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If you've ever had the pleasure of dining on the patio at Athena, Benchmark, or La Fiesta in Chicago in the middle of winter, you have Viewpoint Systems to thank. Viewpoint Systems is the Midwest dealer of Roll-A-Cover®, a high-quality retractable enclosure system that allows business owners or homeowners to fully enclose outdoor patios and living spaces so they can be enjoyed year-round. That means you can dine and entertain outdoors even when the Polar Vortex has its grip on Chicago.
Since adding the Roll-A-Cover® products to its list of offerings in January 2016, the response has been outstanding for Viewpoint Systems.
"Almost every business owner who has installed an enclosure over the years tells us that they pay for themselves within a year," says Andy Rees, director of sales and business development at Viewpoint Systems. "From the hospitality side of things, it's a great product in this marketplace where restaurants and bars rarely utilize their outdoor space in the winter, not to mention it provides a dependable outdoor space for rainy spring and summer months. One of the biggest challenges for restaurants with outdoor dining is reseating the customers during a service when a storm rolls in. With the retractable enclosure system, they simply roll the system closed and the guests continue without interruption."
Roll-A-Cover® enclosure systems easily open and close—manually or automated. Because of the aluminum and glass components, the system blends seamlessly with the existing conditions. Unlike a tent or temporary canopy, the product has a transparent roof and walls. When closed, it doesn't feel dark or dreary.
Sounds amazing, right?
But the million-dollar questions is, who installs it? That's what makes Viewpoint Systems a smart partner to work with. Viewpoint Systems is a division of Silver Leaf Construction & Renovation, a commercial and residential design-build firm. That means you can work with Silver Leaf on the design, site work and installation of a Roll-A-Cover® enclosure systems for either a residential or business project.
"We also offer maintenance and service packages available for new and existing clients," Rees says.
Make no mistake: With the help of Silver Leaf Construction, Viewpoint Systems enclosures don't look like an afterthought or sore-thumb addition. Instead, their design plans help these beautiful, glass-and-aluminum enclosures look and feel like they were part of the plan all along. The enclosures have various configurations, from freestanding to lean-to to skylight options, and they come in four standard colors—white, sandstone, clear or bronze. However, they can be customized to any color to match existing home or business styles.
Viewpoint Systems and Silver Leaf have completed eight projects in the Chicago area already.
"We currently have five projects in production, as well as another dozen in the early stages of design. Our anticipation is to have doubled the amount of Viewpoint Enclosures up and running by end of year." says Jeff Pavlatos, president of Viewpoint Systems. "For the most part, the commercial and hospitality industry is showing the most interest so far to maximize outdoor space for year-round usage and create untapped revenue."
For the residential market, there has been a healthy amount of interest, too.
"The four-season room industry is underserved in Chicago, and this provides a cost-effective alternative for adding that extra living space, covering a patio or enclosing an outdoor pool or hot tub," Pavlatos adds.
Plus, the systems are retractable so when the weather is nice you can take advantage of that, too.
As Pavlatos says, "It's the best of both worlds."
To learn more about Viewpoint Systems, call 630-504-2099, or visit viewpointenclosures.com for more information and to see a portfolio of projects.


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CME pleased to be chosen as intervenor in National Energy Board hearings
Published by Marie Morden on June 22, 2016
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) was pleased to be notified today of the National Energy Board's decision to include CME nationally and several of CME's provincial offices as official intervenors in TransCanada Pipelines' application for the Energy East Pipeline.
"Manufacturing and the natural resource sector have always been closely linked in Canada," stated Mathew Wilson, CME's Senior Vice President. "Manufacturers use natural resources in the creation of their products and supply the sector with a range of technologies, services and products during the extraction processes."
CME is currently undergoing a national consultation on the future of Canadian manufacturing and exporting which includes new research on the critical links between technology, services, natural resources and the manufacturing sector. The initiative, called Industrie 2030, will create a manufacturing national strategy that will outline an action plan to double manufacturing output and value-added exports by 2030. Natural resource development, extraction and upgrading will be critical to reaching these objectives.
"Energy East is incredibly important for CME, our members, and the country as a whole," added Wilson. "Not only will it create a new market base for Alberta's oil extraction industry, the pipes that will carry the oil will be manufactured by Canadians, the pipeline will be designed, engineered and laid by Canadians, and the oil will be upgraded in a Canadian refinery. This will create jobs and wealth in every province it touches."
CME has long been a supporter of responsible resource extraction and value-added upgrading in Canada. Over the past decade, CME has advocated for the expansion of Canada's pipeline network to move oil and gas from extraction point to its customer base, be that in Canada or around the world.
CME looks forward to representing these interests before the National Energy Board in the coming months.
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Music Together Sing Shalom offers families a unique blend of the traditional Music Together program enriched by a carefully selected collection of familiar (and not-so-familiar) Jewish songs from throughout the world.
Music Together Sing Shalom classes introduce Jewish themes, holidays, and celebrate community through song. Parents, children, and caregivers are introduced to a diverse, culturally rich Jewish heritage by a specially trained Music Together teacher with a Jewish background. Families will learn lots of ways to interact musically with their child, while supporting their tradition. Best of all, it's fun!
Music Together Sing Shalom is an exclusive offering of Music Together in collaboration with the Jewish Education Project, with funding by the UJA Federation of NY.


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American Idol returns on ABC! The groundbreaking series launched the careers of superstars Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Katharine McPhee, Jordin Sparks, Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry among many others. Idol alumni are responsible for 13 Grammys, over 61 million album sales, 47 Platinum records, 95 Gold records, 444 Billboard No. 1 hits, 257 million digital downloads, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award. Now, the search is on for the next American Idol.
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Results are in, I love this camera. It's quality greatly compares to using Polariod. It reproduces color awesome, although it's not very crisp, I'm into the softness of the images. Also, amazon sells double packs of film for like $12. Hell yeah fuji, I'm on board.
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Cleaning FibreGuard
FibreGuard Stain Resistant Fabric philosophy
They're here to make your life as easy as possible, to limit your daily interactions with cleaning products as much as they can. From ketchup and red wine to coffee and ink, FibreGuard fabrics are simply easy to clean.
How to clean FibreGuard Fabrics?
Mostly with water – some stubborn stains will need a bit of household soap. This goes for oil-based stains, like mayonnaise, for example. Read below the step by step guide to clean FibreGuard fabrics.
For chunky stains like mud, ketchup, lipstick or silly putty, you'll need to get a teaspoon. Remove any stain residue with the edge of the teaspoon. Deep breaths. For other stains like pen or coffee, you won't need to do this. FibreGuard created a series of videos to show you how to remove any kind of stain on our easy-clean fabrics, see below for some videos.
Blot up the stain with water and a paper towel. Do not do the circular motion rub trick because it'll just rip your paper towel & drive the fibres from it into your fabric. Yuck. Rinse and repeat until you can't see the stain on the paper towel anymore.
Apply more water and gently rub with a microfibre cloth. Use soap if necessary. Any soap will do, whatever you have in the house. Now you can do the circular motion rub trick. It's OK.
This is really important. Don't use a hairdryer or apply heat to the stain in any way. Just air dry. It's fine.
Here are some examples of cleaning FibreGuard Fabrics:
Cleaning Wine
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For more FibreGuard Cleaning videos, watch it on FibreGuard's Youtube channel.


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2016 Irish Sales Champion Awards
Blacksquare Events
Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 19:00 - Friday, 17 June 2016 at 01:30 (IST)
Event Details
The 6th Annual Irish Sales Champion Awards celebrates the competitive spirit, ingenuity and tenacity of Irish sales personnel on the front line. Those who laugh in the face of adversity. Those who manage to take on every challenge with a will to win. The ISC Awards acknowledge these positive individuals in three key areas: Sales consultants/representatives; Behind the scene sales support; Technology/Sales tools providers.
The ISC Awards was set up in 2011 to recognise the sales professionals continuing to deliver results with enthusiasm and integrity despite the economic climate. They recognise those who support, motivate and train them and the technology that supports them.
