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The eye-popping spawn of Avatar reach critical mass this month when, for the first time, 3-D openings will outnumber wide-release 2-D movies at the box office.
Beyond summer's stereoscopic swarm, spearheaded by Friday's release of Thor and previewed in the gallery above, the 2-billion-gigabyte gorilla is the looming 3-D conversion of The Phantom Menace, slated to thrill sci-fi fans (and probably enrage Star Wars purists) next February.
While some moviegoers remain skeptical about the technology, movie studios – entranced by the thought of "must see" theater experiences and premium-priced tickets – have embraced 3-D as a sort of cinematic savior.
That puts filmmakers in a tough spot as they struggle to reinvent visual storytelling while learning to master fast-changing technologies that morph practically by the minute.
"This is the Wild Wild West right now," said director Michael Bay, who famously dissed 3-D before embracing the technology for his upcoming third Transformers movie. "Theater projectors are different, the camera systems are different – there's no standardized anything right now."
While Avatar blew minds and broke box office records, many of the 3-D movies that followed James Cameron's experiment in immersive storytelling trafficked in cheesy tableaux that resembled pop-up books, punctuated by "gotcha" scenes reminiscent of cornball 1950s gimmickry.
3-D evangelist Cameron regards the stereoscopic dimension as a sea change that will one day be taken for granted in the same way sound and color made black-and-white silent films seem quaint. But now that the novelty has worn off, filmmakers face a big question: Does depth of field really make a movie better?
Turns out there is no easy answer. The success or failure of 3-D from an artistic point of view depends largely on three variables: technology, time and taste.
3-D Technology Never Sleeps —————————
Even in Hollywood, competing technologies evolve so quickly that this spring's cutting-edge moviemaking tools will likely be old hat by Labor Day. When Bay shot Transformers: Dark of the Moon a few months ago, primarily using the Avatar 3-D camera system, he found the technology irritating.
"The rigs were a pain in the ass," he said. "They weren't built to go 70 miles an hour in a camera car. We put them through their paces and had the cameras doing things they were never intended to do. I like to do my stunts live, whereas Avatar was [mostly] CG."
Those monster rigs Bay used for Transformers have already been eclipsed, in terms of portability, by the introduction of 3-D RED cameras. The lightweight rigs made a convert out of Cameron, who reportedly dropped $2.9 million on a 50-camera spending spree.
Even relatively low-budget projects can now consider 3-D an option. Saw 3D: The Final Chapter executive producer Daniel Heffner said "the technology changed so dramatically between Saw VI and Saw VII that after we tested the new camera system, we were able to shoot the majority of Saw 3D with Steadicam and handheld cameras while maintaining our editorial style of quick cutting."
Complicating the 3-D crapshoot further is the distinction between "native 3-D" movies, filmed by cameras equipped with "two eyes," versus movies like The Green Hornet and The Last Airbender, shot with conventional 2-D cameras and converted during post-production into multiple layers to increase the depth of field.
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'2-D to 3-D conversion has the potential to far exceed what you can do with native capture.'"2-D to 3-D conversion has the potential to far exceed what you can do with native capture because you have so much control," he said. "Conversion is a creative tool that lets you have more control over the placement of the objects in the picture that actually plays better than the native 3-D might have played because you can slightly alter the relation of the objects beyond what the real world can do."
Marvel Studios' 3-D conversion Thor, opening Friday, suffers at times from Cardboard Cutout Syndrome, but director Kenneth Branagh takes full advantage of the extra depth when it comes to capturing the grandeur of mythic Norse kingdom Asgard. Cliffside chase scenes involving a fang-toothed creature also work well stereoscopically, and Jotunheim's Frost Giants gain menace when they stomp around against a deep depth of field.
"Sometimes [3-D] has got to do with just placing you inside the world of the film in a way that is even more engrossing, even more of an escape, and I think that can apply to quite a lot of movies," Branagh told Box Office Magazine.
With 3-D Conversions, Time Is Everything —————————————-
The same company that handled conversion of the critically panned Clash of the Titans is also converting Phantom Menace to 3-D, but that's no reason to panic. Prime Focus CEO Namit Malhotra and his team had plenty of time – eight months – to meet George Lucas' demanding specs.
By contrast, Prime Focus converted Clash of the Titans to 3-D in only eight weeks.
"Would Clash have been better had it been had we had more time to work on it?" Namit asks. "Yes. But was it compromised? I completely disagree."
Despite a rude critical reception, Clash of the Titans made a whopping $656 million. Namit told Wired.com in a phone interview that the movie pulled in more revenue from 3-D viewers than it did from traditional filmgoers.
"The bad rap that you sometimes get on film conversions from 2-D to 3-D shows that you can't just run it through a black box and it comes out 3-D," said Sony's Cookson. "You have to very carefully deconstruct the images, and that takes a significant investment of time and money along with really skilled people doing very careful work."
Harry Potter producers heeded the lesson that "rush job" and "3-D conversion" should never appear in the same sentence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I skipped 3-D. But with an additional eight months of post-production to work on the series finale, filmmakers figured they had time to properly render flying wizards and smoke-snorting demons on 3-D battlefields.
3-D: A Matter of Taste ———————-
While the exercise of restraint might seem antithetical to 3-D's appeal, filmmakers agree that nuance matters.
"Lucasfilm's made it very clear that they did not want a gimmicky experience," said Prime Focus' Namit. "There's a lot of thinking behind [Lucasfilm's] craft. They wanted to present Phantom Menace aesthetically in a way that maintained the basic language of this very defined space. There were subtle enhancements (to the original material) to the point where nobody really saw this as a dramatic change from the original film."
'Lucasfilm's made it very clear that they did not want a gimmicky experience.'Namit promises especially spectacular 3-D effects in Phantom Menace's pod race sequence.
"At one level, all of this comes down to the question of, 'What is the right amount of 3-D?' At what point do audiences like it, not like it," he said. "In moments where you do action scenes with a lot of quick cuts, for example, you might want to back off on the 3-D."
Even Transformers auteur Bay, known for favoring over-the-top spectacle, decided to "go flat" for close-ups in which the human face conveys emotion more effectively without the distractions of 3-D.
Caveman Wild Card —————–
A final wild card hurled into the 3-D game might be called the Caveman Factor.
"Our brains are programmed to detect lots of depth up to about 18 feet or so, but beyond that, it's something you perceive more intellectually than viscerally," said Prime Focus President Mike Fink. "Based on our history as hunter-gatherers, things that are farther away tend to come into one plane of distance because we needed to determine what was threatening and what wasn't."
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Meskipun rencana bisnis strategis diperbarui setiap tahun, penjualan dan perencanaan operasi adalah proses dinamis di mana rencana perusahaan diperbarui secara teratur, biasanya setidaknya bulanan. Effective S&OP isn't a stand-alone effort, it truly is the bridge between the strategy of the organization and operational execution. The commander and planners derive their understanding of those end states from strategic guidance. Aggregate planning mainly ties facility planning in with scheduling selections and it does so quantitatively, that means it produces numbers to back up an operations plan.
Utilizing the extent manufacturing plan, the production stays constant and inventory is used to soak up the differences between the sales forecast and the production. Operations management is primarily concerned with the efficient use of assets.
The planning course of, each iterative and collaborative, enables understanding and facilitates the development of options to effectively meet the complicated challenges facing joint forces all through the world. Operational threat are those resulting from insufficient or failed internal processes, people and programs, or from external events (man-made or natural hazards).
Operational dangers are these arising from the people, techniques and processes by means of which a company operates and might embrace different classes of risk, comparable to fraud, authorized dangers, physical or environmental dangers. Operations management, additionally called operations planning†or operations scheduling,†is a time period assigned to the planning of production in all aspects, from workforce activities to product supply.
Effectively managing sales and operations planning to reduce over- or underneath-manufacturing is important to assist sales groups meet their objectives and maximize profitability. This term is usually used interchangeably with gross sales and operations planning (S&OP).

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Address: Flossom Place, 187 N. Averilla Street, Brgy. Sta. Lucia, Greater San Juan, San Juan City
Date visited: January 2019
The Taste
The Angus Salisbury skillet had a quarter pound Angus patty, mushrooms, gravy and a sunny side up egg. The patty was cooked perfectly and, we liked it in the skillet because it gained a thin crispy bottom. The gravy was savory and not bland, which made eating the dish a happy experience.
