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Two Dollar Guitar
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SolitaireWeak Beats and Lame-Ass Rhymes 2000
Pussy Rides DickLet Me Bring You Down 1994
FarewellThe Wear and Tear of Fear 2006
The Wear and Tear of FearThe Wear and Tear of Fear 2006
The Ghost ShipThe Wear and Tear of Fear 2006
Wide LoadThe Wear and Tear of Fear 2006
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About Two Dollar Guitar
Tim Foljahn, the guiding force behind Two Dollar Guitar, began the band when he landed in Hoboken, NJ, after several years traveling around the country, with brief stops in New Orleans, Alberquerque, and Chicago. Hooking up with his friend, Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, he began to record a collection of dark ballads that he had accumulated during his travels. The result was his debut single, "Lost Bird" (Smells Like Records, 1995), which was produced by Shelley and featured him on percussion, but regardless was largely a solo effort by Foljahn. Soon after, they released Let Me Bring You Down, also on Smells Like Records, which delved deeper into Foljahn's collection of grim songs.
Foljahn and Shelley's partnership was developed further as they began playing together with other bands. Around the release of Let Me Bring You Down, they put in time with groups like Mosquito, Male Slut (with Thurston Moore), and Cat Power. Their second full-length issued on Smells Like Records in 1996, Burned and Buried pulled in many more guest musicians and reached deeper into folk, jazz, and blues roots, incorporating pedal steel and blues harp to create an album that featured mature instrumental work as much as lyrics. Two Dollar Guitar, in essence, became a whole band with this album as they added ex-Cell bassist Dave Motamed as a permanent member. A pair of singles from the Burned and Buried sessions, "Woman Killing Man" and "Erl King," were also released in 1997.
Not content to stop experimenting, two unusual projects were released in 1998. Hotel Opera, a solo album by Foljahn under the name la Lengua Asesina, featured a more minimal sound; Train Songs, which featured all three members of the trio, dispensed with the lyrics altogether to allow instrumental tracks to grow and bloom in many different directions, highlighting the development and growing cohesiveness of this band. Weak Beats and Lame-Ass Rhymes followed, issued in 2000 by Smells Like Records. ~ Stacia Proefrock
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I remember seeing James Patterson doing ads for his books were he spoke directly to the camera from back when he was younger and bearded, the ads were not great, but they were dignified and made his books seem like a bit of a big event, as far as disposable fiction goes.
Whoever convinced him to put on the world's cheapest pirate costume and stand in front of the same background from my high school yearbook photo, was, shall we say... ill-advised.
I don't know which version of this ad is worse, the one of Patterson embarrassing himself, or this one of the world's worst child actor delivering the same bad puns.
Its sad seeing Patterson slum it, but at least he is able to give this terrible ad the tone it needs. This kid is way too damn sincere and excited about yelling this stupid puns at my face.
(PS I came across this ad in the form of the one with the kid, and saw it while watching an episode of the late 80's television series Murder, She Wrote on The Hallmark Channel, so I am not sure who told Hachette publishing that it was a good idea to air an ad for a book aimed at kids, which was staring a kid and clearly marketed towards kids at 1 in the morning on a channel that is only watched by people over 80 years old during the day, and is only watched by me at night, but Hachette is the same compnay who decided to stop publication of the greatest movie magazine of all time, Premiere, so none of these events are really surprising.

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The Nursery is able to offer a limited number of places for children aged 5-11 years from Mellis and Eye Primary Schools to join us after their school day is over.
The children are collected and brought back to nursery by a member of staff in the Nursery people carrier, joining the children from the other school.
After tea they are offered a wide range of activities in their own room away from the younger children. We have a variety of age specific toys and games as well as a laptop for them to use. We also provide craft and cooking activities for the children to do if they wish, some of which will be displayed in the nursery. School homework is also done if the children would like to or upon their parents request.
Most of all the children have fun! It's like having friends round to play each night but we do the tidying up!
When booking into the After School Club, there is a flat rate charge of £12.80, which is two hours plus tea. Children can be picked up from 5 o'clock on wards, with the nursery closing at 6pm.
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Sweet New Year Calendar by Eat Drink Chic
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Use this cute Mamegoma scheduler from San-x to plan your week or school schedule.
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KF Studio made a series of circus themed calendars. They also illustrated some sweet diary printables.
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How to Compose a Beautiful Scarf from Scrapscomments (21) November 7th, 2008
It's so much fun to combine beautiful fabrics. And sometimes it's hard to throw away even the tiniest scrap. Here's a way to use lots of small pieces to build a seamless scarf—or consider using a section of these "floating" scraps as an inset on a garment.
Here's what you'll need:
- Enough compatible fabric pieces to complete the size of the project and some bits and pieces of yarn, cord, ribbon, or other fibers (Note: For a scarf, choose fabrics that are soft, lightweight, and not abrasive. I chose silk scraps for my scarf, but lightweight wool, rayon, or poly would work well, too.)
- Thread for sewing it all together (once again, I use blendable/variegated thread)
- Pinking shears or a pinking blade for a rotary cutter
- A roll of water-soluble stabilizer like one from the Solvy line by Sulky; AquaFilm from OESD; or dSV by Hoop-it-All to name a few. (Note: Always make a test piece with some of the fabric, yarn, and stabilizer to judge how quickly the stabilizer will dissolve and to check how the fabrics and thread hold together.)
To make a scarf:
1. Determine the size you want and cut two sheets of the water-soluble stabilizer to those dimensions.
2. Cut enough fabric strips or other shapes to cover one sheet. Use pinking shears or a rotary blade to prevent the fabric from fraying too much. Layer the fabric on the stabilizer.
3. Add the yarn and ribbon.
4. Place the second piece of stabilizer on top to create a sandwich, then pin to hold everything together.
5. Machine-stitch through the layers in a pattern of your choice, making sure that you sew through all the fabrics to connect them. Roll up the ends of the scarf to keep the fabrics from falling out of the sandwich and to help them fit through the arm of the machine.
6. Rinse the stitched scarf to remove the stabilizer according to the manufacturer's directions, usually warm water. You may need to rinse several times to remove all the residue.
7. Let the piece dry. Press. Go back and add more yarn to fill in large gaps if necessary.
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Someone noted that they had just bought 20# or silk scraps.
I would like to know, please, where one can get this, and the approximate cost, if possible.
Also, are there other types of scraps available, cotton, linen, etc.
thank you,
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I really want to make one scarf for me!
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It such a beautiful idea. My grand-daughter and I are going to make a whole bunch for Christmas presents.
thank you
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Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks a bunch
Theda - who will be buying Solvy Today!
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Michaela. I think the technique would make a beautiful skirt. I would suggest adding a layer of tulle for more stability. The fabric strips will be sewn to that, but the over all look will still be sheer between the strips.
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To the editor:
As the organizer of the 5th annual Otis Mountain Music Festival, I am proud to report yet another successful event this year. Around 1,000 people made there way to our little ski hill in Elizabethtown to listen to what was widely regarded as some of the best music to be heard anywhere. As one can imagine, the logistics of putting on such an event are huge, and simply impossible without a team of dedicated folks.
I would like to thank the core group of managing volunteers that spent many days in preparation and three really long days at the site during the festival. Allison Whalen, Tom Kirsch, Kevin Joyce, Brad Caldwell, Craig Lanoye, and Caroline Rubino worked tirelessly to make this a success. Of equal importance, but too numerous to mention specifically, are the dozens of volunteers that helped with the setup and operations throughout the event.
