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I have been having some "back issues". Sometimes my legs are numb, loose sensation and become very weak. I have fallen as a result of this. I finally discussed this with my GP and had an Xray today. It is very clear from the Xrays that I am in fact having a spinal issue of some sort even to my naked eye. Three vertebrae look to be involved. As a result, I am not going to put myself in a position of having to work through pain or risking aggravating symptoms. I am awaiting the official read of this test and then will have more, likely a CT or MRI scan.
I CAN still sew. I WANT to be able to continue to for many years also as it does bring me joy. I just need to dial back commitments. Right now, I will go at it as I feel I can and need the freedom to not sew if I feel I can not. Until I have an actual diagnosis and know the risks of whatever IS going on, I want to protect my back. Protect my joy. Protect my mobility for myself and my family.
Right now, some days it takes me awhile to get out of bed, or if I am sitting I can not stand. Let's not even discuss getting onto the floor to play with the kids. I have kept going, like we all do, ignoring my own stuff to look after the needs of family and others. I feel I need to look after me for right now, because I am not quite sure I could be anyone's "patient" long term! Believe me, no one could handle me
So, just an explanation of an adjustment that will be happening on the business front. Feel free to post "hey you need more boxers...or can you work on some girlie diapers your inventory is low". That I can handle, but cranking out a dozen in a week or two, not so much. Honestly, most of you should not notice much of a difference.
The Etsy store is stocked and purchases can be made as normal. This only affects custom orders.
I really hope this all turns out to be something that can be dealt with and that it does not impact me greatly. Unknown sucks. Pain sucks. Fear sucks.
I am sorry. I feel like I am giving in on one front and being selfish, but I know this is what I *should* do for today. Maybe it will change again in a week. I have always said knowledge is power. I feel powerless right now because I do not have the knowledge I NEED.
To all of you busy moms...take the time to look after you. See your doc if something is "off". Remember to nurture you.


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I have a terrible phobia of phones, i can only answer my phone to my friends and family, close friends only, and even that takes a while, with new friends it may take months before i can answer the phone to them.
When i feel comfortable with the person my anxiety seems to ease. It has got to the point where id rather travel miles to for example, the bank to talk face to face with the person rather than ring them, which would only take 2 minutes.
I never care where my mobile phone is, people are always saying ill text you cause u never answer your phone. My dad thinks its ridiculous but i really cant help it.
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With increasingly frequency good discs are labled'unknown', wont play.
I've owned it since new 5 years ago. Has ran excellently with never a problem. But over the past four months it has, with increasing frequency, started labelling perfectly good disc that have been in the thing all this time and played daily. (In fact the thing hasn't been shut down for more than about a week over 5 years.) Since it cost a grand when new, and seeing as they don't make them anymore, I'm even more compelled to fix it than trash it.
I figure it has do do with the extremely dusty environment my trailer is situated, ith tractors and quads operationg all the time. (I live on an orchard.) I was thinking that it's time to open it up and blow the thing clean, vacuuming anything in they way of micro dust-bunnies, et al. I'm thinking that there's an optical pathway that must be kept clear of junk to correctly identify the disc being stored, loaded or played.
I'm hoping that it's just a dust/dirt/fuzz situation, and that prodigous vacuuming and compressed air should remedy it (fingers crossed).
I was thinking that while I have the thing open, to heat-sink any large chips or RAM since it's essentially a Pentium computer in hardware & firmware. Maybe even add an exhaust fan and filter mesh, or HEPA material to keep it clean and cool in the future. Especially with a hot Okanagan summer ahead.
Any ideas out there?
Thanx in advance. . . . .
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The different lifestyles each one of us can have lends itself to varying ideas about what makes a home. But even despite our differences in taste, one thing we can all agree on is that a home is ideally a place that embraces us in warmth and affection after a long day and a space that mirrors our personal story.
Mindful of the essence of "home", Italian furniture brand, Minotti, launches its Home Anthology Collection. Like its preceding collections, this latest one comes from the creativity of artistic director Rodolfo Dordoni, with some products designed by Parisian designer Christophe Delcourt.
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America's Most Important Restaurant, and the eatery that taught all the other eateries how to name themselves, the Wahlberg family's hamburger restaurant, WAHLBURGERS, is going to be the subject of a reality show? Who knew! Some people, I think. But now all of us! From Grubstreet:
That reality show we told you about featuring Wahlburgers' Chef Paul Wahlberg and his celebrity siblings Mark and Donnie begins taping tomorrow, according to the Boston Globe. The show is all about what it takes to run a successful restaurant — despite recent woes. Wahlburgers has been in the news lately thanks to a lawsuit alleging that ex-manager Ed St. Croix did an "abysmal" job and the arrest of CEO Rick Vanzura for midday drunk-driving.
"Thalia, do you accept this burger?" That is me imagining that this is going to be like the Bachelor. I know it isn't, and I will love it for whatever it is, because Wahlburgers, but I do kind of wish that it was Paul Wahlberg explaining how hard it is to find love when you are so busy running the most important hamburger restaurant in the country, and, like, each week the ladies compete to see who can get a one-on-one date with Paul, which happens at Wahlburgers. You know what is a fun word to say? Wahlburgers.


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A drug used by people with type 2 diabetes to regulate blood sugar led to pancreatic beta cell burnout in mice exposed to high doses over a period of six months. The study, published February 11 in Cell Metabolism, adds to the continuing conversation about the long-term effects of liraglutide and similar drugs on the pancreas. However, more research is needed to assess the potential safety of continuing treatment with these drugs.
Liraglutide is one of a relatively new family of drugs that work by mimicking the effects of a hormone, called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), naturally secreted by the intestine after eating to help stabilize blood sugar levels. Based on studies in rodents, these drugs--also called incretin mimetics--may also improve insulin release and prevent the loss of insulin-producing beta cells, meaning they could potentially help slow down the progression of type 2 diabetes. With all of this promise, reports of side effects made researchers look at the safety of their long-term use.
Midhat Abdulreda and Per-Olof Berggren of the of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Diabetes Research Institute used humanized mice--mice with human pancreatic islets transplanted in the back of the eye--as a testing ground for incretin mimetics. Mice with diabetes were subjected to liraglutide treatment for over 200 days, and effects on human beta cells were evaluated. This revealed an unexpected effect in that the human pancreatic cells eventually stopped releasing insulin, raising concerns about beta cell function after extended exposure to the drug.
"Given the ethical and practical limitations in conducting research in human subjects, we hope that this study highlights the utility and versatility of our new model, which enables studying human pancreatic islets longitudinally under different experimental conditions in vivo," says Berggren, also of Karolinska Institutet. "It is important, however, to note that further studies are needed to corroborate our findings."
Whether a similar pancreatic beta cell burnout could take place in patients is unknown, and due to the expense and invasiveness of the procedures needed to find out, it may not be something that is easy to learn. Using the humanized mouse model, the researchers next plan to investigate the effect of incretin mimetics with various anti-diabetic drug combinations on human pancreatic cells from healthy donors and people with type 2 diabetes.
