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The Art of Avoiding Depression
How to dodge the blues. Skills and knowledge you'll need to prevent depression.
By Michael D. Yapko published May 1, 1997 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016
In every way, depression is a growing problem. Rates of depression have steadily climbed over the last 50 years and are significantly higher in those born after 1945 than in those born before. In addition, the average age of onset of a first depressive episode is steadily decreasing—it is now mid-20s whereas it once was mid-30s. Cross-cultural data show that the United States has a higher rate of depression than almost any other country, and that as Asian countries Westernize their rates of depression increase correspondingly.
The data make it abundantly clear that these changes are not the product of individual biochemistry or of family genetics but of pathology within our culture. There are many depressogenic factors operating in our culture. Information overload is one. Since 1945 we have accumulated at least as much information as we had throughout history until then. The more information there is, the more we end up essentially skimming the surface. This leads to a style of thinking in which we see only the big picture and miss the depth of detail. As a result, when we are faced with difficult problems, we do not recognize the many small steps that solutions typically require; things feel overwhelming and insurmountable, leading us to give up before we even start.
Our growing reliance on technology also contributes to depression. One of technology's main values is speed. But speed has warped our perspective of time so that we expect things to happen at ever-faster rates. Embracing speed as a cultural value has advantages when you're dealing with things that can actually be done quickly, such as e-mail, but it is a profound disadvantage when applied to other domains of life, like building a relationship. You can't instantly learn to be a good judge of other people's character or instantly build good relationships with your colleagues at your new job. But people want a good relationship, and they want it now, without having a clue what the steps are and how long it takes to achieve each one. They expect instant intimacy and fool themselves into thinking they've achieved it by sleeping with somebody before they know who the person is.
Depending on whose data you believe, Americans watch between four and seven hours of television per day. This has insidious effects on our culture, such as reducing our tolerance for frustration. Watching major problems occur and get resolved in 30 minutes, with two commercial breaks really does lead us to underestimate the complexity of things.
It has became fashionable to call depression a disease, to medicalize it. And certainly neurotransmitters like serotonin and norepinephrine are involved in depression. But if you ask the more critical question—is biology the cause of depression?—the best data suggest that genes account for about one in five cases. The idea that a chemical imbalance causes depression, rather than reflects it, ignores the fact that the brain's biochemistry responds to our ways of thinking—in short, to life experience.
When therapists go looking for the cause of depression, they are wasting valuable time. Depression, scientists have learned, is an organized, patterned way of responding to events and experiences. For example, some people develop the tendency to take things personally, even when things are not personal. Or they tend to engage in all-or-nothing thinking. Either way, the result is that they draw wrong conclusions about events and make the mistake of believing those conclusions rather than testing them. A person whose relationship has broken up tells himself, "No person will ever love me, I'll never fall in love again." And he doesn't, unless somebody comes along and challenges that false belief.
It has long been assumed that when depression runs in families the cause is defective genes. But parents also transmit their general patterns of perception and thinking to their children. Some children are programmed early in life to make grossly negative interpretations about themselves. They bring home an A-minus grade and their father says, "You're a lazy kid. You're grounded until you get an A." Just like that they learn that they're nothing without the A, that it's all or nothing.
Depression is helped most when we encourage people to be active on their own behalf, to challenge their own thinking, to find out whether the thoughts that hurt them are true or not. That's why psychotherapy outperforms medication in the long run. In studies comparing drug therapy to psychotherapy for depression, after about a month medications are ahead; they provide a reduction of symptoms more quickly and more reliably than therapy does. After a couple of months, antidepressants and psychotherapy are running neck and neck; at 12 weeks, therapy is actually slightly ahead. Clients feel better about themselves when they're taking action on their own behalf and learning the principles that will help insulate them from later episodes of depression. As a result, relapse occurs 50 percent more often among patients receiving medication alone than among those receiving both drugs and therapy.
Cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and medication all work. But, no matter what, you do need a variety of skills in order to avoid depression. Here are some of them:
Perhaps the most important skill is the ability to recognize and tolerate ambiguity. In many situations in there is no single correct answer but a variety of possibilities. Life is inherently ambiguous; an experiential Rorschach. It is in response to ambiguity that we're most likely to make the negative interpretations that can lead to depression.
Critical thinking is crucial for overcoming depression. By this I mean the ability to examine the evidence and correctly assess the truth of your beliefs, to discriminate between things that you're responsible for and things that you're not. People tend to underestimate or overestimate the amount of control they actually have over situations. If they assume they're helpless when they're not, they don't even try. The ability to recognize what you are and are not responsible for is directly related to how much guilt you experience.
You need to discriminate between ways in which you are defined by your achievements and ways that you are not. Times when it's okay to get in touch with your feelings, and those when you'd better get out of touch with them. When it's okay to focus on the present, and when it's better to concentrate on the future.
Another crucial skill is the ability to clearly articulate goals. Wanting to be happy is not an unreasonable goal. But what exactly do you mean by happy? Whatever else therapists do, they must create learnable sequences for people to follow in achieving their goals. When someone tells me, "I want to be happy." I respond, "Great, let's create a flowchart for how to do that."
A highly important skill for warding off depression is learning to discriminate between what you feel versus what is objectively true. Good mental health requires you to juggle the interplay between what's going on within you and what is going on out there.
Finally, relationship skills are important for preventing depression. We've known for decades that relationships serve as buffers against illness and emotional disorders. The people who are at the greatest risk for depression are those who are most lonely. Demographically, single women face the highest risk; married men, the lowest. So it's crucial to know how to meet people, assess them, communicate with them, let them know you're interested in them. And once you're in a relationship, you need to take steps to keep it healthy, such as asserting personal boundaries and setting up the rules by which the relationship will operate.


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Last week of November and first week of December 1992, the first two releases on Praxis appeared. A quarter of a century later the label still exists, an anomaly in the fast moving world of electronic music. To celebrate we are planning a series of events – and new releases. And we are [were] posting […]
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Praxis 25th Anniversary on Soundcloud: One track a day
By metatron | Published: July 29, 2017
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V/A: Dead By Dawn
By metatron | Published: July 24, 2012
V/A:Dead By DawnPraxis 23 Dead By Dawn was a series of 23 parties organised by Praxis, TechNet and the Nomex Realist Film Unit in the 121 Center in Brixton, South London from February 1994 until April 1996.The 121 Center was a squatted anarchist center in Railton Road which existed from 1981 to 1999.The nights usually […]
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In Search of the True Electricity (and more from Praxis Newsletter 3, 1994)
By metatron | Published: March 20, 2012
IN SEARCH OF THE TRUE ELECTRICITY. HARD/SOFT We didn't say 'hard music is good' and 'soft music is bad'; this is not the problem. The question is with what intention, motivation, attitude this music is made. Techno is about innovation as much as about intensity. If something is underground or overground isn't necessarily determined by […]
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MONUSCO names Congo officers "commanding†FDLR units
An FDLR combatant mans a post in the forests of eastern DRC.
