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New camera! Well, sort of. It isn't mine, but LFI in Hamburg kindly lent it to me for a weekend. As unlikely as it sounds, up until last weekend I had survived without ever using a Leica.
In camera forum land, Leicas are general the subject of scorn, being reviled as expensive, "under-specified" neck jewellery for poseurs and millionaires. I've never much cared for these debates, although there is a certain fascination in observing them. I've never given a lot of thought to owning a Leica, first because I can't afford them, and second because there isn't actually a model that particularly appeals to me. However the Q does, marginally, so given the opportunity I was happy to try it out.
So, the Leica Q is a fairly compact fixed focal 28mm camera, with built-in viewfinder. The lens is a fast f1.7 summisomethingortheother. I'd seen one once in a shop window, and it struck me as being pretty big, but in fact it feels quite compact, similar to an Olympus Pen, but of course a lot bigger than the Ricoh GR which could be considered to be a rival.
The Q feels very, very solid in the hand, and personally I find it very comfortable to hold, with the recessed thumb grip being a very astute piece of design. I guess some might describe the feel as luxury, but to be honest I'd go more with very well built precision engineering, and a good example of form following function. When you pick it up, it simply demands to be used. A bit like the GR, in fact.
It's certainly an enjoyable camera to use, and the results are pretty good, too. Are they €4000 good ? Well, that rather depends just how wedded you are to a 28mm field of view, and how much disposable income you have. I could stretch to €600 or so for a Ricoh GR, but €4000 for a Leica Q isn't realistic in this household. Please note, I'm not saying you don't get value for money - by and large I'd say you do: apart from the flawless construction, you get a fabulous electronic viewfinder, by far the best manual focus system I've seen on a digital camera, and of course a lens which apparently is practically worth €4000 on its own.
The Leica Q isn't perfect though, and the weak spots in my opinion are in the electronics. There are some weird handling glitches, for example the digital horizon vanishes when you half press the shutter button - just when you need it most. And also with the shutter button half-pressed, when you rotate the aperture ring the aperture display in the viewfinder doesn't update. The menu could do with a little bit of categorisation, and I could not find a way to configure playback to show the image only, free of distracting icons and clutter. I expect a touch more refinement in that department at that price. Nevertheless, I was sorry to have to give it back. Not so sorry to be truly tempted to buy one, although a 35mm version could conceivably push me over the edge.
For a moment I could pretend to be William Eggleston... bet he could afford a Q. And put it to good use, too.
(All photos - except the first - by Leica Q. Somehow I had the ISO stuck on 800 all weekend. I could have sworn I had it on Auto)
For quite a while I've felt I'm way outside of the audience for photographic educational material. In particular stuff like "How To Make Perfect Landscape Photos", etc. Not that I'm saying I don't need them, just that I'm impenetrable to such words of wisdom. I've read, and watched, everything I could find on the topic, and very little has sunk in. So my reaction to seeing such things on offer tends to be rather cynical.
So why my interest was sparked by a web site I stumbled upon during the post-Christmas doldrums, offering an "exclusive, travelogue-style video tutorial" featuring landscape photographer Athena Carey on location in South Africa, I'm really not sure. But since clicking on the preview was a lot less like hard work than, say, editing several extensive photo collections I've built up and ignored in the last year or so, I did so. And I was intrigued, And since it was on special offer, I clicked.
I've seen my fair share of "video photo tutorials". They generally promise a lot, and end up being endless, tedious talking head shots of men, usually of a certain age, fondling their cameras. Some are more professional than others, in that they'll do some level of editing. Others just set the camera to record, stop after 2 hours and 55 minutes, and sell you the resulting yawn-a-thon for $75. And of course after watching this you'll have fully assimilated their precious workflow and wisdom. So I'm a hard sell.
"Africa with Athena" is nothing like these, and on several key counts. First of all, it is obvious from the first seconds that the video has been produced by somebody who actually cares about communication, inspiration and entertainment, and also cares about producing the best possible experience. It is clear that very little cost or effort has been spared in the making of this video. It has nothing to envy anything you'll find under the National Geographic or BBC banners. I'm sure that Armand Dijcks, the producer and videographer, makes mistakes just like the rest of us, but we're not treated to them in the final product. Instead we're treated to a technically and artistic excellent video, with a perfect mix of sweeping, dramatic but also intimate location shots, and indeed talking heads. But these talking heads - well, always the same head - are expressive and varied and shot with different angles and situations which emphasise and help to carry the message. I'm a million miles away from being any expert on the topic, but as a pure consumer, I find it a very impressive production, which is well worth the asking price.
I haven't even really mentioned the content yet. Well, the content is basically Athena Carey. Hers is not a name I'd come across before, but she seems to have a good reputation. Certainly her photography has a strong personality, mainly orientated towards long exposure monochrome. This might immediately, and inevitably, bring Michael Kenna to mind, but her work is quite different. Of photographers I know, she's perhaps closer to Steve Gosling, but in any case she has a distinctive style. Her approach in the field, and to photography in general, which is well documented here, remind me more of the approach of my friend Alessandra Meniconzi. Both are interested in equipment up to the point that it allows them to do what they want, and absolutely no more. Indeed, the section on the contents of Athena's camera bag veers towards humour. Essentially, and clearly getting things out of the way as quick as possible, she tells us she's got a big camera and a smaller one converted to infrared, oh, and some filters, and that's basically it. I don't think brand names are even mentioned. A similar segment over at the Luminous Landscape would be 45 minutes long and sound like a 10 year old child reading the B&H catalogue. This is pretty refreshing to me, but I'm not entirely sure if, unfortunately, it's what the mainstream audience for this type of offer wants to hear.
But there is technical content. In fact her description of how she uses Nik SiverEFX to convert to monochrome is the best I've ever seen, and although I've been using this software for years, watching this I discovered a few key points I'd never realised before.
Most of all the video is about a dedicated and committed photographer collaborating with a talented videographer to illustrate her process to produce a couple of photos in a particular location. It does this without being arcane, patronising, or boring. I think it is generally very hard, if not impossible, to truly express in words what makes us photograph, especially for landscape photography. All attempts come across as pompous, clumsy or ridiculous. Generally of course they're produced by the photographers themselves, which prevents the necessary detachment. Here instead the creative partnership works very well, delivering the goods both as medium and message. It sets a very high standard for others to follow.
Ming Thein runs one of the most outstanding photography blogs on the web today. His combination of posting frequency, quality of content, quantity and depth of content, lucid writing, and tasteful presentation free of third party advertising is probably unique. On top of this, he engages fully with his readers in the comments sections, and last, but very much not least, is a talented photographer with a killer instinct for composition, and a commitment bordering on obsession with precision and technical quality. Why, I wonder, does he pour so much energy into this? I assume that the underlying driver is to build his brand, both as a professional photographer, but also as an educator, a purveyor of workshops and training materials. Since I am a compulsive, if intermittent, consumer of such materials, I decided to take up a special offer a few months ago to buy his "Photoshop Workflow 2" video. Since I haven't seen any independent reviews of his videos, I decided to throw my hat into the ring.
When Ming publishes a review, he tells things as he sees them, fairly, but without pulling punches, and from his clearly stated subjective point of view. Witness his review of the new wonder box Sony A7RII, which I found pretty refreshing. So I'm going to take the same approach to "Photoshop Workflow 2". The basic questions I'm looking to answer are "were the videos useful to me", "would I recommend them to a beginner", and "would I recommend them in general". The answers are, "not really", "no", and "it depends".
