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"Silver Linings Playbook," starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence got great buzz and the People’s Choice Award in Toronto. Recent history suggests that Toronto cred makes the film a worthy investment for a campaign with Oscar voters.
The Toronto Film Festival wrapped this weekend with the fest vaulting a few films into leading contenders for this year’s Best Picture Oscar. Winning best picture can translate into a sizable bump at the box office as well as DVD sales but can come at the high cost of an Academy Award marketing push.
Distributors use these early festival reactions to gage whether a film is worth the dollars needed for a suitable Oscar campaign.
According to Deadline Hollywood, possibly the most popular film to emerge from the festival was "Silver Linings Playbook," starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. The film earned the top prize, the People’s Choice Award, and some of the best buzz. Past winners of the award include: "American Beauty," "The King’s Speech" and "Slumdog Millionaire." The film, directed by David O. Russell, features Cooper as a former teacher who has just been released from a mental institution, and is attempting to reconcile with his ex-wife, until he meets a mysterious woman played by Lawrence.
Close on "Silver Lining’s" heels was "Argo," with directing and starring credits going to Ben Affleck in his third directorial effort. The CIA drama was the runner-up in the People’s Choice Award, and garnered the critical praise needed to vault it to the top of the Oscar list.
Also playing well at the fest was Paul Thomas Anderson’s "The Master," starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix. Rumored to be based loosely on L. Ron Hubbard and The Church of Scientology, the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and continued to play strongly to audiences at the fest, as well as in limited release this weekend in New York and Los Angeles, where it broke the record for best per-screen average of any live-action limited release ($145,949/screen), per Deadline Hollywood.
Gina Hall is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer with more than 10 years experience in television, documentary and feature film production. She is a graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and blogs for the Huffington Post at huffingtonpost.com/gina-hall


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The historical evidence that has been retrieved from ancient Egypt has proven that a great deal of Egyptian life was devoted to preparation for the afterlife with the gods. There were a number of requirements that must have been met in order for them to journey to the afterlife and obtain godly stature. The Egyptians believed that a successful afterlife was based on having led an honorable, virtuous life while on earth. A person’s conduct and deeds while living would be weighed on the balance scales in order to determine if they were honorable enough to have life after death. If not, they were devoured and the quest for afterlife ended abruptly. The first of the two most critical behaviors was their relationships to the gods assured through ritual observances and incantations, which were enacted to please the deities. The other most critical was their relationships with other people as demonstrated through ethical conduct and pledged through the Negative Confession.
Becoming holy and entering the afterlife was no easy task. It was a process with multiple steps and requirements that determined one’s final fate. One of the main tasks of the newly deceased was the requirement of the passing through the Arits and speaking the proper words to the doorkeepers. Ani succeeds in completing this task, saying, “Ani says, triumphant, when he comes to the first Arit: ‘I am the mighty one who creates his own light. I have come to you, O Osiris, and, purified from that which defiles you, I adore you’” (sect. 16 pg. 27).
One of the most significant aspects relating life on earth to the afterlife was the practice of rituals. An example of a simple ritualistic practice was Egyptians regularly giving offerings in the belief that the gods would accept them and look fondly upon the offerors for doing so, thus ensuring that the offerors would remain in good favor with the deities. In the Book of the Dead, offerings were first mentioned in Ani’s requests to join the gods in the receiving of offerings. He called out, “…may offerings be made to me in my presence, even as they are...

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Donald Trump's first choice for White House national security adviser -- a critically important and highly influential position -- was Michael Flynn. The former foreign agent lasted a few weeks before resigning in disgrace and is currently awaiting sentencing following felony convictions.
The president's second choice was Retired Navy Vice Adm. Robert Harward, who was offered the job soon after Flynn's departure, but he turned Trump down. The job instead eventually went to Gen. H.R. McMaster, who managed to stay at the post for a year before Trump showed him the door.
John Bolton lasted a year and a half before the president ousted him, too.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he asked Bolton to resign after he "disagreed with many of his suggestions.""I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning," Trump said on Twitter.
This doesn't come as a surprise to anyone. It was just last week that we talked about the series of reports going back months about the growing distance between Trump and Bolton. At times, that distance was literal: when the president traveled to the Korean peninsula in June, and entered North Korea, he brought with him family members and a Fox News host, but not his top aide on matters of national security.
The New York Times reported in May that Trump and Bolton “have never clicked personally,” and there’s never been the kind of “chemistry” the president considers important.
It recently reached the point at which Trump administration officials rebuffed Bolton's requests for materials he needed to do his job, reinforcing concerns about the staggering dysfunction inside this White House.
Stepping back, though, the question isn't why the president fired yet another national security adviser; the question is why in the world Trump thought Bolton was a good choice in the first place.
Oddly enough, that apparently proved to be an inadequate qualification, and Trump eventually discovered that he didn't actually agree with Bolton's national security perspective and had no use for his advice.
As regular readers know, the dynamic couldn't have been simpler: non-interventionist presidents shouldn't hire warmongers to guide the White House on matters of national security.
If you never saw a Trump stump speech before the election, you may not appreciate just how much the Republican enjoys reading – indeed, performing – Al Wilson’s “The Snake” parable. The story is simple: a “tender woman” rescues a “vicious snake,” who repays her generosity by biting her.
When the dying woman asks why, the snake explains with a grin, “Oh shut up, silly woman. You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”
In this case, a president rescued a far-right foreign policy hawk, who repaid his generosity by encouraging him to start wars. Trump wasn't persuaded, but the silly president knew damn well his aide was a hawk before he took him in.

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The luxury market is growing, but today’s luxury buyer is very different from 10 years ago, says a new study by Jumpstart Automotive Media.
Luxury automakers are introducing a variety of entry-level vehicles that compete with non-luxury choices filled with advanced technology and features. The many entry-level models, combined with more aggressive financing and CPO options, mean a luxury vehicle has never been more affordable.
Luxury sales have grown in response. Today they account for 13 percent of total sales, up 3 percent from 2014.
Today’s luxury owners are young, college educated, homeowners and are willing to pay more to get what they want. They are more likely to be self-employed, and are 69 percent more likely to use their vehicles primarily for their personal business. And 91 percent of luxury buyers interviewed said they would rather have a vehicle that is satisfying to them, rather than one impressive to others.
The study also found that total brand experience is critical in connecting to and impressing today’s luxury auto shopper. “From the car’s performance and events to the dealership and maintenance experience, consumer perception is impacted throughout the entire shopping journey,” said Michael Baer, senior vice president of Ipsos, Affluent Intelligence Group. Ipsos, a market research company, was a partner in the study.Download Bulletin PDF


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AMY Duggar shared a shady post about “unhealed people” amid a heated feud with members of the Duggar family.
She’s never been afraid to speak out against Jim Bob, Michelle or any other relatives on social media, especially in the wake of her cousin Josh Duggar’s child pornography scandal.
Amy, 36, shared a cryptic quote with no further context on her Instagram story.
It read: “Your light will irritate many unhealed people.”
It’s unclear who she addressed the words to, but it seems likely it was someone from her famous family.
She has openly spoken out against her strong religious beliefs and her support of Josh, 35, following his arrest and sentencing.
Although she considers herself a Christian, Amy doesn’t follow the same belief system as the stars of 19 Kids and Counting.
She does not dress modestly and adheres to other standards.
Amy isn’t the only member of the Duggar family to be at odds with older members, either.
Her cousin, Jill Duggar – one of Jim Bob and Michelle’s older children – has struck out on her own and begun living a life based on her own personal beliefs.
Due to her rebellion, she has a strained relationship with her father and other members of the Duggar clan.
