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A Satanist psychopath who stabbed a vicar to death is being moved to a hospital where he will be given day release... having served just six years.
Geraint Evans, 30, knifed Father Paul Bennett, 59, in his country churchyard in front of the vicar's wife Georgina in 2007.
He has been held indefinitely at high security Ashworth Hospital - where Moors murderer Ian Brady is - but could be moved to the less secure Ty Llewellyn unit within weeks.
Devastated Mrs Bennett, 63, said: "I thought he would be in a secure hospital for life - that is where he belongs. No one has told me he is being transferred.
The Crown Prosecution Service told us if we agreed to him being charged with manslaughter he would never come out. It has only been six years.
"It does not seem very long to treat someone with the intentions he had."
Evans chased dad-of-two Mr Bennett across the yard of St Fagan's in Trecynon, near Aberdare, South Wales, and stabbed him seven times in the back.
Mrs Bennett tried to pull him off the vicar but he stabbed him in the heart.
Evans was charged with murder, but his guilty plea of manslaughter was accepted after doctors confirmed diminished responsibilty as he was a paranoid schizophrenic.
The court heard he was obsessed with the Devil, religion and knives and wrote online "I am Satan".
But Mrs Bennett, of Aberdare, said some evidence was not made public during the case.
She said: "The police found material which suggested my husband was not the only person he wished to kill.
"There was no person named but it showed he was an extremely dangerous person.
"I don't know what to say - my family will be devastated."
Ashworth Hospital, in Merseyside, houses high-risk offenders. But medium secure Ty Llewellyn, in North Wales, treats patients considered "likely to return to their own communities".
A source said of Evans: "He has been accepted by the unit after making an escorted visit. It is only a matter of time before a bed becomes available."


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Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Republic Tigers
MP3: The Republic Tigers - Golden Sand
MP3: The Republic Tigers - Fight Song
Today brings us the Republic Tigers. Some friends of mine were super familiar with this band and even did a couple of gigs with them, telling me to check them out. As fate would have it, the promotional cd god was looking over me and brought me a copy of the record "Keep Color" and boy am I thankful. To do the typical blogger comparisons, I'd throw in Interpol meets Mew, but it's more than just that. A solid pop record that I hope doesn't get lost in the shuffle this year, since so much has come out, but at the end of the day I'm confident that I will be listening to this little guy for years to come.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
mr. Gnome
MP3: mr. Gnome - Pirates
MP3: mr. Gnome - The Machine
Epic used to be cool for an all too short hot second and then produce mediocre material. And here we have mr. Gnome, who completely take it back and dominate it, proving themselves to sound as limitless as the stars.
Don't get me wrong, this thing isn't a feather, it's a goddamned heavy hitter. From the first song "Pirates", you get slugged and then breathed in by it's hauntingly beautiful sounds. Things will slow down through the course of it all, but will never let up or let down. By the end, you'll be taken aback and probably a changed person. This was meant to be: for fans of Cat Power meets Red Sparowes.
"Deliver This Creature" is out now from El Marko Records.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Best Song(s) Ever: Definition + RE: DEFiniton
MP3: Black Star - Definition
MP3: Black Star - RE: DEFinition
It may seem like cheating, but any fan of Black Star will tell you that these 2 songs are pretty much one. Mos Def and Talib Kweli created what is hands down my personal favourite hip hop album ever. Really, any song from it could be posted here, but I went with this one-two punch as it always brings me chills.
What really gets me is when "Definition" turns into "RE: DEFinition", the beat changes up and the song evolves into something just as great as what was before it, never shedding what worked in the first place. Black Star's appeal was that they were intelligent without sounding ostentatious and had beats that were accessible to any fan of music.
All throughout the record, each MC shines a little more than the other, but on these jams, everyone brought their A-game. I hope beyond all hope that they make a second record before I die, even if it sucks. Fingers crossed, friends.
Monday, July 28, 2008
MP3: Printer - Satisfaction
Printer's new record "Can You Take More?" may have come out earlier this year on the always excellent and consistent Adrian Recordings, but it is hardly old news. This sucker is chock full of great pop songs made from beats and a highly capable voice to steer the whole thing right where you want it to be, and along the way you'll find some clever hooks, interesting musical choices and plenty of smiles. It's not too late to snag this one for your collection, get on it. You'll love it.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Paul Westerberg for 49 cents only.
As some of you may have heard, earlier this week musical jesus Paul Westerberg released "49:00", an album that's almost 49 minutes of a musical collage, to be purchased digitally for only (...wait for it...) 49 cents. Insane right? I've never bought a song for that much, so to get an album's worth of gold is quite the deal.
It's been about an hour since I got this, and now I am here looking back at what just happened: despite it's running time, "49:00" comes and goes like that. The whole thing is one mp3, to keep you from skipping ahead, in case you don't like music, and I think it strangely works here. It's easier to treat it as a song than an album. Despite the fact that certain songs start before one even stops and can sound completely different, this has a lot of flow. Even the covers medley that just about closes up shop makes sense here.
I've also read that people are finding that Paul has come into his own with this one, and I can see that. It's been a long time since we've heard any output from him (due to a screwdriver going through his hand, how metal) and now he hits us with this, a little more rock than we've seen from him in awhile, coming through as effortlessly as ever, doing something for fun but really being worth a damn aka succeeding at all troubles musicians seem to have lately.
Basically, you should buy this. Even if it was awful, it's 49 fucking cents. The worst band on Earth is probably almost worth that... almost. But it's not the worst band on Earth: it's Paul Westerberg.
{purchase 49:00 from tune core}
{more information from paul's page}
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Health in your computing machine.
Hey there friends. I apologize for our absence, things have been busy here and I've been gathering up many posts so we can hit you weekly for a long time. You'll love it. That action starts this Monday, but in the meantime check out this live video from our favourites HEALTH performing "Crimewave" at the Music Hall of Williamsburg back in June. It's gnarly you'll love it. You can see the whole set here (they play "Perfect Skin"!), courtesy of our friends at Baeble Music. Fuck yeah, see you Monday!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Life don't get stranger than this
MP3: Spiritualized - Don't Hold Me Close
MP3: Spiritualized - Borrowed Your Gun
NOTE: Today's contribution comes from Mr Spiritual Matt Giordano, who is getting himself ready for live jamage from the artist this post is written about. Have a good time duder, fuck yeah!
I'm a bit surprised with myself. I never submitted a track from that fantastic new Spiritualized lp that came out a couple of months ago, but since I'm seeing them in a couple of weeks, now's the time to do. What Spaceman and the rest of his intergalactic travellers have devilered to us is less a trip, more a journey. It's aching, and easily his most intimate of albums — instead of watching a genius at work you feel as if you're there lending a hand — and the results are glorious.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Abe Vigoda
MP3: Abe Vigoda - Dead City/Waste Wilderness
MP3: Abe Vigoda - Cranes
Damn man, I was way bummed when I missed the Abe Vigoda duders at the No Age gig in NYC this past weekend (showed up late). I did pick up their new album that dropped last week, "Skeleton", which if you've been reading the internet you know is the new hype. It's worth the jerking off over folks, 14 infectious songs in like 32 minutes, all hits and all leave you with that kind of punk rock black eye you'd get when you were on punk rock vacation. Or something. Whatever. Jam this, hard.
"Skeleton" is out now from Post Present Medium.
{purchase abe vigoda recordings from ppm}
Friday, July 11, 2008
FUCK YEAH: Children
MP3: Children - Death Tribe
It's been a long time since I've had only one song from a band and jammed the shit out of it, but New York's Children have risen to the throne. There's lots of reasons for you to check it out: it's got Adam from Early Man on drums, it's on Kemado and it slays mad gash. 10 epic metal jam on 12 inch one sided vinyl and an etching on the b-side duder. Get it. Download this. Fuck yeah, enjoy your weekend.
"Death Tribe" is out now from Kemado.
{purchase children recordings from kemado records}
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Albert Hammond, Jr.
MP3: Albert Hammond, Jr. - Gfc
MP3: Albert Hammond, Jr. - Lisa
Sometimes I feel like the only person who is not a Strokes fan. I can stand them, which at the end of the day seems like a feat in itself, but I just never got into jerking off about them: I saved that for other outfits. That said, I like Albert Hammond, Jr. He does some really cool shit on his records and he's got a real ear for sound. Here he is again, in no time flat, with his second LP titled "¿Cómo Te Llama?" and it's a damn good time. While not exactly the summer on the porch record he last delivered to us, it leaves behind laid back for a more solid rock infused approach that is mostly hits. In fact, I'd say the only missed opportunity is the one-two punch of the 7 minute instrumental track "Spooky Couch" and it's follow up "Borrowed Time". Both would've benefited for shorter lengths and to work themselves into each other. Minus those, you've still got yourself 11 songs of audible delight: the single "Gfc" is a great pop song, and "Lisa" gets a littler harder, but never leaves behind it's charm. I've included these 2 songs for your enjoyment.
It's worth a buy for sure. Enjoy the hell out of it, and hope this one stays out of Converse sponsored songs.
"¿Cómo Te Llama?" is out now from RCA.
Bonus videotastic for "Gfc"!
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Wooden Shjips look back.
MP3: Wooden Shjips - SOL '07
Who knew this came out?! Shame on you Holy Mountain! I went to visit my friend at a record shop this past weekend and walked away with this sucker, Vol 1 by Wooden Shjips. It's a collection of their old vinyl releases that came before their radical self-titled masterpiece dropped. It rules. Buy it. I did. Now to get the vinyl version...
"Vol 1" is out now from Holy Mountain (we love you, keep putting out great records).
{purchase wooden shjips releases from insound}
Monday, July 07, 2008
Revisting Sam Sparro
MP3: Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
MP3: Sam Sparro - Clingwrap
It's been so long ago since we last posted on Sam Sparro. It was around this time last year that I first posted and fell in love with "Black & Gold", a song so good it could very well be posted in our "Best Song Ever" columns. In fact, I liked it so much I called it my number one song of 2007. So here we are, summer 2008 and an album has finally been released here in the States. Sparro dropped his self titled debut last month and I was lucky enough to get a copy recently. So how is it?
It's really fucking good. It's not a perfect record, but for a debut it's really good. As a whole, it's very listenable, but at times you do have to make a decision regarding if you're willing to let loose and embrace minor cheesiness. But the fact is the hits are there, and stick like glue to your shoe all day. Great in the car, the club or the pool, I elect Sam Sparro by Sam Sparro as the official album of the Summer. All in favour?
"Sam Sparro" is in stores now from Universal Republic.
{purchase sam sparro recordings from insound}
Friday, July 04, 2008
The Best Song Ever: July 4, 2004
MP3: Jason Anderson - July 4, 2004
I was thinking of going with a Fourth Of July song today, but I decided to post on the best song ever: Jason Anderson's July 4, 2004. It not only speaks mountains of how great he is, but it is fitting for the holiday itself. I went with the "Tonight" version, but this jam can be found on "The Hopeful and the Unafraid" on K, the free ep "On the Street" from ECA (who put out "Tonight" as well) and a ton of live bootlegs. It rules.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Dream Bitches
MP3: Dream Bitches - Bad Luck Bill
Now this is what I'm talking about: Dream Bitches fucking rule. Their new record "Coke-and-Spiriters" is out now and rocking a cd player nicely. It's 10 songs of wonderful pop songs from a bunch of ladies who keep it bright and keep it right. Honestly, some of the most fun you can find in music this year. Recommended.
"Coke-and-Spiriters" is out now from RIYL Records/Olive Juice Music.
{stream the record from fanatic promotion}
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Let and be C*-algebras. We can define their *-algebra tensor product as the standard tensor product of algebras with product and involution . There are a variety of norms one can impose on this tensor product to make a Banach *-algebra. For example we may define
This seminorm becomes a norm on modulo the appropriate subspace, and its completion is denoted and is called the projective tensor product of and . We also have
so is a Banach *-algebra. But it fails to satisfy the C*-axiom ():
It turns out that representations on and allow us to define norms on that make it a C*-algebra.
Definition 1. Let and be representations on and . We define the product representation on as
Since we always have the trivial representations, the set of representations of on and on are never empty. Let us define the minimal C*-norm on by
where the two norms on the right are operator norms. This is clearly finite (hence a norm) and satisfies the C*-axiom. The completion of with this norm is a C*-algebra called the minimal (or spatial) tensor product of and with respect to and , and is denoted .
Definition 2. Let be a representation and be the largest subspace of such that for all and . Then is called the essential subspace of , and we will denote it . If , then is said to be nondegenerate. is degenerate if it is not nondegenerate.
In other words, is nondegenerate if .
Proposition 3. If is a nondegenerate representation, then there are unique nondegenerate representations and such that .
But arbitrary representations of the tensor product of algebras cannot be broken into pieces. This gives us the following.
Definition 4. Let be a Hilbert space and be C*-algebras. We define the maximal C*-norm on as
where . This is also a C*-norm, and the completion of under this norm is a C*-algebra called the maximal tensor product of and and is denoted .
We also have that where is any C*-norm. It follows that .
Definition 5. A functional on is positive if for all . A state on where and are unital is a positive linear functional on such that . We denote the set of states by .
As in the previous post, there is a GNS construction that gives a representation for a positive linear functional , although one must show the left action on is by bounded operators.
Definition 6. A C*-algebra is nuclear if for every C*-algebra , there is a unique C*-norm on .
Hence in such a case, we would have , and thus denote the product C*-algebra by . The class of nuclear C*-algebras includes all of the commutative ones, finite ones, and is itself closed under inductive products and quotients. Non nuclear ones are exotic; the group C*-algebra of (see next post), is an example.
[1] Blackadar, Bruce. Operator Algebras. Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences. Vol. 122. Springer-Verlag. 2006.


