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Justin Bieber's legal battle with the paparazzi became tabloid fodder this week when he delivered some of his usual sass to the lawyers interviewing him under oath in a lawsuit against him by a paparazzi photographer who claims Bieber and his bodyguard beat him up.
During the deposition, Bieber became defensive in several video clips posted by TMZ that feature him questioning whether this is a media interview and whether the lawyer is "Katie Couric." "Are you calling me Katie Couric?" the lawyer said. "Is this a news interview for you? Cause it's not. It's your deposition. Do you understand that?" He responded in the affirmative.
But as Bieber gets a fast introduction to both the English language (he was corrected when he said he was "detrimental" to his own success rather than "instrumental") and the legal system, here are a few things he can learn about the legal process:
1. You can't close your eyes and tune out the lawyer questioning you. At one point during the five hours of questioning, Bieber closed his eyes and said to the lawyer questioning him, "I don't have to listen to anything you say." Actually, he does. A deposition is a mechanism in civil trials for gathering evidence in advance of the presentation before the jury or judge. Witnesses are deposed via subpoenas, which require them to appear, and to answer all questions unless they have a relevant objection. The force of law is exactly what makes a deposition different than a news interview.
2. You can't pretend not to know someone you know. When asked whether Bieber knew Raymond Usher IV, the singer believed to be a longtime friend, he initially said, "No." The lawyer asked him a second time, calling him an "entertainer by the name of Usher," at which point he changed his answer to, "Yeah, Usher. That sounds familiar." He later agreed that Usher was a close friend and confidante. Bieber may have thought his sarcasm was cute. But a deposition is a formal part of the legal proceedings in civil cases. And even though Bieber was questioned before both parties' lawyers and not a judge, he is subject to very similar rules, including an oath: he swears to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so lying amounts to perjury.
3. You don't have to talk about your drug use if it's not relevant to the case. While Bieber can't blow off the questioner and replace snark with real answers, he does have the right not to answer questions for a number of legal reasons. After a DUI incident earlier this year, Bieber tested positive for Xanax. So when asked by the lawyer whether Bieber has a prescription for the sedative, Bieber immediately responded "No." But Bieber's lawyer piped in, "Give me a chance to object, ok." That's probably because Bieber retains a Fifth Amendment right to remain silent when a question could subject him self-incrimination. In Bieber's case, the risk of incrimination is particularly high, because charges against him are pending in the DUI incident. Bieber's lawyer had a number of other objections to other questions that tested the limits of relevance, including several about Bieber's love interest Selena Gomez. Only issues that are relevant to the case at hand are fair game for depositions.
4. You might be expected to answer questions that will later be ruled invalid. Lawyers can only ask questions that are relevant to the case during a deposition, and the plaintiff's lawyer seemed to have tested this limit, asking numerous questions about Bieber's love interest Selena Gomez, his drug use, and other ancillary topics. But because there is no judge at a deposition, it is common practice for lawyers to establish their objections and then have the witness answer the question anyway, so that a judge may later decide whether the objection was valid. As a consequence, Bieber may have been called upon to answer questions that have now become public, even though they wouldn't survive legal objections.
5. If you're famous, it is reasonable to expect your deposition might become public. Through a leak from an unknown source, this five-hour probe has been made public, with a select few minutes of clips that may reveal only Bieber's most irritable moments. So even though a deposition is significantly different from a news interview in that the law dictates what you must or have a right not to say, Bieber was onto something when he analogized the interview to "60 Minutes."
If the plaintiff's lawyer planted the leak, he would have had particular incentives to ask out-of-bounds (e.g. irrelevant) questions even though he knew they would ultimately not survive objection, because they would nonetheless be the subject of public scrutiny and coerce Bieber to settle the case for fear of future humiliation. Then again, it could just as well have been Bieber's lawyer who leaked the tape, aiming to solidify Bieber's reputation as a pop star with "swagger." Winks and smirks at the camera throughout the clips suggest Bieber may have anticipated a larger audience for the legal proceeding — one of many on Bieber's docket.
Either way, the likelihood was high that what started as a legal proceeding could ultimately become a basis for further scrutiny of Bieber, who went through adolescence in the spotlight, and is being sued in the first place because he allegedly lashed out at a paparazzi photographer.


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Fortunately, or unfortunately, I am alive and well.
I'll be heading to the La Madre Patria fittingly with my madre....something about her believing this is the last year she can travel.
I'll have to say this about my mom she has always been the one who has encouraged me to travel.
A few years ago when I was unemployed and crying like a bitch about not being employed, she told me to travel.
I told her I had no money.
But she responded, "You have a credit card though, right?"
I responded that I did not want to get into debt, but then she said something along the lines that I would find way to pay for it.
So I went to Argentina.
And even since then, I am sure my mom is kinda disappointed that I have not traveled enough, whether within the lower 48 or abroad.
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Earlier this year I accidentally donated our pepper grinder to Goodwill. Don't worry, it was clean. We'd been decluttering the kitchen and my just washed and reassembled clear lucite pepper grinder went into the donate box. I replaced it with this OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder which isn't as pretty but I love it. The part you grab to turn is rubberized so it's easy to grind. But most importantly for me, the actual grinding bits are at the top. You have to flip it over to grind over food but this means that when I retrieve it from it's little kitchen shelf any loose pepper doesn't fall out. Which is great because in my awkward and tiny kitchen I store the pepper grinder on a spot over my head. It's easy to set the grind, and the other end unscrews so there is a nice wide opening for refilling. Two kitchen gadget thumbs up.
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I have both the OXO salt and pepper grinders, and love them both. Highly recommended!
Yes! I have the OXO pepper and salt grinders and I love them both. My mom thought I was crazy when I asked for them last xmas and then cooed at them when I opened the box, but well-designed kitchen tools just make food prep SO much nicer. The grinder bits at the top just make perfect sense, and no more mess on my countertop.
I've just about given up on pepper grinders for the prep area (still have one on the table). I've gone to using a small mortar and pestle – it's faster and I can get a much finer grind. And it's usable for more than pepper.
