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It may seem like a drop in the bucket but spaying or neutering more than 100 pit bulls since January is a step in the right direction, local humane society officials say.
PALM COAST — It may seem like a drop in the bucket but spaying or neutering more than 100 pit bulls since January is a step in the right direction, local humane society officials say.
Flagler County, on behalf of the Flagler Humane Society, applied through PetSmart Charities and received a two-year $83,000 grant to provide free spaying and neutering for "pitties" and pit bull mixes, as well as free rabies vaccinations and microchip identification. The program started on Jan. 17, and 22 animals were fixed and vaccinated in the first two weeks, said Diane Voigt, president of the board of directors.
"We have done approximately 80 pit and pit bull mixes in February and March," said operations manager Katie Share. "We don't have April's numbers (tabulated) yet."
While pit bulls are estimated to represent fewer than 10 percent of all dogs in Flagler County, according to Share, they represent about 60 percent of the dogs in the shelter.
The same holds true in Volusia County, Halifax Human Society spokesman Tyler Stover said.
"Easily more than half of our dogs are pits," he said. "Not only are there more of them, but they are harder to place. There's a stigma around them, and many (landlords) won't allow them."
Voigt is pleased that the Flagler Humane Society is meeting a self-imposed weekly quota to schedule 10 neutering surgeries a week for ppits and pit mixes.
"The grant we got is to cover costs for 850 dogs in two years," Voigt said. "This keeps us on schedule. Some weeks might have a few more and others a few less, but we'll get them all done this way."
Owners of pit bulls and mixes need only be residents of Flagler County to qualify for the free program, Voigt said. Appointments can be made through the shelter.
"There has been a great response and I think that's because this is a deal that is not going to be bested," Voigt said. "There is no income requirement, and no requirement for the dog (other than breed)."
Dogs will automatically be given rabies shots unless owners bring in proof of vaccination, she said.
The Halifax Humane Society ran a similar program last summer called "pimp your pit," the difference being that it only ran for one month and 250 dogs were spayed or neutered.
"We expect to get the grant again this year," Stover said. "It will be a month-long program again, probably in August."
Spaying and neutering all animals, not just pit bulls, "is so important," Stover said.
"Though we don't have a program right now, we have low (spaying and neutering) rates all year long at our Redinger Clinic in Daytona Beach on Mason Avenue," he said. "The cost varies on gender and weight, but it can be as low as $25 for cats and as much as $90 for big dogs."
There is no county residency requirement, Stover said. While Halifax Humane oversees Redinger, appointments are made there directly at 386-310-4935.
Though Flagler Humane is just at the tip of the iceberg, officials are seeing the difference the program is making.
"We already started to see fewer animals come through the door," Voigt said. "That's the goal."


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English Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Michael Bisping, will match up against Rashad Evans in the UFC 78 main event on Saturday, November17th. Bisping took some time to talk to BuddyTV about his main event fight, his response to Matt Hamill's comments, and who he'd like to face in the octagon. Check out the full interview transcript and the mp3 audio below.
Hi I'm Rob Symington with BuddyTV and I'm here with Michael Bisping today. How are you doing Michael?
I'm good thanks, how are you?
I'm doing all right. It's really great to have you as an interview guest today on BuddyTV and I'm really looking forward to watching your upcoming fight against Rashad Evans. You're coming off a fight with Matt Hamill that was a split decision and one of the things you said was you thought you maybe over trained for that one a bit so how are you feeling going into this fight?
Yeah. Absolutely, I mean, I did definitely over train for that fight. I remember at the time members of my camp say they suspected I over trained and in the past that's something I've never had problems with. I've always trained excessively hard and it'd never been a problem. I kind of ignored the comments to be honest. Then after that fight when I was back in the Gym and training with my team members I realized the difference in my performance. I realized I was more stronger and things like that. I was definitely over trained. So this time I just took thinks a little easier ... this time I just started training a little bit more sensibly. Looking at my body a little bit. If my body is feeling fatigued, I may just take the afternoon off. Just not pushing myself that hard. I mean, I'm still training very hard, I'm just starting to be a little bit more clever about it.
Is it hard for you to hold back a little bit?
Um, yeah because, that's just the way I am. You know I always think while I'm stuck at home, my opponent is probably out training so I've got to train, I've got to train. I always want to do one more round ... or whatever. That's who I am, you know? As my career is evolving and going along, I'm learning more things. I'm learning more things about the game and my own training and my own body. I'm realizing that you can still get in great shape without having to put yourself at risk of injury or risk of overtraining.
Yeah. Definitely. I think that's a really good evolution in being able to read that more, but I also think that your drive to push you to train more and more has definitely got you to be where you're at so I definitely can respect that.
Yeah. Absolutely, I mean that is definitely why I've got where I'm at. So I'm still going to recognize that and still continue to do that. But at the same time, certain things need changing and tweaking as you go along.
Right. So you've talked a little bit about Rashad Evans and it sounds like you really do respect him. You think he's a good guy, you think he's a nice guy, but what do you think of Rashad Evans as a fighter?
Like you said, I do like the guy. We did some PR together at the start of the year and we spent a whole weekend together, and we got along. It's hard to find something bad about the guy. As a fighter ... obviously he's not very good at wrestling. He always seems to be very good cardio-wise, he never really seems to ever tire in a fight. If anything I'd say sometimes he seems to be a little bit ... not lazy, but he definitely fights at a set pace. He sets a pace and keeps that pace throughout the fight. But he is definitely a talented fighter. Obviously there are one or two things where I've spotted his weaknesses perhaps, and I'm going to try to capitalize on that, but on the whole he's very complete. He's a good fighter and I'm looking forward to stepping up to the challenge.
I think this is going to be a great match-up for you guys.
Yeah. Me to. Some of the forms are saying this is the main event and this and that. I don't necessarily cross myself as a main-event style fighter. This has been a whirl-wind. First I was on the Ultimate Fighter and now I'm here. I definitely think this is going to be a fight where it is the main event. I think we're going to out there, I know I am, and give it 110% and I can only assume that Rashad is going to do the same. So, I'm sure the fans aren't going to be disappointed with the fight.
What's your prediction for the fight? How do you think you're going to finish him?
I think I'm going to win by TKO to be honest. I always think I'm going to win. You don't win any fight unless you think you're going to win. I think I'm going to win by TKO quite early on in the fight.
One other thing I wanted to ask you about, have you heard Matt Hamill's comment about you just using his surgery as a way to get out of the fight? And I wanted to see what you thought about that.