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You mean you're not a full time artist?/
Yes, I have full time gig that pays the bills. For some, it's a sign of failed artist. The stigma of a "part time" painter is perceived as one who didn't make it, or worse, isn't good enough. Granted, every time I show my work to people while I'm doing the day job, I almost always get, "What the hell are you doing here?". Well, if you must know, I'm here so I can provide healthcare and a steady income for my family. If you are reading this and follow other artists, you might be surprised some of them also work a full time or part time job. Unfortunately, most of us have experienced at one time or another, someone telling us we aren't real professional artists because we don't paint full time. Other times, it's an artist who has established a career that is condescending towards those who can't make that leap yet. But I certainly can attest to many amazing painters who have been more than gracious sharing their time and knowledge with me. My own personal reasons for not being open about my day job is that it invites people wanting my professional opinion, when I'd much rather talk about art and painters that motivate and inspire me. Why then, might I be bringing this up now? Well, I know there are a lot of other painters who share the same dream of having a successful full time painting career as I do. I thought it would be great to share my own experiences with others.
I didn't go to college to become a painter. When I graduated with a BFA in computer graphics & illustration, I was even more confused about what I wanted to do. So here I am, in my 40's knowing exactly where I want to be in life, and I feel a lot of anxiety. Most of it comes from not knowing if my mark as a painter will reach it's full fruition. I've made a lot of progress in a short time, but I'm restless and know my best work is yet to come. To paint at the level I want to be at will take an enormous amount of time and effort.
So I hope that you enjoy reading about my painting adventures and my own personal insight as I continue to evolve my art career into a full-time profession.


