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Love Song
- Description
- guitar and string quartet
- Duration
- 6
- Genres
- Solo Instrument(s) with Ensemble, String Quartet, Guitar
- First Performance
- 21.8.1999, Sydney Opera House, Australia: Slava Grigoryan/Goldner Quartet
- Availability
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- Programme Notes
- Peter Sculthorpe Love Song for guitar and strings (1997) This work, in its original form, was commissioned by the Darwin Internation Guitar Festival. It was first performed by the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martin Jarvis, with John Williams, soloist, on 12 July 1997. The present arrangement was made especially for Slava Grigoryan and members of the Goldner Quartet. Love Song is a calm, straightforward work, filled with thoughts of friends and friendly places. Its music grows from the falling intervals played by the guitar at the outset. In one movement, the work consists of five sections. Forming an arch, the first section is expanded in the last, and the second section is mirrored in the fourth; the third section, at the centre, acts as an interlude. Unlike much of my music, the work does not set out to evoke a particular landscape. On the other hand, while writing it I was inspired by the thought that it would receive its first performance out –of-doors, its gentle harmonies drifting in tropical evening air. Peter Sculthorpe


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This is the first Divine Time Astrology Podcast! We're really just picking up where we left off with the Astrology Fundamentals2 BlogTalkRadioShow, but with a new format.
Monthly Cosmic Climate Astrological Forecast
I will be doing a monthly forecast on the first of the month, starting October 2013, with regular guest Dr. Steve Moreau, Chinese medical practitioner, Neuro-feedback practitioner, and astrologer. The Cosmic Climate forecasts will include suggestions for your health from the wholistic mindset of Chinese medicine.
Returning Regular Guests
We will have two returning regular guests, same as we had on the BlogTalkRadio show, Ernst Wilhelm, astrologer, teacher, and author of Vedic-Astrology.com and Astrology-Videos.com, and Ryan Kurczak, astrologer, teacher and author!
New Regular Guests
As already mentioned above in the monthly Cosmic Climate Forecast section, Dr. Steve Moreau, will be a new regular guest, and we also have Lydia Waruszynski, of Let's Talk About Love, a relationship educator who specializes in working with engaged and married couples joining us. She is a lot of fun, and we'll be talking about love, sex, marriage, food, and more!
There will be a chance to win a FREE Horary or Vedic birth chart consultation once a month on the Full Moon! The free consultation will be recorded and played on the podcast.
SUMMARY OF FIRST PODCAST EPISODE with Ryan Kurczak:
Ryan is an Ayurveda practitioner as well as an astrologer, which is fascinating to me as astrology and any of the traditional medical models, such as Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, the Chinese medical model used in acupuncture and herbalism, and the traditional western medical model, was once an integral part of practicing medicine.
Since everything on earth was created by the planets in our solar system and every thing is made up of a mixture of the four elements, it only makes sense that your birth chart would hold crucial keys to your health!
You Will Learn:
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- Non-food remedies for cooling off and getting into a peaceful state of mind
- How several planets in water signs can affect you
- and more
Join us, you are likely to hear something helpful to you or someone you know!
Books by Ryan Kurzcak:
The Art and Science of Vedic Astrology: The Foundation Course
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A Course In Tranquility: Integrating Spiritual Practice, Effective Living, & Non Duality
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Raw Foods – Are They Really Better For You?
In my free time I love reading food blogs. Such a great place for new recipe inspiration and ideas! And lately I've been seeing a TON of raw foods and recipes. Raw desserts. Raw tomato sauce. Raw pasta dishes. Raw soup. And even raw mac 'n cheese! Just about any food or dish you can imagine, there seem to be more and more raw versions of them.
So…what's the deal with this new phenomenon? I mean I love a nice salad or some raw veggies and fruit – don't get me wrong – but to eat everything raw? I'm not sure I could do that. Now, I know there are changes that occur to foods during the cooking process – making nutrients, antioxidants and phytochemicals either more or less available to your body and it can change the concentration of nutrients in those foods. But by how much?
I needed to know! What are the benefits of these new raw diets? Are uncooked foods really that much higher in nutrients? Let's take a look at some food chemistry facts:
- Vitamin C and the B Vitamins are the most delicate nutrients found in produce. The longer the fruit or veggie has been on the shelf (in store or at home) the less Vitamin C it contains. The B Vitamin group follow suit in addition to being easily destroyed by temperature and the acidity of foods.
- Frozen produce often has MORE Vitamin C and B Vitamins than fresh because these items are flash frozen at the peak of freshness – saving all their nutrient goodness.
- Microwaving vegetables, compared to steaming or boiling, also showed an INCREASED retention of Vitamin C in produce.
- Tomatoes show an increased bioavailability of the antioxidant lycopene AFTER they've been cooked.
- Fat soluble nutrients, like Vitamins A, D, E and K fare pretty well during steaming and boiling, therefore leaving the produce with a good amount of these nutrients.
After reviewing a few studies, it seems like some fruits and vegetables have increased amounts of one antioxidant or another when raw and then decreased amounts of it when cooked. Basically, it's a tradeoff.
As long as you adhere to healthy cooking techniques (see this post!), no one cooking method is truly better than another. Plus, most of us do eat a combination of raw AND cooked produce (right?) allowing us to get a variety of nutrients in each day. And really…the BEST source of nutrients is the fruit or vegetable you're actually going to eat. So if you're only down for cooked veggies, then eat 'em cooked!
"Effects of Different Cooking Methods on Nutritional and Physicochemical Characteristics of Selected Vegetables" The Journal of Agriculture & Food Chemistry.


