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Mahan Insurance Brokers, Inc. is an independent broker-agent servicing the insurance needs of businesses and professionals within the states of California, Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, & Washington. Available coverages include: General, Excess, and Professional Liability, Property, Commercial Auto, and Workers Compensation.
Our agency specializes in construction insurance, whether it be General Liability,Property, Auto, Workers Compensation or Builder's Risk insurance. We also service insurance for offices, retail, wholesale and manufacturing companies.
We are a long time member of the Associated General Contractors of California including:
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Robert G. Mahan
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Robert G. Mahan personally arranges and manages coverage for commercial property and casualty accounts. A brief summary of his educational and professional credential is as follows:
- Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering – University of Southern California
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- Juris Doctor – Western States University
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- Member of the Associated General Contractors of California (AGC) including the following:
- Former Chairman of the CNA Agency Advisory Panel
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- Past Chairman AGC Legal Advisory Committee
Bob is an expert in General Liability and Worker's Compensation coverages. This expertise has developed over the past two decades as an insurance broker, and business development representative and systems engineer for the Bechtel Power Corporation. While at Bechtel, through the negotiation of a number of large contracts and working with Bechtel's Counsel, Bob developed an excellent grasp of the very important areas of insurance, indemnity, and risk of loss. He has:
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This background provides an excellent understanding of just what operations manufacturers and contractors perform. Very few in the insurance business have the qualifications as broad as Bob's to support client's requirements. If you have any general questions regarding insurance issues, Bob is available to give you an option.
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Mike's Background
Mike has been servicing your insurance needs with Mahan Insurance Brokers full time since 1996 and part-time since 1989. His credentials are as follows:
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Mike has worked from the ground up in the company and can handle most any Property-Casualty insurance need.
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Marissa's Background
Marissa joined the MIB Team in August 2017. She has over 4 years of experience in the insurance industry in both Personal and Commercial Lines. Marissa has specialized experience working with artisan and independent contractors, and is skilled at tailoring insurance packages to meet the unique needs of contractors. She holds a current California Property & Casualty License and can quote, sell, and bind policies. She also has experience processing certificates.
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Christina is a talented Relationship Manager who comes to us with over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry. As a former account manager with Pacific Life Christina specializes in identifying opportunities to increase value for her clients and ensure customer satisfaction.
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Satellite and aerial maps of RNAS Yeovilton with nearby locations
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History of this Location
Construction began in 1939 and the Naval Observer School moved in during mid 1940, while building works were still in progress. The site was commissioned as HMS Heron on 18 Jun 1940. The paved runways were completed by 1941 and the base was home to the Naval Air Fighter School and units which were working up prior to embarkation. As the Fleet Air Arm contracted after WWII it reverted primarily to a training role. With the coming of the jet era, Yeoviltons main runways were extended during 1952 and it became the HQ of Flag Officer Flying Training in May 1953. Carrier jet fighter operations continued until 1957 when the runways were again improved and upgraded aprons were provided while the base was temporarily closed.
The control tower was improved during 1961 and the School of Fighter Direction moved back the same year, whose last Sea Venoms were retired in 1965. Further works to improve the airfield were completed in time for the arrival of the Phantom FG.1 as a carrier-borne fighter in 1968. In 1970, it became the HQ of Flag Officer, Naval Air Command (FONAC), when the Flag was transferred in from Lee-on-Solent (then known as HMS Daedalus). With the retirement of the fixed wing aircraft carriers, the Phantoms transferred to the RAF and departed for RAF Leuchars in 1972, leaving the base as the home for the Commando Helicopter Squadrons and the fixed wing Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (FRADU).
RNAS Yeovilton was selected as the main shore base for the Navy's fleet of Sea Harrier FRS.1 (and later, F/A.2s) and the first examples arrived in 1979. After trials of Lieutenant Commander Douglas Taylor's innovative ski-jump in 1977, a ramp was installed at Yeovilton for practice ski-jump assisted take-offs, near the eastern end of 09/27. The Sea King HC.4 gradually replaced the Wessex HU.5 with the Commando Assault Squadrons from 1980 and following the closure of RNAS Portland in 1999, HMS Heron became the main shore base for the Lynx fleet.
RNAS Yeovilton is also home to that shrine of UK Naval Aviation, the magnificent Fleet Air Arm Museum.
RNAS Yeovilton News
First Commando Merlin Mk4 Delivered to Royal Navy, 24-May-18 : #commando UK Fleet Air Air took delivery of the first of 25 upgraded Commando Merlin Mk4 ( Merlin HC.4 ) to support the Royal Marines Commando Force
Merlin HC4 Makes Yeovilton Debut, 12-Jul-17 : First former RAF Merlin in new configuration HC4 was displayed at the Yeovilton Air Day 2017. Junglie Merlins, 25 to be delivered to the Commando Helicopter Force by 2020, are painted in pale grey
Royal Navy Retired Lynx Helicopter, 24-Mar-17 : 815 Naval Air Squadron held a ceremony to say goodbye to the Westland Lynx helicopter, mainstay of operations by Royal Navy around the globe since the late 1970s
846 Squadron Female Pilot Named in Awards, 17-Jun-16 : Royal Navy 846 Naval Air Squadron Junglie Merlin pilot Lieutenant Natalie Grainger named one of the country's top 100 rising stars in the female-only We Are The City awards.
UK 815 NAS Starts Receiving AW159 Wildcat, 19-Apr-16 : 815 Naval Air Squadron received first four of 12 new AW159 Wildcats begining the transition from the Westland Lynx after 35 years. The unit Lynx Mk8 will be completely replaced by mid next year
24-Mar-16 - Royal Navy Retired Sea King HC.4
14-Oct-15 - Royal Navy Received Interim Merlin iMk3
02-Jun-15 - New Merlin HC.4 Simulators at Yeovilton
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Low serum vitamin D, airway obstruction independently predict mortality
Airway obstruction and low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (s-25[OH]D) are independent predictors of mortality in adults, suggest the results of a 33-year follow-up study.
Multivariable analysis adjusted for age, sex, smoking, education, body mass index, leisure physical activity, asthma and serum C-reactive protein revealed the independent association of obstruction and low s-25(OH)D with mortality.
