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The Washington Post Builds Own Newsletter Delivery Platform
When The Washington Post launched The Daily 202 newsletter last year, its newsroom was left with the arduous task of not only reporting a story, but plodding through a prolonged, complicated uploading process.
Eventually, the Post's team of engineers figured they could solve the issue themselves by developing their very own newsletter platform called Paloma.
Launched earlier this year, the upgraded system is part of the Post's custom publishing platform Arc and powers three of the newspaper's more than 60 email newsletters, including The Daily Trail and The Optimist.
"Traditionally, relying on a third party vendor tends to pose a lot of problems. There's less transparency with what the open rate really is from our readers and the tools provided are usually not adequate enough for the editors to put together quality content," said Siva Ghatti, engineering director at the Post. "Essentially, Paloma makes everyone's job a whole lot easier."
According to Ghatti, the newsletters delivered through Paloma go through three different phases before they are even published. After the editors and reporters embed the necessary text, images and social media links into the newsletter, the engineering team ensures the content isn't marked spam by any major email providers. As part of the final step, a sample of the newsletters are sent to the Post's multiple email accounts to ensure the layout is correct and the platform's built-in spam detection worked correctly.
"That's one of the biggest problems we wanted to solve with Paloma. It sounds simple but people aren't going to look at their spam folder," Ghatti said. "Our open rate with these newsletters has now gone up because of it."
While Paloma has been greeted with open arms by the newsroom, Ghatti said the task of migrating the remaining newsletters to the platform will be a gradual, closely examined process.
"We continue to tweak the editorial tools to make it as convenient and quick as possible for the newsroom editors to curate content," Ghatti said.
James Hohmann, national political correspondent for the Post and a regular contributor to The Daily 202, said the problems staff encountered uploading through the previous system are a thing of the past with Paloma.
"It was onerous, took hours a night and it was exceptionally difficult to move things around within the file," Hohmann said. "Now we just click one button and drop in whatever social media link we want. Compared to what we used to do in the summer of 2015, it's a breeze."


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This post really stems from another blog where I referred to Excel as a BI tool, the most used BI tool in the world in fact. I'm certainly not the first person to make this statement, and I won't be the last.
But is Excel a BI tool? In fact what makes a BI tool a BI tool?
To answer this we probably first need to recognise that a BI solution is made up of a number of integrated parts, the part that:
- connects to the data
- transforms the data
- models the data
- presents the data in a visual and interactive form
- presents the data in detail for deeper dive analytical purposes
- allows the above plus insights and ideas to be shared with others
We could also regard the systems or databases in which the data resides as part of the BI solution, particularly if the data is stored in a dimensionally modeled relational data warehouse.
So anything we regard as a BI tool needs to perform one or more of these (lets call them roles rather than parts from now on). However, we should probably be specific about which roles a particular tool performs.
So back to Excel! What I refer to as Core Excel (spreadsheets, pivot tables and pivot charts) certainly meet 4 and 5, and in that regard Excel has to be classified as a BI tool. However it doesn't perform the remaining 4 roles (certainly not as well as we'd like).
But when we include the Power Query and Power Pivot add-ins for Excel in the equation Excel now meets 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Power View for Excel also enhances Excel's ability to perform role 4. So with these add-ins Excel is actually a pretty comprehensive BI tool. I've successfully used Excel and its "Power" add-ins to deliver a number of BI solutions now, and it works! particularly for small to medium size data sets.
With its Power Query, Power Pivot and Power View equivalents the same can be said of Power BI. However Power BI also gives us 6 (for the most part in the form of the Power BI cloud service portal). In this regard Power BI can be regarded as a more complete or comprehensive BI tool than Excel. Power BI is also better than Excel at handling larger data sets.
The few Excel and Power BI short comings relating to role 6 can be over come by using the extended features of Office 365 and/or SharePoint. The Meson BI Portal offered by Cloud2 is an example of this.
So what about other BI tools such as Business Objects, QlikView, Tableau etc?
I have good working knowledge of Business Objects from a few years ago, and I know that back then BO gave us 1, 3, 4 and to a point 6; However it wasn't so hot in terms of data transformation or presenting data for deep dive analytical purposes (in fact the users I worked with used the export to Excel feature for the latter).
I have little working knowledge or many of the other mainstream BI tools that are out there, so I'd certainly be interested to hear from you on these. Does QlikView, Tableau…..etc. perform all 6 roles, or just some of them?
I avoided talking about SQL Server in the above, so as to avoid complicating and confusing things; However in a Microsoft BI / Big Data scenario we'd probably look to use SQL Server and SQL Cubes as our backend solution (parts 1 to 3). Excel, the "Power" add-ins for Excel and Power BI can all be connected to SQL databases and SQL cubes – to again give us the front end parts of the solution.

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Nam Hong Welfare Service Society (NHWSS) held our first charity fair from 31 August 2018 (Friday) till 2 September 2018 (Sunday).
It was held from 11 am to 9 pm daily, Northpoint City, South Atrium (Yishun, Singapore).
(Our Co-organiser: Blue Cross)
We were deeply honoured to have Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Social and Family Development and Ministry of Education) as our Guest-of-Honour.
We were also honoured to have Er. Dr. Lee Bee Wah as our Special Guest.
We would like to thank the public for taking the time to come down and support us.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Blue Cross, Sponsors, Girls Brigade from Orchid Park Secondary, K-pop dancers from Shine children and South Services, Volunteers (schools & 80 individuals) and Behind the Scene teams for making our first Charity fair an exciting and memorable one.
We appreciate it very much. Thank you !!!
Guess What?
We entered the Singapore Book of Records for the "Largest Donation of Rice to Charities Collected from the Public".
We would like to thank all for donating 3 tonnes of rice for this fair. The packets of rice were then distributed to our beneficiaries during our Annual Care Heart Feast that was held on the 25 November 2018.
Prior to 31 August 2018:
Our student volunteers helping with the Goodie Bags. Thank you!
(Orchid Park Secondary School )
(Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School )
(Geylang Methodist Secondary School )
(Fuchun Secondary School)
Do continue scrolling to view more from 31 August 2018 to 2 September 2018:
Setting up of the stalls that will be there throughout the fair:
The first picture shows bags of bee hoon that were donated by People Bee Hoon Factory Pte Ltd. Some were brought on site to the fair.
