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The Dental Spa
Dentist serving Woodbridge, VA
The Dental Spa welcomes you to our website! At The Dental Spa, our philosophy is to provide treatment to the whole person - with a special focus on how your teeth and gums relate to your total body health. We want you to be confident that your smile achieves your goals for comfort, function, and appearance. We're here to make that happen.
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A Team Devoted to Your Dental Health
Our dentists, Dr.Thomas and associate dentists Dr.Jabbari, Dr.Khan, and Dr. Elgazzar are highly trained and give the best, cutting-edge dental care for each individual client's goals. Along with our team of dedicated staff members, our doctors are excited to cater to our patients' needs. We offer a wide range of dental services, including Teeth Whitening, Sedation Dental Care, Invisalign for teens and adults, Dental Implants, and Sleep Apnea. Patients can also take advantage of a full line of orthodontic treatments, including aligners, single-visit crowns, Lumineers® veneers, and Zoom! Professional Whitening.
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Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski urged community members to come together "to support one another in this time of grief" after a shooting rampage Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida left at least 17 people dead.
"With God's help, we can remain strong and resolute to resist evil in all its manifestations," the archbishop said in a statement. "May God heal the brokenhearted and comfort the sorrowing as we once again face as a nation another act of senseless violence and horrifying evil."
In a late-night telegram to Archbishop Wenski, Pope Francis assured "all those affected by this devastating attack of his spiritual closeness." "With the hope that such senseless acts of violence may cease," he invoked "divine blessings of peace and strength" on the South Florida community.
Following the tragic shooting Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called for prayer and healing.
The full statement is as follows:
"We are deeply saddened by the shootings in Broward County, Florida, and by the needless and tragic loss of life. May the mercy of God comfort the grieving families and sustain the wounded in their healing. Catholics and many other Christians have begun the journey of Lent today. I encourage us to unite our prayers and sacrifices for the healing and consolation of all those who have been affected by violence in these last weeks and for a conversion of heart, that our communities and nation will be marked by peace. I pray also for unity in seeking to build toward a society with fewer tragedies caused by senseless gun violence. Our hope is in the Lord, as he promised after his resurrection, 'behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age' (Mt. 28:20)."

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Think of pain as being your "harm alarm," a signal that is designed to get your attention, to motivate you to escape whatever is causing it. After all, pain—potential harm—could mean injury or even death. In this way, pain serves a useful purpose because it is functions to keep you safe and alive. This all works quite well if you simply cut your finger while dicing vegetables for dinner. But what about chronic pain? According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, more than 100 million Americans are living with a chronic pain condition, such as fibromyalgia, migraines, or back pain. Once pain becomes chronic, pain sounds its alarm regularly, perhaps even constantly. How do you escape something that's coming from inside you?
Pain is in the Brain.
People often think of pain as being purely a sensory experience– meaning a highly unpleasant physical sensation—and they tend to ignore the psychological aspects of pain.
No matter the cause of your pain, or where you feel it in your body, it is all processed in your central nervous system which is controlled by your brain and spinal cord. It's common to think of pain being located in the part of your body that hurts, such as back pain being located in your back. However even in cases where people have had surgery for back pain—their back pain is actually located centrally, in the nervous system. Your brain and entire nervous system are influenced by your thoughts, your feelings, your beliefs, your memory, and your environment. In fact, to a very large degree, how much pain you feel after surgery is determined by your mood and other psychological factors.
This doesn't mean your pain isn't real. It means that pain is fundamentally a psychological phenomenon. For everyone. Narrowly focusing on pain as a sensory problem has contributed to the overprescribing of opioid medication.
We've been treating pain the wrong way.
In fact, psychology is built into the definition of pain. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as both "…a noxious sensory and emotional experience." Treating pain from the physical perspective only ignores half of the definition of pain. If we treat half of anything, can we be surprised when it does not work well?
Pain acts as a stressor on your nervous system and your mind. It causes changes in your respiratory and heart rates, increases muscle tension, constricts blood vessels, and can cause anxiety, over-focus on pain, and feelings of helplessness.
You can learn specific skills to calm your nervous system, thereby dampening pain processing in your brain and spinal cord. Used regularly, these skills can work as effectively as medication to ease pain and related distress.
4 Tips for Calming Your Nervous System for Pain Control
1. Take stock of your triggers and treat your stress. Stress amplifies pain, so it's important to reduce it. You may not be able to control the circumstance that triggers your stress, but you can control your reaction to it. Learn to become less reactive and you will find you have much greater control.
2. Tune in to your breath. Work to change your breathing pattern so that it becomes deep "belly" breathing (also called diaphragmatic breathing). Use diaphragmatic breathing several times daily. Stick with it and release your expectation that it will change your pain right away. Remind yourself that the goal is retrain your nervous system first; pain reduction comes later.
3. Learn to meditate. Meditation gives you brain control and helps you focus less on pain—thereby directly reducing pain and suffering. Used regularly, meditation is powerful pain medicine.
4. Harness the power of your thoughts and emotions! Your everyday thoughts and feelings have a profound effect on your pain. This means the more you focus on your pain the worse it will get.
With pain psychology and cognitive behavioral therapy, you can learn how to view things differently in order to chart a positive course towards less pain. Consider working with a pain psychologist, health psychologist, or therapist skilled in cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain.
Beth Darnall, Ph.D. is the author of Less Pain Fewer Pills; Avoid the Dangers of Prescription Opioids and Gain Control Over Chronic Pain. (Bull Publishing, 2014) AsClinical Associate Professor in the Division of Pain Medicine at Stanford University, she treats individuals and groups at the Stanford Pain Management Center. She is a prominent pain researcher, educator, writer and speaker in the field of pain management. She is an NIH-funded principal investigator for pain psychology research that is examining the mechanisms of pain catastrophizing treatment, including a novel single-session pain catastrophizing class she developed. Find out more about Beth Darnall at www.bethdarnall.com.


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- MAYCNN:currently updated every ~10 hours; version ID is the ID of last entry in the post history.
- M87XAJ:fully outlined with the most essential and/or timely details first and/or in-bold. So to skim, just read in order the top-level points and, when a match, its bold points.
- M33YGV:title: MIComm's Orange County Google I/O Extended 2013(6th annual)
- MMUB55: MIComm is a collective of OCAndroid, OCPython, and other Orange County IT community groups working together as they do to bring their members & you this most-exiting repeating event.
- MMNC4O:Google I/O is the premier developer event, a conference, for all things Google, happening each year for 3 days since 2008; for full details, see the Wikipedia entry.
- MMNCI8:2013(6th annual)
- MMNCNE:3 days: 2013.05.15(Wed)1200-17(Fri)1600:
- MMO72T: See breakdown by each of 3 days for exact time ranges, topics covered & how much, and listings (to RSVP to)
- MMOBA0:At any given time, an average of 14 parallel tracks/sessions going on(!), each within 1 of 11 Google-product topics
- MMNDDF: the Wikipedia entry
- MMO3DS:says " held at Moscone Center", "the largest convention and exhibition complex in San Francisco", and "It took only 49 minutes for all the $900 (or $300 for school students and faculty) tickets to get sold out.."
- MMQAXQ:There are 22 session periods: 2 (the 1st on Day2 & 3) are 1hr long, all the rest are all 40min long.
- MMNCI8:2013(6th annual)
- MMNBZJ:"Google I/O Extended are associated local events to Google I/O."
- MMND3P: Usually, "Developers gather to network and watch the sessions streamed live from Google I/O."
- MMODDY:because the vast majority of people people who want to go the conference can't (as it's costly (typically $900), and sells out instantly (in less than 1 hour), plus requires a multi-day trip to San Francisco).
