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We treat patients suffering from long-term pain and illness.
99% of our patients come to us as a last resort after trying physical therapy, injections, prescription medications, painkillers, injections and/or surgery without relief.
We offer clinically-proven treatments that have been time-tested over 2,500 years. Every treatment is customized to give you exactly what you need. The most common side-effects are better sleep and increased mental clarity.
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Your Body's #1 Secret
I want to tell you a secret. It's a well-guarded secret. An important secret. And it can change your life.
Before I reveal the secret, let me ask…
Do you suffer from daily headaches? Migraines? Other pain that just won't go away?
Have you ever thought about what pain is?
Is there a message in that pain?
The answer is YES, there is a strong message hidden in that headache or migraine or stiff neck or backache or whatever is causing YOU pain.
Pain is a messenger. Pain is the only way your physical body can communicate directly with your mind. Pain is your body's way to yell "STOP! PAY ATTENTION! LISTEN TO ME!"
The big secret is... Pain exists so your body can heal itself. Your body is engineered to heal itself. You can see it in action everytime you get a papercut!
So, are you receptive to your body's calls for attention? Or is your pain buried under medications designed to keep it quiet and hidden?
If you're ready to hear your body's message and banish your daily headaches, migraines or other chronic pain, contact us to schedule a consultation at 512-686-0777 or book online by clicking the blue button below.
Conventional medicine is great at some things, like emergency surgery. However, it often fails at treating more common problems, like frequent headaches or poor sleep.
Here are five common conditions that are poorly treated/managed by conventional medicine:
Acupuncture excels at treating these five conditions because it gets to the root of the problem. Conventional medicine only offers interventions (pharmaceutical or surgical) to relieve the symptoms of these condition, while acupuncture delivers long-term relief.
Often the quick-fix of drugs or surgery creates more health problems as the root cause of the condition is left untreated and/or undiagnosed. If you hear your doctor say the word "idiopathic" it means he/she does not know the cause of your condition. Not very comforting, right?
At your first acupuncture treatment, we'll diagnose the root cause of your condition and get you on the road for long-term healing and relief. Acupuncture treatments not only prevent conditions from returning, it can prevent related conditions from arising.
The Hidden Message in My Migraines
About 12 years ago, I suffered from debilitating chronic migraines. They would start with an aura, usually consisting of a blind spot that would prevent me from reading anything, including my watch. The aura would last about 25 minutes, then the vomiting would start, followed by intense pressure building in my skull. The worst sensation of each migraine was the stabbing pain behind my eye that could last for 12+ hours. All I could do was lie in a dark, cool room waiting for the pain to subside. There was no sleep, just unrelenting pain and silent prayers for relief.
The migraines consumed my life, 2-3 days of every week. I lost work days, I lost friends, my marriage decayed, and I fell out of touch. People got tired of hearing me say "Sorry, I have a headache." It was both depressing and terrifying.
I tried over-the-counter meds like aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen. I tried drinking coffee and dark chocolate during the aura. I had a CAT scan and a MRI, which revealed nothing. Neurologists prescribed an assortment of pharmaceuticals, but they either didn't work or had terrible side effects (topiramate = hair fell out/slurred speech/memory loss). Plus, they were only mildly effective, reducing the rate of my migraines to about 2 a month. My neurologist warned me that I would need to take a beta blocker (propranolol) for the rest of my life to prevent the migraines from coming back.
I was only 28. The rest of my life sounded like a very long time.
As a last ditch effort, I gave acupuncture a try. There was an acupuncturist across the street from my office and she performed nothing short of a miracle.
The frequency and severity of my migraines diminished over the course of a few weekly treatments. After a few months, I was able to stop the topiramate. After two years, I weaned off the beta blocker. It was a long journey to relief, but manageable with acupuncture and Chinese herbs.
At this point, I can look back and see how migraines caused me to stop and rebuild my life. The migraines called me to become a holistic doctor and help others find relief. They turned out to be an amazing blessing in an awful package.
What are your migraines telling you?
Let's talk about Chronic Pain...
A recent study in the scientific journal Pain found, "90% of the benefit of acupuncture over usual care is retained at 12 months after the end of a course of treatment." Indigo Healing Acupuncture offers customized treatment plans designed to provide you with long-term relief of chronic pain.
If you're ready to live your best life and return to activities you love, schedule a consultation by calling 512-686-0777 or send an email to email@example.com
At Indigo Healing Acupuncture, we practice holistic Oriental medicine.
This means that we see living beings (human or animal) as a complete, interrelated entity composed of a mind (consciousness), physical body, and spirit (soul). Holistic medicine allows healing to occur on physical and metaphysical levels.
So, what is holistic medicine in a nutshell? Holistic medicine…
Modern medicine aims to identify the condition (and affix a label such as "heartburn") and alleviate symptoms with drugs, physical therapy, radiation, or surgery.
Holistic medicine identifies the root cause of the pain/illness and treats the mind, body and spirit to provide relief and a return to wellness.
How does this work in real life?
Let me give you a real-life example of a common complaint. Let's say you have lower back pain, labeled by modern medicine as lumbar spinal stenosis.
Modern medicine will measure the pain, document the location, order radiological scans (x-ray or MRI), and prescribe pain killers, physical therapy, surgery, or rest. You'll likely walk out of the 10-minute appointment with as much pain (maybe more if you had to wait two hours for your five minutes of face time with the MD) as when you walked in.
A holistic practitioner will see you as a whole person. We'll ask specific questions about where you live, what you eat, your emotional well-being, your exercise schedule, and the quality of your sleep. Within the framework of Oriental Medicine, we'll combine these answers with tongue & pulse diagnosis to identify the root problem of your pain and treat it with acupuncture, moxibustion, tui na, gua sha, cupping, and/or Chinese herbs. With this holistic approach, the acupuncture needles may not be placed on your back at all and you could still leave the appointment with no lower back pain! And, as a bonus, you'll likely be in a better mood & sleep better that night as well!
Does insurance cover holistic medicine?
Many large medical insurance plans now cover acupuncture treatments for pain relief. Most employer-sponsored Health Spending Account and Flexible Spending Account (HSA/FSA) plans also include acupuncture as a covered service. Check your benefits summary for coverage details.
Are you ready to be seen as a whole person and give holistic medicine a try?
Oriental medicine provides a holistic approach to healing from a broken heart. Symptoms of a "broken heart" can manifest as difficulty sleeping, depression, anxiety, poor appetite or overeating, inability to focus, acne, asthma, tight muscles and soreness, TMJ, sciatica, headaches, migraines, heartburn, constipation or diarrhea, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and more.
Indigo Healing Acupuncture offers a comprehensive 12 week program to help you process the end of your marriage and reclaim a new vibrant life.
This customized package includes acupuncture, Chinese herbs, traditional fire cupping/gua sha, and self-care suggestions to boost your Qi and bring forgiveness & hope back into your life. This program is offered on a limited basis and a pre-consultation by phone is required.
Contact Michelle to learn more about this one-of-a-kind Holistic Divorce Recovery program.
Now introducing love cups at Indigo Healing Acupuncture!
Traditional Chinese Fire Cupping is a relaxing treatment to remove stagnation and improve the flow of Qi and blood. Glass or ceramic cups are heated with fire to create a vacuum and applied to the skin to create suction.
Fire Cupping is pain-free and typically leaves painless circular marks that gradually disappear within 3-5 days as healing occurs.
I tell patients it feels like a reverse massage… instead of muscle compression via pressure, the cups pull up the skin which allows fascia and muscle fibers to lift & stretch.
Fire Cupping also supports the function of the lymphatic system by improving the flow of infection-fighting lymph fluid which helps rid the body of toxins and metabolic waste.
After a treatment with Traditional Chinese fire cupping, it's important to drink water and non-caffeinated beverages so the lymphatic system can work its magic.
To schedule an appointment for relaxing Traditional Chinese Fire Cupping, contact Michelle.
