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Thoughts on Turning 65
Turning 65 can be traumatic, but as Abby Hochhauser discovers, there are benefits too…
I'll admit it – I'm just turning 65 and I'm proud of it (sort of). Living in Israel, it was hard to get my non-American friends to understand the significance. If you don't already know, 65 is the traditional retirement age in the US and, as such, it's when you must switch from your private health insurance to the national health insurance, i.e. Medicare.
Last year, I was excited about turning 64 because I had grown up singing along with the Beatles "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?" It was a cute little bit of silliness that made getting a year older a bit less traumatic for me. I even taught part of the song to the grandkids. I particularly liked the part saying, "You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings go for a ride" because these are both activities I enjoy. I don't think when I first heard that song I could imagine ever really being that old, but I still liked it.
This year, however, I had very different feelings about the arrival of another birthday. I've never outgrown my excitement about birthdays – presents, cards, celebrations and, in the past few years many good wishes on Facebook – so I usually look forward to each birthday, at least a little. And then the major trauma set in with the arrival in my mailbox of, not a typical birthday greeting, a chilling reminder of the passing of time: my very own Medicare Card!
What??? How could this be? How could I possibly be old enough to have such a card of my own? I had seen and used the cards of each of my parents, when helping them with various medical issues. But they were "old" – after all they are my parents.
This August, when my mother called me, as she does every year, to wish me a happy birthday, she asked me how I felt. I don't think she was expecting the answer she got: "How do I feel? How do you think I feel? I just got my very own Medicare card!" I think she thought it was funny that I was so traumatized turning 65. I didn't want to insult her by explaining that I didn't want to be considered as part of her "generation" – Senior Citizens. I am not, nor do I want to be thought of as a member of what Tom Brokaw called "The Greatest Generation." Those are the Americans who grew up during the Great Depression and then lived through World War II. In Israel, the "Ezrach Vatik" folks are those who survived the Holocaust and/or helped establish the modern State of Israel. How did I come to be part of those venerated elders? How did this happen? I'm a Baby Boomer – note: it has the word "baby" in it!
I don't mind calling myself a "Senior" when it gets me really good discounts on New Jersey Transit tickets and movie admissions when I'm in the USA. Here in Israel, it seems to me no one minds admitting to being a senior because there are such huge "Ezrach Vatik" or "pensioner" discounts available. For example, two years ago, when I was barely over the Israeli age requirement for Senior discounts, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary by going to Cinema City in Jerusalem. For approximately the equivalent of five US dollars, we purchased two movie tickets and several kosher snacks. Even though it was a novelty to be able to go to the movies and gorge ourselves on anything the refreshment stand could offer, our senior discount was actually the most memorable part of the day. It was more exciting than the movie itself (which I don't even recall). It was more exciting than the life-size dioramas of scenes from the Bible cleverly displayed on the Cinema City rooftop.
But now I am 65, I have that blasted Medicare card which screams at me that I am OLD – that my days are numbered. Today, a very nice young person told me age was just a number – how I feel is more important. Well, some days I feel really old, for example, when my knees demand another rest, or when I try to get up from sitting or kneeling on the floor. So that was not really comforting.
In the future, I don't know if I'll be able to laugh the next time a grandchild asks me if I was alive when George Washington was President. And I think I'll be able to keep a straight face if another one asks me if the only cellphones available, when I was his age, were Nokia "dumb phones." (They don't even know what I'm talking about when I tell them we didn't even have pushbutton phones when I was a kid.)
Another thing I am reluctant to acknowledge is that, when people offer me a seat on a bus or a waiting room, etc. it's because they think I look like I need one. But, on the other hand, I actually do need a seat. As a matter of fact, if no one offers me one, I am not too shy to ask (in Hebrew or English), if they'd be willing to give me their seat. I'm just happy to sit down!
And yet… when I went to my former optometrist in New Jersey this past summer, I had to inform the receptionist I did not have any medical insurance to cover my visit. As horrified as I am by possessing that card, when she asked if I had Medicare, rather than be insulted to think I looked old enough to have one, I saw dollar signs and the opportunity to save a few bucks and said, "Of course," and proudly presented my card.
In conclusion, I guess aging is, like everything else, a double-edged sword. I am grateful to still be on this planet to enjoy all it has to offer and to be with my family. I am grateful that my health issues are relatively minor. I feel very blessed to share the privilege of living in Eretz Israel (the land of Israel) with my husband, my children and my grandchildren. However, I think it will take me more time – maybe until my next "milestone" birthday – to accept the realities of what lies ahead – hopefully far in the future.


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How Video Assist works
2 August 2017 - History will be made at the Supercup 2017 encounter between FC Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund on Saturday with Video Assist being used for the first time in a competitive game in Germany (kick-off 20:30CEST/18:30GMT).
Video Assist is being brought in to serve as further support to the referee on the pitch. They will be used in just four match situations, which are laid out below.Video Assist PDF
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2013 AWS re:Invent retrospective 2
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I was fortunate enough to have my employer send me to the AWS re:Invent conference that took place in Las Vegas. This was my first time attending this conference and I really had no idea what to expect. I quickly learned that this was only the second annual re:Invent, and in my opinion the infancy of the conference surfaced at times.
During my first day of the conference, I attended a training boot camp session titled, "Taking AWS Operations to the Next Level". This was a very good session, as it covered designing, building, and deploying applications using CloudFormation scripts in a version controlled and very DevOps based fashion. The session ultimately finished with utilizing OpsWorks to manage the ongoing configuration of these applications. The presenter was excellent and I learned a lot of new tips and tricks and a new mindset to use when looking to deploy an environment on the AWS platform. One problem, however, was that the lab environment (based on AWS) was terribly slow. At one point it took over an hour to deploy a simple MySQL RDS instance. It was announced though that this was a lab account issue and not an issue with AWS itself (think API throttling).
The next few days of the conference included keynote sessions that not only introduced new AWS technologies, but also showcased a lot of success stories from customers using AWS (both big enterprises and small start-ups). While there was nothing earth-shattering announced here I feel that there is one underlying message that was made very clear. That is that Amazon actually listens to its customers and reacts appropriately. To me, that fact is huge, and shows that Amazon is serious in pursuing constant innovation and keeping its customers happy.
