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TDATS is five years old today. It's been a great ride, and it will continue to get better. I have much more music to add next year, lots of new ideas, and a lot more interviews with acts that have never been spotlighted before. If you are an obscure rock digger you will surely continue to enjoy the fruits of these searches as much as I do. As usual, drop me advice and ideas to firstname.lastname@example.com if you feel so-inclined, or contribute at the fb group which now has almost 4000 members, wow! This year saw the creation of TDATS radio, which is still in early days and will hopefully get an upgrade in 2015 if it gets enough listeners.
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"Heavy Christmas" is a christmas-themed krautrock sampler put out in 1971 on the Pilz label, the home at the time of bands such as Dies Irae, Virus, Joy Unlimited and Rufus Zuphall. Expecting such a thing to be possibly a little more than embarrassing, It really is a surprisingly excellent collection of German prog, most of which is exclusive to this record.
A1 Libido - Evolution 3:14
A1 Libido - Evolution 3:14
A2 Marcel - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 2:35
A3 Joy Unlimited - All Heaven and All Earth are Silent 8:22
A4 Virus - Mary Meets Tarzan 1:05
A5 Dies Irae - Silent Night 5:38
B1 Libido - Come on Everybody 6:38
B2 Ardo Dombec - Heavenly Rose 3:52
B3 Dies Irae - Shepard's Song 0:22
B4 Ardo Dombec - Open Your Door, Open Your Mind 2:08
B5 Virus - X-mas Submarine 3:26
B6 Flute & Voice - Ecce Navicula 4:05
There's a couple of fun tracks from "Libido", a band seemingly created for this set that consisted of Achim Reichel (guitar, vocals) and Frank Dostal (vocals) who were the backbone of "A.R. & Machines" and earlier, The Rattles. You can hear a bit of their spacey guitars at the end of "Evolution" that is reminiscent of A.R. & Machines.
Flute & Voice were the duo of Hans "Flute" Reffert (guitar, flute) and Hans Brandeis (sitar, guitar, vocals). Coincidentally, I have recently been speaking to Hans Brandeis, who was a guitarist in Night Sun Mournin', the earlier incarnation of Night Sun. I asked him about this record and he said:
|Hans "Flute" Reffert (l)
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So what's the original German name of the "Ecce Navicule" song?
Hans: "Es kommt ein Schiff geladen..." means "There comes a ship a-loaden..."
The Latin text "Ecce Navicula" means "Look there, the ship..."
For the music, we used the original arrangement for Renaissance lute, which, to make it sound a bit different, was played on a steel string guitar, but without changes. To make the piece sound a little bit weird, I added a parallel Sitar voice, and we inserted a part with voices and flutes. We tried to keep the dignity and solemnity in the song, while the other performances on the record did not do so, in my personal view. The text of the song probably comes from Johannes Tauler (1300-1361). Regarding the music, there is an interesting feature, a constant change between 6/4 and 4/4 rhythm. There are lots of different versions on YouTube, but hardly any of them really do this change. But we do...
Most of the versions on YouTube are arrangements for choir, and usually the performers try to "modernize" the song in weird ways...
"Ecce Navicula" is also used as a bonus track on Amber Soundroom's reissue of "Imaginations of Light", which was Flute & Voice's first album.
The rest is all of high quality and you can't go wrong with the likes of strong tracks from Joy Unlimited and the pipes of Joy Fleming, Marcel, Virus and Dies Irea's brutal version of "Silent Night" (yes you read that correctly).
Heavy Christmas indeed.
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text: BUSINESS Another career turn as Canton rolls '300' 4:00 AM PST 2/2/2007 by Anne Thompson , AP FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Empty Mark Canton is a survivor. A born Hollywood insider, the son of PR maven Arthur Canton, he ran production at Warner Bros. Pictures and rose to chairman of Columbia TriStar Pictures, where he infamously promoted the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle "The Last Action Hero" as "probably the greatest action movie of all time." And he got beat up royally by the debacle that was Jon Peters and Peter Guber's tenure running Sony Pictures Entertainment.But as the Hollywood cliche goes, you're only as good as your last picture. Canton is awaiting the opening of a potential blockbuster that should score and at the same time restore his faded luster. That movie is "300," Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel about the legendary Battle of Thermopylae that pitted 300 of the best Spartan warriors against the endless armies of Xerxes in 480 B.C. The movie has tested through the roof in early research previews, especially with the young male demographic, and Canton, who always has been a relentlessly gifted marketer, is making sure that people know it. Warners will launch the stylized CG actioner starring the well-muscled Gerard Butler ("The Phantom of the Opera") at the Berlin Film Festival this month. It opens stateside March 9.Admittedly, Canton has much to live down. The studio exec-turned-indie producer will be cited by film historians as the Columbia suit who paid Jim Carrey $20 million for 1996's "The Cable Guy," a payout that permanently inflated talent salaries, creating the overpriced studio budgets that still warp the film industry. After he left Columbia TriStar, Canton's fortunes sagged as he set up the Canton Co. at Warners and then suffered an unfortunate stint running Mike Ovitz's movie division at Artists Management Group.Canton moved on, finding and losing money on the German NeuerMarket, then raising more financial backing, anticipating what has become the trend for high-end producers. Canton is now the chairman and CEO of Atmosphere Entertainment MM Llc., which he co-founded with investment manager Mark Kimsey in late 2003, backed by Kimsey's Daedalus Media Fund and advised by Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Management. Canton learned about co-financing partnerships from his old Warners bosses Terry Semel and Bob Daly, he says over drinks at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge. "I was ahead of the curve. I was the first one out," he contends.Canton is enjoying his relatively simple life as the head of a small eight-person operation in Beverly Hills, he says, though his free-spending studio days are over. He's functioning now in a leaner, meaner Hollywood. "You have to earn it in order to get it," he says. "Gone are the days of giving out movie jackets at premieres. There's nothing fancy other than rolling up my sleeves to do the work."Canton has movie madness in his genes. After studying history at UCLA, he started his career in the Warners mailroom, eventually rising through the studio ranks at Warners to production president. While he can claim credit for making Prince's "Purple Rain" and discovering Tim Burton, who made "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and "Batman" for him at Warners, Canton was never a development guy invested in story arcs and third-act payoffs. He was always someone who leveraged relationships with the likes of Ovitz or Peters to grab the commercial brass ring.He followed Peters and Guber to SPE, where they famously burned through $3 billion and released such duds as "First Knight," "Poetic Justice," "The Age of Innocence," "Lost in Yonkers" and "Striking Distance." Nor did Canton always endear himself to the town during this period. (For some amusing bad-boy tales, check out Nancy Griffin & Kim Masters' must-read tell-all "Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood.") But a number of hits, including "Bad Boys" and "Sense and Sensibility," were greenlighted on his watch, and after Canton departed the studio, a raft of pictures that he had set in motion scored big: "Men in Black," "As Good as It Gets," "Jerry Maguire," "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Air Force One."Canton has paid his dues since then. He hasn't slackened his pace as he's made such films as "Taking Lives," "Jack Frost," "Angel Eyes," "Red Planet" and George Romero's "Land of the Dead." Thanks to that unassuming zombie sequel, Canton is poised to make the comeback of his life. At a meeting four years ago with old pal Gianni Nunnari, the Italian producer mentioned his Battle of Thermopylae project (a subject that had been developed by two studios and Michael Mann), Canton, who remembered loving 1962's "The 300 Spartans," jumped at it and persuaded him to let him partner. Canton also knew "300" graphic novelist Miller, going back to Miller's Batman novel "The Dark Knight Returns." "What do I have to do to get into '300'?" Canton asked Nunnari. Canton helped to lure Snyder. "When Zack first saw the material," Canton says, "he had a vision of how to take Frank's work and make a new-fashioned version of an epic movie."Even after Warners' experience on the inflated megabudget disappointments "Troy" and "Alexander," Canton was able to sell his more modest period epic -- which had been gestating for five years -- to Warners execs Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov. Canton wowed them with Snyder's 90-second test of the movie. In turn, Warners brought in Legendary Pictures and Virtual Studios to co-finance the R-rated, violent and sexy $64 million