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Budget Battles
White House Stops Short of Endorsing Florida Drug Importation Proposal
Democrats Call for End to Medicaid Work Requirements
Florida's New GOP Governor Wants to Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs from Canada
For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, 'Medicare-For-All' Is A Defining Issue, However They Define It
Baby Boomers Will Drive Health Care Spending to Nearly $6 Trillion a Year by 2027
Voter Support for 'Medicare for All' Plunges: Poll
Medicare, Medicaid Control Costs Better Than Private Insurers: Study
Klobuchar Pitches Herself as Pragmatic Alternative to Progressive Dems
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Goldman Sachs Projects Deficit Will Top $1 Trillion Next Year
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) released their much-anticipated proposal for a Green New Deal Thursday. Framed as a response to the challenges of global warming, the 14...
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Foreign demand for U.S. government debt has been declining in recent years but domestic investors have picked up the slack, The Wall Street Journal's Daniel Kruger and Kate Davidson reported...
SOTU 2019: 3 Important Things Trump Said, and 1 Big Thing He Didn't
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With the U.S. facing a $12 trillion deficit over the next decade, the Treasury Department is exploring ways to maintain robust demand for American debt. One option being considered is the sale of "...
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In new budget and economic projections released Monday , the Congressional Budget Office said annual deficits are expected to rise above $1 trillion in 2022, two years later than previous estimates,...
Congress Added $2.4 Trillion to the National Debt in 2018: ReportBy The Fiscal Times Staff
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The Deficit Is Heading to $1 Trillion. How Worried Should We Be?By Michael Rainey
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'Beware Trillion-Dollar Deficits,' Barron's Says
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I struggle to remove the tiny pin holding in my worn-to-the-metal brake pads under the light of my headtorch. It's 11pm, getting dark and I've been riding for 19 hours. I'm 1,600ft up a mountain at the top of a steep descent right in the middle of one of the remotest parts of the Highlands and I'm questioning my logic at changing the pads now. In my exhausted state it is very frustrating and takes much longer than it would otherwise. Once finished I take a moment, looking out past Carnmore, across Fionn Loch and out towards Poolewe in the rapidly fading light. I love this place. I knew of the fantastic singletrack down to Carnmore and then out to Poolewe that I was about to ride and in that moment I couldn't be happier. This was it. This was why I was here.
The day started with the discovery of a slug in my open packet of oatcakes that I had been too tired to put back in a bag the night before. I picked off the top oatcake with slug attached and threw it into the bushes. I didn't have enough food to get to Ullapool without the rest of them. I was back on the bike around 4am pedalling along the empty coast road. I missed a turning again for the singletrack into Lochinver and told myself I needed to pay more attention. I half expected to meet Tom when I got back on the right route. Some of the singletrack was quite fun but on my way out of Lochinver I noticed I had left the feed bag on my top tube open and a whole pack of caffeine ShotBloks was gone. Now I had even less resources to get to Ullapool. Small things like that can deal quite a blow to your morale.
The track from Lochinver to Ledmore quickly became mostly unrideable, rocky hike-a-bike. This was by far the hardest part of the route for me and it seemed to go on forever. I stopped at what appeared to be the high point and ate a load of food whilst dreaming of a nice descent back to the road from there. It wasn't to be, it only got harder with plenty of the descent being too tricky to ride. I imagine the views whilst passing between Suilven and Canisp were fantastic but I was too busy not enjoying myself to take any notice.
It's amazing how quickly you forget about the hardships though, even during the race. I eventually got to the road and turned my phone on whilst cycling. I learnt, by texts from my girlfriend, that Tom was behind but gaining and that Steve was quite far behind Tom. This was surprising since I had not seen Steve at any point and fully expected him to be up ahead of me. It was good news though since it now put me in 2nd place and it gave me the boost I needed. I pedalled hard along the rest of the road to try and put some pressure on Tom and also excited by the prospects of the rest of the day: good trails, food in Ullapool and then into Fisherfield.
I barely managed to resist the temptation of the Oykel Bridge Hotel again but I continued on even though I was running low on food. I had ridden the track to Ullapool before and from memory it didn't seem too long. It is mostly good tracks with a brief singletrack section in the middle and then a road down to Ullapool from Loch Achall. I clearly hadn't studied the route closely enough as I very nearly continued on down the road until I realised we went off up a singletrack walkers path to get to Ullapool. By this point I was hungry and looking forward to the Tesco in Ullapool so I didn't appreciate the surprise singletrack much. I pulled into Tescos with a plan in my mind of what I needed to grab and get out. Kid in a candy shop syndrome set in however and I ended up with none of what I had planned, it's strange how the mind starts struggling as exhaustion sets in. I also underestimated how hungry I was at that point. I ate lots on the road section out of Ullapool leaving me with not as much food as I would have liked.
Worries of not enough food, a full on thunderstorm and a very steep, long hill climb did nothing to dampen my spirits at this stage though. I had a full stomach, I was in 2nd place and I was on my way to the Fisherfield mountains. I had been looking forward to this section along with the Torridons for the whole trip, in fact, for months leading up to the race. After passing 2 tents right at the top looking very out of place in heavy rain, on an uninteresting hill and in a very exposed position, I tore down the soaking wet descent. My front brake was beginning to fade but I didn't want to stop to change the pads so I just continued on.
The next climb was long but easy enough followed by a fast descent and singletrack along to Shenavall bothy. The bothy looked very tempting in the fading light and it had started raining again. I persuaded myself to at least push on to the shelter at Larachantivore on the other side of the river crossing. At this stage I was seeing quite a few sets of tyre tracks and I was convinced Tom and Steve must have passed me, maybe whilst I was in Tescos? The track down to the river becomes indistinct and difficult and I was reduced to stumbling across a bog. The river is always surprisingly wide (about 50m) and looks very daunting in the half light. I walked out about 10m with the bike on my back and stopped in my tracks. The water was just about to go over my knees and I began to worry there may be a deep channel in the middle. When I had last crossed here the water had barely touched my shins. I stood there uncomfortably for what seemed like ages fighting a mental battle, backtracking to the bothy was a very appealing prospect. I managed to push on and thankfully it stayed around knee deep. Somehow I summoned the courage (or madness) to bypass the shelter with the plan to try and make it to Carnmore Bothy. This involved a fairly serious hill to climb and descend, without much light, in the rain and after 17 hours of riding. I wasn't confident it was a good decision to say the least.
The path soon became too steep to ride as it wound it's way up to 1,700ft. My mind was beginning to play tricks, parts of the landscape appeared to be moving around me, stones on the track seemed to scuttle away. The climb went on forever, I was stopping frequently, each step seemed like a dream. Finally the trail levelled off and became a fun rideable singletrack across the top of this mountain pass. My front brake was having very little effect by this stage and eventually I decided it couldn't wait till the morning, the descent down to Carnmore would be dangerous without it. I stopped right as the path steepened downwards and began the long and slow process of changing a set of brake pads whilst exhausted. I glanced at the back brakes as well, the entire caliper was covered by a thick crust of mud, this seemed fairly good protection from further mud and water so I left it as it was.
