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A bedroom designed the traditional way has a vintage charm about them. Here are a few elements of this bedroom interior design that make it so –
Toasty Fireplace
The one thing that makes your bedroom snug, warm and cosy is a fireplace. Imagine snuggling in the warmth of your bed with the fire roaring by the side and some hot chocolate by the bedside table. For most of us, it is pictures such as these that complete a perfect day. With the electric fireplace replacing the traditional wood and fire, you need not even worry about the fire going out or the smoke and pollution. All you need is a long couch by the fireplace, a good book and a hot drink and you can warm yourself up nice and fine.
A four-poster bed
Four-poster beds are a permanent fixture in a traditional bedroom. Add a few satin curtains and you have a regal space fit enough for a king or queen (no less). Layer it with rugs and patterned cushions and you have a retreat to relax and snuggle.
Warm rugs
Rugs bring in warmth, colour and patterns into the bedroom space. A lovely area rug by the fireplace brightly patterned contrasting with the wooden flooring makes the room look bright and lovely. Alternatively, if there is no fireplace in the bedroom, the bed area can be used for marking the entire space with warmth. If the bed linen is of single solid colour, then it is best to procure a rug with vivid patterns and varied colours. This not only enhances the look of the space but also adds character to it.
Floral Wallpaper
Nothing screams vintage than floral wallpaper. There is a lot that one can do with wallpapers. From dramatic to elegant, you can tailor the look and character of the space with one single element. You can choose to strategically pattern only one side of the wall (preferably where the window is) and allow the floral pattern to flow from seamlessly from artificial to natural. Where wallpapers are printed in a bedroom interior design, the rest of the elements must be muted single colour to avoid an over dramatic flair.
Vintage Chandeliers
If there is one element that makes a space (any space) traditional, it is a vintage chandelier. Crystal or wrought iron, they bring in a timeless charm of tradition within the space. A crystal chandelier hanging over the bed lighting up space with its soothing hues is a lovely sight to get up to. The inherent beauty of the crystals adds a whimsical touch to the room and makes it fit for a fairy or an elf.
Soothing Art
Art in bedrooms has the potential to overwhelm the space. Therefore, if you really wish to display the art, the rest of the elements need to be muted or it can flow from the tone of the art that is displayed. A large painting, mural or wall art, impressionistic paintings can be displayed, and, in most cases, the bedroom home interior design can imitate the same reinforcing the element multiple times.
It is tough to go wrong with a traditional bedroom because the elements of this space have long been in use and the best part of the whole deal is that it has a timeless quality about it.


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Planning commissioners and planning staffs must chart a path forward while considering climate, demographic, economic, and technological changes
We stand on the cusp of a new era, where Millennials and empty nesters are attracted to urban living—in cities and suburbs alike. Planners need to embrace flexibility to truly benefit from emerging trends. Planning and urban design leader David Dixon writes about two communities—Hammond, Indiana, and Newton, Massachusetts—and their approach for the future of walkable communities.
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James Andean is a musician and sound artist. He is active as both a composer and a performer in a range of fields, including electroacoustic music, improvisation, sound art, and audiovisuals. He is a founding member of several groups and ensembles, including Rank Ensemble, LOS duo, and Plucié/DesAndes. He has performed throughout Europe and North America, and his works have been presented around the world.
James is a founding member of improvisation and new music quartet Rank Ensemble and interdisciplinary improvisation ensemble The Tuesday Group, and one half of audiovisual performance art duo Plucié/DesAndes. He has performed throughout Europe and North America, and his works have been presented around the world. He is a lecturer at the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre of De Montfort University.
2nd Prize, 2013 Presque Rien Competition
Déchirure: a tearing, a painful separation... This piece involves a number of 'déchirures', both musical as well as figurative (personal separations: the plaintive cry of the distant train, etc...) although the only literal 'tearing' is saved for the final phrase.
It is also a reference to the sound materials: through the act of recording, these have been ripped from the world and moment which birthed them; but, further, they have been torn from the original contexts and purposes of the artist couple who collected them, to be reappropriated in new works by new composers.
This work was composed using sounds originally recorded by Luc Ferrari and his wife, Brunhild Ferrari, which were made available to composers for the composition of new works as part of Presque Rien 2013, in which it received a Special Mention. All sounds used in the piece are sourced from these recordings.
First Mention, Sonic Arts Awards 2014, Soundscapes Category
This piece is composed from a recording of a refrigerator in the Old Jesuit Monastery in Ano Syros, Greece, during a residency at the Syros Sound Meetings in summer 2013.
I spent many long days during this residency recording the windy soundscapes of the island of Syros – blowing across the island's hilly terrain, whistling through the windows and the shutters of the Monastery's guesthouse, etc. One day, passing through the kitchen on my way to record the wind beating against the windows, I was distracted by the rather pleasant hum of the refrigerator, and paused to take a quick recording before continuing with my obsession with the wind. In the end, it is this brief refrigerator recording that has caught and held my compositional attention.
Primary materials in this piece include: the hum and bubbling of the fridge itself; the room in which the fridge was situated; the opening and closing of the refrigerator door and of the various crispers and drawers inside the fridge; as well as recordings made from inside the fridge of the movement and activity in the room outside.
The work begins by introducing individual spectral and textural components one by one, which slowly build up to form the complete sonic image of the refrigerator. This is followed by a transformation from the spectral interior of the refrigerator to an exterior contextualized soundscape of the room containing the refrigerator, and of footsteps moving away from the fridge. This cuts to a recording from inside the refrigerator, in which traces of the soundscape outside the fridge can faintly be heard from behind the dense curtain of the noise of the refrigerator's fan.
The work continues in a series of contrasts between soundscape 'windows' and more abstracted, transformed materials, ending with a cadence in which the spectral content of the refrigerator is shifted and 'resolved'.
Commissioned by SPOR Festival 2014, Aarhus, Denmark
"The Friedman Translations" is a work in two contrasting forms: "Translation A" is a work for tape, while "Translation B" is a live work for piano and percussion. The tape version, "Translation A", is composed entirely from a few short passages recorded inside a piano.
The idea for this piece began with my work on a contemporary reimagining of Cherubini's opera Medea, which was presented at the Helsinki Design Museum in August 2011 as part of the Helsinki Night of the Arts. The sound material for Maledetta is built primarily from treatments of Callas' performance, and from my recording of the piano reduction, as well as additional sound material which had originally been prepared for the Design Museum performance.
Maledetta intends to present a portrait of the title character of Medea, primarily through a portrayal of her psychological state – shifting back and forth between calm and maternal, and vengeful, violent and disturbed. This is most clearly achieved through the processing and treatment of the sound material, but also through the dislocated formal structure: while certain sound materials act as both themes and structural markers, the work proceeds in a series of alternating states, with the sense of formal development regularly frustrated and ruptured, although the work regularly makes reference to the C minor chord of the opening and closing phrases.