period battle epic. "We live in a world in which we're at war," Canton says. "There's so much chaos and distress. This is the story of this battle, which is a real case where the few stood up against the many, united in recognizing that it really was for the greater good. Maybe people would like to think that the world is that simple now."Warners is launching "300" in the pre-spring break March slot that worked well in the past for "The Matrix" and "Lethal Weapon." Footage from "300" stunned comic book fans at July's Comic-Con, where they demanded to see the teaser three times. "300" seamlessly blends CG environments and live-action shot against bluescreens (in Montreal), much like Miller and Robert Rodriguez's black, white and red "Sin City." But the new movie is in full color and offers a much grander scale. Instead of a series of vignettes, "300" is "one epic story shot like pop art," Canton says. "It's educational, wild. There's nothing like it."This hugely entertaining, over-the-top action adventure uses the latest technology to bring a comic book to visceral life -- from Butler's star-making role as the heroic (and half-naked) Leonidas to bloody, hacking swordplay, a grossly deformed hunchback and a deadly shower of arrows that blots out the sky. This highly stylized graphic technique inevitably will be widely imitated. (Miller already is plotting a follow-up screenplay set a few years after "300," involving the Spartans and the ancient Greeks.)Also in Canton's pipeline is "The Spiderwick Chronicles," a $130 million, would-be family franchise at Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. Canton is producing with Kennedy/Marshall Prods. Again, an old relationship with the Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith Vein -- going back to "Jumanji," "Gremlins" and "The Goonies" -- as well as his friendship of many years with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, led to Canton's involvement on Mark Waters' screen adaptation (written by John Sayles) of the children's best-seller about the magical Spiderwick mansion. The film stars Freddy Highmore and Mary Louise Parker, with Nick Nolte as a vicious ogre. Industrial Light + Magic and Phil Tippet supply the visual effects for the Paramount release, scheduled for February 2008.Clearly, Canton is in his element, and still feels the hunger to succeed. "The critical discovery for me has been to go back to what motivated me in the first place," he says. "Being involved in movies is my passion. What's gotten me off the mat is the sense of the child in all of us. I feel like the same guy as I did back in the mailroom, but with more wisdom, from the depths of experience to the heights." 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The kitchen chickens are having a day off exploring the garden!! Well it is Easter. Here's what they found.
Time for a cup of coffee in the garden, I think.
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Easter in the Garden
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Some lovely seasonal blooms! The weather is just right for coffee outside:)ReplyDeleteReplies
It was such a beautiful day :-)Delete
You have such a lovely garden with these beautiful flowers. Have a joyous Easter. Pat xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Pat, it's looking even better now but only in small patches. xDelete
What a lot of lovely colour you have in your garden, and you have forget-me-nots too! Have a lovely Easter!ReplyDelete
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I"m coming down with a cold or something. I have not been sick in more than two years. I chalk the end of this nice stretch of health up to the stress of having a new job and commuting what seems like half-way across Germany each day to get to it. Oddly enough, leaving my last job with no other in hand was a relatively stress free event ... it meant freedom, with ample time and money to do a lot of things I didn't have time to do when I was working, or to even do nothing if that is what I felt like doing. And I did a lot of all of that. Now I have to put in time again, and I am not adjusting to it as well as I would have liked.
But I attribute some of this bout with a cold to other contributing factors. The Russian invited me out for drinks the other evening, and since the Partnerin was working very late that evening and I was in transit to an empty home, it seemed like a reasonable way to fill the evening.
The Russian smokes quite a bit, but is generally conscientious about where she blows it. Despite that, I took in a lot more second hand smoke than I would on a given day, but that is life in a European bar in any event. Strike one. Cigarette smoke plays havoc with the immune system.
We ordered a couple of Absoluts straight up, which kind of threw the waiter for a loop ... surely there must be other people in Germany who drink vodka, but from the look of incredulity in his eye it seemed we were a rarity in this upscale bar in the financial district of Frankfurt. Why, you might ask, would we order straight Absolut? Duh ... She is Russian.
As for me, I would have ordered a Vodka Martini, but in Germany these fools actually put a sizable amount of Martini® (vermouth) in the glass rendering it undrinkable by American tastes. I have on several occasions told German bartenders to literally put a couple of drops of Martini into the glass and to fill the rest with vodka, but to no avail ... I still get a glass half-full -- or half-empty depending how you look at things -- with vermouth.
Now I will admit that it isn't a Martini without Martini®, but that doesn't mean you go half-and-half with the stuff. A real Martini is a nuanced blend of flavors which have been the subject of debate for years. Most American bartenders I knew when I was one myself back in school will tell you a Perfect (vodka) Martini is essentially pure vodka ... wrong!
My own recipe was simply to ice the glass and pour in a bit of vermouth while simultaneously putting ice and vodka in the shaker and then either stirring or shaking for roughly 10 seconds ... enough to chill the vodka without totally watering it down (some dilution is desirable). Then you pour out the vermouth/ice mixture and you have a nicely chilled glass with traces of vermouth to make it an official Martini, into which you strain the chilled and slightly diluted vodka from the shaker. As to what flavor of vermouth, that is your personal choice. French or dry vermouth if you want it dry, Italian or sweet vermouth -- Martini® so to say -- if you want it dell'arte italiana. Garnish with lemon or olives ... I go for lemon, but only because it fits my personality. But I digress.
We were both shocked at a couple of points. First, we were served Smirnoff. Despite advertising Absolut, they had none. The waiter asked if that was OK, and the Russian frowned at him. I made a joke that no self respecting Russian would drink Smirnoff, but there seemed to be a lot of truth in that statement. He put the glasses down and backed off nervously ... he must have thought we were both Russian since we were both drinking vodka and the small talk up to that point had been in Russian, and he probably feared for his life since I was wearing a nice suit, drinking vodka, speaking Russian, and sitting with a smoking hot Russian babe nearly one-half my age, and therefore must be Russian mafia. Used to be you could scare them simply by being an American.
The second annoying point for the Russian and myself was that the glasses came without garnish. It seems German bartenders have a tough time knowing when to garnish something. A wave and a snap of the fingers and lemon wedges appeared, but it should never have come to that. Third, the vodka was room temperature, and we both like it cold. Finally, mostly to my personal displeaure, the drinks came in rock glasses ... I would have thought for the prices they were advertising here that they could have a few nice "Traditional" long-stemmed Martini glasses, but these seem to be rarities in Germany. You would think with all of the old American movies that they show on TV here that this would have caught on as a trend, but I guess you have to take the expenditure to the next level of magnitude before they bring out the pricier glassware. But in any case, Strike Two, as alcohol also depresses the immune system.
So we choked those down ... I kid you not, do not serve Smirnoff to a Russian ... and talked on for about 30 minutes, at which time the waiter nervously approached and asked how it was. I snarled something to the effect of "Not so good," and asked for the check. He even more nervously said something to the effect of, "If it is not good, then you shouldn't pay for it." I missed that point, but it was not lost on the Russian, who, living on an Au Pair's wages, is much more careful with her money than I am with mine, and in this case was being careful with mine. Which is either a very nice gesture or the Russian looking out for her own long-term self-interest ... I don't know which crosses her mind, but I assume the best of her.
As I came back from the men's room, she had been checking out the others in the room and then told me, "You look like the others!"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You look like a banker!"
"Well, I used to be one. Still have the clothes to prove it. They come in handy for the new job." It was the second time in the evening she had displayed a bit of disconnect from my reality.