I bought the sea salt grinder for my mother-in-law and her husband and she liked it so much that they bought another for their winter home. It's good to know that the pepper mill also works well. I tend to like OXO products in general.
I got one with a gift card I got last Christmas. Love it so much. The different grind levels, the no fuss. Excellent kitchen tool.
Love the OXO, but *adore* my Vic Firth.
I also love this. I agree it isn't the prettiest I've seen, but it's super easy to use with wet hands and I also love that it doesn't leak pepper everywhere when storing it. I hemmed and hawed but eventually broke down and bought it and it immediately won a spot in my over stove cabinet where space is precious. I probably won't break it out for company but I do love it while at the stove.
Can't believe the coincidence. I need a good pepper mill and had decided that the OXO one looks pretty nice. I had put it on my wish list. Waiting to get a good deal at my local Ace Hardware which carries it.


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It was bloody hot on Sunday afternoon, very humid, and I was shuffling around like a sloth trying to stop myself from breaking into a sweat as I headed for Nishi-Ogikubo and its fabled branch of Mos Burger. Suffice to say it was so hot that I was forced to stop at the end of my street, where there is a McDonalds, in order to cool down and enjoy a lovely quarter-pounder with cheese setto. I never did make it into Mos Burger. Maybe next time.
At Turning, (nice wee place, quite small inside - 4 tables in the middle of the floor and a little bar in the corner), we were treated to five pretty damn good bands. Well, those few of us who stayed to see all five did anyway.
Things kicked off very nicely with a band called "Place In The Sun", an indie-pop act with behatted female singer of passionate voice and Snoopy-shirted guitarist of jangly guitar. I was suitably impressed, and they reminded me of The Brilliant Green in a slightly-more-indie kind of way. I'm not sure the catchy tunes are quite in place yet but the band was solid and it was a decent performance.
Find the band here: http://ww2.ttcn.ne.jp/~G-place/PlaceInTheSun.html
And watch them here:
Now during PITS's performance, lots of people turned up. There were parents all over the place and quite a crowd had gathered by the time the next band stepped up to the plate. This lot were H3F and they have fans. Or at least a lot of friends. And they have a rather charismatic portly frontman with a strong singing voice and apparently, a neat line in banter. The singer seemed to be struggling slightly with a sore throat but he managed to keep going, as his band played a few good old fashioned rock 'n' roll numbers. I thought the band were quite similar to Sambomaster in style.
See what you think:
I can't find a website unfortunately so if anyone knows what it is please leave a comment.
Ok City Ok were next up, and facing something of a crisis as the bass player was off sick. On the other hand, there was a new band member in place variously on fiddle, guitar and bass at the end, and some rather energetic drumming went on to make up for the missing bass sounds. I think the guys did a good job despite the circumstances not being ideal, and they kept the attention of the crowd.
We were treated to a few old favourites from the "Made By Elaborate Process" album. The fourth song was a new one, "I'm Not Ashamed" or something like that (sorry I was drunk again), and it sounded not unlike one of U2's rockier numbers to me which is no bad thing.
Here's a clip of Ok City Ok -1 +1 in action, in which you can actually hear the fiddle:
Ok City Ok website: http://www.okcityok.com/
Then almost everyone went home, leaving about 10 people watching the last two bands. Most odd really but that's the way it seems to work. And they had their moments too.
Nude Caputeano, or ヌードカプティーノ for those of you who prefer your Japanese band names in katakana, were another indie pop-rock act with a female singer. This bunch were more reminiscent of say, Echobelly, or someone. They were a bit more mod with the guys kitted out in white shirts and black ties. They were fairly ordinary. Apart from the ballad they did, which was absolutely astonishingly brilliant. Unfortunately I didn't record that one, but this song was okay:
Nude Caputeano website: http://caputeano.hp.infoseek.co.jp/top.html
And last up, in front of only a couple of faithful fans, were a 3-piece named "Weaks". A slightly punkier, new-wavish stance from this mob who came on like Wire/Elastica :0) in the early stages and ended up sounding almost a good bit like The Clash. I will give them the benefit of the doubt for that, and the CD I picked up shows evidence of something of a flair for composition.
Weaks website: http://weaks.sytes.net/
Thus ended the music and it was time to get drunk - big thanks to the Ok City Ok camp for hospitality above and beyond the call of duty.
After which it was home on a train to stumble around Kanda eki lost for about half an hour before finding my way home, betwixt a madman swinging wildly his kendo stick and a bicycle policeman in hot pursuit.
And another quarter-pounder with cheese, for good measure ;)
Monday, July 28, 2008
Ok City Ok at Turning, Nishi-Ogikubo
It was bloody hot on Sunday afternoon, very humid, and I was shuffling around like a sloth trying to stop myself from breaking into a sweat as I headed for Nishi-Ogikubo and its fabled branch of Mos Burger. Suffice to say it was so hot that I was forced to stop at the end of my street, where there is a McDonalds, in order to cool down and enjoy a lovely quarter-pounder with cheese setto. I never did make it into Mos Burger. Maybe next time.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
HIMAWARI on JapanFiles
July 21, 2008 - Ten Years Techno! JapanFiles.com welcomes HIMAWARI this week.
10 year techno veterans HIMAWARI debut on JapanFiles.com this week with their two CDs "Mineral" (2001) and "Pomposo" (2005).
Formed in 1998 in New York City (and currently now based in Tokyo), HIMAWARI is Takeshi Ichikawa and Lena. They originally met at a Ryuichi Sakamoto event in the city and quickly realized they shared a similar vision for music making.
While based in NYC, HIMAWARI performed regularly at club events in the metro area, and large-scale loft parties in Brooklyn with as many as 3,000 attendees. HIMA also played such events as the CMJ Music Marathon, and were regulars in the Moby VJ Team MOVEMENT events.
Working closely with long time engineer Kidoh Taki, HIMAWARI completed production on their second album "Pomposo" in 2005, with CD jacket design by Virgilio Santos of Dzark. HIMAWARI's live performances feature cutting edge new digital images and Takeshi Ichikawa's motion graphics.
