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1 Introduction:
Adorno's critique of popular culture is probably more relevant now than it ever has been. The situation of music in society has deteriorated much as he may have predicted in 1932, but is it quite likely that it has gone further than he imagined possible, the standardisation, institutionalisation and superficiality of Western popular music and its anaesthetising effects (Adorno, 1941) reaching across cultural and geopolitical boundaries. In this age of information and globalisation it is possible to access almost any music, literature or statistical or historic data from virtually any country via the electronic collective consciousness of the internet. The immortal words of Winston Churchill that 'history is written by the victors' may still ring true today to the extent that the official version of events may be endorsed by the dominant powers, but which version of current political developments will eventually end up in the history books is an open question. In the case
of Israel and Palestine, some considerable revisions may have been made on both sides of the wall (Peled-Elhanan, 2012; Said, 2004).
By : Julia A'isha
Even in recent history it has sometimes taken a decade or two for the full scale of atrocities
committed to emerge into general awareness, as was certainly the case with the Soviet Union and East Timor. Now with the availability of information and in the light of recent leaks of Western and Middle Eastern government secrets (e.g. Swisher, 2011), it is much easier to learn the truth about any given situation, regardless of the media PR enterprise which may be attempting to cover it up. The question is, when the reality is made apparent, what is the reaction? What can be done when it is seemingly impossible to exert any influence on the situation, particularly after the event? The usual, and natural, reaction is to look for a way of protecting oneself from the pain associated with awareness of these human issues (Said, 2004), and avoid contemplating the incomprehensible scale of the problem, by seeking refuge in the relative safety of the more banal and trivial distractions thatmass media and popular culture have to offer.
This tendency will be examined in relation to Adorno's critique of mass culture, kitsch (1932)
and popular music (1941) and their socio-political uses early last century, and Said's articles on the devastating effects on Palestine and Iraq of Western politico-economic domination (2000 – 2004), which will provide a concrete example of how a situation can still be whitewashed by the mainstream media and airbrushed out of the mass consciousness of the global community. The unfolding realities in focus will be viewed through an Adornian theoretical lens in order to analyse how western and westernised popular culture and the propagandistic aspects of commoditised art may be manipulating and controlling populations on all sides of the situation, specifically in regard to the so called peace process, and could also be contributing to a disconnection of people from their cultural heritage, and an identification with their aggressors on the one hand, and with the nationalistic, racist discourse of their leaders on the other, through the false collectivity (Hansen,1992; Leppert, 2002) of mass culture.
2 On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening (1938) Non-Resistance
"The illusion of a social preference for light music as against serious [music] is based on that
passivity of the masses which makes the consumption of light music contradict the objective
interest of those who consume it" (Adorno, 2002, p. 292).
"The power of the banal extends over the entire society" (Adorno, 2002, p. 292).
The music of the people used to be critical of the bourgeois elite and the ruling classes (Adorno, 2002). Now, however, it is the 'alternative' genres, such as avant-garde rock (Born, 1993), punk, post-punk and experimental electronic music (Paddison, 1996), political rap (Martinez, 1997) and underground hip-hop (Rose, 1994, in Frith, 2004) which rage against their corruption and abuses of power; mainstream pop only distracts and dumbs down critical thinking and is unsuitable for dealing with political issues and inspiring resistance, due to its inauthentic and commercialised nature (Rolston, 2001). This commoditised and packaged music (Barenboim & Said, 2003) is based on a "children's language consisting exclusively of fragments and distortions of the artistic language of music" (Adorno, 2002, p.307) leading to a regression in listening by reducing music to its most basic elements. This in turn may affect thinking in a similar way, through the causative properties of music, in which Adorno was a believer (DeNora, 2003).
"It suffices to remember how many sorrows he is spared who no longer thinks too many thoughts." (Adorno, 2002, p.303)
2.1 On Popular Music (1941) Repetition, Recognition and Acceptance – the Plugging Process.
"In our present society the masses themselves are kneaded by the same mode of production as
the articraft material foisted upon them" (Adorno, 2002, p.458).
Adorno compares popular music to serious music, making the distinction between good and
bad serious music, but no such distinction in popular music. The rigid, mechanical structure, which characterises popular music had already been employed in more anodyne classical music and represents a rather undemocratic form, in its inhibition of the development of musical ideas, rendering them powerless to affect change upon the whole piece. The process of acceptance through recognition involved in listening to repetitively "plugged" pop music, which he maintains is all quite similar, is divided into five components: a. vague remembrance, b. actual identification, c. subsumption by the label, d. self reflection on the act of recognition, and e. psychological transfer of recognition-authority to the object. This process may be applied to a wider cultural context, particularly component c., which implies a kind of "safety in numbers" (p. 455) herd mentality.
This mentality carries with it a predisposition to obedience and conformity, a susceptibility to
manipulation through fear – of loss, the unknown, isolation or even annihilation – and a desire to be entertained and distracted from the stress and boredom of perceived reality, whilst being required to contribute the least possible effort. Thus an artificial need is created to buy the new product, which will only satisfy this false need for a short time before the next new product must be bought, serving no real need, other than perhaps an attempt to fill the meaningless void in the lives of the masses. Adorno speaks again here of the repetitive patterns of a childish musical language replete with oversimplifications and of material which is "pre-digested", rather like processed fast-food (DeNora, 2003). He concludes by somewhat sarcastically suggesting that the consumers of popular dance music are becoming insects – presumably by collectively regressing into a mindless, primitive state – rather than growing into men and effectively facing reality, in his final statement:
"To become transformed into an insect, man needs that energy which might possibly achieve his transformation into a man" (Adorno, 2002, p.468).
2.2 What National Socialism has Done to the Arts (1945)
"Hatred of thinking, hostility against the development of independent thought is what makes for fascism" (Adorno, 2002, p.381).
Adorno refers to Goethe and Hegel as proponents of facing reality and naming evil as a means of overcoming it, as opposed to glossing it over with a venire of feigned harmony whilst avoiding its essential nature (some concrete examples of the latter will be presented in sections 5 –5.3). The stigma attached to the expression of essence and depth, and the preoccupation with the superficial, accepting it as reality, he asserts, is a disturbing phenomenon left over from the fascist era. He goes on to list four tendencies in the arts which may be indicative of the survival of the fascist spirit, but without specifying which aspects of fascism they are proposed to represent. Some aspects may, however be discernible through close scrutiny of the tendencies described, the first of which is a propagandistic subtext in art, the second being escapism through art as a recreational activity, the third, a trend towards collectivism for its own sake and the forth, the artificial preservation of European culture as a quaint exhibit.