The first was her comment on my attache full of papers, which was something like "Why are you carrying all of that?"
"Because I am coming from work." I had come via Die Bahn that day, and had to drag my stuff around with me.
"You mean you have not been home?" she asked. She obviously hasn't had much experience with the workaday world as I've known it lately ... it must be nice to be able to go home before going out, but that hasn't been the case for me since Thursdays in New York many, many years ago. Aside from Thursdays, the evening out before you went out of the City for the weekend, going out usually meant directly from work.
She had had a tough day of Au Pair'ing, so she was dressed in Jeans and a cute Tee with a sequined "A" on it ... a little Hawthornesque, I thought, but I let it pass since it was a literary allusion certain to be lost on her. I had never seen her in Jeans before ... we had gotten together on a couple of other evenings, and it was usually a nice mini-skirt, although her sexiest occasion, oddly enough, was when she wore a suit that would have passed for the standard office attire of high-powered NY Attorneyette. Which was a funny observation, because one of her aspirations once she is settled here in the West is to go back to school and study law. I always had a thing for professional women, and I don't mean call-girls. But I digress again.
But she had really had a tough day of Au Pair'ing and it showed. I had had a tough day with the Bahn, which had been running roughly 45 minutes late. It seems the gods were trying to tell me something, but I did not heed their warning. Instead, I browsed the international press shop until I found a Russian version of Marie Claire. And this was the time to give it to her. You would have thought I had produced a blue box from Tiffany.
The Blonde Librarian had done a post some time ago, the gist of which there are two types of immigrants -- Career immigrants and Love immigrants. Well, there is a third type that we in the first two categories don't ordinarily think of ... economic immigrants. This is not quite the same as a career immigrant, since we typically have a good lifestyle in either home or host country. For economic immigrants, it is largely a one-way trip and at a very heavy cost. Those of us in the first two categories whine about how hard life as an expat can be, but I trust most of us can find the occasional magazine in our native language and then afford to buy it without having to give up this week's phone call to mom. But I digress again.
Neither of us had eaten up to that point, but given our disappointment with this place, we decided to migrate to another place. You can find a few places open at 11 pm on a Tuesday in Frankfurt. In our case, we wandered up to the Escherheimer Tor and had a light dinner sitting outside under those butane heaters that occasionally work OK when the wind isn't blowing. It was windy, however, and we were both cold. When a Siberian girl is cold, it must be cold. But we talked on for another hour and a half. Strike three ... my resistance is out.
As I said, men are simple creatures. Sit one down with a pretty girl on a cold evening, and he won't have enough sense to come out of the cold.


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GRAND CAYMAN, April 24, 2009 – Jim Courier opened up the defense of his Outback Champions Series title in the Cayman Islands Friday, defeating Mikael Pernfors of Sweden 6-3, 6-4 to advance into the semifinals of the $150,000 The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Legends Championships. Also advancing with a quarterfinal win Friday in the eight-player event was Pat Cash of Australia, who defeated Karel Novacek of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4. The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Legends Championships is the fourth of eight events on the 2009 Outback Champions Series, the global tennis circuit for champion tennis players age 30 and over.
Courier will face Mark Philippoussis of Australia in Saturday evening's semifinal, while Cash will take on Jimmy Arias in the first semifinal in the afternoon session. Courier is looking to win for the second time in the second-year Outback Champions Series event and, like in 2008, use the clay-court event to kick start his Outback Champion Series season.
"I am here defending my honor and my title as last year's champion but the task ahead will be a challenge, as anything worth doing tends to be," wrote Courier in his blog on the Outback Champions Series website – linked here – http://m1e.net/c?97079246-HVhYO/dMh9KPk%404189130-9tRhGLCNPAfF%2e "(Winning in Grand Cayman in 2008) was the lift off for my season where I won here and then three more tournaments after a slow start. I am looking for the same thing here this year as I have had a bumpy start to my 2009 OCS campaign and am in need of a jump start."
Courier finished the 2006 and 2008 Outback Champions Series campaigns as the No. 1 ranked player in the year-end standings, but has struggled so far in 2009. In the opening event in Boston in February, Courier injured his back in round-robin play against John McEnroe and finished in fourth place. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Courier continued to struggle with his form and health and lost to McEnroe in the championship match. In the third event of the year last month in Los Cabos, Mexico, Courier beat Mats Wilander in the third-place play-off after losing to Patrick Rafter in the semifinals. "Since Cabo I have been able to train hard on/off court once again and should be ready to make a serious run this week for the title" wrote Courier on his blog. "We'll see if that's enough. With the tough field, I'll have to earn it if I'm going to hold the trophy again."
Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon champion, was spurred on to his win over Novacek by a group of vocal Australian fans – many donning Cash's trademark checkerboard headbands. Cash was a late entry into the field after 2001 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic was forced to withdraw when he was not sufficiently recovered from recent knee surgery to compete.
"I am just happy to be here," said Cash of his late entry into the tournament. "A few days ago, I was sitting in cold London when I got the call. It's a great opportunity to play in this tournament and to play here in Grand Cayman. It's a wonderful event."
The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Legends Championships features a field of eight champion players competing in a single knock-out format event, vying for $150,000 in prize money and ranking points that determine the year-end No. 1 on the Outback Champions Series. Ticket, travel and tournament information can be found by visiting www.ChampionsSeriesTennis.com. In 2008, Courier won the inaugural event defeating Wayne Ferreira 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1) in the championship match.
The schedule of play for the remainder of the event is as follows;
Saturday, April 25
Starting 1 pm
Doubles featuring all four quarterfinalists
Pat Cash vs. Jimmy Arias
Starting at 6 pm
Doubles featuring all four quarterfinalists
Jim Courier vs. Mark Philippoussis
Sunday, April 26
Starting at 1 pm
Third Place Match
Championship Match
Pete Sampras won the opening event on the 2009 Outback Champions Series, defeating McEnroe in the final of the Champions Cup Boston in February. McEnroe won the second event of the year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, defeating Courier in the final. Sampras won his second title of the year at the Del Mar Development Champions Cup in Los Cabos, Mexico, defeating Rafter in the final. Following Grand Cayman, Outback Champions Series events will be played in Newport, R.I. (August 20-23), Charlotte (Sept. 24-27), Surprise, Ariz. (Oct. 8-11) and Dubai, U.A.E. (Nov. 18-21).
Founded in 2005, the Outback Champions Series features some of the biggest names in tennis over the last 25 years, including Andre Agassi, Sampras, McEnroe, Courier and others. To be eligible to compete on the Outback Champions Series, players must have reached at least a major singles final, been ranked in the top five in the world or played singles on a championship Davis Cup team. The Outback Champions Series features eight events on its 2009 schedule with each event featuring $150,000 in prize money as well as Champions Series ranking points that will determine the year-end No. 1.
InsideOut Sports + Entertainment is a New York City-based independent producer of proprietary events and promotions founded in 2004 by former world No. 1 and Hall of Fame tennis player Jim Courier and former SFX and Clear Channel executive Jon Venison. In 2005, InsideOut launched its signature property, the Outback Champions Series, a collection of tennis events featuring the greatest names in tennis over the age of 30. In addition, InsideOut produces many other successful events including "Legendary Night" exhibitions, charity events and tennis fantasy camps such as the annual "Ultimate Fantasy Camp". Through 2008, InsideOut Sports + Entertainment events have raised over $4 million for charity. For more information, please log on to www.InsideOutSE.com or www.ChampionsSeriesTennis.com.