Yea. I contacted the UFC. At the time I didn't realize the controversy, but some people thought otherwise. He won the first round, I won the last few rounds. Then when I heard a lot of people thought otherwise, I was willing to fight him again because I want the fans to respect me. So I called the UFC and they said: 'Okay, let's do a rematch.' I think originally we called Joe Silva and he said: 'Yeah, there's scheduled to be a match for November 17th.' Then I got an email from Joe Silva saying the fight was off, Matt was having surgery, the fights off. So, damn, but whatever. Then it turns out Tito couldn't fight Rashad, I don't know the details so I cant really go into them, then Joe Silva is caught with a man who can't fight in Rashad's fight so, what's the logical thing to do but match us against each other. So that's how this fight came around. So then I got a call from Joe Silva saying do you want to fight Rashad. And I said of course, I'd love to. For Matt Hamill to think me fighting Rashad had anything to do with him, well, he needs to get over himself. Not every move I make is concerning Matt Hamill.
Yeah. I bet you'll be happy when all that's in the past.
Yeah. That's why I just want to get in there so fast, you know?
Yeah. Just get it done.
Yeah. It definitely wasn't the worst performance of my life, but it definitely wasn't my best. I don't want to come across as arrogant but I'm 15-0 now and just to get to that is pretty hard. I went out and had a bad night, and still managed to get the win. I want to get back in there and get back to my top form. So yeah, I'll be glad when that's all gone and can talk about something else.
I think this is definitely going to be a good change of fights that happened here in UFC 78. I think it's actually really interesting to see you and Rashad put up together, especially since you were both winners of The Ultimate Fighter, I don't think you can really go wrong there.
Yeah, absolutely. From a fans perspective, I think it's a great main event. Obviously hardcore fans who have been there before, those are very hard to please. Younger fans, the ultimate fighter generation if you will, I think for them this is great. It's ultimate fight two versus three. So, it's a good fight.
I agree. So, you have any rituals or things you do for good luck before all your fights?
Um, not really. I was talking to my manager today, and it's not really a ritual, well I guess it's playing into a ritual, but we always tend to go watch a movie the night before a fight. We were saying this today: 'Let's go watch a movie.' And I guess it's a tradition without knowing it. There's nothing weird though that I can think of. Nothing headline worthy that I can think of. So, no. Sorry.
That's all right. Who are your favorite mixed martial artists to watch currently?
Well, I think you can't help but love to watch Anderson Silva. He's just absolutely awesome. Every time I see the guy fight, he blows me away to be honest, you know? With his strategy. His all around ground game. His attitude. His control. So that for me personally means Anderson Silva is the best pound for pound fighter on the planet. So he's be on the top of my list. Obviously I love watching Randy fight.
You talk about all these guys that you like to watch fight, is there anybody in particular that you'd like to see yourself up against in the octagon?
I'm getting to the point now where ... (laughter). Are you trying to get me to call people out here? I can honestly from my heart say that, there isn't anyone that I think I want to fight. Obviously, I'd love to have the title one day ... that's every fighters dream. But there isn't anyone that's in my head that I'm thinking: 'I want to fight him. I want to fight him.' The UFC, after each fight, they call me up pretty quickly to say who's next on the table. I just leave it all up to them and I'm happy to let things go that way. I seem to be making the right steps, you know? I mean my next fight is against Rashad and that's obviously a step-up and I suppose after that, whoever wins that, the next fight will be another step-up. So, I'm just happy to let nature take it's course, you know?
Great. So, what do you think you'd be doing if you weren't a fighter?
I don't know? I put so much of my life, so much effort of my life into this. I used to be heavily involved in music. I used to DJ at nightclubs and stuff. I always enjoyed that. So yeah, that's what I was putting all my energy into before I kind of made it in fighting, if you will. So I assume If I wasn't doing this right now I'd still be trying to make a living out of music, you know? Producing and things like that.
Is there any particular type of music you like to listen to while you train?
When I listen to music and when I train I like to listen to all kinds. When I was out DJ'ing and things like that ... what I'm saying is anything that has a good beat to it. Anything from Linkin Park to hip-hop to techno music. Anything that's got a good beat.
Do you know what song you're going to be walking out to on UFC 78 yet?
I do, yeah. It's Puff Daddy and Jimmy Paige "Come with Me" from the Godzilla soundtrack.
Right. Nice. Okay, Cool.
Every time I go running and that song comes on, I always have to speed up. So I thought Id put that on to excite me for a little bit.
So do you guys pretty much get to pick whichever music you want to walk out to?
Yeah. Pretty much. We just send an email saying what song we'd like to use and I think something at the UFC has to make sure it's useable, and if it is, obviously that's the green light.
Alright. Lastly for you, are you going to be making any appearances in New Jersey before UFC 78?
I'm not sure yet. I'm sure the UFC will have a big schedule, they normally do. I've never been a main event before, so I'm sure they have a whole PR list of things for us to do. I'm going to be getting to New Jersey a week before the fight, so I'm hoping to do some sight seeing, I'm looking to go to New York. And like I said, I'm sure the UFC will have a lot of things for us to do. So, I'm sure there will be a few appearances, but I'm just not sure what they're going to be.
Right. Alright Michael, well I really want to thank you for your time today. And from all of us at BuddyTV
we wish you good luck and much success on November 17th. And, thanks Michael.
My pleasure. And if fans want to know more about my fight or charity, they can go to my website at Bisping.tv
Interview Conducted By: Rob Symington
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Activity Web sites
These websites offer opportunities for all children to grow and develop their own expressions. The activities, both group and individual can change the perceptions of the parent toward the child and a child's perception of who they are. With the change of perception comes a change in the developing story of the child. The expressions of children can show themselves when given the opportunity through art, physical activity, reading, journaling, and even photography. These activities provide the outlet of expression not always possible in words and emotions. There are a great number of activities and the challenge is narrowing the list to just the most enjoyable.