A leaked internal email from the within the UN Mission in the Congo, MONUSCO, gives an account of the UN's awareness that it partners, Congolese army, works with Rwandan FDLR militia in various places of eastern DRC. Â
The email has been obtained by Inner City Press, which covers the UN based in New York. A January 21 e-mail from MONUSCO's Lt Col Rajeev Sharma, G3 Chief Operation Officer in North Kivu, to Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, Gabriel Kabore and others, states that the "FDLR battalion commanded by Lt. Col. Ezra Kalebu is reported to be operating in the localities of: Kishishi, Kibirizi, Bambo, Mubambiro, Sake, Kiroche, Ishasha and Minova. In all these places, the FDLR has full FARDC backing."
The e-mail continues that FDLR "are particularly supported by Brig. Gen. Masunzu, the commander of the FARDC South Kivu military region."
Here is the full MONUSCO e-mail
MONUSCO-NKB-G3 Chief/MONUSCO/UNFIELDMISSIONS
To Hiroute Guebre Sellassie/MONUSCO/UNFIELDMISSIONS@UNFIELDMISSIONS, MONUSCO-HQ-DCOS Ops/MONUSCO/UNFIELDMISSIONS@UNFIELDMISSIONS, Sidibe/MONUSCO/UNFIELDMISSIONS@UNFIELDMISSIONS /UNFIELDMISSIONS@UNFIELDMISSIONS, MONUSCO-
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Subject SPECIAL REPORT: CONCENTRATION OF EX MAI-MAI CADRES IN KIBRIZI (17 KM SW OF COB RWINDI)
1. Village chief, Kibrizi informed COB, Rwindi that Col Mukalai and Lt Col Kambale Celemon from 8 MR, FARDC had been sensitising the youth in the general area Kibrizi (17 km SW of COB Rwindi) for the past one week to refrain from joining negative forces. They are constantly in touch with the surrendered cadres, residing in the general area Kibrizi, and are motivating them to integrate into the National Army of FARDC.
2. The village chief also informed that approx several ex Mai Mai Cadres (600-650 from general area Pinga and 250-300 from general area Kibrizi) have gathered in Kibrizi on 20 Jan 2013 for integration into FARDC. Out of the above, 390-450 cadres have been accommodated in an adhoc camp established near FOMAC Bn, located at Kibrizi, while the rest of the cadres are staying with the villagers.
3. On contacting 2IC FOMAC, he confirmed the input and stated that necessary steps are being taken for their reintegration.
4. There appear to be a large scale integration and alliance of FDLR/Mai-Mai/APCL into FARDC in North Kivu/South Kivu and Ituri which is a cause of concern.
Lt. Col. Ezra Kalebu:
FDLR presence in North Kivu provincial capital, Goma, in the blanket cover of the 41st Battalion of FARDC. Including other locations like: Mudja, Rusayo and Kanyati.
FDLR battalion commanded by Lt. Col. Ezra Kalebu is reported to be operating in the localities of: Kishishi, Kibirizi, Bambo, Mubambiro, Sake, Kiroche, Ishasha and Minova. In all these places, the FDLR has full FARDC backing.
Brig. Gen. Masunzu,
FDLR and dependents, in South Kivu have been noticed on the move to safer places by help of FARDC. Deadly clashes with one of the local Congolese Mai-Mai Raïa Mutomboki group, opposed to the FDLR criminal activities against innocent Congolese, caused this movement. The FDLR are fleeing from: Raïa Mutomboki in Shabunda and Kalehe. (FDLR) are particularly supported by Brig. Gen. Masunzu, the commander of the FARDC South Kivu military region.
7. Action by MONUSCO. MONUSCO Plans for receipt of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) / drones for surveillance in Eastern DRC should be expedited to continuously monitor this. The situation is being closely monitored in the AOR. An ADP is being launched on 22 Jan 13 to corroborate the input, ascertain further details and ensure security in the area.
With Warm Regards,
Lt Col Rajeev Sharma
G3 Chief Operation Officer
North Kivu Bde


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Scott Horton interviews me about how the US government is the greatest obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians and how to realize a just peace.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Scott Horton on September 19 about how the greatest obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians is the US government.
We started out talking about the origins of the conflict, establishment a proper framework for understanding the present day situation.
Then I explained how the US has long blocked peace and how the US-led so-called "peace process" is really the means by which Israel and its superpower benefactor have long blocked the two-state solution.
I also explained what the two-state solution actually is in terms of international law, including the true significance of UN Security Council Resolution 242 passed in the wake of the June 1967 Israeli-Arab war, and how it differs entirely from the goal of the peace process.
We also talked about how the US mainstream media serve the role of manufacturing consent for the US government policy of supporting Israel's crimes against the Palestinians by systematically deceiving the public about the nature of the conflict.
Furthermore, we talked about how the Palestinian Authority was created under the Oslo Accords to serve as Israel's collaborator in enforcing its occupation regime, what must be done to overcome the major obstacles to peace, how the anti-Palestinian policies of Donald Trump actually open up an opportunity for the Palestinians to seek remedy for their legitimate grievances through the UN, International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court.
You'll learn more listening to this one-hour and forty-five minute interview than you could spending years researching and reading books and articles about this topic.
And if you want to deepen your knowledge even further after listening, be sure to read my book Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Here's what Scott says about it:
So let me start off by telling you just what a great job you did on this thing. It's such an important book, as you have Noam Chomsky and others saying in the endorsements here. And, you know, talk about a meticulous researcher, he knows one when he sees one.
And this is really the book I've been waiting for a long time to read…. In fact, it taught me all the things I knew it was going to, all the stuff I really wanted to understand about the UN resolutions surrounding the creation of Israel and that early history, and, as the subtitle has it here, the US role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
And it's just really something else. I learned a million things. I started learning things, you know, just a few pages into the thing, I'd already learned a dozen things. So it's just a great work, and I really hope everyone will look at it, and I really congratulate you for it. It's really something else.
Scott's guest for the show just before my interview was Sheldon Richman, the Executive Editor of the Libertarian Institute, and Scott also brought up my book, which he was still in the process of reading at the time. Here are some excerpts of what these two great libertarian thinks said about Obstacle to Peace:
Scott: "By the way, everybody's gotta read Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Jeremy Hammond. It's great! … It's just the most meticulous thing in the world…. It's got the most severe rundown of [Operation] Cast Lead in 2008-09 and the Mavi Marmara attack."
Sheldon: "He's an indefatigable researcher on this subject. His stuff is great."
Scott: "He has a great treatment in Obstacle to Peace; he talks about when the UN eventually recognized the state of Israel and all the politics behind that, too, is there. It's great. I've learned so much already."
Sheldon: "He's got it. He's got it down. He does very good work, and yeah, I like his stuff."
Click here to learn more about Obstacle to Peace and order your copy.
This post was originally published at JeremyRHammond.com.


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- Landing only yesterday in India after his big nomination for NBA team, Satnam had his first interaction with LPU students
Landing only yesterday in India after his big inclusion for NBA team, Satnam had his first interaction with LPU students. Towering Satnam asked students to always work hard for the domain they are in. He said: "Whether you are in games, education, profession or any other endeavour always work hard and stay focused on the target to be reached." Sharing his personal life he told students that he has been training hard in Florida (US) for the last five years along with youths of 39 countries. "I believed in myself, my basketball skills and USA based IMG Reliance Academy identified a future player in me. I really worked hard forgetting all about my family and friends and always remained career oriented". He also asked students to follow his "mool-mantra" of success by always paying respects to parents, teachers, and mentors in the fields chosen and to ever adhere to their instructions.