"Although we are not medical practitioners, it is our opinion that doctors should always have an honest discussion with their patients about potential side effects of the treatment options they are suggesting," says Abdulreda. "Although our current preliminary findings point to potentially undesirable consequences of chronic daily liraglutide treatment, it is too early to change the standard of care."
"It is also important to note that there are many patients with type 2 diabetes who never achieve their therapeutic goals despite trying all available options of treatment," Berggren adds. "Thus, it is essential to recognize the need for continued research and to be receptive of emerging new and improved approaches to treat this multifaceted disease."
This work was supported by funds from the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, grants from the NIH/NIDDK, the Swedish Diabetes Association Funds, the Swedish Research Council, Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Family Erling-Persson Foundation, Strategic Research Program in Diabetes at Karolinska Institutet, the ERC-2013-AdG 338936-BetaImage, the Family Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Skandia Insurance Company Ltd, Diabetes and Wellness Foundation, the Bert von Kantzow Foundation, and the Stichting af Jochnick Foundation. Per-Olof Berggren is cofounder and CEO of Biocrine, an unlisted biotech company that is using the anterior chamber of the eye technique as a research tool. Midhat Abdulreda is consultant for the same company.
Cell Metabolism, Abdulreda et al.: "Liraglutide compromises pancreatic beta cell function in a humanized mouse model" http://dx.
Cell Metabolism (@Cell_Metabolism), published by Cell Press, is a monthly journal that publishes reports of novel results in metabolic biology, from molecular and cellular biology to translational studies. The journal aims to highlight work addressing the molecular mechanisms underlying physiology and homeostasis in health and disease. For more information, please visit http://www.


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Friday, 7 September, 2001, 14:57 GMT 15:57 UK
Surfing's hidden dangers
North Cornwall, where two surfers drowned in a tragic accident, boasts some of Europe's finest surfing beaches with Newquay the surfing capital.
The surf beach culture with its own fashion, music and language brings thousands of visitors each year and is a vital part of the local economy.
There are even proposals for a "surf reef" off one of the main Newquay beaches to create good consistent surfing conditions all the year round.
Four million people visit Cornwall every year and research has shown that a quarter will take part in some sort of watersport.
Newquay's tourism office describes the town as a family resort which also attracts large numbers of young people who flock to the area for the surfing.
"It is important to the local economy as we have the serious surfers and the holidaymakers who like to try things like bodyboarding."
The recent Rip Curl championships attracted competitors from around the world and Europe's number one surfer Russell Winter is from Newquay.
The town has many surf and board shops and there is a spin-off social scene in sports bars and pubs frequented by surf "dudes".
Channels of water
Research is going on into whether a "surf reef" can be built off one of Newquay's main surfing beaches.
"There is a bid in for European funding," said Teresa Timms, Cornwall Tourism spokeswoman.
The two men who died on Thursday were caught in a rip tide at Holywell Bay.
Because they lurk in seemingly calm waters, tired or inexperienced swimmers or surfers can easily be swept away.
They are characterised by darker and foamier water, sometimes with floating debris.
The rip area is usually calm with a rippled surface and smaller waves.
Sand bars
The currents often look like small rivers flowing away from shore.
Rip currents exist in areas where the strength of the waves is weakened by objects such as sand bars, piers and even large groups of bathers.
The UK Surf Lifesavers Association says rip tides are the biggest cause of rescues.
Rip currents occur on many Cornish beaches although coastguards say the number of incidents has been down this year.
'Swim parallel'
The deaths of the two bodyboarders were the first drowning fatalities in Newquay this summer.
Lifeguards say swimmers caught in a rip tide should stay calm and not swim directly against it.
Strong swimmers should swim parallel to the shore until they pass the current and only then swim toward the beach.
Weak or inexperienced swimmers should ride it out and then swim parallel to the shore for 30 to 40 metres to where the waves are breaking before turning to swim straight to the beach.
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The more I read of Tesla, that wunderkind inventor and experimenter of the early Electric Age, the more I am fascinated by the immense scale of his vision.
For example, in 1900 he had an idea for what he called his "World System". Keep in mind that this was when wireless telephony was still in it's very early stages. Tesla's description of what his system could achieve is striking in its scale and depth. It is also very prescient and although we do not use his "World System", which was based on wireless power transmission through tuned resonance between the Earth and its Atmosphere and Magnetic field, the results of our developments have come very close to his predictions.
Below is a description of his "World System" in his own words.
Keep your sightglass full, your firebox trimmed and your water iced.
From My Inventions By Nikola Tesla
At the age of 63 Tesla tells the story of his creative life.
First published in 1919 in the Electrical Experimenter magazine.
This invention was one of a number comprised in my "World-System" of wireless transmission which I undertook to commercialize on my return to New York in 1900. As to the immediate purposes of my enterprise, they were clearly outlined in a technical statement of that period from which I quote:
"The 'World-System' has resulted from a combination of several original discoveries made by the inventor in the course of long continued research and experimentation. It makes possible not only the instantaneous and precise wireless transmission of any kind of signals, messages or characters, to all parts of the world, but also the inter-connection of the existing telegraph, telephone, and other signal stations without any change in their present equipment. By its means, for instance, a telephone subscriber here may call up and talk to any other subscriber on the Globe. An inexpensive receiver, not bigger than a watch, will enable him to listen anywhere, on land or sea, to a speech delivered or music played in some other place, however distant. These examples are cited merely to give an idea of the possibilities of this great scientific advance, which annihilates distance and makes that perfect natural conductor, the Earth, available for all the innumerable purposes which human ingenuity has found for a line-wire. One far-reaching result of this is that any device capable of being operated thru one or more wires (at a distance obviously restricted) can likewise be actuated, without artificial conductors and with the same facility and accuracy, at distances to which there are no limits other than those imposed by the physical dimensions of the Globe. Thus, not only will entirely new fields for commercial exploitation be opened up by this ideal method of transmission but the old ones vastly extended.
The 'World-System' is based on the application of the following important inventions and discoveries:
1. The 'Tesla Transformer.' This apparatus is in the production of electrical vibrations as revolutionary as gunpowder was in warfare. Currents many times stronger than any ever generated in the usual ways, and sparks over one hundred feet long, have been produced by the inventor with an instrument of this kind.
2. The 'Magnifying Transmitter.' This is Tesla's best invention, a peculiar transformer specially adapted to excite the Earth, which is in the transmission of electrical energy what the telescope is in astronomical observation. By the use of this marvelous device he has already set up electrical movements of greater intensity than those of lightning and passed a current, sufficient to light more than two hundred incandescent lamps, around the Globe.
3. The 'Tesla Wireless System.' This system comprises a number of improvements and is the only means known for transmitting economically electrical energy to a distance without wires. Careful tests and measurements in connection with an experimental station of great activity, erected by the inventor in Colorado, have demonstrated that power in any desired amount can be conveyed, clear across the Globe if necessary, with a loss not exceeding a few per cent.