On the other hand, a statistically significant interaction was found between mortality and low s-25(OH)D among patients without (adjusted mortality hazard ratios [HR] for s-25(OH)D in tertiles, 1.00 [lowest]; 0.96, 95 percent CI, 0.87–1.05; 0.89, 0.81–0.98) and with obstruction (adjusted HR, 1.00; 0.96, 0.71–1.31; 0.57, 0.40–0.80).
An earlier study involving 13,331 adults from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey also found that the lowest quartile of 25(OH)D level was independently associated with all-cause mortality in the general population. [Arch Intern Med 2008;168:1629-1637]
"In conclusion, obstruction and low s-25(OH)D predict mortality independently of each other," the authors said. "Our findings suggest that low vitamin D status might be particularly detrimental among [patients] with obstruction."
This study investigated a joint effect of airway obstruction and vitamin D status on mortality by analysing data of 6,676 Finnish adults participating between 1978 and 1980 in a national health examination survey, undergoing spirometry and having all necessary data collected.
Participants were followed up in national registers through record linkage until 31 December 2011. Those with airway obstruction were categorized using the lower limit of normal and the measured s-25(OH)D into tertiles.


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2012 Spirit Awards Nominees
By Don Simpson | February 24, 2012
The 2012 Spirit Awards is meant to be Film Independent's antidote to the Academy Awards. There has historically been some crossover between the two awards ceremonies, but not much. Film Independent tends to nominate "edgier" and "darker" films (such as Drive, Take Shelter and Martha Marcy May Marlene) — films that are typically deemed to be too "independent" or "art house" for the multiplexes…and The Academy.
To qualify, a film must: be at least 70 minutes long; have screened at least one week in a commercial theater in 2011 or shown at a qualifying film festival (Los Angeles Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, New York, Sundance, Telluride, or Toronto); and have been made for no more than $20 million (including post-production).
Compared to the Golden Globes and Academy Awards, the Spirit Awards nominations tend to be more in line with my way of thinking about cinema. (Several of the Spirit Awards nominees landed on the Smells Like Screen Spirit's Top 10 Films of 2011 and well as my Favorite Narrative Films of 2011.) Strangely enough, this makes the Spirit Awards much more difficult for me to predict. This is as good of a time as any to point out that I am truly amazed that The Tree of Life and Weekend were completely overlooked by the Spirit Awards.
As I go through each of the categories below, I will give my two cents about each of the categories. The Smells Like Screen Spirit writing staff has reviewed a majority of the films, and you can get to any of our reviews via the hyperlinks.
Best Feature
The Artist
The Descendants
Take Shelter
I like 50/50, especially Joseph Gordon-Levitt's performance, but I don't think it is the best feature of 2011. Beginners is ranked higher on our year-end lists than any other Spirit Award nominee (#2 on Smells Like Screen Spirit's Top 10 Films of 2011 and #6 on my Favorite Narrative Films of 2011). My heart is with Beginners, but I don't believe it has a chance of actually winning. Drive is our Editor-in-Chief's pick for the best film of 2011 and I will be very happy if Drive wins the Spirit Award for best feature, but I suspect that Drive might be too dark even for Film Independent's voting committee. Take Shelter is another favorite of the Smells Like Screen Spirit crew, ranking #4 on Smells Like Screen Spirit's Top 10 Films of 2011 and #14 on my Favorite Narrative Films of 2011. Along with Beginners and Drive, I will be happy if Take Shelter wins, but I suspect that its chances are fairly slim. The Artist is probably the first silent film to ever be nominated for a Spirit Award for Best Feature. It is also the only Best Feature nominee to receive a 10/10 rating from a Smells Like Screen Spirit scribe. However, the voting committee for the Spirit Awards have proven to be devout lovers of Alexander Payne (Sideways and Election have won this award), so I think The Artist will probably play second fiddle to The Descendants tomorrow. (Cue my diatribe against The Descendants…) I still do not understand why everyone (especially film critics and awards ceremonies) seems to love The Descendants. I think it is Payne's worst film — not a bad film, but certainly not one that is worthy of a Best Feature award. Unfortunately, this race is going to come down to the two films that are also nominated for Best Picture Oscars — and though The Artist will probably go home with the Oscar, The Descendants is the overwhelming favorite for the Spirit Award. On a side note, I am disappointed that Miranda July's The Future was overlooked in this category.
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Mike Mills (Beginners)
Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Considering that all five of the Best Director nominees' films also appear in the Best Feature category, you can ditto most of my comments from that section. Basically Alexander Payne is the clear (not to me) favorite. That said — Drive, Beginners and Take Shelter feature such strong directing that maybe they will have a better chance to win here than they do in the Best Feature category. Personally, I believe that Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) is most deserving of this award.
Best First Feature
Another Earth
In The Family
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection
Admittedly, we have only reviewed one of the five Best First Feature nominees — Martha Marcy May Marlene. So you might say that I am talking out of my ass, but I find it very difficult to believe that any of the other nominees would have reached #3 on Smells Like Screen Spirit's Top 10 Films of 2011 and #8 on my Favorite Narrative Films of 2011.Martha Marcy May Marlene is not only an astounding First Feature, but it should have been nominated as one of the Best Features of 2011 as well. So, yeah, Martha Marcy May Marlene is my personal pick — and I consider it to be the clear favorite in this category. 2011 was an amazing year for first features, but I specifically think that Bellflower, Green, Hesher and Without all deserved nominations in this category.
Best Male Lead
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Ryan Gosling (Drive)
Woody Harrelson (Rampart)
Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
I have not seen A Better Life or Rampart, but of the other three nominees I think they are all drastically different (and incomparable) yet equally deserving. Ryan Gosling (Drive) would be my personal favorite here, but I suspect that this category will also come down to the two Oscar nominees for Best Actor — Demian Bichir (A Better Life) and Jean Dujardin (The Artist). At least the Indie Spirits recognized Gosling, but where the heck is Michael Fassbender (Shame)?!?!
Best Female Lead
Lauren Ambrose (Think Of Me)
Rachel Harris (Natural Selection)
Adepero Oduye (Pariah)
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
I think Michelle Williams is one of the most talented actors working today, and this is her fourth Best Female Lead nomination at the Spirit Awards (she deserved to win for all three of her prior nominations — Land of Plenty, Wendy and Lucy, Blue Valentine); but I am happy that she won the Golden Globe for My Week With Marilyn (and I would not be surprised if she walks away with the Best Actress Oscar on Sunday), so I am not picking her for this Spirit Award. Elizabeth Olsen's performance in Martha Marcy May Marlene is by far the best acting I witnessed in 2011. If Olsen does not win this Spirit Award, there will be hell to pay. That said — I would not be too surprised if Adepero Oduye (Pariah) sneaks away with this one.
