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An unfortunate result of spending a lot of time on our bikes is the all-too-common saddle sore, which is named for—as you might guess—sores forming after long stretches "in the saddle" whether it be on horseback or your favorite road bike.
There is no single type of saddle sore. Everything from lumps, abrasions, rashes and with differences in severity and placement, can be considered saddle sores. The common thread among them is that these issues present themselves in areas that make contact with the "saddle" (typically inner thighs, for example), combined with the moisture, heat, and friction from sitting on a bike.
The best solution for a saddle sore is to work to prevent them altogether. How do you do this? Some tips we recommend include:
- Inspect your gear. This includes both your bike, your actual saddle, and what you wear. Sometimes just riding a different bike or saddle every once in a while can vary the pressure points you're hitting, but in other cases, you may want to look at everything overall. Do you have the right fit for your bike? Do you have the best saddle for your body type? Finally, have you considered a good pair of bike shorts to reduce friction in that area?
- Keep moving—while staying stable. For when you're actually riding your bike, make sure you're moving around a bit and changing your position to relieve pressure points from constantly hitting the saddle. One great way to do this is to stand up more often to get yourself out of the saddle. However, this does not mean you should be rocking around your saddle—stay stable and in control of your position when you are making contact—rocking too much could just cause more irritation and put you at risk for sores.
- Use Body Glide Cycle. Our anti-chafing balm was designed to help prevent saddle sores by reducing friction and irritation from rubbing. Put it on clean, dry skin or on your shorts.
- Stay clean. This applies to both your body and your gear. Starting with your shorts, make sure you are always wearing a clean pair. Re-using one without washing—even if you only rode in them once—still puts you at risk for bacteria, extra moisture, and more. Try to hit the shower soon after your rides or, at the very least, change out of your shorts and consider traveling with shower wipes if you are not able to bathe right away. This will help keep bacteria from lingering on the skin.
- Eat right. Proper nutrition can help with total body inflammation and even the appearance (or severity) of saddle sores. It never hurts to monitor what you put into your body, especially when you are fighting something like saddle sores.
We hope these prevention tips help you avoid saddle sores altogether, but what happens when it is too late and one's already formed? Well, due to the differences of types of saddle sores—and the fact that they aren't easily defined altogether—treatment is not always a one-size, fits all solution.
However, consider some of these treatment methods to start.
- Clean the area. Keep that area as clean as possible with warm, soapy water. After cleaning, make sure the area is completely dry as well.
- Take the proper time to heal. This means that yes, you might have to take some time away from your bike to avoid lingering discomfort. You might hear stories of cyclists who choose to ride through saddle sores. If you are not a professional, it probably isn't worth it to push through discomfort and potentially make your problem worse. Wait it out and combine with another form of treatment. You will thank yourself later!
- Use Body Glide Cycle. This can aid in your treatment just like it can help with prevention, by helping avoid infection and soothe skin.
- Look at other ointments. Triple paste or ichthammol ointments are both cited as useful for saddle sores. Triple paste is often used for diaper rashes, but its healing properties and ability to help with calming skin make it a great ointment for saddle sores. Ichthammol ointment, on the other hand, can be useful for inflammation, in addition to anti-fungal and antibacterial properties.
- Respect the sore. Finally, no matter what you do for treatment, take these sores seriously as they can become infectious. You will want to seek medical care or consult your doctor for further treatment if the sore does not go away, becomes more painful or warm to the touch, or if you see red streaks starting to form around the area.
Any experienced cyclist has dealt with the inconvenience of saddle sores, but some proper prevention methods can be used to avoid them keeping you in the saddle for miles and miles.


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Let the lobster-mania begin!
In the Meloneras shopping center (or what is supposed to be a shopping center, unfortunately all stores are closed except for a few souvenir shops) in the south of Gran Canaria there exists a restaurant that is not really a house-hold name either on the island or much less outside. Called Ciao Ciao, it is popular with the local crowd and tourists but you don't find it often listed in guide books. However, it is in a certain way unique. Yes, it offers all the expected dishes: pasta, pizza, fish and meat, the usual vacation fair, but, hidden underneath all this routineness, there is a dish that should be praised by chefs and poets alike. It is a piece of art unseen and unheard off: we bring you THE LINGUINI LOBSTER! Homemade pasta cooked to perfection with pieces of lobster, chili and garlic served with a half lobster on the side (tip: ask for it picante). The waiter brings you a bunch a gadgets to tackle the shell so just dig in and enjoy one of the best dishes the island has to offer. The wine is house but good and the deserts are huge and delicious, especially if you are into ice cream with tons of cream, jam and fruits (just to make you feel better with some nutrition involved). The bill will not make you cry and you will walk away with a few more happy kilos on your tummy.
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The past few days have been awesome with minimal rain and plenty of sunshine! Great for bralets and flowy chiffon skirts.
I've been waiting for this bralet to come since I approved the sample for manufacturing and I wore it out once the shipment came! The lace trimming has the perfect amount of sheerness & compliments almost any bottoms.
Recently stocked in at the Hollyhoque store at Orchard Gateway #B2-02 and will be up online soon (:
For a girly take, I paired it with a fishtail skirt (Upcoming on Hollyhoque) that has an excellent texture. The hint of emerald green on the waist band also makes this ideal for this festive season!
The flowy skirt flew in all directions possible whenever there was a slight breeze making me feel like dancing ^^ Can't wait to wear the other colours of this skirt and share the looks with all of you soon :D


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The Windows experience index is a capability measure of computer hardware and software configuration. It scores the key system component performance on a scale of 1 to 7.9 called base score. Score given for individual components is the sub score. Usually, the parameters used for testing the performance of a system are, Processor, RAM, Graphics, Gaming and 3D graphics, and HDD. WEI (Windows 7) can be accessed by going to control panel, select "System" and clicking "Windows Experience Index" under rating.
Dell XPS L502x is a decent laptop which usually have higher WEI. It has NVIDIA 2GB dedicated graphics, so the graphics will get higher sub score comparatively. But Desktop performance for windows aero may be a low value on your WEI rating, so the base score will also a low value. This is due to the fact that, DEll XPS has NVIDIA Optimus technology which will turn off the graphics card for low graphics applications to save power. So the actual graphics performance will differ from what was rated while doing the assessment. To improve Windows Experience Index for Dell XPS L502x, follow these tips before running the rating test.
1. Right click on desktop, click NVIDIA control panel. Check for any updates. If you cant update from there, download the latest GeForce 320.18 Driver and install. If you have trouble installing the driver, uninstall the previous one first then try to install. (the latest driver boosts about 20% )
2. Again take NVIDIA control panel and click Manage 3D Settings. Set preferred graphics processor as "High-performance NVIDIA processor". Then change, each graphics feature setting to provide maximum quality. (For example, enabling closed features like ambient occlusion, raising antistropic filtering etc). When you're done, Click apply.
3. From NVIDIA control panel, click "Set PhysX configuration. Select your graphics processor (For me it is Geforce GT 540M). Click Apply.
After doing all these, run the Windows Experience Index test. For my Dell XPS the base score boosted up to 5.7 from 4.5 as shown in the screenshots.
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My XPS L502x has a score of 7.4 for the i7 processor, 7.6 for 8 GB RAM, and 5.8 for the Aero Graphics.
Yes..Aero graphics and disk performance have the lowest score for dell xps


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The use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for acute ischemic stroke in the U.S. roughly doubled over a five-year period, researchers found.
In 2009, an estimated 3.4% to 5.2% of patients with acute ischemic stroke received tPA, up from 1.8% to 2.1% in 2004, Opeolu Adeoye, MD, of the University of Cincinnati, and colleagues reported online in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The reasons for the increase are unclear, but the researchers credited at least part of the greater usage to a financial incentive introduced in 2005.