2016 Categories
The 6th ANNUAL IRISH SALES CHAMPION AWARDS event takes place on THURSDAY JUNE 16th, 2016
Enteries now being accepted in all categories.
Closing date for entries is Friday, April 22nd.
Make sure you're there to see who wins and hear details of their winning strategy:
Categories :
1. Tele-Sales Champion
2. Champion Tele-Sales Manager
3. Field Sales Champion
4. Champion Field Sales Manager
5. Digital Sales Champion
6. Inside Sales Champion
7. Champion Inside Sales Manager
8. Champion Sales Advisor/Consultant - Financial Services
9. Champion Sales Team
10. Champion Sales Campaign
11. Champion Sales Support Team
12. Champion Outsource Sales Partner
13. Best Implementation of Sales Technology
14. Best Sales Training Programme
15. Irish Sales Champion of the Year
- Contact centre sales professionals – both in-house and outsourced
- High performing FMCG sales professionals
- Field sales organisations
- Digital sales professionals
- All organisations with excellent sales support teams
- Sales consultants/advisors in the areas of Financial Services (Insurance, Pensions, Investments) and, Telecoms and IT
- All organisations who have implemented comprehensive sales training programmes in the 12 months prior to December 31st 2014
- All technology companies who have delivered quality sales support tools to clients in the 12 months prior to December 31st 2014
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Computer And Know-how Diploma Applications
ADPLUS is a digital advertising company, specializing in media placements and display network. Not only can computer technology facilitate a broader vary of academic activities to satisfy a wide range of wants for college kids with mild studying disorders, however adaptive technology now exists than can allow even these college students with extreme disabilities to turn out to be energetic learners within the classroom alongside their friends who wouldn't have disabilities.
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Labour has announced a pledge to scrap prescription fees in England, a move that would bring the country in line with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Addressing the 2019 Labour Party conference in Brighton on Sunday September 22, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth described the £9-per-item charge as a "a tax on illness" and said a Labour Government would abolish it.
"We cannot fully tackle inequalities if those with chronic conditions are forced to choose between paying for a prescription or putting food on their table," Mr Ashworth added.
He said prescription costs "put people off" taking medicines, adding that in the long term this costs the NHS more "because those people who don't take their medicines present with even more serious conditions later on".
The Government has said the charge, which brought in just over £575m in 2017-18, is a valuable source of income for the public purse. The cost of scrapping the fee, which will be detailed in Labour's next general election manifesto, has been estimated at £745m.
Prescriptions are currently free for people with certain long-term conditions such as diabetes, people on benefits and others including pregnant women and over-60s. Over 80 per cent of prescriptions in England are currently issued to people who are exempt from paying the charge.
However, many conditions including arthritis and chronic kidney disease do not qualify patients for an exemption.
The announcement was welcomed by organisations including the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. RPS president Sandra Gidley said the Society had "long advocated" for free prescriptions in England so that patients could "always have the medicines they need without having to make payment decisions".
Ms Gidley said: "Pharmacists are often asked by patients who are unable to afford all the items on their prescriptions which ones they could 'do without'. No-one should be faced with a financial barrier to getting the medicines they need."
Asthma UK has campaigned for prescription charges to be scrapped for asthma patients. The charity's chief executive, Kay Boycott said: "This could make a huge difference to help people with asthma stay well and reduce pressure on hard-pressed NHS services.
"We are urging the leaders of the main political parties to pledge to stop unfair and outdated prescription charges for people with asthma, and shall continue to press them until this change has been implemented."
A survey carried out by the Royal College of Nursing found that 87 per cent of healthcare professionals had experience of patients forgoing medications due to concerns over prescription charges.
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Description:Crafted for the sophisticated aficionado, Palio is the ideal complement to your finest hand-rolled cigars. Palio cutters are the most comfortable in hand, featuring an ergonomic finger rest and contoured shape. Their super-sharp surgical stainless steel blades, in guillotine setup, slice through cigars easier than a hot knife through butter. Designed with you in mind, Palio cutters won't fail after heavy, repeated use, they can cut 60+ ring gauges, and when laid flat they double as a cigar rest.
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Answer - Just One.
Question ………How many candles?
And that's exactly what the The Daring Cardmaker's are asking us this week.
They want us to make a card with candles on to celebrate the launch of the new Funky Hand CD, Happy, Happy Birthday and Anice from Funky Hand is even offering a copy of the said CD as a prize, so it's well work making a card and joining in which is exactly what I've done.
I don't actually have much in the way of candles in my craft stash, a QuicKutz die and just one stamp to be precise, but the stamp is rather a cute one so I've used that.
I also took the opportunity to use up a few scraps of some really old (and I mean rearlllllly old) papers and play with my Prisma Colour Pencils too, which was quite satisfying.
So here's my card
Card – Craft Creations, Creative Cover.
Patterned Papers – Blonde Moments, Sugar Dumpling
Inks – Tsukineko, Black Staz-On.
Pencils – Prisma Color
Rubber Stamps – Penny Black Critter Party (image and sentiment)
Glitter Glue - Stickles
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4 comments:
- Sharon (glitterangel) said...
Lovely card, that image is adorable. Thanks for joining in with the Daring Cardmakers this week x
- 20 September, 2011 11:34
- Kathy said...
Sue - this is sooooo cute and pretty. Thanks for joining in with The Daring Cardmakers' "How Many Candles?" challenge this week
- 21 September, 2011 09:31
Oh now how stinkin' CUTE this is!!! LOVE the pink colors and image!! :) TFS!!
- 21 September, 2011 16:02
- purple_pea_fran said...
So cute! Daring Cardmakers this week.
- 22 September, 2011 22:42
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Designer cooker hoods brand AIRUNO has responded to market demand by introducing a new downdraft extractor into its collection.
Available in either black glass or stainless steel, the retractable Elektra Downdraft Extractor is a discreet appliance that combines eye-catching aesthetics with a powerful maximum extraction rate of 730 m3/h. The glass version can also double as a splashback while in use.
The Elektra is available in both 90 and 120cm, with both options boasting a full-length LED strip light to illuminate the cooking area. The new extractor also features a customisable top plate, which can be fitted with the same worktop material as used in the rest of the kitchen. There is also a collection channel to prevent spillages; washable metal grease filters for easy cleaning and an anti-crush safety system to prevent injury when the downdraft retracts.
The Elektra rises to a height of 30cm above the work surface when in operation and retracts completely when not in use. It includes a remote control to alter the downdraft's four speed settings and to operate the retracting mechanism.
The A energy-rated Elektra also operates at a noise level of just 42-66dB. For those wanting an even quieter operating volume, remote and external motors, which reduce the noise level further still, are also available.
AIRUNO Chairman Geoff Baker said: "Retractable downdraft extractors work differently to traditional hoods or ceiling extractors because they are closer to the source of the odours and fumes, so they draw them backwards and downwards, rather than upwards. Downdrafts are enjoying a period of sustained popularity due to being discreet and powerful and they are also easier to clean than wall or ceiling mounted appliances.
"Because they are designed to be installed behind or alongside hobs – even those in hard to reach positions, such as under wall cabinets – they're also very versatile, which adds to their popularity. Our new Elektra model does all this and more and we're sure it will prove to be a hit with consumers and designers."


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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Most everything was in place for Fest this year a few weeks before actually leaving. I had a press pass set so no worries about a ticket. I had paid for a vendor table to hawk my wares. Friends from NYC reserved a hotel room and I'd arranged to kick in for it. Now I just had to figure out how I was going to get there. I could drive down, but knew no one else from Upstate going that wasn't already in a band touring down. I could fly there, but then have to deal with lugging all my records around.
The solution presented itself when the Soul Control dudes let me roadie for them on their short (AKA 'mega') tour to and from the Fest. Their singer lives in Rochester and would have to get to Providence anyway to start tour and I'm on the way. Sounds perfect. Let's get weird.
"So what time are we leaving?"