4. The 'Art of Individualization.' This invention of Tesla's is to primitive 'tuning' what refined language is to unarticulated expression. It makes possible the transmission of signals or messages absolutely secret and exclusive both in the active and passive aspect, that is, non-interfering as well as non-interferable. Each signal is like an individual of unmistakable identity and there is virtually no limit to the number of stations or instruments which can be simultaneously operated without the slightest mutual disturbance.
5. 'The Terrestrial Stationary Waves.' This wonderful discovery, popularly explained, means that the Earth is responsive to electrical vibrations of definite pitch just as a tuning fork to certain waves of sound. These particular electrical vibrations, capable of powerfully exciting the Globe, lend themselves to innumerable uses of great importance commercially and in many other respects.
The first 'World-System' power plant can be put in operation in nine months. With this power plant it will be practicable to attain electrical activities up to ten million horsepower and it is designed to serve for as many technical achievements as are possible without due expense. Among these the following may be mentioned:
(1) The inter-connection of the existing telegraph exchanges or offices all over the world;
(2) The establishment of a secret and non-interferable government telegraph service;
(3) The inter-connection of all the present telephone exchanges or offices on the Globe;
(4) The universal distribution of general news, by telegraph or telephone, in connection with the Press;
(5) The establishment of such a 'World-System' of intelligence transmission for exclusive private use;
(6) The inter-connection and operation of all stock tickers of the world;
(7) The establishment of a 'World-System' of musical distribution, etc.;
(8) The universal registration of time by cheap clocks indicating the hour with astronomical precision and requiring no attention whatever;
(9) The world transmission of typed or handwritten characters, letters, checks, etc.;
(10) The establishment of a universal marine service enabling the navigators of all ships to steer perfectly without compass, to determine the exact location, hour and speed, to prevent collisions and disasters, etc.;
(11) The inauguration of a system of world-printing on land and sea;
(12) The world reproduction of photographic pictures and all kinds of drawings or records."


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Perdue Farms issued a recall for frozen chicken nuggets sold at Walmart stores under the Great Value brand because the nuggets could contain pieces of plastic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The nuggets are sold in 1-pound, 13-ounce bags and have the established number P-33944, a case code of 89008 A0160 and a best used by date of June 9, 2011. Cases contain eight bags each.
Consumer complaints about small pieces of blue plastic in the nuggets led to the recall, the USDA said. No injuries or illnesses have been reported in connection to the nuggets, but the USDA suggests anyone who has eaten them and is concerned should contact their doctor.
"We determined the likely source was a small plastic ring that got into the raw material before the nuggets were formed," Bruce Stewart-Brown, Perdue's Senior Vice President for Food Safety and Quality, said in a statement. "This would have resulted in a minimal amount of consumer packages potentially containing nuggets with the plastic, which is bright blue in color."
The nuggets were made on June 9 and about 92,000 pounds -- more than 50,000 packages -- were shipped to stores nationwide.
Anyone with questions should call Perdue Consumer Relations at (877) 727-3447.
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Hungarian president János Áder's inaugural speech in the Hungarian National Assembly
I offer it for you as food for thought and as an inspiration let me take the first step. Let me use this opportunity to offer my words of apology to all those whom I have hurt or offended during my presidency with an ill placed sentence, a short-tempered remark or by the choice of bad language.
Esteemed House,
In his famous Cassandra letter, Kossuth turns to Deák with the following words: "…What I am seeing …is that our nation is being pushed in harm's way, what's more into more than danger, but into death on the slippery slope of relinquishing our rights …" "Do not lead your country to sacrifices, which would strip it even of its hope!"
The words of Kossuth criticising the reconciliation are often quoted. By this time the two statesmen did not agree on anything. Yet the address and the tone of the letter is still respectful.
"My friend …. we were not only driven by the same ideals, but were also friends, in the most noble sense of the word during the better part of our manhood. when we were still heading in one direction on the path of patriotic duty."
Esteemed House,
Serious criticism and the respect felt for the other both figure in this letter without conflict. Let us learn from this.
Let the age of the reformation, 15th of March, 1867 and 1956 be our shared resources.
And when we weigh our arguments, let us never forget the 4 words:
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my daughter had a typical teenage argument on monday at school and now it has escalated and none of her group of friends (10 girls or so) will speak to her. She has no one to walk with to school, no one to have lunch with talk to through the day or walk home with. I had to take her and pick her up today. She is heartbroken and i feel so helpless. I have been in to school but they cant make the girls talk to her. I just dont know what I can do other than be here for eher?
I think being there for her is the best thing at the moment. I remember this age, and it wasn't uncommon to fall out with friends but be talking again by the end of the week. Give it a while and they'll either make up or she'll have found a new group to hang about with.
I would say keep an eye out though in case it turns into bullying. She's only really just started secondary though so if it escalates, or she's really unhappy in a couple of months maybe look at other schools in your area.
Lifes way to short to be unhappy.
Hi - my dd (age 13, 2nd year of HS) is also going through something smilar at the moment. Best friend from primary decided 2 weeks ago that she no longer wanted to be friends with DD (gave some pretty pathetic reasons too) and DD now been excluded from group of girls they were part of. This is the first week back at school and DD is finding it pretty tough going. She feels that everyone else is either paired up or in groups. I tried to phone her pupil support teacher this afternoon but she had gone home, so advised to call tomorrow at 8.30am. I don't expect the school to wave a magic wand but I just want them to be aware that dd is having a tough time. She feels she fits in no where.
I'm finding it really tough as well and have been crying quite a bit!
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The pupil support teacher called me at 8.15am this morning and was good. She spoke to dd this morning (got her in on the 'pretence' that she had not yet had her annual guidance meeting), got her on to the subject of friendships and luckily it all came tumbling out. Support teacher discussed matters with dd and told her she can come and see her whenever. Teacher also called me to say what had been discussed and that she had now 'opened a dialogue with dd'. DD did say tonight that she felt she could go and see the pupil support teacher.
DD now getting annoyed when I try and 'grill' her about her day. I know have to step back but am worried sick. DD can be quite 'closed'. Ex friend is also still walking with dd and two other friends to school (who are not part of the group) but ex friend completely ignores dd and can't even bring herself to say hello to dd. I honestly could swing for the ex friend.
Friendships are fickle at your dd's age and petty squabbles tend to blow over pretty quickly.
Hi. I have the same situation with my 13 yr old son. His two best friends seem to have decided that they don't want to hang about with him now and are not inviting him anywhere with them. The 3 of them have been friends for years and I find it very upsetting. Like your dd Rassie my son still walks to school with a group and one of the 'best friends' also walks but barely talks to my son. I find that I amd always asking him about it and suggesting that he invites some new friends round etc and he has been getting really angry with me. I find that I can't help myself as I want him to open up and feel that I would be able to give him support and advice but he won't let me. I've decided to try really hard not to mention it and see what happens but it's really hard.
I know exactly how you feel. It is heartbreaking. I find I also get quite anxious at times during the school day, wondering what is going on. By the time it is home time I'm literally pacing up and down!
DD1 also finds it difficult that DD2 is always out and about with friends. DD2 is the complete opposite, personality wise, to DD1, and the phone and the door are always for her.