The breakout sessions offered throughout the conference were rated on a scale from the 100 series to the 400 series, with the 400 series offering the most technical content. In my schedule I had a mix of sessions from within the 300 and 400 series. I found myself leaving the majority of the sessions with a feeling of disappointment, as I felt the content was more elementary than advertised. I made these opinions known by leaving honest feedback via the surveys for each course. With that said, a few of the 400 level sessions were very worthwhile.
While at the conference, I made the time to take a certification exam. To make a long story short, I am now an AWS Certified Solutions Architect. This exam was challenging, yet fun. I love a good challenge and I feel that this exam was at the right level of difficulty and covered a lot of content. I had prepared for this exam by utilizing this training course offered by Udemy. The training course was very worthwhile to me, as I could skip over sections that I felt I had already mastered and zero in on areas I had not worked with before (for me this was SQS and SNS).
I also had the privilege of sitting in on a few executive briefing sessions on which our company was given insight into some of the future plans that AWS has in store that would directly benefit us. Unfortunately I cannot share that information with you as it is all under NDA (and do not ask me to disregard that fact because my lips are sealed).
At times there were some logistical issues encountered when trying to get from session to session. I am not sure if this is due to the schedule between sessions being tight or if the conference is starting to outgrow the venue (the Palazzo / Venetian conference center). There were a lot of traffic jams and people left standing inside of sessions.
All in all, I feel that Amazon is on the right track with this conference. I would imagine that it will only continue to get better as the years go on. Hopefully this post is not too negative, as I am optimistic that Amazon will listen to the feedback received. It was definitely a worthwhile trip for me and I will likely be there again in the future.


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The DTD or Denver Theatre District is a group created to enhance and promote the artistic and theatre opportunities in downtown Denver. The Denver Theatre District encompasses the following area: 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street to Speer Boulevard; from Speer Boulevard to Welton Street; from Welton Street to 14th Street; from 14th Street to Champa Street; from Champa Street to the 16th Street Mall.
There are over a dozen theatres in the DTD with numerous different types of theatre experiences which are sure to please almost everyone. At the DTD you can enjoy all sorts of theatre experiences from an adult burlesque show at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret to an opera at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. If you are in the mood for comedy theatre, try the Bovine Metropolis Theatre. The theatre produces some of the most humorous productions that you have ever seen.
The Boettcher Concert Hall is in the DTD. This concert hall is known for the great entertainment as well as for the unique structure of the hall. The entire structure is built in a half circle shape meaning that there are no true vertical or horizontal lines. This helps to maximize the quality of the sound in the hall.
The Denver Performing Arts Complex is also located in the DTD is home to several theatres including the opera house and the Conservatory Theatre. This complex, which takes up to 12 city blocks. is considered to be the largest theatre center in the entire world. For a listing of the shows playing in each of the venues located in the center, for ticket prices, or for information on drama teacher's theatre classes, go to http://www.denvercenter.org/Home.aspx.
The Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is located with The Denver Performing Arts Center. The theatre houses 4 different theatre companies and provides a wide variety of different types of theatre.
Getting to the theatre district is not as difficult as one might think. There is public transportation to the area including bus service and light rail. In addition, there are several hotels where guests can stay in the theatre district–no need to worry about transportation! There are two parking garages where visitors can park; fees are about $8 to $12. Guests can also eat at one of the many restaurants which have parking and walk to the theatre.
For more information on visiting the Denver Theatre District, or for information on The Denver Performing Arts Center, you can go online to http://www.artscomplex.com/VisitorInformation/FAQ/tabid/94/Default.aspx or http://denvertheatredistrict.com


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After seven years and a £90-million refurbishment, the former Surrey home of Lord Beaverbrook has been transformed into the ultimate country house hotel. Jessica Jonzen pays a visit.
'Some people take drugs, I take Max.' So said Winston Churchill about Lord Beaverbrook, the mischievous press baron whose former estate, Cherkley Court, near Box Hill in Surrey, has become the most original country hotel opening since Babington House.
The spirit of the irreverent Lord Beaverbrook, who put a fountain in his outdoor swimming pool and installed a grotto underneath the house, lives on in the luxurious but unstuffy 18-room hotel. Set in 400 acres, with a private members' golf club (where fees are rumoured to be £100,000 per year), two restaurants (including the Japanese Grill with Nobu alumni Taiji Maruyama as Head Chef) and soon-to-open spa, Beaverbrook is a spoiling treat of a hotel.
ABOVE Sublime sushi from the Japanese Grill
It also, without doubt, has the most beautiful rooms I've ever stayed in. It is no small coincidence that the same interior designer – Susie Atkinson – was commissioned for both Beaverbrook and Babington, and she has executed her latest project brilliantly. In the wrong hands, the sheer scale of the house with its vast rooms and vertiginous ceilings could make the hotel take on a chilly froideur, but Atkinson has imbued it with warmth and comfort.
The morning room, with its far-reaching views across the North Downs, is filled with artfully mis-matched sofas and armchairs, ensuring there is a cosy spot for anyone who saunters in. The walls are upholstered in silk, and curtains as thick as 10-tog duvets frame the windows.
In the dining room, sofas are lined in silk velvet, the walls hung with specially commissioned Venetian glass mirrors. In the Parrot Bar, tasselled lamps and bronze furnishings are the perfect supporting act to the stunning Rupert Bevan-constructed 1920s-style brass counter.
ABOVE The Art Deco-style Parrot Bar
A colourful Gerhard Richter tapestry in the glass-domed lobby cuts through the chintz, preventing it from feeling twee. The overarching feel is one of nostalgic good taste with a modern sensibility.
Interiors aside, the house tells a terrific story. Churchill was such a regular house guest that he had his own North-facing bedroom, all the better for painting in. The listed bathtub – which he soaked in whilst smoking a cigar, drinking a glass of whiskey and dictating notes to his beleaguered private secretary – has been restored, no doubt at huge expense. (The listed loo seat in the Ian Fleming room apparently cost £700 to replace, giving you an idea of both the investment and attention to detail at Beaverbrook). The panelled Art Deco cinema, where Churchill and Beaverbrook would watch Pathé films sent back from the war, has also beenpainstakingly restored for your viewing pleasure.
