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If you want to make your own SPM8 custom PET template to do PET normalization (for example with 18F-FDG) and are looking for a script that does this with one command, today is your lucky day! After some googling around and reading through different instructions, I decided to write my own batch script. It is mostly based on a post by Alexander Hammers from June 18 2009 in the SPM mail group.
All you need is a bunch of normal PET images (at least 10, the more the better) with the corresponding MRI images. I ended up using some patients too, since I didn't have enough normal PET+MRI images.
First, put the mktemplate.m script in your Matlab folder. Change the location of the spm8 folder on lines 45-47 to match your settings.
Rename PET images to PET_$.nii, and MRI images to MRI_$.nii, where $ is the patient ID (like PET_001.nii and MRI_001.nii). Put all images in one folder. Navigate to that folder in Matlab and just type mktemplate. 😉
The script will search for all MRI_*.nii files in the folder and assume corresponding PET_*.nii files. For each pair it will run:
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I started with the sketch that Karen gave us in this week's Fun Friday, then added a third piece of PP for the monthly addicts kit challenge. The PP is from Winter Cheer. The mats were cut from Blue Lagoon on a card base of Ocean Mist. I stamped the snowflake from Sparkling Christmas in GKD white ink, then went over it with Spica Clear for a bit of sparkle. I cut a mat from silver metallic CS with an inverted scalloped circle die. When I went to take the diecut off the Cuttlebug, the die went somewhere – I didn't hear it hit the floor, but still haven't found it.
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Wow, you just stepped out of the box into the world of blues! This is so pretty, and I love every inch of it. I am sorry that you lost your die! I have always found mine, but I had a $50.00 gift card from my hubby that I misplaced and never found it! What a bummer! That was a few months ago. I guess I accidently threw it away!?!?. Have a nice day! :)
You are on a blue kick and this card is gorgeous. Hope you find the missing die. I lost a favourite stamp when packing for the move in January. Gina was fantastic as she replaced it for me. Small things land in weird places. Check your waste basket it could have landed in there. It has happened to me in the past and that is where I found my lost item.
Beautiful card! Love your diamonds in the center. Hope you die has turned up, if not, take your Misti magnet and maybe it will snap to the magnet.
Love the blue and all the patterned papers! I sometimes think I spend more time finding all the pieces to put away, than I do on actually creating the card, lol! :) I always make such a mess - but it is so much fun!
This is gorgeous. Love everything about it. Hope your find your die.
This is beautiful Judy!! Great combination of patterned papers. The silver metallic around the snowflake looks kind of like stars.
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1 - About
Ordinal data uses numerical categories that convey a meaningful order.
Natural order can be found in:
- Number. See ordinal number
- Text. [A to Z], … See Text - Order. Where each character symbol is assigned a number.
- Date. Example Epoch date implementation is a number
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"Timeless" Concerts (1999-2000)
Staples Center
Los Angeles, California
September 20—21, 2000
L.A. Credits:
- Directed by: Barbra Streisand and Kenny Ortega
- Staging and Choreography: Kenny Ortega
- Additional Staging Los Angeles & New York: Richard Jay-Alexander
- Additional Script Los Angeles & New York: Barbra Streisand and Jay Landers
- Production Design: David George
- Lighting: Peter Morse
- Choir technical director: Don Clifford
- Musical Director: William Ross
- Choir: The Loyola Marymount University Choir
- Choir Arranger: Bob Esty
- Cast:
- Brother Time: Mark Mendonca
- Young Girl: Lauren Frost
- Piano Player: Alec Ledd
- Mother: Randee Heller
- Background Singers: Trina Johnson, Jacquey Maltby, Alli Spotts
When it was announced that Barbra Streisand would perform "final" concerts in California and New York, the advertising tag line was: FOUR LAST PERFORMANCES, TWO BIG CITIES, ONE LEGENDARY VOICE.
The official 7/19/00 press release for these concerts said:
Barbra Streisand, whose "Timeless" concert in Las Vegas last New Year's Eve established the all-time single performance box office record, will do two concerts at Los Angeles's Staples Center (September 20, 21) and two more at New York's Madison Square Garden (September 27, 28) which her management confirms will ring down the curtain on one of the greatest... and rarest... personal appearance performing careers ever.
Martin Erlichman, the artist's career-long manager, stated, "Ms. Streisand has chosen to conclude her public performance career in the two cities most closely associated with her work."
Seats were priced in four categories: $2,500, $1,275, $375, $150.
Conductor and friend Marvin Hamlisch was not on board for the L.A. and N.Y. shows. "I did the Millennium concerts with her and then Australia, but I won't be doing her last ones," Hamlisch advised Mitchell Fink in the New York Daily News (7/31/00). Hamlisch added, "All good things come to an end. I wish I could be there. It's sad for me."
With director Richard Jay-Alexander on board (he restructured the Second Act), and music director Bill Ross replacing Marvin Hamlisch, the set lists for these last four shows followed closely what had been sung in Las Vegas, with the Second Act differing slightly from the Las Vegas shows.
Jay-Alexander told BarbraNews that they had to hire a new girl backup group, due to the unavailability of the original backup singers, a new choir, and a new tap dancer. He explained that there were "two Overtures written—the legit version, and also a tap version, which featured Savion Glover originally. We had hired the hottest new classical dancer in New York for Overture ONE and when I got to L..A., it was decided that the TAP Overture was going to stay intact. I panicked and had to find a new tap dancer….fast! I came across Mark Mendonca. He was great, and by sheer luck just happened to live across the street from me in L.A. and had done the tour of Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. Perfect."
The cast, crew, and original set were reassembled at Culver Studios for a short rehearsal period with Bill Ross and orchestra.