- MMR42V:Our event appears your only remaining OC source: In Orange County, all known Extended events filled up to capacity 1 to 2 weeks prior;
so this event was created especially to handle the overflow and this is the only known Google I/O event in Orange County where one can still has a chance to get in, so RSVP now!
- MMYRFD: If done well (as timely recordings, not (only) live), a lot more fun & rewarding that just watching alone.
- MMNRQO: Maker URL
- MMND3P: Usually, "Developers gather to network and watch the sessions streamed live from Google I/O."
- MAZBWQ:subsections: WHAT TO DO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, COST, WHO'S PARTICIPATING, ADDITIONAL DETAILS, POST TODO, CREATORS, ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR ORGANIZERS/DEVELOPERS, FOOTNOTES, POST HISTORY.
MMR6G7:ASAP, RSVP & offer to help; then bring the needed stuff.
MMU22K:RSVP instructions
- MMNOX5:As is the smart convention for all our groups' RSVPs,
- MMU2BO:Except for event hosts, it's perfectly ok to attend just portion(s) of the event, but we & others want to know what portions so we can plan appropriately, so:
- MMU29O: Put in your public RSVP comment what time approximately you'll arrive & leave as soon as you know (unless you won't be missing a second).
- MMNOYW: RSVP ASAP, even if the event's under construction..
- MMU2UN: If you're a MAYBE or NO, please explain in your public RSVP comment what it would take to make you a YES.
- MMU69N:…Your RSVP, and each update to that, should be a public event comment saying your RSVP, not just setting/changing your YES/NO/MAYBE status on the listing,…
- MMU749: ..with, for each person, 1 RSVP/attendance/review event-comment-thread (and vice versa)
- MMU5EV: Consequently, to change/update your RSVP or add your attendance notes and/or review review, reply on your existing RSVP/attendance thread rather than creating a new thread.
- MMU78G: So on Meetup,
- MMU749: ..with, for each person, 1 RSVP/attendance/review event-comment-thread (and vice versa)
- MMU6MT:If the system (as Meetup) won't allow you to RSVP normally (as because the event has started, so Meetup says "Sorry, you can't RSVP for this Meetup — it already occurred."), just put your RSVP as an event comment.
- MMU2BO:Except for event hosts, it's perfectly ok to attend just portion(s) of the event, but we & others want to know what portions so we can plan appropriately, so:
- MMU3IO:To determine which days & portions you wish to attend,
- MMU81M:see the our breakdown by each of 3 days, and (where you need this much detail) the main conference sessions.
- MMU42P:Note because we will be watching recordings of the sessions which are available to us as the session happens, which we'll then play according to the requests of our attendees present, it's okay if you can't make our event when the session you want is happening, so long as you come to our event after that also allowing enough time to get your request in to see it.
- MMU45D:Now, following the above, just place your RSVP in the comment section for that on this page else on our re-listings of this event.
- MMNOX5:As is the smart convention for all our groups' RSVPs,
- MMR5X2:start by simply by reply-commenting on this post (strongly preferred) else emailing(click here) MIComm-leaders-SK with what you know of & can offer here.
- MMR670:We need help
- MMU5SO: to insure this event
- MMU5XQ:getting:
- MMU5UX:a venue
- MMU5WB:-handled by Destiny
- MMU62Q:Internet
- MMU63K:–handled by Destiny: the day before I SMSed Martin "Me: Thx! I'm at [our venue] now(where we're holding it [and which normally has no wifi, BUT] -where,after much research,[I] just installed here *10Mbps* wifi Internet -by my calc, just enough to 480p-video-stream *all 20* simultaneous Google I/O tracks at 1x! -yeAH! Now that's what I call decent portable wifi 🙂 🙂 7:38 PM"
- MMUCCR:More equipment to significantly improve this -see that
- MMUCED:attendees to help run this, especially when Martin & Destiny need a break.
- MMUD1H:working out & running a system for choosing what videos to show
- MMU5Z1:a venue as a backup and/or for next occurrence
- MMU5UX:a venue
MMU88H:Bring the stuff you'll need and possibly we'll need, from most important:
MMU8C7:Laptop(s) and devices you use to access Meetup –important or required
MMU8ER:Stuff for playing Google tech videos (YouTube) ideally on a big screen:
- MMU8GR:devices which can play YouTube to a bigger screen, as
- MMUUOW: mobile (computing) devices (as smartphones & tablet computers) with a video output (ideally & typically HDMI)
- MMUUNW: Rokus and other Internet digital media receivers/players, ideally with a remote control ideally with an alphabetic keyboard/pad.
- MMUUPK: laptops (though this is overkill for the task but will work)
- MMU8J8:the necessary display cables (as HDMI, SVGA, composite, S-Video, etc)
- MMU8JL:big portable video displays, as screens, projectors, monitors, & TVs.
- MMU8YF:-we and the venue have some but they may not be enough, so if convenient, bring yours, too.
- MMU8GR:devices which can play YouTube to a bigger screen, as
MMU8MT:Internet hotspots, ideally wifi & sharable.
MMU8QC:Android & other mobile computing devices you want to share and/or work with.
-end of WHAT TO DO
- MMR6M8:This is our 1st time doing it, and it's "last-minute" especially as this is in response to the overflow situation, so please be understanding & help.
- MMNEAQ:We'll be doing the the usual activity but:
- MMYGYY: We're doing mostly timely recordings, which is quite a bit better than live! -see that link
MMO4DY: (Google I/O 2013 & our Extended event) breakdown by each of 3 days
MMOAJW: MMNDKG: MMNDKL: MMNDKZ: -total- Day1 Day2 Day3 MMO6IZ: day 5Wed-7Fri 15Wed 16Thu 17Fri MMTMF0: our Extension event: MMVSAD: MMVSMK: attendance count 6 MMVSD2: names, in order of arrival Destiny, Chris, Josef, Martin, Lucy, Bill MMVSLV: MMVSWG: review Very good MMNDLF: MMNDJB: re-listing URL OCAndroid long, short long, short long, short MMNDLI: OCPython long, short long, short long, short MMTMX5: MMTNGN: optional buffet: all-you-can-eat pizza, salad, breadsticks, & soda for $6.99: when start 11:00 MMTMXM: end 14:00 MMTMT9: MMTNHS: Main activity (video watch & discuss): when start 13:00 if room open, else 14:00 15:00 13:00 if room open, else 14:00 MMTN58: room change none 17:00 MMTN5D: end 21:45 22:45 MMTNAY: duration 8.25+/-.5 hrs. 6.75hrs 9.25+/-.5 hrs. MMO6IZ: cost $5 $10 MMTMF0: the main conference sessions summary: MMO6J9: MMO6IJ:
time PST
start 12:45 10:00 09:00 MMO6JC: end 18:10 18:00 15:40 MMOBGH: duration 20:05 05:25 08:00 06:40 MMO4XG MMO4XS:Google-product topic (11 of them):
# of
parallel tracks in each
-total- 14(avg) 15 20 7 MMO45S: Chrome(browser, OS, Store)
& Apps(Script, Engine)
9 4 3 2 MMO43Q: Android 7 2 3 2 MMO4S3: [Google ]Tech Talk (as maybe
GoogleTechTalks, AtGoogleTalks)
7 2 3 2 MMO47F: Google Cloud Platform 4 1 2 1 MMO484: Google Maps 4 2 2 0 MMO46I: Google+ 3 1 2 0 MMO4AZ: YouTube 2 1 1 0 MMO4BJ: Google Wallet 2 1 1 0 MMO4OR: [Google ]Knowledege & Structured Data
(as Knowledge Graph, Research)
2 1 1 0 MMO4U8: Google Glass 1 0 1 0 MMO4V2: Google Ads[ aka AdSense] 1 0 1 0
- MMPD8K: Source for everything but listing URL: official sessions (archive) as of 2013.05.11Sat.