The baked meatloaf was described, in their menu, as an embutido with béchamel and mozzarella. The embutido was surprisingly juicy and the sauce plus cheese made us forget to ask for ketchup. The flavors complemented each other very well.
The molten lava cake had a molten chocolate soufflé, dark chocolate ganache and vanilla ice cream on top. Preparing a dessert with these items to achieve a delicious result may seem automatic but for this dessert to be really good, the sweetness has to be balanced. Good thing they prepared this dish wonderfully. It was, as what Thanos would say, perfectly balanced.
The Service
The servers were attentive and the time it took to prepare the dishes was reasonable. Maybe a little extra smile would have taken the service to the next level.
The Place
Upon entering the restaurant, a pink neon 'Flossom' sign greeted us. Plants were also hanging from the ceiling (mostly ferns upside down), the table tops were wooden and on metal frames, there were steel chairs but there were also couch seats. It felt like we were eating in an indoor garden. The experience was nice but moving around took some effort because the dining area was a little cramped.
The Value for Money
The Angus Salisbury steak was P420, the baked meatloaf was P320 and the molten lava cake was P250. The dishes are on the expensive side but everything we tried was delicious.
Pro Tip: The ceiling is relatively low so tall people may have to duck while moving around. Also, the petals on the dishes are edible.#happyfoodtrippers
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One of the most recognized American folk artist, Butch Anthony works in various media, including collage, assemblage, painting, and drawing. As a teen, Mr. Anthony found a 65-million-year-old dinosaur bone in a creek on his family's 80-acre property in the small southeastern Alabama town of Seale. Thanks to that discovery, he got a scholarship to Auburn University, where he studied zoology and geology. His specific way of looking at the physical world led him from being a self-taught researcher of nature and the astonishing variety of living things to becoming quite a unique mind in the contemporary art world.
Butch Anthony started creating artwork in the early '90s when his friend John Henry Toney dug up a turnip with a human likeness. After John's drawing of the turnip fetched $50 in a friend's junk shop, Butch also began his artistic career. Self-taught, he has developed his own genre of work called Intertwangelism - an ism of his own creation. Describing himself as "artist, picker and builder of things", he has made his name by turning salvaged trash into treasures. With a unique ability to see the potential in objects that others take for granted, the creative walks all over his farmstead in Alabama looking for things such as bleached out cows' heads or dead bird carcasses, pieces of wood, or fossils of extinct animals. He collects those bizarre objects and transforms them into oddly attractive artworks.
Mr. Anthony's portraits impose underlying bone structures onto 19th-century photographic portraits he purchases at thrift stores and flea markets, as well as old photos affixed to paintings of fictional creatures. The portraits depict tight-lipped, rigid and nameless sitters that the artist beautifies with paint and found objects, often incorporating humorous phrases and symbols, as well as the words and expressions that he has heard in his life like Monkey See Monkey Do, Go Down Kicking and Scratching, and We Heard It All Before. The artist creates the stories around characters depicted on the paintings while putting them into his creative and personal context.
Mr. Anthony's eclectic approach to art and life resulted in a specific museum he made – the Museum of Wonder which started in the 1970's as the artist's taxidermy shop and artifact room. Today it is one of America's favorite roadside attractions filled with art, artifacts and antiques. The property also houses Mr. Anthony's hand-built home elegantly decorated with his own artworks, which was featured in the NY Times. Among the Museum of Wonder, Mr. Anthony runs and a junk auction house called Possum Trot, also located on his Alabama property.
Butch Anthony has organized multiple festivals on his property. One of the most famous is Doo-Nanny Festival, the folk art festival born out of a roadside art show in 1996. In the meantime, Doo-Nanny has evolved into a temporary community filled with a creative expression that occupies Butch's farm once a year. Located at 41 Poorhouse Road in Seale, Alabama, the festival includes work from not only folk artists but also fire-spinners, whittlers, musicians, foodies, movie makers, jugglers, and others.
Represented by Black Rat Projects in London, the creative has participated in numerous shows in the United States and the UK. In 2012, he had his first solo museum show, Vita Post Mortum at the Akron Museum in Ohio. His first solo show outside the United States was held in 2013 at the Black Rat Projects in London. Mr. Anthony's work is included in many collections in the USA, Canada, Amsterdam, Germany, England, Australia and New Zealand. He was profiled by the NY Times and featured on American Pickers, an American reality television series on the History Channel.
Within Mr. Anthony's Alabama compound, where he lives with his partner, Natalie Chanin, and their daughter, Maggie, this creative has made up his own artistic universe. Paintings, drawings, sculptures, and mixed media assemblages created from found and recycled objects are just a part of his peculiar and alluring body of work. The intriguing artist expresses a uniquely humorous take on life, death, money and women. Thanks to his prodigious creative spirit, Butch Anthony has become a kind of legend for folk art aficionados who visit his 80-acre home in Alabama all year round.
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Golumala भाषा
भाषेचे नाव: Golumala
ISO Language Name: Dhangu-Djangu [dhg]
GRN Language Number: 9230
Language Scope: Dialect
Language State: Verified
ROD Dialect Code: 09230
Recordings in other languages that contain some parts in Golumala
Yuṯa Manikay Mala '97 [New Songs of 1997] (in Djambarrpuyŋu [Djambarrpuyngu])
Broken Pieces - No More! (in English: Aboriginal)
Other names for Golumala
Dhangu: Golumala
Dhuwa Dhaŋu'mi
Where Golumala is spoken
Dialects related to Golumala
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- Golumala (Dialect)
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- Rirratjingu (Dialect)
People Groups who speak Golumala
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Conservation volunteering
I recently signed up as a conservation volunteer. I fancied doing something a bit different that would get me away from work! Chopping down trees, building paths, clearing woodland, etc seemed like a great thing to do. Hard work but fun, meeting new people and having a laugh :) My first 'task' is at Woodchester this weekend, working for the National Trust. I'm a bit nervous to meet a whole bunch of new people but am really excited to be helping out :)
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October 20, 2010 by Garrison Locke
Huge thanks to Cuthrell Consulting for helping sponsoring BarCampRDU!!
Cuthrell Consulting, LLC (cuthrell.com) was a sponsor in 2009 and came through again as a sponsor for 2010. Cuthrell Consulting is a trusted advisor to service providers, startups, and investment groups. Behind the scenes is Jay Cuthrell who is more commonly known online as "qthrul" (that's also how you pronounce his last name). Jay's on again off again blog is at http://fudge.org and he is @qthrul on Twitter. Please send @qthrul a reply on Twitter to say thanks!
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Sufiyaana Pyaar Mera: Naaz Premani to make an entry in the show!
Actress Naaz Premani is all set to make an entry in Star Bharat's famous show Sufiyaana Pyaar Mera...
Star Bharat's Sufiyana Pyaar Mera will witness a new entry in the show. Naaz Premani will make her entry and is said to play Madhav's elder sister in the show. She will be a recurring actress in the serial.
Sufiyana Pyaar Mera which stars Helly Shah and Rajveer Singh in the main lead will also witness the entry of Vijayendra Kumeria, who will be paired opposite Helly Shah.
Naaz on the other hand has already commenced the shooting of the show and the episode will soon be aired on the Television screens.
Naaz Premani was previously seen in Star Plus' long running show, Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and was featured in Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya for a few episodes.


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Hey, Doesn't This Cat Look Like Adam Driver?
You know, Adam Driver, the actor?
XoVain executive editor Marci Robin found this cat at the Monmouth Country SPCA in Eatontown, N ew Jersey.
Doesn't it look like Adam Driver?
You know, Adam Driver, from Girls? He played the guy who was into woodworking, I think?
Tall guy? Deep voice? Big ears?
You know, Adam Driver, from that not-very-good movie with Tina Fey and Jason Bateman, This Is Where I Leave You? He was pretty good in that, right?
You don't remember Adam Driver from This Is Where I Leave You?
What about Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Adam Driver was in that, too. He was this bad guy, Kylo Ren? Looked a lot like Darth Vader? Threw like, two temper tantrums during his twenty-some minutes of screen time? Has a parody Twitter account named after him?
Anyway, this cat, Corey I guess its name is? People think it looks like Adam Driver.
