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Kinkeshi Collector Tracking
Completely stealing a page from Onetallponderosa, I am doing a collector tracking for the vintage 418 Kinkeshi collection, all the five colors or a Master Set.
Not the re-releases, only the original/vintage Part 1 to Part 30 run.
One of the more difficult things about the Japanese Kinkeshi line besides completing it, is acquiring them from other sources besides yahoojapan or ebay.
Prior to joining LRG in October 2016, I knew of the existence of Kinkeshi and that they came from Japan etc (I probably lurked around for a good 6 months before deciding on joining).
But once I joined it was a wealth of information! Simply by just using the "Search" option I could trace back old posts/threads about whaever topic I was interested in.
I also realized that new members kept asking the same questions over & over about Kinkeshi & MUSCLE figures, despite the information being available if you just looked or did the research (I asked some of those questions when I first joined: How many MUSCLES total? etc).
But I get it, its overwhelming and you gotta start somewhere...
Once you cross that bridge and start collecting Kinkeshi like myself, it becomes hard to trade because I didn't know who collected Kinkeshi.
Once you get to certain Parts or start collecting Color Kinkeshi, finding the ones you are missing is a real hurdle. So this could possibly help collectors reach goals etc
From the looks of things not many apparently (haha) so this is why am asking the community: If you do collect Kinkeshi or have completed the vintage 418 set or more than one, please let me know so I can compile a list
I know jkaris and EricNilla have complete sets (more than one even!) but I know other LRG members have some too!
So please share and give me exact numbers.
418 Vintage Kinkeshi Set (Flesh)
-Kayfabe1985: 385/418 (*33 Flesh Sculpts shy for a full Flesh set)
418 Vintage Kinkeshi Set (Mixed)
2-EricNilla (3 Complete Sets)
Almost Complete 418 Vintage Kinkeshi Set (Mixed)
1-EricNilla (4th Set: Missing 15 Sculpts)
2-Kayfabe1985 (2nd Set: Missing 2 Sculpts)
3-Kayfabe1985 (3rd Set: Missing 12 Sculpts)
4-89cpe (circa 85 away from completing a set)
5-Sydot ()
Sadist Club!!! Vintage Kinkeshi Master Set
1-Kayfabe1985: 1,494/2,090
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- Describe the ecosystem impacts/changes which have already occurred.
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- Current Basis for Essential Fish Habitat Designations in the NE Region
David Stevenson
- Marine Habitat and Climate: An Inconvenient Truth
John Manderson
- Workshop Summary and Next Steps
- Audio/presentation recording - morning session
- Audio/presentation recording - afternoon session
- Audio/presentation recording - closing remarks

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This morning, I just got this idea of taking some good photos of her wearing this dress. So I searched ideas of DIY photo backdrop. What I'm looking for is something really easy and quick (less than 10 minutes). This is what I came up with, big paper buntings in a white background.
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After the photo shooting "session", I used the bunting as the decor for the kid's room.


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2 West End Neighbors in San Rafael Team Up on Davidson Middle School Community Garden Project
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Huge Hello Everyone!
Well it's that wonderful time again!
1st of the month and i have a few suprise to show you!
First i wanted to say a HUGE thank you all those whom took part in my
Monthly Challenge "BLUE SKIES"
I truly found it hard to choose just one!
So our Winner of June Challenge is
and our Spread the word winner is
I also had a speacil challenge running at the Emerald Faires
Whom Both Pam and Gillan created amazings layout
with both Eye Candy Magic and Emerald Faries
i couldn't possible choose one so i'll send you both a little something :)
I want to Thank everybody who took the time to enter this challenge!
all your creation are stunning!
Remember i'm happy for you to combine my challenge with other
like Bird is the word, I understand that time is limited and there are so many
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Now On to July Challenge for this month!
colour theme "Purples and Greens" Black and white
are also allowed on the layout too!
Here is a lovely example created by this Months Guest Designer
Rachel Funnel
How AMAZING is this layout!!
love how Rachel has used these Eye Candies!
Huge Thank you Rachel! MWAH!
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So give this Challenge ago and email me email@example.com
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JOY Christmas Special on the BBC DEC 23rd
Tune into BBC NI on 23 December at 10:35pm (local time) to see Keith & Kristyn Getty's Christmas program, Joy at Christmas!
Filmed last year in front of a live audience during Keith & Kristyn's annual United States tour, Joy - An Irish Christmas, this broadcast for the BBC Northern Ireland includes many of the evening's favorite moments, from high-spirited instrumentals and dancing to stirring modern hymns and traditional carols - all in celebration of the good news of Christmas!
Joy at Christmas
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It has been almost one week since Armenian Genocide remembrance day and attention to it has begun to wane. But here is one more post about it.
The movie "The Promise" was released this year and it's an American historical drama about love triangle during the final years of the Ottoman Empire, and during the mass murder of the Armenian minority planned and executed by the Ottoman government.


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Lace Earings. The World's Easiest!
Today we are going to make the "world's easiest Lace Earings!" Each design is small and measures approx. from just over an inch to 1.75 inch/3cm to 4.5cm. I have included colour stops for trimming any little "jump stitches" where necessary. However, only 1 colour is used throughout. Your bobbin thread matches the top thread. I used machine embroidery thread – Marathon – and it works very well. From your local craft shop you will need to get jump rings to make drop earrings (optional) and earring hooks. You will also need some small imitation pearls and a glue gun for gluing on the pearls.
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The letter writer was incensed, as so many people so often are, by America's insistence on using its own special word to describe the game that almost everyone else calls football.
"It seems a thousand pities that in reporting Association football matches The New York Times, in company with all the other newspapers, should persistently call the game 'socker,' " the writer, one Francis H. Tabor, said in The Times. "In the first place, there is no such word, and in the second place, it is an exceedingly ugly and undignified one." That was in 1905, and it was proof that the perennial debate on the topic of "What is America's problem?" began not in this World Cup, or in the one before that, but a full quarter of a century before there was such thing as a World Cup. Ranting irritably about American usage — only to have Americans rant right back — turns out to be almost as popular a sport as soccer (or football) itself.
The latest analysis of this issue came in a much commented-upon academic paper published recently by Stefan Szymanski, an economist who is a professor of sport management at the University of Michigan and the co-author of "Soccernomics." In his analysis, Szymanski points out that the word soccer actually began in Britain and continued to be used there happily — right alongside "football" — until at least the 1970s, when a surge of bad temper and anti-Americanism made it virtually radioactive.
