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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Interview: Agnostic Front
The New York Hardcore institution known as Agnostic Front has been around in consistent form since 1983, making it one of the longest-running hardcore bands that hasn't splintered into some unrecognizable faction or faux-legacy of reunions and hostile takeovers (see "Dead Kennedys," "Misfits," "Gang Green," etc). Nearly thirty years after their formation, I (GlassPipeMurder) had the chance to sit down with founding guitarist Vinnie Stigma, Joseph James, Mike Gallo, and drummer Pokey Mo, who had just joined Agnostic Front last month. I don't feel like I pulled any punches in this interview, and the band was very forthcoming, sincere, and appreciative of the interest in Agnostic Front.
The band released Warriors in 2007 and talked about the past, present, and future of Agnostic Front backstage before their show at Minneapolis' Triple Rock Social Club.
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How are you guys doing? How does it feel to be alive and on tour in 2009?
Vinnie Stigma: Feels great. I'll be doing it until I'm dead.
Are you still enjoying touring after all these years?
Vinnie: I do, we do, yeah. Me and Mikey always tour, we love it.
I read that 2009 is the ten-year anniversary of your tattoo shop [NYHC Tattoos] on the Lower East Side. Ballpark it: how many tattoos would you estimate Agnostic Front has collectively as a band?
Vinnie: Right now, as in the current members of the band? Definitely over a hundred.
Mike Gallo: Oh yeah.
Vinnie: Well over a hundred.
All done in your shop or around the world?
Vinnie: From all over, a whole lot in the shop, though.
After devoting the better part of the decade to Agnostic Front, Steve [Gallo] is no longer in the band and I know a lot of people are curious why. Can you give any indication or comment?
Mike: He was just…I think he was tired of touring. He's teaching music now in New York.
So now Pokey Mo has taken over behind the kit. Pokey, what do you bring to the band?
Pokey: I guess I bring about 20 years of hardcore experience. I've been in the band Both Worlds with John Joseph and played in a couple of Cro-Mag shows and Murphys Law as well, Marauder, so I bring the old-school flavor to the band.
Agnostic Front and Madball are heading to South America this fall, though it's not the first time either bands have toured there, as you kind of paved the way for future bands before it was really considered a viable touring option. With the fanbase you've built up down there and your connection with the Latino community having released the Puro Des Madre record, do you have big expectations for the tour?
Mike: I know all the major cities are already sold out, and I think Freddy's gonna come out and do "For My Family" with us.
Vinnie, are you gonna jump on stage and perform with Madball at all?
Vinnie: Yeah, I'll go on, we'll make it a show, featuring me. We'll have fun. The Vinnie and Freddy show [laughs].
I understand there's an all-Spanish split CD in the works?
Mike: Yeah, we're gonna do "For My Family" in Spanish, maybe another song and Madball's gonna do something else also, a couple songs in Spanish. We're gonna release it [in South America] first and then maybe we'll release here, I'm not sure.
Vinnie, I wanted to offer my condolences that your presidential bid didn't end up in your favor, but it seemed like the youtube videos were a big hit, where did the idea for that come from?
Vinnie: This great guy came to my house and puts a green screen up. And…jeez I don't even know! [laughs and shrugs]
Are you okay though with the way the election turned out though? I mean, it could have been worse right?
Vinnie: It is what it is, ya know. He's my President, I stand behind him.
Now talk a little bit about your new solo album New York Blood. Who's been playing on the recording and for the shows?
Mike: Me, Vinnie, Josh, Luke, the whole band. Rob Lopez on guitar, and that's our current, steady lineup. [We did] shows with Dropkick Murphys, H2O, couple of different shows.
Vinnie: We just had our record release party about 30 days ago, so it's a brand-new record so we're bringing new music to the table. And we already have the next record half-written!
Is New York Blood something you've been working on for awhile now?
Vinnie: When you do a solo record, it's a different thing. Agnostic Front is my band, and then we went solo, Me and Mikey, and now we're starting to put out records. If we're gonna do it, we're gonna do it right.
I heard you're doing some acting too?
Vinnie: I got a new movie out called "New York Blood." Mikey is in it, a bunch of my friends are in it. It's like a Sopranos horror movie. It won the New York Film Festival award. It's an hour long, it's a feature film, it's a movie, not a documentary. And if you like gangster movies, you're gonna like my movie.
Is it out yet?
Vinnie: Yeah, it's out. It's on Amazon.com.
What do you remember about your appearance on Phil Donahue's show in 1986?
Vinnie: I remember that he liked to insinuate things for ratings. That's what I remember. And I remember it was ahead of the curve [in that respect].
Yeah, Donahue was upset about [the song] "Public Assistance" even though Agnostic Front had already released songs like "Fascist Attitudes," "United and Strong"…
Vinnie: "United Blood" too!
Yeah! Really anti-racist, anti-fascist songs…So were they just trying to construct their own controversy there?
Mike: That's what the media does. That's their job, of course they do. They blow everything out of proportion, even the weather. They say you'll get twenty inches of snow and you get two.
Given the diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds of Agnostic Front's members, do you have any idea why there are still neo-nazis and White Pride racists that seem to be into Agnostic Front? [Question was spurred by a MySpace comment to "keep it WP", which seems illogical since Pokey is Asian]
Pokey: I have no idea. You'd have to ask them. It's nothing that we've ever been a part of, and our message as a band is unity. I think what you have is people latching on to something from the earlier records they misunderstood in the first place and twisted it to fit their ideas. Growing up in the '80s in New York City, it was a different place, and there were people who wanted to speak out against discrimination of any kind. Everybody was against Reagan, but there were some [of us] who didn't care for the anti-Americanism and wanted to make the country better and some people twisted that into nationalism on like the extreme, far right side. All the hardcore bands in New York know each other and play together so unity is something that is obviously very important to us.
Agnostic Front has always been very versatile with different sounds. With Epitaph and Lars Frederiksen there was more of a hardcore oi! sound, and with Freddy Cricien and Jamey Jasta producing the least two records they've been a bit more of a metallic hardcore style. What influences Agnostic Front in a certain direction and how do you decide which direction to take a certain album?
Mike: Basically it's what we're listening to at the moment or whatever we're in the mood for.
Vinnie: Different members, times change, we change it up
Mike: We just put out what we love, whether it's punk, metal, hardcore, oi!, whatever, you know? That's basically what we do these days. Whatever we're feeling, whatever feels right, that's pretty much where we're at right now.
Warriors was your last album, are you guys fans of "The Warriors" the movie?
Mike: Oh yeah, of course!
Was that kind of the theme for the last album?
Joseph James: Not really, actually what happened was we went to Japan on tour, and while we were there we experienced a lot of the culture, and the overall sentiment that we got from people was honor, pride, and respect for what they do and it kind of hit us in a way that made us think about the Warrior's Code which is like, pride, faith, respect, and that really influenced the Warriors album and it just was a coincidence with the movie.
I was just curious because I saw they are remaking "The Warriors" movie and having it take place in L.A. and was wondering if you take offense to that being from New York?
Joseph: Absolutely! [laughs]
Vinnie: They don't have as grimey of train stations in L.A.!
Mike: There's no new ideas anymore, everything's a remake. It's disturbing to me because these are classic movies that don't need to be touched, don't need to be redone. It's like taking classic albums and re-recording them. It loses some of the magic in the remake.
Vinnie: Like "The Honeymooners" remake!
Mike: How many movies can you name that are better than the original? "Cape Fear" was good but….don't mess with the originals for the most part.
Have you started working on a follow-up to Warriors?
Mike: We're doing that right now. We're just in the writing process right now. We had to step back a bit, because we have a new drummer now but now we're gonna start when we get back home, start writing more stuff.
Anything else any of you would like to add?
Joseph: Thank you for your continued support of Agnostic Front. Our heart is still in it and we're very proud to do it and travel and hope to see you at the next show.
Vinnie: Come out to the Stigma show with me and Mikey, we'll have a good time. We'll be back here with Anti-Nowhere League and 999 in July, and you too can be in my movie [laughs].
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Above: The beach front at Dieppe, a photo taken just after the raid. The buildings in the forground are the casino which the Germans had fortified.