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Sainsbury's Home Haul: A Spring Home Update with lots of Scandi influence
Now that Valentine's Day is officially over, I feel like we can really start looking forward to spring. Lighter evenings, tulips and mini eggs, is there a better time of year than spring?
This week I have been adding a touch of spring into my home buying all the tulips and hyacinths I can get my hands on! Truly, the vases of blush blooms dotted around the house and the sunlight streaming in after the coldest week have made my mornings feel so lovely.
After a few weeks of neglecting the house, cheating on interiors with travel plans and trips, I decided an interior update was needed. I have always been an advocate for supermarket homeware ranges, especially Sainsbury's home. The quality of the products and the pricing is unparalleled and they are always on trend with their offerings.
Sainsbury's currently have two key ranges, the Meadow Range and the Helsinki Homeware range. I have listed some of the items from my haul below and shown them stylised in my home, scroll to the bottom to view the full range!
The Helsinki Homeware range
The Helsinki Homeware range is full of all the fabulously simple pieces you would expect, light wood and painted white furniture, mustard and navy soft furnishings, stone and marble accessories and lots of geometric brass pieces! Scandi styling can be incorporated into any home whether you own a modern new build or a more traditional home.
Two-Tone Table
My favourite item from my Sainsbury's home haul has to be the two-tone table. It's such a versatile little piece of furniture and for £25 you can't not buy it! I have used it in my living room as a side table but I am also considering one for the bedroom. The simplistic Scandi design compliments any look or room and is great for displaying all your pretty curiosities.
Office Essentials
A stationary addicts essential, this wire mesh Black notice board is perfect for displaying your prints and polaroids!
This pretty pink geometric cup is a desk essential!
Switch things up with this sweet jar of copper and chrome clips.
Dressing table essentials
This cute two-tone wood and white mirror is the perfect portable getting ready partner that won't be going out of style anytime soon!
This geometric brass jewellery holder is a dressing table essential, fitted into a grey stone base it's a stylish piece that will sit pretty on your dressing table.
Wire Mesh Storage Basket
This lovely little pastel blue wire mesh basket with a wooden lid is a great storage solution for your throws and pillows or even magazines. You can even display all your pretty curiosities on top.
Soft Furnishings
There are so many fabulous bedding and soft furnishing brands around now, but at Sainsbury's, you can get the style for less. These textured bohemian woven cushions work well with all interiors style, especially the Scandi boho look and can be stylised with contrasting designs {See below, all from Sainsbury's home, even the plant}!
The Meadow Range
This Meadow range is full of pretty pieces, lots of pastel greens and pinks with floral and botanical detailing and woodland animal pieces. Perfect if you're a fan of country interiors or looking to add some colour to a more simplistic home for spring.
Meadow Letter Rack
If like me you constantly find yourself hiding letters and newspapers away {In the junk drawer/ cupboard} this pastel-hued letter holder is a great storage hack. I just love the antique brass pull on the little drawer!
This wicker basket is perfect for dressing a corner of your home, whether you use it to store logs next to your fireplace or fill it with these faux hydrangeas and a pretty throw like I did, it is a fantastic piece to incorporate into your living room and for just £18 it is a real steal.
Sainsbury's also offer a really high-quality range of faux botanicals and blooms. I couldn't leave the store without picking up a few stems of these white and pink faux hydrangeas.
This Helsinki Grey Stitch Throw is the perfect transitional throw going between winter and spring. Neutral and super soft.
* Not everything featured in this post is currently available on the Sainsbury's Home website. I often find some stores don't have a huge range of homeware so it is worth researching your nearest large store so you can find the pieces you want. For example, the mirror in this post is not available online or at my local Clitheroe store. However, there is a marble alternative {Also pretty} but I have seen the one in this post in 3 local stores over the past month.*
Thank you for reading and I hope you have found something in this post you love for your own home.


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Be honest, have you ever fantasized about being tied up? If your answer is yes, then you are part of the estimated 60% of males and 45% of females in the U.S who have. Bondage has for decades, been one of the highest ranking sexual fantasies, along with happy ending massages and threesomes.
Nowadays, bondage is a frequent part of BDSM dating and is becoming more practiced than ever before. Media is fueling the rapid spread of bandage. Originally causing uproar in the film Basic Instinct, the more recent Nymphomaniac actually caused bondage rates to saw, showing that these movies have only served to spread the appeal of bondage to a much wider audience.
But why is bondage so popular even when most people don't want to admit to engaging in it? The simple answer is because it really is so exciting! Around 90% of people who try bondage once do it again within the next 6 months, which is certain proof that it really adds often much needed spice to the bedroom.
Here are 5 great reasons why you should try out bondage:
When it comes to great sex, excitement is truly the name of the game. We all know how great it feels the very first time we slept with someone and how that part fades the more we slept with them. This is a natural process which is the same with everything from eating too much of the same food to spending too much hanging out with a friend. The more you do something, the less it is going to excite you.
Whether you are in a long term monogamous relationship or are losing the excitement when it comes to hookup dating, bondage is a great way to throw some excitement into the mix and reignite the thrill of sex.
Tying someone up or being tied up is one of the best ways to reaffirm trust in a relationship. Though you won't discover, until you actually try out activities like bondage or swingers dating, trust itself is actually a powerful aphrodisiac that can heighten the sexual experience dramatically.
Bondage requires a huge amount of trust because once tied up,a person will be completely at the mercy of the person who tied them up. Though the pleasure element does partially reside in not knowing what they will do to you, the only way you can truly relax and enjoy the fun is if you know that the person who is dominating you will not go too far and will stop at the slightest sign that you are unhappy.
Heightens your senses
One of the best parts of bondage is that for the person who is tied up, it multiplies the sensitivity you feel to what is being done to you. Our brains only have so much power, so as we do more things with our body, the attention we pay to certain sensitivities diminishes as others increase. For an example of this, you only need to consider how when a part of your body is suffering from severe pain it drowns out smaller pains or itches that you might have on other parts of your body.
Being tied up focuses your attention on your body's sensitivity because the need to control your body becomes unimportant. A really effective way to heighten the senses even further during bondage is to blindfold the person who has been tied up. When we lose one of our senses the others compensate for this loss, so by removing sight, the mind focuses its attention on sounds and the feelings on the skin. Blindfolding someone tests the trust element also, leading to extremely high levels of excitement and arousal.
So what are you waiting for? It's time to tie up and blindfold your partner.
Let you be dominated or the dominator
A key part of BSDM dating is the power play that underpins all sex. The control and application of power can make all the difference between lousy and great sex. BDSM practitioners all have one thing in common; they are obsessed with power in sex, and manipulating it in more testing ways to heighten the enormous buzz they get from it.
Bondage is the gateway to BDSM sex as it is easy to practice and exciting to most people. When compared to spanking, for example, something which most people don't like, the gentle power of bondage as the reason for its mass appeal becomes apparent.
The sexual excitement when it comes to the dominant and submissive in bondage is really quite different. The dominant who does the tying up will feel a mastery of the situation and excitement in knowing that he or she is in control to act and is able out their fantasies. The submissive will feel an excitement arising from the danger aspect of not knowing what comes next and being totally under the control of the other. Both are equally great feelings but can be very different. This is why when it comes to bondage, most people like to take turns being the dominator and the dominated.
Letting go
The reason that all of us have fantasies is that there are so many things that we can't do in life. We fantasize about all kinds of different things, from being rich, traveling the world, being a superhero to being tied up and dominated by a good looking stranger. Sex is just one area of fantasy, but obviously an important one. The problem is that because of the stigmas that are attached to many types of sexual fantasy, we all feel like they are too dark and seedy for us to try out.
Trying out bondage at all is a huge act of defiance to conservative values that have become attached to sex, but you know what, it really feels great to do! So don't let misguided and old fashioned views keep you from having all the fun you deserve, so grab a trusted partner and try out bondage today!


