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music. musings. mumblings. mine.
a personal blog that used to be about my sobriety.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Download it Here.
U.S. Royalty - Every Summer
Santogold - Lights Out
Melanie Fiona - Give It To Me Right
The Killers - Human
The Whip - Trash
Placebo - English Summer Rain
Kings of Leon - Closer
Dan Black - HYPNTZ
UH HUH HER - Not A Love Song
Kordan - Fantasy Nation
Anthony Green - Dear Child (I've Been Dying To Reach You) (Good Old War Version)
Blur - Look Inside America
The Verve - Love Is Noise
Middle Distance Runner - The Sun and Earth
The Mary Onettes - Lost
Check out Dan Black's video for "HYPNTZ" (omg, he is gorgeous):
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this mix is fucking awesome. nostalgic, fun, and dance-y all mixed together. good times. too bad summer is over. BOOOO
- September 25, 2008 at 12:20 PM
- Saosin said...
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- September 25, 2008 at 12:29 PM
thank you!
- September 26, 2008 at 1:01 AM
- Dyke Tales said...
Well thank you for reminding me that Uh Huh Her has a new album out because I forgot (I'm such a bad lesbian).
- September 26, 2008 at 8:23 AM
Thank you very much for these awesome mixes!
- September 26, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- SeanDiS said...
hahaha. i massively cussed that dan black track on bbc radio a few weeks ago. surprised it's finding so much love.
- September 26, 2008 at 5:03 PM
UGH! It says the download limit has been reached, and I should contact you for a new link.
So, Sarah, new link?
- September 26, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Aw, it looks really good but the links have expired, would you consider re-uploading thanks :)
- September 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Update the link!!!!
ANNNNNND make a new mix!
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Waiting on some beautiful boy to To save you from your old ways-The Killers
28 November 2015 @ 02:13 am
Witty writers of Sherlock oh my!
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dunderklumpen on November 28th, 2015 08:25 am (UTC)
I hate
love teasing. *sigh*
Can it be the day for the special NOW?
Can it be the day for the special NOW?
lijahlover on November 29th, 2015 08:45 pm (UTC)
I wish it was here now :)))))
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Big words! Let's hope they bring it.
And it's not just ripped off from fanfic.
lijahlover on December 17th, 2015 12:37 am (UTC)
So true unless that would have Sherlock and John kissing and hugging.....I'm for that LOL!


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SLS-free, great-tasting kids natural toothpastes now available in select Target stores
MADISON, N.J., March 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Natural Dentist®, a leading line of natural oral care products, today announced the launch of a new website for their children's line of oral health products, http://thenaturaldentistkids.com/, with the goal of encouraging parents to explore what is in their children's oral care products and helping to develop good oral health habits in kids at an early age.
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Is it like this
In death's other kingdom
Walking alone
At the hour when we are
Trembling with tenderness
With its soaring elegiac score and beautifully detailed environment, you can be forgiven for describing Everybody's Gone to the Rapture through poetry. It is in Eliot's "Hollow Men," after all, that we learn that the end of the world comes not with a bang, but a whimper.
Rapture is that whimper, recreated in the fictional town of Yaughton, Shropshire. Eliot's "Hollow Men" isn't the only immediate literary reference that springs to mind during your gradual introduction to Rapture's picturesque lanes and public footpaths. Yaughton also telegraphs the sinister coziness of Agatha Christie's infamous St. Mary Mead remixed with elements of John Wyndham's unique brand of pastoral science-fiction. Village homes boast comforting British tidiness in the form of floral wallpaper and gleaming sinks, front doors left ajar as if the occupant had simply stepped out for a moment. In the pub, half-smoked cigarettes still smolder and turn to ash underneath a dartboard paused in the middle of a never-to-be finished game. Advertisements for the annual church fete and village production of Peter Pan – a sweet bit of foreshadowing to the importance of stars to this unfolding story – appear on bulletin boards and shop windows next to official council notices that Yaughton is under quarantine.
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You are not alone on this journey, however. Should you choose to follow, a frenetic comet of golden light will blaze a trail for you to points of interests that trigger audio events. During these events, dead-voiced villagers made of ghost light act out a scene from Yaughton's recent past, gradually shaping a narrative of the town's final days. Additional clues and information can be obtained through careful exploring. You can also eavesdrop on the departed through radios and telephones, and by "tuning" static balls of light. Other auditory clues – ambient noise, changes in the score – help you navigate through the world. Rapture is an odyssey in the truest sense of the word; a spiritual wandering, a loose collective of experiences designed to impart knowledge.
Yaughton and its surroundings are divided into six organic sections, which in turn use one of six villagers as a narrative driver. It's difficult to discuss the story without revealing too much. The journey isn't linear, and unravels in the space of moments that took places either months or minutes before "the event." There's little danger, only urgency. The village that began as bright and curiously welcoming in its desertion grows darker and more claustrophobic as the game progresses. Voyeur to the doom of others, you can only following the light; not to the second star on the right, but to an empty café or to another ringing phone.
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Despite this disappointment, it is incredibly exciting to experience a game that uses subtle, ordinary elements to create an extraordinary atmosphere. The legibility of emotions and feelings that we strongly associate with place – longing, alienation, belonging, displacement, and nostalgia – is what sets Rapture apart to me, and drives the game's most poignant moments. It made me remember my own emotions living in a place not unlike Yaughton and my frenzy to escape — not the end of the world, but intense feelings of outsider-ness that also find resonance in the game. At the same time, Rapture also tapped into my own secret and sometimes longing for a universe without other people. Sense of place – what the Romans called genius loci – is so overwhelming in Rapture it might well be the game's seventh character, the one that you inhabit as the player. Thousands of years ago genius loci referred not to the place itself, but to its guardian spirits – the supernatural personification of a location's values or character; its environmental energies, often revealed by light.
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I was planning a special event that called upon 4 stout roman soldiers to carry a beauty queen around on a throne. My budget didn't allow for the rental of 4 adult roman soldier costumes. So this is how I did it.
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How to Load Music onto the PSPgo from a PC
The PSPgo is as much an MP3 player as it is a gaming device. The simplest way to load music on a PSPgo is to transfer the files from a PC. All you need to get started are some music files and a PSPgo multiuse cable that came with the system.
There are two other methods for loading music on your PSPgo. You can also download music files from the Web directly to your PSPgo or you can use Sony's Media Go software to transfer files to and from a PC.
Select Music from the XMB and select either the Memory Stick Micro or System Storage icon depending on where you want to store the files.
Look at the Free Space information. This will tell you how much room you have available.