Maledetta was presented at the 2012 International Computer Music Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Nuit Blanche, Futura Festival 2013, France; World Electroacoustic Listening Room Project/12th Annual CSUF New Music. Festival, California State University, Fullerton; Korvat Auki 35th anniversary concert, October 2012, Helsinki; and at the Lightworks 2012 new media festival, Grimsby, UK.
This piece began when an output error turned John Cage reciting a series of small stories into a dense tapestry of noise; a fitting tribute, perhaps, for a piece created in the centenary of Cage's birth. The work presents a foreground of clicking gestures – every one following the same trajectory, yet every one unique, with subtle differences in timbre, velocity, and so on – layered and sequenced to provide a balance between monotonous repetition and detailed counterpoint. Behind this foreground layer is a soundscape struggling to be heard, sometimes masked by the mechanical foreground, sometimes spilling forward with a burst, cry, or distant wail.
Ainnurruvar I, composed for four performers playing an array of toys and objects, was in some ways an attempt to write an acousmatic or musique concrète work for a live ensemble. However, I could not resist the siren call of my acousmatic roots and the temptation to recast the work as a tape piece. The result is Ainnurruvar II, which, ironically perhaps, brings the work full cycle: tape music which had been written for ensemble, is now a work for ensemble made into tape music.
To hold to the spirit of the original, there is very limited processing of the sound materials in Ainnurruvar II, with only a single brief exception.
Medusan Torso (2011) was inspired by work on the audiovisual installation Re:****Sitruuna ja meduusa, in collaboration with visual artist Merja Nieminen, which premiered at Galleria Aarni in Espoo, Finland in February 2011. Torso is composed entirely from the sound material from this installation; but where this material was deconstructed for the installation, then re-composed in real-time by the software governing the virtual projected environment, here it has been shaped and fixed to a timeline, allowing for a very different exploration of these same materials, and offering very different results.
Seeing Things. 2013. Music and sound design.
First Call - Child Poverty. 2011. Music.
Korkein Oikeus. 2008. Pianist.
Perintö. 2006. Soundtrack.
Honorable mention in the 2013 Destellos Competition, Mixed Media Category
Shortlisted for the Lumen Prize, the Aesthetica Art Prize, and the Fresh Minds Festival Award
'Re:****Sitruuna ja meduusa', in either installation or film form, has been exhibited as part of the "Noise & Whispers" exhibition, GV Art Gallery, London; at the New World Symphony's "New Works" concert in Miami in spring 2014; Robot Festival in Bologna, Italy, 2014; di_stanze Festival of Sound Arts, Daniele Paris Hall, Frosinone, Italy; UVM2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina; SMC 2013, Stockholm; Athens Slingshot, Athens GA, USA; Stockholm Fringe Festival; Col·lectiu Mixtur, 'Nucleus & Periphery', Barcelona; NordArt 2012, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Budelsdorf/Rendsburg; CMMR 2012, London; NK Gallery, Berlin; and Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland.
'Re****Sitruuna ja meduusa', by sound artist James Andean and visual artist Merja Nieminen, began life as an audiovisual installation, first exhibited at Galleria Aarni in 2011, thanks to funding from the Sibelius Academy's Development Centre. It has since been presented in a number of guises – including two- and three-screen installations and in short film form – at a number of galleries, performances, and events all around the world.
The work, created in the Processing and MaxMSP programming environments, constructs a dynamic system with 3D graphics and projected multichannel sound, creating a virtual environment which shifts and develops in real-time. It presents a universe of strange forms and architectures, all set in motion and brought to life through sound.
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Combining sculptural objects, 3d mapping, real-time projected visuals, and sound projection, "Cleome/Gliese 902" creates a landscape that exists somewhere between sleep and waking – images shift; shapes are strange but familiar; sounds scurry and resonate, disappearing before we can grab hold. Where previous work was relegated to the projected world of both sound and visuals, Cleome/Gliese 902 extends this imaginary universe forward from the projection into the gallery space; sculptural objects link the exhibition space with the objects of the projected space, while these sculptural objects themselves act as surfaces for projection. "Cleome/Gliese 902" was exhibited at Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, in January 2012.Vimeo | merjanieminen.com/cleomegliese902/
"Cleome/Gliese 581c" extends earlier work by further integrating sculptural, structural, and architectural elements into the works, which range from sounding sculptural boxes to room-sized installation works. In addition, this exhibition included a live performance, which used the exhibition itself as instrument, inserting a human presence into the alien landscapes of the works – an unpredictable intruder sowing confusion and chaos…
"Cleome/Gliese 581c" was exhibited at Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland, in October/November 2012.
E100 (2010, with François Xavier Saint-Pierre) was a sound installation commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival, in celebration of the opening of their new Bell Lightbox theatre complex. In 2010, the Toronto International Film Festival, together with Cinematheque Ontario, prepared a list of the 'Essential 100 Films', which were then presented as a film series at the Bell Lightbox. The E100 installation was part of the Essential Cinema exhibition organised in conjunction with this film series. It ran from 9 September through 3 October, 2010, in Cinema 5 of the Bell Lightbox.
"E-100 re-contextualises cinematic sounds from the Essential 100 - fragments of dialogue, instrumental samples and environmental sounds - according to their musical properties, creating an encyclopaedic sonic collage. While the sounds are divorced from their narrative context, memories of their original contexts linger, and evocative juxtapositions ensue. The metrical perfection and monotone voice of Hal 9000 is coloured by a sample of Bernard Hermann's hypnotic score of Vertigo, for example, or two films that share a fixation on an image from the past meet, as the closing fanfare of Charles Foster Kane's life joins the spoken thoughts of La Jetée's unnamed time traveler. An aleatoric algorithm links the collaged phrases of cinema sounds creating an unending chain of musical scenes, and offering audiences a new, non-visual experience of cinema's most significant moments." - Laurel MacMillan
(Winner, Gold Statue: Best Pavilion Design.) In spring 2009, the group that was to become the Resonator Helsinki sound collective was asked to provide sound and music for the Finland Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Over the year that followed, this team worked closely with the architects and designers of the pavilion, as well as with the team responsible for the video projection that formed the audiovisual centrepiece of the pavilion's main exhibition space, to prepare a large-scale, multi-faceted sound installation. This included sound for many different spaces on all three floors of the pavilion, including music and soundscapes, as well as sound design for the large-scale video presentations. My role in this group centred on soundscape and sound design. I was entirely responsible for the soundscapes and sound installations for the entry and foyer of the pavilion, and for the VIP lounges on the pavilion's third floor; I also contributed soundscapes for the main exhibition spaces, and contributed to the sound design for the main video installations.
The excerpt compiles material taken from several of these spaces. Additional material by Libero Mureddu.