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Conceptual Cluster 7: Container Technologies
by asahelenastjerna
Since some time, I refuse using the iPod function in my iPhone during my daily travels in public space. I leave the headphones at home. The aim is to avoid letting my listening – this active, sensuous, bodily instrument – becoming appropriated by the very private act iPod-listening in public space generates. One could claim this as media conservative or retrograde, but my position is neither conservative nor retrograde. What it all is about, is that I consider the act of listening of being an active action. The act of listening being an act of producing. What do I chose to produce through my act of listening?
In the wake of the last decades dismantling of the physical public space, replaced by a global virtual space cheered on by a likewise global information capitalism, the specific space the act of iPod listening creates, transformes the public space to a private one; displaces the focus of attention to something disconnected from a situated here. This subject directly relates to the texts by Peter Sloterdijk, Lieven de Cauter and Alice Jardine (et al.) from several perspectives, in which they discuss how politics, technology and bodily-spatial- architectonic isolation stand in an immediate relation to each other. Bodies are both generated and manifested in the way technological achievements are politically adapted. The present conditions of the market are manifested through our bodies, in terms of producing cultural beings.
Sloterdijk states that our living is constructed upon a politically generated culture of mega individualisation in which singular cells (the individual apartments) establish societies constructed out of separated bubbles; so called spheres. The technology helps to maintain this strictly separating structure. "The modern apartment […] is the material realization of a tendency toward cell-formation" (p. 89) "The apartment as an atomic or elementary "egospheric" form […] of which generates individualistic foams (p.90) "This single bubble in a "living foam" forms a container for the self relation of the occupant, who establishes himself in his living unit at the consumer of its primary comforts" (p.92)
Sloterdijk also interestingly claims that "[…]portable music players with headphones – an insulation technology that is the equivalent to the introduction of an acoustic micro-apartment into public space…" (p. 102) Sloterdijk comments on how iPod listening in public space, evoked by a capitalistic market, turns us away from the public space in terms of a shared experience. The act of listening therefore, according to my opinion, can not be said to be anything else then political.
During my travel through Stockholm during rush hours, the public space transforms into a by hundred of thousand of people executed solipsistic iPod-choreography not far from from what Sloterdijk describes as "the setting free of solitary individuals with the help of individualized home and media technologies, and the aggregation of masses, unified in their excitement, with the help of staged events held in "fascinogenic" mass structures."
The individualized headphone culture establishes to a high degree privatized affective states, not shared with the passenger next to him or her, but only with oneself.
The technological separation arising with the consumer based use of iPod/iPhone, enhances a local alienation. It emphasizes the lack of a priority of the local and an exclusion of the neighbouring common. Such a techno-spatial demarcation between what is considered meaningful and meaningless connects to De Cauter's discussion on the societal state of mind, entitled "high-intensity capzularisation." This state, according to De Cauter, emanates from two basic developments: On the one hand the "technological logic of capzularisation" and on the other the "logic of exclusion in a polarized society." The capzularisation influences all disparate layers of society.
Applied to the common market according to De Cauter – formed by a notion of capzularisation as the basic engine of inclusion and exclusion in a dual society – "the structuring of capital in the network society, corresponding to the shift from industrial to "informational capitalism", has brought about a giant social exclusion, a polarization of society in the global economy" (p. 80) and "The rise of the network society and the formation of ghettos are intimately linked." (p. 81)
Also the daily life is heavily affected by this, as we navigates through different capzularisations as "home, "shopping mall", "work". What unites these different modes of capzularisation appears to be an unanimous exclusion of the environment in which they are situated. By placing what is considered as valuable on an "inside", the mental distance to a non-valuable "outside" constantly increases. Bio-politics – migration – the exponential growth of the refuge are extreme conditions caused by the capzularisation where problems are pushed away to an abstract "outside".
– But also the distance to me and the iPod-using passenger next to me on the bus could very well fit into De Cauter's argumentation.
The use of iPod separates us from the potential act of meeting implied with public space. I don't argue for initiating a mega social activity. It is not about to shake hands with each person I meet in the subway during my travel from work. But the iPod, the way it is consumed, is an actively turning away from the political act implied with a collective possession of and in public space. What is left of public space, is a giant leftover, transformed into a "foam of ego-cells". (Sloterdijk)
The iPhone as such is not the source of the problem. It is the use of if that is the problem. I can imagine scenarios taking place where the use of the technology deterritorializes the current capitalistic consuming, the consumers release themselves from Spotify, using technological software transforming themselves into producers establishing local networks here and now in public space. Imagine a technological patchwork connected to the subway where passengers, during the journey could connect to passengers in the other cars of the train set. Just as an illustration. I agree with De Cauter claiming that the increasing of the capzularisation in society is coupled with the informational capitalism, but not the statement that networks per se must establish capzularisation, or to quote De Cauter; "No network without capsules". (p.85)
Meanwhile, besides an awareness of possible technological uses that challenge the information capitalism transforming us from consumers to communicating producers, could such a simple act as an active listening be one way of, what Deleuze and Guattari would call, drawing a line of flight. A positive deterritorialization, a decoding of a situation transforming it into something else.
–To switch off the iPod, to put away the headphones and to start to listening to the always transforming multiplicities we call public space, might be the minimal action that makes the difference.


