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Prime Time
In this inspiring and candid book, Jane Fonda, number-one best-selling author, actress, and workout pioneer, gives us a blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it. Covering sex, love, food, fitness, self-understanding, spiritual and social growth, and your brain, Prime Time offers a vision for successful living and maturing, A to Z.
Highlighting new research and stories from her own life and from the lives of others, Fonda explores how the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond, can be times when we truly become the energetic, loving, fulfilled people we were meant to be. Covering the 11 key ingredients for vital living, Fonda invites you to consider with her how to live a more insightful, healthy, and fully integrated life, a life lived more profoundly in touch with ourselves, our bodies, minds, and spirits, and with our talents, friends, and communities.
In her research, Fonda discovered two metaphors, the arch and the staircase, that became for her two visions of life. She shows how to see your life the staircase way, as one of continual ascent. She explains how she came to understand the earlier decades of her life by performing a life review, and she shows how you can do a life review too. She reveals how her own life review enabled her to let go of old patterns, to see what means the most to her, and then to cultivate new goals and dreams, to make the most of the mature years.
There has been a longevity revolution, and average human life expectancy has jumped, often by many years. Fonda asks, what we are meant to do with this precious gift of time? She writes about how we can navigate the fertile voids that life periodically presents to us. She makes suggestions about exercise (including three key movements for optimal health), diet (how to eat by color), meditation, and how learning new things and creating fresh pathways in your brain can add quality to your life. Fonda writes of positivity, and why many people are happier in the second half of their lives than they have ever been before.
In her number-one New York Times best-selling memoir, My Life So Far, Jane Fonda focused on the first half of her extraordinary life, in what she called Acts I and II, with an eye toward preparing for a vibrant Act III. Now we have a thoughtfully articulated memoir and guide for how to make all of your life, and especially Act III, Prime Time.
- Meryl
- 2013/01/27
Surprisingly insightful
I watched an interview with Jane Fonda recently and thought she has aged beautifully, is sensitive and articulate with the ability to laugh at herself. I'd like to age with such grace and since I am about to enter my "third act" as Jane Fonda calls 60+, I was open to the lessons Fonda had for me.
I have come away with mixed reviews. I did learn things, I was also bored by some of the more elementary sections of information.
What I liked and appreciated was being read aloud to by Jane Fonda. Her voice was faltering and slow but it felt personal and for the most part sincere. I learned about generativity which for me is a new concept. I want my "third act" to be based on this new concept. I learned about other books, doctors, and authors that Fonda quoted. I plan to look into reading these books, learning about the doctors. I enjoyed some of Fonda's confessions, self disclosures, and anecdotes.
What I didn't like was that the book read too much like a very basic "how to" book. The part about what to eat, the lists of foods or amounts of foods was not necessary. For some of us this is far too elementary.
I think Fonda is intelligent and witty. I think she is a great actor and did wonders for the fitness boom especially for women. I appreciate that she quoted lots of doctors. However I feel that some subjects should have been left for experts. These areas fell short of insights or credibility.
I was able to find wisdom. I really like the concept of a "third act". This appealed to me and I found myself feeling more hopeful as I shortly enter my "third act".
- Sophia V Prater
- 2012/05/18
Solid Jane Fonda Quality!
As a woman approaching my 2nd act (I turn 29 this year) this book offered up a dose of needed perspective and reassurance. Reassurance that with the RIGHT preparation, insight and introspection - things are just going to keep getting better.
To be honest, I skipped about a third of this book - the chapter on senior sex and nutrition, but from what I did hear, I have a mental note to go back and read this in 30 years.
I love that Jane Fonda herself narrates, at 72, with such passion and vivacity. She is a true tour de force, despite all her admitted and exposed flaws, plastic surgery and insecurities. Love her, and she has a LOT to teach.
Bought this for my mom and my grandmother for mother's day.
- Pat
- 2013/03/11
Would you listen to Prime Time again? Why?
Yes. This is the type of book that you pick up more and more each time you listen. Jane is the reader of her book and she reads with humor and animation and holds my attention. She describes the process of getting older as it happens to each of women, and men.
