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In 2018 we will see Mars in retrograde motion in the sign of (mostly) Aquarius, for about two months in July and August. Venus will retrograde in (mostly) Scorpio for about six weeks in early October to mid- November, and Mercury retrogrades three different times for about three weeks each time, this year mostly in fire signs.
The significance of retrograde motion.
Retrograde, or "seemingly" backward motion, is an integral part of any complete planetary cycle. A cycle in this case being defined as the amount of time it takes for a planet to traverse one complete circuit around our Sun. Long story short, retrograde motion of a planet, can only happen, during the period of it's travels around our Sun wherein it also comes closest to us on Planet Earth. Location. Location. Location. As above, so below. Proximity matters. Gravity happens. And so does frequency, or in the case of planets, periodicity. In any planetary cycle, the retrograde period is when that planet has its most powerful effect and influence on our planet.
The other significance of retrograde motion, is that the retrograde planet, will be seen to occupy a section of the sky (read Zodiac), for a much greater length of time than other areas of the sky (read astrological signs). This emphasis in sign can, as in some Mars cycles, last for up to six months in length. Six months…out of a typical twenty-four-month Mars cycle moving through all twelve signs of the Zodiac. This means that there is only about eighteen to twenty months left for Mars to move through the other eleven signs. One sign gets Mars for anywhere from three to six months, the other eleven signs get Mars for maybe six to eight weeks. In effect, the sign wherein a planet stations and retrogrades, during any one year, increases the importance and power of that sign dramatically, for that year. In the case of a Mars cycle, this is a two hundred to four hundred percent increase. For Venus and Mercury, the percentage is a lot less, but you get my point. In the case of planetary systems, retrograde proximity increases the strength of the planets, and signs involved, and pin-points when they will be strongest. The qualities of the signs involved in the retrograde tell us what characteristics and attitudes will be emphasized.
Now in 2018, Mars is retrograde from 9 degrees of Aquarius back into the last few degrees of Capricorn, from June 26th to August 27th. It will move across the area of 28 degrees Capricorn to 9 degrees Aquarius three times. First in forward motion, secondly in retrograde motion, then thirdly in forward, or Direct, motion once again. I call it "scouring" like when you rub a Brillo pad across a pan or sand a piece of wood. Both of which brings out the natural beauty inherent in the object.
Those who are born with the Sun at 28 Cap to 9 Aquarius will most likely feel it the strongest. These are those folks who are born January 16th to January 29th in any year. This will be the best time in 18, almost 19 years, to kick yourself in the ass and get moving with your life. If you've been going down the wrong path, this year is the time to take "corrective" measures. Don't be afraid to ask for help from your work or family, or even governmental or social programs. They can make all the difference in whether you are able to take off in the right direction or just sit there spinning your wheels in frustration.
Others who will be challenged by this years Mars retrograde will be those who are born April 16 to 29, July 16 to 29 and October 16 to 29, of any year. Those that are likely to make the most progress, whether they try or not, are those born the last two weeks of May and September, and those that will make much progress if they do try and put some effort into it are those born the last two weeks of March and November. You June and August babies, especially the last two weeks of each month, you guys and gals may want to get a little professional help in focusing your energies. Time to dig those repressions and stuck areas of your life out of the closet and dust them off. Do you still want to keep 'em?
Important times to look at in any Mars cycle is the three times Mars will traverse the affected area of the Zodiac and the two time during the cycle wherein the Sun, Earth and Mars line up. This time around, one takes place in the middle of the retrograde period on July26th when the Earth moves in between Mars and the Sun and the other is when The Earth moves behind the Sun in relation to Mars, which is not until September of 2019. The former is when the seeds of action are "germinated", the latter when they bear their fruit.
The three "steps" to a retrograde usually play out in at first taking too big a step to begin with or biting off more than you can chew, secondly realizing you took on too much and adjust your plans and efforts, and thirdly you fine tune your efforts for maximum efficiency and effect and kick it into high gear. This year Step one is from May 10th to June 26th, step two is June 27th to Aug 27th, and step three is August 28th to October 9th. Those things that you activate this summer during the Mars retrograde period and kick into gear this September will come to fruition next September. Keep this in mind as you plan.
On the world scene this Mars retrograde will see the reorganization, and in many cases the death, of many social and governmental programs. Businesses may try to ram new contracts and amendments through before you can react, so be ready to take 'em to task quickly if you want to prevail. Keep an eye on the lobbyists, lawyers and palm greasers now. They will be working overtime. Especially when it comes to controlling the pipes of communication and information access. Wouldn't surprise me if President Trump tries to create some sort of WPA type, or Nationalized "Peace" Corp., program. This I could live with. If he goes the route of a peace time draft, I'm gonna get pissed. Keep up with the major moves that take place in cloud based interconnectivity and go for as many sources as possible for your information. Hackers get breathtakingly daring so careful how you connect and what they can access. Volunteerism will be up as well as eco and animal rights activism. Foster kids benefit under this particular retrograde, adoptions will be through the roof. We will see a flurry of new social media platforms. If they make it to September 2019 without overextending themselves, or crashing under negative publicity, they may be around for awhile and worth investing in. I have noticed also that Mars retrogrades bring on a sort of mass hysteria and can really make waves in the stock markets, large gatherings and socio-political group dynamics.
The Venus and Mercury retrogrades for 2018 will be next. Bye for now….

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"As we approach the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, we are in danger of celebrating it by ripping up centuries of commitment to basic rights and principles," says Philippe Sands, Professor of Law at University College London. Professor Sands, along with a number of other leading lawyers, fears the impact of plans to crack down on the use of judicial review in the courts. Some believe the reforms could lead to a head-on clash between the Government and the judges.
Judicial review is used to challenge decisions by the authorities on issues ranging from planning to immigration. It has led to some bruising encounters between politicians and the courts. Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, wants to speed up the process and filter out hopeless cases. It has emerged that he is also thinking of tightening up the rules on who is eligible to bring a case. Many in the legal community believe that the real aim of the reforms is ideological. "They want to free the Government from constraints on decision-making," says Professor Sands. "They want to return to the days of Downton Abbey, when the elite could do as it liked."
It is certainly true that this Government has shown a disturbing tendency to clamp down on anyone who questions its right to do as it wishes, be it the courts or the Civil Service. Yet you can also see why ministers complain about the "growth industry" of judicial review. The numbers have rocketed from 160 applications in 1974 to 12,434 last year, the majority to do with immigration and asylum. Five out of six – and this is the really shocking statistic – failed to get beyond the earliest stages of the legal process. There are horrific stories of solicitors who listen to John Humphrys giving some politician a tongue-lashing on the Today programme and then whack in a review application on the back of it.
