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Isaiah 42 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
42 Behold my [a]Servant, Whom I uphold, My elect in Whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice and right and reveal truth to the nations.
2 He will not cry or shout aloud or cause His voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed He will not break, and a dimly burning wick He will not quench; He will bring forth justice in truth.
4 He will not fail or become weak or be crushed and discouraged till He has established justice in the earth; and the islands and coastal regions shall wait hopefully for Him and expect His direction and law.
5 Thus says God the Lord—He Who created the heavens and stretched them forth, He Who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it, He Who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 I the Lord have called You [the Messiah] for a righteous purpose and in righteousness; I will take You by the hand and will keep You; I will give You for a covenant to the people [Israel], for a light to the nations [Gentiles],
7 To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness from the prison.
8 I am the Lord; that is My name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth! You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the islands and coastal regions and the inhabitants of them [sing a song such as has never been heard in the heathen world]!
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of the rock [Sela or Petra] sing; let them shout from the tops of the mountains!
12 Let them give glory to the Lord and declare His praise in the islands and coastal regions.
13 The Lord will go forth like a mighty man, He will rouse up His zealous indignation and vengeance like a warrior; He will cry, yes, He will shout aloud, He will do mightily against His enemies.
14 [Thus says the Lord] I have for a long time held My peace, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant together.
15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness into light before them and make uneven places into a plain. These things I have determined to do [for them]; and I will not leave them forsaken.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, You are our gods.
18 Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see!
19 Who is blind but My servant [Israel]? Or deaf like My messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [who has been admitted to covenant relationship with Me]? Yes, who is blind like the Lord's servant?
20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe or apprehend their true meaning. His ears are open, but he hears not!
21 It was the Lord's pleasure for His righteousness' sake [in accordance with a steadfast and consistent purpose] to magnify instruction and revelation and glorify them.
22 But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes and hidden in houses of bondage. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver them, a spoil, with no one to say, Restore them! [This shows the condition that will ensue as Israel's punishment for not recognizing the Servant of the Lord and the day of His visit among them.] [Luke19:41-44.]
23 Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear in the time to come?
24 Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, He against Whom we [of Judah] have sinned and in Whose ways they [of Israel] would not walk, neither were they obedient to His law or His teaching?
25 Therefore He poured out upon [Israel] the fierceness of His anger and the strength of battle. And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach]; it burned him, but he did not lay it to heart.
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text: The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 3372 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originmekoßprobably akin to (3173)Transliterated WordTDNT EntryMekosNonePhonetic SpellingParts of Speechmay'-kos Noun Neuter Definition length NAS Word Usage - Total: 3length 3 NAS Verse Count Ephesians1Revelation1Total2Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.Bibliography InformationThayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Mekos". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999.


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After all the noise and bustle of Festival Too, it made a pleasant change to enjoy the music of the Contemporary Consort quartet, set in the wonderfully dignified setting of the King's Lynn Town Hall.
And it can't be that often at a concert that two of the composers are sitting in the audience enjoying their own work!
The event started with an interesting conversation between eminent English composer David Matthews and Festival Artistic Director, Ambrose Miller, in which we learnt that David has written no less than seven symphonies and twelve string quartets. However he admitted he is not very good at actually playing musical instruments!
The music itself was an eclectic mix of new and old works for clarinet and strings, expertly played by the quartet. Amongst the more modern stuff, there was a sublime performance of the Schubert String Trio D.471.
We were also treated to the world premier of 'Diversions' by young composer Benjamin L A Picard, who describes the piece as "a hyperactive, bouncing clarinet melody, with chiming pizzicato thirds played by the viola and an accelerating scalic figure in the cello."
Contemporary Consort have been an ensemble in residence at the King's Lynn Festival since 2001. Together they have performed at the Purcell Room in London, and for the BBC Proms Composer Portrait Series at the Royal Albert Hall live on BBC Radio 3 annually between 2002 and 2007.
They have performed regularly at various music festivals around the country.
The King's Lynn Festival continues until Saturday 26 July with a wide variety of events.


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New Delhi: Bollywood movies have for long popularised foreign destinations in India and now the same tool will be used to promote Indian destinations among foreign travellers and filmmakers.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Tourism Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the reach of Incredible India through cinema with the aim of increasing inbound flow of tourists by five million over the next four years.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni and Minister for Tourism Subodh Kant Sahai.
The MoU will provide an impetus to frame policies and guidelines for facilitating shooting of international films in India and promote the country as a destination for filming movies.
"Movies have played a big role in making destinations known… We will work with states for single-window permission so that movie makers find it easy to get permissions for shooting," Sahai said.
Tourism ministry official said that the MoU is expected to increase foreign tourists footfall in the country from 0.6 percent to one percent by the end of 12th Five Year plan and that India can register 11.37 million foreign tourist arrivals by 2016 compared to 6.29 million in 2011.


