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Under the sea
From the Miami Herald-
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's navy seized a 65-foot submarine that likely was used to haul tons of cocaine on part of its journey to the United States, officials said Tuesday.The lengths drug smugglers will go. Even if some drug legalization took place in the US, submarine smuggling isn't likely to end. Note- TFM is in favor of drug legalization, like for marijuana.
No drugs were found or arrests made when the fiberglass submarine was discovered Sunday in a swampy mangrove about six miles off the northernmost point of Colombia's Caribbean coast.
The blue-colored, diesel-powered vessel had sophisticated communications systems and was capable of carrying up to 11 tons of cocaine, Rear Admiral Roberto Garcia Marquez, head of the navy's Caribbean fleet, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Colombia is the world's largest producer of cocaine and the country's drug cartels have been known to use homemade submarines to smuggle large amounts of cocaine past U.S. and Colombian patrol boats to Central America, a stop on the route to the United States.
Almost a dozen drug submarines have been found in recent years, most believed to depart from Colombia's Pacific Coast, closer to the operating base of the Norte del Valle cartel, the country's largest drug smuggling organization.
Who built these submarines? Were they built specifically for smuggling or bought from some nation, like Russia? Military submarines, this one for instance, are usually much larger than 65-feet in length.
Hat tip- Dr. Taylor at Poliblog
Linked to- Amboy Times, Big Dog, Cao, Conservative Thoughts,
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Cover image by Bri Hammond
Interview & Photography
Madeleine Dore
Spencer Harrison
Graphic artist
While studying a degree in Nanotechnology, Spencer Harrison would spend a great deal of time designing the front covers of his reports.
Self-taught in Photoshop and Illustrator, he boldly decided to quit and pursue a career in graphic design. Finishing a degree in Visual Communication and learning from renowned graphic designer Michael Bierut at Pentagram New York, he now has a wealth of experience in design and illustration and is ready to take the bold leap to become a self-sustaining graphic artist.
Based in Melbourne, the self-professed dabbler in many things, Spencer Harrison is the man behind Spenceroni and the co-founder of Studio Pennant. The master of the side-project, he has gained an international following for his daily illustration project MNML Thing and weekly pattern project Rhythm and Repeat.
In an inspiring conversation over brunch, Spencer revealed the value of doing something creative – however small – each day and candidly shares his experience with something we can all relate to, but rarely reveal, the creative slump.
I wake up and procrastinate in bed for about forty-five minutes. This is a really bad habit at the moment – spending so much time on my phone checking Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. I will run out of things to check, so I will then have to recheck [Laughs]
I always need to have a shower before I do anything else. If someone else is in the shower then I will actually go back to bed!
Deciding on clothes to wear is always hard in the morning. I feel like it would be wise if I switched to doing that the night before. I'm really bad at putting away washing, so everything just exists in one big pile and ironed as needed. But there is an inbox and an outbox, so it's organised chaos.
I switch on the kettle. Then do my hair because the kettle takes time. I use an AeroPress in the morning, which I like because there are rituals with that and I make some toast. I will go through little phases where I'll have muesli or porridge, but it's pretty much just toast. I alternate between a couple of option – jam and butter or pesto and tomato. Trusty toast, can't go wrong!
I walk to work listening to either Savage Lovecast or music. I don't like rushed mornings. If it turns out that for whatever reason I leave my house at ten, then I leave at ten.
My preference is to just get straight into work and not check any emails until about lunchtime. Emails are the bane of my existence. I do whatever I can to try and tame them. I turn off all notifications and I don't check email after hours. It was just stressing me out. It's nonstop and it's not so much like, "Oh that email is there, I'll deal with that tomorrow", it takes up mental space. Half your brain is thinking whether if it is good or bad, so you just check it and it's, "We just need that file", so you end up just doing it then and there and you are stuck in this cycle.
I have lunch with Scott, the co-founder of Pennant. We always leave the studio, get out, and never bring food back. It's something I've tried to do from the beginning because there are so many studios where you get your lunch, bring it to your desk, finish in five minutes then it's back to work… it just eats your life. We are always on the hunt for a bargain and keep lunch to under $10.
Back in the studio. And then I'll normally do an email check and some more work.
Tea break in the studio
Keep working straight through the afternoon. The morning has the good work – the creative work – and the afternoon is when I do a lot of business administration or artwork files, stuff that doesn't require a lot of thinking. This is how I like my day to be structured, but clients will always try to derail this [Laughs].
