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Talking With Pete Swanson About His New Label Freedom To Spend and The Power of Curation
Reissue Culture. If you're a music fan or culture nerd, that term likely elicits a wide range of feelings and viewpoints, something that can be gleaned from a quick synopsis of the critical discourse surrounding those two words. Simon Reynolds has been one of the most outspoken critics of reissue culture, viewing reissues as symptomatic of the 21st century's inability to create something actually new without looking to the past for inspiration and guidance. As he puts it in this fortune cookie-ready riddle, "Is nostalgia stopping our culture's ability to surge forward or are we nostalgic precisely because the culture has stopped moving forward?" For Reynolds, the fact that albums from as recent as 2001 are being reissued signals an opportunistic scraping of the barrel for albums that are inferior copies of those already within the canon. Parallel to Reynolds' critique is the bemoaning of major labels' targeting diehard fans' bank accounts through the deluxe reissuing best exemplified in the picture disc novelties and color pressings that have come to represent Record Store Day. The true crime lies in the fact that these needless and opportunistic pressings are clogging up the pressing plants and keeping actual new music as well as important reissues from being released. Theo Parrish's Sound Signature label released two CDr comps last year of music that may never make it to wax. Both he and Underground Resistance have spoken out about the tolls that major label bandwagon jumping on the vinyl resurgence have wrought on their bottom line. Lastly, there's the portrait painted by critics like Amanda Petruisch depicting reissue culture as one in which the primary motivation is to do discover some "mislaid masterwork." According to Pete Swanson, co-founder of the exciting new reissue label Freedom To Spend, "it does feel [like] so many reissues are released with the PR campaign[s] to place them within a contemporary context that may or may not be totally erroneous."
Freedom To Spend is just one amongst hundreds of tiny labels out there chasing a whole different narrative, whether reissuing long out-of-print albums that command absurd second-hand rates on Discogs or approaching music's past almost like A&R reps cum musical anthropologists, endlessly digging up unknown oddities that are then curated around certain themes, both obvious and not so much. Last year's Sky Girl compilation was an exemplary archival release of the latter variety that represented a major break from traditional archival compilations, which are a collection of rare or unreleased songs often grouped around a specific geographic and chronological period like Soul Jazz's cataloging of reggae, krautrock, and, er, soul jazz. Sky Girl followed a logic more akin to a conceptual DJ mix; a collection of both obscure private press and easily obtainable recordings from the 60s up to the 90s curated around an imagined idea rather than material facts. In the process, curators DJ Sundae and Julian Dechery made a compelling argument for reissue labels' ability to recontextualize songs and artists and imbue them with potent relevancy, creating what Swanson might refer to as "creative progeny," musicians and artists inspired but not indebted to this undiscovered music. Swanson cites the influence that Mokai's 1998 reissue of Nuno Canavarro's abstract electronic masterpiece Plux Quba had on himself and many of his peers in Portland.
When critics like Reynolds portray reissue culture as one that drudges up unnecessary relics of the past, keeping musicians chained to outmoded ideas rather than developing wholly new ones like they used to in the 1980s, they cease to acknowledge at a fundamental level that music has always been in dialogue with the past.* Such criticism elides the ongoing exchange musicians are having with that which came before them, one that accounts for both major and minor musical discourses. Be it Stravinsky's personalization of motivic development, a musical strategy for introducing difference through repetition that stretches back to the sixteenth century, or John Cage transposing the ideas of the I Ching onto musical composition, musical innovation relies on a free-floating and nonlinear relationship with the past in which musical and non-musical ideas can take on a wholly new meanings and forces in a different temporal and/or societal context. It's in looking at the history of musical innovation as a dialogic process global in nature that musicians remain locked in a constant dialogue with music already created, both within and outside their own culture, while anticipating subsequent musical responses to their own creations. In this discursive exchange, reissue labels like Mississippi Records, Music From Memory, Numero Group, and now Freedom To Spend serve as dialogical accelerators, sending out copies of aural artifacts wherever there is a free market and intensifying the exchange of ideas at both the historical and cultural level. Such labels ultimately introduce new concepts into the musical ether, exposing artists and fans alike to parallel yet removed musical statements that continue to reshape musical canons both major and minor.
Much of the above is an internal discussion I've been having ever since I learned that experimental musician Pete Swanson, formerly of Yellow Swans would be starting a reissue label with Heavy Winged member and Little Axe co-owner Jed Binderman and RVNG Intl. big kahuna, Matt Werth. Freedom To Spend is dedicated to unearthing "autonomous anomalies produced by musicians working within and outside the limits of technology to create intimate art." Expanding on the mission's label statement a bit, Swanson says "the goal of FTS is to present work that is eccentric and sort of aesthetic dead ends...hoping that these records are seen more as contemporary challenges posed than purely relics." It's this sensibility, seeing "old" records as being as viable in today's contemporary musical discourse as any music being made currently that always endeared me to Swanson, who I first met when he played at my then-home of The Silent Barn during Yellow Swans' last tour in 2007. Expecting a serious and foreboding "noise dude," I was surprised to find myself talking to a gregarious and friendly chiller about The Congos and Lee Scratch Perry. Some years later when he became a more regular presence, I soon found myself treating our interactions as nerdily as one possibly could, transcribing the barrage of artists' names that would come out of his mouth when I would ask him what he was listening to. His responses would fuel my own digging and helped me to learn about acts like Finis Africae and Franco Battiato. While I don't personally know Jed, I've been seeing Matt at seemingly every decent show in NYC for ten years now and always enjoy chatting with him at his store Commend on the Lower East Side, which showcases his uncanny talent for uncovering incredible deadstock. The amount of musical knowledge I have gained just from talking to Matt and Pete, alongside following their online presences, has been priceless in and of itself.
The idea of people like Pete, Jed, and Matt taking their collective brain trust and transforming it into an actual label whose records hundreds and hundreds of people will buy and thousands will now learn about as a result of FTS existing got me thinking about the role of curation within reissue culture. For as much as you can complain about cash-grabbing opportunists and major label apathy, doing so downplays the important role that labels like Freedom To Spend serve as curators and influencers of culture, no matter how niche of an appeal a certain record may have. Reissues and archival releases like last fall's Carl Stone retrospective on Unseen Worlds, which ultimately became a corrective to the history of sampling and electronic music performance, can take on a life of their own and reach an audience well outside the academy and diehard music nerds. But to do so requires a certain passion and a willingness to listen to an ungodly amount of music. In talking with Swanson, it becomes clear that seeking out music seemingly lost to time is something that animates the label's three founders, as is sharing exciting and bizarre new finds amongst themselves including an album of "mimimalist piano composition[s] that either lean towards tasteful or gargabe german drinking song[s]" that Binderman recently discovered. Discussing that record with Swanson, he describes it as being "50% corny schlager stuff and 50% great...a tape self-released by a composer in the 80s." Despite the motivations shared by some reissue label heads, Swanson is certainly not possessed by some monomaniacal quest to rewrite music history, but rather expand it by introducing some fascinating footnotes without reinforcing "some well-established aesthetic line." And albums like the minimalist piano compositions meet drinking songs serve to embody the label's ethos during the course of a Twitter chat that preceded the below email interview as I become hopelessly fixated by this album of "mimimalist piano composition[s] that either lean towards tasteful or gargabe german drinking song." Swanson continues, saying "there's no rhyme or reason to it and will go from being tasteful to being crummy mid-song... nothing I've heard before but...It IS NOT GOOD."
The fact that such a curio would be an object of shared fascination by Swanson, Binderman, and Werth speaks to the conversational dynamic that shapes what records they decide to actually press. According to Swanson, "For example, Matt's taste may lean more 4th world, Jed's more industrial and my taste is generally more avant..and we all have to agree on an album...checks and balances," adding that "I think if we're all going to sign off on a record it'll be both something that we're passionate about and is something fairly unique." Unique is certainly an apt word for the label's inaugural two releases, reissues of Michele Mercure's Eye Chant and Marc Barreca's Music Works For Industry.
One of the more attractive features of FTS's approach to the records they release is their placing a priority on the role that context plays in shaping either work, whether in the form of location, the arts community present within the artist's city, or the reasons behind certain compsositions. With two different write-ups on Eye Chant available on the FTS site, the label succeeds in creating a connection between the listener and the music at hand, which is a decidedly feminine take on much of the synthesizer music of the mid-80s. Mercure's chugging arpeggiations are tempered by yearning melodies and often lacking any percussive undergirding, with the artist bending her own voice on the album's arresting centerpiece "Eyechant"as the pitch shifting muddies her gender, creating an intimate and somewhat unsettling experience. The album may sound as its creator was in active dialogue with much of the East Coast avant-synth scene alongside synth-pop. But Mercure herself was a cell animator living in Harrisburg, PA, a relatively isolated and mid-sized industrial city that serves as the state capital. Her social circle was primarily made up of visual artists, which likely contributed to the synesthetic emotionality she's able to wring out of her machines' sounds and samples. Though Mercure's work was a largely private affair, she was commissioned to soundtrack a 1983 production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot and two of the songs on Eye Chant were intended for a PBS special and a performance art piece, lending the album a functional versatility while serving as a person soundtrack for one's diurnal rituals.
For all this biographical information that helps the audience to emotionally invest in Mercure's album, is FTS attempting to give autonomous anomalies like Mercure and Barecca a chance to finally take the stage? Swanson notes that despite Matt's past successes in bringing the artists he's reissued like Harald Groskopf, Laraaji, Ariel Kalma, and Craig Leon to live audiences, he doubts that FTS will take on such a role, though he is also quick to point out it's always a possibility. As he puts it, "I generally think of the album being the work and reissuing the record and getting it out there is the primary concern." The fact of the matter is, with a lion's share of the money to be made in music in touring and licensing songs, it's a bit jarring to see a label place such an emphasis on the album itself. FTS joins labels such as Finders Keepers and Unseen Worlds in demonstrating the power of thoughtful curation when fueled by genuine passion. When asked about what he's excited about in the world of reissues right now Swanson responds, "Love that the DDS dudes have brought Eugenio Muñoz's work back into the public eye. Mecanica Popular is sick and that Randomize LP is super sick. Also supposedly his Dr. Flanger LP is getting a repress." Given this palpable excitement on Swanson's behalf about putting out weird and "new" older music, it's not a surprise that these long-lost musical works of art are already resonating with contemporary artists in a very real way--a show of artwork made by Sarah Musselman after becoming inspired by Eye Chant is opening at Commend on March 16 through March 21. It also bears notes that Mercure's prioritizing of the body in her art has existing affinities across the academic and artistic spectrum, calling to mind the philosophical writings of Julia Kristeva and artist Ann Hamilton's mouth sculptures and pinhole cameras that she places in her own and other's mouths.
While the label doesn't have any target sound, it seeks out unusually intimate works created via instruments and processes that might not inherently scream "feelings." Released three years before Eye Chant on K. Leimer's Palace of Light label in Seattle, Barreca's Music Works For Industry is far less polished-sounding than Mercure's work, though it too achieves an uncanny level of intimacy with the listener. With titles evoking daily banalities, the thirteen songs together sound like alien library music or soundtrack record for an industrial city. (I should note that Swanson straight-up disagrees with me over this reading.) K. Leimer, in the album's liner notes, cites Iannis Xenakis, Morton Subotnick, Cluster, and Steve Reich as some of the influences Barecca was navigating. Barecca was seemingly interested in how each composer folded together different instrumentation in novel ways with often minimal means and thus Music Works was a group effort was achieved with the help of a team of musicians and performance artists. On first listen, the albums feels thematically outward-looking and musically functional in its sounds and structures, with what sounds like machines hissing on "Hotcakes" and the sampled, generic voices on "Radio and Television" and the album's title track swirling about like radios playing from passing cars. But Music Works For Industry is a work that contains multitudes. The album's primary aural themes are perhaps best heard on album opener "Community Life," which subverts the upbeat nature of krautrock's motorik chug in its knackered beat and unusual textures as sampled mantras exhort the virtues of being a good member of society. The cover image of Barecca's silhouette suggests a private space where he made this music, "a refuge from some industrial work or at least the dubious fruits of this labor." The role intimacy serves as a guiding aesthetic for the label is a versatile one as it can take on innumerable forms outside, giving the label considerable room in which to experiment.