"I'm English, and I'm in my 50s, and I remember, as a kid, soccer being a perfectly acceptable word in the U.K., without being this big no-no Americanism that it's become," Szymanski said in an interview. "There are so many people who seem to be totally ignorant, as if this is entirely an American invention, and so I was keen to set the record straight."
Among other things, he pointed out, Matt Busby, the manager of Manchester United in the 1950s and 1960s, wrote an autobiography, "Soccer at the Top," and a biography of the renowned player George Best was called "George Best: The Inside Story of Soccer's Super-Star."
But while the two terms were apparently coexisting harmoniously abroad, the opposite was happening in America. By the early 20th century, of course, the United States already had its own kind of football, called "football." This is a sport, foreigners like to point out, that mostly involves people doing things to the ball with their hands. But never mind that right now.
In those early years, a parade of super-keen Britons ventured across the Atlantic in an effort to popularize soccer — then known in England by the formal title "association football" — as a more civilized alternative. Articles in The Times from that period reflect both a kind of delighted curiosity about the sport and a great deal of confusion about what to call it.
At that time, football in Britain had already split into two kinds. One was association football; the other was rugby football, known as rugby.
Already, Szymanski said, the term "soccer" was being used in Britain, having perhaps begun in Oxford and Cambridge as a shortened form of the word "association." The students there liked, for some reason, he explained, to add the infantilizing "er" diminutive to random words. (Rugby, under this system, had been shortened to "rugger," a term that is still widely used. Even today, English people sometimes call football "footie," but that is another issue).
Discussing this exciting new sport in 1905 and 1906, The New York Times seized on "soccer" as a useful shorthand, particularly in space-challenging headlines. But only sometimes. Other times it spelled it socker. Sometimes it called it soccer, but put quotation marks around it. Other times it used "association football," referred to it as "soccer football," or called it "English football."
An article on Oct. 10, 1905, described the efforts of Sir Alfred Harmsworth, an aristocratic London publisher, to "send corps of experts to American colleges" to teach them the correct way to play "socker."
"It is believed that if the game is properly introduced to the patrons of football through the medium of the leading colleges," the article said, American-style football would "eventually play a secondary part to the 'socker' style of playing."
Fat chance. But the article also noted, for good measure, that "English football players say the American college game is brutal and featureless."
Then, on Oct. 22, in an article describing a match between "the English Pilgrim Association football team" and the "all-New York Eleven," whoever they were, The Times threw a big dose of semantic confusion into the mix with its headline: "English 'Socker' Team Won Football Match." The Times then lurched merrily along for a while, using "socker" and "soccer" interchangeably. The word, in whatever form, did not thrill all of its readers.
A few days after Tabor's attack on the word "socker" in 1905, another Times reader, Lawrence Boyd, issued an indignant response — though, confusingly, he appeared to be responding to something other than Tabor's actual point.
"May I ask Mr. Tabor how he expects his word 'soccer' to be pronounced?" Boyd wrote. "If pronounced as written it would be more than ever a reminder of socks." He added: " 'C' before 'e' has the value of 's,' with almost no exceptions."
After those rocky times, The Times eventually settled down, dropping the k, dropping the word "association," dropping the word "football," dropping the quotation marks. Soccer it was. An article in 1914 referred to "50,000 British soccer fans" who attended a match between Chelsea and the Bolton Wanderers in England.
For much of the century, Szymanski said, Britons would not have minded being called soccer fans. The problem came, he said, in the 1970s and '80s, as the sport became more of a force in the United States under the now-defunct North American Soccer League.
That threatened people, and the English particularly, he said, and caused them to go on violent rants on the topic of America's obnoxious and perverse tendency to do things differently from everyone else and then claim its way to be superior.
"I think the rest of the world finds the concept of American exceptionalism — 'We're giving it a different name because we're better and different than you guys' — very irritating," he said. "But that's not what happened here."
His paper, while seemingly definitive, has hardly dampened the enthusiasm of the anti-soccer brigade.
"It's called FOOTBALL," a blogger from Britain, Anonymous Coward, posted this month on an Internet forum devoted to this very topic. "Us Brits invented the game, so why is that only our USA cousins call it SOCCER."
To which another poster, from Australia (a country that also happens to call it soccer), responded: "check your dictionary MORAN" (sic).


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Welcome to darrencrome.co.uk
Darren Crome is an independent freelance session drummer based in Devon, south-west UK.
With well over 20 years experience Darren is a natural, self-taught drummer whose thoughtful playing and conviction behind the drumset ensures that he is called upon frequently for drumming duty.
Enjoy browsing the site and see the contact page for details of how to get in touch with Darren.
The Early Years
Darren was born in Nottinghamshire, England. The percussive gene being handed down from his great grandfather, a drummer in the local colliery band.
It all started with pots and pans, then after a visit to a neighbour who was also a drummer, his parents bought him a practice pad and a pair of sticks. He was 5 years old.
Soon after he was given his great grandfathers kit. A very delicate drumset with calf-skin heads, woodblocks and whistles and so on. Needless to say in the hands of a 6/7 year old it didn't last very long!
His first proper kit came along on his 10th birthday. A 5 piece Pearl Maxwin in black. He used this kit for his first performances in school productions and his first public performance accompanying an organist to the 'Brotherhood Of Man' tune 'Figaro'.
Years of playing along to records followed nuturing a solid sense of time and groove,- Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang and 70s disco through to Queen, ZZ top and Dire Straits.
By the age of 16 Darren was getting involved with local bands. His next kit came along, a white Pearl Export.
Playing with the trio,- the Martyn Brown Band, he learnt to play in a small ensemble making songs groove and feel right as opposed to over-playing.
More years of playing and learning his trade followed around the pubs and working-mens clubs of Northern and Eastern England.
Darrens first recording engagement soon followed with a local band 'Cry' travelling up to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne for the experience. It was a studio belonging to Ray Laidlaw,- drummer with Lindisfarne. Darren was hooked, being creative meant so much to him.
Since then
1989 - Martyn Brown Trio
Blues-Rock small ensemble. Mainly Gigging.
1992 - Burdock
Original indie-pop/punk band. Writing, recording and gigging. Still play the odd gig for them.
1996 - Scott McGowan
Accompanying guitarist, singer/songwriter. Gigging.
1997 - David Daw Band
Accompanying singer/songwriter. Gigging and recording.
1997 - Tim Powell-Morris (producer)
Recording, session work.
1998 - The Fab Beatles
Beatles tribute band. Touring and gigging.
2000 - Dollybird
Original pop band. Gigging and recording.