"When I get out of work"
Sounds vague enough. Little did I know this would be around 1AM. An overnight drive through the rain to Providence and arriving to town just in time to see the sun rise. We caught a two hour power nap at a friends empty apartment before going to the Soul Control practice space to load up and get on the road. There was the option of bringing swords with us and I wish we had brought them, if anything, just for kicks.
So let me just say that New Jersey is the biggest shithole in the USA, forever and always. Every show I've ever seen or played here has been a lot of fun, but the state itself can go to hell. Fortunately, we were not playing here. The population here somehow exist by traveling endlessly in one direction. There is nowhere to turn around, anywhere.
I saw a store in some random Jersey toxic breeding humanity trench called "Teens and Cribs". I cringe at the thought of what they actually sell.
Approximately $1000 in tolls later we arrived in DC proper. Toll Control ought to be the name of this band.
The show was temporarily at the Corpse Fortress. Every band I've known that has played here has had a good time but warned of the stench of this dive. They weren't lying. As we loaded in all I could think of was how every inch of my being crawled at the thought of putting my head down to sleep anywhere in this putrid mold hive. Good lord, try some Fabreeze once in awhile.
As luck would have it we were told that the show would be moved to Hole In the Sky instead. This proved to be a far better situation as there were actual people at this show, and bands that seemed fairly fun- Monument (very Braid-esque) and Algernon Cadwallder (not my favorite group, but quite a bit better than the last time I saw them). Not exactly a bill catering to the SC dudes, but a nice change of pace for them I'm sure.
This venue is very comfy and kick ass. Working as a collective model, but having an actual plan, as well as nice accommodations, Hole In the Sky gets a big thumbs up for doing things right.
The night concluded with food and the best rest I'd had in days. Even though I was awoken in the middle of the night with a phrase that would become legendary throughout the weekend, and repeated ad nauseum to randos everywhere- "Do you need help... partying?", Eric's plea to the other residents here who were clearly partying fine on their own on the other side of the wall.
Jim brought coffee and a coffee maker on tour and nothing was more welcoming this morning than hot coffee, a snack, and enjoying it all on the roof of this place as the sun spread it's warmth across DC.
Before leaving town we did the only logical thing left to do and got Soul Veg. I ate every last speck of food on my plate. A rare, and potentially dangerous feat to attempt at Soul Veg as their portions come close to 'mammoth'.
Additionally, a new term came to be: butt sunglasses. I'll leave that to your own personal interpretation.
Somewhere on the 7 hour drive to Greensboro, NC we stopped in Henderson for gas. A veritable cesspool of human garbage rife with filthy strip malls and residents that speak a dialect barely recognized as the bastardized, thrice-over inbred version of the Kings English rule this concrete land. I wonder what exactly goes on behind the closed curtains at Brothers Internet Cafe? Do people even use Internet Cafes anymore?
Legit Biz is a legit venue. Another case of DIY dudes doing DIY things the right, and awesome, way. The lineup: stellar. The turn out: so-so. But between SC, Oak and Bone, and Burning Love it was more than enough entertainment for all of us, crowd or no crowd.
The post-show plan was a three-way caravan between all three bands straight to Florida. But Oak and Bone must have lost the memo and peeled out before we could leave. So to make up for this we did our best to weird out and intimidate Burning Love's drummer for no good reason whatsoever.
Attempts at sleep were shoddy at best and I was awoken at 6AM for driving duty from somewhere South Carolina to Gainesville.
We arrived at around 10AM and I promptly began to load all my shit indoors and set up shop for registration/tabling. There was good company around me except for the unruly and drunk English fella who basically loitered my neighbors table the entire day. Just as a note, distro people HATE it when you unnecessarily block their table. Please, stop doing that.
Soon, my hotel posse found me. I'd known Nate and Sarah for some time now and I was introduced to our other weekend roommate, Erica. Seemed like a solid group of party people.
The Oak and Bone dudes soon followed. Since they were not actually playing Fest, but instead just loitering all weekend they took it upon themselves to essentially run the pool party. They pretty much took complete ownership of the "do you need help... partying" phrase as soon as I told them it and ran headfirst with it. Never have I seen dudes make the most out of a dull situation.
Having a distro table at registration is pretty awesome because you eventually see everyone you want to see all weekend at some point in this one room because they all have to pass through it. I passed my old pal Murray who I hadn't seen in years. He may be the only other person alive with a "purity and control" braille tattoo. This counts for a lot.
After registration was over I packed things up at my room, checked out some pool partying, and then headed over to Wayward Council because they always have cheap records. I got myself a bootleg Nation Of Ulysses shirt as well as the 1.6 Band discography. The crust monger behind the counter asked me if "I was sure" I wanted to buy that. Yes. Yes, I do you elitist scum farmer. I know it's easy to displace your inner frustration of complicating your hippie anarcho ideals by selling wares in a capitalist set up by insulting your customers musical tastes, but I promise I won't tell anyone that you're furthering consumerism! Really, I'll keep it a secret, OK?
Onto better things, Burning Love once again totally ripped Fest a new one with one hell of a set and a great way to open the weekend for me. They closed with a cover of "Jack the Ripper" that made most every band that weekend sound like little wiener babies.
Next, I took about ten steps next door to The Venue to see Hard Skin. I've only heard stories about this band and that's it. I was curious to see the real thing. Basically, they are all old grizzled anarcho punks from the UK who make the catchiest Oi music ever and simply make fun of themselves and insult others. Any band that spends about 5 minutes insulting the audience, other bands, and Gainesville before even playing a note gets a thumbs up from me. I don't think I've ever seen more beer cans hurled at a group at one time in my life.
Back to 8 Seconds for the Kylesa/ Torche/ High On Fire triumvirate of heavy. I was already pretty beat at this point and the indoor smoking just made it worse. Kylesa had this great projector thing going their whole set of the spiral shadow cover art and it got pretty trippy in there. Torche can really do no wrong and brought the place to it's knees. I wanted to rage for the whole High On Fire set because they sounded incredible. But after three songs I was toast.
Seriously, this smoke is fucking destroying my will to live. Florida really needs to get out of the 20th century and establish some no indoor smoking laws. Goddamnit. Just swallow your cigarette for chrissakes and get the job done quicker.
Back at the hotel I caught up with my Fest-mates and attempted to make Ramen noodles in a coffee maker with mixed results. In fact, it was mostly just a big mess with minimal food obtained in the end.
Morning dawned with a fresh approach to life after getting some of the best seven hours of sleep ever. A dip in the pool made things all that much better and I started to truly feel as if I were on vacation. Ah.... hotel life.
Breakfast followed with a walk over to Karma Kream for coffee and a bagel. Typically I will not pay for a bagel when Dunkin Donuts gives them out for free back home, unbeknownst to them. Well, when in Rome, pay for things I suppose. It was worth it too.
Back to the business of seeing bands. After a quick visit to 1982 to catch a few songs by the stellar Big Eyes it was over to The Atlantic for a long day. Oh, what is this? A line for Touche Amore? Ha! Multi-pass, thank you once again. Yeah, hate all you want, I worked for this thing and I'm going to use it as much as I can. Nevertheless, Touché Amore is a band that just gets better each time I see them. So much intensity, crowd interaction, and passion for their music.
I took a side step and checked out Arms Aloft at Rum Runners for a bit. Musically, not much separates them from other high-intensity pop punk bands, but they have really solid gear and that goes a long way in terms of how good they sound. Gear nerd style, what's up?
Back to Atlantic to take in a set by Comadre. I've seen this band many times and while I really have little interest in their actual music they are always an awesome band to watch because of their energy, the always frantic crowd response, and the fact that they're all rad dudes.
Deep Sleep followed soon and their Descendants/ Adolescents vibe was a grand thing to see. And while I detest indoor smoking (did I already mention this?) the one and only exception to this all weekend was watching their bass player wildly beat the bejeezus out of his instrument while puffing a smoke down to the filter. One and only exception.