She is generally not as outspoken as Amy, but occasionally speaks out against the family.
On Thursday, Amy shared photos from a family day spending time with Jill.
For the first photo, she shared a selfie of herself and Jill smiling for the camera.
Both women wore shades for the sunny day and Amy wore a gray tank top, while her 31-year-old cousin opted for a t-shirt and colorful headband.
In the next shot, Amy captures the kids playing outside. The boys played with a water hose and also had a paddling pool and garden toys to keep them entertained.
Her own son Daxton, three, wore an orange tank top and shorts as he stood between his cousins.
Jill’s children – Israel, seven, and Samuel, five – stood on either side of Daxton in the tree-lined yard.
Amy captioned the post: “I’ll just copy what Daxxy said!
‘It’s been a really good day Mom!'”
She added: “We loved it @jillmdillard.”
Jill reposted Amy’s photo to her Stories, revealing another shocking reunion with her Aunt Deanna had taken place.
In her caption, she wrote: “It was so much fun! Thank you @amyrachelleking & @deanna_duggar!
“The boys had a great time too!” closed them together with heart and sun emojis.
Deanna blew up Jim Bob’s side of the family and raised her own kids very differently from how he raised his.
In February, after it was revealed that Josh had been transferred to solitary confinement for possessing an illegal cell phone while in prison.
Amy and her mom teamed up for a TikTok video at the time asking how it was possible the eldest Duggar son got away with it.
Amy started the video: “Hi ok so we just have a few questions for the jail where Josh is being held.”
“The prison,” her mother corrected her.
Amy continued: “First of all, how did he get a cell phone? Secondly …”
Her mother interrupted her and asked, “What was he looking at?”
Amy shuddered and continued, “I don’t even want to know. Third, what did he do to get the phone?”
Then both suggestively lowered their sunglasses to look directly at the camera.
“And four, what was the fourth?” Amy asked her mother.
She replies, “Who gave him the cell phone?”
Although their questions were never answered by officials, Counting On fans on TikTok and an online forum seemed to think they had the answers.
Some online spies suspected his wife helped him bring in the phone, and others believe it was a prison guard.
One said: “I’ve seen Orange is the New Black. I know what he did to get a cell phone…”
Another wrote: “My money is on Anna. If he told her to do it, she would probably obey him.”
A third said: “Is he not allowed any technology? I hope that extends his sentence!”
Someone commented: “Pretty much anything illegal can be gotten in jail for the right amount of money on a commissary or something. It’s really not that complicated. I’m really curious who he spoke to that didn’t want to appear in the public logs.”

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The building could be built on the American River next to the Nimbus Fish Hatchery.The federal and state government is studying three different locations for a new flood operation center that would house three state and federal agencies, the Department of Water Resources, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the National Weather Service.
The proposed site is the Nimbus Fish Hatchery and two alternative sites are Mather Airport and near the intersection of Sunrise and Killgore in Rancho Cordova.
The size of the proposed center is 200,000 square feet.
Hundreds of concerned residents are angry the government would even consider building such a large structure so close to the river and the bike trail.
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In 1997, when Paul Thorn was a virtually unknown artist trying to launch a music career, the late KPIG co-founder and DJ Laura Ellen Hopper gave him a break. She started playing tracks from Thorn’s debut album Hammer & Nail “when nobody else would play it,” Thorn says. Hopper, along with the KPIG community of DJs and listeners, helped Thorn establish his first market, and kick-start his career.
This year, as Thorn celebrates the 20th anniversary of Hammer & Nail, he’s not sure how two decades of making music has happened.
“I had a lot of help,” he says. “If I had to describe myself in one word, I believe I’d have to say ‘fragile.’ Without friends and support and places like Santa Cruz where they gave me a shot at something, I wouldn’t be much. I’m fragile, but I think everybody’s fragile. That’s why we need each other.”
Thorn’s humility and appreciation for life has always run through his music, but it’s front and center on his most recent release, 2014’s Too Blessed to be Stressed. The album is a soul-stirring collection of songs packed with inspiring, insightful, joyful tunes that reframe life—struggles and all—as a blessing.
“My objective was to help lift people’s spirits and put into songs things I’ve learned that have helped me,” he says. “There’s a lot of negativity and unpleasant things going on. I figured there are enough sad songs and I just wanted it to be happy.”
Too Blessed to be Stressed has gospel elements, including tales of redemption and an acknowledgement of the challenges of taking the high road. Some of the lyrics on the album are things Thorn grew up hearing, and the title was a common phrase in his hometown.
The son of a preacher, Thorn still lives in his native Tupelo, Mississippi—“the birthplace of Elvis,” he adds, without missing a beat. Listening to his dad preach had a profound influence on his music, he says, most strikingly in the way joy and grace are always nearby.
“Whatever I write, even if there’s sadness in it, I try to leave the listener a way out,” he says. “I don’t want a song to leave them wallowing in the ditch. I want to tell them something that’s going to give them a way to get out of whatever trouble they’re in.”
When Thorn was a “young and green” singer-songwriter who “didn’t know anything,” he was pleased when major record label A&M picked up Hammer & Nail. What he didn’t realize was that the company was in the process of being bought by a larger company. His debut received “absolutely no push” from the label, and he was dropped—a fate that befalls many singer-songwriters after a major label signing.
For his next album, Thorn and his longstanding band—comprising Bill Hinds, Michael “Dr. Love” Graham, Ralph Friedrichsen and Jeffrey Perkins—decided to use their own small studio to “cut some CDs and go out there and build an audience.” Since then, Thorn and company have self-produced and self-released all of their albums. Getting dropped from A&M, it turned out, was a good thing.
“These days, record companies are kind of like dinosaurs,” Thorn says. “They’re going extinct, because music is free now—you don’t have to pay for music anymore. Luckily, we put the work in early on, and built a fanbase that we’re very proud of. And they’re still with us.”
In early 2018, Thorn will release a bona fide gospel album he recorded with the Blind Boys of Alabama. A project that could raise Thorn’s uplift inclinations to a fever pitch, the album is also the subject of a PBS documentary to be released in conjunction with it.
In the meantime, Thorn is on the road touring around the country, including a June 23 stop at the Rio Theatre. A longtime favorite of Santa Cruz roots and Americana music fans, Thorn is excited, as usual, to come back to Santa Cruz.
“The Santa Cruz area feels like old friends,” he says. “It was the first market where I could play, and with the friend’s I’ve made on top of that, it’s just one of the highlights of when I go out and play. Usually once a year I try to come over there and see everybody.”
The Paul Thorn Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 23 at the Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $26. 423-8209.


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Explore the art of bookbinding, take apart an old book, and try your hand at some book artist techniques. See how fun and interesting books can be Ö even when you arenít reading them!Library: Calvert Library Prince Frederick
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Prerequisite – Types of Operating Systems
In this topic we shall see the difference between Network Operating System and Distributed Operating System. The main difference between these two operating systems (Network Operating System and Distributed Operating System) is that in network operating system each node or system can have its own operating system on the other hand in distribute operating system each node or system have same operating system which is opposite to the network operating system.
