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Highland Investment Advisors, LLC (Highland) serves as a partner for individuals and families, independent financial advisors, small businesses, and not-for-profit organizations. We provide fee-only wealth management guidance and solutions based on a thorough understanding of each client's situation and goals.
What we do
Our clients benefit from access to sophisticated investment and financial planning expertise, and personalized service from a local, independent firm. We are not in the insurance business and we do not sell annuities or investment products. We work on a strictly fee-only basis in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of our clients. Our Form ADV Part IIA and IIB are available upon request.
Our vision
Highland's mission is to "promote our client's prosperity while protecting their peace of mind". Promoting prosperity means putting ourselves on the same side of the table as our clients. It means bringing all of our knowledge, skill and experience to bear on each client engagement to minimize risks and maximize opportunities. Through a rigorous and thorough process, our clients will achieve peace of mind that they have partnered with an exceptional steward of their financial lives.
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He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous (Prov 2:7)
Temptation: Avoid It's Enticement With Contentment: Prov 5:15-19
15) Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16) Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17) Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18) Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19) [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
In this section, he will give proverbs that emphasize contentment as a means of gaining victory over the many temptations this world has to offer. Solomon uses pictures of thirst and the desire for physical intimate relations to represent our unfulfilled desires…
15) Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Many times temptations appear when we have an unsatisfied desire in our lives. In this case, Solomon uses the picture of thirst as a symbolic representation of any unfulfilled longing may be experiencing. In doing so he relates to us four basic principles concerning contentment and overcoming temptations:
#1 Anyone who has unfulfilled desires should look to that which is lawfully theirs to fulfill that desire. They should not use sinful pursuits to fulfill their cravings. He will supply our needs and fulfill our desires.
"And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked." (Isaiah 48:21-22)
16) Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
#2 Once the Lord blesses by fulfilling the desire, those who were in need should share the blessing with others. This should be done out of love and sacrifice to those who are yet in need.
How can we help others in need? By sharing of the material blessings the Lord has given to us and sharing our experiences with them, showing the proper way to find fulfillment for their longings. Many times, the very blessing that the Lord gives to us to meet our need, is meant to be shared with others to meet their need as well.
"Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." (Ecclesiastes 11:1-2)
17) Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
#3 When we seek to be a blessing to others, we need to be sure we give to them what is ours to give.
There is no justification for unlawfully taking from one man in order to give to another. Our helping is to be an act of self-sacrifice motivated by love, not an unlawful act bringing harm to others through an exercise of our power or authority.
"He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise." (Luke 3:11)
18) Let thy fountain be blessed:
#4 By using the divine supplies we have been given in the proper way (helping others), we will those supplies will be blessed of God and multiplied.
As we help others, we can never out give the Lord, nor will He fail to meet our every need. Let's never allow selfishness to stop us from helping others. As Charles Stanley has said many times…. "Be faithful to the Lord and leave all the consequences to Him."
"He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour." (Psalms 112:9)
"But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:" (Hebrews 6:9-11)
and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Solomon now uses the picture of physical intimacy as a symbolic representation of any unfulfilled desires we may be experiencing. Just like using the blessing of a fountain of water in the proper way, so too, we are to enjoy and treat our spouses properly as well. This includes finding intimate satisfaction with them alone.
Again, just as in the above verses, we will see he emphasizes the need to find joy and fulfillment with that of which we can lawfully partake.
"Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 9:9)
19) [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Finding genuine, complete contentment in the blessings of God involves:
#1 Seeing His blessings as beautiful and desirable. In other words, the need to recognize the blessings and appreciate them, not taking them lightly.
#2 Using His blessings in the way they were meant to be used. We are to seek His will on how to use His blessings faithfully and act to fulfill that will.
#3 To become totally immersed in the appreciation and enjoyment of His blessings. In other words, be so consumed with the grace, love and kindness He has shown to us, that we experiences complete contentment in His blessings, thereby allowing no temptation to gain a foothold in our life.
"[Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city." (Psalms 31:19-21)
Whether pictured by thirst or a desire for intimacy, when we find satisfaction and contentment for our desires in the blessings of God, then we will allow very little space for temptations to work in our lives. If we have no unfulfilled desires the ability for temptation to work in our life is greatly limited.
By God's grace, let us all study these proverbs diligently, giving them the value that they deserve.
May the Lord bless us as we receive this sound wisdom and then "Think On These Things".
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The lawyers at Aaron Waxman & Associates are experienced with Disability, Personal Injury and Employment claims.
Kusnierz decision released
The long-awaited decision regarding Kusnierz v. Economical Insurance was released on December 23, 2011. The Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the 2010 trial decision and the Court of Appeal Judges, in the Disposition, state:
"I would allow the appeal, set aside the judgment of the trial judge, declare that the appellant meets the definition of "catastrophic impairment" under cl. 2(1.1) (f) of the SABS and, accordingly, is entitled to enhanced medical and rehabilitation benefits thereunder, and direct the respondent to pay such benefits to the appellant."
What the Ontario Court of Appeal did in this decision was confirm that that psychological impairments should be combined with physical impairments to determine whether a car accident victim has suffered a catastrophic impairment. When the trial decision came out in 2010, plaintiffs lawyers were very worried about what it would mean if the combination of psychological impairments and physical impairments were not allowed.
Pre- September 1, 2010 insurance changes, for those accident victims whose accidents took place before September 1, 2010, and who were not declared catastrophic, had access to $100,000 in medical and rehabilitation benefits. Post- 2010 changes, the amount changed to $50,000 for accidents occurring after September 1, 2010.
If an accident victim is declared to be catastrophic, the med/rehab benefit amount changes to $1 Million. You can understand why a person with serious injuries, like Mr. Kusnierz who suffered an amputation to his legs, with complications to his stump and with his prothesis and serious psychological issues, 10 years after his accident, would need more than $100,000 in medical and rehabilitation benefits.
By allowing Mr. Kusnierz's appeal, it was the first time an appellate court weighed in on the issue of combining psychological and physical impairment.
In Desbiens v. Mordini, a 2004 decision which was the decision that the courts previously followed with respect to the definition for catastrophic impairment combining psychological and physical impairment, the trial judge, Justice Harvey Spiegel found that an accident victim's psychological impairments should be combined with physical impairments when considering whether he or she suffered a "55 per cent whole person impairment" (one of the definitions of catastrophic impairment). What this case did for plaintiff was confirm that catastrophic impairment status could be sought by a wider range of accident victims than previously thought.
