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The first programme of dance for the spring season is more than just a ballet. It is full of totally new ideas and is something quite unique.
In these two world premieres the interface between dancers and orchestra, between stage and auditorium, disappear.
You will be captivated by the newly composed music and the innovative use of sound and video. Body+Soul is a totally new dance experience.
wind around my heart
by Regina van Berkel.
Physical capacity is taken to its limits, as the choreographer looks at the forces that make our bodies move instinctively.
Newly composed music by Gerard Brophy.
Conductor: B Tommy Andersson.
Choreography/Costumes: Regina van Berkel.
Scenography/Lighting/Video projection: Dietmar Janeck.
Göteborgs Opera Orchestra.
Breeding Spaces
by Daniela Kurz
Sound, light, images and the dancing take us forward into what may be a new evolutionary stage."All living organisms originate and develop in the watermedium as pneus, i.g as dynamic systems filled with water and enclosed by a membran genetically controlled they change their shape and size - they grow, divide and reproduce" unknown
Daniela Kurz started her ballet training at the John Cranko School and at the Ronecker School of Ballet in Stuttgart and studied literature and art history. While studying, she created her first choreographic works, including a piece for the Noverre Society in Stuttgart. There has been a continuous collaboration between Daniela Kurz and the Stuttgart Ballet, she created many choreographies for that company and its famous solo dancers such as Marica Haydée, Birgit Keil and Richard Cragun. She was guesting as a choreographer with renowned companies, such as the Basler Ballett, the Ballett des Saarlaendischen Staatstheaters Saarbruecken, the Berner Ballett and the aalto ballett theater in Essen. In 1993, Daniela Kurz founded the ensemble TrANZFORM, which has performed at numerous dance festivals. In addition, she also worked as a director for music theatre. Since September 1998, Daniela Kurz has been Artistic Director of the Tanztheater Nuremberg. She received various awards, among them the Staatliche Foerderpreis for young artists in Bavaria and the Bayerische Theaterpreis
Choreography: Daniela Kurz. Scenography: Frank Albert.
Costumes: Daniela Kurz and Frank Albert.
Video projection: Marco Barsottini, Lorenzo Sarti.
maya editing: Federica Grigoletto
Lighting: Daniela Kurz and Frank Albert
wind around my heart av Regina van Berkel, världspremiär
Nykomponerad musik av Gerard Brophy (1953)
Dirigent B Tommy Andersson
Koreograf och kostym Regina van Berkel
Scenograf och ljusdesign Dietmar Janeck
GöteborgsOperans Orkester
BREEDING SPACES av Daniela Kurz, världspremiär
Koreograf Daniela Kurz
Scenograf Frank Albert
Kostym Daniela Kurz och Frank Albert
Videoprojektioner Marco Barsottini och Lorenzo Sarti
Ljusdesign Frank Albert och Daniela Kurz
One of the most original evenings of dance.By Kevin Irving, Ballet Director
Body + Soul is going to be one of the most original evenings of dance I have ever programmed – of that I am quite sure. What is especially exciting about this performance is that both of the choreographers invited to create it – Daniela Kurz Choreographer and Director of Tanztheater Nuernberg and Regina Van Berkel from Frankfurt – are investing in new ways to broaden the experience of dance for the public. Whether you like dance and the ballet or not, whether you are interested in new music or not – whatever your expectations are when you come to the opera house, you are going to be surprised by the bold performance "Body + Soul".
"Body + Soul" came about as a result of my wish to have an evening of dance especially created for us by two choreographers that I admire very much – each one for different reasons.
Regina Van Berkel and Daniela Kurz are both pioneers in dance and each one has a unique approach - resulting in critical acclaim for groundbreaking creations. It is a fantastic event to work with both of these dynamic women in one dance performance. The idea that I presented to Regina and Daniela for this evening of dance was what I referred to at the time as "Nature/Nurture" – exploring through dance the scientific debate concerning whether environment or inheritance (i.e. genetic makeup) is fundamentally responsible for determining human character and experience.
I wondered if it was possible to explore such an idea in our very special language of movement and theater and I imagined a dance performance that would express something about the human experience. "Body + Soul", which grew out of that original idea, is the product of the imaginations of two of the most exciting artists working in dance today!
Regina is already familiar to everyone who saw our performance "PUSH!2" at Röda Sten in May of 2005. Her ballet "mindspace" was the key element in our ambitious project there and symbolized the multiple possibilities that exist between dance and environment. One thing that is really special about Regina's work is that her dances leave the viewer with the sense of having had an experience rather than having seen a performance.
For "Body + Soul" she is again collaborating with her husband Dietmar Janeck – who is responsible for the set and video design. Dietmar and Regina develop an overall atmosphere where the dance and the visual imagery are interwoven, where textures and colors are passed from one to the other and back again to create a living tapestry in movement.
Regina looked to the east and The Tibetan Book of the Dead for inspiration for this ballet which is very much full of life. She then approached the renowned Australian composer Gerard Brophy with the idea that he should compose something new for her creation with The Goteborg Ballet.
Brophy's music is well known in his native country and has been played by important ensembles in Europe and North America as well. Van Berkel's work for this program, "wind around my heart", will feature 5 contra-bass players on stage among the dancers as well as a percussion section that has mastered the playing of authentic Tibetan "singing bowls" - beautiful handmade instruments that can be struck with a small mallet, or made to "sing' by stroking the bowl's rim. Brophy's music (for large orchestra) is haunting and lovely – it's thoroughly magical - and it will receive its first public performance when Body + Soul premieres on March 3rd. B. Tommy Andersson is conducting the Göyeborg Opera Orchestra. A generous gift of the Elisabeth Palmers Stiftelse made this new music possible for Regina's "wind around my heart" – it has surely helped make this event even more special.
We introduce Daniela Kurz to Sweden with "Breeding Spaces" – the 2nd part of "Body + Soul". Daniela has been horeographer and Director of Tanztheater Nuernberg since 1998 and her work there has gained her a wonderful reputation in Germany. We are very lucky that she has time in her busy production schedule to come and create for us.
Working with Frank Albert (who collaborates with Daniela on the sets and costumes) and video artist Marco Barsottini – Daniela has proposed a spectacle that is constantly evolving – something like a fantasy-full organic entity comprised equally of dancers and environment – both real and virtual. Video and sound montages react to the interventions of the dancers on stage to make each and every performance a unique theatrical event.
Starting perhaps with the scientific aspect of my original idea, Daniela has gotten further inspiration from Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto – who said: "The sea is a skin and, at the same time, a contemplative site. It is a surrounding location and also a borderline. When it dives into the body's inside, it becomes surface, a space for contemplation.." With Breeding Spaces Daniela uses an incredibly rich theatrical knowledge to bring these ideas alive on the stage.
Another extremely satisfying element in this performance will surely be the wonderful dancers themselves: the dancers of The Göteborg Ballet have never been stronger or more eager to meet the demands of choreography that is, essentially, made for them. They are a very diverse group, with lots of charisma and personality, and "Body + Soul" is going to be an excellent opportunity to appreciate just how good the ensemble is.
Kevin Irving, Ballet Director
© 2007 GöteborgsOperan


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I always prepare lunch for my daughter before she goes to school but yesterday I was too lazy to cook and I have run out of idea what to cook for her. It seems everyday served her with rice and noodles are boring. Then she suggested that we order a pizza for her lunch. After a few thoughts, I was thinking why not she make her own pizza instead! She was so excited and looking forward to the bakes...hehe! Since I want to make it simple, we used some white bread instead of making her the pizza dough...;p Well, it turned out great, and she loves it!!!
Okay, the preparation....I only prepared some white bread, some pasta tomato sauce, a small onion (diced), some luncheon meat (diced), sausages and shredded mozzarella cheese. First she rolled the bread into thin slice...real thin one so that it'll be very crispy after bake.
(Shown below)
Then...spread spread spread with the pasta sauce!
Then she added all the prepared ingredients, well she doesn't like the onion much..haha! After the 1st slice, she came with the idea of making faces on the pizza..:) Kids always like cute things..:D
Lastly she sprinkled as much cheese as she can (oh she loves cheese), and in the oven they go!
Bake that for 10 minutes at 200'C and they were ready to serve.
See the funny face (below) after baked?! ...LOL!! It was out of shape when the cheese started to melt...;p
Think your little ones may like this idea of preparing their own meal. Kids always like to do adult things..don't you agree?..hehe!


