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I just had to share this article from the NY Times today!
Interesting research published in the New England Journal of Medicine showing the many benefits of taiji for severe pain and chronic conditions. Especially nice that this study refers to the many levels of benefit taiji provides for body, mind and spirit. I read recently somewhere, that TCM practitioners joke that the only place the mind and body separate is in medical textbooks!
Here are few excerpts that took my attention:
The ancient Chinese practice of tai chi may be effective as a therapy for fibromyalgia, according to a study published on Thursday in TheNew England Journal of Medicine.
Before the study, "I didn't know tai chi from a sneeze," said Ms. Petersen, who has diabetes and other conditions. "I was like, 'Well, O.K., I'll get to meet some people, it will get me out of the house.' I didn't believe any of it. I thought this is so minimal, it's stupid."
After a few weeks, she said she began to feel better, and after 12 weeks "the pain had diminished 90 percent." She has continued tai chi, lost 50 pounds and can walk three to seven miles a day.
Dr. Shmerling said that though tai chi is inexpensive compared with other treatments, some patients would reject such an alternative therapy. And Dr. Gloria Yeh, a Beth Israel Deaconess internist and co-author of the editorial, said others "will say, 'It's too slow, I can't do that.' "
But she said it offered a "gentler option" for patients deterred by other physical activities. "The mind-body connections set it apart from other exercises," she said, adding that doctors are seeking "anything we can offer that will make patients say 'I can really do this.' "
Calm Chicago offers Yang taiji, the same taiji practiced by the Tufts study participants. Who can do taiji and enjoy the many benefits? Anybody. Whatever your situation, we can adapt the taiji to fit your abilities. And, you'll have fun . WHat other medicine can say that?

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text: The artist's pinhole camera images, made over the last twenty years, describe a mysterious world of seemingly mundane surfaces, where everyday objects are mantled in inscrutability. Ess creates unsettling images with an unparalleled harmony of technique and content. Exhibition organized by Aperture, with accompanying publication, I Am Not This Body (Aperture 2001, 96 pages/65 color images), which contains essays by critic Guy Armstrong, author Michael Cunningham, and musician Thurston Moore


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Every three months, hundreds of audiophiles fill up four ballrooms at Weber's Inn to hunt down rare releases, dollar-bin surprises, and a wealth of music knowledge at the Ann Arbor Monster Record and CD Show.
With a curated selection of more than 60 dealers selling just about every genre, the show is known as one of the best in the Midwest. It draws vendors and attendees from around Michigan and neighboring states.
"People find a huge variety of stuff: $1 records up to $1,000 or $1,500 records," says show owner and organizer Rod Branham.
Since its founding more than 30 years ago, the show has survived location changes, new listening formats, economic slumps, and competition from online sales to remain a local institution for collectors and avid fans by keeping the focus on the music and the people who love it.
"You never know what's gonna walk in the door at the record shows, dealer-wise or what people may carry in," Branham says.
The record show was originally started in the early 1980s by friends Russ Rein, Dan Mulholland, and Mulholland's then wife, Marcia Militello.
Mulholland was in his thirties then and had been collecting records steadily since his teens.
"I thought it would be a nice way to make money and share the joy of collecting with other collectors," he says.
The first shows were held at the old American Legion Hall near Michigan Stadium on Main Street and would draw a couple hundred people, mostly seeking early rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, and jazz releases. Among them was Branham, a collector from Chelsea, who starting selling at the show after attending a few shows as a collector.
"In 1984 I went to the record show in Ann Arbor and I'm like, 'Man, I could do this. This would be great!'" Branham recalls. "I just started buying records everywhere and doing the show."
After a few years and a brief hiatus for the show, Branham partnered with its founders to organize and promote it before ultimately taking it over from them. For Mulholland, the business side of the show had started taking away from the music, and he was happy to be done with it, although he never completely stopped attending as a patron or dealer.
Under Branham, the show took off in the late '80s and early '90s, bringing crowds of 800 to 1,000 through the Elks Lodge – then on Eisenhower Parkway – at its peak. Branham also started buying and selling used records at shows around the country for many years while also working a day job. He retired 15 years ago, and today he owns and operates record shows in Lansing and Kalamazoo, exhibits at a few other Midwest shows, and sells used records out of his Chelsea home through his website, RerunRecords.com.
A few years ago, Branham bought a bar, and he temporarily got out of the record business to focus on running it.
"That was the biggest mistake in the world," he says now. "Eighteen months later, I was out of the bar, and I was right back into the records."
In the meantime, he had sold the Ann Arbor show to Ken Price, a regular dealer at Weber's from Indiana who was also running record shows in Lansing, Kalamazoo, and Fort Wayne and South Bend, Ind. When Branham bought the Ann Arbor show back from Price in 2011, he also picked up the Lansing and Kalamazoo shows.
Branham approached Weber's about hosting the show about 25 years ago "just for grins," figuring the luxury hotel would never go for it, but he was wrong.
"They just opened their arms up, and it's been there ever since," Branham says. "They are just phenomenal people to work with."
It probably doesn't hurt to have a fan on the inside. Weber's president Ken Weber says the rental deal helps fill space at Weber's that would otherwise be empty on a Sunday. But the biggest perk for him is browsing the show, people-watching, and picking up a few things for his own collection, which he's been building since the early 1960s.
"It's always a big crowd, and they pretty much look just like me," Weber says, referring to the predominantly male, baby boomer demographic. "I imagine it's a reflection of the era when vinyl was king, and everyone owned a stereo and everyone went to a record store."
That crowd is changing somewhat, if slowly, as a younger generation of record buyers has emerged, thanks in part to renewed interest in vinyl.
Mark Teachout, co-owner of Two Jerks Records shop in Ypsilanti, started selling at area record shows with his friend Mulholland a few years ago. He says shows like Ann Arbor's can be a low-pressure entry point for record novices.
"They're just discovering records and want to start collecting, and it's a good starting point for them to go to the shows," he says. "It's maybe a little less intimidating than going into record stores. Sometimes people are weirded out by them."
Lucas Hollow, a local record enthusiast who attends a handful of area record shows a year, says he's also noticed more women – buying and selling – at area record stores and shows, including Ann Arbor's, in the last couple of years.
Although he lives nearby in Ypsilanti Township, Hollow first discovered the Ann Arbor show from the Record Shows of America website. The long-running site features exhaustive listings of shows across the country. In addition to having more vendors and records, Hollow says the quality of the Ann Arbor show also sets it apart.
"It seems like people bring better stuff to the Ann Arbor show," Hollow says. " It must have some reputation, where it's like, 'You better bring your A-game.'"
That's partly by design. Branham often discourages vendors from using the show to try and move inventory they can't sell elsewhere online.
"You don't bring your eBay rejects to the record show, or you're gonna do very poor," he says.
Ann Arbor's close proximity to Detroit also gives it an advantage in highly sought-after niche markets, including Michigan-based soul, R&B, and garage rock.
"There are so many garage 45s that were put out by bands from Ann Arbor and Detroit that are just incredible that people want from all over the world," Teachout says.
The internet has made it easier than ever to learn about, listen to, and buy these kinds of rarities, but it hasn't yet replaced being able to see, touch, and have a conversation about them in person. If you're nice, you might even get a deal.
"Every time I do a show, I always find one or two people who are really into sharing," Mulholland says. "It makes my day when I have a sweet conversation. I end up giving people records if I have a really nice conversation with them."
The next Ann Arbor Monster Record and CD Show is Sunday, Jan. 21, at Weber's Inn, 3050 Jackson Road, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is $3. Early admission at 8 a.m. is $15. More information is available here.
Eric Gallippo is an Ypsilanti-based freelance writer.
All photos by Doug Coombe.


