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UK: LG Optimus Black now just £189.99
If you're in the UK, want to buy a smartphone, and are looking for a bargain, we have something for you. It may not be a top of the line device anymore, but it is great value for the money.
We're talking about LG's Optimus Black. This Android-powered handset was launched in May, and its price back then was in the £400 range. Time flies though, and here we are in December with one retailer offering the same phone for just £189.99. SIM-free and unlocked, naturally. That's a dramatic price drop no matter how you look at it.
And the device is not obsolete by any stretch of the imagination, even if the mobile world does move at a staggering pace these days. The Optimus Black has a 4-inch 480×800 touchscreen, a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, a 5 MP camera with 720p HD video recording, a 2 MP front-facing camera, 2 GB of built-in storage, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, HSPA support, and it's just 9.2 mm thin.
The LG Optimus Black will probably be shipped to you running Android 2.2 Froyo, but an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread should become available once you power it up.
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11th snowiest winter so far (since 1891).
14.1" snowfall so far in February (13.4" of that fell Sunday and Monday).
26.5" snowiest February on record (1962).
14" snow on the ground as of Monday evening.
8 Snow Emergencies in the Twin Cities so far this winter.
300+ accidents reported Sunday and Monday morning, just in the metro area.
2nd snowiest winter (to date) since 1891 in the Twin Cities.
Biwabik Lake. Much of Minnesota is experiencing the snowiest winter in nearly 20 years.
From Pete Boulay at the MN State Climatology Office. I asked him the last time we saw two (1-foot-plus) snowfalls in one winter?
"In the 1980's it was fairly common. The last time we had two 12 inch snowfalls in one winter was 1991-92. We also had two 12 plus snowfalls in the winter 1981-82, 1982-83 and in 1984-85. There are probably others before the 1980's. but that's all I can recall right now.
The top 10 season snowfalls for the Twin Cities can be seen at the bottom of this list. We have a pretty good chance making this list by the end of the day."
Top 10 Snowiest Winters. Yes, we will easily crack the Top 10 this winter - probably the Top 5. I remember 1983-84 (vividly). It was my first winter in the Twin Cities, and I wondered (out loud) what the heck I had gotten myself into! I don't think we'll see more than 98", but at the rate we're going 80-90" is very possible, even likely. The impact on the flood potential is still unknown, but all this late-season snow obviously can't be a good thing.
11th Snowiest Winter On Record (so far). From the National Weather Service: "As of 6:00 PM on February 21st, this winter season is guaranteed to be at least the 11th snowiest on record ine Twin Cities. The current seasonal snowfall total stands at an impressive 74.5 inches. The average seasonal sonwfall in the Twin Cities is 55.9 inches."
Echoes Of 1983-1984. Snowfall for our current winter is the red line, tracking amazingly close to 1983-1984, the winter we wound up with an astounding 98.6" snow burying the Twin Cities. Not sure we'll see quite that much, but we are probably destined for 85" before the winter is through with us (sometime in April?) The local NWS office has more details here.
Carpet Of White. Snowfall from midday Sunday through midday Monday showed an almost straight east-west axis to the heaviest snow band, from South Dakota due east to Madison and the Twin Cities. Map courtesy of Ham Weather, a division of WeatherNation.
How Much Fell? According to the Chanhassen office of the National Weather Service, the heaviest snow bands set up from the Twin Cities metro (especially southern suburbs) westward, along the Minnesota River to Madison, Minnesota, where a whopping 19" piled up. Yes, the Golden Snow Shovel goes to Madison, an Honorable Mention to Eden Prairie. A very respectable 17" piled up in my former hometown. See the map here.
Big Variations. 19.6" at Bloomington, 18" swamped Burnsville, 13.4 at MSP International and 13.3" in downtown St. Paul - pretty impressive. Weather geek (enthusiast) that I am, I'm always fascinated by the variability in snowfall amounts. For example, why did Eden Prairie and the Bloomington area wind up with 16-17", while just west on Highway 5 Chanhassen "only" picked up 11.7" of snow? For that matter, why did Bloomington pick up twice as much snow as New Hope (8.6")? As the crow flies that, what, maybe 10 miles? Those east-west oriented bands of heavy snow, literally "waves" of heavy snow that kept redeveloping over the south metro vaguely resembled a "train-echo" effect with summertime T-storms, where storms keep reforming over the same portions of counties, resulting in outrageous amounts of rain. Why did the heaviest bands set up over the south metro, and not the north metro? That's the part of meteorology that makes you shake your head - not sure (even with faster, more sophisticated) supercomputers we'll ever be able to pinpoint those kinds of variations. We call this "microscale meteorology", how weather conditions can change over the span of just a few miles, based on terrain, access to water sources, the urban heat island effect, etc. To see the latest snow accumulations from the NWS click here.
