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Today I picked up an article in a TechCrunch newsletter about Netflix. The American online DVD rental service apparently has a very interesting corporate culture that everyone now can read about after the management added their "Reference Guide on our Freedom & Responsibility Culture" To slideshare.
Some Highlights from the guide are:
- Netflix Vacation Policy and Tracking: "there is no policy or tracking."
- "There is also no clothing policy at Netflix, but no one has come to work naked lately."
- Netflix's policies for Expensing, Gifts and Travel: "Act in Netflix's Best Interests."
- Netflix on compensation: "When top of market comp done right... Nearly all ex-employees will take a step down in comp for their next job."
So if you work at Netflix you can go on vacation whenever you like, show up naked in the office, receive a 50 inch LED TV as a gift from a Netflix partner (if it's in Netflix best interest that you accept it) and while you are doing all this you will get the best compensation in the market!
I guess by now you really want to work with online DVD rentals!
Jokes aside, I think the presentation was very interesting. Its miles away from our Nordic "social welfare state" corporate culture, but it's also miles away from most big American corporations excruciatingly boring "code of conduct". What surprises me the most is that Netflix is not a small company. They are around 2000 people and their listed on NASDAQ. Alternative corporate cultures aren't exactly uncommon in cool, tech start ups but they have a tendency to disintegrate as the companies go public.
Most companies like Netflix uses stock options as a way to keep the best talent. Google is a prime example, they gave all employees various number of options. Their strategy was never to be leading in compensation. When they went public in 2004 the initial offering was 85$, in 2007 Google hit 700$. Between 2004 and 2007 Google hired about 10 000 people, all got options. Because of the continuously rise in the Google stock its most have been a very effective way of keeping the best talent. There are two problems with this model though, its volatile and short term. Today Google shares are hovering around 450$.
Netflix offers stock options to those who want them but their strategy to keep the best talent is to offer them the best compensation in the market and let the employees decide what to do with it. The get rich quick opportunity disappears but you get long term stability and safety. I think most people would prefer the Netflix way.
Personally I have worked in India where I couldn't wear jeans at the office except on Fridays and I have worked for Google where you got an incentive to buy a bike to save the environment… I prefer McCann here in Oslo where we have a mix of Nordic welfare stat socialism and IPGs code of conduct!
You can find the preso here: http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
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Of the volitional type of conversion it would be easy to give examples, * but they are as a rule less interesting than those of the self-surrender type, in which the subconscious effects are more abundant and often startling. I will therefore hurry to the latter, the more so because the difference between the two types is after all not radical. Even in the most voluntarily built-up sort of regeneration there are passages of partial self-surrender interposed; and in the great majority of all cases, when the will has done its uttermost towards bringing one close to the complete unification aspired after, it seems that the very last step must be left to other forces and performed without the help of its activity. In other words, self-surrender becomes then indispensable. "The personal will," says Dr. Starbuck, "must be given up. In many cases relief persistently refuses to come until the person ceases to resist, or to make an effort in the direction he desires to go."
* For instance, C.G. Finney italicizes the volitional element: "Just at this point the whole question of Gospel salvation opened to my mind in a manner most marvelous to me at the time. I think I then saw, as clearly an I ever have in my life, the reality and fullness of the atonement of Christ. Gospel salvation seemed to me to be an offer of something to be accepted, and all that was necessary on my part was to get my own consent to give up my sins and accept Christ. After this distinct revelation had stood for some little time before my mind, the question seemed to be put, 'Will you accept it now, to-day?' I replied, 'Yes; I will accept it to-day, or I will die in the attempt!'" He then went into the woods, where he describes his struggles. He could not pray, his heart was hardened in its pride. "I then reproached myself for having promised to give my heart to God before I left the woods. When I came to try I found I could not.... My inward soul hung back, and there was no going out of my heart to God. The thought was pressing me, of the rashness of my promise that I would give my heart to God that day, or die in the attempt. It seemed to me as if that was binding on my soul; and yet I was going to break my vow. A great sinking and discouragement came over me, and I felt almost too weak to stand upon my knees. Just at this moment I again thought I heard some one approach me, and I opened my eyes to see whether it were so. But right there the revelation of my pride of heart, as the great difficulty that stood in the way, was distinctly shown to me. An overwhelming sense of my wickedness in being ashamed to have a human being see me on my knees before God took such powerful possession of me, that I cried at the top of my voice, and exclaimed that I would not leave that place if all the men on earth and all the devils in hell surrounded me. 'What!' I said, 'such a degraded sinner as I am, on my knees confessing my sins to the great and holy God; and ashamed to have any human being, and a sinner like myself, find me on my knees endeavoring to make my peace with my offended God!' The sin appeared awful, infinite. It broke me down before the Lord." Memoirs, pp. 14-16, abridged.
"I had said I would not give up; but when my will was broken, it was all over," writes one of Starbuck's correspondents.- Another says: "I simply said: 'Lord, I have done all I can; I leave the whole matter with Thee;' and immediately there came to me a great peace."- Another: "All at once it occurred to me that I might be saved, too, if I would stop trying to do it all myself, and follow Jesus: somehow I lost my load."- Another: "I finally ceased to resist, and gave myself up, though it was a hard struggle. Gradually the feeling came over me that I had done my part, and God was willing to do his."- * "Lord, Thy will be done; damn or save!" cries John Nelson, *(2) exhausted with the anxious struggle to escape damnation; and at that moment his soul was filled with peace.
* STARBUCK: Op. cit., pp. 91, 114.
*(2) Extracts from the Journal of Mr. John Nelson, London, no date, p. 24.
Dr. Starbuck gives an interesting, and it seems to me a true, account- so far as conceptions so schematic can claim truth at all- of the reasons why self-surrender at the last moment should be so indispensable. To begin with, there are two things in the mind of the candidate for conversion first, the present incompleteness or wrongness, the 'sin' which he is eager to escape from; and, second, the positive ideal which he longs to compass. Now with most of us the sense of our present wrongness is a far more distinct piece of our consciousness than is the imagination of any positive ideal we can aim at. In a majority of cases, indeed, the 'sin' almost exclusively engrosses the attention, so that conversion is "a process of struggling away from sin rather than of striving towards righteousness." * A man's conscious wit and will, so far as they strain towards the ideal, are aiming at something only dimly and inaccurately imagined. Yet all the while the forces of mere organic ripening within him are going on towards their own prefigured result, and his conscious strainings are letting loose subconscious allies behind the scenes, which in their way work towards rearrangement; and the rearrangement towards which all these deeper forces tend is pretty surely definite, and definitely different from what he consciously conceives and determines. It may consequently be actually interfered with (jammed, as it were, like the lost word when we seek too energetically to recall it), by his voluntary efforts slanting from the true direction.