As Swanson himself comments, in spite of the considerable differences that might exist between each FTS release, the overarching through line is found in their "representing people who were able to develop home studios or have access to studios long enough to establish their own voice." And while I certainly had my own assumptions that Swanson wasted no time in dissuading me from, what really stands out to me about the label is the type of care that is put into each release. Gone is the colored vinyl, the bonus cuts, or assorted trinkets that a hallmark of many deluxe reissue releases, such as those put out by the Mondo empire. Where FTS goes deluxe is in the areas many labels overlook, from providing ample information about these largely unknown artists to organizing contemporary events that demonstrate in real time the dialogical nature of reissue culture. As Swanson himself notes regarding much of the criticism around reissue culture, "the problem with more mainstream music criticism is that it is about generalizations, themes, genres...whereas...FTS is more from the angle of Music fandom and interested in really eccentric, hybridized, complex records that aren't ONE THING. So one stance benefits from narrowing the vantage point whereas I'm more concerned with expanding the view, broadening the scope of possibilities and allowing for more complexity, less certainty." elow, I talk to Pete Swanson about just what Freedom To Spend means, how technology inevitably shapes the way music is made, and the role he sees reissues serving in today's music cultures.
Z: What does the name Freedom To Spend signify for you and how does it embody the label's MO? Personally, the name makes me think of the hopeless resignation of obsessive record collectors indulging in their freedom to spend, perhaps at the cost of more practical things. How did the name come to be?
PS: The name is from a found poem that I have. It's a great turn of phrase that is both fairly evocative and also ambiguous. It can mean a lot of things. I tend to think of it as being similar to Man With Potential in that it can easily be read as sarcastic or aspirational. In the case of FTS, it also touches on the ridiculous capitalist conundrum of freedom/speech/art being contingent on having access to capital, which can refer to record collectors, label heads, artists, etc. On the brighter side of that coin, the phrase also refers to the freedom of the artists on the label exerted in making these wild, broad-scope albums.
Z: While Freedom To Spend focuses on the "autonomous anomalies" that popped up in the seventies and eighties and were aided by more accessible technology and sometimes an education in electronic music and/or composition, the concept could also apply to a whole range of musicians practicing without education and the only technology being a microphone and reel-to-reel usually brought in by an outsider. How do you see your mission to bring artists like Michele Mercure and Marc Barecca to the a wider audience different from labels like Mississippi who also seek to uncover "autonomous anomalies" that were also empowered by the increased accessibility of recording technology, though utilizing more traditional instrumentation? To what degree do you feel the technology is essential to the music being made?
PS: The history of music has almost entirely been determined by technologies, that obviously includes things like synthesizers and DAWs, electric guitars, but also includes the development/adopting of instruments. A lot of Mississippi releases focus on people using those technologies to make unique music using the tools available, which is pretty similar to what we're focused on with Freedom To Spend. The primary difference seems to be both aesthetic, and Mississippi being more focused on folk forms, while we're more interested in a period where home studios and electronic equipment were becoming more accessible. While I think there's an argument to be made that Mississippi releases are directly relevant today, I see a strong potential for connection to all the home-studio operators working today. I think a lot of the music that we're releasing sounds very contemporary, while also posing potential paths forward. I hope that these eccentric records can help inspire musicians to develop creative processes that look beyond what are the most established aesthetic moves in contemporary sound.
Z: It feels apt that your first two releases should be Mercure's Eye Chants and Barecca's Music For Industry, as the former is an album concerned with the personal, her body, and uses her voice as source material for her work whereas Barreca's album is, at least superficially, outward-looking, like taking a snapshot of an industrial society on its deathbed, so to speak. Was this juxtaposition intentional and what do you feel either release says about the label's greater intentions, be it simply giving shine to those for who it has long eluded or finding contemporary reverberations in these releases that make them particularly relevant for an audience in 2017? It's one that feels inherently urban, or perhaps cosmopolitan is a better word/concept, in that these are artists who seemed to live in "ports of exchange" so to speak, hubs of culture where ideas were at the ready...do you feel that's a fair characterization?
PS: I'm not sure I'd agree with either premise regarding Michele's and Marc's albums, but I do think these two albums, as well as what is coming up on the label, represent personal experiences and personal sonic practices. I don't think that these perspectives are inherently urban per-se.... I mean...Harrisburg, PA is not seen by most as a major cultural hub. But I do believe Michele was in dialog with the larger music culture and Marc was involved in the whole Palace Of Lights scene in Seattle, which seems to have some degree of a shared aesthetic. I think there was probably some trading of records and gear going on there. Ultimately I'm not so concerned with the juxtapositions record to record, as much as I am with each album standing on it's own and presenting a coherent point of view.
Z: I keep thinking of Roberto Musci as an artist who would have fit on your label, as his work was both in the public sphere--he composed for nature programs and the like--and engaged with the world at large through his extensive travels. Seeing that both "fourth world" and "world music" came into the popular vernacular during the period you're covering, it feels like these are musicians for who provincial life was no longer really possible (to counterpose them to the highly provincial music of blues and folk) as radio, TV, and movies brought the greater world to their doorstep and thus were almost forced to engage with new ideas, ones in which the advances of capitalism have allowed the rise of the individual over the tribe. So it almost feels like it's a psychic landscape you're surveying in your releases...do you feel that's fair or just overthinking on my part?
PS: I'm a big fan of Roberto Musci's music. And his music, which includes both field recordings of himself, other musicians, and composed elements, acts as a means of conveying the space he's occupied, his personal experiences. It makes sense that as we're able to travel more easily, someone's personal journeys through sound would become more complex, more plurally coded. In some cases with FTS releases, that's true. In a few instances, it seems like the music is more from exploring the interior, the provincial. In the cases when the exploration is more localized, the tools that are used end up allowing a unique voice. So...I see Michele's album as being more inward-looking, but she's not playing an acoustic guitar in a church or whatever, she's making her album using early sampling keyboards and stuff. It's modern music that is of a particular time/place/person that results from an individual experience and creative process.
Z: You referred to the music on Freedom To Spend as being considered "aesthetic dead ends" to a degree. Could you both clarify what you mean by that and explain whether an aesthetic idea reaching a dead end means that it's not relevant to the contemporary musician, or that these dead ends are actually extremely fruitful areas of music history and deserve to be part of a larger conversation amongst musicians and academics as well as wellsprings of inspiration?
PS: I really see reissues as an opportunity to reintroduce cultural threads that got dropped into a contemporary conversation. I remember the Nuno Canavarro album being reissued on Moikai when I was younger and it inspired so many of the artists I knew in Portland at that time. It was just a massively important album in my circle of friends, despite it's age and eccentric content. I hope the music that FTS is releasing resonates in a similar way. When I talk about "aesthetic dead-ends," it's referring to records that are deserving of creative progeny, of which, to my knowledge, there is none.
Z: Both Mercure and Barreca used instruments and technology that is both being used by musicians today but has also been compressed into handy DAWs. While these may be "aesthetic dead ends" in a way, they also directly apply to many musicians' current practices as there are lessons to be learned both technically and aesthetically. Do you feel that your releases are part of an ongoing conversation between contemporary electronic musicians and those that came before
Absolutely. That's the hope, that these records inspire something in musicians working on music now.
Z: I wonder if you see any parallels between your autonomous anomalies and the fourth world music discussion being had at the time Freedom To Spend is focused on? You mentioned how you find it an appreciable way of expressing personal experiences over vague multiculturalism. Could you expand what you mean by the "Mexicaness" articulated by Jorge Reyes and how seeing that or Mercure's "100% Bridal Illusion" and how giving voice to these intensely personal artists differs differs from a more archival, Nonesuch approach in the mid-20th Century?
PS: I think there's room for critique of appropriation, as well as room to push those boundaries.. In the case of fourth world music, there's a risk of tokenism and empty gestures, which is what I would generally prefer to avoid representing. That being said, I think it's really compelling when people are able to articulate their own experiences through sound. That can include personal experiential history, cultural heritage, contemporary tools....So...in the case of Jorge Reyes or other musicians exploring "pre-hispanic" concepts in their music...there's an exploration of pre-colonial, indigenous cultural history, set next to contemporary synthesizers and production, field recordings of spaces that he thinks are sonically relevant. It's not just that he's conveying some abstract, idealized notion of multiculturalism, it's something that is a product of personal inquiry and I find that super compelling.
Z: Surely to start a record label and especially a reissue label in 2017 brings with it a certain skepticism on the part of consumers and critics alike who feel overwhelmed with the glut of music accessible to them currently, especially when it comes to wading through a lot of the crap to find something unique and rather niche like the releases on FTS. What was it about this project in particular that moved you to invest yourself in bringing these albums to a larger audience and do you feel that these types of release can go beyond the "heads" or diehards who you'd expect to buy out a 300 or 500 limited press run of an album like "Music Works for Industry?"
PS: Sure, there is a glut of music available, but I think that enhances the value of a label that has something of a curatorial identity. Generally if you find something enjoyable on FTS, you will find something else enjoyable. The music that we're releasing is generally both very obscure and fairly unusual. it's something that I'm certain "the heads" will appreciate considering the rarity of these albums and hopefully some new fans will be turned on to these sounds being made available again. I'm the last person to know what is actually sellable, so I rely on Matt and Jed since they have experience in that matter.
Z: The history of music and technology since the 70s in particular is an especially dense one, whether you look to the history of house and techno being discovered by young men experimenting with gear or the artists you're choosing to highlight. Do the artists you're focusing on tend to come from a more academic background? What was the purpose of their music, if any? Music for Industry has a functionalist, almost library music-like quality to it; what intersections, if any, have you found between library music as a platform for experimentation with sound and form during this period and the artists you're placing a spotlight on?
PS: Several of the musicians we're working with have done soundtrack work for movies and television, but that's about where the connection to library music begins and ends, as far as I can tell. Some of the musicians we're working with come from an academic, compositional background, some don't. I think everyone we're working with so far found some satisfaction in experimentation in the studio and I would hardly consider any of the music we're putting out conventional or functional.
Check out Freedom To Spend's Bandcamp to listen to more tracks and buy both of these fantastic records!
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*Such logic facilitates a linear and teleological musical history; even Reynolds' beloved hardcore continuum--an idea that I certainly have my own affinities with--tends to feel rather unidirectional. Each phase provides the conditions for a subsequent movement while remaining rooted in a tradition of distinctly British styles of dance music, taking hardcore techno as its point of inception. The concept of a continuum in Reynolds' hands can be thought of as an historical mind palace whose many corridors and additions remain part and parcel of a grander British narrative. Despite their noble prioritizing of context and nonlinearity, that context often reinforces distinctively British qualities by critically colonizing certain sonic and stylistic signifiers.