As I readied myself to continue I realised how much I was enjoying this. The whole situation seemed perfect. The mountains, me and my bike, the fact that I was in control. I had everything I needed to survive out here on my own. I decided there that I wasn't going to stop at Carnmore. I had the whole of the fantastic singletrack out to Poolewe laid out before me and I was loving it. I tore off down the trail, dynamo light clearly showing the way forward. With the front brake biting well again and my mind awake the singletrack was a joy to ride in the dark.
The singletrack comes to an end in a forest a while before Poolewe. I set up my bivvy on the first nice looking patch of pine needles. 21 hours and 110 miles, it had been a good day.

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Steve Jarrett
started with Kerr's as a road salesman after he retired from a long
and distinguished career as a music educator. He taught for 33 years
in Braxton County, 31 at Braxton County High School. He graduate
from DuPont High School in 1966 and Marshall University in 1970. He
was a viola major and a saxophone minor. Steve enjoys fishing and
spending time with his two daughters and three grandchildren.


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Michael Clark Proves That (20/10 Vision) Does Exist In The Basketball World
If you don't know Michael Clark then it's about time you get...
MOBILE, Ala. — He's short for his position. He has a strong arm, quick feet and his leadership skills are off the board. He is a winner. But he's short for his position. So he must fight and prove himself again.
Who is he?
He could be Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith of Ohio State. Smith completed 65 percent of his passes as a senior, passing for 2,542 yards.
He was selected the top college football player for his 35 touchdown passes and for leading Ohio State to an unbeaten regular season. Smith finished 10-1 as a starter against teams ranked in the top 10 nationally.
Or he could be former Florida quarterback Chris Leak, who passed for 2,942 yards as a senior, 11,213 yards for his career. More importantly, he was the quarterback of the Florida team that beat Smith's Buckeyes in the BCS championship game.
But at the 2007 Under Armour Senior Bowl, National Football League scouts continue to measure them, scrutinize them, interview them.
Neither is surprised that after all this time there still is more to be proven.
"Nah. That's the story of my life," Smith said. "I'm used to it. I feel as if I don't have that much to prove because where I'm from, success stories like this are not supposed to happen."
The scouting report on Smith, from the 2007 NFL Draft Prospect Report, says that he is very athletic with "great speed for the position. Arm is more than adequate. Throws a nice ball. Moves well, can scramble, throw on the run and hurt the opponent with his feet."
This week at Senior Bowl practice, he has shown a bit of all that. His throws on outs are strong. His throws down the middle are accurate.
He said he has worked hard for this moment.
"I was just excited and anxious to get here to be a part of this elite group of guys," he said, "and to reunite with my good friends, Drew Stanton and Tyler Palko (fellow North squad quarterbacks).
"I need to work every day, but I'm ready and willing to learn every day from Coach (Jon) Gruden and his staff."
The scouting report on Leak is similar. "A solid athlete who can make something happen with his feet. His arm is adequate. Has a lot of experience. Throws well on the run. Is the football equivalent of a gym rat. Very productive."
Still, some doubt the strength of that arm. Some say that his time spent in Florida's stretch-option offense has hurt his development.
His position coach this week, Norv Turner of the San Francisco 49ers, isn't one of those who question the arm, though.
"Right now, he's playing with great confidence," Turner said. "I think he's had two great days here. He's got a strong arm and a quick release, that's a nice combination. He's thrown some nice balls, the intermediate and obviously the long ball.
"I was in Miami the past couple of years, and I know the back and forth (about Leak). Obviously he saved his best for last. He played great down the stretch this year."
Leak, ever a team-oriented player, wouldn't talk about what he thinks he needs to do to impress scouts, however.
"I'm real excited to be able to work with Coach Turner and the San Francisco staff," he said. "We're learning a lot. We're getting various plays in. I'm just doing whatever I can to help my team to win the game".
"Whatever else happens, happens. That's really what I'm focusing on, getting better as a player. Everybody wants to have a good game, to play well against the best in the country would be very fortunate".
"It's a great feeling to start learning the pro system. It's getting back to the basics and fundamentals of things and getting better as a player. It's just going out and playing effectively. There is a lot of talent out there, and you don't see that much talent together in your years as a player. I don't have anything to prove."
So if the arm strength is there, the legs are good, the playmaking ability known, what is the drawback on these two guys?
Smith measured 6 feet and weighed 222 pounds. Leak was measured at 5 feet 11 7/8 and weighed 203 pounds — about the size of Saints quarterback Drew Brees.
Ohio State quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels pointed out that Smith had just seven passes knocked down this season, and five of those were on three-step drops. "Some teams will say, 'No, he's too short,' and just end the conversation," Daniels said.
"Troy Smith, to me, is Drew Brees," NFL.com senior analyst Gil Brandt has said.
Turner said of Leak, what could also be said of Smith: "We're so early, and we've just ended our season. I don't really know what the knock on him is. Obviously when you have a quarterback right at his height, that's where the red light that goes on".
"You have to compare players his height to ones who are playing, and there are players who are 6 feet tall. You have to ask what are the things they do that he doesn't, and maybe there are things he does that they don't."
They can't grow at this point, so both quarterbacks are simply going to work hard, they said.
"I was just talking to Troy," Leak said. "We're just trying to come out and perform well and do whatever it takes to make our teams successful. That's all we can do."


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I've received a couple of comments that make me feel like the message I thought I was writing was not communicated well. I did not mean to imply in any way that I dislike distance running. I like distance running and was surprised I fell in love with it when training for my first marathon. What I wanted to say was training to run a marathon is challenging and not a cure for all that ails you. I think there are a lot of myths surrounding regular exercise and I want to debunk those myths. Also, I just wanted to be that voice that you needed to hear when you're out running a distance that you KNOW you can do and it's challenging and you don't know why...that voice that says, "OK, Fenna told me there would be days like this. She had them and she ran a marathon. Take a deep breath and get through this day." Other runners told me there would be hard days and knowing that helped me break through the various obstacles I met on the longer path to running a full marathon. Also, seriously? Training to run 26.2 miles? Not exactly a cake walk. Yes, it's challenging.
Yes, you absolutely can do it. Yes, I still enjoyed it which is why I'm training to run another one!
original list posted here:
Paint Bedroom : DONE!
--->I gotta do a room tour video, which I will do when there is artwork hung on the walls and the bed is made.
Build website : DONE! As done as it's gonna be for now. I have a domain, I have a place, I could make business cards. Whatever. It exists!!!
--->There is language on that website that is unconventional, but that's where it's gonna stay. I avoided writing in my own voice for YEARS and hated a good portion of building my business because of it. If I'm going to make money off of my photography, I'm going to do it my way and find the clients I want. I have to believe that I am not alone in the world and that there are people just like me trying to hire a badass motherfucker just like me.