* STARBUCK, p. 64.
Starbuck seems to put his finger on the root of the matter when he says that to exercise the personal will is still to live in the region where tho imperfect self is the thing most emphasized. Where, on the contrary, the subconscious forces take the lead, it is more probably the better self in posse which directs the operation. Instead of being clumsily and vaguely aimed at from with. out, it is then itself the organizing centre. What then must the person do? "He must relax," says Dr. Starbuck,- "that is, he must fall back on the larger Power that makes for righteousness, which has been welling up in his own being, and let it finish in its own way the work it has begun.... The act of yielding, in this point of view, is giving one's self over to the new life, making it the centre of a new personality, and living, from within, the truth of it which had before been viewed objectively." *
* STARBUCK, p. 115.
"Man's extremity is God's opportunity" is the theological way of putting this fact of the need of self-surrender; whilst the physiological way of stating it would be, "Let one do all in one's power, and one's nervous system will do the rest." Both statements acknowledge the same fact. *
* STARBUCK, p. 113.
To state it in terms of our own symbolism: When the new centre of personal energy has been subconsciously incubated so long as to be just ready to open into flower, 'hands off' is the only word for us, it must burst forth unaided!
We have used the vague and abstract language of psychology. But since, in any terms, the crisis described is the throwing of our conscious selves upon the mercy of powers which, whatever they may be, are more ideal than we are actually, and make for our redemption, you see why self-surrender has been and always must be regarded as the vital turning-point of the religious life, so far as the religious life is spiritual and no affair of outer works and ritual and sacraments. One may say that the whole development of Christianity in inwardness has consisted in little more than the greater and greater emphasis attached to this crisis of self-surrender. From Catholicism to Lutheranism, and then to Calvinism; from that to Wesleyanism; and from this, outside of technical Christianity altogether, to pure 'liberalism' or transcendental idealism, whether or not of the mind-cure type, taking in the medieval mystics, the quietists, the pietists, and quakers by the way, we can trace the stages of progress towards the idea of an immediate spiritual help, experienced by the individual in his forlornness and standing in no essential need of doctrinal apparatus or propitiatory machinery.
Psychology and religion are thus in perfect harmony up to this point, since both admit that there are forces seemingly outside of the conscious individual that bring redemption to his life. Nevertheless psychology, defining these forces as 'subconscious,' and speaking of their effects as due to 'incubation,' or 'cerebration,' implies that they do not transcend the individual's personality; and herein she diverges from Christian theology, which insists that they are direct supernatural operations of the Deity. I propose to you that we do not yet consider this divergence final, but leave the question for a while in abeyance- continued inquiry may enable us to get rid of some of the apparent discord.
Revert, then, for a moment more to the psychology of self-surrender.
When you find a man living on the ragged edge of his consciousness, pent in to his sin and want and incompleteness, and consequently inconsolable, and then simply tell him that all is well with him, that he must stop his worry, break with his discontent, and give up his anxiety, you seem to him to come with pure absurdities. The only positive consciousness he has tells him that all is not well, and the better way you offer sounds simply as if you proposed to him to assert cold-blooded falsehoods. 'The will to believe' cannot be stretched as far as that. We can make ourselves more faithful to a belief of which we have the rudiments, but we cannot create a belief out of whole cloth when our perception actively assures us of its opposite. The better mind proposed to us comes in that case in the form of a pure negation of the only mind we have, and we cannot actively will a pure negation.
There are only two ways in which it is possible to get rid of anger, worry, fear, despair, or other undesirable affections. One is that an opposite affection should overpoweringly break over us, and the other is by getting so exhausted with the struggle that we have to stop,- so we drop down, give up, and don't care any longer. Our emotional brain-centres strike work, and we lapse into a temporary apathy. Now there is documentary proof that this state of temporary exhaustion not infrequently forms part of the conversion crisis. So long as the egoistic worry of the sick soul guards the door, the expansive confidence of the soul of faith gains no presence. But let the former faint away, even but for a moment, and the latter can profit by the opportunity, and, having once acquired possession, may retain it. Carlyle's Teufelsdrockh passes from the everlasting No to the everlasting Yes through a 'Centre of Indifference.'
Let me give you a good illustration of this feature in the conversion process. That genuine saint, David Brainerd, describes his own crisis in the following words:
"One morning, while I was walking in a solitary place as usual, I at once saw that all my contrivances and projects to effect or procure deliverance and salvation for myself were utterly in vain; I was brought quite to a stand, as finding myself totally lost. I saw that it was forever impossible for me to do anything towards helping or delivering myself, that I had made all the pleas I ever could have made to all eternity; and that all my pleas were vain, for I saw that self-interest had led me to pray, and that I had never once prayed from any respect to the glory of God. I saw that there was no necessary connection between my prayers and the bestowment of divine mercy; that they laid not the least obligation upon God to bestow his grace upon me; and that there was no more virtue or goodness in them than there would be in my paddling with my hand in the water. I saw that I had been heaping up my devotions before God, fasting, praying, etc., pretending, and indeed really thinking sometimes that I was aiming at the glory of God; whereas I never once truly intended it, but only my own happiness. I saw that as I had never done anything for God, I had no claim on anything from him but perdition, on account of my hypocrisy and mockery. When I saw evidently that I had regard to nothing but self-interest, then my duties appeared a vile mockery and a continual course of lies, for the whole was nothing but self-worship, and an horrid abuse of God.
