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Pros And Cons Of Video Conferencing
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The cost of travelling is not less that too when it comes to travelling abroad. You cannot spend way too much just for travelling that too when you have to do it frequently. This is why the alternative has been brought out. Video conferencing saves on time, money and energy which would go uselessly for travelling from one place to other When the thing comes about all those big companies who have their branches all across the country or even beyond that, travelling time and again for small matters like meetings related to general company affairs and employees is really not worth it. With advancement in the technology and evolvement of video conferencing, the work has become much easier and smoother. Video conferencing is used as a tool for regular communication to stay connected with the customers, friends, and partners, colleagues in a very effective and convenient manner. Video conferencing is one of the best ways of connecting people to each other in real time through the source of video and audio communication both through internet which enables the facilities like sharing presentations, collaboration of digital documents and virtual meetings. Well any new technological developments have its two sides and both should be known effectively while you are using this technology. Just like any other technology, video conferencing also has several pros and cons, here are they.
Enhanced productivity
Time and district barriers are eliminated by using video conferencing. This allows you to keep meeting at any point of time with anyone at any place. There is no issue of travelling or getting cabs, air tickets or train tickets. Video conferencing makes meeting shorter and even more effective. Decisions are also taken more rapidly.
Ease in communication
Video conferencing can be used by any person sitting anywhere in the world to get connected with anyone in any corner of the world. With tools like HD video, media sharing, screen sharing, conference recording, electronic voting, the level of communication has increased and also eased.
No travel constraint
Several times, travelling can be constraint in holding any meeting or taking any important decision which should be taken on immediate base. By using video conferencing, this constraint can be removed very easily. You can feel like you are having a virtual meeting only and along with also save up cost which is really dramatic.
Technical issues
The biggest cons of video conferencing are the technical issues which are related with the smooth transactions which can be the result of the hardware failure, software failure or the network failure. The connection can be disturbed several times due to change in environment also. If there are no technical support experts then it can be difficult to communicate for those who are not familiar with this concept.
Missing personal interaction
For getting success in some meetings, it's needed to give some personal touch. Meeting up someone is more personal and overwhelming as compared to that with videoconferencing. You cannot judge the body language of the person you are doing the meeting with in case of videoconferencing.


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We break the old rules, then, because new rules are, effectively, replacing them. Few of us still use whom in speech, and we've adopted that practice in our writing, particularly in more-casual forms (e‑mails, texts, IMs). What scholars refer to as "secondary orality," the tendency of written language to adopt the characteristics of speech, is for many of us the new linguistic reality. According to the language blogger Stan Carey, "Whom is unnecessary—indeed, it's out of place—where a conversational tone is sought." We type with our telephones and we chat with our keyboards and we write, increasingly, as we talk. And—to whom it may concern—our words rise, and fall, accordingly.That said, I just looked again at various respected grammar and word usage references. They all note the common misuse, misunderstandings about use, and eventual demise of whom in the English language. Heck, one book notes that whom has been on its deathbed for 150 years!
Yet all the references I checked continue to provide advice on using whom (and who) correctly. Whom is like the Elvis of of grammar. Some writers and editors still see its use as valuable to aiding reader understanding. Most people, though, don't use it much, correctly or incorrectly. When will this Elvis actually leave the building?
And though I want to prod its full departure, I feel I should provide some advice to aid those few writers who still listen to whom. Here's my advice in Garbl's Editorial Style and Usage Manual:
who, whom Often confused. Who does something, and whom has something done to it. Use whom when someone is the object of verb or preposition: The man to whom the car was rented did not fill the gas tank. Whom do you wish to see?
A preposition (such as to, at, by, for, from, in, toward, upon and with) often comes just before whom: Who does something to whom. Who is the word in all other uses, especially when someone takes an action as the subject of a sentence, clause or phrase:The man who rented the car did not fill the gas tank. Who is still here?
To test for correctness: Who equals he, she or they while whom equals him, her or them. Replace who or whom in the sentence with one of those pronouns. If it sounds wrong, it probably is.
that, which, who, whom ... When an essential or nonessential clause refers to a human being or something with human qualities (such as a family), introduce it with who or whom. That -- but not which -- also may be used to refer to human beings, as well as inanimate objects. Don't use commas if the clause is essential to the meaning. Use them if it is not.
Theodore M. Bernstein, The Careful Writer, 1977: "Which normally refers to things, who to persons, and that to either persons or things."
us, we Sometimes confused. We and other "nominative" pronouns--including he, I, they and who--typically go before a verb as the subject of a sentence or clause (a group of words with a subject and a verb). Us and other "objective" pronouns--including her, him, me, them and whom--typically come after a verb or preposition.
Be careful when writing sentences with two clauses, like these: Please help us who are your children. This is a grand day for us who are your children. The word ending the first clause should be the "objective" pronoun us, not we. Us is the object of the verb help and the preposition for. Also, the word beginning the second clause should be the "nominative" pronoun who. ...________
The Atlantic article on whom is featured today, March 27, in my daily online paper, Garbl's Style: Write Choices, available at the Editorial Style tab above and by free email subscription.