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Mid and North East Essex Mind provides mental health and wellbeing services for children, young people and adults across the area We are an independent charity affiliated with the national charity Mind.
Founded 1985
Mission statement
Mid and North Essex Mind is here to support and empower people experiencing an emotional or mental health condition by building on their personal hopes and aspirations. This is achieved by identifying and responding to community needs in order to deliver an effective and efficient system of community based services.
Mid and North East Essex Mind aims to:
- To meet the emotional and physical needs of those experiencing mental health discrimination across mid and north east Essex.
- To show empathy towards any person irrelevant of age suffering from a mental health condition.
- To promote inclusion to those who access our services into the wider community.
- To have understanding of the diverse cultural needs of our community allowing equal access to healthcare services.
- To work in partnership with other agencies, providing a fluid continuity in care.
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apple chais and rain boots
If you live in Newport New—or anywhere in the Hampton Roads area, for that matter—you will inevitably experience weeks where the sun is absent for several consecutive days. Such was our week last week.
From Monday to Thursday, the entirety of the CNU student body was forced to hunker down in rain boots, rain jackets, and umbrellas and march through rivers and lakes to get to class. Needless to say, when the sun finally came out on Saturday, there was much rejoicing amongst the CNU community.
Unfortunately, this rejoicing was short-lived, as when we woke up again on Sunday morning, it was raining...again.
I'll be honest, I was not particularly pleased. It's not that I dislike rain. To be honest, I actually really love rain. But when it's cold and gross and you have to get up out of bed and go to class and do work, well, rain's not exactly fun. If you can stay curled up in sweats with a good book and a cup of tea, then I'm all for a rainy day.
In any event, like most females at CNU, my rain boots got some good wear and tear this week, thanks to the constant presence of precipitation.
On Sunday, however, I exchanged my sweatshirt and finally pulled out my bright green rain jacket (I must say, it coordinates quite nicely with my bright yellow rain boots).
Like each Sunday, I spent the better part of this past Sunday evening holed up in The Captain's Log office editing articles and organizing and reorganizing the layout of a page. To make the night not suck quite so much (because, I'll be honest, I would rather be pretty much anywhere than in the office on a gross Sunday night), I headed to Starbucks before I started working on the layout to get myself the wonderfulness that is an apple chai.
I walked out of the dreary grossness into the store and up to the counter.
It took a minute for the barista (who was out sweeping) to realize I was there, but as soon as she did, she quickly walked up to the counter. Before she even made her way around to the front she was like, "I love your jacket! Where did you get it?"
We proceeded to discuss my rain jacket for a moment until the other barista came out to ring me up. She immediately said, "OH MY GOSH! I love your jacket!"
I laughed and we continued to talk a bit more and I mentioned that the only thing that made gross days like that day better was the fact that I got to wear my bright yellow rain boots and bright green rain jacket.
I left the Starbucks a few minutes later, drink in hand, with a smile on my face. During my short trip back to campus, I then realized something: apple chais and rain boots on rainy days are like my spiritual life.
Now, I know it sounds bizarre, but stay with me.
See, often we're stuck in times of life that just seem bleary and gross. We feel worn down and tired and just blah. But amidst the dreariness and blah of every day life, Jesus shows us all unique ways that He loves us — just like with apple chais and rain boots.
Even though rainy days can kind of suck sometimes, my rain boots and apple chais remind me just how much Jesus loves me. Now, this is for different reasons, but it applies to both things.
Apple chais just make me happy. They're warm and yummy and make me think of fall and beautiful colors and just...warmth, which, on a gross and blah day, is really nice.
Now my rain boots and rain jacket are a slightly different story. I got my bright green rain jacket a couple of years ago on sale and seriously, it was one of the best purchases I've ever made. On top of that, it seems like everyone that I've ever met loves my rain jacket. I think I get more compliments on my rain jacket than the rest of my wardrobe combined. And I'm not kidding.
People also really like my rain boots. There's nothing special about them — they're just your average, plain yellow rain boots. But, like I said, people really like them.
All that said, my rain jacket and rain boots remind me each and every rainy day just how much Jesus loves me.
You see, a lot of times my mood is affected by the weather, and unless I'm just in a super awesome mood, if I have to be out and about on a rainy day, I'm usually very blah. But whenever I walk around campus in my bright green rain jacket with my bright yellow rain boots, I will inevitably get at least half a dozen compliments.
It's not a big deal. Usually it's nothing more than, "I really like your rain jacket!" But, to me, it's almost as if Jesus is saying, "You know what Sarah, today might be dreary and blah and kind of suck, but I still love you and I still think you're wonderful."
So, the next time it rains, remember that even on dreary and blah days, Jesus thinks you're wonderful.


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According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff used Actos between 2006 and 2008 and developed bladder cancer in 2007. The suit claims that Takeda and Eli Lilly knew of the increased risk of users developing bladder cancer when using Actos, however, they did not warn consumers and physicians about this risk.
Just prior to a label change in the United States, Actos was pulled from the market in France in Germany, and health officials in Canada modified the label of the diabetes drug to warn about the increased bladder cancer risks.
The lawsuit seeks damages for severe mental and physical pain, economic loss due to medical expenses and the expenses resulting from a new lifestyle.
Parker Waichman founding partner Jerrold S. Parker has been named to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee in the Actos multi district litigation consolidated under Judge Rebecca F. Doherty.