- Boy Scouts
- www.utahscouts.org (Utah National Parks Council – Boy Scouts of America)
- www.trappertrails.org
- www.gslc-bsa.org (Great Salt Lake Council Boy Scouts of America)
- Girl Scouts
- Girl Scouts of Utah
- Boys and Girls Clubs
- www.bgca.org (boys and Girls Clubs of America)
- www.bgcgsl.org/ (Boys and Girls Club of Grater Salt Lake)
- www.bgcsv.org/ (Boys & Girls Clubs of South Valley)
- 4H Clubs
- www.utah4-h.org/
- http://www.4-h.org/
Film making
- www.spyhop.org (filmmaking)
- http://www.slchamber.com/page/weblinks/view/arts (sources for performing, visual and literary, film arts and festivals)
- extension.usu.edu/yfp/ (source for mentors for children)
- http://www.aging.slco.org/html/fgp_overview.html (source for Grandparents as mentors/volunteers for help with children's tutoring needs with Bridges Program)
- www.bestbuddiesutah.org (mentoring for young adults with intellectual disabilities)
- www.bbbsu.org (proven program including mentorship)
Multi-art forms clearing house etc
- www.arts.utah.gov/ (multi source for many art forms who can broker or act as clearing house to refer families based on kids' interests)
- www.schools.utah.gov/curr/FineArt/ (many organizations in Utah for possible referral)
- www.ourcommunityconnection.com/ (many salt lake art form resources)
- www.wvc-ut.gov/CulturalCenter (Utah Cultural Celebration Center)
- www.slartcenter.org (salt lake arts center)
- Center for the Arts (Abravanel Hall, Capitol Theatre, Rose Wagner Center)
- Utah Department of Community and Culture (sources for Utah ethnic and cultural experiences)
- Now Playing Utah (coalition of many arts productions including some ethnic cultural events)
- www.umfa.utah.edu (Utah Museum of Fine Arts has both children and family projects)
- www.umnh.utah.edu/ (museum of Natural History: check on Jr Science Academy and other classroom programs under Education)
- www.childmuseum.org/
- www.treehousemuseum.org (performing story museum in Ogden)
- www.sma.nebo.edu (Springville Museum of Art)
- moa.byu.edu (BYU Museum of Art)
Music and Dance
- Arts & Leisure
- www.uhda.org (Utah Hispanic dance alliance)
- www.crawfordirishdance.com (Crawford School of Irish Dance)
- www.ufoc.org (Utah opera)
- www.ririewoodbury.com (Ririe Woodbury Dance Company)
- harmonymusictherapy.com (All disabilities welcome, classes $20, primarily Provo Library for 10 sessions.)
Other activities
- www.utahgardens.org (support for neighborhood gardens for activity development)
- www.umnh.utah.edu (summer camps, junior science academy, and youth programs)
- Accessible wildlife for disabled persons The Department of Natural Resources has Developed parks, campgrounds, trail systems, fishing piers, through out the state.
- Easter Seals of Utah offers a variety of programs including summer and a Saturday Day Camp
- Red Butte Garden Offers garden adventure summer camps. They also offer partner camps with the Utah Museum of Natural History.
- http://utah.wish.org/ National foundation granting children with life threatening illness their special dreams.
- Utah Multicultural Celebration Center Utah cultural celebration center with a host of events over the year.
- Access Utah Accessing disability events through Wasatch Front—check out monthly calendar.
- Give Kids the World A charity that tries to give seriously ill kids everything they want.
- Make-a-Wish Foundation Granting the wishes of kids with lifethreatening illnesses.
- After School: After school alliance focusing on promoting special activity after school
- Youth Impact Ogden: After school programming, comprehensive recreation and activity program in Ogden City. Services free, but waiting list, children with disabilities welcome.
Performing Arts
- http://www.slchamber.com/page/weblinks/view/arts (sources for performing, visual and literary arts and festivals)
- Up with Kids (to develop confidence and skills in music, production and theater for children, charging a small fee)
- http://www.recreation.slco.org/sorenson/index.html (multicultural center)
- www.splore.org (special recreation)
- www.cgadventures.org/ (outdoor adventure for special needs)
- www.nac1985.org (outdoor sports and recreation for special needs)
- www.rah-provo.tripod.com/(advocacy and other resources for people with disabilities)
- www.hoglezoo.org/
- www.tracyaviary.org/ (bird park)
- www.clarkplanetarium.org/
- http://healthcare.utah.edu/rehab/support_services/trails.html (Recreation for individuals with spinal cord injuries)
- U-FIT (sensory motor fun times for severe and moderate disabilities in children)
- www.wasatchadaptivesports.org/ (recreational, diversion program for special needs)
- www.usaswimming.org
- www.cgadventures.org/ (recreational disability adventures)
- Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation offers a variety of Adaptive Recreation Programs.
- Accessible wildlife for disabled persons The Department of Natural Resources has Developed parks, campgrounds, trail systems, fishing piers, through out the state.
- Trips Inc. Special Adventures provides travel outings to people of various abilities including disabilities that require staff assistance for a safe and enjoyable vacation.
- The Living Planet – Salt Lake's Aquarium.
- Salt Lake Parks and Recreation
Skill Development
- www.xmission.com/~uilc/main.php3 (advocacy, skill development for special needs eg writing skills class taught)
- Utah Independent Living Center Offers a Community Integration Program provides information and referral.
- www.sout.org (special Olympics)
- www.accessgolf.org/ (special needs)
- www.utahyouthsoccer.net(soccer)
- www.recreation.slco.org/ (host of available activities for typical and disabled children including Junior Jazz Basketball)
- www.recreation.slco.org/adaptive/ (List of activities for special needs requiring adaptive provisions)
- www.dsusa.org (Disabled Sports, USA)
- www.utahyouthsoccer.net/ (age related boys and girls soccer experiences)
- general information to traditional sporting outlets
- Ice skating to include special needs and others
- Rocky Mountain Renegades League
Summer Camps
- Camp Hobe is a special camp experience for children and their siblings suffering from cancer.
- Camp Kostopolus provides recreation opportunities for individuals ages 7 and up with mental or physical disabilities.
- Camp Roger provides a residential summer camp, disability inclusive with counselors trained in the needs of disabled campers. (801) 585-7765
- Camp Wyatt is a camp for 8-12 year-olds diagnosed with Asthma
- Easter Seals of Utah offers a variety of programs including summer and a Saturday Day Camp. Call (801) 486-3778 for more information.
- Jewish Community Center Summer Camps The JCC enrolls children/teens with adapted needs into their summer camp programs depending on their ability to meet the needs of the individual child.
- MDA summer camp Activities especially designed for young people who have limited mobility or use wheelchairs.
- Palisade Pals Children's Program will be offering camps at various locations around the state.
- Red Butte Garden Offers garden adventure summer camps. They also offer partner camps with the Utah Museum of Natural History.
- TURN Community Services Summer Programs enrich the summer experience of children and youth with disabilities who receive public education during the school year.
- 2012 activity, summer opportunities for children guide-posted for summer only
Therapeutic Movement
- www.tannerdance.utah.edu (varied options for age range and ability range, minimal cost check studio classes)
- www.martialartsforpeace.com/pages/whattolookfor.html (helpful ideas when checking out martial arts for kids)
- www.dojolocator.com/Salt-Lake-City_Utah.html (martial arts for children)
- www.centeredcityyoga.com (reasonable costs programs from 3/0 and up including teens )
- www.redlotusschool.com/ (martial arts for children)
- www.utahaiki.com/ (children's self defense and movement meditation)
Therapy Animals
- www.couragereins.org (horseback riding special needs)
- www.equassist.com/index.htm (therapy using horses)
- www.therapyanimals.org/ (check read program and other pet therapy ideas)
- www.deltasociety.org – Offers links to find animal-assisted therapy as well as animal-assisted activites.