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Hall of Fame: The Chronicles of Oasis quotes
(Oasis interviews)
It's a fault of mine, a guilty pleasure. When 1995's "What's the Story (Morning Glory)" exploded onto the scene, I played the album to death. And when I discovered these brothers known as Liam & Noel Gallagher were nothing like their heros, The Beatles, I was mesmerized by their singular and uniquely brash and outlandish comments. There of course is a downside to this, but I think many of us at the time were most impressed with their dead honesty. It was refreshing, and certainly part of the charm was the brothers own laddishness, or ignorance to the things they'd say in front of a mic or camera.
Liam & Noel are the very reflection of their father's abusiveness as children. Liam with his fisticuff incidents, and Noel, amongst else, his resentment towards Liam because he didn't witness near the abuse his big brother had. Liam in turn still craving the support of his older brother, and therefore subconsciously acting out and needing attention, probably developing from his mum's need to try and protect her youngest son from their father. That bothered Noel, and Liam was referred to in American slang as mama's boy. Both brothers were verbally abusive on a scale that typified the Gallagher household. Even Courtney Love encouraged Americans to not buy Oasis' records because they will "rape and pillage our women", or something to that effect.
I think what impressed me most at the time was Oasis could have played the American game. The Gallagher's could have gone on the MTV Awards and smiled and created a stage persona that is typical in rock history where there is a lot of high energy acrobats shall we say. But Oasis stayed true to their principles and just stood their and let the music speak for itself. Liam saying, 'I'm not a performer. I'm a singer. None of that jumpin' around business.' America would go on to not "get" Oasis to the brothers distaste, but I still to this day have more respect for them for that than say U2's limelight stage appeal.
Anyhow, this is my own personal Hall of Fame induction for those uniquely turbulent Gallagher brothers that includes a whole range of reactions. Rock 'n' roll has had many typical cliches through the decades, but I really believe the Gallagher brothers set the standard for using the press to its advantage. It's too bad "the biggest and best band in the world" are riding an 11 year drought musically, but I think it's safe to assume Oasis fall somewhere between the most loved and hated band in the world of their time.
As author Paolo Hewitt titled, these are The Adventures of Oasis...
(Updated at my leisure.)
"I went to Paul McCartney's daughter Stella's party and who should open the door but the man himself. He was dead cool. There were all these questions I wanted to ask him but I settled on, Do you watch Brookside?"
"It is hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try...you are all s--te!"
"Oasis got their foot in the door and kicked it down"
-John Power (Cast)
Interviewer: I have with me one of the stars of Oasis...
Noel: What do you mean one of the stars?
"Don't have a piss in the stands because I'll be standing there next week."
-Soccer-mad Liam at the Maine Rd gig
"Let me try to do the interview... So tell me, what's life like being a transvestite?"
-Noel at the MTV Music Awards preshow
"My main concern before going on stage is, What frame of mind is Our Kid going to be in? Will he get fucked off and walk off, which he is perfectly capable of doing. He was annoyed when somebody threw a rock at him at the gig, the bloke responsible was lucky cos if we hadn't been having such a good time we'd have jumped in and put him in intensive care. We're not the psychopaths we're made out to be but you don't take s--t do you?"
"Whoever's throwing things like this on stage...like...if you don't like the music, f--k off! If there're any more coming on, I'm off. And you gotta deal with all these people here who are enjoying themselves. If you don't like it, go f--king hang yourself! Don't be throwing f--king stones on stage like this...I don't wanna go blind over some f--king d--khead!
This one's called...this one's called Roll With It, d--khead!"
-Liam uses colourful language at Slane Castle after a rock was thrown at him on stage.
"F--king Wankers! This one's for all the people at the back"
-Noel at Slane Castle
"Sure I love Liam, but not as much as I love Pot Noodles."
Dani Behr: What's it like having loads of money now.
Noel: ...er...it's alright
"I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome."
"Next year I hope to get a stalker or two because I don't believe you've arrived until you get a stalker."
"In Liam's world it's better to talk bulls--t all day than be silent for one minute"
-Select Magazine
"But some bands give over eight hours for this," says the photographer. Swiftly and bluntly, Noel and Liam put him straight on that one. "We're not some band. And your paper didn't make us, mate. And you know what about your Rolling Stone cover? Arsed mate, arsed."
-Noel and Liam and Rolling Stone photographer after Oasis walked off after 1 hour
What makes Oasis different?
Bonehead: "Good songs."
Liam: "And a handsome lead singer with a beard."
"What was your biggest break?" [in music] - Jason from New York wants to know.
Liam: "My biggest break was 39" [snooker].
Bonehead: "Mine was a hole in one" [golf].
Noel orders a beer, the rest opt for lemonades and Coke. Above us, the TV is on. CNN News. "Have you seen some of the stories they have on here?" Noel enquires. "Check this one I saw this morning. There's this guy who's 75 and he's got cancer. So his doctor tells him he's got about two years to live. So he thinks, 'F--k it, I've always hated my wife, the stupid bag.' So he kills her. 'What the f--k, I've got nothing to lose.' Then he's put in jail, but the problem is, he doesn't die. He's 99 now and guess what he's doing?" Noel surveys our expectant faces. "Suing the doctor," he cackles. "He's taking him to court," he continues, pissing himself. "And he's saying, 'If it wasn't for what you told me I would never have killed my wife and now you owe me ten million pounds.' I'm sitting here thinking, 'I know I live in a mad country but it's not half as crazy as it is here.'"
-Noel in America
"They're off their tits here."
-Liam on Americans
"Imagine if us four were walking down the street, they'd all say, 'Look at those mad f--kers with their haircuts.' When in reality it would be them who are the nutters."
"Now we all drink Pepsi"
-Noel after being sued by Coke
"I was walking along and this chair came flying past me, and another, and another, and I thought, it's gonna be good tonight."
-Liam on the joys of touring
"There was this bug in my room and I thought 'you can f--k off, this is my room'"
"We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world."
"We're the best band on the planet. That's not arrogance, that's just a fact."
"Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word."
"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my Mum. I know I've got Irish blood because I wake up everyday with a hangover."
That, of course, brings up the Beatles contradiction. Does he love them or hate them? He calls them the greatest band of all time, but insults them in the press. Despite the many cracks he's taken at the band, he's made dozens of lyrical references to the Fab Four, not to mention uncountable riffs, melodies and production techniques.
"They love us and we hate them," Gallagher laughs. He then goes on to clarify, "I don't steal their music. I steal John Lennon's because he's dead." After a pause he concludes, "and he can't sue me."
-Noel, from Pulse newspaper, Jan. '98
Then it was brother Noel's turn to put the boot in - to Paul McCartney's new classical album: "Sitting around with a bunch of old lesbians writing doesn't sound classical to me. I've written three classic albums." (That's a matter of opinion)
When asked about his recent visit to Prime Minister Tony Blair's official residence at Number 10 Downing Street, Noel replied: "The only reason you'd want to go to Number 10 is to have a s--t in the bog."
Yahoo! Music
Noel: Kill The Queen
01/06/1998 3:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Bruce Haring
(1/6/98) - Oasis bad boy and eternal headline-maker Noel Gallagher was up to his old tricks during a recent appearance on Italian radio.
Gallagher told disc jockey Ringo Anaclerio that he hates the royal family. "I don't like the Queen. I don't believe in the monarchy or the royal family. I don't believe that the working people of England should have to pay [the Royal Family's] wages and pay the rent on their houses and pay for their kiddies to be brought up either. I think they should all be shot."
Asked what he would give the Queen for Christmas, Gallagher responded, "A kick up the arse!"
Buckingham Palace termed the remarks "outrageous and inappropriate." Which is probably what Gallagher had in mind...
Yahoo! Music
Oasis Hide Their Love Away
10/13/1997 3:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Lyndsey Parker
(10/13/97) - Forget the supposed Oasis-vs.-Blur feud...the real battle is being waged between Oasis and their role models, the Beatles themselves. Last week Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher publicly called ex-Beatle George Harrison a "nipple" (a British slang term for "idiot") after Harrison commented that Oasis would be forgotten in 30 years' time. Only days later, in an interview for MTV Live, Liam's brother Noel dissed Harrison's former bandmate Paul McCartney. When--in light of McCartney's recent remarks that Oasis were "derivative"--Noel was asked if there was any conflict between Oasis and McCartney, he replied, "I don't know, I think he's just going senile, isn't he?" No one in the Beatles' camp has yet to retaliate with his own barb.
Yahoo! Music
Oasis Look Back In Anger
10/29/1997 3:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Lyndsey Parker
(10/29/97) - Oasis's Liam Gallagher is demanding a rematch. It seems the limey lout isn't afraid to put on the boxing gloves and go a few rounds of hand-to-hand combat with the hands that feed him, if we are to believe the profanity-laced rant he delivered during a live BBC Radio 1 interview October 23rd. The younger Gallagher used his airtime to hurl four-letter insults at both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles--something's he's being doing with ever-increasing frequency since George Harrison slagged Oasis in a French magazine interview in August. "I'm gonna shoot me mouth off here, all these snakes coming out the closets, all these old farts, I'll offer 'em out right here on radio," Liam rambled. "If they want to fight be at Primrose Hill Saturday morning at 12 o'clock. I will beat the f**king living daylight sh*t out of them, that goes for George, Jagger, Richards, and that other c*nt [presumably Sir Paul McCartney] that gives me sh*t." (Keep in mind that while myLAUNCH has the luxury of subtly inserting tasteful asterisks into this tirade, BBC 1 didn't have time to bleep out Liam's cursing during the live broadcast.) Liam continued to charm the radio audience with, "If any of them old farts problem with me then leave yer zimmer frames at home and I'll hold you up with a good right hook. They're jealous and senile and not getting enough f**king meat pies. If they want to fight, I'll beat them up." Not one to sit out on all the fun, Liam's elder brother Noel then chimed in by dismissing Paul McCartney's recent classical music project: "Sitting around with a bunch of old lesbians writing doesn't sound classical to me. I've written three classic albums." The Gallaghers' comments provoked so much public outrage that Prime Minster Tony Blair felt compelled to issue a statement saying that Oasis don't speak for all young people, and the BBC issued an apology the following day. No word yet as to whether any of the "old farts" Liam threatened have taken him up on his boxing match dare, and if so, whether Don King will be involved or whether the fight will be available on pay-per-view.
In a recent interview about Oasis' forthcoming studio album Noel Gallagher implied that they might be looking to leave Sony. He said: "We've written 66 songs between the four of us… but we didn't want to give that much to Sony as its our last album with them, so f--k 'em."
Maybe this is why Oasis never made it in America...
"I'm not going to play for silly yanks when I haven't got a house to live in!"
"We turned down Bon Jovi because it's not worth the humiliation. I like him as a bloke, but his group... and as for Bowie, twenty years ago maybe, but not now. He's just an old git."
-Noel on supporting in 1996's Oasis Revealed
"When the boys arrive at Creation they're less than impressed with the company MD, Tim Abbott. He's wearing a Manchester United top. Oasis are massive City fans, and despite Creation being the only label expressing any interest in them at the time they are cocksure enough to tell McGee they'll only sign to his label if Abbott 'takes that f--kin' shirt off'."
-Paul Gallagher
"I used to faint every time I had a spliff. The doctor said, 'Basically you're alright with anything that gets you going, cos you need that.' I love my doctor, man."
-Noel on health, 1996
"It got more and more personal until it got to a point where Liam actually said stuff about my family - he was asking for a smack in the mouth and he got one! I ended up with a cut under my eye and there were a few bumps and bruises and I thought, 'Well, I'm not going round Europe with a black eye... I'm too good looking for that! And the girls will cry.'"
-Noel, NME, 2000-08-26
"Gallagher is already predicting some mayhem. 'There's gonna be us and Jet and [Kasabian]. That's gonna be f--king mental. I'm gonna need to have a liver transplant when I get back. It's gonna be good, though, I can't wait.'"
-Noel, VH1
From 1997's MTV Rockumentary:
"There's people in the House of Parliament, man, who are f--kin' bigger heroin addicts and like cocaine addicts than anyone in this room right now."
Noel's reply to his own statement...
"Now there's the downside of alcohol folks." (Noel and interviewer laugh.)
Then later...
"If people think I'm irresponsible, you know, f--k you. (Waves V-sign) Yeah, I am irresponsible. I'm in a rock & roll group. I'm suppose to be irresponsible."
"I'm a part of the greatest band in the world... am I happy with that? NO I'M NOT! I WANT MORE!!!"
"I listened to a radio show in England the other day and, um, someone paid me really... really one of the nicest compliments I've ever been paid. Is that the DJ said that, that I was the new Phil Spector with, with like experimental wall-of-sound support. He said it was like, you know, it was that dense, and that massive sound of it that it was like Phil Spector... Um, and I didn't even pay him to say that either. He actually said that off his own right."
-Noel on Be Here Now
"She looks like some of that I put in me mouth last week... and it really got me hiiiiiigh."
-Liam, referring to a European MTV interviewer
"We can't even agree to disagree."
-Liam on his big brother
VH1's Documentary:
"I don't see the point in writing your own tunes when you can pinch somebody else's."
"I never robbed car stereos or anything like that, you know what I mean? I just walk past the shop, there's be a mountain bike outside... and I'd go, Thank you very much."
-Liam on the finer practices of burglary
FM 94.9, 9-14-05 (audio link):
Interviewer: What's the first selection you'd like to have for us?
Noel: Um, it's a song called The Importance of Being Idle.
Interviewer: This is the one with the amazin video that you guys went back to '60s Britain in essence to capture all those great films that were the...
Noel: Yeah, I think I was trying to rip-off The Kinks I think. (Interview laughs)
Interviewer: Did you ever see the Stone Roses live ever?
Noel: Oh yeah... shocking.
Interviewer: Shocking...what do you mean?
Interviewer: Shockingly bad?
Noel: Shockingly bad, yeah.
Zone 105 interview just minutes before Oasis' concert at Northrup Auditorium in Minneapolis, Jan. '98:
Interviewer: (part of the introduction) ...Right, and we were suppose to have this interview for you yesterday but due to some sampling rant technical difficulties that we weren't able to... ("Technical difficulties" being it took a longer process of editing out Noel's swearing.)
Interviewer: Are you guys really thinking about calling it quits, or is that just alot of hype that's coming around?
Noel: Well, no, I don't be reporting the rumor around, that's probably, probably Blur or something like that. (Band laughs)
Interviewer: What sort of things do you have planned while you take your break and...?
Noel:: I'm gonna build a studio I think in me house, and then a...I'm probably gonna eat loads, and sleep loads, and party loads as well. And I'll probably %$#@ put on about 60 pounds or something like that. (band laughs)
Interviewer: Well, you know, that happens with married life and everything, things start to settle down, and a...
Noel: Yeah, yeah, well, ah, well it's good to know me dogs actually, I've got five dogs that I never actually see, so, um, everytime I come home they think I'm burglaring the house. (interviewer laughs)
Interviewer: What kind of dogs do you have?
Noel: Owh, their all sorts...my wife is a, she's a...she takes in stray dogs off the street, she's a flashy %$#@ weird. (band laughs)
Interviewer: You say you're passionate about your music...are you passionate about the Spice Girls at all, they've got the new movie coming out Friday, are you excited?
Noel: (dry sarcasm) .......................overwhelmed. (band laughs) Well, their five young girls, right. They're trying to make a living, so...I admire them for that. I admire them for sacking their manager. Not that I'm going to sake mine or anything like that, but, um, but, you know, they can't %$#@ sing, they can't play instruments, all their songs are %$#@... um, you know, "Girl Power" is the biggest steaming crock of horses--t I've ever come across in my entire life... because who fights the %$#@ walls darling... um... and... but apart from that, I wish them all the best, you know what I mean. (band laughs)
Interviewer: Well with all that in mind, do you have a favorite Spice Girl?
Noel: Um... I don't know? I mean I've met them, honest, and you know, they've always sounded quite polite about me. And don't get me wrong, I do wish them the best, you know, five girls making it is a, you know... it's good for, you know music in general, but I don't like their music, you know, or anything like that, but if I had to pick a favorite... um, probably the black chick I suppose.
Interviewer: (coming from a loud speaker) Scary Spice?
Noel: Is that what her name is? I tell you what, it must've been a funny conversation when they were dolling up them names that bit. (background laughs) (Noel adopts a thick and sarcastic English accent) "So I'll be called 'Scary', and you'll be called 'Posh', and I'll be called 'Sporty'." (more laughs) Why don't you just call yourselves by your %$#@ names, you know, your names your mum and dad gave ya. (someone claps in the background, presumably Liam) I'm a bit (something) about their ages as well, it's like if their 22 then, you know... if their 22, than I must be like 70 or something (band laughs) ... cause they ain't 22 man.
Interviewer: Well now with taking some time off in the not-too-distant-future, having a wife, having a nice house built and the studio, are you thinking at all about kids?
Noel: No... still trying to look after that one over there. (band laughs)
Interviewer: Your brother?
Noel: Yeah... still trying to raise him properly, haha. (Something) is another one. No, I'm not really the family type person really. Don't like family get-togethers or any %$#@ like that man. Just dogs will do me, dogs, dogs and fish... cause then if they piss you off you can always eat them, see! (everyone laughs) But you'd probably get arrested for eating a child these days.
Noel: ...we have not actually mastered that "no comment" thing yet.
The rap against has been that you don't have to see them in concert; that their live thing is so uneventful, you can stay home and listen to the records. But if you did that Sunday night, you would have missed a stunning version of "Wonderwall" propelled by the band's electric hollow-bodied guitars screaming out of Marshall amps; the extended version of the already-classic "Champagne Supernova"; and a reading of "Cigarettes and Alcohol" (which Liam concluded with an uppercut to the microphone), that was so tasty it'd make Skip Humphrey want to light up.
-Jim Walsh (Pioneer Press), Northrup Auditorium, Jan. '98
From Michael Krugman's Supersonic Supernova:
...Oasis were granted a session, though all Elleray remembers of it is that "Liam really took the room over." [DJ Mark] Riley was cohosting the show with Peter Hook, who became the target for Liam's barbed tongue.
"Why are you wearing those f--king awful leather trousers?" Liam poked at the notoriously cranky bassist, who swore that the Gallaghers would now be persona non grata at the Hacienda.
Liam for his part , could give a damn. "Who wants to go down there?" he snarled. "It's s--t!"
"I couldn't believe it," Riley said later of the session. "I thought then that if you bottled that attitude, you'd make a million." -pg.18-19
...The party went on until the wee hours of the morning, when the hotel management mad the fatal error of informing the band and their mates that they had to shut down the bar and get ready for the breakfast rush.
"There was a big row," Bonehead told Vox's Ann Scanlon, "then somebody opened the lounge window and started hurling things out and I had to get involved, 'cos the temptation was too great."
Beer bottles rained out the window, smashing the windshield of a Mercedes parked in the hotel lot. Unfortunately, the luxury car belonged to the hotel's manager. "The police were called," Bonhead continued, "fingerprints were taken and we were told, 'Get out, and don't ever come back.' We were happy to get out, 'cos the Columbia's a pit. It's like somewhere your gran would stay."
"At first it was a buzz being there," Liam explained to NME, "but then I thought it was a dive. There was a bug in the corner of my room and I thought, 'You can f--k off, this is my room.' We had enough in the end. There was a lot of pot going around and we'd got some pipes. We were drinking as well and in the end we just trashed it. Then we started running around the place and going for it. We just trashe it and things went out the window. In the end we got barred. But f--k 'em, we don't care. There's better hotels anyway."
"I can't remember the last occasion when someone was banned," Michael Rose, a director at the Columbia, said. "We wouldn't bar a band unless we feel we have justifiable reasons."
Once again, the band were immersing themselves in one of rock's great traditions. Like The Who and Led Zep before them, Oasis could not seem to resist the destruction of property. The usual excuse for a rocker's rampant vandalism is boredom, the need to act up created by spending much of one's life in hotel cubicles. But, God, bless 'em, the lads in Oasis were happy to admit the real motivation behind their actions: Smashing stuff up is just plain fun.
"It takes years of practice to get good," Bonehead told The Face "I've got a chair in my house that I practice throwing out the window." -pg.46-47
...The second night, they played in Newcastle, a northern city infamous for its hardness. The crowd were hyped up and belligerent from the start, football chanting, "Soft as s--te!" and "Man City, wank wank wank." five songs into the set, Oasis kicked into the punk burner "Bring It On Down" when an audience member climbed onstage and decided to let out some of his inexplicable rage on Noel.
"I looked up and there was this guy stood right in front of me," Noel told Q later, "and he f--king smacked me right in the eye. I just took the guitar off and belted him across the head with it, and then he got dragged into crowd. Me and Our Kid, like a pair of idiots, jumped straight in and it went off, f--king proper. Later in the dressing room, I noticed I was covered in blood. He nearly took my eye out with a sovereign ring he was wearing."-pg.48
The brothers took a break from battling each other and dove into the pit where they proceeded to beat the puncher senseless. Where most bands would allow the bouncers to handle such matters, Oasis' tough-kid background demanded that they take care of such things. "It's just sticking up for yourself," Liam explained. "If someone gets on the stage and has it then he gets it, it's simple. People think we're up for a fight and that, but we're not up for a fight. We didn't start it, we're here to play songs, that's what we're about. We're not about fighting. We want to do the songs, do the set and get off. But if someone gets up and thinks he's a bit hard and goes for it, he's going to get it."
Considering Noel's bloodied face and battered guitar-the beloved Gibson Sunburst passed down from Pete Townsend to Johnny Marr to Noel-there was clearly no chance of the show continuing. As the band attempted to leave the venue, their van was surrounded by a few hundred angry fans, pissed that the gig was cut so short. Surrounded, the members of the band had to lay down on the floor to avoid being hit with the bricks and bottles caroming off the vehicle. -pg.48-49
Noel was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Hospital and patched up. "I've got a bit of a headache," he said, "a bit of a lump gathering over my eye but if I have another seventy-five cigarettes and a couple of bottles of gin I'll be sort of alright, I might go to sleep tonight."
Two days later, Oasis journeyed to Vimmerby, Sweden, where the were to play the annual Hultsfred Festival along with their pals Primal Scream and Verve. Unfortunately, the fest's naive promoter booked all three bands into the same hotel and needless to say, wildness ensued. "I was walking along," Liam remembered with glee in Select, "and this chair come flying past me, then another, then another, I thought, It's gonna be good tonight."
The Primals, sensing trouble, wisely snuck away in their tour bus after the cops were called in, leaving Oasis and Verve to pay L800 to the hotel manager in order to avoid arrest. A spokesman for the Verve explained the scene later, noting that "everyone was really drunk. The bands didn't play until something like two in the morning. They they got back to the hotel and the bar was open. Unfortunately, they tried to close it after a while and an argument ensued. Some bottles were purloined. You're a bit gauche if you're a promoter and you think that with these three bands in the bar, nothing's gonna happen. The chemistry was there and it's not suprising what happened."
"Everything just went mad," Liam told Melody Maker's Paul Mathur. "People were smashing bottles and throwing things all over the place. At one point, somone opened a window and just started to lob everything out. I woke up the next morning, looked out the window and the car park was, like, full of bedrooms. It was a laugh."
When later asked about his part in the constant bad-boy hijinks, Liam seemed to be in denial, or atleast in full-contrary mode. "Rock 'n' roll can be done without all the crap that's meant to go with it," he told Vox, "and that's why I'm not into trashing hotels. That's one thing I never wanted to get into with the band, but that f--ker over there [Bonehead] is mad for it and it's sad. People go, 'Ooh, it's really rock 'n' roll, throwing your gear out the window.' Bollocks! I'm in bed when all that's going on, reading The Independent with a glass of orange juice." -pg.49-50
The tour went well, with the fans satisfied and the band enjoying the perks of the rock-star world. Girl-crazy Liam met a lass who claimed to be the last person to sleep with Kurt Cobain. "Too dangerous," he conceded, adding, "But I let her suck my d--k."
All progressed smoothly until the band arrived in Los Angeles for a show at the legendary Whiskey A Go-Go. The day before, Liam and Noel made an appearance on the popular Love Phones call-in show on KROQ. For some reason, the callers repeatedly inquired whether Oasis were part of some New Mod scene. After a number of these queries, a testy Liam finally snapped, "Look, we're not f--kin' mods, alright?" Another caller wanted to know how the Gallagher's felt about penis extensions. Noel replied that they've got one playing drums, [Tony McCarroll] and no, he can't recommend it. After that things got out of control, leading to the DJ leaving the studio and the band getting booted off the air.
That night the band got into a brawl with the bouncers at the Viper Room over the two A.M. closing time. The entourage proceeded to Bonhead's brother's house, where the party continued until morning. It may well have gone on longer, but sometime around dawn, Bonehead decided to set up his amp in the street. There he played the spiraling "Supersonic" riff until half a dozen LAPD black-and-whites arrived and puta stop to the shindig. -pg.55
Liam defended his retro tastes in Raygun, telling Ken Micallef that "I'm twenty-two and I totally live in the past and I think it's top. All my mates are into the f--king Chemical Brothers. I hate it. Nonimaginative bollocks keyboard crap."... -p.123
From Paolo Hewitt's Getting High:
'I'm banging on Whitey's door and he opened it and he goes, "I don't know about you but I've got a f--king gig to play tomorrow night for which I'm being paid and if I don't get any kip I ain't going to be able to play it, so will you kindly f--k right off."'
Liam loved that kind of s--t. In your face. The f--k-off attitude. The attitude the band was built on. -pg.60
From Paul Mathur's Take Me There:
On the wall of the office where the contract was to be signed there was a picture of Liverpool band the Farm, the archetypal scally act whose album a year earlier had sold faster than anything since U2's Rattle and Hum. While their sound and sensibility had in many ways paved the way for a band like Oasis, Noel decided they were 'a load of s--te' and flatly refused to sign any contract until an addendum was added promising that the photo would be turned to face the wall.
'When we signed,' he says, 'I was going to make f--king sure that everything was perfect, and I wasn't going to have those twats looking down on us. I mean, there was Bob Dylan on one wall and us standing there in the middle. The Farm weren't exactly in the same league, if you know what I mean. You've got to have standards, man.'
After the contract was eventually signed, the band resumed their champagne, a crusade that had started at noon. Sony staff unaware of what was going on upstairs found out pretty soon as toilets, lifts and corridors were overrun by the sort of people who looked, to the drones at least, like they were just about to trash the place. The remains of white lines covered plenty of available surfaces and the dregs from overturned champagne bottles puddled the carpets. Dusk was hours away.
Noel Gallagher leant against a wall, bottle in one hand, cigarette in the other, buzzing off his head, but still a relatively convincing representative of calm at the centre of the maelstrom.
'So, you're rock 'n' roll stars,' I said to him as the room turned into a typhoon-raddled revolving restaurant.
'We've always been rock 'n' roll stars,' he grinned. 'This is f--king brilliant but you haven't seen anything yet. We're going to start proving it.' -pg.40
Liam: You want to be Andrew Lloyd Webber, you do, you f--ker.
Noel: Who's Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Liam: I haven't got a clue. He's a golfer or something.
Noel: You like shagging loads of whores.
Liam: Yeah, I do. Look, all I've got to say is, I'm just having a crack. It's not doing anyone any harm. John Lennon used to do loads of mad things...
Noel: Do you know John Lennon?
Liam: Yeah, I do.
Noel: Well you must be pretty old then. How old are you? Twenty-one?
Liam: No, about 1005.
Noel: You're twenty-two and I watched you being born, so shut the f--k up about knowing John Lennon.
Liam: I'm not a pop star. And if I am I'm a real one, matey. I haven't been invented. I'm an average lad who was born in Burnage, who played conkers...
Noel: CONKERS!!!
Liam: Conkers, mate. Conkers. The f--king lot. Conkers. That is it. And now I'm in a band and nothing's f--king changed. I'm not an idol. I'm not a faker. I'm not some f--king bulls--tter, I just say what I say.
From then on Noel and Liam avoided doing interviews together. Probably for the best.
Another NME journalist, Simon Williams, hooked up with them in early May and found them in admirably unhinged form.
At a hotel in Portsmouth they managed to fill a swimming pool with chairs, steal several hundred quid's worth of booze, get into a fight with half the other residents, flirt with every girl in the building and still managed to get up in time for their breakfast of cigarettes, Jack Daniels, gin and tonics and the odd Big Mac. Looking back at their behavior the next day, Liam had noted, 'Well, it was a silly place to put a swimming pool, wasn't it?,' Noel adding, 'Yeah and those plate-glass windows were just saying, "Throw a chair through me!"'
The next night the King's Hotel in Newport received similar treatment (even though it has a bar called the Oasis) and Bonehead was rapidly establishing himself as a man with a mission to trash anywhere that he found himself in for more than thirty seconds.
'I remember we were stuck in the tour bus in a traffic jam,' says Williams, 'and Bonehead decided to leap from the front to the back seat. And he was supposed to be driving.'
Noel summed up the mood of the moment.
'People go on about the pressure of touring and all that, but that's because they sit and think about it all day. But we'll just bowl up there arguing in the coach all the way. Someone will probably have a tooth missing by the time we get on stage and we'll play the gig and then we'll get off and start arguing again. With this band it's let your hair down, man, have a good time. That's what it's there for. Then you wake up in the morning and do it all over again.' -pg.73-74
A couple of warm-up gigs were scheduled before the Albert Hall show, in Windsor and Illford. At the second, the night before Undrugged, the band's performance was constantly disrupted by dorky stage-divers completely failing to comprehend the transfixing nature of the band's music, a daft minority of the audience happier to lob themselves off-stage like they were at some crusty playschool.
'I've never understood stage-diving,' says Liam. 'I mean, what's the point? Especially when we're playing. You wouldn't have stage-dived to the Beatles, right? So don't stage-dive to us, you cheeky bastards.'
Liam sat at the back of the stage for much of the gig, increasingly pissed off at what he and the rest of the band considered an invasion of their personal space. To this day they are one of the few bands, particularly in America, who insist on barriers between themselves and the crowd.
'If people want to get on stage,' says Noel, 'then why don't they form a band or something? Don't come d--king around with us.'
The last straw at Illford came when someone grabbed Liam's cherished star-shaped tambourine out of his hand and made off with it. The band stopped mid-song and walked off the stage. -pg.75-76
Noel achieved another of his ambitions the night after the Naked City performance. Ian McNabb, ex-singer with the Icicle Works, was playing King's College, London with Ralph Molina and Billy Talbot of Crazy Horse and Noel, a long-time Neil Young fan, was invited up to join in on the encore, a cover of the Seeds' 'Pushin' Too Hard'.
'They said, "Do you know how it goes?"' he recalls, 'and I went, "Oh yeah, sure," even though I only vaguely knew it. Anyway, afterwards in the dressing-room, one of them comes up to me and he says, "Hey, little man, you can really play." Them saying that to me was a top moment.'
Liam was less impressed.
'What the f--k did he want to play with those old farts for?' he asked a few days later. 'I mean, he's got his own songs and his own band and all he wants to do is play with a bunch of sixty-year-olds. He's weird.'
Not half as weird as the whole band were to be a few days later when they played their first festival: Glastonbury.
'It was never the sort of place I'd ever felt even the slightest desire to go to,' says Noel. 'The only reason we went was because we were playing, but we thought, well, if we're there we might as well have a good time.'
They didn't just have a good time: they disembowelled the concept, roasted it on an open fire and spread the bones over a hundred-mile radius.
'It was completely mad,' recalls Simon, a friend of theirs whom they knew as 'the Cat in the Hat'. He'd brought along a big bag of E's and enough bindles of coke to ensure that the band were able to plunge wholeheartedly into the Glastonbury Experience. And within seconds of their arrival it became obvious that they intended to do just that.
'I was standing in this field,' recalls Simon, 'and this van came along and almost ran me over. Out jumped the band and all their mates and they just started necking all the stuff like it was going to run out any minute. They were bombing about all over the place, wandering off miles away from where they were supposed to be playing. About five minutes before they were supposed to go on someone found them and dragged them to their stage and they just went on and played this phenomenal gig. If you'd seen them beforehand you wouldn't have thought they'd even have been able to stand up. When they came off they just started going for it again on a big mad one. I think Liam even slept in a tent, but I haven't a clue how he managed to put it up.'
The next night, back in London, they still hadn't stopped partying. Booked in at the notorious rock 'n' roll haunt, the Columbia Hotel in Bayswater Road (a place memorably described by Liam as looking like 'the sort of place your granny would stay'), they ended the night throwing bottles out of a window at a Mercedes in the car park. Unfortunately, the car belonged to the hotel manager and they found themselves only the third group ever to be banned from the place.
'It was a s--t place anyway,' says Liam. 'We've been thrown out of a lot nicer places.'
I wonder how their working-class upbringing and the sense of respect that their mother instilled in them when they were young tallies with such relentlessly antisocial behaviour.
'We're lads,' they said at the time.
Nowadays, though, Noel is more circumspect.
'We smashed up hotels because basically it was a laugh and it's something that just kind of happens when you're all running around with this mad energy. And we did end up having to pay for it all. At one point it was completely getting bonkers. I'd be doing interviews with my back to the window and the journalist would be looking over my shoulder open-mouthed when I was saying that it was all just rumours about us trashing hotels. I'd be saying that and she'd be seeing all these things dropping past the window behind me. Beds, wardrobes, everything. I did make sure my room never got trashed, though, if I could help it. I mean, call me old-fashioned, but I like to have a bed to sleep in at the end of the night.'
'Anyway, we don't do that now,' Noel adds. 'We just had to get it out of our system and I'm glad we did. Everyone ought to do it once, just to see what it feels like.' -pg.78-81
And so, on 19 July 1994, Oasis found themselves in New York on the back of the New Music Seminar an annual music-biz beano that exists purely to provide executives from around the world with an opportunity to bump up their expenses claims and trot out dreary, soulless plans for corporate unit-shifting. And while British bands like These Animal Men and Echobelly paraded under the 'official' Seminar banner, Oasis remained defiantly distanced from it all.
'We're not part of all this,' Noel told me. 'We're far more important than some stupid circus industry.'
The night before, executives from Sony had taken the band out for a meal. Halfway through dinner they told Liam that he should be grateful to be on such an important label. He stood up, told them it was the other way round and they could all go f--k themselves. And left.
'Those American companies are mostly run by idiots,' says Noel. 'When we were first looking for a label to sign with out there, we got someone to take a tape out. The guy listened to it in his office and said, "Hey, you guys are from Manchester, right? Well, you don't sound much like Jesus Jones, do you?" Our mate just pressed the eject button, took the tape out and got the next flight home. I mean, you're dealing with complete twats. And I'm sure there's loads of bands who would have gone for the first person they met just because they were American. We aren't about to sell ourselves so cheap.' -pg.83-84
'The only bands I don't understand are the Clash and the Beach Boys. I just don't get what people see in them.'
Any other misconceptions?
'Well, until six months ago, I thought Blondie were French.' -Noel, pg.84-86
Downstairs in the foyer, as the band prepared to head off to their first Stateside gig, a particularly dislikeable couple begged to differ.
'You guys are s--t,' said the guy, dressed in regulation grunge gear.
'You're never going to make it in America - no British band has sold anything here in years.'
'Have you ever heard anything we've done?' asked Liam.
'No, but just look at you. I can tell. I bet you sound like the f--kin' Soup Dragons. America doesn't need you. Nothing you do matters.'
Liam started bobbing up and down, pacing in ever-deceasing circles, understandably furious.
'Listen man,' he said, menacingly calmly, 'don't you ever tell me what I do doesn't mean anything. I can do things you can't even dream about. I'll steal your soul and you won't even notice. I've stolen it while you were standing here.' -pg.86-90
After the show, Noel concurred. 'Hey, even I thought the rest of them played well,' he admitted.
There was a bona fide New York rock celebrity in the crowd that night: Jimmy Destri from Blondie. At the time Oasis had agreed to do a version of Blondie's 'Hanging On The Telephone' for a tribute album to NY's most startling pop band. It's a project which, at the time of writing, still hasn't seen the light of day, but at the time it seemed a more than viable proposition.
So Destri turned up in the dressingroom with a bit of paper on which he'd written the chord sequences for the song. Undoubtedly aware of Noel's compulsion for appropriating any loose stitches on rock's rich tapestry and weaving them into cushion covers of his own, he'd scrawled at the bottom of the paper, 'Steal these and we'll find you.'
'Yeah, right,' said Noel, adding, once Destri had left, 'He's just scared we'll do it better.'
Liam meanwhile was half-heartedly warding off the attention of groupies, moaning to me about an incident that had taken place at the hotel the night before.
'This girl came up to my room,' he said, 'and she was f--king mad. She started dancing around, then stood on the beds with one leg on each of them and her knickers in my face. And she goes, "So, you write the music then?" and I go, "Well, no." "So you write the words?" "Not really, no." So she just gets down, walks out of the room and goes and gives him [Noel] a blow-job in the back of a cab. Bastard. I'm going to start lying from now on. "Yeah, I write everything, the words, the music, the lot."' -pg.93-96
Liam was admirably calm about the album's chart-topping status and the relative merit of the Three Tenors.
'Well, of course we were going to get to number one,' he mused. 'We're loads better than three fat blokes, shouting.' So that's opera f--ked then. -pg. 114
After the Virgin Megastore performance, Evan Dando decided to tag along with Oasis for the duration of their short tour. His eccentric behaviour caused even Liam to describe his as 'bonkers' and he proved it the next night at a gig in North Wales. They were playing a place called the Buckley Tivoli, the only venue in the world that sounds like a pasta dish, the location chosen to give fans who didn't live in the city a chance to see the band. In fact hundreds trekked from Liverpool, Manchester and London to see them and were rewarded with a bizarre performance from Dando afterwards. As the fans left the venue, they could hear Evan singing, but didn't know where the voice was coming from. Then, as they looke up, it became clear. He was sitting on the roof, guitar in hand, serenading all and sundry like it was the sort of thing that happens all the time.
'That was nothing to do with us,' says Noel. 'Evan's just living in a world of his own. We never asked him to come along, he just sort of kept turning up.'
And he kept turning up. Despite having been allegedly banned from Sweden only a couple of weeks later, Oasis and entourage were allowed straight back in again the night after the Buckley gig. Due to the vagaries of the international distribution network, Definitely Maybe had been released a week earlier in Sweden than anywhere else in the world, going straight to number one there as well and ensuring that the demand for tickets for the show had far outnumbered the capacity of the venue, Gino in Stockholm, that they were due to play. One fan allegedly threw himself off a building because he couldn't get a ticket, somewhat muting what should have been a pure celebration of success. The Swedes continue to be among Oasis's most fanatical fans.
Back in Britain, Evan still in tow, Oasis checked into a Heathrow hotel, ready for a flight to their first-ever Irish gig the next day.
'I got back to the hotel,' says Noel, 'and as I walked into the lift, out came Evan with all these police around him. Apparently he'd gone a bit wild in his room and smashed up the TV set and they'd come to arrest him. I was like, "It's OK mate, he's with us, we'll pay for it. Now let him go." And they did.
'Next day,' he continues, 'we got to the airport and everyone was putting their bags through the metal detector. Evan put his through and suddently all these alarms started going off. You've got to remember we were going out on a plane from Heathrow to Ireland, so it was the flight where everyone would be worried about terrorists. When the alarms went off all these guys with guns appeared from nowhere and the X-ray of Evan's bag made it look like there was a bomb in it. They were convinced he was some sort of major terrorist. Anyway, they open his bag and inside there's all these bit of metal and glass and wires. And it isn't a bomb, it's the remains of the TV he smashed up the night before. He'd felt so guilty about what he'd done that he'd just scooped up all the wreckage and put it in his bag. Like no one would notice. He's way out there, man. You've just got to stand back. Completely mad.' -pg.119-120
They got themselves a slot on their old buddy Rodney Bingenheimer's show on K-ROQ, bizarrely overlapping with a problem phone-in and finding themselves having to offer advice to jilted lovers. Bonehead's cunning plan never wavered. 'Sue,' he said. 'Just sue. Everyone's doing it over here. Sue. Sue.' Just about everyone who rung up was urged to scurry away to a lawyer immediately.
One guy rung in asking about penis extensions.
'We've got a penis extension,' said Noel. 'He's our drummer.'
Rodney Bingenheimer rather queered his pitch by recalling the night he'd been with them when they signed, then asking about what part of Camden they were from. And a heap of expatriate Manchester callers trying to get on the guest list for the Oasis gig the next made for jolly phone banter completely incomprehensible to anyone not living within a couple of hundred yards of Bonehead's local. Getting steadily more wasted, the band headed over to Johnny Depp's club, the Viper Room, and, almost inevitably, ended up getting thrown out. The party moved on to Bonehead's brother's and, sometime round dawn, the LAPD arrived, cautioning them about disturbing the peace. By then Noel had snatched a few hours' sleep, and the rest of the band had been up for seventy-two hours, just to see what would happen. -pg.130-131
Nevertheless, the band managed to make it through their American dates without too many signs of combusting, although Noel did manage to crack his head open in a go-karting accident in Virginia, and one of the band got off with a girl who started beating him up during sex, making the rest of them think he was getting murdered. Those blips apart,it all went suprisingly smoothly. At a New York show where they thought they'd played badly, they even got solace from another superstar fan, John McEnroe.
'We met him afterwards and he was great, a complete mad bastard,' recalls Liam. 'He had a spliff and a drink and told us he really liked us and that he was in a band himself. He started singing this song all about "You cannot be serious/Double faults hurt my head" and I'm going, "Yeah, nice one." He's f--king mad.'
Guardian writer Jim Shelley hooked up with the band halfway throught the tour and found Noel in voluble mood. Gallagher even explained that he had medical reasons for his cocaine use. The last time he'd been in Detroit he'd stayed up for days, convinced that if you went long enough without sleep eventually you'd be able to stay up for ever, a somewhat bold new interpretation of received medical opinion and one that not too suprisingly ended with him being rushed to hospital.
'The doctor came up9 to me,' Noel told Shelley, 'and he went, "It's a good job you're twenty-seven, 'cos if you were forty-seven you'd be dead." Before I went away, though, I went to my doctor in Harley Street and he told me I had really low blood pressure. That's why smoking a draw was my only problem. Every time I had a spliff I'd faint. The doctor said, "Basically you're all right with anything that gets you going, 'cos you need that." I love my doctor, man!"
Noel also revealed that the band didn't actually have a management contract with Marcus - rather that it had all been sealed simply on a handshake. And if Marcus ever tried to sue him?
'I'd burn his house down, and he knows it.' -pg.143-144
'I've got a song to finish,' he told me. 'I was listening to this John Lennon bootleg and it's got this great line about "the brains I had went to my head". I'm having that.'
'What, you're just going to nick it?'
Well, yeah. I mean, it'd be a shame to waste it. The song's going to be a classic.' -Noel pg.163
'That Bono,' said Liam. 'We were having this conversation and he went, "I really like the stuff you're doing, son." I was, like, "Well, I think you've made some good records too, but I'm not your son."' -pg.216
'I met Damon there,' said Liam. 'So I went in the dressing-room walking in slow motion and said, "Helllloooooo Daaaaamoooon, I'm from Maaaaanchesteeeeeuur. We taaalk reeeally slooooooowly ooooop Noooorth 'cos weeeeee're reeeeeally stuuuuupid. Have a good gig." -pg.220
Not that the awards ceremony went off without a hitch. At one point Liam tried to brain Michael Hutchence with a fire extinguisher after the latter started taking the piss out of him. And, back at the hotel, Brian Cannon managed to throw a chair out of his window, causing L1000 worth of damage. A rock 'n' roll gesture made all the more remarkable by the fact that he was in his room on his own at the time.
'It was the champagne,' he says by way of mitigation. -pg.221
'We've burgled houses and nicked car stereos and we like girls and we swear and take the piss,' said Noel, making a point with dramatic effect rather than seriously confessing to a life of crime.
When Liam was asked by a Daily Mirror reporter whether there was any truth to the accusations of burglary, he deadpanned, 'Yeah, I've done loads. I'm doing your house tonight.'
Noel adopts a cod-Welsh accent as he recalls how Marcus sat them down and said, 'Sign with me, boys, and you'll be playing Hawaii in two and a half years. I promise you.'
'He was right,' Noel admits, 'but it took three years, not two and a half. So we'll go over and play the gig, then we'll sack him. Hawaii's going to be good, though. It's full of chicks, isn't it? And we can bury Bonehead in the sand so just his head's showing, then people will come along, think he's a coconut and bash his head in. Oh yeah, I'm looking forward to going there.' -pg.251
'And,' warns Liam, 'if you see Brian Cannon, just go up and stare at him. Whisper, "Microdot, Microdot, Microdot" and freak him out.' -Liam on fan participation, pg.253