The Dieppe raid, code named Operation Jubilee, was launched on 19 August after several delays and a cancellation. It was conceived as part of on going raids of different sizes (and was the largest such) along the French coast. These raids aimed to test and reconnoitre the German coastal defences.
The raid was supported by eight destroyers of the Royal Navy and the fighters and bombers of the RAF.
Most of the troops taking part in the raid were Canadian. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Essex Scottish, Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Royal Regiment of Canada, South Saskatchewan, Cameron Highlanders of Canada regiments and the 14th Canadian Army Tank (Calgary) Regiment all took part in the raid. Also involved were Nos. 3 and 4 Commando of the British Army, the Royal Marine A Commando, 18 inter-allied French Commandos and 50 US Rangers. The total force was just under 5000 strong.
The raid opened with a short bombardment from the 4.5" guns of the Royal Navy Destroyers. It was hoped that by not engaging in a prolonged bombardment and bombing of Dieppe the element of surprise would be retained.
The RAF was to supply air cover and gain air superiority over Dieppe.
Both these assumptions were to prove woefully inadequate.
The destroyers became involved in a short exchange with a German convoy, which alerted the Germans on shore something was a foot, and the bombardment did little in the way of damage to the German positions. On top of this, the RAF fighters did not have enough fuel to stay above Dieppe for any length of time. Therefore both surprise and air cover were limited.
The Assaults
The raid wasn't just an attack on the town of Dieppe. It also included several landings on the flanks. The aims of the raid were to seize and hold the port for a short period, to gather intelligence from prisoners and captured materials, and to test the German reaction. The Allies also wanted to destroy German coastal defences, port structures, and all strategic buildings. Flank attacks were to seize the headlands. To this was added an attack on a German HQ and an airfield further inland.
Blue Beach
The Royal Regiment of Canada landed at Blue Beach near Puys, but delays meant advantages of surprise and darkness were lost by the time they landed. Sixty German defenders were able to hold the Canadians on the beach. They were joined by several platoons from the Black Watch of Canada, but they weren't able to free themselves from the beach. The Canadians lost 225 men killed and 264 surrendered on this beach, with only 33 men evacuated back to England.
Green Beach
On the other side of Dieppe at Pourville (Green Beach) the South Saskatchewan Regiment and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada landed with few losses. The South Saskatchewans advanced on Dieppe, but they were stopped short of their objective by German defenders, as were Camerons. Both regiments were forced to withdraw and suffering casualties in the process. Landing craft crews managed to evacuate 341 men to the flotilla, leaving the rest to surrender as the Germans closed in on the beach. 141 men were killed. The South Saskatchewan Regiment's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry during the battle, despite being captured along with many of his men.
Dieppe itself was attacked from three points. The Essex Scottish Regiment landing at the eastern Red Beach, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry at the western White Beach and 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment (Calgary Regiment) in the centre. The first units of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and Essex Scottish stormed ashore around 0530 hours, 10 to 15 minutes after the bombardment had ceased, more than enough time for the defenders to recover.
As soon as the Hamilton Light Infantry had landed
they came under intense fire from the German defenders. The preliminary
bombardment from the destroyers had done little to silence the Germans.
The Hamiltons had to withstand the withering fire laid down by the
Germans for 15 minutes before the first wave of Churchills arrived. The
Hamiltons became pinned down on the beach and were unable to make
progress until the landing of reinforcements further down the beach
allowed them a respite.
Communications were fragmentary throughout the
raid and the reserves were committed to the Dieppe beach at around 0700
hours based on little understanding of the unfolding events. 584 men of
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal took fire during their landing on the beach.
The other part of the reserve comprised 369 men of Royal Marine A
Commando. They were ordered to White Beach to support if possible. The
first of their craft landed under withering machine gun fire. Their
commander, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph 'Tiger' Phillips, signalled the
order to his landing craft to withdraw, but he was hit and killed in the
process. However, all but one saw the signal and withdrew, though
several craft were already hit. The Commandos that landed could not
advanced more than a few yards once ashore.
At 0720 hours the Hamiltons stormed the fortified
casino, with the aid of engineers and small parties of the just landed
Fusiliers Mont-Royal, taking out the German guns and positions inside.
Several parties then started making their way into the town.
Of the 30 tanks landed in the first wave, only
15 managed to make it off the beach and cross the anti-tank ditch and
the seawall onto the promenade between the seawall and the first row of
town buildings.
The beach at Dieppe was made up of chert, a type
smooth rounded shingle that proved very difficult going for the
Churchill tanks. The tanks would slide around or the chert would become
lodged in between road wheels and tracks immobilising them or throwing
tracks. They came under fire from pillboxes and the guns of flanking
cliff-top positions, and they were brought to a complete stop by
anti-tank walls blocking the street exits from the promenade. The
engineers were unable to clear these obstacles because of heavy fire.
Fighting continued on the promenade for several
hours, but with many troops pinned down on the beach and no further
progress made into the town, the order to withdraw was issued at 1050
hours, less that six hours after the first troops had landed. Some
Churchill tanks were able to return to the beach to cover the
The landing craft returned to the beaches
under smoke and RAF fighter cover. Evacuation took place in confusion
with fighting still on going. By 1220 hours, landing craft could no
longer make the beaches. The destroyer HMS Calpe made a last evacuation
attempt at 1248 hours before the fleet returned to England. The Dieppe
raid was over. 3,367 men, including 2,752 Canadians remained on the
beaches, dead or as prisoners.
This Scenario has been specifically devised as
for our Dieppe games, and though they can be used with other forces they
are in no way intended for tournament play.
Scenario ~ Amphibious Assault
The landing of the Hamilton Light Infantry
The air attack began at 5.10am, quickly followed by the first
landings. The first Canadians hit the beach at 5.23am, they faced a hail
of fire from the fortified German positions. The Germans had reinforced
all the hotels and houses along the promenade and the Casino at the
western end of the beach had been camouflaged and fortified as a
Between the beach and the promenade ran the sea wall, this was up to ten feet high in places and was lined with barbed wire. There was also a shallow trench that ran along the Chert beach that had been formed by the action of the waves and tides. German excavations for building works had further deepened this.
Special Rules
Prepared Positions, Ambushes, Reserves.
Chert special rule: The Chert Beach at Dieppe is to be considered Very Difficult going.
Amphibious Landing special rule: First position your landcraft on the beach edge, then roll a die for each landing craft. Roll a die for each LC and drift it 2" down current for each pip. The current is moving left to right from the Canadian side of the battlefield. Each landing craft must make a 4+ die roll to land on the beach, if they pass Infantry and Vehicles exit during the movement step from the front of the landing craft. Vehicles take bogging tests for Chert special rule.
If the landing craft fails its skill test it has not landed properly, all it passenger must now make a skill test to come ashore. Passed skill tests allow infantry teams and vehicles to come ashore as above. Failed skill tests means infantry teams are stuck aboard the Landing Craft until their next turn when they can take another skill test to get off. Vehicles that fail their skill test are drowned and count as destroyed.
Infantry still aboard beached LCA landing craft can be shot at. Troops on an LCA get a special 3+ save if they fail their infantry save.
Situation Report
Your mission is to penetrate Dieppe town, over coming German resistance with the aid of the Churchills. German resistance is stiff.
The British have landed, you are unsure if this is the start of something big, they are supported by heavy tanks and have air support.
Your Orders
You must seize one of the objectives before the Germans have time to gather their reserves and stop you.
You must stop the British from leaving the beach (their half of the table), this invasion must be stopped in it tracks.
Preparing for Battle
1. The attacker, defender, objectives and table edges are set. See game map.
2. The Germans must hold at least half of their platoons in reserve at
the start of the game. The remaining platoons are deployed in the
defenders half of the battlefield or held in ambush. German Platoons
can be deployed upto the front of the Casino 48"/120cm from their
3. Next the Canadian deploys their LCA landing craft along the beach
edge. The TLC landing craft are not deployed until the following turn
and appear along the beach edge.
4. Both players now place their Company Command Teams in their deployment areas, starting with the defending player.
Beginning the Battle
1. The Canadians have first turn.
2. The Germans start the game Pinned Down and Bailed Out.
Ending the Battle
The battle ends when:
~ the Canadians holds either one of the objectives at the start of their turn, or
~ the Germans starts a turn after turn 6 with no attacking teams in the defenders half of the table.
