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A former high-level Chinese official from Sichuan Province was recently put under investigation by the Communist Party reportedly for graft, but a recent report suggests he might have been involved in something far more sinister: committing crimes against humanity against prisoners of conscience.
Li Chuncheng, the former deputy chief of Sichuan Province and described as a "fixer" for Chinese security czar Zhou Yongkang, was identified by the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) human rights organization as a party directly involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Sichuan Province.
Falun Gong is a type of slow-moving meditation practice with origins in China but has been targeted by the Chinese Communist Party since 1999. Thousands of adherents have been killed while in detention and even more subjected to torture or other abuses, according to the Falun Dafa Information Center.
Between 1999 and 2002, Zhou Yongkang was the Party chief of Sichuan, while Li was the mayor of the city of Chengdu, the capital, eventually becoming one of Zhou's trusted confidants.
The WOIPFG says they learned that a large number of Falun Gong adherents were used for live organ harvesting and were imprisoned in military warehouses and other facilities in Sichuan as well as in Chongqing, which was formerly headed by disgraced Party chief Bo Xilai.
Recently, the WOIPFG released a secretly recorded phone conversation between an investigator posing as Li and Zhou, suggesting that the two were involved in the detention of Falun Gong practitioners, and potentially involved in organ harvesting.
The conversation, which took place on May 29, 2008, between the two Party bosses showed that Zhou did not deny that Falun Gong practitioners were being held in warehouses and other facilities. And he also said that such matters should be discussed through a secret "red phone" line.
The conversation took place after the devastating 2008 earthquake in Sichuan that killed hundreds of thousands. The following was the recorded:
Investigator (posing as Li): Hi, is this Zhou Yongkang?
Zhou Yongkang: Yes, I am.
Investigator: This is Li Chuncheng.
Zhou Yongkang: What?
Investigator: I am Li Chuncheng, Sichuan provincial Party chief.
Zhou Yongkang: from Chengdu?
Investigator: Yes.
Zhou Yongkang: Are you Chuncheng?
Investigator: That's right.
Zhou Yongkang: I don't recognize your accent. Are you tired?
Investigator: Tired. I have to report one thing to you.
Zhou Yongkang: Oh.
Investigator: An earthquake aftershock just hit, and something happened.
Zhou Yongkang: Oh.
Investigator: In our region, many facilities used to hold Falun Gong practitioners were damaged. Some of them ran away from there. What do you think we should do?
Zhou Yongkang: Oh.
Investigator: What do you think we should do now?
Zhou Yongkang: How many people were there? In the labor camps or the re-education camps?
Investigator: No. Those that were locked away at our reserved military warehouses.
Zhou Yongkang: How many people?
Investigator: Over 20 people.
Zhou Yongkang: Places that were administrated by the institute of justice? The judicial bureau?
Investigator: No, it was supposed to be their … I have to find out who was in charge. That's what they reported to me.
Zhou Yongkang: You are the Chengdu Party chief?
Investigator: What do you think we should do?
Zhou Yongkang: Call me again with the red line. Use your red phone (secret phone) to call me. I … I don't know who you are. I will talk to them.
In the recording, Zhou appeared suspicious when the investigator identified himself as Li Chungcheng, suggesting that Zhou still maintained somewhat close contact with Li after Zhou left Sichuan to become a Politburo Standing Committee member and head of the sweeping Political and Legislative Committee, because he did not recognize Li's accent. He also said, "I don't know who you are."
The recording also shows that Zhou asked "how many people" were at the warehouses that WOIPFG suspects were being used to conduct organ harvesting.
On Dec. 4, it was reported that Li was placed under "shuanggui"—a Soviet-era type of interrogation and detention used internally by the Communist Party. The move to detain him has been interpreted as a party of new leader Xi Jinping's crackdown on corruption.
Li was placed under interrogation for a potential scandal involving the Chengdu Industry Investment Group Co. Ltd. headed by businessman Dai Xiaoming, reported financial publication Caijing.
Read the original Chinese article.
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Andy Morrow has a very busy conclusion to his first school year in Vernonia.
Morrow, who took over this year as the Vernonia band instructor, was preparing the Vernonia High School Band for their next Band Festival on April 16 in Clatskanie. This performance provides the VHS Band with their final opportunity to qualify for the state band competition. The Vernonia Middle School Band is also practicing for their District Festival on April 22 in Forest Grove.
"Most everything happens at the end of the year, which is both good and bad," says Morrow. "As everything else at school, like testing, is coming to an end, we're just ramping up."
Morrow also has the upcoming VHS Band Spring Concert, which will be held on Monday, May 5. This concert will be very special as it features the return of former Vernonia band instructor Rob Izzett who will be co-directing a joint performance between the VHS Band and his Mazama High School Band from Klamath Falls.
The VHS band will also perform at the graduation ceremony on May 31.
Meanwhile, the Vernonia Middle School Band is also preparing for their Spring concert on May 13.
In addition to all the upcoming band performances, Morrow says he has two individual students, senior Sarah Wagner on the tuba and freshman Kaitlyn Eyrrick on the clarinet, who will play in the "Music in May" concert, a three day event which Morrow describes as an honor band were the students will play in a band, be critiqued on their performing and also receive some private lessons.
In addition, Morrow says senior Jacob Medearis just won the District trombone solo and will compete at the state solo contest on May 3 at Lewis and Clark college. "Jacob is doing some really good work," says Morrow.
First year instructor Morrow has a Bachelors Degree in Music and a Masters in Education from Portland State University. He has had previous teaching experience working with the Portland Youth Philharmonic and the Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra. He plays the trombone as his main instrument.
Morrow is hoping the VHS Band can score high enough at their Band Festival to qualify for the state competition on May 16 at Oregon State University. The VHS Band has qualified for state the last three years in row under Izzett's direction, winning first place in 2012 and finishing third last year.
For the High School Band Festival, Morrow has his thirty-three band students working on three pieces of music they will perform. The first is "English Folk Song Suite" by Ralph Vaughn Williams; the band will just play the first movement of this piece. Next is "On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss" by David Holsinger, a slow ballad which Morrow says is difficult to play in competition because it is easy for the judges to hear mistakes in the performance. "You can hear every single instrument so if there is a wrong note or a wrong rhythm it stands out," says Morrow. "It's really about the phrasing and how the music is moving-if anything is wrong it's really easy to pick out, so it's a tough piece." The final piece is "The Light Eternal" by James Swearingen. Morrow says this piece has an interesting background story: The music is about a warship in World War II that was sinking and is a tribute to the three chaplins who stayed on board who went down with the ship after giving solace to the many other ill fated sailors. According to Morrow, Swearingen added parts of old hymns into his musical piece.
As you can see it is a very busy spring schedule for Morrow and all of his Vernonia band students.


