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'Frozen' songwriting duo spent decade on 'Up Here'
World-premiere show at Playhouse a longtime dream project for husband and wife
It wasn't enough for them to write a song that has gotten lodged in legions of brains over the past year or so. (Seriously, at this point "Let It Go" should be paying rent to our heads.)
Now, Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are about to put up an entire musical inside someone's mind.
And it turns out that "Up Here" — the world-premiere work that begins its much-anticipated La Jolla Playhouse run this week — is the one project that has most occupied these married artists' own minds for nearly a decade.
"It's been our favorite show as we've been working on lots of other things all this time," says Bobby Lopez. "It's been the thing I really wished people could see through all that time. I'm just really grateful it's finally happening."
"Up Here"
When: Previews begin Tuesday. Opens Aug. 9. 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays; 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Through Sept. 6.
Where: La Jolla Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive (Playhouse/UC San Diego Theatre District)
Tickets: About $74-$105 (discounts available)
Phone: (858) 550-1010
Online: lajollaplayhouse.org
Considering the identities of some those other projects, it's a remarkable statement.
Bobby, who made his first big splash (and won his first Tony Award) as co-composer of the 2003 Broadway hit "Avenue Q," went on to collaborate on both book and music for the 2011 Broadway juggernaut "The Book of Mormon," earning two more individual Tonys. (Both those shows also were named best musical.)
Then in 2013 came "Frozen," the animated Disney megahit movie for which Lopez and Anderson-Lopez wrote 10 songs. The soundtrack went triple-platinum and was the best-selling album worldwide in 2014. "Let It Go," as performed by
On top of that, Kristen has been a key adviser on much of Bobby's work, and co-created the 2010 off-Broadway musical "In Transit," now in development for a potential Broadway run.
Long before virtually any of that was a spark in their heads, though, the pair were brainstorming ideas for a show about the romantic misadventures of a lonely man named Dan (played by Matt Bittner), as witnessed from amid the mechanisms of his mind.
"It's a very surprising piece, and it keeps evading classification from scene to scene to scene," Bobby says. "There's always a new trick, surprise or theatrical conceit coming at you.
"But what it's about is also very exciting. Because, yes, it's about the inside of your mind, the universe within your mind. But it's also about the paradox that we live in that universe, but we also live in this even more mysterious universe where we're supposed to communicate with one another.
"It's about one guy's journey from being very much within and introspective and introverted, to having faith in being able to communicate his emotions."
To Kristen, a central idea is that "the mind is this prison and this playground. You have this beautiful, kaleidoscopic, ever-changing, fluid world that is your own, but eventually there are those moments that you come up against the walls of it, and you suddenly realize that, oh, other people don't understand this at all, and I don't know how to make other people understand this!"
And given all that, "love is a miracle. We hit those walls, and pull in, and then the need to connect keeps us pushing toward those walls again."
Romancing the show
As the two chat at the Playhouse on a weekday morning before rehearsal, it's clear there's more than a little of their own lives (and minds) in "Up Here."
Bobby allows that part of the show's inspiration came from "being a guy like the character in this musical — an introverted, self-thwarting, shy person."
That observation prompts Kristen to recall: "On our first date, he said, 'I'm a shy egomaniac.' " (The memory sends them both into fits of laughter.)
The piece is also informed by Kristen's deep interest in psychology — she once assisted in research on people with schizophrenia, and thought she might become a psychiatrist, but "got called back by the sirens of theater."
While Bobby came up with the show's original concept, it was Kristen who pushed for making it more of a romantic comedy.
The seeds for "Up Here" actually were planted at the place where the couple's own romance began: the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a New York training program that both attended in 1997-98.
Bobby recalls that on the very first day, "they read us a list of guidelines for selecting your subject matter. And one was you had to (have) a main character who was larger than life, who was not self-thwarting, who had an external goal that was easily definable and nameable, and obstacles that were external, not within.
"I thought, how could you write a show that adheres to these rules, and yet completely breaks them and tells the story I want to tell? And I came up with the idea of the consciousness as this big dance ensemble. And the idea of an infinite amount of space inside someone's head was the idea behind a small story told in a big show — the bigger the better."
It wasn't until 2006 — four years after Bobby and Kristen were married — that they began writing the piece. The following year, they brought on the rising, Tony-nominated Alex Timbers ("Rocky," "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson"), known for his innovative flair, to direct the show.
And some five years ago, the project landed at the Playhouse, where Timbers had co-directed the Broadway-bound "Peter and the Starcatcher" (with the late Roger Rees) and directed "Hoover Comes Alive!," both in 2009. (Timbers was last in town at the Old Globe with "The Last Goodbye" in 2013.)
To Timbers, "this show is in many ways an experimental musical. It's really rangy and wild and visual. Elements of every scene take place in an almost fantasy realm. You just don't see that (in most musicals)."
The conception includes "these abstract fantasy characters that can lurk and they can watch and they can comment. These things that are always teeming inside our minds, that are good and that are negative. They're always there. And they're always there for Dan, too."
Kristen, who likens the show to something like "
While he has never received an official diagnosis, her younger brother shares traits with those on the autism spectrum, and he served as inspiration for a supporting character named Tim (played by Eric Petersen), the brother of Dan's love interest Lindsay (Betsy Wolfe).
"One of the things we're very sensitive to is, how do you have someone who is on the spectrum represented in a show, and really show what it's like to try and communicate and love not be frustrated?" she says.
(Kristen adds that her brother likewise informed the writing of "Let It Go," with its viewpoint on "having a special sibling").
For these two, taking on responsibility for writing both score and story is "a challenge," Kristen admits. "It's hard when there are two of us, and we're in charge of the book, in charge of the songs, and in charge of these two kids. (The couple brought their two young daughters to La Jolla, where one was promptly afflicted with bird mites, costing the parents plenty of worry plus a day of rehearsal.)
Bobby is also venturing into fresh territory with the music, which promises to be a mix of everything from pop to Shostakovich to country (plus what Kristen calls the sound of "Bobby's poetic heart").
In an art-meets-life kind of way, the pair's collaboration just might serve as a reflection of the complexities of connection their show depicts.
Bobby uses a real-life example to describe what the show explores: "As well as I know Kris, I'm never going to know anything that's going on in her head, and I really don't know her fundamentally, and will never."
To which his wife responds: "And we've been married 13 years!
"And the tools we have to do that with are so primitive," she adds. "Compared with the electrical symphony that's happening in our brains, we have these primitive things like facial expressions and hand gestures and these 'words.'
"It's kind of like playing the telephone game with every other human being on earth."


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With about 6:46 to go in the second quarter, things were not looking good for the Cavaliers.
LeBron James had just recorded his fourth foul in the first half, (a first for him) and on the next possession Cleveland found themselves down by 13 points.
The Cavs ended the half only down by 10, thanks to Kyrie Irving. Without him, it would have been a lot worse, and the Cavaliers likely wouldn't have walked away with a 112-99 victory over the Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Irving finished the night with a new career playoff high 42 points on 15-of-22 shooting, half of which came in the third quarter.
Following the win, Irving said that he just got in a zone, and it seemed like it was out of necessity.
"You almost hit … like a runner's high, where you get so juiced up when you see a few shots going in, and then you feel the emotion kind of takeover, and then shots just start to fall in," Irving said.
"I'm saying to myself, 'They cannot tie up this series. They cannot. We cannot go to Boston 2-2, and then it becomes almost an even series.'"
Irving on his scoring run: "you almost hit like a runner's high" pic.twitter.com/bL8Fy4noi0
— Ashley Bastock (@AshleyBastock42) May 24, 2017
Irving ended the second quarter scoring 12 of the Cavs' final 14 points without James in the game. Those 12 points would just pave the way for his offensive onslaught in the third.
