Ragtime virtuoso Max Morath was born in Colorado Springs on October 1, 1926. His mother had lugged a piano bench full of music west from the family farm in Iowa; as a youngster, he said, he'd discovered "the beat in my fingers" for ragtime, the tunes that predated jazz as America's first distinctive music.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in English from Colorado College, Morath embarked on a varied career. Appearing in melodrama productions in southwest Colorado, Morath studied American popular music and theater. Finding inspiration in his ragtime heroes Eubie Blake and Scott Joplin, he became fascinated with the accompanying fads from the turn of the century. He logged hundreds of appearances in the Gold Bar Room in Cripple Creek during the summers of the 1950s. He also did radio announcing and moved into television, where he wrote, announced, edited, acted and sang at Colorado's new KKTV in Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
The success of his endeavors led to Morath's first professional recordings. During 1959 through 1961, he wrote, performed and co-produced 26 half-hour television programs for NET—National Educational Television, the precursor to PBS. Produced by KRMA, Channel Six in Denver, they were fed nationally to the nascent public broadcasting network, combining his seemingly offhand, colloquial approach to music, comedy and social history.
The Ragtime Era series, followed by the Turn of the Century series, were in syndication through the 1960s and are considered classics of the genre. Morath also appeared on a number of commercial television programs and was Arthur Godfrey's regular guest on radio and TV.
Moving from Colorado to New York, Morath performed nationally at colleges and in nightclubs with his Original Rag Quartet. His off-Broadway one-man show Max Morath at the Turn of the Century was a hit—he spent seven weeks rehearsing his performance in Durango, Colorado. Similar productions followed—The Ragtime Years, Living a Ragtime Life, The Ragtime Man and more. His 1969 album, At the Turn of the Century, encapsulated the essence of his musical bits of nostalgia and helped commence the 1970s ragtime revival. The 1992 album The Ragtime Man included his own composition "Cripple Creek Suite," which captured the mood of the region's gold rush days.
Morath earned a Master's in American Studies from Columbia University and published works including Max Morath: The Road to Ragtime, an illustrated book detailing his traveling experiences. "Mr. Ragtime" retired from touring in 2007 and continued to be active as a lecturer and consultant.


A Customs and Border Protection boat helps floaters during Float Down on the St. Clair River in Port Huron, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. The west winds blew most boaters toward the Canada shore and they had to be pulled back to the U.S.
PORT HURON, Mich. – Canadian authorities stopped an invasion: 1,500 people on inflatable rafts and boats that drifted across the border from Michigan during high winds on the St. Clair River.
"The event has no official organizer and poses significant and unusual hazards given the fast-moving current, large number of participants, lack of life jackets, and as was the case this year, challenging weather conditions," the Sarnia, Ontario, Police Service said on its website.
"They were unprepared to be stranded anywhere," Staff Sgt. Scott Clarke told the Times Herald.
The event started at Port Huron's Lighthouse Beach and was supposed to end at Chrysler Beach in Marysville.
Sarnia city workers spent several hours Monday picking up beer cans, coolers, rafts even picnic tables that washed up on the Canadian shore, said spokeswoman Katarina Ovens.
"I guess they were on the rafts," she said of the picnic tables.


Employment and home building figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics have failed to shed positive light on the state of the economy.
NAB Group chief economist Alan Oster said the ABS now believes it has pinned down the seasonal adjustment issues facing the labour force survey.
"Having revised the underlying data, it now appears that seasonally adjusted employment fell in both August and September and the unemployment rate rose to 6.2 per cent," Mr Oster said.
"Employment rose 0.2 per cent in October but a compensating rise in the participation rate left the unemployment rate unchanged at 6.2 per cent," he said.
While some forward indicators, such as ANZ job ads and the NAB employment index, have gained momentum, the overall outlook for the labour market remains quite soft, Mr Oster said.
Meanwhile, forward indicators for building activity weakened in September and the recent strength now looks to have been something of a local peak.
"Private house approvals declined for the second consecutive month in September and the bumpy 'other dwelling' sector gave up its gains from the previous month (about half of them from large apartment projects)," Mr Oster said.
"HIA house sales declined in September, although new multi-unit sales recorded a strong rise," he said.


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Cisco Touts Its Cloudy Open Future – Will VMware Do The Same?
Lew Tucker is the distinguished Cloud CTO for Cisco Systems. He's a revered character in the "clouderati," community for his clear views and his support for OpenStack, the open cloud effort that is getting a lot of attention these past few weeks.
He's also a proponent of open source. In this video posted July 23, he says open source is an increasing part of Cisco's future. It's a way to give back to the community and make the world a better place. He describes how Cisco is responding to the market need for an alternative to Amazon Web Services. He says Cisco sees that as an opportunity to develop a network based service that is an integral part of OpenStack.
It's a timely video. Cisco has been an active contributor to OpenStack, especially with its involvement in the Quantum Project, an effort to build next generation virtual networks more suited to the cloud than traditional physical networks.
It's even more timely considering we now have VMware entering the OpenStack community through its acquisition of Nicira this week for $1.26 billion. Nicira is a software defined networking (SDN) technology company that is also active in OpenStack. Now that it is owned by VMware, its role in OpenStack is uncertain. Further, it raises questions about Cisco's relationship with VMware . The two have been long time partners. The proof of how that relationship unfolds may very well come down to how VMware participates in the open cloud movement.
Nicira and other companies in the SDN space have helped usher in a change in the way we view networking technology. It's now the network that is virtualized. The network can exist anywhere. Everything becomes a node. That changes everything. Now a network can be programmed on the fly. It completes the cloud triangle. Compute is virtualized. Storage is getting there. Networking is next.
But will VMware embrace OpenStack and tout an open, cloudy future? It already has Cloud Foundry, its open source platform as a service (PaaS). But in the great scope of things, Cloud Foundry plays a small role in VMware's business. The company's real muscle is in its virtualization technology where it owns the market. Will the company open it to OpenStack?
Earlier this week, I had a conversation with Joshua McKenty of Piston Cloud who helped me connect the dots about VMware and what it may ultimately do. McKenty is one of the original founders of OpenStack.
Paul Maritz' departure from VMware earlier this month signaled what was to come. Stories circulated that Cloud Foundry was spinning out and Maritz was being considered for the job. For now, he has landed at EMC as the company's chief strategist, reporting to CEO Joe Tucci. But it doesn't make sense for him just to lead Cloud Foundry. It's a tiny group. Important, but tiny. The real connection comes when you consider that EMC, VMware's parent company, is considering integrating Cloud Foundry with Greenplum, its big data analytics group. Then there is DynamicOps, the company VMware acquired earlier this month. Its technology is designed to orchestrate IT infrastructure. Nicira would complete the play, giving VMware the network virtualization backbone that until now it has not had.
Would Maritz lead this group? That would make sense. He'd be leading EMC's most important initiative. An effort that would be nothing less than turning the company's virtualization empire into one that is about delivering services on a cloud stack.
But there's a catch. Cisco and Nicira had been collaborating through OpenStack on the Quantum Project. VMware is entering a den where it may not be accepted. Especially if VCE falls apart. That's the company EMC, VMware and Cisco started to market big box, converged systems. In other words, new age mainframes.
But until the Nicira acquisition came into play, VMware's cloud strategy was not entirely clear. And that brings us back to the question about VMware's openness.
VMware seems to be admitting that the underlying infrastructure will be "federated," as my friend and analyst Krishnan Subramanian argues. It's hard to see it any other way. Infrastructures are fractured. Portability is pretty much nonexistent. Federating infrastructures would give VMware a way to build a network services environment with Nicira. Cloud Foundry would serve as the universal PaaS and Greenplum acting as an analytics engine. DynamicOps would serve as the orchestration layer.
In order for this scenario to play out, VMware would have to take a position that would be extreme by its standards. It would mean VMware making it easy to move its proprietary virtualization technology to OpenStack.
