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I told you that I am learning about investing my money in people (giving). One of my Bible studies talked about the joy of giving. There are so many scriptures that say that you will be blessed when you give to others. That's certainly not the reason you give, but it just happens. Since we have been doing Chocolate Tastings and Parties with a Purpose, the Lord is just blessing us. We bought our first piece of furniture and a second car (in the 9 years that we've been married, this is the first time we've had a second car) all in one week!
Yesterday, I learned something else...how to give your time. I am a people person, but when it comes to our work, I'm very task oriented. We had a lot to do yesterday in order to get ready to leave tomorrow. In the midst of all of our errands, Brock (who is ALWAYS a people person) pulls over and helps some ladies change a flat tire. Something amazing happened yesterday. I thought that we were going to have to come back in town today and finish some of our errands because we had so much to do. We got done early! We actually had time to visit with some of our friends at Aux Choux, a dessert place in downtown Franklin. The Lord also blesses you when you give of your time. Time is such a valuable thing here in this country.
Go and read Brock's blog today and find out more about how he ministered to the ladies as he changed the tire, and it only took 6 minutes! www.brockgill.com/blog.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Giving Your Time
I told you that I am learning about investing my money in people (giving). One of my Bible studies talked about the joy of giving. There are so many scriptures that say that you will be blessed when you give to others. That's certainly not the reason you give, but it just happens. Since we have been doing Chocolate Tastings and Parties with a Purpose, the Lord is just blessing us. We bought our first piece of furniture and a second car (in the 9 years that we've been married, this is the first time we've had a second car) all in one week!
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Friday, May 30, 2008
WAY-FM Show
Last night, we did a show for WAY-FM (the local Christian radio station here). It was up in the club room of the Titans stadium. It was fun to go there. I've never been to the stadium much less performed there.
They had some yummy food and then we performed right off the bat. Some of our friends came. Then, Third Day played. It was fun! We saw many people we knew.
After that, we walked from the stadium across the walking bridge in downtown Nashville and went to the Christian tattoo parlor. Many of our friends work there. It was fun to see them "at work." They have a very cool working environment. They all seem to be good friends. They play Christian music, and they don't allow bad language. It's cool!
One of our friends that we met at a camp a few years ago, Amber, is here with us. She came along and helped out some. We bought a new truck to pull our new trailer from Orlando and she happens to live near Orlando. Therefore, she drove it down for us. She flies back today, but we had a great time with her during her short visit.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Anxious and Excited
I'm trying not to be anxious about this summer, but it's difficult not to. We leave Sunday for a month. Then, we come back for just a couple of days and head out again. Therefore, I'm trying to get everything ready before we leave. Once we get there, it's hard to do anything but camp. We are in our own little world at camp. Sometimes, I simply forget that life is going on outside of camp. The main reason that I'm a little anxious is that we don't have Shannon with us this year. That's going to be interesting.
However, I'm so excited! Camps and festivals are so fun. They are different and I enjoy participating in them every year. We get stretched and challenged in a lot of ways because we don't just come in and do one of our shows. We are there for an entire week. Plus, Brock speaks a lot more. I love to hear him speak.
This year, I'm trying to take a few precautions. The good thing about camps is that we stay in one place for a week or longer. The bad thing is that we do so many shows that by the end of camp, we are completely drained spiritually, physically, and emotionally. So, this year, we aren't doing any other projects except shows. Then, when we do have days off (which are precious few) we are going to rest and not work. After all of our camps are finished, we are taking two weeks off. We aren't going on vacation. We are going home. There's lots of stuff that we must catch up on at home after being gone for two months. I hope that this works better this year!
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Pictures from Last Weekend
The Drive-In
The Triathlon
Pancake Pantry
Hanging out at Jacob and Lucas' house
They are all playing Wii except my triathlete. He was tired!
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Action Packed Weekend
What a great weekend! First, Kristin, a.k.a. Crackhead (we only call her that because she's so crazy), came to stay with us on Saturday. Brock grilled and a couple of other friends came over as we ate on the back porch. Then, we met some more friends at a drive-in movie. We made a big bed in the back of our truck with loads of blankets and pillows and such. It might have been too good because Brock and Kristin whom were on either side of me both fell asleep.
Sunday, we went to church. It was a great service! After eating lunch in a restaurant where we could sit outside on the patio, we went to buy a couch. I was so excited! This is the first piece of furniture that we've ever bought except our dining room table which was such a good deal that we had to buy it. The rest of our furniture we either made or was given to us. We found one at such a good price! That only took about 10 minutes to find it and order it and everything. (Brock and I are very decisive.)
Then, we went a friend's house to swim in her pool. It was a beautiful day! When we got too hot, we went over to another friend's house and freshened up a little. Then, we went to eat at Macaroni Grill. Brock needed to eat a lot of carbs.
We got up bright and early yesterday morning in order to go and see Brock do a triathlon. He did it! I'm so proud of him for that. Then, we went to Pancake Pantry (a famous place in Nashville) to eat. Brock was hungry! After that, we went to another friend's house and watched a movie and played wii. Kristin left from there to go back to Atlanta. After an early dinner there, we went back home. I slept 10 1/2 hours last night. What did you do this weekend?
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
My mom always told me that it doesn't matter where you live. You can live on the beach or in the mountains or wherever, but it's not about the place. It's all about the people around you.
This year, I've learned how to invest in others with my money. Brock's always been very giving, but it doesn't come naturally to me. I'm not stingy, I just didn't know how to give to others. I just tithed my 10% to the church every month. That's great, but Brock has taught me that giving over and beyond is when you are truly giving. It's that sacrificial giving that really blesses everyone.
I've learned something thinking about Lucas, Frank, Delaine and Travis, and Nikki. We make money investments for our future which is great. It's responsible to make investments so that in 30 years, your investments will pay off. However, one thing that I'm learning is the investment we need to make in people. It may take years to see the results if ever, but it's worth it! You intentionally make money investments. Well, I want to intentionally invest in people. The value of stocks will go up and down. Banks can fail, but an investment in a person is priceless.
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
I wanted to share the letter that I got the other day with you. It's from Nikki who was in the youth group at a church that we were a part of when we lived in Conroe, TX several years ago:
I'm not sure how much you remember me because it's been almost 9 years since I used to hang out with ya'll when you lived in Conroe, but I found these letters I never mailed, and I just thought I should send them to you. I wrote these letters after our ski trip that we went on to Winter Park with the West Conroe Baptist Church youth group.
Anyway, I'm 24 years old now---I've been married for almost 2 years, and I live in College Station, TX. I'm still following the Lord, and I just wanted to thank you both for being my friend in high school and for setting an example of leadership and godly living. Some of my best memories in high school were spent hanging out with ya'll.
Well, enjoy these two rather belated letters. I hope that you're doing awesome.
She then added the two letters that she wrote to each of us in '99. They are funny. In mine she talks about a guy that she likes and is praying about whether she should date him or not. It's amazing that after 9 years, she found those letters and thought of us. What an encouragement to us!
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Delaine and Baby
At the "baby shower" which was our Party with a Purpose for May, it was so funny when I saw our friend, Lucas (the bmx rider whom I blogged about the other day) and his friend who is a tattoo artist (both single guys) going through the registry trying to choose a good baby gift. The tattoo artist asked what a snugli was and I told him that I'd been advised from one of my friends who is a mother that it is really good. Then, Lucas said, "I bought them the gate. Think about it! What if the baby starts to crawl down the stairs into the basement...Think about it!" Who knew that the same guy who back flips his bike several feet in the air would be so concerned about safety?
While Brock was out in L.A., he stopped by Travis and Delaine's house (the ones that we had the baby shower for). Brock took a few clothes and stuff given to us by one of our friends whose baby has outgrown the clothes. Delaine was blown away by the generosity of everyone. She showed him notes from people who said that they heard about the need on this blog and decided to give. She pointed to something and said that she didn't know whom that was from but she thought that it was a cool gift...it was the gate from Lucas! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed!!!
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
This is a very special family to me and a very special guy. The guy's name is Frank. We first met Frank at Freedom Experience several years ago. He's also a bmx rider. At one of the FX's where he rode, Frank gave his life to the Lord. At another FX, Frank's son (the older kid in the picture...he's grown up so much since then) got saved. Then, we did a Freedom Experience in Memphis, TN. Frank met a wonderful lady named Rachel while we were there. They eventually got married, and Frank moved from Iowa to Tennessee.
They always come to our shows when we are in the Memphis area. Last week was no exception. The only exception is that they brought their two week old baby with them. What a wonderful family and testimony. FX is changing lives in more ways than we can imagine. That baby boy, that life, would not be here if Frank hadn't performed at that FX in Memphis. God has a plan for everyone's life and He had big plans for Frank when Frank became a part of Freedom Experience!
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Lucas is a real person, unlike Betty whom I talked about yesterday. We met Lucas several years ago when he was riding on the bmx team at Freedom Experience. At that time, he was a new Christian and still rather angry. He's a different person today. He's the most gentle person with a big heart. Plus, he strives to please the Lord.
He now lives in Nashville. (He lived with us for a little while.) He manages his own bmx team now. Last week, he performed at several school assemblies with just his team and did great! If you can do a school assembly, you can do any show. School assemblies are tough. I'm so proud of Lucas!!!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Betty is our secretary. We take her everywhere with us. If you call Brock's cell phone, Betty will take a message for you. When we are on the road, Betty gives us directions. Betty is what we call the electonic voice on our cell phones and our GPS. It's so funny when you call Brock's cell phone because his message says something like this: "Betty, show them what to do." Then, immediately, her electronic voice comes on and says to "Leave a message after the beep" or whatever.
Also, we just got a GPS. I don't know how we lived without it before. She tells us how to get everywhere we want to go no matter what state we're in or what old country back road that we're on. I feel like we have an extra person with us when we're driving and have the GPS on, because she will come on often and say stuff like, "Turn onto HWY 150 in 200 feet." Anytime you get off the path like to get gas or something, she'll say, "Recalculating." If you don't correct yourself quick enough, she'll say (I promise she sounds more impatient when she says this), "There's a better route!" She's funny that Betty!
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Party, Party, Party
We've been doing nothing but going to parties since I got here. Mom had a small group party with a mexican fiesta theme at their house Friday night. Saturday, we went to a graduation celebration at Buca Di Pepo. Yesterday, they had Homecoming at the church, so they had a big meal after church. Then, we went to a birthday party. Today, we are going out to celebrate Mother's Day and dad's birthday. I'm going to gain 10 pounds while I'm here!
Yesterday was fun seeing a small community come together. They had a silent auction for the GA's. They were auctioning off gift baskets that you could use for Father's Day or as a graduation present. Well, dad kept bidding on this one that had some homeade blackberry jam in it. Then, I decided to get it for him for Father's Day and be able to contribute in the process. I tried to keep it a secret from him, but I'm not as slick as Brock. I had the last bid when he came over to see what it had risen to. I simply covered my name with my hand. He was debating on bidding $1 higher than me (even though he didn't know it was me). Then, he pushed my hand out of the way to see who had bid that last bid. Oh well! I still got it for him!
Dad is going out to the poor area of this little town every Thursday night and telling them Bible stories since they cannot read (it's called Bible storying which missionaries use in foreign countries a lot). Some of the people from this group have been coming to church and were there yesterday. They were so funny! They asked me all kinds of questions about Nashville and country music singers. They thought that I was a singer because of my hair I think. One lady told me that she liked to sing but she couldn't sing those "Lakewood songs." She could only sing along with the hymns. Lakewood is a big church in Houston, and I guess that she called any chorus that wasn't a hymn a "Lakewood song." She also said that Red Blanchette, the judge here in town, should be president of the U.S.A. They were a hoot! I kept thinking how much Brock would enjoy hanging out with them!
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Books, Books, and More Books
Well, I'm a reader. I'm a slow reader, so it takes me longer than the average person to read a book. However, I spend many hours on a truck or in a plane, so I have a lot of time to read. I figured out that I read about 40 books a year on average. That really adds up when you're buying so many books! I tried the library thing, but it's not convenient at all for me due to location and my lifestyle. I thought about maybe joining a book club, but I don't even know if they do that anymore.
Last night, I found the answer! AMAZON.com. They have all of the books that I want for really cheap. I don't care if they are used. I found some books for 1 penny. Of course, I had to pay $4 for shipping and handling, but $4 isn't bad for a book, especially when it comes right to my doorstep. Anyway, I cut my yearly spending on books in half by using amazon.com.
I go through different phases with authors and genres of books that I like to read. I got some Lori Wick, Karen Kingsbury, Dee Henderson, and Francine Rivers (I had to get one of her old ones because I've read everything that she's written within the last 10 years). For my Bible study time, I got some John MacArthur New Testement study books, some Women of Faith study guides, and a Mark E. Moore book. Recently, while I was studying "Acts," I read Francine Rivers' book "The Scribe." It really brought the scriptures to life. That was a great combination! What authors do you enjoy?
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Travel Day
I began yesterday in Memphis and I ended up in Houston. We drove the three hour drive home yesterday morning. Then, we packed everything up and drove to the airport. Brock went to L.A. for a few days to work on some business stuff. He's also going to ride dirt bikes with some friends out there. I went to TX to hang out with my family.
Since I got back from vacation in January, I've taken on some of Shannon's job of road managing, Parties with a Purpose, Chocolate Tastings, and we've done a brand new show. Plus, we have some business changes that we are making. I feel like it's been mostly work for me for the last few months. I need this break. As I've said before, all work and no play doesn't sit well with me. This is perfect!
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Miracles Show in Memphis
The show last night went really well. We had some people filming it to make a promo dvd about it, so that complicated things. Sometimes, things that make the show better such as little to no lights in the audience, makes the filming worse. It's difficult to do both a good live show and a good taping. I think that we pulled it off last night, though.
We still had some challenges. We were in the gym at the church instead of the auditorium. That was tricky since this show is better in a theater of some sort. Also, our hand held mic that the emcee was using broke right as we started and the first illusion Brock was about to do broke. We had to improvise. I thought that this show was going to be rough with such a bad start. However, the rest of the show went very smoothly.
It ended up being great! I love going to Bellevue in Memphis!
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Dirt Bike Riding
A few days ago, we went dirt bike riding together at some trails near our house. Brock went up some very big hills. It was fun!
Pray for us tonight. We have another Miracles show in Memphis.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Not Your Typical Baby Shower
Last night was wonderful. It was a smaller group, but we still had 17 in attendance. We made our own pizzas and I made a couple of fruit pizzas for dessert. At the beginning of the night, we went on ichat with Travis and Delaine. They are the ones whom we were giving the shower for. It was so special to be able to talk with them. They were almost tearful at some times because they were so appreciative of what we are doing for them. They were really encouraged that strangers on the other side of the country would provide for them. Travis kept saying that this was "all God." I liked being a part of something that is all God.
After we prayed for Travis and his family, we continued making pizzas and people got online to order gifts for the baby. I had four computers set up to order. After that, we all watched movies since Travis is in Hollywood. I had four different movies set up in four different rooms of our house. It was fun!
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Moms and Anniversaries
Speaking of anniversaries, we acknowledged a different anniversary the other day. Tuesday was the second anniversary of my friend, Lindsey's mother's death. She died of cancer two years ago. The night before she died, she called Lindsey to come to the hospital and entertain her, because she was bored. When Lindsey got there, someone happened to be shooting off fireworks outside her window. She had a perfect view of the fireworks and thus had her entertainment. Therefore, on Tuesday, we lit some fireworks in Lindsey's mom's honor. We made a "toast" with our firecrackers to Lindsey's mom's life and the life she created with Lindsey. It was special.
To all of you mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day. You are all very special especially to your children!
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Yesterday was wonderful. We took it easy in the morning. "Walk the Line" was on TV and we watched it as we were leisurely getting ready. Then, we headed over to our new favorite lunch place which happens to be only 5 minutes from our house. We had some fabulous seafood there. Then, we went shopping a little around there at some of the new shops that are popping up near us.
After that, we went and watched "Iron Man." It was better than we thought that it was going to be. I always enjoy super hero movies because they are fairly clean and fun, and the good guy always wins.
Then, we grabbed some sushi and went to Aux Chou. It's a dessert place that we love in downtown Franklin. They don't have fondue there like the Cocoa Tree did. However, last night Brock made special arrangements with the chef and she provided us with some great fondue! It was so good!!! It was so sweet of Brock to set that up for me.
Okay, here's the contest: When we came home, we went through all of the photo albums that we've collected over the last 9 years. We've traveled all over the world and I enjoy taking pictures to archive everything. If you can figure this out, we will give you one of our new dvd's when it comes out next month. How many photo albums do we have?
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
9 Years
Today is our 9 year anniversary. We've been so busy that we haven't really made any plans for today except that we are taking the day off. It's the first day we've had off in probably a month! We worked really hard to be able to take off now. In fact, up until 10pm last night, Brock was working to finish up stuff so that we have the day off.
Since we've been so busy, we are simply going to play it by ear today. We may not want to go anywhere and just stay in all day. We may want to go and play. I don't care what we do just as long as we are together and not working.
I think that it's sorta cool not to have any plans. That way, we don't have any expectations either. When you have high expectations for a certain day, that's when you are most likely going to be disappointed. Certain anniversaries are better than others...it just depends on the time in your lives. All of you that are married out there. What do you do for your anniversary?
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Baby Shower Online
Imagine that you and your family consisting of two little girls and a beautiful wife are living a great life in Alabama surrounded by friends and family. The Lord asks you and your family to uproot and move to L.A. to be an evangelist to Hollywood. Would you do it? What a culture shock! That's what a friend of ours did a few years ago. Travis is influencing the influencers with the gospel in Hollywood.
We felt as if the Lord was telling us to do a party with a purpose for him, so Brock gave him a call. We found out that his wife is going to have another baby...Surprise! They have two beautiful daughters and thought they were done. Well, the Lord had other plans for them, and now they are having a boy. Brock said that we could give them a baby shower as our party with a purpose. Travis told him that this was totally God because they don't have a strong community around them like they did in Alabama...at least not one that gives baby showers.
So, this Sunday evening, on Mother's Day I might add, we are going to have a baby shower for Travis and Delaine at our house. We are going to purchase items from Target and have them shipped to them. If you want to be a part of this, simply go to target.com and click on the baby registry. The mother's name is: Delaine and the father's name is: Travis Crim. The baby will be born in California in July. Make sure that you send it to their address that's already in the registry.
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Monday, May 05, 2008
The Miracles Show
Last night, we performed the show of our life. The Miracles show went so well last night. The crowd was wonderful. Our staff (meaning Brad and Kyle) were excellent. Brock did a great job. This time, the show really clicked. I got to see some friends that I grew up with in Daytona. Several people were saved...what a great night!
I say that this is the show of our lives because I feel like the Lord called Brock to do the Miracles of Jesus TV show. Then, I feel as if He called us to do this show. Who else in the world could do an illusion show about the Miracles of Jesus and discuss some of the things that they found while filming the TV show? Brock's the only one. That's why this show is extra special.
A few times throughout the show, I got emotional. Just thinking about Jesus and His crucifixion and resurrection is enough to move me to tears. Add our show and such an amazing crowd (1,000 in attendance) and I was overcome by emotion. I felt as if this show is our offering to the Lord.
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
We were only a few hours into our trip when smoke began to pour out of our truck yesterday (pickup truck pulling a trailer). We pulled off at the next exit which had absolutely nothing in sight...no buildings or people...just an abandoned car and some woods. We immediately began to call AAA. However, we had such bad phone service. Brock began to walk away to see if he could get service. He could, but then, halfway through his appeal for help, the call would drop.
It did not look good. Brock could get a text out, so he twittered everyone telling them to pray for us broke down on the side of the road. Then, something happened. A AAA tow truck drove up. Now, there hadn't been one car that drove up since we pulled over. Then, the one vehicle that comes happens to be from AAA. Coincidence??? I don't think so. The man was going to pull someone out of the ditch close by. He dispatched AAA telling them our location and such.
About an hour later, someone came to tow us. We could see that we had busted the radiator hose which is an easy fix. No auto repair guys were opened on Saturday near the small town where we broke down. Therefore, the guy towed us to an AutoZone. They didn't have the right hose, but the nice man found a flex hose that he made work. Two hours and $47 after we broke down, we were back on the road. That's not bad considering what it could have been and has been in the past. Pray for our show tonight.
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Trying to Make it to Tuesday
We drive to Maryland this weekend to perform our second Miracles show. That means that we load our rented trailer today. Then, we drive the twelve hour drive tomorrow, set up, do the show, and tear down Sunday, and drive home Monday. Honestly, I'm not ready to do all of that yet. I'm still trying to recoup from FX and filming the dvd. Plus, before that...well, it's been a crazy month.
I'm at that point where I feel like I'm in a daze sometimes. Other times, I feel sick but nothing feels bad. I just feel weak. The main thing is that I don't really want to be around people. Whenever EVERYONE around me is getting on my nerves, I know that it's me.
I'm still doing all the right things, I just don't quite have the right attitude at this moment. I'm not motivated. However, if I can just make it to Tuesday...then, we have some time off. Please pray that I make it until Tuesday.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
DVD Shoot and Anxiety Dreams
The dvd shoot went better than I expected. The weather was perfect. Several people came out to do it. It was really fun! The best part was that I didn't have to be in it at all. Also, someone from our office, Jacob, was heading it up. Therefore, I was just there to assist in any way. The responsibility of it didn't sit on my shoulders. That was great because live show is my thing...filming is not.
The day started out badly for me because I had two anxiety dreams. The first one consisted of me doing a chocolate tasting really quickly. I had to do it in like 5 minutes. I woke up in the early hours of the morning feeling like I had run all night. Then, I went back to sleep and had a very typical dream for me: we were doing a show. For some reason, I couldn't get our props or music or anything together. Every time I'd try to use logic to problem solve, but everything in the dream wasn't logical. It's like I was thinking realistically in an unrealistic world but didn't know it. Also, the audience was just sitting there for 30 minutes doing nothing but waiting on us to get our act together. In real life, I hate dead time...30 seconds won't do much less 30 minutes! I finally woke up frustrated, tired, and humiliated.
This made me tired and a little cranky at the beginning of the day. I need to figure out how to not have these dreams anymore. When we are working hard, I can have them a few times a month. It really throws me off especially on days when I need to have good rest. Any suggestions?
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It has been rumored that Apple will soon be entering the cloud business centered on iTunes. If you are unaware, cloud computing refers sharing personal files and information on an external internet-based server rather than on your personal computer.
The concept makes a lot of sense for those distributing media like Apple because it can better monitor and control the media and it gives consumers a way to eliminate storage-heavy files from their computer. Plus, it gives iTunes a way to compete with streaming music services without having to opt for a subscription-based service, which many think would not work.
According to reports, Google may be preparing to go after the same business as Apple.
Google has showed interest in possibly acquiring Los Angeles-based Catch Media, a company that intends to help make it simple for consumers to enjoy their digital movies, music, and books across numerous different hardware and service platforms, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations. It's unclear whether talks between Google and Catch have gone beyond informal discussions.
If Google did acquire the company, it could help the search giant keep pace with Apple's expected efforts to take iTunes to cloud computing.
Catch doesn't offer or store content. The company wants to be to digital media what Plus, Cirrus, and ATM networks are to the banking industry. Catch has developed a technology that helps hardware companies and service providers register, track, route and clear digital media as it moves across different platforms.
If Catch has its way, consumers will one day access media from different vendors and devices as easily as people withdraw money from any available ATM.
Founded in 2003 by brothers Boaz Ben-Yaacov and Yaacov Ben-Yaacov, Catch is focused on cloud-based music at this early stage in its development, sources said. In order to enable the cross-platform accessing of songs, Catch has licensed music from all four major record labels: Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI Music.
Conceivably, Catch is one way Google could equip Android cellphone owners with a means to access their iTunes music libraries.
It's an interesting concept and it's gaining traction. I'll admit that I would love to house my files somewhere other than on my computer allowing me to access them from anywhere at anytime. Just routing my email through GMail has allowed me to keep track of it from any machine or my iPhone anywhere I can get on the web and it's really convenient.
No doubt Apple wants to be the first to the party and Google is the one company that could block that effort. Google and Apple both know that the first to deliver a new technology in a simple, stylish and/or affordable way is often the one to dominate the marketplace, so I imagine there will be a race to see who gets there first.