ABOVE Winston Churchill's bathroom, where the former Prime Minister dictated notes to his private secretary
BELOW The bathroom of the Ian Fleming Room
The bedrooms are named after the starry roster of Lord Beaverbrook's guests, including Ian Fleming, Rudyard Kipling and Elizabeth Taylor. I stayed in 'her' room and it was every bit as fabulousas you'd expect. The bathroom, withits double marble shower, freestandingbath and voile-draped window is almost too good to leave.
ABOVE The opulent bathroom of the Elizabeth Taylor Room (below)
The main house opened at the end of last year, after the first stage of 'project Beaverbrook', the more informal and family-friendly Garden House. The scheme here was executed by interior designer Nicola Harding, and if the main house makes you sit up a little straighter, the Garden House is like a weekend away at a friend's beautiful country house. We enjoyed a terrific roast for Sunday lunch in the restaurant, which contrasted nicely with the refined modern Japanese we enjoyed in the main house the night before.
ABOVE The Garden House dining room
If you're looking for a thrill of a weekend away, make like Churchill and pay Beaverbrook a visit.


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New Album 'Cascader'
In 1984 Sal Paradise signed a five year deal with Arista records. He had invented a unique style fusing Moroccan beats, moog synthesisers and huge bell-like choruses. His first album 'Shimmer' became the soundtrack to the massive action feature film 'Die Storie' directed by the legendary Eckhart Schmidt. Sal's music has subsequently been used in many different films and ads, and still sells units to this day especially in middle Europe where he made his name.
Sal continues to write in that style to this day and recently had a hit internet video with 'Switch Me Off'.
One of many comments..'I remember to the German movie 'Die Story'. Didn't like the movie but watched it several times on video only because of this song. Still stucks in my head since back the day. Werner Poeschl
Soundtrack from the feature film 'Wie Treu Ist Nik?'
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Bed sheets are something that you use every day. They are something that you use more often than you think. Most people don't realize just how much time that they spend in their beds during their life time. However, it is a lot of hours.
That is why it is important to make sure that the bed sheets you choose for your home are the best bed sheets available! You can find the best bed sheets for your home by looking online at websites like bedspace.
Of course, you can read more here. However, after a ton of research myself, I believe that the best types of bed sheets you can get is deep pocket flannel sheets.
I bought my first set of deep pocket flannel bed sheets a few weeks ago, and I have never felt anything like it before. I thought that I loved my silk bed sheets, but they have nothing on my deep pocket flannel sheets.
You can find your own set of deep pocket flannel sheets by visiting the site that I mentioned above. You can also learn more about deep pocket flannel sheets by doing a little research online.
The site that I have mentioned offers a variety of different colors of deep pocket flannel sheets that are available for a great price. There are also a few different designs and sizes of the deep pocket flannel sheets available on this site. So you are sure to find something that you will treasure for the rest of your life.
This site defiantly has the best deep pocket flannel sheets online. Of course, you would like more information, you can visit here.
Shopping for your dog can be a lot harder than you think. Especially when it comes to choosing a dog toy. It took me a long time before I finally found a dog toy that my little Pom loved.
Shopping for a dog can be daunting. Even more daunting is finding a store for your do that can serve as kind of a home base for your shopping needs. While there are plenty of online stores that sell decent products you are not always looking specifically at prices. Sometimes you need to look at the way the site is presented as well. Here are the things you need to look for when shopping online for your pooch.
When you are trying to find a store to procure all of your pet related items it needs to be a place that actually seems to value your pet as opposed to merely looking at your dog as a money machine. You can tell whether or not your dog is valued by the way their content is written and the kind of products that they emphasize. They will go that extra mile to have a personal touch that you will not get from some of the bigger retail chains that you may have shopped at before.
For example, on Doggy Bakery's website you will find an assortment of toys but you will also find fencing options and content that is written to better teach dog owners how to take care of their dog. The people behind that particular page are passionate about the well-being of dogs everywhere.
Like I said, this is where I found Harpers favorite toy. It is an interactive dog toy that she loves. It is called a tether tug and it is wonderful. She can play with at any time. No matter if I am home or not. It is by far the best dog toy that I have ever purchased!
So, if you would like to learn more about dog toys and how to choose the best one for your dog, take a look here. Or you can watch the video below!
Last week, a friend of mine came to visit me from Mississippi. She didn't grow up with a lot of money but she is the best person that I have ever met in my entire life. So you can say that I was beyond thrilled that she was coming to spend a week with me!
Once she arrived at my house, I showed her to the guest room. I love my best friend more than anything, but lets face it, I don't want to share my bed with anyone. If I did, I would probably have a boyfriend, haha.
Keep in mind that this was my friend Kandis's first time at my new place. So when she walked into the guest room for the first time, the very first thing that she noticed was that the bed covers were thick. I remember her telling me that they were the thickest bed covers that she had ever seen in her entire life.
I told her that it was probably because it was an Egyptian cotton duvet cover set. Of course she had no idea what that meant. And lets be honest, if I hadn't have been raised by my mother, who has an obsession with Egyptian cotton, I probably wouldn't have known what it was either.
So I explained what a duvet cover was and why I chose to use Egyptian cotton sheets for every bedroom in my home. Then I had to tell her why I chose to get a 1,200 thread count set instead of a 600 thread count. She really had no idea that the different threads were so important. But then again, most twenty one year old don't know the difference between thread counts.
We had to have stayed on this subject for about two hours before she finally changed the subject. However, that did not stop her from talking about the bed sheets all week long. Every morning she would tell me how wonderful the bed sheets were and how they were the softest bed sheets that she had ever slept on.
Then right before she left to go back home, I wrote the name of the website that I purchased the Egyptian cotton bed sheets and duvet covers from, Luxury of the Pharaohs.
Before Kandis came to visit me, I never realized how soft Egyptian cotton really was. But now, I can say with one hundred percent certainty that Egyptian cotton is the softest fabric that there is!
You can read more here.
