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We tend to compartmentalise different aspects of our lives. Into one box we put things that we consider physical: the body, movement, posture, tension and relaxation. Into a second box goes all that we consider psychological: moods, emotions, feelings, opinions and suppositions. And into a third box goes all that appears to be metaphysical: symbols, metaphors and concepts that transcend our everyday existence. This determines much of our behaviour. For instance, we visit the osteopath to deal with the physical, the psychotherapist to deal with the psychological, and the priest to deal with the metaphysical. In terms of music, we practise our instruments with the intention of becoming physically comfortable with them. There's only one problem. The separation of the physical, the psychological and the metaphysical is illusory, and potentially disabling.
The simple act of brushing your teeth, for instance, appears to be purely physical, involving your mouth, one of your hands and little else. But it's impossible as a human being to do anything without it having psychological and metaphysical dimensions. The emotions associated with brushing your teeth are varied and intense, going back to your childhood and involving memories, fears, desires, pleasures and disappointments. The act contains faint or not-so-faint connections with every visit to the dentist, every meal and its aftermath, and every moment of vanity or shame regarding your teeth and your smile. Furthermore, brushing your teeth is a ritualistic act of cleansing that prepares you for talking to someone intimately, for appearing in public, for going to bed at night and entering the land of dreams, and so on. In truth, brushing your teeth reflects the intertwined and inseparable coexistence of the physical, the psychological and the metaphysical – or, to put it differently, body, mind and soul.
Making music is no different. Your job as a musician isn't just to become physically comfortable as you play, but to bring together all of your capabilities in one balanced whole, in which body parts are interconnected, body and mind are interconnected, player and instrument are interconnected, and player and music become one.
Coordination: a circuit of complex connections
Instrumental technique isn't a matter of agile fingers alone. When you play a trill using two fingers of your left hand you're actually using both hands, both arms, both shoulders, and your head, neck, back and legs at the same time. If you don't direct your back and legs to support your upper body, you'll compensate unconsciously by stiffening your neck and shoulders, thereby affecting the fingers of your left hand. If you don't command your right arm to bow smoothly and steadily, your left hand will lose some of its own stability. The principle is universal: every part of your body plays at least some role in your every gesture, and it's impossible for you to use any body part in total isolation. In making music and in your daily life, you need to sense, activate and nourish the connections that exist naturally between all the parts of the body.
Mastering mobility and resistence
Counter-intuitive though it may be, the key to coordination isn't relaxation but instead a collaboration between mobility and resistance. To give an example, many musicians practise and perform sitting with their backs leaning relaxedly against the back of a chair. To release wrong tensions in the neck, shoulders and arms, however, you need to increase the right tensions in your back and legs – right in quantity, quality, placing and timing. To awaken your back, sit fairly far forward on the chair, resting the weight of your torso more on your sitting bones than on your thighs and allowing the back to remain erect on its own, rather than propped up by the chair. Then ask a friend or colleague to stand behind you and apply gentle pressure to your body – for instance, by pushing a loose fist against your spine, in between your shoulder blades. If you resist the pressure, you'll connect your back to your shoulders, your spine to your pelvis and your pelvis to your legs and feet, distributing and projecting your energies throughout your body. If your friend stops applying pressure, you can retain what is called latent resistance, the capacity to resist again immediately if so needed.
While resisting your friend's pressure, you're free to turn your head in every direction, stand and sit again, rock from side to side, lean your trunk forward and backward from the hip joints, and so on. If you choose not to move, you retain latent mobility, the capacity to move in any way you wish at any time. Latent resistance and latent mobility combined are the springboard to good coordination.
Get your friend to apply pressure to your spine as you play your instrument. Resistance, when distributed throughout the body, allows for the release of energy: the spine lengthens, knotty spots on the back and shoulders soften, and breath flows more easily. Your sound gains in strength and richness, your rhythm becomes stable, and your phrasing becomes more coherent. Let's call the chain of events pressure, resistance, connection and release. To facilitate the release of sound, energy, movement, emotion or thought, focus on resistance and connection, not on the release – which can look after itself.
Improving coordination by understanding sound
Coordination and sound are deeply intertwined. You can work on your coordination by becoming better aware of the nature of sound – and vice versa. We think of sound as a form of noise captured by the ear, but of vibration as a type of kinesthetic or muscular experience – a shake, a rattle or a tremor. In truth, all sound is vibration. Take a party balloon and blow it to its full size. Then hold it lightly in your hands, bring it close to your mouth, and speak or sing to it. The balloon captures and magnifies your voice's vibrations, giving you the experience of holding lively sounds in your hands. What happens when you scrunch your neck on purpose and speak with a strained voice? The balloon's vibrations become thin, reflecting your change in coordination and sound. It's safe to assume that playing a stringed instrument is similar: your sounds are vibrant when you coordinate yourself well, and thin when you scrunch and strain.
