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Few plants or roots are more diverse than turmeric. Between its enormous capacity to flavor Asian dishes and its use to treat a variety of maladies, it's little wonder why turmeric is such a sought-after spice and supplement. One of the substances that give turmeric its diverse and multifaceted medicinal power is curcumin. This is also what gives turmeric extract powder its distinct yellow color. It is a bright yellow chemical that is also used in cosmetics. Curcumin is believed to prevent swelling and inflammation, a common symptom in many pain-related conditions. Turmeric has been used for thousands of years as a spice and medicinal herb.
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For generations, turmeric and curcumin have been used in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including but not limited to:
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Holiday Gift Guide for Teens and Tweens
Kids these days have so much more than we had when we were kids. While the times have changed, a few basics remain. Kids need to learn how to care for their skin now just as we did back in the day. The willa line of products was developed for teens and tweens as an answer to a young mother searching for safe products for her daughter after she herself had a skin cancer scare. You can take advantage of our holiday specials and introduce the gift of healthy skin to a new generation!
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Receive four of our popular XO Coconut Lip Oils for $36 (Retail Value: $48) and gift them to everyone you know! Our lip oils are perfect for stocking stuffers, teacher gifts, hostess gifts, gifts for coworkers, and more! infused with a rich mix of argan, marula, coconut and avocado oils, this transparent gel-oil hybrid leaves lips balmy-soft and subtly luminous. Regularly $12 each, you will pay only $9 each. Retail Cost Savings: $12
BONUS: As part of the Willing Hearts Project and our overall Force For Good movement, we are committed to giving $1 from each XO Lip Oil (Coconut or Peppermint flavors) sold to benefit single mothers who are homeless, living in shelters or just struggling to make a difference in the lives of their families.
PEEL AWAY Charcoal Mask
An original in our willa line of projects, the PEEL AWAY Charcoal Mask is for everyone. Teenage girls and boys love it. Adult women and men love it (ask me about my bestie's hubster who is addicted to this product!) Our peel-away mask reveals a fresh, glowy complexion thanks to nutrient-rich charcoal which draws out impurities and refines pores for smoother, brighter skin…and it is easy to peel off! Regularly $14 each, you will pay only $10.50 each. Retail Cost Savings: $14
TAKE ACTION Acne Spot Treatment
Another from our willa line, the TAKE ACTION Acne Spot Treatment combines Salicylic Acid with willow bark, lavender, and peppermint extracts to help unclog pores and reduce redness fast. Teens use them. Adults use them. I use them for my occasional breakouts! Regularly $14 each, you will pay only $10.50 each. Retail Cost Savings: $14
I'd love to help you give the gift of safe, effective products to the teens and tweens in your life. I'm easy to reach by email, through my Facebook Page, or you can come on over and join Penny's Lounge, my super special Facebook community of fun folks who hang out, visit, listen to records and right now, sharing cookie recipes. I can help you solve your gifting dilemmas this holiday season!
Back to School Supplies Your Kid Needs
This article first appeared in Sassy Direct on August 8, 2017.
It's that time of year when parents purchase school supplies and the kidlets grab their backpacks and head back to school. It's a time for new clothes, new notebooks, new shoes, new pencils and pens, new book covers (do kids still use book covers?) and the inevitable first day of school angst.
It's tough to be a kid! Especially a kid on the first day of school. Choosing the perfect outfit, styling the coolest style, rockin' the clear skin…Wait, how do you do that? How many of you got up excited on the first day of school only to find a new pimple had formed overnight? Or worse, it appeared on school picture day! What is a kid to do?
My first pimples arrived at age 12. I'd like to say they have gone away, but a few times a year, one pops up and reminds me that they are still out there, watching, waiting to ruin a perfectly good day. I had little to fight them except a horrible product that dried the offending area out so that it looked worse than when I started. I always ended up piling makeup and cover-up on to try to deflect from the issue. It didn't work.
When this happens to a kid, it can be devastating. Enter the willa line of products from Willing Beauty. We offer a variety of better for you products to help tweens and teens get the upper-hand against pimples and blemishes while learning the importance of a good skin care regimen. The willa line is made to the same standards as the HY+5 Regimen, making it a kinder, safer approach to teen and tween skin care.
The Essentials Regimen is a gentle "starter set" to get kids going in their skin care regimen. This set is all about prevention and developing good habits. It is perfect for tweens as well as teens who have fewer issues with acne and blemishes. For the occasional blemish, the TAKE ACTION Acne Spot Treatment pen is a perfect companion. Kids (and adults) can keep one at home and one in their backpack (or purse) so they are always ready to stop blemishes in their tracks. I never leave home without mine!
The Clear Skin Regimen battles everything from blemishes to full-on acne. It was created especially for blemish-prone skin. It treats, soothes and protects leaving kids with healthier skin. Oh, how I wish I'd had that when I was 14!
What do you do if your kidlet isn't into skin care? What if he or she doesn't want to take a bath more than once a month, let alone wash their face twice a day? Everything in the willa line can be purchased ala cart. Find the product that they WILL use, and take baby steps with them. This too shall pass, really!
During the month of August 2017, we are offering a special on all of our regimens. You can choose either The Essentials Regimen or Clear Skin Regimen AND receive a FREE XO Lip Oil for just $48! That is a $32 savings! When you sign up for our No-Brainer Replenishment at the time of purchase, you will receive a special code in September to lock in the $48 price for the life of your replenishment. The last day to order is August 31, so don't delay! The prices on the website are already marked down to make it easy. The free gift will automatically be added to your order. How awesome is that?
What happens when your kidlet starts using these products, falls in love with them, and starts telling all their friends about it? Kids 14 or older can become a willa Boy or a willa Girl! What a great way to share the better for you skin care love while earning money for things like class rings, car insurance, cool designer clothes that mom and dad don't want to buy, school jackets, prom and college!
You may visit my website to learn more about willa the girl and product line (yes, she is a real girl!). Got questions about the products or how to become a willa Boy or a willa Girl? Contact me on Facebook. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have! If you'd like to hang out, join my Facebook Group, we have a lot of fun!
Here's to a healthier, happier you!

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This weekend is Toronto's annual Caribana Festival, one of the world's biggest events celebrating Caribbean culture and traditions. To celebrate the festivities, Much has put together the ultimate Caribana playlist for you to bust a move to!
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I usually do not do anything fancy to my hamburger when i make meatballs. No crackers, bread or eggs. Just plain old hamburger and some spices. Tonight i used a beef marinade spice i picked up last summer at a local craft and bake sale, and i added a bit of dried garlic. Sometimes, i will use grated Parmesan cheese, onion or green peppers. After mixing the spices in well, i roll the meat into balls and bake them in a covered dish for about half an hour. Mmm, Meatballs.