Snow Machine. Even though the center of low pressure was over Evansville, Indiana Monday afternoon, an inverted trough, coupled with a lingering storm in the upper atmosphere, kept the flakes flying over much of central and southern Minnesota, adding another inch or two to the 8-18" snow that fell Sunday. The latest surface map is here (the sun should be breaking through during the day Tuesday).
Don't Write Cold Fronts Off Just Yet. This week won't be bad, 20s today, low to mid 30s Wednesday, then a slow cooling trend by late week. But long-range guidance is hinting at at least 3 nights below zero the end of next week, followed by a temperature rebound the third week of March. Something to look forward to...
It Could Be Worse. This is a file photo, the very definition of a snowy thumping! There's a house in there somewhere...
Snow-Water Equivalent. There was just over 1" of liquid water tapped in our recent snowfall, on top of the (glacier-like) snow already on the ground. According to this experimental NOAA product it's estimated that as much as 4-6" of liquid water is locked in our snowcover. How quickly it thaws in the weeks ahead (and whether the thaw is accompanied by heavy rain) will determine the scope and severity of river flooding in late March and April.
Fairbanks, North Pole Dig Out From Record Snow. An update from Alaska's Daily-Miner "FAIRBANKS - As much as 18 inches fell in parts of the Fairbanks area Sunday and today, with the heaviest snow reported in North Pole, according to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. Approximately 12 inches of snow fell at Fairbanks International Airport. "It really varied widely how much snow each area got," said weather service meteorologist Scott Berg. "The heaviest bands were just south of Fairbanks, across North Pole and Eielson (Air Force Base)." Snowfall is expected to slow down this afternoon, but difficult driving conditions should persist this afternoon as winds blow several inches of recently fallen snow around the Fairbanks area. An additional 1 to 2 inches are expected today before the storm system leaves the area, Berg said."
Forensic Meteorology Solves The Mystery Of Record Snows. NOAA's ClimateWatch division has a story about meteorologists tracking the recent string of record snowfalls on the east coast to try to determine why the intensity and frequency of these major coastal storms has spiked upward: "Shortly after the third of three major snowstorms brought record-setting snowfall to the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, NOAA's Climate Scene Investigators (CSI) assembled to analyze why the snowstorms happened. The CSI is a team of "attribution" experts in NOAA whose job is to determine the causes for climate conditions. By distinguishing natural variability from human-induced climate change, they aim to improve decision-making and inform adaptation strategies. The CSI team was formed in 2007, following chaotic media coverage of the record U.S. warmth in 2006 (see CSI: NOAA Climate Scene Investigators). Here they have been called to the scene again, but now to explain cold, snowy conditions, and to reconcile those with a warming planet. After a series of record-setting snowstorms hit the mid-Atlantic region this winter, some people asked NOAA if humans could somehow be to blame. Specifically, they wanted to know if human-induced global warming could have caused the snowstorms due to the fact that a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor."
New York Times Story: "Thousands of America's Dams Susceptible To Failure." And now there's no money to pay for needed repairs. Lovely. From the NY Times article "Lake Isabella Dam is just one acute example of a widespread problem: Of the nation's 85,000 dams, more than 4,400 are considered susceptible to failure, according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials. But repairing all those dams would cost billions of dollars, and it is far from clear who would provide all the money in a recessionary era."
