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On the way back from a family holiday, we spent 7 hours moving a few miles down the motorway. The police had decided to blow up a van in a suspected terrorist incident. It turned out that the owner of the van was not a terrorist but an antique dealer who had parked the van and gone about his lawful business. Either way, we had a very tedious journey and we had almost run out of music and audiobooks. What we had left was a 4 CD box set of the music of Dmitri Tiomkin.
If anything, Dmitri made a bad situation worse. After getting halfway through the first CD, we resorted to sitting in happy silence, counting the cars and watching people stretch their legs on the motorway. Anything but listen to it anymore.
Some will say this is negative. And it is. But we do not learn about music by loving everything that has ever been composed. We learn to have a style of our own by distancing ourselves from music, which does not suit our taste. And sometimes we do not learn from a composer's style but from his inability to communicate appropriately.
36 Hours
I have just seen 36 hours again. It is a very tidy story set before D-Day. James Garner plays the American hero, who is captured and tricked into giving away details of the Normandy invasion. Dmitri Tiomkin composed the score. The music is not always bad. Some of it is good. But it is rarely in the right place. Tiomkin sees busy activity on-screen and writes busy music. He sees a love interest female on-screen and writes romantic music. Anything like nuance and shades of meaning eludes Tiomkin.
It is an annoying habit of Tiomkin that his flashes of real beauty (such as occasionally in The Fall of the Roman Empire) are spoiled by really dreadful compositions, as he draws attention to himself far too much. It's like a broken limb. You know it's there. You don't need to be reminded because it is hurting!
This is not to say that Tiomkin is alone or unique in his ineptitude. But the fact that he is celebrated in spite of it means that criticism ought to be made, to ward other composers away from following his example.
Grand Prix
Another similar offender is Maurice Jarre. Consider Jarre's score for the otherwise excellent Grand Prix. The romance in that film is difficult. She is married. He is married. Both are aware of the tension that what they are doing is wrong. It is not first love. It is not innocent love. Neither is it dirty and stolen love. But it is guilty and doomed. The characters discuss and express these fears. What does Jarre do? He gives us sweeping "Romance" music. It does not relate to them, to the story or to the rest of the score.
The problem in raising any criticism with such composers, is each is remembered for getting it right once or twice. Maurice Jarre had Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia. Dmitri Tiomkin had the Alamo and High Noon. When your good music becomes so iconic, all of your bad music is suddenly respectable and untouchable. But that doesn't change the fact that both of these composers have almost killed moments in films by their ill-considered spotting and lack of sensitivity to the tone of the story.
Back in the Car
Perhaps both of these composers suffered by having a foot on the art world and another on film. The subordination necessary in the latter discipline is not natural in the former. If a film composer thinks he is an artiste then he will do whatever he wants, no matter its effect on the entertainment value of the film.
And yet, I cannot ultimately blame Dmitri Tiomkin for how his music worked in a 7 hour traffic jam. He did not write the music with that scenario in view. He could not anticipate the effect of listening to music about wide open spaces trapped in a car or the impact of Do not forsake me O my darling when you are stuck together whether you like it or not.


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A man accused of attacking a high school girl in 2008 will be released from jail as soon as he can find someone to supervise him while he remains on "basically house arrest" pending trial, an Albuquerque judge ruled Tuesday.
Second Judicial District Judge Charles Brown denied a prosecution request Tuesday to hold Justin Hansen in jail with no bond on charges that he beat the teen into a coma, leaving her blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. He was taken into custody just one week ago.
Instead, Brown said Hansen will be released if and when he can find a "responsible citizen" to stay with, who will "make sure he lives there, stays there, he'll never be unaccompanied anywhere." Brown also ordered GPS monitoring and told Hansen he may only leave that home with permission from pretrial services.
"I want him in somebody's pocket all the time," Brown said.
Hansen, 33, is accused of beating then-17-year-old Brittani Marcell with a shovel in 2008 on the city's West Side. The attack left Marcell, a high school senior, in a coma.
In the years since, Marcell had to relearn to speak, walk and eat. She sat with friends and relatives during the lengthy hearing in a courtroom filled to capacity.
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Marcell said she was disappointed with Brown's decision. She said she is still recovering and is living with lasting effects from the attack, but the person responsible has been able to lead a normal life.
She worries Hansen could attack the person supervising him and flee.
"I think he should just be behind bars," she said. "There's other girls out there."
Police took Hansen into custody last week on charges including attempted murder.
His defense attorney, Rose Osborne, said that the state apprehended the wrong person and that her client is not a danger to the community or to Marcell, who lives out of state. She suggested that regular check-ins with pretrial services would ensure his future appearance in court.
Hansen's family filled multiple rows in the courtroom, and his ex-wife took the stand to tell the court that Hansen is loving and selfless, "the best father I've ever known."
The state argued that Hansen is too dangerous to release and that he left Marcell living in constant fear for her safety.
"There is still a risk that a defendant who could do that would want to finish what he started," prosecutor David Waymire said.
But Brown, who called the crime horrible, said Hansen has not committed crimes after the attack and had years to flee but never did.
A public safety assessment designed to show how likely a criminal defendant is to reoffend or skip out on a court date placed Hansen at the lowest level on the risk spectrum and recommended that he be released.
Detectives said Marcell, now 26, slowly began to recall pieces of her life around the time of the attack, and those details put Hansen – her friend's ex-boyfriend – on APD's radar.
Police trailed Hansen and recovered a McDonald's cup he discarded. They say the DNA recovered from the cup matched blood found in Marcell's home.
Although Hansen has no felony convictions, prosecutors presented testimony regarding multiple complaints in his history. Among them were rape and domestic violence allegations raised by a previous girlfriend, and an alleged battery on a pregnant girlfriend in 2004.
Hansen's defense attorney disputed those allegations and pointed out that the woman who initially raised rape allegations said later that the incident was consensual. And she pointed out that the second incident report showed Hansen himself had visible injuries, though the woman did not.

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Mz. DOGwood Men's Beauty Pageant! At Dogwood Days
May 11, 2013 Start time approximately 3pm
Horseshoe Bend, AR 72512
Contestants check in begins 1pm At the Chamber Office
Location- Pageant will be held at the Gazebo in front of Diamond B Mall on Bend Drive in Horseshoe Bend, Saturday, May 11. All contestants will be entering from the chamber office.
Sponsors- Each contestant will have a sponsor who will donate $30.00 to the Chamber for the entry of their contestant. Sponsors will be announced during the pageant. All funds raised will go to the children's free games and rides for next years events. A Sponsor can enter as many contestants that they want at the $30.00 fee for each.
Contestants- Must be men. Everyone should be dressed in pageant attire. Each contestant must have a sponsor. Contestants need a pageant name for the bio which will be read to the cowed by the MC. If you can't come up with a name the organizers will have a list to choose one from. Remember this is all for fun and the good of the kids so we want to put on of great show, so being flamboyant is highly recommended. The organizers of the event will have a variety of dresses, wigs, shoes and make up at the chamber office to help make it easier to participate. Organizers will also help with dressing, hair and make up if needed.