2002 - Maryland
Original indie-alt band. Showcasing and recording (with producer Hugh Jones).
2004 - Dan Church
Accompanying Singer/Songwriter. Showcasing. Met longstanding rhythm-section partner Simon Field (electric bassist) during this project.
2004 - Cat In The Hat
Blues Trio. Gigging and recording.
2005 - Conrad Harpam Band
Accompanying rock/fusion guitarist. Gigging and recording.
2008 - Dave Rich Band
Original rock/jazz/folk band. Recording and gigging.
2009 - Consortium
60s psychedelic rock band. Studio sessions for album tracks.
2009 - Jessica Sweetman
Accompanying singer/songwriter. Showcasing.
Video footage coming soon.
This is a list of my working equipment, the setup can be configured to suit the project.
Mapex Saturn Series
With 8" 10" 12" 13" toms, 14" 16" floortoms, 22" bassdrum
1960s Premier Vintage Kit
With 12" 16" toms and 20" bassdrum
Mapex Saturn 14"x6.5" snare, Vintage Premier Snare, BDC 12"x7" soprano snare, 14"x5" Premier Steel Snare. Zildjian As and A custom cymbals. Zyn sizzle cymbals and hi-hats.
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The speaker submission deadline is about to close. If you would like to present at IoT in Oil and Gas 2017 please contact:
Melissa Zerber | Conference Producer
Energy Conference Network
+1 (832) 709-0112
Wednesday, Sept. 13
7:30 am – Registration
8:40 am – Welcome by the Chairperson
Charles McCullough
Senior Manager
8:50 am – Leading businesses through Digital Transformation
This presentation explores the digital transformation that represents one of the biggest technology shifts in history. The session will provide historical context, outline opportunities (which aren't necessarily the same as what's working well for your peers) and takes a look at the maturity of available technologies hidden under broad acronyms such as Machine Learning, cognitive computing, deep learning and artificial intelligence that will transform our lives profoundly. The presentation will outline Statoil's key efforts to master and drive the transformation and Statoil's efforts to develop an integrated digital value chain and the capabilities needed to drive the transformation.
Trond Ellefsen
Former Special Advisor Digital Transformation & Strategy – Statoil
Current CEO of Invatare.ai
9:20 am – IoT – OT is driving the re-emergence of IT inside the enterprise
The next phase of the digital economy is upon us and it is called IoT. Sensor data is everywhere and those companies that don't take the leap toward turning sensor data into real time operational decisions, will quickly fall behind. The oil and gas Industry is at the forefront of the IoT revolution and living in a world where everything must compute.
Accenture and HPE will showcase how they are partnering together to activate the intelligent Edge for oil and gas companies. Why it is imperative for oil & gas companies to transform the Enterprise Network now to achieve the Enterprise wide Hybrid IT Platform IoT demands. Finally, how these solutions can be acquired on premise with minimal upfront capital under an "As-a-Service" commercial model.
Quentin Jones
IIOT Global Practice Director – HPE/ACN Alliance
9:50 am – Keynote Panel – What is IoT in the context of Oil and Gas?
- How is IoT empowering Oil and Gas companies to achieve more with less?
- Evaluating the benefits and set-backs affecting the industry through the journey of IoT implementation
Joe Perino
PERTEX Management and Technology Consulting
Jim Claunch
Vice President, Operational Excellence for Development and Production USA/Mexico
Randy Krotowski
Former CIO – Chevron Global Upstream and Caterpillar
Dr. Mike Biddle
Managing Director
Evok Innovations
Linda Salinas
Plant Manager
10:30 am – Morning Networking Break
10:50 am – Case Study: Overcoming the challenges to deploy a robust IoT Strategy
- Driving an increase in operational efficiency
- Reducing operational expenditure
- Building a business case
Jose A. Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Director of Technology and Innovation
11:20 am – IoT Enables The New Oil
In the Oil and Gas industry, predicting how assets and processes will behave is key to proactive maintenance and future productivity. Bridging the physical and virtual worlds, digital replicas of upstream, midstream and downstream asset ecosystem can help improve operations productivity, efficiency and safety. Implementing and maintaining a digital twin developed during asset construction (e.g., upgrades and changes at wells, pipelines, refineries) can improve overall asset management and performance. A digital twin can help predict by continuously learning and improving with new data, potential maintenance issues and optimizes operating parameters to elongate asset life and reduce downtime. Problems can be resolved quickly by drilling down into the digital twin to understand the issue and formulate a repair plan. What if analysis of a digital twin to understand and explain behaviors and predict future state not only optimizes uptime but also provide opportunity of new operating models and automation of end-to-end value chain processes. In addition, collaboratively with partners comparing performance across assets and executing root-cause analyses helps improve evidence-based asset management and continuous building of intelligent knowledge application. These benefits can be expanded across oil and gas process lifecycle by using a virtual reality-based digital twin and incorporating cognitive and artificial intelligence.
Greg Mitchell
Managing Director
Mahesh Chandramouli
Senior Manager
11:50 am – The Nudge: IoT for oil and gas, planetary data and human performance
Machine-to-machine connectivity not only allows for direct increased productivity, and safety in the work force, it also presents an opportunity to "nudge" society into behavior that has positive benefits. This talk will discuss some of the data applications that connect planetary data sets via satellite systems to human performance, and interactions in the work place for oil and gas applications. The talk will dive further into use cases that can be applied for operators, and engineering service companies interested in understanding how to leverage IoT to improve safety, and productivity as it relates to the "nudge."
David Zuniga
General Manager – North America
Danish Aerospace Company
12:20 pm – Networking Lunch sponsored by:
Introduction by:
JR Fuller
Director, Global Domain Executive Hyper-Connected Devices
1:20 pm – IoT in Oil & Gas: From Concept to Reality
Dave McCarthy
Senior Director of Products
1:50 pm – Advanced Production and Operation Analytics result in better decisions
- Production and operation scope of analytics
- Dealing with unstructured data
- Benefits and applications of text analytics for events detection and inclusion it in the predictive models.
Anton Babaniyazov
Staff Production Engineer
2:20 pm – From the C-suite to the shop floor
Asset performance management has the potential to leverage IoT to harness the power of big data, analytics and machine learning to deliver significant value across the hydrocarbon value chain. This presentation will explore the key components necessary for successfully using IoT technology to accelerate business strategy, maximize return on technology investment and translate executive vision into employee engagement.