Most string players are so intensely absorbed in playing that they don't actually hear or feel the vibrations they produce. To become an integrated musician you need to balance out the roles of the actor, the receptor and the witness in your life. Your actor makes decisions and acts upon them; your receptor senses and feels everything in the world and inside yourself; your witness dispassionately analyses and synthesises information. Get your actor to play a short note on an open string with a forte dynamic, using only an inch or two of bow. Immediately after sounding the note, become a full-time receptor and do nothing other than listening to its vibrations. Do not strike another note, do not talk or hum or cough, and do not judge the experience; be in it for the duration. Depending on your instrument, your bow stroke and the room's acoustics, the sound might take 15 seconds or more to die down. After your actor plays a single short note, your receptor listens to it with pleasure or displeasure, and your witness makes a sober technical assessment of the relationship between your physical act and the sound that came out of it. Then your actor can play another short note, informed by the feedback from the receptor and the witness. With experience, your actor, receptor and witness will collaborate seamlessly at all times. Then you'll be able to optimise the vibrations of your music making, allowing the freest possible sounds to emerge from your instrument with minimal physical effort.
Understanding the relationship between sound and rhythm
Sound as vibration is the very source of a musician's life. Music itself, however, is born of the heavenly marriage between sound and rhythm. You can conceive music in two different ways: as a series of physical gestures that create sounds, or as a series of words and phrases that, to be rendered audible, require certain physical gestures. 'The language in which musical ideas are expressed in tones parallels the language that expresses feelings or thoughts in words,' Arnold Schoenberg said in his famous essay 'Brahms the Progressive'. 'Evenness, regularity, symmetry, subdivision, repetition, unity, relationship in rhythm and harmony… contribute to an organisation that makes the presentation of the musical idea intelligible.' Schoenberg pointed out that these linguistic elements function 'like the rhyme, the rhythm, the metre and the subdivision into strophes, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc in poetry and prose'.
Behind music, then, there lies a verbal and linguistic basis, of which rhythm is the most important element. As a musician, you take on the mantle of an orator, a protagonist in a comedy, an entertainer, and so on. Every role demands that you become an expert storyteller with a deep command of the language – that is, a command of the language's rhythms. Say out loud, 'To be, or not to be.' Your ears will immediately group these six syllables in three groups of two, the first syllable being a preparation or upbeat to the second, which is a stress or downbeat: 'To BE | or NOT | to BE.' Now say out loud, 'Never, never, never!' You automatically organise these words into three groups of two syllables, of which the first is a stress and the second, a release: 'NE-ver, | NE-ver, | NE-ver!' Infinitely varied patterns of preparation, stress and release infuse speech, song, locomotion and every human activity. Sensing these patterns and embodying them will help you 'speak music'.
Read this line out loud, stressing the capitalised syllables:
To | BE or | not TO | BE that | is THE | ques-TION.
In spoken language and also in the language of music, the wrong rhythmic patterning will make it difficult for you to speak and even more difficult for you to be understood. Conversely, accurately perceiving the rhythmic patterns in the music you play makes it easier for you to play and to be understood. Start your quest simply. Play two notes on separate bows, having decided that you want them to say 'NE-ver' (this is called a trochaic foot in poetics). Do it down-bow, up-bow a few times; then do it up-bow, down-bow. Now decide that you want your two notes to say 'to BE' (an iambic foot). Do it up-bow, down-bow; then down-bow, up-bow. It seems like a simple exercise, but to really stick to your linguistic decision in the face of physical habits – which are often divorced from musical considerations – will take a lot of practice. Ideally, every one of your bow strokes ought to be born of the linguistic and rhythmic qualities of the music itself.
Day by day, explore the universe of coordination as connection, sound as vibration and music as language. In time, you'll become the centre of that universe, integrated in body, mind and soul.
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I meant to write something completely different. But that's how it goes. I start with an idea and almost never end up where I planned. I do not take this as a sign I should outline. I take it to mean my original idea wasn't right. Not that this is right. Well, anyway. I'm getting chemo treatments and my hair is falling out. And it seems to me that if you're going to have a fairy tale asylum while getting chemo, a version of Rapunzel must show up.
In one room, slept Zelia. She was young and slept most of the time. Nothing in her room revealed her reflection because if she saw her reflection, she would drop to the floor in a pool of grief. They had taken her hair. They said she was vain and wayward. They said her mother was afraid for her safety, and so until she learned to do better, they would keep her safe and away from the world.
Before coming to the Asylum, she had beautiful hair. She wore her hair long and she liked to see the sunlight shine on the loops that fell over her shoulders. She liked the way heads turned to watch her walk down the street on a bright day. Her hair captivated everyone and got her many things she wanted.
When she was nine, she learned people would pay her for locks of her hair to make good luck charms. She'd sell a few curls for spending money. Sometimes she'd buy her mother a gift, but the gifts only made her mother angry. "You can't sell bits of yourself, girl," her mother said, slapping the gift away.
Her mother was the one who called the Asylum. She'd seen her daughter let a boy touch her hair in front of God and everybody. "I can't control her at all," her mother told the head nurse. "She's grandiose and charming. She lies and manipulates. She won't responsibility for her actions." Zelia was fourteen.
Zelia had thought her mother would come get her after a few days,a nd those first few days no one bothered her. They left her alone with her shimmering hair with only the instructions to think about the consequences of her actions. She thought and thought and paced and paced until she stopped looking at the clock expectantly and her hair fell limp.
They found her curled up, her arms and hair entwined. "You'll hurt yourself," the nurses said and brought the scissors.