Best Supporting Male
Albert Brooks (Drive)
John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
John C. Reilly (Cedar Rapids)
Corey Stoll (Midnight In Paris)
The 2012 Golden Globes winner Christopher Plummer (Beginners) is the man to beat in this category — and he has a very good chance of walking away with the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor on Sunday as well. Albert Brooks (Drive) is the only other contender here, unless Film Independent is going to give this award to John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene) two years in a row. The oddest nominee here is Corey Stoll (Midnight In Paris). There were certainly more memorable supporting roles than his turn as Ernest Hemingway.
Best Supporting Female
Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter)
Angelica Huston (50/50)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Harmony Santana (Gun Hill Road)
Shaileen Woodley (The Descendants)
To be honest, I am pretty disappointed by this list of Best Supporting Actress nominees. For one, I would have expected Carey Mulligan to be nominated for either Shame or Drive. Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter) is the only one of these five that deserved a nomination (I would have even given her a second one for The Tree of Life). I wouldn't be too surprised if Angelica Huston (50/50) or Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) run away the trophy though.
John Cassavetes Award
The Dynamiter
Hello Lonesome
To qualify for this award, the film's budget must have been less than $500,000. Being that this is more in line with how I would define an independent film, this category has historically been my favorite at the Spirit Awards. Because only at the Spirit Awards could films like Bellflower, Circumstance, The Dynamiter, Hello Lonesome and Pariah get nominated for an award. My favorite in this category would be Bellflower (they definitely got the most bang with their buck) with The Dynamiter and Hello Lonesome very close by…but honestly, I think all five films have an equal chance of winning this Spirit Award. As with the First Feature category, 2011 was a phenomenal year for micro-budget films. Personally, I believe The Color Wheel, The Dish and the Spoon, Green, Treatment, You Hurt My Feelings, Without and Wuss would have all fit perfectly in this category.
Best Documentary
An African Election
Bill Cunningham New York
The Interrupters
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
We Were Here
Of the nominees for the Best Documentary category, only one of them appears on the year-end list of my Favorite Documentary Films of 2011, and that is We Were Here — which is also my favorite for this category. Of the nominees, I expected to see The Interrupters, The Redemption of General Butt Naked and We Were Here; but I was also hoping that The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, How To Die In Oregon, Incendiary: The Willingham Case, or Project Nim would make the cut. I am pretty confident that The Interrupters will win.
Best International Film
A Separation
The Kid With A Bike
The Best International Film category is certainly a much stronger field than the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2012 Academy Awards. (Of course they have different qualifications associated with them, which explains why three of these films were not nominated for the Oscar.) While I am 99% certain that A Separation will take home the Oscar on Sunday, I can see any of these five Indie Spirit films winning on Saturday. My pick would be Shame, but I would not be surprised if Film Independent gives this one to Melancholia.
Best Cinematography
Joel Hodge (Bellflower)
Benjamin Kasulke (The Off Hours)
Darius Khondji (Midnight In Paris)
Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist)
Jeffrey Waldron (The Dynamiter)
As much as I would love to see the very talented Joel Hodge (Bellflower) or Benjamin Kasulke (The Off Hours) walk away with the Best Cinematography Spirit Award, I think it will be very difficult to beat Darius Khondji (Midnight In Paris) and Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist) here, with Schiffman almost definitely beating out Khondji. Of course if Sean Bobbitt (Shame), Hoyte Van Hoytema (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Newton Thomas Sigel (Drive), Manuel Alberto Claro (Melancholia) or Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life) were nominated, they would be my favorites for this category.
Best Screenplay
Joseph Cedar (Footnote)
Michel Hazanivicius (The Artist)
Tom McCarthy (Win Win)
Mike Mills (Beginners)
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)
I want to see Mike Mills (Beginners) win the Spirit Award for Best Screenplay — I love the narrative structure of Beginners and the dialogue is top-notch. But… I suspect it will go to Tom McCarthy (Win Win) or maybe The Descendants trio. I should point out that my least favorite aspect of The Descendants is its screenplay.
Best First Screenplay
Mike Cahill & Brit Marling (Another Earth)
J.C. Chandor (Margin Call)
Patreck DeWitt (Terri)
Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids)
Will Reiser (50/50)
I think J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) is a sure-thing for the Best First Screenplay Spirit Award, but Will Reiser (50/50) or Patreck DeWitt (Terri) might just sneak away with it.
Truer Than Fiction Award
Heather Courtney (Where Soldiers Come From)
Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again)
Alma Har'El (Bombay Beach)
Heather Courtney (Where Soldiers Come From) is my favorite for this category, because…well…Where Soldiers Come From is one of the best documentaries I have seen in a long time. And guess what? Courtney was already announced the winner during a brunch ceremony in January 2012. Yay!!!
Piaget Producers Award
Chad Burris (Mosquito Y Mari)
Sophia Lin (Take Shelter)
Josh Mond (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
I think Sophia Lin (Take Shelter) and Josh Mond (Martha Marcy May Marlene) both deserve the Piaget Producers Award, because both producers were able to squeeze blood from stones, as they say… But this award can only go to one of them… This award has also already been announced, and it went to Lin.
Someone To Watch
Simon Arthur (Silver Tongues)
Mark Jackson (Without)
Nicholas Ozeki (Marnitas)
If I had seen Mark Jackson's Without during 2011, it would have easily made the top 10 of my year-end list of favorite narrative films. So, I would obviously lean heavily towards Jackson winning the Someone To Watch award…and it has already been announced that HE WON!!!
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Happy Holidays!
I want to personally thank you for being a dedicated member of the community and for sticking with your practice through another 365.
This time of year can be a mix of highs and lows, celebrations and let downs.
So I want to encourage you more than ever to stick with your practice to help give you a sense of balance and to help keep you grounded.
A practice helps us to look at things differently. Hopefully it will help us to be a beacon of light to others.