Fay M. Shong
Global Oil & Gas Digital Champion
2:50 pm – Afternoon Networking Break
Sponsored by:
Dave Lafferty
Scientific Technical Services
3:20 PM – What It Really Takes to Deliver Success with IoT
IoT promises to connect things, people and systems to deliver your organization value. But how do you ensure the destination is worth the journey? In a typical IoT solution, integration can consume up to 50% of the total implementation cost and outrun traditional integration strategies, technology and IT skills.
CTP will discuss the key integration aspects organizations need to consider as they develop their IoT solution including how to use an agile and lean approach and leverage the latest technologies to accelerate discovery, innovation, and time to value.
Ken Carroll
VP and Principal IoT Architect
Cloud Technology Partners
3:50 PM – Progress in implementing IoT in upstream- What are the gaps?
Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy
Chief Data Scientist
4:20 PM – Panel: Optimizing IoT integration
- Understanding an organization's conflicting drivers and finding solutions to bridge the gap
- Evaluating strategies to gain top-down buy in
Dave Lafferty
Scientific Technical Services
Jose A. Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Director of Technology and Innovation
Robert Estill
Sujatha Kumar
Managing Partner
Shawn Cutter
Vice President
Quorum Software
Sponsored by:
Joe Perino
Pertex Management & Technology Consulting
3:20 pm – An Industrial Immune System: Using Machine Learning for Next Generation ICS Security
- How new machine learning and mathematics are automating advanced threat detection
- Why 100% network visibility allows you to preempt emerging situations, in real time, across both IT and OT environments
- How smart prioritization and visualization of threats allows for better resource allocation and lower risk
- Real-world examples of detected OT threats, from non-malicious insiders to sophisticated cyber-attackers
Jeff Cornelius
EVP Industrial Control and Critical Infrastructure Solutions
3:50 pm – Industrial IoT Security Challenges and Opportunities for Oil and Gas
- What are some of the Cyber security challenges in the Operations Technology (OT) environment? How does O&G domain make the challenges harder?
- What are some of the new opportunities to bolster cyber security in the OT environment?
- Emerging technologies
- Learnings from related industries
- Best practices
- Building futureproof OT security programs for Industrial IoT
- Agile and constantly evolving to threat landscape
- IT and OT convergence
- Learnings from the past
Apurva Mohan
Lead Cyber Security Architect, IIOT
4:20 pm – Panel: Exploring current and emerging cyber threats
- What are organizations doing to combat cyber intrusion today, and what can we expect to see in the next 5 years?
Paula De Witte
Assistant Director
Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center
Pierluigi Stella
Network Box USA, Inc
Dray Wilson
Sr. Director Key Accounts
5:00 pm – Closing Remarks
5:05 pm – Drinks receptions sponsored by
For me it's all about: how do I engage with senior decision makers and senior buyers in industry? How do I learn about case studies or new innovations going on in the oil and gas industry are most important to me.
I think as a service company we talk a lot with our customers – upstream oil and gas operators – but we don't always talk a lot with other players in the IoT space. Data partners, sensor companies, hardware companies, generally it's nice to attend these conferences to see that side of the business more, understand that side of the business more. Because that goes into our thinking when we start building these solutions for our customers. So networking's great, and hearing stories and case studies from other parts of the IoT/OT cloud landscape is certainly very valuable.
There are two major benefits. Number one, you have the ability to learn from all the great sponsors that are here on the latest developments. But the second benefit is that you get to network with peers that have very similar concerns and interests that you have.


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Why Def Leppard Were 'Scared' Of Love Bites' Success
Def Leppard's guitarist admits the band was scared when 'Love Bites' hit #1 in 1987.
The track was released on the chartbuster album, Hysteria.
Phil Collen recently recalled how they had never given any thought to how they might perform it live.
"We'd done all these overdubs, these crazy guitar parts and vocal harmonies," he told the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show.
"Then the song went to No.1 and we'd never played it live.
"So, we had to take time off and go into a rehearsal room in Vancouver, and we were like, 'Guys, how are we gonna do this song?'"
Collen said that learning to play the song live was "really hard" as, back then, they couldn't play and sing it at the same time.
"It was like staying behind after school, just learning this song, singing while you were playing these crazy things. It was really hard.
"We'd just rehearse, rehearse, rehearse – and we finally got it. Of course, now we do it in our sleep, but it was a bit scary."
Love Bites was one of 7 hit singles from Hysteria, which sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.


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HYTeens Broadway at the Park!
(A Partnership between Heights Youth Theatre and Cain Park) HYT will once again partner with Cain Park to offer a summer camp for teens that are passionate about musical theater. From audition techniques, scene work, character development, choreography and music intensives to interaction with professional actors, directors, tech people and stage managers, we will build […]Find out more »


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The Alana 9'5" GS is designed specifically for women who desire effortless wave riding, recreation cruising and easy transport.
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This shape is perfect for lighter riders in small surf and bigger riders wanting more stability in a shorter wave board. It has an exaggerated tail rocker, V bottom and soft rails to make turning on a wave incredibly easy. It features a compact design that can fit into minivans, sport utility vehicles and station wagons.
Length: 9'5" / 287 cm
Width: 32" / 81.3 cm
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- At least nine militants of al-Qaeda killed in clashes with Kurds in Aleppo
- ISIS releases 25 Christian hostages north Syria
- ISIS executes four of its own militants on charges of treason
- Turkey accuses Russia of conducting 'ethnic cleansing' in Syria
- Kurdish forces attack al-Qaeda strongholds in Syria's Aleppo
- ISIS beheads five Russians on charges of spying
- UNICEF plans to reach 2.6 million children in war-torn Syria
ARA News
DAMASCUS – A leaked document outlined how the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group organizes life in areas under its control across Syria and Iraq, revealing sophisticated plans to let the group's dogma prevail.
The 24-page dossier outlines ISIS's attempt to establish an organized state with guidelines for natural resources, industry, diplomacy, propaganda, military and education.
The document "Principles in the administration of the Islamic State", which was written by an Egyptian member of the radical group known as Abu Abdullah, provides an in-depth overview of the well-funded system.
Abu Abdullah emphasizes the importance of training children on "bearing light arms".
The senior ISIS member also stresses the necessity of establishing a "single identity" for the extremist group in order to unite local and foreign jihadists. He further calls for founding independent local factories "for military and food production".
According to observers, the leaked document, which was first obtained by the Guardian, illustrates an unprecedented level of sophistication.
Speaking to ARA News in Damascus, political analyst Salman al-Shami said that ISIS's leadership has been consulting a group of radicalized academics on issues related to organizing life in the ISIS-held territory and how to create sustainable resources in order to fund its operations and guarantee its survival amid the mounting challenges.
