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9 Steps of Painting

A lot of people ask me about my artwork. It’s going to be a part of this blog and the cookbook. Here’s a behind the scenes look in my studio. For now, I’ll deviate from my usual posts of recipes and travel stories and we can explore some art!

The Lotus and the Artichoke - Finished Painting  The Lotus and the Artichoke - Finished Painting

My 9 Steps of Painting

(Some personal background and a How-To)

First, here are the 9 Steps I use to create a painting:

  1. Idea
  2. Research
  3. Sketch
  4. Scan
  5. Underpainting
  6. Overpainting
  7. Block
  8. Details
  9. Document

I’ll explain them in more detail in a bit. Scroll down if you’re just here for the images and a cool step-by-step of a work from start to finish.

I didn’t take photos at every step for this last work, but the process was exactly as in the steps above. Further below you can see photos of an earlier work in the making. The process is the same whether I’m working really large or really small. It’s a process I’ve been working with and have refined over the years.

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It’s hard to say when I really started painting. I was already painting in middle school on Kwajalein (although at the time I was more obsessed with drawing, screenprinting and skateboarding– usually combining all of the above) and by high school I was doing standard still lifes, cartoony stuff, and mostly fiddling with watercolors and acrylics. That is, when I wasn’t trying to get into the darkroom to develop my own black and white photos, or abusing photocopy machines at the copy shop to make subculture fanzines and vegetarian cooking ‘zines to pass out at hardcore punk shows, used record shops, and to send to people in the mail. But I digress.

In college, I did a lot of painting and the two most important classes I took during my BFA Fine Arts program were Color Theory 101 and Painting 101. But what about all those advanced painting courses and independent studies? Yes, I did all that, too. The advanced work was really just more practice of the groundwork established at the start. Printmaking and photography, and arguable the many graphic design courses also impacted my painting irrevocably. But it was Professor Bruce Rigby‘s attention, approach, and instruction in those two classes that quickly brought me from fumbling art student to – a few years later – Your son is a painter!

How? Rigby had us do countless exercises and explorations of color. I was blown away. We started with an expensive box of hundreds of sheets of colored papers. I never knew it was so complex and scientific. (This logical, rational side of the arts has always appealed to me.) In Painting 101 we did many exercises which weren’t always exciting, but the science and method behind it was illuminating. Rigby did these paintings of cars, mostly photorealism. I was more into expressionism but I loved his technique and skills. Light and dark. Shadows. Layers. Simplified palettes and monochromatic works.

Once he even rolled a TV into the class and showed us a Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons documentary and asked us what we thought. I was a freshman and I never knew you could make money and get famous putting formaldehyde sharks or suspended basketballs in aquariums and calling it art. Rigby also told great stories, like how he visited his parents when he was in college and they wouldn’t let him in the house until he shaved his beard off! He was a great mix of funny, friendly, helpful and real. I enjoyed and grew a lot from his classes.

Learning to mix colors properly, learning to underpaint, learning about complements, dimension, perspective. Some people are born with this stuff and have it very intuitively. Gradually, I’ve started accepting the role genetics and talent must play in my artistic ability (my maternal grandmother was a phenomenal modernist painter in the 30s and 40s.) But most of this stuff I had to learn. Like a language. It takes practice. Practice. Practice! Like my yoga teacher‘s teacher‘s teacher says: Practice and all is coming!

Enough story, man! I don’t care about your painting teacher’s hippie beard, or Damien Hirst, or any of that yoga dogma. Get back to the process!

Fine. Here’s a work from start to finish. After that, we’ll go back to my 9 Steps.

Idea: Where everything starts. It could come from anywhere. A song. A dream. An experience. Or it could be more intentional. Usually the inspiration is inexplicable. Unless I’m reworking something or re-exploring, of course.

Research: I have dozens of art books and this thing called the internet that I use constantly for reference. Since a lot of work deals with travel, culture, and food, I actually use a lot of books and sites from these areas, too. Often I go to museums to see things up close and see how others have approached their work.

Sketch: Paper and pencil. In my sketchbook, or on loose sheets. Often using tracings or grids. I’m not afraid to print source material and practice the curves and lines. Especially for lettering. Which I do a lot of. The sketch usually takes 2-3 hours and I try not to worry much. I erase and re-draw. I start light and get darker. I often do a fair amount of shading, much of which will help me later with the paint.

Scan: I always scan or photograph sketches before I start to paint. This serves documentation and allows me to see the work on the screen. Sometimes I’ll work in Photoshop to experiment with colors to plan and get ideas.

Underpainting: Most of my painting process you’ll never actually see. That’s because it’s the painting done under the painting you do see. This lays down contours which I’ll leave behind and coats areas with an intentional color to complement or combine with the overpainting. In fact, I usually use a complementary color, like green if it’s going to end up red, or blue for orange. Sometimes it’s just a darker color to provide more body for the color of the overpainting, like when I use red under flesh tones.

Overpainting: Next I paint over almost everything I’ve done until now. This stage involves the majority of the work with color and shading. Often in the process I get new ideas or am tempted to leave areas as an the underpainted color. I have to question the urge and remember to see the piece in my head a step or two ahead, or even finished, not how it is currently. This is crucial. The main part of painting is a battle between Is-it-done? and This-isn’t-done! It’s an artists’ sense of urgency and impatience and the dreaded Masterpiece Syndrome fighting each other.