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December 2014
1Do you remember when students did Christmas Post in duffle coats and university scarves? I did many rounds around Bolton lugging a sack into some strange corners of the town (no elf and safety then). You felt the buzz in the Sorting Office to get the cards delivered on time. And great rivalry among students to get overtime in.
2My first experience of close harmony choral singing was at the grammar school carol service in the Parish church sung by candle light. Singing hymns in Latin under such splendour was very strange for a non conformist child.
3The welcome gift of a deceased cockerel for Christmas dinner from Aberdeen (sent by train as a post war treat). Trouble was it squawked when it went in the oven and we all fled thinking it was still alive. I was too horrified to eat any of it.
4The joy of a baby born at home a week before the big day and Father Christmas passing across the window leaving balloons for her little brother.
5Filling pillow cases after midnight on Christmas Eve for four kids trying to make sure they all got the same "bulky" look.
6The special chocolates bought in Milan by my husband and hidden in our wardrobe only to be found in sheds of silver paper as the fattest mouse staggered across the bedroom.
7Dancing with my daughter down the aisle of St Chad's Lichfield to the haunting music of Hely- Hutchinson's Carol Symphony as part of a Christmas service with our children. (It did not go down too well, as I recall with the older congregation)
8The Christmas of 81 with a house full of guests when the car tyres were frozen to the path and the water froze in the house so we had no loos but a caravan porta-loo...We drowned our sorrows in sloe gin and mulled wine and managed, don't ask me how.
9Selling mince pies, Christmas cakes and puddings on Settle market in the snow with only a Terry Lamp for warmth, thick boots and determination to sell all our home made wares. Then back home for a whisky hot toddy with a few pounds in our pocket and rosy cheeks.
10The panic on Christmas Eve after the last post when that card arrived from someone who we'd dropped from our list...
11Singing Carols in the Moravian church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania followed by glu-wein and their special Christmas biscuits.
12The sight of houses down the streets of the small American towns with a single candle in every window, welcoming in the festive season. Give me these any time rather than the garish flashing lights we have to endure but it's hard to find the right sort of candles in the UK.
These are some of the memories, I'll never forget.
Happy Christmas.
July 2014
When did you last send a holiday postcard or in fact any postcard? Only a few years ago it would have been impolite not to set aside time to get them written and sent off usually at the airport on the way home.
In this 1914-2014 commemorative year, exhibitions of local soldiers and war time life will be very popular. Many of us have been searching archives and photo albums for family members involved in the Great War on land air or sea. I found two mysterious postcards in an album with no names to identify them. One is of a Dumbarton kiltie from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders dated November 1914. He stands proud and smiling thanking my young great aunt and the local church for a gift of fruit but his name has been cut away when it was framed.( And she never married?).
The other is of an unknown soldier from the Midlands with no identification ( I can't read his cap badge) or date him but oh, he looks so young and vulnerable. Thousands upon thousands of these portraits were given to parents and sweethearts and many found their sad way into local papers alongside the casualty lists. Some framed forever on pianos and mantelpieces as the lad who never came home....
It made me think about how popular postcards used to be when posts were delivered many times a day; Soldiers at the front sent them home as souvenirs. Many a dug out was decorated with pin up shots of the beauties of the day like the Dare sisters, Zena and Phyllis.
Gaiety Girls posed in scenes from the Musicals along with actresses like Lena Ashwell . She managed to form a troop of artists who were given permission to perform in hospital stations and rest camps on the northern French coast.
This was the starting point for my own story The Postcard. Theatrical star, Phoebe Faye's chance encounter with her former beau on a troopship from Calais changes her future with tragic consequences.
I have seen fine albums full of postcards informing of arrivals and departures and "Wish you were here" scenes of tourist sites so postcards hidden for years, mislaid, lost and found, play their part in this story too.
Every author needs a hero or two, especially ones like me who set their stories around World Wars. So I make no apologies for the fact that the heroes in The Girl UnderThe Olive Tree and The Postcard, both men and women are inspired by real life soldiers, nurses and agents whose exploits would seem fanciful in books today.
Take one of my all-time favourites: Paddy Leigh Fermor, who died recently, he was handsome, suave, self educated, a ladies' man and how…but whose superb prose captured my writing heart many years ago with the wonderful account of his walk to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland in the 1930s as a young student. ;Time of Gifts, Between and Woods and Water and Broken Road the final volume out now.
His exploits on Crete as a Special Operations Officer are legend. His group galvanized the Cretan resistance, kidnapping General Kreipe in in 1944 (fictionalized in the film: Ill Met By Moonlight.) This was a man who sat under the stars quoting Ovid to his hostage, a dare-devil who disguised himself as a Cretan shepherd and roamed the streets of Chania, writing slogans on walls even with a price on his head, He lived a full and varied life, a great raconteur, beloved of correspondent to the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire. (Yours In Tearing Haste) He worshipped women but I suspect was a devil to live with. Do they make them like him anymore?
There's also the legendary New Zealand Officer, Jock Lewes, whose secret service exploits in the Egyptian desert commanded such respect. Letters to his fiancée, Mirren Barford published by her family as : Joy Street are some of the most understated yet romantic love letters I have ever read. He too didn't survive the war.
No wonder the lost hero is a theme to which I return time and time again in my novels. I'm sure we have similar men and women in this generation, volunteers willing to give their lives to the cause, to sacrifice their own well being and happiness for the greater good.
My heroes in The Postcard, Caroline and Louis-Ferrand, find themselves caught up in wartime subterfuge, sacrificing personal happiness and family for duty. My heroes are always driven, sensual beings, often artistic, dare devils in courage, taking risks, playing hard, loving both life and danger.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man, they say. Yes, my male heroes may be of their time, old school, reticent, chauvinistic perhaps but I find them fascinating if not a little daunting, the yard stick to which all my fictional heroes must be measured against.
As for my women e.g. Penny and Caroline, all are inspired by real life examples such as the SOE agent, Eileen Nearne. They have a stubborn courage in facing what life throws at them. Their men may be lost but the girls win through with or without their lovers : To be a hero in a Leah Fleming novel, no wimps need apply.
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Tequila for Two
Book 2, The Althea Rose Series - An Althea Rose Mystery
Tricia O'Malley
This book can be downloaded and read in Apple Books on your Mac or iOS device.
For a limited time, snap up the first book in this series, One Tequila, for free!
There's always one in the bunch.
The one who takes things a little too seriously – a little too far. The fanatic, if you will.
When a radical Pagan group blows into Tequila Key to celebrate the autumnal equinox, Althea Rose's psychic senses start tingling. She goes on full alert after meeting Horace, a Gandalf wannabe who reminds Althea of an old man playing dress up. One look into his pale eyes sets her straight, and soon Althea's best friend Luna is forcing her to learn a magickal protection spell before they investigate Horace and his festival. To make matters worse, Althea botches the spell and the results are…interesting to say the least.
Oh, and about that love life of hers? There's no time for love when bodies start turning up on deserted beaches. Soon, Althea is in way over her head as the full moon starts to rise and the clock counts down on the killer wandering Tequila Key's quiet streets.
Customer Reviews
Off-beat characters & fun story
The characters concerns and personalities are believable even if you need to suspend belief about their 'reality' and the storyline succeeds in its purpose - to draw you into the plot line. A bit lighter than Stephanie Plum but the same flavor & with a metaphysical bent.
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- $3.99
- Category: Cozy
- Published: Oct 14, 2015
- Publisher: Lovewrite Publishing
- Seller: Patricia OMalley
- Print Length: 244 Pages
- Language: English
- Series: Book 2, The Althea Rose Series


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SCG is Hiring!
Published on 2016-05-18 in
SCG currently has a grant writing position open for Americorps VISTA worker to assist in developing funding strategies. Will also assist volunteer coordinator and help coordinate one fundraising event.
Must apply online by June 4, 2016. See link below:
MSTL- Springfield Community Gardens Development VISTAFor more information about what VISTA workers do, click here.


