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Saturday, 4 August 2012
History on this day August 4.
1945. Vest received body wounds .
1962. At age 36, Vest's family of Wife and Three Sons arrive in Hong Kong. Vest to take up Shore Base posting for 2 years plus.
1962. Marilyn Monroe 36 is found deceased in her hotel room.
1914. Britain and loyal colonies declare war on Germany. My hero as a child, Foster Bro Frank was born.
!971. Vest's Wife and Five Sons arrive in Sunny? Sydney, to become Australian citizens.
2012. Fat Cat Playboy punter; Porky Jimmy Packer, parts company with 77 pounds (35 Kilo's)of Tummy fat. By eating smaller portions of, Caviar, fillet steak, truffles and and other crap the Hoi Polloi cannot afford.
2012 Sydney Mayor MS (MARE) Clover Moore, avoids hefty parking fine by over staying in 2 Min Zone in order to deliver political pamphlets.
2012. Pie waffling Victorian Labour M P Bill Shorten abuses Chinese immigrant shop owner regarding a cold meat pie by using the 'F' word. (The forecast is that foul-mouth Billy Shorten will suddenly become citizen Shorten Shortly after the next Erection Say's Chinese Cafe owner.
How did your Aug 4 go, have you remembered some incident either today or in previous years that come to mind and worth remembering?
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Back soon Vest.
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- the fly in the web said...
August 4th 1789.
Abolition of noble and clerical privileges in France...
But, being France, it was not quite what it seemed.
You could buy out these privileges, which would then be extinguished.
- Sunday, 5 August 2012 at 09:14:00 GMT+10
So ethnic chinese in oz get ERECTION on polling day, slip of the tongue so to speak.
- Sunday, 5 August 2012 at 09:57:00 GMT+10
Would get slipery under foot in China - should the Chinese ever hold elections. Mike.
- Sunday, 5 August 2012 at 10:04:00 GMT+10
Hi Uncle Les
So sorry to hear of the multiple things that are happening in your lives at the moment. It must be so sad for Rosemary but I know you will be a tower of strength for her. Good news though with regards to your op. Dont want you going any where yet! Also hope everything settles down with Tim and he realises what a wonderful familly he has. At this end I am really loving the Olympics and cant tear myself away. Makes you feel really pround to be British at the moment and we are third in the tables. Yippeeeeeeee. Raining here but am cheered up by watching the womens marathon. We have had the most awful summer this year but there again this is England. Hope to speak soon.
Lots of love to you all Jane xxxxxxxxxx
- Sunday, 5 August 2012 at 23:11:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
The fly in the web: Do you feel secure with no military in your country?
- Monday, 6 August 2012 at 17:22:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
CA: you will be interested to know that I have actually met a person **who lived in Bateau Bay in NSW CZ who assisted in the embalming of Norma Jean AKA Marilyn Monroe.Just a thought,you being a mortician and all that. (**A migrant from USA).
- Monday, 6 August 2012 at 17:33:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
LDL: Most Chinese couples in mainland China are firing blanks nowadays in an unsuccessful attempt to reduce the population , Limit 1 child per couple, but you knew that didn't you.
- Monday, 6 August 2012 at 17:43:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
My Niece Jane: Thank you for your message. Tim is on the mend, we hope. We are glad you are enjoying the 'Five Ring Circus'. Aussies here are very tearful over their lesser awards and few of them too.
Could be the Vitamin Pills they are taking, if so Swisse could be a Swizz. Love you too xxx.
- Monday, 6 August 2012 at 17:58:00 GMT+10
HI Vest
I agree with most of what you say. I wanted to correct you on one thing you wrote on a mexican website a few
years back. I grew up with the Posner family in Miami. They were not Jews they were actually Catholic.
Take care
- Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 11:49:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
Sam: Things I dont remenber that come back to bite you,
- Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 11:51:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
Hi Sam. Unsure where you are coming from . The .article I wrote on the Mexican? blog , does'nt come to mind, refresh me on this. Any how I do tend not to discriminate between differing callings within the faith industry and respect their beliefs even though I shall remain a doubting Thomas, which is my right too. Any how I hope what was written was not offensive assuming it was me and not some other person. Thanks for calling, you too take care.
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- Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 11:53:00 GMT+10
It was a few comments on that woman victor posner's daughter who is a nut. it said something about the star of david. the lady who donated all her money to her dog. what a moron she was. by the way her brother died in a speedboat accident and her father was loathed in south florida!
i don't blame you in this world we live in i am very skeptical and there is so many bad things happening in the name of religion.
- Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 19:39:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
Sam: Unfortunately I cannot recall this . Please send copy of the original comment on the website it was supposedly sent to.
- Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 19:46:00 GMT+10
Vesty . my sister is on Facebook and wants to know if you are.
- Sunday, 12 August 2012 at 16:37:00 GMT+10
- Vest said...
Wally: why couldn't your sister ask?
In any case Facebook is simply masturbating but without the mess.
- Sunday, 12 August 2012 at 16:42:00 GMT+10
Vest Has Left the Building
To advise that Vest (Les Bowyer) passed away this morning. Regards, Chris (Son).
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Setting a Hawaii Baseline for Worksite Wellness
UHA Health Insurance couldn't find any wellness surveys focused on Hawaii employers. So, it launched its own in February and those survey results will be the focus of a May 18 meeting of the Hawaii Health at Work Alliance (HH@WA).
The survey sets a baseline of where worksite wellness programs exist in Hawaii, says Linda Kalahiki, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for UHA.
"We really wanted relevant information for Hawaii businesses," says Valerie Au, UHA's worksite wellness program manager. "It's a unique environment here. Most of the employers here are small compared to national businesses on the Mainland."
UHA formed HH@WA in 2013 as a partnership with local organizations to help employers build their own wellness programs. Such programs educate and promote healthy lifestyles and behaviors. Au says the programs don't just cover exercise; they can also focus on financial, mental and nutritional wellbeing.
The worksite wellness survey, completed up in April, contains results from 509 interviews with local businesses. Nearly 40 percent of respondents said they offer wellness programs, and the organizations that are more likely to have them areHH@WA members or those that have more than 50 employees. Companies that reported not having wellness programs said there was a lack of time and employee interest.
Wanda Kakugawa, president and owner of Market Trends Pacific, and Kathy Kozak, UHA medical director and host of Hawaii Public Radio's "The Body Show," will further discuss the survey results at the May 18 general meeting.
Brad Klontz, a financial psychologist, will talk about the psychology behind financial wellness.
Kalahiki says she hopes the meeting will illuminate the value of worksite wellness programs and that, "No matter where (organizations) are in worksite wellness, it's easy to build upon or start now. And it's not a matter of 'if we should start a program,' it's really 'when.' "
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving!
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So cute!!! little turkey!! Lee-Ann :)ReplyDelete
Adorable Card!!Cute Image!Very Sweet!TFSReplyDelete
Tanya ~ GET back to work!!! ROFLOL!! Well I LOVE this card but then again when don't I ADORE your creations! LOVE the colors and of course you coloring! OMG!! That perfect bow! Well I am very happy you stopped cleaning to share this with us! I am STILL searching for that cleaning fairy ~ she has a great deal of explaining to do doesn't she??? Oh you make sure read that contract really good!!!ReplyDelete
Super cute card! Love the little turkey and your take on the sketch is fabulous!ReplyDelete
WOW this is so beautiful! That layout is great and the colors you used look so perfect together. I always seem to have a hard time with that. ;) Thank you so much for playing along with us this week at Peachy Keen Stamps. :DReplyDelete
Tanya this really is a gorgeous card - I love the layers and the papers and that cute little turkey:-) TFSReplyDelete
This is so super adorable!! LOVE your take on the sketch and the cute PKS!!!ReplyDelete
wow that is the cutest little turkey stamp just adorableReplyDelete
Cutest turkey I've seen so far. Loving the little face.ReplyDelete
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This guy is so cute!! Wonderful Thanksgiving card!ReplyDelete
What an adorable turkey!! Love your card. The bg paper is great. :)ReplyDelete
What a sweet card:) Love the turkey and the awesome papers Tanya! Gorgeous card:)ReplyDelete
When your done cleaning...come to my house and clean mine,lol! Have a great night!
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Aww! So cute, Tanya! So glad you took a beak to play along with us at Peachy Keen Stamps! The house can wait, creating is much more stress relieving! :) ~Hugs, SaundraReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2012 at 5:55 AM
This is really cute. Love that little turkey.ReplyDelete
This is so adorable!! That turkey is so cute!! I love the papers and design!! I hope you have a great day!!ReplyDelete
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Send those goof-off house cleaning fairies this way when they finally show up will ya. lol. Your post made me laugh. If I waited til my house was clean, I'd never craft. Adorable card, Tanya. You are using so many fabulous techniques. Love your little turkey. Keep him safe....Tatiana likes to kill these cute things. :)ReplyDelete
So cute! I love the colors you used. Lovin the blue on a Thanksgivine card:)Great coloring by the way.ReplyDelete
Peace, Love, & Cricut Hugs!
Monica L.
Hi TANYA! I'm finally back from my trip & I've been a little busy at work, but wanted to stop by and say HI!! I see you've been super busy creating! I was flipping through your blog to see all of your FABULOUS creations! Especially those blocks you created for Paper Playtime! OMGOSH AWESOMENESS!!! And the 3D witch hat you & Emma Created together! I downloaded that one... No time to make it though! UGH Oh and your guest designer Spot Creation is soooo COOL!!! I seriously LOVED that! OK I LOVED seeing ALL of the things your created... DUH!!! LOL Glad to be back & check out what everyone's been up too! :o)ReplyDelete
Darling card Tanya- I am glad to see you joined the Peachy Keen Challenge this week. Cleaning the house can wait ;)ReplyDelete
Really a cute card, Tanya! I love that turkey! :o)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
Cute card, the lil turkey is so cute!ReplyDelete
I so super love what you do with pks! It's just fantastic! This is really cute and the papers are just terrific!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your night, my friend!