- MMTN1Q: Fri1700- need to transition to a new room, semi-room which holds 20(maybe more), instead of 36.
- MMVSOR:Day1: Very good: The seemingly impossible (doing this on such late notice) happened, including 6 attendees despite it being announced just that morning! The planned equipment was many & untested but we got it to work 100% and work-well. Everyone worked hard to make it happen. It was an great dress rehersal including many bugs worked out. We didn't watch many video but that was mostly because we were so busy hard at work making sure the future days are ready to roll & all go smoothly. All those who came early stayed much of the time & planned to return again.
MMR4OC:Choosing what videos to show
- MMR4P0: Goal is to do fairly (proportionate to attendee desires) while simultaneously following Conserving our event's Internet connection: rules
- MMUV7M: Plan M7
- MMUV8N: Videos are watched in parallel, starting at the same time.
- MMUVE3: At the start time, every participant present
- MMUVDQ: gathers into a single room or close-by area
- MMUV9F: can cast a single vote for a video s/he wants to see.
- MMUV9O: As each person submits the vote on a card, as a 3×5 card, ideally with his/her name.
- MMUVAG: Among the votes submitted,
- MMUVAY: While there is still a video playing station available, pick 1.
- MMUVBO: An yet-unselected vote is picked randomly and announced and placed in a vacant location in the physical area.
- MMUVIX: This could be done by one of
- MMUVQN: If the vote is illiegible or not a valid video or contains multiple votes, it's disguarded and this picking process repeats.
- MMUVCF: Particiapnts who want to see that video gather in that area.
- MMUVBO: An yet-unselected vote is picked randomly and announced and placed in a vacant location in the physical area.
- MMUVGH: Particpants who want to change to a different of the selected videos do so.
- MMUVH6: The selected videos are sorted by the then-popularity and matched to each playing station according to the # of people it can handle.
- MMUVAY: While there is still a video playing station available, pick 1.
- MMUVL3: If physical cards or similar can be used
- MMUVMU: After selection is done, they can be left in pile to be recycled for the next round, as say typically someone who didn't get their choice probably wants his/her card back so sh/e doesn't have to rewrite when they submit it again.
- MMUVOT: While multiple votes might well be written on a card, prior votes should be crossed out so only 1 vote per card
- MMUVTH: This strikes me as the best method so far.
- MMR4SI: Plan SI
- MMR4T4:Videos available for selection are any available video on Google technologies, with the present Google I/O videos searched first.
- MMR59U:Given we have bandwidth for n simultaneous streams, the n currently most popular videos at that time are watched.
- MMR5I7:Selection of which videos to watch is done ~10min prior to when the selected ones will then be watched.
- MMR4XY:One can vote remote; more TBA
- MMR5EC:For one's vote to count, one does need to watch his/her videos if they are chosen.
- MMR5OR:This will be partially assured by if the voter is present when the selection is being made.
- MMR5QL:Voting is done via Used is a rating voting method; more TBA.
- MMR5RE:Voting is done likely via shared Google Spreadsheet; more TBA.
- MMNELE: more TBA
- MMNELK:Same times as 2013(6th annual) However:
- MMQ8QO:In your non-private RSVP comment say the days & especially hour-ranges you will be there for. (You need only attend for portions.)
- MMQ8CO: (it now occurs to me) if the event went into the evening, it could be a major benefit for many not wanting or able to take off work during the day. Thoughts on this?
-end of WHEN
- MMNP38:In US.CA.Orange County as near as possible to the center (zip 92780).
- MMND5UU:"Currently (May 10th, 2013) this event is tentative as we are in search of a venue[ & ideally equipment], etc."
- MMU98Q: –handled by Destiny BUT we still PLEASE HELP -we still need more help!
- MMU9E6:Venue found!
- MMU9EK:a quality popular inexpensive resturant — serving pizza, the food of hackers world wide!
- MMU9F4: In north zip 92630 just south of the Irvine Spectrum Center (south-central OC)
- MMU9HFF:Just a few blocks from the exit of the 5/405 freeway.
- MMU9LN:Plenty of free door-front parking.
- MMU9MS:Classy & well-apointed, including:
- MMND5UU:"Currently (May 10th, 2013) this event is tentative as we are in search of a venue[ & ideally equipment], etc."
- MMU9QV:For the exact name & address, see re-listings, else RSVP in the comment section for that on this page and we'll email it to you.
- MMU9VI:This insures attendance requires RSVP or at least membership in one of our community groups, insuring attendees are known or at least have a verified contact for every attendee.
-end of nd of WHERE
- MMR6RJ: Until some org sponsors us, there is a small & affordable cost per attendee especially to cover the heavy high speed Internet required (for the many-simultaneous-channel video streaming).
- MMTO0I: At least initially & while we can afford it, NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY DUE TO THEIR BEING UNABLE TO AFFORD OUR PRICE. Simply say you can't afford our charge when you arrive.
- MMUGZJ:Still our 1st day is notably discounted as it's our 1st day ever so we expect to have some bugs, so this should make it more than fair.
- MMR6UD:Our venue, if a resturant, will expect reasonably that most attendees, on their honor, will buy something from them -to cover their costs of providing us the their nice venue. The prices are affordable (medium/low priced) and the food is good.
-end of nd of COST
-end of nd of WHO'S PARTICIPATING?
- MMR6JK:We will make this a regular event.
-end of FUTURE PLANS
- MMNJ9C:Appear all filled up (no more space), indeed ~1 to 2 weeks before, so our event appears to be your only remaining OC source!
- MMNJAR:From closest first: spreadsheet table
- MMYHWO: Why watch it at a physical (Extended) event when I could just watch it on YouTube wherever & whenever? Other interested local folks to share it and talk about it with in-person! -so we recommen you do both.
- MMYI0N: Yes you can just watch it probably alone on YouTube, but you won't have your other local folks who share the same interests and overlap to talk about it with, plus do the Q&A for the stuff you don't get (other attendees may well know the answer). So we recommend you do both.
- MMYRLP:-such an important point we reference it in the intro.
- MMYH49: What if attendees can't watch Live, but "just" a recording, later by hours, or as much as month? Actually, besides not having the sexy "live" name, this appears only a notable advantage, indeed more so than it is on your DVR.
- MMYH9O: as the situaiton is:
- MMYHAQ: Google provides no way to for remote users to talk back to the physical session (as remote Q&A)
- MMYHDD: Possibly notably because that's what one pays the big conference fees for: with demand, there are plenty of those folks taking up the Q&A time.
- MMYHE2: Even less so than TV, nothing presented is an "emergency" where u need to know it that very minute or even that very day,
- MMYHLZ:Yes, it's new technology that an IT architect, and anyone replanning their IT career or other IT investiments, should keep up with, but that could be done even a month or two later with no harm.
- MMYHNQ: From watching them on Day2, the Live Broadcasts seemed to have unexpected ~"We're experiencing technical difficulties" displayed in about ~30% of sessions, or ~"pausing [~20minutes] for the next session" between every session, which the live viewer would have to put up with and in some ways even more annoying than TV commercials.
- MMYIFJ: –but hey, Google was never really known for being in the TV broadcast business, especially live; rather, what they're really really know for for their video recordings (YouTube).
- MMYHRV: Yes watching "live" does give the sexy "live" name & "new" thrill, but this appears even more a false thrill than on TV as this being a speciality subject, so than TV this appears a false thrill as thrill as being a speciality talk false thrill as being a speciality.
- MMYIHC: Much like having DVR or Netflix-like subscription, watching later dramatically increases the quality of shows you watch as
- MMYIJD: You can take the needed time to gather togethers also local people interested to watch it with you and dicusss it with (what any good Extended event should do).