The video is split into 2 parts, and covers Ming's full end to end workflow, from import through to print-ready output. The subject matter here is not a tutorial on Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop, as such, but rather a description of the specific process Ming uses to streamline his image processing and to produce output in his adopted style. So if you're interested in finding out, in detail, how he uses these tools, then you might be interested in these videos. If you're looking for a more wide-ranging, open-ended discussion, then probably not.
The workflow uses Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop, nothing else. The video starts off with a lengthy preamble about choosing and setting up equipment. There's not much to quibble about here, even if I would have expected a professional photographer to adopt a more suitable display than Apple's shiny Thunderbolt Display, but one section had me spluttering in my coffee. Ming recommends carrying out the critical step of monitor calibration by eye, using Apple's software calibration utility. At best this can only lead to a good subjective calibration. Maybe Ming has superhuman eyesight and colour discrimination to go with his astronomical IQ, but generally it will lead to a medium to poor subjective calibration. In a closed, end to end flow where your output is going nowhere else than a single printer, this might work. But otherwise it's a recipe for disaster and lot of wasted paper. Decent hardware calibrators are neither expensive nor hard to use. It amazes me that Ming disdains to use one, especially given his geeky side. To add insult to injury, the sequence showing the software calibration in use is a waste of time, as for some reason the screen capture does not show any activity in calibration tool screens: the viewer cannot see what the narrator is describing.
The workflow itself is split in a set of steps: ingest the images, rate them iteratively in Bridge, bring the picks into Camera Raw, sort out the white balance and any colour issues, and adjust the exposure as high as possible without clipping. Then export to Photoshop. In Photoshop, switch to LAB mode and adjust the exposure globally to taste using one or more tone curves. Then adjust exposure locally using the dodge and burn tools. And sharpen appropriately. That's basically it. What I find surprising is first, on the input, total disinterest in keywording or any kind of asset management. I guess when you've got a brain the size of a planet you don't need any help remembering where your photos are. Or where they're from. The second thing is pretty much completely eschewing layers in Photoshop, largely sacrificed on the altar of LAB mode editing. Well, it's his workflow, but I have to say he's out on a limb on that point!
I'm not going to comment further on the content. It is exactly as promised, no more, no less. The rest of this review is about the video itself. As mentioned before, it is split into 2 parts, running over 130 and 100 minutes respectively. I'll say this immediately, that is far, far too long. For the first 8 minutes all we see is a static Photoshop screen with the title, and Ming talking over it. Obviously, a tutorial needs an introduction, but really it also needs a few hooks up front to get the viewer interested. A short talking head sequence might have been a nice touch. Ming's delivery tends to be rather flat and hesitant, and although not too bad, really cannot comfortably carry a 4.5 hour monologue! "Ums", repetitions, sudden switch of context, and various mannerisms quickly get annoying, and should be edited. Also, his Mac keeps interrupting him demanding to do software updates. Annoying, yes, but for such a production, he really should have stopped, disabled updates, and started again. This, and other things, gives the impression of a one-take capture, with no post editing whatsoever. Presumably he did take a comfort break every now and then.
Anyway, this then leads into what was the most interesting part for me, Curation. This is the process of reviewing a collection of images and deciding which ones to take forward. Actually, id argue that Curation also requires a clear objective, like a book, an exhibition, or a portfolio. Here, I'd argue that he's culling, a pre-requisite to curation. His methodology and especially thoughts about the image are interesting, but, again, it's way too drawn out. He does not need 136 photos to make the point. They finally get wittled down to 19 at 45 minutes in. This is fast, but not when you're presenting it on video. It's a bit like cookery shows - sure, the roast took 2 hours to cook, but we didn't get a 2 hour shot of an oven door. Next up comes the colour management sequence mentioned earlier. Skip this. Finally, at 1:24, the section on workflow starts. It is interesting, but again, it drags a bit. The referring back to an earlier version of the video is also irritating - unless it comes as part of the package, it should not be assumed that the viewer is familiar with it. Also, key concepts, such as dodging and burning, seem to get rather light treatment. Nevertheless, Ming's method of dealing with exposure is very educative. What is, in my view, extremely poor, is that in his first, lengthy Photoshop workflow, when extolling the virtues of LAB mode, it turns out he was in RGB mode all the time. Anybody can make a mistake, but apart from any discussion of the fact that even he could not tell the difference, surely the professional thing to do would be to go back and reshoot the sequence. There then follows a sequence talking through the processing of different images, which is quite engaging. Finally, there is a useful, short, discussion of Camera Raw as a filter on a TIFF image, which is an area of Photoshop I had never explored. Wrapping up is a section on Fuji X-Trans files. Doubtless this is interesting to Fuji owners, but for me, and I assume other non-Fuji owners, it's 20 minutes of padding.
And here we get to the point I've avoided so far: why so long, and why the padding? Well, I suspect that in part it is to justify the rather extravagant pricing: Photoshop Workflow 2 costs $80, standalone (various discounted bundles are offered), including access to source files to work on.
Arguably $80 is reasonable, given the content. But for this price, I'd expect better narrative, some evidence of post-editing, tidying up or re-shooting messy segments, and more weight on detail rather than repetition. In fact, the final 4 minute wrap up pretty much gives you an adequate overview! The X-trans section should be a separate, possibly free, download. Another product in the same ballpark, Michael Reichmann and Jeff Schewe's epic "Camera to Print & Screen", which offers 59 easily digestible segments totalling over 12 hours, with a vast scope, costs $60, and is frankly a lot more entertaining.
I would like to emphasise that this is a review of a product, not of it's author. Ming Thein is a fine photographer, and a great, positive contributor to the photography internet. He holds himself to very high standards in his writing and his photography, but at least in this case, for video he doesn't quite reach the mark. This view, of course, is coloured by the high relative pricing of his videos. Ignoring that small point, then there is little to criticise.
So, coming back to my questions: "was the video useful to me": not really, but I did find his method of working with exposure interesting, albeit because I've been roughly doing something similar myself. But to be honest I would say I was reminded of a few key points, but I didn't discover much new; "would I recommend it to a beginner": no - it's way too expensive and way too long to hold attention - and "would I recommend them in general": well, if you want to make photos that look like Ming Thein's yes. Otherwise, probably not.
I don't regret paying for this video, and others I got as part of a bundle, because in any case I consider it in part supporting Ming in maintaining his excellent web site. But I do think he should take a step back, and see if he could improve his production standards to find a better way to deliver his valuable knowledge and artistry.
Lasersoft Imaging recently announced the release of Silverfast 8.5 at CeBit, and shortly after it became available for download. This is the most significant update since the complete rewrite which gave us version 8, and it has some interesting sounding enhancements. The first is a much enhanced Job Manager, and the second is the new "HDRi RAW" file format. I've been playing around a little with v8.5 Ai Studio, and v8.5 HDR Studio, and here are some very quick, and not terribly deeply researched first impressions.
In the past some new Silverfast features could perhaps be described as over-hyped, or poorly conceived, and on top of that were charged for. But I'm pleased to say that this time around, there seem little grounds for skepticism. First of all, it's a free upgrade, and secondly, the new features are well designed, well integrated, and genuinely useful.
The Job Manager has gained a great time saving feature inspired by applications such as Aperture or Lightroom: the ability to copy and paste adjustments from one frame to one or more others. In Silverfast it's called "Extract & Apply". In Aperture, "Lift & Stamp" - whatever the name, this is really welcome and is especially useful when working on large batches of files in HDR Studio.
Apart from this feature, the Job Manager, which is at the core of Silverfast's workflow, has had a thorough refresh, and is much nicer to work with now.
The new file format, HDRi RAW, as far as I can tell retains image adjustment settings with the "HDR" file, so that they can be retained between sessions. This is great, but so far I have to confess to being a little confused, as I thought that Silverfast HDR Studio already managed that. Possibly not, maybe it was only the case for saved Job Manager sessions. Anyway, it works, and there is also a right-click method to reset to default within the VLT thumbnail browser.