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THURSDAY, April 30, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- Using a steroid drug in combination with a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug may give patients more relief from symptoms than using the MS drug alone, suggests a new study.
In the study, which included 341 people with relapsing-remitting MS, some patients were randomly selected to receive the steroid drug methylprednisolone in three doses over three days once a month, in addition to regular treatment with the MS drug interferon beta-1a. Others received the interferon drug and a placebo.
During the three-year study, the patients were assessed every three months. Those who took the steroid/interferon drug combination had 38 percent fewer relapses (episodes when the disease is active) than those who took the placebo and interferon, the study found. The patients in the steroid/interferon group also showed slight improvement on a test of MS disability, while those in the placebo/interferon group showed a slight decline.
The Biogen Idec-supported study also found that MS-related brain lesions stayed the same size or shrank in the steroid/interferon group but grew larger in the placebo/interferon group. The findings were presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, in Seattle.
"These results indicate that these two drugs may have a synergy when taken together and provide a more beneficial effect on the disease activity," study author Dr. Mads Ravnborg, of the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Research Center at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, said in an American Academy of Neurology news release. "This is a promising finding, as the benefit from interferon is only moderate, and not everyone responds fully to the treatment, so anything we can do to boost those results is positive."
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BklynDesigns booth wrap up Part 1, thanks to Auster Agency and the Bklyn Chamber of Commerce. Also a special thanks to Tom Edmonds for the turned vessels.
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A Passion For The Arts – How To Find Adult Art Classes For Those Who Wish To Restart Their Education?
You love the arts but you're too old learn? Rubbish! No one is too old to learn and if you really wanted to take a leap into your passions you could. There is only one person to stop you and that is you! Adult education is very popular today as it gives many adults who have left school and who haven't studied for years, the ability to take up a class or two and learn whatever they choose. This is perfect and vastly important today also but how can you find adult art classes?
Contact Your Local Adult Education Learning Center
It feels much harder to get into education than it actually is and for adults it can be a great stepping stone. Arts such as music, dance, acting and many other forms are very popular today and there are many great classes available too. Hopefully you can find a suitable class near you as many learning centers offer such things. If you aren't sure where to start, contact your local adult education learning center, there should be at least one or two close by, and enquire about their classes. They will let you know what they offer and if you see something you like, you could start as soon as the classes begin.
Go Online For Small Re-Education Classes
If you have been out of the classroom for some time then it may be best to seek out smaller classes. There are plenty of short-term courses that are suited to those just getting back into education and they can be very affordable too. You could search for these online and even take some online classes if you wanted to; however, you could also find suitable classes online and attend a regular class. Most people will use the web to find a class or course that suits their needs so it's worth checking out. You can search exclusively for music classes that teach you how to sing or play a particular instrument. Click here!
Apply To a Local College or University
Music art classes are available at many leading colleges and these may be the courses for you. If you are interested in re-starting your education then college courses are great because most of them are now flexible. Basically you have weekend and evening college courses, distance learning and full and part-time studying so you have a lot of option to consider. This is great however if you need a varied learning method.
Choose an Independent Evening Class
For those who don't have thousands to spend on a college or university course there are still plenty of affordable courses out there. Smaller evening and weekend classes can be fantastic for those who are interested in the arts. If you wanted to, you could attend a still-life art class or a painting or drawing class; many tutors offer affordable one to two hour classes a week and that really gives hundreds the chance to study still. Yes, it may not be in a classroom but it can still teach you quite a bit indeed.
Embrace Adult Education
Getting back into education is scary because you have those feelings of will you like the class and will I make new friends? We all got those feelings when we're children and adults alike and if you can overcome those fears you can enjoy learning something new. Music art is a great subject and a passion that many let slips away; don't let your passions go. Find out more in this site : http://artofinventions.com


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Hearing Bach's Passions
Oxford University Press, USA, 24 mar. 2005 - 192 páginas
Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions--St. John and St. Matthew--are an essential part of the modern repertory, performed regularly both by professional ensembles and amateur groups. These large, complex pieces are well loved, but due to our distance from the original context in which they were performed, questions and problems emerge. Bach scholar Daniel Melamed examines the issues we encounter when we hear the passions performed today, and offers unique insight into Bach's passion settings.Rather than providing a movement-by-movement analysis, Melamed uses the Bach repertory to introduce readers to some of the intriguing issues in the study and performance of older music, and explores what it means to listen to this music today. For instance, Bach wrote the passions for a particular liturgical event at a specific time and place; we hear them hundreds of years later, often a world away and usually in concert performances. They were performed with vocal and instrumental forces deployed according to early 18th-century conceptions; we usually hear them now as the pinnacle of the choral/orchestral repertory, adapted to modern forces and conventions. In Bach's time, passion settings were revised, altered, and tampered with both by their composers and by other musicians who used them; today we tend to regard them as having fixed texts to be treated mith respect. Their music was sometimes recycled from other compositions or reused itself for other purposes; we have trouble imagining the familiar material of Bach's passion settings in any other guise.Melamed takes on these issues, exploring everything from the sources that transmit Bach's passion settings today to the issues surrounding performance practice (including the question of the size of Bach's ensemble). He delves into the passions as dramatic music, examines the problem of multiple versions of a work and the reconstruction of lost pieces, explores the other passions in Bach's performing repertory, and sifts through the puzzle of authorship.Highly accessible to the non-specialist, the book assumes no technical musical knowledge and does not rely on printed musical examples. Based on the most recent scholarship and using lucid prose, the book opens up the debates surrounding this repertory to music lovers, choral singers, church musicians, and students of Bach's music.
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Here we have it, the first edition of the Holly Jolly Holiday tag that can be found on YouTube and blogs all over! I tag everyone reading to do this tag, whether it be on your own YouTube channel, your blog, or below in the comments!
1. Favorite Christmas Movie?
- I like the classic Christmas shows like Rudolph and Santa Claus is Coming To Town. But I also love National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
2. Are you on the Naughty list or the Nice list?
- Nice!
3. Show us an embarrassing Christmas Card photo! (WE KNOW YOU HAVE ONE OK)
- Actually my family never took a Christmas card photo.
4. Have you ever had a White Christmas?
- Every year. I live in Maine, it's a guarantee for a white Christmas!
5. Where do you usually spend your holiday?
- Home with my family.
6. Play or Sing your favorite Christmas Song!
- Well since this is a blog I can't, but my favorite song is Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley.
7. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?
- Nope.
8. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
- Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph.
9. What holiday tradition are you looking forward to most this year?
- We always give one person a gift that is tedious to open. We take a huge box, put a box inside that, and then a box inside that, and so on until it gets to a tiny box filled with candy.
10. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?
- Fake.
11. Hands down, what's your all-time favorite holiday food and holiday sweet treat?
- Peanut butter balls
12. Be Honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?
- Both
13. Show us your tackiest Christmas attire (ex: Ugly Sweater)
- Again, I don't have any.
14. What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season?
- Some place tropical since I have never experienced a warm Christmas without snow and the cold.
15. Does your family have a special holiday recipe you like to help make?
- Not really.
16. Are you a pro-present wrapper, or do you fail miserably?
- I'm no pro, but I can hold my own!
17. Most memorable Holiday moment?
- Any time when my family was a complete family. Before all the divorces and death, that took me from a large family, to quite a small one.
18. What made you realize the truth about Santa?
- My mother told me, on the same day that I found out about sex. I was hit with a double whammy.
19. Do you make New Years Resolutions? Do you stick to them?
- Not really, I make resolutions all during the year.
20. What makes the Holidays special for you?
- Being with family!
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text: Chances are you might not recognize singer-songwriter LP by name (or initials), but you've no doubt heard her unforgettable voice belting out her just released single "Into the Wild" in the Citi Bank commercial with the girl rock climber. Though she's already achieved some success as a songwriter and released several smaller label CDs, her just-released breakout EP featuring audio & live video versions of five new songs, and recent stories in Rolling Stone and on CNN confirm that she's an artist on the rise. From her recent live appearances at Austin's SXSW festival and on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, it's clear that LP delights in performing for a live audience. It's also clear that her voice doesn't need any studio wizardry to make an impression. LP is scheduled to appear at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 4th.