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Finding information about the N.W.O. can be difficult at times, but i have found out a few things....
The first thing I did was look up Illuminati on dictionary.com. The definition is as follows
""1. persons possessing, or claiming to possess, superior enlightenment.
2.( initial capital letter ) a name given to different religious societies or sects because of their claim to superior enlightenment.""
Next its important to realize that illumanati as it pertains to the New World Order is simply refering to a large group of individuals and organizations.
Organizational Hierarchy:
Up to 1992
Abergavemy, Marquis of.
Acheson, Dean.
Adeane, Lord Michael.
Agnelli, Giovanni.
Alba, Duke of.
Aldington, Lord.
Aleman, Miguel.
Allihone, Professor T. E.
Alsop Family Designate.
Amory, Houghton.
Anderson, Charles A.
Anderson, Robert 0.
Andreas, Dwayne.
Asquith, Lord.
Astor, John Jacob and successor, Waldorf.
Aurangzeb, Descendants of.
Austin, Paul.
Baco, Sir Ranulph
BalFour, Arthur.
Balogh, Lord.
Bancroft, Baron Stormont.
Barnato, B.
Barran, Sir John.
Baxendell, Sir Peter.
Beatrice of Savoy, Princess.
Beaverbrook, Lord.
Beck, Robert.
Beeley, Sir Harold.
Beit, Alfred.
Benn, Anthony Wedgewood.
Bennet, John W.
Benneton, Gilberto or alternate Carlo.
Bertie, Andrew.
Besant, Sir Walter.
Bethal, Lord Nicholas.
Bialkin, David.
Biao, Keng.
Bingham, William.
Binny, J. F.
Blunt, Wilfred.
Bonacassi, Franco Orsini.
Bottcher, Fritz.
Bradshaw, Thornton.
Brandt, Willy.
Brewster, Kingman.
Buchan, Alastair.
Buffet, Warren.
Bullitt, William C.
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward.
Bundy, McGeorge.
Bundy, William.
Bush, George.
Cabot, John. Family Designate.
Caccia, Baron Harold Anthony.
Cadman, Sir John.
Califano, Joseph.
Carrington, Lord.
Carter, Edward.
Catlin, Donat.
Catto, Lord.
Cavendish, Victor C. W. Duke of Devonshire.
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart.
Chang, V. F.
Chechirin, Georgi or Family Designate.
Churchill, Winston.
Cicireni, V. or Family Designate.
Cini, Count Vittorio.
Clark, Howard.
Cleveland, Amory.
Cleveland, Harland.
Clifford, Clark.
Cobold, Lord.
Coffin, the Rev William Sloane.
Constanti, House of Orange.
Cooper, John. Family Designate.
Coudenhove-Kalergi, Count.
Cowdray, Lord.
Cox, Sir Percy.
Cromer, Lord Evelyn Baring.
Crowther, Sir Eric.
Cumming, Sir Mansfield.
Curtis, Lionel. d'Arcy, William K.
D'Avignon, Count Etienne.
Danner, Jean Duroc.
Davis, John W. de Benneditti, Carlo.
De Bruyne, Dirk.
De Gunzberg, Baron Alain.
De Lamater, Major General Walter.
De Menil, Jean.
De Vries, Rimmer.
de Zulueta, Sir Philip.
de'Aremberg, Marquis Charles Louis.
Delano. Family Designate.
Dent, R.
Deterding, Sir Henri.
di Spadaforas, Count Guitierez, (House
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec.
Drake, Sir Eric.
Duchene, Francois.
Edward, Duke of Kent.
Eisenberg, Shaul.
Elliott, Nicholas.
Elliott, William Yandel.
Elsworthy, Lord.
Farmer, Victor.
Forbes, John M.
Foscaro, Pierre.
France, Sir Arnold.
Fraser, Sir Hugh.
Frederik IX, King of Denmark Family Designate.
Freres, Lazard.
Frescobaldi, Lamberto.
Fribourg, Michael.
Gabor, Dennis.
Gallatin, Albert. Family Designate.
Gardner, Richard.
Geddes, Sir Auckland.
Geddes, Sir Reay.
George, Lloyd.
Giffen, James.
Gilmer, John D.
Giustiniani, Justin.
Gladstone, Lord.
Gloucestor, The Duke of.
Gordon, Walter Lockhart.
Grace, Peter J.
Greenhill, Lord Dennis Arthur.
Greenhill, Sir Dennis.
Grey, Sir Edward.
Gyllenhammar, Pierres.
Haakon, King of Norway.
Haig, Sir Douglas.
Hailsham, Lord.
Haldane, Richard Burdone.
Halifax, Lord.
Hall, Sir Peter Vickers.
Hambro, Sir Jocelyn.
Hamilton, Cyril.
Harriman, Averill.
Hart, Sir Robert.
Hartman, Arthur H.
Healey, Dennis.
Helsby, Lord.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Her Majesty Queen Juliana.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix.
Her Royal Highness Queen Margreta.
Heseltine, Sir William.
Hesse, Grand Duke descendants, Family Designate.
Hoffman, Paul G.
Holland, William.
House of Braganza.
House of Hohenzollern.
House, Colonel Mandel.
Howe, Sir Geoffrey.
Hughes, Thomas H.
Hugo, Thieman.
Hutchins, Robert M.
Huxley, Aldous.
Inchcape, Lord.
Jamieson, Ken.
Japhet, Ernst Israel.
Jay, John. Family Designate.Jodry, J. J.
Joseph, Sir Keith.
Katz, Milton.
Kaufman, Asher.
Keith, Sir Kenneth.
Keswick, Sir William Johnston, or Keswick, H.N.L.
Keswick, William Johnston.Keynes, John Maynard.
Kimberly, Lord.
King, Dr. Alexander.
Kirk, Grayson L.
Kissinger, Henry.
Kitchener, Lord Horatio.
Kohnstamm, Max.
Korsch, Karl.
Lambert, Baron Pierre.
Lawrence, G.
Lehrman, Lewis.
Lever, Sir Harold.
Lewin, Dr. Kurt.
Lippmann, Walter.
Livingstone, Robert R. Family Designate.
Lockhart, Bruce.
Lockhart, Gordon.
Linowitz, S.
Loudon, Sir John.
Luzzatto, Pieipaolo.
Mackay, Lord, of Clasfern.
Mackay-Tallack, Sir Hugh.
Mackinder, Halford.
MacMillan, Harold.
Matheson, Jardine.
Mazzini, Giuseppe.
McClaughlin, W. E.
McCloy, John J.
McFadyean, Sir Andrew.
McGhee, George.
McMillan, Harold.
Mellon, Andrew.
Mellon, William Larimer or Family Designate.
Meyer, Frank.
Michener, Roland.
Mikovan, Anastas.
Milner, Lord Alfred.
Mitterand, Francois.
Monett, Jean.
Montague, Samuel.
Montefiore, Lord Sebag or Bishop Hugh.
Morgan, John P.
Mott, Stewart.
Mountain, Sir Brian Edward.
Mountain, Sir Dennis.
Mountbatten, Lord Louis.
Munthe, A., or family designate.
Naisbitt, John.
Neeman, Yuval.
Newbigging, David.
Nicols, Lord Nicholas of Bethal.
Norman, Montague.
O'Brien of Lotherby, Lord.
Ogilvie, Angus.
Okita, Saburo.
Oldfield, Sir Morris.
Oppenheimer, Sir Earnest, and successor, Harry.
Ormsby Gore, David (Lord Harlech).
Orsini, Franco Bonacassi.
Ortolani. Umberto.
Ostiguy, J.P.W.
Paley, William S.
Palme, Olaf.
Palmstierna, Jacob.
Pao, Y.K.
Pease, Richard T.
Peccei, Aurellio.
Peek, Sir Edmund.
Pellegreno, Michael, Cardinal.
Perkins, Nelson.
Pestel, Eduard.
Peterson, Rudolph.
Petterson, Peter G.
Petty, John R.
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh.
Piercy, George.
Pinchott, Gifford.
Pratt, Charles.
Price Waterhouse, Designate.
Ranier, Prince.
Raskob, John Jacob.
Rees, John Rawlings.
Rees, John.
Rennie, Sir John.
Rettinger, Joseph.
Rhodes, Cecil John.
Rockefeller, David.
Role, Lord Eric of Ipsden.
Rosenthal, Morton.
Rostow, Eugene.
Rothmere, Lord.
Rothschild Elie de or Edmon de and/or Baron Rothschild Runcie, Dr.Robert.
Russell, Lord John.
Russell, Sir Bertrand.
Saint Gouers, Jean.
Salisbury, Marquisse de Robert Gascoiugne Cecil. Shelburne, The Salisbury, Lord.
Samuel, Sir Marcus.
Sandberg, M. G.
Sarnoff, Robert.
Schmidheiny, Stephan or alternate brothers Thomas, Alexander.
Schoenberg, Andrew.
Schultz, George.
Schwartzenburg, E.
Shawcross, Sir Hartley.
Sheridan, Walter.
Shiloach, Rubin.
Silitoe, Sir Percy.
Simon, William.
Sloan, Alfred P.
Smuts, Jan.
Sproull, Robert.
Stals, Dr. C.
Stamp, Lord Family designate.
Steel, David.
Stiger, George.
Strathmore, Lord.
Strong, Sir Kenneth.
Strong, Maurice.
Swathling, Lord.
Swire, J. K.
Tasse, G. Or Family Designate.
Temple, Sir R.
Thompson, William Boyce.
Thompson, Lord.
Thyssen-Bornamisza, Baron Hans Henrich.
Trevelyn, Lord Humphrey.
Turner, Sir Mark.
Turner, Ted.
Tyron, Lord.
Urquidi, Victor.
Van Den Broek, H.
Vance, Cyrus.
Verity, William C.
Vesty, Lord Amuel.
Vickers, Sir Geoffrey.
Villiers, Gerald Hyde family alternate.
Volpi, Count. von Finck, Baron August. von Hapsburg, Archduke Otto, House of Hapsburg-Lorraine. Von Thurn and Taxis, Max.
Wallenberg, Peter or Family Designate.
Wang, Kwan Cheng, Dr.
Warburg, S. C.
Ward Jackson, Lady Barbara.
Warner, Rawleigh.
Warnke, Paul.
Warren, Earl.
Watson, Thomas.
Webb, Sydney.
Weill, David.
Weill, Dr. Andrew.
Weinberger, Sir Caspar.
Weizman, Chaim.
Wells, H. G.
Wheetman, Pearson (Lord Cowdray).
White, Sir Dick Goldsmith.
Whitney, Straight.
Wiseman, Sir William.
Wolfson, Sir Isaac.
Wood, Charles.
Young, Owen.
Extracted from "Conspirators' Hierarchy: The Story of the Committee of 300" by John Coleman
from AmericanPatriotFriendsNetwork Website
from AmericanPatriotFriendsNetwork Website
1. To establish a One World Government/New World Order with a unified church and monetary system under their direction. The One World Government began to set up its church in the 1920:s and 30:s, for they realized the need for a religious belief inherent in mankind must have an outlet and, therefore, set up a "church" body to channel that belief in the direction they desired.
2. To bring about the utter destruction of all national identity and national pride, which was a primary consideration if the concept of a One World Government was to work.
3. To engineer and bring about the destruction of religion, and more especially, the Christian Religion, with the one exception, their own creation, as mentioned above.
4. To establish the ability to control of each and every person through means of mind control and what Zbignew Brzezinski called techonotronics, which would create human-like robots and a system of terror which would make Felix Dzerzinhski's Red Terror look like children at play.
5. To bring about the end to all industrialization and the production of nuclear generated electric power in what they call "the post-industrial zero-growth society". Excepted are the computer- and service industries. US industries that remain will be exported to countries such as Mexico where abundant slave labor is available. As we saw in 1993, this has become a fact through the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA. Unemployables in the US, in the wake of industrial destruction, will either become opium-heroin and/or cocaine addicts, or become statistics in the elimination of the "excess population" process we know of today as Global 2000 Report.
6. To encourage, and eventually legalize the use of drugs and make pornography an "art-form", which will be widely accepted and, eventually, become quite commonplace.
7. To bring about depopulation of large cities according to the trial run carried out by the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia. It is interesting to note that Pol Pot's genocidal plans were drawn up in the US by one of the Club of Rome's research foundations, and overseen by Thomas Enders, a high-ranking State Department official. It is also interesting that the committee is currently seeking to reinstate the Pol Pot butchers in Cambodia.
8. To suppress all scientific development except for those deemed beneficial by the Illuminati. Especially targeted is nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Particularly hated are the fusion experiments currently being scorned and ridiculed by the Illuminati and its jackals of the press. Development of the fusion torch would blow the Illuminati's conception of "limited natural resources" right out of the window. A fusion torch, properly used, could create unlimited and as yet untapped natural resources, even from the most ordinary substances. Fusion torch uses are legion, and would benefit mankind in a manner which, as yet, is not even remotely comprehended by the public.
9. To cause. by means of limited wars in the advanced countries, by means of starvation and diseases in the Third World countries, the death of three billion people by the year 2050, people they call "useless eaters". The Committee of 300 (Illuminati) commissioned Cyrus Vance to write a paper on this subject of how to bring about such genocide. The paper was produced under the title "Global 2000 Report" and was accepted and approved for action by former President James Earl Carter, and Edwin Muskie, then Secretary of States, for and on behalf of the US Government. Under the terms of the Global 2000 Report, the population of the US is to be reduced by 100 million by the year of 2050.
10. To weaken the moral fiber of the nation and to demoralize workers in the labor class by creating mass unemployment. As jobs dwindle due to the post industrial zero growth policies introduced by the Club of Rome, the report envisages demoralized and discouraged workers resorting to alcohol and drugs. The youth of the land will be encouraged by means of rock music and drugs to rebel against the status quo, thus undermining and eventually destroying the family unit. In this regard, the Committee commissioned Tavistock Institute to prepare a blueprint as to how this could be achieved. Tavistock directed Stanford Research to undertake the work under the direction of Professor Willis Harmon. This work later became known as the "Aquarian Conspiracy".
11. To keep people everywhere from deciding their own destinies by means of one created crisis after another and then "managing" such crises. This will confuse and demoralize the population to the extent where faced with too many choices, apathy on a massive scale will result. In the case of the US, an agency for Crisis Management is already in place. It is called the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), whose existence I first enclosed in 1980.
12. To introduce new cults and continue to boost those already functioning which include rock music gangsters such as the Rolling Stones (a gangster group much favored by European Black Nobility), and all of the Tavistock-created rock groups which began with the Beatles.
13. To continue to build up the cult of Christian Fundamentalism begun by the British East India Company's servant Darby, which will be misused to strengthen the Zionist State of Israel by identifying with the Jews through the myth of "God's chosen people", and by donating very substantial amounts of money to what they mistakenly believe is a religious cause in the furtherance of Christianity.
14. To press for the spread of religious cults such as the Moslem Brotherhood, Moslem Fundamentalism, the Sikhs, and to carry out mind control experiments of the Jim Jones and "Son of Sam" type. It is worth noting that the late Khomeini was a creation of British Military Intelligence Div. 6, MI6. This detailed work spelled out the step-by-step process which the US Government implemented to put Khomeini in power.
15. To export "religious liberation" ideas around the world so as to undermine all existing religions, but more especially the Christian religion. This began with the "Jesuit Liberation Theology", that brought an end to the Somoza Family rule in Nicaragua, and which today is destroying El Salvador, now 25 years into a "civil war". Costa Rica and Honduras are also embroiled in revolutionary activities, instigated by the Jesuits. One very active entity engaged in the so-called liberation theology, is the Communist-oriented Mary Knoll Mission. This accounts for the extensive media attention to the murder of four of Mary Knoll's so-called nuns in El Salvador a few years ago. The four nuns were Communist subversive agents and their activities were widely documented by the Government of El Salvador. The US press and the new media refused to give any space or coverage to the mass of documentation possessed by the Salvadorian Government, which proved what the Mary Knoll Mission nuns were doing in the country. Mary Knoll is in service in many countries, and placed a leading role in bringing Communism to Rhodesia, Moçambique, Angola and South Africa.
16. To cause a total collapse of the world's economies and engender total political chaos.
17. To take control of all foreign and domestic policies of the US.
18. To give the fullest support to supranational institutions such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank of International Settlements, the World Court and, as far as possible, make local institutions less effective, by gradually phasing them out or bringing them under the mantle of the UN.
19. To penetrate and subvert all governments, and work from within them to destroy the sovereign integrity of the nations represented by them.
20. To organize a world-wide terrorist apparatus and to negotiate with terrorists whenever terrorist activities take place. It will be recalled that it was Bettino Craxi, who persuaded the Italian and US Governments to negotiate with the Red Brigades kidnapers of Prime Minister Moro and General Dozier. As an aside, Dozier was placed under strict orders not to talk what happened to him. Should he ever break that silence, he will no doubt be mad "a horrible example of", in the manner in which Henry Kissinger dealt with Aldo Moro, Ali Bhutto and General Zia ul Haq.
21. To take control of education in America with the intent and purpose of utterly and completely destroying it. By 1993, the full force effect of this policy is becoming apparent, and will be even more destructive as primary and secondary schools begin to teach "Outcome Based Education" (OBE).