Juorujen Äärelle (2008) is an audio installation, commissioned by the Sibelius Weeks festival and presented in the city of Järvenpää, Finland, in November 2008. Juorujen Äärelle was entirely composed from press material surrounding the festival's previous commission - a work by Finnish composer and violist Max Savikangas, presented two years earlier. This includes quotes extracted from commentary and interviews with the composer and members of the public, as well as the electroacoustic treatment of radio broadcasts covering the opening of Savikangas' installation.
Mahtava is one of the longer sections of Juorujen Äärelle. It is built from a single phrase of Finnish text: "Mahtavaa - nyt se pulputtaa tuossa", which translates as "Wonderful - now it's pumping there". It is quoted from a newspaper interview with Savikangas, referring to the sound coming from a loudspeaker at his installation's opening. This short text is repeated and increasingly layered, creating rhythms and timbral artefacts in a manner reminiscent of Steve Reich's early tape pieces. The work is further developed through an additional process, whereby the results are filtered through the formants of the reader's voice: the strongest formant areas are increasingly reinforced, while the rest of the spectrum begins to drop away. Eventually, when all sense of words and speech has fallen away, leaving only pulsing drones, these processes reverse themselves, finally to return to the original phrase.
'Mahtavaa' was selected for exhibition as part of radioCona's Radio Arts Space exhibition, ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, & Pixxelpoint festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, December 2011, and for the 2012 Runokuu/Poetry Moon Festival, Lavaklubi, Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki, August 2012.
Escalator pour l'échafaud (2008, created with Kate McHugh) is an installation for grand piano. A number of actuators and loudspeakers are fitted in and around a grand piano; each is assigned a sonic identity, culled from the surrounding urban environs, including escalators, trains, skateboards... . These are variously supported by the piano's soundboard and body, while the sound suddenly cuts at random intervals, leaving the piano strings to resonate freely, until these urban rhythms bubble up once again... More information.
Rank Ensemble is a Helsinki-based ensemble devoted to new music and free improvisation. More specifically, their activities focus on improvisation on the one hand, as well as works from the contemporary music repertoire which include elements of improvisation, or otherwise expanded roles for the performers.
In 2014, Rank Ensemble released their first cd, 'Papilio Noblei', on UK label Leo Records.
Rank Ensemble is: Saara Rautio - Harp; Solmund Nystabakk - Guitar; Elena Kakaliagou - French horn; James Andean - Piano and electronics
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Plucié/Des Andes are film artist Marek Pluciennik and sound artist James Andean. Together they have developed a unique audiovisual performance practice, drawing on the diverse background each has in their respective fields, seamlessly blending film, sound art, and performance art.Marek Pluciennik emphasises the tactile qualities of film, not just as a vessel for content, but as a material medium, by treating and transforming the film during the act of projection, most commonly by melting and burning the film as it is projected on the screen, as well as through the digital capture and transformation of both materials and process. The visual results are thus a combination of the film content, and the beautiful, strangely transfixing display of colour and texture as the film bubbles, melts, and dissolves. The results capture the transitory, ephemeral nature of experience, art, and performance, as images, scenes, narratives, and people melt away on the screen. Pluciennik's live treatment of the film extends into the digital - as these physical metamorphoses are recaptured, digitally treated and transformed, and projected anew - and also into the realm of performance art, as his methods are played out in front of, within, and around the audience, sometimes requiring the participation of audience members, and often extending into broader metaphors of performance action. James Andean creates live soundscapes to accompany and dialogue with the projected visuals. These soundscapes are often centred on live, site-specific sound, using the sound artifacts of the venue, the space, the audience, or the film projection as primary sound materials, to be further developed and extended live in the spontaneity of performance, creating a soundworld which once again stresses the fleeting impermanence of the experience of live art.
The Research Group in Interdisciplinary Improvisation began as a University of the Arts Helsinki pilot project in September 2012. The original mandate of the group was to bring together students and practitioners from the many fields of artistic practice represented at the Arts University, such as sound, theatre, music, studio art (drawing, painting, etc.), performance art, dance, film/video, and so on, and to explore improvisation as a cross-disciplinary practice.
'Acousmatica' is a Helsinki-based series of acousmatic music events. Founded in 2011, the Acousmatica series has produced over a dozen events to date, including concerts at a number of venues and festivals; two all-day acousmatic events; appearances by established composers, such as Trevor Wishart and Robert Normandeau; an acousmatic brunch; student concerts; and much more.
Resonator Helsinki was a sound art production and interaction design company based in Helsinki and Berlin, specialising in interactive environments and sound for public and commercial spaces, including sound art and installations, soundscapes, and architectural sound design.
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Towards an Ethics of Creative Sound. Vol. 19 #2. August 2014. Cambridge Journals.
Research Group in Interdisciplinary Improvisation: Goals, Perspectives, and Practice. In A. Arlander (Ed.) This and That - Essays on Live Art and Performance Studies. Helsinki: Theatre Academy. 174-191. 2014.
Sound and Narrative: Acousmatic Composition as Artistic Research. Journal of Sonic Studies Vol.7, 2014.
Championing the Finnish Concrète: The Transmissions and Distractions of Patrick Kosk. Musiikin Suunta, Journal of the Finnish Ethnomusicological Society, 3/2013.
Electroacoustic Performance Practice in Interdisciplinary Improvisation. Proceedings of the 2013 Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference: Electroacoustic Music in the Context of Interactive Approaches and Networks
Cultural Relativism in Acousmatic Music. Musiikin Suunta, Journal of the Finnish Ethnomusicological Society, 2/2012.
The Future of Electroacoustic Pedagogy. Proceedings of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference Meaning and Meaningfulness in Electroacoustic Music.
An Embodied Approach to Acousmatic Music. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Symposium for Music Scholars in Finland.
Working Methods of the Sound & Motion. Improvisation Research Group, Helsinki. With M. Decoster-Taivalkoski. Reflections on Process in Sound, Issue 1.
The Musical and the Narrative in Acousmatic Music. Finnish music research 100 years: proceedings of the celebrational symposium.
Ecological Psychology and the Electroacoustic Concert Context. Organised Sound, Vol. 16 #2. August 2011. Cambridge Journals.
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The Musical/Narrative Dichotomy: Sweet Anticipation and some implications for acousmatic music. Organised Sound, Vol. 15 #2. August 2010. Cambridge Journals.
© Cambridge University Press 2010
Acoustic environments in change: a review. Agricola - Suomen historiaverkko. June 2010.
A Canadian Electroacoustician in Finland. eContact, Vol 11 #2. July 2009.
Space Within Space. Master's Thesis, Sibelius Academy. February 2009.
Ilmatar's inspirations: a review. Journal of Finnish Studies, Vol. 6 #1-2. Dec 2002.
Rank Ensemble "Papilio Noblei" (Leo Records): Recording, mixing, mastering, performance, composition.
MUU for Ears 12: Compositions - 'Between the Leaves', 'Mahtavaa', 'Radiate'
Là-Bas Biennale. Shinji Kanki & Rank Ensemble: Postulde to Towards White. On Aureobel 3AB-0110/Là-Bas CD 2.
