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Its my ever first try at Halloween card. Took a vanilla colored A2 sized base cs. Started to distress with a series of Distress inks. Mustard seed, Wildhoney and Rusty Hinge. And then slightly sponged the Rusty hinge distressed area with Black soot Distress ink.
The image is printed on a cs and colored using Fabercastell bicolor pencils. And its matted with a black cs and kept this focal card on the base cs.
Double stitched black ribbon is added on the bottom of the card, and the sentiment banner is added on top of it.
As a final touch, 3 pairs of Googly eyes are added to create a spooky effect :)
Hope you like the card.
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Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade
Servings: 2
- 3 tablespoons raspberry preserves, or to taste
- Freshly squeezed juice of one lemon
- 20 ounces seltzer water
- Raspberries and lemon wedges to garnish
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To keep you interested, here are the two new collections that Graphic 45 has introduced: French Country and Secret Garden.
I will have artwork at the Graphic 45 Booth, using these new collections, plus items from the Place in Time Collection. Previews of my work with begin on Monday, January 14th.
As you may know, Graphic 45 usually introduces new stamps with their collections. Hampton Art licenses the stamps, plus some NEW companies have joined the fold! To read more about that, visit the Hampton Art blog.
If you are going to be at the show, visit my work at these booths: Graphic 45, Hampton Art, Couture Creations, Worldwin Paper.
Stop by the Couture Creations booth on Saturday and Sunday morning (1/12 and 1/13) from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. I will be sharing a make-n-take using embossing folders and ink! We will create business card holders from shipping tags!
Stop by the Hampton Art booth on Saturday and Sunday afternoon (1/12 and 1/13) from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. I will be sharing a make-n-take using Graphic 45 French Country stamps! We will be creating a notepad cover, perfect for all of your CHA notes!
If you are not able to join the fun at CHA, I will be posting the tutorial for these make-n-take projects the week after CHA!


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This blog guides you how to root your Sony Xperia Neo L and other android devices, how to install clockworkmod recovery, how to flash custom roms, how to flash custom kernels, what are the applications you can use after rooting your phone.
Monday, 26 November 2012
Tools needed to root XPERIA NEO L
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After a fun month in Utah we flew back to New Jersey and began the next chapter of our lives! I was sad to leave Utah and I kept wondering why we had decided to stay back east and live so far from family, but so far we have actually loved New Jersey. It's a beautiful area with a great community, awesome schools, a wonderful ward, Josh loves his job and working in NYC, so far so good!
We are renting this little duplex and while it is old and has its quirks, it is actually a great fit for our family. Maybe I'll show more house pics later when things are all put together.
Our neighborhood in New Hampshire had frequent bear sightings and the girls had spotted bears right outside our windows. The girls love looking out the living room window of our new house, but luckily no bears have been spotted :) Instead, our new neighborhood is full of wild bunnies and deer. I've heard the bunnies are a nuisance for my neighbors with gardens, but we think they are so cute!
If you look closely you can see a little deer family in the background. I'm sure the novelty will wear off, but for now it's so fun to spot deer almost every day.
Bryn had no issues with moving and she adapted to our new home really easily. Miss Mya did not have an easy move! The first week or two in New Jersey was really rough on her and she kept asking to "go back home!" It broke my heart! Luckily, that phase is over and now she's back to her normal self.
Josh wakes up at the crack of dawn and catches an early 6 am train into NYC, but luckily he is usually home by 6:45 in the evening (which is early for NYC commuters). The girls love playing with him for an hour before bedtime. It's taken a few weeks to adjust to our new phase of life. It's definitely a big change from the grad school phase, but we're getting the hang of it.
Mostly, we just feel really good about our decision to live in New Jersey and we're excited for the years to come!


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My poem is about the feelings that came and went toward someone I held dear to me. We broke the relationship up, but I still had all of the memories.
I am only 15 years old and in High School, but I know how it is to have those memories, of the ones you have loved.
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I am also 15 and i completly understand where you are comming from. It's been a year this saturday and I just can't forget no matter what I try to do. great poem
this is a really nice poem it reminds me of me and my x. (we got back together. )
this touched me because i recently lost my first love and i does hurt to think about the memories we shared. we dated for 3 1/2 months and he finall decided that i was getting in the way of him and his friend. but i was the one who broke it off after he ignored me for 1 week. i tried to talk to him but he would not talk about it. but to this day i will admit that i still love him. so wherever you are michael,i love you still.
This poem is really great. I know how you fill I had a memory like that still and its been 2 years.
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A Memory
|by Chantale
The love we had -
Why did it have to end so sad?
Its all a memory now...
The times we shared
And I thought you cared
But its all a memory now...
We were always together
But now we'll stay a memory, forever
Why did we end?
Couldn't we just let our hearts mend?
Our love will stay a memory...
It's over, we both know,
And we have to let it go...
A memory will last forever,
But we could never stay together.
It will stay a memory for now...
Good-bye, remember the memories.
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Hey i can really relate to the words you put into this poem. I'm currently infatuated with this guy named DAVID and all he knows is that i love i "like" him, but actually i "LOVE" him. When i found out he had "A FRIEND" i was so crushed. Your poem totally describes the way i feel. Thank you.
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Former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has lost his lawsuit to block the sale of the team to incoming owner Steve Ballmer, according to a tweet from the Associated Press. The $2B sale of the Los Angeles Clippers, negotiated by Sterling's wife, Shelly, can now be turned over to the NBA's Board of Governor's for official approval.
Sterling is still suing the league for $1B for what he believed to be hypocritical and illegal action by Adam Silver and the rest of the owners in the NBA when Sterling's ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers was terminated, and his wife sold the team to Ballmer. It is believed that these cases will be dropped.


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I posted barbecued Cornish hens before . This is the second best way to have Cornish game hen especially on a weeknight. Since we are not barbecuing, it may not have enough taste, thus, requiring prior marination.
On one weekend, we made a couple of vegetable dishes including ratatouille, baked green beans, and baked cauliflower with back olive and garbanzo beans. I cooked a Cornish game hen on Monday evening with these vegetables as side dishes. Because the bird is small, it cooks rather quickly. I pan-fried and then finished it in the oven.
I remove the back bone using kitchen shears by cutting lengthwise across either side of the bone. I flatten the bird on the cutting board skin-side down and then cut the breast bone lengthwise in half using a heavy chef's knife making two halves of the hen. I marinated the hen over night in the refrigerator using a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, roughly cut stalks of green onion, salt and pepper. Essentially, you are marinating the birds in French vinaigrette. You could add herbs like rosemary or tarragon. The next day, after draining, the marinade, I pat dry the surface with a paper towel and lightly sprinkle salt and pepper. In a frying pan, I add olive oil (1 tbs) and cook the skin side down for 5-7 minutes until the skin become brown. You may have to blot the excess oil using paper towels during this process. I flip the bird over and finish cooking in a 400F convection oven for about 15 minutes or maybe a bit longer. After 15 minutes, take the temperature at the thickest thigh part if or when it registers 160F or higher, remove the bird to a plate and loosely cover with aluminum foil and let it rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, I make a simple pan juice sauce. If there is too much oil in the pan, remove most of it (leaving 1-2 tsp) by blotting with a paper towel. Put the pan on a medium flame and add finely chopped shallot and saute for 1-2 minutes, de-glaze with dry red wine (1/4 cup) (white wine, Marsala, or white vermouth will also work), reduce the liquid by half. Add any juice accumulated on the plate on which the bird is resting. I finish the sauce by adding and emulsifying with pats of butter. Usually it does not need additional salt and pepper since these come off the surface of the bird to the pan while cooking.
