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What is moe.exe?

Part of Windows Live Mesh by Microsoft

Description of moe.exe from Microsoft
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How does moe.exe run?

Process - moe.exe is an instance of a running program. This 64-bit program executes with the privileges as the currently logged in user account. moe.exe is executed by the process wlsync.exe (Windows Live Mesh by Microsoft).

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About 0.1% of all Boost users have the moe.exe process running.Of the 0.1% of moe.exe users, 28.0% have disabled it.
How resource intensive is moe.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00144% CPU14440.6%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
40.02 MB RAM185.9%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
 2 /min0.1%
Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.
         12 GDI objects8.0%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\windows live\mesh\moe.exe

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What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)

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File details

File name: moe.exe
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation (verified)
Name: Windows Live Mesh
Description: Mesh Operating Environment
Version: 15.4.5727.26
Size: 69.84 KB
Original file name: MOE.exe

Digital certificate

Certificate authority: Microsoft Corporation
Effective date: 2/22/2011
Expiration date: 5/22/2012

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0025857175%
Privileged CPU: 0.0011416590%
User CPU: 0.00144405854934%
Privileged CPU time: 137594098.81 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 1 ms
CPU cycle count: 445,905,387
CPU cycle count /min: 46,676,119
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 326.94 MB
Peak committed memory: 330.76 MB
Paged memory: 40.02 MB
Peak paged memory: 40.93 MB
Paged system memory: 223.3 KB
Non-paged system memory: 57.98 KB
Working set memory: 21.96 MB
Peak working set memory: 45.55 MB
Min working set memory: 10.05 MB
Private memory: 40.02 MB
Page faults: 73,243
Page faults /min: 45
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 5,652
Read operations /min: 1
Total read transfer: 25.37 MB
Read transfer /min: 28.33 KB
Total write operations: 1,045
Write operations /min: 1
Total write transfer: 5.68 MB
Write transfer /min: 2.37 KB
Total other operations: 35,500
Other operations /min: 14
Total other transfer: 2.33 MB
Other Transfer /min: 1.2 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 12
Peak GDI objects: 14
USER objects: 16
Peak USER objects: 19
Handle count average: 952
Thread count average: 45
Thread resource averages

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Medium
Windows platform: 64-bit
Parent Process
Process Commands
"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mesh\MOE.exe" "Global\MOE_STARTUP_COMPLETE_146d973f-e241-434d-93ae-2bf832cd1640_pilar" "Global\MOE_SHUTDOWN_146d973f-e241-434d-93ae-2bf832cd1640_pilar"
"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mesh\MOE.exe" "Global\MOE_STARTUP_COMPLETE_146d973f-e241-434d-93ae-2bf832cd1640_T.Sakuma" "Global\MOE_SHUTDOWN_146d973f-e241-434d-93ae-2bf832cd1640_T.Sakuma"

Network connectivity

TCP: accounts.mesh.com.akadns.net on port 58494
TCP: accounts.mesh.com.akadns.net on port 13180
UDP: LISTENING on port 9
UDP: LISTENING on port 9

Image hashes

MD5: 985fa44ded5748469d5afe36a8c122bd
SHA-1: 2aeb4dfbb6b52378a0af274986fe108852943191
SHA-256: f743f798d547e04680afa3485bc13e669ad74dfbb1b0ccf43707ac50f10cd189

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI
Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++
File packed: No
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Youtuber Mike The Intern attached his GoPro camera to his 6 year-old goldendoodle to see what the dog does all day after he leaves.

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Sadly, when he watched the video later, his dog neither played with his possessions, nor happily run around the house. What Mike saw instead was heartbreaking: his dog was so sad to see the owner leave that he spent the day running around looking for Mike, howling at the ceiling for hours.

After seeing the footage all Mike could do was hold his doggie and cry, as he confessed on Reddit. Mike also said that he’s never leaving his pooch alone again.

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Mike put a GoPro camera on his 6 year-old goldendoodle and left the house

Many expected some sort of dog party, then a frantic cleanup to make it look like nothing happened

However, seconds after Mike leaves, the dog starts to run around in distress, searching for his owner

“After I watched this, we held each other and cried.  I am never leaving him again.”


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Private banks cater to wealthy

Globe Staff

Nick Hofer is not your typical banker.

He recently dropped off a bundle of foreign currency and travelers checks for clients on Beacon Hill who were preparing for a family vacation to Africa. He drove to the Chestnut Hill home of a couple to help them and their children set up new accounts after moving to Massachusetts from California. And earlier this year, he tutored a Wellesley client’s fourth-grade daughter in math.

Hofer works for Boston Private Bank & Trust, a bank that caters largely to the wealthy by offering individual attention, personal service, and amenities such as invitations to exclusive lectures and receptions. As low interest rates and rising regulation make it harder for banks to make money from run-of-the-mill products like basic checking accounts, many financial institutions have tried to expand “private banking” units that serve millionaires and can generate significant profits by helping clients manage their fortunes.

“It’s very rapidly growing and highly profitable,” said C. Steven Crosby, head of US private banking and wealth management practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, also known as PwC. He estimated the global private banking industry has been growing by roughly 20 percent a year — despite sluggish economic growth recently.

Bank of America, one of the nation’s biggest banks, has outlined plans to eliminate 750 branches over the next few years and eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, but still decided to add hundreds of jobs to its private banking unit. Rival JPMorgan Chase’s private bank is also expanding, hiring 200 advisers across country this year and 25 more in Boston over the past two years.

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First Republic Bank of San Francisco, another bank focused on affluent customers, added two branches in Massachusetts this year, one in Wellesley and another in Boston’s Financial District. And Boston Private, which is adding branches in San Jose and Pasadena, Calif., next year, just doubled the size of its Kendall Square office in Cambridge.

Boston is considered a particularly attractive market for private banks because of the large number of affluent households.

First Republic recently estimated that the Boston area has roughly 88,000 high net worth households — those with more than $1 million in cash and investments. Among US metropolitan areas, Boston ranks fifth in households with more than $5 million, according to JP Morgan, behind New York, Washington, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

The profit in private banking comes from selling wealthy clients a suite of services, much as telecommunications companies make money by bundling phone, Internet, wireless, and television into one package.

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Boston Private and similar institutions have expanded, offering wealthy clients tools to manage their fortunes.

Once clients open accounts at private banks, they are usually referred to a team of professionals that can help manage their investments, loans, and estate planning, generating much more in fees and revenues than a simple certificate of deposit or typical home equity loan.

Private banks generally attract customers by focusing on personal service. Instead of telling customers to line up for a teller or phone a call center, private banks offer clients the name, e-mail, and direct phone number of a personal banker assigned to cater to their financial needs — even on nights and weekends in some cases.

At Boston Private Bank, Hofer has just 100 customers — giving him a chance to get to know each of them well.

He prides himself on remembering details about their work and families. If he hasn’t heard from clients in a while, he’ll call them to just to see how they’re doing. And if customers can’t meet him at his office, he’ll come to them — whether it’s at their home, business, or a restaurant.

“It’s really based on their convenience,” said Hofer, a senior vice president.

But many private banks won’t offer this kind of service to just anyone who strolls into the lobby. J.P. Morgan Private Bank, for instance, typically requires customers to have at least $5 million in investable assets.

Boston Private, although it offers accounts with as little as a $1,000 minimum balance to avoid monthly fees, tries to attract clients with $3 million to $30 million. Bank of America’s private bank, US Trust, said it focuses on customers with assets of more than $3 million.