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A Boston business has launched an innovative range of charging points for electric vehicles (EV) built within energy-efficient street lighting columns.
Rolec EV, a division of the Frampton-based Rolec, has designed EV: StreetCharge in conjunction with street lighting specialists BEI Lighting and Fabrikat.
Kieron Alsop, Rolec's managing director, said: "Our collaboration with BEI Lighting and Fabrikat has enabled us to design the street light EV charging solution the industry wanted. It is the first of its kind to house the entire EV charging point within the traditional aesthetics of a street light's hard wearing shell."
EV: StreetCharge units will be finished in bright green, so EV drivers can quickly and easily locate a street light containing a built-in EV charging point.
The majority of existing street lights can also be upgraded to offer EV charging points, the business says.
It adds payment for use of the charging points can be made through mobile phones, tablets, or in-car connectivity via its EV Charge Online system.


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Jane's Walk: Getting to Know Your Leafy Neighbours
Posted on May 2, 2016
Looking for a great way to celebrate #yyc neighbourhoods? Join us on a Jane's walk! These are free, locally organized walking tours for people to explore neighbourhoods in their own city. There's a leader, but everyone is encouraged to join in the conversation and share their unique perspectives and knowledge. The walks are inspired by Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), an urbanist and activist who wrote about innovative community-based approaches to city building.
Green Calgary's Jill-Anne Spence (ISA Certified Arborist), will be leading a Getting to Know your Leafy Neighbors leisurely walk in Kensington on Sunday, May 8th at 10 am. Along the way, we'll talk about the many benefits that trees provide our communities. We'll also discuss common pest and tree diseases, improper pruning practices and the challenges of growing trees in limited soil space. Bring your tree questions with you.
Walk Route:
A. 10 am: meet @ intersection of Kensington Rd NW & 12 St NW
B. 11:30 am (-ish) end at Sunnyside Natural Market on 10th Street & 2 Ave NW
For those walkers who would like to stay an extra few minutes at the end of the walk, Sunnyside Natural Market will be providing an extra special treat - a refreshing Wild Sparkling Tea demo.
How to Find Us: Walk lead will be wearing a green "Green Calgary" t-shirt
Taking Public Transit: Sunnyside C-Train Stop