It's a really hard thing to find the balance between being in touch with clients and being able to make space for creative flow. My favourite day to work is a public holiday because there are no interruptions.
Scott usually leaves around five-thirty and I stay til around seven p.m to work on my own stuff, like getting a pattern ready to upload the next day. I quite like this little extra hour as there are a few other people who will hang around the co-working studio and that is when you get a chance to socialise with them. The other day I was staying around and some guys rocked up with some beers and we had some drinks at the studio. That's where the magic happens! [Laughs]
Walk home. In summer I would have dinner then go for a walk after and it would re-energise me… but in winter it's a bit harder.
I eat out a lot, maybe three or four nights a week, but it lacks soul. After a stint of eating out I end up feeling like "ugh I don't want to eat out again." I really love cooking, but it's two-hour ordeal to cook and clean. I'll cook to relax on a night off.
My days are fairly consistent, but after hours there is a different routine for each day:
Monday: I'm usually feeling pretty energised after the weekend so I will work on a pattern, drawing or side-project after work.
Tuesday: Is a bit of a cook-at-home night. Cook and watch really bad TV shows like Real Housewives of Melbourne. I have to force myself to have a night off and do nothing.
Wednesday: I usually squeeze out a side-project. I have a schedule to create something every week, so I usually work on projects at least twice a week. Once I get started I really get into the flow. I'll often combine activities, so I'll be watching a TV show and working with clay, or listening to music and drawing.
Thursday-Friday: Something social. Ideally, I try and do two or three social things each week. But they are in different categories. There's the cultural events like gallery openings or a graphic design seminar. Another is friends. And then there is dates, which is quite a new category
Brunch always features highly. I'm such a creature of habit when I think about this stuff [Laughs]. I'll have poached eggs every weekend and lay in bed until ten-thirty reading on my Kindle.
On weekends I'll do housework or gardening. I went to a talk at Creative Mornings recently and the speaker, Ghost Patrol, said something interesting which is very true, "You become really good at the lifestyle stuff so you can make time for the creative stuff." Doing chores on the weekend allows me to get it out of the way in a day.
I'll also do something creative on the weekend. I will have one day that is all activity and one day that's slothing. [Laughs]
On creativity slumps…
It all seems so idyllic on paper, but it is far more chaotic. One week there will be something every night. Then I will go through phases where I don't do any projects or see anyone for, say, three weeks. So I try and manage my energy more so than my time. I am learning to not feel guilty about having periods where I don't do any work. I'm not sure what it is… maybe it's just a natural cycle. It's almost like a depression – I feel really flat with zero motivation.
But I think it's quite common for creative people to experience similar energy or creativity slumps...
Life slumps.
Over the last couple of years I've been doing more meditation, yoga and practices like mindfulness and generally being more aware of how I am feeling in a given moment.
You always perceive that other people are doing so much, and you think you have got to do
more and more and more.
But as I've become mindful, I've become more aware of when I'm starting to feel flat and
I try not to feel guilty about it.
After about two weeks something inside of me goes, "Right". I try and do more exercise and meditation. It's not that easy though. I try and get back to those habits like making my morning coffee again.
Routines play an important role in this stuff, they help you get out.
On getting started…
So after a few weeks of this slump, I eventually go back to normal, which means I am doing okay in the evenings and getting stuff done. The hardest thing is starting. Once I get the pen out and start drawing I can go for hours… even if I'm tired.
Don't wait for
something to be
perfect to start,
just start
On productivity experiments…
For awhile I was trying to squeeze more productivity out of my day, I felt like the schedule wasn't practical enough!
Experiment #1: The Early Rise
I started dating a guy who woke up at six so I tried to synchronise with his routine and be productive. It was so nice in the morning. I skipped the bad social media habit and got straight to work on my side-projects. But I just couldn't sustain it, I'm not a morning person. I tried for three weeks, but then was like "fuck it, it's too hard" and I was too tired!
Experiment # 2: The Biphasic Sleep
I tried to combat the lack of sleep with a nap in the afternoon. Some of the Greats have done this to get more hours out of the day. So I thought, I can be like them? [Laughs]
Ideally, I would have napped at three p.m but I had to keep working. So instead I would sleep from twelve a.m to six a.m, work on creative projects and then do a full day at the studio, then have an hour nap from six to seven p.m and continue working. This was how it was meant to work but a few things derailed it. The first being that I wasn't able to fall asleep in my naps and the second was social events, "Sorry, I can't meet you guys for dinner, gotta have a nap", didn't really work in practice!