- MMYIQL: If any section gets boring, the small watch group can generally decide to skip over it.
- MMYIRW: From other people who have done the reviewing work & time for you, the videos are rated (by both YouTube (up & down rating counts) and on Google's official website (for instance this good one currently gets 4.2 of 5 stars)
- MMYHAQ: Google provides no way to for remote users to talk back to the physical session (as remote Q&A)
- MMYJAE: The primary creator (Google) remote (Extended) event guide
- MMYJAZ: currently addresses this Q (just in Q "getting guests to my event last year.")
- MMYJGY: but currently in a correct but very-limited way
- MMYJRP: including
- MMYJI9: where the Q asker doesn't get what s/he's doing wrong ("we were just showing the live stream") which sadly I fear may be the mistake of many Extended events so giving the good ones a bad rep.
- MMYJJ6: providing only the beginning of describing what to do instead (some good ideas & vague talk of some successes (no event URLs)), and rather complex & involved fixes.
- MMYJLB: Didn't talk of the above (the notable advantage and simplicy watching & dicussing recordings shortly after the fact), but rather seemed to presume "live" was the thing to do when in mahy ways it could be the leading mistake as it sounds great but seems to deliver more problems & disappointment.
- MMYJQX: -quite disappointing given all the other promo the maker (Google) as done to promote Exteneded: just about everything EXCEPT how to really make it a success & when experience shows it's not easy for people.
- MMYJRP: including
- MMYJN5: So the above answer seems much better.
- MMYJGY: but currently in a correct but very-limited way
- MMYJAZ: currently addresses this Q (just in Q "getting guests to my event last year.")
- MMYR3N: For next & future occurrences (years), I'm thinking of the event being & being titled "Best of Google I/O"
- MMYR6Z: about 1 week after the conference, specifically
- MMYRMG:-such an important point we reference it in the intro.
- MMYK0F:Thanks to OCAndroid member Louis for asking this Q inspring the above answer.
- MMYH9O: as the situaiton is:
MMOD15:Conserving your event's Internet connection: rules
- MMPFAI:Aim to watch videos in group(s) as large as is effective (everyone in the group watching the same screen, ideally a bigger screen), as the group's network consumption is then the same as an individual (so huge savings) plus more fun & often-more-beneficial.
- MMOCVH:Avoid significantly playing (the YouTube) video at resolution above 480p, (as) that increases the (minimum) bandwidth at least 3x!
- MMOD0Y:If no one is watching the video, just listening to it, play it at lowest resolution (usually 240p).
- MMOE8V:Here's Why.
-end of nd of ADDITIONAL DETAILS
MDE167:POST ADDITIONAL TODO, roughly in order:
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-end of POST TODO
MEMPEO:The author(Destiny)
MMPHKZ:Martin Martinez (a Leader of OCAndroid)
MEMPF1:No one else unless attributed.
-end of CREATORS
MMPEHY:Venue & equipment
- MMPG0Z:For us, as close as possible drive to the center of OC: zip 92780 (Tustin, CA).
- MMPG2P:Available to us on these dates.
- MMPG46:Free, or low cost (such as at a restaurant where attendees just buy some food at reasonable prices).
- MMPFTO: Holds 10 to max ~100 participants.
- MMPFX6:Suitable for each participant to use a laptop: indoor else very shaded, chair, table; ideally wifi & electrical plugs (else these can be imported).
- MMPEJF:For streaming the video, must have/be-extended-with good high-speed Internet:
- MMPELR:Very preferrably wifi.
- MMPESP:Bandwidth
- MMPEMD:At least 500Kbps per video stream (for 480p, which seems fine for ~85% of content), and
- MMPEU4: there's an average of 14 parallel tracks with a max of 20, but it would be ok (but not ideal) for all attendees to just 1 stream, 2 streams would add considerably, but adding streams gets less bang & need.
- MMPF0A:so, as a guestimate with following Conserving your event's Internet connection: rules , ~1 stream per 7 attendees.
- MMPF2Y:so ~500/7=~71Kbs/attendee, assuming a minimum of ~10 attendees, if following Conserving your event's Internet connection: rules.
- MMPGBD: It's possible the bandwidth could be imported via portable hotspots (latest request has useful info) but they have to be really good
- MMPGIR:Big screens, 1 to 20 of them, as from projection screens, or big LCDs (wall mounted & portable monitors) and laptops with big screens.
- MMNTKT:The primary creator (Google) remote (Extended) event guide: https://developers.google.com/events/io/io-extended-guide
- MMU749: Yes, if you put text in the RSVP comment box, Meetup will make that text an event comment, but this almost always has (it will always create a new comment thread instead of checking for & extending any existing one; plus then the person almost always doesn't include their "YES/NO/MAYBE" answer along with the rest of their text as at that moment (but only then) they appear together so it would seem redundant)..
- MMOD5PMMOD5P:Why (do these convervation rules)?
- MMOE5Q: Very important both keep Internet (bandwidth) costs down and insure if a number of groups/people can each watch their their own video stream.
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M31R7R:POST HISTORY, in order:
- MMNB8X:Martin created posts per this SMS history:
Me to Martin Martinez (62x) xxx-xx26 – mobile
5/10/13 10:14 PM 12 hours ago
Me: great hanging with you last night. I'm near smart soft again. I will check out some possible venues near here for the Google i/o around 2 p.m. please now post the listing, but don't email out until I review, thanks 12:51 PM
Martin Martinez: See emails. Registering event with Google would be easy. 2:42 PM
Martin Martinez: German How To 4 Organizers: Checklist *Location *Sponsors *Attendees/Registration *Wireless/ Internet *Power plugs *Projector/Laptop 4 steaming *Snacks&Beverage 2:49 PM
Martin Martinez: s (opt) *Swag (opt) 2:49 PM
Martin Martinez: Trey agrees registering event easy. Offered to cross post. He is worried he is over capacity. 2:53 PM
Martin Martinez: Can u post event on Meetup? I am busy w/ family. 4:27 PM
Martin Martinez: Posted 3 days to Calendar. Did not announce. Scheduling matches daytime sessions. Marked tentative 5:14 PM
Me: Yes, I found ur 3 listings: http://meetup.com/OCAndroid/events/118813912 , http://meetup.com/OCAndroid/events/118815202 , http://meetup.com/OCAndroid/events/118815442 -great u posted these! For safety, I've just archived them to https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B..nc . 10:13 PM
Me: Great work u've done investigating -we're on a roll! I'm heading to a small live bad dance http://meetu.ps/12HFdM then will followup tomorrow morn. 10:14 PM
- MMNB9L:I Destiny now created this post by Copy to new draft (of http://1.JotHere.com/4113#MM50TB latest MM50VB) then gave it fresh IDs & content.
- MMNDWG:Copied content from Listings to here & factored out repeats; & formatted; added categories; usable; 1st published pst2013.05.11Sat121.
- MMNJUA:added Alternatives but incomplete: browser errors so rebooting; pst2013.05.11Sat1407.
- MMO7MI:"From closest first: spreadsheet table" replacing inline HTML table; from quote:
MMNDJB: Listings MMNDLF: MMNDLI: OCAndroid OCPython MMNDKG: Day1 118813912 tba MMNDKL: Day2 118815202 tba MMNDKZ: Day3 118815442 tba
transposed listings and extending, resulting in breakdown by each of 3 days; Replaced quote:
- MMNCP8:Day 1 is 2013.05.15(Wed)1200-1830 with "main tracks are Android, Chrome & Apps, Google Cloud Platform, Google+, Google Maps, You Tube, Knowledge & Structured Data, and Tech Talk".