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Arch Linux Backup Server-- Headless Administration
Installation and Serial Console
Earlier this week I reviewed the Antec 300 case that houses my new home fileserver. Now it's time to talk about what's inside.
It's rather minimalistic right now, running headless and using a single 2-terabyte SATA hard drive. There are three desktop PCs and one laptop that will backup to this machine. I don't need a big RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) array, though one of these days I'll move up to a RAID 1 array, using Linux software RAID. Nice simple mirroring with no parity or striping complications. This doesn't need to be complicated because all I want are plain, easily-recoverable copies of the data on all of my home computers.
Screen Better Than Minicom
I like using a serial terminal emulator to run headless servers because the serial console always works when Ethernet goes haywire. Linux Planet author Akkana Peck clued me in to using GNU screen to administer the server instead of Minicom. Screen has a number of advantages over Minicom: there is no setup, and it draws 20 lines at a time instead of Minicom's one, which makes it a lot more comfortable for editing configuration files. First set up your server to accept a serial console connection, connect it to another PC with a serial cable, and then connect like this:
$ screen /dev/ttyS0 9600
Sometimes when you're connecting to a running server you have to press the return key once or twice to make the login prompt appear. I'll write this up in more detail next week, since screen is weird and wonderful.
Installing Arch Linux
For the initial installation and configuration of Arch Linux I hooked up a keyboard and monitor, and installed it from a USB stick. These live USB distros are wonderful; I could have booted the USB stick on a different machine, entered all the configurations, and then installed it headless. Provided the BIOS were already set up to boot from USB, that is.
- Skip Ahead
- 1. Installation and Serial Console
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kknute needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Website that has been unchanged for several years needs a little update
MN Health Insurance Network, Inc
See the website http://www.mnhi.net
I need new picture navigation for Products, Planfinder, Ask us, FAQ's and Links
- I want the navigation pictures to change on hover
- I want the navigation pictures to be of similar size. They could be slightly taller and/or wider.
- Consistent or complimentary in mnhi.net home page
- Prefer looking navigation but would consider exceptionally done icon looking navigation
- Item 1...I dont want some to the tired health symbols such as the shields, snakes etc.


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|Walter Benjamin
A virtual space of bare floor-boards on which to practice and invent the social art of tango philosophy.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Continental philosophers and other animals
9 comments:
- Peter said...
Enjoy the conference !
I like very much the the idea of allowing experience to test the limits of philosophy - or in my case theology. This is a phrase that will stay with me. Thank you.
- November 30, 2011 at 9:44 AM
- Emma said...
Hi Justine, I get your blog post in my e-mail and for some reason the formatting is often strange and runs words together. So, I was just scanning the first sentence of your article quickly and read, 'I will be going to Melbourne tattooed...' and I thought, 'what? Justine is getting a tattoo to come to Melbourne???!' Then I re-read a little more slowly and saw it was 'toattend' not 'tattood'. Ha ha, the way out minds jump to conclusions based on patterns is interesting. Have a wonderful time!
- November 30, 2011 at 11:51 AM
Enjoy the conference!
I couldn't help smiling while reading your description of the "war" between the two philosophy camps. And I can't help joining in: You show them!
Have a ball.
- November 30, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- Juzzeau said...
Thanks guys! Hmm, you've got me thinking Emma: I guess I should be giving some thought to my appearance. Making the shift from Katoomba fashion to a look acceptable on the streets of Melbourne, not to mention the milieu of continental philosophers (they tend to be pretty chic) - it's going to require quite a transition...
- December 1, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Juzzeau said...
An addendum: my vision of contemporary philosophy as a "war" between two camps has been influenced by my experiences at the university where I lectured in philosophy for five years, and studied for an embarrassingly long period of time: the University of Sydney. It's possible that my perspective has been a bit skewed by the particularly fractious and adversarial climate in this institution in recent years. See this article for the latest developments: http://newmatilda.com/2011/12/05/sydney-university-academics-speak-out
- December 4, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Jason Grossman said...
I'm one of those people who think it's very sad that Continental Philosophy is so beleaguered (can't believe I spelled that right) that it's necessary to keep talking about a Continental / Analytic split. I agree that it IS beleaguered, and that it IS necessary to address that ... and anyway I'm all in favour of people having conferences on all sorts of topics. So, given the situation, I'm very pleased that people are pushing to improve the standing of Continental philosophy, including running the ASCP conference.
What I'm not so pleased about is that this situation perpetuates the idea that any given piece of philosophy is either Continental or Analytic. Obviously they're both vague terms, but however you define them there's lots and lots of philosophy that doesn't fit well into either camp. For a start there's the first 2,500 years of philosophy which, as you note, predates the split. But I'm talking about recent philosophy as well.
This affects my own work (when I do any, ha ha) because my stuff looks very analytic, superficially, and in one sense it is, but not in the philosophical sense! (Which I agree with you in tracing back to Frege, and specifically, I'd say, Frege's philosophy of language.) My work is analytic in the more literal sense of analysing things explicitly and often mathematical, and that's just unavoidable, simply because it's philosophy of science engaging with the explicit and mathematical things that scientists write. That shouldn't put it in competition with any particular school such as Continental philosophy. (Of course, my views ARE in competition with various things, but not merely by virtue of looking analytic.)
And by the way, a lot of my interests are influenced by Frege, but in a negative way -- I think he was a terrible philosopher! So that just complicates things more. :-)
- December 5, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Jason Grossman said...
P.S. Since this is public, maybe I should appease Frege fans by admitting that he was a great logician. His one big mistake, IMO, was to base a philosophy of lanugage almost entirely on arguments and examples taken from pure maths. Not so stupid on his part, but a disaster for subsequent philosophy.
- December 5, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- Jason Grossman said...
And another P.S.! I don't know why writing P.S.s makes me feel guilty. Nothing wrong with it really.
After email from Juzzeau, I'd like to make it clear to the Googlesphere that I don't think Juzzeau's analysis is actually out of date. It's just that I WISH it was out of date.
- December 5, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- Juzzeau said...
Hi Jason, I completely agree with you that there is an enormous amount of philosophy that doesn't fit clearly in either side of the Continental/Analytic division - and that's a very good thing! In some ways, I think we have started to move on from this debate, and I had some qualms about rehashing it, but as you say, it's not entirely out of date, though I'd say its relevance is more anthropological (ie it helps to explain the behaviour of some contemporary philosophers) than truly philosophical.
- December 5, 2011 at 8:24 PM


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When I was about 9 or 10, my parents renovated the kitchen in our house. This led to us spending some time with a kitchen that led my cousin Matt, then 3 years old, to walk into the room at a party and announce, "Hey Aunt Laurie! You got no walls!"
I'm not sure exactly what my inspiration was, but at some point I decided that it would be funny to take advantage of this situation to play a trick on the contractor who was doing the work on our kitchen. I wrote a note, crumpled it up, and spent a few days soaking it in tea or coffee and aging it in the sun. Then I folded it up and hid it in the wall before the contractor was going to close the walls. The note was dated to 1931, the year the house was built, and, using my best formal and old-fashioned 9-year-old vocabulary, said something along the lines of
To whom it may concern:
Be it known that this is an important and historic house and should always be preserved undisturbed. Ensure that no one damages or changes this important building. By the time you have reached this note, you have already done irreparable damage to this valuable building.
[Man who built the house]*
(Note to 9-year-old me: buildings are not generally referred to as "historic" the same year they're built.)
I sat back and waited for the contractor to find the note and be horrified that we had made changes to this important historic building! It never happened. I'm sure they just put up the sheet rock without digging around too much behind the studs. (This is about what you'd expect, given my track record of successful pranks as a kid (or an adult, for that matter.)) My note is still behind the wall, if it hasn't disintegrated already, probably attracting bugs with its remnants of coffee and tea. Should some other homeowner ever try to renovate the kitchen in that house, I am confident that they will not fall for my little joke . . . but I'm not exactly sure what they'll make of it, either!
*I can't think of his name at the moment, but I knew it at the time and may be able to look it up next time I'm home.