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The truth is that we are not very clear whether to say that Apple Music is working as well as it should or not. The company has put so much passion and effort in the service that it is hard to believe that it goes so "unnoticed", to the point that there are still users of iOS who are completely unaware of the existence of this . Of course, they have achieved user numbers that remain in the millions, but we are talking about Apple, a company that is not worth a product if it does not achieve absolute success in the audience they target.
And Apple Music , as we have said, still does not seem to have satisfied the public. For this reason, those of Cupertino strive to offer users various options to access the service . Some examples are, for example, the family rate, which allows several people to access the service with a single fee; The one of student, that offers a reduced quota for the university students; And now, the annual fee.
New rates for Apple's music subscription
In this case, as the name of the rate indicates, the payment will be once a year, and as usually is custom, a certain discount will be applied to benefit those who decide to commit for 12 months . To give you an idea of how prices would be, currently a month of Apple Music for a user costs 9.99 euros. If we hire a year from Apple Music from now on, it will cost us 99.99 euros , that is, we would have a saving equivalent to about two months of service.
This new option seems to be appearing stepwise on the devices of some users . In fact, it is only available for the moment from the Apple ID subscriptions settings in the App Store. In any case, I very much doubt that this is what users are hoping to register for the service, rather I think a free option similar to what Spotify already offers would do you a lot better.
And you, have you joined Apple Music?
Source | TechCrunch


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need a ghostbuster
We were so focused on getting everything in. Then we were focused on getting our belongings unpacked - for good.
It hit me the other day that I'm not exactly comfortable in this house.
I can't quite put my finger on it.
This place doesn't really feel like mine yet.
At first, I thought it was because we haven't painted yet, so I picked out a few paint swatches and stuck them on the walls to start thinking about colors.
Then, I figured it out.
There's a ghost in here.
Yep, don't shake your head at me because I'm pretty certain there is a ghost in this house. Maybe several.
The house is old which makes it very possible that someone has died in it in the last 80 years. It has a funky crawl space that is the actual attic, so it's even more possible that someone was locked in it and died. (Yes, my mind goes there.) Lastly, I swear closets are opening by themselves and there are no gusts on wind anywhere near the doors.
See? I've convinced you, too.
When I came to this realization, I shared it with the BF and he looked at me, then rolled his eyes and said I've watched one too many Lifetime movies. True that.
But today when I walked in from work today, I barely got a "Hi" in before he said, "Babe, I think we a ghost." And, I didn't even need to say, "I told you so."
Maybe I should call this lady for advice?
UPDATE: When I slammed a drawer this morning in my dresser that's on the same wall, the door popped open. (Mind you, the dresser isn't up against the wall either.) Guess the ghost doesn't like the door latched?
17 comments:
- lauren said...
oh man - creepy! my fiancé and I watch Paranormal State all. the. time. we love this stuff. You should call PRS (Paranormal Research Society) and maybe you could be on the show!
- March 24, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- OHmommy said...
In the Fall, I was convinced someone was breaking into my house. I had my husband call 911. Two cop cars sped to our home.
Searched the house.
Checked the perimeters.
Turned out we had squirrels, living in our home.
- March 24, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Chuck said...
Wanna know if it's a ghost? Send a story to Creepy Cleveland. The readers will tell you what they think!!
(Plus, I'll be happy cause you read my blog too)
- March 24, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Lil' Woman said...
That is creepy..I would not be able to sleep there.
- March 24, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- ~*~Lilly~*~ said...
Ya know....i like to normally think of myself as a pretty logical girl. But with that said, in college my 4th year i lived in a very old house (built something in the late 1800's) it was a beautiful old house that had been split into 3 apartments (upstairs, main floor & basement). When my parents were attending the same college in the 60's the house was still a single family home owned by a very old lady.
With that said - 2 months after morning in the middle of the night one hot july, i woke up to the only other person currently living in the 3 floors at the foot of my bed. Exhausted i told my roomie to go back to bed we would chat in the morning. I woke up in the a.m. to ask her what was so important she came in to wake me up at 4am - she was not there. I called her & she was in fact still in a town 60 miles away at her bf's house. Since i was the only person in the house & absolutely sure i locked both doors...i went and double checked. (locked!)
This is the beginning....some nights or mornings we would wake up to all the kitchen cabinets open, the refrig door open, one morning the back door was open. We did not tell anyone else that was in the house...cause we wanted to see what else happened & if we were crazy. Late 1 night my roomie got up to use the bathroom & saw what she explained as an old women in the kitchen. (oh yes!) At times you would walk in and it would smell like your grandma's house (old & musty) at times there would be knocks at the back door...we would walk back & nothing - & cause it had just snowed we saw no tracks.
it wasn't until 1 night we all got together and started talking that our guy roomie said he was napping on the couch to wake up to someone whispering his name in his ear. FREAKY!
Needless to say we met the ppl who lived there next & they said the SAME thing. (sorry so long)
- March 24, 2010 at 9:07 AM
- The Modern Gal said...
I've lived with ghosts before, and my current house definitely has one or two. You don't need ghostbusters, you just need to make peace with them so that they'll accept you in their space. You know, acknowledge them, say you're there to be friends, something like that.
- March 24, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- kakaty said...
Our old house was about 90 years old and totally had a ghost. It was a very nice spirit but didn't like it when thinks got messy or cluttered. Once we figured that out we co-existed just fine. It was like having a nagging mother around all the time telling you "clean your room!". At least it made us keep on top of the clutter!
Talk to it, make peace with it and it won't bother you anymore.
(Also, the doors opening may be because the house if off level - common in old houses with settled foundations. Rehang the doors or make sure they are latched shut when closed and see if they still open)
- March 24, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Liz@thisfullhouse said...
Ohhhh, the Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures and Paranormal State fan inside me says, "Cewl!"
Then, the wimpy wins out and, well, I'd invite you to live with us, but, you know, all I have to offer is the shed and you'd have to share it with those damned squirrels OHmommy speaks of.
Good luck!
- March 24, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Janiece said...
my dad rented a house a few years ago that had a ghost. he'd wake up to the kitchen cabinets open and the chairs around the kitchen table were turned around facing the wrong way. on a side note my mom's friend had a ghost in her house. they had a woman come over and she said the ghost followed her son home from a bar because she liked him (apparently this is common for ghosts to follow people it likes). she talked to it and whatnot and after that they didn't have anymore problems with it.
- March 24, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- steph anne said...
I'm definitely the same way and yes, my mind goes there too all the time! That is definitely creepy. I'd get a ghost buster immediately!
- March 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- (soon to be) Mrs. G said...
thats so damn creepy. i swear i had a ghost in my old house. there weren't too many weird things happening, but just a feeling you get. the feeling that you just know someone died there. i'd walk down the stairs and swear i could feel someone hanging. eeck. creeps. me. out.
- March 24, 2010 at 5:24 PM
- Katelin said...
okay that is just creepy, i don't play well with ghosts, haha. good luck!
- March 24, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Fizzgig said...
ohhhh i lived in a haunted house the ex bf house was built in the 1800s on a CEMETARY! thanks to my digging up flower beds, he has to disclose this when he sells.
serves him right for being a jerk!
I know a real paranormal psych. and belong to the ghost hunting society (shut it) if you really want it looked into! lemme know!
- March 25, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Maggie said...
My fiancé & I are in the process of house hunting & we jokingly said that having a haunted house was one of our requirements.
I think I would be freaked out if I were you. There's no real reason why I should be a coward about it, but I would definitely be too paranoid to sleep if I were in your situation.
- March 25, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- MichelleB said...
oh noooooo!!! please do not hold your realtor responsible :) but i will be part of a seance!!!
- March 25, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Always a Bridesmaid said...
I don't think you're crazy at all. I've had three different ghost encounters in my lifetime. We must dish about this in person very soon.
- March 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM
- Bayjb said...
Oh my gosh, you're adorable. I think you guys just need to get settled into the house more! It's not haunted! Sure, there are a few weird things but your mind is just going bananas. I think it's time to call Ghostbusters, Bill Murray will save you
- March 25, 2010 at 10:10 PM


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Kemira testing ammonium formate as NOx reductant for SCR systems
22 June 2004
Finland's Kemira has announced a new NOx reductant—ammonium formate, trade named Denoxium—for SCR catalyst systems used in cold climate conditions. The new product is being tested in collaboration with Ecocat Oy, Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT and TEKES.
A number of truck manufacturers announced plans to introduce SCR catalysts in their Euro IV (2005) and Euro V (2008) truck engines. These SCR catalysts will utilize water-based urea solutions, known under the trade name AdBlue, as NOx reductant. However, urea solutions freeze at the temperature of -11°C, thus requiring various heating methods in the distribution system and on the vehicle. Ammonium formate solutions with a freezing point of -30°C have been proposed as an alternative reductant for use in cold climate Northern European countries.
According to Kemira, ammonium formate solutions are fully compatible and interchangeable with AdBlue or similar urea systems. Research results by VTT implicate that replacing AdBlue with Denoxium, without any engine or system adjustment, causes no emission performance penalty. Denoxium is also said to match AdBlue in environmental friendliness and handling safety.
Kemira has demonstrated the ammonium formate concept to vehicle manufacturers in Europe, who have already begun testing the product in laboratories and in the field.
Denoxium will be launched during 2004/2005 to meet the new SCR truck requirements. Kemira will offer full SCR reductant service, including urea/AdBlue, Denoxium, or Denoxium licenses.
Source: Kemira [press release | product page]


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Michelle Rodriguez Gets Bangs to Celebrate New Life with Zac Efron
Michelle Rodriguez sports a SpongeBob SquarePants hat while carrying a bottle of tea on Tuesday (July 22) in Los Angeles.
"Finally got my hair bid. New Look New Life New Vibe washed yesterday right out of my hair looking forward baby," Michelle wrote on Instagram on the same day.
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Over the weekend, Michelle's new boyfriend Zac Efron was spotted heading to his car after leaving her home in Venice.
In case you didn't know, Michelle is currently working on re-shoots for her upcoming film Fast & Furious 7.