Block: Particularly my works on paper involve empty space and white. Already in the sketching and painting stages I’m thinking which parts I’m going to paint over with white. Why would I paint or draw something when I know it’s going to be painted over? Same reason as with the underpainting. I am planning the final results, and I like the layers and transparency. I only completely mask or block with white if I want to remove something entirely.

Details: I go back in and adjust contours, darken shadows, add complementary lines, dots, patterns, create highlights. At this stage I’m constantly stepping back and viewing the work from all angles and distances. I might take photos and look at enlargements — or the picture tiny. I’m looking to see that the contrast and colors are right. At some point, I’ve killed that little demon in my head that says “It’s not done yet, keep going!” Art is not just about making stuff. It’s about releasing stuff. And letting go. Every story comes to an end, every painting has a limited number of strokes.

Document: Do I sound like an obsessive nut, especially after just talking about letting go? Whatever. I take photos of the finished work. I give away a lot of works and I almost never travel with actual works, so it’s great to have an archive of what I’ve done on the computer and in my pocket.

Sometimes when I’m asking myself what I’ve made and done so far in this life… I look at my photos. Of my travel adventures, of my cooking experiments, of my artwork. It floods me with memories and inspires me to explore more, create more, and share more.

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Barros has denied seeing or knowing of any abuse committed by the Rev. Fernando Karadima, a charismatic priest sanctioned by the Vatican in 2011 for sexually abusing minors.

Francis sparked an outcry during his recent visit to Chile by strongly defending Barros, describing the accusations against him as slander, and saying he never heard from any victims about Barros' behavior.

The AP report , published Monday, belied the pope's claim that the victims had never come forward.

Even before the report, the Vatican last week tapped Archbishop Charles Scicluna to go to Santiago to take testimony from victims and others with information about the Barros affair.

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Scicluna declined to comment.

For more than a decade, Scicluna was the Vatican's lead sex crimes investigator, and famously went up against the Vatican hierarchy to sanction the serial pedophile Rev. Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legion of Christ. For decades, Maciel was protected by the highest officials of the Catholic Church who blocked an investigation into his crimes.

Once Scicluna was allowed to pursue it, he traveled all over -- including to New York -- to interview Maciel's victims, preferring face-to-face testimony and to prevent victims already wounded by the church from having to travel to come to him. Maciel, who raped and molested his seminarians, was sentenced to the same sanction as Karadima: a lifetime of "penance and prayer" for his crimes, the typical church punishment given to elderly abusers.

The Vatican has said Scicluna in his new mission is tasked with "listening to anyone who has expressed the desire to provide elements in their possession" about Barros.

Francis sparked the Barros uproar in 2015 when he appointed him bishop of Osorno, Chile, over the opposition of many Chilean bishops. They were worried about the fallout from the Karadima scandal, which cost the Catholic Church much of its credibility in Chile. Karadima was responsible for cultivating dozens of priestly vocations and five bishops -- including Barros -- but he also kissed and fondled young boys in his community.

Francis vetoed the bishops' proposal that Barros and two other bishops trained by Karadima resign and take a year sabbatical, saying that if he accepted their resignations it would amount to an admission of their guilt. Francis said there was no proof they had done anything wrong.

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With all the recent new books and articles on education, the most interesting was called to my attention by my 14-year-old granddaughter. She reported proudly that her school is one of nine in the country that has signed on to a program called the Positivity Project. “The short story is, it is focused on building relationships across the school.”

Describing more about it, she said that it is a movement to counter the rise in narcissism and decline of empathy in our society. It was surprising to hear a young person talking about narcissism, bringing back thoughts of Christophe Lasch’s “Culture of Narcissism,” published in the late 70s. Lasch saw the rise of pathological narcissism in such qualities as the fascination with fame and celebrity and the transitory quality of personal relationships.

Now, schools are trying to address this phenomenon by focusing on building relationships, student-to-student and student-to-teacher to cultivate an “other people matter” mindset. My granddaughter informant explained that everyone has 24 character strengths ranging from creativity to leadership. Each week the focus is on a different one, the idea being to find your own and work on the weakest to become a better person.

Last week in school they talked about curiosity, watched a video and discussed what it meant to be curious. Curiosity accomplishes many things — especially promoting learning, a “cool concept, especially with everything going on in the world.” Apparently, this discussion takes place in one class with a particular teacher. According to the website, teachers are trained to implement this program and when a school signs on they receive materials for the purpose.

I was also told that everyone is too focused on achievement while having relationships is the most important thing to achieve. The idea is for students to spread this message by talking about it to each other. Obviously, they are trying to build interest and my granddaughter’s interest was captivated enough for her to volunteer to man a booth promoting the project at a community event. The ability to capture the interest of young people is a significant plus for this project.

Searching through the website, it was interesting to note that part of the interest in the development of relationships is not only to promote “health, happiness and resilience,” but also because of a connection to jobs of the future. Research is cited predicting the skills that will be of highest demands in the future are persuasion, negotiation and group dynamics, that is human interaction and nurturing.