In October of that year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved a new Diagnosis Related Group -- DRG 559 (acute ischemic stroke with use of a thrombolytic agent) -- which increased payment to hospitals for patients with acute stroke to $11,500, compared with $6,400 for DRG 14 (intracranial hemorrhage or stroke with infarct) and $4,900 for DRG 15 (nonspecific cerebrovascular accident or precerebral occlusion without infarct).
Action Points
- Explain that the use of recombinant tPA in the U.S. roughly doubled over a five-year period.
- Note that the increase in treatment with tPA began before Diagnosis Related Group 559 was approved, which suggests that the financial incentive was not the only factor behind the trend.
"This financial incentive, along with the establishment of formal certification of primary stroke centers by the Joint Commission, the various statewide initiatives to standardize acute stroke care, and the aggressive Get With The Guidelines campaign by the American Heart Association may have all contributed to the increased treatment rates," Adeoye and colleagues wrote.
They noted, however, that the increase in treatment rates began before DRG 559 was approved, which suggests that the financial incentive was not the only factor behind the trend.
To examine trends in thrombolytic use, the researchers used information from two databases -- the Medicare Provider and Analysis Review (MEDPAR) and Premier, a private nationwide hospital database.
Thrombolytic use was similar in the two databases from 2005 to 2009.
Using diagnostic codes, use increased from 1.1% in 2005 to 3.4% in 2009 within MEDPAR and from 1.4% to 3.7% within Premier (P<0.001 for both trends).
When the data from Premier were limited to patients older than 65 -- to match the patient population in MEDPAR -- thrombolytic use increased over the study period from 1.2% to 3.4% (P<0.001).
Consideration of pharmacy billing codes within Premier inflated the rates of tPA use compared with the use of diagnostic codes only -- use increased from 2.4% in 2005 to 4.5% in 2009 (P<0.001).
The researchers then included patients who were coded as having a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or a hemorrhagic stroke and also as receiving thrombolytic therapy. These patients were considered to have been miscoded and were believed to have actually suffered an ischemic stroke.
When those patients were included, the rate of thrombolytic therapy in 2009 rose to 5.2% within Premier -- the highest estimate -- and 3.8% within MEDPAR.
The authors acknowledged some limitations of their analysis, including the use of administrative datasets, the inclusion of patients coded as having TIAs and hemorrhagic strokes in some of the estimates, which may have overestimated tPA use, and the lack of information on the mode of delivery of tPA, the appropriateness of patient selection for treatment, and the potential impact of payer source and socioeconomic factors on the likelihood of thrombolytic treatment.
The study was supported by an Association of American Medical Colleges grant.
The authors reported that they had no conflicts of interest.
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Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
Source Reference: Adeoye O, et al "Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator use for ischemic stroke in the United States: A doubling of treatment rates over five years" Stroke 2011; DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.612358.


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HAPPY DECEMBER and DAY 1 OF BLOGMAS!
Ahhhhhh I am SO excited, this is the first year I'm doing Blogmas, which, if you don't know, means there'll be a new post every single day from now until Christmas day! Stressful but exciting!
This post was scheduled for much later in the month, but, if you're from the North East like me, or anywhere else that's been hit with the snow, I'm sure you'll agree that there's nothing that could satisfy you more than a hot chocolate at the moment, so I brought it forward!
Everyone knows that December is by far the cosiest time of the year, especially when it's snowy and freezing cold outside (is it just me or is it literally 10000x colder this year than normal?!). So forget Friday night drinks, get your pj's and your fluffy slippers on, pop Elf on the TV and make yourself this delicious choc orange hot chocolate tonight, you'll thank me later!
🎅 Ingredients 🎅
- Cornflour
- Milk
- Milk Chocolate
- Chocolate Orange
- Orange peel
- Whipped cream
- Decorations
🎅 Method 🎅
- First, decide how much milk you will need, depending on how many portions you are making, then add to a pan, and add cornflour, I used approx 4tbsp for one pint of milk, but this depends on how thick you would like your hot choc (I like it super thick and creamy)
- Stir the mixture together on a low heat, you don't want to boil your milk as it will burn
- Once the flour has mixed with your milk add chocolate and orange peel, I used a big bar of Cadbury milk chocolate and half a Terry's Chocolate Orange for three portions (do the taste test while adding to see how chocolatey you want your hot choc)
- Stir the chocolate in to the milk until the chocolate has completely melted, (remember to keep your heatlow as burnt chocolate is not what you're after!)
- When your chocolate has completed melted and your hot chocolate is, well…hot, remove the orange peel from pan and pour out your drink!
- Add whipped cream and any extra's you fancy, I added star sprinkles, a piece of chocolate orange and a Malteaser Reindeer and voila, there you have your homemade festive hot chocolate!
I hope you enjoyed my first Blogmas post and are as excited as I am! Don't forget I'll be posting at 5pm every single day til Christmas and again… happy December! <3
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POWR and Script Pool Projects Now Public
POWR Baltic Stories Exchange trains writers to deliver a good pitch and find a producer at the public project presentation as well as get industry feedback through pre-arranged POWR Meetings with carefully selected Baltic Event participants.
The workshop was launched by our region's MEDIA Desks with the goal to bring forward the young talent of the Nordic and Baltic countries. A few years into its success, POWR was moved under the Baltic Event Co-Production Market to give the participants an even wider forum to present their stories. Over the years, many participating projects have found a producer from Baltic Event.
This year, POWR is partnering up with In Focus, a Finnish initiative aimed at female filmmakers that provides an incubator to support four film- or TV projects to cross the bridge from script to production stage. The initiative is funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. In Focus will pitch their projects in collaboration with POWR.
Selected screenwriters will present their projects on November 29.
POWR Baltic Stories Exchange 2018:
- Innocent Gun by Lucas Abrahao, Bojana Babic, Estonia
- Room 511 by Sevgi Eker, Finland, In Focus*
- Å by Aino Lappalainen, Finland, In Focus
- Suicide Mission by Hanna Partanen, Finland
- Kerttu / If I Would Talk to You by Kirsi Marie Liimatainen, Finland
- Hot Pans (working title) by Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski, Finland, In Focus
- Provider by Susanna Ake, Finland, In Focus
- Alone against the Sky (working title) by Adel Oberto, Italy
- Lady from the Sea by Morten Traavik, Latvia/Norway
- Karin Boye (working title) by Asa Sandzen, Sweden
Script Pool Tallinn is a script competition launched at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2017 with the aim of gathering talented scriptwriters with producers attached, in order to provide them support enhancing the script and maximizing therefore its production and distribution potential. The main award of 5000 Euro prize by our partner, leading international sales & distribution company Global Screen GmbH is given to one of the five writer-producer teams invited to Tallinn.
This year, Industry@Tallinn collaborates with MIDPOINT, a training and networking platform with the aim to strengthen the creative collaboration between writers, directors and producers in the development process in Central and Eastern Europe.
The public pitch takes place on November 29, 2018.
Script Pool Tallinn 2018:
- Eva, Stay with Me by Daniel Baldotto, Colombia
- Lisa Antelava is a Bitch by George Varsimashvili, Nicos Panayotopoulos, Georgia
- Man of Deeds by Radu Romaniuc, Romania
- Quake by Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Iceland
- Welcome to the USA by Assel Aushakimova, Kazakhstan
The jury for Script Pool Tallinn 2018 is:
- Katharina Suckale, producer at Bombay Berlin Film Productions
- Marcello Paolillo, Head of Art of Panic, Stepln project manager at Locarno Film Festival
- Julia Weber, Head of Theatrical Sales & Acquisitions of Global Screen GmbH


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Continuing the YA craze that, along with comic book movies, has gripped all of Hollywood after the undeniable success of "The Hunger Games" franchise, 20th Century Fox is back just a year after the first entry with the sequel "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials." The title of which likely needs the prefix so people can identify that this is indeed a sequel to last year's "The Maze Runner", even though the kids aren't running around any mazes this time around. Instead, director Wes Ball, returning to helm for a second go around, leads the group on a completely different adventure which in the end plays to a confusing and unsatisfying conclusion much like the first entry. The basic premise, which mimics nearly all films of the genre, still features a good looking, well groomed young cast who questions those in authority and seemingly rebels against their every move. Sure, these films always take place in a bleak dystopian setting, butthe message here tells us young people will rise against an evil and elitist government in order to shape their own futures. It's a fine story to build a film around, but after sitting through three going on four "Hunger Games" films, and two going on three "Divergent" films, plus the first in this series, I suppose it's natural to ask if this genre has already worn woefully thin in the storytelling department.