On using rituals to spark creativity…
I've started creating a few rituals around getting started. I make a cup of peppermint or green tea and light some incense in my lounge room or at the kitchen table.
I don't have a physical studio I can go to, so instead I create a sensory space so I can get into the mindset to do work. Then I just try and start drawing.
It's inspired by designer Frank Chimerio. When he has creative block he will just start drawing on a bit of paper. He calls it "taking a pen for a walk."
Going for a walk is one of the best things we can do for our mind and body, so if you have creative block it's a similar type of thing – I just try and take my pen for a walk and eliminate the pressure.
I try to become consciously unconscious of the creation. Distract yourself, then ideas come out.
On finding inspiration and motivation for side-projects…
The key is to do a little bit. Break things down into small steps. I set little rules for my side projects. All these things have bigger plans behind them, but I just take small steps. For example, with the Rhythm and Repeat project, I want to do more pattern design and then hopefully do that professionally, or create a line of products.
Instead of saying "Ok I have to design a whole range of products now" and getting overwhelmed by that whole possibility, I just start with one pattern a week and see what happens after that.
"Fake it 'til you make it... don't let perfection be the enemy"
- Spencer Harrison
Creative Mornings talk by Kate Bingaman-Burt all about creating rules and structure for your projects.
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
Savage Lovecast by Dan Savage

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For two weeks in January, Professors Lenette Azzi-Lessing and Patty Hnatiuk led seven Wheelock students on a tour of South Africa. Dr. Azzi-Lessing has written a series of posts on their experiences. (Click here to read Chapter 1.)
Chapter 2: Painting, Hip-hop, and Friendship in a Land of Contrasts
After a long drive from Johannesburg, over steep hills and past banana orchards, the students, Patty, and I boarded the van for the bumpy but scenic ride to Lillydale Learning Center. We were now in bush country, near Kruger National Park, where people from all over the world come to experience safari and marvel at the majestic animals and lush plant life. Not far from the area's renowned resorts are the homes of South Africa's rural poor. Houses built of cement or corrugated metal line either side of the dusty road, many of them without running water or reliable power. Women of all ages walk for miles with large plastic jugs, sometimes piled in rusty wheelbarrows, to collect the day's supply of water from the nearest public source. Often young children run alongside the women and the tiniest are swaddled against their mothers' backs. Too poor to own cars and without reliable public transportation, men, women and children walk great distances to jobs at the resorts or to school.
Our mission in Lillydale was to paint the walls of the library that last year's Wheelock service learning students helped rebuild. Working with a group of a dozen or so local young people, last year's students sorted through piles of books mixed with debris and cleaned empty book cases, before arranging the books on the shelves and creating an inviting library to be used by local residents. We had been connected to the Lillydale Learning Center by Toby Milner, a Wheelock alumna, who, with her husband, Charlie, established the Lillydale Literacy Project, a teacher training program there in 2000. The Milners return to Lillydale three to four times a year, to provide training to local teachers in order to prepare them to teach English (South Africa's official language) as a second language in schools and community programs.
The Milners were unable to be in Lillydale at the time of our visit, but David Khosa, the Learning Center's director, was there to greet us with a warm smile, paint brushes, and rollers. As we began our work, the students, Patty, and I realized that we would have to manage without much water, as the Learning Center, like much of the surrounding area, has no running water. We quickly figured out how to make the most of the few jugs of water we had brought from the store, which was all we had for washing brushes and hands and for drinking. In no time, our Wheelock students, along with a small number of local volunteers whom David had recruited, were well on their way to putting a fresh coat of paint on the library walls.
At lunchtime, Patty and I brought out the cold cuts, peanut butter and bread we had bought that morning, and everyone took their sandwiches to sit outside, away from the stifling heat, dust, and paint fumes that lingered inside the library. Sitting under the trees with a slight breeze and views of the surrounding meadows, a plastic chair, sandwich, and cup of water were the elements of fine dining. As everyone finished eating, Patty and I watched our Wheelock students, David, and the volunteers teaching one another their best dance moves. Hip-hop intertwined with popular South African tracks from the boom box and IPhones, to blend with the laughter of young people communicating in the universal language of music.
After a second day of more painting, laughter, and dancing, it was time to bid farewell to David and the rest of our Lillydale friends. David rose from his chair and thanked us for our work on the library and expressed his hope that we would return.