Ideally it will help us to feel energized so we can be looking for what we can add to life this holiday season, instead of what we can get out of it, or what it's doing for us.
During the holidays we tend to overdo it with sweets, food, and drink. As we should, it can be a joyous time with family and friends, and we shouldn't be in our heads about what we are or aren't eating.
I remember when I was first getting strict with myself about healthy eating about 10 years ago. I was having lunch with my friend Chip at People's, the organic market and deli in Ocean Beach San Diego, just after a surf. Chips current hustle was a surfboard ding repair business. He was the type of guy who often spoke in short parable without really trying. It was like you were listening to well written country western music when you heard Chip speak about a subject.
Anyway, he had some interest in healthy living but thought my growing obsession and strict rules about what avoid eating was getting out of hand. He pointed out a guy who worked in the deli that looked super bummed out and depleted. He said, "All that stress about eating what's right for your body is worse than eating whats wrong for your body."
He had a point. I'm always trying to nourish my body with healthy food, and believe that its super important for health and longevity, but if my family wants to meet up for a Christmas In-N-Out mission (one of our favorite things to do since I was a kid) or something like that I'm not going to boycott and bum everyone out on account of my superior health. I'll just go back to eating healthy the next day.
So going along with this idea of enjoying our time during the holidays, I wanted to make a video that would leave you feeling balanced after indulging in whatever your trip is.
I thought I would do a short video, because I know how hectic things get for everyone this time of year. I wanted to make a strong sequence with a lot of for core work, and my friend Duke who films the videos suggested I do a video with only core workouts. "Like a pilates video?!" I responded. " I don't know man, that's not really my thing"
But then he pointed out that people are crunched for time and all that and how it would be good to have in the catalog so people can add it before some of the other videos if they have more time. Seemed like a good idea.
I looked up some of the abs and core exercise videos on YouTube and realized that there was a huge deficit. Although many of the routines were awesome, there was very little, or no instruction at all about how to properly engage the core in each of the exercises. In fact many of the models were doing the excersies improperly.
When you're doing abs there's a tendency to borrow from the wrong muscle groups, and if you aren't familiar with how to properly engage your core, you will be adding tension to the already tight places instead of strengthening your core that supports those areas to move with more freedom.
So here's what I put together:
1. Learn to Engage the Core and Warm Up
2. The Tuck Up
3. Glute Med Strengthening Sequence
4. Belly Back Bends
5. Planks
6. The Navasana Sequence ( boat and low-boat)
7. The Cool Down
I used to take group pilates classes when I was new to practicing yoga. Those classes were great, but they never explained what a core was or how to engage it properly.
When I finally learned how to engage my core, it really changed how my body developed and how I practiced the yoga poses.
As, always I'm interested to hear what you think. Leave a comment on the video after watching.
Happy Holidays and
Thanks for your continued support


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Who was Milton Friedman?
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist, statistician, academic, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades. He was a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Among scholars, he is best known for his theoretical and empirical research, especially consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy. He was an economic advisor to U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Over time, many governments practiced his restatement of a political philosophy that extolled the virtues of a free market economic system with little intervention by government. As a leader of the Chicago school of economics, based at the University of Chicago, he had great influence in determining the research agenda of the entire profession. Milton Friedman's works, which include many monographs, books, scholarly articles, papers, magazine columns, television programs, videos, and lectures, cover a broad range of topics of microeconomics, macroeconomics, economic history, and public policy issues. The Economist described him as "the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly of all of it."
Influenced by his close friend George Stigler, Friedman opposed government regulation of many types. He once stated that his role in eliminating U.S. conscription was his proudest accomplishment, and his support for school choice led him to found The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. Friedman's political philosophy, which he considered classically liberal and libertarian, emphasized the advantages of free market economics and the disadvantages of government intervention and regulation, strongly influencing the opinions of American conservatives and libertarians. In his 1962 book, Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman advocated policies such as a volunteer military, freely floating exchange rates, abolition of medical licenses, a negative income tax, and education vouchers. His books and essays were well read and were even circulated illegally in Communist countries.


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Her Diet Became a Hit: She Lost 25kg In 100 Days
Sophie King, a 26 year-old teacher and blogger became an internet star when she uploaded the diet that she lost 25kg from, in just 3 months.
The blogger, who at one point reached a weight of 88kg, after getting sick a few times, developed the 100 day diet for losing weight.
Amazingly, it's nothing revolutionary, but a diet that excludes all supplements and pills and is focused on balanced meals.
The dietary diary that this woman kept and recently announced on her blog attracted over 10,000 followers.
After exactly 100 days, Sofie got naked and photographed her results.
"At 17 years of age I broke my ankle and stopped playing sports because of it. Then I started to get fat, and when I started going to university I became an incredibly unhealthy person. That was the moment that I decided to change my life," writes Sophie.
"In just 100 days a lot of things changed, and I wanted to share my experience with others and help them to do the same."
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MTWTFSS WEEKDAY S/S 2013 was influenced by multiple identities and the result can best be described as an intense collage; a composition packed with references to popular culture, mixing materials, styles and expressions. The spring collection is the perfect blend of various styles naturally linked together.
MTWTFSS WEEKDAY S/S 2013 can't be defined in one or two particular pieces of garments. Baggy pants, short sweaters and overall pants all appear side by side. It is electric, it is bold and it feels very Weekday equally provocative and humorous, the Weekday design team has played around with different stereotypes. The collection theme – multiple identities – is apparent in prints with classical hip-hop quotes typed in rock and roll typography. The daring mix of expressions and the play with cultural characteristics breed a consistent and swaggering whole. While the silhouette is more generous than we have gotten used to, the colour chart remains familiarly dominated by grey, black and white.
Another striking source of inspiration is the world of sports. One of the key look of the season is an entire outfit with jersey and shorts for cycling. Where the professional cyclist normally is covered in sponsor's logotypes, the Weekday version comes with more urban prints. MTWTFSS WEEKDAY S/S 2013 is a collection created with a great deal of confidence and high spirit. Dollar signs, smileys, logos and silver pants all at once. This is Weekday at its best.


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This Midsummer, be sure to invite all the fairies to your party.
And all parts of yourself as well.
I say this because not only is the sun entering sweet, nurturing Cancer—but so is Black Moon Lilith. If there's a part of yourself that you've wanted to exile or ignore, well, good luck with that. Because trying to keep the shadow under wraps this summer might well have the same results as not inviting one of the fairies to a folk tale princess's christening.