HIMAWARI links!
HIMAWARI MP3s - http://www.japanfiles.com/himawari
HIMAWARI Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djEDcB9BcCA
HIMAWARI Official Website - http://himawaring.com
Yup, I posted something. Fooel is actually out doing the hard work of going to gigs, listening to albums and writing about them, while I sit on my substantial backside cutting and pasting press releases. It is at least a start. My excuse is that I'm back in dear old Britain which is probably not the best location for someone contributing to a blog called Tokyo Music. We'll work that out later....
Anyway, with Fooel in Tokyo and me in my secret lair it's fair to say that Tokyo Music is back. Hell, I may even try and write a review. Don't go away...
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What Do I Know Anyway?
A couple of things are leading me to write this blog entry. Three things actually:
1. I had noted in my live review of Limited Express (Has Gone?) that I wasn't particularly sure of what was going on;
2. Earlier today I cycled through Graeme's previous entries and realised there is quite an amount of stuff there and clearly a good bit of knowledge built up over the years;
3. I'm drinking Chu-hi and listening to PM Dawn (no prizes for guessing where I bought that).
But for all my lack of knowledge of Limited Express (Has Gone?) and myriad cohorts, I do know a little bit about Japanese music and thought I would give a brief overview of the stuff I know about.
When I last lived here, my favourite Japanese album was Asian Kung Fu Generation's 君繋ファイブエム with its wall of sound guitars and the nod to Oasis' Live Forever (yep) on one of the tracks. It was pretty vital stuff to me, and then the follow up album which I picked up on a visit including the suberb "My World" and "Siren" - their finest moment in my opinion and a song that contends for my top ten tracks of all time. I was distracted by pop-punkers Charcoal Filter around this time and owned a compilation album of their best songs, which sounds on the whole a wee bit cheesy now, but still good fun. And these were the days of Dragon Ash's "Harvest" album, and a bit of Grapevine was never far away from the CD player.
I've listened to a fair bit of poppier stuff too. I love Spitz - having heard this brilliant music playing outside a mobile phone shop, and eventually finding out who it was by asking a few people. I now have pretty much a full discography of pure songwriting genius. Almost a Japanese La's perhaps, except ridiculously prolific instead of appallingly wasteful. I own of course a Brilliant Green greatest hits collection, favourite tracks being , oohh, "Goodbye and goodluck", "冷たい花", "Enemy"... it's a superb collection actually.
I don't want to write too much so I shall just drop a few more names in: Bump of Chicken, Sekaiichi, Cool Joke, Every Little Thing, Rie Fu, Orange Range, Puffy (natch), the mighty Ringo Sheena and Tokyo Jihen, the wonderful Sambomaster, the excoriatingly sublime Tate Takako, and a few others are all on the i-pod nestling betwixt New Order, James Brown and JR Writer.
And of course I have been reading this blog! So I have at least heard of the bands within, have a couple of the albums reviewed (Bloodthirsty Butchers spring to mind) and in most cases listened to their tracks on MySpace. Which is a start eh. I did meet the fantastic Anchorsong in London, where he remains to increasing success it seems.
Next on the gig-going list is the Ok City Ok gig this Sunday. I am particularly looking forward to this as I note from the venue map that there is a branch of Mos Burger nearby and I haven't been there for ages. I'm definitely going to have the onion rings and dip them in the Mos Burger sauce. Further, I have been to see the band before, along with Graeme no less, whence I picked up a copy of the album "Made By Elaborate Process". It's a tidy rocker alright and I'm looking forward to seeing the band again.
And ahead of that I have pencilled in soundscapists Euphoria on 3 August, then perhaps a bit of Eddy on 10 August, and why not add a dash of NaLas on the 17th? Why not indeed.
You know this PM Dawn album is pretty good and we haven't even got to... ah, here we go...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Limited Express (Has Gone?) @ Shibuya O-Nest
Graeme has written at length on the merits of Limited Express (Has Gone?), but I didn't know anything about them before tonight. So for me it was a case of watching new bands afresh, without knowing any of the songs.
I entered Shibuya O-Nest with various preconceptions and also great intentions of taking notes. I thought I would just sit there, listening intently and musing on the quaint bands as a quiet audience looked on. I thought maybe, people would nod their heads a bit. I thought the bands might be okay, but not particularly energetic, with a few nice songs.
Clearly I knew nothing. And to be frank, I still don't really know who was who. So I shall have to do some research as I proceed with this review, while watching a bit of golf. Let's face it, I still know nothing, eh. But I'll just try to report straight up what I saw tonight.
Expectations were confounded right from the off, as a hardcore punk band ripped the senses with some aplomb. Several guys danced frantically at the front as the band stormed through a couple of tough-as-nails punk numbers. Black Flag and Bad Brains t-shirts were on display which should give some idea what was going on, and this video shows the crowd action whilst failing completely to record the sound in any audible fashion.
The band are... U. G. Man... and you know, I've always had a soft spot for this kind of thing. This is a bit of a random link but the best I could find on the guys: http://egypt-rec.com/?pid=7564342
I also took my only notes of the evening in the immediate aftermath of this set. I think as a novice reviewer I can get away with the hackneyed trick of repeating my notes verbatim: "Did I actually witness this? Yes. Hardcore." No wonder I didn't take any more - but Henry Rollins can rest assured that his legacy is safe and well, and damaging eardrums in Tokyo.
Everyone then shuffled upstairs to see the next act in the bar area, the interesting ファンタジー仲間/Fuantaji-nakama/"Fantasy mates" {vaguely}. Thus a man in short pink shorts with rather long hair howled into the mic, as next to him a girl did something similar. I couldn't really see them from my vantage point, but they sounded kind of okay in a lo-fi way. I think with this band you had to understand what the guy was singing to really get it... which obviously I couldn't. It seems that the girl, who I couldn't see, was also in one of the later acts... but one cannot be sure about this... (hey, I've had a few beers).