Our sponsors help make the event happen on a financial level as well, and I would encourage all who are interested, to go to our website and support them as well as they support us. Thanks also go out to those that attended the festival and bring the heart and soul to it. Every year the nationally-known bands are amazed at what a great audience, community, and setting we have. And every year, I stand back in amazement myself. Thanks to everyone for reminding us how good we have it here and for making the festival happen.
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Please find attached the final newsletter of 2013 for the W4 development.
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Archive for November 2013
W4 Development Newsletter
Please find attached the final newsletter of 2013 for the W4 development.
St. Nicholas Eve event at Grosvenor Chapel
Please see the poster below for the St. Nicholas Eve event at Grosvenor Chapel on December 5:
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Fitzroy Place Newsletter
Please see below the Fitzroy Place November Newsletter detailing all the coming months' activities:
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Sewer Work in Oxford Street
Please see below an activity notification delivered today, detailing forthcoming works for the Bond Street Station Upgrade.
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Wrap up London - this weekend
Oxford Street Christmas Lights Switch On
New West End Company announced last week that Jessie J will switch on the Oxford Street Christmas Lights on Tuesday 12 November. The event, hosted by Selfridges, will also feature Conor Maynard and X-Factor winner James Arthur. The event will start from 5pm and will be hosted by Capital FM presenters Lisa Snowdon and Dave Berry.
Oxford Street will be closed to traffic on Tuesday 12 November from Oxford Circus to Portman Street from 4pm - 8pm in order to guarantee the safety of the public. A number of roads in the immediate area will also be closed, please CLICK HERE to find out more.
Buses will be diverted between 3.45pm - 8pm on Tuesday 12 November. Please see the document below to view the bus diversions.
Please plan your journeys to and from Oxford Street on Tuesday 12 November around these closures and diversions. The London Underground will be operating a normal service throughout the traffic free event.
Christmas lights on Regent Street
Christmas lights on Regent Street has been a London tradition since 1948, when the Regent Street Association first decorated the street with Christmas trees, the lacing of the street with lights marks the official countdown to Christmas day. On Saturday 9 November will see the street light up for Christmas, after a traffic-free day of entertainment and shopping.
This year, the lights will be switched on by actor Ty Burrell and Hollywood film director Rob Minkoff. Live performances from Eliza Doolittle, Leona Lewis and other artists will also be taking place throughout the evening. A fashion show along the street at 3pm, featuring many of the famous Regent Street fashion brands, will also be held.
This year's Christmas lights will be themed around the brand new DreamWorks animation film Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
Deputy Mayor to launch Business Crime Strategy at MOPAC Challenge - 26 November
Safer Cycling Awareness Event
Crossrail is holding a Safer Cycling Awareness Event on the corner of Grosvenor Square and North Audley Street on Wednesday 13 November 2013 from 7:30 am to 10am. There will be an opportunity to have a free bike check and bike security registration.
Please see the Crossrail Safer Cycling Awareness Event poster below to share with colleagues, family and friends to raise awareness of how to remain safe while cycling on London's roads.
This event is being supported by Constain Skanska Joint Venture and the Metropolitan Police.
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EU Concerned about Google's Privacy Practices
January 5th, 2008 22:09 pm | by Ed |
I just saw an AP story that says the EU is looking into Google's Privacy practices
Basically, they have a problem with the fact that Google uses cookies to track the searching habits of it's users and that they keep this information for quite a while. Google counters with self congratulatory statements about how they anonymize this information after 18 to 24 months.
I think that those server logs should be anonymized from the git-go. I also want to take a moment here to point out to users that they can get some privacy from Google by simply setting their web browser to delete cookies every time it shuts down. Firefox for example, makes this really easy to do. Another option is to use "Torpark", which is a portable, privacy maximized version of Firefox bundled with TOR to anonymize your web surfing.


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Greens to Meet, 12/2, 7:00 pm • 11.17.15
Wednesday, December 2, 7:00 pm
Greens will gather to analyze the results of the
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Greens will also discuss building our network
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Please join us.
This meeting is open to the public.
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"The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better towards (AIG executives who are getting bonuses) is if they'd follow the Japanese model and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things — resign, or go commit suicide."– iowa republican senator chuck grassley
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Personal life and education
Danny Devriendt is born in Belgium, has the Belgian nationality, and devides his time between Aalter, Belgium and Trouville-la-Haule, France. He studied educational sciences and agogics -the social science relating to the promotion of personal, social and cultural welfare- at the Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen. His healthy passion for people, Schrödinger's cat, quantum mechanics and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy makes him an unorthodox out-of-the-box thinker.
He started his career as a journalist, working for Roularta Media Group, Mediahuis, La Libre Belgique and the Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep . He joined Ellips Communications in 1997, and stayed on board after it was acquired by Porter Novelli. A passionate member of the European Press Federation, he still contributes as a journalist to a plethora of on- and offline publications, and is the editor in chief of Heliade.
He was instrumental in the communications and marketing efforts that made Bluetooth into a global standard. He worked and led the account for the better of ten years, and acted as the EMEA media spokesperson for the brand. Danny Devriendt was also at the start of Porter Novelli's Social Media efforts. As an EVP Social Media, he helped roll out the interactive and social skills throughout Porter Novelli's offices across the globe.
Visionary in residence 🙂
Today, Danny Devriendt is the managing director of IPG/Dynamic (Interpublic Group of Companies) in Brussels; the founder/Owner of Heliade* consulting and the CEO of the Eye of Horus, a global think-tank for communication-technology related topics. Danny writes regularly on communication platforms, information technology and trends. He has been a guest lecturer at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, CREA Genève, StiMa, Ghent University, covering communication technology, content marketing and digital and social media.
Business Insider ranks him the 3rd most influential ad Executive on twitter, and CEOWorld Magazine lists him in their 10 top advertising executives to follow on twitter. For Data News Belgium, he is a key influential in the Belgian tech-community[.He was featured in Dr. Grattons book Zero to 100,000: Social Media Tips and Tricks for Small Businesses (chapter 24)
Keynote speaker
A passionate presenter, he speaks regularly on content marketing, narrative science, real time marketing, neuro-linguistic programming, the integrated use of digital media, web 3.0, augmented reality, predictive web, crowd sourcing and metrics, conversation management and ethics. He conducted media and digital media training sessions and seminars to brands and organizations all over the globe. His vision on digital and social media, the universe and life in general is daily voiced through his Twitter channel @dannydevriendt, this personal blog www.heliade.net, and a plethora of online forums. Devriendt travels the world performing keynotes and lectures on Social Media and Content Marketing (over 300 to this date). He has been featured on Social Media Day, the Bluetooth World Congress, at the Mobile World Congress, at CeBIT, the European Content marketing Summit, the Social Media Summit, The Internet is Sexy Summit in Czechoslovakia and as a keynote speaker for clients like P&G, Bluetooth SIG, Dow Chemical, Tele Atlas, The Belgian National Lottery and Parrot.
Danny Devriendt lives in Belgium with his family, but spends a lot of time in a historic family cottage in Normandy. He loves writing, and is an avid reader.
About Heliade
* Heliade is a strategic management consulting firm. Unorthodox communicative thinking and a no-nonsense, out-of-the-box approach guarantee quick, measurable results that shift the needle long-term. We're specialized in interactive community engagement, contextual content, horizontal influencing, viral marketing and persuasive technologies. Heliade also provides personalized training for C-level suits and executives, ranging from media-training, speaker training, presentation techniques, over negotiation techniques and conflict control to tailored language training (D/F/E).