When the Cavs came back from the locker room after halftime, Irving seemed perfectly content to put the team on his back and tell them to come along for the ride.
Whether it was carving the Boston defense to bits with his signature shake-and-bake drives to the basket, or spreading the Celtics defense while hitting three-pointers, Irving proved once again that he can be depended upon when the Cavs, or James, face adversity.
"I've been saying he's a special kid. He's a special talent. As the stakes get higher and higher, his game gets higher and higher," James said.
"He rose to the occasion, and he put the team on his back, and we definitely needed that effort from him."
James on Irving: "As the stakes get higher and higher, his game gets higher and higher." pic.twitter.com/vFKIY15YcD
— Ashley Bastock (@AshleyBastock42) May 24, 2017
"This was a special night for him. It's tough to put into words," Kevin Love said.
In the third quarter, Irving scored 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting. Behind Irving's play, the Cavs increased their shooting percentage from 47.2 percent at the half to 57.9 percent heading into the final twelve minutes of the game, with an 87-80 lead.
The third quarter wasn't all positive, however. One scary moment (albeit brief) was Irving rolling his ankle after going up for a layup. He would later get up, and jog off the apparent injury.
"I wasn't coming out for any margin," Irving said. "I wasn't coming out."
While Irving only scored three points in the fourth quarter, James scored 15, and it was clear that the Cavs were not going to let their lead deplete.
Along with Irving's 42 points, James finished the night with 34, and Love added 17 points and 17 rebounds– making the Big Three's combined offensive output 93 out of 112 points.
With the win, the Cavs improve to 3-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals. They'll travel to Boston for Game 5 on Thursday, at 8:30 p.m.
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Dr. Laura Olson has saved her heart for a very special man for the past forty years. The man that captured her and imprisoned her in alcatraz after she was turned into a vampire. For all these decades, the Doctor has served her country, feeding off the most dangerous of paranormal criminals to keep them in check.
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X-rays showed a tumor attached to the heart and possibly lung, slowly shutting off the trachea and one lung completely filled with fluid.
He came home Tuesday night and we hung out until this morning. On the way to the vet's, he went into respiratory failure. I had hoped to spare him any pain but couldn't. At least the pain didn't last long. He's in a much better place now and I know that we gave him a very good life.
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They were looking for answers to questions. He helped them, and many came back and hired him.
The building, modelled after an English Inns of Court, has a historical atmosphere. Matt says it helps him feel connected to the centuries-old tradition of being an advocate in court and speaking truth for the benefit of individual people.
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The new DTH regulations implemented by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) haven't been well received by the subscribers across the country. Since the new regulations came into effect from February 1, 2019, people have taken to Twitter to complain about the new rules. It has been found that the new regulations had led to higher TV bills than before instead of lowering the TV bills as promised. TRAI certainly took notice and recently came up with some amendments to the new DTH regulations.
On Tuesday, TRAI came up with some information regarding the new rules. It also suggested new ways to help DTH and cable operators to rope in remaining subscribers into the new regulations. One of the ways mentioned was the new Best Fit Plan. The Best Fit Plan is supposed to get those subscribers on board with the new rules who haven't made the switch to the new regulations. However, the best Fit Plan brings along a lot of things and if you want to be clarified with whatever the new plan offers, check out the details below.
What is Best Fit Plan
According to TRAI's official press release, "The 'Best Fit Plan' shall be designed based on Consumers' usage pattern and language spoken. It should preferably be a blended combination of various Genres, while making 'Best Fit Plan' for a subscriber, DPOs should ensure that payout per month of the 'Best Fit Plan' generally does not exceed the payout per month of existing tariff plan of the subscriber."
In simple words, the Best Fit Plan is essentially a customised channel pack that the DTH and cable operator has to offer the remaining subscribers for making the switch to new regulations. The plan will contain only those channels that the particular subscriber prefers. Operators will also have to keep in mind that the Best Fit Plan doesn't exceed the current bill amount of the subscriber.
In short, the Best Fit Plan will be a collation of a subscriber's favourite channels under the new regulations without exceeding the current bill amount.
Who is eligible for Best Fit Plan
Only those DTH and cable operators who have not yet switched to the new DTh regulations implemented from February 1, 2019 will be eligible for the Best Fit Plan for now. The plan will only be offered by the service operator.
What are the special features of the Best Fit Plan
–The plan will offer only those channels according to the subscriber's preferences. For example, if you as a subscriber prefer to watch Bengali channels apart from Hindi and English channels, the plan will offer the prominent channels from all the genres.
–The plan will offer an equivalent or even lower bill than the existing TV bill.
What if you don't choose the Best Fit Plan?
–According to TRAI's statement, the Best Fit Plan will automatically be implemented if the subscriber doesn't choose it.
–The deadline for actively choosing the Best Fit Plan is March 31, 2019.
— The subscribers' old plan shall continue till either subscriber exercise his/her option, or he/she is migrated to the Best Fit Plan.
— Subscribers will be free to change their Best Fit Plan at any date and time on or before March 31, 2019.
— Operators shall convert their Best Fit Plan into the desired channel pack within 72 hours from the time choice exercised by the subscriber.
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President Obama and his scorched earth policy – a lose lose proposition
Do we want the UN overseeing, if not controlling the Internet? That body might shut down WordPress to slow the free spread of ideas. Food for thought. There is an agreement or treaty to be signed in December that gives such power to the UN.
Obama, much as Hitler did in the closing days of the war in Europe in 1945, is behind the scenes doing much to harm this country. As he sees the prospect of his possible defeat in November looming larger, he wants to drag the country down with him. Obama prefers a lose-lose outcome. And, his actions must be opposed and countered.
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Starting Your Own Business Is Easier Than You Think. Start Out Nowadays
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The French CNIL instructs Google to broaden its 'right to be forgotten'
A year ago the European Court of Justice (ECJ) requested that search engines ought to give each internet user the opportunity to have, at their demand, information concerning them deindexed in such cases where the material is considered "inadequate, not or no longer relevant or excessive".
The 'right to be forgotten' procedure judged as insufficient by the CNIL
A dereferencing procedure has been launched by Google, however only the information on the European versions of the search engine is currently being deindexed. They therefore remains accessible through other versions Google.
The CNIL, the French data regulator, considers that the implementation of the 'right to be forgotten' is to this day unsatisfactory. Consequently the CNIL decided to formally notify Google in order for them to carry out dereferencing on every version of their search engine.
Google is facing legal action and has been given 15 days to act upon this demand. Without this the CNIL will be able to initiate a penalty procedure which will force Google to pay a fine, one which is capped at 150 000 euros.
A positive measure which incurs the risk of not being achieved according to Reputation VIP
Bertrand Girin, Reputation VIP's CEO, agrees with the CNIL: "we are supporting the CNIL in their procedures. Since our beginnings with Forget.me we have raised the inconsistency regarding Google's management of this measure. Currently the mere use of a non-European version of the search engine to find deindexed information is sufficient, hence the internet surfers' protection fails to meet the standard the ECJ aimed for when making their decision".
Nevertheless we are curious to see how Google reacts to this measure. According to Bertrand Girin "we must be apprehensive about Google's reaction regarding this formal notice. It is not in Google's interest to follow the CNIL's wishes. Accepting the dereferencing on the international version could bring up numerous questioning from other countries. If Google starts deindexing sections on the American version of Google, the country's residents could ask themselves why this measure is not also applicable to them. Furthermore, Google will have to adapt its procedure of receiving demands; some people could attempt to use European law to have information deleted in their country of residence on the basis that Google does not request any proof of residency but only ID.