At this point a break was needed and I just relaxed for awhile, snacking on some snacks and waiting for Mayflowers set to begin over at Rum Runners. Once there it was great to see basically all the Upstate NY people at one place and we had ourselves a little hang time prior to the set. Mayflower ended up getting a great response and I was really happy for them. When they broke into "I'm a hack of all trades, master of none" from "The World Needs Ditch Diggers" I couldn't help but launch myself atop the crowd and scream at the top of my lungs. That song seems to sum up my life situation perfectly these days.
I hung around for awhile to see Former Thieves who were good. Although after the high from the last set they just weren't as good. It's not their fault that Mayflower were so much fun, I still like Former Thieves just fine.
A hop, skip, and jump over to The Venue to see, for once, a formal Paint It Black set. I'd missed them in '08 but caught their infamous U-Haul 'set'. This time they had a stage and reliable electricity to power their jams, and the absence of any cops on horses. Their set was equal parts the energy of the music and what Dan says between songs, and those nuggets of wisdom were pure gold.
I bailed a little early on their set so I could try and see a bit of the Bridge and Tunnel all covers set, just to see how that was playing out. When I got there all my hotel roomies were there jamming as well. The vibe was so killer and we locked arms, and raised fists, and shouted along to "Rise Above" and "D.E.A.D Ramones" before all leaving for the Atlantic for the last few sets of the night.
Over there Hour Of the Wolf had just started and I wasn't about to miss their particular brand of madness. Earlier in the day their guitarist had made note of how bitchin' my Rocket From the Crypt shirt was (he was correct) and we discussed the finer points of how they were the world's greatest rock n' roll band for a good twenty minutes or so. This automatically makes HotW ten times better than they already are to me. They obliged with a killer set, sans nakedness, blood, and trash cans. But it was still wild and Lance's between-song verbal screeds and off-putting psychotic humor makes things all the more enjoyable.
Before the end of the night I must have received another ten compliments on my shirt. Shit, I've been wearing this all day, where you turkeys been?
So, as an aside, during HotW set there was a line wrapped around the block (multi-pass) awaiting a 'surprise' set by Off With Their Heads. Now, I'm not a huge OWTH fan. I like them, but not enough to wait in line for an hour or more. After HotW ended and OWTH (got that?) was to begin the room almost emptied out and it seemed like they weren't letting anyone in. Seeing as I was no super fan or anything I thought people more deserving ought to be seeing this and I made mention of it to the door guy that the room was empty. Apparently, he did not realize this and soon started letting some people in. It was the least I could do to alleve my pangs of guilt. Later on I discovered that apparently the fire marshall had been watching the Atlantic like a hawk and that was why they were being extra careful about letting people in all night.
OK, enough about that. How about fuckin' Punch. I missed them when they canceled their East Coast tour this Summer, skipped Rain Fest in the Spring, and I wasn't about to miss them again. Their singer, Meghan, came onto the stage in a yellow jump suit and it seemed rather odd until she introduced herself as April O'Neil and talked about the Foot Clan taking over the Fest. The rest of band got in stage in full Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle garb and started tossing cardboard throwing stars at the crowd, and then laid waste to the whole freakin' building. Fucking stoked. Halfway through their set, in true TMNT fashion, they took a pizza break and gave the crowd some slices. Easily one of the top 5 sets all weekend. Raging hardcore, plus cheeseless pizza, plus some childhood obsession, equals great times.
Some wild after shows were again planned, but once more the sleep wall hit me like a ton of bricks and it was time to mosey back to my quarters. As we all sauntered back packs of roving pre-Halloween scantily-clad college girls flaunted what I guess passed as 'costumes'. Yet amongst it all one lone girl had made an elaborate giraffe costume and it was so bad ass that we had to get a picture with her.
Sunday is always a late starting day. People sleep off hangovers, and in my case I was sleeping off a crucial bang over, AKA metal neck.
I ventured out fairly early to obtain breakfast and made the poor decision to use up that remaining hummus I'd left out for three days. Thus began a bout of the 'itis' that stuck with me for the next couple of days. Not long after eating it struck while I was getting ready to go for a swim. I was able to put it aside for awhile as I enjoyed the water but it snuck up again while trying to catch The Sidekicks solo set and I had to leave. See, in my case, I refuse to throw up and have held that oath for 10 years now. Next to centipedes nothing is more revolting to me than puking. I'd rather put a gun in my mouth than willfully puke. Instead, I usually walk it off, and it usually works, but not always. See, I'm on a deadline here. If I can't get down for Lemuria in about an hour I'll probably have to start killing people or something.
Success. The 'itis' has been suppressed because the power of Lemuria got me dancing and shaking my butt. Multiple stage dives, sing-alongs, and joyous dancing with random people I never met got me thrilled. I mean seriously, if you can't have fun during Lemuria you probably have no soul anyway. So since I'm typically Mr. No Fun (over 30, vegan straight edge... yup, no fun guy) I made it my job for those thirty minutes to be the life of the party. I think it went quite well if you ask me. I did not require any help... partying.
After Lemuria I had to make a stop back at the hotel. Walking back I was riding such a wave of awesomeness that not even the shitty crust folk punk being played by some filthy degenerates across the street could deter my mood. I planned on giving their grime-ladden hippie filth a little rock walk in support as I approached. That is, until one of their scum brothers sprawled out in the middle of the street puked all over the place and harshed everyone's buzz. Of course, this led me to re-visit my 'itis' and potentially join him in a hurl fest but my blood oath to never throw up kicked in and I passed the stench posse with little to no fanfare, nor respect for that matter.
Back at the hotel I had to grab a box of records and head over to The Atlantic to do merch stuff for Soul Control and see bands I wanted to see anyway. I rather dreaded the idea of walking all the way back to the show carrying a big box of records until I noticed a shuttle bus in the parking lot. I inquired at the front desk about getting rides to places and they happily stated that if you were a guest they would drive you anywhere in town your little heart desired. Well hot corn, I think I'll take advantage of this!
I grabbed some snacks, records, prepared my now tamed stomach, and headed downstairs to where my chariot awaited. Here at Hex Records we ride in class.
I got there in time to see City Of Ships and met with the SC dudes to set stuff up properly.
Liquid Limbs followed soon, and just like their set two years ago they had a small crowd. It's too bad because that band is fucking unreal good. Equal parts Big Business, Torche, The Melvins, and King Crimson as performed by only two dudes they slayed my face repeatedly. Get your hands on their 12" or 7" immediately, care of Sound Study recordings. It will be worth it.
I helped the SC dudes load the rest of their gear in afterwards and when they weren't looking I snuck in a little surprise for their set. All week they had a pot leaf decorated snuggie in their van that some other group had left and it served as a fine blanket on those overnight drives. But this evening it would serve a different purpose. Oh yes, it would.
Before taking off for a quick minute to try and witness a bit of what would undoubtedly be a wild Municipal Waste set I saw a few songs from SLCs overlooked and over-rocked Loom. Good stuff.
So, at the Venue- enough cigarette smoke to choke a horse? Check. Unnecessary pre-set mosh by drunk idiots? Check. Drunk crusties who somehow scrounged up enough change to get in smelling up the place? Maybe, my sense of smell had been annihilated by the smoke. MW entered with intros for each member who were dressed up as some cloaked doom dude, a nun, a juggalo, and Dee Snider respectively. That's really all I needed to see to be honest because the rest went exactly as I would have expected it to.
OK, back to see the SC set. Thankfully, they had a respectable sized crowd that were quite responsive despite having to go against some stiff competition at other venues. I snuck off for a minute mid-set to put on the weed snuggie, tied tightly at the waist so I didn't trip and executed some surprise mosh/stagedive action as the weed wizard in order to initiate full room enjoyment of the set. This was shortly followed with a leapfrog stagedive over Rorys head, it being only the second time in my life I'd been able to attempt such a feat. Needless to say, I was quite proud of myself and it was a fitting conclusion to a most excellent weekend. By set's end, no one here needed help partying.
So instead of packing up and getting on the road since we had to be in Virginia the next day the SC dudes decided to play an after show in a dead end street, complete with a forest behind it, with Touché Amore and Defeater. They managed to kick out two songs (one of which was "School" by Nirvana) before Rory slipped and knocked over most of the drums, thus pre-emptively ending their set. The ensuing confusion was actually kind of funny to witness.