What other book might you compare Prime Time to and why?
What does Jane Fonda bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
She brings a lifetime of experience based on her determination to grow spiritually and with confidence on the next phase of life. I am also in the third act of my life and the vision I have obtained from doing my life's review has helped me to understand the "becomingness" of Me. Her voice is pleasing to listen to and she is animated and brings the reader into the room with her.
What did you learn from Prime Time that you would use in your daily life?
I have learned so much. Our thoughts and beliefs make us who we are and when we are optimistic and make sure that our thoughts are aligned with our actions, we will grow and be the best person we can be.
Any additional comments?
Loved every moment of listening!
- AsInfo
- 2012/06/25
Inspiring, with good sciene and philosophies.
I found this book inspiring (I'm 53) and was fascinated with getting to know Jane Fonda. She is very open and personal, and it is especially imitate hearing her story from her own voice. She gives a lot of detailed science and has done her homework well. It is a good book for anyone at "crossroads" in life. I am looking the 3rd act right in the eye, and with retirement coming soon, I found a lot of motivation to jump into my new life in a meaningful way. She gave a spiritual perspective close to mine, and I was very surprised to hear it from her. I use to "jump with Jane" in the 80's, and now I am listening to her to learn life philosophies. Fascinating.
- Jo Ann Niebruegge
- 2015/07/09
I will embrace the inevitable!
I'm 37 years old and am no longer declaring war on the fine lines and wrinkles appearing on my face.I view them now as evidence that I have lived.My goal for the end of Act Two is to have prominent crows feet...and a lesser prominent furrowed brow.This book has helped me embrace,rather than fear the inevitable.I have a lot of work to do,and a lot of changes to make,but all of this can be done.I'm looking forward to living fully through my second and third acts.Thank you Ms.Fonda.
- 2020/01/30
Superb Inspiration
I've been inspired by Jane Fonda for decades! This book provides an understanding about who she was and what she was involved in when I first heard of her in the 60's. I'm grateful she candidly shares her life experiences, hardships, stories, insights and information.
- Kim Freeman
- 2019/12/29
A Lifetime of Wisdom Distilled
I was raised with prejudice against Ms. Fonda and that was to my loss. Thankfully a friend suggested "Grace & Frankie" it's obvious Ms. Fonda has lived fully.The truth she shares in this book would benefit everyone I know and particularly my own experience. Grateful for her work and wisdom. if I had a hard copy I would place it besides Dr. Northrup
- Dharma Kaur Khalsa
- 2019/05/10
valuable information
very detailed and in depth research on every aspect imaginable for this Timeperiod of life
- Lindsay Ewanchuk
- 2016/08/16
Never wanted to stop listening !
I enjoyed every minute of the book. Jane's tone and voice made it ever so easy to listen too. This book and her life experience made so much sense to myself and opened the doors of endless possibilities for me. Thank you Jane your a inspiration.
- 2016/07/26
Great information.
Bought the book to use as a referenve. Jane did a lot of research in putting this together. Both men and women over 50 should read this book. Great guide for healthy living in act three of your life.


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It wasn't so very long ago that the Obama administration was very loudly and pointedly agonizing over the dreadful impact that the sequestration-imposed, across-the-board budget cuts were going to have on both the economy and the federal government's ability to perform some of its basic functions — which doesn't quite explain why it is that union employees of the Internal Revenue Service are about to receive $70 million in bonuses that were supposed to have been cancelled.
The apparent deal with the National Treasury Employees Union is scheduled for Wednesday and was made public by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa. …
Grassley says the bonuses should be canceled under an April directive from the White House budget office.
The directive was written by Danny Werfel, a former budget official who has since been appointed acting IRS commissioner. …
In a letter to Werfel on Tuesday, Grassley said the IRS notified the employee union March 25 that it intended to reclaim about $75 million that had been set aside for discretionary employee bonuses. However, Grassley said, his office has learned that the IRS never followed up on the notice. Instead, Grassley said, the IRS negotiated a new agreement with the bargaining unit to pay about $70 million in employee bonuses.