Back to adapt James Dashner's second novel after also adapting the first, screenwriter T.S. Nowlin is still struggling with giving any of his characters actual personality. They all come off as a perfectly chosen group of diverse late teens who are merely stand ins for the film's plethora of action sequences that start right where the last film left off. They run somewhere, then stop. Then they run some more, but never quip a single line of memorable dialogue. The core group of survivors, led by Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), returns Minho (Ki Hong Lee), Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), Frypan (Dexter Darden), and Winston (Alexander Flores), all of which arrive via helicopter at a remote outpost in which they believe they have been saved from the clutches of W.C.K.D. (World in Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department).
If you're a fan of the television show "Game of Thrones", than the first sight of the guy who's in charge of the outpost and claims to be there to help will give you pause and rouse your suspicion. If you need an actor to play a wormy character than Aiden Gillen is your man these days, especially when he employs his mischievous Lord "Littlefinger" Baelish accent as Janson and only shows up during scenes that further the evil doings of the bad guys. Thomas sniffs this out immediately, while the others are just happy to have food and shelter away from the dangers of the Glade and the Maze. There are others there too who speak of having been in other mazes, but somehow managed to escape. Each night at dinner, Janson arrives with a list of kids who are said to be transported to a permanent home where they will forever be safe. Not buying into this at all, Thomas is befriended by a loner named Aris who has something to share with him.
In one of the silliest plot devices you'll ever see in film that is meant to be serious, Aris arrives in the barracks room Thomas and his fellow first film survivors sleep in via an unsecured floor vent. Since they are locked into this room each night like a prison and are clearly not allowed to leave, you would think the people running the joint would've thought to bolt the vent into the wall. Because they didn't think of this, Aris simply pushes the vent frame from the wall and this allows Thomas to crawl in with him and have their way about the entire facility. Of course this leads them to find not all is as they were led to believe with Janson and his minions performing experiments on the kids said to be leaving the facility under the direction of Ava Page (Patricia Clarkson), the apparent leader of W.C.K.D. from the last scene of the first film. This sequence is also where I realized Ball and his designers might've taken a few too many cues from Cameron's classic film "Aliens" as Thomas and Aris explore a lab growing baby versions of the Grievers, the main threat of the first film. They are immersed in vertical containers filled with water and will instantly call you back to the scene where the Marines discover face huggers in a lab stored exactly the same way. In addition, the hallways, rooms, and doors seem to be decorated exactly like the sets used for the colony on LV-426 with its yellow emergency lights, gray and black paint scheme, and large thick mechanical doors. When the inevitable escape attempt occurs and Thomas leads his group out of there, the similarities become even more glaring.
But then "The Scorch Trials" changes gears and becomes something crossed with "Mad Max" and "Resident Evil" as the group is stalked by floods of really fast and nasty "World War Z" style zombies called Cranks. As is explained, these kids apparently hold the keys to the cure for the disease that causes people to turn into zombies because of some kind of generational genetics. Why that meant putting them in the Glade in the first film and having them in harms way by allowing them to explore the Maze is something which still hasn't been explained. This second chapter seems to solely focus on the events of what is primarily a road or chase film as the group makes its way through a hot desert with little or no water, knowing both legions of Cranks and Janson are always just steps behind them.
Ball, as he did expertly in the first film, has managed to create a number of inventive and well thought out action sequences. One such scene takes place through the rubble of two sky scrapers that have fallen into each other as Thomas and a new character named Brenda (Rosa Salazar) attempt to allude both Cranks and the unstable terrain. There's also a memorable scene that features the Patsy Cline song "Walkin' After Midnight" in one of the more creative uses of music in a feature film that I've seen in quite a sometime. While these scenes are always entertaining to look at, it's still a challenge to get past the fact Ball and his team still after two films haven't given us anyone worth rooting for. Even worse, in order to get the answers that will some how make sense of all of this, we now have to remain in a holding pattern until 2017 and the release of the third film "The Death Cure". GRADE: C


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Apr 27, 2018
This week's multicultural movie is David, the story of an
unlikely friendship between Daud, an 11yr old religious Muslim boy
living in Brooklyn and an Orthodox Jewish boy Yoav.
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It is becoming even more difficult to find basic contact information on websites these days. At times it appears that inconveniencing the online customer is actually fashionable and this is of course only going to alienate your clients unnecessarily.
It seems ridiculous that when someone clicks on a link which they expect to take them to a simple page with clear contact details on it that they get sent somewhere else first in order to fill in a form or sign up for something for free but that you still don't want. If you want to increase conversions your website links and access to contact details must be user-friendly.
No matter how good your pay per click manager is and no matter how well your pay per click campaign is doing, your business could be attracting more conversions if you paid more attention to your links and to your website's usability and navigation.
This is primarily important in order to improve pay per click results, of course, but it is also essential in order to strengthen your online presence as a whole, specifically through organic search. (more…)


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RAMONA, Calif. – A motorist who was allegedly drunk when he got into a Mother's Day crash that killed a pregnant woman and then called Lyft to give him a ride to a bar, was behind bars Monday.
Andrew Dorian Milonis, 44, was heading east on San Vicente Road when his 2011 GMC Yukon pickup truck rear-ended a 2016 Dodge Dart near Arena Drive about 6:45 p.m. Sunday in Ramona, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The impact sent the car veering into a center median, where it struck a tree, fatally injuring the driver, 29-year-old Jessica Foderingham, who was eight months pregnant. The Ramona resident and her unborn daughter were pronounced dead at a hospital.
The CHP says Milonis sped off in his GMC Yukon – then made a stop at the Riviera Oaks Resort.
"You could smell the alcohol when he walked in the door," said Beth Hall, who was working the front desk. "He was saying he had an argument with his wife and just wanted to get a room for a few nights for his wife to come and stay here -- so they could work it out."
According to Hall, Milonis did not say anything about the crash. She then called for a Lyft driver to take him away from the property. Once he was gone, she took a closer look at his SUV.
"Just coming out and seeing the vehicle -- as soon as I saw brake light pieces in the front of the grill – I was like 'oh, my god -- he's hit somebody. He's done something really bad,'" said Hall.
Sheriff's deputies called the Lyft driver who told them he dropped off Milonis at the Turkey Inn bar on Main Street -- where Milonis was taken into custody.
Milonis, a Ramona resident, was booked into San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of DUI, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run. He was being held on $1 million bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
A candlelight vigil in memory of Jessica and unborn child will be held near the crash site Tuesday at 6 p.m.
"I want to thank everyone for all the love, support, and prayers," Jessica's husband Chris Fondo posted on Facebook.


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Marc Thaler rounds up five tech news stories that caught his eye during 2015's third month.
So, agents of the U.S. Secret Service guarded the private home server of Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state. Who drew the short straw for that assignment?
One week after The New York Times reported Clinton's "exclusive" use of a personal email account for work, the possible 2016 presidential candidate publicly addressed the controversy. Clinton – who never received a government account while on the job from 2009-13 – said she "opted for convenience" over handling multiple devices.