These are the companies (in alphabetical order) that participated:
|Sponsoring/Participating Companies
( in alphabetical order)
|All Big Frozen Food Pte Ltd
|Selling different range of frozen food
|Black Green Origin Pte Ltd
|Selling different range of sauce
|Blue Sky Delight
|BoBo Fishball
|BRAND'S Suntory Asia
|Health care products
|Selling dark soya sauce. Half donation and half sell
|Cloud Aquaponics Pte Ltd
|Selling different range of plants
|Food Lab Operations Limited Liability Partnership
|Selling Kumquat Marmalade and Strawberry Fruit Spread
|Goldland International Pte Ltd
|Sellng different range of electric goods (Iona)
|GoodMorning Global Pte Ltd
|Hi-Beau international Pte ltd
|iPartner (Cheryl Chiu & Friends)
|Selling different range of kids stuff
|Jiakbaba Pte Ltd
|Selling different range of instant noodles
|Jia Jia Wang Trading Pte Ltd
|Selling different range of drinks and frozen food
|Mount Fuji Enterprise
|Selling different range of Japanese Cookies
|New Peng Hiang Pte Ltd
|Selling different range of Bak Kua
|Okada Sweets Pte Ltd
|Selling different range of Japanese Sweet
|Robust and Life Compact Pte Ltd
|See Lian Confectionery
|Singapore Sinhala Buddhist Association
|Soon Huat Marine Product Trading
|Selling different range of fish maw
|Tai Yi Tang
|Ointment – Singapore brand
|Selling different range of vitamins
|Yes Natural F&B Pte Ltd
|Potato Chips, Biscuit, Seaweed
|Yes Natural Trading Pte Ltd
The proceeds earned during the fair (ranging from 30% to 100%) were donated to NHWSS to help us with the costs incurred in providing quality and free TCM treatments for our socio-economically challenged families & individuals regardless of language, race & religion.
Here's the schedules for all three days of the fair:
Let's take a look at some pictures and videos taken during the fair:
(Some of our Booths with their products they are selling)
Our TCM physicians providing free TCM consultations for the public:
The public enjoying the k-pop performances by teenagers from Shine Children and Youth, Yishun:
(Multi Racial, Across all ages)
The public were also able to do food pledges of $20 and $40 for dry rations that will be contributed to our elderly and needy families of all races, language and religion.
Parents and children were also able to purchase and make their own slime with different colours.
(Girls Brigade from Orchid Park Secondary School, Slime Ball)
Girls Brigade from Orchid Park Secondary who helped oversee the whole fair and lending a helping hand whenever needed.
Once again, "Thank You!" to all who were part of NHWSS's first Charity Fair. We appreciate it very much. We hope to see you again!
(If you have feedback on how we can improve our Charity Fair, we hope to hear from you. Do drop us an email or contact us on Facebook. Do forgive us if we are not able to reply on time. We do appreciate the time you took to give us your feedback.)
This post is also available in: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)


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10 Facts You Didn't Know About Dog Paws
When it comes to dogs, most of us can identify hundreds of different breeds. Most people know the difference between a dachshund and a greyhound and a poodles from a cavalier. We learn to recognize when our precious pets are feeling stressed or angry, hungry or excited. We know everything there is to know about dogs…or do we?
- How much do you really know about your dog's paws?
- Read on to discover 10 fascinating facts that you didn't know about your dog's paws.
- You will never look at Archie's feet the same way ever again!
They're Warm
The biggest difference between dog and human feet is that dog's feet are naturally warm. Did you know that dog paws have a thick layer of fatty tissue inside that protects them from extremely cold temperatures? Science has proven that when a dog's foot gets cold, the arteries in the foot transfer the cold blood back to the body where the body warms it up. How clever is that? This is why dogs rarely seem to be affected by cold weather conditions such as snow.
It's important to remember that a dog isn't immune to freezing temperatures though. If your dog is likely to spend long periods of time in the snow, you can protect their pads with paw wax or petroleum jelly beforehand. This protects their pads from cracking or bleeding. You can also try dog shoes (or dog boots) which will completely protect their paws further from the cold.
They Can Blister
Whilst Fido is able to handle cold temperatures, he is less likely to be able to handle the heat. Hot pavements are very dangerous for dogs and the heat from the stone is likely to blister their pads and can cause serious burns. During the summer months it's important to walk your dog first thing in the morning and during the evening, when the sun isn't at its hottest. Test the pavement to see if its safe by taking off your shoes and seeing if you can tolerate the heat. If you can't, then your dog definitely won't be able to walk on the pavement without burning their feet.
They Get Sweaty
I remember taking my dog to the veterinary clinic for a check-up and noticing wet paw prints over the counter. I apologized for my pet as I assumed he'd had an accident and then walked in his own urine. But the veterinary nurse told me it was, in fact, sweat! Dogs and cats actually sweat through their paws and when they're nervous can leave a little trail of wet paw prints on the floor. Much like humans when we go to a job interview and get sweaty palms. Inside the dog's paws there are sweat glands which transport perspiration to the outer layer. Not only does this cool the dog down, it also prevents the pads from drying out.
They Need To Be Handled
This isn't to say you should grab your dog's paws and start tickling them! The key to healthy dog paws is checking them regularly for any foreign objects that might have wedged between your dog's paws. It's also important to maintain your dogs claws and keep them a healthy length at all times. Not all dogs will like having their paws handled but if you start them young and allow your dog to get used to having their paws touched from when they are a puppy, then as they grow up they will learn that this isn't a threat to them.
They Sometimes Change Colour
If you take a good look at a puppy's paws you will see that their pads are often lots of different colors. Some puppies have pink pads whereas others have black or brown pigments or a combination of all colors. A dog's pad color can change as they mature and it's usually normal that a puppy's pink pads will turn darker later in their life.
However, there are certain instances where a dog's pads may change colour and this can be due to serious disease. Keep an eye on your dog's pads regularly and if you notice any color change that concerns you then definitely visit a veterinary clinic for advice.
They Are Clever Pieces Of Anatomy
Dogs paws are actually made up of five parts: claws, digital pads (toes), metacarpal pad (middle pad), dewclaw and carpal pad (the pad at the back of the dog's foot). They're clever little bits of anatomy as each section of the dog's paw serves an important purpose.
The digital pads (toes) and metacarpal (middle pad) work together to protect the dog's bones and joints. A dog puts a lot of pressure on this parts of the foot as they walk on their toes (unlike humans who put most of the pressure on their heels) – so these pads act like shock absorbers. The back (carpal) pad actually acts like a rear brake and helps dogs to stay fast and steady on slippery or steep surfaces.
They Sometimes Smell Like Popcorn
You might not want to eat popcorn ever again after reading this – apologies in advance! But have you ever noticed that your dog's feet sometimes smell like popcorn, Fritos or some other corn snack? If you haven't noticed then go and have a sniff of your dog's pads. Is there a general corn smell going on there? If so then we have news for you…and you're not going to like it!
The main cause of 'popcorn' feet in dogs, is bacteria and yeast. Some professionals think that this strangely comforting smell is caused by a yeast that grows on dog's ears and paws. If that isn't bad enough, there are other scientists that believe that the actual cause is a bacteria called Proteus which lives in animal feces and soil and can get stuck in your dog's paws. It can also be an early indicator of an infection, hormone problem or skin condition.
They Can Be Webbed
We're wondering how many of you will go and investigate your dog's paws after reading this! It's a fascinating fact that some dogs have webbed feet which helps them swim amazingly well. Think how much easier it is for us to swim when we're wearing snorkelling/scuba diving fins.
Whilst most dogs have webbing between their feet (the little bits of skin between the toes), certain dogs have evolved with prominent webbed feet which obviously makes them amazing swimming dogs. Dog breeds with webbed feet include: newfoundlands, portuguese water dogs, otterhound, daschund, German pointer, labrador retriever, chesapeake bay retriever and an Irish water spaniel. Not only does the webbing between the toes make it easier to glide through the water, but these dogs have evolved with webbing for natural hunting reasons too. Just imagine how handy it is to have webbing when you need to dig for prey!
