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I’ve had several years of classical guitar training, so I am not unfamiliar with scales, chords and progressions. But I was never into music theory much.

I tend to just try and see what sounds good. That works for me, but I also recognize it kind of limits the things I come up with.

So here is the Scaler creative chord composer, a plugin that aims to help you find chords and progressions with ease.

As you can see in the welcome screen above, Scaler can help you in several ways.

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  • Explore tons of scales and chord sets from various genres and artists.
  • Create, edit, save and export your own chord sets.

So let’s say you have a melody or some chords you want to work with. While in detect mode, Scaler shows what you play (which can also be a MIDI sequence in your DAW) and lists matching scales.

The plugin comes with a few built-in sounds, but you can also route it to another virtual instrument as well.

The amount of notes and chords that match a particular scale is displayed. In case multiple scales match your input, you can check the scale style description of each of the scales to determine what suits you best.

Once you select a scale, the Scale Explorer will show the diatonic chords for said scale. Chord variations allow you to navigate through the degrees of the scale, with all chord variations by note.

You can give your progression more character by using substitutions as well. Furthermore you can navigate 12 predefined voicings that fit the selected scale.

Moving to the bottom of the interface we find the progression builder. Simply drag and drop chords in the slots and play them or export the MIDI to your DAW.

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Note that not all hosts support the pass-through recording though. In FL Studio, for instance, you’ll need to use a MIDI loopback device.

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I am really impressed by Scaler. It took only a few minutes from launching it the first time to coming up with a nice chord progression.

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Amkor TechnologyAmkor Technology, an outsourced semiconductor packaging and test service provider, announced that Doug Alexander and MaryFrances McCourt have been appointed as new members of the board of directors.
Doug Alexander was an original member of the advisory board of Actua Corporation (formerly named ICG Group).

Mr. Alexander joined Actua full-time in September 1997 as Managing Director and was appointed President in January 2009 where he served until December 2017.

During his tenure at Actua, he served in many senior management roles including as CEO of WiseWire Technologies, which was acquired by Lycos; CEO of ICG Europe; CEO of, which was acquired by Navteq; and CEO of Channel Intelligence, which was acquired by Google.

Mr. Alexander has served on the boards of directors for GovDelivery, Procurian, and Bolt.

He has also served as the Co-Chairman of the Philadelphia National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), and is Chairman of the Management & Technology Executive Board at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Alexander holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

MaryFrances McCourt is Vice President for Finance and Treasurer at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Penn, Ms. McCourt was the senior vice president and chief financial officer at Indiana University.

Ms. McCourt has also served in financial-management positions for Agilysis.

Ms. McCourt earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Duke University and an MBA from Case Western University.


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Grace Hays

Rookie - 12 Points (October 12,1979 / Wichita, KS)

Don'T Cry My Green Eyes - Poem by Grace Hays

Don't cry my green eyes
I'm not that far away
Just close your eyes
and you'll see me
standing there
I'm always here
watching over you
I may not be
around in person anymore
Death can't keep
me away from you

My love for you
is just too strong
I can't stay away
no matter what
I'll be here as
long as I can
Because it hurts me
to see those tears
So please don't cry
my beautiful green eyes

I really want you
to know
That I'm in a
really good place
I'm really happy here
with family and friends

It was just my time
I know you weren't ready
But my body was
just worn out
I tried to hold on
so I could see you again
It wasn't meant to be

Don't cry my green eyes
I'm always here with you
Always in your heart
one of your most
treasured memories
So please don't cry
my beautiful green eyes

(written in loving memory of my grandpa Raymond Eugene De Vasure. (Love u and miss u))

Comments about Don'T Cry My Green Eyes by Grace Hays

  • Jazib KamalviJazib Kamalvi (2/12/2018 12:35:00 AM)

    A refined poetic imagination, Grace H. You may like to read my poem, Love And Lust. Thank you. (Report)Reply

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Wage Peace

by Judyth Hill

Judyth's poem follows the form of the Tibetan Buddhist meditation, Tonglen. Try it with your own breath, "Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees." Or make it your own.

Wage peace with your breath.
Breathe in firemen and rubble,
breathe out whole buildings
and flocks of blackbirds.
Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children
and freshly mown fields.
Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees.
Breathe in the fallen
and breathe out lifelong friendships intact.
Wage peace with your listening:
hearing sirens, pray loud.
Remember your tools:
flower seeds, clothes pins, clean rivers.
Make soup.
Learn to knit and make a hat.
Think of chaos as dancing raspberries,
imagine grief as the outbreath of beauty
or the gesture of fish.
Swim for the other side.
Wage peace.
Never has the world seemed so fresh and precious.
Have a cup of tea and rejoice.
Act as if armistice has already arrived.
Don't wait another minute.

“You don’t owe me.”

by Hafiz

Even after all this time
the Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

A Man Talking To His House

by Jelelludin Rumi

I say that no one in this caravan is awake
and that while you sleep, a thief is stealing

the signs and symbols of what you thought
was your life. Now you're angry with me for

telling you this! Pay attention to those who
hurt your feelings telling you the truth.

Giving and absorbing compliments is like
trying to paint on water, that insubstantial.

Here is how a man once talked with his house,
“Please, if you're ever about to collapse,

let me know.” One night without a word the
house fell. “What happened to our agreement?”

The house answered, “Day and night I've been
telling you with cracks and broken boards and

holes appearing like mouths opening. But you
kept patching and filling those with mud, so

proud of your stopgap masonry. You didn't
listen.” This house is your body always

saying, I'm leaving; I'm going soon. Don't
hide from one who knows the secret. Drink

the wine of turning toward God. Don't examine
your urine. Examine instead how you praise,

what …

"Dolls That Pull the Stuffing Out of Each Other"

by Rumi

You that give nourishment and steadiness and freedom,
give the bent soul strength
to stand up straight in the work it knows it's here
to do. Give us patience and
generosity and clarity to see through the images that
appear. There is a coarse
desire that wants world-power; there are armies that
kill their own relatives;
and there is the bitter pleasure of dolls that pull the
stuffing out of each other.
Read the passionate love stories again. Notice how
everyone perishes in what is
not love. Love is when the holy nothingness loves itself.
Jealousies come as kindness
turns cruel. If there were no legal punishment, no threat
of prison, people would shred
their enemies, the so-called lovers. Envy connects deeply
with the old ambition of fallen
angels, who do exist, and they have human helpers who try
to destroy anyone who
has loved and received wisdom from a teacher.

Mathnawi V: 1197-1225
Version by Coleman Barks
"The Soul of Rumi" HarperSanFra…

My Brilliant Image

by Hafiz

One day
the sun admitted,
“I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The infinite Incandescence
That had cast my brilliant image!”

“I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!”

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

A King Dressed As a Servant

by Jelalludin Rumi

A sweet voice calls out,
"The caravan from Egypt is here!"
A hundred camels with what amazing treasure!

Midnight, a candle and someone quietly
waking me, "Your friend has come."

I spring out of my body, put a ladder
to the roof, and climb up to see if
it's true.

Suddenly, there is a world within this world!
An ocean inside the water jar!
A king sitting with me wearing
the uniform of a servant!
A garden in the chest of the gardener!

I see how love has "thoughts,"
and that these thoughts are circulating
in conversation with majesty.
Let me keep opening this moment
like a dead body reviving.