These tendencies, which he blames for the near total destruction of artistic autonomy, will provide a lens through which to observe modern fascist and imperialist practices (and their masking by the mainstream media), described in Said's accounts of international government level corruption and the western economic and military contribution to the disastrous chain of events in Palestine and Iraq.
3 From Oslo to Iraq and the Roadmap (2004) – Mass Media Deception, Failed Peace Processes & Asymmetrical Reality:
"Reliable information is the greatest enemy of oppression and secret injustice" (Said, 2004, p.24).
Edward Said came to be seen as something of a threat to status quo by American, Israeli and
Palestinian officials alike, at a time when opposition to U.S. plans was being silenced, for revealing uncomfortable truths about the Middle East conflicts, which often ran contrary to the version of events portrayed in the mainstream media. He was heavily critical of the unconditional U.S. support of Israel's continuous human rights abuses, listed in A Monumental Hypocrisy (2003) and described in more detail throughout the book, and the subsequent suppression of information on the atrocities which could not have been committed without their backing. He was also deeply dismayed by the compliance of the majority of Western and Israeli journalists – with a very few exceptions mentioned in Palestinians Under Siege (2000) and Slow Death: Punishment by Detail (2002) respectively – who accept gagging orders from mainstream newspapers, and by the intellectuals and artists who conform to state endorsed ideologies and compromise their integrity, as described in a
historic context in Thoughts About America (2002).
Said predicted much of the continuing deterioration of the situationin Palestine following the
deception of the Oslo Accords (DOP, 1993), the fraud of Camp David (Hanieh, 2001; Reinhart, 2006) and the 'Road Map for Peace' (Quartet, 2003). He criticised the Palestinian leadership for co-operating even though the U.S. and Israeli designed contracts excluded such vital issues as Jerusalem and the Right of Return of four million refugees – the official figure now well over five million (UNRWA, 2012). Far from being a peace agreement, as it was sold to the rest of the world, signing the Declaration of Principles (DOP, 1993) turned out to be the kiss of death to Palestinian autonomy, as was refusing to sign at Camp David in 2000 for Arafat himself, who was, according to Said in Israel, Iraq and the United States (2002) "hanging on to life by his teeth" as Sharon did everything in his power to undermine him "short of actually having him killed" (p.215). The latter has been a point of ongoing debate and a recent investigation suggests he may have been poisoned with polonium-210 (Al Jazeera, 2012), although it remains unclear whether it would implicate Sharon's men or his own (Fisk, 2012).
The imbalance of the two 'sides' of the conflict – the state of Israel with probably the fourth strongest military in the world and the stateless Palestinians without an army or actual control of a territory, is pointed out in These are the Realities (2001) and elsewhere. Given that the last war to be fought on anything approaching equal terms was in 1948, before the newly founded Jewish State broke the rules of the UN ceasefire and re-armed (Tolan, 2008) to claim independence from its British brokers, it is extraordinary that many people still believe it is a balanced situation. This "disparity in power" has been augmented by the fact that the U.S. tax payer is providing Israel with financial support to the tune of over $3 billion, plus the necessary hardware for the bombardment of "defenceless Palestinian towns and villages" (Said, 2004, p. 65-66) and the imprisonment and torture of an entire population, described in Slow Death: Punishment by Detail (2002), without which these violations would be impracticable. Indeed it seems to be a tradition for the U.S. to supply arms to the oppressors, examples of which are listed in Palestinians Under Siege (2000).
4 Adorno and Said – a Synthesis:
This section will deal with how these seemly unrelated worlds may be united, how these two
great intellectuals of the last century, discussing two distinct subject areas may be seen to converge in a similar worldview. Both men were accomplished musicians, music and literary critics and champions of abstract modern classical music, and both were deeply engaged in the political developments of the day, particularly those involving the respective homelands from which they were exiled, and the relevance of music and culture in general to those developments. In what follows, four main themes extracted from Said's observations of the Palestinian situation will be presented alongside four main themes derived from Adorno's theory and critique of mass culture, in an attempt to reveal possible connections between them and offer an explanation as to why, notwithstanding the great respect and acclaim he received, Said was confronted with such a barrage of criticism in the U.S. and Israel, as well as in the Arab world.
First, however, some aspects of the socio-cultural situation on the ground in Said's homeland,
Palestine, will be considered, and some examples of how local culture is being diluted and
manipulated by Western popular culture will become apparent. These examples, in the context of the political situation, may immediately bring the two worlds into closer proximity and demonstrate the mutual influence of culture and politics, as well as the political manipulation of the people through popular music, the westernisation of an Eastern culture and the Western dominated globalisation of mass media.
4.1 Cultural Identity
Where in traditional rural communities and refugee camps there is often a strong identification with Arabic music and culture and a reflex rejection of anything foreign, even by the younger generations, not sharing the fascination with western popular culture with their urban compatriots, the western influence creeps in through the Arabic pop they hear on the radio wherever they go and on TV at home, and through products available in the local shops. The majority drink cola or similar drinks daily and are quite convinced that they are locally produced commodity because they are labelled as being manufactured in a neighbouring country, and so it is with music. If the songs are sung in Arabic then it must be Arabic music, despite not being in Arabic modes or based on Arabic rhythms or the Maqam system, even if the accompanying video is entirely culturally inappropriate.
There has been a gradual transition from classical and traditional Arabic music via cross-over
artists, such as the well-loved Fairuz from Lebanon and Hany Shaker from Egypt, to purely
commercial pop, and there is very little contemporary classical music being composed in parallel, as there is in the West. The older generations still listen to much revered and internationally renowned artists such as Om Kulthum, Abdel Halim, Abdel Wahab, Esmahan and Farid al-Atrash, but although they are still aware of this heritage, the younger generations are becoming increasingly disinterested, and are instead being seduced by the glamorous pop scene or marginal genres, such as jazz and hip-hop.