Set List from September 20—21, 2000 Staples Center, California Shows
Act 1
- Overture (tap dancing)
- You'll Never Know (Lauren Frost)
- Something's Coming (with Frost)
- The Way We Were
- Shirley MacLaine Y1K (comedy dialogue)
- Cry Me A River
- Lover, Come Back To Me
- A Sleepin' Bee
- I'm The Greatest Star / Second Hand Rose / Don't Rain On My Parade
- Something Wonderful / Being Alive
- As Time Goes By
- Alfie
- Evergreen
- Papa, Can You Hear Me? / You'll Never Know (with Frost)
- A Piece Of Sky (with Frost)
Act 2
- Entr'acte
- Putting It Together
- On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) {with choir}
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Duets
- Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy (with Judy Garland)
- Guilty (with Barry Gibb)
- I Finally Found Someone (with Bryan Adams)
- Tell Him (with Celine Dion)
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers (with Neil Diamond)
- Sing (with Jason Gould)
- I've Got A Crush On You (with Frank Sinatra)
- The Clicker Blues
- The Main Event / Fight
- I've Dreamed Of You
- Love Like Ours
- Happy Days Are Here Again {with choir}
- Don't Like Goodbyes
- I Believe / Somewhere (with Frost) {with choir}
- The Music That Makes Me Dance
- My Man
- Before The Parade Passes By
- People
Barbra wore a copper-colored, sequined version of the Act One pantsuit. And in Act Two, the voluminous gowns from Las Vegas were replaced by a simple, off-the-shoulder, sequined top over a black skirt — with a slit that showed off her leg!
Mark Iskowitz wrote these wrap-ups about the "final" shows in 2000:
Notes from 9/20/2000 Staples Center, L.A. Concert
Barbra's Stage Patter
- "My last shows and I'm still nervous!" exclaimed Barbra during the show's opening moments.
- During her cast and orchestra thank-yous, Barbra made a special thank you to manager Marty Erlichman for all his "unending support of my career and my dreams."
- Referred to herself and husband as a "couple of alter kochers" when dismissing the gossip about them adopting a baby.
- Thanked friend Evelyn for sending an arrangement of 150 roses with a pearl inside each bloom.
- Barbra turned down her stage mother (Randee Heller)'s offer of a cheese knish from Cantor's in her introduction to "The Clicker Blues."
- Barbra informed audience that her real mother, Diana Kind, 92, currently receives long-term care in a nursing home.
- Dedicated "The Music That Makes Me Dance" to late composer Jule Styne.
- In Act 1 Barbra remarked, "This is going so fast." She said she normally dreads doing 35 songs and after every song would count down 34, 33, 32. However, she said L.A. was a terrific audience, which made things move very quickly.
- After trying to keep in step with her three female backup singers during "The Main Event" / "Fight," Barbra made an aside to them, "Well, that's out first real rehearsal!"
- "Do you know what it's like to have to walk around in high heels and sing 35 songs a night, to have to diet to get into these dresses?"
- Returning for a final curtain call with the screens on each side still projecting and the curtain closing, Barbra yelled, "Thank you and drive home safely!"
Celebrity Attendees: John Travolta (introduced by Barbra) & Kelly Preston, Pierce Brosnan & Keely Shaye Smith, Lucy Liu, Salma Hayek, Jane Krakowski, Leann Rimes & Andrew Keegan, Burt Bacharach (introduced during "Alfie" intro), Neil Diamond (introduced), Orson Bean (introduced prior to "Cry Me A River"), Jeff Bridges, Ray Stark (introduced during "The Music That Makes Me Dance" segment), Sidney Poitier, Sydney Pollack, Kevin Spacey, Sherry Lansing (seated next to James Brolin), Helen Hunt, Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell, Anjelica Huston, David Foster, Noah Wyle, Harry Hamlin, Christine Lahti, Sela Ward, Courtney Cox Arquette, Calista Flockhart, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sally Kellerman, Jackie Collins, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Josh Brolin & Minnie Driver, Bill Maher, Roseanne, and James Brolin.
Notes from 9/21/2000 Staples Center, L.A. Concert
Barbra's Stage Patter
- Many fans were shouting out "We love you!" or "Don't stop singing!" and Barbra tried to catch everything. She sometimes paused to ask, "What did you say? I didn't hear that." If it still wasn't clear, she noted, "There's reverb in here, and by the time it gets to me, it's totally different." Just before beginning "Happy Days," Barbra and the audience were exchanging "greetings," one of which was "We're going to miss you!" to which she replied, "That's so sweet of you to say! Don't worry, I will keep making records and movies."
- After "The Way We Were" Barbra remembered her first visit to the Staples Center to see a Lakers game. Now she's using the Lakers' dressing room. "The thing to dry your hands is 8 feet up!"
- Introducing Jack Nicholson, Barbra recalled, "He worked with me in On A Clear Day, and he was so stiff, Vincente Minnelli kept telling him to move his legs and arms."
- Barbra quipped "I feel like Cher!" during "The Main Event/Fight" which elicited a huge laugh.
- Barbra admitted loathing heels and nearly always wearing sneakers. She wants to take the time to do things she really enjoys, like eating, without having to worry about her appearance, since she won't be on the stage anymore. She spoke to Elizabeth Taylor, observing, "We both love to eat! Right, Elizabeth?" Noting that Ms Taylor was sitting next to James, Barbra warned "I know you're not married now, so watch it!"
- Right before singing "Before The Parade Passes By," Barbra accidentally used a rose in her hand as a microphone. It was humorous when she had the rose in her right hand and the mic in her left, and she started talking to the rose, thinking it was the mic.
- She referred to her young family members in the audience by name and said she was so glad there were children around her, because she feels so warm and comfortable around them.
Celebrity Attendees: Front row center were James Brolin with daughter Molly and son Josh, Jack Nicholson & Lara Flynn Boyle, Elizabeth Taylor, Roger Clinton. Other notables included Dustin Hoffman, Lauren Bacall, Barry Manilow, Quincy Jones, Carole Bayer Sager, Michael Crawford, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Julianna Margulies, Renee Taylor, Angie Dickinson, Barbara Sinatra, Dick Clark, Debra Messing, Dick Van Dyke, Ellen DeGeneres, Blythe Danner, Charlene Tilton, and, for the second consecutive night, Alan & Marilyn Bergman.
Credits for this page: Many thanks to Mark Iskowitz for sharing set lists and concert details; I've borrowed heavily from his Barbra Streisand Music Guide Timeless pages—with Mark's permission.