That night Zelia opened her eyes in spite of the sleeping medication. She could do that if she wanted to. It was her one secret from the nurses. And she heard footsteps in the hall. They were the wrong sort of footsteps. Zelia knew the steps of all the nurses, the security guards, and the orderlies. These were the wrong footsteps and at the wrong time.
Getting out of bed was risky. She didn't want a nurse to see her up, but she'd never heard these footsteps before. Zelia peered through the keyhole and caught a glimpse of Hannah making her way down the hall. For the first time since she'd been locked away, hope leapt in her heart. Someone had finally come to save them. She knew it as surely as she knew she'd see the sun shine again on her hair.


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The Bearcats were paced by a pair of seniors in Olivia Dose and Andrea Malek, who currently rank first and second in the field. Dose fired a 74 Sunday while Malek is just behind with a 75. Stefanie Mitchell added an 80 to the team score and sits tied for 15th overall. Valentina Herrera is tied for 24th with an 82 while Ashley Cassidy shot a 92 and sits in 37th place.
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This new still from the Panem promotional archives, showing a war-torn Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) consoling her sister Primrose (Willow Shields), is evidence that emotional trauma and physical violence are never too far from raising their ugly heads in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
When we left Prim at the reaping, she was spared a grim fate by her sister's intervention. In the second film she's implicitly under threat again, as Katniss returns to District 12 and the Capitol's harsh spotlight falls on their village.
Different characters - Prim lacks her big sis's doughty spirit but has talents as a healer - the two form the core of a tightly-knit family. Hurt the younger and the bow-and-arrowing older will probably make a pin cushion of your face.
Picking up in the aftermath of a successful, unprecedented games, Catching Fire mires Katniss and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) in the politics of The Capitol and the media horrorshow of President Snow's (Donald Sutherland) construction. The pair are forced onto a Victory Tour of the districts that's aimed at stilling whispers of rebellion as the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell, are prepared. Needless to say, it doesn't have quite the desired effect.
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Alpine skiing-Shiffrin celebrates her first win in Are
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ARE, Sweden (Reuters) - American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin made the most of some big name absences to take her first World Cup victory in an Alpine skiing slalom in Are on Thursday.
With Austrian world champion Marlies Schild injured and overall World Cup holder Lindsey Vonn of the United States taking a break until the New Year, the 17-year-old won with a combined time of one minute and 45.36 seconds.
Sweden's Frida Hansdotter, the first run pacesetter, was second and 0.29 seconds adrift while Slovenia's World Cup leader Tina Maze was third, 0.52 off the pace.
"My heart just stopped and it will take me a year to realize what I've just done. I was just trying to fly," said former junior world bronze medalist Shiffrin, who had only twice before stood on the World Cup podium.
Shiffrin, who was third in a slalom in Levi, Finland, last month and also third in the Austrian resort of Lienz a year ago, delivered a perfect second leg to fend off the challenge of her more experienced rivals in the last race before Christmas.
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In a series of rallies in six of the country's 12 governorates, Islamist and leftist activists accused the prime minister-designate of "failed economic policies".
During demonstrations in Irbid, Karak, Tafileh and Maan, hundreds of citizens called for Ensour's resignation, chanting, "We demand freedom from corruption" and "The people demand the downfall of Ensour," according to eyewitnesses.
Ensour was last week tasked with forming a new government following the Royal Court's consultations with Lower House members. The premier-designate is currently engaged in consultations with deputies over the set-up of the government.
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There are some cosplays I would love to do, but unfortunatly lack the body for them and such, so I make do with what I can. I hope to be more creative with my cosplays and start making them myself one day, here's hoping I might be able to pull off female ones off one day without looking like a man in drag!
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Educators, parents, and policymakers have a new reference to back up our inclinations about the benefits of SEL. This month, Child Development's special issue on child well-being included the publication of The Impact of Enhancing Students' SEL: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, and Schellinger). You can read the full research at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01564.x/pdf. This synthesis of more than 200 studies involving nearly 300,000 students found that students who participated in school-based SEL programs not only improved in academic measures (by an average of 11 percentile points) but they also showed significant improvement in social and emotional skills, caring attitudes, and positive social behaviors, and a decline in disruptive behavior and emotional distress. This shows us that investing in the development of students' social and emotional skills does not detract from the teaching of academics. Another significant finding is that SEL programming is most effectively taught by classroom teachers. The article is an essential tool for all of us in the field of SEL as we support the healthy development of children and incorporate SEL into the standard school day. Please share this information!
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A HARD rain falls in the first half of Killing Them Softly, just as it does in Benh Zeitlin's superb Beasts of the Southern Wild, but rain isn't just rain in these films. Rain is misery, retribution, a biblical flood sent to warn America to mend its ways. Both films were shot in Louisiana and both to some extent are a response to the trauma of hurricane Katrina in 2005. That event changed the way many Americans felt about their country. Killing Them Softly is based on the 1974 novel by the late George V. Higgins, who was a Massachusetts lawyer chasing mobsters for the government before he turned to crime writing. One of his books, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, was filmed by Peter Yates in 1973. His third novel, Cogan's Trade, is set in Boston, like many of his books. Australian director Andrew Dominik moved the action to Louisiana. I suspect he wanted us to see what's left of some of the neighbourhoods of New Orleans seven years after Katrina.