- www.therapeuticassets.org Hypotherapy and horseback riding for special needs over 3 and 6 months periods for $200
- Hoofbeats to Healing http://www.hoofbeats.us/
- Healing Horses Therapeutic Riding Center
- Therapeutic Assets Inc. http://therapeuticassets.org/
Visual arts
- www.accessart.org (children's entry in many varied artful activities)
- www.youthcity.com/html/programs/globalartways.htm (art classes)
- www.baddogkids.org/ (nonprofit org dedicated to children's imagination and creativity)
- www.kindredspiritsart.org (art education and opportunities for all children)
- www.petersenartcenter.com/kids_classes.htm (classes for fee for ages six to adult)
- www.visualartinstitute.org (classes)
- 2-1-1 Information and Referral (see volunteer services for summer programs for kids as well as other opportunities)
- http://www.volunteers.utah.gov/ (service projects)
- http://volunteers.utah.gov/(Utah's commitment to mentoring and volunteering in the State)
- Foster Grandparent Program
- Bridges Program (tutoring opportunities for many salt lake county and city schools—call for information)
- www.youthlinc.org (learning service with mentoring through out utah)


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Android: Android is quickly growing up to become the hottest selling mobile OS on the planet. With a wide variety of devices and availability on just about every possible carrier and unlocked, Android holds probably the highest share in the mobile smartphone market today. Get Android for plenty of customizations, open sourced development and a very good application store. Android though is not for everyone and plenty of first time users found the OS pretty complicated to use and on occasions a bit cluttered. Add to it, the skin on top of Android is manufacturer dependent, like the Motoblur for Motorola, TouchWiz for Samsung and Sense UI for HTC, this means that all Android devices look different so depending on your choice, this could be a good thing or bad. If you are a developer then this without a doubt would be your OS of choice. Rooting your device gives you an even bigger playing field and you can make your device truly yours from head to toe.
Low End Good Devices: Samsung Galaxy Y, ZTE Blade, HTC Explorer
Mid Range Devices: LG Optimus Black, Sony Ericsson Neo, Samsung Galaxy S plus, Motorola Defy.
High End Devices: Motorola Droid Razr, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy Note, HTC Sensation XE, HTC One, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
iPhone: Apple's iPhone is probably the most recognizable smartphone on the street out there. An extremely popular phone with premium prices too.Get an iPhone for a brilliant design, Vertical Integration of Apple Eco System Across the device, amazing App Store and a very good customer Support. If you want just the basics from your device and have no issues in being in a closed Eco system like Apple offers then there is nothing better in the market. You cannot customize your device beyond changing the wallpapers and there is no option to customize your profile the way you want it, so customizations is a no go. And before you all jump to saying Cydia is the answer, well Cydia even though is a great help, it can easily brick your device and void the warranty. Yet if you want an extremely easy to use OS and loads and loads of Apps and a pretty screen, iPhone is the way to go.
Low End Device: iPhone 3GS
Mid Range Device: iPhone 4
High Range Device: iPhone 4S
Blackberry: Blackberry was once upon a time the undisputed King of smartphones, at least as far as Office going Executives are concerned. However a really boring OS and competing against Android and iOS means RIM's shares have dipped significantly. Get a Blackberry for the best qwerty keyboard in the market, BBM service and a great push Email facility. However, this is just not enough as far as any Tech enthusiast is concerned. There are barely any customisations apart from theming, not the best Cameras, perpetual hanging, the App Store is poor to say the least and the music capabilities are not a patch on what Android and iPhone offers. I find it very tough to believe how somebody would use a Blackberry as their only daily driver, the phones just do not do enough. The only selling USP is for those who wish to chat 24*7 on BBM. Definitely my least favorite OS and probably good as a secondary device. For the same price ranges there are various better devices in the market and then there is Whatsapp if you are such a chat addict.
Low End Devices: Curve 8520, Curve 9300
Mid Range Devices: Curve 9360, Bold 9780
High Range Devices: Bold 9900, Torch 9810.
Windows Phone 7: WP 7 is by far my favorite upcoming OS. The Microsoft produced mobile OS is based on Metro UI and looks really clean and simple to use. Get a WP7 device for great hardware quality, a very good OS, decent upcoming App Store, seamless usage with no lags and skydrive use out of the box. WP7 is very much work in progress but we love what we have seen so far from them. The devices are at a premium meaning there is a minimum hardware requirements that WP7 has specified like the processor capabilities meaning you do not have to worry about a slow device. Zuun integration means the music experience on the phone is a pleasure to use. Definitely recommended, if you are willing to wait a little bit then you have an OS that would stead you well in future.
Low End Devices: Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Omnia W
Medium Range Devices: HTC Radar
High End Devices: HTC Titan, Titan 2, Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 900.
Symbian: Symbian are the fallen giants of the mobile world today. Once boasting of a complete monopoly of the mobile market, Symbian since have totally lost out. Symbian is still a decent choice if you want devices that are cheaply available, great hardware capabilities and some devices like Nokia N8 have the best on board camera. The OVI store is nothing great to write home about and the devices do lag if bundled with loads of applications. The loudspeakers and battery back ups usually are very good, so if you are a rugged first time smartphone user, Symbian is still a very decent choice. And with Belle update, the UI has definitely received a face lift. Yet it probably will compete with BB to be the fourth choice OS on our list.
Low End Devices: The Asha Series.
Medium End Devices: Nokia E6, Nokia E72
High End Devices: Nokia N8, E7
I hope this little post would help you make up your mind regarding the device you should pick up. If you have any questions or opinions, please feel free to fill the comments section.


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Earlier today, I read this article about the definition of wellness – or the lack thereof. The article discusses the fact that, although "wellness" is an increasingly popular term, there is no commonly agreed-upon definition of the word. The article quotes Charles B. Corbin of Arizona State, who describes wellness as "a multidimensional state of being describing the existence of positive health in an individual as exemplified by quality of life and a sense of well-being."
The article then asserts that wellness "is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence." Complete wellness, the article argues, is made up of many subdivisions, including the social, occupational, spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional environmental, financial, mental, and medical aspects of well-being.
I agree that wellness includes many areas of our lives. And I particularly like the concept of wellness as a process. To me, it is more than a state of being. The term implies a proactive attempt to live authentically in all areas of life. What about you? How do you define wellness?