Timeless Tour Pages:
- Las Vegas (December 31, 1999 & January 1, 2000)
- Australia (Sydney: March 9—10, 2000)(Melbourne: March 15 & 17, 2000)
- Los Angeles (September 20—21, 2000)
- New York (September 27—28, 2000)
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Never seen Doctor Who? This season is for you.
I, like many people, don't love change. Sure, I am always harping on about 'good' change. Change that benefits the environment or empowers the underprivileged but change the layout of the grocery store (looking at you, Woollies), and I fall into the universal victimhood of 'BUT, WHHHY'. To the best of my knowledge, my local supermarket – which actually is undergoing a painfully long refurb – was not being inundated with angry demands from people unable to find their carrots (although now I bet it is).
The point of this preamble, nor this post, isn't carrots, nor is it even store layouts. It is Doctor Who.
About to embark on the most radical change in its 55-year history, Doctor Who returns to our screens with so many promises of newness it is enough to make any fan anxious. It promises to offer new viewers an opportunity to tune in to the decades-long tale and feel at home, to understand what is going on, and to enjoy it.
Of course, like all changes, many people aren't thrilled. After all, there is a reason it is revered the way it is. It is no surprise then, that there has been a small to medium angry revolt from the core fandom who are simply not down for all these new developments, and have sworn off the series forever (lates, dudebros, you won't be missed).
So, what's changed exactly?
- The show has been taken over by a new showrunner, who has decided to go in a completely different narrative direction
- The episodes will be largely standalone, meaning that there will be little – if any – continuity between them. This makes them essentially little mini-movies.
- Instead of there usually being one companion who travels with The Doctor, there will be three. And two of them won't even be white.
- Long time, fan-favourite icons, such as Daleks and Cybermen shall not be returning.
- And of course, the newest incarnation of The Doctor will be a *gasp* WOMAN.
Now, the first three points really freak me out as a fan. I am not a fan of "monster of the week" format shows, wherein each episode ends with a neatly dealt with conclusion. I like the long game, the messy, entwined, often ridiculously long story arcs of Steven Moffat were what drew me into the Whoniverse in the very first place. These are all very valid fan concerns, I feel. Of course, they compromise of 0.5% of the internet's anger. The real issue, of course, is that The Doctor will be a woman and how unbelievably offensive is that.
Everyone know women cannot be doctors, let alone time travellers, or heroes, and above all a woman couldn't conceivably be the lead star of a such a high profile, successful television programme.
As a fan, the changes to the format, characters and showrunner sound like my worst nightmare, yet I have never been this enthused or excited about a new Doctor Who, or maybe even a television episode of any kind (and this a very big call).
When I embarked on my Doctor Who journey, I never envisioned a female Doctor Who and when the idea started being floated a few years ago, I didn't love it.
Doctor Who has been one of the extremely few good male characters, male role models and all around actual 'good guys' to hit the screens, and I felt that that was important. And it is. But the thing is, there are 54 YEARS worth of man-Doctor Who episodes that do all those things. Those EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY episodes are not going anywhere.
When I watched the reveal of the new Doctor (which aired right after a tennis final and took so long that I thought they really were announcing that Roger Federer was the new Doctor), I was surprised by how elated I was to see Jodie Whittaker under the hood, TARDIS key in hand. When the companions were announced and one was a young Indianish woman, all my wildest expectations had been exceeded. The enormity of my emotional response confirmed the one thing we've all known for years but can never truly express:
Representation matters.
Doctor Who premieres in Australia on Monday, 8th October on ABC via iView or at 7:30pm if you're still into normal TV. Even if you have never seen an episode: tune in. Do not forget to invite friends over, rope in unwitting relatives, and above all, don't forget to arrange snacks. Good luck finding the carrots.


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Matt Scrafton trawls through the archives to look back at Blackpool's FA Cup win at MK Dons on December 6, 2006.
On the face of it, Milton Keynes seems a bit of a bland town but Blackpool's visit to the area proved highly enjoyable for the 500 or so supporters who made the trek to witness their FA Cup victory.
On their previous two trips to Milton Keynes, Blackpool had been heavily beaten.
But on this occasion they never looked like losing and it is yet another indication of how much Simon Grayson's team has improved as they eased into the third round.
On paper, a meeting with a big, physical side currently flying in League Two and managed by the always fired-up Martin Allen seemed a very tricky assignment.
In the end it was remarkably comfortable and, although the home team did have opportunities to score, by the same token if the Seasiders had taken all their chances they could have reached double figures.Keigan Parker alone squandered three one-on-one openings, which probably makes it seem as though he had a bad game.
He didn't. He was excellent and the catalyst behind the victory.
Parker scored a lovely goal, beating the offside trap and curling the ball past keeper Lee Harper with the outside of his foot.
Then he wrapped the game up by creating the crucial second: chasing a David Fox through ball, showing great strength to hold off a defender and putting the ball on a plate for his strike partner Andy Morrell who couldn't miss.
It was a brilliant piece of play by Parker, who once again showed his worth to the side with an unstoppable display against an admittedly slow MK Dons defence.
Yes, he could have scored more. But he deserves credit for what he did and his partnership with Morrell is looking more potent by the week.
Despite suggesting he'd shuffle his pack for the game, Grayson made just one change and an enforced one at that – Claus Jorgensen in for the suspended Wes Hoolahan.
Concerns that Jorgensen, a central midfielder, might struggle on the flank proved unfounded.
He produced a disciplined and professional performance.
In truth it was an odd match, because it wasn't particularly entertaining and yet there was a hatful of gilt-edged chances, mainly for Blackpool but four for the home side as well.
After a slow and cagey opening quarter, Jon-Paul McGovern should have done better but got the ball stuck under his feet when six yards out and in bags of space.
Adrian Forbes twice went close and that burst of energy got Pool going.
The terrific David Fox threaded a beauty of a ball through the Dons defence and sent Parker scampering clear, but the Scot dragged his shot wide.
Any thoughts that the miss might be costly didn't last long as two minutes later, Rhys Evans booted a long goal kick forward, Forbes produced a terrific flick on and this time Parker made no mistake to give Pool the lead.
The home fans thought it was offside - it did look borderline - but it led to a bizarre intervention from the MK Dons announcer at the break.