All in all these principles will, according to Bertrand Girin, encourage Google to "fight in order to safeguard its international search engines from being subject to the European's right to be forgotten".


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Sun in All Seasons
Altoona infrared sauna open for business
Caitlin Boyle, photos by Andrea Paulseth
When life gets hectic, many people need to take a break to recharge and de-stress. The mission of a new business in Altoona is to help those people navigate through the everyday hustle and bustle to make them feel better physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Rays of Sol, which opened last month, is owned by Marilyn Nicanor, and the business focuses on healing naturally with infrared sauna therapy. Nicanor says infrared heat provides a large number of health benefits by boosting the immune system. It's been her longtime dream to have her own sauna.
After getting into a car accident years ago, she came across a book about infrared saunas and realized this particular type of sauna could help her.
"It helps (with) aches and pains I received from the accident," Nicanor explains. "It also helps people with Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, anxiety, losing weight, and lowering blood pressure."
Nicanor's sauna at Rays of Sol is large enough to accommodate up to three people and can be used with a combination of yoga, meditation, and chromotherapy.
Nicanor has also woven her passions for art and music into her business. She is currently enrolled at UW-Eau Claire in Art and Music to advance her career and help people heal with both. She has some of her own artwork displayed throughout the studio for people to enjoy while they are sitting in the sauna, along with relaxing, calm music.
Other services Rays of Sol offers are Reiki and chromotherapy. Reiki is a service Nicanor may steer people dealing with anxiety towards. The process includes a gentle massage.
"Reiki is really a light touch over energy points in the body," Nicanor says. "It's a good form of deep relaxation and helps calm emotions and is good for those with anxiety."
The other service offered is chromotherapy. This helps with healing in a more spiritual way through light therapy to balance energy points, Nicanor said. Customers can look at a chart and choose a color specific to their needs.
Rays of Sol officially opened Oct. 19 at 2519 N. Hillcrest Parkway, Suite 103, in Altoona. More information can be found at raysofsol.com or on Facebook.


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Our town had never had a 'chosen one' before. Which made things all the stranger when we suddenly had two. Ninety years ago, the Great Dragon which had infested the Three Countries for as long as anyone could remember was finally sealed away by a group of elite, powerful Magicks from every corner of the world. The only problem with their masterful spell was that it had to be renewed every ten years. Thus, each decade, the military took someone away to prolong the seal. No one knew what happened to those people, or what was required of them, we only knew that they never came back.
Living in Greendale, a small farming community, I never thought that anything like that would happen to one of our own. But on the 90th anniversary of the Great Dragon's defeat, the King's Guard came to our patch of hills. They rounded up bewildered farmers and families. And they presented a glass bead filled with smoke. As they smashed the bead against the rock, some among the crowd cried out in pure terror. Some innocent children were oblivious, and laughed as the bead's dark contents crept into the throng of citizens. The smoke slid past our legs like a serpent, granting us its mercy with every cold pass against our feet. I shivered as it touched me and moved on, thankful for my own life for a moment but instantly fearful for someone else's in the next.
The smoke stopped, and everyone held their breath. The wind ceased its brushing of the leaves, and a cloud blocked us from the sun's strength. It had chosen a girl. Her name was Lila. She was nineteen years old, and had just married a boy named Thatcher. And now she was gone. She seemed frozen to the spot as darkness swirled around her in spirals, like a black, unforgiving cage. She didn't try to run until one of the soldiers reached towards her. They must have expected it, as more of them were ready for her on the other side of the square. The smoke left her behind. I had never seen a choosing ceremony before, but I expected the it to disappear and leave us with our grief. It was not so kind.
Where Lila once stood, the smoke swirled furiously, faster and faster until everyone had their attention on it. The soldiers seemed just as confused as we were, though they continued to detain Lila as she fought and screamed. The mass of black suddenly burst into the air and arched toward the center of the square. I couldn't see what had happened at first, but then the townsfolk started to cower from where the smoke had landed, screaming and running. I didn't see the demon until most of them had gone. There, as we watched, a man with glowing eyes began to swallow the smoke. His body was almost limp, his mouth being forced open by the rush of darkness into him. I recognized him as the young widower who ran the bakery. He seemed not himself, his eyes taken over by a gleaming yellow.
I hadn't lived in Greendale for long. I was a traveller for most of my life, running from my parents since I knew how to walk. But when I came here, the people were quick to accept and trust me. They were good, and I had grown attached to them. I had found that the knowledge I'd gained could be useful to them, and often they came to me for advice. But with all that I had seen, I could never have imagined this.
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More coal found on beaches, but from where?
ANOTHER large chunk of coal has been discovered on a Mackay beach just days after Boyd Tass found a large piece at Shoal Point.
Andergrove resident Madalyn Barret discovered a large piece of coal while walking along East Point on Wednesday.
Ms Barret said she was on the beach with her family at the time.
The piece discovered at Shoal Point and the one found at East Point are similar in size.
The coal's origin is still a mystery.
A spokesperson from the North Queensland Bulk Port Corporations said coal of that size could not have been processed through Hay Point or Dalyrymple Bay Coal Terminals.
"Typically, the coal exported via the terminals at Hay Point is approximately 4cm in diameter," the spokesperson said.
"A lump of coal this size would not get transported by ship."
What our Facebook community say about where the large chunks of coal are coming from:
"And a piece of coal that size hasn't been through a washery... Too big, so it is obviously just from an underwater seam...," Scott Clements said.
"The Yongala had coal on board when it sank. How long has it been in the ocean? The area is now a popular dive site," Kylie Smith said.
"That could not have come from a ship or port as all coal is small in size," John Ohl said.
"Earth quake broken through the floor," Aneurin Williams said.
"That's whale poo," Thomas Popata said.


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I am getting fuel and spark. I pulled the carb off and checked it out and everything seems fine. I took the HEI cap off and checked the wires and everything seems fine. I took a spark plug out and its sparking. It just cranks over and nothing. Its the second time this happened. Last weekend and then yesterday. The car was a barn find that sat in a garage for thirty years and I have been working on for 3 years now. Most everything that was not working has been fixed, I think. Thanks in advance for helping.
HEI is a mod on a 73 as it didn't come out until the 74 or 75 model, can't remember which. Spark on an open plug doesn't mean it will spark under compression. When you set the choke, does the accelerator pump squirt gas? If not then probably not getting any spark. See if a timing lite will flash.
1973 L-82 4 spd
Thanks for helping. I added the HEI dist. because the car came with a dual point dist. I checked the carb and its squirting fuel. I took out all the plugs and they seamed a little dark and fouled from flooding. I'm going to replace the plugs and hook up a timing light to check for spark. I never thought of doing it that way before. Very Smart. Thanks for the tip.
A weak spark with the plug out of the hole doesn't mean it will fire under compression, as was mentioned. If it doesn't have a fat, solid blue spark across the electrode, the spark is weak. With the HEI system, I would be looking at a failing coil or ignition module, and possibly a burnt rotor.
If you take the rotor off, flip it over, and look for what could be called lightning bolts on the underside. (Easy to see with light colored rotors, but hard with black ones.) The lightning bolts are from the ignition spark trying to find ground when the plugs/wires are not up to snuff. The closest ground for the spark inside the dist is the two screws that hold the rotor to the shaft...so the spark tries to get to the screws, producing the lightning bolt pattern on the rotor. This indicates fouled/faulty plugs, and/or faulty plug wires.