"While the IRS may claim that these bonuses are legally required under the original bargaining unit agreement, that claim would allegedly be inaccurate," Grassley wrote. "In fact, the original agreement allows for the re-appropriation of such award funding in the event of budgetary shortfall."
Mmm hmm. Paul Ryan had some choice words about the situation on Fox News this morning, and as he points out, this is merely another example of the dangerous inertia of big government, via the WFB:
Look, what we're seeing is the arrogance and abuse of big government. We are seeing big government in practice. We know from our IRS investigation already from the Ways and Means Committee that this wasn't a few rogue agents in Cincinnati. This is a systemic pattern of abuse of power directed from Washington by the IRS targeting people based upon their political and religious beliefs. And now they're going to get $70 million of bonuses at a time when government agencies are getting cuts, at a time when we're doing furloughs at the Pentagon and other places. It's outrageous. Hard working taxpayers deserve better than this. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, this is what big government looks like if practice. Now they're going to get our healthcare records. Now IRS, come October, is going to be more in charge of our health care system.

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Philotheou Monastery (Athos)
|Holy Monastery of Philotheou
|Rank or attached monastery
|Type of community
|Cenobitic Monastery
|Last quarter of tenth century
|Approx. size
|79 monks (at 1990)
|Liturgical language(s)
|Music used
|Byzantine chant
|Feastdays celebrated
The Monastery of Philotheou is one of twenty monasteries on the Mount Athos peninsula and is located on the eastern side of the peninsula. It is twelfth in hierarchical rank among the monasteries. The name of 'Philotheou' is named after its founder, St Philotheos, and is derived from two Greek words which mean 'Beloved of God'. Philotheou functions as a coenobitic monastery.
Founded by St Philotheos in the last quarter of the tenth century, it was obscure until Serbian and Bulgarian monks settled there between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. As the Slav monks left, the monastery again became obscure; until the eighteenth century, when the Greek princes of Moldavia and Wallachia made grants to the monastery, with which the brotherhood had guest quarters, cells and chapels built.
In 1746, the central church was built, and over the next thirty years had fresco's painted, including the Mother of God Glykofiloussa and scenes from Revelation. Additionally, there are ten chapels connected to the monastery, four inside the monastery proper and six outside.
At 1990, there were seventy-nine monks.
Philotheou possesses the wonderworking icon of the Mother of God Gerontissa, and it's library has 250 manuscript codices and two parchment rolls of the Divine Liturgy. The sacristy contains a piece of the True Cross and the right hand of St John Chrysostom, among other relics.
Saints, Elders and Public Figures
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- St. Kosmas Aitolos, mid-1700s.
- Elder Ephrem - former abbot of Philotheou, now abbot of St Anthony's Monastery, Arizona.
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BMW 735i Parts
The BMW 735i is an upscale luxury sedan produced from 1985-1992 and was part of the E23 and E32 model lines. The E23 735i featured a 185 hp inline six cylinder, while the E32 735i came with the newer M30B35 six cylinder engine that produced 208 hp. Some of the 735i original parts included on-board computers, airbags, and anti-lock braking systems. Other features included were cruise control, power sunroof, power seats, power mirrors, power windows, different wood trim, leather upholstery, and heated seats. Service indicators and complex climate control systems were also part of the many standard luxury features. It was an obvious choice with wealthy car buyers that wanted a roomy and elegant sedan. This beautiful full size sedan represented the seven series with the best in luxury and technology for the German automaker. FCP Euro provides you with an easy to navigate BMW 735i catalog that is consistently updated with new BMW 735i parts.
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A day after the release of a couple of "Green Hornet" pics that left us underwhelmed, a trailer has dropped that has us feeling properly whelmed.
The new trailer is packed with action, just enough plot and not too much funny, showing Seth Rogen and Jay Chou as the Green Hornet and Kato, respectively, as they join forces to fight the bad guys in LA. The cast is filled out with Tom Wilkinson as the Hornet's father, Cameron Diaz as his secretary and Christoph Waltz as gangster Benjamin Chudnofsky.