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Postby krissss » April 18th, 2006, 8:49 am

I want to post a little picture under my name.I was searching all over but can't seem to figure it out.I know you can post before / after in the studio with help from Unca..But how do you do the little picture under your name ??????????????????? Kriss
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Hi Kriss, you'd need to email your pic to Unca....tell him the name you use here on the forum (krissss) and ask him to make that pic your avatar :)
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Postby krissss » April 18th, 2006, 9:15 am

Thanks so very much Joyce...I will do just that.

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Postby Jan » April 18th, 2006, 2:03 pm

Hi Kriss,
Oh how pretty you are and what fun to find your picture. Hmmmm I guess I'll have to get brave and add mine.
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Postby Serendipity » April 18th, 2006, 2:57 pm

Waahooo Jan!
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Postby Arklahoma » April 18th, 2006, 9:54 pm

Krisss ... Your picture looks great. I've gotta get brave enough to do the same soon.
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Postby JustJeni » April 19th, 2006, 4:12 am

Come on Ark we wanna see ya!
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Postby gettinthinny » April 19th, 2006, 5:35 am

krissss you're gorgeous! You don't look like you have 53.5 lb to go from the pic!

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Postby krissss » April 19th, 2006, 6:51 am

yep....I do.
Thanks for all your kind words.My self esteem is in the pits.
This was actually my wedding in Vegas May 2004 .I probably haven't taken a picture since then because I am so embarrassed of my weight. I was about 175 when I met my husband and over the 1 year we dated and stuff I went down to 132 ...ya know....trying to impress and all and a long distance relationship.Then I moved closing to him I slowly started gaining.
I went from 132 to no time at all.

I lost about 10lbs for the wedding (Struggling) .I wish it was so much more.Since may 2004 I gained another 37 lbs..

I have one of the husband that can eat whatever he wants and still look amazing ...on top of that...he tells me ...I love you just the way you are...Big tiny crooked crazy blah blah ...which doesn't help control the appetite.So I would eat like he did...And wha la...212lbs.

He tells me ..I want you to enjoy life, be happy.Well he and I thought that meant eating yummy foods and spluging .Which is fine and dandy,But when your self esteem hits the ground and you are embarrassed to have pictures taken and embarrassed to take the kids to the town pool and choose to miss special events because you have nothing to wear that you feel pretty in....well thats not enjoying life! Ya know..

So here I am..
I am enjoying this problem and all of you very much.

I lost 8.5 in the first 6 days and then the scale has kinda not moved.I was wondering if that happened to you all as well.I will take the actally weigh in from the next sunday ...but I was just wondering how all your first 2 weeks went ?

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Postby krissss » April 19th, 2006, 6:55 am

DAHHHHHHHHHH....just love those TYPOS...Gezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. LOL....................I need to reread before I post...
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Postby deszignerchick » April 19th, 2006, 7:29 am

I totally understand! When I met my husband I weighed 165, that was 10 years ago. I lost weight for the wedding,but by the end of our honeymoon, I put most of it back on! I've lost and regained the same 60lbs several times. Last year my husband filed for divorce, I closed my beloved boutique and I stayed in bed for months.(this is the most I've ever weighed) Not eating, I gained 60lbs! I can look at food and gain weight!
I've lost 14lbs, this is my third week-the scale isn't moving!!! I'm trying to take 1 day at a time. I keep telling myself that this is at least coming off faster than other programs, but I didn't put it all on overnight. Just keep going-it'll come off.

and...I totally typing mistakes...ugh!!
and you look great in your photo!

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Postby falisamarie » April 19th, 2006, 8:35 am

Gayle and Kris,

Please do not get discouraged the scale will move. Sometimes our bodies just say whoaaaa what is going on but then it gets with the program and starts parting with those pounds again. I did not do this but wish I had....take your measurements for the weeks the scale does not move many times you will see a loss in inches when the scale is not moving. Hang in there this program works!

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Postby Lizabette » April 19th, 2006, 11:32 am

You are gorgeous! And don't worry you will get back to your pre-wedding weight, and your self esteem will be back sky high again...
by just following program and posting and letting us all help you get through it. :puter:

Thanks for posting your picture on your avatar. Guess what? You are inspiring some of the MF 'hold-outs" to do the same ...
not naming any names but the initials of one hold-out is J.A.N. I will refrain from mentioning others....this time. :roll:

Keep it up, don't worry about slow days, it can count on it!

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Home Made Pizza Dough

Pizza has been in constant evolution over the centuries, the origins are undoubtedly Mediterranean. Historical records suggest that people in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome all ate things that are very similar to our modern pizza crust. Ancient Egyptians had a custom of celebrating the Pharaoh's birthday with a flat bread seasoned with herbs. The word pizza may be a derivative of the Latin word picea, a word which the Romans used to describe the blackening of bread in an oven.
Europeans returning from the Americas brought with them the tomato, a very suspicious fruit of the time. Exactly when the tomato was actually considered to be edible is unclear, the tomato became enormously popular among southern Europeans. Today the tomato is a key element of Mediterranean cuisine, and is used in most pizza recipes.
The world's first true pizzeria, "Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba", opened in 1830 and is still in business today at Via Port'Alba 18 in Naples. Pizzerias in this era usually included a large brick oven, a marble counter where the crust was prepared, and a shelf lined with ingredients. Contemporary Neapolitan pizzerias are prepared in the same way they were 100 years ago. The large brick ovens make the pizzerias uncomfortably hot in every season except winter, but the unique flavor of these brick-oven pizzas is unmatched. Pizzaioli (makers of pizza) often assemble the entire pizza on a marble counter right before the customer's eyes.