Extreme Weather Batters The Insurance Industry. A story from Huffington Post and Reuters: "What no one disputes is that the storms the industry expects aren't happening and the ones they don't expect are hitting them hard. The implications are profound for consumers as well as insurers. If hundred-year storms are now at risk of happening every 40 years or every three, it is difficult to know how much property insurance should cost. The last couple of months underscore just how much climate seems to be changing. Queensland state in Australia has suffered a virtual apocalypse -- flooding in December, flooding in January and tropical cyclones in February that inundated at least 30,000 homes and crippled the local coal industry. Meanwhile in the United States, snow fell on Christmas Day in a number of southern cities for the first time since at least the 1880s. Los Angeles got six months' worth of rain in three weeks, causing some of the worst flooding in the state's history. The New York metropolitan area had an unprecedented blizzard the day after Christmas and a month later got almost the same, breaking historical records."
Mount Bulusan Erupts: Major Volcano Erupts In Philippines. An update from the Huffington Post: "Philippines volcano Mount Bulusan erupted on Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. local time, per the ABS-CBN News Channel. Ash and steam from the explosion reached as high as 2 kilometers, according to the report. The Philippine Daily Inquirer posted this photo of the Mount Bulusan eruption to Posterous. Journalist Harold Geronimo of Manila, Philippines, was the first to report the eruption on Twitter, sending this tweet from his Blackberry minutes after the eruption. Mount Bulusan had increased volcanic activity in November 2010, spewing ash and steam over several days (the photo above is from Nov. 2010). Families were evacuated at the time."
Current Conditions. If you're interested in seeing what's happening around the state, what meteorologists call the "hourlies" (in English) click here, data courtesy of the National Weather Service.
Twin Cities Hourly Data For The Last 72 Hours. I'm giving away all my weather-secrets. Duh. I get a lot of requests for not only current conditions (hey, look out the window! I never get tired of that one...) and also past weather conditions. Click here to see what's been happening, hour by hour, for the last 3 days in the Twin Cities.
Monday Numbers. In the Twin Cities 6.6" fell (since midnight Sunday night), bringing our storm total over 13". St. Cloud received nearly 8". Duluth was on the northern fringe of the storm, picking up a mere 1.6".
Paul's Conservation Minnesota Outlook for the Twin Cities and all of Minnesota:
TODAY: Partly sunny, better travel. Winds: SE 10-15. High: 25
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy and chilly. Low: 18
WEDNESDAY: Milder with light snow and flurries, coating to 1/2" possible. High: 34
THURSDAY: Windy and cooler with more clouds than sun. High: 24
FRIDAY: Chance of light snow, maybe 1-2". Low: 4. High: 14
SATURDAY: Lingering flurries, a cold wind. Low: 2. High: 16
SUNDAY: Sun returns, slight warming trend. Low: 6. High: 25
MONDAY: Sunny start, PM flurries. High: near 30
Snow Rage
I like the snow. It's a fresh start, it makes my yard look better (covers up my dog's indiscretions); it's excuse to pull out my inner 20-year-old & fire up the snowmobile. But for livid commuters camped out on area freeways (on a good day) the snow just rubs salt in our vehicular wounds, turning the drive home into Mission Impossible. I get it. The solution: heat the roads; snow and ice melts on contact. There's a business there.
What we have here is an accumulation of coincidences. 2010 was Minnesota's wettest year (34" avg). The most tornadoes on record (104). And now two (1-2 FOOT mega-snowstorms in one winter? That hasn't happened since the Winter of 1991-92, according to Pete Boulay at the MN State Climate Office. I'm all for serendipity, but do you think the 4-5% increase in water vapor (the most abundant greenhouse gas) might be loading the dice in favor of more extremes? Time will tell.
Welcome to the second snowiest winter, to date, since 1891. Only 1982 had more snow as of Feb. 22 (76.9"). The sun returns today, a brief thaw (and slushy coating) tomorrow. No more commute-trashing storms in sight, just a cool-down by the end of this week, maybe a few subzero nights the latter half of next week. We paid a steep price for that 52 F. last Wednesday. Think warm thoughts.
Earth Could Be Unrecognizable By 2050. A harrowing story from discovery.com, focused on population growth and dwindling resources. The bottom line: western economies and "progress" are predicated on growth. But growth relies on natural resources, which are finite. It's getting more expensive to find and extract oil and natural gas - look at how commodity prices have spiked in just the last year, the result of natural disasters coupled with rising demand for food staples worldwide. The transition to a green, sustainable economy will not be easy - in fact it may be downright wrenching: "A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday. The United Nations has predicted the global population will reach seven billion this year, and climb to nine billion by 2050, "with almost all of the growth occurring in poor countries, particularly Africa and South Asia," said John Bongaarts of the non-profit Population Council. To feed all those mouths, "we will need to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we have in the last 8,000," said Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). "By 2050 we will not have a planet left that is recognizable" if current trends continue, Clay said."
