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Cropped Out and The Other Side of Life present:
MERCHANDISE (Tampa, FL; on Night People)
MILK MUSIC (Olympia, WA; on Fat Possum)
DESTRUCTION UNIT (Phoenix, AZ; on Suicide Squeeze)
Thursday, June 6th
at THE WORKHOUSE BALLROOM
1312 Lexington Road
$10 advance tickets available online here: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/251729?utm_medium=bks&wrKey=FEC11C8814D1A55B09D3805622D7C595 and at ASTRO BLACK RECORDS, 930 Baxter Avenue; $15 day-of-show
There isn't going to be any shortage of words on the new MERCHANDISE full length LP Totale Nite… Tampa, Florida is a different sort of place to be from then the major cultural cities of influence… Sometimes the more isolated locations produce more uniqueness in the absence of stimulation or bigger opportunity. With MERCHANDISE, you can't just look at the surface because there is so much more in the collective spirit of the surrounding art and music, solo projects, additional bands, the music that came before in its richness and depth. Totale Nite is the distillation of experience, working hard, thinking deep while letting the spirit move forward unhindered. This record captures so much beyond any kind of obvious influence focusing the self-produced and recorded atmosphere into an even more distinct MERCHANDISE sound, dreamy dense post-punk drifter ballads that are as textured and dynamic as they are laden with pop sensibility.
MILK MUSIC are a band of American artists who make cosmic electric soul rock on the subject of life and the human condition. Their impeccable songwriting and style can be compared to artists such as the Velvet Underground, Gun Club, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and the Meat Puppets. Their latest LP entitled Cruise Your Illusion is out now on compact disc and digitally through Fat Possum Records. The vinyl was self-released by the band.
Hailing from Tempe, Arizona, DESTRUCTION UNIT deal in their own sort of desert rock: ripping riffage, pounding drums, ominous atmosphere, damaged vocals. Spin magazine calls them "The best American band to hit the stage since The Stooges, The Velvets and The MC5."
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"I want to go on record that I was able to get through 109 criminal cases today and I never touched a paper file."
Seven Judges, Three Weeks – Santa Rosa County, Florida Goes "Live" with aiSMARTBENCH™
Mentis Technology Solutions, a privately held software firm providing intelligent automation of document-driven processes for business and government, announced that all seven judges of Santa Rosa County, Florida went live on aiSMARTBENCH™ within a span of three short weeks in April, 2012.
aiSMARTBENCH, inspired by judges and developed for judges, transforms the traditional courtroom workflow with efficiencies that exceed the current paper processes and serves the judges as a highly effective decision support system. aiSMARTBENCH has received rave reviews from all of the Santa Rosa court stakeholders.
As a testament to aiSMARTBENCH's ease of use, Mentis spent only two hours with each judge and their respective judicial assistant and in many instances, the judge was up and running with aiSMARTBENCH the very next day live in the courtroom.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Adair Cotton, the Chief Deputy of Courts and Information Technology. "I sat in one court session where one of our pilot judges, after only two hours of training, refused to look at any of the case files the court clerks were piling on his bench. At the end of his session, he announced, 'I want to go on record that I was able to get through 109 criminal cases today and I never touched a paper file.' It's been a total surprise to see how enthusiastically they are embracing an electronic solution and actually pushing back on any "old thinking" processes that still require paper. This is true of all seven judges."
From a clerk's perspective, one of the biggest barriers to the paperless courtroom has been providing the judges with an electronic solution they would actually use during the high-paced activities of a courtroom hearing. Until aiSMARTBENCH, the clerk would make great inroads in e-filing and imaging all court documents only to have the judges continue to request paper files for their cases during court.
The Santa Rosa County Clerk of Courts, Mary Johnson, is being hailed as the first clerk in the state "to allow criminal court paperwork to be filed and handled electronically all the way from the attorney's desk to the judge's bench." And while e-filing is a big component of this endeavor, the return on investment could not be realized if the judges were still requiring paper files to be delivered in their courtroom.
Mary Johnson was quoted in a recent article for the Pensacola News Journal (See Santa Rosa County: A greener Clerk of Courts), "It's monumental," Johnson said. "We won't have files everywhere — a building over there full of files, a building down yonder full of files, a whole big room at the courthouse full of files. And there will be less hands-on work. We won't have to touch it so many times."
Adair Cotton witnessed the transformation first hand. "I had no idea the judges would embrace this solution so fast. And because we were able to demonstrate the use and value of electronic documents for all the court stakeholders, the Florida Courts Technology Commission on May 23rd of this year approved our request to implement the use of electronic form generation, the use of electronic signatures on all court documents as well as the use of the printed copy of an emailed document in the case file. In addition, the Commission approved our request to implement electronic distribution of orders and notices to all case parties as long as they agree to electronic distribution. This is a huge leap forward! We are revolutionizing how the courts work and I know we would not be able to make these kinds of inroads without the overwhelming success of aiSMARTBENCH and its quick adoption by our judges."
For more about aiSMARTBENCH™, visit http://www.aiSmartBench.com.
About Mentis Technology Solutions
For over a decade, Mentis Technology Solutions, LLC has set the bar for what is possible in document indexing and redaction. Now Mentis has reset the bar by unleashing its game-changing technology with a paper-free software solution for judges to use in the courtroom and in chambers. Founded in 2000 by patent-holding software designers, its solutions are now in over 200 county court, land records, and secretary of state offices nationwide including ten of the largest counties in the country. Mentis corporate headquarters is located in Colorado with sales and marketing offices in Florida, California and Ohio. To learn more, visit http://www.MentisTechnology.com.
