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Charlie Overbey and the Broken Arrows - Record Release Party
with special guests Pete Anderson, The Mastersons, PEARL, Bonnie Whitmore, and more!
Fri April 20, 2018
8:30 pm
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Los Angeles, California
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Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows
Charlie Overbey has been a staple in the Los Angeles Music scene since the early 90's as a musician, a promoter and then spent years as a booking agent.
After the tail end days on the Sunset Strip with Big Bang Babies Charlie drifted back to his punk rock roots and Joined Cowpunk band Custom Made Scare, recorded their debut album with Side One Dummy records which came out immediately following a vacation in federal prison and later played with Deadbolt for many years and then Formed Charlie And The Valentine Killers who toured with David Alan Coe, The Supersuckers and more.
Charlie finally sobered up and started writing what would become the Broken Arrows EP~ The California Kid produced by Charlie and Mixed by Grammy Award Winner Ted Hutt ( Old Crow Medicine Show, Gaslight Anthem, Chuck Ragan, Dropkick Murphys and more) and Paul Kilmister who happens to be the Son of Lemmy.
Some heavy hitters such as Zander Schloss, Steve Soto, Colleen Duffy, Jonah Smith, Jake Margolis and Ted Russell Kamp recorded on the album.
After recording, Charlie then carefully constructed a band of Music Veterans and long time musician Friends that he had always wanted to play with that would be comfortable with heavy touring and would quickly mold into a Band of Brothers.
Jimmy James of The Hangmen, Lead man Dave James of The Superbees, Pedal Steeler Jordan Shapiro of The Supersuckers, Joe Ginsberg of Chuck Ragan and the wind brought in a new Cali arrival from Rhode Island, Drummer Charlie Nicienski.
Bassist Terry Love and Steeler J.C August have stepped in to help out with some of the heavy road work and conflicting schedules.
The band is touring and writing with plans of recording their debut full length LP later in the year with Ted Hutt Producing and Mixing.
It's full steam ahead for this band of LA Music Vets!
with special guests Pete Anderson
Pete Anderson is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning producer and groundbreaking guitarist, who melds blues and country to forge a style all his own.
Long considered one of the world's best-of-the-best Tele-twangers, musical pioneer Pete Andersonhas never been satisfied with maintaining the status quo. The last 10 years has found Anderson focusing on his solo career – perfecting his craft & honing his musical vision. On "BIRDS ABOVE GUITARLAND" the Detroit native Anderson delivers a set of all-original music — a rich roots music gumbo of blues/funk/swing/country twang with a splash of surf music and a dash of jazz. And TONE — always tone…"
Pete Anderson is most widely known as the musical partner to Dwight Yoakam, (a little 'side project' that wound up helping to change the face of contemporary country music!) whose records he produced/arranged/and played on from 1986-2003 resulting in sales of 25 Million+ recordings. Anderson is well known as a pioneer in the roots-rock genre and was an early champion of the Americana movement, where he had a hand in introducing the world to artists such as Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Michelle Shocked and Rosie Flores. He is also a renowned band-leader who has appeared on "SaturdayNight Live", "David Letterman" , and "The Tonight Show" (19 times since 1986) and has played over 3,000 live shows in upwards of 15 countries around the world. While Pete Anderson's work as a producer/arranger/guitarist has resulted in acclaimed records in the Country, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Rock, Pop, R&B, and Red Dirt genres of music, his focus as a solo artist has always been his first musical love – The Blues.
With years of critical and commercial success to his name, Pete Anderson is focusing on his musical roots. In 2006 he was approached by Guitar Center to help judge and organize their "King of the Blues" guitar competition, the largest in history. Anderson created all of the backing tracks that the contestants used in competition, acted as a judge and bandleader at the finale which featured B.B. King one year and The Black Crowes the next, and a Pete Anderson produced EP was a prize for the winner.
Reverend Guitars now has 4 Pete Anderson signature guitar models. The latest – Reverend Guitars' PA1-RT – was just introduced at Summer NAMM July 2013 . Its predecessor, Reverend's PA-1 first introduced in 2010 – received the "Editor's Pick" from Guitar Player Magazine as well as rave reviews from all other guitar magazines. Also available from Reverend are the Pete Anderson Eastsider S and the Eastsider T.
From the blue collar, mixed race neighborhoods of Detroit to Hollywood's early roots-rock scene and country music stardom to the new digital music industy and beyond, Pete Anderson's talent and innovative spirit have not only set him apart from the herd, but ensure his continued presence as a bright spot in the future of the American roots music scene.
Pete is also a renowned bandleader who has played over 3,000 live shows in upwards of 15 countries around the world and has appeared on Saturday Night Live, David Letterman, and The Tonight Show (19 times since 1986). Pete has released 5 critically acclaimed solo records on his own label Little Dog Records with another one in the pipeline.
The Mastersons
Don't bother asking The Mastersons where they're from. Brooklyn, Austin, Los Angeles, Terlingua; they've called each home in just the last few years alone. If you really want to get to know this husband-and-wife duo, the better question to ask is where they're going. Perhaps more than any other band playing today, The Mastersons live on the road, perpetually in motion and always creating. Movement is their muse. On tour, in the unpredictable adventures and characters they cross, in the endless blur of skylines and rest stops and dressing rooms and hotels, that's where they find their greatest inspiration, where they hone their art, and where they crafted their brilliant new album, Transient Lullaby.
"When you travel like we do, if your antenna is up, there's always something going on around you," reflects guitarist/singer Chris Masterson. "Ideas can be found everywhere. The hardest thing to find is time."
For the last seven years, The Mastersons have kept up a supremely inexorable touring schedule, performing as both the openers for Steve Earle and as members of his band, The Dukes, in addition to playing their own relentless slate of headline shows and festivals. It was Earle, in fact, who pushed the duo to record their acclaimed debut, Birds Fly South, in the first place.
"Before we hit the road with him in 2010, Steve said, 'You'd better have a record ready because I'm going to feature you guys during the show,'" remembers fiddler/tenor guitarist/singer Eleanor Whitmore. "We didn't even have a band name at the time. We were going through all these ideas and Steve suggested, 'Why don't you just be The Mastersons, and that was that."
Upon its release in 2012, Birds Fly South was a breakout critical hit on both sides of the pond, with Uncut awarding the album 9/10 stars and Esquire dubbing The Mastersons one of the "Bands You Need To Know Right Now". Two years later, they followed it up with Good Luck Charm, premiered by the NY Times and praised by Mother Jones for its "big-hearted lyrics, tight song structures, and sweetly intertwined harmonies." Pop Matters ranked it "among the top Americana releases of 2014," while American Songwriter called it "a perfect soundtrack for a summer of warm nights and hot, lazy days," and the Austin Chronicle praised the band's "spunky wit and rare measure of emotional maturity." The album earned The Mastersons slots on NPR's Mountain Stage and at festivals around the world, from San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to Australia's Byron Bay Bluesfest.
With endless touring came new levels of comfort and confidence, and when it was time to record Transient Lullaby, The Mastersons knew they wanted to take a different approach than their first two releases. The band set up shop at Arlyn Studios in Austin, TX, where Chris shared production duties with longtime friend and collaborator George Reiff (Ray Wylie Hubbard, Band of Heathens). Together, they chased a sound that was subtler and more evocative, deeper and more contemplative.
"A lot of what we listen to when we have some rare time off is what we consider late night music," explains Chris, who previously played guitar with Son Volt and Jack Ingram among others. "The last record was bright and jangly and we wanted this one to be vibey and dark. A lot of the stuff is very performance-based and not at all fussed with. We've grown so much more comfortable in our skin that we really weren't trying to sound like anyone other than ourselves this time around."
"We've had a lot of time and a lot of miles to refine our sound and our style of singing," adds Eleanor, whose resume includes work with Regina Spektor and Angus & Julia Stone. "I think the depth of our songwriting has really grown, too. Part of the time we're writing on a tour bus with Steve Earle, and the bar for poetry is pretty high when you're within earshot of one of the greatest songwriters alive."