If you are a new parent to a baby then you know that bedtime has grown to be an incredibly difficult affair if you are not careful. Suddenly you cannot simply go to bed when you feel like. You have to develop a routine and stick with it in order to ensure that your baby and you get a good night's sleep. Inevitably the baby will wake up in the middle of the night and it is important that you are able to get the baby to get back to sleep quickly. Have you ever thought that your baby's sheet could be ruining their sleep?
Think about what happens when you lay your baby down to sleep. What is the first thing that they come into contact with? It is the sheet. If the sheet is uncomfortable in any way at all it can be a big problem. On to of that is the fact that if your baby were to throw up in the middle of the night you then have to initiate the cleanup process to get your baby back to sleep. You have to pick up the baby and then you have to wrestle with the mattress in order to get the fitted sheet off of it and then you have to wrestle again in order to add the new fitted sheet. You need simplification. You need the QuickZip fitted sheet system.
You can learn about the QuickZip system here: http://sunflower-press.com/struggle-real-fitted-sheets-finally-replaced/. However, here is a very basic rundown of what the QuickZip system is. Imagine wrapping the entire mattress with one fitted sheet that zips completely closed at the top. Now imagine that anytime that the sheet gets dirty you could simply unzip it and put on a replacement in less than a minute. That is the kind of convenience that the QuickZip system offers.
There is another very important function of the QuickZip, safety. One of the worst things that can happen while you are asleep is your baby getting tangled up by the fitted sheet because it has come unfixed from the mattress. With the QuickZip this is not something you have to worry about happening as the sheet is completely fixed to the mattress. This means that you and your partner have increased the odds that your baby will have a good and safe night's sleep.
Ultimately the QuickZip fitted sheet system is the perfect thing for new parents and those with more experience. This is a must own item no matter how you slice it. Don't lose anymore sleep or peace of mind. Get the QuickZip system today and see what it can do for you.


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For merely fitness, most arts will do. Being proficient in most arts requires sound mind AND body! The intention of Karena's weblog is to carry consideration to the humanities of each genre; bringing inspiration to those that learn her features on Artists, Architects, Interior Designers, Jewelry, Fashion Designers and more. The eagerness in digital arts is likely one of the principal factors that drives your expertise to change into profitable in the industry. Wushu lessons supply kids the essential abilities to grow to be robust and determined whereas enjoying it.
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Vienna Thompkins
Vienna Thompkins is a Researcher in the Brennan Center's Justice Program. She works in the program's law and economics research team, where she conducts research and data analytics for issues related to mass incarceration.
Prior to joining the team as a Researcher, Thompkins worked with the Justice Program's incentives team beginning in April 2017 as a graduate intern, during her studies at Northeastern University. She graduated from Northeastern in December 2017, with a Master of Public Administration degree and a Data Analytics Certificate. While at Northeastern, she focused on the intersection of technology and policy, culminating in a thesis regarding the use of algorithms in the criminal justice system.


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Udit Narayan Jha (उदित नारायण झा), popularly known as Udit Narayan is a playback singer in commercial Nepali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada language cinema. Narayan has sung more than 15,000 songs in more than 20 different languages.
Udit Narayan was born in Bhardah, in Saptari district in the Terai plains of Nepal in 1955 . He received training from Pandit Dinkar Kaffini. He began his career by singing in Nepali, Maithili and Bhojpuri . He was initially denied a job at Radio Nepal . He sang folk songs for Radio Nepal throughout the early 1970s. In 1978, he moved to Mumbai on a music scholarship. In Mumbai, he was trained in Indian classical music for six years at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
He got his first break in 1980, when noted music director (composer) Rajesh Roshan asked him to do a song for the Hindi film Unees Bees, in which he got opportunity to sing with his inspiration, Mohammed Rafi. However, the actual success story of his career began in 1988 with the successful Bollywood movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, earning him a Filmfare Award.[3] The film also brought actor Aamir Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and playback singer Alka Yagnik to stardom. After the success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, he became one of the leading playback singers in the Indian film industry, lending his voice mostly in Aamir Khan movies like Dil, and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander. At the same time, he became a well-known celebrity in Nepal and sang in many popular Nepalese movies. He even acted in some Nepalese movies like Kusume Rumal and Pirati, but did not achieve that much success.
He has worked with musicians like Rahul Dev Burman, Jagjit Singh, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal Bhardwaj, A. R. Rahman, Nadeem-Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Shankar Mahadevan, Himesh Reshammiya, Pritam Chakraborty, Vishal-Shekhar etc., and leading directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Karan Johar, etc. These include Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Devdas, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Swades, Veer Zaara, etc. Throughout the 1990s, he was one of the most successful singers in India. In 1995, his song "Mehndi Lagake Rakhna" from the movie Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge won him his second Filmfare Award after 7 years.[citation needed] The following year, he was nominated for three songs out of five and won his third National award for the song "Pardesi Pardesi" from Raja Hindustani.
Udit Narayan is considered one of the most prominent singers of his generation along with Kumar Sanu and Sonu Nigam. He has worked with musicians like Rahul Dev Burman, Jagjit Singh, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal Bhardwaj, and A. R. Rahman. Narayan has collaborated with a variety of singers, including Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Anup Jalota, and Pankaj Udhas.
His repertoire includes songs in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu, Tamil, English and Malayalam. At the same time, his discernible Nepalese accent and distinct pronunciation have been criticized by music critics who find it difficult to decipher words in his songs.
He has worked in Nepalese films as well, in particular for composer Shambhujeet Baskota. During his early singing career, he performed songs composed by Shiva Shankar, Natikaji and Gopal Yonzan. In 2004, he released his first private Nepalese album Upahaar, in which he also sang duets with his wife Deepa Jha. At the Hits FM Awards 2004 he won awards in two major categories for the album, Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Some of Narayan's other private albums are Bhajan Sangam, Bhajan Vatika, I love You, Dil Deewana, Yeh Dosti, Love is Life, Jhumka de Jhumka, Sona No Ghadulo, Dhuli Ganga, and Ma Tarini.
Narayan has performed in many stage shows in India and abroad and is the recipient of a large number of awards. These include Screen Videocon Award, MTV Best Video Award and Pride of India Gold Award.
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Udit n deepaji best couple in the world so cute jodi and your songs also
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BLACK. The voice of every movie trailer speaks.