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After confusing her with Sarah Palin, the elderly black gentleman on Chatham's main street said she didn't do much for Columbia County. Despite being one of the few people who have ever debated her publicly, Senator Gillibrand is now a remote political figure to me also. But I don't blame her for a lack of jobs at the factory. That's not her job.
Every business person on the quaint Main Streets of Columbia County has created a job, even if it is their own. They take the risk of time and money for their endeavor, often just rolling the free market dice. I respect everyone of them. I do business with them when I can, I don't envy them, having been there and bought the T-shirt.
The other day one of our candidates was on the big time political show, Hardball. That's a huge opportunity for any Libertarian candidate. When Chris Matthews asked him the all important question of what "program" he would eliminate, the candidate hit it out of the park with his answer, "war".
In 2006, Gillibrand won a race against a GOP lout and managed to side step the issue of the wars in her campaign. Over a trillion dollars later and thousands of lives spent, people on Main St. are wondering where all the jobs are. Out the door with Gillibrand's votes for war.
I only found six signatures on Main St. today. Three of them from earnest elderly black gentlemen. Seven more came from employees outside their nursing home gig, idly smoking and talking about J.C. Penny coupons. While the kids in the car coming home from camp couldn't understand why I would stop and ask for these folks signatures. I know it's because war has weakened the country severely and horrible politicians are to blame. I'm against them, always.
I can take a few minutes in the course of the day to fight for people still trying to change that through regular politics. No need for a "movement" sneer against such activity. Somebody has to protest in the big arena, even if they get slaughtered like Nero's Christians. Libertarians have never sent a generation overseas to fight for any reason.
There was a car blocking the road for no good reason just down from the smoking nurses. This particular Audi owner seemed to be giving the village road worker the business. It had a Gillibrand bumper sticker on it.


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The author's unique 1966 commission for a Telecaster Bass forever links him with Leo Fender's 1950 and 1957 Precisions and 1967/8 Telecaster basses. It spurred on the R & D team at Fender, who, under the aegis of Leo, assembled a Telecaster bodied, maple fretboarded Precision Bass Hybrid of astonishing beauty. Importantly, it was the forerunner to the 1967/8 Telecaster Bass, the first instrument of the Fender reissue programme. On arrival in Britain the genesis instrument quickly generated a second order that have affectionately become know as SLAB basses. Over the last forty-seven years, the author's Hybrid has become legendary; its reputation is peerless.
With a double shot of rhythm and blues, venues, bands, Stars and events, the book reveals vibrant slices of the mid 1960s British blues boom when recording the Shamrocks LP in Germany and later joining Dr K's Blues Band. This treatise on the author's 1966 commission is a must have read for Fender bass connoisseurs, players and fans. Packed with facts only THE KEEPER OF THE SLABS could reveal, the author has produced a commanding Fender bass reference work and social history that will enhance any library.


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Fashion 'Week' is always overwhelming and NYFW may just be the most overwhelming portion of what is a whole month of non stop fashion shows across the globe.
Here is the first look at the week that kicks them all off, NYFW, and what looks worked for work.
All images from Style.com in order of appearance (click thru to see the full show): Costello Tagliapietra, Jonathan Simkhai, Joie, Jill Stuart, J. Crew, Jason Wu, Isa Afren, ICB, Honor, Hellessy, Halston Heritage, Elizabeth and James, Delpozo, Chadwick Bell, CG, Carolina Herrera, Boss, Badgley Mischka, Adam Lippes, Altuzarra, Araks, Alice & Olivia


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Are you a victim of fake clicks on your AdWords ads? It's a growing issue amongst Google AdWords advertisers that is showing no signs of receding.
"Click Fraud more than doubles between 2016 and 2017"
Source: Business Insider
"In 2017 it's estimated that $16.7 billion will be lost due to click fraud which is more than double of 2016 estimated at $7.2 billion."
The sources of click fraud and fake clicks activity is increasing and should be something everyone managing an AdWords campaign should be aware of, whether you're an account owner or PPC manager or agency. Traditionally you'd expect the fake clicks issue to be something perpetrated via a competitor within the same market but in today's fast changing world, there are other underhand tactics being used which can inflate your AdWords spend unnecessarily. Let's explore some of the ways in which fake clicks can cause damage:
As an advertiser it's vital that any kind of click fraud is detected at an early stage purely to save wasted budget. With so many inventive ways of committing click fraud, using a 3rd party fake clicks monitoring tool is a useful addition to a PPC manager's toolkit.
Preventing fake clicks is something that Click Guardian's monitoring tool is exceptionally good at. Blocking this kind of activity in real-time means saved budget for AdWords clients and continuing their advertising without having to worry about click fraud. If you're a victim of click fraud or would just like to eradicate fake clicks from your campaigns then benefit from a free 14 day trial of Click Guardian Pro


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Philosophy: Basic Readings
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This book had its moments, but on general, it pains me to say that it was mediocre. Now when I'm thinking about it, some great quotes are coming to my mind, but that's all, and hence the three stars.
I am a strong admirer of Dostoyevsky. His The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment took my breath away with their beauty and insight. I would be interested to know what Dostoyevsky thought about this book (If someone knows then please comment), because I think it's quite different from his other works. In the Idiot, the main character is so detached from reality, that you wonder sometimes what is it that you'll get away from this book. There's a beautiful quote in this very book which explains what I'm trying to say. (Podkoleosin is a character in Gogol's comedy, The Wedding).
"Authors, as a rule, attempt to select and portray types rarely met with in their entirety, but these types are nevertheless more real than real life itself.