I suppose we all just have to grit our teeth and hang off the Spanish Inquisition each day!
Hi, its so good to read your similar stories. The pastoral care have been good and my dd can go there for lunch and breaks but its not ideal.I ring up in the mornign t o see how things are and they are usually too busy to ring me back until after the school day - makes for a very long day for me.
We have sort of survided the first weekend and dd has been out with some of the y8 boys she is friends with. Not ideal as they want to play footy and she wants to talk hait and makeup! DD is also fed up of talking about it and all i want to do is make sure that she is ok. Im dreading tomorrow morning.
No advice to offer but just wanted to offer a virtual handhold as the mother of another 13 year old DD.
They are difficult times aren't they?
Same as Exit. Mum of 13 year old DS, who knows what it's like. x
I had these problems all the time at school. It is just one of those things, I am afraid. I did not really have close friends but had a few -sort of- friends. Whenever there was an argument it seemed as if the whole workd and his wife was against me. I just learned to ingore them. The rest were pretty immature. Had that in college too. For the heinous crime of wanting to go straight home and not look at shoes, I was ostracised for 2 weeks by most of the people at college. I was two years older than they were and it showed!
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The Rock Church Worship Team invites you to a Night of Worship!
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Appeals court rules against deduction for teacher health costs
LANSING, Mich. – A Michigan appeals court has ruled that a 3 percent deduction from school employees put in place to help pay for health care costs is illegal, according to MLive.
The state has collected more than $500 million since the case against the deduction began in 2010, but the money has not been spent, MLive reports.
Teacher union leaders have asked that the money be returned.
SOURCE: MLive, "Gov. Snyder ponders whether teachers will get a $508 million refund after appeals court ruling," Aug. 17, 2012
FURTHER READING: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, "Michigan Public School Health Insurance Costs Soar Above National Trends," Sept. 7, 2010
Mackinac Center for Public Policy, "Judge Giddings Upholds Mackinac Center on Government Retiree Health Bennies," April 6, 2011


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Growing up I had two sisters who were significantly younger than me. I helped them with their school work, and I did a lot of babysitting. I was around young children quite often. When I got to college I wasn't sure of what career I wanted to pursue, so I prayed to God to guide me on the right path. After many prayers and contemplation, I realized that teaching was the right path for me.
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THE GANGSTARR FOUNDATION HAS LANDED!!October 20th -Nov 4
For anyone who missed the March run of The Gangstarr foundation world tour you're in luck, Jeru the Damaja, Big Shug and Afu Ra are at it again.
GSF did so much damage on thier last tour in March they are back by popular demand, and planning to break mics all across Europe.
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Food safety issue was raised as the theme for the 2015 World Health Day, it especially emphasize on the food security issue in Africa and South-East Asia. According to the report from the Times of India, in the South East Asian region, diarrhoeal diseases continue to be one of the top three leading causes of deaths, food safety still one of the biggest problems for some Asian countries.
Before the day of World Health Day, the India health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) urged the nation of the world to put the food safety issue in the first place. It was released by many Southeast Asian countries, such as India, and Malaysia. Many of the online Indian media outlets such as the Times of India, The Hindu, and the India Express all mentioned the theme in different way.
For example, the report of "WHO, Indian health ministry bat for food safety" from the Times of India showed the current situation of Indian food security, and the significance of alleviating the food safety issue. However, the Hindu put the emphasis on how to solve this problem.
As the food safety is a domestic issue for India, the media outlets pay much attention to it. Meanwhile, different news outlets have different strategies to report the news, including the agenda setting and news framing. According to Shoemaker and Reese, ''framing'' refers to modes of presentation that journalists and other communicators use to present information in a way that resonates with existing underlying schemas among their audience.[1] Different news content can provide audience a variety of views to understand the news in-depth.
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US aircraft bombard Al Qaeda positions in Yemen
Sanaa, March 3 (IANS) US aircraft bombarded Al Qaeda positions in southern and central Yemen on Friday, sources said.
There was an undetermined number of dead and wounded, including civilians and fighters of the terror group, the sources told Efe news.
The air strikes destroyed homes in mountainous areas in three provinces — Shebwa, Abyan, al-Bayda, witnesses said.
Al Qaeda members responded to the planes by firing anti-aircraft guns.
Amid the shelling in Shebwa, the aircraft destroyed a building material factory, as well as one gas station and a weapons store.
Dozens of families left the areas due to the attack and fled to the city of Ataq, capital of Shebwa.
On Thursday, US bombings took place in the same provinces where at least nine members of Al Qaeda were killed during the attack.
This is the second US ground operation in Yemen since Donald Trump became president, after another attack in January in which a US soldier was killed, as well as 14 Al Qaeda militants.


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I have traveled the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, the Hawaiian Islands, Costa Rica, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, & the Tahitian Islands for years performing resort site inspections, evaluating levels of service, room accommodations, cuisine, atmosphere, local culture, walking beaches, and creating relationships with resort management and staff to better educate you, so you may make the best, most informed decision possible when choosing YOUR dream escape.
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Malaysia will scrap fuel price controls in August and allow pump prices to rise in line with market rates as part of plans to cut the government's burgeoning subsidy bill, the domestic trade minister said on Tuesday.
The government will instead use a quota system or cash payments to cushion the impact on a population used to fuel prices that are less than half those in neighboring Singapore.
"There will be no control prices ... by August. So it will depend on global market prices," Minister Shahrir Samad told reporters. "You can't have a price increase without giving some form of subsidy to Malaysians."
The government was considering two options as part of an overhaul of its fuel subsidy scheme -- offering direct cash or setting quotas, Shahrir said.
The government will provide details of the new fuel subsidy system on Wednesday, he said on Monday.
Fuel prices in Malaysia are among the cheapest in Asia, with petrol selling for just 1.92 ringgit (60 U.S. cents) a litre, less than half the price in neighboring Singapore.
Malaysia is a net oil exporter and gains from high oil prices, reaping 250 million ringgit ($77.6 million) a year in revenue for every $1 rise in crude prices.
But the government's fuel subsidy bill also has jumped along with skyrocketing crude prices, pushing it to find ways to ease the burden on its finances.
Domestic fuel prices in many developing countries remain capped despite the doubling of oil prices in the last 12 months. Subsidies allow consumers to continue guzzling oil, pushing up world prices.
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Today is my last day of my 2-month pledge over at wardrobe refashion. The time went by really quickly and I didn't not crack down and bought any clothing. Yeah for me, however I could not keep my promise to buy no new fabric and only sew from my existing stash. Well, another goal to reach for my next time around. I won't sign up for the next round because I won't have any time posting for the next 3 weeks due to exam and after that I cannot promise to keep my hands from the gorgeous French fashion once I move there. Nevertheless, I would like to do this again as it was lots of fun, a good experience and wardrobe refashion certainly has a great sense of community.
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Miss Imogen's Picnic
Added Mar 4, 2012
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Wagga Wagga, Aus...