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This is a sort of fictionalized history, which the author referred to as a "chronicle" rather than a novel. It spans about 350 years in the history of Višegrad, Bosnia, telling the story of the town and its Ottoman-era bridge from the 16th century to World War I. The book dips into the lives of individual characters, usually for vignettes of a chapter or less, but focuses more on the general feeling or changes in the town and the reaction of townspeople in general to key events than on particular characters. There are some astute character sketches; Andrić seems to have a good understanding of human nature. But overall it is a sweeping history told much more in narrative summary than specific scenes, and the town and bridge themselves, rather than particular families or plot threads, provide continuity between chapters.
It is a well-written (or well-translated) book, though a dense and slow read that felt much longer than its 300 pages. There's a melancholy atmosphere throughout, with time passing and empires marching on indifferent to the fates of individuals. Readers should know that in the first 60 pages there is a horrifically graphic impalement scene that I did not need in my head and that a few years from now may be all I remember about the book. I persevered only after learning that there are no other graphic torture scenes, though death is a frequent occurrence throughout.
It's also worth pointing out that, although to English-speakers this may seem like timeless storytelling, Andrić – a Bosnian Serb who ultimately made his home in Belgrade – is a controversial figure in Bosnia, and some see the book as advancing an anti-Bosniak political agenda. To me, as an outside reader, he seems to treat the Muslim and Serb populations of Višegrad both with humanity and fairly evenhandedly, with the important caveat that the Muslim population is referred to as "Turks" and "Turkish" throughout. Based on a bit of online research, this is inaccurate: the Bosnians were Slavs who had their own Bosnian Kingdom prior to their conquest by the Ottoman Empire in 1463, after which most of the population converted to Islam. But a reader ignorant of the region's history might take Andrić's terminology to indicate that Bosnia's Muslims were Turkish colonists or transplants and that the Serbs were the original population. It occurs to me now that the impalement might be another subtly political decision: no such detailed brutality is described from any rulers other than the Ottomans, and Andrić imbues this scene with the maximum body horror, at a time when graphic violence in media was likely much less common than it is now (the book was published in 1945). Surely he knew how much this would stick out in readers' minds.
Overall, the book did teach me something of the history of the Balkans, and presents a plausible chronicle of how history was experienced by everyday people over the course of hundreds of years. While I struggled a bit to get through it, I wouldn't discourage readers who enjoy this sort of thing.


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3R-UNICEF All Women's Futsal Playoffs empower girls to fight AIDS
By Azah Yasmin Yusoff and Indra Nadchatram
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 March 2008 – More than 1,000 girls and women from across Malaysia came together recently in a spirit of sisterhood and empowerment to unite against AIDS.
With support from the Manchester United Football Club's 'United for UNICEF' program and Malaysia's innovative TV show '3R', the 3R-UNICEF All Women's Futsal Playoffs were held for the second time to help young girls and women take control of their lives and keep safe from HIV.
Maria Kamal, 18, has been playing futsal (a version of football with five players on each side) since she was 5. For her, the game is about more than just working in teams and being competitive.
"I like playing futsal because it has helped me socialise with people and to show the boys around my area, and those who know me, that even though I am a girl, I can be better than them or the same," said Maria.
It is this attitude and learning experience that UNICEF wants to harness in girls and young women in Malaysia.
Women and girls, the new face of HIV
More than a third of all people living with HIV around the world are under the age of 25, and almost two-thirds of them are female. In Malaysia, the proportion of women and girls living with HIV has increased dramatically in the last decade or so.
UNICEF's East Asia and Pacific Regional Advisor for HIV and AIDS, Wing-Sie Cheng, believes that equipping girls and women with confidence to protect themselves and their families from HIV is key to turning the tide against the epidemic in Malaysia.
"Tournaments like these are important," she said. "Girls have fun, enjoy the day and participate in the games. And they get an opportunity to exercise free choice and exercise decisions in what is good for them. It is a very good confidence-building process for girls and women."
Invented in Uruguay in the 1930s, futsal is played either indoors or outdoors on a basketball court-sized pitch. In Malaysia, some 100 teams – including 31 school teams – came together for the second 3R-UNICEF All Women's Playoffs.
In addition to vying for the championship trophy and cash prizes, players were entertained by local celebrities and cheerleading teams during the intervals, while the '3R' TV hosts, who are also UNICEF Malaysia National Ambassadors, quizzed them about HIV and AIDS. Playoffs held in Johor Bahru, Penang and Kuala Lumpur were all in support of the Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign launched globally by UNICEF in October 2005.
Taking HIV education into schools
The '3R' hosts took the playoffs a step further with special HIV education workshops in schools around Malaysia, helping over 1,000 students learn about HIV and how to keep the virus at bay.
Her Royal Highness Raja Zarith Sofiah, consort to the Regent of Johor, who launched the first playoff in Johor Bahru, welcomed the joint 3R-UNICEF initiative as a valuable response to help girls and young women develop life skills to tackle HIV.
"HIV is a big problem in Malaysia, but not many people want to acknowledge it," said Her Royal Highness. "A program like this means the young people and those who have no knowledge ... will have some awareness about the disease."
For the students who participated, the workshops were an illuminating introduction to lessons that may one day save their lives.
"I have a clearer picture about HIV and how to go about my social life," said student Kavitha Nandarajah, 17.
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the story of a traveling salesman who has been an absentee father, and how his life changes when his daughter becomes part of his life. Vaughn would play the salesman, and actresses including Kick-Ass star Chloe Moretz have been mentioned as possibles to play the daughter.This all assuming, by the way, they decide to actually shoot the thing here.
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PITTSBURGH – Jeannette Schollaert, a third year student at Chatham University, was selected as this year's Newman Civic Fellow, an award coordinated by Campus Compact.
Schollaert is an active student leader heavily invested in women's rights and gender equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. For the past two years she has worked closely with the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics, a non-partisan center devoted to fostering women's public leadership through education, empowerment and action at Chatham University, to advocate for equal opportunities among genders.
She is a valued contributor to public policy efforts in Pennsylvania by co-developing a well-organized action plan designed to influence elected officials, partner with relevant organizations in the state, and inspire and educate girls at local schools about STEM education opportunities.
The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Through service, research, and advocacy, Newman Civic Fellows are making the most of their college experiences to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change. These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can—and does—play in building a better world. The Newman Civic Fellows Awards are made possible through the generous support of the KPMG Foundation.
About Chatham University
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pa., has a long history of commitment to women's leadership and issues advocacy, and is the alma mater of environmental icon, Rachel Carson. Today, Chatham is recognized as a leader in the field of sustainability, having been named to The Princeton Review's Green College Honor Roll, been honored by the US EPA, named to Sierra magazines list of top 25 "cool schools" and mentioned in a 2012 Forbes article as one of the places "contributing to Pittsburgh's transformation into a destination for green living."
Building on these accomplishments, Chatham will open in early 2014, the world's first fully sustainable campuses in higher education, Eden Hall Campus, with completion of the first stage of construction on its 20-year master plan.
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Getting Acquainted With Munich
Love the silver spots.
Hello Dear Readers, I have been seeing and experiencing so much here in Munich that I haven't even begun to know how to process it. I have loved being able to get out in the park they call the English Garden. It is like Central Park in the USA. I liked seeing the people who do impromptu tight-rope walking on straps between two trees. There is surfing on a standing wave in the Eisbach river that runs through the park. German people seem to love their dogs and have very well behaved ones walking with them in the park. I was very inspired by all the fall leaves and loved the texture and color. I am not familiar with the way they lose their color in silver spots along the veins of the leaf, but it makes a some beautiful patterns. I spent several hours just trying to get some photos that would capture what was inspiring to me. I gathered several leaves and then tried to take some photos in the apartment. I think the best ones are when I held the leaves up to the window with little bit of afternoon sun shining through them. I thought I would share some of my favorites with you.
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The great horn of Helm was housed in one of the towers comprising the great defensive complex of Helm's Deep. Named in honour of the great Helm Hammerhand, the horn itself was strategically placed so as to echo through the gorge of Aglarond, so as to hugely amplify its sound. It was used both as a warning signal and as a rallying cry, notably during the Battle of Helm's Deep to signal Theoden's mounted attack on the forces of Saruman.
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The Foundation does not deal directly with pet owners regarding the status of applications. Pet owners will be directed to speak with their veterinary clinic about the status of their Farley Foundation applications.
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I can only say how many times that my husband and I are trying to watch what we eat! For fear of really boring you, I will steer away from that line of thought today. :)
Instead, I will say that we have been focusing on quick meals. This meal is definitely that... especially if you have another "chopper" in the kitchen. :) My husband and I agreed that it is a really nice, light tasting pasta, but it needs a "little something". Because we were both really hungry, we didn't bother trying to figure it out. Let me know what you would do to give it a little "mmmff".
So for a quick (and healthy ;) meal, give it a try. Don't forget to comment on how to make it better. I love suggestions!!! :)
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
2 T. extra virgin olive oil
16 ounces of whole wheat fusilli, cooked
1 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried oregano
3 kosher pickles, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 yellow pepper, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 cup grated carrots
2 T. dijon mustard
1. In a bowl, whisk white wine vinegar and oil. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, add fusilli, vinegar and oil mixure, and dried spices. Mix with a large spatula.
3. Add chopped veggies.
4. Add 2 T. mustard. Mix well. Chill and serve!