Chant Trio "...Ma io ch'in questa lingua" (Auand AU9022): recording, mixing
Ikihevonen (Silakka S001): recording, mixing, mastering
Anna Maria Castelli "(R)esistere" (M.P.3 International): mixing
Markku Heikinheimo "J.S. Bach: Orgelbüchlein" (SibaRecords SACD-1003): recording, mixing (stereo & surround)
MUU Gallery, Helsinki, "New Muu" exhibition.
Group exhibition, including sound works 'Mahtavaa', 'Tsampouna', 'Between the Leaves', 'Medusan Torso', and 'Radiate'. 2013.
GV Art Gallery, London, "Noise & Whispers" exhibition.
Installation Re:****Sitruuna ja Meduusa, with visual artist Merja Nieminen. 2013.
Athens Slingshot, Athens GA, USA.
Installation Re:****Sitruuna ja Meduusa, with visual artist Merja Nieminen. 2013.
Titanik-galleria, Turku, Finland.
Cleome/Gliese 581c, in collaboration with visual artist Merja Nieminen.
NordArt 2012, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Budelsdorf /Rendsburg, Germany.
Installation Re:****Sitruuna ja Meduusa, with visual artist Merja Nieminen.
CMMR 2012, Queen Mary University of London.
Installation Re:****Sitruuna ja Meduusa, with visual artist Merja Nieminen.
Galleria Katariina, Helsinki.
Installation Cleome/Gliese 902, in collaboration with visual artist Merja Nieminen.
ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, & Pixxelpoint festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
Sound art composition Mahtavaa, as part of Radio Arts Space exhibition.
NK Gallery, Berlin.
Installation Re:****Sitruuna ja Meduusa, with visual artist Merja Nieminen.
Galleria Aarni, WeeGee, Espoo, Finland.
Installation Re:****Sitruuna ja Meduusa, with visual artist Merja Nieminen.
Expo 2010, Shanghai, China.
Sound design and soundscape composition and production for the Finnish Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai. Winner of the Golden Statue for Best Pavilion Design.
2014 Sonic Arts Awards: 'Psygeio' - First Honorary Mention, Soundscapes Category.
2013 Presque Rien Competition: 'Déchirure' - Winner, 2nd Prize.
Destellos Competition 2013: 'Re:****Sitruuna ja medusa' - Honorable Mention, Mixed Media category.
Prix Italia: 'Creation Game', Jovanka Trbojevic (YLE) - Technical assistant and production designer.
'Re:****Sitruuna ja meduusa' - shortlisted finalist:
2014 Lumen Prize
Aesthetica Art Prize
Third Annual Fresh Minds Festival Award
'Hyvät matkustajat' - Shortlisted finalist: Sound Art Miniatures "art! ⋈ climate" 2013, Electronic Arts Research Centre (CEIArtE), National University of Tres de Febrero
'Radiate' - Shortlisted finalist: European Acoustic Heritage soundscape competition 2012
'Seeing Things' (soundtrack) - Shortlisted finalist for the 'Arktisen Upeeta' competition, 2014
Interviewed by Helsinki Meeting Point, Tanssiteatteri Hurjaruuth
Interviewed by Susan Wilander on "30 Minutes of Fame", KSL-radio 100,3 MHz, Helsinki Finland (2011 Spring #8)
Press release for 'Sitruuna ja meduusa' featured on Espoon Kuvataiteilijat. Finnish and English.
Review of 'Sitruuna ja meduusa' featured on mustekala.info. Finnish | English (Google Translate)
Performance review by ALEX_as_USTAS. Russian | English (Google translate)
Audio © copyright 2011 James Andean, as well as the other performers and composers as mentioned.
Photography credits: first: Egle Oddo; second: Interchange42; third: Egle Oddo; fourth and fifth courtesy of Resonator Helsinki, © copyright.
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Here we are again. It was just about 4 years ago when all of this media coverage began. It was the 2012 American Speech and Hearing Association conference week and I walking the coast of San Diego California watching the world cup for sailboat races when I heard the news. My therapy team and I (from TIRR) had been chosen as Diane Sawyers "persons of the week". It was so stoked. I had never imagined that so much attention would be given to our little hospital. The spotlight had remained on Music Therapy and this year David Muir decided to show America how important it is in the recovery process. Check out this video in the link. You will see Gabby Giffords and I sing one of her favorite songs form her childhood. We actually never sang it while she was here in therapy. This total impromptu. You will notice that I don't really remember the words, I am humming, but she steals the show. Thank God my daughter had been watching this movie all throughout last year or I may not have been so confident to initiate the singing. This is beautiful moment. I did not realize that Gabby's husband, Mark Kelley, was also filming with his smart phone and made this video viral within minutes. This was an amazing reunion and honor.
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Kids, it pays to be a caddie.
CEO Mario Gabelli has golf to thank for sparking his initial interest in the stock exchange, OneWire reports in an interview. As a kid growing up in the Bronx, Gabelli worked as a caddie for businessmen who'd come to the course to talk stocks.
Despite being only 12 years old at the time, the golf club assumed he was old enough to work. Gabelli, now 73, listened in on the financial conversations of the men he caddied for, sometimes hitchhiking to get home so that he could stay there longer. Those conversations led him to make his first investment—at the age of 13.
Gabelli is the CEO and founder of GAMCO Investors and graduated from Fordham University and the Columbia Business School. Believe it or not, being an underage caddie wasn't even his first job. Gabelli, who earned upward of $80 million last year, says he joined the workforce at six, as a shoe shiner at the train station.
Lessons: Always tip your caddie well, and that 12-year-old might be your boss one day.


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Opening night of Miller Auditorium's Tavern on the Plaza took place last night and though rain made a brief appearance, we had a great turn out and enjoyed visiting with all who attended.
Located on the Miller Veranda and overlooking the beautiful Western Michigan University campus setting and Miller Fountain, the Tavern will be open Thursday and Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with complimentary snacks and a full cash bar through August. We welcome the community to stop by after work to relax in a fun and beautiful outdoor setting. (And if rain does come, the fun moves inside to our Grand Tier.)
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When we were still living in Zamboanga City, we used to travel to and fro General Santos City through boat and plane. But, when we decided to take roots again in my hometown, we simply hitched the boat and leave our seven-year-old home behind.
But, once in awhile we visit for few weeks through any transpo possible. We did try traveling through our van and it was quite two – day tiring travel although we loved the scenery and all that. While there was no reason for us to frequent our visits since school for me and my kid was up, my husband to drive his big bike to at least six cities to reach our old home. The travel is tiring but somehow, he gets to use the big bike around the city.
As I type, he is now down to his one last lap and finally reach home. The travel worries us a lot but knowing that he is an experienced driver and knows the road by heart, that makes us pacified and at rest.