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The new Blackfriars Station and Bridge Redevelopment is a key part of the Thameslink Programme to accommodate 12 car trains at 24 trains per hour through the core route. It is one of Network Rail's flagship stations and a new London landmark, becoming the first station spanning the River Thames.
Tony Gee completed the design of the widening and reconstruction of the existing Blackfriars Bridge superstructure and station platforms.
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Would you like to enjoy at home that specific feeling of freedom and serenity, which only happens during a vacation by the sea? Try to decorate your interior in a nautical style!
We offer you a few design ideas and photo tips on how to turn an ordinary kitchen into some kind of verandah of a house ashore.
To create a nautical style in the kitchen interior is quite easy. It is a perfect chance for experiments, first of all, with thematic accessories.
The simplest way to remind you about the holiday and the sea is to use such decorative elements as seashells, starfish, colorful stones, pebbles and other stuff, brought back from a trip to warm countries. They may be placed on open shelves or in kitchen cabinets. You may also decorate the furniture, illuminating units with them or to make «sea» panels just on the walls.
By the way, cutouts or mosaics made of sea stones, enamel, nacreous shells or fragments of blue, light blue or nacreous ceramic tiles are the best variant of refining facades of boring white kitchen cabinets.
The nautical interior style may be underlined with an elegant model of a sailboat on a shelf, a small round mirror in glossy metallic frame that reminiscent a porthole, an aquarium with colorful fish and corals, barometer, telescope, sand clock and compass, and other naval attributes.
However, there are less obvious, but not less effective ways of adding to your interior the marine mood. For example, «sea» tableware in white and blue or light-blue stripes, or polka dots, a blue jug with a depicted natural star, or blue utensils.
Another design idea is bamboo blinds or decorative shutters of bleached wood, light linen curtains or decorative ones of shells or blue beads strung on long strings.
A nautical kitchen may be perfectly complemented with natural materials, such as jute and sisal.
Home textile made of unpainted canvas, cotton or linen of white, gray, blue or light-blue colors match the interior discussed. Striped «sea» chair covers, decorative pillows and linen table cloths also look great.
The style requires neutral colors: beige, sand, white, blue and light-blue. Their combination creates an atmosphere of relaxation, tranquility and complete serenity in the kitchen. By the way, they visually expand the space and occur to be ideal for small rooms.
Instead of blue and light-blue in nautical interior, you may use cold shades of green; they resemble the water in depths. «Sea» colors create a sense of coolness and freshness, so the nautical style is suitable for the kitchen, which opens onto the South or East side.
The floor in nautical kitchen is simple boards of bleached wood, reminiscent of the deck. The original decision is to make insets of glass on the floor, under which you can put some decorative composition of sand, pebbles, corals or shells.
The mentioned design style is in harmony with simple rough furniture of light wood – pine or birch. It shouldn't look too new, on the contrary, slightly worn, slightly faded and without fail opaque.
And one more important idea is that it must be practical, thorough and reliable. Wicker furniture of rattan or willow also suits the interior.
You may decorate with wooden paneling the ceiling and walls in the kitchen. Another variant is to use decorative tiles or mosaic with marine motifs.
Nautical interior style will be perfectly emphasized with accessories made of brass, pottery, lamps-lights or sconces in the form of sea inhabitants. Decorative elements made of fishing nets, marine knots of ropes, designer bottles are also sure to match the interior in nautical style.
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Ken Livingstone accused Boris Johnson of focusing on a "privileged minority" as attacked his Tory rival over his response to this summer's riots and his past as a member of the Oxford University Bullingdon Club.
Livingstone, who is seeking to win back the London mayoralty he lost to Johnson in 2008, accused Johnson of being more interested in abolishing the 50p rate of tax for the wealthiest than defending spending cuts. He claimed the capital was going in the "wrong direction" courtesy of Conservative policies delivered by the government and through City Hall.
In a hard hitting attack, Livingstone, who just last month raised eyebrows by jokingly comparing Johnson to Hitler, sought to highlight the London mayor's privilege past as he challenged him to explain the "moral difference" between his actions as a member of the Oxford University dining club and the behaviour of the rioters this summer.
"London is an absolutely amazing city but it's going in the wrong direction. Only a few years ago London was leading the world," he said.
"But now the image of our city is of civil disorder and violence on the streets and unless we change City Hall, nothing will change on our streets."
Livingstone told the gathering in Liverpool that when the 7/7 bombers struck in 2005, he was in Singapore for the result of the Olympics decision and "all I wanted was to be back in London immediately, as soon as I could".
He contrasted this with the fact that Johnson, who was on a family holiday in Canada during the summer lull at city hall, did not immediately return to the capital.
"But where was Boris Johnson when we had the riots this summer?" Livingstone told the audience. "He refused to come back. We had the amazing situation of Londoners demanding their mayor come back to deal with that crisis."
In a swipe at the Conservatives' response to the riots, Livingstone went on: "What is the difference between the rioters, and a gang of over-privileged arrogant students vandalising restaurants, throwing chairs through windows in Oxford? Come on Boris, you explain the moral difference between your Bullingdon vandalism and the criminality of the rioters. Frankly, neither is an example I want for my kids."
Livingstone accused Johnson of failing to "speak up" for the next generation facing high living cost and debt as a result of the cuts, and instead focusing on a policy from which he could personally benefit.
Pointing to the fact that Johnson earns £250,000 a year for a weekly Daily Telegraph column on top of his mayoral salary of £144,000, Livingstone suggested that the Tory mayor had a personal interest in seeing the 50p rate of tax abolished.
"Unlike Boris Johnson I am in it for London, not myself," he said.
Livingstone, who has spent the past three years limbering up for a rematch with Johnson, promised action to tackle rising transport costs so that "in every year in every part of London, inner and outer, fares will be fairer under me than they would be under a second Boris Johnson term".
He also promised a four-year freeze on the mayor's salary and the pay of top City Hall staff and pledged to reverse policing cuts.
Shadow Olympics minister Tessa Jowell, billed to speak before Livingstone, used her speech to champion Livingstone's bid to win back the mayoralty for Labour in a contest which she said should not be a contest based on celebrity, but on who will be the most effective leader "in these most difficult times".
In a sideswipe against Johnson, who still cuts a popular figure with Londoners, Jowell said that it was "competence not celebrity" that would get people back to work, build them new homes and keep their tube fares down. "They don't need a TV personality – but they do need a mayor that realises this is the largest job in public service outside No 10 Downing Street."
But she warned that next May's mayoral race will be a "real challenge" with Johnson benefiting from the 2012 games.
"We shouldn't underestimate how the Olympics will give him a great advantage of incumbency. Turning this around will be a real challenge, she told delegates. "And Ken knows that and he's up for that fight."


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Nokia Lumia 730 known as "Superman" to be launched in last week August 2014 in US. The device will come with new Firmware called "Debian Red", running on Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 out of the box.
The Lumia 730 will be a phone for selfie lovers as rumors suggest a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Other unofficial specs include a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 processor,1GB of RAM, 4.7-inch display with 720p resolution, 8GB of internal storage, and a 2000 mAh battery.
The selfie smartphone from Nokia will be available with Dual Sim variant. It has a unibody polycarbonate build and an 8-megapixel rear camera with Zeiss optics as well as on-screen software buttons.
The Lumia 730 might be heading to AT&T and Verizon in the US before the end of August, with further markets soon to follow. As dual SIM smartphones are much popular in countries such as India and China, there are potential buyers waiting for the smartphone releasing in their region.
The smartphone has been leaked in green and orange color variants till now. No details on pricing yet, but we can estimate the price around 300$-350$ for the amazing selfie device from the Microsoft powered Nokia.