Here is the recipe for a basic pizza dough. I use a stand mixer, but of course it can be done by hand.

1 cup warm water
1 1/2 tsp dry active yeast
pinch of flour
pinch of sugar

3 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp.salt
2 tbsp. olive oil

In a small bowl mix together the warm water, yeast, and pinch of flour and sugar.
Let stand at least 5 minutes, until it becomes bubbly.

In a mixing bowl, combine the 3 1/4 cups flour, with the salt and olive oil. When the yeast mixture is ready, add that to the mixing bowl. Using a paddle attachment, mix for about 2 minutes on medium speed. When mixture has come together, replace padddle attachment with the dough hook. Mix for another 2 minutes on medium speed. When it is a nice, soft, elastic texture, remove dough and need by hand for a few minutes, forming a nice ball. Pour some olive oil in the mixing bowl- enough to lightly coat the dough. Let it rise at room temperature for at least four hours. The dough can be made ahead of time, and refrigerated overnight. It is important to let it reach room temperature before use. This recipe makes four thin crust pizzas, about 12 inches in diameter.

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I think these suedes might be the best of both worlds. But this looks nothing like the original LPAD! I think they just should have come up with a new name.

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What are essential oils?

They are the most powerful part of the plant and are distilled from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes, fruit, rinds, resins and herbs. Oils consist of over 100 natural, organic compounds.

In humans, they provide support for every system in the body: your skeletal system, your muscular system, circulatory system, endocrine system and your hormones, respiratory system and immune system. They support brain health and healthy weight. They are used extensively for emotions and for spiritual support in your prayer life.
An oil in a diffuser can soothe a child's tough day at school and provide a calming effect when you've had a stressful day at work. Oils can be used as an alternative to toxic cleaning chemicals in the home. You can literally start replacing every single chemical cleaning toxin in your home and live a purer lifestyle, and you can do it without breaking the bank!

There are about 300 oils on Earth, but you only need ten to twenty of them to build a good kit. You do not need to be an aromatherapist to use them.

There are three main ways to get oils into your system: the English apply it topically - rub them into the skin. The French ingest and cook with it. The Germans diffuse and inhale, which can be the most effective method, because it doesn't have to pass through the digestive system. Test have shown that oils reach the heart, liver and thyroid in three seconds when inhaled. They were found in the bloodstream in twenty-six seconds when applied topically. Expulsion of essential oils takes three to six hours in a normal, healthy body.

Essential oils history

They were first mentioned by name in the Biblical book of Genesis chapter 37, when Joseph was sold to the slave traders. They carried spices, balm and Myrrh! Genesis ends with the burial of Joseph's father anointed with Myrrh. Oils are mentioned 1100 times directly or indirectly in scripture!

Some of the oldest cultures on Earth used essential oils. The Babylonians placed orders for Cedarwood, Myrrh, and Cyprus. The Egyptians used essential oils for beauty and embalming, and they have the oldest recorded deodorant recipe made with essential oils. Pakistan and Rome used essential oils in the communal bath house.

They were even used by Jesus! He was given Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Frankincense is sometimes referred to as 'The coconut of essential oils, because it has over 10,000 uses!

Essential oils were used by the Medieval Europeans, many of whom brought oils back during the Crusades.

It was only after World War 2 when essential oils were 'rediscovered', and the science of their uses grows every single year.

Do essential oils work?

There is no rating system for essential oils. The closest we get is in the USA. They have FDA requirement that in order to label a bottle of essential 'pure' or 'therapeutic grade', the contents of the bottle must contain at least 5% essential oil!

All oils in the world fall into one of 4 categories:

Grade A, Grade B, Grade C and Grade D.

Grade A oils are therapeutic, made from organically grown plants and distilled at low temperatures.

Grade B oils are food grade, but may contain synthetics, pesticides, fertilizers, chemical extenders or carrier oils.

Grade C oils are perfume oils that often contain adulterated chemicals. They usually use solvents, such as hexane, to gain a higher yield of oil per harvest. Solvents can be cancerous, and are in many store bought oils. They may also be diluted 80-95% with alcohol.

Grade D is called 'floral water', which is aromatic only and is usually a byproduct of Grade A distillation. After all the oil is pulled out, the leftover trash water is sold to companies which will fill 5% of the bottle with this 'leftover trash water', fill the rest with carriers, and label it as 'pure'

Grade A is the only true pure oil.