Shamsi Tabriz saw the placeless one
and from That, made a place.

(Ghazal 2730, Version by Coleman Barks)

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

A Zero-Circle

by Jellaludin Rumi

Be helpless and dumbfounded,
unable to say yes or no.
Then a stretcher will come
from grace to gather us up.
We are too dulleyed to see the beauty.
If we say "Yes we can," we'll be lying.
If we say "No, we don't see it,"
that "No" will behead us
and shut tight our window into spirit.
So let us not be sure of anything,
besides ourselves, and only that, so
miraculous beings come running to help.
Crazed, lying in a zero-circle, mute,
we will be saying finally,
with tremendous eloquence, "Lead us."
When we've totally surrendered to that beauty,
we'll become a mighty kindness.

(Mathnawi IV, 3748-3754, translated by Coleman Barks)

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

by Hafiz

We have not come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.

We have not come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.

Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.

Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.

We have a duty to befriend
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please,
Come out and play."

For we have not come here to take prisoners
Or to confine our wondrous spirits,

But to experience ever and ever more deeply
Our divine courage, freedom and

from "The Gift ~ versions of Hafiz" by Daniel Ladinsky

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

The Guest House

by Jelalludin Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Coleman Barks trans.

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

This is not a courtroom anymore!

by Hafiz
For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

This is not a courtroom anymore!

The time of judging who's drunk or sober, who's right or wrong, who's closer to God or farther away, all that's over.

This caravan is led instead by a great Delight, the simple joy that sits with us now, that is the grace.

Hafiz, it may be that you've just poured a toast that will wash love clean of all it's pictures.

Come, come, whoever you are

by Jelalludin Rumi

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you've broken your vow
a thousand times.
Come, yet again, come.

Coleman Barks trans.

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

The Shop

by Rumi

Lightning falling on the helpless,
a surge of pearl out of the rock
covering the rock, this life torn into a hundred pieces,
and one of those pieces a ticket
to let me back into my life.

A spirit world divided into eight sections, one a scroll.
Eight scrolls in the parchment of your face.
What kind of bird am I becoming, kneeling like a camel,
pecking at the fire like an ostrich?

You and I have worked in the same shop for years.
Our loves are great fellow workers.
Friends cluster there, and every moment we notice
a new light coming out in the sky.
Invisible, yet taking form, like Christ coming through
Mary. In the cradle, God.
Shams, why this inconsistency
that we live with love,
and yet we run away?

Coleman Barks trans.

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

I've Broken Through To Longing

by Jellaludin Rumi

I've broken through to longing
Now, filled with a grief I have
Felt before, but never like this.
The center leads to love.
Soul opens the creation core.
Hold on to your particular pain.
That too can take you to God.

Coleman Barks trans.

For more poems by Hafiz and Rumi..

Cast All Your Votes For Dancing

by Hafiz
for Morgan

I know the voice of depression
Still calls to you.

I know those habits that can ruin your life
Still send their invitations.

But you are with the Friend now
And look so much stronger.

You can stay that way
And even bloom!

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From your prayers and work and music
And from your companions' beautiful laughter.

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From the sacred hands and glance of your Beloved
And, my dear,
From the most insignificant movements
Of your own holy body.

Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins
That may buy you just a moment of pleasure,
But then drag you for days
Like a broken man
Behind a farting camel.

You are with the Friend now.
Learn what actions of yours delight Him,
What actions of yours bring freedom
And Love.

Whenever you say God's name, dear pilgrim,
My ears wish my head was missing
So they could finally kiss each other
And applaud all your nourishing wisdom!


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Outfront Weekly

With the purpose of being “the real estate company of choice for agents and their customers”, Keller Williams needs no other introduction

Outfront, the editorial arm of Keller Williams Realty, Inc., provides readers an in-depth look at the businesses, lives and success strategies of top real estate agents from around the world. The digital publication also provides the latest on game-changing technology and thought-provoking insights from the company’s top leaders.

Our favorite article focuses on homeownership solutions for millennials, with an emphasis on what this generation can do to fulfill its homeownership dreams faster.

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With news and tips on design, financing, home prices, and real estate investing, Realest brings all the relevant info at your fingertips

At Realest Blog, you learn the ins and outs of real estate. Whether you’re buying, selling, renting or already own, you can find tips to help you through it all.

Our favorite article is a very smart piece on the real, and only reason why homes don’t sell.

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Realtor News

Realtor News always has the perfect mix of celebrity homes news, beautiful homes, and market insights

Homeownership is a journey. Starting with the home buying process, continuing with the moving woes and finally ending with making your new home your own, this journey is carefully documented by the helpful, informative posts on Realtor’s blog.

Our favorite article on Realtor News this week is the piece focusing on an emerging trend: Gen Z is starting to buy property, and they might become a real home-buying force in the coming years.

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Redfin Blog

With the mission to “redefine real estate in the customer’s favor”, Redfin wants to simplify all real estate processes

This Seattle-based real estate brokerage offers home buying and selling tips and advice and local insights, but also trends analyses to keep all their clients in the know.

One of our favorite articles on Redfin’s blog focuses on the7 most popular home styles in the country.

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RENTCafé Blog

The RENTCafé Blog is your trusted source of information on everything apartment-related

From easy DIY project ideas for your rental to market studies and analyses focusing on the evolution of the nation’s biggest rental markets, RENTCafé’s blog is a real trove of rental data, tips, and tricks.

Our favorite article is their ‘Decade in Review‘ study, which zooms in on all the real estate and demographics megatrends of the past decade.

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The Close

The Close is the silent partner that always has the best bits of real estate information, the most fun updates, and the most useful insights

Offering a wealth of information from domains as diverse as cutting edge psychology, business and marketing strategy, design, and disruptive technology, the main aim of the professionals at The Close is to help real estate agents work better and smarter for their customers, helping them in turn to find their dream home.

Because we’re secretly all ad nerds over here and we love a smart, creative ad (that converts!), our favorite piece from The Close is the one about the 33 Clever Real Estate Ads That Convert Like Crazy.

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Zillow Porchlight

Zillow’s Porchlight is always on, helping home seekers find their dream home

Zillow, the Seattle-based real estate and rental marketplace has become synonymous with real estate excellence. Covering the full cycle of renting, buying, and owning, the site is an invaluable source no matter where you are in the process.

The article we like best is a very fitting piece for all prospective homebuyers who want to start the new year the right way: 5 New Year’s Resolutions That Can Help You Buy a Home

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On the 6SQFT blog, you’ll learn about the places, people, and ideas that have shaped and continue to shape the amazing metropolis that is New York City

This blog is inspired by the notion of “personal space,” a constant flow of energy that basically determines how people behave in specifically designed spaces. In particular, it covers how culture defines who we are and how we are in different locations. The location chosen is New York City and 6SQFT covers amazing stories around the city, from interior design to new developments and peculiar homes, and even the rediscovery of a lost, treasured corner. It’s definitely the best way to experience this electric metropolis.

We simply love this article about New York in the 1920s simply because it’s so different from what we’ve been seeing and because it offers a glimpse of the city’s ‘Roaring’ past.

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Searching for property online is slowly becoming the first and main step all home seekers and renters take when looking for a new home. Homes for sale and for rent are now at our fingertips. And not only that, but real estate websites offer the best tips when it comes to home maintenance, interior design, and financial guidance. All the best advice, home buying and selling tips and market trends are just a few clicks away.

