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So far so good! I left Brussels on Saturday January 26, very excited to reach Kigali and meet the SOS representatives. It is minus 4 outside of the airport and cannot wait to take off my winter jacket 🙂
Only 13 minutes to land to Kigali. This is becoming real !!!!!
Once I arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, I have been hosted by the Director of the SOS Technical School of Kigali, Mr Kiba Muvunyi. A very wonderful guy!
As you can see on the picture, the temperatures are way better than in Belgium. I'm happy to be in the only real dry season of the year (January & February). But in general, Rwanda has a pleasant tropical highland climate because of the high altitude of the country. The grass is green here and so the green dot: it started to walk around the garden! Can you find it in the pictures ?
Monday morning: I was welcomed by the National Office Director; Mr Alfred Munyentwari. He told me that to feel at home and made him available for any question we might have. He was at his office by 7AM… like most Deloitters obviously.
8.30: AM Off we go to the technical school
Meeting with the teachers: from left to right Steve and Laurent ; they both have a degree in Business Management and have been providing classes at the technical school for the last two years. I have spent more time with Laurent (on the right) who was about to teach 'Introduction to Auditing' to the senior high school. He proposed me to join and share my knowledge in auditing to the students. First experience ever as a teacher for me!
There we go to the class and met the amazing 25 students, eager to learn. I feel really lucky to be able to teach to such a class of interested students.
By the way, did you notice that the green dot is always following: where is the green dot?
I took the chance to ask the students what they would like to become in the future. It is amazing to hear and feel the high motivation and the desire to achieve their best at this young age. Check out the list of profession, they have discussed with me:
And evidently , we talked about the profession of auditing:
The students proudly holding the Deloitte pencils. They got it because they responded correctly about questions about auditing. Lisa, Patriot and Alain (from left to right)
A friendly picture full of enthousiastic students to end the first day. Already looking forward for tomorrow!!


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Founded in 2005 by New York City celebrity stager Ilaria Barion, IBD combines superior staging expertise and high-end design with state-of-the- art digital implementation.
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Staging is not decorating...it is a proven marketing tool to provide your property with a dramatic edge to stand out from competition. Our background is marketing and our focus selling not decorating; after all, to market your property you would need a marketer able to turn it into a "buying environment".
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Buyers have no imagination, they only know what they see, not the way it is going to be. They decide emotionally, in the blink of an eye. The key to a fast and profitable sale lies in being able to appeal to buyers online. A digital implementation of our staging design will give you much more flexibility than a traditional physical staging, at a fraction of the cost. But to be effective, virtual staging must look "real". Our unique home staging know-how and unmatched photo-realistic inventory of high-end design furniture and accessories will enhance any property with a sophisticated touch that appeals to the most demanding buyers.
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Latitude: 50.8628 / 50°51'45"N
Longitude: -1.1605 / 1°9'37"W
OS Eastings: 459178
OS Northings: 107362
OS Grid: SU591073
Mapcode National: GBR 99X.TNY
Mapcode Global: FRA 86GT.FQF
Entry Name: Downbarn Farmhouse
Listing Date: 22 October 1976
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1093543
English Heritage Legacy ID: 141441
Location: Fareham, Hampshire, PO17
County: Hampshire
District: Fareham
Town: Fareham
Electoral Ward/Division: Fareham East
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Fareham St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Downbarn Farmhouse
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General Merrill McPeak went over the line this weekend when he accused former President Bill Clinton in engaging in McCarthyism for his comments regarding what a general election between Hillary Clinton and John McCain could be like.
"I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country," Clinton said in Charlotte, N.C. "And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics."
According to General McPeak:
"It sounds more like McCarthy. I grew up, I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors, so I've had enough of it."
In a subsequent comments, with Barack Obama by his side, General McPeak used different language (see video) but didn't back off. Although Obama didn't comment, his presence when McPeak modified his comments lends tacit support to them. Judge for yourself: see Weekend Video.
McPeak is off base. While clearly promoting his wife, Clinton here seems to be talking about a campaign based on issues, without the politics of personal destruction. For a brief common sense commentary on this see: The Carpetbagger Report. One caveat. Clinton's comments can appear more negative in the context of other campaign statements and activities, most notably the exploitation of post-9/11 fear with the red phone ad of Hillary Clinton's campaign. Still, "McCarthyism" is a very serious charge and it should be used with the kind of care and proof that General McPeak lacks in this instance. He should prove it or withdraw it and apologize.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Cyrus's Cool Animation of an Volcanic Eruption!
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- Toreka said...
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- July 1, 2010 at 2:21 PM
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2016 Saw Slowest Market For Radio Deals In Three Decades
Radio deal volume in fiscal year 2016 reached $522.6 million, which is the lowest year on record going back to 1982.
In the fourth quarter of 2016, 92% of the U.S. broadcast station deal volume ($96.2 million) came from radio deals. Due to the ongoing FCC quiet period on TV transactions as a result of the ongoing spectrum auction, the TV deal market registered a mere $8.2 million.
The top deal of the fourth quarter (and the second-largest deal of the year) came in the wake of the Beasley/Greater Media merger. In August, Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. placed three stations it bought in the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C. market in a trust to comply with FCC regulations. In October, Beasley sold the stations WLNK-FM and WBT-AM/FM, together with WFNZ-FM and an FM translator, to Entercom Communications Corp. for $24.0 million, equating to a 6.0x cash flow multiple. In the absence of any other large deals, Beasley became not only the year's top buyer but also the top seller by deal volume.
