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A Kabbalah student asked me on the weekend my opinion about people on Facebook who have complaints against the Chevre and the Kabbalah Centre regarding various kinds of abuse. I can only give my own opinion and my own feeling based on what I lived. I’ll try to keep it simple because I’d rather write articles about the wisdom I lived and experienced and the miracles I received. But actually, there is a pretty freaking cool miracle in this article as well so try to read this to the very end.

Here is Simple Logic in three steps:

1. If someone was hurt, in any way, and if I respond “look within,” that is just as abusive and hurtful to the person as what caused that person’s hurt in the first place.

The Lesson for Me: I am not here to fix, judge or to preach to others. It only adds to their hurt.

2. “Look within” is an unbreakable Kabbalistic truth. It is the key to humanity’s redemption. But if I tell someone else to look within, then I am not looking within. I am being totally illogical. If I am trying to fix others or blame others, it means i am not fixing myself and holding myself accountable. I am being a hypocrite even if my intentions are pure.  And so it is a misuse and abuse of a stunning truth known as “looking within”.

The Lesson for Me: Look within and fix myself only.

3. If an organization has good and bad, and the bad needs fixing, and there are 1000 people in that organization, if everyone tries to fix others, they are now abusing others and thus the organization remains broken (Simple Logic #1). Never works. Never has. However, if everyone in the organization fixes themselves, the result is a fixed organization. Duh. If every person on earth corrected their own nature, we would have a corrected planet. Duh. If everyone on the planet tries to fix others, we have a planet of abuse and hurt (see Simple Logic #1).

And that’s how it works.

The Lesson for Me: Find like-minded people who have the courage to look within and embrace the Kabbalistic path of self-transformation. If we all fix ourselves, we have found the ultimate unity and technology for fixing the world. Zohar 101.

And that’s why I go to the Kabbalah Centre for thirty years.

When I go into an LA fitness facility, everyone is there, presumably, to work out and get into better shape. No one there can work out for me. No one can swim laps for me. No on can ride the bike for me. No one can lift the weights for me.

I can look around and judge how out-of-shape other people are. I can judge people who are really there to pick up girls or guys. I can compare myself to people in worse shape that I am to make myself feel better. If they are using the equipment all wrong, and spending their time talking to others and not working out, i could also spend my time walking through the facility trying to change them, showing them how to use the equipment correctly.

But then I am not working out. I am not getting into shape.

For me, that was the bottom line of the Centre.

I went there originally to change the world. To the devastating heartbreak of my ego, I learned a harsh truth. I am here to change myself. The Centre provided me the tools to do just that. And the promise was a better life, and even miracles along the way.

Further, changing myself DOES change the world. So the Rav told me, I could have it all!

During the early years in the Centre, there were a few chevre who aggravated the hell out of me. They were like cultish groupies and they tried turn me into a guru worshipper. I laughed it off. They were good people, and many parts of our relationship were really wonderful. But I just dismissed and laughed off the stuff that I found utterly ridiculous because I knew it was their problem, not mine. And some of them were religious. Very religious. I ignored it. I wasn’t worried about it because I saw for the first time in my life people who were the antithesis of religious. The Rav. Karen. Yehuda. Michael.

So I worked on getting rid of my own religiosity.

So the issues that I found in a few chevre in no way discounted the insanely wonderful teachings and positive life changing aspects of this place that I loved.

In the early days a lot of strange people were also there. But I didn’t judge them. And I did not judge the few chevre who drove me nuts. Because I saw the genius and power of the wisdom. And I saw and experienced the love and dedication and incredible energy of other chevre. And I experienced the essence of the Rav and Karen and Yehuda and Michael. So despite all that I was perceiving as wrong, there was no doubting what was right and true. It was actually simple. Some people only talked the talk and others walked the walk.

It made sense. After all, I saw the same thing happen in business. I built my business from scratch. And I saw a ton of other people fail and they complained and quit and gave up, and they all had a thousand excuses why it didn’t work. I knew that not everyone makes it to the top of the ladder. I could not worry about the quitters. I had to make sure I didn’t fall off the ladder.

And so, if I wanted to get my own miracles, I could not judge others and blame them for things that went wrong. Took me over ten years to learn that lesson in the Centre. Prior, I was constantly trying to change everyone.

I also saw others fall into doubt over thirty years. And I watched them leave. I never tried to save someone because I learned i had to save myself. Trying to save someone violates Logic Step #1.

And that is how a truth of Kabbalah, like always looking within, can become distorted and misused and abused.

When I see a problem at the Centre, or if I see someone claiming that they were abused, or if they are even lying about their allegations, or if there is truth to their allegations, either way, I have to look within and realize that I somehow contributed to that problem and I need to find it within and fix myself in order to heal it from the negative person and the world. As the Baal Shem Tov stated emphatically — when we fix ourselves, we will see the miracle of others being fixed as well.

Now imagine what would happen if everyone in the Centre—or any organization—fixed themselves and never pointed the finger. Poof! That would fix the Centre! So I learned not to try to fix the Centre. I had to fix myself. Because THAT would fix the Centre if everyone played along.

Problem is they often don’t.

The practical benefits of looking within and never quitting is that the Rav never left me—before the stroke, after the stroke or after the Rav’s elevation. That’s the bottom line. That’s why I do it. Simple. If it did not work, you think I would stay on this crazy path for thirty years? Never!

The benefits of fixing myself and not quitting is that Karen has always had my back for thirty years, in ways that cannot be described, all the while wanting nothing from me but to see me excel and become a better husband to my wife, father to my kids, and friend to everyone. I was a witness to Karen’s unconditional love for thirty years. And I watched others slander and speak lies about Karen. And then there were others who would take a bullet for Karen. The two extremes was a sign for me that this place was blazing with Light.

When someone spoke lies, I didn’t confront them and argue. No. I looked within and searched hard to make sure I could find my own negativity so that I never end up doing something like that. Because if I saw it, it means i need to look within.

I had to admit that i would be the most negative person ever if i lost my certainty in the Centre.

Now, if someone came to me to ask for some advice, and they were open, then I would share the wisdom as it worked for me.

The reward for doing this, and fixing myself, no matter what, is that the Light is there when I needed it most. For thirty years.

Here is just one story out of a gazillion.

My mother recently passed. Last April. During my eulogy, I told our family and friends that we were supposed to be gathered here five years ago. The doctors had said that my mom had an incurable and aggressive form of kidney cancer. She had a few months. I told my mom that the Zohar and Kabbalah water could get her a miracle. For many years, my mother was not fond of my studies in Kabbalah. She thought I was actually crazy on occasion during those first 5-10 years.

But she eventually turned around and she opened up her heart to the Zohar. I asked the Rav and Karen to help. I asked Yehuda and Michael to please include her in their prayers. I had total certainty. I knew all the looking within and fixing myself HAD to pay off.