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Graduating as Australia's first Aboriginal Pharmacist, Faye soon moved into the allied health field, where she became a founding member of Indigenous Allied Health Australia. Faye currently leads Charles Sturt University's Djirruwang Program – Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health).
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Through her Atlantic Fellowship, Faye will take a community care approach to the social and emotional wellbeing and mental health of individuals, through the development of an innovative mobile phone application.
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Product name: Climate Code Red: the Case for Emergency Action
Reviewer: Andrea Cally
Author: David Spratt and Philip Sutton
Publisher: Scribe
Price: $27.95
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David Spratt and Philip Sutton certainly don't pull any punches in this emergency call for united and immediate action on climate change.
The authors offer pages of scientific evidence showing that the extent of the climate crisis is often ignored in favour of the short-sighted 'business as usual' approach promoted by industry and politicians.
Divided into three parts, the book explores the most recent scientific research and expert insight on the extent of the crisis, the problems with current global carbon emission targets, and ideas for how we can make the transition to a sustainable, carbon-free economy.
Ambitious in the extreme, the strength of the authors' argument is diluted by the book's structure, which is overly reliant on technical scientific data that would be easier to digest visually.
Equally, the authors spend too much time being critical of the current system and gloss over their proposed solution, which involves wholesale changes to life as we know it.
Printed on paper from locally sourced sustainable re-growth plantation forests. Ink partly soy-based.