They Kind Of Have A Thumb
Yes really! Well we did say kind of. Obviously we all know that dogs don't have thumbs like we do but they do have something called a dewclaw which is the doggy equivalent of a human thumb. The declaw is made of muscle and bone and is located on the front legs (but some breeds also have this on the back legs too). A dog will use a declaw the same way that we might use our thumbs, to get a firmer grasp on something like a bone.
They Can Be Massaged
There are many benefits to massaging a dog's paws, so if you've not tried it before then why not give it a go? Not only will giving your dog's paw help their paws to feel really nice, but it will also give you a good chance to check over your dog's paws for abnormalities and will allow for much better circulation. Oh and did we also mention that it will give you and your dog important owner/dog bonding time too?
To massage your dog's paws you will have to make sure that your dog is comfortable having his/her paws handled. Check to see and if your dog looks comfortable then you're good to go. You can use a special paw wax for this to make your dog's paws extra soft or use a little olive oil or petroleum jelly instead.
When you start the massage you should rub your dog's paw very gently at first, going between the pads and the bottom of the paw. You can rub gently between each toe and check for anything unusual while you're doing this. The next stage is to massage the back of your dog's paw gently using a circular motion. Give the paw a very gentle squeeze before moving onto the next paws and giving them the same treatment.
- Does Your Dog Need a Winter Coat or Boots?, Vet Street.


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Let me share you something with my nieces, *haaa
Yesterday, they visited me in Surabaya just for saying goodbye because they will be far far away from this country for a long time. Sad? Of course, we are sad. But, looking at them who are really happy to see the bright future, we believe that they surely will be fine 😀
The Lovable Achiy,
As the first-born child, she holds more responsibility to give the good example for her sister. Look at the photograph below, she already wears hijab. She has three dreams to achieve in her life: being a teacher, chef and doctor. She memorizes twenty-something surah in Al-Qur'an and keep reminds it in every situation. She loves maths and cats (i-puss) =))
Achiy: Mom, why does this time we travel by train instead of plane? We can arrive Jakarta faster than using train, right?
Mom: We want you to try all kinds of public transports dear. You have experienced plane and busway, now it is the time for you to travelling by train 🙂
Achiy: I love train!
Me: ………
The Stunning Iza,
While Achiy keep herself simple by wearing flip-flop, Iza chooses to wear socks and shoes wherever she goes. Iza is a stylish girl and she adores her sister in different way.
Iza: Waaah, aunty Maya has long hair. Mom, I want to have long hair but I want straight hair at the top and curly at the end.
Mom: Iza, you already have it now 🙂
Iza: <smile beautifully and winks her eyes>
Me: ………
See? even their mom already trained so well to keep they dream and achieve whatever good things they want 🙂 They created differently and I think we should appreciate each dissimilarity between them.
Achiy: Tepin.. (teary eyes)
Tepin: (hug)
Iza: (kiss tepin)
Good bye.. and see you very soon!


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This Cajun Egg Black Bean Rice Skillet has amazing ingredients and a moderate kick. The cajun flavors take me to the deep south, yet the rice and black beans remind me of the Southwest. I loaded it up with veggies and each bite of this dish is as rich in taste as it is in color. The cajun creole seasoning soaks up well, especially with the egg and rice. Skillets tend to have hearty ingredients that will keep your belly full for hours. This one follows suit, yet each ingredient is very healthy.
- 1 Can of Cooked Black Beans ( Unsalted or Low Sodium Wash and Drain)
- 1 Cup of Julienne Red Bell Pepper
- 1 Cup of Julienne Yellow Bell Pepper
- 1 Cup of Julienne Orange Bell Pepper
- 1/2 cup of Onion Yellow or Red Onion
- 1 Cup of Cooked Rice
- 2 Tablespoons of Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/3 cup of vegetable broth/chicken broth
- Salt/Pepper
- 2 Large Eggs
- 3 Tablespoon of Cajun Creole Seasoning Unsalted
- 2 Cloves Garlic Minced
- Red Pepper Flakes
- 2 Tablespoons of Fresh Parsley or other vegetables of your choice
- Smoked Paprika
- Fresh Tomatoes
- Place black beans rice, onion, bell peppers, garlic cloves, tomatoes into a skillet , drizzle with olive oil. Add Salt/Pepper, Red Pepper Flakes and Cajun Creole according to taste.
- Cook in the over at 375F until the vegetables are lightly browned ( about 10 - 15 minutes).
- Pull the skillet out from the oven and use a fork to make room for eggs. Crack each egg into the skillet and add fresh parsley
- Cook for another 5 minutes or until the yolks and whites are cooked to your preference
- Sprinkle with Smoked Paprika


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Sylvia's Slender, Pale Hand
This song is a tribute to the American poet, Sylvia Plath, whose short life achieved some of the best poetry of the 20th century, It all ended much too soon, as she succumbed to her suicidal tendencies in England in 1963, only 32 years old.
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Sylvia's Slender, Pale Hand
(Doyle/Kelley 2016)
Verse 1
You drop to the floor from the very source
of the pounding words, a door, an odd course,
you feel so poor, a weak sloe gin journey
to the foreign shore of mortality.
Sylvia, come join the fight,
find there is no wrong from right,
you know how to find the light.
Verse 2
Or perhaps it was immortality,
so difficult to see such formality
when dealing with the sharp edges of words,
sometimes finding heroes within the fjords.
Sylvia, come join the fight,
find there is no wrong from right,
you know how to find the light.
Words sailing down the brown river of Time,
your mind follows and clasps the perfect rhyme,
you are not a poet, you are a mime,
you are not a poet, you are a mime.
Verse 3
This is what stops your breath, not the sloe gin,
you raise a slender, pale hand, subtle sin,
and realize you can easily turn
around and speak to us, and we can learn.
Sylvia, come join the fight,
find there is no wrong from right,
you know how to find the light.
Artist's note:
Sylvia Plath (1931-1963) American poet, published her first poem at the age of eight. Suicidal from a young age, she endured, at various times, electroshock and psychotherapy. She married the poet Ted Hughes, who went on to become England's poet laureate. The marriage lasted seven years, but failed when Hughes left her for another woman. Months later, Plath killed herself with cooking gas. In a macabre twist of irony, the woman for whom Hughes left Plath also gassed herself to death. Another poet-suicide, Anne Sexton, wrote of frequent drinking dates at the Ritz with Plath: "Often, very often, Sylvia and I would talk at length about our first suicides; at length, in detail, and in depth between the free potato chips. Suicide is, after all, the opposite of a poem."
Ward Kelley has seen his stories and poems appear in hundreds of journals world wide. He is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee whose publication credits include such journals as: Plainsongs, Karamu, Another Chicago Magazine, Strange Horizons, Spillway, GSU Review, Rattle, The Chaffin Journal, Midstream, Zuzu's Petals, Ginger Hill, Sunstone, Pif, Whetstone, Melic Review, Thunder Sandwich, Potpourri and Skylark. The recipient of the Nassau Review Poetry Award for 2001, Kelley is also the author of "histories of souls," a poetry collection, and he has an epic poem, "comedy incarnate" on CD and CD ROM.