- MMNCPM:Day 2 is 2013.05.16(Thu)1000-1800 with "main tracks are Android, Chrome & Apps, Google Cloud Platform, Google+, Google Maps, YouTube, Knowledge & Structured Data, Glass, Google Ads, Google Wallet, and Tech Talk."
- MMNCPV:Day 3 is 2013.05.17(Fri)0900-1600 with main tracks "main tracks are Android, Chrome & Apps, Google Cloud Platform, and Tech Talk."
with MMO3DS; pst2013.05.11Sat2245.
- MMOBFW: added MMOBGH & MMOAJW & MMOBA0; pst2013.05.12Sun0105.
- MMPRZ9:added Venue & equipment and, referencing it, MMPHF1 (much work to make the mailto link); add image to 2013(6th annual; pst2013.08.12Sun1951.
- MMR6XY:many additions including Your only remaining OC source; Conserving your event's Internet connection: rules, This is our 1st time doing it,please help, choosing what videos to show; pst2013.05.13Mon1323.
- MMRT8T: Fixed the 9 anchorless IDs including "PLEASE HELP!" via HTML regex fr(<sup>{[0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z]}\:</sup>) to(<sup><a id="\1″ class="aself_KENC7Z" href="#\1″>\1</a>:</sup>);
- MMRTIQ: added ID self-lings (92 replacements) via the HTML regex fr(<sup><a id="{[0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z][0-9A-Z]}"></a>\1\:</sup>) to the prior expr; pst2013.05.13Mon2124.
- MMTMBG: Happening! Making updates prior to big email out. Complete rewrite (several hours of changes), including:
- MMUDBO:Added specific costs ($4, $7, $9)
- MMUD7M:renaming title from "OCAndroid's+OCPython's Google I/O Extended 2013(6th annual)" to present as more emphasis on OC and readily generalizable to add other groups; pst2013.05.15Wed0626.
- MMUDEQ: Per ~1am suggestion of Martin to set prices $5 1st day, $10 rest, now do that; thus cut quote:
- MMTO5F:The cost still starts below our costs in the beginning (as we're brand new), and increases each day (as we get better, plus have more videos to offer), so to reach where it more covers our costs.
- MMUFFO:change end-time from "22:00" to present as venue is supposed to stay open to 10:00pm but employees seem discontent and to cause probs if required to; pst2013.05.15Wed0751.
- MMUVTO:Highlight & resort bring the needed stuff; add Plan M7; pst2013.05.15Wed1309.
- MMVOXL:Meeting time: since it was brought up, I beleve by Martin, that it could be a benefit to many people to have this meeting in the evening (instead of the day when Google I/O normally takes place) so attendees wouldn't have to miss work, I decided to extend Fri end time an extra hour (instead of to 9:45pm) since our venue allowed that then.
- MMVP3W:Meeting time: this evening Martin called me about & showed me an email to him from member Trey (saying it had been CC'd to me but I don't seem to find a copy) saying that hey said Trey's alternative Extended event at CentralDesktop (alternatives item MMNRGC) hadn't nearly gotten the attendance that Trey had expected so Trey was inviting us to join him Thu&Fri (saying "If you need a venue"). This was troubing news both in his lack turn out and in possibly changing our plans after we had invested so much. But I asked what time his meeting serves and it's 8:30am to 5:30pm, wheras we serve afternoon & evening. So I suggested & Martin agree that we go in the morning to attend his event, but we keep our event as planned except delay the start from 1pm to 3pm as this would cause less cross-over with Trey's event
while still not turning down any of the (few) folks who had RSVPed YES for our event, including not Josef who said he'd come from 3p to 5pm & maybe long, except possibly Chris. We tried to call Chris & left a msg but didn't hear back. So I'm going ahead with the change. This change will only affect Thu currently; depending on how Thu goes we can re-evaluate Fri. Hope this change doesn't inconvenince anyone -if concerns just post Reply; pst2013.05.16Thu0039.
- MMVSVR:Added rows attendance & review; pst2013.05.16Thu0102.
- MMYRNM:added we reference it in the intro (misconceptions) & referenced points; pst2013.05.17Fri1543.
-end of POST HISTORY


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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi became the most prominent Western politician to visit Russian-annexed Crimea when he strolled beside the Black Sea on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Western visitors have been rare since Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014. The takeover drove relations between Moscow and the West to their lowest point since the Cold War era, and prompted the United States and European Union to slap economic sanctions on Russia.
Putin and Berlusconi, known for their warm rapport going back more than a decade, laid flowers at a monument commemorating soldiers who fell in a 19th century war over Crimea. They included troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia, part of modern-day Italy.
Short footage run by Russia's state TV broadcaster showed Putin telling Berlusconi he wanted to find out the names of the Italian soldiers and imprint them on the memorial.
As part of a joint two-day tour of Crimea, the two men then sat down in an open-air restaurant for a meeting with local residents of Italian origin.
A crowd of several hundred along the way cheered Berlusconi and Putin, who at one point took a small girl in his arms. Both took pictures with residents.
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from The Etude, February, 1942
A hundred years seems long in measuring a life span. But in thinking of musical history, a hundred years is not too long. The saxophone, much-maligned, unappreciated, has passed its hundredth year, and only now is beginning to be taken seriously as a musical instrument of artistic and aesthetic possibilities. Only now has the question of its acceptance into orchestral instrumentation come to the front. And even today the musical possibilities of this instrument have not been exploited fully.
In 1842, Berlioz described the saxophone as "... an instrument whose tone color is between that of the brass and the woodwinds. But it even reminds one, though more remotely, of the sound of the strings. I think its main advantage is the greatly varied beauty in its different possibilities of expression. At one time deeply quiet, at another full of emotion; dreamy, melancholic, sometimes with the hush of an echo....I do not know of any instrument having this specific tone-quality, bordering on the limits of the audible." Very few players of this instrument achieve this striking quality described by Berlioz. There are, to be sure, many good saxophonists - especially in this country - but the full capacities of the instrument have not been called upon.
What did Adolphe Sax seek when he invented his instrument in 1840? Did he expect that it would be welcomed into the symphonic orchestra group, or that it would remain almost an outcast for a century? We can leave it to history only to answer these questions. Antoine Joseph Sax (known as Adolphe) perfected the bass clarinet in 1835, when he was only twenty-one years old. In 1840, he was trying to produce a clarinet that would overblow an octave like the flute or oboe, and the result was his new instrument, the saxophone. His aims were definite. He wanted to fill the gap of tone quality between the strings and wind instruments on the one side, and between the brass and woodwinds on the other. Therefore, the new link should have the flexibility of the strings, the power of the brass, and the variety of tone quality of the woodwinds. But in addition the instrument should have a distinct character of its own. Sax was aware that in order to achieve all this in one instrument he must use a single-reed mouthpiece, similar to that of a clarinet, and a conical body of metal. To acquire the necessary flexibility of tone he broadened the mouthpiece outwardly and widened its inner measurements. To make the tone sufficiently voluminous to stand successfully against the brass of the orchestra, the inventor gave the conical body a parabolic shape. These features are mentioned in the patent which Sax took out for the instrument in June, 1846.
Science Plays a Part
Sax was pretty much of a scientist, and probably did not want the saxophone to be confined to a special field of music. He had, however, constructed an instrument which would enrich the possibilities of musical expression. It was thenceforth up to the player to make the most of this instrument. Sax studied acoustics, and it was he that gave light to the principle in wind instrument manufacturing that it is the proportions given to a column of air vibrating in a sonorous tube, and these alone, which determine the character of the timbre produced. In differentiating between clarinet and saxophone, he worked on the basic idea that the fundamental note given out by the conical tube when the lateral holes are closed is that of an open organ pipe of the same length, whereas a similar tube of cylindrical bore behaves as if it were a closed organ pipe, and its notes are an octave lower. This explains the essential difference between clarinet and saxophone.