Bank of America, based in Charlotte, N.C., is hiring for US Trust, which it bought from broker Charles Schwab Corp. for $3.3 billion in 2006. Next summer, when Bank of America opens one of its larger, distinctive “flagship” branches in the Back Bay, it will include private rooms there for US Trust.

“We view it as a growth business here in Boston,” said Bill Hatfield, regional executive for US Trust.

As one might imagine, private banking customers demand discretion, and private banks tend to keep a low profile.

J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s Boston office is located on the fourth floor of a building at Rowes Wharf — with no J.P. Morgan sign or ATM out front. The bank does little advertising, instead relying on referrals. Ideally, J.P. Morgan hopes to build relationships with families that last for generations, said Marc White, the regional head of the bank.

Boston Private said it also relies mainly on word of mouth to attract wealthy customers. But the exclusive customer base hasn’t insulated it from some of the problems other banks experienced, such as bad mortgage loans. The parent company, Boston Private Financial Holdings, was hit hard by the housing bust, especially by loans in California and Florida, and racked up tens of millions of dollars in losses. It wound up divesting its Florida subsidiary, Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, and more tightly integrating operations around the country.

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Nick Hofer, a senior vice president at Boston Private, knows each of his 100 clients well.

Boston Private Bank chief executive Mark Thompson said the bank is now on firmer footing with brighter prospects ahead. In Luxury Institute’s latest survey of customers worth at least $5 million, Boston Private ranked second among wealth managers, only trailing Brown Brothers Harriman of Boston, one of the nation’s oldest private banks.

“We’re very positive and optimistic about future growth,” Thompson said

Greg Susco of Needham learned of Boston Private from his father. He’s had an account for 12 years and found it far better than working with a traditional retail bank.

For instance, Susco says he’s never had to wait in line. He considers many of the bankers his friends. And whenever he needs something, he can call his private banker, Hofer, on his cellphone — even on a Saturday — and set up a time for him to swing by his home.

“It’s a wonderful relationship,” said Susco, 35, vice president of Telamon Insurance & Financial Network, an insurance brokerage in Newton. “It’s nothing like going to the large banks.”

Todd Wallack can be reached at Follow him on Twitter @twallack.
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Hospital charges bring a backlash

Patients objecting; state adds scrutiny

Patients, angered by surprise surcharges that hospitals tack on bills for doctor visits, are increasingly challenging these fees — sometimes even refusing to pay.

Hospitals say the charges cover their overhead, but the fees are sometimes added to the bill even when patients are treated in offices miles away from the medical centers.

The fees can reach hundreds of dollars, and some resistant patients end up being pursued by collection agencies. Others, such as Wendy Frosh, are dropping longtime caregivers in favor of physicians not employed by hospitals.

Tufts Medical Center charged Frosh a $500 “facility fee’’ for a routine 20-minute exam in an adjacent office building — on top of roughly $250 a surgeon billed for his services, she said. After complaining in vain to Tufts, Frosh switched to a new doctor.

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“I am willing to spend my money for my doctor — I am getting expert care,’’ said the New Hampshire resident. “I am not willing to pay $500 to sit in a waiting room.’’

State officials have taken notice of the uproar. The Health Policy Commission, a newly created agency that monitors health care costs, decided to examine these so-called “facility fees” after the Globe published a story in January about a patient charged $1,525 in operating room and facility fees for a minor skin procedure. And a spokesman for Attorney General Martha Coakley said last week her office is reviewing the practice after receiving complaints from consumers.

One of these patients, who asked not to be identified because she hasn’t found a new doctor, went to her internist in Walpole for a checkup that included a routine blood test. She was charged more than $2oo in “outpatient’’ fees by Newton-Wellesley Hospital, which owns the practice but is 20 miles away.

Hospitals have charged overhead fees for more than a decade, arguing that they help pay for crucial services such as 24-hour emergency rooms and trauma units. A Tufts spokeswoman said facility fees like that charged Frosh also support research, teaching, and the cost of complying with licensing requirements that private physicians’ offices are not subject to. She said Tufts is still one of the lowest-cost academic medical centers in the state.

But many in the health industry believe the use of the surcharge has expanded as hospitals buy up physician practices in the community.

Another reason patients are fighting back: Many now have high-deductible health plans. In the past, consumers might not have noticed facility fees listed on their paperwork because their insurer paid them.

That’s no longer always the case. After the Globe published the January story about Robert Reed’s bill from Lahey Clinic, more than 15 readers contacted the newspaper about similar bills from academic medical centers and community hospitals. Most said they had protested in vain.

Reed has since filed a complaint with the attorney general’s office.

The charging of facility fees for care delivered in off-campus doctors offices is “a concerning practice,” said David Seltz, executive director of the Health Policy Commission. “We have had initial conversations with some of the providers to try to understand their position.’’

The commission does not have the power to outlaw facility fees, he said, but could recommend such action to the Legislature. The commission, however, is charged with implementing provisions of the state’s new health care-cost control law, which will require insurers starting in October, and eventually providers, to tell consumers in advance how much their care will cost, including facility fees.

Seltz said another question is why insurers agree to pay facility fees as part of their contracts with providers in the first place.

Rick Weisblatt, senior vice president at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, said Medicare rules allow hospitals to bill for overhead for care provided at physician’s practices they own. Harvard Pilgrim denies facility fees for routine exams, but pays them when a doctor performs a procedure, even a minor one. However, the insurer is negotiating lower overhead fees for care not provided on a hospital campus, he said.

Weisblatt pointed out that high-deductible plans were intended to focus patients on the cost of care because they are spending their own money, not the insurer’s. “We’re pulling the covers off some of the arcane ways that hospitals bill,” he said. Consumers “will create the pressure to correct these practices.’’

A year ago, Marcia Veale saw her regular nurse practitioner, who applied liquid nitrogen to destroy two precancerous spots. Veale paid a $20 copayment for the visit at the independent practice in Middleton. She followed up two weeks later with a dermatologist, who sprayed two other blemishes.

This time the provider was affiliated with Lahey Clinic in Burlington — the same practice Reed went to. Veale received a bill for $836 in operating room fees. She refuses to pay her share — more than $600 — and Lahey has hired a collection agency. “I am sorry, if you are going to charge that kind of money, that should be said up front,’’ she said in an interview. “I will never go back there.’’

Doris Jurisson of Cambridge, who got a similar bill from Lahey after a dermatology appointment, said she was told by a billing representative, “We get a lot of complaints on this, but this is just the way we do the billing.” She ultimately paid the fee.

Other patients said they have been charged facility fees for seeing dermatologists at a Newton medical practice owned by Brigham and Woman’s Hospital and at Wing Memorial Hospital’s physician practice in Belchertown 10 miles away. The Wing patient said the hospital waived the fee when he complained.

A Lahey spokeswoman said in a written statement to the Globe that at the dermatology office on Wall Street in Burlington, signs are posted at the entrance and in hallways warning consumers they may be charged a hospital facility fee in addition to their doctor’s fee. Patients said they did not notice the signs, and that even if they did, they gave no hint that the hospital fee would be so high.

Partners, which also owns Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals, said more patients are protesting facility fees, which the organization also charges at Brigham and Women’s Advanced Primary Care Associates in Jamaica Plain and at Brigham and Women’s/Mass. General Health Care Center in Foxborough.

Most “complaints we receive are from patients that have moved into new, high deductible plans and are unaware of what their insurance does or does not cover,’’ said spokesman Rich Copp.

