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From nine inch nails wiki
The Fragile (also known as Halo 14), released on September 21, 1999, is the fourth studio album by Nine Inch Nails.
The album features a rich array of electronic beats, ambient noise, and heavy guitar. While it received critical acclaim from many, it did not receive the commercial success that its predecessor, The Downward Spiral, did (attributed variously to the difference in musical climate, and insufficient promotion by Interscope Records).
Prior to its release, the single The Day The World Went Away came out on July 20; following The Fragile, We're In This Together was released in three parts on December 14. A collection featuring several remixes and new material from The Fragile was released as Things Falling Apart on November 21, 2000.
Track List
12" Vinyl
A1 "Somewhat Damaged" – 4:31
B1 "We're In This Together" – 7:17
C1 "Pilgrimage" – 3:41
D1 "The Way Out Is Through" – 4:17
E1 "10 Miles High" – 5:13
F1 "I'm Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally" – 4:20
Differences To The CD Version
Many of the tracks on the vinyl release differ from their CD equivalent:
Cassette Release
The track list for the double cassette releases of The Fragile follow the CD track list, save for the insertion of "+Appendage" onto the end of "Please" on US and EU copies. The first tape splits between "Just Like You Imagined" and "Even Deeper," while the second tape splits between either "Please (+ Appendage)" and "Starfuckers, Inc." (most US versions) or "Starfuckers, Inc." and "Complication" (non-US and also some US versions). The Fragile was the final NIN release to be officially issued on cassette. Subsequent albums have been issued on cassette in other countries, though they are of questionable authenticity.
Instrumental Versions
The Fragile Instrumentalremixes page for details.)
It also contained three previously unheard tracks:
It was released along with With Teeth Instrumental, and is exclusive to the Apple Music platform. It is also notable that it contains the first non-cassette version of "+Appendage". "The Frail" and "Pilgrimage" were not included in the playlist posted on Apple Music, but are still available as tracks on the service.
The Fragile: Deviations 1
On December 16, 2016 an expanded instrumental version of The Fragile on 180 gram vinyl was announced. Entitled The Fragile: Deviations 1, it began shipping in June 2017 and contains over an hour of unreleased material.
For Different Formats
Trent Reznor on the different track sequencing for different formats:
Early Track Sequences
Prior to Bob Ezrin's treatment, the tracklist of The Fragile went through several transformations. Two of them were revealed within a photo from the Fragility Tour Book:
Order 1
Order 2
Another image of a CD-R cover tracklist was included in the Fragility Tour Book:
Note that whilst "Anomaly" has been confirmed to be the working title of "The Way Out Is Through", the final titles for "Rotation" and "Stained" have not been revealed; "Underneath It All" may be the final title for the latter, based on its prominent lyrical use of the word.
Bob Ezrin on Album Sequencing
Bob Ezrin posted on ETS about his experience working on The Fragile.
The Lost Fragile Tracks
A photo uploaded to nin.com during The Fragile era hinted at a collection of unused songs called "The Lost Fragile Tracks". No other information was given besides this title for the in-studio CD-R.
Interestingly, the same photo also shows another CD-R featuring "Please Part 2" (presumably renamed to "Appendage" for The Fragile cassette version) and "The New Flesh."
Proposed Reissue
In a question and answer session with NIN fans, Reznor hinted at the reissue of The Fragile for early 2010, a statement repeated via the official twitter account, calling it an "ultimate reissue." Rob Sheridan has since mentioned that the project is delayed due to packaging decisions, and as yet there is no new release date. Alan Moulder has completed a 5.1 surround sound mix for the reissue.[2]
In a February 2014 interview with New Zealand's News 3, Reznor gave the following update:
"Yeah, we've done a lot of the work for that. Really what it's come down to is with all the other stuff going on, the Fragile thing in particular, I want to make sure I get it right. You know, we've mixed everything in surround, it sounds amazing, we have a great package ready to go. I just stumbled across 40-or-so demos that are from that era that didn't turn into songs, that range from sound effects to full-fledge pieces of music, and I kind of feel like - something should happen with that.
Definitive 2017 Edition Vinyl
A vinyl reissue was announced in December 2016 and began shipping in August 2017, with further vinyl reissues of the other major NIN releases to follow.[4]
"Trent Reznor and NIN art director John Crawford set out to make the "definitive editions" of all the main NIN releases on vinyl. Reznor: 'We want to present the catalog as it was intended to be, with no compromises. That means a careful remastering of the audio from the original sources, a careful and painstaking recreation of the artwork, pristine materials, some surprises and an insane attention to detail that you probably won't notice… but it matters to us. No extra bullshit and gimmicks – the "real" records in their truest form available at a reasonable price.'"
This edition of the vinyl also comes with a booklet containing photos and an essay about the album.
For more information, see Fragility
The album was supported by a tour that visited North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The chaos of earlier tours was beginning to subside and the shows were somewhat more focused on production and good performance. During the North American portion of the tour, three tall rectangular screens were lowered mid-set for showing pieces of film. Despite the fact that Trent Reznor was in the throes of addiction during this tour, it was well-received by fans and critics alike. The Fragility 2.0 tour was filmed and released as And All That Could Have Been on 2-disc DVD (both Dolby Digital and DTS versions) and VHS in 2002. It was also released as a live CD, at one point combined with a second disc of re-constructed material and new songs called Still.
Concept and Interpretations
Reznor described The Fragile in a 1999 interview:
In terms of narrative, the album is an unofficial continuation of The Downward Spiral. Reznor compares the lyrical content of the two albums:
"From Machine To Man: An Interpretation of The Fragile"
This is a lengthy interpretation of the album's story written in 2000. Read it at:
Recurring themes and styles
Alan Moulder on Songwriting
Alan Moulder wrote for the Fragility Tour program about the songwriting process.