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Tourism Destinatons
Ubalan Bathing Place
Ubalan Bathing place is located at Pacet and it easy to be reached. It is suitable place for swimming and playing (for children and adults). Its beautiful scenery place and a beautiful perk completed with water cycles, large pools, rest place, make the visitor feel enjoy to visit this place.
This tourism area is always full of visitors
everyday. They usually bring their family to have family
recreation in Ubalan tourism. Beside its swimming pool,
Ubalan also facilitated with playground, souvenir shop,
This tourism are is very famous in Mojokerto regency because its natural scenery and strategic location.
Another about Majapahit Website
Memories of Mojopahit website - The History of Mojopahit Kingdom
: The capital city of the 13th to 15th century Majapahit
(hundred of pictures about majapahit on here!)
Kesiman Temple
Kesiman Temple Kesiman Temple is located in Kesiman Tengah village, Pacet district, Mojokerto regency. In Kesiman temple there are only the foot and body part remain. This temple is looks out upon west direction. On its fourth body part, has … Continue reading
Trowulan Museum Mojokerto
Trowulan Mojokerto One of Trowulan's central attractions is the new Archaeological Museum, to be found on the western side of the kolam segaran. Officially opened in 1987, it was built for the purpose of displaying and preserving the ever increasing … Continue reading
Legendary Jolotundo
Jolotundo Temple Jolotundo is like a swimming pool area that located near to Seloliman village, Trawas district, and east slope of Mount Penanggungan. This site is believed has relation with King Airlangga. This temple was prepared for Udayana King from … Continue reading
Jolotundo Site
Jolotundo There are two sites on Mt Penanggungan which can be visited quite easily, that is the bathing places of Jolotundo and Belahan, it located on the western and eastern sides of the mountain respectively. Jolotundo is like a swimming … Continue reading