We all know what happens then. The uninvited fairy will show up anyway, with a curse on her lips instead of a blessing.
But for those who are willing to face the shadow, to do the difficult work of shining a light into the dark places we'd rather not acknowledge, Lilith helps us transform our weaknesses into strengths. Lilith can help us be strong where we think we are weak.
Lilith has survived being turned into a demon by Judeo-Christian folklore. Most of us have heard that she is credited as Adam's first wife, who refused to lie beneath him and chose instead to leave Eden and mate with demons in a cave by the sea. There, she gave birth to thousands of monsters.
Such a rich psychological image. The woman who will not be subdued, who demands her own pleasure, who would rather leave paradise than submit. So many patriarchal fears wrapped in one seductive skin.
She also has been seen as the demon which flies into the nursery and snatches away the baby's life in her owl's claws. Such a handy thing to blame for frequent infant deaths: the demon Lilith, jealous of the perfectly formed child. Lilith, mother of demons and monsters, destroying what she cannot have.
The Lilith who awaits is the old, old Goddess. She who was the handmaiden of Inanna. She who helped gather the lovers to their beds, who enjoyed sexuality for its own sake. She who also protected women in childbirth, and watched over the children they bore. She who can help each of us reclaim the power hidden in our own shadows.
The Sun (our ego self) and Lilith have a third astrological companion: they're also conjunct Jupiter. Jupiter is usually seen as a planet of good fortune, but he also can magnify trouble spots. I think that the midsummer sun and Jupiter will help us make friends with those parts of ourselves that we find troublesome. The trio is one point of a helpful, supportive Grand Trine in Water. The other two points are sturdy Saturn in Scorpio (who's also been busy digging around in the secret parts of our lives) and Neptune in Pisces, who's been busy dissolving into the great psychic sea.
The Moon also is in Scorpio. With that placement, and the combination of planets in water signs, this is an ideal time for dream work. Keep a journal at your bedside to jot those half-remembered images as you wake. The water grand trine stays active through most of the summer, differing only in what planet is activating the Cancerian point. But the Saturn/Neptune combination of structuring dreams and ideas stays firm.
With this combination of energies, as well as some other placements that highlight secrets coming to light, and wounds being healed, this should be an interesting summer.
Just be sure that no matter how you celebrate, no one's left off the invitation list.


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Krasa Anti-Aging Cream Reviews – Should You Trust This Product?Advertising Disclosure ?
What is Krasa Anti Aging Cream?
As state by manufacturer, Krasa anti-aging cream is marketed as an exotic skincare miracle. It claims to target all signs of aging and bring back the youthful radiance and glow of the aging skin. Currently, it is available for a free 14-day trial period which will be automatically considered as a purchase if you will fail to cancel it before the trial period lapses.
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- What Is Krasa Anti Aging Cream?
- Krasa Anti Aging Cream– Does It Really Work?
- What Are The Ingredients In Krasa Anti Aging Cream?
- How To Apply Krasa Anti Aging Cream?
- Benefits of Krasa Anti Aging Cream
- Disadvantages of Krasa Anti Aging Cream
- Does Krasa Anti Aging Cream Have Any Side Effects?
- Krasa Anti Aging Cream Review – Final Verdict
As per its website, the cream was manufactured by a skincare company called Krasa, but that is the only information that is available about it. Its date of establishment, the story on how it started, their mission and vision as well as the list of all their other products are not disclosed on the website.
The pricing information of the anti-aging cream is not provided on the site. If you are curious about this cream, start reading this Krasa Anti Aging Cream review.
Krasa Anti Aging Cream– Does It Really Work?
What you can find on the website are all the benefits that Krasa Anti Aging Cream can deliver, and these are as follows:
- Erases even the most stubborn wrinkles and fine lines.
- Heals burn scars, wounds, and irritation on the skin.
- Reduces skin inflammation.
- Restores its firmness and radiance.
- Reduce the appearance of dark circles and minimize eye puffiness.
- If you can't get enough of this cream, continue reading this review!
What are the Ingredients in Krasa Anti Aging Cream?
The information about Krasa Anti Aging Cream ingredients is quite varied. But here is the list of active ingredients that we have found in most websites:
- Cocoa Seed Butter[1]: This is amazing in healing the dry and sensitive skin. Thanks to its nourishing properties, this seed butter can keep the skin hydrated, firm and elastic. However, it may cause skin irritation sometimes.
- Pyrus Malus Extract: The apple extract is used in the skincare industry because of its rich nutritional profile. It is actually rich in antioxidants like vitamins C and E which can protect the skin from signs of aging. In addition to that, it also has exfoliating benefits that can bring back the look of dull and tired looking skin.
- Tomato Fruit Extract: Tomato is a fruit that is considered healthy by many, but it is quite rare that you hear people talking about how beneficial it is to the skin. For your information, tomato offers plenty of skin benefits including the reduction of pore size, healing of rashes and inflammation, relieving sunburn and reviving the glow of the skin. It can also clear the skin of blemishes and keep it radiant looking for long.
How To Apply Krasa Anti Aging Cream?
- Cleanse your face first using a gentle cleanser.
- Apply toner and allow it to be completely absorbed by the skin then apply moisturizer.
- Apply a small amount of the Krasa Anti Aging Cream to the neck and face area using gentle circular motions.
- Use this cream twice a day.
- Use this 30 minutes before sun exposure.
Benefits of Krasa Anti Aging Cream
- The cream is available for a 14-day free trial.
- It can nourish the skin but may cause skin irritation.
- It can also protect skin from the sun.
Disadvantages of Krasa Anti Aging Cream
- The complete list of ingredients is not specified.
- Most people who have availed of the free trial claim that the product did not deliver its claims.
- After the free trial, users will be charged the price of the product (many claims that they have been charged around USD 200) through their credit card (the information is required to avail of the free trial) when they fail to cancel it.
See Also – Revision Hydrating Serum
Does Krasa Anti Aging Cream Have Any Side Effects?
Since the ingredient list is not provided, we can't say for sure that there are no Krasa Anti Aging Cream side-effects.