Desbiens had been followed by the court and the Financial Services Commission of Ontario until the judge at Kusnierz's October 2010 trial disagreed. The Court of Appeal stated that it preferred Spiegel's conclusion and reasons in Desbiens than those of the trial judge in Kusnierz.
For a more detailed look, canadianlawyermag.com posted a great synopsis of the decision and what it means for plaintiffs and plaintiffs' lawyers.
What remains to be seen is what will happen with the definition of catastrophic impairment. What changes will the government implement and will this decision have any impact?
One of the issues discussed in FSCO's Expert Panel Report was the very issue of combining factors to achieve CAT impairment.
The fight isn't over yet.
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I'm K. Tempest Bradford, a Black, queer, cis woman (pronouns: she/her) currently roaming the world writing, researching, and doing my best to change the culture for the better.
I write speculative fiction. That's a fancy way of saying I write fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, and interstitial stuff that slides between genres. My short stories have been published in magazines such as Strange Horizons and Electric Velocipede and anthologies such as Sunspot Jungle and In The Shadow of the Towers, plus many more. See the full list in my Bibliography.
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I'm currently writing a steampunk novel set in ancient Egypt.
I also write non-fiction — you can find my articles, essays, reviews, and media criticism on NPR, io9, Tor.com, and in print collections. See the full list in my other Bibliography.
I teach creative writing classes. My main gig is teaching classes on creating inclusive, diverse fiction through Writing the Other.com and LitReactor. I've given writing seminars at the Writing Excuses Conference and Retreat and taught short story workshops through The Brainery. Check out the list of current and recent classes.
I'm a podcaster. Right now I co-host ORIGINALity wherein we explore the roots of creative genius. I was a host on the JEMcast and The Write Gear on Hologram Radio.
I'm an active member of the SFF fandom and writing communities. I served on the 2008 James Tiptree Jr. Award jury. I've put together and run fundraising projects for several non-profits, including Clarion West (which I attended in 20030 and the Interstitial Arts Foundation. I'm currently on the board of the Carl Brandon Society.
I've conceived, organized, moderated, and participated in dozens of panels at conventions including WisCon, ReaderCon, Sirens, the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, GeekGirlCon, WorldCon, and New York Comic Con. I've given presentations and led seminars at the Barnard Center for Research on Women's Scholar & Feminist Conference, New College of Florida, local Romance Writers of America chapters, and BlogHer.
I'm an unapologetic activist for social justice because I want my community to be safe and fun for all my nerdy friends, no matter what their identity or background.
I have a vast collection of geeky t-shirts featuring my favorite characters from Jem & the Holograms, Star Trek, My Little Pony, X-Men, Avengers, Doctor Who, and all my other favorite fandoms.
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Rare is a reaction like "awwww" to the sight of a cow, except in the case of a breed of "fluffy cows" taking the Internet by storm.
The cows come straight from an Iowa farm where they are genetically bred to compete in cattle shows across the country. The breed is well-known in the livestock and agricultural communities but became a viral hit after photos of show cattle from Lautner Farms were posted on Reddit.
"We just redid our website and believe a photo was picked up through a search and then by somebody saying, 'Hey, look at these,' and the domino effect occurred," Lautner Farms spokeswoman Stephanie Steck said of how the cows from Adel, Iowa, became a viral sensation.
The cows, a cross between high-quality breeds, may be cute but their beauty, just like with humans, does not come easy.
"It's a lot of hard work to get the cows to be as beautiful as they appear in the pictures," Steck said. "Exhibitors have to break them and train them and feed them and blow-dry them and put sheen in their hair.
"It's similar to humans waking up and taking a shower and getting ready for the day," she said.
The task of maintaining the show cattle usually falls on students involved in local 4-H programs and also becomes a family affair, Steck said.
"It's a really neat deal because it takes a whole family to show cattle - to care for the animal - and then you get to go to show as a family and have one person present the cattle," she said. "It's a sport that teaches you how to respect life and the land."
Steck compared the process of showing the cattle bred on Lautner Farms and around the country to events like the famous Westminster Dog Show held annually in New York City. The competition is just as fierce and the grooming is just as precise.
"Just on show day there's a two-hour preparation time before hitting the ring," she said. "The cows get oils in their hair to make them shine and adhesive hair spray on their legs to keep their hair in place."


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I was telling Jeroen how we grew up watching Kuya Germs give away Birts Tree milk products, Seiko wallets, Hickock belts and more to his foreign guests like The Lettermen and Gina Lollobrigida on live TV.
And the sight of it would make me cringe, I can't even tell you.
Even at a very young age I knew something was wrong.
So Jeroen, here's a video of Kuya Germs giving gifts to Menudo—watch out for a young Ricky Martin—such as jackets from Fairmart, Timex watches, souvenirs from Nayong Pilipino, Goya chocolate, and freaking Nissin biscuits. (No offence to Nissin biscuits.)
But my God, what is Lani Mercado's outfit? It looks so chica!
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Hey I thought of a little contest I could start through this blog. For those of you who've not read the book yet, this will be incentive hopefully for you, as well, to go get a copy.
In the next 6 weeks, I will be running a contest that everyone can participate in. The only catch is that you 'have' to have read Finding Kylie.
For those of you anxiously awaiting the sequel…here's some good news. I've got 50 chapters outlined and about 20 chapters written.
So what's the contest?
For the next 6 weeks, you're to email me once you've read the book – and tell me who your favorite character is from Finding Kylie and why. Tell me one thing in particular which made you fall in love with that character and why it defines them. I'll know if you've truly read the book by how you answer this challenge.
I will be choosing a top 15 out of all the emails sent to me based on your thoughtful answers and heartfelt responses. Out of the top 15 persons, I will do a random drawing. The winning person, who's email I choose, will get their name in the next book, Facing Redemption.
It may not be a main character's name, but it will have a prominent scene. And you'll get a mention in the forward in the book. For those of you who have read it, you get the first jump at sending my your emails. For those who have not, if you're able to go to a Barnes & Noble – ask them to order your copy in. It's that simple. If you're no where near a Barnes and Noble than you can go through Amazon.
Here is the link to buy Finding Kylie.
I look forward to your emails.