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Josh joined Nazdar SourceOne in November 2007 as a Digital Applications Intern where he supported the SourceOne DTS team. After graduating from Pittsburg State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Technology, Josh joined Nazdar Ink Technologies division in the full-time role of Ink Jet Technician in February 2008. Since joining Nazdar, Josh has been a key contributor to the success of the Ink Jet Technical team. In October 2017, he was promoted to Ink Jet Team Lead.
Laura Maybaum, Director of Product Marketing for Nazdar Ink Technologies, notes, "We are confident that the combination of Josh's extensive technical knowledge, strong communication skills and ability to work with both internal departments and external customers will contribute greatly to the success of our NIT marketing organization."


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Ekkusu no Studio phase 4.1.
Happy 44th birthday, dearest Yoshiki ♥!!
The last time i updated my skin was on Yochan's 43rd birthday, and a year had passed. I'm glad that his surgery went fine and i hope he's recovering well. Don't neglect your therapy, Yochan, and hope to see you next year in China ^^
God bless your abundantly!!
TVfXQ - blog entries
Always - chat and wishlist
Keep - blog links
The - profile
Faith - past skins
The last time i updated my skin was on Yochan's 43rd birthday, and a year had passed. I'm glad that his surgery went fine and i hope he's recovering well. Don't neglect your therapy, Yochan, and hope to see you next year in China ^^
God bless your abundantly!!
TVfXQ - blog entries
A fan of JRock music and bands. Most favourite band of all time: the legendary band, X Japan.
Loves its leader, drummer, pianist and main composer, Hayashi Yoshiki , usually called Yoshiki.
Loves one of X's guitarists, Matsumoto hideto, or usually called hide, and
one of the best vocalist I've ever heard, Deyama Toshimitsu, or usually called Toshi.
A list of favourite bands and artists/singers:
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet
(members: Kamijo (vo), HIZAKI (gt) , Teru (gt) , Yuki (dr), , Jasmine-You (ba) ,
Tohoshinki or Dong Bang Shin Ki or TVXQ
(members: Xiah Junsu (mid-high), Micky Yoochun (mid-low), Youngwoong-Hero Jaejoong (lead), Choikang-Max Changmin (tenor), U-Know Yunho (bass))
(members: Yoshiki (dr, pi) , Gackt (vo, pi), Sugizo (gt, vi), Miyavi (gt))
(members: Kamijo (vo) , Mayu (gt), Emiru (ba), Machi (dr))
Kamijo (vo)
(bands: Lareine, Versailles
(bands: HIZAKI grace project, Versailles )
(bands: Moi dix Mois, Malice Mizer)
(members: Kazuki (gt), Yukito (ba), Yuki (vo), Hiro (dr))
Dir en Grey
L~Arc en Ciel
Janne da Arc
Psycho le Cemu
Luna Sea
Rentrer en Soi
Siam Shade
Was part of management committee of Endless Dream website and ScreamingKIAI International forum, dedicated to Yoshiki and his music.
Alumni of the following schools:
Jakarta, Indonesia:
TK Genesis
SD Tarakanita III
Penang, Malaysia:
Chung Ling Private High School
Kent Ridge Secondary School
St Margaret's Secondary School
Pioneer Junior College
St Andrew's Junior College
Thursday, 28 January 2010
omg~~~~~~~ Labels: junsu, performance
i was like feeling so, effing, bloody proud of him when i watched the clip. like, junsu! our adorable dolphin-boy junsu! on that stage! as a musical performer! his very first musical role, and also his first leading role in his acting career! our multi-talented one and only xiah junsu!
*beams with pride* honestly, what can you not do, xiah? *_____* i'm so proud of him. so proud.
i know what you can do, xiah: improve.
this (above) was good, but i'm sorry to say they're not up to Park Eun Tae's standard yet (below). i've been listening to Park Eun Tae's Can't Escape My Fate almost every night, and so i've been building up standard for the song. but, that was your very first performance and Park Eun Tae's voice is so different from yours, i believe you can improve to be much better than that, junsu =)
initially, in the pics, i thought he looked soooo pretty xD heavy make-up works wonder to change your facial features.
and i hope someone would come up with clearer audio recording please ^^ i'm sure su would sound better if i could hear him better ^^
Park Eun Tae - Can Not Escape My Fate
Mozart The Musical CD better be sale online because i'm going to grab a copy *__* park eun tae's voice is amazing!!
tremendous thank you to cassiopeia who've provided us with the clip! i-Cassies are forever indebted to you!
Labels: junsu, performance
6:09 pm
Sunday, 24 January 2010
i prefer fic than fanmade MVs, but this one is excellently made i just want to share it with everyone: JUMP! TVXQ!! from TCB master on Vimeo. Labels: fanwork
JUMP! TVXQ!! from TCB master on Vimeo.
Labels: fanwork
10:39 pm
Saturday, 23 January 2010
i just realised, the more i like an idol, the more i could talk about things that aren't so good about him o.o and if asked why a certain idol is not my favourite despite the good qualities they have, then my answer would be because of those good qualities they have o.o Labels: soulmate, toho-musing
like, just for an example, why isn't yunho my favourite member?
well, i don't know. *)but he's almost perfect. a gentleman. responsible leader. amazing dancer. good singer. loves doing charity works. beautiful, beautiful heart. compassionate. awesome physique. great-looking. super dependable in all situation. all in all, someone so admirable i respect him as much as i do yamapi.
i could sing praises after praises for him, but nah, he's not my favourite member. reasons being? err..uhm... i don't know. (* repeat)
on the other hand, chun's a lazy bummer with low stamina and tendency to fade to the background and jae's a vain narcissist who loves camera attention a tad more than he cares to admit.
at the moment i have compiled so many negative opinions about soulmates i could write an essay that would invite the wrath of the fans, i guess.
having said that, they're still my favourites. o.o. it's just that, for some inexplicable reasons, whenever i see them on screen, all these bad things would come up automatically.
i'm weird or what.
Labels: soulmate, toho-musing
8:28 pm
Thursday, 21 January 2010
The Gospellers feat Tohoshinki - Towani Labels: performance, tohoshinki
this just made me beam with pride. like, so much! i dare say they're the only idol group in japan who would be able to pull off an accapella collab like that. other than tegomasu, i believe =p
oh, i forgot, Tohoshinki is not supposed to be called an idol group; they're an accapella group. heck, they're an accapella group cum idol group
cum comedians cum dancing group. they're... truly an all-rounder group. just, wow~
what made me smile so much was how Gospellers seemed to be so supportive of them when they were singing, and it's so heartwarming ^____^ no doubt they still have much to learn (even though they're called accapella group, sometimes their harmonising doesn't really hit the right sound) and i hope they took valuable lessons during this collab with Gospellers ^____^
Labels: performance, tohoshinki
10:45 pm
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Labels: crack, toho-musing
nat u duno how how HARD i laughed at those!!! like OMGROFLMAOOOOOOOOO xDDDDDDDD
*bursts into giggles again*
haiz, iya nat, gw aja ngerasa. kmrn tu gw dipanggil unnie (oneesan gt) di forum xD! but nevermind la nat, fans nya mrk memang wideee banget age range nya. junsu has a fanclub that's reserved STRICTLY for people older than him, jadi smua jadi unnie-nya xDDD im sure jae has one =DDD
Labels: crack, toho-musing
7:01 pm
why do i have 1.06gb worth of songs from a group that i never listen to anyway? Labels: KAT-TUN
oh yeah, a long time ago i was bent on NOT wanting to hate them, and so i tried making myself listen to them.