OK, so are we driving now? Nope. Let's get a few hours of sleep and leave at 7AM instead. Fun.
It was still dark when the van rolled up and I sank into it as we began to head back North.
At some rest stop somewhere in the South, while waiting to use the single stall restroom Eric heard the following Deliverance-styled out take uttered between a son and Father: "Paw, you take a shit while I piss" . He proceeded to use the ladies room instead where their Mother had just exited leaving behind an enormous mound of shit in the toilet.
We stopped at a Dennys in South Carolina somewhere. The menu here has about twice the amount of items as it does in the North. This menu seriously needs it's own index it's so big. Things that probably should never be combined, nor consumed, by humans are proudly displayed in this encyclopedia of bad ideas. How to make a grilled cheese better? Let's put mozzarella sticks and buffalo wings in there too! My arteries hardened just thinking about it. I opted for coffee and potatoes. This set in another bout of the 'itis' though and I had to take a walk outdoors to relieve it and reconsider my previous theory that my cure for this was stage diving. I mean, it worked during Lemuria. It was entirely plausible that any debilitating disease could be cured with a healthy dose of stage diving honestly. Common cold? Stage dive. Cancer of the stomach? More stage dives. It's medically sound, or so I thought. This bout had me aching all the way up to Harrisonburg, where the show was that night.
The band played somewhere that looked like a metal dungeon, or part time goth club, downstairs from an upscale Ethiopian cafe. Certainly an odd combination, but it resulted in a free platter of Ethiopian food for us. I once again forced the 'itis' aside because 1) Ethiopian food rules, and 2) how often does one get a free platter of it?
A band called Mirror Cage played this evening. Their name instantly conjures up images of glam dudes looking to 'make it' as they wait for that Atlantic A&R guy to show up to one of the umpteenth local dive bar gigs they play and sign them, finally. Instead, they turned out to be cool dudes, very talented, and extremely metal. We dubbed their brand of music 'long metal' as there really isn't a metal band around that plays for no less than 40 minutes.
Back in Providence in time to flop on same empty apartment couch and sleep through the afternoon. This is how I spent a good portion of my birthday and I was happy with it.
But the evening proved to be more birthday style I guess because, seeing as Rory has worked essentially every cool job there is in this town, I was hooked up with free Nice Slice Pizza and a pound of coffee from New Harvest, whose roastery happened to be in the same building the last show of 'tour' was in this night.
It was a big show with Howl, Trap Them, and Every Time I Die, with SC opening things up to a very receptive audience.
I hadn't seen ETID in a couple years live and they were expectedly wild. Within the first couple songs someone threw a trash can on stage and they seemed completely unfazed by it, as if it happens every night... which it probably does. Either way, great dudes, great band. They even gave me a little birthday shout out. How kind!
Of the few people I know in this town I think I saw all of them, and Providence opened it's arms to me and I graciously accepted a big, fat burly hug from her. It was a good birthday and a nice way to end a very fun and exhaustive tour. Now just one more overnight drive back home to get back to real life.
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Lighthouse, The: Drama, Thriller A Slow Boiler
Lighthouse, The Film Review Details
Director: Chris Crow
Writer(s): Chris Crow, Paul Bryant, Michael Jibson
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Release Format: Cinemas
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Thriller
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Based on the infamous Smalls Island Incident of 1801 'The Lighthouse' follows Thomas Howell and Thomas Griffith's disastrous posting to Smalls Island Lighthouse to 'keep the light' 25 miles from land and surrounded by the deadly Irish sea. The men are stranded in a freak storm that rages for months, nothing short of an act of God. The film tells a tale of death, madness and isolation; a desolate trip into the heart of human darkness.
The Lighthouse has released on July 6, 2018 in select theaters, and on VOD on July 10, 2018. The film is directed by Chris Crow. Co-Written by Paul Bryan and Michael Jibson. Produced by Angel Grace Worldwide.
The Cast
Mark Lewis Jones……Thomas Griffiths
Michael Jibson……Thomas Howell
Thomas Griffiths and Thomas Howell are two lighthouse keepers, who find themselves stranded during a torrential storm that keeps them locked away and fighting to survive each day. The longer they're trapped with minimal resources and necessities, the harder it is for them to cope. Soon, they find themselves, not only at war with the elements, but with their minds as they descend into madness.
Crow's, The Lighthouse, based on the chilling count of the Smalls Lighthouse Incident that took place in 1801. Thomas Griffith and Thomas Howell, as in the film, were also the two lighthouse keepers that faced this tragedy in the lighthouse that's stationed on a small island 20 miles west of Wales. For more information on the story, visit
The tragedy of Smalls Lighthouse
The Lighthouse does a great job at capturing the story and the essence of the fateful incident that inspired the film adaptation. This story, although long and drawn out, builds, offering chills to the viewer in certain events. The scare here is psychological as you witness Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Howell traumatized to the point of no return. This depiction of battle with man against the elements.
It's refreshing and invigorating that the plot sticks to the true events. Most productions venture off into their own path. This is not the problem here. The problem with this technique is that these films wander so far off from the original story it becomes a different story and film. Crow does well to stay on the main course and to not stray so far off that the viewer cannot distinguish the compare and contrast.
Mark Lewis Jones and Michael Jibson put on performances that deserve a standing ovation. The audience can connect with these characters on an emotional level because their performances are genuine. This is the work of actors who treat their roles with seriousness and do the background research and work needed to bring their characters to life on the screen.
In Conclusion
The Lighthouse is an intense Drama, Thriller that can linger in certain scenes. However, the story is captivating and is one audience will be remembered long after the film ends. Crow, Bryant, and Jibson work together to deliver one of the most psychological enticing films I've seen with a chilling backstory to complement it.


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Titanic (1953 film)
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|Directed by
|Jean Negulesco
|Produced by
|Charles Brackett
|Written by
Charles Brackett
Richard L. Breen
Walter Reisch
Clifton Webb
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Wagner
Audrey Dalton
Harper Carter
Thelma Ritter
Brian Aherne
Richard Basehart
|Music by
|Sol Kaplan
|Joseph MacDonald
|Edited by
|Louis R. Loeffler
|Distributed by
20th Century Fox
MGM (Austria)
Release dates
|April 16, 1953
Running time
|98 minutes
|United States
|Box office
Titanic is a 1953 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco. Its plot centers on an estranged couple sailing on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, which took place in April 1912.
At the last minute, a wealthy American expatriate in Europe, Richard Sturges (Clifton Webb), buys a steerage-class ticket for the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic from a Basque immigrant. Once aboard he seeks out his runaway wife, Julia (Barbara Stanwyck). He discovers she is trying to take their two unsuspecting children, 18-year-old Annette (Audrey Dalton) and ten-year-old Norman (Harper Carter), to her hometown of Mackinac, Michigan, to raise as down-to-earth Americans rather than rootless elitists like Richard himself.
As the ship prepares for departure, her captain, E. J. Smith (Brian Aherne), receives a hint from the shipping company representative that a record-setting speedy passage would be welcomed.
Other passengers include a wealthy woman of a working-class origin (based on a real-life Titanic survivor Molly Brown), Maude Young (Thelma Ritter); social-climbing Earl Meeker (Allyn Joslyn); a 20-year-old Purdue University tennis player, Gifford "Giff" Rogers (Robert Wagner); and George S. Healey (Richard Basehart), a Catholic priest who has been defrocked for alcoholism.
When Annette learns her mother's intentions, she insists on returning to Europe with her father on the next ship as soon as they reach America. Julia concedes that her daughter is old enough to make her own decisions, but she insists on keeping custody of Norman. This angers Richard, forcing Julia to reveal that Norman is not his child, but rather the result of a one-night stand after one of their many bitter arguments. Upon hearing that, he agrees to give up all claim to Norman. Richard joins Maude, Earl, and George Widener in the lounge to play contract bridge with them. The next morning, when Norman reminds Richard about a shuffleboard game they had scheduled, Richard coldly brushes him off.