Event- Contestants will be dressed up at chamber office then taken to the Gazebo by event staff for competition. MC will also be dressed for the part (Yes, like A dude!!) and will escort the contestants from their ride to the stage. MC will read prepared bio and give the contestant an opportunity to say a few words or answer some questions. Contestants will line up at back of Gazebo until all contestants have been introduced. Each contestant will be given a money bucket and when MC gives the go ahead contestants will go out into the crowed and get donations. The winner of the pageant will be the one with the most money in their bucket when the MC calls time. Amount of donations received will be calculated by event organizers and top 5 highest donations will be presented to crowned from the 5 to the winner. Winner will be crowned Mz. DOGwood.
Every entry will receive a before and after photo.
Winner's Sponsor will receive an 8×10 framed color photo of their contestant in their sash and crown.
All Sponsors and Contestants will receive the joy and satisfaction of knowing they will be helping support the children of our community having a fun, free time at next Dogwood Days.
For Info on this event call Jeannie Simpson 373-4444 or Danaya Burch 373-3910 Stop by Chamber office and sign up. Horseshoe Bend Chamber office 870-670-5433 email firstname.lastname@example.com


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With Easter fast approaching on Sunday 20th April, we thought that we would take the opportunity to highlight the common oral health problem of tooth decay. Simply put, tooth decay is a disease, and is caused when plaque attaches itself to your teeth, and starts to breakdown the vulnerable tooth surface. Plaque contains acid producing bacteria which is fed by sugary food and drink sources.
Therefore, before indulging this Easter, it might be worth taking a look at the nutritional information on the side of the box, so you don't end up visiting the dentist, sooner than you wish!
Cadbury Creme Egg (40g in weight)
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Cadbury Medium Easter Egg (150 – 160g in weight)
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Cadbury Large Easter Egg (200g+ in weight)
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Just to put it in perspective for you – 4 grams of sugar equals approximately 1 teaspoon.
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Increased Productivity Through Resilient Writing - Guest Post by Peter Prichard
"Resilient people don't wait for others to rescue them; they work through their feelings, set goals, work to reach their goals, and often emerge from the resiliency process with a better life than before."
"The Resiliency Advantage", Al Siebert, PhD
"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."
Nelson Mandela
Any professional has setbacks, frustrations and obstacles that get in the way of reaching their goals. That is particularly true for writers because of the personal nature of the writing process. The more effective you are in dealing effectively with obstacles and difficulties, the more work you will get done.
The best way to lessen the negative impact of obstacles that surface is to plan for it by creating a strategy and gathering resources that can help when negative events take place. I provide relevant books in every blog that I post on Supporting Independent Authors. In my previous blog on time management I featured the work of Stephen Covey and his book, "The 7 Habits of Effective People."
The primary resources in this blog are the work of Al Siebert, Ph.D. and his books The Resiliency Advantage – and – The Survivor Personality. Siebert is an acknowledged expert regarding research on resilience and his website link provided later in this blog provides a five-minute assessment of how likely you are to handle obstacles and setbacks effectively.
Dr. Siebert defines Resiliency as, "Being able to bounce back from life developments that may feel totally overwhelming at first." What follow is my six-part process for moving forward in a positive way when negative events get in the way of your book being created or a success.
#1. Find out how resilient you really are.
The first piece of data you are going to receive about your resilience relates to Julian Rotter's ground-breaking work on Locus of Control.
Please answer the following question honestly. "Do you believe that external events primarily shape what happens to you or do you believe that you can influence events and their outcomes?"
There have been numerous studies of Rotter's research on Locus of Control. According to his research, individuals who have a high locus of control believe that they can shape what happens to them and therefore are usually more resilient and have more of a belief that they can positively shape their own lives. Individuals who have a low locus of control do not feel their personal efforts could improve their situation and will often blame others.
Your answer to that question provides a starting point in your evaluation of how much work you need to do to become very successful at dealing with negative events that surface while writing, publishing and marketing your writings. If you do not have strong beliefs that your personal efforts can improve your situation you will be more likely to be slowed by obstacles that get in your way.
For those of you who want to find out more about how resilient you are please go to the link that follows and take Dr. Siebert's resiliency quiz:
You are not asked for contact information and the quiz takes five minutes. The website contains not only this short, confidential quiz but along with the quiz, you can access many free articles and resources based on Dr. Al Siebert's foundational work on resiliency.
#2. Evaluate your pattern for dealing with negative occurrences.
Take some time and think back through your life to those situations you had to deal with that were difficult, where you were dealing with a negative situation. Ask yourself how you handled it, did you handle it effectively and move forward quickly? What was your pattern of action or inaction? Observe if it fits into our answer above about how much of an influence you believe you can have on a situation. If you find that you do a very good job of acting resiliently and moving ahead then keep the process of how you do that close to you and you should be able to effectively continue that behavior moving ahead.
If in looking at your pattern of dealing with negative occurrences and your thoughts about how much control you personally have over what happens to you has not been working, the rest of this blog and Dr. Siebert's resources on his site provide multiple suggestions.
#3. What people that you know create positive energy and movement?
Who are the key people who you have interacted with over the years who when you are with them immediately help you feel more positive? Ask yourself after creating a list of those individuals who have the most positive impact on you; how often do you communicate with them? If it is regularly you don't need to do anything. If your answer is, "Not anywhere near as often as I would like," I encourage you to think about how to change that, starting with communicating more regularly with those individuals who have the most positive impact on your mood and in general. I have worked with many individuals regarding reaching their goals and have found that those who are surrounded by a supportive and positive network of relatives, colleagues and friends are more likely to successfully reach their goals than those who are not.
#4. What people slow you down or demotivate you?
A future blog will provide information on how to have difficult conversations. If you know that you need to have difficult conversations with specific people who are roadblocks to the success of your writing efforts, the books I will reference in that blog are two from the Harvard Negotiation Project, Getting to Yes by Fisher and Ury and Difficult Conversations by Stone, Patton and Heen.
If you have one or more people who really slow down your writing there are multiple ways to deal with that reality. The first is to say to them something like, "I have a problem and need your help. I am really working hard on moving forward with my writing and the:
-number of times we are meeting each week
-the way you constantly put down my writing
-the way you always interrupt me when I have told you I am in writing mode
whatever the issue is,
really slows down my progress.
And then hopefully the conversation will move toward how whatever the person is doing might lessen. If not, both books above from the Harvard Negotiation Project provide positive suggestions for having tough conversations.
#5. What activities energize you to action?
What are the proven activities that immediately provide you with a positive boost?
One for me is nature videos. I carry the link below with me and access it regularly wherever I am:
Another is quotes. I have the following quotes and a dozen more surrounding me in my writing space and carry an extended list on my cell phone:
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford
"There are only two ways to lead your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
Since I am a music guy, I also keep music quotes on my phone and listen to music that creates a positive mood. A quote I have carried with me for years is,
"I was born a lonely singer, and I'm bound to die the same,
But I've got to feed the hunger in my soul.
And if I never have a nickel, I won't ever die ashamed,
'Cos I don't believe that no-one wants to know."
Kris Kristofferson, "To Beat the Devil."