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UCLA Center for Policing Equity to relocate to New York

UCLA’s research center that works with police departments to reduce racial profiling and other issues will relocate to New York following an endowment of $2.5 million. UCLA psychology professor Phillip Atiba Goff, who helped start the center in 2007, will also move to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York to occupy a professorship and lead the center, according to a press release. Read more here.


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"Gay rat wedding" memes are standing up for Arthur in the funniest way

23 May 2019, 17:31 | Updated: 24 May 2019, 10:55

By Sam Prance

Mr. Ratburn from Arthur has inspired the new "gay rat wedding" meme...

"Gay rat wedding" memes are breaking the internet and it's all because of Mr. Ratburn on Arthur.

Arthur’s Mr Ratburn just came out with a gay wedding and the internet is living for it

Memes can be inspired by anything but the best ones tend to be the wildest ones. Sometimes all they need is a bizarre, viral video to kickstart them (the "they did surgery on a grape" meme). Elsewhere it's a very specific TV scene and a whole lot of imagination that does it (the powerful Shaggy meme). Often it's just the internet being left to its own devices (the 'Roman Holiday' meme). Well, the "gay rat wedding" meme is a mixture of all three of these and it's iconic.

The funniest gay rat wedding memes inspired by Arthur

The funniest "gay rat wedding" memes inspired by Arthur and Mr. Ratburn
The funniest "gay rat wedding" memes inspired by Arthur and Mr. Ratburn. Picture: PBS // StudioCanal

Last week Arthur made history. In its season 22 debut, one of its longterm principal characters came out. In the episode, Mr. Ratburn got married to another male character with Arthur, Buster, Muffy, Francine and Binky smiling on and supporting him in the congregation. Naturally, it wasn't long before social media caught on and people quickly began praising the beloved children's show for its LGBTQ+ representation.

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However, this week Alabama Public Television revealed that they have refused to air the episode saying: "Our feeling is that we basically have a trust with parents about our programming. This program doesn't fit into that." In other words, they are either homophobic or scared of upsetting homophobic parents. Since the announcement, multiple people including Lili Reinhart have called out the network.

The backlash was so huge that it quickly became a Twitter moment titled: "Alabama network refused to broadcast Arthur's gay rat wedding". Amazing. Naturally, it didn't take long before the phrase "gay rat wedding" became a new meme. Some of the memes focus on calling out homophobia, while others are based on how funny the term "gay rat wedding" is, and then there are those which are a bit of both.

What does a gay rat wedding actually look like?

This is so beautiful. I'm crying.

They are actually pretty easy to spot.

Why is this so cute?

Mike Pence has made his way into "gay rat wedding" chat.

Gay rat weddings vary all around the world.

The international implications this has.

Paddington Bear is a true ally.

We stan.

There's a gay rat wedding song.

Tyga actually stole this from the gay rats.

Gay rat discourse is important.

If your queer theory doesn't include gay rat theory, you can keep it.

Ultimately people are happy to see "gay rat wedding" trending.

Wow. What a moment.

Pride is going to be a little bit different this year.

Imagine the costumes.

Although one thing needs to be cleared up.

Mr. Ratburn's partner appears to be an aardvark like Arthur so adjust your spreadsheets accordingly.

Would you attend a gay rat wedding?


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February 1, 2019

PORCELANOSA Grupo Projects: KRION™ K-LIFE and Noken structure the pillars of a photocatalytic cave in Mexico

The KRION™mineral compact has modulated the central structure of this architectural construction.

In this old sand mine, the Urban taps by Noken have been used, which give a modern feel to the shapes and to the use of the space through their black matt finish.

This old sand mine in Mexico City has become a photocatalytic cave after the intervention of the architectural Amezcua Arquitectos studio and MM real estate. Great care was taken with this cutting-edge project in which materials from the companies, KRION™ and Noken, have been used. Both companies belong to the PORCELANOSA Grupo.

This project has preserved the concavities and the original quietness with which this space was erected, reinforcing its user’s privacy. Morphology that required adapting the new elements of the place to those already in there, in order to set up the entertainment and meeting areas.

A large central axis by KRION™ Solid Surface

Being underground, this project required the use of special and resistant materials like KRION™. A winning design chosen by the architects from Amezcua to restore the cave. Its Keast technology makes KRION™ an exceptional material, especially in underground areas as described. Its bacteriostatic action and its resistance to: impacts, harsh environments and flexion; along with its low porosity, all bring safety and consistency to this project.

KRION™ also provides a solution for the limited ventilation and the low natural light in this space, since the K-LIFE system allows the air to be purified through the effect of photocatalysis (hence its name). In this way, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compounds are neutralised.

White that shines underground

The two central pieces which have been made with the purest white KRION™ allow for the sculptural character of the set to be enhanced. The light that diffuses both at the base and the body of the main column complements that feeling of wild nature which still remains intact.

The thermoforming capacity by KRION™ plays a leading role here, in which the work by Embodied and the lighting by Luz en Arquitectura were also counted on.

Water among stone

Noken, the bathroom firm, has included the Urban taps in this cave. Their black matt finish complements the stony tone of its walls. Its high quality and durable composition, meets the needs of the atmosphere.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers are ending with another puzzling tailspin.

Rookie Kelly Olynyk matched a career high with 25 points and the short-handed Celtics dominated the Cavaliers in a 111-99 win Saturday night.

Avery Bradley also scored 25 points for the Celtics, who built a 33-point lead early in the fourth quarter despite dressing only eight players. Olynyk had a career-high 12 rebounds, and Jeff Green and Brandon Bass each scored 19 points.

“Wins like this mean a lot because it shows that we’re going to continue to go out and play hard,” Bradley said. “We feel like we still have something to play for.”

Cleveland coach Mike Brown had a much different perspective. Since being eliminated from playoff contention Wednesday, the Cavaliers have lost to Milwaukee, the worst team in the league, and Boston, which came into Saturday with a 13-game road losing streak.

Asked if his players are mailing it in as the season comes to a close, Brown said: “When you watch us play, we don’t look like we’re playing to get better. We look like we’re playing, going through the motions. It’s not good. It’s not good at all.”

Boston won for the first time away from home since Feb. 10. The Celtics broke a nine-game losing streak Friday against playoff-bound Charlotte and have won consecutive games for the first time since early March. Boston plays Philadelphia and Washington to end the season.

The Celtics were without point guard Rajon Rondo (strained shin) and center Jared Sullinger (sprained ankle), as well as several reserves who are also injured.

“It was nice to have an extra opportunity to get in and start tonight, and I jumped on it,” Olynyk said. “It’s every player’s dream to be able to play through stuff and stay in.”

Added Boston coach Brad Stevens: “All eight guys were pretty locked in tonight. Our ball movement was great and Kelly was really good.”

Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters each scored 15 points for Cleveland, but neither played in the fourth quarter that began with Boston leading 89-58. Forward Luol Deng missed his second straight game for Cleveland with a sore back.

The final margin was misleading because Cleveland’s reserves scored 17 straight points in the final period.

Boston used a 10-0 run early in the game to take control. Olynyk hit a 3-pointer and a hook shot, while Bradley also had a 3-pointer to give the Celtics a 19-7 lead.

Cleveland was 6 for 24 from the field in the first quarter, but cut the lead to 31-25 early in the second. The Celtics quickly assumed command again and finished the half on a 15-4 run to lead 60-42.