Meanwhile Giff falls for Annette at first glance. At first she repulses his brash attempts to become better acquainted, but eventually she warms to him. That night, Giff, Annette and a group of young people sing and play the piano in the dining room, while Captain Smith watches from a corner table.
Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited Edmund Purdom) expresses his concern to Captain Smith about the ship's speed when they receive two messages from other ships warning of iceberg sightings near their route. Smith, however, assures him that there is no danger.
That night, however, a lookout spots an iceberg dead ahead. Although the crew tries to steer clear of danger, the ship is gashed below the waterline and begins taking on water. When Richard finds the captain, he insists on being told the truth: the ship is doomed. He tells his family to dress warmly but properly; then they head outside. Richard and Julia have a tearful reconciliation on the boat deck, as he places Julia and the children into a lifeboat. Unnoticed by Julia, Norman gives up his seat to an older woman and goes looking for his nominal father. When one of the lines becomes tangled, preventing the lifeboat from being lowered, Giff climbs down and fixes the problem, only to lose his grip and fall into the water. His unconscious body is dragged into the boat.
Meeker disguises himself as a woman to get aboard a lifeboat but Maude Young notices his shoes and unmasks him in front of the others in the lifeboat. At the other end of the spectrum of courage and unselfishness, George Healey heads down into one of the boiler rooms to comfort trapped crewmen.
As the Titanic is in her final moments, Norman and Richard find each other. Richard tells a passing steward that Norman is his "son" and then tells the boy that he has been proud of him every day of his life. Then they join the rest of the doomed passengers and the crew in singing the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee". The Titanic 's bow plunges, forcing her stern high in the air, then the ship rapidly slides into the icy water.
- Clifton Webb as Richard Ward Sturges
- Barbara Stanwyck as Julia Sturges
- Robert Wagner as Gifford "Giff" Rogers
- Audrey Dalton as Annette Sturges
- Thelma Ritter as Maude Young
- Brian Aherne as Capt. Edward J. Smith
- Richard Basehart as George S. Healey
- Allyn Joslyn as Earl Meeker
- James Todd as Sandy Comstock
- Frances Bergen as Madeleine Astor
- William Johnstone as John Jacob Astor IV
- Harper Carter as Norman Sturges (uncredited)
- Edmund Purdom as Second Officer Charles Lightoller (uncredited)
- Mae Marsh as Woman to whom Norman gives his seat (uncredited)
Charles Brackett, who co-wrote and produced the film, told the press that some of the stories had to be discarded, "because they are too fantastic for movie audiences to believe.[4] In a September 1952 news article, it was reported that Terry Moore was set to play the role of Annette Sturges, on condition that she would finish production of Man on a Tightrope on time.[5]
According to the film aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, Titanic holds an 88% "Fresh" rating, based on 8 reviews.[6]
Variety Magazine reviewed the film positively stating, "but by the time the initial 45 or 50 minutes are out of the way, the impending disaster begins to take a firm grip on the imagination and builds a compelling expectancy."[7]
Pauline Kael was not impressed with the picture's special effects. She wrote: "the actual sinking looks like a nautical tragedy on the pond in Central Park."[8]
Awards and nominations
Titanic won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The film was also nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award.
- ^ The Definitive Titanic Film: A Night to Remember by Jeffrey Richards, 2003
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ "Says Movie of Titanic Sinking To Show Heroism of Victims" by Bob Thomas, Southeast Missourian, October 2, 1952, p. 14
- ^ "Terry Moore Has Grown Up" by Hedda Hopper, Pittsburgh Press, September 27, 1952, p. 17
- ^ Titanic (1953) Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 2010-1-4
- ^ Titanic Variety Magazine Retrieved 2010-1-4
- ^ [1] "Pauline Kael reviews on geocities", retrieved 2013-05-21
External links
|Wikiquote has quotations related to: Titanic (1953 film)
- Titanic at the Internet Movie Database
- Titanic at AllMovie
- Titanic at the TCM Movie Database
- Titanic at Rotten Tomatoes


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Pearl Jam cancels 4/20 Raleigh concert in opposition to HB2. North Carolina's HB2 legislation targets the basic rights of transgender people and strips many nondiscrimination protections from the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The law limits the ability of municipalities to provide living wages above what the state provides, closes the door on state courts as a recourse for employment nondiscrimination claims, and imposes the values of Raleigh lawmakers on local elected officials and the people they serve.
It is with deep consideration and much regret that we must cancel the Raleigh show in North Carolina on April 20th.
This will be upsetting to those who have tickets and you can be assured that we are equally frustrated by the situation.
The HB2 law that was recently passed is a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination against an entire group of American citizens. The practical implications are expansive and its negative impact upon basic human rights is profound. We want America to be a place where no one can be turned away from a business because of who they love or fired from their job for who they are.
It is for this reason that we must take a stand against prejudice, along with other artists and businesses, and join those in North Carolina who are working to oppose HB2 and repair what is currently unacceptable.
We have communicated with local groups and will be providing them with funds to help facilitate progress on this issue.
In the meantime we will be watching with hope and waiting in line for a time when we can return.
Perhaps even celebrate.
With immense gratitude for your understanding,
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Just like many of you, I tried my best to look best on my wedding.
Which means not only what makeup you use on your big day, it also means how well you prepare yourself to be in the best condition!
Luckily, my skin wasn't so bad I didn't have to put too much effort to "repair", however my hair wasn't horrible! The ends are dry and split (,,-`_●-) but I didn't wanna get a haircut cause I would like my hair to be as long as possible.
SO! There I found two products that definitely saved my hair from being the worst!!
And today I am going to introduce these products!
For Hair:
These two products are pretty famous and popular, after reading some reviews online, I decided to give it a try.
Essential Damage Care Rich Premier Hair Mask
This is a Japanese product, essential's damage care line is pretty popular in Japan, and I guess it's not difficult to find it outside of Japan as well. I believe they sell it in Singapore and some other Asian countries.
How to use:
This is a hair mask, the directions suggested users to apply it to hair ends after using conditioner, leaving it for 5 mins and your hair is treated!
What I like:
1) The smell is absolutely amazing, it's not too sweet, not too fruity, a fresh scent with just a little bit of sweetness. I am pretty picky when it comes to smell, so this one works for me
2) My hair became less frizzy after using this hair mask, and I could tell the difference immediately, I rarely used up a hair mask this quickly and I am ready to pick up another bottle.
What I don't like:
I really can't think of anything bad about this product, I guess if i must… then the 200g bottle doesn't last very long.
L'oreal mythic oil rich oil
I found this product at an online shop, they were having a discount on it, so I thought why not give it a try. To be honest, I don't like oil product, since I don't like the greasiness of it. However, the reviews said this product is amazingly not oily! How could an oil product not be oily?!
How to use:
You can use this product,
1) After shower, before you dry your hair
After you towel dry your hair, apply one push or two push to your hair ends, apply thoroughly to your hair ends in and out. And then blow dry your hair! That's all~
2) Before/after you style your hair, apply one or two pushes to hair ends before or after you style your hair.
I sometimes use it after I styled my hair, and I find it gives your hair a bit of shine as well, so I am loving it!
What I like:
1) When use after shower, it reduces hair frizziness
2) When use after styling, it gives my hair a bit of shine
3) A little goes a looooong way, as you can see from the picture, the bottle can last for quite a while!
What I don't like:
1) After applying it to my hair, I always have to wash my hands before I can start drying my hair 😛
The smell is fine, I don't dislike it, but I don't like it as I like Essential Damage Care Rich Premier Hair Mask.
For Body:
House of Rose Oh! Baby Body Smoother
This is another Japanese product, the smoother contains natural hot spring water, and unlike other smoother/scrub products I have used, this one is really fine, so it is pretty gentle.
How to like:
This smoother is for body, apply the product to areas that need to be smoothened 😀 , rub it gently in circular motion, then rinse with warm/cold water. Can be used 2 or 3 times a week.