What you Need to Know About CBD Oil
Chinese Medicine has known the health benefits of cannabis seeds (Chinese herb huŏ má rén) for over 2,000 years. Now, modern medicine is catching up and learning about the health benefits of cannabidol (CBD). There is a tidal wave of CBD oil products hitting the market... here's a quick overview of what they are and how they work.
What is CBD?
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a naturally occurring neurotransmitter in the human body that is regulated by the endocannaboid system in the nervous system (central & peripheral). CBD can also be harvested from the Cannabis plant.
How does the body produce CBD?
Omega-3 fatty acids* are converted to CBD in the central nervous system. There are two types of cannaboid receptors (for the science folks: CB1 and CB2) distributed throughout the body.
*Wait, what are Omega-3 fatty acids?
This could be a whole blog post, but here's a quick explanation of Omega-3 fatty acids. There are three types:
What does CBD do?
The CBD produced in the endocannaboid system helps maintains homeostasis (biological balance) throughout the body. If your body does not produce enough CBD, you may experience chronic aches and pain, headaches, migraines, insomnia, poor appetite, digestive problems (heartburn, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, irritable bowel), reduced immunity to bacteria and viruses, allergies, fertility issues, and/or memory problems. As you can see from this list, the endocannaboid system works hard to keep us feeling good!
What are plant based sources of CBD?
CBD is harvested from Cannabis (Cannabis sativa). CBD is the 2nd most abundant compound in the plant (the most abundant compound is tetrahydrocannabinol aka THC).
What can CBD oil products do?
Cannaboids derived from the plant Cannabis sativa have many therapeutic uses. Research studies show CBD reduces anxiety (including social anxiety disorder), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), epilepsy, and pain. There are links to research studies at the bottom of this post for reference.
Is CBD oil legal?
Yes, hemp-derived CBD oil is legal to purchase and use in the US.
Who should not use CBD?
If you look at the latest research on pubmed.gov about "cannabidiol and pregnancy" or "cannabidiol and breast" you'll see that CBD crosses the placenta and changes the morphology and physiology of cells in a developing fetus. Animal testing has demonstrated CBD is excreted in high concentrations in breast milk. The many benefits of CBD do not outweigh the risk it poses to fetal or infant development; therefore, we do not recommend it to pregnant or breastfeeding patients. There are much safer herbal alternatives available.
Book an appointment to find out if CBD is right for you!
Have you ever wondered about Chinese Herbs? What they are? What they can do?
Before we dive into it, are you a fan of Harry Potter?
Do you remember how Professor Sprout taught a magical herbology class at Hogwarts?
Harry and his friends studied herbs for 5 years, which is the same amount of time most Oriental Medicine practitioners (a.k.a. an Acupuncturist-Chinese Herbalist) study Chinese herbs in medical school.
There are over 350 herbs in the Chinese herbal medicine Materia Medica, which is our version of an herbal encyclopedia. Herbs can come from plants, minerals, and animals. When they come from plants, they can be the whole plant, or parts of plants like seeds, leaves, flowers or roots.
High-quality Chinese herbs are grown and harvested in accordance with the season and carefully prepared to protect their magical, oops, I mean medicinal properties. Every herb in the Materia Medica is carefully categorized according to its function. For example, some herbs like rou gui (cinnamon) can warm you up, while other herbs like bo he (peppermint) can cool you down. Some herbs are minerals, like mang xiao (Glauber salt, similar to Epsom salt). Have you ever had a drink made with Epsom salt? If you have, you know that it drains downward and serves as a natural laxative. The Chinese figured this out over 2000 years ago!
Trained Chinese herbalists know how to use herbs effectively and safely. Some herbs can't be used together and some are only appropriate for specific conditions. There are over 100 ancient Chinese herbal formulas, each containing anywhere from 2 to 20 individual herbs that work synergistically together. Taking the right herbs at the right time for the right condition can have downright magical results!
Chinese herbs can be taken in several different forms and it's an acupuncturist-herbalist's job to figure out which way is best for you. Herbs can be taken internally as:
Herbs can also be absorbed externally through the skin as a poultice or by soaking the hands or feet.
So, what conditions can be treated with herbs?
For women, herbs can help with:
So, that's a quick overview of Chinese herbs. When used properly, they can accelerate healing in a safe, natural way and keep you on track between acupuncture appointments.
If you want to find out how Chinese herbs can help you feel better, schedule a consultation with Michelle today!
A Look at Pediatric Abdominal Migraine
It primarily affects children who are three to ten years old and can show up suddenly with symptoms like abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, sudden loss of appetite, skin sensitivity, and pale complexion. These symptoms also appear in more serious conditions, like appendicitis, so if your child is suddenly sick with the symptoms listed here, it is best to immediately call your pediatrician and/or visit the emergency room.
Cause of Pediatric Abdominal Migraine:
Scientists have not yet identified all of the biomedical mechanisms or causes of migraine, but migraine is known to be hereditary, meaning it runs in families. If Mom and/or Dad suffer from migraine, their child is more prone to experience migraines in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Pediatric Abdominal Migraine Triggers:
One way to help your child is to become aware of specific migraine triggers, or things/activities that can trigger the start of a migraine. Common migraine triggers in children include:
Treatments for Pediatric Abdominal Migraine:
When a child is suffering from symptoms that look like abdominal migraine, I advise parents to carry a small notebook to record the date, time, and events leading up to the abdominal pain, such as long car ride, up late last night, skipped a meal, etc. Your pediatric acupuncturist or pediatrician can review the log to help identify specific triggers and patterns.
At Indigo Healing Acupuncture we treat pediatric abdominal migraine holistically by examining all aspects of the child's mind-body-spirit to identify areas of imbalance. Lifestyle adjustments, needle-free painless laser acupuncture, and customized Chinese herb drops can reduce the frequency, severity, and pain of abdominal migraine attacks in children.
I've always had "problem" skin. Red, painful cystic pustule acne plagued me until my late 20s. After years of anti-acne face washes, toners, topical antibiotics and astringent creams, I had it under control enough to hide my problem areas with just a little concealer.
When I was in my early 30's, my acne changed from cystic to a plethora of small red papules on my forehead, cheeks, and chin. My dermatologist prescribed retinols and steroidal creams to reduce the inflammation. They worked a little, but my skin was still red, irritated, and bumpy. The texture of it made me very self-conscious as there's no way to hide bumps with everyday makeup!
At the same time, in my early 30's, I started waking up in the middle of the night like clockwork. It was always 1am when severe abdominal cramps roused me from sleep. Dripping with sweat, I would sit in the bathroom not pooping or passing gas, but just breathing and waiting for the pain to pass. The cramping would usually stop within 20 minutes.
After a few weeks, I made an appointment with my primary care physician. She ordered a CT scan of my pelvis, which revealed nothing. She recommended taking an osmotic laxative once a day to ensure the cramping wasn't caused by constipation (full disclosure: it wasn't).
Flash forward another two years, and I was in my first year of graduate school for Chinese Medicine. I was receiving almost daily acupuncture treatments from my teachers and classmates. My chief complaint was chronic acne.
One of my teachers observed out loud in class that the redness and papules on my face provided a visual map of the Stomach meridian. That's when a light bulb went on in my brain that illuminated everything… food was the cause of it!
I quickly purchased a copy of Robb Wolf's book, The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet and devoured it in one day. The next day, I purged all processed foods and gluten from our family's kitchen and started the Paleo lifestyle. As Robb recommended, I ate Paleo for 30 days. A few amazing things happened:
If you've read this far, then it's time to acknowledge the biggest mistake I made about my health...
My biggest mistake was not listening to my body, when it was very clearly telling what was wrong!
If I had listened, I would have saved myself years of unnecessary pain, sleepless nights, worry, stress, and embarrassment about my appearance. And money. I would have saved a LOT of money by not trying every acne treatment program I could find.
My so-called healthy vegetarian diet was making me sick. Really sick. I had completely ignored all of my body's warning signs. Even worse, I hadn't realized the root of the problem… gluten-intolerance. I had eaten gluten all of my life, so why was there suddenly a problem now?