Equipment Used on The Fragile
The Fragility Tour program contains a partial list of equipment used to record The Fragile.
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A look through David Carson's book Fotografiks reveals that the top section of the album cover is from a photo of Öxarárfoss waterfall in Iceland and the bottom section is from a closeup photo of the inside of some kind of seashell. The flowers on the back cover are widely assumed to be a variety of Indian Paintbrush. He explained further in an image on his website:
Several other designs for the album cover were also created, and images of this concept art were posted on nin.com. Many images that were used in the booklet for The Fragile, as well as the artwork for its associated singles, can be found in the Fotografiks book. The cover art for The Fragile Instrumental used an uncropped and unpixelated version of the aforementioned waterfall photo.
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The Pirates made a deal prior to the trade deadline, acquiring Derrek Lee from the Orioles for class A firstbaseman Aaron Baker.
This move effectively ends Lyle Overbay's time as the starting firstbaseman. Lee's first half numbers aren't much better than Overbay's this year but he's better defensively and has been hot over the last month plus.
The trade deadline is today at 4pm. Check back throughout the day to see more trade trees as deals happen.
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Examination selection criteria.(p2)
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If you later agree.(p5)
How To Stop Interest From Accruing(p6)
To stop the accrual of interest on both tax and interest, you must make a deposit or payment for both the tax and interest that has accrued as of the date of deposit or payment.
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Well hello readers, hello hello hello! I hope this post finds you all tickety boo. Here we are anyway, returned relaxed and rested from a lovely and indulgent two week stay in the tropics. Somewhere we heard "no problem mon" many, many times: The island of Jamaica. It's quite hard to believe that only a day or so ago, we were lazing here, on the seven mile beach of Negril...
Hmm, no hardship! We spent very little time in the hotel, as you may imagine with a beach like that to frolic on, but the little cottages were very cute. I don't think Farrow & Ball has hit Jamiaca (thank goodness).
Sadly, having taken one photo of the Munchkin en route to the airport, we discovered in Jamaica that our camera had broken so we were left taking snaps with our 'phones. Drat! But in the Caribbean, you have no choice but to lay back and take it all in your easy stride.
I cannot say that this was a particularly active or adventurous holiday but it really wasn't intended to be! It got about as active as a few games of cricket on the beach. The West Indians being nuts for cricket, the boys had many locals joining in with them. Sadly, the locals were pretty darned good!
The tours were sadly well over-priced but we wanted to do something to see some of Jamaica other than the beach, so we just went on the one day tour, the other thirteen days were pure laziness. Rum tour it is then!
Although freely tasting the thirteen different rums was pretty great, I was most enamoured with Paz the donkey. He demonstrated how donkeys were used to power the mechanical press to extract the juice from the sugar cane with which to make the rum. He got to eat the sugar cane afterwards, I can only imagine what his poor teeth must be like but he was very happy!
We also took a boat ride down the "Black River"and saw many scary crocs. They were hand fed chicken pieces from the side of the boat. Aaarrrggghhh!!!
Afterwards, we visited the YS Falls (we were miles away from the more well known falls at Ocho Rios). It was really lovely here. We had a guide who walked us up the side of the falls and showed us where we could get in and swim. It was jolly cold but really clean and refreshing.
How could you visit Jamaica without mention of Bob Marley? And as you might imagine, he was everywhere! His music was played pretty much constantly everywhere you went and there was the predictable range of tacky souvenirs. I don't think we'll be listening to Bob for a while!
However, we did enjoy the many reggae bands who played during the evenings at the hotel. Yes, they did play some Bob Marley but it didn't seem too bad with the aid of a few rum punches!
Ah, what a lovely few weeks of warm sunshine and chilling out. But all good things must come to an end...
And I must say, it's great to be home! I did have a little crafty project on the go whilst I was away which I'll share with you soon.
I'm also doing my best to load up some lovely handmade items for sale in my Etsy shop which I didn't have time to do after the V&H Fair and before we went away. There are quilts and bunny teds though I am waiting sunshine for dolly quilts, cushions and so on. I'm also doing my best to have a bit of a "rationalisation" (not my strong point!) so there are also many bags and other bits on sale at really good discounts while they last.


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SEO For General Practitioners
SEO for Practitioners: Unless you?re working to become the next Mayo Clinic or WebMD, your SEO (search engine optimization) will be all about?establishing an online reputation?in your local area.
People all around you are busy getting online and searching not only for doctors but also for specific treatments, information on conditions, and advice on how to address certain medical situations. Essentially what you?re trying to do is get your information, your brand, and your practice to show up online ahead of your competitor.
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Your first step is to decide what purpose your site will serve ? will it simply let your patients know where you are or what you do, or will be an informational resource? Will your information be related to general health, or do you want to take the lead locally in addressing specific issues? Do you want to focus on pure medical questions or venture more into public health? All of these answers will determine how you use the following, elemental tips around using SEO.
- Use Keywords:?Keywords are simple words, terms, and phrases that your patients might be plugging into various search engines when they have an issue. For example, if a patient is looking for a new local cardiologist, they?ll search for term ?cardiologist? and their local city. If they?re looking for more information on, for example, ?fibroid embolization?, that?s the term they?ll use. You?ll want to make a list of the keywords that matter most to your practice and incorporate those into your site in page titles, headings, ?about? pages, and wherever else it makes sense.