When asked whether Partners would stop charging the fees, Copp said that “we are constantly reviewing and evaluating our practices’’ but that Partners “alone cannot change the way hospital billing works around the country.’’

Not all hospitals defend the fees. Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, Ohio, decided last month to advertise its opposition. Its website states: “While some local hospitals choose to charge a facility fee, Mercy chooses not to take advantage of its patients.”

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Herald Staff Thursday, July 31, 2014

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FILE - In this July 24, 2014, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. While much of the rest of the world watches the Gaza war in horror and scrambles for a cease-fire, U.S. lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration to take no action that puts pressure on Israel to halt its military operations. Boehner said Monday, July 28, the administration should "stand with Israel, not just as a broker or observer but as a strong partner."

When it comes to collecting cash from registered lobbyists, U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey is at the head of the line. Records show his nearly $611,000, collected in the past year and a half, tops some big names in D.C., including:

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U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor

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This Little Piggy Went to Market: A Morning at Norfolk’s Brambly Farms

Local chefs love their pigs—and, particularly, the ones that come from this farm.

By | The Feed |

Welcome to Supply Chain, where we go behind the plate to get a feel for the day-to-day of Boston’s most relied-upon restaurant purveyors.

Ted O’Harte with his prized pigs. All photos by Cassandra Landry for Boston magazine.

The first mistake I make (and the second, and the third, damn you MapQuest) when I trundle down the leafy residential road looking for pig haven Brambly Farms, is this: I’m looking for a typical farm. Signage of some sort, or perhaps a sow leaning up against a fence, waving me in with little light sticks. But after I slow to a crawl and squint at each mailbox number, I find myself at a farmhouse out of a picture book, all white slats and overgrown garden. A few squeals ricochet among the trees along the back of the property. Ah yes, there they are.

Ted O’Harte emerges, seconds behind an enthusiastic dog named Max, bearing ice water. He’s a fifth-generation farmer from Northern Ireland with an easy laugh, and his pigs—Berkshires, Tamworths, Red Wattles, Large Blacks, you name it— are among the favored breeds in town for discerning chefs.

O’Harte and his wife Sandra, who he has known since childhood, hopped across the pond and landed in Boston 29 years ago. They’ve been supplying local chefs with rare, purebred pork at Brambly, along with pastured eggs, for six. “Everybody’s exceptionally friendly, wants us to do well, and likes what we’re producing…except the neighbors,” he says, a good-natured smile lighting up his face as he shrugs. “It’s just about now that they’ve discovered that we’re a pig farm…”

Why anyone would mind living this close to a place where pigs spend their days blissfully eating and romping and wallowing around in mud is beyond me. O’Harte swings his legs over a low fence into a pen where nine five-day-old spotted piglets are prancing around. They eye me warily as they push up against their mother (sows have anywhere from six to twelve piglets at a time, O’Harte tells me as he dodges one underfoot), and scatter at any sudden movements.

The family mascot, Max.

“If you’re a dog person, you’re going to like pigs,” he says, patting a Large Black with big, floppy ears. “They all have their own personalities, they’re all super friendly. It’s hard to dislike pigs…cows are even friendlier. They’re a bit like people with no moods.”

The pigs, which are marketed at about eight to nine months old, are fed grain from a local miller, occasionally mixed with excess brewer’s grain from Fort Point newcomer Trillium Brewery. Pines and oaks surround the property, and it’s an acorn free-for-all once they’re in season. There’s no ear notching or castration, and everything shows up to the restaurants 100% intact.

With the addition of new (larger) location in Cooperstown, NY, with O’Harte’s eldest son Cormac at the helm, they plan on scaling back the number of pigs in Norfolk, keeping a few of the star moms around and creating a showcase environment for prospective chefs. O’Harte is also hoping to bring in a few cattle and more poultry to both locations, continuing to widen the scope of their offerings.

“Working with chefs is super easy. They either want a whole or a half pig, so there’s never any fuss,” he says. “They’re never put off by the head or the organs still being there like some people are, and they’re always the most appreciative.”

One such chef is West Bridge’s Matthew Gaudet, who first heard about the farm while cheffing at Aquitaine and outlining initial plans for the Kendall Square mainstay. “Alexis [Gelburd-Kimler, West Bridge co-owner] and I went to visit during construction. The pigs were happy, everything is as natural as it should be, and they had the right philosophy about the process,” he says. “Just cool folk that want to raise cool pigs that taste great—and they do.”

O’Harte admits that this kind of open-field low-production model, which supports about 150-200 pigs, isn’t very typical. “Usually they’re in a concrete shed and everything’s locked up,” he says, shaking his head. “We use zero antibiotics, zero medicines…there’s no need for that garbage. If you cram 500 animals into a half an acre, you’re going to have problems.”

The land is fenced in, but I find it hard to believe the pigs aren’t tempted by the sweet taste of freedom every now and then. “Once in awhile we have an escapee, sure,” he agrees. “We’ve called the cops once, but we got her back fast. The teenagers are the ones you have to watch…just like human teenagers!”

At the end of the day, O’Harte’s approach is elegantly simple. “All you have to do is feed them quality food, give them clean water, keep them cool in the summer and warm in the winter, and they’ll think you’re great,” he says. One of the big guys pokes his snout over a pen wall and snorts in approval.

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Farewells at Avery as fall fades

Steve Weishampel

Everything dies, as Bruce Springsteen tells us in “Atlantic City.” That includes pumpkin ales, which have a special place in the hearts of some of us at the paper.

The seasonal is just about out of season at this point, after we here at Boulder Weekly have tried more than 20 varieties of pumpkin beers, from the sugary-sweet Ace cider to Avery’s ridiculously boozy Rumpkin rumbarrel-aged pumpkin ale. But we happened across one final pumpkin ale — it’s got to be the last of the season, right? — tucked in among the usual suspects at Avery.

This pumpkin ale, “GORED!,” is a pleasant surprise in itself. It’s strongly spiced and complex, an excellent farewell to fall now that the entire state has frozen forever.

And since it’s hard to order a pint at Avery — how could you zoom in on just one beer when there’s a good chance you’ve never even had six or seven things on the menu? — the BW drinking team loads up on tasters.

I notice after ordering that almost all our beers feature adjuncts, the brewing term for added-in ingredients that contribute flavor. The yeasty and delicious Missionary Position Belgian quad features prominent pineapple; the smooth hand-drawn Choco-Cinnamon Stout does indeed include those two things, though they’re subtle; the Bhakti Chai brown features the familiar spiced tea; Out of Mind coffee stout’s aftertaste is dominated by java; and the chocolate mint stout is cookie-like.

Dave, an avowed fan of light German lagers, even gets excited about Lilikoi Kepolo, a common sight this year at Avery’s taproom.

It’s such a strong variety I can’t even find space for Old Jubilation, which is always among Colorado’s best holiday ales, to the point that I’d even recommend a full 16 ounces. And don’t worry, Avery knows that it’s dark beer season but it still has five IPAs on tap.

On a Friday afternoon, the tasters stretch out for a lot longer than necessary — and yes, lunch hour beers are necessary. We’re working here, after all.

And the whole crew is here because pumpkin ales aren’t the only thing reaching their end: It’s my last day at the paper and my final trip for the beer tour. Which might explain why The Boss’s fatalist lyrics are on my mind.

As much as I’ve enjoyed the job of writing about beer — although, as I always mention when I describe my job, that’s not the only thing I do — it’s time to move on.