About The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, The DeckHouses and Secret Harbour – Stretching sea to sea from the acclaimed Seven Mile Beach to the North Sound, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Resort has set a lavish new standard of living on the Caribbean's most prosperous, cosmopolitan and safe island – Grand Cayman. Comprising The Residences, The DeckHouses and Secret Harbour, all anchored by the hotel itself, living at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Resort is distinguished by an unparalleled lifestyle experience enhanced with the unique Endless Service program, which includes a fleet of luxury automobiles and intrepid 36-foot motor yachts available for use when in residence. Owners also have access to the legendary service and amenities of the $600 million Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Resort. For more information, please visit www.residences-cayman.com, www.thedeckhouses.com or www.findsecretharbour.com.


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Space travel and exploration has been carried out for many years and continues to evolve with the aid of human space fight, robotic probes and telescopes. We continue to explore the universe and maybe someday we will find other life in it but to date Earth is the only planet known to be habitable enough to support life. There has been many missions into space these are just a few of them
Space Missions & More
This section is for any new & interesting pages we add to the site, below you can find some interesting space mission facts.
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» The first man-made object to orbit the earth was Sputnik 1 on the 4th of October 1957 followed by Sputnik 2 on the 3rd of November 1957 which orbited for 7 days carrying a dog called Laika. These were launched by the U.S.S.R
» Explorer 1 was the first U.S satellite to orbit earth on 31st of January 1958
» The first satellite to orbit the moon was Luna 1 which was launched on the 2nd January 1959 by the U.S.S.R
» Luna 2 was the first man-made object to impact the moon surface in 1959
» Yuri A. Gargarin was the first man in space and orbited the earth once on the 12th of April 1961 in Vostok 1
» On the 5th of May 1961 Alan B. Shepard.Jr became the first man from the U.S to enter space in Mercury Freedom 7 for a suborbital flight
» The first woman in space was Valentia Tereshkova on the 16th of June 1963 in Vostok 6
» Alexei A. Leonov was the first to do a space walk on the 18th of march 1965 from Voskhod 2. It lasted 12 minutes
» Edward White was the first from the U.S to do a space walk on the 3rd of June 1965 from Gemini 4. His lasted 22 minutes
» On the 4th of December 1965 Gemini 7 is launched and orbits the earth 206 time proving a trip to the moon is possible
» The first spacecraft to manage a soft landing on the moon was Soviet Luna 9 on the 3rd of February 1966
» Surveyor 1 was the first spacecraft from the U.S to achieve a soft landing on the moon on 2nd of June 1966
» The first spaceflight fatality was on the 24th of April 1967 when Soviet Soyuz 1 crashed carrying Vladimir M. Komarov
» On 20th of July 1969 Apollo 11 make the first manned soft landing on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. They also do the first moonwalk
» Pioneer 10 was the first man-made object to travel through the asteroid belt on the 15th of July 1972


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Coffey Architects has won this year's Stephen Lawrence Prize for its St Patrick's School Library and Music Room in Kentish Town, London
The Clerkenwell-based studio beat Featherstone Young, David Mikhail and others to win the annual award designed to celebrate fresh talents working with budgets below £1 million.
Coffey's £350,000 scheme created a new library, music room and store room constructed from zinc and timber for a north-west London primary school.
Source: Tim Soar
The other shortlisted projects were David Sheppard Architects' Brown's Dental Practice, Hoxton House extension by David Mikhail Architects, Peter Beard_LANDROOM's Marshland Discovery Zone, Ty-Hedfan by Featherstone Young and WT Architecture's White House on the Isle of Coll.
RIBA past president Marco Goldschmied said: 'The St Patrick's School Music Room and Library marks that rare occasion when a small budget in the hands of a thoughtful and ingenious architect lays the seed for the step by step transformation of an entire institution.
'The effortless and elegant integration of structure, internal finishes and fixed furniture creates a place that generations of pupils will fondly remember in years to come.'
Funded by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, the prize was set up 14 years ago in memory of Stephen Lawrence who aspired to be an architect but was murdered in 1993.
The award was judged by Stephen Lawrence's mother Doreen Lawrence, last year's winning architect Philip Gumuchdjian and Marco Goldschmied.
Full citation:
St Patrick's School Library and Music Room, Holmes Road, London NW5
Architect: Coffey Architects
Client: St. Patrick's Primary School
Contractor: Bolt and Heeks
Structural engineer: Rodrigues Associates
Services engineer: Con-Serv
Contract value: £350,000
Date of completion: February 2011
Gross internal area: 60m²
Less is More' sums up this tiny yet delightful and ingenious school extension providing a library, music room and store room. The St Patrick's School Music room and Library is that rare combination of a space that allows for a wide variety of uses whilst retaining the intimate and personal atmosphere of a bespoke single-function design.
The design process took the client from their original notion of two separate 'rooms' on the roof of the existing building to a more useable ground level single volume that was far less disruptive to construct. The effortless and elegant integration of structure, internal finishes and fixed furniture creates a place that generations of pupils will fondly remember in years to come.
The building has a simplicity that comes from a straightforward plan and the prevailing expression of just two materials: timber, clearly articulated in the interior of the space, and zinc sheets on the external skin. This clarity and truth to materials is all too often absent in buildings of this scale. Internally the space is lined on three sides by bookshelves at ground level and the storage display of musical instruments on the first floor mezzanine. The central volume created by this arrangement is open and flexible to allow for both musical practice/performance and also as a group reading area – in fact whatever the school requires.
However, this simple arrangement is literally given a third dimension by the openable glass wall which, with a freestanding external canopy, creates an informal proscenium for play. The deceptively simple external canopy links the new and the old and provides a technical and visual language that can, as funds permit, be readily applied to enhance and revitalise other parts of the original 1960s building. The canopy also elegantly enhances the functionality of both the indoor and outdoor uses.
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|Archived February 20, 2019
USGS Involved in World's Largest GIS Conference
Pamela Johnson, Deputy Director of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR), presented Hammer Awards to ESRI and to six teams from the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Community Demonstration Project. The awards (given on behalf of Al Gore) are named after hammers that once cost the government $400. They symbolize the improvement in government efficiency and were given for efforts in using federal, state, and local geographic data to solve complex problems. An emphasis was put on developing "E-Government."
The Geography Network premiered at the conference. This is a collaborative, multi-participant system for publishing, sharing, and using geographic information on the Internet. Jack Dangermond said, "This is the most exciting thing that we have ever done!" He went on to say, "It offers new ways to cooperate in the development and sharing of information, provides a portal for spatial data cataloging, and connects users with the data they need." One of the featured data sets is the USGS National Elevation Dataset, a seamless Digital Elevation Model for the United States at 1 arc-second (~30-m) resolution. Data clearinghouse nodes will be connected to the Geography Network. Also mentioned was National Geographic's "Map Machine." A dynamic atlas accessible over the internet that was created using ESRI's software, the Map Machine, illustrates internet mapping capabilities.
Other presentations of particular significance to our program were given under the "Oceanography, Coastal Zone, and Marine Resources" Track. The topics ranged from assessing the accuracy of LIDAR imagery to 3-dimensional nautical charting to Roger Goldsmith's (WHOI) talk on "Some Applications and Challenges in Extending GIS to Oceanographic Research."
The conference offered intelligent insight into future GIS trends along with enormous amounts of technical information. The continuing challenge is the application of all this to our science and research efforts.
Photos courtesy of Joseph Kerski, (USGS, NMD, Denver) and S. Ford.
in this issue:
cover story:
Joint USGSMonterey Aquarium Cruise
West Falmouth Harbor Water Sampling
World's Largest GIS Conference
New Coastal & Marine Geology Circular
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But the sizing was just off for me. I'm 5'2" and 125 lbs. I had ordered a 1 in a different material, the pinstripe, but it was too tight around my bottom and thighs. Everything else fit and length was good but I felt like I would split the butt if I sat down too quickly. I exchanged it for a 2 but they did not have the same material and sent me the chambray. The fabric is lovely, but I am swimming in a 2. Exchanging again would have been another expensive hassle so I'm making do. I had to get the pants hemmed and the non-pocket side taken in. It's fitting better now but I'm still really surprised by what a difference material/sizing up can do.