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Chop the fresh thyme. Place the cloves of garlic on a cutting board and, with the flat side of a knife, crush the cloves. Cut the onion in half and cut the halves into thin half-moon slices. Place all in a large bowl. Stir in the wine and oil, and then add the steaks (or you can layer everything in a large baking dish). Marinate in the refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours, turning the meat once or twice.
Preheat a grill to medium-high heat (about 400 degrees F).
Grill each steak to desired doneness, for 4 to 6 minutes each side for medium-rare, 7 to 8 minutes on each side for medium and 10 to 12 minutes each side for well-done.
Slice off 1 ounce rounds of the Truffle Tremor Butter to place on top of each steak as they come off the grill.
All the ingredients must be at room temperature. Mix together the cheese, butter and truffle oil with a paddle, fork or your fingers. Taste and add sea salt and black pepper if necessary. Roll the flavored butter into a log with parchment paper or a kitchen linen. Refrigerate until the stick of butter is firm. This butter will freezer for up to 2 months if it is well wrapped.
This recipe was provided by a chef, restaurant or culinary professional. It has not been tested for home use.
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On the last day of the holidays I had the pleasure of attending the eWrapper Mini Conference at Everglade School in Manukau. I was even more excited to have been asked to present a workshop by Rachel Boyd. The choice for the workshops were huge! It was really hard picking workshops which ranged in topics from thinking, green screening, mobile devices, questioning and more!
The day started with a keynote presentation by Trevor Bond based on the notion that there shouldn't be such a huge focus on Inquiry models but rather more of a focus on the learner and their needs. This looked like a fantastic keynote but unfortunately I wasn't able to be there for the whole keynote. Hopefully I'll get a chance to see this at a later date.
I was fortunate however to be able to attend Trevor's Questioning workshop later in the day. This has been a big focus for me this year and he definitely threw a few spanners into the work and made us think and question what we are doing. One of the quotes that he worked through was a quote by Edward De Bono - "Questioning is the engine-house of thinking." He then worked through the notion that as teachers we shouldn't be so focussed on the 'fat' and 'skinny' questions but rather look at how student's questioning skills can be developed to be more specific and focussed. He argued that sometime there is a high need for 'skinny' questions that prove them to be more than effective in gaining the information they require. One of the participants referred back to "what every good marketer would know" that the use of a skinny 'screening question' is highly effective to find out if the person they are talking to fits their requirements.
A good question is one that:
- is relevant
- gets you the information you need
- can be taken from intelligent and non-intelligent sources
(Intelligent being people / non-intelligent being books, internet etc)
The idea of modelling to the students as questioners is a huge concept also. What kinds of questions are we demonstrating to our students?
Something that really hit home from me and that I took from this workshop was the notion of what do we do with those questions that kids ask? The on topic questions? The random questions? The ones that we just can't answer right now? I've always loved the idea of a wondering wall but then for me it's been the next step. How do we answer these and really acknowledge that we appreciate and accept a range of questions that will develop our student's knowledge? I've done a lot of thinking about this in the last day and I have a few ideas about how this could work in class. So keep tuned to see where this goes. I think this was my BIG takeaway from the day. If you want to find out more about Trevor Bond head along to his website at ICTNZ.
I also went to a workshop looking at how the Key Competencies were being developed at Reremoana School. There were some great ideas and really interesting to see how they had created their own Learning Competencies based on school and community feedback. They had fantastic use of Learning Journals in their math's programme to set goals, question and reflect on their own learning. There is more information about this on Lisa's Weebly.
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2year old child with history of respiratory distress for 3 days was admitted in our hospital on 10th june... Suspected to have foreign body in lungs by treating pediatricians Dr Neeta Jindal and Dr M P Singh. Broncoscopy done on 11th june and chana (bengal gram) was removed from right bronchus.Child is now comfortable and feeding
Patient with history of Chest Trauma 1.5 month ago underwent Right side InterCostal tube drainage for Hemothorax.Hemothorax was not drained completely and patient developed Right Empyema Thoracis. Right Lung was completely compressed and thick layer of organised pus formed around Right Thoracotomy and Decortication was done. 1 litre pus was drained and organised pus layer removed .Lung resumed its normal expansion after surgery .Patient is doing well post operatively.
Stricture urethra treated by holmium laser@khi.
Successfully Operation by Kota heart Team.
After Seven hour successful Operation lady get her hand. Now She can celebrate Raksha bandan with her brothers.
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Repaint Time: 1 day (400 minis)
I decided to repaint all of my figures starting with my orcs that are all on my Siege of Gondolin table. Along with all of my elf army. Then I will just keep going. I think I have about 5000 figures to repaint the bases. I posted some pics of some figures on TMP and someone suggested that I paint my bases differently. So I did, and I really like the new way I paint them. So now I have to go backwards and repaint everything. Crazy. I did that once when I decided to start washing figures. So I went back and washed everything....took me about a week or so.
|Simple upgrade makes them look a lot better.
|Repainting all the orcs and elves on the table, as I organize it for battle.


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X Factor is a excellent show that lets contestants find their way and shine. many contestants have become stars and gained huge fanbases.
Even after the show is over, we still follow them. there are a few that stand out above all the others, one being Melanie Amaro. On X Factor 2011, Melanie audition using the song "Listen" by Beyoncéand nailed it. With a standing ovation from the crowd and judges, Melanie moved on to the next round with high confidence and support from her family. As she moved through the rounds, she nailed each and every song with hardwork and dedication to her career. She went on to the final round, where she yet again sang "Listen" and received another standing ovation.
Through tearful eves, she gratefully accepts the honor of being winner of X Factor 2011. Even after the show has ended and a new year began, many fans stayed with Melanie and supported her as she made a singing career.
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|Carole King - One To One
Carole King 1982 TV concert ONE TO ONE features -
Eric Johnson on Guitar
Mark Hallman on Guitars, Background Vocals
Reese Wynans on Keyboards,
Christopher Dennis on Percussion,
Charles Larkey on Bass
Steve Meador on Drums
Robert McEntee on Guitar & Background Vocals
Richard Hardy on Horns & Flute
The set list is as follows -
Jazzman,Tapestry, Locomotion, Lookin' out for Number One, Take Good Care Of My Baby, It Might As Well Rain Until September, Smackwater Jack, Hey Girl, One Fine Day, Chains, Up On The Roof, I Feel The Earth Move, So Far Away, It's A War, One To One,
Natural Woman, You've Got A Friend.
Carole King's One to One album features -
Carole King on Vocals, Piano
Eric Johnson on Guitar
Mark Hallman on Guitar, Harmonica, Background Vocals
Reese Wynans on Keyboards
Danny Kortchmar on Guitar
Robert McEntee on Guitar
Charles Larkey on Bass
Steve Meador on Drums
Christopher Dennis on Percussion
Richard Hardy on Flute, Saxophone
Louise Goffin on Background Vocals
The list of the tracks -
One to One(King, Cynthia Weil), It's a War, Lookin' Out for Number One, Life Without Love(Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin, Warren Pash), Golden Man, Read Between the Lines, (Love Is Like A) Boomerang, Goat Annie, Someone You Never Met Before (Goffin, King), Little Prince.
One to One - TV concert
Lookin' Out For Number One - TV concert
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Popular game development group ZeptoLab, probably best known for its hugely successful Cut the Rope franchise, has just released a new game today. This latest offering is called "Pudding Monsters" and seems to follow much of the same great design and mechanics as previous games, with an all-new set of gameplay. The objective here is to slide together the little blob-shaped characters to complete levels, dealing with obstacles along the way. There's 75 levels -- and more to come -- to keep you busy here, which is a great start.
Anyone who has spent time with Cut the Rope will surely feel at home with the controls and menu structure, but still get a great new experience with a new game. The game is free to boot, which can't hurt your chances of trying it. You can grab a download at the Play Store link above, or you can buy the "HD" version for $0.99.