Liftoff: NASA's Glory Mission Should Advance The Climate Change Debate. An article from The Atlantic: "It was announced in January that 2010 was the warmest year on record and this past decade the warmest in the 130 years that scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) have kept records. But the skeptics (and more aggressive climate change deniers) are still out there. In an attempt to finally settle this thing, NASA has been preparing the Glory mission for liftoff. "Glory will improve the understanding of aerosol contributions to global climate change and help maintain a record of total solar irradiance," NASA explained in the mission overview for Glory. "Data provided by the Glory mission will enhance global climate modeling and help reduce uncertainties associated with the causes and consequences of global climate change."
Global Food Wars. From a blog at forbes.com: "Global warming is a threat to international stability says Christiana Figueres. In remarks delivered last week in Madrid, the U.N.'s chief climate official warned of "climate chaos." In 2008, according to U.N. academics, there were 20 million temporary refugees fleeing sudden changes in climate. Even gradual ones could be disruptive, and they may cause anywhere between 200 million to a billion people to migrate in the next four decades. Figueres's warning echoed a series of increasingly dire assessments issued in recent years. For instance, Lord Nicholas Stern in 2009 predicted that, unless humankind did something decisive about the climate, there could be mass migrations leading to conflict, or "extended world war" as he put it."
Global Warming Means Longer Allergy Season: Study. AFB has an article that made me do a double-take. Did you know our allergy season here in the Twin Cities is 16 days longer than it used to be? I didn't either. An excerpt from the article: "WASHINGTON — Ragweed allergy season in North America has grown two to four weeks longer in recent years because of warmer temperatures and later fall frosts, researchers said. Northern parts of the United States and Canada have seen the most dramatic rise in allergy season length between 1995 and 2009, said the study to be published in Tuesday's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The city of Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Canada saw the longest pollen season, adding 27 more days in 2009 compared to 1995. Winnipeg, Manitoba saw a 25-day increase during the same period. Fargo, North Dakota and Minneapolis, Minnesota each saw allergy seasons extend 16 days. But looking further south, Rogers, Arkansas and Georgetown, Texas saw decreases of several says in their pollen seasons. The study said the starker changes in the northern latitudes were consistent with the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projections of more intense warming in areas closer to the Arctic. "Latitudinal effects on increasing season length were associated primarily with a delay in first frost of the fall season and lengthening of the frost-free period," the study said."
Global Warming And Asset Allocation. Are you an investor? If you think that climate change is real (as most peer-reviewed climate scientists and every major scientific organization believes) than your stock portfolio should probably reflect that belief. An article from istockanalyst.com: "If you think climate change is a real and present danger, your asset allocation should reflect that outlook, according to a new study from Mercer, the consulting firm. That's sure to be a controversial recommendation in some quarters. Anything related to climate change tends to stir debate of one kind or another, and so reviewing the topic as it relates to investing promises no less. Ready or not, it's time to take a hard look at the implications of climate change for designing and managing portfolios, Mercer explains in "Climate Change Scenarios—Implications For Strategic Asset Allocation" The paper argues that climate change increases investment risk and so asset allocation strategies should adjust accordingly. The uncertainty surrounding policy regulations and the economic impact of climate change inspire "new approaches" for building portfolios. The analysis is a joint effort by Mercer and more than a dozen institutions, including the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the International Finance Corporation."
Energy Company Investors Demand Action On Climate Change. Some energy companies are dragging their feet on taking action on climate change - but their investors are (increasingly) holding their feet to the fire, forcing them to be accountable. An article from care2.com: "Last week, investors announced the filing of 66 climate and energy related shareholder resolutions with 41 coal, electric power and oil companies in the 2011 proxy season. This action makes 2011 a record year for shareholder engagement in the energy sector, even as the U.S. government refuses to take action on climate change. The filings pressure companies regarding a wide range of issues, including the risks and opportunities from oil sands extraction in Canada, hydraulic fracturing in the U.S., global water scarcity, sustainable palm oil sourcing, overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and usage of renewable energy. The resolutions were filed by some of the nation's largest public pension funds, foundations and religious, labor and other institutional investors."


