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The ABCs Of Better Sleep
Whether you can't fall asleep, stay asleep or find time to sleep, we're here to help -- with an alphabet's worth of solutions for a deeper, more refreshing slumber, starting tonight.
A nightcap might make you drowsy, but it probably won't improve your sleep. Alcohol is an anesthetic that depresses your central nervous system, says Rafael Pelayo, MD, a clinical professor at Stanford's sleep center. As the sedative wears off, you're more likely to wake up in the middle of the night and then sleep fitfully. A small 2011 study found that when participants went to bed drunk (for some that is having the equivalent of three drinks in an hour), they had less REM sleep. They also woke frequently during the night, an effect that was more pronounced in women than in men. Since it takes at least an hour for your body to metabolize a standard drink, Pelayo suggests waiting one hour per drink before heading to bed. "Going to sleep sober is a healthier choice than nodding off with a buzz," Pelayo says. "You might sleep less, but the sleep you get will be far better."
—Christie Aschwanden
4 ways alcohol messes with your sleep
Roughly 70 percent of people in an industry survey said they thought a new mattress would lead to better sleep -- but it's not just the mattress that matters. We asked insiders from a few hotels (the authorities on superb sleeping experiences) how to bring vacation-sleep home.
—Rebecca Webber
How to create the most comfortable bed you'll ever sleep on
The best-kept secret in sleep medicine isn't some wonder drug, but a pill-free treatment called cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which targets the thoughts and behaviors that screw up your slumber (the panicky feeling of being wide awake at 3 A.M., the hours of tossing and turning). According to recent research, CBT-I can be stunningly effective -- after at least three sessions, 86 percent of insomniacs showed significant improvement in their sleep. However, there's one big challenge: About 60 million Americans suffer from insomnia, but there are only a few hundred CBT-I practitioners.
To help bridge the gap, the app SleepRate delivers the therapy to your iPhone. The app works with a heart rate monitor, logging your heartbeats as you sleep, while your phone records ambient sounds, such as a snoring spouse or barking dogs. Once the app collects data for five nights of a nine-night stretch, it generates a personalized plan based on science from Stanford University. The suggestions, which can take up to eight weeks to fully implement, might surprise you. If you normally go to bed by 9, for instance, "we could recommend that you don't get into bed until two to three hours later," says Britney Blair, who is board certified in behavioral sleep medicine. "If you have trouble falling asleep, we want you to get in bed only when you're good and sleepy. When patients feel their sleep improving, I often get an 'Oh, my God!' response because they can't believe it's actually working."
During REM sleep, your subconscious puts on a fantastic show -- but the plot can be tough to follow. (Why were you on a trampoline in Indonesia?) "A central function of dreams is to allow us access to thoughts and feelings we may not be aware of," says Mark Smaller, PhD, president of the American Psychoanalytic Association. We asked Smaller to explain the dream-deciphering process. Just grab a pencil and take a dip into your subconscious.
How to figure out what your dreams really mean
For years we've been told that exercise improves sleep unless you work out close to bedtime, in which case it can have the opposite effect. But according to recent research, fitness can be great whenever. We asked Kelly Glazer Baron, PhD, an assistant professor of neurology at Northwestern University, to explain.
Q: I can really exercise any time of day? A: When insomniacs did 30 minutes of exercise as late as 7 p.m. three times per week, we found that it actually improved their sleep. A separate poll also found that working out within four hours of bedtime won't keep most people up.
Q: So will it cure my insomnia? A: The subjects in our experiment slept 45 minutes longer and reported having higher-quality sleep. But more research needs to be done to determine how much exercise is needed to maintain those effects.
Q: When can i expect to see results? A: In about two to four months. We don't know why it takes that long; it could be due to improvements in mood, which take time to have a lasting effect on your sleep patterns.
—Jessica Migala
A few foods may support a longer, deeper sleep.
3 foods that will help you sleep better tonight
Three sleep-deprived O editors test-snoozed a few devices that promise to help you feel more rested.
We tested them! Gadgets that can help you sleep
Sharper Memory When you're awake, your brain naturally builds up beta-amyloid (proteins that are a strong biomarker for Alzheimer's disease), but while you sleep, the brain flushes out some of those toxins. According to a recent study, older adults who reported regularly getting adequate rest had fewer beta-amyloid deposits in their brains than those who got less sleep.
Stronger Heart A study of more than 30,000 adults found that those who slept for roughly seven hours were far less likely to develop heart disease than those who averaged only five hours. Skimping on sleep may disrupt your hormones and metabolism, and increase blood pressure and inflammation.
Slimmer Waistline Brain scans in healthy adults reveal that a good night's sleep impacts areas of the brain that regulate your desire for high-calorie foods, according to 2013 research in Nature Communications. When presented with food options, study subjects wanted treats containing an average of 600 fewer calories when they were well rested compared with when they were sleepy.
Telling yourself you got a good night's rest may make a difference in how you think and feel: In a study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, scientists told one group of subjects that they had logged an above-average amount of REM sleep, while a second group was told they didn't get enough. Then everyone was given a test that measured their cognitive function. The above-average sleepers performed better than those told they'd slept poorly. "Simply hearing that you had high-quality sleep may trigger automatic responses, like heightened energy, that your brain has come to associate with being well rested," says study coauthor Kristi Erdal, PhD.
Tired of feeling like a zombie the first few days in a new time zone? Entrain, an app developed by mathematicians at the University of Michigan, can help speed up the recovery process. The free app focuses on light, the most important factor when it comes to resetting your circadian clock. "When people travel, they often want to immediately shift their sleep schedule to the new time zone, but for some trips, that can actually make things worse," says Olivia Walch, one of the app's creators. "You can adjust fastest by exposing yourself to light at times of day that aren't always intuitive. We may, for example, recommend staying in the dark until 10 a.m., even if you wake up at 6. When curing jet lag, sleep matters, but light matters more."
—Arianna Davis
By the time children reach adolescence, they may begin sleeping less -- but homework isn't the only culprit. In a recent poll, 16 percent of kids said they woke up to send or read texts and e-mails. Compare your child's sleep habits with the stats:
Age: 6-11 Hours of sleep most kids are getting: 9 or more Hours of sleep they need: 10-11
Age: 12-14 Hours of sleep most kids are getting: 8 Hours of sleep they need: 9-10
Age: 15-17 Hours of sleep most kids are getting: 7 or less Hours of sleep they need: 9-10
Before you hit the sack, cue up a soothing playlist. Research in the International Journal of Nursing Studies found that when insomniacs listened to relaxing music for 45 minutes prior to bedtime, they spent more time in REM sleep.
—Jihan Thompson
At least, not always. When you rise before dawn to finish a last-minute task, you may be more likely to experience microsleeps -- temporary moments of nodding off that can last up to 30 seconds. "Your body follows its own circadian rhythms and wants to keep sleeping," says Michael Twery, PhD, a sleep expert at the National Institutes of Health. Try to complete your work before you turn in (even if it's past your normal bedtime). And if possible, Twery advises, plan ahead for the lost sleep with a nap during the day.
Try these three strategies to get the most benefit from your mid-day doze.
The 3 kinds of naps everybody needs to know about
If you're regularly snoozing nine hours or more per night, you may be putting yourself at risk for more than a few illnesses, including diabetes and heart disease. Cognitively, you're not at the top of your game, either. According to a 2014 report from the Harvard-based Nurses' Health Study, women who slept nine hours or more performed worse on cognitive and memory tests than women who averaged seven hours of sleep nightly. Lead researcher Elizabeth Devore suspects that the brains of those who slept longer were aging faster because those women were disrupting their body's natural circadian rhythm. Her advice: "Don't kick this problem down the road. As early as midlife, sleep habits can predict future memory problems. Create a routine: Go to bed at the same time every night and force yourself to get up at an appropriate time, even if you're still a little tired."
—Kathryn Wallace
During the transition into menopause, sleep is often one of the first things to go as levels of estrogen and progesterone begin to decline. And some women complain that their sleep troubles linger for years after. These solutions can help you wake up on the right side of the bed.
The real reason women can't sleep (and what to do about it)
Discover a few no-nos that may be affecting your sleep.
4 bad habits that sabotage your sleep
"I use a red bulb in my bedroom lamp because the light is less likely to suppress melatonin and keep me up. And if I have to turn it on in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, it won't disrupt my sleep pattern."
—Louise M. O'Brien, PhD, Associate Professor at The University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center
The sneaky ways that blue light affects your health