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Big Dreamers Ready To Take On The Big Boys
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
Drag racing kindred spirits Phil Burkart Jr. and Robert Schwab have reunited this weekend in Pomona, Calif., the 2017 launching pad for a Funny Car dream spanning the globe from Central New York to Adelaide, South Australia.
The latter is home to Schwab, who along with wife/team manager Lisa, has hired Yorkville, N.Y., resident Burkart to drive the team's Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car for six of the scheduled 24 national events on the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.
Armed with a don't-break-any-parts budget and eager to attract marketing partners, the Schwab Funny Car unloaded Thursday at Auto Club Raceway at Fairplex Drive in anticipation of staging against juggernauts Don Schumacher Racing and John Force Racing during the season-opening 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals. Weather permitting, two rounds of professional qualifying in Funny Car, Top Fuel and Pro Stock are scheduled for Friday afternoon.
"We're a new team with big dreams. This is a bit of a David-and-Goliath team because we're going up against these mega-buck teams, but in drag racing you can still do that," Schwab said during a phone interview with RacinToday.com. Schwab was at a rest stop near Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Wednesday, dutifully driving the truck hauling his car and its single nitromethane-powered V8 engine from the team's shop in Salt Lake City to Southern California.
"That's what I love about this," said Schwab, 50, a self-described Caterpillar diesel mechanic and the race car's tuner. "If I can go out and compete with these guys with one engine, it adds a whole different aspect of the tuning. I can't afford to beat this thing up; I
can't afford another engine. I work fulltime on the car and drive the truck and maintain the car and the computer work that goes along with it. But I still think we can compete. When two cars are on the line, we're even. It doesn't matter how much money you've got or the size of your rig."
Burkart returns to the former Don Schumacher Racing Dodge he first drove during the Countdown to the Championship event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last October.
"At this point we're figuring out how to compete at this level, so selecting a veteran driver like Phil really helps us tune the car," Schwab said. "Phil's a good guy. He's very steady and methodical in the driver's seat so that removes many of the variables we deal with run-after-run. It's exciting to have somebody that good in the car. I'm a driver myself but it's such a pleasure to have a professional in the car."
Burkart is a four-time nitro Funny Car national event winner in nine final-round appearances, having scored victories at Las Vegas, Morrison, Colo., near Denver, Columbus, Ohio and Maple Grove in Reading, Pa. Phil Jr. truly was born into the sport, as his late father was a lifelong NHRA member who campaigned Altereds and front-engine dragsters in the Northeast during the 1960s and 1970s. Drag racing was a logical way to promote Burkart Automotive Inc., the business "Pops" Burkart founded in 1967 and sold to his son in 2012. Burkart Automotive forged its performance reputation during the heyday of the Mohawk Valley's "Muscle Car Era." Today, Burkart Automotive is a complete repair and hot rod shop operating on busy Oriskany Boulevard in Yorkville.
Phil Jr. clearly has bought into his car-owners' NHRA vision. "I'm honored Robert and Lisa trust me with their car. I think we're working in a direction to have a good, competitive car," said Burkart, 48. "I still think I'm 28…really don't feel much different. But I know these things take a lot of energy and money to run. We're working on it at a slow pace because Rob's working on a lower budget. He's got to go forward cautiously, so we don't hurt a lot of parts. So our plan is to make a couple half-track runs Friday and if all goes well, we'll go a couple of full runs on Saturday and try to get in the show."
Burkart's resume includes seat-time with John Force Racing and Worsham Racing, where he made his professional debut. Schwab's current plan is to enter Burkart in additional races in Phoenix, Las Vegas 1, Topeka, Kan., Epping, N.H., and Englishtown, N.J., with additional sponsorship from Burkart Automotive.
"It's certainly fun to be back out there racing again, knowing we have at least a partial schedule of events to run," Burkart said. "Rob's a really good guy trying to make a go of it and he has good equipment. We all got along really well in Vegas, which we kind of treated like a test session, and we were all encouraged by the results. I think we can really make a go of it in Pomona and the other races we have planned."
Unlike Phil Jr.'s homegrown story, Schwab's personal journey from Australia is best documented via Rand McNally. "I came to America in 1987 because I wanted to race a Nitro Funny Car," Schwab said. "Here's my story. My first race I went to was the 1988 Winternationals _ but I had no money. I went to that race and sat outside the track and listened to the cars because I couldn't afford a ticket. I was 21-years-old and now, 29 years later, we're going to the Winternationals with a competitive race car."
For the record, Team Schwab entered its first NHRA national event in 2004, followed by six attempts in 2005 _ all which ended as DNQs. "That's when I stopped racing and went overseas," Schwab said. "I'm a diesel mechanic working on Caterpillar equipment. I can afford this now after my wife and I spent the last 10 years working in Indonesia. I managed an engineering company in a remote jungle location supporting a large American mine.
"lt's taken my wife and I two years to put this together. Vegas last year was sort of like dipping our toe into the water, and it felt good. You've got to have good chemistry on a team and with Phil _ I don't want a driver with an ego on my team, someone who wasn't a down-to-earth driver. We had good chemistry and good momentum and it's a good mix."
While Schwab is the tuner, he does have NHRA veteran Terry Manzer on-hand as mentor. "Terry watches over my shoulder," Schwab said. "He's a great guy and another one who is down-to-earth and well-respected in the sport. He's a pleasure to have around."
Schwab's flat-black Dodge will compete at Pomona with the team's website, schwabbfunnycar.com, adorning its side as well as Burkart Automotive. "It's all a budget thing," Schwab said. "I've got to qualify for these races like the guys in the 1970s did to get to the next race. That's the fun of it."
Burkart said the team is offering packages for "a very entry-level" type of sponsorship. "We'll talk to anybody, be it a business or an individual," said Burkart, who plans to supplement his nitro schedule by wheeling a Top Alcohol Funny Car owned by Jay Blake of Cape Cod, Mass., over a 14-race schedule starting at Gainesville, Fla., in March.
Meanwhile, Burkart will be attempting to qualify for the 16-car ladder at the prestigious Winternationals for the first time since 2014. The event, he said, officially marks the end of his cabin fever.
"Everybody is fresh off the layoff and most of the guys, including ourselves, have acquired new parts over the winter and put stuff together and spent more time in the detail of the cars," Burkart said. "We're anxious to go out and prove what we have. Pulling into Pomona, everyone is No. 1 in points. There's a lot of excitement because you're in the birthplace of drag racing in Southern California, and a lot of history comes from that area and racetrack.
"Personally, I guess, who would have thought…let's backpedal 25 years to when I was a kid in Upstate New York just working on my own Top Alcohol car. Who would have thought it would have taken to me where it has and have the success and experiences I've had because of drag racing? All of that _ from driving for some of the best teams in the country and doing things outside of drag racing that people don't know I've done. I once did a tour in Iraq visiting soldiers because I was a race car driver.
"Who would have thought drag racing would take me to the other side of the world?"
Fittingly, that's the same question being asked and answered in Pomona by Rob and Lisa Schwab.
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The residents of Whitesboro, New York voted 157-55 in favor of keeping an offensive and controversial seal in a non-binding vote on Monday night.
The village officials said the vote was informal and plan to discuss the results in a meeting on Tuesday.
Most town seals seek to celebrate the best of the community. Whitesboro, a New York upstate village, went a different route, suffice to say, by channeling the glory days of slaughtering Native Americans.
The town's seal depicts a heroic white settler in the midst of his holy conquest — strangling locals, grabbing their lands and relegating them to second-class citizens.
The controversial seal, which dates back to 1883, propelled legions of social media warriors in action after an online users posted the image on Internet.
Needless to say, Twitter descended into chaos, asking the seal be retracted.
I would probably change that but then again I'm not a proud resident of WHITESBORO so what do I know? https://t.co/U6S20heYap — Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley)
January 9, 2016
It takes a special, bigoted skill set to name your town "Whitesboro" and adopt a logo of a white man choking a Native American — Denali Parton (@eclecticbrotha)
January 9, 2016
Many hilariously reenacted the seal.
The white man's hands were initially on the native man's throat. It was only after consideration of locals' sentiments that the hands were moved to the shoulders.
Talk about path-breaking political correctness.
The fate of the offensive seal will be decided this Monday, when the residents of the village will vote whether they want to keep the seal. The 3,000 residents, 94% of whom are white, recently received a copy of the seal from the local government.
Residents also have 10 designs to choose from for the new seal. However, it is unclear if the old seal, or any variation of it, was also included in these designs.
Whitesboro clerk Dana Nimey-Olney said that although many people (presumably those who still fly the Confederate flag) have called her in support of the flag, many others believe that the seal still intends to depict a native man being strangled.
Apparently, historians in Whitesboro have long claimed the seal merely shows "a friendly wrestling match that helped foster good relations" between the town's founder Hugh White and a member of the Native American Oneida tribe, calling it an "important event" in its settling.
The seal is currently displayed on the town's trucks, highway equipment and official documents. Although after Monday's vote, it would hopefully be replaced by something less racist and controversial.
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Shanan & Emily (have): A Cautious Amount of Hope
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810 W Lake St. MPLS MN 55408
Presented by Presented by Shanan Custer & Emily Schmidt
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You thought 2016 was bad, but then you met 2017. What will 2018 have in store? Shanan Custer & Emily Schmidt don't really "do" resolutions, but they do have a cautious amount of hope. Maybe it's because they fear it can't get any worse, but know that it most certainly will. Join them for an evening of funny sketches and reflective musings!
Monday, January 1 and Tuesday, January 2 at 7:00pm (doors at 6:00) $12/$10 in advance or with Fringe buttonRead more