then again... i found tohoshinki. the chances that i might want to listen to them had gone from 1% (prior to knowing THSK) to simply vanished into nothingness (pasca knowing THSK).
shyt, i should've offered this to hany before she went to swiss.
well, for now, bye bye my kattun folder.
... that's what i'd like to say. but i've gone through the trouble of getting it, might as well browse it through and keep what i like =/ for the time being, it seemed like their songs are more upbeat and catchy than NEWS, definitely good for my current cravings for jrock songs (aughhh where's my Jubilee copy???). i think i can make do with them for the time being.
Labels: KAT-TUN
6:01 pm
Saturday, 16 January 2010
this is one of my fave talk show. the hilarity of their conversation is one of the highest xD
highlight: 6.28 onwards
jaejoong: my concept was "don't say anything, keep quiet and just sing".
jae, the producers and manager knew that the moment you open your mouth, everyone would just start laughing and people would see you as an adorable dork that you are instead of a charismatic beauty and it would be a waste not to utilise that gorgeous, pretty face of yours to its fullest xD
2:04 am
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
i've missed many good movies in the past, movies that i wished i had caught on cinema but didn't and i had to watch them at home instead. main reason usually because there's nobody to catch the movies with. but luckily, thank goodness, i didn't miss this chance to watch Avatar. in 3D. and i had really good seat too. Labels: drama movie
to sum the movie shortly: it's effing awesome beyond belief. i've never watched anything like that since Lord of The Rings, a movie that brought us into a world of fantasy so powerfully and so amazingly i was left gaping and dumbstruck in awe on the cinema seat. the incredibly gorgeous graphics is simply breathtaking. in one word: it's EPIC!!
i'm still quite speechless with the experience, so i'll just post the most important comment that i conjured up while watching: "take that, you f*cking assholes!" and, no, i wasn't talking about the blue, indigenous people. can you believe that that movie managed to make me feel ashamed for being a human being for about one hour or so. like, manz, it's truly epic....
james cameron had just became another one of my favourite directors, together with peter jackson.
Labels: drama movie
11:12 pm
i was terribly disappointed at Ascendead Master the singles package. i mean, for someone who paid more than USD75 for 4 singles which comprised of 3 sets of limited edition + DVD and a regular edition, all i got were TWO full songs and several mini short soundtracks and 3 versions of 5-minute clips. Labels: versailles
terribly disappointed was an understatement. i was angry! angry at myself for being foolish and broke my own principles of prioritising songs instead of PVs and DVDs. angry at versailles for letting their company run things this way for them and disappoint the fans. angry at the stupid company who just milked out the money out of loyal fans' pocket at the earliest chance they got.
though upon further reflection, i was terribly disappointed with the price that i had to pay for the song, not the quality of the stuff inside because the song and the PVs were absolutely absolutely amazing. Ascendead Master joined the ranks of Aristocrat's Symphony and Love From Dead Orchestra, songs so grand and brilliant i could always get myself lost in it.
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Ascendead Master
i don't think i've ever enjoyed watching and listening to anyone's guitar solo as much as hizaki and teru, apart from hide and pata, of course. their skills as composers are another thing to marvel at, but with their guitars on, they're just simply mesmerising 0_0
i'm getting myself ready for Jubilee. it should be out by now, but because i also preordered Tohoshinki's BreakOut as well, it would be shipped together with Breakout later in the month. gotta be patient gotta be patient..... manz i'm really building up anticipation for Jubilee. none of Versailles albums/singles have disappointed me yet in terms of quality of content (price is totally different thing altogether) and i'm really really excited about this new album!
Labels: versailles
1:43 am
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
if yoochun is really currently in las vegas doing something for samsung, then i will start believing. i'll tell myself to start believing.
7:24 pm
last time, in this post, i linked onto a Love In The Ice parody that was hilarious. Labels: crack, tohoshinki
you know what, apparently there are a lot of such parodies in youtube! if SNSD have their anti-fans that make mean and cruel parody dissing them, then DBSK have a bunch of
idiotsgeniuses who create hilarious parodies about their singing.
bolero is one of my favourite tohoshinki's ballad. but listening to this just made me laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh til i cried xDDDD
sometimes they sang pretty well though =DDD but the one doing yoochun is a natural comedian, man, i kept cracking up at him! the latter part is especially funny xD
oh, just so that everyone can make a comparison, this is the original Bolero:
sometimes they didn't manage to sing bolero perfectly live. this, i think is one of those times when they managed to do it well =) especially especially chun's wail here *___*
Labels: crack, tohoshinki
5:30 pm
Monday, 11 January 2010
just now some people in the community were talking about yoochun's cyworld and his love for leaving cryptic messages (damn him, he knows the fans can access his cyworld and all) Labels: yoochun
his last message went like, "don't forget our beautiful memories".
it kinda has this ominous aura, somewhat, depending on how you were feeling when you read it. personally, i see this as a positive message, perhaps for the year 2009, for people not to forget the beautiful memories they've had in 2009.
but some people see it as a kind of, i don't know, farewell message or something? =/ anyway, the negative comments much outweigh the positive ones. but there;s this one comment that just made me LOL
goodness, so hilarious xDDD
Labels: yoochun
3:04 am
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
i never knew that koda kumi is so small... really. i've seen her a number of times in music station, and from the way she talks, and maybe her body proportion, she looks like 165cm-170cm. that's why i was shocked when i saw this performance: Labels: koda kumi, performance, tohoshinki
omg she looks so small beside the boys =D especially when she was singing with changmin xD so adorable! really, at 154cm she has the aura of a giant, which is awesome! *____*
that was from Black Cherry, which was koda kumi's concert. i can't help but notice that the costume was better than the boys' own T Tour:
i like the fact that they brought each other into their tours =D actually this song isn't among my fave. but the performance is a totally different thing. i'm not familiar with koda kumi's songs, but i find her strong stage presence weirdly stimulating =DD she is one hella sexy singer, and her live singing is awesome as well *__*
Labels: koda kumi, performance, tohoshinki
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JaeChunSu - The... (preordered)
JYJ - Thanksgiving Live in Dome DVD (preordered)
Tegomasu - Tegomasu no Ai minialbum
Versailles - Ascendead Master (mini movies in Limited Ed singles type I,II,III)
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Tegomassu - Tegomassu no Uta album
Tegomassu - Tanabata Matsuri
NEWS - Touch
Tegomass - Miso Soup
Yamashita Tomohisa - Daite Senorita
Hizaki GRACE Project - Ruined Kingdom
Hizaki Grace Project - Dignity of Crest
Within Temptation - Mother Earth or Silent Force
Saint Preux - Concerto Pour Deux Voix
Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Complete Recordings