Build shelves in bathroom : DONE!
--->Actually, I found a chest of drawers on the curb down the street and it has a mirror! So that's going in the bathroom. I painted the chest last week and will paint the mirror and stand this week. So excited to start setting up my bathroom this week!
Frame and hang Adam's Romania posters
--->They are mounted, which I did for under $10 each. I'll write out a post about it in the future. I'm trying to figure out how to hang them because I don't want to damage my walls like I've done in the past by just pounding nails into them. I'm thinking on a more effective way to hang things, which will lead to the completion of my bedroom and a video of it for this blog!
Redo landscaping around house : Nearly done.
--->It's a work in progress. This week, I'm doing ground cover. In a couple of weeks, I'm probably going to pull out bushes I killed by pruning too much last fall. Whatever, they were unkempt and ugly. I'm gonna plant knock out roses. The asshole landlords literally just fucking planted whatever the hell they wanted with no concern for the actual space or soil or anything. I did divide three hostas into SEVEN and they are totally thriving! I'm really excited. I'm actually gardening and it's awesome.
016. Remove stump and pave area in front of steps : Summer goal
--->I definitely am going to finish this project before summer is over, because the space in front of the stairs is an eyesore. But it's not going to be the cheapest. I'm going to create a budget soon and buy each piece by piece and do the project when I have the materials!
026. Make baby blanket/snuggy/thing : May Goal
--->This month, gonna get a pattern for this and make some prototypes and send them out!
045. Finish Renaissance Costume : Summer Goal
--->This has been sitting around my studio for YEARS and I have it on my to do list this week...to get it started. So that's what I'm doing. I hope to have it worked out in the next couple of months.
065. Hike all the trails in all the Metroparks of Cleveland and Summit County : Summer Goal
066. Hike every trail in CVNP : Summer Goal
--->This month, I'd like to make a list of everything and start checking off what I've done. I might not finish ALL THE TRAILS this summer, but I can get organized and get started!
042. Put together ideal equipment situation : Yearlong Goal
---> This is one that will require money and is a down-the-road thing, but I'm actively thinking about the parts I want and how I'm gonna put them together. By the end of this month, I want to have a list and a budget.
052. Try out reselling business : May Goal
---> This is actually in the works. I need to finish my Store Envy stuff and then start on this. I've been doing a lot of research and I have a lot of ideas, so I'm really feeling like I'm going to go for this over the spring and summer and try to have it be a regular thing in the fall.
070. Run two half marathons : Summer Goal
---> I'm signed up and half my first one in two weeks! I've paid for both, so I will run both!
076. Begin Project Life for Yourself (or Blurb) : Summer Goal
---> This is in the works. I thought I had found a great solution with Chatbooks, but that didn't work out! I've been doing some research on some other companies to find the best price and I really want to write reviews here. So I'm gonna work on that this year. The big thing is funding the books to review actual product!
This week:
It's the last week for college, so finals. I'm not worried. I can't wait for this semester to end and then I want to write a post about how this semester went, what challenges, I encountered, and my plan from here on out. I'm also going to hold off on more marathon training updates until I've run the half and can talk about my plans for the summer and training in between halfs.
Run 3 miles
Run 5 miles
03. Run 7 miles
Get some phlox from Denice and put in our garden
05. Try to find a more powerful drill or get Adam out here with an ax for the root in front of the stairs
06. Check out grass options and budget for seeding next week
Redo kitty litter area
Alter t-shirts in closet to be cuter
Sew blue skirt
Cut out and sew brown skirt
11. Finish cutting out all doll bodies and
diaper materials
Look into grommets for prom dress and buy or budget
Remove innner skirt panel for prom dress
14. Take out quilt and put in noticeable place to keep in front of mind
Look into more fishies for current tank and create budget
Photograph stuff for reselling
--->I've decided not to do this!
Do Kendra's final shoot
--->Her call. We didn't do this.
Plan art shoot with Kendra and Paige
Edit all shoots and clear out all memory cards
20. Set up bathroom
Clean Dan's old camera and buy film for it
22. Package all packages and address
23. Hang all artwork in bedroom and set up shelves
Bring air conditioner up into bedroom
Bring wood blinds down into storage
26. Get started on Sushi painting
27. Get pics from Narissa for Neko painting
28. Create plan for improved website
29. Outline social media and blogging business posts
30. Post measurements on Storenvy
31. Post items for sale on Craigslist
32. Figure out animal for KJ's purse and cut out
33. Bring home lady cats from Murphy home!!!
Ok, that's a LOT of items, but tons of them are pretty small. I meant to accomplish more last week, but I had a stomach virus for two days that wiped me out. So I definitely need to make sure I do the things this week that I was supposed to do last week. There are some business tasks I keep putting off because they don't interest me. But I need to do them because they are important. So, here's to another week of absolutely KILLING it in the to do list game!


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Email marketing is not new. In fact, you may not know this, but the first unsolicited marketing email was sent out almost 40 years ago in 1978. It was delivered to about 400 people over ARPANET (Internet 1.0) and advertised a then cutting-edge computer. The backlash was so severe that 10 years passed by before a second email attempt occurred.
Email marketing has come a long way since then. Although, arguably, it generates as much per capita ire with customers today as it once did. Any way you slice it, email is the cornerstone of most companies' customer outreach and direct marketing programs — and rightfully so. It is the most cost-effective form of brand communication and has had the best performing ROI, generating $38 for every $1 spent, for 10 years in a row.
This is truly amazing when you think about the pace of changing technologies in the digital marketing space. Ten years of anything in a row in digital is a feat.
My hat is off to you, email.
It gets better from there. Even more than social media marketing, email just also happens to be the overwhelmingly preferred method of communication with companies. A whopping 72% of customers want to receive email communications over any other channel.
Consumer Preferred Communication Method with Companies
- Email = 72
- Postal Mail = 48
- In-Person Communication = 18
- Mobile App = 11
- Other = 3
- None = 7
Percentage of Respondents
And why wouldn't they? Personalization has done wonders for click-through rates. Even the most cynical inbox defenders among us have come to appreciate the tailored offers and incentives that force us to purchase top-of-the-line dress socks with race cars on them for only $2.99. Okay, that's just me, but you get the idea — executed effectively, email is a pretty good medium of exchange for companies and consumers alike.
This brings me to my point. In order to remain competitive in the marketplace and keep email as the king of the hill, businesses need to keep up with the times when it comes to email marketing. And, sadly, the reality is that marketers are running the risk of falling behind.
By now, responsive design across devices for websites is pretty commonplace, and most consumers are familiar with the concept. What you may not know is that responsive email design is now available for the inbox. If you're not currently sending responsively designed emails from your business, you should be. And here's why: more than 50% of emails are opened on a mobile or tablet device.