It's hard enough to get sufficient rest when you're holding down a 9-to-5 job. It's even trickier when you're one of the more than 15 million Americans who clock in as the rest of us zonk out. But research suggests that with a little planning, night-shift workers can get plenty of shut-eye. "Within about a week, permanent night-shift workers can reset their body clock so they feel sleepy at the right time of their day," says Charmane Eastman, PhD, a professor and researcher at the Biological Rhythms Research Lab at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center, who has been studying how to help shift workers for almost three decades. Eastman has shared a sample workday plan. Adapt it to fit your schedule and body's response.
In one of the first studies to examine how room temperature impacts people with sleep apnea -- a condition that affects an estimated 18 million or more Americans -- researchers discovered that when the thermostat was set at 61 degrees instead of 75, subjects slept on average 30 minutes longer and reported feeling significantly more alert the next morning.
Exhaustion can be a sign that you're not just sleepy, you may be sick. If nothing helps you feel rested, one of these conditions may be to blame.
Anemia A telltale sign of iron deficiency (the number one nutritional deficiency in the world) is fatigue, caused by a lack of red blood cells. If you're anemic, your doctor may suggest dietary changes, like loading up on iron-rich meats and veggies.
Diabetes When your body is no longer able to effectively convert glucose into energy, you can eventually feel weak and wiped out.
Fibromyalgia More than 75 percent of people who suffer from this disorder, which causes widespread muscle pain, report having trouble sleeping. Why? According to some brain wave studies, the disease may cut off time spent in stages III and IV of sleep, when the most restorative rest occurs.
According to a 2013 report in Sleep Medicine Reviews, emerging data suggest that people with chronically low D levels may be more likely to suffer from sleep apnea and complain of daytime sleepiness. You can get a boost with ten to 15 minutes of direct sun exposure three times a week.
The vitamin D test and 4 more essential blood tests for women
An estimated 43 percent of adults say stressful thoughts keep them up at night, according to a recent poll by the American Psychological Association. If that sounds like you, try keeping a notebook by your bedside, advises Frisca Yan-Go, MD, a clinical neurologist at the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center. When the wheels start spinning -- did you remember to pay the water bill? are you ready for that meeting? what did your daughter mean by that comment at dinner? -- just write down your concerns. When you articulate those persistent thoughts, you can usually clear your mind of them, says Yan-Go, and, as a result, rest peacefully.
"Though some sleep medications are approved for continuous use for up to one year, most specialists draw the line between acute and chronic insomnia at about the three-month mark," says Ilene Rosen, MD, program director of the Penn Sleep Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. "If something stressful or exciting has you so wound up that you temporarily can't sleep, medication can help. But if you have trouble sleeping for more than three months, it usually means that something else is wrong, and a prescription won't address the underlying problem. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is often a better choice. It may take longer to work, but has been shown to offer lasting relief."
Edward Vilga, a yogi with 30 years' experience and the author of Yoga in Bed, shares three of the best moves you can do to relieve workday tension and ease into a peaceful night's sleep.
3 yoga poses that can improve your sleep
Sleep Gadgets So Weird They Just Might Work
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A Set Of Blackout Shades You Wear On Your Face
What: Glo to Sleep Mask How it works: This mask is supposed to help you get into a meditative, sleep-primed state: You gaze upon the blinking blue lines in the eye panels until they fade away or your relaxed brain lets you nod off -- whichever comes first. Why we'd like to try it: We're just as interested in the black void around the glowing lines. We know that making the room as dark as possible signals the pineal gland to start producing melatonin, the body's natural sleep drug. This foam mask looks like it will block out light as well as room-darkening curtains yet won't affect a partner who likes to wake up with the sun. (Bonus: Because the Glo to Sleep mask sits slightly off the face, it may accommodate long eyelashes better than traditional eye masks). Price: $30
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Swipe launches ELITE Sense with 3GB RAM, 32 GB ROM and Good Camera For Just Rs. 7,499/-
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Swipe Technologies, India's leading Mobile Internet company, just upped its style quotient with the launch of a stylish new smartphone. With a slightly higher-end focus than previous devices in its popular ELITE series, ELITE Sense, the latest smartphone is only 146 grams and 8.5mm thick, it's slender and unobtrusive in the hand, and the metal body oozes "premium" while being available at an affordable price.
The exquisite new device, which is designed explicitly with the needs of Indian users in mind, combines quality and robustness to deliver a premium smartphone experience at a price point for the upwardly mobile Indian consumer. Targeted at India's aspiring youth, Swipe's ELITE Sense is created for the user to experience a new level in communicating while making a statement with aesthetically designed body. With increased processing power and superior multimedia experience, ELITE Sense is expected to be a must-have for the connoisseurs of style. Powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 425 mobile platform and laced with lightning-fast 4G LTE, ELITE Sense lets the user make and receive calls, perform an internet search, explore Social Media, click life-like pictures, watch colorful videos and much more without compromising on quality.
Announcing the launch of ELITE Sense, Mr. Shripal Gandhi, Founder and CEO of Swipe Technologies said, "Today, a smartphone is much more than a piece of utility – it reflects your personality. Recognizing the significance of a smartphone in individuals' professional and social lives, we have designed the ELITE Sense carefully to reflect what the connoisseurs of style stand for. Characterized by sleek design and powerful performance, ELITE Sense gives the user an opportunity to leverage their smartphone for making a statement of their style quotient. The ELITE Sense marks further step in Swipe's determination to set new standards in design, power and performance of Indian smartphones."
Commenting on the launch, Mr. Ajay Yadav, Head – Mobiles, Flipkart said," After the enormous success of Swipe ELITE Power and ELITE Max, we are excited to launch the next device from Swipe's stable – the ELITE Sense. This phone will surely strike a chord with customers who are looking for style, power and performance at an affordable price.
Being the leaders in the smartphones space, Flipkart is always looking to expand and be more relevant to customers across a wide spectrum. In line with our efforts of innovating and bringing the best technology to our customers, our association with Swipe will certainly yield great results as in the past."
Larry Paulson, Vice President and President, Qualcomm India said, "We're excited to be associated with Swipe on the launch of their new ELITE Sense smartphone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 mobile platform. Driving the mantle for innovation from India, the Elite Sense offers a smart phone experience defined by the product's distinct style, performance and connectivity."
ELITE Sense's sleek 5" screen offers superb clarity giving the user a great visual experience. On its HD IPS display, the user can view life-like pictures and video with every color.The 3GB RAM gives the users of ELITE Sense power to multi-task. The Snapdragon 425 1.4GHz Quad Core mobile platform is designed to ensure that there are no lags in your smartphone's superlative performance. ELITE Sense comes with an internal memory of 32GB, which is expandable up to 64GB for users to store all the pictures, videos, music and more. The 4G VoLTE-enabled Dual-SIM smartphone supports fast downloads and uploads, stunning graphics and photos while ensuring a lag-free multi-tasking experience.
ELITE Sense gives users absolute control with enhanced security feature by way of integrated fingerprint sensor that ensures that only the owner of the phone is able to unlock the phone. Its chip-level security encrypts and stores your FPS profiles securely. For the users to enjoy superior Android experience, the ELITE Sense comes with the latest Android Marshmallow 6.0. The powerful new smartphone also provides the ultimate multimedia experience with superior sound output and better picture quality. With a powerful blend of speed and accuracy to capture split-second moments with ease, ELITE Sense helps users click photos that burst with life. Faster than a blink of an eye, ELITE Sense's 13MP rear camera is capable of taking great-quality pictures. Selfie-enthusiasts can rejoice taking great Selfies effortlessly with its 8MP Front Camera. The new phone gives long company to the user with its 2,500 mAh battery, which is installed keeping in mind the daily lifestyles of targeted users.The device also comes with a Wi-Fi, BT and FM connectivity and G/P/L sensor.
With a design that is made for designers, ELITE Sense is available in Champaign Gold & Space Grey color variants that the user can flaunt without saying anything at all. And despite being packed with so many incredible features, ELITE Sense is surprisingly thinner and fits comfortably in hands. Yet, like all Swipe products, what gives ELITE Sense a distinctive edge is its unbeatable pricing. At a tag of Rs. 7,499, ELITE Sense is India's most-affordable smartphone with comparable features.
The new smartphone will be available exclusively from 6thMarch, 00:01 hours on Flipkart.com.
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Shell Beach is a post-hardcore band from Budapest, Hungary. The band has released two full-length albums and an EP.