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I will do this because I am a lone SEO consultant and not the owner of an SEO company, and people should ideally only talk about what they know. I have worked with an SEO company so I do know what the structure is like, but businesses are more than structure. Some of what I will say will be "my" story, while other parts will be the stories of other people who are SEO professionals and who have made their mark in the industry.
In The Beginning
I entered the Internet as a web designer, working with graphics and code/script. I loved hanging out on search engines simply because I could find anything I wanted. Since my college days I have spent hours searching for arcane bits of knowledge in order to put information in the departmental news letter.
When I became a web design professional, designing for paying clients instead of friends and family, my first paying client (my father) asked me to get him "traffic." From worrying about databases and how best to use flash animations I was suddenly saddled with the responsibility of making sure that the web site I was working on (with a team of two other designers) would be visited. It was then I discovered search engine optimization. I soon discovered that this "traffic" issue was no insignificant problem. Every client I met with was more interested in increasing ROI than they were in what color scheme to use on the site.
These basic beginnings led to a deepening interest in SEO and also to my going back into copy writing, on which I base my SEO campaigns. If you ask what I did to become an SEO who on an ongoing basis optimizes three sites at any one time (while working on web development projects), I would probably reply "not much." There are no schools for search engine optimization per se, though there are courses on search technology, Internet marketing, web copy writing, web design and a myriad of other topics that could strike your fancy. But for the netizen intent on becoming an SEO professional, there is nothing that beats getting traffic into a site; no degrees can beat results.
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When starting off, you can be involved in any field you like; the first SEO professionals were web masters and web developers. Some are web programmers; currently the majority I know are Internet marketers selling their products or affiliate products on the net. Your average SEO is a copy writer, a coder, a webmaster or an Internet marketer (including small business owners who take time out to learn SEO).
Most enter SEO so that they can sell products, theirs or someone else's. I did it so that I could offer a back end service to my web development clients, and now to promote online businesses. Glenn Murray, an Australian copy writer, probably went into Search Engine Optimization in order to promote his own sites on the search engines, add three number one rankings to his resume as an SEO copywriter, and prove himself as an SEO copywriter.
Michael Perdone went into SEO after successfully optimizing his wife's site. What distinguishes an SEO professional from an Internet marketer is results on the SERPs. A marketer may use opt-in lists, referrals, cold calling and various other methods to promote a web site; the SEO professional uses the search engines.
How Tos
Like I said, there is no hard and fast rule in how to become an SEO professional. An unhealthy interest in the vagaries of various search engines is necessary, as well as some technical skill (think of staring at tea leaves and trying to read the future). A knowledge of Internet protocols is useful, HTML coding skill and knowing what works and what doesn't — for example, beautiful AJAX-enabled pages are useless to search engines, which only crawl on page content and don't bother with content added dynamically. But there are some skills that are invaluable in SEO.
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One: Strong Copy Writing Skills
Search engines want content. People do "web" search and not image or video search when performing searches online. To optimize for key words means those key words must be contained on your web site. Since you are the SEO expert you cannot afford not to write copy. Your favorite word processing package should be good enough to use to help you practice write articles on various subjects on the web, write SEO copy for your website, become a blogger, build an impressive copy writing resume and get links back to your pieces (as well as get respect from your peers).
A working knowledge of content management systems (hence languages such as PHP and databases such as MYSQL) and also how blogs work is good but not essential.
Two: Web Analytic Skills
You must be able to track and define your users behavior when on your site. This is so that you can see how successfully you optimized your site, and what "turns on" your users. A particular site I edit provides a broad range of software offerings but our web stat software showed that some particular programming languages received more attention than others. Some "long tail" keyword phrases (5 words or more) were surprisingly successful over the long term, which gave an idea of what should be targeted in future key word campaigns. Software packages such as Onstat for web hosts and Counterize for word press powered blogs.
Knowledge of JavaScript is essential for discovering on page actions and times spent on specific pages. But it is not absolutely essential as a skill for search engine optimization.
Three: Personality Traits
More important than particular skills is a personality ethos (or way of doing things). This third point is probably the most important set of skills an SEO professional must possess. You can think of them as traits instead of skills. They are invaluable; if you disregard everything else you can't disregard this.
As an SEO professional, you must read voraciously on SEO, Internet marketing, new technologies, changing and emerging trends and everything search engine related. Most importantly you must know what's new in search engine optimization and also which way is up. Permanent subscriptions to Search Engine Watch, Search Engine Land, WebProNews, Webmaster World and SEO Chat are not merely advised; they are absolutely mandatory. To become a search engine professional you must have an appetite for learning that would be dangerous if applied to food.
Another trait to acquire is strong communication and teamwork skills. Unless you are really multi-skilled (know every conceivable programming language on earth and have strong copy skills on a divergent series of topics), you will be working on teams. Even as a lone SEO consultant, the design aspect of your clients' sites should not necessarily be yours to handle. This is also true of programming and server side interactions.
If you believe a client needs a forum or a custom designed guest book, you do not have to be the designer, but you will have to communicate your needs to the web programmer. Programmers are usually geeky technical types who are overworked to start with, so they will appreciate clarity in communication. If you have any unfriendly qualities (and we all do sometimes), you will have to work so that they don't show in your professional communications. Ideally you should eliminate them, but then your personal life is not really any of my business, is it?
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Knowing how to use the search engines is advised. This way you can search for tools which allow you to analyze your competition's performance on the SERPs, and discover automated ways to perform operations such as directory submission, article submission and also other analysis which will make you, the SEO professional, look very good to your clients when you are speaking in the lingo of the "industry" (as with every other field, SEO has its own particular terms). This is all basic stuff for professionals, but for anyone who wants to know the barriers of entry to SEO it is a good introduction.
Be Extremely Service Oriented
SEO is a service, and like all services, it's not just about the product. It's also about the after sales, the pre sales, the customer relations and customer satisfaction. No matter how good you get, if you cannot keep your customer happy, then you may not be around for very long. If you check the bad press about SEO companies, it's mostly in the area of customer service, not in their product delivery. If you want glowing referrals and repeat business then it is advisable to be service oriented and be extremely customer focused.
In a Nutshell
Here are some things you need to do before you quit your day job and hang out a shingle! Get (and learn how to use) Macromedia Dreamweaver, register a reseller hosting package, learn HTTP redirect commands and subscribe to (and read) all major search engine newsletters. And most importantly, get a guinea pig site and rank it for a variety of key words (give yourself a year or two).
After all this, get screen shots of your rankings and print out your traffic server logs, get glowing testimonies from a set of reputable customers, set up a blog (and release your own newsletter) and then my friend, you should be able to handle an SEO task without quaking in fear that you will disappoint the client. And I honestly believe that there is more tan enough business out there for every one, so "the more the merrier."