Also, the VLT itself seems to have had some behind the scenes attention, as it feels significantly faster and responsive. Overall the application appears to have received speed and stability enhancements.
There is another new feature, the forthcoming iOS job monitor app. This seems to be more into the quirky end of Silverfast's range of features, but I guess it might be entertaining!
In conclusion, this is one of the most comprehensive and well thought out revisions I've seen Silverfast receive for quite a while. It's a good indication of the ongoing commitment of Lasersoft to their customers.
One last thing, though. The original CeBit Press Release also mentioned the re-launch, with software and hardware enhancements, of the Plustek OpticFilm 120. I haven't seen any follow-up to that…


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Nov.14 is World Diabetes Day, which is a global awareness campaign to bring attention to the disease that affects over 25 million Americans. Diabetes, which is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood glucose that can lead to serious complications or premature death, is an epidemic that has also increased in its number of proportions. Diabetes is also the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.
Diabetes is so prevalent that many celebrities living with the heredity disease have spoken openly about their diagnosis, while others were simply affected by someone they love who is living with the disease. Many have even taken on forms of activism to help raise awareness. In honor of World Diabetes Day and the millions of people with it, take a look at Centric's list of celebs who are living and thriving with diabetes or doing their part to spread information about its health consequences.
Tamela Mann - Actress and "Take Me To The King" songstress turned heads when she lost over 100 pounds. What many may not know is that her husband
David Mann's diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes was a contributing factor in her decision to take her family's health more seriously. The Mann's decided to make exercising and eating right a family affair. "For many African American families, a lot of the time when we sit down to dinner, we can have two or three starches in one meal," Tamela said in an interview, according to BlackDoctor.org. "You can still have some, but you don't have to have as many."
Debbie Allen - Famed dance choreographer lost her father to Type 2 diabetes in 1984. The tragic loss inspired the "A Different World" producer-director to launch a dance video campaign called T2 Dance Crew. Dance moves are geared toward getting people off their couch, and ultimately adopting a more active lifestyle. "Celebrity is not just good for having your face on cover of magazine, it's a responsibility and if you can help the public, you should stand up and fight the good fight," the former American Heart Association spokesperson said in a 2011 interview.
Patti LaBelle - Living legend Patti LaBelle discovered she had diabetes 20 years ago after passing out onstage. Since then, the 70-year-old singer has been a champion for diabetes awareness, starring in commercials and being an advocate for the need for diabetics to change their eating diets. LaBelle, whose mother also died of diabetes complications, has spoken openly about her struggle to eliminate certain foods from her diet like fried chicken and pasta. However, LaBelle has since written five cookbooks with diabetes-friendly recipes. The original diva has since owned her diabetes, even calling it "diabetes."
Halle Berry - Actress Halle Berry discovered her Type 2 diabetes during a scare in which she collapsed on the set of a filming in 1989. She would later be in a diabetic coma for a week. Berry says she was extremely tired and ignored it thinking she could it tough it out, until her body gave out on her. She's since eliminated sugary foods from her diet and has even served as a spokesperson for a pharmaceutical company that specializes in making products for diabetes.
Usher - The "Good Kisser" crooner shocked fans when he announced that his son has Type I diabetes. It has definitely been a difficult one for me," the singer said in an interview with the "Today" show. "Sometimes y'all look at me and we're off camera, and I'm looking online, I'm looking at numbers and trying to make sure that he's eating. It's crazy." But Type I diabetes occurs primarily among children and young adults. Previously known as juvenile diabetes, Type I diabetes, which is considered uncommon, is an immune disease the body does not produce insulin. Only 5 percent of people with diabetes have this form of the disease.
Chaka Khan - Who can forget the amazing body transformation of the legendary Chaka Khan? Part of her lifestyle change, which includes going vegan, stemmed from being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and high-blood pressure. "What I did was stopped eating and went on a strict unconditional liquid fast for a couple of months," the 61-year-old singer said in an interview back in 2011. "And went off meat, became vegan, stopped all the dairy, stopped all the meat. It sort of changed my whole way of thinking. You have to get the mindset first."
Ruben Studdard - While on this season's The Biggest Loser, former American Idol Ruben Studdard, 36, was shockingly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, giving him all the more reason to change his diet and shed some pounds off 462-pound frame. The singer known as the "Velvet Teddy Bear" has since lost more than 100 pounds, and is working to keep off the weight so that he can live a long and thriving life.
Randy Jackson - Musician and producer Randy Jackson has been very vocal about his struggle with diabetes, even admitting that his emotional addiction to unhealthy foods. "When I found out that I had type 2 diabetes, I was like, 'Wow,' I have a serious disease. It not only had a physical, but also an emotional impact on me," he told the National Institutes of Healthmagazine. "It was hard to change my eating habits because food for me is emotional—I often found comfort in eating food that happened to be unhealthy." Jackson also got gastric bypass surgery to help lose weight to control his health and his diabetes. "Today, I know that regular checkups with a doctor, healthy food choices, and an active lifestyle are extremely important for managing type 2 diabetes," he said. "There is no magic cure, and it's not always easy. But I believe everyone has the potential to take charge and manage the disease in his or her own way."
Sherri Shepherd - Comedian and talk show host Sherri Shepherd says discovering her diabetes saved her life. "If I didn't have diabetes, I would probably be at the International House of Pancakes eating a stack of pancakes with butter and syrup," Shepherd told USA Today. "I would probably be 250 pounds. I would not be going to the doctor. I probably wouldn't be married to my husband, Lamar Sally. I wouldn't be healthy for my son, Jeffrey." The 47-year-old has lost 40 pounds over the years, is eating healthier and exercising regularly. Shepherd also wrote a book called, Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes.
For more information on diabetes and prevention, visit www.ndep.nih.gov.
(Photos from left: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Michael Buckner/Getty Images for BET, Mark Davis/Getty Images, Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Super Bowl)

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- Vietnamese : Winter
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- Chinese : from a character that also means 'to supervise' or 'to manage'. The story goes that in the 23rd century bc, an adviser to the emperor Shun was given this surname due to his ability to supervise and train dragons. Additionally, at one time during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), Dong was part of the title of official historians. The descendants of a historian of the state of Jin adopted the character for Dong from their ancestor's title and used it as a surname.
- Vietnamese ({D-}ông and {D-}ô`ng) : unexplained.


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Charlie Smith*** (Set Design) Radio Golf (Yale, LA, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, McCarter, Bay), The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony Award; LA, Bշay, West End, Natլ Tour), Gem of the Ocean (Tony Nom; Bay, Chicago), Assassins (Bay), Drowning Crow (Bay), Bare (Off- Broadway), The IT Girl (Off-Broadway), The Property Known as Garland (Off-Broadway), Beauty and the Beast (Amsterdam, Utrecht, Berlin, Madrid), 135th Ringling Bros. Circus (Nat Tour), Dora Pirate Adventure (Nat Tour) Showstoppers (Lincoln Center) Bingo (Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago, SF), The Fantasticks (Cabrillo Stage), A Wonderful Life (Papermill Playhouse). Upcoming projects: Grumpy Old Men (Bay), Writing Arthur (Bay), King Lear (West End), A Wonderful Life (Theatre Under the Stars). He received his training in architecture at Lankiest did Torino and in set design at New York University. A member of United Scenic Artists, Mr. Smith lives in New York where his studio, Charlie Smith Design Associates, is based.