If you look at the coil on top of the dist cap, if you see the metal cage has turned blue in some areas, that indicates the coil has been overheated, which happens when all of the plugs aren't firing properly. This heat is what will fry the ignition module. Best bet when you have any one of these issues is to replace ALL of these components at the same time...cap, coil, rotor, module, plugs and wires. Another tip on HEI systems...don't buy the cheapest cap/rotor set the parts place has just to save a few pennies. The type of plastic used will make a huge difference in the quality of spark sent to the plugs, and some of these lower cost parts are questionable at best.. Get AC/Delco stuff for the cap/rotor...your iggy module and coil will thank you later. 👍
wow that's a lot of stuff to sort threw. I feel like you are an expert on this. I will look at everything that you suggested one by one. Thank you.
I'm no "expert"....but I play one on TV.....lol
I can email you test procedures for the HEI system if you want. 👍
Joel, That would be great
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Thanks everybody for solving my problem with my car. You guys nailed it. The problem was the distributor and or related parts. I bought a whole new dist and coil and it started right up. I think its a better looking set up.Thankfully I will be going to the car show this coming Sunday. Thanks again !
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According to the AICPA, advisory services are experiencing equal or faster growth at accounting firms than the $94 billion industry as a whole, which is estimated to be growing at a 3.5% rate.
"As the economy has steadily improved, we've seen an increase in business activity, particularly within areas where companies can benefit from outside expertise in dealing with specialized business needs," says David Kloess, president and CEO, Windham Brannon. "To keep up with the demand, we've added well-respected, industry professionals to lead our expanded offerings in these key advisory practice areas. We continually look for ways to solve important problems and create value for our clients. The growth of our advisory services practice tells me we're on the right track."


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How to Use Your Journal App as the Perfect Productivity Planner
A journal app is not just a place to put down your personal thoughts at the end of the day. It's an efficient work planner in disguise, and you can use it to boost your professional or personal productivity with our starter tips below.
1. Use the Calendar to Plan Ahead and Stay Focused
A good journal app is sure to come with an in-built calendar, and you can use that to visualize your day, week, month, or even the entire year easily. (We recommend using an app that lets you create entries in the future.)
The default journal that goes with each date can hold a basic to-do list or a list of your MITs (Most Important Tasks). If you fill it up for the entire week or month, you can jump to any date for that phase and get a clear picture of your priorities on any given day.
You'll find that the calendar setup keeps your focus on the here and now, and ensures that you take things one day at a time.
Some apps add markers to distinguish between days with and without journal entries. You can use this feature to track your productivity by deleting the entries for days on which you haven't met your goals. (Move the corresponding notes to a different location.) This approach helps if visual cues motivate you to do better.
2. Set Up a Journal Template for Your Daily To-Do List
Planning ahead is necessary, but so is making room for the reality of ever-changing tasks and priorities. That's where the daily to-do list plays an important role. It helps you revise your plans for tomorrow while taking into account what has gone on today.
For your daily planner, you might want to start with a journal template to save time.
Typical journal templates prompt you with questions about how you spent your day. But here, we suggest starting with a template that focuses on how you want to spend your day. A custom template works best.
You can get specific with your planning and use prompts like:
- What is THE ONE THING that I absolutely need to accomplish today?
- My top three tasks in order of priority:
- What primary goal will I work towards today?
If you prefer a fluid approach, outline your tasks as you envision them. In other words, capture the work-related conversation you're having with yourself inside your head. If you're not sure how to proceed with this, take a cue from Cal Newport's weekly plan. Feel free to add affirmations or inspiring quotes and images to liven up your plans for the day.
Be sure to work on each day's to-do list entry the day before, so you don't waste time in the morning deciding what to work on next. To turn this planning task into a habit, use the reminder feature of your journal app for a timely alert.
3. Create Multiple Journals to Stay Organized
If you go with an app that supports multiple journals and tags, it can double up as a proper notes app. Look for a solution with advanced formatting options, Markdown support, writing stats, etc. depending on the kind of note-taking you plan to do.
Multiple entries will make it easy to sort your thought processes into logical boxes. One journal can hold your task lists and another, say, the main idea, draft, report, and such that you're working on.
You can also create a separate journal to use as a dedicated scratchpad. Store useful text snippets, email drafts, the odd brain wave, etc. in this journal during the course of the day. If you want, a single journal entry can work as the scratchpad for the entire month. Be sure to move its contents to your regular note-taking app at the end of the day.
4. Record Your Completed Tasks
Wrap up each day with a "Done" list, which contains only those tasks that you have completed or made progress on during the day. It's a positive way to look at your workday, without berating yourself for tasks you've left undone.
You can add relevant files or snapshots of your work to your "Done" list to serve as reminders about your capabilities in future moments of self-doubt.
5. Add Personal Notes
Your days are as much about your ideas, thoughts, and emotions as they are about your work. So adding a personal touch to your work journal wouldn't be amiss.
Feel free to create a dedicated journal entry to list highlights from your personal life, express your gratitude, or to reflect on your day. If your journal app supports audio input, your personal diary can be a series of oral recordings instead of textual entries.
For all you know, you might stumble upon a solution to a work problem when you're making these personal entries. That's how your brain works after all—connecting dots in the most bizarre ways when you aren't looking.
Take Charge of Your Day With a Work Journal
The simple habit of journaling can jump-start your productivity. But the approach we've described above will work only if you pick a journal app that suits your workflow. To ensure that it does, start your app search with a list of features you can't do without.
If you don't want to download or sign up for yet another app, why not repurpose an app you already use? For example, you can use Google Calendar as a journal. If you swear by the Bullet Journal, how about using Evernote as a bullet journal for work How to Use Evernote as a Bullet Journal The bullet journal is a simple productivity system that really works. Here's how to turn Evernote into a bullet journal! Read More ?
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Dear Readers,
The October 2018 CPI Antitrust Chronicle includes articles based on presentations from Special Policy Sessions ("SPS") and invited lectures of the 13th Annual CRESSE Conference organized
from June 29–July 1, 2018 in Crete, Greece.
CRESSE (www.cresse.info), is an international network of academics and other professionals, with an interest in Competition Policy and Sectoral Regulation. Every year CRESSE organizes an international conference in Greece that is widely recognized as one of the top academic conferences in the economics of competition policy and regulation worldwide. For the 2018 Conference, Keynote Speakers included John Vickers, Dennis Carlton, David Evans, Herbert Hovenkamp, and Eleanor Fox. An important feature of the annual CRESSE Conference is the organization of a number of SPS in which important topical issues of competition policy are discussed between academics (economists and lawyers), policy makers, corporate representatives, and practitioners.
The contributions here include articles by a number of prominent economists and legal experts. David S. Evans & Richard Schmalensee provide an account of the relevant economic modelling and of what sort of evidence is necessary or sufficient in markets with platform businesses to establish competitive effects, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision in American Express. James Venit discusses a potential flaw in the European Court of Justice's Intel judgement as a result of the judgement focusing exclusively on the potential effects of the dominant firm's conduct in an ex-post sense, where the allegeldly abusive conduct has come to an end. Mark Schankerman and Florian Schuett in their contribution on patent reform, innovation and the scope of competition policy argue that many competition policy issues related to innovation stem from the "patent quality" problem – the prevalence of patents of dubious validity – and that fixing this problem at its source can reduce the scope for competition policy intervention. Yannis Katsoulacos, Evgenia Motchenkova, and David Ulph discuss recent theoretical literature pointing to the ineffectiveness in terms of welfare impact, of currently applied sanctioning regimes for cartels by Competition Authorities and argue the case for switching to a penalty regime, in which the penalty base continues to be the currently dominant penalty base of cartel revenue but in which, in contrast to current practice, the penalty rate is based on the cartel overcharge – which is commonly estimated in order to calculate damages in private damage claims. Neil Campbell's article on a competition law analysis of common shareholdings argues that the application of merger control laws to mergers involving two companies in an industry with significant common shareholdings or to the acquisition of common shareholding positions by institutional investors is unlikely to be effective and the costs would probably exceed the benefits. Allan Fels deals with the scope for choice and competition in schools finding that while there appears to be much scope for choice and competition in education, there are also some significant, often ignored limitations if a major goal of education policy is to promote "equality of opportunity." Last, in an article that concentrates on how antitrust should handle highly innovative markets, Richard Gilbert, CRESSE Keynote Speaker in 2019, discusses whether and how the assessment of potentially anticompetitive conduct should be amended when enforcing competition law in such markets.