Environment Growth
- Feb 2015 = 22
- Apr 2015 = 22
- June 2015 = 23
- Aug 2015 = 23
- Oct 2015 = 20
- Dec 2015 = 19
- Feb 2016 = 19
- Feb 2015 = 32
- Apr 2015 = 31
- June 2015 = 30
- Aug 2015 = 29
- Oct 2015 = 29
- Dec 2015 = 28
- Feb 2016 = 26
- Feb 2015 = 46
- Apr 2015 = 47
- June 2015 = 47
- Aug 2015 = 48
- Oct 2015 = 48
- Dec 2015 = 50
- Feb 2016 = 55
That statistic may not surprise or even alarm you, but knowing that 80% of the emails that are not optimized for the inbox they are viewed on are deleted (as in not ever read) should. Those numbers could result in 40% of the emails you're sending being deleted outright.
If You Get A Mobile Email That Doesn't Look Good, What Do You Do?
- Delete it = 69
- Unsubscribe = 18
- Look at it on my computer = 18
- Read it anyway = 7
- Don't know = 9
- Delete it = 81
- Unsubscribe = 30
- Look at it on my computer = 13
- Read it anyway = 5
- Don't know = 3
Think about it. How casually do you delete or never read marketing emails on your smartphone or tablet? If you're like me, it probably happens quite frequently — so much so that I don't even give it much of a thought when I do it. It's like breathing or blinking. And who can blame a consumer for not wanting to pinch, prod, and pull on an email design that is not optimized for that specific inbox?
Mobile and tablet devices are now prolific, with the average American owning four digital devices. As a result, we're spending more time than ever before consuming content across those devices. More specifically, we're not reading emails in the traditional desktop inbox as much as we used to. In fact, mobile and tablet email opens have increased 500% in the past four years. Think about your own consumption habits. Again, assuming that you're like me, you probably check email on a desktop while at work, hit your smartphone multiple times throughout the day, and then perform a final check on your tablet while sitting at home on the couch or lying in bed at night.
Businesses and their marketers need to keep up with the changing consumption habits of their consumers. If email marketing is the important part of your digital marketing mix that it should be, optimizing for the myriad of devices and email client software combinations should be the next stage of evolution in your email marketing strategy. Not only will you potentially avoid your customers deleting 80% of the non-optimized emails that you send them, but you're also likely to receive a 15% increase in click-throughs as well! Every click — or in this case, every touch — counts.


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Taste the Blood of Dracula
The young man and maid are suppressed, an unholy alliance of business magnate and shopkeeper and aristocrat sees that Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (dir. Freddie Francis).
A magnificent expression of its theme, worked out in a very brilliant analysis.
Criticism has stopped short of this at several points, Variety sizes it up as "the old routine of Dracula", Time Out Film Guide says it "never quite lives up to its brilliantly staged opening scenes", thus Halliwell, "initially lively but mainly dreary."
Hands of the Ripper
The primal scene as the root of juvenile hostility is the source of the drama, which is dressed around Jack the Ripper's daughter.
A typical Hammer masterpiece on a rare theme difficult of attainment, yet it falls into the lap with perfect ease.
Unfortunately, the New York Times didn't understand a word of it, and many's the writer thrown off by the apparatus, a period picture in which the name of Freud is mentioned.
The main effort can be described as bringing Camus' The Plague (dir. Luis Puenzo) to bear upon Ibsen's An Enemy of the People (dir. George Schaefer, Satyajit Ray et al.) by way of Cacoyannis' The Day the Fish Came Out and Losey's These Are the Damned.
The point is clarified as a sunken oil tanker off the Isle of Balfe, some "mildly radioactive waste" and a failed attempt at industrial growth hormone, reducing the islanders to a cavemanlike state.
Cf. Huston's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean for the island "in ruins".
TV Guide could not quite follow it but nevertheless concluded, "pretty standard thriller material based on a BBC television show." Geoff Andrew (Time Out), "predictably, the serious intentions of the original series have been forsaken on the big screen for a half-baked horror thriller." Britmovie, "the producers unsuccessfully attempt to bond worthy environmental drama with far-fetched horror." Leaving only Halliwell's Film Guide to weigh in, "an unsatisfactory horror film is drawn from a moderately serious TV series about ecology."
The Stone Tape
The magic box is replaced by the electronic washing machine in Nigel Kneale's teleplay, masterfully directed by Sasdy.
The lesser product is a labor-saver because it sorts colors automatically with a dyer's hand.
The recording angel expires on a ladder that just doesn't reach, and so too does the pretty computer programmer who realizes this.
The peculiar nightmare quality of Kneale's writing is an absolute function of his fidelity to nature, the rest looks after itself, as it were.
For his part, Sasdy registers the tone of Nyby's The Thing in a joking retinue of technicians and engineers analyzing the ghost in a dark room for the BBC.
Welcome to Blood City
A computer game played upon unconscious minds in a university laboratory under government auspices after a bomb attack on the East Coast.
The setting is a Wild West town with curious laws and hierarchies, killing is profitable, twenty kills in "fair fights" render one "immortal", with a legal right not to be killed. There's a sheriff (Jack Palance) and a madam (Samantha Eggar), new arrivals are slaves, killing makes one a citizen, on to shopkeeper or bodyguard, etc.
The lab operators take a hand, the object is to find a "killmaster" (Keir Dullea) for the social wars.
Critics could not understand this as science-fiction or a Western, therefore Variety said it was not "generically satisfying".
"Facile and deeply offensive" (Time Out Film Guide).


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Do I need this list?
Packing for a trip I pull a used 4×5 spiral notebook off of my bookshelf for note taking. There's a drawing on the first page by Ten when she was no more than five. It shows two female stick figures, one labeled M and one labeled L. In her sprawling handwriting she has written across the top, without any regard for margins, her full name running right into mine. Then it reads "I love you," twice.
Much as I like a clear field and had planned to ghost the entire contents of the notebook, I am not giving up this drawing. I can date the drawing based on the material that follows—the next page an old to-do list, some items completed, some long since not important. There are several more and after them notes from a yoga workshop I attended that I peruse but quickly decide I no longer need. Preserving Ten's early work, I carefully remove pages and drop them into the recycling bin.
The next page has outdated notes for my novel. Were my book not printed and sitting near me on my desk awaiting next steps, I might be tempted to keep these. Instead their irrelevance makes me smile—the characters names have changed and I have long since, as I directed myself in the notes, made one of the characters more lively. This list not only is no longer relevant, the items on it are finished. I'm tempted to take a pen and line out all of the to-done items, but instead I begin to rip out these pages and file them one by one in the recycle bin.
I slow my breathing as I consider the last page of novel notes. There's a line separating my creative jottings from the rest of the page, a list. I read the title: 5 years – (start with 42, ½ year grace period).
When I'm at a crossroads or stuck, this is what I do. I make a list of where I want to be in five years. It worked beautifully for me once in my early twenties—I don't know that I've ever made it happen as successfully since, but since I am a list maker, this strategy for sorting out my brain appeals to me.