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Thomas G. Marquez** (Costume Design) is an acclaimed designer of theatre, film and Television, and is currently working on the sit-com The Bill Engvall Show at NBC Studios in LA. But that doesn't keep Tommy in one place! He designed AMTSJ's Christmas Dreamland and Valley Musical Theatre's Beehive, for which he won the 2007 Los Angeles Critics Circle Cabrillo Stage Staff Award. Regional theatre credits include Cabrillo Stage's 2006 Guys And Dolls, Sweet Charity at Musical Theatre of Wichita, and Gypsy at AMTSJ. Current theatre credits also include Swing! (McCoy Rigby Entertainment), the West Coast premiere of Never Gonna Dance (Musical Theatre West), Once Upon A Mattress, Phantom and Chicago (Musical Theatre of Wichita), Sweet Charity and Chicago (Northshore Music Theatre), the world premiere of Lullaby Of Broadway (Tiffany Theatre), Showboat, Swing and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Musical Theatre West), Dreamgirls, Carousel, Into The Woods and Damn Yankees (CLOSBC); Bingo (World Premiere -Hermosa Beach Playhouse) and Evita, Pippin, 42nd Street, A Chorus Line, City of Angels, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Grease and Singing in the Rain (AMTSJ). Marquez was nominated for the prestigious La Ovation Award for his designs of Once On This Island and Crazy For You (drama-logue award). Television credits as design assistant include: The Wonder Years, Third Rock From the Sun, That 80s Show, and What I Like About You. He has designed for such films as Bit Players starring Verne Troyer (Mini- Me; Sundance Film Festival), Outpatient, and the award winning Die Mommy Die starring Charles Busch. He is currently designing a tour of Love Sweet Love that features the music of Burt Bacharach, and continues to earn praise for his appearance on Bravo TV's Project Jay.
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Teressa Byrne* (Lilli/Kate) was born and raised in Monterey County and is delighted to be performing so close to her hometown, Carmel. Spring 2007: Maury Yeston's Phantom (Christine Daa) at Fullerton Civic Light Opera, Escondido Center for the Arts and San Bernardino's historic California Theatre. Numerous regional stage credits include: PCPA Theaterfest - Guys and Dolls (Sarah), Brigadoon (Fiona), My Fair Lady (Eliza), My Way (Woman 2); the Hollywood Bowl's Sound of Music (Sister Sophia); Los Angeles Reprise! - Kismet, Brigadoon, On The 20th Century; Terrence McNally's Master Class (Sharon) at Berkeley Rep, the Odyssey, the Fountain at Ensemble Theater Santa Barbara; Seven Brides (Milly), Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), The Countess (Effie Ruskin). Opera: Ballo In Maschera (Oscar), Andrea Chenier, Tosca, Carmen, Gioconda (Laura). Concert: joint soloist with tenor Peter Girardot in the 2006 Northern California recital tour of the Ensemble di Teatro Massimo di Palermo, appearing with international Operas Krassimir at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, Easter recital at the U.S. Ambassadorial Residence in Valetta, Malta. She is a member of SAG, AEA, and AFTRA-e. Other credits: indie film, industrials, commercials, variety. BA UCLA. For Joseph - ғtrange, dear
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Andrew Roubal (Hortensio) is proud to return for his fourth consecutive year with Cabrillo Stage, after being seen in Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun and The Music Man. Andrew has been performing all his life and dancing since the age of three. He has appeared in The Music Man and Damn Yankees with AMTSJ. He has also appeared in SinginIn The Rain and A Chorus Line with MCT. Andrew has choreographed shows such as Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver and 42nd Street for All About Theatre. Last year Andrew directed and choreographed All About Theatre's summer 2006 production of A Chorus Line and is proud to return again this summer directing and choreographing Sweet Charity. Andrew has also performed as world famous Disneyland Cast Member with the Character and Parade Department. Andrew has completed two years as a Musical Theatre student at California State University, Fullerton and has been seen in their productions of Cabaret and Seussical. Andrew has recently been accepted into the University's BFA program in Musical Theatre and will be among only ten people to receive a BFA in Musical Theatre in his class. Andrew thanks his family for their never-ending love and support
What is the Gypsy Robe:
An old Broadway tradition, a "Gypsy" is a member of the dancing and singing chorus of a musical who moves from one show to the next, much like gypsies of old. A robe is awarded to a member of the chorus, which then becomes the "good luck" charm of the show. The winner adds a piece of memorabilia from their show to the robe, and then it is passed on to the next production.
At Cabrillo Stage the Robe is traditionally awarded to a chorus member, and once in awhile to a unique lead, who exemplifies the spirit of Cabrillo Stage through dedication and commitment to the production. The Robe selection process, chosen by the director and producer, also takes into consideration someone who has the greatest number of Cabrillo Stage credits in the cast. The winner, awarded on opening night, must wear the Robe and bless the stage, the scenery, the props and all the cast members before each performance in order to bring the production luck.


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Gastric sleeve vs gastric sleeve plication or endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
I have a lower BMI. I had talked with the doctor about gastric sleeve. The patient advisor also suggested looking at the gastric endoscopic gastroplasty. Can anyone give me insight on pro and cons? Recommendations?
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Sleeve versus endoscopic procedure
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Endoscopic gastroplasty is being performed in select facilities around the US. Our practice has pioneered the POSE procedure. The FDA trial for the POSE as a weight loss procedure is under way and should be complete this year. Until then, POSE cannot be offered in the US. Sleeve works well in low BMI patients as well. I have operated on patients with a BMI as low as 30 and they have done well.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Football and summer camps paved the way
to Christian Jackson's nonprofit business
Nonprofit management senior Christian Jackson may have left his professional football dreams behind, but football still plays a major role in his nonprofit business.
Jackson was born an only child in Houston and played football all his life. He accepted a scholarship to play football at a small college in Tennessee his freshman year, but quickly realized it wasn't all it was made out to be. After transferring to Oklahoma State University his sophomore year, his original choice for college, he began focusing on academics.
"It was definitely tough, it was a rough couple of months going from playing football to not playing football at all," Jackson said. "I've been playing football since second grade, so to completely stop that was a tough transition, and going from a little school to a school with 26,000 was a huge jump, so I really had to find a community so I wouldn't go through school alone…. It was a rough transition, but it was for the best." Continue Reading
How does unethical behavior affect us?
We hear about business scandals all the time, from Wells Fargo creating fake bank accounts to increase profits to Hampton Creek's inflated sales numbers. But what happens to us morally after we do something wrong?
Oklahoma State University associate professor of management Rebecca Greenbaum with co-authors and former OSU PhD students Julena Bonner, assistant professor at Utah State University, and Matt Quade, assistant professor at Baylor University, investigate the aftermath of unethical behavior on an individual in their latest research.
The article combines emotions theories with previous research to explain the effect unethical behavior has on an individual's self-image. Greenbaum and her co-authors were interested to see if people fear for their own reputations and discovered that people tend to try to "make up" for their shame by displaying desirable qualities. Continue Reading
Four OSU business students qualify to compete at
Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference
Four Oklahoma State University business students will be traveling to Anaheim, California, to compete in the 2017 Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in June.
Earlier in April, management junior Anna Hudson, international business junior Kalina Keester, accounting junior Sydney Laudero and finance junior Kayla Roberts competed at the PBL State Conference hosted by Tulsa Community College-Metro. All four placed in the top three of their respective competitions to qualify for the National Leadership Conference. OSU Spears School of Business academic counselor Vicki Johansen also attended the conference as the OSU PBL chapter adviser. Continue Reading
Chance Imhoff shares how his agricultural roots sparked his interest in entrepreneurship and management
Chance Imhoff is a 5th generation farmer from Prague, Okla. Growing up, he was very active in FFA and 4H, so Oklahoma State, being a land-grant university, was always an attractive option for him. "I've always known I wanted to come to OSU. It was actually the only school I applied for. And coming to OSU was definitely one of the best decisions I've ever made," said Imhoff.