Bradley and Green hit 3-pointers, while Bass added a basket in the first 1:16 of the third quarter that built the lead to 18. The margin steadily grew and reached 98-65 early in the fourth.

The Cavaliers played perhaps their best game of the season when they routed Detroit 122-100 on Wednesday, but were eliminated from the playoff picture when the Celtics failed to hold a late lead in Atlanta later that night. The carryover from missing the postseason has shown in the last two games. The Cavaliers allowed 37 points in the first quarter and faltered down the stretch against the Bucks.

“It’s too bad for us to play the way we have as of late and let opportunities to get better slip away,” said Brown, whose team ends the season Wednesday against New Jersey. “We had opportunities to get better as a team and individuals, and we just don’t know how to do it.”

Irving was 3 of 15 from the field and has shot 7 of 27 the last two games. Waiters was 6 of 15 from the field and both starting guards. Irving and Waiters were among several Cleveland players who left before reporters were allowed in the locker room.

Rondo missed his second straight game after being kicked in the leg against Atlanta on Wednesday. Sullinger sprained his left ankle in the third quarter Friday, but returned and scored 20 points. The ankle became swollen overnight and the decision was made him to sit him out.

Guard Jerryd Bayless (hyperextended right knee) and Kris Humphries (sore right knee) were also out for Boston. Both were injured Friday.

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PORT CLINTON - The monthly Art Walks are bringing a lot more than just fresh paint to downtown Port Clinton, as the jump in foot traffic provides a boost to local businesses.

Jen Nickel, president of the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council, has been planning and organizing the local Art Walk events since they began in Port Clinton three years ago.

On the fourth Thursday of each month, May through October, Port Clinton hosts the arts council’s Art Walk, with local artists, musicians, businesses and more setting up shop from 5 to 8 p.m. and pedestrians flocking to the downtown displays.

Nickel said the idea originated from a similar nearby event, Art Walk Sandusky, which is held on the first Thursday of each month.

“I thought it was fabulous,” Nickel said of Art Walk Sandusky. “I had just joined the (GPCAAC) and I brought it up to (then) president Carol Morgan and she said, ‘Go for it.’”

At the very beginning, Nickel said, people were not exactly sure what was going on downtown during the events.

“They hadn’t had anything quite like that in Port Clinton,” she said. “But now the businesses are so appreciative of everything that (the Art Walks have) done.”

The Wide World Shoppe, a fair trade business located at 130 Madison St., keeps a count of foot traffic during the events. When the Art Walk is at its peak, they have had up to around 150 people through their door in one night.

“The businesses are very grateful,” Nickel said. “And people love it because they can just walk downtown right from their house.”

While some of the primary goals for the Art Walks include promoting artists, musicians and local businesses, it goes deeper than that.

“It’s building the excitement about art in our community,” Nickel said. “It’s not just a beer drinking, fishing town. There’s so much more here.”

She said economic development needs people walking around and enjoying the downtown, and displaying the work of local artists and artisans is one way to attract people and draw them people downtown.

“We have (the artists) come from as far as Toledo, Cleveland, and they choose to come back here every single time,” she said. “That’s really exciting.”

Emily Kihlken, who has been a resident of Port Clinton for two years, started coming to the Art Walk soon after moving here. This season is the third year she has displayed and sold her lampwork pieces, which are popular items for fairy gardens.

On Thursday, overcast skies may have kept some people at home when it started at 5 p.m., but the sun was shining within an hour.

Kihlken said it can be “hit and miss,” but she can’t keep all of her pieces and she can’t stop making them, either.

“We can’t live in a world without art,” Kihlken said. “What would the world be like without art?”

Kihlken is a member of the Port Clinton Artists’ Club, which hosts “Arts in the Park” annually. This year the event will be held Aug. 6 and 7 at Lakeview Park, where the club will celebrate its 60th anniversary.

Barbara Radebaugh, president of the artists' club, said the group was founded in 1956 by local women looking to help others become more educated about art. While this is the first year the club has set up its own booth at the Art Walk, they have had their member artists present for years.

“We’ve had a great time,” Radebaugh said. “We’ve had a lot of people stop by.”

P.J. Grondin, an author from Sandusky, is now in his second year at the Art Walks selling copies of his suspense novels, called the “McKinney Brothers” series.

Grondin said he often gets returning customers at each event, where after reading the first book, they come back to check out the next in the series.

“Overall, throughout the summer, it’s a really good experience, good diverse crowd, a mix of locals and tourists,” Grondin said of the Art Walks. “It’s been a nice venue for me.”

A variety of live music is also available, both outside and inside at downtown restaurants.

One of the most popular stops Thursday was the Ottawa County Bluegrass Band. This band, composed of several Port Clinton natives and others from around the area, has a strong local following and drew more eyes and ears downtown for the Art Walk.

Nickel said a lot of the effort behind the walks is driven by volunteers and their connection to the businesses and the community.

“Our membership has grown a lot because of the Art Walks,” she said. “We encourage all of the artists to join the arts council so they have a say in what we do and how we should make it better every time.”

Because it’s ongoing, May through October, she said as people talk about it each time, the event  spreads by word of mouth.

“Anybody that can come down, we really appreciate,” Nickel said.

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Psychiatrist: Much is still hidden in Aurora theater shooter’s mind

James Holmes, who was convicted of killing 12 moviegoers and wounding 70 more in a shooting spree in a crowded theatre in 2012, sits in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. In a new book and an interview with The Associated Press, psychiatrist William H. Reid, who spent hours talking with Holmes, says what led Holmes to open fire was a vortex of his mental illness, his personality and his circumstances, along with other, unknown factors. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP, Pool, File)
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DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist who spent hours talking with mass murderer James Holmes says that what led Holmes to open fire in a crowded Colorado movie theater was a one-of-a-kind vortex of his mental illness, his personality and his circumstances — and some other, unknown currents that will probably never be uncovered.

“A big part of it is, it’s hidden in Holmes’ mind, and he can’t see it either,” William H. Reid said in an interview with The Associated Press about his new book, “A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings.”

Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58 when he opened fire during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” a Batman movie, in the Denver suburb of Aurora on July 20, 2012. Twelve other people were injured in the scramble to escape.

He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Reid was one of two court-appointed psychiatrists who evaluated Holmes’ mental health before the trial. Reid spent a total of 24 hours interviewing Holmes in July and August 2014, two years after the massacre. Reid also reviewed 80,000 to 85,000 pages of documents provided by prosecutors, the defense and law enforcement.

In the book, Reid acknowledges that readers will want to know what led Holmes to commit mass murder, and he predicts they won’t be happy with his conclusion.

“The answer — and this really is the answer, but it’s not very satisfying — lies in an unimaginably detailed and complex confluence that we can’t replicate because we can’t see all of it,” he writes.

In his interview with the AP, Reid listed the factors that can be seen:

— Holmes’ mental illness, and the way it influenced his behavior.

— The way Holmes’ personality shaped his awkward interactions with other people and influenced his view of the world.

— The ups and downs of Holmes’ life as he struggled in neuroscience graduate school at the University of Colorado in Denver and broke up with his girlfriend.

The other factors are unknown, Reid said, “because no one knows his entire social and genetic and biological life.”

Reid said society will likely never have a comprehensive understanding of what led Holmes to commit murder.