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Xconomy Forum: Mobile Madness 2012—Total Mobility
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In the five years since Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone, the mobile industry has changed radically. Wireless carriers are consolidating, and the battleground has shifted to mobile operating systems and platforms. Smartphones and tablets are ubiquitous, and they are transforming how we all shop, connect, get around, and lead our daily lives. In short, mobility is finally everywhere. So what are the new opportunities and emerging strategies in this sector? And how will the next five years play out?
Xconomy's fourth annual spring mobile conference will tackle these issues—and much, much more. Over the course of an action-packed afternoon, we will convene mobile technology and business leaders from New England and beyond to examine next-generation consumer and social apps, the convergence of mobile marketing and big data, emerging business strategies, how local companies can continue to lead the world in mobile innovation—and, more broadly, how mobility will go on changing the way people interact with content, products, and each other.
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Lars Albright, CEO, Session M
Mike Baker, CEO, DataXu
Tom Burgess, CEO, Linkable Networks
David Chang, Chief Operating Officer, Where/PayPal
Jeff Chow, CEO, Spring Partners
Ernie Cormier, CEO, Nexage
Meredith Flynn-Ripley, CEO, HeyWire
Aaron Ganick, CEO, ByteLight
Chris Gardner, Co-Founder, Paydiant
David George, COO, Celtra
Jeff Glass, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
Chuck Goldman, Chief Strategy Officer, Apperian
Bob Hower, General Partner, Advanced Technology Ventures
Jason Jacobs, CEO, FitnessKeeper
Mark Lowenstein, Managing Director, Mobile Ecosystem
Jennifer Lum, Co-Founder, Apricot Capital
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The Best Of 2015
Well, another year has gone, and while I haven't managed to dedicate much time to my much neglected computer (Which is a good thing I guess, as I've spent a lot more time with the family this year!), I have been keeping up to date with what 2015 has had to offer on the music front.
So without any fanfare, here my personal take on the best ten releases 2015 has produced. Oh, and it goes without saying, they're in no particular order.
Killing Joke – Pylon (Spinefarm Records)
U.K. industrial punk/rock outfit Killing Joke have only gone from strength to strength since the original line-up reformed some five years ago. Combining the aggressive and dense atmosphere of 2006's 'Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell' with the melodic overtones of 2012's 'MMXII', 'Pylon' is Killing Joke at their best, with tracks such as 'Dawn Of The Hive', 'New Cold War', 'War On Freedom' and 'Delete' proving that there's plenty of life left in the cult outfit some thirty-five years after the release of the debut effort.
Symphony X – Underworld (Nuclear Blast Records)
This New Jersey based progressive/power metal outfit have always delivered consistent and strong albums, and 'Underworld' is no exception. And while I've enjoyed the band's last couple of releases, I can't help but feel that the keen sense of melody and heaviness is back with a force not heard since their 2002 masterpiece 'The Odyssey'. 'To Hell And Back' and 'Without You' are my picks.
Chaos Divine – Colliding Skies (Firestarter Music)
Over the last decade, Australia's progressive rock/metal scene has really started to produce some truly world class acts. And Perth outfit Chaos Divine is one of them. Although I've enjoyed moments on their first couple of albums, it's with their third effort 'Colliding Skies' that has really caught my attention. Casting aside the metallic aspect of their sound for something a bit more melodic, the band shine on gems such as 'Landmines', 'Badge Of Honour' and 'The Shepherd'.
Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast Records)
Given how much I loved 2013's 'Circle' (Along with my son, who ranks the album as one of his favourites!), I was a little apprehensive about the Finn's latest effort. And after my first run through the album, I can say that I was a little underwhelmed. But over time, it was clear that the album wasn't a carbon copy of their last release, but an album that showcased the band's willingness to step outside their comfort zone and try on some new sounds. From the aggression of 'The Skull', the Middle Eastern tinged 'Death Of A King' to the heavy and melodic title track, 'Under The Red Cloud' is a worthy follow-up to their highly acclaimed 'Circle'.
Armored Saint – Win Hands Down (Metal Blade Records)
Armored Saint has always been a reliable act who delivers rock solid albums. Sure, some are stronger than others, but they've never released what you would call a bad album. And in my personal opinion, this album is up there with their best. It's clear that the veteran band set out to make an album that combines all the best elements of the band's sound, but with a slant more towards the future than the past. And it worked! 'Win Hands Down' is a powerful opener, while 'Mess' and the guitar driven 'With A Full Head Of Steam' are classic Armored Saint. But in terms of personal favourites, you can't go past 'Muscle Memory' and 'That Was Then, Way Back When'.
The Night Flight Orchestra - Skyline Whispers (Coroner Records)
The best way to sum up The Night Flight Orchestra's sound is to combine the muscle of '70's hard rock with equal measure of the slick/cheesiness of the '80's. Although my description probably doesn't sound all that appealing, 'Skyline Whispers' is probably the best album never recorded from that bygone classic era of rock! Almost everything is a winner on this release, but 'Living For The Nighttime', 'Stilletto' and the amazing 'I Ain't Old, I Ain't Young' are the cuts worthy of singling out.
Chris Cornell – Higher Truth (Universal Music Enterprises)
Seemingly influenced by the vibe and feel of 2011's live album 'Songbook', 'Higher Truth' is a largely stripped back/intimate semi-acoustic affair. And one that draws out the best within Cornell both vocally and in the song writing sense. Anyone who still remains skeptical of Cornell's ability to deliver in solo form after his critically panned 'Scream' album from 2009 need only check out 'Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart', 'Dead Wishes', 'Let Your Eyes Wander' and the title track 'Higher Truth'.
Napalm Death – Apex Predator – Easy Meat (Century Media Records)
Grindcore isn't a genre that's known for its innovation or reinvention, but then Napalm Death isn't your average grindcore outfit. With every new release, Napalm Death seems to deliver the goods with every new album, and 'Apex Predator – Easy Meat' is another stellar release from the veteran act. There's a bit of everything on offer here, from the somewhat melodic ('Smash A Single Digit'), the experimental ('Dear Slum Landlord...' and 'Adversarial / Copulating Snakes') and the downright crushing ('Timeless Flogging' and 'Stubborn Stains'), with an overall effect that both crushing and thoroughly enjoyable at the same time.
The Neal Morse Band – The Grand Experiment (Inside Out Records)
As good as Neal Morse's solo efforts have been, I can't help but feel a little magic is missing on them over the last few years. So entering into 'The Grand Experiment', I wasn't expecting too much. But damn me if Morse hasn't delivered one of his best in years. There's something to be said for capturing that something special on the spur of the moment in the studio, and this album has plenty of energy, spark and creativity to prove it. 'The Call' is without a doubt a great opener, but it's the title track and 'Waterfall' that really stand out.
The Winery Dogs – Hot Streak (Three Dog Music)
The Winery Dogs' debut effort was a solid release, but primary sounded exactly like it did on paper. That is Richie Kotzen's vocals and guitars blended with Billy Sheehan's trademark bass drills and Mike Portnoy's drumming. But on 'Hot Streak', the trio has well and truly pushed their sound forward, and delivered an album that boasts a bit more of a unique personality and identity. Top picks include 'War Machine', the title track, 'Oblivion' and the totally rocking 'Captain Love'. Fans of the band's debut have to pick this one up!
Top Ten Songs For 2015
O.K., so this is really a list of my top twenty releases for 2015. But unlike the albums that made up my top ten list, these releases weren't quite as strong as a whole to make the final cut. But having said that there are some great songs on these albums, which make them more than worthy of a special mention.
Ghost - His Is (From 'Meliora')
I'll freely admit that Ghost's third full-length release missed the mark with me. I can't quite put my finger on why, but it just hasn't grabbed me like the two former releases did. But if there's one track that does stand out it's 'He Is'. How could you not love a song dedicated to Statan delivered in what can only be described as pure pop genius? Love the guitar work, the harmonies and the lyrics on this one.
Blackberry Smoke - Let Me Help You (Find The Door) (From 'Holding All The Roses')
I'm not a huge fan of country rock, but Blackberry Smoke is one of the few exceptions. The acoustic direction of their latest album suits them well, and this opening track is an absolute blast! I particularly love it when the guitar solos kick in, and the message within the song.
Black Star Riders – Blindsided (From 'The Killer Instinct')
This was without a doubt a solid second release from Black Star Riders, but perhaps a little too similar in sound and direction to their debut to really stand out enough. But when the band did step out of their comfort zone, they came up with some great stuff. 'Blindsided' is a prime example of this. Ricky Warwick is at his best on tracks like this, and the band is in moody classic rock form throughout.
Moonspell – Extinct (From 'Extinct')
Portugal's Moonspell can be a bit hit and miss at times, but when they get it right, they really do get in right. The title track from their latest release is the perfect balance of gothic metal and melodic death metal, with subtle progressive/symphonic influences seeping into the mix. Harsh guitars, Fernando Ribeiro's varied vocal approaches and the eclectic mix of musical diversity on this one track is everything you could ask from the band.
Clutch – Firebirds! (From 'Psychic Warware')
There's not a real lot to say here. When Clutch is on fire, they're on fire! They're one of the few bands out there that can deliver classic guitar driven hard rock without sounding like it's been done before (Even if everything has been done under the sun!). Another great album from the band, and 'Firebirds!' is a good indication of what's offered throughout.
Bill Ward – Ashes (From 'Accountable Beasts')
Bill Ward has always been somewhat left of centre on the musical scale, and 'Accountable Beasts' is no exception. Quite experimental and different from what Black Sabbath fans would expect, I have grown to love all of Ward's sole releases, including his latest effort. 'Ashes' is the most aggressive and metallic anything Ward has ever released, and just one of my favourites on the new album, even if the production and mix are a bit off putting.
Soto – The Fall (From 'Inside The Vertigo')
Jeff Scott Soto is quite the chameleon, with his vast resume covering everything from pop/rock, progressive rock, power metal and everything in-between. His latest project (Simply titled Soto) is more along the lines of hard rock with a modern edge, and it's a rocker. 'The Fall' is a good taste of what this outfit has to offer, with plenty of guitar riffs, powerful vocals (Of course) and lots of modern groove.
Tremonti – Arm Yourself (From 'Cauterize')
Mark Tremonti has certainly been working around the clock, with barely a moment spared between releases from Alter Bridge and his own solo efforts. Not unlike 2012's 'All I Was', 'Cauterize' is an album of tracks that are primarily guitar driven and rock hard. Although there no huge leap of sound from his first album and this new one, tracks such as 'Arm Yourself' do stand out enough to overlook any real disappointment.
Queensrÿche – Hellfire (From 'Condition Hüman')
I had high hopes for the new Queensrÿche album, but while it's a good album, it doesn't quite eclipse their self-titled release from a couple of years ago (Except on the production side of things). But that's not to say that it doesn't have its great moments. 'Hellfire' is an absolute throwback to the band's glory days (1984 through to 1994), but with a distinct lean towards the future in places. Great vocals from Todd La Torre, some nice lead breaks and a catchy chorus cleverly masking the dark undertones in the verses, all of which sounds like classic Queensrÿche.
Steven Wilson – 'Happy Returns' (From 'Hand. Cannot. Erase.')
I love Steven Wilson, but for some reason, I found his latest effort a bit of a struggle to fully enjoy from start to finish. Maybe it's just me and where my head has been at (Or isn't?) whenever I go to listen to the album. But either way, I can still find a lot of favourite moments on the album, and its songs like 'Happy Returns' where Wilson really shows what he's capable of. All of Wilson's trademarks are here - Beautiful melodies, haunting lyrics and some truly outstanding guitar work. In short – Genius!