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1st & 3rd Tuesday 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Women :: Married or Single
with Lorie Hernandez & Barbara Mainguy
A Quilting, Knitting, & Crocheting Group that will meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7PM to make baby blankets and other items for the Church body (for our new mothers, benevolence or other local ministries). Women will be coming together to share their gifts and talents with one another and enjoy a fun time of fellowship and it is all for a great cause. We will offer beginner projects and crafts for those who are eager to learn this craft/art of making quilts.


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I am an apprentice tattoo artist at Rivers of Ink in Dunbar.
For appointments and more info get in touch via email
The Golden Pocket
Commission for Oor Wullie's BIG Bucket Trail, Scotland's first ever national public art trail raising awareness and vital funds for Scotland's children's hospital charities.
Various commissions for new organisations in Dunbar and Edinburgh.
Ongoing collection of drawings/doodles
Noteworthy moments of light. Various locations, various devices.
A series of illustrations created for navigation on the Make Works website.
A series of painted panels for an Edinburgh tech company representing the 4 stages of their product development. Characters based on the first studio mural done previously.
'Vend' (brother in English) was my first fully actualised rug at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh. I continued to work on commissions for several years and the project can be seen on https://dovecotstudios.com/tapestry-studio/artists-weavers-tufters/kristi-vana/
Selection of alphabets drawn as daily hand exercises over the years.
Textiles. Mostly from when I'm bored.
Logistics, illustrations, driving and filming for the Make Works Tour. A trip over 3 months to visit, record and showcase Scottish manufacturing from small cottage industry to large scale factory production.
Archive and listed companies can be seen on www.makeworks.co.uk
Studio mural for an Edinburgh tech company.
Logo and visual identity for TechCube in Edinburgh.
Way finding murals at TechCube in Edinburgh.


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Laura Berger Lifts the Sun in Palm Springs
Swoon! Chicago based artist Laura Berger has stunned us again! This past week, Berger created a gorgeous mural at the Ace Hotel Palm Springs in conjunction with their annual music and arts festival, Desert Gold. Inspired by desert elements and color palettes, 'Lifting the Sun' speaks of human connectivity and our instinctual nature to band together and lift up what's good in the world. Berger's rich hues and graphic compositions translate beautifully on a large scale, and I'm sure you'll agree.
If you're visiting Palm Springs, definitely take time to visit and bask in the mural's beauty. Until then, take a peek at some pics below. Top photo courtesy of Ashley Busenius Coy.


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our VISION & Creative Process
Love is a universal language that unites us all. My purpose is translating it into tangible form. Every wedding is unique, and just like the people in the photographs, they are living, breathing phenomenons.
When choosing your wedding photographer, take care in selecting someone you feel understands you - find someone that speaks to you on both a personal & emotional level.
In the fleeting moments of your wedding day, I work to carefully compose each image to display the raw beauty and emotion therein.
When the cake is cut, the florals have lost their vibrance, and the band has played it's last reverie; you will be left with your memories of them. I long to create images that tell an intimate, genuine story — the way you feel it, not just how you see it — is the way in which you will remember it.
In order to best serve our dear clients, we accept no more than 12 events per year, ensuring an exceptional experience for each one.
All wedding collections include full day coverage and a private viewing and ordering experience Additions such as albums and extra hours are available a la carte.
Through custom collections, we work alongside our couples and their planners to create a wedding photography quote that is unique to them and their specific wedding day needs based on location, size and heirloom products.
How will you choose to archive your beautiful photos after the wedding is over?
Above all else, we value your experience and believe in exceptional quality and high standards.
We offer a variety of gorgeous fine art albums and prints for protection of your most precious memories.
Our heirloom products have changed what is expected from traditional wedding albums and prints. Wrapped in delicate book linen and embossed with exquisite gold detailing, all of our heirloom books are truly a work of art, so that each turn of the page is the unveiling of a beautiful mystery.
I'm passionate about seeing the world & experiencing cultures abroad. I've been fortunate to document weddings both far & near.
We would love to follow you to any destination your heart leads you, from the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to the emerald waters along the Gulf of Mexico.
Where We've Been:
i. Seattle, WA
ii. Portland, OR
iii. Napa Valley, CA
iv. San Francisco, CA
v. Santa Barbara, CA
vi. Denver, CO
vii. New York City, NY
viii. Concord, NH
ix. cleveland, Oh
x. west palm beach, FL
xi. key west, fl
xii. atlanta, ga
xiii. nashville, tn
xiv. charlottesville, va
xv. charleston, sc
xvi. ashville, nc
xvii. Tulum MX
xviii. Worpswede, Germany
xix. Paris, France
xx. Rome, Italy
xxi. oria, italy
xxii. Netherlands
xxiii. london, uk
xxiv. Turks & Caicos
xxv. harbour island, bahamas
xxvi. st. kitts, west indies
xxvii. nassau, bahamas
xxviii. alberta, canada
xxix. ontario, british colombia
xxx. banff, canada
... and counting
Frequently asked questions
How would you describe your style of photography?
- My style is a thoughtfully curated blend of traditional/editorial portraiture (through lyrical compositions and styled elements) with artistic photojournalism (unobtrusive documentary fashion). I want to tell the story of your wedding day authentically and beautifully, and by working with this unique skill set, we are able to achieve a finished set of photos that reflect the hearts of each couple we photograph.
Are you a digital or film photographer?
- Both. I am primarily a film photographer, utilizing medium format film which comprises about 80% of my body of work, with about 20% digital imagery.
Why do you shoot film?
- Film is a timeless medium, and I learned to shoot and develop my own film from a very early age. The process of using film, though, far outweighs the visual benefits of such- because I have a limited number of images per roll, I am able to slow down and think about the relationships that are in front of me. When I take this approach, I am focused on my clients and their loved ones, thereby creating a relationship built on comfort and trust.
How many photos will I receive and how long will it take to see them?
- Typically, you will receive your full gallery within 8-10 weeks from your wedding. We also believe in quality over quantity, and rather than overwhelming you with thousands of images, we usually deliver between 50-60 finished images per hour of coverage.
Do you travel for weddings nationally and/or internationally?
- Yes. We love to travel and to date, I have photographed weddings in at least 9 other countries, as well as all over the continental U.S.
How many weddings do you photograph per year?
- We accept a very limited number of commissions, about 10-12 weddings each year.


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Look within.
I'm sure that's not the answer you were looking for, but that's definitely the answer you need to hear. For most of my adult life I have been single, and while 20 something-year-old me cringed at this fact, 34-year-old me feels really grateful for it. All this alone time has allowed me, though not initially by choice- to forge a very in-depth relationship with myself. And what a grand relationship that has turned out to be.
Man, its nuts how much I enjoy my own company. I'm not saying I wouldn't enjoy meeting someone who I can share moments with, and have sex with, but I am saying that I'm not pressed. I know that when the time comes for a relationship with someone else- I won't be able to have as much alone time as I am used to- so I am taking advantage of that now by basking in my 'me time'.
While I certainly enjoy spending time with good company, I equally enjoy doing things, and going places alone, as it forces me out of my comfort zone- and allows me to experience moments and places in a less distracted way. I reflect more when I'm alone, I am the most real version of myself when no one is around. It's from these authentic moments of reflections that I am able to glean the most out of my life experiences. Whether a good or bad moment, the ability to self-reflect allows me to properly parse and make sense of situations, and to thereby extract the most out of each moment.
As I have gotten older, it has occurred to me that the universe knew exactly what it was doing when it allowed me to be 'single' for all these years. My truth, as I've come to discover, is that all I've ever really wanted was to love myself. Perhaps others are born with the natural ability to love themselves unconditionally- but this was something that I had to learn. It is a journey I am still on, in fact. And with each passing day, my love for myself grows deeper and wider than I ever thought possible. I am in such a calm and blissful state in my life right now and I can only reason that it is because of the my ceaseless pursuit of self.
What does it mean to get to know yourself? I think it means allowing yourself to be alone- sit with your boredom and realize that there is nothing to be bored of. Your boredom with yourself is just what society has told you to do. There are so much interesting questions to ask yourself. Through this process of self-inquiry I have become very in tune with what I want- and as a result more focused and able to achieve my goals. I have also become less attached to goals as I realize they are fleeting and ever-changing distractions. My main purpose now is to be present with myself- because I know those moments are as precious as they are finite. What if we could view alone time as something precious instead of something dreaded? What if we could stop expecting others to give us the love that only we can truly give ourselves?
When I began to experience self-love- there was a freedom that came with it, a liberation that I had never felt before. A freedom, that grew from a sense of knowing. Knowing that I could trust myself, depend on myself, and though I may be far from perfect that I would always be there to pick myself up when I messed up. I love knowing that this protector and guide that resides within me can never go away. Now that's a true love you can depend on.
Go within and you'll never be without.
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CC Lounge Mermaid Quay
This week I had the pleasure of helping out at Coffi Co in Cardiff's Mermaid Quay. When I say helping out I wasn't making any fancy coffee or cocktails that they provide. Instead, I spent the evening creating images for the company as they kick start the newly opened venue.
The company has a number of Coffee shops located in South Wales, this being the third one in Cardiff. However, this coffee shop offers a little more than just coffee and smoothies. It also offers the option of booking the venue for private parties and events, known as CC Lounge.
So, if you are planning a party or event and still looking for that last minute Xmas night out then this quirky little venue is ideal. Situated right on the front of Mermaid Quay overlooking the barrage. They provide Welsh craft Beers, Ciders, CoffiCocktails, Christmas treats! Mmmm and live music.
The venue is easily located within Mermaid Quay, just two minutes walk from a multi storey car park and taxi rank, just what you need to get you home if you intend to have a drink or two, and let's be fair who wouldn't in this place.
So go and check out their Facebook page for up to date details by clicking here and visit their website to find out more about Coffi Co by clicking here