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All that was missing at Agilent Technologies' Mississauga, Ont., office last month was the smell of diesel and a diner, complete with Sloppy Joes.
That's because the company was showing off an assortment of lightwave test and measurement networking equipment from Agilent's Communications Solutions Group (CSG) in a 53-foot tractor-trailer. The event was one of three Canadian stops in the Dreams Made Real Tour, designed to demonstrate Agilent telecommunications solutions directly to its customers across North America.
On board the big rig, Agilent engineers showcased several products to rid corporate fibre-optic networks of a case of the jitters. Agilent showed off the OmniBER 718 STM-1/OC-3 Communications Performance Analyzer, which offers a one-box field-portable multi-rate BER (bit error ratio) and jitter tester up to 155Mbps for development qualification, commissioning, system verification and manufacture of SDH, SONET, ATM and POS transport networks and network equipment. The OmniBER features a smart set-up auto-discover wizard for fast test set-up, automatic detection of mixed payload signal structures and accurate measurement of protection switching times of both ring and linear networks.
"The OmniBER tests frequency, data errors and signal loss," said Yungi Zhang, applications engineer for Agilent. "What it does is notify you of any errors at the installation and management stage of network deployment."
Zhang added that in a perfect world, signals would stay at their designated fixed positions, but in the real world, signals shift and become unsynchronised, causing interference and jitters.
"[The OmniBER] lets you know if your transmitter is synchronized with your receiver," he said.
Agilent also demonstrated the J1955A Agilent Advisor Software (SW) Edition, offering new support for token-ring networks. The software-based protocol analyser offers tools to isolate and solve network problems on 10/100 Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet and token-ring networks. Installed on a standard PC or notebook with Microsoft Windows 98, 2000 or NT operating systems and an NDIS network interface card, the SW Edition features the identical graphical user interface, Expert Analyzer and analysis functionality of the Advisor LAN/WAN/ATM protocol analyser.
Other equipment candidates on display were the ParBERT 81250 43G and the BERT E2150A 43G test systems that support emerging 40Gbps technology. The 40Gbps technology aims to offer network operators benefits such as higher capacity and a smaller equipment footprint. The ParBERT tests electrical devices including 16-to-1 muxes and demuxes. The BERT electrical and optical system tests optical devices. Agilent said that the two products are essential systems for testing 40Gbps transmission lines.
The abundance of equipment aboard the rig may have given the wrong impression of the state of the market for fibre-optic networks. According to Mark Quigley, associate director of research for Brockville, Ont.-based The Yankee Group in Canada, there has been a significant slowdown in capital expenditures within the fibre-optic arena.
"With bankruptcies, with companies holding back on those expenditures – (these facts) coincide with the economy starting to slow," Quigley said. "(This attitude) has definitely seeped into the folks that are actually building the networks, and downstream from that would be the folks that are supplying the equipment for it. There are certainly some networks that continue to be built. Some companies continue to upgrade, to extend and to expand, but it is certainly not the same environment that we saw 12 months ago for these services."