The issue of data security was discussed at the same press conference. Clinton said the private server was protected by agents.
Are you puzzled, perhaps alarmed, by that response?
Consider this point from a Yahoo! tech column:
"Movie plots aside, servers don't get hacked by ninjas sneaking into data centers. Why bother when you can do the same thing from a coffee shop on the other side of the world by exploiting vulnerabilities in server software and in the humans charged with maintaining it?"
While weighing the role nunchucks play in IT security, consider these stories that also made the cut:
You probably know Apple Watch soon goes on sale (April 24). But do you know the smartwatch doesn't have a web browser? That's according to former Apple employee Paul Canetti.
In this brief and informative post on his blog, Canetti contends that few notice (or care) about the absence of browsers – a key factor in their "slow and steady process" of growing obsolete.
"But what about search, you say? You are confusing browsing with searching," Canetti writes. "If you need some info, just ask Siri. Or I'm sure Google will make an app for Apple Watch too."
Business Insider, which picked up on Canetti's post, reports "Sites will have to build their own Apple Watch apps to get around the lack of a web browser."
Who says you can't be in two places at once – especially for a milestone moment? CNN Money reported that Samsung, with a marketing video posted on YouTube, "demonstrated the first live-streamed virtual reality birth."
Australians Jason and Alison Larke – separated by 2,500 miles because he had to work – celebrated the birth of their third son as if a few feet apart. Jason wore a Gear VR headset, and relied on a 360-degree camera stationed in the delivery room.
"When Jason moved his head, he could peer around the room in real time," the report explains. "When Steele was born, (Jason) was able to watch the birth live and in 3-D."
The video, published March 14, has more than nine million views.
For visitors of Gigaom, March 9 marked the last chance to learn something from the influential tech journalism blog. "A note to our readers" explains that a lack of money forced Gigaom to shut down.
According to Re/code, the site that tech writer Om Malik founded in 2006 features a new management team. The makeover includes an interim CEO.
"It has, in recent years, focused on its more lucrative research business more than its Web news operations," Re/code reports.
On his personal site, Malik writes that "Gigaom is winding down and its assets are now controlled by the company's lenders. It is not how you want the story of a company you founded to end."
A German pro basketball team is appealing a punishment that calls for reassignment to a lower-tier league. Here's the story:
The Windows laptop used to operate the scoreboard for the host Paderborn Baskets "required 17 minutes to perform system updates," prompting a delay to the start of the game, Ars Technica reports. The Chemnitz Niners protested after losing because the delay lasted 10 minutes longer than league rules allow.
Timing – even for system updates – is everything.
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: Huh? (01/21/10)
TITLE: Communication Gap (i) | Previous Challenge Entry
By Marlene Bonney
Not jewelry. Instead of earrings or a bracelet, a tightly boxed new cell phone revealed itself, accompanied by a note:
"Mom. Noticed how battered your old cell phone was at my last visit. This also covers a year of free text messaging. Enjoy! Looking forward to hearing from you with your first texting experience! Love, Tiffany."
The tiny compact unit fit in the palm of my hand. I wondered if I would be able to push the tiny key buttons just one at a time, and the instruction manual print was so small, I had to use a magnifying glass.
"It's sweet she and her sister want to include me in their daily communications, but I still prefer to just e-mail them."
Having learned how to manage a computer, I imagined I could meet this challenge, as well; but, I wasn't particularly interested in doing so. Suddenly, the phone vibrated and rang an unfamiliar jazzy tone simultaneously. I apprehensively pushed the flashing mailbox icon and across the screen came two sentences of text:
"j/w hw u lk yr nu celfne. Cnt w8 2 heA ffrm u, Luv, Tif."
"What is the world? It's from Tiffany, I guess, but the message must have been scrambled or something," looking at the instruction manual for guidance, "guess I'll have to call her from the wall phone later."
I smiled, remembering how the kids reacted the time I was mastering my first cell phone telling them, "'thank-you-very-much'; I'd rather use the landmine phone," the term I was sure I heard on television advertisements. To this day, they pretend to check behind the phone for hidden bombs when they visit.
"Modern technology," I mused.
I dashed off a thank-you email to Tiffany a few minutes later, putting aside the new cell phone for later perusal.
Later, I was abruptly awakened from a snooze by a loud rendition of the Rocky movie soundtrack belting out of the new phone. Bolder this time, I very deliberately opened up the new message from the mailbox icon:
"ey mom, jst gunA d grocery stoR. Cn I pik` NEfin 4 u? Sarah."
"What?! Those girls must be playing a trick on me," as I quickly typed up an email to this, my youngest daughter, explaining my inability to decipher her message.
Next day, Tiffany and Sarah came over to gang up on me for not using the texting option on the gifted cell phone.
"Mom, just look at it this way: you type in the way things sound, not the way they're spelled."
"Huh? I don't get it."
"It saves time, see? It's sort of like abbreviating," this from Sarah.
"But, you're talking about a blink of time to push in 'l-o-v-e' instead of 'l-u-v'—it's just one letter, for goodness sakes! Plus, communicating like this, you'll forget how to spell things correctly."
"That's not the point, Mom. Think of it as sort of a game. You can have your messages translated into regular spelling online if you get stuck; but, once you get the hang of it, you can guess pretty accurately by just sounding out the numbers and letters."
I felt the generation gap widening between us like a cracking fault line as this ridiculous conversation continued.
"I thought the issue was to have an instant conversation and to save time by using it instead of e-mailing," my voice rising like an erupting volcano, "this would accomplish the opposite!"
The girls exchanged "the look"—you know, the one kids give each other that expresses sympathy for a parent who just doesn't "get it."
Nettled, I added,
"And while we're on the subject, what is it with young people today that makes them rudely ignore the one sitting next to them while texting someone else on their cell phones?"
"Huh?" they simultaneously exclaimed, "it's called multi-tasking, Mom. You should try it sometime."
This, to a mother who, with phone receiver planted on her left shoulder while diapering a baby had fixed dinner at the same time—all of which, were not a game.
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By Maxine Kwok Adams - 26 August 2015
This month I had the privilege of listening in on the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain's rehearsal for their yearly highly anticipated Prom concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
It happened to be exactly twenty years after I led the NYO at the Proms in Mahler 3 under the baton of Mark Elder, a concert I still remember with great clarity. The 2015 NYO last night performed Mahler 9 under the baton of the ever-enthusiastic and now titled, Sir Mark Elder.
It was staggering to realise not one of the 165-strong orchestra would have been born when I left (in floods of tears) to become a student at the Royal Academy of Music. I felt a few wrinkles sprout as I watched them perform with the consummate ease of professionals.
Having been in the profession now for over sixteen years I've seen my fair share of cynicism and bitterness as comes with any job. How refreshing to be taken back to my teenage years, the excitement of discovering amazing symphonic works for the first time and sharing that love with like-minded friends. Certainly for those in the NYO, a percentage will come from specialist music schools but others like me, would have come from ordinary schools, possibly without much musical scope and therefore have spent the majority of the year feeling like the outsider who has to practise for hours rather than watch the latest TV shows.
It's been wonderful to see see organisations such as the NYO and the National Children's Orchestra flourish over the years, the standard goes from strength to strength with so many alumni going on to become professional musicians. The biggest success stories surely being Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Harding and Nicola Benedetti but orchestras over the UK are full of those who benefited from such youth organisations, national or local. Those who didn't go on to study music cite their experiences in youth orchestras as being an important part of their upbringing. I have many friends who hail from that period in my life, some who carried on their musical education and others who veered off onto different paths. One close friend in particular went into the field of banking but still plays the violin in classical and jazz groups weekly.
I myself came from Bromley, growing up through the excellent music system Bromley Youth Music Trust, an organisation offering lessons, numerous orchestras/bands and chamber music. International youth orchestra and band competitions are frequently won, numerous alumni enter the profession, the most well-known being clarinettist Emma Johnson, but BYMT still suffered huge cuts in funding earlier in the year. So many people rallied round to support, understanding the need for this service which provides a solid music education for little or no money to all those who want it.