Finally the October Antitrust Chronicle presents an interview with Prof. Frederic Jenny focusing on his thought-provoking lecture in CRESSE 2018 on the role of "fairness" as a goal of competition policy. He argues that competition authorities should care about fairness but at the moment competition law enforcement seems to have several weaknesses in this respect. Competition authorities rarely, if ever, look at the consequences of competition or anticompetitive practices on labor markets. Furthermore, on product markets competition authorities generally refuse to consider exploitative abuses of dominance such as charging high prices as a competition law violation. Equally they are reticent to deal with claims of "abuses of buying power." In short, they refuse to pass judgment on the fairness of the results of negotiations between suppliers and consumers on competitive markets.
Yannis Katsoulacos
CRESSE & Athens University of Economics and Business
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CAPTAIN Heather Knight feels England have not played to their full potential in their women's ODI series against India.
India clinched the series with a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the second match in Mumbai on Monday.
Batting first, England were bowled out for 161, with Nat Sciver's 85 the only innings of note.
India's opening bowling pair of Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey were hugely impressive, sharing eight wickets between them.
England's total would have been far less had it not been for the brilliance of Sciver and the stubbornness of Alex Hartley (0*) who put on 42 for the final wicket, a record for England in ODIs.
Sciver was one of England's few performers with the bat in Friday's first clash, and she continued in the same vein in the second math, putting on 30 with Tammy Beaumont, 49 with the returning Lauren Winfield and 42 with Hartley.
It showed that partnerships were key and India demonstrated as such when it was their turn to bat. Despite losing an early wicket, Smriti Mandhana and Punam Raut came together to take the sting out of a potentially tricky chase.
Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma were unbeaten at the close, as India won by seven wickets.
England will hope to salvage some pride in Wednesday's final game – as well as two ICC Women's Championship points – before heading to Guwahati for the IT20 series.
Afterwards Plymouth-born Knight said: "It's really frustrating. We haven't shown what we can do this series. We've started quite slowly, obviously with the bat – losing three early wickets made it very hard for us.
"I think Nat Sciver batted superbly. What an innings that was, she really didn't deserve to be on the losing side. She got us up to a score that made us think we were in with a sniff but when you're defending 160 you need a lot of things to go your way and unfortunately it wasn't to be.
"We've got one more ODI and it's not a dead rubber at all because there are ICC Women's Championship points up for grabs, so we really want to put in an improved performance.
"I know the way we've played is not through a lack of effort. The girls have trained brilliantly and put everything into the games."


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Exercise can cause both immediate and more gradual effects on the body. As soon as you start exercising your muscles start to contract more, your body temperature increases, your pulse rate gets faster and your breathing deepens.
After effects you'll start to notice with regular exercise as your body adapts to the activities are your heart becoming larger, your bone density increasing and a deepening of the vital capacity of your breathing.
|Body area
|Immediate effects
|Long-term effects
|Muscles, bones and jointsCardiovascular system
Respiratory system
|Muscles contractBlood flow increases to the musclesMuscles temperature increasesHeart rate increases as does the stroke rateBlood aimed at the digestive and other systems is diverted to the musclesIncrease in blood temperatureBlood vessels located near the skin open to allow more heat to be lost from the body
The breathing rate increases
The tidal volume, which is a measurement of how much air is breathed in or out of the lungs in one breath, increases
|Muscles, ligaments and tendons increase in strengthMuscles increase in size (hypertrophy)Improvement in muscles enduranceBone width increasesBone density increasesJoints are more flexibleIncreased stability in the jointsThe size and strength of the heart muscle increasesIncrease in cardiac output which is the amount of blood being pumped by the heart in a minuteThe heart resting rate decreasesThe recovery rate is fasterReduces the risk of heart diseaseThe number of capillaries in the muscles increasesThe amount of blood and the number of blood cells increasesIncrease in the strength of the intercostal muscles and the diaphragmAlveoli in the lungs increase
Vital capacity, which is a measurement of how much air can be forcibly breathed out after inhaling as quickly as possible, increases
The rate at which oxygen is delivered and carbon dioxide is removed increases
Fatigue and stress
Another outcome of physical exercise takes the form of fatigue and stress. How and when these occur depends on:
- the personality of the individual as in how well equipped they are mentally to deal with physical exercise
- how tense or anxious they are
- the aggression with which they have to perform
- how motivated they feel and their level of arousal
- how bored they are or how tedious they find the activity
- the type of feedback they receive and the level of criticism this takes


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advanced rendering for AutoCAD
Please see the attached images.
In AutoCAD Architecture's native renderer, and in its 3d display, the curved walls appear smooth. In nXt the materials are uneven (with sometimes extra lines that protrude from the walls). Distortions also appear in straight walls which should be flat and smooth though the problem is less pronounced.
I tried changing the material definitions but the problem persists.
Could this be some sort of scale definition issue?
The problem persists with all the rendering engines (standard path and hybrid).
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
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This is typically a units problem or a coordinate system problem. Check the units by typing _DDUNITS at the command line and looking at the insertion units. If they're correct, make sure the model is not located too far from the origin. Coordinate systems such as "state plane" will not work correctly with nXt-- the model will have to be moved closer to the origin.
Yes, Roy, the units were correctly set but the model was very far from the origin (forgot about that issue). Looks fine now. Thanks very much for your prompt reply.
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Danny is an average 24-year-old who has been friends with stoner Milo since they were kids. But then Danny decides it's time to grow up, settle down and marry long-term girlfriend Kate, whereas Milo continues to focus on getting high. One night Milo takes a particularly strong batch of hallucinogens, and Danny appears in his living room - except the real Danny's at his engagement party, and the real Danny doesn't normally carry a sword! This Danny claims to come from another dimension, and he brings a warning - the only problem is that Milo's too wrecked to remember what it is...
Danny and Milo are eventually reunited, but only so that they can face their show trial together. And, believing they would never meet again, each has blamed the other for their so-called crimes.
The stakes are raised when Danny and Milo land in a world on the brink of war with no means of escape.
Danny and Milo land in a world where Milo was a rock star who lived fast and died young.
Milo is horrified to discover at his best friend Danny's engagement party, that he has been overlooked as his best man.


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Since the passing of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, industry, Congress and the White House have all taken steps toward the creation of a U.S. federal privacy law. What this law will look like — and when and if it will happen — are still very much in question, but day-by-day it's looking more likely that a federal law is in the United States' future. While the wait is on for a federal privacy law, many states have taken matters into their own hands and are in the process of or have already passed state data protection laws.
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A reminder about winter recess!
Principal Trisha Nugent Fitzgerald
Trisha Nugent Fitzgerald became principal of Hutchinson School in 2016. She previously served as principal of William Gould Vinal Elementary School in Norwell, Massachusetts, a position she had held since 2010. Mrs. Fitzgerald's educational experience also includes work as a technology integrator and a fourth grade teacher. She holds a Master's Degree in Education from Mount St. Mary College and a Certificate of Advanced Educational Specialization, from Boston College, where she also graduated as a dual major in elementary and special education.