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Hello. My name is Rob. I like to practice Zen, write haiku, share quotes, take pictures, make coffee, and drink coffee. May this site be dedicated to sharing these interests.
"Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen."-Bodhidharma
"When I chop wood, I chop wood. When I carry water, I carry water."-Layman Pang
"You make, You get."-Zen Master Byok Am Sunim
Sunday, March 12, 2017
"Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are."-Bryant McGill
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Giving back means a lot to us. It means so much to us that we have a program in place that gives back each time we work with a customer.
For every job we complete we donate $10 to a charity. Each year we pick a new charity in an effort to try and make a difference for multiple organizations.


text: This post is dedicated to my nephew Sam who spent a college semester last fall in Athens, Greece through his engineering studies. (Happy Birthday, Sam!) Interwoven into our perception of beauty and the "magic" that happens while making art of any kind, Sacred Geometry, the Golden Ratio, or Pythagorean Theory (it has many names) exposes how mathematics/engineering and art are like peas in a pod. It is the intuitive wordless nudge that says; put that brushstroke over there, or its right, or its "done". Leonardo Da Vinci believed Art was indisputably connected with science and nature. In his drawing of the Vitruvian Man (inspired by the writings of Roman Architect Vitruvius), Da Vinci illustrated the Sacred Geometry within the geometry of human form.


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Eikeon's Story
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Over three years ago Eikeon was just a thought that came about because of the lack of neckwear options, during a visit to my parents' home in North Carolina. We were tired of seeing the same thing season after season. What about the women? We were stuck wearing men's neckwear to give us other options besides scarves. Years and two sewing classes later on April 21, 2018 Eikeon was launched. Eikeon, Ancient Greek for "Image" is a men's and women's luxury bow tie collection. We think it most important to present our interpretation of both men's and women's neckwear through a very unique story told from the prospective of impactful and influential relationships. This allows us to be exclusive and provide a tie specifically made with our client in mind. We decided to release a woman's collection first to honor the evolution a revolutionary woman takes to get to her destiny. A men's collection will be released based on the true stories of men that have crossed our path. These collections together make up Eikeon. We truly believe that every one as a genuine self image and we express that through well-made bow ties.


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Here is an image from the ferry from Victoria, BC to Port Townsend, WA. Ferries are where we can get some relaxing time in, as we usually fall asleep the minute we sit down while riding them. Something meditative about them… That would be Olympic national forest in the background. Last time Marc and I were here, we summoned an elk from the mountains. No elk this time around.
Picture post-card from Victoria, BC. Victora seems like a cross between a small Toronto, and London, England. Marc and I endulged in Canadian sweets at an awesome German bakery (amazing butter tarts!). In our down time, we also eat Crunchie and Oh Henry bars, respectively.
Departing from the house of Ross and Marliana, who were kind enough to host us, and also did much work in terms of the screening at Open Space Gallery. They even took us swimming before the show! Totally nice and cool people! If only I had my camera when Marc jumped off a small ledge into the water. Imagine a newly born fawn diving for the first time. Pretty funny.
Remember that old Fugazi t-shirt with either Ian or Guy are in a similar pose while rocking out? A dance party ensued after our screening at Open Space (a great idea, indeed!), and Marc attempted a head-spin at one point. I drank about a dozen beers, and went into trance. Some guy danced around naked, and some girl kept speaking to me in Spanish. Can nerdy indie filmmakers rock out? Yes we can.
Marc and I being interviewed in Nanaimo, BC. Check out the link posted below to hear what we had to say…


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Over a year after I had heard 'the call' for the first time, I took my first concrete step toward discerning the Lord's call in my life and attended a discernment retreat at the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor Michigan. The retreat marks a definite turning point in my discernment.Read More
I have long desired to do great things for the world. As a young child, I wanted to be an artist. Later, I thought I would become a great academic, a thinker like St. Thomas Aquinas. Then I hoped to become a teacher or a missionary. Yet, with all these grand plans of the great things I could do, the Lord had something very different in mind for me.Read More
My vocation story begins a long time before I ever heard of the Passionists. Baptized and raised as a Lutheran, I had a happy childhood full of love and adventure. However, I have very few memories of churchgoing before I was age 13. In fact, at age 12 I remember denying that I believed in God, not so much because I couldn't conceive of His existence, but because He meant nothing to me.Read More
I could see that my relationship with my boyfriend was not going anywhere. It was almost like a "mutual crush", if I can put it that way. When he moved, I decided that would be a good time to breakup and really try to follow where God was leading me. When I, as it were, gave the reins to God, He started me on an adventure I will treasure deeply for the rest of my life.Read More
When I was in 7th grade I transferred to a public school. I found new friends who like to party and just have "fun". Thinking I had found my "true love" I entered into a very unhealthy dating relationship. I had many friends and during my senior year I was voted both Football Homecoming Queen and Prom Queen. I was having all this "fun"; yet, peace and fulfillment seemed to elude me.Read More
Once at a family party, my cousin's boyfriend found out that I was going to enter a monastery, and he said to me: "Why would someone as cute as you, ever want to be a nun?" It must have been the Holy Spirit, but I laughingly said immediately: "Well, do you want Our Lord to have only the ugly ones??" He looked quite astonished.Read More
After the completion of high school the attraction to the cloister remained but while my mother was anxious to have one of her children be a teaching sister she was frightened at the thought of the cloister, mistakenly thinking she would never again see her daughter. Amidst tearful entreaties I decided to postpone my entrance and take a college course instead.Read More
Side by side with the attraction to religious life there was also the dream of marrying, living on a farm and filling a big house with as many children as it could hold. One day in church this difficulty was rather easily solved by deciding I would be both a Sister and have children, even if the others did not. Obviously, I had not yet learned the facts of life.Read More
I did not know very many Sisters except the Sisters of Mercy who taught me in school. I observed the Sisters very closely and they were always a source of admiration for me and made me aware of the sacred. Being a quiet and a rather shy person I didn't ask questions or share my thoughts and feelings. I did not like school, but I found myself going to school to be with the Sisters, so greatly was I attracted to themRead More
At the three o'clock hour on a Friday afternoon, a well dressed young woman prayed alone in our chapel on Benita Avenue. Unexpectedly, a ray of understanding filled her soul with quiet conviction of what she must do: "The One who died for you is here." She knew He was calling her to enter our monastery, and said to herself, "I'd better talk to the superior about entering."Read More
On telling my mother of my decision, she simply said, "If that is what you want to do." My dad, surprisingly, did not respond so favorably. He had been expecting that I would enter a convent but not this kind! He never spoke of it in the following weeks but was kind and obliging. After some time, Father Whelan took my dad for a "long ride," and daddy returned completely won over to my vocation to cloistered life.Read More