The difference Between Network Operating System and Distributed Operating System are given below:
|S.NO||Network Operating System||Distributed Operating System|
|1.||Network Operating System’s main objective is to provide the local services to remote client.||Distributed Operating System’s main objective is to manage the hardware resources.|
|2.||In Network Operating System, Communication takes place on the basis of files.||In Distributed Operating System, Communication takes place on the basis of messages and share memory.|
|3.||Network Operating System is more scalable than Distributed Operating System.||Distributed Operating System is less scalable than Network Operating System.|
|4.||In Network Operating System, fault tolerance is less.||While in Distributed Operating System, fault tolerance is high.|
|5.||Rate of autonomy in Network Operating System is high.||While The rate of autonomy in Distributed Operating System is less.|
|6.||Ease of implementation in Network Operating System is also high.||While in Distributed Operating System Ease of implementation is less.|
|7.||In Network Operating System, All nodes can have different operating system.||While in Distributed Operating System, All nodes have same operating system.|
- Difference between Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS)
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“Pretty Woman: The Musical” makes its North Texas premiere Jan. 24-Feb. 5 at the Music Hall at Fair Park. The romantic musical then moves to Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth Feb. 7-12.
Tickets are on sale now for the show, based on one of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time. Starring Broadway superstar and Tony Award®-nominee Adam Pascal as Edward Lewis and newcomer Jessie Davidson as the charismatic Vivian Ward. PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL also features a powerhouse creative team led by two-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell.
The premiere engagement at the Music Hall at Fair Park is part of the Germania Insurance Broadway Series presented by Broadway Dallas. The tour then heads to Fort Worth to play Bass Performance Hall as part of the Broadway at the Bass Series presented by PNC Bank. Tickets for the Dallas engagement are available at BroadwayDallas.org or by calling 800-982-2787. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 214-426-4768 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Brought to the stage by lead producer Paula Wagner, PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL features an original score by Grammy® winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. The book is by the movie’s legendary director Garry Marshall and screenwriter J. F. Lawton. Scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Philip S. Rosenberg, sound design by John Shivers, hair design by Josh Marquette, makeup design by Fiona Mifsud, and music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Will Van Dyke.
Roy Orbison and Bill Dee’s international smash hit song “Oh, Pretty Woman,” which inspired the iconic movie, is also featured in the musical. PRETTY WOMAN the film (produced by Arnon Milchan -New Regency Productions) was an international smash hit when it was released in 1990. The musical continues to run to great acclaim at the Savoy Theatre in London’s West End. Atlantic Records’ PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is produced by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and is now available on all DSPs.
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Observational studies can make for a suitable alternative for randomized trials when facing financial or other constraints, and a recent article offers some considerations to help reduce the risk of bias in the most common observational study design: the cohort study.
The article by The Department of Primary Care and Population Health’s Manuj Sharma et al. spotlights some key issues that should be addressed while the question is under development and while the study is being designed.
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Sonos Playbase Sound Stuttering: The sound stutters and the audio is delayed or cut out. What can be the problem? We find that this is a common issue among Sonos Playbase users, and there are several possible reasons. Sonos offers several troubleshooting tips on its website and a complete guide to fixing your problem.
Have you ever scrambled to turn up the volume on an audio system only to hear a high-pitched hum? That’s a likely sign that a component of your system, such as a tuner, amplifier, or receiver, is malfunctioning. That, or there’s a problem with a connecting cable.
Sonos, the leader in wireless multi-room audio, has expanded its range of multi-room speakers with the Playbase. This smart speaker, which doubles as a powerful wireless subwoofer, is the first of its kind to integrate Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice controls.
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Many people love using Sonos Playbase, Play:3, or Play:1 speakers for their home theatre setups. Setting up multiple speakers provides better sound than a single speaker unit, so it’s no wonder that Sonos products are so popular with audiophiles.
But for those with Sonos speakers, there have been reports of audio stuttering, audio delay, or cutting out. This can happen at any time and can happen when the speaker is playing audio back through your TV or streaming audio.
The Sonos Playbase is a versatile device with some good sound, and many new homeowners are now considering adding it to their home theatre set-up. But just like your home theatre, the Sonos Playbase requires a little work to get it up and running.
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Your smartphone or tablet can connect to the Playbase using the Sonos app, which lets you control the device and browse your music library.
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Stability and reliability are key factors for an internet service provider. The cable company that provides your home Internet service should not only offer reliable speeds but friendly service, too.
But what happens if your provider is unreliable? Or worse, what if your service is interrupted?
If your ISP isn’t delivering a stable connection, then the apps you use will crash or run slowly. If the connection is unstable, you may not even be able to use your device.
When you have poor connectivity, your Internet experience is reduced to just browsing, checking the news, and using the browser- rather than getting your work done.
The Internet has become our primary source of communication, entertainment, shopping, banking, and much more. From shopping to banking, we depend on the Internet to allow us to conduct business.
With the expansion of our technology, come a variety of new threats. Internet security is crucial; it is designed to protect data from viruses, hackers, spam and spyware. It protects computers, the network, and the confidentiality of information.
When you rely on an internet connection to do business and stay in touch with family and friends, it’s essential to ensure a stable connection. A stable internet connection prevents your employees from showing up to an important meeting to find their internet is not good.
But, if you’re experiencing problems with your internet connection it can be intimidating to try and figure out the problem yourself.
Check Optical Audio Cable Plug-In ( Sonos Playbase Sound Stuttering )
Audio cables are an important part of any sound system. They not only connect your audio source to a receiver, amplifier, or speaker but also keep your audio cable safe from damage.
When you replace the long cable that plugs into your audio source, look for an audio cable coupler, which is a small device that clips onto the connector on the other end of the cable.
This coupler automatically connects and disconnects the cable upon inserting and removing the plug, preventing damage to your cable.
Optical audio cables are different from coaxial or digital optical cables. The Optical audio cables transmit audio signals using light rather than electricity. Optical connections are advantageous since they offer the best sound quality and the best signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
Optical audio cables provide the clearest, highest-quality sound possible. However, sometimes the optical cable plug will not fit properly into the optical connector and the audio will not come through.
An optical audio cable that is working perfectly may suddenly stop working if the plug does not fit easily into the optical connector. Sometimes, the optical cable plug cannot be inserted into the optical connector.
Setup Your Sonos Playbase Accurately
The Sonos Playbase is the company’s latest smart speaker, combining the company’s audio expertise with elegant design and top-notch sound.
Sonos recently released a firmware update that improves the Sonos Playbase’s setup process, updating the device’s calibration process so that it’s easier to set up and position process. This means setting up your Sonos Playbase more accurately than ever.
The Sonos Playbase is the company’s entry into the all-in-one smart speaker market. It’s a smart speaker with an included subwoofer, but since the Playbase pairs with the Sonos app, you can also use it with other Sonos speakers around the house, too.
But, the Playbase isn’t perfect, and one of the biggest issues it faces is inaccurate sound setup. In order to get the most out of your Playbase, you need to set it up correctly. Follow these tips for setting up Sonos Playbase accurately.
Setting up your Sonos Playbase is pretty easy, but getting it set up correctly is another story. Even if you have a Sonos multi-room system, you may have issues getting everything to play properly.
Most commonly, people run into issues when misaligning the Playbase with the Playbar or Play:1.
Adjust EQ settings to default ( Sonos Playbase Sound Stuttering )
The 818e EQ presets are designed to provide you with industry-standard EQ presets for popular studio equipment, all from one place. However, if you’d like to be able to quickly switch between more EQ presets, you can easily adjust EQ settings to default.
Audiophiles have long been demanding better sound quality out of home audio equipment, and the computer is a big part of the equation.
For example, HDMI connections on high-end DVD players have improved dramatically, and newer home theatre receivers feature Linkwitz-Riley filters that can improve the sound (and image clarity) of DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
But sound may come at a price: HDMI connections require a digital-to-analogue (DAC) converter (such as an HDMI-to-analog converter) that costs more than $100. And if you want better sound quality, the Hi-Fi DAC dilemma is even worse.