"I continued, as I remember, in this state of mind, from Friday morning till the Sabbath evening following (July 12, 1739), when I was walking again in the same solitary place. Here, in a mournful melancholy state [I was attempting to pray; but found no heart to engage in that or any other duty; my former concern, exercise, and religious affections were now gone. I thought that the Spirit of God had quite left me; but still was not distressed; yet disconsolate, as if there was nothing in heaven or earth could make me happy. Having been thus endeavoring to pray- though, as I thought, very stupid and senseless]- for near half an hour; then, as I was walking in a thick grove, unspeakable glory seemed to open to the apprehension of my soul. I do not mean any external brightness, nor any imagination of a body of light, but it was a new inward apprehension or view that I had of God, such as I never had before, nor anything which had the least resemblance to it. I had no particular apprehension of any one person in the Trinity, either the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost; but it appeared to be Divine glory. My soul rejoiced with joy unspeakable. to see such a God, such a glorious Divine Being; and I was inwardly pleased and satisfied that he should be God over all for ever and ever. My soul was so captivated and delighted with the excellency of God that I was even swallowed up in him; at least to that degree that I had no thought about my own salvation, and scarce reflected that there was such a creature as myself. I continued in this state of inward joy, peace, and astonishing, till near dark without any sensible abatement; and then began to think and examine what I had seen; and felt sweetly composed in my mind all the evening following. I felt myself in a new world, and everything about me appeared with a different aspect from what it was wont to do. At this time, the way of salvation opened to me with such infinite wisdom, suitableness, and excellency, that I wondered I should ever think of any other way of salvation; was amazed that I had not dropped my own contrivances, and complied with this lovely, blessed, and excellent way before. If I could have been saved by my own duties or any other way that I had formerly contrived, my whole soul would now have refused it. I wondered that all the world did not see and comply with this way of salvation, entirely by the righteousness of Christ." *
* EDWARD's and DWIGHT'S Life of Brainerd, New Haven, 1822, pp. 45-47, abridged.
I have italicized [bracketed] the passage which records the exhaustion of the anxious emotion hitherto habitual. In a large proportion, perhaps the majority, of reports, the writers speak as if the exhaustion of the lower and the entrance of the higher emotion were simultaneous, * yet often again they speak as if the higher actively drove the lower out. This is undoubtedly true in a great many instances, as we shall presently see. But often there seems little doubt that both conditions- subconscious ripening of the one affection and exhaustion of the other- must simultaneously have conspired, in order to produce the result.
* Describing the whole phenomenon as a change of equilibrium, we might say that the movement of new psychic energies towards the personal centre and the recession of old ones towards the margin (or the rising of some objects above, and the sinking of others below the conscious threshold) were only two ways of describing an indivisible event. Doubtless this is often absolutely true, and Starbuck is right when he says that 'self-surrender' and 'new determination,' though seeming at first sight to be such different experiences, are "really the same thing. Self-surrender sees the change in terms of the old self; determination sees it in terms of the new." Op. cit., p. 160.
T.W.B., a convert of Nettleton's, being brought to an acute paroxysm of conviction of sin, ate nothing all day, locked himself in his room in the evening in complete despair, crying aloud, "How long, O Lord, how long?" "After repeating this and similar language," he says, "several times, I seemed to sink away into a state of insensibility. When I came to myself again I was on my knees, praying not for myself but for others. I felt submission to the will of God, willing that he should do with me as should seem good in his sight. My concern seemed all lost in concern for others." *
* A.A. BONAR: Nettleton and his Labors, Edinburgh, 1854, p. 261.
Our great American revivalist Finney writes: "I said to myself: 'What is this? I must have grieved the Holy Ghost entirely away. I have lost all my conviction. I have not a particle of concern about my soul; and it must be that the Spirit has left me.' 'Why!' thought I, 'I never was so far from being concerned about my own salvation in my life.'... I tried to recall my convictions, to get back again the load of sin under which I had been laboring. I tried in vain to make myself anxious. I was so quiet and peaceful that I tried to feel concerned about that, lest it should be the result of my having grieved the Spirit away." *
* CHARLES G. FINNEY: Memoirs written by Himself, 1876, pp. 17, 18.
But beyond all question there are persons in whom, quite independently of any exhaustion in the Subject's capacity for feeling, or even in the absence of any acute previous feeling, the higher condition, having reached the due degree of energy, bursts through all barriers and sweeps in like a sudden flood. These are the most striking and memorable cases, the cases of instantaneous conversion to which the conception of divine grace has been most peculiarly attached. I have given one of them at length- the case of Mr. Bradley. But I had better reserve the other cases and my comments on the rest of the subject for the following lecture.


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SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Michael E. Hastings (D-Tinley Park) is outraged at Governor Rauner's administration for leaking false education funding numbers to one of his many political operations.
Hastings is joining his colleagues in urging the Illinois Executive Inspector General to investigate the misuse of state resources.
"Governor Rauner is bringing Washington politics to Springfield," Hastings said. "Governor Rauner has compromised his integrity, information and is hindering our children's ability to succeed. All of Illinois' children should receive a fair chance to receive a good education regardless of their financial or socioeconomic background."
The Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 1, school funding reform, on Wednesday, May 17.
During the Senate debate, Hastings was informed that the governor's administration did not have finalized accurate funding levels for school districts.
However, on Thursday night, one of the governor's many political organizations starting contacting school districts throughout Illinois with false numbers to campaign against senators who voted in support of giving students across Illinois the opportunity to succeed.
"This is not the first example of the governor's misuse of state funds," Hastings said. "Within the last two months we have unveiled a $2.4 million warehouse leasing deal to benefit his buddies and using state resources for political purposes. What is next?"
Under Senate Bill 1, schools throughout the state would not see a decrease in funding. However, schools that are not at proper funding levels will receive an increase in state dollars to ensure children across Illinois are given the opportunity to receive a good education regardless of the zip code they live in.
"This is a clear violation of state law," Hastings said. "Entities that receive state dollars cannot use the Illinois taxpayers' dollars to campaign. We need to find who is responsible for attempting to sabotage negotiations to move our state forward and give our children a better future."
Illinois Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Illinois Executive Inspector General asking for a formal investigation.
"Governor Rauner, stop screwing around," Hastings said. "The children of Illinois need you to stop campaigning and do your job. They cannot afford to wait."
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And it's already in less than a month that I will be heading to Peru, South America, a continent that I am quite fond with it. A whole month divided into two parts, volunteer work and tourism.
It has passed two years since I did one week of volunteer work at Kenya, mainly at the orphanage Wajibu Wetu. One week it was such a short period of time, that I decided that I had to do more, I decided to do a fundraising. There was not already a lot of time to do it, so I wrote an email explaining what I was doing and some of the needs that an orphanage in Kenya has. The email was sent to everyone that I could remember. I raised almost 1 500 euros! And besides that I took my 60 liter backpack quite full and heavy (in the limit) with notebooks, pens, pencils and others, offered by the company where I work; and t-shirts, pencils and monetary funds, offered by Tagus (Travel Agency).