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The New Math of the Single Mother
Why the ranks of America's unmarried moms keep growing.
Over the course of our years-long research about the work and family lives of women across the country, we have been surprised by a common pattern threading through popular blogs, religious radio talk shows, sociological studies and the accounts of our friends, neighbors and acquaintances. Compared to a decade ago, higher rates of American women are getting pregnant unintentionally; indeed, the United States has one of the highest unintended birth rates in the developed world. At the same time, more women today have the children, and they often justify the decision in terms of their Christian faith and opposition to abortion. The surprise? Neither these women nor their families see much point in marrying a man merely because they are pregnant.
There are competing explanations for the rise in single mothers in the United States. To the Rick Santorums of the political world, the increase shows "the fabric of this country fall[ing] apart." Others argue that mothers who chose not to marry are the face of today's independent woman—free from social and religious pressures around marriage and child-rearing, leaning in and having it all too. As a blogger for one of the country's most widely read websites covering religion argues, today's single mothers—who he says "control the wealth, guard the home, rear the children and provide for the family"—could represent a new "matriarchy."
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In reality, it's not so simple. Yes, single-parent families, which have tripled in the United States since 1960, mark women's increased independence. Many single mothers are proud that they can take care of themselves, however hard it is for them to do so, and they are proud of their decision to bear and raise children on their own, which would have ostracized them in another era and risked ruin for them and their children.
Yet, the rising number of single mothers in the United States also reflects an economy that limits their choices. As income inequality in this country has shot up over the past 30 years, it has affected men even more than women. Between 1979 and 2007, every group of men except for college graduates saw its incomes fall, while every group of women except for high school dropouts enjoyed an increase in income, according to the Pew Research Center. This means that there are more men at the top and bottom of the income ladder, and a larger group of women in the middle with fewer acceptable partners. Moreover, the men at the bottom have lost ground not only in terms of income, but in rising rates of unemployment, job instability, lack of community involvement and a corresponding loss of status. In these circumstances, marrying and staying married can be more burden than boon. As one divorced mother we interviewed told us, "I can take care of myself. I can take care of myself and the kid. I just can't take care of myself, the kid and him."
Much as we should celebrate economic advances for women, the rise of single-parent families, then, reflects women's lack of better choices and the realities of modern economic conditions more than a concerted social movement ratifying female empowerment. The percentage of female-headed households with children living in poverty has gone up, from 33 percent in 2000 to 41 percent in 2011. All told, more than half of all children living in poverty in this country are part of single-mother households.
How did we get here? Let's consider the origins of today's single-parent families, more than 80 percent of which are headed by women. The causes are not mysterious. In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then a brash young undersecretary of labor, wrote his infamous memo on the African-American family to call attention to the disappearance of jobs for low-income men in inner cities of the rustbelt North. His dramatic language about a "tangle of pathology" still inflames racial wounds. But if restated in sociological terms, his diagnosis surely commands near-unanimous support: Whenever stable employment declines for the men in a social group, marriages and family lives in turn become less stable. Divorce rates increase, women become more likely to have children on their own, and women faced with poor marriage prospects become even pickier about entering into a relationship at all.
Later sociologists, such as Bill Wilson at Harvard University, explained why: The real problem is not that women simply won't stay with lower-earning men, though that sometimes happens. To a greater degree, the problem is that the men who lose out in a more unequal society—by losing their jobs, taking lower paying ones, possibly even becoming depressed—behave badly. Laid-off men help out less at home than those working full time, and they are more likely to drink or abuse their intimate partners, giving women even more reason to raise their children on their own. As inequality increases, so do substance abuse, arrests and imprisonment.
Collectively, job instability, chronic unemployment, violence, mass incarceration and substance abuse cause women to write off high percentages of men in poorer communities as unattractive long-term partners. An overwhelming share of never-married American women— 78 percent—say it is "very important" to them to have a spouse with a steady job; that factor is even more important than shared values about having and raising children. But only 46 percent of men rate a steady job as "very important." Sociologists Marcia Guttentag and Paul Secord observed in a number of cross-cultural studies that when marriageable women outnumber the comparable men in a given marriage market, the acceptable men—the ones who still have jobs— find that they can play the field, and do. But women burned in their initial relationships, whether by the seemingly responsible partner they found cheating on the side or the charming slacker dude busted for meth, become jaded. They invest in themselves, not their relationships.