One of the local women who had helped with the painting presented me with a gift: a length of printed fabric which she tied around me, sarong style. I was touched and honored by her generosity. We soon learned that she sold such fabrics to help support herself and her family. The students purchased all the remaining fabrics and tied them over their clothing. We giddily posed for a few last photos with our hosts, proud of our new fashions as well as the freshened walls of the library.
We hugged David and our other new friends goodbye, and walked across a meadow to visit the Bhubezi Health Clinic next door, where its director, Jerry Marobyane, gave us a tour. The clinic was started to provide high quality health care to adults living with HIV/AIDs. Jerry informed us that Bhubezi had recently expanded to care for more than 120 HIV-positive children. It was sobering to learn about the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, especially its impact on children, thousands of whom have lost one or both parents to AIDS or its complications. On the afternoon of our visit, dozens of patients waited in long lines to be seen for testing and treatment. The students were impressed with the range of health care services provided at Bhubezi, its dedicated staff, and its high tech facilities, including a large lab and medical imaging equipment. To find such a state of the art clinic in an area where running water is rare was amazing and just one of the many surprising contrasts we encountered during our visit to South Africa.


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New Sussex Opera
Weber: Oberon
- Weber
- Oberon
- New Sussex Opera Chorus
- St Paul's Sinfonia
- Sally Silver
- Reiza (star of NSO's Mireille in 2011)
- Adrian Dwyer
- Sir Huon
- Adam Tunnicliffe
- Oberon
- Carolyn Dobbin
- Fatima
- Damian Thantrey
- Sherasmin
- Nicholas Jenkins
- conductor
- Harry Fehr
- director
A Romantic opera in 3 acts. The wonderful overture is well known, but this autumn New Sussex Opera provides a rare chance to see the complete opera, sung in the original English, containing some of Weber's most delightful music.
Set in a fairy-tale land, the story is a sequel to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oberon, King of the Fairies, guides Sir Huon of Bordeaux on his epic quest to seek the hand in marriage of the beautiful Reiza, daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad.


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Time: 10:00:00 Fri May 03 2002 in America/New York which is equivalent to 15:00:00 Fri May 03 2002 in Europe/London Phone: +1-617-761-6200 (Zakim)#7332 irc: irc.w3.org #rdfcore 1: Volunteer scribe 2: Roll Call 3: Review Agenda 4: Next telecon 10am Boston time, 17 May 2002 5: Review Minutes of 2002-04-26 with correction See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Apr/0474.html 6: Confirm Status of Completed Actions ACTION: 2002-02-25#2 JanG Add test case for <eg:prop rdf:ID="issue" eg:p1="foo" /> to test cases draft ACTION: 2002-02-25#3 JanG Review test cases in case changed by <eg:prop rdf:ID="issue" eg:p1="foo" /> decision ACTION: 2002-02-25#11 JanG Add test case for xml:base same doc reference to test cases WD ACTION: 2002-02-25#14 JanG update test cases to reflect xml:base="http://example.org"> decision ACTION: 2002-02-22/1 PatH PatH to update the model theory to state a semantics for rdf:Bag and rdf:Alt which is the same as that for rdf:Seq. ACTION: 2002-04-05#9 EricM get out new primer draft by april 15 ACTION: 2002-04-12#1 FrankM provide bwm with schedule for primer to last call ACTION: 2002-04-19#1 frankM Sync up with EricM on primer status and plans ACTION: 2002-04-19#3 martyn review current primer ACTION: 2002-04-19#4 PatH pat provide MT WD for wg review ACTION: 2002-04-19#5 JanG review schema ACTION: 2002-04-19#7 frankM review schema ACTION: 2002-04-19#8 jos review schema ACTION: 2002-04-19#11 jeremy jeremy review test cases WD ACTION: 2002-04-19#12 jos review test cases ACTION: 2002-04-19#13 bwm propose how we move forward with datatyping ACTION: 2002-04-26#1 Aaron prepare proposal for rdfs-isDefinedBy-semantics see: http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdfs-isDefinedBy-semantics see: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Apr/0478.html ACTION: 2002-04-26#2 Aaron prepare proposal for rdfs-clarify-subClass-and-instance see: http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdfs-clarify-subClass-and-instance see: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Apr/0479.html ACTION: 2002-04-26#4 danbri Make proposal to close rdf-namespace-change see: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Apr/0470.html ACTION: 2002-04-26#6 PatH If possible, submit new MT document to Eric for publication by 29 April, AM. see: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Apr/0513.html ACTION: 2002-04-26#7 Eric Take primer as-is, and publish ACTION: 