Fault with the Sonos Playbase Speakers
Struggling to hear your Playbase speakers clearly over the Sonos app? It’s not you, it’s your speakers. This issue has been affecting some customers since the release of the Sonos Playbase speakers, and Sonos is working to fix it.
To address the issue, Sonos is replacing the speaker mesh (the surface between the speaker cones) on affected models. Fortunately, many models were already replaced, so Sonos customers shouldn’t have to wait too long to experience an improved listening experience with the Playbase.
Sonos is known for its excellent audio experience, its easy-to-use setup, and its great wireless audio technology. However, with Sonos Playbase speakers, users have reported a fault in their audio experience.
The sound works correctly most of the time, but there have been reports of a crackling sound coming from the speakers. Those are certainly annoying, but Sonos does offer a troubleshooting guide that can help you resolve the issue.
Conclusion ( Sonos Playbase Sound Stuttering )
If your Sonos Playbase is stuttering the audio, then you may find that sounds have been cut out or delayed. Sometimes it’s as simple as that.
The Sonos Playbase firmware update global rollout is now complete, and Sonos has released a new firmware update. I explain in detail how to fix Sonos Playbase stuttering audio, let’s cover the possible causes.
Many Sonos owners have experienced an annoying sound delay and stuttering in the audio feed from the Playbase. The following article that I cover addresses this and shows you how to fix the problem.
First, let’s clear up any possible confusion: Playbase is not, nor does it claim to be, a streaming music server. It’s simply a Sonos speaker that plays music from your iTunes library.
It dwarfs the Sonos One, in terms of size, power, and a number of features. But despite its size, it stutters the music if it runs out of battery power or is otherwise low on juice.
The Sonos Playbase Sound Stuttering can be an annoying issue. It disrupts the audio and forces you to restart the Sonos app in order to listen again. If you have Sonos Playbase Sound Stuttering, here is what we recommend to fix it read once again.


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People often hear about dental sealants; however, the general public may not know much about them. This is unsurprising, as it isn’t really a mainstream solution to all dental concerns. The thing is, they would usually be suggested by dentists, depending on the type of condition a tooth is in.
That being said, if you happen to be a parent and your children’s dentist is suggesting to do such a procedure on your kid’s teeth, there are a couple of things that you must first know about it as a whole. Here are just a few important pieces of information about them.
What Are Dental Sealants?
As some of you might have already guessed, dental sealants are chemical coatings placed on the chewing surfaces of teeth with spots that are vulnerable to cavities.
These sealants must be placed on teeth before a cavity appears, as they will be able to block bacteria from entering the enamel layers, prevent it from being damaged, and protect its surrounding tooth structure.
This is usually done in children between the ages of six and twelve, as they are more likely to develop their permanent teeth at that age. In most cases, a dentist will suggest applying between nine and twelve layers of dental sealants on the teeth.
It is essential to remember that dental sealants are not a permanent solution to cavities, as they can wear off after a few years. So, you will probably have to reapply them to your children’s teeth every couple of years.
What Would Prevent a Dentist from Applying Dental Sealants?
If you happen to ask a dentist if they could be a good candidate for dental sealants, they will most likely suggest them to your child. However, a couple of factors can prevent the dentist from applying them.
For example, if your child has already had several cavities in the teeth that are vulnerable to having more, it’s not a good idea to have any dental sealants placed on them at all. This is because the cavities might actually expand during the sealant procedure.
Additionally, if the teeth in question are too small for dental sealants to fit properly, dental sealants can’t be used. This is because these procedures are only recommended for children older than six years of age.
How Can You Tell If Dental Sealants Have Been Applied to Your Child’s Teeth?
As this is a procedure that is mostly, if not completely, invisible, most people won’t even notice that they have dental sealants on their teeth. However, some symptoms might point out the fact that they have been applied to your child’s teeth.
For example, your child might experience an unusual sensation in the mouth after eating something tough and crunchy. This can already be a telling sign that the dental sealants have been applied to it already.
Additionally, if your child has asked their dentist if their teeth feel weird, you might want to start worrying about whether or not dental sealants have been applied.
Of course, they will not be applied without your knowledge, so there is no need to worry about them suddenly appearing on your kid’s tooth.
If you want to get your child’s teeth sealed, it’s best to consult with a dentist about it. They can tell you if your child is an ideal candidate for it, and if they are, they will properly apply them.
However, remember that dental sealants come with a small price tag, so a consultation with a dentist first will definitely let you know how much you need to pay for the procedure. They will also advise you whether or not it’s necessary and if it could potentially lead to something more serious.
If you are looking for experienced walk-in dentists in Raleigh, NC, that also offer dental sealants for children, look no further than our experts here at Dr. Thomas E. Cooke Family Dentistry. We provide a full range of patient-oriented dental services, including routine checkups, cleaning appointments, extensive tooth restorations, amongst other things. Call us today to book an appointment for your child’s dental checkup and sealant procedure.


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Rice fields in the lower Ayeyarwaddy Delta of Myanmar are prone to salt-intrusion and floods, and farmers usually do not have access to new high-yielding, short-duration varieties that can withstand these stresses.
The PVS process was captured in a video titled Participatory varietal selection of rice in Myanmar. This video highlights the PVS steps taken by farmers in Labutta Township, Myanmar, and the experiences and new knowledge gained by some farmers who joined the PVS trials. The video also features the top four selected varieties in the three townships involved in the project in the 2012 and 2013 wet seasons, and in the 2012-13 dry season.
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Sylvin sent us this huge sofas and table set that she built for her garden. Using to build them various recycled wood elements, including of course the pallets. As you can see the set consists of 6 double sofas without cushions, like a bench, a coffee table and a side table.
The sofas are built using only pallets, with a technique that is already familiar to us, several pallets are stacked to form the seat and behind them is fixed one that works as a backrest. To make one sofa four pallets are needed, 3 create the seat and one the backrest as we mentioned already, all between them well fixed using glue or nails.
The side table located between the two sofas is just an old recycled wooden barrel, and the most curious piece is the coffee table, which was created using a piece of wooden coil and half wooden barrel. One of the circles of the wooden coil works as the top table, and half barrel hold it, nice idea right?
Sylvin great job! do not forget to send us all your projects! 🙂

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|Dear ones, Happy winter solstice. The energy of this particular solstice is bringing with it change and an energy that is being powerfully experienced by many as a deeper sensitivity to all things around them.
Our Christmas offering is a message of Peace and Joy, which we lovingly flow to you and which you then can flow as your gift to others. The words peace and joy, are seen everywhere at Christmas time and yet few take them seriously, instead seeing them as nice words on a Christmas card. Make true Peace your gift to the world every day of the year.
True peace between countries or even individuals, will never be fully achieved through treaties or contracts because the substance of peace (a consciousness of peace) is not present. Peace is a state of consciousness that recognizes, respects, and accepts the oneness of life, whether that other is plant, animal, or person. Only true peace can manifest true freedom, the freedom to be who and what you are. Peace is the natural result of a consciousness of Oneness which in its purest sense, is unconditional love. As long as separateness remains the dominant world consciousness, there can never be true peace.
Peace both within and without, is not attained through power struggles, war, or violence. War has never achieved true and lasting peace, but simply creates lulls the violence while allowing it to pop up somewhere else. At this time, the substance of which peace is formed, is not yet fully present in world consensus consciousness. The true and lasting peace that mankind seeks and preaches especially at Christmastime will only manifest as the impersonal world consciousness shifts into a realization of Oneness. This is happening now as each person awakens, for every spark of light dissolves a bit of old energy within a dense universal consciousness. This will bring about the change you seek.