So we all get four more ounces to buy time to reflect on the beer tour, which at 11 months has now covered about 45 breweries and probably 300 beers. We’re recounting our favorite brews — recently, Russian imperial stouts, and more broadly, most things with a unique character — and our favorite stops — opening night for Kettle & Stone, tasting the hottest beer in the known universe with Bob Baile of Twisted Pine, that time we went to BJ’s for the beer.

Then my replacement notices the final round of tasters. “I’m seriously starting to wonder if you ever work,” Josh says, not just of me but of the whole staff.

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Floods likely to worsen in next century

Human development shares blame with climate change

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New research published in the journal, Nature,  investigates the risks of flooding in the coming decades and the outlook is grim.

Flood damage in Europe is expected to quadruple by 2050 with two thirds of the damage coming not at the hands of climate change, but human development.

From the BBC…

“The scientists believe that the continent’s annual flood costs may be 23.5bn euros by the middle of the century.”

This research differs from previous research in that it looks at the interconnectedness of European countries instead of analyzing them independently of one another.

More locally, researchers in Colorado recently said that last year’s floods were big, but that they weren’t “the big one,” and they likely won’t reach the economic damage of the Cherry Creek Flood in 1965, and fell far short of the human cost of previous floods in 1976 and 1921 that killed 144 and 78, compared to last years’ death toll of 10.

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7 Foods that are great for you (and none of them are green algae!)

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1. Blueberries

Just a handful (half a cup) of blueberries packs the same anti-oxidant power as five times the amount of other fruits and vegetables such as brocolli, peas or squash. Evidence suggest the phytochemicals in blueberries may protect against cognitive decline, heart disease and cancer. And they taste great!
Source: United States Department of Agriculture

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That's right, the old standby for breakfast when you were a kid turns out to be a great food. One bowl of oatmeal is a proven cholesterol fighter and a great source of soluble fibre. Eating oatmeal has been shown to lower bad cholesterol, boost good cholesterol, lower blood pressure and tricylceride levels.
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3. Apples

Your mom told you to eat them and she was right! Apples contain soluble fibre that helps reduce cholesterol, and may help prevent diabetes and colon cancer. Apples' natural antioxidants reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and hypertension and can boost your immune system. They're even good for your teeth and gums!
Source: Nutrition Journal

4. Salmon

Well, salmon and other oily fish such as sardines and mackerel. All of them contain good fat called Omega 3 fatty acids which reduce the formation of plaque, lower blood pressure and lower your risk of stroke and sudden cardiac death. It's also a great source of protein and Vitamin D.
Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

5. Nuts

Though almonds often get the limelight, all nuts have terrific health benefits. One of the key components of the Mediterranean Diet, nuts deliver high protein and high fibre in a small package. A handful of nuts – hazelnuts, walnuts or almonds – can lower cholesterol, reduce blood clots, and the sterols and l-arginine may help your arteries.
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6. Kale

Or any leafy, dark green vegetable really. Swiss Chard, spinach, collard greens and turnip greens are low in calories, high in fibre and loaded with vitamins A, C and Ki and minerals potassium, folate and calcium. Eating more of them may lower your risk of diabetes, heart disease and even some cancers.
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7. Avocado

Avocado is actually a fruit low in sugar, high in fibre and loaded with good monosaturated fats, vitamins and minerals. One avocado delivers 4 grams of protein, about half the fibre you need per day as well as potassium and vitamins K, C, B and E. Eating avocados is associated with a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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Where’s Fellaini’s hair gone?! … And other barnets from the world of football!

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Notice anything different? Do you even recognise who this is? It’s Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini and he’s sensationally shaved off his infamous afro!! Fellaini has made over 150 Premier League appearances for Everton and Manchester United combined but always with his recognisable barnet, next season we’ll be seeing a different look from the Belgian! Louis Van Gaal will be hoping …

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Toni&Guy: Tweet back and sides as hairdressing salons get free Wi-Fi

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Would you rather be sending a tweet or checking your email than be telling your hairdresser about your holiday plans? Hairstyling chain Toni&Guy get this and have teamed up with O2 to offer all their customers free in-store Wi-Fi across every branch. Toni&Guy’s 1.5million UK customers will be able to browse the web, watch videos and access social networking sites …

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A warning from Brandish: Man Clips

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Remember a few years ago when it was all the rage amongst so called “men” to wear hair bands and scrape back their long greasy hair? Yeah me too and it looks like dark times are upon us once again as images of a very bearded Joaquin Phoenix sporting some “man clips” are floating around the information super highway. Like anything in the fashion world prefixed with the word “man” it looks and is a bag of crap, nothing angers me more than idiotic man-hair with the possible exception of men in Ugg Boots. Even men in make up fails to hit quite so high on the richter scale.

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Jumeirah Hotels, Resorts & Residences - previously recognised as the World’s Leading Luxury Hotel Brand by the World Travel Awards – is set to unveil its most audacious property to date next month with the opening of Jumeirah at Etihad Towers.

The first Jumeirah hotel to open in the progressive, sophisticated, international emirate of Abu Dhabi, the property was developed under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan’s Projects Department.

Architects DBI Australia started work on the unique property in January 2006

The 280 metre tall luxury hotel is one of five towers at the iconic beachfront project, which also includes a prestigious office tower and three towers housing 885 apartments.

A connecting four-level Podium will feature contemporary restaurants and over 30 premium boutiques.

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Brasserie Angelique at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers

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All rooms offer stunning sea views and range from 40 sqm to 60 sqm in floor area with the latest fully integrated lifestyle technology.

Of particular interest is the unique Royal Etihad Suite, located on Level 60.

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The Sky Suite - on Level 59 – is also designed to suit the most discerning of guests.

Comprising a large sitting room with plush couches and contemporary art and a private dining table for ten guests, as well as an expansive bedroom featuring a deluxe king bed, sunlit en-suite bathroom with free standing bathtub, twin vanities and a walk-in raindrop ceiling shower, a walk-in dressing room and dressing table.

Staying in the Sky Suite is a rejuvenating experience.

The 199 fully-serviced residences located on Levels 2 – 25, vary from studios of 57 sqm to spacious one, two and three bedroom apartments of up to 170 sqm.

All inspirationally designed residences offer irresistible sea views and share an exclusive reception area.

Clean design is integral to Etihad Towers

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The dramatic sculptural forms of the towers compliment the sophisticated and contemporary interior design, with a cultural edge.

Art works from His Highness Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan’s private collection provide a local Arabian touch in public areas and conference pre-function areas.

Also at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, the Club Executive Lounge elevates executive privileges to the highest standard, allowing guests to work in their own time and space whatever their priorities may be.

The Club Executive Lounge located on Level 45 offers guests an extensive breakfast and light snacks including hors d’oeuvres, desserts and complimentary beverages throughout the day and evening.

This 24 hour prestigious lounge comprises of shower suites and changing rooms, an internet lounge, a business centre with four meeting rooms all equipped with state-of-the-art technology, video conferencing facilities and high speed internet connectivity.

Talise Spa at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers is one of the main attractions

Leading Spa Facilities

The Talise Spa at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers is located on Podium Level 3M and is comprised of 13 private treatment suites.

These include a Rasoul suite (traditional Middle Eastern method of cleansing and detoxifying, using mud, herb-scented steam and an oil-infused warm shower) and the Hammam suite (a traditional heated marble goebektas bed, private steam and sauna room combining exposure to different temperatures, invigorating body exfoliation, steam immersion and rejuvenating massage).