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Rogen appears to be bringing a measure of Apatowian bromance to the proceedings, while Chou, seems the perfect foil for such idiocy, game to fight crime, but not much more.
Of course we're a little saddened to see the old "how does this gun work?" gag trotted out yet again and we would've thought a man of the Hornet's fabulous wealth would drink something better than Corona.
Finally, as much as our enthusiasm has been renewed, we can't help but be nervous about this movie being put through the 3D conversion wringer. "The Green Hornet" comes out Jan. 14.


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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
Monthly Update - December 2008
It is the end of yet another fantastic year at Taricaya and with a record breaking 140 volunteers to visit us this year we have pushed forward so many of our projects it is a real tribute to all volunteers and staff. However, before I look back over the last twelve months there is still plenty to report for December itself and I shall start with the animal rescue centre as there is some great news there.
I remember recounting a few months ago how we had not received any new animals for a long time as the paperwork fought its way through the system and the government organised itself to start distributing the confiscated pets in Puerto Maldonado. Nonetheless, it appears that the course we ran last month has kick-started a positive chain of events and we have been able to receive a spider monkey that had been left at Amazon Shelter. The idea of the different rescue centres working as a network seems to have been concreted by this workshop and we now have a new baby female spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth chamek). She is the quarantine block as we cure some injuries incurred from a rope tied too tightly around her waist but she is healing well and should be in main circulation next month. We welcome also a beautiful baby margay (Leopardus wiedeii) collected from Palma Real. The youngster is feisty to say the least but she too is eating well and recovering from a strong stomach infection, no doubt from her diet in captivity before Taricaya. So, as 2009 looms we have many reasons to feel optimistic about the rescue centre and I am confident that these new events will facilitate our permits for releasing animals in the New Year as many of our residents are waiting for the relevant paperwork.
More good news is that the rains finally appear to be arriving. I have never seen the jungle so dry for this time of year and the beaches in the river further emphasise the lack of water in the foothills also. Whilst other parts of the world are suffering floods, South America has been exceptionally dry and should this trend continue there may well be severe consequences over the coming years. I hope that the jungle residents will now start to find sufficient food for their offspring and that the yearly cycle is not disrupted. That said the New Year needs to bring much more rain if the animals are not to suffer when the next dry season begins in May.
All of our projects have evolved during 2008 and we have had many changes at Taricaya this year also. We have said good bye to Richard Munday as he moves on to head our conservation project in Costa Rica. I am sure he will rise to the new challenge and his experiences with us over the last three years will hold him in good stead. At the same time we are happy to welcome some new staff members on board and Raul Bello Santa Cruz has agreed to stay with us in 2009 and manage our animal rescue centre. Raul has great experience managing animals in captivity and the program needs a full time staff member as it continues to grow. We also welcome Daniel Medina Guzman next year. Daniel is a botanist who has visited us twice in 2008 and his vast knowledge of plants and rainforest ecology will help us as we try to inventory the plants in different areas of Taricaya. Such information is invaluable, even more so now, as our other research projects continue to develop and data needs to be analysed with respect to the different types of habitat in the reserve.
As I look back over the last year it is hard to identify any one success as there have been so many highs and I shall try and do justice to all the hard work of the last twelve months. First I must congratulate everyone involved with the turtle project this year as we smashed our record once again with the release of over 1400 baby turtles and achieved a remarkable breakthrough with the Palma Real community. The pilot project with the school was incredibly satisfying and I shall never forget the looks on the faces of the young children as they released the baby turtles back into the river. The future of the freshwater turtle, Podocnemis unifilis, will depend on the actions of the next generation and this was a huge step in pioneering its conservation in the Madre de Dios region.