Sadly this is happening all over the country and whilst this blog isn't designed as a platform for political change it is hopefully going to encourage us to cherish such organisations that encouraged all of us, whatever background, to discover what we can achieve in the field of music and beyond.
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So as stated before in earlier posts we had a Mad Scientist Birthday for my son's 8th Birthday! We did all kinds of experiments and had all kinds of treats. Everything didn't quite go as planned but what Mad Scientist does everything that is planned. By the time the party day got here I just wanted to get everything done. I'm very thankful for the people that took pictures because I didn't have time to!
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Recently I've gotten in to mountain biking, which, of course, means needing mountain bike gear. Having mountain bike gear, of course, means maintaining mountain bike gear...and especially maintaining a mountain bike.
Maintaining a mountain bike is monumentally easier if you can get the wheels off the ground, which is why you see locking stands at any bike shop. I googled bike stands and found that buying one would be quite expensive (although with another search today I realized that's very very wrong) so I decided to check out how to make my own and found someone claiming that a stand could be built for about $30 of materials from the hardware store. So off I went! [And it ended up costing me about $60 since I had to also buy a hole saw]
I'm going to tell you how to build a floor stand like I made, and after that I'll tell you what you need to make a stand that will fasten to any vertical object that will fit between your clamp.
- About 5' of 3/4" diameter threaded metal plumbing pipe; 4' will do if you're a shorter person with a shorter bike. I used black metal pipe because that was cheapest
- About 12" of 1/2" diameter metal plumbing pipe, threaded on at least one end (you might need a custom cut)
- 1 threaded floor flange, 3/4" diameter
- 1 90-degree elbow--3/4" reducing to 1/2"
- 4 bolts of 1.25" long by 1/4", with 4 nuts and 4 washers to match
- 1 piece of 4'x2' plywood, 3/4" thick
- 1 2x4 board, approximately 12" long (or 2 pieces of 6" long)
- 1 1/2" pipe clamp
- Paint, if you want to; or sealer if it's going to be outside.
- Drill
- Saw (use at hardware store, if needed)
- At least 2 clamps
- 3/16" drill bit
- Countersink (optional)
- Hole saw of a diameter a bit smaller than your bike tube for a snug fit
- 2-3 8" cable ties
- Socket and ratchet to fit your nuts and bolts (11mm worked perfectly for me)
Also, to make this more budget friendly, check the scrap wood and metal areas at your local store. I was able to get my plywood, 2x4, and 1/2" pipe as scrap for a grand total of $2.
|Step 1 - drilling
Step 1.5 - countersink the holes if you want to ensure your bolt heads lie flush. Countersink from the bottom as your nuts and bolts will go atop the floor flange.
|Step 2 - setting bolts
|Step 3 - attaching flange
|Step 3 - securing flange
|Step 3 - finishing off countersunk bolts
|Step 4 - screw in pipe
|Step 5 - attach pipe clamp
|Step 6 - bore out seat-stem hole
|Steps 7 (completed) and 9 - made cable tie channels, inserted
cable ties, and attached seat vise to the pipe clamp
|Steps 7 (completed) and 9, from the top
Step 7 - Continue preparing the seat-stem vise (optional). If your clamp is like mine, it doesn't have a way to fasten your 2x4 to the clamp...meaning without more, it'll fall off anytime you open the clamp and will make holding your bike difficult. That's where the cable ties come into play. Place the wood between the pipe clamp as you would when using the stand and tighten the clamp around it. Mark the outlines of the clamp feet on both sides. Remove the wood from the clamp. Using your drill and 3/16" drill bit, drill down to make one hole about 1/4" in from the outside edge--make this drill long enough that you will have drilled past the bottom outline of your clamp foot. Next, drill one hole on the outside of the plank perpendicular to your first drill on the top of your clamp-foot outline; then drill another hole perpendicular to your first drill on the bottom of your clamp-foot outline. Feed a cable tie through the bottom hole, up through the plan, and out the top hole--DO NOT CLOSE THE CABLE TIE YET. Repeat for the other plank.
|Step 8 (completed) - cut out seat stem channel
Step 8 - OPTIONAL - make your seat-vise more usable. I didn't feel like screwing and unscrewing the clamp every time I wanted to put my bike in, so I cut a channel in my seat vise that my seat stem can slide through. If you can safely do the same, now's the time to do so. I used my circular saw to make a cut on the inside of each plank to the bore-hole from my hole saw, resulting in a channel slightly smaller than the bore-hole (thus double-slightly smaller than my seat stem) so the bike stem can go through with minimal unclamping but can still result in tightening down snugly.
Step 9 - Also Optional - line the bore hole of your seat vise with rubber (old bike tube works), felt, or anything smooth and/or cushy to protect your seat stem when it's clamped down. If you do this, you might want to make your bore-hole a little bit bigger to allow for the extra material.
|Step 10 - BIKE STAND!
Congratulations! You now have a DIY bike stand!!!
Want a cheaper, easier, more mobile version that will attach to any vertical object the clamp will fit around? Do this:
Get 24" of 1/2" or 3/4" diameter pipe, 2 of the correctly sized pipe clamps, the 2x4 discussed above, and the cable ties discussed above. Put the pipe clamps on both ends of the pipe. Follow steps 6 and 9, above; and optionally steps 7 and/or 8 above. Once your seat vise is created and in one of the clamps, you're now ready to put the other clamp on anything it'll fit to and work on your bike!
Finally, I googled bike maintenance stand again and found that Amazon has a lot of stands for cheaper than the cost of materials I paid for this stand. If only I knew yesterday... Save yourself, if you wish, by just buying one of these:


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Throughout this whole project, I wondered how this was going to work. There isn't a way to try it on, until the very, very end. It is an exercise in positive thinking. It is also a really great design, because the finished project fits perfectly and is easy to wear. Look, the sleeves actually ended […]Continue Reading... Comments Off on Finished Swirl
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Students will get an introduction to interior design by learning how to add texture and color to create a colorful sweet space in this five day Home Décor sewing camp. Projects will include pillows with piping, ottoman poufs, fabric covered pin boards, textured fabric art, banners and more! Ages 9 & up, some sewing experience is necessary. Perfect for enthusiastic beginners who are eager to learn new skills.
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Whether you just bought your first guitar or you have been playing for a while, this easy step-by-step program will have you playing our song lessons in no time. Look at the syllabus below to find the right place to start. We'd recommend beginners start with lesson 1. Go at your own pace! Carefully learning each of these 10 easy-to-follow lessons will set you up to be able to start conquering the song lessons on Six String Country - and have fun while you are at it!
By the time you complete this method, our goal is to have you comfortable with the 5 most used keys of chords (G, C, D, A and E), barre chords, strumming, and the 5 positions of the pentatonic scale. We'll give you a good foundation of basic music theory along the way. Not only will you be ready to learn new songs with ease, but you'll be set up start some more advanced lessons in lead guitar, fingerpicking, and other important skills.
Properly Holding A Pick
We are using the word "properly" loosely here. Guitarists hold picks all kinds of ways, and there is not necessarily a right or wrong. If you are having trouble getting the pick feeling good in your fingers, this is a great starting point to get you going.
Tuning Your Guitar
Learning to properly tune your guitar is an essential skill. You can have the best technique in the world, but if your guitar is out of tune it will not sound good. Using a tuner is a good idea if you are playing with other musicians. Sometimes, however, we don't have a tuner and we have to tune by ear. This tutorial will talk about tuning by ear and matching pitch so that you'll be able to play an in-tune guitar in every situation.