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Reviews, Interviews, Short Essays
"Cinema as Synaesthesia: How to Listen to Artists' Films," Frieze.com. 5 February 2019; Link
"Nervous Translation," Cinema Scope 77. 2019; Link
"The Closing Sequence of Beau Travail," Frieze 200. January–February 2019; 99; Link
"The Image Book," Sight and Sound. 6 December 2018; Link
"Crowd Source: On Chris Kennedy's Watching the Detectives," Artforum. November 2018; 85
"'There is No Such Things as Documentary': An Interview with Trinh T. Minh-ha," Frieze 199. November 2018; Link
"Jane and Louise Wilson, Undead Sun and We Put the World Before You". 2018; Link
"Birdsong," Fireflies 6. 2018; 42–43
"Do We Share a World?" [review of 2018 Turner Prize exhibition], Frieze.com. 1 October 2018; Link
"Openings: Charlotte Prodger," Artforum. October 2018; Link
"Speaking into Being: The Ethnographic Fictions of Laura Huertas Millán". 2018; Link
Entries on Mary Gaitskill's "An Affair, Edited" and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest as part of "100 Novels on Cinema," Sight and Sound. August 2018; 20 and 26
"Marine Parade" [adapted excerpt of An Oceanic Feeling: Cinema and the Sea], Sight and Sound. August 2018; 12–13
"El Mar La Mar," Sight and Sound. August 2018; 73
"Mansfield 66/67," Sight and Sound. June 2018; 69–70
"Michael Snow's 'Closed Circuit', Guggenheim, Bilbao," Art-Agenda. 12 June 2018; Link
"Bad Boyfriends," [review of Claire Denis's Let the Sunshine In] Artforum.com. 23 April 2018; Link
"Why Are Artist-Filmmakers Turning to Landscape?," Frieze.com. 16 April 2018; Link
"Visages villages," Cinema Scope 74. Spring 2018; Link
"The Nothing Factory," Sight and Sound. January 2018; 50–51
"Stan Brakhage: Metaphors on Vision," Artforum. January 2018; 43
"Best of 2017: Film," Artforum. December 2017; 41
"No Masters: The Cinema of Peggy Ahwesh," Frieze.com. 6 November 2017; Link
"Adventures in Bandit Country," [festival report of Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival] Sight and Sound. December 2017; 19
"Breaking Time's Arrow: Lucrecia Martel and Zama at the 2017 LFF," Sight and Sound. 20 October 2017; Link
"Letter from New Zealand: Winter in Aotearoa," Art Monthly. October 2017; 43–44
"The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied." Art-Agenda. 5 September 2017; Link
"The Death of Louis XIV," Sight and Sound. August 2017; 66–67
"The Human Surge," Sight and Sound. July 2017; 56–57
"Serious Games" and "Ben Russell: 3 Short Films," introductory texts for Keimena, Documenta 14 television programme. Link and Link, respectively
"Polyphonic Worlds: Contour Biennale 8," Ibraaz. 8 May 2017; Link
"I am not Madame Bovary," Sight and Sound. June 2017; 54–55
"Openings: Jean-Paul Kelly," Artforum. April 2017; 194–197
"Lights, Camera, Aktion!: 'Filmaktion: Expanded Cinema and Film Performance'," Artforum.com. April 2017; Link
"Crossing the Line: For Elle," Sight and Sound. April 2017; 33
"Laida Lertxundi's Emotional Landscapes," Sight and Sound. March 2017; 61
"La La Land," Sight and Sound. February 2017; 78–79
"Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016," Artforum. January 2017; 206–207
"Creative Evolution: On Philippe Parreno's Anywhen," Artforum. December 2016; 250
"Entering the Cinema" (co-authored with Ed Webb-Ingall), Artists' Moving Image Festival. Tramway Glasgow; 2016; np
"Kate Plays Christine," Sight and Sound. November 2016; 62–63
"The Illinois Parables: Deborah Stratman on Her Histories of the Land," Sight and Sound. Link
"Chevalier," Sight and Sound. August 2016; 75–76
"Networked Realities," Sight and Sound. July 2016; 50–51
"AV Festival: Meanwhile, what about socialism?" Art Monthly. April 2016; 395
"History Repeating: Stan Douglas's The Secret Agent," Sight and Sound. April 2016; 59
"Run the World," [review of International Film Festival Rotterdam] Artforum.com February 2016; Link
"Art Direction: Omer Fast's Remainder," Artforum. January 2016; 67–68
"Spaces – The Cinema," Art-Agenda. February 2016; Link
"Searching for Senators and Sailors: The Limited Editions of Kenneth Anger," Little Joe 5. 2015; 63–71
"On Location: Ben Rivers's The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers," Artforum. October 2015; 117–118
"The Materiality of Digital Forms: A Conversation between Omar Kholeif and Erika Balsom," Mousse 50. October 2015; 286–291
"A World Beyond Control," La Furia Umana 23. Spring 2015; 40–44; Link
Reprinted and Korean translation in:
Harun Farocki – What Ought to Be Done? Work and Life
Edited by Kim Eunhee and Antje Ehmann
Seoul: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
2018; 775–789
"Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory Markopoulos," Artforum. March 2015; 63–64
"Morgan Fisher, Past Present, Present Past," Artforum March 2015; 291
"1000 words: Aura Satz," Artforum. February 2015; 206–209
"Shorts Circuit" [review of International Film Festival Rotterdam], Artforum.com. February 2015; Link
"Kochi-Muziris Biennale," Art-Agenda. January 2015; Link
"Every Which Way" [review of Experimenta at the London Film Festival], Artforum.com. October 2014; Link
"Round Table: Distribution After Digitization" (moderator), Moving Image Review and Art Journal 3.1. 2014; 73–81
"A Conversation with Ben Rivers," Speaking Directly: Oral Histories of the Moving Image. San Francisco: San Francisco Cinematheque; 2014; 118–129
"Evil Media" (interview with Shaina Anand),
"The Sounds of School" (interview with Smadar Dreyfus),
and "Dead and Alive" (interview with Roee Rosen),
Berlin Documentary Forum 3, ed. Erika Balsom and Hila Peleg. Berlin: Haus der Kulturen der Welt; 2014; 136–141, 164–169, 178–181
"Fogo Island Dialogues: Belonging to a Place," Border Crossings 32.4 December 2013; 76–79
"Best of 2013: Film," Artforum. December 2013; 62
"LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images, 24–27 May, 2012," Moving Image Review and Art Journal 2.2. Fall 2013; 272–281
"Thoughts About Curating Moving Images," Erika Balsom, Maeve Connolly and Chrissie Iles interviewed by Filipa Ramos, Mousse 38. April 2013; 56–61
"Round Table: Documentary, Ethnography, and the Avant-Garde" (moderator), Moving Image Review and Art Journal 2.1. Spring 2013; 80–90
"Distribution Dossier," 5-part series for LUX Online. 2013; Link
"A Pilgrimage to the Peloponnese: Gregory Markopoulos, Eniaios, and the Temenos," Lola 3 2013; Link
"Optic Antics: The Cinema of Ken Jacobs," The Moving Image 11.2. 2012; 136–139
"On Zubin Pastakia's Mumbai Cinema Halls," Marg Magazine 61.3. 2010; 14–21