As a sidenote, Heliade provides a suit of marketing vehicles to spice up your mobile presence.


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As technology has made its way into our work lives, it brings on an entirely new set of challenges when it comes to being productive.
There is more to balance now than ever before, and it's the first time in history we can be this connected and make global sales within minutes and very little interaction thanks to online shopping platforms like WebShopManager.
Our ability to run an online business pulls us in a million directions, but there are a few tricks to staying calm and productive, and here we run through four of the best practices.
It's important to note that not all to-do lists are created equal.
You don't just want an overwhelming list of things to do -- you want an organized way to move forward each day. Here are a few tips to make that happen:
Limit your to-do list to 3-5 important tasks a day.
Do the most tedious and dreaded job first.
Go ahead and write ALL tasks you need to accomplish on a separate list to get them off your brain. You can look to this list once you've finished your most important jobs first and knock the secondary ones off afterward.
When you spend all of your time envying how successful an e-commerce shop is in your niche, you can easily get discouraged. The goal is to leave your insecurities at the door and stay confident when doing competitive research.
One of the best productivity habits of business owners is having the understanding that time is precious, and when you're working on business – you should be 100% focused on the project at hand.
However, when spending time with friends, family, and recharging your batteries, you shouldn't be looking at work tasks.
With the easy access to our business and home lives through smartphones and other portable devices, more people are mixing the two.
After all, you can be at home and stay connected to customers and business data, and you can be working and see what your family is doing.
It's hard to turn everything off at the end of the workday, but if you do, you'll find you're fresh in the morning when you start again. Plus, you can give your personal life the attention it deserves.
It's easy to let the little things get you down when building an online business, but before you throw the white towel in defeat, analyze your mistakes as much as you do your successes.
You grow from low points, as well as the highlights of business in different ways, and you need that balance between mistakes and ecommerce success really to get the ultimate results for your efforts.
Outpace your competition in 2017 with our eCommerce Success Guide featuring the latest trends and free marketing success tips.


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Persian kitten Olivia is a blue eyed white persian that we adopted from Isse Venter at Fluffy Farms Cattery. Olivia's mother ia a white persian with one blue eye and one green eye. Her Daddy is a Champion Cream Point Persian Himalayan. Olivia is my little Joy. She never walks, she runs, she has so much energy. She always loves to play. She is my sweetheart when it's time to sleep, she sleeps next to my head, and I rub her, and she will purr which helps put me to sleep. She loves me to groom her pretty fur. She has such big eyes. She looks like Hello Kitty. She will make a great addition to our breeding program. I know she will be a great mommie because she grooms the other kittens we have. She's so precious. Her kittens will be so cute. We plan on mating her with CH Maximillian. The kittens will be outrageously cute. We plan on Showing Olivia in the CFA Shows. We hope she does well, and will Champion. She has done well and is now a CFA Champion!
Olivia is a Female Blue Eyed White Persian Kittens!
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Redevelopment Making a Comeback in California?
With the state of California in the black, and most of the work of wrapping up the operations of redevelopment agencies around the state complete, Governor Brown's draft 2015 state budget includes a proposal for cities to gain a new mechanism for spending tax increment financing: "changes to the Infrastructure Financing District law that would expand the allowable uses for IFDs and lower the voter threshold required to create them," writes Bill Fulton. The draft budget comes after Gov. Brown has rebuked previous attempts by legislators to reboot tax increment financing.
Brought into existence in the early 1990s, Infrastructure Financing Districts (IFDs) have seen scant implementation because of the super majority vote required to enact them. IFDs would be available for a variety of redevelopment investments: "Brown's proposal would expand the use of IFDs beyond infrastructure to include military base reuse, urban infill, transit priority projects, affordable housing, and 'associated necessary consumer services.'"
The catch? California "would permit the expanded use of IFDs only for cities and counties that have settled out all redevelopment cash payments to other agencies and settled all redevelopment lawsuits against the state," which, Fulton writes, "may be an attempt to accelerate the redevelopment wind-down."


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Friday, May 8, 2009
Entry: Natalie Tran
I was very pleased to see that vlogger Natalie Tran (communitychannel) has a healthy article. Kind of silly of me, considering that she has thousands of subscribers, but like I said, deeply insecure. She's been vlogging for a few years, but I only started watching her videos about a month ago, and I have the biggest hetero-crush on her. (I know it's a bro-mance when it's two guys, but what is it with a girl and a girl? Ho-mance? Axe commercial? Doesn't require a name because women are expected to be more open to feelings of affection?) She's smart and funny and prolific and cute as a button, and Australian accents are like a +5 in my book. If Hitler had an Australian accent, I'd probably be all, "Well, he was evil incarnate, but he pronounces his r's so cute! Maybe I'll just sweep the Lambeth Walk thing under the rug and blog about puppies." Okay, probably not.
Anyway, Natalie Tran is awesome (and curses a little bit. Beware, office slackers):
(Disregard that last bit, though. My mother is a saint. And doesn't go on YouTube, like, ever.)
I was shocked, though, to see that the two photos in the article are going to be deleted:
(Additionally: you like my MSPaint job? That's how I roll: using a track pad and sprawling on the couch.)
I can only take solace in the fact that after May 14, 2009, my hastily constructed jpeg will stand as a monument to the article as it once was. Goodnight, sweet prince.
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NOOOOOO! WHY, WIKI? WHY???????I'm not sure whether you're really serious or not.
On the chance that you are: clicking on the images will tell you why they're going to be deleted -- the pictures are not covered by a free licence.
If you can obtain a freely-licensed replacement (for example, perhaps you would like to contact Natalie and ask for a cc-by-sa licensed picture of herself, or ask whether it's OK to reproduce the existing screen captures as cc-by-sa), you're welcome to do so.
The issue is not "pictures of Natalie Tran", it's "unsuitably-licensed or unlicensed pictures of Natalie Tran".
- May 9, 2009 at 1:44 AM
talk about coincidence,
after many months of seeing it around, i decided to finally wiki community channel today...about three hours before reading this post..cool
- May 10, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Mizwar Smith said...
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- December 31, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- br4n0 said...
"(Additionally: you like my MSPaint job? That's how I roll: using a track pad and sprawling on the couch.)"
Yeah, you´re an mspaint skilla. And check this one: You can even type letters in mspaint. Yes, you heard me right, just click that button with A. How awesome is that? :)
(Your mom knows it too :)
- December 31, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Lilyflower said...
I recently found out about Nat and became addicted to her videos! No, seriously, I think I watched them all in about 5 days or something.
Which probably makes me kind of a freak. yeah. oh well.
- January 20, 2010 at 3:04 PM
I think you're a little bit freaky because you should secure about everything you doing, for example I feel so secure when I take my generic viagra pills, for that reason don't afraid.
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- October 3, 2011 at 8:51 AM
I think you're right. when you feel passion for something or someone you have to get the necessary arguments to justify why you like it ( or her or his) . However people normally prefer to look for excuses to defense their preferences without concret bases.
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I have to admit to a certain initial prejudice when it comes to the AR-15 platform rifles. However, it is a fact that all of our sporting weapons began life as a military tool. Go back to the bow and arrow or even further back to spears. As humans developed the ability to use them in warfare, they also learned to convert their use to the acquiring of food.