Voiceover: Debuting 3rd September. A new series comes to WwW.
Shadows. Not the heavy darkness of a cloudy night, but perhaps the shadowy darkness of a sky filled with storm clouds and even the first hints of fog on the air. The shadows fall upon a hedge, it seems to be unremarkable, but hushed voices come from behind it, the first is deep and carries traces of anger.
Voice: I don't care, that little girl gave me the creeps.
A second voice, not as deep as the first, but clearly still masculine. This one is laced with an earnestness that some might find attractive.
Voice 2: Either way, it was worth following her.
A third voice, male still but a little more playful.
Voice 3: You're such a drag Duros. It's done.
Which allows us to put a name to the first voice.
Duros: Shut up. I'm here aren't I?
Voice 3: Are you really scared of a little girl?
A fourth voice, this time feminine.
Voice 4: He has a point. She can't have been more than 10, I know we're way beyond civilisation out here, but a child wandering in to a shadowland alone is still a bit odd.
Duros: That's all I'm saying.
Voice 2: Which is exactly why we should be here.
The fifth and final voice now chimes in. Another male voice, this one is more clipped and efficient with perhaps the slightest touch of pomposity.
Voice 5: Having come this far it would seem foolish to turn back now, and we shouldn't lose our quarry.
Duros: Fine
From behind the hedge two figures emerge, both wearing impressive suits of armour, both with concealed faces. The armour is blending into the background, and would be difficult to see were we not already looking directly at it, yet is still recognisable as two different suits of armour of the immaculate dragons. The first, shorter figure moves with a practised assurance, low and steady, the second taller and more imposing with a little more jerkiness, this is a body more used to arrogance or the grace needed on a dancefloor than sneaking through a forest in the dead night but still competent enough to not draw the attention.
A brief pause, and three more figures come round the hedge, a striking wood aspect, her breastplate and powerbow both dark green and camouflaged into the woodland, she doesn't appear to be sneaking and yet somehow the plants around her are exactly where she needs them to be to minimise noise and maximise concealment. A tall, thin water aspect is next, doing his best to move silently but struggling a little, he looks displeased to have been forced into this situation.
The last to emerge is the most startling of all. As the eyes begin to search for the next pair of legs, instead a blade emerges at knee height. A man is crouched on it, and it floats a foot above the ground. He shifts his weight a mere fraction, steering his mount with practised ease and tipping it just into our view we can see it is a wonderful example of the rare Windblade Class Personal Transport. Whilst perhaps a little more visually conspicuous it is soon clear that a great deal is made up in silence as the Windblade drifts slowly past the foliage with not even the slightest hint of a sound.
We turn to see the mismatched fivesome on their progress through the forest, the front two now communicating with hand signals to direct the others. In the distance about to slip out of sight we see a small figure with long black hair and a long white cloak, this certainly seems to be the young girl in question.
A building, covered in leaves and vines. The stone is dark green, or is it black? The lighting is as bad as before, perhaps worse, the air still seems to hang thick and heavy over everything. The five dragon bloods we met earlier stand in the foreground, talking in more normal voices now.
Duros (in the light blue armour): So we all know there was something deeply wrong with that little girl, right?
Wood Aspect: Yuh, you can feel the power radiating off this place right, Adrus?
Adrus (in the red armour): I'm sure we all can Ekara. But that just makes it more important to find out what's going on here.
Air Aspect (on his windblade): I dunno, I mean, spooky much?
Adrus: C'mon we all wanna know what's inside, don't we.
Ekara: I guess...
The air aspect shrugs and glances momentarily at the water aspect, who has yet to speak. He nods, gently. And that seems to end the conversation. The five terrestrials walk slowly towards the entrance.
A room, much better lit than outside, the walls and floor are the same green/black stone as outside but covered in arcane sigils, the ceiling is lost in darkness. A large round hole seems to fill the centre of the room, but there is plenty of space on each side. There is a large sturdy looking wooden door, the iron fittings not quite in the best repair. A tall, toned, pale figure lounges next to it, tossing a throwing knife up and down in his hand. His armour is disconcerting, it seems black and yet there is the hint of moving white shapes somehow within it. His greasy black hair flops over one eye not unattractively, and he smirks, brushing it out before resuming playing with his knife.
The door opens and in walks the small girl from earlier in the same white cloak. She is as pale as the man, and somehow it is more surprising on such an otherwise angelic face. She doesn't glance at the man to her right, but instead begins to walk across the room to our right, again we turn to follow her, but as the main features of the room come into view she seems suddenly insignificant.
A dais occupies the end of the room and on it a throne, built from jade, moonsilver and soulsteel, accompanied in velvets black, dark red and dark green. Adorned with skulls and distorted faces, it is clearly designed to be imposing. Behind it a huge artifact hangs on the wall, circular divided into sections. Strange characters in each segment, sometimes one, sometimes two but most have three. The artifact seems to have been built mostly from jade, with hints of starmetal, cast into a frame made of circles of moonsilver and spokes of intertwined orichalcum and soulsteel.
A woman stands it front of it, her back to us, blood red hair in a tight bun over flowing black robes, her skin the same sickly pale colour as the other two occupants of the room. Her hands are tracing over the sigils and there is muttering on the very edge of being audible. The young girl kneels before the throne but the woman doesn't turn. The girl waits.
As nothing seems to be happening for the moment we withdraw slightly to get a better view of the totality. A higher vantage point shows us all that we have so far taken in, with one additional point. The hole in the floor we identified earlier is not empty as we might have suspected or bottomless as we might have feared. Rather a foot below the level of the floor it is filled with some sort of viscous liquid, rippling and swirling in a multitude of colours.
The door bursts open a second time, and the air aspect flies in, spinning and twisting to occupy a position near us, overlooking the rest of the room. His bow is drawn. Duros and Adrus tumble into the room too, back to back with weapons drawn, Ekara and the Water aspect stay in the doorway, allowing their more adventurous companions to assess things first.
The woman at the artifact doesn't even turn, she speaks and her voice resonates with a multitude of timbres, and a primal shiver of terror runs up even the most steadfast of spines.
Woman: "Dispose of them."