2002-04-26#7 DaveB provide revised test for test cases draft ACTION: 2002-04-26#8 JanG prepare test cases draft for publication, with editorial discretion ACTION: 2002-04-26#9 EricM publish test cases draft as revised ACTION: 2002-04-26#10 DanBri publish schema WD ACTION: 2002-04-26#11 bwm per DanBri request, add issue of serialization to next meeting agenda 7: Confirm Status of Withdrawn Actions ACTION: 2001-11-16#1 DanBri mail Brian with list of issues that have been folded into document ACTION: 2002-03-22#6 PatS publish datatypes WD asap 8: Congratulations on a swathe of new WD's 9: outstanding issues - 9 left rdfs-xml-schema-datatypes rdfms-contexts rdfms-seq-representation rdfs-clarify-subClass-and-instance rdfs-isDefinedBy-semantics rdfs-editorial rdf-namespace-change #rdfms-duplicate-member-props faq-html-compliance See: http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/ 10: Issue: rdf-charmod-resources Approval of Jeremy's draft message to I18N. See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002May/0013.html 11: Issue rdfs-isDefinedBy-semantics It is proposed that the WG resolves that: - isDefinedBy is a Property - it has no further semantics in the RDF Model Theory Aaron also propose this. I'm not sure this is necessary. - further subclasses of it may be created by others - it is out of scope for RDF Core to create these subclasses See: http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdfs-isDefinedBy-semantics http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Apr/0478.html 12: Issue rdfs-clarify-subClass-and-instance It is proposed that the WG resolves that: - subClassOf and rdf:type are defined in the RDF Model Theory - the RDF Schema spec and RDF Primer provide adequate descriptions of these properties - action Brian to respond to the issue raiser with helpful explanatory text See: http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdfs-clarify-subClass-and-instance http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Apr/0479.html 13: Syntax Doc: serializing b-nodes action:2002-04-26#11 bwm per DanBri request, add issue of serialization to next meeting agenda 14: Issue: rdf-namespace-change action:2002-04-26#4 danbri Make proposal to close rdf-namespace-change Where are we on this? 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New book--"Anti-Capitalist Poetics in Action"
Still working on health, which is why I haven't posted here in so long.
But I'm launching a new book. It includes many "Daily Draft" poems available on my poetry blog--
And it is political poetry that I started writing after I read The Communist Manifesto for the first time--very late in life!
I fell in love with the beautiful poetic language in The Manifesto--and the clarity and truth of its message.
I said to myself, "If Marx and Engels can bring poetry to their economics, what would happen if I tried to write their economics into my poetry?"
Inside the Money Machine is the result--poetry for the "immense majority'—for those who work for a living, out of the house or at home, from the laundromat to the classroom, from the blue-collar construction sites to the white-collar desk jobs. These fresh, gritty and passionate poems are about the people who survive and resist inside "the money machine" of the 21st -century capitalism.
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Jean-Pierre Lauwers Collection
Old map representing the details of Oostende-Stene airfield as it looked in the mid-thirties.
Archive KLM/MRA
Picture of Oostende/Stene airfield taken on the 17th of June 1938 at 4 P.M. by a Fairey Fox of 3/I/3 Aé
flown by the crew Lang - Kinet.
Jean Morel Collection.
Visiting German and British aircraft at Oostende in the mid-tirties:
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Stnson SR.6 Reliant on visit at Oostende-Stene airfield in the thirties.
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A blog specialising in heavy metal album reviews and interviews.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Hey! Hello! - Hey! Hello!
Hey! Hello!
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Hot on the heels of his Mutation project (Which resulted in two albums – 'The Frankenstein Effect' and its companion release 'Error 500'), Ginger Wildheart returns once again with something new for fans in the form of his new project Hey! Hello! Although the project initially played a minor role alongside the daunting Mutation efforts, the small side project has taken on a life of its own, and turned out to be one of the most anticipated efforts to emerge from Ginger since the release of his mammoth '555%' triple album effort from 2012.
And after one listen, it's really isn't all that surprising. Unlike Mutation, Hey! Hello! sees Ginger mould his song writing to the more pop/rock side of his creative talents, and I'll be damned if he hasn't created one of the most infectious and downright fun album's I've heard in years!