I doctored that quote years ago, replacing singer with writer and it makes me smile and helps me move forward every time around the belief that people do want to know what I have to say.
I have asked hundreds of individuals who I have coached the question of what energizes them to action and have heard many speak to pictures of people they love, pictures of peak moments in their life, sports related anecdotes, being near water, relaxing in a park or place of worship and the list goes on.
What are activities that provide positive energy to you that you could carry around with you or access easily? Again, when negative stuff happens focusing on energizing people or actions that create a positive reaction often lessens the negative feelings and the likelihood that the negative situation will slow you down in a way that slows the likelihood that you will reach your writing goal.
#6. Anticipate setbacks before they happen and plan a response.
Whether you have been writing for a long time or are just starting, you know events that can occur that might throw you off your game. Individuals who have said they will help with your writing in some way and don't, difficulty with marketing your published work, etc. Knowing that particular events might happen allows you to access resources you have gathered that help you move forward during a difficult stretch.
The positive reality is that a resilient way of responding to bad situations can be learned, practiced and grown if one is interested in trying to do that. The resources Dr. Siebert offers are a good place to begin.


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At the restaurant El Sarandeado, where breakfast is served with a side of free shrimp ceviche, Ramon Ramirez was sly with his movement-building. Between ordering huevos rancheros and coffee, he persuaded the waitress to post signs advertising a 1-800 number people can call if they see an ICE raid in progress.
He pointed across the street as he asked for Splenda. ICE had raided that corner, he told the waitress. Two men were waiting in front of a convenience store for a van to take them to work. Federal agents picked them up before the van did.
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Teens Language & Adventures Camp Toronto, Ontario. Canada
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From 237 CA$/night • max. people - Rooms • REF. # 350389
The residential Teenage Adventure Program in offered in the summer and it is hosted at an University campus. It is an all inclusive program and built for students ages from 14 to 17 years old. Students come from different parts of the world to learn, have fun and make friends. The program is a combination of English classes, activities and excursions. All of them under the 24/7 supervision of Camps staff.
Morzine Teens Language & Adventures Camp Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. France
From 139 €/night • max. people - Rooms • REF. # 352024
Students will stay in a study residence designed for study travel trips for juniors and teenage groups. The centre is managed by an experienced local family who have been welcoming school groups to the area for more than 15 years. Students are housed in modern en-suite rooms sleeping 2-6 people. Our activity coordinators stay on-site in the student residence to provide supervision, to ensure a convivial atmosphere, to lend a sympathetic ear if needed. Meals are provided on a full-board basis, with picnic lunch included if lunch is to be taken outside of the centre. Internet access is available in the centre allowing easy contact with home.
Turrialba Teens Adventures Camp Cartago, San Jose. Costa Rica
From 207 $/night • max. people - Rooms • REF. # 347648
The world leader in youth Spanish camps in Costa Rica. Over the past 25 years, we have worked with thousands of students, parents, families and high school administrators to set up unique educational summer programs. Each of our Teen Camps is designed to combine the learning of the language with fun, adventurous, educational and culturally significant activities.
Ireland Teens Adventures & Surf Camp Connemara, Galway. Ireland
From 142 €/night • max. 220 people - 55 Rooms • REF. # 379509
Ireland Teens Adventures & Surf Camp caters for 9-17 year old in shared accommodation and has an incredible range of adventure sports activities from Surfing, Team Sports, Kayaking, Wipeout, Zip Wire, High Ropes, Music Technology, Film Production & Soundtrack, Drone Design & Construction, Smart Device, Virtual Reality, Holograms, 3D Modeling & Printing, Coding with Robotics. You Can choose whatever will be fun for you!
Westport Teens Adventures, Language & Surf Camp Co, Mayo. Ireland
From €/night • max. 100 people - Rooms • REF. # 379729
Westport Teens Adventures, Language & Surf Camp has full residential facilities for 100 campers in single, double and multi-bed rooms. Secure, private location on the outskirts of Westport Town. All activities are either on site or on nearby beaches and mountains. Exciting Activity Zone on site, including water sports, high ropes, climbing tower, archery range, team tasks, aeroball & more. Swimming pool, games room, indoor play area.
Montpellier Teens Language & Adventures Camp Montpellier, Mediterranean Sea. France
From €/night • max. people - Rooms • REF. # 346739
Learn French in the south of France, in the very heart of the sunny south of France! Our school has a friendly atmosphere with experienced and enthusiastic teachers – the best place to learn French and to enjoy an unforgettable experience in France with a lot of fun activities and excursions.
French Alps Savoy Lake of Annecy Language Hotel Megeve, Mont Blanc massif. France
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We consider the quality of the accommodations to be an essential condition for the well being of our campers, calm, comfort and relaxation. The accommodation is very close to the center of Megève and the school, combines tradition and comfort. As safety and security are of top importance in our camps. To maintain an organization at a comfortable level, we deliberately limit capacity to 50 children / session. This allows us to create a multicultural dynamic and to look after the well being of each of our participants.
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The hotel and the apartments are very close to the center of Megève, just a few meters from the Rochebrune chairlift. The children appreciate their stay at the hotel or in one of our hotel-style apartments in twin rooms decorated in the alpine style synonymous with calm, comfort and relaxation. As security is one of our main priorities, a counselor sleeps in each apartment with the campers or on the same floor of the hotel.
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The Gentleman: So it turns out that the sign "free wi-fi here" at hotels and hostels in Vietnam and Cambodia does not necessarily mean "free working wi-fi here". We've only had intermittent and unreliable Internet for about a week since our last post. Apologies for the delay, I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seat...
Since we left you last time we have spent 3 nights in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon to everyone except city officials), the capital city of Vietnam. Once again, as with our arrival at the airport in Hanoi, the 'capital of the North', we didn't get off to the best of starts. As I mentioned in my last post we were taking the overnight sleeping bus to Saigon which means that we arrived very early in the morning, which in turn meant that we couldn't check into our hotel for about 6 hrs. Unfortunately this time we didn't have a beach to go sit on or a sunrise to watch so we grabbed our bags and headed to the little park type area right across from the main backpacker street.
As I was sitting on my bench, reading my book, enjoying the shade and thinking how nice it was to find this quiet little green area in the middle of a hectic, bustling capital city, I happened to look up and notice a woman walking in front of me who glanced behind me and then at my bag sitting on the bench next to me. This in turn made me turn to look at my bag at which point I felt someone behind me. I quickly whipped my head round and there was a young guy about two steps behind me on the grass, creeping up with eyes only on my bag. He froze in mid-stride, straightened up, broke into a very nervous smile then walked past my bench onto the path, turned back on himself, and headed back over to a group of 6 or 7 guys who were sitting about 20 yards away on the path across the grass and who were now staring at us.
It was a lucky escape. Needless to say we packed up our stuff and moved after that. The bag they wanted to grab had our iPad, wallet, credit card, cash, our one remaining camera and my iPod and headphones in it. I like to think I'm fast enough to catch most regular people, but at 8 in the morning, me with flip flops, him with trainers and a probably a sizeable head start I'm not sure we'd have got it back and that really would have been an absolute NIGHTMARE!