Cisco has made the move to OpenStack and through that has shown a commitment to open source efforts. It is working with other networking companies to develop a software defined network where the network goes to the application in an open environment.
Will VMware make its own jump into OpenStack? if it did then it would be a noteworthy shift for VMware and show a significant commitment to the open cloud. It would well suit OpenStack. It would mean that we see a new generation of clouds that are open yet suited to the needs of any individual organization. And it may determine what kind of relationship it has with Cisco.


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About CoP
CoP Suppliers
Your independent hub for all things Confirmation of Payee
Confirmation of Payee Network
An information centre for all CoP participants - Banks, Suppliers, etc
Supplier-agnostic - open to all
Part of Open Banking Delivery
Articles up to 20th May 2021 are now archived here (the 'About CoP' page).
CP21/6 - Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) Consultation on Phase 2 of CoP (21st May 2021)
The initial announcement is here
The submission page is here.
Submissions are due in by 30th June, 5pm.
CoP Rollout - Plain sailing or high and dry for a year?
We set up the CoP Network to inform all interested parties of progress in this vital fraud prevention service. We try to answer your questions.
Now, we have some questions to ask of YOU!
CoP is being rolled out in two Phases. Phase 1 is the basic service, Phase 2 enables Building Societies to join.
Phase 1 of CoP started last year, and the main Banks (the so-called PSR6) have implemented it, under mandate from the Payment Systems Regulator. Fraud rates for the main Banks reduced, but fraudsters now concentrate their effort onto the smaller Banks. According to one analysis 40% of APP fraud now occurs in the 15% of traffic handled by those small Banks.
Phase 2 of CoP is ultimately designed to broaden the scope of CoP to include a wider range of Banks and Building Societies, many of which use 'Roll Numbers' rather than Account Numbers. Phase 2 is intended to be live and available from the PSR6 by the end of this year, with registrations of interest accepted from July.
Therefore at some point Phase 1 would be closed, to be replaced by Phase 2. But therein lies the concern - closing Phase 1 before Phase 2 is completely available creates a time gap during which no new participants can join.
We are concerned about the likelihood that the PSR6 shall deliver full Phase 2 in time. The CoP Network have seen virtually no evidence of the PSR6 actually making preparations for Phase 2. In fact, we have been told in confidence that most have no plans, no funding, or no intention. Because it is not mandated, and this gives them a competitive advantage, we fear they may be ready to just sit and wait it out.
Are they trying to pull the wool over Pay.UK's eyes?
Big Banks typically take at least 6 months to make any change. If they can sit it out until the end of this year when the current requirement expires, then we won't be seeing any real Phase 2 capability until at least the middle of 2022.
At the same time we understand Pay.UK have plans to close Phase 1 to new participants some time in June. Some have even suggested Phase 1 applicant processing is already being wound down. If so, this would be a little surprising, if not disappointing. To be fair, it's difficult to understand why they should do this. Our own relations with key Pay.UK representatives have always been good - although of course we are outside the NDA thus limiting the scope of discussion. In a way, the NDA can be a victim of its own success - where public facts are not available, rumour fills the gap. We would like to replace rumour with detail.
If both these statements are true - June 2021 Phase 1 closure to entrants and mid-2022 for Phase 2 availability - the vast majority of Banks shall be locked out for at least a year. They shall be unable to provide this valuable service to their increasingly vulnerable customers. And fraud shall continue. Millions of customers shall be at risk, and many shall lose money - in general only about 40% of money lost by fraud is repaid to the victim.
The CoP Network is not bound by the NDA, but of course that also means we may be wrong - we are almost as blind-sided as the ordinary public. But we strongly feel that more information should be made publicly available so that Banks can make better informed decisions and the public is reassured the Financial Services industry is doing its best to protect them. Hence our questions!
What is the reality of Phase 2 CoP delivery? We'd like to be wrong, and discover it's all good. Banks, please let us know how you are doing. We would be delighted to publish good news.
What is the overall plan for transition from Phases 1 to 2? Some public clarity on plans would be welcome, and again we would be more than happy to support all contributors.
If YOU have any observations or input on any of the points in this article we would love to hear from you!
Every day, some innocent victims are being defrauded and most never get it back. Let's all do our best for them.
What is Confirmation of Payee (CoP)?
When you make an online payment, you give the sort code, account number and payee's name. Until recently, and contrary to many people's expectations, the payment validation ignores the payee's name – it only uses sort code and account number. This leaves the door open to accidentally paying the wrong person and 'Authorised Push Payment Fraud', in which a payer is led to pay into the wrong account.
An initiative led by Pay.UK is changing that, and over the last months the largest 6 Banks in the UK have also started checking the Account Name. If the Account Name you give does not match the name of account identified by the Sort Code and Account Number then you shall be asked to confirm it is the correct name.
Now that the largest 6 Banks have enabled it, over the next year or two every other payment service provider is expected to follow suit. Anecdotally, 6 participants coordinating was found to be just about manageable – the participants collaborated commendably well. However the approach is unlikely to be scalable to meet the needs of perhaps up to 100 participants each enabling their service.
What is this Website for?
CoP Implementation is likely to be undertaken by virtually every Payment Organisation over the next year or so, in a phased approach as indicated by Pay.UK. Complexities can arise as a consequence of the numbers of participants, and some of those are identified here.
The aim is to understand more of these issues and by working with all interested parties derive community-based approaches to mitigate issues.
The website can act as an information hub for all participants involved in the delivery of Confirmation of Payee.
An essential point implicit in all this is that without a degree of coordination CoP ecosystem growth may be relatively inefficient and expensive for participants to implement, and contain significant duplication of effort across participants.
We are independent of all participants, and solution/approach agnostic, happy to support all equally. The aim is to create an impartial, informal hub for communications and information to smooth the path towards implementation and delivery of this excellent initiative.
The website is currently sponsored by Non Functional Testing Ltd, and has been created by Anthony Evans. Until June 2020, Anthony was a Senior Consultant to the Open Banking Implementation Entity during which (amongst other roles) he was on the Open Banking CoP Working Group.
Initial website launched and White Paper released on LinkedIn.
The initiative arose as a consequence of conversations on LinkedIn around CoP with a wide variety of participants including:
Banks who had implemented CoP
Some who were planning to
Third Party providers of CoP services
CoP Challenges - White Paper
This White Paper highlights the types of issue that can arise in complex ecosystems such as CoP, in which many individual participants need to cooperate in order to provide this essential service. Based on original research with early CoP implementers and years of experience with the very similar Open Banking ecosystem, this paper presents probably the most comprehensive statement yet compiled about the potential challenges of implementing CoP.
Next Steps? - YOU!
We need you! A community is only as good as the people in it. Implementation and delivery of CoP can be hugely facilitated by communication between participants, and the aim of this site is to support that.
Following registration you shall then be able to access the member's area and take part in CoP community activities.
Interested? - Register!
Several initiatives are being considered:
A public information source, collating currently published information on CoP
A Blog and/or Slack Channel for participants.
MS Teams conference calls for participants.
Proposed community-based mitigation around the potential challenges raised in the White Paper.
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While I fail to see the problem with the recent rash of changes Marvel has completed over the last year or more, you need look no further than the comments sections of just about any post on the internet announcing one of them to realize that there are some very vocal people out there who don't really care for what's going on.
It starts with a cry that these are marketing ploys; something akin to the Death of Superman in the sense that it won't last too long and was only done to drum up new sales. I fail to see the problem from this angle as it's the prerogative of a company to be successful. If that success means changing something, even briefly, to become more profitable, then that's probably something the company should do. It's just good business.
It continues with a cry that these marketing ploys are "pandering" to a more diverse audience to broaden Marvel's readers. I also fail to see the problem here, aside from the use of the word "pandering". Again, a successful business targets a broad base of consumers. Why be exclusionary? From a strict business standpoint, the more people you have reading your books the better.
