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The End is Coming…
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I believe that most of us share your wise and heartfelt words. Some of us have been through *this* before…but we have no alternative but to continue to stick together and spread the word. As no revolution or evolution occurs swiftly, but rather over time, we must continue to rest when we need to so that we may return to fight another day. We need to know who our opponents really are, all the better to know how to beat them. You are a most valued member of this movement, and when you have rested enough to rejuvenate, we need to now more than ever!
Best peace and blessings,
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"The Dames"
I agree that fighting the Obama battle is fatiguing because he is negativity in every sense of the word. People have to see the light on their own, and that is what is so overwhelming. We have to keep faith, or we all,every last one of us,lose. Fight to the end,like all of our ancestors have been compelled to do.
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Greetings and blessings to all! I too was one of the ones shouting from the rooftop…open your eyes this man is not what he seems…all ppl want "hope and change" but this voice is not the voice of truth…alas, I lost many friends during the last election cycle. Some have come back, heads down and hands out, asking forgiveness. It is not up to me to forgive them. I tell them that if they are truly sorry for their actions and words then they too must fight to restore truth. Violence is not the answer, softly spoken words and actions to set things right will gradually get our country back on track. First and foremost we need leaders…strong, honest politicians with integrity. Never again shall we listen to words without investigating the actions of the speaker.
I pray that it is not too late to save ourselves.
Well, my fellow Natives- I, for one, am absolutely disheartened by the foolish outcome of this election. Yet, however, I refuse to give up the ghost just yet. It's no secret that this person was elected as a result of treachery, lies and the manipulation of emotions, but I'm going to use this time as an opportunity to be as cunning and self-sufficient as I can be for the sake of my family. Probably the best thing anyone can do (as individuals) at this point in time is to "disappear" from the radar of the predators and reemerge when this storm is over. This is the dawn of a period (hopefully not an era) where someone with a false sense of welfare entitlements will take full advantage of his power in a way that hasn't been seen in decades. In other words: stuff your mattresses and acquire a taste for evaporated milk for the time being.
Just remember: even the bumpiest rides come to an end sooner or later.
Well spoken. The only thing I have to hold on to and believe is that it isn't too late. I saw hope reading 20 states were applying for sovereignty. We homeschool and fulltime RV there is NO WAY I would send my kids to what I call government school more now than ever before. I want to know they are armed with the truth and to help with that they NEED to know History. In teaching them I am in hopes they are our hope for a positive future outlook:) For now it is up to us to help wake everyone up.
I want to thank you for your works.I feel much the same as the messages you have posted and i had my own hope for this past election or rather selection by that elete dem group who are the fronts for wall street and uncontrolled power grabs. We need a strong third party and americans with guts to pay attention and follow what is true and the right human thing to do.
where are their conciences? Them choosing an unknown with no experience to do the bidding of the powers that be, hold people in contempt instead as equal humans, The speed they are pushing their agenda has left even their followers, dumb struck I beleive, and when it really hits them it will be too late.
If only they would really listen to the words and see the actions taken and where these people came from, the most corrupt politicians around!!Apparently they thought.Chicago style is the way to go. It is sad state that just by saying hope and change, you can convince people those word mean for the betterment of all. Racism is rampant ,native americans and women know this better than most, especially as the primary showed us.
hello fellow belivers, I must admit it is refreshing to see that there are many who feel as I do, I do believe that we are racing to the end, the christ shall soon call to make things all- right. But do not be disheartend but rather be glad. Although many are going to perish and die in the coming months, god will sort this out. He will decide the worthy and not worthy good and evil etc. Keep the faith and continue to obseve and learn. May god bless you all.
Hi there!
I'm new to this forum and just wanted to say hi. So Hi!
We are first brothers and sisters. Here to care for each other. We must stand together and stand strong for truth always wins. Pray and Prepare. It will get worse before it gets better. But we are strong and will survive this as well.


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Who are in the Margins? Who are the marginalized? They are the neglected or ignored. They are the stranger, the immigrant, the homeless and the poor.
Join us this month as we kick off a new series, "Jesus in the Margins," about how Jesus invites us to care about the marginalized. We will push into deeper understanding and application of this side of Jesus' nature. We have already had a small taste of this. Just a week ago, a group from Outpour took a first step toward connecting with the homeless community in St Louis, through a partnership with New Life Evangelical Center. Here is what Esther, a medical student at Outpour, wrote about her experience:
What I saw was astounding. Not only did we see individuals sleeping on the side of the street, but we also found "hidden" homeless communities with makeshift tents and tarps put together under freeways and in unheated old buildings. I have seen a lot of poverty in other countries, but it was something entirely different to see it in my own city, only a 10 minute drive from the warm, dry home in which I live.
This is only a first step for us, but taking the time to physically visit the forgotten places of our city is already changing us, because Jesus is waiting for us there. He meets us as we connect with the marginalized, in fact He counts our care for them as service to Himself:
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me…I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
Matthew 25:35-40
While many look to the mainstream, Jesus leads us to the marginalized; He specifically emphasized that we not ignore those in the margins. While many seek the powerful and the affluent, Jesus leads us to the voiceless and the poor, to the distant and diverse, to the lost and the misfits. We find Jesus in the Margins.
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A bunch of hands on various things from last night. I was feeling off from some bad food and had to stay home from going to the movies. It would have been the first movie that I would see a theater for this year.
Instead of lying in bed feeling like an Alien was ready to chest burst or worse yet, stomach burst, I got out the paint and got busy. It was a pretty productive night.
My cat watched the art happenings from her ottoman perch. As I write this blog post, she is attacking a sheet of newspaper on the floor. No wait, she just discarded it in favor of watching the turtles get warm.
I am getting ready for my day job. However, the art is raging in my veins like the T Virus from Resident Evil.
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PS. Song of the day The Smiths - This Charming Man. Google that and pick up your cat or nearest loved one and dance around the living room or such.


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Why is this home?
to rekindle what was lost
familial bonds
two weeks
might seem long
to spend with my father
who left our family
before I could walk or talk,
flying away from the Eastern Europe
to the Western democratic part of the world.
Cruising beautiful European waterways
there is nowhere else
I want to be,
being with my father,
to see where he lived as an young man
while I was growing up
dreaming to meet him one day,
looking across the border
lined with barbed fence
over the heads of armed soldiers
with their nasty guns pointed at me...