This is a film about the crisis of America, rather than the promise, an artful and violent assault on its self-image, dishonesty and its lack of business regulation, through the medium of a crime film - a genre that is practically an American invention. Its US release, after a well received debut at Cannes, was to have been in September but has been pushed back to November, after the US election, apparently aiming at the awards season. That will neatly skirt any accusation that it is a political movie, which of course, it is - at least for Dominik (Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ).
The film is set in 2008, during the US election. It begins with audio clips from the candidates, overheard in the background, including Obama's speech at the 2008 Democratic convention: ''What is that American promise? It's a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have obligations to treat each other with dignity and respect.''
In the foreground, Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn stands like a wraith, a filthy bedraggled wreck of a man, addled by heroin, holding a pack of dogs on a street that has been largely swept away by Katrina. This is Russell, recently released from a correctional institution. His friend and cell-mate, Frankie (Scoot McNairy), just as big a loser but not such a junkie, knows a guy who has an opportunity. Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) tells them about a card game run by Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta). He's connected and protected, but a few years earlier he robbed his own game. If it happens again, reasons Johnny, the mob will blame Markie. Easy money. Frankie and Russell put pantyhose on their heads and waltz into a world of trouble.
Andrew Dominik is one of the most gifted directors to emerge from Australia in two decades, and one of the things he does well is to infest his scenes with a sense of dread. That's a Scorsese inheritance, knowing how to make your audience nervous, so that we are always wondering where the violence will come from. In Goodfellas and Casino, Joe Pesci was a psychopathic mobster who liked hurting people. In Killing Them Softly, Brad Pitt is Jackie Cogan, a killer who cleans up situations on contract for the mob. He's the opposite of Pesci: he hates the up-close and personal kind of hit. ''It's embarrassing,'' he tells Driver (Richard Jenkins), a functionary who relays jobs from the higher-ups. ''I like to kill 'em softly, from a distance, not close enough for feelings; don't like feelings, don't want to think about them.''
Jackie is meant to seem like a Wall Street guy, in that sense, but with more compassion. He has no illusions. ''America is not a country, it's a business,'' he says at one point, the line that will be most remembered, perhaps an inversion of Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous statement that ''the business of America is business''. Jackie doesn't mean it in a nice way. He does what he has to do to stay alive, and every job is a negotiation. There's a telling scene where he and Driver discuss bringing in an outside hitman from New York, played by James Gandolfini. He's expensive, complains Driver. Not in this economy, says Jackie.
The modern gangster film since Tarantino has been humorously heartless, but this one takes a different tack. It's often funny, occasionally graphic in its violence, overtly stylish in directorial technique and pointed in its politics, but it isn't about the glamour of gangsterism. Casting Brad Pitt makes Jackie inevitably somewhat glamorous, but Pitt plays quietly against that in a fine performance. This is a film about structures, networks, the regulatory practices of the underworld. It's about the economy, stupid, as the slogan goes.
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RIGBY, Idaho - Sunday afternoon a Rigby pastor kissed a pig on the snout in front of his congregation.
Dave Schilling, pastor of Crown of Life Lutheran Church, promised to kiss a pig if the congregation raised enough money to purchase a new stair lift chair.
They successfully raised $5,000 by the Dec. 1 deadline, so the pastor had no choice but to follow through with his promise.
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Once the toxin is injected, it causes the muscle to get paralyzed. In the same manner, multiple shots into the muscle cause it to become paralyzed for up to six months. As a result, the size of the jaw line will be reduced significantly.
The Botox shot as an alternative to jawbone reduction surgery is highly suitable for patients who don't prefer a surgery, or those who want to undergo a procedure that's not as invasive as a jawbone reduction. Furthermore, the Botox method of treatment is completely an outpatient procedure where patients can receive their shots and return to work the same day.
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David Cameron's election guru Lynton Crosby was plunged into growing controversy today as a senior peer warned that the Australian was "becoming the story".
Lord Ashcroft, a former Conservative deputy chairman, intervened amid claims that straight-talking Mr Crosby believes party chairman Grant Shapps and Chancellor George Osborne are "liabilities" and will lose the Tories votes at the local elections on Thursday.
Mr Crosby strongly denied the story in a Sunday newspaper that he had criticised the two Cabinet ministers, stressing: "It is not true. They are doing a splendid job."
However, Lord Ashcroft tweeted: "Lynton Crosby becoming the story. Dirty linen/public. Whatever the merits not good for the Tories."
Mr Crosby is credited with getting Mayor of London Boris Johnson
re-elected last year, despite the Coalition's woes and dire economic times, and he was nicknamed "the Wizard of Oz" for helping Australian prime minister John Howard win four elections.
He has also been praised by MPs for bringing discipline to the Tory party and getting ministers to stick to core messages, including about the challenges facing Britain in a global economic race.
However some of his methods, seen as "dog whistle" campaigning with their messages on immigration, welfare and crime to bring voters back to the fold, are controversial.
His tough talking has also been seized upon by his critics.
Last year, Mr Crosby stressed that he had "absolutely no recollection" of using the term "f***ing Muslims" when talking about winning ethnic minority votes during the London mayoral race.