These are great for maternity since they grow with you. I bought 2 of these (one in chambray, the other in chili) after my first purchase a while back. Glad that I have 3 comfy pants to chose from. Easy to wear, my favorite is tied on the left side.


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V60 Cross Country outsold the sedan nearly 14 to 1.
Volvo had high hopes for the S60 Cross Country when it was introduced at the North American International Auto Show last year but it appears consumer reaction has been mixed particularly in the United Kingdom.
As Autocar reports, Volvo has decided to drop the model in the U.K. after the company was only able to sell 34 models since the S60 Cross Country went on sale in April of 2015. That's pretty pathetic but Volvo is brushing it off by saying the model was never aimed at U.K. consumers and noted it sold all the models it "had access to."
The S60 Cross Country will continue to be available in a number of other countries and the V60 Cross Country will still be offered in the United Kingdom. The latter model is far more appealing to buyers as U.K consumers have already snapped up 478 units - a full 444 more than the S60 Cross Country.
As a refresher, the S60 Cross Country is an off-road inspired sedan which features plastic body cladding, meatier tires, and an additional 2.5 inches of ground clearance. Depending on the market, the model can be equipped with T5 and D4 engines which can be paired to an optional all-wheel-drive system.
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One Game A Month 2015
Beetle Bog Revival
Beetle Bog Revival is a maze game about eating bones and escaping catacombs!
Metal Angler
Seafaring treasure hunts and general fun with a giant magnet!
Paddle & Basket
Breakout gameplay with an added twist: break it all and collect the rewards!
Lead 4 spirits in a cooperative quest to find the fifth that keeps them together.
Farmer Fran Prototype
Help a humble farmer out on a quest to save the prince of a magical land from the clutches of an evil queen! In retro Gameboy style!
She's unstoppable, as long as she has her coffee! Run as far as you can with the caffeinated gremlin beauty JuggerNatty!
Soul Towers
Soul Towers is a concept tower defense game where an unending wave of bizarre creeps reach for the end of a path you're bound to protect.


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8 species
Mourning Dove 3
Inca Dove 4
Anna's Hummingbird 4 (2 pairs regularly visit my feeder.)
Gila Woodpecker 2
Curve-billed Thrasher 1
Abert's Towhee 2
House Finch 5
Lesser Goldfinch 5
More about the Great Backyard Bird Count.
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I did the count in the bajada of the Tucson Mountains, in my admittedly huge (14 acres) backyard. I got 28 spp in two morning counts. So I'm really greatful for our little paradise. But I also very much miss two that you listed: Inca Doves and Canyon Towhees (oh, yours were Abert's) They were regular breeders, as was the Western Screech Owl and they completely dissapeared during the last 5 years. That's sad, especially as there is no directly obvious reason (new developement)http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/
Oh, your losses sound much more severe, and very sad. I am hoping that the unusual winter here sent my bird friends further south.
I have noted a Gambrels Quail family in my yard in the past, but that was when the two neighbor houses were unoccupied and had wild yards for forage and cover. Their absence this year was expected.
Renting is frustrating. Were this my yard? I'd be putting in bird habitat!
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Crafters Companion Giveaway
Crafters Companion is having an awesome giveaway. Be sure to follow their Challenge BLog and check out all the fab ladies on their design team. Hey more chances to win and they have great challenges all the time.
Welcome to my page. I have been crafting as far back as I can remember. I hpe to inspire others through my work to do what they love most!


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I cannot seem to get it together lately. Ever since TOM, I have been craving the wrong foods. When I think of something healthy, something that I would usually crave, my mind goes "blech, I want pizza." I don't know what is up with me but it needs to change!!
I have been fairly good about ignoring these cravings up until the past couple of days. Today was probably the worst when I was feeling a little out of it and ate a No Pudge! brownie, 3 Girl Scout cookies, and some baked crackers. And then I was left feeling like a failure. And what did I want for supper? I wanted pizza. But somehow, I got myself together and made healthy pizzas on high fiber tortillas instead. Although I did eat some tortilla chips and Trader Joe's spinach dip. I'm obviously craving processed foods. I'm thinking I need to stop buying any of them for a while.
And then my body was telling me I was physically exhausted today. I'm hoping I'm not getting a cold or something, but my allergies/asthma have really been acting up the past couple of days. So maybe that's it. But I was planning on running today and didn't get it done. Hubby and I will go for a walk tonight though.
I just cannot seem to get myself motivated to get out of this slump. I think I'm just getting a little too content with where I'm at. I need to keep my eyes on the goal and not get discouraged so easily!
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Flocks of birds fly high and vanish;
A single cloud, alone, calmly drifts on.
Never tired of looking at each other—
Only the Jingting Mountain and me.
—Olafur Eliasson
Unlike the InDios, we fear the Earth, and as well, we fear animals. We fear them because they are spirit
presences! As long as they are around, we are continually reminded that Earthly presences
are more than we are — more animated, more alive, more spirit-filled, more soul-filled…. and embodied, and thus
more HERE. A landslide or a mudslide can kill us in an instant, as can a lion, a bear, a wolf. Who then is the real power?


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As almost every month we are meeting for a vBeer. This time at "Multi Qlti Tap Bar" – there you'll be able to try awsome local drafty beers.
Location: Multi Qlti Tap Bar
Address: Szewska 21, Kraków
Date: 24.07.2015
Time: 19:00 (07:00 PM)
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/vBeer-Krakow/events/224067310/
Good beer and a great company. Come get to know your folks in the Krakow area, and enjoy some good atmosphere! Feel invited!
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How does Catholic identity inform political conviction? Since the Catholic vote could very well swing the upcoming national election, this is a good question. Without belaboring the obvious, not everyone who claims to be a Catholic has thoroughly embraced the Catholic faith. So, what shape does Catholic identity take?
- Nominal Catholics. The Catholic tradition plays a minimal role in how they form their judgment. Their beliefs are formed more by cultural factors than their religious tradition. If you asked them how they came to their political conviction with reference to Faith, they would have nothing to say.
- Ideological Catholics. This group is very vexing. They speak the Catholic lingo with passion and some degree of knowledge and awareness. But, their prior (political) ideological convictions determine how they appeal to their Catholic faith. They came to their Catholic faith with an ideological agenda, then they pick and choose elements of their Catholic Tradition that support their political agenda while conveniently putting on blinders to those Catholic elements that don't support their agenda.
These "cafeteria Catholics" domesticate the Catholic faith. They tame it to fit the rules of their political household. They basically say, "I'm going to take my Catholic faith and shape it and mold it to fit my political agenda." Ideological Catholics are found in all ends of the political spectrum—conservative to liberal—and probably includes most of us to some degree. Mea culpa!
- Conscientious Catholics. A goal to which we should aspire; namely, to embrace Catholic social teaching as a whole and work to have their Catholic faith shape their political attitudes and behaviors. Our faith shapes our political conventions, not visa versa. When the USCCB put out their document on Faithful Citizenship on Catholics and political elections, they're after this third group.
Regarding the last one, our bishops said our moral precepts and judgments should be shaped by our Catholic faith and should take precedence over our attachment to a particular party. Ideally, our participation should transform the party to which we belong. We should not let party affiliation trump or transform our fundamental moral precepts. We want to avoid the temptation of what the great Protestant theologian Reinhold Neibuhr said, "to make our God the great Sanctifier of what we prefer to do anyway."
A 'Moral Revolution' Against Nukes. Beatrice Fihn (Ex. Dir. Of the Int'l Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, based in Geneva) wrote a piece in the recent issue of Sojourners (August, 2016) in which she says that "It's impossible to eliminate nuclear weapons and "upgrade" them at the same time." She makes a very compelling case. The following is a condensed version of her reflection.