Rich with Eleanor's stirring string arrangements and Chris's masterful guitar work, the songs on Transient Lullaby more than live up to the challenge. The album opens with "Perfect," a loping duet written partially in Washington, DC, and partially in Newcastle, England, that paints a portrait of two broken lovers who still manage to find a strange optimism in this challenging world. Spare and affecting, the song puts the spotlight on the duo's intoxicating vocal harmonies and makes for an ideal entry point into an album full of characters facing down difficulty and darkness with all the grit and humility they can muster. "Fight," written in a downtown Cleveland hotel, is a wry wink at the battlefield of marriage ("I don't wanna fight with anyone else but you"), while the fingerpicked "Highway 1" twists and turns on a California road trip through an emotional breakup.
"Life's not easy," reflects Chris. "It's hard for everybody, and I don't see it getting any easier. All you can hope for yourself is grace when walking through it, and someone to prop you up when you need a little help."
Though it's a deeply personal album, Transient Lullaby is not without its political moments. The Mastersons found themselves on tour in Lexington, KY, during the height of Kim Davis' obstinate stand against the Supreme Court's same sex marriage decision, and so they penned the infectious "You Could Be Wrong" in a dressing room before taking the stage with "Love Wins" draped across their guitars. "This Isn't How It Was Supposed To Go"—a cosmic country duet written in Cologne, Germany—has taken on new layers of political meaning in 2017, while "Don't Tell Me To Smile" is a tongue-in-cheek feminist anthem, and the gorgeous, slow-burning "Fire Escape"—which came to life in a hockey rink locker room in Alberta, Canada—suggests that the only solution to a polarized world of fear and distrust is to find strength and guidance in our loved ones.
"As we look at the world political landscape, global warming, a refugee crisis and the uncertain times we're all living in, rather than lose hope, we look to each other," Chris says. "It's a little brighter than Cormac McCarthy's The Road, but not much."
Ultimately, the road is at the core of everything The Mastersons do. "Happy When I'm Movin'" reflects their constant need for forward momentum, both physically and emotionally, and the title track paints the pair as "pilgrims of the interstate" on an endless voyage. "No I don't unpack my bag / Traveling from town to town," they sing in beautiful harmony. "Set 'em up and knock 'em down / Where there's work and songs to sing / You'll know the place where I'll be found / If you don't want to be alone / Then come along."
For The Mastersons, all that matters is where they're headed, and the songs they'll write when they get there.
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This new collaboration sinks it's teeth into the California Country sound, with contributions from renowned guitarist Philip Sayce, the legendary Jay Dee Maness on pedal steel, Fred Mandel (Alice Cooper, Elton John, Queen) on keyboards, and was produced by Jay Ruston.
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Newtown Parents Support Armed Security in Schools
Imagine that, as Obama Pushes Gun Control, Newtown Parents Push to Keep Cops in Schools. You'd think the President would seek the recommendation of parents whose children are at risk of mass shootings in schools, rather than a bunch of beauracrats. Parents know best for their kids and most parents, like myself would agree to having armed security in schools, along with better security measures such as: one entry/exit open during school hours, visitors must sign in/out through the office&present ID, along w/a metal detector at entry/exits during school hours or events. I hope local school districts are left to make these decisions at the advice of parents rather than federal beauracrats who want to deny law-abiding citizens the right to self defense&protection.
President Obama and progressives haven't been shy about using the Sandy Hook shooting to promote more gun control, but back in Newtown, parents and the superintendent are demanding more security in the form of armed police on school campus.
School Superintendent Janet Robinson has received as many as 300 emails from parents concerned about ongoing security at their child's school. In response, Ms. Robinson says she has "told the police we need them." She has personally noticed that some students at Sandy Hook Elementary, which reopened last week at a new location, are still too anxious to go outside. She believes a law enforcement presence will help allay their anxiety about safety.
At a board of education meeting Tuesday night, Amy Roman, whose two sons attend Newtown schools, asked administrators to maintain the police presence at every school in the district. At least two other parents made similar requests during the public comment portion of the meeting. The Chairman of the Board of Education, Debbie Leidlein, suggested school security should become the top budget priority in the coming year. There was unanimous agreement with her request.
This openness to a permanent security presence at schools is very much in line with the recommendation made by the NRA one week after the shooting took place. Wayne LaPierre called for placing armed officers in every school in the United States. His proposal was mocked by the left as a suggestion that more guns was the answer to gun violence, but it seems quite a few parents in Newtown, CT agree with LaPierre's proposal in principle, whatever their views on gun control might be.I've written about this previously when I declared that parents must demand a plan that protects our children. While I feel our children are overall safe at school, I would feel a lot better knowing they were receiving the kind of armed protection and security they deserve, just as politicians and celebrities receive when they are in public. I'm not asking to provide each student with an armed guard, but each school definitely needs at least two armed guards to ensure our students are safe, especially if one is on break the other needs to provide cover. I also feel they might be more effective and less intimidating to students, parents and staff if they were plain clothes security, but we definitely need armed security rather than unarmed staff and no trained security in our schools.
The story of School Resource Officer Carolyn Gudger of Tennessee, is one example of a 'good guy with a gun' protecting the principal and students from a gunman in 2010. As mentioned, there are many more cases of people saving their life or that of others because they had a gun.
Legal Gun Saves 2-Month Old Child: http://t.co/uxhpaZRH ;… Try telling this man that "more guns are not the answer."
Since 1950 Most Mass Shootings Occured in Gun Free Zones--Making People Targets http://sco.lt/5hLdtx ;
FBI data:the average American is more likely to be killed by "hands, fists" or "feet" than "assault" rifle http://sco.lt/6UCJdJ ;
Gun-ban Chicago: Nearly 15,000 murders since 1990--446/489 children killed this year alone! http://sco.lt/5kfaT3 ;
Petition to counter anti-gun nuts w/over 9K signatures...we need MORE http://sco.lt/6MFFsP ;
WH got 200K agnst guns,we MUST counteract it http://t.co/YE1DCNTb << Sign both!!
EXCLUSIVE: NY Paper Publishes Legal Gun Permit Holders Names in Print & Online! http://sco.lt/72tAzR ;
Poll:Would you choose a secure school or a "gun free" school for your children? http://shar.es/hJbkP
Rahm Emmanuel's kids protected by armed, on duty police at University of Chicago Laboratory School ;
Remarks from the NRA press conference on Sandy Hook school shooting, delivered on Dec. 21, 2012 (Transcript)http://sco.lt/5432bB ;
EXCLUSIVE: Fear of being committed may have caused Connecticut gunman to snap http://sco.lt/64xQQr ;
'I am the devil': Former classmate reveals Adam Lanza had 'online devil worshiping page' as childhood bar..http://sco.lt/7ugTJp
Obama Let 1 Billion Dollars in School Security Funds Lapse Before Sandy Hook Mass Shooting http://sco.lt/6Zt8Rl ;
Anonymous Attacks Westboro Baptist Church Over Plans to Picket Sandy Hook Funerals http://sco.lt/84z24v ;
Pictures of The victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting - May God Bless Their Souls&Comfort ... http://sco.lt/5FlnnN
The Mind of a School Shooter--Not All Are Crazy,Most Are Just Angry http://sco.lt/4p9uLp ;
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Word's from a Father who lost his daughter in COLUMBINE 12 YEARS AGO!!Congress Is Still Not Listening! http://sco.lt/6bzzaz ;
The Supreme Court, of course, has recognized that under the Constitution, honest people have a right to defend themselves with firearms, inside and outside the home;
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The new era of heavy lift
by Jeff Foust
|"We still have a range for our launch window between September and November" of 2018 for the first SLS launch, NASA's Hill said.
That performance may soon be matched by China's Long March 5, slated to make its inaugural launch late this year from the country's new spaceport at Wenchang, on Hainan Island. However, by the end of the decade both may be eclipsed by no fewer than three vehicles, under development by NASA and two American companies, with much greater payload capacities. But the development of those vehicles raises questions about how much demand exists for such massive vehicles.