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"Mr. Special, we need to talk about the All-Powerful Mayoral race."
Wait. Who are you?
"The embedded reporter, sir."
So, are you looking for my reaction to the recent surge in candidates? Want to flesh out my policies? Need a street or building named after you?
"Hardly, sir. I'm starting work on the tell-all book about all the scandalous activities that your campaign team engaged in on the way to assuming iron-fisted control of the reins of city government."
Good thought. We'll need something to distract public attention when we're called before City Council to explain the ties to Russians and the outrageous tweets.
"Wait, we have ties to Russians?"
Forget you heard that.
"Speaking of tweets sir, you really need to up your game on social media."
Why? Look at this: My initial campaign tweet on Nov. 9, 2017, has been attracting all sorts of attention.
"Beg to differ, sir. You have 135 impressions, two likes and one comment."
That's nearly viral, right?
"The president has averaged nine tweets a day in the last month and has 46 million followers. On the other hand, you have 349 followers, and they are waiting for you to say something .?.?. anything!"
Tell them I'm still trying to collect my thoughts.
"You collect more trash off the streets than thoughts. You must focus!"
OK, so what's this about the tell-all book?
"So far I have very little material to work with. You almost religiously shun fast food. You seem to be very polite, and careful about what you say about other people or countries. You haven't accepted a dime in campaign contributions. And the only thing you throw around the office is the occasional paper airplane."
Sounds like me.
"The thing is, readers want dirt."
Well, last weekend, I was scooping up shovels full from the street near my house.
"You're missing the point. If you do not do something outlandish soon, this book is going to be as interesting as the instruction manual for your Microsoft Surface Pro."
That has been keeping me up late at night recently.
"Arrgghhh! Defame someone already."
OK. How's this? You know, while my opponents seem to have the best interests of Pueblo at heart, they seem more concerned with dressing well and maintaining good personal hygiene than cleaning up this town. When was the last time either of them picked up a broom and a bucket, donned a reflective safety vest, and tackled a filthy mess on the roadway?
"That's not going to cut it, Mr. Special. This campaign's bound to get politically messy, and you're going to have to learn to go for the jugular."
But, you forget: I'm not, personally, going to campaign. Instead, I will allow others to get their hands politically dirty. After I'm in office, I will then name streets after the hard-working men and women of my campaign. To show my appreciation, I will then clean up those streets.
"Good grief! In the president's tell-all book, he attacks the people around him. Then he says he barely knows people he's worked with for years. Can you give me a little of that action?"
Heavens no! I'm proud of my friendships and associations. To talk smack about people would be an affront to common decency.
"Look, just say something nasty about me, then."
You seem to be an earnest young reporter, trying to do your best to find the truth, then present it in a fair and accurate way. How could I find fault with that?
"This is hopeless, sir. The only reason I became an embedded reporter in the first place was to dig up some dirt -- and not the kind you find on any city street. Then, I could get a big book contract. Maybe movie rights. Your campaign appears to be free of any nefarious activity. Or any activity at all, for that matter."
Good! I'm glad we had this little chat. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some paperwork to do.
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There are 1,287.54 miles from Amana to Miami International Airport (MIA) in southeast direction and 1,501 miles (2,415.63 kilometers) by car, following the I-75 S route.
Amana and MIA Airport are 23 hours 1 min far apart, if you drive non-stop .
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Shannon Brown Admits Monica Is Now His Wife
Rumors have been circulating the net saying that Shannon Brown and Monica have wed in a secret ceremony but no one knew for sure if any of it was true. Well Shannon has spoken out about it and confirms that Monica is indeed now his wife. It's said that the secret ceremony took place on November 22nd and that another more extravagant weeding is in the works that will include family and friends.
The two have only been dating for 6 months, to each his own. Now I'm not hating or anything but why does it feel like they sort of rushed everything. I like to take my time with everything so excuse me if making that final decision to spend the rest of my life with someone may take a bit more than 6 months. Nonetheless, these two appear very much in love and very happy. They both have had their downs in relationships with others so what they have going on is definitely a beautiful thing.
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INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH PRODUCTS THAT ARE SAFER FOR YOU AND SAFER FOR THE ENVIRONMENTXion Lab is the industrial chemical products division of Xion Group, LLC. Our mission is to bring the strength and effectiveness of industrial chemicals to the retail, and commercial market, with the safety of the consumer and the environment in mind. Our premium sanitation and maintenance solutions are really a true innovation in biochemistry. Bottom line...we develop safe products that work. Our family has over 40 years of experience in the industrial chemicals, janitorial, and sanitation products industry. In the past we only did wholesale distribution. We provide quality chemical products to schools, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, restaurants, institutional buildings, and manufacturing plants. Our goal with Xion Lab is to use modern business technology models to harness all our knowledge, and provide the retail consumer the same innovative, and quality products that were only available to institutions in the past. We are proud to manufacture our products meeting Terra Care Safer for Environment Products Standards. For more information about Terra Care Standards go to www.terracare.us.
Many U.S. companies have outsourced or moved their manufacturing operations overseas. The result of this is that consumers are getting lower quality products. At Xion Lab, we believe that we have a responsibility to our consumers and retailers to not only provide high-quality products, but also continue to develop employment opportunities in the USA.
We're proud to see how the impact of that decision has allowed us to provide a better quality product, and provide jobs and opportunities for people here in the U.S.
At Xion Lab, we're proud of our humble history. Our family owned and operated small business will not focus its efforts in designing a super attractive packaging for our products, nor invest in an over the top marketing campaign. We will focus our resources in making sure our products are made with premium, quality ingredients.
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International Launch Services launch of a Proton-M/Briz-M Rocket
International Launch Services was scheduled to launch a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket as part of the Turksat 4A mission. The launch window for the Communications mission was on Fri, Feb 14th, 2014, 4:09 PM EST from 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The status of the launch was Success. Don't miss this exciting rocket launch! Watch the launch video of the Proton-M/Briz-M and experience the excitement for yourself.
Turksat 4A
Türksat 4A is a Turkish communications satellite in development, which will be operated by Turksat.
81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
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Toki Wright on why McNally Smith closing is a loss for students, staff and MN community
The abrupt announcement of the pending closure of McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul last night has students and staff left wondering where they will go next.
"It's pretty devastating for a lot of reasons," said local MC and The Current DJ Toki Wright. "There are all these students that have come from all over the world that have come here to focus on something that maybe they were an outcast for in other places."
And in the case of international students, the closure could complicate the process of renewing their visas, Wright said.
Wright helped found the first-of-its-kind hip-hop program at McNally Smith 9 years ago and served as the department head.
Staff members like him face a different set of challenges.
"They're being told the day before payday that 'you're not getting paid before Christmas,'" he said.
The state as a whole is at a loss as well, Wright said.
"There's so much that the school provided as a platform for up and coming artists and people in the music business to actually know what they're talking about, know what they're doing," he said. "That really fed into why Minnesota is great."
Wright plans to make the curriculum he developed while at McNally Smith available to other organizations in the future.


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I received this in an email today: "As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You'll have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. Don't be afraid that your life will end, be more concerned that it will never begin."
This reminds me that we have a somewhat paradoxical self-protective mechanism in our psyche that seems to want to "let in" only so much joy or happiness. It's as if we allow ourselves only so much awareness of the brighter side of life and the unknown possibilities that are inherent in each moment. Perhaps this filtering mechanism is there to protect us from feeling too sensitive or hoping too much, but in the present moment, no matter what the situation, we hold a capacity for more joy and love—and we can choose to open to it or not. Sometimes all it may take is the choice to not block or filter out the goodness that wants to come in.