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Texas Heart returns for one night only!!/
Oxford, MS and Jackson, MS – May 3, 2016: Oxford Film Festival will present two special screenings of festival favorite "Texas Heart" at Malco Theaters ahead of the Hollywood premiere. The film will screen in Madison, MS on May 24th and then will return to Oxford's Malco Studio Cinema for a special event screening on May 31st with a Q & A hosted by OFF's Executive Director, Melanie Addington. The film will premiere in Hollywood on June 3rd before going into distribution.
Returning from a fantastic festival run, "Texas Heart," directed by Mark David, is the Winner of the Best Picture, Jury Award and Audience Awards at both the Albuquerque and Durango film festivals, and an audience favorite in February at the Oxford Film Festival. TEXAS HEART stars John Savage (THE DEER HUNTER), Lin Shaye (INSIDIOUS), Erik Fellows (DAYS OF OUR LIVES), Kam Dabrowski (KILLING LINCOLN), Daniela Bobadilla (ANGER MANAGEMENT) and Johnny Dowers (THE BRIDGE). "Actor Kam Dabrowski's portrayal of "Tiger," a kind-hearted, young autistic man is as honest a performance as you will see all year," says film programmer Rich Henrich, with the Albuquerque Film Festival.
"Texas Heart was just such a great showcase of fantastic movies that come out of Mississippi. We had such an enthusiastic response at the film festival and are glad to partner with them to do a couple special screenings. This is a rare opportunity to be able to interact with cast (and crew) after the screening so come ready with great questions," says moderator Melanie Addington.
The film features some of Mississippi's most prominent film actors: Johnny McPhail (THE FREE STATE OF JONES), Susan McPhail (A WALK IN THE WOODS), Rhes Low (FORCED MOVE), Michael LeCour (FORCED MOVE), Rebecca Jernigan (THE CLIENT) and Randy Weeks—all of whom will appear at the screenings and for the Q&As that will follow along with writer and producer Daniel Blake Smith.
"It's extremely gratifying to see the film Nick (Feild) and I wrote and rewrote over a couple of years come to fruition and win awards at festivals and find audiences all over who relate to the film's story and characters. It may be called "Texas Heart" but it's got some powerful and talented Mississippi blood coursing through its veins," states the co-writer and producer of the film.
Shot almost entirely on location in Mississippi, in Charleston and Granada, TEXAS HEART tells the story of a corrupt New York lawyer (Erik Fellows) who flees the mob after losing a case. While hiding out in a small forgotten Texas town, he stumbles upon a powerful reason to do the right thing, even if it means his life. TEXAS HEART is a moving and compelling independent film about starting over and the importance of belonging in a community no matter what the differences may be on the surface.
"TEXAS HEART was an incredible opportunity for our state. It's the first feature film to base in Charleston, Mississippi, and it has expanded the ability of our communities to stand-in for other parts of the country. Our local crew and cast members in that region continue to talk about the great experience they had during the production of the film. Screening the film in Mississippi is an honor for all of us and a testament to the good will and professionalism of the team of producers behind the project," says Nina Parikh, Deputy Director of the Mississippi Film Office.
TEXAS HEART, is coming to Madison, MS for a special one night screening at Malco Theater's Madison Grandview Cinema on May 24th with a special appearance by "Buddy" the beloved dog in the film. On May 31st, the film will screen at Malco's Oxford Studio Cinema with a Q & A with members of the cast and writer/ producer Daniel Blake Smith. Both screenings will be a special presentation of the Oxford Film Festival.
Film Screenings:
Tuesday, May 24, Madison Grandview Cinema, 221 Grandview Blvd, Madison, MS
7pm & 9:30pm
Tickets: $9.50/$7.50/$7.50; Box Office: (601) 898-7819
Tuesday, May 31, Malco Oxford Studio, 1111 W. Jackson Ave., Oxford, MS
7pm; 9:30pm. Q&A after the screening
Tickets: $9.50/$7.50/$7.50; Box Office: (662) 236-5791
For more information on the event, please go to: www.oxfordfilmfest.com and to learn more about the film and the cast behind TEXAS HEART, go to: www.texasheartfilm.net
You can review the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8RWiX72O_g
For Oxford Film Festival testimonials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zaNaVteyJk


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I'm really beginning to wonder if those damn ducks aren't demented after all. I took the girls out for a night of karaoke last night, and came home to find the ducks…all seven of them…standing in the middle of the yard at eleven o'clock at night.
Aren't ducks supposed to go in for the night? It wasn't raining, so there was no strange ritual dancing around the baby pool. But still, standing in the middle of the yard…staring me down like I had interrupted a private meeting?
Again, weird.
I hear them quacking behind my back. I know they're up to something. I just don't know what. Maybe they feel neglected with all the recent Clooney drama. Ducks are strange.
But clearly I have a lot in common with ducks, because I spent my evening in a place called Ann's Pickin Palace…and surprised the hell out of myself when I had the best time I'd had in ages. I was even asked to dance by a nice older gentleman. And I said yes. I didn't step on his toes once, and he didn't even complain when I tried to lead. Wonders never cease.
I hear Clooney in the background crowing again. He's like a cuckcoo clock set on a fifteen minute timer. If I'm going to keep him out of the frying pan, I need to figure out how to reset his clock. Keep the votes coming in before the husband decides his time has run out. (I know, if it isn't cock jokes, it's clock jokes.)
Time for new jokes, I guess. What rhymes with duck?
Until the next time…I'll be keeping a eye on those little quackers.


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Dearbhla and Nigel got married at the stunning Castlemartyr Resort in county Cork in February this year. You just never know what the weather is going to be like in winter in Ireland never mind summer! but we woke up that morning to a gorgeous crisp sunny February Day. They decided to do a First look before their wedding ceremony in the gardens of Castlemartyr so they could enjoy the rest of the day with their family and friends and not miss a minute of the party. I loved Dearbhlas's vintage inspired style, she wore a stunning dress from Smart Brides One of my favourite memories from the day was when Dearbhla sang Golden Slumbers during the ceremony.
Here are some of my favourite images from this very special wedding day in Castlemartyr with these two legends.
P.S big thanks to my pal Claire Nashfor second shooting with me. She is a star!


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What's the Point of 'Terrorism'?
BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence yesterday hosted a debate on the use of the word 'terrorism' regarding the conflict in and about northern Ireland. There's a long-running public debate over who gets to use the word, and what to define with it. It mixes up politics and personal pain, and serves for some as a way of respecting the gravity of their suffering, while for others it's a way of demonizing their experience. My thinking on this is shaped by something I think I heard someone else say once - that if part of the intent or consequence of an act was to create terror, then it's terrorism, no matter who does it - state or non-state actors alike. So what persists for me is that amongst a thousand other truths, in northern Ireland and elsewhere, the state and non-state actors alike sometimes did terrible things, and everyone thinks they have their reasons.
Most of our people getting to the point of mutual recognition of the validity of that statement would, I think, be a massively positive step. (And it's of course not the only step: it needs to go alongside accountability, truth-telling, and at the very least some form of amends or reparations as part of a restorative justice process alongside vast listening to, consoling, lamenting with, and respect for victim/survivors.)
Meanwhile, I'm very aware that in the US, my adopted country, that kind of radio debate pretty much never happens in the mainstream/dominant media. Indeed the utterly mainstream view in northern Ireland - that peace comes through negotiation between enemies - is considered anti-patriotic by many, and is only very rarely aired by the national networks or political figures. Until, all of a sudden, President Obama is on the phone with the Iranian President trying to work things out. So maybe we're getting there.
But the question remains - how can we tell the kind of stories (about northern Ireland, about 9/11, about our people's chosen traumas, whatever they may be) that might lead to sincerely fearful, certainly wounded, people transforming their response to the legitimate memory of sorrow into something better than retribution?