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Robert 'Bob' Young
Bob Young, after which one of our ovals is named, was made a life member of Souths in 1948 and a life member of Qld Cricket in 1975.
From Life member Dave Applegarths Memories of Souths
Bob Young (Bobby)
My first memories of Bob Young was watching him play for Souths "A" Grade team at "The Gabba', I think in 1946 or 1947. Bob had served in the Australian Army during World War II and like many of his colleagues had the stuffing knocked out of him fighting to save Australia. A short dumpy person of darkish complexion with an engaging smile and personality. Bob was an excellent R.H. Batsman in the top of the batting order, he made many high scores for Souths. I always found him to be calm in difficult situations. I recall him making a temporary comeback to "A" Grade in the early 1950's when the team were short due to Sheffield Shield commitments of some key players, he peeled off a sedate 40 or 50 runs against Valleys at New Farm Park when all us so called young hot shots had failed. This performance was typical of his calm and collected approach. I remember he always said "Let them get you out not get yourself out". Bob Young was Manager of Massey Bicycle and Sports Store in Elizabeth St. Brisbane, I believe he would have done some good deals for Souths with cricket gear. Bob was one of the people who initiated the "Sports Depot Shield" into Q.C.A. Club cricket competition, this trophy being awarded for the best performed Club overall grades.
Masseys Sports Store later merged with Whatmores Sports Store where Bob worked on with Errol LaFranz and Jack McLaughlan. Bob Young like Jack Hoelscher before him believed in bringing on the young players in the Club so he devoted much of his time to Coaching and Management activities for junior players of the Club. Bob remained a single man throughout his life and lived with his mother and brother Ken at Ipswich Rd. Annerley Junction about two blocks back from the junction of Ipswich Rd. and Annerley Rd. The old home still stands there today. As his record shows a real stalwart of our Club.