The only way to enjoy a Cornish game hen is to use your fingers and go at it. The meat is more succulent than its larger cousin and the skin, especially of the wing, is crispy.


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Pizzas & Pastas
Lots of great items, all served with our rough cut french fries. To view our other menu items, please select from the following:
Appetizers Burgers, Sandwiches, and Wraps Great Lakes and Forests Classics and Favourites Breakfast
Canneloni Au Gratin
Three Ricotta and Romano stuffed Cannelloni topped with fresh herbs, spinach, ground pepper, homeade vodka tomato sauce and Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses. Served with your choice of starter salad and a garlic baguette.
Chicken Parmesan
A breaded 5oz chicken breast covered in our herbed meat sauce and Mozzarella cheese then oven baked until golden brown, served with spaghetti and meat sauce.
Baked Spaghetti w/ Cheese
Our spaghetti and meat sauce smothered with Mozzarella cheese and oven baked until golden brown.
Fettuccini Alfredo
You can't go wrong with our creamy Alfredo sauce tossed with al dente Fettuccini noodles.
Philly Cheese Steak Pizza
Our original rosé pizza sauce, mushrooms, onions, red and green peppers, topped with a julienned striploin steak, Monterey Jack and Chedder cheeses with just a hint of oregano and spice.
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
A delicious pizza with a bit of a kick that's topped with chicken fingers, bacon, onions, Mozarella cheese, & our famous hot sauce! Served with blue cheese dip.


text: Flamehearted 5 Posted April 9, 2018 Hi all,Received an email back from SFG today with answers to a few questions I had. Hopefully will be of use to some other players.1) Is the treasure cache face up or face down ? At what point is it revealed.2) When do conditions left active at the end of an encounter disappear ?3) If an enemy is staggered and has one hit point left, does it die before its attack resolves ?4) Can you heal another player ?5) Does the action on a remnant of humanity count as your one non-combat action.6) Can you block with a card, and then discard that same card to soak up a damage point.7) How does the Chloranthy ring work ? Can you draw over 6 cards - if so when do you discard down again ?8) With cards like the Falchion, what resolves first - an enemies push effect or the free shift on the Falchion ?9) Pontiff Sulyvahn specific - does any damage over 5 (or 3 if he is flipped) get discarded ?10) What counts as an attack action ? E.g Can I use the move to any space on the Falchion, then attack with it ? Another example - the Kukuris have a discard action which inflict bleed and no damage - is this an attack, or can I still take an attack action ?11) Abyss Watchers - do the two undead legionnaires inherit the current weakness of the boss attack card ?12) Abyss Watchers - when do the undead legionnaires attack ? When the boss attack card is drawn, or after you resolve the boss attack card ? (Effects positioning of the legionnaires).I hope this resolves any questions that you have about the rules. 1) The treasure Cache is face down 2) Once a room is cleared all conditions are wiped. 3) No 4) Yes, you can use a healing ability on a different player. 5) Yes, This is correct. 6) No, you cannot. You must choose one or the other. 7) Yes, you can draw over 6 cards. You don't discard down to below 6, you just don't draw if you're at 6 or higher. 8) Sorry, I didn't understand this question, The Falchion doesn't have a free shift, and enemy pushes would be resolved in the enemy activation? 9) Any damage when swapping from his true form to the clone stays but when swapping from the clone to his true form it does not carry over. 10) He can do the move to any space with the Falchion then attack with it, but the Kukri's is an attack. Anything that damages or puts a condition on an enemy model is an attack 11) No. Cause nothing says they do. 12) When the boss attack card is drawn, before resolving it. 1 blim0n reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Even in the world of cutting edge electronic technology, sometimes it seems impossible to find two devices that are compatible. We have laptops and smartphones, wireless speakers, surround sound systems, cameras, audio devices, USB ports, HDMI ports, ethernet, charging devices, converters, wireless remotes and the list goes on and on. We have drawers full of chargers and cables, batteries, adapters and manuals. Often times we find ourselves having to purchase a device that allows us to properly use the device we just bought; it can seem like complete madness. Then, other times we find ourselves jumping with joy at the fact that our new purchase was so simple to use - just like it says on the box.
While we'd like to think that all this technology would make things easier, sometimes it seems like more of a hassle than it's worth. There are hundreds if not thousands of major electronics manufacturers - and let's face it - they're not all working together to make sure your devices are compatible. Surely you can mirror movies from your iPhone to your TV but it only works with certain TVs, and of course there's bugs and if you DO manage to figure it out, the phone usually disconnects from the TV once the screen locks. We've all been there where we just can't seem to achieve what we want.
Let's jump forward to Blu-ray and DVD technology. Aside from surround sound or hard to reach wires, Blu-ray and DVD Players are relatively easy to hookup and use. They come assembled, have a power cable connected and then require audio/video to be connected to your TV - not a huge chore. But what comes into play, and what we're going to focus on is the ability to travel internationally, relocate or utilize your Blu-ray or DVD player with foreign TVs and even play discs from other countries. This can cause some major headaches if your unversed in how it works. In fact, many people are unaware that this is nearly impossible without the proper technology.
Firstly, let's quickly discuss the fact that for reasons beyond our control, Blu-ray and DVD discs are embedded with a digital code called a region code. What this does is ensures that a Blu-ray Disc or DVD purchased in Europe will only work with a player that was also purchased in Europe. The same goes for other regions of the world - a North American player will only play discs purchased (and encoded by default) within North America. If you purchased movies overseas, either in person or online, the chances are they will not be recognized and will not play on your player at home.
For Blu-ray, there are 3 different regions - A, B, and C. For DVD, there are 9 different regions, 0 - 8. Discs from other regions are simply not compatible unless played with a player that was manufactured to be used in that region.
Luckily, there is a workaround. A Region-Free Blu-ray or DVD Player is a player that has been professionally modified (by a third-party, they cannot be purchased in retail stores) to play any disc from any region of the world. This allows you to travel with your player, relocate with your player or purchase movies from other areas of the world and actually watch them ON... your player! That's right. These units are basically guaranteed to play a disc from anywhere in the world - and that is a wonderful thing. But, there's more potential issues.
Worldwide Voltage
The next issue with traveling or utilizing foreign electronics is the fact that different areas of the world use different standard voltages. In North America, the voltage at your normal electrical outlet is 120 volts. This means that all players sold in the US (as well as all other electronics) are designed to operate at the standard 120 volts. Likewise, Europe and much of Asia operate at a standard voltage of 240 volts. Any attempt to simply plug in a 120 volt Blu-ray or DVD Player into a 240 volt outlet would be catastrophic, at least for your player. The voltage is far too high and would literally fry your device within seconds, if not instantly.