One would think that Sax's contemporaries would have immediately seized upon this outstanding advancement in the means of musical expression. But this was not the case. Jealousy, indifference, and bigotry stood in its way, and it was difficult for a composer to score for the new instrument. Sax did succeed in interesting Berlioz and Halevy. In 1842, after an enthusiastic article by Berlioz had appeared in the "Journal des Debats," considerable interest was aroused among Parisian composers in the inventor as well as in the saxophone and his other instruments; saxhorns, saxotrombas, and the new improved bass clarinet. Sax had also made improvements in piston instruments by substitution of a single ascending piston for a number of descending ones.
The composer Donizetti had heard Sax demonstrate his new instruments and decided to use them in the score of his opera, "Don Sebastian." He sought a wholly new tonal effect through use of the saxophone and bass clarinet, since neither of them had been heard before in the opera orchestra. News spread amongst the musicians of the opera that Sax's new instruments were to be played, but no one offered to try them out. When asked to do so, the men flatly refused to look at the parts, let alone play the instruments. Donizetti was forced to withdraw most of the new instruments, but he wanted to retain the bass clarinet for a special part in the opera. He therefore asked Sax himself to play the part. The young inventor agreed readily, eager to demonstrate any one of his instruments to a large musical audience. The day of the first rehearsal approached while tension and resentment grew in the regular group of musicians. Donizetti was to conduct personally. The moment Sax appeared at the door, the concertmaster rose and announced: "If this gentleman enters the orchestra I will walk out, and so will all of my colleagues!"
No persuasion on the part of the composer could get the musicians to further a good cause: Donizetti was forced to yield, and all of Sax's instruments were removed from the score. Bizet had much the same experience, and the saxophone part in his "L'Arlesienne" was usually play by a clarinet. But Bizet did not change the score, and it stands today as one of the important and beautiful saxophone solos, the prime saxophone part in the history of this instrument as a member of the symphony orchestra.
A Struggle Against Conservatism
It was a fight against conservatism - both that of the players and of the instrument makers. The instrument manufacturers sensed in Sax a genius and a strong competitor, and they fought his patents for a long time, unsuccessfully. They did succeed in driving him bankrupt, but his friends lent him more money. Sax's lot was not an easy one, for on top of his troubles was the development of signs of cancer on his lip. Friends feared for his life, and suggested an operation. Somehow a "wonder-doctor" succeeded in curing the disease within three months. Some sort of toughness in his nature carried him through. Stories come to us of Sax's youth, which are interesting, and which substantiate his strength in the face of adversity. During his boyhood, in his father's house in Dinant, Belgium, he suffered a series of accidents which would have been fatal to the ordinary person. When only two years old he fell downstairs hitting his head on a stone; later he fell on a hot stove, burning his side severly. At three years of age, he mistook sulphate of zinc as milk, and gulped it down, almost meeting death. On another occasion, he was burned by exploding gunpowder. Further accidental poisonings gave him narrow escapes from death. A tile from the roof struck his head, leaving a scar which lasted his lifetime. While playing near the river ne day, he fell into the whirlpool above the miller's gate and was saved miraculously. Neighbors began to call him, "Le petit Sax, le revenant" ("Little Sax, the specter!"). But just as continued adversities did not crush its inventor, the saxophone survived the animosities of Sax's contemporaries, and today after a century of ill treatment it is beginning to receive the recognition which it merits.
The difficulty of getting the new instruments into bands was not less than in the case of the orchestra. Sax had to get the public on his side if any progress was to be made. Accordingly, he succeed in arranging for a competition to be held between two bands. The contest was to take place on the Champs de Mars, a large field where the Eiffel Tower now stands. The first band, in the old fashioned style of instrumentation, was entered by the army. The second band was one of Sax's assembly, and had a large number of saxophones, saxhorns, and saxotrombas, but no clarinets, oboes, and bassoons. The judges were Auber, Halevy, Spontini, Adam, Berlioz, and Onslow. An audience of twenty-five thousand crowded the field in front of the tribune.
The army band was all set to begin, but Sax had not yet arrived. At last he came in a chaise loaded high with instruments. Seven musicians had deserted him at the last moment, breaking their word of honor and contracts through bribes made by Sax's competitors. Sax, in his determined way, had decided to play the instruments himself, filling in where they were most needed. Thus began one of the strangest duels of French history. Both bands played a chord in E-flat minor. The army band's was thin and short; Sax's was majestic and sustained. Then followed an Andante and other pieces. The army band received hearty applause, but when Sax's band performed the public went wild with enthusiasm. Shortly afterwards his instruments were by decree taken into the instrumentation of the army bands.
A Strange Antagonism
We have stated that a hundred years have passed without the complete recognition of the saxophone's abilities. Here is an instrument that is, quoting Berlioz again, ""...suitable for fast passages as well as for melodies of hymn-like character."" Here is an instrument that can take the role of clown, that is capable of hysterical laughter, that can imitate the clicking of a typewriter or the dry twang of a banjo, and yet which can sing the sweetest of melodies. The potentialities of the instrument are manifold, and those potentialities will only be realized when serious, artistic expression on the part of first rate musicians becomes normal and not unusual.
A hundred years ago there was not the eagerness to express individuality that we find today. The instrument's range of two and one half octaves seemed to much of a limitation, but this range was extended to three and one half and then to four octaves; not by adding more keys, we may note, but by the development of proper embouchure, enabling the player to master the natural overtones, or harmonics. This enormous range, coupled with an unheard-of flexibility of expression challenges composers to neglect the saxophone no longer. Slowly, but surely, it is being used more and more in the orchestra as a solo instrument.
Perhaps the first appearance of the saxophone in the orchestra was in Paris, in the year 1844, in the production of Kastner's "Le Dernier Roi de Juda." Since that time it has been requested by various composers. Vincent D'Indy in his "La Legende de Saint-Christophe" calls for six saxophones, and in his "Fervaal" for three. Strauss, in his "Sinfonia Domestica" scores for four. Composers through Massenet, Thomas, Kastner, Villa Lobos, Walton, Copeland, Prokofieff, Carpenter, Hindemith, Beck, Puccini, Ravel, Honegger, Milhaud, Dallapiccola, Holbrook and many others have called for one or more saxophones in their orchestral works or operas. Solo literature for the instrument is as yet not very large, but is growing steadily. D'Indy wrote a "Choral Varie" with orchestra, Florent Schmitt a "Legende," and Claude Debussy A "Rhapsodie." The Debussy solo has a rather remarkable history, and the story of its composition goes back to the turn of the century when a Mrs. H. Hall was honorary President of the Boston Orchestra Club. She played the saxophone for the sake of her health, and was naturally eager to have solo pieces to perform at various functions. Mrs. Hall, therefore, commissioned Debussy, among others, to write something for her instrument with orchestra accompaniment. Debussy attended her performance of D'Indy's "Choral Varie," and his reaction was very unfavorable. Presumably he had not before heard the saxophone played by a really outstanding artist on the instrument. He did not like it, and he "thought it ridiculous to see a lady in a pink frock playing such an ungainly instrument"; he was not at all anxious that his work should provide a similar spectacle. He never finished the "Rhapsodie," but many years later sent only a pencil sketch to Mrs. Hall, which she cold not perform. From this sketch, however, Roger Ducasse wrote a score in 1919. It was ot until the year 1939 that the "Rhapsodie" was given a performance in itis original form - that is, on the saxophone - when the writer played it with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
During the last decade European composers of almost every nation have contributed to the solo repertoire of the saxophonist. Concertos have been written by Glazounov (Russia); Dressel and Borck (Germany); Ibert and Vellones (France); Bozza (Italy); Coates and Demuth (England); Tarp and Bentzon (Denmark); Larsson (Sweden); Palester (Poland), and Martin, Eisenmann (Switzerland). Chamber music has been wirtten for it with piano and other instruments by Swain of England; Hijman of Holland; Knorr, Jacobi, Brehme, Bumcke of Germany; Hindemith of the United States; Osterc of Yugoslavia, Reiner of Czechoslovakia; Pierne of France, and Paz of Argentina. We can include sonatas, concertos, quintets, and other works by such American composers as Creston, Brant, Ganz, Heiden, McKaye, and others. The "Quatuor de Paris" have played transcriptions of Haydn and Beethoven quartets as well as original compositions and their performances were of highest artistry. It is said that the Brown brothers achieved remarkable results in tone quality and were successful in combining saxophones of different pitch.