“He’s unique,” Reid said. “The answers are not going to come, at least not in any of our lifetimes.”

Reid’s book is a chronology of Holmes’ life, from his relatively uneventful childhood through the murders, the trial and Holmes’ conviction and sentencing. Reid said he relied on the court records, including his videotaped interviews with Holmes, which were shown to jurors during the trial.

The book includes a handful of previously unknown facts, the most startling of which is that Holmes suggested to Reid in one of their videotaped interviews that he might kill again if given a chance.

Reid asked Holmes if jail guards should be worried about that, and Holmes replied, “Um, I’d say so, yeah.”

That exchange wasn’t shown to the jury because the defense said it could be prejudicial, and the judge agreed, Reid wrote. But Reid told the AP he doubted Holmes was a serious threat to other prisoners.

The book also offers a glimpse of the extraordinary steps that state District Judge Carlos Samour — now a Colorado Supreme Court justice — took to prevent pretrial leaks. Emails involving the case were encrypted, and some documents were delivered to Reid in person, instead of by mail or parcel service.

The book knocks down a half-dozen stories that circulated around the case. Among Reid’s assertions: Holmes didn’t identify with the Joker figure in the Batman movies, his breakup with his girlfriend alone didn’t provoke the killings, and there’s no evidence his prescribed use of Zoloft was a factor in the crime.

The book makes a point of absolving Holmes’ parents. Reid’s dedication names the 12 slain victims as well as “Holmes’ parents, Arlene and Robert, who did nothing wrong.”

“I looked really carefully at all the evidence that I had,” Reid told the AP. “I just couldn’t find anything wrong with their parenting.”

Reid told the AP he thought “long and hard” about whether it was legal and ethical for him to write the book but concluded that his sources were publicly available and that he had no doctor-patient relationship with Holmes, so he had no obligation of confidentiality — his role was to evaluate Holmes’ mental health, not treat him.

Reid Meloy, a forensic psychologist and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, agreed that Reid did not have a doctor-patient relationship with Holmes.

Meloy said Reid’s book could provide mental health professionals and the public with a better understanding of Holmes’ case. Meloy didn’t work with Reid on this case but has collaborated with him on at least one other in the past.

Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but Reid and the other court-appointed psychiatrist, Jeffrey L. Metzner, concluded he didn’t meet Colorado’s standard for insanity.

Reid and Metzner both said Holmes was mentally ill at the time of the killings — Metzner diagnosed schizoaffective disorder, a severe form of schizophrenia, and Reid found schizotypal personality, a related but less severe disorder. But both said that despite his illness, Holmes knew his elaborately planned ambush was illegal and morally wrong, and that he could still form criminal intent, all of which meant he was sane under state law.

The book ends with a plea to make mental health a part of everyday health care rather than focusing only on crisis intervention. But in the book and the interview, Reid said it’s better to rely on good policing than psychiatry to prevent a repeat of the theater massacre, noting that mentally ill people are rarely violent.

“Figuring out James Holmes would probably not give us any reasonable predictive tools to say, ‘OK, if we find all of these 4 million characteristics in someone else, we’re going to put a brand on their forehead and watch them closely,'” he told the AP. “It’s not feasible.”

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Burbank, CA, July 12, 2017 --( AlphaDogs is excited to announce completion of post-production services on Sony’s new superhero comedy, Cross Wars, a high-spirited and dynamic action comedy in the vein of Deadpool and The Cannonball Run. The story features lots of celebrities (Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore, Brian Austin Green, Vinnie Jones & more), as well as newcomers having fun battling the streets of Los Angeles, with hot girls, sexy guns and witty banter.

Written and directed by Patrick Durham, the film is a sequel to his film Cross. Durham’s love of superheroes and Irish history were the inspiration for the story in which he hopes audiences will enjoy a 90-minute escape from reality while having a few laughs.

Durham chose AlphaDogs to complete post-production on the film based on their reputation for delivering high-quality work. “They are certainly one of the top post houses in Los Angeles and in the film business,” said Durham. “They are true pros with the best crew and equipment. Hard to go wrong there.”

AlphaDogs colorist Sean Stack worked within Blackmagic Design’s Resolve workflow during the color correction process that included conforming the Final Cut Pro 7 timeline. Being a visual effects heavy project, Stack worked closely with the VFX artist in supplying high-resolution color corrected ProRes444 files for painting and compositing with shots being sent out right up until the final output. “We had little time to spare, but made the tight deadline. We delivered the film to Sony on time even with the 4K render being very large and the considerable amount of deliverables required for the various markets Sony distributes to,” said Stack. “The color correction and grading was really fun on this project and the director was very excited to see the picture come to life.”

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Friday, July 13, 2018

At a loss

(1033)  Alor ei agnirathe

Upon this lustrous chariot of fire,
All darkness You did set alight.
On a new morn, oh Who arrived?
You banished our sorrowful night.

Nobody is unknown to Thee;
Nobody is outside of Thee.
You came and went with everybody;
Amid us all, You'd lain in hiding.

You know us, but we don't know Thee;
You heed us, but we don't heed Thee.
You know and heed; and so for us, accordingly,
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You’re just driving down the road like usual, when the stoplight in front of you turns red. You notice and slow to a stop, but apparently the driver behind you doesn’t notice. Crunch! Whiplash is as simple as that. It is caused by a jolted, sudden movement, such as a car crash as low as 7 mph impact. It greatly affects a person’s brain, head, and neck, but after an accident each person has their own individual symptoms.

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No More Mummy Tummy Challenge!

No More Mummy Tummy Challenge!

The Next No More Mummy Tummy Challenge

Starts March/April 2020!

Entries are not open yet but if you add your email HERE I will contact you once entries open.

No More Mummy Tummy Challenge

If you want a Stronger Core, a better functioning pelvic floor and to feel fitter and stronger, then join this popular No Crunch Ab Challenge that is perfect for all mums to follow.

Join before January 3rd and also get the 14-day Fit Mum Butt Blaster Challenge for FREE!

NMMTC is a 14 day No-Crunch Core Challenge.

In just 14 days Improve:-

    • Core and Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength and Function,
    • Diastasis recti
    • Muscle Tone,
    • Posture,
    • Sports Performance,
    • Daily Eating Habits,
    • Postnatal Recovery,
    • Pregnancy Core Strength

This video includes exercise examples from Program levels 2 and 3!

There are 4 Levels of the NMMTC to choose from, which guarantees the best results for YOU!

Level 1: Suitable with a small to moderate Diastasis Recti and or Pelvic Floor Muscle dysfunction (you can use the individual assessment videos to check this)

Level 2: Suitable once a Diastasis is functional and core strength has improved post-birth. Again you can check your own level using our specific video guides.

Level 3: Advanced postnatal, for mums who are 12 months up to 10+ years post pregnancies looking for a Core Challenge!

Level 4: PREGNANCY option

The NEXT NMMTC is not open yet. Add your name HERE and I will let you know when entries are open.

What’s Included in the NMMTC:

All your Exercise including Beginners to Advanced Programs, Nutrition Plan and Wellness Advice!

You do not need Facebook you can follow ALL the videos and programs at a time that suits YOU!

Exercise Videos:

  • More than 40 Safe and Effective Core Strength Sessions which cater for beginners to advanced exercisers
  • Pregnancy Safe Workouts
  • Restorative Stretch and Balance Workouts
  • LIVE Facebook workouts – The lives are extra workouts, so don’t worry if you are not on this social media platform.