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We asked Dr. Scott Weiss, physical specialist, board-certified sports trainer and owner of Bodhizone in New York City, for his understanding right into the relevance of Stretching.
Stretching and working out
We all understand stretching is essential, but exactly what makes it such a smart idea for individuals of any ages? There are numerous advantages to pursuing boosted adaptability, especially when you're exercising. 'The body is warmer, and also extending aids in flexibility of connective cells,' describes Weiss. 'Extending permits your joints to move via their full, regular series of activity, thus lowering the anxieties on the incorrect parts of the body.' Stretching can even help you boost your strategy or ability in sports.
Stretching and daily life
Even if you're not functioning out routinely, extending is still an excellent thing to include to your regimen. 'It makes resting, standing and also all postures in everyday life less complicated,' affirms Weiss. 'Extending aids your posture as well as just develops a liberty of activity.' Keep in mind, nonetheless, that there are times you should not extend, to stay clear of injury or to prevent making an injury even worse. 'Stay clear of extending when the body is cold, dried or straight after a severe strain or strain,' says Weiss. 'Back then we splint or debilitate in order to promote healing quickly.'
Types of stretching
Weiss clarifies that there is greater than one method to stretch. 3 common types of stretching consist of static, dynamic as well as passive stretching.
Static: Fixed stretching describes holding a particular placement or stretch at one angle. 'It concentrates on boosting flexibility of one or many teams,' Weiss discusses. 'This kind of stretching is better for the elderly and making even more long-lasting invasions into flexibility,' he says.
Dynamic: This kind of extending basically indicates that you are extending as you're relocating, for instance a strolling lunge. 'This functions many muscle mass groups and offers an excellent warm-up for the body,' says Weiss. 'Dynamic stretching is completed utilizing repeatings and also collections. Twenty to 30 reps of a couple of sets is a good idea.'
Passive: Easy extending is when a therapist or instructor stretches your body for you. This sort of extending typically happens after an injury.
Stretches to try
Some of the stretches Weiss suggests consist of the number 4, posterior shoulder stretch as well as the entrance stretch. 'The prescription for flexibility is three to 5 times a week, holding each stretch for 30 second to two mins,' he advises.
Figure four: Lie on your back with both legs airborne and location your right ankle joint on your thigh over your left knee. Reach your right-hand man with the area developed by your ideal leg as well as grab your left hand that's getting to around the beyond your left thigh. Slowly flex your left knee. You must feel a stretch on the outside of your right hip. Repeat on the contrary side.
Posterior shoulder stretch: Standing upright, cross one arm across your body. Use your other arm to draw the arm joint of the arm being extended towards the other shoulder. Hold for 15 to 30 seconds.
Doorway stretch: Bend your right arm 90 degrees (as if you were going to swing at someone) and also position your lower arm against a door framework. Tip via the entrance slightly with your ideal foot up until you feel a comfy stretch in your chest and the front of your shoulder. Switch arms as well as legs and also repeat on your various other side.
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Kathleen Hanna Inspires Peace Sisters to Launch a Gofundme campaign!
Celebrated musician and feminist activist, Kathleen Hanna, inspired Peace Sisters to launch a gofundme so she could help fundraise for us! Please check out this wonderful video of our founder, Tina Kampor, talking with Kathleen about the work we do in Togo!


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No Case Details, Just some take home points.
When you are wrong, admit it and move on.
"Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes—and most fools do—but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes."
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
The secondary survey is critical in trauma to avoid missing more subtle injuries beyond that identified on the primary survey.
Paraphimosis: A retracted foreskin will block lymphatic drainage from the distal penis. As arterial inflow continues, lack of lymphatic drainage will cause a progressive edema of the penis distal to the retracted foreskin. As the foreskin continues to swell the phimotic ring becomes progressively tighter, and if not reduced, will eventually obstruct venous outflow. The distal penis will become painful and hyperemic. The edema will progress to ultimately obstruct arterial inflow resulting in penile ischemia, necrosis, and gangrene. This series of events, from retraction of the foreskin to arterial inflow obstruction, can occur over a few hours to 1 to 2 days. To relieve the obstruction, the phimotic ring must be advanced (reduced) over the glans of the penis. (Procedures in EM reference) This diagnosis can be confused with other GU complaints or overlooked. Be cautious not to miss this diagnosis.
Respect the risks of placing a central line. To verify placement of the line in the IJ, you can ultrasound the the IJ in the longitudinal plane. With the wire still within the vessel, angle the probe into the thorax and you can see the IJ widen into the right atrium. If you can visualize the wire in this area you know you are good. Alternatively, after pulling the wire, you can inject 10 ml of saline rapidly through the line and have an ultrasound probe on the heart to see turbulence in the right atrium and ventricle.
Kalnins NeuroRadiology
A dense MCA sign corresponds to a significant acute clot in the proximal cerebral vasculature. Patients with this radiographic finding may benefit from neurointerventional procedures to aid in clot lysis or mechanical clot removal in order to reperfuse ischemic brain tissue. If you see this sign, consider consulting interventional neuro-radiology emergently.
Dr. Kalnins recommended the website http://www.radiologyassistant.nl as a great resource to learn about radiology of all types. editors note: I googled it briefly and it looks outstanding.
Dr. Kalnins discussed cutting edge use of CT technology (perfusion, blood flow, cerebral blood volume, mean transit time studies) to identify early stroke.
Hawkins Interpreting CXR's
Unfortunately I missed this outstanding presentation.
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Even thou I did not have the paper cups, I thought no harm trying on a regular pan, so I used the recipe that suppose to produce the crystal jade paper cup shaped cake. It is straight forward, just flour, egg, sugar, sponge stabiliser beat till ribbon stage, mix in butter and bake.
I tried that once without stabiliser and it doesnt keep its "tall look" after out from oven. Advice given to me is to use that, else sure will collapse. Since i m not too keen to use that, i did not think abt the recipe till recently when my mother bought her tub of stabiliser after the PH demo. BUT it still din work out!
Ok, i made a mistake too, forgot the milk, but I don't think that is the cause. The ribbon stage (at least to me) is reached slightly after 5 mins. This surprised me, cos previously a sponge cake recipe took longer than that. I could hv fold the butter a little too long, but too bad lah, my "kung fu" not there yet. Infact, after long folding, i could still see streak of oil at the side of pan after pouring batter inside.
Look of the cake is dense and compact since it has collapsed. Taste wise is still ok, my kids say nice (very definitely cos of the strong egg taste). Texture is smooth too. *sigh* must try again.
Here are the pixs for record purpose.
Cake not high, so stack the pieces higher to compensate lah haha.
ok, just another presentation in "indoor" mode (mode of camera)
Besides the above, i tried coconut tarts too. The recipe is from the baking class that my mother took in CC. Its a total flop. I think i will never try it again till i dig another recipe from elsewhere. The crust is ok, cos it is from a biscuit recipe, but the coconut filling .. it isnt anywhere near those selling outside. With the amt of egg, the coconut never binds together. Imagine eating coconut tarts with biscuit crust and dessicated coconut as filling?
Loves * Baking (烘焙) * Beading (自制串珠手饰) * Photography (射影) * Crafts (各類手工) *
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Another failed sponge
Posted by sherlyn at 10/10/2007 11:58:00 PM
Labels: cakes, S ingredient - sponge stabiliser
2 comments:
- moshimoshi said...
hey what u are doing is great. a few more tries and u can start giving them away as gifts;)
- October 11, 2007 at 1:55 PM
- sherlyn said...
Thanks Moshimoshi for the encouragement. I guess it will take really several more tries hehehe. Hows the sushi meal with mould coming?
- October 16, 2007 at 10:45 PM
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| Summer Head Start Meet
Long Course Meters
June 15, 2019
Online Entries are closed, but Deck entries will be accepted from 8:00am - 9:15am on the morning of the 15th
Sanctioned By: Gulf Masters Swimming for United States Masters Swimming, Inc., Sanction # 259-S008
Hosted By: Woodlands Masters Swim Team
Meet Referee: Claude Humbert
Meet Director: Frank Bergfield – c/o WMST, PO Box 7084, The Woodlands, TX 77387
Location: The Conroe Independent School District (CISD) Natatorium (Googlemaps link)
19133 David Memorial Drive, Shenandoah, Texas 77385
Date & Times:
|Saturday, June 15, 2019
|Warm-ups - 9:00 AM
|Meet Starts - 10:00 AM
Facilities: An indoor 8-lane non-turbulent pool. All races conducted on a 50-meter course. Warm up lanes will be available in the adjacent course during the meet. Showers and lockers will be available. The length of the competition course is in compliance with and on file with USMS in accordance with article 105.1.7, but as a bulkhead course, is subject to length confirmation that will be done before and after the competition session. Eligibility of times for USMS Top 10 and records will be contingent on verification of bulkhead placement.
Timing: A Daktronics Omnisport 2000 automatic timing and scoring system with touch pads as the primary timing system will be used during the competition. Secondary timing system will be manual-electronic with a minimum of 1 button and 1 digital watch per lane. Hy-Tek's Meet Manager software will be used to manage and score the meet.
Rules: Current United States Masters Swimming technical rules and code of regulations will govern.
Eligibility: All participants must be registered with U. S. Masters Swimming and must be 18 years old on or before June 15, 2019. The eligibility of a participant (for seeding purposes) is determined by their age as of December 31, 2019.
Event Time Limit: To enter the 800 meter freestyle event, participants must have a qualifying time under 30 minutes.
Conduct of Meet:
- Enter the meet using a long course meters time for the event. The Meet Director may, at his discretion, correct, adjust or insert an entry time for any swimmer. All events will be timed finals. For all events women and men will be seeded together by time only, slowest to fastest.
- Positive check-in is required for all 400 meter and longer events as follows:
Event #1
Mixed 400 meter Individual Medley
Check-in by 9:15 AM
Friday Event #8
Mixed 400 meter Freestyle
Check-in by 9:15 AM
Saturday Event #16
Mixed 800 meter Freestyle
Check-in before Event #8
Hospitality: Available for Officials, Timers, and Meet Volunteers.
Limit of Events: Each entrant may swim a maximum of 5 individual events and 3 relay events per day.
Registration/Entry Fees
- INDIVIDUAL EVENTS – ONLINE ONLY at this ClubAssistant link. Additional links are available at www.wmst.net, www.gulfmastersswimming.org, or www.usms.org. Deck and online entries will be accepted; no mail-in entries. Online entries will be confirmed by email from ClubAssistant.
- On-time entry fee (online entry received by midnight June 10) — $45
- Late/Deck entry fee (entry received after June 10 and by 9:15 AM June 15) — $60
- Late/Deck entry fees must be made by check payable to "WMST," paid in cash, or paid by creditcard at the venue.
Age Groups: Individual: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, etc.
Awards: Ribbons will be awarded for 1st through 3rd in each individual event by age group/gender.
T-Shirts: Meet T-shirts will be available for purchase ($15 each). They can be preordered (by size) during the online entry process. A limited number of shirts will also be available for sale at the meet.
Results: Results will be posted on the Woodlands Masters Swim Team website www.wmst.net, the Gulf Masters Swimming website at www.gulfmastersswimming.org, and at www.usms.org.
Parking: Plenty of free parking is available adjacent to the Natatorium.
Lodging: Lodging is available at many nearby hotels, including the Courtyard Marriott, Holiday Inn,Courtyard Houston Woodlands, and the Residence Inn Woodlands Lake Front Circle.
Reservation booked by March 15, 2019 will receive a Group Discount for the "2019 Zone Championship." Lodging is also available at other nearby hotels.
Facility Rules: This meet is conducted on the grounds of a school district campus. The CISD asks that all swimmers, spectators, and coaches comply with the facility regulations.
Events List
Competitors must be 18 years of age on or before June 15, 2019. Event limit is 5 individual events per day. Use long course meter times for meet entries. On-line entries are due by midnight, June 10. Late/deck entries are due by 9:15 AM, June 15. All events are mixed with results scored separately.
Online entries include acceptance of THE USMS LIABILITY RELEASE FORM attached