Upon arriving in Paris
we hit the ground running
no time for jet lag
there are three exhilarating days
to be spent absorbing
the City of Love and Lights
the breezy boulevards
of ornate buildings
erected centuries ago
as legacies to kings and emperors
I love the quiant artistic streets
of Montmartre
My father the famous landmarks
the Arc de Triomphe
where he begged for food
so many years back
and of course the Eiffel Tower
where the night-time views
are just magical,
"See that tiny appartment,
one old French lady lived there,
who took me in
to help her with repairs."
As we travel north
by coach to Amsterdam
observing the contrast
of enormous wind propellers
dwarfing rustic church spires
and the bullet train
flying through fields
where cows have grazed
for hundred of years:
"Your Great grand father was fighting here,
more than 94 years ago
and I tried my luck,
over 30 years back."
We reached the tolerant city
of drugs and gay marriages,
the red light district's maze of narrow
cobblestoned streets
and canals
on a Friday night
mingling with hundreds of raucously
intoxicated tourists,
grey figures of migrants
and unnoticable refugees,
hanging around bars
and coffee shops
that don't sell coffee,
my father smiles,
remembering the time here
he worked for cash
repairing roofs on some of them.
As we cruise out of Amsterdam
on our 'Amadeus Briliant'
passengers from every part of the world
look out of the full-length windows
the majority of them
have not been in Europe
it is strange to see your native continent
from their point of view.
What are we doing here,
you may ask,
it was my father's idea
to meet somewhere between,
each of us living
on the other side of the world,
cruising the European waterways,
the everyday sights
of a family picknicking next to
their family bicycle
may bring us closer
to our own family roots.
A fisherman's net stretching
into the still water
and the signs
indicating distance from the Rhine's source
remind my father
the time he lived in Cologne and Koblenz,
he explains me the long history
of settlement along the river,
dating back to Roman and Celtic times.
I view the towering castles
of medieval villages
on both sides
constructed during the 11th century
to protect the monasteries
many were plundered
by the conquering
French armies,
they have been lovingly restored
by the German people
over the past 200 years,
and refugees just like my father
were recruited to paint,
to repair,
to maintain it nowadays.
My Father and me
visit the charming walled city of Rothenburg,
perched high on the hill above the Tauber Valley.
He tells me about his favourite pub
where he used to enjoy Bavarian beer
and buys me 'schneeballen'.
Walking within the medieval walls
we taste the deep-fried pastry,
his lips covered with sugar
and chocolate glaze
and yet his eyes do not smile,
"Even born nomads,
eventually weary of the road,
should I have stayed at home,
wherever that may be?"
Walking uneasy
on the former nazi
rally ground
in Nuremberg
the immense proportions of the buildings
make us feel so unsignificant.
Having lived through World War II
as a child
my father has no interest
in entering an eerie museum
and his spirit is uplifted
only after meandering down
the beautiful Danube Gorge
the river of our hometown.
Arriving at the impressive
Benedictine monastery of Weltenberg Abbey,
my father touches the ornately guilded wall
and smiles:
"I remember tasting the dark beer here,
which the monks have brewed since 1050,
it was the only food I had that day,
simply divine."
Nostalgia warms our hearts
when we visit the beautiful
Austrian city of Salzburg,
remembering the wintry day
we met here for the first time
after the communism fell appart.
The Danube Wachau Valley
is littered with medieval castles
on hilltops
surrounded by grapevines
and picturesque willages,
most of them in ruins,
having never been rebuilt
after the Ottoman Turks destroyed them.
"Austrians have never been keen on refugees,
maybe their castles would look better if they did,"
My father winks at me
and waves at me to climb
the treacherous path
to the rubble of Durnestein.
My reward is the most magnificent view
of the magical Danube river,
my father points at the distance:
"There is Vienna, the city of Dreams,
we used to drive there for a coffee
with your mum,
before the Russians came with tanks."
I catch my breath and take his hand:
"You bought her there the print
by painter Gustav Klimt,
I remember seeing it on the wall
in our living room."
My father nods and his voice shakes
with hidden emotion:
"Can you see your former eastern bloc city
of Bratislava behind it?"
I strains my eyes on a blue blob
if those murky
and grey block of flats
of the dark
dictatorial decades
of my childhood
have been finally replaced
by the brightly coloured houses,
I always dream to live in.
"How was it to live there,
I often wondered,
thinking constantly of your mum,
of you,
the length love has to go to,
the tautness of a family
stretched like a tendon
across a wide ocean,
the homesickness never leaves you,
now you know..."
"Sad, drab lives built on lies and excuses,"
I said bitterly:
"My teenager's years and those of my friends
spent in hunger for escape..."
"And you did," my father whispers,
"escaped the stupefying comforts of home
and found a measure of contentment in doing so,
but have you found a place to settle and properly enjoy it
on the other side of the world?"
Three days in Bratislava
are three days of wondrous self-discovery
from the 1000-year-old castle
offering expansive views
of our own childhood memories,
father looks over the east
where his parents' old fashioned farm house
used to stand,
now rubbish tip lost in fumes
from nearby factory.
"You know, love happens, like age
or weather,
it's not hard to do,
only endure."
I look over the west,
the army of grey block of flats
still stands
having been formed
by history red
in tooth and claw:
"You know,
it was the absence of event,
fear and even ugliness
that made me hungry
for life elsewhere
and it is still there."
We strolled down to the Safarikovo Square,
where my father showed me the old apartment
he used to own
and apparently I was born there
and spent my first few months of my life.
Now there is a fashionable cafe underneath.
My father slowly sips his short black
looking around and realizing suddenly
that his hometown is becoming
just like any other city of the west,
he goes on to complain on living
in an age
where everything has got to be now,
because consumerims is based on change.
"You are getting old," I jokingly chip in.
"And tired of living," there is a melancholy in his voice:
"and wondering whether travel allows us to find ourselves
or confirm our alienation,
our essential loneliness in the world."
What a lovely journey, spent in your partaking in your father's life experience, the history of the places you visited, the knowledge that had to be told in a hurry to catch up with the past. The question asked at the end is rather sad. I hope he finds the answers that he needs that will truly fill his heart and make him feel like an important link in the chain of life.
Outstanding I just love the way you put all together in poetry and photos thanks for sharing such great talent.
I loved this hub...the pictures accompanying the piece flowed along with your verses beautifully. Glad you had the opportunity to get to know your father. Mine took off when I was three and we unfortunately never had that chance. Even deep wounds can heal with time and love. Voted up!