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By Sara Tate, Fort Benning TVSeptember 16, 2011
By Kristin Molinaro, The Bayonet
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Today's Army faces challenges on several fronts, from hybrid threats to budget cuts, and change at the doctrinal level is necessary to meet the demands of the future, the commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command said Tuesday.
Adaptive Soldiers, leaders and units are needed to face the uncertainties of future security challenges, Gen. Robert Cone said.
"The world as we know it, as we have known it for 10 years, as the Soldiers on the wings of this auditorium have seen it, will change," he said. "If we do not capture the imagination and energy of this generation's leaders and get them invigorated … we are going to have some significant degradation to our force."
The general touched on Doctrine 2015, the Profession of Arms and squad initiatives during his hour-long presentation Tuesday as the keynote speaker at the 2011 Maneuver Conference in Columbus, Ga.
The conference -- formerly known as the Infantry Warfighting Conference -- draws leaders from across the military to Fort Benning each September to discuss new technologies and the way ahead.
TRADOC is undergoing a "revolution" in training, Cone said of Doctrine 2015, as it seeks to create better Soldiers and leaders.
"We have to make training relevant … to continue the flow of information," he said.
Through leveraging technology for 21st Century Maneuver Training, Soldiers gain relevant training with less time spent at the school house.
Commanders of brigade, battalion and company level units highlighted some of the successes they've experienced through integration of live, virtual, constructive and gaming concepts.
"Over the last 12 months, based on realignments in doctrine, our team has worked hard to transition home station training scenarios to span the entirety of today's conflicts," said Col. Michael Getchell, commander of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
The brigade's training missions revolve around virtual and constructive gaming to prepare Soldiers for combat. The most notable benefit has been to the Soldiers, who can execute missions as they've done on the battlefield, he said.
Fort Hood, Texas, has developed an eight-step Gated Training Strategy model at the battalion level in applying blended training in support of full spectrum operations, said Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell, commander of Fort Hood-based III Corps.
The model encompasses principles of unit training, leader development and deliberate training management.
Commanders are still incorporating blended training into their units and as dwell time increases, training time is projected to increase, he said.
Along with 21st Century Maneuver Training, TRADOC is updating doctrine with input from today's battle-tested Soldiers and reinventing how Soldiers are trained. The schoolhouse is just one point along the continuum of life-long learning that Cone envisions for the force. He encouraged commanders to realize their responsibility as the "architect" of the training calendar.
Commanders have forgotten their role to manage training and build calendars that make sense, he said.
Another piece of the doctrinal puzzle is the nature of today's Soldiers.
"This generation is more likely to pick up an iPod than read doctrine so it takes creativity to keep them engaged and motivated," he said.
TRADOC has made inroads in modernizing doctrine and training by making it more accessible through the creation of wiki sites, interactive media, podcasts and mobile applications.
Dovetailing into Doctrine 2015 concepts, the Profession of Arms is also being redefined as
TRADOC broadens its campaign to bring together operational and intellectual traditions. The new initiative, dubbed the Army Profession, seeks to reemphasize the importance of education and treating the military career as a profession.
Since 2001, the Army has gotten away from what the Profession of Arms is all about, he said. In feedback from the field, Soldiers report not receiving meaningful counseling. Many leaders are deferring education because of back-to-back deployments.
Cone said it's time to "reach out" and bring today's Soldiers -- who made efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan successful over the last ten years -- back to the schoolhouse for training to further their careers.
While training was a huge focus of Cone's discussion, the role of the squad and the roll-out of Squad: Foundation of the Decisive Force initiative sparked supportive comments from the general.
"The squad is important. If we lose the fight at the point of attack, we lose the fight. Let's go to that point in the chain and fix it -- put a lot of investment into it," he said.
Cone admitted there may be detractors to the idea of putting focus on the squad level.
"Do you think the Army's going to be getting bigger or smaller? Do you think the value of the squad will become more important or less important? More important. We need to address the problem at the right time -- now," he said.
The challenges of today's complex operating environments aren't going to get any easier, the general said.
"You're going to hear 'reduction' or 'we have to focus on the basics first.' That's a bogus argument," he said, in seeing the need to push forward with technology for the Soldier.
Everything the enemy has used against us before they are going to keep using, he said.
As senior leaders map out the future of the Army, Cone's closing words sum up the risk of not acting on doctrinal changes and professional development: "There is danger if we dilute in any way the essence of what we do as Soldiers."


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Water based wood finishes can be clear finishes or contain stain colours in them. Two or three coats are generally applied to build a surface film. The products here are suitable for interior wood trim, furniture and panelling. For floors and benchtops see "Floor Finishes"
Water based finishes are often more suitable than oils on highly absorbent timbers such as pine, plywood or cork, or where a fast drying finish that can be applied with a brush, roller, or spray is desired. Water based clears will not deepen the colour of timber like oils do so may be more suitable where a lighter or less rich colour is desired.
The stain coloured finishes add a little more colour with each coat and can produce vibrant colours, whereas oil stains transfer most of their colour in the first coat and produce more muted colours. However waterbased stains can show overlap marks so need to be applied very evenly.
All timber is unique and the effect of a finish will depending on the porosity, density, degree of sanding, and initial colour of the timber. Hence testing a few sample products on your timber is the best plan if you are after a particular look. All of our products are available in sample pots for this reason.


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How to save money on your wedding without your guests knowing
Tie the knot in style for less with our tips
As you organise your wedding you'll soon realise that even the smallest things cost more than expected, and possibly more than you budgeted for. Understandably though you probably don't want to miss certain aspects out entirely – after all, what would your guests say if you didn't have a starter with your wedding meal!
Thankfully there are plenty of areas where you can save money when planning your wedding. And what's more, your guests will never know.
The Wedding Cake
The wedding cake is often the centrepiece of the reception room so you need it to make a statement. You don't need it to cost a fortune though. A lot of small cake-making businesses make stunning wedding cakes for half the price of a commercial enterprise and at the end of the day their cakes taste just as nice.
Alternatively you could ask a talented friend to make your cake as your wedding gift. A lot of brides opt for a pyramid of cupcakes instead of a tiered cake these days as it means they can save on the cost of a professional cake. If your friends vary the icing on the cupcakes and have decorations to match your colour scheme then nobody will notice the fact that you don't have a traditional cake.
The Invites and Table Decorations
Wedding invitations in particular are rarely kept after the actual wedding day so why spend hundreds of pounds having them professionally designed and printed. Visit your local craft shop and buy a kit to make your own or better still learn some basic origami and send invites that will be remembered for years to come.
The same goes for your wedding table decorations. Why hire when you can make? Your table decorations are a great way to make your reception unique, and with the help of a few friends you can easily create something that will make your tables memorable – and all for a few pounds.
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The Wedding Outfits
It's understandable that a lot of wedding couples want to buy their wedding outfits and keep them as mementos of their big day. This can be a huge expense though, eating deep into your wedding budget.
Wedding outlet stores are an excellent place to shop if you want to keep your dress/tux after your wedding day. These stores have thousands of wedding dresses and tuxedos at severely marked down prices, simply because they are 'last season' so to speak. You might have to search hard for clothing you like (particularly your dress) in the size you need as very few styles come in a range of sizes.
The alternative is to hire your wedding dress and formal suit for your big day. This option is much cheaper than buying and unless you tell them, your guests will never know. You still get your fairy tale day but save a few thousand pounds in the process.
The Reception Food
If you're having quite a big wedding reception in the evening then you'll probably plump for a buffet meal. Even so this can still turn out to be quite expensive. Large numbers of guests are better served with a hog roast and a smaller buffet. A hog roast is always a popular option with guests because they can have two or three hot pork rolls each, accompanied by a few bits from the buffet. Hog roasts cost around £400 which may seem like a lot, but when you compare this to a full buffet for 100+ guests you'll find it works out much cheaper per head.
The Timing of your Wedding
If you don't have a particular date in mind for your wedding then why not consider a winter wedding. A lot of hotels offer discounted winter wedding packages just to make the most of the entire year. For example, a full wedding package in the summer (May to August) might cost you £6000 however the same wedding in the winter could be as cheap as £4000. You could even have a Christmas wedding with a tree and decorations.
The only drawback to a winter wedding is the possibility of bad weather for your photos but if you choose a venue where you can take nice indoor photos then this isn't really a problem.
So, as you can see there are numerous areas where you can easily save money when planning your wedding. Making items such as invitations, decorations, the cake etc. will save you hundreds of pounds, meaning you'll have a bit more spare for the all-important honeymoon.


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This is beautiful mama Hope. This gorgeous couple brought their sweet dog to our session and we had a blast. They are going to be amazing parents - I can tell!
If you're interested in booking birth photography, babywearing session, a family lifestyle session, an outdoor newborn session in Lakeland, Tampa, or surrounding areas such as St Petersburg, Clearwater, Lithia, Fish Hawk, Lutz, Dunedin, Bartow, Plant City, Winter Haven, Auburndale, Celebration, Orlando, Winter Park, and more, please take a moment to contact me.
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Client: 90NineCents
This was a fun game starring a group of "Monsterments", which are monsters that have musical instruments as part of their bodies. The monsters would be arranged on a musical timeline by the player to create melodies and advance to the next level.
Images copyright © 2013 90NineCents. All rights reserved.
I was asked to design many monsters which all represented unique individual sounds: guitars, drums, keyboards, even xylophones.
The Monsterments live on remote, lush island undiscovered by humans. It was fun to create concepts of what that world would look like as well.
Concept for "Muzika Island"