The state of the art 6P Gym is equipped with TechnoGym equipment and is located on Podium Level 3M, next to Talise Spa.

The private beach and a landscaped oasis of pools and gardens provide a tranquil space, while Etihad Towers also houses a selection of high end shopping with over 30 premium boutiques located in the Podium.

Ballroom at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers

Business of Pleasure

But it is now all about play at Jumeirah at Etihad Tower, with extensive conference & banqueting facilities are provided through the hotel’s purpose built Conference Centre, located on Podium Level 4.

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More Information

Jumeirah at Etihad Towers is located on the shores of the Arabian Gulf in the exclusive Ras Al Akhdar area, on the West Corniche of Abu Dhabi, close to the central business district and Ministries’ Area, 37 kilometres from Abu Dhabi International Airport.

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McIntosh Inns Connect With SynXis.

SynXis Corporation are connecting a number of McIntosh Inns, a regional chain of inns located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, to SynXis` GDS Connectivity and Book-A-Rez to increase reservations for corporate clients and leisure travelers.
GDS Connectivity will help the lodging chain pursue new corporate accounts that reserve rooms through travel agents by providing detailed hotel information and being more accessible to corporate travel arrangers. Since switching to SynXis, their appeal has broadened throughout the United States.

The chain is planning to expand its visibility to leisure travelers, which is dependent on further penetration of all distribution channels, including reservations through Internet travel Web sites and the McIntosh Inn Web site.


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Obamacare Official: No Idea How Many Have Paid for Health Plans

Obamacare Official: No Idea How Many Have Paid for Health Plans

Startling congressional testimony on Thursday revealed the Obama administration does not know how many people have Obamacare coverage because it has yet to build the systems necessary to determine the number of individuals who have paid their premiums to activate coverage.

During a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) asked Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) deputy administrator and director for the Center’s Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight division Gary Cohen how many people have activated their Obamacare coverage by making their first premium payment. Cohen said no one knows, because that part of the Obamacare system has not been built yet.

“The most important number, as has been reported by many news outlets, is whether individuals have paid. Does the administration collect this information?” asked Harper.

“Right now we’re not, but we will be,” said Cohen.

“When?” asked Harper.

“As soon as that functionality is built,” said Cohen.

“So we don’t know at this point how many people have paid for coverage?” Harper asked.

“That’s right,” said Cohen.

Health insurance plans purchased through Obamacare only kick in once a customer pays his first month’s premium. The Obama administration claims over two million people have “enrolled” in Obamacare, but Cohen’s testimony makes it clear the administration lacks even the ability to know how many of those who put insurance plans in their “shopping carts” actually completed their purchase and paid their premiums.

Reports by the Wall Street Journal have suggested that numerous insurers have only received payments from half of those who signed up for Obamacare.

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Obama-Castro Handshake: MSNBC's Chuck Todd Rips Fox News for 'Pandering'

Obama-Castro Handshake: MSNBC's Chuck Todd Rips Fox News for 'Pandering'

MSNBC anchor and NBC News political director and chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd lashed out at Fox News for what he described as “pandering to an audience” over their coverage of President Obama’s enthusiastic handshake with Cuban dictator Raul Castro at Tuesday’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela.

The irony of an MSNBC anchor accusing another network of pandering to their audience requires no explanation.

Todd joins CNN, Politico’s Dylan Byers, and a number of other elite members of the media in revealing his frustration over negative coverage of a historic handshake between a Cuban dictator and an American president. It should also be noted that until today, meetings of any kind between an American president and another world leader were considered legitimate news.

Because of this sudden change in policy, the pushback from the mainstream media on the handshake has been fierce. Few would question the media’s devotion to Obama and their support for his left-wing agenda. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the media fears the handshake will overshadow the positive coverage the media is already giving to Obama’s Memorial speech.

When challenged on this pandering charge, Todd responded that he does not pander to his audience:

While Todd is certainly very good at his job and much more professional than his MSNBC colleagues, anyone who watched The Daily Rundown’s obsession over gun control in the wake of Sandy Hook or the show’s relentless tearing down of Mitt Romney over rape comments made by an Indiana Senate candidate, could argue that while better, Todd has been far from perfect in this regard.

But back to my question: When exactly did a historic handshake between an American president and a world leader stop being news? When did dissecting the handshake, eye contact, and body language of such a meeting stop being a media sport?

Apparently, the moment such a meeting might distract from giving Obama a positive news cycle.

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Time Management Tools and Techniques

Good time management is essential to your success. Using an effective time planner and master list you can achieve any goal you set your mind to. These are given time management tools and techniques that you should practice for maximum productivity and good personal organization. Each of them takes a little time to learn and master, but pays you back in greater efficiency and effectiveness for the rest of your life.

Use a Time Planner and Create a Master List

The first time management tool that you need is a time planner that contains everything you need to plan and organize your life. The best time planners, whether looseleaf binders or electronic versions, enable you to plan fro the year, the month, the week, and for each day.

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A good time planner will contain a master list where you can capture every task, goal, or required action as it comes up. This master list then becomes the core of your time-planning system. From this master list, you allocate individual tasks to various months, weeks, and days.

Work From a List

Every effective executive works from a daily master list. It is the most powerful tool ever discovered for maximum productivity. When you create your daily list, you begin by writing down every single task that you intend to complete over the course of the day. The rule is that you will increase your efficiency by 25 percent the very first day that you start using a list. This means that you will have two extra hours of productive time in an eight hour day from the simple act of making a list of everything you have to do before you start work. You can bring order out of chaos faster with a list than with any other time management tool.

Organize By Priority

Once you have a master list for your day’s activities, the next step is for you to organize this list in order of priority. Once your master list is organized, it becomes a map to guide you from morning to evening in the most effective and efficient way. This guide tells you what you have to do and what is more or less important. You will soon develop the habit of using your list as a blueprint for the day.

Time Management Systems

The variety of personal digital assistants (PDAs) and computer-based time planner systems available today is absolutely wonderful. No matter what you do, in whatever field, there are digital time management systems that you can tap into or load onto your personal computer to help organize every part of your life.

Organize Your Time

Set up a 45-file system. There is a simple method of organizing your time and your schedule for up to two years in advance. It is called the “45-file system.” This is a tickler file that lets you plan and organize your activities and callbacks for the next twenty-four months. This is how it works. First you get a box of forty-five files with fourteen hanging files to put them in. The forty-five files are divided as follows: There are thirty-one files numbered one through thirty-one for the days of the month. There are twelve files for the months of the year. January through December. The last two files are for the next two years. This is a wonderful system that you can also use with hanging files in your desk drawer.

Action Exercise

Get a time planner of some kind, whichever format you are most comfortable using (e.g digital or paper), and invest the time necessary to lean how to use it. The payoff in saved time and increased productivity will be enormous.

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Time Management

Time Planner

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How to maximize your lifetime earning potential

Your biggest salary jumps typically occur when you accept a new job at another company. Once you’re inside the system the policies for raises and promotions aren’t very flexible. Your manager has a little wiggle room, but not much. That new job offer is your chance to make the biggest impact on your lifetime earning…

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Attenborough: endless growth 'lunacy'

One of the world's leading naturalists Sir David Attenborough has cautioned Australia against pursuing further population growth, labelling an unlimited expansion a kind of madness.

Speaking before touring Australia next month, Sir David questioned why the country still found itself actively debating whether it needed to grow its population.