Beautiful father-daughter story! The things they touch becomes gold in our heart - the memories, wisdom and love. Blessings to you :-)
I so love your hub Beata! Very moving and rich with history.
When I hear of the wars and suffering of Europeans and Eastern Europeans I feel so sad. How can a world allow such?
Voted up and interesting.
Such a descriptive voice in your writing. I enjoyed the journey very much, and some places I have been came to mind. Thank you for the travelogue and well written piece of work.
Excellent integration of photos and commentary with text, love the way they interweave.
Love how you interweave your words and photos. Great canvas for conveying your thoughts and feelings. A real treat to read!
This is an excellent piece, Beata. Your writing is captivating, as usual. The way you weave expressions of great depth through simple acts is inspiring. I can even see this as short film.
You teach, touch, inspire, entertain all in one breath. This is another awesome piece, and as usual, the pictures are delightful. Thanks!
This was an amazing hub to follow. Wonderfully written!
What a beautiful tribute. The one thing I think is most important is this quote, "You can have all the paraphernalia of modern life -i-pads, mobile phones, but you still don't connect with people if you don't listen the them and share your life with them." Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Great story! You always juxtapose the stories and photos so well; I'm always amazed. The gentle way you talk about deep and sometimes disturbing emotions is such a powerful way of writing. You seem to have a great insight into human feelings and dilemmas. Brilliant! Voted up and awesome.
What a wonderful way to honor your Father! I loved your story and all of the beautiful pictures! I am so happy that you found your Father, and were able to make up for lost time! Upped++
Beata, this takes my breath away. I'm so happy you were able to spend time with your dad after so many years apart. I can relate. I've done the same. I spent time with my birth father for the first time since I was six, at age 40. We have continued our relationship. I'm ever so thankful.
Beautiful thoughts and scenery posted here, Beata. I agree with you, some people miss out on the wonders of life because they are much more interested in the mobile phone screen. What a wonderful journey you have shared.
This hub has everything that comprises humanity--psychology, sociology, familial love, cultures old and contemporary, history, yearning, passion, and so much more. What a beautiful and touching tribute you've written here, Beata, and--oh!--how lovely the photos that complement it with grace and joy. Thank you so much for sharing your heart with us!
What a beautiful journey. I felt sadness and joy mingled together. Loved the pictures. Thank you for sharing..
Beata, this was an amazing journey, thank you for taking us along. FitnezzJim said it perfectly.
You've done it again, capturing and expressing the change in perspective that occurs as you age, and on a topic dear to many. A home lost, a home found, and a home not yet known. May your son grow up to have the wisdom of his mother and grandfather, and learn from your experience, rather than experiencing the loss himself.
Loved the photos as they told the story. You did a great job on this hub and worthy of a vote ++++ I felt like I was there also.
Great hub and a great story you really bring it to life.
These pictures are beautiful, I like them. It is true that consumerism is based on change.


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MADISON, Wis. — Democratic state lawmakers say a Republican effort to curtail the power of incoming Gov. Tony Evers may be illegal, is "embarrassing" and amounts to "political shenanigans."
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Bills paid- Check
House sitter lined up- Check
Gallery help ready- Check
Garden taken care of- Check
Bags packed- Almost...
Extra pounds lost so we can chow down on fantastic pasta & pizza- Check
I am so ready to hop on that big silver bird and fly away.
Though it seems like we were just in Umbria yesterday, the 10 months have been long and longer. So much has been going on the last couple of weeks...all of a sudden it's time to take off.
I have been so busy that the chance to post anything here has been difficult, for sure, but I have really wanted to. So, this early, early morning, I'm making a little time to share just a few photo memories from (could it be??? Last year??!?) our Spring, 2012 trip to Umbria.
After all, this was the main reason I started my bloggy....so I could relive and review photos, memories, & stories from these wonderful adventures we have been so bloody fortunate to experience. It's as much, if not a whole lot more, for me as it is for friends and family- What I didn't expect was that I would have a small, and growing fan base in Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Australia...what a trip.
We will soon be sipping cappuccini and wine at Bar Gallo, walking to Paciano, enjoying the views over Lago Trasimeno, taking day trips to new hill towns, making new friends, and soaking up the Umbrian life as much as we can. All the while Johnny will be creating a new body of work, as only he can.
So, until that plane drops into Rome and we hop on the train.... I'll enjoy sharing these little scenes:
|Along the walk to Paciano, behind the beautiful ruin, work still goes on.
|An Easter bouquet, collected from the garden and near by.
|Johnny getting close and personal with this massive wisteria, in Castiglione del Lago.
I like the green shirt with all that soft purple..
I am excited to see the country side again, with all the luscious views and the unreal light. Today it is raining big in Panicale, and we may get some cold, wet, even snowy days...but watching the change as Spring turns on will be magic. The pretty days are so pretty.....
|A classic Tuscan scene.
|View along our walk back from Paciano.
The olive trees just slay me...
|A sunset with wine, near Panicale.
On the way to San Casciano die Bagni, a small hill town across the valley, we came across this trippy garden/recycle/salvage/antique store. Everything from tiny trinkets to huge farm tables and armoires.
We actually found a great little "perfect green" hanging light fixture, with just enough rust, to hang in our garden. Johnny rewired it when we got home, and we love it. I want to revisit this place.
What I didn't expect to find at this wacky salvage/antique place were:
|More Setti Nani!!! (and their odd green friend...)
Because it will be one of our first stops for dinner, I have to include these shots of yumminess from Il Pellicano, one of the local night spots near Panicale. Pizza to die for, with a crazy atmosphere and all for the best price ever. What's not to love?
|Yes, we each order one, and eat the whole dang thing.
Ok, I need to get out of bed, do the last load of laundry, put all in order for our lovely house sitters (thanks, Anna & James...enjoy the garden!), and call it good to go. And I do mean go!
I look forward to posting while we are there, so stay tuned. Mmmmmm......pizza...
|Just for fun.


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Defending Champions India beat Pakistan by two wickets at the finale of the 5th ODI Blind Cricket World Cup at Sharjah Stadium in UAE.
India continued their streak at the Blind Cricket World Cup at Sharjah as they managed to win a close contest in the finals by two wickets and with an over to spare.
Fantastic bowling by team India as they managed to restrict them for 307 for 8 in 40 overs. Deepak Malik & Rambir took two wickets and Sunil Ramesh took one.