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Iranian state television yesterday broadcast the soap operas and covered the news about Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from Wimbledon and Pakistani operations against the Taliban as if they were the most important stories in the world. Meanwhile, arriving over the Internet transom, rough and insistent and bloody, were the tiny electronic dispatches from protesters forced off the streets in Tehran, shaky videos from a city screaming for help. For outsiders tuned in to the blog posts, Facebook updates, Tweets and YouTube videos, the torrent of information was compelling and confusing, emotional and rife with rumors, full of sound and fury signifying ... what we do not yet know.
Shut out by the near totalitarian powers of the Islamic republic, the mainstream media tracked the stream of consciousness produced by new media. Some of the material is powerful, even indelible. Particularly haunting is the 40-second YouTube video that shows a young woman, wearing jeans but otherwise dressed conservatively, suddenly falling to the sidewalk, shot in the heart. Her eyes turn to what must be a cell-phone camera, wide and shocked and dying as we stare at her. Men rush to her side and try to stanch the wound, but blood trickles from her mouth as an older man later described as her father cries and cries. Hours after the video surfaced, people on Twitter said she had not been part of the demonstration at all. Just a bystander. By the end of the day, the Tweets had given her a name: Neda, which means "the voice" or "the call" in Farsi.
But who shot her? A soldier? A member of the notorious Basij, the volunteer militia that supports President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Were they aiming at her? Could this have been an accident or a random act of violence?
As a journalist, I cannot say that what I have read and seen today is the whole story: everything is too piecemeal, too unconfirmable, too one-sided. But experiencing the raw feed of history has been chilling. As we try to carve out the truth from the speculation and relentlessly repeated reports of outrage, the overall impression is one of immense sadness and tragedy, of a country seeking to preserve itself by destroying itself.
Some people sent Tweets saying they had been badly injured; others asked why the tear gas could not be washed out. Messages went back and forth explaining what to do with chemical burns and about which embassies had opened their doors to people seeking refuge. For a while the address of the Australian embassy became a trending, or most popular, topic on Twitter as users sought to help by re-Tweeting the information. Other sites aggregated photos taken by camera phone or small video cams.
As protesters took to the streets despite threats of bloodshed from Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, Mir-Hossein Mousavi the candidate the government says lost the election to Ahmadinejad released statements via his website, saying he was prepared for martyrdom but at the same time calling the groups tormenting his supporters "brothers." It seemed impossibly moderate, almost unreasonable amid all the reports of how his green-garbed backers were suffering via water hoses and acid-like liquid dropped from helicopters. Protesters indicated they were being bludgeoned by Basiji with everything from cudgels and sticks to cable wire. Gunfire broke out. Stones littered the streets. And there were reports of people literally being thrown into fires. Or so said blog posts on sites like TehranBureau.com and tireless Tweeters like Oxfordgirl and Dominiquerdr.
It's unclear how many people showed up to protest. It is also not yet certain where some armed factions of the government stand. Attacks by the Basij seemed to be plentifully and painfully in evidence. But was the army solidly on the government's side or not? What about the Revolutionary Guard? What of the tank someone spotted? What do we do with the government claim that a suicide bomber attacked the sacrosanct mausoleum of the Imam Khomeini? And of the claim that demonstrators were breaking the ultimate Iranian political taboo, shouting "Death to the Supreme Leader"? Reports echoed on both new and old media said several key protest organizers had been arrested. But did the government succeeded in retaking the streets? Or will there be more resistance today, as Mousavi has apparently requested?
In the weekend cacophony of messages and videos, one note lingers. A video posted the night before the crackdown is of a woman reading a poem about Iranians standing up to change their country, afraid but determined to move into the morning, even if it is to face forces that would destroy them. The voice is sad and at one point almost breaks into a sob, and in the backdrop of the Tehran night can be faintly heard protest chants: "Allahu-Akbar, Allahu-Akbar." God is Great, God is Great. A Palestinian friend of mine remarked that those words would once have struck fear into the hearts of Americans. Now they inspire. That is a revolution all by itself.