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I love working with Stephanie. She is direct, astute and has a 'no-nonsense' attitude. I have found that every conversation with Stephanie results in actionable items that are simple yet effective.
Stephanie has not only helped me develop a strategic networking game plan, but has worked with me to be able to clearly communicate what my company offers and most importantly…to customize my message depending on who I'm talking to. The results of Stephanie's strategies are immediate and measurable. I am continually learning from her.
Stephanie is insightful, caring, direct, helpful and smart. Her super-power is connecting people and teaching networking skills.
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I have known and worked with Stephanie in several capacities for about 5 years. She has a heart for helping
others and goes the extra mile. She is very skilled at helping others fine tune their target market, find the best networking opportunities and set realistic, yet challenging goals.
She is dedicated to helping you maximize your networking skills to reach your target market and beyond. What sets her apart is her one to one skills – she will go with you to your initial networking events to see how she can be of the best support and help you become that professional networker that others come to for resources as well.
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Stephanie is a rock for any business that's searching for a toehold. She offers spot-on advice coupled with let's-get-this-done strategies that have made a dramatic difference for my business.
Stephanie has a talent and zest for what she does – and the contagion effect is powerful. Her ability to quickly brainstorm and land on insightful solutions has cleared a path for me through what was a murky forest. And her never-ending enthusiasm has inspired me to keep following my dreams.
In short, Stephanie is ridiculously good at what she does. For any business owner who's ready to go to the next level, Stephanie is an indispensable partner.
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Here's a handy-dandy guide: Are you a runner?
You may be a runner if...
- You have Very Strong Opinions about shorts vs capris and when and where to wear each.
- And about running with, or without music.
- Your laundry contains more sports bras than regular ones.
- You own more sports bras than regular ones. (...ahem. guilty as charged...)
- Saturday morning long-run planning begins on Friday afternoon.
- Yours are the grimiest shoes in the gym. (What is this 'indoors' business?)
- Don't even get me started on shoes.
- You have planned at least one holiday around a race. (Hello, Tokyo Marathon! And Perth City To Surf!)
- You get annoyed when someone calls it 'jogging'.
- You don't NEED coloured cornstarch, zombies, or lightsticks to enjoy running, but will jump in for 'colour runs', 'zombie runs', or hen party runs with friends for a nice social affair
- You get more excited than your best friend about her upcoming first 5K.
- This is a real problem:
- You run. As in, you put one foot in front of another at a speed faster than your walking pace, putting some real effort into it, and you do all of this deliberately, day after day, of your own volition...and you enjoy it.
Any more suggestions?
I haven't blogged for three weeks - sorry, internets - and suddenly I have my very first race of 2014 coming up this weekend: the Marina 21K!
This was the one I ran into gastric trouble at two years ago and DNFed. Ow.
It starts at 7.30pm though so I haven't decided whether I'll fun-run it or race it. My circadian rhythm doesn't really like running at night, and my 13h/day work schedule this week isn't the most conducive to resting. But I feel fine, speedwork has been going well, I've been good about strength and stretching, and I've been quite consistent about running ~40km/ week since the Standard Chartered ekiden in December. So who knows?
I leave you with the highlight of my last weekend run:
Good idea: running 12.5km to Sentosa
Bad idea: running to Sentosa via the Southern Ridges (what goes down must come up; I had to stop and walk on Mount Faber)
Good idea: OH HELLO MR MERLION


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Yesterday, I got a sneak peak at the new Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ and Beer, opening Thursday at the Excalibur. The restaurant has already gotten terrific advance publicity with a notice in the New York Times, perhaps because pit master Keith Schmidt, who owns Kreuz Market in Lockhart, TX, also has a barbecue joint in the Apple.
Partners Michael Frey and Craig Gilbert traveled to barbecue places around the country to taste. In the end, it was about Schmidt. His 'cue has a simple salt, pepper and cayenne rub, and is cooked low and slow over post oak, a hardwood with smoky flavors that impart a distinctive aroma impossible to describe. Don't bother looking for the sauce. They don't use any. The meats are spectacular.
Perhaps my favorite is a sausage that Schmidt makes from a recipe he inherited, grainy, juicy and delicious. There's a second sausage with jalapeno and cheese in the recipe, with a subtle but firm kick to the finish. Have one of the house beers on tap, and you've got yourself a real meal, boy. Don't stop there.
For more on Max Jacobson's preview of Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ and Beer, follow him on UnicaWorld.com.


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*Photos courtesy of Cool Antarctica, National Geographic, Lonely Planet, Stuart Klipper, IAATO
To Do List
Antarctica is all about ridiculous, over the top, breathtaking natural beauty:
- Glaciers and icebergs: climb on them, kayak through them, gaze the day away.
- Wildlife: all sorts of different kinds of penguins, seals, and whales. Plus an awesome bird called the blue eyed shag.
- Mount Erebus: the world's southernmost active volcano.
- Deception Island hot springs, where we could strip down (appropriately) in the middle of the great Antarctican outdoors.
- Lemaire Channel AKA "Kodak Gap" for its photogenicness.
- The South Pole. Awesome.
- The sun: it's there 24-7 in the middle of the summer.
Since there is no native human population in Antarctica and it's never been populated other than the scientists and crews that live at the bases, it's pretty tough to point to a national cuisine or local specialties we'd have to try. The fact that base cafeteria food is probably the most authentic fare might make this our first destination without a culinary attraction.
Get Me There
By far the most popular way to get to Antarctica is by boat, usually departing from Argentina or Chile. There are several choices here, but the most attractive to us are the "small boats" carrying 100ish passengers. They offer an up close experience with landings and a minimal environmental impact. Trips range in price from $3,000 to $30,000 a person and up depending on the outfit. National Geographic has a fantastic-looking tour where you are accompanied by their experts starting at $10,000. The cheapest we found was Mountain Travel Sobek's $3,990 quote. We've also read that if you are willing to risk it, you can sometimes find last minute deals from Argentina (in-person) when companies are filling empty spots on their boats.
Also good to keep in mind that tourists can only visit in the "summer" from November to March. Even if it weren't freaking freezing and the sea wasn't crazy dangerous during the winter, the 24-7 darkness doesn't mesh so well with sightseeing.
Did You Know?
Q: Sahara, Kalahari, Antarctica: which one doesn't belong?
A: Kalahari, because it's not actually a desert. (It's planet Earth's largest sand basin.)
Which means that Antarctica IS a desert--and not only that, it's the biggest in the world! There is virtually no precipitation because water vapor is simply frozen out of the air. Mental note: remember to bring the chapstick.
The Word
Sailing the Forgotten Continent - "Let me just say one thing: every picture you see of Antarctica is pristine and white; the penguins are adorable and very huggable. What they don't tell you is that they smell-- a lot."
He Blogged His Way to Antarctica - "We started to hear some people screaming… but don't get worried! They were just the first group to do polar plunge …yes, I'm serious… people were diving in the Antarctica waters…and we were next…"
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I wonder what words he used when he opened this door? Open sissy, open cecil, no that can't be it! whoop, it's giving way, it's giving way...Unfortunately, Popeye's super strength won't help you with your search tasks. Or perhaps you feel like the bumbling fool Hasan attempting to prevent Daffy from stealing the master's treasure:
- Popeye watch the full episode via the IA (or jump to the second half on YouTube)
Using today's search engines is playing the game of Guess the Magic Words. Guess the right words, and Open Sesame! Guess poorly and you bang your head against the cave door for minutes or hours. How good are you?
A current problem for search engines today is this: If you type a long query and give the search engine more information about your information need you are likely to get worse results than if you entered only a few brief keywords.
Barney Pell from PowerSet describes the current language of search engines as keywordese. If you enter too few of these keywords your query is likely too vague; too many keywords and relevant documents are mistakenly filtered out. And too often we don't know the 'magic words' to find the desired information.
Until search engines utilize the information in long queries without being overwhelmed by the 'noise' search will remain broken.
Marissa Mayer said in a recent LA Times Article on Google's 10 year anniversary:
I think there will be a continued focus on innovation, particularly in search. Search is an unsolved problem. We have a good 90 to 95% of the solution, but there is a lot to go in the remaining 10%.Search isn't 90% solved. It's not easy to quantify because search is constantly evolving. Regardless, beating the Guess the Magic Words level in the game of search is still a long way off.