~ or either forces company morale has broken.
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry ~ Confident Trained
14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment ~ Confident Trained
571st Infantry regiment ~ Confident Veteran
Naval Troops ~ Confident Trained
What Happened ~ The History
As soon as the Hamilton Light Infantry had landed they came under intense fire from the German defenders. The preliminary bombardment of the destroyers had done little to silence the Germans. The Hamiltons had to withstand the withering fire laid down by the Germans for 15 minutes before the first wave of Churchills arrived.
The Hamiltons became pinned down on the beach and were unable to make progress until the landing of reinforcement further down the beach allowed them a respite. At that point they stormed the fortified casino, with the aid of Engineers and small parties of the just landed Fusiliers Mont-Royal, taking out the Germen guns and positions inside.
This was at 7.20am. Several parties then started making their way into the town. Some of the Churchills became bogged down on the beach; some supported the storming of the casino while others fired on the German positions in the town and on the cliffs.
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For a long time I struggled with pale blue skies in my images, even if the sky was actually a deep rich blue that day. Although I have found that adjusting the exposure to make the scene darker helped a little, I still wasn't getting the results I wanted.
Enter The Polarizer
Finally, I got my hands on a circular polarizer and everything changed. A circular polarizing filter can darken pale blue skies and make them richer. It also adds contrast to the sky so that any white clouds will pop out. I have found it to be an indispensable tool, whenever I go out for daytime photos, and I almost never take it off when I am out.
Who Can Use One
Filters are most often associated with SLRs and their interchangeable lenses. However, I have found that often times camera manufacturers make special add-ons or attachments to allow the use of filters with some of their point and shoot models. Since a polarizer is one of the more popular filters, if your camera can use filters, it is likely that a polarizing filter is available.
For your DSLR you may need different filters for your different size lenses. To see what size filter will fit your lens, check underneath the lens cap, it is usually written there; otherwise check in your lens manual or online.
What To Get
Circular polarizing filters generally run between 25-80 USD and I have seen them go for hundreds more. Your lens manufacturer most likely offers their own filter line, but you may be able to find an equivalent item from a 3rd party manufacturer for less. As long as the filter is the proper size for your lens, it shouldn't matter which manufacturer made the filter or the lens.
The biggest difference you will find in the filters is the coatings applied to help transmit light or to protect the filter itself. It is really up to you on how much to spend on a polarizer, even the cheapest one will earn its keep.
Using One
Attaching a filter to your lens is easy to do on a SLR lens. Carefully line up the filter's threads with your lens and screw on.
Once your polarizer is affixed, it is ready to go. When you come across an appropriate scene, turn the outer ring of your circular polarizer and you should be able to see the changes in your viewfinder. If you are pointing your lens at a blue sky and rotating the polarizer, you should be able to see the sky turn lighter then darker.
Things To Keep In Mind
A polarizing filter will have different degrees of effectiveness depending on the angle you are shooting to the sun. If the polarizer seems to be having little effect, try recomposing your shot.
You should be wary of over polarizing. You can actually make an already deep blue sky too unnaturally dark, just tone it down a little by turning the polarizer ring slightly. Of course, that might be what you are looking for, a deep dark, foreboding sky.
Another thing to consider is that polarizing filters typically darken the image by 1 to 2 stops. In certain situations where you can't shoot at a slower shutter speed, you may need to increase your ISO and if the lighting is just too dark, you might be best off removing the filter.
Finally, when using any kind of filter, be wary of vignetting. The additional height that the filter adds to the end of the lens can get into the image, particularly at wider angles. This can cause unsightly dark corners in your images taken at wide angles.
See For Yourself
The two photographs below were taken seconds apart with the same ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. The only difference between the two was that the first photograph was taken without the use of a polarizer, whereas the second one was taken with a polarizer.
Blue Skies Forever
I actually got one of the cheaper polarizing filters, made by a third party manufacturer, and I do not regret it one bit. Maybe one day I will invest in a more expensive polarizer, but for now I am still excited about the results I am getting with this small inexpensive investment. I instantly got better results once I started using the polarizer outdoors on sunny days.


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By Roanna Gonsalves
A sari's drape is nothing like a suit.
A pin-striped jacket's cut is far more slick.
When glass and bamboo ceilings need the boot,
they say a trouser'd likely do the trick.
A buttoned blazer covers all the bases,
where ghagra, pallo, pleats might come undone.
A matching skirt and blouse'd take you places,
no midriff bare, distracting everyone.
My Mysore silk, my grandma's kanjeevaram,
my kasavu, ikat, darned old kantha fave,
they're all unsuited to the peak-hour scrum
of worsted wool, cashmere, and tweed so grave
And yet, I'll do my sari's fall and bidding.
I'll worship, wear this comfort, live, enfolding.
Sydney, 2018.
Roanna Gonsalves is the author of The Permanent Resident (UWAP), published in South Asia as Sunita De Souza Goes To Sydney (Speaking Tiger). Her book is the winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural Prize 2018, and was longlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award 2018. It is on several lists of must-read books, and on the syllabi of university courses. Her writing has been compared to that of Alice Munro and Jhumpa Lahiri. Roanna is a recipient of the Prime Minister's Australia Asia Endeavour Award, co-founder and co-editor of Southern Crossings, and has a PhD from UNSW. She is the 2018 UNSW Copyright Agency Writer-in-Residence. You can buy Sunita De Souza Goes to Sydney here.


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WASHINGTON, D.C., February 23, 2016: On a day when Senate Republicans have reiterated their intention to obstruct the confirmation of a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, even before he or she has been nominated, 48 law professors from Marquette University Law School and the University of Wisconsin Law School have written a letter to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) calling on him to finally submit to the Senate Judiciary Committee the "blue slip" that will permit the committee to begin the confirmation process for Donald K. Schott for a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
This Seventh Circuit seat has been empty for over six years, and is the longest appeals-court vacancy in the country. In 2014, a bipartisan nominating commission established jointly by Sen. Johnson and Sen. Tammy Baldwin to assess the qualifications of nominees, found Mr. Schott to be fully qualified, matching the determination of the American Bar Association, which found him "unanimously well qualified." In order for the nomination to proceed to the Senate Judiciary Committee for full consideration, however, both of Wisconsin's senators must submit a so-called "blue slip," and, to date, Sen. Johnson has refused to do so in spite of the recommendation of the commission he himself created. Sen. Johnson's actions are consistent with the partisan blockade of President Obama's judicial nominees which has been in evidence for over seven years, and now extends to the Supreme Court.
As the professors state in their plea to Sen. Johnson, "With a well-qualified nominee who has the bipartisan support of your selection commission, there is no justification for further delay in filling this important seat. The people of Wisconsin deserve full representation on the Seventh Circuit, and all those within the Seventh Circuit's jurisdiction, including Illinois and Indiana, deserve access to a fully-staffed court. We hope that you will return your blue slip and also that you will urge your Senate colleagues to ensure that this qualified nominee is confirmed."
A copy of the letter is attached, and may also be downloaded here.


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Canadian singer, songwriter and video director Grimes has a dance party in an abandoned subway terminal and hosts a bloody concert in her latest video for Kill V. Maim, a track of her 2015 album Art Angels.
The video, directed by Grimes aka Claire Boucher and her brother opens with a title card parodying Law & Order's iconic opening. Surrounded by her posse of what looks like gothic video game characters meets Harajuku Girls, she continues to break it down with her eccentric dance moves on a subway platform. Toronto residents will recognize the dirty white tile and red benches of our beloved/wretched TTC platforms, as the video was shot in the The 6.
Other scenes depict Grimes riding though the virtual city streets in a pink convertible—think Mad Max meets Britney Spears' Toxic (the motorcycle scene, between the sexy flight attendant and diamond encrusted Brit).
The video ends with an underground concert in which all attendees are drenched in blood. We wouldn't expect anything less weird and inexplicable from Boucher.
Kill V. Maim is the second video from her Art Angels album, which was released last November. Despite its late release, it still found its way onto nearly every year-end list praising the album's unique experimental sound and dubbing it the beginning of a new generation of pop music.
Watch the Kill V. Maim video below!


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Version: Beta v2.0.5
Release Date: 6.23.2016
Changing Pay Scale "categories" into numerical values!