Obviously the rest of our time in Saigon was a significant improvement from this inauspicious start. The city is a noisy, chaotic, messy blend of traditional Vietnam and the inevitable super modern-commercialisation of capital cities throughout the world. We spent our time wandering around the streets, finding ourselves completely lost due to our hotel's ridiculously inaccurate map, getting a rather graphic history lesson at the War Remnants Museum and eating our way through the many, many restaurants and food stalls, including fried garlic and butter frog (ALL of the frog) and some of the best Pho (traditional Vietnamese noodle soup) that we've had in all our time in Vietnam.
After our time in Saigon had come to an end, it was time to bid adieu to Vietnam and head into the fourth country of our trip - Cambodia. The first stop on our unfortunately very brief jaunt through Cambodia was the capital city of Phnom Penh.
As another Asian capital, Phnom Penh is perhaps unsurprisingly quite similar to the neighbouring Bangkok and Saigon. This being what we had both assumed, we decided to only stay for 2 nights before moving on. We didn't arrive into town until about 3pm and didn't get checked in and settled at our hotel until about 4pm so we relaxed for a bit before heading out. We passed the 'Chas Market' (yes, really!) and the Central Market as we wandered and found ourselves at the modern, air conditioned, indoor shopping mall. Air con is starting to become very important for us because the heat is becoming sweltering and very muggy, and if you ain't on a beach, well, there's just no need for it...
At this point we had eaten nothing but traditional Vietnamese or Asian food for the last week or so and The American's stomach was not happy with her about it so we decided tonight would be all about some good old Western food. Luckily the indoor mall we found ourselves at more than obliged so we started at the top (6th) floor and worked our way back down. We started with pizza and fanta, moved down and picked up some cheeseburgers and fries, then down again for some fried chicken and finally back to the ground floor for blueberry and white chocolate (separately that is) ice cream cones to walk home with. Yeah yeah yeah, that's not what you're supposed to do and no it's not why we came travelling BUT wwwhhhhoooaaa it was good!
Arriving late as we did meant that we only really had one day to explore what Phnom Penh had to offer. That being said I think we certainly made the most of our time - we got up early(ish) and we walked, and we walked and we walked. Then we walked a bit further. It's a funny thing about walking, it might seem a bit ridiculous that we have been walking everywhere and killing ourselves in the heat instead of taking a tuk tuk that would probably have taken us everywhere for $2. But not only is it saving us a lot of combined money and providing us with some good exercise, it also gives us the opportunity to meet local people and to see parts of cities that we wouldn't get to otherwise and I think this has given us a better feel for what these places and cities are really like for the people that live there.
Our first port of call was the Genocide Museum at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, also infamously known as the S21 Prison. I know that might seem quite a morbid and depressing choice but it would be bordering on sacrilege to come to Cambodia, especially to Phnom Penh, and not learn or acknowledge this terrible part of their history. The prison was infamously used in the late 1970's by communist leader Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge party to interrogate and torture Cambodians and foreigners deemed to be traitors. Approximately 20,000 people were sent to S21 in 4 years. There were 7 survivors. Seven. The prison has been left basically exactly as it was with just a few of the rooms turned into museum rooms with moving pictures and some pretty harrowing information. It is one of the creepiest, eeriest places I have ever been. And I mean properly creepy, not in a rubbish Ghost Hunters type of way. Walking down the hallways and corridors where 35 years ago the guards walked on their way to torture, maim and kill so many of their own countrymen moves you in a way you can't properly explain. If you ever come to Phnom Penh, make sure it's on your to-do list.
The prison was only supposed to be one of many stops but we ended up spending a large part of our day there. After we came out, we headed across town towards the river, taking in views of the Independence Monument, the National Museum, the Silver Pagoda and the Royal Palace as the sun started to set. After this we strolled a bit further, stopped for some $2 beer pitchers (saved by walking everywhere ) and had Amok (Cambodian curry) for dinner on the riverfront.
And at the end of the night we walked it home...
Pictures from Saigon and Phnom Penh will be going up into 2 separate albums as you are reading this, if not already. Hope you enjoy, as always your thoughts and comments are appreciated and yeah, expected, so get on it


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The documentary follows The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team on the road as they compete in the 2015 World Box Lacrosse Championships. For the first time ever, the Championship Games were held on an Indian Reservation, in Onondaga in upstate New York, the Capitol of the Iroquois Confederacy. Run Time: 102 mins.
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After over 500 hours of communication, Eric McCully came to Canada with a ring in his pocket and a question on his mind, "Will you Marry Me?" After meeting through an Internet service, Eric knew that Kelly Torrance was the right person to be asked this age old question.
Born in Belfast in 1960 during the height of the troubles, Eric realized at a young age that he wanted to be an artist. In 1989, his dream became a reality when he sold his first professional painting and since then has painted in over 35 countries. Eric's art was displayed throughout the Laurier Room and he encouraged us to be true to ourselves and bring out the inner artist that is inside all of us. Eric and Kelly also entertained with guitar and voice showing that they are a dynamic duo. His world class art captures the illusion of light through the use of colours and can be viewed at www.ericmccully.com . As Chair of the meeting, Bill Gosewitz summed up Eric's thoughts noting that he is a shining example of the motto "One Can Make a Difference."
"Chairs Thought for the week" Time is our most precious commodity... Live and Act each day as though it is your last, but plan as though you will live another 100 years.
Next Meeting:Friday August 11, 2006, 12:30 – 2:00 pm. 7:30 a.m. Breakfast on the Terrace at the Ottawa Congress Centre GUEST Speaker to be announced.
Friday August 4 Luncheon is cancelled, No Round Table
Raffle Prize July 28 – Congratulations to Doug Wilson, who won the raffle of a man's body spray and a ladies body shimmer, donated by Myrna Beattie and to Victor Hanna, who won four 3 day passes to the Ottawa Folk Festival, donated by Past President Ian Hendry. Thank you all for contributing, $54.00 was raised for our General Account.
Fine Session $82.00.
President's Rose – Steve Georgopoulos joined our club in 1994 sponsored by Chris Fournier. As Co-Chair of our 2nd Bed Race and now a fixture on the committee, Steve is instrumental in the success of this event. The Bed Race fosters camaraderie amongst our members, as well as reinforcing our strong relationship with the sponsors and teams who participate in the Race. Steve likes to work behind the scenes and have fun, and has a very big place in his heart for Kiwanis. Steve has good people skills, an ability to get the job done and he represents our Club very well in all that he does. Congratulations Steve and Thank You for the many hours of service that you provide to Kiwanis and to our community.
Happy Birthday to You! July 28Katie Ng July 29Eddy Cook August 3Val Wilkins August 6Lorne Smith August 9Wayne Beaudoin & Anthony McGlynn
COMMITTEE MEETINGS Aug.8 Membership, 7:00pm, Keith McGruer's office, 1737 Woodward Ave. Aug.10 Golf, 9:00am, Apollo Management Boardroom Aug.14 Golf, 12:00pm, Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club
LUNCHEON Line-Up - Be sure to JOIN US FOR THE SCHEDULED MEETINGS!