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My thanks to Jake for sending me the news that Congressman Ron Paul (ex. Republican candidate) and Chairman of the Domestic Montary Policy and Technology Subcommittee will be holding a hearing on the 28th June to examine fractional reserve banking.
It could be interesting to hear.
I would just love to hear a banker explaining why it's better to get
commercial banks to create money to lend the the US government, who then
ends up paying $8.5 trillion in interest charges since 1988 (i.e more than
half the entire US government debt), rather than just allowing the
treasury to print its own money debt free like Abraham Lincoln and the
NOTE ADDED Sunday 1st July
There's a Youtube version that you can find here.
I've not watched it yet (it's 75 minutes in length), but it's been seen by over 5000 people so far, with 323 likes. And as one commentator points out, with a leverage ratio of 10:1 that would make 3230....
This is a blog that I started in october 2010, mainly for discussing my ideas on the economy, taxation and politics. Please add comments - I'll do my best to reply. If you are new, I would recommend watching one of my YouTube presentations (in French or English). You can download a fully indexed pdf version (over 800 pages) here.
26 Jun 2012
US Congress investigation into Fractional Reserve Banking
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Hmm, let's hope thing are moving at last but that it doesn't turn into another Radcliffe Committee.ReplyDelete
My old favourite Dennis Kucinich is also adamant about fighting the banks in this - he's certainly has more than one riff-raff with them especially when he was Cleveland's mayor.
Well... I'll be trying to find out what went on tomorrowReplyDelete
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menyilok daripada blog mak cik rehan . layan~
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?" Father replied, "I don't know son, I'm still paying."
Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship.
Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
*like 100 kali* haha
Marriage is very much like a violin; after the sweet music is over, the strings are attached.
Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore, marriage is an institution for the blind.
Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's Degree and the woman gets her Masters.
Marriage requires a man to prepare 4 types of "rings":
* The Engagement Ring
* The Wedding Ring
* The Suffe-Ring
* The Endu-Ring
Getting married is very much like going to the restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.
Son: Is it true? Dad, I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries.
Father: That happens everywhere, son, everywhere!
Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.=)
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Getting married is very much like going to the restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.ReplyDelete
suke this quote...ehehe...sorta true kan...manusia x penah puas ngan ape yg die ade
wat its horn? hahaha!ReplyDelete
bai; horn tu tanduk..and erm..music instrument gak. hahaha..tapi saya tak suka. bingit. horny saya suka=pReplyDelete
intan: betul~ =)ReplyDelete


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I decided not to tell the wife of Mr Oak that I had been a secret of his for a near 4 years, maybe closer to 5 years.
As an adult trying to think and act like an adult I decided not to say anything to his wife, they were happy. I genuinely was totally unaware of her exsistance until yesterday or I wouldn't have let him walk me home that night. I can say that he is a good guy, he's been a good Friend listening to all my dilemmas and moaning about "The Dragon" so for that I'm grateful!!
I never did get to my party this afternoon. The Wife (oaks wife) was at my door. Well I nearly poop'd my pants while screaming like a loud screaming fairy! My first thought was grab the ice hockey helmet, cover your face rach. The Wife is gonna kill me aahhhhh!!!
But much to my surprise she said "hi! Can you answer a few questions for me please??" She had the kid handsome wee lad like his mum! Ha ha pmsl!!! She knew about me already I could tell. BUT WHAT DID SHE KNOW??! I answered her predictable questions with silent nods I spoke very little. As we both stand up wiping the grass off ourselves she asks me to stay away from her husband and to never speak oft his hour together. Thank fuck!! That could have gone really bad xxx


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Top Canucks from April 1st to 7th
The Vancouver Canucks bounced back from a few sloppy games to play a solid three last week. The first game of the week, against the Sharks, didn't start well at all; however, the boys fought back like we are certainly not used to seeing this season.
The result was a loss, but it sparked the team in a different way. It showed their resilience for a change, and sent a message that they won't just roll over and die once down in a contest. That made us fans very happy, despite the losing effort.
The two games to follow saw the Canucks' sticks get red hot—another thing we haven't seen a lot of this year. Lots of scoring from a variety of players, as well as the usual suspects.
It's reassuring to see Vancouver with some pep in its step heading into the final stretch of this season. As we all know, it's not the best team in the playoffs that wins the cup, it's the team that gets the hottest.
Here are the top three performers for the Canucks from last week's action.
Third star – Daniel Sedin
It's been a relatively quiet season for the twins on the score sheet. Maybe it's due to the lockout, or the goalie controversy or the constantly shifting lines. Or maybe this is the Sedins beginning to wind down their careers. I hope that's not the case, but only time will tell.
Daniel Sedin is still a great scoring threat anytime he's on the ice, no matter what his stats for the season look like. This past week it was his passing and play making that made the difference.
Dank finished the three game week with four assists. As fun as it is to see him score, it's just as exciting when he sets up a fellow teammate for the score.
Second star – Chris Higgins
More often than not in professional sports, there comes a curse with handing a player a big contract extension. Teams reward their star players with a big payday, and then—as if on cue—that player's stats seem to plummet or they get bit by the injury bug.
Chris Higgins' contract isn't monumental by any means, but it's significant for a role player like him. Luckily, he isn't sitting quietly in the corner collecting his money. He's stepping up and becoming more and more of a focus for the Canucks' late season push
It's not surprising coming from Higgins—one of the hardest working players in the organization. It's nice to see him have success and spread that hard working attitude around the locker room. Higgins managed two goals and an assist last week.
First star – Henrik Sedin
As I mentioned before, the usual suspects contributed substantially in the Canucks' solid week of play. Captain Henrik Sedin was no exception.
Hank was on fire, registering two goals and three assists en route to a 2-1 record for the team last week. We have come to expect a lot out of the twins over the years, especially Henrik. It's great to see him deliver on those high expectations.
Of course then there comes the issue of the Sedins not being clutch playoff performers, something we will get a chance to judge in just a few weeks time. Maybe this will finally be the year they come up big when it matters most. One can only hope!
Here is the Vancouver Canucks goal of the week, a beautiful pass from Alex Burrows to Dan Hamhuis who buries it home:


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Monday, November 7, 2011
Surprise Gift!
This happened to me today!
When I saw the return address I was so pleased to see it was from a very kind and lovely person - Sandra!
She wished me a Belated Happy Birthday which is wonderful because it makes the celebration last even longer!
If you'd like to see other things Sandra makes and collects she has a lovely blog with some very detailed photos of her miniatures here. http://samirasminis.blogspot.com/
What a great way to start the week!
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You're lucky! A very nice gift.ReplyDelete
Bye Faby
Enhorabuena por esos preciosos regalos.ReplyDelete
besitos ascension
Beautiful gift, Gill. Sandra is talented and very kind.ReplyDelete
Grananina, que bonito,enhorabuena, una paisana.ReplyDelete
Un regalo preioso, felicidadesReplyDelete
Beautiful! The packaging is also nice!ReplyDelete
Wow Gill, they're gorgeous! The flowers are beautiful and I ADORE that candle holder!!! I love Sandra's blog! She makes so many great things. Enjoy your birthday gifts! =)ReplyDelete
Beautiful gifts and Happy Birthday to you. Sandra's work is amazing!ReplyDelete
With this post, I discovered another wonderful blog, so thank you :-)ReplyDelete
You have recently received some wonderful gifts, and this confirms that you're a nice girl :-)
I love the two lanterns and flowers, so delicate ...
Mini hugs & belated happy birthday
Preciosos y perfectos los regalos... el farol es muy original y delicado . Enhorabuena! MariajoReplyDelete


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Chinatown Singapore has an excellent variety of restaurants, ranging from outdoor diners where you can sample some of the city's best street food to places that frequently make lists of the world's very best restaurants. Whether you're looking to spend a couple of dollars or a few hundred, there's something for every price point. Chinatown Singapore has a wonderful atmosphere, the pace is slightly slower than the rest of the city and the charming shophouses are home to some of the best restaurants in the city. Popular with visitors and locals, the area is always busy around dinner time.
We've put together a list of our 10 best restaurants in Chinatown to help you make a decision!
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Although its appearance may be humble, Restaurant André, which seats 30 diners, is the epitome of a fine-dining experience. As exclusive as it gets, there's only one menu, created by Chef André and his team based on the seasons and availability. The eight-course degustation menu is prepared from market-fresh and imported ingredients that the chef hand-picks each morning. Each creation has a Mediterranean essence, but the presentation is French-inspired. If you're in luck, the foie gras jelly will be on the menu du jour, an unusual and original house speciality. Restaurant André is also well-known for their excellent wine list which is sourced from small, independent vineyards around the world. Read More...
- Opening Hours: Tue - Sun 12:00 - 14:00 (lunch), 19:00 - 23:00 (dinner)
- Address: 41 Bukit Pasoh Road
- Tel: +65 6534 8880
One of the oldest hawker centres in Singapore, Maxwell Road Food Centre stands at the corner of South Bridge Road and Maxwell Road. Picking a dish here can be difficult; there are over 100 stalls and everything looks so tempting, so turn up hungry! The locals flock here for some of the best hawker food in town such as chicken rice, tapioca pastries, meat fritters and pork porridge. Gordon Ramsey raves about Tian Tian Chicken Rice, which is said to be one of the best versions of this Hainanese favourite in the city. Lunchtime can be intimidating with long queues for food, so arrive outside peak hours if you can. Read More...
- Opening Hours: 08:00 - 22:00 Daily
- Location: Corner of Maxwell Road and South Bridge Road
The rebirth of Duxton Hill has created a new foodie street in Chinatown. New restaurants have opened in quaint shop houses and cool bars keep springing up in a neighbourhood whose reputation used to be far from squeaky clean. It's now a real pleasure to walk around Duxton Hill, down tree lined lanes where you will also find independent boutiques and quirky cafes. Despite being so popular, it really has a village feel to it, and makes a great place for a night out. Head up the hill to the end of the road, this area is cobbled and car-free. The restaurants here include an Italian trattoria, seafood specialist and French steakhouse, and have outdoor seating. Read More...
Closed to traffic at dusk, Smith Street takes on a gregarious personality to the delight of visitors. Traditional Chinese lanterns the streets, and the busy area has a genuine buzz to it thanks to the crowds who come for supper, sitting on the small plastic stools that line the road. Navigate your way through more than a dozen stalls under iridescent neon lights and take your pick of popular street favourites. There's plenty to pick from: fresh seafood, wok-fried noodles, crispy duck and steamed dim sum. Not only is the food extremely tasty but the prices are extremely affordable (starting at 3 SGD a dish), so you can try a bit of everything. Read More...
- Opening Hours: 17:00 - 23:00 Daily
- Location: Smith Street
This attractive restaurant and cocktail bar draws you into to their wondrous world with a traditional exterior which takes over three shophouses and a quirky design inside. There's plenty of comfortable bistro style seating around the open kitchen and the friendly face behind the bar is one of the city's top mixologists who creates out of this world cocktails. The food is innovative, and to get the best of the chef's creations try the tasting menu, which includes razor clams with purple garlic, venison and an interpretative dessert based on Terry's Chocolate Orange. Without pairing the menu is 160 SGD. Read More...
- Opening Hours: Mon - Fri & Sun 18:00 – 00:00, Sat 12:00 - 15:00
- Address: 38 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088461
- Tel: +65 6475 2217
This Australian barbeque joint is an unusual concept in Singapore, and for this reason, alongside their delicious food, Burnt Ends packs in the crowds almost every night. At the centre of this restaurant is a large double-door oven that burns apple and almond wood, adding a smoky flavour. If you're coming in a group with less than six people you'll sit on the long counter, a front seat view of the action. There's everything from pulled-pork burgers to a whole char grilled redfish, and even a smoked ice-cream for dessert. They don't encourage bookings so you might have to wait, but if you're a meat lover then it's really worth it. Read More...
- Opening Hours: Mon 18:00 - 00:00, Tue - Sat 11:45 - 14:00 and
18:00 - 00:00
- Address: 20 Teck Lim Road
- Tel: +65 6224 3933
Majestic Restaurant
On the ground floor of the New Majestic Hotel, the retro-chic Majestic Restaurant is renowned for its take on modern Cantonese cuisine served in individual portions. Its dishes are well executed and include popular options such as the crispy prawn with wasabi dressing, Peking duck served with pan-seared foie gras and double-boiled lobster broth with lobster meat, asparagus and mushrooms and fried carrot cake. The restaurant has combined the best of modern and traditional when it comes to the décor as well, with a modern, wood-lined dining space and traditional crockery and place settings.
- Opening Hours: Tue - Sun 11:30 – 15:00 and 18:00 – 22:30
- Address: 33 Bukit Pasoh Road, New Majestic Hotel
- Tel: +65 6511 4700
Yum Cha
For all-day dining in the heart of Chinatown, Yum Cha is the place to go. On the second level of an old shophouse, Yum Cha, which means 'drink tea', is the quintessential experience for a Chinatown dining experience. Besides the shark fin soup, fried beef noodles, champagne pork ribs, spicy lamb rack and other specials, it is known for its dim sum dishes which are also offered in a daily high tea buffet.
- Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 11:00 - 23:00, Sat - Sun &
Public Holidays 09:00 - 23:00
- Address: 20 Trengganu Street (Off Temple Street) #02-01
- Tel: +65 6372 1717
Lee Tong Kee Ipoh Hor Fun Restaurant
A quaint rice noodle shop with its roots in Ipoh, Malaysia, this outlet is ideal for a quick meal in a comfortable setting. Its staple is the homemade 'hor fun' or rice noodles served in tasty gravy with chicken and prawn. Other specialty dishes are the crunchy bean sprouts with cuttlefish, wonton soup and chicken claws with mushroom. Its freshly squeezed lime juice and avocado blended with gula melaka (palm sugar) has been winning fans for years.
- Opening Hours: Mon 10:00 - 15:30, Wed - Sun 10:00 - 20:30
(closed on Tuesday)
- Address: 278 South Bridge Road
- Tel: +65 6226 0417
Yixing Xuan Teahouse sits behind one of the picturesque old-fashioned shop-house fronts in the heart of Chinatown, offering some of the finest Chinese tea and appreciation classes to those who want a taste of days gone by. Staff members are welcoming and will give you a much deeper understanding of the history and culture of tea drinking and its ceremonies. The small restaurant alongside the tea room makes great dim sum and a decent variety of Chinese dishes including the extraordinary tealeaf chicken – a great way of turning their highlight. Be sure to try their house tea, 'Beauty of the East' which is fresh and light. You can also admire pictures of Queen Elizabeth whilst you dine. She made a stop here in 1991 on her state visit. Read More...
- Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 - 21:00, Sun & Public Holidays 10:00 - 19:00
- Address: 30/32 Tanjong Pagar Road