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In a recent column on the RickardsRead.com website ["Sun Life's Canadian jewel", No. 138, Feb.22, 2010] I referred to the importance to Sun Life Financial's profit total from its world wide operations of its business in Canada and the comparative insignificance of its extensive Asian operations [$92 million in 2010, 1.5% of Sun's total].
Manulife, Sun's leading rival among Canadian life insurance companies, also has extensive Asian operations about which it has long been bullish but, in my view, less than forthcoming over the years in terms of disclosing operational and revenue details and breakdowns.
Manulife is now musing publicly about expanding its Asian operations into South Korea and India (the latter being a country in which Sun Life has been active in the past decade via Birla Sun Life). Manulife predicts its Asian proift "may climb" to $1.5 billion from what it says was $623 million in 2010.
I am sceptical about the reported volume of Asian profit per se for Manulife (as indeed I have long been about the actual divisional breakdown of Manu's operations in various regions of the world). I wonder about Manu's reported Asian profit numbers and about whether the appropriate costs and pricing assumptions were or were not fully reflected in arriving at the 2010 profit figure for Asia.
In Sun Life's case its comparatively modest Asian profit numbers convey a reality: that its Asian operations are icing but they are a long way from being a cake. What about Manulife's Asian profit numbers?
[See also column No. 132 on the RickardsRead.com website: "Sun Life and Manulife: returns & departures", Jan. 15, 2010]
The Feb.2011 issue of The Insurance & Investment Journal had two extensive and interesting articles by freelance writer Rosemary McCracken about the life insurance industry's reaction to the (Toronto) Globe and Mail's series whose principal focus was the managing general agency (MGA) distribution system for life insurance.
I had written about The Globe's criticisms of the MGA system on RickardsRead.com [ see "The Globe looks at insurance distribution", column No.131, Jan. 10, 2010] and Ms. McCracken quoted from it in both her articles. She talked to a variety of industry people and did a fine job of covering a range of industry reaction to the Globe's critique. Her articles are well worth reading.
1. www.insurance-journal.ca
2. www.cailba.com [the website of the MGAs' trade association]
During the past two years plus of RickardsRead.com I have railed in numerous columns at the greed, incompetence and stupidity of certain senior executives in the financial services business, especially in the U.S., whose actions led the U.S. and other western economies to the edge of financial disaster.
This leads me to the Canadian writer Rick Salutin. He is one of the best columnists writing in any of the Canadian, American and British newspapers I have read over the years. He very often writes columns that prompt me to think in a different way about an issue or a topic. That is a talent not found often enough among today's columnists.
After many years of Salutin writing a Friday column for the Globe and Mail, that newspaper foolishly let him go -- perhaps as part of its 'redesign' to make the paper more appealing to those who prefer the appearance of USA Today and similar publications. Fortunately for me and many other readers Salutin is now writing a Friday column for Canada's largest circulation newspaper the Toronto Star.
In a recent column [The Star, March 4, 2010] about " the labour resurgence" his comments exemplified why I enjoy reading his columns. They also resonated with me because of my years in the financial services business.
Salutin referred to the "moral intensity" to be seen in "the widespread rage against the arrogant, greedy behaviour of big business and especially finance: the banksters and hedge fundies who demanded deregulation, peddled their useless monetary 'devices' that brought on the apocalypse, then demanded a bailout, then more bailouts, while continuing to gobble bonuses and call for cutbacks in underfunded basics like education to pay for their own bailouts."
"It's revolting," he continued. "It's not even their original sins that elict disgust, it's their subsequent graceless ingratitude."
I could not aspire to say it so well.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Written & Directed by Mark Jones
Produced by Rebecca Dickinson
Auditions on Sunday 3rd March 2013– at 12pm, at Chorley Little Theatre
The Performances
Mon 17-Sat 22 June 2013 (inclusive) – at Chorley Little Theatre
The Rehearsals
Mondays (7.30-10pm), Fridays (7.30-10pm) and Sundays (12-4pm) – full rehearsal schedule will be issued once the play has been cast.
The Play
Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel, my version of 'Hound of the Baskervilles' is set in modern day – in June 2013. The play follows the main plot line of the original novel but has a modern twist. Opening at the end of their last adventure, Sherlock is angry with John Watson who has announced that he is to be married and therefore will no longer be able to partner him on future adventures. Sherlock descends into a drug fuelled existence until his next client – Dr Mortimer - enters 221B Baker Street. Mortimer informs Holmes about the recent death of Charles Baskerville who died at the hands of a 'gigantic' hound. Mortimer insists a supernatural cause for the death. Sherlock dismisses this and insists that it will be a natural cause. Mortimer will escort Henry Baskerville, the heir to Baskerville Hall, back to his new home. Mortimer served with Watson in the gulf. Sherlock uses their friendship to entice Watson onto this new case. In taking the case Sherlock dispatches Watson to look after Henry on his journey to Baskerville Hall.
At the house, we meet the Barrymores and the Stapletons; and Watson is confronted with strange supernatural 'goings-on'. Sherlock appears at the house and after initial investigations insists on going out onto the moor to find the hound.... which he does .... and suffers a temporary mental breakdown on seeing the 'gigantic' hound! His very existence is challenged as he faces the prospect of having to accept that the supernatural may be at play. Slowly he recovers his determination to disprove the supernatural notion. In true Sherlock style he wraps up the case with the conclusion that it is not a 'Hound', but greed and money which are gigantic! At the end he returns to 221B, makes his peace with Watson by giving his blessing to his future wedding, but then returns to a drug fuelled state which reveals the figure of Professor James Moriarty, who has haunted him throughout the case. This is a play about beliefs being challenged. A question of the supernatural versus the natural; about love and loss; about the challenge of the norm and most of all about what is real and what is imaginary. Elementary!!
The Director
This will be my 8th production for CADOS, following on from Memory of Water, Oliver Twist (both 2011) Blood Brothers (2010), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007), Amadeus, Half a Sixpence (both 2005) and Great Expectations (2004).
The Auditions - Interested?
There is no preparation to do before the audition – audition pieces will be handed out on the day.
The Roles
'There are no small parts; only small actors' as the saying goes! Most of the roles (apart from Holmes and Watson) are small in terms of time on stage but are key! In this play, character is everything! So even though a role might be only in one or two scenes it is essential that they are good actors who can build a role with the director. Small role, but a great opportunity.....
Character Gender Age Range Detail of character
Mrs Hudson F 50-70
In 3 key scenes at 221b Baker Street - a key character who is probably the only one who takes on Sherlock successfully.
Dr Mortimer M 30ish
Mortimer is in 5 key scenes, it is him who first tells Sherlock about the legend that is the curse of the Baskervilles.
Sir Henry Baskerville M 30ish
A key role, Henry is heir to the Baskerville fortune and provides the link through the play.