Oh, someone adopted him. That's cool. (The cat, not Adam Driver.)


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Man shot in street confrontation on east side
Detroit — A 31-year-old man is in temporary serious condition after being shot in the stomach by a man who confronted him in Detroit's east side Wednesday morning, police said.
The shooting took place about 12:15 a.m. on Whittier near Riad, said Officer Holly Lowe, a Detroit Police Department spokeswoman. That's east of Kelly.
Police say the victim was walking when he was approached by a man, about 30, and the two exchanged words.
The second man then pulled a handgun and shot the victim in his stomach before fleeing.
Medics transported the victim to an area hospital. No detailed suspect description was immediately available.
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Ableton Live 9.2 arrives! This free update brings many new improvements and feature additions to both Live and Push. Also included is a free downloadable sample pack curated by Mad Zach designed for Push's all new 64 Pad Mode.
Ableton Live 9.2 Update Arrives!
The anticipated arrival of Ableton Live 9.2 is finally out. Previously available as a public beta version, Live 9.2 is the most significant update since the launch of Live 9. This free update steps up the software bringing a heap of improvements and additions to both Live and Push. A few of the most notable improvements and feature additions include:
Latency Compensation
Artists using Max for Live devices or third-party plug-ins in their projects will be happy to know that Live 9.2 introduces some major latency-related improvements. Lower latency and fully latency compensated automation will greatly improve recording, live performance, and playback optimization.
Improved Warping
Live 9.2 also brings further improvements to Live's audio warping engine. Refinements to Complex and Complex Pro modes generate punchier transients, improved downbeat detection recognizes tempo better, and warping is now even more accurate. In addition, the new Warp Selection command allows you to warp a selected portion of a sample to a precise bar length.
New Tuner Device
Along with many other feature improvements, Live 9.2 has added a new Tuner device, extremely helpful for tuning instruments and many other handy uses.
Push Refinements and 64 Pad Mode
Live 9.2 introduces a number of Push refinements and improvements as well. The Touchstrip can now also be used for modulation wheel control and pitch bending adding to Push's expression abilities. In addition, improved aftertouch implementation to the pads expands on Push's tactile functions and ability to manipulate many of Live's core library sounds. Push users also now have the ability to use all 64 Push pads to play drums as well as the ability to quickly flip back to 16 pads for step sequencing. As a bonus, Live 9.2 includes a free downloadable 64 Pad Lab Pack curated by finger-drummer extraordinaire Mad Zach. The 64 Pad Lab Pack comes equipped with five Live Racks loaded with various high-quality drums, percussion, loops, and one shot samples designed to play using the new 64 Pad Mode.
Download the free 64 Pad Lab Pack here.
Mad Zach Performance Video
In this video, Mad Zach shares his strategies for playing with the new 64 pad layout and demonstrates how to tweak individual sounds along with many other useful production tips for getting punchy drums.
Additional Information and Download Details
In this article, Dubspot Contributor and Ableton Live Certified Trainer Josh Spoon takes us through many of the new improvements and feature changes in the Live 9.2 update in much more detail.
Live 9.2 and the all new Max 7 are now available for immediate download for all owners of Live 9 here.
Take a tour of Live 9 and learn more about this amazing software here.
See the complete release notes for Live 9.2 here.
Ableton Live Producer Certificate Program
The flagship of our music training, with every Ableton Live course offered at the school. After completing this program, you will leave with a portfolio of original tracks, a remix entered in an active contest, a scored commercial to widen your scope, and the Dubspot Producer's Certificate in Ableton Live.
What's Included:
- Ableton Live Level 1: Beats, Sketches, and Ideas
- Ableton Live Level 2: Analyze, Deconstruct, Recompose, and Assemble
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- Ableton Live Level 5: Advanced Effect Processing
- Ableton Live Level 6: Going Global with your Music
This program is about learning Ableton Live by going through the entire process of being an artist, by developing your own sound through a series of sketches and experimentation. You will also learn the ins and outs of this powerful software through a series of exercises designed to help you master the steps involved in producing your own music. After a level of getting familiar with the tools that Ableton has to offer, you will then develop your sonic ideas into full-length tracks. You will be exposed to a variety of approaches to arrangement and composition, storytelling techniques, ways of creating tension and drama in your music. At the end of the day, it is the sum total of your choices as an artist that define your sound, and levels 2 – 6 will give you the experience of actually completing tracks to add to your portfolio.
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Image to show lack of tax codes.
The Invoice and Bill Accounts are both set to track tax.
Another thing... no Split button on my Transactions (Customer Invoices account)
Where did you turn on Tax Tracking?
Was it on the Bank Account? right-click Bank Account > Edit account, and select Yes to Tax-Tracking enabled.
This will create a Tax Control account in your Business module which will then show on your Account List.
If this is still a problem create a new file and check whether the tax codes are available.
Hope this helps.
All SEEMS to be in order? I enabled tax tracking on both the Customer Invoices and the Business Bills accounts. But no Tax Control acct has been created (hence no tax codes and no split button?)
I'll try creating a new acct (is that what you meant by a 'new file'?)
Anyway, here's a test acct screenshot. Still no Tax Control acct and no tax codes under 'edit category', but I do have a split button.
Hi Jon
It is strange how it got the type as 'Invoice' for an account. I'm not quite sure how this has happened. However I would like to do some test and see if that will resolve the issue.
Can you please create a new Data file and see if the phenomenon is replicable there?
- Go to file menu on the top and click on new.
- Select new file.
- And follow the prompt to create a new file.
- See if the tax codes appears here.
This will tell us if the issue is local to your file or if in installation. If you can see the tax codes in the new file you just created, means something wrong on the file, maybe in the way it was setup. Can you please let us know how long have you been using this file for? When was it first created? From which version?
It was created in Quicken Premiere Home & Business 2005 :-0 In the past few days I have enabled tax tracking on this account, but no tax codes are available. And no split button either.
However, If I create a totally new data file, it has tax codes and just now I created an invoice to which I added an item to which I was able to select and apply the GST code. At that point the Tax Control account was automatically created.
So it does appear that it is my file (the descendant of the original created in 2007) that is having a mismatch with H&B 2018, or that has a corruption. New data files, or the example files supplied with the software, work fine, so the software itself is OK.
The "totally new data file" that I mention, just above your most recent reply, is a "bank" account and all works as it should. I don't know the difference between the two account types (oh to have taken bookkeeping at school instead of physics :-D ), but I'll probably go with what works. It would be nice to be able to import my client lists, transactions, items and categories from the old file but I guess I can recreate things as I encounter them.
What is " validate & super validate " and how does one carry that out?
In the data file you already have can you please set up a new account as a bank account, making sure it is Tax Tracking enabled. Then try to enter a transaction and SPLIT the transaction to see if you are able to add a tax code in the transaction.
Validate and then SuperValidate your datafile.
1. File > File Operations > Validate
2. To super Validate, same steps but hold down Ctrl key with Validate.
Regards, Robyn
Thanks for your input Robyn.
Jon, to delete multiple transactions, Highlight them using Shift keys and right click on it.
Select Delete from the option.
Hi Jon,
I was checking your account in our system and found that your account do not have 2005 version allocated. I did further Googling and found the product you mentioned "Quicken Premiere Home & Business 2005" is actually US version product. So that explains why there is 'Invoice' type account and no tax control account
It appears, somehow the file from US version was successfully opened from our AU version product but hasn't been converted to AU version yet. The file still holds the US structure in the database.
One thing we have not tested here, yet, is a as Robyn mentioned, If you create a new 'bank account' (In your actual file), are you able to create it like a bank account? And if you can, does it create the tax control account? If yes that might solve the issue.
If it still does not create the tax control, the best solution here is, as you said, to start a new file in Reckon Home & Business and use it as we do not have any other way to convert the file to AU version.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
When I create a tax enabled bank account within that data file, no tax codes are available.
However if I create an entirely new data file containing a tax enabled bank account, tax codes are available and the first transaction creates a Tax Control account. So the fault would appear to lie in the original data file.
Hi Jon,
Unfortunately, you will have to create them in new file as you go. There is no option to import or export the items, categories etc.
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For most gardeners, frost is a dirty word. It signals the end of the growing season, but it does not mean that all the garden work is done.