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Retomber comme une souffle
This edible idiom , which I found on Clotilde's beautiful blog Chocolate & Zucchini, literally translates as "falling back like a souffle". It describes an abrupt loss of interest after an enthusiastic start, which sort of sums up my experience with this cake. It's not a bad recipe by any means, just not for me…plus umm I think I made some bad baking calls, which probably added to the disappointment. Firstly, I think I overwhipped the egg-whites and, having opted for a 9-inch springform pan instead of the recommended 10-incher, I added about 5 minutes to the baking time because I was worried the middle would be undercooked. I was wrong. The end result was a very good looking cake with a perfect fallen centre. The texture was light and fluffy, but not really my cup of tea. I like my chocolate cakes to be rich and fudgy – just over the brownie/cake border – so this didn't really deliver in my opinion. My tasters, on the other hand, swore it was delicious – so don't let me put you off..
I took the cake to my friend's fabulous housewarming party, where it made a perfect centre piece, all dressed up with fresh blueberries & strawberries soaked in syrup… We had it with ice cream and..er.. some of us also spooned on hefty globs of leftover cream cheese frosting. Because everything tastes better with cream cheese frosting. (Don't judge me).
It was a fancy dress do (meaning everyone threw on their tackiest bling) and that cocktail was the first of MANY.. so by the end of the night, the cake was just as tarted up as the rest of us..
Even though I didn't love this one, I'd consider giving it another shot and reducing the baking time to see if that adds more moisture. In any case, I'm really happy to have finally tried making a souffle – so big big thanks to Sarah, the Blue Ridge Baker, for choosing this one!! Head over to her lovely blog for the recipe, and check out the SMS blogroll to see how others have fared!