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Timothy Kephart needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
My Fresh Take
My Fresh Take is a company aimed at connecting various young professionals and having them compete on different projects sponsored by businesses. It's a smaller version of the show The Apprentice in the US. Businesses will have things they want to have accomplished - for example, maybe a new product launch upcoming. They will offer up prize money and teams of marketing professionals will have a weekend to create and pitch their marketing campaign to companies. The winning campaign gets the prize.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A court ruling penalizing the Israeli Messianic village of Yad Hashmonah for refusing to host a lesbian wedding has severely damaged the community's main source of income, but has also opened the door to be an even greater witness to the Israeli public.
Founded by Finnish Christian Zionists in the 1960s, Yad Hashmonah is today a focal point of the Israeli Messianic movement. It is also home to a beautiful guest house, event hall and biblical garden that are frequented by Israeli visitors.
That is, they were frequented by Israeli visitors until earlier this year, when a Jerusalem court slapped the village with a large fine after it turned down a lesbian couple that tried to get married there three years earlier.
At the time, Yad Hashmonah explained to the couple that the biblical faith of the village prevented them from hosting such an event. The Jerusalem court said this amounted to harassment and discrimination, and Israel's homosexual community rejoiced in their victory over Bible-believers.
Meanwhile, Yad Hashmonah has had to all but shut down its booming business for fear that gay and lesbian weddings would be booked on a weekly basis in an effort to finish off the village.
"Our business is suffering badly," spokeswoman Ayelet Ronen told Israel Today. "We are firing people and cutting every expense possible."
But that's not the end of the story.
At the same time, Ronen exclaimed, "God is really using this!"
Since the court decision, and the initial negative press coverage it spawned, Ronen has been interviewed by three newspapers, two radio programs, and Israel's leading morning TV news show. And then there have been the phone calls from random Israelis.
"I have been flooded with calls from people wanting to know more about the situation, asking about our faith and offering moral support," said Ronen.
This new wave of positive coverage, which has afforded Ronen numerous opportunities to witness directly to Israelis, started with a lengthy article in Makor Rishon, Israel's leading religious newspaper.
The Makor Rishon piece was very positive, giving a bit of background on the Christian Zionist beginnings of Yad Hashmonah and fully siding with the village in its decision to turn down homosexual events on biblical grounds. Perhaps more importantly, however, this religious newspaper clearly identified Messianic Jews like Ronen and the residents of Yad Hashmonah as belonging firmly in the camp of Bible-believing, conservative Jews.
Israeli Messianics have struggled for decades with widespread accusations that their faith in Yeshua means they are no longer Jews. The reactions to the Yad Hashmonah issue are further evidence that this attitude is changing.
As for the village and the future of its primary business, Ronen said the recent media coverage had gotten the attention of a senior Israeli judge who feels that justice was not done in Yad Hashmonah's case.
In the meantime, Yad Hashmonah is hoping to replace the loss of Israeli visitors with Christian groups visiting the country. Nestled in the hills just outside Jerusalem, Yad Hashmonah certainly offers a unique experience for Christians.
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At Le Moyne, film minors consider the aesthetic and entertaining dimensions of films, as well as the ability of film to engage with philosophy, psychology, and society. By paying attention to the relation of film to the humanities, arts, and social sciences, film minors will pursue interdisciplinary inquiry that contributes to an understanding of the technological, narrative, documentary, and experimental nature of film.
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Le Moyne's Film Program is a major sponsor of the Syracuse International Film Festival. For more than ten years, Le Moyne has collaborated with the Festival on a number of projects of interest to Le Moyne's students and the wider community. In addition to bringing numerous independent filmmakers to campus, the Film Program has hosted forums on such topics as Politics, Economics, and Film and filmmaking in Africa.
Other annual events include the Social Justice and Cinema Showcase, which features films and appearances by filmmakers engaging social issues of national and international concern (such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and gay activism within the church) and the annual Silent Film with Live Music at Syracuse's Palace Theater, for which the Film Program commissions a score performed live for a classic film from the silent era.
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Le Moyne College's Film Program and Irish Studies Program, in collaboration with the Syracuse International Film Festival, hosted a talk by acclaimed Irish writer/director/producer Jim Sheridan. Sheridan, whose award winning work (Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for writing and directing; international awards too numerous to list) includes My Left Foot (for which Daniel Day Lewis won the first of his Academy Awards as best actor), The Field (for which Richard Harris was nominated for both a Golden Globe and Academy Award), In the Name of the Father (which received seven Academy Award nominations), The Boxer (which was nominated for two Golden Globes, including one for best director), and many others. Sheridan's adaptation of Sebatian Barry's The Secret Scripture—starring Vanessa Redgrave, Rooney Mara, Theo James, and Eric Bana—is in post-production and set for a 2016 release. He has just finished writing a play about the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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John is a new addition to the Golden Eagle roster in 2009-2010, a local player from Crossville who will provide depth for coach Kenny Doyle's squad...a highly versatile athlete who earned letters in five sports during his high school career, he's also successful in the classroom... he started off his sophomore year and first season of playing strong earning 6 wins in the first two tournaments and prominent doubles results as well.
AT TECH -- In Fall 2010 (Sophomore): John participated in his first tournaments this fall since arriving at Tech in 2009, and revealed he can be a big contributer for the team as he works to seal a position in the line-up this spring. He posted a 6-3 singles record and 3-4 doubles record. He started off the season, at the UNCG Invitational with a 3-1 record when he captured the first three rounds to advance to the quarterfinals. In the Indiana Invitational the following weekend, John lost his first round but rebounded strong with three straight set wins to take the title of the backdraw. At the Indiana Invitational, while teamed with freshman, Joseph Proctor, the duo fell in the first round but won the next two rounds against Xavier and Detroit Mercy. John revealed a lot of promise in his future endeavors at Tech.
In 2009-2010 (Freshman): John did not participate in any of Tech's tournaments during the fall season.
High School: John attended Stone Memorial High School in Crossville (Tenn.) where he lettered in basketball soccer, football, golf and tennis...recieved the academic honors of Quiznos Student-Athlete of 2008, East Tennessee Student-Athlete of 2009 and was a candidate for the Wendy's Heisman Award.
Personal: Son of Marjorie and Vic Taylor of Crossville, Tenn...born on February 18, 1991...major is exercise science with a concentration in physical therapy.


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With a background that includes working in many different areas of the entertainment industry, Alan is at home making music videos, working on a documentary or staging large scale media events. His passion for theatre and live performance is always evident in the types of projects he writes, directs or produces.
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LOS ANGELES – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has added streaming movies to its website as the world's largest retailer attempts to grab a bigger share of the online movie market from rival service Netflix Inc.
The decision to offer movie sales and rentals through Walmart.com comes just two weeks after Netflix raised prices for the majority of its customers. The price increase provoked howls of protest from consumers and led to disappointing subscriber growth projections in Netflix's earnings report released late Monday, causing a 5 percent drop in the company's stock Tuesday.
Wal-Mart, long the nation's leading seller of DVDs, signaled its intent to double-down on digital movie distribution in February 2010, when it spent a reported $100 million to acquire online video service Vudu, a Silicon Valley startup that was gradually being added to home entertainment devices.
Since the acquisition, Vudu has been able to leverage Wal-Mart's clout with manufacturers to incorporate its service into more than 300 consumer electronics products, including Internet-connected television sets, Blu-ray disc players and the Sony PlayStation 3 game console.
This spring, Vudu began offering movie rentals and purchases via the Web through Vudu.com, positioning the service to better compete with the likes of Amazon.com, Apple Inc.'s iTunes or Dish Network Corp.'s Blockbuster.
Offering Vudu's 20,000 movie titles for rental and purchase through Wal-Mart's website, which attracts about 40 million monthly visitors, is a further step in that direction. It better positions Wal-Mart to take on established online players, as well as traditional competitors such as Best Buy Co., which bought digital video service CinemaNow in May 2010.
Netflix also may be vulnerable as some customers threaten to downgrade or cancel their plans after the recently announced price hikes, potentially creating more demand for Wal-Mart and other online retailers. Based on a study of 500 Netflix users, research firm TDG predicted that 2 million to 2.5 million of the company's nearly 25 million users would cancel in the next six months.
On Wal-Mart's website, the movies will be available the same day that the DVDs go on sale in stores. Rental prices range from 99 cents to $5.99. Digital purchases are priced from $4.99 to $24.99.
Walmart.com general manager Steve Nave said the retailer was following its customers as they increasingly embrace digital movie rentals and purchases.
"We know customers are starting to shift their behavior, in terms of how they consume their media," Nave said. "We don't want to lose that customer as they shift to digital."
Wal-Mart has been a laggard in the digital space, significantly behind Apple's iTunes store and Microsoft Inc.'s Zune Marketplace and vying for third place with Sony's PlayStation Store and Amazon's Video on Demand. Wal-Mart's Vudu service accounts for less than 10 percent of all transactions — and even less revenue, because of its 99-cent promotions, according to researcher IHS Screen Digest.
"ITunes is the market leader in this field, accounting for approximately 65 percent of all movies and TV shows bought or rented over the Internet," said Arash Amel, IHS's digital media research director.
Amel doubts that incorporating the Vudu service on Wal-Mart's site will move the needle in terms of market share. Consumers have shown through the failures of other services that they don't want to watch movies on computers.
"The real strategic significance here," Amel said, is that this is the first step in Wal-Mart "trying to once more figure out how online video can add any meaningful value to the e-commerce components of its core business of physical goods."
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I am so confused by this and yet completely entertained. What do you think?
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Mash-ups before mash-ups
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- mw said...
ha! i saw this and had the same reaction! i think it's rad ... maybe? though a little weird? ice cube seems so sincere at moments, then totally scripted and odd.....
nevertheless.... the pacific standard time exhibit at LACMA for california design (if it's still up), is INSANE!! they have re-created the eames living room (the one featured in this video) it is so rad. check it out!!!!!!
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'American Horror Story' Season Four Will Be Set In The Year....
From the mouth of American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy himself, Entertainment Weekly is exclusively reporting exactly when season four of AHS will be set!
"It's set in 1950," Murphy reveals exclusively to EW. "If you look historically what happened in the year 1950, there's some more clues in that year. It's a period piece. We try and do the opposite of what we've done before. Jessica Lange has already started practicing her German accent so I'm very excited!"
Start doing your homework, Instincters!! Which horrors do you think American Horror Story will be shining a light on in 1950?!
I see. I take it that you only watch "young TV"? Well, the older population greatly outnumbers the younger at this point, and smart businesspeople in the television industry know to cater their programming to them, so get used to seeing people like this. By the way, YOU'RE going to be old in about half an hour, and I'll venture to guess that Jessica Lange is MUCH better looking older person than you will be. Remember this post in 30 years. :) I myself think she is quite beautiful in any case, old or young.
That is completely uncalled for!! She is an AMAZING actress, has been involved in many classic works and is TOTALLY right for this series!!!! She deserves the respect she is due, not self-absorbed-shallow-ass-no-couth-having-hateful-brats who just think something is good because it has a pretty girl in it!!!!
Her sadist killer was indeed found. Get Steve Hodel's Black Dahlia Avenger or Most Evil, about how his father, Doctor George Hodel, was the killer, and he was responsible for deaths around the world, as well. Steve was an LAPD homicide detective who broke the case. I am preparing a book about how that same doctor ruined my mom's life when he raped her in 1958, Manila, Philippines. The story was told on Steve Hodel's blog page on his website in March, 2013.
Well I think that Jessica will be playing Marlene Dietrich. Ryan Murphy already said that he wanted to make this happen for Jessica in an interview last year. She wanted to go out playing a character that she has always wanted to portray. Marlene was a German Actress who became an American citizen in 1939.