Kelley holds a Masters of Creative Writing. He published two novels "Divine Murder" and "Keenly Alive, Tony." He also published two management theory books, "Warehouse Productivity" (2005Distribution Group, New York NY), and "Zen of Warehouse Management" (2005Distribution Group, New York NY), under the name Pat Kelley.
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My friend Dave Tong invited me to join him in his appointment at this "new" winery. Dave blogs about local wines at http://scmwine.blogspot.com/ and has built up a database of local wineries and vineyards (http://scmwine.wikispaces.com/), to which I contribute a very small amount.
They also have a sister business, doing vineyard management for 25 vineyards, all on the eastern side of the mountains. They are located in an industrial area of Redwood City and have actually been there quite a while. What's new is they have begun participating in public events and placing their wines in a few restaurants and retailers.
This place is huge, gorgeous, functional and state of the art. For crush, they actually drive the truck in the front door and out the back. With the layout it seems Ken Wornick was able to design his ideal winemaking facility. Ken also has his philosophy well thought out. I kept hearing him say things I've thought ideal. From pricing based on quality, to making wines to his taste, in a style that best reflects the grapes, to focusing on local customers, starting small and feeling out the market, and just plain having fun.
Only one of the current releases on their website is from the SCM, but there's a few more available at the winery and a couple more to be released this winter. Going forward, the vast majority of their wines will be local. We tasted four wines:
'06 Syrah (SCM) $19
This is entirely Los Altos Hills fruit, mostly from the Quarter Moon Vyd. (Apparently it's very common for LAH vyds. to be on extremely sleep slopes.) 13.2% alc.
The nose is shy with rich dark fruit, a hint of vanilla and a savory character. This is brambly, meaty, smoky, with black lum, blackberry and mandarin zest. Excellent.
'06 Pinot Noir (SCM) "Black Capsule" $34
This is a blend from 4 vineyards, from Los Altos Hills to Woodside.
Nose has a rich McHenry-esque earthy character, dark fruit and some sweetish red plum. This has tight, grippy tannin and grapefruit zest dominatingthe smoky, brambly blackberry that's in the background at this point.
I got to take this bottle home. 28 hours later the black fruit is showing better. The is a good structure of dusty tannin and acid. There's still a lot of zest, a lot of extraction is showing, but now there's char, tobacco, rosemary and violets. (A bit of this appeared at 4 hours, but not so well, and there was a prominent pine resin and astrigency.)
I got the impression they picked this a little later than they'd like and are a little uncomfortable with it. My uncertainty is gone. This is a good wine, needs several years or a lot of air to show it's best. Pick a little earlier and this can be right up the with Woodside and Mount Eden, as a great dark fruited east-side Pinot.
'06 Cabernet Sauvignon (Chalone) "Naylor's Dry Hole" $26
Nose shows warm, rich Cab fruit, a hint of red clay, and maybe a little VA.
Smooth redder fruit, mouth watering, very fine dusty tannin, clove, some blackberry and black plum. I liked it (and think that's a fair price), but wasn't thrilled the way Dave was.
Maybe I'm jaded. My benchmark for the Chalone red clay character was the '95 Graff Mourvedre. There was a pretty good intensity to the best Pinots I've had from this region, too. I suspect the '07 version of this will have darker fruit and call louder to me.
'05 Viognier (Napa Valley) "3.8% residual sugar"
Nose is grassy, with white peach, very tight.
Wow! An explosion of sweet peach, vanilla and apricot. Very intense. Hints of tangerine and zest on the finish.
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Contracts for difference (CFDs) are one of the world's fastest-growing trading instruments. A contracts for difference creates, as its name suggests, a contract between two parties speculating on the movement of an asset price. The term 'CFD' which stands for 'contract for difference' consists of an agreement (contract) to exchange the difference in value of a particular currency, commodity share or index between the time at which a contract is opened and the time at which it is closed. The contract payout will amount to the difference in the price of the asset between the time the contract is opened and the time it is closed. If the asset rises in price, the buyer receives cash from the seller, and vice versa. There is no restriction on the entry or exit price of a CFD, no time limit is placed on when this exchange happens and no restriction is placed on buying first or selling first. CFDs are traded on leverage to give traders more trading power, flexibility and opportunities.
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Gordon GekkoIt was in the cult 1987 film, Wall Street, that the hero Bud Fox told the film's star character, Gordon Gekko: – You once told me, don't get emotional about stock. Don't! The bid is 16 1/2 and going down. As your broker, I advise you to take it. – It turns out that this is excellent risk management advice. Of all the skills to learn in financial speculation, taking losses is probably the hardest because – just like Gekko – we do get emotional about prices.
The USA versus the UKMore than 6,000 stocks are listed in the USA compared to just under 3,000 on the London Stock Exchange. According to the World Federation of Exchanges, the volume of shares traded in the US was approximately $3.5 trillion in August alone compared to just $0.24 trillion in the UK during the same period.
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First, let's go back to the definition of a CFD. A CFD is an agreement to exchange the difference between the entry price and exit price of an underlying asset. For instance, if you buy a contracts for difference at $14 and sell at $16 then you will receive the $2 difference. If you buy a CFD at $10 and sell at $8 then you pay the $2 difference.
A CFD allows a trader to gain access to the movement in the share price by putting down a small amount of cash known as a margin. Trades are conducted on a leveraged basis with margins typically ranging from 1% to 80% of the face value of the financial instrument. For indices or currencies, these margin requirements can be as low as 1 percent of the underlying value of the security.
When you enter a CFD contract you are not buying the underlying share, even though the movement of the CFD is directly linked to the share price. In fact, CFDs mirror the movement and pricing of the underlying share. However, since you do not own the share, you are only required to provide a deposit to your CFD provider which could be as low as 5% for blue chip shares. This means you can trade up to 20 times your initial capital and it thus possible to create significant profit through 'margin' as you only have to use a deposit to hold a position, meaning only a small proportion of the total value of a position is needed to trade allowing the client to magnify market exposure. For instance, with a stock CFD that requires a 5 per cent margin to open a trade, a 5 per cent increase in the market price of the underlying stock results in a stunning 100 per cent return on the investor's capital. However, this cuts both ways and there need only be a 5 per cent fall in the market price of the share to result in a 100 per cent loss for the investor.
CFDs do not have an expiry date like options or futures contracts. As opposed to an expiry date a CFD is effectively renewed at the close of each trading day and rolled forward if desired – you can keep your position open indefinitely, providing there is enough margin in your account to support the position. In this stance contracts for differences are very similar to futures without an expiration date. While the contract remains open, your account with the provider will be debited or credited to reflect interest and dividend adjustments.
One of the great features of CFDs is that you are able to trade on both the long and the short side of the market i.e. you can choose to 'long' or 'short' a position – if you are long, you receive dividends and pay interest, if you are short you do the reverse. It is worth noting that commission is paid on either side of the contract and you can close a contract at any time.