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When marketer's exercise their genius and create a new category develops, they don't send out a memo. Then again, they don't have to.
They get the message anyway. Then they follow the leader into the new category.
While such a strategy is an excellent path to short-term profits, it's troublesome for the brand or organization in the long-run. The category creator has free reign in claiming the best position in the consumer's mind. They create a brand that's a benchmark to which all others will be compared against.
Unfortunately, lots of marketers cannot help themselves. Marketers jump into new categories with also-ran brands, settling for positions that fall short of category leadership and sometimes at the expense of their leading brands.
Thankfully, Nike understands this.
That's why they're completely avoiding the exploding "toning-shoe" category, even though the category is estimated to be worth $1 billion in 2010 (up from $17 million in 2008) by financial experts.
To their credit, the discovery of this new category is igniting major growth for the Adidas owned Reebok and Skechers brands, this despite overall declines in footwear.
However, toning shoes make marketing sense for those brands. The Skechers brand has existed without a real strong identity until "Shape-Ups" while Reebok owned the female ignited areobic shoe position during the 1980's.
Conversely, the Nike brand was built on athlete performance. They commanded consumers to "Just do it." Toning shoes hope to give consumers the option of "getting in shape without setting foot in the gym" and "get better legs and butt with every step."
This is great branding by both competitors. On one hand, Adidas deserves a lot of credit for finding and owning the "toning shoe" category, while Nike has remained focused on it's core brand.


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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are expecting their second child together. Their first child is a girl by the name of Wyatt who is now 2 years old. As the due date for an expecting Mila closes in, the public is curious as to what the name of baby number two will be. Ashton appeared on Conan this week to discuss all things career to family. The subject of the new baby was a hot topic and Ashton revealed clues as to what the new baby will be called.
Luck for us, Ashton accidentally revealed the sex of the baby earlier this year.
Ashton and Mila have proven to be more relatable than most celebrity couples. Ashton lead what most consider a "normal" life until early adulthood, entering into fame late than most. Additionally, the couples wedding rings are from Etsy.com, meaning they are either vintage or handcrafted by a artist. Now, as they discuss plans for their coming child. The conversation about the name of their coming child is one many of us can relate to. Ashton says he and Mila had agree on a name and now aren't so sure. It's a conversation most parents have experienced.
There is one name, however that Mila has nixed. Ashton revealed that he loves the name Hawkeye and would love it as the name of the new baby. He goes on to explain that Mila isn't up for it. Saying, "Didn't get across the Mila threshold. It came to the threshold but then it got knocked down."
So, the world is left to wonder, what exactly the new baby boy will be named.


text: Share: Comments Print March 1, 2013 at 4:35 PM Mulling over the Mariners' new-found power Posted by Larry Stone [do action="brightcove-video" videoid="2198317191001″/] As a sportswriter once famously (and facetiously) asked, does "juggernaut" have one 'g' or two? OK, it's a little too soon to crown the Mariners – way too soon, in fact — but we can at least start to wonder if they aren't who we thought they were. The M's rolled to their seventh straight win today, 8-6, over the Texas Rangers in Peoria. And once again, they did it with the long ball. This time, they blasted four homers – by Carlos Peguero, Jason Bay, Michael Saunders and Michael Morse, the latter hitting his first of spring. The Mariners have now hit 18 homers in eight games, which if you must know converts to 365 for a 162-game season. OK, time to reel it back in, with all the usual cautions: This is spring training, where stats mean nothing and victories mean less. But to manager Eric Wedge, it beats the alternative. "We're out here obviously to get ready for the season, but we're also out here to compete,'' Wedge said. "If you're going to play the game, you play to win. I like what's happening with the guys who are starting, but also the way we're finishing games. There are a lot of young people here with a lot of ability, and it's really starting to show itself." It's hard not to notice Peguero, who hit his third homer of the spring and also singled in addition to striking out twice. The whiffs are what he needs to cut down, obviously, if he wants to become a major leaguer. He has fanned four times in 13 at-bats, but has six hits for a .462 average, and made two nice defensive plays today. I know people are starting to wonder if Peguero can work his way into the outfield battle that has been pegged as Bay vs. Casper Wells. I'd say it's still an extreme longshot, but when I posed that question to Wedge, he said: "We've got competition all over the place. We're not counting anyone out. We feel we have 61 players here in camp that are all good enough to be in the big leagues. You can't say that with each year. You look at our spring training and what we've rolled out from the first year to last year to this year, it's considerably different." Bay certainly is helping his chances. In addition to hitting his second homer today, he had a walk and single. He's 3-for-6 with three walks this spring and says he can feel his stroke, and confidence, coming back. "I'm quite pleased that all the work I did in the offseason and here is translating,'' Bay said. "I spent a few years searching for that magic spot. I kind of lost it. It's nice to have that reinforcement that what Im doing is working. Now it's just repetition and keep doing it.'' Bay put a realistic spin on the Mariners' power barrage. "We were just kind of joking about that – we're setting ourselves up. I don't think it's a conscious effort. Early on, we're getting good swings and balls are going out. I don't think that's the way all the games are going to go. "More than anything, for a lot of guys it's nice to get off to a nice start, hit some balls well, and go from there – myself included, for sure. When you're working on getting some timing, results are kind of secondary. At the same time, as a competitor, it still matters. You want to do well, and get your work in. It's almost a little unrealistic how it's been going, but it's not by accident. Guys put their time in. I just think it's a little foolish to think it's going to happen every single game, but we'll take it right now." Comments