Version: Beta v2.0.4
Release Date: 6/11.2016
Fixed a bug where the Dashboard page wouldn't load for new user with no logged submissions
Added a bunch of new questions and answers to the FAQ page.
Version: Beta v2.0.3
Release Date: 6.9.2016
New Submissions filter for Accepted But Not Published
New Submissions filter for Accepted, Published, But Not Paid
Version: Beta v2.0.2
Release Date: 6.5.2016
New Exclude Pieces option for Exclude Pending
New Exclude Pieces option for Exclude To-Be-Published
New Exclude Pieces option for Exclude In Exclusivity
New shortcut links to make it easy to find pieces available to submit
Version: Beta v2.0.1
Release Date: 5.27.2016
Personal median calculation on Market page corrected
Beta Site converted into development sandbox
"More" menu added to combine one-click menu items
"Release Notes" added again
Version: Beta v2.0.0
Release Date: 5.25.2016
New Site!
Submission Timeline Graph
Recent Activity, more compact format
"Remember These Settings" for Advanced Search
Zoomable Graphs
Average Response Days in search results
Sortable result columns
Delete Piece option
Alphabetical Market Listings
Exclude Retired Option
Grinder Favicon
Version: Beta v1.0.0
Release Date: 4.23.2014
New Site: BETA!
Initial Beta Offering.
Version: v0.7.1
Release Date: 4.13.2013
Stat Calculation Tweak
Changed how stats are calculated nightly.
Version: v0.7.0
Release Date: 12.23.2013
Market Display Tweaks
A few small changes to the graphs and other market display items.
Version: v0.6.9
Release Date: 12.15.2013
Miscellaneous Fixes and Tweaks
Lots of little tweaks.
Version: v0.6.8
Release Date: 12.10.2013
Response Recency Chart
A new chart has been added to the Market page! The Response Recency Chart shows the response trends over the past year.
Updated the FAQ.
Version: v0.6.7
Release Date: 11.17.2013
New Market Response List
A new tab has been added containing the recent market responses from markets where you have unresolved submissions.
Various tweaks and updates.
Version: v0.6.6
Release Date: 11.12.2013
Schedule Processing Updated
Changed when and how schedule updates are happening.
More updates coming soon!
Version: v0.6.5
Release Date: 9.3.2013
Admin Updates
Tweaked some admin features.
Version: v0.6.4
Release Date: 7.20.2013
Login Changes
Logging in to multiple locations should no longer kick you off of other locations. Login sessions still expire after seven days with no activity.
Version: v0.6.3
Release Date: 6.14.2013
Admin Enhancements
Added a new tool to make David's life easier.
Version: v0.6.2
Release Date: 6.2.2013
Slight Enhancement
Added Median statistics to the header for "Your Submissions" section of market screen.
Version: v0.6.1
Release Date: 5.20.2013
Some minor tweaks.
The "Your Submissions" section at the bottom of the market screen is now sorted by DateSent descending.
Added Min/Max/Avg statistics to the header for "Your Submissions" section of market screen. These are based on all time submissions for the logged-in user to that specific market.
Version: v0.6.0
Release Date: 4.18.2013
Tweaks and Fixes for Administration
Fixed bug where autopopulating market lengths would accept invalid value for Payscale.
Enahnced Autopopulate feature for market lengths
Version: v0.5.9
Release Date: 4.15.2013
Forgotten Password Retrieval
You may now recover your password in the event of amnesia, via the Login screen.
Version: v0.5.8
Release Date: 4.10.2013
New Stuff
section of the Market Search screen is now sticky if you have cookies enabled (except the story dropdown).
When saving a rejection of any kind you will now see a link to "Find a new home" which will take you to the search page.
Version: v0.5.7
Release Date: 4.3.2013
Bug Fixes
Took care of a couple more bugs in the market administration area.
Version: v0.5.6
Release Date: 4.2.2013
Bug Fix
flag in piece screen will now hide the piece from the piece list on the submission and market search screens.
Version: v0.5.5a
Release Date: 4.1.2013
Bug Fix
Squashed a couple bugs in the market scheduling part of the system.
Version: v0.5.5
Release Date: 4.1.2013
New Search Feature!
You may now search by
Market Qualification
(Award Winning, SFWA recognized, etc).
Fixed a couple typo's and
horribly offensive
verbage on the donate page.
Fixed condition where submission dates before 1753 (You ain't no Ben Franklin!) could be entered, creating a database error.
Version: v0.5.4
Release Date: 3.29.2013
New donation options & minor tweas
Many of you have asked so we now support recurring donations. Click the donate button on the home page for more information.
Fixed a couple miscellaneous bugs.
Version: v0.5.3
Release Date: 3.26.2013
Market Schedules
We can now enter market schedules that will be displayed on the Market screen and will automagically update the market listing as the market schedule dictates.
This is a very handy feature that will allow us to enter anthology and contest markets before they open and schedule their opening. If you favorite/follow these markets you'll see a market alert when they open.
Please be patient while this data is populated.
This is a large update and touches a lot of areas of the system. While every effort has been made to ensure a smooth implementation, if you see anything strange, please use the contact us menu to let us know.
Version: v0.5.2
Release Date: 3.19.2013
Another minor update
A tickbox labeled "Exclude Acceptances?" has been added to the Manage Pieces screen. Checking this will exclude any story that has a submission logged with a status of accepted. This setting is saved in a cookie.
Version: v0.5.1
Release Date: 3.15.2013
Small Update (Market Schedules coming soon!)
The Submission Method is no longer required for adding or updating submissions.
Version: v0.5.0
Release Date: 3.7.2013
The confirmation message for submissions will now provide a day count and status.
Version: v0.4.9
Release Date: 3.4.2013
Fixes and Tweaks
Fixed market statstics bug that included lost/returned and never responded submissions in the min/max numbers. This also fixed a graph display bug.
Date Received is no longer required for Lost/Returned and Never Responded submission statuses.
Minor readability tweaks to the market histogram.
Version: v0.4.8
Release Date: 3.1.2013
Period of Exclusivity is now measured in days rather than a simple expiration date.
Version: v0.4.7
Release Date: 2.27.2013
Administration Update
Added a feature to save time in updating markets with no defined length guidelines.
Version: v0.4.6
Release Date: 2.23.2013
Earnings statistics and minor fixes
Users can now see statistics based on post acceptance data.
Added new submission fields to export results.
Fixed display bug in Market Administration.
Version: v0.4.5
Release Date: 2.22.2013
Submission Tracking Enhancements
Users can now supply Date of Contract, Date of Payment, Amount Paid, Date of Publication and Date of Exclusivity Expiration. Reporting on these values coming soon.
Couple of minor tweaks to verbiage throughout site.
Version: v0.4.4
Release Date: 2.19.2013
Bug Fixes
Tweaked Session management to hopefully remove cases where user is repeatedly redirected to home page after their session expires.
Fixed nasty bug that pretty much prevented successful entry of submissions by clicking 'Add Submission' on Submission screen.
Version: v0.4.3
Release Date: 2.16.2013
Minor Enhancements/Tweaks
Tweaked the Market graphs to be more readable.
On the account dashboard, the market name in the Market stats section is now a clickable link.
Version: v0.4.2
Release Date: 2.13.2013
Date Pickers!
The Add/Edit Submission screens now use a date picker rather than a textbox.
Date Sent will now default to today when adding a new submission.
Version: v0.4.1
Release Date: 2.12.2013
Follow me...
Logged in users can now
a market from the market listing. When a followed market opens or closes an alert will appear until the user clears their Market alerts.
Users can see a list of followed markets on the profile screen.
More features related to favorited and followed markets are coming such as an rss feed of recent completed submissions for favorited/followed markets.
Logging out will now forward the user the main home page.
Version: v0.4.0
Release Date: 2.11.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Fixed bug with Market statistics. Never Returned percentage wasn't showing properly.
Market listing page will now display a list of your submissions to that market at the bottom when the user is logged in.
Market listing chart will now display acceptances as a separate series.
Market listing chart will now display your pending submission as a dot element.
Version: v0.3.9
Release Date: 2.8.2013
New Search Feature!
Added the ability to search for markets by average response time (days).
Version: v0.3.8
Release Date: 2.8.2013
Help Update
Added help system to site. Only Market Search screen implemented so far. More to come!