- Seriously Consider Blogging:?This sounds like a big commitment, but it doesn?t have to be. The point is simply to produce regular, informative content ? something search engines absolutely love. You have a lot of flexibility here, so consider anything from interviews with staff and physicians to sharing opinions on the treatments you offer. Just keep a steady flow of content going (once a month is a good, minimum goal) and remember to always add a?disclaimer?at the end indicating that the content is merely information and should not be used as medical advice.
- Be Natural:?It?s easy to get carried away with those first two, so remember the golden rule of healthcare ? ?It all starts with the patient.? All of the content on your site should sound like a human wrote it. This serves a dual purpose ? not only does it make things easier on your readers, but search engines are getting better every day at picking up unnatural content and penalizing sites with lower rankings.
- Keep it Simple:?We know those sliders and videos that start immediate when someone visits your site may look great, but they slow down your page load times; search engines really dislike slow load times. Media is fine, but think twice about anything that starts to move or flash automatically when someone visits.


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After an excruciating month during which simple human tragedy clashed with hyper-sensationalism, political posturing, class warfare and judicial process, the Nick Morley Gumball 3000 crash saga is nearing a resolution. According to Alex Roy of Team Polizei, a court in Macedonia has found British Gumball driver Morley culpable in the deaths of an elderly couple killed in the crash. But in a stomach-churning turn of events, Morley will be released on a suspended sentence. There are too many lessons to be learned from this incident to list here. Maybe it's enough just to close the book and move on.
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Bibliographia. Annotated bibliographies by Raul Corazzon | e-mail: rc
What's New: Last Update: April 20th, 2019.
This website is devoted to bibliographical resources on philosophy and religion.
I will begin with bibliographies on the history of early Christianity; the planned sections are:
New Testament: bibliographies on the synoptic question, the gospels, the letters, Acts of Apostles and Revelation, the formation of the Canon, textual criticism and the history of the research of the New Testament.
Apocrypha: studies on the New Testament apocrypha, with some reference to the Old Testament apocryphal literature.
Studies on the Early Christian Literature (I and II Centuries): the Apostolic Fathers and the Greek and Latin Fathers.
Studies on the Early Heterodox Christian Literature (I and II Centuries): the origins of the struggle between orthodoxy and heresy; the development of Christian Gnosticism.
Philosophy and Phenomenology of Religion: Analytic and Continental perspectives; the dichotomy between Sacred and Profane; the debate over the existence of God.
Sociology of Religion: The Sociology of Early Christianity; Charisma and Its Routinization in Early Christianity; Messianism and Millenarism from a sociological perspective.
Study Guides: this section contains bibliographies on dictionaries and encyclopedias of philosophy, manuals of style for philosophy students and a selection of introductory readings on history of philosophy, metaphysics, ontology and the philosophy of logic.
Currently this site is in an early stage of development: the only sections available are those on the synoptic problem, the ontological argument for the existence of God and the Study Guides. If you are interested, please be patient: in the next future I will add more pages. This is my third (and last!) website after "Theory and History of Ontology and "History of Logic" that I will continue to develope.


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Title: Skeleton Matching with Applications in Severe Weather Detection
Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Kamani, Farshid Farhat, Stephen Wistar and James Z. Wang.
Elsevier Journal: Applied Soft Computing, ~27 pages, May 2017.
Severe weather conditions cause an enormous amount of damages around the globe. Bow echo patterns in radar images are associated with a number of these destructive conditions such as damaging winds, hail, thunderstorms, and tornadoes. They are detected manually by meteorologists. In this paper, we propose an automatic framework to detect these patterns with high accuracy by introducing novel skeletonization and shape matching approaches. In this framework, first we extract regions with high probability of occurring bow echo from radar images and apply our skeletonization method to extract the skeleton of those regions. Next, we prune these skeletons using our innovative pruning scheme with fuzzy logic. Then, using our proposed shape descriptor, Skeleton Context, we can extract bow echo features from these skeletons in order to use them in shape matching algorithm and classification step. The output of classification indicates whether these regions are bow echo with over 97% accuracy.
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Lisle, Illinois ~ Students in Benedictine University's TV News and Production class had some news of their own to report this fall after benefiting from a gift to the University's news studio, care of NBC 5 News Chicago.
During a taping of the University's "Eye of the Eagle" student news program, Communication Arts majors took turns reading from the same NBC 5 news desk once anchored by Chicago journalists Allison Rosati and Rob Stafford.
"For some of us Communication Arts majors who aspire to be news professionals – to be those people sitting behind the desk – this is a big deal," said Therese Porod, a Communication Arts major at Benedictine. "It adds a certain sense of professionalism and pride to the program."
Earlier this year, NBC decided to close its street-side studio along North Michigan Avenue in favor of consolidating its newer high-tech studios inside NBC Tower. After hearing this news, Chris Comes, a 1994 Benedictine graduate and public relations professional, asked the media company if it would consider donating the desk from the shuttered studio to his alma mater.
"My first thought was of the potential benefit to Benedictine University and its students," said Comes, who has worked alongside the news station's lead tech reporters and whose wife, Lisa, was an award-winning producer.
The news desk, which features an integrated lighting system, replaces a white four-foot-wide plywood table that Comes remembers using as a Benedictine student 20 years ago.
"I remember that table, and I am so proud that this real world NBC 5 Chicago news desk will be a part of the studio at Benedictine," he said. "My hope is that students and faculty will be able to continue to provide quality programming that is attractive to viewers with this new addition."