So some streamlining must be welcome – but not at the cost of making it harder for the public to hold the state to account. The best solutions may lie closer to home. Lousy laws passed by Parliament without enough scrutiny are one factor helping to fuel demand. Standards of law-making must be improved. The Good Law Initiative, launched earlier this year by Richard Heaton, the First Parliamentary Counsel, was an excellent start on this front but more needs to be done.
Nor is enough being done by either lawyers or politicians to tackle the underlying failings of a ramshackle legal system that takes too long and costs too much. The lawyers must take their share of the blame. While some have moderate charges, the hourly rates of others are eye-watering.
Over the years valiant efforts have been made by the likes of former Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay and former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf to modernise the courts. Yet somehow the radical reform needed to transform the system never quite happens. What is needed is a major review with nothing ruled out – not even a reconsideration of the age-old adversarial system. Perhaps this is one area that would benefit from "contestable" outside policy advice. Until we have the kind of root-and-branch change that is needed, tinkering with one aspect of the law, such as judicial review, will achieve little except to foster suspicion and distrust.
The British never seem able to shake themselves free of the class system – not least in politics, where there are constant references to posh boys and the number of Cabinet ministers et al who have or have not been to Eton. Perhaps it takes a woman to see the upper classes through the other end of the telescope. Following a distinguished diplomatic career, Sir Anthony Parsons (King's School, Canterbury and Balliol College, Oxford) became a foreign affairs adviser to Margaret Thatcher. She once turned to him and remarked: "I'm so glad I'm not a member of your class."
"Which class?" inquired a puzzled Sir Anthony.
"The upper middle class," she replied. "Why?" he asked in even more bemused tones.
"Well," explained the Lady, "you find it so easy to see other people's points of view."
I hear of a serious admission by Sir Gus, now Lord, O'Donnell, former top official at the Treasury and later cabinet secretary, the most senior civil servant in the land. Lord O'Donnell, who left Whitehall two years ago, has just been appointed head of a consultancy firm that is advising Heathrow on its bid for a third runway. Predictably, at least one MP has had a go at him for supposedly "cashing in" on his old government contacts.
Lord O'Donnell himself, who started out as an academic economist, reckons that understanding the way economies work is "crucial" to governments. Or is it? He has just done an interview with Professor Peter Hennessy, which is released today on the Mile End Group website.
Lord Hennessy asks how he managed if the prime minister he worked for wasn't "particularly numerate or economically literate". Lord O'Donnell ums and errs. Lord Hennessy asks if he used "stories" or "slides" to get through to innumerate PMs. More umming, erring and "we never" noises from Lord O'Donnell. Finally he comes clean. "The system works with chancellors and prime ministers who have got varying degrees of economics," he says. "You know, some very expert, some not. The correlation between the degree of their expertise and the success of the economy and the government is quite low, unfortunately."


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The sweetest thing in the world to me, is to see that excited look on a child's face when they receive something after they have given up hope.
A few days ago, my seven year old and I treated ourselves to breakfast at a restaurant that has a store attached. This would be the same store that her dad and I purchased her favorite stuffy, Magic the Unicorn, as a Christmas gift. A stuffy that she sleeps with, eats with, even takes to the restroom when she is bathing. The first thing she says while tucking her in at night is, "where is my Unicorn?" Most of the time it is lying right beside her, but she has grown so accustomed to asking for it, that she now does it out of habit.
While waiting to be seated, my daughter looks over and sees a unicorn identical to hers. There was a tad bit of excitement. And Then……There it was. The Raccoon. The sister to her Unicorn, as she had stated, while lighting up like a beaming strobe light. "Oh mom, I need that, Can I get it?" With her being little and not fully understanding our situation, she always wants every little thing that she sees. I am a housewife, therefore my husband is the sole bread winner, which leaves me having to say "No honey, you do not need that" Or, "Maybe later" more times than not. I could tell by the way she was talking about it, that it completely overwhelmed her to see it. I told her that was something that she needed to expect for a special occasion. Which oddly enough, she accepted, but not without that heart broken expression.
When we finished our meal, I went to stand in the line to pay for the bill. My little one went straight for the toys section. As I was standing there in line, something was telling me to get that Raccoon. My heart was just really pressuring me to grab it up and lay it on the counter. "get it, get it , get it." I kept hearing those words over and over in my head. I rarely go and eat out without my husband being present, and I know if he had of been standing there with me, he would have just gotten the dang stuffy. Without another thought, I grabbed it up, set it on the counter, and asked the cashier if she would place it in a bag, before my daughter could see it. The excitement of keeping it a surprise, had me shoving that bag in my purse before even swiping my card. As we approached the car, I unlocked my door only, so that I would have time to place the bag in the back seat before she could get inside. She never did notice the bag sitting in the seat right next to her. I was having a hard time holding my excitement in, but wanted her to find it herself. After about ten more minutes of driving to our next destination, she finally said, "I have to blow my nose." Which I seen as the perfect opportunity. " Madison, I believe there is a paper bag beside you that you can use to throw away your used tissue." She grabbed it and said, " Nah, I think there is something in it." She opened the bag and looked in. I had already fixed my rear view mirror to where I could see her face. When her head popped back up and our eyes met in that rear view mirror, I could not hold back the tears. This little girl looked up at me with a facial expression that will forever be embedded into my mind. Eye brows raised, and a smile from ear to ear. She was so very happy, and equally thankful. For a few seconds she was in disbelief and I could tell right away that I had done good. She thanked me over and over again, and told me it was awesome, and I was awesome. What mom does not want to hear those words? She said"I just can not believe it mom, You tricked me real good. I love it so much. I can not wait to show daddy."
I know some will not find this story heart touching in the least. And I suppose those are the ones that are able to give their kids every little thing that they want. Part of me wishes that I could be one of those parents that showers their little ones with tons of expensive gifts. But the other part of me, loves being able to see the appreciation my little girl has over a $13 stuffed animal. I would not witness that appreciation and excitement over something so small, if she were spoiled. Now I am not knocking the ones who are able to spoil their children. I am merely stating that the feeling one gets when their child is excited over something simple, is like nothing else. I literally had tears rolling down my face when I met her eyes and she seen that Raccoon. I knew it was going to be an exciting moment for her, because out of all of her Christmas gifts that she received last year, her Unicorn was her favorite. It is The Little Things, that make this life so great.
# I would just like to say "Thank You" to my husband for his efforts. He works every single day, and sometimes long hours, so that he may not only provide our needs, but some of our wants as well. This moment that I am able to share, was completely because of him. I was able to be home with my sick daughter, without stressing about a job, and was able to take her out for breakfast, AND get her a treat.. It was a heart warming day for me, and my hard working partner deserves all of the credit. I love you.


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But I won't talk to a man for hours/days before meeting him. Why? Cause I've found it consistently raises false expectations of who he is, and how we might click.