He stormed onto the pitch and said: "If I stand here, am I on or offside?"
Fox put a left foot shot wide after breaking into the box via a lovely exchange of passes with Jorgensen and then Scott Taylor, the former Blackpool man, missed a sitter on the stroke of half time - volleying over from eight yards.
That particular miss summed up Taylor's season. At Bloomfield Road he was prolific but he's having a bad time of it at the moment and has not scored in his last 19 appearances.
However, that chance illustrated the home side were still a threat, which made the next goal crucial.
Pool got it. Parker crossed for Morrell just four minutes after the break and from then on they were on cruise control.
Parker twice more sprinted clear but missed the target, and then broke once again and unselfishly chipped a sideways ball to Keith Southern, who poked a left-foot volley over the bar with the net gaping.
In Southern's defence, the chance wasn't as easy as it perhaps appeared. Parker's pass was waist high and difficult to control.
As Pool started to wind down and relax a little - apart from the tireless Morrell, who continued to close down defenders as if his life depended on it - the home side had a couple of good openings but the close-range finishing of Sean O'Hanlon and Lloyd Dyer left much to be desired.
From six yards out, the latter fired not only over the bar but over the top of the stand too – the ball landing in the car park of the nearby Staples superstore.
Substitute Marcus Bean fizzed a good effort wide late on and on-loan Nottingham Forest defender Vincent Fernandez made his debut off the bench in the final minute.
Grayson shook the hand of each of his players at the final whistle, applauding the travelling fans and praised his side's professional performance.
MK Dons: Harper, Crooks, O'Hanlon, Butler, Lewington, McGovern, Wilbraham, Andrews, Dyer, Platt (Edds), Taylor (Hastings)
Subs not used: Baines, Diallo, Mitchell
Blackpool: Evans, Barker, Evatt, Jackson, Dickinson, Jorgensen, Fox (Bean), Southern, Forbes, Morrell (Fernandez), Parker
Subs not used: Vernon, Burgess, Farrelly
Attendance: 3,837


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Exhibition "The Foliage II"
Exhibition: 10 am – 8 pm, 09 Jun – 15 Jul 2018 (Tue – Sun)
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA)
B1 – R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City
72A Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi
From VCCA:
"Foliage II" is the continuation of "Foliage" with the hope to spread the passion of creativity from young artists to the public.
Mizuki Endo serves as the curator for "Foliage II". The exhibition presents a range of artworks of realism, expressionism, abstractism,… by 10 young artists selected by Mizuki Endo and Pham An Hai – head of the art group Viet Art Now.
Featured in the exhibition are 34 artworks by Nguyen Nghia Cuong, Ha Phuoc Duy, Ta Minh Duc, Pham Ha Hai, Trieu Minh Hai, Le Phi Long, Nguyen Duc Phuong, Vu Duc Trung, Luong Trung, Vu Ngoc Vinh.
With the same spirit as "Foliage", "Foliage II" opens the door for innovative and diverse modes of expression: self-reflection, self-examination, with an intersection for mutual understanding between the artists and the audience as well as among artists themselves. The interaction between the artworks and the venue's specific architecture will also contribute to the unique installation of the exhibition.
Free entry
Follow updates on the event page.
Translated by Hanoi Grapevine
| Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA)
B1 – R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City
72A Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi


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I am not out of idea on what to write but actually am confused with so many feelings all mixed together. Please ignore the picture, It's not even related to what I'm about to write.
At one point, I am so sure of things and everything.
I know what I wanted.
I felt relieved knowing that it was the best for me or it will be the best for me.
"Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later.Bob GoffBut suddenly it isn't anymore.
I am not sure anymore. Not sure of everything.
There is too much insecurities.
Am suddenly back to square one.
Puzzled with every little things thrown at me.
I am left in so much confusion.
With so many things going on all around. I am stuck.
Stuck in my own unreal realities.
It feels so surreal.
All that I can say is that it all comes from you.
Nothing hurts you more than yourself do.
So love yourself.
Thank you so much for spending your precious little time here. I am sure you have your own worry and insecurities that you're facing right now. Conscious and unconsciously, we are facing different types of obstacle and trying to get over the hitch in order to get to where we're heading to. So, I hope that we'll all be strong enough to face it.
I've been taking a few breaks along the way (some of you might know and might not know, but yes I did) when everything suffocates me. If you're tired and need a little space, be sure to take a rest and break free from all those bothersome stuffs. Just a little while would be enough. At least you'll feel much better after that.
And this people, is so random. My fingers would unconsciously swim across the keyboard forming words I couldn't say but it appears to be well scripted on the screen.


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Some market watchers, such as Cornerstone Analytics (CA), have consistently stated that the underestimation of demand, coupled with overestimation of supply, will mask the growing call on OPEC oil in the second half of this year.
CA recently noted that global demand outstripped supply by some 4 million barrels in April.
This comes in addition to the mounting evidence that the oil market, via rig-count declines, slowing production growth, higher demand, and huge API crude inventory declines, is starting to readjust.
Be that as it may, Goldman Sachs (GS) seems to believe oil must fall to $45 by October (as it previously thought $30 oil was a certainty) to clear the market and rebalance, despite signs that a readjustment is already underway.
When was the last time fundamentals got ignored and prices went in the opposite direction? As an aside, take a look at the S&P 500 versus GDP growth, as one makes new highs while the other falls from 3.0% growth to under 1% so far this year!
In other words, asset prices continue to be set by central bankers, and not free markets, so the GS call does make sense if you believe fundamentals don't matter at all. Still, they should be discussed either way.
Rather than being based on the fundamentals, GS, like others, has consistently been off the mark when it comes to oil prices but refuses to acknowledge it (the agenda at GS has been exposed via Zerohedge). Multiple calls just this week for $45, on top of other economic research, clearly reveal this.
I will be first to admit that I thought oil prices short-term would peak in $60s and $70s, but I never thought they would retest the lows. Why should they, if all the trends point to markets slowly rebalancing? In fact, there is growing evidence that not only are we slowly rebalancing, but that the world may actually be running short of oil.