Students in the Communication Arts program at Benedictine learn how to report news from the field, write scripts, edit video segments, and operate camera, audio and lighting equipment. They are also encouraged to apply for internships and volunteer outside of class as anchors for Benedictine's "Eye of the Eagle" news program.
The donation from NBC is an example of the program's reputation for quality journalism and involvement with professional news organizations in the third-largest media market in the country, according to Peter Seely, professor and chair of the Department of Communications Arts at Benedictine.
"The news desk invokes a certain amount of prestige," Seely said. "It says a lot about the relationship that we have had over the years with NBC, and it enhances the student experience by more closely simulating the professional environment students will find themselves in after they graduate."
Real world newsroom experience is exactly what Porod was seeking when she chose to attend Benedictine. During the past summer, she landed an internship at Fox News Chicago where she shadowed professional reporters and producers on assignment and shot and covered her own stories, including a protest of the Keystone Oil Pipeline and the anniversary of the Eastland Disaster.
She said the experience intensified her aspirations of becoming a TV news reporter.
"My internship lit a fire under me," Porod said. "It's my passion. Journalism is a way I can make a difference. When something serious happens, it's through TV and journalism that people learn about an issue and can find out more about how it affects them. In some instances, it has the capacity to change lives."
When she returned to Benedictine in the fall, Porod and her Communication Arts peers could hardly wait to deliver the news from a real news desk.
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HIIT without hurt: Get fit with high-intensity interval training
For months, Heather Deshazer's boss at a Milpitas solar energy firm had been praising his high-intensity interval (HIIT) workouts. He knew Deshazer, 32, was feeling out of shape since suffering a stress fracture while running, so he invited her to join one of trainer Chris Fernandez's noontime classes at a Sunnyvale gym.
But Deshazer kept putting him off.
"It sounded too intense and intimidating," she said. Besides, she was afraid she might reinjure herself, a reasonable concern considering the flurry of recent news stories that have shown people getting hurt or sick while pushing themselves in CrossFit and Tabata classes, or in at-home programs with names such as Insanity and P90X.
But Deshazer's boss, Pawan Kapur, was persistent. Finally, after she got winded climbing a flight of stairs, Deshazer agreed to join. Yes, the workouts, which alternate bursts of intense cardiovascular and strength-training exercises with moments of less intense exertion, are "really hard," Deshazer notes. During one recent session, for example, she and her boss had to complete four circuits of quarter-mile runs, "push presses," abdominal reps and a particularly sinister full-body move called a "Turkish get-up."
But Fernandez, who works with clients that range from professional athletes to stay-at-home moms, kept an eye on Deshazer's injury and "intermediate" status, making sure she maintained correct form, wasn't lifting too much weight and backed off if she felt pain that wasn't "OK."
Although she's always tempted to give up halfway through, she doesn't. She thinks the variety of exercises are working, and she may even start running long distances again. And so far she's finished each class, which gives her a "great sense of accomplishment."
An experience like this demonstrates why people are flocking to HIIT programs, labeled by the American College of Sports Medicine as the hot fitness trend of 2014. It also demonstrates the importance of a having a conscientious trainer who makes the class safe and effective for people of all ages and fitness levels.
Michael Frederickson, director of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Stanford Hospital, is among the doctors who have seen an increase in injuries related to CrossFit and similar programs. Still, he says, they offer a great workout, as long as people understand they are mentally and physically challenging even for conditioned athletes.
A HIIT session of 30 minutes or less - ideal for people pressed for time - has been shown to accelerate weight loss and boost metabolism, with one HIIT session helping your body burn calories for up to 24 hours after exercise. A HIIT session may also boost levels of the human growth hormone, which has anti-aging benefits, Frederickson says.
"If people are smart about it and listen to their bodies, CrossFit (and other programs) can be great," says Brigham Wise, associate director of sports medicine at Kaiser Permanente's San Ramon offices.
Typical HIIT injuries involve doing squats or lifting heavy weights without first perfecting technique. They also can result from taking a class with an instructor whose one-size-fits-all approach has him barking at students to jump or lift at levels for which they are not ready, the doctor says.
"The whole idea is you want to have the correct movement patterns in place first before you do intensive exercise," Frederickson says.
Novices ideally should work with experienced teachers who can watch how they move, spot trouble areas and suggest modifications. While CrossFit is famous for its Olympic-style lifts, televised annual games and hard-charging enthusiasts, central to its philosophy is that workouts are accessible to people of all ages and fitness levels, says Jamie Lee, assistant head coach at Diablo CrossFit in Pleasant Hill. A 70-year-old grandmother can do dead lifts alongside a Division I college athlete, by using a lightweight PVC pipe instead of a barbell loaded with hundreds of pounds.
"She's still going through the range of the movement and getting the benefit," he says.
Concord-based trainer Terry Joel is wary of HIIT programs that push people to extremes.
"Just because it's hard doesn't mean it can make you strong and healthy," he says. "You can still get into shape without getting hurt or throwing up."
Still, getting through all four circuits of his 5:30 a.m. boot camp-style class is no easy feat. The workout includes single-leg squats, medicine ball push-ups and "suicide" sprints. His 20-member class includes people in their 20s and a man in his 70s, who had a triple bypass two years ago who substitutes brisk walks for suicide runs.
Like Deshazer, Joel's student Elizabeth Lambert says doing a HIIT class actually helped her recover from injuries. The 43-year-old Walnut Creek mother of five had tendinitis in her foot from regular running, and lower back pain from carrying her new baby around.
Upper body and core work has alleviated Lambert's back pain, and the calisthenics and strength training pump up her heart rate and give her the endorphin rush she used to get from running. She also relies on Joel's guidance.