The fourth quarter of 2016 also brought the year's largest single-station deal, which involved the same station as had the year's top-ranked single-station deal at the time. KFWB in Los Angeles changed hands for the second time this year, delivering a $3.2 million profit to short-time owner Universal Media Access, which in February paid $8.0 million for the station, intending to keep it, but could not refuse Lotus Communications' $11.2 million offer.
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In spite of the FCC Incentive Auction quiet period on TV station transactions, Northern Lights Media, Inc., a unit of Gray Television, Inc., announced the acquisition of a trio of TV stations in America's northernmost market, Fairbanks, Alaska, paying $8.0 million (a 7.0x cash flow multiple) to owner/operator partners Tanana Valley Television Co. and Chena Broadcasting LLC.
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I believe I'll dust my broom (and this time I'm going to use a real broom)
It's only got one string, it's called a diddley bow, and according to this site it's supposedly the origin of blues guitar playing. [Link via J-Walk.]
Rather than buy a diddley bow from the site I linked to above, or build one, I decided to improvise. I have a ramshackle El Cheapo brand electric guitar in my closet, so I losened the strings and stuck an Altoids tin in between the pickups. I was surprised at how much this small tin box resonated. I noodled around with a slide for a bit, but tossed it aside in favor of just fretting notes. The sound it produced at first reminded me of some West African instruments I've heard, but after I played around with it a little more I decided it sounded more like an oud. I'm curious to know what this contraption sounds like hooked up to an amp, but I pawned mine years ago and never got another one because I have the musical abilities of a donkey with influenza. Anyway, it was something to break the tedium of existence for a few minutes.


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6 Photographers 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Well organised and friendly with tea and coffee. £60 pp
This is a large dance studio and Laura Challoner is our model for the session. Laura is a Dancer and was a model now retired, but looking forward to this session. Laura is happy to work to topless. You will need a flash and Paul Tyler MA is over seeing the event and will be happy to give tuition to anyone wishing it. We have shot here twice before and both times were a huge success.


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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Honey and Her Mohawk
Honey is about nine years old. Fairly old for a big dog. She's part German Shepherd and part Pit Bull. She has the typical German Shepherd coloring, along with a gorgeous face with permanent eyeliner on her big golden brown eyes. She's calm, smart and scary. She weighs about seventy pounds and is about twenty pounds lighter than her companion dog, Harry. She is all muscle with big white teeth in a massive jaw structure.
Honey is a soldier. She's brave, bold, and breathtaking in her demeanor. She's also gentle, soulful, and caring. Honey is the girl you want around you if you aren't feeling well. She's also the one you want with you if you walk through a bad neighborhood. Honey knows her commands and obeys them. She's equally comfortable being told to "sit" or "platz" in German. She walks with or without a leash in exactly the same way. Perfectly.
The only time Honey is aggressive is when something isn't comfortable for her. The PG&E guy reading the meter has come too close to her domain. She lets him know this is not okay. Fortunately, the PG&E guy only comes once a month, so he has time to recover his nerve from her aggressive challenge. When she's not pleased about something, she gets a Mohawk. Her fur stands straight up down her back. It's awesome to see, if a bit scary if you aren't used to it. She rapidly changes from "a seventy-pound dog" to "a 150-pound dog" with the embellishment.
Most people who encounter Honey are afraid of her. No reason to be. She's a very civilized girl. She actually is something of a flirt and really loves male attention. Honey will smile (okay, to some it's showing her teeth, but it's actually a smile) and give wonderful sidelong glances over her shoulder at some guy. We have met Hells' Angels who adore her!
Honey won't be here forever. I dread the day I lose her. She is my forever girl.
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XLE Update
A few of you have been asking me to update my position on XLE so here it comes. Back on January 19th, I wrote about how XLE looks like a buying opportunity. You can read the original post by clicking here.
Since Jan. 19th, XLE has had a nice rally but has not as of yet reached my upside target which is 80. If you are long, I'd raise my protective stop right below the last swing low which is around 72.


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Sunday, May 27, 2007
Particularly if you are a rat. Journal abstract below followed by plain English summary:
Hardwiring the Brain: Endocannabinoids Shape Neuronal Connectivity
By Paul Berghuis et al.
The roles of endocannabinoid signaling during central nervous system development are unknown. We report that CB1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs) are enriched in the axonal growth cones of gamma-aminobutyric acid-containing (GABAergic) interneurons in the rodent cortex during late gestation. Endocannabinoids trigger CB1R internalization and elimination from filopodia and induce chemorepulsion and collapse of axonal growth cones of these GABAergic interneurons by activating RhoA. Similarly, endocannabinoids diminish the galvanotropism of Xenopus laevis spinal neurons. These findings, together with the impaired target selection of cortical GABAergic interneurons lacking CB1Rs, identify endocannabinoids as axon guidance cues and demonstrate that endocannabinoid signaling regulates synaptogenesis and target selection in vivo.
The effects of marijuana are mediated by cannabinoid receptors on neurons in the brain, and a causal relationship between marijuana use during pregnancy and permanent cognitive deficits in the offspring has been identified. Berghuis et al. (p. 1212) now define the molecular hierarchy that controls marijuana actions within single neurons and show that activation of cannabinoid receptors by their natural ligands controls the establishment of functional connections between neurons in the brain. These findings define the cellular context through which prenatal marijuana use perturbs brain development.
Keep the government out of my clogged arteries!