The best-known of those upcoming heavy-lift vehicles is NASA's Space Launch System. Announced five years ago this month, after significant congressional prodding (see "A monster rocket, or just a monster?", The Space Review, September 19, 2011), the initial Block 1 version of the SLS is now scheduled for launch in late 2018.
"We still have a range for our launch window between September and November" of 2018, said Bill Hill, NASA deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development, at a July meeting of the NASA Advisory Council's human exploration and operations committee. "We have some challenges but we believe we can get there."
Those challenges involve not just the SLS but also the Orion spacecraft and the ground systems needed to support SLS and Orion. Those working on SLS alone sounded more optimistic about being ready for launch. "The SLS is a rocket that is going to be ready in less than two years," said Boeing's Benjamin Donahue in a talk last week at the AIAA Space 2016 conference in Long Beach, California. "It's well on its way to first flight."
NASA and its contractor team are working to make that 2018 flight the only one of the Block 1 version. They hope to have ready for the next SLS mission—and the first to carry a crew—the upgraded Block 1B version, with a payload capacity to LEO of more than 100 metric tons. That version will replace the interim upper stage used on the Block 1 with a new, and more powerful Exploration Upper Stage (EUS).
Design studies of the EUS are underway now at Boeing, Donahue said, with the current design using four RL10 engines versus the one RL10 in the Block 1 upper stage. "That much larger upper stage is really going to optimize the capability of the core stage" of the SLS, he said. "It's going to capture much more missions because of its increase in capability."
The Block 1B is shaping up to be a workhorse for cislunar exploration in the 2020s (assuming, of course, that the SLS program survives the upcoming transition in presidential administrations.) The extra capacity offered by the Block 1B, plus volume provided by a stage adapter between the Orion and the EUS, will allow those launches to "co-manifest" additional hardware, like modules for a cislunar habitat that figures into NASA's current "proving ground" plans for human missions in the next decade.
Ultimately, NASA plans to develop the SLS Block 2, with advanced boosters, capable of placing 130 metric tons into LEO. But while both NASA and Congress have deemed the Block 2 version of SLS essential for human missions to Mars, its development remains uncertain. "The big Block 2 would be available maybe in the 2030s," Donahue said.
But before the SLS makes its first flight in its Block 1 configuration, another heavy-lift vehicle is set to finally make its debut. SpaceX has been working for several years on its Falcon Heavy, which, analogous to the Delta IV Heavy, uses three first stage cores with a single second stage. The vehicle will be able to place up to 54 metric tons into low Earth orbit, making it the "the most capable rocket flying," SpaceX says on its website—at least until the SLS flies in late 2018.
|"Sorry we're late," SpaceX's Shotwell said of the Falcon Heavy. "This is actually a harder problem than we thought."
Of course, Falcon Heavy needs to start flying first. When SpaceX announced the Falcon Heavy in 2011, the company planned to deliver the first vehicle to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California by the end of 2012 for launch in early 2013. That launch date has slipped significantly because of technical issues as well as a focus on ramping up the Falcon 9 flight rate—particularly after the June 2015 Falcon 9 launch failure. The launch also moved to Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A, which SpaceX is renovating for Falcon Heavy and commercial crew Falcon 9 missions.
"Sorry we're late," said SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell in a speech last month at the AIAA/Utah State University Conference on Small Satellites in Logan, Utah. "This is actually a harder problem than we thought."
SpaceX now says its Falcon Heavy will make its first launch no earlier than the first quarter of 2017. (credit: SpaceX)
At the time, SpaceX was still planning to make the inaugural Falcon Heavy launch before the end of the year. But the September 1 pad explosion that destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket prior to a static fire test has put those plans on hold, as the company continues to investigate the cause of the accident.
"We plan to fly the Falcon Heavy as soon as the first quarter of 2017," Lars Hoffman, senior director of government sales at SpaceX, said at AIAA Space 2016 last week. That launch, he said, would include an attempt to land all three booster cores, most likely back at the Cape Canaveral "Landing Zone 1" the company used for landing Falcon 9 first stages last December and again in July. The company, he said is building additional landing pads at the site to accommodate multiple landings.
That schedule, though, depends on the outcome of the ongoing investigation, about which SpaceX has released few details since shortly after the accident. "It's too early to tell, honestly, whether or not it's going to impact the Falcon Heavy schedule," Hoffman said.
Then there's the latest entrant in the heavy-lift sweepstakes: Blue Origin. Last week, company founder Jeff Bezos sent out a newsletter announcing the orbital launch vehicle the company has been talking about developing for more than a year: New Glenn.
"Named in honor of John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, New Glenn is 23 feet [7 meters] in diameter and lifts off with 3.85 million pounds of thrust from seven BE-4 engines," Bezos wrote, adding that the first stage would be designed to land for reuse. The rocket's second stage would use a single BE-4 engine, while an optional third stage would use the BE-3 engine that currently powers the company's New Shepard suborbital vehicle.
The announcement played up the physical size of New Glenn, noting that its three-stage variant would be 313 feet (95.4 meters) tall. An illustration provided by Blue Origin showed the New Glenn standing alongside a gallery of other vehicles, towering over all but the Saturn V (although noticeably absent from the lineup was any version of NASA's SLS.)
Also missing from the announcement was any discussion of "how much," either in how much a New Glenn launch would cost or how much payload it could carry. Engineers scrutinizing the limited details about New Glenn provided in last week's announcement estimate it could place 50 to 70 metric tons in low Earth orbit. Blue Origin president Rob Meyerson, in a brief interview during the AIAA Space 2016 conference last week, declined to give details about its performance, saying the company would release more details about New Glenn later this year.
New Glenn will be ready for its first launch by the end of the decade, Bezos said in his announcement. That means that, before the SLS can make its second launch (no earlier than August 2021 but perhaps as late as 2023), there will be two other heavy-lift vehicles with payload capacities approaching the initial SLS Block 1 vehicle. Just who needs that kind of performance?
|"I'm not a big fan of commercial investment in large launch vehicles just yet," Bolden said.
Both Bezos and SpaceX's Elon Musk are motivated by long-term visions of space exploration and settlement, but both presumably desire to generate revenue in the near term with their heavy-lift vehicles. What sort of demand might exist for these vehicles, and at what prices, ventures into uncharted territory.
There's also some government skepticism about commercial development of such vehicles. "We believe that our responsibility to the nation is to take care of things that normal people cannot do or don't want to do, like large launch vehicles," NASA administrator Charles Bolden said during an AIAA Space 2016 panel session. "I'm not a big fan of commercial investment in large launch vehicles just yet."
That statement, just a day after Bezos' announcement, raised eyebrows. But Blue Origin's Meyerson downplayed any sense of a rift between the company and NASA about its launch plans, saying he felt NASA supported their efforts despite Bolden's statement.
In another panel session at the conference two days later, Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, mentioned the rocket positively. "That's another piece that potentially maybe gives us another way to get crews to space," he said of New Glenn.
And New Glenn won't be the last heavy-lift launch concept to appear from industry. At next week's International Astronautical Congress in Mexico, Musk is scheduled to give a long-awaited talk outlining his Mars exploration architecture. That's expected to include a heavy-lift vehicle that's been dubbed "BFR": "B" for "big" and "R" for "rocket." (The meaning of "F" is left as an exercise for the reader.) That will likely make use of the Raptor methane engine that SpaceX is developing.
But Blue Origin isn't done, either. "Our vision is millions of people living and working in space, and New Glenn is a very important step. It won't be the last of course. Up next on our drawing board: New Armstrong," Bezos wrote last week. "But that's a story for the future."


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Special Edition Unboxed – Final Fantasy XIII-2: Crystal Edition
We thought we'd take a break from time travelling and monster collecting, to share our unboxing of Final Fantasy XIII-2's Crystal Edition. This edition is currently sold out in most retailers, and consequently is very difficult to track down, but PS3 Attitude managed to get hold of one by using our unparalleled powers of persuasion (well, actually we just pre-ordered it).
The Crystal Edition of Final Fantasy XIII-2 includes a 4-disc soundtrack, t-shirt, art book, art print, six postcards and, of course, the game. All of the extra content is of the high quality we've come to expect from Square Enix, and is a fantastic example of how to do Special Editions well.