Grade D would be like walking to your fridge, taking out a glass of orange juice and diluting it 95% before you drink it! You wouldn't have the full benefits of orange juice. That's why you want Grade A oils. Before you purchase, check to see if the company grows their own plants, own their own fields, and controls the entire process from Seed to Seal - from the farm to the sealed bottle. Pesticides, pollution and previously farmed land can affect the quality of an oil. Young Living's oils are Grade A. Why would you go the extra step of using an oil to avoid a chemical, and then use an oil laden with chemicals? It makes no sense.

Young Living have a Seed to Seal process. It's a promise of integrity. Gary Young has said that he never makes an oil for profit; he makes it for a purpose. Seed to Seal means each plant is hand-weeded and there are no pesticide used, no chemicals, no weed killers. The plants are harvested at their peak. They're then put through a vigorous testing process. Then they go from the farm directly to your home. Seed to Seal is not a slogan; it's a promise! You can learn more by checking out the Young Living story, and fall in love with the company, as as well as the oils, at

Why do oil companies sell oils more cheaply?

To save money. If you spray your crop with pesticides you have more crop to distill. If you use a chemical solvent to extract the oil, you pull more out. If you dilute it with a cheaper or carrier oil, you stretch the oil you have distilled. Most essential oils are sold more cheaply because companies cut more corners.

How are oils made?

It takes a great deal of work to produce a tiny amount of essential oil!
  • 60 thousand rose blossoms provide only 1 ounce of rose oil
  • Lavender is abundant. 220 pounds will provide 7 pounds of oil
  • Jasmine flowers must be picked by hand before the sun becomes hot on the very first day they open, thus making it one of the most expensive oils in the world! It takes 8 million hand-picked blossoms to produce 2.2 pounds of oil.
  • A Sandalwood tree must be 30 years old and 30 feet hight before it can be cut down for distillation.
But a little goes a long way. Most oils are £10 to £30 a bottle. A 5ml bottle contains about 100 drops, and a 15ml bottle contains about 250 drops. Each application is one to three drops, meaning even a small bottle will give you 45-90 applications. Thieves Cleaner is made of plants only and costs less than £1.00 a bottle to make up. You can't even get that in the organic section at the grocery store! It replaces a multi-purpose cleaner, glass cleaner and floor cleaner. The organic versions of these can be about £5 a bottle ... and it smells wonderful!

Are they safe?

There are certain oils that are photosensitive, meaning you don't want to wear them and go outside. These are mostly citrus oils, like grapefruit, lemon etc.

When using on your skin, always watch for redness and dilute with a carrier oil. Dilute oils on children, because their skin is more permeable and absorbs the oils more quickly. What is a carrier oil? It's a fatty oil like olive oil or coconut oil, and its molecules are much larger than that of essential oils. Using a carrier oil with an essential oil slows down the rate the body can absorb the essential oil because it has to ping pong through the large molecules of the carrier oil to get into your skin.

Be wary of putting the oils topically near your eyes. Some oils, like peppermint, can cause a burning sensation. If you place an oil near your eye, apply the oil on a Q-tip instead of tipping the bottle towards your face.

You can become desensitized to an oil if you use the same one day after day so it's best to rotate oils every three to four days.

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Young Living utilizes all three methods if using oils, British, French and German. The French have been safely using some essential oils internally for decades. Young Living has created a Vitality line with distinctive labels so you can easily recognize which oils are safe to take internally.

Look at the ingredient list of what you have in your bathroom and kitchen. Everyday we put products on our skin, in our bodies and breathe them in, but many of these products contain damaging chemicals. The average woman applies over 300 chemicals a day to her body, just through soaps, makeup, shampoos, and hair care products! Eighty of those products are applied everyday before breakfast!

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The Nintendo Download – 3/14/13

This week’s Nintendo Download is nothing if not a bit unusual. You see, the bulk of the titles announced today… aren’t available yet. Rather, they’ll be available next week, with LEGO City Undercover for Wii U arriving on Monday, March 18th, and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions), Need for Speed: Most Wanted U for Wii U (no screenshot available), and The Croods: Prehistoric Party! (for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) arriving in their respective eShops on Tuesday, March 19th.

In addition, the next release to the Wii U Virtual Console is Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream, which will be available beginning on Wednesday, March 20th for 30 cents as part of Nintendo’s celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Famicom. Until then, you can still get F-Zero for 30 cents, after which it gets bumped up to regular price.

So long as we’re on the subject of Nintendo Download announcements we can’t play yet, Nintendo is also promoting a free download of Flipnote Studio 3D, a free download coming to take the place of the original Flipnote Studio in Summer 2013. You can learn more about it in the latest Nintendo Direct Mini.

That’s eight titles we can look at, but can’t touch as of this writing. So what’s left?

First up is a free demo version of Chasing Aurora for the Wii U. Up to five players can “experience the dream of flight” through 16 levels and four game modes using five playable characters.

A new demo is available in the Nintendo 3DS eShop as well, this one allowing you a free sampling of HarmoKnight, a rhythm-based action game from Pokémon creator GAME FREAK Inc.

Ketzal’s Corridors is the latest Nintendo 3DS eShop item on sale, marked down to $4.99 from its normal $6.99 price tag. If you’ve played ThruSpace on WiiWare, you have a good idea of what to expect here, though Ketzal’s Corridors offers more in the way of premise and setting.