Mr Barrymore M 50 something
Caretaker of Baskerville Hall. He has a hidden secret. Strong character.
Mrs Barrymore F 50 something
Housekeeper of Baskerville Hall. Has a secret about her brother in a key scene.
Jack Stapleton M 30 something
The Villain – a key role; quirky character.
Beryl Stapleton F 30 something
Lead female role; key character.
Inspector Lestrade F 30 something
Appears in in Act Four only – Inspector who helps Sherlock solve the case.
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A scarring of the lungs can be caused by inhaling asbestos fibers, which become embedded in your airways. The exposure usually occurs in certain occupations such as ship building, navy yards, working with brake shoes, boiler insulation and demolition/remodeling of old buildings.
The lung disease takes several decades to develop and the severity depends on how long you were exposed to asbestos and the amount you inhaled. The condition typically produces characteristic changes on a chest X-ray such as pleural plaques, lung scarring and fluid in the lungs before patients have any problems.
Asbestos, together with smoking, increases the risk of cancer such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. Although there is no cure for asbestosis (prevention is the best therapy), Jefferson pulmonologists can clearly establish a diagnosis and offer assistance with interaction with employers and disability benefits.


text: So, every time I'm on Creative, there's always one person that spam tp's me. They tp me about 5-10 times CONTINIOUSLY. And it's irritating and annoying. Especially when I don't wish to tp them to me. I realize that you are able to mute the person if you screenshot a picture of the spam tps, but it's atrocious to screenshot everytime someone spams, and post an entirely new thread on the forums. When you spam in chat, they give you a warning that if you keep spamming or filling up chat too fast, you will get kicked. You then get kicked if you spam again. My suggestion is that if someone trys to do /tp [name] too about 3 times without getting a /tpaccept, they should get a warning. Ex: Warning! Slow down tp command or you might get kicked for spam! .. Or something that looks a bit better than that. And then if they continue to do /tp [name] 2 more times without being /tpaccept 'ed , which would make 5 times in total, they should be kicked for spam. @halothe23 @rubik_cube_man


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Auckland Harbour and Hauraki Gulf is a truly magnificent cruising ground with many islands, bays, inlets and safe anchorages. The interactive map below shows some of our most popular locations and a few points of interest around Auckland Harbour, that you may see during your private boat charter. Please note that docking fees apply at certain wharves. To learn more about a specific location, hold your cursor over that area on the map.
Please contact us to discuss your specific needs for your special event on Auckland Harbour.
Bayswater Marina, Bayswater.
21 Sir Peter Blake Parade, Bayswater, North Shore 0622
The Olympic Spirit is in H4
Pier 3, Downtown Auckland
Also, we pick up Passengers from Pier 3, Downtown Auckland.
Location: close to Ferry Building.


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Dill Pickle Dip is perfect for any type of gathering and every gathering needs a great dip, so why not a dip that tastes like a dill pickle!
Well, Steelers are not going to be Stairway to Seven this year. That is ok, there is always next year. It is funny, my whole life I heard "One for the Thumb."
I thought everyone knew that saying, and what it means. That is until I moved to Cleveland. No one here in Cleveland had a clue as to what "One for the thumb" means.
It is a saying that refers to the four rings the Steelers got. In fact, we said that saying so much in Pittsburgh, they even made merchandise with the saying:
So when the Steelers finally got that "One for the Thumb," I was living in Cleveland. It was the weirdest feeling I had. The city of Cleveland was just dead.
There was no excitement, in fact, it felt sadness in the air in Cleveland. Meanwhile, my family was sending photos and clips showing how the city of Pittsburgh was alive and the excitement high in the air. Then, a few years later the Steelers did what no other team has done yet, they got 6 rings and became knows as Sixburgh:From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
I will always be a Pittsburgh girl. I will always cheer on my home team of the Steelers. So hopefully one day the Steelers will be "Stairway to Seven."
In the meantime. I do love watching those SuperBowl commercials and the halftime show. It is fun to just gather with friends, yell at the TV, maybe bet to see who we think will win.
Of course, those surprise plays that make you yell out "GO GO GO!" There is just so much excitement with the big game. Sometimes it doesn't matter if your favorite team isn't no matter who is playing.
Dill Pickle Dip Recipe
So I know it been awhile since I last did a Sunday Supper. So when I saw it was Big Game Day Party Treats theme, I simply had to do it. It the perfect for me to get back into the "Sunday Supper Big Game!"
I knew I had the perfect recipe, a dill pickle dip I have been working on. I have been playing around with dips. I love making them, they easy to do and if the dip has a great flavor then it will be a crowd pleaser.
Why dill pickle? Why not? I wanted to make a regular dill dip from a recipe I had seen a recipe in one these old church cookbooks my mother got at a rummage sale.
In this recipe, they chopped up dill pickles for it. I was in the store and saw dill pickle relish, and my brain started doing some thinking. So I did a little tinkering around with the recipe and voila! I got myself one amazing dip that got a man's seal of approval, so that tells me this perfect a big game treat!
Dill Pickle Dip #SundaySupper
Every gathering needs a great dip, so why not a dip that tastes like a dill pickle! A recipe from Seduction in the Kitchen for #SundaySupper
- 8 ounces cream cheese (soften)
- 3 tablespoons dill pickle relish
- 1 tablespoons onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
- Assorted veggies (crackers, pretzels)
- In a bowl add the cream cheese, the relish, onion powder, garlic powder, and dill weed.
- With a hand mixer, blend everything on medium until nice and smooth.
- Put the dip into the serving bowl, and chill for at least one hour.
- Take out the fridge and serve it up and ENJOY!
I am Deanna Samaan, a phlebotomist by day and a blogger at night! Born in Pittsburgh, rebuilt my life in Cleveland, found my true self in Orlando. No matter where I am at, food always seduces me! Let your taste buds be seduced too!


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For those of you who are familiar with the education system in Illinois (per my experience, at least)... and are curious as to how Texas's education system matches up, I introduce the following:
Texas: ARDs (a.k.a. IEP meetings) are well planned and articulated. Prior meetings are held to go over the student's file before parents are even involved. Yes... it's a bit of a "practice" to make sure every one is on top of things and on the same page. So, you know... everyone looks professional. In addition, ARD meetings are not held unless EVERYONE can make it (even including parents and administrators).
Illinois: Meetings are held at the school's convenience... the parent probably won't show up, so just hold the meeting anyway. Forget about administrators coming, unless you're worried these parents are knowledgeable in the legal system and will sue. Professionalism, what?
Texas: Students are taught discipline from day one. This includes learning "duck tails and bubble mouths" in the hallway. Duck tails means hands are put behind a child's back (sometimes the hands point out giving the appearance of duck tails). Bubble mouths mean that the smallest children (kindergarten, 1st grade, etc) are to blow air in their cheeks... after all, if you have air in your cheeks, you can't talk. Also, yes and no ma'am are required. I quote a teacher in Texas saying... "I better see bubbles in your mouths. I shouldn't have to remind you. You've been in school 3 days now!"