The 2015 NBA Draft was recently held in Brooklyn (USA) where NBA teams selected amateur US college basketball players and other eligible players including international players. The first Indian to have been selected in the NBA is Satnam Singh Bhamara. He is also the first player since 2005 to have been drafted directly from high school. The NBA Draft is an annual event in which the 30 franchises in the NBA select new players for their teams.
LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal and Pro Chancellor Mrs Rashmi Mittal welcomed the illustrious basketball player at the campus. Chancellor Mr Mittal said: "I feel proud on having a young yet a player of mammoth international stature at the campus. Rising from a small village to be the player of NBA is in itself a grand success. Interactions of students with such personalities play a vital role in the life of students for their focused future. I wish Satnam Bhamara all the best to bring more and more glory to self, team, state and India."


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While the large employer penalty has been pushed back to 2015, open enrollment on the Health Insurance Marketplace began last year. Workers offered healthcare coverage by their employer that falls below federal standards – affordability, essential benefits, minimum value, consumer protections – also have a right to purchase insurance on the Marketplace. Employees who have been offered coverage by their employers that meet federal standards are not eligible for a subsidy but can enroll on the Marketplace and purchase a plan if they choose.
Employers, regardless of size, are required to provide detailed information to all employees and report benefits information to the IRS. New rules clarify healthcare administration for this year, 2015 and beyond.
Presenter John Sarno, Esq. will explain:
- Orientation and waiting periods
- Notice to employees
- Reporting to the IRS
- Nondiscrimination rules
- Health reimbursement accounts
- The Healthcare Marketplace
- Temporary workers and the ACA
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Absolute Drift: Zen Edition
Flippfly LLC
PSN Game
To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. See PlayStation.com/bc for more details.
Zen Edition adds these features to Absolute Drift:
- 5 challenging midnight events
- Drift event challenges
- Ghosts and leaderboard replays
This is a driving experience like no other. Journey from apprentice to master drifter as you hone your skill in a gorgeous minimalist world. Travel from airports and docks to a floating metropolis in search of new cars and ever greater challenges. Chill out to over 3 hours of electronic music by C41 and Nyte. Push yourself to the limit on drifting tracks and wild mountain roads while you work to unlock trophies and elite Midnight events. Drift alongside ghosts of the top players in the world, or refine your skill by out-scoring your own ghost. Your driving skills will be challenged at every turn until you finally become a master drifter.
This product supports the following languages: English
1 player
DUALSHOCK®4 Vibration Function
Remote Play Supported
HD Video Output 720p,1080i,1080p
Download of this product is subject to the PlayStation Network Terms of Service and our Software Usage Terms plus any specific additional conditions applying to this product. If you do not wish to accept these terms, do not download this product. See Terms of Service for more important information.
One-time licence fee to download to multiple PS4 systems. Sign in to PlayStation Network is not required to use this on your primary PS4, but is required for use on other PS4 systems.
See Health Warnings for important health information before using this product.
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An attack on Trapster has exposed the e-mail addresses and phone numbers of millions of customers of the speed-trap warning service.
The company, which sends messages to the smartphones and GPS units of its more than 10 million registered users warning them of police speed traps and other road hazards in their areas, issued an advisory on Jan. 19 about the hack.
"We believe it's best to be cautious. So, if you've registered your account with Trapster, then it's best to assume that your e-mail address and password were included among the compromised data," the warning read.
Although it acknowledged a "security incident," Trapster said it has not received any reports of users' information being misused.
As a precautionary measure, Trapster is encouraging account holders to change their passwords. Click here for the official user warning.
- New Hack Turns Cell Phones Into Spying Devices
- Hear That? It's Your Bank PIN Being Stolen
- Security and Privacy Software Reviews
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Rockland Community College Partners with College Steps to Assist Area Students with Disabilities
Public information session set for February 12
DATE: February 8, 2019
RAMAPO, NY – Rockland Community College and College Steps have announced a partnership to enhance the college experience for area students living with disabilities, including but not limited to autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, and developmental disabilities. The new initiative, which will begin in Fall 2019, directly aligns with the College's mission to promote understanding by offering a variety of academic and social experiences, as well as its commitment to building greater access, opportunity, and equity.
"Many students can benefit from the additional support services offered by this partnership with College Steps," said Monica Jackson, Director of Accessibility Services at Rockland Community College. "The additional funding provided by ACESS-VR [of which College Steps is a vendor] has enabled this partnership to move forward. ACCES-VR assists individuals with disabilities to achieve and maintain employment and to support independent living through training, education, rehabilitation, and career development."
Rockland Community College is joining more than a dozen other post-secondary institutions across six states that also partner with College Steps, a nonprofit organization with operations stretching from Vermont to Virginia. College Steps supports young adults living with social, communication, or learning challenges via a unique individualized and peer-based model. It serves both high school transition students interested in a college experience prior to graduation, as well as students already enrolled in college. College Steps' primary goal is to prepare students for meaningful careers and autonomy after graduation from college, placing a strong emphasis on self-advocacy, social competencies, employment, and independent living skills. Students work with trained peer mentors who are supported by a full-time, on-site program coordinator at Rockland Community College.
"We are very excited to be working with Rockland Community College and the surrounding high schools in Connecticut," noted Lauren Merritt, College Steps' co-founder and Chief Operating Officer. "Our efforts complement the existing work of Rockland Community College and attract additional talented students interested in our model of support. We look forward to meeting new families, high schools, and community partners to collaboratively build sustainable and long-term options for transition-aged youth living with disabilities." Prospective students, families, school district personnel, and advocates interested in learning more about this exciting new initiative are invited to attend a special information session at Finkelstein Library in Spring Valley, N.Y., on February 12. Attendees will learn about specific services offered, including the individualized support model, admissions process and associated costs.
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Turkish Airlines flight grounded after bomb threat was scribbled on mirror
Turkish Airlines says an Istanbul-bound plane carrying 134 passengers made an emergency landing at New Delhi after note with the word "bomb" was found in a toilet, the latest in a series of such incidents.
The airline said Tuesday that a crew member discovered the note on Flight TK 65, some three hours after it took off from Bangkok. It was diverted to New Delhi as precaution and was being searched.
Turkish Airlines has been plagued by bomb scares recently, including five previous cases of notes found in toilets that have disrupted or diverted flights, reportedly costing the company millions of dollars.
The planes were searched each time and no bomb was found.


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This one is overtly Navy-themed. I just couldn't figure out a way to talk about this in different terms.
People who don't really understand the Navy often ask me what I do. When I was in medicine, the answer was easy. I had a technical trade with a title that everyone understood. Nowadays, it's a little harder. A simplified but honest description for my job is to make the organization and the people in it successful.
I'm not trying to sound like a recruiter here, but my organization does a lot of things right. The instance that has me all warm and fuzzy today is that we take career development seriously. At every ship and station, there's someone whose primary responsibility is career counseling. As a matter of fact, career counseling is its own profession for us. That person's job is to talk to everyone about career options, special programs, transfers, and commissioning opportunities. Since this Navy gig is the only full-time job I've ever had, I'm not sure if everyone else has this, but I hope you do.