Retail title Rayman Origins blasts its way into the Nintendo 3DS eShop, complete with a free demo. It may be wise to take advantage of that demo, as some people feel the game just isn’t the same without the multiplayer madness available in other versions of the title.

Of the games available today, Mega Man 3 stands at the top as one of the best games in the series, often in contention with Mega Man 2 as to which one is considered the best. It’s $4.99, and worth every penny.

Reel Fishing Paradise 3D is another retail title now available in the Nintendo 3DS eShop, and features a variety of fishing techniques, 15 stages, 40 fish, and over 100 pieces of tackle, plus two customizable aquariums to keep your catches in.

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Wrapping things up, we have two new releases for Nintendo DSi owners, as well as those with a Nintendo 3DS.

Forgotten Legions ($4.99 on Nintendo 3DS, 500 DSi Points on DSiWare) is a real-time side-scrolling strategy game with two distinct sides to choose from as you command 18 units through 30 missions and boss fights.

Goony ($1.99 on Nintendo 3DS, 200 DSi Points on DSiWare), on the other hand, is a one-button arcade-styled game in which you move Goony left or right along a randomly-generated endless pathway for as long as you can, with the number of steps you take indicating your final score. You can also create and share your own custom “blocks” and race against a friend on the same system in multiplayer mode.

And that’s everything for this week… and a good chunk of the next, too! As always, click the corresponding links above to gain more info on each title.

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GroGenesis, Inc.

July 25, 2017 09:00 ET

GroGenesis Inc. Announces Memorandum of Understanding with Curewel International Co. Ltd. as Master Distributor of AgraBurst PRO in Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Laos

Agriculture Technology Company Expands Global Distributor Network

SIOUX FALLS, SD--(Marketwired - Jul 25, 2017) - GroGenesis, Inc. (OTCQB: GROG) (the "Company"), a global agriculture technology company and producer of AgraBurst PRO™, an organic, non-GMO nano-surfactant for farmers, fertilizer manufacturer and commercial lawn and turf companies, announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Curewel International for the distribution of AgraBurst PRO in the South East Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.

AgraBurst PRO™ is a proprietary, all-natural, non-GMO agricultural input which improves the ability of the plant (crops, fruit trees, palms, etc.) to efficiently access applied nutrients incorporated in fertilizers, resulting in less fertilizer required, improved water retention in the soil (thereby increasing drought tolerance) and increasing yields and farmer's income. By optimizing the plant's uptake of applied pest and weed controls and fertilizers, food producers and groundskeepers can minimize other input costs, reduce the health risk to workers and, in the case of crops, produce healthy food for consumers. AgraBurst PRO™ is formulated for organic and non-GMO producers and those food growers seeking to convert to non-GMO and organic food production.

Sandeep Majumdar, President of Curewel International, said, "Farmers in developing countries need to have access to AgraBurst PRO. After seeing the field testing results from other countries in South East Asia and South America, we wanted to be instrumental in introducing this environmentally-friendly input that is not only organic, but also generates higher yields for the farmer trying to increase his family's income. The cost to the farmer is insignificant when considering the higher crop production numbers."

Mr. Majumdar added, "With more than twenty five years of experience in building distributor networks through South East Asia, we are confident that we can work with GroGenesis in expanding AgaBurst PRO's reach to a region of the world crying out for an effective non-chemical agricultural input".

Mr. Richard Kamolvathin, President and CEO/CSO of GroGenesis, said "GroGenesis welcomes our newest partner in South East Asia, Curewel International, to our rapidly growing family of sustainable agricultural worldwide partnerships. Mr. Majumdar has extensive experience in building distribution networks for various commercial and consumer products. GroGenesis needs this expertise and experience to access remote markets and develop a multi national distribution network in a cost effective way that fits with our business model. Lower chemical inputs, less environmental impact, higher yields, premium market prices for Non-GMO and organic produce and grains increase farmers' income. These are our mutual goals."

Mr. Kamolvathin concluded, "Farmers can now decide to rehabilitate their soil with a cost-efficient organic input and, at the same time, enjoy greater yields and higher returns on their crops.

"The opportunities to help farmers around the world transition from conventional chemical farming toward Non-GMO and, ultimately organic, are in great need. Global food security will continue to be under stress and green science will continue to see increased demand. We are looking forward to moving towards a definitive agreement with Curewel International once we complete our due diligence process."

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Based in Phonom Penh, Cambodia, Curewel International Company is a diversified business conglomerate with operations in Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, Construction Work Platforms, Batteries & Inverters, Agriculture, Mining, Fishery, Real Estate and Orthocare products. With branch offices in Cambodia, Vietnam, Mauritius, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, Curewel International has built a reputation of offering innovative products and services to its clients in South East Asia.

About GroGenesis, Inc.
Headquartered in the heart of the US Farm Belt, Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based GroGenesis, Inc. is an agricultural services enterprise headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota offering food producers a revolutionary, proprietary, all-natural, non-GMO nano-surfactant which enhances soil and crop health and reduces the health risk to farm workers due to its non-toxic properties. GroGenesis' flagship product, AgraBurst PRO™, is an all-natural, organic, non-GMO agricultural input which enhances the ability of the plant to more efficiently use the added nutrients incorporated in fertilizers, which results in less fertilizer required. The application of AgraBurst PRO™ can begin the process of improving the health of the soil while minimizing the use of conventional chemical agricultural inputs. AgraBurst PRO™ also provides turf maintenance companies servicing homeowners, resorts, parks and golf courses with an organic input to improve the health and appearance of lawns and landscapes.