When I talk to a man on Instant Messenger, I begin 'filling him in' – that is, I construct a mental and emotional sketch of who I hope him to be. The more we chat, the more elaborate that sketch becomes.
Same when I hear his voice on the phone. Though it's a more personal medium, the phone makes my 'fill in' process go wild. I imagine him talking to me in person; how he carries himself, how he looks at me, the energy he has about him.
The flesh and blood meeting is then set up for a reality jolt. That mesmerizing deep voice, those beautifully constructed sentences, came from someone I have no chemistry with in person.
When I initially meet a man in person, I can usually decide within the first five to ten minutes if I'm interested. So why waste excessive valuable time chatting beforehand? Sure, he might make a great 'friend' – but as a single, working mom of three, I have trouble making time for my best friends. I'm simply not willing to sacrifice this precious resource for every online date.


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Nahant, Surfed, Acid 94, Others.
I'm back to vacation mode! No wind today but I wasn't completely despondent. I kept reminding myself that the forecast is calling for 5 days in a row of wind later this week.
I got out surfing at Nahant on glassy set waves. Mostly the waves were small but I got an adrenaline rush on each ride and the biggest ones were still a little intimidating to drop into. I'm a surfing wimp.
This makes 5 days in a row of windsurfing and or kiting! Who would have thought that Boston in the Summer could be a destination vacation hot spot for wind-water sports? All it takes is a lot of luck. And today there wasn't even any torrential rain.
I located and brought back a lost board that was floating around for a fellow kitehead. I got the idea that I could do this from an article in International Kitesurf Magazine (ikitesurfmag.com) about how to carry a board while kiting. It made me feel good, like maybe I'm not a rank beginner anymore. Maybe I'm a seasoned beginner.
Dog Beach, Kitesurfed, WSW 16-25, 12 M kite/ 132 Ply Board, then 13-20, 15M Flysufer Kite/152 Ply Board, with Andre, Colleen, Paul, Tom, Others.
Rain- An inch an hour. I couldn't see much thru my glasses but it was O.K.
Mostly little forgiving waves but lots of fun! I windsurfed briefly then kitesurfed to get more power out of less wind. Even with the kite I had to to do a long slow downwinder to stay above the water. I walked back the whole length of the beach but I didn't care. I had a big smile on my face. Playing in the waves with kite gear is such a kick!
Revere Beach, Windsurfed (5.7/Acid 94) & Kitesurfed (12M kite/Surf 148), NNE 4-19, with Larry.
I got punched on my first run, broke a boom and blew out a panel in my sail. Why does this stuff always happen on the first run?
Picture- Scott, not breaking anything.
I got a chance to ride the Mad Cow with the new straps and fins today. It works! It definitely extended my lower range by a few MPH and got me planing on my 12M kite when I normaly would have been taking a nap on the beach.
Revere- was gusty when the wind shifted to E and picked up. It was a really good session though. Low tide made it very forgiving and gave me the confidence to use the surfboard for awhile. I got some toeside rides but it was tiring so I switched over to the Surf 148 at the end.
Revere Beach, Kitesurfed, ESE 10-14, ENE 10-16, E 12-24, 12 M kite with Mad Cow/ Caution Surfboard/ Slingshot Surf 148, Frank, Skipper, Paul, Peter, Flysurfer Fred, others.
You know the wind isn't happening when it's hard to keep a 26 meter kite in the air!
Staycation- This first day of my 2 week stay-at-home vacation didn't win any trophies for wind. After the non-session, I gave Flo a ride home to Watertown then did a little SUP on the Charles River for a consolation prize. No worries! The next 3 days are supposed to be windy. Believe it or not...
Revere Beach, Skunked. SUP on Charles River.
I feel like I'm cheating when I take advantage of a sweet Summertime thermal. It's sunny, warm, a beautiful Summer day. The beach is full of sun worshipers, the bathrooms are open, the outdoor shower isn't ice cold, there isn't a storm cloud in sight... And it's windy! Living is easy.
Revere Beach, Kitesurfed, ESE, SE, 12-18, Flysurfer 15/ Surf 138, with Florian, Skipper, Paul, others.
I sailed for 4 hours straight without being overpowered or underpowered once! Did I dream it or did it really happen? I'm not sure.
I was in the zone, only took one 5 minute break to drink some juice pouches that I had stashed in my harness. I didn't stop until the wind got sleepy, just before sunset.
W Dennis Notes- In S wind you can really cruise the coast so I went all over searching for the best chop hopping- upwind and downwind of the rock island, towards Kalmus as far as the breakwater by Lewis Pond, South Village and the point beyond, in front of the Lighthouse Inn. The waves weren't really happening so I took what I could find for ramps. I was very tempted to just keep sailing towards the horizon, either to Kalmus or Chatham but I didn't have a ride back lined up and, luckily, reason prevailed.
West Dennis, Windsurfed, S, SSW, 18-23, Low Tide, 5.7/ Acid94, with Gary, Sam (kite), Andre(kite), others.
|I got out windsurfing in Boston Harbor for 2 hours after work tonight, 7 to 9. Sunset was at 8:00. It was beautiful sailing with the lights of the city shining off of the water! The white hulls of moored boats, bobbing in the black water, helped me stay orientated when it was getting too dark to see much else. Great session!
Boston Harbor, Windsurfed, 10-30, SSW, SW, 6.2/ Acid94, with Peter, Dave.


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Surviving 2011
A porcelain tribute to breast cancer fighters and the choices they face.
In the growing awareness of Breast Cancer, a disease which appears to be the inevitable side-effect of womanhood (though males can also develop it, but a lot less frequently), this doll was my attempt at working through my own personal fear of it, and facing up to the possibility that one day I could be amongst hundreds of thousands of women who develop it. I can only hope to be brave, like so many other women.


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However, the Supreme Court sent the case back to an appeals court for reconsideration under an open government law.
By a 7-2 margin, the justices found the lower court's reasoning flawed. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, while liberal Justices David Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsberg dissented.
Judicial Watch, a government watchdog group, and the Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy group, sued the government seeking the release of the papers under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 1980 law requires any advisory group that includes members that aren't government employees to make public records of its meetings.
The groups said energy industry lobbyists and corporate executives participated in the meetings as "de facto" members of the Cheney-led Energy Policy Development Group, which met over a period of months in 2001. The groups said the public should know about industry influence in the administration's energy policy.
The White House defended the secrecy of the meetings, arguing that the president must be able to keep deliberations confidential in order to ensure the best, "unvarnished" advice possible, and that the president's ability to confer with advisers can't be infringed upon by the Judiciary or Congress because of powers granted him in the Constitution.
The case bogged down in arguments over "discovery," the preliminary phase of a trial when both sides are allowed to gather evidence. The plaintiffs said they needed task force documents to bolster their claim that non-governmental advisers were actually members of the energy task force.