Food Fascism as a civil liberties issue
Do you think lawmakers in Hartford should decide what you can eat when you go out in Greenwich or Stamford or Norwalk? Do you think they should keep unhealthy options away from you?
They've taken one step closer to banning trans fats from being used in any restaurant in the state, not because the production of trans fats uses child labor, not to reduce our dependence on foreign trans fats, and not even because trans fats deplete the ozone. None of those tired excuses for interfering in your life were even trotted out.
This was pure paternalism. They think it's bad for you. Therefore, you shouldn't have the option to decide otherwise. Can't a guy even eat a nice, greasy basket of fries anymore without the nanny state slapping his hand?
Eating trans fat does not cause more crime or put pushers on school grounds ("Hey, buddy, want some trans fat?" is not a commonly heard schoolyard expression).
The worst possible thing trans fat will do is kill you, and you alone-if you eat way too much of it. But it's your life. Who gets to make decisions about your life and the amount of risk you can take?
Can you go skydiving? Rock climbing? Can you attempt to hike Mount Everest, or should we file papers for permission from Connecticut's Senate Deputy Minority Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield), one of the co-sponsors of the trans fat legislation? Can you take stressful or dangerous jobs? Can you drive a car? Can you eat raw fish on rice? Can you enlist and ship out to Iraq?
No one ever forced you to eat trans fats. You can go to another restaurant, or start your own, or eat at home, or order different food. You may not even want the choice of eating trans fat, since you, a healthy person, would never choose it anyway. Perhaps you are okay with this legislation, even though it was underhandedly tacked on as an amendment to a bill to repair a swimming pool.
If you are okay with them making those kinds of decisions for you, then logically you should be okay with them telling you what kind of healthy career opportunities are available to you, what kind of healthy spouses you can marry, what kind of friends you can have, and what kind of person you can vote for, especially if the options they take away from you are ones you weren't really considering anyway.
The real issue isn't even about the trans fat. It's about who runs your life when not a single other person is even remotely involved. As an aside, if you think the government should make this decision for you because otherwise you would be eating up public funds with health-care costs, then that same logic applies to the government deciding your friends, job, dates, hobbies, etc., because otherwise you might be depressed or hospitalized and take up public funds again.
The problem is the size of the government. You can bathe in trans fat in your own home if you want to, because that's out of the government jurisdiction. If they could, they'd regulate that too, but they can't, so they stick to regulating restaurants, because for some reason we've allowed them that leeway without any limits on what they can do with that power.
To paraphrase a famous poem by Martin Niemoller:
First they took the alcohol, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't an alcoholic.
Then they took the marijuana, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a pothead.
Then they took the tobacco, and I didn't speak up, because I didn't smoke.
Then they took the trans fats, and I didn't speak up, because I didn't eat it anyway.
Then they took the chocolates, and I didn't speak up, because I didn't have a sweet tooth.
Then they took my TV and internet, and by that time, there was no one to speak up for me.
They were all at the gym working out.
And I hate exercise
If you let the government take away this choice from you by force, you are authorizing them to do it about other choices as well, and you won't be able to argue later that it's none of their concern. And the next choice they take away might be something you used to like.
Just some problems with the "Obesity" war:
1). It tries to impose behavior change on everybody -- when most of those targeted are not obese and hence have no reason to change their behaviour. It is a form of punishing the innocent and the guilty alike. (It is also typical of Leftist thinking: Scorning the individual and capable of dealing with large groups only).
2). The longevity research all leads to the conclusion that it is people of MIDDLING weight who live longest -- not slim people. So the "epidemic" of obesity is in fact largely an "epidemic" of living longer.
3). It is total calorie intake that makes you fat -- not where you get your calories. Policies that attack only the source of the calories (e.g. "junk food") without addressing total calorie intake are hence pissing into the wind. People involuntarily deprived of their preferred calorie intake from one source are highly likely to seek and find their calories elsewhere.
4). So-called junk food is perfectly nutritious. A big Mac meal comprises meat, bread, salad and potatoes -- which is a mainstream Western diet. If that is bad then we are all in big trouble.
5). Food warriors demonize salt and fat. But we need a daily salt intake to counter salt-loss through perspiration and the research shows that people on salt-restricted diets die SOONER. And Eskimos eat huge amounts of fat with no apparent ill-effects. And the average home-cooked roast dinner has LOTS of fat. Will we ban roast dinners?
6). The foods restricted are often no more calorific than those permitted -- such as milk and fruit-juice drinks.
7). Tendency to weight is mostly genetic and is therefore not readily susceptible to voluntary behaviour change.
8). And when are we going to ban cheese? Cheese is a concentrated calorie bomb and has lots of that wicked animal fat in it too. Wouldn't we all be better off without it? And what about butter and margarine? They are just about pure fat. Surely they should be treated as contraband in kids' lunchboxes! [/sarcasm].
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For one summary of the weak science behind the "trans-fat" hysteria, see here. Trans fats have only a temporary effect on blood chemistry and the evidence of lasting harm from them is dubious. By taking extreme groups in trans fats intake, some weak association with coronary heart disease has at times been shown in some sub-populations but extreme group studies are inherently at risk of confounding with other factors and are intrinsically of little interest to the average person.
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Training hours: 6.0
This short course introduces the key introductory concepts of PRT including an overview of Applied Behavior Analysis; Discrete Trial Teaching; Incidental Teaching, and more.