Unlike some of Ginger's more recent releases, Hey! Hello! is a fairly stripped back affair, with the group comprising solely of Ginger (Who played all the instruments - including the drums - and providing vocals) and Victoria Liedke (The New York based vocalist who has been singing alongside Ginger in his various outfits for the last few years). And while it all sounds too simplistic when you take into account the endless list of names associated with '555%' and Mutation, it has to be said that unlike those releases, Hey! Hello!'s debut self-titled is a cohesive platter of perfect 'noisy pop' that only Ginger (And Liedke for that matter) could ever dream of delivering outside of The Wildhearts.
The opening track 'Black Valentine' gives listeners a clear idea of what's in store for the bulk of the album - and that's guitar pop/rock that's infectious, and delivered with perfectly written choruses and beautifully counterbalanced vocals that stay in the mind, well and truly after the song has finished. Ginger has always been known for his lyrical genius, and 'Black Valentine' is no exception either, with the song coming across as a couple arguing and trading excuses, all the while maintaining an upbeat vibe and mood on the music front throughout. In short, this song is nothing short of pop genius!
The follow-up track 'Feral Days' echoes the uplifting and positive feel and vibe of the former with its anthem like chorus of 'Hey! It's okay! Not all days can be beautiful days!' over its Wildhearts like guitar driven musical backdrop, while 'Why Can't I Be Me Without You' is the perfect example of just how diverse both Ginger and Liedke's vocals can sound, and still sound perfect together.
'Swimwear' has been getting a lot of exposure in recent times as a single, and it's not hard to figure out why. Originally submitted whilst a member of Michael Monroe's band, 'Swimwear' is one of the album's catchiest and shortest tracks, and an absolute stroke of song writing genius.
Not to be outdone, Ginger's own manifesto put to music in 'Burn The Rule Book (Fuck It)' and the rocking 'Lock For Rock (And Other Sporting Clichés)' are ready built stadium anthems, while the slower paced 'The Thrill Of It All' (A song that was originally penned for Courtney Love) takes on a more serious sounding tone, but with a chorus that caters for radio perfectly.
Ginger takes the lead on 'How I Survived The Punk Wars', which is one of the two songs on the album that's a little left of the centre to the rest of the album. Despite being a little more aggressive with punk edge, the song still works perfectly on the album, and Ginger's masterclass on how to survive in the music business on the lyrical front is hilarious.
'I'm Gonna Kiss You Like I'm Going Away' sees a return to the pop style of the bulk of the album with up-tempo choruses and awash with strong melodic harmonies – both of which disguise the serious story of missing family and loved ones while out on tour.
Finishing up the album is 'We're Outta Here', which alongside 'How I Survived The Punk Wars', is the other track that stands out as something really quite different from the rest of the album. Although starting out in familiar rock fashion, the song soon takes on a completely different feel with the inclusion of church choirs, horns and an assortment of unusual vocal effects. In a way, the song sounds like a distant cousin to The Wildheart's epic 'Sky Babies' (From 1996's 'Fishing For Luckies'), albeit compacted for a short five and a half minutes. But then what do you expect when the song is based around bees abandoning an uninhabitable planet? If you're familiar with 'The End' on '555%', you'll know what to expect.
Ginger has always been prolific, but the last twelve months have been quite possibly his most productive. And while he's made a few albums in that time, Hey! Hello!'s debut has to be hands down the most fun to listen to. In short - Ginger and Liedke have created the perfect 'noisy pop' album.
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BANGALORE, India — Kishore Biyani wants to be thought of as frugal.
Biyani, 47, head of India's largest retail empire Future Group, has a motto for these recession-hit times. Employees across hundreds of Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar stores, the Indian equivalent of Wal-Mart, have adopted his pledge, "Garv se kaho, hum kanjoos hain" (Say with pride, we are stingy).
It is a motto signifying a back-to-the-basics strategy, said Biyani, who wants his $1.5-billion group to be the retailer of choice in cost-conscious India. A culture of frugality and corporate thrift can help trim costs. These savings can be passed on to stretched customers, Biyani tells his staff.
Fittingly, all visitors to Biyani's fifth-floor offices at Mumbai's Crossroads Mall are offered glass tumblers only half-filled with tea. Company executives, Biyani included, fly coach class. Nobody is allowed to wear a jacket or tie to work. "In India, a jacket and tie are just corporate hypocrisy," said the bespectacled, grey-haired Biyani, who is dressed in shirt and trousers, attire well suited to muggy Mumbai.