Educational Videos:

  • How to assess your core strength and function
  • How to correctly assess Diastasis recti
  • How to correctly contract your essential core muscles.
  • Exercises to avoid and why,
  • Why Posture is so important,
  • Why you are not seeing results
  • Why Technique must be perfect!

Downloads also Include:-

  • Nutrition: 14 day Nutrition Program – Food is easy to cook and affordable! Summer & Winter Menu’s included
  • Weekly Exercise Program

And you get all of this for a crazy $10US, the NMMTC is worth more than $100US!

But you do need to be quick and book your place as there are limited entry numbers!

Check out what just a few of the thousands of mums who have already participated had to say:

nmmtc So since starting this program and eating so healthy, I’ve been losing weight evenly across my body (which is awesome!) But today as I was running into work, my pants fell off my bum! Haha thank goodness the parking lot was empty” Emilee

Went to my physio yesterday and she measured my DR. She reckons it’s gone down by 3/4 of a finger in 2 weeks. Yeh!!” Stephanie

I’m really impressed with this program. I did NMMTC last year when my children were 4, 2 and 2. Carrying twins killed my core, I was recommended the site because I had bladder control issues, and a huge DR. I kept up with the exercises, sorta. Like once a week. Now on my second week of challenge two, I am hovering between doing Program 2/3 on a good day, and program 1 most of the time. I just checked my DR last night and this morning and it is completely healed. I’m amazed! Will definitely be doing 6 more months to build strength. Yay!

Woohoo! Just completed the Program 2 and Wicked Workout with no modifications! Can’t wait to keep up the work! Loved the video on pelvic floor and squats on the blog! The piston idea makes so much sense for me! Thanks for gathering the resources.” Benita

  • NMMTC is Online – you can join from anywhere in the world and access via a private URL and password link.

  • You can do the exercises at a time that suits you

  • Suitable post a C-Section (from 12 weeks) and for mums who still have a Diastasis

  • This program is suitable if  even suitable if you has your children 10+ years ago.

Once you have joined you will be directed to fill out a form to complete your order, we need your email address to send you all of this awesome information.

You will receive the access details and information 10 days prior to the start

If you don’t receive anything within 48hours please check your spam/promotions and social folders as the emails often go there.

If you haven’t received anything after 48 hours please email me: or comment below.

Reserve your place here for the next NMMTC!

If you also don’t wish to wait for the start of the next challenge and keen to start your healing now. I would suggest you take a look at our Birth2FitMum and SuperFitMum programs

  1. Becky

    Hi there- I see the next challenge starts aug 10. There’s no way to start any earlier is there? Thanks!!

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Becky, so sorry but we all start at the same time you do get access to the information 10 days before the start? You just wont get the daily emails etc

      • becky

        Thanks for your reply! Also- once it’s emailed to me can I go back and redo if need be? Like once it comes to me can I do it whenever? Like even a month or so after if I have to? Thanks!

      • Can you only use this program one time? Like would it only be valid for the challenge dates or could I access whenever for as long as I want??

        • Hi Nicole you can opt to extend it for 6 months but if not it will expire 7 days after the challenge.

  2. Carla

    HI Lorraine, I am not due until thanksgiving, can I join the program and come back to it after my delivery?

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Carla, don’t worry there will be other challenges starting that will suit you, you can start our birth2fitmum program from 3-7 days post birth if you feel ready too 🙂

  3. Victoria

    Hello, I just signed up for the challenge and I am quite excited. I am a stay at home mum who lacks motivation so hopefully a challenge will do it. My wee man is now 7 months and I really want to be fitter and flatten my tummy again (not sure it was ever really that flat to being with LOL). I just want to mention too that we are currently trying for baby number two, I believe this is all good to do but of course that may change soon. My current exercise consist of big walks, RPM (Spin class) and Crossfit 1-2xpw (I really missed lifting weights and the intensity of xift). I am not lifting super heaving weights and I don’t ‘leak’ so I think my Diastasis recti is ok for doing it and I feel fine, I have checked and it’s only barely one finger wide and shallow. I do get a sore lower back but I think that is more my posture and carrying my heavy little lump. I have actually recently completed a diploma in Sports and Recreation myself and studied Personal Training so I am familiar with muscles worked and techniques when it comes to exercises but we only really touched on Pregnancy pre, during and post exercise etc So I am keen to soak up any advice you can give me as I don’t not much in that area.

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hello Thats awesome thanks for your lovely comment, NMMTC is fine even if you are in the first trimester so if you find out soon its perfectly fine, let me know how you go.

  4. Aimee

    I would like to join

    • Lorraine Scapens

      HI Aimee there is a link to join on this page

  5. Payal

    Hi, I have made the payment but gotten any email from you yet.

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi you are registered just check in your junk or promotions folder for your email then star in gmail and add us to your contacts

  6. Angel

    Hi, can you please double check i have joined (have paid) ?
    As the form that ask me to fill is like a subscription, so im not sure if i have done it correctly.

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Angel, you are on the list just check in your spam and or promotions folder for the email

  7. Bagalore

    hi Lauren, post 2 kids I’ve now had hernia surgery and 3 months post been given the go ahead to exercise, however I want to begin at the start how can I join a fresh program instead of at week 10 that seems to be going on? Thanks

    • Lorraine Scapens

      HI everyone starts at the beginning and you will start at program 1 of the NMMTC 🙂

  8. Eiman

    If I purchase the program now, I can keep it for lifetime and use it later, right? I am on the birth 2 fit mum program now but I don’t want to miss out on the ongoing offer on the NMMTS and 4 Week Fit mum. Thanks!

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi no this program expires you will be best to do the double special in January 🙂

    • Lorraine Scapens

      I see you just joined it, how long have you been following birth2FitMum for as you may be ok to do the challenge in 5 weeks time anyway?

      • Eiman

        I am in program 2. I spend around 1 month in each program. Almost done with program 2 and I am 10 months post birth of my third child. One more question please, do your programs help in tightening the loose skin of the tummy? Thanks a lot, I am enjoying the strength I feel in my body with your programs!

        • Lorraine Scapens

          Hi Thats awesome progress well done, yes they will help 🙂

  9. Olamide Adeyemi

    Good day to you, I made the payment today and it’s not reflecting on my account. I don’t want to put my email address here but I’m sure you can see it and crosscheck with your records. Thanks.

    • Lorraine Scapens

      HI if it was for the NMMTC and 4 week fitmum it will not show on your normal account as you access off a private URL I will send you the details nearer to the start time 🙂

      • Hi I was wondering if this program helps with that weak feeling in your vagina? Like with how kegals are ment to help. Thanks

        • Lorraine Scapens

          Yes it will certainly help improve pelvic floor muscle function.

  10. Sarah Gibbons

    Hi! I have a 2 finger split at my belly button (with a hernia), my littlest daughter is now 3 and a half. Ive done the Tupler Technique a bit over this time, but would like to try your 14 day challenge. Do I have to wait till Nov 2nd to get started? Would love to start now (-:

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Sarah, sorry as its a challenge everyone starts together but you will get access from 10 days before so not that long really!

  11. haleema

    Hi Lorraine, I have a question. How does it work? and why every one has to start at the same time? Many thanks!!