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Conference on metaphysics of Aquinas in Rome/
This is just in from Prof. Jésus Villagrasa L.C. of the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum in Rome. They're co-hosting a one-day conference on March 20, 2007 entitled "Creazione e actus essendi. Originalità e interpretazioni della metafisica di Tommaso d'Aquino". Here is the program. If I could make it, I would be particularly looking forward to the papers on the "Patristic sources of the metaphysics of Aquinas" and "The ontological difference in 20th century Thomism"!
In addition the "Progetto Culturale Cornelio Fabro", in charge of the edition of the collected works of the Italian Thomist Cornelio Fabro (see our Newsletter of March 2005), will present the edition of Fabro's "Breve introduzione al tomismo".


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Had a total fangirl episode at the vet today. A man came in with his 18 year old kitty cat and I recognized him as Paul Mehling, manouche guitarist extraordinaire and leader of The Hot Club of San Francisco.
I went up to him, gushed about how he was one of my favorite guitarist ever and how many times I had seen him. He lit up and said I had made his day. We talked a little bit about his album John Paul George and Django which combines The Beatles with hot club playing. So great! He even went into his car and gave me his latest CD which is titled "30 Years of the Hot Club"
Now, my cat Rocky wasn't so happy to go in for the checkup, but I couldn't have been more thrilled!
~~Claudia Morgan (fangirl)


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Attempts Underway to Independently Revive Sonic Fan Remixby Tristan Oliver March 25, 2013
Can a Fan Favorite Return from the Scrap Heap?
In its short lifespan, Sonic Fan Remix may be one of the most hyped fan projects in recent memory. Upon first sight of its brilliant, beautiful re-imagined environments from Sonic 2, many in the community and beyond were impressed. Unfortunately, the two principal developers on the project, Pelikan13 and Mercury, couldn't see the Unity based SFG to anything more than a demo spanning a few levels and, like many Sonic fan games, never saw completion.
But that could change with your help. A project alum who assisted making models for SFR the first time around now wants to see the game return to glory, and see completion. The modeler, identified on Youtube as Phil Walker, posted a virtual classified ad for a programmer on GameDev.net last week.
"Back in 2010 I started to help out on the next level of this fan made game. But unfortunately it's no longer active. But I still believe in this project and I am looking for someone with the same enthusiasm," reads the listing.
Accompanying the request were a couple early work-in-progress videos that show assets from the game remain in existence and editable. It does not appear Pelikan13 or Mercury have a role in this revival.
If you have the talent and are interested in helping to finish what was, by nearly all accounts, one of the strongest SFGs seen to date, hit the link above and let your interest be known.


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Atlanta, known as the home to some of the greatest Hip Hop acts & producers in the world, is rapidly making a name for itself in another musical genre, that of Electronic Dance Music or EDM.
Electronic Dance Musics popularity around the world is widespread, especially in Europe, Asia, and South America. In the United States, it has rapidly become one of the most listened to forms of music and has emerged as the staple sound of the club scene in many other major market cities, such as; Miami, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Over the last few years, with Superclubs such as; Opera, located in Midtown Atlanta, bringing in nationally known House Music and Trance DJs from all over the world, the EDM scene has definitely become more accessible to the masses.
Renowed DJ acts such as; Tiesto, Hybrid, Carl Cox, and Paul Van Dyk, who play to capacity filled stadiums all over the world, have graced Atlanta with their global styles of dance music. This has lead to the emergence of some of the citys best local DJs, getting their chance to showcase their musical talents to audiences on local, national, and international levels. As Atlanta has become more of a prominent city in the electronic dance music arena, the realization that other cities have discovered previously, is that some of the best places to promote the scene is not exclusively in the large clubs; it is important to utilize the smaller venues that offer the audience a unique opportunity to watch these artists perform their craft up close and personal. The intimacy afforded by the smaller lounges and establishments simply cannot be met by the larger clubs. Many of these lounges are within walking or short driving distance of the larger clubs and are definitely posing some competition for what used to be a captive market.
Every Saturday night, intimate lounges such as; Apres Diem, located in Midtown Atlanta, offer the ultimate in relaxation with an entire room of comfortable sofas, scrumptious dessert and drink selections, paired with the hottest local DJ talent. This is their house music Saturday night called, Fusion. Other venues such as the ultra sleek, Halo, gives the crowd a combination of comfort with a nice addition of sensory stimulation that is provided by several overhead projectors showing the best in indie files and anime, as the DJs provide the aural backdrop for the nights events.
This is just a tiny bit of the musical magic that can found in Atlantas EDM scene.
For more information about what is going on at various venues in Atlanta and the citys electronic dance music scene, join the Transmission X group and fan page on Facebook.


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Paul commanded the young evangelist Timothy to "Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching" (II Timothy 4:2). He also told the church at Ephesus that when one speaks the truth he must do so "in love" (Ephesians 4:15). It is our desire that the Preaching at Northwest always be directly from God's word and that the message presented from God's word always be presented with love. Those listed below are our ministers and they do the bulk of the preaching here at Northwest.
Garrett Bookout
Garrett Bookout is the preaching minister for the Northwest church of Christ. He has worked with this congregation since October of 2014. Prior to working with Northwest he preached in Clovis, NM for 4 and a half years. He also worked as an intern minister for the Bear Valley church of Christ for 2 year. Garrett is a graduate of Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver. He married Alicia in February of 2008 and they have two kids. Emma was born in May of 2009 and Wesley was born in January of 2012.
Troy Rogers
Troy grew up in Dibble, OK before attending East Central University in Ada, OK. He met his wife Meagan while attending there. They have two children, Jacy and Jagger. Troy has been serving the Northwest congregation since 2012. He has been a guest speaker for many youth rallies, Gospel meetings, workshops, and church camps. He directs a week-long session of camp for teens at camp Lu-Jo each summer, along with a fall retreat that is also out of camp Lu-Jo. Troy also maintains a personal blog where he posts regular articles and devotional thoughts. You can find his blog at www.applyingscripture.com