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Perfect Brownies Recipe
These brownies are not a mocha-macchiato-molten-center brownie, a death-by-triple-truffle brownie, or a cheesecake-chocolate-crack brownie. They're just a good 'ole basic brownie. No hoopla, nothing fancy, but soul satisfying good.
Note: A bittersweet chocolate of 70% cacao makes a super chocolaty brownie. If you can't find it, 60% will do.
About the Author: Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Easy Artisan Bread. You can also watch her culinary stylings on the America's Test Kitchen television show. She presently lives in Singapore and is busy with her new blog, shophousecook.com.Follow Yvonne on Twitter.
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- Yield:serves 9
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:1 1/2 hours
- Non-stick cooking spray (or butter) for greasing pan
- 5 ounces 70% bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 8 tablespoons (4 ounces) unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 cup (7 ounces) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 large yolk
- 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
Adjust oven rack to medium position and preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 8- by 8-inch baking pan with non-stick pan spray. In heatproof bowl over pan of barely simmering water, heat chocolate and butter until just melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Sift flour and cocoa into medium bowl; set aside. In large bowl, whisk sugar with eggs, yolk, salt, and vanilla until light, about 30 seconds. whisk in chocolate mixture. Using wooden spoon, stir in chocolate mixture until combined. Stir in flour mixture until combined.
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Evenly sprinkle walnuts over top. Bake until just set and toothpick inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs about 30 minutes. Let cool on wire rack about 45 minutes before cutting into squares.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It was released over 10 years ago, but the opening lines of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" is the way four members of the VCU Track & Field program are thinking on a sunny afternoon in Florida.
The lyrics read, "if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted. One moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?"
Brandon Ruffin, Ryan Coles, Kiara Porter and Jaleesa Williams have elevated VCU Track & Field to new heights and will open up competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds this afternoon on the campus of the University of North Florida.
The Rams are in rare company with only 48 participants in each event and only the top 12 in each event advance to the NCAA Championships in Oregon.
Out of over 150 schools in the East Region, only 13 of them have two or more shot putters, VCU is one of them thanks to the efforts of Coles and Ruffin. The throwing duo hits the thrower's circle at an NCAA postseason event for the first times in their career at 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Porter will be making her third straight appearance at the regional meet. Last year, she became just the fourth female in VCU history to earn a top-20 finish at the NCAA Championships. This year, her quest to return to Oregon will begin at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. The top of the 400-meter times advance to Friday's final round, which will start at 6:15 p.m.
Williams is pulling double duty, throwing in the both the discus and shot put. Her quest to return to Oregon in the discus will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, while the shot put is set for Saturday at 4 p.m.


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I went to an incredibly homogenous primary school (I was one of two East Asians in my grade. My high school, where 75% of the grade were East Asian or Indian, may have overcompensated for that). We were fed symbols of Australiana which we were (rightly) told to be proud of - our beautiful landscape, our weirdass flora and fauna, our sporting prowess. We had special days where we wore the national colours, green and gold, to school. I used to wonder why my parents were so bewildered by my enthusiasm for drawing gold kangaroos everywhere (by my infallible kid-logic, a country with kangaroos had to be the best country in the world). Given my trepidation whenever drunken white males enter my train carriage (augmented by the presence of flags, football scarves or Southern Cross tattoos), I can't imagine the alienation and paranoia my parents felt 20 years ago, as recent immigrants with thick Chinese accents, arriving in a country where, 8 years later, the unashamedly anti-immigration One Nation party would attract almost 10% of the nation's vote. Despite the greater visibility of migrants (no doubt helped by the work of Asian-Australian celebrity chefs), migration (more specifically, intake of refugees) vs. the dominance of Anglo-Australian culture is as big a political issue as ever.
Most Australians aren't overtly racist (cue "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist"). Most groups of drunken white males who get on my train could never imagine themselves hurling abuse at an immigrant. But often, sensible, intelligent, upstanding white people mistakenly assume that other white people also share these same views. My lovely, pasty white boyfriend shook with anger for hours after a girl on the bus repeatedly told me they "didn't like [my] kind" around there. To him it was unthinkable, lunatic behaviour that demanded violent retaliation. I just mentally crossed off October.
So how was my Australia Day? It was fantastic! I didn't witness a single racist incident, and I got to delightedly remind the boyfriend mutiple times that he's descended from illegal boat people, while I am a perfectly legal Cathay Pacific person (he's a tad embarassed about his ancestors, not because they were criminals, but because they were "dumb enough to get caught". Also their cuisine). Not to mention that Lacquerheads of Oz, the blog that a group of Australian nail bloggers/indie sellers/nail techs started for storing ALL THE POLISH KNOWLEDGE, launched!
To end possibly my most humanities-tainted post of all time, here's a shot of my nails (Pretty Serious VT100 with ulta3 glitter and stamping, by the way) with a work by possibly my favourite Australian, Nick Cave (fittingly enough, he's emigrated).
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Today is Friday and since we didn't post a review last week, we're super stoked to post one today.
And this week's review is special in as much as it presents a product that came to us in an unorthodox way. Usually we get our products from a manufacturer or a retailer, but this week's toy comes to us by way of a friend of Dr Dick Review Crew members, Glenn & Hank.
Perhaps a little background is in order. Everyone on the Review Crew and I have had a jones for the Njoy toy line. The first time I saw their toys I was hot to go. So I immediately set about gettin us some for review. First, I contacted the Njoy folks directly. They totally blew me off. Next, I requested one or another of the toys from our numerous retail affiliates, no luck there either. So I thought to myself, ok fine, be that way. We can do with out your stinkin toys anyway.
Then a couple of weeks ago Glenn & Hank contacted me and told me they scored an Njoy toy and wanted to write about it. I immediately agreed. I'll let them pick up the story from there.
Njoy Eleven —— $300.00
Glenn & Hank
Glenn: "So one of our dyke friends calls me on the phone and tells me she wants to turn me on to one of her sex toys. I'm immediately suspicious because this chick is the queen of sex toys and she's not the sharin' kind. So I ask her, what's up? She tells me she recently plunked down over 300-smackers for this stainless steel dildo. So now my interest is really piqued."
Hank: "Yeah, he was like beside himself at the prospect of getting a $300 toy to shove in his ass."
Glenn: "What can I say; I'm a connoisseur! So a couple of days later our friend shows up with a virtually brand new Njoy Eleven. I said, 'holy shit, girlfriend; what gives?' She says she can't use the blasted thing, because it's uncomfortable in her hand and it's not the super-duper G-spot toy she expected it to be. I said, 'damn, hand it over!" And that's how I got this coveted Njoy Eleven."
Hank: "I gotta say, the fuckin thing is amazing. And I love the way it fits in my hand. I guess it's more of a dude's toy than a chick toy. It is 11" long, thus the clever name, made of solid stainless steel and weighs in at a hefty 2.75 lbs. This thing could easily be mistaken for a weapon."
Glenn: "Yeah, a weapon of ass destruction! And it's a doubleheader. One end is slightly smaller than the other at 1.75" in diameter; the bigger end is 2" diameter. I love them both."
Hank: "The shaft on the smaller end has a series of ridges. The shaft on the larger end is smooth as a baby's ass. It's a complete turn-on to see one or the other end of this thing disappear in Glenn's talented ass."
Glenn: "And the Njoy Eleven isn't just for fun, no siree! This is a serious kegel exerciser. While I have the smaller end up my hole, I work my PC muscles to keep my ass in tip-top condition. The weight of the Njoy Eleven gives me a serious workout and a fantastic prostate massage to boot. And when Hank uses it on me, I'm fuckin in heaven."
Hank: "The Njoy Eleven is compatible with whatever lube you got handy — oil-based, silicone-based, water-based you name it."
Glenn: "I prefer a silicone-based lube. It makes a stainless steel toy, like this, slick as shit. Even with just a dab of lube there's never any dragging or pulling. And you can kick it up a notch by warming or cooling the Njoy Eleven. I love being blindfolded and being surprised when Hank teases my ass with something hot, or cold.
Hank: "He's so easy to please! And look, the Njoy Eleven comes in this really she-she black leather purse."
Glenn: "I think it's called a clutch."
Hank: "Whatever! At any rate, it's a pretty damned classy presentation. But then again it better, because don't forget this thing costs $300. Which makes the Njoy Eleven the most expensive toy the Dr Dick Review Crew has ever reviewed."
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- 1) Char Hung Sut
For steamed buns you can grab on the run, make a pit stop at Char Hung Sut, the perfect place to eat manapua literally etched into Chinatown's concrete jungle.
Step inside this little hole-in-the-wall and you'll find dozens of darling old ladies churning out perfectly wrapped dumplings and boxing buns faster than you can say "one dozen manapua to go." The perfect finger food for a picnic at the beach, a few mouth-watering manapua (Hawai'i's rendition of char siu bao), at least a dozen savory pork hash and a taro or rice cake - or two -- will take your dining experience over the half moon. If you like your dim sum on the spicier side, don't forget to request a few cups of hot mustard -- these run $.05 each but are the perfect pork hash complement.
And with prices ranging from $0.65 to $1.25 for a manapua, a visit to this Honolulu hot spot won't burn through your wallet either.