The list of works for saxophone is by no means small any longer. Most of the compositions require a range exceeding the traditional two and one-half octaves, but Henry Brant has asked for four full octaves on saxophone in his concerto, which can be played by true artists on the instrument. The repertoire for this instrument is constantly being enlarged, and horizons are unlimited.
The saxophone calls for as great a study and as close an application as any other instrument. The saxophonist who wants to master the instrument must train fingers, tongue, lips, jaw muscles, lungs, and diaphragm fully in accordance with the requirements of the instrument. But he must mentally go beyond these mechanical perfections in making the playing of the instrument a matter of musical beauty. He needs the ability of inner tone-imagination to a colorful, vivid degree. Coupled with the convincing power that characterizes the artists who perform on any of the accepted instruments must be a broad understanding, and respect for the instrument. The performer needs high aspirations, a desire for truly beautiful expression, to avoid the tincture of rudeness and clownishness which seems to have become the lot of the saxophone as an instrument. The saxophone is a truly admirable instrument in the hands of a cultured musician who approaches its performance with the attitude as well as skill which will give it a place in our contemporary musical culture. Without that attitude, the saxophone must fight many more decades for recognition.
Sigurd Rascher, the distinguished concert saxophonist, was born of Swedish and English parentage and spent his childhood in the Swiss Alps. Some of his studies were in Germany, as a clarinetist, but he turned early in his musical career to the saxophone and toured Europe with a dance band from 1927 to 1930. For a time after that he taught school, enjoying association with children in music and woodcrafts. He loved especially his work teaching the small boys and girls to play six-hole flutes, and to carve wooden bowls and boxes. Returning to his profession as an active musician, Rascher entered on his career as a serious and successful saxophone orchestral-soloist and recitalist. Ibert, Glazounov, Milhaud, and Hindemith were among a large number of European composers who wrote music for him and to this general list now has been added or will be added shortly the American names of Roy Harris, Dante Fiorello, Aaron Copland, among others.
It is interesting to note that the daughter of Adolphe Sax, when a very old lady, wrote to Rascher that, after hearing him play, she was convinced the instrument was at last being heard as her father had wished it to be known. - Editor's Note (originally from the Etude magazine).


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As Chinese President Xi Jinping joined other world leaders this week to discuss climate change, and to nut out some type of agreement in Paris, his capital was choking on a deadly man-made smog.
I know that may sound over the top, but I don't know how else to better describe the extent of China's air quality problem, or what's going on in Beijing at present.
It's that bad. It's not just a problem. The air pollution in parts of China has reached what could be described as disaster levels. And most of it comes from the burning of coal, which provides 60 percent of the country's energy needs.
"You can't even see people standing directly in front of you," stated one netizen via the social media platform Sina Weibo, according to AFP.
"It feels like even the subway station is full of haze."
The authorities ordered hundreds of factories to suspend operations, and allowed children to stay home and miss school so they could avoid the smog, which reached more than 25 times safe levels, casting a cloud over China's participation in the Paris climate talks, reports The Telegraph.
Over 30 flights from Beijing and Shanghai were also cancelled.
See this BBC News report of the pollution affecting Beijing at present, and how some of the locals feel about it:
But here are some startling figures for you:
Researchers say air pollution kills 4,000 people per day in China.
If you aren't aware of those figures, they're from an independent research group called Berkeley Earth, who are funded largely by educational grants.
"When I was last in Beijing, pollution was at the hazardous level: Every hour of exposure reduced my life expectancy by 20 minutes," Richard Muller, scientific director of Berkeley Earth, told Bloomberg. "It's as if every man, woman, and child smoked 1.5 cigarettes each hour."
The killer part of the smog is tiny poisonous particles known as PM2.5s, which can penetrate the lungs, and go on to promote fatal diseases.
The PM2.5 smog affects a lot of Chinese, especially those living in the industrialized areas of the country's northeast. Beijing and the surrounding areas of Tianjin, along with Hebei, ranked among the five worst polluted Chinese provinces, says Greenpeace.
Readings of PM2.5 particles this week in the capital reached into the high 600 micrograms per cubic meter, reported AP. The World Health Organization says the safe level is 25. Some suburban neighborhoods logged levels up in the 900s on Monday.
By Wednesday, there may be some respite for Beijing, as strong winds are expected to drive the smog away.
See this video by China Uncensored about China's unbelievable bad air pollution:


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Paris Hilton's vacant? Billboard industry seeks new ways to fill empty space
New Zealand-based billboard company, Media5, is getting plenty of press for this billboard in Auckland, which features a photo of Paris Hilton with the word "Vacant" emblazoned below her mug. Funny -- unless you're either Hilton or one of the country's hurting billboard companies. In fact, Hilton thinks its so unfunny that she is now threatening legal action.
Despite the outward frivolity of such advertisements, the outdoor marketing industry is in a worrisome state. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (CCO), one of the largest billboard companies in the U.S., said on Monday that its third-quarter sales plunged 19%, pushing it to a loss. The company is currently undergoing its fourth debt restructuring. CBS Corp. (CBS) said last week that its outdoor division posted a sales decline of 23%.
"The first thing that normally goes is advertising" during a recession, says Claude Dicks, a salesman for Allison Outdoor Advertising, which sells billboard space in North Carolina and Georgia.
Allison lowered its rates as the recession took hold, but it was still stuck with unsold space. Then, about seven months ago, it decided to start using upbeat messages -- such as "Smile, you're beautiful" and "Commit a random act of kindness" -- to avoid empty canvasses, Dicks says. Other unsold billboards have been plastered with public service announcements from the New York-based non-profit Advertising Council, including these two billboards, which caught the attention of a North Carolina fan.
Donated space for outdoor PSAs is running at about the same rate as 18 months ago, but it appears to be staying up longer, says Peggy Conlon, the president and CEO of Ad Council. One change, though, is that billboard companies are asking for PSAs tailored to the recession, including ads aimed at combatting hunger and preventing foreclosures.
"We have had our foreclosure work out there for three years, but people are acutely aware of the need for that service right now," she says. In California, where the housing crisis is raging, the foreclosure billboards are among the top messages used by outdoor ad companies.
Anything is better than white space. "My thought is that folks would rather see some kind of message other than giant, empty billboards," Dicks says.
Billboard companies are also using the space for a little self-promotion. Dicks' face was used on roughly one dozen of his company's empty billboards when he joined Allison earlier this year. "They said, "Welcome, Claude Dicks, your new man in Murphy [North Carolina.]."
"That got a lot of response from people saying, 'I know I've seen you somewhere'," he says. Fortunately, he's been able to sell most of those billboards since then.