If there is enough space, connect the PSPgo to one of the PCs USB slots using the multi-use cable that came with the PSPgo.
The PC won't recognize the PSPgo until you put it into USB mode.
On the XMB, go to Settings→USB Connection and press the X button.
You'll notice that you're computer registers the PSPgo as Removable Media.
On the Computer folder on your PC and browse to the PSPgo and then to the MUSIC folder.
If you don't see a MUSIC folder on your PSPgo, it means that you're accessing a Memory Stick Micro that hasn't been formatted. Format the memory stick using the PSPgo first, and then try to load your music.
Open another window on your PC and browse to the music file that you want to copy to your PSPgo.
The file must be in a compatible format: MP3, MP4, WAV, or WMA.
Drag the file from the original location to the MUSIC folder on your PSPgo.
As the file transfers, you'll notice a light bar on the PSPgo indicating the file transfer progress.
Individual song files should not be in subfolders.
(Optional) To create a music group on your PSPgo, create a subfolder in the MUSIC folder and give it a name that you'll be able to recognize. Place a copy of the songs you want to play in that music group in the folder.
You can create a number of different music groups for different moods. When in Group Mode only the songs in that play list will play.
To play a music group, start playing any song. While it is playing, click the triangle button to open the Music Control panel. Select Group Mode, and then select the music group you want to hear and press the X button. To turn off Group Mode, press the triangle button while a song is playing and select Clear from the Music Control panel.
When the file transfer finishes, you can unplug the PSPgo and access the new content.
Select Music from the XMB, and then select either System Storage or the Memory Stick Micro icon, depending on where you stored the files. Then just select the icon for the song you want to hear and press the X button.


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Garden Design by Andy Sturgeon
If you are looking for ideas for outdoor spaces I'm sure that Andy Sturgeon portofolio will give you some inspiration. "Andy Sturgeon Garden Design has emerged as a leading design practice earning a reputation for creating stylish modern gardens that are a fusion of contemporary design and natural materials. Planting often features heavily and ranges from striking architectural schemes through to soft, naturalistic styles. Lighting, sculpture and furniture are frequently integral to the design." – Via – Desire to Inspire


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As a full-service PR agency, we are able to offer everything necessary to support your communications and make them more effective. Although we are based in Zurich, our activities cover the whole of Switzerland. We also have our own network of international partners as well as contacts to provide global media coverage.
At TAKTKOMM we see communication as a strategic tool which – if implemented correctly – enables people and organisations to position themselves more distinctly and convey their message more clearly. Our job is on the one hand to support our customers in implementing their strategy and achieving their business objectives, and on the other hand to sharpen and continuously refine their public profile and image.
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The newest Google Maps App update for Android now warns users when a business they are navigating to is either closed or will be closed by the time they arrive.
A message pops up that reads, "Your destination may be closed by the time you arrive."
This is just one more reason why you need to make sure that your Google Local Business information is correct and Google is showing the correct hours for your business. After all you don't want Google warning a potential customer that you are closed when in fact you are open for another three or four hours.
But how does Google know your hours?
Google can use a number of sources from around the web to try to locate your hours, such as your website or other profiles like YellowPages.
The other way is through your Google Maps Listing within your Google My Business account. Once you claim and verify your listing you can edit your hours of operation. Just to clarify as Google has undergone a lot of name changes, the Google My Business is the new dashboard that contains what we used to refer to as "Google Places for Business", a "Google business page", "Google+ Local listing" and "Google Plus for Business."
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Today, Google announced that its acquisition of Motorola Mobility had officially closed. Make no mistake, this merger is something of a shotgun arrangement - and the offspring conceived out of wedlock is Android. So, how did we get here, two and a half years after the first DROID?
A Brief History Of Motorola And Android
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Hey bloggies,
The last two weeks I've been consumed with talk preparation for a science conference, it was my first big talk so the blog hasn't really been my primary focus, and otherwise I've been enjoying the beautiful weather while it last!
What I've been eating lately...
Lots of salads thanks to an abundance of lettuce from my CSA share.
Lots of smoothies, my blender has been getting quite the workout :)
Smoothie in a bowl featuring 1/3 cup oats and almond milk (leave this part in the fridge overnight and in the morning combine with remaining ingredients), frozen strawberries, frozen cherries, and fresh blueberries all blended together with more blueberries on top!
Chai shakes...seriously a new obsession! The secret to a fabulous beverage...the vanilla bean!
Grilled veggies...
Last night my friend Sherika came over and I pulled out the charcoal for the first time since last summer! I love to grill but so rarely take advantage of the grills in the court yard of my building. Definitely need to do so more often!!
Ended up making mushroom burgers with pepper jack cheese, roasted red pepper, and more veggies on the side:
I also finally made it to the famous Sprinkles cupcake shop. The Manhattan shop opened up in May but I was looking for a special occasion in order to make a purchase. My grandmother's and roommate's birthdays seemed like the perfect occasion.
For my grandmother I bought a mocha, key lime, cinnamon, and coconut. We ended up dividing each into four so we could give each a try!! It's hard to pick a favorite, each was AMAZING, but I think the winner for me was the cinnamon. To be honest it tasted more like a coffee cake, but I think that's why I liked it so much. It was break from the norm.
How have you been spending your summer so far?


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The Importance of Humanitarian Law
Humanitarian law is complex and frequently misunderstood. Institutional shortcomings often make it difficult for international courts to hold states accountable for human rights violations. However, a recent ruling from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes suggests that institutions are making valuable progress in addressing human rights issues.
On March 21, the ICC reached a verdict in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a Congolese politician and former leader of the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC). Bemba Gombo was on trial for charges including rape, murder, and looting by members of the group in the Central African Republic during a coup that lasted from October 2002 to March 2003. The ICC found Bemba Gombo guilty—for the first time, holding a commander accountable for war crimes committed by subordinates. The ruling also deemed rape a weapon of war.
It is significant that a commander has been found responsible for the crimes of subordinates. This precedent will take away any deniability that commanders formerly possessed in combat for the actions of their subordinates. While in many militaries today commanders are responsible for the behavior of their soldiers, this recent decision represents an example of someone high up in the chain of command being held responsible at the tactical level. Some would argue that high-level politicians and commanders cannot control the actions of those operating at the tactical level. However, as demonstrated by the Abu Ghraib prison atrocities committed by the US in Iraq in 2003, on-the-ground oversight failures may lead to serious human rights violations.