" The International community has agreed that nuclear weapons should be eliminated…
"President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Heroshima, Japan, the site of the first nuclear weapon used in war, and his speech there in May was beautifully crafted….However, his words haven't matched his actions as president.
"Not only have the U.S. and other nuclear-armed states failed to fulfill their commitments to nuclear disarmament, but each is currently pursuing enormously expensive upgrades and modernization programs. These countries are developing new, more-modern nuclear weapons and delivery systems, extending the planned possession of nuclear weapons for decades to come.
" Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, more than 15,000 nuclear weapons still exist. Nine nations still possess them: the U.S. and Russia have 93% of the world's nuclear weapons…
"By allowing such a large number of nuclear weapons to remain, the risk of an accident increases. Nearly 1,800 nuclear warheads are kept on high alert, ready to launch within minutes. New research paints a worrying picture of near misses, security breaches, and other events that could cause a catastrophe. Some say that the risk of a nuclear detonation is higher today than at the end of the Cold War.
In Hiroshima, Obama called for a "moral revolution" in order to reach a world free of nuclear weapons. But such a moral revolution will not be led by those who possess these weapons of mass destruction. Instead, the world is witnessing a surge in leadership from around the globe. A new focus on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons has emerged that looks at these weapons for what they are: indiscriminate, inhumane, and unacceptable.
" Eliminating nuclear weapons is a task for people all over the world, not just a few selected states. We all have a duty, and a right, to work together towards this goal. The push for a treaty banning nuclear weapons is motivated by a fervent desire to ensure that no one else ever suffers, as the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did from these despicable weapons"
Why Catholics should be proud. Several years ago while attending the Religious Education Congress (REC) at Anaheim, I was dining at a crowded restaurant when a man belted out to his table companions, "I love being Catholic!" How great to feel and say that!
Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, president of DePaul University, reflected last year for America magazine (November 12, 2015) on many reasons why Catholics should be proud of the many services that U.S. Catholic institutions provide for the benefit of all.
- 1/6 of Americans get their health care from a Catholic institution.
- More than 1/5 of Americans living n poverty are served by Catholic charities.
- Catholic schools are the largest provider of private K-12 education, enrolling nearly 1M students. In addition, the national Catholic school graduation rate is 99.4% of high school students. 84.9% of thee graduates of Catholic schools go on to college, compared with 39.5% of public school graduates.
- The Catholic Church is the largest re-settler of refugees in the country.
- U.S.-based Catholic Relief Services serves nearly 100M people in need in 93 countries.
- The Society of St. Vincent de Paul serves over 14M people in need in the U.S. each year.
Most Americans agree with Pope Francis on Controversial issues. A KofC-Marist poll conducted shortly after Pope Francis' visit to the United States found that the vast majority of Americans agree with him on a host of issues, including controversial ones. The majority of those surveyed agree with Pope Francis that:
- We should support religious freedom—85% agree.
- We should be more respectful of the earth and the environment—84% agree.
- We should support life at every stage of development, including for the unborn—62% agree.
- We should allow people to opt out of taking actions that go against their religious beliefs—57% agree.
- We should view marriage as between one man and one woman—55% agree.
- However, less than half (46%) agree with the pope on opposition to the death penalty.
The 'Francis Effect' on attitudes towards climate change. A report from George Mason University compares national survey results before and after the publication on June 18, 2015 of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si (subtitled On Care for our Common Home) and presents these key findings:
Americans are more concerned about global warming.
- More agree that global warming is happening—Americans overall from 62% in March to 66% in October; American Catholics from 64% in March to 74% in October.
- More worried about global warming—Americans from 51% in March to 59% in October; American Catholics from 53% to 64%.
- More say that the issue of global warming has become very or extremely important to them personally—Americans from 19% to 26%; American Catholics from 15% to 23%.
Parishes without resident priests. The 2015 edition of The Official Catholic Director indicates that there is a significant shortfall between the number of active diocesan priests and the number of parishes in the U.S. Currently, there are 3,448 U.S. parishes without a resident pastor. Most, 89%, are administered by non-resident pastors. 4% of parishes without a resident pastor are entrusted to a deacon, 3% to lay men or women, and 2% to a religious sister.
The dioceses that are impacted most by this shortfall are in the Midwest. The Diocese of Green Bay, WI has 81 parishes without a resident pastor. La Cross (WI) has 55 without, and Superior (WI) has 69. Outside the Cheese state, Dubuque, IA leads the parish pack with 97 parishes without a resident pastor, followed by Sioux City (IA) with 63.
St. Cloud (MN) has 71, Richmond (VA) 40, Rapid City (SD) 56, Springfield (IL) 73, and Winona (MN) 64.
One way the Catholic Church in America has adjusted to this priest shortfall is to consolidate parishes. The number of parishes peaked at 19,705 in 1989. Since that time the Church in the U.S. has reduced its total number of parishes by 2,381 nationally, a decline of 12% even though the total Catholic population has increased substantially during that time.
Reasons for leaving the Catholic priesthood. One reason for the priest shortage is the number of men who left the priesthood during the '70s and '80s. Twenty-five years prior to Vatican II it was a rarity for someone to leave the priesthood. The annual rate among diocesan priests did not reach one in thousand, according to priest-sociologist Joseph Fichter (SJ). But after Vatican II, priestly resignations skyrocketed over 40-fold to 4% a year. This phenomenon finally stabilized as the number of resignations have down by almost 50% since 1990.
Why they left. The majority left because of their desire to marry (59%). Other reasons include disagreement with Catholic moral teaching (36%), think more in a Protestant manner (29%), disappointment after Vatican II (20%), poor treatment (12%), burned out (5%), and other (10%).
Who are the atheists? The increasing number of people falling into the 'none/other' category re. religious affiliation raises the questions about their make-up. The Barna Group, which specializes in studies of evangelical or born-again Christians combines atheists and agnostics into one group, which they call 'skeptics.' Skeptics represent 25% all un-churched adults. Nearly 33% of skeptics have never attended a Christian church service in their lives. Their findings show the following demographic trends among them:
- They are younger. Some 34% are under 30; in contrast, the proportion who are 65 or older is 7%.
- They're more educated. 50% of skeptics have a college degree.
- More are women. In 1993, only 16% of skeptics were women, but 2013 that figure had nearly tripled to 43%.
- They're more racially diverse. While 74% are white, 26% come from varied ethnic backgrounds.
- They're more dispersed regionally. In decades past, they tended to be concentrated in the Northeast and West. They are now broadly dispersed across all nations.
(cf. "2015 State of Atheism in America," March 24, 2015, which appeared in The Barna Organization (barna.org).
Pope Francis on witness and taking a risk. Since the beginning of our Holy Father's pontificate, I think I've read nearly anything he has published: Sunday homilies, Wednesday General Audiences, encyclicals, Apostolic Exhortations, reflections to special groups, etc. But, my favorite ones are his daily Mass homilies given at Domus Sanctae Marthae and his off-the-cuff interviews given on the papal airplane or other venues. These interviews are fascinating because he really speaks what is on his mind in a coherent and compassionate matter. His remarks drive some to distraction, but they are always worthwhile to plug into because they reveal what the Holy Father is thinking in an unedited fashion. Recently, the Pontiff met in the faculty chapel of Villa Nazareth with 70 students in which he talked about 'witness, martyrdom, poverty, work, family, economy, and refugees (cf. L'Osservatore Romano; 15 July 2016).
Here's what Francis said about giving witness.
Question: "Holy Father, we young people need credible witnesses. Sometimes we are at a standstill in life, prey to the illusion of success and to the worship of our own ego, and unable to give of ourselves. How can we reawaken the greatness and the courage of comprehensive choices, of the impulses of the heart in order to face …challenges?"