Raphael (Kazuki) - Forever and Ever
Raphael - Raphael Singles
X - Vanishing Vision Album
X Japan - Dahlia Album
X Japan - Art of Life ~mini album
X Japan - Art of Life ~live
L'Arc en Ciel - Smile
Hyde - 666
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Tohoshinki - The Secret Code live in Tokyo Dome
TVXQ - All About TVXQ Season III DVD <--- !
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Chateau De Versailles DVD
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - History Of The Other Side DVD
X Japan Returns Complete DVD 30th/31st December 1993
Versailles - Aesthetics HIZAKI version, with perfume Princess Stairs
Versailles - Aesthetics Kamijo version, with perfume Louise
Hizaki Grace Project - Monsho
Raphael - First
Raphael - Last
Raphael - Raphael Clips
Raphael - Pictorial Poem 2
X Japan - Art Of Life - 1993.12.31 Tokyo Dome
X Japan - Dahlia Tour / Dahlia Tour Final
X Japan - Complete Collection II (which, upon acquiring, will cancel the earlier 2 DVDs mentioned)
hide - Film The Psychommunity Reel.1
hide - Film The Psychommunity Reel.2
hide - Seventeen Clips - Perfect Clips Presented By Hide Museum
hide - Ugly Pink Machine File 2
hide - Alivest Perfect Stage 10000 Cuts Hide Hide Hide
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Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Jubilee (major debut album)
Tohoshinki - Bolero/Kiss The Baby Sky/Wasurenaide Triple A single <--- !the perfect single!
Tohoshinki - Stand By U single
Dong Bang Shin Gi - Mirotic album (Platinum edition)
Tohoshinki - T album
Tohoshinki - The Secret Code album
Versailles - Ascendead Master (Reg + Ltd Ed. DVD Type I, II, III)
NEWS - Koi no ABO single (Reg and Ltd Ed.) <-- i'm selling the regular edition, contact me if you're interested (only for beijing, singapore and jakarta buyers only)
Versailles - Prince & Princess single
NEWS - Color album
Versailles - Noble album
Tegomass - Ai Ai Gasa single
Tegomass - Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song single
NEWS - Summer Time single
NEWS - pacific album
My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
HIM - And Love Said No, The Greatest Hits 1997 - 2004
HIZAKI Grace Project - Curse of Virgo single
Hyde - Faith
Yui - Can't Buy My Love
Versailles - Lyrical Sympathy mini album
Yoshiki - Catacombs Soundtrack
HIZAKI - Maiden Ritual ~experimental edition
HIZAKI - Dance with grace
Raphael - Fumetsuka
Within Temptation - Heart of Everything
X Japan - Blue Blood & Blue Blood Special Edition
X Japan - Jealousy & Jealousy Special Edition
X Japan - The Last Live
X Japan - X Japan on Piano
X Japan - B.O.X (Best of X)
X Japan - X Japan Perfect Best
X Japan - Best Fans Collection
Yoshiki - Eternal Melody II
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Malice Mizer - La Meilleur Selection de Malice Mizer "best selection"
Moi dix Mois - Dix Infernal
Gackt - Mars
Dir en grey - Macabre
L'Arc en Ciel - Awake
L'Arc en Ciel - The Best of L'Arc en Ciel 1998-2000
Luna Sea - Never Sold Out
Glay - Speed POP
Glay - Rare Collection vol.1
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Glay - Love is Beautiful
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Aikawa Nanase - ID, Best Album
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Every Little Thing - Every Best Single + 3
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V6 - Very Best I
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My Chemical Romance - Threee Cheers For Sweet Revenge
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JaeChunSu - The... (preordered)
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Tegomasu - Tegomasu no Ai minialbum
Versailles - Ascendead Master (mini movies in Limited Ed singles type I,II,III)
Phase 3.2 (2008)
Phase 3.1 (2008)
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Phase 1.2 (2006)
Phase 1.1 (2006)
Phase 1.0 (2006)
featuring: Yoshiki about: Yochan underwent a surgery to correct his spine, a problem that had persisted since 1995, when he finally started to feel numbness in his fingers. the surgery went fine, thank goodness. hopefully he will recover completely and it doesn't affect his piano playing. as for drums...don't forget your neck braces everytime you drums, yochan!
etc: read below xD i've made too many layouts featuring Yoshiki i don't wish to repeat myself =P
Featuring: Versailles
Background: formed in 2007 by founding member Kamijo (ex Lareine) and Hizaki (ex Sulfuric Acid), they released their debut single Revenant Choir which tells a story about a clan. Just as like Kamijo's past works, Versailles tells a story through their symphonic metal music and extravagantly elaborate costumes inspired from antique European era.
Members: Kamijo (vocals), Hizaki (guitar), Teru (guitar), Jasmine-You (bass), Yuki (drums)
etc: Versailles beautiful music managed to win my heart totally. saddened by the loss of Jasmine-YOU in 2009, but i hope the 4 of them will still make great music from now onwards. rest in peace, Jasmine-YOU, and watch out for the guys from up there...
featuring: S.K.I.N.
Background: Formed in 2007, performed first during Anime Expo at the States in May.
Members: Yoshiki (drums, piano, guitar), Gackt (vocal, piano), Sugizo (guitar, violin), Miyavi (guitar, shamisen)
etc: ekkusu phase 2.0 was lost because i didn't save it in photobucket (because it refused to upload it properly). and so, from now i'll start my skin from phase .1 instead of .0
Featuring: Hiruma Youichi
Model's background: manga character (Eyeshield 21)
More about the model: quarterback of Deimon Devilbats, The Commander From Hell; the backbone and the brain behind Deimon High School's American Football Club, The Deimon Devilbats.
Icons: various facial expressions of Hiruma, the maniacal, elven-faced leader of Devilbats ^^
Etc: Eyeshield 21 is a sports manga about American Football and it's one of my current favourite. My rating for them is:
hilarity 10/10
excitement: 9/10
intellectual level: 9/10
drawing: 7/10
characterisation: 9/10
Featuring: Hayashi Yoshiki
Model's background: leader, drummer, pianist, main composer of legendary band X Japan (1982-1997); leader, drummer, pianist, guitarist, composer of band Violet UK, debut coming soon.
More about the model: Yoshiki in the early X Japan era in early 90's when he still has long curly locks.
Etc: YOSHIKI IS MY HERO AND IDOL!
Featuring: Hayashi Yoshiki
Model's background: leader, drummer, pianist, main composer of legendary band X Japan (1982-1997); leader, drummer, pianist, guitarist, composer of band Violet UK, debut coming soon. Born in Tateyama, Chiba (Japan) in 20th November 1965 and currently living in Los Angeles, California (USA). Head company of Extasy Records, Extasy Japan and Extasy Records International (now defunct). http://myspace.com/yoshiki
More about the model: the faint background picture of Yoshiki was taken in the recent years when he's already cut his hair short and started the habit of wearing sunglasses.
Icons: pictures taken from Yoshiki's house in LA: his front door, piano in the middle room, dining room and swimming pool.
Etc: I can write essays on Yoshiki, but let's just keep it simple and straightforward: YOSHIKI IS MY HERO AND IDOL!
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Phase 2.0 and 2.1 (2007)
Phase 1.2 (2006)
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Dignity? What's that? It's certainly not the First Lady dunking a basket in front of a picture of George Washington.
Argh! Embarassing!
The ghost of George wept.
I'm sure there's a segment of the American public — let's call them dickless cucks — who look at this and see a vision of progress, an America hurtling toward a bright future of rhythmic world beats, Oval Office courtship displays, and white pissboys gamely pretending to enjoy their cultural annihilation. But those of us with a bigger picture mentality see a different harbinger.