Eventually, we recommend you get a tuner. If you don't have one yet, SSC also offers a tuning tutorial where we play each string in tune. You can match the pitch of your strings to this tutorial to make sure you are playing an in-tune guitar.
SSC Tuner: Match Each String's Pitch
Your First 3 Chords
You've got a good grip on that pick and your tuned up... you're ready for some chords! We'll start with the 3 most used chords on the entire site: G, C2, and D. Don't worry about that 4th chord just yet. We'll get there!
Your First Song
Alright! You're ready for your first song! We will use the 3 chords you just learned and play this simple tune along with a backing track. The goal here is to get comfortable playing chords in the context of a song. This means that we will have to keep a steady rhythm to stay with the backing track. You've got this.
4th Chord and Exercise
Time to learn the 4th most popular chord on the site. This 4th chord, along with the 3 you already know, will be all the chords you need to play over 100 songs on this site. Learn the 4th chord, the Em7, and then go through the exercises to complete this portion of the lesson. Work on keeping your ring finger down as a pivot and transitioning between the chords as smoothly as possible. Trust us - you really want to know these 4 chords frontwards and backwards!
How to Use A Capo
Good news: this is not rocket science! This short tutorial will explain some of the theory behind why we use a capo and how to get the best sound out of them without pulling strings out of tune. We will use capos a lot from here on out for song lessons, so be sure you are comfortable with this.
Learn the Open String Names
Over the course of this method, we will be learning the note names of all the frets on all the strings. Although that might sound scary, there are a lot of patterns that we can use to keep the mental processing quick and easy. The first step is to be able to immediately pull the names of the open strings to your mind: (low to high) E, A, D, G, B, E. We'll build from there. Here is a lesson and chart.
Strumming can be a source of frustration for many beginners. This lesson will take you through 4 strum patterns starting with the easiest and ending with the hardest. After learning all four of these patterns, you'll be ready to take a stab at some of the easier song lesson at Six String Country!
Song Suggestions
We've put together some song suggestions that will use only the chords that you know so far. The strum patterns are on the easier side, but are still more advanced than we've encountered at this point. This is supposed to be fun, so if you find yourself getting frustrated, come back and keep learning the fundamentals. We want to give you a taste of how fun learning some of these tunes can be! Pick one you love and learn the rhythm guitar part.
4 Songs in 10 Minutes, Gone Country, Cruise, Luckenbach Texas, Should've Been A Cowboy
This Is How We Roll, Roller Coaster, Dust on the Bottle
This lesson gets us into keys of chords and scales and will probably take you some time to really internalize. Take your time with this lesson as the concepts presented here are essential for a long, happy relationship with the guitar.
Key of G Chords
You may have heard people say things like, "This song is in the key of -----". That is because chords come in keys. There is a lot of music theory behind this idea, but to put it simply: when using chords from the same "key of chords", they sound good together. All of the chords we've learned so far are in the key of G. There are 7 chords in every key, so we have a few more to learn to finish up the key of G. Remember - we learned a C2 instead of a standard C chord, and an Em7 instead of a standard Em. Don't let that throw you off, but be sure to learn the standard C and Em as you go through this lesson. Learn all of the key of G chords frontwards and backwards.
Chord Transitions: Key of G
Getting comfortable putting our fingers on the chords is the first step. Next, we need to be able to make them musical. In our chord transition series, we'll learn some simple strumming and some walk ups and walk downs to connect the chords. Head to this lesson, learn the G, Em, C, D transitions, and then play them with the backing track.
The Pentatonic Scale
Throughout this method, we will be learning the 5 positions of the pentatonic scale. Eventually we'll learn how to play any scale in any key that we want. For now, let's just focus on learning position 1 of the pentatonic scale in the key of G. Scales are really just patterns, and the pentatonic scale is nice for guitar players because they lay out in "box-like" shapes across the fretboard. This makes them easy to memorize. If possible, memorize position 1 as we'll need to know this one very well. When you've got it down, play it along with the Jam Along Track. The pentatonic scale is what most country, rock, and blues lead guitar work is based around and is also an important concept for understanding basic music theory. It will be worth your while. The 5 notes of the pentatonic scale in the key of G are G, A, B, D, and E. These 5 notes will repeat and make up the scale pattern we will learn now.
Song Suggestions
Here are a few more songs we think you are ready to try out. These song lessons will stretch your skills and require a good amount of work. Pick one you like and learn the rhythm guitar part. Learning a song you love is rewarding and worth the effort.
Chillin' It, Where the Green Grass Grows, That Ain't My Truck, Good One Comin' On
Key of C Chords
We know our key of G inside and out. Now, lets learn another popular key that we frequently use on the site: the key of C. On thing you will notice is that there is some of overlap when learning new keys. The key of C chords include C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am and Bdim. Any of those look familiar? You already know C, Em, G, and Am. Don't let this confuse you. At it's most basic level, we are identifying groups of chords that sound good together. When we are in the key of C (when C is "home base"), this group of chords all work together. We'll talk more about this later and it will continue to make more and more sense. For now, let's learn the key of C chords!
Key of C Transitions
Just like we did for the key of G, we're going to make these key of C chords musical and cement them into our muscle memory by learning these key of C transitions. When you have them down, play them with the backing track.
Learn the Note Names of the First 5 Frets
As we start to work with scales it will become more and more important that we know the names of the notes on the guitar neck. Head to this tutorial, learn the note names of the first 5 frets, and run the exercise.
Position 1 Pentatonic in the Key of C
We've already learned position 1 in the key of G. We started on the 3rd fret of the low E string (which is a G note). Now we are going to play the same scale in the key of C. You'll be shocked at how easy it is. Just play the exact same pattern, but start on the 8th fret of low E (a C note). The C pentatonic scale consists of 5 notes: C (first note), D (second note), E (third note), G, (4th note) and A (fifth note). This tutorial can help iron out any questions. You can keep it simple and just read the key of C pentatonic tabs, or you can see how far the rabbit hole goes and watch the G to C tutorial. You decide!
Scales: Playing in Different Keys
Song Suggestions
Here are some songs low on the difficulty scale that use Key of C chords. Every chord has many, many variations. If you come across one in one of these songs, don't let it stress you out. We'll walk through each variation very slowly and you'll be a better player for it. You've got this! Pick one you love and learn the rhythm guitar part.
Just Getting Started, Cop Car, Hey Good Lookin', I Don't Dance
Position 2 Pentatonic
We already know the 1st position of the pentatonic scale. Now we'll learn the second position. You may remember that there are 5 repeating notes in the pentatonic scale. In the key of G, they are G, A, B, D, and E. We can also number them. A "G" note is the first note of the pentatonic scale in G. An A note is the second note. B the third. D the fourth. E the fifth. The starting note of the 5 different positions correspond with the number in the scale. For example, position 2 (which you are about to learn) starts on the 2nd note of the scale: an A note.
Position 2 Pentatonic in C
As we go through this method, the concept of playing in different keys will be important. As we learn new keys of chords, we'll want to also figure how to play these scale patterns in that key. Once you get the hang of it, it will be a piece of cake. We've already played position 1 in both G and C. Now let's play position 2 in the key of C as well. As a reminder, the 5 notes of the key of C pentatonic scale are C, D, E, G, and A - in that order. So if we want to play the 2nd position of the pentatonic scale in C, what note do we need to start on? You got it - D! We can find a D note on the 10th fret of the low E string. Start there and play the exact same scale pattern. This tutorial can help iron out any questions. You can either look at the tabs for the key of C pentatonic, or go all the way down the rabbit hole and watch the G to C tutorial. You pick!
Scales: Playing in Different Keys
Song Lesson: The 12 Bar Blues
The 12 bar blues is one of the universal languages for guitar players. This is often what groups of players will "jam" over as everyone at a certain level of playing is expected to know this. Where many guitarists skimp is memorizing the pattern. The riffs are important, but if you don't memorize the order to play the 3 different riffs in, no one will be able to follow you. It's called the 12 bar blues because there are literally and exactly 12 measures in the chord progression, and then it repeats as desired. Take the time to learn this one inside and out. It's not difficult, but it is important. Next time someone says, "you want to jam?", you'll be glad you did!