The White House argued that an order to release the documents to the plaintiffs' attorneys during the discovery phase would in effect hand the plaintiffs a victory before the trial began because the heart of the case centered on disclosure of the same documents.
In 2002, the federal district judge hearing the case ruled the groups who brought the suit should get some access to task force documents for the discovery phase of the trial. The judge said the White House could invoke executive privilege, a legal defense reserved for the president in disclosure cases, if it wished to keep sensitive documents secret.
Government lawyers appealed, saying mounting an executive privilege defense for every possible meeting of advisers would be too costly and time consuming.
The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court's ruling, adding the it lacked jurisdiction in the case because the White House could invoke executive privilege.
On Thursday, however, the Supreme Court set aside the appeals court's ruling and instructed it to move ahead and consider whether FACA actually applies to the case, without requiring the preliminary disclosure of documents.
"President's communications and activities encompass a vastly wider range of sensitive material than would be true of any ordinary individual," wrote Kennedy for the majority. "While the president is not above the law, the Judiciary must afford presidential confidentiality the greatest possible protection, recognizing the paramount necessity of protecting the executive branch from vexatious litigation that might distract it from the energetic performance of its constitutional duties."
President Bush's spokesman responded to the ruling by reiterating the importance of confidentiality in White House deliberations.
"We believe that the president should be able to receive candid and unvarnished advice from his staff and advisers," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. "It's an important principle. And we'll be looking at this decision."
The head of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton, expressed hope that the documents will eventually be released.
"Ultimately, we can't believe courts will endorse the Bush administration's assertion of unchecked executive secrecy and power," Fitton said.
In a statement on its Web site, the Sierra Club accused the Supreme Court of "ducking" the issue and said the energy task force case "has highlighted the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy while asserting the public's right to know how the policies that govern it are created."
The groups who brought the suit had asked that Justice Antonin Scalia recuse himself from the case because he had gone on a duck hunting trip with the vice president. Scalia refused, saying that his association with Cheney did not affect his ability to render an impartial judgement.
Scalia joined Justice Clarence Thomas in writing a concurring opinion that agreed with the majority on the discovery issue but went on to say that the district court should have ruled in favor of the government on the merits of the case.


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These were taken as I walked from the Floral Pavilion to the Royal Hotel for something to eat after the final rehearsal/sound check of the Django Suite concert just before the performance. New Brighton has that LA film noire feel at night. It was so unbelievably cold, I didn't have my 24 TSE with me so these were done with 24-70/2.8, the tripod was in the boot of course (with my nice warm hat snuggled up to it). If there was a prize on offer for being consistently unnecessarily uncomfortable it would have name on it. These were taken hand held of course at ridiculous film speeds. Must go back with the right gear sometime, anyway, when I left the hotel it was warmer somehow and a heavy fog had fallen, big ships on the Mersey were sounding their horns in the murk (or perhaps it was Barnesy's bari) which added to the ominous movie set feel.


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Recently, I returned from a holiday in Wales, mostly spent taking photos of Red Kites and braving the great outdoors wearing inadequate clothes (well, I thought August was supposed to be hot!!). I was very pleased that I managed to finish the LSO piece before I left, as I've discovered on previous occasions that composition and holidays with my husband don't mix particularly well! I'm now embarking on the next piece – which I'm writing as part of the VOX course at the Royal Opera House – but the LSO piece is still very much in the back of my mind.
One really useful aspect of the scheme is that we are able to send draft instrumental parts to individual players of the LSO, in order to get advice on writing for those instruments we feel less confident with. In my case this is definitely the harp – as an ex viola player I can just about cope with four strings, but any more than that flummoxes me somewhat! I have also taken the opportunity to send my percussion part over and I hope this will produce some useful feedback. Then, after submitting my draft score, I can wait for some final feedback from James MacMillan before looking forward to the workshop in January.
Writing for the LSO has been a great challenge, slightly nerve-racking, but overall a tremendously exciting experience. Getting to know the orchestra has been wonderful too. I first remember hearing the LSO when I was about 12 years old – I was rather obsessed by Yuri Bashmet from around this time and I remember dragging my long suffering father along to several Bashmet/LSO concerts. My ambition at that time was not to be a soloist like Bashmet, but to play in an orchestra – and hearing the LSO left an indelible impression. A couple of years later, I was lucky enough to undertake my school work experience with the LSO. I spent a week helping (or possibly hindering!) the admin department, backstage – and sitting in on Vengerov and Rostropovich recording the Shostakovich 1st violin concerto which was an unforgettable experience.
By several twists of fate I haven't ended up playing for the LSO, but have ended up writing for them instead! As this will be my final blog post here I'd like to thank everyone involved with the scheme and encourage all composers out there to apply as it really is a great experience. I hope to see you all at the workshop in January.


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From Seattle to Saginaw and Savannah, progressives and moderates saw the dawning of a better nation, with "change" as the defining political theme. And as the nation prepared for a new presidency, Democrats everywhere shared visions of turning their ideals and their energy from the 2008 election into a new reality.
Nowhere did that hopeful feeling exist with more clarity than here in Colorado. With Gov. Bill Ritter looking invincible, two Democratic senators in Washington along with five Dems in the House, all supported by a fervent grassroots organization inspired by the country's first African-American president, the state and local political landscape in January 2009 looked full of promise.
A year later, that landscape has turned rugged.
The strident debate over health care reform, the suffering economy, the lingering animosity created by government bailouts and stimulus money that never seem to help everyday working Americans — all of those and more have combined to erode the hope and happiness.
Obama's inauguration a year ago this week was a historic triumph, but the year since has seeped with anxiety, upheaval and political ugliness. To the cynical eye, the change Obama promised has benefited mostly banks and health insurers, all while jobs are disappearing and soldiers are dying in two wars.
The frustration and despair have trickled down, with Republicans attacking at every chance and Democrats failing to respond effectively. Last week, Colorado's Democrats were stunned when Ritter announced he wouldn't seek a second term. The uncertainty that followed, even after word came Tuesday that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper would step into the governor's race, amplified the feeling that the state's Dems didn't have anyone truly in command.
And it showed just how much had changed, and how far they had strayed, in just one year.
Anybody home?
Tom Hart joined the Obama bandwagon a few months before election day. He believed that people could vote their way to something different, that the political system could really change.
The 64-year-old Colorado Springs resident became a "grunt laborer" for the campaign, attending house parties to make phone calls and serving as a poll-watcher on election day to make sure everyone got a chance to vote.