Imhoff started at OSU as an ag-business major, but later decided to change to entrepreneurship and management. "After a semester in CASNR I wanted to broaden my scope and meet new people, so I chose entrepreneurship because I had different business ventures growing up and knew I had a passion for running a business," said Imhoff. Continue Reading
OSU student team places first in Love's Cup,
qualifies for Tri-State Competition
Oklahoma State University student startup team VisionaRx made OSU history by winning the grand prize earlier this month from the Love's Cup Undergraduate High Growth Division in Oklahoma City.
VisionaRx Retinal Drug Delivery is composed of OSU students Chance Imhoff, management and entrepreneurship; Jaquelyn Lane, chemical engineering with an entrepreneurship minor, and Rachel Davis, chemical engineering pre-med emphasis. The team is coached by David Thomison, clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship and advisor for student teams at accelerateOSU, OSU's entrepreneurial incubator program.
The team was awarded a $20,000 cash prize for taking first place in the competition and qualify to continue on to the Tri-State Competition, which hosts teams from Arkansas, Nevada and Oklahoma and will take place May 30-31 in Las Vegas. Lane also won the IBM Pitch Award and was awarded $1,000. This is the first time that an OSU student team has won the undergraduate division of the competition. Continue Reading
Spears School honors Tiffany Thurmond,
other students at 64th Awards Banquet
Tiffany Thurmond, a marketing and business management major at Oklahoma State University, is the recipient of the prestigious 2017 Raymond D. Thomas Award, given annually to the top senior in the Spears School of Business. Each year, a faculty committee in the business school votes who will receive the award and the lifetime membership to the OSU Alumni Association.
The honor will allow Thurmond to carry the Spears Business flag as a part of the opening ceremony to the Oklahoma State University spring commencement and will be the first business student to receive her diploma.
"When I look at this award, it brings tears to my eyes," said Thurmond. "Words could not express how thankful and honored I am to receive this award. For me, academic success and campus leadership are not the most important factors that this award signifies. The greatest factor that this award recognizes, a factor that is so precious to me, is the fact that it represents that I was blessed to have the opportunities to change people's lives while attending OSU. Continue Reading
Two Spears students named Outstanding
Seniors by the OSU Alumni Association
Two seniors from the Spears School of Business have been named 2017 Outstanding Seniors by the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association.
The Outstanding Senior award recognizes seniors who excel through academic achievement; campus and community activities; academic, athletic or extra-curricular honors or awards; scholarships and work ethic during their time at OSU.
Marketing and management comes naturally
to Spears School student Darcy Worth
To Darcy Worth, practicing business, specifically management and marketing, has always come naturally. She comes from a family of small business owners. Her parents own and operate a skating rink in her hometown of Tahlequah, Okla., and they also run a fireworks stand each summer. When it came to college, there was no doubt which direction that Worth would head.
"After working with my parents for so many years, managing and marketing just came really natural to me," said Worth, a junior majoring in both management and marketing with a minor in ethical leadership at Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business.
Since she was 13 years old, her free time was spent helping her dad manage the businesses with inventory, creating invoices and training new employees. She also helped her mom with the marketing side of the business, creating social media campaigns. "So it was very natural for me to go the business route, so that's exactly why I'm in the Spears School of Business," she said. Continue Reading
OSU teams bring home $47,000
from New Venture Competition
Two Oklahoma State University entrepreneurship incubator teams comprised of students from the Spears School of Business, the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, and the College of Arts and Sciences were among the top winners this past weekend in the finals of the Baylor Business New Venture Competition.
Out of 166 teams, the two OSU teams were selected to compete in the finals as part of the Top 12. OSU MBA student Haley Kurtz and mechanical engineering technology student Kevin Keith with MITO Material Solutions placed second in the competition, bringing home $35,000 plus an additional $500 for placing third in the live pitch portion of the competition. MITO sells adhesive epoxy additives which allow manufacturers to double the durability or significantly decreases the weight of composite materials utilized in the aerospace, recreation, and automotive industries.
"Winning second place at Baylor is a huge accomplishment for MITO Material Solutions," Kurtz said. "Compared to previous competitions we have been a part of, the competition and schedule at Baylor was fierce. Thankfully, Baylor University offered many coaching and feedback sessions from experienced advisors and judges, which allowed us to really improve our presentation for the semi and final rounds.
"Overall, we learned so much and are so grateful for the support of our advisor, Richard Gajan, and the OSU entrepreneurship ecosystem. This experience was unforgettable, and we are so proud of this achievement." Continue Reading
OSU engineering grad turns to
Spears Business for a different path
Kyle Lake didn't know he would end up at the Spears School of Business when he enrolled at Oklahoma State University his freshman year.
Lake grew up in small-town Elk City, Okla., with a population of 12,000, give or take. He was the first to attend OSU out of his family, making him the "black sheep," but he appreciated the atmosphere and tight-knit community that OSU offers.
"Everybody jokes about the 'Cowboy Spirit,' but I'm convinced it's a real thing," Lake said. "Just great people who made the university feel fun, the excellent degree programs and the reputable school was appealing." Continue Reading
Certificate of Effective Management and
Leadership available for business leaders
Learning how to build and work with teams, communicating with individuals inside and outside the organization, and resolving conflicts in the workplace are benefits of attending the Certificate of Effective Management and Leadership series sponsored by Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business.
The series will consist of 10 sessions between March and November at the Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma City campus.
This series is designed for individuals in a front-line manager position or individual leaders that are in a management position. "These seminars will teach participants the skills they need to manage projects while making agile decisions on behalf of their teams and organizations," Sarah Williams, program coordinator, said.
OSU's online MBA, other online business programs
excel in U.S. News & World Report rankings
Thanks to a revised curriculum and efficient upgrades, Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business has been ranked No. 1 among universities in the Big 12 Conference for its online MBA program and other online business programs (non-MBA) by U.S. News & World Report.
Spears Business's online MBA program is tied for 29th place in the Best Online MBA Programs rankings. This ranking makes OSU the best choice for an online MBA program in the Big 12 Conference, with West Virginia University coming in second with a ranking of 47th. Only five of the ten Big 12 Conference schools made it in to the U.S. News & World Report rankings for this category.
Spears' other online business programs are tied for 32th place for the Best Online Business (non-MBA) Programs. This ranking also places OSU No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference for online business graduate programs, with only West Virginia University included in the rankings for this category at 66th. Continue Reading
Gender differences in performance are declining, says research
This article appeared in Discover Spears Research, the quarterly research newsletter released by the Spears School of Business.
Men are more likely to be managers. Women are more likely to be organized and team-oriented. These are common stereotypes we hear all the time, but are they true?
A hot topic in the workforce has been gender differences in performance. Tom Stone, professor of management at Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business, teamed up with Hogan Assessment's Jeff Foster, Ball State University professor Brian Webster, NEOMA Business School professor Jennifer Harrison, and Illinois State University professor I. M. Jawahar to examine performance ratings gathered by Hogan Assessments, a human resource consulting firm in Tulsa, Okla. The sample included more than 20 years of performance ratings from approximately 3,500 managers and 9,500 non-managerial employees.
Five Spears School of Business students selected
as OSU Seniors of Significance
Five Spears School of Business students have been selected as Oklahoma State University Seniors of Significance for the 2016-2017 academic year by the OSU Alumni Association.
The Seniors of Significance Award recognizes students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership and service to campus and community and have brought distinction to OSU.
"We are so proud of our Seniors of Significance," said Spears School Associate Dean Karen Flaherty. "All five recipients are incredibly deserving of this honor. We are thankful for the contributions each one of these students has made to the Spears School of Business community over the past four years."