"The first month or two Terry had to help me a lot, watching me closely to get the right form in push-ups," she says. "I definitely feel strong in a way I've never felt before."
Safety first
If you want to give high-intensity interval training a try, doctors and fitness experts offer these tips for staying safe:
– Anyone with a medical or orthopedic condition should get a clearance from their doctor before starting a program.
– Take responsibility for your own safety: If you're joining a large class, introduce yourself to the teacher and let her know if you've never used certain equipment or have an injury.
– Listen to teachers who tell you to go at your own pace.
– Choose classes or programs that don't advocate a one-size-fits-all approach to fitness. A teacher or trainer should be able to spot students who are moving in an unsafe way and intervene.
– Before doing exercises that involve lifting weights or other unfamiliar movements, get some one-on-one training to make sure you are using proper form.
– Take care with at-home programs that ask you to do weightlifting, yoga and other moves you're new at. Those are best performed under the guidance of a trained professional.


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This formulation is a masterfully blended Rasayana utilizing the most powerful adaptogens & potent spices, yielding an authentic Ayurvedic masala chai tea. This blend enhances the joy of living, increases energy levels, strengthens drive, improves motivation, elevates the sense of self-esteem, and serves as an excellent tool for transforming ones body, mind, and soul.
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Loose herbal masala chai tea stuffed with tonics & energizing adaptogens. 2 teaspoons herbs brews one cup of tea, recommended no more than 3-4 cups a day. Best brewed at a medium to high boil for 5-10 minutes for the strongest effects.
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Light brews will contain more spices & tea, while stronger brews draw forth the bitter & potent essence of the adaptogens. Masala chai teas are traditionally brewed with milk or butter, this technique concentrates the flavors into the tea and is highly recommended! Honey or brown sugar are also traditional additives, which greatly masks any astringency & enhances the taste of the spices, making this tea taste incredibly delicious!
Ashwagandha is a tonic adaptogen, often references as Indian ginseng and the king of Ayurvedic herbs. Ashwagandha is best when used daily, and has a long term effect that becomes stronger the more it is taken. These effects include the reduction of anxiety, increased motivation, protection of the brain, & nourishment of the sexual organs.
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Darjeeling tea is a rich and aromatic Indian tea made from the fermented leaves of Camellia sinensis. Darjeeling is typically served as black tea, but the unique processing of this type of tea preserves the astringent taste from green tea and the rich savory flavors of black tea, producing a cup that has the best of both worlds.
Broad-leaf Indian white tea is a unique type of tea with the highest amount of polyphenols, specifically EGCG, of any & all other known tea types. This tea is not fermented or roasted, and ranges in color from light green to dark purple, carrying with it a sweet, delicate taste. Because this type of tea comes from a broad-leaf, almost tree-like cultivar, it absorbs much more sunlight than typical teas. This is believed to have a substantial effect on the anti-oxidant value of the tea.
Turmeric is a relative of the Ginger family, is native to India and is quite the amazing health tonic, invigorating the blood, improving the immune system, relaxing inflamed joints & muscles, providing immense anti-oxidant potential, and even improving brain function while enhancing energy and a positive sense of well-being.
Cinnamon functions as a central nervous system stimulant & mental enhancing nootropic herb. It contains a potent anti-oxidant & anti-inflammatory profile & is used to effectively lower blood pressure & blood sugar levels, maintaining a steady flow of energy that lasts throughout the day.
Ginger is a wonderfully tasting tonic with a spicy flavor, generally used for nausea but also functions as a potent anti-inflammatory agent with powerful blood circulating effects.
Cardamom is most commonly used as an exotic spice, an ingredient in masala chai teas, or as a digestive aid, chewed with fennel after a meal to enhance digestion or to ward off an upset stomach. It has an impressive array of aromatics present in its essential oil and can be used in a multitude of spice & herb blends, either as a medicinal for its aromatic flavor. Cardamom is extremely effective at stopping stomach pains, even those that are drug induced or experienced during pregnancy. Cardamom is also a well known remedy for low sexual response & impotence.
Fennel seeds are one of the main ingredients in masala chai teas, having a combined sweet & aromatic profile while improving digestion & settling the stomach. The strongest note of fennel is that of anise, however there are strong secondary notes of orange peel zest & camphor which produce an almost wintergreen type of undertone that balances & sweetens the licorice like notes from the anethole.
Nutmeg is a very special herb, in fresh whole or cut form much different than what one would find as a powdered spice on the shelves of their local supermarket. The flavor is that of a savory aromatic, rich & deep, thick & intoxicating. It has actions as an anti-cholinergic (m1/m4/5), modulating dopamine & endorphin release, acting as a potent aphrodisiac & mood enhancer. Nutmeg when consumed daily functions as an effective anti-diuretic & astringent, preserving bodily fluids making it invaluable for night sweats, urinary incontinence, & premature ejaculation. Nutmeg also has a relaxing effect, reducing blood pressure & improving the quality of sleep. In addition to its wide essential oil content, nutmeg contains cannabinoid type compounds stored in its fat.
Clove is a dried aromatic flower with a spicy, numbing taste. They have local anesthetic properties & when brewed into tea or chewed can decrease inflammation of the stomach, mouth & lungs, making them an excellent herb for those suffering from tooth pains, or bronchial/digestive inflammation.
Star anise is an aesthetically and sensually pleasing herb that holds true to it's name with an intricate star shape and a thick flavor & aroma like a cross between rootbeer and licorice. Star anise is sweet & relieves coughs, improves digestion, and helps relax the body & mind.