Training hours: 2.0
This short "concepts" course provides an introductory overview of PBS. Many people who challenge us with their behavior have been misunderstood and mistreated throughout their history. People with developmental disabilities and challenging behaviors, in particular, have been subject to a wide array of disrespectful, humiliating and even painful conditions in the name of "effective treatment". PBS can assure excellent outcomes for people using respectful, non-aversive approaches.
Training hours: 45.0
This course covers scientifically based behavior change methods; functional assessment; observation methods; goal and objective writing; various reinforcement techniques; data collection and interpretation; and development and monitoring of an appropriate intervention based on the function of the problem behavior.
Training hours: 6.7
Proactive and Reactive Models of Behavior Support is a comprehensive overview of a model for planning support and interventions. The course emphasizes the efficacy of working proactively and minimizing the need for reactive responses to challenging behavior. With instruction how to use environmental, positive programming and positive behavior planning, while planning how to respond to behavior when it does occur, this course prepares you to plan for the best possible outcomes for the people you are working with.
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As a result of completion of this short course, you will be able to Identify the phases of behavior; describe the role of the Support Staff during any of the Phases of behavior; explain the concept of Episodic Severity, and apply these skills to a scenario. You will also be able to identify and evaluate the core concepts of proactive models of support.
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This Online review and assessment is a requirement to earn your Behavior Aide level 1 Certificate for the Santa Barbara SELPA.
Training hours: 16.0
This course is part 2 of Santa Barbara SELPA's Behavior Aide Certificate program. This course is equivalent to 16 hours of face to face training. Topics covered will include advanced concepts in Applied Behavior Analysis, transitioning between activities, data collection, and proactive and reactive models of support planning.
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I want THIS one!!!
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The film collection one. It's flippin' sweet. Great idea, Fletches.
Ok, I gotcha. Yea, I hand-picked that one to put here - figured it fit best with my "audience."
Glad you like it!
I already sent it to David Bishop. He has hundreds of DVD's. And it's his birthday.
Man, I need that on a t-shirt!!!
Great idea!
Unreal. This is the best thing I've seen in a loooong time. I'm in for a T-shirt, too!
Me three.
That is freakin awesome. That's right up there with the "Barack Roll." If you haven't seen that yet, YouTube it. It's like the Rick Roll, but with Obama 'singing' (Somebody pieced together words from his speeches to make it look like he's singing the song... and it shows him dancing, too, from when he was on Ellen).
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Finally, in the fourth of Jen Turano's Ladies of Distinction series, Agatha Watson gets to have it out with Zayne Beckett. In spite of her former infatuation, she no longer cares for him in the slightest, but when she stumbles upon him by accident in Colorado and takes in his bedraggled, drunken state, she knows someone has to take him in hand and home after a two-year absence, and it looks that someone has to be her. After blowing up his prospects out west, Agatha drags him back East, never mind that she left New York because someone was threatening to kill her, and that threat is still active. As Zayne tries to protect Agatha, Agatha feels her heart being touched once more by the man, but will the oblivious Zayne ever feel the same way?
I'm so glad Agatha finally got her book (and Zayne, for that matter). A major character from the very beginning, even appearing briefly in the introductory novella, Agatha has been a source of mischief and a good friend to all the heroines before her. Quite the daring and outspoken young woman, she makes enemies as easily as mosquito, but her heart is to help those in need, and she has a strong faith backing that desire.
I love it when a series ties together well, and this one is especially good about referencing and re-referencing characters. Besides the main characters from the other novels, I enjoyed seeing other recurring characters, who, though minor, have briefly shown up in most of the stories (it helps to reread the series, because suddenly those familiar names pop right out!). Even a couple characters from the extras, like Charlotte St. James ("A Gentleman of Her Dreams") and Agatha's co-worker Horace Pitkin ("An Interview with Miss Arabella Beckett") make an appearance in this conclusion to the series.
As with the other novels in the series, Turano left me sniggering throughout the story. The crazy circumstances in which Agatha frequently finds herself, be they involving pigs, dynamite, or ridiculous disguises, are full of humor. In addition, besides a broken leg, Zayne suffers from an incredibly painful case of foot-in-mouth disease when it comes to Agatha, creating some highly amusing scenes.
Zayne exhibits the most spiritual growth in this novel (and well he should, considering the state in which we find him), though in general the spiritual message is not as strong as in some of her other novels. The secondary characters Mr. Blackheart and Drusilla add a fun dynamic to the tale, and Matilda is a stroke of genius. This book is a grand conclusion to a hilarious series!
Thank you Bethany House for providing a free book for the purpose of review; I was not required to make it positive, and all opinions are my own.
I highly recommend reading the entire Ladies of Distinction series:
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Ry and I spent most of the day at home. She snagged an ornament off the tree, we did some laundry (she gets a laundry basket ride downstairs), we made a quick grocery store run and I almost finished my ornament wreath. I just need to find a ribbon to cover the hanger so it doesn't look so ghetto.
Another day spent hanging out at home. Chris and I had an incredibly classy dinner, honey chicken tenders, texas toast and a fruit cup.
On Wednesday Chris only had to go in for rounds (well, and an evening class), so when he came home we attempted to go get the second dose of Ry's flu shot. I failed to get an appointment scheduled at her pedi's office and they ran out, so they told me to go to the county health clinic, where I was refused because we have insurance. They wouldn't let me pay in cash. Lame. Ry hung out in the bouncer while I made some no-bake cookies.