Lord Ashcroft, who has stopped his funding of the Tories in their fight for seats in key general election battlegrounds, argued against Mr Crosby's appointment and last November issued a public warning to him that "it's never a good thing when the adviser is the story". The peer stressed that he wanted to avoid a repeat of the 2010 election, when the Tory campaign was run by a "group of people with different ideas".
This time, argued Lord Ashcroft, a "workable strategy" was being drawn up "at the table" between David Cameron, Mr Osborne, Mr Shapps, pollster Andrew Cooper, election campaign expert Stephen Gilbert and communications chief Craig Oliver.
Mr Cooper, a key moderniser and backer of Mr Cameron's controversial gay marriage policy, is now expected to leave No 10 before the next election and return to Populus, the private polling company he co-founded.
The claim that Mr Crosby is "becoming the story" is particularly stinging — it is a phrase coined by Gordon Brown's press secretary Charlie Whelan when he resigned in January 1999.
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Mr Mandelson had quit as Trade and Industry Secretary after it was revealed that he had received a secret loan of £373,000 from then paymaster general Geoffrey Robinson to help him buy a house in Notting Hill.
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Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen: New Couple Alert?
She's an incredibly funny lady and it looks like Sarah Silverman's charm rubbed off on British actor Michael Sheen.
According to Us Weekly, the famous pair was getting hot and heavy in West Hollywood's Soho House last week and they were definitely not afraid to show off their love affair to the many onlookers.
"They were making out at Soho House," an eyewitness told the publication. "They were all over each other for a lot of the night."
Sarah also attended the "Masters of Sex" star's birthday party at Craig's along with a bevy of fellow stars including Lizzy Caplan, Nicole Richie, Kate Hudson and even Michael's ex-wife Kate Beckinsale and her new hubby Len Wiseman.
"Sarah and Michael came and left together. She drove," another source told Us. "When they left, Sarah opened her trunk so Michael could put all of his gifts in and then they drove away."
As for their previous relationships, Sheen divorces Beckinsale in 2003 after an eight year marriage. They share daughter Lily, 14. Sarah dated Jimmy Kimmel for five year and ended that relationship in 2009.


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AMD Reflects More Optimism in Door Industry
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San Antonio, Texas—A relatively busy trade show floor at the Association of Millwork Distributors annual convention and exhibition held here last week provided another signal of better times ahead. More than 800 door and millwork industry professionals gathered for the annual event, which followed on the heels of a successful GlassBuild America, suggesting that the industry is poised for recovery.
The show floor in San Antonio was busier this year than it was at last year's AMD event.
Although the size of many exhibits was down with the state of economy, the AMD show continued to see increased diversity in door styles on display. More contemporary and craftsman designs were evident in the booths of such companies as LeMieux Doors and Woodgrain Millwork. Simpson Door Co. was showing some unique wood door styles created using resin glass, as well as designs made with bamboo. The firm's Brad Loveless noted that the company recently surpassed the 100th wood species mark for doors manufactured this year. "That number would have been unheard of a few years ago," he said, noting that the company hopes to continue to "push the envelope" as far as design choices.
Lynden Door, which introduced the StileLine collection of contemporary style flush veneer doors last year, was promoting its new ClearLine pre-finishing process at this year's show. Builders and architects can now get the unique look of the doors, without the additional hassle of finishing the doors, all at a cost competitive with site-painted molded panel doors, explained Lynden's David Plenkovich.
MasterGrain Doors was one of several companies that made their AMD debut this year.
New door exhibitors at the show included MasterGrain, the Ontario-based manufacturer of fiberglass entry products. "It's been a great show," reported Bob Ferrell, who heads up sales for the company in the U.S. The door maker, which was highlighting expanded line of cherry products, is continuing to expand its distribution base here, he added. AFW Doors also made its debut at the show. The one-year-old company is a subsidiary of Fortune Wood Doors, which is the largest wood door producer in China, according to Thomas Mittler, who handles sales in the U.S. The company, which was showing a variety of stile-and-rail wood doors, is already working with a number of wholesalers in the U.S. and was looking to expand that network at the show.
Attracting much attention at the show was a new Endura Products offering, designed to provide multipoint function with traditional style hardware. Expected to be introduced next year, its Jamb Lock uses a traditional deadbolt to activate the multipoint function built into the door jamb, explained the supplier's Tommy Hooker. The concept, which builds on Endura's Multipoint Astragal concept introduced last year, is "extremely popular among pre-hangers," Hooker noted. "We feel like we've really hit a home run." With the new product, pre-hangers will not have to worry about the routing and assembly issues associated with traditional multipoint systems, yet can achieve the same benefits, such as an improved seal and higher-performance rating, he stated. It will also benefit consumers, as they can use standard entry door locks and deadbolts "with all the style choices they're used to."
Traffic at the Endura booth was strong to see its new multipoint lock system.
Door frame products designed to ease installation and reduce maintenance continue to receive attention. Imperial Products once again featured its ImperiClad system with snap-in brickmould made of MikronWood composite. The supplier is working with OSI Sealants also to promote a complete installation system for the products, including a certified installer training program.