For more information, please visit the Company's website at

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SOURCE: The Joint Commission

The Joint Commission

November 07, 2017 12:00 ET

The Joint Commission Reports Increased Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Adoption and Reporting from U.S. Hospitals

Findings and Successes Highlighted in 2017 Annual Report

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwired - Nov 7, 2017) - An increased number of U.S. hospitals are adopting and reporting electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) to drive quality improvement, The Joint Commission reports in its 2017 annual report, America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety, published today.

Through its work with accredited hospitals preparing for eCQM data reporting that will be required in 2018, The Joint Commission has identified six primary priorities among those that are successfully implementing eCQM adoption and practice. They are:

  • Establishing multidisciplinary team structures for eCQM adoption
  • Repurposing quality abstractors and "growing" clinical informaticists
  • Providing robust eCQM resources and training to staff
  • Embracing continuous improvement and iterative development
  • Incorporating eCQMs in organizational strategy
  • Engaging physicians

Physician engagement is a particularly critical component identified by The Joint Commission and its accredited hospitals taking part in eCQM adoption activities to date. As one hospital identified: 90 percent of its eCQM data elements are documented by physicians.

In 2016, 470 Joint Commission accredited hospitals voluntarily submitted eCQM data to The Joint Commission, up 436 hospitals from the previous year. And, in its newly published annual report, The Joint Commission reports that surveys of its accredited hospitals indicate high awareness of eCQM reporting requirements, and that most hospitals plan to report 2017 eCQM data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) next year.

Until recently, most hospitals collected information to measure health care quality by manually abstracting data from patient records. Today, through eCQMs -- which rely on structured, encoded data present in the electronic health record -- hospitals can electronically collect and transmit data on the quality of care that patients receive. The electronic data can be analyzed to measure and improve care processes, performance and outcomes.

In the annual report, The Joint Commission calls attention to those hospitals as 2017 Pioneers in Quality™ Data Contributors, so named for voluntarily leading the way in submitting eCQM data ahead of required reporting in 2018. The report also recognizes:

  • Eleven hospitals and health systems as 2017 Pioneers in Quality™ Solution Contributors for sharing proven eCQMs practices with other accredited hospitals through Joint Commission-sponsored learning programs.
  • Nine hospitals and health systems as 2017 Pioneers in Quality™ Expert Contributors for other contributions to peer learning that help advance the evolution and utilization of eCQMs across Joint Commission accredited organizations and the field at large.

The Joint Commission, the United States' leading accreditor of health care organizations, established the Pioneers in Quality™ program to assist and recognize hospitals that report eCQM data, as well as share best practices for all hospitals in gathering, analyzing and leveraging eCQM data for quality improvement.

"Hospitals that voluntarily shared information with The Joint Commission over the past year are helping the entire industry move forward by showing others how to utilize electronic clinical quality measures to improve care and ultimately achieve better health and save lives," said David W. Baker, MD, MPH, FACP, executive vice president, Division of Health Care Quality Evaluation, The Joint Commission.

Access America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety -- The Joint Commission's Annual Report 2017 on The Joint Commission website.

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Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, nonprofit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Learn more about The Joint Commission at

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Ing. arch. Martin Boles

1984, Stara Lubovna, Slovakia

Professional experience:
from 2012 own architectural practice in Stara Lubovna and Lucenec, Slovakia
2011/12 Herzog&deMeuron, Basel, Switzerland, Internship (12 months)
2010/11 COBE, Copenhagen, Denmark, Junior Architect (6 months)
2009 MORPH4, Canach, Luxembourg, trainee (1 month)
2008 Explicit Architecture, Wien, Austria, model maker (1 month)
2007 HTArchitecten, Den Haag, Netherlands, trainee (4 months)
2006 Lubovnianske Muzeum, Stara Lubovna, Slovakia, model maker (6 months)
*from 2012 cooperation with Ales Berec Architects, Nitra, Slovakia
*from 2012 cooperation with StudioPEZ, Basel, Switzerland

from 2014 Doctoral studies at Slovak University of Technlogy in Bratislava – Faculty of Architecture – Wood in Architecture and Interior Environment
2016 Research fellow at FPInnovations, forest products research centre in Vancouver, Canada (3 months)
2015 Research fellow at TU Wien – Department of Architectural Sciences Structural Design and Timber Engineering (6 months)
2010 Master in Architecture at Slovak Technical University – Faculty of Architecture, Bratislava
2010 Diploma research at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – School of Architecture, Copenhagen
2009 Technical University in Graz – Faculty of Architecture, Graz
2008 Universidade Lusiada – School of Architecture, Lisbon
2008 Bachelor’s degree at Slovak Technical University – Faculty of Architecture, Bratislava