You can read about my Thursday in this post... oy. :o)
Friday we headed over to Jenn and JT's house for a little playdate. Always tons of fun. Ryann didn't want to pose for any pictures with JT, but we made her do it anyway :o). We of course read some books, and don't you just love her little ducky bath cape? Ok, it's not a cape, but that is what Chris was going for. Super cute.
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Born off the back off This Feeling club nights and festival stages, This Feeling – Alive tour, sees headliners Bang Bang Romeo, The Shimmer Band and Blackwaters head out around the UK, supported by more of the best new bands around, to celebrate indie music in 2017 and the power of new bands.
As the tour continues, we're catching up with the headliners. Penultimately, The Shimmer Band…
Describe the band in 3 words
And what can people expect from your live shows?
Big tunes, togetherness, an uplifting sonic explosion
Funniest gig/tour experience?
On tour, walking in to our hotel room with a man already a sleep in one of our beds. Never seen someone so scared in their life.
Who would be on your ideal festival lineup (to play alongside)?
Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals, Oasis, Jesus And Mary Chain
What song do you wish you'd written?
Verve – 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'
Who should we be listening to at the moment?
Ivory Wave
Why are promoters/nights like This Feeling so important?
There's not many platforms for new young bands to be heard. So This Feeling helps with this massively. Great for new bands to cut their teeth and form a positive supportive community that cares about the music.
This Feeling Alive tour continues until 15 October.
Tickets and more info: http://www.thisfeeling.co.uk/


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This is an undated studio portrait of Bertha Eck, most often known as Aunt Bertha Eck. She was the daughter of early Kansas pioneers Joseph and Augusta Thoes of Alma. Bertha Thoes wed Joseph Eck and the couple raised eleven children in Alma. In her later years, Aunt Bertha rented rooms in her large rambling house to various boarders. One notable boarder of Aunt Bertha Eck was painter August Ohst. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
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One bright spot in my week....Samantha paid a visit on Tuesday. She is the sweetest and funniest little doll.
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Sample of cotton batik cloth with design of repeating oval and diamond motifs (kawung pattern) in dark and light brown on a natural ecru ground.
Purchased through Dr. Andanda K. Coomeraswamy for the MFA from the private collection of the Javanese prince Ario Kusumodiningrat, an elder brother of the reigning sultan in Surakarta (Solo); April 7, 1921
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Droid Case/Skin Bargain
One of the positive things I found in my disturbing Droid Incredible experience was a very inexpensive cover for the Droid. For the down and dirty price of $1.25 plus $2.98 shipping I got a great cover.
I have been buying these for my phones for years. The provide a cushion for the times when you do drop the darn phone. I have seen phones literally seem to disintegrate when dropped. The back flies off, the batter pops out and even screens crack from an innocuous slip of the finger. This case won't necessarily prevent that from happening but it may.
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Debt settlement and debt consolidation both offer ways of reducing your debt. Debt settlement eliminates part of your loans, while debt consolidation reduces interest rates. Even though debt consolidation has the least impact on your credit score, there are cases when debt settlement is a better option.
Lower Debt
The goal of both debt settlement and debt consolidation is to lower your debt. Debt settlement companies negotiate with your creditors to sometimes reduce the amount of your loans. You will be charged a fee, and the debt reduction will remain on your credit score for seven years.
Debt settlement can reduce your debt 10% to 50%. To get the most out of the program, pay off the rest of your debt as soon as possible. Also, close accounts that you don't plan on using to raise your credit score.
Debt consolidation pays off your high interest debts with a low interest loan. Home equity loans provide the lowest rates, but personal loans can also be used. With rates lower on your debt, you can pay off the principal sooner by making the same monthly payments.
Credit Score Implication
Reducing your loans through debt settlement is a serious mark to creditors. You credit score will drop, making you ineligible for conventional loans. But you can apply for subprime credit after a year. After a couple of years of good credit habits, you can then apply for lower rate conventional loans.
Taking out a loan to consolidate your debt will have a slight impact on your credit. Since your debt isn't actually increasing, you will only be hit for opening another account. By closing your paid off accounts, you can partially offset the penalty. In a short period though, you will be in good credit standing if you follow best practices with your credit.
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No one financial choice fits everyone's needs. While debt consolidation has the least affect on your credit report, additional loans may be too expensive. In extreme cases, debt settlement can help to avoid bankruptcy. Before deciding on an option, look at what companies are offering in terms of rates and fees. And if you need additional advice, talk to a credit counselor who can take a look at your finances and offer suggestions.
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This pretty little red rosebud was painted for Carol Marine's Daily Paint Works challenge. It is a mostly palette knife work.
5"x4" acrylic on linen paper
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Valentine Rose
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Jean I love your work with palette knife.Lovely highlights on the rose.ReplyDelete
Beautiful rose Jean. Roses are not easy, you did great with this. Love the touches of light on the leaves.ReplyDelete
Nice. I really like the transition from dark to light that moves through the painting.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love the rose and the background texture is fantastic.ReplyDelete
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FRIDAY NEWS LINKS: Amid Claims of Nonprofit Privacy, CPRIT Foundation & State Cancer Agency Come Under Scrutiny of State LegislatorsPaul Webber, Associated Press
AUSTIN — A foundation that boosts executive salaries at Texas' troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort defended to critical lawmakers Thursday a policy that keeps donors confidential while being lectured over appearances of pay-to-play politics.
Facing pointed and occasionally combative questions from state budget-writers, officials with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas appeared before a public panel for the first time since prosecutors announced a criminal probe into the beleaguered agency and Gov. Rick Perry called for a moratorium on new awards.