Back down the stairs we paraded for a rather pleasant surprise in the form of PANIC SMILE. What to make of this rumbustuous lot? A funky edge remained throughout, and the lead guitar playing was pretty awesome. I wouldn't have felt short-changed if these guys were headlining, put it that way.
Take a look for yourself:
And heres the website: http://panicsmile.co.jp
And then we were but halfway through. Upstairs everyone stomped again but I couldn't be arsed right away, thus missing about half of a band I think were "Ni Hao!" Once I had struggled up the steps I heard, from behind the same obstacles, some girls singing. One song. And the next song, which was the last one, I heard from the toilet. They sounded pretty good, but I'm afraid I just wasn't really paying attention at this point. A link to the band's website is below - it appears there was more inter-connectedness going on:
I was downstairs pretty sharpish to take up my favourite gig position in the darkest corner. Thus began the set of a duo who I believe, and I'm fairly sure, were "DODDODO" (Is this Dodd Do-Do, or Do Duh Do Do? I prefer the latter).
Now this was a show. Whilst the be-masked turntablist showered us in a sea of beautious breakbeats, our heroine the singer yelled out her numbers quite manically in the style of a frenzied wildcat. I don't think you can ask for much more than that at any gig.
I took a couple of clips, but I'm afraid they don't really do the spectacle justice:
Suffice to say this was all good stuff and it kept the energy levels right up as we headed towards the headline set.
Now Limited Express (Has Gone?)... were... noisy, shouty, jumpy, edgy. Noisy. Shouty. Jumpy. Edgy. And you stand there thinking yes, this is good. What else can you really do? Save nod your head frantically in a bid to keep up.
And they are basically The Fall ha ha. But I was thinking of John Peel during the set, and you know, I don't know if Sir John played this band before his untimely passing, but I'm sure he would have if he could have.
Then at the end, DODDODO appeared again to join the headline act and something of a chaotic collaboration ensued. I think this was the entire point of the evening, although don't quote me on anything, and we witnessed not one but two manic females jumping about and screaming and then it was all over.
I went home and watched the golf.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Honey Mannie
Thought I'd introduce myself first - I'm Fooel, and I'm new here at Tokyo Music. Graeme is presently back in Blighty but I am happily ensconced in Tokyo. I know that Graeme plans to continue writing about music so hopefully he will also be posting in the near future.
And what better way to while away a Wednesday evening than by reviewing one of the latest releases on Japan Files? Not many I can think of.
Having downloaded Honey Mannie's six-track mini album from the site I made a conscious decision to find out no more about them until I'd listened to the album a few times and jotted down my thoughts.
"Supernatural" and "Lovely Disco Queen" open proceedings and things certainly start as they mean to go on. Electronic patter and playskool keyboards underly a cutesy-voiced delivery. I found myself picturing a Harajuku version of Bill and Ben. It's cute, it's about cute, and "Lovely Disco Queen" receives a bonus point for including the word "Meltdown".
The third track has passed me by at each listen, I'm afraid, although things pick up on "Magazine", a nicely-paced head-nodder which prompted some not inconsiderable sofa dancing including an attempt at the Peter Crouch robot dance.
On "Sister" the singer approaches matters in the nonchalant manner of a French chanteuse, and one can almost imagine the vocal being recorded while she leans out the kitchen window smoking a cigarette. Which would be quite a feat, but that's what it sounds like to me.
Throughout the tracks begin with more than a whiff of New Order before inevitably a blanket of cuteness is heaved over proceedings (imagine your gyuu-don being smothered in whipped cream just as you go to take your first bite). But not on the final track, and for me the highlight of this album, "Bitter". Here Hello Kitty takes a sepia-toned monochrome ride down the Mekong Delta in search of Colonel Kurtz, but finds something much more scary amongst the undergrowth - a seething, unforgiving Japanese woman. She will undoubtedly cut your balls off (you bastard).
And so with that decent surprise at the end I'd say it all works out well enough for what it is over six tracks. So if you fancy a bit of cutesy electronic pop music with a hint of lemon, then you could do worse than Honey Mannie. Good stuff.
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Had a write-up in this week's Melbourne Weekly review, nice! Come for a visit and see the mess for yourself.
Author: queensberrypipdaylesford
Tip for koala spotting
If you happen to see a tree which has a lot of scratches on the bark, look up! Especially if it is a Messmate tree but not necessarily. Koalas often use the same tree for sleeping in and will scratch the bark as they climb up with their big claws.
Owl trees often have regurgitated food at the base of the tree as they splat it down, such as possum bones or whatever they didn't digest. A Powerful Owl is big enough to take feral cats! I think that when you are in the forest, looking at the ground occasionally can yield more interest than looking up. The animals may hide, but their traces don't.
Autumn market at the Swedish Church Sunday night
Do you live in Melbourne, looking for something to do this Sunday? Why not go to the Swedish Church to join the scandinavians celebrate Valborg, or Walpurgis Night. If you have been to the annual Christmas market, expect a scaled down version of the same only set by night and with some other traditions. At Valborg, we light a bonfire and sing to the coming spring. Swedes have a song for every occasion, except for maybe why spring is really autumn? I am sure we can wing it regardless. Let's just celebrate spring together.
When? 4pm-8pm. Fire is lit as dark falls.
Where? Toorak House, 21 St Georges Rd, Toorak
Why? Because it is atmospheric, there will be a small scandinavian market and I will be there with my hats and Swedish stuff. There will be food (skip cooking dinner), cinnamon buns (of course), and some Glogg to keep the spirits up. See you there!
The answers to everything.
People want to know so much. This is evident by the search terms used to find my site. Here I shall try to answer some of your questions, because I doubt you can find it in the blog anywhere and I would hate to disappoint. Since you are here, I mean.
1. Daylesford in winter, is it so bad?
Where did you get that from! It is not bad at all. All you need is good heating and a decent winter wardrobe. Some extra vitamin D to compensate for the lack of sun and you are set. The low winter light is extremely flattering to the complexion so we are all much more beautiful to look at in winter. Also there is no uncovered superfluous skin, so ditto there. Enjoy the absence of snakes and go hiking. There are also no insects as they have all gone to bed, along with the reptiles. Love winter, and it will love you right back. Hot chocolate. Wood fires.