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|The Long Walk, Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold's Cross, Dublin.
Once again it is that time of year, and I am flying out tonight to Ireland. Each year a research trip for me means a combination of research for my work as a historian, as well as family history research, and time for graveyard 'rabbiting'.
At times I will be away from the capital, Dublin, and so I am uncertain of my ability to regularly access internet connectivity. In the past this has proven to be an interesting challenge in some of the less populated areas of the country, but I will try my best to post when I can. I will be returning home in October, and hopefully bringing with me lots of new and interesting grave discoveries.
Until we meet again,
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Monday, June 06, 2011
You can use the first class lounge though, which is nice.
It's been a soiled dove's age since I was last in London (I don't know why all the swears, sorry), mainly because the Boy One has only recently started nursery all day Weds like his sister, making that the day I can go away and not leave Patroclus trying to run a copywriting agency whilst simultaneously looking after two small children who are constantly doing poos wees and sicks. I mean, she does have employees, but they are perfectly capable of sorting out their own poos wees and sicks, it's in their contract.
Anyway, I like getting the sleeper up, although you have to bear in mind the whole thing when the conductor person politely asks if you want a wake-up call at 7am is completely pointless, as the train gets in at about 5,15am, to the following station tannoy announcement:
... which works as a perfectly serviceable wakeup call all on its own, I find, in the sense that I scream 'ARGHWHATWAS THAT?!' and roll off the narrow bed onto the narrow floor, by which point I am almost completely awake. Then: meetings.
(I would be arranging to meet lots of lovely London people for coffees, but sadly it's looking my schedule leaves me about ten minutes in the middle of the day, then I have to get straight on the return train home again, booooooo)
I was going to write some stuff about pitching ideas, but my son has just done a big poo and REFUSES to sort it out himself.
9 comments:
- Andy said...
It was a huge disappointment to me when my son was that age to find that fitting him with a septice tank was frowned upon.
- 3:23 pm
- Andy said...
Or a septic tank for that matter. Sheesh.
- 3:24 pm
- james henry said...
I've been trying to train son to excrete a fine dry powder, with little success.
- 3:27 pm
- Boz said...
Ten points if you get poos and wees and sicks into your meeting conversations (note: this may not actually help advance your career).
- 3:32 pm
- james henry said...
Yes, I don't think I have any BBC3 meetings, sadly.
- 3:34 pm
- Tim Footman said...
Maybe you should take the Boy One's poos and wees and sicks to London and empty them all over the shiny media meeting tables and all the very smart TV producer people can clean them up for you (or get their interns to do it, even though it's not in their contracts, cos they DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS).
- 3:54 pm
- LC said...
>>>it's in their contract.
She had to put that in because of me.
- 4:14 pm
- james henry said...
Tim: Mmm, although exactly 50% of interns have millionair producer parents, and will themselves be employing you in five years, so it's a bit of a gamble.
LC: sir, you are a trailblazer, and I salute you.n From a slight distance.
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- Mark said...
You must live somewhere nice, to have to take the sleeper like that. I'm jealous.
Mind you, I did take a sleeper once, from Cornwall. Blessed thing spent most of the night shunting in and out of sidings somewhere near Plymouth. Didn't get a wink.
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Newport, Rhode Island Reiseführer
Newport Zusammenfassung
- Incredible sightseeing in the historic playground of America's rich and powerful
- Tours available of numerous Gilded Age mansions, incuding The Breakers and Marble House (both former homes of the Vanderbilt family)
- Public beaches: Easton's (the largest and most popular, featuring restrooms and a snack bar), Bailey's, Gooseberry, Sachuest, and Navy Beach
- Well-preserved historic buildings from multiple eras
- Many summer festivals, including the Film Festival and Folk Festival
- Scenic water views along Ocean Avenue (a popular route for cyclists)
- The waterfront Cliff Walk, a 3.5 mile path that passes by some of Newport's most famous mansions
- Cute town center with excellent seafood restaurants and shops
- Vibrant sailing and yachting scene
- Tours of the coastal Fort Adams, which housed soldiers from 1824 to 1950
- Most activities and festivals take place in the summer only
- Food, shopping and hotels in the area are pricey
- Many beaches are private, most are rocky
What It's Like
Nothing epitomizes blue-blooded New England aristocracy like Newport. The famous resort town has been the summer home of the nation's elite, from business magnates to Commander-in-Chiefs: Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy both had "Summer White Houses" here. The only reminder you need of Newport's historic chichi status is a drive down mansion-studded Bellevue Avenue: colossal homes (cheekily known as "cottages") line the cliffs, built by families such as the Astors and Vanderbilts during the Gilded Age.
Summer is when Newport truly comes alive. It is host to the Newport Jazz Festival and Folk Festival, and as the "yachting capital of the world," is the site of regattas and a vibrant yachting and sailing community. (Newport's nautical obsessions may have something to do with its significant role in the creation of the US Navy). Well-preserved historic buildings and seafood restaurants brush up against the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and there's a vibrant Portuguese and Caribbean immigrant community.
Of course, if you come in the winter, be prepared for an off-season vibe throughout the city.
Where To Stay
Staying on Thames Street (the main waterfront drag) puts you in the heart of Newport's action. If mansion-gazing has you yearning for a regal Newport experience (especially in price), head west to Castle Hill: the views of the Narragansett here are breathtaking.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (October 13, 2011) – The ETSU baseball team will conclude fall practice with the annual Blue-Gold World Series on Saturday and Sunday at Joe O'Brien Field in Elizabethton.
This year's annual fall intra-squad scrimmage will consist of two games over beginning on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. The Bucs will take the field for the last time during the fall on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Admission for each day is free for all Buccaneer fans.
ETSU returns 18 letterwinners from last year's squad that finished with a 36-21 overall record.
Also stepping onto the diamond for the Bucs are nine new faces, which consist of junior college transfers Mason Hershey (Altoona, Pa.) and Jake Long (Anderson, S.C.), as well as seven true freshmen: Zach Thompson (Johnson City, Tenn.), Will Carter (Johnson City, Tenn.), Chris Riopedre (Cooper City, Fla.), Kuehl McEachern (Mt. Dora, Fla.), Jordan Sanford (Powell, Tenn.), Jimmy Nesselt (Plantation, Fla.) and Shade Jett (Dandridge, Tenn.).
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Morel Havarti Omelet
One of the things that I love about Oregon is our morel mushrooms. I never tasted a morel mushroom before until I moved here well over 25 years ago. Nearly every year I hunt for them on the forest floor of the Cascade Mountains in the spring and early summer. Some years I am able to find buckets full of mushrooms, sadly, this year, I was so busy with other things, I did not get a chance to go… From what I heard from people who live in the mountains above the Rogue Valley is that the weather conditions were less than ideal this year and the picking season was terribly short. So, when I saw these tasty little morels at my favorite food coop, I snagged a brown paper bag full.
Morels are easily identifiable by their shape and their honeycomb texture. Before going out and picking morels be sure to do your homework and learn how to identify them properly. There are other mushrooms out in the forest that are similar in shape and size to a morel. Those mushrooms are called false morels and what's bad about them is that they are not edible and in fact, they may be poisonous. False morels look similar to a morel so, just be careful…
A half pound of morels. I always rinse mine before I use them. The little ridges and pits in the mushrooms can contain dirt and other forest debris. If you ever get a chance to purchase morels or go hunting for them, by all means, do it. Morels taste amazing and are super simple to prepare. You can saute them, fry them, put them in soups, sauces, or use them in ways you would white or crimini mushrooms. I decided to take some of these mushrooms and put them in an omelet. I prepared a basic 3 egg omelet and sauteed morels, shallots, thyme, sea salt and fresh cracked pepper in a bit of melted butter. Filled the omelet with the morel mixture added some Havarti cheese and melted additional Havarti on top. It was absolutely delightful! Enjoy! Tessa
- 3 eggs
- 1 Tablespoon cold water
- sea salt and pepper to taste
- 1 Tbs canola oil
- 1 cup morel mushrooms (cleaned and halved)
- 1 Tbs shallots (minced)
- 1/2 tsp fresh thyme (minced)
- 1 tsp butter
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 ounces havarti cheese
- sprigs of fresh thyme for garnish
In a small bowl whisk vigorously together the eggs, water, salt and pepper. In a nonstick pan on medium high heat add canola oil. Add the egg mixture covering the entire pan. Lift parts of the egg mixture with a spatula to allow egg mixture to go under the omelet and cook. Cook until set. Meanwhile in another pan, saute the morel mushrooms, shallots, thyme, salt and pepper in butter. Add mushroom mixture to omelet. Add 1 ounce Havarti cheese and fold. Add remaining havarti to the top of the omelet, add a tsp of water, cover and melt. Remove from pan and slide onto a plate. Serve immediately. Garnish with fresh sprigs of thyme. Makes 1 omelet.