"Podkoleosin" was perhaps an exaggeration, but he was by no means a non-existent character; on the contrary, how many intelligent people, after hearing of this Podkoleosin from Gogol, immediately began to find that scores of their friends were exactly like him! They knew, perhaps, before Gogol told them, that their friends were like Podkoleosin, but they did not know what name to give them.
Raskolnikov, Ivan, Alyosha, Dimitri and Smerdyakov are indeed profound real-life characters, but Myshkin in my view is nearly non-existent. At least in the world as I see it. Some may say that he is quite like Alyosha, but I disagree. Alyosha, unlike Myshkin, acknowledged evil and dealt with it in his own fashion, which made him such a profound character.
While reading the book, I realized that I was not connecting with all the characters and not just Myshkin. When I read the quote aruond the end, I realized what was precisely the problem. Ironic that it is his insight that helped me fully understand why I didn't like the book as much as his other works. Should I rate it more than 3 stars?
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This seems to be commercially invented holiday but who cares because it is about love. Here is a quick summary of what I have learned about love over my lifetime:
- Love is our capacity to have compassion, caring and kindness towards others and ourselves
- Love is the opposite of fear, love is being open and expansive, fear is being closed and constricted
- Love is our most natural state
- Love is a likely occurrence of being in the present.
- Love comes in many forms, romantic, familiar, spiritual, conditional, unconditional, love for all, universal love, love of ideas, compassion, acts of caring and kindness, forgiveness, acceptance, loving-kindness etc.
- There is no limit to our capacity to love
- Love is the answer to all human problems
- Make Love Not War is better stated as "Express Love Not War"
- Love of self allows us to love others
- In loving others sometimes we open our hearts to self
- Love is the expression of the Divine with in us
- Our highest human capacity is love
- Our Higher Self is the source of love
- The heart is the center of love in the body
- Loving people are valued by all
- The loving heart can be trusted much more than the rationalizing mind
- The way to resolve all the world's problems in through the human heart
- Love is about sharing ourself with another
- Love does not cause suffering , it is our expectations that do
- Looking for love of self through others misses the point
- Self-love begins inside and spreads outward
- Love lifts us up to our divine nature
- Love is joy
Today and every day I send love to Bobbi, my Dad, Joan, Jim, John, Kathleen, Ed, Sharon, their familes past and present, especially Jan, my friends at work and from my life including Bill, Chris, Joe, Lee, Danny, Gerry, Holli, Heidi, Miriam and little Ronya and the rest of the crew at the ARC, my blog readers especailly Mike, Pax my dog, all other friends and all beings on the planet. All of you are in my heart. May we all be filled with the light of consciousness and live in love, joy, abundance and peace.
Also I send love and peace to the President and his family instead of a letter today.


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Definitely more of a budget option
Breakfast is included. Beds are good enough.
Almost no water pressure in the shower.... seriously, it's awful. The room smelled like they just spray Febreeze all over the place instead of opening the window every once in a while. The breakfast food was mostly good enough, but nacho cheese inside of an omelette? Such a gross surprise. I was also unplesantly surprised to see that i had to pay $10 a night to park in super tiny spaces.
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That smiley says a lot about how we are feeling today... in one word ECSTATIC !
Why? Because our dear blogger friend Little Miss Twiggy decided to feature us on her awesome blog!
One of the perks of living online is meeting friends which you would never meet otherwise, and rising to that awareness of what the people from other walks of life, different languages, far off countries are like.
For us, fashion unites us all and we had been loving this experience so far. Fashion and blogging connected us to Miss B who hails from Croatia and loves life. Her blog shows off all the things she loves and reading her always lifts our spirits as the blog is full of energy.
We also took the liberty to feature our favorite blog posts at Miss B's blog below. Click on the pictures, to read the full post !
7 things that made me smile this week ( We say very cool idea ! )
Hair ring ( In Miss B's words " ponytail never looked so good !!" )


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Owners of local restaurant Cactus Taverna have recently purchased a 3-acre plot of land on Riverside Drive in Salisbury. There are talks of having the children's museum built on the land, however there are no set plans.
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Bits of songs you always fast-forward/rewind to
1:57 to 2:20 in 'Ball Lightning' and 1:50 to 2:08 in 'Suit City' from Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket from the Crypt. I think they're perfect; the kind of perfection every rock band should strive to include in their songs that is masterfully composed, precisely placed, epic in sound and bad ass in execution.
I just wanted to make these two sections of music the subject of a thread – go and listen to them now – but fast-forwarding/rewinding is pretty cool. It's a very 'tape' thing to do.
The bit at 2:08-2:10 on Ball Lightning where the guitar is doing the stuttering
'wah, wah, wah' bit <3
That brass bit on Suit City is radical - more bands should have brass sections, it's cool as fuck and gives real meat to the sound.
Also - Fat Lip from SDS, 1:40-2:06. AWESOME GUITAR NOISE HEAVEN and the bass line build up on Come See, Come Saw 2:14, the car skidding sample, the drums, the pure ROCK that it brings. Oh man.
I love how the bass and guitar on 'Come See, Come Saw' turn into the engine rev and squealing tires. Sick sound effects.
I agree there should be more brass sections in rock music. There's still too much use of stuff like violins, but trumpets, saxophones and trombones compliment guitars way better. The only example of good brass in recent times, that I can think of, is in Fucked Up's 'Hidden World' were the brass is all intricate and complex and swirling - so cool. Really wanna form a band so I can festoon our albums with brass parps and get proper brass bands to come on your with us.
I haven't got Hidden World, just a few tracks on em pee free.
Is it worth getting then? I liked Chemistry of Common Life, even thought the vocals seemed a bit buried under the guitars. I'm all for a brass breakthrough, stuff like the brass bits on 'Henry VIII' by Down I Go is pure excellence. The Display Team have a trombone and trumpet player in their line up and its all very much horn-driven punk rock I reckon you'd dig them.