The art print and postcards are fine, but the 4-disc soundtrack is without a doubt the highlight of the whole package. With four hours of music, the soundtrack contains more catchy tunes than you can shake a stick at, and an unusually high number of vocals for a Final Fantasy game.
The art book, 'The Art of Final Fantasy XIII-2', is also well worth a look, especially considering the game's exceptional visuals and presentation. Furthermore, according to Square Enix, the t-shirt included exclusively in this edition will never be available anywhere else.
As if all that wasn't enough, FFXIII-2 pre-orders at GAME were rewarded with the retailer's exclusive bonus pack, which contains an alternate steelbook case for the game, three lithograph art cards, and Final Fantasy XIII -Episode i-, a short novella that describes the events between FFXIII and XIII-2.
Also included is a code to download the 'Fight in Style' game pack, which features all pre-order bonus DLC from rival retailers; the Summoner's Garb costume for Serah, the Battle Attire costume for Noel, and the opportunity to fight and capture the legendary Final Fantasy foe, Omega.
At £79.99, the Crystal Edition is the most expensive version of Final Fantasy XIII-2 on the market, but you subsequently get a heck of a lot of content for your money. The soundtrack is a particular highlight, but the package is chock-full of great content that is sure to appeal to FFXIII fans.
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"16. The followers of Antichrist will be marked with a character in imitation of the sign that St. John saw upon the foreheads of the servants of God. This indicates that Antichrist and his prophet will introduce ceremonies to imitate the Sacraments of the Church. In fact there will be a complete organization ―― a church of Satan set up in opposition to the Church of Christ. Satan will assume the part of God the Father; Antichrist will be honored as Saviour, and his prophet will usurp the role of Pope. Their ceremonies will counterfeit the Sacraments and their works of magic be heralded as miracles. A similar project was attempted in the fourth century when Julian the Apostate counterfeited Catholic worship with pagan ceremonies in honor of Mithras and Cybele. He established a priesthood and instituted ceremonies in imitation of Baptism and Confirmation."Rev. E. Sylvester Berry, D.D.
The Apocalypse of St. John
Discussion on Apoc: xiii, 16.
John W. Winterich, Columbus, Ohio, 1921
Originally there were in ancient religion four elements (fire spirit water earth) with spirit deleted by the pagans and air and then also and/or aether inserted. These were variously identified with the visible planets and gods/goddesses of the pagans. The order was also rearranged variously and finally a sixth element was added: universal mind (just as the heretical interpretation of Jesus Christ as the impersonal word of God, instead of enhypostasia which is correct that Jesus Christ is the Person-al Son and Word of God incarnate). Finally language was seen as the mystical means of connecting with the powers of the gods/goddesses (actually Satan and the other fallen angels and the demons [demons are, according to the Church Fathers, the non-human souls of the pre-flood nephilim]), and with that alpha-numeric theosophies, namely Hebrew Gematria (Greek and Roman variations are Isopsephia) were especially used. These connections were for the sorcery/magic astrological control over the elements (Greek – stoichea) and even other men. Trigrams, pentagrams, hexagrams et al were symbols used in conjunction with this. The final Mark of the Beast will not be accidental or co-incidental. The final mark of the Antichrist (the Beast) will be willful knowingly on purpose representation of the damned individual's name by gematria/isopsephia spelling of his name to equal 666. He will seek to impress this knowingly on all men. All who knowingly take it will be irrevocably damned. The Mark of the beast, now and then is also the so called 'Magen Star of David' which is actually the star of Rempham (Satan) that St. Stephen condemned in the book of the Acts (see below).
If one studies freemasonry one finds that it is the worst kept secret there is, on purpose. They intend to be more and more open about their aims until people openly join in their rebellion against God for that very reason. It is true that there are roots of Byzantine-Venetian banking -- Phnariot, Darius Socinus etc., and there is a stabilization of the power that was concentrated therein and in connection with Switzerland (including the powerful Warburgs and Rothschilds). It is also true that without the connivings of Cardinal Richelieu it would have been stopped a long time ago. It is also true that unscrupulous Jews were involved every step of the way as Bernard Lazare, himself a Jew tells us. There were Jews round Adam Weishaupt in the late 1700's when Weishaupt added the very Lurianic Illuminism, overt Satanism, the final formulation in which (Weishaupt's formula) "it will advance until its final conflict with Christianity must determine whether Christ or Satan shall reign on this earth to the end." Weishaupt's way is the way of the Masonic lodges today, to first seduce men into his organization through its lower degrees. To quote Monsignor Dillon from his Edinburgh lectures:
"A man, though in Masonry, may not be willing to become an atheist or a Socialist, for some time at least. He may have in his heart a profound conviction that God exists, and some hope left of returning to that God at or before his death. He may have entered Masonry for purposes of ambition, for motives of vanity, from mere lightness of character. He may continue his prayers and refuse, if a Catholic, to give up the Mother of God and some practice of piety loved by him from his youth. But Masonry is a capital system to wean a man gradually away from all these things. It does not at once deny the existence of God, nor at once attack the Christian dispensation. It commences by giving the Christian idea of God an easy and, under semblance of respect, an almost imperceptible shake. It swears by the name of God in all its oaths. It calls Him, however, not a Creator, only an architect — the great Architect of the universe. It carefully avoids all mention of Christ, of the Adorable Trinity, of the unity of Faith, or of any faith. It protests a respect for the convictions of every man, for the idolatrous Parsee, for the Mohammedan (Dillon should have said Muslim), the heretic, the Jew, the schismatic, the Catholic. By and by, in higher degrees, it gives a ruder shock to the belief in the Deity, and a gradual inducement to favor Naturalism."
Note: It is Catholic formal theology from before the robber council of Vatican II Masonic Apostasy, that both Catholicism and Islam are monotheistic in the narrow sense of worshipping only the one true God. In the directly above quoted passage the protestation of faith by the Masonic apostates is wrong because of the connection to naturalism and opposition to the worship of the one true God. In the above sentence "It protests a respect for the convictions of every man, for the idolatrous Parsee, for the Mohammedan, the heretic, the Jew, the schismatic, the Catholic." the Mohammedan (Muslim) and Catholic mentioned by Monsignor Dillon are not terms of condemnation. The idolatrous Parsee's religion is in fact condemned for idolatry and the terms heretic and schismatic are obviously terms of opprobrium and the Jew's religion, as it embraces the perfidy and Deicide of the Jews who are apostate from God, is also condemned. What is also condemned is any connection of the worship of the True God, worshipped by both Christians and Muslims, with any and all naturalistic worship of Pantheistic paganism - and Freemasonry and Illuminism, in particular.
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It is the Communist Illuminati Masonry that we find at the core of the Vatican II apostasy. The smoke of Satan is the Satanic black mass, as mentioned by Malachi Martin in his writings. Although the Antipope Paul VI mentioned the smoke of Satan, he was part and parcel of it. It is especially the black mass child sacrifice by murdering and offering this murdered child to Satan, it is that form, that is the core of the Novus Ordo and Vatican II and everyone that is connected with it and has lead and will lead to nothing but apostasy and that black mass that continues to this day; this Masonry with the Judeo-Freemason Cardinals of the Vatican who were and are the willing servants of Satan and the Antipopes who are the willing pawns of Satan. Those Antipopes are: John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.


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Who's next in line once the Pope resigns?
The shock resignation by Pope Benedict XVI not only caught the Church by surprise, but according to Archbishop of Brisbane it means navigating new territory in the Church.
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Pope Benedict XVI has surprised the world by announcing he will stand down at the end of this month because he is too old and frail to cope with the demands of his ministry.
The 85-year-old German-born pontiff, who was elected in 2005 but saw the Catholic Church rocked by a series of child abuse scandals during his reign, will become the first pope to stand down since the Middle Ages.
He announced that his advanced age and the pace of change in the modern world had left him unable to "adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted" to him.
Archbishop of Brisbane, Mark Coleridge said he was surprised that the announcement was kept so quiet.