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Friday, January 20, 2012
Beyond Autism
Friday, January 6, 2012
Beyond the Ability to See
I was watching Ellen on TV a few days ago. I love her. She is so stinking funny. She is generous and entertaining. She appreciates great music and makes people smile. On the show I watched as she surprised an unsuspecting family from the audience struggling financially with $30,000 worth of amazing gifts. The family wept, the audience cheered, jumping up and down, truly celebrating the moment with the deserving family. I felt myself caught up in the excitement too and while smiling ear to ear saw my hubby across the room with the same look on his face.
Then it hit me, like a bolder being thrown from the moon onto my head. We celebrate our stuff. We glory in our jobs and our homes, cars, and toys. We work hard to pay for our vacations and technology. We cheer loudly when people are gifted with things beyond their wildest dreams. For the family on Ellen. For a woman who wins the lottery. A young couple winning a car on a game show. A man who is reunited with a beloved car he had as a teen. It makes us happy to see people get the things they really want.
But what if what we really want we've lost sight of altogether? What if it's beyond our ability to see over the things that have accumulated around us?
I miss Grace. More than anything I can describe. The experience of grief is like a volcano. It burns hot and is boiling, spitting, and moving beneath the surface of my external body which appears from the outside to be stable. At unexpected times grief bursts out, spilling over me along with the tears of longing. It hurts. It burns me and reshapes who I am as the molten lava cools. I can't predict it any more than I can control it. I want it to be over. I want it to stop.
Someone told me recently she knew someone who "went crazy" after her son had died. Without hope I can understand how easily that could happen. But I do not mourn like those with no hope. That is what gets me from one day to the next in the midst of the burning pain of loosing her. On the other side of this life there is another. I am as confident of this as the truth of waters ability to be frozen into ice. It looks and feels different, but it goes on. It takes another form.
Heaven is a promise. That promise holds my little girl, my best friend, and many others who I love so very much. I've been reading everything I can get my hands on lately about heaven. It's safe to say that my heart wanders there often. Dreaming of what the promise of heaven holds, not in terms of a dreamland of self-fulfillment, but of the fulfillment of God's perfect plan. To be everything God created me to be but fell so short of here on earth. To indulge not in the glories of heaven but in the maker of it all. To experience the greatest reunion of them all.
The family on Ellen will love the stuff they got. It will make them happy for awhile and may help relieve some of their financial strain for a time. But like every thing in this world, it will all eventually break and fade and end up in a junkyard somewhere. The people in the story aren't junk though. They are beautiful creatures made in the very image of God. They are pursued with passion by Jesus Christ. He bought them on a cross to give them the gift they truly desire. Whether they know it or not (and I pray they already do), heaven is the only gift that keeps on giving, and it's only a gift Jesus has the ability to give away. It is his alone to hold. The same love that kept him on a cross is the same love that offers heaven's promise to us today. Acceptance of the gift is required. The price has been paid but there is still a choice to be made. If you haven't ever accepted the gift Jesus offers, say a prayer today. It isn't given to perfect people, it's given to humans. None of us is good enough to get in on our own. More than anything else in the world what I want is to have you there with me. I will jump and cheer and high five everyone I know to hear you got what you really wanted.


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SS18 Dress Edit : SUNKISSED
Featuring the color palette of our beloved SUN this summer, in my second look for the SS18 Dress Edit.
SS18 Dress Edit : BLOOMING
Celebrating the beauty of Spring with my first look from the SS18 Dress Edit series


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These muffins are sweet and chocolatey; you'd never guess they're low fat!Submitted by SBMMYERS
Not too sweet but not too healthy, these delightful muffins are equally delicious for breakfast or dessert.Submitted by FIREFLY75
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This almond shortbread recipe replaces my mom's buttery shortbread. My new and improved version has less than half the calories and fat.
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Another Way to Create a Great Narrow Hemcomments (3) August 30th, 2008
Shannon Dennis did a great post a week or so ago on machine rolled hems. She has the knack when it comes to using that special foot on her machine. I never seem to be able to make mine work. Actually, I probably am just not patient enough. But, I've learned a fool-proof method of doing a neat narrow hem by machine. If you're like me, and haven't really mastered the rolled-hem foot, or you just don't have one, give this method a try.