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It's not only that I happen to love this particular cookie recipe (which I often make myself in a slightly different version including red wine and fennel seeds) - Alice also picked the best possible time to contribute to Dinner In Venice! I'm taking a short family vacation and this guest post means: "YAY! More play time with the kids". While Allie is not Italian herself, her trademark cuisine, showcased in her addictive blog Ally's Kitchen, is simple but sophisticated, a perfect balance of flavors - qualities that many identify with contemporary Italian taste. Her dishes are eclectic and show many different cultural influences, but this time she is actually taking us on a virtual trip to Central Italy......
Italian roots run deep in my life—married first time around to a D'Antoni, I was very influenced in my culinary growth in early years by being in the family. With three sons who could eat you out of house and home, some of their favorite dishes were all Italian inspired—pastas especially!
Still having a close connection to this part of my life, recently Ben and I traveled to Italy and visited our D'Antoni family there staying in their gorgeous home in Poggio Mirteto where food is the heart of living and breathing. Amid the stunning olive orchards, wine vineyards and listening to the gentle crowing of roosters in early morning, each day began with deliciousness! The long table set for family and friends and prepared by the expert hands of Antonella, 'breaking bread' was more than food, it was layers of entertainment, hours of laughter and sharing, and all with even more family in a rustic warm setting of food, wine, good stories, and laughter!
Makes about 4 dozen
- 4-5 cups self-rising flour (divided) (I'm also going to try them with all-purpose flour and rice flour.)
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 2 cups sugar (divided)
- 1 cup white wine (I used chardonnay.)
Yep, messy at first, but hang in there, it gets better! Preheat your oven to 350 F.
On a large clean surface (I used a large wooden cutting board.) put about 2 cups of flour and make a center well.
Add the olive oil then 1 ½ cups of sugar and the salt. With your fingers work the sugar into the oil. Then add about a cup of flour and start working in with your fingers.
Continue working in the flour that is surrounding the oil. Add another ½ to ¾ cups of flour.
Then slowly start working in wine, a little at a time. The dough batter will be gooey and messy—not to worry. Keep adding flour until you dough consistency that can be shaped into a ball.
Put about ½ cup sugar (or more) in a pie plate. This is for coating the cookies before putting on the partchment-paper lined cookie sheet. Cut off a bit of the dough ball at a time and begin rolling into snakes then shape into pinwheels, make knots, or make donut holes.
Place in the pie plate of sugar and coat well. Place on cookie sheet. Repeat process until all the dough is used.
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When something happens to upset us we react emotionally. If, instead, you calm your emotions and sit with your Higher Self and Spirit and take time to think about what has happened, you see solutions. You are in charge.
Adopt the attitude that everything is a challenge and opportunity and life is unfolding for your good. This is very different to our learned attitude to fear what happens, to anticipate troubles, our focus on expecting problems.
When lessons come they are showing us how we are out of balance, off track, and if we use our power to think and seek to learn from them, we realise how we are out of balance and then we can make the needed adjustments so that we don't need that lesson again.
Now, we can know these things – the key is to apply them, to live them and this takes discernment, using our power to think, effort, journaling, meditating, making daily silent time, and very often this is where we fall down and let things slide.
We need order, structure in our daily life. We need to create a daily silent hour for ourselves, a time to meditate, journal, understand more, read uplifting spiritual work that stretches us, learn to understand how we can apply all the wisdom we are learning.


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Being 6 Foot At 16..
Being taller than your own mum when you are only 16 is hard – well at least for me. Ever since I can remember I have been the tallest in my class; the one placed at the back of school photos and have always been the one with the biggest feet.
It is probably obvious that my height has bothered me for a long time and if I am honest I see it as something that will always bother me. The thing that annoys me the most about being tall is when short people say that they would love to be tall, when in reality if they knew all of the negatives I am sure that they would think differently. One of the obvious downfalls of being tall is, of course – buying clothes. And I know what you are thinking 'they have shops for tall people' yes, but do you know how frustrating it is when you see a pair on jeans that you really like or a nice pair of shoes and they don't fit? When you go out shopping with your friends and you have to drag them up to the top floor where they sell the 'tall' clothes and wait for a shopkeeper to look in the stock rooms for the 'big' shoe sizes. I will tell you, it's annoying!
Another thing? When you are on planes – having to either deal with the fact that you won't be able to feel your legs for days after the flight or paying for extra leg room. In concerts (yes you can see the band over peoples heads) but people don't want someone tall infant of them so you end up standing at the back (or being pushed there). Making your friends pretty much run next to you as you take one step for every 5 of theirs. Yes all of these things are annoying but I can just about deal with them, it isn't like I am unlucky going on a flight or being able to buy clothes. The one thing that I just can't come to terms with is boys..
I can get used to being the tallest one in my group of friends (or school year for that matter) but when it comes to boys I just think it seems strange for the girl to be the taller one. I mean it isn't like I have anything against it – it is just, you can never get that feeling of being protected if you are tall. A shorter boy would never be able to wrap his arms around me.. – in my mind it isn't right.
Going on and on about the negativity of being tall I guess there are some good aspects – being able to see at concerts is a bonus and people do seem to look up to you if you are tall (but with the maturity of a 2 year old I don't think that happens often!) And I guess that I am reasonably slim which is a great bonus in this day and age of people judging you. I guess that with being tall, it also means that people notice you – not that I am an attention seeker but it does feel good sometimes!!
And to finish it all off – at least I'm not taller than my dad (yet) so at the moment I can get my protective hugs from him! 😂
I'm off, Beth x