Aug 25GUEST Speaker to be announced
Staples Business Depot 'Back to School' Supply Drive Staples Business Depot has once again partnered with Kiwanis to collect school supplies for underprivileged schools and students in our community and across Canada. This year's program will run from August 13 until September 23, 2006. The collection bins will be in-store by July 20. Why not drop by Staples, and SHOP for the children.
Roster Changes Membership Roster – Each year at this time we start to work on updating the Roster. The Roster Change forms have been distributed to all members – you are asked to note the appropriate changes to your information since the printing of the 2005-06 roster, and return the form to the Kiwanis office by July 31st. If you would like a new photograph, we have the digital camera at every Friday luncheon meeting, so just let us know. ( The roster changes will NOT be posted in the eDGE unless you request it, OR if it is current contact information that members need to contact you )
GOLF and TENNIS at the AMBERWOOD GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB 54 Springbrook Road, Stittsville Wednesday, September 13, 2006 This is a great event for our members, and their guests. * Golf and Dinner $65.00 – shotgun start at 1:00. Maximum 72 golfers. Our goal is to make the Kiwanis Members' Tournament inviting and fun for all members. Past Presidents Ron Wing (523-7940) and Ed Healey (831-5809) are selecting Team Captains for each foursome. All teams will be encouraged to select a new member/potential member as well as a long-term member as par of their foursome. Please call Ron if you wish to be a Team Captain. * Tennis and Dinner $40 - starts at 2:00 on 3 reserved courts * Swimming and Dinner $40 - bring your own towels please * Dinner only $35 - starts at 6:30 pm All interested parties should contact a Team Captain to register in a foursome. Team Captains Rick BarrigarGuy BourbonniereBill Gosewitz Ross HadwenEd HealeyKathleen Holst Neil McDonaldDawn MorewoodPeter Nadeau Peter PatafieBarb PerrinTom Pullen Phil RossyGlen VaillancourtDoug Wilson Ron Wing KC of Sage Foursome. Please inform the office of your selection and method of payment. We want to encourage that all monies be paid upfront prior to the date of the tournament.
VACATION ALERT - Rita Harper will be taking holidays starting July 24th and returning Aug 9th. If you have any questions, please contact Mike Kruger.
COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP - Your club's Executive Committee is in the process of lining up our many committees with Chairpersons and Vice-Chairs. We are soliciting for new members, past presidents, and all other members, to let the committee know if you have any interest in being involved in the leadership of any committee for the next Kiwanis year that begins on October 1, 2006. Even if you are interested in leading a committee, but not for a few years down the road, please contact Guy Bourbonnière on his cell at 613-355-7798. He can also be contacted via e-mail at email@example.com . Guy is looking forward to hearing from you.
Are you the next Kiwanis Idol Last chance to enter Ottawa & Gatineau auditions. August 5 & 6 9:00am – 5:00pm Ottawa City Hall Council Chambers 110 Laurier Avenue West For more information contact : Eldon Fox 613-831-9900
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Leaders of the northern coalition groups and that of the Igbos in the 19 northern states have formed a 10-man committee to provide concrete solution on the lingering quit notice given by northern youths to the Igbos.
Moderating a special meeting between the northern youths and northern Igbo leaders, former NLC presidential candidate Isah Tijjani, gave the committee 72 hours within which to report back to the groups with a solution regarding the issue.
On his part, President of the AYCF, Yerima Shettima, blamed the quit notice on the activities of Nnamdi Kanu and his supporters.
Meanwhile, the opinion of the Igbo leaders is that both group of youths have the right to be angry due to lack of employment in Nigeria.
They, however, warned that they should avoid trying to fix the country through violence, adding that they will continue to remain in Kano until the crisis is over.


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There. We said it. CHRISTMAS. It's not far away. Eeek!
We wanted to remind you about our Experience Grants in advance of the festive period. Families can apply for a grant to help meet the cost of going to the panto, or going on a Santa train ride, or having a short break. Application forms and guidance documents are on our website: http://www.campbellstrust.co.uk
And if you want to help fundraise for the Trust and help us award the Experience Grants, let us know! We can't do what we do without you awesome folk.


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The busiest shopping season of the year is nearly upon us, yet many small business owners aren't taking advantage of their greatest resource: their accountant. At first glance, that makes sense. What does an accountant have to do with setting holiday hours, making employee shift schedules, or designing the sales events that will bring in customers off the street?
In a word: everything.
It's a tough time for business owners. Not only are they competing with other retailers on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, they're doing it during one of most family-centric times of the year. A time when everyone wants the long weekend off to hang out with relatives, digest those extra helpings of pumpkin pie, and do their own holiday shopping.
And now, with more and more retailers capitalizing on Thanksgiving Day itself, many business owners are faced with an even stickier situation. When is it most profitable to open over the four-day weekend? Six a.m. Friday? One a.m. Friday? Or just after the button pops on turkey day?
The good news is accountants can help. If you're a small business owner, here are a few factors your accountant may be able to bring to your attention to keep hidden costs from overwhelming your potential profits.
Which promotions make the most sense?
Black Friday is like Christmas morning for bargain hunters. Why else would anyone roll out of bed before sunrise and wait in line with hundreds of other people in the November chill? But if you're going to put in the effort of opening early, you should know what kinds of promos work best for your product. Not just which ones are most popular, but which ones also turn the best profit.
"Typically we'll just do some percentage off for the day," says Paul Carew, co-owner of Wear Boise, a purely local clothing company that sources everything — including embroidery and print screening — from the surrounding area. "I think last year, we did sort of an incremental discount," he says. "The discount was heavier in the morning, then reduced to 20 percent, then 10 percent throughout the day."
It's a great idea that works well when shoppers are out in droves to find the best deals, but Carew admits he hasn't yet asked a professional to analyze the results in detail. Having an accountant take a look could help remove some of the stress he faces when determining the kind of sales the store should be running on a high-traffic weekend.
You might be thinking, "That sounds great, but I don't have the data to say which promotions are most profitable." If that's the case, consider checking in with your accountant this month to see if they can recommend a software solution that can collect those kinds of stats.
What's the best schedule?
You likely already know which day surrounding Thanksgiving is most lucrative. If you're in a downtown setting like Wear Boise, it's probably Small Business Saturday. If your inventory is largely online, it's likely Cyber Monday. But do you know which times of the day are historically your busiest, or how much money is made, on average, in the last hour you're open?
Knowing the answers to those questions may help guide your business decisions, from knowing when to open or close to determining how many staff members should be in the store at certain times of the day. It may also help you decide whether or not to open on a day you'd normally be closed.
Recently, Paul and Lisa hired a CPA to oversee their financials and taxes on their three separate businesses, but Paul says they've not yet gone over any Black Friday plans. When asked if he might chat with his accountant about the best hours to be open, he laughs. "Yes, especially now that you've brought it up. Most definitely we will be reviewing that kind of information and data."
You don't know what you don't know
While it could certainly apply to anyone, it's especially true for business owners going into the busiest weekend of the year: You don't know what you don't know. But your accountant may be able to help guide the way.