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text: Successful real estate investors always want to know how to use investors' money in their deals. Want more articles like this? Create an account today to get BiggerPocket's best blog articles delivered to your inbox Sign up for free No matter what type of real estate deals you are involved in, having the ability to raise funds quickly is essential to the success for any investor. With the limited amount of cash that may be available, it is imperative that you stand out from our competitors in your attempt to raise investor money. One way to use tax benefits to help raise funds for your deals is to communicate all the tax benefits that the investors may receive when they invest in your deal. Next time you are speaking with a potential investor, try out this question: How would YOU like to use pre-tax money to invest in real estate deals and not pay taxes when you receive your share of cash flow currently? If you were an investor looking for a place to put your money, would you be interested in hearing more about this kind of a deal? You bet! Related: Your Tax Write-Offs Could Affect Your Ability to Get a Loan: Here's How Using Investors' Retirement Funds As a CPA who works with a lot of real estate investors and syndicators, I know from experience that a large portion of money raised for real estate deals come from investors' retirement accounts. Knowing how to tap into investors' retirement money allows you as the investor to help them increase their return on investment. Retirement investing for real estate may be able to help a person to reduce their current tax liability and create tax-deferred growth at the same time. For the high net worth investors, this benefit alone could mean an additional return on their investment of up to 40% in tax savings! Let's face it, we all want to work with high net worth investors in our deals, right? These are the type of people who can help fund a large percentage of your deals so that you can spend time on managing your deal rather than managing 100+ investors. So if you are looking to raise money for your business or real estate deals, make sure you work with a strategic team of advisors to structure your deal to attract the most investors. The Benefits of Tax Credits In addition to tax benefits of using retirement money, there are a lot of tax credits out there that could increase the return on investment by either benefiting the property directly or by being passed on to the investors. Some of these benefits may include the energy credits, depreciation benefits, manufacturing credits, and certain revitalization credits. There are also lots of state or city incentives out there that could benefit both you and your investors. So make sure you work with your advisors to take advantage of all the benefits that may be available to you. Related: 5 Clever (& Legal) Tax Strategies to Save Real Estate Investors Money As you put together the real estate deal, work with your team of advisors to strategically structure the deal so that it accomplishes the following: Maximize tax efficiency for you as the syndicator team Maximize tax efficiency for your investors Attract a diverse group of investors (i.e. those looking for both long term and short term returns) Last but not least, communicate all the benefits to prospects and investor clients. Not only will this allow you to stand out from your competition, but it will also help to build a long term relationship with your investors. Conclusion As you probably already know, it always pays off to take good care of your investors. Just as you would do whatever it takes to have happy and satisfied customers, you must do the same for your investor clients. The best part of all this is that these tax strategies generally do not require you to use your own money. It's about using the IRS loopholes to sweeten your deal for both you and the investors. Once investors know that you have their best interest in mind, they will come back to you over and over and will help you to create the life of your dreams! What strategies do you use to maximize investors' money? Leave your comments and questions below!


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Okay, I've been pounding my head against more food theology all week and I'm not done yet, so I'm going to take a jaunt into a totally different subject. Shrine spaces and similar matters.
I'm expecting that I'll be doing bits on and off about this over time, but since I'm not up for dragging a camera around (and honestly half my stuff isn't set up because we're still slowly moving in to this house anyway), I want to poke a bit at some principles.
One of the sets of working definitions that I've seen people use a great deal is that an altar is a ritual working space, while a shrine is a set location for devotional stuff. One can combine them, separate them, both, neither. (It is traditional in a lot of Craft lines to only set up altars when they are in use, but many people in those lines also keep shrines.)
My first shrine space was the top shelf of a bookcase. I put my icons there and draped a white scarf over the top so that the cloth hung down in front of them. I knew a little about the kar-shrine tradition from ancient Egypt at the time – enough to know that the statues of the Powers did appreciate their privacy, at least some of the time.
At the moment, I have a number of shrines set up (or partially set up):
Djehwty has the center shelf in a tiny shelving unit on the wall, under my current research books and over a shelf that contains, among other things, my current fiction reading and the notebook with my ritual texts in it. The concatenations of writings there were not intentional, but I realised that it was pretty clever of me after I did it. I don't have an icon there yet; I know precisely what it needs, so it's on my list of things to make when I have my studio set up. Currently it has a tea set, my pocketwatch, and a string of Mardi Gras beads from the Thoth wagon in New Orleans, given to me by friends.
Set has half the bedside table, separated from the other half by a knife (ritually related to Himself) in a red case. His icon sits on a piece of red velvet. It has amused me greatly that basically He sits on top of the sex supplies stash for quite some time, and I do get the impression that He finds it entertaining too. My pagan husband has suggested that I get one of the wooden boxes for really high-end whisky to use as a kar-shrine for Set. Unfortunately, none of us drinks whisky, let alone expensive whisky, so this hilarious and awesome idea will have to wait.
I don't have a space for Wepwawet, so His icon and the sand-timer that will go in the shrine are tucked safely into a cubby.
I just got a flat surface to set up my Hetharu shrine, which means I need to unpack things until I find Her icon and the other shrine kipple that went there at the old house. (Been living here five months and finally I have a dresser. My underwear rejoices in finally having a place to live again.) Currently the stuff that's in that space is my hookah, a small pile of scarves and floppy velvet hats, and the original art for the cover to the Traveller's Guide. I know my Hetharu shrine needs some restructuring, and I have the space for doing that now, so I'm going to let my intuition guide me a bit on that front and take it as it comes. (I have a carafe that is associated with Her, but it lives on my desk to remind me to drink more water when I'm working, so it won't likely become a shrine piece.) (ETA: I found and set up the commissioned art piece of Hetharu that I got from Ursula Vernon. So that's a little more something.)
I do not have a shrine for Khnum. When I have a studio, my first project will be making Him an icon, which will live in my studio. I'm sure that will accrete more shrine objects once I have a focal point.
My office desk has two shrines: a little one to Ganesha, Who I don't have a particular relationship with but want to honor, and my ancestor shrine. Ganesha basically sits with some books in one of the cubbies over the desk and guards my emergency chocolate. The ancestor shrine is based around an antique double-doored cabinet and currently has an assortment of ancestor-related minor artifacts in its vicinity. I need to hang a few things up on the wall at some point to make it less cluttered. (It is in the closest thing the room has to a western corner.)
I also have what I refer to as a working shrine – not dedicated to any particular Power or function (though it does include some feng shui eggs in a bowl of water), but as a place to put ritual items that need time to complete. For example, part of my formal training includes sometimes doing rituals in which I need to leave a candle until it burns out, or incense, or something similar; if the active ritual concludes before this happens, I put them on the working shrine. This used to be the base for the household shrine, which is no longer large enough to accomodate its contents, so now it's Ritual Stuff Storage and that workspace, bridging space between 'shrine' and 'altar'.