Back at Taricaya we were proud to increase our status globally with the visits of two major film companies. First we welcomed TV1 from France filming a program on animal conservation in Peru. They concentrated on our animal rescue centre and our diverse research projects in the reserve. Whilst I have yet to see the documentary personally, I have been told that it was excellent as it has aired in Europe already. The second visit came from NHK Japan and Taricaya soon began to look like a military operations centre as boat after boat of equipment arrived. The live feed went off smoothly after a week of preparation and the most satisfying aspect was their initial selection of Taricaya as the best conservation initiative in the region.
Our research projects have truly leapt forward in 2008 also as we have been working hard at the lodge both alone and with our dedicated visitors. Our species lists are some of the most comprehensive not just in the region but also Peru and this year we have made some exciting breakthroughs. We have registered 400 species of birds (over 200 with photographs), 47 species of amphibian, 57 species of reptile, 107 species of butterfly, 34 species of bat and 53 other species of mammal. This is a reflection of thousands of hours in the field with mist nets, traps and binoculars in all weather conditions. I am convinced that 2009 will see us continue to push forward and increase these lists further.
The pilot farm has generated much interest this year also with several other organisations requesting advice and assessment. Our farm module is now complete and a true reflection of how a local farmer could and should manage his land. Our neighbours are increasingly involved in the project and the community Palma Real also. Volunteers have toiled very hard over the years on this project with the work being by far the least appealing of all our projects; but, it is incredibly satisfying to achieve our goal of showing that it is possible to farm the plots of land allotted by the government. 2009 will see us continue to take the projects into the field as our sphere of influence continues to expand.
Much more has happened this year including our seven year anniversary, including the IV Taricaya Olympics, the completion of new installations at the lodge (including a new dining room and volunteer bungalows), an unexpected flood, and the expansion of the animal rescue centre with a huge new enclosure for Preciosa, our jaguar.
2009 will see a continued dedication to existing projects and the creation of new ones including an ambitious new butterfly house and breeding laboratory. It just remains for me to thank once again everyone involved in the program for their hard work and I look forward to reporting on many more successes in 2009.
Stuart Timson
Conservation Director
Projects Abroad
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Much later, as I faced the prospect of cutting 40,000 words from my "final manuscript," I wished I had paid more attention to the contractual word limit, which (unlike the delivery date) was enforced. On the other hand, the cutting process undoubtedly made the book more readable and less expensive.
What do you wish you had known when you were negotiating your first book contract? How, in your experience, has the publishing landscape changed in recent years?
There is a lot of published and unpublished advice out there about the ins and outs of publishing. Readers of this blog have recommended William Germano's Getting It Published, which is excerpted here. For earlier posts in this series, see Part I: "Revising" the Dissertation, Part II: Archival Research, and Part III: The Book Proposal.


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There's been a lot of handwringing and teethgnashing about the future of movies, specifically with the advent of piracy and all the new ways in which we watch movies. Yesterday came the latest attempt by a studio to find that sweet spot that will maximize profits.
Summit dropped a press release announcing that they'll making "Source Code" available on-demand Friday, July 8, 2011, two weeks before offering it for sale on DVD or Blu-ray:
"As the way a consumer's consumption of feature films evolves, we are always looking for new ways that meet these demands," said Steve Nickerson, President, Summit Home Entertainment. "While we are optimistic about the consumer appetite for this type of home entertainment release pattern, we are only conducting a test in this case and not making an overall policy shift at this time. Once the results are in we will analyze the data and see what the consumer has to say."
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To which we say, Hey, why not? As much as we love movies, we've long been puzzled by people buying them. You can listen to a good Radiohead album a few hundred times, but how often are you gonna watch "Saving Private Ryan"?
And with today's technology--streaming video, super cheap hard drives, iPads, smart phones, TiVo--owning a disc with a movie baked into it makes even less sense.
More important is the inevitable future of media storage and dissemination. Apple, Amazon and the rest are already offering cloud storage, which, like hard drives, will plummet in price thanks to Moore's Law. And eventually rather than all of us putting our individual copies of "Spurce Code" into the could, we'll buy access to one copy that everyone shares access to.