    • Lorraine Scapens

      HI once you have joined you receive all the access details and information, everyone starts at the same time as its a challenge and this helps to keep everyone motivated and on track

      • Hi Loarraine,
        I have just made the payment, how long does it take to receive your email.
        I am from India, and would your diet chart suit our foodstyle.

        • Lorraine Scapens

          Hi I’ve just registered your email so within the hour remember to check your spam and promotions folders. Enjoy the challenge

  12. Rouwana

    Hello 🙂
    If i want to join your next challenge how would it be?
    Is it like a YouTube Chanel ? Or online courses ??

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi you get access to a private url where you access the private videos ☺

  13. Donna Jones

    Hi Lorraine just tried to sign up and it won’t let me pay I just checked with my bank and they said it’s not their end but yours? Can I try another way or just internet the money to you maybe easier?

    • main

      Hi Donna, sorry for slow reply have been away and couldn’t access wordpress! Can message you my bank details if easier 🙂

  14. Sarah

    Hi, I have jus signed up and paid for the challenge but havent yet received any access info……….will this be emailed to me shortly? tia

    • main

      Hi you will receive all the details within the hour of joining up will go to the email you joined through your paypal account, watch out for the emails in your spam and promotions folders, enjoy the challenge! 🙂

  15. preeti

    I had just purchased your 4 week challenge program on the morning , but I haven’t received any mails regarding how to access the program, kindly help

  16. Katerina

    I need some more info before I register for the 14 day no more mummy tummy in April.
    How does it work? Are there live videos or videos we can watch at a specific time of the day? Are there links to videos we can watch any time of the day? How long after the program starts does registration and access expire?
    Thank you

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi you get access to the private video links so you can access when you have the time to follow. You get access 10 days before and for 7 days after the challenge.

  17. Elisabeta Tatar

    Hello, I have been trying to pay with my visa card but it wo t accept it. What can I do?

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Not sure why that is are you in NZ?

  18. I live in a rural area with poor internet service, would I have trouble viewing the online material?

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi yes sorry you would have difficulty viewing the program

  19. Hi
    I had my last birth before 3 and half years , i have 7 kilo over weight but the most annoying to me is my big tummy like if am pregnant with 5 months .
    Is this program can help me reducing size of my belly ???!

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi yes this challenge will help, Best Lorraine

  20. Veronika

    Hi Lauren, my 3rd child is 7 months old and I just found out I have a 3-4 finger separation. Would this challenge help to close the gap or would you recommend a different program? Many thanks in advance.

    • Lorraine Scapens

      HI Veronika, congrats on the birth of your baby. I would actually suggest our Birth2FItMum program now and then do the next NMMMTc September :-)

  21. Veronika

    P.S. So sorry, I just realised I spelt your name wrong! Must be this time of night…

    • Lorraine Scapens

      no worries just replied to your other comment 🙂

  22. Noelle Bach Halloin

    I signed up for the 6 month NMMT and now my password doesn’t work, I don’t see a place to “find your password” please help.

  23. Gemma

    Is this suitable for me? I have 4-5cm ab separation?

    • Lorraine Scapens

      HI Gemma, if your gap is quite deep our birth2fitmum program would be more suitable and then do the next NMMTC when your gap has narrowed

  24. Amber

    What would be the best program to do? I feel like I’m fit, but can not get rid of that mummy tummy. It’s been 5 years since my 5th kid. I’ve stayed active during all my pregnancies, but that tummy!!

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Amber it would probably be best if you start on our Birth2FItMum program 🙂

  25. Tineke Laing

    Can you please confirm that this is available in New Zealand?? It seems to be only listed as US dollars?? I look forward to hearing from you.

    Regards, Tineke Laing

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Yes its a global program it converts to NZ $ when you go through it works out at about $13.50NZ

  26. Emma

    Is the NMMTC suitable if you have SPD? I’m 6 months post partum and have a small gap. However, I have to do core and glute strengthening exercises to help with my SPD but they have to be exercises that don’t cause it to get overly aggravated (It’s a balancing act).

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Emma NMMTC would be perfect for you

      • Amber Wiser

        Did I miss the Nov group?! Anyway possible that I can still get in on it? Im going on a cruise in Jan and need this! I have 5 kids, my toughest is 5. I feel like I am so fit…except my mummy tummy!😜

        • Lorraine Scapens

          HI AMber, yes sorry you did miss the group the next one starts Jan but you could join our FREE butt blaster challenge and also do our Birth2FItMum program

  27. Katie Wallace

    Can I please join the Jan 2017 Ab 14 day challenge please?

    • Lorraine Scapens

      yes sure just click on the payment link katie 🙂

  28. emma

    Hi Lorraine,
    Have just had baby number two 3 weeks ago. Would like to try the NMMTC for the first time, and also do the birth to fit mum program again (which I did after my first pregnancy and had really good results from). My second baby was a lot bigger and this time I seem to have developed a prolapse. Are these programs safe to do if you have a prolapse or is there a chance they might make the prolapse worse? I’m really worried about doing anything that might make the prolapse worse!

    Thanks for your advice

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Emma, congrats on baby number 2. I would suggest you do Birth2FItMum first and then do the next NMMTc which will be late March. B2fm is perfect for a prolapse stage 0-2 any more so #= need to work with a physio and do our programs. Do you know what stage yours is?

      • Katie

        Hi. I have a 4cm diastasis. Is this an challenge appropriate for me?

        • Lorraine Scapens

          Hi Katie how deep is it and how post partum are you?

  29. Ashley

    Hi lorraine i signed up and paid for the september e and i was sent details and log in for the july 2017 challenge (which doesnt work) will i receive the details for the september challenge..

    • Lorraine Scapens

      no worries ashley I just think you went in to the wrong challenge by mistake

  30. At what point during pregnancy should I join? Due 2/21/18, thanks!

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi you can start at any stage will be perfect for you

  31. Lisa

    I signed up for the challenge stating in April and have yet to receive an email with further information. I have tried contacting someone a few times now and haven’t received a response.

    • Lorraine Scapens

      Hi Lisa, sometimes the thank you emails go to spam you wont receive the access details until 10 days before the start so you can prepare and get ready. Have a look in your promotions/spam/social folders as emails often go there

  32. Rebecca Smith

    Hi,Lorraine! I am 4 months pregnant with my 5th child and have been told by my midwife that I have a diastasis. It is not very wide except at my navel, (which hasnt been the same since my first child!), but I do have some pelvic pain when I run too hard, and I sometimes leak when I sneeze! I would like to start working on my diastasis now. Are there any exercises that I can start before the challenge starts in September?

    • Hi congratulations, have you had a look at our FIt2BirthMum program?

      • Rebecca Smith

        Can you do the Fit2Birth program with a diastasis? I wasn’t sure when I was looking at it.

        • Hi yes absolutely it will continue to help heal the first 14/16 weeks then prevent a wide diastasis during the entire pregnancy 🙂

  33. Jenita Mammen

    Hi Lorraine
    I signed up for the 14 Week challenge and paid the $10 with my credit card yesterday. I still havent received an email from your site. I checked my spam folder as well and I havent received anything yet. Just wanted to check in.