2. Can I repair cracks with gesso?
Yes, someone actually found my site through this question. Isn't Google a wondrous thing? What I want to know is why would you want to? How wide and deep are the cracks? If they are hairline only, of course you can. Just paint the gesso , dry and sand. Repeat until happy. Bigger cracks need a hardware product.
2. Can I mould with gesso?
So much to know about gesso! I should write about it more often. Yes, you can, as long as you are not asking too much of it. If it is for low relief on a picture, for instance, sure you can. Has been done for hundreds of years. If you are moulding a three dimensional thing, I would use plaster casting or similar.
3. What are things for couples to do at night at Daylesford?
I am not sure I understand this question. Do couples do different things to non-couples? There is a lively live-music scene, plenty of restaurants, or you might take a picnic and a torch into the forest and look at the nightlife in there. That is a tremendous adventure. Sit quietly, listen and wait. Squeeze each other hands in anticipation of the thrill of a koala's roar. Is that for couples or not? I think it is. You could always opt out of the handsqueezing if you are not that close. Midweek there is not too much apart from restaurants and pubs, if you are into that, but weekends is more active. The Grande has a little venue in the basement which does regular shows on Friday nights, strongly recommend. Cabaret type things. The Daylesford Hotel is excellent in summer, with a nicely lit outside area which often houses DJ sets, or other events. Nice. Ditto Perfect Drop. Horvat's does live music on weekends, and is a very cool place to eat and drink midweek too. Or go to Radio Springs hotel, a short drive away but so worth it. There's plenty more, look at a What's On guide if you still need more.
4. Disused church Daylesford.
This appears not to be a question but a statement, which is totally fine. It is keyword searches, not a conversation, after all. There is one particularly fine one which was for sale for a while, on Camp Street. Could this be the one and why do you want to know? The For Sale sign is gone, but I don't think it ever sold. Make enquiries at one of the agents, they will know. Go on, buy it! It could do with a new purpose. Was initially up for 950.000, but this might have been in the too-high range for the time, now I am not so sure as prices have gone up a bit in the last couple of years. By the way, I believe the word is deconsecrated. "Disused" might just mean a church with very poor attendance?
5. what are the opening hours for Clayfire Gallery?
That is an easy one! According to their website (should have gone there instead of my blog, shouldn't you?)
Monday 10:30am – 4.30pm
Tuesday CLOSED
Wednesday 10.30am – 4:00pm
Thursday 10:30am – 4:30pm
Friday 10:30am – 4:30pm
Saturday 10:30am – 4:00pm
Sunday 10.30am – 4:00pm
The catch to the hidden door
This is really so simple. You could have a statue which flips or pivots or anything you want, but I chose a book. Here's how it works:
The books around it have no purpose other than to keep the hinged book company, they are loose and just sit there.
I had to add a block of wood to stop the gate latch from going too far back or it wouldn't close automatically. It's not the prettiest but it works beautifully. I first tried to add a bracket on top as a stopper, but it had no effect at all. The book has a tiny hinge attached.
More painting
Again the colours look lurid on the screen, what did I do wrong? But the green below really is that green… Looking at something as green as this has got to be good for you, like taking vitamins or eating a lot of spinach.
I recently made some portraits in classic Dutch Renaissance style, mainly because I had a hankering for one myself and once I started I just couldn't stop. Give me more brown! More gloomy faces!
I start with a sketch on the canvas and fill in the background. I wanted the particular Dutch look so I went for a lot of Van Dyck Brown, a few layers, darker at the edges. Then I work on the portrait itself, gradually building it up. Because of oil taking so long to dry I like to work on several at the same time so I always have some dry spot to tackle. And yes, my studio is far too tiny really but it shows what you can do with a small space. The paintings are leaning on my sewing machine as no sewing can happen when I paint, it is far too dusty.
The vest is my own and painted with white highlights to give shape. It looks very suitable for the period, if you disregard the centre zipper.That was the look I was after, period but definitely not.
So why the bird? No reason, other than the need for a central colour spot. Also, the early paintings often had an addition such as an animal, a flower or a bird added. There is great joy in choosing things to paint. After all, there are no limitations whatsoever apart from your time.
Here is another just past the starting line. She is wearing a headdress composed of two takeaway coffe cups and a teatowel. At least, that is what it will become. The early paintings often did little things with their hands, like religious symbolism for instance. I am going more modern, this one is doing the Shaka, the handsign for the unified people of Hawaii which later become the internationally known surfie hand. I like her bored look, very deliberate. I have seen it all and it bored me! She probably lives in Melbourne and studies art and works as a barista. Or maybe she dosn't.
This one is of one of my neighbours, she happened to be walking past wearing a gorgeous duffel coat so I put a hankie over her head (as you do when neighbours pass) and asked her to pose. "Just look serious," I pleaded, and I think she did really well. Letting someone paint you is to put a lot of trust in the painter. Willl they make me look awful? Possibly. Will you be able to do a thing about it? Nope. By the way, I have no idea what happened to the green, it is not that lurid in real life.


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In honor of this day, my FAME Forum blog entry this week is about university student award winners under the EPA's People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) program. Last week, the agency announced up to $15,000 for each of 42 student teams to pursue projects that deliver sustainable, alternative approaches to address environmental challenges as part of P3 program.
"Each year, the projects and designs created by the P3 teams surpass expectations," said Lek Kadeli, acting assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Research and Development. "These students are creating sustainable solutions for our everyday needs, addressing some of the United States' most challenging environmental issues and helping create a vibrant, growing economy."
Past P3 teams have used their winning ideas to form small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Environmental Fuel Research, a 2008 P3 winner from Drexel University, incorporated its grease waste-trap biofuel technology into a business enterprise and won a $100,000 EPA Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award this year. This woman-owned startup, headquartered in a historically underutilized business (HUB) zone to encourage economic development, has the potential to revolutionize domestic biodiesel capacity in the U.S.