Badar Muni's half century helped Pakistan to set a respectable target. He scored 57 in 61 balls, Risayat Khan's 48 in 38 balls and skipper Nisar Ali's quick 47 was the highlights of Pakistan batting.
Man of the Match Sunil Ramesh's scintillating 93 runs in 67 balls and skipper Ajay Reddy's 62 in 60 balls guided India to win.
Chasing the score Prakash and Venkatesh opened in grand style and gave a flying start. They managed the scoring rate at 10 per over. Venkatesh scored 35 in 32 balls, while Prakash scored 44 in 42 balls.
The game's pendulum was swinging on both the sides but team India managed to keep their calm and never lost hopes.
India remained unbeaten throughout the tournament and bagged 15000 AED (Rs 2,60,000) as prize amount along with the trophy.


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January 29, 2009
a very well made and narrated history of the Asics company
done with Origami
fun to look at, epic, could have done without the "fake" founder sequence at the end (creepy) and short color sequence but loved it. I also love Asics shoes! So if someone from Asics reads this post and feels the urge to give me some Asics shoes I would say Domo Arigato!!
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Stuffed vine leaves, one of Greece's best snacks! Bring the sunshine of Greece to your home with this fantastic vegetarian parcel. It's loaded with delightful tasty ingredients and FAR easier than you think. These are addictive!
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- Sea salt
- 350g long grain rice
- 450g vine leaves, rinsed if preserved in brine (found in large supermarkets or health food shops)
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 1 bunch spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
- 25g fresh mint, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp red chilli flakes
- Zest from 2 lemons
- 225ml olive oil
- Lemon wedges, to serve
- Bring a large saucepan to the boil with a pinch of sea salt. Add the rice and return to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until tender. If you are using preserved vine leaves, place them in a heat proof bowl and pour over a kettle full of boiling water over to cover the leaves. Allow the leaves to soak for a full ten minutes. *If you are using fresh vine leaves pour a kettle of boiled water over the leaves then simmer for 10 minutes. Drain the rice and while hot, mix with the onions, spring onions and fresh herbs along with the fennel seeds, chillies lemon zest and 3 tablespoons of the oil using a large bowl. Season to taste with salt then set aside.
- Drain the vine leaves well. On a clean, dry work surface: layer the leaves out and place a generous teaspoonful of the rice mix on the leaf nearest to the stalk. Fold the stalk over and roll up the leaf. Repeat until all of the ingredients have been used.
- Place the stuffed vine leaves into a large heavy saucepan in a single layer or two pans if one isn't large enough. Spoon over the remaining oil and then add boiling water to cover. Cover and let sit for one hour simmering. Allow the leaves to cool before transferring them to a serving plate and garnish with lemon wedges. Yummy!
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|Visitor : Dice Roller| Game Info| The Cast
|Delith: at least a Penny. Posted by Ron, The DM.
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|Ron, The DM
GM, 388 posts
Sat 12 Jan 2013
at 20:51
You follow the stone golem and pass through a illusionary cliff face and you find yourself in a large cave, about 30' high and 70 feet wide. Warwick notes that the walls have been excavated probably to make it as large as it is. The floor of the cave is fairly smooth, probably shaved a bit there too. You see up ahead a bright light, it is a steady light suggesting a magical nature.
You continue to follow until you enter a large cavern area. Here the ceiling is about 80' high and the room is roughly circular about 200' diameter. There is one large exit, about the size of the cave you came in, almost opposite of where you are and 4 smaller caves that the stone golem can fit thru. There is a large semi circular table made of cherry wood, just before you, with 5 chairs with one apparently for Shorty as it is about twice the size of the others. The room is lit by 2 large chandeliers from the ceiling. The walls are dotted with precious stones and flakes of precious metals that create a sparkling array with the light from the chandeliers. Two giant snail shells 'guard' the other large cave mouth and there are several trolls skins on the walls as well.
There is also another stone golem, this one with a female form. The male one tops and says: "I will inform her ladyship that you have arrived, please make yourselves comfortable. If you would like some refreshments or other then Sandy will attend to you." the female stone golem says "Hello, I am Sandy." The male golem moves off down the other large cave.
player, 241 posts
Sun 13 Jan 2013
at 02:36
Shorty waves and says "Hi Sandy. You nice. Him grump." Shorty then wanders around looking at the walls while he waits. He checks out the troll skins. Shorty still doesn't like trolls.
player, 335 posts
Sun 13 Jan 2013
at 03:40
Warwick wanders as well, but more to inspect the work done to enlarge the cavern.
player, 180 posts
An Alchemist happy in his
lab and the world (Todd)
Sun 13 Jan 2013
at 16:58
|Ron, The DM
GM, 389 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 00:11
The walls were excavated by a combination of magic and manual means. Warwick can definitely see signs of dwarves in the excavation process.
|Ron, The DM
GM, 390 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 00:14
Sandy: "Hello Shorty, is there anything you would like to eat or drink?"
|Ron, The DM
GM, 391 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 00:38
Rocky doesn't return for several minutes, he emerges from the cave he went down. He says to you all, "If you will please have a seat, her ladyship is about to arrive."
He waits till you all get settled.
He then speaks deep loud, his voice echoing, "Introducing her Ladyship the Mighty Mistress of the Mountain! Lady Penny."
A few seconds later Penny sticks her head out of the cave and slowly moves into the cavern. It takes her almost 30 seconds to fully enter and she sort of curls her way around. She faces you about 20' from the table. There is something different about Penny too; but it is difficult to pinpoint.
Aztar does some quick mental math and decides that Penny is about 10% bigger than he last time you met; which wasn't that long ago ... relatively speaking.
She looks at you all in turn and speaks, her voice is fuller than before as well "Welcome to my home, it is a pleasant thing to see you again."
You notice a carpet has materialized beneath her, the pattern, is a mountain of gold coins.
At this point Sandy comes in with your drink orders.
player, 242 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 02:15
Shorty gets up and heads towards Penny. "Friend Penny. Me miss see you fer so long. you miss big fights wid Troll King and funny cloud dat not cloud and me almost dead. We loose Rigel Dragon cause king be sneaky." Shorty smiles happily. "Me bring lunch fer you. Baby say hi. Him happy you promises helps teach him be good smart dragon. Me bring big horse. Him outside so not get scairt an pee in cave. Horse be like dat some time." Shorty moves forward to give Penny a hug.