The verdict in the Bemba Gombo case represents a major shift towards acknowledging that a wide range of war tactics may be considered a war crime. Another new precedent has been set, holding that the use of sexual violence against civilians by combatants could be just as damaging as the use of conventional weapons.
The Bemba Gombo case serves as a good reminder of the breadth of humanitarian law and human rights; it shows that basic rights are not inherent for all people. Strong institutions are key in ensuring that violators of humanitarian law can be held responsible for their actions. Regardless of differences in cultural norms, human rights courts must stop tools of war such as rape.
The ICC's March verdict does not infringe upon culture, as decisions regarding humanitarian law sometimes do. Rather, the verdict will help to stop atrocities from being committed against innocent civilians. A precedent of holding leaders accountable for the behavior of their subordinates in conflicts may serve as a deterrent for commanders in the future. Sexual violence in particular will not be tolerated in conflicts.
Humanitarian law affects all people from all walks of life; it is not solely reserved for people in distant, war-torn lands. The scope of humanitarian law matters, as women's rights should be viewed as integral rights—just like the rights to shelter or food.
Americans can get involved in protecting the rights that we often take for granted. Atrocities committed in the US may not be as clear or as common as those committed by Bemba Gombo. However, human rights violations still occur in the US, and we must be vigilant in bringing attention to these issues. We must pay attention to these issues abroad as well, protecting human rights throughout the world without disrespecting cultural differences.


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2019 Africa Day: Indian spiritual leader preaches peace, prosperity
Nigeria joined other nations of the world to commemorate the 2019 Africa Day by participating in a global webcast that featured the Art of Living Foundation leader and renowned Indian spiritual leader, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. He led a prayer of peace and prosperity for the African continent.
The webcast, which is in its fifth edition in Nigeria was held in Lagos on March 25th, and had participants from Nigeria and Indian. Addressing his audience in the program, tagged, Voice of Africa, the humanitarian and peace ambassador harped on meditation as a requisite for inner peace, stating that inner peace is key to world peace and prosperity. He said: "Meditation is the key to happiness and unlocking treasures.
Inner peace is crucial and when we don't have inner peace, we can't give others. We pray that the Almighty will give us inner strength." Speaking at the event, the special guest of honour, Prof Pat Utomi, acknowledged the input and works of Sri Sri, urging Nigerians to take advantage of meditation as a recipe for inner peace. In his address, the Director of the Art of Living Projects in Nigeria, Akshay Jain, said the membership of the group in the country has continued to swell over the years because people now see the benefits of meditation and yoga, adding that it has led many to self-discovery. While highlighting the importance of meditation as part of mainstream peace building, he averred that the Art of Living Foundation is a borderless group that aimed to reduce stress in every human regardless of color or tribe.
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NDDC's debt: National Assembly to probe NLNG, Shell, 15 other IOCs
…Finance minister, CBN Gov to testify
A joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has concluded arrangements to investigate 17 international oil companies (IOCs) including the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), Shell Petroleum and Conoil for alleged indebtedness to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC).
Other oil firms, which are to be quizzed by the joint committee, are Shebah Express Petroleum, Atlas Petroleum, Allied Energy, Frontier Oil, Seven Energy Limited, Belma Oil Producing Limited, AITECO Exploration and Production, Dubrin Oil and Continental Oil and Gas.
Also to be investigated is Enageed Resources Limited, New Cross exploration and Production, Pan Ocean Oil Corporation Nigeria Limited, Nigeria Petroleum Development Company and Prime Exploration and Production Company.
Co-chairman of the joint committee and House of Representatives committee chairman on NDDC, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (APC, Ondo), who disclosed this Monday in a chat with the media in Abuja, explained that as part of the investigation, the Minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris and Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Anthony Ayine will also testify before the joint committee.
According to Tunji-Ojo, records have shown that the affected oil companies jointly owning the NDDC N72 billion and $73 million respectively adding that the federal government is also owning the agency a whopping N1.2 trillion.
Senate disowns Hate Speech Bill, says it's Abdullahi's idea
Worried by the spate of criticisms that have greeted the Hate Speech Bill which passed first reading last week, the Senate has distanced itself from the proposed legislation
The acting spokesperson for the red chamber, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that contrary to widespread impression, the bill was not the idea of the ninth Senate
He said it was solely being sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip, Sabi Abdullahi, based on his conviction.
Akwashiki described as unfortunate, the statement credited to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which insinuated that the bill was a Senate bill, skewed to make the alleged third term ambition of President Muhammadu Buhari possible.
He maintained that the fate of the bill would be determined on the floor of the Senate after a robust debate by senators.
Meanwhile, the ex-spokesperson for the Senate, who sponsored the bill, insisted at a news briefing on Monday that his proposed legislation is aimed at achieving peace in the country.
Buhari congratulates Lyon, condemns violence in Bayelsa
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, on his "impressive victory".
He felicitated with the governor-elect in a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.
The President also commended APC supporters in particular and Nigerians in general in Bayelsa who exercised their civic rights in a peaceful manner, despite the pockets of unrest recorded in some parts of the state.
He, however, condemned the loss of lives in the state, particularly prior to the election and, commiserated with the families of the victims.
"Violence during elections vitiates our commitment to demonstrate to the world and upcoming generation that we are a people capable of electing leaders in a peaceful and orderly manner," President Buhari was quoted as saying in the statement.
He noted that officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies did their best within the ambit of the law to ensure free, fair and credible elections.
According to the President, it is unfortunate that pockets of unrest, mostly sponsored by desperate politicians were recorded during the poll.
He promised to work with the incoming government to improve the lives of the people in Bayelsa while ensuring the security of lives and property of all citizens.
Buhari also urged the governor-elect to carry other divergent interests along in the next phase of governance.
He appealed to those aggrieved by the outcome of the election to seek redress through the constitutionally established channels.
INEC declares Kogi West Senatorial election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared as inconclusive the election of the November 16 Kogi West Senatorial District because the margin of win was less than the total cancelled votes.
It said that it will announce later a date for the supplementary election.
It stated that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Smart Adeyemi scored a total of 80,118 votes while the Kogi West Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dino Melaye, scored 59,548 votes.
Smart Adeyemi had slightly more than 20,000 votes than Dino Melaye.
APC's Lyon wins Bayelsa guber election
Mr David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election which took place on Saturday.
Announcing Lyon as the winner, the Returning Officer, Prof Faraday Orumwense, stated that the total votes cast stood at 505, 884 while the total valid votes were 499, 551.
He added that 6333 votes were rejected in the election in which the PDP scored 143,173 leaving the APC's to take the bigger chunk of the votes, totalling 352,552.