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Sunday, November 21, 2010
A Chip off the Old Block-the Art of Emma Gough
My daughter Emma, has an exhibition featuring some of her work this coming week, full details below:
Fractured Vision:
Art exhibition featuring the work of Simon Sherry & art work from Wirral Met College and Ashville Lodge
At the gallery, Birkenhead Park, Wirral CH41 4HY
Opening Tuesday 23rd November 2010- Tuesday 30th November
to be opened by Mike McCartney, The Eye Fund Patron.
As one might imagine, I am hugely proud and excited for her, and wish I could be there to see the works in person, because the pieces she is displaying are very strong.
The exhibit is in aid of the Eye Fund charity, so if you are part of my English contingent and happen to be on my old stomping ground, then please go and attend and support some great up and coming talent and a great cause.
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When the day is done...
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done.
When the day is done
Hope so much your race will be all run
Then you find you jumped the gun
Have to go back where you began
When the day is done.
When the night is cold
Some get by but some get old
Just to show life's not made of gold
When the night is cold.
When the bird has flown
Got no-one to call your own
Got no place to call your home
When the bird has flown.
When the game's been fought
You speed the ball across the court
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
Now the game's been fought.
When the party's through
Seems so very sad for you
Didn't do the things you meant to do
Now there's no time to start anew
Now the party's through.
When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done
Ya sé que unos de los últimos post está dedicado a Nic Drake, y que desde él se puede ver este video, pero creo que merece una atención especial,una muy especial... espero que les guste tanto como a mi.


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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Charge Amazon, Starbucks and Google unpaid tax to fund libraries, says Winterson (UK)
A fiery Jeanette Winterson has called for the hundreds of millions of pounds of profit which Amazon, Starbucks and Google were last week accused of diverting from the UK to be used to save Britain's beleaguered public libraries. In an impassioned speech at the British Library, the award-winning author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit said: "Libraries cost about a billion a year to run right now. Make it two billion and charge Google, Amazon and Starbucks all that back tax on their profits here. Or if they want to go on paying fancy lawyers to legally avoid their moral duties, then perhaps those companies could do an Andrew Carnegie and build us new kinds of libraries for a new kind of future in a fairer and better world?" - Guardian
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For use with 'Monsters! Monsters!' Tunnels and Trolls Rules.
Frome the back of the book:
You are a warrior in Srak Arhan, a troll village deep in Mistywood Forest, in troll territory. It is a fairly prosperous town as troll centers go, with about thirty huts built from stone, wood, and a relatively high class of debris and mud. Among the inhabitants is a powerful shaman and at least five warriors, with fierce reputations."
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WINESEQ is a product from Biomemakers, a newco specializing in genetic sequencing analysis for winery clients. Founded by The Wine Guys, Adrian Ferreo and Alberto Acedo, from Castile and Leon, Spain, and funded by Illumina Accelerator and other partners (including Viking Global Investors), the company has offices in Spain and San Francisco.
I interviewed Biomemakers general manager John Dimos last week to find out more about the product - and its possible future implications for organic growers and the wines that come their vines.
To date, Dimos says, the company has collected and sequenced more than 3,000 samples from 200 wineries around the world. Of those, there are currently about 15 U.S. wineries who are participating as clients and contributing to the company's database of samples. About half of the U.S. participants have organic vineyards.
The broadest market for commercial use of the sequencing analysis for all growers is as a disease predictor. The test can detect the presence of microbes associated with diseases, such as powdery mildew, long before a full blown outbreak occurs.
This enables growers to take preventive action - altering cover crops, pruning, irrigation or other cultural practices - before they see symptoms emerging.
In the case of powdery mildew, WINESEQ can see the predictors years before they emerge.
Winemakers can also use the microbiome analysis to decide whether it's safe to proceed with a native yeast fermentation, Dimos said, presenting his findings to a gathering of top tier Napa wineries at Fruition Sciences' 2016 Vintage Report Napa held in January. The analysis can determine what yeast strains are on the grapes as well as suggest how these yeasts can influence the flavor profile of the wine.
"So far, we have detected 13,230 species of microbes," Dimos said. "There are more at the subspecies level."
The company is analyzing the differences between organically farmed soils and wines and chemicals farmed ones. Though Dimos says it's too early to make its research into those differences public, there is already one intriguing early substantive finding: the company's identified 39 microbes found only in chemical vineyards and 12 found only in organic ones.
"We only have a snapshot of the data," Dimos said, "but we do see a difference between the microbes in organic vineyards versus conventional ones."
One Napa winery used the analysis to compare two types of compost. The winery was considering switching from commercially produced organic compost to home-made organic and Biodynamic compost. Using WINESEQ, they were able to determine there was no risk in changing over to the home-made compost, Dimos said.
Unsurprisingly, the microbial analysis finds that soils with a rich microbial mix yield wines with a rich microbial mix. "The wines reflect the soil that the grapes came from," Dimos said.
More broadly, Dimos says the soil and wine microbiome act as integrators, telling us more about the overall life of the vineyard and wine. "It might be a nice biomarker to read out," he said. "The microbiome is alive and dynamic."
The take away for consumers? Stay tuned for further developments for now, but if you want the taste of true terroir, then choosing organically grown wines vinified on native yeast (and made without additives other than small amounts of sulfite) is the best bet.
And maybe someday we'll be lucky enough to have wine scores of that include the microbiome analysis of a wine, showing us just how alive and dynamic the life force in our wine is - or isn't.
For more information about WINESEQ, visit Biomemakers.com, follow them on Twitter, check out their YouTube channel, or start with this video:


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Ask Americans why they don't do more to make their homes energy efficient, and every year the answer is "It's too expensive." Yet we know that most utilities in the United States offer rebates to directly address this barrier.[ Read More → ]
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Energy efficiency programs across the country are turning their attention to affordable housing in a major way. One important reason for this promising development is a new appreciation of the vast amounts of cost-effective efficiency available in affordable housing. This efficiency potential is a valuable energy resource for the utility system.[ Read More → ]
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it's decorative gourd season!!!
over the past few weeks i've been obsessing over every autumnal detail, from pumpkin spiced coffee to capes. when we were at whole foods last weekend i fawned over the gourds display for an enormously long amount of time. this same situation occurred at the local farmers market. BARRELS OF GOURDS!
and so, the seasonal decorating, which will not commence until the end of january has begun. here's my little pumpkin & gourd centerpiece on the side table in our living room.
hey, whatever makes your day. this most definitely makes mine.
i'm wishing i had a lamp-post to tie some cornstalks to…
…or a front gate on which to hang spooky cobwebs, as spotted in lincoln park.
any decorating tips for this seasonally obsessed girl?