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Christoph Waltz won and enjoyed the glory of Oscar. But I like the actor and film-maker – Laurent, who, second to Juliette Binoche, became the biggest French export.
In spite of being the die-hard fans of Quentin Tarantino, I couldn't hold back my disappointments to the Inglourious Basterds. Nevertheless, I am glad to admit the gifts of Tarantino to pick and bring actors or actresses. All people know the significance of a movie, which could made a star like Christoph Waltz. It is also true another star – Laurent, who played a bad-tempered Jewish woman Shosanna Dreyfus. The character in movie was pursued by Waltz's creepy SS "Jew hunter". Prior to the movie, she also played many characters in other films, but a breakthrough was made in the movie for her creation. Her father dubbed the voice of Ned Flanders in French broadcasts of The Simpsons on occasion. In her new film The Concert, Laurent played a talented and versatile violinist.
Honestly, some believes it is Mélanie Laurent who kept the film from jumping into pools of washout. For conspicuous qualities and natural actions, she catches attentions of the excellent director Tarantino. She is cool, reserved, smart and a sense of self-possession. Only little or nothing need she do to dominate the screen, and her glamor and grace could seep into each details of the character.
It seems that she make a crossover into the Anglo-Saxon film effortlessly like many film stars, such as Catherine Deneuve or Juliette Binoche or Emmanuelle Béart or Marion Cotillard. Among numerous photos of her films, the photo with a grid beret impress me very much. In addition to the identity of film star, she is also a writer and director. Short film Less and Less once entered the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. The film is a rare and intriguing film, jumping out of circle of stereotypes, telling a clear meaning and eloquent story in an arguably unformed and wilfully opaque manner.
A psychotherapist played by Eric Caravaca tried to piece together some fragmented memory of Lisa played by Delphine Benattard to assist her know more about her life before. In the film Less and Less, Lisa's amnesia was caused by an accidental trauma. The therapist asks whether she could remember something regarding Marion, who was a close friend, and one man named Sacha. With assistance of certain physical pain, a scene of Sacha at a nightclub occurred to her. But what had happened at the nightclub? Why she was injured? Let's look into the jigsaw.
Besides the film Less and Less, she written and directed an erotic film for French television, À Ses Pieds. In her new film, a man is obsessed with a woman seduced him in a bar, and then go with her. The man was nervous when find him in a dream-like hotel while reality and fantasy are messy in the hotel, becoming a humiliated voyeur. The film, co-produced by Canal Plus and Second Sexe, an online magazine, is commissioned on the theme of female sexuality, under the direction of Tonie Marshall and Zoe Cassavetes.