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Day 7: Itzehoe to Erfurt – via Wernigerode
I knew when I got up that today would be a long day of driving. Erfurt is in the middle of Germany. Itzehoe in the North.
After breakfast I packed my things and at 10 o' clock I was ready to start – the first aim was to get clear of Hamburg nice and early.
After packing the car I waved goodbye to my hosts Barbara and Albrecht and headed for the Autobahn, stopping just before joining to fill up with petrol (€71.50 per tank out here – just over £60).
Then it was on to the Autobahn. Traffic was light with plenty of opportunity to take advantage of there being no speed limit – I made it to Hamburg in no time. Had to slow down for Hamburg, of course, a speed limit of 80 km/h limit applies here. With traffic light I did in 45 minutes this morning the same distance I did in 2 hours on Friday afternoon.
From Hamburg, the first section of the journey was easy enough – follow the A7 (the main North-South Autobahn) as far as Hannover, then get on the A2 and go as far as Braunschweig (Brunswick). A couple of slow sections through the roadworks, but otherwise a fairly clear run.
I made it to a motorway service station just outside Braunschweig in 2hrs 45mins and decided to stop for lunch. There was a hut inside the service station selling the traditional German Currywurst with chips – so that was my lunch. Quick, cheap and easy… and then it was back on the road.
During my journey to Erfurt, I detoured through the Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt) region and stopped at the town of Wernigerode to visit the air museum (Luftfahrtmuseum). Taking up a space of 4 hangars, the museum displays an interesting collection of early planes and helicopters.
From Wernigerode the journey on to Erfurt would take another 2 hours. The first half of this was without Autobahn, following the local roads, with some very interesting countryside and some picturesque towns and villages. Tomorrow I will be going in to the country to properly explore, I will go up to the highest point in the Thüringen region.
Before long I reached the Autobahn network again. The Autobahns of the old East Germany are great to drive on: No traffic, with plenty of opportunity to go fast.
Over the final 50/60km stretch in to Erfurt I was able to be doing in the region of 160km/h all the way, apart from one tunnel (80km/h limit) and one 2km section of roadworks (60km/h limit). Otherwise, apart from the odd vehicle the road was deserted.
By 6 I was in the centre of Erfurt, the State Capital of Thüringen and had found a parking space in the multi-storey underground carpark at the Domplatz, just a short walk from my hotel.
After checking-in and unpacking the car I went for a walk around the city and found the Zitadelle Petersberg, the town fortress which was restored after German reunification and is now open to the public as one of the city's historic sights.
Then it was dinner time and I went to eat at the Greek restuarant attached to my hotel – the Restaurant Kreta. It seems the Germans don't eat out on Mondays though, it was empty apart from me and one other table.
Tomorrow, some more sightseeing in and around Erfurt, then I'm heading back to the Rheinland to spend my final night in Germany in Cochem (Mosel Valley).
Gute Nacht,
Today's Mileage: 307.5
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FileMaker Go, which originally began life as a very solid $30 iPad app, should now be considered must-have mobile database software among desktop FileMaker Pro users. The database program's excellent design, multiple file layouts, integrated search, digital signature capture, and charting capabilities made it a compelling offer when it debuted, but FileMaker Go 12 ups the ante with enhanced multimedia capabilities, multitasking support, and best of all a new price: Free! A few niggles still linger—you still can't create new files—but FileMaker Go 12 is an iPad database app that can keep you productive while on the go.
What's It All About?
FileMaker Go 12 is designed to do one thing: run FileMaker Pro 12 software (both the regular and advanced versions) on Apple's slate. You cannot, however, create new files using FileMaker Go; that's reserved for the Windows and Mac desktop software. That sting is a bit easier to deal with now that that FileMaker Go costs absolutely nothing to download.
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FileMaker Go 12 looks and functions very much like its FileMaker 1.2 predecessor. By default, FileMaker Go displays a very basic two-column interface that contains the heading "Files on Device" in the left column, and "Remote Files and Hosts" in the right column. This setup remains the same regardless of whether you hold the iPad in vertical or horizontal alignment. The "Remote Files and Hosts" column lets you connect to a remote host, and lists recently used FileMaker Pro 12 files. When you open a single file or multiple files, an icon appears in the upper-left corner that displays the number of open windows. Tapping that icon lets you effortlessly navigate through the open windows using a finger swipe.
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After transferring a FileMaker Pro 12 database table to the iPad using iTunes' File Sharing feature, I tapped the file, causing it to open in full screen mode. I was pleased to see that the layout hadn't been altered in the transfer, and that I could edit any of the fields. You can have multiple records (think of them as pages) within a single database table, which you can smoothly navigate between by moving the slider at the bottom of the screen, or by tapping the forward or backward arrows. An options icon resides in the upper-right portion of the screen which you can use to change the view ("Form," "List," and "Table"), activate/deactivate the toolbar, print to an Airplay-enabled printer (or use AirPrint), and tweak other settings. Tapping "Save/Send" and then "Database" lets you email, save, or save and open a file, while tapping "PDF" lets your e-mail, view, or save a print-ready file. You can also export data in one of several new file formats including Excel, CSV, TAB, and HTML—very useful.
At the bottom of the interface are three icons that give additional functionality. The first, located to the far left of the navigation slider, lets you select one of 40 themes, including several iPad-friendly designs. The second, located to the right of the navigation slider, lets you add a new set of records to a pre-existing database table, duplicate a database table, delete a database table, or delete found records. The icon to the far right lets you search by file name, omit records from a file, and sort by various criteria (age, amount in stock, item, and much more). In addition, you can now add audio or video that you recorded with your iPad to a container field with just a few button taps. In my time with FileMaker Go 12, I found that all of the options worked smoothly, but FileMaker cautions that there may be some calculation and script behavioral differences when porting files into its mobile app.
Chart Support and Synchronization
FileMaker Go 12 supports Charts created with the desktop FileMaker Pro 12. You can view, edit, and update chart bar, line, and pie charts, but you can't create them from scratch within FileMaker Go.
The previous version of FileMaker Go let you transfer FileMaker Pro files from your desktop to your iPad using iTunes (or, alternately, by opening and saving an e-mailed file), but the changes weren't synchronized; you needed to use FileMaker Pro on the desktop to import data, which was annoying as it resulted in multiple entries. But if you had files stored on a hosted FileMaker server, any changes that you made using FileMaker Go were automatically saved to the original database file. Overall, the experience was less than ideal.
The situation has been addressed. FileMaker 12 now delivers direct, real time updates when synced to FileMaker Pro 12 using FileMaker Pro Server, so you don't have to worry about being a step behind.
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FileMaker Go now lets you accept digital signatures, which will prove a vital offering for those that signing contracts, confirming the receipt of goods, conducting field surveys, and more. Accepting a signature is as simple as having someone John Hancock the "Receiving Signature" field (either with a finger or iPad-compatible stylus). You can then export the captured signature to FileMaker Pro 12 or upload it to a FileMaker Server database. FileMaker 12 now supports multi-tasking so that when you leave the app and then return to it, you'll pick up exactly where you left off.
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FileMaker Go 12, despite some limitations, is a useful tool for businesspeople who want to access databases on the go, as it gives them the option of shedding a laptop or roaming free from a desktop PC. The ability to create new files and charts from scratch would be a huge benefit, but even without those features, FileMaker Go 12 is a more than worthy download for FileMaker Pro 12 and FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced users who need to quickly retrieve, or input, important data on the go.
FileMaker Go is a well-designed iPad app that lets you access database information from the palm of your hand. It lacks the ability to create files, but it's a very solid iPad business app.
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Hallo readers,
It has been a most bewildering week. First last Friday was declared No Panty Day, at which WTF was in great indignation. Of course, as far as some celebrities are concerned every day seems to be No Panty Day but that's not the point. No Panty Day seems to be about slappers various tweeting pictures of their minge for the delectation of saddos and sleazebags. Then some Wall Street hedge fund manager sought a third of his ex-wife's shoe collection, claiming it was worth $1m and that she had concealed them all in a secret room in their zillion dollar Park Avenue apartment. $1m seems to be going it some for footwear, and now that Louboutins are worn by WAGS and slags everywhere, frankly they would seem to be a diminishing asset. Whether he intends to burn them in the middle of Central Park or just walk around in them himself just to spite the former Mrs Hedge Fund, WTF cannot say. Meanwhile in the UK the weather has mostly been more January than June, half the country is under water and the Press followed Kim Kardashian's parade around Europe as if she were Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe combined instead of a talentless bimbo with a big bottom. So WTF was in need of good cheer, and luckily she found it in the form of these ridiculous outfits worn by people who should know better.
Let us begin with WAG and lads' mag model, Abbey Clancy, looking silly in Louis Vuitton.
Now the reason Abbey is looking silly is because the outfit is silly, proving that because it is Designer and costs the same as a car doesn't mean anything except that you look silly and are a lot poorer if you buy it and that you just look silly if you borrow it. Let's be honest. This is a frilly sugar-pink nightie worn under a feather duster with zips. You might have heard of a duster coat. They were invented for cowboys to protect their clothes from trail dust. Well this is a feather duster coat. On the plus side, the shoes are gorgeous and at least it isn't see-through and split to the crotch.
Next up, Elle MacPherson.
All together now, one, two, three…. WTF ARE THOSE TROUSERS? No really, this is a genuine question. There are cropped trousers. There are long trousers. There are skirts. The designer, one Louis Heal, was obviously unable to make up his mind and so he made a hybrid of all three. It might be that on a hot night in Wagga Wagga a girl needs some airflow to her lady areas, but in the UK as part of a Fall Collection? And this nonsensical outfit only has one arm, which WTF hates almost above all things, and a stupid slash. Meanwhile, the shoes are giving me a headache.
Let us proceed with super diva Jennifer Lopez.
This is, not to put too fine a point it, a mess. The jeans look a little tight and the top looks a little small. There is a tartan rug straight from the dog basket and some sort of acrylic looking item that was probably knitted by Granny Lopez as the long nights were drawing in on the Block. WTF can only conclude that Jennifer had given her 170 staff the day off, couldn't be arsed to pack and just grabbed a handful of items as she was running for the plane. Or something.
And now we have Donna Air, model and TV presenter in a very baffling ensemble.
This is just terribly, terribly terrible. She looks like an iridescent schoolboy. The sandals with giant red lips are just too weird to talk about and seem to have been nicked off Donna's daughter's Barbie doll. Indeed, Donna has become so tiny that she looks like Barbie with tiny feet to match. Why would anyone leave the house dressed like this? Donna's stylist should receive a slap, a P45 and then another slap. And Barbie wants her shoes back.
We pass onto Florence Welch, wearing a hideous concoction by Julien Macdonald. By the way, WTF continues to question the point of wearing expensive couture with very visible tattoos.
Oh, for Heaven's sake. WTF is so bored with this sheer skirt nonsense. This isn't a dress, it is a fancy dress costume with Florence as the Wicked Witch of the North. All she needs is a broomstick, a green face and a pointy hat. The embroidered sleeves make her look as if the Wicked Witch has been caught up in barbed wire, which also probably accounts for the missing skirt.
And finally, another edition of Stylists Who Need to go to Specsavers, featuring not one but two women who pontificate on fashion and then appear in public looking preposterous.
First up, Hilary Alexander, Fashion Editor of the Daily Telegraph. You might want to sit down before reading on.
What on earth is going on here? Has the woman gone mad? I ask because those roses round her head put one in mind of King Lear when he went off his rocker and wandered about on the heath in a storm dressed in rags with a garland round his head. Like this…..
Things are no better from the neck down. Hilary has gone for a gold sheath with very visible nipple activity and it looks as if she has popped into the ladies' loo at the office and tacked up the hem herself. Paired with this we have the sort of wrap you slip over your swimsuit when lunching pool-side at a posh hotel full of Eurotrash. Not that this get-up needed further decoration, but she has added a necklace fashioned from the British Museum's coin collection, orange and shocking pink sandals, a yellow and brown handbag and blue nail varnish. Who needs a Pantone colour chart?
And now to one of WTF's regulars, Nancy Dell'Olio. Nancy is a lawyer who doesn't seem to practice her profession and often dresses as if she were practising another profession altogether. She is famous for being famous and for having been the partner of Sven Goran Ericsson, sometime (useless and overpaid) manager of the England Football Team (also useless and overpaid). Nancy now writes a style column for a national newspaper. The words Physician Heal Thyself come to mind, as well as many other words, none of them polite.
Actually the main words coming to mind are AAAAAAAAAAAARGH and EEEEEEEEK. Ever mindful of her responsibilities, WTF checked to see whether this was a Carry On Cleo party, but it wasn't. There was therefore some other reason why Nancy looked in her wardrobe that evening and decided that this was the night to slip on a white halter neck dress about 6 inches too short, to dispense with a bra (there is a very visible nipple on show) and to totter about on vertiginous heels with a chandelier on her head. And it gets worse. Yes, it really does. Here is the back view.
WTF is unsure whether Nancy was embracing the deplorable side-boob trend or whether her dress just didn't fit, but it matters not. There comes a time, and WTF speaks from experience here, where your bits are less interesting to the general population, if indeed they ever were, and need to be put away. As for the body glitter, if the intention was to distract from a certain lack of tone, it has had the opposite effect. Nancy is much given to interviews in which she likes to portray herself as a style icon. WTF feels that in this she may be mistaken.