The average date of the first autumn frost in Albany County is early October. While September may have some cold snaps and an occasional early frost, it also has weeks of warm days and cool nights. Frost comes when skies are clear and the heat from the soil is able to rise, making room for the cool air above to settle down close to the ground, chilling the plants as they lose their heat from the soil. Eventually the cold is enough to break down cells, causing damage, wilting and ultimately death. In autumn, plants are less tender than they are in the spring, so light frosts do less damage but they are the signal to the gardener to prepare the vegetable garden for its winter sleep.
Here's the plan: Clean-up the garden, check soil pH, add organic matter, and plant a cover crop. Pull out all remaining plants that are no longer productive; good plant sanitation is very important to limit disease so remove all foliage and roots. Do not compost material that is diseased but do compost all healthy green material.
If you have not had a soil pH test done in a few years, bring a quarter of a cup of soil taken from 4 inches down to your local Cooperative Extension office for pH testing. Good vegetable garden soil pH is within the range of 6 to 6.8. If the pH is outside this range, advice is given to amend the soil.
Organic matter as compost, chopped up grass clippings, or dried manures are all great additions to the vegetable garden in the fall as the winter will weather them into the soil. If you have any of the perennial vegetables such as asparagus, horseradish or rhubarb, treat them like flowering perennials and cut back the top portions after frost has initiated die back.
At this point, seeds for a cover crop can be sown. Annual rye is a good choice for northern gardeners as is winter rye, which must be sown a bit later. Dick Raymond, in his book Joy of Gardening, says that there are nine reasons to plant cover crops: (1) cover crops are "green manures" that fertilize and condition the soil for little effort or expense. (2) They provide the organic matter that sandy soils need. (3) Green manure crops are a feast for the soil, the earthworms and the good bacteria. (4) Tilled into heavy clay soils, the green manure crops condition the soil and lessen the compaction. (5) As it is growing, the cover crop will protect the soil from erosion.(6) Green manure crops such as peas and beans provide nitrogen to the soil as they grow and as they decompose back into the soil. (7) Fast growing cover crops such as buckwheat can smother weeds. (8) Green manure crops act as an insulating blanket over the soil to allow earthworm activity closer to the surface where it can better benefit next season's crops. (9) The roots of the cover crops reach deep into the subsoil to recapture nutrients and open up pathways for better movement of air and water through the soil.
Planting a cover crop
To plant a cover crop, rake the garden area smooth and remove debris or large stones. Broadcast the seed according to the rates on the chart below. Lightly rake again and water in the cover crop, with your hose set at a fine mist.
The chart here(http://www.crlmag.com/pdf/0915Gardening.pdf) provides an overview of the cover crops at a glance. Seed can be purchased at your local garden center or farm store.
Susan Pezzolla, Master Gardener Coordinator, Horticulture Educator. Cornell University Cooperative Extension. 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY.
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I've done a fair share of traveling these past 2 years, and in the course of planning those fabulous trips I've come across a number of resources to facilitate my vacations – some resources great, others totally useless (yeah, I'm talking to you expedia).
Since my time in Singapore is winding down (only 2 more months?!) and I've been planning a series of final trips in the region, I've been having a lot of travel conversations with friends lately. I was shocked to find out that some of them had never used/heard of my go-to travel sites, and pleasantly surprised to discover new ones.
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1. Agoda
Without a doubt, the best website to book a hotel in Asia. I've found 5-star hotel rooms for less than $100 a night, prices that are nearly 75% less than published internet rates on hotel websites, and crazy deals on packages for multiple night stays. If you find a deal for a hotel on another website, definitely check it against agoda to make sure you are getting the best price.
2. Wego
Sort of like cheaptickets.com or expedia.com, except this travel search engine includes many of the local budget carriers like JetStar and Tiger Air that don't get picked up on other websites. You won't always find cheaper tickets using this website, but it's great if you want to compare regional flight schedules and prices in one interface – especially if you're flying to remote destinations with irregular flight service.
Note: Zuji.com is another similar site. I just happen to use wego.
3. Wikitravel
An open source travel guide to basically anywhere in the world. Articles are written and edited by travelers with practical tips. I find it especially helpful for figuring out how to arrive at your destination. For example, if you've decided to go to Railay Bay (you should, by the way) and don't know that you need to take a flight to Krabi, a cab from the airport to Ao Nang beach, hire a longtail boat to take you 15 minutes to the bay before the sun sets, and carry your luggage over your head the entire time, then this website will give you all the pertinent info. Think of it as the online equivalent of asking your friend for the real-skinny.
4. Lonely Planet
I use the Lonely Planet website for travel inspiration when I know I want to get away but I'm not sure where to go. LP is prone to lofty and romantic descriptions (i.e., I translate "Phnom Penh is a city of charm and chaos" to "Phnom Penh is a hot mess") but when you're heading to the capital of a developing country recovering from a major genocide, 's it's nice to have someone to point out the exotic silver lining to what could easily be perceived as a very unglamorous, poor destination.
5. Travelfish.org
I have to credit fellow blogger friend Flora for sending me this website. It's full of great, practical information for Southeast Asia for travelers. I've only been using it for a few days now, but it's been pretty helpful for finding neat ideas for my upcoming trip to Bali!


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Oracle co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison is to step down from the role.
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Leadership of the company will now be split between two CEOs, former CFO Safra Katz, and Mark Hurd, who was previously CEO of HP until 2010. Katz will retain responsibility for Oracle's finances, while Hurd will oversee sales, services and vertical industry businesses.
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In July, after pressure from Oracle shareholders, Ellison was awarded 3 million stock options for the year, down from 7 million the previous year. Ellison is the US' most highly paid CEO, taking in $76.9 million in 2013, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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[[Ealdor]] | writer = [[Julian Jones]] | director = [[James Hawes]] | producer = [[Sue de Beauvoir]] | broadcast date = 20 September 2008 | format = 1x45 | production code = 1.1 | previous story = --- | next story = [[Valiant (episode)|Valiant]] | preview = Preview 1x01 | series = [[Series 1|1]]}} {{Quote|No young man, no matter how great, can know his destiny. He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold. Like everyone, he must live and learn. And so it will be for the young [[warlock]] arriving at the gates of [[Camelot]] -- a boy that will, in time, father the legend. His name: [[Merlin]].|[[The Great Dragon]], narrating}} '''''The Dragon's Call''''' is the pilot episode of the [[Series 1|first series]] of ''[[Merlin]]'', which was first broadcast on 20 September 2008. The episode features the start of [[Merlin (Character)|Merlin's]] adventures in [[Camelot]] as well as marking the first appearances of [[Arthur]], [[Guinevere]], [[Morgana]], [[Gaius]], [[Uther]], [[Hunith]], and [[Kilgharrah]], The Great Dragon. ==Synopsis== [[Merlin (Character)|Merlin]]'s mother sends him to start a new life in [[Camelot]] in order to learn about the mystery of his own powerful [[magic]]. Things change when he discovers that the king, [[Uther|Uther Pendragon]], has outlawed magic and that anyone caught using it faces death. Later on, [[Merlin]] steps in to defend a manservant from the King's heir, [[Arthur Pendragon|Arthur]], and encounters [[Kilgharrah]], upon which the young [[sorcerer]] begins an adventure in which he will realise his destiny... ==Plot== Merlin, a boy on the cusp of adulthood, arrives in [[Camelot]] hoping to find an use for the strange metaphysical powers he has possessed before he could even talk. Instead, he learns that King [[Uther Pendragon]], ruler of Camelot, despises magic and has instituted a kingdom-wide ban on any practice of sorcery under penalty of death. Merlin witnesses the execution of [[Thomas Collins]], who has been accused of using magic by Uther. His mother [[Mary Collins|Mary]] swears vengeance on Uther for the murder of her son before vanishing into thin air to avoid arrest. Uther ignores the event and carries on as if nothing happened. He then orders a festival in to celebrate twenty years without magic in Camelot, though his ward [[Morgana]] warns that he will only make enemies by continuing to persecute those who use sorcery. [[File:Merlin101 0240.