Not all members of the influential House Appropriations Committee were happy with who showed up to testify. Absent were the three top agency executives who have resigned in the past eight months: Executive Director Bill Gimson, Chief Commercialization Officer Jerry Cobbs and Chief Scientific Officer Alfred Gilman.
All three are principal players surrounding $11 million in taxpayer funds that were awarded in 2010 to a private startup despite the project bypassing an independent review. Republican Jim Pitts, chairman of the House committee, left the door open to the agency's former leadership being hauled in front of lawmakers as soon as January.
That left Barbara Canales, vice president of the nonprofit CPRIT Foundation and a member of the agency's governing board, answering recurring and tough questions about the role of the nonprofit arm. One of the foundation's chief purposes is to supplement the salaries of top institute executives, including Gimson, whose annual salary was $300,000.
The foundation has denied media requests to make its donor list public. "We have a balancing act to weigh here as board members, and to protect the privacy of our donors so they're not unfairly solicited," Canales said.
Rules prohibit donors from being awarded institute grants, Canales and CPRIT officials testified. But Democrat Rep. Sylvester Turner — who said, "We want an organization with integrity, not a slush fund" — and other lawmakers pressed for certainty that foundation donors were not connected to grant winners.
"What I can tell you is: To the best of my knowledge, it is not our policy to accept donors who are also grant" recipients, Canales said.
Republican Rep. Myra Crownover and other board member said the mere appearance was problematic. "The pay-to-play potential — maybe there should be more division," Crownover said. The foundation has raised around $700,000 in each the last two years, according to Canales.
Thursday's hearing came a day after Perry and other state leaders called for a moratorium on new grants until confidence is restored in a once-celebrated agency that has been thrown into upheaval in just three years. The institute controls the nation's second-largest pot of cancer research dollars, behind the National Institutes of Health.
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Dog Owner Finds Hot Dogs With Razor Blades In Them In Her Yard Because People Suck
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I understood why John Wick lost his mind and went on a killing spree when his dog was killed, but I understand even more now — people seriously are the worst. Let us explain.
A woman in Regina, Saskatchewan (looks at globe), was shocked when she discovered some hot dogs stuffed with razor blades in her yard, and now she's sharing her story to warn other dog owners.
Emma Medeiros was walking her two dogs, Pandora and Ophelia, when she noticed three pieces of hot dog on the ground. Here's what she had to say to BuzzFeed Canada.
"It was super nice out so I decided to sit on the front patio while they go do their business, until I noticed my border collie Ophelia sniff a piece of meat that was in the yard. Emma realized that the meat had a "bit of shine," and when she checked it out her "stomach just dropped."
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"My worst fear as being a dog owner — there were sharp shards of metal in it," Medeiros said. "I don't think I have ever been so shocked in my life. It astounds me that someone would want to hurt my precious dogs, or any dog in that manner."
Emma even shared a video of her find on Facebook.
"It could have been someone's child playing out front and not knowing any better and sticking that in their mouth," Emma said. "It's terrible to think of."
Not to worry, Emma notified both the police and the Regina Humane Society.
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I got the following from the parents' campaign against changes to the Maiden Erlegh school catchment area.
"Please show your support for keeping Maiden Erlegh a school for our children. Join our community walk to the public consultation at Maiden Erlegh. Find out more about Wokingham Borough Council's proposals and ask questions at the meeting which starts at 5:30pm
Meet at Earley fire station at 5:00pm on Wokingham Road to leave at 5:10pm. Please bring your children if possible. Invite your friends and neighbours.
Reading residents can join the walk at the Earley Fire Station and can meet up with those from the other side of the Three Tuns crossroads at Maiden Erlegh Drive at 5:15pm.
We will invite the press to cover the story and take photos. All local councillors are invited to attend too and find out more about people's concerns.
We are a group of concerned parents and residents from Reading and Wokingham Boroughs who are affected by the proposed change to the Maiden Erlegh school catchment area. We are seeking a fair and realistic educational solution for a diverse community of Eastern Reading irrespective of Borough now and for the future."


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Sunday, February 28, 2010
me loves you
there is no single word that can describe how i feel about you.i thought i could run as far as possible from you but i just couldn't
i have given my world to you. a whole package was yours. is it so hard for you to do exact same thing?
i love you and i've been loving you too long.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
February. Romantic month. i hope a lot in in Feb to be my lucky month. but it seems my hope is useless. i've been feeling like a widow. trying to catch some fun but ended up nowhere but my own room. all alone.i realized how much i hate all my weekends in Feb, they all suck and boring and i just wish i had a power to skip them all. and God might hate me more than He did before. i look around to the people i envy. it seems like they had amazing life without problems like mine. it makes me so sad to see something great like that. i feel so pathetic with all the 'good life' stuff. i feel like somehow somewhat being single again without getting any relationship before. i wanna buried my self alive on internet and books like forever. i hate me, i dont care if it sounds like a childish or whatsoever, i mean, my life is right but always in a wrong position. but the worst part is no matter how much i hate it,campus life,friendship,home even my boyfriend, i just keep on wanting to have more time with them. more and more like im hunger for them everyday. weird but that's the thing right? tho i hate it,i still love it.
i've been saving my boredom out towards books,internet,and shopping. it helping tho just a bit, like my own way to say, 'fuck you feb,you could never beat me,i have my march'
And today is the last day of Feb. only god knows how much i thankful for it. Here is comes my march. i hope this month brings a joy to me and all of you.at least i hope im not going to celebrate my bday alone.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
i just look around my old photos,and suddenly i missed them all.