But the truth was, there were signs all along, I just chose to ignore them or call them something else.
Like mistaking a face rash for acne.
Side note: If I eat gluten now (always by accident), I'll wake up in the middle of the night with those terrible abdominal cramps and wear a face rash for 3-5 days.
The biggest takeaway from my story is that the human body is smart. Smarter than we typically give it credit for. If something is wrong, physically or emotionally, it's going to show up as what Western medicine calls a sign or symptom.
Be observant because the longer a sign or symptom is ignored, the louder(!) your body will demand your attention.
So, is your body trying to tell you something? Sometimes we all need an outside perspective to uncover the truth, the root of our health problems. Let's work together to get to the root of solving your health mysteries.
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Tastes amazing and makes Qi flow smoothly, diminishing pain and stress!
Improves sleep too!
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Dr. Michelle Wendt, L.Ac., DACM practices Holistic & Chinese Medicine in Hawaii and Texas.
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This journey works for the business side of this mega-merger, but what about the consumer? How will this new marriage between United and Continental benefit them?
Travel agent, Tama Taylor Holve of Willett Travel in Studio City, says this new flight plan doesn't look good.
"I don't think that anything that gets bigger necessarily gets better in terms of service," said Holve.
Airlines have been trying to come up with ways to increase revenue for some time now and Holve figures, at least in the short run, fares are likely to rise.
"I don't see where it is going to make it less expensive," said Holve." It is competition that drives prices down."
"This is a merger of equals, a true merger of equals," said Continental CEO Jeffery Smisek.
As a result, United will keep its name and Continental will keep its colors, but together they will have ten different hubs -- in the beginning anyway. Then it's expected those will shrink.
"It will probably mean fewer choices in how they get somewhere," said Holve.
About the only thing one can expect to be a positive will be the combination of frequent flier programs.
"Now they'll be able to combine those miles and earn free travel more quickly," said Holve.
So why are they doing this? Well the two companies believe this merger will save them over a billion over the next couple of years. Of course none of this is going to happen right away because it will require the approval of the federal government and their employee unions could get in the way too.

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- Real Madrid closing in on £70M deal to sign AS Roma goalkeeper Alisson.
- Los Blancos have been heavily linked with Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois.
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Chelsea have reportedly been handed a major boost in our efforts to prevent Thibaut Courtois from leaving this summer.
Courtois' long-term future at Stamford Bridge has been in doubt for some time now. His family are still living in Madrid, which can't be easy for him. That's thought to be one of the main reasons behind his reluctance to sign a contract extension.
A move to the Santiago Bernabeu would be hard enough for any player to turn down, without the added temptation of reuniting with your family. Unfortunately for Courtois, though, it doesn't look as though he's Los Blancos' number one choice.
According to the London Evening Standard, Real Madrid are closing in on the signing of Brazil international Alisson from AS Roma. The deal is thought to be worth around £70M, a new world-record fee for a goalkeeper.
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2 tablespoons roasted red pepper (packed in water)
2 tablespoons thinly sliced red onion
2 tablespoons flavored tomato paste (pesto, roasted garlic, or Italian seasoning)
1/4 cup finely shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon chopped sun-dried tomato
Sprinkle of crushed dried red pepper, basil, garlic, or other seasoning, to taste
Spread the flat bread with the toppings and place the bread on a toaster oven tray. Use the "top brown" setting. You can also use a conventional oven on the broil setting. The pizza is ready when the cheese bubbles, in 3 to 5 minutes.
The serving contains about 367 calories, 16 g protein, 13 g fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 44 g carbohydrates, 2 g fiber, and 905 mg sodium.
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Registration under way for Spada Bowl
The Timmy Spada Memorial Foundation has announced the Spada Bowl touch football tournament will be held Oct. 28-29 in New Milford.
The event, to be held at Harrybrooke Park off Still River Drive, is being held in the honor of Tim Spada, who was the New Milford varsity quarterback from 2001-04, who took his own life two years ago.
Spada Bowl proceeds will be donated to two beneficiaries, the John Pettibone Memorial Scholarship Fund and the event's host, Harrybrooke Park.
A scholarship will be established in Spada's name which will be gifted to a New Milford High School student in need of funding to pursue higher education.
"In life, Tim loved football," said Myke Furhman, Timmy Spada Memorial Foundation president. "He was our Green Wave quarterback and a die-hard Patriots fan. It was a huge part of his life."
"The Spada Bowl allows us to honor his memory and keep his legacy alive by establishing a scholarship that will help an aspiring hometown student," Furhman said.
Registration is available on the foundation's website.
Entry is $400 per team, which may have up to 12 players on the roster, at www.timmyspada.org.
Football games will be six on six, and each team is guaranteed multiple games.
Players who wish to enter as free agents may do so on the website for a small deposit, which will be refunded when they are placed on an active roster
Registration will close Oct. 21.
The event is also seeking sponsors at all levels, with premium sponsorship packages available.
Food and beverages will be available on site.
Spectators are welcome at no charge.
"We all love the park," said Billy Buckbee, the park's executive director. "It's a great venue for us to spend a beautiful fall day together. Harrybrooke is excited and honored to host such a meaningful event."
Buckbee, New Milford's state representative, also sits on the Timmy Spada Memorial Foundation board of directors.
The foundation was established with the purpose of raising funds that will be donated to charities in Spada's honor.
This is the second fundraiser of the year held by the foundation, the first being the Timmy Spada Memorial Golf Classic, which was held June 19, at the Club at River Oaks in Sherman, Connecticut.
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Lose Yourself In Your Mind
Chapter 1
The Forest of Mystery
Look up. I am in the branches of the tallest tree. Thriving in the forest of Mystery. You can look around but you will never see me. I blend in the tallest tree. Picking petals off of the black roses. Do you feel them? Do you feel them when they fall? Do you feel the wind that picks them up and carries them? Do you see the when they float down the stream? The stream of Fantasy. Lose yourself. Let your mind take you where you want to go. To the Sea of Dreams. Do you see the creatures when they go by? Do you see that herbs that grow along the shore? No. Do you know why? These are my dreams. I have transplanted myself here. You are only borrowing them. Create your own.


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Srinagar, Dec 16: From Internet to real world the Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat's statement where he termed holy Quran a "beautifully portrayed" message of peace and harmony book has stroked a chord.
The message of peace and harmony is "beautifully portrayed" in the holy Quran and people often do not understand its essence, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat earlier this week told a group of students from Jammu and Kashmir recently and added it does not propagate violence.
Interacting with the group of madrassa students at his office in New Delhi, General Rawat also asked them to pick up sports like cricket and football and work towards containing violence so that Kashmir valley flourishes again.
"How many of you have read the holy Quran?" General Rawat asked the 25-member group which was in New Delhi as part of a national integration tour being conducted by the army.
From online to real world the statement stroke a chord . On Twitter M S NAZKI JOURNALIST Tweeted
Quran Has Message Of Peace And Verses Against Violence: Army Chief
Holy Quran has beautifully portrayed message of peace and harmony: Army Chief – tweeted the @TheSiasatDaily
The statement also received positive appreciation on the noted social media platform facebook where Farookh Ali wrote on group India Liberals – "I will tell you what is the message in it. It is the message of peace and harmony ('Aman ka paigam hai'). And, it has been beautifully portrayed in it. And, all this noise made by the IS, it is nowhere mentioned in Quran ('Ye jo IS ka halla hai na, yeh Quran mey kahin nahin hai') ," he said.
Ghulam Rasool, a religious scholar stated "Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat stating that The message of peace and harmony is "beautifully portrayed" in the holy Quran and people often do not understand its essence is a wonderful statement that deserves much appreciation from all quarters whatever ideology or thought we hold or believe in .We as humans should try to build bridges and create a better environment for our coming generations." (KNB)


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Do you remember my mentioning in the last column that I grew up with a fairly sizable collection of Original Cast Recordings? They weren't really mine but belonged to the family. I just sort of helped them find a permanent home in my room where they would be appreciated. Gypsy, one of the most famous shows of the late 1950s, was not in that collection. Mother, hailing from upstate New York, was unimpressed with anything that struck her as being too New York City, and Ethel Merman was far too crass and NYC to be allowed in our house, even in vocal form.