''Why would you want to do that? I don't understand that. The notion that you could continue to expand and increase and grow in an infinite way on a planet which is finite, is a kind of lunacy. You can see how mad that is by the expression that you can't believe that you can grow infinitely in a finite place - unless of course you're an economist,'' he said.

According to the Bureau of Statistics, Australia's population is estimated to grow to between 30.9 million and 42.5 million people by 2056.

The first Sustainable Australia report released this month said the nation's population was growing at 1.7 per cent, one of the fastest rates in the developed world, but still well behind the more than 4 per cent growth rates of many African nations.

The report lists environmental degradation as one of the greatest challenges facing development of regional parts of the country.

In 2009, former prime minister Kevin Rudd sparked a national debate about population growth when he stated his belief in a ''Big Australia''.

Since that time, the government's stance on population growth has cooled significantly, with his successor Julia Gillard rejecting that notion and calling for sustainable growth.

In 2011, federal Environment Minister Tony Burke released a population strategy that was criticised for not setting a target, instead focusing on a more nuanced approach to growth in regions that were crying out for skilled workers.

Sir David said his June tour was to discuss highlights of his six decades of nature filmmaking, not to speak out on environmental issues.

However, he felt his global audience did place responsibilities on him.

''I'm not on a proselytising tour. On occasions I speak on these issues where it's appropriate and where the subject has come up,'' he said.

Sir David said while he did not believe bureaucrats and governments should meddle in a family's right to have children, had China not introduced its controversial one-child policy in 1979, the consequences for the planet would have been catastrophic.

''One thing you can say is that in those places where women are in charge of their bodies, where they have the vote, where they are allowed to dictate what they do and what they want, whether it's proper medical facilities for birth control, the birth rate falls,'' he said.


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Supernovas: the early years

Astronomers are reaching ever further back in time, seeking events from the earliest days of the universe. Now, the discovery of the farthest (and thus oldest) supernova ever seen is raising hopes that astronomers will soon detect the explosive deaths of the first stars to form after the universe's birth. These stars forged the first heavy elements, which helped create smaller and longer-lived stars like our own sun.

The earliest stars looked different from modern stars. The big bang produced only three light elements — hydrogen, helium and a little lithium — but today, stars form in gas clouds that also contain heavier elements such as carbon and oxygen. These elements radiate away enough energy to eventually cool the clouds. When the clouds cool, they fragment into smaller clumps that collapse to spawn a plethora of mostly small stars.

But such fragmentation wasn't easy early in the universe's life, when stars formed from carbon- and oxygen-free gas clouds that remained warm. Because of their warmth, more gravity was needed to overwhelm the higher gas pressure — so when a cloud collapsed, it produced massive stars rather than small stars.

Astronomer Jeff Cooke of Melbourne's Swinburne University of Technology has been searching for the most distant, ancient supernovas by examining images from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. To discern even the faintest specks of light, the astronomers combine, or "stack," hundreds of images. In one image, taken in 2006 of a galaxy in Sextans (a faint constellation south of Leo), they spotted a very distant supernova indeed.

To find out just how far away it was, Cooke observed the galaxy's spectrum - the combined light emitted from its stars, arranged by wavelength — at the Keck I telescope, also atop Mauna Kea.

"It was quite exciting," he says. "As the spectrum was reading out, I could see the emission line for one of the features, and when I did a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation for the redshift, I saw how high it was."

The redshift is a measure of the supernova's distance. As the universe expands, it stretches the light waves travelling to us from a distant galaxy, shifting the galaxy's spectral lines to redder wavelengths; the farther the galaxy is and the more expanding space its light has travelled through, the greater its redshift.

And as Cooke's team reported online in Nature on Wednesday, the supernova's redshift is 3.90, which means it is 12.1 billion light-years from Earth — and it exploded just 1.6 billion years after the big bang. That makes it more than a billion light-years farther than the previous record holder.

Moreover, the supernova is anything but normal. It marked the death of a star that was more than 100 times as massive as the sun. During its brief life, such a star supports its great weight by generating so much light that the pressure of that outward radiation balances the inward pull of gravity. Unfortunately for the star, high-energy gamma rays supply much of this outward pressure, and when two gamma rays meet, they can convert their energy into a pair of particles, an electron and a positron.

This "pair production" robs the star of the support that the gamma rays' pressure had been providing. As a result, Cooke says, "the whole star collapses in on itself. It's one giant thermonuclear bomb, and it's incredibly bright." A pair-instability supernova emits about 10 times as much light as the brightest normal supernovas, which occur when white dwarf stars explode. Pair-instability supernovas are so rare that observers have previously seen only one good candidate — and that was in a fairly nearby galaxy.

Astronomer Abraham Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, calls the discovery of the distant pair-instability supernova a breakthrough. "It's the first demonstration that such events do take place at early cosmic times, and I think we will find many more of them in the future," he says.

Astronomer Volker Bromm of the University of Texas, Austin, says: "This is a very, very promising sign for what we can expect in the coming years."

Cooke's team has also detected another pair-instability supernova 10.4 billion light-years from Earth. Neither supernova arose from a star that formed from pristine gas, so neither represents the very first generation of stars to form after the big bang. But the two explosions suggest that pair-instability supernovas — and thus very massive stars — were more common during the first few billion years of the universe's life than they are today.


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How To Heal Voice Disorders and Improve Vocal Health

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Some examples of disorders of the voice are nodules, polyps, calluses, hemorrhaging folds, vocal fold paralysis, vocal fold paresis, vocal fold bowing, granulomas, polypoid degeneration, and Spasmodic Dysphonia. There are a multitude of factors that may start the decline of a voice, such as bacterial/viral infections, allergies, acid reflux, neck injuries, substance abuse, psychological stress, etc.

Voice problems may also result from a person's physical use of the voice, whether we call it overuse, underuse, misuse, or abuse. However, what most disorders have in common is some form of muscle imbalance. Even though, for example, paralysis and paresis may be caused by a virus, granulomas may originate from acid reflux, and polypoid degeneration originates from smoking, these irritants set the stage for muscle imbalance in and of themselves

The key to treating voice disorders is to address both the
muscle imbalance as well as reducing the impact of irritants.

Treating muscle imbalance Our body is brilliant at compensating in order to survive and in order to continue functioning. If you get too hot, you sweat to cool down. If you get dehydrated, a host of bodily functions begin to save energy for survival. If the larynx is hit by acid, the body creates mucus to try to protect it. If your foot is in pain, your whole body compensates in order to be able to move forward.

Likewise, if there is discomfort when singing or speaking (for whatever reason), the muscles of the vocal apparatus begin to compensate in order to produce sound. In fancy language we call this "maladaptive compensatory behaviors", and they become habits over time. Athletes know that it is often this secondary tension - the misalignment of the body - that can become a bigger problem than the original injury.

The athletes who have gotten to know their bodies well know that the initial treatment of an injury is of the essence for effective and expedient recovery. They also learn to train their muscles for maximum output. Although training methods evolve constantly, the key is always balance and "good form" in performing exercises to propagate a habitually effective use of the body. They also learn to recover from fatigue and how to treat their injuries.

The voice user would benefit by revering their instrument
and body in the way of an athlete.

Like the athlete, the vocalist wants to be able to optimize his instrument to his maximum physiological capacity. The daily voice user (most people) benefit greatly when the voice is operating functionally, and everyone who has been hit with a voice disorder knows what a debilitating effect it has on one's psyche. A voice disorder can hardly be healed without voice training.

