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Windows 10 Home will set you back an estimated $119, while Windows 10 Pro will be $199.
Apple is famous for its obsessive care for design and manufacturing, and its new, much-hyped watches are no exception. But, ironically,…
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A timeline of the major milestones and small moments that have shaped the Web since 1989.
Apple iPhone 6S news is coming. Here is all the key information, including specs, price, and release date.
"We realized that hardly anyone uses voice mail anymore because we're all carrying something in our pockets that's going to get texts or e-mail or a phone call," Gordon Smith, head of JPMorgan's consumer and community bank, said Tuesday at a conference in New York. "So we started to cut those off."
The 2012 WWDC brought a bunch of Mac hardware revamps, but none were as dramatic as Apple's new high-end MacBook Pro. Its big claim to fame was a new "Retina Display" screen where the pixels were so tightly packed, you wouldn't be able to make them out while using the machine. It also completely did away with a disc drive, and even hard drive -- making it more like a MacBook Air. Apple offered up that it was the "next generation" of its notebooks.
The cracks are continuing to grow in the longtime distribution arrangement between video rights holders and cable companies.
Google created excitement about Magic Leap's technology last October when it and others invested $542 million in the company. Magic Leap superimposes animated objects on top of reality, using a pair of glasses. Last month, it showed a video of what a first-person shooter game would be like using its technology. In that video, you play in your ordinary office. The glasses can take the environment into account and then, through the specs, make monsters spawn in front of you. You have to look around the real environment and look for the monsters to shoot. The ultimate goal is to generate animated images and blend them into reality so that they are indistinguishable from real objects.
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Google shareholders were urged to abstain from re-electing three of the company's directors at the annual meeting in protest of "mega grants" provided to certain executives, including Chairman Eric Schmidt.
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I think of ruts more in terms of the group, because that's how we're creating. I don't want anyone to feel like they're alone when they're trying to crack the creative code. So how I deal with it is I bring everyone together. If you think of sports and any championship-level team, the only way to get out of a rut in one of those epic games is through teamwork. I want people to be extremely confident and supportive. That's how you make connections you need to make in the creative process.
The 2G-based Nokia 105 features a 1.4-inch color display, can store up to 2,000 contacts, offers FM radio and promises up to 35 days of standby time.
The focus of ITIL is based on the value of what IT provides; not the tools, but the results. Therefore, service is a term ITIL uses often and defines as "A means of delivering value to customers by facilitating outcomes that customers want to achieve without the ownership of specific costs and risks." In other words, IT exists to meet a customer need and not inject policy. IT costs should not matter to the customer; the customer should focus on the cost per specific result, and manage risk through service agreements. Service management according to ITIL is the "Implementation and Management of Quality IT Services that meet the needs of the business."
The institute will provide license plates and insurance for any approved vehicle, while the Virginia Department of Transportation could be in charge of keeping lane markings visible for them. In addition, Nokia's HERE maps division is developing 3D mapping tech for the test roads, which will feed real-time info to the self-driving car and give them a way to recognize their lane position. Blanco believes the first self-driving cars to undergo public road testing in Virginia will arrive within a year, though it's unclear at this point which companies are showing internet. It's worth noting that the Old Dominion serves as home to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, though, which makes it ideal for any corporation wanting to collaborate with either of them.
If there's something the actress, comedian, and online star can't do, we want to know about it. (Seriously, text us.)
At the moment, when our data isn't entrusted to cloud servers, it's left on disks and drives and cards and an array of devices that aren't designed to last longer than a decade. "If my son shows photos to his grandsons," says Grass, "he will have the photos of my parents, which are in black and white, and will be stable for a few hundred years. But there will be a hole after that because my photos won't survive. Statistically they won't, unless I am really careful about what I do with them."
Sivak's study is based on 2013 data from the American Community Survey . And it shows how bad things are for New Yorkers. Among 30 large cities, the average commute time is 26 minutes, but New Yorkers take an average of 40 minutes. People in Oklahoma City require only 21 minutes to get to work.
Starting a brand new website and publishing venture is not easy, obviously. And Fusion and its financial backers may feel that they are getting enough value out of their staff in other ways apart from just raw traffic to their website — and giving the company $30 million more suggests they have confidence in its vision. But in what has become an even more high-pressure marketplace for online media, numbers like the ones above are probably not going to help anyone sleep easily.
Looking to the wisdom of the crowd, we reached out to experts and asked, "How do you measure the value the cloud brings to your business?" As the responses came in we discovered there's far more than one or even 20 different ways to measure the success of the cloud. A myriad of technical and business dynamics can be a definition of success. More importantly, what may work for one organization may not be appropriate for another. As you look through the following advice, pick and choose what's right for your organization. Note: Please don't skip tip number one. It's appropriate for all businesses.
The customer, such as a retailer or a bank, has a database of sensitive data, from credit card numbers to usernames and passwords. With an appliance, they can generate in-house unique fingerprints of that data. Those fingerprints go into Matchlight's cloud, without any sensitive data leaving that company's systems. Combined with an advanced web crawler that's able to index sites on the dark web, the company can be immediately informed when a fingerprint is found.
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It's worth noting that On This Day shows you more than just your own shared photos and status updates. It pulls up anniversaries of things like when you started a job (if you've told Facebook this information) and when you became friends with someone. It shows you content you were tagged in, which could help you have more to look back on if your friends are more active on Facebook. It also shows check-ins, events you attended, groups you joined and birthdays.
Yahoo Inc will broadcast the Oct. 25 National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars in London in the first live-stream of an NFL game.
Since parent company Facebook already boasts more than 2 million advertisers, it's only natural for Instagram to tap into Facebook's existing infrastructure to manage its new advertising objective on its site. The start will be slow and gradual: First, a choice group of Facebook Marketing Partners and agencies will get to use the Instagram Ads API. Then, throughout the remainder of the year, other advertisers will have their turn.
Anyone who doesn't believe comedy and tragedy can exist side by side in a series and do so in harmony should watch tonight's episode of iZombie. And yes, there are people who still need to be convinced darkness and lightness can exist in the same show. "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Right" brought the most laugh out loud moments of the season -- Ravi's "It's not alive!" killed me -- but also scenes right out of a horror film and one of the heaviest interactions we've seen. The balance this show consistently achieves is impressive.
For users who aren't in those select cities, you'll still see public transit options arranged in a new way — instead of just showing a list of options, Google clearly calls out a recommended route and then groups other options by similarities. For example, there was a "more by bus" grouping when I looked for directions. It's not a radical change, but it's a nice little bit of housekeeping. All of these changes appear to be live on Android, but the iOS app is unchanged as of now. We expect that'll change before long, however — Google's blog didn't say anything about this update being Android-only. With Apple Maps finally likely to include transit directions (albeit in only six cities), it makes sense for Google to keep on refining its product so it can stay in the lead.
Another topic sure to get some stage time at WWDC is Apple Watch. This year's developer conference comes only a couple months after the launch of Apple's first smartwatch, which costs from $349 to $17,000 and comes in a wide variety of finishes, sizes and bands. Apple Watch is the company's first new device since the "magical" iPad in 2010 and the first new product under Cook's tenure. It's vital that Apple shows that it's still an innovator without co-founder Steve Jobs and that it can expand beyond its core iPhone market, which has made up more than two-thirds of sales in the past couple quarters.
Imgur , one of the most popular GIF hosting sites, also has an easy video tool. If your video is on YouTube or Vimeo you can just paste in the link and make a video right on the Imgur site. Giphy allows you to easily upload a local video and make a private GIF, too.
The Fallout series had a Tactics instalment that introduced real-time combat in 2001, and then made the leap to consoles and action RPG with Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel in 2004. Fallout 3 was considered a watershed moment for the series, nabbing reviews in the mid- to high 90s from a wide range of review websites. New Vegas in 2010 was quite similar to Fallout 3 in gameplay, graphics and mechanics, and in fact doesn't count as a direct sequel (hence Fallout 4).
As Jon Stewart pointed out in last night's episode of The Daily Show , news outlets wasted little time reducing Caitlyn to her looks, comparing her level of hotness with other women, and the inevitable slut-shaming.
Apple probably isn't going to be launching its new web TV service any month soon, but to hold users over until they can cut cable, Apple has added a new channel from National Geographic to give users their nature fix.
It appears to me that the hype of the on-board camera promising to bring remote co-workers together hasn't really worked out—we're still picking up the phone and stabbing away at messaging. Even my Skype calls tend to be audio-only.
As it geared up for Samsung Pay, the company bought LoopPay in February. While the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge have built-in NFC for contactless payments, Samsung Pay's LoopPay integration also means users will be able to make purchases with their smartphones at retailers that don't have NFC-based terminals; they need only hold their smartphones near magnetic terminals and it'll detect the phone as if it were a credit card.
The post is penned by Christian Reber, CEO and founder of 6wunderkinder, the German company that created Wunderlist. Reber details some of the company's past successes in the post, including its user population of more than 13 million, and app activity by way of 1 billion to-dos created. He also says that for now, nothing will change regarding the app's operation and product development, with the Wunderlist team remaining in Berlin and continuing development of its various offerings across all platforms.