Shell Beach released their debut album Acronycal in 2007 on Edge Records. The first new recording, a song titled "The Greatest Skeptic" from their upcoming album, was released online on the band's website in September 2011. Their anticipated second album This Is Desolation was released in 2012.

History
Shell Beach was founded by long-time friends in 2006. The band name was inspired by the unreachable paradise destination from the movie Dark City. With the members each having played in bands from the Budapest underground scene (Daniel Ivanfi: Blind Myself, Matyas Mohacsi: The Idoru, Zoltan Totik: Velvet Stab, Pal Somlo: Buried By Time, Attila Horváth: Subscribe), the idea for starting a band together arose mutually. The post-hardcore/alternative outfit grew fast the following years. A demo and online presence enabled the band to tour. The debut record titled "Acronycal" was released in 2007. Ranging from the intense, hardcore-inspired waves of chaos, to the quiet, ambient, dreamlike passages, the music heard on "Acronycal" represented the daily struggles in life and the pursuit to find happiness. The 10 tracks showed that the band takes pride in their musical influences by acknowledging their many inspirations like Glassjaw, the Deftones or Refused etc. The first music video from the band for the song "Are We OK?" debuted on MTV in 2008.

This Is Desolation and Changes X Restless X Faithless
Touring helped mature the band's sound the following years. After a line-up change Viktor Sági became the new guitarist, with whom vocalist Zoltan had already played together within their previous band Velvet Stab. In 2010 the band started working on their second album. The first single The Greatest Skeptic premiered online in 2011 The second single released was Hirudinean in 2012.

This Is Desolation, the band's second album was released in November 2012. The 11-song record is a work of two years, has 88 tracks and includes Matt Geise of Lower Definition (Ferret) / Dance Gavin Dance (Rise Records) and Zeek as special guest vocalists in two of the songs, with Tamas Somlo playing the clarinet on track #9. The second record further helped Shell Beach get established as the most prominent band of the Hungarian and Budapest post-hardcore scenes. The album was recorded in Pannonia Studios and mixed and mastered by Dávid Schram.

Vital Signs, the first music video for the album was released in November, 2012. The video has been selected and placed in rotation on MTV Hungary and VIVA Hungary.

In late September Shell Beach announced their first European mini-tour with The Southern Oracle and Stubborn playing in cities such as Bratislava, Košice, Kraków, Opava, Hengelo, Zwijndrecht, Plochingen, Zürich, Frankfurt, and Prague.

In 2014 the band got to play on the Belgian GROEZROCK festival and toured with Enter Shikari and Roam.

In the beginning of 2016, the band released a digital-only EP, named "Changes X Restless X Faithless". It consists of five tracks.

Line-up changes
In May 2018 the band announced an EU tour with Adam Kills Eve and major line-up changes, including a new drummer, new vocalist and the return of Viktor Sági on guitars. The band also announced that they are employing the producering-songwriting skills of founding member Attila Horváth, who also appeared on stage with the band at some of the concerts.
In July 2021 Shell Beach published their newest single and music video, Hero.

Members
Zoltán Bodóczy 'Undosz' – vocals (2018–present)
Pál Somló – guitars, background-vocals (2006–present)
Mátyás Mohácsi – bass (2006–present)
Dániel Szalay – drums (2018–present)
Viktor Sági – guitars (2007–2014, 2018–present)

Former members
Zoltán Totik – vocals (2006–2017)
Attila Horváth – guitars (2006)
Dániel Ivánfi – drums (2006–2017)
Bálint Szollár – guitars (2014–2017)
Dániel Gál – drums (2017)

Discography

Albums
 Acronycal (2007)
 This Is Desolation (2012)
 Changes x Restless x Faithless (2016) - digital only EP

Videography
 Are We OK? (2008)
 Vital Signs (2012)
 The Eclipse (2016)
 Run Out the Sun (2016)

References

External links

Post-hardcore groups
Alternative metal musical groups
Emo musical groups
Hungarian heavy metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2006

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The Halluci Nation (A Tribe Called Red)
Electronic group The Halluci Nation (previously known as A Tribe Called Red) has garnered international acclaim for its politically charged, powwow drum-driven dance music. Featuring the DJs Bear Witness (Thomas Ehren Ramon) and 2oolman (Tim Hill), the group emerged from an Ottawa club party called Electric Pow Wow, which began in 2007. Former members include DJ Shub (Dan General), and founding members DJ NDN (Ian Campeau) and Dee Jay Frame (Jon Limoges). The group has described its "powwow step" music as "the soundtrack to a contemporary evolution of the powwow." ATCR is part of what broadcaster and educator Wab Kinew has called the "Indigenous Music Renaissance," an innovative new generation of Indigenous artists in Canada. The group was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize in 2013 and 2017, and has won three Juno Awards, including Breakthrough Group of the Year in 2014 and Group of the Year in 2018.
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is Canada's national museum of sport, dedicated to preserving and increasing Canadians' awareness of their sport heritage. Founded in 1955 through the efforts of Harry I. Price, a former assistant athletics commissioner of Ontario, it was originally located in Toronto but it moved to Calgary in 2011.
Baptists in Canada
The term "Baptist" is derived from the name given to Christians who were baptized after they made a profession of faith, rather than baptized as infants. Baptists are distinct from other Christians who practice "paedo" or "infant" baptism. In the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS), 635,840 Canadians identified as Baptist.
Elections Leaves Country Fractured
On the last day of what may have been Jean Chrétien's final election campaign, the Prime Minister went back to the place where his life and his political career both began.
Canadians Split over Cost of Kyoto Accord
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Battle of Chippawa National Historic Site of Canada
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Canadian Identity and Language
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British Subject Status
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Internment in Canada
Internment is the forcible confinement or detention of a person during wartime. Large-scale internment operations were carried out by the Canadian government during the First World War and the Second World War. In both cases, the War Measures Act was invoked. This gave the government the authority to deny people's civil liberties, notably habeas corpus (the right to a fair trial before detention). People were held in camps across the country. More than 8,500 people were interned during the First World War and as many as 24,000 during the Second World War — including some 12,000 Japanese Canadians.
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Competitive Cycling in Canada
Bicycle racing comprises many events, from short-distance sprints on banked velodromes to road races covering distances of 30 to over 5,000 km, as well as mountain bike, BMX and para-cycling competitions. Canadians have made their mark in international cycling, including podium finishes at major competitions like the Olympics/Paralympics and world championships.
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Treaty Day
Treaty Day commemorates the day that certain treaties were signed by the Government of Canada and Indigenous peoples between the 18th and 20th centuries. Treaty Day is also a celebration of the historic relationship between Indigenous peoples and the federal government. It promotes public awareness about Indigenous culture, history and heritage for all Canadians.
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"Eightball" pulls back his long black hair, adjusts his balaclava and peers across the St. Lawrence River through his night-vision binoculars.
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The Akropolys group is pleased to offer a public BitlBee server, allowing anyone to connect, register, and use this package.
BitlBee brings IM (instant messaging) to IRC clients. It's a great solution for people who have an IRC client running all the time and don't want to run additional MSN/AIM/whatever clients. It functions by implementing a faux-IRC server front-end, and a plugin-based set of Instant Messaging protocols on the back-end (both native and via libpurple, the library that powers the pidgin multiplatform IM client).
Why use this BitlBee server?
We may add additional plugins as needed (or by request).
How do I use this server?
It's simple! Just connect your IRC client to mail.akropolys.com on the default IRC port (6667). Once connected, BitlBee with automagically take you to the &bitlbee channel (note that "&" is a channel prefix that is legal, if rarely seen, that means the channel only exists on the current server -- it is not "relayed"). The &bitlbee channel is the "control" channel, where you can type commands to the BitlBee server itself. Nothing you say here (generally, there are some exceptions) will be transmitted over a chat network. You will also see yourself and a root user in the channel, the BitlBee server will send messages as this root user.
To start, you should set your nick, if you haven't already, and then type register <password>. This will create an account with the BitlBee server, storing your current nick and password for future use. All IM accounts that you configure will be linked to this account. Root will tell you "Account successfully created". In the future, when you connect to the server, you should type identify <password> in the &bitlbee channel (or you can [have your IRC client] send /msg NickServ identify <password> or even /ns identify <password>).
Of these, we'll demonstrate adding a Discord account, since that's a bit tricky. Note that at any time you can type help in the control window for help. You can also get help on specific commands (e.g. help account add). Note that there is a huge difference between add, which adds "friends" to your friends list, and account add which adds an account to your BitlBee configuration.
So to actually add your Discord account (which you must already have signed up for on their website), you type account add Discord <email> <password>. The server will respond "Account successfully added with tag discord". To connect to Discord, type account discord on. This will attempt to connect to Discord. If you've made a mistake, you'll likely see an error, followed by BitlBee trying to reconnect. Type account discord off to stop reconnecting before you get locked out. You can change your password to the correct one with account discord set password <new_password>, and you can get a list of settings you can change with account discord set.
If Discord logs you in, you're done. And in fact, you should see the members list in the &bitlbee channel populated with your Discord "Friends" list, at least the ones who are online. But if not, you may be told to log in via a browser to complete a CAPTCHA. If this happens to you, just go to the Discord website and log in to your account there.
For Chrome: once you have logged in, press CTRL-SHIFT-I to open the Developer Tools, go to the Application tab, open the Local Storage option, and click on the entry for https://discordapp.com/ and look for the "Token" value displayed.
For Firefox: go the login page, then press CTRL-SHIFT-I to open to the Developer Tools, go to the Network tab, and press the "garbage can" icon on the left side of the window to clear the current requests list. Then type your username and password in, and press the "Login" button. Then, where it says "Filter URLs" in the Developer Tools type login and press Enter. One line should be shown, clicking on that line should reveal the "token" value on the right side of the Tools.
For other browsers: sorry, but you're on your own here.
Once you have the token, go back to your IRC client and enter account discord set token_cache <token>, followed by account discord on. This should successfully connect you to Discord. Typing chat list discord will show all of the chat rooms that you are a part of in Discord. You can "connect" BitlBee to individual chat channels with chat add discord !<index#> [<irc_channel>] where the index number is taken from the chat list, and the irc_channel is whatever you want BitlBee to name the corresponding (faux-)IRC channel. Once the chat is added to your configuration you can join the channel with /join #<irc_channel>. You can also configure BitlBee to automatically join it in the future with chan #<irc_channel> set auto_join true.
From here, you can pretty much treat it just like IRC. You can /msg or /query individual users, you can (generally) see a representation of who is online, etc.
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In the U.S., a new breed of shared space is cropping up at dizzying speeds: the women-centric, or female-only co-working space. By offering a community for women founders to work closely with like-minded entrepreneurs, these spaces offer a refreshing respite from what has traditionally been a testosterone–dominant world. The Wing in New York, which has an impressive waiting list of 8,000 is perhaps the most iconic of the bunch. It is closely rivaled by a plethora of other female-only spaces including SheWorks Collective, the New Woman Space, and Shecosystem. Many of these spaces, such as Hera Hub often host investor pitch nights, and also have angel investment arms dedicated to securing funding for female entrepreneurs.
Compared to the market in North America and parts of Europe, there are very few female-only co-working spaces or similar ventures in Asia. With the co-working industry projected to account for 10-15% of Southeast Asia by 2030 however, female-centric co-working spaces may be the next frontier that co-working conglomerates are turning to.
Even with co-working giants like WeWork and NakedHub making strides in Asia's shared space race, one of the reasons why female co-working spaces are few and far between in Asia is that the co-working model itself is still relatively nascent.
Laura Huang, assistant professor of management at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania explains why they have been slow to gain traction in Asia.
Indeed, female co-working spaces could actually harm businesses in this new space by effectively limiting their clientele—and thus sales— to one demographic, and decreasing the diversity of the talent pool. Woolfe Works was the first of its kind to open in Singapore 2014, but was forced to close operations in April this year due to dwindling sales.
At the same time, Sarah Chen, a venture investor and co-founder of Asia Women Circle believes that the potential for female co-working in Asia is there, and that it will "only be a matter of time" before it picks up.
"A 'female-only' co-working space would serve a growing niche of women who want that sense of community and comfort among like-minded peers, and may hit a particular chord with more religious communities [such as Muslim communities], but this may be a disservice to those that intentionally want to tap on diverse local talent," Chen says.
But the jury is still out on whether the model is sustainable for the long term, with no empirical evidence suggesting its efficacy. "Having experimented through a career accelerator programme driven by a women's non-profit I co-founded and lead, Lean In Malaysia, women do flourish in an environment supported by other women who they can relate to at a deeper level. But whether a structural space focused on women will drive enough profits for investor return at this stage is left to be seen," Chen adds.
Chen reminds us that Asia itself is not a single monoculture. Whether female-centric co-working spaces will take off comes down to the question of consumer trends and behavior, rather than cultural norms.
"The women I work with in Singapore and in Malaysia are very different with different needs, and as such a co-working space brand like any other business will need to localize its content to understand the consumer demand," she says.
Closely linked to co-working spaces are the avenues of funding that they could potentially provide to female entrepreneurs, who traditionally receive less funding than their male counterparts. Although significant inroads have been made in recent years, venture capital's gender funding gap remains a looming issue. A 2011-2013 study on venture capital in the U.S. reveals just 3% of venture capital funding was raised by female CEOS, or $1.5 billion out of $50.8 billion.
Like accelerators and incubators, the co-working space is designed to offer mentorship and networks to founders, and in some cases, angel investment. And while gender-specific co-working has yet to take off in Asia, there is a growing consciousness in the startup community that is now supporting female entrepreneurs by hosting women-led investor boards.
BLOOM, a co-working space of Jumpstart is one co-working space that launched in Hong Kong this year which hosts pitch nights with all-women investor boards. Its cofounder, Chapman Leung told FORBES that the idea came off the back of a Harvard Business Review study which indicated that pairing female-led startups with female VC partners lead to more successful exits than startups financed by all-male VC's.
"A co-working space is all about community, so when we have a big community of female entrepreneurs, then the community itself will be the source of information, partnerships and even emotional support," Leung says.