The money raised was spent in big bags of flour, sugar, rice, some small gifts for the children and more for the children at Wajibu Wetu, the smile on their faces was amazing. The rest of the money was spent in bed linen, uniforms and others for Limuru Children's Centre (LCC). I made a difference and as Aesop said: "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
And I want to make the difference again, now in Peru, improving the quality of life and give the children a possibility of a better future. I will be fundraising for Planeterra's Cuzco Kids Project. A project that provides a drop-in centre for vulnerable street youth that left their homes due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.
You can find more info in the site bellow and also be free to donate for Planeterra's Cuzco Kids Project.


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This is almost my favorite holiday of the year. I have a lot of good memories of it, from growing up all the way up till now. Last year was probably my worst, but it was still the brightest day in the middle of a very long string of VERY BAD days! This year was better…I'm still not with my family, but I spent it with some new friends, in a new country – and still got to celebrate with fireworks! One of these days all the people I love will be in the same place again.
In the meantime, I was playing with my new camera, and I'm pretty excited about some of the pics I got! Hope you all enjoy them too.
Too bad there was that annoying pole in the middle of practically all of them. We tried but there was just no where that had a clear view. Also the second from last one just reminds me of the giant droid things from Star Wars, haha!


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Scotland Life
By Nadine McBay
We awarded Camille five stars for La Fille Du Cirque, her show at the Fringe last year. Veering from the insouciant flair of a cabaret cat to the gothic vulnerability of PJ Harvey, she sang, hollered, purred and knocked back the red wine to a set of covers of the likes of Nick Cave and Jacques Brel. Riding the gamut of emotion from sobbing loss to unbridled joy, the show left Metro feeling as if we'd been wrangling with Big Daddy. In a good, cathartic and wholly entertaining way, of course. The homespun glamour of the Spiegeltent was a perfect backdrop to her scarlet-lipped shenanigans last year; how will she fare at the Queen's Hall for her new show The Dark Angel? We're practising our half nelsons in anticipation.
Camille, Aug 4 to Aug 13, Assembly @ Queen's Hall
Camille in full flow at the Fringe last year:
Scotland Life
Glasgow indie institution The National Pop League, immortalised by Camera Obscura in their song Knee Deep At The National Pop League, holds its final bash at the Woodside Social Club on Friday. Organiser John Hunt explains why...
On why the night is closing after seven years:
Maybe the time for nights like this has gone. The Woodside has changed and I can't move the club from the Woodside. It wouldn't be The National Pop League. The Woodside seems constantly on the verge of closing, plus in November last year new legislation came in which means gatherings of over 100 people are required to have door staff. In seven years at the Pop League we've never had a single incident and that's a real testament to the people that come and the relaxed atmosphere.
On The National Pop League's ethos:
I wanted to do a night that had a lot of respect for the people that came and was immersed in a passion for music. I have never played anything a: that I didn't love and b: that was for a joke or to be cool. That's what's brilliant about the Woodside; it's impossible to go there and be haughty and cool – you get soaked in sweat. It was about not being afraid to go out on a limb and do things simply because they made your heart beat faster.
On what the club has meant to Pop Leaguers:
I've had quite a heartfelt response to the news on the mailing list and I can't say it's been a massive surprise. I've kind of dreaded the reaction from people as I know how much it meant to some people. That's part of the reason I've held off this long – I haven't wanted to hurt people.
On the future:
My band (Butcher Boy) finish recording our album soon, so I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands to think about what happens next. We've got a spin-off night, The Little League at Queen's Park Bowling Club in September. So we'll see how that goes as a one-off.
Scotland Life
By Alan Chadwick
Glasgow: Scotland With Style. Great wee slogan isn't it? One which trumpets the fair city's cool and flair. None of which it has to be said was in evidence at the B-52s gig at Carling Academy on Monday night, the crowd a grey, homogenous lump that set me wondering whatever happened to all the groovy art school kids who used to flip their wig to the 'World's Greatest Party Band'?
A camp, kitsch, rocketship of retro-chic fun, a B-52s gig should be the perfect chance to dress up to the nines. Instead looking around me it was clear there were more beer bellies on show than bee-hives, and the sight of one lame beachball bobbing about overhead to try and get the party started only made it more depressing.
Popping out for a quick smoke I got talking to one cool chick who'd made the effort - jaw dropping gingham dress; hair teased so high King Kong would have baulked at trying to climb it. How sad then to report that she said felt she stuck out like a sore thumb and had thought more people would have made the effort. You and me both girl.
Of course it could just be an age thing - even anarcho-syndicalist, indie-kid art school types have to grow up sometime and get a job to pay the mortgage. But if you have to wear your demise into conformity on your sleeve I can think of no worse place to do it than at a B-52s gig where reality - for one night at least - should be suspended and all concerned should feel obliged (if only as a nod to once glorious youth) to unleash your inner rock lobster and dance this mess around. Not stand with your bloody arms folded tapping your toes while Love Shack is belting out.
Scotland Life
By Nadine McBay
As much as we enjoyed T In The Park at the weekend there were more than a few instances when we missed a band's set by being the wrong side of the canvas. We found ourselves, if not out in the cold, certainly out of the tent as thousands scrambled to see the likes of The Ting Tings at King Tut's Wah Wah Hunt Tent, MGMT at the Pet Sounds Arena and - perhaps most oversubscribed of all - Glasvegas on the Futures Stage.
Some craned and peered through the tents' doors, some simply danced along to the music outside, while more determined types risked the wrath of security by attempting to slink under the tents themselves (pictured).
We've heard on the festival grapevine that those who flocked to Oxegen - held in County Kildare at the same time and featuring much of the same line-up as T - faced similar problems (most particularly with MGMT). No doubt bands relish the excitement of a thronging crowd, but are those who didn't manage to secure their place in the tent getting a raw deal?
We understand that organisers have to lock down slots very early, and that some bands are going to be a bigger draw between the point when slots are divvied up and the event but the organisers are in the business of being able to spot the big bands from some distance. Certain bloopers remain unexplained: what was the excuse for putting Godfather of Soul James Brown in the relatively cosy King Tuts Tent in 2005 for example?
The duff scheduling hasn't put too many people off though. Early Bird tickets went on sale yesterday and sold out the same day meaning half the tickets for TITP 2009 are now gone. Maybe they've had a whisper about the Rolling Stones playing the T Break Stage.
Scotland Life
By Nadine McBay
Fancy having a song written especially for you by one of Scotland's best contemporary songwriters? And have it performed in your living room? Metro's favourite redhead James Yorkston has just announced that one lucky fan will be granted such a wish, assuming that they live within reasonable distance of the East Neuk Of Fife.
