![]() Specialists also report a 25% reduction in stress hormone levels and doubled levels of the infamous “fountain of youth hormone” DHEA! Cue feelings of wellbeing and serenity. It has since been used on executives in a great many companies, on the back of results that speak for themselves. The percentage of executives who reported feelings of exhaustion went from 50% to 12%, insomnia rates among them went from 34% to 6%, and anxiety rates from 33% to 5%. After practising every day for a month, blood pressure is lowered twice as much as with a salt-free diet. This technique was initially aimed at people with heart conditions. This gradually reduces the production of cortisol, the stress hormone. It improves defensive immune response, learning ability, memory and coordination. It also triggers feelings of pleasure while allaying anxiety. There follows a cascade of neuronal, hormonal and biochemical phenomena that restore a state of calm. This command of cardiac coherence, through slow breathing, activates the parasympathetic system. When your heart is in cardiac coherence, it beats to a regular rhythm in complete harmony with your breathing. Initially used to regulate the heart rhythm in the prevention of cardiovascular disorders, cardiac coherence is increasingly being practised to manage stress and anxiety, keep emotions under control and restore a state of serenity. Cardiac coherence for channelling emotions Through breathing and picturing of the heart, the regularity restored by cardiac coherence redresses the balance between the two nervous systems: the sympathetic one (the accelerator) and the parasympathetic one (the brake). The heart and its neuronesĪnother even more surprising discovery is that the heart has 40,000 neurones connected closely to the brain via the autonomic nervous system (ANS). This ANS operates with two circuits, like the accelerator and brake pedals of a car: One is for acceleration (the sympathetic system) and the other for braking (the parasympathetic system). The heart makes its own hormones that affect the brain and induce various emotional states. And the brain responds by changing cardiac coherence. This is why the heart starts racing and thumping when emotions run high, and can soon slow down if calm is restored. Although the ANS can quickly adjust our heart rate, conversely the heart can help us to keep our emotions under control. And that’s where cardiac coherence control comes into its own. The researchers then established that this cardiac coherence curve is a precise indicator of states of stress, and that it also regulates breathing and blood pressure. The cardiologists soon realised why depression, bereavement or a serious problem have more serious repercussions than smoking for someone with a heart condition. Researchers noted that this curve is erratic, with accelerations and sudden stops in people who are anxious, worried or angry. Conversely, when the subject is calm, or thinking about a pleasant experience, the curve forms a gentle wave with regularly-formed oscillations. However, the curve can vary a great deal. The concept de cardiac coherence comes from American medical research conducted by the HeartMath Institute in the fields of neuroscience and neurocardiology. Software measures and represents the intervals between heartbeats in the form of a curve. No two intervals are alike, and this is completely normal. ![]() First and foremost an affair of the heart Cardiac coherence is a type of therapy developed by cardiologists for their patients. 20 years after its discovery, this technique is being used to regulate the balance of the nervous system in people subject to stress. As well as being effective, this method is simplicity itself. You just need to remember three numbers: 3, 6, and 5. And spend 15 minutes a day doing it. Child’s play that takes care of your mind and pampers your body. ![]() Don’t go thinking it’s a recent yoga technique or that proffered by a new zen guru.
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![]() #8 MOST PRODUCTIVE 2021 SLICER TOMATO VARIETY: We have adapted this seed to grow in a hydroponic system using organic methods and so even though it will grow in soil just fine, it is especially suited for hydroponic home growers using a Tower Garden, Bato Bucket system, or the Farmstand. It has more flesh than seed ratio, so also serves well for using to make sauce. When cut open, it will have bi-color shading of yellow and red making it a beautiful slice on the plate or sandwich. It has good resistance to foliar disease and is an indeterminate.