"When I got the news of it this morning, it was a bit of a bombshell.
"I'd been in Rome all week at meetings. I actually met the Pope on Thursday morning and he looked fine," he said
"There was no whisper in Rome of resignation. Rome is a City that is very prone to whispers, but I didn't hear any hint."
He said never before has the Church lived through a pontiff retiring as Benedict XVI has elected to.
"We are in new territory; we've never been here before. Even if you look back to Pope's that resigned hundreds of years ago, they did so in very different circumstances.
"But I think he will retire with the utmost discretion to a Monastery and a library and will return to his academic life, and will no way seek to intervene in the day to day affairs of the Church."
Archbishop Coleridge defended the way Pope Benedict XVI handled the child abuse scandals during his reign, and his decision to remove Bishop William M. Morris from the pastoral care of the diocese of Toowoomba in 2011 after a long history of tension between Bishop Morris and the Vatican.
"The Pope was extraordinarily patient, and almost to a point indulgent where he sat down one-to-one with Bishop Morris and ask for his resignation. It's very unusual that a Pope would do that.
"To cast him in the role of someone who wasn't prepared to listen or consider questions of justice I think is a crude account of what went on," he said.
Archbishop Coleridge paid his respects to Benedict XVI as a strong leader who he believes will be remembered as one of the great teaching Pope's of the Roman Catholic Church.
"He'd be a leading contender for the finest theological mind that has ever been Pope.
"The three great tasks of a Pope and a Bishop is to teach, sanctify and govern. Benedict XVI has been quite luminous as a teacher and he's been very strong as sanctifier.
"I have a great sense of gratitude for his generosity and for the wisdom he's shown and I wish him every peace, happiness and joy in the years that are given to him now.
"I hope he can retire to his beloved books and read and write and continue to produce the kind of luminous texts he's produced through a lifetime," he said.
Who is next in line?
The job of picking Pope Benedict's successor now lies in the hands of a select group of cardinals who will be summoned to Rome in the coming days.
British and Irish bookmakers have ranked Nigeria's Cardinal Francis Arinze, Peter Turkson of Ghana and Canadian Marc Ouellet as favourites to lead the Roman Catholic Church; however Archbishop Coleridge said he doesn't believe an African will be next in line.
"I think it's too early yet for Africa to produce a Pope. It took Poland 1000 years.
"There has to be a process of maturation in a local church before someone emerges to become the Pope.
"I don't think it will be an African, although I have the highest regard for Cardinal Turkson, as I do for some of the other African Cardinals."
Archbishop Coleridge said he feels Benedict XVI may be the last European Pope for some time.
"I don't know that, but I instinctively have the sense that the Cardinals may well look beyond the shores of Europe. If they did that the most likely place they would look for maturation of the Church in a place would be Latin America or Central America," he said.
Mark Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane spoke to Kelly Higgins-Devine.
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Unable to install or run application. The application requires that assembly Sentinel.v3.5 Client Version 220.127.116.11 be installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) first.
Cause: Application compiled on 3.5 SP1 then run on machine with only 3.5 installed.
Resolution: Install 3.5 SP1 on the client machine
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The key areas for a security team to design for with regards to infrastructure security are
- Managing datacenter identities
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Let us start looking at the public cloud implementations to understand how they are managing these aspects.
Almost all the vendors – IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce provide a means to do SSH with keys to the Guest OS. The protocol runs over SSL and is authenticated with a certificate and private key which could be generated by the customer.
IBM SmartCloud is designed with enterprise security as a top priority. Access to the infrastructure self-service portal and application programming interface (API) is restricted to users with an IBM Web Identity. The infrastructure complies with IBM security policies, including regular security scans and controlled administrative actions and operations. Within our delivery centres, customer data and virtual machines are kept in the data centre where provisioned, and the physical security is the same as that for IBM's own internal data centres. With virtual private network (VPN) option, customers can isolate their servers in the IBM SmartCloud on a virtual local area network (VLAN) that can act as an extension of their internal network. This VPN capability can also be used to create security zones in an Internet-facing configuration to better protect their servers against attacks.
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First off I have to say that I love this series. I had a chance encounter with Cas Peace when she was visiting America four a Writers Conference and Vacation. It was the start of a beautiful friendship. Cas has become one of my great mentors. I got her first book in the series and immediately fell in love with the characters. As I read I forgot about my own world. I was 100% wrapped up in the world of the Artesans. When an opportunity came for me to interview one of the main characters I totally jumped at it. Sully (Sullyan), of course, is my favorite character in the books. I think I have a small book crush on her. Then again, everyone seems to have a crush on Sully. It's not that she is beautiful but she is strong, smart, and compassionate…she makes it easy to love her. When Cas asked me if I would be willing to illustrate the covers for her books I was both humbled and shouting whoops of excitement. This is like fan art to me! I hope Sully likes the way I depicted her. We'll see what she says when I ask her…
Interview With Sullyan:
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What is the most important thing to you and why?
Sullyan: Loyalty is the most important thing to me. Some of my friends might have expected me to say that love was the most important thing and they're right: it is true that love is extremely important. But if you had the kind of upbringing I did, you would know why I consider loyalty so essential. I spent the first thirteen years of my life not knowing who I was or where I belonged. I was not abused or ill-treated, but I had no sense of belonging to the place where I was raised. It was not my home, and no one there tried to make it feel like home. I developed no loyalty to it—all I knew was that I was not truly alive; that I lacked something fundamental. It was only when Mathias Blaine brought me to live at the Manor that I began to realize what was missing. Unwavering and unquestioning loyalty to one's friends, one's comrades, one's King and one's realm are what make a person whole and complete.
If you could arm wrestle any other character in the story who would you take on?
Sullyan: I love this question! The easy answer would be to say someone I knew I could win against, but that would not be right. I certainly would not take on Bull, or Robin, or even Taran. Not because I might lose, but because it would create awkwardness whoever won. We never contend between ourselves unless we are training, and then we never take things too far. I think the best person to arm wrestle would be Owyn Denny, a Kingsman and Elias' Lieutenant Major at Port Loxton. Denny can't resist a challenge and he loves to gamble. He would just adore running a book on who might win.
You have so many that look to you as an example (a hero). Is there someone you look up to, someone who has acted the mentor role?
Sullyan: Well, you have my thanks for the compliment! I try to set an example for those I train, as well as the men of my company. As for me, the first person who showed any interest in me and gave me any kind of instruction was the bard, Fiann. He came to the Downs one year on his usual rounds of Albia and happened to hear me singing to myself in the hills. We became firm friends and it was Fiann who taught me that I was an Artesan. He shared his knowledge of the other realms with me, helped me hone my Artesan skills, and also taught me music. The day he allowed me to play his great harp is one of my most treasured memories.
When did you first know you were in love with Robin?
Sullyan: As soon as I first set eyes on him. That might sound trite, but it is true. When Bull took me to that little garrison in Lychdale, in Garon Province, and the commanding officer brought Robin out, my heart did this strange little flip in my chest. I might not have immediately admitted it to myself, but I think my soul knew right then it had found its mate. I could not tell Robin that, of course! Not before we had even been introduced. But I think Bull knew it. I think he knew I would fall for Robin, and that was one of the reasons he made me go with him to Lychdale.
For those that have not read the books, can you give them a reason to start? What is it about your story that you want people to know?
Sullyan: I want people to know what it is to have and return the unconditional love of dear friends and comrades. I want them to thrill to the excitement of battle, to feel the satisfaction of knowing you have protected realm and hearth and home. I want them to see how the desire for power can corrupt; to realize that wielding power takes skill—and the mightier the power, the more proficient that wielder must be. I want them to realize that power changes those who use it, and that in order to be changed for the better, the wielder needs a strong and sturdy heart: a heart supported and bolstered by unconditional love. I want them to be challenged as I have been challenged.
I have depicted you in many portraits. Am I doing your beauty justice?
Sullyan: I am humbled that you consider me beautiful. I know that Robin does, and I know that he is pleased by the artwork you have made. You have a rare skill that is akin to an Artesan's powers—you take raw earth elements and shape them into a new form, use them for the good and the pleasure of others. This is a skill I admire, and I am happy to be the subject of your talent.