Illinois: Discipline is something that everyone hopes for, but consistency is lagging. Students are not held accountable for their actions, and going to the principals office is "fun." Students running and talking in the hallways are the norm. I would often hear, "You've been in school 6 months, and you still can't follow the rules!"
Texas: $$$$$. And, if you have a master's degree (regardless of it being required), you get $1,000 bonus. Speech therapists receive $500 stipend for materials.
Illinois: You have a master's degree? Stupid you... you should've been a dental hygienist. They make way more on a 2-year degree. And please, don't think about asking for materials. Those diagnostic tests from the '70's are still good.
Texas: SLPs are actually respected when it comes to room issues. I have a huge classroom with ample storage, 2 teacher's work areas, three children's tables/centers, and carpeted floors. And, within the first day of employment, I got keys to the buildings and rooms.
Illinois: You needed a space to work? The hallway won't do? Fine..... I guess you can have this closet with the fake, thin walls. But you'll have to fight the teacher who is using it for storage. It's okay when she yells at you in front of the kids. She does that to everyone. Write her up? Forget it! That never does any good. We're to scared of her. Oh, and you want keys? Well, maybe when the secretary who keeps the keys decides if she likes you or not, you can have them. Just don't make her mad. She'll never give you important messages or mail. She runs this school.
Texas: We have a surplus of money due to our laws that require us to have a balanced budget. Therefore, we're giving all the SLPs ipods to track data. And, we'll buy you business cards. Plus, we'll throw in a free memory stick. We also can afford to bring in speakers that will allow you to get all of your continuing education credits free of charge. In addition, we don't take out money for state income taxes or teacher's unions. We're a right-to-work state.
Illinois: We don't have money. The state owes us millions of dollars, but it probably all went to the crooked politicians. So, we'll actually have to cut all the younger staff, who actually lesson plan and care about the students they teach. Yep. We'll hang on to our tenured teachers who many of which don't give a crap about innovative ideas. They've had this stuff planned since the 1980's. Nothing major in education has changed anyway. At least we have a union that can't get the teachers a raise but will stand by when administrators get one.
Think I like it here? Yep. I do.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Basic Differences between Texas and Illinois
For those of you who are familiar with the education system in Illinois (per my experience, at least)... and are curious as to how Texas's education system matches up, I introduce the following:
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Good Morning from Texas!
Also, for your viewing pleasure... a picture from when my wonderful husband was here in Rockwall. They say everything is bigger in Texas.... everything!
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Friday, August 13, 2010
helllloooo, Texas!
Howdy, ya'll! Randy and myself are just having a grand 'ole time here in the big, wonderful state of Texas!
Whew. How was that? I've been practicing my dialect to fit in with the locals. I think I'm doing okay, but I have pulled a few "sorry, I'm from Illinois" lines when I drive. I'm not used to the medium amount of traffic here compared to Alton. But, my old Chicago suburbs driving is all coming back to me, and I've been getting used to the tons of shopping available just 5 minutes away. It's so nice to think that this is actually the town I will live in and not just visit. This place does have everything, including amazing schools with facilities that rival colleges'.
Anyway, on to the fun news.... we made an offer on a house today! Ha! Surprised you, didnt I? Day 4 here and we might have a house. We went looking around at neighborhoods with our realtor and found one we really liked. It's a foreclosure with an interesting back story, but long story short, the couple that owned it wanted a foreclosure on purpose (?) so the wife could be a stay-at-home mom. They were expecting to be kicked out and were ready to move in with in-laws. Okay. Whatever. So, they took great care of the house, and it looks quite immaculate on the inside (minus stained carpet from 3 kids). Here are some pics & specs...
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Monday, August 9, 2010
Today is the day. Or, perhaps tonight is the night... that I move to Texas. Last night was my last time sleeping in my house as an Illinois resident. Nothing has really hit me yet. I've had a few little twinges of realization, but nothing full blown. It got to me a little last night when I had to say good-bye to my best friends here, Christine and Heston. I feel like I'll see them next week for our Sunday night watching of True Blood. Or, it's like I'll still be seeing her around the school hallways. I'll miss their liberal kinship and hippy ways. But, their nomads, like us, so I'm sure we'll be seeing them around somewhere.
As for the agenda today... final packing of everyday stuff and cleaning the house for the week of showings and realtors. Yep. Our house is officially on the market. Hip hip hooray! I suppose it'd be extremely wishful thinking if we sold the house while we were on vacation in Texas.... right? Ha. Let's just hope it sells period. I'd be happy with that.
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Here are some preliminary pictures of our house, soon to be on the market. A small preview, if you will. Our lives have consisted of cleaning, decluttering, and packing. I'm moving, after all, in four days.
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Greetings everyone,
After hearing the forecast I have decided to reschedule the workshop for:
SUNDAY MARCH 29th 1-3pm
The mud will hopefully be gone by then!
Please let me know if you still wish to attend.
Greetings everyone,
I hope you all made it through the winter without being buried or frozen!
It was a very hard winter for everyone.
I have scheduled the first Horsemanship Workshop of the season for:
SUNDAY MARCH 22nd 1-3pm
Please let me know via return e mail if you wish to come with or without your horse.
We will start on the ground then go under saddle.
It does not matter if you are not ready to go under saddle. You can get quite a bit accomplished on the ground.
The workshops this year will focus on applying horsemanship skills to trail obstacles and drill team work.
The workshops will be held every other Sunday afternoon from 1-3 pm beginning April 12th.
There has been some interest in a long lining workshop. I will schedule one if 4 people sign up.
A cowgirl camp has also been discussed. This can be set up as a workshop.
Catching up, knot tying, whip cracking, roping, and ponying will be taught.
I am encouraging folks to answer this e mail with their thoughts and ideas on what they would like to work on this year.
Most Workshops will require a minimum attendance of 6 people.
The cost of Workshops is still $50.00 per horse and rider and $10.00 to audit.
I will be available for travel and for individual lessons also.
I look forward to hearing back from you!


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The Inquirer
I love playing bass and keyboards, but years spent in school studying music and at Bass Player interviewing and learning from our community's elite had left me without the same wide-eyed wonder that characterized most of my musical life. My late 30s found me acutely aware of everything I needed to do to get better. It's not that I had achieved some kind of masterful enlightenment, it's just that I had a clear sense of what I needed to do to perhaps get there. I missed the pursuit of a challenge about which I knew relatively little.