As your financial specialist, your accountant knows — better than anyone — how essential Thanksgiving weekend is to your year-end success. They should be able to tell you what your most profitable days were in the past, which promotions you were running at that time, and how the hours you were open may have affected your profit and loss statement. And if they can't, they can certainly help you set up a system for determining that information going forward.
Give it a few years, and some great record-keeping, and you'll have all the data you need to plan your best holiday shopping season yet. Now that's something to be thankful for!


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Hello and welcome to Reader, I Didn't Marry Him: the wit, wisdom and whimsy of a nomadic twenty-something. I'm Steph, 27, from England (Yorkshire born and bred) and currently living in Sydney, where I spend my time pratting about in a manner befitting a teenager and trying to second guess the truly bonkers Australian weather. The score is currently Aussie Weather 2, Steph 1.
The 1st of January typically inspires resolution, a chance to wipe the slate clean and start again. A shiny new year – 2015 – stretches before us like a deliciously crisp, blank sheet of paper. What marks will we choose to make in the next twelve months? While television, magazines and internet ads spout the old adage, 'New Year, New You', exploiting our body insecurities in their endless quest for profit, I invite you to spend five minutes thinking about what you want. What do you enjoy? What makes you happy? There is no law saying that resolutions have to be punishing. Imagine how much happier we would be if we resolved to do the things that make us feel good, such as a weekly date with a Lush bath bomb and a book or baking (however imperfectly) every recipe in the Great British Bake Off cookbook. Most people break their resolutions within two weeks and spend the rest of the year binging and purging and annoying their friends with compliment-seeking Facebook statuses. Why not choose to live guilt-free in 2015? Resolve to do what you want without the self-criticism and over-analysis that is so damaging to mental wellbeing. Stop saying no and start saying yes.
My singular resolution is to write this blog. I have had the title and idea in my head for about eight months and owned the domain for two months. I didn't want to launch until I had a 'perfect' site design and posts written well in advance, but a fancy layout and super-human organisation will come later. For now, I hope the content alone is enough. The literary among you will recognise the title as a play on the final chapter of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. I have always hated that chapter. Life is so much more interesting than a poorly-written epilogue in which the heroine marries a total drip (sorry, Rochester fans) as an afterthought. This isn't a blog about my love life or men or anything to do with Jane Eyre, but I'm sure all will feature here and there.
Happy New Year, readers. I wish you all a 2015 rich in laughter and happiness. Be kind to yourselves.


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Kate Campbell: Two Nights in TexasBy Kezzie Baker. Posted in Blues, Folk | No Comments »
When country/folk-roots singer songwriter Kate Campbell opens her mouth to sing, you definitely know she's from the Deep South – telltale signs ooze from her every syllable. But this southern bred artist from Mississippi is no country bumpkin. Her inherited country twang is tempered by a polished refinement and beautiful expression that adds irresistible charm to her voice, captivating audiences and drawing them into her southern world which is the birthplace of such notable writers as Harper Lee, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. Kate's formative years were spent in Sledge, Mississipi during the height of the civil rights movement and much of her music is inspired by her coming-of-age experiences as a young middle-class white girl during those tumultuous times. As the daughter of a Baptist minister, she was exposed to a heavy dose of spiritual singing, having grown up singing hymns out of the Baptist Hymnal that proclaimed a love for God and fellow man at a time and locale where paradoxical community attitudes abounded. She also grew up listening to a melting pot of music on the radio, including country, folk, pop, R&B and southern rock – all played on the same radio station. Her songwriting is a hodge-podge of all these diverse influences. Many of her compositions are autobiographical yet presented in a way that reveals the bigger picture of universal humanity, and her talent for singing her stories is every bit as evident as the talents of the authors previously mentioned whose works she admires and to whom she is often compared. Her CD booklets frequently include some of her favorite quotes from these literary giants and others.
Though she hasn't broken through to mainstream super-stardom, those who take the time to discover Kate Campbell invariably become devoted fans. Some of those fans were treated to two concert nights on April 8-9, 2010 at the Blue Rock Artist Ranch and Studio in Wimberley, Texas, where she was joined onstage by Sally Van Meter on dobro, Scott Ainslee on guitar and banjo, and Don Porterfield on bass. Selections from the concerts were recorded and released in September 2011 on Kate's own independent record label to become her newest album, Two Nights in Texas.
For those unfamiliar with Kate Campbell, Two Nights in Texas is a perfect introduction to her music, with the performances giving a well rounded representation of Kate's diverse works – a mix of southern blues, fun and quirky songs, original southern gospel compositions, and several of her signature songs about growing up in a racially divided place. Her backup band is spot on and the acoustics are excellent.
Hearing the live performances will make new listeners want to search out Kate's entire discography to discover more treasures (of which there are plenty) – like "In My Mother's House" on 1999's Rosaryville. I would hate to choose just one Kate Campbell song to own, but if I had to, this would be the one I would choose – a gorgeous autobiographical song that showcases just how charming Kate's voice can be. In the song's chorus ("the chimes in the hall / sound every hour"), the melody and Kate's lilting voice produce an extraordinary sound reminiscent of chimes. It is Kate at her very finest. New listeners will also want to hear the studio versions of the concert songs, where they are given a more fleshed out sound than what is possible with a recording in an intimate concert setting. Audio samples from all her albums, including several full-length songs that can be streamed, are on her website.
So what advantage does Two Nights in Texas offer to those who already own her studio recordings? Besides excellent live performances of some of Kate's best songs and some entertaining commentary about a few of them, Two Nights in Texas includes two beautiful medleys you won't hear on any of her studio albums. One medley seamlessly joins the song, "Rosa's Coronas," (a touching song about a Cuban cigar factory worker who worries about her daughter and grandbaby who have fled the country for America), with "Lanterns on the Levee" (a pretty song of devotion that was included on Kate's debut album which earned Kate an Indie Award nomination for Best Singer/Songwriter from the Association for Independent Music). The medley serves as a beautiful closer to Two Nights in Texas.
The other medley – the standout track of the whole disk, without a doubt! – is the gorgeous 8-minute "Steal Away Trilogy," which joins three songs. It begins with "Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport," (a song made popular by George Jones and covered by numerous artists including B. J. Thomas), gently slides into the gorgeous original composition "Peace Comes Stealing Slow" (with lyrics having obvious parallels to W.B. Yeats' poem, 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'), and then beautifully segues into the mid-19th century African American gospel tune, "Steal Away" for an exquisite ending.
Also included on the live recording is "Jesus and Tomatoes," which as fans know, is one of Kate's funniest and most entertaining songs about an individual who seizes on the commercial opportunity to market a 'holy image' seen on a tomato vine, only to be rebuked ("I heard a knocking at my door / it was a lawyer for the lord, saying 'don't do this no more' / said, 'come and dine with me / we'll have a BLT"). Kate tells her Texas audience that she got the idea to write such a crazy song when she saw a sign in front of a fruit and vegetable stand that said "Jesus and tomatoes coming soon." "I knew immediately that was going to have to be a song," she told them. She also shared a little humor with her Texas audience about the song, "10,000 Lures," a beautifully performed original gospel-oriented composition: "So my momma says, 'you know, Kate, I believe that song could go in the Baptist hymnal,' and I said, 'I really don't believe the word 'voo-doo' has ever been in the Baptist hymnal!' Another highlight is the ultimate car song, "Galaxie 500," about a child's memories of the family car with vinyl seats that "burned my legs on summer afternoons" and of hearing from the car's radio the announcement that Martin Luther King had just been shot. Kate also performs an excellent version of her much-loved song "New South," about progress and how it has affected the modern-day south.