Going Long, Going Short
- Trading the long side in practice means that you have used a buy instruction as your opening CFD trade or 'gone long'. For trading shares 'going long' refers to opening a buy CFD position to profit from a share price increase. This implies that you are expecting a rise in the asset's price and will use a sell order to close your position.
- Trading the short side means that you have opened your CFD trade using a sell order or 'gone short'. For trading shares 'Going short' refers to opening a sell CFD position to profit from a share price decrease. This means that you are anticipating stock prices to fall and will use a buy order to close your position (although this may sound a bit weird it is really another way you close out your position in the market). The benefit of short trading is that you can profit directly from falling asset prices, which is difficult to do without the use of products such as contracts for differences.
CFDs Explained
- CFDs are available on a huge range of different assets including global indices, stocks, sectors, currencies and commodities.
- Unlike futures contracts, CFDs have no fixed expiry date or contract size. Positions are renewed at the close of each trading day and may be rolled forward indefinitely provided there is sufficient margin to support it.
- Trades are conducted on a leveraged basis so you only need to deposit a percentage (typically from 5-10% to for shares and 1% for indices) of the total value of the trade. Leveraged trading means potential profits and losses are magnified.
- While a trade remains open, your CFD account will be debited or credited to reflect daily financing costs and dividend adjustments.
- You can go long or short. If you go long, you are entitled to dividends and pay daily interest (financing), if short, the reverse is applicable.
- CFDs reflect the price movements and pricing of the underlying stock on which they are based. You usually deal at the cash market price.
- CFDs provide access to the movement in the share price by putting down a small amount of the total market exposure – this is referred to as a margin.
- There is NO restriction on the entry or exit price of a contract for difference, there is no time limit to exchange the price difference in the asset, nor is there any restriction on buying first or selling first. No actual shares are physically bought or sold and you never have ownership of the underlying asset.
- Positions can be closed at anytime during normal market hours.
- A CFD can only be closed by making a second, 'reverse' trade to your original 'long' or 'short' position.
- Commission is paid on each side of a CFD trade i.e. a commission for opening a trade and a separate commission for closing the trade. This is usually calculated on the underlying contract value.
- Cash flows on trades are calculated each day.
- You are liable to CGT, but not stamp duty.
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Solar water heaters are catching up in state as they are environmental friendly and have low maintenance costs, reports
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In sunny and warm places like Goa with high insolation values solar water heating systems are very cost effective and have relatively good payback period. Being cost effectiveness the solar water heating systems are increasingly becoming popular among residents.
According to the information available from the sources, there is high insolation during most months of the year except during the monsoon and so the solar heating system is more cost effective in the long run.
Nowadays there is good business of solar heaters as more people are going in for them especially those constructing new houses. They make it a point to make provisions for the installation of a solar heater in a new home and further many owners of old houses also go for solar heaters, said a vendor.
The price of the system varies according to the companies, models, capacity and on an average a heater with 100 litres tank capacity is priced at around Rs 18,000 per set and a 300 litres tank capacity heater is priced at around Rs 28,000, said a vendor.
According to the information available from the sources, the solar water heating systems use solar energy which is a free and renewable and very cost effective. The payback period is good on an average of five years and the lifespan of the solar heater is around 15 years. The cost effectiveness comes across when you account for the total energy costs over the lifetime of the heater. Although the initial cost of solar water heaters is higher than that of electric water heaters, the solar energy on which it works is free.
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"It is when we built our house somewhat a decade ago. At that time we installed the solar water heater as we use lot of hot water and in such a case using electric geyser works out costly. Moreover relatives and friends visit our house frequently and so our need of hot water is high. So the solar water heater comes out to be a better option than the electric geyser," said a consumer from Ponda.
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While another consumer said, "Our solar water heater was installed some five years back and till date it is working fine. For me in the last five years the maintenance cost is almost close to nothing and I am happy about its functioning." He added, "We are a family of four and we use hot water which comes from the solar heater for various purposes. It may be in the kitchen or in the bathroom."


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The Piercing Truth
May 6, 2007
APD Woes: De-Vested
We were the first to tell you about the APD no-confidence movement and the vote that will take place sometime later this month. In addition to pay inequities, officers have other issues with the 5th floor and the Chavez administration.
A few years ago, sworn officers were given the opportunity to upgrade their vests to an improved model that was rated to stop a rifle round. These vests cost significantly more so a deal was struck with officers to help pay for the improved protection. In addition to added safety for officers, the new vests were lighter, cooler, and more flexible. The latter is particularly important because police work also involves chasing and sometimes tussling with suspects.
The upgraded vests seemed like the perfect solution and many officers opted to pay up to $480 for the new vests. As an added incentive to purchase the vests, APD agreed to allow officers who stayed with the department for a year to keep the vests.
Everything was going fine until APD ordered officers to return the vests due to safety concerns. The new vests were then replaced with an equivalent vest in terms of safety. However, the replacement vests were thicker and no more flexible than the original vests. In other words, officers didn't get what they paid for.
Our Eyes tell us that the new vests were essentially recalled. Since there was no "official" recall, the local vest supplier Kauffman's West would not refund the officer's money and neither would the manufacturer. To make matters worse, officers are no longer allowed to keep the vests after a year's service.
Granted the APD De-Vestment took place on former Chief Gill Gallegos' watch and you could make the argument that Chief Schultz had nothing to do with the fleecing of APD officers. However, you can't excuse the departmental action simply because of a change of leadership. Besides the real leader over at APD doesn't work on the 5th floor at all... he works across the street on the 11th floor.
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That figures. I'm not surprised that Kauffman's didn't refund any money.
Another supporter of Marty
- May 6, 2007 at 6:35:00 PM MDT
I hope the officers stop doing business at Kauffman's that's just not right. I will not spend a penny there ever again.
- May 6, 2007 at 7:48:00 PM MDT
- Greg Solano said...
The vest recalls resulted in class action lawsuits of which the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office took part. I don't know if A.P.D. took part but we recieved $24,000 from the settlement. I do know that many of the new vests purchased in Albuquerque came from the Life Vest program in which thousands of dollars were raised by local businesses and banks to buy the vests. It is unfortunate officers lost money however since the vests were purchased partially with tax dollars and partially with officers money then it would be very hard to make things right with the officers.
- May 6, 2007 at 9:44:00 PM MDT
Police officers shouldn't have to be contributing to the cost of their own equipment anyway. Oh where, oh where have my tax dollars gone? Nevermind don't answer that.
- May 6, 2007 at 10:39:00 PM MDT
Yes - Officers should pay for their equipment & weapons, just as a mechanic must pay for his tools, a chef for his knives, etc. The exception would be their patrol car, which they do not keep when they leave.
- May 7, 2007 at 6:57:00 AM MDT
Being an officer is MUCH different than being a mechanic, etc.
- May 7, 2007 at 8:43:00 AM MDT
And who gave yout he idea you get to keep your shit when you leave? It all gets turned back in, oh, I forgot, they will let you BUY your gun.
(This is to commit suicide with when you actually find out how you can't live on your retirement, and you start thinking about being a rehire.)