FRANCIS: Thank you. A key phrase is: "We young people need credible witnesses". And this is precisely the logic of the Gospel: to bear witness. With our lives, the way we live, the choices made…But witnesses to what? …We Christians witness to Jesus Christ who lives, who has accompanied us: …in pain; he died for us, but he lives. …The witness that young people seek: it is the witness of the "slap". The slap is a beautiful daily witness! The one that wakes you up and says to you: "Look, don't delude yourself with ideas, with promises (such as) the illusion of success, (which is) the worship of one's ego.
(Secular culture encourages us to) look at ourselves, one's ego. That's what the narcissism of today's culture offers us. And when we have not witnesses, perhaps life goes on fine for us, we earn well, we have a profession, a nice workplace, a family…but you used a very powerful phrase: "We are men and women at a standstill in life." In other words, people who do not walk, who do not move. Like conformists: everything is a habit, …(which) leaves us calm, we have what is necessary, we lack nothing, thanks be to God….How do we reawaken the greatness and the courage of comprehensive choices, of the impulses of the heart in order to face "academic and emotional challenges?" The phrase I use very often is: take a risk! Take a risk. Whoever does not risk does not walk. But what if I make a mistake?
Blessed be the Lord! You will make more mistakes if you remain still, stagnant: that is the mistake, a bad mistake, closure. Take risks. Risks for noble ideals, risks that soil your hands as the Good Samaritan did. When we are more or less calm in life, there is always the temptation of paralysis, to avoid taking risks: to be calm and quiet…."How can we reawaken the greatness and the courage of comprehensive choices," you asked, "the impulses of he heart in order to face academic and emotional challenges"?
Approach the problems, go out of yourself and take risks, take risks. Otherwise your life will slowly become a paralyzed life; happy, content, with the family, but at a standstill there…It is very sad to see a life at a standstill: it is very sad to see people who seem more like mummies than living beings. Take a risk! Take a risk. And if you make a mistake, bless the Lord. Take a risk. Move forward! I don't' know, this is what came to mind to say to you.
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TALIA AL GHUL TAKES OLIVER UNDER HER WING — In his quest to take down Kovar, Oliver (Stephen Amell) gets help from a surprising source – Talia al Ghul (guest star Lexa Doig). However, when she reveals what she wants from him in exchange, Oliver isn't sure he can accept her help. Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) attempts to hack the NSA to help free Diggle (David Ramsey) but when her online efforts are flagged, she faces off against an unknown adversary. Meanwhile, Curtis (Echo Kellum) tells the team about a female vigilante, Tina Boland (guest star Juliana Harkavy), he uncovered online who has been wreaking havoc all over the country.
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Dragon-Marked War God - Chapter 674
Absolutely Shameless!
God! Someone was inside the herb garden?
How could this be possible? There was a very strong seal set on the area, no one could ever enter it. Moreover, this garden had been here for a very long time, why would there be anyone in it? Could it be someone from the Colossus Sect who had luckily survived?
That is impossible. The Colossus Sect had been completely eliminated. Those who survived had all turned into dark souls, but this person in front of them didn't look like a dark soul at all.
However, they didn't have the mood to think about these things, they were busy staring at the person with a shining green glow. That person was as tall as a human and as strong as a horse, he had quite a good-looking face and seemed to be in his twenties.
Of course, everybody wasn't looking at his pleasant face, but the Dragon Ginseng which had been swallowed down into his throat.
Your sister![1] That was a fine Dragon Ginseng, it had grown a soul and became intelligent, it was a very invaluable precious herb. It was an unimaginably unusual thing. It could spark up the life force of a dead man, allowing his bones to function again. These people were stunned when they saw the Dragon Ginseng being eaten and felt that it was wasted on this bastard.
Wait, what did that bastard just say? Did he say he was eating these kind of stuff every day, and his taste buds were turning insensitive and plain as a result of that?
Damn you bastard! There was actually someone who disliked the taste of the Dragon Ginseng. What also infuriated them was that this guy was having these fine herbs every single day of his life? God, please strike him to death by lightning.
''Why is there someone in the herb garden and how was he able to get in? Who is he?''
''Look, that bastard's body was glowing with a green light from top to bottom. That is the effect of the herb. It seems that that man has been consuming these herbs here every single day, turning his body into a precious physique.''
''Heaven defying! Whatever that bastard belch out will be full of the medicinal force. How did he get in? He just ate a fine Dragon Ginseng, this is such a waste of God's gift.''
Everyone's eyes turned red and had the urge to kill him. They could sense the herb aura from the guy's body, so they knew that he wasn't telling any lies. He was really eating Dragon Ginseng of a fine quality everyday. Besides the Dragon Ginseng, there were also many rare ancient herb, but they had no idea how many of them had been abused by this man.
All the cultivators were gritting their teeth at the person in the herb garden, they wanted to pull that dude out and eat him up separately. There were three dudes who also had their mouths wide open, they were Jiang Chen, Han Yan and Big Yellow. Their expression were akin of being startled. They didn't blink once while staring at the man in the herb garden. Besides a startling feeling, they also felt surprise.
The person in the herb garden looked very strong. After he swallowed the Dragon Ginseng, he heard some noise and looked up to see that so many people were giving him a glare that told him to puke the ginseng out for them.
These angry stares didn't make him feel uncomfortable. Instead it made him feel very excited and happy, and cried as a result of his happiness. ''Finally, there are living humans!''
''Ah Nan.''[2]
His name was spoken and he heard it. He stopped crying and moved. He tried to locate the source of the sound and saw Jiang Chen, Han Yan and Big Yellow. He shouted excitedly and wildly at them, then he rolled and crawled to the edge of the herb garden, knelt down and started crying again.
''Damn! This bastard is such a disgrace. How could such a young lord cry like a baby bear?''
Big Yellow couldn't help but criticize him.
This man wasn't a stranger to them, it was Nangong Wentian. Since Jiang Chen had entered the divine Continent, he had lost contact with his friend, Nangong Wentian. However, he had never expected to meet him here. He was still worrying about Nangong Wentian before this. Now, he felt relieved as he saw him in a good condition. This dude was considered to have a good luck to obtain such a great treasure.
They could feel the Qi of a peak Sixth Grade Combat Emperor in his body, which was only a step away from the Seventh Grade. The scary part wasn't his grade, it was the quality of his body. No one could guess how much herbs this dude had taken, it is as if he had become some kind of a human herb. In other words, this person's body was full of magical body cells. If you could cultivate beside him, your grade would improve drastically. If his blood was drawn, one bowl of it would cost as much as a city and his flesh would be sold out instantly.
''Friends! I finally have the chance to reunite with my friends... Little Chen, Big Yellow, and Han Yan quickly get me out of here. This place is about to drive me mad!''
Liquid was flowing out of Nangong Wentian's nose and eyes. It was like he had found his closest family members, and it made him so excited that he didn't know how to express it. He felt even sad when he recalled all the days he had to go through in this sealed place.
When everyone heard what Nangong Wentian said, they felt another urge to bash this guy up until he became paralyzed. Such a treasured place had been degraded by him so much to the point that his mouth felt unpleasant because of eating these plain herbs everyday. Was his statement even acceptable?
Didn't he know that many people here dreamt to experience his circumstance? These people would die just to experience what he did.
Absurd, truly absurd, he actually knew Jiang Chen and his friends.
''Ah Nan, breathe slowly and calm your down.''
Jiang Chen consoled him quickly.
How could Nangong Wentian not feel overly excited when he saw so many people, especially the ones he knew?
Jiang Chen's comforting words didn't stop his sobs, it actually worsened it.
''This is humiliating.''
Han Yan put his palm on his forehead. This young lord was considered heaven defying for crying like this even though he was an adult male.
''Young master, who is this guy? Do you know him?''
Sot Old Man asked curiously.