īig Rainbow Tomato variety will ripen with color shades showing green on the should, yellow in the center, and red towards the bottom. We were drawn to this tomato for it’s beautiful coloration when sliced open! Big Rainbow Tomato is a beautiful bi-color slicer tomato variety with early tomatoes weighing 2+ pounds with very little cat facing or deformities. ![]() It grows nicely in 5 gallon felt containers or Bato Bucket systems and is a heavy producer - boy does it produce blooms! Wowza! If you plant this variety every two weeks in the first part of the growing season, you will have a bushel load of tomatoes that can be used for slicing, salsa, salad, sandwiches, canning, drying, Fried Green Tomatoes… you name it! This is one I can’t wait to grow again! #9 MOST PRODUCTIVE 2021 SLICER TOMATO VARIETY: It only gets a couple of feet tall and needs only a little support making it ideal for containers and small space gardening. It was originally bred by Tom Wagner and is a determinate variety. In fact, Green Elf Tomato was #10 in highest production by weight of ALL slicers varieties in our 2021 trails! ![]() Green Elf Tomato (also known as Wagner’s Lime Green Salad Tomato) is one of Owner and Lead Grower of Grow Your Health Gardening, “ Erin’s Top Tomato Picks” Seed Collection from the 2021 growing season. (But remember, our data is propiertary and we cannot share specific weights.) So here we go… ready? And the top ten biggest producers out of 75+ varieties (by weight) are… #10 MOST PRODUCTIVE 2021 SLICER TOMATO VARIETY: If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below. All of this tomatoes were grown hydroponically meaning the tomato plants received the perfect pH level and ideal nutrients throughout the season. We will also include links to each tomato variety if you’re interested in getting homegrown seed grown using organic methods. If you’re looking for varieties that produce a multitude of blossoms and tomatoes, then this is YOUR LIST to grab. Totals reflect equal number of plants per variety. The results are in! Last season (2021) we counted and weighed every tomato that came off the vine and was harvested. In the next Insight, we’ll finish up the Color Checker workflow by creating a Virtual LUT. Coming Up Next: Finishing up with CalMAN Color Checker and LightSpace DPS ![]() If you rely just on the generic offsets that ship with CalMAN (or LightSpace)-then as time passes your Profiles and Calibrations will be wrong. You’ll get a sense of why custom offsets are so important. We’ll compare the readings of the aging C6 with those from a brand-new i1 Display Pro. I happen to own a C6 that is three years old. But really, all we need to do is generate yearly Offsets and your colorimeter should be good to use for several years.Īfter optimizing CalMAN for the i1 Display and C6, you’ll learn how age affects the readings of a colorimeter And when an i1 Display Pro or SpectraCAL C6 is no longer NIST-Compliant due to the aging of its filters-there’s no way to update the components to bring the device back into compliance. Note: NIST Certification isn’t necessary for most of us watching this Insight. ![]() It’s a convenient feature to help you remember to send the unit back for re-certification. This Certificate is loaded on each individual C6 and provides an expiration date. On-Board NIST Certification – When you buy a C6 from SpectraCal, one thing they provide is a NIST Certificate of Performance (here’s a good explanation of what these NIST Certifications mean).According to SpectraCal – these optimizations also increase the speed of low-light readings, decreasing the length of a full calibration by up to 30%. Whereas I’ve NEVER gotten the i1 Display Pro to read zero black on an OLED in either CalMAN or LightSpace. As you’ll see in this Insight, I’m able to get the C6 to properly read an OLED at zero black. It improves and optimizes the i1 Display’s accuracy reading dark patches. Optimized Low-Light Handling – SpectraCal adds additional software directly onto the C6 colorimeter.Specifically, the C6 has the following functions (which are not included with the i1 Display Pro): ![]() The SpectraCal C6 is a custom modified version of X-Rite’s i1 Display Pro OEMīoth meters are identical, except that SpectraCal licensed from X-Rite the ability to add custom code that improves aspects of the i1 Display’s functionality. We’re also looking at the SpectraCal branded version of that same colorimeter, the C6. In this Insight, we’re learning the various settings and options you’ll enable when optimizing for CalMAN the affordable i1 Display Pro OEM.