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We have handpicked a selection of hotels for your marathon running event in beautiful Amsterdam. All hotels have been personally visited and checked for quality assurance and will fulfil your required standards. Furthermore we have indicated the distance to the start and finish location, the Olympic Stadium.
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Just let us know which distance you want to run and we guarantee your entry. We will take care of your registration and all your travel needs so you can focus on your run and enjoy your weekend.


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Join our Smart Energy webinar and hear from our experts how Tucson Electric Power is going to benefit from using Wärtsilä technology to build Wilson Sundt Generating Station.
In this webinar we will cover the following topics:
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Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.


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|This article is about a/an creator and manga artist in the Kamen Rider Series.
Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎 Ishinomori Shōtarō?, January 25, 1938–January 28, 1998) was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series. He was twice awarded by the Shogakukan Manga Award, in 1968 for Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae and in 1988 for Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon.
He was born as Shotaro Onodera (小野寺 章太郎 Onodera Shōtarō?) in Tome, Miyagi, and was also known as Shotaro Ishimori (石森 章太郎 Ishimori Shōtarō?) before 1986, when he changed his family name to Ishinomori, only with the inclusion of the ""no" (ノ?) katakana.
Born Shotaro Onotera to Kotaro and Kashiku Onodera as their first son, Shotaro grew up in the town of Ishinomori in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture. His interest in manga started in middle school and started his own group with people called Bokuju Itteki (meaning a drop of ink) after a book by Shiki Masaoka. He would enter several manga-related competitions, even winning a few of them. In his first year of high school, Shotaro submitted a piece to Manga Shonen where it caught the attention of famed mangaka, Osamu Tezuka. Asked to be his assistant, Shotaro accepted, working before and after mid-terms. Working with Tezuka, Shotaro became involved with Toei, participating in the production of Journey to the West. Tezuka also introduced Shotaro to his future wife Toshiko. He also became involved with several other companies, establishing Studio Zero with Shinichi Suzuki and joining the Japan Cartoonists Association (eventually, becoming managing director). Thirty years after publishing 2nd Class Angel, Shotaro changed his family name to Ishimori. Eventually dying from heart failure, Ishinomori was awarded several awards including the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Body of workEdit
Cyborg 009, created in 1964, became the first superpowered hero team created in Japan. That same year, Kazumasa Hirai and Jiro Kuwata created Japan's first cyborg superhero, 8 Man (which predated Kamen Rider by eight years). The success of the tokusatsu superhero TV series Kamen Rider, produced by Toei Company Ltd. in 1971, led to the birth of the "henshin" (transforming) superhero (human-sized superheroes who transform by doing a pose, and use martial arts to fight henchmen and the weekly monster), and resulted in many sequel shows to this day. Ishinomori then created many similar superhero dramas, including Android Kikaider , Henshin Ninja Arashi, Inazuman, Robotto Keiji, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (the first Super Sentai series), Kaiketsu Zubat, Akumaizer 3, Sarutobi Ecchan and countless others. He even created popular children's shows such as Hoshi no Ko Chobin (Chobin, Child of the Stars, 1974, a co-production with Studio Zero which was a major success on Italian television), and Ganbare!! Robocon.
Ishinomori's art is quite reminiscent of that of his mentor, Osamu Tezuka. The true story of his first meeting with Tezuka was illustrated in a short four-page tale drawn up as supplementary material for the 1970s Astro Boy manga reprints. Around 1955, Ishinomori submitted work to a contest seeking new talent in the magazine, Manga Shonen. Tezuka was impressed by his drawings and asked Ishinomori to help him with Astro Boy. In the American release, this story can be seen in Volume 15, along with Ishinomori's earliest work on the "Electro" story arc.
There was also a The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic created for the U.S. Nintendo Power magazine by Shotaro Ishinomori. Loosely based on the game, this telling portrayed Link's parents as Knights of Hyrule, lost to the Dark World. It also included other original characters such as Link's fairy guide and companion, Epheremelda (long before this concept was introduced to the series, unless one counts the Super Mario Bros. Super Show's Legend of Zelda segments); and Roam, a descendant of the Knights of Hyrule who fought in the Imprisoning War. (Roam bears a striking resemblance to 002 from Cyborg 009 who could also fly as a result of changing into his beast form in the Dark World.) The comic ran as a serial in NP starting in January 1992 (Volume 32) and ran in 12 parts. It was later collected in graphic novel form.
Later lifeEdit
At the end of 1997, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a young and up and coming mangaka was contacted by an increasingly ill Shotaro Ishinomori and asked if he would do a continuation (though more along the lines of a remake) of his 100-page, one-shot manga from 1970, Skull Man (the manga that became the basis for Kamen Rider). Ishinomori, who had been one of Shimamoto's boyhood heroes, faxed him copies of the proposed story and plot notes. Shimamoto was astounded that he had been chosen to work on his idol's final, great work.
Shimamoto had already been involved in the revival of one of Ishinomori's other earlier works (including Kamen Rider) but little did he dream that, as only one of many whom Ishinomori had inspired, he would be chosen for the final collaboration and resurrection of Skull Man. It was also recently adapted into an anime in 2007.
Ishinomori died of heart failure on January 28, 1998. His final work was the tokusatsu superhero TV series, Voicelugger, televised months later. A manga museum named in his honor opened in Ishinomaki, Miyagi in 2001.
His work posthumously awarded him the Guinness World Record for most comics published by one author, totaling over 128,000 pages.
S.I.C HERO SAGAEdit
After many years from his death, Shotaro Ishinomori has a role in Kamen Rider W: Playback. In this novel, Shotaro was mistaken for another Shotaro by Philip from the original Kamen Rider W series, and later, transform into Kamen Rider Double. Ishinomori critiques and observes the changes his franchise has undergone since his passing, before finally going back to the afterlife. These unbelievable stories took place in another world for the people who have no bodies.
- Heroes with distinctive scarves (serve almost as miniature capes without the cumbersomeness)
- Showa Kamen Riders: Kamen Rider 1 (red), 2 (red), 3 (yellow), V3 (white), Riderman (yellow), X (black and yellow stripes with a red X), Amazon (white), Stronger (white), Skyrider (red), Super-1 (red), ZX (green)
- Cyborg 009: All 00s except 001 (orange or yellow)
- Henshin Ninja Arashi: Hayate (untransformed) (orange), Arashi (transformed) (purple)
- Kaiketsu Zubat (white)
- Inazuman (yellow) and Inazuman Flash (orange)
- Akumaizer 3: Zabitan (white) and Evil (red)
- Chôjin Bibyun (sequel of Akumaizer 3): Bibyun (brownish beige, normally green)
- Anti-heroes early for their time: Skull Man, some aspects of Hakaida of Kikaida series, Cyborg 0013 of Cyborg 009 series
- Heroes torn between humanity and inhumanity (influenced by Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy [itself a basis of Pinocchio], and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein): Cyborg 009 series, Kamen Rider series, Kikaider series
- Egg/oval shaped eyes: Kamen Rider series, Kikaider series, Robotto Keiji, Henshin Ninja Arashi series, Skull Man, Inazuman series, Evil of Akumaizer 3, Chôjin Bibyun series
- Skull/skeleton: Black Ghost (Cyborg 009), Skull Man, Shocker and Destron style soldiers (Kamen Rider 1/2/V3), Skull Rider
- The few underdog heroes vs. an evil organization that dominates every facet of the world
- The irony of turning those who were intended for evil to fight for justice and define a new life purpose
External linksEdit
- Shotaro Ishinomori at Wikipedia
- Shotaro Ishinomori at the RangerWiki
- Ishimori Production Inc. - Official website (Japanese)
- Ishimori Production Inc. - Official website
- Ishimori Production Inc. - Official website (France)
- Mangattan Museum website (Japanese)
- Shotaro Ishinomori Complete Comic Works (Japanese)
- Shotaro Ishinomori Memorial Museum - Official website (Japanese)
- Entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction


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Balfour Declaration
Today, 99 years ago, on the 2.11.1917, Arthur James Balfour, the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary, signed the Balfour Declaration. This letter showed the United Kingdom's support for "a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine". The declaration was handed to Lord Rothschild, a Zionist and a philanthropist who then gave it to the Zionist Federation.
It was the first time one of the world powers supported the establishment of a Jewish state in a formal written document. The Balfour Declaration is deliberately ambiguous, because Britain did not want to show their complete commitment to the Jewish country Israel. Therefore, Balfour chose expressions such as "view with favour" instead of "support" and "national home" instead of "state" etc. Despite the obvious difficulties with the declaration, there is no question that this document pathed the way for the establishment of Israel.
Did you know? Many streets in Israel are called "2nd November
Next year will be 100 years since the issuing of the Balfour
Declaration, we should be thinking as a youth movement how we want to commemorate it.
For more information and resources on the Balfour Declaration follow the link below: http://www.balfour100.com/


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Rainbow, MGM Ink Cable, VOD Deal
Rainbow Media Holdings Inc. announced a licensing deal with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Wednesday for distribution of more than 450 of the
studio's feature films.
The movies -- including such classics as Annie Hall, Birdcage,
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fargo, Raging Bull, The Silence
of the Lambs, the Rocky series, The Terminator and Thelma
and Louise -- will air on Rainbow-owned AMC, The Independent Film Channel
and WE: Women's Entertainment.
The deal -- which begins in 2004 and continues through 2020 -- also includes
subscription-video-on-demand rights.
"The MGM agreement is of significant scope for Rainbow and unprecedented
breadth for the three networks -- AMC, IFC and WE," recently named Rainbow
president of entertainment services Kathleen Dore said in a prepared


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Half of the phones stolen in London over the summer were iPhones, the capital's cops reported this week.
According to new statistics, phone-related crime, particularly snatching, was up year on year. Between April and September, 28,800 mobes out of 56,680 nicked handsets in London were Apple pocket strokers. That's an average of 314 phone thefts a day or 158 iPhone thefts a day.
Officers also predict a jump in January 2013: 8,078 phones were reported stolen two years ago in December 2010 compared to 9,751 last month. January is usually worse for phone theft than December, added the coppers.
Queuing for an iPhone in London, these young fans are more likely to have their new smartmobes stolen
Cracking a few numbers from phone sales in Q4 2012, we estimate that iPhones make up perhaps 17.5 per cent of handsets in the UK: iPhones had a 28 percent share of smartphone sales in Q3 2012 and 62.3 percent of all phones sold in the UK are smartphones, according to Comscore.
Met Police spinners were unavailable to comment on why iPhones are statistically more likely to be targeted than other brands. It could be something to do with an overlap between the iPhone fanboi demographic and those most likely to get mugged. The Met said:
The most common profile for all [robbery] victims however is a young professional likely to be aged between 20 and 30, out and about in the capital at an entertainment spot or other public places.
Reassuringly expensive iPhones are also very attractive to opportunistic thieves. ®


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Ugandan US based promoter SuudiLukwago, who was the promoter of the Busy Signal concert in Uganda recently has sparked off confusion with proceeds from the event.
Snoops reveal that scribes, media companies and local events organizers who were grumbling that Suudi had diddled them are now scrambling for his cash. It should be recalled immediately after the concert, Suudi flew out ofthe country to accompany Busy Signal back, but left most media gurus who'd publicized his concert grumbling, thinking he had diddled them.
However, we hear he recently returned to the country and he is meeting bosses of media companies plus events' organizers line up at his office daily as they scramble to get paid for services they rendered to the Busy Signal concert.


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Things have been plodding along nicely around the homestead. We've had a few ups and downs of late, the downs being that we are down to 1 duckling out of 11! Damn hawk! No chicks (not sure if I mentioned that they vanished after about day 3) and number 1 rooster killed number 2 rooster (number 1 rooster is now counting the days…). The ducks found that they really really like bean leaves so they have happily stripped all our bean plants of their leaves and flowers, at least they left us the beans *sigh* All those adorable little kiwi fruits I photographed a little while back have all vanished, most likely dropped off due to a sudden heat wave or something so we only have what is now starting to form on the slower second climber. I noticed some of the wild blackberries in surrounding areas have started to flower so I must remember to check our wild bushes around the property, I'd love to get a good blackberry stash this season, yum!
We have been enjoying our glut of beans and are now into zucchinis! They will join all the other bits of preserving we've been doing and become all sort of yummy delectable for future eating when there are no more in the garden. We've made some wonderful mixed berry jams (purchased ingredients I'm afraid), Lemon and Orange cordial (sooo yummy), amazing strawberry sauces (on purpose ones and the accidental jam not setting so now we have sauce), orange marmalade, beatroot chutney and in vinegar (ala slices for your burgers) and lastly some Scottish shortbread.
Loads of new seeds and thus seedlings have been making the circuit through the green house to the garden beds, the main beds are SLOWLY but surely coming along and we've almost kept ahead of the planting. I'm very excited, B and I grew pink Hopi corn (great for grinding I'm told) last year and I just planted a massive quantity of the seed about 3 days ago and they are already starting to sprout, we thought that they might not do anything. So it will be great to have our normal sweet corn picked by the time the pink Hopi starting to mature (no cross contaminating of the DNA so we can save seed). If all goes well in the garden we should have a nice little supply of corn, amaranth and quinoa, all yummy grains that B can eat. It will be interesting to see how much we grow, and thus how much flour we can grind from them.
We've learnt a lot over the last few months since moving here, we now know not to let the poultry raise their own young, that ducks can do just as much (or more) damage in the vegetable patch as chickens, we seriously need to plant more peas, it really is worthwhile planting things in the greenhouse prior to warmer weather outside, our glass house and green house are way too small for our needs, and much more that I'm probably not even aware of right now.
Life for the most part is plodding along very nicely I must say. B's been doing some sewing, Craig has been banging away in the wood shop and I've finally gotten around to buying some fiber dyes. Summer is a lovely time for being busy, watching everything grow and still having hours in the day for a good balance of work and play.