After these two logical arguments have been presented as to the business of running a major comic label, detractors will continue their line of objection by stating that the changes to the characters in the story makes Marvel's integrity questionable at best. That replacing beloved characters like Steve Rogers or Bruce Banner or the Odinson with equivalents such as Sam Wilson or Amadeus Cho or Jane Foster, respectively, does some sort of massive disservice to the story and the community at large.
Of course, the logical argument to this is that, if one actually reads the comics involved, then one would see that the replacements and changes are all integral to the story. Story is the important part, after all, and it wasn't as if Steve or Bruce or even the Odin-born Thor were removed inexplicably from the Marvel Universe. They continue to exist. They continue to affect the ever-unfolding fabric of the Marvel Universe because they couldn't just be brushed aside. Their story goes on though they might not get quite as much of the spotlight as they once did.
"Oh," say the commenters, "But, we don't want the all-new, all-different. We want more of the same."
To these particular dissenters, I reply: Why? Steve Rogers has been around forever and, when he died briefly not too long ago, Bucky picked up the shield until Steve returned. There was even a period where Steve was just Captain Steve Rogers, letting Bucky continue with the Captain America moniker for a while longer. Not quite as many were upset with this. Steve's story went on, Bucky's story went on. The story allowed for this to happen.
We know why, though, don't we? We know why the Sam Wilson handoff – even though it was perfectly in line with details of the story – didn't pass as quietly. It had nothing to do with integrating mechanical wings into the stars-and-bars motif, either.
It's the same reason that so much controversy was generated when a woman picked up the fallen Mjolnir after Thor Odinson was rendered unworthy. It's also the same reason people are going insane that a Korean man (who has been a staple in the Marvel Universe for longer than most "fans" probably know) is slated to replace Bruce Banner.
It's the same reason that Miles Morales freaked so many people out back in 2011.
When I was a kid, I grew up reading comics. My first love was the X-Men (followed shortly by Batman, but that is another blog entry).
I loved the X-Men because it was a team of people with crazy powers. All the characters had such different voices and looks. It was vibrant and different and some people looked practically inhuman (not a cross-reference). It was way different than watching reruns of Challenge of the Super Friends because not everyone was running around in a mask. They showed the X-Men at play as well as at work. There were actual inter-character relationships working there. It was intricate and engaging and not just good guys/bad guys because you had characters like Wolverine – the consummate anti-hero – and Magneto – the guy who was bad but not really but really but not really. You know what I mean.
No, I didn't really have all these feelings when I was a kid because I didn't know how to define them. As an adult, I can tell you about this with much more articulation. I liked the X-Men because they were all different.
The X-Men were all outcasts from society; sometimes because of their powers but, more often than not, because of their appearance. I related to them because I was in a similar predicament, growing up a different color from most of the kids around me. I was a pariah, I was looked at differently, and I always hoped I would find out someday that I was a mutant. Aside from Wolverine, my favorites were Beast and Nightcrawler because, out of the lineup at the time, they were the least human in appearance. Also because Beast was super smart and Nightcrawler could teleport (a power I coveted highly).
As I got older and the comic progressed, somewhere in my early teens, I related to the two of them even further. Nightcrawler had a crisis of faith and became a Catholic priest for a time (something that, until I was like 12, I had possibly considered) and later, Beast continuing to mutate into something more feline, getting further away from his humanity.
My point (before this backstory drags on any further) is that I loved the X-Men because they took in anyone. They gave a home to people who were dealing with some serious issues. I related to that because, as a weird, intelligent, brown kid in a white neighborhood, I never really felt like I fit in. It's why I continued to read comics. It's why I wanted to write. I realized because of the X-Men that there might be a hero out there who was like me.
Marvel expanding its universe to be inclusive is possibly the best thing they could have ever done. Introducing characters like Miles Morales and Kamala Khan… Elevating characters like Sam Wilson, Carol Danvers, Jane Foster, Amadeus Cho, and even Laura Kinney (that's X-23 to you noobs)… This is what we need. The little kid reading three-month old issues of X-Men Classic about Wolverine and Storm (mainly) taking on the Brood – one of the first comics I ever owned – is cheering for the kids who are picking up the books now and finding heroes to whom they can directly relate – showing them that they can be super, too.
Purists will brush off this entire blog entry. I wonder, honestly, through the veil of anonymity that is the internet, why they call themselves "purists".
A true comic book purist accepts canon as gospel. What the company says goes. If they say Steve Rogers had his serum stripped from him, then he has. If they say Bucky didn't want to pick up the shield again, then he does not. If they say that Sam Wilson was next in line for the throne, then bow to your new king and STFU. A comic book purist would accept the changes and be excited about the directions the story will take from this point on.
Instead, these "purists" seem to be more concerned with the color of Sam's skin and what it means that a strong Black character is holding the shield and bearing the mantle of Captain America. They get upset about the rumors that Peter Parker wants to retire from crime fighting to run his new company (which, admittedly, was built by Doc Ock as "Superior" Peter) and hand the role over to Miles Morales, a half-Black-half-Puerto Rican kid who has proven himself an amazing (not reference humor) Spider-Man in another universe. The rumor is that Banner will do the same (or be otherwise depowered), leaving room for Amadeus Cho to put on the purple pants of destiny.
"NO!" they scream, "You're taking away our heroes for the sake of colorwashing the cast! You can't just make all that history disappear!"
Colorwashing, by the way, is a despicable term. If you use this, please unfriend me and never come here again.
No one is taking anyone away. They are staying. No legacies have been eliminated. No timelines have been changed (well, unless you're Spidey, then who knows). Their stories go on. And, as far as them not wanting to see action anymore, can you blame them? How many times has Peter Parker skirted death, caused the death of loved ones, cause property damage… how many more happy returns can there be? If someone else is capable, can't he put down the power and the responsibility and let it be taken up by someone a little younger? Someone who has more of the drive? Hasn't Peter deserved a little bit of the reward for all that risk over the years? Steve Rogers has been fighting for America since World War II. Can't he have a little break where he's not freaking dead?
Don't even get me started on Banner…
The "All-New, All-Different" Marvel Universe, in my opinion, is shaping up to be fantastic. People will hate it. We know why. It is nice, however, to see one of the big comic labels recognizing that diversity is important. Not only does it allow the kid that I was see someone more like me being a superhero, but those kids like me will also read stories that are more relatable to their own lives.
DC has miles to go before they can even think of catching up. In fact, if DC did something similar now, THAT would be the real disingenuous pandering marketing ploy.
Keep making mine Marvel. Marvel, please keep making Marvel ours.
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Chenin Blanc: Chenin Blanc is a white wine grape variety. If you are looking for a medium-bodied, crisp and fruity wine, Chenin blanc is the best option to gift. The best expression of Chenin Blanc as a dry wine is flavour of quince and apples. This wine is quite a surprise with a lengthy and expected finish. This wine is easily available at Sula Vineyards, York Winery, Vintage Wines, Mountain View Wines, Zamba Wines and Vallonne Wines.
Sauvignon Blanc:Sauvignon Blanc is a green-skinned grape variety developing a crisp, parched and refreshing white varietal wine. Sauvignon Blanc when slightly chilled, pairs well with fish, cheese or sushi. Sauvignon Blanc, one of the premium wines, is easily available at all the Vineyards in and around Nashik.
Viognier: Viognier is a white wine grape variety. This wine has the potential to produce full-bodied wines with a lush, soft character. It is well recognized for its floral aroma. Aging these wines will often yield in a very crisp drinking wine which is almost completely flat in nose. So the older, the better!! The highly aromatic and fruit forward nature of the grape allows Viognier to pair well spicy foods such as Thai Cuisines. It is only available at Sula Vineyards.
Merlot: Merlot is one of the world's most recognized red wine grape varieties. This wine is easy to drink, especially for amateurs, mainly because of its softness. This wine has made it an "introducing" wine for new red wine drinkers. It is easily available at York Winery, Sula Vineyards, Chateau d'Ori and Vallonne.