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Spotlight: JAiMS
JAiMS is not your typical hip-hop artist. He uses his experiences growing up in suburban New Jersey, his relationship with God, and pure talent to craft a one-of-a-kind sound.
JAiMS' latest EP, Basic Cable (now on Apple Music), is one of the most innovative projects of 2017, as he somehow channels Frank Ocean and Chance the Rapper while still sounding like his unique self. We spent over an hour talking about this new development, his musical inspirations and much more.
Arielle Nicole: Basic Cable is on Apple Music; you're fancy! How'd you get to this point?
JAiMS: [Laughs] I've been working on Basic Cable since last summer...it started out as a project called Roses, which was inspired by Big Sean's Dark Sky Paradise; my producer Kelly Kell and I wanted to make a record that had a darker feel, but everything we were writing just wasn't fitting that. Roses turned into 101, which was a play on words. We were headed back to the basics, which somehow ended up being Basic Cable as we know it today.
AN: I just have to say, I personally love this album, especially the transitions! They definitely give me Channel Orange vibes. You're comedic in a way that isn't like Frank [Ocean] though, he's got a very dark sense of humor.
JAiMS: Yeah definitely. I like to have fun with my music, I want it to make people feel good! It's all about positive vibes. One of my favorites on Basic Cable is called "Middle East".
AN: How long have you been making music?
JAiMS: Since high school. I grew up in Sayreville, which is a very white environment. I stayed mostly with the other black kids, but they were usually athletes, and I'm not that athletic [laughs]. There's a slight music scene where I'm from, but it really all just came from myself. Music was my way of expressing myself before I got to Hampton.
AN: Coming from a place without strong musical influences, what's it like being a part of this giant collection of recording artists at Hampton?
JAiMS: It's great because there's no competition here. Everyone collaborates with everyone else, you know, I might have a track with Zay Blaze here, and I might bounce ideas off of 4AM/Chef Jimmy; anything can happen with the other artists, really. I've actually got a song with MoThoro in the vault.
AN: Describe your sound.
JAiMS: My sound? I'm not like anybody else. I make music my mom can hear, so I don't cuss in my music. I talk about college life and relationships and my relationship with God. I want my listeners to relate without preaching at them. I believe that when you're more honest, you get more recognition. People like Kanye West and Chance the Rapper paved the way for me to be able to talk about the things I talk about, so for that I'm very grateful.
AN: How will we know when JAiMS is in the studio?
JAiMS: All the money I have goes straight to music, so I be looking wild!
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Atmogat - "Trigger Event"
Artist: Atmogat
Album: Trigger Event
Year: 2010
Label: Impulsive Art
Genre: IDM / Downtempo
Website: www.myspace.com/atmogat
Composition: 8.5/10
After several free digital EPs, Atmogat returns with their full-length "Trigger Event". The music on Trigger Event sounds like a natural progression from their last EP "Neutro Bionic", as the listener is again presented with downtempo-yet-complex ambient idm with big atmospheres and hints of melody. Compositionally, this isn't too different from previous Atmogat releases; it's more clicks, buzzes, blips and beeps, but that's all par for the course. It's got all the right ingredients for what I want to hear when I say "I want to hear some idm". Now, "Trigger Event" isn't really Warp records type stuff, it's more of the "new school" of IDM (I guess you could call it that; I call it that). Baically, it is stuff that is more digital sounding and more cohesive; stuff with groove and not so much technical wankery. I like "Trigger Event" because you can groove along with it and follow it, but at the same time it's complex enough to satisfy your brain. Honestly, this album is a really good depiction of IDM. It's easy to get into, yet complex enough for the veteran. The sounds are able to be described by positive adjectives like: interesting, unique, visionary, calming, stimulating, mechanical. Soundwise, the songs are very cohesive; like actual pieces of music rather than random noises and glitches. It's really difficult to acurately describe the songs in words because they are so full of things, and these things constantly change and evolve... Bottom line is that this is a fucking cool album if you like IDM, and it's the kind of thing you'd expect and be happy to hear when you're looking for someting described as "ambient idm". There are two remixes at the end of this; the Access to Arasaka one sounds exactly like his own work, which you should know and like, and the Nikka one is pretty mediocre. Maybe on it's own it would be good, but it sounds a little weak compared to the rest of the album.
Production: 9/10
This is what really sets Atmogat apart from other ambient idm acts. While the sounds used may not be worlds different, they have an extremely mature sound with very tight and massive sounding production. They seem very well versed in composition and mixing which sets them a tier above many similar sounding acts. One thing I really noticed about the DNN album "Try To Feel" (this is the side project of one of the members that I meant to introduce earlier but didn't) was just how spacious it sounded, and "Trigger Event" is the same way, sounding absolutely colossal. Excellent.
Artistic Merit: 5/10
The only real downfall of this album is that it's not particularly different from other ambient idm acts. It sounds pretty similar to stuff you would hear on Crazy Language or Halbsicht or U-cover, although this is definitely not a terrible thing.
Flow: 9/10
Flows as well as IDM can. The songs aren't 'structured' in a traditional way, but they move and progress nicely and do not get boring or wank-festy. The synths compliment the beatwork quite well, and as a result these pieces tend to suck you in and keep you fascinated.
Overall Rating: 8.5/10
A great buy for anyone who enjoys ambient IDM in the vein of pleq, huron, dnn, sincere trade, the last gambit, adamned.age etc.
Posted by woundsoftheearth at 11:13 AM
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- Unknown said...
Finally Atmogat released their first lp ) It's a really good album though such music is enough. Now I'm waiting a new release from Impulsive Art, it's a Frank Riggio's new album.
- March 30, 2010 at 10:56 PM
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They say that with age comes wisdom, and that part of wisdom is the ability to allow your opinions to be changed with changing facts, arguments, or the natural flow of time. Long time readers will no doubt recall the opinion I once held that audiobooks were not for me. It is interesting to look at that post from nearly 3 years ago and the 4 arguments I made against my own use of audiobooks, and compare them to how my opinions have changed today.
1. The voice bothers me
I wrote,
I am so used to my own internal voice, and the voices I make up in my head for various characters, that I can't bear the voice of someone else reading to me.
I look upon this statement today as both naive and somewhat self-centered. Since February 2013, I've read 80 audiobooks, and if anything, I have learned that the narrator tends to enhance the book rather than detract from it. Indeed, today I would argue that there is at least one advantage to audiobooks over regular books:
A good audiobook narrator will lead me to books I might otherwise not have chosen to read
The one dimension to audiobooks that doesn't exist in other forms of the books (paper, electronic) is the narrator or narrators who read the books. I have found that I enjoy some narrators so much, that I will seek out other books that they have read, books that I might never have chosen to read if not for the narrator. A few examples of these include:
- Danse Macabre by Stephen King. Read primarily because it was narrated by William Dufris, a narrator I first heard read John Scazli's The Human Division. I probably would have gotten to the book eventually, but Dufris brought me to it much sooner, and I enjoyed the book.
- Blue Highways by William Least-Heat Moon. My dad recommended this book to me years ago, but I didn't read it until early this summer when I discovered that Joe Barrett narrated the audiobook version. I first heard Joe Barrett as the narrator of John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, and as soon as I finished that book, I started looking for other books that Barrett narrated.
Seeking out books because of the narrator provides yet another window into a book that I might not already have read. My "internal voice" which I was so used to three years ago would never have led me to these narrators and thus opened the doors to these other great books.
2. I cannot divide my attention to make listening and doing something else worthwhile.
This is an example of not seeing the big picture. To a large extent, I was forced to audiobooks precisely because I found that my time during the day was too limited to allow me to read as much as I wanted to read. The big lure of audiobooks was that I could multitask. This has become my biggest time saving tip, one that I have talked about in a variety of places, including my "How I Work" interview with Lifehacker earlier this year.
My days are very busy. I try to break them up with exercise, and my preferred exercise is to take long walks at various times throughout the day. During these walks, I listen to audiobooks, and I can usually ensure at least 2 hours of walking–and therefore 2 hours of listening time–each day.
I find that I have little problem dividing my attention between walking and listening to audiobooks. Occasionally my attention wanders, but it is easy to go back and re-listen to what it was I missed. The same happens when reading a book from time-to-time.
Moreover, I can listen to audiobooks while doing things that I can't do while reading: chores around the house being one big example. And then, of course, there is listening to audiobooks while on long drives where I am the driver.
So, yes, I was absolutely wrong when I said that I could not divide my attention between listening to an audiobook and doing some other kind of activity. The bulk of my listening has occurred while doing other things.
3. Reading aloud tends to be too slow for me
What I wrote was,
I am by no means a speed-reader, but I do read somewhat faster than the pace of reading aloud. It is just too slow for me and I find myself growing impatient.
It is true that reading aloud is slower than reading silently. On the other hand, I can listen to audiobooks while doing things that I can't do while reading (see #2 above).
But I've also discovered another advantage to the slower pace of audiobooks: I get more out of the book. When reading a book, especially fiction, I tend to read faster and faster as I get toward the end of the book, excited to see how things come out. Of course, this speed sacrifices some comprehension. I didn't realize how much comprehension until I listened to an audiobook that I had once read before. The pace of the book is the same throughout. It means that instead of racing at the end, I am continuing on at the same pace as before, and I get more out of the book than I did when I was reading it.
I have tried, once or twice, listening to a book on a faster pace–something the Audible app allows you to do. However, part of my pleasure in listening to an audiobook is the narrator, and once the pace is sped up, the narrator doesn't sound right to me.
4. For me, reading is an active thing
Three years ago I wrote,
Finding that groove where the words start to fade away and the scenes flow smoothly through my head is a kind of heaven that I haven't been able to achieve listening to audio books.
I just hadn't given it a chance. When I get into an audiobook, the "narration" fades into the background and the scenes flow smoothly through my head.
Still, this touches on another important element of audiobooks:
Reading vs. listening
I have, in my posts that talk about my reading since I started listening to audiobooks, referred to my activity as "reading." It has been pointed out to me that when I say I "read" a book that I actually listened to, I am not accurately describing what I am doing. I concede this point, and further, I admit that reading and listening are two different activities, each with its pros and cons.
That said, I believe that a person who reads a book, and another person who listens to the unabridged audio version of the same book, come away with the same text and are able to discuss the book in detail. One person read the words and one person had the words read to them, but they were the same words.
When I refer to "reading" an audiobook, I realize that what I have been doing is using a shorthand. Saying I "read" Stephen King's Revival is simple. Saying that I "listened" to Stephen King's Revival is more accurate, but also can lead to more explanation. ("You listened to it?" "Yes." "How?" "Through the audiobook." "Oh, is there an app for that?" "Yes." "How much does it cost?", etc. etc.) My intention was not to deceive anyone into thinking that I read the book in the traditional sense. I used the term "read" as a common shorthand for having consumed the text in such a way as to (a) be able to enjoy it and (b) be able to speak about it with the same degree of authority as anyone else who read the book. Indeed, those books that I listened to are colored coded orange on my list of what I have read since 1996. (On the plaintext version of the list, audiobooks are indicated by the @ symbol.)
To avoid confusion, I am likely to continue to use the term "read" even when I listen to a book, but I acknowledge that this is shorthand, and that reading and listening are two different activities.
I am often chagrined at how much my opinions can change in a relatively short period of time, but these days I look at it as just part of growing older. No doubt I will initially reject the next reading technology to come along, only to find myself embracing it a few years later. Such is the nature of the human character.