The Fence Collective grandee is offering the prize to the recipient of a Willy Wonka-style Golden Ticket, one of which will be placed inside the limited edition box set of his new album When The Haar Rolls In, released on Domino on CD and double 10 inch vinyl.
His fourth studio album, When The Haar Rolls In features Norma and Mike from English folk's first family The Watersons, plus a take on Midnight Feast, a track by the late Lal Waterson. The limited edition box set also contains a bonus CD of covers by the likes of Archie Bronson Outfit and fellow Fence Colllectees U.N.P.O.C and King Creosote.
Expect the jammy blighter's track to be written in between live dates around When The Haar Rolls In's release on Sep 1.
This could be your house:
Scotland Life
By Rory Weller
When we interviewed KT Tunstall (see interview in the Tue Metro) she was pretty chatty but we couldn't squeeze everything she had to say in to the paper. Rather than just keep it to ourselves we thought you'd like some extra KT. She's playing a T In The Park warm up gig at the Alhambra in Dunfermline on Thu night before hitting Balado on Fri.
On being pop's poster girl for green issues:
I don't want to put myself out as a finger wagger. If someone is interested in what I do then I'm happy to talk about it. I completely respect the fact that people are in to me because of my music and not necessarily about my opinions and views. But I do think that climate change and environmental damage is the most important challenge that we've ever faced.
On dealing with her fame:
I very rarely have people saying anything or coming up and asking for stuff. I still get the tube and the bus - I think I'm a lot shorter than people think I am. That's my secret weapon to go for a pint - everyone is looking for a tall girl.
When I see famous people I certainly don't see myself as one. I went to a film premiere of the Edge Of Love the other night. I've met Keira Knightly a couple of times and I find myself reminding her who I am each time as I'm sure she's not going to remember who I am. But she's like, 'Yes, I know who you are'. I find it bizarre but it's an amazing thing to have when it's useful and I choose not to abuse it. It just makes your life really complicated and I don't want that.
On making a video tour of Tate Modern for Myspace:
I love art and always have but modern art can be a bit intimidating sometimes. It doesn't f**king matter who painted it or what it's of, what matters is if you like it or if it makes you feel something and when you're open to that it's really exciting. It's a good life-affirming experience.
Scotland Life
By Kit Macdonald
Warp-signed Glasgow wonderboy Rustie will bombard Numbers' 5th birthday celebrations at the Sub Club on Fri with a DJing arsenal comprised of equal parts booty bass, electro, hip hop, dubstep, bassline, R&B and techno. Earlier in the week he provided us with enigmatically sparing answers to some impossibly burning questions:
How long have you been making music, and what made you realise you were good at it?
Pretty much all my life. I realised I was good when I was about 8 or so and found improvising on the guitar easy and very enjoyable. I also picked up drumming easily with little practise when I was in secondary school.
Who inspired you early on and who inspires you now?
Early on I was inspired by Nirvana, the Beatles and Michael Jackson. Recently I'm inspired by Timbaland, Dilla, Drexciya, Hudson Mo, Panda Bear, Joker, Mike Slott and I'm also discovering lots of older music too.
How are your sets sounding at the moment? Whose tracks are popping up most regularly?
Banging. Joker's tracks are popping up in my sets most regularly.
It's been a big year for Glasgow guys getting serious recognition (you and Hud Mo's Warp deals etc) - why do you think things gone so right recently?
I've been honing my production skills for a good few years now, putting in a hell of a lot of time and dedication. I guess that's paying off now.
Where have your best shows been since it began to blow up? Who gets your sound the best?
Brussels was great, Amsterdam too, so was Fwd in London. Don't know who gets the sound the best to be honest.
Your Zomby and Jamie Lidell remixes are blinding, any other biggies coming up?
No, I want to work on my own music for a while.
Scotland Life
By Heather Crumley
It's not uncommon for bands to stand on a Scottish stage and hail the audience as the best in the world. Fair enough, the tribute is probably trotted out at every gig around the globe but our fondness for an unhinged singalong can make even the most stony-faced band crack a smile.
We were concerned then at the news last week about a pair of Kenny Rogers fans from the Black Isle whose over-enthusiastic singing and clapping along saw them getting turfed out of his concert and then, when the case came to court last week, getting fined £300.
This got us thinking about acceptable gig conduct: in the last couple of weeks alone, I have endured a woman whining 'shut up' every time Tegan and/or Sara said anything between songs at their ABC show. Another night at King Tut's I had to endure one beer-soaked moron's shouts of 'next band please!' throughout a support band's set. Further debate in Metro Towers revealed colleagues who have recently encountered punters with no volume control chatting over quiet performers and the frequent delight of unintelligible nonsense being shouted at the band.
But gig etiquette is tricky. All of the above are annoying and disruptive, but that's because they're not what is expected – the Kenny Rogers incident was hardly shocking behaviour. Not shutting up in the cinema or theatre (see Metro's feelings on this here and here) is obviously inappropriate, as is singing along to an opera, but joining in the chorus, dancing, clapping and cheering is all part of the gig experience and should be expected along with queues for the toilet and over-priced beer.
Excessive disruption can of course ruin an evening, but there's behaviour which is out of order, and then there's not giving people who are having fun a break.
Scotland Life
By Heather Crumley
Scottish music fans have only a few days to sign up to Tennent's new musical experiment The Mutual. By registering before Monday (June 30), you become a founding member, which means you can vote for bands you want to see as part of a series of gigs in planned for autumn.
Voting opened at the beginning of May, and while we were concerned that this might lead to an eternity of meat-and-two-veg indie (see our initial reaction here), the top 40 as it stands on the website throws up some interesting choices.
Muse occupy the top spot, understandably so as anyone who has ever seen them live will testify they put on a hell of a show, but what follows is unexpected, and frequently puzzling.
Currently at number two is Kim Edgar, a relatively unknown singer-songwriter from Edinburgh. Her accessible folky pop has seen her dubbed the next KT Tunstall, but it seems unlikely that many Scots will have heard of her, let alone be desperate to see her live. We suspect a little bit of hijacking there.
The rest of the top five is a pleasant surprise, with Malcolm Middleton, The Flaming Lips and Boards Of Canada completing the list. It seems that discerning ears have won out over the populist tyranny Metro feared, with the likes of Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Battles and Nick Cave peppering the chart, not to mention a handful of completely unexpected appearances from the likes of Grace Jones (who last played Scotland for the Triptych festival which Mutual replaced) and comedy musician John Shuttleworth.
And, most heartening of all, there isn't a Fratelli in sight. Sign up and vote if you want to make sure it stays that way.