Lyon defeated Douye Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in six out of eight locals government areas in the state.
"I , prof Faraday Orumwense hereby certifies that I am the Returning Officer for the Bayelsa State governorship election held on 16th day of November 2019.
"That the candidates recorded the following votes… Lyon David of the APC got 352,552 votes…while the PDP candidate, Diri Douye got 143,172 votes.
"That Lyon David having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby returned elected," he said at the State Collation Centre in the capital, Yenagoa.
Lyon's victory makes it the first time an opposition party is winning the state since the return of democracy in 1999.
The state, which was created in 1996, has always been governed by the PDP.
Below are the scores from each local government area as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Sagbama LGA
Brass LGA
Nembe LGA
Ekeremor LGA
Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA
Ogbia LGA
Southern-Ijaw LGA
Yenagoa LGA
God's intervention keeps me in office as gov, says Wike
ivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he remained Rivers State Governor because of the intervention of God who dislodged forces of darkness primed to rob the Rivers mandate on March 9, 2019.
Speaking during the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Holy Ghost Rally at the Adokiye Amiesimaka yesterday, Governor Wike described himself as a living testimony of God's blessing.
He said: "Nigerians are aware of what happened on 9th March, 2019. If anyone says he does not believe in God that event of March 9 should make you believe God.
"But for God, the enemies would have taken over the state. I thank the Church for standing firm. They prayed for God's will to be done and God's will was done. But for your prayers, I won't be here as Rivers State Governor.
"Anytime I have the opportunity, I repeat the declaration with authority and I owe nobody an apology. I am standing on solid Authority. Rivers State is a Christian State.
"If we have all churches embark on sanitation, our state will be cleaner. We will support this programme financially and we shall donate three vehicles to the Church for the programme."
Wike, however, said that God had used the General Overseer of RCCG to bless Rivers State. He said that the Annual Holy Ghost Rally had been a blessing to the State.
General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye said everyone needed help, saying that the best source to get help was from God.
He said: "No matter how influential and powerful, everyone needs help. Everyone needs help and the best help you can get is from the Almighty God."
Lawmakers're not voted to fight, but to work – Lawan
…says NASS chooses to unite in national interest
he President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, at the weekend in Abuja, stressed that members of the National Assembly were not elected by Nigerians to come and fight, but to work in their interest.
Lawan made this assertion at the maiden end-of-year dinner and awards night organised by the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), his alma mater.
"Nigerians didn't vote for us to come and fight. Nigerians voted for us to come and work for them," Lawan said, according to a statement by Ola Awoniyi, the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity.
He said that the resolve to collaborate on national issues notwithstanding, members of the National Assembly would not allow the executive arm of government to take any advantage of them.
"We will disagree with them, but when we disagree, we are not going to the market square to fight, to shout. We are going to resolve it in a round table manner. We are going to resolve it in the national interest; on what we feel or what we like or what we don't like. We should be able to resolve any issue on the basis of what is good for Nigeria," he said.
Lawan further explained that the Ninth National Assembly had consciously chosen to unite in national interest despite the fact that its members are from different political parties.
"This Ninth National Assembly is a different National Assembly. We have chosen consciously to be united on one thing: that thing is national interest.
"It doesn't matter what our platform is. You can be an APC member of the National Assembly. You can be a PDP member of the National Assembly. In fact, you can be an YPP member of the National Assembly.
"This Ninth National Assembly, particularly the Senate, our platforms have conveyed us. We are grateful to our parties. We believe in the ideals of our parties, but we have resolved to work for Nigeria," he said.
Lawan also pointed out that the legislature was the most misunderstood arm of government in Nigeria because it was the youngest of all the three arms.
He said that the current National Assembly believed that Nigeria should be made a safer country and with its economy working for Nigerians.
"All of us here are privileged. Some are more privileged than others, but the fact remains that those who are disadvantaged are outside there.
"They are at the villages or they are in slums in the cities. We have to work to make lives better for them. It is our duty, our mandate to work so hard regardless of our political platforms.
"We have also said we will work with the executive arm of government to ensure that there is some decency in what we do, that we are productive in what we do. That we are able to give Nigerians what they voted for," he stated.
Lawan paid glowing tribute to current and former Vice Chancellors of the school with special emphasis on Prof. Jibril Aminu, who was the VC from 1980 to 1985, for his laudable policy which has "created a critical mass of academics" for the school and which his successors have proudly sustained to date.
He also congratulated the staff and, particularly, the students who still have faith in the school despite the constant threats by Boko Haram insurgents.
"Despite the threat of Boko Haram insurgents, students are still being faithful that they will still get their education in the University of Maiduguri.
"This is courage. This is belief in what the university can do to protect them and what the university can do to give them the education they require and the character formation that goes with it," Lawan said.
On the recent hike in tuition fees in UNIMAID which the National Assembly kicked against, the Senate President advised the management of the school to always consult widely before taking any decision on fundamental issues.
The high-point of the event was the presentation of awards to some alumni of the school, including Lawan, who received an Outstanding Achievement Award in celebration of his position as the highest ranking alumni political office holder and in recognition of his dedication and humanitarian service.
Lawan promptly dedicated the award to his class of 1984 Geography graduates.
Bayelsa, Kogi polls: U.S., UK, EU, others bemoan violence, intimidation, fatalities
he Diplomatic Watch teams deployed from Austria, the European Union delegation, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States to last weekend's governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states have expressed concerns about the conduct of the polls.
They asked security agencies to investigate and bring perpetrators of violence to justice.
In a statement made available to New Telegraph yesterday, the international community also expressed concern by evident vote-buying and credible reports of ballot box snatching in both Bayelsa and Kogi.
The statement read: "We express our alarm at reports of widespread incidents of violence and intimidation, some of which were witnessed by our teams in Kogi. There are reports of fatalities and people missing, including INEC staff. Our thoughts are with all victims and their families.
"We encourage all stakeholders, in particular, political leaders, to call for calm and we encourage security agencies to investigate thoroughly and bring perpetrators to justice.
"We are also concerned by evident vote-buying and credible reports of ballot box snatching in both Bayelsa and Kogi."
The diplomatic community monitors, however, commended the commitment and resilience of voters in both states who came out to exercise their democratic rights.
"We express our sympathy for those affected by the violence, including ordinary voters, INEC officials, members of the NYSC, civil society and the media. All should be able to carry out their fundamental role in the democratic process free from intimidation and harassment.