Final Verdict: Krasa Anti Aging Cream
Krasa is an anti-aging cream that is available for a free trial, but many users complain that their credit card has been automatically charged the full price of the product (which is quite high) after the trial is over. Also, this product does not offer a money back guarantee.
As we age the composition, texture and appearance of our skin changes. Signs of skin aging include wrinkles, fine lines, loss of moisture, uneven tone, and dull, tired-looking skin. There are countless anti-wrinkle creams on the market promising to make skin look and feel younger. Many anti-wrinkle creams promise everything short of a facelift or to provide the much sought after "fountain of youth". In reality most are just moisturizers marketed as anti-aging products.
Below you'll find some of the most effective wrinkle serum formulations on the market today, in our opinion.
Our Top Anti Aging Products
**This is a subjective assessment based on the strength of the available information and our estimation of efficacy.
*Results may vary. The information contained in this website is provided for general informational purposes only. No medical claims are implied in this content, and the information herein is not intended be used for self diagnosis or self trealment of any condition.
Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are "associate sales links." This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, we will receive a commission Regardless, we only recommend products or services which we use personally and/or believe will add value to our readers. We are disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials."


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While esophageal cancer is rare in the United States, the traditional surgical treatment has been an esophagectomy, where your chest is opened in order to remove the tumor along with a portion of the esophagus, nearby lymph nodes and other tissue in the area.
First in Philadelphia to Offer Robotic Esophageal Mobilization Surgery
Utilizing breakthrough technology, Jefferson is the first in Philadelphia to offer robotic esophageal mobilization surgery, using the da Vinci® Robotic System. This technology improves on conventional minimally invasive techniques by decreasing the number of incisions required to perform the procedure. This results in:
- Shorter hospital stays
- Significantly less pain
- Less blood loss and transfusions
- Less scarring
- Quicker return to normal activities
What Does Robotic Esophageal Mobilization Surgery Involve?
During the procedure, robotic arms with tiny cameras are placed in your right chest. Once that is complete, your surgeon utilizes the robotic instruments to guide the arms to the esophagus for its removal. Then they completely dissect the thoracic esophagus with four small incisions, allowing it to be successfully separated from the pericardium, the airway, the aorta and the thoracic duct.
The procedure takes about two hours to perform, allowing for a faster recovery and the ability to leave the hospital sooner. This minimally invasive procedure is also significantly less painful, causes less scarring, reduces blood loss and in many cases, provides better clinical outcomes.


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At the end of this blog post I will ask for a contribution to fund the development of the water quality device in the image above. I hope you contribute. Whether you do or not, please read the post and share. I've been told I do not ask for what I want and I bury the lede. Not this time.
A few months ago, after a great conversation with friends/designers at Axis Design, I decided to write a thematic article covering what we discussed. The issue was (and still is) the design of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the missing element in these products; Empathy. The article, 'The One Missing Ingredient In Connected Devices', has received 70k views, 5k shares and a couple hundred comments.
We also had a few public companies reach out but I was so blown away by how many people read/shared/loved the post, that I totally missed the point…
Flint, Michigan and the Poisoned Wells of The Water Utility
There is hardly anyone in the US who hasn't heard about the water issue that happened in Flint Michigan; 2 years ago Flint city officials chose to stop paying Detroit for water from Lake Huron and chose to get water from filthy Lake Flint. The water was corrosive and iron seeped from the pipes into the water for 2 years, turning it brown. As officials claimed the water was fine, Dr Mona Hanna-Atisha, a pediatrician, tested and found thrice the recommended lead levels in kids exposed to this water. The water was switched back to Lake Huron's but the damage was done. By this time, at least 9000 children in Flint had been affected by lead poisoning. 9000 kids affected by decisions made by folk who didn't have empathy for these kids.
The issue in Flint is not a one-off. Almost all water infrastructure in the US needs replacement. Earlier this week, due to possible spillage at the Oroville dam, the evacuation of 200k people in California brought the fractured state of water infrastructure right before all our eyes.
What is the scope of this problem? The EPA classifies 52,000 community water systems and 21,400 not-for-profit non-community water systems. In 2012, the American Water Works Association concluded that the replacement value for more than one million pipes was approximately $2.1 trillion if all the pipes were to be replaced at once and $1 trillion if the costs could be spread out over 25 years. This amounts to $7000/American citizen just to get the water utility system up to par with, for example, telecoms technology.
Like most pipes that ran through Flint, the water infrastructure system in the US was laid with lead running through it all. From a 2008 article
Over the past several years, significantly elevated lead levels in many cities have provoked public outcry. Lead-contaminated water in homes and schools has been detected in Boston, MA8,9; Durham, NC10; and Camden, NJ,11 among many others. In Washington, DC, in 2004, there was considerable public concern when more than half the homes with lead service pipes were found to exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) action level of 15 parts per billion.
The shouts from Flint MI, St Joseph's LA and Evanston IL echo that quote above, from 2008, and speak to the urgency of the work required. In December 2016 the Water Resources Development Bill, authorizing $100M's of spend to address some of these upgrades, was signed into law. Almost countering the impact of that decision to improve the water situation is a congressional review act bill, signed on 02/16/2017, that now allows coal companies to dump their waste into streams. With every big step forward we seem to immediately then take a huge back flip.
Unfortunately, these large scale solutions will not address the issues we are now facing daily. Daily. We have to start at the grassroots level. This grassroots approach will be aided by technology that we have today.
Two other factors add to the urgency around the water situation in America. These are
- A scarcity of drinkable water. 97.5% of the water on the planet is salty water. The remaining 2.5% is freshwater but 65% of the freshwater is locked up in glaciers. Leaving only .33% drinkable without some treatment.
- Increasing demand for water: In many parts of the world, the wars and conflicts are actually about access to water sources. And in the US in particular, utilities (that generate our power) also use a lot of water. It's a nexus of need and at the rate we are going water demand will exceed supply by 2050.
Technology Solutions
We are seeing an explosion of technology and smart devices. The water industry, like its sister electricity industry, is moving to a more distributed model where the customers (due to the technological capabilities they have in their homes) can personally monitor and adapt their usage to suit their needs. Throw in intelligent devices that take the work of management out of consumer hands ("Alexa, switch off the sprinkler") and there is hope for hyperlocal solutions right in our homes.