The term "Muscle Tension Dysphonia" has been created to describe a severe muscle imbalance. We could argue that every vocal disorder has a grade of Muscle Tension Dysphonia. A good example of this condition has been noticed when a person has surgery to remove vocal fold nodules without any voice therapy. Often this person experiences the same kind of hoarseness after the surgery as she had before. The reason for this is that the muscles have adapted to the nodules being there, and even though the nodules now are gone, the muscles still function as if the nodules were present. This is a good example of how brilliantly our bodies (not always to our benefit) hold on to muscle memory.

Nodules (mostly women) and polyps (mostly men) are easy to blame for hoarseness and lack of range. However, the hoarseness and range reduction are more likely a result of the muscle tension/imbalance that led to the nodules, and have worsened with the presence of the nodules.

The good news is that with voice training, we are able to rebalance
the functioning of these muscles. We can implant new habitual ways
of using the muscles. We can strengthen and free the voice just as
we can develop any other muscle in our body.

However, depending on the severity of the condition and depending on the individual's desire for optimal condition, there may be more than voice training that needs to be addressed. I personally work closely with some of the top health providers in their respective fields. Solving a person's vocal problems, as well as helping the performing singer/speaker to optimal performance, becomes a team effort.

Removing/treating irritants Substance abuse - In this day and age no further comments should need to be made regarding the effects on the body and the voice from smoking and the abuse of alcohol and other substances.

Acid Reflux - Laryngeal reflux, where acid backs up and irritates the larynx, has been shown to be a major factor in many disorders. There are many ways to combat this and my view on the common treatment method is addressed in The Truth About Acid Reflux.

Sinus infections/allergies – Sinus dripping, a.k.a. postnasal drip, has a major effect on the health of the vocal cords (vocal folds) and the elasticity of the larynx. There are numerous methods to treat your sinuses in which pharmaceutical drugs are probably the least effective and the most destructive.

Remove irritants from your indoor environment. Mold, dust mites, dust, pollen from outdoors etc., are notorious for creating sinus problems (and other health problems). A high quality HEPA air filter should be a must for any serious voice user. In addition to trying to remove allergens, the task would be to boost the body's immune system to lessen the impact of irritants.

Chinese herbs (custom formulated by a specialist) have shown to be exceptionally effective without the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. Osteopathy treatments and Acupuncture treatments are also very effective in treating sinus problems.

Recurring Laryngitis - Here is a condition where far too many rely on corticosteroids or cortisone (such as prednisone), often unaware of the accompanying lowered immune function, which sets the individual up for the next laryngitis. The suffix "–itis", whether gingivitis, gastritis or laryngitis refers to an inflammation. The most powerful anti-inflammatory substance is cortisone, which is produced naturally by the adrenal glands.

The trap of pharmaceutical drugs When you take manufactured cortisone, the adrenal glands see no need to continue their natural production, which is why there are numerous side effects. Many people already have weakened adrenal glands to begin with due to stress, substance abuse, irregular blood sugar levels, chronic illness, chronic pain, chronic inflammation, etc.

For someone with a recurring inflammatory condition such as laryngitis, the strategy to strengthen the adrenal glands (and learning to use the voice with less stress) would probably be more helpful rather than weakening them further by taking synthetic cortisone. Acid reflux might also be a precursor to laryngitis as the acid irritates the vocal apparatus. Consider then, the quite common tendency to administer cortisone together with acid-suppressing pharmaceuticals. One might want to think twice before taking out both the adrenal glands and the stomach acid production – two of the most vital functions for one's immune defense.

Add an antibiotic to this concoction, which not only kills the unfriendly bacteria (perhaps), but also kills the friendly bacteria necessary to fight any invader. One can imagine what the body must go through as it tries to compensate for this severely depressed immune system. In light of the quick reduction of the acute inflammation, this treatment option seems understandable.

If this is the big moment of your career and you are to sing at the Olympic opening ceremony, it might be necessary. However, in most cases such a shortsighted approach is hardly in the best interest of the individual.

There are numerous ways to treat an inflammation. Hydration - Constant hydration may be the simplest, yet most overlooked treatment for all voice disorders and should always be part of the plan. Read Hydration And The Singing Voice.

Fatigue - Few things wear down the voice as much as lack of sleep. Few things are as powerful for healing the body and the voice as sleep.

Humidity - The tissues of the larynx do not do very well in dry environments (the body in general does not do well in dry conditions). Indoor heating and air-conditioning dries the air. A voice professional is well served by using a humidifier in dry conditions. Note that cleaning the humidifier is a necessity (depending on the manufacturer) or it can create a breeding ground for bacteria and mold.

Nerve energy to laryngeal muscles - For many people, the condition of their spinal column has a direct effect on their voice (and health in general). If the 4th and especially 5th cervical vertebra is compressed (which is quite common), it directly affects the nerve energy to the larynx. In such cases, a Chiropractor trained in Applied Kinesiology, an Osteopath, an Acupuncturist, and/or a structural training program, such as The Egoscue Method, helps tremendously. Someone skilled in laryngeal massage can also make a difference.

What about Surgery? If surgery is chosen it would be considered a more desirable option if it was in addition to, rather than instead of, other strategies. It is advisable to research extensively and get many expert opinions both from surgeons and non-surgeons before an irreversible surgery is performed.

Conclusion. Realize that everything is connected. There is no need to separate the voice from the rest of the body. There is no need to separate body from mind. An affected voice affects your mental state and your mental state affects your voice. When you learn to rebalance the muscles involved in voice production, dramatic results can occur. These are skills that the average voice user is seldom exposed to.

When you also rebalance and strengthen the body and mind as a whole, you not only empower your voice and body, but your life in general. How you sound is of less interest than that you are able to experience the free functionality of your voice. Your voice is you.


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Bramham Park
Bramham Park
Bramham Park is a stately home built in 1698 by Robert Benson, the 1st Lord Bingley. It was Lord Bingley who was responsible for laying out the extensive landscape gardens around the house which make a visit to Bramham such a delight.
The gardens cover some 500 acres, divided by long avenues, and dotted with neo-classical follies in the style of Greek temples. The gardens epitomise the transition between the formality of 17th c European gardens such as Versailles, and the informality of later English landscape gardens. The garden was an extension of the house, a carefully designed landscape in the style popularised by the architect Andre Le Notre at Versailles. It has even been suggested that Le Notre had a hand in the garden's design.

Garden highlights include:

The Chapel

At the rear of the house stands this classical temple, built in 1760 by James Paine. Four Ionic columns define a 3-bay front facade and give access to an inner chamber than spans the full width of the building. The name may be confusing; the building was intended as a folly in the style of a Palladian temple. It later served as an orangery, then a summerhouse, before it was consecrate as a chapel in 1907, a function it still serves.

The Open Temple

Built in the early 18th century in limestone ashlar as a single cell with a 3-bay pedimented front facade. The temple is sometimes called the Lead Lads Temple after the lead statues that original stood on the pediment. The statues were unfortunately stolen and never recovered.

The Gothic Temple

This octagonal 18th century temple is also built of limestone ashlar. It stands 2 storeys high with corner buttresses. The temple was converted into a water tower in 1907 to supply water to the house. It served to hold the water supply until after WWII.

The Rotunda

This circular temple in Ionic style stands in the Black Fen pleasure ground. It dates to the mid-18th century and was probably designed by Jasmes Paine. From the Rotunda six paths radiate out to other landscape features.