A few months later, she called me on the phone crying her eyes out. Her doctor said she had gotten a miracle because the cancer was gone. Gone! She was sobbing as she said, “You saved me. The Zohar saved me!” Those words coming from her mouth was also a miracle.

I told my mom that she had saved herself. She did. We activate the Zohar and miracles because there are no miracles without our participation. She broke her nature and embraced the Zohar. We always need to break our nature to get a miracle and a result.

My mom told me not tell my sisters what she said because they will think she’s crazy. Thankfully, my sisters also participated in using the Zohar and my mom got an extra five years of life!

Five years into her mid eighties with her kids, grandkids and great grandkids. Instead of a few months.

And relatively speaking, hardly any suffering. When my father died, he also had cancer but I had not yet found Kabbalah. I watched him wither away into skin and bones and suffering great pain. My mother was plump and beautiful till the day she died.

Let’s now go to the day she passed.

My sister texted me at 6:00 AM on a Friday morning back in April. My mom had taken a turn for the worse. I went for a walk and started meditating on Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the author and the embodiment of the miraculous energy and Light that is the Zohar.

I was chanting his name.

And then I got a sign; a message from the Rav. It was clear as day. The Rav told me to call upon him to help. Literally. I began calling upon the Rav and suddenly I got another sign. And then another sign. For the record, I have a signaling system with the Rav that allows me to communicate with the Rav when I really need the Rav. That’s all I will say about it. Suffice to say, the signs came in a flurry and it took my breath away. I was sobbing as I walked the streets because of the energy and clarity of the signs. The appreciation was overwhelming.

I came back home and texted back and forth with my sisters throughout the day.

At around 4:00 LA time, as I was still texting with my sisters, a thought popped into my head. A message from the Rav. I was to open up the Torah book for that Shabbat to see what the Rav had to say about the portion of the week known as Emor.

And I knew had to do it right now.

I got up from my desk, found the book, opened to the page of Emor. I quickly skimmed what the Rav had written twenty years ago. It was all about the illusion of death and how when a person is buried in the ground they are absolutely not really dead. And it was about immortality as well. The Rav, as we know, is all about bringing immortality and the Rav drew upon the teachings of the great Moroccan Kabbalist Abraham Azulay, who revealed great secrets about resurrection and immortality.

The Rav was writing about human consciousness and our need to recognize that our consciousness must overcome the opponent (and our doubts and blaming others) and recognize that immortality is possible—or it won’t be.

I was so excited when I read that. I called my sisters on the phone with the Rav’s words in my soul, to let them know what the Rav had written about in this particular portion. My sister Darlene answered and she said, “Oh my God, mom just stopped breathing! How did you know to call right now?”

She was freaked out of her mind.

Thank you Rav.

My mom left in that second, with the power and Light of Shabbat, the portion of Emor, and power of the Rav and the wisdom that death is an illusion and all the secrets of immortality. It was insane.

The Kabbalists teach that when a person leaves with the energy of Shabbat, their soul goes straight up into true reality. There is no cleansing or purifying process for the soul, which is often quite painful. This was the greatest blessing in the world. It would be like waking up from a dream into true reality.

This is why i fix myself and shut my mouth and don’t complain. I need miracles like this to share with others and for myself.

There was another miracle. My mother passed on Shabbat and was therefore buried the next day.

The next day happened to be Lag B’ Omer. The 33rd day of the Omer.

This is the same day Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai, the author of the Zohar, left the world. All the Light of Zohar is revealed on this day. It is called the Or Ganuz in Hebrew. It means Hidden Light. This is the Light of immortality! My last 30 years in Kabbalah was all about the Zohar and Rabbi Shimon, thanks to the Rav, and it was all about connecting each year to Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day!

It turned out, that this particular year, the 33rd Day of the Omer was also Mother’s Day.

Boy was the universe talking to me.

And it turned out that this was also my wedding day. My anniversary with my wife, Marianne.
We had gotten married on Lag B’Omer in 1984. As I married my wife that day, I had no clue what that 33rd day of the Omer was all about. The first time in my life that I even heard the words Lag B’Omer, was on my wedding day.

How could all of this be arranged with such Zoharic design and power?

And then a thought occurred to me. Marianne and I were married in 1984 on the 33rd day of the Omer. My mom was being buried on the 33rd day of the Omer in the year 2017.

Wow. It was also my 33rd Wedding Anniversary!

And as I buried my mother, Karen was at Rabbi Shimon’s tomb in Israel, praying for my mom’s soul.

Everything in the universe had aligned in perfect design as my mom went to the next world. Breathtaking.

There are no words. I was floored. No money could purchase such a powerful set of circumstances.

There’s more. Also in this Torah Portion of Emor that my mom passed on, there is a name of a famous Kabbalist who lived 500 years ago, encoded into the Torah scroll. This is the great Kabbalist that I mentioned above, who revealed ALL the secrets of resurrection of the dead and immortality. As I said, his name is Abraham Azulay. His last name AZULAY is encoded into the Torah portion.

So now I found another secret encoded in this Torah portion concerning immorality and resurrection, further strengthening the power of the end of death for all humanity on this Shabbat, the day my mom elevated. And on this day my mom was buried, she was surrounded by Rabbi Shimon, on the 33rd day of the Omer, on my 33rd wedding anniversary, on the day that the Zohar shines the brightest, on Mother’s Day and as Karen was praying for my mom at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon celebrating his passing.

In Kabbalah Centres around the world that Shabbat, everyone stopped to mediate upon the name of AZULAY when it came up during the Torah reading Saturday morning.

Well, after I had shoveled the dirt into my mom’s grave, my daughter Arielle came over to me all excited, She said, “Dad, look at the grave next to mom.”

There were two headstones that said AZULAY.

This is why I endure the hardships and fix and blame myself, instead of fixing and blaming other people.

In the very beginning of this Kabbalah Centre path, the miracles came quick and easy, the blessings were immediate and the intense feeling of joy and amazement at this wisdom was instant. Perhaps you experienced the same thing.

There was magic. There was breathless wonder. And it was unexplainable to those who had not experienced it for themselves.

But then, after a while on the path, there wasn’t one blessing that did not come to me without me first overcoming some kind of doubt.

There wasn’t one miracle that happened in my life without there first being a test of doubt so dark and so strong, I was pushed to the point of saying this ain’t working and it’s all BS and total crap.

I personally learned that my problem with the Kabbalah Centre path was my problem. Meaning, I had ego problems that I needed to deal with honestly, so that miracles and positive change could come to my life.

The Light that shined on me from this Kabbalah Centre and Zohar path illuminated all of my problems and inner issues.

When sunlight shines through the window blinds, you see the dust particles. You see the dirt that wasn’t observable before the Light came in.

Each time we connect to Light, it hurts at first. Our garbage is shown to us through the reflected actions of others and the world around us.  That is the mirror we need to know what we have to look for inside.