    • Hi the next 14 day NMMTC doesn’t start until 17th September, you should get an email confirmation thank you this week then the access details are sent out 10 days before the start 🙂 I’ll check you are registered

      • Jenita

        Thank you Lorraine. I was referring to the welcome email, it said one the site to expect the welcome email within 48 hours and other details would follow later. I will keep an eye out for the welcome email. Please let me know if there is any issue with my registration.

        • Hi I checked that you are registered and you are so all good 🙂

          • Jenita

            Hi Lorraine,
            I received your welcome email on Aug 16th in that it said you would be sending some emails before the challenge so we prepare. I haven’t been receiving anything. Just wanted to check if you’ve been sending any emails before the challenge beginning on Sept 17th.

          • Hi you will receive the access details 10 days before the challenge and then the other get ready emails will start, best and enjoy the NMMTC

  34. Irena

    Dear Lorraine,
    i think i have quite a large diastasis (3 fingers wide, and deep (cannot feel any wall when i press my fingers in the diastasis…) – is this practise suitable for me?

    • Hi Irena, thanks for your message you would be actually better starting and following the Birth2FItMum program now and then perhaps do the later NMMTC in Nov/Dec. If you use the coupon code: nmmtc you can get a 20% discount 🙂

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Steve Morse has been onstage since the ’60s, emerging from obscurity with the Dixie Dregs in 1975 to become one of the world’s premier guitarists. His resume darts from fusion to country to classic rock, including his 23 years in Deep Purple. He’s shown here in 1998 with an early version of his signature guitar.
Photo by Neil Zlozower/Atlas Icons

Deep Purple, one of the pioneers of heavy metal, is most famous for their hits like “Highway Star,” “Perfect Strangers,” and, of course, the guitar shop staple, “Smoke on the Water.” For 6-string fanatics, though, the band is all about the virtuosos that have occupied the guitar chair.

In 1968, Ritchie Blackmore helped form Deep Purple and brought with him a classical influence that proved rock guitar could seamlessly go beyond the confines of the minor pentatonic scale. Blackmore felt the blues was too limited. He was lauded as a guitar god since day one, and his style helped pave the way for Swedish sensation Yngwie Malmsteen’s neoclassical movement, which transformed the guitar sounds of the late ’80s. Blackmore was also a notoriously difficult personality, and while he had legions of fretboard fans, Blackmore and vocalist Ian Gillan were constantly at each other’s throats. In June 1975, Blackmore left Deep Purple to form Rainbow (originally Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow) with metal icon Ronnie James Dio. Tommy Bolin took over guitar duties with Deep Purple until the band broke up in July 1976. Several months later, Bolin died of a drug overdose.

In 1984, Deep Purple reunited with Blackmore back onboard. The group released Perfect Strangers, which achieved commercial success and ushered in a period of great prosperity. Blackmore got Gillan ousted in 1989 and replaced him with vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, who was in Rainbow from 1980 to 1984. Turner’s tenure with Deep Purple was short-lived—he recorded one album, Slaves and Masters, with the band—and Gillan was brought back in 1992. Things remained incredibly hostile between Gillan and Blackmore, and it all came to a head at a concert in November 1993, when Blackmore went missing on the intro to “Highway Star” only to reappear in the middle for a solo with an off-kilter performance. He then threw water at a cameraman. Four shows later, Blackmore quit the band and was temporarily replaced by guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, who helped Deep Purple finish the tour.

“Some fans just hate me because I’m not Ritchie—you know, the old diehards whose formative years were spent with Fireball or Made in Japan or something like that.”

Steve Morse, the acclaimed picker from the Dixie Dregs and a one-time commercial airline pilot, joined Deep Purple as a permanent member in 1994. Like Satriani, Morse also had a very distinguished career as a solo artist by then—including a mastery of technique that spans rock, jazz, classical, and country music, and a nearly singular command of blazing alternate picking. So, at first, he was apprehensive about the gig. He signed on with the intention of giving it a four-show trial period in the space of a week. When he met and rehearsed with Deep Purple in the venue’s dressing room, the night before the first show at a coliseum, the chemistry was apparent.

The late organist Jon Lord’s spontaneous harmonizing of Morse’s improvised melodies knocked Morse out, and he was sold. Soon after, Morse recorded on the band’s 1996 Purpendicular, and now, more than 20 years later, he’s clocked in more hours as a member of the band than Blackmore. Along the way, Morse has maintained his successful solo career and stints with various projects including Flying Colors—an all-star band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy and bassist Dave LaRue, among others—as well as a project with his guitar-playing son, Kevin.

On April 8, 2016, almost half-a-century after their formation in Hertford, England, Deep Purple was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Blackmore refused to attend because the band was not willing to perform with him. Surprisingly, current members Morse and keyboardist Don Airey were not inducted, although they both performed at the ceremony.

InFinite, Deep Purple’s 20th studio album, was recently released and features the classic Purple sound infused with Morse’s magic touch. The album was produced by Bob Ezrin, who Morse worked with during his years with Kansas. If you assumed that, in the age of Kanye and Justin Bieber, classic rock is dead, you’re wrong.

TIDBIT: Deep Purple’s new InFinite was produced by Bob Ezrin, whose resume includes classic albums by Lou Reed and Pink Floyd.

InFinite has already topped the band’s previous album, Now What?! and hit No. 1 in Germany and Switzerland, while cracking the Top 10 in 10 other European countries. The single “All I Got Is You” also hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Classic Rock radio chart.

Premier Guitar caught up with Morse on the road, shortly after the band commenced its “The Long Goodbye Tour.” Is this the final chapter in Deep Purple’s career, as implied by that name? That remains to be seen. In the meantime, they’re rocking as hard as ever—with Morse in that legendary guitar chair.

You’ve been in Deep Purple longer than Ritchie Blackmore. Do you take more liberties now with classic Deep Purple material?
Actually, no, I don’t think I do go too far out. In fact, I would say it’s gone the other way. Over the years, as we accumulate our own material, with this version of the band I play the stuff more straightforward. Even though I knew what I was getting into, I didn’t understand the amount of angst it causes people. Some fans just hate me because I’m not Ritchie—you know, the old diehards whose formative years were spent with Fireball or Made in Japan or something like that. The younger people have never seen any version of the band but this one, so they’re fine.

Given your virtuosic abilities and the complexity of your own music outside of the band, is it hard for you to hold back and play a song as technically “simplistic” as “Smoke on the Water?”
As a guitarist, your main job, maybe 90 percent of the time, is playing rhythm and getting the right pickup, right tone, and right dynamics when other people are singing or playing. So, playing the rhythm part with the best possible tone at each show—and, by the way, during each show the subs might be going crazy beneath the stage or in front of the stage, and somebody’s monitor might be louder so you gotta watch where you stand or you might be getting feedback if you’re right in front of there—you have to weigh all these things. Little things like picking the perfect spot or just how much volume will get the best tone on this show on this day. It’s always a challenge. I’m usually picking the notes with my fingers, and how hard you pluck—the more you pluck it, the more you get a thonk-y sound.

You pluck the notes for the intro, but I watched a video of you playing “Smoke,” and in the verse and chorus you switch to picking.
Yeah, for more definition.

Though you mention the importance of rhythm, in your career, as one of the premier instrumentalists of our time, you haven’t necessarily always had to fill that role. For instance, you’ve had contrapuntal guitar parts in your own music or with the stuff you wrote for the Dixie Dregs.
Yeah, that’s a good point. My guitar parts in the Dregs often were lines. Fair enough.