While jazz is still a very new development, slowly gathering momentum, Palestinian hip-hop is now quite well established, as of the past decade, as a creative and cathartic medium for the frustrated and disillusioned urban youth, giving them a political voice and a means of non-violent protest less likely to be met with teargas and bullets than the weekly demonstrations in the villages of Bil'in, Ni'lin and Nabi Saleh. The gradual introduction of Western classical music through the music schools may work to counter mass culture influence and political and social ills (Allen, 2012).
4.2 Requiem to Revolution
Popular uprisings, such as the world has recently witnessed in the so called 'Arab Spring' – a
wave of revolutions which started in Tunis and surged eastwards through Libya and Egypt to Al-Yemen, Bahrain and then northwards to Syria, causing mini-tremors in neighbouring states – are invariably met with atrocious and disproportionate violence by order of the dictatorial regimes they have in some cases seemingly managed to overthrow. The first and second Intifada (1989 & 2002) were certainly no exception, with poorly armed Palestinians confronting the large and extremely well equipped force of the Israeli army who, unlike the aforementioned, were able to brutalise them without even having to cope with the moral dilemma of massacring their own people as they bulldozed villages, urban neighbourhoods and refugee camps.
It is not necessary to look very far back in history to find a plethora of examples of even
peaceful protests being repressed with unyielding aggression and unspeakable acts of violence, not to mention the self-righteous barbarity that traditionally meets an oppressed population who dares to resort to armed struggle against its aggressors. With martyrs to the cause and civilian deaths unnumbered, with cemeteries full of countless tiny graves, collateral damage for the imposition of an international political agenda or, worse still, an economic one – rendering them little more than victims of institutionalised murder for money – it is unsurprising that the Palestinian people are sick of violence, tired of revolution and ready to accept any distraction from the debilitating hopeless reality and create at least an illusion of normality.
4.3 Cultural Resistance
This opens the opportunity for resistance through traditional culture, the transformative powers of high culture or critical and subversive forms of popular culture (Allen, 2012). Where these cultural forms are unavailable, however, or not supported or encouraged through education or intervention, people will understandably veer towards the path of least resistance and the consumption of whatever culture is most accessible, finding an escape through the mass cultural media of television and commercial pop music, as well as the general material, kitsch and junk food abundantly available to them. It appears that this opportunity is being exploited by agents of international mass culture production, more than by artists, educators and institutions, such as theatres and international music schools, who might facilitate the development of higher cultural forms. However, many of these institutions do exist and are doing extraordinary work throughout the country, work which is essential both to its cultural integrity and to the rehabilitation of a traumatised population (Osborne, 2012).
5 The Rhetoric of Power and the Illusion of Benevolence:
"Israelis, Arabs and Americans are told that love of country requires such expenditures and such destruction because a good cause is at stake. Nonsense. What is at stake are material interests that keep rulers in power, corporations making profits, and people in a state of manufactured consent, just so long as they don't get up one morning and start to think about where, in all this mad, technologized rush to bomb and kill, we are going" (Said, 2004, p. 163).
New imperial structures of global hegemony (Dallmayr, 1997) are often justified by the 'illusion of benevolence' enforced by the 'rhetoric of power'(Said, 1993) and adopted by patriots of the invading countries, as a means of lightening the burden of guilt by convincing themselves that their military is actually doing a great service to the country it is occupying by ridding it of a dictator, as in Iraq, or generally exerting a civilising effect on its violent and primitive population (Said, 2004). It may, therefore, not be the people's lack of empathy and understanding for the other (Said, 1993) but rather government endorsed art and mainstream media manipulation of their sympathy and antipathy, or simply convincing the masses that it is all part of the mythical "war on terror" towards maintaining their own security (Said, 2004)**.
This propaganda works throughout the culture industry, in film, music, television (see section 5.1), not only the daily papers and newsrooms which have become a form of entertainment in themselves, relieving boredom and producing a strangely addictive stimulant, their repetitive mantra accepted, through recognition and identification (Adorno, 2002), although they are known on some level to be untrustworthy (Hansen, 1992).
5.1 Propaganda in Mainstream Media and Art.
Said lamented the general lack of political transparency and journalistic and artist autonomy. Bad journalism makes people feel they know something of the reality, while keeping them ignorant and misinformed (Brooker, 2010), while one of the main differences between artists and politicians, according to Said's colleague, Daniel Barenboim, is that a true artist has to be uncompromising and a politician must be able to compromise (Barenboim & Said, 2003). There appears to have been a role reversal, in that certain politicians are almost totally uncompromising (Said, 2000, 2004) and mainstream artists compromise their integrity under corporate pressure. The result is an unhealthy,co-dependent merging of politics and art (Rolston, 2001) and the emergence of the four tendencies (see section 2.4) which Adorno proposed may be symbolise the survival of the fascist spirit in art.
5.2 The End of the Peace Process
The Palestinians are continuing to pay the price for the signing, by their cornered leader and
representatives, of the deceptively benign-looking DOP (1993) at the culmination of the Oslo Peace Process, which fooled the world with pictures of the friendly handshake between Arafat and Rabin (Said, 2004). The fraudulent document produced by Clinton at Camp David amid intense pressure, (Hanieh, 2001; Reinhart, 2006) just added insult to injury. Occupation denier, Uzi Landau of the Likud party's U.S. TV line about being "a people coming home" Said, 2004, p. 219) corresponds nicely to Adorno's definition of kitsch as a soft-focus, misremembered past, which glosses over the catastrophe buried underneath (Adorno, 2002). Israel and America's well-rehearsed rhetoric (Said, 2000) follows similar principles as the plugging process of commercial music (section 2.3) and, like a hit song, is accepted due to its being made familiar through incessant repetition (Adorno, 2002), the suppressed Palestinian narrative, if heard, is not taken seriously in the "regressive listeners arrogantly ignorant rejection of anything unfamiliar." (ibid, p.307)
5.3 The Democracy Delusion
"Masochism in listening is only defined by self-surrender and pseudo-pleasure through
identification with power." (Adorno, 2002, p.311)
The imbalance of power between Israel and Palestine is barely mentioned in the media, and
rising popular support for Palestine and demonstrations against the bombardments of Iraq (Said, 2004) and Gaza (Levy, 2010) are underplayed in many wealthy countries for fear of embarrassing their pro-Israeli governments. Ironically, in the so-called democracies, as in the non-democratic regimes, the majority are powerless in the face of superimposed politico-economic and military structures (Said, 2004). The culture industries (Witkin, 1999) create the illusion of free choice and, simultaneously, the reality of forced choice between identical products (Adorno, 2002) motivated by fear of being left behind or excluded by the powerful collective, wherein lies strength and safety. Component c. of the process of acceptance of plugged music outlined in section 2.3 may offer an insight into the reasons behind people's mass gravitation towards the established, standardised and widely accepted, led by a feeling of 'safety in numbers' (ibid. p.455).