When Obama won, Hart envisioned a culture of involvement and a new era of post-partisanship. He took a break from politics to enjoy the view — and to his horror, many of the big ideas started shrinking. The goal of a new kind of politics disappeared as Republicans resisted Obama's overtures toward bipartisanship and Democrats reacted with anger. Then came hesitation in pulling troops out of Iraq and closing Guantanamo Bay, and the party's inability to effectively respond to GOP health-care claims about death panels and excessive taxes.
"I see this stuff, and there's absolutely no response," Hart says. "I thought of going down to the Democratic Party headquarters and asking, 'What in the hell are you people doing?'"
A year ago, when Jason DeGroot was picked as El Paso County's Democratic Party chair, he had the goal of reshaping and decentralizing the party along the lines of the Obama campaign. Instead of having the party chair try to maintain contact with a couple hundred precinct chairs, that responsibility would be handed off to the leaders in each of the county's 10 state House districts.
DeGroot says those House district leaders, eight of whom are in their first party leadership positions (like DeGroot himself), are still going strong. Which is great — except that for now, it doesn't provide much of a counterpoint to Republicans and libertarians showing up at town hall meetings and on street corners to protest health-care reform. Nor does it do much to engage a critical mass of everyday people, à la the house parties that impressed so many during the 2008 campaign.
Jill McCormick, one of those new leaders who chairs House District 18, emerged from the Obama campaign as a big proponent of house parties to help energize neighbors and possibly transform the party. Though she says they've continued in some places, McCormick admits that the idea has mostly fizzled: "People were kind of tired," she says, adding that no issue stood in for the old intensity of the campaign. "I'm finding there has to be something people are passionate about."
She hopes voters will find reason to get excited about the Democratic Party's 2010 candidates. In the meantime, she'll be focusing on the more mundane tasks of recruiting and retaining chairs in each of the 55 precincts in her district, and helping the party develop procedures to do the same work.
All this infrastructure-building could clearly help the party. But how has the party done holding on to its new voters and volunteers outside of leadership positions?
Not very well, according to Mike Stahl, executive director of the Pikes Peak Education Association. He says he's gotten e-mails updating him on issues, but nothing inviting him to any kind of gathering or event.
During the campaign, Stahl knocked on doors and made phone calls, and drew about a dozen "deeply engaged" Democrats to a debate-watching party at his house. Now, he and a friend joke about developing a bumper sticker that reads, "I voted for hope and change, and all I got was this lousy bumper sticker."
In his part-time job at a north-side bookstore, Hart gets the feeling that many Democrats have simply gone back into the closet. Customers making political allusions there have lately presumed a staunch conservatism, from the woman buying Sarah Palin's book who asked him, "How could anyone not like her?" to the man who openly wished that the Ku Klux Klan would pay a visit to the White House.
Hart has his own thoughts about bumper stickers, explaining how an Obama sticker has twice made him the target of menacing notes, including one that read: "At some point, do the actions of the idiot you voted for force you to remove the bumper sticker, imbecile?"
It's left him yearning for last year's atmosphere of change, which reminded him of the 1960s.
"I sometimes wonder where all the hippies went," he says wistfully. After a pause he continues: "All these people who were talking about positive change — where did they go?"
A sputtering 'machine'
In the past couple weeks, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has talked with plenty of those people. His visit to the Independent offices last Friday was part of a recent barnstorming tour of Colorado, which took him from Durango to Greeley to Pueblo and many points in between.
The health-care debate has clearly taken a toll. When asked whether the way it's evolved has shaken the faith of some people in the Democratic Party, Bennet gives a one-word answer: "Sure."
He elaborates by saying, "On some things, I completely understand their disappointment. Public option — totally understand it. I share their disappointment."
He also voices the frustration of many by lamenting the kind of Democratic "backroom" deal-making that gave Sen. Ben Nelson's home state of Nebraska an extra cut of federal money in exchange for his crucial vote.
"My view of that is that everybody should get it, or no one should get it," he says.
In all, Bennet, appointed by Ritter to his first elected office a year ago when Ken Salazar became secretary of the Interior, sounds astonished at what's transpired in the effort to get health-care reform passed. Beyond Dems' missteps, he ascribes some blame to Republican fear-mongering, and also to the "10-minute news cycle," which puts the focus on salacious claims and controversy. He sounds a general note of frustration talking about the bizarre Senate rules that allow a minority of just 41 senators to block the will of the majority by raising the mere prospect of a filibuster.
"There's no question that the process is absolutely broken," Bennet says.
For people who were unfamiliar with the process until they got caught up in Obama's wave, discovering that can be disillusioning. As DeGroot says, "It's people who were new to politics who had a hard time watching sausage getting made."
It's not just health care, of course, that's let people down from a legislative point of view. There's also the escalation of war in Afghanistan, and the failure to address issues of utmost importance to special-interest groups who helped carry the day, such as gays still waiting for Obama to overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Kyle Saunders, associate professor of political science at Colorado State University, says the Obama machine is "very much reduced from what it was" because of all this.
"Many of those people are not nearly as enthusiastic," he says, "because they haven't gotten the policies they thought they were going to get."
Even some longtime Dems may have fallen victim to a perception created by the 2008 campaign, that somehow, in Bennet's words, "all of this was going to change at once." Judi Ingelido, the county Democratic Party's vice chair, considers that one of the things that may have reduced the energy level in 2009. The other is simple anxiety due to the economic recession. When so many people have to focus on putting food on the table, they're less apt to spend their time organizing demonstrations or even thinking about what's happening in Washington, D.C.
"What I'm seeing is, people are in survival mode," she says.
State in a state
Although the Democratic Party may not be as strained as your average household, it may be similarly affected by the tight financial environment.
"Because of the economy," Saunders says, "resources are only going to go to competitive elections. Because of that lesser motivation and a tougher campaign finance environment, you'll see Democrats competing in fewer elections. Political organization at the local level, where there isn't much of a Democratic base, is going to be less invested."
That's a serious threat in El Paso County. Heading into 2002, all 13 of its representatives at the state Capitol were Republicans. Michael Merrifield broke that stranglehold by eking out a 112-vote victory in House District 18, representing the west side of Colorado Springs. Since then, Merrifield has kept his seat, winning by more healthy margins in a politically divided district. He's also welcomed two other area Dems to the Capitol: John Morse, who made the Senate in 2006 and is now majority leader, and Dennis Apuan, who secured a House seat in November 2008.
This year, Democrats actually have the numbers to expand their influence locally. Merrifield, term-limited out of the House, seeks to be the first Democratic county commissioner in more than three decades. Pete Lee, who received 44 percent of the vote in a fight for state Senate in 2008, is vying for Merrifield's seat. And Tom Mowle, the county's appointed public trustee, is trying to become its clerk and recorder.
But according to Springs-based political consultant Patrick Davis, Ritter's withdrawal could negatively impact all their efforts.