Again, we're going to deep the advantages of the technology behind a Region-Free Player - since they are made to play discs from any region, most are also modified to work at either voltage, from 110 volts to 240 volts. All you need to do is flick a switch on the back to set the proper voltage input and it can be used anywhere in the world. There is no need for an external voltage converter, although you might need a plug adapter since foreign electrical outlets vary.
Needless to say, you've already got a player that can play discs from anywhere in the whorl and can also be powered by any voltage in any country. That is cool! But still, there lies one more problem, and this one is with the TV.
PAL to NTSC Conversion
The last problem with trying to utilize a foreign Blu-ray or DVD player is that foreign TVs use different color and video formats and sometimes a different frame rate. This is determined by the electronic signal that is encoded digitally. The two most common standards are NTSC and PAL, and you probably wouldn't even know about them unless you're reading this.
NTSC is the North American standard format and it transmits 30 frames per second. Each of those 30 frames is composed of 525 individual lines. PAL is used mostly overseas, and with this format there are only 25 frames per second and each is made up of 625 lines.
A NTSC TV (basically any TV in North America) will not work with a player that is from another country where the format is PAL. The same goes for using a NTSC player in a country that utilizes PAL, since the TVs will all feature PAL formatting.
Generally, you'd need an external video converter that changes the signal from PAL to NTSC or from NTSC to pal so your player can operate with a local TV. Wow, this is really seeming to be quite a hassle. But again, we have good news as the vast majority of (but not all) Region-Free Players are equipped with internal PAL to NTSC converters which do all the dirty work for us. See? Technology isn't so bad after all. Just make sure you find a player that has the internal conversion before making your purchase.
In Conclusion
What we're seeing here is that Region-Free Blu-ray and DVD Players are a savior. They can save time, money, tons of headaches and offer a huge amount of flexibility by allowing us to watch a movie from anywhere in the world, on almost any TV in the world, at any voltage! Now that is what we call an accomplishment. We've also eliminated the need for a voltage transformer and external video converter completely. It's basically plug and play!
Naturally, as specialists in international relocation since 1979, 220 Electronics carries a wide selection of Region-Free Blu-ray and DVD Players. Best of all, we are able to guarantee the lowest prices in the world and we ship worldwide. You can shop from the comfort of your own home today at www.220-Electronics.com or just stop by to browse our large inventory. If you're concerned about using electronics overseas, we have all of the products and resources you could ever need.


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Done?Posted by John F at Friday, February 17, 2017
What is left of me now that I have bled my essence? My coherence trickles out of my astral conscious while the crimson droplets trickles out of my physical self.
I can see it happen, I feel it happen. My each sense screams its own end as it comes but I am unable to articulate it.
I am done?
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In front of El Retiro Park, Madrid's huge and rectangular-shaped Estanque Grande del Retiro, which is also referred to as the Great Pond by the distinguished Spanish architect Cristobal de Aguilera, is the magnificent monument of Alfonso XII.
The statue is located halfway of the pond's side adjacent to Plaza de Maestra Villa, within its eastern portion. The statue towers over everything else and is seemingly looking over the wide expanse of the estanque. The latter itself is an important part of the park in that it boasts of a rich Spanish history that started from Phillip IV's reign, where it served as a recreational venue for the royals and their court to ride the boats and fish.
It was in 1902 when the plan to build a monument to Alfonso XII was formed. Consequently, a contest endorsed by then Queen Maria Cristina that would determine the architect for the monument project was held, with architect Grases Riera as the eventual winner.
The equestrian statue of Alfonso XI is made in bronze and known to be one of the tallest and largest structures inside the park. The middle of the last century saw the structure being neglected, allowing it to deteriorate. It was in the 80's when restoration were done. A number of statues and figures nearby also had to be replaced as part of the restoration.
Visit Alfonso XII Monument at El Retiro Park:
Today, no visit to El Retiro Park should be made without visiting the monument. You will not miss it, in the first place, since the estangue is near the main entrance to the park, the Puerta de Alcala. Walk towards Calle Nicaragua, along which is the front portion of the pond. You will have to take either Paseo del Estangue or Paseo de Valenzuela to reach the statue on the other side.
Near Puerta de Alcala is the Retiro Madrid Metro of Linea 2, which is right inside the park itself. From the station is a short walk to Fuente de los Galapagos and Paseo del Enstanque.
Nearby park sites and attractions:
Palacio de Velazquez, Palacio de Cristal, Cecilio Rodriguez Gardens
Sunny day, blue skies with wispy clouds here are there — it was indeed a perfect morning to visit the Monument of Alfonso XII at Buen Retiro Park in Madrid
I was lucky to have chanced upon the spacious area in front of the equestrian statue as still empty. I could only presume that as the day progresses, it will be filled with tourists excited to take shots of the monument and the pond.
I took this shot of the estanque and the monument of Alfonso XII one early morning, and so the quiet and tranquility in the place is still apparent. The estanque was said to have been a witness to a number of Spanish kings and their entourage proudly displaying their gondolas as they wade through them, while at the same time, music was being played.
In this picture is one of the four lions carved out of stone materials, fine masterpieces by exceptional artists, Pedro Estany and Agapit Vallmitjana Abarca. They are placed near the steps that lead to the central monument. Also nearby are four mermaids in various positions; such statues are creations of Parera Saurina, Coll y Pi, Rafael Atche, and Antoni Alsina.
At the back of the monument are ionic columns forming a beautiful collonade that further enhanced the Alfonso XII monument. These structures were also constructed by Pedro Estany. The steps beneath the statue are often used by visitors and tourists to sit around and stay while waiting for the setting of the sun.


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Facebook follower, Horseboxing Cowpoke, who was the first person to contact me yesterday when I asked a question about what type of track people would like to listen to. So blame him! It also gave me a good excuse to post a very rare Rodd Keith track which has, to date, not appeared on any compilation and the disc is not catalogued at Phil Milstein's AS/PMA site. It also allows me to include a previously unpublished interview I conducted with Rodd's son Ellery. The track in question isn't actually that bad; it's more here for its rarity value.
The term song-poem, in case you were not already aware, refers to lyrics (or poems) that have been set to music for a fee, a practice which has been around for more than 100 years but which undoubtedly enjoyed its heyday from the start of the rock'n'roll era until the end of the 1970s. The business involved dozens upon dozens of (initially) sheet music publishers and, since the advent of the 78 rpm disc, record labels mostly in North America but also in Great Britain, Canada, Europe and Australia. Promoted through small lineage and semi-display ads in magazines (Send in Your Poems! Songwriters Make Thousands of Dollars! Free Evaluation!), the term 'lyrics' was usually avoided, as your average potential customer would not have a clue what that particular word meant. Those who sent their work in usually received a gushing letter back, telling them that their words were worthy of recording by professional musicians, along with a proposal to do so in exchange for a fee – anything from $40 to $400 or more.