"As long-standing friends, we have been present at every major election in Nigeria since 1999. We remain committed to working impartially with Nigerian authorities, INEC in particular, as well as civil society to consolidate and deepen democracy."
Debt: GenCos threaten power generation shutdown
…demand release of N600bn to firms
- Companies: We can't pay gas suppliers
mminent crisis is looming in the power sector as electricity generation companies (GenCos) have threatened to shut down if the Federal Government fails to call the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) to order.
The Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies, Dr. Joy Ogaji, who issued the threat yesterday, said the GenCos were owed over a trillion naira and that it had become difficult to pay gas suppliers.
Ogaji decried the frustration the companies are facing from the management of NBET, stating that the bulk trading firm had constituted itself to a regulator and no longer a debtor to the GenCos.
The executive secretary said that they had written relevant authorities on the demand by NBET that the GenCos would pay 0.75 per cent administrative charg es before they can access the N600 billion released to them by the Federal Government.
According to her, "As you are aware, the Federal Government promised to release N600 billion to GenCos, but from that time till now, we have not seen anything. NBET has been calling the GenCos, the investors telling them that they have the money with them and that they should comply with their terms.
"If NBET excesses are not checked and this N600 billion is not released on time, whether we deliberately shutdown or not, the machines would shut down by itself because the gas suppliers have stopped giving gas to some GenCos."
She, however, said that what the GenCos were owing the gas suppliers was not equal to what it's being owed.
She noted: "GenCos have called for this press briefing to inform the public and relevant stakeholders that as creditors, they will not be subjected to unnecessary duress by a debtor who should be pleading with them on payment terms in the face of their dire financial crisis.
"Recall that on September 20, 2019, the GenCos, through the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), convened a press conference to discuss on the 0.75 per cent charge, which the NBET demanded from the GenCos as administrative charge for payment of gas invoices on their behalf.
"It was expected that the issue has been nipped in the bud, haven written to all relevant stakeholders, including the sector regulator, NERC, and having received responses from its major shareholder and vice chairman of its board, the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) as well as the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) all unanimously rejecting NBET's stance, it is clear from recent occurrences that NBET is not deterred.
"NBET has now reduced its role to blackmailing/threatening GenCo investors/chairmen, who have refused to concede to NBET's illegal demand of a 0.75 per cent charge on invoices paid to gas suppliers.
"NBET has clearly threatened not to release payments due GenCos until they accede to NBET's request, urging them to agree for a quid pro quo with the 0.75 per cent administrative charge.
"The situation is truly grave and completely unprecedented as NBET has completely shed its role as a licensee of the industry and has taken on some sort of regulatory role. The entity is almost conducting itself in a manner that suggests that it is above the law.
"This singular action by NBET may lead to shutdown of power supply by GenCos, who have unanimously agreed to call the bluff of NBET.
"NBET (a.k.a. the 'Bulk Trader') is a trading licensee, licensed and regulated by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), to undertake bulk purchase and resale of electricity in the transitional electricity market."
She described NBET as a child of necessity and a transitory agency created to instill confidence and act as a buffer, bulwark or a gap filler virtually providing security to investors in the power generation business in the Nigerian electricity supply industry.
"In essence, NBET is appointed by the Federal Government to act on behalf of GenCos. This entails that without the GenCos, there is no NBET," she added.
Calling on the Federal Government to intervene, she said, in adherence to the current administration's vision of providing an enabling environment and leveraging the ease to do business index in Nigeria, the Federal Government, especially the board chairman of NBET, needed to review the professional conduct of the management of NBET and ensure that business etiquettes are instilled to create an avenue for operators to ventilate their feelings and difficulties.
She said: "Besides being owed huge debts, the Gencos also are operating under very harsh monetary and fiscal conditions, occasioned by the economic realities that face the country today.
"The APGC is pained by the inhuman treatment meted out to GenCos and stresses that law abiding corporate citizens should not be victims of bullying and malady.
"GenCos' indebtedness to their gas suppliers is due to NBET's indebtedness to them. No Genco has any outstanding gas payment that is more than what NBET owes the Genco. Put differently, NBET is indirectly charging 0.75 per cent for paying its debt to GenCos.
"Has it ever been heard or seen, where a debtor is dictating terms of payment and even wanting to benefit from proceeds of debts it is obligated to pay? To this, the GenCos say, we are ready for business, and will walk the proverbial "whole nine yards" to get what is our due."
Kogi West: Melaye trails Adeyemi
he candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Kogi West Senatorial District in last weekend's re-run election, Senator Smart Adeyemi, is coasting to victory as he leads his main challenger, Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by 13,494 votes.
Adeyemi, who is the Director-General of Bello/Onoja Governorship Campaign, defeated Melaye in four out of the six local government areas, where results have been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The APC candidate had 60,330 votes as against his PDP counterpart's 46,836 votes.
Adeyemi defeated Melaye in Ijumu, Kabba-Bunu, Kogi and Mopamuro, while Melaye won in Yagba East and Yagba West local governments. The result of Lokoja Local Government Area is yet to be released at press time last night.
In Ijumu Local Government Area, Adeyemi scored 11,627, while Melaye got 7,647 votes.
Adeyemi won in Kogi, Kabba-Bunu and Mopamuro, with 14,168, 15,037 and 4,874 votes, respectively, while Melaye scored 9,786, 8,974 and 3,704 votes, respectively in the three councils.
The PDP candidate, however, won Yagba West and Yagba East with 8,980 and 7,745 votes as against APC's 7,941 and 6,683 votes.
The APC has commended the various security agencies over their respective roles during Saturday's governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states.
This is as the party called on its supporters to remain calm as they await the full results of the elections.
APC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said: "We are aware of several hoodlums brought into Kogi State from Osun and Oyo states few days before the elections, just as we monitored the grand preparation to unleash violence in Bayelsa State.
"We are delighted that the forces of darkness have failed. The subterfuge deployed by the PDP to rig the election in both states, including the Kogi West senatorial rerun election was thwarted."
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Photo taken on March 25, 2019 shows flame and smoke above buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. The Israeli army expanded air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday night after targeting Hamas security facilities in Gaza City, a local radio station and eyewitnesses said. (Xinhua/Stringer)
GAZA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army expanded airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday night after targeting Hamas security facilities in Gaza City, a local radio station and eyewitnesses said.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli warplanes completely destroyed a Hamas-run building including an insurance company in central Gaza City.
However, an Israeli army spokesman said in a press statement that the targeted building is used for processing Hamas security intelligence.
Local radio station al-Quds reported that the main headquarters of Hamas interior security in Remal neighborhood in western Gaza City was destroyed by Israeli drones and warplanes.