"The leaked document is merely a sample of dozens of other dossiers prepared by pro-ISIS academics. The group has been implementing various strategies in order to prevail and obtain people's support amid the current chaos across Syria and Iraq," al-Shami said.
A local source in Syria's Raqqa told ARA News that the group has been using every opportunity to show its "determination to create better life for people in the city".
"When it took over Raqqa, Daesh (ISIS) tried to gain people's sympathy by convincing them it has come to liberate them from the Syrian regime and infidel rebels. However, people later recognized the group's brutality against the citizens after witnessing hundreds of executions and brutal punishments against innocents," the source said on the condition of anonymity.
"But we cannot deny the group's efforts to organize life in Raqqa by inaugurating public institutions and launching services in a time when chaos was prevailing. It is true that Daesh has imposed its own rules by spreading fear among helpless civilians, but it worked eventually," the source told ARA News.
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Saginaw, Michigan
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother went home to be the Lord on Friday, April 20, 2018. Age 84 years.
Doreen was born November 16, 1933 in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of the late William and Harriet (Eastman) Doyle. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School, Class of 1951. She married Emil A. Lemaire, October 18, 1952. He passed away December 18, 2014. Doreen was employed by Covenant Health Care for several years. She was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Most of all she enjoyed her family, especially her grandchildren.
Surviving are her children, Michael and Denise Lemaire; Denise and Bill Druelle; Steven and Cindy Lemaire; Keith Lemaire; her grandchildren, Brandy; Michael Lemaire, II; Zachary and Tara Lemaire; Rachelle and Mike Wenglikowski; Jessica and Josh Nienhuis; Chelsey and Trent Bethune; Dustin and Jennifer Lemaire; Leanne Lemaire and her fiancé, Aaron Black; her great grandchildren, Cale, Tucker, Brynn, Alaina, Evan, Lennon, Gavin and Oaklyn; two sisters-in-law, Kathleen Doyle and Joan Lemaire; several nieces and nephews. A brother, William Doyle, has predeceased her.
The funeral liturgy will take place at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1035 N. River Rd. Fr. Peter Gaspeny will officiate with burial in St. Andrew Cemetery. Friends may call at the W.L. Case and Co. Funeral Chapel, 201 N. Miller Rd. from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday where a vigil service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friends may then call at the Church from 9:00 a.m. Wednesday until the time of the funeral Liturgy. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider the Alzeheimer's Association. www.casefuneralhome.com Friday, April 20, 2018. Age 84 years.
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The future is circular
a sustainable fashion Symposium, exhibit and reception
The Future is Circular Exhibit + Reception
- May 4th
- Austin Tinkering School
Networking reception and circular fashion innovation exhibit, hosted by the and the Bard MBA Net Impact chapter and Cory Skuldt's Wear it Wise Campaign. Refreshments served.
This event follows The Future is Circular: A Sustainable Fashion Symposium. Click here for symposium details and RSVP
- 3:00 Doors open
- 3:30 PM: Fireside Chat on Circular Design with Miranda Bennett of Miranda Bennett Studio and Lilah Horowitz, the creative lead for Eileen Fisher RENEW and hosted by Cory Skuldt of Bard Sustainability MBA and Net Impact.
- 4:00 PM Circular Innovators Lightning Talks, including Textile Exchange ● Dell ● Open Arms ● IKEA ● Paleo Denim ● Classic Childhood ● T-Shirts for Hunger ● TREDAGAIN ● Kenzerquest
The Future is Circular symposium is part of Austin's first Sustainable Fashion Week! The week's events kick off Saturday, April 28 with Fashion Revolution ATX and conclude with the Remake Runway at the Maker Faire on May 6th. Austinites can also visit an open studio with Miranda Bennett Studio and a pop-up shop in the 2nd Street District with Eileen Fisher RENEW, a repaired and repurposed fashion line, during the week.


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What is individual therapy?
Individual therapy is a process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained therapist – in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.
Individuals are encouraged and taught how to:
- Explore their feelings, thoughts, beliefs, and behaviours
- Work through challenging or influential memories
- Identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change
A client and therapist may work together for as few as five or six sessions or as long as several years, depending on the client's unique needs and personal goals for therapy.
Is therapy for you?
- Do you feel that your thoughts and feelings are intense and overwhelming?
- Have you suffered a trauma and you can't seem to stop thinking about it?
- Do you have unexplained and recurrent headaches, stomach-aches or a rundown immune system?
- Are you using a substance to cope with what you're dealing with?
- Are you not getting positive feedback at work?
- Do you feel disconnected from activities you previously enjoyed?
- Do your relationships feel strained?
- Have your friends/family told you they're concerned?
If one or more of these concerns applies to you, then you can definitely benefit by going for therapy.
During a therapy session:
While in session we carefully go through your thoughts and feelings.
The aim: To find ways to process your experience and help you develop the coping skills you need to manage difficult emotions, relationships and life circumstances.
Therapy helps you in identifying the ways in which you undermine yourself in your relationships and your professional life.
Through the healing process, you can build self confidence, develop loving and satisfying connections with others, and create a life of greater contentment and success.
This is how you benefit from therapy:
- Enhance your problem solving skills
- Deal with and heal pains from the past
- Cope with the symptoms and feel more confident to deal with everyday stressors
- Change behaviour that tends to hold you back
- Look at ways of thinking that affect how you feel
- Strengthen your relationship skills
- Figure out and learn how to achieve your goals
- Strengthen your self-confidence


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In recent years, the Westmount School has adopted a self-directed approach to learning. In self-directed learning (SDL), it is the student who takes both the initiative and the responsibility for their learning. In essence, students are "learning to learn". The self-directed journey is one in which students learn to think critically, to process information perceptually, to analyse data accurately and evaluate situations intelligently in order that they filfull their true potential.
Students begin to integrate self-directed learning into their approach in Year 3. This is accomplished with the use of student diaries in which students set out their goals for learning and reflect on how and whether they have achieved those goals. As they progress through the lower school, they take more and more responsibility for the process of their learning until they reach the high school environment, where the majority of student learning is self-directed.
In SDL, once the student takes the initiative for their learning, that student then assumes complete responsibility and accountability for their learning experience. It is the student who then follows that learning through to its conclusion. This does not mean that there is no input from others, quite the contrary. However, in the SDL model, the teacher is no longer the "sage on the stage" but rather a "guide at the side", and students learn from many different resources, including each other. The crucial element is that the student drives his or her learning experience, beginning with recognizing a need to learn.