We all tend to frame and express the current story of our life in a particular way at every moment. We continually re-tell ourselves "our story"—that life story you remind yourself of when you awake first thing in the morning. But by holding too tightly to the melodrama and "shoulds" of that story, you block fresh experiences that don't fit in with that story line. However, we have choices even when times are hard—you can choose again—you can choose to awake today to the possibilities of unexpected joy and new experiences that aren't conditioned by the past. You can choose to take in more joy. You can dare to color outside the lines of your life.
Astrologically, one could say that by clinging to the illusory safety of what we know and how we tell our story line, we repeat the default patterns of the South Node, and fuel our lives by our wounds and psychological complexes. We live through the Saturn/Pluto transits and the wounded complexities of our t-squares, but overlook the subtle beauty, joy and meaning in the other parts of our lives and charts. It would be a refreshing practice to reach for the highest expression of all our planetary aspects this spring, for the highest expression of Venus and Neptune (human and divine love) and to treat ourselves to the healing medicine of our North Nodes.
A final note: a friend of mine who has just celebrated five years of recovery from late stage Ovarian cancer, reminded me that "Love comes unconditionally." Her cancer experience brought her to new levels of joy and "miracles" that she never expected. She said it also made her more "real." What an interesting term! We tend to think that realness and reality is the negative bottom line—a Saturnian concept. In her case, she opened to an entirely different "reality" that showed her a deeper capacity for both joy and gratefulness. She tapped into Venus and Neptune and it transformed her life.
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Stoked About Okotoks
Posted by Homes 4 Sale Calgary on Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 at 4:56pm.
Okotoks: it's not just a funny word, it's the name of a small city outside of Calgary that is becoming very popular indeed. At a mere 64 kilometres from the Calgary International Airport, Okotoks is perfect for commuters who prefer to live in a city with a bit of a slower pace. This foothill community isn't too bad on the eyes, either.
There is so much to recommend Okotoks, so where to start? Its excellent sustainability program might be a good place. With environmental programs in development and in practice all the time, the town of Okotoks is a pioneer in this field. They've won multiple awards for their forward-thinking city planning and development.
Recreation is another area in which Okotoks shines. In the summer time, residents of Okotoks homes can enjoy events like the annual Teddy Bear Picnic, the Friday Farmers' Market, and community trail rides. Winter activities are equally as exciting and plentiful, including craft fairs and skating parties, among many other things.
Intrigued? You'll be happy to know that there are quite a few options in Okotoks when it comes to property types. From custom-built estate-worthy residences to condos, townhouses, and everything in between, something is sure to strike your fancy in this blossoming community. Check it out today!


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Children affected by sodium valproate
The BBC is planning to run several news broadcasts about the European Medicines Agency (EMA) public hearing into sodium valproate taking place in London on 26 September 2017.
They want to show the numbers of children who have been affected by exposure to the drug during pregnancy by building a photo montage of their faces, including those who are now adults.
If you have a child/children who have been diagnosed with fetal valproate syndrome and would be happy for them to form part of the montage to be broadcast on the BBC news channels, please email their photo to firstname.lastname@example.com or send in a message via facebook. Children will not be named but will form part of a similar montage to the one above.
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Extra Happy Ghost!!!, the Joe, Stalwart Sons and More Team Up for Swig of Alberta Tour
Published Mar 21, 2012Alberta is becoming fertile ground for music fests, from Sled Island and Wyrd to the MTT Fest. Another notch in the belt will hit later this month when Edmonton rapper Joe "the Joe" Gurba presents a provincial tour known as the Swig of Alberta, which will run from March 30 to April 1 and hit up Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton.
As explained on the festival website, the purpose of the travelling show is to unite the province. "We're in love with every flourishing scene in Alberta and we want to see them holding hands," the festival announcement reads. "Hopefully in the future we can expand this to include more stops than just Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge but for now, here are our humble first fruits!"
The inaugural fest will include performances from Extra Happy Ghost!!!, Jessica Jalbert, the Joe, Mitchmatic, Jesse and the Dandelions, Stalwart Sons, the Record Holder and Red Rum Triumph in all three cities. Michael Rault and Brenna Lowrie will join the bill in Lethbridge, while Wand and Tops will join up in Edmonton and Daydream Johnny plays in Calgary and Lethbridge.
The Lethbridge date takes place on March 30, while the Calgary show goes down on March 31 and the Edmonton gig happens on April 1.
More information, including a link to buy tickets, is available on the official festival site.


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Most of oracle's MAA documentation for transportable tablespaces, seems to recommend that one should put the tablespaces one is transporting, in read-only mode in the source database, before copying the datafiles to the target. This in most cases means application downtime.
In order to minimize the downtime the recommendations seem to be
- Create a dataguard physical standby database and use this standby database as the source for transport
- Create a duplicate (aka clone) of your source and use this new duplicate as the source for transport
If you are only transporting a subset of your tablespaces and you want to minimize your downtime, a 3rd good option is to create and use transportable tablespace sets from your already existing rman backups. This process is documented in the Backup and Recovery users guide, Chapter 26 (11gR2 manual).
Since this process uses an existing rman backup you incur no downtime (ie no need to place tablespaces in read-only mode) on your production systems.
Below are the steps to accomplish this (In my example rk01 is the source database and rk02 is the target database).
- First off, your source database should be running in archivelog mode
- Take a full database backup from your source database
export ORACLE_SID=rk01
rman target /run {allocate channel oem_backup_disk1 type disk format '/u01/orarch/rk01/backup/%U';backup as BACKUPSET tag '%TAG' database;backup as BACKUPSET tag '%TAG' archivelog all not backed up;release channel oem_backup_disk1;}run {allocate channel oem_backup_disk1 type disk format '/u01/orarch/rk01/backup/%U' maxpiecesize 1000 G;backup as BACKUPSET tag '%TAG' current controlfile;release channel oem_backup_disk1;}
- Create a transportable tablespace set for the tablespaces you need to transport
export ORACLE_SID=rk01
rman target /
RMAN> transport tablespace example
2> tablespace destination '/u01/orarch/rk01/datafile'
3> auxiliary destination '/u01/orarch/rk01/tmp';
Once the process is complete rman leaves a copy of the datafile (An operating system file, not a backup set file) for the tablespace example , in the directory /u01/orarch/rk01/datafile. It also leaves a export dump file that has the metadata needed for the transport in the same directory /u01/orarch/rk01/datafile.
- Do endianness conversions on the files, if you need to go cross platform (Use rman convert)
- Attach the tablespace to your target database
export ORACLE_SID=rk02
sqlplus / as sysdba
create directory tts_dir as '/u01/orarch/rk01/datafile'
grant all on directory tts_dir to public
Before you run the next import, make sure that you have created the schema's (with appropriate privileges) that are in the tablespace you are transporting in the target database rk02, also make sure any roles that are required are created in the target. Eg: The schema HR has objects in the example tablespace. use the create user command to create the HR user with appropriate privileges in the database rk02.
impdp system/manager dumpfile=dmpfile.dmp directory=tts_dir transport_datafiles=/u01/oradata/rk02/example01.dbf logfile=tts_import.log
So As you can see the whole process is executed without shutting down the source database rk01.


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We leave to Mexico today. Whew escape from the minus degree weather couldn't come soon enough! See you on the other side
We leave to Mexico today. Whew escape from the minus degree weather couldn't come soon enough! See you on the other side
We are finally having a proper Summer here in Fairfield, CT and have already started the season with dinners on our patio. We now start to focus our attention to our end of season trip to Morocco and Southern Spain for Beach and Relaxation. The side trip to Morocco is starting to take shape and we are planning Cave of Hercules, a walk on Boulevard Pasteur, a Camel ride, Casa Barata Flea Market and of course beach.