Forget billboards or magazine ads. If an advertiser wants to put its brand in front of a big audience today, you may as well slap that ad on an Amazon shipping box. Or, at least, that's the mindset behind the new partnership between Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment and Amazon. The retailer has begun to ship customer orders in bright yellow delivery boxes featuring cartoon characters from the upcoming "Minions" movie. The deal represents the first time Amazon has ever allowed a third party to completely brand its delivery boxes, the company tells us.
Technology has body slammed the marketing profession, turning a black art into hard science. Marketing now must be well-versed in customer data, analytics, mobile, social and marketing automation tools. Who's going to lead this dramatic and critical transformation? Enter the chief marketing technologist, a hybrid role bridging the diametrically opposed worlds of marketing and tech.
Here we go. In the first of what's sure to be many, a documentary about the Sony hacks is currently in the works from Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer, the team who made the 2013 Oscar-nominated (and Emmy Award-winning) doc The Square .
The annual American Customer Satisfaction Index for 2015 placed Comcast and Time-Warner Cable near the very bottom of all telecom and technology companies in the rankings, the researchers involved announced Tuesday.
Microsoft has stated that it is aware of the problem and they're working to resolve the issue. However, they didn't have a specific time frame for when it might be fixed. For now, you can downgrade to Version 6 of Skype in order to use the program. However, you'll also need to make sure that whoever sends you the eight-character message deletes it from his or her end. Your chat history could end up causing the bug to strike once again if your fellow Skype users are unaware.
"Houston" has evolved since 1965, of course, but photos from its early days and from 2015 prove the core concept was a good one. Today's computer screens are bigger and more colorful. A 1990s revamp did away with the mainframe computer-based system to a more modern setup, and now that Americans are living on the International Space Station, the room is staffed at all times, rather than for the occasional launch. The facility has expanded to include a training flight control room (for practice), a life sciences control room (for experiments), and an "Exploration Planning Operations Center" (to test new concepts).
If the discovery of a bug that crashes iPhones with a simple string of characters wasn't enough for you to deal with, Skype is being affected by a similar problem.
This is changing with a new Street View app coming in August, which will allow anyone to submit photo spheres to Maps. Previously, only panoramas made by Google or other contributors would appear on Street View. Meanwhile, existing panoramas from Views will be transferred over to the new experience.
Apple has issued a voluntary recall for the Beats Pill XL Bluetooth speaker, which is made by the company it acquired last year. The speaker, originally created pre-acquisition, apparently poses a potential fire safety risk in rare cases due to overheating, as determined by Apple. Customers who want to get a refund in exchange for a return of the defective product can head to Apple's support site for more information.
Cisco this week announced intentions to acquire Piston Cloud Computing, its second OpenStack cloud computing buyout in less than a year.
But this ship is not a museum piece. It's a new, $12 million project, seven years in the making. Despite its classic look, it's packed with state-of-the-art technology. "We practice the traditional way of doing things," says Doug Faunt, the ship's chief engineer. "But we do live in the modern world."
Technically Incorrect: Now that the "Colbert Report" is no more, what is Colbert to do? He's desperate for attention. So he's trying to get you to find him online.
The rights to the NFL's first streaming-only broadcast of a football game are going to Yahoo Inc., as the aging Internet portal seeks to attract more advertising dollars with one of its biggest bets yet on live content.
Showtime is launching an internet TV service that will offer access to its back catalog, its current selection of movies, and live streams of its network for $10.99 per month. The service launches on Sunday, July 12th, and it'll first be available through the Showtime app on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV; subscribers can also watch online. Unlike HBO, Showtime isn't giving the service a new name — it's still just Showtime. With its price significantly below the $14.99 per month of HBO Now , Showtime certainly has a compelling argument for choosing its service, although it still has an uphill battle: its series aren't anywhere near as addictive. A 30 day trial will be offered for new customers.
It should surprise no one that, while being honored as a champion of privacy, Tim Cook threw shade at Google for its attitude toward its customer data . As TechCrunch reports, Apple's CEO was speaking at a Washington-based civil liberties non profit and said that his company believed that people had a "fundamental right to privacy." He went on to say that "the American people demand it, the constitution demands it and morality demands it." It's a song that the executive has played several times before , expressing distaste for companies who seek to monetize a user in ways other than to sell them expensive gadgets.
Apple has updated its site today with official information about HomeKit and how to get your new devices set up, but also mentions you'll need an Apple TV to take full advantage of its features.
In case there was any doubt that Microsoft's war against Linux is ( mostly ) over , the company just offered another olive branch. The company has revealed that its PowerShell team is working on support for the Secure Shell protocol and shell sessions (aka SSH) to make it easier for Windows- and Linux-based PCs to connect to and remotely control each other. While SSH has been an option in the Windows world, Microsoft's Angel Calvo says there have been "limited implementations" so far -- this would simplify things and give you "tight integration" with Windows that wasn't feasible before. It's too early to tell when the feature will be available, but it's at least in the cards.
"This period is really when we start to get the first significant data from the 13 TeV collisions. It is a bit like turning on a tap, but this is just the start," Dan Tovey, professor of particle physics at the University of Sheffield, UK, told BBC News.
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"So many people go through life and they never deal with their own issues, no matter what the issues are," Jenner says during the promo's opening shots. "Ours happen to be gender identity, but how many people go through life and just waste their entire life because they never deal with themselves, to be who they are?"


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the german wrote:you got another one!?!!! where did this car come from?
the german wrote:you got another one!?!!! where did this car come from?
dougkehl wrote:
x2!!! Also, good work on the sheet metal near the strut tower. That area is terrible to work with, at least I think so.
Afterthought wrote:dougkehl wrote:One other thing I am nervous about undertaking, aside from this whole project in general, is removing the rear quarter glass. I have never done that before and need to be extremely careful- don't know where the clips are on the inside that hold it in.
the german wrote:looks like a good opportunity to upgrade to 2-piece knuckles and strut housings!
Good on you for taking this on... that's a good bit of rust.
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Aortic Valve
Aorta | Aortic Valve | Aortic Root | Ascending Aorta | Aortic Arch | Descending Aorta | Abdominal Aorta
The aortic valve is separates the left ventricle (the main pumping chamber of the heart) and the aorta, the main and largest artery in the body. The aortic valve normally consists of three leaflets. When the heart contracts, the the opens and heart pushes blood through the valve to the aorta and then to the rest of the body. When the heart relaxes, the aortic valve closes and prevents the blood from leaking (or regurgitating) back into the ventricle.
The valvular apparatus begins at the aortic annulus and extends to the sinotubular junction. Between each commissure of the aortic valve and opposite the cusps of the aortic valve, there are three small dilatations called the aortic sinuses. The sinotubular junction is the point in the ascending aorta where the aortic sinuses end and the aorta becomes a tubular structure.
The valve may become leaky (aka regurgutant) as a result of enlargement (or dilatation) of the aortic annulus. This may also result from structural defects in the valve leaflets. Conversely, the valve may become narrowed (or stenotic) resulting in the restriction blood flow. Some patients develop symptoms as a result of the abnormalities; these patients in general require surgery to repair or replace the valve.
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Beyond innovation: JLL event showcases new technologies impacting real estate industry
On October 15th over 250 JLL employees and clients gathered at The State Room at 60 State Street to network and learn more about how technology is impacting the real estate world. Featured speaker Michael Davies, an expert in technologies, MIT Senior Lecturer, and Chairman at Endeavour Partners, addressed how technology is affecting business. In particular, he imparted his expertise on the sharing economy, automation of jobs and importance of understanding the accelerating innovation.
The event also featured a hands-on exploration of current and emerging technologies affecting the industry. From virtual reality to 3D printing, drones, 360 degree cameras, sensors, and more, attendees had a chance to really get a feel for the types of real estate opportunities emerging as a result of these advancements.
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Directorate of Education Delhi Recruitment 2014 Apply Online Application at edustud.nic.in: Directorate of Education Delhi has released the recruitment notification to recruit 14560 Vacancies of Online Guest Teachers. In the Schools of Directorate of Education there are so many vacant posts are available for the academic year 2014-15 in order to fill up all the post Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi has issued the recruitment notification through Directorate of Education (DoE) Delhi Recruitment-2014, as the huge number of vacant post are available interested candidates who are willing to work as a Guest Teachers in the Schools of Directorate of Education may register through Online and submit Application form on or before the last date of 7th August 2014. For more detail like education qualification, age limit, probation period etc. follow the below mentioned details. the official website edustud.nic.in
Directorate of Education Delhi Recruitment 2014 Updates at edustud.nic.in
Post Names of the Post: Assistant Teacher (Primary/Nursery), Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) / Post Graduate Teacher (PGT/Lecturer) / Special Education Teacher / Music Teacher / Drawing Teacher / Librarian.