New for door frames was the Perfect!Wood PVC/wood composite line being shown in the booth of Weston Wood Solutions, a Canadian supplier of door and window components. "It's generating a quiet buzz among distributors at the show," reported Al Zemaitas of Win-Door Profiles LLC, which manufactures the product. Offering a cost-effective alternative to real wood, the low-maintenance mouldings can be processed like wood components, he said.
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AMD launched a certification program earlier this year in conjunction with the National Accreditation Management Institute, designed to meet pre-hanger needs for rating and labeling side-hinged door systems to meet code requirements. NAMI's Sharon Durand offered a presentation explaining requirements of the new program, emphasizing its flexibility. "The requirements for exterior door systems vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and region to region," she said. "Under the AMD certification program, you only need to test to the standard or standards which apply to your area of distribution."
NAMI's Sharon Durand outlined AMD's new certification program in San Antonio.
For those companies participating in a certification program for the first time, Durand stressed the importance of developing a quality assurance program, based on a manual which clearly defined quality control processes. Documentation that the company then followed those processes was key, she continued. Understanding that product certification is new to many, NAMI, she noted, was more than willing to help them AMD distributor members get started with the process and support them along the way. The inspectors that visit program participant plants are "trained to be educators, not policemen," Durand stated.
Arlene Zavocki Stewart did double duty at AMD, first filling in to offer an update on the Energy Star program. She reviewed the new 2010 qualification criteria, focusing on the new requirements for Energy Star doors. In her own scheduled presentation, Stewart looked at green building trends. Reviewing a number of considerations for exterior door manufacturers and distributors, one point she emphasized was that unlabeled doors are assigned a poor default U-factor. That often lead to problems in qualifying homes under various green building programs, she explained, adding that "energy is the anchor to any green project."
Pointing to continued growth for green, Stewart said it does offer opportunities and companies should market their green attributes. With so many programs and potential labels out there, she suggested that companies pay most attention to the Federal Trade Commission when it comes to assessing their marketing claims. The FTC issued its first environmental marketing guidelines in 1992 and "represents a sleeping tiger in the corner," as it is set to issue new guidelines in the near future, she reported. FTC guidelines, she added, are "all about intent," indicating the importance of making sure all claims and qualifications in marketing are clear to the "reasonable consumer."
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I am very excited to be teaching at Sharon Elementary. This is my 20th year of teaching elementary school in Georgia and New Hampshire! I am married to my wonderful husband, John, and have 4 sons, Shane 21, Zachary 20, Ryan 14 and Kyle 8. We are always busy and having fun with the family. My favorite things to do are reading, hiking, boating, shopping and playing (or watching!) sports (especially the New England Patriots!).
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Welcome to Third Grade! I'm thrilled to be spending the year with you. We have many wonderful things planned and I can't wait to get started!
I wanted to give you a little information about myself. I was born and raised in Crystal City, Missouri where most of my family still resides. Georgia has been home to me for the past twenty three years. My husband Tyler and I have two amazing children. Ally is a sophomore at Lambert, and Tanner is a sophomore in college. Our family also has a precious rescue dog named Rooney.
I earned my Elementary Education Degree from Florida Southern in 1991. I then went on to earn my Early Childhood Master's Degree from Southeast Missouri State University while working as a graduate assistant volleyball coach. This will be my seventeenth year in public education. After taking some time off to be with my family I was hired at Sharon and have happily taught third grade for four years.
My active family and coaching keeps me VERY busy. This will be my fourth year as the varsity volleyball coach at Lambert. A lot of my time is spent in the stands cheering on Tanner and Ally as they play for their teams. This is by far my favorite thing to do!
I'm really looking forward to a fabulous year in third grade!
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Hello! My name is Susan Osborne. I began my college career at Purdue University, and completed my degree at North Georgia College and State University. I have a B.S degree in Early Childhood Education (Pre-K thru 5th grade) with an endorsement in reading. I have experience in all those grade levels, and then moved to Forsyth County from another Georgia school district. This will be my twelfth year at SES and my fourteenth year working with third graders!
I have been working in the educational field for over thirty years, and moved to Georgia with my family 26 years ago from Indiana. Georgia is now home and we love the milder winters. My husband Don and I have two grown children, and enjoy our time with family and friends.
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I wanted to give you a little information about myself. I was born and raised in Toccoa, Georgia. I graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. Mike and I have three beautiful children. McKenzie will be in 11th Grade at Lambert, Michael will be in 8th Grade at South Forsyth Middle School, and Jack will be in 6th grade at South Forsyth Middle School. They are the loves of our life, and we enjoy every minute we spend with them! I am a huge sports fan. I love UGA football, watching my kids play sports, shopping, reading magazines, and I also love listening to country music.
This will be my 20th year teaching in Forsyth County. I taught four years in Kindergarten, one year in 1st grade, and fifteen years in 3rd grade. Every year has been exciting and memorable, as I have been lucky to teach such wonderful students. Sharon Elementary School is a great place where I truly enjoy being around such enthusiastic students, staff, and parents.
In my classroom, I promote an atmosphere of safety, trust, and respect. I work hard build a sense of community among my students, and I emphasize the idea of teamwork. I value cooperation and collaboration both in my classroom and as I work with my peers. I believe that great things can happen when we work together! Sharon is a place where I really feel like part of a strong community and part of a winning team. This year will be fun and exciting. I am committed to teaching your child in a positive, supportive, and loving environment in which every child is successful! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my love for learning with your child.