The AR-15 is the latest in that long line of military/sporting weapons. Cosmetically it looks like the military rifle but it does not function in the same manner. Today they are the most popular firearm on the market. Contrary to popular belief, the "AR" does not stand for assault rifle. It stands for the company that invented it in the 1950's. It is an Armalite rifle.
The rifle is not an assault weapon, as the ignorant and anti-gun crowd would like you to believe. It functions just like other hunting weapons by firing one cartridge at a time with each pull of the trigger. They do however share the military reliability in that they function well in all weather conditions.
One key advantage to this rifle is the immense number of variations that one can build in a number of calibers with the basic AR-15 platform. It is possible to build a big game, varmint or small game, service rifle, match rifle or other competition rifle on the basic platform. The difference between the types of rifles is in the components used.
Companies such as Brownells (www.brownells.com) offer parts and technical assistance via the web or by telephone (800-741-0015). Based in Montezuma, Illinois JJ Schroeder, Technician for the company introduced the expansive market for the variations available.
At the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) annual business meeting a few weeks ago in Tunica, MS, JJ had a couple of the rifles available for examination and trial shooting.
Brownells has website http://www.AT15builder.com that contains information on the internal and external components and offers a chance to view the parts assembled into a whole gun. The builder can select one of several receivers depending upon the ultimate purpose of the weapon. To which he adds the components to personalize it.
The components include such items as aftermarket triggers to improve accuracy. Sight systems and optics to improve accuracy are important. There are a number of stocks available in adjustable or fixed cheek piece configurations. Add to that the assortment of forends of aluminum in various configurations and you have a custom-made rifle for your specific needs.
The final step is assembly of the components. Brownells also has that covered. A complete video series that walks you through this process and a list of tools needed is available at www.brownells.com/buildanar15. A PDF of instructions based on the video is available for downloading as assistance while working on the weapon.
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Looks like cloud iTunes, a web-based iTunes software that's allegedly in the works, is coming along pretty well. In the past three months Apple has enabled browser-based previews for iTunes music, TV shows, movies, and iPhone applications via a dedicated iTunes Preview section of its homepage. Earlier this week, the company has activated the itunes.apple.com sub-domain. In addition, Apple has created rudimentary landing sections for music, podcast, and iPhone applications accessible via itunes.apple.com/genre.
The page is pretty basic at the moment, but it does indicate the company's plans to move the entire iTunes Store to the web. As a result, folks who don't have desktop iTunes installed should be able to browse the store contents inside their browser and eventually purchase items without having to go through the iTunes software.
Each of the three new sections presents a collection of category links. For example, clicking the Music section brings all the links to the music genres and sub-genres. Likewise, the App Store section presents clickable links to application categories. Clicking any category link lists the items for that category, sorted alphabetically. A horizontal clickable alphabet across the top helps you locate a needle in the haystack. Unfortunately, category pages lack the search feature but we can safely assume that Apple will add more desktop iTunes features to iTunes Preview on the web at a later stage.
Apple debuted web-based iTunes music browsing in November 2009. The iTunes Preview web interface initially lacked free song previews, as seen in desktop iTunes, but Apple fixed that in January 2010 so you can now sample iTunes tracks in your browser, provided you have the QuickTime browser plug-in installed. The purchasing functionality is still nowhere to be found, meaning a free iTunes jukebox app is still needed to buy songs and iPhone applications.
Apple recently enhanced iTunes Preview with the ability to preview iPhone and iPod touch application descriptions in your browser as well. As a result, clicking an App Store link embedded on web pages now brings an associated web description rather than launch the resource hogging iTunes application.


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Perris (18mi/28km). For a hint of Southern California's history, ride trains and trolley (weekends and holidays) at Orange Empire Railway Museum. Order burgers, fries, and creamy shakes at 1950s-diner-style Jenny's Family Restaurant.
Hemet (16mi/26km). Go boating on Diamond Valley Lake. Learn about mastodons and mammoths found in nearby digs at the Western Science Center, then dig into house-smoked ribs at Sweet Baby Jane's.
Idyllwild (23mi/36km). Take an easy 5-mile round-trip hike on the ponderosa–pine–shaded Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail. Relax on the outdoor deck at Cafe Aroma in Idllwild.
Oak Glen (41mi/66km). Visit berry farms and apple orchards to pick your own super-fresh fruit. Then gorge on double-crust apple pie from the Colonial Chesterfield Bakery at Riley's Farm.
Big Bear Lake (54mi/87km). Take a naturalist-led hike or canoe tour with Big Bear Discovery Center. Fuel up for mountain adventures with awesome grilled cheeses and burgers at local favorite Grizzly Manor Café at 41268 Big Bear Blvd.
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Lake Arrowhead (26mi/41km). Get directions to Running Springs to explore the National Children's Forest, with self-guided nature walks and plenty of space for hide-and-seek.
Fontana (37mi/60km). Thrill to car racing at Auto Club Speedway, where grown-ups can buckle up for a ride-along in a real stock car. Feast on innovative fusion dishes featuring farmers' market produce at J&M Cafe.
Rancho Cucamonga (20mi/33km). Get lessons for the kids or play a round on your own at Empire Lakes Golf Course. Batter up with a Rancho Cucamonga Quakes game, Class A affiliate of the L.A. Dodgers.
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In two weeks or so I am leaving the U.P., driving to California with Elliott, my cat, to spend some time with my mother and my sisters. Since my mother moved to California a few years back, I have flown out there for brief visits, but I have not spent more than a few days here and there, now and then. This trip now with no firm timetable is a long time coming.
I first thought of hitting the open road around 2004 or 5 or 6, when events left me alone in this adventure of moving to and living in the U.P. There were times when heading to California, heading to family, seemed the practical thing to do. There was no one and nothing to keep me here, and although it is wild and lovely it can also be rather empty and desolate. My family—my sisters—would have welcomed me. They would have opened their homes, shared their families, shared their friends, just as they do each time I visit.
But I stayed put, and a funny thing happened. I became attached to this place. Sometimes I wonder about the attachment, wonder if I am here because I want to be here or because I have grown attached to this story that I was abandoned in the U.P., made a go of it anyway; have grown attached to the detail of my then-husband leaving one week after arriving, his going back to Chicago, his telling me not to come with him. And lately there is this story of me still being here, living in a cabin on 18 acres of abandoned farmland with a wild, beautiful river running alongside it, a river full of trout and dreams, hovered over by eagles, visited by deer and coyote and wolf. A river that in spring surges so with snowmelt that its banks become redefined, and a river that in summer settles to a gentle meandering flow. A river that now, in winter, freezes over, closing up like a zipper.
Are any of these stories true? None is the whole story (truth and whole stories being hard to know, let alone tell). And the vague difference between action and reaction bothers me. I'm not always sure which I am doing, and somehow it makes a difference, doesn't it?
During my first few years here, I looked for clues, finding some in quotations, and here's one I kept, attributed to Hubert Humphrey.
It's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.What I had was a house, two dogs, and a cat, some cash in the bank, and the remnants of a dream. I decided to stay put, to become a medical transcriptionist. I would live, I thought, on my own, a quiet life in the woods, self-sufficient with an honest job that required nothing but sitting at a computer, listening carefully, getting the words right. I signed up for an online course and began studying.