I remember reading a review on amazon about Scream Dracula Scream and some numpity was saying the album would have been better without the trumpet and sax - what the hell? If anything it needed more!
Yeah, definitely worth getting.
I think Hidden World is better than Chemistry of Common Life, particularly with the production - I thought Chemistry was really production heavy and dense, whereas with Hidden World you can hear the vocals and the guitars and the bass and the drums. The songs are also largely better on Hidden World too.
I'll definitely give The Display Team a listen when I get home. Oh man, hurry up 4pm, I want the horn!
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"NOTICEATALL" etc
in Sum 41's Fat Lip is sweet
The last minute or so of One Out Of None by Oceansize.
<heaviness> </heaviness> OH GOD... <heaviness> </heaviness> EVERYBODY'S DEAD <heaviness> !!!
Every time.
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1 March 2013
Dr Seuss ( Better late than ever )..........
Love and hugs GJ xx
20 comments:
This is wonderful GJ,Tell your mother she has done a grand job.
Have fun at the week-end.
- 1 March 2013 at 20:19
- Eric and Flynn said...
That is a great post GJ. Well done to your mum! Our mum didn't even help us do a Dr Seuss post.
- 1 March 2013 at 20:27
- Kjelle Bus said...
Furry well done to your mom !
Happy Dr. Seuss day :)
- 1 March 2013 at 20:49
- Jacqueline said...
Adorable post, just precious!...Happy weekend, sweet friend...xoxo...Calle, Halle, Sukki
- 1 March 2013 at 21:42
- Angel and Kirby said...
Your Mom did a great job with the photos and rhymes!
- 1 March 2013 at 22:44
- Andrea and the Celestial Kitties said...
Wonderful! Happy Seussy day!
- 2 March 2013 at 00:40
- meowmeowmans said...
Oh, we love this, GJ! And you, Mum and Dad, too! Happy Dr. Seuss Day to you all. :)
- 2 March 2013 at 00:55
- Mark's Mews (Ayla, Iza, and Marley) said...
We loved the Seussian poems and pictures!
- 2 March 2013 at 01:22
- Brian said...
Well y'all look great and I love your hat GJ! Love ya pal!
- 2 March 2013 at 01:26
- Alien said...
- 2 March 2013 at 01:47
- The Cat From Hell said...
What precious pictures!!!
Me wishes me had the new twins in my Seuss post!
But me does not has mine up yet, because Mommy forgots and had it set for tomorrow!
PS Happy Seuss Day GJ!!!
- 2 March 2013 at 03:32
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- 2 March 2013 at 08:09
- Marg said...
GJ, we think the Mum did a great job on your Dr. Seuss day. We love that baby picture of you. Hope all of you have a great week end.
- 2 March 2013 at 11:39
- Cat Chat With Caren And Cody said...
you aren't late AT ALL.
TODAY is Dr.Seuss's REAL birthday and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why the event took place on Friday so in my opinion YOU are the one who is SPOT ON and your post was fabulous!
- 2 March 2013 at 12:23
- Hannah and Lucy said...
GJ you've set Mum off squeeing with delight at your 1st picture - now we'll have to keep our paws in our ears until she stops!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
- 2 March 2013 at 13:00
- The Florida Furkids said...
We think you did a great Dr. Seuss post!!!
The Florida Furkids
- 2 March 2013 at 13:00
- Texas, a Cat in New York said...
That was really sweet!
- 2 March 2013 at 14:17
- Max said...
WOW!!!! You did a fantastic job.
That's for sure
Have a great day.
hugs, Bugsy and Knuckles
- 2 March 2013 at 15:23
- The Island Cats said...
This a great post for Dr. Seuss Day!!
- 2 March 2013 at 19:59
- Jan's Funny Farm said...
Aw, how sweet. You mom loves you. Wonder how we knew that? :)
- 4 March 2013 at 00:02


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Agent Smelly was not eating her soup for dinner as she didn't like it! She can be a bit of a pain on occasion and tells you she's full when it is not something she really wants to eat. If it was something I knew she really oculdn't eat of course I wouldn't make her but she's been trying this on a bit lately and then half an hour later she ends up begging for something to eat, cause she is suddenly hungry and it is usually something sweet that she wants.
So rather than sitting there all night, or getting into an argument, I sat down beside her and smiled and sweetly said "if you are going to be a baby I'll treat you like one" and I picked up the spoon and started feeding her.
Her eyes widened and we both started smiling, and she actually sat there and ate it. My mum mentioned once that sometimes children are simply too tired or lazy to eat and I think she probably felt this way today, who knows.
Unfortunately I decided to make a choo choo noise just like when she was little, and as I placed the soup in her mouth I toot tooted which made her burst into a big laugh and that was how I ended up with pumpkin soup all over my face and dripping off my glasses.
To make matters worse, as we all sat there laughing she was "Oh no-ing" and trying to be helpful and wipe the soup away with her serviette which was just making things worse as I ended up not being able to see anything with glasses covered in pumpkin soup.
Next time I may just let her go to bed on an empty stomach!
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Keeping Up With the Trends Through the Men's Fashion Magazine
Many of the magazine racks are featuring so many fashion magazines for both the women and men. These publications would keep such reader updated about the latest trends when it comes to the fashion capitals like New York, Paris, Milan and Los Angeles. The columns provide up to date counsel regarding the selection of wardrobe, makeup, hairstyles, health, fitness and also intimate relationships.
Fashion magazines often focus in offering a glimpse of what is currently trendy in the fashion industry. The trends are often costly. You should understand that following fashion may permit the readers to imitate it even with the budget that they can afford. There are some elements in fashion trends which you can actually create by just spending less money.