Aniseed is a pungent thick spice with a flavor that can be described as like licorice and root beer. Anise is sweet & is claimed to relieve coughs, improve digestion, and relax the body & mind.
Black pepper can dramatically increase absorption of many nutrients and alkaloids by an incredible amount. Black pepper also enhances the thermogenesis of fats and accelerates energy metabolism in the body while increasing the serotonin and beta-endorphin production in the brain.
Stevia is a sweet tasting sugar free herb that transforms the flavor of this herbal tonic tea into a drink that even old fashioned colas cannot compare with. Stevia contains an excellent anti-oxidant profile and has a history of safe traditional usage, and modern studies show that stevia can even help lower blood sugar levels and reduce weight!
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Tai Chi for Health TM and Wellness Workshop presented by Sensei Lonnie Calhoun, Jigoku Dojo
Join Sensei Lonnie Calhoun, as he leads a workshop at the LCVA's Art After Dark series Wednesday, September 18th at 6:00 p.m.. This workshop is to provide a brief introduction to Tai Chi and engage the audience in the active practice of T'ai Chi, the Moving Meditation.
Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese Martial Art that involves slow movement and coordinated breathing. "Tai Chi is a weight-bearing and moderate-intensity cardiovascular exercise. Current research suggests that practice of Tai Chi can improve balance, reduce falls and increase leg strength."
According to Chinese philosophy, Tai Chi works by using opposing forces within your body (a concept called yin and yang) to release your vital energy source, called your qi. Practicing tai chi may teach you better balance and get your qi flowing. Although it's hard to study yin and yang and qi, many studies do support the benefits of tai chi.
Research into Tai Chi has suggested many possible benefits:
Prevention of falls in older adults
Reduction of pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis
Reduction of pain in people with fibromyalgia
Doors will open at 6:00 pm for refreshments and the program will begin at 6:15 pm.
This event is free and open to the public. No registration required. LCVA exhibitions and programs are made possible through the generous support of the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Walter J. Payne Foundation, Anne Carter & Walter R. Robbins, Jr. Foundation, the E.B. Duff Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Southside Electric Cooperative, Walmart, Julie Kline Dixon and Guy Dixon, Navona & David Hart, Real Living Cornerstone, Helton House, Haley Auto Mall, The Woodland, Inc., Candice Jamison Dowdy '69 and Charles H. Dowdy III + Northwestern Mutual, Foster Fuels, Linda Arthur, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, and Longwood University Office of Alumni and Career Services.


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TORRINGTON TENNIS: Raider boys and girls prepare for the 2013 season
TORRINGTON >> Torrington High School's girls tennis team surprised veteran coach J.B. Nickles with a 13-7 record last year.
Coach Mark Moulton, in his fifth year with the boys, knew his team was rebuilding. Sure enough, the Red Raiders suffered their first losing season in Moulton's tenure, 8-10.
"(The girls) were absolutely better than I thought," said Nickles.
Still, success had more to do with everything falling into place than a miraculous increase in tennis skills. One girl, Bridget Bertoldi, returned to the team as a senior after a two-year absence following a 19-1 season as a freshman in the No. 1 slot. Another, then-sophomore Shelby Consolini, decided on tennis over softball. And the team stayed healthy.
"I used to have kids who played tennis all year," said ninth-year Coach Nickles, who's also on the Pinewoods Racquet Club staff. "Now, I get good athletes who play other sports. Then we wait and see how they pan out in tennis."
Coach Moulton, whose rebuilding team did well to fall just a few games short of .500, graduated all his starters from the previous year, a 14-4 season in which a late-season broken finger by his No. 2 was all that stood in the way of a league championship.
Building their replacements is an ongoing project.
Like Nickles on the girls side, Moulton's task is molding good athletes into tennis players.
For both, the reflexes and competitive attitudes are ready-made. Fine-tuning is the project.
Three key players graduated from the girls team. Six return: seniors Alexa Orban, Krysta Jacobs and Kit Hammer; and juniors Consolini, Hailey Ross and Kiley Rosengrant.
After that, it's a glorious numbers game. Thirty girls, including nine freshmen and three sophomores, allow Nickles to break into a 14-girl JV team for the first time.
Long-range, he expects it to make his team stronger and more competitive internally.
For now, much of the competition is among the returning six for their singles order.
That's true on the boys side as well. Jack Weber, Jesse Rosengrant and Marco Monroy graduated as numbers one, two and six respectively. Junior Michael Louchen, last year's number three, is the likely No. 1 this year; senior Calvin Kanlong, is likely to go from four to two; junior Seth Gesmondi, from five to No. 3.
After that, it's a battle for the remaining three starting spots, with Zack Paniati, Jerry Aguero, Nick Mancini, Ethan Barbieri and Collin Genovese high in the fray among the 15 players on the boys varsity.
Playing numbers differ between the boys and girls. With six singles and three doubles in team competition, boys single players can also play doubles.
The girls play four singles and three doubles. Singles players can't repeat on doubles, so the team needs 10 players instead of the boys' minimum six.
Post-season competition varies as well. Boys competition is strictly singles or doubles in the NVL and states, with minimum qualifications of 50 percent wins.
The girls play team competition (top eight teams in the NVL, then a winning record qualifies fpr states), plus the top two singles and doubles teams from each team for NVL individual competition.
Girls Tennis
Coach: J.B. Nickles, 9th year
Last year: 13-7
Key losses: Jessica Ruot; Caitlin McCarthy; Bridget Bertoldi.
Returners: Alexa Orban, sr; Krysta Jacobs, sr; Kit Hammer, sr; Shelby Consolini, jr; Hailey Ross, jr; Kiley Rosengrant, jr.