The Spears School of Business Seniors of Significance are listed below with their hometown and major: Continue Reading
OSU CHSI Health Data Shootout
awards top student groups
More than 100 Oklahoma State University graduate students representing seven colleges participated in the inaugural Health Data Shootout competition, hosted by OSU's Center for Health Systems Innovation (CHSI).
The competition was open to all majors. Students formed groups and tackled problems ranging from specific diseases like renal failure to disease progression and clinical decisions by analyzing clinical data from about 250,000 Native American patients from the Cerner HealthFacts Data Warehouse. The competition was judged by medical professionals from Stillwater Medical Clinic, Cerner Corporation and Cherokee Nation Health Services.
"Clearly, there is a strong interest at OSU in health care analytics," said William Paiva, executive director for CHSI. "Across the board, the judges were amazed by the quality of the analytics produced by these teams in just two short weeks. This speaks to the first-class analytics education our students are getting at OSU and their passion in addressing real-world health challenges." Continue Reading
Pay disparity and resource value –
are your contributions worth your pay?
Firms should reward their employees based on the employee's contributions to the organization. Sounds simple enough, right?
But what if employees don't know their relative contribution to the firm? This is where pay disparity comes in to play.
Spears School of Business associate professors of management Aaron Hill and Federico Aime's research, "The Performance Implications of Resource and Pay Dispersion: The Case of Major League Baseball," dives in to pay and resource disparity using MLB as the sample. Continue Reading
Spears School's Debra Nelson wins Best Article
in Academy of Management Journal
Oklahoma State University management professor Debra Nelson and her coauthors were honored with Best Article in the Academy of Management Journal for their research paper, "Professional Image Maintenance: How Women Navigate Pregnancy in the Workplace."
The award is presented to the article that best exemplifies original, insightful, interesting, important, and theoretically bold research. Nelson and her colleagues conducted four studies of pregnant women in the workplace and found that pregnant women actually work harder to maintain their professional images. Continue Reading
OSU's Ph.D. in Business for Executives
welcomes new cohort of doctoral students
Oklahoma State University's innovative doctoral program for executives continues to grow as the fifth cohort of the Ph.D. in Business for Executives features 16 participants from across the United States.
The three-year doctoral program in OSU's Spears School of Business kicked off in August with an orientation session at the Helmerich Research Center on the OSU-Tulsa campus. The fifth cohort joins 51 participants from across the world already taking part in the Ph.D. in Business for Executives program.
"We are very excited to welcome our fifth cohort to the executive doctoral program," said Ken Eastman, dean of the Spears School of Business. "The program has exceeded our expectations and I am very impressed with the quality and diversity of individuals in the program. We have representatives from such companies as American Airlines, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deloitte & Touche, Dell, Pfizer, Sprint, Walmart, and Wells Fargo. The program has a very good reputation and it shows in the quality of individuals who are admitted."
OSU MBA graduate receives Best Student
Paper from Academy of Management
Have you ever wondered what punishments in the workplace actually do for employees?
Oklahoma State University MBA graduate Julena Bonner, along with OSU associate professors Cynthia Wang and Rebecca Greenbaum, studied business setting ethics to understand the influence of these punishments in the workplace. Their paper, "Punishment contingency and unethical behavior: The role of uncertainty and justice perceptions," was selected as the Best Student Paper in the Social Issues in Management division at the Academy of Management in 2016. The trio spent two years researching supervisors using punishments as an influence tactic to get employees to stop engaging in undesirable behaviors.
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I abuse you, but I can't help it: Supervisor abuse
and deviant employee behavior explained
Have you ever wondered why your boss is acting like a jerk to you? Are you a high-performing deviant in a bottom-line focused workplace? You're automatically subject to more abuse than your peers, says research.
Oklahoma State University associate professor of management Rebecca Greenbaum's research, "I Just Can't Control Myself: A Self-Regulation Perspective on the Abuse of Deviant Employees," takes a different approach to understanding abusive supervision in the workplace. By considering two perspectives (deviance from subordinates prompting abuse vs. a social exchange of deviance), Greenbaum finds that any supervisor can become abusive, and high-performing deviant employees will take more abuse. Continue Reading
OSU Online MBA Program for business
sustainability ranked second in the nation
Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business was recently named the second best Online MBA Program in Environmental Sustainability in the nation by OnlineMBAToday.com.
The Environmental Sustainability program in the management department is focused on the concept of a triple bottom line, which incorporates three dimensions of performance: social, environmental and financial, or sometimes referred to as people, planet and profits. Continue Reading
Spears School's James Pappas awarded
2016 Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching
Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business's James Pappas was awarded the 2016 Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching – Silver award at the 2016 United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) 2016 Annual National Conference in St. Louis May 10.
Pappas worked with the Spears School online learning team, instructional designer Marisa Dye, production manager Jerimy Sherin, and animator Catherine Mintmire, in redesigning his online undergraduate management course. The online learning staff provided video production, instructional design and animation support for the course project. Continue Reading
OSU's Sharda, Wilson's research article
recognized as third-most cited paper
When Rick Wilson arrived at Oklahoma State University in 1990, he was fortunate to begin working with veteran faculty member Ramesh Sharda. The pair teamed up on a research project that ultimately led to the journal article, "Bankruptcy Prediction Using Neural Networks," which appeared in the top journal Decision Support Systems in 1994.
Little did the now longtime OSU Spears School of Business professors know that more than 20 years later the journal article would be recognized as one of the most cited neural network in business research papers ever published.
OSU business student Molly Danielson
named Newman Civic Fellow
Molly Danielson was named as one of the 2016 Newman Civic Fellows during the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education meeting April 21.
The honor is awarded to college students who have a passion for finding solutions to challenges faced by communities across the nation through service, research and advocacy. Students are nominated by their college or university president for the honor and also receive a $500 scholarship from Campus Compact.
"I am very honored to represent OSU and become part of such an influential group of people," Danielson said. "By utilizing the opportunities here at OSU, I have learned that I have the power to make a difference. I hope to empower others to realize the same."
Danielson is a sophomore business management major in the Spears School of Business at OSU. She holds a 4.0 GPA and is a leader among her peers in the Residence Halls Association and the Service Learning Volunteer Center. She also has served as a peer mentor through the Spears School. Danielson works to promote equality among all races, ethnicities and genders and strives to empower others to contribute to society.
"I spoke with my advisor, Joyce Montgomery, about the process to apply for the fellowship, and she passed on my accomplishments to President Burns Hargis," she said. "It was a very humbling experience. I never thought I would receive something like this, so I was a little overwhelmed. I have a home here at OSU and am honored to represent this university."
Campus Compact is a national membership organization of colleges whose mission is to advance civic education and community engagement on campuses. Campus Compact established the Newman Civic Fellows program in honor of co-founder Frank Newman, who dedicated his life to creating opportunities for student civic learning and engagement.
Danielson is one among 218 students from 36 states who comprise this year's Newman Civic Fellows.
To learn more about Campus Compact, visit www.compact.org
Five Spears School of Business seniors receive
top honors from the Alumni Association
Five seniors from Spears School of Business have been named 2016 Outstanding Seniors by the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association.
The Outstanding Senior award recognizes seniors who excel through academic achievement; campus and community activities; academic, athletic or extra-curricular honors or awards; scholarships and work ethic during their time at OSU.
The Spears School of Business honorees with their hometowns and majors are:
Spears School's Craig Wallace named Society
for Industrial and Organizational Fellow
Spears School of Business management professor Craig Wallace was recently selected as a Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Fellow.
Wallace is the William S. Spears Chair in Business Administration in the Department of Management at Oklahoma State University.