Of course, no concert would be complete without a few of Kate's trademark songs about her experiences growing up in the south during the 1960's, and Two Nights in Texas includes excellent live performances of three of them – "A Cotton Field Away" (a song about changes that swept southern society with forced desegregation while a black child and a white child remained a cotton field away), "Look Away" (a solemn, piano-driven anthem about the south's "long and slow surrender retreating from the past"), and the iconic "Crazy in Alabama," which probably is the one song that best captures the essence of Kate's music ("but the train of change was coming fast to my hometown / we had the choice to climb onboard or get run down").
Kate Campbell has contributed much to America's repertoire of classic southern folk music. With her most recent album of new material being released in 2008, it should only be a matter of time before we are treated to something new from this national treasure. Considering her past achievements, it is a pretty sure bet that she will not disappoint. In the meantime, I'll settle for sitting back and enjoying the warmth and beauty of Two Nights in Texas.
Kezzie Baker
Kezzie Baker lives in the heartland of America and if there's one thing she likes better than listening to all kinds of music, it's talking about it. There are just way too many truly great artists that never receive the notoriety they deserve. She tries to do what she can to change that by spreading the word around to anybody who will listen.
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text: Additional Pictures: Artist: Hiroaki (Shotei) Takahashi (1871-1945)Woodblock Prints Title: Rain Near the Five Story Pagoda1st Publication: 1920Size: 14-1/2" x 3" + Margins as shownDate of this edition: 1920 Publisher: Wanatabe ShozaburoCondition: Left margin trimmed, a small stain at the bottom of the print, else very fine. Excellent colors, impression, very good overall conditionNotes: Beyond rare woodblock print from Shotei. Actually, this is the only known copy of this print, and might be the only one left !!!Pictures: Pictures are taken outdoor, in the shade, to reflect true colors, without any enhancements of any kind. The last picture is taken indoor, with a light behind the print, to reveal the exact paper grain, holes if any, or other possible flaws.


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Holy crap is the audience into this match. The pops that Silver King gets…unreal! Why did they not give that guy a TV Tile run?
Month: May 2016
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Aldo Marino (WWF Championship Wrestling July 6, 1985)
Torrie Wilson & Dawn Marie vs. The Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young (Smackdown September 23, 2004)
To those individuals who claim that the concept of TV-PG "ruined" WWE, I present the following match. Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie are slated to wrestle a "schoolgirl" match. Everyone is amped up to see woman roll around in short skirts and tiny tops, but it's the 5th Anniversary of Smackdown, so General Manager Teddy Long appears and says that they need to do something special to celebrate. So, true to form, Teddy Long makes the match a tag team match…
Teddy Long talks up the need for "old school girls," and out come Mae Young and the Fabulous Moolah clad in schoolgirl uniforms and after Teddy Long kisses and dances with the "old school girls," the match gets underway.
And so the match that existed for no other reason than titillation is transformed into a comedy match. Holla! Holla! Holla! It's mercifully short ending Moolah lifts up Dawn Marie's skirt and rips off her top giving the crowd the only thing it wanted out of this match: the sight of a lady's bethonged ass.
Mankind vs. Bob "Sparkplug" Holly (WWF Raw April 1, 1996)
Billy Kidman vs. Jimmy Graffiti (WCW Worldwide January 4th, 1997)
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brodie Lee (Chikara Style & Substance September 7, 2008)
Back in 2008, the man we know and love as Cesaro was going by Claudio Castagnoli and in Chikara was wrecking house on…well, pretty much everyone…everyone except Brodie Lee (aka a slightly less hobo bearded Luke Harper).
The pair had a few matches. There were some DQs, maybe a count out, a Dusty finish or two. Try as he might, Catagnoli couldn't get a decisive win over Lee, and so a steel cage match was booked…the first in Chikara history!
Here's a gimmick match done right! The two had a long running feud. Regular matches could not resolve the issue…cue cage match. Kudos to you Chikara! Over in the WWE Universe, I'll say that NXT is pretty good about using gimmick matches sparingly, but my god, Original Recipe WWE do we need so many annual gimmick PPVs?
The Attitude Era is long gone. You can let guys and ladies just get out there and wrestle and that's enough. Save the no DQ matches, the ladder matches, the street fights, and the steel cage matches for those long running feuds that deserve them. Remember that Big Show "stairs match" against Erick Rowan? Why was that a thing that ever happened? The feud between those two dudes did not warrant any sort of gimmick match, even one as stupid as a "stairs match."
Mankind vs. Big Show (WWF Smackdown December 23, 1999)
Triple H in a cage! McMahons feuding with wrestlers! Run-ins! A swerve! It's the Attitude Era in all its glory!
Angelo Poffo vs, Jerry Christy (NWA Chicago April 26, 1957)
Macho Man's dad is "tougher than a home cured bacon rind," in this bout against Jerry Christy (Christie).
Rob Van Dam & Sabu vs. Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki (ECW Heatwave August 2, 1998)
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Brakes are the most important part of your car when it comes to safety. Asking our auto repair shop of Olathe to perform an inspection of your brakes can be difference between life and death. If your brakes make squealing sounds when trying to stop or you notice your car is not stopping as usual, bring your car in immediately. Some people ignore early signs of brake malfunction and then, it's too late when the collide with another vehicle.
Warning Signs of Brake Problems
- You step on the brakes all the way down to the floor and sometimes the car doesn't stop quickly.
- You hear a grinding noise when braking. This could possibly be that the brake pad is exposed and grinding against the rotor. If the rotor gets damaged you're looking at expensive repairs.Whenever you bring your car for service, ask one of our mechanics to check the lifetime of the brake pads. We'll give you a rough estimate of how long you got before it's time for replacement.
- Your steering wheel vibrates when you apply the brakes. This could mean that there is misalignment between the pad and the rotor
However, these are just some signs. There are others and to correctly diagnose your car you must bring it in for an inspection to our shop in Olathe.
Why is my Brake Light On?
The reasons why this light comes on are a few.
- Your emergency hand brake is engaged. Disengage it and the light will turn off.
- The brake system has lost some brake pressure. Check for leaks under your car. You may have to use your emergency brakes to drive the car to our auto repair shop. You have to act immediately.


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Under siege3 min read . Updated: 15 Nov 2008, 12:22 AM IST
Under siege
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Coal dust in my eyes
"As a creative person, your work needs to reflect your politics," says photographer and film-maker Samar Jodha. Twelve black and white portraits of men and women, ranging from the very young to the very old, each blown up to 6 x 5ft, form the centrepiece of his showPhaneng: A Journey Into Personal Engagement. There is also a film and an ambient "soundscape" that replays the night sounds of Phaneng village in upper Assam, home to 150 members of the Tai Phake tribe, which is where Jodha has spent a lot of time in the last four years and where he shot portraits on film with a large format camera.