<OOC: This is NOT my fault. The GM has set me up. Shorty is just this way all the time.>
player, 181 posts
An Alchemist happy in his
lab and the world (Todd)
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 03:30
|Ron, The DM
GM, 392 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 21:29
Penny eyes Shorty as he moves around the table, and as he makes his way around the last corner Rocky steps in between Shorty and Penny. "Please sir, sit down till all formalities are observed." Penny's heads elevates to about 25' above the floor.
player, 336 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 22:12
Warwick stands and bows to the dragon. "It is good to see ye, Mistress of the Mountain. This is a fine home ye have."
player, 243 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2013
at 22:55
Shorty looks at the rock man with a puzzled expression. "Rock man bein silly. Penny be friend. Friend get big hug. Nots like me ken squeezes to hard. Penny know Shorty. Me always give hug. Penny know me be momma to dragon. Me momma for baby." Shorty shakes his head and looks up at Penny. "Wants me put rock man in udder room so we ken visits? Not no formy thingie. Me just be ogre. But me know how be friend." Shorty sticks his tongue out at Sandy and waits for Penny to respond.
|Ron, The DM
GM, 393 posts
Thu 17 Jan 2013
at 22:16
This is kind of funny because Rocky is at least 2' taller than Shorty and probably weighs about 3 tons.
Penny seems to sigh. "Please Shorty, be seated for a little while longer. Protocol must be observed. It is proper and right."
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Pivotal Transitions | My 1st Travel Vlog | August 2016
There are pivotal transitions we must either assume or eventually face when life chooses to no longer hide what is inevitable. The years of familial and social conditioning has created a force field of doubt that eventually caters to the crater of apprehension.
Before long, the misleading or confusion placed upon ourselves by ourselves, traces forward and back to nothing granting us with the ability to not push through. In this, to whom do we point the finger?
Bri Lopez | Intro travel vlog | Travel Vlog 01 | A snippet of the Bay
This is my first travel vlog and I am taking a leap into finalizing all that has been my life the past two years since moving to Los Angeles. I find myself alone a lot of the time and in my car driving to places that peak my interests and for work that requires travel. Out of all the many things in my life, traveling alone has been the one thing to never disappoint and the more I travel the more I find myself and what I think is the meaning of life. This year has been one of the most difficult yet liberating of my life as I have had to let go of one of the longest friendships of my life as well as one of the most important and sacred relationships of my life. All needed in order to become what you'll see in this vlog.
These first few clips will be short and sweet until I gain momentum and start solidifying more travel explorations. Please enjoy my first travel vlog showcasing my first trip to Pacifica, CA and Big Sur, CA. I really hope you enjoy taking a step into my life and for the people and things that no longer play a role in my life, thank you for adding to the fire that now will forever burn in the pit of what my life will now become.


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ANNA — This was maybe the one Anna head coach Albert Cager has been looking for. He allowed as much after his Lady Coyotes dominated long-time nemesis Celina, 51-37, on Friday, Jan. 26 at home. After all, this was a win over an opponent that Anna perhaps wasn't "supposed" to beat; another game where a school name on a jersey helped dictate the outcome, as Cager has posited in the past.
Not this time. These Lady Coyotes, in climbing back into playoff contention, even beat back Celina's late rally when their 10-point lead was chopped to two. They simply stormed back with 14-0 run to close it out.
"Some things finally came together for us," Cager said. "And I just told the girls, 'As well as we played, we can still play a whole lot better.' We can play with anybody in this district if we do the things that we've been taught to do."
As for Anna's clutch response to the Lady Bobcats' comeback try, Cager said, "We've been working in practice on being able to play in crunch moments and being loose. Coming into the game we kept talking about, 'We have to be loose.' When you play loose, you're not afraid to make mistakes. When you're not afraid to make mistakes, you can go out there and just play ball. I think they did a really good job of executing the game plan that was put forth to them."
Celina defeated the Lady Coyotes, 44-32, on Jan. 9.
The win moved Anna (2-5) into a tie for the fourth playoff spot in District 11-4 with three games left. And it also served notice that these Lady Coyotes may be ready make some noise down the stretch.
Forward JaShell Evans led Anna scorers with 12 points and guard Skyla Mackey added 11. Down low inside, Evans and Hannah Howell battled strong, with increasing confidence as the contest progressed.
Anna's offense moved the ball smartly around the perimeter — with the extra pass inside when open. And more than enough Lady Coyote 3s found their mark, keeping Celina on its heels.
"We've been telling them all year," Cager said, 'The more you move the ball, the more the defense is going to open up.'"
Asked to name some Lady Coyotes who had particularly good games, Cager offered up a couple — then three, four … five … six. He wound up naming every Anna player that took the court. "I truly believe it was a team effort," he said, "where everybody played their part."
Hurting the Lady Bobcats this night was their tough turn at the charity stripe. Awarded 36 free throw attempts to Anna's nine, Celina sank only 13, or 36-percent. The Lady Coyotes canned four of their tries for 44-percent.
Celina (2-5) opened the contest with a 7-4 lead while steals from Mackey and Evans helped keep the Lady Coyotes close. Late in that first quarter, Anna made its move. Mackey nabbed another steal and fed the ball to guard Marianna Bert who drained a deep 3 from the left side to tie. Moments later, guard Shelby Dombrowski, off the bench, bombed in another trey and the Lady Coyotes led, 10-7. Before the Lady Bobcats could say "purple," Mackey came back from the left side with another downtown bucket and Anna's advantage was six. Celina closed to within 13-10 with a layup and free throw as the frame expired.
In the early minutes of the second, Dombrowski kept up the Lady Coyotes' long-range attack with another 3, then Howell's layup off Mackey's assist put Anna's lead at 18-12.
Trailing, 18-14, Celina missed four free throws in a row and the Lady Coyotes soon made them pay. Taking a long pass from Evans, Mackey set up well beyond the 3-point arc and swished another 3-pointer. With under a minute left in the half, Bert popped a jumper in the lane for a 23-16 Anna advantage and Evans' put-back of her own shot provided the Lady Coyotes' 25-17 margin at the break.
A Celina layup began the third, but Anna kept up the pressure with Mackey's next 3 and another close-in basket from Evans, this one off a Madison Davis assist. With the Lady Coyotes up 30-21, Davis stopped-and-popped a jumper in the lane. After forward Lexi Stewart's put-back of a Mackey 3 that wouldn't go, Anna led by 10, 37-27, with half the third stanza remaining. That's when Celina's 8-0 charge that stretched three minutes into the fourth put the Lady Coyotes to the test. Bert's big 3 from the right ended the run and Davis soon got the ball into Evans who wasfouled. With 3:18 left to play, Evans coolly drained both free throws and Anna's lead was back to seven, 42-35.