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Modernizing Martial Arts , part 2
In Part 1 of Modernizing the Martial Arts, I discussed the outdated concepts of punitive traditions in Martial Art schools. I explained how we are going to change that in One World Karate, and why.
In Part 2 I aim to explain how 1WK is going to adapt the testing procedures to reflect the unique challenges faced by a school that works with students of radically different abilities and needs.
Once upon a time in the traditional school, belts were awarded based upon mastery of technique. Schools were not meant to be egalitarian, democratic, or easy. Only the best were supposed to reach Black Belt. The rest were supposed to quit, drop out, or eventually "find their level". In fact, many many years ago, there were no belts at all! You trained as hard as you could, and the best students learned the most. Period.
A knock against many contemporary schools in America is that schools have become "Black Belt Factories" that spew out rank in exchange for money. In effect, these schools charge you money to attend, then give you a belt every few months (after a "test" is administered to justify the promotion) to keep your ego satiated enough to continue to spend money and attend school. The end result is a "Black Belt" with no real mastery of the skills and a dangerously false sense of security.
I come from a traditional background where the skills were required to be mastered to a set level before a promotion could be given. I respect that philosophy, and I believe that any physically able body should should be held to those standards.
However, One World Karate is not about producing one Bruce Lee out of 1000 students. One world Karate is about developing the individual to their greatest potential possible. That is why, despite being an inclusive school, the students will be placed into the program that best suits their needs. We believe in setting up the student for success, not failure.
Before we describe the two programs we run, it is important to realize that the programs are personal, not institutional. That means that just because a motor impaired student may be in a modern curriculum, that student is not isolated or removed from the traditional curriculum students. Depending upon the lesson, they may train together or separately – whichever is the best solution for that particular skill set.
So what exactly are you talking about, Teacher Carroll?
So glad you asked! Here's the breakdown:
The Traditional Program– This program is for students who are physically able to develop mastery of the skill set required for promotion to higher belts. This is a program that you would expect in any Martial Art school anywhere in the world. Regardless of a students mental cognitive functions, behavioral issues, or Attention Deficits, if the student is physically capable of mastering the skill set, they will be placed in a traditional program.
What that means for the student in our traditional program is that belt testing will be a real test that they can pass or fail. A failure of a test is not a failure of a student. This will be stressed repeatedly throughout a students training. In fact, the belt tests will be referred to as Belt Evaluations. This is simply because I personally loath the word "test" wholeheartedly. Hate it.
The Modern Program – The other program is for students with motor impairment issues. Again, regardless of mental cognition, behavior, or attention issues, if the student has motor issues that would preclude the student from mastering the skill set needed to reach Black Belt, that student will placed in the Modern Program. The modern program will be based upon "time served" as a student, and a specific set of goals designed to be met within 3 months. Class attendance will be monitored for every student regardless of program, but the Modern Program students will be eligible for a belt evaluation every 24 classes attended (essentially perfect attendance for 3 months). Their evaluation will consist of a demonstration of what they have learned and improved upon since the last evaluation. This is exactly how we teach in the special education setting in schools (well, it's supposed to be how we teach…)
How is this different than the "Black Belt Factory"? The difference is in the intent and execution of the class. These students are not just given a promotion. They earn it through participating 100% and striving for success within the limits of their physical ability.
Some of these students may, with time, reach a point where they transfer to the traditional program (this is part of our goal of individual excellence!). They will retain their current rank, but will have to demonstrate physical mastery of the essential building block skill sets of the lower belts before testing for their next belt.
All students will have the opportunity for private lessons as well. These lessons are designed to compliment the classroom training, not necessarily replace it.
To summarize – the programs are designed to facilitate the individual growth of every student. We must recognize the limitations certain students may face when they join the school, and adapt to their specific needs. The ultimate goal is to maximize their potential and build them up through success after success until they reach a place in their lives where they know they are successful. Sort of like we all wish IEP's and Texas ARD's were utilized. Maybe one day…
Both programs may participate in the same classroom at the same time together as one class. Being placed in one program does not separate them from the other. We are an inclusive school with the intent to integrate students to the utmost practical extent possible.
The skills they learn are essentially the same, so they can train together and help each other. A front kick is a front kick, regardless of whether you are kicking a shield bag, or a balloon. The technique is the same whether you are punching hard or just as hard as you can.