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(Local Paper) Husband and wife Anglican priests battle cancer together
Robert's first parish placement in the early 1980s was St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Summerton. The couple's impact on the parish was immediate, said Deb Embry, a parishioner there.
"It is hard to talk about how many lives they have touched and changed," she said. "They made such a big difference for all of us and gave us such an example of how to live the Gospel."
Embry, a palliative care and hospice nurse, was a single mother then, trying to figure out her life. She said Martha ministered to her and taught her the Gospel one on one, guiding her to the Scriptures for appropriate wisdom at every turn in her life's circumstances.
A Prayer to Begin the Day from Charles Kingsley
Take from us, O Lord God, all pride and vanity, all boasting and self-assertion, and give us the true courage that shows itself in gentleness; the true wisdom that shows itself in simplicity; and the true power that shows itself in modesty; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
From the Morning Bible Readings
But I call upon God; and the LORD will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice. He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.
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Until its merger into Wavemaker in 2017, Maxus was the youngest of WPP's global media networks. Originally launched in 2004, it initially served to consolidate a collection of existing stand-alone units located mostly in Asia, including Maximize and Motivator, as well as three former Zenith Media offices in Hong Kong, Indochina and India. During 2005, however, Maxus expanded its presence to the US and Europe, picking up work from a number of major clients. In the UK, Maxus's interests were represented for several years by BJK&E, a standalone unit that had originally been a joint venture with Interpublic. BJK&E rebranded as Maxus UK in early 2009, as did Spanish media agency CICM, previously part of Tapsa. Maxus arguably came of age in 2011 with the capture of the global SC Johnson and US NBC Universal accounts, and by the end of 2012, Maxus was operational in 55 markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific (but not South America). Like sister networks Mindshare, MEC and Mediacom it shared the resources of WPP's media negotiation unit GroupM. At the end of 2012, Maxus moved its global HQ to India following the appointment of Vikram Sakhuja as global CEO. He was replaced in 2014 by Lindsay Pattison, based in London. She took on a new role in 2017 as chief transformation officer for WPP media umbrella GroupM and soon afterwards WPP announced the merger of Maxus into larger sibling MEC to create Wavemaker.
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Adbrands Weekly Update 15th Sep 2017: WPP finally confirmed the name for the merger of MEC and Maxus. The new network will be called Wavemaker, a name inherited from the former MEC's content development division. The group's explanation for the choice of the name is typically contrived: "Making waves happens when media, content and technology come together - activating against our unrivalled purchase journey understanding for the clients we represent." CEO Tim Castree added, "Our purpose is to provide advertisers with the power to transform and grow their business through our Purchase Journey obsession". The network's logo abbreviates the name to simply WM, supposedly, the PR bumf claims, a reflection of its heritage in the W of WPP and M of GroupM. How *do* they come up with this stuff? The merger of MEC and Maxus is expected to complete by January 2018. The combined business will have 139 offices in 90 countries and billings of $38bn.
Adbrands Weekly Update 17th Aug 2017: WPP's GroupM media division is expected to unveil the new name for the merged MEC-Maxus network by the end of August. One bit of advance news from CEO-designate Tim Castree is that it won't begin with an M. "We thought it was time to unleash ourselves from the burden of only 'M' words," he told Campaign. He also revealed that pan-regional leadership will be dropped in favour of country-by-country management. Local managers of the top eight markets - which together account for around 70% of business - will report directly to him, while the remaining markets will report to an existing country leader in the same region. "We absolutely want to reorient the business as such so that we eliminate the idea of overhead roles versus revenue roles.... We're retooling the way we think about the business where it's really about clients and markets."
Adbrands Weekly Update 5th Jun 2017: WPP announced the surprise merger of its two smaller media networks MEC and Maxus in the pursuit of greater operational efficiency. The combined business will adopt a new name, as yet undisclosed. MEC's current leader Tim Castree will become CEO of the merged network; Maxus chief Lindsay Pattison was recently named as chief transformation officer across all WPP media networks. The merger is expected to take six months to implement and will affect all offices except India, where the substantial local Maxus agency will continue to exist as a standalone unit alongside the renamed MEC office. The combination of administrative duties and geographic offices could lead to some redundancies, but some of these savings will be used to fund the expansion of WPP's separate digital media agency Essence. This will add traditional media capabilities, though it will remain "digital first", and will also build a wider geographic footprint, replacing Maxus as the fourth pillar to WPP's GroupM umbrella. The two main media networks within GroupM, Mindshare and Mediacom, are unaffected by the changes.
Adbrands Weekly Update 23rd May 2017: Lindsay Pattison, London-based CEO of WPP's Maxus media network, has added an additional role. She also becomes chief transformation officer for WPP's media umbrella GroupM, "helping deliver the best of GroupM to key clients, together with other WPP companies, regardless of the client's entry point to the group."
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What is the Baby Bottle Campaign & How Does It Work?
The Baby Bottle Campaign is an easy and fun way for your church or group to give to the Pregnancy Resource Center of the New River Valley! We provide you with as many bottles as you need, bulletin inserts, posters, and a step-by-step guide for how the Campaign works. You distribute the bottles – one to each person, group, or family – to be filled with coins, cash, or checks.
When you return the filled bottles to the PRC, we'll count the contents and let you know how much your church or group raised! The Campaign can bring some significant support for the women we serve.
Baby Bottle Kids Campaign
Kids can make a difference! The Baby Bottle Kids Campaign provides an opportunity to teach children the value of life. Also, by filling their bottles with loose change, kids become engaged in a practical, hands-on way to serve those in need.
- Download this sheet for tips on talking with children, two kids' lessons for church groups, and a kids' coloring sheet!
- Download Focus on the Family's Valuing Life toolkit for age-specific lessons and activities.
To participate in the Baby Bottle Campaign, contact us to get all the materials for your Campaign:
- Call our Blacksburg office at 540-552-5556 or our Radford office at 540-838-2138 and arrange to pick up the materials from either office or have them delivered to you.
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- Fill out the online order form below to reserve your bottles and other materials.