What I like:
1) It's really fine, so I like how it doesn't give me pain when I use it 😛
2) It's a huge bottle, 570g, it will take me a long time to finish it
What I don't like:
Not that I can think of
Unlike the hair products, this product doesn't give obvious result, but after using it, my skin does look fresher, so I believe it's a good product to be include in your weekly beauty routine❤
For Face:
Apivita express beauty with orange mask
I got this mask from my beloved sister, she once loved it so much and bought tons of different kinds… lol
How to use: (Official)
Apply an even, rich layer on clean face avoiding the area around the eyes. Leave the mask on for 10 minus and then rinse off well with water.
What I like:
1) After using this, it gives me more even tone, (strangely, I always think I look whiter after using it)
2) Orange smell is really refreshing
What I don't like:
1) I am not a "mask" person, so I find it a lot of work apply+wait 10 mins+rinse it off (but it's just me!)
2) The package, it comes in a little bag, each bag is good for 2 or 3 uses. So I find it very difficult to store, I always need to put it in a Ziploc, and I always forget where I put it (艸д゚*)
I hope this review is helpful, and if you are interested in buying japanese products, I do have an online shop that sells Japanese fashion/beauty goods❤
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Machacek's last album [SIC] (released in 2006) really put him on the map as a powerful new voice in jazz (ok, ok… jazz-fusion) guitar. While his rapid-fire legato and sweep-picking chops are top notch, it's his deep compositions and heady improvising that set him apart from most guitarists in this genre. Machacek is well know for his projects with drummer Terry Bozzio (BPM, Out Trio, Machacek's [SIC] album). On those projects, and on his first album Featuring Ourselves, Machacek's Frank Zappa influence has been front-and-center on most of the results. On Improvision, that's not really the case. The music here has a looser, less dense feel than his previous recordings, and it's heavily shaped by Garrison and Sipe (after all, this isn't an Alex Machacek-only album; it's a Machacek, Sipe, and Garrison album). Sipe has played in some great bands over the years (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Shawn Lane/Jonas Hellborg, Project Z), and a key ingredient to all of them has been improvisation. He brings that skill to this album with great results. Sipe has a knack for breathing more life into whatever musical situation he is in. And Garrison is a monster. He comes from a rich musical background, and it shows (his father Jimmy Garrison played bass for John Coltrane; his godfather is Jack DeJohnette). In addition to his solo projects, Garrison has worked with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, and many others. His bass parts are the driving force behind many of these songs, and his killer solos should convince anyone that he is one of the premier electric bass players in the world today.
Improvision's jarring first track is entitled There's A New Sheriff In Town. An allusion perhaps to Machacek's current status in the guitar community? It has to be. This piece grabs your attention immediately with some metal rhythms and feedback effects. Before you know it, Machacek unleashes an unrelenting barrage of outside lines (often doubled with guitar-synth) while Sipe and Garrison dig into a heavy groove. If you weren't awake before, you are now. Shifting gears radically, Along Came A Spider is a slower piece that features a mesmerizing intervallic melody, and some of the best guitar work on the album. Machacek loads his solo here with highly defined legato runs, and Gambale-esque sweeps. The airy, atmospheric Shona has another great melody, and one of Garrison's best solos.
Gem 1 and Gem 2 has the band in a looser, almost jam-band sort of mode. Sipe's drumming really shines on this tune (it's actually one continuous performance split into two tracks). Gem 1 has a bit of the guitar/drum doubling that Machacek often did with Bozzio, before segueing into Gem 2 – the funkiest jam on the album. I love Machacek's rhythmic, bluesy phrasing on this track. You don't hear this kind of playing from him very often. Through all of it, Sipe is the one who seems to be driving the music here.
After the beautiful, jazz-meets-classical guitar/bass duet To Whom It May Concern, things get trippy with Yoga For Cats parts 1 & 2. Part 2 reminded me of some of the live improv jams Sipe would get into with Shawn Lane and Jonas Hellborg. It's cool to hear Machacek in a similar situation.
There are several slower tunes on Improvision, but the only one I would call a ballad is Very Sad. This is a heavy, and yes, sad piece of music that really lives up to its title. Garrison plays a beautiful solo on this track. In stark contrast, Matt's Riff is the real chops showcase of the album. Everyone is burning on this tune, but this is really Garrison's spot to show what he can do. The final track on the album is Put Me Back To Sleep. This is practically a straight-ahead tune, and Machacek's solo here really shows his depth as an improviser. Using a more traditional jazz tone, he plays some great lines over the changes, including some nice outside stuff.
The thing that strikes me about this album is the sheer depth of the writing and playing. And as deep as the writing is harmonically, it's also very tuneful (I can't get the Shona or Along Came A Spider melodies out of my head). Though Machacek's guitar is the dominant force on Improvision, the album feels like a true collaboration of these three musicians. It's not just a Machacek album with Sipe and Garrison backing him. This is an extremely impressive recording that is bound to turn more than a few heads. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe, Matthew Garrison – Improvision (Abstract Logix Records)
Alex Machacek – Guitar, Guitar-synth
Jeff Sipe – Drums
Matthew Garrison – Bass
1. There's A New Sheriff In Town
2. Along Came A Spider
3. Shona
4. Gem 1
5. Gem 2
6. To Whom It May concern
7. Yoga For Cats part 1
8. Yoga For Cats part 2
9. Very Sad
10. Matt's Riff
11. Put Me Back To Sleep
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On page xxv of the preface to Konstantin Raudive's 1971 book Breakthrough is a curious little paragraph with broad implications.
Here is what it says:
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|So what did NASA hear?
Here is one example that may have perplexed the good folks at NASA.
A large part of NASA recordings can be found at the super-massive Archive.Org website. Here is the NASA Link:
For the purposes of this example, I am using a recording from the Mercury 5 launch which occurred on November 29, 1961, from Cape Canaveral, FL.
The passenger aboard the spacecraft was a Chimpanzee by the name of Enos.
Here is an Un-Filtered snippet from the Mercury 5 recording.
The EVP is from 6.1 to 9.6 seconds in this clip and sounds like a female voice saying:
"If you dial 911…you're not going to go on this flight"
The EVP is heard a little better when filtered but I will leave any filtering up to you.
If you want to hear it for yourself from archive.org, use this link:
Advance the website's audio player to 3 minutes – 35 seconds to begin the sequence.
One of the great things about this EVP is that it seems to demonstrate Spirit's ability to move back and forth through time as we know it.
You see....the 911 system did not come about until 1968 and even at that....did not go national until 1972.
So why dial 911?
A malfunction during the flight. Snipped from the Wiki article on the mission:
"The rise in suit temperature caused Enos' body temperature to rise to 99 °F (37 °C), then to 100 °F (38 °C). The medical observers began to worry about the chimp's condition. At 100.5 °F (38.1 °C), his body temperature stabilized."
This problem along with another complication caused NASA to end the mission after only 2 orbits and return the craft back to earth. Enos the chimp did survive his ordeal.
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Being and Becoming in the Classroom
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Title: Being and Becoming in the Classroom
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It is common in teacher education to lament that there are gaps between theory and practice. Such perceived gaps can be a source of terror for students learning to teach, frustration for teacher educators, and perpetual worry for faculties of education. Wolff-Michael Roth�s Being and Becoming in the Classroom proposes to address those gaps by uniting teaching praxis and talk about praxis, in ways he believes facilitate both. Roth�s introduction relates his personal learning and teaching journey. He recalls moments when theory failed him � when his university courses seemed distanced from classroom practice � and successful experiences that taught him to be responsive to his students, �enter their reality, and come to understand where they are� (p. xv). Encountering dissonance between collaborative teaching, where he learned �without being consciously reflective at all� (p. xvi), and university-acquired theories of teaching as a reflective practice, propelled his desire to relocate theory in the classroom experience of individual teachers, and informed the concepts of coteaching and cogenerative dialoguing. Part I, �Being in the... (preview truncated at 150 words.)