6 Conclusion:
This 'safety in numbers' attitude espoused by the majority engenders a certain reluctance to
question authority or a source of information made easily available and generally accepted as fact. When it comes to investigating doubts of widely trusted institutions, much courage is needed to face the isolation and disillusionment that inevitably accompany the discovery that they are in fact false, and reward investment with lies. Such close scrutiny is discouraged and often rejected in favour of the far more comfortable pseudo-reality offered by the consumption of mass culture, including mainstream media with its consistently slanted, whitewashed, biased, manipulated or otherwise distorted version of events. Popular music plays an impressive role in this pantomime and its rigid and repetitive structures (Adorno, 2002) may effectively restrict thought patterns within similar boundaries (DeNora, 2003) and limit listeners to the familiar 4/4 beat and 32 bar chorus.
To listen to a socially rejected autonomous music (ibid.) and a marginalised independent media (Said, 2004) takes courage as it is accompanied by isolation and despair, but may lead to understanding and transformation. The rewards are few for those who choose to pull the ground from under their own feet by bursting the bubble of their manufactured pseudo-reality and exploding the myth of their national heritage. Those few who refuse to serve an unjust regime by brutalising helpless populations, refugeed on their own land, in lawless militias claiming to be the world's most moral army (Levy, 2010) are often imprisoned or exiled. This may go some way towards explaining why the majority are content to believe the self-righteous lies, consume the synthetic rubbish with which they are ceaselessly bombarded (Adorno, 2002) and be led down the path of least resistance. However, evil that wears a mask of benevolence (Said, 1993, 2004) is the more corrupt.
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This couple came to me all the way from Brazil to have a weekend in New York City and get their engagement photos taken. We had a wonderful time traversing through Central Park and Grand Central Station. One of my favorites was a few minutes we spent incorporating a cab into the shot. We've been talking back and forth so hopefully the next time I share more photos from this couple is from their wedding in Brazil, that sounds like a dream destination wedding for a photographer!
Todays photo of the day is from a recent engagement session I did with Alicia and Matt, a fun couple that came up from North Carolina to do a little destination engagement session with me. We had a great time and got a ton of beautiful photos. We hit up some of the key spots for a couple visiting out of town for their engagement session:
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Here's one of my favs from the day:
I have been very lucky to be so busy lately. I'm booked for about 43 weddings this year and at least 20 engagement sessions so I haven't really had to time to blog as much as I'd like to.
SO, I think I'm going to try to put more single photos up here and there, as opposed to lengthy blog posts… to keep my blog more active. I'm starting here with a "Photo a day" post.. might not be everyday but I don't want to call it, "Photo every few days". That just doesn't have a good ring to it. The hope is to give my lovely viewers (yes you) something to look at more often..
Today I'm sharing an engagement session from this spring in Dumbo, Brooklyn. This is Zach and Jenna, a wonderful couple whose wedding I will be blogging sooner than later.. can't wait to share those photos but check this one out for now. Enjoy!

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Times of the Gentiles Identified, At LastBy Tim McHyde / June 21, 2006
What are the Times of the Gentiles and when do they end?
Iran in ProphecyBy Tim McHyde / June 1, 2006
Iran is always in the news today making threats against Israel and the USA, but Bible prophecy already tells us if Iran's threats will succeed. Ahmadinejad's plan to wipe Israel off the map with nuclear weapons will backfire and cause his own people to flee Iran. It's the next prophecy to be fulfilled and may affect everyone who depends on the flow of Middle East oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
World War IIIBy Tim McHyde / June 1, 2006
How will World War III come? Has it already started by 9-11 as some claim?
The Two Witnesses – Would You Want This Job?By Tim McHyde / May 28, 2006
The Two Witnesses are impressive end time prophets able to stop the rain, send plagues and survive the Beast and False Prophet who they prophesy against. Understandably, they are the subject of much speculation and even envy today among Christians. Christians alternately believe that they are Enoch and Elijah (who allegedly never died), Moses and Elijah (from the Transfiguration), or even Christians among us today who claim to be them. But are they here and do we need to figure out who they are or worry about what happens if we don't? Find out why they are not here today and no one in their right mind should want to claim to be the Two Witnesses.
Rapture / Return of Jesus Year and Timeline Based on the Biblical CalendarBy Tim McHyde / May 24, 2006
Everyone wants to know when Jesus will return or when the Rapture is, but few do. Understand the timing details in the Bible pinpointing the year, month and even day of these events.


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Sam Kritzer-Drums
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Person Interviewing: Sam Kritzer
Song name: Look To The Sky
Music Genre:: Rock
A man who has lived a long life full of ups and downs, and yet knows there is still a future ahead of him. This man has eventually become a "lone Wanderer" of sorts drifting from pace to place, learning from life along the way. He doesn't know what's next, and doesn't care, just trusting in the wisdom he's gained from his experiences and using it to survive whatever comes next.
A blend between classic rock and our own new twist we put on it. Has tones of rock bands like Led Zeppelin with a little blues rock mixed in from bands like Lynyrd Skynrd and then from there it's just our own organic sound that we have created. We like to call it New Classic Rock.
I live in…
I live in Los Angeles and the music scene is very prominent and booming, but it is focused on E.D.M and pop. For a rock band it can be pretty tough, but there is a large underground alternative/rock movement that we are starting to tap into.
What defines "Success" to you?
Success to me is defined by the ability to be satisfied with your current state. Because I am the type of person to always be pushing for better and better, I don't think I will ever reach a point of so called "success," but I know I will keep pushing myself and my band to get as close to "success" as possible.
What piece of music advice forever changed your way of thinking?
Dave Grohl once told me that music is it's own reward and that has completely shifted my perspective and my goals because the realization of this ultimate musical truth to focus more on the music and hold that as a priority over other factors in making decisions.