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Changes in Chemical Composition, Phytate, Phytase Activity and Minerals Extractability of Sprouted Lentil Cultivars
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The study was conducted to evaluate changes during germination in chemical composition, phytic acid, phytase activity and total and extractable minerals of lentil cultivars. Three Sudanese lentil cultivars (Rubatab, Nadi and Selaim) were germinated for 3 and 6 days. The germinated seeds were dried and milled. Proximate composition, phytic acid content, phytase activity and hydrochloric acid (HCl) extractability of minerals were determined. During germination crude fat and fiber increased, whereas nitrogen free extract (NFE) and food energy decreased. Phytic acid content decreased significantly (p≤0.05) with an increase in germination time. Germination resulted in a decrease in total phytate phosphorous with correspondingly marked increase in non-phytate phosphorus. Total and extractible minerals (P, Ca, Fe, Mg, Cu and Zn) were positively correlated with duration of germination except Cu and Zn. Germination for 3 days increased phytase activity significantly (p≤0.05) for all cultivars. Phytase activity of Rubatab cultivar continued to increase up to 6 days of germination, however, for Nadi and Selaim cultivar it slightly decreased. In order to obtain lentil seeds with high phytase activity, low phytic acid and high mineral extractibility, germination process for more than 3 days is recommended.
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(CNN) – In the scramble for Herman Cain supporters after his exit from the 2012 Republican presidential campaign, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Sunday that she has already gotten a boost.
"One thing we've seen a lot of is Herman Cain supporters have been calling our office and they've been coming over to our side," Bachmann told CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley" program, adding "part of that is because people see that I'm the tea party candidate in the race and they saw Herman Cain as an outsider and I think they see that my voice would be the one that would be most reflective of his."
Fellow Congress member and presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas also says his candidacy will benefit from Cain's withdrawal from the race Saturday, but Bachmann said she is more ideologically linked to the tea party movement that liked Cain.
"As tea partiers see where the candidates stand on the issues, they're going to come home and I think on January 3, a lot will come home," Bachmann said of the date of the Iowa caucuses, the first formal test of the primary season.
Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa last August, giving her candidacy a boost, but support for her campaign has since fallen, according to national polls.
To Bachmann, the Ames Straw Poll was "the best poll that you had" so far and showed she was the "most electable" in the GOP field.
Iowa caucus-goers "take this process very seriously and they're vetting all of the candidates" Bachmann said, adding that "there's a lot of surprises that they're finding in this race."
"They're going to see of all of the candidates, I'm the one that doesn't have the political surprises," she said.
Also see:
Cain suspends presidential campaign
Reporter's Notebook: The Rise and Fall of the real Herman Cain
Cain Iowa supporters: Media 'took a good man down'
Watch State of the Union with Candy Crowley Sundays at 9am ET. For the latest from State of the Union click here.
John- I think you'll find on November 6, 2012 that most of America is aligned with the Tea Party mindset. Enough insane spending and growth in government.
She didn't get the memo. The tea party has disbanded
Bachmann/Palin 2012!!!! Because after that, things can't get any worse!
one more repo nut job. do the repos really think the American public is that dumb? Look at what they have presented us with. And now trump is going to moderate a debate. Is this reality tv or a presidental race?? The world is watching and you repos should be so proud of the nasty bunch of rascist you have brought forward. It will be good to see bachmann go by the wayside. Hey how is her book selling???
Ahh, the good old days of the Ames Straw poll, you know, the one where you can pay people to vote for you? Well, at least Michelle has something to look back at fondly in her doddering years which, unfortunately, already seem to be upon her.
Right Michele. It is time for you to suspend your campaign, release your supporters to Newt, and return to Minnesota. Then you can be re-elected to the House by the absolutely insane voters of MN-6.
She's the only one that still thinks the TEA Party is relevant after a year of ruining our political processes and "grabbing PACS and taking tainted money".
Gotta admire this spunky little know nothing!
This woman is so funny. Even if every supporter of Cain will come to her, she will still be lagging behind. I thought she is a clever enough to read the tea leaves!
Get our embassy out of Iran quickly..dont you remember the Iran hostages Michelle we aint had one there for a very very long time.She must be the unintelligent one on the intelligence committee!
When you are 2nd best to Herman Cain, you've hit the bottom.
She and the tea party should retire to a dessert island where they can enjoy each others company and stop afflicting the rest of us.


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adapted contax N 17-35mm f2.8 v Nikon AF-S 17-35mm f2.8
[published in two parts, january 2007]
For many years Canon users have sought out Zeiss and Leica lenses for optimal full frame performance. They've bought, sanded down, measured and modified adaptors; they've hacked bits out of their cameras and dremelled bits off their lenses and even poked incompatible (and unfeasible) lens barrels into their digital bodies, and all the while tolerated manual focus, manual aperture control, and unreliable metering – all in the name of a little extra magic and sparkle.
Casting about for pastures new, they looked enviously over the fence into the Contax N paddock, where nine exotic creatures of the finest pedigree have been retired before outgrowing their youth: a new breed of full frame Zeiss lenses, designed for digital, T* coated – autofocus, even – but off limits. No matter how tantalising the similarity between the N's autofocus and Canon's USM, or how close the mounts may be in physical size, adapting the lenses for EF just isn't possible: the similarity in size is half the problem. Some speculated: if only the electronics could be persuaded to talk the same language – surely the mount could be replaced? But mostly it was just talk: the idea of using autofocus Zeiss lenses on a 1Ds II or 5D remained a pipe dream . . . until late 2006.
Deciphering the communication protocols and solving the mechanical issues raised by the prospect of such a conversion took Bo-Ming Tong of Vancouver-based Conurus more than a year, but by the winter, he was turning around Mark II conversions of 24-85mm Contax N lenses to the delight of a small number of Canon users. When used on a 1Ds II, the lenses work just like a Canon L: auto focus, auto aperture, and all the Zeiss mojo you can shake a stick at.
Among Contax users, the 85mm 1.4, 100mm Makro Sonnar and 17-35mm f2.8 have acquired legendary reputations. The 17-35/2.8 in particular is a fearsome beast: almost a kilogram in weight and taking a 95mm filter thread. But it was widely considered by those who used them, such as Irakly Shanidze of Luminous Landscape, to be the finest of its kind. As soon as the conversion became available, I was as close to the front of the queue as possible.
The conversion requires a few modestly priced donor components from Sigma, and the price varies somewhat from lens to lens, but what arrived back from Canada after a few weeks was a beautifully converted lens that slotted onto a Canon body and just worked. The standard of the finishing was superb, and there were no electronics gremlins to report: it just worked. The lens itself has a presence and build quality that is almost unequalled. There appear to be no controls on the lens bar aperture and zoom, but Contax N users (apparently) know that manual focus mode is accessed by setting the lens to f22. I didn't, until I was clued in by a promptly returned email from Conurus.