Lulu Xingwana, the new Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, faces enormous challenges. Policies to sustain a productive agricultural sector must contend with a global trade regime that is profoundly unequal and privileges the protected producers of the North. There has been little progress in levelling this playing field.
Xingwana should consider ways to integrate the policies of her two portfolios within a bold and imaginative programme of agrarian restructuring. Her predecessors failed in this regard, with fatal consequences for land reform. Land policy was premised on state intervention, agricultural policy on reducing the role of the state, and ne'er the twain did meet.
On land reform, it remains unclear whether current policies will enable the government to meet its targets. One year after the 2005 Land Summit, the sector presents a mixed picture of stagnation and progress.
Despite assurances, there has been little meaningful consultation with stakeholders and it is unclear which resolutions will be acted on. Tenure reform in communal areas appears to have ground to a halt and evictions of commercial farm dwellers continue—adding to the million or so who have lost access to land since 1994. More positively, promising new approaches to land redistribution and post-settlement support are being investigated.
The biggest challenge of all is to link land and agricultural policies in ways that transform the rural economy and create opportunities for the poor to use productive assets in the service of wealth generation.
Redistributing 30% of commercial farmland by 2014 is a daunting goal, and to date only about 4% has been transferred through all land-reform programmes combined. Although the promised review of the "willing buyer, willing seller" principle has yet to occur, some provinces are piloting an area-based approach to land reform. This involves aligning land reform, agricultural support and other programmes with the integrated development plans of municipalities. It gives the state a more proactive role in land acquisition, including the use of expropriation when negotiations break down.
This approach gives partial effect to summit recommendations and is what researchers and activists have urged for years. Missing still is a firm commitment to participatory needs assessment and planning procedures.
In relation to land restitution, the government has belatedly recognised the importance of post-settlement support for people moving back on to land, who often lack skills, capital and access to markets. A major donor-funded investigation of models for effective support is now under way, and may be extended to cover all land-reform projects.
Stories of failed land-reform projects are legion. The government is desperate to see some success, but also to maintain continuity in production in contexts such as Limpopo, where 70% of the province's land is under claim and the economy is highly dependent on agriculture.
This informs the major thrust in rural claims at present: the search for private sector "strategic partners". These will be brought in to manage large commercial operations on behalf of beneficiaries, who will receive a share of profits. Key concerns still to be addressed are the degree to which profits will remain after management fees have been deducted, and whether claimants will be truly empowered within such arrangements.
This approach may be appropriate for irrigated farms producing high-value export crops, but has little relevance for the bulk of land being transferred, which is more suited to rain-fed cropping, livestock and production for local markets. Here the need is for sound extension advice and training, affordable credit and effective marketing—things that most land-reform projects are still unable to access.


If you are a part of the 2019 graduating class and a 2018-2019 member of WYSA, you are invited to complete the online application for the Mike Kabanica Scholarship. All entries must be submitted by March 15, 2019 to be considered. Six $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to the top three female and the top three male applicants.
Each year WYSA grants six scholarships to graduating seniors who portray commitment and excellence in their high school years; beginning with the 2018 graduating class, each scholarship winner will be awarded $1,000. This scholarship fund is named for Mike Kabanica, a long time WSA president. In order to apply, candidates must be a current year member of WYSA and a graduating high school senior. Three young women and three young men are selected based on their dedication to the sport of soccer, excellence in the classroom as well as their involvement in community service.
The 2018 winners were selected from a field of over 100 well-qualified applicants.
Kyle Baemmert | Kiel Soccer Club | Kyle attends Kiel High School and will be attending UW Stout to major in Environmental Science. Unsure of his career path after receiving his degree, Kyle is certain that he will have an active role in restoring, improving, and protecting the health of the Earth.
Aric Booth | Elmbrook United | Aric attends Waukesha West High School and has been directly admitted to the Business School at UW Madison. Already taking several collegiate courses in the field, Aric will be pursuing a degree in Actuarial Science. After college, Aric hopes to find employment with Northwestern Mutual but ultimately would like a career that provides him with the most challenging cases.
Alex Rouse | Regent Soccer Club | Alex attends Madison West High School and has committed to play soccer at Hamline University. Coaching throughout high school, Alex hopes that pursuing a business major and spending time studying abroad in Spain will assist him in the quest of becoming a professional coach.
Mackenzie Larsen | Kimberly Area Soccer Association | Mackenzie attends Appleton East High School and is deciding between Concordia University and University of Northwestern-St. Paul. Though Mackenzie is undecided on where she'll study, she plans to study biology with the ultimate goal of becoming a Marine Biologist.
Olivia May | SC Waukesha | Olivia attends Elkhorn Area High School and will be playing soccer at Central Michigan University. At CMU, Olivia plans to study education as she aspires to be a teacher. Additionally, Olivia hopes to extend her soccer career after college as a coach.
Natalie Sanchez | Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club | Natalie attends Divine Savior Holy Angels High School and will be attending Saint Louis University (SLU). Natalie has been accepted into the Nursing Program at SLU where she hopes her passion to service can grow; she envisions herself in a career where she will be able to help others.