Since 2004, the P3 Program has provided funding to student teams in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, committing over $10 million to cutting-edge, sustainable projects designed by university students.
One of this year's P3 winners is focused on small-scale biodiesel production issues, while another winner is working to improve algae growth for advanced biofuel production.
Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts won a P3 award for its small-scale, campus-based biodiesel project. The project is titled, "Southeastern Massachusetts Student Network for Biodiesel Research and Education." Its summary states, "The small scale production of biodiesel fuel from waste vegetable oil (WVO) has been a popular activity for sustainability education in colleges and high schools. However, the full educational impact has not been realized due to inherent safety issues and inefficiency of the overall process. An interdisciplinary group of Bridgewater State University students will apply sustainability and green chemistry principles to critically examine the efficiency of biodiesel production from WVO, identify limitations and propose potential solutions. An innovative research and education plan will be developed through a Biodiesel Research and Education Network with students from BSU, community colleges and high schools."
Johns Hopkins University's P3 award is based on its algae work. Titled, "Sustainable Algal Biofuels Solution: Sourcing Carbon and Recycling Nutrients from Waste Treatment Processing," its project summary states, "Algae represent a potentially sustainable energy source that can utilize CO2 to generate liquid fuels including diesel and jet fuel," states its project summary. "Unfortunately, algal biofuel processes are not yet economically viable. Algal systems that utilize photosynthesis alone can sequester CO2 and remove undesirable nutrients from water but suffer from low culture density and lipid content insufficient for biofuels. Alternatively, algae can generate high cell concentrations and lipid content when grown heterotrophically or mixotrophically on supplemental organic carbon (e.g., glucose) and nutrients (e.g., N and P). However, these supplements increase process costs and hinder commercial feasibility through the application of expensive chemical fertilizers, which limits processes from becoming economically viable. This research program addresses sustainability of both energy production and water treatment by applying an innovative three-stage process that utilizes waste run-off as nutrients to generate sugar-rich substrates for generation of advanced liquid biofuels through enhanced algal bioprocessing."
Funding for the P3 projects is divided into two phases. In the first phase, student teams submit a proposal for a project, and if they are selected, they compete with other Phase I winners at the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, D.C. At the Expo, teams compete for Phase II funding of up to $75,000.
For the full list of award recipients, click here.
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I highly recommend this video. It is the best compilation of public information on the topic of 12-21-2012 that I have seen. This presentation was given in November at the Boulder Public Library and is in the process of going viral on youtube.
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August has not been a good month for my blog. I apologize. I've been caught up finishing my next book, The Supermodel's Best Friend, due out in early October. I've got a hero in it that is so wonderful I almost want to give him a sequel. But he's got his HEA with Lucy and he's way too loyal to ever give her up.
As I prepare The Supermodel's Best Friend (TSBF) to go to my editor, (the snazzy and charming Rhonda Stapleton Helms), I'm trying to get back into my world here online. Summer is almost over, the kids are back in school, the weather will cool and the days grow shorter – all conditions ripe for reading. Though TSBF would be a great beach read, I think most readers will glom onto it during the colder months. A cozy romance with a lot of laughs and heat.
I'll be posting teaser scenes as I prepare for publication in October. These have not yet been through my editor or proofreader, so keep that in mind. If you're an altruistic sort, feel free to mention any typos or grammatical mistakes you see; I'm in the Make It Perfect stage. (Later, when it's on your Nook or Kindle or iPad, I'll be in the OH GOD I HOPE THEY DON'T NOTICE stage. Though I'd still need to know so I can upload a correction.)
Anyway, I hope you like it!
The Supermodel's Best Friend
© 2011 Gretchen Galway
Chapter 1
This was not in the plan, Lucy thought, staring at the handsome face on her phone. Her fiancé was supposed to be standing by her side, pen in hand, not using video smartphone technology to dump her from another state. I don't love you enough to let you ruin the plan.
"I'm still in Seattle," Dan said, his voice as small as he was.
Lucy looked around the empty living room of the spacious three-bedroom California bungalow with original plank hardwoods and walnut built-ins. "You said you'd kill to have this house," she said, wondering if the real estate agent, laying out the pages for their revised offer on the granite breakfast counter in the kitchen, could hear them.
"It's a great house," he said, sighing. "A perfect house. But now I see that it would just tie us down, drag out the inevitable."
She blinked, not sure what she was hearing. "We've been planning this for almost five years."
He hesitated. "I met someone."
"When? This morning?"
Licking his lips, he said, "Why don't we talk later, after you've had a chance to calm down."
She frowned. "I'm hardly hysterical, Dan."
"Yeah, I noticed."
"You'd like me to be hysterical?"
"Forget it. Of course not. It makes everything easier."
She nodded, belatedly piecing together some clues he'd dropped over the past few months. "Your six-month assignment in Seattle wasn't the opportunity of a lifetime, then."
"Well . . . "
"Ah. A personal opportunity, you meant."
"I wanted to be sure. For both—for all of us."
"Very considerate of you," she said.
"Damn it, you don't have to be sarcastic."
"You're hardly in a position to tell me what to do. I'm the wounded party here, wouldn't you agree?"
He moved his head outside of the screen's range and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like, "I wish you were."
Lucy dropped the phone to her side and noticed that Robin, the real estate agent, had come up behind her. Her face was pale.
This was really going to screw over the older lady, the two of them walking away from the deal now. She needed a sale badly. Typical of Dan to think the world revolved around him and his feelings.
Lucy lifted the phone. "We'll have to call the mortgage broker."
He jutted out his chin. "I already have."
"You told Inez the mortgage broker before you told me?"
"She kept after me to sign the latest thing. It didn't feel right to string her along anymore—" He stopped and cleared his throat. "Look, you're getting digitized. I think the connection is breaking up . . . "
"It didn't feel right to string her along?"
He sighed. "So much of our lives together is what you wanted. Not me. I felt . . . superfluous so much of the time." He tilted the screen of his laptop so she was staring out the window of his suite at the Extended Stay America. It wasn't supposed to be sunny in Seattle. It looked sunny. She wondered if the new girlfriend was there, listening off camera. Dan came back into view with a coffee cup at his lips.