I also have the pieces of the old house shrine, basically dedicated to Powers who looked over my household and family and seeking their blessings and protection. It began as a shrine for Bast and Brighid; when I got pregnant, it acquired a blue hippo for Taweret, and eventually a Bes mask. When it gets set up at the new place, in addition to all of these, it will have a short Jewish prayer in a beautiful art piece we picked up in a visit to a really awesome Judaica store, which will mean that all the primary household devotions will be represented. These pieces are, alas, in a box, but the fact that they're all in a box means that all of my current shrines exist in my combination bedroom/office space….
I don't have altar space right now. Frankly I have been so completely pants at doing formal ritual since I got pregnant I don't feel the loss, though I do at least intend to remedy this someday.
More later. With images, probably, and discussions of why. Why matters.


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On the 25th of November, Nile.Com held a joint business event with Microsoft to talk about the fears and concerns when transforming to the cloud and how Microsoft cloud solutions address them.
The event opening and welcome speech was conducted by Reem Mobasher, Nile.Com, who talked about how technology is changing rapidly nowadays and how these changes are affecting different aspects of our life's including the way we do business, such impacts enforces us to embrace new technologies that meets our needs and market demand.
Next Shady Mito, Nile.Com, started talking more about the kind of concerns customers, have whenever they consider moving to the public cloud, and then he talked about the three "Trusted Cloud Fundamentals" on which Microsoft Cloud solutions are built upon; Security, Compliance and Privacy.
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Men are notoriously hard to buy for. Not any more! No matter what he's into we've found the perfect gifts for men he most definitely won't be donating to Oxfam!
It's no urban myth that we tend to dread looking for that perfect present for the men in our lives, so we've put together our handy guide to the dos and don'ts to bear in mind when buying gifts for men.
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Do try and give him something he wouldn't buy himself
When buying gifts for men experience gifts, or luxurious treats that he might not fork out for himself are always a good idea. Let's face it, it'll hardly be on top of his list to run out and book helicopter flying lessons for himself!.
Do opt for the classic gift option
His favourite book or album in a specialised format (an anniversary edition or vinyl) always make a great gift for him, and he'll appreciate that you put thought and care in giving him something he'll always remember.
Do remember that its okay to play it safe
If you know that he'll love something, don't be afraid to play it safe. If he loves sport, buy him a gift of tickets to see his favourite team; if he's a movie buff get him that box set he keeps meaning to get. Even you're not exactly filled with joy at the thought of spending all day in a field/ watching re-runs of Top Gear, he'll love it so your job is done.
Do keep it simple
We don't mean simple as in buying him a pair of socks- more that you don't have to spend hours making a handmade birthday card to show you care. It's the thought that counts and if you stick to what you know he'll like (you'll most likely have an in depth knowledge of this) chances are he'll be very happy.
Do stay away from gifts for him that you think might be a bad idea
Chances are, your instinct's will be spot on.
Gifts for Men Don'ts:
Don't give him anything with an obvious monetary value
Never, ever give cash!. Not only is it supremely impersonal, it shows a distinct lack of imagination. Plus do you really want him to know the exact monetary worth that you put on him?.
Don't give him anything his Mother would buy him (unless you are his mother!)
For obvious reasons!
Don't get him something you wish he would wear/use
In other words, don't buy him a gift that you think might encourage him to change. It may seem like a bright idea, but there's a good chance it could backfire and you don't want to get a bad rep for what we're sure are your super gift buying skills. The best gifts for him are gifts that he (rather than you!) likes.
Don't over think it
If you're feeling super stressed about it, trust your instincts and go with what you know he'll enjoy. Choosing a gift for him should be a pleasure, not a chore.
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(CNN) - There's a deal! After a whirlwind couple of days of political jockeying, Senate leaders announced the final terms of a bipartisan compromise to reopen the government and raise the debt limit.
Here's what you need to know:
Up to Speed
Wednesday afternoon. Senators are reading the proposal, and House Republicans and Democrats met separately to review it and consider next steps.
Both the Senate and the House are now expected to take it up on Wednesday evening, but it's anyone's guess when they might finish their work.
President Barack Obama praised the Senate compromise and urged quick action in Congress with the government's authority to raise money set to expire on Thursday.
The stock market responded positively, jumping by 200 points around noon before settling back a bit as Washington appeared to be pulling back from the fiscal brink. But businesses are blaming the Washington tumult for holding back hiring, according to a new survey.
The deal
The Senate deal would:
Reopen the government, funding it until January 15.
It also would raise the debt limit until February 7 to avert a possible default on U.S. debt obligations for the first time.
Also, the White House supports a provision in the deal that strengthens verification measures for people getting subsidies under Obamacare.
In addition, the Senate agreement would set up budget negotiations between the House and Senate for a long-term spending plan.
Cruz won't block vote in Senate - even though he opposes deal
What this means
But how would a Senate plan, which was quickly vocally rejected by House Republicans, pass the House? CNN's John King explains: "If you get a scenario where the Senate sends over a plan and Speaker Boehner brings it to the floor and lets the full majority, 435 members of the House rule, most of the House Republicans can vote no."
Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pennsylvania, said as much on Tuesday night on CNN.
"I believe that John Boehner will likely be in a position where he will have to essentially pass the bill that is negotiated between senators McConnell and Reid. And I believe the house would first pass it then send it to the senate," Dent said.
Debt deadline decoded
Many Americans, unfortunately, live paycheck to paycheck. Now it looks like the United States of America is doing the same.
On Thursday, the nation's treasurer runs out of his ability to confidently pay all our bills. An Obama administration official told CNN's Brianna Keilar that the markets will remain calm as long as a resolution is nearing completion. But if there is still chaos...
That statement gives debt deniers more reason to doubt. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who said on CNN's 'New Day' that it was a day simply "picked on a calendar."
CNN's Richard Quest responded to the debt deniers. "Why would you want to risk it?" Quest asked.
Quest also reminded people why the debt ceiling matters: "The United States is at the core of the global economy and the bond market is at the core of the core. U.S. Treasuries, U.S. debt is in every portfolio, pension fund, used by the banks to trade between each other. You are literally talking about the glue that is holding the financial world together."
Meanwhile, ratings agency Fitch said that it may downgrade the country's AAA credit rating to AA+ over the political brinksmanship.
On tap
10:00 a.m.: House is in session LIVE House in session
12:00 p.m.: Senate is in session
2:00 p.m.: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talks about the debt limit
2:25 p.m.: President Obama meets with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
By the Numbers
Moody's economist Mark Zandi said the government shutdown has cost $20 billion so far. Here's what that could have paid for:
2: weeks of unemployment insurance:
94: Percent of state national park requests
8: years of capital funding for airports
2: years of school lunch program
33: Percent of the country's annual expenditure on food stamps
50: Percent of annual Pell Grants
392,000: Number of household salaries at the $51,017 median household income
Yep, it's still the law. But for the first time the President addressed the website glitches. In an interview with KCCI, Obama said it "has had way more glitches than I think are acceptable and we've got people working around the clock to do that."