What can you say about Cas? How is she doing telling your story?
Sullyan: Cas has another of the skills I admire: the skill of the bard. To reach another's heart through song or story is to reach deeply—tales told by such skills often stay entrenched in such hearts, even stretching out into Time to become myth and legend. Judging by the many favorable comments my story has received, Cas is doing a fine job.
What is the hardest lesson you've had to learn?
Sullyan: Humility. When a person is blessed with a gift such as the powers of an Artesan, it is easy to become obsessed with, even possessed by, the opinion that you are somehow better than your fellows. The Artesan craft is so glorious that the temptation to use it simply because you can is ever close. Have you never wished you could make such a show of power that those who scorn you or put you down would be forced to shy away from you in fear? Think how tempting it would be to set yourself up as some kind of superhero—someone who could enforce every law, destroy every criminal, right every wrong? Yet no human is capable of withstanding the temptations of power once that power has been given free rein. Humility is the tool by which we govern our baser desires, and love is the basis of humility. All must learn it or be devoured by our own darkness.
You have sung so many songs throughout the series. Which has been your favorite? Is there a reason behind it?
Sullyan: I have always loved to sing. I cannot remember a time when I did not sing, even before I met the bard Fiann, who taught me much of singing and of music. To say I have a favorite song would be to tell a falsehood, but there is a song that means more to me than any other I have learned. "All That We Are" is the song my father Morgan penned for my mother, Bethyn. He did not compose the melody—that was ancient long before he lived and known, it seems, in every realm. But he took this tune and crafted words that told of his love for my mother, his soul mate. I believe she used to song it to me while I was yet in the womb, for I cannot recall a time when I did not know it. I knew it when I met Lord Fiann, who told me that the words I sang were the High Language of Andaryon, which none had taught me, and it was he who translated them for me so I knew their meaning. This song, which I call "Morgan's Song", is the song of my soul. It is a tangible link to my parents, my lineage, and it will never leave me. I believe it has yet a part to play in my life. Probably also my death.
You make the best fellan, can we know your secret? Maybe a recipe?
Sullyan: Ha! It is not I who make the best fellan, but Bulldog. He makes it dark and bitter and full of aroma, and it is his doing that I am addicted. His brew was the first I ever tasted when I came to the Manor (we did not brew fellan in the Downs) and it was his assertion that I would not like the taste that made me determined to try some. He could not believe that a small girl of thirteen could tolerate such strong flavors, but to me, the taste of fellan felt like something else that had been missing from my life, something else I craved without understanding why. Fellan is the taste, the smell, the warmth of home and hearth; it carries the memory of firelight, the murmur of friends' voices, a sense of belonging and stability. As for the recipe, you will have to ask Bull!
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Friend against friend, lover against lover, ally against ally.
Conflict is coming …
Nine months have passed since Brynne Sullyan helped forge an alliance between the realms of Albia and Andaryon. A fragile peace reigns as both sides recover from the events of the previous year. Then mysterious raiders strike Andaryon villages. Attempts are made on the life of Albia's High King. As Sullyan scrambles to find those responsible, unseen enemies threaten to pull apart everything she has worked for, including her marriage.
To betray either one would break her heart, but if conflict is inevitable, she must make a choice … The alliance begins to crumble, and Sullyan finds herself caught between two monarchs: the king she's sworn allegiance to, and the man she loves as a father.
Nine months have passed since Brynne Sullyan helped forge an alliance between the realms of Albia and Andaryon. A fragile peace reigns as both sides recover from the events of the previous year. Then mysterious raiders strike Andaryon villages. Attempts are made on the life of Albia's High King. As Sullyan scrambles to find those responsible, unseen enemies threaten to pull apart everything she has worked for, including her marriage.
To betray either one would break her heart, but if conflict is inevitable, she must make a choice … The alliance begins to crumble, and Sullyan finds herself caught between two monarchs: the king she's sworn allegiance to, and the man she loves as a father.
Meet the Author
Cas Peace was born in Hampshire UK, in 1957, and has lived there most of her life. Her first career was as a horse-riding instructor, and horses remain very close to her heart. She then spent 13 years working for the British Civil Service before leaving the UK to live in Italy for three years, 1991-1994. She speaks passable but by no means perfect Italian, and loves to return to Italy whenever she can. Cas's other great loves are anything to do with animals, especially dogs and horses, (she supports many animal charities) and also singing. Cas loves folk songs and along with her husband, who plays guitar, has performed in many a Southern England folk club. Sometimes they even asked her back! She writes folk songs to accompany her fantasy novels, and offers them as free downloads from her website.
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A local Mittelstand?
Many years ago we launched the VCIP (Venture Capital Incentive Programme) with the hope that it would provide support for emerging SMEs. Nothing happened and it collapsed. The PP Government also launched its "i2i" programme, again to encourage ideas from the general public which could spark new companies, SMEs. Nothing of significance happened. The current government is talking about affording help to SMEs who export via the Ex Im Bank and NEDCO is there to support SMEs.
Cariri has its Business Hatchery which is again focussed on startup SMES. All of these seem to suggest that the diversification thrust which we have been talking about for decades is now expected to be driven by SMEs, based on ideas from the general public. Many justify this approach to our diversification by referring to the place SMEs have in Germany, the Mittelstand—there are 344,855 exporting SMEs compared with 8,404 large exporting companies, the former earns 186 billion Euros and the latter 778 billion. Hence only 2.4 per cent of Germany's exporting companies are large scale though they export, earn four times as much as the SME sector.
What many ignore is that in Germany there is a national innovation system. Though the individual SMEs are challenged for human resources, they spend a substantial amount on R&D and hence innovation drives their global competitiveness.
Further, there are clusters of companies that utilise similar technologies that are developed by government funded research and there is a university-based outreach programme to support the SMEs' move into the digital age. Also, the German SMEs focus on very narrow niche markets, products. For example, as the emerging countries expand into manufacturing the Germans produce the specialised machine tools they require. These companies are family owned and tend to use capital either from their own resources or bank loans. Hence their vision tends to be long-term as opposed to satisfying the immediate/short term financial requirements of shareholders.
Given that the German R&D system is not starved for highly skilled manpower it is easy to see the R&D sector as a service that is being used by the human-resource-constrained SMEs in their chase for highly specialised export markets wherein the competition is limited.
Recently we saw the New Jersey Technology Institute of the US introducing an innovation thrust based on setting up teams to address the needs of industries and governments as opposed to basic research funded by government; a model that the German SMEs have been using to compete in their narrow niche export markets.
The economic environment of T&T differs from that of Germany. First there is no national innovation system in T&T that provides the finance for innovation, nor a formal stream of ideas based on existing industry or even from ensuing R&D, nor government's help in developing technology that can encourage industrial clusters. There is a critical shortage of the human resource that can support the necessary research and development across many areas as exist in Germany; ie there is a shortage of the various teams of researchers that can be deployed to the many and varied areas of innovative endeavour.
This is the challenge that we face in T&T where an export facility has to be created that earns foreign exchange needed so as to import most of what we consume. Even the little we produce for local use has to be globally competitive since as an open economy we can import most things also.
The fact that global competitiveness today is based on knowledge, its application and its creation, innovation, coupled to the limited R&D resource locally, dictates that our export activity cannot be broad based and has to be in selected clusters. Hence we cannot leave the creation of an export industry to serendipity, where the diversification policy is to give general support to the public for any idea, with the hope that globally competitive companies will be formed.
The imperative then is the construction of a national innovation system wherein the government plays an important part in financing the traditional Triple Helix triad. The first task then is to choose the industries/technologies of relevance to the global market current and foreseeable demands, in which we wish to become competitive, say, via a foresighting exercise. This will allow us to establish with the R&D community the related centres of excellence that could produce the ideas and hence the startups in the chosen areas of economic activity.