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Relaunch imminent.
My webmistress is preparing to launch the new version of the website, and while I have full confidence in her abilities, I feel it's necessary to warn you that the potential for disaster is always lurking. Expect the front page to be in a state of dysfunction for a short while, until we can work the kinks out.
The forums will remain relatively untouched, and I don't think we're doing anything that should affect the way they operate.
We'll probably be adding other functionality incrementally. The movie reviews may take a little time to set right because they're undergoing such a radical series of revisions (I originally organized the file structure like a deranged drug-test monkey), and I'm trying to re-render and upload new copies of all my previous videos that I hope will load better for you guys. It'll take a while until this battle station is fully-operational.
Lastly, if you're subscribed to this blog feed, you'd better get ready to dump it. I will discontinue using Blogger with the new site format. All of my updates will go through another feed. Stay tuned for more details. Mainly, expect some outages in the near future, and try not to panic.


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This is my first share from the August Release,
and I have combined two of the new dies on my card.
I have used the Spiderweb Window Die,
and the Spiderweb Corner Die.
Most of you know that I don't do Halloween,
and I know many of you don't either.
So I got a little bit creative with my project.
Here's the front of my card:
Spiderweb Corner Die


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I am sick. Conventional wisdom would have me sitting in bed eating chicken-less noodle soup and finding out what happened with Whitney and Jay on The City. But it was such a beautiful day in LA today, I had to get outside. So instead I employed a technique popularized by Type A's around the world: I attempted to sweat it out.
I started the morning off w/ a run. I have been trying to run up Runyon Canyon. I didn't have THAT in me this morning, but I did get in some hill work, albeit minor. Then I met Sachie for the longest yoga class ever. The teacher had some killer ninja moves, but I really just wanted to hang out in child's pose. From there, we went to Urth in Santa Monica, (home of LA Moms in Denial About Being Moms club), where I got my favorite tea latte: African Roobois. Afterwards I went to dance class, which was fun, frustrating, and totally kicked my ass. I had planned on following that w/ restorative yoga, but my friend cancelled and I didn't have it in me to go on my own.
So now I'm home. I can confidently say I feel zero percent less sick than I did last night. On the upside I caught some air in practice today, and I now have this cute little 8-count dance routine to practice. *dink.*
India in 12 days. Holy...


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Put Up Some Photos in an Art Show
Posted by Ó Maolchathaigh on January 17, 2016
It was nice. I sold the photo of a roadrunner, and the concert was fun: music Albert Einstein used to love to play. A local actor depicted him on a stage, and sometimes he gave a monologue over the slow sections of music, about music and musical instuments and math and science. The concert part was sold out.
94% of the photos were ones that I had bonded to metal (aluminum). It's a fascinating process whereby an emulsion is permanently bonded to a piece of metal and the photo is permanently embedded into the emulsion. The process creates a sense of depth, and the wood blocks, or woooden frame or metal frame on the back add to the sense of a photo viewed almost in three dimensions.
The one exception in my part of the exhibit was an image of a Sponge Bob-like hot-air balloon that I crewed for in 2010. It is a regular print, matted and framed. I was allowed to use my photos as I wanted, and they used this image in their advertising. The special shapes balloons are mostly made in Brazil, and they bring them to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta to fly and sell them. I used my balloon ride that I earned by crewing to take photos from above, and I got a nice shot of the balloon while in the air. I don't recall the exact name of the balloon, but I named my photo Wheeeeeeeeee!