On receipt of that fee (well, once the cheque had cleared, anyway), these unscrupulous sons-of-bitches would throw a cue sheet at a bunch of musicians who would hastily record them (90 per cent of the time in the first take) and then have their masters pressed as vinyl singles or released on compilation LPs with songs by other amateur lyric writers. If you, the songwriter, were lucky you might get a handful of copies sent to you with promises (rarely, if ever, kept) that your soon-to-be-hit record would also be sent to radio stations or music industry executives. Most of the results were terrible; many, laughably so.
Some of the musicians involved in the production of song poems were moonlighting from day jobs at other labels, firing off anything up to 30 songs in a single session for a few extra (non-union) bucks, but the Brian Wilson of the song poem world was Rodd Keith, a singer, musician, composer, arranger and – according to those who knew him – an all-round musical genius. An early exponent of the Chamberlin (an instrument similar to the Mellotron), many of Rodd's recordings for MSR, Preview, Film City, Circle-D, Master and other song poem outfits have gone on to become highly-prized collectables in Northern Soul circles and several compilations of his recordings have been released on CD.
Rodd's story is a sad one. Born Rodney Keith Eskelin he was a musical prodigy, playing a variety of instruments and writing choir and instrumental arrangements for church groups from an early age. The scion of a religious family, he toured and recorded with the family singers before finishing his religious schooling in Florida and moving to a church in Baltimore to look after their music programme. In Baltimore Rodd (the second 'd' was added, he is purported to have claimed, because God only had one) met a young lady and fellow musician by the name of Roberta 'Bobbie' Lee, married her and formed the organ and piano duo Rodd and Bobbie, touring extensively and even landing themselves a weekly live television programme in Wichita, Kansas called Just a Song at Twilight. The couple had a son, Ellery, who was born in 1959 but who, sadly, would grow up not knowing his father.
Rodd dragged his young bride and even younger son to Los Angeles in search of fame and fortune, but the travelling, and lack of income, proved to be too much for the marriage to stand. Bobbie and Ellery left Rodd and returned to Baltimore. Ellery was just eighteen months old, and he would never see his father again. "Growing up and hearing stories about my father was inspiring," Ellery – himself a highly respected avant garde jazz saxophonist - tells me. "His reputation was that of a "larger than life" persona both musically as well as in his character and eccentricities. Given that music was probably the most powerful force in my life this all felt rather profound. My mother was a great musician and I knew I wanted to be a musician as well when I was ten years old.
"I was disappointed when I first heard my father's work. It was not at all what I expected. I'm not actually sure what I expected but it sounded like rather poorly done commercial music. I later discovered that what I initially heard were not the best examples of what he did although I don't think I would have responded positively to even the best of his song-poems at that time. Everyone who knew Rodd says that song-poem work was not a true indication of who he was musically and represented a mere fraction of what he was truly capable of."
Sadly, we'll never know exactly what Rodd would have been capable of. Apart from the innumerable recordings he made under a variety of different names including Rodd Keith, Rod Rogers, Rod Rivers, Douglas Paul (the moniker he hid behind for this particular outing, Teen-Age Girl) and others, he left little of his own material. However we do get glimpses of his creative genius in some of the better song poems, many of which have now been collected on albums such as My Pipe Yellow Dream, Saucers in the Sky (both available through Roaratorio), Ecstacy to Frenzy (sic) and I Died Today (both Tzadik). There's a gulf of difference between Rodd's greatest work – and some of his recordings truly are the equal of many hits of the day (I'd site Gloria, Little Rug Bug, I Can't Decide, Saucers in the Sky, I Died Today, First Comes the Rain, Cloud Nine, How can a Man Overcome His Heartbroken Pain and The Merry-Go-Down as some of the best pop singles of the 1960s) - and the enormous pile of dross he usually had to put his moniker to.
Unfortunately Rodd, like many, many musicians before and since, took to drugs; his use of psychotics had a massive influence on his work (when he was together enough to be able to work) as can be heard on recordings such as the Beat of the Traps (an insane, rambling ode to the art of drumming) but LSD, PCP and the like killed off his creative prowess. He became more and more odd, making the lives of his second wife Joni and daughter Stacey so impossible that they too were forced to leave. Today we'd probably say that Rodd was bipolar, look after him and nurture his talent. 40 years ago he was just a crazy man who went shopping in the nude.
He died in December 1974 after being hit by several cars on the Hollywood freeway. No-one knows how he ended up on the freeway: did he fall accidentally from a bridge over the road or did he jump, intending to take his own life? Apparently he had a habit of balancing on high balconies, and had talked about ending his life this way. There's even a story that Rodd filmed his final moments, although that footage has yet to surface.
"I know that Rodd felt that song-poem work was a form of prostitution: 'commercial crap' I believe were his words," adds Ellery. "As for ever being a successful artist, I'm not sure that was in the cards for Rodd. Not due to any lack of talent nor lack of breaks. He had some potential breaks and yet he somehow managed to evade the best outcomes due largely to his drug use and its effect on his life. But even before he got involved with drugs there seems to have been something about his world view or other unknown issues that resulted in a lack of focus or direction with respect to keeping himself on any kind of career track in the music business. It was all there right in front of him and everyone who came into contact with him says he was frighteningly talented and capable of anything he could have wanted to do musically. And so I'm left to assume that for reasons we don't fully understand he was uninterested or otherwise unable to develop his potential in the business."
But we, like Ellery, have the recordings. Rodd's song poem output runs the gamut from country western to psychedelic pop and even, as in one of the two versions of I'm Just the Other Woman which has a backwards tape loop superimposed over the whole track, reaching out into the avant garde. Unlike many of his contemporaries in the field though Rodd's recordings almost always have that certain something else that lifts them above mediocrity. His work with the Chamberlain is quite remarkable, especially when you consider how limiting that instrument was – tape loops were short, percussion tracks ran in weird time signatures and often the overall effect was like listening to a drunk playing a fairground organ – and his arrangements bear comparison with the all-time greats. It's just a pity that the material he had to work with was so tenth-rate.
"Discovering him through these recordings has been illuminating although I think there are just as many questions raised as are answered," Ellery continues. "I eventually became quite enamoured of his work once I had heard enough to get a sense of what the whole game was about. In his best work I hear a man who put himself into what he was doing even as he likely considered the work to be next to worthless. In doing so he revealed something of himself, an honesty that is often missing in more popular commercial music. Given that he had to take on so many different musical personas, I ask myself if he was simply a very skilled mimicker of human emotions or whether he was in fact deeply connected emotionally. Given all I know about him I suspect it's the latter.
"I'm always interested in hearing or tracking down Rodd's work. I do know that there was at least one homemade film made in the studio at one of the sessions. That's probably lost to the ages. Needless to say, if I found something like that the experience would be beyond words. It's very rewarding for me that Rodd has become known, at least for song-poem work. It's frustrating that his greater talents seem not to have been well documented, yet there is something surprisingly revealing about the song-poem work. So he did leave us something and for that I'm very grateful."
NB - although both sides of this 45 are credited as being written, produced and performed by Douglas Paul the A-side - below - is clearly performed by Rodd Keith (or, more correctly, Rod Rogers as this has all the hallmarks of his Film City period). The B-side, Born to be Like the Wind, is by another singer altogether. Possibly Mr Paul himself.