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I moved to Georgia a little over ten years ago and have loved living here! I am originally from NY, and went to college in Boston, Massachusetts. While in Boston, I earned a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and Human Development. I later went on to earn a Masters degree in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. My husband Matt and I have been married for nine years and we have three beautiful children. My step-daughter Dianna will be a sophomore this year at Lambert; our son Matthew Jr. ("MJ") is 6 years old and will be in first grade here at Sharon, and our youngest, Shea, will be 4 in November. We also have one dog named Ollie. Outside of school, I love to spend time with my family, watch football (go Giants!), cook, and bake.
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Tri-Phase Routine Starting 12.01.08
Tri-Phase Training:
Phase One (Volume):
Day One (Back & Traps):
-- Back (3 sets of 8-12 reps)--
- Bent over row
- Pull ups
- Seated cable row
- Lat pulldowns
- Dynamic row
-- Traps (3 sets of 8-12 reps)--
- Barbell shrugs
- Dumbell shrugs
Day Two (Chest & Shoulders):
-- Chest (3 sets of 8-12 reps)--
- Incline DB Press
- Barbell Bench Press
- Dips
-- Shoulders (3 sets of 8-12 reps) --
- Military Press
- Seated DB Press
- DB Side Laterals
Day Three (Legs):
--Upper Legs (3 sets of 8-12 reps) --
-Stiff Legged Deadlifts
-Leg Press
-Leg Curls
--Lower Legs (3 sets of 8-12 reps) --
-Seated Calf Raises
-Standing Calf Raises
Day Four (Arms):
--Biceps (3 sets of 8-12 reps) --
-Barbell Curls
-Single Arm Alternating DB Curls
--Triceps (3 sets of 8-12 reps) --
-Close Grip Bench Press
-Skull Crushers
-Single Arm Alternating DB Extension
Phase Two (Load):
Day One (Upper Body):
--3 sets of 4 reps--
-Barbell Bench Press (Chest)
-Bent Over Rows (Back)
-Military Press (Shoulders)
-Barbell Shrugs (Traps)
Day Two (Arms & Legs Workout):
--Leg Exercises (3 sets of 4 reps) --
-Stiff Legged Deadlifts
-Standing Calf Raises
--Arm Exercises (3 sets of 4 reps) --
-Barbell Curls
-Hammer Curls
-Close Grip Bench Press
-Skull Crushers
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-- 3 sets of 4 reps --
-Incline Bench Press (Chest)
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-Bench Press (Chest)
-Military Press (Shoulders)
-Barbell Shrugs (Traps)
-Barbell Curls (Biceps)
-Close Grip Bench Press (Triceps)
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--2 sets of 8-10 reps --
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-Pull Ups (Backs)
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-DB Side Laterals (Delts)
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-Alternating DB Curls (Biceps)
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--2 sets of 10-15 reps --
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-Cable Hammer Curls (Biceps)
-Forearm Barbell Curls (Forearms)
-Forearm DB Curls (Forearms)
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1 & 1/2 minutes - 2 minutes in between sets. Been working out with a bodybuilder who has been training with Team Scivation, guy is jacked. Going to try this. He briefly outlined a routine for me to try after my current four day split & told me to check out BB.com on this whole tri-phase training subject. Phase three might be a bitch but I need a routine to fill in the rest of the upcoming month until the new year. Why not try something unique?
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I missed out on getting the extended warranty for my 2008 335i convertible and now am feeling the pain. Hopefully this forum could alleviate some of that :)
See about 4 posts down. Vastly superior...what's your issue?
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Where do I start?!
The top would be coming up, then the windows would come up and as they do, the windows would get to a certain point, then they would roll down again. There is a service bulletin about this stating that a relay needs to be changed. I am going to leave this one alone as it is not really interfering with the car's operation.
Next this wind tunnel whistling sound was coming from the back of the car. Took it into the shop and they told me that the turbo was gone and if I were to replace it, I should replace both turbos since the other one may be going bad as well and most of the $3,000 cost was in the labor of removing then inserting the motor again. I asked if I can use the car till I think about it and they said that I can drive the car with no problems what so ever; except that it would not have the same power as it once did and I was fine with that.
I took the car to get a second opinion and when the tech was depressing the throttle, we heard an explosion and oil started gushing out of the car. He told me that the turbo blew out and that it needs to no only be changed, but that the oil now needs to be cleaned from the system as well.
We went ahead with the repairs and now the sound is gone, but the car just started leaking little drops of oil.
Lastly, I had lost my navigation DVD so I copied a friend's and was using it till I started sometimes getting the error please insert navigation DVD. I borrowed another one and made a copy, but got the same error. I even used my friend's original 2007.2 navigation DVD and that did not work either. So now I am thinking that the DVD went dead, but don't know how to check if that's the case.
The car just came off of warranty less that 5 months ago. Makes me wonder what's to come next :)
Take this over to the E90 Forum, and post your questions there....lots of folks there to help you solve problems :thumbup:
I am sorry to hear that. Remarkable car. Guess I've made my decision though. My best to you brother.
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I might be able to get my hands on a laser cutter/engraver.