Newcomers: Nine freshmen, three sophomores included in a 30-girl roster that will produce the team's first JV squad.
Outlook: This year's team will be filled with youth sprinkled in among six returning starters. If the young players mature as I hope, I feel we should be very competitive in the NVL this year.
Boys Tennis
Coach: Mark Moulton, 5th year
Last year: 8-10
Losses: No. 1 Jack Weber; No. 2 Jesse Rosengrant; No. 6 Marco Monroy, sr
Returners: Michael Louchen, jr; Calvin Kanlong, sr; Seth Gesmondi, jr.
Newcomers: Zack Paniati, jr; Jerry Aguero, jr; Nick Mancini, jr; Ethan Barbieri, soph; Collin Genovese, soph.
Outlook: We're still in a rebuilding mode, so a .500 record is our goal. Defending champion Woodland lost just one player and Wolcott is always strong. We think we can be competitive with everyone else.


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Lulu and Peter Noone to Perform on Wednesday, March 21
Legendary British artists Lulu and Peter Noone will work with the Top 11 finalists next week on AMERICAN IDOL Tuesday, March 20 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), and both will perform on the AMERICAN IDOL results show Wednesday, March 21 (9:00-9:30 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. On Tuesday night, the contestants will sing hit songs from the 1960s British pop invasion.
Lulu will perform her hit song �To Sir, with Love� on Wednesday�s results show. She is a songwriter, actor and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business since the 1960s. In 1981, Lulu returned to the U.S. charts with "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)," a Top-20 hit that also reached No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Lulu re-recorded a number of her songs, including "Shout," which reached the Top 10 in 1986 in the UK, securing her a performance spot on the popular BBC music program �Top of the Pops.� Lulu made her debut as a film actress in "To Sir, with Love," a film with Sidney Poitier. She also had a major hit with the title song "To Sir, with Love," which shot to No. 1 in the United States. Her 2003 autobiography is called �Don't Wanna Fight No More� after a hit song she and her brother wrote for Tina Turner. Lulu herself released the song in 2003, along with her �Greatest Hits� album. Lulu is in her fourth decade as an international star and recently released an album of duets with artists such as Sir Paul McCartney, Sting, Sir Elton John and Bobby Womack.
Noone will perform his hit �There�s a Kind of Hush� on the results show. Noone is a songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor who became a pop music star in the 1960s, at the height of the British Invasion spearheaded by the phenomenal success of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Herman�s Hermits. Noone was lead singer, spokesperson and front man of the now-legendary 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits, which sold over 65 million records and had 11 Top-10 hits. As "Herman," the photogenic Noone graced the cover of nearly every international publication, including TIME magazine. More recently, he was the host of VH1's �My Generation� from 1989 to 1993, and in 2001 he was voted VH1's Sexiest Artist. Noone has appeared in two Broadway hits, including �The Pirates of Penzance,� and still does approximately 150 live concerts a year.
Twenty-two-time Emmy-nominated AMERICAN IDOL is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment; and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.; Nigel Lythgoe, President, 19 Television; and Ken Warwick, Executive Producer, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.


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Purported First "Deathly Hallows" Poster Fake Says WB
Dec 13, 2008
Bah Hum, the fake poster elves are hard at work this season it would seem. Scores of owls arrived today bearing news that this was the first purported poster for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film, but thanks to WB we can confirm that this is fake!
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Word going around the Ubisoft forums and on another site has some Assassin's Creed II players getting stuck in "Hideout," a sequence about 11 chapters into the game, with no way to get out or advance the game.
The glitch appears to be triggered if one turns off the console right after the autosave at the end of Chapter 11. The game then loads up the hideout the next time the game is started, but nothing else loads from the corrupted savefile. Key features of the environment (I won't say which, for spoiler purposes) aren't available so there's no way to advance. You're just running around in a confined space, no way out.
An Ubisoft community developer acknowledged that the ACII team is aware of the problem and "are doing our best to fix this issue as fast as possible." Unfortunately, it doesn't appear a bug fix has rolled yet.
Reports don't say if this affects all versions or just one console, and if the latter, which one is even affected. I have not replicated this glitch - because I don't have the game. The best bet is to just manually save the game after Chapter 11 as soon as the opportunity presents itself. If you have a busted gamesave, your only option is to start over.
Assassin's Creed 2 Glitch Breaks Game [CVG]
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Will Obama's immigration initiative sway Latinos?
Will Obama's immigration initiative sway Latinos?
Fri June 15, 2012
San Diego (CNN) -- Did you ever wonder why Charlie Brown kept charging at the football, despite the fact that Lucy always pulled it away and he wound up flat on his back? You would think that experience has made him skeptical. It's because he really wanted to believe that, this time, things would work out. And when you really want to believe in something, you have a short memory when it comes to past disappointments.
That's how it is with many Latinos and other immigration reform advocates. They want President Obama to become the person they voted for -- who promised Latinos that he would fix a broken immigration system, stop dividing families, and push through Congress a Dream Act-like legislation that would give undocumented young people a pathway to legal status if they go to college or join the military.
None of that happened, and so Latinos -- who, in 2008, voted overwhelmingly for Obama -- are ambivalent about the president's re-election.
Something had to be done to convince Latinos that the president is on their side.
Today, something was done. Or rather, something was promised. The Obama administration announced that it would stop deporting younger illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children -- provided they meet certain conditions -- and begin granting work permits to them.
Illegal immigrants will supposedly benefit from the new policy if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16, if they are 30 or younger, if they have lived in the country for at least five years, if they have no criminal record and if they attend or graduated from a U.S. high school, or have served in the military.