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CodeProjectI built up products from scratch several time in my professional life. Usually it starts with a very small engineering team –sometimes I was the very first member of the team. This is a great opportunity to lay strong foundations for the subsequent software development, because one is in charge of the whole process. But one does not always have the chance to start from scratch.
I also worked with already established products, with larger team and millions of lines of already existing code. The typical software management and development project always offers some cumbersome legacy code and API that survive years after years. The reason is not so much that people do not want to fix the problem, but that fixing the problem requires a major product architecture overhaul, which comes to a prohibitive cost. There are striking lessons in failed software architectures, and it all start with API design. I am sharing here my practical experience with C++ projects, but most of these advices also apply to Java.
Why is API so important?
An API can be a company's greatest asset: it captures communication and exchange of services in an application. A good API will naturally lead to more reuse, simpler code, and lower maintenance cost. If the API is public, a good API will also capture customers. There are examples of Java libraries that failed to be accepted not because they were inefficient, but because they very poorly designed.
An API can also be a company's greatest liability: once the service has clients, one can no longer change the API! Suspending or rewriting an API is very pricey in terms of time and money. In the case of a public API, cost also comes in terms of reputation. A public API is forever: there is only one chance to get it right.
What is a good API?
In today's object-oriented software, writing an API is providing a service. Thus instead of thinking in terms of implementation and efficiency, one must first think in terms of modules and services: determine the usage model; establish the clients' needs; and anticipate tomorrow's needs.
Besides being powerful enough to satisfy the requirements, an API should be designed with two principles in mind:
- Keep it simple! An API must be easy to learn and use, even without documentation. The API must be hard to misuse. Functionality should be easy to explain –if it is hard to name, it is likely a bad function. Use simple, consistent naming, and the code will read like a prose –Java libraries and STL are good inspirations for naming conventions. The API should be as small as possible: you can always add to an API, but you can never remove. A method should not take more than 3-4 parameters –else wrap the parameters in a class that can be augmented later.
- Keep it abstract! An API must allow extension for future needs. For example, it should not assume anything about the implementation. It should minimize accessibility to implementation-specific details –an API, once public, will be used, and you do not want to expose the ugly details of a database.
In theory, an API should be written before going into some implementation. Gathering requirements is the first step. Requirements must be case-driven, specific, and should be questioned relentlessly until proven to be must-have. The API should then be written in the target language (C++, Java, etc): this will force the development team to make choices, and to keep the API simple and abstract enough –nobody wants to have too much to discuss! Then the API should be reviewed and made final in a public forum with the two principles above in mind: keep it simple (so that it is easy to support) and abstract (so that it is easy to extend).
An API should be documented, but well-designed APIs are sometimes self-explanatory. An API should answer the following questions about its components.
- Class: what does an instance of a class represent? Is that a singleton class? Is there a factory? Who owns the memory?
- Method: what does it do? What is the contract between the client and the instance? Is there any precondition and post-condition? Is there any side effect?
- Parameters: what do they represent? Which information do they carry? Who own them?
- Exceptions: who throw exceptions? What do they mean? What to do when catching one?
API and performances
Bad API decision can limit performances. When designing an API, it is good to consider the following rules.
- Avoid mutability. If a method returns a mutable instance, that instance needs to be created somewhere, which raises the question of memory ownership. Also mutable classes limit thread-safeness. Use 'const' whenever possible.
- Avoid implicit call to copy and assignment operators. This is a waste of resources if you can use references. Declare these operators 'explicit' or 'private' to catch any misuse at compile time.
- A factory is often better than constructors. A factory has full control on how instances are created and when they should be released (shared model, garbage collection, save/restore, caching and disk mirroring, etc). A factory can return an instance of a sub-class.
- Avoid exposing implementation details. It may prevent later improvements of a database. Never expose data members of a class, always use get/set accessors.
- Question the thread-safeness of computational-intensive methods. One day the software may run on a grid or in a cloud.
- Never compromise the rules above for a small runtime or memory improvement. For the vast majority of the applications, going a few percents faster is not worth the maintenance nightmare it can imply.
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A good API is a key to produce smaller and simpler code, which makes the product more stable and easier to maintain. Designing a good API is a collaborative effort, and a formal decision process is needed to freeze an API. A good API is hard to write, get your best people on it. And finally, a public API is forever. May these simple rules guide your next project.


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6/21/2010 11:37am, #541
OH crap, just oh crap.
Hey Chuck, did you EVER have a USJA membership card? I mean ever?
Did you show them your membership card when you went to the Shiai or did you join on the spot? Did you give the money to your Coach and expect he took care of it?
You gotta throw me a bone here because thus far, USJA has NO record of you at all... not even as a member, ever. Unless I am spelling things wrong or missing something."Out of every hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back." -- Hericletus, circa 500 BC
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Someone give sifu Abel a tissue.
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My point is you cant call people cowards then run from WW when he challenges you to throw down...or not be able to answer the name of the dojo you trained at to get your brown belt or producing the certs to prove it, all the while calling others liars, cowards and the like. Not to mention as an admin people give more credence to his words than the normal poster.
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Many of you seem to prefer a scenario where I have lost my mind, to a scenario where one of us has problems with the concept of right and wrong. Look back on what you know about me. Have I EVER done anything unethical? Have I EVER betrayed anything you asked me to keep in confidence? Or done anything even remotely questionable in an investigation? Have I not always admitted my mistakes, acknowledged the expertise and authority of others, and shared personal (even damaging) personal information with the site? Have I ever hunted tags, or gone after positions of authority? Have I ever missed a throwdown in my area, or declined an invitation to the mat?
Now, ask yourself about Chuck, and ask yourself if I have really lost my mind, or if there is really something going on that requires your attention.Now darkness comes; you don't know if the whales are coming. - Royce Gracie
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French are more likely to have invented it. Their prime minister even walks around with his ass where his mouth should be.
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Can't remember if it was called for or not, but it was a pretty damn weak thing to do.
As for this case: Pretty irrelevant. Faunce doesn't have a habit of claiming to be a good martial artist and doesn't really need to be "called out" on such claims. Call him out on his skillz as an online investigator or something if you want to throw down, because a physical gong-sau seems out of place.
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If you have had plantation shutters installed in your home or office, you may think that the work is done after finding the right installers, and chosen a design that looks amazing.
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
healthy eating
Then we started to talk about what made up a healthy, balanced diet. I showed some slides based on the Food Standards Agency's eatwell plate. There was obviously a bit of confusion, though, since when I asked them to draw their own plate with a healthy, delicious meal on it, I saw one boy draw chips, mash, and chicken nuggets.