1. Turn up the hem edge ¼ inch. Press and machine stitch along the fold.
2. Trim away the excess fabric in the hem allowance close to the stitching.
3. Turn up the hem again. Press and machine stitch along the fold.
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To Mary's and Silly Missy response above "I'M SO CONFUSED." :)
Posted: 7:49 pm on November 22nd
You won't ruin your fabric unless you pull it too tight or push too far in with the seam ripper as you fold the 'inbetween' fabric. This method saves ironing and trimming time. I hope this makes sense.
Posted: 3:44 pm on September 1st
Mark your hem 1/8 inch shorter than you need it to be,turn up and sew on that line . Cut off the material close to the sewing line. Turn up again and sew around again. A perfect hem every time.
Posted: 10:12 pm on August 30th
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I am such a massive fan of Body Shop Body Mists. The other day, on Mother's Day, I purchased a body shop body mist in a Strawberry Scent and it smelled absolutely gorgeous. I'm not usually one for sweet scents but when I smelled the tester it was subtle with a long lasting scent of delicate strawberry sweets. As it happens, my mother was telling me how Boots is now the store for perfumes-they've really upped their game and it's at a reasonable price too.😊ReplyDelete
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They're great aren't they?! I used to have the Japanese cherry blossom one too and that was fabDelete
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I love the Zoella spray, but i've ran out of mine:( I love your photos!ReplyDelete
Oh no! I really want to try some more of hers when I run out of this one, it's the first one I've tried!Delete
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Photo © Júlia Kis-Várday 2016
"Following the success of their acclaimed RareNoise debut, 2014's Jü Meets Møster (a killer collaboration with renowned Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster) the experimental Budapest-based trio of guitarist Ádám Mészáros, bassist Ernö Hock and drummer András Halmos once again bridges hellacious free jazz, throbbing hardcore rock and spacious world and ambient music on their ecstatic, envelope-pushing opus, Summa.
Alternately calm (the 12-minute "Jimma Blue") and crushing ("Mongrel Mangrove," "My Heart Is Somewhere Else" and the blistering title track), Summa stands as another powerful manifesto against complacency by the renegade trio.
"The original form for us is the trio form," says guitarist Mészáros. "The first album with Kjetil was more like a great adventure. This is just us, and this is the Jü sound." Møster does appear as special guest alongside celebrated Hungarian electroacoustic composer Bálint Bolcsó on the expansive 12-minute track "Partir," providing a bridge to the first album.
Another element that enters into the picture to a degree on Ju's sophomore outing is folk music, which can be heard on tunes like "Lady Klimax," with its presence of kalimba, and "Sinus Begena," fueled by Hock's sintir-like bass playing.
"We listen to many kinds of traditional musics and like to see ourselves as folk musicians," says drummer Halmos. "Many times when we hear traditional music that is ancient, it sounds really raw and simple, even if it is actually complex. And the music is held together differently than in music that is based on a metronomic pulse. It's a question of being in the moment, so you don't want to control every part."
For me, it was never a conscious thing to prepare for being able to play different styles," he adds. "I don't prefer any genre, just looking for music that I like and trying to play inspired by them. I'd like to avoid being labeled, as it often happens, as a noisy punk band."
While their first RareNoise release was recorded in a single day, the Summa sessions took place over the course of five days in the studio.
"So we had time to find form for the songs," says Halmos. "If you heard us live recently, you could hear that we play these songs more or less in the forms they are on the album but as we use those forms as starting points to wherever we are taken in the moment. Even though there was a lot of improvisation in the process, the sounds of the songs and the themes are there as anchor points. Still, we always try to keep them fresh, so basically anything can happen while playing."
Formed in 2012, each member of JÜ is an accomplished player on the Budapest scene. Beside dozens of Hungarian groups, the members have played with such internationally acclaimed musicians as John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Charles Gayle, Chris Potter, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Pamelia Kurstin and Mikolaj Trzaska. As developing musicians in Budapest, they came under the sway of such American renegades as John Zorn (particularly his Naked City and Moonchild bands) and Last Exit, the renegade noise quartet of Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brotzman and Ronald Shannon Jackson.