"The Democrats running in El Paso County were betting on a strong top-of-the-ticket candidate," Davis says. "If the Democrats don't pick a self-funded candidate [for governor], their candidate will be poaching donors from legislative races."
And then there's the issue of what it means for the Democrats be without a leader at the state level. Some see Ritter's withdrawal as emblematic of a backslide from the Democrats' dramatic recent gains in the West, and particularly in Colorado. In just seven years, Colorado went from having a Republican-dominated Legislature, a GOP governor and Republicans outnumbering Democrats in Congress to just the opposite.
The state is painted as the keystone to Dems' Western strategy, as was illuminated by Denver being the stage for Obama's acceptance of the Democratic nomination in August 2008 and the signing of his first major piece of legislation, the economic stimulus bill.
"Ritter paved the way for the Democratic National Convention and the stimulus bill — meant to build the party in Western America, not just Colorado," says Davis. "I think there's big symbolism going on."
One person widely seen as having the potential to swoop in and unite Colorado's Dems immediately was Ken Salazar. But Salazar passed on the governor's race, and though he endorsed Hickenlooper (as Obama later did), that had nowhere near the same effect.
Those who know Salazar well don't blame him for staying in the Interior Department, and away from a state that's facing a $1 billion budget shortfall entering 2010.
"He's happy about where he is right now. He's got a lot of responsibility and it's great job for him," says Richard Skorman, who ran Salazar's Colorado Springs office from 2006 to early 2008. "Besides, why would he want to be governor? With the state shaky, he could end up trying to battle a Republican Legislature and deal with a huge fiscal problem."
Keeping hope alive?
In the middle of all last week's uncertainty, the national political polling specialists known as Rasmussen Reports decided that actually, "Democratic prospects improve" in Colorado without Ritter. Numerous others agree.
Ritter alienated labor by killing union-friendly legislation in 2007 and 2009, and that threatened to strip his re-election bid of a key constituency in 2010. Republican candidate Scott McInnis had already jumped out to a fairly substantial lead in the polls when Ritter withdrew.
Daniel Cole, a Colorado Springs political observer and law student at Columbia University, calls Ritter the "weakest" candidate Democrats could have offered and current Senate challenger Andrew Romanoff the strongest, although Cole feels Hickenlooper and anyone else who jumps in may face a late-start handicap.
"In politics, a month can feel like a year," Cole says.
Davis agrees that with Ritter gone, Republicans are "most afraid of Andrew Romanoff."
"He's easy to like," Davis says. "He's very in tune with the way Democrats have been winning elections in Colorado. He's very in touch with the progressive side of the party."
Romanoff, the 43-year-old former speaker of the House, is in a tough spot. Whether he stays in the race against Bennet or shifts his focus to Hickenlooper, he'll be engaging another young, likable Democrat in a potentially damaging primary battle.
The only way he could remain a player and bolster the party would be if Hickenlooper could convince him to join his ticket as lieutenant governor (perhaps with added powers and a promise to step aside and let Romanoff take over in 2014), as one rumor has suggested.
While some believe Hickenlooper is too Denver-centric to compete statewide, plenty of others believe in him. A Rasmussen poll tabbed him the best challenger to McInnis. Skorman says he thinks Hickenlooper would stand a good chance, because he's level-headed, a real "Western Democrat."
Chuck Bader, political director of the Colorado Springs Area Labor Council, says Hickenlooper might be able to get Democrats, particularly labor groups, excited again.
That, or any other kind of excitement, could be a big help in 2010. Bader points out it's a lot easier for people to get excited about a candidate than an abstract issue, as Obama himself proved.
"In 2008, we thought the momentum would last longer than it did," Bader says. "We're going to work hard to light that fire again."
And from Bader's level to Bennet's, Democrats are aware that it is going to be hard work, with so many distractions and disappointments to overcome, and without influential Republican officeholders to rail against.
Heck, even Tom Hart hasn't actually jumped into his car, the one with the Obama bumper sticker, and taken that trip to Democratic headquarters to ask what's happening or how he could help.
"Yeah, I've gotten frustrated," the 64-year-old says sheepishly, "but I haven't done anything."
Staff members contributing to this story include Anthony Lane, J. Adrian Stanley, Pam Zubeck, Kirk Woundy and Ralph Routon.
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I just sent off the revised version of an article to an anthology on digital gaming and social life (yay me, I am done!). The process of writing this article was rather frustrating. It has nothing to do with the editors, who have been paragons of patience, but with a little disagreement between the email used by one of the editors and the school spam filter. I don't know what is worse: spam that drowns your important email or spamfilters that just remove them. I did ask the IT department to add the address to the safe ones, but by the next update to the list of contributors, the department had changed spam filters (they have been working really, really hard to find a good solution, and I think they have by now - touch wood!) and off the email went into the big bin.
I tried to supply the editors with a different email address with no such thing, but this only worked for communication directly to me, the email address on the mailing list was never updated. So the last year has been like this: I submit something, hear nothing and assume it's not interesting - they send me an email asking where my contribution is. I send the contribution and hear nothing - they send me an email and ask why I have not submitted my peer review. I get a second copy of that and start working on the peer review - and start to think: hmmm, should I have had a response from somebody else? and ask for it - and there it arrives, in the non-filtered mailbox. Only at this point, somewhat amputated, which I don't discover until it's really late, because before I start working on my own stuff, I have to do the peer review, and, well, there are ten million things I should have done this spring, including taking at least a month sick leave.
Anyway: I have done my best with the time and energy I have available. I can't do more than that. The perfectionist lurking at the back of my brain wants to keep this article around for another 14 days and rewrite it. But no, I can't, there are other tasks lined up which refuse to wait any longer.
So here I am. I should have left for the summer house 90 minutes ago, stopping on the way to shop and cook for my mother. She will just have to eat a late dinner tonight, I hope to make it to the summer house in time to make my daughter an evening meal after her day as a farm labourer, and I am feeling sick with guilt for the neglected family.
And that's basically it: Guilt, lack of time, despair. I just have to learn to use the word "no" without feeling like I have just killed a baby or spit on a coloured person.
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It really depends on the culture and your combined personalities.
I honestly find it is a nice gesture for a guy to pay when you are on a first date.
If you are uncomfortable with him paying always because it makes you feel indebted to him, simply take over the bill next time you are out.
Some guys really want to always pay.
Some others can't stand the idea of a woman expecting that from him.
Honestly, all options are fine.
There isn't a given rule that works for everyone.
The best way to test this is to grab your purse next time the bill comes.
Don't simply site back and expect him to pay.
If he REALLY insists, give him the pleasure of inviting you.
If you don't like seeing him as a "provider" take over the next bill and be firm.
This will let him know that as far as paying for nights out, you want to be on an equal level.
In the modern world we live in, by experience, I find that this last option possibly works best in 80% of the cases.