And now, after thirty years of walking this deadly serious Kabbalah Centre path, there has not be one time—not one—where the love and the wisdom of the Rav, Karen, Yehuda and Michael failed to bring me miracles, blessings and true wonders, for me, my wife and my children, each of which, had to learn to transform to get their own results.

So please don’t ask me to comment any more about what all those negative posts on FB are all about. Those posts are, ultimately, a reflection about what is inside me. That is my only response. I have chosen to accept this basic teaching of the Baal Shem Tov and Zohar and Rav Brandwein and the Kabbalah Centre. Not because I am a nice person trying to be righteous and spiritual.

I do it out of pure enlightened greed. It works. When I stop judging and I respect others and I only look inside, good freaking things happen to me. And then I get to share those miracles on Facebook and spread Light. Why should I be stupid and draw negative energy just to to feed my ego and win a point? I’d rather have miracles in my life instead of a victory on the debate team.

The Rav taught me to be a greedy maniac……….for the Light.

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18 Responses

  1. Michael says:

    Again Billy and you are so spot on with your balance and pragmatic views
    Thank you for the goodness and positive thoughts and approaches to the subjects that have been raised

  2. Linda Dunson says:

    All I can say is THANK YOU!!!

  3. Yaakov says:

    Thank you from Quito. ECUADOR

  4. Pamela says:

    Your words are such a amazing blessing for me. My brother passed of ALS on Shabbat. Knowing now your explanation of that time gives me great comfort.

    Thank you Billy for your insight and guidance. Regards from Ecuador.

  6. Suzie Lewis says:

    I am with you on this, all of it, no matter what!
    Blessings and peace be upon you and your house, Billy. Thank you for your continued teachings and sharing your wonderful stories of life with the Rav and Karen.

  7. Laura Tapia says:

    Thank you Billy for sharing your thoughts and miracles . Your mother’s elevation day is another great testimony of this sacred wisdom… Thanks to all of you for support us. Blessings and greetings from Mexico!!

  8. Clau montes says:

    Thank you!

  9. I remember clearly the day you asked us to pray for your mom. I was in Shabbat and the healing prayer had begun, I ran to ask some of the men to tell the teacher to make a community prayer but not one replied, one of them told me do it silently but my soul was aching and I burst into tears, I couldn’t stop until David Itic came to me and I explained, he apologized he didn’t know and at the kiddush he did it. I cannot explain the pain I felt and why I cried with so much sorrow. Thank you for writing sometimes I say hello to chevres, teachers without receiving any answer but my goal is to focus on the teachings. We don,t know many of the rituals you practice with your children newly born or pregnancy receiving sometimes rude attitudes so what I do is not to mingle, sometimes it is hard for us gentiles.

    • Tziporah says:

      Veronica, I believe you’ll make friends at the Centre. Spiritual friends help us grow. It isn’t easy for me to make friends because, well, I’ve been that way all my life; I tend to be socially awkward and found it difficult to fit in anywhere. I’ve been told by a therapist that this is probably due to my being slightly Autistic. But that doesn’t mean I can’t make friends. And if I can, then so can you. Regardless, you’re right that the main thing is to show up for the tools/connections but that said, I also think that friendship with a spiritual friend is a tool. May we both find friends at the Centre! Wishing you the best. And I remember hearing Karen Berg say something along the lines of us counting ourselves lucky if we even have ONE true friend, as they’re hard to come by. I hope I understood your point correctly and what I said helped a bit.

    • Sarah says:

      It’s hard for us Jews, too! Lol I’ve experienced the same thing- women completely stopping talking to me after they get married or give birth. I don’t think it’s a spiritual thing- I think it’s just normal, imperfect human beings being plain rude! Lol

  10. Wendy Rosenthal says:

    Thanks Billy for sharing your story. I couldn’t agree with you more!

  11. Gregory says:

    I didn’t get your last sentence. Read it almost 10 times.

    • Sarah says:

      I think her last sentence had to do with how many women at the centre stop talking to single women after they get married or give birth. It’s not a custom or spiritual thing. I think it’s just ordinary people being plain rude. Lol

  12. Gregory says:

    (Previous comment was to Veronica)

    To the author –
    Jews left Egypt instead of “working on themselves”.

  13. Edwige says:

    I mean… wauw Billy. And yes. This is it. I had the same miracle when my mum died. She waited for me i drove 2OO on the highway with my kids. Arrived and in 2 min later my uncle from france her oldest brother arrived. He never came to visit before. And in that last 2 min. I said to my mother its ok we are here you can let go. And she died. It was a miracle. And 1,5 month later i saw my mother in a dream. There were no words. I took her out of the water and i dried her off and put her in a taxi. And waved her goodbye. Knowing she went into the sun. Then one month later the radio went on early in the morning where i was in my soul at my lowest, so hurt i barely could not get out of bed. It heard music playing on the radio. I went down the stairs, listening to my mothers favorite song. Yes. Life is a miracle. I believe. You came in loud and clear! God bless you Billy. Love and light.

  14. Danny says:

    Hi Billy,
    Great article! I learn a lot from you. I’m curious to know about the “ purifying process for the soul, which is often quite painful.” What exactly is that? Thank you

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Misteria Paschalia 2020 – Himmelsfreude!, or Bach and the fathers of German music from Praetorius to Mendelssohn

"Foreigners imagined that it would be enough to learn masterpieces of our art to understand the German thought. But it is only thanks to the history of the religious reform proclaimed by Luther that we can learn how philosophy and other arts have developed in our country. To reveal the German thought, we must first talk about religion."
Heinrich Heine