The young girl spins, rising and drawing a child sized serpent-sting staff, built in soulsteel. Her face is no longer sweet and angelic, her eyes and lips are both blood red and her mouth is filled with sharp teeth as she grins. She deflects the arrow loosed from the Air Aspect on the Windblade, released as she rose, but a second arrow from the Wood aspect in the doorway grazes her shoulder. The two dragon armoured men stalk towards her, as the water aspect steps a little way inside the room, but they are interrupted by a couple of knives hitting them from the shadows, the man from earlier suddenly reappearing.
The man in the air armour simply points, uttering two names brusquely.
Duros "Adrus, Taris."
He pops his claws with a SNIKT, and advances on the small girl, their artifact weapons clash, thrust swipe and parry. The two exalts both have remarkable dexterity and they dance around each other neither gaining the upper hand, their animas flaring, each looking for an opening. Their staccato duet is interrupted by the regular flap of an arrow from on high, yet even coordinating their efforts the two Blooded cannot pierce the girl's defences. Adrus and Taris have charged into combat with the greasy-haired man and though he is also fighting reasonably defensively they are having an equally difficult time gaining an upper hand. Ekara has stepped into the room a little way, and arrow on her bow and is trying to line up a shot at the same man, but the three battling exalts are moving too chaotically for her to do so. The little girl is the first to make progress in frantic ringing of weapon on weapon. She ducks under a strike from Duros grabbing him around the waist and with a strength belying her small size she rolls backwards, throwing him across the room.
Duros lands with an almighty crash on the large artifact behind the throne. He slides down the wall groggily landing on the floor head first, limply. The seams in the great dial are glowing with powerful magical energies, and there is just the fraction of a second for realisation to set in before a great explosion rips through the piece. Two things happen simultaneously, the pool in the middle of the room begins to churn, the motion and the colour swirls increasing in violence. The shards of the artifact follow a similar pattern in the air of the room, as it is filled with a swirling vortex of components. There is an incoherent scream of rage from the woman, she reaches over to Duros who is beginning to come round. She literally rips him into two pieces, splattering his innards across her throne, and flings his remains into the pool. They disappear rapidly beneath the waves, and there are cries or moans of dismay from his companions. She begins moving her hands in complex patterns, weaving essence through the air.
The shock of their friends death throws the others off their stride, yet they cannot let up for all their lives are in danger. Adrus continues to fight the assassin to a stand-still with Taris providing assistance. Yet the small girl is winding up for another epic strike. Her staff pulses with a red light and she flings her arm forward and her staff extends towards Adrus' back. Yet the girl is not fast enough as Ekara catches her movement out of the corner of her eye. She yells 'Adrus' and flings herself between him and the staff, trying to deflect it with her bow, her effort is futile but she has interposed her own body between the weapon and Adrus. The staff pierces her breast, sinking deep enough for the tip to emerge on the other side. Pools of red spread across both sides of her torso, her body goes rigid rather than limp however and spasms in pain as the staff pulses. The small girl's triumphant giggle is turned into a despairing gurgle however as an arrow from the Air aspect finds her throat. A second follows swiftly into her gut, and she sinks to her knees coughing blood, her own life ending a mere second after she took Ekara's.
Ekara's last words are an inaudible mutter as the rooms' mistress completes her incantation. The entire room flashes with necrotic energy, flinging all the other occupants to the floor. But even this powerful creature has underestimated the forces she is dealing with. The swirling chaos of the room has become focused, and the shards of the great creation, as well as the pieces of it's frame are now being sucked into the pool. The bodies, limp and helpless from her spell have been lifted into the air as well and are also circling, tipping towards the pool.
The three surviving dragon bloods and the greasy haired warrior seem to struggle against the flow in vain. The two lifeless bodies precede them into the coloured vortex, but not by much. The three friends claw desperately for each others hands, managing to find at least a fingertip to hold before the well claims them.
Three bodies fall from a couple of feet up onto a metal floor. They are in a long corridor built of metal panels. The lights flicker, audibly, there are sounds in the distance perhaps a tapping perhaps a hissing. From one of them, it's not clear who, there are two words.
Voice: "Oh Boy"
Power Chords. We see the wheel in all it's glory, spinning fast, just too fast to read, but the occasional symbol is legible. The title appears over the image, the font just drifting into the ostentatious.
A smiling Fire Aspect, his eyes twinkling as he runs a hand through his hair. Superimposed: CardinalSin.
A stern water aspect, standing he proffers his hand for a handshake. Superimposed: Oneiros.
A laughing Air aspect, he zooms towards the camera, swerving only at the last moment. Superimposed: Blackrat.
The chords have been speeding up and now the sequence of images moves almost too fast to see, crescendoing for the final chords, we can just make out: A countdown timer, the coloured vortex, a desert landscape, the barrel of a firewand, a smirking man, a sailing ship, two men duelling with swords, a mouth filled with viscous saliva and too many teeth, a mountain wreathed in mist, an explosion, a flaming arrow on a bowstring, a man falling past a waterfall, a bloody knife in shadows.
The final shot is the three dragon bloods looking grim, walking towards camera. Superimposed: Created by Brave Sir Robin.
CUT to black. The voiceover speaks again as the scene fades slowly into view.
Voiceover: The story of three heroes, lost in realms of which they've never dreamed. And trying to find a way home.
The metal corridor again. Adrus makes eye contact with the Air Aspect, the three blooded are yet to rise to their feet.
Adrus: "Lief.... Where are we?"
CUT to black.


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D'banj celebrates his father as he turns 70 (PHOTOS)
Singer Adedapo Oyebanji, popularly known as D'banj, on Wednesday celebrated his father as he clocks 70 years.
In a Twitter post, D'banj wrote: "And to the Real Kokomaster, my perfect Role Model, my father Celebrating 70 years of Grace. I Love you dad!
Wow! that Bible big O!!," apparently reacting to the big Bible gifted the father.
He also took to his instagram page to say, "And to the Real kokomaster, the one and only, my king, my perfect Role Model, my mentor, my Pastor, my father. Without
"Without you, I wouldn't be here nor even be rooted with the right Foundation knowing Christ is the way, truth and life. Thanks for the best Gift ever and for bringing this Fine Boy to this world. OoooSssHhhEee. Love you dad, General on check one time Salute."