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(Reuters) - Physics major Bryson DeChambeau solved all the equations and became the first player to win consecutive tournaments on the PGA Tour this season with a two-stroke victory over Justin Rose at the Dell Technologies Championship on Monday.
DeChambeau jumped clear with three consecutive birdies from the seventh hole en route to a four-under-par 67 at TPC Boston in Massachusetts.
The American finished at 16-under 268, while fast-finishing Englishman Rose birdied four of the final six holes to claim second place with a 68.
DeChambeau's victory in the second PGA Tour playoff event, following his previous win at the Northern Trust, increased his lead in the FedExCup standings with two tournaments left.
The 24-year-old will be named a captain's pick on Tuesday as part of the United States team for this month's Ryder Cup in Paris. He had previously narrowly failed to clinch an automatic berth.
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During his lifetime, the Dominican friar, bishop, and professor Albert was already known as an "astonishing wonder" of his time on account of his universal learning. Even Roger Bacon, who was immensely critical of his contemporaries, had to admit that the whole world esteemed and respected this man.
Accordingly, Albert is known by the honorific title, "the Great" (magnus). His literary production was indeed prodigious. He left behind over 70 works, among them multi-volume commentaries on the Sentences of Peter Lombard (the Medieval theology textbook), on several books of the Holy Scriptures, and on all of Aristotle's works.
The life of this universal genius began around the year 1200 in the small Schwabian town of Launigen, on the Donau river in Germany. He was the son of a noble, who held an administrative position in the kingdom. Albert himself was named after his birthplace, "Albert of Lauingen" (Albertus de Lauinga). While he was a professor in Paris, he was called "Albert the German" (Albertus Teutonicus). Albert was never, however, called the "Count [Graf] from Bollstädt", as we sometimes read.
We know the date of his death precisely: It was November 15, 1280. Albert reached an unusually old age for the time. He died, as it says in the reports, at over 80 years of age in his adopted home of Cologne, Germany, where he spent his twilight years after a very active life.
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Years of Study
As a young man, Albert was sent by his family in 1222 to live with an uncle in Padua , to study there. There, he met the Dominican Jordan of Saxony and entered the Order in 1223.
Established in 1214 in Toulouse, France, and recognized by the Catholic Church in 1216, the Dominican Order was the most modern and open to science of the religious orders in its time. It offered many opportunities for a curious and highly intelligent young man like Albert.
We know few details about the next few years of Albert's life, but his first activities as a learned man in the order were at
Years of Teaching
The Dominican Order sent Albert to the University of Paris at the relatively old age of 43, to become a Professor of Theology. Paris was at that time the most important university in Europe. The Parisian Convent of the Dominicans, St. Jacques , offered opportunities to research and learn with other Dominicans from all over Europe. Albert was so beloved as a professor that he had to give his lectures in a public place. This place is still named "Place Maubert" after him (From the French: "Ma," for Magister and "Aubert" for Albertus).
Paris was, however, only a step along Albert's career path. In 1248, the head of the order sent him to Cologne to found a university modeled after the university in Paris. He brought a student with him to Cologne whom he had met and grown to like in Paris - a student whose name would later place Albert's own in the shadows: Thomas Aquinas.
A European Traveler, At Home in Cologne
Cologne was the only city in Europe to which Albert remained attached until the end of his life. Several times, during political crises, he inserted himself as a mediator for the residents of his adopted home. But Albert could not be said to have been completely settled. In accordance with the custom of his order , he traveled by foot through all of Europe in service to the order and the church, from Agiani (in present-day Georgia) to Riga (in present-day Lithuania). From 1254-1257 he was active in the order's operations as the provincial administrator of "Teutonia" (most of modern Germany). During this time he visited over 40 houses of his order.
Bishop "Tied-Shoe"
From 1260-1262, on the Pope's orders and against the will of the leader of his order, who would rather have seen Albert dead than honored in that way, Albert was named Bishop of Regensburg and thus a Prince-Elector of the region. Despite his elevation, however, Albert remained true to the simple life of a beggar-monk. In his diocese, he received the playful name of "tied shoe," because he was always on foot when he visited the parishes. Within two years he succeeded in reviving the financially ailing diocese. He then asked to be allowed to withdraw from his office. He received special permission despite his vow of poverty to own books and a bishop's robes, have some money, and to have the right to take on the liturgical duties of a bishop until the end of his life.
Universally Learned
How Albert managed to write so many books alongside his official duties and travels is hard to explain. Some, like his book On Animals (De animalibus), his commentary on Aristotle's Physics (Physica) and his Commentary on Matthew (Super Matthaeum), survive today in manuscripts copied in his own hand. Their immeasurable worth as originals is not readily apparent, however, as they are inconspicuous and unadorned.
Albert's "bestsellers," works like the Book on Rocks (De mineralibus), survive today in more than a hundred copies. This is yet only a very small remainder of the total that once existed.
Albert the Scientist
Albert considerably advanced the understanding of science in the Middle Ages. He did not limit himself to what was written in dusty old books about plants, animals, minerals and metals, or natural phenomena like rainbows, comets and earthquakes. Instead, he observed the natural world himself, measured and weighed, and even performed experiments. His brothers in the Cologne monastery were shocked when a snake reeled through the cloister one day. Albert had given it wine to drink in order to see what sort of effect alcohol would have on the cold-blooded animal.
monastery: a community bound by a vow to observe a religious life
Albert was the first Western scientist to group plants and animals in accordance with their characteristics and features. In so doing he laid the foundations for the practice of classification which is now followed in biology, taxonomy. Albert especially loved observing hunting birds. He also loved observing man as an animal, blessed as he believed with a soul and reason, having vegetative, animal, and intellectual being.
Albert provided a proof that the earth had to be a sphere, since the first thing we see when a ship emerges over the horizon of the ocean is the tip of its mast. This would not be so, he argued, if the earth were a disk. Albert not only equipped himself with a copy of Euclid's Geometry -- he used it. Even before Albert became a professor in Paris, he had, as one of the most learned people in the Middle Ages, written an extensive encyclopedic work about humanity.
Deep knowledge is not witchcraft!
Some of Albert's contemporaries considered him to be a magician on account of his unusual degree of knowledge. Soon people were telling fantastic stories about him. Albert himself, however, regarded nature very soberly and always sought useful explanations and natural causes of what he observed, no matter how inexplicable something appeared to be. His approach to natural phenomena is very modern in some respects, since he did not interest himself in miracles. Within the Dominican Order, he was heavily criticized for this approach. This prompted Albert to compare his critical brethren to dumb animals who had no inkling about the things they criticized.
Albert the Philosopher
Albert's influence on the field of philosophy was also great. He was the first and only thinker of his time to write commentaries on all of the works of Aristotle. When Albert thought such a work was missing, he wrote his own as a substitute. But it was not just the number of his philosophical works which made him into an "astonishing wonder" of his time. It is also fact that he boldly countered the claims he found in the "heathen books."
Even in Albert's time there was considerable debate about taking the claims of Greek thinkers seriously, since many religious leaders doubted that an attempt should be made to reconcile Christian dogma with the teachings of Aristotle and his interpreters from the Jewish and Muslim traditions. But Albert did not shy away from the difficulties. Instead he confronted them directly, accepting what was good and right and correcting what he considered wrong.
Albert the Theologian
Albert the Great draws from the whole depth of his natural, philosophical, and theological knowledge in his major theological works:
In old age, he wrote a plan for a theological compendium or summa, which remained unfinished at his death. Although the Summa theologica of his student, Thomas Aquinas, who predeceased him in 1247, is more highly regarded in the Dominican Order and in the Catholic church, Albert's theological works are deeply esteemed. In 1931, Albert's enormous life's achievement was recognized when he was canonized and named a doctor of the church. Since 1941 he has been recognized as the Patron Saint of Scientists.
Brush up on Albert!
Albert's writings on natural science form the basis for many encyclopedias. During the Enlightenment, Albert's enormous learning was disregarded, since he was considered medieval and therefore backward. So convince yourself of the opposite! Brush up on Albert! This "universal doctor" offers answers for almost every question.


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