Doing the work that matters: Varuna
We live in a time where we have more devices than friends. Where Artificial Intelligence threatens to take our jobs. And with all these systems issues it feels like we need gods and heroes to save us from the convergence towards a global water calamity. Especially as we lose trust in our governments and need to take more personal responsibility for the care of our families and our stewardship of the planet.
While the problems are systemic, the solutions have to be local. I believe Varuna is one of the ways to solve the problem at the most local level for low to middle income consumers who will suffer most from any calamity…
As the views racked up for the blog post, I realized that the message I was hearing from people was that a smart water quality sensor is a product that thousands of people want. That consumers were telling me that they would like to be warned about possible issues with their water quality before it does any damage or causes any illness. That I was being called to do work that matters at the intersection of resource utilization and health.
Considering water industry inertia, due to lack of money and aging business models, I realized the product has to go directly to the consumer. Something else I realized was that building this product would have to be done in a different way. The image above is of the work currently going into the electronics of the smart water quality meter. And the image below is of the current form factor we are considering for the product. The two initial quality measures the product will focus on are turbidity (pollutants in the water) and lead content, these are the two most recurring choices requested by respondents. It will also measure usage. We are plugging away excited about the impact this can have on millions of lives. But we need your help. And it's why I'm reaching out to you today.
How can you help? By Donating here if you'd like to see this product exist in the world. No amount is too small. Or by donating your skills and time to bring this product out to the world. You can email me at seyi at asha-labsdotcom or fill out this form. We need your help! And please share this post. But why donations though? Why not the traditional Venture Capital (VC) model?
Why you should not contribute
Reaching out to the mass market to donate and fund product development for a product that might not work seems, on the face of it, counterintuitive. But it's not as radical as it seems. It's a variation on the approach that's now been established by sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. It's a form of funding that rewards the work that goes into creating something new. It's also how we fund (what we consider) movements in the form of political contributions.
It also recognizes the fact that creating something new opens up room for failure. The disappointment by contributors to failed kickstarter projects stem from the feeling that the creator had duplicitous intentions in the first place. I've personally contributed to several kickstarter campaigns but only received 1 of the products (a book of poems). And so there are reasons why you should not donate to Varuna.
- While the technology risk is low, this is more about integration than invention, what will win is branding. We are not yet Kohler but give us a few years. This method, building a brand with your help and support, actually helps us do that.
- We are sharing the warts and all; the goal is to get a device to market at a cost that works for the mass market, we'll need help to get there. We'll share a lot of our screw ups and that might be uncomfortable viewing if you donate.
- What if someone steals the idea? Then the product gets to market and I'll be over the moon at the number of people who are prevented from drinking dangerous water. It would be great to feed my family or make a lot of money doing this, but the loose collective working on this can feed our families now without Varuna. It's work worth doing regardless of the outcome.
- You're being too unconventional about this! I've gained enough idiosyncrasy credits to try to build a new business on a new product/platform in a new way. If we fail, I want it to be because we tried our best and it wasn't enough and not because we didn't try. Rather than trying the old non-iterative ways of product innovation for the utility market, we are trying this approach. Join us!
- This will be hard! Of course!! That's why we need all the help we can get.
Despite how tough we know it will be, we believe strongly that no one should unknowingly drink or use water that is dangerous for them and that we now have smart technology that prevents that from happening. The first step to that optimal product is Varuna, a smart water quality meter. Donate here to help our work or sign up here to lend your expertise. Thanks!


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Breaking Benjamin – Breath Acoustic tab
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Breath" by Breaking Benjamin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Aaron Field Email: email@example.com Capo on 1st Fret, Standard Tuning Chords used:Bsus Csus G D/F# Em C D e|-x----x----3-----3----0----0----3-|B|-x----x----0-----2----0----1----2-|G|-4----5----0-----3----0----0----3-|D|-4----5----0-----0----2----2----0-|A|-2----3----2-----0----2----3----0-|E|-x----x----3-----2----0----0----x-|*Listen to the original recording for strumming patterns* Intro: Bsus - Bsus - Csus (x2) G - D/F# - Em - Em G - D/F# - Em Verse 1: Em Em I see nothing in your eyes, And the more I see the less I like C Em Is it over yet, in my head? Em Em I know nothing of your kind, And I won't reveal your evil mind C Em Is it over yet? I can't win Bridge: D C D C So sacrifice yourself , And let me have what's left D Em D Em D/F# C C I know that I can find, The fire in your eyes, I'm going all the way, Get away, please Chorus: G D/F# Em C You take the breath right out of me, You left a hole where my heart should be D Em You gotta fight just to make it through, 'Cause I will be the death of you Verse 2: Em Em C Em This will be all over soon, Pourin' salt into the open wound, Is it over yet? Let me in Repeat Bridge Repeat Chorus Solo: Em - C - D - C Em C D I'm waiting, I'm praying, re - a - lize, start hating Repeat Chorus


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It's a refined Taoist breathing, actually what we do as babies, the most powerful natural alcalizing tool that can easily be available to us 24 hours a day. In fact, our body already knows it, it takes little to bring it to awareness and make it our daily breathing, automatic and stress relieving.
Useful for:
- stress reduction
- relaxation
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John Elder
John Elder reviews Clive Faust's
Past Futures: Collected Poems
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It's funny now to think of T.S. Eliot as a difficult poet, because so much of what he wrote, even those tedious lines that were caught in constipated working-out of prayer, had a lyrical ease. There wasn't much that was fractured, because he allowed his lines a measure of relaxedness. The difficulty was all in the meaning not the music, no matter his warnings of the deception of the thrush. The fact is, as an experience, he was easy to take and the older I get, the more I realise he let us off lightly — even though we credit him, or pointedly, his book The Waste Land, as the birth pains of modernism.
When I began reading Clive Faust's Past Futures Collected Poems — and by reading, I mean an initial skimmed taste test, a bad habit of mine, but one that often proves interesting — I found myself snagged on so many lines, thinking not of Eliot, but his great and mad benefactor, Ezra Pound.
In reading some of Faust's lines / fragments, I felt an image of almost Japanese nostalgia at work — and when I read the short biography, of his life in Japan, I thought 'oh, all right then: is that what you're about?'
Consider this from The Journey:
Electric / lights pale into clouded dawn, / but dawn nonetheless.