Version: v0.3.7
Release Date: 2.7.2013
Enhanced Admin features (Hey! We need some love too!)
A list of Favorited and Ignored markets can now be accessed from the Manage Profile screen
Version: v0.3.6
Release Date: 2.6.2013
Tweaked the graphs slightly (X-axis is now properly left justified)
Drastically revamped the Market suggestion system (No, you can't see it, but I promise its better!)
Added "Search by Name" as a dropdown menu item under Search (You can still access the Search by Name feature from the Market Search screen)
Added/Moved Contact Us menu dropdown list
Version: v0.3.5
Release Date: 2.5.2013
Yay! Pretty menus
Users can now access Submission and Piece
Version: v0.3.4
Release Date: 2.3.2013
Le Update
Fee based markets can now be excluded from searches (and are excluded by default)
Version: v0.3.3
Release Date: 2.3.2013
Le Update
Images for Genre, Length and Pay Scale on the home page and on the market search screen now have a tooltip in most browsers
Fixed some typos
Version: v0.3.2
Release Date: 2.3.2013
Feature Update
Users can now favorite or ignore a market from the market listing (List of all markets favorited or ignored coming soon)
Ignored markets are now excluded from searches by default when a user is logged in
Temp closed markets are now excluded from searches by default
Version: v0.3.1
Release Date: 2.2.2013
Bonus Update
Users can now search by Anthology and Contest market types (Please be patient while we get the database updated!)
Version: v0.3.0
Release Date: 2.2.2013
Feature Update
Added new site stats to home page
Added recently added markets tab to home page
The Grinder now recognizes Nebula/HUGO nominated and winning markets
Version: v0.2.9
Release Date: 2.1.2013
Feature Update
Added Lifetime Stats section to Account Dashboard
Version: v0.2.8
Release Date: 1.31.2013
Workflow Changes
Users can now add a piece by clicking 'Add a new piece' on the Add Submission form (user will be forwarded back to the submission form upon saving the piece)
When users search for markets and select a piece under the exclusions filter section and ultimately log a submission, the piece will be auto populated
When users search for markets by clicking 'Run Search' on the Pieces screen and ultimately log a submission, the Piece will be auto populated
Markets listing now includes the percentage of rejections that are listed as personal rejections
Version: v0.2.7
Release Date: 1.29.2013
Quick update
Added updated logo. Thanks
M. S. Corley
Version: v0.2.6
Release Date: 1.28.2013
Feature update brought to you by
Shane Halbach
Added Notes icon (with hover!) on submission search screen
Submission export now includes notes
Version: v0.2.5
Release Date: 1.28.2013
Added temp and perm closed indicators on Search screen
Version: v0.2.4
Release Date: 1.26.2013
Improved site feedback with updating and saving submissions/pieces/etc (More workflow improvements to come!)
Version: v0.2.3
Release Date: 1.24.2013
By popular demand, we've limited use of Courier New and switched to a non serifed font in most places
Added graphical elements to better structure the look and feel
Hey look! A logo!
Version: v0.2.2
Release Date: 1.23.2013
Le Fixes
Fixed bug with Submissions screen and saving search filter settings
Removed several duplicate Markets
Version: v0.2.1
Release Date: 1.22.2013
Added Fee Based market designation
Added Royalties market designation
Version: v0.2.0
Release Date: 1.18.2013
Fixed bug in search screen that severely limited its functionality (YAY!)
Submissions can no longer be entered for date more than 2 days in the future
Submissions management screen will now color code the status based on its response time and relations to average and estimates
Version: v0.1.9
Release Date: 1.18.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Reworked layout of User Stats section of Account Dashboard
Fixed stat calculation bug for calculating the Median Response Days and Median Pending Response Days
Version: v0.1.8
Release Date: 1.17.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Added histogram visualization of market response data to market listing
Fixed bug with Submission Type filter on Market Search screen
Fixed display bug Market Search screen
Added a FAQ
Version: v0.1.7
Release Date: 1.15.2013
More Enhancements
Added Submitted column to Story Stats on Account page
Added Exclusion filters to Market Search
Version: v0.1.6
Release Date: 1.14.2013
More Enhancements
Added Market Attributes for specifying Awards, Recognition by Professional Organizations, etc
Added SNQ status for markets who do not publish public submission guidelines. (Note: You can still submit to these markets but they will not include a full listing in our system
Minor tweaks to UI throughout
Version: v0.1.5
Release Date: 1.14.2013
More Enhancements
Added regular (daily) recalculations of all market stats. Individual markets are still calculated when a submission is saved or altered.
Version: v0.1.4
Release Date: 1.13.2013
More Enhancements
Users can now export the resultset from the Submissions screen. Export will be based on filter selections
Users will now find some user specific statistics on the Account screen
Version: v0.1.3
Release Date: 1.12.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Added Contact Us page
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Version: v0.1.2
Release Date: 1.12.2013
Added Recent history link to Market Listing page
Fixed search drop down for Market Search screen
Added donation button to home page
Version: v0.1.1
Release Date: 1.11.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Added congrats to home page for acceptanges (only shows for users who have their 'Brag' turned on)
Hey look! More stat fixes!
Version: v0.1.0
Release Date: 1.11.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Increased recent activity on home page to 40 items from 20
More fixes to statistics in Market listing (We've gotta be getting close, right?)
Added 'Unknown' as a payscale type
Version: v0.0.9
Release Date: 1.10.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Removed default Rejection status. All submissions are now either form or personal. Plain rejections are imported as form rejections.
Fixed bug in User administration area that prevented clearing imported data for some users.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Version: v0.0.8
Release Date: 1.10.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Fixed bug in how statistics are displayed on Market listing
Version: v0.0.8
Release Date: 1.10.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Fixed bug in how statistics are displayed on Market listing
Fixed bug in Market Administration area
Added delete functionlity to Submission Edit screen
Added site statistics to homepage
Version: v0.0.7
Release Date: 1.9.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Added links to Market listing allowing logged in users to start the submission process from there
Added Form to Market screen to suggest corrections to markets
Corrected errors in how statistics are calculated
Added a call to recalculate market statistics on saving of a Submission
Added some space between submissions on the submission screen
Added some space between pieces on the piece management screen
Miscellaneous bug fixes
Version: v0.0.6
Release Date: 1.9.2013
Fixes and Enhancements
Added User Management to administration area
Fixed bug on Submissions screen that would throw an error when sessions expire
Version: v0.0.4
Release Date: 1.8.2013
Bug Fix Patch
Fixed some typos (Thanks Krystal and Stewart!)
Fixed bug causing error when saving submission search settings
Fixed bug in Submission Editor that allowed far flung future dates. (Try saying that five times fast.)
Version: v0.0.3
Release Date: 1.8.2013
Stability Patch
Miscellaneous stability fixes
Minor enhancement to adminstration area
Added this page
Version: v0.0.2
Release Date: 1.7.2013
Stability Patch
Increased site stability
Added more frindly error page
Added graphical warning for market listing when a markt is permanently closed
Version: v0.0.1
Release Date: 1.7.2013
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I reviewed this seat for Mommies with Style last year. We loved the seat for the size and comfort. Alas. There's been a recall. If you're the owner of a Chaperone, please follow this link: http://www.chaperoneseatrecall.com/ for more information.
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I'm really happy with how these Balloon Cards came out. The image is based on a photograph of my friend's daughter. She and her pal were playing in the park under an umbrella. But I decided balloons were more fun to draw. Pop over to the Other Such Things store to check them out.
Speaking of, Other Such Things has a new shop banner. I had actually recently updated it, but after reading this article on Mint by Kim Ludy (from the vintage shop Trampoline) about product photos, I decided to rethink things a bit. Kim made some really good points about a shop's visual continuity. I really did like my then-new header, but it didn't make much sense in the theme of the shop really. I think the new header ties in the products wood backgrounds.
It's simple and clean, which I like as well. I'm not totally in love with it, but its a step in the right direction. I also took new wide shots of the cards. I had this before:
I like elements of it-- the curtain pattern, that blue and green together-- but again, it doesn't really go with the whole look. So now I have this:
It isn't a perfect solution. I really wanted to show the cards in a frame. --They're postcards, but they look so great framed!-- But its getting closer. If you've got a minute, head on over to Other Such Things and tell me what you think.