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Saturday, September 23, 2006
Jeanne asked for the recipe : my pleasure !
For a "family casserole", you will need :
- About 2 lbs peeled and sliced pumkin,
-4 sliced leeks (take off the green part),
- 4 medium-size sliced potatoes
- 1 chicken breast (without bones)
- 2 sliced onions
- 1 table spoon tomato concentrate
- One cup of milk (or cream)
- salt, pepper, nutmeg.
(Sometimes, I also add a teaspoon of curry powder - it gives an "oriental" taste
You may as well choose to add some ginger - for a "glamourous" supper for two...).
How to
1. Bring 2 liters water boiling and let the chicken breast cook in it for about 15 mins. (no salt yet ! it hardens the flesh), then chop it and put it back in the water
2. Add leeks, pumpkin, potatoes,and onions slices + salt, pepper, nutmeg and let gently cook for about 30 to 40 mins (no boiling). (You will notice that I'm an "about" cooker).
3. Mix the whole (normally it has a "light creamy" texture.... otherwise : do it again !).
4. Add milk or cream (+ chopped parsley, when handy). Taste, enjoy !
*** Kids just love this soup (DH too !). When I want it a "complete meal", I add cooked white round rice in the soup (count one handful per person + double volume salted water), and I serve it with brown bread, butter and a cheese assortment plate........
Bon appétit !
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Ooh! Can't wait to make a veggie version of this later this week! Thanks for the recipe. Cute picture, too!ReplyDelete
Sounds nice. I want to know how to make the pumpkin!ReplyDelete
Sounds wonderful - when you say "Mix the whole" do you mean blend in food processer or blender?ReplyDelete
Also - my husband and I spent a few days in Brugge in 1994 and had a wonderful chicken and pasta dish with Gruyere cheese melted on top and angel hair pasta - we tried to make it at home a few times -never could quite do it -- the food and beer in Belgium is so wonderful.
Sounds wonderful. I too am wondering whether you use a food processor. I'm also wondering whether you could use canned pumpkin and how to change it if one does. I'm more likely to do that than to take the seeds out of a pumpkin and cut it up. I presume you also peel it?ReplyDelete
Your Pumpkin Soups looks yummy and sounds delightful. My sister and her husband won a trip to Jamaica a few years back. She said that nearly every meal they were served something pumpkin...most often soup. And lots of fish and chicken.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your recipe and hints. Perhaps it would be fun to serve for an upcoming event at my sister's quilt store.
This sounds great,,,and easy to make vegetarian :O)... will give this a try!! Thanks :O)ReplyDelete


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Over four years ago I spent four long days in the hospital, giving birth to my younger son and recovering after a c-section. Washing oneself was out of question, I had to take a little cot on wheels with Eddie everywhere I went, even to the toilet. I understand the nurses are busy (well, most of the time, when they are not chatting idly and looking through you when you need them), and there was nobody to ask to look after my son if I wanted to have a quick shower. When my husband was able to visit (he was working, plus our older son needed looking after), I tried to at least have an uninterrupted meal in the evening and talked to him, trying to catch up on the news at home. I wish in those days I knew about Equip, a range of waterless hygiene products. It would have been very handy to use them in the hospital.
I have recently received a range of Equip products for testing and reviewing... I tested all of them, and here are the results.
I always carry with me a packet of baby wipes, for all kinds of accidents. Just recently, when we travelled to Cornwall by car, and my little man kept being sick, they were very handy, and I used half a packet for sure, to clean him and wipe the seat. Yet again, I wish I had a packet of Equip with us for a more durable sturdy cleansing product.
Equip Waterless Wash 24 oversized wipes are 30cm long wipes, for cleansing, moisturising and deorodrising. They are pretty big, and thus convenient for grown-ups to get cleaner faster. It contains a blend of coconut extract, aloe vera and Karanja nut for a soothing fresh feeling. They are mild and kind to skin, being dermatologically tested and PH balanced. The fragrance is mild, not overwhelming. In a way, it is like a small wet towel. I bet these wipes would be super handy in many situations where you cannot get access to a shower, like during camping, festivals or after sports.
Equip Waterless Wash 24 protective wipes are pre-moistened protective hygiene wipes, designed for your most intimate places. Specially formulated with Canadian Willow herb, which is known for its anti-itch properties, these wipes are perfect for cleansing, refreshing and protecting the skin. I can think of quite a few situations when you might need to use them, like when going to the dreaded smear test, and some other unpleasant invasive medical appointments, or again, camping etc, where washing facilities are limited.
Equip Waterless Wash Super-thick wash mitts are strong and durable. After using this product, you are feeling clean and refreshed. These super-thick mitts are spun-lace, they keep moisture well, and one mitt is enough to clean large areas.
All the wipes are really moist, the sealed packets prevent them from drying. And because they are bigger than standard baby wipes, you can clean yourself (or someone else) much faster. They are dermatologically tested, pH balanced, and formulated to be kind to skin.
I have also tried a waterless wash shampoo cap, which I confess I did with a slight hesitation. Though I have used dry shampoo like Batiste in the past, I am not very keen on it. I wear my hair pretty long, and it needs a good rinse. But I was brave and opened the sealed packed. It contained a wet shower cap, with a plastic outside layer and a very moist inside layer.
Instructions say: Place the cap on the head, covering all the hair and gently massage thoroughly for 2-3 minutes, as massaging activates the shampoo and conditioner.
First impressions? It feels quite odd to have a wet cap on the head, but it's not unpleasant. While you massage the shampoo in, the scalp feels refreshed. After working the solution through my hair, I used the towel to dry it. My hair, though washed, wasn't quite what I expected. Once it dried, it was quite dull-looking, and I felt it still needed a good rinse. I couldn't wait to wash my hair again, this time with water, the next day. I don't know if it is because my hair is long. I would like to know if someone else with shorter hair tried it, and if they liked it.
To be fair, I think it is a great concept, but it still needs working on. It might be a good idea to have two shower caps perhaps, one with shampoo/conditioner, another just like a giant wet wipe for "rinsing"?!
Apart from the shampoo cap which is not perfect, the range of wipes is excellent, and could be very handy during long trips, camping or a stay in the hospital.