Assuming it was safe to compare the lens using Zeiss' own data, comparing the zoom to better attested primes in Contax/Yashica mounts, here are some comparisons. First, the Contax N 17-35mm at 17mm compared with the older Distagon 18mm:
On average, then, we might expect the zoom to match or outperform the prime, but there is a curious irregularity about the N's MTF data: from the outset we should be mindful of the fact that this is a lens designed for a 6MP full frame sensor: a pretty easy gig compared with a 1Ds II. Here is Zeiss' data comparing the 25mm Distagon with the zoom at 24mm:
Finally, at the maximum extent of its reach, here's the N zoom compared to the superb little 35mm f2.8 Distagon . . .
So it'll not replace your favourite 35mm prime, then. Part I of this review will demonstrate what these squiggles look like in real life shooting conditions in the 17mm to 21mm range. Part II will look at 24mm and 35mm. Naturally, its logical competitor here is the Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 AFS zoom which has acquitted itself superbly against all comers thus far. We will also be featuring a different sample of the same lens compared with the Zeiss 21mm, Zeiss 15mm and Canon 16-35mm L next week, thanks to the efforts of Andrew Gough, who flew to Vancouver to collect the very first converted N 17-35mm ever sold.
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Which Rural Municipalities and Villages are included in the Tri Roads Planning District?
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Geritol has been around for many years, as have the rumors that it is a cheap and effective fertility aid. In fact, at one time, the rumors about its fertility boosting properties were so rife, it came with the slogan "There's a Baby in Every Bottle!"
That's a pretty bold claim to make – we're going to look at the fact and fiction behind it.
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What Is Geritol?
To begin with, it helps to know exactly what Geritol is. Geritol is a brand name for a complex of multivitamins, which is manufactured by GSK. It can be bought over the counter from pharmacies, drug stores, and health food stores, and no prescription is required.
It contains a mixture of vitamins, including thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, and pantothenic acid and most importantly…iron. It is the ingredient that many people believe to be the key to Geritol fertility-enhancing properties.
It's worth noting that the dosage of thiamine, riboflavin and niacin is around double your recommended daily dose – in just one tablespoon. It's unlikely that this will do you any harm, but it is slightly odd that the supplement is manufactured with such high levels, purely because it's not necessary!
So, How Does It Work?
In theory, Geritol boosts your fertility by increasing the amount of iron in your body, which in turn, helps you to conceive. Although this might not sound particularly scientific, there have been a couple of studies which have shown that women who took daily iron tablets showed a much lower level of infertility than women who did not.
While two studies are no guarantee of effectiveness, there are certainly pills and potions on the market with far less to recommend them.
Is Geritol Safe for You?
Quite simply, yes. As Geritol is just a vitamin compound, there is no more risk to taking it than there is in any other vitamin in tablet or syrup form.
It is important to take note that there is quite a lot of alcohol in the syrup variety of Geritol – believe it or not; it weighs in at a fairly hefty 14% of the total composition. A quick glance at the ingredients list also tells us that the majority of the syrup is made from inverted cane sugar, which as it is a syrup is probably not too shocking.
However, if you are trying to follow a healthy diet as part of your conception plan, you might want to take both the sugar and alcohol content into account.
The listed side effects of Geritol are constipation, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting and stomach pain. If you experience any of these side effects, you should contact your doctor. It's unlikely that you will, and the side effects are almost always associated with people who have taken more than the recommended dose.
It should go without saying that you should read the instructions and follow them before embarking on a course of medication, however harmless it appears to be.
Is There an Argument Against Using Geritol for Conception?
There is certainly an argument that it doesn't work. Some people who are critical of it as a conception aid are quick to point out that the studies referred to at the beginning of this article point to women with high levels of iron finding it easier to conceive. The fact is, in comparison to ferrous sulphate tablets (iron tablets), Geritol doesn't contain that much iron.
If you are considering using iron supplements as a fertility aid, it is probably worth looking at the iron content of a variety of tablets from your health store or pharmacy. It's possible that an "own brand" variety might contain more iron!
Researches about Geritol
Well, on Geritol's side, you have two studies (one from Harvard, no less) stating that women with increased iron levels found it easier to conceive. However, there are other people who point out that own brand vitamin supplements contain more iron!One way to look at it is to think of it like this…before trying for a baby, it's important that you prepare your body, and get as fit and healthy as you possibly can. Taking multivitamins and iron supplements is a great way to support this.
Even if Geritol isn't the pregnancy wonder drug that some people believe it to be, it's a good way to help your general health, which in itself is good news for increased fertility.
At the end of the day, taking Geritol (at the doses recommended by the manufacturer!) certainly won't hurt you. It may even help to increase your general health and boost your iron levels, which has been associated with increased levels of fertility.
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Can impreza fenders fit a wrx
Hi my vent part on my 2013 wrx fender
fell off. So it looks wild on my driver
side(smh). I was wondering instead of
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http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/subaru,2013,impreza,2.0l+h 4,1504984,body,fender,1380 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Copy/Paste the link on the left, ending in 1380. So, I'm assuming 2.0? It might work. If you look in the "body" section, there is fender (which is my link) and then there is also "inner fender" which may/may not be the piece you need. They run about $25 +s/h. The WRX fender is like $100+. HTH
2013 Subaru Impreza fenders will not fit a 2013 Subaru Impreza WRX, they're a totally different body style.
yep, pulled the two pics from rockauto, the main fenders are definitely different. yikes. However, I'm not going to look into it completely on the inner fender as there are no pics on RA. If you source the photos of the part numbers and find out if it's what you need, then you might have a nice savings on your hands. otherwise I would check ebay/amazon/etc for other prices. I would just try to source the panel you need.
Sorry...missed the 2013 year. Indeed, Subie continued the WRX in older body iteration. Hang on while I wipe away the egg....


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CVD does not affect all groups of people in the same way. Although the number of preventable deaths has declined in people aged 65 to 74 years, it has remained unchanged in people under age 65. Men are more than twice as likely as women to die from preventable CVD.
Having a close relative who has heart disease puts you at higher risk for CVD. Health disparities based on geography also exist. During 2007-2009, death rates due to heart disease were the highest in the South and lowest in the West.