Howell then took it to the hoop for 2 and was fouled. Her equally icy touch at the line made it 45-35. Chastity Brown-Littleton soon claimed a steal and Cager would call timeout. Out of the break, Evans pumped in two more off Davis' inbounds pass from under Anna's basket. After steals by Mackey and Howell slowed Celina's attempts to answer, Evans took a long inbounds pass from Howell for a layup then Howell canned another off a Mackey assist and, with 20 seconds left, Anna led, 51-35.
That's called "game over." That's called "finishing."
Anna scorers: JaShell Evans 12, Skyla Mackey 11, Marianna Bert 8, Hannah Howell 7, Shelby Dombrowski 6, Madison Davis 3, Lexi Stewart 2, Chastity Brown-Littleton 2.


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I have never been able to get close to a cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), they are very nervous birds. This photo reflects a fairly typical view that one might get of one. I sometimes wonder if they are nervous because they are up to no good and do not want anyone to know! Most birds, though, are nervous and easily disturbed so the cuckoo is no exception really.
Often heard but not seen, the cuckoo resembles a bird of prey in flight; a bit like a kestrel in some ways being of similar size. When it lands the tail is often 'cocked' at an angle to the rest of the body. It likes a perch with a good view because it is, of course, looking for nests of other birds that it can use to lay its eggs in. Surely there can be very few people not familiar with the life cycle of the cuckoo?
Once one of our most familiar birds, the true herald of spring, people used to write to the Times newspaper to report their first cuckoo heard each year. In recent years, sadly, the cuckoo has declined sharply in numbers and now is heard far less frequently.


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Recently, I came across feminist rage over the following SDN postcard:
"Evolution. Gotta love it!"
The reverse (not fisked) reads:
"Follow your heart, not your checklist. Sharp dressing and good looks don't solve arguments - beauty is in someone who understands and evolves with you.
Love happens anywhere, everywhere. Give love a chance."
The list of charges:
potato-skins: This ad postcard by the Social Development Network (SDN aka a government-run dating agency here in Singapore) makes me so angry that I actually feel physically unwell.
I am going to have to do this in point form because I'm so angry and I will try to be coherent. These are my problems with it, and I'm no expert:
1) It imposes this 'natural' progression of an individual's life. This view of what you should be doing but the nuclear family unit is a relatively modern phenomenon. Moreover this vision of heteronormality is one that has been determined by the government, not the individual.
2) This is not science, so don't you dare use the word "evolution". This is social engineering, not factual objective science.
3) What about the people who are not cis, straight or otherwise don't fit into the male/female dichotomy of 'mainstream' society? Are my gay, trans, asexual (and so on) friends somehow less evolved than their cis and straight counterparts?
4) By being of majority age but single, I am somehow less evolved than my friends who are in relationships. This enrages me beyond words. My relationship status DOES NOTdetermine the value of my life. I will pay my taxes, I will contribute to society, I will make someone's life a bit more interesting, I will stimulate the economy, I will be filial to my parents. But just because of one thing — I am not in a relationship with a member of the opposite sex, either by choice or circumstance — I am worth less in the eyes of the government. I am less evolved. I am not a human being who is worth much.
5) Women are not gachapon machines. You do not put money into them and out pops a baby. So many factors determine whether couples choose to have a child/ren that aren't just financial. It is demeaning and sexist and patriarchal and assumes that the couple's natural place — the woman's natural place — is to have children.
6) You do not determine what I do with my body. Not just as a woman, but as a human being. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT.
7) Because SDN is a government agency, these are being printed with taxpayer money. This vision of hetero-normality is being imposed on us, against our will, with our money.
That's all I can think about and articulate right now, because I am just so angry. Shame on you, SDN. Shame on you, government.
#made by me #feminism #power and justice #social justice #singapore
mizhallelujah: When I first saw this, I actually thought it was some homophobic claptrap being circulated by Singapore's equivalent of the religious right. You're telling me this was printed and paid for by state money?
"Rage" doesn't even being to articulate what I am feeling now. Good thing Viki managed to express my thoughts above because I want to do is to throw my keyboard into the screen. REPEATEDLY.
# power and society; lgbtq; sexism; singapore; fuck you omg; seriously just fuck you
A few points they missed out:
- This postcard is ageist because it claims that older people are more evolved than younger
- The postcard is sexist because it shows that only men can evolve (notice the woman exists only to be a partner for the male)
- It is religiously insensitive, because not everybody believes in Evolution
- It's insensitive to left handers, because it privileges the rightward direction and associates it with progress (did you know left handed people used to be openly discriminated against within living memory? Or that they are more prone to post traumatic stress disorder [undoubtedly due to social discrimination]? Shocking!)
- It reinforces gender stereotypes with the male having short hair all his life and the female having longish hair (and wearing a skirt) Oh, my soul - how it hurts to be unable to see itself reflected even in such a simple postcard?! I am going to feel physically sick very soon.
As such, I have done a feminist re-imagining of this postcard:
(I was going to put "Gotta exist!" at the bottom, but that would be insensitive for people who want to commit suicide/the memory of people who have committed suicide as it would be coercing them into living)
Doesn't this make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and want to go out and get together with someone, and then make babies (or adopt them, for couples not consisting of a man and a woman, both fertile; or do absolutely nothing at all, for those who are happy being single)?
Of course, I'm not sure if this inclusive design would fit on a postcard. Perhaps it would, but the aspect ratio would be really off and the silhouettes would be so small one wouldn't know what the hell the postcard was about.
Assuming we worked through all the logistical issues, can you imagine the reception such a postcard would enjoy? I bet AWARE and feminists would be really happy, and would encourage the rest of the population to celebrate this inclusive work.
Unfortunately I was unable to be truly inclusive and include trans-gendered portrayals. Among other reasons, due to cis gender privilege, I was unable to think of a way to portray transsexuals in silhouette form. As such I regretfully announce that my feminist re-imagining is still trans-phobic.
Also, I was unable to find a silhouette of a little girl where she doesn't have long hair and is not wearing a skirt. As such I am reinforcing gender stereotypes. Think of all the little girls who don't wear skirts and/or don't have long hair who will see this reimagined postcard and get it in their mind that they are not real girls. Ditto for the silhouette of the woman. Oh, dear me!