This career counselor sits with me more than he'd probably like so we can talk about our people, their choices, and what direction they should be led. I'd be crippled without him. For larger commands, the counselor even has assistants in each department to make sure everyone has that one person they can start asking questions to, and that's just the beginning.
Also, in our organizational culture, every person in a uniform like mine is expected to take an active role in making our junior personnel successful. For those who want to promote towards where I am, they are measured specifically by how many of their juniors they make successful in some way.
But wait, there's more!
On top of making an entire group of people professional career counselors, giving them assistants, and tasking the senior enlisted tier with making our people successful, every person is required to have a meeting with certain people at various times in their tour to talk about career development.
On a regular schedule, everyone has to sit with a group of people whose sole purpose for that meeting is to talk about one person's career, what the organization expects, and how to benefit from all we have to offer. We help set reasonable goals and are required to talk about money, school, retirement planning, transitioning to civilian life, and special opportunities. Even now, after 24 years, I have someone who sits with me in a formal capacity to talk about my career and how to be successful.
Mind you, this isn't the annual evaluation or the mid-year counseling. This is entirely different, because career development doesn't always follow a set path. As much as possible, we try to make it about the individual. Sounds too good to be true, you say? For us, it's the expectation.
I use a phrase regularly that was preached to me as I learned my way ahead: Their success is your success. To this day, that statement remains true. My people's success is still my success, even at the top of the rank structure. The only way I can make the organization successful is to make the people in it successful as well.
We didn't have this formal career development program when I first joined. I remember when these boards first became mandatory and I was forced to attend. I had to stop whatever I was doing to listen to a bunch of people I didn't really respect lecture me about a bunch of stuff I didn't need to hear. Believe it or not, I got nothing out of those meetings. These boards only work when both sides participate, and no one will take your career growth seriously until you do. When I finally started listening to the people who wanted to see me successful, great things started happening.
We have guidance and career counselors in high school and college, but what about now, in the workforce, when we need them most? I hope your organization has some group or person dedicated to talking about individual careers. If not, there are other options.
We all have someone in our lives who wants us to be successful. They may be traditional mentors or people assigned above us, or they may be friends and family. Find those people, talk with them, and listen. They're trying to make you successful.
– Who in your organization has a vested interest in seeing you be successful? Have you sat down with that person?
– More importantly, because you can control this part, who do you have a vested interest in making successful, and have you sat down with that person to talk about his or her future?
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Nearly every day someone asks me What small changes can I make to stop Mindless Eating? Heres the best brief answer I can give you.
Anyone can turn their bad Mindless Eating habits into good ones. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. We have different bodies, minds, lifestyles, and habits. No one change fits all people. If it did, every magazine at the supermarket checkout would have the same cover.
Four years ago we created the National Mindless Eating Challenge. It was a web-based program that asked questions and suggested changes correlated with losing weight or eating better. Many people had great success with the Challenge, and we learned a lot from the data, but the Challenge was a self-supported academic outreach effort. When I received a White House appointment to lead the federal agency responsible for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, I needed to close the Challenge project and move to Washington D.C.
Since returning, I used insights gained from the Challenge and from other research to help a private company Mindless Products, LLC design the Mindless Method. Its a powerful, effective, uplifting program that creates customized plans to transform your bad Mindless Eating into good Mindless Eating. Until recently, the Mindless Method was offered only to insurance companies and corporate wellness programs. Its now also being made available to individuals, who can purchase membership plans at www.MindlessMethod.com.
Through this same collaboration, I also helped design and select products that promote good Mindless Eating, such as research-designed dinnerware and psychological cues to better eating. There are lots of products out there that claim to be helpful, but arent. I have personally approved all of the products at www.MindlessProducts.com.
Mindless Products, LLC contracted with me to provide detailed guidance in the design of their programs and products, to personally review and approve their content and operations, and to provide ongoing consulting for their programs. Everything I advised them of, and everything my research supports, they have done to the letter. In my opinion they offer the best program there is based on my research to transform bad Mindless Eating habits into good ones.
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Pack your bags! Starting on May 25, 2018, Icelandair will offer services to and from Kansas City International Airport. Icelandair will offer three non-stop flights a week to Iceland along with easy connections to and from over 25 other European destinations. The flights will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, making traveling throughout the week a breeze.
Starting May 28, 2018, Icelandair returns to the "Charm City" and will offer four non-stop flights a week to Iceland from Baltimore-Washington International Airport, including connections to European destinations. These flights will occur on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Beginning June 1, 2018, Icelandair puts San Francisco back on their map with four non-stop flights a week to Iceland and beyond from San Francisco International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Starting September 30, 2018, Icelandair will increase service from Orlando International Airport to six flights a week and beginning October 3, 2018, Icelandair will offer daily flights out of the Orlando hub!
Beginning fall 2018, Icelandair will increase their seasonal non-stop service from Tampa International Airport to four times a week. The flights out of Tampa will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Icelandair CEO Bjorgolfur Johannsson is thrilled to welcome Kansas City, Baltimore, and San Francisco to Icelandair's long list of cities serviced. Iceland's nature haven lies a mere 7 hours by plane from Kansas City, 5 hours from Baltimore-Washington, 8 hours from San Francisco, and 7 hours from Orlando and Tampa.
Icelandair also offers Stopover Service, which gives visitors the opportunity to spend up to seven nights in Iceland for no additional charge. The Stopover Buddy service provides visitors with their very own Icelandic host, encouraging a true, authentic Icelandic experience!
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Dan Wakeford Named People's New Editor in Chief, Replacing Jess Cagle
He was previously the magazine's deputy editor
Dan Wakeford, the deputy editor of People, has been tapped to helm the entertainment news publication a day after longtime editor in chief Jess Cagle announced he would step down at the end of the month.
Wakeford will take charge of the publication effective April 1 and will report directly to Bruce Gersh, the president and executive vice president of People, Entertainment Weekly and People en Español.
"I'm honored to lead the most trusted entertainment brand in the world and continue the tradition of smart and exciting storytelling," Wakeford said in a statement about his appointment. "I can't wait to build on this legendary brand's success, and share People with audiences everywhere."
Meredith Corp. announced Wakeford's promotion Thursday after informing staff. The New York Post was first to report Wakeford's appointment.
Wakeford has spent much of his career in entertainment news but is a relative newcomer to People and its parent company, Meredith Corp. Wakeford worked many years at Bauer Media Group titles, including as editor in chief of the magazines In Touch Weekly and Life & Style Weekly, and he started his career at Heat, a Bauer pop culture title based in London.
He is the first People editor without an extensive background at Time Inc., which Meredith bought in 2017, and is the third consecutive male editor at the female-skewing outlet, following Cagle, who had the job for five years, and Larry Hackett, who took over for Martha Nelson in 2006.
Wakeford joined People as deputy editor in 2015, and has been responsible for overseeing the publication's royals coverage, service stories and human interest content, along with breaking news coverage. He's also worked on developing television programming from People's brand.
"Dan is a forward-thinking executive and a brand builder with a clear vision for People today and in the future," Gersh wrote in a staff memo announcing Wakeford's promotion. "He has a sharp understanding of the zeitgeist and is a master storyteller who specializes in cover creation and multiplatform content. Dan has an impeccable track record for shaping the editorial direction and content strategy for some of the largest names in media, and that makes him the ideal choice to lead Meredith's most profitable brand."