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Former prisoner Victoria Kate Johns explains why she created charity Leather Inside Out, which provides inmates with training in leather craft to help them find future employment
I spent a period in custody from 2010 to 2012 at [now closed] Holloway prison after being found guilty of obtaining an electric transfer by deception. This was not the direction I expected my life to take – I had been a career lawyer working at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in London. I was very frightened of going to prison. While I was there, I was struck by the opportunities and privileges I'd had in my life compared with some of the other women I met in prison.
When I emerged from custody in 2012, I was bankrupt, divorced and had one bag of possessions to my name. I had no sense of identity or who I was any more.
It was a period of extreme self-examination, but I was sure I wanted to focus my life on making a meaningful contribution to prison reform.
Quite by accident, I started working for a design studio that specialised in leather craft. We would work with young designers who were interested in producing in the UK, but found that we couldn't compete with the volumes and low prices of overseas manufacturing in countries such as China.
I had assumed that any job I found after leaving prison would be in some way charitable, and I began to realise that I was in the middle of something potentially relevant. There was this frustration about the decline of UK manufacturing skills, and yet there was a workforce inside prisons – some of which were practically on the doorstep of the studio – who weren't being utilised or incentivised.
Last year, I started Leather Inside Out, which provides prisoners and ex-prisoners with life-changing skills and training in the leather craft and fashion accessories industries. Our Design for Life programme allows prisoners to learn these skills while earning the National Minimum Wage. Our pilot project last year was a collaboration with accessories brand Anat Nicole. Last autumn, women working in the East Sutton Park and Downview prisons created braided leather handles and fittings for a range of bags, belts and bangles.
The prison model lends itself to supporting manufacturing. Leather accessories often involve work that needs to be done by hand.
Working in a prison is similar to a manufacturing unit: there's a routine and a discipline that is required. Prisoners often have no formal qualifications, but lots of time on their hands that they want to use productively and learn skills that could help them in the future.
If the fashion industry came together and worked on programmes that paid prisoners fairly to create garments or accessories, it could make a big difference. It comes back to the question of what people are being paid and what they are learning while in prison.
If people are not learning and they are not rewarded properly, they are going to struggle. The pattern of reoffending is costing the UK taxpayer billions of pounds every year.
There are many areas I'd like to develop. Our main focus this year will be creating a space where we can teach skills to people on licence or day release. As well as offering training, I want to educate the public and stop the stigma around ex-prisoners.
Contact Leather Inside Out:
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Susan Richards
Wow! Absolutely Brilliant! This call is amazing! I listened to it twice Dani and Hans. You have made me realise my focus should be purely on results not money, company or products or my personal views/waffle.
Bringing results from my products and becoming more client specific will be my connective focus.
With much admiration and appreciation.
Samantha Moxon
Thank you, Thank you for showing me that it is that simple. I plan to follow these simple steps to get the results. The power of being positive and and enthusiastic are a huge key for me. I plan to be specific and not overwhelme.
And when I suceed I will be at one of your events
Kelli Esposito
Oh my word, Dani…This training call just reviewed my latest Relationship Marketing horror story. If only the CEO of the company I was working for had heard this call about 3 weeks ago, he may not have argued with me to the point of my quitting my distributorship.
It was a very difficult decision for me make, but after policies had been broken, and having left me an orphan in an organization who had no plans of supporting me I ended up quitting just so I can rejoin the same company in 5 more months and find an orgranization who shares my values, my passion and most of all my integrity for working a home-based business.
Am I still hurt? Most definitely – but there is light at the end of the tunnel. I'm going to be attending the seminar in LA this weekend and my dream is to return home with a load of baggage lifted from shoulders.
May God Bless you, Dani, for always knowing when to say the right thing. How do you do that??
Rebecca Baldwin
I am in a party plan home based business. I have been out of sales for about 13 years. I did very well many years ago in sales. But I hadn't used the skills, so I had lost my skills in sales. But after listening to Dani, Several times a week, I have been in my party plan for over a year now. The first 6 months I failed miserably. But my aunt handed me the Dani johnson CD, on excuses. The last 6 months I have done very well. I haven't arrived yet, but I am well on my way. I just won a trip to Greece. I also live in a very rural area 37% unemployment rate. Years ago, when I was in sales, I lived in a thriving city. If I can grow from nothing to a trip winner in 6 months anyone can. I give all the credit to GOD. But I know he introduced me to Dani, and the knowledge I have gained, has helped me win this trip. He used you Dani, to help me get my confidencs back and perfect my skills. Thanks Dani. GOD BLESS YOU! Becky Baldwin Louisa Ky.
Elizabeth Hirsh
Hi Dani. I finally made sure I had a chance to listen to this call today (3/19) before it disappears later tonight! What a wonderful call. I took lots of notes since I had seen the comments and realized there was going to be some great, basic stuff. There was. You are a woman after my own heart — details, but keep it simple and straightforward! Can't wait to put into practice the focus that you have talked about. My heretofore un-appropriately focused businesss approach will definitely turn professional. And I am so looking forward to making a business REALLY work for the first time in my life. I have 100% belief in my company and product — what I haven't believed in is me — and you have given me a reason to be optimistic for the first time in YEARS. Now don't worry that I heard the call late — I could not have attended Los Angeles anyway. But the things you gave me through this call, the things on your site, and the things I learn through great mentors in my chosen company can only serve to launch me forward.
Thank you from a VERY grateful heart!
Kathryn Brown
Hi Hans, guess this is a question for you. We are so loving Dani's calls and gleaning so much to put into practical action. we are having a problem with the player kept stopping at 11minutes and 42 seconds It would not continue. Is there any other way to acess this call as I know the time is almost out for this week. Really appreciate your help here. We have been using the recording as it runs live in the middle of our calling time, here in Australia. What a journey you have given us so much.
Sincere thanks
ajoe and Kathryn
Gloria Leonard
Oh my goodness, I just feel so blessed to be able to hear this valuable training information. Due to my current lack of
finances, I will not be able to attend this weekend seminar. I know I'm going to really miss some valuable information during March Madness. I know I really need to be there. I need to hear that info about paying off debt and taking better control of my finances. I want God to say well done thy good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you a ruler over many. This was my 2nd time listening in. We are blessed to have you Dani and Hans. May God Bless You And All That You Do. Thanks Again
Ollie Felix
Great call – can't wait to see you guys in Los Angeles this weekend. Dani, you are the greatest. I want to thank you personally for all that you have contributed to Children's Village in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho as well. Love, Carol
Jill Peek
I am having a hard time starting a new home based travel business and mortgage business. I enjow both of these careers and would love one of them to do very well, especially the home based business.