Scotland Life
By Nadine McBay
Is a Leith schoolboy set to follow The Gossip, Foals and Crystal Castles into the hearts of the Skins generation and into the charts? Since its premiere early last year, the remarkably watchable TV yoof drama has catapulted a clutch of bands into the spotlight through its zeitgeist-fondling soundtrack.
Following their UK-wide Skins parties and arena at RockNess a couple of weeks ago, the series is launching its own record label, SkinsLife on July 1 with the release of Jenny Jones by London's Paper Heroes. The label's second release is likely to be material by Unicorn Kid aka Leith Academy fifth year student Oliver Sabin (pictured).
Sabin's euphoric, four-to-the-floor mesh of old school videogame bleeps and effervescent, kid's toy rave won him a spot performing at the Skins Party at Glasgow's Arches last month (see the clip below). Though no ink has been spilt on a contract yet, it's planned that the label will release the follow-up to Unicorn Kid's Sugarfest EP, out earlier this year. With a live Radio 1 session also planned for July 3, our glowsticks are expectantly pointed Leithwards.


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tonight's dinner was a heaping plate full of veggies, drizzled with some Drew's raspberry salad dressing, olive oil, and pepper. More specifically, steamed vegetables and brown rice next to a salad. To end it all, a glass of red wine. Lovely :) My room mate, Jane, and I are watching some aweful Matthew McCaughnehey movie called Sahara.
I purposefully took some time in between these last two posts to work though the strong negativity I was feeling. I can honestly say that I'm feeling like a different person. I came back to school to start winter quarter, car and computer fixed thanks to my dad and my brother.
I've worked out twice this week, well on my way to meeting my goal of three times every week this year. Those much needed endorphins worked with my revised diet to make me feel rejuvenated. I've been praying and making time for quiet this week too.
I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow and I plan to buy:
1. Ezekiel bread
2. WholeSoy soy yogurt
3. Cauliflower and carrots
4. Sweet potatoes
5. Grapefruit
6. Salad dressing
7. Hummus (one of my food groups)
***Question: What's a sauce you'd eat on just about anything??
40 years of marriage
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Pretty sunset, huh? Taken from our garden. At just after 4pm this afternoon!
These early nights are ridiculous; it's 8.30 now and it's been dark for so long that it feels like midnight!
Tomorrow is going to be busy; I have to drive to Woking (I have no idea how that is pronounced) to have my interview to get a National Insurance number. (Kind of like a social security number, I think; I need one for when I finally find a job). It's going to be a bit awkward; the time-slot I was assigned is at 9.15; the earliest Sophie can be dropped at school is 8.30; and google maps says it'll take me 50 minutes to get there. And that's without factoring in rush-hour traffic and finding parking. Oh well. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm going to be annoyed if I get there late enough that they've bumped my appointment, though.
I need to get the house in order before I go to bed as my parents will most likely be here when I get home. They'll be spending tomorrow night and the next night with us; I'm looking forward to it. My mom and I plan to go into London day after tomorrow and do girly things; should be fun being just the two of us.


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The modified recipe is from 'Baking' Emma Patmore.
8 oz (225 g) butter
3,5 oz (100 g) dark chocolate
5 fl oz (150 ml) water
10,5 oz (300 g) wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
9,5 oz (275 g) brown sugar
5 fl oz (150 ml) sour cream
2 whisked eggs
pinch salt
glaze (you can use ½ ingredients)
7 oz (200 g) dark chocolate
6 tbsp water
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Pierre Rosenberg, the chief curator of paintings at the Louvre Museum since 1987 and a well-known figure in international art circles, has been named president and director of the Louvre, succeeding Michel Laclotte, who is retiring.
Mr. Rosenberg, 58, who spent a year at Yale University before beginning a career at the Louvre in 1962, is an expert in 17th- and 18th-century French and Italian paintings and drawings. His appointment by the French Government to a three-year term as the head of the Louvre had been rumored for some weeks. Mr. Laclotte has been put in charge of a group that is planning a National Art History Institute.Continue reading the main story


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It's funny, because even at the house clubs, if they were gay that meant about 95% fags and maybe a few dykes or if they were mixed that meant straight with a few dyke or fag club kids there for the music, even if there were only six or seven dykes that's who I became friends with, even at the places where everything was about attitude, which was most places except when it got late and then it was just about dancing, dancing to the sky with crystal in the air. But I was trying to tell you about Junk, which was really the only club I've ever gone to where it was everything for me at once -- I mean dancing, and politics, and sex. At Fusion, when I would do a bump of crystal and suddenly it was like I would never stop dancing I would never stop dancing I would never stop that brightness in my eyes until the crash, the crash was so hard it was like it would never again be possible to experience pleasure. But Junk was different, I went right after the ACT UP meetings, a bunch of us would go together and dance together and dance with everyone else and that was the thing, everyone danced with everyone and it was the reverse of the other clubs so maybe 95% of the people there were dykes and then a few fags scattered around, you kind of knew the fags were feminists or at least had some kind of clue because here they were dancing with the dykes and this was the only bar in my life where I actually went, and went home with people. There was even a point where I decided I would go home with someone every week, and it actually worked, for a little while at least, and I even met Chris there, Chris who was always eating whole cloves of garlic and he looked like the person I was trying to become and we made out on the dance floor and I went back with him to his apartment behind the sausage factory, they had to keep the windows closed during the day because otherwise the sausage smell would overwhelm everything and sometimes when I went over there, people would throw glass bottles at me, but maybe not really at me because they never hit me, or maybe one of them did hit me once and I just kept walking, I can't remember.
But the rent was really cheap, $200 each although that wasn't too hard to find in those days, but definitely hard to find in the Mission, which is where everyone wanted to live, I mean everyone like us. I lived in the Inner Richmond, and it took forever to get back late at night, I mean forever, but sometimes it was easier than getting home from Fusion because I wasn't doing drugs, I didn't even drink anything at Junk because it wasn't just about the music it was about creating a life together, that's how it felt. But I didn't actually meet Chris at Junk, we met at a café down the street, but we slept together at Junk, I mean after Junk and sometimes he would twist his head around like he was trying to snap it off, he got kicked out of the house when he was 15 so he had more stories to tell, at least more stories about the past because mine were still mostly about the future, things I wanted to change about the world so you know the part about the stickers that said QUEER VEGAN INCEST SURVIVOR comes later, after I lived in the Mission so not much later, in those days everything could change in two months, I mean everything.