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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) and the United Auto Workers union were nearing a new contract for 49,000 production workers in talks in Detroit on Friday, people with direct knowledge of the negotiations said.
"I am very optimistic that the negotiations process is entering its final stage," UAW Vice President Joe Ashton said in an update for the union's GM workers posted online.
"I am happy to inform our membership that we are getting very close to a framework for an agreement that will bring our negotiations to a successful conclusion."
The UAW chose to try for an agreement with No. 1 U.S. automaker GM first, before reaching a deal with Chrysler and finally with Ford Motor Co (F.N), those close to the talks have said.
The talks have played out at a time of increasing uncertainty about the strength of U.S. auto sales for the remainder of this year and in 2012, as well as concern about the risk of another recession.
GM and the other two Detroit automakers have offered one-time contract-signing bonuses and profit-sharing rather than traditional wage increases, while the union has sought higher wages for entry level workers and cost-of-living increases.
At stake are wages and benefits for about 113,000 unionized U.S. auto workers who have gone without a base pay increase since 2003.
One of the priorities for the union has been to secure commitments by the automakers to bring more vehicle production to the United States. Heading into the contract talks, Ashton had said the union's priority would be "jobs, jobs, jobs."
In a sign there could be some consideration of reviving GM's former Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, a delegation of local officials, including the mayor of Spring Hill, met on Thursday with GM in Detroit.
The Saturn plant had been the site of GM's experiment with a new model of production and a more collaborative relationship with workers based in part on the model of Japanese automakers led by Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T).
GM scrapped the Saturn as part of its 2009 bankruptcy and the assembly portion of the plant has been shut. An engine plant at the site remains open.
Spring Hill Mayor Michael Dinwiddie said GM officials had given him no indication of whether the Spring Hill assembly plant would reopen.
"We gave them a business update, and the plant status is unchanged," GM spokesman Greg Martin said of the meeting.
A key sticking point at GM, according to people familiar with the talks, had been the amount of signing bonuses offered to workers. Any settlement must be ratified by the union's membership.
GM had proposed a signing bonus of close to $3,500 per worker based on recent manufacturing contracts negotiated by the union, but the UAW pressed for a higher figure. Most analysts expect an agreement of $5,000 to $7,000.
That would cost GM between $245 million and $343 million.
GM stock has dropped 43 percent to $22.53 since its early 2011 high and is down 32 percent since its staring IPO value of $33 last November.
One of the issues tackled by negotiators in the last few days was healthcare costs, a person briefed on the talks said. GM workers now pay an estimated 7 percent of their healthcare costs compared with 33 percent on average in other industries.
As part of a bid to offset the cost of bonuses, GM had proposed shifting a bigger burden of those costs to UAW workers, the person said.
The UAW gave up the right to strike at GM and Chrysler through 2015 as part of the federally funded bailouts of the automakers.
Four-year contracts at all three automakers were extended beyond their Wednesday night expirations.
That follows the pattern of earlier talks, although UAW President Bob King and the automakers had held out hope for a speedier resolution this time.
Chrysler is managed and majority-owned by Italy's Fiat SpA FIA.MI.
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Sign, Say & Play
Six week play class for parent(s) and baby. Six themes (mealtime, bath time, bedtime, getting dressed, pets and park) cover useful signs each week to help your baby tell you what they need, want, feel and even remember.
Reduce frustration and enhance the bond between you and your baby with simple signs you can incorporate easily into your routine. BeeBo™ the Baby Signs® Bear helps babies learn the signs each week along with lots of music and fun activities. In addition parents also learn helpful tips each class like what helps babies learn and when your baby will sign back to you, etc.
This class is best (more fun) for mobile babies (approx. 8 to 14 months).
NOTE: This Sunday class will not be six consecutive weeks. There are a couple of gaps so see the dates of the classes to be sure you can make all six sessions.
REGISTER: Call (512-814-0004) or email (firstname.lastname@example.com). Space is limited!
COST: $150 for six classes and includes a kit to take home that with board books, DVDs, reference items, etc.


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OMG! Bebo Kareena Kapoor thinks Deepika Took A Dig At Her Pregnancy :- Recently, Bollywood Diva Deepika Padukone was in news for her engagement rumors. But Deepika clarified everything by saying that I am not having a baby, I am not pregnant, I am not married, I am not engaged, and I am not planning to get married anytime soon.
But Bollywood Actress or wife of Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor has taken this comment very seriously and is very pissed off with Deepika.
Bebo said that it makes sense for Deepika to deny her engagement and marriage rumours. Bebo could not understand the statement of Dips. Kareena Kapoor said that why deepika denied being pregnant, when no one said she was.
According to sources said that Bollywood Bebo, Kareena Kapoor is also annoyed at the unusual answers of Deepika that actresses who are in the family way are no longer serious about the career. Kareena kapoor is gearing up to begin shooting for her next film and with big belly and all, she will rock it.
Kareena kapoor also lashed out at the media for discussing her pregnancy. She told a media that I am pregnant, not a corpse.
Kareena Kapoor added that we are in 2016,not in the 1800s, so please stop making it a national casualty. I am just fed-up of people making it (her pregnancy) to be a death of some sort. It should be a message to a lot of people that marriage or having a family has absolutely nothing to do with my career.


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The latest play by Bathsheba Doran (who has written for TV's "Boardwalk Empire" and "Masters of Sex") premiered off-Broadway in 2015, in a production that starred Diane Lane and Tony Shalhoub.
Now Diversionary Theatre stages the San Diego debut of "The Mystery of Love and Sex" (directed by executive artistic chief Matt M. Morrow), which delves into issues of romance and race over the course of five years in a very complex relationship.
The "Southern Gothic romantic comedy" (now there's a phrase you don't see very often) stars Rachael VanWormer, John Wells III, Mike Sears and Marci Anne Wuebben; it officially opens this weekend at the University Heights theater.
"The Mystery of Love and Sex"
When: 7 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through Dec. 24. Where: Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights.
Tickets: $15-$45
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20th September 2014 – Auroville, India
Take pictures, but take no souvenirs. Make no noises, but watch in awe if you must.Humanity merges with nature here, and the banyan tree has life.The golden globe shines through it all, restoring faith and trust.
I rode from Pondicherry to Chennai today, but there was something that I had to see on the way.
Auroville is an independent community centre, located about 13 KM from Pondichery. Aurobindo Ghosh was a famous Indian spiritual leader, who believed that "man is a transitional being". One of his disciples, Mirra Alfassa, also called 'the mother', set up Auroville as a community in the 1960s. She invited people everywhere to come over and be part of something transitional. And they did. As of today, there are people of 43 different nationalities living in Auroville, and they contribute towards regional empowerment, and creating a balanced life.
At the centre of the whole township is the most amazing piece of architecture that I have ever seen. The Matrimandir looks like a Golden globe from outside, which is all you will see if you are just a visitor. (for once, I agree that visitors should not be allowed inside and break the sanctity and peace of this place). But if you get a chance to go inside, you will see that the whole structure has a single sun ray coursing through the middle of it, engineered to be redirected through a crystal ball.
I didn't get to see it. The engineering exhibit outside had me mouthwatering to actually see it.
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In November of 2015, I was invited by the Cancer Knowledge Network to write a guest post. CKN is part of Current Oncology, Canada's leading oncology journal, which is read by thousands of oncology professionals and patients. It was a great honor to be invited to write for such a publication and to reach a new audience. This was also a huge opportunity to help spread the knowledge of my experiences, especially to oncology professionals, responsible for the care of many thousands of patients. What better thing could I share with such an audience than an updated list of my list of top lessons learned in five years of cancer survivorship?
Top 5 Lessons Learned in 5 Years of Cancer Survivorship
After treatments for our cancers conclude, every single one of us wants so desperately to believe that our bodies have been rid of our cancers forever, and that our fights are over. We want to believe that we'll be able to put what we've been through behind us, and that our lives will return to normal, if not a new normal. That's exactly what I believed in July of 2011 after a five-month long fight against testicular cancer, but I was in for a rude awakening. My body was free from cancer, but my life wasn't. There was so much I'd yet to experience, and so many important lessons that I'd learn along the way.
The biggest and most shocking realization I've had is that the majority of my struggles all came after my cancer fight had ended, and that fighting cancer was the easy part! After my cancer fight, I had yet to experience excruciating nerve pain and muscle weakness issues that developed, all due to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. I'd yet to experience anxiety about every little ache and pain, worrying that my cancer had returned, nor hormonal ups and downs that caused huge swings in my mood and energy levels. I'd yet to experience recurrence scares where I feared that I had just lived my last good day. I had no idea how to handle the depression and post-traumatic stress that followed all of this. I had beaten cancer, but became so overwhelmed with all of the unforeseen and seemingly endless challenges in the aftermath, that I contemplated suicide as a means to an end. The trials of life after cancer had pushed me that far.
Your attitude is everything, and is a self-fulfilling prophecy. No matter what it is that you're facing, if you believe in yourself with all of your heart and soul that you'll find a way to cope, to heal, or to overcome, you'll find that way no matter how extraordinary. If you don't believe in yourself, not only will you not find what you need, but you'll prolong your own suffering and pain. Never give up, never stop believing in yourself, and keep your heart and your mind open. Surround yourself with positive and uplifting people that believe in you too, who can help to carry you during the times you might stumble.
Time and time again, it's not been pills, but the power of the right people, the right friendships, and the right souls in my life that had made critical differences for me through periods of distress. Through the power of the right people in my life, I've found the encouragement that I've needed, spiritual guidance, and those that could help me laugh, forget, and have a great time. Never be afraid to keep opening new doors, and bringing new people into your life. You never know when the next person you meet could change your life for the better. Some amazing souls out there have been all the medication I've ever needed, and I'm so blessed that they've become a part of my life.
I've been that person, huddled up in a corner in tears, and suffering from post-traumatic stress after cancer. I was afraid of everything and everybody, and just wanted to hide from life and the world, but I refused to give in. Don't let cancer keep you down. Your survivorship years are the time to get out there and truly enjoy life. Everything is sequential. Never stop believing in yourself, and never stop opening new doors. Find things that you enjoy doing, people that you enjoy doing them with, and have the time of your life. Make plans both big and small, and do the things that you've always wanted to do. I've learned that each day is a gift and never let one go to waste, and have never enjoyed life more than I have after cancer. The best way to survive cancer is to LIVE!
Above all, love yourself unconditionally. But what does that mean? Loving yourself unconditionally means accepting all that you feel. It means allowing yourself to sit in that secluded corner to cry, without feeling ashamed. Loving yourself means pushing hurtful people and things out of your life, without feeling guilty about doing so. Most of all, loving yourself means simply being yourself, without feeling the need to apologize to anyone for being who and what you are. Ridding myself of this internal mechanism for self-loathing, and learning the importance of self-love and acceptance, has been my gateway drug towards healing from within, reducing stress, reducing anxiety and depression, and finding what was truly meant for me in my life. Our perceived faults are not flaws. We're all perfect just the way we are, and were made the way we are for a reason. Embrace yourself, and love yourself unconditionally.
These past five years of life after cancer have put me through more than I could have possibly imagined. Both cancer survivors and care providers should never underestimate the potential challenges of life after cancer. Even reading about such possibilities while going through treatments never registered, because it simply wasn't believable to me at the time. What could possibly be worse than what I was already going through? Believe it. Cancer survivors everywhere should be encouraged to find and stay closely connected to sources of support throughout these years. It is my hope that through the sharing of my story, care providers will have greater recognition of these patient challenges after cancer, that survivors will become more attuned to the very real challenges that we can face, and not be afraid to seek the support that they need.