It'll be able to engrave and cut the following materials. (not PVC)
Laser cutting acrylic,paper,cardboard,textile,leather,wood - materials
As I myself have gone through the different groupbuys, I figured I couldn't participate as one of the holes (on my O2) is slightly elevated. I had to drill my own holes, which didn't turn out that great. Thanks to swalter I'll soon be able to give it another try.
But wouldn't it be even easier to cut/engrave your own designs, without the high cost of a professional front panel designer.
I'll be able to cut/engrave any design that's made in inkscape. (the machine cuts the red lines and engraves the black lines). I can just put the designs of everyone together and then cut it in one go out of a certain material for a low cost. I'll see how much time I put into it. I'm a student so yes, I hope to use it to make a little profit out of it.
Here's how I plan on going about business:
As this would be my first go at organising a GB, I won't try and risk to make myself a bad name by taking payments and delivering a bad product.
That's why I was thinking to gather the designs from everyone (which should be all in order and don't require any editing of me, I'll explain later), cut/engrave them and send them to you.
If you decide that the quality is not on par (which I doubt as I wouldn't send it in the first place), you can choose to only pay me the cost of the shipping.
If you're happy with it, I would appreciate it if you would send a small extra fee to compensate for me bothering and putting my scarce student free time into it. I think the DIYaudio is a place where I can rely on people to use this system correctly.
Another point of note: I'll probably first start with 10/20 orders, and see how much time is involved into software/cutting/packing/shipping. If things go as planned I might enlarge, but keep in mind, it's a big IF.
Also: When you would be sending your design, I will expect of you that it's already exported to inkscape (which can be directly exported from frontpaneldesigner software). I also rely on you that the lines are in the correct colors: cutting=red, engraving=black. The machine cuts the thinnest red line, allthough take in account that the cutting is a minimal of 0.5mm wide at worst. I know for a fact that if you're not used to inkscape, it's a hassle, it still is for me. It would be too much time if I needed to edit everything myself.
I'll be able to easily use MDF of 3.4mm-1cm (I'll see if it can engrave 2mm, but of that I'm not sure) and clear plexi of 2mm-1cm. Other materials that are useable (see link), I would kindly ask you to provide them yourself, I don't have the time to run around, buying things and keep track of the costs.
Some examples of the MDF engraving and cutting that we did. I also know for a fact that I can use plexi easily.
I've also got a pic of the engraving, I'll try and link it later.
This is just an interest check for anyone that wants to have their own front panel design. I will first have to try it out myself, but I've seen amazing results. It could very well be that nothing comes of this because it doesn't turn out good
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dealer claims its awd, i read a thread where someone thought the dealer lied to them. what do "halfshafts" look like?
is the wet spare area common enough to where i should have a look at it? if its wet should i try to get the dealer to drop the price before i buy, or buy then have them repair before i leave?
i thought i saw a thread that mentioned oil consumption. i am getting rid of a 96 eldorado because it became one thing after another to fix. is the northstar in the SRX troublesome?
are there any expensive sensors shocks etc i should check to make sure they are in good working order?
oh yeah last question. can the 2004 nav unit use the newest map disc? does the disc remain in the unit at all times or is it more like an installation disc? also, i saw a mention of east and west us and canada discs...is there a continental disc?
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I have the same car w/o the ultraview. Great car--ours has been very reliable considering its complexity. Others have had numerous problems. Check the jack area. i would be shocked if it's not wet or damp. One might never check that area unless they had a flat or heard about the problem and investigated. Gas mileage is below average but it runs like a bat. Take it to a mechanic for an inspection.
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As for what to look out for, whew, where to start?
To check for AWD look at the round shafts, maybe an inch in diameter, going to the center of the rear wheels. If you have those same kind of shafts on the front wheels you have AWD.
If you see a wire coming out of the top of the front struts under the hood then you have magnetic shocks. They are a lot more expensive to change.
Put a heavy load (like a person) in the back, turn on the ignition (or start it up), and make sure the air compressor runs, raises the back, and stops within a minute or so. If it doesn't you either need new shocks, a new compressor or both (like I did). That could cost a few grand.
Make sure the Ultraview, if you have it, opens and closes smoothly and does not stop in the middle anywhere.
Probably worth hooking up a scan tool and looking for any codes also.
Good luck!
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My advice is to take a dig. picture of the SPID sticker and run the codes through This RPO Look-up - that'll tell you how the car was equipped when it was built.
We loved our '04 with N*, MRC, and 3rd row (no ultraview or nav) - it's one of those vehicles that's worth putting up with the occasional maintenance expense (IMHO).
On that score.... we had our share of problems with our '04 but all were covered under the warranty and nothing truly awful. The rear load leveller was just starting to go at the end of the lease and, to be honest with you, I wouldn't have wanted to pay for it. Extended warranties are often good ideas for luxury vehicles that bristle with technology - and the SRX is no exception.
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The NAV disc must be in the drive whenever you are using the NAV system -- there is no installation. You can buy update discs to the tune of $300 from http://www.gmnavdisc.com/ for all SRXs or you can try your luck on eBay.
I must say I do not understand the US East/West thing. I have the West disc but it seems to have roads and POI for NY state. I really don't know what the difference is. Maybe someone else can answer that. I don't think you can get a "continental" disc.