Send your gift of peace to the un-awakened who seek to resolve unhappiness and frustration through violence. Send Peace to Gaia through recognition and loving action regarding all of her kingdoms. The animal kingdom was never created for humans to use and abuse. Animals also live many lifetimes and are here to learn and evolve while assisting mankind with unconditional love, companionship, and healing. Even animals termed “wild” are worthy of respect and peace for they too are suffering from the world consciousness of duality and separation. Never doubt there will come a time when the “lion will lie down with the lamb” for there is no discord in higher dimensional energy.
Peace is what you experience when lending a loving hand where needed. Peace is that you feel as you walk through a quiet forest, or closely examine the perfection of a flower. Peace is that which you experience when you look into another’s eyes and recognize Divinity. Peace is yours to have or not have, the choice is yours dear ones, for all have free will. As you claim peace for yourselves, you are then able to flow it to others.
Some will say, I cannot find peace because of my situation. Peace ever present and is never dependant upon outer circumstances for it is a quality of the Divine. Personal peace comes through the realization that “I can never be separated from who and what I am regardless of any outer circumstances”. Life on earth can indeed be a struggle until one day a certain evolutionary point is reached and the difficult experiences slow or finish completely because the student is now ready to learn and be taught from within.
No one can separate you from Peace dear ones, ever, it is your birthright. It is ignorance that acts to seemingly separate an individual from his good–a “good” that is often simply a concept.
Joy is a facet of peace, an inner sense of lightness in spite of outer conditions. Joy knows I am, I always will be, and I always have been and in joy there is no fear of death.
Joy allows an individual to laugh and love and enjoy the pleasures of being in human form through the realization that these things represent the spiritual realities of completeness, wholeness, and oneness.
Joy is the energy closest to Divine and effects everything you do and say. Without conscious thought, an energy field filled with joy can act as a healing balm. Even those who are consciously unaware of spiritual truth will experience something when coming into contact with energy field filled with Light and joy. This will cause fear in some and an uplifting in others depending upon their state of consciousness.
Allow yourselves to experience joy. There remain many falsehoods among religious groups who teach that one must suffer in order to be spiritual. There are still those who believe that self-torture and sacrifice are paths to “holiness”. These teachings are very old and very false and it is long past time for them to be dissolved into the nothingness that they are. The Divine is peace, joy, completeness, wholeness and is therefore who and what you already are.
There is no dreariness or sadness in the higher realms dear ones. Only ignorance has given birth to the discords and suffering that mankind has experienced for so long which some still need in order to learn.
Peace and joy are available to be experienced while on earth at any time by any individual choosing to give up the limitations of duality and separation and live out from truth.
Claim and enjoy the experience of true Peace and Joy at this time and forever dear ones.
In Peace and Joy we are the Arcturian Group. 12/21/14


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What is particularly sad (or aggravating) is that the marketers clearly have read up on behavioral finance and clearly (in the marketers jargon) "frame" the marketing pitch of these products to hit the hot buttons of the worst foibles of individual investors.
I posted already about how the Putnam group appeals to investor nervousness by offering a fund that purpors to guarantee stable returns in both up and down markets.
Here's another one guaranteed to appeal to the nervous investor. A mutual fund that not only will be able to succeed in stock picking, it will also be successful in market timing.
As I have pointed out numerous times about actively managed funds that concentrate stock picking. Such funds dont reduce risk they just add what I call "manager risk" to an investment portfolio in addition to market risk as opposed to a portfolio of index instruments where there is only asset class. With funds described below there is the additional "manager risk" of the portfolio manager's skill in market timing.
While the fund companies may sell these funds as an increased opportunity for the fund to beat the market (add alpha) statistics for actively managed funds have shown us adding manager risk (in this case stock picking and market timing) makes it more not less likely the fund will underperform the relevant index.
from the WSJ my bolds and comments in italics
More Mutual Funds 'Time' Market
By ELEANOR LAISE
In an effort to lure back investors still wary of stocks, more mutual-fund managers are playing a risky game: timing the market.
Many of these funds promote their ability to avoid big losses by trading in and out of the stock market at just the right time.(what else would their marketing material say ? that they sometimes get in and out of the market at the right time and sometimes fail to do so ?)Some are labeled "tactical allocation" or "dynamic" funds. But even funds that don't openly tout such strategies are moving in and out of big cash stakes, betting that they can outsmart the volatile market. Quaker Small-Cap Growth Tactical Allocation Fund, launched late last year, now has about half its assets in cash, down from as much as 95% last year. The new John Hancock Technical Opportunities Fund had about 12% cash at the end of October and is managed using a strategy that devoted roughly 90% to cash early this year.
Hmmm....seems like the market timing of these funds was less that perfect for these funds.
Almost as important as difficulty of successfully timing the market when using the funds is the lack of transparency. This lack of transparency makes it particularly difficulty to constuct a portfolio. To give a simple example: if one's portfolion target is 65% equities, how can one be sure that the allocation is on target if one of these funds is held. When a fund can got from all to zero cash it is impossible (particularly when there is no requirement to even give that information on a real time basis.)
So no suprise that like many of the "exotic" products sold to investors by the mutual fund industry the results are disappointing:
These and several new funds from firms like Legg Mason Inc. and Morgan Stanley's Van Kampen Investments have leeway to make swings between cash and other investments. But funds attempting to time the market often deliver erratic performance, charge high fees and rack up big trading costs.
But of course from the point of view of the mutual fund industry disappointing results for investors don't make them a loser as long as they can be sold:
These funds are something of a bright spot for the fund industry, which has seen billions flow into bond funds but little cash go to more-profitable stock funds.
Of course I cant deny that some of these funds can do well over short periods of time but experience tells us there will be little persistence among the outperformers.:
Some of these funds have beaten the market in recent years. Ivy Asset Strategy, for example, gained an annual 14.9% in the five years ending Nov. 10, compared with less than 1% for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. But they can also give investors whiplash. The Encompass Fund fell 62% last year, landing at the bottom of its world-stock category. This year it's leading its world-stock category with a nearly 110% gain.
And here is the marketing strategy peddle products that can be marketed as "would have should have" holdings during the recent market turmois. Of course a simple long only index strategy would have produced returns of 25.6% in the US S+P 500 in 30.3% in developed international and 74.7% in emerging markets.
Fund companies say investors spooked by the recent market turmoil are demanding more-flexible products. Many investors have been frustrated "with investment products that were not able to react to the environment that we just went through," says Joel Sauber, head of U.S. products at Legg Mason. The firm's new Legg Mason Permal Tactical Allocation Fund can stash up to 40% in cash.
In fact as behavioral finance teaches us those "spooked investors" would have run to the market timing fund and the precise time they should have been in a low cost globally diversified indexed portfolio,
I certainly agree with the more critical views here"
A study from New York University's Stern School of Business suggests market-timing can work for some mutual-fund managers. The best stock-pickers during economic expansions also show some market-timing ability in recessions, the study found.
I am more in agreement here
But academic research raises doubts that the typical fund manager can successfully time the market over the long haul. Anders Ekholm, adjunct professor at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, (says).
There are a couple of reasons why the deck is stacked against market-timers, Mr. Ekholm says. Market-timing requires more trading, and transaction costs hurt performance. What's more, while a manager may relatively easily dig up some unique information that gives him an edge in selecting an individual stock, it's difficult to get such superior information about the overall market.
In a real triumph of marketing over good sense the fund companies apparently are not even touting the funds as a "side bet" for a small portion of a portfolio. Then again why would they ? the more money in the fund the more money for them.