Like when I went to Washington, DC for the March on Washington in 1993 to do civil disobedience with ACT UP for universal healthcare and we expected hundreds of people but maybe there were only 41 or 42 but at an earlier demo I met this boy from Michigan and then we got arrested together, our first time getting arrested so of course it was kind of romantic, and remember how I grew up in DC, DC where suddenly there were a million gay people in white T-shirts applying for Community Clout credit cards and gays in the military was suddenly the big issue it was horrifying. But not as horrifying as growing up in DC because now I was just visiting and the amazing thing was that the freaks found one another, I mean we were so alienated that we went right up and said hi, I like your hair, I mean that's what people said to me and I met Zee, my first boyfriend, the one I got arrested with, and JoAnne, who later became my closest friend, and even Chrissie Contagious, who was screaming naked from a tree.
And then after it ended, there were a few fags with suitcases, and more trash in the streets, and I was making out with Zee in Georgetown, right in front of the all-night restaurant where I used to go after clubs or warehouse parties in high school, remember People Are Still Having Sex? In high school, none of us were having sex that's one of the reasons we need the music, Zee and I even went to The Vault, the same vault from my high school days and I still liked the music, actually it was better, and we were making out in Georgetown, two guys who looked like Georgetown University students came up and said what you doing? Kissing, I said, and went back to it, and remember how I said everything could change in two months, but sometimes it changed in two days. Or two minutes.
They sprayed something in my eyes and I was screaming it hurt so much I wasn't sure I could see and we went into that restaurant, I was throwing water on my face it looked like spray paint that's what I thought at the time and they said take this outside, the people at the restaurant. And then we were trying to hail a cab but they wouldn't stop, and when we finally got to the hospital they made me lie down on the table and they put tubes in my eyes and pumped saline into my eyes for about 45 minutes to flush out the pepper spray, that's what they said it was, they said it was a good thing I came right to the hospital because otherwise I might've lost my vision.
Later, but not much later, I mean the next day, my parents asked: why do you have to be so overt? Back in San Francisco, I did go to a Bikini Kill show once, everyone arrived early because the space was small and we were worried it would be too crowded -- everyone was waiting for Kathleen Hanna to get in a fight with some macho guy, they kept yelling KICK HIS ASS I hated fights it felt depressing. Oh, and then the other thing: is she, or isn't she? As in queer. I liked the other band better, a Dutch band no one had heard of called The Dog-Faced Hermans, they were more melodic and for a while afterwards you would hear The Dog-Faced Hermans everywhere and everyone claimed they'd listened to them since day one.
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Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 21, 2007, pp. 1313-1319
Esthetic analysis of the smile
Soares, Giulliana Panfiglio; Valentino, Thiago Assunção; Lima, Débora Alves Nunes Leite; Paulillo, Luis Alexandre Maffei Sartini; Silva, Frederico Augusto Peixoto & Lovadino, José Roberto
This study analyzed the esthetics components of the smile, evaluating the relationship between the curve formed by the incisal line of the anterior superior teeth and the curve of the inferior lip, the touch of this incisal line on the inferior lip, the teeth displayed during smile, the relationship between the facial midline with the arch midline, the location of the arch midline and gender differences. Eighty-eight undergraduate students of the dentistry course of the Tiradentes University were selected. Two photographs were taken (smiling face and smile) using digital camera. The statistical analysis was performed after image tracing evaluation. Results show that the coincidence of the facial midline with the arch midline occurred only on half of the students. Most of the students presented parallelism between the incisal plan and the interpupillary line. Smiles with or without touch of the incisal line on the lower lip, smiles revealing up to the seconds premolars or firsts molars, and parallel or straight smiles were also most commonly observed. The majority of the men presented centered midline arch while women presented deviation to the right. No difference was found between the distribution of the arch midline.
smiling analysis, dental esthetics, esthetic
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I retorted upon him with his Scotch accent, of which he had not so much as some, but enough to be very barbarous and disgusting, as I told him plainly; and the affair would have gone to a great length, but for an alarming intervention.
We had got some way off upon the sand. The place where we had slept, with the packets lying undone and the money scattered openly, was now between us and the pines; and it was out of these the stranger must have come. There he was at least, a great hulking fellow of the country, with a broad axe on his shoulder, looking open-mouthed, now at the treasure, which was just at his feet, and now at our disputation, in which we had gone far enough to have weapons in our hands. We had no sooner observed him than he found his legs and made off again among the pines.
This was no scene to put our minds at rest: a couple of armed men in sea-clothes found quarrelling over a treasure, not many miles from where a pirate had been captured - here was enough to bring the whole country about our ears. The quarrel was not even made up; it was blotted from our minds; and we got our packets together in the twinkling of an eye, and made off, running with the best will in the world. But the trouble was, we did not know in what direction, and must continually return upon our steps. Ballantrae had indeed collected what he could from Dutton; but it's hard to travel upon hearsay; and the estuary, which spreads into a vast irregular harbour, turned us off upon every side with a new stretch of water.
We were near beside ourselves, and already quite spent with running, when, coming to the top of a dune, we saw we were again cut off by another ramification of the bay. This was a creek, however, very different from those that had arrested us before; being set in rocks, and so precipitously deep that a small vessel was able to lie alongside, made fast with a hawser; and her crew had laid a plank to the shore. Here they had lighted a fire, and were sitting at their meal. As for the vessel herself, she was one of those they build in the Bermudas.
The love of gold and the great hatred that everybody has to pirates were motives of the most influential, and would certainly raise the country in our pursuit. Besides, it was now plain we were on some sort of straggling peninsula, like the fingers of a hand; and the wrist, or passage to the mainland, which we should have taken at the first, was by this time not improbably secured. These considerations put us on a bolder counsel. For as long as we dared, looking every moment to hear sounds of the chase, we lay among some bushes on the top of the dune; and having by this means secured a little breath and recomposed our appearance, we strolled down at last, with a great affectation of carelessness, to the party by the fire.
It was a trader and his negroes, belonging to Albany, in the province of New York, and now on the way home from the Indies with a cargo; his name I cannot recall. We were amazed to learn he had put in here from terror of the SARAH; for we had no thought our exploits had been so notorious. As soon as the Albanian heard she had been taken the day before, he jumped to his feet, gave us a cup of spirits for our good news, and sent big negroes to get sail on the Bermudan. On our side, we profited by the dram to become more confidential, and at last offered ourselves as passengers. He looked askance at our tarry clothes and pistols, and replied civilly enough that he had scarce accommodation for himself; nor could either our prayers or our offers of money, in which we advanced pretty far, avail to shake him.