According to Reuters, Saudi Arabia has turned down requests from China for more oil, as it is using it for its own domestic refining needs. It goes on to quote: "[a]nother source with a Chinese refinery that takes Saudi oil said Saudi heavy crude was 'a bit tight' in May and June."
China was forced to turn to Russia, Oman, and other non-OPEC nations for its needed supply. Why would Saudi Arabia refuse to supply China unless oil was, in fact, tight?
This provides the strongest indication yet that the world is not facing a 2-million-barrel-per-day surplus in supply, as many allege, and instead the call on OPEC crude is most likely growing. The latest EIA weekly inventory data showing a drawdown of 2.7 million barrels reaffirms that the US is no longer oversupplied either.
Finally, just to reinforce the point, oil companies indicated during some of their first-quarter-2015 earnings calls that rigs could begin to be added back into operation when prices reach somewhere in the neighborhood of $70 per barrel.
Quite frankly, producers shoot themselves in the foot by providing a set price, which, I believe, affects how oil is traded. GS and everyone else are using that guidance on trading oil. But to be clear, we know for sure rigs won't be added at $50, never mind $45. Once you factor in the natural depletion of existing wells, production will have to eventually go down — another reason the GS call will be wrong.
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posted on Wednesday, 18th April 2018 by Steve May
LG and Meridian Audio have presented a united front for the launch of their jointly developed audio range. At a global audio event in London, LG presented its ThinQ smart speaker with Google Assistant built-in, the PK series of portable Bluetooth speakers and a new soundbar family, led by the SK10Y Dolby Atmos model. Meridian Audio then opened the doors of its Huntingdon base, to talk enthusiastically about the partnership.
LG has done much to reinvent the premium end of the TV business, with its OLED TV models, and now turns to UK audio specialist Meridian to help it make similar strides with audio. "Not many people realise that the first product produced by LG in 1959 was a transistor radio," quips David Seperson, Director of Global marketing and Communications (pictured below).
Meridian has provided engineering support for this inaugural range, explains Meridian Audio CEO John Buchanan (above), advising on component choice and making assorted physical changes to better serve audio quality, such as changing the shape of the drive cone container and adding absorbing materials. "The relationship is very symbiotic," adds Seperson. "We're learning a lot from them, they're learning a lot from us. It's not a one-shot deal."
Leading the line-up is LG's ThinQ smart speaker. Aimed at the upper end of the smart speaker market, it's physically larger than Google's own offering and Panasonic's rival GA10. The £200 model is the first smart speaker we've seen powered by the new Android Things programming language. LG says this makes it significantly quicker to update and develop firmware for. Demonstrations of the WK7 are impressive, particularly when it comes to upper mid-range clarity.
LG's PK Series of Bluetooth portables (the £100 PK3, £150 PK5 and £200 PK7, pictured below)) reflect the current style for urban sound systems, with pulsating lights and deep bass enhanced by dual passive radiators.
The small PK3 is aptX compatible, while its garish siblings support aptX-HD, capable of 24-bit 576 kbps data transfer. It seems these speakers are street punks with a PhD.
The PK3 is waterproof to IPX7, so if it takes a dunking around the pool, it's still good to go. Battery life is rated at 12 hours. The PK5 and PK7 are IPX5 rated and have 18 hour and 22 hour battery life respectively, with a maximum power output of 20W and 40W. They also boast a Clear Vocal feature, which LG says plays into the trend of using connected speakers as sound systems for smartphone video playback.
The new range topping SK10Y Dolby Atmos soundbar, which retails for £1,200, is the largest yet from LG, measuring a full 65-inches wide. This reflects the growth in 65-inch TVs, it says. Even so, it represents something of a challenge when it comes to installation. LG provides a bespoke L-mount for those that want to wall mount.
Designated as a 5.1.2 sound system, it utilises an L/C/R array, bolstered by side-mounted far left and right speakers. Two upfiring speakers handle the Atmos height channel. Aluminium tweeters, capable of playback up to 40Hz for High-Res Audio (certified by the JAS), are said to provide a higher sound pressure level (by as much as 6dB) over silk dome tweeters.
The total power output is rated at 550W. The SK10Y offers variable overhead volume, to enable users to compensate for different ceiling heights.
The SK10Y is built around the Dolby DAP chipset, which includes a dialogue enhancer, volume leveller and volume modeller. The latter increases the bass level, even as system volume is decreased, in order to maintain a full-bodied sound at low levels. However, it's use precludes DTS:X support. The soundbar is compatible with DTS MA though, which can be height up-sampled by the Atmos bar.
It's partnered in the range by a smaller Dolby Atmos model, the £900 SK9Y, which has a total power output of 500W.
Joining the SK10Y and SK9Y is the 2.1 £600 SK8, this soundbar uses virtual Dolby Atmos processing, and has no upfiring speakers built-in. It'll be a Currys/PC World exclusive. The company is also selling a separate pair of wireless rears, for use with all three high-end soundbars. This SPK8 upgrade comprises front-facing speakers and a seperate 140W two-channel amplifier.
Giving an overview of the current state of the audio market, Seperson said that while the HTIB (Home theatre in a box) sector was in decline, and mini system business static, soundbar sales were soaring, particularly in Asia. There's also a clear trend toward Wi-Fi speakers.
While the first wave of LG with Meridian Audio products focuses a lot on High Resolution Audio, there's no support built in for MQA, the studio-quality file format initially developed under the auspices of Meridian.
"When we started designing these products, we hadn't yet partnered with Meridian," reveals LG. "So we were too far down the road to include it, and no one was streaming with MQA. But we do see MQA as something in our future…"
Intriguingly, the relationship between the two companies may eventually extend beyond audio.
"This year our partnership is for audio products, but as we get more comfortable with one another and we see the direction the relationship wants to go, we're certainly open to discussing all kinds of different things," says Seperson. "Maybe taking the W8 wallpaper OLED TV and making that a Meridian product…"
Inside CI Editor Steve May is a freelance technology journalist, who also writes for T3, TechRadar, Home Cinema Choice and Ideal Home (amongst others).