Though some fund companies are promoting their new tactical-allocation funds as core holdings, analysts are skeptical. If the manager makes a wrong call, like plowing into cash before a market rally, "that could really hurt the investor," says Karin Anderson, mutual-fund analyst at Morningstar.
Funds dodging in and out of the market also tend to be quite costly. The A shares of Quaker Small-Cap Growth Tactical Allocation Fund charge annual expenses of 2.59%.
Once a new and creative product for the fund companies is a poor investment choice,

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New York's Cooperative and Condominium Community
Bill Morris in Bricks & Bucks on October 27, 2021
Co-op and condo boards are accustomed to getting bad news – and big bills – in their never-ending quest to comply with the city’s stringent Facade Inspection and Safety Program, formerly known as Local Law 11. Today, we have some good news.
The city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) has just announced that imaging robots produced by aRobotics Company, winner of the department’s inaugural “Hack the Building Code” Innovation Challenge, can be used to supplement facade inspections. The savings in cost, time and liability for co-op and condo boards could be significant.
“There was an obvious need for this,” says Akaash Kancharla, founder and chief executive of three-year-old, Ossining-based aRobotics Company. “The techniques and technology of facade inspections haven’t changed much in the past 15 to 20 years – even though the rules keep changing and the work keeps getting more expensive.”
Now, at last, the technology is changing. The company’s Image-R robot is a rig equipped with up to 16 cameras, plus sensors. Guided by an operator on the ground, the robot can take still photographs, videos and/or infrared (thermal) images that can detect leaks and moisture accumulations; the robot can also measure the efficiency of a building’s insulation by detecting heat leaks, a major consideration as boards strive to bring their buildings into compliance with the Climate Mobilization Act. Two operators can assemble the robot in 20 minutes and conduct up to eight drops per day by either lowering the rig from the roof or raising it from the ground. No worker is on the rig, and no scaffolding or sidewalk shed are required. The robots have been proven to function well in high winds and on buildings with irregular facades. “We’re able to do multiple types of inspection at the same time at a fraction of the cost,” Kancharla says.
Robots have their limits. “Hands-on inspections of facades facing public rights-of-way are still required,” says Andrew Rudansky, a DOB spokesman. Physical probes of cavity walls are also still required. “But on other facades where inspectors use binoculars, they can now use robots if they comply with the guidelines in our latest Bulletin.” The robots can also be used to supplement mandatory hands-on inspections.
Which brings us to the potential savings. “The vast majority of the time,” Kancharla says, “our prices are 25% to 35% cheaper than a conventional, manned roof drop. Whatever rigging companies can do, we can do faster, with less equipment, less insurance cost and less overall risk.”
The cost savings come in other ways. “The permitting process is much easier for us because we don’t lift any people,” Kancharla says, noting that the required permits for robots cost just $75 and can usually be obtained in a day.
Robots appear to be an idea whose time has come. Kancharla, who received a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Columbia University, reports that his fledgling aRobotics Company is working to keep up with demand. “We have three robots now, and we need 40,” he says. “I was surprised we won the DOB competition, to be honest with you, but it feels like we’ve come up with a product that will make boards’ lives easier, safer and cheaper.”
The deadline for applications to this year’s “Hack the Building Code” Innovation Challenge is Nov. 3. “It’s open to the public,” says Rudansky of the DOB. “We’ll announce this year’s winners at an online conference before the end of the year.” To apply, click here.
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Not just for yoga practitioners, this book shines a harsh light on harmful patterns that are far too common, as well, in polyamorous, kinky, and sex-positive scenes, themselves replete with their own predatory 'gurus.' It contains crucial insight and concrete tools for anyone who cares about creating healthy, abuse-resilient groups of any sort — even startup founders could learn something here. I want everyone who is or dreams of being part of a 'community' to go read it right now.
A Wonderfully Rich And Up-To-Date Synthesis Of Data And Practical Information
Matthew Remski opens a window into a part of the yoga world most people have never seen - a world where trusting seekers with open minds and full hearts are cruelly betrayed. He explores how this happens, what the sometimes debilitating and pervasive after-effects can be, and how to heal from it all.
By interviewing many former followers and experts in the field, Matthew offers the reader a wonderfully rich and up-to-date synthesis of data and practical information. His book is unique, as it provides a significant amount of hard-hitting personal stories and facts while simultaneously being infused with sensitivity and an awareness of the impact these can have on those reading the book who have been through trauma.
I will certainly be recommending this book to my clients and colleagues.
Hard To Ignore … Impossible To Brush Off … A Delight To Read
The voice of the victim is often buried deep. Not just in spiritual communities but inside every one of us. Perhaps that is why most of us fail so miserably in really listening to the kinds of stories that can only be told from that particular voice. We cut them off before they begin, we explain, interrupt, belittle, blame or turn away. All of it to avoid facing the vulnerability of the victim as our own.
For that reason, I’m quite convinced this book will ruffle some feathers. It may also do a lot more than that. The rock-solid research, the high-quality material, the clarity of analysis and the unflinching commitment to transparency makes Remski’ s work hard to ignore and impossible to brush off. This book marks a new chapter in the history of modern yoga. One that bears witness to the beginning of healing process long overdue. It´s also a delight to read, by the way.
A Great Service To Ashtanga Yoga
Matthew has done a great service to Ashtanga Yoga by writing this book. It does not make for easy reading.
I had come to believe that Pattabhi Jois, or 'Guruji' as I came to refer to him, was a great man, a wise Yogi, a Guru.
Matthew confronts us with the evidence of a different narrative and challenges us to look hard at what we have come to believe about Pattabhi Jois and the practice of Ashtanga Yoga.
He shines a light not only on serial sexual abuse perpetrated by Pattabhi Jois but also on disturbing cult like behaviour of senior members of the Ashtanga Yoga community. Many of these people were aware of his actions and acted to keep it out of the public eye to protect the image of their perfect 'Guruji'.
This book offers an opportunity to revisit how we teach and share Ashtanga Yoga, how we interact and relate to our students, how we create and hold safe spaces and how we use appropriate touch and physical adjustments in the Yoga shala.
This book is a must-read for all students and teachers of Ashtanga Yoga. Andy Gill, yoga Teacher.
A Heartbreaking And Illuminating Read
Matthew Remski has written a painstaking and unflinching book that details multiple women’s first person accounts of sexual abuse at the hands of Ashtanga Yoga founder K. Pattabhi Jois, and the subsequent denial and cover up within his community.
This is a vital read that highlights the courage of the women who came forward within a culture of cognitive dissonance, unquestioning obedience, and magical thinking, in which pain is re-labeled as healing, injury as opening, and isolation as enlightenment.
At the same time, Remski thoughtfully navigates how yoga teachers and practitioners can continue to practice yoga today in all forms, while acknowledging the darker side of its origins. A heartbreaking and illuminating read.
Incredibly Thoughtful And Thorough Examination
I had many mixed emotions reading Practice and All is Coming, Matthew Remski's incredibly thoughtful and thorough examination of Pattabhi Jois' legacy and the potential for harm in yoga circles. It is particularly important and timely as yoga as a business continues to grow, and the pool of experienced teachers, versed in historical, social, cultural and political influences continues to diminish. Having been a dedicated Ashtangi, a student at one of the schools mentioned, and close friends and peers with several of the students named in the book, reading it brought back a barrage of memories, the smells, sounds and sensations of the practice room, the huge gyms filled with devoted students ready to kneel at the feet of Pattabhi Jois, and the culture of competition, striving, and overriding physical discomfort and pain to proceed to the next level.