The German SMEs are now about incremental innovation to maintain their competitiveness. One of our eminent academics, Prof Anthony Clayton of UWI (Mona) recommends, however, that we go for disruptive innovation that can quickly cement our place in the global market. Still, it is unfortunate that recent governments, particularly the current one, are more so concerned with the resurgence of the energy sector and maintaining the status quo of the plantation.
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December 1 -
Rosa Parks Anniversary &
World AIDS Day
On this day 57 years ago, December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks stood for equality. We remember her today and all those that have fought for civil and social rights. This photo was taken by Jacob Metcalf: every bus in the city of Seattle honored Rosa Parks the day she passed away.
We honor all those that have suffered and do suffer today with the AIDS / HIV virus around the world. Holding them in our hearts.
Photo: A red ribbon is displayed on the North Portico of the White House in honor of World AIDS Day 2012. More on how the White House is honoring World AIDS Day: http://wh.gov/5ITF


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You face the 1942 film The Moon and Sixpence and you come away pondering the career arcs and obsessions of three men, none of whom are seen in the film proper: Albert Lewin, W. Somerset Maugham and Paul Gauguin. The film's director, the original novelist and the ostensible subject, the three men had little in common beyond an abiding interest - in Gauguin a life-dominating passion - in the mechanics of social rebellion and the emotional chemistry of those individuals who are compelled to reject modern conventions. Gauguin, of course, rejected his bourgeois life in Paris for a threadbare bohemian existence painting in Tahiti, a defiant path as glamorously unique in the art world as it is anywhere else, and one that has helped popularize the Gauguin legend just as it's inspired fiction like Maugham's (and Maria Vargas Llosa's 2003 novel The Way to Paradise).
Maugham's book, published in 1919, takes a familiar Maughamian form: the author posits himself as a distant narrator, limning the arc of the contentious central character's life as it is observed in swatches and recollections of people who knew him. This first-person voice is personified by Herbert Marshall, who appeared in four other Maugham adaptations, including two versions of The Letter (1929 & 1940) and, as Maugham himself, in The Razor's Edge (1946), another film that pieces together the story of an off-the-grid anti-social seeker. In The Moon and Sixpence he's merely a Maughamian novelist meeting the acquaintance of one Charles Strickland (George Sanders), a bland London stockbroker who, just like the Gallic Gauguin, suddenly dumps his family in a single misanthropic flourish, in order to reinvent his life as a painter. Marshall's buttoned-down observer is asked to intervene, and so the two men begin a testy relationship, in London and Paris, marked by the inquisitive writer's shocked middle-class values as they're assaulted by Strickland's callous, misogynistic, completely self-absorbed "beast" persona, which itself leads to various suicides and degradations, and eventually steers him toward the tropics, where an asocial white man can be left alone to make art among the sexually available natives.
Lewin's 1942 film adaptation is hardly explicit about much of this, of course, but it is more explicit about it than you'd imagine (Lewin had to produce the film himself, and its low budget is evident). Sexual abuse and exploitation are so close under the surface it seems to make some of the actors uncomfortable. It's a lean film that tries to honor its high-falutin' source novel but at the same time has uncomfortable thematic meat in its teeth. The story, after all, pits Art vs. Society, elitist nihilism vs. civilized community, and in the end, just as in life, the fight is a strange and disquieting draw, as Strickland's cosmic lout finds heaven in Tahiti and then pays for his aesthetic triumphs with a dark twist of fate, heralded by the appearance of infamous Hollywood acromegaly victim Rondo Hatton as a village leper.
Maugham may have been the most mainstream and popular British novelist of the 20th century, but he was clearly fascinated with characters who discard lives and priorities like his and march to the edge of oblivion. For his sake, Lewin had a similar yen, as exhibited in the six films he directed, including The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) - an obsession with transgression, with violating accepted norms in pursuit of a higher ideal or truer state. In his most famous films, including Sixpence, that translated into portraits of crazy, wholesale, God-defying decadence, leaving you to wonder if Lewin was in fact the one Hollywood director who could have, or would have, adapted Sade. These films don't just present open warfare on human kindness and decency, they lavishly endorse it. Lewin remains something of an unsung auteur, and earned his way inside the machine, having worked his way up in the '20s from script boy to screenwriter to, in the '30s, Irving Thalberg's right-hand man and one of the key producers at MGM during that booming-movietown decade. In effect, Lewin was a power broker who, come the '40s, wanted to pursue his own visions, and with Sixpence he finally carved out his opportunity. You can see Lewin's perverse love for Strickland's heedless all-for-art egomania, for which the character literally throws away everything he has and will ever have, palpitate in virtually every scene, rhyming with Maugham's ultra-civilized inquiry, as if the two of them were visitors at a zoo, watching a content and conscienceless gorilla do what it must, without thought for consequences.
Sanders seems miscast as Strickland at first, during the character's "dull" phase - how could Sanders ever be mistaken for a cipher? Lewin skirts around this by allowing Maugham's Marshall-intoned narration to dominate the film - entire scenes transpire without dialogue, just the Maughamian voice contextualizing the action for us. Lewin and Maugham were both conscious of the self-consciousness - when Marshall's fussy scribe asks Strickland to see his paintings because they may parse out clues to the artist's infuriating character, Strickland replies, with perfect Sanders incisiveness, "You must write pretty bad novels." Lewin's best movies, in fact, are all heavily narrated, by hyperliterate cynics looking back on people and incidents they're still very far from understanding. There's very little "now" in Lewin, but a great deal of the mysterious, maddening "then."
Largely thanks to having fallen into a rights abyss as an independent feature, The Moon and Sixpence has been unavailable in any form for decades, and was only occasionally shown on TV in the '60s and '70s in crummy prints. The new restoration brings back Lewin's unusual color scheme - when the narrative transitions to Tahiti, the film's black-&-white photography gets tinted amber, and the last reel explodes into full-on Technicolor, as Strickland's giant, Gauguinesque paintings are revealed. Lewin pulled a similar stunt in Dorian Gray three years later, when that tale's pivotal canvas is revealed in startling color, and there's no underestimating the sorcerous allure that painting had on Lewin, who pivoted each of his philosophically loaded films on the evasive transcendence of art. In each film, the pursuit of the sublime translates to tragedy, death and, worst-of-all, soullessness, prices only the graced few must pay.
Producer: David L. Loew
Director: Albert Lewin
Screenplay: W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Albert Lewin
Cinematography: John F. Seitz
Art Direction: F. Paul Sylos
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Film Editing: Richard L. Van Enger
Cast: George Sanders (Charles Strickland), Herbert Marshall (Geoffrey Wolfe), Doris Dudley (Blanche Stroeve), Eric Blore (Capt. Nichols), Albert Bassermann (Dr. Coutras), Florence Bates (Tiare Johnson), Steve Geray (Dirk Stroeve), Elena Verdugo (Ata).
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Oscar nominee Terrence Howard is moving to the small screen, joining NBC's "Law & Order: Los Angeles." Rob Lowe, meanwhile, is sticking around on "Parks and Recreation."
Howard ("Hustle & Flow," "Iron Man") will play a prosecutor on "L&O: LA," executive producer Dick Wolf announced Friday (July 30) at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. He and Alfred Molina, who joined the cast last week, will rotate episodes in the courtroom, similar to the way "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" operated for several seasons with Vincent D'Onofrio and Chris Noth.
Molina and Howard join Skeet Ulrich ("Jericho") and Corey Stoll ("Salt"), who will pay two LAPD detectives.
On "Parks and Rec," meanwhile, Lowe will continue his role as upbeat — or possibly manic — state auditor Chris Traeger on the NBC comedy, which is scheduled for a midseason debut. (Adam Scott will also be a full-time member of the cast.) Lowe, who has an arc on "Californication" in the coming season, left ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" in May.
"I am beyond thrilled that Rob will be joining the cast for more episodes," "Parks and Rec" executive producer Mike Schur says. "I have truly come to value his fashion sense, grooming habits and workout tips. Also, he is hilarious and adds a wonderful dimension to the cast. But really, it's the workout tips."