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Layered crumbly peanut butter and jelly bars.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish or an 11x8-inch.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt, whisk in cracker crumbs until combined.
In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together peanut butter, butter and brown sugar until creamy, about 1-2 minutes; beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour mixture until just combined. Evenly spread half of the cookie dough into prepared baking dish. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown around edges.
Remove dish from oven and evenly spread jelly over the surface. Dot the top evenly with remaining cookie dough. Return dish to oven and bake an additional 15 minutes or until golden brown.
51 comments on "Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars"
OMG - these bars look so good! I have never tried grape jelly, but I'd be happy to give it a go. I agree with the kids at school and the prohibition on going to the loo - when you gotta go, you gotta go, and my friends and I can all think of some pretty near misses when we tried to hold on so we didn't have to face the embarrassment of asking to go in class.
This brings back memories. The combo of peanut butter and jelly was a staple of my childhood. I don't mind re-establishing this memory.
You write the best things Em! Going back to school after a fun filled summer is always hard. Especially those first few weeks when it's still warm and all you can think of is swimming! I gotta hand it to you, these bars look delicious...you are a genius!
I was going to mention the oven mitts, before you even said anything.
I don't wipe the knife off, I use TWO knifes. Actually, I use a spoon for the seedless raspberry jam that takes the place of the grape jelly.
I once saw someone spread peanut butter on both halves of the bread and THEN put the jam on top of THAT. Isn't that wild? Oh wait, that was my son and he said he invented that method. You really get a maximum hit of pb and j that way.
THANK YOU!! I used to hate that in school too, when you needed a hall pass or whatever to use the freaking restroom. Sheesh, haha.
On a brighter note, hellll yes for the classic PBJ in a dessert-y form. Holy yum.
Those look yummy! I think I will make them for a back to school suprise for the lunch boxes. Only 18 days left of summer vacation.
Those PB & J bars look so delicious and moist! I made some a few months back but these look fantastic, I may need to make some more but try out your recipe.
And I totally agree with the restroom thing at school. Its been 5 years since I graduated high school, but I still remember having to swap out detentions with my teacher in order to take a bathroom break!
Yay for peanut butter jelly time, they look delicious! I was a picky eater growing up and always took PB sandwiches to school (no jelly!), how horrible is that?
Nice touch with the crackers. These bars do look delicious. Men can be so helpful when it comes to "testing" the final product, can't they?
what a lovely assistant. :) meanwhile, it's inevitable that whenever iread the words "peanut butter and jelly," that cursed "it's peanut butter jelly time" song pops into my head. grr.
Peanut butter and jelly have to be one of the best combinations on the face of this planet! I made these bars awhile ago and they were fabulous! I love PBJ bars!!!
I'd much rather have those than a PB&J anyday. Believe it or not I've never eaten one. My Mom didn't make 'em.
Btw, my guys are happy to get back to school and hang with friends...new school supplies & clothes!
Nothing like a pb&j dessert!
these look great... and yeah, some teachers were a little crazy about not letting kids go to the bathroom. i understand it was because some kids abused it just so they could go hang out in the hallway for a while, but if you've gotta go, you've gotta go.
Wow! You've converted my favorite snack into a dessert!! Thank you!!
And lol, I love Eric's involvement in making it!!
Peanut butter & jelly bars by Ina!! I've wanted to make these ever since the first time I saw that episode... right on!!
You're looking kind of buff!
These look de-lish. Love the crackery addition!
Do I detect a little haha to all those little youngun's you're talking about having to go back to school?
Don't worry. I feel the same when I send mine back after summer is O-VER! ;)I remember one of my best friends in third grade sat right in her chair and wet her pants all over the place because she was scard to ask to go. Why do they make such a big deal? Sheesh, when you gotta go, you gotta go!
I totally agree about the bathroom thing! That is just outright cruel & unusual punishment if you ask me!
I would eat the whole pan...How do you make so many delcious things and stay so thin!?!?!
I spend a whole lot of time making PBJ sandwiches since my bfs 5 year old likes to live on them . . . He doesn't like crust so I find it's fun to create different shapes (his favorite is a smiley face so he can make it frown because it knows hes going to eat it) . . . I'll have to try these out on him!!
Haha- Sue, that is wild, wild stuff. I actually use your technique with the spoon now that I think about it.
Amy, wow! I like that. I think I get more muscular during the summer from lifting so many heavy trays.
You had me at the mere mention of peanut butter, not that you need an assistant but I am sure it was fun.
It's peanut butter jelly time :D! I'm loving the Christmas oven mit :)!
I hated that rule in school, I was always paranoid. I think it should be illegal, seems so inhuman.
What a treat for the kiddos! I can't believe you got in trouble for using the bathroom. I think now they would have an issue with that because if you hold it you will get a UTI.
I wonder how many teachers are aware of how easy it is to get a bladder infection??
I'm so glad I don't have to go back to school!! But I'll eat anything with a pb&j theme any day!
I'd take this over a PB&J sandwich any day!
I had to laugh about the bathroom thing at school... so true! For one, I hated using the bathroom at school!
MMMMM I may need to make these up with some of my home made jam YUM!!
LOVE pb&j bars - and your look so yummy!!!
omg i would be so happy to find these in my packed lunch! and i totally agree with you; why is there a limit to bathroom usage in elementary school?!?
i'm singing--peanut, peanut butter. and jelly :) these sound amazing!
You guys are too cute! :) I loved this post, Emily! I agree the bathroom thing is terrible...and I agree that these bars will make a day at school go down better!
You made me laugh several times today.
my husband loves you. he is the biggest pb and j fan out there. thanks emily!
wow! i'm going to try this right now!
Indeed. I hear trees grow well in peanut butter soil.


See clips of our most gruesome drownings along with some our best shots ever!
This is our second special edition of GRUESOME DEATHS, featuring only quicksand scenes.
All of our best quicksand scenes from DEADLY QUICKSAND, WITCH OF POWELL FOREST, DEATH BY QUICKSAND and QUICKSAND are here!
See Laura Giglio, Pamela Sutch, Barbara Joyce, Elizabeth Raven, and Debbie D all sink to their deaths!


With a great history, these local forums continue to have people at their heart.
At a local forum, there is a short exhibition relevant to today's practice, followed by a clinical presentation from a leading expert, not to mention refreshments, supper and a chance to catch-up with other likeminded professionals in your local area.
Supported for many years by a host of companies, their loyalty and trust in what we do has made us into quite the Profile family.


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Thank you for visiting VemaTrack at Excon India 2017.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank all our visitors, clients and business partners for visiting our stand at Excon India 2017.
We hope you've enjoyed your visit and the hospitality offered at our stand.
This exhibition gave us the opportunity to present our wide range of undercarriage parts and possibilities to become a VemaTrack dealer in your region.
We also took the advantage of the exhibition in order to present the new corporate identity of VemaTrack.
We hope you've enjoyed the exhibition and that you have received the answers you were looking for.
We are looking forward seeing you again in the near future.