Friday, 7 September 2012
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Oh, & God bless you, Darryl for enlightening me onto this here great artist!
Great post, cool that you could get an interview with Mr Eskelin. I have an album by Ellery that samples his dad's stuff on a couple songs.ReplyDelete
And just heard today that Don Bolles is compiling some song-poem collections for the Burger Records label - he was on the radio playing some tracks, inc. one by Rodd himself.
I'm reasonably certain the flipside features Rodd on vocals as well, employing the deep, dignified voice he would trot out sometimes for stately ballads and military tributes.ReplyDelete
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I've been checking the Webcomic List a lot lately. They automatically update every two hours, with a list of all webcomics updated that day (from the 16,652 comics tracked). It's a nice service for someone who wants to get to know webcomics more widely.
I thought it'd be interesting to make a little rundown of what I've seen here and how I react to them. Since there are so many comics in this list, I will limit myself to only some. This is just conveyor-belt reading, so I might feel very differently if I were to give each comic individual time and effort. But it might give some idea of how a reader (with my preferences) experiences the comics.
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1.00 FTE - A corporate comic. The art uses an illustration style you might expect from bathroom doors and other corporate places. This was a fun touch, but also feels dehumanizing, which might alienate me in the long run (no faces). The content reads a bit too much like Dilbert to truly pique my interest.
2300. I did not get this at all. Maybe it's the kind of comic where you have to read from the beginning to get it. We're given three different time frames - "9:45", "12:30", and "15 years ago". This is very confusing. I'm not sure if these are all happening in the same day and the person is traveling in time, or if this is someone's dream (as we're shown sleeping people). Looking back a few strips doesn't really help me. The art is solid but I tend to be unimpressed by too computerized-looking (if that makes sense) strips.
2pRestart! This seems to be an action/pun strip, which works well on a quick reading like this. The fun thing about the art is distance - the two characters (Pikachu and the boy from Pokémon?) are seen in silhuette only, as if we're watching them from a little way back. I'm not sure if I get the joke, probably because I haven't played the game, but I enjoyed the visuals here.
A Bit Sketchy. I totally didn't get this. *does some research* A teamster is apparently a truck driver. So... this is a truck driver who gets wings, becomes a fairy, and starts to beat people while they sleep? O.o It sounds like it could be awesome, if it were taken a bit further perhaps. And if so many strips didn't end with "I'm a teamsta!" I'm not a fan of the color choices here, and I wouldn't use jpeg for drawings. Well, I did at first, until my girlfriend told me the jpeg compression is burning her eyes, and I should definitely use PNG instead. I must admit she was right.
The Academy. This time it's GIF, but the strip is still burning my eyes. It may be compression, or the choice of color and font - this comic is not pleasant to look at, and it's a shame because the content might be interesting for me. As it is, I can't read it.
Agent-X Comics. The visuals and one line of text make this look oddly like an old-fashioned newspaper strip, something like Ziggy perhaps. It's a strange combination with the nerd jokes. Unless that's the intended effect, and this is trying to parody ye olde newspaper format. I'm really not sure. But the content seems like it could be... *flips back a few pages* Oh, I love this strip! Here we have three long-clawed gentlemen from films, voicing their discontent with the new touch screens. That's an original concept. I think I'll follow this comic.
A Terrible Mind. Pleasant to look at. I like the look of the characters, and the shades of grey used for color here. The style is nice and solid. But the content is, well, a cat poo joke. Seems like it could be very on and off. I might read it again, but on a first glance, it doesn't seem like my thing.
Allan. OK, I'm in love. Naivistic style, childlike life observations. This guy puts his personality into the comic, and I love that. My only complaint is that the text is a tad hard to read on some of them. I prefer the color ones to the black and white ones, nice color choices. And cute animated guy on the front page. Um, I guess I have nothing negative to say about this one.
And Shine Heaven Now. Love the title. Hmmm, this seems like a story arc comic, and the author is helpfully linking to earlier strips, but I don't have the energy for them now though. I'm liking the one I linked to, because the wings go beyond panel boundaries, and that's a sign that the author has given the visuals some thought. You don't actually need panels on a webcomic, and it can make the strip look cramped, but in that one it works. It looks like a promising strip, I might want to check it later.
Anti-Bishie. I can't read this one. Too much black and white = instant anxiety. The art looks like it might be good, but it also seems like a battle/dystopia strip, and I can't handle those. To each her own.
Antiportrait. I'd comment on this one but I can't stop reading these strips. It's fun, original and well drawn - loving it! Anything negative? I guess the text, again, can be hard to read. I'd say cramming too many drawings into a small space can get clustered, so maybe even it out a bit by doing several images instead of a tight panel construct. But the content - awesomesauce.
Anything But Real Life. The latest one doesn't really interest me, but I flipped back a few and found this (see link) - a leopard changing its spots while smoking. I'm thinking this strip might be better off doing this kind of one-image stuff with surrealist ideas, instead of - what the others strips seem like - puns among roommates.
Apple Valley. Instant reaction: way too much text, won't read. But I did look at it and I enjoyed "Dr Hubris" and "Drop your font by two or three sizes, I'm hung over". It looks promising yet hard to get into without context. Will check it again. I like the drawing style, which is kind of rounded as opposed to sharp. I enjoy rounded drawings the most for some reason.
Armageddon is apparently an online graphic novel. That's a little too ambitious for a snap judgement, but I'll link to it anyway.
Arthur, King of Time and Space. This looks like a fun comic, and I might get into it. BUT the comic looks... well, disturbing. The colors are too much, and it looks low quality. Minimalistic style is good, big screaming pixels are bad. Also: the color of the page is in stark contrast with the cute old-timey "first" and "previous" buttons. Major style clash.
Ask Chris. Looks like a lot of fun - especially the comic I linked to, which isn't the last one but the one I found funniest. It had me looking back a few strips, which is always a good sign. The comic is apparently based on a little guy answering random questions sent via email. (Or are the emails made up by the author? You never know with this stuff.) Seems like they're playing around with the format, which I love. Will check this out again.
Avatar Unlocked. It's a strip about gaming and..well, I don't game, so it's not really for me. The art looks solid but not overly original. Probably won't look at this one again.
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Brazil has high chances to ensure that all children - particularly girls – living in hardship and belonging to ethnic minorities have access to free, mandatory and good quality basic education by 2015.
UNESCO in Brazil promotes family participation in the students' school lives.
The Office has published several guides and handbooks to provide tools for early childhood education management. It has also produced inputs for the early childhood education curriculum, considering international trends and experiences.
UNESCO Brasilia, together with the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), are now cooperating with the Ministry of Education to produce pedagogical materials dedicated to the initial and continuous training of teachers of basic education in relation to the African and African-Brazilian history and culture.
The production proposal is to contribute to building a just and equal country providing solid contents to knowledge building on the richness and diversity of the African history and culture and their influence in the history and culture of the Brazilian people.