I love the studio culture. From the technical demands, to the gear, to the opportunity to make a tangible and permanent document of a musical moment, I've always found myself thrilled to be a part of making records. Plus, since leaving the Bass Player full-time staff in 2010, I'd mostly been working out of my cute-but-cozy San Francisco apartment. I was simply home way too much, and I pined for the days where work included getting up early, getting fed and showered, and hopping in my car to an office. There's only so many times you can spend a day 10 feet from where you sleep before you start going slightly nuts.
Having decided that I wanted a studio to call my own (or at least partially call my own), I set out on a quest to find a suitable space. Needless to say, this wasn't an immediatley fruitful endeavor. Built-out fully functioning recording studios don't just pop up on Craigslist every day, but fortunately the investment I'd made in being a part of a scene in the Bay Area eventually paid off. A friend of mine wanted a partner to share in his space at a legendary studio only 20 minutes or so from my house in the City. I've been a partner at Airship Laboratories ever since, and while it's occasionally frustrating and a new place to funnel money into, it's one of the best decisions I've made, professionally.
If you're at the early stages of this ambition, there's a few things you'll definitely need to get started, which brings me to the real point of this month's column. Whether your focused on building a state-of-the-art facility, or want to dip a toe in the water at home, a few essentials will help you get started.
Like it or not, 99% of music (my own estimate) is made with computers now. I strongly favor Apple computers in this role, as does most of the professional community, but there are definitely some vocal proponents of PCs and even Linux machines out there. Whether or not you choose a laptop or desktop is a matter of portability, as laptops these days don't give up too much to their desktop cousins other than the amount of connectivity available.
You need a piece of hardware that converts analog audio into digital audio, aka an audio interface. If you intend to record larger ensembles, you'll want to save up for an interface that features at least 8 analog inputs, which a single mic'd drum kit could easily gobble up.
Now that you have the computer and the interface, you need software designed to record, mix, and produce music. These "Digital Audio Workstation" programs are incredibly powerful now, and while there's a variety available, each engineer tends to have a favorite. In professional spheres, Avid's Pro Tools is by far the most common, but Apple Logic is not far behind.
All of this would be pointless if you didn't have some decent way to listen to your work. Most often, initially, this will come in the form of nearfield monitos, which are high-fidelity speakers design to be heard up close, thus mitigating the negative acoustic effects of an untreated room.
This will be where the money starts to potentially get out of hand. At the start, you'll need at least two mics. One dynamic microphone, like a Shure SM57, and one condensor microphone, like the classic AKG 414 or Neumann U67. The condensor is where you'll see the prices skyrocket, so I strongly encourage you to research the category as much as possible.
Given you're a bass player, you're likely going to spend some time recording yourself. That means you'll need a good quality direct box. There are tons out there, and I've reviewed many in these pages. In the studio, I tend to favor active boxes, because I feel better able to get fidelity over long cable runs.
Nothing is more frustrating than slaving over a mix, only to discover that it sounds like garbage in your car or on your headphones. This is often due to inadequate treatment of your listening space, as the room's poor frequency response can fool you into making adjustments that aren't necessary. Start small, get expert advice, and build out the acoustic space as money allows.
Bass Player Senior Contributing Editor Jonathan Herrera is the magazine's former Editor-in-Chief. An accomplished player, Jonathan is now a full-time musician and producer. His latest endeavor is Bay Area recording studio Airship Laboratories. Catch up with him at jonherrera.com and at airshiplaboratories.com.


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Fast Core i5 processor. Big battery produced over 6 hours of battery life. Lightweight. Inexpensive.
Noisy mouse buttons. Screen borders should be matted.
Bottom Line
The MSI P600-019US is built for the road, home, and small businesses, thanks to a Core i5 processor and over 6 hours of battery life.
MSI is billing its P600-019US ($723 street) as the jack-of-all-trades laptop, and why not? Armed with a Core i5 processor and over 6 hours of unplugged time thanks to a huge battery, it's a desktop replacement geared toward travel, home use, and small businesses.
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The P600-019US lost a few style points for using a year-old design. With plastic chasses, most PC makers are gravitating toward textures and fancier design patterns. The faux-wood design on the Samsung R540-11's ($999 street, ), for instance, is clever and convincing, while the Asus NV82Jv-X1's ($999 street, ) fabric-like textures stand out from the crowd. Metal, like the aluminum found in the Acer TimelineX AS5820T-5951 ($723 street, ) and HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl ($999 list, ), is luxurious and already a fixture in many laptop designs. The P600 applies a glossy coat over a carbon fiber-like pattern, and while it isn't as plain-looking as the Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 ($750 direct, ) or Gateway NV59C09u ($800 list, ), it's a conservative approach to design. Many 15-inch laptops are travel-friendly, the lightest of which are the Asus UL50VF-A1 ($850 street, ) (5.2 lbs) and Samsung R540-11 (5.2 lbs). The P600-019US tips the scales at 5.3 pounds, placing it in the same league as the other two lightweight laptops.
The 15.6-inch widescreen is as bright as the one found on the Samsung R540-11 and Acer AS5820T. All of these screens have some glare, but what worsens the effect, is if the borders surrounding the screen reflect light, too. That said, the P600-019US's borders should have been matted to offset the additional glare. It has the all-too-common 1,366 by 768 resolution, although there's plenty of screen real estate for home and professional users. The typing experience is pleasant, as the full-size chiclet keys are firm and responsive. I wasn't crazy about the clicking noises coming from the mouse buttons, but adding a textured surface to the touchpad is a nice touch.
Like the Acer AS5820T and the Lenovo Z560, there isn't anything that stands out in the P600-019US's feature set. You won't get a Blu-ray drive in this price range, although the included dual-layer DVD burner is versatile enough for most users. Desktop replacements like the Gateway NV59C09u, Samsung R540-11, and HP dv7-4083cl have built-in Blu-ray drives, though they don't come cheap. The P600-019US has HDMI and VGA for video-output. An SD card slot can be found in the front bezel. One of the 3 USB ports doubles as an eSATA port, so you can expand storage beyond the included 500GB hard drive, and have fast transfer speeds, should space run out.
Performance won't blow you away, but the P600-019US's 2.4GHz Intel Core i5-450M processor is a step up from the Intel Core i3s found in the Acer AS5820T, Z560, and Gateway NV59C09u. It's equivalent to the ones found in the Samsung R540-11, HP dv7-4083cl, and Asus N82Jv-X1, so their raw speeds were in line, performance-wise. In video encoding tests, the P600 finished in 47 seconds, with the R540-11 (46 seconds) and N82Jv-X1 (47 seconds). It's the ideal photo editing laptop, as evidenced by its impressive Photoshop CS4 score (32 seconds).
The P600-019US doesn't have enough 3D muscle to provide scores for games such as Crysis and Lost Planet 2, and the Intel integrated graphics will labor through a game like StarCraft IIthis was also the case with the Acer AS5820T and Lenovo Z560. In addition to the Blu-ray drives, systems like the Samsung R540-11 and HP dv7-4083cl come with midrange graphics chips from AMD, so they're also competent gaming laptops.