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Since there is an official PIA VPN Fire Stick app available on the Amazon app store, I have mentioned two methods i.e. The process of installing Private Internet Access on VPN FireStick is super easy and only takes 3 minutes at max. How to Install Private Internet Access on FireStick So without further ado, let’s begin with the Private Internet Access on firestick. I will not only show you the recommended official method, but also the third-party Downloader App method. In this guide, I will be telling you how to install Private Internet Access in the easiest way possible. ![]() PIA VPN also completely hides your IP address and keeps your online activity secure while streaming. Private Internet Access has over 3274 servers available in 48 countries and offers powerful features capable of unblocking BBC, Amazon Prime, Hulu, U.S Netflix, and more. Private Internet Access is now available on Amazon App Store and is super easy to install on any FireStick device. ![]() Culturally, consonant pitch relationships are often described as sounding more pleasant, euphonious, and beautiful than dissonant pitch relationships, which can be conversely characterized as unpleasant, discordant, or rough. In the physiological approach, consonance is viewed as a continuous variable measuring the human brain's ability to 'decode' aural sensory input. ![]() Drawing both from music theoretical traditions and the field of psychoacoustics, its perception in large part consists of recognizing and processing consonance, a concept whose precise definition has varied throughout history, but is often associated with simple mathematical ratios between coincident pitch frequencies. ![]() Harmony as a perceptual property is one of the core concepts underlying the theory and practice of Western music. Harmony is broadly understood to involve both a "vertical" dimension (frequency-space) and a "horizontal" dimension (time-space), and often overlaps with related musical concepts such as melody, timbre, and form. These effects are variously identified, defined, and categorized as harmonic objects like chords, textures and tonalities. More concretely, harmony often refers to the effects created by distinct musical pitches or tones coinciding with one another. In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined or composed into whole units or compositions. Barbershop quartets, such as this US Navy group, sing 4-part pieces, made up of a melody line (normally the lead) and 3 harmony parts. ![]() In terms of specifics, Source A confided that the Kremlin had been feeding TRUMP and his team valuable intelligence on his opponents, including Democratic presidential candidate Hillary CLINTON, for several years (see more below).S/he had overheard PUTIN talking in this way to close associates on several occasions. Source C, a senior Russian financial official said the Trump operation should be seen in terms of PUTIN’s desire to return to Nineteenth Century ‘Great Power’ politics anchored upon countries’ interests rather than the ideals-based international order established after World War Two. Its aim was to sow discord and disunity both within the US itself, but more especially within the Transatlantic alliance which was viewed as inimical to Russia’s interests. Source B asserted that the TRUMP operation was both supported and directed by Russian President Vladimir PUTIN. Speaking to a trusted compatriot in June 2016 sources A and B, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure and a former top level Russian intelligence officer still active inside the Kremlin respectively, the Russian authorities had been cultivating and supporting US Republican presidential candidate, Donald TRUMP for at least 5 years.Russian intentions for its deployment still unclear Detail However it has not as yet been distributed abroad, including to TRUMP. The dossier is controlled by Kremlin spokesman, PESKOV, directly on PUTIN’s orders. A dossier of compromising material on Hillary CLINTON has been collated by the Russian Intelligence Services over many years and mainly comprises bugged conversations she had on various visits to Russia and intercepted phone calls rather than any embarrassing conduct. According to several knowledgeable sources, his conduct in Moscow has included arranged/ monitored by the FSB Former top Russian intelligence officer claims FSB has compromised TRUMP through his activities in Moscow sufficiently to be able to blackmail him. However he and his inner circle have accepted a regular flow of intelligence from the Kremlin, including on his Democratic and other political rivals So far TRUMP has declined various sweetener real estate business deals offered him in Russia in order to further the Kremlin’s cultivation of him. Aim, endorsed by PUTIN, has been to encourage splits and divisions in western alliance Russian regime has been cultivating, supporting and assisting TRUMP for at least 5 years. All redactions are noted below, and a full version of the text can be found at BuzzFeed News.ĬOMPANY INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2016/080 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP’S ACTIVITIES IN RUSSIA AND COMPROMISING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KREMLIN Summary ![]() We have redacted certain lines from the dossier that are both unsubstantiated and profane. It should be assumed that all allegations below remain unsubstantiated until corroborated by independent information. However, Steele’s main allegation has proven not just true but prophetic: Months before the FBI even acknowledged the existence of an investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia-even before WikiLeaks began publishing emails stolen from Trump’s opponents by Russian hackers-Steele had numerous sources both within and outside the Russian government confirming the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia.īelow is a searchable version of the Dossier in full as published by BuzzFeed. It has also been the subject of lawsuits filed by parties named in the document. President Donald Trump’s allies in Congress and in the media have long attempted to use the Steele Dossier to discredit the Russia investigation. As such, it contains some allegations that are unverified and potentially unverifiable, as well as some that have been contested or disproven. The Steele Dossier is human intelligence, apparently intended to be used not as direct evidence but as a road map for further investigation. The publication marked a turning point in the public understanding of the Russia investigation, in part because the dossier documents real-time allegations and evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. On January 10, 2017, BuzzFeed News published an intelligence dossier compiled by Christopher Steele, a former British MI6 intelligence officer who was considered credible by U.S. ![]() It will work fine for strengthening miter joints, T-joints, corner joints, edge-to-edge joints, offset joints and more. ![]() Whether, you’re edge-joining panels, aligning boards or strengthening different types of joints, this plate joiner from WEN will work just fine. It can also be manually adjusted to cut other slot sizes depending on the size of biscuits you have. The blade is adjustable with present stops for creating sluts for #0, #10 and #20 biscuit sizes. The WEN JN8504 also features a height and angle adjustable fence, which means slots can be cut at any height and angle, making it suitable for different sizes of workpieces. The blade spins at a speed of 10,000 revolutions per minute, allowing quick, clean and precise cutting of slots, even through hardwood for insertion biscuits. It comes equipped with an 8.5 am motor powering a 4 inch carbide-tipped blade. The plate and biscuit joiner with model number JN8504 from the WEN is one of the most sought after power tool for making biscuit joinery. The following are 6 of the best options you can use for your projects. You just have to use your imagination and use it when necessary. There are many other areas you can use it such as when making picture frames, and molding installation. You can use it to join the top, sides and base of the cabinets, and because the biscuits are hidden, the resulting joint looks clean and seamless. If you’re a furniture or cabinet maker, using a biscuit joiner can help you make clean, professional-looking cabinets and furniture pieces. It makes it easier to align and make wide tabletops with strong and precise, invisible joints. When To Use Itīiscuit joiners has several applications in the workshop. Unlike dowels which can be visible in some cases, biscuits are always hidden inside the joint, so the final result always looks clean and seamless, since there’s no visible fastener. Like I mentioned earlier, I also use the joinery because of its appearance. So, if you’ve been having issues aligning the boards when gluing your tabletops, using a biscuit joiner will surely make it easier. When you carry out the glue-up like this, you end up with a tabletop that’s perfectly aligned, very stable due to the additional biscuits in the joints, and looks very neat because the biscuits are well hidden after the glue-up. With a biscuit joiner however, you can cut slots into the sides of the boards, add the biscuits and align them easily during the glue-up. If you’ve done this before, you’ll know that aligning the several pieces of boards during the glue-up can be quite difficult and time consuming. When making a tabletop, most of the time you have to glue several boards together edge-to-edge to form the tabletop. I use it for 3 main reasons, which are: Alignment, Stability and Appearance. Makita XJP03Z 18V Cordless Biscuit JoinerĪlthough some woodworkers argue that it’s not an important tool to have, I think it’s very handy. ![]() ![]() His friendship has taught me a lot about what you should expect from a recording session and, more importantly, how you shouldn't expect anything less than absolute joyousness. That's the goal - then you can play anywhere." - Gord Downieġ3. "Bob Rock taught me a lot. I always like to have a glimmer of hopefulness, even in collapse." (Photo by Donald Webber designed by Heather Collett/CBC Music)ġ2. "I'm agile. I've always been ready for it." - Gord Downie That stuff doesn't interest me and I don't even know if I could write that if I tried, because I don't really feel it." - Gord Downie, 2014ġ1. "I have no illusions of the future. Conversely, nor have I written any pro-Canada lyrics, any kind of jingoistic, nationalistic…. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in." - Gord Downie, 2014ĩ. "I stand in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations and all Canadians who find themselves with no voice in our present version of democracy, who are trying to come up with the entry fee that gets them a seat at the table where their pollution future is being discussed." - Gord Downie, 2014ġ0. "I haven't written too many political lyrics. In many ways, the environment is also the underdog - so, it's an easy fit." - Gord Downie on how he became an environmental champion.Ĩ. "Music brings people together. ![]() That experience, combined with my rock and roll roots gives me something of an affinity for the underdog. As a musician, I travel widely around the country and talk to a lot of people, from all walks of life. I've always been ready for it." (Photo by Mike Homer design by Heather Collett/CBC Music)ħ. "I grew up on the lake and spent most of that time outdoors. Gord Downie talks about the future, saying "I have no illusions of the future. And the environment is one of the great loves of our lives - when we think of the best parts of ourselves, the environment is always there, informing us, as a backdrop." - Gord Downie Music is also a popular rallying point - at its central core, it's a way for people to get in touch with the best parts of themselves and to voice the love in their hearts. I could memorize huge quantities of lyrics - mostly the Doors." - Gord DownieĦ. "Music is the ultimate medium for expressions of love, and those expressions find a beautiful backdrop in the environment. That's what it's all about." - Gord Downie, 2012ĥ. "I scored a gig as the lead singer with a school band … not necessarily for my singing ability but rather for my sheer memory power. It was never really comfortable to us." - Gord Downie on Another Roadside Attraction, 1996Ĥ. "We want to bring good music to the people. The climate was climb over each other to get to the top. When we were coming up six to 10 years ago, it didn't exist. because, like so many things I like, they exude a warmth I like to think that we do, too." - Gord Downie, 1996ģ. "I'm pretty excited about this bill, and you're seeing that sense of community within, and amongst musicians. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in." (Photo by Mike Homer design by Heather Collett/CBC Music)ġ. "It would be hard for me now, at this age and stage, to leave a song without a glimmer of hope… I always like to have a glimmer of hopefulness, even in collapse." - Gord Downie, 2009Ģ. "I've always liked R.E.M. ![]() I've wanted to ask Gord about this song for a while now, and Nik's comment was quite revealing.Gord Downie talks about music, saying: "Music brings people together. I suggested he put the track on his next solo project but he said he'd look into the Saint Ralph soundtrack first, thanked me for bringing this to his attention and shook our hands. He replied, to my surprise, that he had never actually heard the original before he recorded it himself. I told him it was the best version of the song I had ever heard. He said he was told that there would be a soundtrack. While the others were hesitant, I had a question I wanted to ask him: where can I get a copy of your cover of Hallelujah from Saint Ralph? (I had just seen the film 2 weeks before at the Review Cinema) He was very approachable but was not pleased when I told him that I had exhausted my search for the soundtrack and had come up empty. My friends and I walked past as he stood in the entryway of a cathedral on Bloor. I ran into Gord Downie in Toronto in summer of 2005. I've got a copy, however, and that led to this comment from Nik. Gord recorded the song for the movie Saint Ralph, but it's never been officially released. I've got an entire category committed to Gord Downie's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". ![]() I feel knocks coming from the automatic gearbox of my Renault Captur: If you ever hear jerking when you accelerate or slow down, it is either your oil that is too old and no longer lubricates all the mechanisms of your box properly, or a sensor that gives false information.Indeed, the solenoid which has the function of shifting one gear or another (it is a kind of electromagnetic switchà must not work optimally, second possibility, it may be that a speed sensor or engine speed sensor is faulty and sends erroneous information to your gearbox. I have the feeling that a gear in the automatic gearbox of my Renault Captur no longer shifts or jumps: If you have the feeling that your gears no longer pass or that they tend to skip on your Renault Captur, there is a part that is probably responsible for this malfunction.If this feeling occurs too often, the clutch or the converter is certainly tired. ![]() However, this problem is supposed to show up only when the vehicle is started and not when it is launched.
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