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Been riding and such. Seems the more I can get out on my bike and ride countryside the less anything else worries me. Makes no sense I suppose, but it doesn't have to.
We got a good dumping of snow this week, some of the trails I rode today were covered with virgin snow, I found myself pushing my bike for a couple of miles in some places.
Pedaled through this section, was slow going at around 4 mph. Plowing and sliding through the snow. Two critters came this way before me but I was the first human being.
Riding last weekend it started to rain and it started to freeze. I was riding on gravel and about 14 miles out my wheels started to slide side to side dangerously. My biggest fear of crashing down hard on frozen ground is breaking body parts that will keep me off the bike. I was thinking this is getting too dangerous, time to turn around and call today's ride over. So I did. The problem was everything had turned to glazed ice. There were some times that I had to get off the bike and shuffle my feet forward and use the bike to help hold me up. Slowly making it home, home sweet home, with out any broken body parts.


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Ruth 1
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1. In teh dayz of judges, no foodz. Man from Bethlehem (dat in Judah) is has wife 'n too sonz and leave for Moab.
2. Man is Elimelech. Wife iz Naomi. Sonz names don't matter, they dies soon anways lolz. They livez in Moab now.
3. Elimelech dies, Naomi is widowe. Still gots two sunz.
4. Sons has gots wives now, Orpah n' Ruth. Family livs in Moab for tene yers and
5. Sunz dies lolz. Naomi now widowe with no sunz.
6. She hears that Invisible Man help his pepples by givin thems cakes n' pies n' cheezebrgrs kthx. Naomi is gets doghters n' goes bak to Israel.
7. Thems all leave home on the roadz to teh Judahs.
8. Naomi sez "Kthx, but yuz go home to yur momz. May teh Invisible Man give all of you happy 'n stuff as yous have shown yours dead n' me.
9. "May Invisible Man givez you will finds sleeps n' more mens 'n stuffs, kthxbye." She kised thems and all cried lolz.
10. And said to herz "We gos bak wit yuz."
11. But Naomi sez "Nos! Go homez, lolz. Why yu comes? I am haves no more suns for yu to be wivezes.
12. "Goes home... I too old 'n stuff for more husbands. There is no hopes for me to has sunz.
13. "Even ifs, sunz be babees 'n not able to get marryed for long times lol. Bad times for me, not as bad for you since Invisible Man hates mes and kills all my husband n' sonz."
14. All crys. Orpah kisess Naomi 'n gos home like good doter. Ruth not leeves.
15. "Look"(Naomi keep talks)"yus sister gos home to her peeples n' gods. Go with teh flowz!"
16. Ruth sez "Nos. Where yu goes, I gos n' where yu stay, me too. Yus peeples mine 'n yus Invisible Man mine too kthx.
17. "I dies where yu dies, n' there i is being dead. May teh Invisible Man killz me, deaths is all that wills separated us."
18. Naomi sees Ruth. Stops yelling. They goes.
19. Thems has gots to Bethlehem. Town sez "Is this teh Naomis?"
20. "I not Naomi" sez Naomi. "I is called Mara (which means icky n' bitter), becuz Invisible Man is mean and make my life bad.
21. "I gos out full wit husband n' sunz 'n stuff, but now i gots none. Why calls me Naomi (which meanses good 'n stuff)? Invisible Man can has afflicted mes."
22. So anyways they all gets back to Bethlehem from Moab and it wuz times to has barleys.
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SIMPLE PASSION By Annie Ernaux. Translated by Tanya Leslie. 64 pp. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows. $15.
PERHAPS only in France -- the country that made cultural icons of Roland Barthes and Jerry Lewis, Simone de Beauvoir and Coco Chanel -- could the slender autobiographical fictions of Annie Ernaux have become best sellers. "Simple Passion," a memoir of a writer's obsessive affair with a shadowy married man, is part semiotic treatise and part Harlequin romance, and all the better for the combination of high and low. One of the hottest books in France last year, it embraces the crazed adolescent behavior that can crop up at any age, yet is intelligent enough to wrap those details in a taut literary shape and defiantly unemotional language.
The unnamed narrator is, like Ms. Ernaux, a middle-aged writer and teacher who lives in a Paris suburb, who is divorced and has two almost-grown sons. The novel describes her two-year affair with a man she calls A, a businessman from Eastern Europe who looks vaguely like the actor Alain Delon. It hardly matters that he is not described beyond that, for he is almost beside the point. The obsession itself, not the object of the obsession, is what compels the character and intrigues Ms. Ernaux.
"From September last year, I did nothing else but wait for a man," the narrator recalls, and it is not much of an exaggeration. She walks through her everyday life in a fog formed by constant thoughts of her lover. During an ordinary conversation she perks up at a casual reference, not to him, but to a nightclub in a country he once visited. In the Metro she gives money to beggars and as she drops coins into their cups makes a wish that he will call that night. "I promised to send 200 francs to Unicef if he came to see me before a particular date," she writes. Waiting for his phone call seems as tantalizingly pleasurable as making love, and even when he is with her, she can't help counting the hours until the waiting will begin again. This tale of compulsion is irresistibly readable, as the narrator moves beyond desire and, she occasionally recognizes, nearly beyond sanity.
But Ms. Ernaux wants to do more than re-create the common, embarrassing details of obsession. She uses words to turn emotions and memories into an object made of language, an object the narrator describes but refuses to analyze. "I am merely listing the signs of a passion," she writes in one of many self-conscious asides, "as if this inventory could allow me to grasp the reality of my passion." To explain her behavior would be to judge it, she says. Instead, she presents her reconstructed affair to the reader as if it were a post-modern sculpture, a hybrid of knowingly self-indulgent sentiment and a wary glance at the act of creation itself.
"Simple Passion," smoothly translated by Tanya Leslie, owes much to Marguerite Duras's pared-down, enigmatic tales of destructive love. It also extends the descriptive style Ms. Ernaux used in her stirring, elegiac memoirs of her father and mother, "A Man's Place" (1983) and "A Woman's Story" (1988), both of which became wildly popular in France and minor literary successes in the United States.
The triumph of Ms. Ernaux's approach in all these works is to cherish commonplace emotions while elevating the banal expression of them. In "A Woman's Story," soon after her mother's death she thinks: "This is the first spring she will never see. (Now I can feel the power of ordinary sentences, or even cliches.)" She relishes the ordinary in "Simple Passion" too. "Sentimental songs," she writes, "moved me deeply," accepting both their power and their silliness.Continue reading the main story
Yet in the end, too much self-conscious attention to writing and language diminishes the impact of "Simple Passion." As the narrator moves out of her obsession, she briefly announces its "true meaning" (the very meaninglessness of this "violent and unaccountable reality" is what she treasures). She also suggests it has brought her closer to shared human experience. Such bland observations prove she was wise not to analyze her emotions in the first place. This shrewdly wrought tale can stand on its own, a monument to passions that defy simple explanations.Continue reading the main story


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Everything was soon outside
Outside things have been a bit difficult . In my last post I told you about our poor Eucalyptus trees that had been blown over. Those poor trees have been up and down more times than I can count. Jim has been out in all weathers trying ever more ingenious ways to keep them upright.