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mary Collins]] swears to kill the king's son]] [[File:Merlin1-1.gif|frame|[[Mary Collins]] kills [[Lady Helen]] with a poppet]] Soon after, Merlin meets Uther's court-physician [[Gaius]], and saves the elderly man's life when Gaius falls from a balcony. Although Merlin denies it, Gaius believes that his young apprentice has magical powers, but swears not to tell the king; Merlin is given a room and Gaius realises that the boy has been sent by his mother to Camelot to be protected. Meanwhile, Mary intercepts the convoy of [[Lady Helen]] of Mora, a famed singer scheduled to perform at Uther's festival, and murders her using a [[poppet]]. Mary uses a glamour to assume Helen's appearance, but the enchantment is incomplete as Mary's true form can be seen in mirrors. As Merlin sleeps, he hears an ominous voice repeating his name, and he soon awakes. [[File:Merlin101 1042.jpg|thumb|200 px|[[Gwen]] and [[Merlin]] meet]] [[File:Lady Helen.jpeg|thumb|left|150 px|[[Mary Collins]] as the [[Lady Helen]]]] At breakfast, Gaius knocks a bucket of water off the table, causing Merlin to inadvertently use his abilities to prevent it from falling. Gaius, having confirmed Merlin's secret, warns the boy never to use his powers lest he risks being killed. Later, Merlin witnesses a knight bullying his servant and steps in to stop and defend him, only to discover that the knight is actually [[Arthur Pendragon]], son of the King and heir to the throne of Camelot. Merlin is imprisoned, during which he hears the same ominous voice calling his name. The next morning, Gaius arranges the boy's release, and Merlin is sentenced to a day in the [[wikipedia:Stocks|stocks]] where he meets Morgana's [[wikipedia:Handmaiden|handmaiden]], [[Gwen|Guinevere]], who shyly flirts with him. [[File:Merlin278.png|thumb|[[Arthur]] and [[Merlin]]]] After being released, Merlin confronts Arthur again, and is baited into a fight using [[wikipedia:Mace|maces]]. Merlin uses his abilities in order to prevent Arthur from striking him, but winds up losing when he sees Gaius watching. Arthur spares Merlin more time in jail, citing his bravery and some indefinable quality about the boy. Meanwhile, Mary returns to Camelot in the disguise of Helen and dines with King Uther; she comments on the difficulty of Arthur growing up without a mother, and remarks that the bond between mother and son is nearly impossible to replace. That night, Merlin is again awoken by the same voice and sets out to find its source, winding up in a cave beneath the castle where [[Kilgharrah]], The Great Dragon is imprisoned. The dragon insists that Merlin is destined to use his gifts to protect Arthur, despite Merlin's disbelief. The next morning, Merlin is awoken by Gaius, who instructs him to deliver several concoctions. One is for Morgana, who is suffering from nightmares, and Merlin arrives to find Morgana changing clothes behind a screen; Morgana mistakes Merlin for Gwen, and Merlin helps Morgana around the screen until Gwen arrives, saving Merlin the embarrassment of being discovered. Morgana asks Gwen for her opinion on whether to wear a purple gown or a revealing red dress and "Give them a night they'll really remember." Merlin delivers another elixir to Lady Helen, and discovers Mary's poppet in the singer's private quarters, but convinces Mary that he had not seen anything when she returns as he is leaving. That evening, Mary's true form is discovered by a handmaiden who sees Mary's reflection in a mirror, and Mary kills the girl. At the feast, Morgana appears wearing the revealing red dress which makes every man and especially Arthur get to their plate. Then, Mary appears before Uther's court in the guise of Helen and sings, weaving an [[Sleeping Enchantment|enchantment]] that puts the court to sleep and rapidly ages the Castle. [[File:Enchantment.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|[[Mary Collins]], as [[Lady Helen]], weaves her enchantment over the court]] [[File:Merlin1-2.gif|frame|As [[Lady Helen]], [[Mary Collins]] uses a song to magically put everyone to sleep]] Merlin, protecting himself from the spell by covering his ears, sees Mary prepare to throw a dagger at Arthur, but intervenes by using magic to drop a chandelier on her. When the song stops, the enchantment is lifted and the court awakens, but Mary, in her true form, makes one last effort to kill Arthur, throwing the dagger at him. Merlin intervenes again, slowing time in order to pull Arthur from the weapon's path, and is rewarded by Uther for saving the heir's life by being made Arthur's manservant. Neither seems thrilled by the prospect. [[File:Merlin101 1963.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|The witch's true form is revealed]] The next day, Gaius gives Merlin a [[Gaius's grimoire|book of magic]] to study in secret, but the boy is called away by a message from Arthur for his first day of duty.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/merlin/#/episodes/ BBC Merlin - The Dragon's Call]</ref> ==Cast== ===Main Cast=== *[[Colin Morgan]] as [[Merlin]] *[[Bradley James]] as [[Prince Arthur]] *[[Richard Wilson]] as [[Gaius]] *[[Anthony Head]] as [[Uther Pendragon]] *[[Angel Coulby]] as [[Gwen]] *[[Katie McGrath]] as [[Morgana]] ===Recurring Cast=== *[[John Hurt]] as the voice of [[The Great Dragon]] *[[Ed Coleman]] as [[Morris]] *[[Caroline Faber]] as [[Hunith]] ===Guest Cast=== *[[Eve Myles]] as [[Mary Collins]] / [[Lady Helen]] *[[Gary Oliver]] as [[Gregory]] *[[Louise Dylan]] as [[Bronwen]] *[[Rick English]] as [[Thomas Collins]] (uncredited) ==Story notes== ===Reception=== ''The Dragon's Call'', over 45 minutes, garnered 6.65 million viewers and a 30% viewing share according to overnight ratings despite going up against ''The X Factor'' in its first episode on September 20. The viewing audience was the third highest of the day only beaten by ''The X Factor'' and a new series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'', which aired directly after ''Merlin'' on BBC One. The final figure was 7.15 million. ===Trivia=== *According to Bradley James, it was difficult filming Merlin in the stocks because Colin Morgan is allergic to tomatoes. *In the episode, when Mary Collins alias [[Lady Helen]] receives a fruit basket, the first fruit she has is a red apple. This could be a reference to ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', as the witch gave Snow White a red apple. Instead, she is given more than one. Also, the servant that gave her the basket dies by a spell, where in the fairy tale, Snow White is poisoned. *[[Merlin]] is asked by [[Gaius]] to give some medicine to Lady Percival. This name also applies to the knight of the round table [[Percival]]. *''The Dragon's Call'' premiered on [[Syfy]] UK at 7pm on September 6th 2017, immediately followed by ''[[Valiant (episode)|Valiant]]''. ===Inaccuracies=== *When Merlin is in the stocks the spectators throw tomatoes at him. However tomatoes were not introduced to Britain ([[Albion]]) until the 16th century. *Morgana is seen wearing high-heeled shoes, which were not invented until the 15th century. *Gaius is seen giving a sandwich to Merlin, however, sandwiches were invented by the Earl of Sandwich in the 1700's. ==Gallery== {{Hidden|Click "show" to see the gallery.| <gallery> Merlin101 1063.jpg merlin768.jpg|Morgana at the feast merlin769.jpg|Morgana at the feast merlin922.jpg|Arthur at the feast merlin923.jpg|Morgana under the spell merlin924.jpg|Morgana under the spell merlin925.jpg|Uther under the spell merlin926.jpg|Merlin protects himself from the enchantment Merlin524.png|A servant being bullied by Arthur merlin624.png|Merlin in the stocks merlin570.jpg|Merlin meets Gwen vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m01s13.png vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m10s121.png vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m18s235.png|Uther at the execution vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m25s42.png|Mary Collins curses Uther vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m34s134.png|Gaius meets Merlin vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m48s7.png|Morgana speaks to Uther vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m54s78.png|Gregory, a Knight of Camelot vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h32m02s153.png|Merlin wakes in Camelot vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h32m11s221.png|Gaius gives Merlin breakfast vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h32m17s49.png|Arthur bullies his manservant vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h32m24s109.png|Merlin meets Arthur vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h32m30s174.png|Camelot at Night vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h32m45s63.png|Lady Helen's room vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h32m53s134.png vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m01s218.png|Arthur fights Merlin vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m09s35.png|Merlin uses magic against Arthur vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m15s117.png vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m22s180.png|Gaius talks to Merlin vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m27s248.png|Lady Helen dines with Uther vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m33s40.png|Merlin hears voices in his head vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m44s142.png|Merlin meets Kilgharrah vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h33m56s0.png vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h34m08s144.png|Lady Helen kills Brownwen vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h34m17s216.png|Gwen and Merlin at the feast vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h34m22s26.png|Lady Helen sings at the feast vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h34m30s82.png|Merlin protects himself against the enchantment vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h34m36s162.png|Guests under the enchantment vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h35m30s86.png|Uther rewards Merlin vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h35m36s242.png|Gaius gives Merlin his magic book vlcsnap-2012-04-24-17h31m41s189.png|Merlin in Ealdor merlin770.jpg|Lady Helen, about to assassinate Arthur MaryCollins.jpg|Mary Collins is ready to do the Beauty Spell Merlin2.jpg|Merlin arrived at Camelot Merlin101 0442.jpg Mary Collinz.png Bronwen apples.jpg 1x01-The-Dragon-s-Call-merlin-and-arthur-33227777-1280-741.jpg Images23.jpg Merlin1441.jpg Merlin1443.jpg Merlin1445.jpg|Lady Helen, before her death Merlin1446.jpg Merlin1447.jpg Merlin1448.jpg Merlin1449.jpg Merlin1450.jpg Merlin1451.jpg Merlin1452.jpg Merlin1458.jpg Merlin1459.jpg </gallery> }} ==References== <references /> ==See also== *[[The Great Dragon]] *[[Series 1]] ==External links== * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dq8tn BBC Programmes listing] == Transcript == {{transcript}} '''Following story:''' '''''[[Valiant (episode)|Valiant]]''''' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dragon's Call, The}} {{Series 1}}
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"davidji's powerful teachings in Secrets of Meditation help open the heart of the beautiful dreamer resting deep within each of us." —don Miguel Ruiz, New York Times best-selling author of The Four Agreements
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It is my hope that you meditate. It is my belief that we will change the world through meditation. It is my understanding that connecting to the stillness and silence within allows each of us to live life with expanded awareness, deeper compassion, and greater fulfillment. It is my experience that time spent in stillness and silence can open your heart to the true depth of your universal essence. Accessing this depth of pure, unbounded consciousness on a regular basis has allowed me to see and feel the world with an ever-expanding openness, deeper empathy, greater clarity, and a heightened connection to source. At this point in my life, I think this is a good thing.