Finally, "Source Code" is a great choice for trying this experiment. It's an OK movie that fell short of being really good, and was a disappointment at the box office. But there are no doubt a few hundred thousand people who'd be interested in watching it on-demand, but would never think to buy it--unless they spotted it in the overstock bin at Target.


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Not a Fan of the Justin Bieber Prepaid Card
Janet Bodnar explains why parents shouldn't get the latest celebrity-endorsed debit card for their kids.
When Justin Bieber puts his name on a prepaid debit card, it's time to hang on to your wallet. Other celebrities -- Suze Orman, Magic Johnson, the Kardashians, to name a few -- have endorsed prepaid cards, but none with such a direct link to impressionable teens. And word is that the kid heartthrob will make full use of social media to promote the SpendSmart prepaid card to his millions of Twitter followers and Facebook fans.
The card is affiliated with a Web site called BillMyParents.com, aptly named in this case because parents will no doubt end up footing the bill. Prepaid cards are notorious for tacking on a long list of fees, and Bieber's is no exception. For starters, the SpendSmart card has a monthly fee of $3.95. It costs $2.95 each time you load the card from a debit or credit card, or 75 cents when you load it from a checking or savings account. At the ATM, it costs 50 cents for a balance inquiry and $1.50 per withdrawal. There's a replacement fee of $7.95. And if you don't use the card for as little as 90 days, you'll pay a $3 inactivity charge.
Prepaid cards are becoming popular with adults as a way to control their spending or opt out of the banking system (see Prepaid Cards Flooding the Market). For adults who want to use a prepaid card, we at Kiplinger like the Bluebird card from Wal-Mart and American Express. You can pay your bills online and deposit checks with an app on your iPhone or Android smart phone, and the card has no activation or monthly maintenance fees. Plus, you can authorize up to four users with customized spending limits.
Not a fan. But I have never been a fan of prepaid cards for kids (see Why I Don't Like Prepaid Cards for Kids. Sponsors of these cards claim the high-minded purpose of teaching kids to spend responsibly; Bieber will reportedly produce a number of videos touting this theme. Call me a skeptic, but I've always thought the real purpose is to make it easier for kids to spend money -- on Justin Bieber paraphernalia, perhaps? -- and for parents to pick up the tab.
I always tell parents that when you are dealing with children and their finances, you need to think like a kid. Adults may consider a prepaid card to be a convenient alternative to a credit or debit card, but kids think of it as a direct line to Mom and Dad's wallet. This point was brought home to me a few years ago, when I received a question from a young woman asking about another prepaid card aimed at kids: "Where can I get that card that my parents can top up when it runs out of money?" she asked.
A better way. Over the years, some parents have persuaded me that prepaid cards can be useful in specific situations (assuming you aren't eaten alive by fees), such as if a teen is managing his or her own earnings from a part-time or summer job, a student is going out of town on a class trip or studying abroad, or a college student chronically overdraws his or her checking account.
But overall, I think kids are better off with a regular checking account and a debit card, possibly from a credit union or community bank that charges reasonable fees (if any) -- see How to Teach Kids to Handle Credit Cards. And establishing a relationship with a financial institution can be beneficial when your child is in the market for other services -- for example, a credit card. (Contrary to what you may have heard, prepaid cards do not help build credit.)
The best way to teach kids good financial habits is simply to make them responsible for managing their own money and making their own choices -- and you don't need Justin Bieber's help to do that.
Follow Janet's updates at Twitter.com/JanetBodnar.


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Der Deutsch-Klub
Der Deutsch-Klub, the German club at Augustana University sponsors semester events for students and members of the Sioux Falls community interested in German language and culture.
Events include a weekly German-language conversation table, free German films, guest speakers, and field trips. Any Augustana student who is interested in German language or culture may participate in the club. Students do not need to be German majors or minors to be a members of the club, to participate in any activity sponsored by the club, or to hold a positions as officers.
For more information on Der Deutsch-Klub, consult the club's constitution or contact the club's faculty advisor Dr. Stephan Lhotzky.
Activities and Events
For information on the activities and events sponsored by the club this semester, visit the Department's Celebration of Cultures series calendar; most events are free and open to the public.