When thinking about the Misteria Paschalia Festival 2020, I have immediately imagined a chronological tale of the meaning of the Protestant religion in the development of German music. By condensing it to fit into eight subsequent days, I would like to show the diversity, volume and fervour of this music, following the greatest composers of the German school. The festival's programme is thus an extensive fresco – beginning and ending with Bach – which in ten concerts tells the story of Martin Luther irrigating like a river the German music, from the original music of Hieronymus and Michael Praetorius to the Lobgesang Symphony by Mendelssohn.
All invited ensembles are eager to go beyond the limits of a traditional concert, offering truly sensual and mental impressions to enable the audience to enjoy an extraordinary experience. They all have numerous advantages, each of them having its own artistic personality – which promises a palette with a thousand colours. My intention was to alternate large ensembles and chamber formations to offer the most diverse repertoire possible. We are celebrating the human voice because it is the main instrument at the disposal of a man who wants to praise the Lord. In Luther's earliest writings, singing is of great importance so that the faithful can turn to divinity. The then Church's community used to meet in prayer singing chorales – chorales that will soon be taken over by the most famous composers and the echoes of which will be found in most of the pieces performed during the festival.
Our journey to German music begins with Pygmalion, the ensemble of which I am the artistic director. The programme of the first festival concert centred on Hieronymus and Michael Praetorius was constructed like a vespers service. The music of these two composers shines thanks to the masterly synthesis that takes place between the Protestant music and the development of the polychoral style inherited directly from Venice. Like a huge bouquet of fireworks, the inaugural concert will introduce countless colours and will largely spread around the audience so that the listener is surrounded by a cloud of stunning sound.
The next day, Compagnie La Tempête will offer us a great lesson of humanism in a programme combining works by Schütz and Schein. During the Thirty Years' War, the confrontation between Protestants and Catholics was tearing European nations apart. The two humanists – Schütz and Schein – composed in 1623 two works of great power that reflect the political situation of that period. This concert promises to be an unprecedented experience also thanks to the conductor Simon-Pierre Bestion who created a new drama, introducing a dialogue between these scores and Byzantine chants.
Buxtehude and his Membra Jesu nostri are the next stage of our journey. The Correspondances ensemble will let us listen to this original work, which within seven stages brings us a little closer to Christus dolens. Each cantata describes one of the wounds of Christ with extraordinary humanity. This piece, composed for the St. Mary's Church in Lübeck, known for the long Abendmusik tradition, appeals to the devotion of the worshippers and once again shows us the central place of music in Lutheran worship.
The next day, Capella Cracoviensis led by Jan Tomasz Adamus will let us listen to the famous motets of Bach that shall reconcile us with imminent death, praising the happiness of eternal life.
On Good Friday, we have another masterpiece of the Leipzig Cantor: St. John Passion performed by Pygmalion. We will see an expressive presentation of this extraordinary score, relating the story of the capture and crucifixion of Jesus, while Bertrand Couderc will propose his magical luminous creation, conducive to concentration and intimacy.
To exemplify a constant cultural exchange between Italy and Germany, Capriccio Stravagante and Olivier Fortin will present a contrafactum of the famous Pergolesi's work Stabat Mater written by Bach. The text of Psalm 51 allowed Bach to adapt Pergolesi's score to the Protestant liturgy, with some cleansing of vocal lines to emphasise the piety of the text. The dark and warm voice of Lucile Richardot will wonderfully combine with the crystal timbre of Maïlys de Villoutreys.
At the closing of the festival, we will again meet with Pygmalion – cooperating this time with the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra – to end with the beautiful, joyful Mendelssohn's Symphony No 2 “Lobgesang”. By rediscovering Bach in the 19th century, Mendelssohn continued the great history of Lutheran music. This work, following the model set by Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony, conducts a dialogue between a temperamental orchestra, a large choir and three soloists: nothing is great enough to praise the Lord!
These concerts will be accompanied by the pure moments of late-night poetry. The short format concerts will take place in the intimate interiors of the Church of the Holy Cross to resemble the conversations at the table (Tischreden) that Luther fervently practiced and which encouraged the disputants to meditate on man's place in the universe. We will listen to the violinist Sophie Gent playing Bach's sonatas and partitas, musicians from the Ensemble Masques who will let us discover music from before the life of the Leipzig Cantor (Biber, Muffat, Schmelzer, etc.), as well as Skip Sempé, who will propose a set of transcriptions of the works of Bach and his contemporaries for harpsichord, being an unprecedented testimony to the plasticity of these pieces.

2 series of concerts
# Series 1 – PATRES: 7 large concerts that follow chronologically the history of Protestant music.
# Series 2 – DA CAMERA: 3 concerts in a more intimate atmosphere during the meditative vigil at 10 pm.
6 guest ensembles and 2 soloists
Pygmalion (3 concerts), Compagnie La Tempête (1), Ensemble Correspondances (1), Capella Cracoviensis (1), Capriccio Stravagante (1), Ensemble Masques (1), Sophie Gent (1), Skip Sempé (1).

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My journey with rheumatoid arthritis began before my memory did. The story I hear is that one day at a park I began to limp and cry. I also stopped opening the refrigerator which before the pain began I had done with ease. So my parents brought me to the family doctor who finally sent me to get a battery of tests. When rheumatoid arthritis came up positive, my new rheumatologist told my Mom, “This is a serious disease but at least you’re not in the cancer ward right now.”

Over the years sometimes I’d think I’d trade rheumatoid arthritis for cancer because with cancer at least you die or survive. Instead I’m stuck with a stubborn disease that always keeps me guessing. But because I didn’t get to choose the disease, I choose how I live with the disease.

As a youngster I chose to numb myself, denying and hiding my feelings and my pain.  This was a path to self-destruction which ended up almost destroying me.

As a young adult I opened up about my disease but continued to try to somehow beat it, subdue it, conquer it, and prove to myself and others that I was the one in control.

I finally realized that in fighting the disease I was fighting myself. Over time that gets really tiresome.

So now, my journey is one of resilience. This means doing my best every day. Not judging myself. Accepting that I’ll never accept a life of pain.  Moving my body every day. Being honest with myself and others no matter how hard the truth is.  Never giving up. And last but not least, having compassion  for myself because this is the greatest healer of all.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bagels - TWD: Baking with Julia

Tuesdays with Dorie: Baking with Julia - Nineteenth Installment.  The recipe is Bagels.

These turned out really well - the family suggested I make these again very soon. I had made this recipe when the original series was on TV, so this was my second try at it. It's surprisingly easy. We enjoyed them with cream cheese and smoked salmon. Yum.

Before boiling
I held the raised dough in the fridge overnight, and that worked fine. I love the transformation in the boiling water.

After boiling

I also used my pizza stone and the ice cubes on the bottom of the oven.  I might bake them a little longer next time - they browned a lot on the top, but less on the bottom.  The bagel surfaces weren't as smooth as I would have liked, so I think I could use more care with the shaping to really get that surface tension right, so they're less lumpy.

I actually planned ahead and allowed enough time to do this without going nuts or staying up until all hours! I can be unrealistic when it comes to time estimation, so I'm happy if one side effect of having baking deadlines is that I learn better time management as a side effect of all the baking :-)  Now if only I could master the layout of the blog post with the photos.....

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Loaf - TWD: Baking with Julia

Tuesdays with Dorie: Baking with Julia - Eighteenth Installment.  The recipe is Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Loaf.
They looked very pretty, even though this photo is a bit "brown on brown".  Still honing my food photography skills....
This bread is delicious, and great for the changing seasons here in Massachusetts. I had written "great" next to this recipe in the book, but I don't remember when I made them previously.  I think I may have bought the mini loaf pans in order to make this recipe. I do remember being skeptical of a yeast bread with pumpkin, but really like the result, just like last time.
One thing this Baking with Julia project is reinforcing for me is that baking projects are more fun when I really pay attention.  After last time's inattentiveness, leading to over-browned bread, I was determined not to get distracted and miss something.
This was fairly easy, and I liked the flexibility of the built-in time in the fridge.  I'm so glad people commented in the P&Q warning about it needing overnight rising, because I hadn't read the recipe ahead of time.
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Mt. Rwenzori hike safari 8 days

Climb and trek mt. rwenzori and hike Margherita peak on the mountains of the MOON in Uganda.