In Berkeley, outside the house she wasn't going to have, the sky was as gray as lint. "Our relationship was always shaped by what you wanted. We talked about marriage years ago. I hoped to have my first child before I turned thirty. But you wanted to save up for the house first, so we did, even though that was third on my list."
"You and your lists. That's one thing I've learned from Brittany—how to trust my heart."
"Ah, so she's one of those." She took a deep breath and peered into the phone for a glimpse of her. "What else did the little ho say?"
Dan's mouth dropped open in shock.
She said, "You wanted hysterical; this is my version."
He looked away, then back at the screen, his lips popping up and down like a broken garage door. "Brittany is not—" He shook his head and stared off to the side, made an apologetic face, then jerked his head.
So she had been there. "Thanks for making this such a private moment."
"I can't believe Brittany had to hear you call her a—a—I can't even say it."
"What? She's been sleeping with my boyfriend. For months, apparently."
"Brittany has nothing to be ashamed of."
"Does she know about me?"
"Of course. She knows everything."
Lucy snorted. Her college advisor would've broken out in a rash to hear her insult a woman for exercising her sexual liberties, but to hell with it. She was under a lot of stress. "Ho."
Dan's eyes went wide as he leaned into his laptop camera. "She is completely innocent. Brittany's not in such a hurry to take her clothes off. Unlike you."
Lucy felt an odd snapping inside her, the last of her grip on reality disengaging from the voice in her hand. "We lived together for five years. You think we should have waited until we were, what, forty?"
"It's not how long we waited, it's how often you wanted it. And how much you wanted to do it. I'm a man, Lucy, and I didn't need half as much sex as you did." Then he seemed to regret the outpouring, because he ran his hand over his eyes and said, "I'm sorry. I never intended to talk to you about this."
Her throat suddenly felt tight. She realized Robin the real estate agent was hanging on every word. "Did you talk to her about this? Brittany?"
His sheepish look grew sheepier; he leaned away from the camera. Faintly, she heard him say, "That's how we—how we knew we were perfect for each other. She was avoiding her boyfriend, and I—I was taking a break, too."
"And where was this? Her convent?"
"Lucy," Dan said, shaking his head, looking so disappointed in her.
Humiliation didn't feel right so she tapped into the rage, breathed it like oxygen. "I'm just trying to get the full picture here. I deserve to know the details."
"Information isn't knowledge, Lucy," Dan said. "Knowing everything doesn't make you wise."
"And having a penis doesn't make you a man," Lucy said.
Pardon me for saying this, but: I love Lucy. Don't worry, she definitely comes out ahead with Miles. Miles ahead?
Sorry. Been writing like a crazy person for weeks. Bit nutty at this point.
The Supermodel's Best Friend. Coming in October!


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A press release from Ticket Liquidator, The BK Effect: Brooklyn Nets Ticket Prices Almost Triple on Secondary Market Compared to Last Season:
The Brooklyn Nets move across the Hudson River from New Jersey has created a 189 percent spike in average ticket prices so far this year on Ticket Liquidator, a leading secondary ticket marketplace. New Jersey Nets tickets sold on Ticket Liquidator last season averaged $50.58; this season Brooklyn Nets ticket prices have averaged $146.17.So the move of the team to a new market and the newness of the arena--both far different from Newark--are likely the biggest factors. Note that prices have been bid up for certain games, notably as the opening one against the New York Knicks, that have a cachet that come from being first.
The Brooklyn Nets skyrocketed to the fifth-highest average ticket price this season, behind only the Los Angeles Lakers at $250.27; the Los Angeles Clippers at $223.52; the New York Knicks at $183.63; and the Miami Heat at $182.39. Besides the Nets move from New Jersey's Prudential Center to Brooklyn's new $1 billion Barclays Center, other factors have also influenced the spike in ticket prices.
Brooklyn Net's minority owner, hip-hop mogul Sean [sic] "Jay-Z" Carter, has been an active face of the re-branded Nets... Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov has also demonstrated a willingness to spend money in pursuit of top free agents...
Still, the disparity in ticket prices from season-to-season is currently unrivaled in the NBA, as other teams have seen only small changes with the addition of high profile free agents. ...Of course, the rise in the average price of Brooklyn Nets this season will only be sustained if the team is racking up wins on their new herringbone-patterned home-court.


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I was browsing Barnes & Noble's review pages and stumbled across a great review of Harlem is Nowhere by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts. Now I have decided to add it to my list of books I need to read this spring.
Harlem Is Nowhere, which takes its name from a Ralph Ellison essay, is a collection of essays by Rhodes-Pitts that examines the myth and history of Harlem as well as its importance to the cultural and historical fiber of Black America.
And since I've made a vow to be a better reader this year and I usually never read nonfiction, I figure this sounds like just the sort of book to get lost in for a while. Check out the review. It's definitely got me intrigued. I'm going to order Harlem Is Nowhere before I log out tonight.


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Nobuyoshi ARAKI, Gozo Hiromi Kitazawa (ed., text), Gozo Yoshimasu (text), Juergen TELLER (text), Seiichi FURUYA (text), Miyako ISHIUCHI (text), Daido
Sentimental Journey 1971-2017
"Nobuyoshi ARAKI has achieved world-wide acclaim for his photography, which he began creating in the 1960s. He is known for the great variety of themes and techniques he employs in his work, and for his drive to create, which has resulted in his publishing over 500 photobooks to date—a drive that continues unabated today.
This exhibition catalogue focuses on one theme from his vast oeuvre, his wife Yoko. As ARAKI himself has said, "It's thanks to Yoko that I became a photographer." From their meeting in 1968 until her death in 1990, Yoko was his most important subject.
She has continued to be a major influence on his photography even after her death. In this catalogue, we explore his relationship with the subject he treasured so much and reflect on the 'I-Photograph' that is the essence of ARAKI's work through his photographs of Yoko and his many works that give a strong sense of her presence.