Says Mészáros, "Of course I used to listen to these bands a lot. They had a kind of punk appeal that I think of as more physical, so it offers some kind of relief also in a physical way. And we are trying to do that in our own music while allowing for some small accidents to happen along the way that can take you out of your comfort zone, which I like."
"Basically, we are trying to tell the same story again and again which is not written word buy word," he adds. "Sometimes we forget something, sometimes we tell more. It's affected by who and when and were we are telling it but it's still more or less the same story."
Ádám Mészáros - Guitars, Kalimba, Percussion
Ernö Hock - Bass Guitar, Bass Ukulele, Percussion
András Halmos - Drums, Bells, Kalimba
Kjetil Møster - Saxophones (on 'Partir')
Bálint Bolcsò - Electronics (on 'Partir')
Cat. No. : RNR074 (CD) / RNR074LP (Single Vinyl)
Release Date : March 31st, 2017
JÜ meets Møster
Worlds collide when the raucous Budapest-based power trio JÜ (consisting of fire-breathing guitarist Adam Meszaros, fuzz-bassist Ernö Hock and the remarkably flexible drummer Andras Halmos) joins Oslo-based saxophonist Kjetil Møster for this subversive meeting of the minds on RareNoise Records.
Ádám Mészáros - Guitars
Ernö Hock - Bass Guitar
András Halmos - Drums
Kjetil Møster - Saxophones


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I had this hair brained idea to crazy dub a fly with flexi floss. My first attempt was the sparsest and probably the most viable fly. It wasn't quite was I was after so I continued on with a rubber version, much denser, and then a final try. The way I did them, they were definitely labor intensive. I think I can get similar results with a deer hair/wool sculpin type approach on any and all of the flies below.
After these 3 I moved on to dubbing with multiple yarn pieces instead of flexi floss and came out with the Koi Craw…which led to the Carp Cousin. Everybody got done with a dubbing loop…there's got to be a better way!
So much for simple flies.


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My husband and I sat in the front row nervously holding hands as the sanctuary filled with family and friends. In a few minutes, an emotional year of learning and planning would all come together as our eldest daughter chanted from the sacred scrolls to mark her bat mitzvah. Our two younger daughters, ages ten and four, were sitting with us. Well, the ten-year-old was sitting. The four-year-old was squirming around as she set up her miniature princess dolls. At least she wasn't making too much noise—yet. Ten minutes into the service, however, she decided to crawl under the seats to look for the sparkly silver flats she'd immediately shucked when we came in.
"Here they are Mommy!" she yelped, flinging them excitedly in my lap.
"You have to sit down honey," I whisper-yelled. "Your sister is about to start." She gave me that classic you-can't-make-me grin and took off up the main aisle. My husband and I looked at each other, exasperated, the decision made. I followed her out the double doors and took her down to childcare. She'd lasted all of 12 minutes.
True story.
I love my three girls and pretty much kids in general. That doesn't mean I think they need to be included in every grown-up event. Children, especially little ones, can be distracting to both parents and hosts, whether it's with boisterous laughter, a spontaneous game of chase or the request for a snack. It's not fair of us to expect them to behave event-appropriately when they're doing their best to simply behave age-appropriately. Plus, it's stressful. So, I'm not offended when the host makes the "no kids" request. In fact, I'm kind of relieved.
You can read more on my perspective on why it's okay not to invite kids to grown-up events — and the case for the other side by Debi Lewis of Swallow My Sunshine — on Brain, Child. Have an opinion? Leave a comment and join us on Twitter this Thursday, 11/5/15, at 1:00 EST for a discussion on this issue. Please remember to use the hashtag #braindebate.


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April 02, 2013
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While many are looking forward to this summer as time of relaxation and a break from academics, Professor Katherine Bentz of the Fine Arts Department is looking forward to the much anticipated season for an entirely different reason. From August 2013 through June 2014, Dr. Bentz will be in Florence, Italy as a Fellow of the Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies.
The fellowship will support a sabbatical year focused on researching and writing for her book, The Cardinal's Garden: Patrons, Landscape, and Viewers in Sixteenth-Century Rome. She will be one of fifteen fellows at the Villa I Tatti in the upcoming year.