The list that follows on the page after the five-year list describes my "Perfect" town. These are the documents of a woman who was looking for opportunities to change her life.
I'll turn that 47 this month, my birthday arriving with the forward cusp of Virgo in a few weeks and just in advance of August's blue moon. My peeps have traveled the five years with me, and their decent foundation in school and community feels like a triumph. I'm still living in the house that the list suggests I'd like "less" of. I have opened a "'room' of my own, something that's mine," and I work in the margins of time on my creative life: the novel finished, the blog now well into its second year.
What list of resolutions doesn't include something about being thinner or leaping onto the fitness path more or eating better? But did the 41½-year-old me know I would undergo major surgery, recover and move so entirely into my yoga practice, teaching and opening a studio? Would she see me as "svelt (sic) & healthy" today? Well, the current me shrugs, there is always room for improvement.
My professional life has definitely coalesced; although I still divide my time among writing, editing, and yoga, more and more these are interconnected circles. It is largely the thinking on this list that launched me toward Taos the summer I turned 42, the summer I first met Jeffrey Davis and experienced Yoga as Muse. I feel the glimmer of energy of all that has come together in writing and yoga in the tiny seed planted by this list.
Remarkably, this list overall is still a comfortable fit. For some items, more of precisely the same please. For others, there's updating to be done. The central tenant stands—my list is about living a life that looks on paper not unlike the one I am now living. I know there are others, in the notebooks that litter the shelves and the electronic files I tuck away on my hard drive. I find such lists when I clean out drawers, letterboxes, and caches—whether computer files or folders full of written drafts. My favorites are the missives some younger me wrote to be discovered, notes in a cookbook and reminders of things I knew to be important long ago.
The shamans teach us to dance with every part of the soul. More simply, Mitch Applebom wrote, in Tuesdays with Morrie, "Inside I'm every age I'll ever be." Each time I come across a document like this list, it reads as a tiny part of my soul. This one reflects a night at my desk five and a half years ago when I was feeling less than independent and in need of a professional life. What I wrote then looked good on paper. I'm mindful that in building this life, I've let some things go untended, left some parts of me behind. I prune and shape, grow and support the life that I am composing. And as I sit here swirling with that other me, that earlier dancer, I think about the one I shall be, the woman I will be when rising 52, five years from now. I think maybe I'll write a new list in the little notebook and put it back on the shelf of my office, a time capsule of my soul for a later me to live toward.
The first August full moon is gorgeous and glimmering in the sky above. As ever, always, thank you for going on this journey with me. Happy August, Rxo


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- Ludwig von Mises
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Niall Ferguson: China Will Overtake the US in a Decade
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niall was great with his 'ascent of money'...n entertaining.
but china has wayyy tooo many skeletons laying around to pass us in ten years.
i caught your discliamer in the headline.
the big bada boom bust coming will get them alot too.
i do not think anyone will be passing anyone in the long cold winter to come....n it will take someone on our beach invading to get the US to go military again....the people have had it w/that thankfully.....maybe aircraft n missles if iran vaporizes tel-aviv....tho i doubt that out of obozo....he sends a rented italian ferry to get our people out of libya...laughable.
skirmises here n there.
just my take is all.
- March 9, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Dave Narby said...
Niall evidentally doesn't read Shedlock.
The shoddy and potentially disastrous Chinese building practices described there have been strongly confirmed by my "man on the ground" in Asia.
- March 9, 2011 at 11:01 PM


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Systems of production of beans and cassava in Latin America with implications for research design
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SANDERS, J.H.; LYNAM, J.K. 1977. Systems of production of beans and cassava in Latin America with implications for research design. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 63 p..
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The process of identifying the "relevant constraints" and their incidence on breeding programs and agricultural research of international centers are explained and case histories are provided on the role of these 3 types of information (macro stage, micro stage, critical inference stage) related to research design in beans and cassava at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), The crucial decisions of the international centers consist in the definition of "relevant constraints", followed by a more mechanical process consisting of germplasm collection, identification of desired characteristics, screening and crossing, and dissemination. Regarding beans and cassava, different "relevant constraints" and different characteristics of the crops indicate the utilization of different strategies with the same output, a high-yielding var. not dependent on high levels of inputs. (CIAT)
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SubjectsCASSAVA; BEANS; MONITORING AND REPORTING;
RegionsLATIN AMERICA
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All India Radio listeners can now tune into Amazon's Alexa to access FM radio, the popular Vividh Bharati and 41 other services from any part of the world
The public service broadcaster has partnered with e-commerce platform Amazon for the latter's voice-controlled line of speakers, in a bid to expand global footprint. Echo devices, powered by the artificial intelligent (AI) virtual assistant Alexa, will start streaming All India Radio (AIR) services in the next 10 days, said Fayyaz Sheheryar, director general at Prasar Bharati-owned AIR.
At present, AIR runs 17 local services, including FM Gold, FM Rainbow, Vividh Bharati and 14 other regional language services. through its digital applications and online platform. The broadcaster also runs 27 global services; all 44 services (local and global) will be available on Echo.
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Creating high performance teams, managing people, delivering excellent service, and building client rapport is greatly influenced by your ability to influence and communicate with emotionally charged people, without taking them personally or becoming worked up.
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Dirty Spokes "Iron Hill" 7.5/3.8 Mile NIGHT Trail Run
Location: Red Top Mountain State Park, Cartersville, Georgia
Date: November 3, 2018 (Saturday)
Format: Trail Run
Distance: 2 options: 7.5 or 3.8 Miles
Course Map: 7.5 Mile GPS | 3.8 Mile GPS| See video below.
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We´re excited to present the 2nd Annual Dirty Spokes Iron Hill 7.5/3.8 Mile Trail NIGHT Running Race at Red Top Mountain State Park Trails (Iron Hill Trail System)!
Runners registration for the 2018 Dirty Spokes Iron Hill 7.5/3.8 Mile NIGHT Trail Running Race is OPEN! Sun Set for November 3rd, 2018 is 6:41 p.m. Registration / Packet Pick Up is from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. We will Start the Race at 7:30 p.m. SHARP!
We will have a cap on this race of 325 Participants! We are placing a cap on this event for 2 reasons... 1 parking availability, 2 getting that amount of runners into the woods.
For directions: Red Top Mountain State Park
Going North on I-75 Exit "Red Top Mountain Road" (Exit 285). Turn Right. Go 3 Miles and the Iron Hill Trail Parking Lot will be on your Right.
Once you enter Red Top Mountain State Park... you will be on Red Top Mountain Road, Stay Straight on Red Top Mountain Road. If you are coming from the "East" Side of the park Iron Hill Trail Parking Lot will be on your left. If you are coming from the "West Side of the park (crossing over the bridge which goes over Lake Allatoona) you will pass the "Visitors Center" (on your left). Stay on Red Top Mountain Road and the Iron Hill Trail Parking Lot will be on your right. Registration / Packet Pick Up will take place in the parking lot... Please note parking is at a premium (if you are in a position to carpool that would be wonderful)! Georgia State Parks requires a $5.00 Parking Fee Per Car (or you can buy a yearly pass)!