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Deelishis posing with some happy cops. It's link time!!!! These are some links you should check out today!
Jay Z Paternity Test??? Is that his child??? Is that his father???– StyleRazzi
Which star is this making out with his background dancer in public?- SandraRose
Da Brat locked up for Aggravated Assault!!!– Bossip
Ja Rule admits he can't compete!– AHotMess


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MacBreak Weekly 333
Episode 333
Guests: Adam Engst
Topic: We talk about Apple's tumbling stock price, iPhone sales, Tim Cook meets with Chinese government, and more.
Recorded: January 15, 2013
Published: January 15, 2013
Duration: 1:44:24
- 1 MacBreak Weekly 333: Apple Shorts
- 1.1 Hosts
- 1.2 Guests
- 1.3 Topics
- 1.3.1 Apple's share price continues to fall
- 1.3.2 Apple gets technical Emmy
- 1.3.3 Thunderbolt cables are now cheaper, shorter length also available
- 1.3.4 Tim Cook goes to China to meet with China Mobile chairman
- 1.3.5 More low-cost iPhone rumors
- 1.3.6 Apple blocks Java plug-in due to critical vulnerability
- 1.3.7 T-Mobile to start selling iPhone later this year
- 1.3.8 Top podcaster sued by patent troll, casts shadow over podcasting
- 1.3.9 Facebook announces social search
- 1.4 Picks of the Week
- 2 Sponsors
- 3 Production Information
MacBreak Weekly 333: Apple Shorts
We talk about Apple's tumbling stock price, iPhone sales, Tim Cook meets with Chinese government, and more.
- Leo Laporte (@leolaporte/Google+)
- Andy Ihnatko (@ihnatko/Google+)
- Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie/about.me)
- Leo: Apple has reduced orders for iPhone parts according to WSJ, which reports that demand is "weaker-than-expected"... but what was the expectation?
- Rene: WSJ article had a figure in its original article of 65 million expected unit sales for the quarter, which would be way too high for Q2 sales.
- Leo: To me, reduced iPhone part orders is believable... there seems to be a lot more people moving to Android
- Andy: 2012 was the year in which iOS lost its compelling edge against Android
- Leo: Apple needs to release something that leapfrogs the competition... an iPad mini with phone capability. People just want to take around one device.
- Rene: Once Blackberry 10 launches, Apple for the first time will be in the position where it has the oldest mobile phone OS on the market.
Apple gets technical Emmy
Thunderbolt cables are now cheaper, shorter length also available
Tim Cook goes to China to meet with China Mobile chairman
- Adam: Whatever happened to rumors of Apple being its own carrier?
- Leo: It's tough, just look at the trouble Dish Network has had in becoming a mobile carrier
More low-cost iPhone rumors
- Rene: There's a difference between making something cheaper vs. affordable. Apple has been good at driving down prices without sacrificing build quality.
Apple blocks Java plug-in due to critical vulnerability
T-Mobile to start selling iPhone later this year
Top podcaster sued by patent troll, casts shadow over podcasting
- Leo: We'll be simulcasting with Adam Carolla about this on Thursday at 7PST/10EST
- Andy: It won't convince anyone to make Facebook a bigger part of their lives
Picks of the Week
- Andy's pick: Aereo. $1/day, $8/month, or $80/year
- Service lets you rent a small antenna, streams/DVRs your metro area's broadcast channels to pretty much any device
- Originally NYC only, now expanding into 20 new cities
- Rene's picks:
- Hundreds for iOS. $4.99. Echoing Sarah's pick last week, great game
- Tripit. Travel itineraries generated from flight/hotel/rental confirmations
- Adam's pick: Friends+Me.
- Sends Google+ posts to Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn
- Leo's pick: Squarespace Note for iOS. Free
- Simple note app that can send notes to Squarespace, email, Dropbox, Twitter, Facebook or Evernote
- Hover
- Squarespace
- Carbonite
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The Bunker. Berlin 1945.
Hitler is in his war office. The door flies open.
"Fuhrer! The Russians are at the city limits!"
"Tell the toll booths to up the price to ten marks".
"But Fuhrer, they have tanks and artillery!"
"Put the toll booths up to twenty marks!"
"They are invading!"
"Get down the high street and buy up as much toilet paper as you can".
"Fuhrer, what about our soldiers?"
"Let them get there own bludy toilet paper!".
"Sir, may I go now?"
"We haven't got any toilet paper, are you not listening?"
"No Fuhrer, I mean to organise the troops into a defensive line".
"Good idea, I don't want those Russians nicking the toilet paper".
Eva Braun enters the room;
"Darlinks, you look zo hot unt bothered".
"Don't talk to my misses like that! Get out…"
"Sorry my Fuhrer, I forgot myself".
"He's a bit forward Addie".
"How many times have I told you, Eva, not to call me Addie?"
"Oh shut up, no one heard me, what you so grumpy about?"
"Looks like that holiday in the South of France will have to be cancelled"
"They've invaded the hotel".
"The Allied troops?"
"No, bludy cockroaches, I've just had Michele on the blower".
"I always said that place was never cleaned properly".
"If Rommel had got his finger out, we could have gone on safari in Africa".
"I'm going shopping".
"Have you got a tin helmet?"
"No, why?"
"Just asking…"
Eva Braun leaves and Admiral Von Bismark enters;
"My Fuhrer, I have bad news".
"I had a battle ship named after you, didn't I?"
"Yes Fuhrer…Eric".
"No wonder they sunk it, what's up now?"
"We have no naval power".
"We've lost all our ships?"
"No Fuhrer, they've run out of fuel"
"Cant they row?"
"Two hundred ton ships Fuhrer?"
"Cleopatra did it".
"I will try and see what I can do Fuhrer".
Bismarck leaves. The phone rings;
"Hello, Hitler speaking…No mate, But thanks for the offer".
Baron Von Riechthoven enters the room;
"Cheeky sod, Old soppy bollocks from across the water asked me
if I wanted to surrender! Is he having a laugh?"
"Shweine! How dare Churchill insult you like that!"
"Not Churchill, the Mayor of Dorking".
"Fuhrer, I…"
"I know, you've got bad news".
"No Sir, I've got good news!"
"Blimey, what is it?"
"It's a mild colloquial outburst Sir".
"Blimey Sir"
"No, what is the good news?"
"Oh!…We have aircraft on the ground"
"Shouldn't they be in the air?"
"My aircraft, shouldn't they be in the air?"
"Brilliant idea Fuhrer, I will get to it straight away".
"For fucks sake…"
Hitler makes his way to the communications office;
"Sit down soldier, I want you to send a message to Winston Churchill".
"Sir, what is your message?"
"Ignore last telegram".
"That should get him going".
"Anything else my Fuhrer?"
"Don't know a good taxi firm do you?"
"Never mind".
The Fuhrer now goes to his private rooms;
"Lovely, I will have a kip, then a bit of dinner then…"
A flunky crashes through the door;
"Fuhrer! The Russians are in Berlin".
"Up the price of the parking meters".
"But Sir, you must escape".
"With a face like this? Where do you think I could hide?"
"South America Sir".
"Don't like the food".
"Too hot".
"Too boring".
"Mrs Bunions lodging house, Clacton on Sea".
"That will do, get me a plane".
"Yes my Fuhrer!"
Colonel Brinthoffen enters the room;
"My Fuhrer, you must not leave without arming yourself".
"They will try and shoot you!".
"They think you started the war".
"Me! I was all for a commune in Bavaria".
"Here, take my handgun".
"Thank you".
"Sir, don't point it at your head like that".
"I have had one of these, I do know what I am doi…
Mrs Bunions lodging house. 30 years later;
"It was a close thing Mrs B, the gun went off and nearly done for me"…
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Hitler's Last Day: An Everyday Story Of Defeated, Suicidal Folk
The Bunker. Berlin 1945.
Letters To LOMM
Dear League Of Mental Men
With the festive season just 6 months away why not recreate a Christmas winter wonderland for your pet hamster by sprinkling the bottom of it's cage with talcum powder instead of sawdust. For added authenticity build it a small igloo from sugar lumps before blasting it with cold air from a powerful hairdryer.
Dave Disorderly-Conduct
The Facebooker's Guide To Dealing With Outages Or Device Crashes
A 75 year old trawlerman from Lowestoft displaying his latest FB avatar last night.
Avatar Simulation: Enlarge a particularly flattering picture of yourself taken a least two decades ago and walk around the streets with it glued to your face. Singularly unattractive people may prefer to use their favourite celebrity such as George Clooney or Rachel Weiss. You'll be fooling nobody mind you.
Friending: Approach a complete stranger in the street, ask them for directions and then, over the next few weeks, gently probe them for intimate details of their private life before discussing them down the pub.
Unfriending: Approach the same person a few weeks later and kick them up the arse
Liking: Sidle up to somebody who's engaged in a private conversation, nudge them in the ribs and give them a thumbs up sign.
Sharing: Break into somebody's house and steal a painting or photograph from their wall before parading around the streets holding it aloft. Thick people who would rather others didn't realise how utterly cretinous they were could walk the streets wearing a sandwich board bearing a quotation from Plato or similar.
Commenting: Eavesdrop on somebody's private conversation and then chime in by saying "So true!" Advanced Facebookers may wish to then smother the speaker with kisses before referring to them as "babes"," hun", "girlfriend" or "bro"
Private Messaging: Approach somebody you vaguely know in a conspiratorial manner and whisper to them that somebody else you both vaguely know is a cunt. Pig ugly men with small penises and no prospect of getting a girlfriend could also take this opportunity to make an inappropriate remark to a female with their miserable little cock hanging out.
Blocking: Use the electoral roll to find the address of somebody who gets on your nerves and then shoot them in the face on their doorstep.
Deactivating Account: Swallow a few handfuls of Paracetemol and drink a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Clivey "No I have no interest in looking at your fucking dog/cat, hideous children, house, garden, wallpaper or sexual organs so kindly fuck off"
Filed under Satire
Michael Schumacher's Stolen Medical Files Found Blocking Fernando Alonso's Driveway
Alonso pictured last night after getting a lift to the off-licence from a neighbour
Boxes containing the stolen medical records of stricken Formula One legend, Michael Schumacher, have been discovered strewn across the driveway of his erstwhile Spanish rival, Fernando Alonso, in a bizarre reminder of the infamous Monaco Grand Prix incident in 2006 when the German ace, now in an induced coma following a skiing accident last year, deliberately stalled his engine and then 'parked' his Ferrari at the Rascasse bend during qualifying in order to prevent the Spaniard, his closest rival for the championship at the time, from completing his last flying lap and possibly pipping him for pole position on the grid.
Alonso, who discovered the boxes as he tried to get his Ford Fiesta out of the garage to go to his local off-licence, last night told reporters. "Let's just say the irony of this one wasn't totally lost on me"
A spokesman for the sport's governing body, FIA, said last that no decision had yet been made as to any punishment but that they were considering issuing Schumacher with a drive through penalty or even handing him a points deduction.
Filed under Satire
LOMM's TV Choice #12,567
Channel 4. 22.30: Jamie's Money Saving Meals.
A camera crew follow the popular TV chef as he breaks into his next door neighbour's house and steals a steak and kidney pie and a 6 pack of Greek style yoghurt.
"Tony Blair Wanted To Look At My Pants" Newcastle Woman's Shock Claim
"That Mrs Thatcher's not a bad looking woman you know. I wonder if she's wearing any"
In a revealing interview, a former female friend of ex-British prime minister, Tony Blair, claims that he once asked her to show him her pants as they played together on a Newcastle bomb site in 1960 when they were both aged 7.
Mrs Geraldine Terry, now 61, told The Tyne & Wear Gazette. "It was a lovely summer's day and Tony and myself were playing on a piece of wasteground just behind our houses. I wanted to build a den but all Tony wanted to do was play war all the time. Eventually he gave me a hand and we built a small shelter from bits of corrugated iron and some roof joists from one of the bombed out houses. We went inside and just as I was about to put the imaginary kettle on to make us some tea, Tony blurted out that he wanted to see my pants.
"I was a bit reticent at first, but I was scared that if I didn't do as he asked he'd go home early for his tea and leave me on my own. When I lifted my dress up he just stared at my pants for a while and then ran away. I think he might have been crying.
"To be fair he never once asked to look at them again but I did once catch him rifling through my mum's underwear drawer when she was out at work and he'd come round to mine for some jam sandwiches"
Blair's press officer issued a statement last night, categorically denying the claim. "Mr Blair strongly denies this spurious and outrageous claim. He has never asked to see this lady's underwear nor anybody else's for that matter. In all honesty why would he? After all he has an extremely well-stocked knickers drawer of his own"
Blair himself was unavailable for comment last night as he is currently doing two month's voluntary service, working behind the counter at a lingerie boutique in Gateshead.
LOMM's Heavily Edited Classics In Cockney: Great Expectations
"'ere! Have a decko at this one people. You'll absolutely lap it up, trust me"
Pip. Blimey wot a blindin' day! I reckon I'll go for a quick ball of chalk on the old marshes.
Magwitch. Go and half inch me a pork pie from your gaff or I'll give you a slap and hoover up your heart and liver with onion gravy you little cow's son!
Pip. Stroll on! That Estella's a tidy looking sort and no error. I wouldn't half like to give her the good news! Know what I'm saying?
Jaggers. You've 'ad a nice little result Pip my son. Some geezer, who shall remain nameless, is going to give you a monkey every year for the foreseeable so you can dive up to the smoke and become a toff.
Pip. 500 notes a year! Gawd blimey sheriff! What a touch!
Mr Pocket. I'll tell you what Pip me old china plate, this hedonistic lifestyle is as sweet as a nut my son. Fancy another pint and a slap up nosebag down the pie and mash?
Magwitch. It was me what gave you the Bugs Bunny Pip my son. I made a few quid Down Under and thought I'd use the bunce to get you all sorted and that. Mind you Old Bill's after me so I'd better have it on me toes a bit lively or I'll get me collar felt.
Miss Faversham. Has anyone seen my fucking lighter?
Pip. Estella! Blimey gel, I never thought I'd ever clap me minces on you again sweedart!
Estella. Alright geezer? Fancy taking me up west for a bit of a knees up and a few sharpeners in one of them fancy drinkers? I'll let you cop a feel of me threepenny bits in the horse and carriage if you do.
Pip. Sweet as a nut Treacle! I'll go and put some decent shmutter on, only I look a right Berkeley Hunt in this dopey cap and these diabolical baggy strides and no fucking error.
The End
Letters To LOMM
Dear League Of Mental Men
When my wife complained the other day that she couldn't work out how to change her Facebook profile picture I immediately came to her aid and severed her head with a machete and then shrunk it in red hot sand. I then beat it flat with a mallet and glued it into the top left hand corner of her page.
Imagine my annoyance when a few days later I was arrested and charged with murder. Where's the fairness in that then?
Benjamin Pre-Eclampsia
The Amazon
LOMM's TV Choice #875
TCM TV. 21.00 – 15 Minutes
A tear-jerking docu drama which chronicles a man suffering from a rare brain disorder which compels him to lie constantly about his staying power in the sack.
Warning! This programme may contain traces of Simon Cowell
Letters To LOMM
Dear League Of Mental Men
My girlfriend and I split up last night after she told me I was "useless in the trouser department"
How we both laughed when I told her that earlier in the day I had been fired from my job as a junior trouser salesman at Selfridges.
Barney Uterus
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Contact Your City Councilors
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At last, some photos of Nepal from my trip back in the fall of 2011. I wrote throughout the journey on my blog, The Campsite, and you can view all of those blogs here. I am also currently working on a feature story about the impacts of mountaineering and tourism on the local culture in Khumbu, so stayed tuned for news on that publication.
Click on the first thumbnail to enlarge the slideshow full screen. Enjoy!