The questions for discernment throughout the book can be a starting point for anyone wanting to enter into that process of questioning, critical thinking and self-knowledge. What came up for me the most was the recollection that, while I could see how the inherent conflicts in the practice, the dangerous adjustments, the hard in-group/out-group lines, the fear and reverence of the teachers, I still wanted to be there, I still craved the sensations of the practice, almost like a drug that while I could see its harm, I still sought it with passion and I truly believed that it was the one great "yoga," all others being for less dedicated - and less capable - students. Nearly two decades later, having long abandoned the "cult" of Ashtanga, I see three key lessons to be examined in continued practice and teaching of yoga. First, we must as students learn to better recognize when we are perpetuating harm while benefiting - physically, emotionally, or psychologically - from a practice. Second, as teachers we must come to understand that students can be telling us that something is ok, when it really is not. This does not ask us to be mind readers, but to be deeply discerning in ourselves - why are we putting our hands on another person, what is the ego benefit to us as the teacher, and how do we present ourselves all the time, not just in the yoga room. How do we treat others? How do we acknowledge our mistakes? How do we deal with money and practicalities of business while remaining steadfast in our personal integrity, rooted in our personal practice? These bring me to the third and most important lesson: what is our personal practice? Is it simple "hitting the mat" when things get challenging? Is it spouting off yama and niyama in response to a nuanced, complex conflict? Is it sitting down and listening to a 20 minute guided visualization on the internet? I would argue that just "doing our practice" - if our practice is not anchored in profound self-inquiry and relationship to divine presence - will never result in "all" coming. It will result only in a doubling down of our own egos and righteousness, a moral licensing that will continue to blind us to what is really happening, in ourselves and with our students, but more than anything, will rob us of the greatest gift that yoga has to offer, a relationship with self and a relationship with divine presence.
Molly Lannon Kenny, founder and director, The Samarya Center.
Refutes The Notion That It’s Just A ‘Few Bad Apples’ …
My first yoga teacher said to us, “Yoga is in the relationship.” Matthew Remski reminds us of this when he writes, “of the many things yoga practice is, it is a delivery device for relationship patterns.” Unfortunately, for too long dysfunctional and abusive relationships have been the norm throughout the modern yoga community. Remski examines the myriad forces and conditions that have allowed this travesty of yoga to continue and refutes the notion that it’s just a ‘few bad apples,’ by showing the systemic structures that create the conditions for continued abuse. And then he goes a step better and presents practices for cultivating transparent, horizontal relationships that – if adopted – will go a long way to changing the culture for the better. In the light of the #metoo movement when we have been told to “listen to women,” it is already beyond the time we must center and listen to the victims of abuse and de-throne the abusers. I hope that even his detractors will come to realize that we all benefit from the breaking of the spell that has kept us enchanted for too long.
Few Other Books ... Ask ... How Sincere Non-Indian Practitioners Might Be In Wise Relationship With The Ancient Lineages Of Yoga
As globalized convert yoga finally recovers from the drunken honeymoon of orientalist cultural appropriation it enjoyed for a century or so, it finds itself sober and shocked, #MeToo revelations toppling school after school. Matthew Remski’s deep reporting here on just one of these tragedies offers not a simple indictment of Pattabhi Jois’s person or teaching, but a broad-reaching call for the best of Western theory and activism to be brought to a problem created by colonial encounter and resolvable only by changing the terms of that encounter. The book, like the yoga it deconstructs, unfolds “a vinyasa of meanings,” moving between the psychodynamic implications of the guru-student tradition and the harm-reduction practices that could both preserve and irrevocably change it. Most importantly, Remski centers the voices of women, using his position to witness and amplify their narratives in their own words. Few other books from within the convert yoga community ask so fluently and humbly how sincere non-Indian practitioners might be in wise relationship with the ancient lineages of Yoga, and the culture that developed them. Few outside it describe a tragedy of the modern colonial encounter with such an intimate and heart-rending precision.
Provides A Platform For Honest Discourse Into Cult Dynamics, Power Imbalances, And Why As Humans We Might Trade Autonomy And Authenticity For Acceptance Under The Guise Of Healing And Community
In this illuminating book Matthew Remski brings light to the often-bypassed toxic dynamics and deception that occurs in the yoga subculture and new-age spirituality. Through compassionate inquiry, Remski provides a platform for honest discourse into cult dynamics, power imbalances, and why as humans we might trade autonomy and authenticity for acceptance under the guise of healing and community. To practice compassion, we must first acknowledge suffering and yet victims’ voices continue to be silenced and edited in order to protect images in the ashtanga community and beyond. As more abuse and manipulation is uncovered and exposed many schools, studios, and practitioners are reluctant to “throw the baby out with the bathwater”, however Remski challenges us to examine who is the baby and what is the bathwater, separating our own healing and self-awareness practices from the brand and systems of power. In addition to providing insight into the psychology of attachment and the guru model this book provides reflections on how to move forward and ensure that these shadows do not continue to undermine equality, empowerment, and healing in the yoga community. To the women who courageously shared your stories may you continue to feel heard, respected, and supported.
Contains Insights For All Of Us
For those of us comfortably supported by the yoga world it is never easy to read Remski, but for this very reason it is essential that we do. Practice and All is Coming is a thorough exploration of the discontents of the ashtanga yoga community, and by extension it contains insights for all of us who attempt to cohere through therapeutic and spiritual practices. The strength of our work, Remski has long argued, is dependent upon how thoroughly we can explore our shadows. Here we have a manual for doing just that. Adam Grossi, author of Wind Through Quiet Tensions.
Strongly Recommend It To All Yoga Professionals
This is a potent treatise, bringing well-needed thoughtful and measured scrutiny to a controversial subject. Remski provides a thorough exposition of one of the icons of modern yoga – not to simply critique or discredit, but more to examine possible solutions to the unveiled issues. The book itself is part of the solution, in that it provides a platform enabling previously-muted voices to be heard. In response to these voices, he goes on to construct a research-grounded framework that elevates safety and inclusivity. This could be the means to propel the field of yoga forward with more integrity, and indeed, more authenticity.
This book should be considered required reading for all those involved in yoga therapy training, and I strongly recommend it to all yoga professionals as well.
Especially Important To Scrutinize Ourselves And Our Community
For those of us who consider ourselves yoga teachers it may be especially important to scrutinize ourselves and our community with clarity and honesty, in particular when it comes to the issue of power. Yoga, with all of its promise, is as susceptible as any other human institution to becoming a condition for abuse of power and all the suffering that engenders. With Practice and All is Coming, Matthew Remski has done us a great service by applying intellectual rigor to help us see how destructive power dynamics can set in and fester and then by suggesting how we can make yoga practice a safe, respectful, and empowering experience for all who show up. David Emerson, YACEP, TCTSY-F | He/Him/His, Director: The Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI, author Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy and co-author Overcoming Trauma through Yoga.
Should Be Required Reading For Every Yoga Teacher Training
Matthew Remski was one of the first teachers to speak out on social media about physical and emotional injury and trauma in yoga. In doing so, he created a safe space for people to connect with each other over shared experiences and ultimately heal their own trauma. His book Practice and All is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond sheds light on the sexual and physical assault that has taken place in the yoga community, while providing a resource that helps teachers and students recognize when they may be in an unsafe situation and empowers them to protect themselves. This book should be required reading for every yoga teacher training.
The First Step In Healing Is Acknowledging That There Is A Problem
The future of yoga depends on our ability to reconcile a past fraught with abuse and injury. If we ignore the pain that was caused in the name of yoga, our communal body will never heal. Yoga will go the way of step aerobics and the power of the teachings will evaporate into the history books. The first step in healing is acknowledging that there is a problem, and that is what Matthew Remski so powerfully demonstrates in "Practice and All is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond." This is a text that can heal the wounds of yoga and allow us to re-imagine it as a safe practice for everyone, free from abuse and injury. Jivana Heyman, Founder and Director of Accessible Yoga.