But what the P600-019US lacks in 3D prowess, it makes up for in battery life. Its huge 86WH battery produced a MobileMark 2007 score of 6 hours 23 minutes. The P600-019US trailed the Acer AS5820T (7:37) by over an hour, but lasted longer than the HP dv7-4083cl (4:45).
MSI is calling the P600-019US many things, because the two main laptop componentsprocessing power and good battery lifeare on any given shopping list. Although the rest of the laptop won't disappoint the average user, there are better-looking PCs that have better battery life, for about the same price. The Acer Aspire TimelineX AS5820T-5951 is the better desktop replacement in this price range. If you have more wiggle room in your budget, the Editors' Choice HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl comes with a Blu-ray drive and a powerful gaming chip.
Check out the test scores for the MSI P600-019US
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Welcome back!
Today I thought I'd do a quick review on a recent purchase, the Stila Eyes Are The Window Palette in Soul. All the palettes in the collection were so pretty I had a hard time deciding which one I wanted, but I chose this one in the end because it was such a good mix of wearable colours and it has fast become my go to everyday palette.
How beautiful are these colours? For me it's the perfect all in one palette. You have a mix of shimmers and matte, colours for a pretty day time look and colours for a more dramatic evening look. It would be the perfect palette to travel with if you didn't want to take a lot of cosmetics with you (I'll be taking it on my mini lakes holiday this week!)
I really like the formula of these shadows too, they are easy to blend and so pigmented. I think I have a new favourite eye shadow brand. The palette itself was a little pricey at £25 but for the quality, amount of shadows and how wearable the colours are I can justify the price. Let me know if you guys want to see a look using this palette.
Have a great week.


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Sunday, 30 June 2013
Glastonbury 2013 Public Image Ltd
Glastonbury 2013. Arctic Monkeys
Primal Scream Rock Glastonbury
Rolling Stones At Glastonbury
"The biggest crowd ever to attend the famous Pyramid stage saw The Rolling Stones finally play Glastonbury last night. The Stones were onstage for approximately 2 hours, playing 21 songs: "" "
" Jumpin' Jack Flash"" "
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)"" "
"Paint It Black"" "
"Gimme Shelter"" "
"Glastonbury Girl"" "
"Wild Horses"" "
"Doom and Gloom"" "
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking"" "
"Honky Tonk Women"" "
"You Got the Silver"" "
"Happy"" "
"Miss You"" "
"Midnight Rambler"" "
"2,000 Light Years from Home"" "
"Sympathy for the Devil"" "
"Start Me Up"" "
"Tumbling Dice"" "
"Brown Sugar"" "
"Encore"" "" You Can't Always Get What You Want"" "
" (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"" "
"Michael Eavis said afterwards this gig is the highlight of his 43-year involvement with the festival.""
Friday, 28 June 2013
Tom Tom Club At Glastonbury
A Livener for Glastonbury
" Just to set the mood for Glastonbury, here's a classic from Oasis at the 2004 festival. I'll be posting some clips from this years festival over the next 3 days. ""
Glastonbury Is Here!
" It's that time of the year again! Today, 180,000 music fans converged on Glastonbury in England for the annual outdoor music festival. Last year, the festival didn't take place because the organisers wanted the 900,000 acre field to recover for a year, but this year it's back with some great bands lined up."" "
"The festival first took place in 1970 on the day after the death of Jimi Hendrix, over a 2 day period. Artists included Marc Bolan and Al Stewart, and admission was just £1 with 1500 people attending. The following year included gigs by David Bowie, Joan Baez, Hawkwind and Fairport Convention, with a crowd of 12,000. The site of the festival is of particular interest: the venue, Worthy Farm, is overlooked by Glastonbury Tor. The area has a number of legends and is a New Age site of interest as ley lines are believed to converge on the Tor. Since 1981, the event has been organised by local farmer Michael Eavis who recently handed over the reins to daughter Emily. There are several stages, and the sound systems on site have a total power of over 650,000 watts. Most of the festival goers choose to camp out for the duration, and there are several fields to accommodate campers."" "
"Notable bands to appear at Glastonbury include David Bowie, Van Morrison, New Order, Hawkwind, Marc Bolan, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Ian Drury, Joe Cocker, Madness, Oasis, The Cure, Bob Dylan, Marianne Faithful, Isaac Hayes, Neil Diamond, REM, Radiohead, Paul McCartney, The Killers, Coldplay, The Who, Iggy Pop and so many more. "" "
"This years line-up promises great things with The Rolling Stones headlining Saturday night on the famous Pyramid stage, while The Arctic Monkeys, Public Image Ltd, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg, Tom Tom Club, Primal Scream, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, The Vaccines and Mumford And Sons are just a few of the quality acts lined up. With the BBC set to offer their most comprehensive coverage yet, the world's longest running music festival looks to be another winner!""
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Blu-Ray Review. The Servant.
"Released in 1963, The Servant marks the first collaboration between director Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter, who wrote the screenplay and also appears in the film. The Servant is set in a Chelsea townhouse where a 23 year old James Fox plays an aristocrat named Tony who dreams of building cities in the jungle; lofty ideas from a dreamer who appears to spend his days and nights avoiding even the suggestion of real work. Such a lifestyle almost demands a manservant and Hugo Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) is duly appointed to cook for and generally look after his new employee. Barrett is already well versed in the art of attending to every whim and, for a while, seems to be a dream come true: the sort of man who is only too happy to serve and obey, and who sees his job as a vocation rather than just another way to put food on the table. Soon, however, the situation changes. Even before an angry altercation outside a phone booth ("Get out of the way, you filthy bitch!"), we see Barrett's character gradually change, en route to attempting to become the new master of the house. Throw into the mix Tony's fiancee Susan (Wendy Craig) and Barrett's fiancee Susan (a sultry Sarah Miles) posing as his sister, and we have a volatile four-hander containing some frankly terrific performances. It's entirely fascinating to watch the balance of power shift several times, as relationships shatter and attempt to regroup with life-changing consequences for the quartet. "" "
"It's all too rare for a film to attain perfection, but The Servant manages to achieve this. From Pinter's script, Losey's brilliant direction, Douglas Slocombe's cinemaphotography, the outstanding performances to Johnny Dankworth's score.... all examples of artists at the evry top of their game, and it's gratifying to see Studio Canal's Blu-Ray bestow such reverential treatment on this film."" "
"First of all, The Servant looks ravishing here, acting as a wonderful showcase for Douglas Slocombe's photography. The transfer exhibits real depth with exquisite detail and no problems to report. There's also a generous amount of extras to enjoy, including interviews with Fox, Craig and Miles who all talk about Losey's style of direction, his (and their own) attitude towards the subject of class differences, and there's a wonderful moment when Miles reveals her parents were mortified when they attended a preview of the film, and feared the family name would be in tatters because of the character she played. We also get the chance to see Stephen Woolley recall his first viewing of The Servant at a tender age, while experts on Bogarde and Pinter discuss the careers and involvement of their specialist subjects. I was also delighted to discover a substantial featurette containing Losey's participation at a panel discussion during the first New York Film Festival in 1963, and there's also an audio interview with Douglas Slocombe and an excellent interview with Harold Pinter. "" The Servant has lost none of its power down the years, and remains a challenging excursion into the tangled web of the British aristocracy.