Total number of Vacancies for Directorate of Education Delhi Recruitment
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District Wise Vacancies: the available vacancies are distributed among all districts in order to appoint the eligible candidates from all districts New Delhi - 37, Central - 409, East - 1649, North - 884, North West-A - 1813, North East - 3415, North West-B - 2340, South West-B - 49, West-B - 1235, South West-A - 494, West-A - 885, South – 1350.
Age Limit: for different post different education qualification is suggested so candidates who are applying for the post should refer the notification clearly i.e. 30 Years (40 Years for Female) is prescribed for TGTs; 36 Years is prescribed for PGTs / EVGCs; 30 Years is prescribed for Music Teacher / Librarian and Assistant Teacher (Primary & Nursery) / Drawing Teacher / Domestic Science Teacher.
Probation Period: The appointment of Guest Teachers for the academic session i.e. 2014-15 will be taken from 08/05/2015 or the beginning of the summer vacation. Appointment is purely on adhoc and daily basis till the posts are filled up on consistent basis Guest Teachers shall not be permitted to regular appointment.
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TAFEP was alerted to a job advertisement of a popular fast food outlet that specified job applicants should be between 19 to 30 years of age. When approached, the firm explained to TAFEP that their needs were for a "trainee manager". The employer was concerned that older candidates would be over-qualified for this relatively junior position.
After discussing with TAFEP, the employer realised it made more sense to assess candidates based on their ability and willingness to do the actual work, rather than using the candidate's age as a proxy for suitability.
TAFEP also highlighted that the turnover among those hired when they were older may be lower than that of some of the younger new hires. The firm agreed to change the job ad and their selection criteria in line with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices.


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TV ANGLING STAR Robson Green is the new face of the new angling side of Dunlop – and a video has been released to help launch the partnership.
Famous brand Dunlop recently signed up Channel 5 Extreme Fishing star Robson and Dunlop is set to have the gear in many of the 400-plus Sports Direct shops next year.
Robson, whose new Extreme Fishing Challenge is set to hit our screens in February, told Angler's Mail: 'I'm delighted to be working with an iconic brand like Dunlop – they've always been that brand that stands out.
'With the Dunlop brand and Sports Direct it might get more people into fishing, especially women and children, who do watch my angling shows.'
Click below to watch the interview video with Robson. And be sure to browse ANGLER'S MAIL TV for loads of celeb, tackle, tips, offbeat and where to fish videos.


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I've been playing around and watching Quora for a while now. It seems to be exploding in popularity and growing like crazy since it's release to beta last year. So what's the key difference between this and Yahoo answers, Facebook or the old Live QnA or Google answers then?
Well Quora allows you to ask a question and get answers back in almost real time. You can search for a question, follow the users who vote up questions, or follow topics or users that answer questions. It's much more than a knowledge base as the responses to the questions are continually refining and improving the answer. Wikipedia appears to be totally static compared to Quora, with infighting between anyone who wants to edit the page and the original wiki authors. Quora appears to have valid technical responses from people who actually know the answer – who don't speculate or create rumour, but have all of the details to respond to the question posted.
Like for example Steve Case, former CEO of AOL who responded to a question about how much it actually cost to distribute AOL CD's in the 1990s with the former Chief Marketing Officer of AOL Jan Brandt adding to the comments. These are credible people who didn't need to guess – but who actually had the answer..
Unlike a blog, when you think of something to say and people hopefully respond to your post on Twitter, Facebook or Linked?In (or on the blog itself) Quora gets its content in a different way. They call it reverse blogging – blogging as a response to a question. There's a huge investment of time involved in blogging. Time spent researching, reading and crafting your post. You publish it – and you hope that someone will respond to you, validate your credibility and cement your presence online.
Answering a question on Quora does all of this in a flash. Your reputation increases, your profile gets known by others and you find like minded people to engage in discussions with.
Its proactive too, with alerts when someone answers a question you're following, or follows you, or answers a question you pose. The links are clickable, so you can se who you are engaging with and whether they are worth following or not. With Search exposing your profile in Quora anwers, then your SEO results can only improve.
There's a lot of work that needs to be done on the site design and usability yet but I think that Quora has the makings of a Twitter killer here. Milo says that Quora will be bigger than Twitter. I think in time, he's going to be proved right…


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BEVIS FROND (Buy CDs by this artist)
Inner Marshland (Reckless) 1987 (Rubric) 2001
Miasma (Reckless) 1987 (Rubric) 2001
Triptych (Reckless) 1988 (Rubric) 2001
Bevis Through the Looking Glass (Reckless) 1988
Acid Jam (UK Woronzow) 1988
The Auntie Winnie Album (Reckless) 1989
Any Gas Faster (Reckless) 1990
Ear Song EP (Reckless) 1990
New River Head (Reckless) 1991 (Rubric) 2003
London Stone (UK Woronzow) 1992
A Gathering of Fronds (Reckless) 1992
It Just Is (UK Woronzow) 1993
Summer Holiday EP7 (UK Woronzow) 1993
Sprawl (UK Woronzow) 1994
Superseeder (UK Woronzow) 1995
Son of Walter (Flydaddy) 1996
North Circular (Flydaddy) 1997
Vaultscan Vol. 1 [tape] (self-released) 1997
Vaultscan Vol. 2 [tape] (self-released) 1997
Livewired Vol. 1 [tape] (self-released) 1997
Livewired Vol. 2 [tape] (self-released) 1997
Radio Activity [tape] (self-released) 1997
Vavona Burr (Flydaddy) 1999
Live at the Great American Music Hall (Flydaddy) 1999
Valedictory Songs (Rubric) 2000
What Did for the Dinosaurs (Rubric) 2002
Hit Squad (Rubric) 2004
Men of the Moment (Sweet Folk and Country) 1975
Lord of the Dark Skies (UK Woronzow) 1987
Scenes from the Dreams of Angels (UK Infinite Magic) 1989
The Altar of the Elements (UK Dark Skies) 1992
Magic Eye (UK Woronzow) 1990
Gulp! (UK Woronzow) 1991
Beatroots (UK Woronzow) 1992
Art into Dust (UK Voiceprint) 1992
Acoustic Action [tape] (self-released) 1996
Tea for the Hydra (UK Woronzow) 1996
Displaced Person (UK Woronzow) 1997
Head Cleaner (Rubric) 2000
Look Out (Rubric) 2002
String Theory (UK Woronzow) 2004
Doctor Frond (UK Magic Gnome) 1998
Eat Flowers & Kiss Babies (UK Woronzow) 1999
A Journal of the Plague Year (Rubric) 2000
Inexactness (Rubric) 2001
Fed to Your Head (Rubric) 2001
King of Missouri (UK Woronzow) 2003
Acid Jam 2 (Rubric) 2000
The Bevis Frond is Londoner Nick Saloman, an artist of singular vision whose staunch devotion to the spirit of vintage psychedelia has yielded a shelf full of unmistakably '60s-derived albums. But there's more to the Bevis Frond's extensive catalogue than mere hippie revival. The singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist's twisted pop tunes, reflective acoustic excursions and extended guitar freakouts carry a quirkily personal edge and a distinctive melodic sensibility that raises them well above mere stylistic fetishism. Increasingly, his songs have found their way into the repertoires of American indie-rockers (most reliably Mary Lou Lord), and that has increased his profile even among those daunted by the prospect of a substantial oeuvre.
The home-recorded, relatively lo-fi Miasma, Inner Marshland, Triptych and The Auntie Winnie Album are pretty much of a piece, exploring Saloman's various obsessions with abundant spirit and flashes of absurdist humor. (The Reckless CD editions of these titles offer excellent value for money, appending jam-intensive bonus tracks drawn from the vinyl-only Bevis Through the Looking Glass and Acid Jam; indeed, virtually every Bevis Frond CD is filled to the gills, time-wise.)
With Any Gas Faster, Saloman upgraded the Frond's sonic fidelity without sacrificing the music's character, and that approach continued, with minor variations, through his '90s releases. New River Head features some of his most mature and disciplined material specifically the bittersweet title track and the heartbreaking "Thankless Task." (A subsequent EP of two Any Gas Faster tracks, "Ear Song" and "Olde Worlde," also contains four live songs from a 1990 Copenhagen show, at which Saloman ably leads a four-man group.) Since an 80-minute CD wasn't enough to contain all of the music on the album's double-disc vinyl configuration, A Gathering of Fronds CD was subsequently assembled from the six tracks left off the New River Head CD, plus ten more singles, compilation and vinyl-only tracks including unlikely but well-executed covers of songs by Muddy Waters and Iron Butterfly.
London Stone, despite its fiddle-instrumental intro, sticks largely to heavier rock numbers; it's not bad, but the lack of variety makes it less compelling than it ought to be. It Just Is follows largely in the same vein, but boasts a pair of ace pop tunes in "I Can't Catch Up With You" and "Everyday Sunshine." True to its title, Sprawl concentrates on the Frond's spacey jamming side, and even includes a 20-minute-plus meditation entitled "Right On (Hippie Dream)."