I just need some ideas and directives on how to make these business do very well – but I have no more cash to invest until something comes out of these jobs so I can turn it over. HELP ME PLEASE
Peter Babineau
Hi hans & Dani
i'm on every monday night's call awsome call i'm working live leads using Dani scrept i have her first book &cd waiting for her last upgraded version been waiting for over 4 weeks hope it comes in soon slow coming to canada
Perer Babineau
patrick fraser
As a physician just getting involved with marketing,this is the best marketing university for me.This is very practical.
God gives you more momentum to raise more millionaires to make an impact to humanity.
Allison Vokac
Tonight's call was like a rocketship…what I say…my mouth directing what the prospect hears; "what is confusing is unattainable"; "I am not a volunteer counselor…makes no $$;
"I am marketing results and satisfaction back into a persons life." I thought that I was marketing people.
The impact from your statement, "Nothing is specific until it becomes dynamic. All these nuggets and tons more….on the call. I am getting this "being hungry" Dani….it hit me today. I want RESULTS!!!!!! NOW~~~~
I drew the line in the sand today.
I CAN & I AM…Thank you for you calling and being obedient with your DIVINE MISSION.
Patricia L. Heger
WOW! Dani you are a modern day Moses leading a new group of Israelities to the promised land! You truly are one of his chosen and is so amazing how you follow God's call. I feel like one of the baby Israelities but I want to see the vision and believe like Joshua and Caleb. I have many strongholds but I am coming to Los Angeles expecting–expecting many fears to be dissolved replaced by lighted paths across the flooded Jordan River to find the giant grapes!
Krisztina Farkas
Thank you Dani! This was an amaizing call! I have been caught up in the training details of our company! This is so amaizing how you point out specific things and it always applies to my business/life. See U this weekend!
Martha Anderson
I am hearing it for the "first" time — MY PRODUCT is providing the way for others to find satisfaction. Look for the dissatisfaction and and meet that need. WOW! I'll see you in LA.
Lynn Laramore
The call to night was specific and dynamic. It really hit home with me. It just makes everything so clear to me in my business. I am so looking forward to coming to L.A. this weekend. If will make my 4th Dani event. My business is growing and it is because of the First Steps to Success system and Mon. calls like this one. Thank you Dani and Hans Looking forward to seeing you in L.A.
Cynthia Clark
Tonight's call was sooo key. I've been in situations where I was approached by people on my team about different challenges they had. I never knew what to say! So, I never said anything and just let them vent. I always felt like an idiot when it came to coaching my team. Tonight's call along with other Dani Johnson training, has totally changed that. Dani, thank you for being obedient to the Creator when he told you to start this training company!
Herbert K Mansour
Dani, your lectures are like a never ending river of fresh moving water. There is enough for everyone to drink and get satisfaction. Thank you
Tina Tindal
Dani, tonight's call left me with lots of Ah Ha's. I've never been in a leadership position, but now that I'm building my empire, I'm slowly learning from you how to motivate my team and train them without going down any "bunny trails." My people skills are increasing immensely due to your Monday night calls. I'll see you this weekend in LA.
Not enough thanks,
Teresa Kisiel
I can hardly wait until tomorrow so I can hear your entire training call. Unfortunately, I missed the first 1/2 hr. but what I did hear was absolutely phenomenal! You're the best, Dani!!! I'm on the move now!!!!
Jake Burke
Great job Dani, you make me want to work just hearing your voice, Sweet job cant wait to see you guys in LA.
William E Alley Jr
Wow, what a primer for L.A.!
Well for my entire life I am a 3 – ready to succeed for myself, trying back then, and now being aptly supplied with the true foundation for results. Thank you Dani for cutting to the quick, getting us focused on just what the client wants. So often they tell us but we don't listen; we know that's the reason God gave us 2 ears and one mouth! I've been refining this very issue prior to the call, but you've given me the meat cleaver again to cut the fat. Can't wait to see you Saturday!
-Bill Alley
Norwich CT
Jeanann Rader
You're right, this was powerful stuff. For me, it was another way of saying ABC, Always Be Closing….if you're concentrating on ABC, the only way you can close is to know what the customer wants. In order to do that, you have to ask what many feel are intrusive questions, but if you're focused on ABC, you're not there to chat. So, you have to ask those questions up front, so you know what their problem is — how else can you provide the solution? Also, since sales is really a numbers game, there's no time to chat, so you have to maximize your time by closing and moving on to the next successful close. Also, many may not be aware that once money is discussed, and you are about to close, he/she who speaks first buys it! So, be prepared to cultivate the careful and useful art of carefully listening to your customer. Dani, you did a spectacular job of it last night. Additionally, I also liked your enthusiam! Thanx, it really helps to hear it again.
Diane Smit
Hi Dani: First time on the Monday call. I am really impressed. I am in the "overwhelmed" category…therefore no results with my home-based business.
After hearing this call, I am still confused…Isn't it "overwhelming" all these training calls that we should take before we approach anyone (calls suggested by our companies are plenty and same on your website). I am not a professional "yet" but it seems to me that all this training time could be well used in prospecting and learning as it goes! Bottom line: training calls can be overwhelming too! Too many…not enough time. Don't know how to keep it simple in this area. So much to learn!
God bless you and Hans! Thanks.
Diane Smit
melinda delaney
I' am truly blown away with what it is that you do for people just like myself on a regular basis. I love your energy and the drive that you have in helping sooooo many people. I can truly not get enough, i myself have just started in this business and i have many strongholds but, my focus if for my kids being a single mom of two. I have my goals set and my drive is really high and if i want this bad enough i'm sure i can do this. Unfortunately i will not beable to make it out to march's first steps to sucess because of my current financial situation and just starting in this business like i said. I really wanted to make it out, i'm looking so forward to meeting you. I do hope to make it out next month. THANKS for the motivation that you have blessed me with. I look forward to hearing more of your amazing calls. Thanks again and god bless!
ivette maduro
Hi Dani,
Hearing your voice in my room at 2o'clock in the morning encouraged me a lot. I cannot wait to share these valuable informations to my bussines partners. I pray that God will keep you humble as you pass on your life experiences to others. This is a blessed way to give even to those you do not know.