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Lindenwood University is offering three courses to help prospective students get a head start on the spring semester.
Modeled after Lindenwood's successful "J-Term" or January term, the classes begin meeting October 28. The classes meet fewer weeks than the traditional semester courses, but they meet for a much longer period of time each week, said Provost Jim Evans.
The classes are Microcomputer Applications, English Comp I and Contemporary Math.
Evans said he though this was a perfect opportunity for those who missed out on Lindenwood's Jump Start program and still wanted to attend college but not wait until the beginning of the spring semester.
He said the program is exclusively for freshmen. Evans added that if a prospective student were interested in full-time studies, he or she could take these three courses and Lindenwood officials would work with the student to develop individualized coursework to accomplish a 12- or 15-hour schedule.
For more information on the early start classes, call 636-949-4949.


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Activities for Life, Therapeutic Services, is a locally owned companion and psychosocial care service program, for the elderly and for those with special needs, for Leadville and Grand Junction, Co.
~ We DO serve surrounding areas, as well
~ Director, Veronica Herrera, B.A., has worked in the field of human services: Therapeutic Recreation /Care for over 16 years. Herrera loved her field so much, she went back to school at the age of 38 and earned her B.A. in Human Services, while working in a brain injury program, working with older adults with Alzheimer's disease, and with those with special needs. Herrera has spent her career learning and serving families with loved ones with special insights: psychosocial care, community, light exercise, cognitive exercises, therapeutic arts/crafts, pain management, depression management--and facilitating re defining meaning and purpose in life--after life altering experiences: grieving, illness, life adjustment, and more.
~ Veronica founded "Activities for Life" after her own life was changed dramatically after a car accident that left her with severe pain and weakness in her legs. Herrera says, " I had to learn how to live my life with the new circumstances--and see it as a challenge and not so much as a loss" (although she realized there were many losses with her spine injury, she learned to utlize her condition to serve the community in similar conditions. Herrera says, she "now felt that she understood her clients and had a deeper sense of empathy"
~ Herrera founded a vocational training in Grand Junction, for those wanting work in therapeutic Recreation. Classes are held twice yearly at Mosaic, Grand Junction. The Activity Assistant training provides students a certificate to work entry level in a therapeutic recreation program, etc.
~ Herrera has also been building an online/home study course for "Activity Assistants".
SESSIONS include 1-3 hour therapeutic care sessions. Activities can include, adaptive exercise, cognitive exercise, community involvement, shopping, picnics, cooking, daily activities and more. Care plans are put together with the client, the family and other pertinent members of the care team. Care is not seen as a one dimensional treatment, but rather as a component of a holistic health approach: Mind-Body-Spirit.
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The Golden Autumn farm show in Moscow showcased a variety of new machines designed to handle expanding Russian farms. Russian farmers have bought plenty of U.S. and European equipment during the past few years, but the current financial crisis has quieted the Russian buying binge. Often, only curious onlookers like this military man were around at the show to check out the new farm machinery.
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Nokia develops home control tech for phones
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Nokia has inked in plans to take over your home. It's announced development of an in-home gadget management platform called Home Control Centre (HCC).
The Finnish phone giant said that HCC will ultimately let you control your home's entire collection of electrical appliances, from from your fridge and heating to digital cameras and TVs.
For example, HCC will enable you to manage electricity usage, switch devices on and off, and monitor various appliances' stats, such as the oven's temperature.
HCC will be accessed locally or remotely through a mobile phone or PC. The platform will also be open so that other manufacturers can integrate their products and services into HCC infrastructure.
"To date there has not been a solution that is interoperable with a wide range of home systems that can easily be controlled," said Teppo Paavola, Nokia's head of business development.
As a first step, Nokia has partnered with European energy firm RWE to develop an HCC application for managing energy consumption and your home's carbon footprint.
It uses remote-controlled radiator thermostats which can be managed through an application running on your phone, your PC or both. Think of its like an updated Wattson energy meter.
Nokia's keeping mum about its other HCC developments, but has promised to show off the RWE system and other HCC initiatives at its annual Nokia World Conference, which takes place in Barcelona next month.