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Checkmating COVID-19!
Dear Chess Parents, In this time of social distancing, we have been formulating a strategy to checkmate COVID-19! After days of brainstorming and identifying resources, we have developed and invested in a technological solution that we see as simple, effective, and FUN! As our initial move, on Tuesday, March 17th, we will release our schedule of live interactive online lessons presented by me (Coach Jay) and your CYCL coaches. Please watch our website for updates and easy-to-follow instructions. Besides online lessons, we are excited to unveil additional online resources in the next few days. Let's checkmate COVID-19 together! CHECK you later! Coach Jay & The CYCL Staff Grupp Digital – A former CYCL student steps in to save the day!


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KHDA 2019: Good
KHDA Report 2019-2020 - Released May 2019
GEMS Legacy School has been rated: Good
According to the report, this is what the school does best:
- The outstanding attitudes, behavior and tolerance of children and students.
- The improving skills in literacy and the range of creative planning for social studies.
- A dedication to caring for the environment.
- The support of parents and their appreciation of the welcoming and inclusive nature of the school community,
- Children's and students' outstanding personal and social development


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Sheikh Haikel has released 10.10.10, this 3rd album on 10 October 2010 and is giving it away free as part of his 35th birthday.
It was a nice surprise when I heard his song "Still Steady" was picked as the official theme song for the 23rd Canon Lion City Cup 2011.
I like how the song incorporated the very popular slang "Steady, steady, pom pi pi". I also like how the video featured the local football heroes from the yesteryears.
Sheikh Haikel is the only artist in Singapore other than Dick Lee that I know who readily uses Singlish in their music. I have always thought that Sheikh Haikel is one of Singapore's top musical talent but it's a shame that he never really had a lot of commercial success.
You can download the album for free by clicking here.


text: "The winner of the 2017 Nash Next Challenge is . . . Todd O'Neill." Those were the words Todd heard in October 2016 after he beat out hundreds of competitors in a four-month-long competition to become the last man standing in the Nash Next Challenge, which was created by Cumulus Media and sponsored by Country…… MORE


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Dr. Jeremiah Johnston addresses six categories of recurring, trending questions that plague the minds of believers but are rarely addressed in church.
Unanswered tackles these tough issues:
- God on Mute: What Do I Do When God Is Silent?
- Body of Proof: Why Can I Trust in the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus and How Does That Change Things Today?
- Paranormal: Understanding Spiritual Darkness and the Paranormal Allure Among Christians and How to Escape It
- Bible-ish Christianity: Why Most Christians Know Just Enough About the Bible to Be Dangerous
- My Invisible Disease: What Christians Must Understand About Suicide and Mental Health
- Becoming Job: Why Suffering, Me-Centric Christianity, and a Concierge-God Don't Mix
Unanswered will leave you enriched, characterized by a thinking faith, equipped to communicate confidently, and committed to escape the tendency of offering trite answers to a skeptical friend.


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Reading Comprehension
Beware of those
who use the truth to deceive.
When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important
information that should be included, he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, "I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!"
This guy's a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred tickets, and only one was a winner. He's really a big loser!
He didn't say anything that was false, but he deliberately omitted important information. That's called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
Untrustworthy candidates in political campaigns often use this tactic. Let's say that during Governor Smith's last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents runs an ad saying, "During Governor Smith's term, the sate lost one million jobs!" That's true. However an honest statement would have been, "During Governor Smith's term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs."
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It's against the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the truth. An ad might boast, "Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples." It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.
This kind of deception happens too often. It's a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
1. Which statement is true according to the article?
a. Whenever
people tell the truth, they are really lying.
b. You can't trust gamblers.
c. All governors help their states.
d. The truth can be used in dishonest ways.
2. What does "deceive" mean?
a. removing
one's teeth in public
b. ignore warnings
c. fool
d. repair
3. What does "omitted" mean?
a. spent money
b. left out
c. told about
d. exposed
4. The author clearly wants people to _________.
a. think
carefully about what they read and hear
b. wear mismatched socks during political campaigns
c. never trust anyone
d. vote for female candidates
5. Another appropriate title for this selection would be:
a. Natural Cat
b. Everyone Lies
c. Lying With the Truth
d. Nose Pimples
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Traffic set to clog as Eglinton East LRT work begins
The patience of Toronto commuters is about to be tested in a major way on Eglinton Avenue East as construction begins on the eastern section of the Crosstown LRT. Prior to this point, crews have been plugging away at the western portion of the line, which has already led to major backups in places like the foot of Allen Rd. It's all about to get a whole lot worse this spring. While it's crucial that we all think long term about infrastructure projects like this one, here's a little glimpse of the pain in store if Eglinton is a route that you frequent.
- Daily lane reductions are already in place between Laird and Leslie as construction crews prepare to install an excavation shaft.
- In early April, construction will begin on Laird Station, causing more closures in the immediate area for approximately eight months.
- That will be followed by station construction at Bayview and Mount Pleasant, with the former needing an emergency exit that will take two years to complete.
- Most impactful of all, when the tunnel boring machines arrive at Brentcliffe to dig west, traffic will be reduced to one lane in either direction for over two years.
- When the machines are finally extracted at Yonge St., it's difficult to say just what a nightmare it'll be, but think apocalyptic.
I recall driving on Sheppard numerous times during the construction of that subway line. It was really bad. This will be worse. But, we can all take solace in the fact that the Crosstown will have far more positive and lasting effects on easing congestion in the decades to come. So pop a mouthguard in the glovebox and you won't grind your teeth down in the meantime. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is expected to begin service in 2020.
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Somehow (/sigh) it just happened so that I am currently in the process of job hunting. Believe me, it's not an easy task in Japan no matter if you're a foreigner or a Japanese! But in this post I wanted to talk about Hello Work, a mythical Japanese organization that claims it will do it's best to help you find a job.
Well in reality if you're a foreigner most likely they'll just shrug their shoulders and send you to some big foreign recruiting agency. I'm pretty sure nobody would even bother to deal with them if it wasn't for the fact that they actually support you financially during your job hunt. That is if you satisfy their criteria. For instance, you can't expect anything if you just quit your job because you were sick of it after 2 months. There must be a legitimate reason (the best of them is the so called risutora (リストラ = restructuring or corporate downsizing)) and you must have been paying unemployment insurance. If you didn't pay anything, then sorry, you're not eligible. If you quit on your own, apparently you can't get your unemployment payments immediately and have to wait god knows how long. Tricky. And btw, you can only be getting your unemployment benefits for a limited period of time. In my case it is just 3 months (90 days). That's how they politely hint you to stop eating that potato salad in front of your TV and actually put on your job helmet, squeeze down into a job cannon and fire off to the jobland.
Anyway, if your previous employer was a ちゃんとした会社 you should get all the necessary documents for Hello Work by mail after about a week of your official termination date. With that stuff and a couple of standard document photos you should venture forth to Hello Work. After filling in some forms the clerk there will also ask for your bank book (通帳), so be careful as Hello Work doesn't work with Internet banks such as Rakuten. If everything goes smoothly you will be given a few important dates:
1) There will be two 説明会s, gatherings where they explain everything about Hello Work and the process of getting your unemployment benefits. It's all in Japanese and super boring. But you have to be there as it will show that you're serious about this and will also count as your first proof of active job search (求職活動).
2) Your first 認定日時, the date and time when you have to visit Hello Work again with a special paper explaining in detail how exactly you are progressing with your job hunting. But don't worry, for the first time just visiting the above mentioned 説明会s is enough.
If you fail to come on any of these dates you won't get your money. It's as simple as this. You will have to come to Hello Work every 4 weeks and give them updates. You need at least two recent job hunting activities each time. And just randomly looking at job ads doesn't count. It must be something solid like an interview or a document screening process that can actually be verified. Sometimes they also accept seminars on how to be a better job hunter. There are so many of them in Tokyo and what's more they're offered for free. If you'd like to know how to create a good CV in Japanese or how to pass interviews like a boss, definitely check with big recruiting agencies like DODA or Recruit, as they have tons of different seminars for job seekers. Even if you're not that interested, don't be lazy and go pile up a couple for the good record.
Now that's what the magical money bringing paper looks like:
It's asking
a lot of pretty darn personal stuff if you have been working part time or helping someone. If you have, you must specify for how long and how much you got paid. Not sure if they deduct something from you based on that. Better be honest, because who knows. Me? I've been too busy sleeping and playing games.
As you can see, the space is very limited, yet they expect you to write everything as detailed as possible. If you had a lot of interviews, my guess is just choose the two best looking ones. They might ask you some questions or even call the companies you've been visiting to check on you, so you better not cheat. Also good luck figuring out the answers that are actually applicable to you (took me an hour of browsing different websites to figure out which choice in question 3 (1) actually means recruiting agencies – apparently it's イ!).
Oh and lastly, Hello Work's payments are very modest. You can't really survive on them only, so don't relax thinking you're pretty much covered. In my case it's just 120k yen which is barely enough to cover my rent and electricity/gas/phone/Net for 1 month (yes, I live in a ridiculously expensive for its size apartment… ). But it's still something, huh.