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If you need a content editor, choose Savannah. She read my historical fiction draft so thoroughly, and remarked with such competence, I have retooled all the plot holes that I'd worried about and was alerted to several other ones I'd never have seen on my own. I'd have been leaving a lot of narrative trails unresolved without Savannah's help. She also gave me great, specific advice on the reliability of characters and showed places where their motivations needed greater evidence. These are some of the most difficult nuances of fiction and I am so grateful that Savannah took the care that she did with my manuscript.
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  Half Dome - Cable Route, August 1996
Half Dome's famous big wall as seen from near Nevada Falls.
Maximizing our summer school break, Justin, Conan and myself drove out to stay with Justin's family at their cabin just outside Yosemite National Park. Justin suggested that we do the Half Dome hike; a long 8 or 9 mile trek one way along a very scenic trail with waterfalls, forests, alpine meadows and the final cable assisted summit scramble. (Photos: CL, JM)
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Bridalveil Falls.
Justin looks for climbers on the wall and I look for fish in the stream.
After what seemed like an eternity, we reached a broad col and the final scramble up Half Dome. The rock was smooth and polished and a fixed cable was attached to the face. A large pile of used stinky gloves lay at the base of the cable ladder. I picked out a not-so-smelly pair and started pulling my way up the rock.
Nearing the top of Half Dome.
Conan rests while descending from the summit. I'll spare the reader the details, but, suffice to say that the beer drinking, party going lifestyle of a college student doesn't lend itself well to 16+ mile hikes. Needless to say, I was a hurting unit the following day!
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The Competitive Business Strategy We Use to Dominate Industries
- 13 May, 2014
- Jon Tucker
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If you were able to know for certain how much money was going to be generated by a marketing campaign you were running, would that be helpful? In this episode of The Compete Marketing Group Show, we share a competitive business strategy that we use to know exactly what results will be produced by a campaign and how we use that data to dominate industries we're in.
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Today, we're going to share advanced tactics that we use, to know exactly what results will be produced by a campaign. And then how we use that data, to dominate certain markets that we have businesses in.
Tracking Your Website Numbers Is Powerful For Your Business
One of the most powerful things that you can do if you're running a website is to track your numbers carefully. And this might sound basic but:
- Of course, you need to know your numbers.
- Track the number of people that are coming to your website.
Questions You Need To Ask Yourself
Maybe you think you already track that information, and you already know your numbers. But ask yourself these questions:
- Do you know exactly how much it costs you to generate a lead or to produce a sale on your website?
- Do you know how that number changes for social media visitors versus visitors that come from a specific online advertising campaign?
- Another question that you should ask yourself is, do you know exactly how long it takes to turn someone from a brand new website visitor, that has never been on your website before, to an actual lead or a close sale?
- And again, do you know how that number changes between different channels of website traffic that you receive, such as social media visits or maybe a direct mail campaign?
- The last question that you can ask yourself is, would you write a check for $10, $20, $30,000 based on those numbers?
- Are you that confident in the numbers that you know right now?
How To Know Your Numbers
What we want to talk about today is how to know your numbers, at an extremely granular level. You want to be able to measure everything that happens on your website: Know about;
- The number of visits that come from different channels
- The number of leads and sales that come from different channels
- The profitability of sales from different channels
You need to be able to segment all of this data, so that you know exactly what the numbers are, for all the different ways that people can find your website.
- Whether that's people coming from Google
- Online advertising campaigns, or
- Other ways that people find your website
Powerful Website Tracking Tools
Now, Google Analytics or rather simple website tracking tools are sometimes not enough to have this level of granular data. You need a tool that automatically tracks everything.
Two of the specific tools that we've had good experiences with is:
- Kiss Metrics, and
- Mixpanel
They're definitely great options, but they're also quite expensive. But these are tools that can help you dominate different markets;
- If you're in a position where you're trying to scale up your business or wanting to double the business to really grow things quickly now that you have a solid foundation in place.
How We Use These Tools In Some Of Our Businesses
One of the things we've talked about in other episodes, that applies directly to what we're talking about in today's episode, is how we use these tools in some of the businesses that we actually run.
In addition to managing client businesses and doing client work, we also own and operate a number of our own businesses. And so;
- We use these tools, and these principles, to know exactly what works in a particular market
- We track all of these numbers, and
- We know exactly what produces results in that particular business
Then we put money behind that, to actually scale up those particular campaigns, as long as the metrics remain healthy.
So for example;
- If we go into a market, and we see that a certain type of online advertising campaign performs extremely well, and
- Even if it's incredibly expensive to run that campaign, we know that it's profitable,
- Because we're able to track data at a very, very granular level.
Then we're able to use that information, to scale up that campaign, while other competitors, that might not be tracking the data as closely, might be weary of putting that much financial resource behind a campaign that they don't know for sure that it works.
Using this type of information,
- We've been able to go into a number of relatively, what we call "unsexy industries," where, competitors are not that advanced. And the marketing campaigns, and the tracking that's being done by the other competitors in the market, are not that advanced.
- We've been able to go into those industries and do very well. And so we wanted to share some of these details with you today.
A Quick Recap And Next Actions
If you're already running a website, and tracking your website visitors, that's definitely a good first step. These advanced tools are for businesses that are looking to grow into scale, once they have their foundation in place.
If you're interested in learning more about how you can use these types of systems, feel free to contact us. We'd be happy to do an initial consultation, to
- Review what data you have in your business right now, and
- How you can use some of these more advanced tools,
- To really know, for certain, exactly what results will be produced, for different campaigns in your business, and
- How to use that information to dominate your industry.