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Blu-ray Review. Mario Bava's I Tre Volti Della Paura / Black Sabbath.
"Mario Bava's I tre volti della paura (The Three Faces Of Fear) horror anthology was released in 1963, and went on to debut in America as Black Sabbath. The two versions have differences in terms of dialogue and music, with AIP toning down and altering material they deemed had pushed the envelope too far. Thanks to Arrow Video's superlative Blu-ray release, we can now enjoy the two versions in high definition."" "
"In the Italian version, The Telephone kicks things off, with Rosy (Michelle Mercier) receiving a series of malicious calls that appear to be from her former pimp Frank, who has just got out of jail. Instead of calling the police, Rosy calls her former lover Mary (Lydia Alfonsi), terrified that Frank is apparently privy to her every move, even down to her varying states of undress. Although The Telephone is the least of the three stories on offer, it does deliver a fine line in tension, amplifying Bava's premise that fear has stalked mankind throughout all the ages. In the Black Sabbath cut, AIP turned this section into a supernatural tale with Frank reaching out from beyond the grave to wreak vengeance on the living, and omitted any suggestion of a lesbian affair between Rosy and Mary. While I much prefer the Italian version, AIP's cut is well worth a view, and fascinating in its own right."" "
"The second story in the Italian version is The Wurdalak, starring Mark Damon as young nobleman Vladimir Durfe, whose discovery of a headless corpse leads him to the house of a terrified family who await the return of head of the household Gorca (played by Boris Karloff in his last great role. The Wurdalak of the title refers to a vampiric being who is compelled to drink the blood of those he loves the most. In this Italian version, child abduction is just one of the horrors we must contend with, and the sight and sound of the aforementioned offspring begging to be let into the house because "I'm cold" is one of the genre's most chilling. The Wurdalak really is a remarkable piece of filmmaking, with a fog-shrouded locale, some exquisite lighting and a wonderfully chilling performance from Karloff turning it into the stuff of nightmares."" "
" The AIP cut placed The Wurdalak as the final story. In the Italian version, it's sandwiched between The Telephone and our final story, The Drop Of Water. Here, Jacqueline Pierreux plays Helen Chester, who is summoned to attend the corpse of a just deceased medium, whose death face will haunt you for many months after. When Chester takes a shine to the medium's ring, that fine line betwixt the living and the dead is once again breached. Here, the Italian and AIP cuts differ in several areas; notably the use of score versus sound effects, and the depiction of Chester as cold hearted in her attitude to the dead. With its sumptuous lighting and haunting other-wordly sound effects, The Drop Of Water is perfectly placed to end this trilogy of terror as a genre gem that remains every bit as frightening as it must have done all those years ago."" "
"Arrows Blu-ray will surely please admirers of this film,with a pleasing transfer. Both transfers exhibit some inherited minor wear, but depth and detail are good as well as colour reproduction. On the extras front, Bava-ites will enjoy Tim Lucas' commentary track which provides valuable career resumes of the cast, and insight and interpretation with regard to the visual and thematic information on offer. Tim was also involved with the excellent 'Twice The Fear' featurette which uses split-screen to examine the major differences between the two versions. It's a fascinating 32 minutes, taking each segment and highlighting variations in music, dialogue, sound effects and footage. One particularly interesting aspect is the score. Roberto Nicolosi did the honours for the Italian version, while Les Baxter scored the AIP version. I have to give the thumbs up to Nicolosi here, who knew when to let the music fade and the sound effects take over. See what you think. There are also trailers to enjoy, a terrific 40 page booklet (featuring a Samuel Z. Arkoff interview,and writing by Tim Lucas and David Cairns), a video introduction by Alan Jones and a 20 minute Mark Damon interview. Although Damon only mentions in brief his time with Mario Bava, his interview is a total delight with the names of Groucho Marx, Roger Corman and Clint Eastwood popping up."" "
"Arrow's Blu-ray package is highly recommended and destined to be on many best-of-the-year lists come the end of 2013.""
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Tracks Of My Years: Down In The Tube Station At Midnight by The Jam
"The London Underground is a great way of getting around our capital city, but this speedy mode of transport can have its drawbacks. When darkness descends and the hour is late, this vast network can bring its own terrors. I've traveled on the underground late at night on countless occasions, and always recall this classic from The Jam during my journey. "" "
"The song really begins as a solitary male commuter approaches the ticket machine, armed with an evening meal for himself and his wife. 'Headlines of death and sorrow' and 'madmen on the rampage' occuly his thoughts as he puts his money into the machine, while Bruce Foxton's bass bubbles away in the background. Soon, 'gruff blazing voices' interrupt his thoughts as a couple of thugs ask for money. 'I've a little money and a takeaway curry, I'm on my way home to my wife' explains the frightened man, but to no avail as the men launch their attack. 'They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs, and too many right-wing meetings' is a classic Paul Weller line. It allows you to imagine these shadowy figures and the horror they impart, with Weller's vocals beautifully capturing the shaky commuter's explanation and the hate-filled demands of his aggressors. Now, flashes of his life are mixed in with 'the smell of brown leather' and his senses are blocked as the attack continues."" "
"It's a completely overwhelming part of the song, and leads to Rick Buckler's drums really pounding the beat. Then, when you're on the canvas, out for the count and thinking Weller has finished his story.. then he launches into an incredible stream of consciousness rant: 'The last thing I saw as I lay there on the floor was Jesus saves painted by some atheist nutter', with British Rail posters advertising cheap holidays filling his only line of vision. Now, 'The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold' is all he can finally think of, as Weller's guitar and the sound of the underground bring this song to a close."" "
"'Down In The Tube Station At Midnight' was the second single to be taken off the wonderful 'All Mod Cons' album. It was released on October 21st 1978, and was usually the song that ended their live set before the encores. It remains a classic, and is even more relevant today than it was back in the '70s when it was still relatively safe to be out late at night."" "
"This is the first in a series of songs that will feature in 'Tracks Of My Years', and there will be more to come from The Jam and a whole host of other bands.""
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Spiritism. Mexican Horror.