Local impact
The state of North Carolina has suspended two benefits program for low-income people. The state is not accepting any new applications for a family cash assistance program called "Work First," impacting about 20,000 North Carolinians, most of them children. A separate monetary assistance and health benefits program for refugees has also been suspended.
There is nothing to no except this is the "Tea Party Revolt" we've been seeing on bumper stickers. I have no illusions, the idiots are trying to destroy this country because they couldn't beat the President at the ballot box, they've decided to take the kamikazi approach and make every american pay for his re-election. Its just that simple!
"But by the end of the day, a plan from Speaker John Boehner in the House to avert the debt limit and reopen the government disintegrated in his hands, leaving the Senate to scramble to finalize its plan and try to dodge the deadline and looming economic catastrophe."
Ouch. Looks as if Mr. Boehner is getting a taste of what it is like to be told "HELL NO" day after day, month after month, year after year.
And by his own Republican caucus no less.
Oh, but how the irony fits.
Data Driven:
In polling, most people admit that they don't even understand Obamacare. Indeed – I see it every day on this website.
I totally agree. People don't understand this. People need more education on the process. You are advocating for exactly what the repubs are, you just don't realize it. Buying insurance is time consuming, needs a great deal of education about all of the bells and whistles and how it functions. As you have so eloquently and clearly stated, people just don't understand it. So why would you force people to buy something they don't really understand. A delay, NOT defunding, is what is prudent here. And you just said it in your statement which I totally agree with.
Learning anything yet about the pitfalls of deliberately radicalizing your base as a strategy for generating political cover for blanket obstruction, GOPers? My guess is you're not, but we can all hope.
"cost $20 billion so far"
Guess who the GOP/Teartolls want to pay for it by cutting and sacrificing necessary services. Guess.
Lynda Minnesota
Ouch. Looks as if Mr. Boehner is getting a taste of what it is like to be told "HELL NO" day after day, month after month, year after year.
And by his own Republican caucus no less.
Oh, but how the irony fits
You're enjoying this. I can tell. And for all the unnecessary angst Orange Glo and his lack of leadership skills has put us through I can't say I blame you. Lol!
"People need more education on the process. You are advocating for exactly what the repubs are, you just don't realize it."
No. The GOP/Teatrolls have demonstrably done everything in their power to misinform and terrify the public and discourage people from signing up via the exchanges. Two words: "death panels." Enough is enough. If the GOP/Teatrolls truly want people to be informed and understand the ACA, then they need but do one thing: SHUT UP.
Tom l – I know you are sensitive, and i don't want to upset you, . . . but there is a six month period to sign up, because it is important to get the facts before you sign up. Makes me wonder why the red state governors are so hell bent on denying information to their citizens.
"So why would you force people to buy something they don't really understand."
Because they're not buying "Obamacare." They are buying a regular private health insurance plan just like any other prior to the ACA. The only difference is that the plans must now meet certain requirements and, once all the glitches are worked out on the federal site, people will be able to browse the plans to see and compare EXACTLY what they're buying...which is better than now. Many people in states that set up their own exchanges are already doing just that. This ridiculous fallacy that "Obamacare" is somehow a discrete product in and of itself needs to end.
The Senate's plan would temporarily fund the government until January and lift the debt ceiling until February. It would also create a committee to talk about the larger issues facing the country, including spending, taxes, and entitlement programs. Finally, it would create stricter income verifications for people to obtain health care subsidies under Obamacare
The only thing that gives me pause is the part about funding the government only through January. Then what? This again?
I like the fact that the debt ceiling issue is resolved beyond the ridiculous 6 weeks that Boehner had proposed under the auspices of the cray-crays.
Reviewing income eligibility for those receiving subsidies towards Obamacare is REASONABLE.
Learning anything yet about the pitfalls of deliberately radicalizing your base as a strategy for generating political cover for blanket obstruction, GOPers?
Not yet.
It will only truly sink in when some of them get voted out of office.
That's the only consequence that these folks understand, other than that they can spin their way in and out of reality until the next election cycle.
You know what, you're right. Dems know everything. They should just tell us silly libertarians, conservatives and repubs what to do. They know how everything works and do everything perfect. We, as the libertarians, conservatives and repubs should just sit back, have no opinion, no say and just do what we're told since clearly the democrats and liberals know it all.
What's ironic with your "majority rules" is that if we functiioned like that in our history then minorities would never have the equality that they have today. If they just had to "shut up" and not be heard, where would we be?
@Tom L.,
"You are advocating for exactly what the repubs are, you just don't realize it."
Republicans are advocating universal, mandated health insurance provided by the government? Because that's what I'm advocating, guy.
@Tampa Tim
And you should just stop. You are the typical ill informed person who thinks the govt is good. You're just a non-thinking lackey. No more. No less.
What we need to know on this penultimate day, or perhaps what we need to realize and remember is this: The Republican Party- and especially their corporate funded TEA Party, has been working hardfor the last 5 years to undermine the federal government and the President. They are engaged in nothing less than an illegal coup d'tat. Today we learn whether they intend to back away from they're hyper-radical, anti-American positions and work for America, or if they intend to take this nation down with them.
We have become a society of instant gratification, one that prides itself on emotional responses rather than carefully considering all sources of information before proceeding. The posts on here are perfect examples of that, and I am certainly guilty of having caved towards whatever viewpoint I might be predisposed towards, rather than thinking thing through. Its a pity that such a basic necessity as health insurance has become a subject where people cleave on way or the other. Is there a perfect solution? No. Can we trust the insureres to do things that are in our best interest? Not at all. Should we rely on teh government to run every aspect of our lives with this? Absolutely not. Will we be better off by comforting ourselves with ideology, rather than solving the problem? Definitely not. People need to climb off of the barricades, and start having a real conversation, one that is not filled with assigning blame or accusing people of engaging in anti-social behavior. A society that works is one where it is a collagborative procvess, where ALL contribute. We don't have the luxury of opting out because we don't like who is in charge, or that inconvenient facts like cost are being ignored. Its all, or nothing: do we really want nothing?
Old Gunderson know all he need to know. Country Broke, Peasants running asylum buy more Snake Oil, Get on food stamps, wait for end. Now have 17 Trillion Dollar Federal Debt, Obama Care killing jobs people stick head in sand, no want hear Bad News, elect more liberal's that promise the moon, what else old Gunderson need know?
Sniffit said:
I've never said it was their only reason. It's certainly one of them though. I have no problem saying that. It's high on their list too.
But Sniffit said earlier:
The House Republicans just don't get it....they are willing to shut down everything for what?"
For what? There's a black Dem in the WH. Period.
Next question.
Seems pretty definitive to me. You even put a "period" at the end of that and dismissed it with "next question".
Funny how you seemed to avoid this one, champ.