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Hello the internet heres my new print its a remix of the Drink More Gin print its the Think more positive print it comes in yellow pink and green and is a screen print A2 edition of 500 £50 from www.robertrubbish.comrobert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-35167728816552011052014-03-13T16:04:00.000-07:002014-03-13T16:04:32.087-07:00WHO'S THAT GIRL? 5pm 17th March @NTSlive WHO'S THAT GIRL? 5pm 17th March SUPER SPECIAL SHOW Aurally & Mind blowingly Co-Curated by Artist Robert Rubbish the Surrealist Joke Shop Occultist of art collective LE GUN "LONDON IS A WOMAN" Come join us on a voyage of our city to hear that she is our Mother Lover Tune In! www.ntslive.co.uk

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Thanks for all the wonderful people who came and took part in the the LE GUN art school random factor cut up work shop.it was a lot of fun and some great work was made.We are planing to do some more work shops and to have a show of work produced.so watch the internet for more info best wishes robert xox vist www.legunshop.comrobert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-39343408898615809082014-02-11T08:29:00.000-08:002014-02-11T08:29:00.414-08:00LE GUN ART SCHOOL AT TE RED GALLERY SATURDAY 22ND FEB WWW.LEGUNSHOP.COM" I need only to brush shoulders with the artists of Le Gun to be imbued with the elixir of life, which is so vital that it makes my hair stand on end, metaphorically speaking of course, as i am bald." Andrzej Klimowski, Professor of Illustration, the Royal College of Art LE GUN work together on each drawing they make, creating idiosyncratic imagery which blends a punk, occult, pop and surrealist aesthetic. Established in 2004, LE GUN is a group consisting of five artist illustrators (Bill Bragg, Chris Bianchi, Neal Fox, Robert Rubbish, and Steph von Reiswitz) and two designers (Alex Wright and Matt Appleton) who met at London's Royal College of Art. As well as being the producers of their cult self-titled magazine, the group are internationally recognised for their enigmatic installations, design projects and art shows. Most recently they built a shamanic ambulance pulled by urban foxes for the exhibition Memory Palace at the Victoria and Albert museum. The particular style they have developed, in which the sum is greater than the parts, is what makes LE GUN's group aesthetic so distinctive. Their independent graphic art publication provides a common ground for both emerging and established artists, illustrators, writers and poets. Now for the first time Le Gun are opening the doors on their creative process...watch a lecture on the work of Le Gun and the theme of the session and then spend the day working with the artists on large scale collaborative drawings in an informal and fun atmosphere. In our first workshop RANDOM FACTOR we will be generating ideas using the cut up technique explored by the Dadaists, William Burroughs and David Bowie, using chance combinations of location, character, object and scenario. What you get: one to one tuition with professional artist/illustrators the opportunity to meet and collaborate with like minded people techniques and processes that can be brought into your own working practice in depth critique and feedback LE GUN ART SCHOOL One day workshops with the artists from Le Gun at Red Gallery. Day 1: RANDOM FACTOR Saturday 22nd February 10 AM to 5.30 PM 10.15 to 11 AM Lecture about Le Gun and brief for the day 11 - 1 PM Collaborative drawing 1-2 PM Lunch (not included) 2 -4.30 Collaborative drawing 4.30 - 5.30- Feedback and refreshments Tickets £35 20 places available at LE GUN shop www.legunshop.comrobert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-74847754492201350392014-02-04T13:05:00.000-08:002014-02-04T13:05:47.384-08:00Le Gun talk 5th Feb tomorrow 7pm at space is deep show 51 hoxton squareArtist talk! Toby Amies will be grilling LE GUN (aka LeGun London) Paxman style next Wednesday - about ink, the universe and everything - wed 5th feb, 7pm, 51 Hoxton Sq. Come and say hi, bring your own booze and impertinent questions xx robert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-91256335542640479732013-12-07T12:47:00.001-08:002013-12-07T12:47:22.344-08:00le gun space is deep show 12 dec Daniel Blau ltd hoxton square #spaceisdeep

 It does not feel, it does not die, space is neither truth nor lie Into the void we have to travel, to find the clue which will unravel Is this the reason deep in our minds Hawkwind, 1972 This exhibition sees the collective imagination of LE GUN venture into new territory as the group's collaborative artwork moves from black and white into technicolor. LE GUN work together on each drawing they make, creating idiosyncratic imagery which blends a punk, occult, pop and surrealist aesthetic. Established in 2004, LE GUN is a group consisting of five artist illustrators (Bill Bragg, Chris Bianchi, Neal Fox, Robert Rubbish, and Steph von Reiswitz) and two designers (Alex Wright and Matt Appleton) who met at London's Royal College of Art. As well as being the producers of their cult self-titled magazine, the group are internationally recognised for their enigmatic installations, design projects and art shows. Most recently they built a shamanic ambulance pulled by urban foxes for the exhibition Memory Palace at the Victoria and Albert museum. The particular style they have developed, in which the sum is greater than the parts, is what makes LE GUN's group aesthetic so distinctive. Their independent graphic art publication provides a common ground for both emerging and established artists, illustrators, writers and poets, and this show also features a group of artists who have regularly featured in its pages, alongside the work of the LE GUN collective. Exhibition opening: Thursday December 12th, 6-8pmrobert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-66736314830318170252013-11-18T11:28:00.000-08:002013-11-18T11:29:38.645-08:00">
To London with Love Vol. II is an exhibition of postcard size artwork by artists, illustrators and designers with a special link to London. The project, now in its second year, sees Robert Rubbish from the collective LE GUN once again taking the reigns. This year, he is joined by curator and commissioner, Ligaya Salazar, and curator and founder of Material, Lucy Payne. All three have handpicked a diverse selection of artists, designers and illustrators including Ryan Todd, Jon Gray, Nova Dando, Alexis Deacon, Poppy Chancellor, Kyle Platts and of course Robert Rubbish, Bill Bragg, Neal Fox and Stephanie von Reiswitz of the LE GUN collective. Each artist was sent up to 10 blank postcards on which to create original artwork in any medium around the theme of the exhibition: To London With Love. All the postcard-sized artworks are priced at just £10 to enable visitors to buy original works of art at an affordable price. In addition, a selection of around 20 of the works have been chosen to be made into an edited selection of digitally printed postcards also available to buy. 6th - 21st December 2013 at Material 3 Rivington Street London EC2A 3DT Opening Party Thursday 5th December 2013 6-9pm<robert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-82811288642250877382013-11-08T07:35:00.000-08:002013-11-08T07:35:40.596-08:00Shane Magowan seen in the rovers return this xmas on the itv tv thing #shanemacgowan #robertrubbish #roversreturn #xmas #coronationstreet Shane Magowan seen in the rovers return this xmas on the itv tv thing #shanemacgowan #robertrubbish #roversreturn #xmas #coronationstreet