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The Wright Brothers' Path to Controlled Flight
It was a hang glider crash. A fatal hang glider crash. It was an October lesson that confirmed how the brothers were going to approach flight.
The death of British pioneer aviator Percy Pilcher in October of 1899 supported theories about controlled flight for the brothers. Pilcher had a workable wing design, but did not have a suitable system to control roll.*
The Wrights were convinced by the news about Pilcher. Many aviators were trying to fly. But these aviators they didn't know how to design their aeroplanes. And they didn't know how to control their flight.
The Orville and Wilbur needed to practice flying. Without crashing. And they needed to control roll.
Earlier that summer, in 1899, the Wrights had been observing large birds in flight above the Great Miami River, and theorized that birds changed the angle of their wings to make their bodies roll right or left, tilting one wing up and the other wing down at the same time. If the wing on one side of the aeroplane met the air at a greater angle than the opposite wing, it would create more lift on that side, and bank —and therefore turn— the aeroplane.
And during that summer, at The Wright Cycle Company at 1127 West Third (near the Intersection of West Third at Williams) Wilbur was engaged in a conversation with a customer while he was idly twisting a bicycle inner tube box. Twisting the box created what's called a helicoidal twist. It was Wilbur's eureka moment. It showed Wilbur how the Wrights were going to tilt one wing up, and the other wing down at the same time. It was the solution he needed for wing warping.
They designed and tested a kite that proved their wing warping theory. The wing warping on the kite was controlled by four lines tied to a pair of sticks held by the operator. Tilting the sticks in opposite directions caused the wing structure to twist. Twisting the wings structure in opposite directions increased the air pressure on one wing while decreasing it on the other. The resulting effect lifted one wing and lowered the other. They controlled roll. And they practiced their flying while they were safely on the ground – the lesson learned from Percy Pilcher.
That 1899 kite lead to the design and construction of the 1900 Wright Glider. Big and stable enough to carry a human in flight, the 1900 Wright Glider was made possible by testing roll control, and practicing flying while on the ground.
*Pilcher's designs were later proven to be successful. In 2003, aerobatic studies by Cranfield University had concluded Pilcher's powered aeroplane design was capable of flight, but only after the University added the Wright brothers' innovation of wing warping to Pilcher's design. For safety. And the successful test of Pilcher's design was completed only 100 years after Orville's first successful flight.


2010 has really been a good year for sbtrkt. The always masked and anonymous Londonbased producer has appeared to come out of nowhere to become the preferable choice of remixer for everyone from M.I.A. and Gorillaz to Goldie and Basement Jaxx. Rumors has him down as Aaron Jerome, a producer first released by LTJ Bukem, but we haven't been able to confirm that.
Sbtrkt has made numerous appearances at dubstep hubs such as Rinse, Fabric, Forward and has on heavy rotation on BBC 1xtra by Mary Ann Hobbs, Benji-B and Gilles Peterson all year.
Eventhough his remixes are good it's his own tracks that really stand out. Genious broken drumpatterns, deep subbass and thick layered harmonic tracks that make us stop in our tracks.
New Jack tribute from New Jack Kings!


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Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life of Treya Killam Wilber
Gateway, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 432 pages
Grace and Grit' is the compelling story of the five-year journey of psychologist Ken Wilber and his wife, Treya Killam Wilber, through Treya's illness, treatment, and finally, death.
It is a rare book - a love story that brings the perennial wisdom of the ages to life in all the anguish and exaltation that comprise the human condition.
The author's wide-ranging commentary - which questions both conventional and New Age approaches to illness - is combined with Treya's journals to create a vivid, vibrant and honest portrait of health and healing, wholeness and harmony, suffering and surrender.
An extraordinary testimony to the power and beauty of the human spirit, 'Grace and Grit' at the same time conveys many sustained insights into the difference between spirituality and religion, into psychotherapy and women's spirituality and into meditation and its scope and meaning in today's world. It is a life-changing work.
'An inspiring and profoundly moving story of an extraordinary love-match told by both partners as they are tested to their limits and each grows and deepens in personal understanding and depth of relationship.' Dr Robin Skynner
'A deep and searing look at living, dying, loving, death and resurrection.' M. Scott Peck
Other books by Ken Wilber
Marriage of Sense and Soul A Theory of Everything A Brief History of Everything
User Review - AmronGravett - LibraryThing
This is a deep love story of the author and his new wife battling cancer, understanding life's meaning and finally death from the world-renowned philosopher and psychologist. Read full review
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The incredible story of Ken Wilber's first wife and her struggle with cancer. Ken Wilber is an innovative philosopher and long-time meditator, and he weaves many fascinating ideas into the narrative ... Read full review
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Ken Wilber is one of the most widely read and influential American philosophers of our time. He is the author of over a dozen books including 'The Marriage of Sense and Soul', 'A Brief History of Everything', and 'A Theory of Everything'.
Title Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life of Treya Killam Wilber
Author Ken Wilber
Publisher Gateway, 2001
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Cushions are an indispensable item for bringing colour, pattern, and above all, comfort to a room. As our columnist Rita Konig advises, cushions should be large, generous, and offer support to the body, but avoid stacking so many on a sofa or bed that you have to perform excavations before you sit down. Although they can be a surprisingly expensive accessory, we've collected some beautiful high-street finds here to ensure you don't break the bank.
'Ratapiko' cotton cushion cover (orange/black), 40cm square, £32, from La Redoute.
Ikat velvet cushion cover (bone/indigo), by Junipa, 50cm square, £25, from House of Fraser.
Poppy Field' cotton mix cushion, 50cm square, £32 including pad, from French Connection.
'Kamala' tussah silk and cotton cushion cover, 51cm square, £44, from Oka.
'Renrepe' cotton cushion cover, 50cm square, £4.50, from Ikea.
Conscious patterned cotton cushion cover (natural white/black patterned), 50cm square, £3.99, from H&M Home.


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"I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore."
- Georgia O'Keeffe
24x48, oil on canvas
Down to the Water
Somnis Imago Mortis
Oil on canvas, 40x30
Inspired by a steamy summer adventure, driving through the heart of the Mississippi Delta, this painting portrays the spiritual, magical, and mythical heart of the Blues. The Blues were "born under a bad sign" on a plantation, perfected by a mystical encounter with the Devil at "the crossroads," and spread across the country by a flood and migration of Biblical proportions. Saturday nights spent dancing to the Blues, or "Devil's music," contrasted with Sunday mornings at church, singing in a choir. While gospel music uplifted and spoke to the faith and hope needed by ex-slaves, now sharecroppers, to persevere in the face of obstacles, Blues were a salve for and expression of broken hearts, suffering, and longing.
Heart of the Forest
acrylic & gold leaf on canvas, 24x36
Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week. ―Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Through the Golden Door
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
These words are part of a poem written on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty, herself an immigrant woman, who stands watch over America's Eastern harbor. As the current political climate sparked new debate about who can and cannot enter the United States, I saw in my mind's eye the waves of previous generations of women washing ashore from every continent; their diversity, strength, and courage creating the bright and beautiful tapestry which is the foundation of this great country. Any American who is not First Nation has ancestors who were permitted passage through the "golden door" into this country. Who will we be and what will be lost if we close the door?
I learned about the sacred art of self decoration with the monarch butterflies perched atop my head, lightning bugs as my night jewelry, and emerald-green frogs as bracelets.
― Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run with the Wolves
Bugged I
The unconscious mind is a repository, a "cauldron" (Freud) of primitive wishes and impulse kept at bay. It is dark earth, the ground underneath, full of angels and demons, creepy crawlies, things that bug and pester us through dreams and impulses that we often cannot bear to understand.
Bugged II
oil on canvas 36x36
Received Honorable Mention, Springville Museum of Art 2016
In mythology, irises symbolize the connection between Heaven and Earth. This painting is a meditation on how we know and arrive at spiritual truth. The paths are numerous and harmonizing: nature, revelation directly from the Divine, our own intuition and emotions, and stories and knowledge recorded by others both ancient and modern.
3 Graces
oil on board, 30x42
Beauty, Bloom, & Bliss
The Three Graces, celebrated in classical literature and art, were the daughters of Jupiter (or Zeus in Greek mythology), and companions to the Muses. Thalia (youth and beauty) is accompanied by Euphrosyne (mirth), and Aglaia (elegance).
As with any descent to the unconscious, there comes a time when one simply hopes for the best, pinches one's nose, and jumps into the abyss. If this were not so, we would not have needed to create the words heroine, hero, or courage."
I rose from marsh mud
algae, equisetum, willows,
sweet green, noisy
birds and frogs.
― Lorine Niedecker
Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air--moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh--felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing. Honeysuckle, swamp flowers, magnolia, and the mystery smell of the river scented the atmosphere, amplifying the intrusion of organic sleaze. It was aphrodisiac and repressive, soft and violent at the same time. In New Orleans, in the French Quarter, miles from the barking lungs of alligators, the air maintained this quality of breath, although here it acquired a tinge of metallic halitosis, due to fumes expelled by tourist buses, trucks delivering Dixie beer, and, on Decatur Street, a mass-transit motor coach named Desire.
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
oil & gold leaf on canvas, 30x40
Who knows what may lie around the next corner? There may be a window somewhere ahead. It may look out on a field of sunflowers. -Joe Hill
A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.
- Elizabeth Fishel
Picnic (My Analytic Dream)
Having a lover/friend who regards you as a living growing criatura, being, just as much as the tree from the ground, or a ficus in the house, or a rose garden out in the side yard... having a lover and friends who look at you as a true living breathing entity, one that is human but made of very fine and moist and magical things as well... a lover and friends who support the ciatura in you... these are the people you are looking for. They will be the friends of your soul for life. Mindful choosing of friends and lovers, not to mention teachers, is critical to remaining conscious, remaining intuitive, remaining in charge of the fiery light that sees and knows."
Properly speaking, the unconscious is the real psychic; its inner nature is just as unknown to us as the reality of the external world, and it is just as imperfectly reported to us through the data of consciousness as is the external world through the indications of our sensory organs.
― Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams
Every habit he's ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old addictions would burst into full and luxuriant bloom.
― Margaret Atwood
The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door."
Paired
The psyches and souls of women also have their own cycles and seasons of doing and solitude, running and staying, being involved and being removed, questing and resting, creating and incubating, being of the world and returning to the soul-place.
-Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run with the Wolves
Contemporary Western
"May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding and only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the slickrock potholes fourteen miles on the other side of yonder blue ridge. May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the rattlesnake and the screech owl amuse your reverie, may the Great Sun dazzle your eyes by day and the Great Bear watch over you by night."
- Edward Abbey
Ruby in the Dust
Hello cowgirl in the sand
Is this place
at your command...
Hello ruby in the dust
Has your band
begun to rust...
- Neil Yoing
Saddled, oil on canvas, 34x36
Moonrise Over Dry Creek
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. -Homer
As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from which some women derive feelings of heroism, while others experience a sense of exile from the world they knew. -Rachel Cusk
Sister Snuggle
Read me a story,
and tuck me in tight,
say a sweet prayer,
and kiss me goodnight.
Immaculate Confection
Mother & Son
Improvisations
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
This painting bloomed out of lazy time in the South. The heavy air, nights spent drinking and dancing at jazz and blues clubs, and everywhere the thick sweet magnolia blossoms, perched amongst waxy leaves like palm sized clusters of white chocolate shavings. This painting was reworked from a simpler state: turquoise deepened into navy, emerald green into sludge. Then the addition of gold leaf like lightning, or branches catching Southern sunlight between the blossoms.
acrylic on canvas, 48x60
Preservation Hall, NOLA
Plein Air Watercolor Studies
Acrylic on board, 8x10
"Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on."
- Tori Amos
80s Ladies
acrylic on canvas, set of 4, 12x12 each
Wet 'n Wild, Mixtape, Acid Wash, Aquanet
Skeleton Woman
acylic on board, 11x14
Hock Family
Madre e Hijas
I created this painting to give to a mother I have never met. Through friends, my husband and I found out about a local family in which the father, and now mother, are being deported due to Trump's despicable immigration policies. Both parents have been in the States since their teen years and are hard working, tax paying, social security card holding members of the community. Their daughters were born here and are bright students in the public school system. The father has already been deported, and the mother will be shortly. They are facing hard decisions about leaving their beautiful daughters behind to complete their education, or leave together to start over in a country that none of them know as home. I'm donating this painting, which will be presented to the mother before her impending deportation, as a token of my love for immigrants and as a protest against indefensible, inhumane policies that are not pro-America, not pro-family. This is not normal, this is not sensible, this is not American in the truest, richest sense of the word. Immigrant/immigration is not a dirty word, despite how Trump and his Republican toadies in Congress spit it out of their mouths. Immigrants are beautiful, and we are all immigrants in the United States of America.


