the way it will be produced in the future, and the ability of those who produce it to earn a living wage from their efforts.
And when you really think about it, even the best coffees are really not that expensive as compared to any other "luxury" product I can think of. You can access the very best, highest quality coffees in the world for between $13 and $30 per pound. Considering that a pound of whole-bean coffee will yield anywhere from 25-40 cups (depending on how it is brewed) the per-cup cost is still measured in cents, not dollars. Or you can go to a top end coffeehouse, where you will likely pay $3-$4.00 for a cup made to order by a professional barista. Now you are paying for the convenience, the vessel, the ability to chill out in a nice space in a nice neighborhood, you know what I mean? That's a choice as well. The very cost-conscious consumer might consider brewing more coffee at home as an alternative to changing venues and buying a mediocre-to-poor coffee from another coffeehouse. Perhaps it is a little less convenient, but the return is far higher—a truly tasty coffee that is, in a very real and measurable way, supporting artisan farmers and helping to secure them a future in coffee production.
I do agree that there are limits—your wine analogy was right on target. The $100 bottle of wine ($20 per glass?) is for a particular niche, probably not suitable for the mainstream drinker. In most cases not that suitable for even the connoisseur, since a committed wine freak will likely go through several bottles a week, and spending thousands of dollars per month on wine doesn't seem like a great idea. With coffee I don't think we've ever gotten anywhere close to that place though. Even the glorious and now-famous La Esmeralda Geisha (which sold at auction for $130.00/lb in 2007 and officially became the most expensive specialty coffee in the world) was still available to be had for less than a couple dollars per cup if one were to buy a half-pound at a time and brew at home. Most of today's most celebrated and delicious Specialty Coffees still come in at a price that is remarkably affordable.
My three cents.
Geoff Watts
Intelligentsia Coffee Buyer
Geoff's comments were in response to the original article on the Hungry Magazine website.
March Gallery Show: Ted LincolnSubmitted by true on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 09:50
Volta is currently exhibiting the mixed media works of Gainesville artist Ted Lincoln. In describing his own work, Ted says:
It amazes me the preponderance of overt and covert eastern influences that exist in my western world. This fusion can sometimes lead to cultural clashes but it can also give rise to rich source material for a profound global dialogue. This richness, irony and dichotomy can be found in no place more evident than in my life, work, and background. Growing up in the south as the son of a Filipina mother and a white father I was aware of all the contradictions and treasures that this contemporary dynamic propagates. My artwork is by no mistake a reflexion of this rich mix.
More information about the techniques used in work can be found on tedlincoln.com.
Ted's work is represented by galleries Art Gotham in New York and 111 Minna in San Francisco, and the current works will be exhibited in San Francisco next month.
New Coffees: Bolivia CallingSubmitted by true on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 10:37
The coffees continue to churn through the menu as we see more South American crops come to market. New this week: Bolivia Anjilanaka. The Bolivian coffees have just been getting better and better every year, and the Anjilanaka has consistently been among my personal favorites from Intelligentsia for two years running. Here's how they describe it this year: "Smooth and silky on the tongue, Anjilanaka carries plump green grapes and black mission figs into a lush center that blooms on the palate. The finish is long and lingering with notes of cocoa and cane sugar."
We also welcome back the Guatemala La Maravilla Black Cat Project single origin espresso. Of the three recent Black Cat Project espressos, the Guatemala was the customer favorite at Volta; it was also used by two of the three top competitors at the Western Regional Barista Chamipionship earlier this month. We only picked up a kilo of the Maravilla, so expect it to sell out quickly.
We're also moving two coffees over to limited availability. The Rwanda Zirikana will be gone from Volta very soon now, to make way for more South American offerings next week. We're also sad to see the Colombia El Mirador move over to limited availability. Apparently the demand for El Mirador caught Intelligentsia by surprise; it went from 5-week availability to sold out in one week. We just received 15 pounds in, so we should at least have it through the weekend. If you have not had a chance to try the Mirador brewed on the Chemex or the Clover, be sure to come by soon.