Israeli warplanes also destroyed a house in eastern Gaza City, with no injuries reported, al-Quds said.
According to security officials in Gaza and eyewitnesses, Israeli drones and warplanes carried out more than 15 airstrikes on posts, facilities, compounds and buildings that belong to Hamas and other militant groups in the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza health ministry said no injuries had been reported in the Israeli airstrikes yet, adding that a status of emergency had been declared at all hospitals across the coastal enclave.
The intensive Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip were carried out in response to earlier rocket attacks from Gaza on Tel Aviv in central Israel.
The Israeli media reported that the attacks injured seven Israelis and caused severe destruction to several buildings in northern Tel Aviv.


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Visit the famous Spaç Prison, one of the largest prisons of Communist Albania. This monument, turned museum shows the cruelty of the Communist Regime and the bloody rebellion against it. "In 1973, a number of prisoners staged a rebellion where the non-communist flag was raised." Also, " In 2015, the prison was listed by the New York-based organisation World Monument Fund as one of the 50 most endangered monuments worldwide."
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A shared user facility at MNTL, the BioNanotechnology Laboratory (BNL) provides engineering researchers 24/7 access to a Biosafety Level 2 facility with all the tools to conduct research experiments at the interface of biology and micro and nanotechnology. The facility is also suitable for research with infectious agents or biological research classified at BSL2.
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Press Release – 2018
January 2018
CASCADE Montessori Family Learning Society Moves to a New Facility in Besant Nagar, Chennai, India – PR.Com. January 19, 2018.
New address for learning society – The Hindu, Downtown, January 12, 2018.
Interview by Mrs. Vidya Shankar, Founder of CASCADE
Home Educating Families
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Interview by Mrs. Vidya Shankar, as a Women's Icon, a renowned social worker who has helped countless children over the years.
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The joy of knowledge: At Cascade Family Learning Co-operative Society, parents are part of the education process
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Cascade Students and Teachers are engaged in Shramdhan and are cleaning up the neighbourhood. Every month 2nd Saturday all our families come in and do their bit.


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A few years ago, the people in my life kept telling me, "2013 is going to be YOUR year!" While their intentions were nothing but good, I can tell you that 2013 wasn't exactly my best year ever. This was mostly because I was only just beginning the healing process from a relationship gone wrong - a challenge that made it all too difficult to be open, to trust, or to love anyone other than family or close friends.
Now, three years later and three weeks into another fresh start, I have opened my heart, learned to trust again and am no longer leery of love. I feel renewed and ready for anything. The future is forever unknown, but I truly believe things are on the upswing for 2016. So keep your eyes open and keep them locked on me because this year may actually be my year.


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148: The Calm of an Evening Routine
"Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree" - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You hear so many times about the importance of a morning routine but you don't hear alot what to do in the evening, until now. You spend at least (hopefully) seven hours of sleep a night. You need to make sure you do everything to make those hours count. An evening routine will not only assure that but also allow you to wake up ready to tackle a new day.
Today's episode focuses on how to close the day peacefully, plan for the next one and sleep like a baby in between.
Topics Covered
- The Benefits of an Evening Routine
- How to Get a Good Night Sleep
- Foods to avoid for a Sound Sleep
- How to Sleep Better
- Episode 101 of ZEN commuter - How to get Back to Sleep
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The much-awaited 12-month Long-Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO) held on September 29 resulted in a total allotment of EUR 75.2bn in favor of 589 banks. The outcome is at the low end of the forecasts spectrum (ranging from EUR 50bn to EUR 300bn) and below our bet of a result within the EUR 125-175bn interval. More important is the fact that both the amount allotted and the number of bidders were much lower than in June, when a total amount of EUR 442bn was injected in favor of 1125 banks.
A segmented banking market?
The combined reading of the LTRO outcome and of the latest Euro money market survey published by the ECB on September 24 allows an assessment of the ongoing situation in money markets, and of the effectiveness of ECB measures adopted so far (http://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/other/euromoneymarketsurvey200909en.pdf).
The still-gloomy situation depicted by the Euro money market survey should be of no surprise given that it captures only very partially the effect of the June LTRO. In a nutshell, the main message is that, compared to the second quarter of 2008, the unsecured interbank market kept shrinking from 11% (overnight, lending side) up to 46% (longer term between 3- and 12-month). It's hard to say given that we do not have the exact amounts, but our impression is that if we compare the decline (in absolute terms) experienced by interbank lending with the true collapse experienced by other forms of short-term funding, say the euro-denominated commercial paper, we come back to the conclusion that it is not the unsecured interbank market – already anemic at long maturities before the crisis erupted – that has disappeared, rather other key sources of liquidity (e.g., money market funds).
With no manoeuvre on rates in sight in the near term, the market focus remains centered on ECB unconventional measures aimed at sustaining the banking sector with the final objective of restoring a sound credit flow in favor of the real economy. As President Trichet has made very clear in his hearing before the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on September 28, the time to exit has not yet come. Recent signals on the financial sector shape are undoubtedly positive but the crisis is not over yet and, as implied by Mr. Bini Smaghi recently, there might be the case that a non-negligible part of the banking sector remains addicted to ECB liquidity.
At a first sight, results of the September LTRO are encouraging, and my boss Marco Annunziata has already talked of "ongoing normalization". However, as he has clearly stressed, it is too early to claim "mission accomplished". A few weeks ago, in discussing the outcome of the June LTRO, we mentioned three reasons that in our view, more than others, helped to explain the huge size of the allotment. They were 1) true funding needs; 2) liquidity ratios; 3) favorable market conditions. All of them were less binding last week. Liquidity ratios are computed mostly on a 1- to 6-month basis, and they should have been already fulfilled by the previous tender. Market conditions remain favorable (very steep yield curve on the 2-10-year segment) but the financial year is closing, budget targets have been met and, as the pressure on the short end of the curve immediately after the announcement of the LTRO outcome shows, the bond market remains subject to several factors that may trigger an abrupt sell-off anytime. For those banks asking liquidity back in June mainly to ride the curve, there was no need to push further. Funding needs were less binding too: with the risk that the ECB would have applied a spread in September (remember that Trichet clarified the issue only at the September press conference), banks in true need of liquidity already had the chance to buy a good deal of relief in June.