7.5 Miles
- Through October 20 –> $35.00
- October 21– November 1 –> $40.00 (LATE)
- Race Day Registration –> $45.00
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- Through October 20 –> $30.00
- October 21– November 1 –> $35.00 (LATE)
- Race Day Registration –> $40.00
For our 2018 events we will be using a Super Soft, Tri Blend Shirt! In doing so we must adhere to the "no guarantee of a shirt with late or race day registration". We will still offer "Men's" and "Women's" Sizes (Shirts Fit Just Like the Current Ones we Use)! So Register Early and let us know what you think!
Packet pickup will be the evening of the race from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Race starts at 7:30 p.m. SHARP!
This is a great single and double track off road running experience! The race will start on the trail. The terrain is an old fire road bed. The course flat, fast, beautiful and offers something for every runner truly wishing to ´ditch the city´.
Dirty Spokes will be handing out medals and prizes to our overall top 3 male and female finishers for each race as well as our overall male and female masters winners. We will also be handing out medals to our top 3 male and female finishers in each age group (14&U, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75&U) – you must be present to receive your medal we will not mail them to you.
Awards will be given out when we have enough finishers in to fill the categories. Medals will be given out to the top three finishers in each category. Walkers are encouraged to participate; however, you should be able to complete the 7.5/3.8 miles at a 16 minute mile pace or under to receive an official time.


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It has been 500 years since Ponce de Leon discovered himself in Florida, and this month's iteration of Biscayne National Park's Family Fun Fest will focus on highlights of each of the past five centuries reflected in the park's 10,000 year history. The free event, dubbed 500 Years in the Sunshine State, takes place on Sunday, March 10 from 1-4 p.m. (DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR ON SUNDAY MORNING!) at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center, located at 9700 SW 328 Street, 9 miles east of Homestead. Visitors are encouraged to dress the part as their favorite aspect of Florida's history.
500 Years in the Sunshine State will feature five hands-on and engaging activity stations located around the visitor center. Stations include:
- 16th Century - Some say Poncede Leon was looking for a Fountain of Youth, but instead he discovered a different kind of flowing water!
- 17th Century - People have been living in today's Biscayne National Park for 10,000 years. What did they leave behind?
- 18th Century - Meet a Spaniard and an Englishman as they tell tales of shipwrecks during the Age of Exploration.
- 19th Century - It's dark. It's stormy. Where are you? The Florida Keys reef lights have a message for you!
- 20th Century - In 1937, Boca Chita Key was a hangout for wealthy industrialists having fun. Join Mark Honeywell for some games on the lawn!
Participants receive a passport to get stamped at each activity station, and those who complete all five activities will earn a specially-designed button to remember the day. Earning all five buttons in a season (including the final event of the season on April 14) earns a Family Fun Fest Fanatic award in April.
Family Fun Fest's Season 13: Starpower! is made possible through generous donations from park visitors and the Bobby Duryea Fund at the South Florida National Parks Trust, with additional support from the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves, Starbot, Inc., the Florida Keys Reef Lights Foundation, and a host of dedicated volunteers.
The Dante Fascell Visitor Center is located at 9700 SW 328 Street, nine miles east of Homestead, Florida. Call 305-230-7275. For regular updates from the park, "like" us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/BiscayneNPS and "follow" us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BiscayneNPS.


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KINGMAN - The Kingman Daily Miner would like to ask each and every one of our loyal readers to go fly a kite.
The Miner's 18th annual Kite Flying Extravaganza will take place at Centennial Park from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 6. The event is free and open to all, though the location has changed slightly from previous years. In order to avoid interfering with baseball practice, this year's kite flying will take place at shelter No. 2, alongside Harrison Street and next to the Parks & Recreation Department offices.
The Kingman Police Department will be on hand with McGruff the Crime Dog as a special guest. The Mohave County Sheriff's Office also will be present with its DARE vehicle. The event is being sponsored by the Kingman Elks Lodge and Kingman True Value Hardware.
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This anecdote is about Mary, who discovered outsourcing about 4-5 years ago. This was great! she said. She worked hard and tirelessly outsourcing most of her area. One day, after work, she was telling me how great it was. How the cost savings were tremendous. She had laid off about 20 people (most of here area).
I remember asking...why stop where you did?...why not outsource....you? I bet someone from India could do your job for 1/10th your salary...saving the company a couple hundred thousand a year! heck...they could probably even do it better because they are with the India team while you are back here.
(I said it much more diplomatically than that.)
I saw a glint of fear in her eyes...immediately squelched. "OF COURSE, they can't outsource ME! I'm important! I add value!"
Less than one year later she was laid off. Her position is now in India. She actually cried her last day. The bitch laid off about 20 people...caused much misery and she CRIED when she was led to the gallows she made? No sympathy here.
That's the thing about outsourcing. If we are going to pursue it, let's pursue it with more rigor. If outsourcing is so good for America...let's look at outsourcing some of the lower executives...see how it goes. After that...do we really need CFO's and the like in America? Couldn't a really smart Indian work better and cheaper?
Sounds stupid...but why? They are smart folks. They can do it. It only sounds stupid to the execs because you only outsource too-high paid prima donnas like programmers and such...not people who do real work like Execs!
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DENVER -- Summer in Colorado means rattlesnakes can be found living in the mountains near hiking areas you might bring your dog. Veterinarians tell FOX31 it's important to know how dog owners should treat snake bites when they happen and how you can protect your dog from getting bit.
The VCA Animal Hospital in Denver has already treated dogs for rattlesnake bites and it's only May.
"These snakes are here in Colorado, they are Colorado residents. They live here too!" said Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, "In the last 5 years we've seen 102 snake bites and 2 dogs have died."
Dr. Fitzgerald said it depends on where the dog is bitten and how much venom is in the animal. Dogs need to be taken to a hospital immediately where they will be kept for care and given anti-venom for the bite.
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December 2018 - Ken Herman of San Diego Story writes…'Ruben Valenzuela's Bach Collegium San Diego (BCSD) gave an electric performance of J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio Friday (December 14) in the capacious sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of San Diego. Sung in German by a strong 19 member chorus, accompanied by a fleet 25-piece period instrument ensemble, and guided by Artistic Director Valenzuela's acute sense of Baroque period performance practice, this concert brought us amazingly close to Bach's musical world.' Read the rest of the review by clicking below.
Bach Collegium San Diego's Stirring J.S. Bach 'Christmas Oratorio'
December 2018 - Marcus Overton of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes… 'Amid the appalling barrage of schlocky "seasonal" music wherever we go, a small but brilliant ray of musical light emerged Friday night at First United Methodist Church in Mission Valley, where Bach Collegium San Diego presented a first-class performance of four parts of J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
So many things were so wonderfully right with this performance — repeated Saturday evening at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Cardiff — that it's hard to know where to begin.' Read the rest of the review by clicking below.