Various musicians appeared on Bevis Frond records in the early '90s but Superseeder was the first studio album for which Saloman fielded a full band throughout: ex-Hawkwind bassist Adrian Shaw and ex-Camel drummer Andy Ward, both members of the touring version of the Frond. Despite the presence of tracks that clock in at 11 and 17 minutes, Superseeder restores the eclectic balance of Saloman's best albums, stressing tunefulness and melodic wit on tracks like "Stoned Train Driver" and the humorously autobiographical "Animal Tracks."
Saloman returned to the one-man-band format on his next three albums. For Son of Walter, he ensconced himself in his bedroom once more and revived the lo-fi ethos of the earliest Bevis Frond releases. Son of Walter covers the familiar Frond bases: melodic pop ("You Saw Me Coming"), melancholia ("Dead Man Sitting on a Train"), driving hard rock ("Red Hair") and psych epics ("Garden Aeroplane Trap"). Although not as instantly memorable as New River Head, the album offers another testament to Saloman's songwriting talent.
Two years onan eternity in Bevis Frond timethe triple-vinyl, double-CD behemoth North Circular appeared. More than any previous Frond record, it dramatized the curious position occupied by Saloman, an artist who enjoys a large cult following for precisely the same reasons that certain sectors of the music press consistently dismiss him: unfashionable attention to craft, an unashamedly nostalgic sound, sprawling tracks and a thematic focus on middle age and decline, the short-sightedness of urban planners, the evils of the music business and the vacuity of contemporary pop. To cynics it was another easy target for a slagging indeed, "The Pips" plays into the critics' hands. This 13-minute spleen vent takes on everyone and everything, from the price of replica soccer jerseys to the destruction of the city's history to Saloman's particular bête noire, music journalists. While his ranting is spot on, the relative absence of irony and wit here makes Saloman come across like a miserable old curmudgeon going on and on and on. Still, the numerous songs that revisit his standard themes more gracefully or succinctly compensate for that lapse. Tracks like "The Wind Blew All Around Me" and "Heritage Coast" stand as some of the finest Saloman has recorded.
When the Bevis Frond went on the road in 1997, Salomon sold a five-cassette set called The Vaultscan Tapes, which consisted of Vaultscan Vol. 1 & 2 (unreleased tracks from 1986 to '95), Livewired Vol. 1 & 2 (live material dating from the first half of the '90s) and Radio Activity (broadcast performances).
Vavona Burr possibly the only rock record ever titled for a type of veneer was the last of the home-recorded one-man-Frond albums of the '90s. It distills the essence of the previous two releases and presents the Bevis Frond in a condensed format, emphatically underscoring the strength of Saloman's songwriting. One of the standouts, the folk miniature "Bulldozer," runs for less than two minutes, transforming a British nursery rhyme into a poignant conservationist statement. In a comic moment, Country Joe McDonald contributes a version of his Woodstock cheer (using another f-word: FROND), but the familiar melancholy air hangs over this eclectic material: whether bluesy swamp-rock ("Don Lang"), acid rock ("Begging Bowl"), jangly ballads ("In Her Eyes") or anthemic pop sing-alongs ("Couldn't Care Less"), most of the tracks have a dark undercurrent.
Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco features the three-piece touring Bevis Frond of the period (Saloman, Shaw and Ward). Released as is, with no remixing or doctoring, this is an excellent rough-and-ready document of the Frond in concert; with a broad selection of tracks dating back to Miasma, it also serves as a useful, comparatively short introduction to Saloman's work. Most compelling are renditions of "New River Head," "He'd Be a Diamond" and "Lights Are Changing" numbers that attest to Saloman's seemingly endless reserve of intelligent pop-rock tunes but the highlight is the closer, Love's "Signed DC," an impressive extended jam.
Saloman and the same rhythm section made Valedictory Songs (so-named because he felt it might be his swan song), which nicely translates the trio's live presence to the studio. It shares Vavona Burr's melancholy tone and its concision guest guitarist Bari Watts' freakout, for instance, works well within the more contained framework of "Can't Feel It." Although it's Saloman's most polished production thus far, he doesn't sacrifice any of the familiar Frond sound, drawing on his standard Byrds-Hendrix-Beatles axis of influences and rendering them in the usual diverse collection of hooky power-pop, downcast ballads and riffing hard rock. Indeed, Valedictory Songs neatly encapsulates the way Saloman's strongest work draws on the motifs of psychedelic rock and pop of the '60s while avoiding the trap of anachronistic pastiche. If ever there were to be a breakthrough release after 15 Bevis Frond studio albums, this should have been it. It wasn't. Even so, the album is packed with fine material, particularly "Artillery Row," with its sitar and harmonies, the yearning piano-based "High on a Downer" and "Portobello Man," a heartfelt archaeological elegy to Saloman's hippie muse.
Putting the lie to the title of Valedictory Songs, Saloman pressed on with What Did for the Dinosaurs. It again features Shaw and Ward, as well as guitar from Bari Watts and Paul Simmons of the Alchemysts. Dinosaurs is very much a companion piece to Valedictory Songs: Aside from epic opening and closing tracks, it blends straight-ahead rock and catchy pop psychedelia like "Silver Dart" with slower, more contemplative tunes, the most memorable being the gentle, folky "Lost Soul's Day." The lyrical mood is similarly introspective, if not dispirited. On the title track a rock operetta with sitar, horns and backing vocals from daughter Debbie Saloman continues to thematize his mid-life crisis and his ambivalence toward the music business and contemporary music, albeit in a generally self-deprecating manner. Sick of listening to "rubbish" that's rewarded with success, he proclaims, "I never thought I'd come across like my dad...All I can say is that I suddenly looked in the mirror / And found that I'd turned into him." The 13-minute closing track, "Dustbins in the Rain," is another suite-like creation in which Saloman documents his small-hours meditations and ends on a stark note, dreaming of being taken to a "better place."
Although disillusionment, decline and death continue to prove ironically fertile lyrical terrain, Hit Squad displays even more sonic diversity than Saloman's previous two records. The album begins much like What Did for the Dinosaurs, as guest Roddy Lorimer's trumpet flourishes raise up the wistful "All Set?"; elsewhere, "Flood Warning" serves up some vintage Saloman jangle-pop and "Dragons" gives your speakers a typically Frondian seeing-to. At the same time, however, Hit Squad has a newly energized feel, with fresh ideas and inventive instrumental coloring that expand the familiar sonic palette. Spacey Hawkwind- like synths punctuate the grindingly aggressive "Doing Nothing," and a brooding organ lurks in the background of "Through the Hedge." In contrast, Saloman's harmonica and slide guitar bring a sunny country flavor to "High Point." Saloman's guitar work has always shown considerable range, but he achieves a new level of expressiveness on the melancholy "Crumbs," coaxing hypnotic, Frippertronic melodies from his instrument. Also striking is the prowess of the current Frond lineup. Bassist Shaw and new drummer Jules Fenton excel in their propulsive duties on the driving "Mission Completed"; Paul Simmons adds a characteristically scorching solo. As further proof of Saloman's animus toward the music business, "Hit Squad" provides the most vivid evidence yet, portraying a rock 'n' roll Travis Bickle, gunning for promoters, record distributors and journalists who have fucked with the Frond ("He got a shitty review in a music mag / Try writing when you're zipped up in a body bag"). This isn't a marathon tirade like "The Pips," though. Suggesting a hybrid of "Summertime Blues" and Neal Hefti's Batman theme (with great backing vocals by daughter Debbie again), it's a contagious, economical song whose ironic lyrics embody the playful side of Saloman's writing: "He's got a semi- detached and a family car / He's got a season ticket down at QPR / He's just turned 50 and he's deaf in one ear / And he grows more bitter with each passing year." Amid the subtle new dimensions of Hit Squad, the standout track is a radical departure: "Fast Falls the Eventide" is an atmospheric epic of fluid guitar and synth textures that conjures up mytho-apocalyptic visions of London, riddled with insanity and death. It concludes with Saloman contemplating "the unimportant hour at which we both depart" -- but before you start measuring him up for a coffin, it's worth remembering that What Did for the Dinosaurs ended on a similarly morbid note and itself followed Valedictory Songs.
In addition to cranking out Bevis Frond albums over the years, Saloman has found time for numerous side projects. Looking very much like father and son in the cover snap, Saloman and ex-Pink Fairies drummer Twink unite two generations of British psychedelia on Magic Eye, alternating vocals for an inconsistent but frequently fab batch of unstylized (nonetheless retro-sounding) songs, like Bevis' Hüsker Düish "Flying Igloos," the two-chord "Fractured Sky," Twink's deliciously sludgy "The Fairy" and the no-it's-not-the-Stooges "Bag Drip." Despite an overabundance of wanky noodling (all that's lacking at the most aimless points is a voice going "check...check..."), there's plenty here to enjoy.