you know how a memory can represent many things? memory is a book. for me, memory is a bible, a real evidence for something we've ever had or even still we have now. memory is a good lesson that we must keep it going and both a bitter experience that we must fix. but the main thing, memory is the recording of our hearts and minds. no matter how bad it is, we cant refuse to have it. we cant deny it. memory can help us remember the past. remembering that we once had something that might make us laugh or even cry. helps us to remember that we've done something useful take make us just like today. memory is our identity, memory is a part of our lives. it connects everything. memory is something real and absolute. not something we have forgotten or something we have to hide.
i have a lot of memory. memories about everything i've ever felt. some of them recorded in a photographs. and some only a small piece of my mind that always comes back when i was thinking about nothing. sometimes i feel sad when i remembered it, but then i really feel so lucky to have it. there's no point in regretting all that had happened. and it isn't useful to destroy existing memories.its like when i remembered about my ex and his behavior to me,it felt like i would never forgive him for the rest of my life, but then i thought, from all of the things i can remember about him, there are a good lessons to learn.so why i should regret it? now each of us have a new life which i believe better than before, and regretted it will only ruined everything,right? and then, when i used to have a very very very best friend, and we fight and decided not to be friends anymore. i looked again to the picture with her and compare the current situation, i feel so stupid. i mean why does this happen? today should be better than yesterday,right? this is what memory is for, helped me to realize something more important than a cat fight or something. we were friends back there.
that's why i absolutely adored the sense of a memory. it reminding and awakening. and i will do anything to keep my memories alive.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
a month to go to my birthday.not too soon to make wishes,right? i'll be 20 yeah! a bit scary having 2 in your two digits of ages. but i really hope a lot of positive changes in my life will happen in my 20. sure i expect a gift for sure. haha x. but there's one thing that i've been waiting for in March except being 20, Camera Obscura.
my favorite life time band will come to my city! same month with my bday. i couldnt ask for another bday's gift. i cant hardly wait to be on the front stage singing along with them! God, i adore Tracyanne Campbell so much. even though i really hope they make their own concert but its okay, finally they are here!
they're also will perform at Jogjakarta too the next day. i really really wanted to go there, celebrating my day, watching the gigs, and do some travel stuff. i wish i had more enough time :(
i need information as soon as possible bout the pre sale or anything about ticketing and booking. so if anyone knows, please let me know too.and for friends who really dont have any idea about Camera Obscura, check them out on their myspace www.myspace.com/cameraobscuraband I guarantee you would love it.
PS : my bday is march 15. hehe xx
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face.You told me how proud you were, but I walked away.If only I knew what I know today.I would hold you in my arms.I would take the pain away.Thank you for all you've done.Forgive all your mistakes.There's nothing I wouldn't do.To hear your voice again.Sometimes I wanna call ya.But I know you won't be there.Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit.Sometimes I just wanna hide 'cause it's you I miss.And it's so hard to say goodbye.When it comes to this.Would you tell me I was wrong?.Would you help me understand?.Are you looking down upon me?.Are you proud of who I am?.There's nothing I wouldn't do.To have just one more chance.To look into your eyes.And see you looking back.Ohh I'm sorry for blaming you.For everything I just couldn't do.And I've hurt myself, ohh.If I had just one more day.I would tell you how much that I've missed you.Since you've been away.Ooh, it's dangerous.It's so out of line.To try and turn back time..
daddy : the left one
last night, i dreamt about my daddy. he came up to me without any word. staring at me full of love. i came after him and lay my head upon his lap. he touched my hair gently, and even without any word, i can see his messages through his eyes. he really missed me and wonder why me and my boyfriend never visited again. he said, although he never knew him directly, he believes that my boyfriend will be the good one for me later. than he began to disappear.his eyes said one more time, "honey,if you keep your love for me, come over, and i'll come back to you". when i woke up from my sleep,i couldn't hold back my tears. i really miss him as he missed me.i immediately called my mom and told her evertything.then she began to cry with me.
we all missed him.daddy died six years ago.left me,my mommy, my sister and my brother all alone.it was heartbreaking. i thought day by day, time might heal everything. but this hole in our heart never ever will be healed. it was never right again,although we all tried to stick with this reality, but the sense of lost never can be replaced.we all trying to let go.believed that daddy had been in a better place than here.but sometimes disbelief and unacceptable feeling that he wasn't home anymore haunting us.and when a sense it was attacked, I felt very weak.
all i can do is pray for him, and do my best to always be his daddy's best girl.I know wherever he is now, he watching after me and my family. and I knew he would read my writing how it was. i missed you daddy, I hope someday you'll be home again with me, with us.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
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i hope you're well as i'm fine.
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Homicide investigation underway in Surry County
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — A homicide investigation is underway in Surry County, according to Sheriff Graham Atkinson.
On Friday at 10:37 p.m., deputies came to 151 Blue Ridge Lane, Mount Airy, after a report of a deceased person.
When deputies arrived, they found 52-year-old Sandra Jayne Sechrist deceased in her home.
Deputies determined that the death was an apparent homicide, Atkinson said in a news release.
The State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to assist in the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Surry County Sheriff's Office at (336) 401-8900.
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I knew that they flew in to visit and all. But sometimes, I really wish to tear their mouth up and just give them a good tight slap. But I could say I am lucky to have my parents around to defend me. That is the only thing that really warm my heart up.