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Brining has proven to be a great discovery.
Marinades and rubs have their place, but for a simple process that leads to incredibly flavorful and tender meat, brining is the answer. It's a simple technique that elevates your chicken or pork from so-so to great.
The building blocks of the mixture are water, kosher salt, herbs/spices and sugar. From there, variations abound.
I love the Chez Panisse recipe but didn't have all of the ingredients so I made a few alterations with great results. After soaking the meat, rinse and dry it and sprinkle with a seasoning salt. One I recommend for purchase locally is from All Star Organics. If you'd like to make your own, a great one is Montreal Seasoning.
To cook, grilling technique helps quite a bit. Otherwise, a temperature probe is invaluable.
BRINE for PORK, CHICKEN or TURKEY
Prep Time: 5 Minutes | Brine Time: 30 Minutes to up to 1 day for poultry or 3 days for pork
INGREDIENTS (for up to 3 lbs. of meat)
- 2 quarts (4 cups) cold water
- 1/2 cup kosher salt *
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 bay leaf, crushed into pieces
- 5 sprigs fresh rosemary or thyme (or both)
- 4 garlic cloves, separated and peeled
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Place the water in a large bowl that can easily hold the liquid and the meat.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir with a whisk for a minute or two until the sugar and salt dissolve.
- Add meat and leave in the brine ideally for a day or at least two hours. If it floats to the top, use a plate or other weight to keep it completely submerged in the brine.
1/2 cups Diamond Crystal Kosher salt =
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons Morton's Kosher salt =
1/4 cup regular table salt, such as Morton's.
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I work in different mediums, always have, and always will. My studio is roughly organized by medium, depending on how busy I am. In general the workbench is for leather and beading, the desk for painting and yarn winding, the comfy chair for knitting and dreaming. The loom is the only thing that's dedicated space to one activity, though I'll admit to draping patterns over her frame on occasion. My supplies all have places they belong in (whether or not I put them back in that spot when I'm done is another story altogether).
In my online home, here, I've been adding gallery after gallery, showcasing what I've finished in each of these, putting them together in families. My tabs were getting out of hand, cluttering this space in a way that was starting to feel icky, overcrowded. So I finally took some time to find a solution, the Galleries tab now houses my artistic families. You'll find photos of cocoons, weaving, leather and images I'm proud of under this tab.
All together, but out of eachother's hair, the perfect sibling balance.
I hope you enjoy perusing through my finished thoughts.
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Sometimes I am so tired, and sometimes I am soul tired; weary of life and all that it entails. It feels like day rolls into night-- light fades into darkness with still so much unresolved and not yet done. The load grows heavier and anxiety deepens, the air grows heavy. After a while I realize yet again that I tried to do it on my own and wore myself down. You see Lord, I know I can't do life without you, and yet somehow, I find that I have taken the load back again. Unintentionally, subconsciously, I take back what I had laid at your feet. I need to lay it down once more. I need to have my soul replenished and my burdens lifted. I know there is only one place to find true rest and that is in you sweet Jesus.
When things pile up Lord, it can be overwhelming, especially when illness is active too. In the thick of it all, sometimes I just need to stop, breathe and be. I know that when it is all too much Lord, your peace will overcome.
I may not be able to see more than what is right in front of me, but no matter where I am, you are with me, and that is all I need. Thank you Jesus that you never change yet you change everything! In you I find the kind of rest I have never had before
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Hello world! I am super excited to be sharing with you my recipes, crafts, and "mommy" stories.
My cousin/best friend Angie is the founder of the blog Big Bear's Wife. She has been showing me the ins and outs of blogging and I am finally taking the big step.
I guess I should tell you a little bit about myself!
My name is Crystal Barrett. I am a stay at home wife and a mommy to 2 girls...only a year apart! My husband is a retired marine..which means he loves to eat! I began cooking when I was a little girl, but it was only easy stuff like spaghetti with jar sauce, Hamburger Helper, premade cookie dough, etc. When moving out of town to live with my husband in Jacksonville, North Carolina after the birth of our first daughter I really had to step up my game!
We had lived long distance our entire relationship because of the military! I never really had to cook for him before because his family always cooked when he came to visit me on the weekends.
Here I was a new mom, wife, and learning to become a real housewife instead of a wife on the weekends. Of course I wanted to be everything I could be so I jumped right into my housewife duties. Aside from making sure the house was always spotless, I cooked non stop. At first the meals were a little iffy. I got introduced to Pinterest (big mistake haha) and invested in several recipe books to begin the transformation to my cooking skills!
After my friends and family have tried some of my things, I decided I probably needed to share instead of being a recipe hoarder. After all, some of my friends, let's just say, REALLY need help on the cooking levels haha.
After being alone in Jacksonville so long and having to spend all day and sometime even days alone (with the exception of my newborn daughter) the craft stores became my best friend! I have always loved crafts and painting...but now it is a completely different playing field! I want to do nothing but craft and make pretty things for my little girls and my home. Having two baby girls is SO much fun! I make way too many tutu's though! :)
Being a mom you realize people give you WAY too much advice...some you don't always want. I admit, I am guilty of giving it too. Having my own blog, you can decide whether or not you would like to listen to my baby stories and advice :) I love talking about my family as all of you probably do too.
I hope you enjoy what all I have to say and share :)


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TODAY was the first time that Stuart Vevers has braved the catwalk with his take on Loewe - three seasons after taking the job – and you couldn't help but agree with him that taking it slowly was the best way to handle his tenure there.
We arrived in to the Université Paris Descartes to be offered tiny triangular asparagus sandwiches, miniature éclairs and tea, thank you very much. It set the scene for a little bit of British elegance done the French way – or Spanish elegance done the British way, rather, since British Vevers, formerly creative director of Mulberry, has so far had rave reviews for his work at Loewe.
Giles Deacon, close friend of Vevers, was front row, just along the way from Carmen Kass – which proves the calibre of designer that Vevers is considered to be. The collection that he then presented underlined his place in the fashion hierarchy – all the better off for being shown on real bodies this season: Vevers' main reason for presenting on the runway rather than by way of another highly successful static presentation as he has done for the previous two seasons.
Leather skirt suits were punctured and stamped with rivets or gold studs, leather coats looked like genuine fashion investments and beautifully cut tweed ones were lined in more leather. Inky blue pony skin skirts had leather eyes appliquéd on to them to add a semblance of the Vevers humour, while his skilful treatment of such potentially formal fabrics made for puff-sleeved day dresses in orange or blue-grey suede. With a punky, hardcore leather-clad woman threatening to take over in the trend stakes this season, this was a relief – we can wear it from head to toe and yet be chic and unaggressive, at last.
It's a label denoting tradition and old money – and for collarless silver fine fur coats we'll need plenty of it – but Vevers made it modern by mixing the textures and putting teeth-edged vertical stripes of suede, leather, silk and pony skin onto skirts and coats for which every piece told a story of precise and intricate tailoring. It's still grown-up – at these prices you have to be too to buy it – at times austere with a military precision, but it's now about clothes that women aspire to be able to wear.
"I'm enjoying taking the heart and soul and core of the brand and bringing out a sexiness in it that I think sits really well," Vevers told us when announcing that he was ready for the catwalk this season. "I love it for its iconic status. I love signatures and I like a rationalism to clothing. I think this collection balances the heritage of Loewe with my own creative aesthetic."
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Ruth is a fully recognised member of DAISI (Devon arts in schools) where art inspired learning is a core factor. Working as a freelance professional artist Ruth has had great pleasure in being invited into schools and hired to work within the community to provide artist led workshops. Her skills allow her to offer and facilitate many areas of art from painting through to sculpture. The images in this gallery showcase some of the projects Ruth has organised and facilitated.
The projects ranged from a huge wall mural based on one of Ruth's original floral paintings and was created by 150 infant school children from Pilton Bluecoats school, through to wire 3D bird sculptures which were made by primary school children from Pilton Bluecoats Primary school. Most recently Ruth had great pleasure in working with Swimbridge Primary school in the summer of 2016 where she was asked to work with both Key stage 1 and 2 on two separate projects that celebrated the 150years of the schools existence .