Day 1 - Transfer to Kasese

Eraly morning, you will be picked up by our guide for a transfer to Kasese town. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Magherita  (luxury), Rwenzori Base Mountain Camp(budget)

Day 2 - Nyakalengija (1615m) - Nyabitaba Hut

The Central CircLiit starts at the RMS offices . You should arrive in the morning to allow ample equipment and meet your guides and porters. The bypassing througl1 farmland to the park boundary bl it follows the Mubuku river, crossing its Mahoma trib starting a long, steep climb up onto a massive ric Nyabitaba hut. Th-e hike takes around 5 hours. During this part of the trip you may hear chim see black and white colobus, blue monkey and t coloured Rwenzori turaco.

Day 2 -  Nyabitaba (2651 m) - Mubuku River (Matte Hut (3505m)

 This involves a demanding 7+ hour trek up to Johl The Central Circui t 'proper' starts a few hundred mE Nyabitaba where the trail divides. The right fork I peaks up the Bujuku valley while the path on the le1 the subsequent descent. The trail leads to the Kurt Shafer Bridge which Mubuku valley just below the river's confluence wit I valley. Beyond the river, a muddy, slippery trail clir up through bamboo forest.

After a five hour trek is the start of the giant lobelia ar zone, a vegetation type limited to East Africa's highest The final hour's walk to John Matte hut passe! . Challenging bog full of extraordinary plants.

Day 3 - John Matte (3505m) - Bujuku (3962m)

The route fords the Bujuku River as you cross the bog, a steep climb b follows to reach the Upper Bigc a boardwalk has been constructed to assist walk weather; there are superb views of Mt. Stanley at this cavernous, glacier-carved valley. Above the bog steady climb ovell" glacial moraine, criss-crossing t trail reaches the lovely Lake Bujuku. The last stage of the 3-5 hour hike to Bujuku Hut past Cooking Pot Cave is perhaps the muddiest stage of the expedition. The hut is well placed for parties climbing Mt. Speke.

Day 4 -  Bujuku (3962m) - Scott Elliott Pass (4372m) Kitandara (4023m)

From Bujuku hut, the trail crosses more mud before climbing steeply through a forest of giant groundsels, climbing a short metal ladder to ascend the Groundsel Gully. Above the gully, a branch in the trail climbs directly to Elena Hut (4430m) for the ascent of Margherita peak on Mt. Stanley (5109m). This climb needs an ice axe, mountain boots, crampons and ropes.

The main trail continues up a steep screed slope over Scott Elliot pass, the highest point on the circuit. The pass provides fabulous views back down the Bujuku valley and of Mts. Stanley and Baker towering above. Beyond the pass, the route runs downhill beneath the massive cliffs of Mt. Baker. After passing Upper Lake Kitandara, the 3-5 hour hike ends at the hut beside Lower Lake Kitandara, a beautiful site surrounded by towering peaks.

Day 5 - K itandara (4023m) - Freshfield Pass (4282m) - Guy Yeoman (3505m)

Freshfield is a long flat traverse through tracts of fabulously colourful moss (and more mud), beyond which the long descent to Nyakalengija begins. The hike to Guy Yeoman hut takes around 5 hours. The hut enjoys a lovely location close to the Mubuku River with terrific views of the looming Mt. Baker to the north.

Day 6 - Guy Yeoman (3505m) - Nyabitaba (2651 m)

The descent to Nyabitaba takes around 5 hours but with an early start it is possible to make it all the way down to Nyakalengija.

Below Guy Yeoman, the route descends the cliffs of Kichuchu.

Beyond Kichuchu the muddy path crosses the Mubuku River twice before climbing upwards to Nyabitaba to complete the circuit.

Day 7 - Nyabitaba (2651m) - Nyakalengija (1615m)  - Kampala

The descent from Nyabitaba to Nyakalengija takes 2-3 hours. Drive back to Kampala, reaching in the late afternoon.

This safari includes;

-Transportation by 4x4 wheel drive

-Full board Accommodation

-En route meals

-Hiking fees

- Park entry fees

- An English speaking guide

-1 porter per person

But excludes all personal expenditures like Visa fees, Tips, Telephone billsl etc


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Remembering Mr PCN | Tom Dooley, Wayward Wind and Tharian.

He would lead the practice sessions with his whole soul and body. We would follow suit, all the while, with the band desperately and helplessly trying to catch up, some times upping and sometimes dipping the pitch, but all in vain. Gosh! How I wish they realized in those days, that the only music that the average Kazhakian had in his blood was the monotonous cadence that went on and on, like that bee on steroids.

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The Kazhakootam Beach

MK Unni | Dynamite Comes in Small Packs

Unni Sir guaranteed each of the footballers two years of meaningful life with a sense of accomplishment and one which they could cherish for the rest of their life.Overcoming challenges, his Warriors marched on and he lead them from the front even while negotiating the whirlpool of personal tragedies which life throws up regularly to make the journey increasingly interesting. He led us to a point where winning and losing ceased to matter and then led us on further, molding us into leading life king size, and maybe end up as believers of karma.

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The Kargil Heights as the intruders turned tail

Remembering Capt. Paul Bastine

When I see the, hoisted national flag outside my office waving gently in the slow breeze, my heart fills with the memory of all those soldiers known and unknown who gave up their today to keep our tomorrows safe and all those who lost their life to keep our nation flag up there, flying. And it dawns on me yet again that I am an Indian and then my heart starts echoing the parting words of Rambo in First Blood, my childhood hero I grew upon and I join the chorus with all those brave hearts,”Do our country love us as much as we love it ?”

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The Million-dollar-picture by a Man who wore House boat Shoes – 2.

He was trying to copy a very complicated Vedic scene. Dayafter day, he made exquisite progress, from the crown, he progressed to then the gadda, sketched the armor, shield, all of which of course with the printed picture exactness. A trifle irritated by the sudden disturbance to his deep fugue, and to appease the demanding crowd, he quickly sketched a landscape, with a Jeep plying over a bridge as the central theme, and handed it over to Roy, dismissing the crowd back to their seats.

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Faujified in the Art Class

The Million-dollar-picture by a Man who wore House boat Shoes -1.

It wasn’t just adultery that roamed the dark corners of the Art Class. At times when Roy was around in session, even medieval torture and eerie natural forces made their presence felt too. It also had its surprising after-effects. Art Class gave me one of my staunchest allies in my gleeful journey to depravity, my thicker-than-blood-brother, dear Mukkulam aka Roy V Mathew.

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Kazhak Chronicles – Faujified!

The Art Class and the Lessons in Adultery.

On the first day of my art class, I was given a huge white sheet of art paper, which, admittedly, I didn’t feel like spoiling by drawing on it ! Instead, I strongly felt that it would have been better put to use had it been issued to the students for wrapping up their books for safe upkeep. But there it was, spread in front of me, helplessly pinned down on the drawing board, waiting to be ravished and I never had even an iota of willingness to violate its purity.