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The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Historical
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Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl—a
suffragist—in an age that prefers its girls to be
docile. It's 1900 in Oregon, and Olivia's father, concerned that she's headed for trouble, convinces a stage mesmerist to try to hypnotize the rebellion out of her. But the hypnotist, an intriguing young man named Henri Reverie, gives her a terrible gift instead: she's able to see people's true natures, manifesting as visions of darkness and goodness, while also unable to speak her true thoughts out loud. These supernatural challenges only make Olivia more determined to speak her mind, and so she's drawn into a dangerous relationship with the hypnotist and his mysterious motives, all while secretly fighting for the rights of women. Winters breathes new life into history once again with an atmospheric, vividly real story, including archival photos and art from the period throughout.
The Good
The theme.
Yes, yes, and YES. This is the book that I want my (future) daughters to read. This is the book that I want my (future) sons to read. Cat Winters blew me away with the way that she wrapped this story around the beginnings of feminism. Just like the women Cat Winters writes about planted seeds of feminism and equality, The Cure for Dreaming can plant the seed for the newer generations.
I loved Olivia. I felt so much sympathy for her. There were times that I was brought to tears with what she had to endure. Cat Winters made such an incredible character with Olivia and I cannot imagine anyone else being capable to deliver the story in The Cure for Dreaming than her.
From the very first scene, I adored Henri. I just knew that he would be a character that I will remember for a long time. And that he is. The development that went into his character was extraordinary.
The secondary characters.
Cat Winters just has a thing for creating and molding remarkable characters. None of them let me down. Even whenever they were vile and I wanted to shake some sense in them, I could recognize how much the author put into developing this cast of characters.
The setting.
It was perfect. It was essential. It was heartbreaking. It was hopeful.
I feel like if I keep going I'll just list every aspect of this book. It was that good. It's in the top three best books that I've read in 2014. It's one of those books that I wish I could put in the hands of everyone. It deserves to be read. It needs to be read.
The Bad
There is not a single bad thing I could say about this book.
The In-Between
Seriously, this book is flawless.
**I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review with no compensation.


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If I'm being totally honest with you, readers, I woke up this morning thinking that I would try to make Giada DeLaurentis's Sausage, Peppers and Onions. Then, I noticed that I had a giant bag of spinach in the fridge that I bought to make a salad. I never made the salad. Apparently, in Chile, spinach only comes in extreme bulk and looking at the spinach I realized that it was not long for this world so I thought "Well, I should use this spinach."
From there I Googled "spinach recipes" to be confronted mostly with spinach and artichoke dip recipes and as much as I love the stuff I was looking for something a little healthier and more along the lines of a meal. I came across a recipe for Aloo Palak, an Indian dish with spinach and potatoes that I've enjoyed before and thought it sounded splendid. So, I wrote out a grocery list with the ingredients for both the sausage and peppers and the aloo palak thinking that I would make one today and one tomorrow.
The thing about sausage and peppers is that it requires peppers, so naturally I put "2 red bell peppers" on my grocery list and then promptly and completely overlooked and forgot about that ingredient (this is while I'm actually thinking "I can't wait to make sausage and peppers!) and didn't manage to buy them. There was even a fruit and veggie stand on my walk home but they were sadly lacking in peppers.
Here is the point. Today, I made aloo palak. I'll make the sausage and peppers this weekend.
Wasn't that interesting???
Okay, so the recipe I found actually contained some spices that I've never seen in Chile and that they definitely didn't have at my local little grocery store. So instead of turmeric, coriander and garam masala I used some other familiar Indian flavors, namely cardamom and curry powder. It actually turned out really great, but I'll post the real recipe as well as my replacements if you have access to those particular spices.
Here we go:
2 large handfuls of fresh spinach (this isn't super exact but when the spinach cooks down it needs to measure a little more than a cup)
3 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
1 inch fresh ginger, roughly chopped
2 onions, diced
1-2 green chiles, chopped with seeds
2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped into cubes
1 tsp turmeric (I used cardamom)
4 tbl butter
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp garam masala (I used curry powder)
1 tsp cumin
Sour cream to taste
First, cook the spinach, garlic, ginger, chiles and onion in a pan with a little water and a little oil for about 5-10 minutes until the spinach is a deep, bright green and the other ingredients are soft. Remove all ingredients from the pan and puree until very smooth. I used a hand mixer and it worked wonderfully with hardly any mess. I have a hand mixer, who knew? Set the puree aside.
Boil the potatoes with a pinch of salt and the cardamom until soft, about 10 minutes at a full boil. Drain and set aside.
In a large frying pan heat up the butter, cumin seeds and puree. Bring to a simmer and let it cook for a few minutes. Add the potatoes, cumin and curry powder and stir. Cook for about five more minutes, allowing the potatoes to soak up all the flavors. You can add a little water if the mixture is too thick.
Serve with sour cream.
I served mine with some white rice steamed in water with a chicken bouillon cube. The bouillon spices the rice up a little bit. You can also serve it with naan, which is a flat Indian bread. This dish is filling and totally vegetarian. And super delicious.
See you soon for sausage and peppers!
(Original recipe found here: http://www.food.com/recipe/aloo-palak-indian-potatoes-spinach-108787)


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First Breath
Directed & Produced by Jimmy Georgiades
Written & Produced by Eric Lane
Starring: Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Victor Williams (The King of Queens), Kelly Karbacz
First Breath premiered at British Film Institute and screened in over 40 cities worldwide. It won Best Short Film in the Long Island International Film Expo. Produced by Orange Thoughts Productions. 35mm / color / 19 minutes.
A high school girl prepares for her prom, when her life unexpectedly crosses with a garbage man who discovers a baby in the trash by her home. Their surprising journey together subtly explores the purpose we are born with – starting with an infant's first breath.
Written, Produced & Directed by Eric Lane
Nancy Schreiber, A.S.C. – Director of Photography
Starring: David Drake, Tim Deak, John Kelly and Lisa Kron
The story of two gay waiters at a Republican fundraiser. Covering the same party four years in a row, Cater-Waiter centers on a varied lot of aspiring artists trying to maintain their dignity in the face of a survival job. Praised by the British Film Institute as "a masterpiece of bittersweet understatement," the film is a gentle combination of humor and poignancy.
Carly (CBS-TV)
Eric worked as a writer on the 20th Century Fox / CBS-TV pilot Carly. Eric worked with the show's creator Jeffrey Klarik (Episodes), and writers David Crane (Friends), Andy Gordon and Eileen Conn (Just Shoot Me).
Ryan's Hope (ABC-TV)
Eric's first job in NYC was as Staff Writer on ABC-TV's daytime drama, Ryan's Hope, for which he received a Writer's Guild Award.


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Oscar Pistorius is off to a good start at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, setting a new world record Saturday in his 200m heat.
The 25-year-old South African, who competed in the 400m and 4x400m relay at the London Olympic Games, won his heat in 21.30 seconds, shaving more than half a second off the previous record set by Brazilian Alan Oliveira in an earlier heat.
"I'm so happy to be back here. This crowd is as awesome as they were a couple of weeks ago. I'm happy with the time and tomorrow is the big race and I am looking forward to that," he said, according to Reuters.
The Paralympics 200m defending champion told BBC he didn't "expect a world record" but said he hopes to "go lower" at the finals on Sunday.
Pistorius, who was born without a fibula in both legs and wears carbon fiber prosthetic blades to compete, made history this year when he became the first double amputee to run in the Olympics.
Competing against able-bodied athletes, Pistorius made it to the semifinals of the individual 400-meter and the 400-meter relay final.
At the Paralympics, Pistorius will be competing in the 100m, 200m and 400m races, CNN reports.
According to Reuters, Pistorius' "scorching time has given him confidence that he might be able to complete the clean sweep as he did in China four years ago."
However, the sprinter admitted that conquering the 100m may prove to be a challenge.
"A world record tonight so we will see what happens, but the 100m is not my event," said Pistorius, who will also be competing as part of South Africa's 4X100m relay team.
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ADM Visiting Fellowships
ADM Visiting Fellowships support short-term visits to Australia by Christian women who are established leaders in their field and whose work embodies a distinctive model for Christian public engagement.
Visiting Fellows typically undertake a number of public engagement activities, such as ADM Public Lectures and Masterclasses, as well as meeting with current ADM Fellows.
Visiting Fellowships are by invitation only. Expressions of interest from potential Visiting Fellows can be emailed to the Fellowships Manager.


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Streets Of Rageon July 29, 2011 at 12:01 am
And don't get those streets started about what it's like when those Police cars come tearing through the streets throwing napalm around. No wonder those streets were always so angsty.
Anyway, Streets of Rage 1 was better than Streets of Rage 2, and Streets of Rage 1 was better than Final Fight. YEAH, THAT'S A FACT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
Did you know there are Master System and Game Gear versions of Streets of Rage? It's true! And they're actually really good!


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Imagine my imagination
Eating with your desires
Trapped in a closet.
Hungry meal
Food for thoughts
Drunk in lust
Time raped distance.
Dancing lemony
Singing juice
Sex for sale
heat or frost
I sit on a pin
With a sword in my heart
A hole in my soul
Gold cheat love
With a justice staff.
How dare you?
Oh royal liar.
Betrayal of the deafest
I bow with agony
Till my dream come true.


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These Gentlemen know what they're talking about! Style- Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra in 'Robin and the Seven Hoods' Some people dress 'cause they dress when they dress, But he gets dressed to get dressed. It's only a hunch but I bet you a bunch He wears suspenders, a belt and a vest, … Continue reading
It's not just about the clothes you wear…
Just had a heartfelt conversation with my Dad, and he referred me to this poem as it has been inspirational and meaningful to him. It had the same effect on me. I know Life has been difficult for all of us and I hope that by sharing this, you will have gained something from these … Continue reading
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Tom Stubbs – Menswear Stylist Styling with H&M's Modern Classic Collection Whenever I ask T&P Men some of their favorite places to shop, H&M almost always comes up. This is a gorgeous and affordable collection that is in H&M Stores now. Tom gives some excellent tips for styling the different pieces. He creates great outfits … Continue reading