What my 11 year old daughter did with her fabric scraps that she got for her birthday. No patterns. Just a sewing frenzy. We start with cupcakes including the sprinkles, gummi drops, jelly beans and icing. Next was the spagetti and meatballs, on a plate. Then the pancakes and jar of maple syrup. The melting knob of butter on top was an inspired touch. For the next course is the chicken soup. Then the tomato and lettuce salad with a cider dressing. Finally is the raspberry jar to compliment the pancakes. Apparently there is more to come!
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Mar 8, 2012, 12.55 AMby The Tropical Sewist
oh dear oh dear i wanted to reply to your answer but marked the 'inappropriate' flag instead – i am so very sorry! is there some way i can undo it?
anyway i just wanted to say, 'You are so precocious and PRECIOUS! :) looking forward to seeing more projects!'
Mar 6, 2012, 12.24 AMby The Tropical Sewist
So, so cute! Bon appetit!
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Mar 7, 2012, 11.48 AMby wardrobe-cat
Directly from Imogen: "Thanks. I worked really hard on all of it. It's great to be acknowledged for your work. :). I've made some more stuff like toast with margerine, a some accessories (bags, wallets etc). Again, thanks for the comment. MY FIRST COMMENT!!!!!"
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Invest in Impact scheme offers chance to access Anglia Ruskin course at half price
Managers from Essex-based charities and social enterprises have an opportunity to access an accredited university course at half price, thanks to sponsorship from local businesses.
Britvic Soft Drinks and Central Essex Community Services CIC are backing Anglia Ruskin University's Invest in Impact scheme, which sees sponsors paying half of the £4,500 fee for the Charity and Social Enterprise Management course. Organisers of the two year course hope this will encourage smaller local charities to join this September's intake.
The course, which now has over 100 students enrolled following its launch last year, offers students the chance to study six modules via distance learning and gain a Certificate in Higher Education in Charity and Social Enterprise Management.
The topics covered include leadership, finance, marketing and social impact assessment, and the flexible learning delivery has proved popular with students who are looking to develop their careers in the voluntary sector and social enterprise.
Suzanne Harris, from the Rural Community Council of Essex, said the course was attractive to her because of its specific focus on charities and social enterprises. She said:
Helen Robinson, who works for the Salvation Army and is a trustee of Chelmsford YMCA, added:
The sponsors for Invest in Impact, which allows applicants from Essex to apply for a bursary of up to 50% off the course fees, were attracted by the opportunity to make a difference.
John Niland, Chief Executive of Central Essex Community Services CIC, a social enterprise providing health and social care services in Essex, Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Cambridgeshire, explained:
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Yacht «Odin-Platinum Bank» has won the "Vadim Hetman Cup 2011" in its class
From 09 to 13 of June 2011 the twelfth national regatta "Vadim Hetman Cup 2011" was held in the Kiev reservoir, in the water-sports center "Sailing academy". Platinum Bank has become one of the regatta sponsors and introduced its crew - yacht «Odin-Platinum Bank».
This year the regatta rules intended competitions of several types, ranging from racing to cruising racing yachts and ending with the competition of model ship builders. In addition, there were also carried out competition on catamarans for children and media representatives.
The yacht «Odin-Platinum Bank» became the winner of the competition at cruising racing yachts of ORC-A class.
«In 2011 Platinum Bank supports seven regattas in Ukraine: in addition to Kiev, the race in Odessa, Nykolaiv and Odessa. I am very pleased that the yacht «Odin-Platinum Bank» became the winner in the group of ORC-A and showed all the skill in competition. There are many things in common between the bank and such team sport as sailing: the ability to make correct and prompt decision in a constantly changing environment, the ability to listen and hear the other team members. As part of CSR bank we conducted an educational program on banking subjects - "Platinum Posidelki" for children who competed on catamarans, the young participants of the race liked the program so much", commented Greg Krasnov, CEO of Platinum Bank.
Platinum Bank (www.platinumbank.com.ua) is a specialized retail bank founded in 2005 which provides deposit and loan products for individuals through a network of branches and customer service offices throughout Ukraine. On January 1, 2010, Platinum Bank's consolidated assets totaled 1.5 billion UAH. The main shareholders of Platinum Bank are Investment Fund Horizon Capital, and other leading international funds, such as: East Capital Financials Fund and IFC (a subsidiary of the World Bank). Platinum Bank has received a professional award "Ukrainian Financial Olympus" in nomination "Qualified management of international standard" (according to the results of 2010).
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Setting up IES Lights in V-Ray for SketchUp
In this mini-tutorial, Onel Pabico shows you how to set up your IES lights in V-Ray for SketchUp, includes some simple tips for adjusting the amount of light generated from your lights by changing the Unit type.
1. Initial view with the Units set to Meters.
2. Place your IES light in position. Right click on it to edit its parameters.
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Final rendered image.
TIP: changing the Units can drastically change the lighting strength.
TIP: if your not familiar with Power settings try changing Units.
Color corrected example in millimeters and IES Power set at 200.0
Example again in millimeters but IES Power set at 20.0
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I was flabbergasted last night: it turns out my account was banned. I've calmed down a bit. I've saved my content and stats and am moving forward. Here are a few take-away's. The main one is obvious: don't trust Hubpages! Set... Read More
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All my accounts & all my hubs unpublished! @hubpages
I was going to post this on the forums but it turns out that I'm not allowed anymore. So here is to all former squids – so you know what hubpages is turning into. Over the past few days ALL my hubs on three of my accounts have been... Read More
How to move a hub?
Someone asked: So question for you all, when you move your hubs, where do you move them to and do you need to ask for the hub to be unpublished? I'm so confused, I have just let my sqhbs sit there…….. Since this seems a common... Read More
Linking myths – post Panda and Penguin
Google has been making life harder for those of us who make a living online. With sites closing left and right – because Google stopped giving them traffic – authors are getting a big paranoid about what linking practices are 'allowed' and/or considered 'spammy'.
I can't really blame people: common sense just isn't enough anymore. However, some things floating around the online forums are just plain nonsensical.
So here are some questions I have been asked recently, and my answers. Continue reading Linking myths – post Panda and Penguin
Squidoo is dead, Long Live Hubpages
On August 15th, Seth Godin announced that the website I have long been making a living on, Squidoo, is going. The content and it's authors are moving to Hubpages (and therefore the money making opportunities as well). It was a stressful day, so I had to process information quickly. I decided within half an hour that I liked this news. While I once loved Squidoo, I had come to distrust its management. Hubpages was always slightly annoying, and boring, but it is run by competent people. The kind who actually know how to build a site.
Was it really that bad at Squidoo? Yes, it really was.
I've been silent on Squidoo's many mistakes in public, over the last year, because I was still making money there and it was becoming clear HQ wasn't listening to feedback anyhow. The only thing I did was advise people to stay out of Squidoo if they weren't already in.