Aham brahmasmi is a Sanskrit expression meaning "I am the universe." When we can genuinely feel we are not in or of this world but rather the whole world is within us, we slowly begin to integrate that mind-set into our words, our thoughts, and our deeds. Once this is truly how you feel (and daily meditation will awaken that understanding), you will effortlessly tap into the limitless supply of what the universe has to offer youÛÓa wellspring of effortless abundance, an unfolding of deeper fulfillment, and a sweeter, more loving world that you can walk through with greater grace and ease.
No different from when you are in a dream state, every experience you have in your waking state is self-derived, self-created, self-influenced, and self-motivated. This is not to say things outside of you don't happen; rather, it's how you respond to the unexpected or the uncertainÛÓwhat you do with new information and old ritualsÛÓthat becomes the fabric of your life. And we all respond to everything: a kiss on our lips, the wind on our cheek, a diagnosis, a text, a cough, a comment, a sigh, a desire, a memory, a caress, the ringing of a phone, the honking of a horn, the wink of an eye, a fleeting thought, footsteps in the distance, the sun on our neck, the tone of an e-mail, the color of someone's hair, and even the reading of this sentence. Yet there is no such thing as an external force that can make us feel a certain emotion or respond in a certain way. Our moods, feelings, and emotions are multidimensional interpretations based on our conditioning. Most of it is probably imprinted into our subconsciousness before we reached our teens. The remainder is embedded over the past few decades as we drank life in and reinforced those early interpretations, weaving them into the fabric of our being. Our response to each moment is a blend of that conditioning, our DNA, our current circumstances, our emotional intelligence, and our state of mind in that instant.
Meditating every day has taught me we are all the masters of each moment. And effortlessly weaving this practice into every fiber of my being has given me tools and techniques for living life with less stress and anxiety, greater clarity and focus, expanded compassion and empathy, deeper love and more frequent joy, and a viewpoint that is more receptive to other perspectives, which offers me increased possibilities. I believe that anyone who is willing to embrace meditation can access these tools as well. Feel free to consider this book your meditation tool kit.
I thank you for taking the time to read this book, which came from my heart. I encourage you to try meditating and begin a meditation practice using the guidance contained in these pages. I hope you'll let me help you find what you are looking for. I would consider it a privilege.
Foreword by David Simon, M.D. …………………………………………………………. xi
Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………….xiii
Chapter 1: Searching for the Guru……………………………………………………..5
Chapter 2: What Is Meditation, and Why Should I Care? ………………… 29
Chapter 3: The Benefits of Meditation……………………………………………… 45
Chapter 4: Higher States of Consciousness………………………………………..65
Chapter 5: Secrets of Bodymind Meditation………………………………………79
Chapter 6: Secrets of Visual Meditation…………………………………………….85
Chapter 7: Secrets of Sound Meditation…………………………………………… 95
Chapter 8: Secrets of Energy Meditation ………………………………………….113
Chapter 9: The Five Secrets of the SweetSpot………………………………….. 131
Chapter 10: Secrets of Sensory Meditation……………………………………… 147
Chapter 11: Secrets of Buddhist Meditation…………………………………….. 163
Chapter 12: Secrets of Mantra Meditation………………………………………. 177
Chapter 13: Secrets of Chanting Meditation……………………………………. 203
Chapter 14: Experiences in Meditation…………………………………………… 211
Chapter 15: The Five Myths of Meditation……………………………………….223
Chapter 16: Cultivating a Daily Meditation Practice …………………………. 231
Chapter 17: Frequently Asked Questions ………………………………………… 243
My Intentions ………………………………………………………………………………. 249
My Meditation Experiences……………………………………………………………… 253
Afterword ……………………………………………………………………………………. 257 Reading………………………………………………………………………………………. 259
In Gratitude…………………………………………………………………………………. 261
About the Author………………………………………………………………………….. 267
In this timeless meditation classic, you will learn:
- to relieve stress in any moment
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- the 5 myths of meditation, and
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Theoretical study on molecular packing and electronic structure of bi-1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives
AuthorsWang, Haitao
Bai, Fuquan
Jia, Xiaoshi
Cao, Di
Ravva, Mahesh Kumar
Bredas, Jean-Luc
Qu, Songnan
Bai, Binglian
Zhang, Hongxing
Li, Min
KAUST DepartmentKAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Laboratory for Computational and Theoretical Chemistry of Advanced Materials
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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AbstractThe molecular aggregation structure of 5,5′-bis(naphthalen-2-yl)-2,2′-bi(1,3,4-oxadiazole) (BOXD-NP) was studied by computing the intermolecular interaction potential energy surface (PES) at density functional theory level based on a dimer model. All B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP and M062x functionals can yield a reliable isolated molecular geometry. The conformation of BOXD-NP obtained with all methods is perfectly planar, indicating good conjugation ability between oxadiazole and naphthalene rings. The vibrational frequencies of BOXD-NP were also calculated using the B3LYP/6-311+G∗∗ method, which showed great consistency with the experimental observations and makes the assignments of the IR spectra more solid. It was revealed that the lowest excited state of BOXD-NP should be assigned as a highly allowed π-π∗ state by TD-DFT calculation. Considering the non-covalent interactions in molecular aggregates, the M062x functional was applied in the construction of the PES. Besides the packing structure found in the crystals, PES also predicted several stable structures, indicating that PES has great ability in guiding molecular self-assembly. Symmetry Adapted Perturbation Theory (SAPT) analysis on these energy-minimum molecular stacking structures revealed that London dispersion forces are the strongest attractive component in the binding. This journal is
SponsorsAuthor H.W. would like to thank Dr Jian Wang (Jilin University) for providing HPC skills. This work was supported by National Science Foundation of China (51103057, 51073071, 21173096, 21072076, and 21003057), and Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (2012T50294).
PublisherRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
JournalRSC Adv.


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The Bayfield Wolverines were rewarded for their first trip to the state soccer playoffs. The Wolverines landed four players on the All-Mountain League girls soccer team announced this week.