Biyani's Big Bazaar hypermarkets, often likened to Wal-Mart stores, are clean, well-lit and air-conditioned. But the similarity ends there. Inside the crowded store in Mumbai's Phoenix Mills, not far from Biyani's offices, the aisles are too narrow and cluttered for shopping carts to pass through. Bollywood film music blasts over the sound system, interrupted by the blare of in-store announcements.
In carefully-conceived disarray, rice and sugar in huge, open silos spill over to the floor. A few onions in the piled up crates are near-rotten and clumps of soil stick to some of the potatoes. In an overflowing bin nearby, kitchen ladles are minus their wrapping. A "chakki," a grinding mill, in the corner serves shoppers who can feel, smell and choose their grain to be freshly ground.
For the price-sensitive and selective Indian consumer, the chaos evokes the hurly-burly typical of Indian markets where shoppers haggle over the price of tomatoes and the quality of rice.
The dirt suggests to shoppers that the produce is farm-fresh, the rotten onions are deliberately placed so shoppers can feel they are choosing the best, and the ladles are presented in a way that customers feel encouraged to touch and buy.
All of this is designed to lure "conscious consumers" said Biyani, who added that a majority of Indians are not "conspicuous consumers" anyway. In 2008, about 250 million shoppers passed through Biyani's stores.
India's $350 billion retail industry is dominated by neighborhood grocery stores and open air vegetable markets. But organized retail is growing at a blazing rate, even as multinational retailers like Wal-Mart Stores, Tesco and Carrefour are eyeing the market.
Whatever the potential foreign competition, Biyani can teach a lesson or two on enticing the careful shopper.
With his oath of "kanjoosi" (thrift) he has shrunk the size of his headquarters in employee numbers and space. In the suburbs, 630 people are now squeezed into an office that once held 400. Employees signing off on an expense or travel voucher have to first tick off on the question, "Was the expenditure worth it?"
At stores too, staff is becoming sensitized to cost efficiency. The Phoenix Mills store manager Rahil Ajani said he is saving on energy costs by turning up the air conditioning a couple of degrees. Since he took the pledge of kanjoosi, Ajani has cut monthly water bills to nearly half, optimized the re-use of packaging material and doubled revenues from selling scrap. No saving is too small, said Ajani, who re-uses office envelopes a dozen times.
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November is a crucial month in Manchester United's season. They come up against their bitter rivals Manchester City in the derby at the Etihad Stadium and later on in the month face Arsenal, also away from home at The Emirates. Can they face up to the challenge?
United vs Chelsea
United's performance against Chelsea at the weekend would suggest so. They had glimpses of the old United at certain points in the game, closing the ball down with intent and frightening the Chelsea back line with pace on the attack.
Saying this, glimpses of the old United under David Moyes last season were also witnessed, but these moments never really stuck around and it may be the same story again.
You'd have to think being at home with the Old Trafford faithful backing their team all the way gave The Red Devils an advantage against Chelsea, but they wont have the benefit of a home crowd when they come up against Man City and Arsenal.
Nonetheless they proved they could battle it out against the best in the league against Chelsea, and it's doubtful United will come up against tougher opponents all season, so this should give them a boost of confidence that is so desperately needed.
Van Gaal disappointment
Louis van Gaal is a fantastic manager with an incredible CV, but there is no arguing that he hasn't done well enough since he came to the Premier League. You look at the fixtures they have had thus far and to be honest, a team of United's quality should be at least in the top three.
Then you turn your attention to the fixtures Moyes had when he took over the reigns from Sir Alex Ferguson; the teams he faced were much more challenging. The likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and City had already been played at this time last season.
Despite this, United managed to get fourteen points on the board at this point, compared to this season's thirteen, and, unlike Moyes, Van Gaal has no Champions League football to place blame on.
Van Gaal's strengthening
The recruitment's of Angel Di Maria, Radamel Falcao, Ander Herrera and Daley Blind looked to have strengthened the team going forward but in a league like this, you can't expect to get away with the intent of scoring more goals than your opponent; especially with the back four United have.
Yes, they brought in the likes of Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo in the summer, but what United needed was a leader, someone who could grab the game by the scruff of the neck and really get stuck in.
Of course we cannot ponder on the what ifs; the fact is that they haven't brought in someone of that calibre for their defence, which I think could be a more costly mistake than people are making out.