Other casting news from NBC:
– "The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey and Rob Corddry ("Hot Tub Time Machine") will guest star in the third episode of "Community" as two of Jeff's (Joel McHale) ex-law firm colleagues. Corddry will play Jeff's former best friend at work, and Carey will play a "good-natured — but much feared" figure at the firm.
– As executive producer Paul Lieberstein told Zap2it earlier this month, Kathy Bates will reprise her guest role on "The Office" next season. Bates also stars in NBC's midseason show "Harry's Law."
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Well, I've not fallen off the face of the earth or anything. I figured everyone might like to know what I've been up to, and since I somehow managed to find an extra minute or two I decided to write something.
I've been consumed with schoolwork lately. It's absurd. I'm not even kidding. I've never in all my life had so much homework to have to do. I had to quit my job a couple of weeks ago just so I could get it all done. I've been spending every single day not in school just playing catch up with it all, and still just barely being able to finish everything I need to do. I've literally been a nervous wreck about this. I've just been in a constant state of panic that I won't be able to get everything done in time. The other day I was eating and noticed I couldn't stop shaking my hands. I realized I just couldn't get away from that feeling of panic. Due to that, I've intentionally tried to calm down the last couple of days by doing things to get my mind off of school.
I went last night to see the new James Bond film. In case any of you didn't know, I'm a Bond fanatic. I love those movies. I even love the books. I've read just about every one of them Fleming wrote--some of them twice, actually. Bond was even the inspiration for my first book, as a matter of fact. So, what did I think of the movie? It was pretty good, but there were things I disliked about it. It wasn't nearly as good as the last one. This one just had too many over-the-top action sequences in it and not enough story. I was especially disappointed that the gun barrel sequence was missing from the beginning again. It worked in the last film, but I didn't think they pulled its absence off very well in this one. They waited until the very end, where it just seemed sort of out of place. And then some of the things Bond did in the film just was not Bond-like at all. For instance, at one point he throws a deceased colleague into a garbage bin, robs him, and takes off leaving him there, proclaiming he didn't think the man would mind. I cringed watching that scene because it was nothing that Fleming's Bond would ever have done. He just wouldn't have dumped a friend in the garbage like that and took off. That's not cool! But overall the movie was good. I liked it. And I was glad to have finally been able to see it. I'd been waiting in anticipation for months now. Oh, and I guess I should apologize if I've ruined it for anyone just now. I might should have made the disclaimer previously.
On a few other points of interest, I was thoroughly disappointed on election night. I was not in support of Barrack Obama at all. I didn't cry by McCain's defeat though, because I personally thought he ran a fairly poor campaign, and the loss was pretty much expected. But, nevertheless, it was rather depressing. Of the two men, I really don't think either was any count, but I did feel like McCain would do a better job cleaning up some of the corruption in Washington and getting at least a hint of bipartisanship back into the system. I really don't know that Obama will be able to do that. I also liked McCain's plans for the housing market, which is something Obama opposed. But as I said, overall neither man impressed me. I was just voting for who seemed to me to be the lesser of two evils. I'll freely admit I may have been blindsided or prejudiced in my decision. I don't say prejudiced because of Obama's skin color--I could care less--but because I'm Republican. I wanted the elephant to win.
I was also disappointed by the Proposition 8 decision and the other similar ballot measures that passed. Now, I'm not a supporter of gay marriage per se, but I don't think the government has any right to legislate such a thing. For one, it shows a bias against homosexuals. I say that because the government will willingly recognize just about any form of heterosexual relationship, but the minute homosexuality is hinted at, it slams its fist down. And I'm rather bothered by the Christian response out of all this. Don't Christians know how their fighting gay marriages causes homosexuals to dislike and distance themselves from them? Allow people to live and let live. What harm does this really do anyone, but the ones who want it? And just how does any Christian think that opposing gay marriages will lead any gay person closer to Christ? All this does is reinforce the idea to homosexuals that Christians are the enemy. It turns homosexuals away from them. And, really, who could blame them? So, why not allow gay marriages? Why not allow homosexuals to have what they want? It doesn't mean you have to stop trying to reach out to them to win them for Christ. It just means you're not going to be in their face every waking moment of the day, dictating how they are to live their lives. Now, just to make clear, I don't approve of gay marriages. I don't think that's in line with God's wishes. But I dislike the ban on gay marriages because I do think it's an injustice to peoples freedoms and personal beliefs. And I find it appalling to think of Christians trying to impose their religious and moral beliefs on others by helping pass legislation of this kind that serves no other purpose but that.
I'll say more on this subject later, so please don't jump to any wild conclusions just yet. There's much more I plan on saying soon about this.
So anyway, that's all for now. I will just ask that anyone interested please be praying for me. I've been so busy with school stuff that it's just been hard for me to find time for friends and family lately. I feel as though I've probably alienated some of them. I couldn't really help it. If I'd made more time for them I wouldn't have got my schoolwork done, so I hope they understand. Heck, the Bond movie was actually the first fun thing I've been able to do in weeks now, and thankfully I was able to include my dad and brother in that little outing. But because of all this stuff I've just felt so alone these last couple of months. I just feel as if I don't have anyone, and it's really starting to get at me a bit. You can imagine what temptations this has brought on me. So, yeah, please be praying, for me and for my family. We could all use it right about now, I think.
God bless, and hopefully it won't take me so long to write again.


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Peachey Belt (South Australia)
The name Peachey Belt was in common usage as early as 1846. It was spelt as Peachy or Peachey. There are two conflicting explanations for the original of the name in current use. One claims to be the name is derived from the native peach or quandong found on the plains. The other attributes the name to Peter Peachey, as early settler and surveyor.
Research shows that the native peach was found there together with the Peppermint Gum, the dominant species of the belt in the earlier part f the 19th century. It seems unlikely the area was named after Peter Peachey since no evidence can be found that links him to the district. Some confusion may have been caused by the use of the name Peachey in the 1960's for Peachey Road by the South Australian Housing Trust. It is most likely this use of the name Peachey is derived from Arthur Peachey, youngest son of Peter Peachey. Arthur was a registered surveyor with the lands department form 1871 and his name appears in the Lands Department records.
The Hundred of Munno Parra was proclaimed on 29th October 1846. The boundaries of the hundreds were designated by natural features such as roads or rivers. Peter Peacheys name does not appear on the early special surveys in the area. The Port Gawler Special Survey and most of the Little Para Special Survey was carried out before Peter Peachey arrived in South Australia in 1841.
During the early 1840's as country surveys were lagging behind intended purchasers, a contingent of surveyors with the Royal Sappers and Miners was brought out from England to speed up the surveying process. Peter Peachey was not registered as a surveyor worth the Lands Department, nor was he involved with the first section surveys in the Hundred of Munno Para, as they were all carried out by the Royal Sappers. By the time the first survey plans were drawn up in September 1849 for what was to become Penfield, he had died and his sons were only infants.
The word 'the' prefixes Peachey where it's spelt with or without an e. It was common practice to use the prefix the when applying a descriptive name to a geological feature but not when using a person's name.
The Peppermint Gum was excellent for fencing and building material and so early settlers cut it all down and the forest had virtually disappeared by 1880's.


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Ed Marcelle is one of the most creative pastors I've ever been around – he planted Terra Nova Church in Troy, NY and is one of the more influential men in the Acts 29 Network.
This past week, he's written a three-part series for The Resurgence on Gospel Incarnation – how his church puts hands and feet to the gospel, living it out in the context of their mission in Troy.
We have encouraged everyone to identify a place where they need to be culturally present. Culture, most simply defined as a shared set of words, cues, and artifacts that are understood without translation, differs from person to person with plenty of overlap. I have challenged every person in our community to represent Christ within their culture, because it is on that singular level that the incarnation of the gospel happens.
When we represent justice, we are acknowledging that we as human beings violate the truth and live in "unrightness" and that we want to shine the light of rightness into a dark world.
Everyone needs help at some time, whether from self-inflicted wounds, societal ills, or family sins. To be present to give that aid is to administer mercy and grace. In this way, we try to reflect Jesus' presence, being full of grace, and we try to reflect what the prophets commanded, that we are to do justice and to love mercy.