The benefits of self-directed learning are numerous. It promotes in students a natural development of self-confidence, perseverance, initiative and accountability. With self-directed learning, students become lifelong learners, and its benefits can be felt long after a student has left school.
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Event takes place on March 06, 2014 at 6:30 PM
Holyoke City Hall: Council Chambers
Notice of Committee Meeting
There will be a Regular Meeting of the Committee on
Charter and Rules
At the City Council Chamber, Thurs March 6, 2014
At 6:30P.M.
Per order of the Chairperson: Gordon Alexander
1. (Bartley 2/4/14)
Change the name of the Committee on Redevelopment to the Committee on Development and Governmental Relations
2. (Jourdain, 1/21/14)
Create a rule to add a semi-annual State legislators' Report to the Council Agenda
3. (Soto, 12/3/13)
Create a rule to limit the time that Councilors may speak on any one Order
4. (Ferreira, Soto, Vacon, 5/15/12)
That the contents of Committee jackets be published to the city website and updated after each Council meeting.
5. (Soto, Bresnahan, 2/4/14)
Petition the General Court to change the number of At-Large Councilors from 8 to 4
6. (Bresnahan, Soto, Vega, 3/19/13, tabled 4/17/13)
That the size of the City Council be reduced to be more in line with the current population of Holyoke
7. (Jourdain, Alexander, Bartley, Greaney, Leahy, Lisi, Mcgee, McGiverin, Tallman, 1/21/14)
Require 2/6 vote of the Council for acquisition or disposition of real estate by the Gas & Electric
8. (Vacon 10/16/12, tabled 4/17/13)
That no member of the City Council be permitted to hold any other elected office, local or state
9. Set next meeting
Ryan M. Allen: Administrative Asst.
The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
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Heifer Malawi
62%Live below the poverty line
84%Live in rural areas
14%Children under 5 are malnourished
Malawi is ranked as 170 out of 187 countries according to the United Nation's Human Development Index. Almost 62 percent of its 16 million people live on $1.25 a day or less, and 14 percent of its children under five are malnourished.
Eighty-four percent of Malawi's population live in rural areas, yet only 61 percent of its land area is used for agricultural purposes, while another 20 percent is covered by Lake Malawi.
Livestock plays an important role in meeting some of Malawi's challenges and alleviating food insecurity. Apart from providing food and income, livestock also provides manure, milk and value- added materials such as hides. Some of Malawi's biggest challenges, according to the U.N., include inadequate financial resources, high population growth, environmental degradation, inadequate health care, over dependence on rain-fed agriculture and HIV/AIDS.
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Flay likes to use fresh clams instead of the ones that come in a jar. He uses a jar of clam stock to add flavor. He suggests using a flavorful wine a chardonnay to cook with. It doesn't have to be an expensive variety, but don't use wine with no flavor, either.
Linguini (also spelled linguine) is the right pasta to serve with the sauce. Linguini is flattened spaghetti, originating in the Campania region of Italy. The name means "little tongues" in Italian.
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- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced thin
- Pinch of crushed red pepper
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup bottled clam stock
- 1½ pounds littleneck clams, scrubbed
- 2 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound linguine, cooked to al dente
- 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon chopped oregano
- 1 loaf crusty bread, sliced
- 1. Heat oil in a medium stockpot over high heat. Add garlic and cook for a minute. 2. Add crushed red pepper and cook for a few seconds. 3. Add white wine and clam stock and cook until the mixture reduces by half, about 3 minutes. 4. Add the clams, cover the pot and cook until the clams open. Discard any that do not. 5. Remove the clams with a slotted spoon to a bowl. 6. Bring the liquid that the clams have cooked in to a boil over high heat and cook until reduced by half. Add the butter and cook until melted, season with salt and pepper. 7. Stir in the pasta, parsley and oregano until combined. Return the clams to the pasta. Plate in large shallow bowls and serve with lots of sliced bread.
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- Calories715
- Carbohydrates96 g(32%)
- Fat18 g(27%)
- Protein35 g(70%)
- Saturated Fat5 g(24%)
- Sodium1073 mg(45%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber6 g(23%)
- Monounsaturated Fat8 g
- Cholesterol45 mg(15%)


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2017. My word? CONNECTION.
Connection most definitely weaved it's way into my year.
But somehow, when I look back at the past year – I struggle to think about what actually happened. Is it really the end of another year already? The entire year feels like it went by in one big whoosh. Time most definitely did not slow down.
The year that was 2017.
Closing off the year is just as important to me as beginning a new one. Time to reflect, time to sit with the lessons, smile about the memories, draw a line in the sand and then plan for the future.
A new year. Always a beautiful thing.
But first, back back to 2017…
2016 – Caterpillar
2017 – Cocoon
2018 – Butterfly
Perhaps you've seen this online a lot? I really feel it. As much as 2016 was uncomfortable and challenging, 2017 was also filled with change, lessons + a desire to be quite introverted.
The first few months of the year saw the dust settle on the drama and chaos of 2016. I really, really let go of everything that had felt misaligned with who I truly was, and where I wanted to be. It felt good to let go. Lighter.
By mid year, it was time to dive deep within. To heal (the new and the old). I felt a taste for what life could be like if I truly lived in alignment with my highest self.
The last part of the year was all about change. A new home, a new village to immerse ourselves in, and the new change + new beginnings of the future year getting louder and louder.
If I'm honest, I spent a lot of this year wishing time would slow down. Because I knew that 2018 would signal big, exciting (but also a little scary!) new beginnings.
This was the year I needed to slow down. To sit. To just be. The space in between what was and what will be.
The unknown can be pretty uncomfortable (especially for a Capricorn like me!), but it was the slower pace I needed before what is to come.
As for Connection… This year I fully understood the type of connection I need, crave and deserve. Both with myself, with others, with my desires and with the Universe. Connection was incredibly befitting for 2017.
We had plenty of adventures too. Sydney, the city, nature escapes, farm visits, and plenty of trips to see our beloved Bombers (my love of footy grew substantially (and surprisingly!) this year!). We caught up with friends, visited some beautiful wineries, ate a lot of incredible food and explored the beauty of the Mornington Peninsula (#lovewhereilive).
We saw new babies born, pregnancies announced and relationships growing with engagements and big anniversaries. #loveisallaround
I found joy in collaborative business, in sitting in circle, in sweaty boxing classes, in family adventures, in cementing some really beautiful friendships (yay for #soulsisters!), in the delight of new friendships, and in chipping away on a business that is built around love, connection and Mama Earth.