I loved the books I received—they seemed so official, so clear-cut, so devoid of nonsense—and I enjoyed studying the language of medicine. (If I could recall a bit of it, I would insert here.) I learned there was a logic to the words and that medical mumbo-jumbo was really not mumbo-jumbo, but real words with real meaning. (Again, if I could recall any of it … give you an example … I am trying to recall the word for a droopy eyelid, as that is one I really liked … why does "ptosis" come to mind? Aha! That's it!) But when it came to listening to the recorded voices of doctors—some with sniffles, some with bits of ham stuck between their teeth—and trying not only to understand the gist of what they were saying but the exact words, well, therein lies the skill. Is it "a" or "the"? "Hyper" or "hypo"? "An" or "and"? I don't even want to talk about the nit-pickin' punctuation, which mostly had to do with commas. Wayward slips of punctuation tanked my test scores, and I found it most irritating. Eventually, I quit, as I would the next plan, which was to live a quiet, contented life in the woods as a tax preparer.
One early spring, before my mom moved from Chicago to California, I decided to move back to Chicago. I would find an apartment, I thought, live close by my mom, help her out now that my dad was gone. I would return to my secretarial days at the university and give up on whatever the heck I was trying to do in the U.P. So one lovely day I drove down to look at an apartment, found that the leasing agent I had been corresponding with had lied to me about pets being allowed, and then the dogs and I had a really bad picnic at a Cook County Forest Preserve. It was layered in goose crap. (Canada geese congregate in great hordes throughout the Chicago area, enjoying large, mowed, grassy areas like parks and ballfields and picnic grounds. If the grassy expanse is near water, look out—goose bonanza. There is no getting rid of them, though people were giving border collies a try the last I heard, years ago. Of course border collies love to chase and round up things like sheep and cats and kids and, I guess, Canada geese.) That same day I drove back to the U.P., knowing there I would stay. I had to go through this, I thought, in order to start fresh in my mind, this time with no misconception: I am living in the U.P. and I am on my own.
It disheartens me that I so often end up with this aloneness. Hester had her "A"; must I also have mine? Hers was imposed by others; mine is self-inflicted. Hers was punishment for a crime against Puritan morals; mine is a punishment for … crime perceived? Of course, it is partly my nature. I am capable of spending a great deal of time alone without complaint. But "aloneness" is different, and, apparently, not really a word …
I almost made this trip to California in the spring of 2012, shortly after I moved into the cabin. My mother had had a small stroke, and it changed her life. She had been living independently in an apartment in a senior community that provides for different levels of care, and, at 92, she was enjoying Scrabble tournaments, bridge games, art class, balance class—an array of activities managed on her own. Then, the stroke. Questions arose. Could she continue on her own? Would she need help? What kind of help? Should she move in with one of my sisters? Should she move to an assisted-living unit? What exactly were her capabilities, mentally and physically? Where would she be happiest? Where would she be safest? What would be best? Should I drop everything, go to California, be a part of the assessment and decision-making? Provide hands-on help? Or I should I stay put, not necessarily uninvolved, but certainly nowhere near as involved as my sisters who were right there, always.
An open-ended, cross-country trip was tempting. I would look at Buster, my old dog, the last surviving pet from the good old Chicago days, and imagine us taking off together, finally embarking on this California sojourn, Buster on his last legs, me on an angelic mission, the two of us living for a month or two or maybe even through the summer in a camper by the ocean, enjoying foggy mornings full of salty air, and I would help to take care of my mom during what we all thought were her last, waning days. But the facts. Buster was fairly blind, deaf, and had very weird continence issues that were most prevalent during travel. And I did not want to close up and abandon this cabin. And I did not want to shut down and abandon the beeswax business. So I flew out to California for a week, flew back, and the old dog and I stayed put.
From the start, this trip has scared me, and my fear has been that if I travel across country with animals in tow, maybe I do not come back. It seems a strange fear, perhaps brought on by the romantic notion that traveling an open road can change one, can lead to new ideas, new dreams, to the resurrection of old dreams with new twists. There were times I wanted that these past few years, but I could not leave where I had been left. By staying here, by digging in, I thought I was determining my own future, taking control, but control is, after all, at some point, an illusion.
The time for this trip has come. In a couple of weeks, Elliott and I will drive off in the old, rusty van. We'll cross snowy plains and mountains, rivers and streams, desert and concrete wasteland. I'll be thinking of Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, and William Least Heat-Moon. I'll be thinking of my mom, I'll be thinking of my family. Maybe we'll stop in the desert, see Louis and Finn. Who knows when we'll be back, and who knows what stories we'll find.


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PAUL GASCOIGNE today hinted he may be on the verge of retiring.
Everton's former England midfielder believes the time soon may be right for him to call time on a glittering, if controversial, 18-year career .
The 34-year-old told ITV1's On The Ball programme he is now considering calling it a day - possibly at the end of the current Premiership season.
"I am looking at retirement," Gascoigne said.
"My dad's looking forward to my pension, because he wants a new car and a boat.
"I am 34, and the manager has brought in some midfield players. That is only right, because I am getting on a bit.
"This team needs to grow, and I am sure the money they are giving me every week could buy some talented young lad.
""He could go in and take my wages. I do not mind that at all, because I love the club and I think they deserve more."
Gascoigne added he has already received alternative offers of employment abroad should he decide to continue his playing career.
He said: "I have had some good offers from abroad - really good ones.
"It all depends if I want to play in the sun again - whether it be America, Dubai or a couple of other places abroad."


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We are really looking forward to a visit from popular author Julian Sedgwick this term to talk to Year 7 pupils about his exciting books and run a writing workshop for the winners of the Golden Ticket Competition.
Julian is the writer of the Mysterium series, which is a wonderful action adventure mystery involving a Chinese circus, as well as contributing to a dramatic graphic novel Dark Satanic Mills, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Book Prize earlier this year. His latest book Ghosts of Shanghai promises to be just as exciting as the rest.
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Cafe Beaujolais has been serving visitors to Mendocino since 1969. After Margaret Fox purchased the restaurant in 1977, Cafe Beaujolais became nationally known for its outstanding breakfasts. In 1984, the restaurant began serving dinner. In 1990, the Beaujolais Brickery opened and diners could purchase wood-fired, brick-oven bread. Margaret Fox sold the restaurant in 2000 and the restaurant changed hands again in 2006.
Last year, I had a chance to buy some excellent breads from the Brickery but was not able to sample the new owners' dinners. In May, I finally had the chance to taste Executive Chef David LaMonica's French/California cuisine and can report that it was one of the best meals I've had along the Mendocino Coast. The filet mignon and sturgeon were both excellent. Service was attentive but informal, as one expects along the coast.
If you are planning a trip along the Mendocino coast, I definitely recommend dining at Cafe Beaujolais. It is open for lunch from Wednesday - Sunday and for dinner nightly. It stopped serving breakfasts many years ago, but you can purchase a cookbook with Margaret Fox's recipes. The restaurant is located at 961 Ukiah Street in the village of Mendocino. Advance reservations are recommended. If you would like to take a tour of the Anderson Valley and the Mendocino coast that includes dinner at Cafe Beaujolais, please call me at (866) 326-4237 (toll free) or e-mail me by clicking here.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Fine Dining at Mendocino's Cafe Beaujolais
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From Seth Fearey to WarrenHall Crain re Kiran's vision
The most important challenge, as I see it, is population. You seem to agree. I don't know if I mentioned it to you, but my father worked for Population Action International for about 20 years after he retired from the Foreign Service. PAI is the largest privately funded think tank in the US. He was a bit late to the party…. he had five kids and he was very disappointed when I told him that I was not going to have any.