''He is the friend I have told you about before, Nangong Wentian. We arrived in the divine Continent together. I have no idea how this dude ended up here.''
Han Yan explained.
Sot Old Man was startled to hear this, this crying man was actually Nangong Wentian. His impression of him made him unable to greet him.
''Big brother, this guy has obtained so many benefits but he still wants our pity. His continuous crying still wouldn't stop.''
Zuo Ling Er couldn't take it anymore.
''Amitabha, this man is really shameful.''
Tyrant muttered.
''Tyrant, you finally said something nice.''
Big Yellow nodded in agreement.
''Nan, if you were to continue crying, we are leaving.''
Nangong Wentian stopped all his wailing when he heard the warning. It doesn't matter if it was true or not, he still changed his face into a happy one. This guy can change his facial expression faster than flipping the pages of a book.
''Little Chen, quickly find a way to get me out of here. I have fallen into the cracks of the spatial zone and when I came to this place. Then, I have fallen into this stupid herb garden. I attempted to get out but I realized that there was a layer of seal preventing me from leaving this garden. My grandmother! I have been eating so many herbs and medicines here and was bored to death. If you guys didn't appear, I will go crazy.''
Nangong Wentian said.
His statement stirred up another wave of curse from the crowd. Most were scolding him for his shameless behavior and others were envious of his luck. They could tell from his tone that he wasn't just stuck in here for a day or two. When they thought of how many herbs had been abused by this man, they felt furious and wasted, and had the urge to kill him.
''You know that there is a seal outside, so how am I gonna get you out?''
Jiang Chen spread his arms wide.
''Big Yellow, ya, Big Yellow is an expert in the seal art. Quickly, break this seal and let me out!''
Nangong Wentian looked at Big Yellow.
''The seal here is gradually weakining. It won't take long for it to disappear entirely. If you try to break it, it will cause the seal to respond by creating an overwhelming force. Don't you see that there are so many people here, yet they didn't dare to touch the seal? You just have to wait for a little bit more. When the seal is gone, you can come out.''
Big Yellow said.
''Good, this is very good. I can finally go out. Ha! Ha!''
Nangong Wentian felt a sense of happiness after confirming that he could get out in no time, and laughed.
''Ah Nan, listen to me.''
Jiang Chen lowered his voice and used divine Sense to directly talk to him.
''Before this seal fades away, keep those herbs that are older, especially the herbs that have turned into a fine herb.
Jiang Chen's face revealed an insidious smile. There were too many herbs here, everyone would race into the garden once the seal disappeared. As there were a lot of people here, the scene would be uncontrollable when everyone entered the herb garden.
It was a gifted chance from the heavens for Nangong Wentian to be stuck in the herb garden. If this dude took all the herbs with him, no one outside could do anything about it. However, he wouldn't let his friend act like this, he only wanted his friend to keep those precious and ancient herbs and the rest would be left for others. If he really did rob all of these herbs away, it wouldn't be very good and it would definitely cause a wave of dissatisfaction.
''Alright, as I am already too fed up with the taste of these herbs, I will get you some.''
Nangong Wentian turned to the herb garden and ran towards the internal part. He had eaten more than enough herbs and it would be a waste if he ate more as the herbs wouldn't have any effect on him anymore. He was now getting the herbs for Jiang Chen and his friends.
It was obvious that Nangong Wentian was very familiar with this place. He made a sway on his body and reached an area fully grown with herbs in a twinkle. He extended his arm to pluck them. He plucked two fine Dragon Ginseng then kept into his Qi Sea.
''What's that bastard doing? He took another two fine Dragon Ginseng? My god!''
''Look, that is a giant golden lotus. Its roots are coming out of the ground, and he is pulling it out!''
Many were shocked all of a sudden, they could only watch Nangong Wentian pulling the giant golden lotus out of the ground and keeping it in his Qi Sea. After finishing his job, he didn't forget to wink at those who were looking at him, this man truly deserved some beating.


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Zemyth is a series of projects maintained by students in the Schules zemi at Rikkyo University's College of Business. Centered on the relationships between Media Studies, Fandom, and the Creative Industries, the zemi challenges students to apply concepts they have learned to real-world situations.
What is a Zemi?
A zemi is a Japanese style of teaching that draws from the German seminar tradition. In a zemi, students take a series of specialized course from a single professor starting from their 2nd or 3rd year. What is studied and how students demonstrate their mastery of a subject varies from zemi to zemi, but in Zemyth, each year students are responsible for specific projects:
In their second year, students conduct interviews with indie developers in the Japanese creative industries. This is the Metchabytes project.
In their third year, students begin a 2 year project where they need to plan, design, and promote their own creative work to sell at Comiket.
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From Shame to Grace
It's easy to think of grace as something that happens when someone first comes to Christ, but in reality, is meant to be received through the rest of one's life journey. In this episode, Tres discusses how many believers still struggle with shame, but how God calls each of us into His grace for the entirety of our journey with Him.
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The big winter clean at Tintagel Old Post Office.
As Tintagel Old Post Office prepares to open its doors for the 2016 season, we look back at the cleaning and conservation work done during the quieter times of the year.
Every late October/early November, Tintagel Old Post Office shuts its doors to the public and over the Winter months, the house and the collections are meticulously cleaned and cared for.
The best way to describe how we go about this process, is by saying we use a 'top-down' approach to both the items in the collection and the fabric of the house itself.
We start with the rafters and the underside of the famously wavy slate roof, clearing away the thick stubborn cobwebs that have been allowed to accumulate during the year when out-of-reach spiders have free-reign over the upper echelons of the house.
This is a delicate process as the limewash – the white mortar paint, which keeps the house watertight but breathable – tends to crumble if brushed too vigorously. As this covers most of the interior of the house, the walls also have to be dusted delicately – something all the more precarious when you're up a ladder.
This is a real opportunity to get up close and personal with the warped green-oak beams that have somehow propped the ancient slate roof up since medieval times, save for a respite of conservation work in 1992.
Down the walls and to the floors. The timber floorboards of the house get filled with all sorts of dust and detritus brought in by the numerous visitors over the season. The best way to clear these: kebab skewers. Not the most high-tech piece of kit, but effective. Not the most glamorous of jobs, but essential. You'd be amazed how must dust is generated from a season of people entering a room for just a matter of minutes.
The flagstone floors, put down sometime in the 16th century require good old fashioned elbow-grease, and we clean them the traditional way, on our hands and knees with hot water and rags. There's a lot to be said for the old methods. If you think slate is self-cleaning from people walking over it, then you'd be amazed by how quickly our white rags turn black.
The windows get a similar treatment, but we are careful not to use any chemicals or to be too vigorous as the panes are covered with transparent UV filters to prevent the damaging effects of constant sunlight on the paintings and samplers, which if left exposed, would fade over time.
On to the collections. Many of the items simply require a good dusting. This includes ceramics, paintings, samplers, pewter items and the like. Occasionally the ceramics are washed, but only with minimal tepid water and only every few years.
With the furniture, it's the joints where the dust accumulates, the nooks and crannies. For this, we use special brushes to gently get into the grooves and prevent buildup. The main thing is to keep the dust moving, to clear it away and clean it up, because when it settles, it's like cement. The occasional rub of NT wax polish brings the old items back to their best.
Some metal items require polishing to really bring out the shine and all fireplaces, pots, pans and irons are blackened with special grate polish which will slowly wear-off over the coming season.
Throughout this whole process, we are going through the conservation records to see if any of the items have deteriorated or need special treatment all the while recording our work on them this time around.
The beds are re-made, paintings are put back up, the clocks are wound and the house is ready for another year in a long history spanning more than six centuries.


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There was an explosion of pastel colors, striped shirts, trench coats et all.
I only recently started buying colored skinny denims (blue and beige) and I fell in love with one look from the show. See below:
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