- May 8, 2007 at 8:44:00 AM MDT
No one is forcing people to be a cop... if you don't like it ... QUIT! Anyways, I thought that was what the quarter-cent tax was all about, but I don't hear you guys criticizing Eric Griego! He is the one who poorly wrote that legislation and then forced it down everyones throats! Oh, that's right, this is the Eric Griego/Diane Denish show anyway!
- May 8, 2007 at 9:05:00 AM MDT
Two posts up.....It is very apparent that the Dept. attempted to cut corners on your cadet class by skipping the Psych evaluation...Do us all a favor, run downtown tomorrow morning , first thing, and turn in your weapon and badge, hurry man, before it's too late!
- May 8, 2007 at 9:15:00 PM MDT
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- May 9, 2007 at 1:44:00 AM MDT
Whats the deal with Diane Denish? Is Marty threatened that a woman will kick his a$$? Won't be the first time!!! No one up North wants his trash. He has littered Albuquerque beyond belief-it will take a long time to clean this mess he has left---Albuquerque might tolerate it but the rest if the state will not.
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Child rapist viewed video at library; caught trespassing at shelter, police say
Richard Gardner failed to notify librarian of sex offender status
A convicted child kidnapper and rapist whose release from prison sparked outrage will be issued a summons to court after he failed to notify a Quincy librarian that he was a registered sex offender.
Richard Gardner was convicted in two states of kidnapping and raping several boys in the late 1980s, and he was originally sentenced to 190 years in a Rhode Island prison.
After nearly 30 years behind bars, Gardner, 49, was released last week, according to the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board. He is living in Weymouth in his family's Chandler Street home, according to The Patriot Ledger.
Quincy police were called Saturday by a worker at the Thomas Crane Library, who reported that a man was on a computer looking at video, but shut it off when the worker glanced his way.
"The children need to come first," Amanda Hill said. "We should be the priority, not catering to the rights of a level three convicted abductor and rapist."
Responding officers identified the man as Gardner. He is accused of not notifying the librarian that he was a sex offender in violation of city ordinance.
Police were called later Saturday to a Quincy homeless shelter on a report of an unwanted individual on the premises. Gardner was issued a trespassing warning, police said.
The Weymouth Police Department posted a notification Thursday about Gardner's release on its Facebook page, prompting an outcry from the public on social media.
Police have already been called to the Idlewell neighborhood since Gardner returned to Chandler Street.
"I'm picking up my neighbor's kids up at the bus stop because no one wants to them walk around," one resident said.
A neighbor told officers that he saw Gardner looking over his fence while he was walking by on Thursday night, according to a police report.
Officers were called shortly afterward to Gardner's home after the family said someone smashed their front picture window, according to the report. Gardner's father told officers that a neighbor was screaming outside the house shortly after his son walked home from the bus stop.
Gardner was sentenced to 190 years in a Rhode Island prison after admitting to kidnapping and sexually assaulting two boys and kidnapping another in August 1988. One child was abducted at knifepoint from his bedroom. Another was taken to Norwell, tied to a tree and left unattended for hours, according to reports in The Patriot Ledger.
Gardner molested the boy the next day, drove him to Nantasket Beach and bought him gifts. He then drove the boy home to Rhode Island. Gardner was arrested by police minutes after dropping the boy off
At the time of those assaults, Gardner was awaiting sentencing in Brockton Superior Court for tying a 12-year-old Rockland boy to a tree in Wompatuck State Park in Hingham and raping him in 1987.
He was sentenced in Massachusetts in 1989 to two 10- to 15-year terms for the attack on the Rockland boy. He was sentenced in 1991 to two 7½- to 10-year terms for driving the Rhode Island boy over state lines to Norwell. Those two sentences were to be served concurrently, but only after the Rhode Island sentence had been served.
According to reports on his 1991 sentencing, Gardner claimed that he was sexually molested at a Boy Scout camp in New Hampshire when he was 12.
After Gardner filed an appeal in 1993, the 190-year Rhode Island sentence was shortened to 50 years, with 30 to be served.


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Munoz did not know what the victims' conditions were Sunday afternoon, or whether a suspect had been taken into custody.
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The Moreno Valley Police Department, which is operated by the Sheriff's Department, tweeted just before 9 a.m. Sunday that "no public threat exists" but advised people to avoid the area and said there was a heavy police presence as the shooting investigation continued.


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It's natural for many people to have a drink or two after work to wind down, or on the weekends as part of a social gathering. Many people even think a drink before bedtime helps them relax and fall asleep more easily. But contrary to popular belief, a nightcap can actually disturb your deep sleep and make you feel drowsy the following day. Drinking alcohol too close to bedtime can diminish the quality of your sleep, cause you to wake more during the night, and reduce the amount to time you spend in the restorative stages of sleep.
Initially, a drink of alcohol acts as a stimulant because it floods your brain with endorphins, the "feel-good" hormone that your body makes. That's why people become chattier, more confident, and lose their inhibitions when they drink. Later, when the buzz wears off, the sedative effects of alcohol kick in. That's why people have mistakenly believed for years that alcohol is a sedative.
But a 2013 review of more than two dozen studies found that while drinking alcohol can ultimately shorten the amount time it takes to fall asleep, and it can increase deep sleep early in the night, later on it actually disrupts rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, that deep sleep your body needs to regenerate.
Most of the studies in the 2013 review found that Stages 3 and 4 of sleep were most impacted by alcohol. These are the stages when the body's tissues repair and regenerate, bone and muscle are built, and the immune system is strengthened. When alcohol impacts these stages, you will not feel refreshed in the morning and the alcohol may create some obstructive sleep apnea.
Another study even found that the timing of a drink affected a person's ability to sleep because of the impact on the body's circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythms are the mental, physical, and behavioral changes that the body goes through over the course of a 24-hour cycle in response to light and darkness. Circadian rhythms work somewhat in tandem with the body's biological or internal clock. While the internal clock controls the production of melatonin, the "sleep hormone" produced by humans and all mammals, light determines when that hormone is produced—light inhibits melatonin production. Drinking in the evening and close bedtime caused the body to be stimulated more so than other times of the day.
Alcohol can also exacerbate problems in people with gluten sensitivity or who are already dealing with inflammation. Since beer is made from grains containing gluten, and wines and some liquors are made with sugar, a drink or two can make matters worse for some people. Food sensitivities can cause gut inflammation, which can affect the neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) in the brain. Since the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, and GABA are actually created or built in the gut, if the gut is not working properly, then the brain is going to be impacted. That results in sleep disturbances.
Food sensitivities can also activate your immune system as a way of defending against an invader, causing inflammation that leads to brain fog, gas and bloating, constipation, low energy, or skin issues.
With all the downsides of drinking, for many people, it really makes more sense to skip the nightcap and get a good night's sleep.


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A recently closed Law Commission consultation has drawn criticism for blurring the lines between spying and whistleblowing in its proposed Espionage Act. Pamela Reddy is an Officer of the International Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee and recently spoke to their publication, Global Insight, about the mooted legislation's broad remit and the possible implications.
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I first became aware of THE BLUE BISHOPS a few years ago now; but after reading MARTIN TURNER's excellent autobiography 'No Easy Road' about 18 months ago (Turner being an occasional memer of the band), I was reminded of them again. On the strength of that, I down-loaded a few tracks from the highly rated "Deep" album (Speegra, 2002), and these were very good indeed.