Worse, to save space and avoid repeating myself, I didn't replicate every single
I am also really ashamed that I was unable to find a usable silhouette of a proper lesbian couple, and was thus reduced to using two generic female figures. This dehumanises lesbians by reducing them to an abstract representation of their gender, instead of representing them as proper living human beings like the rest of the silhouettes.
I think I still failed in my mission and have been an agent of Bigotry. Ah well.
It thus falls to greater sorts (hopefully a lesbian who won't suffer from Straight Privilege and Male Privilege) to design an even more inclusive postcard and spend taxpayers' money promoting absolutely no cause at all, since we cannot oppress people by even encouraging them to do anything.
While I'm on my high horse, let me give a big FUCK YOU to the government of Singapore for determining what I do with my body. The Human Organ Transplant Act is a gross violation of my right to bodily integrity, because even though it's opt-out you're trying to coerce me into doing something with my body. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT.
At the same time, I condemn the National Healthy Lifestyle Programme for privileging a state-sanctioned conception of health and imposing it upon us with taxpayers' money, against our will.
Shame on you! Shame, shame, shame.


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Community News – April 2016
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Berger Kahn was recently listed Among "Top Law Firms" in O.C. Business Journal. The Orange County Business Journal ranks the most esteemed law firms in the region and Berger Kahn was proudly named to their list of "Top Law Firms."
Gunnar Gundersen, partner with intellectual property, technology, and media law firm One LLP, drafted an amicus brief on March 7 in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a copyright case currently pending in the Supreme Court. The brief was filed on behalf of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, a trade association for owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
In this case, the Supreme Court will examine what standard should be used to determine attorneys' fees in copyright cases. The case arose from a dispute over whether Mr. Kirtsaeng, the defendant and prevailing party in the case, is entitled to attorneys' fees.
"The Supreme Court's decision will have a significant impact on the current standards of determining attorneys' fees," says Mr. Gundersen. "More specifically, in this case, the Supreme Court will determine if using the reasonableness of the losing party's claim should always be a significant factor in how attorneys' fees are awarded."
At the recent Orange County State of the Market real estate conference, held in Irvine, more than 300 commercial real estate professionals attended the event.
Friedman Stroffe & Gerard shareholder and attorney Jennifer Stroffe, who moderated the "Capital Markets - How and Where Deals Are Getting Done" panel, said experts are divided on whether there will be a downturn in the commercial real estate market this year. Her ad hoc poll of conference attendees was unanimous—no one expects a downturn in 2016! Jennifer's panel members included: Brian Good, President, Eagle Group Finance; Jason Krupoff, SVP, Bellwether Enterprise; Kevin Kaberna, Senior Managing Director, Greystar Real Estate Partners; and Seth Grossman, Managing Director, Meridian Capital Group.
Jennifer Keller, a nationally prominent attorney at Keller/ Anderle LLP in Irvine, has been named to the 2016 "Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America." The list is said to be "the most elite distinction in the profession, covering the best of the best in all practice areas." Keller has been named annually to the list since 2012.
Jennifer Keller specializes in bet-the-company trials across varied practice areas that include commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property and class actions, among others. She has won hundreds of millions of dollars for her clients in jury trials, settled other cases in the tens of millions, and successfully defended many more.
Her firm, Keller/Anderle LLP, is among the premier boutique litigation firms in California. Ms. Keller and Managing Partner Kay Anderle have over 250 jury trials between them. Unique among law firms handling high profile, bet-the-company cases of such a caliber is that both name partners are women, and the firm is women-owned. Among its clients are MGA Entertainment and its CEO Isaac Larian; Michael Ovitz, the Creative Artists Agency founder and former Chairman of the Walt Disney Company; Henry Nicholas, the co-founder of Broadcom; American International Group (AIG); MassMutual Insurance Company; and the McGraw Hill Companies (in The United States v. The McGraw-Hill Companies, the government's civil suit alleging that the rating agency Standard & Poor's improperly rated certain mortgage-backed securities).
With more than $4,000 raised for the OC Bar Foundation OC Marathon team, Eric Traut, of the Traut firm, is a leading fundraiser for the Orange County Bar Foundation OC Marathon team, along with his staff. The Traut Firm's team will be participating in various ways in the Orange County Marathon, using the run as an opportunity to support the local charity, a non-profit committed to promoting health, safety and education for Orange County's at-risk youth. According to Traut, "I was the 2014 President and saw first-hand the many great things that this group does through its youth programs."
Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the expansion of its Orange County office with the addition of Dwight Kim as an associate in the firm's intellectual property group. Kim comes to Snell & Wilmer from Gamblit Gaming, LLC where he was Intellectual Property Associate Counsel.
Kim focuses his practice on intellectual property law. He has significant experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications (U.S. and foreign) in various fields, including software, telecommunications technology, computer networking and medical devices. He also has experience in managing and building a patent portfolio. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley —College of Engineering, where he was a student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Kim earned his J.D. from University of San Diego School of Law, where he received a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law and was a member of both the Intellectual Property Law Association and the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. Kim is licensed to practice law in California and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Emil Joseph Jacobs
Jacobs, Emil Joseph. b. December 20, 1909, NYC; Syrian American; Attended Flint Junior College and the University of Michigan with a total of 2 years between the schools; Single; Writer; CP August 1935; received passport# 397411 on February 5, 1937 which listed his address as 250 West 22nd Street, and 235 East 26th Street, both NYC (909 Hoyt Avenue, Saginaw, Michigan); Sailed February 20, 1937 aboard the Ile de France; Arrived in Spain on March 10, 1937; Served with the 5th Army Corps, and Regt. de Tren (?); last unit XV BDE, Estado Mayor, Sanidad, driver, rank Sargento; Returned to the US on December 20, 1938 aboard the Ausonia; WWII US Army, Rail Transportation Office, HQ Squadron, Rank PFC; d. 1999.
Source: Sail, SACB; Pay, RA, (obituary note died in 1999) The Volunteer, Volume 22, No. 1, Winter 2000, p. 19.
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Anxiety gets into our heart and takes away our energy, sense of wellbeing, sense of security but mostly takes our faith both to fellow human beings and to God.
Most of the time anxiety leads us into negative decisions which end up affecting our life emotionally, spiritually and physically. One of my friends called Jackson was put in prison for fighting with another friend of mine, John. They had fallen out due to something so minor.