I held space for other goddesses for the first time (more of this please 2018!), I spread the message of the earth with Essential Oils + felt LIT AF whenever I gathered with other women and the only thing on the agenda was love, authenticity and laughter. Cannot wait to sink my teeth into more of all of it in 2018!
I felt immense pride this year too. I witnessed those I love rise up in their own unique magnificence – and it was a joy to behold. I saw my children grow, learn and step outside of their comfort zones, and watched in awe as my husband continued to selflessly work hard for our family (and impress the pants off his bosses in the process!).
I felt #proudmama more than ever before, and honestly still pinch myself that I get to walk through life with these three gorgeous beings.
The lessons? Because there's always going to big lessons…
- I learnt that it's ok to let go, with love. There doesn't need to be drama, or a big hoo-ha. We can let go with the highest of high intentions. Sometimes relationships/situations run their course – and that's more than ok.
- I discovered what to, and what not to, give f*cks about.
- I fully anchored into my own values, and found a deeper connection to them.
- I healed some deep sisterhood wounds within me. And discovered (with so much joy) what sisterhood (and female friendships) should be like (all of the time, not just some of the time).
- The further I go into my 30s (officially entering mid-30s in just under 2 weeks!) – the less baggage I bring with me, and deeper I love myself, and the less BS I worry about. Sweet liberation!
- I was shown which outdated stories are holding me back, and why I need to let them go once and for all.
- I really tuned into my own inner critic, and with the awareness of it was able to let go of some big, heavy ways of speaking to myself.
- I felt exactly what it's like to get a big old nod from the universe that you're on the right path (and what it feels like when you're not).
- I discovered exactly what lights me up and what I thrive on.
- I found peace with the fact that my little man begins school next year (and our family embarks on a whole new chapter together).
- I embraced change and in turn felt more at home than ever before.
- And my three best medicines – exercise, laughter and music. Always.
The lessons will continue. We never stop learning. But that's all part of the fun isn't it? And truthfully, I wouldn't have it any other way.
And now for the year ahead… my word is ALIGN. Align myself to my vision, my values, my truth, and to vibrating at my highest frequency.
My core desired feelings? LOVE, STRENGTH, OPEN + PLAY.
2017 has shown me how imbalanced I am in my feminine and my masculine. I can be very in my masculine at home and in my job (all the doing) – but far too in my feminine when it comes to my own business, life goals + epic dreams (all the dreaming and not much of the action). There needs to be a little more yin to the yang and yang to the yin in all those areas. Time to allow the the feminine and masculine to dance a little more in harmony together.
A few years ago, the word STRENGTH would have seemed too harsh for me. Too abrasive. But for where I am now, it feels perfect.
Strength to me is about commitment, consistency, devotion, action, clarity, and feeling empowered and sovereign. It has a very Queen like energy to it (and that's not just because I binge watch the Crown on Netflix!).
LOVE. Well, it's my highest value. It's about pure authenticity, connection, truth, vibrancy and depth. Love for it ALL.
OPEN. This allows me to feel fluid, creative, connected, expressive, intuitive, sensual, expansive and light. Arms wide, smile big + ready for anything.
And finally, PLAY. Because this Mama needs to remember to PLAY a whole lot more. Sometimes I don't need to have things be perfect at home (another thing I'm letting go of… the need to control!), and instead just need to let go. Laughter, Joy, Freedom, Dance, Adventure, Fun. Connecting to my Inner Child. Bring it on!
So, to 2017 – you were cosy, but that cocoon was uncomfortable at times. I actually feel a deep sense of peace for what has been. It wasn't as challenging as 2016, but it certainly wasn't a big joy-filled walk in the park either.
As I sit with the energy of 2018, it feels exciting. Maybe it's just the promise of a new year, but things feel different. I feel different. And as I dance into the New Year, I once again feel a deeper connection to (and wholehearted love of) myself. I will always be enough (and so will you). And that in itself is just magic.
May the year ahead bring you love, joy and an abundance of adventure. Thank you for being you. Happy 2018!


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Trading The Thanksgiving HolidayPublished November 20th, 2009 in Trading
This is a guest post by Wayne Whaley
The markets tend to be in a good mood the week before holidays, since 1950, the S&P 500 is 40-19, up 67.85 of the time during the four day week (including Friday) of Thanksgiving for an average gain of 0.78%
On average, all of those gains come on the two days surrounding Thanksgiving, which are 51-8, up 86.44% for an average gain of 0.80%.
The week after Thanksgiving can be a bit of downer and the markets have a bearish tilt as well, 28-31, up only 47.46% of the time for an average loss of 0.24%
The Turkey trimmings really take their toll on the Monday after Thanksgiving, as it takes the big hit, 24-35, up only 40.68% of the time for an average one day loss of 0.38%.
The last five Monday's after Thanksgiving have been down, including last year's (2008) loss of 8.93%.
S&P 500 % Chg for Thanksgiving the Last 20 years:
I couldn't distinguish a discernible difference in the data in up or down years.
It has been my observation that since these type trading strategies became well documented over the last couple of decades, they tend to be anticipated a day or two. Be careful.
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The initial nucleus of Metamorphosis was a duo, compsed by the Turkish/Chzech guitarist Martin Alacam and the Austrian violinist Cristoph Pajer that began doing concerts in 1992. In 1996 the band started as a quartet including also Turkish cello player Julide Canca Eke and Austrian guitarist and composer Richard Deutsch. During that period they made a lot of concerts in clubs and festivals of the Czech and Austrian underground scene. Finishing her studies in Vienna Julide Canca Eke decided to return to Istanbul (where she founded Feministabul Orchestra in 2012 ,the first feminine classical orchestra in Turkey) so Christof Rothaler , an Austrian cello-player , took her place in the group. In 1999 they recorded their debut album "Contaminated Chamber Music" that appeared on the Czech label Rachot/Behemot (the label hosting Dunaj,Iva Bittova, Richter Band and Rale).After the release of their first album the group started to tour all over Europe (Belgrad, Paris, St. Peterburg and Marseilles)
After that the group found its new home at the British Label Leo-records ( a well known jazz label with artists like Anthony Braxton, Sun Ra and Soviet Jazz but also Remote Viewers and Sergey Kuryokhin). They partecipated on many festivals like: Ring Ring Festival in Belgrade, Festival Alternativa in Prague, Les Nuits Europeennes in Strasbourg, Festival des Musiques Innovatrices in Saint Etienne, KIF in St. Petersburg and played at The Knitting Factory NY, Club Dom Moscow, Empty Bottle Chicago, Club Worm Rotterdam and many more.