However, after having been approached by the Bishops' guitarist and founder member, SIMON BURRETT recently, I decided that some words about the band were long over-due. They are not known too widely, which is a shame because they are actually a very good band. So hopefully I can help to spread the word about them a little, by reviewing their last album "In The Red" (Cyclone Music, 2010).
The band currently consist of: the afore-mentioned founder member Simon Burrett (guitar, slide, and vocals); GEOFF GRANGE (vocals, guitar, and harp); JIM RODFORD (bass); and JUSTIN HILDRETH (drums). These core members are supplemented by JOHN BUNDRICK (keys); STUART EPPS (percussion); and none other than veteran keyboard maestro ROD ARGENT.
First track on the album is 'Walking In A Hurricane' – the old JOHN FOGERTY song. Now, anyone that knows me, knows that I like a cover – but I don't like slavish covers; I like fresh interpretations of originals. I got that with this version; and its a good choice for an opener. What struck me most of all on this track though (and throughout the album), was Geoff Grange's excellent vocal style, which reminded me of the late, great DAVID BYRON; and a little of IAN GILLAN. Good solos from both axe-men on this track too. A great start!
Next up is 'Screw'. Penned by Grange (as most of the songs are), this song has a good synchronised riff between guitar and harmonica. As the song ended, I thought I heard my mobile ring – but no, it was the third song 'Wake-up Call' beginning with a ring tone! Good heavy chord sequence on this one; supplemented by melodic lead.
'Place In Time' has a bluesy intro which soon develops into a more progressve sequence with a simple but effective descending bass run. This gives way to a lighter chorus. I think this is one of the best tracks on the album. Next track, 'Life On The Line' is a good rocker with a chorus that reminds me of good quality pop-rock song from the early 70s (that's not a criticism – I love it!)
That 70s vibe continues with 'Credit Card'. With words by Grange, and music by Burrett; it has an amusing lyric and great slide and harp solos. This is followed by 'Blues Stand In Line' which sounds to me like it could almost be a Mk2 Deep Purple creation; and wouldn't be out of place on "Machine Head"! Fantastic keyboard work from Argent.
'The Sea Will Rise' is an ecologically aware song – again a collaboration between Grange and Burrett. BERNIE MARSDEN and WALTER TROUT have handled such green issues before, so why not? Its a good song – again, a bit Purple-esque – and the first of two with a serious subject matter amongst this collection. Argent stands out again here.
Time for two more covers now: in the form of Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's staple song 'That's Alright Mama' (great slide and harp on this one again); followed by The Everly Brothers classic 'Price Of Love' (suitably rocked-up) and no doubt these are both popular live numbers.
The bluesy 'The End Is Listless' by Burrett, is the only instrumental on the album. (Clever play on words for the title, I must say!). You have to be careful with instrumentals – to keep them interesting, you have to know when to end them; and this is just about right length-wise. Nice axemanship and harp work here once again.
The second song with a more serious lyric is 'The Black Diamond'. It laments the hard life of a traditional coal-mining community. Its a Prog-Rock piece and is really rather good, if sombre. Lovely lead guitar tone on this one. The final offering is 'These Things Take Time'. A foot tapping folky, acoustically driven number; again with fine-sounding guitar work throughout.
The cover (for those of us who still like to buy a CD!) is very good too. All the basic info that you need about the band and the songs – including lyrics – is included. The centre-fold, with its collage of band pics, reminds me of Purple's "Machine Head" (1972); QUO's "On The Level" ('75); and HEART's "Dreamboat Annie ('76). Now I'm in danger of lamenting the demise of vinyl, and gate-fold sleeves! (Showing my age again!)
I've not seen The Blue Bishops live (and this is a situation I hope is rectified soon), but I should imagine that they're a lively band to see on-stage; and I'd guess they have a lot of fun performing too. Producer JOHN LECKIE has set out deliberately to capture the live performance of the band on the album – in fact some tracks were actually recorded live in the studio; demonstrating the tightness; experience; and confidence of the band. It works; and I highly recommend this album. Let's hope that the Blue Bishops start getting the more widespread recognition that they deserve.
The Blue Bishops website details band profiles; samples; and gigs etc – link below:
Great album, lads! PTMQ


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By Stephanie Sabetti
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Did we really watch that many adult films last night?!?
Theatrical Release Date: 04/12/2013
Director: Henry Alex Rubin
Cast: Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård , Max Thieriot, Colin Ford, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm
Rated: R for sexual content, some graphic nudity, language, violence and drug use – some involving teens.
Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes
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I could tell from the trailer and the plot summary on IMDb that Disconnect was going to remind me a lot of 2005's Best Picture Oscar winner, Crash. Needless to say, that didn't exactly excite me since I thought Crash was overrated and ham-fisted, beating viewers over the head with its message. Disconnect is a movie with a message, about technology and the digital age this time, instead of racial
stereotypes tensions. It also shares the same format as Crash, a series of three vignette style stories that intersect in their own ways to show us how we're all somehow connected to each other.
Story #1 revolves around a plucky news reporter who convinces a teenage web-cam sex show actor to tell his story in front of the cameras instead of pleasuring himself for PayPal donations. She delves deep into the sordid and illegal world of online sex shows (unfortunately, the film never explains how she ends up there in the first place) and the next thing you know, drama ensues and we are introduced to the news station's attorney, played by Jason Bateman, who happens to be the father in Story #2. He's too attached to his Blackberry and his email to devote any quality attention to his family, which includes his gifted, emo son who is a victim of cyber-bullying. If you've read anything in the news about this phenomenon lately, it doesn't take long to see the direction that story goes. One of the bullies feels badly for the way it all plays out and pities the grieving father, particularly because he can't bond with his own. His father is a cyber-fraud investigator and happens to be working for the couple at the center of Story #3. They're experiencing marital troubles after the tragic loss of their baby and, to make their situation worse, his identity has been stolen and their credit cards are maxed out, due to either her chatting on a bereavement website or his online gambling problem.
Each of the stories is interesting enough but nothing about the movie is anything but predictable. As I had feared, I caught myself figuring out what was happening about five minutes before it happened. The cast is what made the film engaging (it's an A-minus-list cast, as opposed to Crash's A-list) but I did genuinely connect with the characters; feeling their pain and suffering, even as I patted myself on the back for having predicted it. Jason Bateman, who receives top billing, is a world away from Michael Bluth and gives a strong performance as a guilt-ridden workaholic. The rest of the ensemble cast do convincing work with the material they're given.
At the crux of it all is that damn message, the not so subtle reminder that life is cruel to just about everyone. Disconnect is a morality tale about how very disruptive technology can be to our lives, how it keeps us disconnected from the real people in our lives as we connect to the world through our iPads and our smartphones and the evil, evil internets, and how sexting ruins lives. It's melodramatic, slightly painful to watch and it climaxes in a slow motion montage. It reminded me of Crash. Disconnect isn't as awful as that (and by awful, I mean smug and/or offensive), but it was too similar and too over-simplified for my taste. It didn't hit me over the head with a hammer, but it did hit me with some sort of Nerf bat.