Just fell in love with Mnar Castle Hotel; super stunning. However, we are also eyeing La Mamounia. A little birdie told me about GastroMK for the best cuisine in Marrakesh. And a spa treatment at El Fenn.
Medina, Marrakesh
The City Vineyard at Pier 26
The wrap up of warm weather is causing us to feel a bit nostalgic over dining outdoors. We have been eating al fresco meals at home nearly every chance we can get. If you find yourself in NYC please stop by these places.
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Thanks to Julie Leach @julia_chance she has helped inspired my thoughts about Italy this Fall. The calm mellow feelings you get when you know you are going to a place that will fill your senses. We are also very much inspired by our other Instagram fav @callicles for his eye to detail amongst the places we love the most.
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Thinking of Summer
Viewing wonderful entry ways of homes in Europe always take my breathe away. When in London I always love to stroll Portobello Road or a nice English countryside home. George Clooney's new home west of London has an amazing entrance (see below).
Taking a long flight to a remote location—wau I just love that too. My mind is set on the new sensation in Thailand an island named, Koh Lipe. Only way to get there is by ferry or speedboat from Phi Phi or Pak Bara.
This weekend is Museum Week (#museumweek) and they are spilling their secrets. We thought this one was pretty cute.
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Mr Cyril Au
BE (Hons), ME (Hons)
Cyril Au holds a Bacehlor of Engineering (Honours) in Biomedical Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Bioengineering, both from the University of Auckland. For his Masters thesis, he developed polymer packages to protect active medical implantable devices against moisture.
Cyril is currently pursuing his PhD in Bioengineering developing a reliable encapsulation process for a transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system and understanding the thermal implications of the system.
Prior to his doctoral study, Cyril has held positions developing medical devices such as wound healing implants and non-metallic packages for implantable telemeters.
Research | Current
Cyril's interest is developing a reliable and effective encapsulation process for a TET system suitable for long term implantation. He is also keen on understanding the temperature burden of such a system on the surrounding tissue when used to power active medical implantable devices (AIMD) with high power requirements, such as ventricular assist devices.
He is part of the Implantable Devices Group at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute.
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Au, S. L. C., McCormick, D., Lever, N., & Budgett, D. (2020). Thermal evaluation of a hermetic transcutaneous energy transfer system to power mechanical circulatory support devices in destination therapy. Artificial organs10.1111/aor.13679
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Daniel McCormick, Nigel Lever, David Budgett
- Au, S. L. C., Chen, F.-Y. B., Budgett, D., Malpas, S. C., Guild, S.-J., & McCormick, D. (2019). Injection Molded Liquid Crystal Polymer Package for Chronic Active Implantable Devices with Application to an Optogenetic Stimulator. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering10.1109/tbme.2019.2936577
Other University of Auckland co-authors: David Budgett, Sarah-Jane Guild, Daniel McCormick
- Au, S. L. C., Leung, H. Y., Budgett, D., & McCormick, D. (2019). Finite element method guided measurement of temperature profile in tissue exposed to a transcutaneous energy transfer system. I2MTC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings. 10.1109/I2MTC.2019.8826852
Other University of Auckland co-authors: David Budgett, Daniel McCormick
- Au, S. C. (2016). Polymer Packages for Active Implants: With Application of Liquid Crystal Polymer and Polyetheretherketone to the Packaging of a Fully Implantable Optogenetic Stimulation System The University of Auckland. ResearchSpace@Auckland.
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When Maximus (Russell Crowe) entered an arena as a Gladiator, the entire world noticed a fighter culture of a Roman empire. On the other hand, his father Marcus Aurelius entered an arena of a mind and established a legacy as the Stoic emperor. Do you know what Stoicism means?
Stoicism is one of the most enduring philosophies Greek and Roman taught an entire world. It is a view of an empirical ethics and base for a happy life. Roman and Greek philosophers share deep thoughts to overcome fear and pain points of our life. They provided principles to understand the world around us and work with others collaboratively.
Isn't it product management is all about understanding customer pain points, be aware of our strengths and weaknesses and work collaboratively with engineering and marketing to facilitate an organization to grow and prosper?
In my opinion, product management is a stoic philosophy of management. Marcus Aurelius Said, "Look into their minds, at what the wise do and what they don't." I turned that to PM world and said, "Look into customer behavior what they do with your product and what they don't." It will give you a path to build what customer wants. Let me share fundamental Stoic principles and how they apply to PM world.
Principle 1: First Acknowledge All Negative Emotions
"Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my perceptions not outside." – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
It is always internal thoughts which drive a person rather than external force or condition. Your inner fire always accomplishes more results than external motivation. As a product manager, you will always in search of what to build next. There are various ways to find what to build. However, the question is – "will new feature we are planning to make help an organization to grow?" As a PM we fail to acknowledge problems in our product. We do not manage to accept there are pain points of end users. To improve a product first step is to acknowledge we have a problem. By recognizing problems we accomplish three things
- We identify users requirements and pain points
- We comprehend what we can build next and why
- We improve product usability experience
Principle 2: Recognize There is Life after Failure
"Does what's happened to keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforwardness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
We all fail at one particular time in our life. Sometimes we give up, and sometimes we persist. When we think there is something beyond failure, we reflect on next steps rather than focusing on failure. It needs a mindset and requires an attitude to pick up a lesson from past and apply it to a next step. It might be possible you are working on a product feature for last 3-4 months, and when you launch it, you witness its failure. Now what? As a PM you follow product development lifecycle (identify, plan, design, develop, launch, assess and repeat). You take lessons from your past failure and identify a problem again.(Key here is to remember: Focus on a problem). Failure is an inevitable part of the product role. Thus key here is to build a mindset – there is no growth without failure.
Principle 3: When You're Working, Be Ruthlessly Present
Lately, the digital world has captured everyone's attention, and we started focusing on wrong things at a bad time. For example, while sitting in a restaurant among a group of friends, we spend time on Facebook or Instagram. We forget to stay in a moment to connect with another person who is present and available to talk. We are more interested in a person who can be found on Facebook messenger to chat. We are more connected to screens rather than people. The same habits we carry at work. As a PM it is important to focus on a customer/internal team(It could be any internal stakeholder) when we are talking to them. When we focus completely on a client, it allows us to accomplish three things
- It makes it possible to capture their pain points
- Sometimes they share product ideas indirectly, so it makes it possible to read between the lines.
- You give 100% attention to a customer, so it establishes a connection and builds customer satisfaction
Principle 4: Reflect on what you spend the most time on
It is critical to remind yourself time is a most valuable resource for you as a Product Manager. Thus, you need to be very focused and detailed oriented to decide as a company/engineering team what will you build. As a PM you are navigating a company and responsible for executing company's strategies. As a PM your priority is to focus on product, product roadmap, and measurement matrix. If you are spending time on solving fires, you should take a moment and think about it. It might be helpful in a short term. However, it will impact a company concerning a long-term execution. Thus, your evaluation will help you to bring your focus back on track and see a bigger picture.
In summary, the Stoic philosophy allows you to maintain your calm and composed approach during the chaos. As a PM, chaos is an inevitable part of the job because you as a PM interacts with sales, marketing, engineering, customer success and supports. In my opinion, above stoic principles provides a platform for a PM to reflect on our work, focus on long-term strategic planning, understand our mistakes, and envision an opportunity after failure to build a successful organization.
- http://99u.com/articles/24401/a-makers-guidebook-9-stoic-principles-to-nurture-your-life-and-work
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/stoicmind/
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