Professor Bentz specializes in the painting, sculpture, and architecture of early modern Europe (15-17th centuries), and in Italian art and architecture in particular.
"At the heart of my research are questions about the ways in which works of art and architecture created meaning for those who viewed and experienced them. In other words, I ask why and how meaning is produced for viewers, rather than just what and where they viewed works of art,"she says .
As a Rush H. Kress Fellow, she will live in an apartment provided to her by the Villa I Tatti, which overlooks the beautiful city of Florence, and will attend workshops, colloquia, and seminars with an interdisciplinary group of scholars from all over the world who are interested in Italian Renaissance culture.
While at the Villa I Tatti, Professor Bentz will focus primarily on researching and writing her book. "Such a fellowship provides a real gift–time to just sit, think and write," she said.
With an abundance of resources available "within walking distance," she will visit various archives, libraries, and art museums in the Villa and around Florence to expand her research on the gardens built by Cardinals in Rome during the period of church reform in the later sixteenth century.
She will examine the social motives behind the building of these gardens as well as the viewer's experience and reception of these spaces. In addition to all the work she will be conducting, she added, "I'm sure I'll also spend plenty of time enjoying great food!"
"It's really a competitive fellowship, and it is just a great honor to be chosen. In the field of Italian Renaissance art, culture, and history, the Villa I Tatti Fellowship is really one of the most prestigious postdoctoral fellowships available."
Story by Meagan Cox '15


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Professor Jim Barber is the University of New England's Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer.
Before taking up this position in February 2010, Professor Barber was Deputy-Vice Chancellor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University.
Professor Barber is a distinguished academic. After completing his PhD in experimental psychology, his research shifted into the applied fields of drug addiction and child welfare. His research record includes minimal interventions in the secondary prevention of drug addiction, and evidence-based social policy and child welfare. He is a winner of North America's Pro Humanitate Medal for his research in child welfare and a winner of the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching from Flinders University.
Prior to moving to university senior executive positions in the higher education sector, his roles included that of Reader and then Professor of Social Work (La Trobe University and the University of Tasmania), Professor of Social Administration (Flinders University) and Dean at the University of Toronto.
Professor Barber's experience includes roles of Company Director on a number of national bodies, including Open Universities Australia (Australia's leading provider of fee-paying online degree programs), Jesuit Social Services Australia and Graduate Careers Australia.
Professor Barber has significant international education experience, most significantly taking on the additional role of interim President of RMIT International University of Vietnam. He has worked in regional universities and has a commitment to their important contribution in providing access to education, and also in driving economic prosperity and enhancing the morale, culture and identity of their regions.
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Lorraine Carli
Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, President
Vice President of Outreach and Advocacy, National Fire Protection Association
Quincy, MA
Lorraine Carli is vice president of Outreach and Advocacy for the National Fire Protection Association where she oversees all media and public affairs activities, editorial content for NFPA's web sites, the organization's magazine NFPA Journal, NFPA's Wildland Fire Operations and Public Education Divisions.
Along with serving on the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Society, Lorraine serves as president of the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition and is a member of the Board of Directors for Electric Safety Foundation International (ESFI).
She also has extensive experience in public relations and marketing for health care, medical technology, government, and non-profit organizations.
Lorraine holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's of education. She is also an adjunct professor at Suffolk University in Boston, teaching graduate public relations courses.


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Internet access is still very hard in Africa. Although complete network coverage is available in many countries, problems persist.
To solve this, Ushahidi has created a device called BRCK (pronounced "brick"). It's a device that allows you to connect to the internet in all situations, using mobile technologies such as 3G or 4G. The device can provide for up to 20 machines.
Designed to be durable, portable, accessible. It is capable of perform even during blackouts, thanks to its battery that can last up to 8 hours. BRCK can handle the distance via the BRCK Cloud.
With its 16 Go, it can be used as a mini server. In fact, the example given in while presenting the project on crowd funding platform Kickstarter* is to connect to a Raspberry Pi.
It is possible to develop applications for the BRCK, and an SDK will be available with various code exemples to synchronize with your applications on mobile and desktop.
*The project is currently presented on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter and its goal is to raise $125,000 to complete. At the time of writing, over $56,000 were raised.