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April 6th, 2010 -- by Bacchus
Hello, tubgirl!
What, you were expecting something else? {whistles innocently}
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Letters to Anna and light moments
Dear, would there be any chance I could write you a letter one day? Take care :)AntwortenLöschenAntworten
In love with all of your pictures ♡AntwortenLöschen
Thank you for that lovely compliment. :)Löschen
So so so pretty!AntwortenLöschen
Lena's Petals xxAntworten
Than k you dear Helena, :)Löschen
Love, love, love that light!AntwortenLöschenAntworten
Thank you, me too! :) I love looking for the light!Löschen
Oh, letters!AntwortenLöschen
How much love ...
I love a lot.
Your photos are magical.
wow!! letters in these days are pretty rare but sure they look like fragments of memories in your photos!!AntwortenLöschen
:) yes, they mean the world.words :*AntwortenLöschen
My dearest. I'm the happiest girl I can receive these letters withAntwortenLöschen
your words and tousands pieces of paper - real treasures.
My dear, thank you for your pictures, thank you for 'your world'.
Hello you! Thank you for stopping to write a few thoughts.
If you ask a question I will answer directly amongst the comments.


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Fanon is a fact or ongoing situation related to a television program, book, movie, or video game that has been used so much by fan writers or among the fandom that it has been more or less established as having happened in the fictional world, but which does not appear in any official work from the original authors, scriptwriters or producers. The term is a play on the word canon.
The term is sometimes used pejoratively by purists to refer to such explanations as faulty or illogical given the nature of a story, or "common lore" copied amongst fans, especially in webpage proliferation, that actually contradicts a simpler explanation that was even alluded to in canon. This is especially common for foreign works, resulting when they are mistranslated or when backstory and exposition elsewhere in a work has not been ported over (for example, manga that was associated with a commercial anime, but of which only one has been translated).
Fanon is sometimes well known by creators and may even be accepted as true (or at least as reasonable an explanation as any) to something they have not explicitly explained. On the other hand, some creators of serial works introduce facts in subsequent installments of their work which invalidate specific fanon.
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[ News ]
February 01, 2011
Mark Wielaard: New GPG key.
Finally created a new GPG key using gnupg. The old one was a DSA/1024 bits one and 8 years old. The new one is a RSA/2048 bits one. I will use the new one in the future to sign any release tarballs I might create. pub 2048R/57816A6A 2011-01-29 Key f...
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Andrew Hughes: [SECURITY] IcedTea6 1.7.8, 1.8.5, 1.9.5 Released!.
We are pleased to announce a new set of security releases, IcedTea6 1.7.8, IcedTea6 1.8.5 and IcedTea6 1.9.5.
This update contains the following security updates:
The IcedTea project provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK6 u...
[ Archives News for 'Developers' ]
As has been announced recently at
Devoxx and covered in various places, including threads on the
coin-dev mailing list, Mark Reinhold made several announcements about JDK 7 at this year's Devoxx:
Date: November, 30 2009
Url: http://blogs.sun.com/darcy/entry/projec_coin_post_devoxx_closures


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World's second largest country after China, India is the top-notch nation to be known for the traditional bliss and colorful cultures. The vibrancy of this incredible nation can be impressively found at different locations and destinations; and incredibly at its distinct tribal regions which are still remain unexplored to greater extent. The tribes of India, which are untouched with the modern way of living, are locally termed as "Adivasi". Unmatchable, the people are still living the way they used to centuries old years ago are still found untouched, unexplored in their crude form and highlights the tribal attractions and features in their handicrafts, music, occupation, festivals and much more.
So, let's explore the incredible tribal part of India which is unique and still plays an important role in India not only with respect to population but as the traditional aspect of India. Some of the major tribes in India are:
Hmar Tribe
Also known as Mhar or Mar, generally found in the North-eastern range of India, they inhabits the regions of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Cachar, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Tripura. The people of Hmar tribe are the followers of Christianity and the languages they speak are English, Hindi and Hmar languages. This is the much developed tribe in India where some of the natives are educated and carry some encouraging steps towards the development and betterment of the community. They are expertise in conventional folk dance to represent the adventure, battle, love, victory and other experiences throughout history. The main occupation of the Hmars are farming and weaving.
Oraon Tribe
Much progressive tribe in India, the Oraons are much into education and worship in churches. The community, divided into sub-castes like Kudas and Kisans; follow patrilineal family customs. Over the years, the community has progressed a lot and has shifted to the major cities of India and also settled in abroad. Earlier dependent on forest and farms for rituals and livelihood the community has now being settled into agriculture and education.
Bhil Tribe
Lastly, the most popular tribe in India, located at the central India the Bhils are the most popular tribe commonly found in the areas of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and far-east in Tripura. The community has greater association with the braveries of ancient times since they (Bhils) were the brave warriors in Maharana Pratap & Chhatrapati Shivaji's Army.
Gaddi Tribe
Mostly the inhabitants of the Dauladher Range of Himachal Pradesh, the people of this tribal community are Gypsies in true nature and keep shifting their base to a higher level during summers. The Gaddi tribe has accepted and believes in both the Islam and Hindu religions and carries the main occupation of sheep rearing and wool making. Some of the Gaddis dwell in Brahamaur Region of Chamba District, near the higher regions of Ravi River and valleys of Budhil River.
The Bodo Tribe
The largest ethnic & linguistic tribal community of north-western parts of Assam is the Bodo tribe and Kachari. Residing in the Brahmaputra valley the Bodos are best recognized as earliest settlers in Assam. Being derived from the word 'Bod' means Tibet, Bodos are a peace-loving people with their main occupation as agriculture and sericulture; the Bodos follow the culture known as Bathouism and are best known for their exceptionally colorful folk dances such as Bardaichikhla and Bagurumba.
Munda Tribe
Mainly inhabits the region of Jharkhand, the Munda tribe is also spread in some regions of Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. This tribal community is highly respectable from the time of pre-Independence era because of the active participation in the freedom struggle. Birsa Munda, the most respected freedom fighter and fought very hard at the age of 20 and was treated as God by the tribal community.
Gond Tribe
The basic inhabitant of Indian Deccan peninsula, the Gond community can be found in the central part of India where the region is called the Gondwana region and so do the tribe is being named. The regions of the Gonda in India are specifically in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, Bastar district of Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Orissa. The cultures of the Gonds have been inherited from Dravidian culture and are the followers of Hindu religion.
Khasi Tribe
The Khasi tribes are the inhabitants of the Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya and interestingly around 50 % of the Meghalayan population is composed of the Khasi Tribe but beside that, some parts of Assam, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, West Bengal and J&K are also the true inhabitants for the Khasi community. Khasis belong to the Matrilineal Society i.e. the descendents are recognized by the mother and maternal ancestors.
Chenchu Tribe
The Chenchu tribes in Andhra Pradesh are the Hindu Aboriginal tribes inhabiting at the Nallamalla hills. They are the food gathering people living in the Nallmalla forests with their main activity as hunting and gathering food. The interesting fact about the Chenchus are that they are one of the Primitive Tribal Groups that are still dependent on forests and do not cultivate land but hunt for a living.
Dimasa Tribe
Found in the North Eastern India at the regions of Jatinga valley, the Dimasa tribe is the part of the great Bodo-Kachari group in the present day Dima Hasao district of Assam. The tribe is best known for their cultural and traditional cinevistaas. Their folk dance dorms are very exceptional since they do not follow any songs but their dance forms are entirely dependent on the instrumental music.


text: Marty's photo of the day #1714: I hadn't started this week out with a theme in mind, but I rediscovered a bunch of cool macro shots from my second trip to the Amazon Rainforest. Here's a photography secret: sometimes the correct crop makes all the difference. This lizard from the Amazon Rainforest has been sitting patiently on my hard drive for years, waiting for me to notice him and give him a proper crop. This new version is so much better than the full-size photo, which wasn't eye-catching at all.