Bayfield coach Jen Zelinski, a former standout player at Fort Lewis College, was named the conference coach of the year in voting by her peers.
Zelinski and the Wolverines charged into the Class 3A state playoffs for the first time ever this season. They advanced as the No. 2 seed from the Mountain League.
The Wolverines lost 4-0 at Coal Ridge High School (New Castle) in the first round of the playoffs, finishing with a 6-2-3 overall record.
BHS seniors Megan Lane, Mady Freeman and Amber Howlett were selected to the team by the league's coaches.
Teammate Keenan Moreta, a BHS freshman, was named all-league honorable mention.
"Those seniors (Lane, Freeman, Howlett) have been the keystone of our program the last three years. They've all become leaders. All of our younger girls look up to them," Zelinski said.
"They have worked so hard the last three years. I'm glad they (were selected)," the BHS coach said.
Senior Michal Fagrelius of Ridgway led the all-star voting and was named the conference player of the year.
Seniors Sam Willits, Louisa Clark, Stine Austed and junior Willa Johnson of Ridgway also were named all-conference.
Telluride's first-team selections were seniors Madison Ward, Maddie Crowell, Hannah Smith and Natalie Brown.
Pagosa Springs sophomores Kassiday Smith and Alyssa Laydon joined the all-conference list this year.
Nichole Hunt, another sophomore from Pagosa Springs, was named all-league honorable mention along with Eimi Cavez, a freshman from Center.
Zelinski, who was named coach of the year for the second time in three seasons, said she was surprised she received the award this year ... "particularly since Ridgway had such a great year." She said the Wolverines deserve the credit that led to her coach of the year selection.
"I've got to thank all the girls," Zelinski said. "They bring out the best in me, and I hope I can bring out the best in them."


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Office Space is a live action adaptation of Mike Judge's "Milton" cartoons which satirize office work in an IT company during the 1990s. This very funny film revolves around employee dissatisfaction in having to deal with mindless paperwork, over management, bullying, frequently faulty office equipment, cramped cubicles, and the threat of consultant recommendations for downsizing the company. In response, a group of disgruntled cartoon-like employees devise a plan to divert small amounts of money from the company's accounts into their own private fund, which they hope will amass into a small fortune over time. However, owing to a misplaced decimal point, their planned reprieve from a TPS report-filled future goes hilariously wrong as their illicit funds accumulate more quickly and noticeably than they had intended (Klaus Ming May 2011).


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There are many ways to keep your home sparkling clean without bringing in harmful toxins. Read on for our top tips on keeping your house environmentally clean.
Use green cleaning products
More and more people have started thinking about the negative environmental and health impacts of traditional cleaning products. As a result of this, many ranges of eco-friendly cleaning products have reached the mainstream market. Many are made from renewable, non-toxic ingredients and are housed in biodegradable packaging. Visit your local supermarket and you'll be spoilt for choice. Alternatively, home-made cleaning solutions such as baking soda and white vinegar can be just as effective. In fact, not only does baking soda remove smells from washing machines and fridges, but it also works on carpets. Sprinkle some on the offending carpet, leave it for half an hour, then use the vacuum to clear it up.
Improve air quality
With the rise of toxic substances and materials in the house and the improved efficiency of insulation, the air in many homes can be more toxic than the air out in the street. While conserving energy is important for the environment (and your wallet), it's important to have fresh air flowing through the house on a daily basis. This is particularly important when cleaning. There are other ways to clean the air inside the home. Avoid chemical-filled air fresheners, and instead opt for boiled cloves or cinnamon. Houseplants are also a great way to improve indoor air quality.
Hire an eco-conscious cleaning company
If you struggle to find the time to clean the house, consider hiring in a cleaning company. Many cleaners have switched to eco-friendly products and methods, and most will adopt them if you request it. There are many great domestic cleaners and end of tenancy cleaners Putney based. Don't be afraid to ask for quotes beforehand, and to ask for a trial clean before committing to a regular service.
Dispose of toxic cleaning products safely
When you purchase your new environmentally friendly cleaning products, do not dispose of your old ones in the bin or down the drain. Doing this could mean the chemicals end up in the waterways. If the products are too full of chemicals to be used in your house, they will also be too damaging for waters and landfills. Most recycling centres will take your toxic chemicals from you and dispose of them in a way that doesn't harm the planet.
Leave the toxins at the door
When you arrive home after a long day, take a second to think about what might have built up on your shoes. Particle pollution, oil, animal waste, and antifreeze are all powerful toxins that are not a good idea to bring into the house. They're especially harmful to children and animals that spend a lot of time on the floor. Adopt a shoes-off policy in your home to keep the outdoors where it belongs. In addition to the health and hygiene benefits, banning shoes from the house also means less dirt to clean up, saving you valuable time and effort.


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Thanks to Al Hofmann and JooZz Magic for a great performance on Virtually Live yesterday. The duo combined their streams using a virtual room (Al was streaming from Amsterdam while JooZz was streaming from Rotterdam), which was a new experience for Virtually Live and Openlife. Thanks to everyone who attended!
Here are a few photos from the performance. Please click on the thumbnails to view full-sized images. Enjoy!
Note: This was the last performance on the "landed" guitar. This week, a makeover will begin on Virtually Live and the new stage - a double neck flying v electric guitar - takes to the sky while all land disappears. We hope everyone enjoys the new space!
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"What's wrong with this industry is we're making too much stuff for ourselves to use," says Steve Barlow, co-founder of Parable, a company whose first product, ThingMaker, manipulates Web sounds, animation, and images - "things," in Parable's highly technical argot - with an easy drag-and-drop interface.
Parable, based in a custom-designed office in Newton, Massachusetts, announced itself as a company only two weeks ago and has since won a top award at the trade show Internet Showcase, as well as a round of press. ThingMaker helps Net beginners create and edit multimedia objects with a simple graphic interface. But what's caught the media's eye is ThingMaker's ability to copyright those creations - the first product to touch sticky intellectual-property issues on the Web.
Founded in August 1996 and armed with funding from CMG@Ventures - a database company that primarily sells mailing lists - Parable set out to make an alternative to professional multimedia tools like Macromedia's Director. Where Director costs more than US$900, Parable plans to market the 1.0 version for less than $100 some time in the fall. The preview version appears on their Web site starting the second week in May.
ThingMaker allows an artist to lock parts of a multimedia object so that someone who downloads it from a Web page can't make changes. Users can also put copyright tags on the objects so that a right mouse-click on a PC will reveal the artist's name.
In some ways, the copyright goes against the history of the Web's free sharing of ideas and code. If someone locks an image or animation, the next person can't come along and download it, improve on it, or mark it up. But Maura Welch, Parable's software evangelist, argues that ThingMaker also aids the free exchange of multimedia objects. For objects that aren't locked, the software breaks down "Things" like animated buttons and images into their component parts for easier manipulation. ThingMaker credits an object's original author, even if it's been through changes and strayed away from the author's homepage. "We want people to practice safe sharing," says Welch.
If ThingMaker proves to have even some of the functionality of Director, people will download it. But the success of the software also depends on enough people downloading the viewer; Parable's Things - whether images, sounds, or animations - require a ThingMaker plug-in for your browser.
And since ThingMaker is written in MicroSoft's ActiveX language, it still doesn't work on a Mac. That's why Parable needs a Java developer to make the software go cross-platform for a future release. "This is skunk works," says Barlow, meaning the developer would research and then design the project from the ground up. Parable's looking for at least six years of "industry experience," as well as a good block of Java development time. They want candidates familiar with multimedia software and COM/ActiveX.
Depending on experience, the pay scale is "generous" and comes with equity in a company that already has one distinct marketing advantage: Parable's parent company also owns GeoCities, a Web hub for new users. With more than 300,000 Net beginners attracted by GeoCities' free homepage offer, Parable will have a captive audience to promote ThingMaker.


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Nearly 10 percent of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue's first responders either have COVID-19 or are in quarantine. Other departments have had multiple cases, too.
As the number of coronavirus cases across Palm Beach County and the nation continue to climb, fire departments across the county are dealing with positive tests within their own staffs and taking more restrictive measures to make sure their frontline workers remain healthy.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Chief Reginald Duren told county commissioners Tuesday about the challenges his first responders have been met with and precautions they have taken to do their jobs and remain safe, with no end to the virus in sight.