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The Hunt

Corrected Coffee, or how the Army will always be indebted to Pradeep CT.

It is a moonlit night around two decades ago, when CT, strongly supported by ones like me swoops in on a poor rooster caged in the campus bus driver’s residential quarters ( the C-type quarters). With required stealth and swiftness, its neck is grabbed before it could send out its signature sound ‘KOK’ and the same is surgically removed with the accompanying gush of blood . Like any good commando operation, things are pretty much planned in advance and hence the cooking site is catered with utensils, articles required for lighting fire and condiments – except the unavoidable aqua.

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In preparation for this posting, I came across Vanderbilt University’s webpage about flipping the classroom at   This page summarizes well the research behind the buzz.  I recommend that you read Vanderbilt’s page before anything else about flipping the classroom, including what I wrote below.

 Flipping pancakes is often easier than flipping the classroom.

A lot of the success depends on students getting some of the content (typically recorded lecture) before class.  This reminds me when teachers ask students to read certain pages from their books before they come to class.  My experience as a student has shown me that many students from elementary school all the way through graduate school “forget” to read the assignment to be prepared for class.  In some instances, the teacher then provides a rehash of what they should have read, which in turn teaches the students to not do any more reading before class.  The teacher provides a nice succinct summary anyway.

One way to prevent this is Vanderbilt’s second key element.  Quizzes are one way, but teachers should be careful that the quizzes don’t take about the same amount of time as the readings/videos, otherwise the purpose of flipping the classroom is defeated.  Since my background is in second language education, I prefer rewarding active participation in a cooperative learning activity centered around the content that was previewed before class.  This conveniently acts as a class warm-up activity.

Assessment is a key part of flipping the classroom, and that doesn’t mean tests or quizzes.  I’m really talking about formative assessment, which is basically any type of classroom task or activity that the teacher assesses or grades with the added feature that students have the opportunity to reflect on their mistakes or errors and correct them, hopefully not in isolation.  In this sense, you could have any type of classroom activity or task take place first in the classroom that serves as a comprehension check of the previewed content.  (If you’re a language teacher, you may understand the key terms I’m using here better than other teachers.)

If we want to use Bloom’s taxonomy of critical thinking, the comprehension check is the second level of critical thinking.  The teacher should not ask students to regurgitate the information but to reformulate it in their own words.  Or better yet, if possible, move up the taxonomy and ask students to apply the information to their daily or classroom lives.

Let me pause here because I’m getting too prescriptive.  There is a myriad of ways to flip a classroom, and I’m only suggested one (that is untested as a whole but tested successfully in parts).  In this prescriptive lock-step manner of teaching (which I only recommend to cautious novices), my teaching method would appear like this: 1) preview some content as homework, 2) start class with a cooperative learning activity that acts as a group comprehension/application check, 3) finish class with a higher order thinking in-class (hands-on) activity.

The last and most important step is the higher order thinking in-class activity.  In the spring, I worked on a project involving inquiry-based learning in science education, and it seems that inquiry-based learning may partially benefit from a flipped classroom model.  The inquiry-based science classroom needs a lot more classroom time for hands-on experiments, constructing models, and defending arguments based on evidence.  It seems that any course that needs hands-on training would be benefit from flipping the classroom.

I’m curious to learn if and how flipping the classroom can benefit other courses like history and mathematics.  Coming from a background in instructional systems design (ISD), I believe it comes down to learner outcomes and assessment.  So if you teach history, how would your students benefit from reading or watching a short piece on history before coming to class?  I can think of many ways if the course was set up for critical thinking, but it seems that critical thinking in a history course has political implications, especially in the public school system.

I want to keep this posting brief, so I’ll stop here and say that this posting has inspired me to write more on higher-order thinking activities and assessing those activities.  These, to me, seem to be the goal of flipping the classroom anyway.

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Trunk line of the Second West-East Gas Pipeline starts operation

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On June 30, the eastern section of the trunk Second West-East Gas Pipeline was put into operation. Arriving of natural gas at Guangzhou from Turkmenistan marks the full completion and operation of the 4,978km-long trunk line, China's first pipeline to introduce natural gas from abroad.

The Second West-East Gas Pipeline is a single energy project that draws the heaviest investment in the history of the country, and also boasts the longest distance, the highest transporting pressure and steel grade, and the heaviest workload in the world.

With a total investment of RMB 142.2 billion, the project includes one trunk line and eight branches which travel 8,704 kilometers through 15 provinces and regions from Xinjiang's Horgos to Shanghai in the east, and to the south reaches at Guangzhou and Hong Kong. The pipeline is designed to deliver 30 billion cubic meters of gas per annum, for 30 years.

As of today, the Second West-East Gas Pipeline has delivered accumulatively 11.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Central Asia. The sections connected to other pipelines in China have reached 21 provinces and regions, benefiting more than 100 million people. The remaining engineering of the project is now in full swing and is expected to be completed by the end of 2012, covering 400 million people.

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“Out Of The Dark”

Coming back to Killing Moon today – bearing in mind that with the miracle of modern technology, we don’t actually have to be in the office these days to be in the office, nor do we have to be on vacation to stop people from feeling possessive over us and ours – felt like being John Cusack’s character in that film where he’s an air traffic controller and reckons he’s the absolute bee’s knees at that, then Billy Bob Thornton shows him up to be pretty average until he becomes “one” with the planes by standing on the runway like a total gimp-child and gets caught/thrown about in a jet plane’s slipstream. Yeah, we all remember that film right? The scary thing is this realisation that we’re now at the point where we have to make very quick and often not-fully-informed decisions on various people’s behalves on a very daily basis; what is even scarier is our seeming willingness to actually do just that. We’ve changed. Has Primavera changed us? Perhaps. What the annual gathering of Pitchfork-approved pop’n’indie has certainly done has numb us to certain flagbearers of the genre. Well thank the music gods that Chris Chadwick happened to be walking past our general area of the office when we were sizing up current Track Of The Day guy Memoryy and subsequently threw some proverbial shapes to it, lest this guy might have fallen foul of our aforementioned genre numbness. Let’s get into some vital stats. Memoryy is based in New York, which as we all know is where electro-pop dreams come true, but in fact hails from Alberquerque. Hot dog, jumping frog, etc. That one. We’ve never written about someone from that neck of those woods, so there you go. It appears that our boy Memoryy has been putting out releases hither and thither for the last few years, and we guess Out Of The Dark is his most recent effort. For you Future Islands-via-Washed Out-via-Crystal Castles kicks, holler at ya boy. T-minus one year until he plays Primavera, we betcha.

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Kim is now serving as the Interim Managing Director of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, a service organization and a community of arts education practitioners focused on sharing information, providing professional development, and communicating with the public to promote our work in schools and beyond.

See the “official” announcement here:

ITAC & Dine-Around

I had an awesome time serving as a United States delegate at the International Teaching Artist Conference. While my experience was filled with many moments of artful learning, a definite highlight was hosting a dine-around with other international delegates on behalf of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable. Check out this cute group shot!