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Generally, we insist on being the masters of our meals, not the other way around.
But with Master Stock, an offering from the just-launched line Agrodolce for Fast Foodies, we're learning to take orders.
The line is the brainchild of Prue Barrett, an Australia native and private chef who turned to prepared foods because she wanted to inspire more people to cook on their own.
Her Master Stock ($9) is a blend of soy sauce, Shao Xing wine, yellow rock sugar, ginger and a medley of fragrant spices, which is boiled down into a cloudy and potent elixir. The stock does its best work in the presence of protein. Bring it to the boil, add your choice of meat (chicken and lamb both work well) and cook the meat to your desired doneness.
Rather than tossing the stock when the cooking is complete, Barrett recommends straining and freezing the stock for future use. "In Chinese kitchens, they use these stocks for years," she told us. She compares her stock to a sourdough starter that you can "feed" over time, adding more soy sauce or ginger to the base material.
Just confine your reuse to one protein type: "No mixing chicken stock with beef stock," instructs Barrett.
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The new rock-and-roll musical is called On the Eve. Actor Michael Federico wrote it with his friends Seth and Shawn Magill, the husband-and-wife team who head up East Dallas band Home by Hovercraft. It's about Marie Antoinette, sort of, and you can see its debut, in a pay-what-you-can staged reading, this Friday and Saturday at Nouveau 47 Theatre at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park.
Michael and Seth went to SMU together and have been friends forever. They've been trying to write something together for years and finally ended up in the same city (the Magills were in Austin, then New York before moving back here). Says Michael: "We came up with the story of the show together, and then I wrote the book and they wrote the music. The music and the plot aren't typical Broadway musical material, but hopefully that will appeal to some people."
The performances will have actors holding scripts and doing minimal blocking. But Michael says the musicians will be playing full out and the actors will be singing live.
Here's how the creators describe On the Eve: "This is the almost entirely true story of Marie Antoinette and the first time-traveling hot air balloon. With Revolution on the horizon and a husband who is generally lacking, Antoinette turns to a space-busting aeronaut, a crazed scientist and a beautiful muse to set things right in her kingdom. However, as the tool to truly dominate her people comes within her grasp, Antoinette starts a revolution of her own, realizing she's become little more than history's plaything. Changing the story midstream, Antoinette sends her new acquaintances through space and time to fight, sing and Irish dance on her behalf."
The cast for this debut includes some royally good Dallas actors: Gregory Lush, Martha Harms, Jenny Ledel, Brian Witkowicz, Maryam Baig Lush, Seth Magill, Tara Magill, Joel McDonald, Aspen Taylor, Sarah Duc and Andrew Bloch.
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Pay-what-you-can performances of the show, sponsored by Nouveau 47 Theatre, are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18-19, at the Margo Jones Theater in the Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park.


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UCF strives to be an environment that encourages free expression; from the Free Speech Lawns around campus to Pride Commons, the university maintains the concept that an open exchange of ideas is the key to intelligent discussion and understanding. While this dedication has its benefits, it does lead to the occasional gathering of evangelists on campus who remind all passersby of God's hatred. These assemblies have prompted a variety of responses from the student body, including outrage, fear, and laughter.
Wednesday afternoon, the Stallion sat down and interviewed evangelist John Carmichael to better understand what makes these preachers protest. Our reporting team managed to track him down in the MSB men's bathroom and get a few clear answers, despite Carmichael keeping his megaphone on for the duration of the discussion.
What led you to preach the word of a God on campus?
Well, first of all, there is only ONE God, so jot that down. He spoke to me when I was thirteen years old during summer camp. A bunch of us were in our cabin fooling around and then there was this loud, thundering boom. It turns out it was just one of the counselors prematurely lighting the fireworks, but the divine message was clear; I knew it was my destiny to scare the devil out of gay people with loud noises.
What do you hope to accomplish with your protests on campus?
Some people seem to think that our only goal is to incite enough anger that students assault us, and sue for damages in return, but honestly, I just really want these kids to stop what they're doing, look into their hearts, and realize that they're going to Hell for being vegan.
Are there any misconceptions about evangelists you want to clear up?
When students look at me, they think I'm like Joel Osteen, buying huge, expensive houses and denying shelter to hurricane victims. I want to make it perfectly clear that we're not all like that – I've seen his sermons and there are not nearly enough photoshopped pictures of aborted fetuses. And from what I've heard, he doesn't even use a megaphone. Amatuer.
Why do you think students ignore you?
I honestly believe that the Devil himself has gotten into these students' ears and is preventing the mighty word of God from seeping into their minds. My job is to successfully extract the Devil's dam blocking Salvation from them. If that means spraying Holy Water on them as they run to class trying to get a scantron before an exam, so be it.
What was your inspiration for using the megaphone?
There was a time when I was fine with yelling at strangers with just my voice. That all changed when I held my protest on the same day as Spirit Splash; the name made it sound like a group baptism (come to find out it's a heretical demon stew). All that noise and commotion made me realize I had to up my game if I wanted to get to these overstimulated millennials. It's nice to finally be heard – now they can't even ignore me with their headphones on.
Have you considered other ways of making your voice heard around campus?
I have thought about rebranding myself a little bit to make my hateful views more palatable. Apparently, if you're a white nationalist, some universities will offer you a whole auditorium, give you weeks of media attention, and declare a state of emergency in your name.


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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberaman are considering sanctions against the Palestinian Authority should it go forward with plans to seek "non-member state" status with the United Nations, Eli Bardenstein reports.
The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister are promoting sanctions to punish Palestinians should they seek UN recognition; yet the defense establishment is opposed: "It's better to keep the close cooperation with the Authority."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene the nine-minister Defense Forum today [Nov. 6] to discuss the sanctions that will be imposed on the Palestinians should they decide to go through with their plan to unilaterally upgrade their UN status to a "non-member state". However, it seems that the Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office are pitted against the defense establishment, the latter expressing opposition to imposing sanctions on the Palestinian Authority.
In recent weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council have carried out intensive work to review the economic agreements that were previously signed between Israel and the Palestinians. Their recommendations could serve as a punitive measure should the Palestinians go through with their intentions to seek a UN upgrade at the end of November. In closed forums, Foreign Minister Liberman said in the past that he would act to topple the Palestinian Authority if it were to seek such unilateral recognition. Some of the sanctions at hand include freezing the transfer of tax money, reducing the number of work permits and curtailing the commercial activity at the border crossings between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Yet not all professional officials in Israel agree with the policy of sanctions that Netanyahu and Lieberman espouse. Defense establishment officials are reportedly opposed to the idea, arguing that it is better to maintain the close cooperation with the PA than to impose sanctions. The defense establishment contends that recognizing the Palestinian Authority as a "non-member state" is more of a morale-related achievement for the Palestinians than a concrete achievement on the ground.