I see population growth as based on two very profound forces. First is our biological imperative. We are programmed to reproduce. Second is economics. Children are still needed in much of the world to take care of their parents in their old age.
The first force can be combatted by making birth control available to all at no cost. The program must include educational material about the importance of smaller families and how to use the various birth control methods. And that of course requires political will, a very difficult problem in some countries.
The second force, economics, can be addressed by providing better safety nets for the aged, as well as emotional and social respect and support. But it is a profound cultural change, so it will take time.
A tool I like for cultural change, which I have probably talked about, is entertainment media. Specifically, soap operas. It is being used in many countries. There was a USAID funded project in India to combat child brides, I think. Another project is reducing teenage pregnancy in the US. When done right the approach is very effective and cheap on a per person reached basis. Click Population Media Center for more information.
As for your second issue, the environment, I believe it is too late to stop much of the damage from climate change. The consequences over the next 100 to 300 years dwarf the other three problems on your list. I can only hope that the crisis will lead to long term change in how humans treat the planet.
I sense that you have great faith in humanity's ability to do the right thing. While there are many who tread lightly on the planet, I see many who are fighting for power, wealth, and survival for themselves. I do not see a way to turn them. How can we deny the right of poor people to fight for their survival even though it leads to war, terrorism, and terrible crimes against humanity? We can't even slow the Israelis in their battle for survival (as they see it).
I think the population problem can be solved. We have the answers, the technologies, and the money. We just need the will. The mounting crises around the world will help with that problem, but it's going to take time. Even the Mormons have finally come to realize that having large families is self-destructive.
I hope you get some better solutions from some of your other correspondents.
Best regards,
Seth Fearey, 10 February 2015
From WarrenHall Crain: Seth Fearey was the Peace Corps Country Director when I began my Peace Corps service in Kyrgyzstan in 2013. He has become my good friend, and we have had a brisk discussion about Kiran's vision for the future of our planet that lies at the center of my novella THE MESSAGE. The above was his email to me on this topic. Here is the reply I sent him:
Seth, I am positive that Kiran's vision can be realized in full and hopeful that it will be. Not, of course, in my lifetime. But within the next few centuries.
I agree that population is an important challenge, though not the most critical in these years. You will recall that THE EVENT in THE MESSAGE brought Earth's population to one billion people. You will also recall that THE EVENT did not happen, but that (in THE MESSAGE) Earth's population stabilized at eight billion (THE MESSAGE, page 104)) In FUTURE CHRONICLES (which I expect to publish late next year) Earth's population is brought to nearly one billion in the first century of THE AGE OF SPACE and stabilizes at a bit over two billion in the second century. I may change those figures, as I am coming now to believe that we will stabilize Earth's population at between nine and ten billion in the end of this century (CE).
You've pointed clearly to the many arenas in which action is needed to stabilize our population. And you've pointed to the major stumbling blocks to population control. As you note, "we have the answers, the technologies, and the money."
The environment is a more crucial challenge. We must do our housekeeping. We must care for this planet. In 1966 I flew with a friend over the Columbia Glacier (at that time covering an area larger than the state of Rhode Island). And I've seen recent pictures of the still receding glacier. When we stop our reliance on fossil fuels we will be able to stop the recession. It will be many years (Look for this in FUTURE CHRONICLES) before this glacier is magnificent again, and millennia to bring it back to what it was.
And there are so many cultural changes we need to make. You and I are in the education business these days. We know, perhaps better than most, the damage done by poor education and the benefits of a world in which "everyone has access to superb education (Kiran's Vision).
10 February 2015


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Plastic Surgery Addiction
This kind of addiction is very serious because it can take all of your money, take control of your life, and can change the person who you are.
Plastic surgery is not a cheap operation.
It costs a lot of money in order to get it done.
The problem with people who are just getting addicted is that they usually do not realize their problem until it is too late.
Those who have a personality trait of easily getting caught up in things or getting addicted to things should stay away from plastic surgery.
Examples of this are if you get addicted to video games, t.
v, and computers and so on.
If you find yourself getting addicted to these simple things then there is a good chance that plastic surgery will treat you the same way.
In order to prevent this addiction you need to know when to draw the line.
If you do plan on getting an operation done on yourself, try making a list of all the things you want done on your body.
Do not make this list too big; only add a few items like one or two.
Once you go to get your operation done, tell your doctor and yourself that these are the only things you wish to get done.
No matter how tempting it may be to change something else, just stick to what you initially came to do.
Once your procedure is over, stick to your original plan.
Most people will find themselves coming back again and again even after they fix what they intended to fix in the first place.
At this point they are just looking for an excuse to get plastic surgery done.
This is when you become addicted to the practice.
The best way to avoid plastic surgery addiction is to simply not do it in the first place.


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Jabez makes Billboard connection
SINCE his debut in 2004 with the album Enlarging the Boundary (produced by Gifton Smith), Jabez has steadily built a name for himself in gospel music circles. The singer's latest set, Re-connect, has debuted at number 33 on the Billboard Reggae album chart.
Released by Tads Records, Re-connect has 13 songs, one of which is a collaboration with singer Kim Alex titled
It's OK. Other tracks include Cancelled, Dwell in Your Presence, and Help Me Through the Storm.
Producers on the album include Adrian Scarlett, Corey Clarke and Earth Element Music. Among the musicians are Nicholas Marks (keyboard), Brian Russell (bass guitar) and Rajiv Laird (drummer).Jabez (given name Clive Provost) is from Linstead in St Catherine. He is known for songs including Drinking from my Saucer, Warrior O and Mi Know Say Mi Blessed. But its his latest single, Cancelled, which has been taking the local gospel music arena by storm.
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There are all sorts of sources where you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about the great virtuoso thereminist of the 20th century, CLARA ROCKMORE. What I really wanted to do here, is show you some photos that you have perhaps not seen before. Clara Rockmore was born "Clara Reisenberg" in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1911. It was evident from a very early age that she was extremely talented and had a natural gift for performing. The photo above shows little Clara (standing in front, just left of center stage) performing in a fairy tale play at the CHILDREN'S THEATER in Berlin, Germany, sometime around 1919. Clara herself said once in an interview that when she was a child, she looked "like a doll".
I am not absolutely certain that the girl in the above photo is Clara Reisenberg, nor do I know exactly what the Russian writing says. This photo, however, definitely came from Mrs. Rockmore and is still in the archive, now the property of The University of Maryland.
The Reisenberg family emigrated to the United States in 1921 and settled in New York City. This is Clara's class picture taken in New York sometime around 1923. By this time, Clara was an accomplished young violinist but as it turned out, she eventually had to abandon the instrument because of chronic problems with her bowing arm, and she took up the theremin. Later in her life she said that Leon Theremin saved her "musical sanity" by introducing her to the theremin. Clara is in the second row from the front, seated on the far left.
This is the front page from a concert program for a recital at New York City's TOWN HALL in 1938. It is easy to understand why Leon Theremin, the inventor of the instrument that bears his name, was deeply in love with Clara. Apart from being brilliantly talented as a musician and thereminist, she was strikingly beautiful. According to Clara, Leon Theremin proposed to her several times but she refused his offers of marriage. This was perhaps fortunate. We now know that his private life at that time was a complicated affair. The extraordinary details of his connections to the Russian KGB are most interestingly revealed in Albert Glinsky's excellent biography THEREMIN, ETHER MUSIC AND ESPIONAGE (published by the University of Illinois Press).