The policy change could affect as many as 800,000 immigrants -- so-called DREAM'ers -- who would have benefited from the DREAM Act had it not been blocked by Congress. These people have been living in fear of being deported by the same administration that is now offering the pardon.
Confused? Just wait. It gets better. We've only just begun to make our way down this rabbit hole.
The administration is obviously trying to "checkmate" a nearly identical proposal floated by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, which reportedly would also stop DREAM'ers from being deported and issue them work permits. The Rubio plan would not offer a pathway to citizenship. About this omission, the left was incensed. But Obama isn't offering a pathway to citizenship either, and yet many in the left couldn't be happier. Where is the consistency?
Then there is the inconvenient fact that we're not supposed to even need this kind of policy change because, according to Obama, his administration isn't deporting DREAM'ers at all; instead, it's concentrating its enforcement efforts on criminals. That's exactly what Obama told Univision anchor Jorge Ramos during a March 2011 trip to El Salvador. A couple of weeks later, Obama had to swallow those words when -- during an education town hall meeting in Washington, sponsored by Univision -- he was confronted by a DREAM'er holding deportation papers. So now we're supposed to applaud the administration for not deporting people the president had claimed weren't being deported in the first place.
Of course, the administration is deporting DREAM'ers, along with gardeners, housekeepers, nannies and ice cream vendors who represent no threat to public safety. It's a waste of time for officials to deny that.
Just this week, I wrote in my CNN.com column about another one of Obama's broken promises. The administration pledged to use prosecutorial discretion to free from deportation proceedings individuals who had been in the country for a number of years, had U.S.-born children, or were otherwise rooted in the United States. That included DREAM'ers. So far, the promise hasn't amounted to much of anything.
I expect a similar outcome with DREAM'ers. Some of them may benefit from Obama's new initiative, but many probably won't. That's because the idea behind the DREAM Act -- trading legal status for college attendance or military service -- is still unpopular with most voters in this country. The administration has no interest in antagonizing a wide portion of the electorate in an election year.
It doesn't matter anyway, at least not to the president. All he cares about is his bid for re-election, and whether this latest stunt helps improve the turnout of Latino voters. It might. People get fooled, especially if they're not paying attention. In fact, I've realized that Obama's immigration record is most impressive to those who follow it least closely. In other words, the closer you follow the record, the less impressive it seems.
Overheard on CNN.com: Decision to defer some deportations symbolic
In the words of Ronald Reagan, the last president to actually grant an amnesty to illegal immigrants and not just talk about it, Latino voters, immigrant advocates and the DREAM'ers themselves should -- in response to this latest promise -- "trust, but verify." And, given the administration's record, they can skip the first part.
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Foresight Archives
May 19-21, 2000
Foresight's Annual Brainstorming-Planning-Actionfest & NanoSchmoozathon
The 21st century: every day in every way, weirder and weirder. Think the net has changed the world, economically and politically? You're right, but compared to what's coming, we ain't seen nothin' yet.
As kids, we'd calculate our age in the year 2000, expecting things to be futuristic by then. We were right, they are, and getting more so every day. Not to worry there's still time to tweak this early phase of the "run-up to Singularity".
In the next one-to-three decades we expect to see these capabilities:
Such a future is so different from human history that we can barely imagine it. Some call it a "Singularity" beyond which our best projections are useless. Foresight disagrees, and at this event we'll be exploring what can be known about the world we're being pushed intocloser every secondand how we can influence the outcome by influencing initial conditions. Our tools? Memesinfectious ideaswhich we create and launch, with excellent success to date. Come help improve the next batch, and help design open-source software to refine and spread them.
We'll be aiming to influence:
Join Foresight and our special guests as we picture our preferred future, design a pathway there, and implement using all the tools available:
When you leave you'll have the clearest picture possible of what's on the horizon, who's stepping up to the challenges in each area, and what your options are for optimizing how nanotechnology and other powerful technologies play out.
Find this all a little overwhelming? Not for us as a group. While it might feel intimidating to sit alone, watching as this future comes charging at us, we've found that jumping in and trying to tweak things for the better is great fun.
|200 of the most forward-looking people around those who are paying the most attention to what's coming and how it will affect you and yours over the next 10-30 years and beyond.
|May 19 evening through May 21, 2000
Friday 7-10 pm, Saturday 8 am-9 pm, Sunday 8 am-5 pm
|Palo Alto in Silicon Valley, the eye of the technological hurricane
We're using a maximum-interaction process inspired by the DesignShop of MG Taylor a group-achievement process so powerful, so seductive, that it lured two key Foresight leaders away to write a book about it. Purchase the book. Free online version of the book.
Most conferences have "talking heads", with a little Q&A discussion if you're lucky. Not this time: instead, launch yourself into the topics of your choice in workshop-style sessions of 10, 25, or 80 participants. Explore the edges of what we know today and can reasonably project over the coming decades:
Think we've missed a major issue? No problem add a session on that topic. Your group's output gets folded in as input to the next stage of the process, equal in priority to output from pre-scheduled groups.
How the process works:
Background to the PatchWorks Process
For those unable to attend the Gathering, the expanded topics page serves as an extensive primer on the issues behind "Engines of Creation 2000: Confronting Singularity"
Special thanks go to Matt & Gail Taylor and friends at MG Taylor, and to Christopher Allen and team at Alacrity Ventures, for underwriting the 1999 Foresight Group Genius event, on which this year's meeting is modeled. (Group Genius, DesignShop, and PatchWorks are trademarks of MG Taylor.)
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