We finished with a game in which students had to make a character throw up. What is it about teenage boys and puke? They love it!
Sadly this is the only healthy eating lesson scheduled for this year's PSHE (Personal, Social, and Health Education) lessons, I think. Let's hope a few messages made it across.
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- literarygeek said...
I hope the messages made it across too! It seems children aren't always taught about healthy food at home.
Also, just to let you know I've blogged an award for you at my blog. Just wanted to let you know I enjoy reading your blog!
- January 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Daily Spud said...
There's a lot to be said for education. So many people have become so far removed from the origins of their food that it is, as you say, quite an eye-opener to discover what they actually consider to be healthy!
- January 9, 2010 at 11:03 PM
- Velva said...
Great lesson! I am always amazed at how removed people are from their food. I am even more amazed at what people consider healthy food. If we could just get folks to eat real food with minimal processing and enjoy everything in moderation-it would be perfect
- January 10, 2010 at 11:37 PM
- Velva said...
I just read Daily Spud's comment and realized that we almost wrote the exact same thoughts!
- January 10, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- sarah said...
Literary Geek, Daily Spud, and Velva: You are all so right. I'm astounded that chips are thought to be healthy by my young charges... "But it's a veg!" they say. But it's not just the kids, I think. We need to eat more Real Food, as it's now being called!
- January 11, 2010 at 6:16 AM
- Kitchen Butterfly said...
Sarah, rightly said. I don't know what happens to kids and teenagers.....and I'm thankful you spoke!!!!! I guess the sheer abundance of fast food has warped senses of healthy versus available!
- January 13, 2010 at 12:49 AM
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Pierce County sheriff's investigators say he killed his ex-wife, 53-year-old Rita Kagawa. She was reported missing May 20 after not showing up to her stocking job at Walmart for three days.
Rita Kagawa's body was found June 26 off state Route 510. A hiker who had walked down a path discovered her body on Joint Base Lewis-McChord land in Thurston County.
Scott Kagawa "hasn't been cooperative. He's lied to us multiple times. He's made some threats of suicide," said sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer. "He's lied to us all the way through so we're not taking his word when he says he's going to go commit suicide."
Scott Kagawa told his ex-wife's family that he last spoke to her May 18 about an upcoming court hearing.
At a May 23 court hearing, he was ordered to pay Rita Kagawa a $67,000 settlement for military retirement benefits, according to records.
According to charging papers:
The Kagawa's 12-year-old daughter told investigators that she received several text messages from her mother May 18, even though Rita Kagawa had never text messaged her before. She also recalled her father coming home late and not answering his telephone when she and her stepmother tried to reach him.
On May 19, Rita Kagawa's attorney received an email purportedly from her saying she no longer wanted to pursue the settlement and that she wanted to reconcile with her ex-husband.
The attorney said it was odd because she had never emailed his office before and the email was sent through his firm's Website. When he tried to reply to the email, it was returned as non-deliverable.
When detectives interviewed Scott Kagawa in early June, he told them he stopped by his ex-wife's apartment unannounced May 18 to discuss the settlement. He said he stayed about 20 minutes and then left to buy a shirt, driving to several stores between Tacoma and Tukwila.
When detectives told him they believed he had killed Rita Kagawa, he responded, "'We had a conversation and I left,'" but he did not deny that he killed her."
Scott Kagawa's current wife told investigators her husband claimed to be stressed and wanted to get away May 19. He took her SUV "because he had to move something" but said it was not uncommon for him to help friends move things.
Surveillance footage from Rita Kagawa's apartment complex shows her ex-husband's vehicle arriving at 7 p.m. on May 18 and then leaving about 8:30 p.m. It returns more than an hour later.
The next day, the current wife's SUV can be seen entering the apartment complex just after 8 a.m. and then leaving 40 minutes later. Scott Kagawa's cell phone records show he took and made two different calls in the vicinity of his ex-wife's apartment at that time.
Scott Kagawa's employer called detectives Monday and said he left his car, a six-page handwritten suicide note, his debit card, work phone and other items at his mother-in-law's house in Kirkland.
Bloodhounds searched a wooded area near the home but were unable to find a trace of Scott Kagawa.
Scott Kagawa is 5 feet 7 and 175 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
In the weeks following Rita Kagawa's disappearance, her family organized multiple searches and papered neighborhoods with fliers asking for information.
When her body was found, her family issued a statement thanking detectives and the community for their help.
"Her kind and loving spirit lives on in her beautiful children and the many lives she touched. The pain of her absence is felt and she will be sorely missed every day," her niece, Cynthia Terronez, wrote. "While we are filled with tremendous sorrow and grief, we take comfort that she has been brought home to us and can now rest in peace."


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By Jeb Wright
Michael Schenker is one of heavy rock's most colorful characters. He plays a mean riff as well. His professional career began as a teenager as the lead guitarist of his brother, Rudolf's band, the Scorpions. On tour, the Scorps opened for UFO, and before you knew it, Michael was snagged by that band. With Michael's talents, the group released album after album of classic heavy metal. Then he was out of UFO and back in the Scorpions…then out…then back in, and finally out for good. He created the group MSG, and guitarists around the globe followed his every lick.
As time went on Schenker struggled with stage fright, drugs and bizarre behavior. He never totally faded away, but he went through dark times that many feared would put him six feet under the ground. He survived. And eventually he overcame his demons, even though he has had temptations and setbacks along the way.
Now, with his band Temple of Rock, Schenker has returned, and seemingly triumphed over his demons. The new album, Bridge the Gap, presents the guitarist teaming up with two of his former band members from his time in the Scorpions: drummer Herman Rarebell and bassist Francis Buchholz. The album has a fresh energy and has created much public interest in the release due to the reunion of the three men who recorded on the classic Scorpions album Lovedrive.
In the interview that follows, Michael speaks of how Temple of Rock is growing and how this has a chance of becoming a permanent band. He also discusses his days with the Scorpions, overcoming his dark days and his plans to celebrate this stage of both his career and life.
Jeb: The new album is very strong and I want to know why you called it Bridge the Gap?
Michael: Basically, it bridges the gap from the past to now. It has to do with Lovedrive and Herman and Francis, who we have only done one record together, which was Lovedrive, which was all of those years ago. One thing leads to another and Pete Way wasn't doing well and I called Herman up and asked him to get ahold of Francis, as I thought doing a bunch of Scorpions stuff live would be great. Francis was more than happy to join.