Rose: Rose is regarded as the 'ladies drink' because of its appealing taste, just like the ladies!! It is one of the oldest and safest known types of wine, as it has the most candid way of producing the wine, that is, with the grape skin. Its pink color can range from onion-skin orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the grape varieties, just like its sweetness level. This wine is available at York Winery, Sula Vineyards, Chateau d'Ori, Mountain View Wines and Zamba Wines.
Shiraz: Syrah, particularly known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety primarily used to produce red wine. Shiraz is majorly used as a varietal and a blending grape, due to its fleshy, fruit mid-palate, thus, balancing the weaknesses of other varieties and resulting in a "complete" wine. Shiraz allows the wines produced from grape to have a favorable aging potential, which potentially improves the quality of wine. Its less-extracted styles may be enjoyed young for their red and blueberry characters and its smooth structure. This wine is best available at York Winery, who has an outstanding gold medal reserve Shiraz, aged in oak, to its name. It is also available at all other Vineyards.
Cabernet Sauvignon: Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape variety. This wine is very bold and assertive that has the potential to engulf light and delicate dishes. It has high levels of alcohols that do not pair well with spicy foods. This wine is available at Sula Vineyards, York Winery, Chateau d'Ori, Vintage Wines, Zampa Wines and Vallone.
Sparkling Brut or Sparkling Wines: The classic example of Sparkling wine is "Champagne". As we all know, Champagne instigates the journey of great love affairs or even considered as a mark of celebration for our glorious combatants. It is usually white or rose. The sweetness of sparkling wine can range from very dry "brut" styles to sweeter "doux" varieties. Sparkling Wines, with lower carbon dioxide pressure, gives you an additional creamy mouth-feel rather than a fizzy one. This wine is available at Sula Vineyards.
What's happening in Nashik is nothing short of a revolution in wines and wine making, and movement can only gather momentum. Francis Bacon best compares wine with a series of ageless companions as: "Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read." So buck up you old friends, celebrate old friendship with wine and sugary giggles.


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FDA Attacks Brain Health Supplements
Category: Reform Healthcare
We think this is to pave the way for a new blockbuster drug. Action Alert!
In October we told you about a potential new blockbuster drug for Alzheimer's from drug giant Eli Lilly. Solanezumab is in the third and final phase of FDA drug trials, and if approved, could bring in at least $7.6 billion in sales by 2024 and probably much more. Other drug companies also have "big" Alzheimer's drugs in the works.
Now the FDA has sent warning letters to five supplement companies targeting the supplement picamilon, which may help with Alzheimer's, anxiety, and general brain health. It is a combination of natural ingredients niacin (vitamin B3) and GABA, a substance our body makes from the amino acid glutamine. This particular combination crosses the blood–brain barrier more effectively than GABA alone. The FDA, however, claims that picamilon does not meet the statutory definition of a dietary supplement because it is neither a vitamin, nor (in its combined form) a completely organic substance, nor a minor component of foods. The agency says that although picamilon can be synthesized from niacin, it is a different chemical entity, and is therefore "adulterated."
According to the Dietary Supplement Label Database, forty-eight supplements currently list picamilon as an ingredient on the label. There is no public record of a single adverse event report with picamilon. It has also been widely used by doctors in Europe for decades, although it may be an approved drug there. It will never be an approved drug in the US, because it is natural and therefore cannot be patented. Not being patentable, no company will pay billions for FDA approval.
Fortunately there are other natural ways to get GABA to the brain, but we are reluctant even to mention them, lest the FDA go after them too.
One observer noted that "almost all vitamins and minerals are bound to some salt or compound for stability of the molecule, and usually for better bioavailability"—meaning that the same logic could be used to target any number of supplements on the market.
The FDA's attack on picamilon appears to be an attempt to give Big Pharma an unobstructed playing field for their Alzheimer's drug. Picamilon is the perfect ingredient to attack if you want to rewrite DSHEA (the law governing supplements) without actually rewriting it—simply because picamilon has very small sales and is too "small potatoes" for anyone to mount a major protest. But banning it sets a massive legal precedent that could affect countless other supplements. It could have devastating ramifications for the supplement industry.
Action Alert! Write to the FDA and tell them that picamilon is not a synthetic drug at all, and needs to stay on supplement store shelves! Please send your message immediately.
Other articles in this week's Pulse of Natural Health:
FDA, Allied Monopolists, and Allied Media Continue War on Medical Testing Innovation
New Study: GMO Crop Contamination Spreading
16 responses to "FDA Attacks Brain Health Supplements"
I.M. Pistoff says:
They'll die miserable deaths, though not soon enough.
The bastards want every last penny any way they can get it without any real concern for people's health. Such is life in the fascist country we live in. Pass the aspartame…
Robert Morrow says:
Just how much Payola from the Pharmaceuticals is going to grease the palms of scum bag Politicians and Bureaucrats? The FDA approves high price, high profit drugs that kill over 100,000 citizen each year as these scum are in the pocket of the Pharmaceuticals. Yet you will never hear anything about it. I know, as time and time again I have brought this to the attention of my scum bag politicians that stare like zombies and more worried about the payola then they are about the people.
DL says:
Yep. The drug that killed those people recently in the clinical trial in France was a drug made from cannabis. They took a naturally occurring medicinal herb and tried to adulterate it into something big pharma could make a billion on. They don't want us to have access to anything natural that works. No money it for them.
Writing the FDA is futile and is the wrong Argument. The FDA does not have the Constitutional authority to ban any substance, period. If you are denied access to Picamilon, you have standing to sue.
I see this site is censoring my
legitimate posts, can't let the people be informed about the truth.
Pamela Ann Arky says:
Are you a shill? You sound like one.
Sir David Haddon says:
THE FDA IS SO CORRUPT AND OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAS HIRED X EMPLOYEE'S OF MONSANTO,,,, DOES THAT TELL YOU HOW CORRUPT THEY ARE? NOTHING WILL EVER GET DONE WITH ANYTHING NATURAL WHEN YOU HAVE A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT TAKING CORRUPT MONEY FROM BIG BUSINESS, 2015 MONSANTO SPENT 6.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN SPECIAL INTEREST CASH TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE DARK ABOUT GMO SEED FOOD AND THE POISON PESTICIDES THEY SPRAY ON OUR CROPS TILL THE DAY THEY ARE HARVESTED… HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE A BAN ON GMO, AND THE ROUNDUP CANCER CAUSING PESTICIDE THAT IS WIDELY USED IN AMERICA,,, THEY CAUSE EVERY KNOWN CANCER AND EVERY KNOWN PLAGUE OF THE 21st. CENTURY ONLY TO MAKE MORE MONEY FOR BIG PHARMA TO SELL HUNDRED$ OF BILLION$ OF DOLLAR$ IN DRUG$… OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS MORE CORRUPT THAN RUSSIA,,,,,,,,,,
Tactical111 says:
Do your own research, eat healthy and organic as much as possible and DON'T buy poison Pharma concoctions. Starve the Beast. Coconut oil cures Alzheimer's as shown by Dr. Mary Newport who gave it to her husband. She's on Youtube if you want to find it.
Mike at PricePlow says:
Thank you for linking to our article. We agree with the sentiment that the FDA should have no legal authority to do what they did (especially with a seemingly DSHEA-compliant compound!), but their choice of attacking picamilon was smart: nobody cares about it enough to spend the resources to fight it. They set up a nice slippery slope, but nobody cares about it. Question is, what's next, and will anybody fight that one either?
rickart says:
Merck sued mother nature and thereby won its patent on a (one) Statin. Made billions on bogus cholesterol drugs, now many years later we know lipitor etc, cause more harm than good. Sounds un-real but true. Now they want folics, or even just ONE , like you said – it becomes a precedent
…regardless natural or not – they want it all.
wa3zgt says:
The FDA will now target and ban other similar supplements, like SAM-e, that are safe and effective — MORE safe & effective than R/X Drugs — for psychiatric and medical conditions.
UNLESS a supplement is really hurting people, they should not ban it.
The FDA should NOT ban supplements just so Big Pharma can get even bigger !
IF this is an open, democratic and "free market", why not let ALL types of medicine compete ?
justified says:
tarbella says:
Excuses, excuses, excuses. They will blame us for breathing if they thought a new breathing machine would help us breath better…and then charge us sky high for using it. While there are many pills and other things out there that can really help, how about the many that can't [ just look at the TV ads ] ? Money, money, money is in their eyes more than caring about people. Greed and power can become and for many have become their God. Foods, herbs, spices, etc, came from God to help us stay healthy, not boiled down natural things that are turned into pills and other medications. God has allowed there to be doctors and medicines because we as a nation have ruined the natural and organic ways of farming, producing the products that God has given us…and why, because of greed. Organic is the way to go, but men of greed don't want that, no they want to use us as Guinea pigs by putting out things like GMO and other chemicals that we ingest every day. Make us sick and we will have to go to a doctor and most likely have to pay big bucks to get well. I am grateful that there are still some doctors that I know are still around helping those that truly need it and are not just out to get rich or famous, but just plain care for others…more than for themselves. These are the people that God smiles upon and loves so much and I know will have a place in his kingdom. The others that don't change I'm afraid will end up in a bad situation that is mentioned in Revelations and Daniel…and they will beg for help and there will be none. And since I know we're in the end times, this thing that's coming is only around the corner.
Ben William says:
The FDA is yet another one of those lessons of big centralized government. When the FDA was unwrapped from it's pretty box the sales pitch was… "It's here to protect you" Years later, there is no pretension that the FDA was created to 'protect' large corporations from us and their competitors.
wermfood says:
The further down the rabbit hole you go, you find that that all of this has a very simple and satisfying explanation. There is a cartel of petro-chemical industrialists who together control big pharma and big Agra pretty much on a global scale,- this done through the evolution of codex ailimentarius. This cartel is engineering a depopulation of the planet. No big deal unless you yourself don't want to die of nutritional deficiencies or poisoning. A toxic and nutritionally deficient food supply is critical to their goal. We can help them achieve their goal by encouraging government officials to go along to get along.
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'Southland' Wins Its Hour in All Key Categories and 'Parks and Recreation' Delivers Big Builds at 8:30
NBC spins the numbers for Thursday, April 16.
'SOUTHLAND' TOPS 'HARPER'S ISLAND' BY A DECISIVE 41 PERCENT MARGIN IN ADULTS 18-49, UP FROM 23 PERCENT A WEEK EARLIER
'SOUTHLAND' RETAINS 97 PERCENT OF ITS POTENT PREMIERE-WEEK RATING IN ADULTS 18-49 AND 100 PERCENT IN ADULTS 18-34
'PARKS AND RECREATION' BUILDS ON ITS 'EARL' LEAD-IN BY 19 PERCENT IN 18-49, AND WINS ITS SLOT IN 18-34
'THE OFFICE' IS THE #1 SHOW OF THE NIGHT ON ANY NETWORK IN ADULTS 18-49
'30 ROCK' SCORES ITS HIGHEST 18-49 RATING SINCE MARCH 5, UP 13 PERCENT VERSUS THE PRIOR WEEK
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. � April 17, 2009 � NBC's new Thursday series "Southland" and "Parks and Recreation" continued to post strong numbers in their second original telecasts, while "The Office" for the second week in a row emerged from the Thursday fray as the #1 show of the night in primetime's key demographic of adults 18-49, according to "fast affiliate-based" "live plus same day" viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.
Last night at 8 p.m. ET, "My Name is Earl" (2.1 rating, 7 share in 18-49, 5.3 million viewers overall) ranked #1 in its competitive time period in men 18-34 and #2 among men 18-49 and 25-54.
At 8:30 p.m. ET, "Parks and Recreation" (2.5/7 in 18-49, 5.9 million viewers overall) built on its "Earl" lead-in by 19 percent in adults 18-49, the biggest build on an 8-8:30 p.m. "Earl" original in nearly two years (since April 26, 2007). In total viewers, "Parks" built by 12 percent on its lead-in. "Parks & Recreation" ranked #1 in its time slot in adults 18-34 and men 18-34, pending updates, topping CBS's "Survivor," Fox's "Bones" and ABC's "Samantha Who" in those demos.
"Parks and Recreation" improved on NBC's season-to-date average for this time period prior to "Parks" by 14 percent in adults 18-49 (2.5 vs. 2.2, "live plus same day") and by 25 percent in adults 18-34 (2.5 vs. 2.0).
At 9 p.m. ET, "The Office" (4.1/11 in 18-49, 8.2 million viewers overall) was the #1 telecast of the night in adults 18-49. "The Office" won its time period in adults and men 18-49 and adults, men and women 18-34, topping CBS's "CSI," Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and ABC's encore "Grey's Anatomy" in those key demographics. Versus the prior week, "The Office" increased 5 percent in adults 18-49 (4.1 vs. 3.9).
At 9:30 p.m. ET, "30 Rock" (3.5/9 in 18-49, 7.3 million viewers overall) scored its highest 18-49 rating since March 5 and its biggest overall viewership since February 12, pending updates. Week-to-week, "30 Rock" gained 13 percent in 18-49 (3.5 vs. 3.1) and 7 percent in total viewers (7.3 million vs. 6.8 million). "30 Rock" finished within 0.3 of a rating point of the slot lead in adults 18-49 and won the time period in adults, men and women 18-34 and men 18-49.
At 10 p.m. ET, "Southland" (3.1/9 in 18-49, 9.6 million viewers overall) dominated its time period in adults 18-49 and won the hour in every key ratings category. In adults 18-49, the "Southland" margin of victory was a decisive 41 percent (3.1 vs. a 2.2 for CBS's "Harper's Island" in second place). Last week, this margin was 23 percent. In adults 18-34, last night's margin of victory was 56 percent (2.5 vs. a 1.6 for "Harper's"). Pending updates, "Southland" is currently topping the CBS-ABC competition combined in the hour in all key adult-male demographics.
In its second week, "Southland" retained a potent 97 percent of its robust 18-49 rating from its week-ago premiere (3.1 vs. 3.2), while maintaining 100 percent of its adult 18-34 rating (a 2.5 both weeks). In total viewers, "Southland" retained 97 percent of its premiere results (9.6 million vs. 9.9 million, pending updates).
From half-hour to half-hour, "Southland" maintained its 3.1 rating in adults 18-49 and increased its overall viewership by 2 percent (to 9.7 million from 9.5 million), while both CBS's "Harper's Island" and ABC's "Private Practice" encore declined half-hour to half-hour in both categories.
NBC is currently #2 for the night in adults 18-49 (tied), within 0.2 of a rating point of CBS. NBC is #1 for the night among adults 18-34, men 18-34 and men 18-49, and tied for #1 among women 18-34.
Preliminary 18-49 averages for Thursday night are: CBS, 3.2/9; NBC and Fox, 3.0/9; ABC, 1.4/4; and CW, 0.7/2. In overall total viewers, April 16 preliminary results are: CBS, 11.7 million; Fox, 8.4 million; NBC, 7.6 million; ABC 4.8 million; CW, 1.8 million.
Note that all national ratings are "live plus same day" unless otherwise indicated.
· 30 ROCK (NBC)
· CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS)
· GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
· HARPER'S ISLAND (CBS)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· MY NAME IS EARL (NBC)
· OFFICE, THE (NBC)
· PARKS & RECREATION (NBC)
· PRIVATE PRACTICE (ABC)
· SAMANTHA WHO? (ABC)
· SOUTHLAND (TNT)
· SURVIVOR (CBS)


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Dating and romance scams cost Australians more than $21 million in 2011, with more than 2100 people reporting scammers to the ACCC.
To help combat the growing problem and support efforts by dating and romance websites, the ACCC recently launched voluntary guidelines for the industry.
The guidelines were developed by a working group comprising dating website operators and the ACCC.
'Online dating is an increasingly common way for people to meet each other. However, the growing number of scammers undermining public trust in legitimate businesses is an area of concern to the ACCC,' Deputy Chair Dr Michael Schaper said.
'These scams often involve a genuine user of a dating website being contacted by a potential admirer, who is actually a scammer in disguise.
'After forming a relationship with the victim, the scammer plays on emotional triggers to get the victim to provide money, gifts or personal details.
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text: News conference following meetings of Customs Union Supreme Governing Body and Eurasian Economic Community Interstate Council 2010-12-09 22:00:00 President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev: Members of the Interstate Council, ladies and gentlemen, Today, during the EurAsEC Interstate Council meeting at the heads-of-state level, we looked into a large number of issues concerning the main trends in developing the Eurasian Economic Community, the Customs Union, and EurAsEC's Common Economic Space. In just ten years, we have achieved a great deal. During the EurAsEC Interstate Council meeting, we examined the outcomes of the Customs Union's first year and our progress in forming a legal foundation for the Common Economic Space. I would like to note that the Customs Union between our three states has now been functioning for a year. When it was created, our goal was to eliminate barriers to mutual trade, create joint businesses, and make investing into our nations' economies more attractive. All of this is already happening. Our nations' businesses reacted enthusiastically. For example, exports from Kazakhstan to Russia grew by 38 per cent, and exports to Belarus grew 2.5-fold. I think that these states can say the same with regard to Kazakhstan. Businesses received a 50-day grace for payment of import VAT and excise taxes. The cost of cargo declaration has been reduced by 70 euro. This is a significant support for our nations' businesses. The Kazakhstani side, and indeed, all of us, are satisfied with today's work. We signed the Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement on the Customs Union Commission, and approved the structure of the Expert Council within the Customs Union framework. A very important outcome of our meeting was the adoption of many agreements on the legal framework for the Common Economic Space – an agreement on coordinated principles of monetary policy, the creation of financial markets' conditions, and an agreement on macroeconomic policy. We worked on the agreements concerning regulation of natural monopolies, oil and gas, agriculture, competition, trade in industrial subsidy services, and intellectual property. Now, our experts should undertake all the necessary intrastate procedures for these documents to enter into force, so that the Common Economic Space starts functioning from January 1, 2012. Then, we will coordinate our economic policies, ensure the free movement of capital, services, and labour, and provide Common Economic Space member states with access to infrastructure. Based on the outcomes of the meetings, we adopted a declaration on the formation of the Common Economic Space between the Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation. This declaration will be circulated through the media. In the declaration, we confirmed that we have done an enormous amount of work with our experts, that during this time, we travelled a long way toward our goals, and that the adoption of these documents brings us closer to the creation of the Eurasian economic union of states. This space will start functioning from January 1, 2012 and will be open for other states to join. As for the outcomes of the entire pentalateral EurAsEC talks, we adopted important documents in this format as well. In particular, we signed an agreement on access to courts for economic entities within EurAsEC; we also confirmed the list of events for the 2011–2013. Today we also chose the next EurAsEC Interstate Council chairperson: President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. The next Interstate Council meeting at the heads-of-state level will be held next year (in the second half of the year) in the Russian Federation. We are determined to continue this work. The enormous work carried out within the framework of the Customs Union and the creation of the Common Economic Space is recognised by other states around the world. This year, in order to ensure the Customs Union's legal standing on the international arena, our three nations have begun talks with New Zealand and member states of the European Free Trade Association, which includes Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein, and Iceland, in order to establish a free trade zone for the free movement of goods and services. The signing of such documents and the beginning of talks with these nations means that the Union is being recognised there as an international trade operator. This is a major achievement for all our nations. All the integration processes that were taking place in the CIS – which we spoke about throughout all those years – as well as the Customs Union and Common Economic Space, are now materialising in practice. We now fully desire to make this Union and this space interesting, and we are open to all interested states. These interested states will need to undergo the same procedures that we ourselves underwent. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: Ladies and gentlemen, Overall, I think that we worked very well today. I am not going to repeat everything that Mr Nazarbayev has already said. Indeed, we have achieved a lot recently. I would like to begin my opening remarks by thanking everyone who participated in preparing the enormous number of documents – documents that were examined by the Supreme Governing Body of the Customs Union and the EurAsEC Interstate Council. This work was unprecedented in its complexity and intensity. I mentioned to my colleagues that we met in Minsk just over a year ago and agreed to work quickly. But I will tell you honestly, I had some doubts on whether we would be able to move that rapidly. After all, many of our partners in the European Union took significantly longer to prepare corresponding documents. Granted, EurAsEC itself is already marking its tenth anniversary. But nevertheless, this intensive, work in regulatory development was done very quickly. Thus, I would like to thank everyone who participated in preparing these documents – first and foremost, from the governments of Kazakhstan, Belarus and the Russian Federation. They truly helped us to make highly important decisions today. We were able to launch the mechanisms that, I believe, will have very serious results very soon. For my part, I would like to thank my present colleagues – the President of Kazakhstan and the President of Belarus – for making it possible to exercise political will and be ready to sign these exceedingly important documents in a very short period of time. Yes, it was sometimes difficult; there were disputes, which were occasionally very heated and emotional. But ultimately, we agreed upon documents concerning the functioning of the Customs Union and documents determining a wide range of critical issues in our bilateral and trilateral relations, including well-known issues pertaining to customs duties on oil products and certain other matters. I feel that this is very important. What's most important is that in this situation, we demonstrated the necessary amount of political will to come to an agreement, keeping in mind that the effects of these agreements will not all be evident immediately; others will be manifested after some time, when we form the Eurasian Union and create a common market between the participating states. The President of Kazakhstan just talked about the interest that has been expressed toward the Customs Union, and consequently, the Common Economic Space and future Eurasian Union, by a number of integration associations. They are truly interested in creating corresponding free trade zones with us. This implies a qualitative change in the situation. Our integration union, our association, is emerging and is being recognised by most economic players – serious economic players – as an independent, self-sufficient, and very important partner in trade and investment. Indeed, that is exactly what we have been striving for, and this topic was the subject of the economic declaration we passed today, where we made note of the progress and final goal that we have set for ourselves: the creation of the Eurasian Union. I think that we can be satisfied with today's work. It is certainly a step forward. I want to once again thank my colleagues and the teams representing Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia for their work. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko: Friends, Everything has already been said really on the matters that we addressed at our meetings today. But I want to talk about one thing that directly concerns not only Russia and Kazakhstan, but above all Belarus. After all, Russia and Kazakhstan are both large, wealthy countries rich in fossil fuels. This is all wonderful of course, and I mean this in a good sense… Dmitry Medvedev: I understand. Alexander Lukashenko: Of course we took a very cautious line towards many issues that I spoke about often, but this caution was not strategic in nature, rather, these concerns, or perhaps prejudices, were about issues we could face now and in the future. Today we have established the Common Economic Space. We have signed all 17 documents laying its foundation, but signing these agreements required us to first settle the misunderstandings that were spoiling our relations. To sign these agreements we first had to resolve today's problems. This concerned the issue of customs duties between Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, for example, customs duties on the oil products and oil supplied to Belarus, which the Russian President mentioned just before. Such duties were imposed in the past. I want to thank all Russians and the Russian leadership for organising a meeting between the Belarusian and Russian delegations, headed by our countries' respective heads of state, here at the Kremlin, to settle these issues before the Customs Union meeting began. In other words, we cleared the way to signing all 17 documents on the Common Economic Space. This was extremely important for Belarus because our country very much needed to end this system of customs duties on the oil we import, in particular from Russia. We have now ended internal customs duties on petroleum products, and also very important, have lifted duties on delivery of Russian raw materials for our petrochemical plants. But the biggest result is that companies from Kazakhstan, Russia, and above all Belarus – and this is very important for us – can now compete freely within the customs space in our three countries. This is a big step forward. We need to remember that despite the various problems we faced this year, trade between Russia and Belarus grew by around 50 percent, and trade between Belarus and Kazakhstan increased by a similar figure. I am sure that trade between Kazakhstan and Russia will also post equally good results. In other words, we have seen trade really bounce back after the severe economic crisis. We promised to draft common agreements on the Common Economic Space, and we will ratify them. I assure my partners once again that we in Belarus will do this earlier than in Russia and Kazakhstan. Mr Medvedev said that Russia also has no problems in this regard, and I am sure that Kazakhstan too will ratify these documents very soon and they will take effect, but the Belarusians will most definitely do this by January 1. Mr Medvedev said just now that by establishing the Common Economic Space we also need to prepare ourselves legally and psychologically for entering a new stage in building our relations, for building what he called the 'Eurasian Union'. I fully support this idea. Belarus, its experts and its leaders, will work actively on this. I think that in the coming six months we can settle the various issues and establish this Eurasian Union, which would be a strong grouping in this part of the world. In the end, I'm afraid I'm going to have to disappoint those who were hoping to see divisions and differences among us. Everything has turned out the opposite and we have worked well and achieved a real advance in our relations. Question: I have a question for all three presidents. How will the Common Economic Space, the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Community help the countries in the post-Soviet region in their economic integration? Dmitry Medvedev: Essentially, we already answered this question in all we have just said, and our statements could be seen as also being answers to the questions that you had before the news conference began. I simply want to bring it to the attention of all present that, despite the fact that these kinds of agreements are never easy to conclude and always involve plenty of debate and emotions, we have been brave enough to settle everything in a short time and in many cases have taken decisions that perhaps create some problems at the tactical level, but that at the strategic level will open a new stage in the cooperation between us. This is the position Russia has taken and we think this is the right position, because it is extremely important for future generations that we finally lay the foundations for real and true integration, the kind of integration that the Common Economic Space and the future Eurasian Union represent. This is real integration that brings with it new opportunities, the same kinds of opportunities that have benefited other countries that have established common markets and make coordinated economic decisions. This represents free movement for goods, services and people, no customs barriers, and a common policy. These are the benefits that this kind of integration offers us. Ultimately, this represents a new quality of life. We all see when we go to Europe, what benefits they have gained from their economic integration. Yes, they do have their problems too, of course, and different countries there have different economic development levels, but at least when problems do arise, which is the sad reality in economic life, they can work together to solve them. The crisis has shown just how important many of the potential mechanisms can be. These mechanisms have helped a number of countries ensure the needed support for their common currency, the euro. Despite the current difficulties, I am sure that they will succeed in solving their problems. I think they will succeed because they have mechanisms that work and that have a direct impact on the living standards of the people living within this common market. This is our goal too. We want other countries to build respectful and mutually beneficial relations with our countries, and we want our market, our common market, to be attractive for other countries. The examples that Mr Nazarbayev gave, that I gave, and that Mr Lukashenko has just mentioned, show that we can reach the kind of integration that will make us attractive for foreign partners. We can become clear and predictable countries with a common set of rules, and it is this that will ensure the mutual support and assistance that you are asking about. Alexander Lukashenko: What will it give? You no doubt follow economic statistics too, and you see that the world is recovering now from the economic crisis. Many countries are happy to see even a small increase in GDP, if only 1–1.5 or 2 percent, but Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus expect GDP growth of 6–7 percent this year, and in Belarus we think we will have a result of around 8 percent. This is also thanks to our economic unity. I just mentioned before that our trade increased by 50 percent. Can you name any other countries that have seen such a big jump in trade? I already spoke about the benefits for the Belarusian economy, especially considering that we have settled the matter of duties on oil. Difficult negotiations are in process, but I think we will be able to settle the natural gas issue too. Most important of all that today we have the chance to make use of our experience, our invaluable experience of life together as part of a single country in the past, and of cooperation within the CIS, which is about to turn twenty very soon, isn't it? The main thing is that this has formed a common mentality and outlook, and this is also something that we can use to our advantage. Most important for all three countries is that this market we have established unites not 10 million, not 10–15 million, or even 140 million people, but a whole 170 million people, and this in itself is an invaluable asset. The benefits and advantages in what we are doing are therefore eminently clear. In economic terms this amounts to a country with 170 million people. Question: I have a question for the President of Kazakhstan. What effect can Kazakhstan expect on January 1, 2012, and what is the difference between the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space that you have just agreed on? Nursultan Nazarbayev: Let me say here with my colleagues present that, unfortunately, there has not been enough explanation in our countries of what exactly we are doing. People are always asking basic questions like what this will bring us, what results we can expect? Just look at the way the European Union moved towards integration. It took them 35 years to reach this point, but we have covered this ground in 10 years, because this is something that will benefit our countries. People ask whether this will cost us any of our sovereignty or independence. This is absolutely not the case. Far from losing anything we will only gain from this integration. But at the same time, this kind of integration does involve making some concessions. We have agreed on a set of common rules that we signed today, including a rule that our countries must not run a budget deficit of more than three percent. Furthermore, we set parameters for inflation too. In Kazakhstan, for example, we have the lowest rate of 6 percent, and we must not let inflation grow by more than half this figure, that is, reach more than 9 percent. This does set certain limits, but how will our economies live otherwise? I named a few figures, for example, in the past, the first declaration for goods crossing the border cost 50 euros, and then there was an additional cost of 20 euros. In other words, each businessperson paid 70 euros when crossing the border. VAT was deferred by 50 days. Now businesses have felt the benefits of our work and see that this money now remains in their own pockets. To be honest, it is Russia that carries the biggest burden in our integration efforts, and we should thank the Russian President and Government and everyone for the work they are doing for the sake of our future. But even in Russia's case there are benefits to be gained too. Russia loses, for example, by abolishing customs duties on rail transport, but a 1.5-fold increase in rail freight would offset this loss completely. Russia loses by abolishing oil and gas transport duties, but the increase in volumes being transported will make up for this. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this integration has a strategic political dimension that looks to the future, because our security and defence of each other begins with the economy, with the market. This is the starting point for everything else. There is also the question of competition. If we cannot compete in the common market our three countries form, how can we expect to compete on other countries' markets? Some could say that Belarus will be flooded by Russian goods or Kazakhstani goods, say, and local producers will suffer, but let the local producers get to work then and compete. If our local producers cannot compete in this environment, how can we expect to develop further? This is an incentive for our producers to get themselves into shape and improve their business processes, cut costs, increase labour productivity. This is a real advantage, a precise and tangible benefit, but we need to explain all of this properly. Our deputy prime ministers heading the groups working on these matters are now real experts in the area. Wake them in the middle of the night and they will be able to recite like their prayers all the figures related to this work. We need to explain all of this to our public, and I ask the media to please join this effort to properly explain all of this. We are sure that other CIS countries will become increasingly interested in joining this group. I already mentioned that other countries and entire groups are showing interest and have recognised our Customs Union and recognise the Common Economic Space. I want to finish by saying just how important it is that we have established the conditions now for actually building this Eurasian Union that I spoke about 16 years ago within the walls of Moscow State University. Question: I have a question for the President of Belarus. You spoke about creating the Eurasian Economic Union now, and the declaration on the Common Economic Space states this as a goal towards which the three countries will work. But could you give some more detail on just how Belarus sees this Eurasian Economic Union? How will Belarus develop and build its relations with the European Union? Alexander Lukashenko: You did not hear me quite right. I spoke more about the Eurasian Union – and I think the Presidents of Kazakhstan and Russia have just addressed this same matter too – in the sense that this is not just about the economy. The Russian President said just now too that although we have the Eurasian Economic Community, for example, we also coordinate our foreign policy activities too. We have the CSTO, and all three of our countries are members of this organisation, in which we coordinate our military security. We coordinate our activities in all of the different areas needed for our economies. I said before that this goes beyond purely economic relations and represents a deeper level of integration. All three of us have said the same thing. As for the issue of how we will build our relations with the European Union, there are civilisation-based vectors and principles, and we will follow them. My two colleagues rightly noted that the European Union is looking now at how to develop its relations with us. This is a two-way street after all, and we have no need to always be the ones fretting about how we are going to adapt to others, build our ties with others. Let others also think about how they are going to adapt to us, work with us. This is more important. All three of us have already said that this integration will make us stronger. Only the strong earn respect in this world. This union will make Belarus stronger. I certainly hope that we can keep up the pace that we have set in establishing the Common Economic Space. If we keep moving at this pace and settle our differences, resolve the complex problems before us, I am sure that others will come to us and propose cooperation, and will think about how to organise cooperation with us. Nursultan Nazarbayev: I want to add that we discussed the matter of accession to the WTO. This process is underway, and the three countries in the Customs Union are coordinating the principles for our accession to this organisation. But tell me, if we cannot achieve effective competition within our union, how do we expect to be able to compete with the entire world within the WTO? In this respect too the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space will unquestionably help us, without infringing on the sovereignty and independence of each member country. Dmitry Medvedev: I just want to add a couple of words and draw your attention to the declaration that the three of us signed today. It states that our new union and the Common Economic Space are open for other countries to join. We are therefore reaching out a hand of cooperation to our close neighbours and friends, creating conditions that will help them too to modernise their economies and improve ordinary people's lives. For a number of countries the main motivation to join the European Union was the desire to become part of a community of more highly developed economies. We can offer the same incentive to our partners, saying to them, reform your economies and develop, and we are ready to build a new economic union together with you. I think this is very important for our countries and for the countries potentially interested in joining this new economic community. Alexander Lukashenko: If a European Union member or the whole group wants to join our union, as Mr Medvedev said, we will at least examine the application. Dmitry Medvedev: Or offer collective membership for the European Union.


In this week's #QandAWed video we tackle a really valuable question, "how do I tighten my core, abs?" Since this is such an important topic, I wanted to go into more detail than we did in the video here with this post to explain a few key points further and to offer some specific workouts to try to further develop core strength.
Your "core" muscles involve much more than just your abs – in fact, these spinal stabilizing muscles run from your shoulder blades, along your spine and back and include the four muscles of the abs (transverse abdominis, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominius) and the major muscles in the hip. it can be quite hard to engage the core when it is covered in fat tissue. This can really frustrate a lot people and consequentially put them off sticking to their fitness regime. A cosmetic surgeon like Sachin Shridharani MD might be able to help someone looking to overcome this predicament.
How do I engage it?
1) Engage your abs from the inside out by drawing your belly button in to your spine (without holding your breath or 'sucking in' your stomach) and focus on holding the contraction of the abdominal muscles.
2) Press your shoulder blades down and away from your ears (this helps to 'cap' the contraction of the abs and engages the core muscles in your back).
3) Think of 'lifting up' through the pelvic floor to engage the muscles in the pelvic floor and deepen the contraction of your abdominal muscles. While not necessarily a defined part of your 'core,' contracting the pelvic floor muscles can help you maximize your abdominal contraction, and may additionally build strength in the pelvic floor at the same time.
You may have heard advice to relax the abdominals during pelvic floor work (especially during exercises to help reduce urinary incontinence). Just like anything, this may work for some and may not be the best for others. As I mentioned, if you are doing these exercise to help reduce urinary incontinence and you are getting positive results from it, keep it up! But if you are not having any luck, you could look into a specialist like Advanced Urology to find a faster solution to this problem. The earlier you get it sorted, the more comfortable you will become in doing everyday tasks and exercises.
4) Test it out – standing with feet hip width and knees slightly bent, imagine standing on a unstable surface (like a rocky ship or subway train) and shift your weight quickly from one foot to the other, maintaining all of the contractions listed above (you can even place your hands on the sides of your waist to feel these muscles contracting).
Think of a strong core as your body's support system – these muscles help you stand taller, move more smoothly, and potentially even lift more weight safely. By stabilizing your spine, your core muscles provide you with a strong, stable foundation for everyday activities like lifting heavy objects (like your toddler) and assist with movements that require balance and coordination (like jumping over that puddle at the last minute).
A strong core may also help boost your workout performance too, which could translate into both a better fitness level and faster results. One 2009 study done by researchers at Barry University found that 6 weeks of core training drills helped improve the performance of recreational and competitive runners.
What are some of the best ways to strengthen your core?
Targeted abs workouts can be great for engaging and strengthening the core, but don't forget that you can also get build core strength from focusing on it during your total body workouts as well.
Aim for a mix of training that works your core in a multitude of ways, including exercises that involve challenging the core muscles to do what they are designed for — stabilize your spine. While most of our workouts here on JESSICASMITHTV involve engaging the core in some way, here are a few routines to try that really zero in on core strength.
For more options, check out our full playlist of abs videos here.
For more options, check out our full total body training playlist here.
Tell me, what workouts or exercises have helped you the most when it comes to building core strength? Share with us in the comments below!
I go through the same thing. I just can't do it, either.
I can't tighten my core and ab muscles without holding my breath, everytime I try to breath while having my muscles tightened it gets loose and just can't keep it up. please help, I really don't know how to dot this.
Okay, so you say to "draw the belly button towards the spine without holding your breath or sucking in your stomach," which is what my aerobics teacher also says and this doesn't make sense. How do you do that? How /can/ you do that without sucking in or holding your breath? That's the only way I know how to do that!
This is really helpful and so perfect! Just the exercise I was looking for.
Cheers to you! and keep up the great work!
I have a lot of weight on my tummy and all the exercising does not seem to help. i have been exercising consistently over 3 months now – first with yoga and then I found your website. I started with the fit-in-15 which was completed 2 weeks ago and now I do other exercises from your channell – core, cardio. But my belly is still there. Help!
Would these be some of the videos you would suggest for diastasis recti?
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Excellent information! A great reminder to no forgets that your core is much more than a six-pack.
Thank you for be such an inspiration!
Hi Linda! Thanks to YOU for being a part of our community here! We're so glad you are joining us for this and know that we are here with you and we're only a click away! Love your spirit and focus – keep up the great work you are doing taking care of your body and your health and keep focusing on the positive energy and people you want to attract into your life. They are on the way 🙂 We'll see you soon for our next session together!
I have Degenerative Joint Disease in my spine and my doctor's (and physical therapist) have determined and shown me how I have been using my core muscles incorrectly while exercising for the past 15+ years! Your tips above are crucial for everyone engaging in physical activity. Just because I have a relatively small waist, I thought my core was strong. WRONG!
Thank you Jessica for such important information!
One thing I try to always keep in mind is a tip of a friend (worth it ?) = we mustn't have a blocked diaphragm to allow muscles of abs working well. In fact we must be rather relax and just think to breath !


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"1BPublication of the Schedule
(1)Historic Environment Scotland must—
(a)publish the Schedule compiled and maintained under section 1, and any amendments of the Schedule, and
(b)make the Schedule available for public inspection,
in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision for—
(a)the publication of the Schedule,
(b)the making of the Schedule available for public inspection,
(c)the notification of the inclusion of a monument in, the amendment of an entry relating to a monument in or the exclusion of a monument from the Schedule.".
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C1Sch. 2 para. 3 savings for effects of commencing S.S.I. 2015/196 (1.10.2015) by The Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (Saving, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/239), arts. 1(1), 2(1)


Groton - Several hundred Groton residents are without power tonight after a tree fell onto a power line, a Connecticut Light & Power spokesman said.
Frank Poirot said crews expect to have power restored to all but a few customers by 10 p.m. As of 9 p.m., 847, or 10 percent, of Groton customers were without power. Poirot said it will take longer to restore power to approximately 12 to 16 other customers.
In a separate incident earlier tonight, about 577, or 9 percent of Ledyard customers lost power after a tree struck a wire.