Eleanor Lloyd
I thought this was so cute, I told my director and she said PLEASE tell Dani about it. My 5 year old grandson was with me when I put on a Dani Johnson video, since he could not find a place to sit he went to the kitchen brought in a stool sat down and watched the whole thing !! He was totally taken in by her, the way she talked etc. etc., Hey… this girl is fantastic !!!!! When she can get a 5 year old to watch her and not move
you know she's got it !!!
Joe Blondin
Hi Dani, I am very new at a Home bussiness idea that I find it very nerve racking on where to start when I meet people. Listing to your phone conversation tonight was indeed inspiring and put some questions to rest and gave me ideas on how to start getting some results. Thank- you Dani and I will keep you posted on my progress.
Cheryl McElligott
Hi Dani,
It hurts me to hear you assume that some (green and ignorant) people will not like you, that some will not like your voice, that some will not like the message they need to hear. Should you even mention these people? Maybe focus on the people who love and appreciate you, your voice, your enthusiasm, your message. Let God worry about the others. I need and l-o-ve- your message, your voice, your dynamic energy. I can't get enough.
I wish you the very best of health and money $$$$$$
Cheryl McElligott.
Jake Baerg
I have not been able to focus on all the information that you have sent me by e-mail because of tests and preparation for a heart proceedure surgery for May 29th.
However I was impressed with the information given by Dani on how your directing someone down a path from disatisfaction to satisfaction. This is going to be a big focus impovement for us.


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|September 21, 1871
|ST JAMES, Louisiana
|African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Law, Race-Relations
|"Rise And Fall of the Slave South," University of Virginia
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Led up the stars to the wooden platform, shackled and eerily subdued, two
unnamed African American men marched solemnly to their deaths. The guards shoved them into place while the executioner waited with anticipation for his cue to drop the platforms supporting the prisoners' feet. The sheriff and jailer looked on with authoritative indifference; death for these two men was drawing ever closer. Time seemed to move in slow motion as a hood and noose was carefully fitted over each man's head. Finally, with an abrupt, grating creak, the men swung from the thick ropes as the platform doors dropped from beneath them. Consciousness turned to darkness, emptiness, and then, it was all over.
Although hangings were a common sentence for serious crimes in the nineteenth century South, this particular scene that occurred in St. James Parish, Louisiana in September 1871 is quite unusual. As the New York Evangelist reported, the two criminals, sheriff, executioner, jailer, and guards shared a surprising similarity: all six of these men were African Americans.
Reconstruction in the South is often characterized as a time of strict white repression and violence as whites tried to reckon with the freedom of slaves within their communities. Especially in Louisiana where many parishes had large African American populations, violence committed by whites against free slaves was paramount.
However, this execution complicates the model of white supremacy that was believed to crush and control all African American actions. This event in St. James Parish, Louisiana reveals an interesting instance that questions the role of African Americans in the maintenance of law and order in the South during Reconstruction. The names of the African Americans, both the criminals and the law enforcement officials, were not mentioned. This coupled with the brevity of the article reveals that there was little concern for such an occurrence. There must have been some interest in this scene, though, or else it would not have even been printed, especially in a New York publication. Even more interesting is that this event refutes the general view of Reconstruction characterized by brutal white law enforcement. Whites were usually believed to exercise complete control over African Americans who broke the law. But, this instance clearly refutes this notion. That the sheriff, executioner, jailer, and guards were all African American is quite significant. At least in St. James Parish, African Americans were afforded some autonomy in punishing criminals of their own race. With a hierarchy that consisted entirely of African American officials, it can be concluded that not all Southern communities had solely white-dominated structures within the realm of law enforcement.
One explanation for this remarkable set-up of law officials can be found in Ted Tunnell's Crucible for Reconstruction. New Orleans, the largest and most important city in Louisiana at this time, was only separated from St. James by one other parish. This close proximity allowed ideas and practices to quickly reach neighboring localities. Furthermore, between 1870 and 1872, with the reorganization of parish boundaries immediately outside the city, New Orleans' top officials were all Republicans. This political control was greatly beneficial to African Americans. Republicans were more sympathetic to African American needs than Democrats, and often provided them with the necessary help to secure positions of public office. Whether or not these law enforcement officials were in office solely because of Republican political dominance in the area at this time, it is nonetheless noteworthy that these African American men were able to govern themselves in the face of harsh white backlash so soon after the war.


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TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — A man is in custody after a standoff situation in a Tippecanoe County neighborhood Wednesday night.
Investigators with the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office said it started as a domestic dispute.
A woman told police her boyfriend came to her home in the 4500 block of Chisholm Trail, begging her to let him inside. That's about a mile west of Wea Ridge Middle School. After the woman let him in, he started hitting her with a gun.
He then started firing blank rounds at her. The woman was able to escape to a neighbor's and call 911.
The man then barricaded himself in the house. Deputies set up a perimeter and a SWAT team was called to the scene. Once authorities made their way into the home, they were able to take the man into custody.
Police arrested 21-year-old Ryan Rogers. He was booked Thursday morning in the Tippecanoe County Jail.
Rogers was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. Investigators believe drugs and alcohol were factors in the incident.
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Sunday, 5 March 2017
Fifty years ago this month - March 1967.
That's because it was the month in which Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar for the first time.
To celebrate, I've set fire to this laptop and am now typing whilst engulfed in flames. The sacrifices I make to keep this blog at the forefront of human endeavour are beyond mortal comprehension.
But what of our favourite Marvel heroes in the comics that displayed that month on the front of them? Were they likewise setting the world alight?
Judging by the cover, I suspect this may be the issue in which Hercules first appeared in The Avengers. I assume he was included in order to get round Stan Lee's ban on Thor appearing in the strip.
In some ways, he was a better fit than Thor, what with him not having so many powers that it made the rest of the team redundant. On the other hand, he never quite had the glamour, competence and charisma of Thor.
But did he ever actually use that mace for anything?
New York no doubt trembles as the Stilt-Man returns.
I think it probably says it all about Stilty that he should find himself ending up as the lackey of a character who thinks it's stylish to attach a curtain to your sunglasses.
I have no idea what goes on in this tale but I gather that Clea's involved.