If this United team had balance, considering the embarrassment of riches they have in attack, I truly believe we could be looking at a side that would challenge for the Premier League title and go on to challenge for Champions League glory
Tough run
So, can United battle through November? Yes, I think they can. They'll give City and Arsenal a run for their money just like they did Chelsea and, with the return of Wayne Rooney from suspension and Radamel Falcao and Phil Jones from injury, you never know, United could surprise a few and come away with all three points in both games, we'll just have to wait and see.


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What luggage and human lives have in common
By Andrea Graf
Every international student is facing a particular challenge before starting Uni. I am not talking about the visa process, the endless hours searching for the most convenient flight or saying goodbye to your beloveds: all these, though, are tough things to deal with, no doubt. But what can be more difficult than trying to fit your entire life into two suitcases? How can you ever restrict your entire existence to two pieces of luggage, which, by the way, are supposed to conform with Ryanair luggage policy? That is an experience which might teach you one important lesson: to decide means to forego. Here are a few peices of advice for getting through this mean process.
Choose the items you absolutely have to take with you. The emphasis here lies on choosing the things you love the most, bringing everything, as I stated earlier, is not an option. Usually it is relatively easy for us to identify our favourites, as they stand out from the crowd of items we are rather indifferent to.
Look for the things you wanted to take with you, but have miracously disappeared. Nothing vanishes, but it is a fact that as we actually tend to possess so many things, we often lose them. We forget them at friends' places, at school or at the gym. And it is a unwritten law that we start recognizing the value of things after losing them.
Take all the things you (objectively) don't need and find the courage to throw them away. It might be quite difficult, I know, but you will feel better after having got rid of all the needless items filling precious space in your life.
To sum up, isn't a suitcase a good analogy for our lives? Aren't we facing similar situations? There are experiences we can't live without, which we decide to take with us forever. On the other hand there might be memories, friendships, things we would like to have forever, but which we unluckily lost. And finally everyone of us has at least a couple of experiences, things occupying space in our lives, which are of no use and should be thrown away.
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The IT direction that Canadian insurer Medavie Blue Cross has set for itself illustrates one of the reasons why Sun Microsystems announced last week that it has agreed to once again sell servers based on Intel chips.
When Medavie started running Web applications in 2000, Sun's UltraSparc-based systems dominated that market, and software vendors were designing applications specifically for Sun's Solaris operating system, said Don McPhee, director of technical services at the insurer.
But he added that as lower-cost x86 servers have become increasingly capable, Medavie has been moving to "more commodity-based" systems running Linux and using processors from either Intel or AMD. "Things have changed," McPhee said. "We just went with the momentum."
Now Sun is changing. Two years after the company dropped several low-end servers based on Intel chips and decided to rely solely on AMD for x86 devices, Sun said it will develop a full of line of servers and workstations with Intel's Xeon processors. Sun plans to start shipping Intel-based systems by June, and the two vendors will work together to optimise Solaris for hardware built around Intel's x86 chips.
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz said during a teleconference that about 70 per cent of Solaris x86 users are running the operating system on Intel-based hardware. But Sun expects the new combination of Xeon and its OpenSolaris open-source software to attract more interest from independent software vendors.
In addition, Sun officials acknowledged that UltraSparc-based systems have become too expensive for many users looking to run Web applications. "The customers who left us post-bubble didn't want to leave us," said Scott McNealy, Sun's chairman. But, he added, customers no longer could afford the cost of the company's systems when "the Xeon thread was so much cheaper."
Until recently, though, Intel was having trouble developing Xeon chips that matched the performance of AMD's Opteron processor. Since July, Intel has added two higher-performance and more power-efficient chips: the dual-core 5100, code-named Woodcrest, and the quad-core 5300, code-named Clovertown.
Stephen Josselyn, an analyst at research firm IDC, said Sun has been fighting the same battle against x86 hardware in the low-end server market that other Unix vendors with RISC-based processors have been.
A return to Intel chips should help Sun sell Solaris servers to a broader market and enable it to offer more options to data centre managers who are turning to x86 technology, said Nathaniel Martinez, another IDC analyst.
Sun will continue to offer Opteron-based systems as well, and an AMD spokesman said Intel's backing of Solaris "is good for all of us." He added that everything he has heard about the Sun-Intel deal indicates that it will be complementary to Sun's existing business relationship with AMD.
Ben Ames and Robert McMillan of the IDG News Service contributed to this story.