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Women In Science Series: Katherine Freese
This week, I will be writing a series called "Women In Science" where I will pick out 5 different influential women in the differing fields of S.T.E.M. Each person will be someone who is currently contributing to further our knowledge of the world around us in one way or another. For the first post, it is my honor to write about theoretical astrophysicist, Katherine Freese.
Dr. Freese is such an amazing scientist. In her career, she has already contributed to early research on dark matter and dark energy, as well as being one of the first to propose a way to discover dark matter. Her ideas are currently be experimented on at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. She also produced the idea of a "Dark Star" where dark matter annihilation, rather than fusion, is its power source.
The beginning of the universe has become another main focus of hers.
Katherine Freese was born in Germany, but studied at Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Chicago, where she received her PhD in Astrophysics/Cosmology. She currently teaches at University of Michigan. To get a grasp on how smart and creative Dr. Freese really is, check out her public lecture below on Dark Matter! You can also follow her on Twitter as I do @ktfreese.


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Latest News
Editorial Preview — May 13-19
Our frustrations with the functioning of government at various levels is providing plenty of fodder for editorial topics in the coming week. We've also noticed some positive developments worthy of comment. As always, you're encouraged to jump into the conversation.
Benton County commissioners — We're writing this one for Thursday. Before deciding major policy issues, why don't' the commissioners take a deliberate approach that includes full participation of stakeholders and the public? On both the potential fairgrounds sale and the future of the bi-county health district, they're failing the engage in the discussions needed to make informed decisions.
Library proposal includes west Pasco branch — We never doubted that good provisions would emerge from negotiations between Pasco and the Mid-Columbia Library District but remain baffled by the secrecy surrounding the talks. We've seen the library district's response to our criticism of the process. The district and editorial board apparently have different ideas about transparency.
Columbia Basin College students see tuition climb and classes cut — Community college is still a bargain but increasingly less so because education is the first place the Legislature turns to whenever the state is in fiscal trouble. Lawmakers say education is a priority but their actions make the claim unconvincing.
City councils support plan for Columbia Park — Richland and Kennewick are showing everyone how to play nice. Park improvements may still be a long way off, but the cooperation between cities is a good example for others.
Franklin County fights possible end to private docks — Frankly, the Corps of Engineers could replace every dock on the river with a new fish friendly version for a fraction of what's already spent on salmon recovery efforts. More to the point is whether predators hiding in the existing docks' shadows are really a threat to migrating salmon. Richland scientist to be honored for work — We'd never heard of the John Fritz Medal either, but Annette Cary's article has convinced of the prestige attached to this annual award from the American Association of Engineering Societies. Past winners include Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Orville Wright. The selection of Jerry Posakony for his pioneering work in medical imaging technology alerted us to the fact that we too often take the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for granted. World-class scientists are helping improve lives at the north Richland campus every day.
Attorney General mulls Miranda rights revision — The war on terror is different than any other war in our history. We're not fighting a nation but an ideology, so the old rules don't apply. How can we rewrite the standards for terrorist suspects to serve both our national security and our democratic ideals?
City steps in to aid downtown Pasco project — If the city and downtown businesses can work together toward a common vision this could be a promising partnership.