Project 1 was to create a wall mural that expressed the special places and things that were important to the children of key stage 1 about their school and the village of swimbridge. This was achieved by each child pairing up and working on a specially designed board that they could paint and decorate from sketches and drafts they had created before. Once all the 25 boards were finished, they were switched together to form one huge wall mural that now is proudly on show by the front entrance of the school.
Project 2 was to create a sculpture that celebrated the school and allowed the children to create work that dictated what was important about the school and its meaning to them. Working on the concept and ethos of the school, as a loving community that was joined together in unity , support and friendship Ruth decided to base the sculpture on Gustav Klimt's tree of life. This was constructed off site and brought to the school. Each child in key stage 2 then painted and decorated a wooden disk with words and pictures based on Klimts style that celebrated the importance of the school and community, these were then applied to the tree sculpture to form colourful mobile decoration. The second part of the project was for each child to make wire hands, that would be decorated and then applied to the tree to emphasis the caring and supportive nature of the school.
Other exciting work Ruth has been involved in recently was running a wire Bug making workshop for the local community of swimbridge allowing children and adults alike create wire mix media bugs to adorn the new swim bridge stream side garden bug hotel. The results were fantastic and they all sit proudly on the Bug hotel!


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It deals with critical issues, murders and mysteries – but also finds interesting people and lots of life's cherries. It looks back to the 'Twenties and all that Jazz'; the 1930s and war-torn 1940s.
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END OF THE DEADLINE introduces you to the robber "Barons' and the heroes who created the free world's popular press. It will also canvass great journalism and some fine newspapers fending off the dross of tabloids and digital info-pedlars.
It will examine the sudden decline of the press and its looming death. It will pose questions, not only about the looming fate of most great newspapers, but also about the future of journalism itself.
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The latest skincare craze has got professional athletes, celebrities and trend-loving wellness buffs plunging into -140°C temperatures for an extreme body treatment that rejuvenates the skin and eliminates toxins. For the launch of the new Nivea 48-hour Rich Nourishing Body Lotion, the brand teamed up with LondonCryo, which specialises in cryotherapy treatments for sports, beauty and pain management in the City. Now it was my turn to give this crazy treatment a go.
It was pretty simple: plunge into the cryo tank and after the treatment let the Nivea lotion nourish and soothe your winter skin. Wearing a gown, fluffy socks, gloves and a rather interesting pair of clog-style shoes, I braced myself for entry.
As I removed my gown, the tank filled with liquid nitrogen mist, which immediately felt cold and continued to get cooler, reaching the -140°C degree mark, which made me feel – well, not much, really. My legs were numb!
Feeling refreshed is an understatement. Freezing doesn't quite cover it. The cryo treatment was my coldest experience ever! But the whole point is that the extreme cold stimulates the release of endorphins, helps circulation and benefits muscles, all of which can help reduce wrinkles, tighten pores and stimulate the growth of hair and nails. If this is what the cold does, then I'm moving to the Arctic!
After the session, I lathered myself with the new Nivea Rich Nourishing Body Lotion which soothed my cold skin and began to get some colour back into my legs. Cryotherapy worked really well for me – it not only left my skin feeling revitalised but, as I'm a fitness fanatic, it helped to soothe my achy muscles.
The treatment isn't for the faint-hearted. But be brave and you'll reap the benefits. For those who'd prefer the sun bed to the cryo tank, then at least try applying the new Nivea body lotion regularly – it's the perfect serum to help keep you moisturised this winter.


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Dynamic Meditation Revisited Party IV - Last Notes
I just did a 20 minute session while doing some work. It was pretty easy to track some of these things. Here's what it looked like:
biting lip - anxiety - R
x3 minor anxiety arising - R
minor anxiety arising - x4 shoulders - R
x4 fingers - picking, flicking
x2 lip picking R
x2 caught minor anxiety
X5 laughing
As you can see a lot of these things happen in groupings. And a lot of these things have very clear physical markers - lip picking, picking at my fingers, shoulders tensing up.
The "R" was just my short form for Regular - as in I didn't use any sort of specific technique - I just stopped it - these were all minor tensions in the mind stream.
"X2 caught minor anxiety" referred to catching it as it formed in the mind. And "X5 laughing" referenced that feeling of cheating at life, that true happiness that seemed to arise as I felt how easy it was to change this.
That feeling is really what I'm after - and it IS easy, but like the rest of this project, extending even the simplest things out across months (or in this case over the course of a full day over time) is very very difficult.
Buddhism and Dynamic Meditation
I've been reading a lot on Buddhism lately, and it seems as though some people view Nirvana as getting into this state of equanimity - of completely uprooting the possibility to have these negative emotional arisings at all.
In Vipassana, this uprooting occurs through visceral knowledge of the state of the world through repeated meditative practice. Through just observing the mindstream, you'll gradually come to realizations - like realizing that we are not angry - anger has just visited us momentarily. This eventually (as far as I understand) will get us to this uprooting.
There are other ways there - in Rinzai Zen you break the bonds of logic to attain sudden illumination, in Vajrayana you use visualization and ritual to get there (again, I'm still researching this stuff so please excuse my lack of understanding - and feel free to correct it).
My method of dynamic meditaiton through habit formation is the "quit smoking" version of equanimity - that if you counter the urge enough times, the urge ceases to arise at all. The urge has to be countered minutely from second to second in the mindstream, but as far as I understand it, this might just be another avenue to Nirvana. Which is kind've cool.
Now all of this is theoretical - I'm very curious to see how (or if!) it will work - especially next to these thousand-year traditions.


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Old Italian Lithograph of Japanese FallPaul bristolia at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 30 17:12:57 EDT 2006
Metorman46 at aol.com wrote:
>Jeff; I have to wonder about the report of a tsunami
>associated with this March 16 fall.If the report is true
>and or verified by research in japan that would be
>amazing.To generate a tsunami the bolide had to
>strike the sea,as you know.Japan was in a state of
>limbo at this time in history after the II world war
>and being occupied by allied forces.News about a
>bolide probably wasn't spread around very much
>because of that situation.I would venture to
>guess that a local record exists somewhere that
>would shed more light on this event. Maybe
>someone in japan could research the matter.
>To me ,this is intrigueing and could lead somewhere
>or not if checked out.TSUNAMI,TSUNAMI.that is the
>key,i think. Interesting topic Jeff.
I checked with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. It
turns out that although there is no catalogue of Russian
tsunamis in Soviet times, the Japanese kept and still
keep a very detailed catalogue listing all of the
tsunamis that hit Japan each year. The Japanese kept
very exact and detailed records, even in 1947, of the
tsunamis, which hit their coasts. For example, they
found a record of a small tsunami that hit Japan on
November 4, 1947. It was associated with an
earthquake off the west coast of Hokkaido.
However, the Japanese catalogue lists nothing for either
February 12, 1947 or the months on either side of it. In
the japanese and other tsunamis catalogues, there
exist "orphan" tsunamis, whose source is unknown. If
you are looking for meteorite impact tsunamis, these
are the ones to be investigated ion some manner.
Best Regards,
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At first my friends mocked me for my endless letters to Holyrood. "I'm all for devolution," my epistles would begin. "At first this was because I misunderstood the term and thought you meant to embark on a programme of regression. As someone who deplores change and progress, I admired this wholeheartedly and started looking forward to the ushering in of a new era of warring clansmen and picturesque Pictishness. Now I have a slightly better grasp on things, and understand that independence is a blessing for countries as much as it is for individuals. Ignore those who tell you it means nothing more than the interpolation of yet another nationwide layer of bureaucracy, rendering you politically nothing more than a giant county council. Instead, revel in the chance to expel Sassenachs, bring back Gaelic, make kilts compulsory and rear haggis on the hillsides again.
"But please," my letters continued presciently, "do not let the heady excitement of handling your own taxes, legislation and - one day! - oil reserves cause you to act uncompassionately towards your harmless native sexual deviants."
My friends are not laughing now. For Sheriff Colin Miller has just found a 51-year-old man (whose name we won't repeat here for fear that he is finding the publicity a little much) guilty of sexually aggravated breach of the peace for having sex with a bicycle.