They released their second CD "Dip" in 2002 on LEO Records and in 2003 Jan Kavan (cello) joined the group (replacing Christof Rothaler).
Another record came out in 2006 "Luff" also on LEO Records
Metamorphosis' music is a whirl of feelings alternating strenght, poetry and rationality. It's the desirable evolution of a classical chamber string quartet that has the power to catch the attention of your brain not forgetting to stimulate your heart.
Interview with Richard Deutsch:
Does your name come from Kafka's Metamorphosis ?
No, we just managed to choose one of the worst bandnames on earth. Ever googled Metamorphosis? You'll immediately see what I mean.
You started as a duo, violin and guitar did you use other instruments during your first live shows?
As a duo just for a couple of very first concerts and no, no other instruments. The band as you know it, which records and publishes songs is a quartet, pretty much from the start.
Do you think that the fact of being a multi-national group, not having a stable national scene behind, is an advantage or a limit?
To be a multi-national group does not neccessarily mean to have no roots in a certain national scene. In the case of Metamorphosis our roots are in Vienna and Prag.
But generally speaking I believe that it is indeed helpful to really establish a group first on a local scene and only then perform international. It obviously takes time to build an audience in a country and a band should show up there on a regular base.
We started very early to play all over the world and did not have a master-plan, so we were very unfocussed - everywhere and nowhere.
How would you define your music?
It's the part of our madness which we take really serious. An Italian organizer once called it 'Musica da camera contaminata' and we somehow liked that.
Are all the members of the group classically trained?
We all had more or less unsuccessful carreers in music-schools and conservatories, except our cellist who is really classically trained in the sense which you probably mean.
Can you speak about the albums you made and your impressions about them nowadays, would you change something or you still like them in their original form?
The albums are snapshots of a certain period. They bring back the feelings and the emotions of that time, like a time machine. They are what they are and I never look back, thinking that we should have recorded something different.
Your phonographic production is not abundant, does this depend on logistic problems or does it have other reasons?
Back then, when we made our first albums we were jamming together in the kitchen. Already the third album was done over a distance of 2000km, sending files etc before we actually met and reheased the whole thing straightly before entering the recording-studio. Yes, it's not easy for us to meet and it also needs certain funds for flights etc. which musicians not always have in their pocket.
Now it's a long time you didn't release anything are you preparing a new release?
We are right now working on music for a collaborative project with the French group Volapuk. We will perform the material on festivals in France in November 2014. I suppose that this will lead to a release as well.
Could you talk about your relation with Leo Records?
Leo is one of a kind. I love him as a person. In one of our first conversations he said - I really like your music and I am happy to publish it, but Metamorphosis is a very strange fruit in my catalogue-. He referred to the fact that the audience which Leo has is more directed towards improvised music. We always have been a bit proud to be on this label with so many other musicians which we adore. If it was particulary helpful to reach a crowd which could potentially love our music, this is another question.
You already spoke in other interviews about the influences of Iva Bittova, Pavel Fajt and Uz Jsme Doma, so I want to ask your opinion about the Austrian music-scene and musicians like Cristoph Dientz (Die Knoedel), Attwenger and others you might know?
Sure, we know and like them. Martin Alacam is playing on a guitar which was previously owned by the guitarist of Die Knoedel. There is a rich music-scene in both countries AUT and CZ and there are also other bands which I personally like, for example Radian or BulBul, or the Czech duo DVA.
Do you know DAAU (Die Anarchistische AbendunI think that in some passages their music is not very far from yours ?
Yes, some years ago I even tried to come in touch with their manager. I thought it could be interesting to collaborate on some level. Unfortunately we never received an answer.
You did many concerts around Europe did you always find a public concentrated on your music or sometimes they came for something completely different?
In most cases we perform on festivals or in clubs for an audience which would come to hear the sort of music we do. Additionally our program somehow works exceptionally well on concerts. I think we are a real live band and we had tours where we played one day for punks in Berlin and the next in a seated hall for a crowd interested in contempory music and had memorable performances in both cases. It's our strength and our dilemma, as the market asks for clear categories.
Which is your favorite concert location, if you have one?
Motorschiff Stubnitz, without any doubt.
Are the members of the group involved in other musical projects? Can you speak about them?
It would fill a whole page to really elaborate on that. I am into several projects in St.Petersburg, like The Frozen Orchestra or Black Volga, make film-music and work as a producer for Russian bands, Christoph makes theater-music (right now for the piece the Robbers/Friedrich Schiller, performed in the Reduta Theatre in Brno) and had a group called Boo in CZ, Martin has an ongoing project with Michael Delia and he also works on film-scores. Jan is also involved in several projects music for computer-games which he actually also programs and which are becoming quite successful right now.
I saw on youtube your Ucranian concert of 2013 and I think it?s great, how did you conceive this unusual instrumental line up?
Thanks a lot, but I don't exactly know what you mean with "unusual instrumental line-up". We always perform that way, even though my memory with the age....One thing is for sure - If you saw a flute you watched another band:)
I think that in your more intensive peaks you remember the strength of first Art Zoyd do you know this group?
Of course. We own some of their albums and enjoy listening to them.
(photo:Jeffrey Martin)
What is the role of voice in your musical path?
Martin has a talent to write song-lyrics and as a vocalist he is a great "story teller". We use vocals whenever it does not hurt too much, love to add a choir and definitely always make wooden announcements in our shows.
Which are your future projects?
Reve General, a collaboration with Volapuk, starting in about three weeks.
The site of the band
The site of Richard Deutsch
Here you can buy their albums
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Sunred, Kawasaki Soccer Team Create New Anime Special
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The Kawasaki Frontale soccer team has announced on Monday that it will collaborate again with the creators of the Tentai Senshi Sunred anime series on a television anime special. The Sunred gag comedy parodizes superhero stories with an unemployed, chain-smoking hero who mooches off his girlfriend while fighting villains. Makoto Kubota's original manga takes place in Kawasaki (a city directly south of Tokyo), so the anime staff animated members of Kawasaki Frontale for television spots during the first series' run. Due to the spots' popularity among both Frontale and Sunred fans, a new special collaborative "Kawasaki Frontale x Tentai Senshi Sunred" anime is in production.
The new anime is slated to premiere during a longer television special on March 5, the day before J. League's 2010 season starts. The Frontale members have been recording their dialogue while the Sunred staff is completing production on the anime. The first season of Sunred premiered in Fall of 2008, and the second season aired last fall.


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