It wasn't until I moved into my first apartment that I finally bought a copy of Gypsy for myself. (It was the Angela Lansbury revival recording of 1974, so I was safe if Mom decided to drop by.) Unfortunately, this was back during the gas shortage, when record companies were trying to cut down on the cost of vinyl by pressing the disks as thinly as they could. I played the disk maybe three or four times, and it warped beyond all usability.
Hopefully, this will explain why, until I started researching this column, I wasn't really familiar with the score. Sure, I had seen the movie with Roz Russell and the much improved remake with Bette Midler, but watching a film isn't the same as listening to a score a dozen times or more. So when I sat down to listen to the OCR (Merman, 1959), the London revival (Lansbury, 1974), the Broadway revival (Tyne Daly, 1989), and the television remake of the film (Midler, 1993), two things happened. First, I had to explain to Der Brucer why it was necessary to buy four different CDs of the same musical. Second and more pleasantly, I found that this show is loaded with pop standards! That's right, Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for a half-dozen well-known popular songs of the late 50s/early 60s!
Sondheim? Popular? How the heck did that happen?
The key to Gypsy, it turns out, is the new member of the creative team, songwriter Jule Styne. With almost every other person we are dealing with creative talent who, having worked so well with other talented people on other shows, brought those people on board, sort of creating a theatrical incest. Producer David Merrick chose Ethel Merman to star as Madame Rose. Because she had worked so well with choreographer Jerome Robbins in Call Me Madam, he was enlisted to stage the whole show. Because Robbins was so impressed with the book Arthur Laurents had written for West Side Story, Laurents was brought in as the show's scribe. Laurents, in turn, brought in Stephen Sondheim to write music and lyrics, again because of the West Side Story connection.
This is where things break down a bit. Sondheim was not a well-known songwriter, and Merman didn't want a repeat of her previous Broadway experience, Happy Hunting. That show's songwriters, Harold Karr and Matt Dubey, were only able to provide her with one really good song, "Mutual Admiration Society," and were never heard from again (Karr apparently returning to his other occupation, dentistry). Merman needed guaranteed good material. That meant getting her an experienced songwriter who knew how to write good songs, and lots of them. That is when Merrick turned to Jule Styne.
Styne wrote shows that were star vehicles for Nanette Fabray, Carol Channing, Judy Holiday, and Mary Martin. He also had a knack for writing hit songs, like "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow," and "Just In Time." What he didn't do was write his own lyrics. Thus, he wrote High Button Shoes with Sammy Cahn. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was written with Leo Robin. Bells are Ringing teamed him with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, with whom he had already written additional material for Moose Charlap's Peter Pan. (Funny Girl, which he wrote for Barbra Streisand with Bob Merrill, wouldn't come along until later, in 1964.) So, the question was whether or not Sondheim would agree to write just the lyrics.
This brings us to the often-told tale of how Sondheim's mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, told him that writing for a star such as Merman, even if it was "just the lyrics", was too big an opportunity to turn down. Besides, it would only take up six months of his life. Sondheim took Hammerstein's advice, and the collaboration was on.
What I find fascinating is the way Sondheim's lyrics mimic Laurent's book. Just as the gangs in West Side Story had their own vernacular, so do the vaudevillians of Gypsy, particularly Madame Rose. Most of the songs fall into two particular categories. The people who appear on the vaudeville stage tend to sing vaudeville songs, even when they are off-stage. Madame Rose, on the other hand, is not a stage performer, and almost all of her songs are couched in the terms of the "popular standard." It makes for an interesting mixture of styles.
Enough of this historical stuff, let's get to what is actually on the disk. To simplify things, I'm sticking to the Original Cast Recording of 1959, starring Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman, and Sandra Church. Not that the other three albums aren't worth considering. It's just that this time through I want to focus on the songs. So, going Track by Track
I know I took the position last time that overtures tend to be ear candy. Would it upset too many people if I reversed myself just a little? Because there are times when ear candy is exactly what is called for.
The Overture for Gypsy opens with a quick reference to Rose's phrase "I Had a Dream", a line that occurs in several songs (particularly in "Some People"). This is followed with a medley drawn from "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "You'll Never Get Away From Me," and "Small World." Suddenly, a trumpet lifts us into the stratosphere as some of the stripper music to be featured in "Rose's Turn" kicks in, followed by a quick quote from "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You," and then a final repeat of the "I Had a Dream" phrase. All in less than five minutes.
Ear candy? Sure it is, with those lush strings and muted brass. But this overture is doing double duty. It not only gives us a hint of the songs to come, particularly the popular songs Merman will be introducing to us, it also serves as a buffer for a very weak opening number.
Here's an idea. Go to your collection of older Broadway musicals and listen to some of the overtures. If you can, pick an overture from a show that didn't become a hit. Notice how the focus, almost every time, is on songs that the writers were hoping would become popular? The songs they were hoping Annie Ross or someone like her would record, or include in her nightclub act? This is music from a different era than ours, from a time when the Broadway musical was still regarded as a major source of popular music. Keep this in mind for later.
It's a good thing the Overture is so strong, because this version of "Let Me Entertain You" is not, and deliberately so. The scene is an audition for a kiddie show in Seattle, some time in the early 20s. The little girls sing their song, while Momma Rose bellows instruction from the back of the auditorium. The song the girls sing is nice enough, nothing special. That holds true with them, too. Just don't tell that to Momma.
The generally held theory is that any musical needs a really good opening number, to tell the audience what the show's style is going to be. We've already seen this with Do I Hear a Waltz, which opened with the bright and perky "Someone Woke Up", and with West Side Story opening with the dangerous and rude "Jet Song." So why does Gypsy open with such a tiny number, sung by two little children? Because this is ultimately the story of a family, of two little girls that we are going to watch grow up and the driving force behind them, their mother. The song itself isn't terribly important. Momma Rose constantly interrupting and yelling at them is what matters here. That is what is memorable about this opening number.
And that is why the Overture to Gypsy is so very important, because the Overture also works as a stand-in for the conventional opening number, telling us what the rest of the score will sound like. Alone, "Let Me Entertain You" wouldn't work. The contrast in scale from that giant Overture to this little song is what sets us up for the rest of the show.
I have a theory about second songs in musicals: they're really more important than the first songs, because while the first song will set the show's musical style, the second song tells you what the story of the show is all about. The reason for this is that it takes the first song to adjust the audience's ear to the music. By the time the second song comes around, the audience is ready to actually listen to the lyrics.
This isn't a hard and fast rule by any means, but in general it works. "Something's Coming" tells us a lot more about West Side Story than does "The Jet Song". In Oklahoma, "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" gets our ears in shape, while "Surrey With the Fringe On Top" tells us what Curly and his friends want in life. (I'll admit that "This Week, Americans" from Do I Hear a Waltz? doesn't do a very good job as a second song, unless that show is really about the jaded attitudes Europeans have towards each other.)
In any case, Styne and Sondheim make up for that weak opening number with this knockout second song, in which Rose tells her father about her dreams of getting herself and her kids out of a sedentary life at home, and onto the road as a vaudeville act. We learn about the way Rose talks ("That's peachy for some people" she sings, putting a different spin on the word "peachy"), and how she claims to be clairvoyant. We'll be hearing her sing "I had a dream" many more times before we're through.
Merman was absolutely correct about getting a proven songwriter. Styne's music has the right amount of bounce to get us involved in Rose's desire for a more exciting life than what she's had. Laurents was in turn correct in insisting on Sondheim as lyricist, because it is Sondheim's use of subtext (Rose trying to get money from her father) that lifts this song beyond the ordinary. The opening bars of orchestration sound like there was sweetening going on in the strings, but that's a small nit to pick. By the way, if you listen carefully, you can hear Merman's characteristic finger snapping while she describes what Mr. Orpheum told her in her dream. And yes, that's Stephen Sondheim in his recording debut as Pop, telling her "You ain't gettin' eight cents from me, Rose!" Who'd have thought that a classy guy like him would be using words like "ain't gettin'!"