Meanwhile, the Coordinator of the Government Operations in the Territories, Maj.-Gen. Eitan Dangot, will head an Israeli delegation to Brussels this week that will meet with ambassadors of the European countries to the European Union. He is expected to explain to the ambassadors why they should oppose the unilateral Palestinian move in the UN. The Israeli ambassadors to Europe are also scheduled to convene for an emergency meeting with the goal of staving off the Palestinian initiative. Twenty seven ambassadors will take part in a meeting this weekend in Vienna, whose main objective is to persuade the Europeans to wield pressure on the Palestinians to forego their plan to seek UN recognition. Jerusalem hopes that if this move is not thwarted then at least it will be able to persuade the leading countries in Europe to vote against it or to abstain.
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Baba Yaga's Hut are taking their charms from Corsica Studios all the way up the Northern line to Tufnell Park for their Raw Power weekend on August 29-31. The line-up is pretty meaty, including Acid Mothers Temple, Teeth Of The Sea, Clinic, Terminal Cheesecake, Evil Blizzard, Younghusband, The Oscillation, Mainliner, Richard Pinhas and many more. There's also a Sunday headliner and more acts yet to be announced, all of which we're promised (and don't doubt) are brilliant.
Festival organiser Anthony Chalmers said: "On 2011 there was a one-day Raw Power event and it had some amazing bands down for it and we thought, why not try to do a weekender! Lots of people have been coming down to Baba Yaga's shows so we thought it would be nice to get lots of like-minded acts on one bill."
The event will take place across two stages at The Dome and The Boston Arms. You can buy early bird tickets for the festival and see the current line-up here.
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Insane Robots at GameCity 8
By playniac on December 16, 2013
GameCity 8 turned somewhat zanier this year as we brought our tabletop card game, Insane Robots, to the Open Arcade. First-time gamers and veterans alike were invited to sit at picnic tables and try our prototype combat game, which has been steadily refined since doing the rounds during IndieCade 2013. We ran games for up […]
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Roundup: Cat On Yer Head at IndieCade 2013
By playniac on November 3, 2013
We recently returned from Culver City in California, where Cat On Yer Head was included in IndieCade's Official Selection for 2013. This was Playniac's second year in a row at IndieCade, and we're grateful to them for extending their hospitality to us once more! Cat On Yer Head followed the Red Carpet Awards ceremony at Los […]
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Cat On Yer Head mini-tour
By playniac on June 30, 2013
Cats and mice have been running wild across London during the past two months, as Playniac's mass-participation, non-digital crowd game Cat On Yer Head went on tour across four comedy and games venues in the UK's capital. Cheese was gobbled, mice were teleported, and one game even featured an "elephant on yer head" as a […]
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Rob Speaks at New York Film Academy
By playniac on May 3, 2013
Rob was invited to the New York Film Academy earlier this year, to talk to game design students about the game development process.
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Adobe showcase our "wild, colorful" game
By playniac on April 19, 2013
We're delighted that Adobe chose to feature International Racing Squirrels in their ongoing Adobe Gaming showcase. They also interviewed us about making games for Adobe TV, wrote about our "wild, colorful new title" in a blog post and published a detailed case study, describing the game as "a race management sim packed with substance and irony." […]
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Spring has sprung in International Racing Squirrels
By playniac on March 22, 2013
We're excited to announce the Easter Edition of International Racing Squirrels for iPad. Spring has arrived and the squirrels have been busy brightening up their tree-top training facility with flower garlands and chocolate treats.
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Roundup: Playniac at IndieCade East
By playniac on March 19, 2013
We recently got back from New York, where International Racing Squirrels was selected as a featured game in IndieCade East running from 15-17 Feb at the Museum of the Moving Image. We're very grateful to our hosts and thrilled that so many people came out to try the game! Games blog Albotas wrote about the festival […]
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Game Connection 2013 Selected Projects finalist
By playniac on March 7, 2013
We're pleased to announce that International Racing Squirrels has been selected as a finalist in Selected Projects at Game Connection America 2013, to be held on March 25th-27th at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco.
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Squirrels in Parliament!
By playniac on March 6, 2013
International Racing Squirrels was mentioned recently in a House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into support for the creative industries.
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International Racing Squirrels out now!
By playniac on March 15, 2012
We're very excited to announce that International Racing Squirrels, the game we've been developing with Channel 4 Education, is out now! Play it for free at www.playracingsquirrels.com or on Kongregate. Here's the promo with music by Noise 5000. No we don't know who that is either.
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Controversial Study Claims Tall Men Are Smarter
Men who stand 5 foot 9 or taller are smarter than their shorter peers, according to a controversial new study by two Princeton economics professors.
Personal observation and experience do not necessarily support this finding, of course. For every brilliant Abe Lincoln (6'4"), there's an equally tall fellow who couldn't think his way out of a paper bag. And for every not-so-smart man standing at 5'2", there's a Napoleon strategizing to conquer the world.
Not to mention Bill Gates standing at a modest 5'8".
Nevertheless, the researchers stand by their findings, offering a mountain of statistical data, including two British studies that followed children born in 1958 and 1970 through adulthood, as well as one U.S study on height and occupational choice, to support their claim.
To be fair, the researchers did not set out to equate height with intelligence. Instead, they were testing the conventional assumption that tall men do better not because they have any natural talent but because of cultural biases, sexual stereotypes and psychological adaptations that discriminate against shorter men.
In other words, tall men do not make, say, great leaders. Rather, it's society that selects height as a qualification for male leadership and then confers crowns and titles on tall guys. This hypothesis would explain why other research has shown that tall men have more status, are more likely to be CEOs of major corporations, attract more sexual partners, and are basically more blessed with all the finer things in life.
Not so, says the new study. According to the Princeton profs, tall men make themselves into great leaders. By looking at males from birth through middle age, the researchers said they traced a consistent pattern of "smartness" long before the dudes entered the working world.
"As early as age threebefore schooling has had a chance to play a roleand throughout childhood, taller children perform significantly better on cognitive tests," they wrote in a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. "As adults, taller individuals are more likely to select into higher paying occupations that require...greater intelligence, for which they earn handsome returns."
Of course, when the National Organization of Short-Statured Adults (NOSSA) got word of this biology-is-destiny report, they slammed it as "heightism" at its worst. "If a similar study made similar conclusions about any other minority group, there would be fierce outrage from those groups and sympathy from many who are not in those groups," said Secretary Steven Goldsmith.
NOSSA defines "short stature" for men as under 5'7" and for women as under 5'2". The Princeton profs who authored the study are both women who standyou guessed it!a well-above-average 5 feet 8.
Editor's note: Here's another question we hope is getting asked in the Ivy halls of Princeton, NJ: Is this study really something that Princeton wants its name attached to?