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Five practical magic tips
The thing that gets me, is that we so often associate witchiness, wizardry or anything remotely related to the occult as spooky, weird or scary. But ancient spiritual practices were 100% grounded in practicality, and when people are uninformed (or making opinions without researching them) they immediately default to, "that's weird."
NOT HERE, my friends! Let's get super real with some of the practical spirituality behind some ancient, wise practices, and to top it all off, I'm going to call them practical magic tips, because magic is a beautiful word that shouldn't be shunned.
Here's something cool: We all have habits that we have adopted or inherited that point to - practical magic. Families often have traditions or ways of doing things that are unique to them. That's just like the secrets in a coven. The secrets in a tribe. A community. A coven is a family. A tribe is a family. That ritualistic spring clean? Practical magic. Wearing a special perfume on a date? Practical magic. Adding a couple special herbs and ingredients to your morning coffee just the way your mom did? Practical magic.
"Magic" isn't just about spells, belladonna, hexes and dancing naked under the moon. We need to start recognizing that the mundane parts of our lives - our habits and traditions - are actually some really cool bits of magic we have learned and integrated into our lives like they aren't anything special. But they are. Here are five tips to keep the practical magic alive in your life:
There is a reason why witches are associated with brooms. It's because those bad ass bitches clean the crap out of their little houses. The broom is a famously bold symbol of magic and for good reason. If a broom suddenly falls, clanging onto the floor - it's a sign that company is coming. Making sweeping a regular routine in your chores is a good habit, but by sweeping everything onto a rug that you can take and shake out outside is even better. Instead of dumping all that gunk in your garbage - keeping it safe and protected in your house - get it outside and out of your sacred space! Sweep all the gunk onto your rug and give that rug a beating while the sun is out and shining. All that dirt will mosey back into the earth where it is neutralized and rebalanced - the best thing for it and for you.
Conversely, if there are no carpets in your home, you can empty the dust and grime you swept up outside into the earth by bringing your dustpan outdoors after a good sweep.
As energy holders, crystals are amazing conduits for protection. Your home houses the most "you" energy in one place, and it can be an easy target for a person to psychically attack you through your home, sending negative vibes your way. When it is known where a place and person are, it's easy to send out negative vibrations their way and this is often done through a person's home. So protect your home! One of the best ways to do this is by placing appropriate crystals on your windowsills, securing them with an invisible energy field that crystals project to one another. Any black crystal will be a good absorber of negative energy.
Lemon is a great practical magic tool as it has phenomenal cleansing properties. If you're like me, it's not everyday you get down on your knees and scrub your floors. So when you do, why not make it extra magical? Squeezing a lemon into the soapy water you're using helps to remove blockages in the home by giving your palace a clean base. It energetically scoops up all the grime - physically and spiritually - that we bring in on us into our homes. It's also great to use to clean with in the washroom as that is where we perish all our waste. Think of it this way; we have one designated area that we go to, to release all the things we use up in our daily life that we have extracted all nutrients from. It's also where we go to cleanse and worship our own bodies to prepare them for the day or relax them. Don't you want that place as clean as possible? Yeah, me too. Washing with lemon cleanses all those impurities and leaves the room smelling fresh. Check out Meghan's research on the medicinal properties of lemon.
Our bedrooms are our safe haven. They are the chamber that holds, comforts and protects us while we are asleep and not alert. UM, that's a pretty important role for a room to have. When our rooms are messy our minds are messy. We don't sleep as well, and sleep is arguably the most important factor in maintaining good health. Our subconscious clings to all that mess while we attempt to recharge. Gross. A practical witch knows she has to make her bed everyday. "Why bother - I'll just mess it again tonight when I go to sleep," is such a tired response I don't even want to indulge it. You might have milk in your coffee every morning, too. That doesn't mean you're going to leave the milk on the counter each morning. Making your bed when you get up takes three minutes and resets the energy in your room. It maintains the room's calmness and allows you to have a place of retreat when you come home from your tiring day. So listen to your mom. Make your bed.
Not only are pets the epitome of what it means to have a magical friend, they're also incredibly helpful for the feng shui in your home. Some people just aren't animal lovers, and that's OK. But those of you who are know just how good it feels to come home to a furry little friend who is overjoyed to see you. Just by petting your pet we release soothing chemicals in our bodies that make us feel more calm and happy. Their movement through your home when you aren't there keeps the chi active and helps to keep your home feeling its best. Sabrina had Salem, Jafar had Iago, Harry had some owl - nearly every magical being had a familiar that was helpful to their magical and personal life. Sometimes adopting a pet isn't for everyone - or not feasible - but by just being around animals you can lower your stress levels and tap into their positive energy. Visit a shelter!
Practical magic lives in every household, and you may be doing ritualistic or habitual activities that are super magical without even realizing. Revisiting habits from your childhood is a good indicator of practical magic at work - things our parents or siblings did. It's not all spells, potions and charms - unless you count soapy water and lemon as a potion - which it is! Which practical magic habits do you indulge in?


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Pick up your motorhome from our Liverpool airport branch and head north for an hour's drive to the seaside town of Southport. This lovely seaside town is an ideal base located within 5 minutes of the golf course.
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History of the British Open at Royal Birkdale
This year the R & A British Open returns to the North West coast of England and arrives at Royal Birkdale on the 17th – 23rd July. This is the tenth time the event has taken place on this fantastic old links golf course since its inception in 1860.
At the beginning of the week the players have their practice rounds and get used to the wild winds that whistle through the sand dunes here. The main action gets underway on Thursday morning at around 6am with the avid fan getting up early to get the best seats for the day. The final days play gets underway on Sunday morning with the winner normally finishing his round at roughly 17:00pm.
Who will be victorious in the 3rd major golf tournament of the year and will you be there to watch them pick up the Claret Jug.
Your motorhome will be your place to be for the week after watching the golf take a stroll down Ainsdale Beach and back to your site for the week at Willow Bank Holiday home and Touring Park the site is just over a 3 mile walk away or jump on one of the many public transport facilities to get you to the golf course.
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Whilst in this wonderful area of nature conservation take a trip to the National Trust site of Formby Point watch out for the red squirrels jumping around the tree tops and running around your feet. After a nice walk return to your motorhome and relax with a nice warm shower and sit outside your hire vehicle on one of our table and chair sets which you can hire from us with your booking.
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We see it as highly encouraging to our longstanding macro views constructive on decentralization and alternative stores of value away from centralized fiat currencies that so few people understand what is happening right now. It indicates a state of affairs still early in the process we expect to unfold. We are transitioning towards a multi-reserve currency monetary system increasingly involving private, decentralized currencies.
The current fiat-based monetary system is approaching insolvency from a dead-end Keynesian "debt and inflate" feedback loop paired with a lack of needed structural reforms, and it can only be kept intact going forward with capital controls and financial repression–which is what will eventually kill the current trickle-down system of centralized government fiat, and is precisely what spawned cryptocurrencies in the first place.
There are very few similarities between cryptocurrencies and tulips, tech stocks, etc., other than a sharp rise in price. This is about adoption and it is happening.
The legitimization of Bitcoin on regulated exchanges is an astounding financial experiment beginning today with Cboe (formerly CBOE) leading the way. Bitcoin might prove to be more difficult to manipulate and depress with leveraged futures short selling than gold has been due to the nature of the existing worldwide decentralized distributed ledger network tracking all transactions for the underlying asset, but it is feasibly possible.
Either Wall Street derivatives ruin Bitcoin, Bitcoin ruins derivatives, or the stars align perfectly in a manner which allows them to complement each other. We see the latter option as a touch too optimistic. It may be the digital asset tail wagging the Wall Street dog, as stalwart financial institutions jump on a Greekesque Bitcoin chariot bandwagon gallantly galloping with its sword point hoisted squarely in their direction.
However, if derivatives can indeed be used by Wall Street to suppress Bitcoin, more of the digital asset capital flows will simply move into other best of breed cryptos such as Litecoin, Dash, and Ether not constrained by derivatives, so long as the demand is there to escape deteriorating health in the monetary system.
Our base case is still for Bitcoin to increase in nominal fiat currency price to at least $100,000 USD/BTC on the basis of greater global adoption, with several price crashes between here and there. It will need to continue technological scaling improvements in the underlying asset to get there.
If "hyperbitcoinization" doesn't ultimately materialize for Bitcoin, it will happen in other cryptos as expressed by total digital coin market capitalization. Digital currencies are here to stay one way or another in a similar way as the internet was by the early 1990s.
There will continue to be sharp digital asset flash crashes and price discovery shocks due to the nature of uncertainty surrounding the first new asset class in decades.
As the current power structure becomes increasingly threatened, there will be various attempts of government actions to constrain and control private digital assets. This will undoubtedly continue to foster the same type of turbulence witnessed since the creation of Bitcoin about 8 years ago when it took thousands of coins to buy one pizza. However, unless structural steps are taken to move government budgets and fiat currencies in a solvent direction without capital controls and financial repression, the demand to jump off the sinking ship of fiat will be immutable.