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There are many ways that a Master/Dom can use Humiliation in his BDSM playtimes – he can dictate what a slave/sub is to wear in public, a slutty outfit that flashes her tits and pussy, or he could make her walk around naked amongst his friends when he is entertaining, open to all their comments and touches. This is just a couple of ways but I personnally like to 'write' on my slaves, a marker pen telling them that they are mine, it need not be visable to anyone else but the thought of her wearing my 'brand' while she is in a board meeting or even doing the shopping is something we both love.
The words that you write on your slave/sub can be anything, but I have found that the best ones are the ones that actually mean something to you – for example if your slave likes anal sex then writing ' Fuck this ' on her ass is a turn on for both of you, especially if she is wearing a short skirt and when she bends over it can be visable, the same as with ' Spank me ' written on her ass or 'Cum Slut' across her pussy.
Experiment with writting on your slave/sub, I am sure you will find it is a great way to humiliate her yet at the same time prove to be a turn on for you both * might be wise not to write on her face unless you are certain that soap and water will remove it properly, it could result in a few days off work otherwise until the writting fades *


text: Seema Kumar is Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Policy Communication, Johnson & Johnson (J&J). She also serves as the communication leader for the Johnson & Johnson R&D Management Committee and the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centers. Seema previously served as the Vice President, Enterprise Innovation and Global Health Communication, J&J, and from 2009 to 2012 as Vice President, Global R&D Communications of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of J&J, which included oversight of internal and external communications. Seema Kumar holds a master's degree in science journalism from the University of Maryland, a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, a bachelor of science and communication from the University of Maryland, a graduate diploma in journalism and mass communication, and a bachelor of science in physics from Stella Maris College, in Madras, India


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EVENTS: Nos2Days 2011, Part 01
News came out today that in the wake of the Tohoku tsunami, Japan's new car sales have returned to what they were in 1968. Too bad the cars themselves have not! But if they did, the marketplace would resemble the … Continue reading
Rays Gram Lights 57V
This time last year Rays Wheels unveiled the Volk TE37V, a version of their iconic tuner wheel sized especially for RWD nostalgics. They couldn't keep 'em on the pallets, so in 2011 Rays is following up with the new Gram … Continue reading


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An immersive "Wizard of Oz" exhibit will greet visitors to the Motion Picture museum in Los Angeles when it opens after a long delay in late 2019, organisers said.
A pair of the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 musical, along with costumes, props and exhibits about the behind the scenes making of The Wizard Of Oz, will be installed in the lobby of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Hundreds of other movie memorabilia on show in the main "Where Dreams Are Made" exhibit will include a pair of doors from Rick's Cafe from the movie Casablanca and the typewriter used to write Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
Museum director Kerry Brougher told reporters that the museum had several goals.
"We want to convey the emotional and imaginative power of film. We want to explore the impact of cinema on society and culture at large and most importantly, we need to ensure film's history and its legacy for future generations."
The US$388mil (RM1.6bil) museum in mid-town Los Angeles is spearheaded by the organisers of the Oscars and has been years in the planning.
Plans were first announced in 2012 with a projected 2016 opening but the project was plagued by building delays.
The 27,871 sq m museum, with two movie theatres and sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills, is now expected to open in about a year, museum officials said.
The work of Japanese master animator Hayao Miyazaki will be the subject of the museum's first temporary exhibit, followed by one on African-American cinema from 1900 to 1970 that is scheduled for the fall of 2020. - Reuters