I vaguely recall that this story involves the Mole Man wanting to kidnap the world's finest minds for some reason or other.
Needless to say this leads to him kidnapping Tony Stark.
Needless to say this turns out to be a bad idea.
I'm a bit vague about this story. Is this the one where the Boomerang meets his death besides a dam?
If so, how does that involve the Strangererer?
We tend to think of Thor as being an old-fashioned kind of man but here he is, having trouble with trolls, decades before the rest of us ever did.
It's an early X-Men tale and therefore I know nothing about it.
He's an early X-Men villain and therefore I know nothing about him.
Whoever he is, did he ever show up again? He has the air of someone who'd turn out to be The Toad in disguise.
It's one of my favourite FF tales, as Dr Doom continues to use his stolen Power Cosmic to make a nuisance of himself at every opportunity.
I do like the way Reed and Sue are placed on the rocky outcrop to the right. It strikes me as pleasingly compositionally quirky.
I love the Shocker. He might have had his limitations as a villain - his thumbs being his weakness, being the main one - but there's something about all that quilting that's always appealed to me.
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- The Artistic Actuary said...
Classic Thor, Spidey and FF covers. Plus a birds eye view of Stilt,an and some floating Avengers heads. A great month for covers.
- 5 March 2017 at 18:16
- Dougie said...
I blogged about the Warlock the other week. He's the mutant Merlin who was an early Thor villain. Various psychic powers and hypnosis. Later known as the Maha Yogi.
The Stranger started the career of the Abomination in that Kane story. It's very much in his apocalyptic vein. And yes, Boomerang appeared to die at that point.
- 5 March 2017 at 18:22
- Steve W. said...
Dangermash, I do love that Spider-Man cover. For some reason, I always feel this is the issue where John Romita really hit his peak form as a Spider-Man artist.
Dougie, thanks for all the info.
- 5 March 2017 at 20:47
- cerebus660 said...
Steve, ref. that issue of Strange Tales - your amazing powers of deduction haven't failed you. Clea is indeed involved as Doctor Strange has to contend with the evil Umar, Mindless Ones and what look like demonic turkeys as he tries to save his girlfriend from yet another dark dimension. There's some typically idiosyncratic artwork from Marie Severin and a great appearance by the flame-headed Umar whose maniacal ranting in this story puts even Donald Trump to shame...
Of course, there's a Nick Fury tale in this issue too, although we all know what you think of that stogie-smokin' agent. I'll just say that there's some lovely early Steranko artwork here ( still looking about 50% Kirby ), the introduction of the Terminator-like Dreadnought, and more dialogue and captions on the splash page than a modern Marvel comic would feature in a year.
- 5 March 2017 at 23:49
I duuno...I dig the Masked Marauder's sinister head gear. I could see myself wearing that, if only to keep my neighbors on their toes.
- 6 March 2017 at 00:23
- TC said...
IIRC, Hercules used his mace in Avengers Annual #1. He broke the Executioner's battle ax with it. Then he tossed the mace aside, to give the now-unarmed villain a sporting chance. Herc was the strongest man in the world, not the smartest.
In Daredevil #26, the Leap Frog was on trial, and they made him put on his spring-loaded shoes to prove that they fit him. Then he leaped out a window. The prosecutor wasn't much smarter than Hercules. But then, neither was Leap Frog. He broke a leg in the fall, and had to be rescued by Stilt Man. Talk about adding insult to injury.
DD #26 also revealed the Masked Marauder's identity. A caption admitted that it probably wasn't a shock, since Nelson & Murdock's landlord was the only possible suspect.
FF #60 concluded the "Doctor Doom steals the Silver Surfer's board" arc. Reed Richards tricked Doom into flying into space, where he got zapped by Galactus' energy barrier.
It terrifies me no end that I remember this stuff.
- 6 March 2017 at 04:10
I'm occasionally terrified for exactly the same reason, TC.
I worry that my extensive knowledge of Marvel Comics in my brain might have pushed out a quote from Shakespeare or the memory of how to change a flat tire.
- 6 March 2017 at 08:26
- Steve W. said...
Cerebus, thanks for the Dr Strange and Nick Fury info.
TC, thanks for the Daredevil, Hercules and FF info.
MP, we must always keep our priorities straight. It's far more important to know what happened in what comic than it is to know anything else in the whole world.
- 6 March 2017 at 08:52
Stan Lee banned Thor from the Avengers ?? I never knew that before. And, Steve, thanks for your explanation of East-End/West-End on BITBA - I never knew that before either !
- 6 March 2017 at 13:51
- Steve W. said...
If I remember right, Lee banned writers from using Thor and Iron Man in The Avengers because it caused too many continuity conflicts with their own mags. So, Roy Thomas was always looking for ways to get round it by sneaking them in here and there and hoping he could get away with it.
And it's nice to know my efforts on BITBA didn't go to waste. :)
- 6 March 2017 at 15:08
Following on from Cerebus' comment, I believe that issue of Strange Tales was actually the first Nick Fury episode drawn by Steranko on his own (ie not working over Kirby layouts).
Stilt-Man was cool - he was drawn by Gene the dean Colan in that issue of Daredevil, following a first appearance by Wally Wood. How many super-villains at this point could boast style like that?
- 7 March 2017 at 04:08
The Shocker should have fought Electro. It would have been as cool as the Hulk vs. the Thing. Or the Adaptoid vs. the Mimic.
- 9 March 2017 at 01:31
- Unknown said...
Sage words, Steve...
- 10 March 2017 at 10:19
- Steve W. said...
Thanks, Dean. :)
- 10 March 2017 at 18:06


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Dinner at Hard Times
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Thanks to Jennifer Grace I now have the card completed to give to my sister.
Our parents house goes up for sale very soon & we bid goodbye to 55 years worth of memories.
This years' Christmas will be bitter sweet.
I've used her prompts to journal on ledger paper, (part of my Counterfeit Kit) and use a red/blue colour combination.
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- Unknown said...
Aw, that does sound bittersweet, but it's good you have nice memories of the house. I think a little green sneaking in is perfect! Thanks for joining in! x
- Wednesday, November 20, 2013
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• Government imposed an increase in park fees
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• Round-trip airport transfer (pick up and drop off)
• Safari transportation (unless labeled as optional
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• International flights (from / to home)
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