Wakeford has big shoes to fill. Cagle, who was a figurehead at People since he began working there in the 1980s, is an influential entertainment editor who steered People through an unforgiving media landscape amid industry changes while maintaining a high celebrity profile.
Cagle also served as editorial director of Meredith's Entertainment Group, which includes titles like Entertainment Weekly and People en Español, but that position has been eliminated with his departure. Entertainment Weekly editor in chief Henry Goldblatt and People en Español editor in chief Armando Correa will report to Gersh going forward, Gersh told staff Thursday.


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Fund Raising...
The coming two years are a very exciting and critical period in the club's history. We have the chance to move the club forward and create superb facilities for all boys and girls in the local area and move the club onto the next level.
In February 2018 we will see all our existing facilities demolished to make way for the new housing development. There is then planning permission, which has already been granted, to build a brand new clubhouse which will be for the sole use of TWYFC.
The clubhouse already has an amount of funding in place as a result of the overall Hub development but we still need to raise a substantial sum of money to make the clubhouse a reality. To do this we are applying for a FA grant but as a club we still need to raise £100,000 to ensure this can happen.
A committee from the club has been set up to organise this fund raise but we are heavily relying on all club members and the community in general to make it a success. If you have any questions the Fund Raising Commitee Chairman is Rob Crocker
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We are organising a number of events and initiatives throughout 2018 to ensure we reach the required amount. This will be included on the events calender above.
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With Cyhi the Prynce reading his upcoming No Dope On Sundays album, he recently spoke about his past history in the streets. After witnessing several friends not having the same successful outcome as him, he explained how he started serving greenery during the Meech-era.
While his hustle was a little safer than jumping into the game, this transitioned to him opening up on how his OG's wouldn't allow him to stay in the club with Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family.
However, when BMF would show up with 50 cars back-to-back and spending six figures a night in the club alone; he would have to leave the club in less than three-minutes to avoid the feds snapping pictures. At the time, Cy was just 17 and witnessed a close friend get beat for not properly exiting a night club when the legendary brothers in black were around.
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WhatsApp rolls out Voicemail feature to iPhone, iPad users
The world's most popular messaging app recently added the ability to send bold, italic and strikethrough text in messages, as well as a hidden font and Olympic-themed emoji.WhatsApp has now pushed out a new update to its iOS app – version 2.16.8.
The latest version of the Facebook-owned app includes the ability to leave a voicemail with a contact if they're unable to answer a WhatsApp call.
This means that in case a call made via WhatsApp is rejected, the users will also be shown the option of leaving a 'voice message' alongwith the 'call again' and 'cancel' options. Users can send voicemails by holding down the 'voice message' button. Once the user is finished speaking, he can lift his finger from the screen to send the message. This message will appear in the user's active WhatsApp conversation with the caller.
Also, in case a user changes his mind while sending the voice mail, then he can also cancel the message by sliding his finger to the left. However, so far users cannot listen to the recording before sending the voice mail.
WhatsApp uses the Voice Over Internet Protocol, dubbed VOIP.This lets WhatsApp users make calls to contacts across the globe over the internet, making it much cheaper than traditional landline communication.[Times of India]


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Industrial workspaces need storage that can take the knocks of everyday use while making it easy to organise and access tools and materials, for more efficient working. Called ToolStor, our industrial storage includes everything a busy workspace needs, from tool cabinets to workbenches.
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The Kansas City Wizards will host the Dallas Burn on Wednesday, Aug. 4 in the quarterfinals of the 2004 U.S. Open Cup. The match will be played at the Blue Valley District Activity Complex, located at 135th & Switzer in Overland Park, Kan., with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT. The Wizards are currently just three games away from capturing their first U.S. Open Cup Championship and the $100,000 in prize money that goes to the winner.
Tickets to the U.S. Open Cup match are General Admission and are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (15 and under). Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Wizards Box Office at Arrowhead Stadium, or at the Blue Valley District Activity Complex beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the game.
The U.S. Open Cup match is designated as "Special Game A" for Wizards season ticket holders. Each "Special Game A" ticket will admit two people into the Stadium. Seating at the Blue Valley District Activity complex is limited and seats are available on a first come, first serve basis. For ticket information, please call Kim O'Dell in the Wizards office at 816-920-4730.
Kansas City advanced to the Quarterfinals by defeating the Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League) 4-1 in Atlanta on July 20th. Dallas shutout the Colorado Rapids 3-0 to advance to the Quarterfinals. Of the eight teams remaining in the tournament, only four MLS teams remain after six MLS teams were knocked out in the fourth round. Joining the Wizards and Burn in the quarterfinals are the San Jose Earthquakes and Chicago Fire and the Charleston Battery, Richmond Kickers, Rochester Raging Rhinos and Minnesota Thunder of the A-League.
The Aug. 4 match will mark just the third time in 12 total matches that the Wizards will host an Open Cup match since their first appearance in 1996. The Wizards two previous home games in the tournament both came in 2001, both taking place at the Blue Valley District Activity Complex. It will also mark the second time the Wizards have reached the quarterfinals of the 90-year-old tournament.
Dating back to 1914, the 90-year-old U.S. Open Cup is the oldest soccer cup competition in the United States and is among the oldest in the world. The tournament is open to affiliated amateur and professional teams in the United States, and is single-elimination format. Pairings, dates and kickoff times for the Semifinals will be announced at a later date. Log on to www.kcwizards.com or www.ussoccer.com for the latest scores and information on the 2004 U.S. Open Cup.


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Nothing quite encapsulates the spirit of Christmas like a shimmering, beautifully decorated evergreen.
And while gathering around a freshly cut pine to exchange gifts on Christmas morning is a beloved, time-honoured practice, messy needles, allergies, space, and even environmental concerns have seen an explosion in Christmas tree alternatives.
If you're willing to look beyond artificial trees (which once thrown away, will spend centuries in your local landfill), you'll find an overwhelming array of choices including wall art stickers, LED lights, recycled timber and tree shaped chandeliers, but these can be expensive. If you'd rather save your yuletide cash for eggnog, then here are some ideas that you can do yourself at home.
Recycled Driftwood Tree
It's sounds difficult, but this is easy to make with the right tools, and you can build it as high as you want. Just collect various pieces of driftwood, bamboo or other recycled timber, drill through the middle, and secure with a metal rod. If you're someone who likes to decorate your tree, this solution is perfect with its "branches". Another alternative is to find a large branch with lots of offshoots, spray-paint silver and place in a bucket of sand.
Magazine Tree
Remember patiently folding page after page of your mum's Woman's Weekly during 'craft time' in primary school? Well, this idea is making a comeback – but give it a modern edge by using cutouts, clustering, and spray-painting them all in one colour. Or, for a more traditional look, grab an aged book from an op-shop, tear off the front and back cover, and forgo the paint…
No Tree Tree Hanging Free
This one takes a little more time and patience, but this hanging baubal tree makes an impressive and dramatic installation Using fishing line, baubles and coat-hangers, string baubles at various hights to create a triangular shape. A lternatively, make some paper chains, and connect them in the shape of a triangle. Easy but effective!