Bramham Park House

The house itself was built by an unknown architect in the style of a 16th century Florentine villa. Robert Benson was heavily influenced by a grand tour of Italy he took in 1697 and he wanted a house to reflect the classical Italian architecture he had seen on his travels. The house is neither Palladian (too early) nor Baroque, but falls somewhere in between. The result is a central block linked to flanking wings by colonnades. One wing held the kitchen, the other housed the chapel, symbolically balancing the needs of body and spirit. The striking central hall rises 2 storeys through the central block, and still bears the marks of a devastating fire of 1828.

The house has remained in Benson family hands since it was built, but only by passing sideways on several occasions. One of the owners was George Lane-Fox, an P for Beverley knows as 'The Gambler' for his profligate lifestyle. The house suffered a serious fire in 1828 and stood derelict and empty for 80 years until it was restored in 1908 by another George Lane-Fox, grandson of the first.

A subsequent owner was yet another George Lane Fox, who established the Bramham Horse Trials in 1974. In addition to the prestigious hors trials, Bramham is home to the annual Leeds Festival.

The gardens are regularly open to visitors, but both the house and garden are open by appointment at most times of the year.


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The Diary of Thomas Burton: 3 January 1656-7

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Diary of Thomas Burton Esq: Volume 1, July 1653 - April 1657. Originally published by H Colburn, London, 1828.

This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.

Saturday, January 3, 1656–7.

This House was this day adjourned, in respect of Mr. Speaker's indisposition of body. I dined with Colonel Fothergill.

A great Committee sat in the Painted Chamber upon Mr. Scot's petition, wherein he craved to be divorced from a bad wife, and that her children might not inherit his lands, being begotten in adultery.

The Committee were a long time in debate before they entered upon the merit of the case, whether a Committee of Parliament could sit, the House being adjourned.

The Master of the Rolls, Colonel Carter, and Mr. Bodurda, questioned it.

Mr. Bond and Mr. Robinson said that they frequently sat in the Long Parliament, though Parliament were adjourned.

Mr. Bodurda said, he never sat in the Long Parliament, but he had sometimes a desire to look into Journals of Parliament, and found that, in all adjournments of the House, there was always a particular saving to Committees.

This debate held a long time, and it was urged that the actions of the Long Parliament were not, in all things, to be imitated. They were very regular, in all things, in the beginning; but afterwards, and towards the latter end, necessity prompted them, in regard of the wars, &c. often to walk out of the road.

Divers other things were moved pro and con; but it was thought best to lay aside disputing upon the jurisdiction, and proceed to the matter.

The parties being called, the Lady Scot appeared not; and thereupon, the Committee were proceeding to judgment, in regard she was ordered expressly to give her answer that day.

Major-General Kelsey, and Mr. Godfrey, who had the chair, very much pressed that they would proceed to proof of the petition.

In the meantime a messenger came in and told the Committee that the lady was in the Court of Wards. She was called in, and her husband. She was heard by her counsel, Mr. Finch, who seemed implicitly to question the jurisdiction, reserved himself for matter of law till afterwards, and desired time to bring in an answer in writing, and further that Mr. Scot might allow her alimony, to vindicate her reputation, in her defence to the matters in the petition, which seemed to rip up the whole course of her life. It would be very chargeable to her to bring witnesses from all parts, and he, by law, ought to bear the charge, (it being allowed in all courts of justice), in regard it is likely to be the last time her husband shall be troubled with her, if the matters be proved as they are set forth in the petition. If she can vindicate herself, it ought to be his rejoicing as well as her's, and he will not grudge the charges.

Mr. Judico Sedgwick, one of the counsel for the husband, desired time to prove the petition, and agreed that, by the law, his client ought to give her alimony for her defence in this charge; and her counsel press it, that the Committee would demand the quantum of Mr. Scot. He was going to speak, (something, I believe, but simply,) but the Committee were not satisfied that they had any power to demand such a question, nor would they trouble themselves with the matter of alimony, nor report it to the House, but go to the matter; not doubting but the husband would freely give her something towards the defence of this suit.

The Committee went no further, but gave till this day sennight to the petitioner, to prove his petition, and then to hear counsel on both sides, and debate the whole matter. If one may judge of colours, she has a very bold face, but seemeth old. She was in black, and a long patch upon her forehead.


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16 September 2013

Sainsbury's School Games, Sheffield, September 13/14

In the shot, Adele Nicoll (coach: Andy Brittan) smashed through the 14m barrier for the first time with a huge PB of 14.33m, which puts her well over a metre clear at the head of the Power of Ten under-17 rankings.

Ben Robbins (David Goodall) won the 400m in a PB of 48.28 to increase his lead at the top of the UK under-17 rankings.

Katie Purves (Goodall) won the 300m hurdles in 42.66 to go second in this year's rankings.

In the 1500m steeplechase, Michael Bartram (Gordon Palmer) improved his PB and UK leading mark from when he won the English Schools to 4:20.01.

In the pole vault, Abigail Roberts (Trevor Fox) equalled her PB of 3.80m, which puts her second in the Power of Ten under-17 rankings and beat the UK leader Ellie Gooding (Derek Laws) on countback.

Kerri Davidson (John Vernon) won the triple jump with a PB 12.32m which puts her second in the UK rankings.

Emma Hamplett (Mark Pinner) won the javelin in a PB 47.22m to improve her lead at the top of the UK lists.

Two members of Britain’s World Youth Championship team had very easy wins though outside their best of the year.

Morgan Lake (Eldon Lake) won the high jump in 1.82m while Shannon Hylton (John Blackie) won the 200m in 23.87/0.8.

Results: http://www.2013schoolgames.com/2013/results/athletics/schedule.html

Philadelphia Half-Marathon, September 15

Andrew Lemoncello finished 10th in 64:36 which puts him third in the Power of Ten Rankings.

Results: http://running.competitor.com/cgiresults?eId=4?icat=rnr-website_marquee_read_more

Bristol Half-Marathon, September 15

The first three women all ran faster than the quickest Brits in the BUPA Great North Run. 43 year old Emma Stepto (Alan Rowling) won in a huge PB of 73:40 which puts her sixth in the Power of Ten rankings and she led in Lorna Russell (Nick Anderson) who broke 75 minutes for the first time with 73:57 and Tish Jones who was third in a PB 74:07.

Results: http://www.runbristol.com/SearchResults.aspx


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The Wizard of Oz
Teen Workshop Production

Like so many girls her age, little Dorothy Gale of Kansas dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy’s imagination.

August 12 – 15, 2015

This production is performed by the students of Broadway Rose’s Teen Summer Workshop. All ages are welcome; however, unlike our 50-minute children’s musicals, it is a full-length production. Our box office staff is happy to assist you in determining whether this production would be appropriate for your family.

Performances held at Broadway Rose’s New Stage at 12850 SW Grant Avenue, Tigard.

Tickets: All seats just $10.00.
Children under two years of age sitting on parents’ laps are free to youth productions.

By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stothart
Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard
Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Based upon the Classical Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.

Directed by Isaac Lamb
Musical direction by Mont Chris Hubbard

Wednesday, August 12, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 13, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, August 14, 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 15, 2:00 p.m

‘Over the rainbow’ with Broadway Rose’s Teen Summer Workshop production
By Caitlin Feldman
Tigard Times, Aug. 6, 2015
“We are doing a version of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ that is low on tech and high on imagination. We’re essentially treating it as if a group of teenagers broke into a theater and used whatever they could find to create the world and magic of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” said Director Isaac Lamb. “It’s also allowed the students to take ownership of the show in a more intrinsic way; many of the best, most creative ideas have come directly from them.”...Read more.

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