Men's fashion magazine can be very useful in so many ways. There are many quick recipes, dinners as well as skin care tips, several workout routines and also those great relationship advise that you can read. Such can surely be found in the magazines. However, being devoted to the whole person and not only what they are wearing is actually the basis of many of them.
The adult males as well as females may have the chance to discover some magazine subscriptions for the fashion magazines which are tailored to their interests. This is very true whatever is their style, flashy and glamorous or more conservative. The wide selection of styles as well as fashion are being displayed throughout a great assortment of obtainable mens fashion news.
So many people are actually criticizing the magazines of fashion on various grounds. A great criticism is that so many people do think that those in the magazines are only displaying unrealistic goals. But, you must know that there are many of those who try to display such more realistic models in order to stop this so those magazines are more accessible to much wider range of individuals.
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Caldecott Community Council - Constitution - Mote House
I believe I was one of the few people who was part of The Community, from this period in its history until we were finally established at Mersham le Hatch. Although due to the fact that I had obtained a job in 1947, I took lodgings in Canterbury during the week and only returned at the weekend to help Agatha Travers and Julian Rhee with the older boys.
Some recollections of an evacuation from Mote House near Maidstone in Kent, by the Caldecott Community in July 1940 - John Hansen (1937-1947).
Although the 'blitz' on London didn't commence until September in 1940, the German bombers had been targeting the airfields in Kent from the beginning of the year and Maidstone was located at the centre of these targets. So we had become accustomed to watching the 'dog-fights' with our own aircraft during daylight, and even to the sound of an occasional bomb. However we would only leave our classroom, in the old stable yard, and retire to the relative safety of the cellars, when the air raid siren sounded in the nearby town. Even so, our books and equipment would be carried with us, and the morning lesson used to continue as though nothing unusual had occurred.


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I am working on a historical project involving land sales and homestead records on reservation land 1887-1934. We're focused on specific reservations in Nebraska, North Dakota, and Montana. I need to access census records for specific reservations (and/or specific townships on the reservations). We're specifically looking for citizenship (and country from which immigrated), race/ethnicity, and gender of land holders.
Jeff Bloem
The following variables available within IPUMS maybe of use to you. The CITIZEN and OWNERSHIP variables are available in all 1990, 1910, 1920, and 1930 samples. The RACE, SEX, and NATIVITY variables are available in 1880, 1890, 1910, 1920, and 1930. For additional or more detailed information for this range of years you may want to inquire with a US Census Research Data Center. I hope this helps.
Mar 27, 2017 - 09:05 AM
Thank you! My other question is about how to access data for non-Indian homesteaders/land-ownders census records on Indian reservation land. It seems that there is no geographic variable for reservation land between 1880-1930. Is there a way to work around this?
Mar 27, 2017 - 10:42 AM
I'm not sure about the best way to do what you are describing here. You are correct that the HOMELAND variable is not available in 1880-1930. I'm not certain of where to go from here. It may be worthwhile, however, reaching out to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as they may have useful information and resources available.
Mar 28, 2017 - 08:45 AM
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Joe Jonas Kisses New Girl On Ski Trip As Gigi Hadid & Zayn Malik's Romance Heats Up
Joe Jonas and model Jessica Serfaty got hot and heavy on the slopes of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., on Jan. 3 and it looks like things are getting serious because they reportedly holed up in a cabin for four days!
Joe Jonas is not sitting at home crying over Gigi Hadid's new romance with Zayn Malik. The DNCE frontman was spotted making out with former America's Next Top Model star, Jessica Serfaty on their ski trip and it looks like they are head-over-heels for each other. We had no idea things were moving so quickly, are you a fan of this new couple?
The new couple arrived Jan. 3 to the resort in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and reportedly rented an Airbnb cabin and were inseparable. "They ate lunch together at the resort. It seemed a little new, but they were very comfortable," a source said. "At one point she pulled down his ski mask and gave him a kiss. They were also hugging and kissing a lot and seen holding hands." Click here to see the pics!
But this new romance doesn't mean that Joe wasn't upset over Gigi's new relationship with former One Direction star, Zayn Malik. "[Joe] still has feelings for Gigi that won't just disappear overnight," an insider told E! News. "They did love each other and he still has a love for Gigi. He is not looking to rush into another relationship though just yet. He is focusing on his music and new projects that are in the works. He has some great friends and family around so, like anything, he knows his feelings for Gigi will pass with time."
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Subtech and the "Not So Smart" by Neil Scott-Williams
It was my first day back in the office after four weeks away on vacation following the Kiani Satu Job. At 14h30 William Moore phones to say a bulker has lost power in the entrance to Richards Bay Port. Immediately I knew this was not a good thing! Without hesitating, I closed my computer and informed the team that I was leaving once again ( I suspect they all thought I was making an excuse to leave early!) As I drove north the disaster continued to develop.
On losing power the vessel veered to the north. The port tugs tried to attend to the vessel but were unable to make any difference to the fully laden bulker. Being completely powerless and in an 8m swell, she slowly began to run aground. Within 30 minutes of grounding, she started to break up – cracking in 2 places.
Within minutes of this happening, Subtech was on site and offering assistance in its various forms. Due to our rapid response time and capacity on hand, SAMSA issued a directive to the owners. Following which, we were hired for the prevention of pollution resulting from the grounding. In true Subtech style, we had a team mobilised to the site within hours. Once on site, the team began assessing the casualty and planning the removal of all hydrocarbons and other potential pollutants. Due to the size and complexity of the salvage we entered into a Joint Venture with Smit. Thus forming an extremely effective partnership drawing maximum value from our respective skill sets.