I do not know how you have sex with a bicycle. In fact, I got my bicycle out of the shed to check it for secret vaginas or other orifices that my own rather pedestrian (if you will forgive the pun, and there's no reason why you should) sexual orientation might have caused me to overlook. But found I none. You could frot against the saddle, I suppose, but given the frictive nature of faux-leather, I wouldn't recommend it unless your esoteric tastes are overlaid by the determinedly masochistic.
But what I do know is this: the bicycle is an inanimate object. It does not, unless I have been misinformed for more than 30 years, have any feelings, physical or emotional. Therefore a man is surely free to do what he likes with his bike? If he wishes to ride sedately round his village, he may do so. If he wishes to do wheelies in the park, he may do so. If he wishes to pork it in the privacy of his own home, as Mr Jock McRaleighshagger evidently did, that is his right and privilege. And after a week in which I have been assailed on all sides by distraught female friends in the dying throes of disastrous relationships, I will go further and suggest there are many men who should be allowed to have sex only with bicycles.
Clearly, my letter-writing must not slacken yet. Although I can't help wondering how my own postbag will divide this week. Will Scottish nationalists make the greatest showing? ("If you knew anything about our history, you'd know that William Wallace invented the toaster oven and the hover-mower, so your assumptions about the haggis-rearing priorities of the SNP are both incorrect and insulting.") Will I be inundated by bicycle fetishists lauding my progressive views? (Please be advised: these views will come under severe strain if presented with pictorial evidence of you getting jiggy with a saddlebag.) Or will Guardian readers, as I suspect, harbour the entire membership of Velocipedal Rights - Right Now! and I will be assailed with furious emails requiring me to make an atoning contribution to the campaign to have bikes' needs recognised under the European convention? I wait with interest.


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The Technics 1200 was a vinyl-record turntable produced from 1972 to 2010. The turntable connects to a standard, two-wire 120-volt electrical socket for power. If you own an old Technics turntable that has a worn or damaged power cord, you can replace it with another using common tools. Replacement electrical cords are available at hardware stores and electrical supply shops. Follow standard safety procedures when working with electricity.
Unplug the turntable's existing power cord from the wall outlet. Unplug the two audio cables from the turntable that may be attached to an amplifier or receiver, then disconnect the ground wire for the turntable, which is also connected to an amp or receiver.
Raise the clear plastic cover on the turntable and lift to remove. Lock the tonearm in place by turning the rotator cuff on the stand where the tonearm rests when not in use.
Lift the platter straight off the turntable and set aside.
Set the turntable on one edge so you can access the bottom. Prop the turntable against the wall next to your workspace or another solid object so it cannot tip over.
Remove the four screws that hold the rubber feet to the base of the turntable, then remove the screws that hold the bottom of the turntable to the cabinet.
Pull the bottom away from the cabinet gently to avoid disturbing any of the wiring. Follow the path of the power cord into the turntable to the point where the cord connects to the transformer. Locate the white and black wires emerging from the power cord and where each wire connects to the transformer terminals.
Loosen the two screws that hold the power cord to the transformer and unwrap each wire. Pull the power cord from the back of the cabinet and through the rubber gasket until the cord is completely free of the turntable.
Insert the new power cord into the rubber gasket and pull the cord up into the turntable. Pull apart the two wires on the end of the power cord and strip 1/2-inch of the heavy insulation from the end of each wire.
Wrap the black wire around its terminal screw, and tighten the screw with a screwdriver. Wrap the white wire around the other terminal and tighten. Check the wires to make sure each cannot touch the other or any other wiring and parts inside the turntable.
Reattach the bottom to the cabinet with the screws, and reattach the four rubber feet to the bottom.
Place the turntable on its feet and set the platter back in place. Guide the two plastic tips on the back of the cover into the hinge slots on the back of the turntable, and close the cover.


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It's been awhile, once again, since I've written one of these posts, but my list has been stacking up, so I wanted to shave it down a bit and share some links for your weekend reading/viewing pleasure! Here are some things I've been diggin' for the past few months:
It was cool to see the northern midwest - and a town near my cabin! - featured in an article on Modern Farmer about harvesting, hunting and gathering.
On Being with Krista Tippett is one of my favorite podcasts, and the blog is no less inspiring; this piece about fostering grit in both children and ourselves had me nodding in agreement: "So maybe one of the problems is not an absence of grit, but the stubbornness with which we cling to our first impressions of our own gifts (or lack thereof)....The aim isn't to teach our kids that they're gifted at everything; the aim is to teach them to delay their judgment, to give themselves time to find the places and ways that have meaning for them, to make room for surprise and evolution in who they become....adulthood can often feel like an exponential narrowing. We do what we're good at more and more of the time and call it expertise, while neglecting to explore all the underdeveloped parts of ourselves, the outdates stories, the unspoken creative dreams."
No matter how many times I look at these photos, I can't believe that that they are not at all Photoshopped. SO badass.
I was initially suspicious when I read about dark gin, because I'm not a big gin person, but then the reporter compared it to whiskey, so now I think I'll have to give it a try.
Reading about how much effort it took to capture these photos of Yosemite National Park made me rethink my entire creative process.
What 2,000 calories looks like in the form of food from various large chain restaurants.
Developers in Minneapolis have been buying old grain silos with the intent of converting them into residential living spaces.
Materialism makes you a broke jerk, says science. I've been thinking about this topic a lot lately, especially after hauling all of my stuff back from California to Minnesota.
John Mayer's cover of "XO", by Beyoncé, has been one of my favorites for awhile now. I really enjoy the melody of the original (which totally reminds me of the chorus of this song), but he brings an acoustic quality to it that makes it perfect to listen to on a lazy summer afternoons. And the lyrics. Oh, the lyrics. What a great love song:
The original:
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Campus Corner
Missed rebound still bothers K-State's Southwell
Shane Southwell has boosted his stats in several areas since switching from guard to forward. In his last nine games, the Kansas State junior is averaging nearly 10 points, five rebounds and three assists.
So far, he is enjoying his new role with the Wildcats. But he was noticeably frustrated about one aspect of his game following a practice Thursday evening. He wants to improve as a rebounder.
Though he has grabbed seven boards in back-to-back games, he feels haunted by a loose ball that got away.
"I know I keep saying this, but it is still killing me that I let Kevin Young get that rebound and then Ben McLemore hit that three," Southwell said. "... I'm still messed up on that one play, but I'm over it in a sense that I am learning from what we did wrong."
The missed rebound came in the second half of a 59-55 loss to Kansas at Bramlage Coliseum. Southwell had just made a jumper to pull K-State within 48-43 and was in position to get the ball back when Elijah Johnson missed a three. But Young came away with the rebound, Kansas moved the ball around and McLemore made a three that put the Jayhawks ahead 51-43.
Southwell said he has been pushing himself in practice the past few days, and spending extra time on rebounding drills so the mistake doesn't happen again. He already seems ready for a rematch with Young.
"I should never have let that guy get that rebound," Southwell said. "I mean, it's Kevin Young."
Rebounding should once again be key for Southwell and the Wildcats when they take on Iowa State on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones like to shoot three-pointers, and that leads to long rebounds. The Cyclones are also a strong rebounding team. They average more than 41 boards, while holding their opponents to 34.
Oh, and Southwell will be competing for rebounds against Melvin Ejim, the Big 12's leader in rebounding (9.5) and double-doubles (8).
"No lie, Ejim is stronger than I am," Southwell said. "I just have to use my smarts and my quickness to beat him in the post."


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Hi all,
I haven't been on lately as study has been getting in the way again. Don't worry, very soon I won't be talking about it at all, I finish at the end of next week, so exciting!!! Anyway I had a couple of friends over tonight to make a few cards with them. I am going to start holding a few classes and see how we go. This is one of the cards we did:
Just a quick post tonight and I will try and get some craft done over the weekend, I need a good day of stamping!!!
thanks for stopping by....
Friday, November 18, 2011
Angel Baby
Posted by Theresa Rafter at 5:25 AM
Labels: Cards
3 comments:
Darling, Theresa! Love how you made their wings and body ... very clever! I wish we were closer to stamp a card together ... that would be a great time! Enjoy your weekend and hope you get some stamping in!ReplyDelete
way tooo cute ..... good luck with your last week at Tafe....chat soon.xxxReplyDelete
Classes sound like a great idea. Love what you've done here, the little angels look super cute. Very clever.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your last week studying!
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