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- One concern for direct donors is the scope for fraud, but this does not appear to be a problem with organizations like GiveDirectly and CARE, both of which have credible reputations and practices. Tweet
- One-to-one funding can bring about systemic change, reaching into whole communities that cannot access formal financial structures — either because banks won't take the risk, or because people are not financially literate. Tweet
- Oxfam looked at crowdfunding and concluded that it was more useful for very specific projects — for example, building a sanitation system — than for generating funds for systemic change or re-balancing the ownership of "public goods," which is Oxfam's remit. Tweet
- Younger activists are intensive users of technology and direct messaging. #BringBackOurGirls in Nigeria from April 2014 raised awareness among millions of young people but is project specific, not like Oxfam's long-term aim for broader social change. Tweet
- Disintermediation is building up advocacy from the grass roots, bringing change from the bottom-up. But it is uncertain what sort of revolutionary movement it is likely to cause over the next few years. Tweet
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Our head of copy went on sabbatical to explore the wonders of South America.
Writing postcards can a chore. How often do we not get round to it till we're on our way back?
To ease the effort and give him maximum time for the fun bits, we prewrote some for him...
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College girl kidnapped from Bhopal, rescued from Ajmer
A 22-year-old college student, abducted from Bhopal late last month, was rescued from Rajasthan's Ajmer on Tuesday and one of her two alleged abductors was arrested, the police said here on Wednesday.bhopal Updated: Sep 08, 2016 12:00 IST
A 22-year-old college student, abducted from Bhopal late last month, was rescued from Rajasthan's Ajmer on Tuesday and one of her two alleged abductors was arrested, the police said here on Wednesday.
Rachna Parmar, a BSc student with city-based Maharani Laxmi Bai College, was allegedly abducted by Raja alias Ranveer Singh and his accomplice Babloo alias Sadiq — both private bus drivers — near her college on August 30.
Raja, 35, is the driver of a Blue Line private bus on Mandideep-Bhopal-Mandideep route. The girl used to travel daily in his bus, the police said.
"We have arrested the prime accused Raja and are conducting raids to nab Sadiq, who used his old car to kidnap the college girl from near her college and also sent SMSes to her father for `20 lakh ransom," said superintendent of police (Bhopal North) Arvind Saxena.
"Acting on specific inputs, we raided a hotel in Ajmer and rescued the girl from the clutches of Raja," said additional superintendent of police (Bhopal crime branch) Shailendra Chauhan, whose team along with Shyamala Hills police cracked the case.
Probe revealed that as Rachna was daily travelling in Raja's bus, he developed friendly relations with her by reserving seats for her and her friends in the bus.
During the period, Raja came to know that Rachna belongs to a wealthy family and started planning a plot to extort money from her father.
On August 7, Raja and Sadiq sent a threatening letter to the girl's father Bhopal Singh Parmar, a premier labour contractor in Mandideep town in the industrial hub of adjoining Raisen district.
They also dropped a letter near her house that they would kill the entire family if the ransom money was not given.
Bhopal Singh Parmar lodged a case of criminal intimidation via anonymous communication with the Mandideep police.
"Following the threats, Rachna opted to shuttle between her collage and home with maternal uncle Swarup Singh Parmar," police officer Saxena said.
"On August 30, she reached the college with by her uncle. When Swarup Singh Parmar returned to the college at 1 pm to take her home, he could not find her. A missing person complaint was lodged with Shymala Hills police.
"In the evening, Rachna's father started to receive text messages about his daughter's abduction and demand of `20 lakh ransom," he said.
Following abducting, the kidnappers locked the girl in Sadiq's house in Bhopal's Ibrahimpura and later took her in a car to different places, including Indore, Ahmedabad, Mount Abu and Ajmer.
During investigation, the police came to know that the driver of the bus in which Rachna and her friends used to travel has been missing since August 7 and it led the crime branch to Ajmer.
Raja, during grilling, said he and Sadiq were zeroing in on kidnapping Rachna or her younger brother Ashish for ransom.
As Rachna's movement was known to them, they decided to kidnap her.
"On August 30, Raja met the girl on the pretext that he knew the people who were threatening her family. She accompanied Raja and Sadiq in latter's car to know about those people. Once outside the city, they told her the truth and also claimed that they will kill her younger brother, who was kidnapped by them. She had no option but to abide by their diktats," said additional SP Chauhan.
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The Challenge: How to balance the very brightly lit white ceiling without blowing out highlights & retaining some color in the stained glass while properly exposing the dark floor. I wasn't planning on snapping this type of shot & therefore, not fully equipped with any cords, transmitters, or modifiers. But, alas, I found myself presented with a nicely decorated holiday scene (at the lovely Bayfront Marin House B&B) with a loaner 8-15mm Canon Fisheye lens in hand. I needed to add light to the floor with my external flash mounted on the hotshoe atop the camera body. I could angle my flash just about everywhere, except the floor.
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I love having these AHa! moments when the most obvious solutions reveal themselves to you. This technique can be employed by just about anyone with a flash that can be angled. No need for high tech gear. (Of course, this isn't going to work in every situation, like outdoors with an expansive scene, for example.)
Try this sometime when necessity calls & be prepared to capture the look on your friends' faces as they wonder whether they need to arrange for a designated driver to get you home!
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Believe it or not, the finale of Season 17 of "The Bachelor" is here and the woman of Sean Lowe's dreams will most likely be revealed in dramatic fashion. (Catherine Giudici or Lindsay Yenter?)
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About the "Wide Open" CD:
A very ambitious 15-song undertaking for any band, the Karen Single Band wanted to create an album that will hold it's own for years to come, both in songwriting, and production quality .
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This is the story of a brave, young warrior. Her name is Satori and she lives in a far-off dimension of another universe. Her world is in terrible danger of being completely destroyed. Satori is the 'Chosen One' to travel through time and space to the origins of the terrible danger. Satori's people (the mist beings) live their lives encased in bubble-like fields of energy and color that respond to vibrations of all kinds. Music is their first language and the universal form of communication. "Songs" are created by emotions, and when emotions turn negative, their worlds crystallize, making it impossible to procreate, and causing them to fall and crash violently, shattering upon impact.
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