Well-Researched Exploration Of The Dynamics Of Concealment And Abuse Within Yoga
"Matthew's well-researched exploration of the dynamics of concealment and abuse within yoga communities, and sexual abuse by the late Pattabhi Jois in particular, challenges our individual reluctance to speak out against abuse cloaked as spiritual authority. The mental gymnastics employed by so many in order to avoid confronting the hard truths discussed in this work are equaled only by the physical contortions required within the practice of Ashtanga Yoga itself. This book works like an effective cognitive, rather than physical, adjustment - exposing misaligned values, compartmentalization and denial. It provides space for those affected to have their voices heard, and goes a long way in the attempt to understand the process of deception, entanglement and abuse."
A Testimony Of The Past And A Call To Action
Matthew's new book is both a testimony of the past and a call to action, for establishing healthy boundaries and personal agency in physical yoga practice. Especially relevant for yoga educators who are in a position to create safer spaces for the next generations of practitioners. Tatjana Mesar, yoga educator, co-founder of Dynamic Mindfulness Berlin.
Lays Bare The Toxic Dynamic Of Manipulation, Indoctrination, Negation, And Deception
Trouble in yoga paradise . . . In this lucid, measured, incisive and compassionate book, Matthew Remski lays bare the toxic dynamic of manipulation, indoctrination, negation, and deception that oftentimes undergirds guru worship in such complex social systems as the yoga subculture. As he demonstrates, when enabled by their cult followers, mulabandha-adjusting spiritual autocrats posing as enlightened beings can prove just as toxic to the broader culture as pussy-grabbing political demagogues posing as successful real estate developers. More than an expose of the sexual predations of a renowned guru figure, Remski has also provided the yoga community with a road map to self-healing and closure.
Sensitive And Subtle
I welcome the powerful voices of the courageous, truth-speaking women that are heard so clearly in this valuable study. I applaud Matthew’s sensitive and subtle exposure of power imbalance, and his impeccable intentions to bring the voices from the margins to the centre. I give thanks that his moral compass guided him to reveal a crucial issue at the heart of modern yoga, and I hope that everyone who has ever shown up to a yoga class reads this book. I recommend it as required reading for every yoga teacher training course on the planet. Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Ph.D., PhD, author of Yoni Shakti: A Woman’s Guide to Power and Freedom Through Yoga and Tantra.
The Implications Are Essential For All Of Us Who Practice Modern Yoga
In this important and powerful book, Matthew Remski not only provides a platform for many of the women who were sexually and physically abused by celebrated yoga “guru” Pattabhi Jois to speak in their own voices about what they experienced, but he also gives us the context for understanding why this abuse went unrecognized and/or was covered up for so many years. The implications are essential for all of us who practice modern yoga because the truth is that this type of abuse is not limited to any one particular lineage or school of yoga. And it is time for us all to rethink the “traditional” relationship of the yoga teacher and the student, to reform the organizations that oversee our yoga schools, and to find a new way forward.
Unacknowledged for too long ...determined and unflinching
Unacknowledged for too long, Remski asks us to bear witness to the travesties perpetuated by some of yoga’s most celebrated teachers. Heartbreaking as it is, we learn through his determined and unflinching look at the mechanics of deception, and thus shattered, we witness the stunning capacity of some of the victims to rise and make visible what has only lain in shadow. Illuminated by their courage, Remski, a tireless scholar, asks more of us yet; to sharpen our discernment and determination in creating, over and over, everyday and for every-body, a safe, caring and ethically sound yoga practice that yes, carries a history of the inhumane and might yet, through our brokenheartedness, celebrate our humanity.


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Hello followers! Today I am on the A Flair For Buttons blog sharing a layout of my eldest son and daughter in law on one of their many vacations to the Dominican Republic. They have done lots of travelling in their seven years of marriage and I love to live vicariously through them. Ha!
I added lots of flair buttons to this vacation layout. Actually four flair buttons in total from three different flair sets.
The "#travel" flair button is from the Hashtag Summer Flair Set, the "Hola" flair button is from the Mexico Flair Set, the "relax" and "at the beach" flair buttons are from the Relax Flair Set. I love mixing and matching sets.
I love the softness of vellum and I thought I would use a circle punch to add some vellum circles underneath some of the flair buttons I think it makes it stand out more from the bright background.
For the patterned papers, I used the Jet Set Collection by We R Memory Keepers. The cut files I used for this layout are from Just Nick Digital Cut Files that I cut with my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine. The sketch I used for this layout was designed by Kelly Klapstein for Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's January Sketchy Challenge.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by and check out all the amazing flair in the shop at A Flair For Buttons.
Flair Sets Used On This Layout
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Hillary Clinton's spokesman calls Telegraph nukes story 'bunk', but fails to check his facts
Hillary Clinton’s spokesman, Philip J. Crowley, has described a major story – revealed by the Daily Telegraph – on the Obama administration’s secret decision to give the Russians sensitive information on Britain’s nuclear deterrent as “bunk”.
In an email on Saturday to Time magazine, Crowley stated:
This is bunk. Under the 1991 START Treaty, the U.S. agreed to notify Russia of specific nuclear cooperation with the United Kingdom, such as the transfer of SLBM's [submarine launch ballistic missiles] to the UK, or their maintenance or modernization. This is under an existing pattern of cooperation throughout that treaty and is expected to continue under New START. We simply carried forward and updated this notification procedure to the new treaty. There was no secret agreement and no compromise of the UK's independent nuclear deterrent.
But it appears that Mr Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State with the Bureau of Public Affairs, has not checked his facts. There are, in fact, substantial differences between the 1991 and 2011 START Treaties. A key example is that, as the Wikileaks documents show, the US agreed to give the Russians unique identifiers for the American missiles transferred to Britain. These identifiers were not included in the original 1991 START Treaty. Crowley’s key assertion that the Obama administration “simply carried forward and updated this notification procedure to the new treaty” is completely false. It has no basis in reality.
As a key Wikileaks document published by the Telegraph shows, describing a key conversation between US and Russian negotiators at a meeting in Geneva on February 26, 2010, Washington offered Moscow “more information than was disclosed under START”:
UK TRIDENT MISSILES
Orlov asked about the U.S. practice of transferring Trident II missiles to the United Kingdom (UK) in reference to the Russian-proposed agreed statement on the subject. Trout pointed out that most of the provisions contained in the proposed agreed statement were already covered by other sections of the treaty. He noted that notifications existed for the transfer and return of missiles to and from a third party. Additionally, he pointed out, the Russian Federation will receive unique identifiers for each of the missiles transferred to the UK, which was more information than was disclosed under START.
The Telegraph’s revelations have sparked a good deal of interest on Capitol Hill, where a number of Congressional offices are already demanding answers from the Obama administration over the treatment of America’s closest ally. The attempt by the administration to spin this story also raises important questions as to why the negotiating documents for the New START Treaty were not handed over to the Senate for scrutiny during the debates over START. It is hugely important that government officials convey an accurate account of policy decisions that are made behind the scenes – away from the public eye, but in the name of the American people.
The Telegraph’s report raises major questions over what other deals may have been struck by Barack Obama's team at the expense of US allies in order to clinch a deal with the Russians, and why the whole negotiating process has been hidden from Congressional scrutiny. There can be no doubt that, despite the Mr Crowley’s attempts to bury the story, Congressional interest in Washington will grow intensely in the coming weeks, as lawmakers demand to know what was said and promised during these negotiations.
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