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Lenovo earlier this week released three new servers that are targeted to small and mid-sized businesses. The lineup consists of two rackmount servers, the RD230 and RD240, as well as a tower-based TD230. All systems are powered by Intel's Xeon 5500 and Xeon 5600 series of processors and generally come equipped with features such as data protection and remote management - capabilities not necessarily found in similar low-end series of servers.
In addition, management tools built into the servers mean they can be integrated seamlessly as part of Level Platforms' architecture. Level Platforms makes remote monitoring and management products used by managed-services-provider vendors.
The RD230 is a 1U rack server that comes with hot-swappable SATA drives with RAID 5 data protection, a DVD writer and Web-based management capabilities. It is available with either one or two processors, and supports up to four SAS or SATA hard-disk drives with prices starting from $999.
A beefier unit, the 2U-based RD240 provides up to eight hard-disk drives and dual power supplies. With RAID 6 data protection, the list price for a four-way processor model starts at $1,399. RAID 6 provides much more robust data protection -- it can survive the simultaneous failure of up to two hard-disk drives without data loss.
Finally, the TD230 is a dual-socket tower server with similar specifications to the RD230, with the additional ability of being able to handle up to 32 GB of memory. Customers can go for a four-bay hot-swap option, or a five-bay direct-connect hard-drive configuration. Lenovo says prices start at $829.
In a market long dominated by server vendors such as IBM, HP and Dell, it is clear that Lenovo is eager to rock the boat and distinguish itself in the server market by bringing more advanced features into its value range of servers.
Tom Ribble, director of ThinkServer Product Marketing for Lenovo says as much:
This is a new play for us in this market, at price points we haven't seen before, and with more built-in features than the competition.
In my opinion, the sub-$1,000 starting prices for some of the basic configurations look pretty compelling in terms of value to branch offices or SMBs. Moreover, the built-in management features will also lend well to remote management, or signing on external managed-services providers for support.
Ultimately, increased competition from the likes of Lenovo should also hasten the migration of more advanced functionality to lower-end products from other server vendors.


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Year: 2015
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Team: Jimenez Lai, May Wong, Roojiar Sadeghilalabadi, Eric Hsu, Pauline Chen, Heidi Alexander, Steve Martinez, Brian Daugherty
There is a ready willingness in the culture of Los Angeles to accept a house being comprised of a series of detached architectural envelopes. In many cases, we find separations of architectural programs away from the "house" itself, yielding in other singular and complete envelopes such as garage, shed, cabin, guest house, outhouse, greenhouse, and so forth. As long as this urbanism of scattered objects is inscribed inside of a single property line, they can still be considered an individual house.
Perhaps the warm and dry climate year-round contributes to the possibility that the corridor and living room are exterior spaces. However, beyond just an architectural deconstruction, taking the house apart also influences lifestyle choices. Playing outdoors is an important aspect of domestic life in Southern California. Outdoor cooking can happen with or without a ritualistic celebration, and the casual reading under the sun on a recliner during normal weekends can happen over Christmas. This is a unique lifestyle that colder or wetter climates cannot enjoy for twelve months out of the year, and its effects on domestic architecture have become a normalized condition in Los Angeles.
In our proposal, we introduce a collection of architectural objects, where every enclosure contains one single architectural program. Because the objects are not parallel with one another, the gaps between the objects allow for contractions and expansions of spaces. The management of the larger and smaller gaps imply a set of domestic stories. From a dog house facing directly at the garage in anticipation for its owner's return home, to the outdoor hearth that functions as a central piazza of a micro city, or the teenager's room with a private entry and exit for in case of trouble, this proposal turns domestic architecture into a canvas for a family portrait.


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I saw this on my Face Book feed. It was shared on one of my many food related FB pages with a question, "Do you agree?" Amazingly, this picture had a long thread of comments and almost 90% agreed with it. I wasn't trying to stir things up when I commented "I disagree" but somehow I managed to. I guess that's what you get when you go against the majority. Many cited the importance of a hands on learning experience to be the best sort of learning which I agree. But that isn't what the picture above is saying.
I disagreed because despite my mother's numerous attempts in equipping me with some cooking skills, I never learned much. It only made me want to run away each time she called me to learn the dish of the day because it always ended with a lot of bickering and her nagging. We called it a truce when she realised I wasn't willing to be trained to become her sous chef. So she demoted me and I was made the food preparation worker. I was given routine and repetitive tasks under her direction. I was slicing and dicing vegetables, cleaning and cutting meats and seafood, and I was also cleaning the work areas equipment, utensils, dishes and silverware! I got the raw end of the deal.
I never saw the need or had the desire to learn cooking but all that changed after I became a mother. Nevertheless, I always had a keen interest in watching cook shows. My mom used to ridicule me watching these cook shows because it didn't seem like I would ever cook but on a fine sunny day when I finally decided to cook, I could.
It wasn't the best meal and it didn't turn out as I expected but I had the basic skills and these skills I acquired from watching all my favourite cook shows, The Naked Chef was my most favourite then.
As I ventured deeper into this uncharted territory I did not feel handicapped because I did not learn from my mother. In today's age, learning how to cook or any other skill is just at a click of a button. There are so many willing people who painstakingly prepare easy to follow, step by step videos and pictorial tutorial on how to prepare a meal. It's brilliant because now Anyone Can Cook.
When cooking skills used to be passed down from generations to generations, only the women folk learned. It was considered unmacho for a man to learn how to cook. These days, you would find both women and men sweating it out in the kitchen preparing meals for their families. So yes, I still disagree with the statement in the picture.
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The first month of the new year was long for me, yet it seemed like it breezed by as well. Here are my favorite things for the month.
Favorite TV Show: Sherlock (Season 4)
Sherlock (with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman) is one of the greatest TV shows ever in my opinion. Sadly we don't get very much of it as it's filmed in the actor's free-time and we can go years without a new season. The fourth season wasn't quite as good as the first or second, but I loved it. Just so many moments that could make your head spin.
Favorite Video Game: Pokemon Sun
After a few months I finally finished Pokemon Sun for Nintendo 3DS. I took my time as I wanted to use my old pokemon from X which wasn't possible until late January. The new trails replaced gyms and they work really well. It's the most unique Pokemon of the main series games, and was quite good.
Favorite Film: Moana
We managed to see Moana right before it slipped out of theaters. I had originally thought about seeing it earlier but instead saw Star Wars' Rogue One. Moana is much better than Rogue One in my opinion and I'm glad we got to see it at the movies instead of on Blu-ray. Moana shows that Disney is still king at making movies we all enjoy.