A closer look at the result raises more than one question mark. True, the signal is reassuring if one looks at the overall systemic liquidity conditions. However, while the gross size has reduced by 83% (to EUR 75.2bn from the prior EUR 442.2bn), the number of bidders has declined by "only" 47% (from 1121 to 589). Moreover, the average amount allotted is very small (EUR 128mn). With all the caveats of a back-of-the-envelope reasoning like this, one is authorized to think that it was mainly small- and medium-sized banks to participate. It looks to us like an indirect confirmation that this bunch of players still experiences impaired access conditions to liquidity markets and remain largely dependent on ECB liquidity. Finally, if liquidity conditions are easing significantly as somebody argues, it remains to be explained why at the last weekly MRO, just to give you an example, an amount of almost EUR 67bn(!) has been allotted at the "expensive" 1% rate, with market rates for unsecured (1-week Euribor) and secured funding (1-week Eurepo), both at 0.35%. Our impression is that there is a non-negligible part of the banking system plainly cut-off from market funding.
The next LTRO is scheduled for mid-December and remains to be seen if the ECB will decide to apply a spread on the allotment rate (now at 1%) in order to signal to markets that at least a part of the unconventional support may be unwound. It is too early to say and in our view it will remain a close call until the ECB will signal its intentions, very likely at the December Council meeting. Clearly, if our assumption on the two-tier banking system is correct, it's hard to imagine that the ECB will apply a spread because it's unlikely that a dramatic improvement in systemic liquidity conditions may occur between now and the end of the year. The cautious reading of recent evidence by Trichet and other Council members is another indirect signal that the guard in Frankfurt remains very high. For the time being, the ECB keeps proving that its "credit easing" policy has been dramatically effective in preventing a credit crunch and in unclogging, to a certain extent, operations in money markets. The precipice is definitely behind us but the exit is not nigh.
ECB October meeting: wait and see!
A further confirmation that the central bank keeps treating the recovery with a good deal of caution will come at the October policy meeting scheduled for next Thursday. Recent data suggest a moderate growth pickup in the third quarter, set to find further ground before the end of the year. However, a strong recovery appears very unlikely, and the current massive slack, the worst legacy of the economic collapse of Q2 2008-Q2 2009, will take a long time to be worked off. We do not expect major changes in the rhetoric from last meeting when staff forecasts for 2010 GDP stroke a very pessimistic note. President Trichet will likely repeat that the bulk of ECB's credit easing measures put banks in the condition to extend credit in favor of the real economy. However, if successful in avoiding a credit crunch, the ECB can do little to jumpstart a strong recovery in the lending market where supply to risky borrowers is rationed and demand from sound agents is very scarce. Inflation stays negative, and the tail of a deflation scenario is thinner than a few months ago but has not yet disappeared from the radar screen.
Trichet will repeat also that there is no pre-defined path to the exit, meaning that depending on how the macro and financial situations unfold, the ECB may decide either to lift the policy rate first (inflation risks on the rise) or to unwind unconventional measures (sounder banking system) before removing traditional accommodation. If we are right on the (tame) inflation outlook and a sluggish recovery, we remain convinced that a higher refi rate will be the last step. This holds particularly true in an economy like the euro area where a stronger banking sector is a very necessary condition for a sustainable recovery.
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Quetzalcoatl (co-ex-all-cuat-ol) the feathered serpent god of redemption one day recalled his passion for Mayahuel (Maya-Who-Well) the goddess of fertility. Finding her asleep in the sky he awakened her and persuaded her to travel to the earth with him. There they joined into the union of a forked tree. When Mayahuel's grandmother, an evil star demon awoke and found her gone she was enraged and dove straight from the sky to find the two lovers. She tore Mayahuel to pieces and ordered her servant demons to devour her body leaving a saddened Quetzalcoatl alone to grieve. In this state Quetzalcoatl gathered her bones and planted them in the earth. From her humble grave grew a plant, a simple spiny plant called Maguey which we now refer to as agave. And from this simple plant came a milky, viscous sap called aguamiel or honey water. Once fermented this brew would be known as pulque, a true nectar from the heavens. When distilled this rich elixir took on a new life, one that transcended its godly status to reach the hands of common men so they too could be in tune with Quetzalcoatl and his forlorn lover Mayahuel and this new life was called Mezcal
The Fire Inside
In 1968 a famous mural was uncovered during an excavation in central Mexico at the Great Pyramid of Cholula, Puebla some 70 miles east of Mexico City. This mural, simply called "Pulque Drinkers" offers a far reaching grasp into the traditions of Mexican culture. The lightly fermented aguamiel or honey water has the strength of your classic American canned beer but somehow this is the seedling of one of the greatest treasures on the earth. We may think of Tequila as Mexico's symbolic spirit but the fire inside Mezcal de Oaxaca (Wha-Hawk-a) is unmatched. Tequila is a cousin to mezcal which is just the fermented juice of the maguey plant that is distilled to make a spirit. But unlike Tequila, Mezcal de Oaxaca has a deep smokiness and fruity aroma that is solely its own. The process is simple; the hearts of agave are smoked in giant pits and then crushed, fermented and distilled. Easy enough right? Not so much actually. Everything is done by hand and organically and not just in that wholefoods sense but in the way the process unfolds. The maguey is manually harvested and smoked by wooden embers that are gathered from the dead and fallen trees of Oaxaca. Horses still pull the stone milling wheels to grind the hearts into pulp. They are fermented in clay containers and distilled in ancient alembic stills as they were for centuries. This may be nearly as old as Irish whiskey.
The history of mezcal like pulque itself is a bit cloudy but when the conquistadors came to the new world they tried the brew. This was a very serious offering from the Aztec priests as this was not for the common man. In fact it was only for festivals, ceremonies and sacrifices. Perhaps this was to ease the suffering of the gods' dainties. Public intoxication was frowned upon during Aztec rule. Needless to say the Spaniards were not impressed with the milky elixir but saw some potential. Perhaps they were the first to distill pulque into a crude spirit that would later become mezcal but some of the stills used are not the round, bulbous stills of Western Europe. May of these stills that are used today resemble those of the middle ages when it has been highly theorized that the far east had already made contact with the "New World" hundreds of years before the Europeans. There have even been leaves from the Coca plant found in the wrappings of ancient pharaohs so it is quiet plausible that distillation predates the Spaniards in the Americas.
From its beginnings pulque was an intrinsic part of Mesoamerica. It was the corner stone of every celebration, sacrifice and ritual. It was the essence of the spiritual being. Little has changed throughout the centuries. The idea of mezcal as being all curing is still a common theme throughout the southern state of Oaxaca and when it is offered to you, it is an offering of ones soul.