Now that the take-over is official, I can finally open my pen. This is mainly about the stuff that happened after the panda update that penalized Squidoo late 2012, early 2013. Continue reading Squidoo is dead, Long Live Hubpages
Why Hubpages lost and Squidoo didn't in the latest Google update
I've been working on a post comparing Squidoo and hubpages for months now. It kept getting postponed, because Squidoo kept changing on me. In fact, most of my notes on the differences are now moot, because Squidoo has simply bridged the gap.... Read More
20 tips on how to interlink your online properties (websites, lenses, hubs, articles)
When you are trying to make a living online, one of the things we hear a lot of are LINKS. Links are hugely important to getting pages to rank in Google and Bing. However, they're the hardest thing to get right. I see people worrying about links... Read More
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I've been watching Google for years, but this month things are different. They're simply weird. Some of these changes are probably not new – merely new to the Dutch serps – but since they change the game of online promotion... Read More
When should you get an google adsense account?
AKA: how to avoid getting banned by google adsense.
Short answer: you should get an adsense account when the online properties you are going to be using it on have at least 100 visitors a day among them.
I know this blogpost will likely not be read by those it needs to reach: newby online marketers who will sign up for adsense as soon as they create their first blogpost or hubpage. They will likely only read this post when they're already banned from adsense. Unfortunately, by then it's too late. Google is notoriously bad at letting people into their program that have already been banned once.
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This is an interesting script which I have decided to post in this article. When we configure CRM Connector with Dynamics GP for the sample company (Fabricam, Inc.,), there is a known issue in the way the sample company data is structured. As many of you would be aware of, the sample company data has… Read more


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Urban Poison is a new indoor-suitable version of our famous South African marijuana strain Durban Poison. We took the Durban Poison seeds and crossed them with Northern Light, after which we back-crossed the resulting marijuana hybrid with its parent again. Eventually, we came up with this Sativa-dominant variety which retains an aroma of juniper berries and a trippy high. Structure- and potency-wise, this plant is comparable to modern indoor production strains.
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Clark, Schmidt earn medals at state wrestling tournament
Park Rapids' Ashton Clark and Nevis' Kyle Schmidt earned medals from the Minnesota state high school wrestling tournament.
Both wrestlers were guaranteed medals after winning both their matches during Friday's opening rounds at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Clark advanced to the championship match in the Class AA 113-pound bracket with a 5-3 decision over Foley's Nate Garceau during Saturday morning's semifinals. The Park Rapids junior was denied a state title for the second year in a row with a 10-3 loss to Fairmont/Martin County West's Jaxson Rohman in Saturday night's championship match. Clark, who was the No. 1 seed, concludes the season with a 38-1 record while Rohman, the No. 2 seed, finished 48-2.
Schmidt, who defeated two ranked wrestlers on Friday, was thrown into the consolation bracket after suffering a 9-2 loss to WEMJWP's Will Storch (the No. 3 seed) during Saturday's semifinals in the Class A 220-pound division. The Nevis senior rebounded to defeat Paynesville's Grant Ludwig 8-2 during Saturday's consolation semifinals and capped off a 38-10 season with a 6-5 double-overtime victory over Frazee's Luke Tweeton in the third-place match. Both wrestlers had escapes in the first overtime before Schmidt escaped in the second overtime to end his state debut with a third-place medal.


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A bit more than 3 weeks without any interview in T.O.P. (last one was with The Disease Concept), this is the 1st time this happens since its creation in April 2011 !!! For a little while, I have several bands in mind that I'd like to do like Elder and Sigiriya but I must admit that I didn't feel motivated and/or inspired lately, until I got two weeks ago the fantastic debut album of CHOWDER "passion rift"... a true sudden impulse like you've only 2 or 3 per year !!!
Lasting about 50 minutes and revealing hidden treasures at each listening, this instrumental affair is filled with everything a TRUE Doom addict would expect, could it be in terms of heaviness, melodies, tempo-changes, tightness, creepy moods... all envelopped in a progressive and propulsive manner that is pretty unique for the genre and believe me (if -like me- Instrumental stuff is usually not particularly awakening your enthusiasm) there's really not a single second where the lack of vocals is felt.
If not done yet through my previous post on the band which was announcing this release, I recommend you to read the overview by Revelation's John Brenner (here) which is far more consistent, fair and precise than mine. Let me just add that this album will be assuredly in my top ten of 2012; of course judge by yourselves but I honestly think that CHOWDER deserves your immediate attention.
If not done yet through my previous post on the band which was announcing this release, I recommend you to read the overview by Revelation's John Brenner (here) which is far more consistent, fair and precise than mine. Let me just add that this album will be assuredly in my top ten of 2012; of course judge by yourselves but I honestly think that CHOWDER deserves your immediate attention.
Now let's go with the long experimented Joshua Adam Hart, founder and compositor of the band (actually in Earthride too, but also ex-member of Maryland pioneers Revelation and Unorthodox) a very interesting and sincere guy who made this one, one of my fave interviews ever published here for the blog... thanx man for your good words and attitude \m/
- It's a bit surprising to read that you've been writing material for CHOWDER for about 20 years, does it correspond with the time when you left REVELATION ? you recorded demos in the 90's but what did decide you to push things further after so many years with an ep in 2007 and then the album (while you were still active with Earthride) ?
I started writing material for myself before I joined Revelation and it constantly evolved over the years. I remember John and I messing around with some of the riffs that ended up on the demos Chowder released later on. I've always written my own material even if it didn't correspond with whatever project I've been in at the time. If I was to write music with Revelation or Earthride or whoever I'd certainly keep their sound in mind when doing so. In Chowder I write for myself. When John and I started to discuss what became the Doom Or Be Doomed festival in Baltimore in 2007 he suggested that Chowder play even though we hadn't jammed together for almost 6 years. I contacted Chad about giving it another run and he was interested. I also contacted Doug who I was playing in a hardcore band with called Stout. I knew he had really eclectic tastes like we did and is a monster of a bass player. When he agreed we started rehearsing old songs and it just snowballed from there.
- This is a question that you certainly have to answer often, but why did it take almost 4 years to "passion rift" to come out ? I see a few similarities with War Injun's history about that, a 1st album which took a very long time to come out and finally released by an obscure European label, yours being Italian, theirs being Portuguese… how did you find the deal with I-Voidhanger rds ?
I'll be candid here. There are a lot of reasons it took so long to release. First, I was extremely OCD about a lot of things in the recording process. The rhythm guitars, drums, bass and some keyboards were done in only 2 days. But a lot of the extra recording and mixing took forever to get right. Also, Chad moved to Oregon in late 2008 and that kind of took the wind out of my sails about the whole project to be honest. Things were steamrolling along and that just kind of halted my ambition. To make matters worse I was in the process of moving back to my hometown of Frederick from Baltimore and got entrenched in a nasty custody battle for my son which consumed almost all my time and energy until late 2010. Around that time John Brenner and I began remixing the album and finally got it to the point that we were both happy with the result (John deserves a medal for dealing with me on this project). Then I started sending mixes to some labels to see if anyone was interested. Black Widow from Italy were the only one who responded and I thought we were almost there but it turned out they weren't interested in a completely instrumental album. Fair enough. Coincidentally, War Injun and Chowder both owe a great debt to Chris Barnes and his Hellride Music forum. In late 2011 John Brenner made a thread on there discussing his frustration that Chowder, Cyrus and Blizaro weren't receiving the attention he thought the three of our bands deserved and soon after I received an email from a poster there named Len from the Netherlands who contacted Luciano of I, Voidhanger Records and suggested us to him. Luciano was interested right away and made it very easy to get the ball rolling. I believe War Injun's story is very similar to ours in that someone posted on Hellride asking about what happened to them and next thing you know...results! Long live Hellridemusic.com!