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It's been a while since I've posted a craft post, so… here's another one! It's not only just a quick post, but also crafts that are pretty quick to do, cheap, and are fun, as well!
Here's the first one.
This is a re-covered composition notebook. They're super cheap and generally go for about a dollar apiece. I did this for a swap, and it took me a lot longer than it should have. I was trying out a few ideas and… well, I failed. So instead I used chipboard for the name and glued some other things on there. I made it a lot more complicated than it should have been. Also, I put a ribbon (I like ribbons) on there so you can tie it shut. :)
Now, normally I don't like animal print, but this person happens to, so it works out for me! I get to use up animal print paper on someone who actually appreciates it. And that makes me happy.
Here's another one that the girls and I did rather recently:
These guys costed about a buck a piece at Joann's, and someone had paint supplies on hand, so it was a super cheap and pretty fun craft to make. If you don't have paint, though, they have paint for a dollar per five colors too, in those little plastic tub thingies. I'm not sure how to really describe them, but maybe you can use your wildly vivid imagination.
I think they're a little small for real birds, except for perhaps hummingbirds, and I don't know if hummingbirds use birdhouses anyways… Oh well, I'm putting mine up on display on my bookcase! Guess which one's mine? They're not both mine. I painted mine slightly like I would like to have my ideal house…. so choose wisely!
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Somchai Tongkamkoon, the Managing Director of Thaipatanakit Transportation Chiangmai Co. Ltd or Green Bus, a transportation company in the upper northern area, revealed that the company got the authorization to provide transportation between Chiang Mai and Phuket from the Department of Land Transportation on the route number 799 which was 1,500 kilometers long.
The company had ordered 5 thirty-seated VIP buses, each 15 metres long, which are worth 45 million baht from China to use on this route. The buses would be delivered to the company in February 2011. As a result the service would be ready in March or April 2011.
Somchai added that there would be a bus for this route once a day. The bus would leave Chiang Mai at 4.00 p.m. and would leave Phuket at 3.00 p.m. every day. The journey would take about 22-23 hours. The tickets would cost 1,770 baht per seat. All seats would be VIP and fully equipped with small TV screens, audio, and massaging seat. In the future, the company might provide the first class air conditioned buses which would cost 1,327 baht per seat for the ticket. The target group would be Thai and foreign tourists, especially the backpackers, the students, and working people in the south and north of Thailand.
Somchai was confident that the company would get good feedback for this as people get used to long distance travel. He also commented that this would be another alternative for people who had to travel between the two regions. He added that the company also planned to open a new bus route to Kunming, China via Laos. Now, it was under the negotiation with Thai and other countries' governments.


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We have a new favorite in our house. It's called Bruschetta. Don't ask me why we haven't tried it before, but we did and we loved it and now all my husband wants is Bruschetta. Morning, noon and night. I have to admit that I basically loved it, too and it's not hard to make at all so we both win. The thing I like cooking the most, are things that you can alter to your own tastes. Bruschetta lands in this category. If you like just a smidgen of garlic then that's all you'll need to add. If you don't fancy onion, then you can omit it. This dish would go great with home made bread or you can purchase store bough baguettes, any flavor you like!
4 ripe Roma tomatoes
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During the NASPC discussion on end-of-life (EOL) management, it was very apparent that OEMs are devoting increasing amounts of time and resources into developing new strategies to manage this phase of the product lifecycle. OEMs justify their increased effort because improper management of EOL parts has significant impacts on costly excess and obsolete inventory. While there was concern for the need to provide support to customers in need of older parts, this was not the driving force behind major pushes to develop innovative strategies to manage these parts.
Improved Sales Forecasting Is Driving Innovation for EOL Parts
To tackle the foundation of effective EOL parts management, OEMs are drawn to developing improved sales forecasting tools to reduce errors in making all time buys (ATBs) and choosing minimum order quantities (MOQs). Getting the numbers right on ATBs and MOQs is so critical because these decisions are very long term by their very nature. So how are sales forecasts being improved? Leading the way is one OEM, where they have developed a best-in-class forecasting tool based on two new ideas: using part attributes instead of product grouped curves, and pattern recognition algorithms instead of simpler decay curves to drastically cut forecast error. If this sounds trivial, the BIC OEM's response is that this new system has cut obsolescence by 21%, and reduced scrap by 34%. They are so confident in this tool that they use it for 30-year part sales forecasts.
Second tier strategies for managing EOL parts are focused on making the most of the inventory you have (or don't have). CE/Ag leads the way in using creative pricing strategies to coax inventory levels closer to future forecast demand; 100% of NASPC participating CE/Ag companies adjust prices for EOL parts. When inventory is forecast high, prices are dropped and sold as non-returnable to get and keep inventory lower. If inventory is forecast low, prices are instead raised to slow demand or cover increased costs.
OEMs are also pursuing new scrap strategies by looking to 3rd party slow moving warehouses to continue to support customers. Another move is to sell parts through alternative channels if there is still residual demand.
Short Term Obsolescence and Scrap Is Way Down, but What Will Happen In 10 Years?
Clearly OEMs have increased their efforts in managing EOL parts, but what is driving this focus? While some OEMs have seen dramatic short-term gains, are they sacrificing anything long term? In many cases, EOL management impacts cash flow more than anything else. In the past 18 months, cash flow has been a critical concern for many OEMs and suppliers, so these efforts have no doubt improved their current financial health. But are OEMs simply taking out loans against future customer and dealer satisfaction in order to improve cash flow in this recession?
If demand for legacy parts rebounds as we come out of this recession, will some OEMs find that their best-in-class forecasting tool has left them with too little inventory and unhappy customers who can't get transmission brackets for their no-longer-supported sedans? Trying to make 30-year sales forecasts based on sales from the past 18 months is a perilous position. Locking yourself into an ATB based on one of these forecasts is even more perilous.
Bottom Line: An easy defense here is to say that the sales curves were based and refined using many years of sales data, and the anomaly was that 2009 won't even move the needle for these forecasts. But, aside from strange parts sales in 2009, the fundamentals of the service parts business have changed sharply from historical norms: cars are lasting longer than ever due to increased engineering quality, and consumers are keeping cars longer than ever in response to quality and economic reasons. The very nature of sales forecasts requires making decisions based on uncertainty – this will never change. Nevertheless, there are reasons to believe that the drastic changes OEMs have made in the past year to improve supply chain cash flow may come back to haunt them in the years to come.
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Lifecycle Management: End-of-Life Strategies
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The Brasilian Beersommelier champion has been selected
At the fourth Brazilian Beersommelier championship, held in early April, Edu Pelizzon was able to best a field of 150 competing Beersommeliers. He captivated the jury in Sao Paulo through the semifinal (40 participants) and the final (5 competing sommeliers). Edu Pelizzon has worked hard for this title, having successfully navigated a maze of tests and presentations that tested his skills in sensory technology application to the limit.
First prize for the winner is an extensive study tour as well as a unique professional development opportunity: the Barth-Haas-Group, principle sponsor for this event, has arranged a tour of the Yakima Valley (USA) hop cultivation and production facility, followed by a technical training course offered by the company's own Hops Academy.


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A special operation was conducted in Paris.
In the French capital, the police arrested a man who took hostages in the 10th district of the city and doused them with gasoline.
Held people are saved, their life is not in danger.
According to preliminary information, the special forces stormed the building, which was the culprit.
The name of the assailant is not yet known, as his motives.
The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and interior Minister of France Gerard Collon thanked the police and rescue workers for their professionalism and restraint.
Hostage-taking in the French capital, occurred on the evening of June 12. An unknown man entered the building, which is the office of the advertising company Mixicom, working with well-known bloggers hosting the recording on YouTube. He pretended to be a busboy and took in hostages of two people who were doused with gasoline and threatened to set fire to.
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Snapshots of Our Week | Long Island Family Photography
Another chilly winter week. The last before winter break.
Unamused children in the car.
Late afternoon light and shadows.
Attempting to take a self-portrait in the snow.
My view.
Watching "An American Tail". I love hearing Lila and Logan sing "Somewhere out there" :)
Two vaccinations this week.
Target run.
Crabby pants at Panera.
Watching the snow fall.
Playing with bubble wrap.
Couch shenanigans.
Mardi Gras beads from Nana.
Cookie monster.
Playing on the snow mountain in the school parking lot.
And that was our week! Happy Monday!