Race and ethnicity also affect your risk. Nearly 44% of African American men and 48% of African American women have some form of CVD. And African Americans are more likely than any other racial or ethnic group to have high blood pressure and to develop the condition earlier in life. About 2 in 5 African American adults have high blood pressure, yet fewer than half of them have the condition under control.
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Bet you terrestrial-centric bigots didn't realize it, but today just so happens to be Fish Amnesty Day, which is billed as "a day to recognize fish as living animals with rights and in need of protection just the same as other vertebrates."
Oh, really? This baby cuttlefish (which is basically one of those blinking jelly toys you get out of a bowling alley arcade) has rights, too, and it's important that we recognize cephalopods on Fish Amnesty Day if for no other reason than that they're supposed to be pretty smart. Like, supervillain smart. Nobody needs smart sea monsters scuttling around the ocean floor all pissed-off because we're too busy reveling in our backbone privilege. Cuttlefish, octopuses, squids, and nautlises are all people, too.
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Profit Improvement and Cost Reduction Part 1
Talking about profit improvement and cost reduction we cannot leave out the importance of estimating accurately. There are a few ways to reach the goal of both profit improvement and cost reduction.
- Increase your prices which improves profit, but only if that does not drive away customers.
- Increase sales if your fixed costs stay the same
- Improve your product mix to manufacturer more efficiently
- Reduce your costs including overhead, labor and raw material costs
Increasing your prices without your costs going higher is a great way to increase your profit. This is the best way to improve your prices except for the fact that there is something called "competition" which will not exactly work with you to increase your prices. Increasing prices has another great benefit which is you do not need to work on cost reduction.
Increasing sales if your fixed costs remain the same is another great way to increase profits. The difficult part is how to increase sales because if it was easy to increase sales everyone would be doing it. One method of increasing sales and improve profitability is to estimate accurately and quickly in order to provide a better service. When a price is given to a customer the customer does not want the supplier to come back towards the end of the job and ask for more money because the estimate was too low. This type of situation happens but should not happen if a good estimating process is implemented in the business.
Improving the product mix is another way to create profit improvements. The motivation here is you have covered some of your fixed overhead costs already and adding some new products which fit your area of expertise can increase sales without increasing overhead costs too much.
Reducing costs is sometimes the easiest way to improve your profitability. There are many business processes which can be improved in most organizations to reduce costs. For example, if estimating is being done manually through paper and pencil or even a spreadsheet, moving to a software estimating and quoting package designed specifically for your situation can reduce your costs considerably. One example is when you can actually have one person do between 3000 and 5000 a year. This is a lot of estimates that are done accurately and done by a single person. If this was done by 5 persons you could see the cost savings immediately.
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It is well known that polycystic kidney disease is an inherited disease which is characterized with multiple fluid-filled sacs on the kidneys. And these cysts on the kidneys will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. Therefore, PKD patients need to take care of themselves in their daily life, which is helpful for slowing down the progression of their kidney failure and make a better prognosis for them.
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-quitting smoking.
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-for PKD patients, they also need to take effective treatment to control their symptoms like high blood pressure, swelling, proteinuria, etc, the well controlled symptoms can help slow down the progression of kidney failure.
-compared to the western drugs, I prefer recommending the natural treatment like Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. It is a natural and systemic treatment which can help promote blood circulation, increase the permeability of cysts wall and increase the cystic fluid secretion. In the ways, the cysts on the kidneys can be shrunk naturally.


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Boss says none of our next generation will be rushed through
The promising Callum Saunders will only be propelled in to the Crewe Alexandra first-team when the time is right. The Wales Under-21 International showed a glimpse of his knack for goal scoring when superbly heading Crewe's fourth goal at Nantwich on Sunday.
Saunders, 18, was one of six promising youngsters to sign his first professional contract, and the club firmly believe that they have a natural goal getter coming through the ranks, but Steve Davis says he will bring through the striker only when he is truly ready.
Steve told crewealex.net: "Callum showed his talent for scoring goal with a fantastic header. His movement is terrific and he has that knack of being in the right place at the right time. He is a natural goal scorer.
"It was a good cross from Lee (Molyneux) and Callum was clever with his movement to get himself that yard to head home. He is a clever player.
"He also mis-cued a couple of efforts and could have had a hat-trick but it is still early in pre-season and the strikers timing and technique isn't coming to be there quite yet. We will do some work on that with all of them and get them confidently striking the ball and scoring goals.
"Callum is a prospect, like a lot of them are, but we will only put them in when they are ready. We just don't put them in because they are one of our kids. They have to be ready and they all have some work to do. The talent is there, they just have to develop physically."


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Rhoda Blumberg
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Rhoda Blumberg has written about the opening of Japan (1853-1854) in Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun, a Newbery Honor Book, which also won the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the Golden Kite Award. Her acclaimed histories also include The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark, The Great American Gold Rush, and The Remarkable Voyages of Captain Cook, all ALA Notable Books. She is the winner of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to nonfiction.
Rhoda Blumberg says that while doing research for Commodore Perry, "I read about the ordeals and strange adventures of Manjiro, then spent years replaying his life story in my mind until I felt impelled to write about him."