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It's J Dilla's world; we just live in it. Hip hop owes a debt the size of a small nation's GDP to the departed Chairman Of The Boards, and the compound interest is a bitch. Who can resist the snaking soul jazz intrinsic to The Pharcyde's classic 'Runnin', the austere funk backing Phife Dawg's priapic 'Bend Ova' or, like, literally anything the man ever did with Common on the mic?
The crate digging beat cult that formed in Dilla's wake treats every new archival release with awestruck reverence as if delivered on golden plates by Joseph Smith.
But nobody lives in James Dewitt Yancey's shadow quite like Illa J, his biological brother and posthumous musical partner. With beats cobbled together from the mid-90s' Delicious Vinyl dustbin, his 2008 solo debut Yancey Boys sounded more contemporary than it ought have. Naturally, most of the focus here and on the subsequent Sunset Blvd. with emcee Frank Nitt was on Dilla's reanimated rhythms. To be sure, rap careers often depend more on beats than rhymes, but Illa's reliance on archival loops kept him passed over on his own albums, some shaky ass ground to rely on in a forward-moving genre.
Intentionally or otherwise, this eponymous album attempts a course correction simply by going donut-free. Fortunately, Illa's ambitions are matched by his scruples, choosing a conservative route that won't lose him the fans he's already earned. Unabashedly indebted to Dilla, production duo Potatohead People curate his instrumentals for the most part, favouring shuffling boom bap with synthy funk squiggles and pads ('Who Got It'). Geography alone explains Illa's Canadian connection, continuing a Detroit musical tradition that goes back generations. But whether rapping over the Kaytranada assisted jambuster 'Strippers' or repeatedly passing the mic to erstwhile Swollen Member Moka Only, his collaborative choices come off as curatorial, not regional.
Still, now that he's got our undivided attention, one wonders whether Illa J has much of anything to say. After all, the current calibre of Detroit rap talent sets the bar fairly high, from Dej Loaf's ethering realism and Big Sean's industrial punchlines to Guilty Simpson's robust rhyming and Quelle Chris' thoughtful eccentrism. A traditional backpack rap romantic from head to toe, Illa works through his emotions like Q-Tip on 'She Burned My Art' and earnestly catcalls his way through clubland during 'Universe'. On 'Perfect Game', he never struggles to maintain the bowling metaphor, easily avoiding the pitiable corniness that would befall a lesser lyricist. His adept performance on such a risky exercise suggests the Yancey rap legacy is in very good hands.
Angel Haze - Back To The Woods
Pop stardom never really suited Angel Haze, though the rapper certainly tried with the shiny sentimental glop of an eventual major label outing Dirty Gold. Now independent, their focus narrows somewhat to an area of comparable strength, that being an intimidating rap prowess. Thematically, the tone here is markedly less self-help motivational than that former incarnation, though the confidence remains. There's a lot more anger to be found on Back To The Woods, and Haze keeps it pointed at all the appropriate targets ('Babe Ruthless', Impossible'). Production leans towards the dystopian, with Tk Kayembe's bass drum bombast reigning over a near barren sonic wasteland. Admittedly, that approach suits pugnacious fare like 'On Fire' much more so than the R&B reachbacks of 'The Eulogy' and 'Moonrise Kingdom'. Nonetheless, the improved balance between Haze's two distinct stylistic modes on cuts like 'Dark Places' makes this vastly more enjoyable than their disparate debut. In an alternate universe, this might earn the rapper a Drake cosign, should Haze accept it.
Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap
By now, 'Trap Queen' is a part of your everyday life, an eager earworm that burrowed so intently that it counts as the plus one when you RSVP to parties. But before the song effectively turned into our collective Kuato, the coked-up love ballad belonged to Fetty Wap, a Garden State amalgam of Akon, Ja Rule, and T-Pain. Released in the wake of four consecutive hit singles, his overlong debut full-length amounts to an overdose, his crisp lugubrious trap constantly slathered with unnaturally yellow nacho slime. This stuff is cut with Splenda, which makes for a fun four minutes but a discomfiting seventy-seven. The catchphrases that made him a star become blunt objects poking against the ribs, especially all 1,738 instances of yeaaaaah baby ('RGF Island', 'Trap Luv'). The uniformity of the flimsy material bruises from within. Remy Boy Monty's ubiquity throughout smacks of a Faustian bargain, though the devil in these details remains unidentified. That said, if intended as a dry run for a solo album for Fetty's deputy, his myriad appearances raise neither hell nor hackles.
MED, Blu & Madlib - Bad Neighbor
One of the few enduring boom bap royals, Madlib never fell out of favour even as hip hop moved further and further away from him. Another win in an already tremendous year for Greater Los Angeles, Bad Neighbor reteams the Beat Konducta with favored emcee MED as part of a trio with the consistently underrated Blu. With almost as many additional collaborators as Dr. Dre's Compton, the album is perhaps best appreciated as a whole than in parts, though the Bernie Worrell sampling Madvillain reunion 'Knock Knock' makes a persuasive counterpoint. As usual, MED's vaguely nasal flow suits these wildly funky, oft jazzy beats, and in the spirit of competition Blu represents reliably. But really, this is more tapestry than showcase, with the guests sometimes crowding the principals out. Lootpack's DJ Romes comes through with the primo scratches on throwback 'Streets' while Dam Funk echoes and booms a bizarre hook for the deep spacey 'Peroxide'. A genuine 2015 breakout talent, Anderson Paak continues his rise to stardom with 'The Strip'.
MGK - General Admission
When Kid Rock's unmistakable yawp hits on 'Bad Mother Fucker', the next sound you may hear is your own eye roll. Look, the issue with Machine Gun Kelly has never been about talent, which he undeniably has, but rather his execution. For his second full-length under Sean Combs' bespoke wing, the Apollo kid once again spits with agility, even approaching Twista speeds when it suits him. An album artist in a music industry more dependent on singles than ever, MGK hasn't given Bad Boy much to work with here. Try as he might, he's just not particularly likeable as he coarsely defends himself amid the attempted baring of his soul on 'Story Of The Stairs', to say nothing of the crass jism imagery elsewhere. As for the record's more tasteful and dramatized moments, 'Gone' and 'Merry Go Round' fit somewhere in the gulf between Eminem's 'Stan' and Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again', yet there's not enough hope there to float him. Furthermore, there's something audacious about MGK repping Cleveland while dubiously comparing himself to 2Pac ('World Series').
Milo - So The Flies Don't Come
First and foremost, this is poetry. And like any good chapbook, So The Flies Don't Come benefits from close examination and repeat consumption. A rapper of sorts, Milo's casual brilliance recalls that of King Missile's John S. Hall, each churning turn of phrase jolting our future dead language with temporary stays of execution. On 'Song About A Raygunn', he speaks reverently of his Hellfyre mentor with none of the accented rancor of Hall's old Scorsese screed. Milo comes in peace but he sees the culture war, a linguist struggling with the consequences of language. He grits his teeth over white rap fans' negligent abuse of the n-word ('Souvenir') and tries desperately to answer an offscreen Twitter inquisitor ('Yomilo'). Beatwise, producer Kenny Segal leans towards jazz abstractions, full of billowy smoke instead of the more typical boom bap dust. The hot crackle of 'An Encyclopedia' is more artisanal than old school, a delicate presentation for Milo to unload his references upon. Everyone's outdone themselves this time.
White Boiz - Neighborhood Wonderful
Known mainly for their work in respective and respected groups, these two independent Los Angeles rap talents pare down to a duo for this fantastic full length album, which opens with a spirited sampled debate involving Sheik Way-El of the Moorish Science Temple of America. Neighborhood Wonderful is peppered with contention if not outright marinated in it, addressing black identity politics in America by way of frequent provocative interstitials. Amid this meta discussion of Afrocentrism as well as the definition of blackness and whiteness, emcee Krondon and producer Shafiq Husayn present a highly lyrical album they rather accurately describe as Farrakhan meets Flying Lotus. The incredibly cool beats aren't quite as far out as FlyLo's, but they're not entirely of our world either ('Erotica Exotica', 'GUN'). Krondon grounds these cosmic sounds with earthly concerns, delivering his own state of the union on 'Learn Tho' and dropping finger-pointed knowledge on 'Mary's Son'.
BONUS: One Hitters:
Apollo Brown - Grandeur What could've been a production victory lap for the Mello Music maestro instead spotlights a finite universe of dope emcees for whom lyricism matters as much as it ever did.
Iglooghost - Chinese Nü Yr Brainfeeder rightfully snatched up this forward-thinking teenaged producer whose mirthfully manic synthesis of garage, hip hop, footwork, and as-yet undefined (sub)genres makes him a beatmaker to watch.
Run The Jewels - Meow The Jewels A comedic conceit that was never all that funny in the first place gets its very own standalone special, with all of us as the cat butt of the joke.
Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire - Live Forever No longer bound to the major label beast, the New New York enigma seeks to regain his footing in the aftermath - and occasionally finds it.
Young Dro - Da Reality Show One of Atlanta's most reliable, the seasoned Grand Hustle artist's latest ticks all the right boxes and then, strangely, clocks out early.