Bach Collegium's first-class Christmas Oratorio shines bright this holiday season
March 2018 - Ken Herman of San Diego Story writes....'Bach Collegium San Diego's Friday concert at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Hillcrest offered the best of both worlds: one of the familiar, cherished motets by J. S. Bach and rarely heard works by Heinrich Schütz and Domenico Scarlatti.'
Bach Collegium San Diego's Splendid Baroque Motets and Canticles
December 2017 - BCSD received two wonderful reviews for its recent performances of Messiah. The first is from David Gregson at Opera West...
"One of the better performances of Handel's 'Messiah' you are ever likely to hear moved peripatetically up the coast from San Diego to Carlsbad...The transparency of the instrumental textures, the clean diction and clarity of the choral lines and their subtle dynamic shadings all served to thrill us and to reveal the genius of the composer." Read the complete review here.
The second review comes from Ken Herman at San Diego Story...
"Here in San Diego County...Bach Collegium San Diego has been the leading light of historically informed performance at an internationally recognized standard, and the Collegium's annual 'Messiah' performance has been its crown jewel." Read the complete review here.
October 2017 - Bach Collegium San Diego's performance of Handel's Acis and Galatea was a delightful experience and we were fortunate to have three well-regarded reviewers come on Friday night. Here are a few quotes and links to their complete articles.
Ken Herman of San Diego Story writes, 'The Bach Collegium San Diego's scintillating performance of G. F. Handel's Acis and Galatea Friday (October 20) proved how fortunate we are that Artistic Director Ruben Valenzuela does not restrict the company's repertory to its namesake composer.
"Bach Collegium San Diego Gives Vivid Account of Early Handel Opera"
David Gregson of Opera West writes, 'The Bach Collegium San Diego is a local treasure.'
"Handel's Acis and Galatea: A Pastoral Delight from the Bach Collegium San Diego"
And finally, Christian Hertzog of the San Diego Union-Tribute writes, 'Bach Collegium San Diego gave a splendid concert performance of Handel's "Acis & Galatea" Friday at All Souls' Episcopal Church. For fans of Handel's dramatic works, it was like generous rainfall after a lengthy drought.
'Bach Collegium showcases delightful performance of Handel's Acis & Galatea'December
15th Anniversary Season Announced: Announcing the 15th anniversary season ahead in 2017–18, artistic director Ruben Valenzuela says, "We are thrilled to charge ahead with an unwavering commitment to bringing vibrant world-class performances to San Diego, further establishing BCSD as one of this city's leading arts organizations, and continuing to build a reputation as one of this country's most dynamic early music ensembles." Read the full press release here.
Teutonic Treasure: Bach Collegium San Diego Plays the German Masters Before J. S. Bach - "Doing its part to boost San Diego's celebration of early music month, the Bach Collegium San Diego offered an array of obscure 17th-century German music—Agony and Ecstasy: Bach's Muses—over the weekend, March 11 & 12, 2017." (San Diego Story) By Ken Herman, March 13, 2017
"It's been a great week for local early music fans. They're enjoying an unprecedented four-concert festival, "Sounds of the Baroque," involving three San Diego organizations." (San Diego Union Tribune) By Christian Herzog, March 12, 2017
"Bach Collegium San Diego, San Diego's only early and Baroque music performance ensemble, has named Will Neblett as its new executive director." Read the full press release here.
Bach Collegium San Diego, the city's acclaimed early music and Baroque performance ensemble, now in its fourteenth season, will mark the celebration of National Early Music Month with a unique program called "Agony &Ecstasy: Bach's Muses." Read the full press release here.
"Musical thrills also came from local organizations. On March 4, Ruben Valenzuela's Bach Collegium San Diego gave us "An Empire of Silver and Gold," a revelatory concert of choral, vocal, and instrumental music from Latin America's Baroque efflorescence.' (San Diego Story: Bravos & Boos 2016) By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, December 29, 2016
"...Even other historically informed performances using period instruments do not come close to Ruben Valenzuela's vibrant, emotionally searing revelations of a score that most music lovers think they already know...."
Bach Collegium San Diego's 'Messiah'–the One We've Been Waiting For
By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, December 21, 2016
"The space caused minor issues, but the vocalists and the orchestra were in fine form when Bach Collegium San Diego performed Handel's Messiah this weekend." Bach Collegium set the bar high with Handel's Messiah By Marcus Overton, San Diego Union-Tribune, December 18, 2016
"Ruben Valenzuela's intrepid Bach Collegium San Diego gave a starkly beautiful account of Distler's little known work (at least in North America) at one of the Collegium's Bach at Noon concerts..." Bach Collegium San Diego brings Distler's mystical 'Totentanz' to San Diego By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, November 14, 2016
"Keeping up the Bach Collegium's own high standards, under Valenzuela's firm, clear direction, the dozen instrumentalists on period instruments proved stylish in every detail, displaying tight ensembles in the varying combinations the score required." Bach Collegium's brilliant concert digs deep into the Bach treasure trove By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, October 17, 2016
"With a mere 26 voices and a modest cadre of period instruments, Valenzuela's crew filled the resonant sanctuary of St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea Episcopal church in Pacific Beach with such a tsunami of vibrant choral sound that if you closed your eyes, you might think your were hearing a massive festival chorus in some vast European cathedral."
Bach Collegium San Diego Presents Powerful Monteverdi '1610 Vespers'
By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, May 14, 2016
"The chorus sounded so glorious that there might as well have been 100 of the them rather than a select few. The visiting Tesserae Brass were striking in their total mastery of the period instruments, the cornett and sackbut. And absolutely everybody under the inspired musical guidance of Ruben Valenzuela must be commended for a memorable Vespers performance, the second the Bach Collegium has offered since 2010."
Monteverdi's Glorious "Vespro della Beata Vergine" with the Bach Collegium
By David Gregson, Opera West, May 14, 2016
"While too many classical music organizations continue to recycle the same Beethoven and Brahms symphonies, Rachmaninoff piano concertos, and Puccini operas, local audiences can count on the Bach Collegium San Diego to surprise us regularly with rare and amazing repertory."
Splendor and Sarcasm in Latin American Baroque Music
By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, March 6, 2016
"Founded by Valenzuela in 2003, BCSD offers repertoire from the Renaissance, Baroque and early classical eras. Its namesake, Johann Sebastian Bach, remains one of the most iconic composers and musicians of the Baroque, or any other, period."
Early Classical Music Full of Energy
By Beth Wood, San Diego Union Tribune, February 29, 2016
"I found this Messiah more profound and spiritually moving than any I have previously experienced."
Bach Collegium San Diego: 'Messiah' Redeemed
By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, December 8, 2015
"It was like seeing a classic painting restored to its original brilliance after centuries of grime had dimmed its appearance and masked its strengths."