"I see, you think ill of us," says Ballantrae, "but I will show you how well we think of you by telling you the truth. We are Jacobite fugitives, and there is a price upon our heads."
At this, the Albanian was plainly moved a little. He asked us many questions as to the Scotch war, which Ballantrae very patiently answered. And then, with a wink, in a vulgar manner, "I guess you and your Prince Charlie got more than you cared about," said he.


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Female Law Students, Gendered Self-Evaluation, and the Promise of Positive PsychologyMichigan State Law Review
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Publication Date1-1-2012
AbstractFor the last several decades, studies and surveys have shown that female law students perform worse and feel worse about their experiences in law school than do male students. Hidden in average figures, however, is a subgroup of female students who thrive. Positive psychology, focusing on what traits make people happy rather than how to alleviate depression, provides novel ideas of how to improve legal education for women without making accommodations specifically targeting gender.
Citation InformationDara Purvis. "Female Law Students, Gendered Self-Evaluation, and the Promise of Positive Psychology" Michigan State Law Review Vol. 2012 (2012) p. 1693
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
kindred spirits
I love you Marissa, thanks for being so....encouraging, thoughtful, loving, caring, sweet, inspiring, supportive, responsible, understanding, cheerful, enthusiastic, jovial, sensible, reliable, vivacious, and well...YOU!
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Ok, I'm crying! Of course, what else would you expect from Queen Mom when she reads such a sweet post? May God continue to bless the two of you with such a special relationship, and I pray my daughters will feel the same way about each other as they grow up.
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- December 3, 2008 at 12:13 AM
- Marissa said...
Awww Caity! Thank you =) It is such a blessing to have a sister like you and share such special moments with you. There were times I never thought we would live to be such good friends..but thankfully I was mistaken. =) I love you Caity.
- December 3, 2008 at 7:30 AM
Great Post! How often we feel at times in our relationships with our siblings like we wish they weren't here. Then at times we don't know what we would do without them! I think, also, our relationship grows as each of us matures and becomes more Christ-like and selfless compared to when you are a kid and the first one to grab the best piece of candy. :) Loved the post.
- December 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM
- Ashley said...
What a good post Caity! I feel the same way about my younger sister, though I am not always good at showing it. She has been there through the majority of my life, and I am glad that God has seen fit to bless me with such a good sister. It seems our personalities balance each other out. When I am serious, she has just enough playfullness to loosen me up. When one of us is in a bad mood, the other just automatically knows the right thing to say to make the other laugh. What better fellowship can be found than with the 'kindred spirit' that we all so affectionately call, sister.
- December 3, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- Mountain Momma said...
awww you two are so cute!
- December 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- Linda said...
Girls you won't know until you have children just what a blessing it is to a mom that you two love each other so much. You're right, Caity, that there were times I wondered but God is so good and showed each of you the wonderful things about the other. I am so glad you are such great friends.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane Caity. I love the pictures!
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Today, as you can see, Big Daddy wasn't home.
I've had this lynx in the freezer for a while so dug it out and finished skinning it and put the skull on the stove to boil. I told Toby we were making soup for supper. She believed me. I love hanging out with a 3 year old. I can't wait till her dad comes home and she drags him to the stove to show him what we made for supper.


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Meanwhile, Oasis have signed a new deal with Universal Music Group.
The band control domestic releases through their own Big Brother label but previously Sony took care of international distribution. Universal now have that role, starting with next month's DVD release of Lord Don't Slow Me Down.
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There was no immediate Turkish comment on the reports. There are no known plans by the Kurdish forces to take on al-Qaida-linked militants in Idlib.
Sejari said the operation aims to deploy Turkish-backed opposition fighters in the province now dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants. He said the plan is to also foil "foreign projects" that aim to occupy the north of Syria under the pretext of fighting terrorism, in an apparent reference to the USA -backed Kurdish forces.
Sofge said some 2,000 IS fighters were still in the area.
"As for the Russians, they will not have a role in the areas of our control at all".
The operation is linked to a deal agreed earlier this year by rebel backer Turkey and regime allies Russian Federation and Iran to implement four so-called "de-escalation zones" in Syria.
Turkish commando units and military vehicles have reportedly massed on the border but are yet to cross, in what will be Ankara's second major Syria operation after its Euphrates Shield incursion previous year.
He pointed out to the presence of serious action now taking place in Idlib to achieve security. Erdogan has announced the country is conducting a "serious" operation against extremist groups in Syria's northwestern Idlib province with Turkey-backed rebels.
"What is also possible is a joint operation between Turkish forces and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) against the terrorists".
HTS wants to continue fighting the government despite the establishment of "de-escalation zones".
Free Syrian Army fighters had reportedly entered Idlib Friday night, according to earlier media reports, but the Turkish president denied Ankara-backed forces had yet entered.
Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency said there was a major build up of Turkish commando units and military vehicles around the town of Reyhanli bordering Idlib close to the Cilvegozu border crossing.
Security in Idlib will be provided by Turkey with Russia, Erdogan said Saturday, without elaborating further.
Turkey's NTV, a private television station, reported an exchange of fire at the border area, quoting "military sources".
He said the defections could be read as "opportunistic in anticipation of a Turkish intervention".
"When you enter a boxing match, you don't count how many punches you will throw", Erdogan said.
A rebel commander participating in the operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP in Beirut that "all the rebel groups" who took part in Euphrates Shield are participating in the latest operation. The zone would be monitored by Turkish soldiers.
Ahmed Abazeid, a Syrian researcher at the Turkey-based Toran Centre, said the Tahrir Al Sham coalition was always "essentially a sham".
President Erdogan refused to provide details on the extent of Turkish military deployment in Syria.
A December cease-fire in Syria brokered by the three countries led to the Astana talks, which are being held in parallel to UN-backed discussions in Geneva, to find a political solution to the six-year conflict.


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CARLSTADT -- Officials are considering adding more acreage to a redevelopment area surrounding the American Dream Meadowlands megamall that has already seen an uptick in construction, NorthJersey.com reported.
Officials are considering adding up to 109 acres to the Paterson Plank Road Redevelopment Area.
After overcoming a number of legal, financial and development hurdles, the opening date for the massive megamall complex is in sight.
The entertainment retail portion of the project is expected to open in March 2019. The scheduled opening of the waterpark and amusement areas is October 2019.
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