Patchwork Tree
For something that you can fold up and use again next year, try this easy patchwork tree. Sew triangular shaped fabric on a backing of your choice with some padding to give it depth. Perfect as a wall hanging, and the beauty of this is that you can make it as big as you like – then, just fold up and use again next year.
Styrofoam Tree
Styrofoam provides an endless array of crafty opportunities – many craft shops sell large conical shapes and this can easily be decorated with layers of ribbon, buttons, dried leaves, baubles, sequins, fabric, candy – or wherever your imagination takes you!


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Gourmet globetrotters, look no further. Our food & drink trips will give you your destination on a plate, a chance to get a real flavour of a country or region. These foodie adventures aren't about exclusive, high-end restaurants; they're about authentic flavours, traditional techniques and recipes handed down through the generations. You'll be breaking bread with the locals, seeing where the ingredients are sourced and even learning a classic dish or two. On an Exodus food & drink adventure you'll sample a range of regional dishes particular to an area. The itineraries will include visits to key sights but also give an insight into the flavour, history and culture of a region through its food. The food & drink trips will bring to life the region's most famous but also less well-known dishes, and restaurants are selected for their locally renowned reputation.
You'll not only eat well on one of our food & drink tours, you'll also discover more about the culture and the customs of your destination. Visit the places where local delicacies are made and the food markets where they're sold, and learn how to prepare dishes yourself as well as witness them being made from scratch. Our special wine-tasting food & drink trips have the same ethos, and you'll go beyond simply sampling finished bottles. Walk or cycle through the vineyards themselves and meet the people who follow each wine on its journey, from grape to glass. All Exodus food & drink holidays not only put local produce centre stage, but the leader will be selected for their culinary knowledge and enthusiasm for food too – and they're also great at getting you talking to passionate locals as you go. Make friends along the way and get a real taste for adventure...
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Restaurants: Every place we eat at is carefully planned, and you'll be taken to locally renowned restaurants to try a wide range of good-quality and authentic dishes. This will give a real flavour of a destination. On our Vietnam Food Adventure we eat at Bale Restaurant in Hoi An. Very popular with the locals, this restaurant tucked away in the backstreets really is a hidden gem. We will work our way through the menu, sampling pork satay, sizzling seafood and sumptuous Vietnamese pancakes.
Tastings and food markets: These opportunities can vary depending on the destination, but we visit food markets wherever we can to see how locals shop and to sample the fresh produce. We visit specialist stalls to try local delicacies and regional street food.
Cookery classes: There will be a minimum of two or three interactive cookery classes on each food & drink trip, so you can learn how to make local dishes. The Sicily Food Adventure includes a cookery class with a local chef, and encourages you to be adventurous with your taste buds. "Sicily's cuisine bursts with Mediterranean flavours – it has all the classic Italian ingredients but with exotic twists coming from the various civilisations, like Arabic, which have occupied the island over the years," says Exodus Product Manager Marta Marinelli.
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Obtaining Asylum in the United States
Political asylum may be granted to those who are being persecuted in their country of origin due to race, religion, nationality, or political views. For a person to be granted Asylum, 3 requirements have to be met:
•The applicant has must establish fear of persecution in their country
•The applicant must show proof of persecution due to race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or social group.
•The applicant must prove that the government is either associated in the persecution, or unable to control it.
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Some Proposals to Improve The Minneapolis Paid Sick Leave and Fair Scheduling Ordinance For Employers
Here are a few proposals that would help achieve a better balance for employers in the Minneapolis City Council's draft Working Families Agenda:
(1) Include An Exception for Small Employers: Many laws that impose obligations similar to those required by the Working Families Agenda include an exception for small employers who will not be able to comply without suffering undue hardship. For example, the obligation to accommodate disabled employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Minnesota Human Rights Act only applies to employers with at least 15 employees. The Minnesota Parenting Leave Act only applies to employers "that employs 21 or more employees at at least one site." And the Family Medical Leave Act only applies to employers with 50 or more employees. A similar exception should be included in the Working Families Agenda.
(2) Reduce the Amount of Time Required For Advanced Scheduling and Include an Exception for Businesses with Unpredictable Work. The draft Working Families Agenda requires that an employee's schedule must be established at least 28 days in advance. Many employers have objected to this requirement on the grounds that they cannot determine what type of staffing they will need that far in advance. One group called the Main Street Alliance of Minnesota is advocating that the City Council reduce this requirement to 14 days as a compromise. However, for some employers whose businesses are unpredictable – like snowplow operators or hospitals – even 14 days is too long to know when work will be required. Therefore, even if the 28-day requirement is shortened, an exception for businesses with unpredictable workloads should be included as well.
(3) Get Rid of the Presumption of Retaliation or Shorten It Significantly. The draft Working Families Agenda provides that:
Employers will be prohibited from firing, demoting, suspending or taking other adverse actions against employees for exercising their rights or assisting others to exercise their rights. Employer bears the burden of proving that an adverse action within one year of protected activity is not retaliatory in nature.
Under current law, courts have held that the "mere coincidence of timing . . . is rarely sufficient" to prove retaliation and that the temporal proximity "must be extremely close to establish the causal connection without other evidence of discriminatory animus." Ebersole v. Novo Nordisk, Inc., 758 F.3d 917, 925 (8th Cir. 2014). Generally, courts will not infer causation based on timing unless the adverse action occurs within approximately two weeks or less of protected activity. Smith v. Allen Health Systems, Inc., 302 F.3d 827, 833 (8th Cir. 2002) (holding that a 13-day period was "barely" sufficient to infer causation).
Assuming that employers are guilty until proven innocent is contrary to an employer's due process rights and the general rule that a plaintiff bears the burden of proof. It is particularly inappropriate when the protected activity at issue consists of taking a sick day or requesting a change in schedule – things that employees may routinely do, resulting in a perpetual assumption of guilt for employers. For these reasons, the City Council should remove the presumption altogether. If any presumption is adopted, however, it should be consistent with current law and be based on a period of two weeks or less, not a year.
(4) Narrowly Define "Flexible Working Arrangement." The draft Working Families Agenda gives employees the right to request a "flexible working arrangement" and, in some cases, requires that employers provide it. The problem with the phrase "flexible working arrangement," however, is that it is undefined and too flexible. Interpreted broadly, a "flexible working arrangement" would arguably include allowing an employee to work whenever he or she felt like it or allowing an employee's unemployed and unqualified cousin to cover his or her shifts.
When the Minnesota Legislature considered a similar mandate as part of the Working Parents Act, the proposed definition of the term "flexible working arrangement" was extremely broad and included "a change in an employee's terms and conditions of employment with respect to work schedule, including, but not limited to, a modified work schedule, changes in start or end times in a work schedule or work shift, a predictable, stable work schedule, part-time employment, job sharing arrangements, working from home, telecommuting, limitations on the employee's availability to work, the location of the employee's worksite, reduction or change in work duties, or part-year employment." See H.F. 1093.
The definition previously considered by the Minnesota Legislature is too broad. By encompassing virtually any schedule change or change in work duties imaginable, the definition of "flexible working arrangement" would give employees the right to dictate the terms of their employment. If the City Council chooses to mandate that employers provide "flexible working arrangements," that term should be narrowly defined so that employers know precisely what is required and so that employers will still be able to determine how their businesses are run.