"By the time we reach the one hour mark, Spiritism may come across as an overly-talkative piece that only moves on to crowd-pleasing familiar territory during the final act, which is based on W.W. Jacob's "The Monkey's Paw". This viewpoint, while understandable in some respects, actually does the film a great disservice, as this is really a quality drama about a family falling apart at the seams. Amongst a cast of performers who often leave a lot to be desired, it's Norma Veyran who takes centre stage, wringing every ounce of emotion from her role of concerned wife and increasingly desperate mother.The second seance is probably the main source of ammunition for critics of this film: it's a lengthy scene where Mary - now a commited believer following a wonderfully eerie vision on hallowed ground - attempts to halt the spectre of doom that threatens her family. The troubled abode of Elvira again plays host to a communication with the dead, beginning with some expanded theories regarding the dear departed, and moving to a shattering climax with an unquiet spirit who does not realise she's dead. Perhaps this scene is a little dialogue-heavy, but subsequent viewings may well reveal the script to be less ponderous than first impressions suggest. The only other gripe concerns some terminally dodgy less-than special effects, which suggest a two-way split between paucity of budget and lack of imagination; chief offenders being scare-free apparitions and a botched stand-off between Christ and Satan, though one has to at least applaud the audacious concept of the latter. "" "
"Overall, Spiritism is a successful portrait of a family afflicted by the spectre of bad luck, and it's ill-advised attempts to use unconventional means as a way of stopping the rot. Jealousy, lifelong friendships put under intolerable strain, the pain of losing loved ones and the very real fear of growing old and dying poor will doubtless strike a chord with many viewers, while the last 20 minutes deliver the goods for anyone with a spine demanding to be chilled.""


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Ever spend ages thinking how you are going to convince someone that a certain task is far from easy, and that they should just give up on the idea – and then the solution appears just as you were about to hit the Send button?
Well, the other night I had an interesting email from someone who has my Search and Replace plug-in for Lightroom:
… I need to remove text ("Scan_") from the filename for images I scanned 4-5 years ago (and are now in my LR catalog). It appears [Search and Replace] does not work on filenames, only on metadata. Pre-LR catalog I used a utility to do bulk file name changes on folders of files, but that will be a problem with the LR catalog.
I could use the bulk filename changing tool, then delete the LR-cataloged-but-missing-image and then reimport the newly rename files. But it seems risky and I'd lose metadata for the images w/o XMP files.
It's not at all unreasonable that photographers would want to replace text as part of a batch renaming process. It was possible in iView/Expression Media, and Bridge's renaming dialog box has a similar "string substitution" feature. But this feature wasn't yet in Bridge when Lightroom 1.0 was launched, and I suspect Lightroom fell victim to "it's not in Bridge" thinking. Sadly, this omission has never been rectified.
Anyway, I began writing my reply saying that I couldn't adapt Search & Replace to handle file renaming because plugins can't rename photos. You might summarise my response as "Computer says No" (Little Britain, if the reference isn't clear!). And then, for some unknown reason, the solution revealed itself:
- Use Search & Replace's Transfer command to copy the file name to an unused IPTC field – it must be one such as Headline that Lightroom's Batch Rename dialog can access
- Use Search & Replace to remove "Scan_" from the field
- Use Search & Replace to remove the extension from the field
- Finally use LR's Rename Photos command to rename the files using the field in the renaming template
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Navy Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn, who spent five and a half years in a Communist Chinese prison during the Vietnam War, almost always in solitary confinement, after he was shot down on a bombing mission, died on May 15 in Pensacola, Fla. Commander Flynn, one of only two American servicemen known to have been held by the Chinese during the war, was 76.
The cause was a heart attack, said his wife, Kathy.
Then-Lieutenant Flynn, a bombardier-navigator, was taking part in a raid on Aug. 21, 1967, targeting rail yards near Hanoi, the North Vietnamese capital, about 75 miles from the Chinese border, when his two-man A-6 Intruder came under attack. The Pentagon later said his plane and another Intruder on that raid had been downed after straying over southern China while seeking to escape North Vietnamese jets.
Lieutenant Flynn and his pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Jimmy Lee Buckley, ejected from their craft. Lieutenant Flynn, suffering severe spinal injuries, found the pilot's body near the spot where he had come down, and he was soon captured. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported six days later that one of four American airmen whom China had just downed had been paraded before peasants and Red Guards at an anti-America rally. It did not identify that airman, but Lieutenant Flynn was the only survivor from the two Intruders.
Mrs. Flynn said in an interview on Wednesday: "I saw on TV he was being beaten, and the streets were lined with people. That's how I knew he was alive."
For the remainder of the Vietnam War, he spent virtually all his prison time in a small cell in Beijing, and he was kept in handcuffs for three separate periods, covering seven, 30 and 60 days, barely able to eat or perform bodily functions. After a time, he was allowed to correspond with his wife and received packages from her via the Red Cross.
He refused to provide military information to his captors or to take part in Chinese propaganda.
"The most terrible part was the solitude, the solitude, the solitude," Commander Flynn told The Pensacola News Journal in 2008. "What do you do with all that time? All those hours? All those days and years?"
"I'd think of my family," he said. "I'd plan parties, birthdays, anniversaries for everyone. And I would imagine that Kathy bought some land in Alaska and gold was discovered there. And I had the biggest gold mine going. I had all kinds of people working for me — people I knew. And I ran a big imaginary corporation. That's what I did."
Freedom finally came on March 15, 1973, when he was taken across a covered bridge into Hong Kong, wearing a blue Chinese cap. He was released to the American authorities there together with Maj. Philip E. Smith of the Air Force, who had been imprisoned by the Chinese since his plane was downed over their airspace in September 1965.
Two C.I.A. agents, John Downey and Richard Fecteau, who had been captured in China in 1952 during the Korean War, were also at the prison where Lieutenant Flynn and Major Smith were held. Mr. Fecteau was freed in December 1971, and Mr. Downey in March 1973.
In later interviews, Commander Flynn maintained that he had not been downed over China, as the Pentagon said, but had parachuted into North Vietnamese territory, then had been turned over to the Chinese. But the remains of Mr. Flynn's pilot, Lieutenant Commander Buckley, and those of the other Intruder's pilot, Lt. Cmdr. J. Forrest Trembley, were recovered in China after the war.
Robert James Flynn was born on Sept. 15, 1937, in La Crosse, Wis., and grew up in Houston, Minn. After attending the University of Minnesota, he entered the Navy and was on his 71st mission in the Vietnam War when he was shot down.
After the war, he held command positions and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington. He retired with the rank of commander in 1985.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Robert Jr.; a daughter, Elizabeth Cruz; two brothers, Daniel and Stephen; and two grandchildren.
Commander Flynn's medals, citing his combat exploits and resistance to his captors, included the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star.
"I wouldn't want to do it again," he told The News Journal in recalling his captivity. "But it was part of the experience of my life. Life is sort of an adventure. Sometimes, the adventure gets out of hand."


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