The article above is from THE CAMDEN HERALD in Camden, Maine, Thursday, Sept. 3, 1936. Clara frequently astounded critics with her theremin artistry because, by the late 1930's, many people had heard the theremin (played by thereminists other than Clara Rockmore) and had come to rather negative conclusions about what was possible on the instrument. There were a number of actively concertizing thereminists at that time whose enthusiasm for the instrument greatly exceeded their ability to play it. It is ironic that many of these touring thereminists did more to hinder than to encourage public acceptance of the instrument they loved. Several critics admitted openly that, after attending recitals by Clara Rockmore, they had changed their minds about the potential of the theremin.
Clara Rockmore was a pioneer in electronic music. She died in the spring of 1998 leaving a small but important legacy of her recordings which include THE ART OF THE THEREMIN (produced by Robert Moog in 1977) a stunning, live, 1945 performance of the CONCERTO FOR THEREMIN AND ORCHESTRA written specially for Clara by the American composer Anis Fuleihan (with the orchestra under the direction of the great Leopold Stokowski). Both these recordings have been reissued on CD. Two other recordings have been released since her death: MUSIC IN AN ON THE AIR and CLARA ROCKMORE'S LOST THEREMIN ALBUM.
In the mid 1930's, Leon Theremin built three custom instruments that we know of: two for his patroness Lucie Bigelow Rosen, and another similar one for Clara Rockmore. These instruments were more elaborate than the RCA theremins and had, among other things, ten different timbre settings. Thereminist Howard Mossman, who has been a tireless supporter and promoter of the theremin for longer than most of us have been alive, has generously opened his personal archive and allowed me to use these rare photos of the inside of Clara Rockmore's instrument. Experts who have examined the circuitry of this theremin agree that it has all the elegance and simplicity of design that one would expect from a genius like Leon Theremin.
Both Clara's instrument and the one built for Lucie Rosen were equipped with a small light that would glow whenever the thereminist played an A. In this way, the theremin could give a band or orchestra an accurate note from which to tune. You will notice there is a door in the front of this instrument (with what appears to be a string attached to the small knob that opens it). This is for access to the front compartment where the tubes and other vital components are housed. The rear compartment was reserved primarily for the coils.
It is my understanding, based on comments made regarding Clara's theremin by the late Robert Moog, that the wheel that can be seen on the outside of the cabinet just below the volume antenna was the timbre control. Clara Rockmore had one particular setting that she preferred and did not use the others.
Unlike the RCA theremins, these custom instruments had a separate front access compartment for the radion tubes. There is a wooden panel separating the front and rear compartments and many of the coils, condensers and other parts have been meticulously fixed with small brass screws to this panel.
These last three photos are details of the front compartment where the tubes were housed. There is a power transformer bolted to the floor of the left hand side (volume antenna side) of this compartment, and the tube sockets are in the vertical panel (or back wall) which separates the front and rear of the instrument. In the lower right corner of the photo above you can see the UY 224 radion tube with its distinctive cap clip.
The photo above is a detail of the right hand side of the front compartment (the pitch antenna side) showing two clearly visible modern D batteries. It is probable that these batteries, along with other obviously recent parts and wires, were added by Robert Moog during the course of his restoration and maintenance of this instrument in the early 1970's.
Clara counted among her dearest and closest friends, the great African American bass baritone, Paul Robeson (1898 - 1976). Clara called Paul (who spoke fluent Russian) "Pavlik" ("little Paul") and he called Clara, "Clarochka". Between 1940 and 1943, Clara and Paul performed dozens of concerts together, including one in Vancouver, Canada, in 1941. The concert program in the photos below, as far as anyone knows, is the only one in existence personally autographed by both the artists. Mr. Robeson signed the cover, and Clara Rockmore signed one of the inside pages.


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Put Rainfall, Air Conditioning Back Into Trees, Scientists Say
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows yellow-cedar trees growing along Sheep Lake east of the Cascade crest in Washington State. A study documenting mortality of yellow cedar trees in Alaska and British Columbia concludes that the future is gloomy for the iconic species valued for its commercial and cultural values.
International climate and environment agreements have a flaw which may jeopardize attempts to curb global warming quickly: they do not highlight the role trees play in creating rainfall and cooling the earth's surface, 22 scientists said on Tuesday.
Traditionally, international agreements have focused on how trees affect carbon levels in the atmosphere — living trees absorb carbon dioxide and deforestation releases carbon.
While that is important, it should not be the priority, the scientists said, while presenting results of their research at a virtual forestry symposium.
Tree help with formation of clouds
Trees bring moisture to the air, and release chemicals that can lead to the formation of clouds, Meine van Noordwijk, chief science advisor at the World Agroforestry Center, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Considering only their carbon storage "means we miss a huge opportunity," van Noordwijk said, particularly as more erratic rainfall brings droughts and other problems around the world.
Countries are under pressure to curb emissions fast enough to keep global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius, as agreed under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
But viewing trees as carbon stores alone is not enough to mobilize governments and the public to ramp up forest protection or grow more trees as fast as they need to, they said.
Strollers walk during morning fog at the City Park of Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 3, 2017.
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The group of scientists called for a "significant revision" of national and regional strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change.
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"The energy saving that can come from having the air conditioning of trees is gradually becoming better known," van Noordwijk said, adding that some cities have begun recognizing the role trees can play.
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Dancing Away the Big Bad Wolf:
Culture as a Site of Resistance to Big Capital
Joya John
I recently saw Madhuri Dixit's comeback film Aaja Nachle. However before you tell me that it is a little too late for a film review, I must clarify this not a film review. For those of you who have not seen the film a quick overview of the plot is necessary to see where my argument will lead.
Maduri Dixit, or Diya as her character is called, returns from New York to the town of Shamli to revive a dance theatre called Ajanta, embodied in a performance space, that is to be mowed down to build a mall. Diya, strikes a deal with the rather flamboyant M.P. of the town played by Akshay Khanna, that in two months if she is able to stage a successful performance enacted by performers from Shamli itself, the M.P. will have to reconsider the proposal of building a mall. It is an uphill task, for Diya as she struggles with local goons and a motley crew of actors with no experience of performance or dance. The local
businessman, played by Irfan Khan who has a vested interest in seeing the mall built tries to jeopardize the performance by buying off the local magnate, who was initially supporting the project, and also spreading vicious rumors about Diya's past (Diya had eloped with a American journalist leaving her parents to bear the social stigma). Needless to say the project is a success, the performance of Laila Majnu by the group is a roaring success and the destruction of
Art and Culture is often the site where this conflict between public resources and private interest, or small enterprise versus big capital is fought out. There are equivalents of it in
While these attempts reflect a certain subliminal awareness of a conflict between the public and private interests the resolutions that these films suggest remain inadequate. Often enough the critique of private, commercial interest seems to spring from assumptions of its crassness.
The problem with Aaja Nachle lies in the circumscribed role it gives to art. While Shamli risks losing a public space because of the vested interests of business and local politicians the troupe struggles to stage a performance of Laila Majnu. The distance of
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a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2002 by Fred Flaxman
Program 20
"Controversial Comrade Kabalevsky"
MUSIC: Kabalevsky: Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
[Olympia OCD593, track 6] [Down and under...]