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Goodness. September went by in a flash, and I didn't even have the chance to finish showing you the glories of my summer in France! Though it now seems years ago, I was utterly enchanted by the south of France and all it has to offer. Provence was like going back in time to a simpler and slower-paced world, where life revolved around lunch and afternoon naps to escape the blistering afternoon sun. I felt I could have stayed forever, but at the same time, I know I would have been bored after about two weeks. However, a couple of hours on the train whisks you to one of France's largest cities, which benefits from a sunnier climate and a smaller population than Paris, and yet has just as much history and charm. Lyon was definitely a place I felt I could happily live, spending my weekends wandering through the perfectly preserved medieval streets of the old town, riding the funicular railway up to Fourvière to enjoy the breathtaking view, strolling in the glorious Parc de la Tête d'Or, with its free zoo, and eating my way around the many delicious restaurants, famous for their hearty cuisine.
Much like Paris, Lyon has three distinct sections, with the Rhône splitting to form a central peninsula that can only be reached by bridge. On one river bank you can find Vieux Lyon, which is one of the most perfectly preserved medieval city centres in the world, with some fantastic architecture, winding cobbled streets and hundreds of tempting restaurants and shops. From Vieux Lyon you can either climb up or take the funicular railway to the top of Fourvière, one of Lyon's two hills, which is crowned by the amazing nineteenth century Romanesque cathedral. A short walk from the cathedral are the very well preserved remains of two Roman theatres, and an excellent Roman museum, and the views from the top of Fourvière across the city and its surrounding landscape are remarkable.
On the central island is nineteenth century Lyon, looking much like Paris with its grand Hausmann style apartment buildings. leafy shopping boulevards and spacious squares. Here you can find Lyon's wonderful Musée des Beaux-Arts, housed in a gorgeous former convent, and the Opéra, Théâtre and Hôtel de Ville. This area gives an excellent sense of what life in nineteenth century France must have been like, and this is the place to be for people watching, fine dining and shopping. You can also have lovely strolls along the river bank, taking in the marvellous views of the city.
The other bank of Lyon is more residential, with streets of modern apartment buildings, the large centre commercial, the main station, and the jewel in Lyon's crown; the magnificent Victorian public park, botanical gardens and zoo. This is called Parc de la Tête d'Or, so called because there is supposedly a golden head of a statue of Jesus buried within the park grounds somewhere, and it is, unlike most French parks, a true English style landscape, with rolling green lawns bordered by avenues of trees, flower beds, rose garden, a boating lake, gravel paths and greenhouses. What makes it so magical is the free zoo at its heart, one of the first in the world, and I loved the fact that you could spend all day in the park doing all manner of different activities and feel a world away from the bustling city at its edge. It's a glorious place!
Lyon is a real gem of a city, and somewhere that is definitely worth a visit. It's accessible directly from London via the Eurostar, and would be a wonderful place to spend a long weekend. Lyon is known for its hearty, cheap cuisine in its 'Bouchon' restaurants, and for those who love classic French dishes, it's a foodie heaven. There is also much to feast the eyes on, from medieval churches to nineteenth century townhouses, and for those interested in history, there is a rich past to explore within the streets of the city. I already can't wait to go back, and I can't recommend it highly enough!


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Target.com Floods Google With Spam
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The cost of living in Qatar remained largely the same from January to February, though increases in housing and other categories suggest that 2015 may be another expensive year for residents who rent their accommodations.
The consumer price index increased a modest 0.1 percent last month compared to January, according to the latest consumer inflation report from the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics.
This was primarily due to a 0.74-percent monthly rise in the cost of housing, water and electricity, which makes up the largest share of most household's expenses.
That's equal to or higher than the comparable increases in 11 of the past 13 months, although a methodology change by the ministry means the figures are not perfectly equivalent.
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The shield denotes our belief in democracy, liberty and the American way of life.
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The hands portray a search for knowledge and our desire to acquire a skill. In the process of attaining knowledge and skill, we will develop a respect for the dignity of work and become productive and responsible citizens.
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At the St Edmund's College Summer School our children's safety, well-being and positive experiences are our number one priority - we have established the following policies to support these prioritisations:
- We cannot accept children or staff who are in a wheelchair, or who are not able to walk unaided. While the school during term-time is wheelchair accessible, the boarding areas of the College are not. In the event of a fire or another event requiring evacuation, wheelchair users would not be safe.
- We have separate quotas for boys' and girls' admissions. Boys and girls are accommodated in separate boarding corridors. For this reason, we may state in our correspondence that we have 'room for [x] boys and room for [x] girls'.
- We cannot accept children who have a serious physical/mental disability which requires specialist care. Our staff are not specialists in such conditions, and during activities such as excursions and fire drills we would not be able to guarantee the children's safety.
- We cannot accept children who have a very low level of English (CEFR A0-A1). Our staff need to be able to communicate basic concepts such as times for registrations and instructions of when and where to meet. If children are not able to understand these instructions then we would not be able to guarantee their safety.
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We've reached a critical moment for transportation in Pennsylvania, and we need your help for the future of our state.
Early next week, the Pennsylvania House is going to vote on a transportation bill. This is Pennsylvania's best shot to adequately fund transportation, including bicycling and walking projects, for the foreseeable future. We must act now.
House members need to hear from you that this bill is critical to Pennsylvania's economic well being and to you as their constituent. No matter their party, every House member should vote for this bill if they have Pennsylvania's best interests at heart.
Please support bicycling & walking in two ways:
- Send this e-mail action letter to your House representative.
- Call your House Representative's office and deliver the same message: you are counting on them to vote YES on comprehensive transportation funding.
Last spring the Senate passed SB 1, providing $2.5B in transportation funding. That bill was the best we could expect out of this transportation debate, and we need the House to pass an identical bill at that same $2.5 billion funding level.
In order to fulfill the promise of Senate Bill 1 and build, not bastardize, Pennsylvania's future, the House bill must provide $2.5 billion in annual transportation funding, which includes:
- $495 million designated for public transit (read: SEPTA);
- A robust multi-modal fund of $80-$150 million annually, to which bicycle and pedestrian projects can apply for funding;
- At least $2 million minimum in the multi-modal fund for bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
This is a critically important moment in Pennsylvania for all forms of transportation. We need everyone to speak up for its importance. As Rina Cutler, Philadelphia's Deputy Mayor said yesterday at a DVRPC board meeting: "We have one shot at this and no second chance."
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8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole. 11 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.' 12 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
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Pensado's Place Gear Expo Expands To Both Nashville And Los Angeles In 2016
The Pensado's Place and Vintage King Gear Expo has become an annual tradition that has been held at both locations of our brick-and-mortar stores, Nashville and Los Angeles. In 2016, we're upping the ante by hosting two separate events throughout the year with the first Gear Expo taking place at Vintage King Los Angeles on Saturday, June 11th, and the second event being hosted by Vintage King Nashville on Saturday, October 22nd.
For those who haven't experienced Gear Expo before, each day will be filled with incredible demos, panels and giveaways, all centered around the best pro audio gear in the world. Led by Pensado's Place hosts Dave Pensado and Herb Trawick, the dynamic duo will be filming a live episode of their popular show while talking to gear manufacturers, producers/engineers and (of course), you!
In addition to panel discussions led by Dave and Herb, we will be enlisting the hottest brands in the pro audio universe to bring along their latest products for you to demo and see in-person. From plug-ins to guitar pedals and outboard gear to microphones, we're assembling a truly diverse collection of gear creators, along with pulling together some awesome giveaways.
To RSVP for either Gear Expo Los Angeles or Gear Expo Nashville, click on the event block below and you'll be taken to the Gear Expo site to sign up. Once there, you'll find out more day of event details including parking instructions, the tasty eats and drinks to be had and more about the hottest pro gear makers and audio creators who will be in attendence.
Want to see Gear Expo in action? Check out the photos and videos below to get a better idea of what will be going down on Saturday, June 11th, at Vintage King Los Angeles and on Saturday, October 22nd, at Vintage King Nashville.
Gear Expo Los Angeles
Gear Expo Nashville
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great opportunity to learn from the best↓