The exhibition title, 'Sentimental Journey 1971– 2017' refers to ARAKI Nobuyoshi's 'I-Photographs,' beginning with his self publication of 'Sentimental Journey' as a photobook in 1971, and to his life-long journey as a photographer.
Texts inside by: Gozo YOSHIMASU (poes), Juergen TELLER (Photographer), Seiichi FURUYA (Photographer), Miyako ISHIUCHI (Photographer), Daido MORIYAMA (Photographer), Toshiharu ITO (Professor, Department of Inter-Media Art, Tokyo University of the Arts), Filippo MAGGIA (Director, Head of Projects at Fondazione Fotografica Modena), Michio KASAHARA (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum), Hiromi KITAZAWA (Curator)." (publisher's note)
"Published with an exhibition at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, this profoundly poignant collection of photographs by Nobuyoshi ARAKI focuses on a single theme from his vast oeuvre: his wife Yoko. As ARAKI himself has said, "It's thanks to Yoko that I became a photographer".
From their first encounter in 1968 until her premature death from ovarian cancer in 1990, Yoko was his most important subject and muse.
The book 'Sentmental Journey 1971-2017' explores ARAKI's relationship with the woman he most treasured, beginning with his record of their honeymoon, and continuing with numerous photos in which she is the subject, as well as many others from after her passing that give a strong sense of her presence." (publisher's note)
"Veröffentlicht anlässlich einer Ausstellung im Tokyoter Photographic Art Museum, konzentriert sich diese tiefgreifende Sammlung von Fotografien von Nobuyoshi ARAKI auf ein einziges Thema aus seinem riesigen Oeuvre: seine Frau Yoko. - Wie ARAKI selbst gesagt hat: 'Ich wurde Dank Yoko ein Fotograf'.
Von ihrer ersten Begegnung im Jahr 1968 bis zu ihrem vorzeitigen Tod an Eierstock-Kebs im Jahr 1990 war Yoko wichtigstes Thema und Muse zugleich.
Das Buch 'Sentmental Journey 1971-2017' erforscht die Beziehung ARAKI zu der Frau, die er am meisten geschätzt hat, beginnend mit seinen Aufnahmen ihrer Flitterwochen und fortgesetzt in zahlreichen Fotos, in denen sie das Thema ist, sowie viele andere nach ihrem Tod, die ein starkes Gefühl ihrer Anwesenheit vermitteln." (frei übersetzter Verlagstext)


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text: Holder's decision to launch an investigation followed a recommendation by the US justice department to consider re-opening several cases of prisoner abuse alleged to have been carried out by CIA employees or contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I fully realise that my decision to commence this preliminary review will be controversial," Holder said in a statement. "In this case, given all of the information currently available, it is clear to me that this review is the only responsible course of action for me to take." 'Limited scope' But Jayne Huckerby, research director at the Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University, said that Holder had not made the scope of the investigation wide enough. In depth Obama to continue 'renditions' Guantanamo detainee returns home Obama approves interrogation unit Video: Move to close Guantanamo faces hitches Faultlines: Bush's torture legacy Faultlines: Obama's war on terror "The attorney-general has indicated that it will be a preliminary review into whether federal law was violated in respect of specific interrogations of particular detainees overseas," she told Al Jazeera. "On its very terms, [Holder] has limited the scope of the inquiry. Added to the concerns of who will be testifying, what documents will be accessed, it is very concerning that the inquiry will be limited. "That is a particularly stark concern, given the other thing that happened today - the release of the 2004 CIA inspector-general's report into secret detention facilities and the interrogation techniques that were used there." The CIA report, written by the agency's inspector-general five years ago but made public only on Monday, said interrogators used "unauthorised, improvised, inhumane and undocumented" techniques, including threatening detainees with guns and electric drills. The so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques that critics have called torture, went beyond sleep deprivation, withholding food, and waterboarding, where a suspect is made to feel like he is drowning. Interrogators threatened to kill the children of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, and implied that another suspect's mother would be sexually assaulted. Some officers also fired a gun in a room adjacent to where a prisoner was being held to make him believe another suspect had been executed, the report said. Under US law it is illegal to threaten a detainee with imminent death.Legal guidelines Monday's developments could expose CIA employees and contractors to prosecution for their treatment of suspects. Obama has said that those who interrogated suspects based on legal guidelines written by the administration of his predecessor George Bush should not face legal action. But Bill Burton, the deputy White House spokesman, acknowledged that Holder has the final say. "The president has said repeatedly, he thinks that we should be looking forward, not backward," he said. "But, ultimately, the decisions on who is investigated and who is prosecuted are up to the attorney-general." Alexander Abdo, from the American Civil Liberties Union's national security project which went to court to get the CIA report made public, told Al Jazeera that his organisation hopes "that agents hesitate in the future before they resort to techniques that amount to torture". "We think that is a form of hesitation that is beneficial. It is good for the reputation of the United States, it is good for our PR in parts of the world that might want to do us harm and it is also good in terms of the effectiveness of the interrogation technique. "The [US] president made clear in May that he believes that the most effective techniques are not the coercive techniques of the CIA but the rapport-building techniques used by the FBI and other techniques used in the army field manual," he said. Renditions to continue The apparent attempt to break with the policies of the Bush administration, however, has not extended to the area of so-called extraordinary renditions. Critics say methods such as waterboarding amount to torture [GALLO/GETTY] Obama administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, admitted on Monday that they would continue the practice of sending terrorism suspects abroad to be detained and interrogated. They said the state department would be given a larger role in assuring that suspects sent overseas would not be tortured. But human rights groups condemned the decision, saying diplomatic assurances were no protection against abuse. Also on Monday, Obama approved the formation of a White House-supervised unit to interrogate terrorism suspects. Burton said the president had set up the High Value Interrogation Group, which will be housed at the FBI and answer to the National Security Council. It will adhere to interrogation guidelines based on the US army field manual, which forbids techniques such as waterboarding, Burton said, adding that the CIA will no longer handle the questioning of people suspected of planning or carrying out attacks. "The president's view is that intelligence gathering is best left to the intelligence community," he said. SOURCE: Agencies