Today I can report that 4 of the five younger trees are fit and well. Number five, which was the biggest and most top heavy, didn't make it. Its now residing in my neighbours shed seasoning ready for the log burner next winter. Its roots were so badly damaged and the soil all around it turned to liquid mud. It wouldn't stay up any longer. All there is now is a gap and a muddy hole where it used to be.
We have researched a more appropriate tree for the spot. It certainly doesn't want to be evergreen, with the wind blowing through that gap, a deciduous tree stands far more chance of staying upright. We shall get something in the spring to plug the hole.
Even after the sad loss of the tree, other signs of life are about.
Allium are starting to appear
As are self seeded California Poppies
And I have started planting. My chillies are in and are now tucked up in a propagator in a warm spot in the summerhouse.
I planted three varieties , the same as my very successful plants of last year. They are Chiltepin, The rude Chillies and Dorset Naga. They were so good last year I have had quite a few requests for plants from friends so I have planted a lot more. When this lot have germinated I shall do even more.
I have used a root trainer this time as well. The sweet peas I planted in the autumn have loved growing in them, so I have invested in a few more.
Lets hope this lot all grow as well as last years.
And finally a bit about the poor chickens. They have been getting so wet. The run had a cover on it that afforded them some protection, but in one of the early storms. It was ripped to shreds. Jim used a large tarpaulin to cover them up and save them from constant soaking and it has worked well. The only problem is, they are always in the dark, so we have invested in a clear cover and there will be pictures of that next time. Here they are, always cheerful no matter how bedraggled they look, and once again laying eggs.
There was one bit of exciting news, It would appear that Margot was made a Dame in the New Years honours list . Lets hope she doesn't get too big for her boots , Geri and Babs wouldn't like that.
And on that note the first blog of the year is done. I will try and make sure I don't just repeat stuff I wrote last year. I have big plans for the patch this year, a couple of growing experiments and I have already entered two growing competitions. One a Dorset Naga growing one run by Sea Spring Seeds and the other is an as yet unexplained sunflower competition being run by Pete and Gary otherwise known as the Vegetablism crew. If you like to grow and fancy a challenge check out the link to the competitions and see if you fancy joining in.
Here's wishing you a wonderful 2014 growing season.


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1988 NBA Playoffs: Boston's Focus is Defense
Another day off? Sure. Celtics coach K.C. Jones liked what a few days of rest last week produced, particularly Sunday's gem, when Boston efficiently dispatched the 76ers in Philadelphia's Spectrum, 117-108.
In that game, which stretched the Celtics' winning streak to seven, Boston shot a sizzling 66 percent from the floor in the second half. But the thing that pleased the coach most -- and ultimately produced a day of leisure for the troops yesterday -- was aggressive, active defense that rendered Charles Barkley and his struggling Philly teammates helpless when the game was on the line.
"It's coming from the defensive end, and that's a new mode for us," said Jones yesterday. "It's something we hadn't really concentrated on before.
"When we had those four days off, you worry about getting rusty in your shooting, your passing or your timing. But rustiness never sets in on defense. Our guys started out that Philly game with hard-nosed defense, and that's what we've got to use as our foundation."
Boston's defensive intensity has been markedly improved in recent outings. Not coincidentally, the playoffs are a little more than two weeks away. You don't need to be an expert on the intricacies of the game to understand that the Celtics are hunkering down and preparing for the postseason.
"We're in the playoffs now," said Jones. "We came into Philadelphia, and Barkley was talking in the papers before we played 'em how it was a do-or-die situation for them. I knew going in they'd be 12 feet high trying to beat us.
"And it's going to be like that the rest of the way. We've got Milwaukee Wednesday, and they're fighting to keep their spot in the playoff order, then Cleveland, then Washington. Everyone we meet now, it's crunch time for them."
The Celtics are enjoying crunch time a lot more this season than last, primarily because there are significantly fewer health problems to cloud their postseason chances. Last year, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale limped their way through the playoffs, while their fellow starters dealt with various bumps and bruises.
The starting quintet appears to be much better prepared for the long playoff haul this time.
McHale did give the locals a scare Sunday when he came down wrong and his left ankle buckled, forcing him to leave the game before halftime. But the slight sprain was not serious, and he returned to torch Philadelphia for 24 points.
In fact, McHale's injury was so slight he didn't even bother to report to trainer Ed Lacerte yesterday. Lacerte's only customer was Jim Paxson, who has been experiencing some soreness in his Achilles' tendon.
"I talked to Kevin," said Lacerte, "and there's minimal swelling and no pain with walking. It's just a mild ankle sprain, and there's no reason why he can't play Wednesday."
Thus, the only intrigue in the final seven games appears to be the Bill Walton Watch, an ongoing process in a perpetual "day-to-day" status.
"I've talked with Bill and expect to see him at practice (today)," said Jones. "There's nothing new there. When he walks in and says, 'Here I am, I'm ready to go,' then that's when we'll go. But there's no hurry to get to that point."
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Indigenous Cosmopolitics in the Andes: Conceptual Reflections Beyond "Politics"
In Latin America indigenous politics has been branded as "ethnic politics." Its activism is interpreted as a quest to make cultural rights prevail. Yet, what if "culture" is insufficient, even an inadequate notion, to think the challenge that indigenous politics represents? Drawing inspiration from recent political events in Peru—and to a lesser extent in Ecuador and Bolivia—where the indigenous–popular movement has conjured sentient entities (mountains, water, and soil—what we call "nature") into the public political arena, the argument in this essay is threefold. First, indigeneity, as a historical formation, exceeds the notion of politics as usual, that is, an arena populated by rational human beings disputing the power to represent others vis-à-vis the state. Second, indigeneity's current political emergence—in oppositional antimining movements in Peru and Ecuador, but also in celebratory events in Bolivia—challenges the separation of nature and culture that underpins the prevalent notion of politics and its according social contract. Third, beyond "ethnic politics" current indigenous movements, propose a different political practice, plural not because of its enactment by bodies marked by gender, race, ethnicity or sexuality (as multiculturalism would have it), but because they conjure nonhumans as actors in the political arena.
Editorial Footnotes
Cultural Anthropology has published many essays on politics in Latin America. See, for example, Thomas Pearson's "On the Trail of Living Modified Organisms: Environmentalism Within and Against Neoliberal Order" (2009); Cymene Howe's "Spectacles of Sexuality: Televisionary Activism in Nicaragua" (2008); and Charles Brigg's "Mediating Infanticide: Theorizing Relations between Narrative and Violence" (2007).
Cultural Anthropology has also published many essays focused specifically on indigeneity in Latin America. See, for example, Charles Hale's "Activist Research versus the Cultural Critique" (2006); Ana Maria Alonso's "Conforming Disconformity: "Mestizaje," Hybridity, and the Aesthetics of Mexican Nationalism" (2004); Diane Nelson's "Stumped Identities: Body Image, Bodies Politic, and the Mujer Maya as Prosthetic" (2001) by David W. Dinwoodie's "Authorizing Voices: Going Public in an Indigenous Language" (1998); and Jean Jackson's "Preserving Indian Culture: Shaman Schools and Ethno-Education in the Vaupes, Colombia" (1995).