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Food allergy affects as many as 6% of young children and 3-4% of adults.(1,2) Peanut allergy is the leading cause of food-induced anaphylaxis treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States (3) and peanut and tree nut allergies account for approximately 80% of fatal and near-fatal anaphylactic reactions.(4-6) While the majority of children outgrow their allergy to milk, egg, wheat, and soy, allergies to peanut, tree nuts, fish and shellfish are often life-long. Currently, there are no treatments that can cure or provide long-term remission from food allergy. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used to treat various diseases for thousands of years. Chinese herbal medicine, particularly in the form of formulas that are composed of several herbs, is one of the major components in the practice of TCM. The Food Allergy Herbal Formula (FAHF-2) is a 9 herb formula (7-14) that has been demonstrated to be safe and effective in a murine model of peanut allergy.(15,16) Furthermore, FAHF-2 appears to be safe and well-tolerated in food-allergic patients. This protection from anaphylaxis in the murine model is associated with decreased IgE, increased lgG2a, decreased peripheral basophils, and decreased cell surface expression of FceRI on mast cells and basophils. Thus, we hypothesize that FAHF-2 is a safe and effective herbal therapy for food allergy and this protection is associated with suppression of food specific IgE while increasing food-specific IgG (and lgG4), decreased IgE epitope diversity, and suppression of basophil numbers and function.
These aims will be investigated in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, using standard protocols, including double-blind, placebo-controlled oral food challenges, to evaluate clinical outcomes including long- term efficacy.
The goal of this study will be to validate the clinical efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine in food allergies and to elucidate the mechanisms of action of this herbal formula. This potential therapy has significant advantages over other treatments currently under investigation because it is administered orally, has a high safety profile, and may provide long-term protection from anaphylaxis.
|Song, Ying; Wang, Julie; Leung, Nicole et al. (2015) Correlations between basophil activation, allergen-specific IgE with outcome and severity of oral food challenges. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 114:319-26
|Wang, Julie; Jones, Stacie M; Pongracic, Jacqueline A et al. (2015) Safety, clinical, and immunologic efficacy of a Chinese herbal medicine (Food Allergy Herbal Formula-2) for food allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 136:962-970.e1
|Noone, Sally; Ross, Jaime; Sampson, Hugh A et al. (2015) Epinephrine use in positive oral food challenges performed as a screening test for food allergy therapy trials. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 3:424-8
|Wang, Julie; Fiocchi, Alessandro (2014) Unmet needs in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 14:206-7
|Mehta, Harshna; Ramesh, Manish; Feuille, Elizabeth et al. (2014) Growth comparison in children with and without food allergies in 2 different demographic populations. J Pediatr 165:842-8
|Wang, Julie; Young, Michael C; Nowak-W?grzyn, Anna (2014) International survey of knowledge of food-induced anaphylaxis. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 25:644-50
|Agarwal, Shradha; Wang, Julie (2014) Prevalence and characteristics of food allergy in urban minority adults. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 112:476-8
|Taylor-Black, Sarah A; Mehta, Harshna; Weiderpass, Elisabete et al. (2014) Prevalence of food allergy in New York City school children. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 112:554-556.e1
|Yang, Nan; Wang, Julie; Liu, Changda et al. (2014) Berberine and limonin suppress IgE production by human B cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from food-allergic patients. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 113:556-564.e4
|Fiocchi, Alessandro; Wang, Julie (2013) Diet: the key to allergy prevention? Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 13:273-4
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Looking for things to do with the kids this weekend? From summer solstice celebrations to dance parties, rocket races and more, there is plenty happening on Long Island. Here are my top five picks for family-friendly activities this weekend:
Dolphin Dance Party at The Whaling Museum and Education Center (301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor) Saturday from noon-3 p.m., families can participate in a themed dance party featuring a DJ, dancing, face-painting, craft stations and more (dress like a sea creature for door prizes). Price: $6, $5 ages 4-18 and seniors, $20 families.
Midsummer Night: Weekend at Old Westbury Gardens (71 Old Westbury Rd., Westbury) Experience an enchanted family evening during which Old Westbury Gardens will be illuminated with lanterns on Saturday, from 6 to 9 p.m. Lori Belilove and the Isadora Duncan Dance Company will perform in various areas of the gardens; bring a picnic dinner and a blanket. There will also be a jazz concert on Friday, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Rose & the Nightingale will perform on Sunday. Price: $15; free younger than 17. (Fairy wands and wings will be on sale for $2-$10.)
Retrorocket Races at Maritime Explorium (101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson) Build an air-powered rocket to race with a friend on Saturday and Sunday, from 1-5 p.m. Price: $5.
Who Eats What? at Sands Point Preserve (127 Middle Neck Rd., Sands Point) On Sunday, from 11 a.m. to noon, kids can learn all kinds of facts about water scorpions, dragonfly nymphs, beetles, fish and plants that feed the reptiles and amphibians. Registration is recommended. Price: $10 per car.
Frogs on the Preserve at Caleb Smith State Park Preserve (Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown) Discover what types of frogs live on the preserve and see tadpoles in various states of metamorphosis on Sunday, from 10-11 a.m. Reservations are required. Price: $4 adults, $3 children, free for children 3 and younger.
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Group Show
July 8th to 10th (2017)
TAP-1 was a project accomplished in July of 2017. It was organized by Marx Ruiz-Wilson with great help from Audrey Anne-Morin, Jonathan Jimenez, David Jaime Ruiz, Victor Garibay, Marcela Borquez, Morgane Clémént-Gagnon and all the artists listed below. The project was held in the basement of an apartments complex which is located in the limits between Milton-Parc and the Plateau area in Montreal, Canada.
The acronym title of the show "TAP" makes reference to a theory in evolutionary biology called The Adjacent Possible. In this theory the main argument is that by recombining existent data, materials, variables, etc. the limits of a given system expand and this phenomena repeats again and again giving access to new possibilities.
I would like to acknowledge and thank everyone involved in this project for their trust, hard work and time spent in making it a reality.
Marx Ruiz-Wilson, 2018
Artists List TAP-1
David Bellemare
Hannah Gonzalez
John Gunner
Mario Martinez
Maxwell Evans


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On our inspections a common find are changes to neighbouring fence boundary's. Set at 1.800mm the top and middle rails often provide a claimable foothold from the neighboring property.
The question posed, "but if the rails are not on the neighbours side and not mine then this is ok right"?
Well what in fact you have done by installing a new boundary fence is trigger the need for a new building permit. So providing a 60 deg chamber will bring it up to today's requirement, but what about the rest of the barrier?
Unfortunately in Victoria our State government or Building Authority have not streamlined any system or made any changes for well over 30 years. States like QLD, NSW, WA have had the courage to introduce a mandatory scheme that forces own owners of outside pools ad spas to have regular inspections. Councils don't have the auditing man power, Real estate agents are confused on what to do and home owners just don't understand the requirements of the Australian Standard.
I have performed well over 2000 inspections, not one pool barrier has passed inspection. We need change in Victoria so that drownings decrease.


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I count seven. The number of times you've passed through my mind today. The number of times I've cried. The number of times I've wished you away. The number of times I've died.
It's not fair how you've healed so quickly while I'm left behind still bleeding. I hate myself for letting you so close now I can't get rid of this feeling.
You've torn me up from the inside and I'm slowly leaking out. My heart has never been so thirsty but you've left me in some kind of drought.
Why can't I just heel it's been at least seven months. I should've never ever talked to you not then not even once. I'm rhyming and I hate it because I don't like cheesy things.
Well is it still cheesy if I'm just hating on everything? You've crossed my mind seven times today along with memories we made. I've thrown them into hell and still they come back unafraid.
Well I wish they would stay there because seven doesn't even come close to the amount of times you should have said "sorry".
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Azerbaijan, Baku, 23 January / corr. Trend S. Ilhamgizi/ There are real opposition and political powers in Azerbaijan, Azadlig bloc says. "The powers that are of the "velvet" relations with the Government, while operating under the name of opposition, are trying to be a part of the political processes," Ali Aliyev, the co-chairman of Azadlig bloc said to Trend.
Bloc considers itself to be a real opposition, and says that the public can easily tell who the real opposition is, from the parties trying to represent themselves as such. "Any political party which is not represented in the Government, is an opposition. However, this is not the case in Azerbaijan. There are enough politicians, pretending to be an opposition and sticking to different views many a time," Aliyev said.
The oppositional party Adalat does not accept the positions of the parties included in Azadlig bloc. "No one has a right to blame others because they are oppositionists," Ilyas Ismayilov, the chairman of Adalat party, MP said. "The frequent statements 'opposition established by the Government' is nonsense. The attempts to determine the boundaries of the opposition are groundless. No one has the right to monopolize the name of opposition. All of them serve their nation, simply each of them has their own way," he added.
The Azadlig bloc includes three oppositional parties such as Popular Front of Azerbaijan, Liberal Party and the party of Citizens and Development.
Adalat Ismayilov, the chairman of the oppositional party Adalat was nominated for presidency in the 2003 presidential elections in Azerbaijan. At present, he an MP of Azerbaijani parliament.
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- Milk extract
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- Pearl extract
- Hyaluronic acid
Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Mineral Oil, PEG-40 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Fragaria Chiloensis (Strawberry) Fruit Extract, Milk Extract, Pearl Extract, Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Saccharomyces/Imperata Cylindrica Root Ferment Extract, Saccharomyces/Viscum Album (Mistletoe) Ferment Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Callus Culture Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit Extract, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA, Fragrance
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After cleansing and toning, remove the mask from the wrapper. Adjust the mask on the face. Wear for up to 20 minutes. Remove the mask and massage the face with the tips of the fingers to help the absorption of the remaining essence. Continue with the skin care routine.
For what skin type?
For all skin types.