(5)Include Exceptions For The "Flexible Working Arrangement" Mandate. The draft Working Families Agenda includes a requirement that an employer must grant a requested "flexible working arrangement" if the request is based on the employee's "serious health condition, caregiving obligations, educational pursuits or second job." This requirement does not include any exceptions. Read literally, this requirement could lead to some very odd results. For example, it would arguably require that: (i) an employer must allow a construction worker to telecommute even though the worker's in-person attendance is an essential function of his or her job; (ii) an employer must change the work schedule of one employee with caregiving responsibilities to accommodate the schedule of another employee with caregiving responsibilities; or (iii) an employer must allow an employee to work a part-time schedule so that the employee could also work part-time for the employer's competitor, even though this may result in a conflict-of-interest.
Including some common-sense exceptions to the requirement for flexible working arrangements could avoid these problems. At a minimum, the requirement should include exceptions that would permit an employer to deny a requested flexible working arrangement if the requested arrangement: (i) would not allow the employee to perform his or her essential job functions; (ii) would result in an undue hardship; (iii) would create a conflict-of-interest; (iv) would violate applicable law; or (v) would pose a direct threat to the health or safety of the employee or others. The ordinance should also make clear that an employer need not disrupt another employee's work schedule, terminate another employee, or create a new position in response to an employee's request for a flexible working arrangement.
(6) Exclude Exempt Employees. The draft Working Family Agenda appears designed to help primarily non-exempt employees in service industries, yet it is written broadly to apply to "[a]ll employees . . . unless a collective bargaining agreement waives the law in clear and unambiguous terms." Arguably, this would include exempt employees like emergency room physicians, teachers, engineers, and accountants. It would also include high-ranking officials of the City of Minneapolis, like the Mayor or the Chief of Police. As explained here, applying the fair scheduling requirements of the draft Working Families Agenda to exempt employees does not make sense and will likely create more problems than it will solve.
Takeaway: Although not exhaustive, the changes listed above would significantly improve the draft Working Families Agenda currently under consideration by the Minneapolis City Council. Employers may contact City Council Members or submit comments about the draft agenda via email at email@example.com at any time before October 16, 2015.


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While "The Memphis Sound" was refined and heralded from the 1950s-'70s, attracting artists from all over the world, it lost its drawing power as the last century drew to a close. But lately it's been on the rise again, exhibit A being the mega-hit "Uptown Funk," recorded at Royal Studios. I spoke with producer Matt Ross-Spang about recording singer/songwriter Emily Barker's soulful new album, Sweet Kind of Blue, and why international artists fall in love with not just Sam Phillips Recording Service, but the city and its people.
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Memphis Flyer: Is Memphis attracting more artists who want a certain sound?
Matt Ross-Spang: They're coming now. I used to joke about this — it seems like they always come and do the one funky track. "We have this one funky song, so we're gonna go to Memphis." And that would end up being the coolest song on the record. But really, you should do the whole record here. And you gotta finish it here. You gotta do the whole thing here, or it's not the same feel.
Emily was looking for a producer. She talked about cutting it in Nashville, but I really wanted her to see Memphis. So we met here and did some songwriting. Of course, I took her to Pho Binh and Gus's Fried Chicken, and it was over after that. She wanted to do the whole thing here.
It's funny how this room, but also this city, is like the extra member in the band. It really influences people, the sound and song choice, the way people play. So I'm a big proponent of trying to get everyone I can to come here because it's such an integral part of what we do.
That sense of place, that sense of a particular room, is part of the magic of older recordings. Even when doing overdubs, you get settled in there, you don't mail tracks from L.A.
Yeah, I agree. It's everybody in a room together. Whether they do it at the same time, or in parts, everyone's there as one unit. The stuff Sam Phillips did, or Willie Mitchell, or Chips Moman, you can tell it's their record, but they don't put their fingerprint on it so much that it changes the artist's sound. They just help facilitate, but at the same time you know that was cut at Royal, or it was cut at American. I love that kind of thumbprint on the track.
So how was Emily's record put together?
I like to do it all on the floor. I don't like people to memorize or chart the song before we get there. So she let me put the band together, and I got some of my favorite Memphis guys. We just let, in this case, Steve Potts, Dave Smith, Rick Steff, and Dave Cousar come up with parts, maybe change a chord. And it's always lovely when an artist is okay to let you get your hands all over their songs. She'd show us the song, 30 seconds later we're playing it, and there's no overthinking it. A lot of these were country songs, and they became grooves. She was really great with letting that happen.
There were no rehearsals. Everything was nailed in two or three takes. It's all live vocals on Emily's part. The only thing we punched would be a harmony or strings or something. The musicians have all played together many times, but it's been a while, so it was like a really cool family reunion. And they just killed it. I still get goosebumps listening to "Sister Goodbye." I think that was the first one we tracked, and it set the tone for the whole record. Emily played and sang live. We went till we got the take. And we all loved the rough mixes that [engineer] Jeff Powell did right after tracking. So I just added a little reverb now and then, and it was done. It was a matter of "don't ruin it; we already had it."
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With Black Friday fast approaching a lot of people absolutely ecstatic about trying to get their hands on some of the best bundles and deals available, there's one pre-Black Friday sale for the Xbox One currently going on that will likely have gamers jumping for joy.
Via Gamespot we learned, there's a $299.99 bundle deal being offered up from Walmart, posted to Slickdeals, that sees gamers being able to get their hands on an Xbox One S with a 1TB hard drive and an extra controller, along with a free copy of Battlefield 1 or a copy of Gears of War 4. For $5 extra you can have the controller replaced with an Armed Special Forces edition.
Just for references, the wireless Xbox One Special Edition Armed Forces controller regularly goes for $64, so being able to have the second free controller in the bundle replaced for only $5 with the military-themed livery is a huge discount from what it usually costs. You're basically getting $59 knocked off from the special edition Xbox One wireless controller.
As for the bundle itself... usually the Xbox One S 1TB unit goes for anywhere between $299 and $349. The $299 price point is currently making its way around a lot of retailers, including but not limited to Best Buy, GameStop, Kohl's, Sam's Club and more. However, they don't come with the free controller like the Walmart deal.
The other retailers do offer the free game bundle, however, giving gamers the option to either pick up Battlefield 1 or Gears of War 4.
Some of the other deals include an Xbox One S with a Halo collection bundle for $299, and there's also another sports bundle featuring FIFA 17.
A lot of outlets are gearing up for the absolute madhouse of a week when it comes to Black Friday deals. The discounts are only expected to get steeper and cheaper as we near November 25th. Last week Microsoft started their Black Friday deals an entire week early on November 18th. Anyone who is signed up with Xbox Live Gold could find themselves having access to a vault of discounts on the Xbox Live Marketplace, including games that were slashed in prices from anywhere between 15% off all the way up to 100% off.
Sony also plans on running specialized Black Friday deals, but you'll have to wait until November 22nd to find out what sort of discounts they have planned for the PlayStation Store.