Many Faces of Miss Kim

Over 1,000 students, 12 schools, 4 professional developments, 4 boroughs, 2 states, 1 Face to Face and too many tableaux and laughs to count!  Another year in the books — happy to report the future looks to be filled with thoughtful young artists 🙂

Where has the time gone!?

New theater residencies across NYC, a furry of action leading up to Face to Face, and deep diving in my graduate school thesis can’t stop me from celebrating THEATRE IN OUR SCHOOLS month!

Honored and humbled to have collaboratedwith such tremendous talents and innovative thinkers to plan #TIOS18! Can’t wait to continue the rich conversation to ensure #TheatreInOurSchools is valued this month and every month!

#AATE #TIOSNY #ArtsForAll #ArtsEd #theatereducation

Job Update!

While McCarter Theatre Center was lots of fun,

I’m sad to say my position’s reached the end of its run!

On to the next at the Roundtable,

Face to Face Conference Manager is my new “label” 🙂

Happy to announce that I will be joining the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable as the Conference Manager for Face to Face 2018!


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  • We want to thank you for the terrific hazelnuts we purchased from you recently. I've lost count of the number of suppliers of Oregon hazelnuts we've used in the past, but none come even close to what we received from you. My wife was born and raised in Oregon, so she knows hazelnuts; she says yours are the best she's ever had. KJ is now our "go to" hazelnut farm.
  • In October we received a gift package from friends in Mannheim Germany – filled with delicious hazelnuts. Knowing we had to get serious about finding hazelnuts nearby, we found Ken & June’s Hazelnuts online. Now instead of enjoying chocolate candy with occasional hazelnuts – now we have entire bags of hazelnuts. So we are enjoying raw, dry roasted and chocolate covered from Ken & June’s hazelnuts. So, for those days when you are working hard on chores that never seem to end – adhere to regulations – get shipments out the door – attending to “pop-up” and awful problems, PLEASE know that families like ours are grateful for what you do. You have brought a lot of JOY to our home. Thank you, Thank you! Very Much!
  • I recently placed a small order with your company and want to tell you what outstanding customer service you provide. My order was here within 3 days, beautifully packaged and the hazelnuts are lovely. This was my first order with you, but it will certainly not be my last. Thank you so much for the follow up emails, the fast turnaround and your excellent product.
  • I love Ken&June's hazelnuts, in fact, I have never tasted any hazelnuts more delicious! I just ordered the raw nut and included a bag of the milk covered hazelnuts...my mouth is watering already!!
  • My 1st order of roast & salted hazel nuts arrived last week and believe me, it will definitely not be my last!! The taste is fabulous, the packaging perfect for freshness and not only taste wonderful as a snack but will be divine in my beef Wellington forcemeat recipe. Thank you!!!!
  • My husband and I have tried many sources for raw, shelled hazelnuts, both in local stores as well as through the internet. Your hazelnuts are by far the freshest, tastiest ever! We'll be gladly ordering from you again.
  • I Order 4 or 5 bags of roasted hazelnuts every month or so. It is my wife and my treat for ourselves and it can't be beat. A quality food and great tasting at the same time-how can you beat that?

Locally Grown Hazelnuts from the Willamette Valley of Oregon - About KJ Hazelnuts

The Melcher family has been in the business of growing hazelnuts for over 50 years. Ken & June Melcher began farming hazelnuts in 1957 on a 40-acre farm in their home town of St. Paul, Oregon. It was one of the largest filbert orchards in the Willamette Valley at the time.

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Chapter 4

1. So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2. Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
3. Yea, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4. Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbour. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.
5. The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
6. Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with toil and grasping for the wind.
7. Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8. There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither says he, For whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a heavy travail.
9. Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
10. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up.
11. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12. And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13. Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no longer be admonished.
14. For out of prison he comes to reign; yet he that is born in his kingdom might become poor.
15. I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his place.
16. There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after him shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping after the wind.


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Monday, January 16, 2012

TIAS 2012 Day 3

Here is my day 3

It's so much fun participating in Jane's TIAS. If you haven't begun, it's not too late. It's so much fun watching the progress, seeing the variety of threads and all the beautiful shuttles.
Happy Tatting,

Anne said...

What a lovely colour green. What make of thread did you use?

JB said...

Thanks. The thread is Lizbeth 688--Seagreen DK, size 20.


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Higher ed privatization plan to get outside review

By Eric Schelzig, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration announced Wednesday that it has agreed with higher education leaders to have an outside group review the Republican’s privatization plan for building maintenance at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities.

Haslam plans to release his “business justification” for his privatization efforts by the end of the month. The governor has said the University of Tennessee and Board of Regents systems would be given the choice of opting out of the plan and emphasized that any deal would preclude any reduction in the number of employees over the length of the contract.

The independent review should help dispel concerns that the state won’t save the as much money as projected.

“I think it’s important to have that outside, third party validator saying those numbers are real,” Haslam told reporters.

In a joint statement, University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro and Regents Chancellor David Gregory agreed to consider the third-party review and said that no decision has yet been made on whether to proceed with the privatization proposal.

The Haslam administration said it has saved nearly $11 million in the first two years of having an outside company maintain 10 percent of the state’s properties.

DiPietro at his annual State of the University address in Nashville on Tuesday said the school needs to be vigilant to protect against the influence of the “the long arm of the government” on university matters.

The university president said government “is reaching further and further and further into the operations of UT in matters such as our governance and structure, policy decisions, maintenance of our facilities and even programs designed to support our students and campus communities.”

The Commercial Appeal reported last week that Dale Irvin, the vice chancellor for facilities services UT’s flagship campus in Knoxville, said the governor’s plan “would be a disaster for this campus. It would be a disaster for our students.”

A projected $12 million in cost savings that the state would want to achieve at the UT Knoxville would require a 60 percent cut in equipment, materials and supplies, said Irvin, who served as part of an outsourcing “steering committee” on the governor’s project team.

DiPietro issued a statement following media coverage of Irvin’s remarks, calling them “regrettable, his own opinion and not the official position of the statewide university system.”

Also Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about Haslam advisers considering the outsourcing of security at the legislative office complex, especially in light of the Republican House and Senate speakers’ proposal to allow the state’s half-million permit holders to be able to carry handguns in the building.

Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, said hiring private security to replace the Tennessee Highway Patrol would “add an increased threat to this body and to the citizens of this state.”

A Department of General Services spokeswoman said that outsourcing security at the Legislature is no longer under active consideration. And a disagreement between the House and Senate speakers over the gun policy means that the guns likely won’t be allowed at least until the legislative office complex is moved to a new building next year.


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Spin-based quantum computing

Related products: HDAWG, UHF + AWG, MFLI + MD + DIG

Spin-based quantum computing is a leading technology for the realization of scalable quantum computers. Semiconductor Quantum Dots (QD) are used to trap individual charges and the associated spins, which are then used as qubits. The Zurich Instruments Quantum Computing Control System (QCCS) provides all the key tools for spin qubit characterization, control and readout, providing a low-noise and scalable solution that improves setup reliability and simplifies setup control.