On 1991's Gulp! he joined "Rustic" Rod Goodway, Adrian Shaw, Steve Broughton and Simon House for a revival of Magic Muscle, the storied British free-festival band of the early '70s. In 1998 Country Joe McDonald invited the Bevis Frond to back him for a couple of UK concerts. The subsequent live album, 1999's Eat Flowers and Kiss Babies, finds the Frond (Saloman, Shaw, Ward and Shaw's son Aaron) doing an accomplished Fish impression on a selection of McDonald's classics. The same year, Saloman played on A Journal of the Plague Year by another '60s icon, Tom Rapp. A decade after the original Acid Jam, Saloman and 18 members of the Woronzow Records family convened for another session, Acid Jam 2; while Saloman's Bevis Frond albums of the period were becoming more song-oriented, this double CD proved he was still given to heavyweight guitar-centric workouts. In a similar vein, Fed to Your Head featured Saloman and a couple of Woronzow associates performing under dubious pseudonyms (e.g., Bob "Devilfinger" Kramer II) as Scorched Earth, an allegedly long-lost biker band specializing in brilliantly over-the-top blues rock and psychedelia. Some reviewers actually fell for it. Saloman also contributed to and co-produced Inexactness by Tony Hill (formerly of the Misunderstood and High Tide) and appeared on Adrian Shaw's string of neo-psychedelic solo albums (Tea for the Hydra, Displaced Person, Head Cleaner and Look Out). Saloman and Shaw backed Anton Barbeau on 2003's King of Missouri.
More more more: Salomon merely plays bass on the record by the Oddsocks, a folk duo he helped out on a recording session (for which he got credited as a member of the group). Doctor Frond is a more thorough collaboration with a band called Dr. Brown. Nick co-wrote some of the songs and plays guitar on the self-titled album. On the first two Outskirts of Infinity records, Salomon plays bass and keyboards and wrote or co-wrote some of the songs. On the third one, he merely wrote two songs. And that's not to mention all of his work with Mary Lou Lord...[Scott Schinder / Wilson Neate]
See also Mary Lou Lord, Social Deviants
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I'm telling you…Pinterest is a dangerous, dangerous thing and I'm glad I lasted as long as I did without it. Man oh man. You know, I thought Facebook took up too much of my time when it first came out. I was wrong. So wrong. I'm not saying that I spend hour after hour browsing through Pinterest, but I definitely have to make a conscious effort to step away. You just get sucked into this endless array of recipes and crafts and wedding ideas and fashion. It's a little ridiculous.
But I found a lovely recipe for Pizza Spaghetti Bake! Did you ever eat that as a kid? I remember eating lunch at school and every Friday was pizza day. That was the only time I was really interested in buying my lunch. My parents always packed me one. But sometimes there would be a special Friday where they served Pizza Pasta. Everyone LOVED pizza pasta day. Of course, there were those kids who pre-ordered their lunches and got first dibs, but once they were out of the way it was a fight to the death! Lunch would be over by the time you got out of line and at that point you were one lucky kid if you managed to get a tray.
Tough stuff! I'm so glad I can just make my own now. Recipe courtesy Tracey
- 12 oz pasta (I used spaghetti)
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 6 large slices pepperoni
- 1 jar pasta sauce
- Parmesan cheese
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
Brown the hamburger meat then drain. Naturally, an alternative could be Italian sausage or even ground turkey if you like the healthy route. I decided a little bit of ground beef wasn't going to hurt me
Boil your pasta! Don't forget to season the water with a touch of salt. It's okay if the pasta isn't cooked completely through. It's going in the oven anyway. I guess it might be a good idea to go ahead and preheat it, huh? That would be 350 degrees please! Once the pasta is boiled and drain, lay it out in a baking dish sprayed with PAM/cooking spray of your choice
Layer the cooked beef over the pasta
Top the beef with your pasta sauce
Tear up your pepperoni and sprinkle it on top of the sauce. I suppose you could just use regular sized pepperoni, but all I had in my fridge was the sandwich stuff. So yummy! Save a few slices for later
Sprinkle the Parmesan and mozzarella over the pepperoni until covered. I'm pretty liberal with my cheese…
Finally, cover the cheese with the rest of the pepperoni and bake
After 30 minutes, pull your pasta bake out of the oven and be prepared to be taken back to elementary school. I like my cheese extra bubbly so I turned on the broiler for a few minutes
Now, was that not one of the easiest meals from childhood to prepare? Now that I've remembered the thing existed, it's going to become a regular on my weeknight menu. So much better than just plain ol' boring spaghetti
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Catastrophe! My tomato garden has been devastated by a flock of birds. I noticed it about a week ago and decided to put up a net to keep them out. But those little buggers are still getting in! It's terrible. Practically my whole harvest has been ruined. Hopefully better luck next year. But my peppers sure are popping up. I didn't think they were going to make it, but so far so good. I like peppers better than tomatoes anyway. Hmph! But this minor tragedy is not going to stop me from making up some calzones!
Mmm. One of my favorite things in the world is a calzone. I have fond memories of eating calzone. Back in high school I was pretty involved in theater (surprising, I know). After every show, we always went to Vincenzo's for dinner because they were open late unlike all the other small-city restaurants in the area. It also might have had something to do with the fact that they had five dollar calzones. At least, that's why I went anyway. Plus, my dad knew the owner (do Sicilians stick together, haha?). Oh, and they were big calzones. I mean, where can you find a decent calzone for only 5 bucks nowadays? Please let me know!
I may or may not have borrowed bits of this recipe from The Pioneer Woman. After all, she is sorta my cooking idol at the moment. Usually I prefer pepperoni and ham as a filling, with banana peppers thrown in every once in awhile. But this time I decided to use mild Italian sausage. I'm still partial to pepperoni, but the sausage wasn't too bad. Use whatever fillings strike your fancy! This could easily be converted into a vegetarian meal. Just load up on the veggies. Mmmmm
I think we all know my feelings about dough. If you want to find a recipe to make yours from scratch, by all means go for it (and don't forget to share!). But today I'm going to use dough from a box- just add water and let rise! If you like, you can also buy pre-formed dough. Whatever works best for you.
- 1 onion
- 1 tbs garlic, minced
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning (or a blend of whatever you have on hand)
- 12 oz ricotta cheese
- 1 cup shredded Parmesan
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1 tbs basil/parsley blend
- 1 egg
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 1 recipe/box/store bought pizza dough
Don't forget an extra egg to make an egg wash. If you're making your dough from a box like me, follow the instructions. More likely than not, you'll need to put the dough in an oiled bowl to rise. Be sure to cover!
Heat a skillet to medium heat and add the sausage. Dice an onion and throw that in along with some garlic. Don't forget the garlic. I'm pretty sure I add garlic to everything. There's no need for any added oil. The meat has enough fat in it not to burn
Once the meat is all nicely browned up and the onions translucent, add the Italian seasoning and the crushed red pepper flakes
Okay, let's move on to the ricotta. You can't have a calzone without ricotta…otherwise it's a stromboli! In a medium bowl take all your cheeses and mix 'em up. I like the salty bite that Parmesan has, but you can up the mozzarella if you prefer
Now crack in your egg and add the remaining spices. Don't be afraid to taste it. A little raw egg won't kill you (hopefully…)
By now, your meat should be done. Drain any excess grease, pat dry with a paper towel, and toss into ricotta mixture
Looks yummy, right?! Actually, it doesn't look appealing, but it sure does taste good! Time for assembly. Take your risen pizza dough and roll it out as thin as you can. I wanted to make two calzones instead of one big one, so I divided my dough in half
It looks like a heart! That one must be for the lover
Spoon filling onto dough
Fold dough over so that you have little crescent shapes. Trim around the edges and crimp. Or you can use a fork to seal it all together. Then beat and egg and brush it all over your little babies
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes depending


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At least one of the Royal Navy personnel released by Iran last week has pledged to give any money he earns from media deals to charity.
Lieutenant Felix Carman's admission comes after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) sparked anger by confirming the 15 sailors and marines were able to sell their stories to the press.
In a statement the department said that it had taken the decision in light of the "exceptional circumstances" surrounding their 13-day ordeal in Iranian captivity.
But Lt Carman, the senior Royal Navy figure seized by the Iranians, told the BBC that he was "not interested in making money out of this".
"My main aim is to tell the story," he said.
"There's some people who might be making money, but that's an individual's decision, that's very private, but that's not something that myself or many of the others will do.
"I'd happily do it for free. But if there is money on offer then it would probably go to charity," Lt Carman added.
Royal Marine Captain Chris Air meanwhile echoed his fellow officer's comments by insisting he had no intention of selling his story to the highest bidder.
But defending the rights of the Royal Navy personnel to do so, he told ITV Granada News: "I'm not going to speak to the papers. I think some people are going to, and they are perfectly entitled to.
"I think it can be part of the process to get things off their mind. To be honest, it didn't seem that traumatic at the time to me and I don't think it's going to affect me in a terrible way."
Opposition parties have condemned the decision to allow the released sailors to sell their stories, with shadow defence secretary Liam Fox describing the move as "undignified".