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Why Chiang Mai is Asia's hottest city
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The ancient chedi at Wat Chedi Luang temple, Chiang Mai. Image by James Houston
Chiang Mai is fast becoming Asia's most appealing tourist destination with its verdant scenery, glorious temples, thriving arts scene and seductively bohemian mood. Digital Editor Millie Walton ventures to Northern Thailand to discover the secrets behind the city's allure.
Thailand's never really appealed to me. I shunned the backpacking, full moon party scene for trekking in the Himalayas, safaris in Zimbabwe and little known rural villages where I could still feel traces of culture that elsewhere have been mowed over by skyscrapers and shopping malls. Yet, on a recent trip I found myself making a detour to meet a friend who's recently moved to Bangkok, a city which she cheerfully describes as "the ugliest place in the world," but for a day or two it's fascinating to be wide-eyed in an Asian supercity.
By contrast, Chiang Mai is the kind of place you could stay for weeks, months or like many artists from around the world, years. We arrive on Sunday morning in early June, when monsoon season is at its teething stage. The showers are short, but extremely powerful and in response, the surrounding landscape shines vibrantly green. The city, for many, is Thailand's adventure capital; within a few kilometres radius, there's trekking, zip lining, white water rafting and multi-layered waterfalls cascading through the jungle, but it's also slowly establishing itself as an artistic hub with live music venues, art galleries, yoga, studios artisan coffee shops and a collection of swanky boutique hotels.
A suite at 137 Pillars
We check in to 137 Pillars, one of the most architecturally interesting five-star establishments in town, built around a grand restored Lana style Thai house. It's a small hotel, just a few metres back from the Mae Ping River and a short walk from the city's walled old town, but the spacious layout of suites in a collection of traditional style houses, clustered around the main wooden house and gardens, makes it seem almost like a mini village. As the first downpour of the day hits, we sit on our terrace watching the huge raindrops run down the palm leaves and soak into the earth. It's over in less than ten minutes and we make our escape to the old town.
137 Pillars, Chiang Mai's most stylish boutique hotel
Technically, the old town is the tourist hub of the city, but its also where most of the art galleries reside and the most beautiful temples. Compact in size with picturesque hidden alleyways, it's perfect for exploring on foot. We begin at the Chiang Mai House of Photography, a sky blue wooden building hidden alongside the more dominating presence of the Lanna Folklife Museum. Downstairs is the room for lounging on sofas and armchairs with a photography book selected from one of the glass cabinets, whilst upstairs is the gallery space. As elsewhere in Thailand, the imagery here is currently dedicated to the recently deceased King. It's an interesting and intimate exhibition examining a nation's collective mourning, featuring four walls dedicated to the work of young photographers.
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Artist, Chumpol Taksapornchai
Whilst Chiang Mai isn't home to any big-name galleries, as you dip in and out of the artist studios and cosy, colourful art spaces that line the streets, there's an exciting sense of discovery and experimentation. Last year, the Chiang Mai Art Conversation (CAC), a four-year-old collective that aims to consolidate information about the city's art spaces into a central database, issued its first Chiang Mai Art Map paving a route for visitors to explore the best of the local arts scene. One of the favourites is Matoom, run by artist Chumpol Taksapornchai. Filled with his large scale, dreamy water colours of imaginary landscapes and his mother's colourful mobiles, it's like wandering into a creative cave. "A lot of artists live here because we're surrounded by nature and old culture. It's an inspiring place to be!" Chumpol says of the city, "You have the smell of the countryside whilst being in a modern city at the same time."
Wat Chedi Luang temple. Image by James Houston
At 6pm we make our way to Wat Chedi Luang temple, in time to watch the monks gathering inside for evening meditation. We sit for a while at the back listening to the chanting before circling the courtyard to admire the towering Lanna-style chedi built in 1441. When we leave, we find the streets lined with stalls for the Sunday night walking market. Here you can find local crafts, cheap souvenirs and sample the street food and whilst it can get crowded, it still manages to feel relaxed and soft. The people are gentle and smiling, eager for you to see their products, but never aggressive or pushy.
The market sprawls in a kind of maze and we're lost for a while before we find our way back to the hotel for a late, but very welcome treatment at the spa. I opt for the 90 minute signature, combining Swedish massage techniques, with hot herbal compresses and Thai stretching. It's a deeply relaxing and indulgent experience that seems fitting with Chiang Mai's sensual aura, followed by an even later dinner and cocktails in the sultry, open air Dining Room restaurant that, on a balmy evening, feels almost Mediterranean.
Chiang Mai is one of the few destinations in Thailand, which manages to cater to the modern lifestyle without compromising ancient culture and traditions. Sadly, it probably won't be long until that changes, but for now the city remains one of Asia's most intriguing.
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"You might have heard a leaf move in the forest..."
A crowd of 1,500 had gathered in Millville on a late fall day in 1842 to show their support for their exiled hero, Thomas Wilson Dorr. One of the most well-known women in the crowd was Catherine R. (Arnold) Williams (1790-1872), who, despite some apparent misgivings about doing so, approached the podium to speak.
Williams had come of age when White women were granted as yet unparalleled access to education and independence, and so it is fitting that she would have become a fierce public advocate for Thomas Wilson Dorr and close confidante. In fact, Dorr and Williams had much in common. Like Dorr, Catherine Arnold was born into a family with deep roots in Rhode Island, yet was devoted to the cause of common men (and women, in Catherine's case).
This location is the former site of Arnold family home where Catherine spent her childhood and later years.
Catherine Arnold relied on her literary talents to provide for herself and her son when she divorced Horatio Williams after a brief and unhappy marriage. Thanks to the successful reception of her novels and poetry, she achieved financial success.
To learn more about how other Dorr contemporaries felt about his cause, check out this digital collection from Providence College's Digital Commons and this related lesson plan.
Elyssa Tardif, "Catherine R. Williams," Rhode Tour, accessed April 21, 2019, http://rhodetour.org/items/show/226.