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Mezcal has become the latest craze in cocktail bars throughout the country. The interest has grown immensely over the past three years and although for my mother who 1st tried mezcal as a child in Hermosillo, Mexico I am tickled by this. But I do worry that the demand will, like it had done to Tequila; steal the generic integrity of the spirit. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of great Tequilas produced and imported into this country but there are also a ton and I mean a ton of poor, inferior brands to make sure that there is plenty of product to keep a humble salt and lime industry operational. To be honest I have only come across a couple of poor brands of mezcal which I will not name in this blog but I will say that even though the thought of eating a worm or scorpion sounds cool at a party (I have done this numerous times and yes it is fun and great initiation for newer employees at our bar) it is not the hallmark of what mezcal is. Talking about great mezcal and focusing on these brands would be like talking about foie gras and offering you liver and onions. These all have their place in the world but not here.
What I love about Mezcal is the diversity of the maguey plant. It can have as much individual flavor as grape varietals. The climate still plays a role as it does with wine and whiskey. Most of the serious Mezcals are coming from very high altitude sites. The higher the altitude the richer and more complex the Mezcal becomes. The age of the maguey is as important as it is with grape vines. The water is as distinctive as with Kentucky Bourbon. The varietals of maguey defiantly remand indigenous to Mexico. Oaxaca is still the most well known region but there are several regions such as Dorango and Guerrero and like the French AOC or Italian DOC's that protect their individual terroir, identity and history, these Mezcaleros and lovers of the fire inside have protected their mezcal from becoming an overly marketed, watered down industry that Tequila can be where many of them now resemble a heavy Vodka and not the spirit that is iconic, hard and like Mexico herself, seldom pretty but always beautiful.
Cock Fighting with a Sun Surfer
Modern day love can inebriate the soul like it did to Quetzalcoatl and Mayahuel. Some years ago a surfer from Colorado heading down to Oaxaca with a friend in a quest to find themselves were thrown randomly in the center of a great celebration. Several students in a trade school were dancing and singing in the street. You see, it was graduation day and in the poorer areas of the world a new Lexus is not the gift of choice, instead people opt to celebrate as a whole community and to me seems to be a truer sense of joy. These two men were grabbed into the streets and forced to dance. They were handed gasoline cans filled with a firey substance that burned their lips but cooled their souls. It was their first taste of Mezcxal de Oaxaca but it would not be their last. They opened a bar on the beach and began to sell Mezcal to locals and surfers alike. One day our hero gets an ear infection and had to go to the local clinic. There he met his Mayahuel. She nursed him back to health and over the following months the slow and charming ritual of courtship began. The only problem, she was to be married. After a few hardy punches with the rival suiter and some iced up wounds her fiance left the two alone and they soon married. As luck would have it her father was a Mezcalero, a maker of the ancient and magical elixir mezcal. And so our hero and his friend started an import company to sell his father-in-law's mezcal and soon Mezcal Vago would be introduced to the United States.
You see many of these Mezcals are not brought to you by the same companies that bring in Don Julio ( a fine product) or Jose Cuervo (my mother once said that if you don't have something nice to say then shut your trap… so I will). Those who offer us the treasures of Mezcal are small, independent producers, importers and well, regular people. There is no incentive for me to work with Mezcal, no gift to put a Mezcal cocktail on my cocktail list. Here, for me, like it was for our hero, for the Mezcalero who became his father-in-law, for my mother a simple understanding of the culture of Mexico. It is one of ritual which you can see so intimately through a Mexican Catholic mass where the rich and powerful history of Aztec, Toltec, Mayan and Seri cultures who have sometimes integrated a western idea of inclusion but not the western ideal of assimilation. It is the power of Mezcal that keeps me in check to remember who I am, where I came from and where I want to go. To surf on the sun.
Clear is the new Brown
Join us in Saloon on Tuesday, January 20th at 7 pm for a tasting of Mexico's rare and powerful elixir. We will taste through 4 unique varietals of maguey, each one like the terroir of great wine vineyards, an individual to its region offering a one of a kind flavor profile.
Tickets are $35 per person (all inclusive) and can be bought through Eventbrite.com
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The Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese Opera Troupe will perform a new Cantonese opera, "The Birthday Banquets", in January and February. The cast includes Lam Tin-yau, Cheng Nga-kei, Lai Yiu-wai, Lam Tsz-ching, Yuen Sin-ting, Wong Kit-ching, Kwan Hoi-shan, Wong Po-hyun, Hong Wah and guest performer Chan Hung-chun.
"The Birthday Banquets" is written by renowned Cantonese opera actor Sun Kim-long. It tells the story of Yang Jikang, a retired government official who has five daughters. All but his foster daughter Sanchun are married to the sons of officials' families. Sanchun marries Zou Yinglong, a scholar, because she admires his literary talents. On Jikang's birthday, his daughters and their husbands all bring generous gifts to the celebration except for Sanchun and her husband. The couple arrives at the banquet empty-handed because of a robbery and they are therefore snubbed by the other family members.
Good times do not last long for Jikang, who during his tenure of office has offended a powerful official, Yan Song. The imperial court then orders the confiscation of all of Jikang's property. Having nowhere to stay, Jikang seeks help from his daughters but is turned away by his sons-in-law. He has no alternative but to go to his foster daughter Sanchun for shelter. Though poverty-stricken, Sanchun shows filial affection for Jikang, who brought her up. After long years of hard study, Yinglong wins first place in the highest imperial examination and is appointed as a top-rank official. This happens just when Jikang's birthday comes around and a grand banquet is held. Jikang's sons-in-law endeavour to curry favour with Yinglong and go to the birthday banquet to offer their congratulations. Being understanding, broad-minded and tolerant, Yinglong welcomes his brothers-in-law. The story thus comes to a happy ending.
Details of the performance are as follows:
January 14 (Saturday), 7.30pm
Auditorium, Tai Po Civic Centre
February 29 (Wednesday), 7.30pm
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
The new Cantonese opera "The Birthday Banquets" by the Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese Opera Troupe is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Tickets priced from $100 to $220 are available at all URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by credit card telephone booking. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for full-time students and CSSA recipients available on a first-come, first-served basis).
For programme enquiries, call 2268 7325; for ticketing enquiries, call 2734 9009. For credit card telephone booking, call 2111 5999. Internet booking is available at www.urbtix.hk. For more information, visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/chinese_opera/0000033e.html .
A free-admission pre-performance talk, with limited seats available on a first-come, first-served basis, will be held (in Cantonese) for this programme:
February 26 (Sunday), 2.30pm
Room AC2, 4/F Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Speakers: Sun Kim-long and members of the troupe
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