MUSIC: [fades out]
FLAXMAN: Kabalevsky lived from 1904 to 1987. There are two reasons, I believe, for his utter neglect in the United States. The first is a matter of political correctness, as we would call it now. The second I call "musical correctness." But with the fall of communism in the Soviet Union and the demise of atonal elitism in the West, I think it's time to take a new look at this major 20th Century Russian composer, and a new listen to his music.
Kabalevsky was alleged to be a coward. He reportedly was seized by a trembling fear when the infamous, "historical" Communist Party decree of 1948 was issued, criticizing composers who didn't write for the common people. Kabalevsky expressed his gratitude towards the Party for opening his eyes to the errors of his ways, but he didn't have to alter his style at all, since his music was already very direct and accessible. In any case, people who knew him well maintained that it was not cowardice which motivated the composer, but a true, idealistic belief in communism.
By contrast, Kabalevsky's courageous teacher, Nikolai Miaskovsky [Mya-SKOV-skee], said the decree was not "historical," but "hysterical," a pun which evidently works as well in Russian as it does in English.
Coward or true believer, Kabalevsky wrote music which is undeniably fresh, delightful and fun. He sometimes made use of modern dissonances, as did Shostakovich [Shah-stuh-KOH-vihch], whose music Kabalevsky's sometimes resembles. But he was never drawn to radical musical language. And he was always a good tune smith and orchestrator. As a result, much of his music is immediately appealing to the audience for traditional classical, romantic-period compositions.
Kabalevsky's accessibility was looked down upon by the snobby, radical, musical elite of the West during his lifetime. But he was a big success in his own country, so Russian music lovers find it hard to understand why he is so ignored in the West.
Although I am not willing to claim that he is as important a composer as Rachmaninov [Rahkh-mah-nee-noff], Prokofiev [Pruh-COUGH-yef] or Shostakovich, I would like to point out several of Kabalevsky's compositions which I think deserve to be in the standard repertoire of symphony orchestras, more widely recorded, and in your CD collection. Many of these are available on the English CD label Olympia, which has issued a multi-volume set of Kabalevsky's compositions, some of them new pressings of original Russian analog recordings featuring the composer himself conducting.
The Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 48 was the first piece by Kabalevsky that I ever owned, back in the LP period. There are several CDs of this work available now. I have the Analekta recording with Angèle Dubeau, violin, and the Kiev Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Blazhkov [EE-gor BLASH-koff]. Despite the fact that this concerto was written in 1948, it sounds as though it were composed some half-century or more earlier. It is as romantic and tuneful as Tchaikovsky, and is sure to please the same audience. The two outer movements are arguably the happiest ever written for violin and orchestra, though who would want to argue the point? The middle movement is a melancholy contrast.
MUSIC: Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 48 [Analekta AN 2 8702, tracks 5, 6 and 7] [15:46]
FLAXMAN: Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Opus 48. The violinist was Angèle Dubeau. Igor Blazhkov conducted the Kiev Symphony Orchestra on an Analekta compact disc.
Kabalevsky can be 100% 19th Century, as in this concerto, or he can be more dissonant and "modern," as in some of his chamber music and piano pieces. His symphonies, which fall somewhere in between, remind me, in part, of those by Howard Hanson, one 20th Century American composer who never went for atonal experiments either. There are some good tunes in Kabalevsky's symphonies and some exciting rhythms, but they are mixed, unfortunately, with moments which sound like uninspired film score excerpts. His cello concertos are also uneven, in my view.
Kabalevsky first attracted attention in the U.S. as the result of the overture to his opera Colas Breugnon. Arturo Toscanini conducted this brilliant showpiece all over the world in the 1940s and 50s. With its jazzy syncopation, this five-to-six-minute piece reminds me of the short overture Leonard Bernstein wrote much later for his musical Candide.
I have a 1994 all-digital recording of the Breugnon overture with the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev [Mee-khah-EEL PLET-ni-eff] on Deutsche Grammophon. It comes with several other highly attractive Russian overtures, including Glinka's energetic Ruslan and Ludmilla and Borodin's lively Prince Igor.
MUSIC: Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture [DGG D 106957, track 5] [5:31]
FLAXMAN: The Overture to Colas Breugnon by Dmitri Kabalevsky. The Russian National Orchestra was led by Mikhail Pletnev on a Deutsche Grammophon compact disc.
You are listening to Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide, Fred Flaxman.
FLAXMAN: Probably due to the repeated use of its gallop movement by circuses, Kabalevsky's most popular work today is his suite for orchestra, Op. 26, The Comedians. This is filled with catchy tunes from one end to the other, clothed in delightful marches, waltzes, intermezzi, pantomimes, gavottes and scherzos. If you like the Hary Janos Suite by Zoltán Kodály (which you should certainly add to your collection if it isn't there already), I think you'll appreciate The Comedians.
MUSIC: Kabalevsky: The Comedians, Op. 26 [Olympia OCD 593, tracks 7-16] [16:41]
FLAXMAN: The Comedians, Suite for Orchestra, Opus 26, by Dmitri Kabalevsky. The Russian Cinematographic Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Walter Mnatsakanov [VAL-ter Mn-at-sa-KAN-off] on an Olympia compact disc.
This all-digital recording starts with the Pathétique Overture, Op. 64, a melodious four-minute curtain-raiser. The second work is Kabalevsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 9, a pleasant enough piece, pastoral and romantic in mood, but one which lacks clear direction and inspired melodies. Unfortunately, at 33 minutes plus, it is the longest piece on the CD.
I much prefer the Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra on the theme of the song 'School Years,' Op. 75, a shorter piece which is also on this CD. I used a very short excerpt from the Rhapsody to open this program. The Rhapsody is based on a more interesting melody than the Piano Concerto, knows where it's going, and gets there professionally, both from the point of view of composition and performance.
But my favorite piece on the CD - and a true compact discovery for me - is a romantic, lyrical symphonic poem for orchestra called Spring, Op. 65. The eight-minute composition contains one of Kabalevsky's most beautiful melodies.
MUSIC: Kabalevsky: Spring, Op. 65 [Olympia OCD 593, track 5] [8:20]
FLAXMAN: Spring, a symphonic poem for orchestra, by Dmitri Kabalevsky. The Russian Cinematographic Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Walter Mnatsakanov.
MUSIC: excerpt from Kabalevsky's Rondo in A Minor, Op. 59 [Olympia OCD 267, track 1]
FLAXMAN [over the music]: I'm going to bring this hour to a close with an excerpt from Kabalevsky's Rondo in A Minor, Opus 59. Completed in 1958, it was written for the very first Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. In this Olympia compact disc the performance is by the Scottish pianist, Murray McLachlan.
After listening to this program, I hope you'll agree that, coward or not, Comrade Kabalevsky deserves another hearing - this time a fair trial in an unbiased, apolitical, court of musical public opinion.
Thanks for listening to Compact Discoveries. Your comments are always welcome. E-mail me through my website: www.fredflaxman.com, where you'll find lots of Compact Discoveries articles. This program was written and produced by your guide, Fred Flaxman, and is a production of WXEL-FM, West Palm Beach, Florida.
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"Viva Villa-Lobos"
MUSIC: Villa-Lobos: excerpt from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 [EMI CDC 7 47433 2, track 1]
FLAXMAN: The Brazilian composer Hector Villa-Lobos was so prolific, you may need a guide to pick out his real gems. I volunteer! Join me, Fred Flaxman, next time for Compact Discoveries when our theme will be "Viva Villa-Lobos!"
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