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Long paddle from shore (about 800m), or get a boat from the resort. On SE side of Upolu.
DistanceSurf trip
WalkShort walk (5-15 mn)
Easy to find?OK
Public access?Don't know
Special accessPaddle > 20mn or Boat
Wave qualityWorld Class
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyVery consistent (150 day/year)
BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Fun
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionSouthWest, South, SouthEast
Good wind directionNorth, NorthWest, NorthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movement
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdFew surfers
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Awesome right hander working on all tides, and even surfable with onshore SE winds. Not too heavy, with big or small barrels from 1-10 feet, over about 50-100m. Sets swing very wide when bigger, with essentially 2 peaks. Best with SW swell, north winds, maybe mid-high tide, 3-6 feet.
The only problem, as with much of Samoa, is that strong SE trade winds wreck it from March-October, so you have to get up early in Samoa (before about 9AM) unless you go from Oct-Feb, when there is less swell.
Excellent wave.
Very good wave outside trade wind season (Mar-Oct).
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Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Beautiful details in Rouen....
16 comments:
- Marco Luyken said...
Hello Jana,
What a wonderful shots of these buildings. Great to see, it looks aa a wonderful art of work.
Delicious hearts..!!
Many greetings,
- 6 November 2013 at 17:01
- Lies said...
Leuk om een stukje 'Rouen' door jouw ogen te zien, Jana !
- 6 November 2013 at 18:41
- Joop Zand said...
You have all the details very nice photographed Jana..... it's a nice post again.
Greetings, Joop
- 6 November 2013 at 19:12
- Filip and Kristel said...
Special details and nice angels.
- 6 November 2013 at 22:08
- Barb said...
Lovely architectural shots, Jana. The detail on the buildings is fabulous.
- 7 November 2013 at 04:37
- kulasa said...
wonderful! I loved walking with you virtually and was amazed at those beautiful structures :)
- 7 November 2013 at 10:39
- Saucy Kodz said...
I am imagining that it took an artist/sculpturer a very long time to lovingly create all this beauty in your beautiful photos. The building shots are indeed lovely and another virtual romp with Jana and her camera. Thank you so much :) Appreciate all your work that goes into these lovely posts.
- 7 November 2013 at 14:10
- Kristie Franklin said...
Hello Jana,
Thanks for your recent visit to my blog. Your post has some very lovely architectural photos. Of course, I think France is rich in history. Someday, I hope to revisit France especially in the areas outside of Paris.
Sending you well wishes for a happy weekend! :-)
- 7 November 2013 at 20:45
- papillon said...
Hallo Jana,
die kleinen Dinge sind manchmal die schönsten....happy weekend
- 9 November 2013 at 08:53
- papillon said...
Hallo Jana,
die kleinen Dinge sind manchmal die schönsten....happy weekend
- 9 November 2013 at 08:53
- betchai said...
what very beautiful details indeed, happy weekend Jana
- 10 November 2013 at 00:03
- Dietmut said...
Jana, heel mooie details van de gevelversieringen. Fijne avond en groetjes, Dietmut
- 10 November 2013 at 18:12
- Koryn said...
Oh, I can live in this place! Stepping into those alleys must've made you feel like a kid walking into a candy store :)
- 24 November 2013 at 10:00
- Koryn said...
What are those heart-shaped items, by the way? Cheese?
- 24 November 2013 at 10:00
- Jana said...
@Koryn: yep, the white hearts are cheese, its called Neufchatel (the name of the place where they make it, close to Rouen) and its raw cow-milk-product, we bought one of them, simply amazing:-)))
btw there is a funny story/legend that the French ladies (charmed by the English soldiers)during the 100-year-war were creating these cheese in this lovely shape...
- 24 November 2013 at 13:46
- Koryn said...
Ooh, I'm now curious about the story!
- 25 November 2013 at 00:11


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Whatever you do, don't give up on the challenge entirely if you have one "bad day." These days don't define you. The beautiful thing is that you get to wake up the next day and start all over again. And honestly, allow yourself one "cheat meal" every week. It will just keep you sane and one bad meal won't negate all of your hard work throughout the week. Just don't turn one cheat meal into one cheat weekend if you know what I mean.........And never forget that at any time, you may inspire others to make the change to a healthier lifestyle. When people see you packing your healthy lunches for work, over grabbing a bite out or going through the fast food lane, they may just be inspired to do the same thing. So I urge you to get your friends involved in the challenge because I truly believe there is strength in numbers. Please have them subscribe to my blog or give me a big LIKE on Facebook at Fit and Healthy with Debbie Reichert.
Grocery list:
YOUR favorite fruits and vegetables and LOTS of them. (Some of my favorite fruits include bananas, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, oranges, watermelon and apples. Some of my favorite veggies include broccoli, celery, carrots, sweet peppers, cucumbers, spinach, bok choy and romaine lettuce.)
Garbanzo beans - For home made hummus b/c you will want to make this!!!
Black beans
Almonds, walnuts
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Ground turkey breast - I do love my Southwestern Style Turkey Burgers and I'm sure you will too! Another favorite is my Italian Style Turkey meatballs.
Chicken breasts - we will do a lot with some grilled chicken but you will also want to utilize your slow cooker and try my Taco Soup! It's a family favorite!
Ground chicken breast (just ask your "meat guy" to grind up some chicken breast for you. You will want to definitely get this to try my Chicken Parmigiana meatball dinner.
White fish of your choice
Lean ground sirloin - because everybody loves TACOS!!!
Salmon - I can't wait for you to try my Asian Salmon Burgers!
Canned tuna
All natural peanut butter and/or almond butter
Oats - oatmeal is GREAT for breakfast but you will also want to try my Pumpkin protein muffins.
Unsweetened almond milk - great for in your post workout smoothies!
Plain Greek Yogurt - perfect with some sliced berries on top and drizzled honey or to use in my most popular recipe on Pinterest, Banana Oatmeal Breakfast muffins. If you are craving some chocolate you will need to try my Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein muffins. They make a great pre or post workout snack as well.
Brown rice
Quinoa - you will definitely want to try my Southwestern quinoa salad for your next cookout!
Whole grain tortillas - especially if you have kids.....because according to my kids anything tastes good in a tortilla, especially my crockpot chicken burritos!
Sweet potatoes
Whole grain bread
Ground flax seed and/or chia seeds
So this should give you a place to start! If you fail to plan, then just plan to fail. Make sure that after you go to the grocery store you clean and cut up your veggies so they are there and ready for quick snacking. It's always a good idea to hard boil some eggs to have readily available or even make up some turkey meatballs in advance to heat up throughout the week for a protein filled snack! I often make a big batch of oatmeal in advance and heat it up throughout the week because breakfast can sometimes feel so rushed in the mornings when you have to get up and get going. Preparation is the key to clean eating success!!
I love the way my refrigerator looks after I've done my shopping and food prep and am all prepared for the week ahead!!
Here's to a great month of clean eating and just making better food choices!
In Good Health,


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Graham Cole
Graham Cole plays 'General Waverley' in White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre, until 3 January 2015.
Date of birth?
16 March 1952
Place of birth?
Willesden, north London
Did you go to training school, if so which one?
Elizabeth Barris Voice coach, 10 years Repertory Theatre.
Briefly tell us how you became involved with White Christmas.
Read for the role and David Morgan [UK Production Director of White Christmas] cast me.
Briefly tell us about the character you play in White Christmas.
General Waverly, kind hearted, strict, old school military man, cares for every man in his charge, a true soldier who loves the Army, lost in the civilian world he has to try and now live in.
What was your first stage performance?
After many school performances, Pantomime with Dora Bryan, Mark winter, Little & Large, at Hippodrome Theatre Bristol 1974 for Bel Canto Singers.
What roles would you most like to play?
Secret Agent, James Bond Adversary.
What's the best advice you've ever received?
Whatever you do on Stage or TV and Film, do it with total honesty and commitment.
What has been your most embarrassing moment?
So very many over forty years? Probably tripping down a step and falling at the feet of the woman I was supposed to be strangling in an Agatha Christie play, having to cover my climb up her body to be able to do the dastardly deed.
What is the most annoying part about your job?
Auditioning, never gets any easier, trying to get into the mind of those in front of you, knowing what is required of the role but convincing them you are the one.
If you had not become a performer, what might you have done instead?
I trained in orthopaedics in the health service to appease my dad; I only ever wanted to perform from my early days at Saturday morning cinema.
Where are your favourite after-show haunts?
I love clubs and eating with cast members especially in the West End. Don't have a favourite YET! Ask me again after our Dominion Theatre run.
Who are your favourite actors/actresses/singers/groups?
Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Meryl Streep, Judy Dench, Julie Waters. My heroes are: Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness. Music: Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Alison Moyet, Classical music.
If you could meet anyone in the world dead or alive who would it be and what would you say to them?
David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Leigh, Steven Spielberg for very obvious reasons. Apart from asking for a job, just being able to observe them and be challenged.
What was the last book you read, and name some of your favourite authors?
'Fork Handles' about the fabulous Ronnie Barker. Authors: Stephen King, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, John Grisham.
What was the last film you saw, and name some of your favourite movies?
'Fury', 'Captain America', I love film so this is hard; 'Toy Story', 'The Deer Hunter', 'Strangers on a Train', 'Papillon', 'The Godfather', 'Schindler's List', 'Seven Samurai', 'City of God', 'Rear Window', 'Vertigo', 'Full Metal Jacket', 'A Few Dollars More', I can just keep going!
Favourite TV programs?
'Only Fools and Horses', 'World at War', any David Attenborough, 'The Bill', 'Strictly Come Dancing', Graham Norton.
Favourite holiday destinations?
Do you have any hobbies?
Walking, tennis, charities.
Do you have any superstitions?
No, except for the theatrical ones.
If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you take with you?
Wind up radio, photo album, big knife
What are your future plans?
Keep my family safe well and hopefully keep working.


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Thursday, January 8, 2009
4 comments:
- PNWBookGirl said...
It sounds like you have some very tight neck muscles too. Do they have massage therapists easily available, or do you have to go to a spa? Massage work on the tight muscles and then some helpful strategies to keep those from tightening up again will go a long way to reducing the tendonitis.
- Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:57:00 PM
- serenely said...
massages are so expensive here and I couldn't afford it now :( I also had an allergic reaction to the injections and I am now all swollen :S but the pain has almost disappeared and I started knitting again :) I will post new pictures tomorrow!
- Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:03:00 PM
- LaaLaa said...
ma che belle sereeeeeee!!!! ma sei bravissima!!! mi piacciono le sciarpone e le berrettine fatte ai ferri o all'uncinetto :)
- Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:36:00 AM
- YowlYY said...
Ciao cara, bentrovata sulla blogosfera! I am going to add you to the list of blogs I visit and you feel free to drop by when you have time.
- Friday, January 16, 2009 1:41:00 AM