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Beirut w/ Sharon van Etten, Yellow Ostrich McCarren Park Friday, June 17
Better than: The rainout that at one point seemed likely.
It was hard to see Yellow Ostrich through all of the umbrellas when they first took the McCarren Park stage on Friday. By the time the band finished their first song, though, the umbrellas had been retracted and only a double rainbow to the north was keeping eyes off the Brooklyn three-piece, most notable for their use of multiple delay pedals to loop their vocals and instruments like trumpet or bari sax, or, as on the set's highlight "Daughters," all three on top of each other.
After they finished and the rain clouds continued moving further and further away, Sharon van Etten came out andaside from recognizing both her parents, who had (once again) made the trek in from New Jersey for her set, and the double rainbowplayed a slew of songs, most from 2010's Epic. She began with "Peace Signs," the harmonium to her left gesturing towards the heart-wrenching performance of "Love More" that would bring her time on stage to a close. In between, she supplemented the Epic tracks with Because I Was In Love's "Tornado" and two new songs with Ben Lanz and The National's Aaron Dessner.
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1. Re: Elements tags into Lightroom keywords AND maintain structure?Jeremy 2 Apr 26, 2012 4:05 AM (in response to chilecowboy)
I moved from elements to Lightroom last year.
The catalogue structure remained exactly the same.
Just use the menu option in LR to import your elements catalogue which will convert it. It is on the File menu somewhere.
2. Re: Elements tags into Lightroom keywords AND maintain structure?dj_paige Apr 26, 2012 4:42 AM (in response to chilecowboy)1 person found this helpful
Just to add to what Jeremy2 said:
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially late-onset (LOAD) is a complex multifactorial neurodegenerative disease with the possible involvement of several genes. Until 2010, APOE was the only established risk factor for LOAD. However, recent five large genomewide association studies (GWAS) have identified significant associations of LOAD with SNPs in nine additional loci, including, ABCA7, MS4A4, EPHA1, CLU, CR1, PICALM, BIN1, CD2AP and CD33 and all, but CR1 and CD2AP, have been replicated in our GWAS sample. Although GWAS have made significant contribution in uncovering additional genes for LOAD, they are unlikely to identify all the genetic contribution because the commercial GWAS arrays are designed to capture only the common variants with low penetrance to test common disease/common variant hypothesis. On the other hand, rare variants having a higher individual penetrance than common variants that are not captured by GWAS may account for 1/3 of the population attributable risk for common and complex diseases and multiple rare variants may account for many of the observed GWAS signals. Furthermore, GWAS arrays use an indirect approach of association that relies on linkage disequilibrium to detect association signals and rarely the identified significant variants are the causal variants. This may explain the small effect sizes associated with the observed GWAS signals. Here we propose to perform deep resequencing of the seven gene regions implicated in recent GWAS and replicated in our sample and selected additional genes involved in the networks of these seven genes using next-generation sequencing in 1,000 AD cases and controls to identify both common and rare SNPs and replicate them in independent samples. The identification of causal variants in these genes would make a significant contribution in understanding the underlying biological mechanism of LOAD.
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is a complex multifactorial neurodegenerative disease and a leading cause of dementia among elderly people. Currently there are ~5 million AD cases in the U.S. and it is estimated that by 2050 the number of AD cases would reach to ~16 million, if no medical breakthroughs are found. Thus LOAD is a major public health problem and it is essential to understand the underlying causes so that effective preventative measures could be devised. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified nine new gene regions and seven of them have been replicated in our sample. However, the identified common variants do not seem to be functional. In addition to the common variants these genes may also harbor rare functional variants which were not identified in GWAS. The objective of this study is to resequence the seven gene regions replicated in our large case-control sample and selected additional genes involved in the networks of these seven genes in order to identify causal rare and common variants. The identification of causal variants in these genes would make a significant contribution in understanding the underlying biological mechanism of the disease.
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