I'm a federal employee and a disabled veteran and this whole ordeal is not sitting well with me. I have a child to feed and bills to pay. I'm currently still working without any sign of getting a check no time soon. How long do they think people can live this way.
Republicans are advocating universal, mandated health insurance provided by the government? Because that's what I'm advocating, guy.
Nope, they are advocating for a delay. And since you have said that people don't understand it, they need time. A delay, if you will. You might want mandated health insurance by govt, but what you have now is the ACA and you are in full support of it. Since reality is that this is the law of the land and you keep saying that then you are an advocate for it. I can't believe the president has so divided the two of us now that you have resorted to calling me "guy". That's sad.
@Tom L,
"What's ironic with your "majority rules" is that if we functiioned like that in our history then minorities would never have the equality that they have today. If they just had to "shut up" and not be heard, where would we be?"
I know you hate this term, but: false equivalence. Conservatives lost the last election. They are in the minority in the Federal government. Therefore, they should get very little of what they want. Let them negotiate with the majority at budget conference committees and not hold the country hostage.
Unless you're advocating that liberal representatives statehouses and liberal citizens just ignore and thwart the will and laws of the conservative majority.
Old Gunderson know all he need to know. Country Broke, Peasants running asylum buy more Snake Oil, Get on food stamps, wait for end. Now have 17 Trillion Dollar Federal Debt, Obama Care killing jobs people stick head in sand, no want hear Bad News, elect more liberal's that promise the moon, what else old Gunderson need know?
OG with bad fake accent should go back to old country.
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a Sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. ...Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here'. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and Grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
I'm geting a kick out the comments about the "party of no". It appears that both parties are the party of no. Obama and company appear to want to rule by dictate – the Republicans want to at least sit down and negotiate. Funny, I thought that was how a Constitutional Republic worked vs a pure democracy....too bad all of the legal scholars in the Congress and the Administration seem to have skipped that class...
the only people who don't seem to understand the Affordable care act are the tea bagging trolls. And they never will understand. How can you explain it to a bunch of red neck who still wave the confederate flag and think palin is a genius? They are holding this country hostage because they lost and election don't like the president and now are picking up their marbles and going home. They have decided not to play anymore. These idiots have no clue.


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Manifest Destiny reaches issue #25, and everything seems fine with the Expedition after the men have built a fort to spend the winter in.
Manifest Destiny reaches issue #25, and everything seems fine with the Expedition after the men have built a fort to spend the winter in.
This issue of Manifest Destiny shows us the Expedition peacefully building a fort for the winter. We also find out why the Teton are suspicios with them: it has to do with Helm…
The monster Navath tells captain Helm and colonel Flewelling that it's their… manifest destiny to fight until one of them dies. So they do.
In this issue of Manifest Destiny, native guide Sacagawea shows her archery skills. In a flashback, captain Helm is having a nightmare.
While in the past Capt. Helm persuades his troops to eat the sasquatch, in Manifest Destiny's present one of those beasts attacks some of the men.
In this issue of Manifest Destiny we understand what is the link between the Lewis & Clark Expedition and the diary on which the previous issue focussed.
This new arc in Manifest Destiny opens with a long flashback on an expedition that built a hut to spend the winter in. But they didn't have enough food.
In Manifest Destiny, the Vameter has managed to find another head to use – but Lewis and Clarke take it upon themselves to stop it.
In this issue of Manifest Destiny, Lewis – after a fistfight – hears a strange voice…
In Manifest Destiny, the expedition meets a pretty but very dangerous and aggressive blue bird: they take it alive to study it. Will there be consequences?


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Looking for a way to easily upgrade apple pie? Well, look no further than our recipe for mini mason jar apple pies. The individual portions are just the right amount and the whole mason jar thing is way more impressive than a boring pie dish. Bonus: We use store-bought dough, so you'll spend less time prepping and more time eating.
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Honeycrisp apples, peeled and chopped (or other baking apple, such as Granny Smith or McIntosh)
½ cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon ginger
½ teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 packages store-bought pie dough (4 circles total)
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
1½ teaspoons turbinado sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Have ready six ¼ pint (½ cup) mason jars on a baking sheet.
2. In a large sauté pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the apples and sauté until nearly tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
3. Add the sugar, flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and vanilla extract, and sauté for 2 minutes more. Let the mixture cool to room temperature.
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough until it is flat and slightly thinner than it originally was. Cut the dough into six 3-inch circles and six 2-inch circles.
5. Press a 3-inch circle into a mason jar, pressing it firmly to the base and sides and taking care not to poke holes in the dough. Trim any excess from the top edge with a paring knife. Repeat with the remaining 3-inch circles and jars.
6. Scoop the cooled filling into the pastry-lined jars, mounding it about ½ inch over the top rim.
7. Place the 2-inch rounds over the filling and tuck the edges under so they meet the edge of the jar. Crimp the edges with your fingers or a fork. Chill the pies for 10 minutes.
8. While the pies chill, whisk the egg and water together to combine. Brush the egg wash over each pie top, and then sprinkle the top of each with ½ teaspoon turbinado sugar. Cut small vents into the top of each pie with a paring knife.
9. Bake until the pies are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
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In Dark Matter of the Mind Dan Everett devotes a chapter to gesture and its relation to speech. Writing in The Conversation, Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau and Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau argue that gestures are important in thinking:
...that people's thoughts, choices and insights can be transformed by physical interaction with things. In other words, thinking with your brain alone – like a computer does – is not equivalent to thinking with your brain, your eyes, and your hands – as humans frequently do.The mind in the worldIn the course of problem solving, we naturally tend to recruit artefacts and manipulate them to augment and transform our ability to think and to explain ourselves. Consider a game of Scrabble: players naturally touch, move and re-arrange the tiles they receive. If thinking were simply done "in the head", what's the purpose of these moves?In fact, these moves are integral to the process of generating words. As players reconfigure the physical properties of their environment, they are not simply making it easier for them to think; they are thinking. Moves can be deliberate or serendipitous. This suggests that thinking is fundamentally relational: it unfolds along a series of physical changes in the environment that at times affects, and at times is affected by, a series of biological changes in the brain.
And so it goes with creativity and insight:
I would add, anecdotally, that I find that pacing helps me to think. And, as I've argued, drawing diagrams as well.While posing a problem presented using a classic pencil and paper format never led to a breakthrough, those who could use physical artefacts to build a model of the problem were much more likely to reach some insight, no matter the difference between the partipants' cognitive abilities.We also applied this approach to the study of complex statistical reasoning. Previous research had found that, depending on the ease of mentally representing the statistical information presented, between 11% and 40% of people succeeded in solving these reasoning problems using just pen and paper.We presented the same information on a pack of cards which reasoners were free to spread out and rearrange in any way they like. Not all participants fully engaged with the cards – perhaps unwilling to be judged as poor thinkers for doing so. Yet the success rate for those who made the most of this opportunity to use the material world to boost their thinking leapt to a 75% success rate.


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