The show is essentially a fund-raising and advocacy project aimed at corporate bodies and individual donors—along with the large prints of the portraits, there are smaller ones on sale, though the price has not been fixed yet. The money raised will supplement his efforts to enable the people of Phaneng to develop self-sustaining sources of livelihood that complement their traditional way of life. This includes an eco-tourism project owned and operated by them, an education programme and restoration work on the local monastery.
Against a pitch-black background, the 12 portraits appear luminous, the light and proximity of the lens capturing the facial topography in detail—the deep rugged lines and scars of the older men and women, the smoother skin of the young, the paper-like tautness of the adolescents and the chubbiness of the lone baby. Jodha made it a point to keep out the clothes, the jewellery and the scenic backdrop—anything that would smack of making his subjects exotic specimens from the farthest corner of India. Barring the headgear made of cloth that they weave themselves and the occasional earring, the faces are unadorned, and we relate to them as individuals—young and old, men and women who could be us.
"It is not about finding a tribe at one end of the country; it is about marginalized communities—they could be from Jharkhand, Kutch or Andhra (Pradesh)," says Jodha. "The laws of the land are so good—Nehru had it right, that they should own their land—but the reality is so far from it." The year-old baby's questioning look in the last portrait could be our imagination, or it could be the result of Jodha's deftness and skill as a photographer—regardless, we identify with his apprehension of what the future holds.
Phaneng will be on view at arts.i gallery, Connaught Place, New Delhi, till 7 December.
Architecture of decline
Shahid Datawala's photographs of spaces in Mumbai meant for human habitation don't have any people in them because he says that amid the chaos and hubbub, there is a lot of loneliness in the metropolis.
In his show titled Shadowboxing, he is displaying the photographs—which feature tall buildings, concrete shells of unfinished structures and dilapidated interiors—in pairs to highlight, as he puts it, the disparity of Mumbai's living spaces. This disparity comes in many forms: "You'll have flats here going for Rs20-30 crore and a slum a few metres down," says Datawala. "Or, you will have incomplete buildings (only partially built) which have been like this for 25 years in the middle of the most expensive real estate." Some pairs capture this dichotomy very starkly, such as the two stairwells placed alongside—one is spic and span, with smooth surfaces and sharp lines that intersect cleanly at various angles; the other has so much peeling paint and rubble on the floor that its dilapidated state looks almost grotesque.
We are prodded to arrive at our own connections, as in the case of the sections of two tall prominent Mumbai buildings which have been juxtaposed so as to merge seamlessly into each other—it takes the contrasting light and dark of the skies in the two photos to remind us that we are seeing two buildings, not one.
While there are many images of decay and ruin—most strikingly, those of half-built, rubble-strewn, brick-and-concrete skeletons of buildings—what rescues the show from being a requiem to Mumbai and its architecture is the variety of newer and not-so-old spaces captured. With the frayed elegance of ornate balustrades and patterned floors, the stained exteriors of apartment walls lined with cast-iron drain pipes and punctuated by the backs of air conditioners, and the curtains covering scaffolding, along with the pathos Datawala captures the poetry of urban architecture.
Instrumental in this is his control over, and play with, light— shots of wreck and rubble in particular, have an ethereal glow. This perhaps bears out his contention that "depressed and sad places", which people don't care about are "beautiful spaces in their own sense".
Prices start from Rs60,000 per print. Shadowboxing, organized by Tasveer, will be on view at Art Motif, Lado Sarai, New Delhi till 23 November.


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Who is the Mind Changer? Everything you need to know about this type of Clearing studentCategories National Clearing Survey
As mentioned, the National Clearing Survey has broken down the different types of Clearing student into four distinct profiles. Now, although we've outlined the main attributes and characteristics of these students we thought, that as Clearing is just around the corner, it was time to look at these profiles in much more detail.
For further information why don't you download the National Clearing Survey? Make sure you contact our team of digital experts to start planning your Clearing campaigns for 2017.
Who is the Mind Changer?
The National Clearing Survey revealed that the Mind Changer was more likely than any other profile to reapply to one of their original five UCAS choices – with 13% opting for their first choice and 14% reapplying to their second. It's possible that Mind Changers will already be on your systems; so don't ignore those who have previously applied but, for whatever reason, did not convert. Get your institution's name out there in advance, with carefully targeted re-marketing campaigns to prospective students?
Institution location is one of the top three factors affecting which offer was selected for this group. This tells us rankings and grade boundaries are not just the key factors when it comes to this particular demographic. Pre-Clearing searches indicate that Mind Changers search for alternative options and locations closer to home, rather than lower grades. Have you considered geo-targeting, which can be an effective technique for this group?
And speaking of search…
Our National Clearing Survey identified that the top searches in advance of A Level Results Day were:
- Institutions close to your home location
- How the Clearing process works
- When Clearing opens
- Alternative courses on offer
- Alternative universities offering your original course choice
These type of searches are carrying significant volume for your target audiences. You want to make sure you are delivering content surrounding these keywords. Looking for more guidance on making sure visibility on Google is strong? Contact our SEO specialists.
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It felt like the word "extravaganza" needed to be thrown in there, right? The title was already so long, why not keep the party going?
Anyway, HI EVERYONE GUESS WHAT IT'S HALLOWEEN WEEKEND MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR! *balloons* *confetti* *air horns* And even though I'm not ready to show you guys my costume justtttt yetttttt, I did want to do something Halloween themed this week so I decided to put together a couple outfits inspired by costumes I've done in the past! FUN FUN FUN okay check them out:
Nearly ten years ago (oh my god) my girls and I decided to drive to Santa Barbara on a whim for the infamous Isla Vista Halloween…. Shitshow. I mean that's really what it was. And I was — can you guess it? — a Barrrrbie, a costume I 100% see reprising in the future.
This guy was obviously inspired by the incomparable Dionne Davenport (helloooo? From Clueless, duh!) Of course Dee would never be caught dead in flannel (Grunge? #AsIf) but remember these outfits are inspired by these characters, also I couldn't find my plaid skirt so here we are.
I can't wait to show off my costume to you guys next week!! Keep a lookout on the 'gram also, cause odds are it's gonna end up there before then oops! Blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol, amirite? Okay well everyone have a safe and fun Halloween weekenddddd! *more balloons* *more confetti*


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Thank You (AAA)
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- Digital Single
- Thank you
- Released
- 2011.03.16 to 2011.08.31
- Catalog Number
- AVZD-48057 (Chaku-Uta (R) ver.)
- AVZD-48058 (Chaku-Uta (R) Full ver.)
- Price
- ¥315 (Chaku-Uta (R) ver.)
- ¥525 (Chaku-Uta (R) Full ver.)
- Tracklist
- Thank you
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"Thank you" is the second digital single released by AAA.
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Mitsuhiro Hidaka, Morizuki Kyasu
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- Komuro Tetsuya
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