I already knew the album title before I even wrote the album. Halfway through the first leg of the last tour, the European tour in 2012, I knew that would be the name of the next album. By October, we had to add so many shows and we had to organize a second leg of the European tour. There was a half a year in between and I had to ask everyone if they were ready to make an album. I said to Doogie, before he went to start writing, "Think Bridge the Gap and think melodic." That was the inspiration. I started writing in October and I was done by the end of the year and I gave it to Doogie and told him to think melodic. I carried on in the studio and so on. We completed the whole thing by the 31st but that was only phase one. The album was basically finished, but we had to start touring on the fourth of April of 2013 in Russia. I didn't want to do anything from the new album on the tour because it was not out yet. I decided not to play it for them because it wasn't going to be released for another seven months or so. I had never been in that situation before, but the good thing about it that couldn't have been planned better, was that when we finished the tour, we listened to the music with fresh ears.
Jeb: That makes sense. You were away from it for so long that you heard it from a different perspective.
Michael: Absolutely. So many artists, like myself, finish a record and then listen to it and go, "I wish I would have done this part differently." We had the luxury to make those changes. It was not planned, but it worked out to our advantage.
Jeb: This band is Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock. In the past, you've had bands that have had so many members come and go, but I think maybe this lineup might become an actual band?
Michael: Yeah, it kind of looks like it. It is working towards it, and it looks like we are using Michael Schenker as a platform. I am using my organization by design to create and make this be its own entity. I want it to stand by itself. I have a plan for the next album where we will do it all together and we will sit together and bounce ideas off each other and see what comes out of that. The chemistry we have is really good. That is the next move. We will use more of Wayne's seven string guitar and we will construct a Temple of Rock identity.
Jeb: Will the next album just be a band called The Temple of Rock, as a band name.
Michael: Yeah, probably.
Jeb: Tell me how you got Doogie White in the band.
Michael: We had bumped into each other in the past a few times for years. I had him sing on the Temple of Rock album "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and that basically was crying out for more. That is really how it ended up. He is a great vocalist. He is very professional and he has a great voice and he has worked with great musicians. To be honest, in the past I've never really looked for great singers. I created MSG for my own timing and my own experimenting. I looked for Gary Barden. I heard a tape and I picked him. I also sang with Graham Bonnet.
There was a time where I withdrew from the machine. I wanted to develop as a musician. My career is like three sections or stages. The first one was developing as a great guitarist who focused on pure self-expression. The middle years was about experimenting and doing all sorts of different things I couldn't have done with Scorpions, or Ozzy Osbourne, or Deep Purple, or any of the bands that asked me to join them. I couldn't have fulfilled my own desires of experimenting and stuff like that. I couldn't have been in an album and tour, an album and tour, type of machine. I withdrew very, very far away from the machine and the loop of rock and roll.
In 2007, or 2008, that's when I kind of, all of a sudden, felt like something was happening. I developed an incredible liking for being on stage and I had no idea where that was coming from because I had never liked being onstage before. Since 2008, if I look back, I am back in the loop of rock and roll and my third phase is going to be celebration. I am celebrating my own life and my generation of rock.
Gary Moore has passed away and so have Ronnie James Dio and Alvin Lee, Lou Reed and Jon Lord. You know, sooner or later, this is just going to be a memory. I want to celebrate this era and this wave of this incredible era of rock music that, for my liking, started with Led Zeppelin. I am talking about an era of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath and they laid the foundation of this Temple of Rock.
In the '70s, the band made the pillars and then, the '80s was the bricks and the clay and the roofing. It is like building The Temple of Rock. It is a building that, at some point, the people who created that temple will not be here any longer. It is a wave just like Mozart and Shubert when the classical music came out. That was an incredible wave and so it this one, you know. That is what I have decided.
It seems like maybe I have been preserved for the finder. I was most focusing on the rock music and the loop in the beginning, and in the middle it was about developing and self-improvement.
Jeb: I did love Lovedrive.
Michael: The thing with Lovedrive…it was like my brother found out that I split from UFO and it was a perfect opportunity for them to ask if I would help out. Matthias [Jabs] had just joined and wasn't ready. I was kind of in limbo land not knowing what my next step was going to be. When I did the Lovedrive album everyone was so impressed and they really persuaded me to join the band and they got rid of Matthias, basically. I did a little bit of the tour and I realized that I could not do this. I had done this, and I had been there, but there was something else that I needed to do but I couldn't figure out yet what it was. I was invited to audition for Aerosmith and stuff like that. I kind of disappeared from the tour because I couldn't talk to them as I knew they would try to persuade me to stay. I just couldn't. Matthias freaked out and he left again and they asked me again and I said, "I can't do this, honestly, I can't do this." They said, "Please, please, please." I tried again but I just couldn't do it. I couldn't stand on stage, night after night, copying other people's lead breaks.
Eventually, in 1980, I understood what was happening. My brother's vision was to make it all the way to the top with a band. It was his dream, but it wasn't my dream. I am a lead guitarist who needs musical freedom. Matthias eventually joined for good and they found somebody who was pulling on the same string and that was important. I always tell my brother that he would have never been able to experience what he experienced because I would not have been pulling on the same string, as I have a totally different dream than he has. It would not have really matched, anyway.
Jeb: I am high on this album. "Where the Wild Winds Blow" is a great track. You're playing on the album is very, very inspired.
Michael: The thing is that I am back for the finale and that is probably why. I stepped back in the '80s and I opened the door for my brother in the Scorpions. He stepped forward and I was able to sit back and relax. My brother called me and said, "Michael, you wouldn't believe it, they are all playing your type of lead guitar playing." If I look back today, I realize that maybe it looks a bit more like this…Maybe I had a fast start. I was developing incredibly fast and I left some type of style of music by the end of the '70s that many people copied. Maybe that is what I needed to do. I withdrew and worked on other things that would satisfy me and curious things to experiment like acoustics. I did all sorts of different things. I kept developing as a guitarist and also as a person and then eventually all of the '80s and '90s guitar playing was all done to the fullest. There was nothing new coming out anymore and it was basically used, and used to the point that people all of a sudden didn't want to hear guitar anymore. It was cleansing time for fifteen years as there was nothing.
I play and discover on a regular basis. I am taking this thing to the next level and I want to give it another wave of new sparks. I have been, since seventeen years old, doing this. I stopped listening to music and I stopped copying people's lead playing when I was seventeen as I knew I needed to focus on my own expression. When a person decides to express their own color, everyone has their own color and nobody sees that color until you decide to express it. When a person decides to express their own color, then they add a new unknown something to the world. In my case, it is a style and a sound. You keep doing this year after year, after year, and you ended up having expressed so many different types of colors that come out of yourself that you have your own style. I think that is what happened. I am kind of, over the last two or three years, I am starting to discover new combinations that I didn't even know were possible.