The removal of hydrocarbons and pollutants went extremely well! The Subtech team did an outstanding job of removing approximately 2000 Tonnes of fuel and lubes. All of which was completed in a record time under and the most arduous conditions and without a single incident. As a result of this performance and demonstration of capacity, the JV was awarded the refloat and scuttling of the stern section. This phase of the contract was also executed in exemplary fashion with the stern being refloated and sunk on the 7th of October also under extreme conditions, 40 – 50knot winds and 7 – 8m swells.
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Have you ever wondered what happened after your favorite Disney princesses lived "happily ever after"? Maybe things weren't so happy? One Los Angeles-based make up artist shows us the gruesome realities of what could have happened after the credits rolled.
Makeup vlogger Mykie (aka Glam and Gore) has created a series of You Tube tutorials showing what it would look like if Disney princesses and pop culture figures met with a less-than-kid-friendly fate. But most importantly, she shows us how you can get that look! They go above and beyond a basic brow tutorial.
Mykie's creations are nothing short of amazing. Both the glam and the gore that Mykie captures are flawless. But most surprisingly, this make up maven is self-taught.
In school, Mykie studied cinematography - not make up. She ended up working at MAC for three years. One the side, Mykie offered her make up services to make extra money off of her skills.
Mykie took off when she began experimenting with the techniques that she learned from the internet. Now, she's teaching other people on the internet those techniques she learned, and then some. Talk about giving back!
The contrast between gore and glamour is what drew Mykie to the art form. "Some people don't like how makeup can drastically change the way a person looks, but that's what makes it fascinating to me," says Mykie. "I love that makeup can be beautiful or disgusting; that it can emulate real-life or can be completely sci-fi."
Mykie's looks are uber popular. The vlogger has almost two million subscribers on You Tube. Because apparently, a lot of people want to rock the zombie Lana Del Ray look! It's so on trend!
Mykie says that social media has been crucial in her success. "Even though I've always had tons of support from my family and friends before, I have even more support now. Social media is a nice constant reminder that I'm here in LA doing exactly what I should be doing," says Mykie.
But Mykie is no stranger to controversy. In April, the vlogger posted a You Tube tutorial entitled "Re-Accommodated Makeup Tutorial - Inspired by United Airlines." The video, which was meant as satire, was a tutorial on how to get the beat-up and bloodied look of the doctor who was dragged off his United Airlines flight. It was a very creative and bold way to draw attention to the issue.
The tutorial featured Mykie applying fake blood intercut with footage of the actual victim. "I want to give credit where credit is due: this look is inspired by United Airlines," said Mykie in the video. "They have a much faster way of achieving this look."
Mykie claims that the video was satire and was intended to draw awareness to the issue. "I think of satire as the use of irony, or sarcasm as a means to criticize, shame, or highlight the absurdity of an event, individual, or company in the hopes that they would improve in the future," said Mykie in a statement. " also hope some of my audience have walked away wanting to know more about the situation and will remember the event for years to come, whether through my satirical video or through any other pieces of criticism they come across."
But the use of humor in Mykie's other tutorials have made her super popular. Mykie proves that nothing is sacred, not even beauty. After all, if you're going to embrace the light side, you have to embrace the dark side too.
Mykie's signature day-to-day look differs from what she posts online. " If you saw me on an everyday basis, I guess you could say it's a bold winged eyeliner paired with a colorful or dark lipstick," says Mykie. I love the pin-up look and its simplicity, so that's the basis of my go-to for when I'm going out on a normal day." You mean she doesn't walk around with fake wounds every day?
We love both sides of Mykie! Both the glam and the gore. If only it were easier to rock the gore part on a daily basis....
Glam and Gore's make up tutorials are insane. Do yourself a favor and watch one!


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Flu Season's Here. What's Way Better Than a Shot?
November 19, 2011
Lots of people line up for flu shots. Lots of other people are either afraid of the shots, or have had bad experiences after receiving a flu shot. Whatever you think about the flu, a shot can't do anything about Colds and the many other infectious illnesses your child could pick up, suffer from, and give to you—especially if your child has a habit of putting his or her fingers into his or her mouth (and what small child isn't born with such a habit?).
Let your kids touch stuff–that's how they learn and grow.
But, help them laugh their way away from the habit of putting all those dirty fingers into their mouths, with this hilarious but realistic and memorable book, "A Bird Flew Over…Or, Why I WANT to Keep My Hands Out of My Mouth!!"
Use with babies, toddlers, or kids. Available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Rifll Publishing, Inc., or through any bookstore and most online booksellers. (Hyperlinking feature not working at time of this post. Sorry.)


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For everyone this week that has wished that they could pick up and fly away home. The artist said that the collection is for everyone to have the "transitory experience of being lifted away from your permanent residence" which seems like a sentiment that's touching many in the world this week.
From the Flying Houses Series by Laurent Chechere at the Galerie Paris-Beijing.
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Nothing Gold
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost
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I am a white American middle class suburban housewife trying desperately to tell herself that that is not who she is. One time I was a glowing young ruffian. Oh my God it was a million years ago.
Friday, July 15, 2005
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- Schuyler said...
WOOHOO!!! I;m running outside to accost our mailman as soon as I see him or her (probably about 10PM tomorrow based on past experience)
- aBhantiarna Solas said...
Our book is in Chantilly ... at the UPS warehouse. Waiting ... waiting ... waiting ... I can't stand it. Or maybe I can. This is almost as bad as Christmas eve when I was a kid. Lillie has been on various HP websites and playing her HP game all day in an attempt to maintain ... but it's hard.