Key of D Chords
Just like the key of G and C chords, another popular key that many of the songs taught on this website is the key of D. Learn the key of D chords and complete the chord exercise. Finally, play them along with the backing track.
Key of D Chord Transitions
Let's learn the D, Bm, G, A transitions and then play them along with the backing track. As always, step 1 is to learn the chords, but the goal is to be able to use them confidently and musically.
Position 1 & 2 Pentatonic in the Key of D
The 5 notes of the D pentatonic scale are D, E, F#, A and B. As you may remember, we always start the pentatonic position on the corresponding note. So, we'll start position 1 on a D note (10th fret of the low E string). Where will we start position 2? You got it! Because the second note of a D pentatonic scale is an "E" note, we'll start position 2 pentatonic on an "E" note (12th fret of the low E string). Head to this tutorial for help. You can either look at the tabs for Key of D pentatonic, or if you are feeling ambitious you can watch the G to D tutorial. It's up to you!
Scales: Playing In Different Keys
Learn the Note Names of the Frets 6-12
We get it. This is one of those lessons that isn't super exciting. However, guitar and music theory is built around figuring out how these notes work together to make different kinds of sounds. First, we have to know where to find the notes. Head to this tutorial, learn the note names from fret 6-12 and then run the exercise.
Palm Muting
Palm muting is a technique that is used frequently in the songs on Six String Country. Use this tutorial to familiarize yourself with the concept.
Song Suggestions
Here are a number of suggestions lower on the difficulty scale that use key of D chords. Remember, learning a song all the way through is still stretching our skills at this point, so don't let yourself get frustrated. Pick one or two of these that you love and give it a try! You have the tools, but it will require some substantial practice.
Girl in a Country Song, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer, Deeper than the Holler, Forever and Ever Amen
Strumming: 2 Concepts
Strumming can be a struggle when we are just starting out with rhythm guitar. This tutorial explores 2 concepts that will give you permission to take some liberties and dramatically improve your strumming skills.
Position 3 Pentatonic in G, C & D
It is time to learn the 3rd position of the pentatonic scale. As a reminder, we learn the pentatonic scale in 5 positions so that we can play the scale, and eventually lead lines and solos, up and down the entire fretboard. We learn how to play the pentatonic scale in different keys because the key a song is in and the key you are playing a scale in has to match. If the song is in the key of D, we need to play the pentatonic scale in the key of D. Learn the position 3 pattern in the key of G first. Then, head to next tutorial and run position 1-3 in the key of G, C, and D.
Scales: Playing in Different Keys
Barre Chords Explained
Barre chords have some key advantages. They sound different than open chords and are often used intentionally to create a more percussive sound. Also, once you learn the shapes, you can move them up and down the next and play any major or minor chord you want to. This tutorial will go over some basic techniques that will make barre chords less scary. You may not have them mastered after watching this tutorial, but hopefully you will have a better understanding of how to create a clear, crisp barre chord.
Note Names: Octave Patterns
At this point you should be familiar with the names of the notes on the guitar neck. Now it gets fun! This tutorial exposes some patterns across the guitar neck using octaves which will cut down on the mental processing needed to think of the names of the notes. The guitar neck is full of these patterns, or mental shortcuts, that can help us integrate these concepts into our playing more naturally.
Using A Capo: Identifying the Actual Key
As we become more comfortable with the guitar and begin to play music with others, it's important to understand what key we are playing in. Capos allow us to play guitar friendly chord SHAPES when we are playing in non-friendly guitar keys (like Bb, F#, Eb, etc.). This tutorial will help us understand how to identify the actual key we are playing in when using a capo.
Song Suggestions
Here are few suggestions with chords you know. Some of these might be a little bit more challenging than everything we've done yet, but that is how we get better, right? Take your time with one or two of these and have fun!
Goodbye Says It All, Smoke, Shotgun Rider, Sippin' On Fire
Key of A Chords
Coming down the home stretch here folks. This is the 2nd to last of the 5 most important keys of chords we will learn in this method. Learn the key of A chords and chord exercises, then play them along with the backing track.
Key of A Transitions
We learned them. Let's get comfortable enough with them that we can play the musically. Click "More Videos" and learn the A, F#m, D, E transitions.
Position 4 Pentatonic
Learn position 4 pentatonic in the key of G and review positions 1-3. Then, just like we have with the other positions, let's play through them in all the keys that we know the chords to: G, C, D, and A.
Learn Position 4 Pentatonic in G
Run Positions 1-4 in G, C, D, and A
Song Suggestions
Here are a few songs using key of A chords that may stretch you, but you are equipped to learn! Pick one or two and learn the rhythm guitar part.
Pontoon, Tennessee Whiskey, Boys Round Here
Take It On Back, Tip It On Back, The Chair
Key of E Chords
Get ready to learn the last key of chords that we'll learn as a part of this method! Although every single note has a key of chords associated with it (yes, even F#), these 5 keys (G, C, D, A, & E) will prepare for nearly all of the chords you will encounter while learning songs on this site. If you come across one you don't know, have no fear! We'll walk through it note by note in the song lesson. The key of E has a few barre chords in it, but we know you can handle that at this point! Learn the key of E chords.
Key of E Transitions
You know the drill. Let's make them musical!
Position 5 Pentatonic
Congratulations! You are about to learn the final position of the pentatonic scale. Learn position 5 in the key of G. After that, you are ready to play all 5 positions, in order, in the key of G.
Learn Position 5 Pentatonic in G
You guessed it! It's time to run position 1-5 in all of the other keys as well. Run all positions of the pentatonic scale in C, D, A, & E.
Run Positions 1-4 in C, D, A & E
Songs Suggestions
Good news: there are a lot of exciting song choices in the key of E that may have scared you before. Not anymore! Pick one or two and learn the rhythm guitar part.
My Eyes, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Meet in the Middle
You Gonna Fly, Love Me Like You Mean It
Congratulations! You've learned the chords, strumming and scales that you need to complete the guitar basics course at Six String Country. You are now equipped to tackle most of the easy to intermediate songs on the site, and you are set up to begin learning basic lead guitar melodies, soloing, and music theory. The final lessons we want you to go through to conclude the course are lessons that should help tie everything together and provide some practical meaning to what we have learned together.
Playing Scales in Every Key
While learning the pentatonic scale positions, we gave you a choice between just learning form the tabs of the other keys, or watching the tutorials explaining why it worked. If you've already watched the tutorials, you should understand the theory behind figuring out how to play the pentatonic positions in any key. If you haven't, now is the time! This can be a can be a source of confusion at first, but after going through this program, you have all the tools you need to fully understand this. This is an essential skill that will set you up for understanding the neck of guitar, creating rhythm guitar parts, lead melodies and riffs, and improvisation. Take your time and work through this tutorial with the goal of complete understanding.
Playing the Pentatonic Scale in Any Key
Major vs. Minor Pentatonic
As you interact with other musicians, you'll hear people talk about the major and minor pentatonic scales. Here's the good news: you already know both of them! We'll take what we learned about the major pentatonic scale, and with a couple of additional facts to add to our theory knowledge, you'll see and understand that you already know the major AND minor pentatonic scale. We'll learn 3 accessible riffs (and 1 hard one!) along the way.
Major vs Minor Pentatonic: Riffs & Workshop
Intro to Improvising Solos: Key of G and E Blues
There are many reasons that we spent so much time learning those scales. You've gotten to know the neck of the guitar and started to get a feel for how the fretboard ties together. One of the most fun, challenging, and rewarding things we can do with these scales is start doing some basic improvisation - also known as soloing. This tutorial is meant to introduce you to the concept of improvising on the guitar. Don't spend any time figuring out the riffs that are played, as they are simply "off the cuff" examples of how to use the pentatonic scale to do some basic improvisation. You've put the work in, now have some fun!