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This past 20 days i haven't skied at all but the conditions were all time and i watched the history of steep skiing unfold …it was very entertaining. The cult of self providing 3 min bad video footages and mostly bad pictures of everyone's steep descents all over the social medias. While it was all bad quality it was showing a nice view of the steep skiing phenomena …I was baffled by the amount of good alpinists and skiers tackling 5.4 and 5.5 runs all over the mont blanc massif. I lived in chamonix for 10 years , not an alpinist, it took me 4 years before i could get on the north faces of the midi or runs on the argentiere basin north faces. I never heard of anyone skiing the north faces of the midi or the col de la verte within my first 4 years. Today with the new gear technology, every alpinists can ski and every skier is better. It takes less than a season learning skiing for an alpinist to tackle a 5.4 run which on an alpinist point of view is just a easy descent they usually run down on crampons. I saw young skiers skiing the mallory on their first season in chamonix (with a friend alpinist or guide) . So, anytime things are good (global warming helping), people line up on every run. This past 20 days was the biggest so far with every ski runs in the argentiere basin north face skied by minimum 10 people, sometime 20 people or more , the aiguille du plan north faces , pain de sucre, frendo, all the runs on the aiguille du midi skied by many. Most with huge G.S turns at mack2. Amazing. If, people were less competitive, less self centered, the medias/industry more unifying, interested and honest, the best ski movie of all time could have been made this steep season including rock star pros as well as struggling sponsored dirt bags and all the other passionate freaks. Instead, we will hear about some privileged prefabricated super hero athletes skiing whatever something in the alps or exotic location in a fabricated story with all sort of superlatives and logos claiming first decent of a 30 meters variations … I randomly stumbled on the descent of the Nant blanc by Alex Pittin, tony Lamiche and Hélias Millerioux. The nant blanc face is the most impressive, intimidating , steep and exposed face visible from the valley. The climbing is a D+ the skiing a 5.5. It was first skied by J.M Boivin in june 1989, repeated on snowboard by Marco Siffredi in june 1999. repeated again by Pierre Tardivel and Stephane Brosse in june 2009 and then by 2 of the T-crew and more (?). This mid April, Pittin (ex world cup skier) with tony Lamiche (guide, 9A rock climber , alpinist, skier) and Hélias Millerioux (guide, top alpinist, hangs out on Nupse with colin haley and ueli steck) were the first on this face, arguably the most beautiful face visible from the valley. I enjoyed the descent with Alex pittin's father who was a little stressed and I took some photos. It was very nice. A very clean descent from first bin grand montet on sight. I've never been interested in skiing that face myself. I would need an alpinist for partner on that one. But you never know, 5 years from now, that face might get good from january on, until then , this face will get skied a lot more in the next month or so…
This is the argentiere basin north faces , All those approximate red lines show the ski runs, in the past 20 days , each one of those receive between 10 to 30 skiers.
this is the top of the aiguille verte, on the top left you can see 3 skiers going up. they skied down the couturier (i saw 9 skiers that day going that way). on the right of the calotte, you can see helias millerious,tony lamiche, alex pittin getting involved in the Nant blanc face.
this is Alex father watching the descent a little stressed.
re-entry – Chamonix
Back in Chamonix , My friend from San Fransisco was at my flat for another day so i took him down the cosmique back to cham via the junction. The cosmic had been tracked and was OK but the junction was all time …what a beautiful way to come back and a memorable last day for my friend.
next day 10 of us took a heli up the petit mont blanc to ski the super classic bonatti couloir to celebrate our friend lionel hatchemi aka so-connard birthday . A classic day. so-local. next morning was hang over day.
we went with tof henry to try to shoot something nice but it wasn't in the way we wanted.
du maïs sur la tour ronde
harvesting corn on the tour ronde was just perfect. fuck extreme skiing! and fuck that hair on my sensor.
I was hired as a photographer by elemental adventure
things didnt happen as planned due to a broken heli. nevertheless we scored 3 good days of skiing: swiss style . The villages and the people are beautiful and generous , the scenics are just breathtaking hense the amount of pictures. I tried to put just a few…i will just shut up then! I want to go back.
No pictures on a 80cm fresh layer . my lens was foggy on a good shot.
the window
the spring weather patterns are making the weatherman look like a hysterical junky who took a bunch of acid before writing his forecast. However, we found a window big enough for a kaw-aw-wing crowmonkey, a growling goat, a punkviking a few frenchies some yankees ..later followed by more vikings and one south african.


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The MRD Deck (inc gimmicked Deck)
***DVD COMES WITH SPECIAL DECK IN RED or BLUE BICYCLE STOCK!***
Perform the Multiple Revelation Routine with NO SLEIGHT OF HAND
Have from 3 to 15 members of your audience select cards, mix them up and return them to the deck WITHOUT BEING CONTROLLED BY YOU! And yet impossibly you are ready to reveal all the selections IN ORDER, WITH NO SLEIGHT OF HAND,!!!
You read that right - no sleight of hand.
Perform at a dinner party at a show in the pub at school during a trade show ANYWHERE you have a group of people who want to be blown away by a fantastic piece of magic!
There is a reason so many world class magicians perform the Multiple Selection routine - it involves your entire audience It ramps up the eye boggling impossibility and it plays as a show stopping EVENT. But its not an easy piece of magic. It requires a great deal of skill, some faultless sleight of hand and plenty of confidence to perform.
Well, it DID. Now magical brainbox Liam Montier has taken the properties of a certain gaffed deck and with some genius routining he has created a sleight-free, mindblowing performance piece that will fry your audience and leave you looking like a master magician.
What makes the MRD Deck and routine so special is that you do not have to control the cards as they are returned to the deck!!! Your spectators can all freely pick cards, shuffle them up between themselves and then return them to the pack. And you do not need to control a thing because Liams diabolical thinking will have left you ready to reveal ALL of the selections IN ORDER, with no sleight of hand. No tricky side steals, no top palms and no (god forbid) passes to get those selections where you need them.
Whilst this is a cast iron reputation making miracle for beginners or those uncomfortable with sleight of hand, it also has some mega advantages for the ultra capable knucklebusting card sharps out there too! It has the cleanest, most impossible selection phase imaginable.
Liam Montier teaches a full routine for 6 cards being selected, but also shows you how to jazz for further spectators. You can use ANY reveals you already have in your arsenal, or learn some of the bonus ones Liam teaches on the DVD.
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Monday, July 16, 2007
What I Learned from Del Close
Fall of 1978 - I'm a senior in high school (PCHS - Home of The Redskins - it's a term of endearment, I swear!). President of the student council. Editor-in-chief of the Port Clinton High School's yearbook, Revista. I work part-time at a local radio station, WRWR-FM, most notably playing rock music in the evenings. I have a stellar 2.2 grade point average. I also do plays when I can with Playmaker's Theatre. Our school doesn't have a theater or theater company, so Playmaker's took up the charge to provide teens an opportunity to be on stage. In a very unusual move, they seldom produce teen theatre geared towards teens. (My first role on stage was in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. At 14, I was in way over my head. I didn't get any of the jokes. I had a line "she must look a bit long in the tooth, by now, I should think." I had no idea what that meant and decided to change it one show to "she must look like a prune, by now, I should think. " It got a laugh. My first experience of getting a laugh on stage. Poor Noel Coward. Clearly, all he needed was a 14-year-old jerk from Ohio to punch up his work.)