"Many people who shared the anxiety of the hostages' abduction will feel that selling their stories is somewhat undignified and falls below the very high standards we have come to expect from our servicemen and women," he said.
Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Nick Harvey said that the MoD's decision would "certainly raise eyebrows".
"I sincerely hope this will not backfire into a loss of public sympathy for the service personnel," Mr Harvey added.
Explaining the government's decision to allow the group from HMS Cornwall to sell their stories following their release, the MoD said the decision had been taken as a result of "exceptional media interest".
"It is a fact that the media have been making direct contact with the families and offering them significant sums of money – this is not something that the navy and the MoD have any control over," the statement continued.
"Quite aside from the 'human interest story' surrounding these individuals, there are also sensitive strategic issues in play. It was clear that the stories they had to tell were likely to have emerged via family and friends regardless of any decision the navy took.
"It was therefore decided to grant permission to speak to the media to those personnel that sought it, in order to ensure that the navy and the MoD had sight of what they were going to say – as well as providing proper media support to the sailors and marines in the same way as would have been the case in more ordinary circumstances," the MoD concluded.
Reports suggest that the 15 may now be able to command up to six figure sums for details of their ordeal, with the Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph claiming that Leading Seaman Faye Turney - the only woman among the group – has already sold her story to ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonald show and a newspaper.
The eight Royal Navy sailors and seven marines arrived back in the UK last Thursday after being released by Tehran, which had insisted that the group had been in Iranian waters when they were seized on March 23rd - a claim refuted by the British government.
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The plight of the sailors attracted further media interest on Friday, when one of the released service men told a press conference that he and his fellow captives had been blindfolded and stripped during their ordeal, during which time they "faced constant psychological pressure".
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Stephen Thomas Valliday-Smyth, Clonard Place, Belfast was also fined £300 for the offence.
He was fined £60 and given a concurrent six month ban for excess speed and fined £60 for not having a licence. He was also ordered to pay a £15 offender's levy.
The court heard that a routine police patrol on the A1 was passed by a car which appeared to be travelling at excess speed. Police followed the car and its speed reached 85mph.
The defendant accepted a fixed penalty but failed to produce his licence and insurance. Imposing the ban District Judge, Mr Paul Copeland, noted this was the defendant's second conviction for no insurance.


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Monthly Archives: December 2012
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My birthday and stuff(and a present for you)
Yeah that's TRUE dreams don't
Come TRUE if U don't try to make them come TRUE U have to try and make them come TRUE. 😀 🙂
So, yeah, it's Christmas here in Romania. So merry Christmas and stuff. I'm not good at these sort of things, so I'll just say this: we always want something… we always wish for something. And it's good, and I hope you all get what you want. But it's also equally important to realize that dreams don't come true unless you try to make them come true.
Anyway… I'm 22 now. I don't feel older, wiser, or taller. Maybe because I'm not. I'm still me.
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Long time me no write innit.
Well hi there its me again so did you miss me aye you have to admit you did.
well today its sunday and i went to church and yesterday was TOM and TRACY'S wedding i have to say they both looked amazing if you saw them you could see how much they love each other and how much they care about each other yesterday was a special day for them and both there family but one thing that made me smile and made me happy was when pastor Trevor began to preach about LOVE he said amazing stuff about love he told trecy and tom that two people could do more than what only one person can do and as a church we can do more together than we can do alone.
AND me as a teenager i think i have a crush on a guy but i have a feeling that i cant have him you know this things go u have a crush on a guy but you know that you and him could never be a thing but you still cant let go your friends keep telling you that you guys can make a good couple but inside you know that you will never be that good couple that your friends keep telling you you two can make. So yeah i know it sounds crazy but i know some of my friends that have crushes on guys i know but am not gonna mention any names cause i know they will probably kill me lol. But i wanna have a happy ENDING like TOM and TRACY one day in life.
Soooo yeah today is sunday and as i said i went church and DAN HUGHENS preached it's so amazing how he could be so confident to preach in front of all those people in church his onley 14 years old and he gave his life to GOD how amazing is that most 14 years old boys in our days dont have time to go church they'd rather go kick a ball somewhere something like that. Today he was talking about a message that he got from GOD about christmas and its just amazing how a 14 year old boy called DAN HUGHES can inspire about 50-100 people in a church.
Soooooooooooooo who is excited about christmas well i know i am even thou its not snowing yet am still excited cause christmas is not about snow and prezies well its about the birth of jesus christ and familys and friends getting together and having a laugh lol.
alright guys thats all for today see ya'll on my next post hope u like this one .
p.s remember God's owesome.
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Hey guys it's Zani zezi's sister this is my first ever post on here and i just want to let you know can you plz visit my blog on http://www.zerockworld.blogspot.co.uk lets move on. Im just gonna write about me so yeah im Zani im 13 year old i go to a school somewhere on thi big planet and all i could say is that am in year 8. I love american people i dont know why but i just love how the talk weird i know { lol }. I would love to visit all this countrys
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What a night, what a night! From embarrassing slip ups (*cough!* Kim) to the most outrageous attire ever, the 2014 MET Gala truly is 'The Style Wars of the Fashion Industry'.
All I want to say now is that risks were taken- Some ended in the whole world pointing stars and question the state of their right-stylish minds and others were highly praised. I, personally, am pleasantly suprised with the outcome. What can I say, all my favorite models and celebrities in one room, hugging and posting for photos together when us all didn't even know they were friends? Yes, very excited! I have to praise many of the female stars for sticking to an elegance/ flash feel for the night, most of them truly looked amazing. Here are a few of the stars on my Best-Dressed List:
Anna Kendrick
Beyone (back)
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Trip Advisor is a user review site of hotels, flights, vacations, restaurants, attractions and activities from cities around the globe. Millions of users worldwide create free accounts, log in, and review anything and everything. Imagine your talking to your buddy about how he liked a certain restaurant/hotel…but your buddy is everyone on the internet…and the restaurant/hotel is every non-chain restaurant/hotel on earth and you basically get what Trip Advisor is.
Pros: It's a huge resource with millions of different reviews on everything related to travel. It's has a user friendly website that lets you search for a specific thing or generally by city area, price,.. etc. It's a great way to get the nitty gritty of places to see if there are any issues with them, or just locate something new and interesting. They've added a nice price searching feature that once you find a specific flight/hotel/whatever it will list available prices from different booking sites. Users can post personal photos so you can see if that hotel is infested with mold or roaches. Trip Advisor also has a handy app that lets smartphone/tablet users take advantage of GPS to locate reviews of places around you.
Cons: There can be hundreds of reviews of a certain place….and despite the reviews you may still like it. Everybody has their opinion and everyone has their tastes which means that no place will every be fully rated five stars unless it was just posted and has a low number of reviews. There is also no screening of people signing up for the site…which is wonderful…,but it also means that competing businesses can sign up and post negative reviews that aren't real.
One piece of advice: follow the crowd, not the individual in the reviews. There is a bad apple for every review or a competing business trying to steal market share, so if the majority says Yes! go for it.
Overall: Hell yes. I don't use this for everyplace I want to eat or stay because I like a little spontaneity, but its definitely a valuable resource. The site and app are versatile and I've used it from Europe to South America to find some pretty amazing stuff.


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Before he created Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote A Princess of Mars, featuring former Confederate soldier John Carter of Virginia and his otherworldly adventures. The book was serialized in All-Story Magazine in 1912 and led to Burroughs being able to make writing his vocation. Although overshadowed by the Lord of the Jungle, Carter and his adventures on Mars (called Barsoom by its natives) were and are quite popular, inspiring Burroughs to write an entire series devoted to his adventures. More importantly for today's post, Carter has appeared in comicbooks on and off since the Golden Age. In Ol' Groove's eyes, Marvel's version, John Carter, Warlord of Mars, which made its debut in March, 1977, is hands-down the best of 'em all--especially the first 11 issues. Written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Gil Kane, Marvel's version was the slickest, most awe-inspiring version of Barsoom ever to grace the spinner rack. The first ten issues ran an original (rather than adapted) serialized story called "Air Pirates of Mars", in which John Carter has to defend his Princess, Dejah Thoris, and her kingdom from a faction of Barsoomians who want both Carter and the Princess removed from power and/or dead. Political intrigue, romance, action, swords, science fantasy, well-rounded characters, excellent dialogue, and action-packed artwork made JCWoM a "must-buy" on many of Groovy Age Marvelite's list. The first issue was especially beautiful, with Kane's pencils being inked by Dave Cockrum, who had left the X-Men and really wanted to help chronicle John Carter's adventures (he'd even created the character designs Kane would use), but was just not fast enough to keep up with a monthly book (X-Men had been bi-monthly--can you belive it?). What a team Kane and Cockrum were--oh, yeah, and Marv was no slouch, either.
Check it out, Groove-ophiles!