Intro to Improvising Solos with the Pentatonic Scale
Changing Keys to Match Vocal Range
This tutorial explores the concept of changing the key of a song from the original to, well, whichever one you want! This is an important, almost essential skill for guitarists that are also vocalists and sing while playing. This is also essential if you are writing charts for a band or playing for a singer that needs to change the key. Everyone's ideal vocal range can be different, and just because a singer sings a song in a certain key on the original recording doesn't mean that is necessarily the best key for someone else's vocal range. This can be a complicated idea at first, but this tutorial will get you pointed in the right direction towards understanding this concept. We'll also provide a link to our Intro to Nashville Number System as some of the concepts overlap.
Changing Keys to Match Vocal Range


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US Labels Market
US demand to approach $20 billion by 2019
Sep 15, 2015, 09:28 ET
LONDON, Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Label demand in the US is forecast to approach $20 billion in 2019. Growth will be aided by continued expansion of the overall economy as well as increases in manufacturing activity and retail sales. The pressure sensitive segment will remain dominant, accounting for more than 75 percent of the total market. Growth for pressure sensitive labels will be in line with the overall average, with faster gains held back by the already high penetration of pressure sensitives, along with competition from alternatives such as heatshrink and in-mold labels (IML). Nonetheless, innovations in printed electronics will spur greater use of low cost smart labels with packaged goods and other display applications.
Heat-shrink, in-mold labels to be fastest growing
Heat-shrink and in-mold labels will see the fastest growth through 2019. Gains for heat-shrink types will be attributable to their 360-degree aesthetics, high quality images, a maximum promotional area, and ability to form-fit contoured containers. Advances for in-mold labels will be supported by their enhanced shelf appeal based on superior graphics and the growing range of containers and applications using IML.
Plastic film to continue supplanting paper stock
While paper will continue to represent the majority of label stock through 2019 and beyond, plastic films will continue to expand their share at paper's expense. The growing use of plastic films is based on the aesthetic and performance advantages of these labels, as well as the rising utilization of plastic packaging and the popularity of the no-label look. Additionally, labeling methods that rely heavily on plastic substrates are becoming more popular. Nonetheless, paper label demand will benefit from economy advantages and the ability to be coated for enhanced durability. Paper's metalizing and texturing capability will also promote growth in higher-end uses.
Digital label printing to outpace flexography
Flexography is the leading label printing technology in the US and is forecast to log slightly above average growth through 2019, driven by its versatility, low cost, good image quality, and widespread use in the large pressure sensitive segment and the faster growing sleeve label segment. However, digital printing will post well above average growth through 2019, continuing to displace traditional label decoration techniques, such as lithography, flexography, and screen. Advances will reflect improvements in print quality and speed that will fuel growing adoption of digital printing by label converters and printers. Among the advantages of digital printing are increased design flexibility, shortened lead times, and low costs.
Secondary labeling to be fastest growing function
Primary packaging dominates label demand in terms of function. Though growth will slightly trail the overall average through 2019, gains will be aided by ongoing opportunities in the large food and beverage markets, as well as above average gains in the packaging of pharmaceuticals. Secondary labeling and mailing and shipping applications will represent the fastest growing markets for labels. In secondary labeling, advances will be supported by favorable retail sales, along with solid prospects for barcoding labels for inventory and data tracking and in the healthcare, transportation, and distribution sectors.
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The Pop Quiz, Monday is a fun little exam that we love to give to savvy business owners. The examination is not a surprise after all since the interviewee already knew about the questions in advance. However, we can always pretend and have fun with the scenario of a young entrepreneur sitting in class nervously biting on their pencil. They are ready to take a pop quiz on a chapter that they were supposed to read the night before. Instead, they played Metroid all night on their SNES (Oops, this was me in high school). The real purpose of the pop quiz is that this is a fun way to introduce business tips from real-world experiences that you can not learn in a classroom. We want to thank our entrepreneur for being a good sport and volunteering their time to answer a few questions to help our community grow from their knowledge.
I want to introduce you to our guest today who will be taking our Pop Quiz Monday.
Can you please tell everyone your name?
Kevin MacCauley
What is your job role?
CEO & Founder
Tell us about your company?
Upper Hand provides a comprehensive business management platform designed specifically for businesses, facilities, and franchises in industries such as sports, recreation, and fitness. It removes the back-end processes that negatively impact business and allows owners to escape the administrative vortex while maximizing operational efficiencies.
Upper Hand's cloud-based software houses a suite of online tools to help businesses of all sizes stay relevant in the rapidly-advancing online world. Our focus on innovation allows us to outmatch competitors, which has enabled Upper Hand to grow by nearly 200 percent over the last year.
What do you love most about your job?
Through our work, Upper Hand can provide a singular focus of eliminating obstacles to profitability and providing a comprehensive platform to run a sports and fitness business. Our software, for instance, saves our customers up to 18 hours per week in administrative work and more than $5,000 in annual software fee. With the time and money saved, businesses owners can focus that time on growing their business while training and developing the next generation of athletes.
This makes our work not only meaningful but necessary. With Upper Hand, our customers can live out their dreams while building the next foundation of success. And serving as a driving factor of that success is extremely worthwhile.
What motivates you to get up every day and go to work?
Continuously seeing the success of our customers as a result from our software is extremely motivating. For instance, one customer who has been using our software was able to grow their business by more than 2,000 percent and revenue by 30 percent. Another was able to double their total revenue. Hearing these success stories propels our work further by delivering a solution that grows businesses in the sports industry.
How do your co-workers inspire you?
This goes back to the hiring phase. By having employees who embody the core values of your business, they will inspire you every day with their passion, grit, and ambition. This helps keep morale high and pushes everyone to work harder and accomplish business goals. As a result, we truly believe this has allowed us to be so successful, and we hope to continue that growth at an even faster pace in the coming years.
How do you have fun at work (team building, pranks, etc..)?
The best way to have fun at work is by instilling a fantastic company culture that allows employees to wake up every morning excited and driven to come to work. And this starts at the hiring process.
Since the Upper Hand office is the epitome of high-energy and high-performance, we hire people who possess the same core values as our company, which includes: having a passion and aspiration for technology and sports while bringing competitive, selfless, humble and coachable. More importantly, this all needs to be done while having fun.
Following this process allows our culture to be truly one-of-a-kind, and helps us remain driven to make an incredible impact on the way sport, recreation and fitness organizations conduct business.
What are some of the challenges of your job?
Innovation is the cornerstone of Upper Hand, so it is challenging to remind myself that innovation is driven by customers needs consistently. Many entrepreneurs become infatuated with being the early creator of new technology and disrupting the playing field. But, if it does not solve a critical customer problem, then your innovation will likely fail. In the end, understanding the customer problem will dramatically improve your odds of successful innovation.
What are some lessons learned from a past project that you can share with us?
My background is in building a company, from conception to achieving profitability. Through the process, the biggest lesson I've learned is that time is the enemy. It's the one variable you cannot change. So, when building a company from the ground up, you don't have an abundance of seconds, minutes or hours to ponder wrong decisions. Sometimes, decisions have to be made based on what is best for the future of the company.
What advice would you give to someone who is starting in your industry?
Be all in, all the time. It's vital to always give 100 percent as a leader because that mentality will reflect the work of your employees and team members. Furthermore, it is also essential to eliminate toxic work personalities who are not as motivated or driven to help accomplish the company's goals and to do so without ever looking back.
Thank you for taking our pop quiz today. You get an A+ for effort. You can learn more about our interviewee and their business by visiting them on the web: