Learn about Belfast's troubled history on a 3-hour walking tour with both Republican and Loyalist ex-political prisoners. Explore their neighborhoods and hear their personal stories and the stories of their communities on both sides of the physical wall.
Explore Belfast's conflict with ex-prisoners directly involved in "The Troubles"
Venture beyond the guide books and explore Belfast through the political conflict known as "The Troubles." Walk the streets on both sides of the Peace Line with men and women who have served time in the prisons of Northern Ireland for standing up for their beliefs. Hear stories from both the Republican and Loyalist communities about the effects of the conflict, and get explanations about the political murals that tell the history and culture of the area from a unique perspective.
Start by meeting a Republican ex-political prisoner for a guided walk along the infamous Falls Road. See visible signs of the community's desire to be part of an Irish Republic. Then, pass through the electronically-controlled gates to the predominately Protestant area of the Shankill Road, where you will meet a Loyalist ex-political prisoner to investigate the determination of the locals who wish to remain part of the United Kingdom.
For more than 30 years "The Troubles" have had a powerful impact on the city and its residents. Very few people were unaffected by the violence, and everyone has a tale to tell. Investigate the real stories beyond the history books with first-hand accounts from those intimately involved. Explore the world's largest, outdoor art gallery as you examine the many murals, and get the opportunity to sign the Peace Wall and leave your thoughts alongside those of Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama.
2 different perspectives on "The Troubles"
Outside Divis Tower, Divis Street, Belfast (the tall apartment building at the bottom of the Falls Road).


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A New Era for American Sparkling Wine
As emerging and legacy domestic sparkling wine producers alike invest in quality and ageability, the U.S. market is ready to embrace a wider array of home-grown bubbly
Brian Freedman
Willamette Valley vineyards for Gran Moraine sparkling. Photo courtesy of Gran Moraine.
American sparkling wine has been a serious category since Jack and Jamie Davies brought Calistoga's old Schramsberg estate back to life in the mid-1960s. But in recent years, increasing attention to quality and versatility within the category has breathed new energy into American sparkling wine.
At the same time, changing consumer mindsets and Champagne supply shortages have allowed American sparklers to penetrate parts of the market that had primarily been occupied by their French counterparts. Producers have taken notice, resulting in an uptick in the number of winemakers crafting sparkling wine, the range of styles they're crafting, and the quality and ageability of the wines themselves.
"The market was dominated by a handful of domestic brands for years, but the entire category is expanding these days," says Ryan Davis, the estates division regional manager in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania for Jackson Family Wines, whose Gran Moraine and La Crema wineries produce sparkling wine. American sparkling wine is reaching an inflection point—and it's time to pay attention.
Domaine Carneros sparkling wines. Photo courtesy of Domaine Carneros.
Increasing Quality and Expanding Variety
This evolution of American sparkling wine makes sense, points out Remi Cohen, CEO of Domaine Carneros—after all, the category is still relatively young. "There has definitely been an increase in quality in American sparkling wine, and there are also more producers who are willing to dedicate the time, capital, and patience required to make sparkling wine," she notes.
Classics like Roederer Estate, J Vineyards, Domaine Carneros, and Schramsberg Vineyards largely built their reputations on excellent sparkling wines—after all, many were founded by the families behind the great maisons of Champagne—but even producers that haven't traditionally been associated with bubbly have begun to focus on the category. Noted Sonoma Pinot Noir producer Donum Estate, for example, recently released its first-ever sparkling wine, a 2016 Blanc de Blancs built on estate-grown, old-vine Chardonnay.
"It was less about the market and more having enough fruit, as well as feeling that we could make a style of sparkling that is different from wines currently available," says Donum's winemaker Dan Fishman. "This sparkling wine is in a leaner, more austere style than is typical in California, and we feel that this is the ideal expression of our wind-swept blocks of Chardonnay."
"As producers have to more frequently contend with fire and smoke events, and have to pick earlier as a result … there will potentially be more American sparkling wine on the market in coming years than there was before." – Ryan Davis, Jackson Family Wines
And this isn't just happening on the West Coast: New York State, which has its own long history of sparkling wine production, has also seen an uptick in quality-focused, traditional-method sparkling wine production over the past 5 to 10 years, with producers like Heart & Hands, Hermann J. Wiemer, and Nathan Kendall returning to the state's sparkling roots.
Just as the famous Champagne houses inspired early U.S. sparkling wine producers, for some, the motivation to create more and better sparkling wines stems from the quality and character of the many grower Champagnes now available on the market. "I know personally, these wines gave me a feeling that, 'I can do something like that—in my own way,'" says Shane Moore, the winemaker for Gran Moraine in the Willamette Valley. "My feeling is that many of us came to it from that angle, ultimately bringing more diversity and more offerings, meaning more competition and better wines over time."
Shane Moore. Photo courtesy of Gran Moraine.
Others have turned to sparkling production for a more practical reason: climate change. With the near-constant threat of fires on the West Coast, especially late in the growing season, producers have frequently been forced to harvest fruit earlier than they'd like. When that happens, sparkling wine is a logical option, taut acidity being a key component of traditional-method sparklers.
"As producers have to more frequently contend with fire and smoke events, and have to pick earlier as a result—if the choice is between smoke taint and picking fruit at a lower brix and with higher acidity—there will potentially be more American sparkling wine on the market in coming years than there was before," explains Jackson Family Wines' Davis.
Many of these American sparkling wine newcomers are increasingly willing to challenge accepted wisdom when it comes to the category. Evening Land Vineyards in Oregon, for example, built its reputation on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but their pét-nat is changing preconceptions about how detailed, transparent, and serious that style of sparkler can be. Bodkin, in California' North Coast, has won over professionals and consumers alike with its beautifully wrought sparkling Sauvignon Blanc. Producers like these, who are willing to buck convention, have given buyers a wealth of options to choose from that they didn't necessarily benefit from before.
It isn't just newcomers who are raising quality standards for American sparkling wine, either. From working with new clones and rootstocks to understanding the nature of fruit from one block as opposed to another, legacy American sparkling wine producers have accumulated significant knowledge. "Many of us have garnered greater experience in making bubbly over the years, and the wines are bound to get better," says Moore.
This has also resulted in increasingly age-worthy American sparkling wines. "A focus on producing age-worthy U.S. sparkling has been in the works for decades," says Hugh Davies, the president of Schramsberg Vineyards. Moore agrees. "With more producers focusing on artisan sparkling wine projects, it's natural there will be more age-worthy bottles," he notes. "I [recently] had a 2015 Adelsheim Brut Rosé that was singing!"
Photos courtesy of Schramsberg.
A Market Opportunity for American Bubbly
At the same time, the market has become more receptive—and favorable—to American sparkling wines. First, consumer perceptions of sparkling wine in general have shifted from a category solely reserved for special occasions to one embraced for everyday consumption.
"Dismantling preconceptions over how and when sparkling wine can be consumed has been an important driver of engagement with new consumers," says Dan Mettyear, the research director for IWSR Drinks Market Analysis. "For years, sparkling wine consumption has been anchored on special occasions and the end-of-year season. The broadening into more casual, summertime-oriented consumption has been at the core of the category's steady expansion in recent years." While much of that shift was spurred by affordable sparklers like Prosecco, it has trickled up to higher-quality sparkling wines, too—including domestic ones.
Market factors have also conspired to make top-quality American sparkling wine more appealing. Though consumer purchases of sparkling wine—specifically Champagne—plummeted in the early days of pandemic lockdowns, demand rebounded and combined with supply chain disruptions to create Champagne shortages ahead of the 2020 and 2021 holiday seasons.
"There was already an increase in demand and awareness for California sparkling wine that began before the recent Champagne supply issues," explains Cohen. "There may be an even more dramatic bump in sales for American sparkling wine these holidays with the shortages of Champagne, but I think both categories will remain in a strong position when Champagne supply issues are overcome."
It may be several years before those supply issues are overcome, though, thanks to smaller vintages in both 2020 (due to yield restrictions from the Comité Champagne) and 2021 (due to extreme weather), creating a continued gap that American sparkling is ready to fill.
Champagne prices have also increased in recent years amidst rising demand and competition among buyers. "As restaurants move through their stores of Champagne and begin to buy new vintages and bottles … we are no longer able to sell these bottles at the prices we had pre-pandemic," says Jill Zankowski, the beverage manager for St. Anselm in Washington, D.C. Though she has seen a huge push in Champagne sales as consumers return to restaurants, "the initial push has waned, and people are reminded of the price tag of Champagne more often than not. The higher these prices go, the more likely folks will be to purchase the alternative, and American producers will inevitably benefit."
Though buyers are looking for better-priced alternatives, it may take time before consumers readily reach for American sparkling (though prestigious domestic sparklers can climb well north of $100 per bottle at retail, many quality options can be found for under $40). "Thus far, I have not necessarily seen American bubbles as an easy alternative for Champagne, but I think that is simply a matter of time and availability," says Zankowski.
Hugh Davies. Photo courtesy of Schramsberg.
And with the renewed focus on quality, variety, and terroir-expressiveness in American sparkling wine, there's no reason why U.S. consumers shouldn't consider these sparklings excellent alternatives to their French favorites. "What we're producing is just as outstanding and every bit as delicious as French Champagne," says Davies. "Champagne producers themselves recognized this back in the '70s and '80s when they first came to California and began producing sparkling wine stateside as well."
But even more than that, it's time to recognize everything that American sparkling wine has to offer in its own right—without comparison to Champagne. "With the right bottles, it's not like there is a qualitative difference, but the two will never be congruent," says Moore. "[That's] the beauty of terroir."
Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer, restaurant and beverage consultant, wine and spirits educator, and event host and speaker. He writes the Wines of the Week column at Forbes.com and also covers spirits there, regularly contributes to Food & Wine digital and SevenFifty Daily, has contributed to Travel + Leisure online, Departures online, Whisky Advocate Magazine, Wine Enthusiast, The Bourbon Review, and more. Brian is currently working on his first book.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is an illness that can cause mood swings, depression and severe fatigue. It is categorized as a mental illness similar to depression or bipolar disorder, and is estimated to affect 10 million Americans. Here are five ways in which sleep patterns can be affected by SAD.
SAD is commonly confused with the Winter Blues, which is a loss of energy due to falling temperatures, but can easily be cured with physical activity. SAD causes drowsiness due to the decreasing amount of daylight. The shorter, darker days of winter increase the body's production of melatonin, which regulates sleep and depression.
People can develop SAD in either summer or winter seasons, but will display opposite symptoms. Those who experience SAD in the winter will have less energy and will sleep a lot more. Those who are affected by SAD in the summer will experience an energizing effect, which may cause insomnia.
Experts agree that SAD is a disorder caused by the biological effects due to changing amounts of sunlight. Although not fully understood, some experts believe that the changes in sunlight trigger the hypothalamus. This is the center of the brain that controls mood, appetite and sleep, and affects sleep by regulating melatonin.
SAD is believed to be caused in part by shifts to our circadian rhythm, which manages our body's sleep-wake cycle throughout the day. As a result, excessive napping, going to bed or waking up at unusual hours, and restless sleeping, even for longer hours, will cause a person to feel groggy.
Changes in your sleep pattern from SAD may be caused by the same changes that signal hibernation in animals. Whereas circadian rhythms are daily cycles, circannual rhythms are yearly - triggered by changes in light levels, rain, and the position of the sun in the sky. These patterns explain why animals hunt and gather food in the spring and summer, then eat and hibernate in the winter.


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Quentin Tarantino to Receive Director of the Year Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival
Jackie Willis
Entertainment Tonight December 27, 2019
The director is already receiving accolades for his movie, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.'
Quentin Tarantino is already receiving accolades for his movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
The 56-year-old acclaimed filmmaker will receive the Director of the Year Award at the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival for his 2019 movie starring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. Tarantino was previously honored by the festival in 2010 with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.
"Quentin Tarantino captures the essence of 1969 Hollywood in his latest cinematic masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, bringing to the screen award-caliber performances from his two lead actors, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt," Festival Chairman Harold Matzner says. "We are delighted to honor Quentin Tarantino once again for the excellent quality of his work, this time with the Director of the Year Award!"
The honor will be presented as part of the festival's annual Film Awards Gala, presented by American Express and sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and AT&T. The event will be hosted by Mary Hart on Jan. 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
Past recipients of the Director of the Year Award include Bradley Cooper, Steve McQueen, Sean Penn, Alexander Payne, Jason Reitman and David O. Russell. This might be a foreshadow as to what to expect at the upcoming Academy Awards. In the years that the PSIFF honored McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Payne (Sideways), Reitman (Up in the Air), and Russell (The Fighter), they received Best Director Oscar nominations.
Tarantino isn't the only celebrity to be honored at this year's gala. Antonio Banderas will receive the International Star Award, Actor, Laura Dern the Career Achievement Award, Adam Driver the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, Cynthia Erivo the Breakthrough Performance Award, Jamie Foxx the Spotlight Award, Actor, Zack Gottsagen the Rising Star Award, Jennifer Lopez the Spotlight Award, Actress, Joaquin Phoenix the Chairman's Award, Martin Scorsese the Sonny Bono Visionary Award, Charlize Theron the International Star Award, Actress, and Renée Zellweger the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress.
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Yering Farm Wines is set in the heart of the Yarra Valley. A property of rolling vineyards and orchards, where fine estate wines are created by owner and winemaker Alan Johns. Weddings hosted here are perfect for those couples wanting a unique, relaxed event that will be one of a kind.
The ceremony can be conducted on the sweeping lawn, with a backdrop of the vineyard and mountain ranges in the distance. The converted hay barn makes the ideal setting for your reception, already full of rustic charm.
The look and feel of your ceremony and reception is completely up to your imagination and creation. It can be as formal or informal as you would like your special day to be. Yering Farm is suitable for both cocktail and seated functions, and your guests will enjoy our estate made wines and cider, found only on premise in Melbourne.
The Essential Caterer can accommodate all cuisines and can happily tailor a menu to suit exactly what you want for the day, working alongside the Yering Farm staff to make your day relaxed and run as smoothly as possible.
If you would like to arrange an appointment to view the cellar door or discuss your day further, please call us on 03 9739 0461 or email at info@yeringfarmwines.com.


As I reflect back on this distance learning course and on all that I have learned over these past eight weeks, I realized that distance education is going to continue to grow and will be in higher demand as the technologies evolve. Simonson defines online learning institution-based, formal education where the learning group is separated, and where interactive telecommunications systems are used to connect learners, resources, and instructors (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, Zvacek, 2012). Almost every student now will have access to at least one online distance learning class during their school years. Businesses will also widely accept distance learning courses because it will save them money and resources and also allow them to interact with their different offices from anywhere in the world.
In the next 5-10 years, I believe that more and more learners will turn to distance learning instead of the traditional classroom setting. With the easy access of distance learning, especially to adults with families and jobs, working adults will take online classes to make themselves more desirable for career changes or job promotions. As the country faces many economic problems like reductions in the amount of money provided to K-12 education and outsourced jobs – distance learning provides some sort of relief to those problems. Traditional higher institutions are more expensive that online distance education. One important thing that I learned was that there are some free Open Source Courses available online in a variety of topics and subjects.
Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, and Zvacek (2012) contend distance learning will not replace face-to-face educational settings. I do have to agree with that statement, because there are some learners that need that face-to-face interaction in order to learn. In the coming years, I see distance learning being accepted in all facets of learning, from K-12 to higher education. Even today, for students in my school system that are not adapting and excelling in the traditional classroom setting, distance learning classes are an option for them to receive their high school diploma. I see distance learning also becoming more and more favorable to learners that live in countries outside of the US like Asia and Africa.
As an instructional designer, I will do my best to promote society's perception of distance learning by advocating its benefits and also contributing to the field. By being involved in distance education classes, I have learned to analyze the learner's unique needs before moving any traditional learning course into an online learning setting. My role as instructional designer would also involve creating effective ways to use the communication tools that are available to ensure that the learners maintain a high level of motivation and that student participation is ongoing. The designer will need to assure the high level of student involvement required for success (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, Zvacek, 2012).
I will strive to be a positive force for the continuous improvement in the field of distance education by staying abreast of all the new advances in the technology and instructional field. I will make it a point to read professional magazines and articles that relate to the field and also keep in touch with other instructional designers that may be able to share their experiences and insight into the business. I already have some long term goals in mind to help train some of my co-workers in professional development classes.


Official institutions are maturing as big data users but there is plenty more work to be done.
The International Monetary Fund's first-ever overarching strategy on data aims to spread big data expertise among fund members. Louis Marc Ducharme discusses the upcoming challenges.
Regulatory technology could prove effective in improving data reporting and supervisory monitoring, but central banks have a long way to go to making this a reality, writes Joel Clark.
As work in big data enters the mainstream for central banks, its policymaking and supervisory influence is expanding, prompting significant investment in new technologies.
Big data is changing the way central banks think about the economy and oversee the financial system. In a forum sponsored by BearingPoint, Central Banking convened a panel of experts to discuss the innovative ways central banks are making use of big data.
The global financial crisis sparked a far-ranging overhaul of the international architecture for financial regulation, coupled with a deep reflection around the fitness-for-purpose and effectiveness of supervisory efforts, writes Anne Leslie-Bini.
With central banks becoming increasingly reliant on data, BearingPoint elaborates on the increasing role of innovative regulatory and supervisory technology in supervision.
Are global central banks ready to change their approach to cyber security and refocus on contingency planning?


The past week saw the success of the Jack and Friends Benefit concert when Jack Johnson returned to his second hometown of Santa Barbara, CA, to help raise funds for Thomas Fire and Flood Relief with a benefit show at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Jack and local musicians joined volunteers and first responders on stage for an opportunity for the community to come together and heal. The evening started with music from good friends ALO and Ben Harper, followed by a full set from Jack Johnson & more friends including David Crosby, Kenny & Hana Loggins, Stewart Cole & Orpheo McCord from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Ted Lennon and Vaughn Montgomery. Highlights included renditions of "Teach Your Children", Loggin's "Danny's Song" and Ben Harper's "Please Please Me". For a full recap of the night, check it out here.
100% of net proceeds of the Jack & Friends Benefit will be directed to the United Way Thomas Fire & Flood Fund, and to local non-profits working on relief & recovery efforts in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. The United Way Thomas Fire & Flood Fund is waiving all administration fees so that 100% of funds raised can be put to good use. While the United Way is the primary beneficiary of the concert, additional donations will be made to Direct Relief, Santa Barbara Foundation, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, FOOD Share, Search Dog Foundation, Greater Goods, Habitat for Humanity, Santa Barbara Response Network, Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, Explore Ecology, and the SB Support Network. A special thank you to all the first responders and relief and recovery non-profits!
Our tech partner and friends at InMarket hosted our CMO, Mike Wald and local Santa Barbara company, ProYo's VP of Marketing, Mike Fransz on a great webinar this week! They discussed the ever changing and extremely cluttered grocery brand industry which is dominated by category giants who have been deploying huge ad budgets both in and outside of the store for years, giving them strong customer awareness and market penetration.
For ProYo, an emerging brand in the frozen dessert space, the reality is that every single dollar spent on consumer engagement must track back to sales and show a positive ROI.
Through targeted, effective and actionable media, brands like ProYo can deploy location-based digital advertising campaigns that have a powerful and measurable impact on real-world sales.
In this webinar, ProYo and Oniracom dissect how they took on goliath brands in a competitive space with the help of their tech partner inMarket.
Listen below to these speakers share their knowledge from all three perspectives as they examine how this campaign impacted sales in various markets — while also discussing the modern shopper marketing landscape and how mobile can level the playing field for challenger brands.
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Barbecues, beach hangs, melted chapstick and dangerously hot steering wheels... don't you love summer? But alas, Labor Day is today and summer is nearing its end. We asked everyone on the team to choose their favorite summer jam, or what they've been playing on repeat. Let's just say, the result is as diverse as our team. Enjoy!


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USDA Issues Second Request for Proposals for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Vaccine
Agency Continues to Prepare for the Potential Return of this Disease
November 20, 2015 -- The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) continues to prepare for the potential return of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). APHIS is issuing its second request for proposals (RFP) for vaccine manufacturers with the interest and capability to supply a variety of EA H5 vaccines in sufficient numbers to add to the emergency stockpile.
APHIS has not approved the use of vaccine to respond to HPAI to date; however, the Agency is preparing to ensure that vaccine is available should the decision be made to use it. Any decision to use vaccination in a future HPAI outbreak would require careful consideration of the efficacy of the vaccine, any impacts of using HPAI vaccine in the field, and the potential trade impacts. In response to the first RFP issued in August, APHIS awarded contracts for doses of two vaccines for the Eurasian H5 (EA H5) virus strain, which became part of the National Veterinary Stockpile.
Vaccines will be carefully evaluated on a number of factors including their efficacy against EA H5 viruses, and products must meet all of APHIS' safety, potency, and purity standards. All eligible products to be considered must be either conditionally or fully licensed or permitted at the time of submission. Vaccine manufacturers will be evaluated on their ability to produce such vaccines in a timely manner in adequate numbers to meet the needs of the response.
The RFP is available here.
Although no decision has been made to use vaccine in the event of a future HPAI outbreak, APHIS will continue to issue RFPs for vaccine manufacturers on a quarterly basis through September 2016, to allow additional products to be developed and considered for the stockpile should an HPAI outbreak occur.


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What Really Bothers the Never Trumpers
RUSH: I referenced this earlier. CNN. The guest is Marisa Maleck, and she's a member and a lawyer of the conservative lawyer group against Trump. This is the group organized by Kellyanne Conway's husband, George Conway. And so the CNN infobabe interviewing her is Kate Bolduan.
She says, "Okay. This group organized by George Conway, well-known conservative legal mind" — no, he's not. He wasn't until Kellyanne got famous. "Counselor to the president, Kellyanne Conway defends the policies and the moves the president's made that you're speaking out about. What do you think about all this?"
MALECK: I think it's interesting, and I do think it's important to clarify that Checks and Balances isn't reflexively an anti-Trump organization. It cares about the rule of law. It happens to be, you know, obviously President Trump is what's sort of motivating our group to sort of come together, but this really shouldn't be seen as an anti-Trump organization as much as it's an organization that's standing up for what it believes are important to make a robust and healthy Democrat.
RUSH: Okay. So it's an anti-Trump group of lawyers that doesn't want to be thought of as an anti-Trump group of lawyers. It's headed up by a guy named George Conway, who tweets his disagreements and dislikes for President Trump regularly and yet Marisa Maleck said, "Well, no, no, no, Checks and Balances is the name of the group. It's not effectively anti-Trump. It cares about the rule of law."
Rule of law. So I guess the threat as far as these people are concerned, the threat to the rule of law is Trump. The answer to this, well, one of the answers to this interestingly is found in a Wall Street Journal editorial today. The Wall Street Journal has an editorial agreeing with President Trump, that California's wildfires are related, in large part, to total mismanagement of the forests! So the Wall Street Journal has an editorial agreeing with Trump! And it makes 'em nervous.
So their headline is, "Trump is a Bully, But He's Right About Bad Forest Management." These people simply don't like Trump's style, his mannerisms, his manners. You know what, folks? We have lost, over the last number of years because of militant feminism, we've really lost the concept of manliness. Manliness is now considered bullying. Manliness is considered rude and bad manners. And it's not good. Not good. I mean, we've got the wussification of the American male population heading on now at full speed.
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2/25/13 - About 2 months ago or less I started talking in my sleep. The weird part about this is that I hear myself talking and hold a conversation with myself. One night I was talking about eating and I realized I was chewing on my blanket.
I talk so much that I am not getting any quality sleep at night. My husband will say my name and I hear him and understand clearly what he wants which is for me to stop talking. He has now told me not to talk to him 2 hours before we go to bed because I am talking all night and I know I am, I cannot stop it.
One night I yelled out my ex-husbands name, I heard me saying it and immediately look at my husband to see if I woke him up and if he heard me.
One morning I woke up and looked at my husband and asked him a question and he said, "Oh, are you awake now talking to me? Because I cannot tell if you are awake or sleeping anymore". At night when I talk, I speak very clearly and it is hard for someone else to tell if I am awake or not.
my answers because when I talk I answer myself as well. When I awake in the morning I know exactly what I was talking about and how I answered any questions.
My conversations are innocent and laughable and aside from saying ex-husbands name, everything I say is like having a normal conversation although, eating my blanket was strange, I was talking about hamburgers when I did that. I do not eat beef at all but that night blanket or not it tasted so good.
In the morning I tell my husband what I was saying, just to make sure I was hearing myself correctly and when I tell him what I said, he clarifies it for me so I know it is not my imagination.
I am never violent, I never thrash around, I never get out of bed, I feel my throat is dry so I will take a sip of my water. I hear everything I say and I know what I am doing I just do not know why...do you?
When thinking about an answer please remember I do this every night. I would also like to add that I am 50 years old and have never had this happen before and the first time I talked and heard myself talking back, having a normal conversation I thought what the hell was that all about.
From what I can tell, I am not dreaming nor are my conversations based on a dream and if I am dreaming I am saying my dreams out loud ex: the hamburger, that had to have been a dream that I acted out on because I was aware that I was chewing. I do not feel nuts, I do not feel crazy, I feel tired.
Did u ever figure it out? I do this too. One time I was driving and talking and fell asleep but my girlfriend thought I was awake cuz I was still frkn talking and I almost killed us. I knew I was doing it on some level but I was asleep and couldn't wake myself up.
I do the same thing. I whisper so I don't wake my husband. I usually only say a few words but sometimes I can go into whole sentences. I often try to remember what I said so I can go over it next morning, and sometimes my husband tells me what I said and I remember a dream. Almost always I am talking while dreaming and they are connected. I actually enjoy talking in my sleep. It makes me feel I have this other life that is kind of real in my dreams.
I just had one and I was on the phone with my mom and she was asking me what movie I just watched . but when the conversation I'm having in sleep is over I wake up .


A few weeks back saw the launch of an Endowment Scheme by WAG Education Minister, Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams. It was greeted with enthusiasm by the Welsh Arts Council.
The money pledged by WAG was the sum of £1 million and the scheme will come into operation by 2020.
BBC Wales acknowledged the importance of music in schools by showing various ensembles and children talking about its benefits.
The idea is to raise corporate and private finance to match this spending.
The actual details of the Endowment have not been explained, but the nature of such schemes is normally one of grants given to gifted children from poorer backgrounds.
This would be a way of enticing private sponsors, who would gain maximum publicity from it.
Of course, it's praiseworthy that WAG are actually doing something, however the reality of the situation is that orchestras have either disappeared in certain authorities, or are in the process of doing so.
By 2020, youth orchestras such as those in RCT and Merthyr will be so small they'll have to be called 'chamber' ones!
In RCT ( as explained in a previous blog) peripatetic music teachers were systematically forced out of their jobs by a Labour authority making drastic cuts ( effectively, doing the Tories dirty work).
Now, pupils cannot be taught by these 'peris' and parents must pay for the weekly orchestral rehearsals.
It's not an exaggeration to say that Williams' action is far too little, far too late.
It may well give a few talented individuals the opportunity to attend instrumental or singing lessons outside school, but this will not secure the orchestras' future and the continuity of both National Youth Choir and Orchestra in the long run.
My younger daughter plays in RCT Orchestra, the Four Counties and sings in the Glam Choir.
She loves the experience of playing and singing a wide variety of music, socializing, attending courses and performing in many different venues.
Both my older children played with the 'Nash' ( National Youth Orchestra) and always relished the challenge and also fun of it all.
The benefits are immense : playing as a team, the discipline of practicing and confidence gained from performing.
Among the world famous musicians produced by this system are Karl Jenkins and John Cale .
Just as surely as it has become a peripheral subject within the curriculum, so we are marginalising music in the 'Land of Song'.
If we cannot afford to finance it properly and in a sustainable way, we might as well alter the words of 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' and cut out the 'chantorion' entirely!
Sadly, in terms of poetry, education is following the self-same route.
Statistically, all that matters to school performance indicators are literacy and numeracy and these are summed up by the ludicrous testing regime begun so early.
In this context, the writing of poetry is fast becoming a yearly task ( for school Eisteddfodau ) and little else.
Apart from grand schemes based around Dylan Thomas and Roald Dahl, it's rare for writers to conduct workshops in our schools.
Doing workshops recently at CCFC stadium, I asked one Year 5 teacher whether her class had written any poetry.
The kids were, as ever, very imaginative and enthusiastic, but it was soon obvious they had no experience of writing poetry and most wrote in prose, even when they rhymed.
Poetry can give the majority of children a way to express their feelings : it's short, intense and should free them from formula.
This is exactly how I began, writing about my family : brought up by my mother and with a difficult relationship with my father.
As far as our school students are concerned, that whole line 'Gwlad beirdd a chantorion' will only apply to the past.
As to the future, I am pessimistic when it comes to opportunities.
We seem to have accepted austerity as a way of life, a 'given', and not policy choice ( and one which is counter-productive).
An Endowment Scheme may sound impressive, but goes no way towards solving the urgent problems of today : the loss of peripatetic teachers and neglect of music in schools.
In reality, we are the 'Land of Attainment Targets' not ' Song'!
white feathers in dots and lines.
the music within musty but intact.
The bird had died or escaped.
over the moor into the sky.
All of what you write is very true Mike. We have this constant barrage of the Land of The Bards blah blah blah! And the great and good stand back and watch the cuts scythe through what was built up over decades! And there's no shame about it!


that it could halt future epidemics.
only briefly. The World Health Organization does not recommend it.
its predecessors, the Baltimore vaccine is live.
immune system to protect the body against the real organism.
they still led to mild diarrhoea.
seems to produce a strong immune response and has virtually no side effects.
Levine and his colleagues have called the altered strain CVD103 HgR.
elements of the coat that provoke the strongest responses.
plans trials in Lima, and San Jose, Costa Rica.
next year for travellers,' says Levine.
in Brazil of another experimental oral vaccine based on killed bacteria.
per cent of those vaccinated.


Put-in-Bay Ohio and Middle Bass Island celebrate the 3rd annual Put-in-Bay Green Week promoting the preservation and protection of our island natural resources. The Lake Erie Island Nature & Wildlife Center Lake Erie Islands Conservancy and the Put-in-Bay Township Park District have collaborated to produce a week of Agritourism, Adventure Travel, and Ecotourism.
Events at the Island Green Week include an Island Poker Kayak Day, A dawn walk at the Massie Cliffside Preserve, Tours of the South Bass Island Lighthouse, Monarch butterfly tagging, An Eco Tour of Coopers Woods and a 1912 Historic Island Home. Green week attendees will explore Put-in-Bay History with a tour of Gibraltar Island follow by a Pig Roast and Raffle.
Put-in-Bay Green week will also feature a nighttime stargazing Tour narrated by an astronomer detailing the night sky, stars, and planets. The Historic Put-in-Bay Fish Hatchery will feature a display with live fish native to Lake Erie. Children 16 and under will be able to fish from the pier free.
Put-in-Bay Green week is a fun family-oriented event with something for everyone.


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Michael Haberecht
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Vaden Health Center
Scott S. Hall, Ph.D
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My primary area of scholarly and clinical interest is the pathogenesis of problem behaviors shown by individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), particularly those with neurogenetic forms of IDD, such as fragile X syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome. My work aims to both advance understanding of these disorders and to identify effective new treatment approaches for pediatric and adult patient populations by state-of-the-art methodologies, such as brain imaging, eye tracking and functional analysis to determine how environmental and biological factors affect the development of aberrant behaviors in these syndromes. The end goal of my research is to create patient-specific methods for treating the symptoms of these disorders.
Joachim Hallmayer
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Principal Investigator
Infrastructure to facilitate discovery of autism genes
The purpose of this project is to facilitate the discovery of the genes that contribute autism by maintaining an infrastructure which research groups studying the genetics of autism can work collaboratively. This will be
accomplished through workshops, a Virtual Private Network, and access to a database that includes phenotype and genotype data from all participating groups.
A California Population-Based Twin Study of Autism
This will address several fundamental questions: (1) What is the heritability of autism (2) What is the contribution of genetic factors to variation in symptom dimensions? (3) Is there a continuum between the quantitative neurocognitive traits and clinical disorder? (4) What proportion of the variance in the neurocognitive traits is accounted for by genetic and non-genetic factors?
Center for Integrating Ethics in Genetics Research(Cho)
The goal of this project is to serve as a center of excellence in neurogenetics research, to develop a national model for bench, to bedside research ethics consultation, and to provide training opportunity in biomedical ethics.
Gene, Brain and Behavior in Turner Syndrome(Reiss)
The primary objective of this project is to use advanced, multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, analyses of X chromosome parent-of-origin and cognitive-behavioral assessment to elucidate the effects of monosomy and X-linked imprinting on neurodevelopment and neural function in a large cohort of young girls with Turner syndrome, pre-estrogen replacement.
Project F: Genomic Analysis in narcolepsy cataplexy
The goal of the project is to locate genes outside the HLA region that influence susceptibility to narcolepsy. In order to localize these genes we will carry out a linkage and association study in the most extensive world-wide collection of DNAs from well-characterized patients with narcolepsy and their families.
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
Professor of Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Research focuses on developmental, cognitive and psychosocial factors involved in adolescents? and young adults? health-related decision-making, perceptions of risk and vulnerability, health communication and risk behavior. My research has focused on understanding and reducing health risk behaviors such as tobacco use, alcohol and marijuana use, risky driving, and risky sexual behavior.
Antonio Hardan, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests The neurobiology of autism
Neuroimaging in individuals with autism
Psychopharmacological treatment of children and adults with autism and/or developmental disorders
The neurobiology and innovative interventions of several neurogenic disorders including DiGeorge Syndrome (Velocardiofacial syndrome; 22q11.2 mutations), PTEN mutations, and Phelan McDermid Syndrome (22q13 mutations).
Kate Hardy
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio Kate Hardy is a California Licensed Psychologist who has specialized in working with individuals with psychosis for over 15 years in both research and clinical settings. Dr. Hardy received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. She has worked in specialist early psychosis services in both the UK and the US, including UCSF?s Prodrome Assessment Research and Treatment (PART) program, where she completed her post-doctoral fellowship, and as Clinical Director for the Prevention and Recovery from Early Psychosis (PREP) program. Dr. Hardy has significant experience in providing CBTp to individuals with early psychosis, and those at risk of developing psychosis, in both individual and group settings and integration of this clinical intervention to broader systems and staff teams. She has led multiple trainings and workshops in CBTp to a wide variety of audiences including community clinicians, psychiatrists, and families, and provides ongoing supervision and consultation in this approach. Dr. Hardy is also involved in the implementation of national strategies to increase dissemination of early psychosis models with the aim of bringing these cutting edge treatments to a broader population.
Robert F. Harris
Emeritus Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
William T Hart
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine
Nancy A. Haug
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio Nancy A. Haug, Ph.D. is Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor and Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. She currently leads didactics and a journal club for Addiction Medicine fellows, and supervises a supplemental practicum for doctoral students who are co-facilitating group therapy.
Dr. Haug is also Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Psychology at Palo Alto University where she teaches, advises and supervises graduate students, and leads the Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment Research Laboratory. Dr. Haug previously served as faculty and attending psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California San Francisco, and taught in the University of California, Berkeley Alcohol & Drug Studies program.
Dr. Haug was recently funded by SAMHSA for a practitioner-education initiative to expand training for evidence-based addiction treatment. She is active in the Society of Addiction Psychology (American Psychological Association, Division 50) and chairs the Outreach and Dissemination committee. Dr. Haug is on the editorial board of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs and the Journal of Addictive Diseases. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Haug has focused on behavioral and psychosocial interventions for treating addiction, and currently has projects studying mindfulness group treatment for addiction, cannabis vaping practices and online interventions for alcohol harm reduction. Dr. Haug has been licensed in CA since 2004 and has a private practice which informs her research and teaching.
James W. Hawkins
Chris Hayward
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry and Psychology-Adult) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Hayward's research has focused on risk factors for the onset of adolescent internalizing disorders in adolescent girls and the role of early puberty specifically.
John P. Hegarty II
Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Bio The overarching goal of my research is to identify neurobiological subgroups and develop objective biomarkers for individuals with psychiatric and neurological disorders in order to improve biologically-based diagnosis and advance the development of precision medicine for mental health. Biologically-based diagnosis and treatment are extremely limited for some psychiatric conditions, especially neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but also critically-needed to increase early identification and improve treatment outcomes. My early career training has focused on developing expertise in non-invasive neuroimaging approaches for examining participants ranging from young children to adults and my research has focused on identifying the neurobiology underlying typical and atypical neurodevelopment.
Thus far in my early research career, my primary contributions to science fall within four major categories:
1) identifying the neural correlates of different cognitive and behavioral deficits, 2) investigating the neurobiological substrates of treatment response, 3) examining the etiological factors that contribute to atypical brain development in children with autism, and 4) summarizing and increasing accessibility to autism-related research. My earliest research investigated the neurobiology associated with the cognitive deficits of alexithymia, dyslexia, and stress to further develop theories of the underlying mechanisms that contribute to differences in cognitive and behavioral processing. My subsequent dissertation research, in which I began to focus on neurodevelopmental disorders, examined the neural correlates of treatment response to beta-blockers in adults with ASD and also assessed the contribution of cerebellar circuits to autism-related symptoms, which is well-supported from postmortem studies but understudied in clinical populations. During my postdoctoral training, I have been further developing skills for working with young children with and without neurodevelopmental disorders as well as utilizing advanced neuroimaging and neurophysiological approaches to examine the biological mechanisms underlying different types of cognitive and behavioral symptoms. My most recent research has focused on examining the neural correlates of response to behavioral interventions as well as examining the etiological factors that contribute to atypical brain development in twins with autism. The independent line of research that I will continue to develop in my research lab will aim to improve our understanding of typical and atypical brain development and identify objective biomarkers for advancing precision medicine.
Anahid Hekmat
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine
Elizabeth A. Herb
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio Dr. Hill received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Ohio University. She completed her predoctoral internship at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and postdoctoral fellowship in the Psychiatry Department at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she currently serves as a Clinical Professor. Dr. Hill has published articles and made presentations related to psychology training, pain management, serious mental illness including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and sexual dysfunction.
Dr. Hill's time is divided across clinical, research, administrative, and teaching domains. Her current clinical interests are varied including anxiety, mood disorders, relationship difficulties, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The bulk of her time is committed to psychology training as the Director of Clinical Training for the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium. On a national level, she currently serves as a Board Member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).
Kyle Hinman, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Autism, Bipolar Disorder
George H. Hogle
Carrie Holmberg
Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
David S. Hong
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Interdisciplinary Brain Science Research) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Janie J. Hong, Ph.D.
Bio Dr. Hong is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and psychologist in the Adult Neurodevelopment Clinic. She is invested in developing evidence-based ways to individualize care and address diversity factors in therapy. She has published and presented widely on these and other topics in psychology.
In clinical practice, she specializes in providing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and other evidence based treatments. She is also committed to helping neurodiverse and culturally diverse individuals work with their differences, navigate prevailing social norms, and advocate for their needs as diverse individuals.
Korey Hood
Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital
Bio Dr. Hood directs NIH- and foundation-funded clinical research aimed at promoting health and quality of life outcomes for people with diabetes. He has expertise and experience with diabetes epidemiology and interventions, study design, methodology, data management, and advanced statistical methods. There are two content threads to his work: 1) construct prevention and treatment programs to address modifiable psychological and family factors that create barriers to optimal diabetes management, and 2) optimize the use of devices and technologies to improve health outcomes. With regard to the first thread, Dr. Hood has successfully implemented depression screening programs in tertiary diabetes and GI clinics within a Quality Improvement framework, and recently completed a large scale clinical trial on a distress prevention program for teens with type 1 diabetes. Dr. Hood manages and analyzes all the data from these studies. From a device and technology standpoint, Dr. Hood coordinates the Human Factors assessments in Drs. Maahs? and Buckingham?s closed loop studies and is recognized as one of the experts in this area nationally and internationally. In addition, he has implemented Human Factors assessments in national (e.g., T1D Exchange) studies and registries and is the lead psychologist on 2 of the 4 UC4 grants from NIDDK (Hovorka, PI; Bergenstal, PI). These assessments focus on uptake of devices and technologies, and determining strategies to promote uptake and optimize their use. Dr. Hood and his research team have published over 100 scientific articles on these topics and are active presenters at diabetes, behavioral medicine, and advocacy conferences.
Dr. Hood also works in clinical and service settings. Dr. Hood is a licensed clinical psychologist and is part of the diabetes care team at Stanford. He is the past chair of the American Diabetes Association?s Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Interest Group and is currently a member of the Research Policy Committee. He was also a member of the ADA?s Call to Congress in March 2017. Dr. Hood is an Associate Editor for both Diabetes Care and Pediatric Diabetes.
Farnaz Hooshmand
Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Valerie Hoover
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Hoover's research interests include translating behavioral weight management interventions to the Cardiology setting, and developing novel interventions to improve biopsychosocial outcomes in Cardiology.
Suzanne L. Horowitz
SM Hadi Hosseini
Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Interdisciplinary Brain Science Research)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Our lab?s research portfolio crosses multiple disciplines including computational neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, multimodal neuroimaging and neurocognitive rehabilitation. Our computational neuropsychiatry research mainly involves investigating alterations in the organization of connectome in various neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders using state of the art neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, sMRI, DWI, functional NIRS) combined with novel computational methods (graph theoretical and multivariate pattern analyses).
The ultimate goal of our research is to translate the findings from computational neuropsychiatry research toward developing personalized interventions. We have been developing personalized interventions that integrate computerized cognitive rehabilitation, real-time functional brain imaging and neurofeedback, as well as virtual reality (VR) tailored toward targeted rehabilitation of the affected brain networks in patients with neurocognitive disorders.
Honor Hsin, MD PhD
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Leslie C. Hsu
Rona Hu
Bio Dr. Hu is Medical Director of the Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit at Stanford Hospital, specializing in the care of those with serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar and depression. She completed medical school and residency in psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and fellowships in Pharmacology and Schizophrenia Research through the National Institutes of Health. She is also active in the minority issues and cultural psychiatry, and has received regional and national recognition for her clinical care, research and teaching.
Lynne C. Huffman
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Pediatrics (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Research interests and activities include (1) shared decision-making in clinical care; (2) medical education research; (3) the early identification and treatment of behavioral problems, particularly in children with special health care needs; and (4) community-based mental health/educational program evaluation and outcomes measurement.
Keith Humphreys
Esther Ting Memorial Professor
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Dr. Humphreys researches individual and societal level interventions for addictive and psychiatric disorders. He focuses particularly on evaluating the outcomes of professionally-administered treatments and peer-operated self-help groups (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous), and, analyzing the impact of public policies touching addiction, mental health, public health, and public safety.
Shehlanoor Huseni
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine
Filza Hussain
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research
General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)
Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator
Psych/Administrative & Academic Special Programs
Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine


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Are Green Power Programs a Scam?
Are you paying for renewable energy, or just a bunch of hot air?
Laura McCandlish
Illustration: Joshua Gorchov
THE TWISTING TURBINES on the Columbia River Gorge ridges were one of the first things my husband and I noticed en route from Baltimore to our new house in Oregon. So a few weeks later, when a hawker at the farmers market urged me—with a $5 token for free veggies and a postcard with pictures of children lounging in front of local windmills—to sign up for a renewable energy program called Blue Sky, I didn't hesitate. For less than an extra $10 a month, my utility, Pacific Power, would supply our home with electricity from wind turbines instead of coal.
But it turns out ditching dirty energy is more complicated than that hawker would have me believe. From the windmill postcard, you'd think my premium would go straight to local projects. Not quite: True, Pacific Power operates one wind farm in Oregon, but that's largely because the state mandates that utilities get 25 percent of their power from renewables by 2025. My well-meaning purchase has little to do with those windmills. Instead, Pacific Power hands my Blue Sky money over to companies that buy renewable energy certificates (RECs) from wind farms, mostly in other states, and other renewable projects like methane-burning landfills. Consumers need to understand that the electricity "is not going from the windmill on the ridge to your toaster," says Pacific Power spokesman Tom Gauntt. Michael Gillenwater, a Princeton researcher who codeveloped the EPA's carbon emissions tracking system, says it's more like donating to a cause. "What you are doing is subsidizing the market for renewable energy."
Pacific Power says our premium "avoided the release of 897 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions into the air…equivalent to not driving 909 miles." But it's hard to verify those numbers, says Stanford professor Michael Wara, who studies carbon markets. "You don't have an overseeing regulator ensuring that the claims made are backed up." Green-e, a third-party certification program, ensures that my RECs come from relatively new projects and aren't double-counted to meet state mandates. But Gillenwater says its "additionality" test isn't thorough enough to prove I paid for an emission reduction that wouldn't have happened anyway.
Experts say that RECs like mine can make renewable projects more profitable, but they play a much smaller role than government subsidies. (Disclosure: My father recently invested in a wood-chip-fueled electricity plant in Florida, and he said RECs sweetened that deal.) Gillenwater says most projects would have produced the energy regardless of whether consumers like me pitched in—in 2008, for example, Pacific Power bought a third of my RECs from two Puget Sound Energy wind farms built in 2005. (A spokesman says the projects' planners didn't count on revenue from residential RECs in their budget.) The remaining two-thirds were purchased from other projects, including a landfill-gas plant in Utah. Only 1 percent came from solar.
RECs, mandates, additionality—my head was spinning like those windmills, which were seeming further away. To make matters worse, in 2008, only 67 percent of my Blue Sky bucks purchased RECs; the remaining 33 percent was spent on staff and publicity. On average, 19 percent of green programs' revenues go to marketing, but at small utilities that percentage is far greater.
Utilities insist that the promotion is necessary, since voluntary green power programs work better when lots of people participate. Nationwide, only about a million customers shell out for green power—with corporations, governments, and universities buying the bulk of it. In 2008, residential customers made up only one-quarter of green power purchases.
So what's a consumer to do? Even with their problems, RECs are "one of the simplest and most direct ways to support renewable technologies," says Jeff Deyette, a senior analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists. Premiums can provide that extra profit margin to make renewable projects competitive with fossil fuels. And some utilities are experimenting with other models. If I had enrolled in Pacific Power's Blue Sky Block program, for twice what I pay now, 41 percent of my money would have funded local solar arrays and a geothermal test project—and only 25 percent would have gone to overhead. Or instead, I could spend my premium on efficiency upgrades in my new home: sealing leaks, insulating, and replacing drafty windows. It would just take more time and elbow grease than checking a box.
Our New Energy Crisis
Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein
Practical Values: Paying For My Hot Air
Kimberly Lisagor


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import os
import sys
import unittest

sys.path.insert(1, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, "../..")))
import base_test

class RefreshPageTest(base_test.WebDriverBaseTest):
    # Get a static page that must be the same upon refresh
    def test_refreshPage(self):
        self.driver.get(self.webserver.where_is('navigation/res/refreshPageStatic.html'))
        body = self.driver.find_element_by_css("body").text
        self.driver.execute_script("document.getElementById('body').innerHTML=''")
        self.driver.refresh()
        newbody = self.driver.find_element_by_css("body").text
        self.assertEqual(body, newbody)

        self.driver.get(self.webserver.where_is('navigation/res/refreshPageDynamic.html'))
        body = self.driver.find_element_by_css("body").text
        self.driver.refresh()
        newbody = self.driver.find_element_by_css("body").text
        self.assertNotEqual(body, newbody)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

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Board index » Word on the Street » Arts & Entertainment » Star Wars
Post subject: Star Wars: Rebels
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
New cartoon series. Star Wars Rebels
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/20/star-wars-rebels-new-animated-series-from-dave-filoni-greg-weisman-and-simon-kinberg-announced
Posted: Fri January 24, 2014 6:20 pm
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/23/star- ... interview/
Inside TV 'Star Wars Rebels' interview: New series goes to dark places, embraces 1977 film's spirit
By James Hibberd on Jan 23, 2014 at 2:12PM @james_hibberd
The next Star Wars TV series is embracing an era from a long, long time ago: 1977. Disney XD's Star Wars Rebels is the franchise's first major storytelling return to the original trilogy since Return of the Jedi, with producers even utilizing original trilogy artist Ralph McQuarrie's decades-old and previously unused concept art for aliens, planet and vehicles. Below executive producer Simon Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) tells EW his plan for the new show — as much as he can at this early stage, anyway — which premieres this fall.
So how did you land on the premise for the show?
They wanted to do an animated show and I loved [Cartoon Network's] Clone Wars and grew up with a lot of animated shows. So we just started to talk about where it would fall in the general Star Wars timeline. Really there was no predetermination going in. It could have been a prequel, sequel, a stand-alone universe. The main thing for us is how do we tell a story that enhances this universe, that answers questions that audiences may or may not have had but at least will make it feel like the world is fuller after watching the show. We pretty quickly got to this idea that though Rebel Alliance that was such an integral part of the movies, we know next to nothing about the formation of at least in terms of the movies and The Clone Wars. There was nothing in the canon that had delved deep into it. That's where it started — let's tell the story of the formation of the heroes in the original movies. And that put us in a time line between episode III and IV. You don't want to be too close to New Hope so that it feels like it's repetitive, you want to feel like you're watching the earliest seeds of what will sprout into a full-blown rebellion.
How will this look or feel different from Clone Wars?
It will look quite different. The intention of what I've seen so afar, and we're pretty far down the line, the intention is for it to feel quite different from Clone Wars. The place we went back to as to a visual template was Ralph McQuarrie, who was one of the original concept artists for the original Star Wars films. His art is softer, a little more figurative, more of a feel of being drawn, less computer generated. The first few movies had a bit of a hand-made quality. We wanted the show to have that. There's also in the archives where [creator George] Lucas keeps all the original art and props, there's tons of art that's McQuarrie's musing on the Star Wars universe that was never used in the films. There's places where we've quite literally taken world-creation or vehicles or creatures from his original art that was never used in the films and made that part of show.
That's fantastic. What about story-telling differences? How dark can you go on Disney XD?
We haven't talked in those terms. But the world we're creating is an Imperial world. You're seeing the impact of the Empire, of stormtroopers around the galaxy, abusing and oppressing people. Thematically and politically, it goes to some dark places. But for the tone of the show we took our cues from the original movies, which had fun and adventure and swashbuckling with emotion and grounded human characters. We took all our cues from the original films. Obviously there are slight tonal differences between New Hope, Empire and Jedi. But I think the closest intended voice of the show is A New Hope. So there are places where we get into darker backstories, there are places we see how cruel and malevolent the Empire can be, but for the most part it's a fun and character-driven story. Again taking our cues from the original films, it's less maybe political than the prequels and more personal. It starts with a few character introductions that will precede the show. I wrote the first two episodes, they're like a one-hour story across two episodes where we introduce the main characters in the show.
You've created a new villain, the Inquisitor, what makes him special?
That was probably the most daunting part of this process. George obviously created the best villain of our time. So we spent a lot of time brainstorming and working with the artists to come up with the Inquisitor. You've seen that image of him. We wanted somebody terrifying, a nightmare character for a kid but not somebody too foreign, too creature-ly. We didn't want him to have a helmet for obvious reasons — the comparison [to Darth Vader]. We talked about a character who was cold and calculating and could tap into people's emotional weaknesses as much as their physical weaknesses, and had a specific relationship to Jedi and the ways of the force. He would be somebody that the remaining Jedi would be especially scared of.
Will you include characters from the expanded universes, like Admiral Thrawn, or just the films and your own creations?
We have characters from all the different parts of the universe. One of the awesome resources is Pablo Hidalgo he's the resident Star Wars genius and he knows everything of every possible word or image that was created for Star Wars. So we utilize him a lot and he's very integrated into the process. He will say there's a cool cantina in this comic book from 1994, or a cool creature that not all of us know. He will bring that stuff to us. Or we'll task him we're trying to create a muscle for this villain with a cool backstory. Sometimes it will be a character or a planet we don't know about. Instead of being just an Easter egg, sometimes it will turn into an a whole episode.
Is Darth Vader and the Emperor in the show? And if so is any possibility of the original voice talent being used?
I don't think I'm allowed to answer that. I can say that wherever possible we would want to use the original talent.
We wouldn't want that. So what else about the new show Rebels that you think fans would be particularly interested to know that you would feel comfortable discussing at this juncture.
The reason I wanted to do this. I really felt like there was an opportunity to tell an untold story. I'm a fan of The Clone Wars and aspects of the prequels, but really the original movies were the reason I wanted to get into movies. I always loved origin stories and the origin of an entire organization, I don't think we've seen that before, and we've approached it in a real-world way. If I told the story of the American Revolution, I wouldn't want to start with the most famous battle I'd want to start when it was just four guys in a room, the earliest spark of that seems dramatic and cool. That's a big part of the fun of it, the little back-room dealings, the first time you see it's possible to stand up to the Empire.
Can you say plot-wise what's the inciting incident that kicks off your story in your first episode?
Um, I'm going to be a little vague about it. It's less because I want to be secretive but more because part of the fun for me, and I know this will sound very nostalgic, part of the fun of the original movies is not knowing too much about it. I will say when we pick up the show when the Empire is in power and the inciting incident is the Empire doing their bad-Empire thing and our heroes meeting up.
Are those heroes familiar?
There's a lot of new characters in the show. The prequels were centered around the origin of familiar characters, there's a lot of new characters in this show. The main characters are new characters.
Can you describe a couple of the new ones?
Drat!
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Do we have a thread about Rebels, yet? Anyway... here's some info about 'Rebels.'
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=114009
"We will see many things that are famous to Star Wars, but have not appeared on screen in a while. Star Destroyers, TIE Fighters, and Stormtroopers - basically the Empire is back and that is a big change, since, for many years, we have only seen the Republic in action. The tone of the series is also different. The Clone Wars got very dark as we headed towards the end of the war and the downfall of the Jedi. Star Wars Rebels brings back the banter and faster pace that the original films were famous for."
"Rebels takes place in the Outer Rim. The audience typically thinks of Tatooine as the place where Luke Skywalker grew up, when the Outer Rim is mentioned. We are on a more civilized planet, and one that profited from the Empire's existence in the beginning. Most of the stories take place on the planet Lothal, which is a grass planet with large monolithic stones on the surface. The look comes from some Ralph McQuarrie concept paintings that were done for the original Star Wars films. We tried to make Lothal look and feel like a planet that would have been in the original film trilogy. It's alien, but you feel like it's someplace that you could visit on Earth geographically. Hoth, Tatooine, and Endor are all like this, so we think it fits in well."
Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Rebels
Posted: Tue January 28, 2014 9:23 pm
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Posted: Tue January 28, 2014 10:27 pm
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well this isn't confusing at all
Just for the record even though it says I started this thread I didn't. It was split off from the other one and wasn't renamed.
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It's my fault, according to B
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I don't know. Maybe it's just not meant to be.
Posted: Wed January 29, 2014 12:25 am
No. That one was my fault. Bad splittin' and mergin'.
Posted: Wed February 12, 2014 10:14 pm
I started this thread ages ago
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Posted: Thu February 13, 2014 1:43 am
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So they'll kill him for being a Jedi, but not for being a rebel? gotcha.
Hang on I check on my Grindr
Posted: Tue December 02, 2014 8:53 pm
I'm only a few episodes in, but this is essentially Firefly in the Star Wars universe. Each character matches up with a Firefly character.
Posted: Mon December 21, 2015 12:13 am
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How is that clone wars cartoon?
So many tournaments, so little time
stip wrote:
There are two actually. I've only watched the Genndy Tarakkovsky one. It was really good.
The one on Netflix that runs 5 seasons?
That's the one I didn't watch but I've heard good things.
E.H. Ruddock
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bada wrote:
Plo Koon is in that one and it's pretty good
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Stip I know you're not a fan of the medium but the Marvel Comic Relaunch is excellent and its canon. I could email you a few issues assuming you have a tablet to read them.
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
I think I'll give it a try once I catch up with Rebels. I'm a few eps behind.
Posted: Mon December 21, 2015 1:29 am
I quite enjoyed rebels season 1. I haven't seen 2, and I'd read the comics. Thanks
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With January (and Affiliate Summit West) behind us, we thought we'd look ahead to this year's other important conferences that are relevant for affiliate and partner marketers. Every year, there is a plethora of "must-attend" marketing events with which you could fill your entire calendar from January to December. Depending on your marketing specialty or niche, it can be tough to figure out which ones will deliver the most value to you in exchange for your time.
We've compiled this list of events with great relevance to affiliate and partner marketers or senior marketers with interest in our channels. While not an exhaustive list of the year's events, these are ones we'll be at and they represent good starting point for global marketers. Whether you're looking to expand your knowledge, learn from the best in the industry, see the latest innovative technology up close and personal, and/or network, these are great places to say hello.
The first of the two annual eTail conferences, eTail West kicks off the year in Palm Springs. From its start in 1999, eTail has become the event of the year for multi-channel retail innovators. Promoting a community of retailers, this event is full of content that can be personalized to give attendees the chance to meet people who have similar eCommerce goals. The full 2019 agenda can be found here.
Shoptalk is "where the entire retail ecosystem comes together to create the future of retail based on the latest trends, technologies and business models, including changes in consumer expectations." The event brings together over 8,000 attendees from over 50 countries. See the full agenda here.
Affiliate Summit Europe is a European edition of the Affiliate Summit Conferences. The conference moves from London to Amsterdam this year, and will open with the Affiliate Summit Meet Market on day one, followed by the two-day Exhibit Hall and conference; both will be packed with affiliates, merchants, vendors, networks, technology providers, digital agencies, and traffic sources.
The PMAs are a black-tie night of networking and offer the opportunity foster existing and forge new relationships while celebrating the industry's achievements of the past year. Awards are given in 28 carefully chosen categories, including one that we're sponsoring, Most Effective Agency.
iMedia Online Retail Summit is an invitation-only event for senior online retail marketing executives to converge, debate and discuss the major strategic issues they face in online retail. The theme for 2019 is "Retailing: who moved our model?" Here are some highlights from the 2018 event.
This free conference encourages debate and knowledge-sharing around all things affiliate marketing, with expert keynotes. panel discussions, and networking.
Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) is one of the largest conferences, full of industry experts and multi day speaking tracks, and exhibit hall filled with cutting edge and competitive solution providers. IRCE is definitely a community made for networking with thousands of like-minded industry peers.
Billed as Australia and New Zealand's most respected media & marketing awards, the Mumbrella Awards return in 2019 with 30 categories covering media, marketing, advertising, PR and production. With over 900 people attending the awards ceremony at The Star in Sydney in 2018, winning a Mumbrella Award puts brands in the industry spotlight.
The Online Retailer Conference & Expo consists of two days filled with cutting-edge ecommerce insights, the latest trends, tech innovation, retail solutions, workshops, and networking. The event also features the Australia Post Online Retail Industry Awards, which will take place on July 25 and celebrate the successes across the Australian retail industry.
ASE is the NY iteration of the performance marketing industry's premier global event. Affiliate Summit East 2019 brings together online publishers, influencers, media owners, traffic sources, advertisers, global brands, networks, technology firms, agencies, and other solution providers. It's the place to be to see the latest solutions, show off your technology, and build face-to-face relationships.
Hitting the east coast, eTail East has built a community of eCommerce marketers focused on making eCommerce and multi-channel retail work. With separate subject tracks, attendees can get a focused experience and meet people who are relevant to their filed. This conference is an opportunity to network, learn and check out hundreds of solutions for eCommerce needs.
iMedia Brand Summit provides an opportunity for senior brand marketers to converge, debate and discuss the major strategic issues they face. The invitation-only event brings these industry leaders together to discuss shared challenges, as well as network, build relationships and meet potential partners. For 2019, they will be tackling the theme "Turbo charging your customer experiences." View video highlights from the 2018 event.
Dmexco is not specific to the affiliate or partner channel but it is one of the biggest international digital trade shows and a worthwhile event to hear about the tech trends which are now defining the digital economy. It's not for the faint at heart, boasting more brands, agencies, media, and tech players than any other trade show, with 41K attendees from 95 countries in 2018.
As the number one event for affiliate marketers in Asia, ASAPAC combines all of the usual Affiliate Summit specialties - engaging content, exhibitors, interactive sessions, and the Meet Market - uniquely tailored to the APAC market.
2019 will bring the 4th edition of these prestigious industry awards, where we won Best Performance Marketing Technology last year. Held the night before PI Live starts, the awards ceremony brings together 300+ guests for close-knit networking, entertainment and education. An all-new venue will be announced later this year.
PI Live is a two-day conference and exhibition enabling publishers, agencies, advertisers and retailers to connect; filled with networking and inspiring content to increase your profits from performance marketing. The event draws great speakers and industry experts in the field of performance marketing. Passes can also include the Influencer Marketing Show.
Now in its fifth year, the annual Mumbrella Asia Awards is a celebration of the whole media and marketing ecosystem across the region. The awards recognize marketers, brands, agencies, media owners, ad-tech players, consultancies and more. Having doubled in size in 2017, the event continues to gain strength thanks to its robust and rigorous judging process – which ensure only the best work wins.
Have we left out any of your favorite events? Let us know.


For several years, Japanese cuisine has been enjoying an unprecedented boom across our country. From sushi, to hibachi, to bento boxes, to other traditional dishes and creative specialties, our love of Japanese food continues to grow. Locally, Koto Japanese Sushi & Steakhouse, in Clemmons, NC, is already experiencing great popularity and even has regular customers after opening in January of this year.
It might surprise you, but Koto Japanese Sushi & Steakhouse is owned by Chinese immigrants, Jian "Tony" Dong, Shao Ting "Connor" Li, with Dong's wife, Mi Long "Annie" Yang, who oversees the dining room. "We moved from China to New York in 2005, each of us working in Japanese restaurants, my husband as a chef and I, as a waitress," said Annie. It was that experience that gave Tony and Annie the idea and dream of one day opening their own restaurant. Li had previously worked in South and North Carolina, while Yang and Dong had been working in the sushi bar at the Harris Teeter in Clemmons, NC.
Moving from New York to North Carolina in 2015 wasn't a strategic decision because Clemmons, NC, needed a Japanese restaurant, but one of wanting a warmer climate. "We love the weather here and there were good opportunities for our family to pursue our dream of having our own restaurant," Annie stated. So why choose Japanese over your native Chinese cuisine?
"We really like the Japanese flavors. The two, Chinese and Japanese, are similar, yet different in their offerings. The love of sushi and hibachi led us to continue in Japanese and finally, after many years, open our own restaurant. Tony has worked in hibachi restaurants for about ten years and I've been making sushi about ten years, as well. It is the work we got when we first came to America…we learned to cook Japanese and that's what we know and now love," commented Annie.
Their combined twenty-plus years of experience has led to an extensive menu at Koto Japanese Sushi & Steakhouse. With a touch of and influence of Chinese and Thai cuisines, there is something for everyone who loves Japanese.
Appetizers include IKA Maruyaki (BBQ squid, $8), Beef Negimaki ($7) and Annie's favorite, the Bacon-Shrimp roll ($10). "Our teriyaki entrees are popular with items like scallops, shrimp, salmon, tofu for vegetarians, chicken or steak. Most of our entrees include steamed rice and choice of soup or salad," Annie said. From those delicious dishes, the menu continues with bento boxes, featuring chicken katsu, sushi, sashimi, and shrimp tempura. Each box includes shumai, a spring roll, rice, and a choice of soup or salad. Hibachi items can be served alone or in combinations, with chicken, steak, shrimp, lobster, and more.
The Chef's specials include grilled filet mignon with yakiniku sauce, Chilean sea bass and crispy duck, which is the one purely Chinese dish.
The choices of sushi and sashimi items are endless. "We have standard sushi rolls, but also 34 special rolls. The Clemmons roll has spicy tuna inside with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, and tilapia on top. The Koto roll includes spicy shrimp, lobster salad, and avocado. At lunch, we have a number of specials. Customers can choose two or three sushi rolls from a select list and get them with soup or salad for $9.75 or $13.75. Other items, including hibachi items and bento boxes, are priced from $7 to $13 at lunch," explained Annie.
Koto Japanese Sushi & Steakhouse is located at 3619 Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC, in the Clemmons Village Shopping Center. Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday, 11 am-2:30 pm and 4-9:30 pm.; Friday, 11 am-2:30 pm and 4-10 pm.; Sunday 12- 9:30 pm. For more information or to order online and pick up at the restaurant, visit www.kotonc.com.


Granite Bay is a bedroom community of mostly custom built homes that borders Folsom Lake to the east and Roseville to the west. Home prices range from around $300,000 to over $1,000,000.
Granite Bay School facilities are among the best in the region.
The Eureka School District covers the elementary grades. Granite Bay High School is part of the Roseville Joint Union School District.
Many of the homes in Granite Bay are situated on large wooded lots.
Some sites accommodate horses and the nearby Folsom Lake State Recreational Area has horse back riding trails.
Folsom Lake offers water sports. In addition to fishing and swimming, you can water ski, and sail. If you prefer land based activities Folsom Lake offers hiking, camping and picnicking.


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Epigram Group of companies
Business Name: Nabeel Abbas
Name Initial: N
Nabeel Abaas is an Indian entrepreneur, the founder of the Epigram Group of companies, a media consultant and a journalist.
Born : 24 September 1969 (age 46) Mumbai, India
Occupation : Entrepreneur, writer, journalist
Early Life and Career:
Nabeel Abbas started his career as a film journalist over a decade ago, covering the film industry in India for leading publications across the country and abroad. He was a film critic for the Times of India Group and would often write on the business of cinema for The Economic Times. From the print medium, he then ventured to the electronic format as a consultant the Star Group during the launch of Star Movies in India. He remained a consultant for Star Movies for a period of four years for all programming related to cinema, having interviewed top international talent like Baz Luhrmann, Luc Besson, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, Mel Gibson, Ben Kingsley and Bollywood talent like Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ashutosh Gowariker, Ramgopal Varma and John Mathew Matthan, to name a few.
From writing to consulting, he began handling promotions, and was responsible for designing, marketing and positioning of films with a repertoire that included Bollywood blockbusters like Sanjay Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, high calibre films like Aamir Khan's Lagaan and Deepa Mehta's Earth (1947), and Hollywood films like Titanic, True Lies, Dunston Checks In and Die Another Day – to name a few. He has also been a pioneer and an authority on Talent Management. Executing promotional tie-ins early on in his individual capacity with leading brands like Videocon, Smirnoff, Pepsi and Parle, Nabeel is responsible for some ground breaking brand-building exercises with films as media vehicles when brand promotions with films were at the infancy. He has also developed the concept of poster art and film design in India, pioneered the use of the internet for film promotions, and edited television & theatrical trailers for the Hindi & Foreign Film Industry. Nabeel was also one of the first ones to use Viral Marketing in Bollywood.
Nabeel's unique talents as a copywriter, critic and media consultant, and film experience encouraged him to set up Epigram, now one of the leading entertainment agencies in the country, providing integrated marketing communications for leading entertainment properties. Nabeel is also a founding director of Movie Talkies India Pvt. Ltd, whose portal www.movietalkies.com syndicates content on Bollywood to MSN India, Yahoo India and AOL India in the form of daily stories, interviews, features, movie stills, event stills, other imagery, and broadband content.
Business Website Address: http://www.epigramonline.com
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Here's my latest Money Horoscope for January 2017.
You should take time to restructure your loans and create a proper budgeting for your income and expenses. Create a strategy so you may be able to support and provide for your personal and financial needs. You can expect money to flow smoothly and be able to overcome financial problems successfully.
Review your current finances carefully. It will be very helpful to your financial stability if you cut out unnecessary expenses. The last week of the month will be challenging so try to be vigilant on where you spend your money so you will not have a problem with your finances.
Focus on long-term planning with regards to your finances and budgeting. You may have an upcoming house renovation or redecoration, which will require a huge amount of money. Make sure to choose contractors recommended by your friends so you might get a discount and be assured of good service.
Your business may do so well that your earnings will be more than what you usually expect. Invest your money in other sources of income to help you with your future expansion plans. Pay your debts on time and make reasonable decisions when it comes to expenses.
Your financial outlook looks promising this month. Set aside your extra money for long term savings, which can help you in your future financial obligations, such as college tuition for your children or house renovation. Be wise on where you spend your hard earned money.
You may encounter financial difficulty, which will affect you physically and emotionally. However, this will not stop you from growing in your career and land a well-deserved promotion. This of course comes with an increase in your salary, which will help you recover from your financial problems.
For those who are in business, you might deal with a financial loss this month. So you may have to make plans on how to reduce your expenses. Before entering into any new business, ensure that you have sources of capital and the capacity to run it.
This month may be favorable for you to find opportunities for business, or new sources of income. Review your current financial situations and create a proper strategy, so you can start a new business. Be cautious of people who would like to form a business venture or partnership with you. Make sure that you know them very well, and study their background before making any commitments..
There might be a tendency to indulge on shopping for yourself and your family. This will have a big effect on your finances. Always think carefully before buying something, and ask yourself whether it is a need or just a want. Find other sources of income to help you in increasing your finances.
You will start havin a cleagr idea of what you want to do with your current financial status. This will help you to take the proper steps in planning and growing your income. Business savvy people will be able to find and close the right deal for their company.
Proper planning and decisions, with regards to money matters, may help you reduce unnecessary expenses. This will increase your current savings for this month. Make sure to set aside money to buy a special gift for someone close to your heart.
With regards to money, you will be able to face your problems with strong determination and confidence in yourself. You are good in finding ways to make your salary fit your expenses. This month, you will find solutions on how to resolve your financial obligations.
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If you want to learn more what are the steps you should take to have a better financial outlook, schedule a reading here and I'll help you have a better idea of what's in store for you in terms of financial matters.


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