Would you believe Styne had a fit when he first heard the lyric to this wonderful song? Sondheim had Rose sing "Lucky, I'm a woman with children," which meant to Styne that a man couldn't ever sing the song! That cut half of the singers in the world out of using his song in their acts! That cut down on royalties! That was the way popular music was written in the 50s.
In spite of that sexist line, this song is a gem. Again, there's the subtext of Rose trying to get something, this time the something being Herbie to be her agent. I suppose I could also quibble about her using romance as the bait to lure him in. But this song is about romance based upon reality, Rose taking what is true about herself and Herbie and showing how well they could work together. The song ends up feeling good, exactly the way popular music felt back then.
Live, on stage, it's Baby June squeaking her way through "Let Me Entertain You" again, only now she first has a troupe of boys singing "Extra! Extra!" and proclaiming to their vaudeville audience how wonderful she is. It's all Mama's doing, of course. The number is just terrible. But don't tell Mama that, or she'll have Baby June sing it once more, just to prove you wrong.
If Gypsy were a brand new show opening on Broadway today, could this song or anything like it be included, given our altered point of view ever since Jon-Benet Ramsey died? Just a scary thought.
We go from a number that is supposed to be terrible, to one that is terrible all on its own. Rose becomes a babbling idiot when she learns that the act has been booked on the Orpheum circuit. I suppose it works on stage, with everyone running around, but slapstick is visual, and none of it lands on the disk. The lyrics really have no place to go, so they just keep repeating without getting funny. Sad.
Here again we have a study in contrasts. Where "Mr. Goldstone" is noisy and loud, "Little Lamb" is small and intimate, as a forgotten Louise sits in the bedroom with her stuffed animals (and a genuine lamb), pretending that everything is fine.
When I first heard this song, I hated it. However, repeated listenings have won me over. I'm still not the song's greatest fan, but I can better appreciate what it does. It is remarkable in its restraint. Working within a very tight structure, Sondheim rejects conventional sentimentality in his portrait of Louise as a practical girl who will not admit how hurt she is feeling. Up until now, Louise has been in the background. This song puts her center stage, and from this point on it is Louise, not June, who will be holding our attention. Come to think of it, June ends up being a thankless role. Dems da breaks, kid.
So far, Ethel as Rose has sung an anthem, a romantic ballad, and what is supposed to be a comic song. Here, she gets to sing another kind of popular song, a dance number. Specifically, this is a foxtrot, and Rose urges Herbie to "Come on and dance" as part of the song. And, in all those nightclubs across America, couples danced with each other to a song called "You'll Never Get Away From Me," and related to the song as their own.
Of course, in the show the song stems from Rose and Herbie having an argument, with him threatening to leave her if she goes too far. The song is her response, her con job to convince him that he will never leave her. Herbie has to be one of the best Broadway musical roles ever written for a non-singer. Jack Klugman, admitting he was not a singer, rejected a solo song that would have made his role a little bigger. Still, this non-singer's role is featured in a couple of songs, here and in "Together Wherever We Go", and Klugman (and all who have followed him) not only sings but sings harmony! Supporting roles don't get any better than this.
She's back! Now known as "Dainty" June, she is introduced by her Farmboys (who still sing "Extra, Extra" the same as when they were the Newsboys), and still squeals her "Hello, everybody" the same as she did in the old days. But now she adds a song about her favorite cow, Caroline, while Louise accents the song with appropriate mooing, Momma having found a way to hide Louise in a cow costume. The song is an appalling collection of puns on the word "moo", and leads to a fun dance segment. The sequence on disk is cut short, due to the time limitations inherent in vinyl recordings.
In a sweet and upbeat waltz, Louise and June sing of their wish that Rose would marry Herbie, so that they could all settle down and get out of show business. Louise is singing from her heart, wanting her mother to be happy. June, however, shows more resentment of their life on the road. Almost all of her comments, from getting the hair ribbons out of her hair to getting rid of her toe shoes, are about how getting Momma married will affect her. Which sets us up nicely for what happens next.
Track 11: All I Need is the Girl
Tulsa, one of the Farmboys, shows Louise what the nightclub act he's putting together is going to look like. It is a typical I'm-getting-ready-for-a-date dance, with lots of glitz and not much substance. He has programmed the whole number to show off what he can do, which includes dance with a partner, but it isn't until towards the end of the dance that he encourages Louise to join him just this once.
If you can, listen to this number with a headset. The stereo separation is incredible. You can actually hear Wallace dancing around the recording studio, with his tap shoes quietly clicking on the floor during the waltz step.
The scene, a lonely train station. The Farmboys are all quitting the act, and June has secretly married Tulsa and split for Kansas City. "Dainty June and her Farmboys" is history, and with no act, Rose has no choice but to marry Herbie and settle down. Right? Wrong. In one of the most deservedly famous reversals Rose turns to Louise, declares that she will be the new star, and delivers the show's most well-known anthem.
What I hadn't realized until I started researching this column is that Sondheim invented the title phrase. "Everything's Coming Up Roses" has become so ingrained in our verbal consciousness that we now automatically associate it with success. That and getting up early on New Years Day to watch that parade from Pasadena.
If "Everything's Coming Up Roses" is Gypsy's most famous song, this one is a close second as Rose, Louise, and Herbie affirm their solidarity and love for one another. With some lyric changes made, depending on the situation, this song was performed on practically every television variety show for years. Those changes were necessary because the song's lyrics tend to be plot-specific, including Rose's reference to the cow. But this friendly ode to camaraderie gives the show a needed boost, getting the second act moving again after the intermission. (No, I don't have a second-act-opening-number theory yet, but I am working on one.)
From one of the friendliest numbers in the score, we go to one of the most fun. "You Gotta Have a Gimmick" is a brassy, sassy mock-competition between three of the strippers at a burlesque house where Louise and the others have finally landed. Mazeppa playing her horn, Electra turning herself on, and Tessie Tura acting oh-so-genteel is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Unfortunately, the song has been cut to shreds on the OCR, again because of problems with disk time, so the fun of the number is likewise shredded. What we are left with here is a general impression of the bit, a very good impression but one that leaves you wanting not just more but the whole dish.
You've heard this song before. It's the opening number, reprised by June over and over. This time, we get to hear Louise sing it, as an adult. She's stepping onto the boards as a stripper, and discovering that she's got talent after all. This version of the song has been stripped of all the dialogue, and is not a full representation of the song as heard in the theatre. However, as a presentation of the song as a popular song, this recording does very well.
The method behind the song's metamorphosis is fascinating. What was a quick quarter-time dance step is now a strut backed by a triple beat rhythm under each of the original quarter-time beats. This shift transforms the original bright and child-friendly song into something sultry and adult. The lyric also shifts because of this time change, taking on the glow of the double entendre. Styne should take a bow for this one, as should Sondheim.
After writing so many great numbers, each one better than the one that came before it, Styne and Sondheim had a monster of a task. The final song had to be Merman's, and it had to be bigger than anything that had come before it. So what did they do? They put her on stage, alone, with no set, no visible support. Just Merman and her talent. That took guts. And then they topped it all off by writing for her one of the most original numbers ever written for the American stage.
"Rose's Turn" is a recap of everything that has come before, and at the same time is something fresh and new. The song quotes from "Let Me Entertain You," "Some People", "Mr. Goldstone", and "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (and probably other places that I've missed) as Rose reassesses her life. And boy is she pissed! Everything she has worked for has been for naught, everyone she has sacrificed for has rejected her. What's a girl to do but challenge the world to recognize her and what she can do? She struts and prowls the stage, declaring that she's got "it". She lists what she, Momma, can do. But when she hit's "Momma's lettin' go" she starts to fall apart. She picks up the pieces, but slams to a dead halt when she confesses "Momma's gotta let go." She finally admits to herself that her life has been led with no profit for herself. All of her dreams have been for others. And she finally determines that she deserves a turn. It is a strange, bitter moment, but she frees herself from her past.