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Family photo at the top of the falls.
Photo spot on the way to Paradise at Mt. Rainier. July 2014.
Standing on the mussel shells at low tide in Coupeville, WA. June 2014.
Chris and Olivia looking at the Polar Bears at the San Diego Zoo. April 2015.
We are so blessed to live in such a beautiful country and we just love exploring it! The list of places to visit in the United States is endless and we plan to go to as many as possible.
Our first helicopter ride. Santa Barbara, CA. December 2015.
Me and Adele, Olivia and Chris inside Epcot before it opened!
As a family, we have traveled Washington, Oregon, California, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. With a huge variety of history, climate, and culture in our great nation, we can't wait to continue learning more about our country!


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Punkt Festival 2010
By JOHN KELMAN
September 4 Live Remix: Jan Bang/Jon Hassell/ Skúli Sverrisson/Erik Honoré
For the final remix of Punkt 2010, the festival invited the figure who is, perhaps more than any, the spiritual godfather of Punkt: Fourth World progenitor, Jon Hassell. In recent years, Hassell has been a regular Punkt participant—recruiting Bang, in fact, for his most recent album Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street (ECM, 2009) and his touring group, Maarifa Street. Bang and Hassell had just returned from Iceland, immediately before the festival, where they performed a duet in Reykjavik, and so it seems almost serendipitous that an Icelandic expat, bassist Skúli Sverrisson (now living in New York for many years), was also on-hand. Add Erik Honoré, and the result was a combination of old and new friends, coming together to remix a completely unexpected performance featuring a first-time collaboration.
Form left: Jon Hassell, Skúli Sverrisson
While Supersilent can approach beauty (albeit often form a very oblique perspective), the Live Remix posted a far gentler alternative to its incendiary main stage performance. Like most of the performances on Punkt's final day, The Alpha Room was packed to the rafters, this time with people curious to hear how Supersilent's one-of-a-kind performance could be reshaped and reinterpreted. More static than Supersilent's show, there was, nevertheless, a disturbing undercurrent, often rumbling underneath Hassell's pitch-shifted trumpet, with a staggered electric pulse providing forward motion as Sverrisson created his own undercurrent from a processed serious of repeated hammer- ons.
Hassell remixing Henriksen is a profound enough idea; the 2007 Live Remix, where Henriksen was invited to sit in with Hassell, was moving enough to literally bring some of its participants to tears afterwards; here, with Henriksen one step removed, it was moving as well, but in a different fashion, as Hassell worked with the feeds he was receiving from Bang and Honoré, the energy of the remix lifting, when Henriksen's drum segments were brought into play.
Watching Bang and Honoré, on opposite sides of the floor—there's no stage in The Alpha Room—only serves to cement the kind of empathy shared by the two. Bang, as ever, was the more visual of the two, moving to pulses that were clear and others that only he could hear; Honoré was almost completely motionless; the only sign of anything happening, the occasional slight smile, when things were going right.
Erik Honoré
And they were clearly going right during this relatively brief remix. Even Hassell— normally looking self-absorbed, although the interaction with his band mates on a deep, near-subconscious level was never less than crystal clear—came to smile at one point during the remix. It was a fitting end to Punkt 2010's series of Live Remixes. With Live Remixes—especially those that, perhaps, aren't as successful as the artists would like—the journey is always worth it, even when the destination isn't; but for Punkt 2010, and its consistently strong remixes, the destinations ended up being equally valuable.
September 4 Concert: Nils Petter Molvær Trio
When he played with his trio at Molde this year, as part of his Artist in Residence series, Nils Petter Molvær was down a member, with regular drummer Audun Kleive unable to attend. Sometimes, however, disadvantage can turn to advantage, as substitute drummer Erland Dahlen lit a serious fire under a group that, since the trumpeter recruited guitarist Stian Westerhus to replace the departing Eivind Aarset, has already upped the ante on energy, edge...and volume. For the closing concert at Punkt 2010, Molvær was able to bring his regular working trio, and the difference was palpable. Not better, not worse; simply different.
From left: Stian Westerhus, Nls Petter Molvær, Audun Kleive
There was something raw and unbridled about Dahlen that worked particularly well with Westerhus; Kleive, a more accomplished player, has a history that dates back to guitarist Terje Rypdal's renowned Chasers group of the 1980s, countless gigs touring around Europe with names such as guitarist Mike Stern and reed player Charles Lloyd, seminal work with Norwegian keyboardist Jon Balke and Danish percussionist Marilyn Mazur, and his own recordings, including the stunning Bitt (Jazzland, 1997) and Generator X (Jazzland, 1999). The more seasoned Kleive brought a more orchestral percussive sensibility to Molvær's trio; no shortage of energy and groove, either, but in a more polished fashion that contrasted with Westerhus' jagged and seemingly unschooled approach (seemingly, because Westerhus is an educated musician, proof positive that in order to really break the rules you first have to know them). With a much larger kit than Dahlen's, Kleive's textural options were far greater, and at the start of the set, in fact, he stood, rather than being seated, at his drums, playing his kit more as if he were a percussionist in an orchestra than in a small improvising jazz group.
Unschooled he may appear, but Westerhus' reach is also orchestral, using his array of foot pedals—switched on and off with near reckless abandon, adjusting settings, and bringing them together in permutations and combinations—as much as he used unorthodox right hand techniques, scratching, scraping and bowing his strings as often as he picked them. In this constantly shifting landscape, culling material from past Molvær albums including the stellar Hamada (Sula, 2009), was so radically altered as to be almost unrecognizable ("the old stuff doesn't sound anything like the old stuff," he said in an All About Jazz interview, earlier this summer. "It's funny, because I don't really know which albums the tunes are from, so it's funny when you play a venue packed with old fans and Nils Petter starts playing a tune, and they go 'whaaaaaaaa!' and it's like, 'OK, it's an old tune, and they didn't clap because I'd stopped playing [laughs].") Westerhus and Kleive locked into some thundering, grungy grooves, giving Molvær a serious kick out of any comfort zone he might consider.
Westerhus also said in his interview that "I'm kicking Nils Petter's ass a lot harder, and what he says is that, especially earlier—when they had a lot of DJs and beats and grooves going on—he could play a bit and then sit back a bit. Now he can't sit back at all—he's just really forced into playing a lot more. And it's so free now; we play tunes but, at the same time, if you see it from the other side, I only have one groove, one key and three chords that I have to do, so I can force Nils Petter into any corner I want, and he can force me into any corner he wants, which is great. You really need to be razor sharp when you go onto the stage, which is fantastic."
If Westerhus is kicking Molvær's ass, it's just as clear that the trumpeter is pushing his trio mates. As lyrical as ever, Molvær's evolution as a trumpeter has been a remarkable trip from his early days in the more acoustic, structure-based music of Masqualero, a stunning 1980s/1990s band co-led by bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon Christensen. If Masqualero taught Molvær about collective improvisation around a structured context, the form of his latest trio is as loose as it's ever been. Continuous sets move from song to song, but with long stretches of improvisation linking them in new ways each and every night. And with Molvær spending almost as much time singing into the bell of his trumpet as he was blowing into its mouthpiece—harmonizing, looping and layering these vocal textures to create rich washes of sound—he's far more consistently engaged. Yes, there are passages where he steps back to let Westerhus shape a new sonic premise, or Kleive find a new way to a groove; but this trio is a far harder-working and harder- edged group than any of his previous groups.
The trio is also more overtly exploratory, rarely (if ever) repeating itself; in a set that lasted a little more than an hour, Molvær, Westerhus and Kleive made clear that the trumpeter has moved on significantly since his breakthrough record, Khmer (ECM, 1997). Molvær has, in fact, got some studio time booked to finally record this trio, and while it will likely be some time before it sees the light of day, after performance like this, one can only wait in eager anticipation.
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Jimmy Kimmel engaged to 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' writer
By Erin Strecker
Updated August 15, 2012 at 05:09 PM EDT
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Sorry, Matt Damon!
Jimmy Kimmel is engaged to Molly McNearney, a co-head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, People reports. The couple have been together since 2009. Prior to that, the comedian dated Sarah Silverman.
According to her IMDB profile, McNearney joined Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2003, and has been an essay writer there since 2006. It's the second marriage for Kimmel, and the first for McNearney.
Kimmel has been a busy guy recently. In addition to his show, he will also host the Primetime Emmy Awards September 23.
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