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2016 National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (FPInnovations)
2015 Ernst Mach Grant (Action Austria – Slovakia) supported by OeAD Austria and SAIA Slovakia – Guest research programme
2015 EEA Grants Norway – fund-raiser, coordinator, receiver of scholarship for student project watchamber
2014 Honourable mention, (re)STARTUP GARDEN in Bratislava
2014 3rd Prize in Winter City contest in Copenhagen
2011 Leonardo Da Vinci Programme (COBE, Copenhagen, Dennmark)
2010 National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts)
2009 Central European Exchange Program for University Studies CEEPUS (Graz University of Technology)
2008 Erasmus grant (Universidade Lusiada Lisboa)
2007 Leonardo Da Vinci Programme (HTArchitecten, Den Haag, Netherlands)

2017 “Hospital of the Future Martin”, Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Slovakia
2016 “Saloon of timber architecture 2016”, Österreichische Kulturforum in Bratislava, Slovakia
2015 “Interior 2015”, Gallery of Ernest Zmetak, Nove Zamky, Slovakia
2015 “City interventions – 95 ideas how to improve Bratislava”, Strará tržnica, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 “Aggregatzustand”, Lunz am See, Austria, TU Graz
2009 “Don’t look now”, Invisible cinema in Wien, Austria, TU Graz
2009 Homage to O. Eliasson – Light installation at TU Graz
2008 Model of Lubovna castle – permanent exhibited, Stara Lubovna, Slovakia

2013 Representation in Architekcture – Faculty of Architecture in Bratislava (lecture)
2013 Designing process in studio Herzog & de Meuron (almanac)
2013 Publishing at, community of town Stara Lubovna

Slovak, English (advanced), German, Polish (beginner)

Practical skills:
Modelmaking, Cardboard/Foamboard cutter machine, laser machine, wood treatment – wooden workshop,  CNC milling machine, rammed earth walls

Computer skills:
CAD – Rhinoceros, AutoCad (advanced), SketchUp, Archicad, Revit, Grasshopper (beginner)
Graphic – Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge, Acrobat Pro (advanced)
Office – Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook (regular user)

Driving License:
B, B1, AM

TEAM and Cooperation:
from 2012 Ing. arch. Erika Banyayová, Lučenec
from 2012  Ing. arch. Aleš Berec, Nitra
from 2013 StudioPEZ, Basel

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openwheel 12-09-2003 12:28 AM

E46 M3 Intake?
Just looking for some ideas for an E46 intake that will look as good as it works. I showed my customer the gruppe M and it was not what he was looking for. Any other ideas?

Jon@Bimmersport 12-09-2003 12:54 AM

maybe ECIS has one? AA? Dinan has one

Quack 12-09-2003 12:54 AM

I would recommand KK Motorsports intake, but it looks like the Gruppe M intake as well

openwheel 12-09-2003 01:37 AM

Pics of the ECIS one, I just want to show him

thinair 12-09-2003 02:02 AM

The gruppe M intake is probably the best intake for the e46 m3 isn't it? Does he want it for looks, sound....?

BMW_M52_M20 12-09-2003 02:05 AM

Originally posted by openwheel
Pics of the ECIS one, I just want to show him
I would go ECIS, very good company........

openwheel 12-10-2003 03:10 AM

More for looks, they are building a show car. He thinks tha car is fast enough for the engine lacks a bit of flash when parked

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Want to ward off dementia? Follow Madonna's lead

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When it comes to research on preventing or improving dementia symptoms, often times the breakthrough “tip” is something you're already doing. Speak two languages? Put maple syrup on your pancakes? Snack on walnuts? Great news, you may be reducing your risk of developing dementia without even knowing it.

But if you really want to help cut your risks of cognitive impairment and memory loss, it might be time to go outside your comfort zone and take a few tips from the Material Girl herself.

A study published last week in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found a three-month yoga and meditation course to be more effective at minimizing the cognitive and emotional issues that often accompany dementia than traditional memory-boosting exercises like crossword puzzles and computer programs.

The form of meditation used in the study is called Kirtan Kriya, a combination of chanting, visualizations and hand movements that has been used in India for centuries as a way to stave off cognitive decline, according to the study's authors.

As for the yoga portion of the memory-boosting routine, you may have to look beyond the classes offered at a typical gym or yoga studio, according to the University of California, Los Angeles-based research team. Their study specifically looked into the memory and mood benefits of Kundalini yoga, a spirituality and awareness-focused form that's a favorite among celebrities such as Russell Brand, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and, yes, Madonna.

Kundalini emphasizes hand movements and visualizations that researchers say helps improve seniors' concentration, and decrease the anxiety and depression that often accompany dementia. The study also touts yoga's simple, safe and low-cost nature as a positive alternative to expensive drugs or therapy.

“Historically and anecdotally, yoga has been thought to be beneficial in aging well, but this is the scientific demonstration of that benefit,” wrote Harris Eyre, the study's lead author. "We're converting historical wisdom into the high level of evidence required for doctors to recommend therapy to their patients."

So this double-whammy meditation and yoga course not only helps reduce dementia symptoms and cut back on treatment costs, but it also has a proven track record going back hundreds of years. All the more reason to throw on some yoga pants, make like Madonna and strike a pose.

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