Bach Served Straight Up, No Olives
By Ken Herman, San Diego Story, October 18, 2015
"My ultimate vision is to continue to offer San Diego an ensemble that is going perform music that folks here locally are not otherwise going to hear."
It's all good (music) for the Bach Collegium San Diego
By James Chute, San Diego Union Tribune, October 14, 2015
"It was a revelation."
Bach Collegium San Diego Gives 'La Resurrezione' Life
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My workout yesterday was pretty extreme as I worked my shoulders pretty hard. I had the strength and energy of a bear as I anticipated pushing every single exercise to the very limit that my muscles could stand. I honestly believe that adding in the one rest day after a day of strength training then a day of cardio was a wise decision as I am feeling more energy during my workouts and both my body weight and blood sugar numbers seem to be dropping.
My meals yesterday were questionable as I had a protein shake after the workout with some vitamins that I started taking each day. I was hungry at work in the morning and ended up eating a cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese. For lunch I had a turkey sandwich on whole wheat with lettuce and tomato. Dinner I drank 3 bottles of beer and two small slices of Papa Murphy's pizza. WTF? After eating so many carbs I anticipated both my weight and blood sugar to be high this morning.
After a hard core workout I am just hungry but need to find better food choices to fill this hunger. I am working on it. The one thing I did notice with eating bread three times yesterday was that I experienced very healthy bowel movements. This is an indication to me that I am not eating enough fiber and this is where I need to find the solution to fill this void. There is only so much salad a man can eat and other fiber filled foods can cause much gas which is accompanied by gas pains and running to the bathroom during the course of the day. One of the items I was looking at is the sweet potato. As I am keeping my protein intake at a minimum of just around 70-100 grams per day I don't think I need to go past that, but it is the carbohydrates my body is calling for after an intense workout. I will have to learn how to fill the gap for the calling of energy foods after a workout as the body certainly needs just enough to metabolize the foods that I eat. On the other hand eating too many carbs can send my numbers the opposite way as it raises the insulin response.
There seems to be a direct response between the use of glucose in the cells and the desire to supply more glucose to the blood stream. In other words, when I work out hard I am causing the use of the glucose in the cells to become depleted of thus causing the desire to supply more to the blood stream to refill those cells with glucose. The hunger I feel towards carbohydrates is the response my body is sending out to eat more. As long as I can fill this void of the demand without going overboard it may be beneficial without causing harm. Although I did eat more carbs yesterday than normal it seems that my cell's demand was in direct relation to what I ate.
This theory makes me believe that it is through strength training that reduces blood sugar at a better rate than cardio. It's all about supply and demand. Without the demand we end up with too much sugar sitting in our blood and slowly getting metabolized into fat. With the demand in place the sugar has somewhere to go to be used up as fuel. This gives me reason to make all of my strength training session intense and I will push each one to the very limits.
Today I decided to do the same with the cardio workout. I brought my time up to one whole hour, walked 4.04 miles and burned 465.3 calories. Kicking ass and taking names. I have decided that with the one rest day it gives me the freedom of taking these work outs to higher levels.
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7 Ways to Make a Snooze-y Museum Visit Great For Kids
Kids in museums can be like oil in water—a resistance to coming together.
And it's true: museums have the potential to be snooze-worthy experiences with their long hallways, countless cases holding items that are several centuries old and plaque after mind-numbing plaque of information without context.
While these whine-inducing conditions do exist, parents have a lot of control over how a museum can be experienced. It's in that experience where the potential for rich, interesting conversations and educational curiosity exist. It takes a little extra work, but don't let that deter you from taking the kids to museums. Here are 7 tips for embracing the museum experience with your kids and laying a foundation for lifetime of interest and inquiry (yes, even about those plaques).
1. Arm yourself with information
Regardless of the type of museum you're visiting, check out the website before you go so you know what to expect. Make note of exhibits, workshops or family events of interest to ensure you hit those highlights first.
Many museums have a family-friendly section on their websites, which may include activities like scavenger hunts and games you can use to guide your visit. Programming geared toward children is also a great way to explore museums for families, because docents already have particular activities based on specific exhibits planned. Also, find out if you can carry snacks with you (easy-to-eat and without the mess, of course), or if there is a snack bar on site for when the little ones get fussy.
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2. Choose a good time to visit
Museums tend to be less crowded in the morning, so get there when the doors open. Everyone will be alert and ready to explore, and parking won't be a problem. In general, weekends are a nightmare. Also, some museums have discounted family rates on certain days of the week or times of the day, so check in before you visit to get the most bang for your buck.
3. Drum up excitement …
Involve your kids in making plans before you visit to encourage engagement. Talk with them about the exciting things you're going to see and do at the museum. Once there, lead by example. If you show enthusiasm about a particular piece of art or a certain artifact, your kids will follow your lead.
4. … but talk about museum etiquette
Before visiting the museum, make sure your kids know how to act in such an environment. In many museums, this means no touching art or other objects, and inside voices are appropriate. However, despite the rules, make an emphasis on what they can do. You can play games like "I Spy," or ask your kids to count shapes and find colors in the objects or pieces of art. Ask open-ended questions to encourage conversation about the items.
5. Get outside
If the museum has a sculpture garden or other exhibits housed outside, visit them when your kids start to lose interest inside. Though it's important to respect these spaces as well, getting fresh air lets the little ones get some of that bottled-up energy out.
6. Don't try to do it all
Even for adults, spending a day at a museum can be a very long, drawn-out experience. You may only get an hour of attention time out of your kids before they start to get antsy, which is why you need to hit up the most interesting exhibits or activities first. Once they start to lose interest, it's time to take a break for a snack or head out altogether.
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7. Take the experience home
Back at home, let the conversation about the day continue. If there were artifacts or pieces of art that sparked an interest in your children, encourage exploration. Let your kids make their own pieces of art or check out books from the library about topics of interest to read as a family.
Though not every visit to the museum will be a success, even a small spark of interest may be the perfect flame you need to inspire another visit on another day with the kids.


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Reality television started with MTV's 'The Real World: New York' in 1992 and it seemed like a fairly interesting experiment. The tagline for the show was "watch what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real." And the show seemed to deliver on its tagline, maybe making the rest of us feel a little less crazy.
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2018 Buick Avista Release Date, Specs and Price
The idea to send the new 2018 Buick Avista back to the market is to make it better with the sports stunned that they will bring. Reports mentioned that the company will give their best attempts to support some updates and promotion until it is ready to hit the market in 2018 season. The current model was the big competitor with other models in its class such as Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler and Memory as well as Chevy. The new concept will be used to support the car so that it wouldn't lose during the battle.
2018 Buick Avista Exterior
At this point, many reports said that the company will complete it with understated and well-liked grille while the taillights are placed perfectly there. It has a stylish and beautiful look through its simple grille design. In addition, the dimension of 2018 Buick Avista will be about 20-inch wheels with the outstanding visual design. Although the design will be more different, there will be no drastic changes to provide.
2018 Buick Avista Interior
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