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Success stories
Corporate transparency and the seafood supply chain
Target: a case study on transparency
"Being able to show year-over-year progress against a baseline, and being able to speak to this movement (positive or not as positive) is essential to maintaining authenticity and transparency with stakeholders" —Jill Davies, Target Different supply chains have...read more
Environmental Defense Fund and Walmart: a case study on transparency
Since setting up an office in Bentonville, Arkansas, in 2007, the Environmental Defense Fund has made impressive strides with Walmart to improve the social and environmental sustainability and responsibility of their myriad supply chains. By setting big-picture goals, and identifying environmental and social hot spots in supply chains, even large-scale retailers can change significantly for the better.read more
Blueyou: a case study on transparency
In February 2017, Blueyou announced the first dual-certified Fair Trade and MSC seafood product: canned skipjack tuna fished from the Maldives. The Maldives is square in the middle of the Indian Ocean—an area heavily fraught with fisheries management challenges. So how, and why, did Blueyou manage to improve transparency in their supply chains, achieving dual certification, for one of the most challenging species and regions?read more
Ocean Disclosure Project: a case study on transparency
In April, 2017 the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership announced that, through its Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP), US retailer Publix would move to publish a list of all of the fisheries from which they source seafood, as well as information on management at those fisheries, catch method, and environmental impact.read more
Seafood and sustainable protein consumption
Guiding the seafood consumers of the future: a Q&A with UMass Dining
As the largest campus dining operation in the nation, UMass Dining has an opportunity to take the lead and set a good example with young consumers.read more
Pre-competitive collaboration in seafood
International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
Companies that participate in ISSF commit to several conservation measures regarding illegal, unreported, and/or unregulated (IUU) fishing, and ISSF uses a rigorous compliance process for any such allegations. The bulk of their work is focused on proactively...read more
National Fisheries Institute Crab Council
The NFI Crab Council sponsors sustainability projects in Southeast Asia designed to preserve crab as a popular, plentiful seafood item as well as an important economic resource for local communities. The council works with in-country partners and key stakeholders to...read more
Sustainable Seafood Coalition
The Sustainable Seafood Coalition unites retailers, food service companies and seafood suppliers to work toward making sure all seafood sold in the UK comes from sustainable sources. The coalition has developed voluntary codes of conduct for its members that address...read more
Louisiana gulf shrimp: a seafood success story
In July, 2015 a diverse set of seafood stakeholders from industry and conservation groups worked together to win a significant victory for shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico—the result means good financial and ecological news for the region. In 1987, the State of Louisiana...read more
A collaboration success story: Sea Pact and the Maine soft-shell clam fishery
In many ways the soft-shell clam fishery exemplifies Maine's rural micro-economies: small-scale, labor intensive, natural resource extraction in communities often dependent, because of few other economic alternatives, on the health of the resource base. In 2013,...read more


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Individual Assessments
Lab 1
1. What are the key cell biology journals?
The Journal of Cell Biology
Public Library of Science
Nature Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology
2. Which journals allow reuse of their published content?
Public Library of Science
The Journal of Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology
The articles must be properly cited
Lab 2
1. Which chromosomes contribute to the nucleolus?
The nucleolus, located within the nucleus is an important organelle as it is involved in ribosomal RNA transcription and is the site for ribosome assembly. It is formed around nucleolar organisers which involve repeated rRNA genes.In humans, chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21 and 22 are found which contain rRNA genes contributing to the nucleolus and it's function. Nucleolus Link
2.Identify and add a link to your page of a recent cell biology article using confocal microscopy from the Pubmed database.
An Atlas for Schistosoma mansoni Organs and Life-Cycle Stages Using Cell Type-Specific Markers and Confocal Microscopy
===Lab 3===
- Find the SDS information for chloroform and identify the hazards associated with this chemical.
- You will need to upload an image and add it to your page, with the reference and copyright information with the image.
Work Area
Lab 1
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Internal Link: First Lab
External Link: Journal of Cell Biology
Lab 2
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Water Beetles of Pollardstown Fen by Tom Lawrence
10 Tracks (70:46)
CD (500 copies)
What is presented in this CD is a very alien world, a hitherto unheard
aural environment that breaks with all our preconceived notions of
what underwater life should sound like. All our traditional
conceptions and inherent cultural conditioning are overwritten, deemed
void and deleted. The work contained in this CD redefines our notions
of underwater life and presents a world of alarming sophisticated
communication; a myriad of signal generation, perpetuated by a
plethora of intelligent species. In this booklet, Pollardstown Fen and
the mechanics of insect stridulation are examined before an
explanation of the contexts of the sound recordings and the
methodologies employed are discussed. While every attempt at
comparative analysis, spectral analysis and species identification
from the known literature have been made, a certain interpretive
license has been used in suggesting the meaning of the sounds
recorded. Without doubt, further detailed investigations are necessary
to be convinced with scientific certainty the meaning and context of
each communication. Another consideration is that no mechanical
devices were operating on the Fen during the period that these
recordings were made. The recordings are not contaminated by any
electrical interference. Other than an occasional overhead aircraft,
no other sounds from above the water are present in the recordings.
Field Recording Series by Gruenrekorder, Germany, 2011
Ultrasonic Scapes by Eisuke Yanagisawa
10 Tracks (35:06)
CD-R (50 copies)
Buzzing of cicadas, pulses of bats, repeated beats from automatic
gate, drone sounds from street lights…We usually don´t hear but so
many ultrasonic sounds are emitted on the street as well as in nature.
Some are intense, continuous and harsh others are pulsing, fragmentary
and more harmonious. This is another soundscape documentary beyond our
audible range. All ultrasonic sounds were captured and real time
converted by bat detector. All tracks are unprocessed except for a
little amplification.
Field Recording Series by Gruenrekorder, Germany, 2011
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Caucasus Tapes | Martin Clarke
GrDl 090 | Gruen Digital
MP3 & lossless WAV
1 Kobayr 02:48
2 Hayravank 02:45
3 Haghpat 02:11
4 Echmiadzin 02:01
5 Sayat Nova 01:36
6 Zvartnots 01:52
7 Garikula 03:45
8 Sioni 03:14
9 Crickets 05:53
10 Dogs 02:09
11 Piano 04:29
12 Taxi 01:39
13 Ratcha 03:43
14 Sink 01:26
14 Tracks (39'50")
Tupelo | Mirko Uhlig
GrDl 084 | Gruen Digital
MP3 & lossless WAV
Seven years after the first public musical outing. What a crucial phase. The first album planted flowers in an abattoir, this new one throws leaves on a grave. I guess for the running people a persevering man seems to be leaving.
The teeth are loose, we need a brace!
Two boys buried, I'll travel with you to Tupelo. Towards Bright Music for Lulubelle.
"Don't listen to Rock'N'Roll, it's contaminated by death's bite!"
1) Soot
2) Loosing Teeth
3) Lurking Teeth
4) Soot Toe
5) Losing Teeth
6) Soot Tea
6 Tracks (39′57″)
Antarctica | Craig Vear
GrDl 089 | Gruen Digital
MP3 & lossless WAV
In the winter (Austral summer) of 2003/4 I embarked on an ambitious musical project in Antarctica, having been awarded a joint fellowship from Arts Council England and the British Antarctic Survey's Artists and Writers Programme. The purpose of my visit was to compile a unique library of field recordings from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions, which would become the sound source for music composition.
The focus of my many field recordings was to capture and reflect the relationship between the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the continent it embraces, and the life and populations of the area surrounding the Weddell Sea. Under these headings, the natural sounds (wind, sea, weather and wildlife), the human sounds (scientists living and working, boat captains, 'talking heads' interviews and conversation), the mechanical sounds (machinery, generators, boats, scientific experiments, travel, entertainment), and the phenomenological sounds (whistling rigging, clanking objects, crunching ice floes, musical accidents) were of equal significance.
I journeyed to far and desolate lands, recorded colonies of penguins and seals, flew to isolated huts deep in the Antarctic Peninsula, and smashed through pack ice aboard an ice strengthened ship. I experienced the euphoric highs and the mind-crushing lows of solitude, the overwhelming presence of all who had come and gone, together with the realization that I was, as a human and an artist, a mere speck on this planet.
The main artistic product of my three-month journey is Antarctica (earthear.com), a large-scale surround sound electroacoustic composition, created from this sound library compiled during my residency. Described originally as "theatre of sound", this piece was created as a sequence of scenes, immersing the audience in a three-dimensional sound-scape of Antarctica. This album presents new audio elements not previously heard before.
1. Iceberg (Rothera Point) – 12'20"
2. Uranus Glacier (Adelaide Island) – 5'08"
3. Katabatic Wind (Sky Blue) – 5'15"
4. Adélie penguins (Jenny Island) – 12'20"
5. R.R.S. James Clark Ross hold #2 (Lemaire Channel) – 21'51"
5 Tracks (56'54")


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Yesterday I posted about my first new start, and today I am here to show you my second new start for January's crazy challenges - the FB CrosstitchCrazy Event and Debbie's Ultimate Crazy January Challenge 2015 (DUCJC2015).
Day 2's start was a Lizzie Kate design that has been sitting in my stash of kits for some time now....
So here it is: "Eek!" by Lizzie Kate (Limited Edition Kit)
|"Eek!" - Lizzie Kate
Incidentally, you may have noticed that this a Halloween style design.... so I am thinking that I may be able to use this one as a backup design for the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL Blog as September's theme is Spooky Words - it will probably take me that long to finish it!!
That's it for today.... I am off to do a couple of boring things like ironing and washing.... and then hopefully I can make a start on my Day 3 stitching. I have got either "Comet" and "Prancer" from Nora Corbett lined up to start today....
Til next time, Happy Stitching!