Tour de force is an overused phrase. Unfortunately, I can't come up with a better one. Styne's music takes the brassy roar of the burlesque house, upends it, and comes up with something deeply personal. His shift towards the end from a minor key structure to a major key, somewhere around where Rose sings "Then where would you be, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee!" is especially dramatic. Equally dramatic is Sondheim's sharp turns of phrase ("Scrapbooks full of me in the background" grabs my attention every time). The duo faced their challenge, and met it.
And the curtain rings down.
Consider: the big hit song of 1959 was "Mack the Knife," from The Three-Penny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. That's right, a show tune. But the version that became a big hit was the Las Vegas hipster track cut by Bobby Darin, not the brooding version heard in the show. Bobby Darin was playing to his audience, the teenagers, a new audience that was only then being recognized as separate from their parents.
Earlier, in the 30s and 40s, everyone basically listened to the same music. There was no youth audience. But one of the side effects of World War II was a division between the old and the young. The older generation was proud to have served in the war. Anyone who hadn't served was looked down upon as less worthy, and that included anyone who hadn't served simply because they weren't old enough to serve. This, naturally, had an alienating effect on the younger generation. They began to see themselves as separate, and began to search for things they could call their own. This included searching for their own music. Broadway musicals were being written for the older generation. Darin's crossover twisting of "Mack the Knife" was a fluke.
As time has gone by, there have been fewer and fewer crossover hits. Just as Momma Rose's quest for her daughters' fame in vaudeville was doomed by the demise of vaudeville, so has the popular Broadway melody been doomed. Popular songs are coming from other venues. The audience has moved on to other arenas. So, perhaps it is just as well that Sondheim has not been interested in writing pop songs, and instead has turned to writing good theatre based on character and situation. The infrastructure of music moving from Broadway to general public popularity is gone.
Enough of this melancholy. It's high time for me to start researching my next column. I've got four recordings of this show to compare, if I'm going to justify buying all four to you-know-who.
Assassins is about how society interprets the American Dream, marginalizes outsiders and rewrites and sanitizes its collective history. "Something Just Broke" is a major distraction and plays like an afterthought, shoe horned simply to appease. The song breaks the dramatic fluidity and obstructs the overall pacing and climactic arc which derails the very intent and momentum that makes this work so compelling...
- Mark Bakalor
Which is not to say that it is perfect...
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The Carver County Sheriff's Office has requested a warrant to search Prince's home, but they want the accompanying documents sealed.
A copy of the search warrant request obtained by "Extra," notes that the "premature disclosure of the details provided in the search warrant and its accompanying documents may compromise this law enforcement investigation by causing the search or related searches to be unsuccessful, create a substantial risk of injury to an innocent person, or severely hamper this investigation."
Sources tell TMZ that authorities are worried about evidence tampering as they search the home for evidence like drugs, correspondence, prescriptions, and other medical information.
Yesterday, NBC reported that the prescription painkiller Percocet was found at Prince's home and that the DEA has been asked to help the sheriff's office with the investigation.
Prince was found dead in the elevator of his home on April 21. There was no evidence of suicide or foul play. Autopsy and toxicology reports are forthcoming.


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The Evil of Mother Nature
In 2005, one of the deadliest hurricanes entered Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, changing the life for thousands of people. People know this hurricane as Hurricane Katrina. Not only did this event change the lives of thousands, but it also caused the states billions of dollars to recover. Today, the people who have been affected are still trying to recover. The people affected thought that nothing bad would happen to them, and they thought they would be able to conquer this terrible event. John London believed that society thought they could conquer anything that Mother Nature threw at them. London wrote "To Build a Fire", and in this he argued that humanity cannot conquer Mother Nature.
The man in "To Build a Fire" is walking around in fifty below zero weather. He was alone and he was trying to search for his group that he was traveling with. Before his adventure, he had a talk with a man about how dangerous this trip was going to be for him. At the time, he did not believe the man because he thought he would be able to conquer this storm. When he is dying he admits "You were right, old hoss; you were right" (7). Before this, he has a lot of confidence that he will be able to outsmart this storm. In the end, he realized there is no way he can conquer this. The man is not alone in his situation. All of mankind thinks that they are able to conquer a terrible storm or weather. It is common to think that mankind can conquer Mother Nature. The man in this story represents man itself, and mankind thinks that they can outsmart the weather and every challenge it throws at them.
Another example of how London's uses symbolism is through the actual storm itself in this story. In this story, it is negative fifty degrees where the man continues to travel. He states "fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd degrees of frost" (1). Thinking about this weather is bone chilling while reading that sentence. The man ends up dying at the end of this story because of this weather. He is unable to conquer this storm. Because mankind thinks they can conquer any storm, they are oblivion to the fact that they cannot. Mother Nature is not only a bad snowstorm, but Mother Nature can include hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, etc. Human mature believes that they can conquer any weather, not just a snowstorm. Humanity is unable to outsmart any storm. They always know that a terrible hurricane or a snowstorm is coming, but many humans do not prepare themselves for it. Understanding that Mother Nature always wins is something that human nature lacks. Mother Nature does not care how many people are going to get hurt by the natural disasters that occur. Throughout each storm, hundreds of people can end up dead, or thousands of homes can be lost. However, human nature still lacks the understanding that Mother Nature can always outsmart humans.
Another example of how London uses symbolism is through the use of rebuilding a fire. The man realizes that in order to keep warm and survive longer, he has to build a fire. Unfortunately, he had to build multiple fires because his first fires kept failing or going out. After he built the first fire, it went out because snow fell on it. London states, "He should have built it in the open" (5). The man built several fires in different locations and he could not keep any of them going. London is showing how the fires represent trial and error in a natural disaster. Before Hurricane Katrina, President Bush signed a $10.4 billion aid package to the states affected by the hurricane. Also, there were thousands of volunteers from around the country to help the people who were affected by this disaster. Although there are ways to prevent hurricane damage, it is impossible for human nature to prevent a hurricane completely. This does not only apply to hurricanes. In this story, the man thinks that building a fire would solve a lot of his


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The Question of the Individual in Georges Canguilhem and Gilbert Simondon
The Question of the Individual in Georges Canguilhem and Gilbert Simondon
Gilbert Simondon wrote his two major doctoral theses under the direction of the philosopher Georges Canguilhem, who at the time was studying the individual. A few years later, Canguilhem adds a note in the second edition of his work Knowledge of Life to recognize the "insights" that Simondon's work L'individu et sa genèse physico-biologique brought to the question of individuality. It is therefore appropriate to trace the evolution of Canguilhem's study of the individual in order to better understand the position and the relevance for the study of Simondon, a thinker for whom the individual only appears as the result of a process of individuation, the principle of which cannot be found in the form that results from it.
Keywords: Simondon, Canghuilhem, individuation, biology, pathology
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Nothing says "spring is here" like the start of the baseball season. And this past weekend marked the beginning of Little League baseball in our town, like thousands across the country.
Major League Baseball inaugurated its 2010 season last week, but for me, baseball season is as much about the kids and the wider social phenomenon of baseball as it is about the pros. The game is evocative of the promise of youth: the recollection of fond childhood memories, and seeing the renewal from younger generations.
Our local season begins with a traditional ritual: a parade of hundreds of kids through the streets of our Brooklyn neighborhood. Both of our boys marched, the younger one (five years old) for the first time, and he found it a little overwhelming. The parade is led by the great sounds of the Approaching Storm Marching Band, pictured here. You can't beat a parade of dancing people at 10am on a Saturday morning.