Back to fall of senior year... Pope John Paul II just took up the big, pointy hat...Jimmy Carter is president. It's the first time in politics that I was able to witness a political party (The Republicans) so ravenously going after discrediting a president. A president who was trying to use honesty as one of his platforms!...Jim Jones and his followers commit suicide in Guyana...The Walkman is introduced to a nation. It would be another ten years before I could afford one...The Eagles "Hotel California" and Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors' were Grammy winners... And I saw The Second City Touring Company live for the first time. Nancy McCormack, my friend Brett's mother, organized the field trip. A bunch of my friends from high school and at Playmaker's and I piled into a van and drove two hours to do an all-day workshop on improvisation and to see The Second City Touring Company perform that night. I was going out of my gourd with excitement... I had heard about Second City because I was a huge fan of SNL. All their strongest players had come from there.
We crowded into a tiny theater that had folding chairs for seats. We were starting a bit late because the guy that was going to lead the workshop missed the flight to Detroit. Undaunted, he hopped in a cab from Chicago. A $400 cab ride! It wasn't an act of opulence on his part. It was the only way he knew how to get there. His name was Del Close. For those of you who may have never heard of him, Del Close is one of improv's most mythic figures. He was around in the early days of improv's development with The Compass Players in the '50's. He was in one of Second City's early companies and one of their first directors. His life reads a bit like Forest Gump. Do a search for him on imdb and you'll be amazed at some of the places he shows up, including a few episodes of Get Smart. He was obsessive about improv and theatre. More than any other illegal substance he could pump into his system, it was his biggest addiction. He was also a very dangerous man to put in front of a large group of hungry teenagers.
The very first thing he did was stand at the edge of the stage, mumble something about trust, say, "aw, fuck it," closed his eyes, locked his arms to his sides, and fell forward into the aisle. Several of us reached out to grab him. I got myself a small handful of a then skinny Del belly. We stopped him from hitting the floor by about two inches. It was the bravest thing I had ever witnessed at that time and the one improv demonstration I have never tried to emulate as a teacher. The message was clear - take risks, trust the universe will catch you. It's a message I've carried with me on stage and off.
The other big improv nugget I got that day was the power of "yes, and..." I was watching him work with one of my friends - Steve Oleksa, who had a slight resemblance to Dan Aykroyd that I hadn't noticed until Del mentioned it. Steve was playing one of Santa's helpers delivering toys to a single woman. She kept asking him what he had in his bag. She would say things like, "Do you have a dolly in there for me?" "Of course," he would say and pull an imaginary doll out of an equally imaginary sack. "Do you have a beauty shop in there for me?" Steve's logic kicked in. A beauty shop wouldn't fit in a sack nor could it be carried over his shoulder. I was with him on that. "No, little girl, I don't-" "Yes, you do!" Del interjected. Steve didn't flinch. "Why, yes, I do. It's right here." And he proceeded to pull a free-standing beauty shop out of his sack. It was brilliant and very funny and my first demonstration of what it means to "yes, and..." your scene partner.
After the workshops and before the show, we had a break. Del actually shouted out to everyone, "Does anyone want to go get high?" Um, I did. I started to walk out with him and one of the other actors from TourCo. My responsible side kicked in. I had someone else's car keys on me and needed to return them. I bailed. Good thing, too. I'm not good high. Especially around people. And I wouldn't have been as blown away by the TourCo revue that night. Up to that time in my life, it was the best thing I had ever seen on stage and funnier than SNL. I came back a few days later for the Sunday matinee and then saw the TourCo once more in Cleveland and then a few years later in Dayton.
I took what I learned in that workshop and started an improv/sketch company in college. That college group forged some of my strongest, longest-lasting relationships. We still stay in touch and try to see one another when we can. Everyone in that group has stayed in touch with the arts on a professional level. One even became a semi-regular guest on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
After being cast in the TourCo myself almost twenty years after that workshop, I signed up for classes at iO to tune-up my skills. I had Del for my Level 5 class. I didn't ask him if he remembered that workshop. As he got older, he seemed, to me, to have become larger, louder, more intimidating and a little smelly.
Regardless of my later experience, his mark on me is indelible.
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Great Second Life related Tutorial Collection…
Today I found out that one of my Twitterfriends Indigo Mertel has a Blog called MetaLibrary, where she´s collecting differend Second Life related Tutorials. The Blog is nicely categorized, so that you can easily find Howto´s of your interest. She collected Building and Modelling Tutorials, Texturing Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials, Video Tutorials, Mesh Tutorials, Avatar Topics and many more.
So.. why not check it out and read and learn some helpful stuff?
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(When you really do this in earnest, you can start to get a sense of the full amount of information that exists on a given topic. As a History major in college, I used to use this method for doing research on very specific topics like Roman pottery, or American Civil War-era naval vessels, or whatever, and because of the relatively small amount of work out there on these niche topics, you would start to find the boundaries pretty quickly. Eventually I would find some book that almost everyone cited as a source, and when I got my hands on it it would be a really key source of information.)
Great Books on Paleo/Bulletproof-Related Nutrition
For this post I wanted to share some of the really important books I've found in the wide field of health and nutrition, as well as share my Paleo/Bulletproof Diet Books board on Pinterest, where I will keep updating my recommendations of important books as I learn more, and further work is published. Below are some texts that I think are really key, and good places to start in your own exploration:
Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes. This is a great, more holistic look at how the average American diet based on typical FDA and other nutritional sources is way far off from what makes us healthy easily!
Wheat Belly--love this one. I actually have a post in the works about how great this book was for my dad! It's shocking and frustrating how "wheat" has changed over the years and is now really messing us up. And is addictive, to make things worse! So many people are gluten- or wheat-sensitive, and don't even know it.
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss. I read this book a couple years ago, actually, and it was the first I'd heard a more scientific argument for no grains, real foods weight loss and muscle gain, etc. It's very thick and packed full on info on a bunch of health-related topics (although since I've been exposed to other research, I find that some of Timothy Ferriss's food advise is, um, not the truest. So supplement this with some Bulletproof Exec blog entries!).
Good Meat by Deborah Krasner. This one's a little different than the others in that it's mostly recipes and awesome photography, but as a newbie to cooking a lot of meat (my wife was vegan until a few months ago!) this was also packed with good tips and resources about how to cook grassfed and pastured meats. And how to understand which parts of the animal are for what, and some good terminology. It's also huge, like a coffee table book.
Of course there are tons more, but that's a good start! I keep pinning more book resources all the time!