It's been pretty obvious as of late that Microsoft has been taking the console war a lot more serious than Sony. After the PlayStation brand helped pull the electronics giant out of the red, they've essentially become lazy with how they've been waging the war. Nintendo and Microsoft have really stepped up their game (even though Nintendo hasn't done jack spit when it comes to discounting the Wii U, but have compensated elsewhere with the reveal of the Nintendo Switch and strong support for the 3DS), and this holiday season Microsoft is hoping to take home a win in the U.S., when it comes to the NPD charts.
A good variety of discounted bundle deals should really help put Microsoft back on the map and help get the company back into the good graces of gamers.


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1up just had a little developer roundtable about the upcoming motion controllers (and, uh, the "leading brand" as well). While these guys are bound by diplomacy not to say stuff like "Sony is rubbish" or "Nintendo is going down," they do make their feelings felt in slightly more polite terms. The consensus seems to be that each has its own strengths (I know, boring) and that innovation is going to be slow in coming.
After all, the first concern is selling units, and the truly innovative stuff happens after games and gamers have been observed. Even something like Super Mario 64, which certainly innovated in 3D platforming, built on other, earlier 3D or semi-3D games. The developers think you'll see a lot of game+ releases, like say Tony Hawk with some extra functionality built-in, before you get games that are really living in the new control scheme.
Personally, I'm excited to see stuff move beyond the analog stick and/or cursor. That makes Natal the most interesting to me, but in the end it's the games that will decide things.


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In the wake of Germany's 1-0 quarter-final triumph over France at the iconic Estadio Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, the victors could not stop smiling. Thomas Muller and Lukas Podolski were the ringleaders of the German celebrations, laughing and joking both with their team's backroom staff and journalists after the final whistle. Yet even among such joyous scenes there was one man who beamed brighter than most: Mats Hummels.
The 25-year-old headed in the winner after 13 minutes, cleared the danger when Karim Benzema appeared to be on the verge of hitting an equaliser 22 minutes later and was an unsurpassable rock at the heart the defence throughout. It came as no surprise when he was named as the Budweiser Man of the Match after such a vital contribution to Germany setting a new record in reaching a fourth successive FIFA World Cup™ semi-final.
Low leads the plaudits *"Mats was sensational today," Germany coach Joachim Low told *FIFA.com. "The way he goes into tackles and wins them and the way he's always in the right place is hugely impressive. On top of that he scored and he's always a threat at set-pieces too." Low is well aware that a strong defensive display, particularly that of his No5, was pivotal to the hard-fought but deserved victory over France.
"For the goal, Toni Kroos put in a good cross and I was in the right place at the right time," Hummels said afterwards. "We defended well and with passion. We need more of that in our next games." His words came across as more than the usual post-match platitudes; instead, the 33-time international had the confident air of a player eager to shoulder responsibility and exert his influence on the side.
Hummels is more than capable of doing so too. A pillar of the Borussia Dortmund defence, the centre-back earned widespread respect across Europe after his extraordinary displays at UEFA EURO 2012, where he finished the group stage with the second-highest percentage of tackles won of any player at the tournament, and did so without committing a single foul. At Brazil 2014 the towering defender has gone on to become a true leader in the Germany side.
We've got several leaders in this team but Mats has developed amazingly well and is definitely considered one of those players now.
"He's unbelievably important for us here," said Roman Weidenfeller, a long-term team-mate of Hummels at Dortmund and Germany's second-choice goalkeeper in Brazil behind Manuel Neuer. "He's so professional in every situation and he always says what he thinks. He's developing into a leader more and more and when you think that he's now scored twice for us here in Brazil [Hummels was also on target in Germany's 4-0 win over Portugal], that has helped him become increasingly important," the 33-year-old said in an interview with FIFA.com.
Considering the side is already spearheaded by a strong Bayern Munich contingent including captain Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Muller and Neuer, who was once again outstanding against Les Bleus, Hummels' growing standing within the three-time World Cup winners' squad is not to be underestimated.
Even Benedikt Howedes, captain of Dortmund's arch-rivals Schalke, was effusive in his praise, exclusively telling FIFA.com: "We've got several leaders in this team but Mats has developed amazingly well and is definitely considered one of those players now."
*Springboard to the title? *Having long been compared to Franz Beckenbauer due to his on-pitch elegance, Hummels can justifiably claim to be one of the world's elite defenders. A model athlete who is also renowned for his eye-catching beard, Hummels is equally influential away from the field where his measured words carry a great authority in the squad.
Against such a backdrop, the team's chances of success at the World Cup are even more promising, especially as Germany historically tend to improve as a tournament progresses, spurred on to greatness by a group of select individuals.


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As part of one of the most important events in the annual calendar for Uruguayans, as usual, the National Road Safety Unit (UNASEV) presents its communication campaign for Night of Nostalgia.
The goal is obvious: encourage not driving under the influence of any drugs (alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, etc.) that can reduce the reactions and reflexes of drivers risking the lives of everyone.
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Produced and Directed by Kristine Nutting
Original Production: Edmonton, AB September 1 – 4th, 2015
"Devour Content Here: A Show" brings audience members into a prairie dust bowl to explore the tale of two young lovers. The work, focused on telling and re-telling of stories, is a unique production presented in a found urban warehouse with a use of dance, installation, and performance. Over thirty performers are cast.
This is a contemporary postmodern gothic opera, a re-telling of Romeo and Juliet in a Great Depression context.
That's love.
After the show's run, the Muttart manufacturing warehouse was demolished by developers. The warehouse was offered to me by the developers to create one last, grand spectacle inside the historic space.
I made sure to make it boom, before it went bust.
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Gift, Because They Deserve It!
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We all know father is our role model. We treat father with high regards. Father; though the word is of only 6 letters they take a great place in our lives. They do a lot of things for us from the time we are born; our care and fulfilling our needs will be their first priority. Irrespective of their earning they try hard to fulfill our needs by sacrificing their necessity. The list will go on if I have to write.
Here there is a chance for you to give back something to your father. Other than his birthday there is one more day that you can celebrate for him is "father's day". It is celebrated on June 17th this year.
For a father the best gift is children successful professional and personal life. They would like to retire at that point. Make their life more interesting at their retirement.
For many fathers who have school going children would expect their children to be good in academics/sports/art. Gift them with respective expectations. For children who feel cant fulfill those needs, confess in front of your father so that he can help you in solving it.
Here are some more gift options for father's day:
1.A gift box which includes pen, card, personal dairy or a shirt, flowers, pen stand. You can make your own gift box too.
2.An electronic device like mobile, pen drive, notebook, mp3 player etc that can suit them.
3.A restaurant deal of a candle light dinner, lunch/dinner at a lovely restaurant.
4.Send him for a holiday trip if he wishes to go alone or with friends.
5.Healths check up in a hospital.
6.Paint his room.
7.Gift him gym equipment or walking shoe.
8.Cook his favorite dish.
9.A shaving set or a suit or a set of belt, wallet and a tie.
All these are materialistic gifts, there is more than all these that you can give him - love, relaxation, peace. This will happen only if you take care of them like the way they did when you were a child. Spend time with them, take them out, take care of them, and fulfill their needs.
If you have a child who is below 8 years, mother can get a gift for husband. Let your kid gift it to your husband. Gifting is a great practice, teach your child.
Happy father's day!


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