东成西就ill必中⑧码Single spins are confined in semiconductors quantum dots. Metallic gates define them and control the relative couplings. A large quantum dot is used as a charge sensor for the smaller ones which are serving as qubits. Single qubit operations are induced through an oscillating magnetic field coupled to the qubits through microwave strip lines. Two qubits gates can be realized with fast pulses on those metallic gates which are close to two quantum dots.

Related Publications

  • R. Hanson et al., “Spins in few-electron quantum dots”,
  • A. Crippa et al., “Gate-reflectometry dispersive readout and coherent control of a spin qubit in silicon”,
  • L. Vukušić et al., “Single-Shot Readout of Hole Spins in Ge”,
  • A. Crippa et al., “Level Spectrum and Charge Relaxation in a Silicon Double Quantum Dot Probed by Dual-Gate Reflectometry”,

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Application Notes

Measurement Strategies

The QCCS can be used for all the critical characterizations steps and operation of a spin qubit system

  • Quantum dot characterization
    The MFLI Lock-in amplifier is used for quantum dot characterization. The integrated low noise current amplifier is able to amplify the tiny current flowing through a typical QD and the multiple oscillators are set at different frequencies in order to simultaneously acquire DC conductance, low-frequency conductance and gate trans-impedance.  The digitizer function can be used to acquire fast current traces to perform single-shot spin readout.
  • Fast multiplexed qubit control
    The HDAWG generates the fast pulses for the metallic gates which are used to control the QD energy levels, couplings and drive the two-qubit gates. To counteract the effect of the cross-coupling, additional pulses are applied to multiple gates. The HDAWG is able to modulate the microwave source in order to produce single qubit gates. Different qubits can be addressed with frequency multiplexing. A Single-Sideband modulation scheme, in conjunction with the internal oscillators, is used to suppress unwanted images and facilitate a clean spectrum.
  • High fidelity readout
    The spin-readout speed is greatly improved when performed at high frequency with RF reflectometry. The UHFLI Lock-in amplifier generates the probe RF readout tone and acquires the reflected response of the sensing QD to perform fast and high-fidelity single-shot spin readout. Up to eight sensing dots can be multiplexed and read simultaneously. The magnitude or the phase of the demodulated signals are a measure of the complex impedance of the charge sensor, from which the qubit's state can be measured.

Your benefits measuring with Zurich Instruments

The QCCS provide all the critical components to characterize and control a complex spin qubit computer:

  • Low setup complexity and maintenance effort, due to a high level of integration
    • Current amplifier, multimeter, lock-in amplifier and digitizer all in one unit
    • Reflectometry readout with unified signal generation and detection in one instrument without the need of external analog up-/down-conversion
  • Reduced need for isolation and filtering leads to low power dissipation at the input connectors
  • Accurate spin control and enhanced fidelity, also for fast qubits, because of the fast and low noise HDAWG outputs
  • Advanced and complex experiments with the flexible real-time sequencer
  • Clear pathway to larger number of qubits: easily control many multiplexed qubits with the internal oscillators and the large output bandwidth
  • Fast integration into your control environment and existing setup: powerful LabOne API with drivers for QCoDeS and Labber

东成西就ill必中⑧码The QCCS is a future-proof investment that optimizes your workflows and setup performance. It is highly adaptable and grows with your future needs.

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Landlord Ashmore Park

4 Ways to get better rental income from your property

22 Apr 2016 | Category : Landlord, Lettings

With the uncertainty surrounding the rental market today, landlords are looking for every possibility to increase rents of their properties and gain a high rental yield. But, charging more rents means losing out on suitable tenants. It is a very competitive market with lots of rental options for tenants to choose from in the Ashmore Park Wolverhampton areas.

So, how do you ask for more rents without sending potential tenants packing?

It all boils down to creativity and excellent management skills. By applying both, you can come up with very effective ways to demand more rents without losing tenants. Here are some tips

Cleanliness of the property

It is normally expected that you clean your property before and after letting to tenants. But an extra investment in hiring a professional cleaning company can make all the difference. A tenant is likely to pay more for a clean property and vice versa. It’s all about first impressions. Give the tenant and experience to remember – clean the property inside-out, trim the lawn, give the floors a good old scrub, deep clean the carpets, clean the windows and glasses, etc. Making sure the property is in excellent hygienic conditions increases its value and tenants won’t mind paying a little extra.

Invest in the key selling points of the property

Every property has its selling points. Location and size aside, do you know your property’s ‘selling points’? What makes the property tick? Why would someone want to rent your property? Is it a kitchen design, the beautiful garden, or the spacious bathroom? Whatever it is, invest in it. Get it to excellent standards to make the property stand out and appeal to tenants. Potential tenants would be inclined to pay more for an outstanding feature in the property.

Increase the energy efficiency of the property

With high energy prices today everyone is trying to save on gas and electricity consumption. What can you do to make your property energy efficient? What can you do to help tenants save on utility bills? Tenants won’t mind paying a little extra for an energy efficient building. Consider installing solar panels and other eco-friendly ways to make the property energy efficient. Apart from saving on energy costs, renewable energy is sustainable for the environment.

Explore storage options

How much storage does the property have? Can you increase the storage capacity? If yes, then do it. Consider investing in sliding wardrobes, organised cupboards, clearing out the basement, emptying out the shed and more. A property can appear spacious just by giving it a good clean and taking out the trash.

Guess what? Tenants relish spacious properties and won’t mind paying a little extra. By spending a tiny amount on installing new and efficient storage systems such as wardrobes and cupboards, you can secure more rental yields each month.

L and A Lettings are specialists in providing lettings services for landlords and properties for perspective tenants in the following areas Ashmore Park, Wolverhampton, Willenhall, Walsall, Wednsbury and Daralaston areas in the West Midlands.

To find out more information, feel free to contact us or call us on (01902) 560 408 to find out more information.

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The Place in the Forest

A number of years ago, R.D. Lawrence acquired a patch of Ontario wilderness, soon known as "The Place." Here Lawrence and his wife built a cabin and became immersed in studying the ways of the wild. "The Place" was home to a variety of wildlife, from black bears, wolves, beavers and raccoons through to hawks, snapping turtles and singing mice.

Lawrence’s desire to learn, fuelled by his keen observation, led to his writing about and photographing life within his small corner of the forest – the result being a warm, witty account of change and survival in the natural world.

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R.D. Lawrence

Posted by Dundurn Guest on December 6, 2014

R.D. Lawrence

R.D. Lawrence, the son of an English father and a Spanish mother, was born at sea, aboard a British passenger ship sailing in Spanish territorial waters. His early years in Spain and his Spanish Civil War and World War II experiences are well-documented in his autobiography, The Green Trees Beyond.