- The booklet mentions that the album was recorded in summer 2008 by Mike Potter but also that there's been some additional recording, mixing and production done by you and John Brenner (from Revelation)… was it for some complementary arrangements, how did that exactly happen ?
John produced Passion Rift with me from the beginning and was invaluable in his assistance and guidance through the entire recording process. After we recorded the basic tracks with Mike Potter we reconvened at John's home studio in Baltimore and did many overdubs including lead guitars, acoustic guitars, Moog Prodigy, digital synthesizers, theremin and percussion. I had expressed interest in using a real Mellotron to record those parts on the album so when the other overdubs were complete Mike Potter put me in touch with a local musician named Jim Rezek from the long running progressive band Iluvatar. Jim has the largest collection of vintage synthesizers, Mellotrons and organs I've ever seen and he was very friendly and open to the idea of us coming to his house to record some additional overdubs. That might have been one of the coolest experiences I've had musically, it was like a museum in there. Anything and everything was at our fingertips and it was very hard to not go overboard and clutter the album up with synths. I stuck to using an original Mellotron M400 and a 70s Model D Minimoog. I completed a few other things on my own at home on my computer like the introduction and closing sample mashups of "Custody". That was all done in Audacity. The song "Mazuku" was recorded by me at home as well with the exception of the acoustic guitar, Moog and bells done at John's. So all in all it was a very convoluted recording process but I couldn't be happier with the results and am in a great debt to everyone who took time out of their lives to help this record get made.
- The cover has been done by Scott Simpson from UK, one could consider it as representative and harmonious with your music : aesthetic, tentacular, tortured, beautiful, mystic… what was the idea behind it, was it related to a precise theme ? This is pretty rare but it has the particularity to not mention the band's name and album's title (ok it would have been pretty hard to place them !), was it a precise recommendation made to Scott S. ?
Scott rules. He's a very good friend and one of the few people who knew exactly where my head was at when I wrote some of these songs so that made it very easy for us to work together on the concept art. If there is a theme to the art or the album it's of innocence that descends into darkness. I think my only idea was the fetus to be the central idea and for it to be surrounded by chaos and Scott ran with the rest and did a bang up job. The logo would have distracted from the symmetry of the artwork. That was Luciano's call and he was right to release it that way. I think it adds a kind of mystery to the entire package.
- I know you're yourself a tattoer, did you ask him to take care of the cover cause you loved particularly one or some of his works as a tattoer/drawer ?
I've been a fan of Scott's art for years and he was my first choice when Voidhanger and I started to discuss the booklet design. Luciano was also very into what Scott does and we both agreed his art would be the perfect visual style to fit the music. I'm very pleased to see Scott getting the recognition he well deserves as an artist and also now as a tattooer. Tattooing is such a strange art form where everyone is constantly running around trying to copy what each other is doing based on public demand instead of trying to develop their own strengths. Scott's very lucky that his art is immediately recognizable and that so many people are open to letting him do what he does best on them. It's hard for me to imagine just how intense his tattooing is going to be in ten years.
- I've seen on your FB page that you recently tattoed a woman' ass, is that a pretty delicate and unusual demand ? does it make some important difference to you to tattoe for exemple the hairy arm of a guy or some more sensual parts of women bodies ?
Haha, well yeah it's not something you do everyday. I assume you're referring to the Japanese bodysuit I'm working on. In the tattoo business you're pretty much stuck working with the canvas you're given. I mean I'm able to refuse anything I'm not comfortable with but that's almost always a case of it being on a part of the body that the pigment won't hold during the healing process or when someone very young wants a ridiculous tattoo on their neck or hands or something. My job is to put on the best tattoo I can and it matters very little if it's on some hairy biker's chest or on an attractive female client. I have to maintain my professionalism at all times but I will say that some days are better than others!
- The overview from John Brenner about the album is totally faultless (precise, sincere, authentic) but there's one point that I feel debatable when he says some songs are a mix part HC, part Lovecraft and part autobiography … I know you guys also have an HC background but I would not totally agree about that HC reference, except maybe the roughness of the drums/bass section at times, how do you feel that it's materialized in Chowder's music ? Another thing that also surprised me is the reference to Godlfesh on your FB page !?
I think the kind of hardcore John is referring to is more of the heavy metal influenced style that Chad, Doug and I have a background in. Not so much Discharge or Minor Threat as maybe Sheer Terror or Breakdown from New York although I love all kinds of punk and hardcore. Negative Approach, Poison Idea and Bad Brains to Dag Nasty, The Damned and Agnostic Front. I love it all! While I'm not sure how much of that kind of stuff makes it's way into Chowder's music a song like "Head Full Of Rats" is certainly heavily influenced by the Santa Cruz, California band Bl'ast! and I guess in turn, Black Flag. Mike Neider and Greg Ginn's guitar playing is as much an influence on mine as anyone else's and similarly the NY band Crawlpappy was an obsession of mine for years. What Guy and Ian were doing on the later Fugazi albums too and of course Quicksand. Doug and I both spent 10 years in a Baltimore hardcore band called Stout. Doug still plays in Stout in fact. A lot of what we wrote in that band has a lot in common with metal bands like Celtic Frost and Obituary. Godflesh is one of my absolute favorite bands and have also influenced just about everything I've done. Justin Broaderick is to heavy metal what HP Lovecraft was to literature. I think you can probably make parallels to them in a song like "Custody" or "The Innsmouth Look" or so I've been told. The lines get blurred a lot when you're influenced by so many different kinds of sounds over the years.
- Back to the "autobiography" part, logically this would be felt in the 2 longest songs "passion rift" and "custody" which are the most deep, epic and introduce lots of different moods from peace and melancholy to tense and fright… how could you explain that specifical part which is moreover only perceptible through the music and not through any lyrics ? Do you think that in some way your music reflects your feelings towards "life with passion" expressed on the first pages of the booklet ?