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We wonder what our Royal family have been moonlighting about?
A favourite complaint of anti-monarchists is that the Royal family don't have the most robust work-ethic.
Sure, the Duke of Edinburgh is stepping down from royal duties at the ripe old age of 96, and the Queen is a busy bee for a woman of 91 – but other members have come under fire for doing, well, no one knows.
In the Netherlands however, things are slightly different.
Their King, Willem-Alexander, ascended the Dutch throne in 2013 after his mother, Beatrix, abdicated saying it was time for the throne to be held by "a new generation".
So, for the last four years, Willem-Alexander has been a full-time monarch, a husband and dad of three girls.
But that's not all.
To the delight of his people – and the world in general – Willem-Alexander has been secretly piloting KLM passenger flights for 21 years.
He may have even been piloting a plan you were on at some point.
The King revealed he'd regularly flown flights for a subsidiary of the Dutch flag carrier for over two decades in an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf .
Describing his part-time role as a "hobby", the King explained he'd been taking to the cockpit as a co-pilot of KLM Cityhopper for over two decades.
It's been a passion of his for a long time.
In the late eighties he journeyed to Kenya where he worked for the African Medical Research & Education Foundation (AMREF), and later for the Kenya Wildlife Service.
The King flies twice a month and, with flying requiring all of his concentration, uses these occasions as an opportunity to decompress from royal life
"For me the most important thing is that I have a hobby for which I need to concentrate completely," he said.
"You have an aircraft, passengers and crew. You have responsibility for them. You can't take your problems from the ground into the skies. You can completely disengage and concentrate on something else. That, for me, is the most relaxing part of flying," he told De Telegraaf.
Surely he gets recognised ALL the time?
Well, no. Since the 9/11 terror attacks have restricted passengers' access to the cockpit, there is a much reduced chance of any of the public seeing him.
"The advantage is that I can always say that I wish everyone a heartfelt welcome in the name of the captain and the crew," he continued.
"So I don't have to say my own name. But most of the (passengers) don't listen anyway."
The revelations come in the week after another European royal showed a more down-to-earth side.
Prince Sverre, son of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit performed the popular 'dab' move as the Norwegian royalsgathered on the balcony of an Oslo palace to celebrate the King Harald and Queen Sonja's 80th birthdays.
Somehow we can't see our lot being this fun.
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Serena Williams French Open Interview May 30th
S. WILLIAMS/M. Martinez Sanchez 4?6, 6?3, 6?4
Q. It was a bit of a controversy there with her touching the ball. Can you just talk about what happened with the ball? I guess you thought it touched her.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I didn't think the ball touched her. The ball did touch her 100% on her arm. The rules of tennis is when the ball hits your body, then it's out of play. You lose a point automatically. So the ball hit her body, and therefore, she should have lost the point instead of cheating.
Q. Do you think that she knew she had hit it? Was there no way she couldn't know she didn't hit it?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I hit that ball rather hard. She knew that ball hit her.
Q. Did you use the word "cheating"? She cheated you on the point?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, what would you use?
Q. You were on the court.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, what would you use?
Q. You should have had the point?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah. And it was clearly my point, and it was like, no way. I would never do that. I've never done that. I've never sunk low, and I would never do that to anyone on this tour and I never have. I've always been a really clean player and a good player, and it doesn't take that to win.
Q. Did you think about escalating it to the referee? Why didn't you do that?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I looked back at one of the tournament supervisors. I thought, should I talk ?? it seems something like this happens to me a lot, so I'm thinking,should I talk to her about it or should I just let it go?
You know, I felt like I was going to win no matter what. I just decided just to let it go, because I didn't know. I thought at that point that's when I would have loved to challenge.
Q. So why didn't you ask the chair umpire to ask Maria, Did that ball hit off your forearm and go back across the net?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I did. I said, Did you ask her? He said,Well, she's saying that it didn't happen.
I looked at her dead in the eye. I said, Why? Just be honest if the ball hit you or not. I mean, Hello. It totally hit her.
She was just like ?? she wouldn't even look at me. She looked down, and I just have no respect for anybody who can't play a professional game and just be really professional out here. Because that's all I've ever been was be extremely professional to anyone I've ever played.
Q. Hence the comment "she better not come to net again"?
SERENA WILLIAMS: You guys heard that? (Laughter.)
Q. Sure did.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, you know, I am from Compton, so, you know…
Q. Clearly something was going on with breathing or something. What's happening? You don't sound too…
SERENA WILLIAMS: Sexy?
Q. No, clear right now, but…
SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know. I've been fighting a cold and I've been fighting sickness, and I didn't have a voice at all yesterday. Today it's actually a lot better. Then I just had a fit, a coughing fit like I'm not well. But, you know, I'm just fighting. Everyone is fighting here. No excuses.
Q. I mean, were you having trouble breathing or was it more just dry heaves? What are we talking about?
SERENA WILLIAMS: My pulse rate was a little high and it was high yesterday, so I had a little trouble breathing after I finished, like I don't know what was going on there. I thought I was going to cough up a lung or something.
I had a lot of trouble like just catching my breath and just trying to relax, and then, you know, just having energy going into that latter part of the third set.
Q. So is this just something you think is just to do with this current sickness, or is this something you've been battling for a while?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, no, no. Unfortunately this just came up like in the past four days or so.
Q. The good news is you won.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah.
Q. Just another third set battle that you managed to scratch out. So, you know, outside of everything that happened in the first set, when you walked off court, were you pleased?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah. You know, I was, because, I mean, I haven't been playing that much on clay, and, you know, I felt like this is a match I probably should have won in two sets, and, you know, I didn't. Not because she cheated or anything, but because I didn't ?? I had several times to break, and I didn't take that opportunity to break.