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Enhancement in RBE to avoid Duplicate tickets if customer responds to original mail
Dear Team,
Currently we have a standard of sending mail to Remedy and responding to mail back to Remedy with ticket number in the subject to update the ticket. here we would like to request for an enhancement to the existing flow with, when some customer is responding to the original mail ignoring the mail reply from Remedy(with ticket number) that should not create a new ticket and update the existing ticket.
Flow in detail
Customer A sends a mail to Remedy with B and C in Cc field, and immediately B responds to that mail should not create a new ticket, instead it should update the created ticket.
How to achieve this,
when a mail is sent, each email will have a message id and reference id/thread id, with the thread id the mail chain can be determined and update the ticket.


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Recognising the socioeconomic strain caused by the current drought and, following the successful implementation of its Industry Energy Efficiency (IEE) project, the national resource efficiency programme National Cleaner Production Centre, South Africa (NCPC-SA) is developing an Industrial Water Efficiency (IWE) project, which is in its first stage of development.
NCPC-SA KwaZulu-Natal regional manager Kevin Cilliers says the programme will be based on the IEE, which resulted from a national electricity utility crisis. While the IWE is in its development stages, Cilliers believes that a workable plan should be finalised by April. He envisions that the first phase of the programme will run for three to five years, similar to the IEE's first phase, which ran for five years.
The NCPC-SA engaged with the Department of Water and Sanitation, as well as the Water Research Commission (WRC), and proposed collaboration on the IWE. The centre has started the process by procuring the services of a water resource management expert to develop a broad framework for the IWE. Cilliers notes that the draft report has been compiled and he expects that the framework will be finalised within the next few weeks.
Funding for the development stage of the IWE will be sourced from funds allocated to the NCPC-SA by the Department of Trade and Industry. Cilliers expects that, as the programme gains traction, new funders and partners will make themselves available. There has already been interest expressed by foreign donors.
The IWE will have five components, the first of which will focus on policy and strategy. "The objective is to foster an environment that facilitates the implementation of water efficiency measures by engaging with government and industry," he adds.
The second component will involve establishing and promoting national or international standards for water efficiency measures and practices. Cilliers points out that one of the key objectives of the IEE was introducing companies to ISO 50001 compliance, an internationally recognised certification for energy management. He says that, as no national or international standards for water efficiency currently exist, the NCPC-SA is investigating other approaches.
The IWE will attempt to redress the dearth of relevant skills in the water sector by establishing training modules and programmes, specifically for water efficiency measures, through the third component. Like the IEE, the IWE will attempt to create a pool of internationally recognised local water efficiency experts. The NCPC-SA will likely continue to work with the United Nations industrial and environmental programmes, as well as the WRC locally in this regard. The development of the NCPC-SA water efficiency course is budgeted for in the coming financial year.
The fourth component will entail performing water efficiency assessments for industry, with the aim of facilitating implementation. Cilliers says that, initially, these assessments will be free, in line with the services model of the NCPC-SA as a national programme, and will act as an added incentive to industry to buy into the IWE project. He believes that the solutions provided by the IWE will have significant commercial value, and expects that, once companies are cognisant of the benefits of water efficiency, they will be more than willing to pay for interventions by specialists. This component of the project will enable the NCPC-SA to compile case studies and success stories to encourage further uptake of the project.
The NCPC-SA will deliver focused advocacy and awareness campaigns through conferences and workshops, as well as access to online tools and campaigns, which will entail the fifth component.
Cilliers states that, even though the industry sector is not the biggest water consumer, the NCPC-SA believes that the IWE will impact significantly on the overall quality of water.
He points out that industry is a significant contributor to water contamination and, though the water is passed through wastewater treatment facilities, many of these facilities are either insufficiently designed or cannot cope with the contaminant loading, which results in the discharge of insufficiently treated water into rivers and dams, ultimately impacting on their quality.
"Of the 223 river ecosystems, 60% are threatened, with 25% of these critically endangered," says Cilliers, adding that the significant water quality challenges in South Africa are chiefly caused by mining activities, urban development, industries and agriculture, which impact on water acidity, salinity, toxicity and dam sedimentation respectively.
Water resource quality and water quantity issues and solutions are interrelated and, therefore, need to be addressed in an integrated manner, he states.
Moreover, the NCPC-SA believes that water efficiency is a promising avenue for supply augmentation when taking into account the extent of water losses and resource underuse.
"Since this option helps to realise hidden resource potential within the existing supply limits, it augments supply even in the absence of new water development projects and also prevents further ecological impacts arising from new infrastructure development or increased abstraction," Cilliers enthuses.
He concludes that the IWE project has the support of key players in government and believes that it is has a major role to play in addressing the country's dire shortage of water.
Edited by: Zandile Mavuso
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Carol Perry's recipe
1) Preheat oven to 375F.
2) Cut off the top of 4 apples off and discard. Remove the inside of each apple with a spoon or melon baller very carefully, as to not puncture the peel.
If you're a skilled interior apple excavator, salvage as much as you can so you can use it for Step 2. I, on the other hand, am not skilled so I just had to throw my interior apples away and chop up additional apples for filling.
3) Remove skin from remaining apple(s) and slice very thinly. These apple pieces will give you the additional filling needed to fill the four apples you are baking.
Mix sliced apples with sugars and cinnamon in a bowl. If you prefer more or less cinnamon make adjustments as desired. Same goes for the sugar.
Scoop sliced apples into hollow apples.
4) Roll out pie crust and slice into 1/4 inch strips. You can also add a strip of pastry inside the top of the apple almost like a liner to add a little more texture/sweetness to the pie.
Cover the top of the apple in a lattice pattern with pie crust strips.
5) Place apples in an 8×8 pan. Add just enough water to the cover the bottom of the pan.
Cover with foil and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Remove foil and bake for an additional 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and sliced apples are soft.
Makes 4 baked apple pies (in the apple).
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|Serving Size: 1 Serving (154g)
|Recipe Makes: 4 Servings
|Calories: 489
|Calories from Fat: 270 (55%)
|Amt Per Serving
|Total Fat 30g
|40 %
|Saturated Fat 7.5g
|37 %
|Monounsaturated Fat 13.1g
|Polyunsanturated Fat 7.9g
|Cholesterol 0mg
|0 %
|Sodium 468.5mg
|16 %
|Potassium 115.9mg
|3 %
|Total Carbohydrate 50g
|15 %
|Dietary Fiber 5.4g
|21 %
|Sugars, other 44.6g
|Protein 6.1g
|9 %
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Size Always Matters… In Rugs
A general rule of thumb when thinking about the size of your area rug is to make sure your seating area is covered. This may not be the entire size of the room but should encompass all of the furniture within the room. Dining room area rugs must be large enough for all chairs to be on the rug when they are pulled back.


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Police arrested a man whom they allegedly caught urinating in public in Roxbury, and he now faces multiple drug-related charges after authorities found a variety of controlled substances in his possession.
On Sunday evening, Massachusetts State Police troopers arrested Anthony V. Levine, 26, after he was caught urinating in public on Armory Street, Boston.com reported. He was next to his car, a Honda Civic, which was blocking the traffic lane.
RELATED:Guns, over 12 pounds in drugs seized from Lynn apartment
A subsequent search led authorities to uncover oxycodone, suboxone and heroin, state police said.
Levine was arrested and charged with lewdness, trafficking in oxycodone and suboxone, possession to distribute heroin, possession to distribute prescription narcotics and health and welfare fraud, authorities added. He was held on $35,000 bail and was expected to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court on Monday.


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Two significant announcements were finalized today regarding the 2015 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car schedule, honoring two of the most storied names in the sport's history.
Jim Hurtubise, who will be posthumously inducted into USAC's Hall of Fame July 25, will be remembered once again at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track on September 18 with the running of the "Jim Hurtubise Classic."
The April 26 "Weld Racing Spring Classic" marks a return for the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars to fabled Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kans. for the first time in 14 years. It's the final leg of a three-race swing through the nation's heartland that starts with races at Eagle, Neb. April 24 and McCool Junction, Neb. April 25, with all races co-sanctioned by the Missouri-based Wingless Auto Racing (WAR) Sprint Cars. The last Lakeside USAC Sprint races in 2001 were won by Tony Elliott and J.J. Yeley.