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Over the last several decades, we've done an incredible job creating as many barriers as possible between the community and the Anacostia River. A key culprit is the 295 freeway that disconnects Anacostia and Fairlawn residents from Anacostia Park and the future 11th Street Bridge Park. Anyone who has walked from historic Anacostia to the river has experienced the grim and unwelcoming Good Hope Road / 295 Freeway underpass.
In 2014, graduate urban planning students from Virginia Tech led a three-month walkability and accessibility study ensuring the 11th Street Bridge Park is deeply connected to our adjacent neighborhoods. The report recommended using art to stitch together neighborhoods to the river. To address this need, we partnered with the Anacostia Arts Center to install a series of lighted cases featuring east of the river artists. After 20 months of planning, permitting and construction, we unveiled this 90 foot art installation. Our first featured artist is award-winning Ward 7 photographer Bruce McNeil who has documented the Anacostia River for 20+ years.
At Friday's ribbon cutting, Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray was on hand to share "I'm proud that internationally acclaimed artist and Ward 7 resident Bruce McNeil helped create the environmental art for the lighted 295 underpass art installation connecting East End neighborhoods to Anacostia Park, the river and the future Bridge Park." We'd like to thank Councilmember Gray for joining us along with representatives from the National Park Service and the Anacostia BID. We'd also like to thank our supporters The Kresge Foundation, PEPCO and City First Bank. Be sure to check it out the next time you walk down to the river!


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Kink Gong (France)
About the event
The auteur project of Laurent Jeanneau, musician and self-pronounced ethnographer. For 18 years, he has been traveling through Southeast Asia, documenting the disappearing music traditions of ethnic minorities. Jeanneau gathers and compiles unedited materials in his growing archive of sounds and images. Fragments from his collection, combined with modern electronics tissue, are released by a cult American label Sublime Frequencies, and the British Discrepant.
Field recordings, preserving mostly the art of singing and drums, are Jeanneau's starting point for creating his own, emotionally loaded electronic experiments and sound compositions, which he then broadens by adding more field recordings. His compositions turn into peculiar collages, in which the traditions from various regions of Asia are filtered through the artist's sensitivity and his subjective experiences, and interweave to create a new, contemporary statement.


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Première bande-annonce de JURASSIC WORLD
Jurassic World - Official Trailer (HD)
Jurassic World - Official Trailer (HD) The Park Is Open June 12 http://www.jurassicworldmovie.com/ Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers.


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In this video, Chris Randall (Audio Damage, Sister Machine Gun, Micronaut) shares his tips on how to fly with musical instruments – especially modular synthesizers – without getting a "3D body scan of your nuts".
Randall recommends:
- Never check your instrument;
- If you can, scale your modular synth to fit in overhead bins;
- Travel with the capability to make sound with your modular;
- Pay for TSA Pre;
- Get there early; and
- Pay for premium boarding.
Additional Resources:
- Check out the TSA's page on flying with musical instruments;
- See the TSA's blog for some tips on traveling with musical instruments; and
- The Future of Music Coalition has suggestions for flying with instruments.
If you've got your own suggestions, or unique experiences to share about flying with instruments, share them in the comments!


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text: The demo of the single and network playable starfighter simulation from Lucas Arts. This DEMO version includes one cooperative mission, and one melee mission. Both of these can be flown solo or with other players. The craft database reflects only the starships that appear in these missions. You can pilot an X-Wing or TIE Interceptor.


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25 April 2008
Things I Learned as a Kid
Posted by Ian H. Smith at 9:49 PM
Labels: Coffee, Couch, Fish Sticks, Graph, Things I Learned as a Kid, Venn Diagram
5 comments:
- Unknown said...
Oh! It's so true! So True!
- 26 April, 2008
- Joanna Goddard said...
that is true. also true for the roasted nuts sold on the street in manhattan. they smell deceptively good!
- 06 October, 2008
- Prescott Perez-Fox said...
You could add "women" to the crossover section of that Venn Diagram. They are often disappointing.
- 06 October, 2008
- Allie said...
Loved this. thanks for sharing.
- 06 October, 2008
couldn't resist doing a google charts api version here:
"Things I learned as a Kid, redux"
nice post !
- 10 October, 2008


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