The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is a professional organization that promotes the science, practice, and teaching of industrial and organizational psychology. The decision to name Wallace a Fellow was made by the Executive Board of the SIOP, which recently met to review recommendations by its Fellowship committee and notified the Spears School of Wallace's status.
Society Fellows are distinguished industrial and organizational psychologists who have made an unusual and outstanding contribution to the field. Continue Reading
OSU Spears School of Business presents
Professional Development Seminars in Tulsa
The Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University is pleased to be offering its Professional Development Seminar series in Tulsa this spring and summer. The series is offered by the OSU Department of Management, the School of Marketing and International Business, and the Center for Executive and Professional Development.
The first two seminars of this series will be March 29 with Matt Bowler from the Department of Management and Lee Manzer from the Department of Marketing. The next seminar will be April 29 with Andrew Urich from the Department of Management, followed June 7 by Kim McCrackin from the Department of Management.
The Professional Development Series is designed to give participants better management styles and improved networking and verbal and written communication skills after attending.
Professional Development Seminars offered
to Oklahoma City business professionals
The Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University is excited to offer a series of professional development seminars in Oklahoma City.
The Professional Development Seminars are designed to help participants strengthen their professional profiles while also developing new skills. Participants will receive up-to-date and relevant information that can be used in the workplace every day.
Speakers for this series are Kim McCrackin, coordinator of the Learning Services Center and instructor of business communications at OSU-Tulsa; Matt Bowler, associate professor with the Department of Management; Raj Basu, vice president of academic affairs at OSU-Tulsa and associate professor of management, and Mac McCrory, adjunct instructor in the Department of Management.
Programs will be held at the OSU-OKC campus. The schedule and seminar topics are as follows:
Spears School's Andy Urich will be presenting
Management Development Programs in Dallas
The Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business Department of Management is presenting two seminars in Dallas this September at ISNetworld, 3232 McKinney Ave. The sessions focus on helping participants and companies receive the knowledge to be and continue to be successful in today's dynamic business environment.
On Sept. 29, Andy Urich will present "The Power of Influence" from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. During this seminar, participants will learn the skills needed to establish and continue working relationships with both outside clients and individuals inside the organization. At the end of this seminar, participants will leave with persuasive communication skills and the knowledge of how to use these skills effectively to accomplish work and tasks while still maintaining successful relationships.
Spears School students' research project
assists Van Duzer Vineyards in Oregon
A group of Spears School of Business students recently traveled to Oregon as part of a summer travel course, Pioneering Portland. Through the course, the students completed a project designed to assess the value to consumers' associated with the sustainability initiatives at Van Duzer Vineyards, owned by Oklahoma State University alumni Carl Thoma and his wife, Marilynn.
Van Duzer Vineyards, located in Dallas, Oregon, is a LIVE certified winery and vineyard that is Salmon Safe. The LIVE element looks at how the grapes are grown and the wine is produced, while the Salmon Safe element manages chemicals that are used to prevent them entering the ecosystem and endangering salmon. Van Duzer posed this question to students, "Do customers value sustainability, specifically LIVE and Salmon Safe?"
The students did research before the trip began in order to better understand the industry and get background information about the winery. They gathered information about the market, conducted surveys, analyzed social media presence, and looked at competitors.


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The Most Unforgettable Meal of My Life
It was my mother's birthday this week, which was less of an occasion than one might guess; no fan of commemorating the advance of time, she's taken in recent years to purposely making travel plans in order to shield against the threat of unwanted festivities.
This year was no different: She spent the weekend out of town with my sister and all the grandchildren (my two kids and my sister's two) and, once back in New York, announced that she was very, very busy preparing to fly out to join my father in Taiwan. "So don't plan anything," she said, in the deceptively sweet tone that, over the past 40 years, I've learned better than to disobey.
Instead, we met for a quick and quiet mother-son meal — Chinese, of course, because even after half a century in America, that's still my parents' default go-to cuisine. It's not that they haven't sampled other options. Mom and Dad have become globetrotters since their retirement, but regardless of what far-flung corner of the world they visit, upon returning they always tell us, with grim satisfaction, that they were fortunate enough to find a Chinese restaurant — because the local food in Turkey/Costa Rica/Poland/Canada is terrible. Dad: "And we realized that Chinese is still the best cuisine in the world. The best!" (My father is fond of superlatives.)
My mom also nixed my fancy-pants suggestion of a well-reviewed Chinese fusion restaurant uptown: "I don't want to go somewhere you need to make reservations — that's not Chinese food." Instead, we drove into Chinatown, where my mother had to pick tickets up from her travel agent anyway, and ended up at Great New York Noodletown, the steamy, crowded, noisy all-hours greasy-chopstick at the triangular intersection of Bowery and Division.
"This is where you want to eat?" I asked. She smiled, and we took a seat at a round table with a half-dozen strangers.
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DISCLAIMER: Anything under the Omake header is omakes, alternate endings, etc. to other fanfic writers' materials. I do this in fullest respect to them, but looking at alternate possibilities or filling in of things not covered in the main fic (for example behaviors of characters 'removed from play' and unlikely to show back up). Any omakes for my own fiction (including other's, with credit) will be put alongside that fiction. All copyrights are their respective owners.
Valesta - The Dual Strife (Focuses on the IN retellings only, since I like to write things as they come)
- Prologue 1 omake, silly version - Made on my own assumptions of things (and one misreading), posing the question: What do Meiling and Patchouli do after Sakuya leaves? Plus a Megamari reference.
- Prologue 1 omake, serious version - Same overall question, but after speaking with Valesta, more seriousness is involved (though with new gags arising).
- Prologue 2 omake - Just complete and utter random with Keine and Mokou. And a random villager. And a cameo from Meiling. I'm not even trying to make this fit canon this time, I just wanted to write some silly.
- Prologue 3 omake - Valesta noted that people under Kaguya's spell otherwise act normally. That plus this implies that there's some pretty scary things going down in Alice's mind. At least right now.
- Stage 3.5 omake - So for this chapter I was working on no less than three omakes. This first one pits Mokou against... Something entirely random. I played too much Halo 3 the night before writing this. I ended up rewriting the second of the three omakes into one for the next chapter, though.
- Stage 4 BAD END - A mostly serious one with a couple silly points, I intentionally tried to write this one closer to Valesta's style, including a large number of verbatim quotes. The result is, in a phrase, BAD END.
- Stage 4 ??? END - Take the bad end, verbatim, then introduce an... Unexpected change. I predict a lot of WTFs from this one. Written closer to Valesta's style mostly so the identical first two-thirds can be, well, identical.
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Patchouli's summoning experiments go awry, bringing another purist-dreaded original character into Gensokyo. Unfortunately, this girl isn't gonna just passively go through things, instead preferring to mess up the world for her own intents and desires...
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How to Keep Your #Kidneys Healthy, with the Kidney Cleanse
The Miracle Kidney Cleanse shows you how to flush out toxins! I was reading how important the kidneys are, the author Lauren Felts, CN states that the kidneys are the missing link in the body-health connections and that they are often thought of as the last stop in the body. Lauren wrote this book to use as a guide for dealing with acute kidney disorders and a teaching tool towards Superior Health!
Miracle Kidney CleanseFor this review, I received a copy of The Miracle Kidney Cleanse! This is another awesome health book, that I would highly recommend! I'm always interested in learning how to detox my body and have superior health. Everybody usually thinks that if they do a colon cleanse they are good to go, but actually the kidneys are critical to the body's natural detoxification process and to its innate ability to generate energy on a very primal level. If you don't have the proper kidney function, you are unable to accrue the vigor and willpower needed to overcome health obstacles or properly eliminate harmful substances.