Starting with the second issue, Kane only provided breakdowns, which were usually finished by Rudy Nebres, who's slick, expressive style gave Barsoom an appropriately otherworldly look. Issue #11 (January 1978) was another beaut, with Wolfman, Cockrum, and Nebres adapting (in only 17 pages!) A Princess of Mars. After that, Wolfman teamed with Carmine Infantino for a three parter, then a done-in-one story laid-out by Walt Simonson. With issue #16 (June 1978), X-Men writer Chris Claremont took over the writing chores and Ernie Colon took over as penciler. Frank Miller did one of his earliest Marvel jobs, filling in as penciler on issue #18 (August 1978), then Mike Vosberg took over the penciling reins with issue #22 (December 1978). Claremont and Vosberg stayed on until issue #27 (July 1979), leaving the final issue, #28 (August 1979), for the fill-in team of Peter Gillis and Larry Hama. Also noteable are the three JCWoM annuals (from 1977-1979) with nice work by folks like Wolfman, Claremont, Sal Buscema, Ernie Chan, Bill Mantlo, Alan Weiss, and Tony DeZuniga.
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Security questions at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's future country home have been raised.
Neighbours of Anmer Hall on the Queen's Sandringham Estate have revealed their fears for William, Kate and Prince George's safety after it emerged two empty police cars may have sat unmoved outside the mansion for a month.
"I've heard of sleeping policeman, but not sleeping police cars," one villager told The Telegraph, questioning whether the two marked cars would deter potential threats to the property.
They added: "Anyone can walk past the house at the moment and it is fairly obvious the cars have not been used."
Anmer Hall, which has its own tennis court and swimming pool, is expected to become a country retreat for the Duke and Duchess and their young son as they escape the busy life of London.
James Everett, who ran his own company from its stables is believed to have relocated his business in preparation for the Cambridge's arrival in the near future.
It is believed the family will use the Norfolk property while they visit the Queen during her annual stay at Sandringham.
However, a spokesman for the Norfolk police reaffirmed their commitment to protecting the large property. "Norfolk Constabulary has a proud and long-standing commitment to provide additional security to the Royal Estate at Sandringham."
Although they did not go into detail, explaining it is always their "policy not to provide detailed information" about their security program.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are currently based in London at Kensington Palace after making the move shortly after the birth of Prince George in July 2013.
The new parents are busy planning their April tour of Australia and New Zealand, which will see them undertake their longest overseas trip, with the royals spending a month in total on the visit.
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Good morning, Lord!
Thank you for the nice visit we're having with my middle son, and thank you for the fellowship and good times last night, all together and celebrating my daughter's last day of school. I am officially no longer a mother of school-aged children. Awesome! I am ready for the next season of my life, Lord, spent in service to YOU! Thank you also, Father, for the communication with my youngest son yesterday! It was very good to hear from him, and to have a little exchange with him and his sibs. And thank you once again for blessing my oldest son, Lord, giving him a fresh new job using his talent of writing, and soon a fresh new place to live. Truly you are taking good care of us all, Father, thank you! 😀
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 ERV
That is why we always pray for you. We ask our God to help you live the good way he wanted when he chose you. The goodness you have makes you want to do good. And the faith you have makes you work. We pray that with his power God will help you do these things more and more.
Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of you, and you will be honored because of him. This can happen only by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank you, Father, for giving me the desire to do good, and to be pleasing to you. I thank you for giving me faith and making me want to work. Lord, I give my time and my mind to you. Show me how to work hard for you, for your glory, and according to your purpose and plan for my life. Show me how to use what you have blessed me with. Thank you, Lord!


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Letters to the Editor
Community is reason my school is great
The halls of Whale Branch Early College High School are fairly quiet these days except for students who are attending summer school and youth basketball camp and the custodial staff who are busily cleaning the school for the upcoming school year.
Reflecting on the school year, I must say that it was an overwhelming success for numerous reasons. In particular, it was successful because of the steadfast support we received from our parents, local community leaders and committed business partners. That includes business owner Frank Gibson. Gibson has supported the school since the 2012-13 school year. He has been a guest speaker, attended athletic events, written reference letters for students who applied to The Citadel and much more.
We would like to say thank you to all who supported the school this past school year. Your investment in our students has and will continue to produce great dividends in our community, state and the world.
Priscilla Drake
Editor's note: Drake is the principal of Whale Branch Early College High School.


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Website: www.mcdowellmountaingc.com
Phone: 480.502.8200
Address: 10690 E. Sheena Drive
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255
Head Golf Professional: Kevin Neel
Course Superintendent: Paul Schieffer
Director of Instruction: Boyd Summerhays
Course Designer/Architect: Randy Heckenkemper
About This Course:
18 Holes of Championship Golf
Managed by OB Sports
Par 71 – 7072 yards from the tips
Rating/Slope: 73.3/137; 70.2/131; 67.0/118; 71.6/129; 68.1/109
McDowell Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, has become one of the premier public golf courses in the Valley. This Scottsdale golf gem shines even brighter after undergoing a massive golf course enhancement and renovation in 2011. During this renovation, course architectural changes were overseen by the original golf course architect, Randy Heckenkemper and included making many of the playing corridors wider, created additional waste bunker and adding additional teeing areas!
"We wanted to create an experience for all players that provides an enjoyable round of golf regardless of abilities. We wanted to present demanding shots for the better players but give the average player more shot options," stated Phil Mickelson.
Built on the foothills of Scottsdale's McDowell Mountains and adjacent to the nationally recognized Westworld equestrian center, this outstanding Scottsdale golf course now stretches to a 7,072-yards and delivers a stunning Scottsdale golf experience that will keep you coming back for more.
By by Michael Stockley
Sanctuary golf course is located at the base of the McDowell Mountains in a beautiful north Scottsdale neighborhood designed by Randall J. Heckenkemper. A spectacular eighteen-hole golf course with breathtaking views of Arizona Mountains, wildlife and stunning city views was amazing. The course had local presence from junior golf to its weekly men's league all joining together to enjoy a wonderful golf experience. It was enjoyable to see parents as well as grandparents out watching their young golfers practicing and taking instructions from all of the wonderful golf professionals at Sanctuary.
The course was in excellent shape and well manicured, even though we have seen such warm dry conditions this year making an extremely difficult job even harder for the staff at Sanctuary. The rye fairways and poa trivealis greens were spectacular. If you made the unfortunate error and ended up in a bunker they were an absolute pleasure to play out of. The soft fluffy bunkers made for a great golf experience even for an average bunker player such as myself.
Our foursome had a wonderful round on this gorgeous November day in the Arizona desert. However, this golf course will teach that accuracy is more important than distance. The 6,624-yard (par 71) is very challenging and does take a bit of strategizing before your shot, especially on the spectacular 18th hole. Using your most accurate club off the tee and hitting fairways can save you from having to take a penalty stroke that could have been avoided.
Hole #1, par 4, 418 yards from the tips. Hitting your driver off the tee is not completely necessary and the right side of the fairway is much more forgiving than the left. The downhill fairway will help you pick up a few bonus yards no matter which club you decide on. The oval shaped green with a couple of front side bunkers is pretty forgiving and offers a great opportunity to start your round with a birdie.
Hole #8, par 3, 234 yards from the tips. This is one of two par 3's on the front nine and the only hole with a water hazard. The green has water on the right, bunkers in the front shadowing both sides of the green, which leaves you a very small and narrow fairway area if you are to come up short. This hole is also unique because it does have a rather large area of grass behind the green, if you do end up overshooting it. A very enjoyable hole with the soothing sound of water as you are lining up that birdie putt!
Hole #18, par 5, 516 yards from the tips. Sanctuary's Signature Hole. A dogleg left that offer's a challenging but rewarding hole for everyone. Eagle is possible, but be careful, this hole can easily turn into a double bogey. Off the tee you have a set up shot into a fairly open landing area with a bunker to the right side of the fairway. Coming up short can kill your chance at eagle or birdie. If your set up shot goes as planned, you're in for a great finishing hole on this amazing course.
Sanctuary has a casual yet elegant clubhouse with breathtaking views and excellent food. You can see Camelback, Squaw Peak, and Mummy mountains and it's a great place to enjoy Arizona's amazing sunsets from the clubhouse patio. The course had a wonderful practice facility with a great driving range, putting green, and a chipping area with a deep bunker to help warm you up for a great round. The entire staff at Sanctuary was wonderfully friendly and very helpful with any questions, which made for a fantastic golf experience.
If you're heading out for golf, lunch or a little practice to help refine your game, be sure to put Sanctuary Golf Course at West World on your list. This course has plenty to offer to make for a great day while enjoying the Game!


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Winners write history, and it is the ideas of the winners that inspire the psychology of future generations.
The psychology of losers fades away while that of the survivors dominates. As situations change, new survivors with their new ideas dominate the old ones and the psychology of the society evolves.
Human beings got together to build a society where even those who were not fit could survive.
While karma bound the society by rules, the ultimate liberation came by getting rid of the maya. That fluidity is the identity of India.
'Freedom of speech' should not be the veil terrorists use to protect themselves.