Hurtubise, whose legend is nationwide, accomplished something no other driver ever did, winning five consecutive USAC Sprint races at Terre Haute between 1960 and 1962. Bubby Jones came close, winning four in a row in 1979, and Roger McCluskey, Gary Bettenhausen and Levi Jones all put three in a row together but Hurtubise, who was never able to claim a USAC title, stands alone.
Hurtubise, who failed to crack the "top-10" despite 10 starts in the Indianapolis 500, earned 18 USAC Sprint car wins during his career and is remembered for his spectacular "rookie" qualifying run at Indy in 1960 when he became the first driver to flirt with the magic 150-mph mark at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He passed away in 1989.
Former winners of the "Jim Hurtubise Classic" are Jack Hewitt (1990-91 and 1995), Rusty McClure (1992), Robbie Stanley (1993), Tray House (1994), Kevin Thomas (1996), J.J. Yeley (1997), Tony Elliott (1998), Jon Stanbrough (2010), Chris Windom (2011), Chase Stockon (2012), Jerry Coons Jr. (2013) and Brady Bacon (2014).
Weld Racing has long been a supporter of USAC activities and remains an integral part of American short-track motorsports. In addition to its title sponsorship of the April 26 race Weld Racing will host the racing fraternity at a special pre-race appreciation party, with more details to be released soon.
Greg Weld, USAC's 1967 National Sprint Car Champion who won a race at Lakeside during his championship season, passed away in 2008. He was the last driver to drive the famed Novi at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in 1966. His brother Kenny, who passed away in 1997, is also listed among USAC's National Sprint Car winners. Both were also champions at the prestigious Knoxville Nationals Sprint race in Iowa.
USAC's AMSOIL National Sprint Car series resumes this Saturday night at the famed Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.


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I stand at my stove in the Luthuli House kitchen and daydream. I don't allow politics in my kombuis, so it has become a national key point of my own making.
So while preparing the reconciliation bobotie for the NEC, what do I dream about, other than a Louis Vuitton handbag? Oh, for the day when members of Parliament are paid the basic minimal wage for their services to State and People. Oh, for the day when corrupt officials can be fired without being put out to pasture for years on full salary. Oh, for the day that bonuses and skyhigh salaries in both the public and private sectors will be taxed 90%, as I remember happened in the UK during a Labour government in the 1960s.
But as a cadre I know my job, I stick to my job and I deliver results: thanks to my recent diet regime at Luthuli House, we can now see members of Cabinet, including our president, fitting into economy class seats on SAA.
Discipline in a political structure is to lead by example. In 1994, there was delivery and mutual respect in most parties, but as power became less of a famine and more of a feast, the rot of entitlement set in. Cadres, don't talk to the media; don't tweet like Zille; don't gossip like Zuma; stop looking over the fence for the grass that is greener.
As a mature citizen of a maturing democracy, I still demand my right to opinions. And so what I articulate here is as a South African, a gogo and designer-democrat, proud of my small contribution to the bigger picture.
My grandchildren challenged me to stand up and be counted as a protector of democracy. I had all the prejudice that so many of us share for good reason: that everyone in the ANC is corrupt, that everyone in ANC steals, that everyone in the ANC is a crook. Daily I could put six names on a billboard to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, but the majority of ANC members are not corrupt, trying to keep our fragile democracy more or less balanced.
On a daily basis, we have political figures pleading their innocence, even while the facts of their misdemeanours tower over them. They make up part of a democratically elected government where they use democratically accepted ways to destroy democracy.
Will these present commissions of inquiry have any positive results to reinstate the losses that have been committed to secret bank accounts? Most citizens doubt it, most of the accused revel in it and many members of the legal profession are grateful for it. As usual, the people foot all the bills.
Of course in a democracy, we are innocent until proven guilty, and thank heavens for that. But maybe it is time to adapt some details. I suggest we treat politicians and civil servants as guilty before proved innocent.
The innocent will be easily recognised, the guilty will have a problem. Those who have left office under a cloud must still be held responsible for what they did as servants of the people before leaving the scene of their crimes. No golden handshakes.
Every democracy deserves the government it gets. The core of the ANC celebrated with Madiba, while eyeing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The same core stood blankly by when Mbeki denied HIV while they knew better. That same core looked the other way as Zuma giggled, while Sars, Eskom, Transnet, the Post Office, Prasa, Sassa and SAA burned.
After the years of Mshowerlozi's kleptocracy, the nation is traumatised and needs urgent counselling. Time to take charge. If the people lead, the government will follow. Politicians are supposed to clean up after the people have left a mess. At the moment it's the other way round.
We can't change the headlines. Most of them are created to frighten us into silence. We must not be manipulated by third-rate politicians with their fourth-rate ideas. But there is so much that can be done among those around us: partners, husbands, wives, children, grandchildren, the Zimbabwean maid's offspring, neighbours, friends and immigrants. Just looking at a local early childhood development school can help one to appreciate the power of a community and make them the jewel in the crown of democracy.
Because if communities are supported to support themselves, service delivery will start at home and not be a rumour from above.
Meanwhile, the cost of living rises, as does anger among taxpayers exploited by politicians who should know better, education implodes while crime explodes. The disinterest in climate change, the obsession with social media, the paralysis of government and the pessimism within society are all real, tangible and, yes, as Donald Trump would wax: "Bad, very bad."
Expropriation of land without compensation is heading the list of fears, and for good reason as small political gangs in red berets and BlackFirst-Brain-Last T-shirt slogans spread confusion and fake promises among the people. But don't panic! There are enough good members of the human race to prevent a Zimbabwean or Venezuelan horror story from emerging.
Just be prepared. Buy a red beret. Keep it in the hallway. So when you hear them toyi-toying up the driveway and banging on your front door with shouts of Kill-the-this and Viva-thethat, put on your red beret, open the door and say: "I got here first!"
Most of us have difficulty in finding the right words to put today's political geography into context, so let me end by quoting one of the most remarkable leading voices of our time.
"As we look for new answers in this modern age, I, for one, prefer the tried and tested recipes – like speaking well of each other and respecting different points of view, coming together to seek out the common ground, and never losing sight of the bigger picture." Queen Elizabeth II could have been talking to South Africans.
* Bezuidenthout is the alter-ego of satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys. www.evita.co.za


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Dunkin' Donuts to offer meal swipe options
Julia Bianco, Director of Web & Multimedia
January 27, 2016
Donut freak out, but for the next month, students will be able to use their portable meal swipes at the new Dunkin' Donuts on Euclid. "It's an initiative to promote awareness to the new Dunkin' Donuts," said Beth Kretschmar, Marketing Manager for Bon Appétit. "It's also a way for Bon...
CWRU runs on Dunkin
Adithi Iyengar, Copy Editor
January 15, 2016
Earlier this month, a full-service Dunkin' Donuts opened next to the Case Western Reserve University Bookstore. It replaced the Starbucks which had previously been there, less than half a mile from two other Starbucks locations. Although it is run by Bon Appétit Management Company, the Dunkin'...
Dunkin' Donuts will welcome students after Winter Break
Ashley Chan, Public Relations
January 5, 2016
Students returning to campus after the winter break will be welcomed in to the spring semester to a new Dunkin' Donuts at the Barnes and Noble bookstore on Euclid Ave. On Jan. 6, the store will hold its grand opening. To celebrate, it will serve free hot or iced coffee for all guests visiting from...
Dunkin' Donuts taking over Barnes and Noble Café
Julia Bianco, Director of Web & Multimedia
November 3, 2015
Dunkin' Donuts will take the place of the Starbucks at the Barnes and Noble Café on Euclid Ave. The shop is expected to have a grand opening at the beginning of the spring semester, with a possible soft opening towards the end of December. The Starbucks closed on Oct. 30, with a sign placed outside sayi...