And I should mention that as soon as it was finished I reached for my phone and checked my texts and my Facebook, because my friends, I learned nothing new at all.


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February 6, 2019
One of the hardest things about dating can be when those butterflies fade, and you are left crying your eyes out on your bathroom floor. We've all had our heart broken, okay, except for maybe Carley, and in this episode the girls of Somebody Date Us are diving into some of their hardest break-ups they've ever had. This episode is loaded with advice, laughable moments, and sad tails of broken hearts. Share your break-up stories with us at @SomebodyDateUs or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com for a chance to be featured.


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I think it will do better than some belive. I mean, all the haters for TLJ and 'Disney Star Wars' will have to go watch it if only to endlessly complain and nitpick over and again for years to come.
Especially the clickbaiters, and the toxic and negative channels = more money made for the film they will hate or bullshit on. Some of them will no doubt be so hateful they will need to go see it multiple times to write down everything they will be angry about, find fault with, or dislike about it to make money themselves 😉


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You have probably seen, like I have, many online recipes, video's and articles for making your own essential oils simply by putting the plant material into a mason jar and then topping it off with olive oil (or another menstrum) and letting it sit for awhile.
They say that this is "how you can make your own essential oils" and/or blends of essential oils.
That is not true and anyone who informs you that it how to make your own essential oils at home does not have a clue as to what they're talking about.
So what are these video's and articles talking about when they show you the essential oil that you can make at home in a Mason Jar?
They are showing you how an 'herbal oil' is made.
Herbal oils are vastly different than an essential oil and very different than an herbal infusion. It is NOT an easy and cheap way to 'make your own essential oils.'
There is absolutely a place in the home apothecary, kitchen, and herbal remedy cabinet, for herbal infusions and herbal oils, but one should not expect to be able to make, use and obtain the same results as you would get by using a pure therapeutic essential oil. The reason why you will not get the same results is because essential oils have different natural plant properties to them. So to think you would be making yourself an essential oil in a mason jar would be like saying you are extracting blood from a stone, it cannot be done.
While the concoction in the mason jar recipes and techniques smell nice you are guaranteed to have a finished product that is extremely weak in essential oil content compared to one drop of a pure, genuine, therapeutic essential oil.
The Differences Between Herbal Infusions, Herbal Oils & Essential Oils
Herbal Infusions
I think of herbal infusions as being a healthy beverage which is used for maintaining good health and nourishment, and to assist when one has been feeling worn-down or generally crappy due to not making healthier choices in regards to food and beverages, or when you have come down with a cold or flu and your body is starving for nourishment. Herbal infusions are, I believe, an excellent way to prevent your body from getting into a state of nourishment starvation and keep the immune system working strong.
Herbal Infusions are made with herbal plant material and water and they sit for a while to brew.
I like the way my mentor Susun Weed describes the making of an herbal infusion…
"An infusion is a large amount of herb brewed for a long time. Typically, one ounce by weight (about a cup by volume) of dried herb is placed in a quart jar which is then filled to the top with boiling water, tightly lidded and allowed to steep for 4-10 hours. After straining, a cup or more is consumed, and the remainder chilled to slow spoilage. Drinking 2-4 cups a day is usual. Since the minerals and other phytochemicals in nourishing herbs are made more accessible by drying, dried herbs are considered best for infusions."
Herbal infusions are made when you combine herb plant material and a menstrum and allow it to sit overnight to eight weeks, shaking the jar daily.
A menstrum is a solvent used in extracting compounds from plant material.
A menstrum for making herbal tinctures would be a grain alcohol or vegetable glycerin.
Herbal infusions perform a different function, have different benefits, and are used differently, than essential oils.
If you do not have a herb garden or another source for high quality herbs to make your herbal infusions or herbal oils, if not I recommend Starwest Botanicals
Herbal Oils
These are the DIY recipes we have seen on the internet saying this is how to make your own essential oils. The authors tell us that we are making an essential oil – this is completely wrong information and this method is no more making an essential oil from the ingredients than it is making a birthday cake. It's just wrong information.
Herbal oils are primarily used as flavored cooking oils and they are also used in making salves, an example is making Calendula oil for a healing salve recipe.
Herbal oils are not, nor will they ever be, an essential oil and one should not expect to get the same results from an herbal oil as you would if you used a genuine therapeutic essential oil.
Like herbal infusions, there is a place for herbal oils in the kitchen and for remedies calling for salve, cream, or lotion, making concoctions.
Herbal oils are used differently than herbal infusions and essential oils. Herbal oils absolutely fill a place in our lives, they however do not substitute for an herbal infusion or an essential oil.
If you do not have the time, desire or herbs to make your own herbal oils I recommend Mountain Rose Herbs they are a fantastic source of Herbal Oils, they have these organic herbal oils: Arnica Herbal Oil, Calendula Herbal Oil, Comfrey Herbal Oil, Injur Heal Herbal Oil, Mullein Herbal Oil, Plantain Herbal Oil, Poke Root Herbal Oil, Rosemary Herbal Oil, and St. John's Wort Herbal Oil.
Essential Oils
An essential oil is never-ever 'made' in a mason jar with water or olive oil.
Essential oils are either distilled, or cold-pressed, from the live herb plant material.
Making an essential oil requires a distiller and a person operating every aspect of the distillation process from the day, time of day, to when the plant material goes into the distiller to what kind of pressure from the steam must be applied to ensure it is just right for each individual species of herb. In other words, distilling an essential oil that contains all of its constituents and compounds is an art, and requires years of study and experience to perfect. The resulting finished product, essential oil, has different properties than an herbal infusion and a herbal oil.
Each of these three methods of working with the herbs produces very different natural products to utilize in different ways.
For instance…
You are NOT ever going to drink a cup of essential oil a day to maintain a healthy immune system – you would never do that because essential oils are so potent that it would kill you.
But, when you make an herbal infusion, you want to drink a cup or so a day to make you feel healthier and maintain health – it won't kill you.
The herbal oil you will use either for cooking purposes or as an ingredient when making salves – ingesting an herbal oil in cooking recipes and using it in salves will not kill you either.
So why would drinking a large amount of essential oil kill you whereas an herbal infusion or herbal oil won't?
Because essential oils have different compounds than herbal infusions and herbal oils.
Plus, essential oils are nothing but essential oils and they are extremely potent.
Look at it this way, it takes several hundred pounds of fresh Melissa plant material to make one pound of Melissa essential oil.
How much essential oil do you think is going to be in one mason jar filled with olive oil or water with the herb of your choice?
A nano fraction of one drop of an essential oil would be the correct answer.
An essential oil is never made, nor can it be made, by plant material sitting in a vessel of olive oil or water.
How Do I Know Which To Use and for What?
This is slightly over-simplifying it but I think of it in this way…
Herbal Infusions are used to promote and sustain nourishment in the body systems.
Herbal oils are used for cooking and for making salves, creams and lotions.
Genuine therapeutic essential oils are used for aromatherapy, diffusing, natural perfume recipes, household cleaning recipes, home remedies, and where something with more potency and faster results are needed – do keep in mind you use essential oils by the drop, never in larger amounts.
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