Debating about freedom is freedom of speech, not sedition.Kashmir is the paradise on earth and India's symbol of secularism. I would hate to loose it. But I have no right to stop someone else from debating it, much less jail him. That would only breed more disgruntled people who would want to separate.
If they are talking of breeding more Afzals who are going to kill more people, then that is definitely a threat that India cannot ignore. That is sedition.However, questioning Supreme Court's decision that Afzal might not be guilty, is not sedition. And if Afzal was involved in the attack, one can also discuss if this crime was such that it required a death penalty. Capital punishment in itself is a subject that is being debated all across the globe.
Debating capital punishment is not sedition.
Erase the boundaries created by nationalism, religion, race, caste, or whatever that create the sense of separate identity - the root cause of war. If not...at least don't drag our army into politics.
Get rid of the political glasses through you see just red, blue, green or saffron. Let's look at things for what that are, lets look at the entire spectrum.Indian society had never been monochromatic. Let us not make it into one. That would be tragically boring. Let's give all ideas a space. Let the better ones evolve. When you hold on to one idea and stop evolving, then you know that the end has come. Change is the only constant.
You only stop evolving when you are extinct.


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Carlotta Unbuttons Her Shirt
It's been a while since we've seen Carlotta so we were happy to find these photos of her looking as incredible as ever. Looks like she's got a new haircut.
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Carlotta and her fellow hotties play a game they've named Call Your Shot. It's not bad but they play topless so it's at least fun to watch.
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Carlotta's got a room to herself for some private yoga time. There's no space for a fan so Carlotta cools off the old-fashioned way-getting naked!
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Carlotta doesn't look like she did much swimming but she's ready to get out of her swimsuit anyway. Maybe she's waiting for some sunblock.
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Carlotta is doing some cosplay but she forgot to wear something underneath. I think the best look is with just the cape. Up, up and away?
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This piece of furniture is perfect for the lovely Carlotta; round at both ends and narrow in the middle. Who could ever tire of this voluptuous beauty?
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Our friends downstairs in the Beaux-Arts Atelier, the architectural and classical sister school to GCA, are opening a call for applications for the oncoming year. If you have an interest in classical architecture, the program comes highly recommended. The work they produce is a great source of inspiration for those of us in the GCA.
The Beaux-Arts Atelier is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2013-2014 year. The academic year runs from September to June, and is divided into five six-week terms and a one-week travel term in Rome. Applications are due March 1, 2013.
The BAA is an intensive program in the study of classical architecture, art, and design following the method of the École des Beaux-Arts. Students receive in-depth instruction in an atelier setting while pursuing coursework in observational drawing, architectural drafting, systematic design methodology, the classical orders, geometry and proportion, traditional methods of architectural wash rendering and drawing, the history and theory of classical architecture, and modeling and sculpting. Students conduct detailed studies of New York City's architectural masterpieces through on-site observation and field drawing. In addition, field trips are conducted to leading architecture, decorating, and craftsman studios during each term.
Financial assistance is available to accepted applicants according to merit and need and is made possible by the generosity of the following contributors:
The Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust offers assistance to accepted applicants on the basis of merit and need. Recipients bear the title of Driehaus Scholar.
Appleton/Zeluck Scholarship: This scholarship will award $10,000 to a competitive Southern California student, practitioner, or other qualified resident.
Northern California Regional Chapter Scholarship: This $7,500 scholarship will be awarded to a student hailing from Northern California to pursue study for the 2013-2014 year.
Taconic Builders, Inc. Scholarship: A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to an accepted applicant who has demonstrated interest in the building arts.
Les Métalliers Champenois Scholarship: A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to a worthy accepted applicant and is accompanied by an associated apprenticeship with the renowned metalwork firm Les Métalliers Campenois.
The Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center Classical Design Prize: A $2,000 prize will be awarded to an outstanding student who demonstrates special regard for the human ideals informing the classical tradition.
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The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra will offer assigned reserved seating for season ticket holders in the upcoming season that begins in the fall.
Season ticket holders will be able to pick the seats they prefer and will enjoy those seats for all concerts throughout the season, according to a HSO news release. The reserved seating will eliminate the need for concert-goers to arrive at the hall early to claim the best seats, as has been the case in past seasons.
The seating arrangement in the concert hall also will be reworked to add more aisles to improve access to seats.
In a prepared statement, HSO Board President Donna Hastie said, "We continue to be delighted with our move to our Concert Hall at the Blue Ridge Community College. However, our patrons have consistently expressed their desire for assigned seating for season ticket holders. With our improvements to the seating configuration and the introduction of assigned seating, we are providing two major improvements to the concert-going experience. I think our season ticket holders will be pleased; and, of course, season tickets continue to represent an outstanding value. With a season ticket, one concert of the season is essentially free because of the significant discount on season tickets."
The assigned reserved seating chart can be viewed on the symphony's website, www.henderson villesymphony.org.
Call the symphony office at 697-5884 for assistance with selecting assigned reserved seating. The HSO office is open Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Symphony adds reserved seats for season holders
The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra will offer assigned reserved seating for season ticket holders in the upcoming season that begins in the fall.


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Very unexpected & cool writeup for Guilty Ghosts' excellent debut Enigma Variations in avant garde UK music mag The Wire. This is the 1st print mention of both Guilty Ghosts and WORDS+DREAMS!
4 or 5 copies of the tape are still available - don't miss your chance! Head to the releases page to snag one of the remaining few.


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(Above): Kathak maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj during a performance in San Francisco, Sept. 29. [Photo: Joy Dutta]
The event celebrated Pt. Birju Maharaj's 75th birthday and the 20th anniversary of the Tarangini School of Kathak Dance, which was established with Pt. Birju Maharaj's blessings and has continued to grow successfully over the years due to the unmitigated dedication of his senior disciple, Anuradha Nag.
Even at the elderly age of 75, Pt. Birju Maharaj's indefatigable passion and skill in this art form transcends any limits that age may normally establish for performers.
The artists that performed alongside him in the event include his youngest son, Deepak Maharaj; one of his foremost disciples, Swapna Saswati Sen; the director of Prerna Center for Peforming Arts, Luna Poddar; Chandrachur Bhattacharjee on sitar, Utpal Ghoshal on the tabla, and Manoj Tamhankar on the harmonium. The great tabla virtuoso, Ustad Zakir Hussain, also accompanied Maharaj to form an exquisite dancer-drummer harmony.
Born in a family of legendary dance experts of the Lucknow gharana, Pt. Birju Maharaj is not only an innovative pioneer of Kathak, but he is also an experienced musician, poet, and composer. As an educator of great charm, he explained onstage how rhythm is an integral part of our everyday lives; through engaging conversations between passages of footwork, he described how it is in the sparkling of stars, the hungry cries of chicks, and our heartbeat. He then proceeded to tap out a few of these seemingly trivial, everyday occurrences with complex footwork, delighting the audience by showing them how rhythms are embedded in even the most unexpected aspects of the universe. His portrayal of the roles of husband and wife in a marital argument left the audience chuckling because of its uncanny accuracy, and the smooth skill in which he distinguished both genders made it all the more humorous.
Maharaj also expertly captured the essence of Lord Krishna's naughtiness and endearing playfulness in his famous interpretation of the story "Krishna Stealing the Milk," and additionally expressed completely different characters in the story that were simple to follow because of his immeasurable ability to capture nuances of personality in his dance.
(Above): Kathak maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj during a performance in San Francisco, Sept. 29. [Photo: Joy Dutta]
Saswati Sen, a recipient of the Sanskriti award, performed a solo called 'Ahalya Uddhar,' which is an old tale from the Ramayana, an ancient Sanskrit epic. While portraying Ahalya, the wife of a sage who has been cursed by her husband, and Lord Rama, who frees her from the curse after many centuries, Sen reminded the audience of the fundamental origins of Kathak, which began with the performances of storytellers in the courtyards of ancient Indian temples.
Another segment closer to the beginning of the show consisted of Anuradha Nag performing a solo set to a medley of re-recorded Bollywood songs that were interwoven with original Kathak bols to tie with the various moods. In the story of the medley, a woman is forced to let go of her deep attachment with her lover, who must leave her.
Anuradha Nag gracefully portrayed her longing and desperation with a spirit that truly drew the audience in, and expressions that silently whispered not only to watch, but also to watch closely.
In her article "Maharajji, Soul of a Genius," Anuradha Nag writes, "It was Wednesday evening and school was off on Thursday. It was very late by the time the lessons were over and I decided to sleep over at my friend's house. It was 2 am in the morning when Maharajji suddenly woke us up and said he couldn't fall asleep, and so he might as well teach us! He thought of a new 'Amaad.' Until dawn he kept working with us on that same piece explaining to us in different ways until we sort of got the hang of it. Teaching is his passion. He can do it nonstop 24 hours a day without ever getting tired…I am blessed and privileged to be born in the 20th century to witness and come in close association with this great artist and human being: Pandit Birju Maharaj."