After serving his three-month sentence in government prison he asked me to act as a bridge between him and John in order for them to be friends again, which I did.
When he was asking for forgiveness from John, he said "I don't know what caused me to fight, but I linked it to Anxiety". Jackson apologised while tears rolled down his cheeks.
Anxiety is something everyone must learn to cope with when tackling our daily life challenges, but more especially it should be a time to draw close to God rather than going far from him.
I always think about the story of David and Goliath in the Bible, and imagine how the little boy David was nervous to face the giant Goliath.
After realising that he is too small to defeat the giant and warrier Goliath, David left everything in God's hand.
"You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel"
1Samuel 17:45.
I've always found that the first step in overcoming the challenge of anxiety is you have to figure out exactly what you're afraid of and to know that God's hands are everywhere and he will support you in whatever you face. One step at a time, just let that anxiety go and enjoy God's caring hand help and take control.
Once I spent three nights, unable to sleep because of all the anxious thoughts racing through my brain, and in the middle of a lot of questions that were soon taking over my life so I opened my Bible and I read:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:6-7
The key to bouncing back is to learn whatever lessons you can from the experience so that you can avoid making the same mistakes in the next chapter or know the signs so you can stop the anxiety and say 'No, you have no control on me.' This will help you to overcome your fear, take a leap of faith and try again.
"When I said, 'My foot is slipping, your love, O LORD, supported me. When my anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul"
Psalm 94:18-19
Little steps can take you along way.
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Motel Motel have been a popular act on this site since we first posted about them in April of last year. Since then, we have avidly followed their shows, and for good reason – they are an outstanding live act. When I caught their show at Union Pool back in January, the band debuted six new songs that they had been working on. This event represented the culmination of those efforts, as the band put this show on to celebrate the release of their new record The Big Island. A beautifully recorded, conceptual release that follows on the place-oriented theme of their previous effort, New Denver, The Big Island is a more cohesive work, the kind of record that, in a bit of a throwback, is intended to be listened to straight through. Having become familiar with the new songs in the live setting, when I finally listened to the album itself, I was blown away – the production elevates what are already excellent songs, to the point that this record has quickly become one of my top five favorites of the year.
This 50-minute set showcased six of the new songs, plus the classics "Harlem" and the encore "Coffee." This show sold out the Union Pool show room and packed the rest of the bar with revelers well into the night.
I recorded this set from my usual spot in this venue, with mics up on the balcony and a soundboard feed. Although the quality cannot match the near-flawless Gaza Benefit recording from earlier this month, and the acoustics of Union Pool can be challenging from the balcony, with some digital TLC I think the quality of this recording is still very, very strong, especially the latter half. Enjoy!
Motel Motel have another NYC gig coming up, on September 23 at Littlefield.
Stream "Ocean":
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Motel Motel
Union Pool
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Recorded and produced by acidjack for nyctaper.com
Equipment: DPA 4021+mono soundboard feed>Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) (24/44.1)
Position: Clamp to left side of SBD cage with extension pole into audience, DIN
Mastering: 2×24bit/44.1kHz WAV>Audacity (double mono SBD channel, EQ/compress SBD, EQ audience, mixdown, set fades, additional EQ, volume adjustments)>FLAC ( level 8 )
Tracks [Total Time 51:17]
01 Thunderhead
02 [banter]
03 Keauhou
04 [banter]
05 Kaimanu>
06 Ocean
07 Wolf Road
08 [banter]
09 Helena, MT
10 Harlem
11 [encore break]
12 Coffee
If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Motel Motel, visit their website, and purchase The Big Island from the band's store here.


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hope you don't mind me invading the pristine beauty of your blog with my rambling comments :)I just wanted to let you know that I totally love your drawings. You're a very talented person. Like I said, I couldn;t draw something half as good TO SAVE MY LIFE. Keep drawing/producing great artworks!:D
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I LOVE THESE!!!! I really like drawing and I'm pretty good at it, except I'm only 11 so no one takes me seriously. Still, I couldn't draw anything like these. The one in the middle, is it a griffin? I've taken it as kind of a hobby to draw mythical creatures, and I really like yours. Pegasus is neat! I love how you drew his head! Will you draw another winged fox for me?
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Hi i love these I love the hourses because I love hourses could you draw another hourse please and I want be be an artist whenim older im nearly 12 But I spent most of my free time drawing. I like any animals….
Will you please draw me a pichure of an animal
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Landed upon your site at 3am in the morning, looking for wolf paper crafts. Just wanted to say, really beautiful traditional drawings of animals, amazing technique, love the Bald Eagle Stippling with pen dots.
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When you use the term business sales pipeline, or some derivation of it, many people think you are simply talking about a list of potential sales opportunities that are tracked through a series of stages of development. I think this is too limiting a view, and that is the problem with most words we try to use to refer to some part of the business development life-cycle. They lead us to forget, or often neglect, other critical elements that are necessary for success in making sales.
So, for our purposes let's define pipeline has the foundational support structure upon which your business development life-cycle sits. That means, if we are going to talk about creating and developing a successful, fully functional pipeline we have to deal with all phases of the process. For this purpose, so we can share ideas in an organized fashion, we will characterize these phases to include: 1) Branding 2) Marketing 3) Pipeline Planning / Research / Development / and Management and 4) Proposing / and delivering Oral Presentations.
This is why at 90Degrees we are always talking about the BP4 process: Brand – Promote – Pursue – Propose – Present. In our blog entries, and through the dissemination of information via PIPES (our news blog we send out weekly) we will do our best to offer informative information that helps you to up your game at BP4.


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NextStep Recycling and the Greater Salem Technology Equity Project (GSTEP) donated three blind-accessible computer systems set up with free, open-source software to Sunnyside Organics.
Sunnyside Organics will host an open house on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at its River Street Training Center (105 River St. NE) from noon until 5:30pm, where people can visit and see the new computer lab.
Sunnyside Organics will also hold a private Appreciation Dinner event on October 11, 6:00 pm, at Gamberetti's Restaurant in Salem as a thank you to the people involved in this project. The dinner will feature local foods grown by clients of Sunnyside Organics.
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How Playing Music Affects The Developing Brain/
Remember "Mozart Makes You Smarter"? A 1993 study of college students showed them performing better on spatial reasoning tests after listening to a Mozart sonata. That led to claims that listening to Mozart temporarily increases IQs — and to a raft of products purporting to provide all sorts of benefits to the brain.


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