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I use and endorse Hohner harmonicas. The diatonic models I use include: Golden Melody, Marine Band, and Meisterklasse, and one Special 20 that's been factory tuned to a D harmonic minor (used on "Bubba, The Wandering Gypsy", Harmonica Anthology). I sometimes use re-tuned diatonic harps with the 5th hole draw note raised a half step for more melodic playing in 2nd position (more on this later). I also have three Chromonica 270s, in keys of A, C, and G, and a Toots Thielemans Mellowtone chromatic in the key of C, and a couple of 64 Chromonica 280s, one of which is an old antique.
Because of the inconsistencies that occur with mass production, it can be a challenge to find and maintain harmonicas for playing at a professional level. Early on, as I began to advance on the harmonica, I was often dissatisfied with the way a new harp played – a note wouldn't respond well or seemed too hard to bend, or there were air leaks and rattles. Either I would send the harp back to Hohner for adjustment or sometimes just buy another instrument. After I became an endorser of Hohner harmonicas, I began to get some special attention from their service department, and most of my needs were met.
In the early '90s I met my good friend Joe Filisko. Joe was already on his way to becoming an expert in harmonica repair and harmonica history. He graciously offered to make some repairs and adjustments for me and has continued to do so for the past 15 years. Joe customizes Marine Bands by sealing the wooden comb, adjusting the reeds, and modifying the cover plates. Since I prefer the M.B. sound on certain styles of playing, he's customized a few keys for me, as well as produce some low octave harps (check out "The Road to Lisdoonvarna" on the Happy Man CD on which I use a low octave C to play in 3rd position or the D minor Dorian scale*). These days, there are lots of people customizing harps out there. I've listed a few on the resource page.
As you can see in the key charts section, I sometimes use re-tuned harmonicas. I retune my own harmonicas, but there are some manufacturers out there, like Lee Oskar, that offer factory tuned versions of their own. The tuning I use is often referred to as "country tuning", due largely to country harmonica king Charlie McCoy who has greatly utilized and popularized this tuning. Of course, I also play in first, or straight, position, which gives me a complete major scale without re-tuning. However, in first position there are usually less opportunities to use bent notes, and as we all know, bent notes are cool. It just depends on how I want to play something as to which position I use.
*In recent years I've begun to explore 3rd position. Besides The Road To Lisdoonvarna, I've found there are lots of Celtic tunes, like The Star of Munster and The Musical Priest, that can be played by using third position. It's also great for certain slow minor melodies like Jesus, Lover of My Soul or Mary, Did You Know?, or an old time tune like Shady Grove.
Jon Gindick has a great website – www.gindick.com - for instruction books, CDs, videos, repair kits, jam camps, you name it.
Phil Duncan has produced scores of books, CDs, and DVDs for Mel Bay – www.melbay.com - on styles ranging from blues to country to folk to gospel.
Jack's Harmonica Page – www.volcano.net/~jackmearl - is another good place to look for on-line instruction. Jack has over 300 hymns tabulated for the diatonic scale harp.
Every player needs some wonderful inspiration!
Here's a partial list of my favorite harmonicists and their specialties:
Sonny Terry
One half of the duet Sonny & Brownie (McGhee), Sonny's style was mostly 2nd position, country blues, tongue blocking. His rhythm was great, and he sang and whooped as he played. He was a great stage personality, as was Brownie. There have been lots of imitators, but no one can do Sonny like Sonny does Sonny. Check him out on some of the old black and white youtube clips of him and Brownie McGhee. His rhythm is amazing.
Little Walter
Possibly the greatest Chicago style blues harpist, Walter Jacobs played mostly amplified 2nd position harp, but sometimes played 3rd position on a 64 Chromonica in a chordal, amplified manner.
Sonny Boy Williamson II, aka Rice Miller
As you can see, there were 2 guys sharing this name, although I'm more familiar with Miller. Another great, mostly acoustic, 2nd position player.
Charlie McCoy
The inventor of modern country harmonica, and, after more than 40 years on the scene, still a force to be reckoned with. Charlie's style is all about taste, precision, control, and flawless technique. I'm probably more indebted to Charlie than anybody else in developing my own style.
Howard Levy
This man has literally redefined modern harmonica playing through the technique of overblowing (producing an overtone on certain blow notes one and a half steps above the natural pitch of the reed). Howard first came to prominence as a member of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. He has since gone on to establish himself as a peerless performer on the diatonic harmonica. Jazz, classical, country, blues, pop, literally nothing is beyond his reach. Howard is heard from time to time on public radio's A Prairie Home Companion sitting in with the band.
DeFord Bailey
One of the most popular performers of The Grand Ol' Opry in its early days, Deford was amazing. His life is well chronicled in the documentary DeFord Bailey: A Legend Lost, which was broadcast on PBS.
Norton Buffalo
This brilliant player from the San Francisco area blew me away when I first heard him in the late 70s. He had 2 great albums out back then on Capital Records, but has recorded more since. Norton is a monster on diatonic and chromatic, as great rhythmically as he is melodically.
Mark Graham
I first heard Mark's great playing on some of the recordings of one of my favorite artists, Tim O'Brien. Mark's basically an old time player from the northwest, who plays straight and cross, and has fantastic rhythm. If you like your harmonica with clawhammer banjo or washboard, Mark's your man.
Brendan Power
Equally proficient on diatonic and chromatic, Brendan is great with blues, pop, jazz, basically any style, but I especially love the way he plays traditional Irish. He's got a great website with a world of information.
Jelly Roll Johnson
For the last 20 years, Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson has been quietly carving out a place as one of Nashville's top players and sidemen, playing on dozens of hit records.
Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemann, and Larry Adler
While there are many great chromatic players out there, these three, in my opinion, have done the most to define the instrument in the last 50 or 60 years. They are equally great stylists, amazing technicians, and totally musical and original in their playing. Though I'm not much of a chromatic player, I get lots of ideas and inspiration by listening to these guys. Great stuff on youtube for all three.
David Rice
Another great old time player, David's playing can be heard on an obscure recording, "Salt & Grease", by a now defunct group called The Boiled Buzzards. This record, which features David's excellent playing on every cut, can be found at CDBaby.
Joe Filisko
Joe is known mainly as a harmonica historian, teacher, customizer, and repairman for some of the greatest players in the world. He travels around the globe to festivals and harmonica events of all kinds providing his amazing expertise, not only as a teacher, but a player of considerable prowess, especially the old time tongue-blocking styles of greats like Deford Bailey and other bluesmasters.
There are lots more, of course. Madcat Ruth, Terry McMillan, Jerry Portnoy, Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells, Charlie Musselwhite, and the list goes on and on.
Jack's Harmonica Page – here you'll find about 300 hymns tabulated for the diatonic scale harp as well as 10 lessons for harmonica, 600 other popular songs, and endless other resources.
Harp Depot – an extensive site for harmonicas, accessories and harmonica festivals.
How long have you been playing harmonica?
I started at around age 20 when I saw a couple of friends of mine jamming on Marine Bands. Knowing that neither one of them were very good musicians, but were still able to have a whale of a good time, I decided I was missing out and recovered an old Marine Band of my own I had discarded when I was 11 or 12 years old. Within no time I had figured out a few tricks like train whistles and bending notes. I was hooked and began to play several hours a day. I had a job as a delivery boy for an auto parts store and drove a truck which had no radio, so I started carrying the harmonica and practicing on my delivery route. The job only lasted 6 months, but I played so incessantly that I was pretty good at the end of this period. Within a couple of years I was starting to play it on stage.
Who were your early influences?
Probably my earliest influence was Jimmy Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band who played quite a bit on the Will the Circle Be Unbroken album. His style was more of a country blues approach. Sonny Terry completely mesmerized me with his rhythmic chops, syncopated hoots and totally unique country blues style. Of course when I first heard Charlie McCoy it was like discovering a new world. Charlie's playing was so sophisticated, clean and technically proficient. He was so precise with his bends. Plus he had all these neat solo albums featuring the harmonica playing familiar country hits of the day. So I began to discover the melodic possibilities of the diatonic harmonica and how to play melodically in the cross harp or 2nd position. My next big influence was Norton Buffalo who was like a pop version of Charlie only with more dazzling chops, being equally adept at diatonic and chromatic. In the early 80's I was introduced to Larry Adler and his variety of tonal sounds challenged me to try and color more with the diatonic even though Larry was doing everything on chromatic. Though I'm not a very good chromatic player, my favorite practitioners are Toots Thielman and Stevie Wonder, both amazing stylists.
How much do you practice?
Early on I had time to practice for hours on end, but now it's rare that I find even an hour to play. But usually once or twice a week I'll pick up a harmonica and work out for as long as possible.
Do you read music?
No. I play by ear. That's not to say I don't have some rudimentary musical knowledge. Along the way, I've sort of educated myself with some basic theory that helps me understand things like keys, positions, intervals, chord progressions, etc… Most of this I've learned as a guitarist and singer which helped me early on to progress rapidly on the harmonica.
What do you concentrate on when you practice?
I usually warm up by playing a fiddle tune or something else lively and challenging. Then I might improvise in a bluesy idiom for awhile. I often try to learn a new melody that I've not tried before. Fiddle tunes are great to learn because they are usually melodically and rhythmically challenging. I also like to play along with recorded music that doesn't have a harmonica featured, like a blues or a bluegrass CD. I often get new ideas from listening to other instruments being played by good soloists. I generally don't like to play along with other harp players (on CD), although when I was first learning that's about all I did. But after I had gotten proficient I wanted to find my own style and voice on the harmonica, so I started listening to and playing along with horn players, fiddle players, guitarists, etc…
What positions do you use?
I generally prefer 2nd position or cross harp. But will often play a tune in 1st position especially if I'm trying to play something in a pretty or a lyrical manner – it just depends on the song really. If a tune can benefit from bluesy phrasings, slurs and bent notes, then I'll obviously work it out in 2nd position, but something sweet and pretty like Beautiful Dreamer just seems to dictate 1st position. I guess it really depends on the arrangement of a tune as to which position I'll use. I really haven't explored much of the other positions, but will occasionally stumble across something that intrigues me. I often find that the so-called country tuned diatonics help me play melodic tunes in 2nd position, for example, Danny Boy or a fiddle tune like Blackberry Blossom.
(note: see recommendations for Buddy's recorded examples -ed.)
Do you teach?
Not on any kind of one on one basis, but I do get to give workshops from time to time. In recent years I've been invited to some harmonica festivals like the Buckeye State Harmonica Festival and the SPAH convention, where I've performed and conducted workshops on everything from playing fiddle tunes on the harp to harmonica etiquette. I've been asked to give harmonica demonstrations from time to time at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame, and sometimes on the road I'll do workshops or demonstrations in alliance with local harmonica clubs or when I am with a group for several days at a time. All of these opportunities are lots of fun, and I learn a lot myself in the process.
Who are your favorite harmonicists?
I still love Little Walter when it comes to blues. I love what Jerry Portney did on Eric Clapton's blues album a few years ago. I think Mark Graham is really a great folk/blues player. His work with Tim O'Brien is exceptional and he has a great solo CD. Brendan Powers is phenomenal. I've got a CD of his where he plays nothing but Irish fiddle music and he's incredible on diatonic and chromatic. I love Larry Adler and Toot Thielman but their music is basically beyond me – I just listen and marvel. And hands down, Stevie Wonder is the most soulful player on the planet, probably the greatest chromatic stylist of all time in my opinion.