Somehow, I don't know is the generation gap or they are just stupid talking in front of me as if I couldn't hear what they are talking! I was lying there on the bed when they visit. It was like a zoo visit for them. I don't know what is their deal. It really annoys me that they just couldn't stop talking.
It all started with concerns. Then asking about the condition that I was going through. Then, they become doctors. Started to ask my parents about my life style and all. The most stupid question they ask was this.
" I think is because he is gay. He is not normal. That is why his condition doesn't really improved. Maybe should try some medication that can alter him "
I find this super offensive! What the fuck are they thinking? I was about to snap there and letting out my usual temper. My mom kinda step in to this.
I do not think it is a problem. He is perfectly normal. He eats, he walks, he fucks, he swear and he doesn't give a damn on what you think. So I think he is very normal. At least he is not retarded to think what went through that brain of yours.
Yes, that was the exact words came out from my mom. I was like game on MOM!! You rock! I should have took the picture of their faces at that point. It was priceless. Sometimes at points I really wish they these people were just in my position and feel what I felt if someone else did the same thing. But anyhow I am really blessed that my mom is at my back. I am just glad that they are here with me.
Anyhow, just wanna rant. Gonna get back to work.


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I've always been a fan of gothic novels. My adolescence was spent on Dracula, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre among others. Of course, it is expected for angst ridden teenage girls to inhale gothic novels. (Truly, I was considerably less angst ridden than most.) However, more recently I've enjoyed some newer gothic treats like The Historian and The Little Stranger.
On the jacket of Serena, the book is referred to as a gothic novel. It does fulfill many of the elements that I expect in look for in gothic stories. The environment is bleak and dark. The atmosphere evokes mystery, horror, and a bit of mysticism. There is a definite damsel in distress who is followed throughout the novel by a sense of foreboding. There is drama and decay in the events and people who fill the pages. However, I would have to say it isn't a classically gothic novel. Perhaps it should be considered an American gothic….I need to think about that a bit. There are some very obvious, and expected, gothic features missing, although there are substitutes provided.
For one, there isn't a crumbling castle or mansion with sprawling moors and wasteland surrounded by a barren ocean. There are imposing and, increasingly barren, mountains. Most of the story takes place in a logging camp in 1930s North Carolina. The forest is portrayed as dark and menacing, and is slowly overtaken by miles of barren stumps. It is a more than sufficient replacement for a crumbling stone manse. (Though, I truly love crumbling stone manses.)
Also, Serena herself is the villain. And she is quite terrifying. She is no weak-willed and frightened female protagonist. She is not the damsel in distress. She is a bleak, decaying, passionate force.
It is hard to nail down exactly who the protagonist is. Serena would be the first person I would choose, though she is also the evil villain. And although protagonists do not always have to be good, or even liked, by the readers, it just doesn't quite feel right to call her protagonist. She's more like the setting…or emotion in the book. Something a bit more anyway.
It is clear (I think) from what I've written so far that I am ambivalent about this novel. I'm not sure why I picked this book up at the library, but when I began reading it I struggled. I had to actually force myself to read a chapter before bed each night. I hated the dark bleakness, and the obvious evil of Serena. I just couldn't get into it. This people, is not like me. Was I just not in the mood? Was the moon in the wrong position? When I was young I would often force myself to finish books I wasn't enjoying or didn't get into just because…well damn it you have to finish what you start. Now that I'm past 30, I don't have time for that. If I don't like it, I put it down and move on. I usually give it 20-30 pages, but then I move on. Yet, I didn't do that with this one.
One hundred and fifty pages in I was finally at the point where I just had to finish it. What would happen to Rachel and the baby? Would Pemberton be completely overcome by Serena, or would he escape her clutches only to die a horrible and much deserved death? I read on…
Rash is a lovely writer. That is why I say it must have been my mood. I do think he can tell a good story and his writing is smooth, and strangely soothing despite his subject matter. Now, a few weeks removed from the experience of Serena I can say it was a good read. Did I like it?
It was a good read….I'm not sure of anything more than that.


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It's "Two-Fer Tuesday", so the prompt is for TWO poems, and you write one, or the other, or both. Here it is:
So here are today's prompts:
- Write a procrastination poem, or as I like to call it a "I'll get to it tomorrow" poem. Or…
- Write a proactive poem, or the old "I'll get to it today" poem.
Here's mine: (and I think it is both kinds)
The Write Way
My day begins now--I woke late, of course--
For Samhain has the way of doing that....
I missed a phone call, but the phone was off,
So no surprises. And I see the cat
Has spilled the water bowl again. So I
Will take a paper towel, mop it up
And then refill it. Everyday routine,
As well as making coffee, looking up
My morning e-mail, Facebook, and the small
Routine of morning ritual. So, fine,
I am awake now. Normal day--NO, WAIT...
This day is DIFFERENT! New routines define
The traffic of my hours. Sit back down
And open up the laptop once again.
Postpone the planned-for housework for a while,
Because I have to raise my keyboard-pen
And WRITE! It's Chapbook Challenge time, right NOW....
And NaNoWriMo's reared its quiet soul
Reminding me "2000 words a day...."
And I will do it...That's just how I roll,
A writer, sure, but blocked with much to do,
And many things to which I give my heart,
So, yes, I write, infrequently, and I
Procrastinate--'til something makes me START!
And so, today, I'm writing, happily.
Enthusiasm sometimes will belie
Procrastination--yes, I know, I don't
Write often....But I wrote this, didn't I?