robert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-48826387310350076402013-11-06T10:27:00.000-08:002013-11-06T10:27:03.754-08:00LE GUN go colour for show in london 12th dec at Daniel Blau ltd hoxton square londonYesterday le gun artist meet up and spent a few hours working on a group painting in colour.we made a large colour painting and will be trying out new colour work for show on the 12th dec at Daniel Blau ltd hoxton square london watch this space xox robert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-57268709980126267582013-11-04T03:52:00.000-08:002013-11-04T03:52:48.042-08:00Print of the Colony Room toilet dean street soho lost in time www.robertrubbish.com Robert Rubbish's depiction of the Colony Room toilet. A sacred room that no longer exists, only in the blurred memories of so many who passed through the club and spent time in its infamous khazi. The Colony Room 1948 to 2008. Also appeared in LE GUN: Issue 5 Archival Giclee print on Aquarelle Rag paper Signed and numbered by the artist Limited edition of 250 A3: 420mm x 297mm — at Dean Street Soho robert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-83576039186107484302013-10-31T10:58:00.000-07:002013-10-31T10:58:24.080-07:00#happyhalloween Happy halloween xoxrobert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-26337795237057113922013-10-30T08:56:00.000-07:002013-10-30T08:56:00.306-07:00www.robertrubbish.com is now up and running the shop of robert rubbish is here hello the blogzone i have a new shop please check it out www.robertrubbish.com lots of stuff for sale yummy xoxrobert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-25851621518279121212013-07-21T17:29:00.001-07:002013-07-21T17:29:42.457-07:00newstatesman penniless-exiles-sohoThe penniless exiles of Soho A farewell to Soho Pam, the local beggar Pamela Jennings. One time, I listened to a tall, silver-haired man holding court in the smoking area of the New Evaristo Club in Soho, London. Challenged by a fellow drinker to explain why this was the greatest place on earth, he rambled on about the area's much-mythologised history – it had long been the sinkhole of noble misfits from Francis Bacon to Dylan Thomas, all sozzled enough to get along – and claimed that it even had a patron saint. OK, not a saint but a foreign king, who had died a beggar on the streets above us (we were on the lower-ground floor). This king, he said, was buried somewhere close by. How this hard-luck story proved Soho's greatness was beyond me but it was too late in the evening to split hairs. At the time, I assumed it was just another tall tale to add to all the others that clung to this part of the capital. But a quick look at Peter Ackroyd's London: a Biography later revealed it was true: the king was from Corsica; his remains were interred in the churchyard of St Anne's in the mid-18th century. "This penniless exile might almost be considered the true monarch of the area," Ackroyd wrote. Not so long ago, the sad news spread that another of Soho's penniless exiles had died: the beggar Pamela Jennings, better known as Soho Pam, a familiar sight to those of us who drink at the Coach and Horses, the French House or any of the other pubs on what was her nightly circuit. Pam was a diminutive, fortysomething woman with closely cropped hair, glasses that framed curious eyes and an uncanny ability to extract a "donation" from even the most hardened Londoner. Like many, I saw her around and considered her a part of the city – if, indeed, I ever considered her at all. To me she was a stranger, at most an occasional but benign presence in the dimmest corner of my eye. Others I spoke to at the Star and Garter, the Coach and at Trisha's (as regulars call the New Evaristo, after its proprietor) reported a similarly remote relationship but they were full of local lore about money given to her and then returned; about drinks she had bought for hard-up friends; about the "cuddles" she'd give. Those who knew her better celebrated her life in the press and online. Bar Italia posted on its blog: "Goodbye to another proper Soho character"; the artist Robert Rubbish called her the "queen of Soho" and wrote: "She was a very sweet lady and refreshing to see." Alastair Choat, landlord of the Coach, told the West End Extra: "There's a lot of hardcore regulars or locals in Soho that started to look out for her, that she would always come to for a little bit of moral support." With the nearby Crossrail development at Tottenham Court Road Station due to be completed in 2016 and the area's rental prices ever rising, the Soho of popular imagination is fast being swept away, its characters and all, by TK Maxx, Patisserie Valerie and the like. Ackroyd wrote: "In Soho, every street is a memorial" – but now, it seems, even these memorials are fading from view. The Chinese-American geographer Yi-Fu Tuan once posited, "If we think of space as that which allows movement, then place is pause." The strange spaces that surround us are transformed by these pauses, these stillnesses we create whenever we invest a piece of ourselves in our haunts. In some small way, they become our homes. Yet this sense of place is brittle; places change, as do their associations. "There is no there there," wrote Gertrude Stein, recalling a trip she took as an adult to the city of her childhood, Oakland, California, and finding that what intangible connection had made it her own no longer existed. I thought of this as I sat on one of the benches outside the Coach: Soho Pam's "there" is no longer there. Rest in peace. Yo Zushi's most recent album of songs, "Notes for 'Holy Larceny'", was released by Pointy Records (£9.99). His new song "Careless Love" can be downloaded for free here. Follow him on Twitter at @YoZushi81robert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-87817728793770658842013-04-27T02:51:00.000-07:002013-04-27T02:51:17.523-07:00SCREENING OF A ONE EYED MAN IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND MAY 1 ST ROUGH TRADE EAST 7PM  Hello the internet on may 1st i will be showing my film a one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind 7 pm if in london please come and see it bye for now xoxrobert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-13049411784788266582013-03-18T16:44:00.000-07:002013-03-18T16:44:12.060-07:00Please watch my kickstarter video for my film A ONE EYED MAN IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND  robert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-68143909415896261122013-03-04T14:14:00.000-08:002013-03-04T14:14:47.401-08:00A ONE EYED MAN IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND COMING MAY 1ST 2013A ONE EYED MAN IN THE KINDOM OF THE BLIND COMING MAY DAY 2013 robert rubbishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-83126287638765866472013-02-20T14:14:00.001-08:002013-02-20T14:14:08.580-08:00The Nips - Gabriellerobert rubbishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576781903137145674.post-39198766821599077422013-02-19T02:54:00.001-08:002013-02-19T02:54:47.610-08:00
The Labyrinth Of London from Los Pistolos Films on Vimeo.
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