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Thanks to everyone who received my recording so warmly and shared it with others. You have really given me (even more) confidence to continue recording and sharing my songs!
Even though I like to share many parts of my life on this blog, sharing my music was the main reason I started it 100 posts ago. Yep, wordpress let's you know when you've hit 100 posts and this is it baby! In honor of my 100th post, I thought I'd remind people, for those who may have missed it, why I started this blog in the first place, which I wrote about in my very first post.
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Jerusalem, Aug. 26 – A week after carrying out a deadly, day-long terror attack and launching dozens of rockets, missiles and mortars at Israeli civilians, the Gaza-based terrorist group that initiated the attacks has again announced a ceasefire.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist faction that claimed responsibility for the wave of assaults in southern Israel near the border with Egypt, said Friday (Aug. 26) that it would institute a new ceasefire effective 1 p.m. local time. In addition to the wave of coordinated attacks that killed eight Israelis, terrorists in Gaza have fired rockets and mortars at Israel on a daily basis despite a ceasefire announced Sunday. Gaza is run by Hamas, which is funded, trained and armed by Iran.
Israel responded both to the Aug. 18 attacks and the ensuing daily rocket barrages that have hit various cities across southern Israel, through targeted airstrikes on terrorist leaders in Gaza. Two members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been killed. The Palestinian News Agency Ma'an confirmed that they belonged to the armed wing of the terrorist group.
Hamas government spokesman Taher Nunu said Friday, "The government has called on the Palestinian factions not to give an opportunity to the (Israeli) occupation government to escalate its aggression further." Various terrorist factions signed onto the ceasefire, according to another Hamas official; in the meantime, Hamas and the Egyptian government were still working Friday to get small splinter factions to join in the truce.
Islamic Jihad is a small group with roots in the Muslim Brotherhood. In a statement Thursday, the group threatened to extend the range of its rocket capabilities, sending projectiles even deeper into Israeli territory, Israel Radio reported.
"Our war with the occupation has begun and there is no possibility of discussing a truce," the group said in a statement.
An Egyptian government probe found that 12 terrorists from four different groups, among them at least three Egyptians, carried out the Aug. 18 attacks along a 7.5-mile (12-km stretch) along a road just north of the resort town of Eilat. Eight Israelis, among them six civilians, died from the attacks.
Since Friday, rockets from Gaza have hit several southern Israeli cities, killing two more Israelis in the southern capital of Beersheba. One rocket fired from Gaza hit the Egyptian town of Rafah, injuring an Egyptian woman there. On Thursday, (Aug. 25), a volley of rockets hit several southern cities and severely damaged the Erez border crossing point.
In Beersheba Thursday, the mood was somber and tense among the sparse numbers of residents who ventured outside. Most residents appeared to heed the government's call to stay indoors, rendering the city almost empty during the last August vacation day before schools are set to open. Until now, Beersheba has been largely untouched by rocket fire because of its distance from Gaza.
Yotam Navon, a third-year student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, said the rocket attacks have caused panic and taken a significant mental toll on those living in the area. "It's psychological warfare," Navon, 29, told The Israel Project in an interview at the campus Thursday. "People are getting more injured from the psychological warfare than from the rockets." Navon said he has come to see the rockets as a way of life and carries on despite the attacks.
Another Beersheba resident, Jessica Bernath, described the fear of hearing the rocket warning alarms and scrambling to find a place to take cover with her husband and 7-month-old baby, Hagar. "I didn't imagine this would happen here in Beersheba," Bernath said as she stood outside her home with her infant. "I just can't understand how people in Sderot are living with this every day." Sderot is an Israeli town next to Gaza that has, until recently, borne the brunt of Gaza rocket fire and terrorist attacks.
Bernath, the manager of an area bookstore, said she also worried about a rocket hitting while her child is in daycare. "Who will they take to the shelters first?" she said. Just steps from her home lies a padlocked bomb shelter, a testament to the city being unaccustomed to life under fire.
The latest attacks brought the number of rockets and mortars fired from Gaza at Israelis this year to 501, according to a count by The Israel Project.


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And it's name is Internet.
I'm happy. I just need to go clean my room before heading out tonight–in the cold, cold wet of Manchester, but that's the UK for you, as my friend said.
I'm not going to go back to my daily blogging because it will kill me, so stop me if you think I'm heading down that route.
I've lots of food in my room because it can't all go into the fridge or my food locker. There will be ants at some point. Please tell me how to stop them from attacking my food.
This is very random because I really don't know what to blog. Everybody wants to know what I'm doing, what life is like here…and I'm like, 'it's normal.'
I'm not terribly different from other freshers/first-years, except that I'm Don't Drink. Well, I do, but it's a few sips, and that's enough. I do mean a few sips. I plan to go my entire university life without getting drunk. Ever.
I'm succeeding so far, so that's good. I just wish people would stop trying to get me to dance!


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EEO 2014 Diversity Awards
Westpac Auckland South Business Awards
Indian Business Awards 2009
East Tamaki Healthcare won the Supreme Award, along with two top category awards at the Indian Newslink, Indian Business Awards 2009. Prime Minister John Key presented the award and commended the progress of the Indian entrepreneurs and businesses in New Zealand. Read more about Indian Business Awards.
Queen's Sevice Medals - Dr Kantilal Patel and Mrs Ranjna Patel
Despite each receiving a Queen's Service Medal, the husband and wife team still insist they haven't done anything extraordinary. Read more about Queen's Service Medal.
Nursing Awards 2008
A highlight of 2008 has been the recognition at Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) level of two of our nurses in the May 12th International Nurses day nursing awards at CMDHB. RN Tazmin Ismail was awarded the Best Preceptor. Read more about Nursing Awards 2008.
Ministry of Health's New Zealand Health Innovation Nominations
East Tamaki Healthcare has been proud to be nominated as a finalist in New Zealand Health Innovation Awards for three consecutive years- 2006, 2007, 2008.
Tamaki Healthcare - Excellence in Primary Healthcare Practice Award
East Tamaki Healthcare's Sylvia Park staff were acknowledged by Tamaki Healthcare PHO. They were presented the Excellence in Primary Healthcare Practice Award during the stakeholders evening on 15th July 2009. These awards were presented to recognize outstanding performance. Read more about Tamaki Healthcare-Excellence Award.
Dr Kantilal N Patel Values Award
2008 saw the introduction of Dr Kantilal N Patel's Values Award which acknowledges the family values of sharing, caring, devotion and worship.This award is an annual award which is awarded to a doctor in training who. Read more about Dr Kantilal N Patel Values Award.


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Hello dog lovers, pet professionals, and general readers,
I'm going to be the first to admit that I have a problem with blog abandonment. I'm not sure why that is, but it happens. I've had probably 5 blogs throughout my time blogging, and currently I have 2 active ones; this one and my kennel one. I have been writing articles for some time now and have had a terrible time figuring out where the rest of my writing should live. I love writing for print publishing because each piece has a beginning and an end. Blogging however always feels unfinished, like it's just floating around out there. So finding a home for it feels... unnatural. But regardless, I'm done procrastinating. It's time to settle down and commit to a home for my content. So I have compromised. My general, to the public training articles will live here. My breed specific articles, will live in my other blog, but will be shared here as well. So you don't have to worry about missing anything. Finally, my data specific posts about my dogs, their training, and their accomplishments will stay on the other blog, but will likely not be shared as most people aren't stalking my dogs (I hope...).
So anyway, here is a link to my other blog:
Feel free to follow it if you want to stalk my dogs, otherwise, don't worry, most of the content will be right back here, just filtered. Now prepare to be inundated while I share a few posts from over there for your viewing pleasure.
If you have any topics you's like me to cover, feel free to mention them in a comment.