Lauren goes on to say, that both the colon cleansing and liver/gallbladder cleansing are also necessary, those cleanses move toxins into the bloodstream, which then must be filtered and excreted by the kidneys. If your kidneys aren't working properly, then the toxins re-enters the bloodstream and end up accumulating in the kidneys. With the accumulation of toxins in the kidneys, it can lead to inflammation, toxicity and an increase in symptoms bodywide.
If you plan on doing a cleanse, you need to start with the kidneys first to open up the detoxification pathway and all the toxins can be effectively removed from the body. In order to cleanse you need to work from the bottom up, to make sure to clear the path for the movement of toxins and you are more able to avoid those nasty detoxification side effects, such as headaches, body aches and fatigue. By doing the cleanses, you are allowing your organs and gland systems to repair and function at optimal levels. By cleansing the kidneys, you are helping to prevent illness and making a stronger body! The best thing about doing a kidney cleanse, is that it's extremely gentle and has been designed to work with all body types and health states.
Toxins are everywhere! I was very surprised to learn, there are about 75,000 chemicals approved for use in the United States and 2,000 more approved each year!
Lets take a look at some of the chemical uses:
- 5,000 Chemical Ingredients in Cosmetics
- 3,200 Chemical Ingredients in Foods
- 1,010 Chemical Ingredients in Consumer Products
- 500 Chemical Ingredients in Pesticides
In the 2004 British Medical Journal, toxins found in the human body are accounted for perhaps 75% of most cancers. When you are exposed to toxins, they often accumulate in our fat tissue, blood and organs, including the kidneys! Recent estimates show that most Americans have somewhere between 400 - 800 chemicals stored in their bodies. To make matters worse, these toxins are found in unborn babies! A Study by the Environmental Working Group found an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood. If you ask me that's pretty sad, we need to take care of our bodies and cleanse them more often.
Lets take at look at some of the toxins we are exposed to in our everyday life:
Indoors: Dust mites; flame retardants (PBDEs) in pillows, mattresses, electronics, drapes, furniture and carpet; mold and fungus; formaldehyde; VOCs (volatile organic compounds) from paint, carpet, and furniture; phthalates and PVC (polyvinyl chloride) from shower curtains, vinyl floors, and window and wall coverings; lead from paint; pesticides tracked indoors.
Food: Antibiotics in non-organic meat and dairy; dioxins in animal products; herbicides; pesticides; fungicides; phthalates and PVC from plastic wrap and plastic containers; heavy metals (fish); chloroform; perfluorooctanoic acid from non-stick cookware and microwave popcorn; BPA from metal cans, plastic packaging, and coffee makers; MSG; artificial colors and dyes.
Tap Water: Prescription drugs, birth control pills, chlorine, fluoride, heavy metals, chloroform, perfluorooctanoic acid. (Phthalates and PVC from bottled water.)
Cosmetics: Lead, formaldehyde, triclocarban (bar soap) and triclosan (liquid soap), retinyl palmitate and retinol, fragrance, PEGs (Polyethylene glycols), ceteareth-20, parabens, DMDM hydantoin, toluene, DBP (dibutyl phthalate), phthalates, benzalkonium chloride.
Cleaning Products: DEA (diethanolamine), TEA (triethanolamine), fragrance, sodium hydroxide, ammonia, chlorine.
Outdoor Air Pollution: Benzene (gasoline; perchloroethylene (dry cleaners); methylene chloride (solvent and paint stripper); dioxin; asbestos; toluene; formaldehyde; and metals such as cadmium, mercury, chromium, and lead compounds.
The book shows a list of heavy metals and chemicals that have been shown to harm the kidneys and where they are often found. The list may surprise you!!! You will learn how the kidneys work and what they do for the body.
In Chinese medicine, the kidneys are known as the Root Of Life, Gate of Life, Minister of Power and Home of the Heavens Constitution. Chinese medicine believes that our kidneys are our very foundation, the most deep-seated of all the organs and encompassing not jut the kidneys themselves, but also the adrenal glands. This book talks quite a bit about Chinese Medicine and how the kidneys interact with the rest of the body.
In Chinese Medicine, the kidneys store the Jing, or life essence, the deepest source of energy. You will also read about the Yin and Yang of the kidneys. The book tells you what types of symptoms you will have if your Jing or Yin and Yang are out of balance. I found this section to be extremely interesting!
My husband has been on prescription water pill for over 28 years and I was very surprised, to see how many of his health issues are related to toxic kidneys! There were quite a few that I was really surprised to see on the list. Here's couple of them that were on the list of symptoms, hearing loss and hair loss.
So, how many toxins are you exposed to everyday? After hearing all of this information, are you ready for a cleanse? I hope so, I sure want to, so I can live a healthy life, free of pain and be full of energy!
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The State of Toxicity
- Chapter Two: The Kidneys and Their Role in Health
- Chapter Three: Signs of Toxic Kidneys
- Chapter Four: Preparing for the Kidney Cleanse
- Chapter Five: The Kidney Cleanse Food Plan
- Chapter Six: Instructions for the Kidney Cleanse
- Chapter Seven: Lifestyle Practices While on the Cleanse
- Chapter Eight: After the Cleanse
- Chapter Nine: Special Programs
- Chapter Ten: Recipes
- Chapter Eleven: FAQs
- Specific Nutrient Elimination Guide
- Kitchen Cabinet Cleanup
- Resources
- Food Reintroduction Chart
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
The Miracle Kidney Cleanse is a straightforward plan to maximize the benefits of the body's natural cleansing system, including preventing painful kidney stones, boosting immune function, increasing energy, improving mood and curing low-back kidney pain.
The book also covers supplements and foods that will benefit kidney health, as well as foods to avoid, so your system functions smoothly, now and onward. You will read about the juice feast, herbal teas, dry brushing, yoga, exercise, castor oil packs, acupressure and so much more! The all-natural, food-based cleansing techniques will help your body increase its own detoxification capabilities.
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Posted by Bonny Sallee at 6/06/2014 06:32:00 PM
Labels: Health Books, Kidney Detox, Kidneys, Reviews, Ulysses Press
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I totally believe in detox programs and cleanses. We are not aware of how much our bodies have to do daily to keep us alive and keep itself performing optimally.
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Recipe by Rita1652
Savor your homegrown tomatoes all year, by making this smokey, garlic filled salsa. Do use the food processor to shred the veggies to cut chopping time down. If you have the time roast your garlic then add it to the salsa to double the pleasure! ;)
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Mmm, Rita, this sauce is AMAZING!!! It tastes spicy, without being too hot to handle and there also is tartness from the vinegar. The tomatoes, bell peppers and onion go so well together and the herbs add a wonderful distinct background flavour. All in all this is a perfect combination of flavours and just what you need to have in your pantry. It will kick up any meal and really make it special. I had it with rice today and plan on using it in many casseroles and pasta dishes to come. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this gem from your kitchen with me! It will be treasured!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 78.07 ml sugar
- 170.09 g tomato paste
- 3 large red bell peppers, 4 cups shredded
- 3-4 onions, 4 cups shredded
- 170.09 g chipotle chiles in adobo (minced removing seeds is optional)
- 1 bunch fresh basil, 1/2 cup chopped
- 1 bunch parsley, 1/2 cup chopped
- 1 lemon, juice
- 177.44 ml vinegar
- 1 bulb of garlic, minced
- 14.79-29.58 ml salt, to taste
- 3785.44 ml diced tomatoes, stems and cores removed
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- Fill into hot sterile jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace removing any air bubbles.
- Being careful not to leave any salsa on the rims.
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Williams was injured and three people were killed in the shooting at a Myrtle Beach motel. Williams was hospitalized for several days.
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