Well again, like Scott, John knew what kind of place I was in emotionally when I wrote those songs and what was going on in my life and my desire to attempt to capture that in the music. I'm not sure if it was successful or not because it's just music and it's going to feel different to anyone who hears it. The song "Passion Rift" is most likely what he's referring to. Without going into too much depth on the subject and boring potential readers to death, I was going through a really hard time with being separated and an impending divorce which I knew would lead to hardships for my son. The quotes in the CD booklet reflect that loosely. Utlimatley, when you strip away all the pretense from the title track it's just another cliche, broken hearted love song. Hopefully the only one I'll ever write. "Custody" on the other hand had nothing to do with the custody case I went through as the song and title were made over a year before that happened. The thought of it was certainly always present though and if you're one of "those" people I suppose you could read into it as some sort of portent or warning. It did turn out to be 11 minutes exactly and according to Chris Barnes 11 is a Thelemic number for "Magick" but I'm not really into all that hocus pocus unless it's by Focus. I wrote the song and the title after Scott Simpson and I visited the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC in late 2007. He was over for a holiday and wanted to see some sights in DC. I suggested that museum as I'd never been. It was a life changing experience for me. All the years of learning about it in school and seeing the films didn't prepare me for the reality there. I became borderline obsessed with The Holocaust and read and watched everything I could find the time to for almost a year. I think the song was my way of getting that shit out of my system somehow. The title came from the idea of being owned and not only that but being the despised property of such a malevolent entity like the Third Reich was. Writing about oppression in culture is hardly anything new but I guess "Custody" is just my spin on it. It's hard to imagine not having the freedoms that I probably take for granted more often than I should. Man, I bet you're sorry you asked this question now.
- While being pretty different from the "usual" local sound, your music still reveals some nice Maryland DOOM caracters, is it something that you feel irremediably rooted in your heart and soul ?
I don't know, I definitely know what you mean by "local sound" but I think to put all the bands from Maryland in one box is doing them a disservice. I think there's a great diversity between bands like Asylum, Internal Void, Revelation, The Obsessed and Pentagram and I don't think there's much in common between bands like Earthride and Admiral Browning and Wretched. They're all heavy and write with melody but I think that's a common thread that goes back to being influenced by music from the 60s and 70s as well as each other. I mean two of my very favorite bands Penance and Blood Farmers share these same things but are from Pittsburgh and New York. I can hear what you're describing in bands like Torche and Elder too. I think it's just the juxtaposition of melody with dark riffs. I think it's a romantic notion to accredit a certain sound to one place but realistically it's just another way to classify and contain. Either way that kind of sound has had a profound influence on what Chowder does. My playing in Revelation and Unorthodox taught me whatever chops I have, that's for sure. Spending time in any band, you're going to take something away from it and being a huge fan of both of those before I joined just strengthens that.
- About the progressive aspects of your sound, John makes a comparison with Rush in his overview which I can't deny but my knowledge in progressive stuff is very limited, is there any other significant references that count for you ? Are long titles necessarily more conducive to the introduction of progressive elements ?
Yeah the Rush influence is heavy throughout I suppose. I think it was more apparent on our EP though. Rush and Jethro Tull were the gateway drugs to progressive rock for me. When I was writing the material for Passion Rift I was really into the Italian scene of the 1970s, especially bands like Museo Rosenbach, Il Balletto Di Bronzo and Semiramis. Those guys were on their own plane of existence over there. It's a shame some of them aren't given the respect the UK bands have gotten. I'm sure it's easy to hear King Crimson and Genesis on the record too. My love for them is no secret either. I'm a total fanboy. Camel and Gentle Giant! Oh and Radim Hladik's guitar playing. He was in a Czech band called Modry Efekt who released 3 Yes meets fusion albums that just cook. I wish I could play guitar like him. So fluid and unrelenting. Like Al Dimeola with a soul. The early Anekdoten, Anglagard and Landberk records. Trettioariga Kriget, also from Sweden! Frank Zappa is my all time favorite musician though and even though it's impossible to be audibly influenced by someone so prolific and inimitable it's in there somewhere. I could go on and on and on about prog but I hope to have sex with a live woman at some point in the future so I'll quit while there's still time. I'm not sure titles have anything to do with music but I guess it can help to paint a picture for people in the way that genres do.
What do you think about people who pretext the absence of vocals to justify the fact that they don't get much into your style ?
I'm absolutely ok with any reaction to our music. I make a lot of jokes about negative reviews and stuff but really it's fine. If you had more bandwidth I could go on and on about all the bands I dislike for whatever psychotic reasons I have, so I get it. If there are people who prefer music with vocals then that's fair play. They'll listen to something else. I get it all the time and it's held us back in some ways I suppose but that's life. I made the decision to do it this way and I'm sticking to it. I like the freedom to experiment with song structure and to write anyway I want without having to think about room for vocal lines even though some of it would probably sound cool with the right singer. Bottom line is some people will like it and some won't. I prefer to spend my energy thinking about the ones who do and why instead of the opposite.
- This would of course imply some technical adaptations but is there any possibilities to see CHOWDER on stage in the future ? Sure you're playing live with Earthride, but aren't you sometimes tempted to share a bill with some other local bands friends (which I presume are pretty numerous!) and would be delighted at the idea to play with Chowder ?
It's always possible. It's been tough since Chad moved to think about continuing on with a new drummer as he was the only person I ever played these songs with over all the years. We had such a strong connection and it's going to be tough to rebuild that again with someone else. I have been jamming a little with Ronnie Kalimon from Asylum/Unorthodox/Internal Void and he's a fan of the album and wants to work on Chowder with me. I think that between us and hopefully Doug if the stars are right, we can produce some interesting music together and maybe get it out there live. It's going to take some hard work but we're not in any hurry. I'm currently more focused on writing new material to be honest and I think if we do manage to perform then a large portion of our sets will be new material with a couple of older pieces mixed in. That's my vision anyway. We'll see where it goes from here. The "Passion Rift" lineup actually played out quite a bit between 2007-2008 and we did the entire EP, plus the songs "Passion Rift" and "Custody" in their entirety complete with keys and samples. "Salt Creep" and "The Innsmouth Look" were almost always in the set as well. Playing live with Chowder is pretty hard work for me though with all the changes and synths and samples that need to be triggered. It's not a walk in the park and that takes some of the fun out of it. When we have a good set it's very rewarding but if there are a lot of mistakes on my part (and there usually are) I get very frustrated and depressed about it. Maybe we'll do Ramones covers next time.
- Do you feel excited with this release of "passion rift" and consider this is a kind of new beginning for the band and more personally for yourself ? or is it a kind of conclusion of all those years composing for yourself aside your other bands ?
It could go either way at this point Steph. I'm absolutely excited to see this album come out after all the hard work and periods of doubt and despondency. I think it's a really good album and probably the best I can do. If this was my swan song I could live with that happily. But again maybe there's more to come that will shadow what we've done here. I just don't know what to expect and have no expectations. I know I'm stoked to have this out to help exorcise some of the demons from the past. It really became like an albatross at times too so now I can just relax and move on to whatever happens next.
- Thanx a million Josh, add something you feel important that I may have forgotten and please give your last words to "la jolie France" !!!
Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak about these things Steph, very kind of you. People, do your homework, dig in and find something obscure. Everything you could ever want musically is out there. Don't settle for what the big labels are jamming into your ears. Stop copycatting other bands. Don't believe everything you read in Terrorizer Magazine. Blood Farmers, Penance, Revelation...listen to them. Doom culture. Do the right thing. Bernie Wrightson. Frank Frazetta. Richard Corben. Lovecraft and Howard. Robert Moog. Sherman Hemsley. Merci la France pour me donner le Magma!


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