About the Author
Marisol de la Cadeña is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. Her current research interrogates the relationship between indigeneity and "politics" in the Andes.
Additional Work by the Author
2008 "Alternative Indigeneities: Conceptual Proposals." Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies 3(3):341-349.
2005 "Are mestizos hybrids? The Conceptual Politics of Andean identities." Journal of Latin American Studies 37(2): 259-284.
2005 "The Production of Other Knowledges and Its Tensions: From Andeanist Anthropology to Interculturalidad." In World Anthropologies: Disciplinary Transformations within Systems of Power. Gustavo Lins Ribeiro and Arturo Escobar, eds. Pp. 201-224. Oxford: Berg Publishers.
2000 Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco Peru. Durham: Duke University Press.
Workers of the Yanacocha mine march to demand the reopening of roads in Cajamarca (Spanish).
Peru's indigenous groups vow to fight for land.
Related Readings
Albro, Robert. 2006 "The Culture of Democracy and Bolivia's Indigenous Movement" in Critique of Anthropology 26 (4): 387-410.
Aparicio, Juan and Mario Blaser. 2008 "The Lettered City and the Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges in Latin America" Anthropological Quarterly 81(1): 59-94.
Descola, Philippe. 1996 In the Society of Nature: A Native Ecology in Amazonia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Graham, Laura. 2002 "How Should an Indian Speak? Brazilian Indians and the Symbolic Politics of Language Choice in the International Public Sphere." In Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation and the State in Latin America. Jean Jackson and Kay Warren, eds. Pp. 181-228. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Nash, June. 1992[1972] We Eat the Mines and the Mines Eat Us: Dependency and Exploitation in Bolivian Tin Mines. New York: Columbia University Press.
Stengers, Isabelle. 2005 "A Cosmopolitical Proposal." In Making Things Public: Atmospheres of Democracy. Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel, eds. Pp. 994-1003. Cambdridge: MIT Press.
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Albany, N.Y. - Spaces are still available on the 16th annual Cycling the Erie Canal, an eight-day, 400-mile bicycle tour from Buffalo to Albany along the legendary Erie Canal, scheduled for July 13-20, 2014. Early registration has been extended through June 11, and for riders with limited time, weekend options are offered from Buffalo to Pittsford on July 13-14 and Canajoharie to Albany on July 19-20.
Cycling the Erie Canal riders will experience one of the best trails in America as they pedal through historic canal villages and discover the small-town charm of Upstate New York. Along the way, canal historians and local experts will introduce participants to the people, places, and things that make the Erie Canal so unique and so important to the history of New York State and the nation. With three-quarters of the route off-road on the mostly-flat and traffic-free Canalway Trail, and the rest on rural roads with good shoulders, the tour offers unparalleled cycling for all ages and abilities.
Last year, Cycling the Erie Canal drew more than 500 riders, ages 4 through 89, from 36 states, four Canadian provinces, and Great Britain.
"Summer in New York State isn't complete without a bike tour along the Erie Canal! Cycling the Erie Canal is truly a great ride and we are excited to share this beautiful and historic region of New York State with riders from across the country and around the world," says Robin Dropkin, Executive Director of Parks & Trails New York, which organizes the tour.
Parks & Trails New York is a statewide nonprofit advocacy organization working to create a network of parks, trails greenways, and green spaces across the state for all to use and enjoy. Funds raised will help Parks & Trails New York close the gaps in the Canalway Trail and promote bicycling for sustainable tourism and economic development in Upstate New York. When complete, the 524-mile Canalway Trail will be the longest intra-state multi-use trail system in the country and a premier cycling destination.
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - How can an order of priests go on serving the Catholic Church and the faithful after revelations that the man who founded it was a fraud who lived a double life as a pedophile, womanizer and drug addict?
That is the dilemma facing the Legionaries of Christ, as the conservative religious order started a six-week meeting on Wednesday to write a new constitution and chart a future course that would put the stain of scandal behind it.
The order, once a darling of the Vatican because it attracted more people to religious vocations and made sizeable financial donations to the Church, has been in receivership since 2010.
At that point, former Pope Benedict appointed a personal delegate to run it while investigations were carried out and preparations made for upcoming changes.
The order runs private Catholic schools and charitable organizations in 22 countries via its network of some 950 priests and 1,000 seminarians. It operates a Catholic university in Rome and its lay movement, known as Regnum Christi, has around 30,000 members.
Father Marcial Maciel, a Mexican who founded the order in 1941, ran it like a cult rooted in secrecy, according to former Legionaries. Members took a special vow promising never to criticize the founder or question his motives.
For decades the Vatican dismissed accusations by seminarians that Maciel had abused them sexually, some when they were as young as 12.
Pope John Paul II, who is set to become a saint in May, was a strong supporter, appreciating the group's ability to attract more people to clerical life than other religious orders.
The order also had many wealthy conservative benefactors who saw it as a bulwark against liberalism in the Church.
"The Legion for six decades was a cult of personality built on lies and Maciel's phenomenal fundraising," said Jason Berry, author of "Render unto Rome - The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church" and who has written extensively on the order.
In 2006, a year after John Paul's death, a Vatican investigation concluded that the accusations of molestation that had been previously denied were true. Pope Benedict ordered Maciel to retire to a life of "prayer and penitence".
Maciel died in 2008 at the age of 87, and the next year more Church investigations found that he had also fathered several children with at least two different women, visited his "families" regularly and sent them money for their upkeep.
The order has acknowledged that Maciel, who was also a morphine addict, had "a prolonged and stable relationship" with one of the women.
The purpose of the gathering, known as a "general chapter," is to write a new constitution for the order that will allow it to cleanse itself of Maciel's lingering influence and elect new leaders. It is due to last at least six weeks.
At a Mass opening the gathering, Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, the papal delegate who oversaw the order for the past three years, said delegates had to find "a common path to healing" and spiritual renewal.
"You have suffered the shame of being accused, viewed with suspicion and of being exposed to public opinion, even within the Church," he said. "Suffering has purified you, matured you."
Critics of the order say those who were close to Maciel had to have know about his crimes and should not be involved in decisions of the general chapter, which is being attended by the Legionaries superiors and delegates from around the world.
"Some Legionaries still see Maciel as having been wrongly accused. People who left openly call it a cult," Berry said. "These issues should be resolved in sustained discussion with help from trained therapists. Unless the truth becomes a priority, how can you change a movement built on lies?"
Pope Francis, who has called for a "deep renewal" of the order, will have to approve its new constitution.
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Talking Angela House Fix
Talking Angela House Fix is an Other game on Snowwhitegames.Com. You can play Talking Angela House Fix in your browser for free. In this game, your task is help Angela the talking cat to fix her house. Many things are broken in her house and she really needs your help! Start by fixing the furniture,and take care of the fish tank. After you finish fixing and cleaning the living room you can proceed to the next room,the bedroom. Clean the mess and fix the broken things. Have fun! Use the mouse to play this game.