So I think that, you know, just mentally I should have been out in two sets, but mentally I think I'm doing well and I'm getting a lot of experience.
Q. You said that incidents like this always seem to happen.
SERENA WILLIAMS: I'm like drama, and I don't want to be drama.
Q. Refresh my memory. What are some of the others?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Every time you look around, it's like ??I mean, there was an incident with Justine, and then there was another incident with Jennifer Capriatti. Always some drama.
Even in Australia this year I had a bad call, and I was just like, why?
I'm like one of those girls on a reality show that has all the drama, and everyone in the house hates them because no matter what they do, like, drama follows them. I don't want to be that girl.
Q. So why is that?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know. Maybe I can understand how they feel. I don't mean for this stuff to happen to me. It just kind of happens.
Q. Has anyone else cheated against you?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know. That's the past. Anything that happened to me, you know, is all in the past, but it is what it is. Yeah, I think we know the answer to that.
Q. You did manage to actually shake her hand at the end. Was that difficult for you?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No, not all. I thought at the end of the day she gave a great battle. I thought that ?? again, that was just one point. It was a very important point, yeah, but I just thought it was ?? you know, she fought well, and she's a good player.
She's a great doubles player. She's a good singles player, as well. You know, I thought that she did a really good job in the match just staying in there and just fighting.
Q. Would you hope in the fullness of time you might get an apology from her?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Apology?
Q. In the fullness of time, would you hope she might sort of one day…
SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't need an apology. Like it should have been done out there, like I would never have done that to her or anybody else, so I don't need an apology.
Q. Did it come up again after the match? Did you guys speak about it again walking off the court or in the locker room or anything?
SERENA WILLIAMS: No. Like I said, I let it go. I was just, like, I was done after that. I was, like, whatever.
Q. Would you ever consider going up to a player after something like that and saying, What's the deal?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I mean, maybe.
Q. What is Serena Williams without a voice?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know, like hoarse and awful?sounding.
Q. What does that do to you?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I'm really quiet without a voice usually. I'm the life of the party, but now I'm just the quiet one.
Q. Off the court, are you also someone who attracts drama or is it only tennis, or off the court does Venus get the drama? How does it work?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Honestly, I do have drama off the court. It's always something, and honestly, maybe it's me. (Laughter.)
I'm beginning to think it's me, because I do have a lot of drama, and I always ?? it's always something, whether it's my life with friends, with anybody. It's like I have the most dramatic life. It's so ridiculous.
Q. How did you communicate with your sister and your mother yesterday,then?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Like towards the end, my voice was way worse than this, and I was just like ?? we whisper anyway in doubles. We whisper anyway in doubles. That kind of helps.
My grunting, I can't really grunt, so we were just like ?? she would just tell me where to serve, and I was speaking sign language on the practice court.
Q. You must give the Portuguese girl this problem.
SERENA WILLIAMS: I didn't hear about her, only a little bit,just the tail end.
Q. I don't think you've ever won a Slam without being able to scream. This could be a big challenge for you.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Honestly, I'm just happy to get to the next round, and, you know, with all the preparation that I have. I'm just having fun here, and I did one better than last year, so that's already a good thing for me.
Q. So back to the drama. Would you rather have it compelling and interesting and all kinds of excitement, or just be at home walking the dog and baking cookies?
SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, it always makes for a fantastic story. I always call my friends like,You won't believe who's showing up here, or that only happens to me every time. So they're always like, You know what? This only happens to you. I'm like, I don't know why.
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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — When a motorcycle crash left Matt Neary paralyzed from the chest down, his former hockey coach at Chippewa Falls High School retired his No. 19.
Neary appreciated the move. But he decided that returning the number into circulation might teach the current players an important lesson about life.
So the 1994 team captain asked his coach to un-retire the number this season.
Neary tells WEAU-TV he wants the guys to know that life can change in an instant. He hopes his number will remind them to make every moment last.
Neary recently earned a Master's degree in occupational therapy. He says life took him in a different path after his crash, proving his point — life is unpredictable.
Neary is seventh on the school's all-time scoring list with 82 points.
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thiss guy could play,my brother was on his 91 team when he was just a freshman but coulda played 1st line then,was 1st line center the nxt 3 years though fast as lighting kinda like tthe jason williams story the point guard for duke basketball team google that story..both those guys had talent outa this world but didnt get to reach there full potintial in sports but maybe in diffrent ways n ow


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Tianjin: Beijing and Tianjin Alumni meet the Mayor of Groningen
|Fr 21-04-2017 18:30 - 22:00
|Victoria Garden, The Astor Hotel, A Luxury Collection Hotel, 33 Tai'erzhuang Road, Heping Qu, Tianjin 300040, China
It is our pleasure to invite the University of Groningen Alumni in Tianjin and Beijing to meet Peter den Oudsten, the Mayor of Groningen, at the
Hotel Astor, Tianjin on April 21, 2017.
The event is organised by Groningen Tianjin Representative Office and the UG Alumni Association at the Victoria Garden of the Astor Hotel with a beautiful view of the river Haihe. It will be a networking meeting with dinner, and an excellent opportunity to meet the delegates from Groningen and other UG alumni.
If you have any questions or suggestions please contact the International Alumni Office, firstname.lastname@example.com
Read more about the alumni chapters of the Ubbo Emmius Fund of the University.


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- travelbee
- 4 years ago
- Wedding: July 2015
A married friend posted a photo today and it really helped me relax. I wanted to share with you all but it wont let me upload. Anyways it said:
Marriage is not a race. Donr rush to the alter. Build friendship, trust and love.
I will read this every day