Duren said, "by all indications, things are not getting better. They're not getting steady. They seem to be getting worse at this time."
More than 230,000 people have tested positive for the virus in Florida and more than 4,000 have died, after the state broke a one-day record for deaths with 120 on Thursday. In Palm Beach County, there were 578 deaths and more than 18,000 positive cases of COVID-19, the illness that the virus causes.
"Emotionally it's very difficult to deal with knowing the potential that exists," Duren said. "You see the impacts of this disease and the far ranges of the extreme, which you can be harmed by it. But in many cases, it's just the unknown."
At the beginning of the year, just as tests were becoming available in the United States, Delray Beach Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Greg Giaccone said his department's biggest challenge was the lack of personal protective equipment.
In the beginning, "a lot of those people being transported that didn't seem to be COVID-positive, (we later learned) were positive," he said.
As time went on, the department got its hands on more PPE, but cases began surging again, so Delray Beach increased its safety measures. Now, no matter the call, first responders must wear the minimum of masks, goggles and gloves, Giaccone said.
Concerns about staffing
As of this week, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue had 109 of their 1,360 first responders either in preventive quarantine or diagnosed with the virus. Since March, they've had 36 staffers test positive. As of Tuesday, 24 had the virus and two remained in intensive care, according to Duren.
After Duren spoke with the commissioners, Commissioner Melissa McKinlay noted that it was about 10 percent of his first responders who were out because of the virus.
"I hope the public will hear this story that there are 109 of your men and women who are in quarantine right now that have had possible exposure who have their own families to go home to at night. (...) They're putting their lives on the line to keep us safe," she said. "The least we can do is be respectful and follow the guidelines."
Duren said there was concern about smaller departments and the possibility of losing staff if the spread continues.
In West Palm Beach, there has been one recorded case of the virus in its department of 230 since March. In Delray Beach, eight of its 161 first responders have tested positive for the coronavirus in the same time period.
As of Wednesday, six in West Palm Beach are on preventative quarantine. There are seven out in Delray Beach, with one positive case and six waiting for test results.
At one point, Giaccone said his department had 15 staffers out out on preventative quarantine. He said the department was able to compensate for its losses with overtime for healthy workers, but it has put more measures in place to help mitigate a wider spread.
He said it was able to go more than a month without any positive cases, and appeared to have a handle of the situation ahead of it. But, when Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed South Florida to reopen in May, the department was hit again, Giaccone said.
Duren said his department's 109 members in quarantine is the highest it has been since it began facing the virus.
"It cannot be stated strongly enough that we have to some ways to go until a resolution of this virus," Duren said Tuesday.
Changes to gear, practices
Giaccone said Delray Beach stepped up more precautions within the department, including mandatory masks around the station and more cleaning, as well as changing the way they have meals together.
Usually, dinner would be a big social gathering at each station. Now, they're limiting eating to units only, which usually consist of three people.
When first responders are out on calls now and have a confirmed cases of coronavirus, he said they suit up fully with gowns, and at least one person, usually the one handling the patient, will wear a powered air-purifying respirator.
The battery-powered device uses a blower that pulls air through an attached filter or cartridge that covers the entire head and neck of the individual wearing it, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"And that's three or four calls (a day)," Giaccone said. "But now we're treating every call like it's COVID."
Duren said even with extra decontamination, wearing more masks within their department and other preventative measures in place, his crews only can control what they themselves are doing to mitigate the spread.
"We don't know to what extent our workforce will be impacted. We're taking significant measures to decrease that while our employees are at work, and we certainly give them a significant amount of training and resources," he said Tuesday.
"But it's a community effort as well."
This story originally published to palmbeachpost.com, and was shared to other Florida newspapers in the USA TODAY Network - Florida.


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Bears amp up defense in Big Sky win over Weber State
October 25, 2012
Player: UNC sophomore Tambre Haddock with a match-high 14 digs and nine kills playing mostly from the back row.
Moment: UNC outside hitter Kelley Arnold served the last seven points in a row including two aces in the second set as the Bears won it 25-16.
Stat: UNC out-dug the Wildcats, 47-34.
Matt Schuman
If the University Northern Colorado women's volleyball team is to defend its Big Sky Conference championship, the Bears know it is time to get defensive.
So that is exactly what the Bears did on Thursday against Weber State.
Behind the strong defensive effort from sophomore Tambre Haddock, the Bears cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Wildcats at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
After two disappointing losses at Montana and at Denver, the Bears emphasized in practice the importance of picking up their defensive effort.
It paid off big time as UNC out-dug the Wildcats, 47-34, and out-blocked Weber State 7.0-5.5 in the convincing win.
Haddock, who played mostly in the back row instead of her usual spot at outside hitter, led the charge with 14 digs for UNC. She was all over the floor keeping balls alive with her energy and aggressiveness from the start.
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In fact, eight of her digs came in the first set, which UNC won handily to get off to an important quick start.
"It feels real good to be able to help your team out a lot defensively and picking up balls," Haddock said. "Defense is where you get momentum and energy for your team. It's just great."
Haddock's performance on the defensive end has UNC coach Lyndsey Oates considering playing her more in the back row.
"We need her energy on the court and she really helps us build momentum with some of her defensive plays," Oates said. "It doesn't always look pretty. She has struggled in that area a little bit with just her touch and having full control of the ball. But it is worth it to have her energy out there. And if she is playing feisty like she did tonight, she's making plays and we really feed off of that."
The Bears (9-4 in conference, 16-7 overall) continued to feed off her energy on the defensive end and the offensive performance of conference MVP Kelley Arnold, who not only led the team with 12 kills but served incredibly well in the match with four aces.
She also served seven points in a row to close out the second set and had two aces in the set, including one on the final point of the set as UNC won it 25-16.
"I have been kind of trying to be more of an impact as a server and I think in the first half of the season I wasn't necessarily as focused as I should have been at the end line," Arnold said. "Obviously, it shows that I can be when I am focused."
It was also obvious that the Bears were focused after their two losses in a row. Granted, the Wildcats (2-11 in conference, 8-16 overall) were not a difficult test for UNC, but the Bears never let them in the match and finish strong with a 25-8 win in the third set.
UNC also stuck with it starting lineup for most of the match and shortened its bench, hoping to create more chemistry on the court.
With the success UNC had with the lineup, the Bears may just see more of it down the stretch.
"It wasn't really intentional, but we did switch the lineup a little bit," Oates said. "Kelley and Tambre were flipped tonight. We needed a little more flow with a new lineup, so even though we were up several points and I considered putting new people in there, I thought it was more important to get in a rhythm with this lineup than it was to get a few more people off the bench."
WSU — Kills: Rebecca Fuchs 8, Piper Wahlin 7, Audrey Gee 2,Briana Wilms 1,Dama Cox 3, Whitney Hunt 1, Mariah Katoa 2, Shanae Burgin 1. Assists: Fuchs 1, Caitin Penrod 16, Hunt 5, McKay Tarbox 1. Aces: Fuchs 1. Digs: Fuchs 6, Wahlin 6, Penrod 6, Wilms 1, Hunt 2, Tarbox 4, Laurel Bodily 9. Blocks: Fuchs 1, Wahlin 1, Gee 3, Penrod 2, Wilms 2, Cox 1.
UNC — Kills: Marissa Hughes 3, Alyssa Wilson 3, Brianna Strong 7, Andrea Spaustat 5, Tambre Haddock 9, Kelley Arnold 12, Brittany Crenshaw 1. Assists: Hughes 30, Wilson 1, Haddock 1, Arnold 2, Merideth Johnson 5. Aces: Hughes 3, Arnold 4, Johnson 1. Digs: Hughes 7, Wilson 2, Strong 1, Spaustat 4, Haddock 14, Arnold 6, Johnson 10, Meagan Garcia 3. Blocks: strong 3, Spaustat 2, Haddock 1, Arnold 6, Crenshaw 1.
Player: UNC sophomore Tambre Haddock with a match-high 14 digs and nine kills playing mostly from the back row.
Moment: UNC outside hitter Kelley Arnold served the last seven points in a row including two aces in the second set as the Bears won it 25-16.
Stat: UNC out-dug the Wildcats, 47-34.
Matt Schuman