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A winner was selected from 71 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
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A man that was reported missing after being ejected from a Buffalo Bills home game Thursday night was found dead Friday morning, authorities told the Buffalo News.
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A man reported to law enforcement that his 26-year-old brother was ejected from Thursday's game against the Miami Dolphins, apparently for being intoxicated. He reported his brother missing. Police were apparently able to locate him by "pinging" the missing man's cell phone. He was from the Rochester area of New York.
The man was reportedly found face down in Smoke's Creek near Shadow Lane near Ralph Wilson Stadium. The incident is reportedly under investigation by police.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Friday's modest losses for U.S. stocks capped the worst week since late January for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average as worries over the looming vote in Crimea weighed on sentiment.
The S&P 500 SPX, +1.09% ended the day 5.21 points, or 0.3%, lower at 1,841.13, finishing below a technical level of 1,850 for the second day in a row. The index recorded a 2% loss over the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.74% dropped 43.22 points, or 0.3%, to 16,065.67, falling for the fifth consecutive day. The blue-chip index is down 2.4% over the week.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.61% shed 15.02 points, or 0.4%, to 4,245.40 and the 2.1% decline over the past week was the worst since April 2013.
Jitters in the market were most pronounced in the implied volatility as measured by CBOE Vix index, dubbed Wall Street's fear gauge. The index jumped 9.5% to 17.8.
Read the recap of our live stock-market coverage.
"Sentiment is all over the place because of the uncertainty from the outcome in Crimea over the weekend," said Colin Cieszynski, senior market analyst at CMC Markets. "However, markets are using geopolitical uncertainty as an excuse to go lower as they are overly stretched and are due for a correction."
Investors shrugged off reports on wholesale prices and consumer sentiment. U.S. wholesale prices fell for the first time in three months, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had predicted a 0.2% increase. Consumer sentiment fell to the lowest reading since November.
Russia-Ukraine conflict, China worries
While global markets have been sensitive to the events in Ukraine, U.S. equities have showed resilience over the past week. Some strategists say a crisis in Crimea is already priced into the markets, while other contend that a vote favoring Russia may become a catalyst for selling that is overdue. Read: Markets in thin air as Ukraine, China fears grow.
Worries over China's economy continued to simmer in the background as well. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch was among several investment banks that cut the outlook for growth there. It called for 7.3% growth this year, compared with a previous call of 8%. Société Générale said "something barely above 7% looks quite likely."
In overseas markets:
Asian markets had a tough session, as losses for Wall Street pushed investors into the Japanese yen USDJPY, +0.01% The Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.11% slid 3.3%, while the Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.34% dropped nearly 1%. European stocks dropped for the third straight session.
Among commodities, crude-oil prices CLJ4, +0.00% rose, gold US:GCJ4 rose and copper prices US:HGK4 recovered some lost ground, up 1%.
Ulta Salon rallies; Aéropostale tumbles
Among individual stocks, Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. ULTA, +0.45% shares added 6.4% after reporting fourth-quarter earnings late Thursday that squeezed past Wall Street's estimate.
Aéropostale Inc. US:ARO shares dropped 20% as the teen retailer late Thursday reported a wider-than-expected adjusted loss in the fourth quarter.
Shares of General Mills Inc. GIS, +1.15% fell 2.4% after the company released a fresh outlook for the third quarter, saying it sees third-quarter adjusted earnings of 61 cents to 62 cents a share.
Shares of Liberty Media Corp. US:LMCA gained 7.2% after the company late Thursday said it would drop plans to buy the rest of Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI, +1.86% of which it currently owns 53%. Liberty Media also said it would reclassify its common stock into two tracking stocks — one called Liberty Media Group and the other called Liberty Broadband Group — in a move that is expected to be completed in the third quarter.
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The antievolution bills recently introduced in the Florida legislature continue to elicit opposition. The bills closely resemble a string of similar bills in Alabama – HB 391 and SB 336 in 2004; HB 352, SB 240, and HB 716 in 2005; HB 106 and SB 45 in 2006 – as well as a model bill that the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, the institutional home of "intelligent design" creationism, recently began to promote.
NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott is to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the University of New Mexico on May 17, 2008. In a letter to Scott, the university's president David J. Schmidly wrote, "This degree is a reflection of the high regard in which you are held and acknowledgement of the vast accomplishments you have made in your career."
Malcolm McKenna, a retired curator of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and a Supporter of NCSE, died on March 3, 2008, in Boulder, Colorado, according to the obituary in The New York Times (March 10, 2008). Born on July 21, 1930, in Pomona, California, he attended the California Institute of Technology and Pomona College, before graduating in paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also earned his Ph.D.
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When Terrell Suggs went down with a torn right Achilles tendon in late April, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that second-round draft pick Courtney Upshaw would start at one of the outside linebacker spots for the Ravens in Week 1. That belief was reinforced this spring when the rookie linebacker from Alabama worked almost exclusively with the first-team defense.
But Upshaw arrived last month at training camp still several pounds above his target weight of 270 pounds. And after he sprained his right shoulder, which forced him to miss more than a week of practice and the preseason opener, he lost ground to second-year linebacker Albert McClellan.
Upshaw is still listed as the starting rush linebacker atop the semi-official depth chart on the team's website, but McClellan has started both preseason games. In the 31-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the first preseason game, McClellan made five tackles and recorded a sack.
If the regular season were to start today -- yes, you and I both know it doesn't -- McClellan and Paul Kruger would likely start at outside linebacker. And coach John Harbaugh said Monday that it would be "pretty presumptuous" to assume that Upshaw would just be handed a starting job.
"You've got to earn your stripes. You've got to earn your position, no matter what," Harbaugh said. "I don't know why a lot of people would think that. It's pretty presumptuous. The best guys play."
In last Thursday's 27-12 preseason loss to the Detroit Lions, Upshaw saw action with both the starting unit and the second-stringers, but he didn't record a tackle, a sack or any other positive play that showed up on the stat sheet. In the locker room after the game, he said he was happy to make his M&T Bank Stadium debut, but he acknowledged that he needs to produce to play.
Meanwhile, McClellan showed last season that he could produce while playing a variety of roles. Then an undrafted rookie from Marshall, he played in all 18 games, including playoffs, and led the Ravens with 11 special teams tackles in 2011. He was also a surprise starter against the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night, making four tackles with Ray Lewis and Dannell Ellerbe sidelined.
On Monday, reporters asked Harbaugh twice about McClellan. He praised the 26-year-old, saying that his worth ethic is "as good as anybody's" and that he is performing at a "really high level."
"You can probably describe Albert as a guy who is steady in all areas," Harbaugh said. "He's a good pass rusher. He's kind of a leverage rusher. He can bend the edge and get leverage underneath the offensive lineman. He's solid against the run. He sets the edge well. He does a nice job with his pass drops. He's a guy with no real weakness. I'd say he's plusses all across the board."
It sure sounds like McClellan's roster spot is secure. He wasn't a lock coming into camp, but he might just be the frontrunner to start in the season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Upshaw, who looked tentative at times in Monday's practice, will eventually play a significant role this season, too. The Ravens will need him to -- especially if Suggs doesn't suit up in 2012.
But Harbaugh made it clear that nothing will be handed to him. The rookie will have to earn it.


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Take your Coin in Bottle routine to the extreme with Corker Coin in Bottle by Chris Capstone!
Performer displays a bottle and a cork, which are both handed out for examination. The cork is then inserted into the top of the bottle, thereby preventing any entry or escape of any foreign objects. A quarter is then borrowed, and the performer taps it on the bottom and side of the bottle. 1-2-3-CLINK! The coin visibly penetrates the bottle and is now freely shown to be sealed inside. The cork is still in place and the bottle, none the worse for wear. Now, the bottle is held right under the spectators' noses so they can clearly see the coin inside. The coin is then magically passed through the bottle and handed back to its owner!
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ASTON, Pa. – The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) has announced its 2012 men's soccer end of the year awards. The awards were determined by a vote of the league's ten head coaches.
Rosemont players garnered seven spots in the first and second All-CSAC teams and Rosemont's head coach was named Coach of the Year for the second time in four years.
Making the First Team All-CSAC were seniors Ryan Hartzell (Willow Grove, Pa.) and Pat McElroy (Stratford, NJ).
Hartzell was consistently brilliant on defense and managed to hit the scoring column this season with two goals (one game-winning goal), an assist and 11 shots on goal.
Pat McElroy had a breakout season at forward, leading the CSAC in goals (14), points (29), and game-winning goals (5).
Rosemont had four players represented on the Second Team All-CSAC. Seniors Nick Hulayew (Hatboro, Pa.), Ryan McElroy (Stratford, NJ) and Rodney Aguirre (Hammonton, NJ) made the squad, as did Rosemont sophomore Luke McIlvaine (Feasterville, Pa.).
Hulayew had an outstanding season in front of goal for the Ravens, earning a record of 9-5-1. He shut Ravens opponents four times (2nd in CSAC) this season. Nick was also among the CSAC leading keepers in goals against average (2nd) and save percentage (4th).
Ryan McElroy played a spirited game this season leading to a tremendous year on the defensive side of the field for the Ravens. Aguirre was one of Rosemont's top scoring threats, ending the season with six goals and three assists, leading the team in shooting percentage (.207). Rodney finished 2nd on the team in goals scored (6) and assists (3) and had two game-winning goals.
As a sophomore, Luke McIlvaine showed great skills on the field this season, netting five goals (3rd best on the team) with three assists (tied for 2nd on the team) for 13 points this season. McIlvaine booted home one game-winning goal for the Ravens this season.
Rosemont's Head Coach Will Nord was voted CSAC Coach of the Year. Nord, in his fourth year at the helm, led the Ravens to an 11-8-1 record, and the second seed in the CSAC playoffs with a 7-2 conference mark, as the squad made its first ever appearance in the CSAC championship match. This marks the second time that Coach Nord has been voted as the CSAC Coach of the year, winning the voting at the end of the team's inaugural season in 2009.
Senior Ahmed Faik (Baghdad, Iraq) was named by Coach Nord as Rosemont's representative on the CSAC All-Sportsmanship Team for men's soccer. The All-Sportsmanship team is comprised of one member from each CSAC institution's team that has displayed good sportsmanship throughout the season. Each institution's coach nominates the student-athlete to be named to the team.


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For nearly four decades, Russian engineers tried to set up a a flying car public transportation system in Moscow and other parts of Russia. We've got the history and future of their dream, in pictures.
The system wouldn't have cars that flew exactly - instead, they would be suspended from thin wires you could barely see. According to English Russia:
It was called the "super string transportation system" and was claimed to come to replace the existing rail road technologies. The steel cords under great tension had to be stretched on the polls across all the country to support the high speed (up to 500 km/h - 300 mph) trains movement.
It would be sort of like a gondola system, only it would look more space-age. In fact, these images look like public transportation on another planet.
Plans for the trains were approved in the 1970s, and work began on them right away. As you can see from these images, the system was never very extensive but it was durable. This is what the tracks look like today.
This was a prototype of the cars they imagined using the tracks. Basically, it looks like a truck. It's also not suspended from a wire, but apparently that was part of a later plan.
This is an example of a contemporary super string car, put on exhibit recently in Moscow. It looks a lot more futuristic than those trucks, but it's still a long way from being a flying car. No word on whether the super string system outside Moscow will ever be revived.
via English Russia