I am having fun doing it and it is fascinating that after all of these years I can't believe that there are new pictures of things appearing on my fretboard; it is incredible.
Jeb: What is the Trident guitar?
Michael: I remember being in the tour bus and I said like, "You know this would be great because Wayne Findley reminds me of a Neptune." He is like the undersea God, especially when he comes out from under the water with his big beard and his crazy hair; he looks like Neptune coming out of the ocean. I was saying, "All that is missing is a trident and he would be perfect." I decided that I wanted to, because he is also playing the seven string guitar, I wanted to design something unique to him and make him a character. I wrote a song on the new album called "Neptune" and so that is basically the introduction of Wayne's character. That song has a heavy song like he is stepping out of the ocean. It is like two different worlds coming together on the same stage. Wayne has been developing very nicely on the seven string guitar since 2004.
I started realizing it is another Bridge the Gap thing, as I combine what I did with the past with the present, and I add the lower sound of the seven string and it makes it more heavy.
On the next album I am planning on going even further with it. Temple of Rock will be developing and each person will be a character. It is a unique situation for me. Everybody has a history of some sort.
Funny thing also is that Herman and Francis and I, all three of us disappeared from the loop of rock and roll for various different reasons, and we are, out of the blue, back together. It's pretty incredible. I always say there is more than meets the eye. We have a few more years to live to figure it all out.
Jeb: Herman's drums sound good on this record and his playing is great.
Michael: Well, you see, he has to keep up now and he is under pressure. He is rehearsing every day and he is keeping in shape with his drumming.
Jeb: Tell me about the touring plans.
Michael: The album came out on the seventh of January in the US. I didn't want to miss that release date. The world tour for this lineup starts in Japan in March. I didn't want to miss this US release date, so I decided to start off with Doogie and introduce him and promote the album and also promote the tour that we will be doing later in 2014 with the album lineup as part of the world tour.
Wayne and Doogie and myself will be playing a tour in the United States in January and February and then we will do the world tour starting in March with Francis and Herman.
Jeb: Will you be playing a lot of Scorpions tunes with Francis and Herman?
Michael: The program is basically a lot of everything. Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock is my music from the past and now. It is my most popular stuff. It includes my MSG stuff, UFO, Scorpions and new. Here we are and this also is part of Bridge the Gap. It is a summit of what I've done in the past and what I am doing now. The situation of the whole world, right now, seems to have a lot of gap bridging required and we need to get it going on.
Jeb: You have talked about many aspects of your career but just ten or so years ago it was a very dark time in your life.
Michael: The middle part of my life was very important as I was developing and experimenting and experiencing things and self-improving. It was a battle ground.
I have two tattoos on my back. One says "Born to be Free" and one says "Born to Overcome." I personally believe that I am born to overcome. The battle ground is part of my development and it is important. I live to develop, and to learn and to grow. Nobody is born on this planet perfect, far from it, and we all go through these things where we have to do some work in order to move forward. One way or another, in more extreme forms, or in less extreme forms, the middle years were there for me to experience. Crises are not a negative thing. Crises usually are teachers. You have a crisis and you have to figure out how to get through it, and that teaches lessons. People say that whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and that is exactly what is happening.
Jeb: Do you feel lucky that you survived?
Michael: I don't have any expectation, to be honest. When I started playing music…for me music is not scoring. You don't get special points for it. It is just an art and it is expression. It is nothing that is good, or bad, or right, or wrong. Art is a personal expression from spirit. I have never really been chasing any fame or anything like that. I have never wanted to play like everybody or be the best. I just simply enjoyed it.
When I saw the guitar that my brother got for his birthday and he was standing in the bedroom and he said I wasn't allowed to touch it…when he went to work, I touched it. I tell you I was fascinated from the first moment that I hit the string. I hit another string with a different note, and right then I was fascinated. I developed into playing the guitar and that was already the reward. When I got awards later on and all the other stuff is basically icing on the cake. The journey, itself, is so much fun for itself. The hard times, the good times, the easier time and the harder times are all life. You have to have a challenge. You have to have a hurdle in front of you in order to jump it. If you have no hurdles then you don't do a hurdle run then there is no challenge. For me, it is all good fun. When the bad times hit, it is not that easy and it is not supposed to be easy, otherwise we wouldn't learn anything. It is something that I enjoy doing that is basically my passion. I have passion to go through life, and I am excited about incredible things that can happen that we have no clue about, and it keeps me all going.
Jeb: I spoke to Matthias last week, and he said he knew you before you were in UFO.
Michael: I remember seeing him in a rehearsal room way back then. I didn't know him personally. I had seen him and I knew who he was, but I don't think we had ever really spoken, as far as I remember.
Uli Roth I saw play when I was fourteen and he impressed me with his guitar playing. That gave me confidence to leave the Scorpions and to ask Uli to take my place.
Jeb: Last one: Rudolf and you have both told me that one day there will be a Schenker and Schenker album.
Michael: That is what we talked about but he's always busy and I'm always busy. Who knows, maybe it is just something that never happens but, you know, it's a possibility.


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Thalia is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- The world serves as the subsector capital.
- This is a "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.
- It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Thalia Subsector of Ustral Quadrant Sector.
- This world has a nearby Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
- This world has a nearby Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
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- 2 History & Background / Dossier
- 3 References & Contributors / Sources
Description / Astrography & Planetology[edit]
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Monostellar System[edit]
Thalia Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Color Classification Remarks Thalia Primary Primary Yellow-White F5 V
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Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
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History & Background / Dossier[edit]
Thalia is an important high-population Solomani Confederation world located in Thalia Subsector of Ustral Quadrant. Thalia also directly administrates the nearby Boushi (Ustral Quadrant 3008) system.
- It has a colony at Aachen (world).
World Starport[edit]
Thalia has a good quality starport.
- A Class-B Starport Facility has not very well developed shipyards and is only capable of producing spaceships.
- This facility has many very skilled personnel who can perform not only major repair work, but overhaul work as well.
- This facility has advanced refueling and refining infrastructure. One may purchase practically any kind of refined fuel here.
- Almost every starport of this class possesses both a Lowport and a Highport. Such ports rarely have more than one of each kind of port.
World Technology Level[edit]
Thalia possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
- Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft.
- FTL: Jump Drive-2.
World Government[edit]
Thalia has a Charismatic Dictator government.
- It is a government by a single leader enjoying the confidence of the citizens.
- The typical power source of this government is an Popular Autocracy.
- The typical power structure of this government is a Empire.
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World Military[edit]
The system contains both a Confederation army and naval base, and acts as the Confederation administrative center for the subsector.
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References & Contributors / Sources[edit]
This article was copied or excerpted from the following copyrighted sources and used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com


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