Faust continues, in what promises to be a serial picture show:
Train / at platform, taking in water, / steam off piston valves.
But there's a little interior cerebral work, slipped between the images, where conversation or reflection rears its head in hard-boiled fashion:
You never had / a future — that was finished / before it'd begun.
The poem continues on, but less imagist, more impressionist, with a surprising soft sigh at the end:
It's / good to be travelling now.
Much if not all of Faust's poetry has this clipped ticket quality. I enjoyed most those that move from image to image, dip briefly into gripe or reflection and move on to a clever exit where the observed world gets mixed up with the chewed-upon world.
But even those poems that are almost purely ideas are equally hard-boiled.
Faust is playful, but rarely flip — or when he is, it's with the flick of a cigarette butt on to the train tracks or factory floor. His vocabulary is deceptively simple, and the strategies aren't daunting — but where he doesn't let us off lightly, is his refusal to let the reigns out. The difficulty he presents, the demand that he makes, in poem after poem, is that you sit with two or three lines before moving on.
Sure, that's how you're meant to read poetry, slowly and with deliberation, but you can find yourselves not so much stalled on phrases, but nailed down by them. That can be hard going but it can be equally rewarding.
And so, these are poems where you might pick the lights out at first, before getting down to the work of feeling what he's about. Sometimes, I felt a longing for longer lines from the same brain, something genuinely more conversational — without getting all American and sloppy — but he generally keeps to that short-hand of nuggety phrases that are lovely or at least honest, and certainly starkly alive, often despite themselves. Which is a rather neat accomplishment.
lights pale into clouded dawn,
but dawn nonetheless. Train
at platform, taking in water,
steam off piston valves. Boarded,
door shut to compartment. No
future? You never had
a future — that was finished
before it'd begun.
at night till state border,
wake at railway junction. Difficult
to see round sealed convexity
of glass. Stopover:
feet, legs stiff
upon platform.
at a refreshment counter, steams
off coffee, breath.
of people in wool overcoats, not
everyman but everyone. It's
good to be travelling now.
Reviewer John Elder writes about science, birds, philosophy and social trends. He is a poet, a writing teacher, and co-authored the experimental and well received In the Ghost Country, with his friend and Antarctic companion Peter Hilary.


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Soundroom: Eden WTX-500
THE LIGHTWEIGHT REVOLUTION that's changed the face of bass amplification in the past decade is a bit of a mixed blessing; there used to be just a few players in the game, there are now enough options to make your head spin. In the upcoming months, we'll be checking out the latest in this segment of the market. This month, we start with the Eden WTX- 500, a 500-watt head designed to deliver gig-worthy volume and Eden's unique take on the tone stack in a package just shy of five pounds.
Though the company initially made its name back in the '90s with its big-boy World Tour WT-800 head and a broad line of cabinets, Eden has been keen to keep an eye on the shifting sands of the bass amp landscape, and was quick to jump on the ultralight amp wave with the WTX-260 back in 2007. The WTX-500 essentially takes that head, pumps up the power section, and makes a couple ergonomic tweaks.
With its intuitive control array and front-panel jacks (and a full-featured D.I. around back), the WTX-500 packs pretty much everything a working bassist would need into a remarkably tight little package, maximizing space with heavy-duty knurled metal knobs whose push pots control such features as a 12dB input pad, a compressor bypass, a bass boost, a mid shift, and a pre/post D.I. switch. Loading the front panel with aux-in and effects loop jacks frees up the real estate around back, making for a quick-and- easy plug-and-play experience.
Paired with an array of cabinets (including a Mark Bass 604 and an Eden D112XLT), the WTX-500 delivered the quick, clean, dry sound I loved in my trusty WT-800. Cranking up at rehearsal with a rock power trio, I felt I was beginning to push the WTX to its limits—for a full set of high volume performance, a larger 4Ω cabinet would be the best match for the WTX. Though I missed the headroom provided by the WTX-500's bulkier big bro, you don't have to sacrifice any of Eden's famously flexible EQ controls with this tiny head; the pre-shape ENHANCE circuit is a slapper's best friend, and a switchable mid-frequency control puts the frequency profile you seek just a knob twist away.
Street $650
Pros Feature-rich, flexible, and lightweight.
Cons Lacks the headroom of its bigger, beefier counterparts.
Bottom Line The WTX-500 works hard to keep up at high volume, but it has the flexibility and connectivity of heads twice its size.
Power rating 500 watts @ 4Ω
Dimensions 8" x 2.5"x 9"
Weight 4.8 lbs
Controls GAIN (pull for -12dB pad), ENHANCE, BASS (±15dB @ 30Hz), MID (±15dB @ 550Hz/2.2kHz), HIGH (±15dB @ 5kHz), MASTER, DI LEVEL
Jacks INPUT, effects loop SEND and RETURN, AUX INPUT (left and right), TUNER, XLR DI , ¼" headphones, SPEAKER OUTPUT (one Speakon, two ¼")
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Thomas Ibach, MD
Hutchinson Health Hospital
Dr. Thomas Ibach joined Consulting Radiologists, Ltd. (CRL) in 1995 after five years with Radiologic Physicians, PA, an independent group serving Methodist Hospital until its merger with Park Nicollet. He specializes in Body Imaging and has an additional qualification in Diagnostic Neuroradiology. Dr. Ibach currently serves as Medical Director at CRL Imaging Plymouth, MN.
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There's nothing wrong with the system. In fact I often used it myself. The twenty-word list allows the teacher to keep a reasonably accurate record of the students' progress, and it's also something concrete to show a parent or administrator.
The weakness in this method is in choosing those twenty words for the weekly spelling test. Teachers use many ways to choose them, but all too often it ends with students having to memorize a mixed bunch of random words, many of which have weird spellings.
The method I offer in my new book, How to Teach English Spelling, is based on the logical theory that if the students know WHY the word is spelled that way, they are much more likely to remember how to spell it. This means that the spelling rules must be taught and the list of words for that week must consist of carefully chosen examples of that rule.
It works! From experience, I have found that when very young students and beginning foreign students are taught that, "the silent E changes the sound of the vowel that precedes it," and they are given a list of examples, they accept the idea very quickly and usually have no trouble with it.
Children, and most adults, want to know WHY. Once the WHY is explained, they are much more ready to accept a particular spelling and to retain it in their long-term memories.


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