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Good news for sharks. After a massive public response supporting state bans on the trade in shark fins, on February 4, 2014 NOAA sent letters to the state governments in California, Maryland and Washington, confirming that their state fin trade bans are consistent with federal law and will not be overruled. For more information on the decision click here: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mediacenter/2014/02/04_02_sca_state_fed_consistent.html Thanks to all who submitted comments to NOAA in support of these state efforts to protect sharks!
Dear Humanitarian,
Shark finning is the inhumane practice of cutting off a shark's fins, often while the shark is still alive, and discarding the body into the ocean to die of suffocation or be attacked by predators because it is rendered unable to swim. The commercial value of shark fins is high compared to their meat; by keeping only the fins, fishing vessels can take more sharks on a single voyage, making the hunting ruthlessly efficient. Although shark fin itself is tasteless and the flavor of the soup comes from other ingredients, the soup is viewed as a delicacy and status symbol by some Asian cultures and is commonly served at weddings and other special events. Traditionally an expensive dish, shark fin soup is increasingly sold more cheaply. As economies grow in Asia, a dish once reserved for the elite is now available to many more consumers, and is in demand in many Asian communities around the world, including across the United States.
The Shark Conservation Act of 2010 (SCA) was passed to combat finning by requiring that sharks in U.S. waters be landed with their fins naturally attached. Ten U.S. states and territories (California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands) have also enacted laws that ban shark fin trade, making it illegal to sell, trade, or possess shark fins within their borders.
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has now proposed a rule to implement the SCA. This is welcomed—but NMFS is proposing to do it in a way that would undermine these stringent local trade bans. In NMFS' explanation of its proposed rule, it interprets the less stringent federal law as preempting state and territorial laws on grounds that they interfere with the purposes and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), which the SCA amends.
We challenge NMFS' interpretation because these state laws only ban the sale, distribution and possession of shark fins within their territorial borders, and in no way usurp laws applicable to fishing in federal waters. Indeed the MSA states "…nothing in this Act shall be construed as extending or diminishing the jurisdiction or authority of any State within its boundaries." The SCA, state and territorial laws should work together toward the common goal of ending the extermination of sharks for the culinary satisfaction of relatively few diners.
The SCA was not intended to put commercial interests ahead of the need to conserve shark populations that are at such great risk. We are therefore urging NMFS to issue rules to implement the SCA that will complement and enhance state and territory measures aimed at prohibiting the possession and sale of shark fins, not preempt them. Please join us in this effort.
What You Can Do:
Please visit the NOAA comment page by the July 8 deadline [UPDATE: Comment deadline extended to July 31] and indicate that, while you support the proposed rule, you don't want state laws undermined by its passage. Below are some suggested talking points to include in your comments. Please note that on the comment page, the only required fields are your first and last name and the comment box itself. However, we suggest that you personalize your message and include your city and state of residence so that it can have a greater impact. The suggested talking points are as follows:
- Please issue rules to implement the provisions of the Shark Conservation Act (SCA) without undermining state laws that ban trade in shark fins.
- Several shark species are destined for extinction unless finning and trade in fins end. This can be achieved by passing laws that require sharks to be landed whole AND by banning trade in fins. The SCA achieves the former, and local bans achieve the latter.
- State and territorial shark fin trade bans do not conflict with the Magnuson-Stevens Act because they do not prohibit or limit fishing in federal waters. They merely place a ban on selling, trading, or possessing fins within the borders of the states and territories that have enacted such laws.
- The SCA should work in concert with state and territorial laws. When combined with these laws, the SCA takes shark conservation a huge step forward by requiring that sharks be landed with fins naturally attached. Conversely, undermining the existing bans on shark fin trade in 10 states and territories would be a step backward from the progress that has been made for shark conservation.
Please share our "Dear Humanitarian" eAlert with family, friends and co-workers, and encourage them to send a message to NMFS also.
As always, thank you very much for your help!
Susan Millward
Executive Director
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Sea Life London Aquarium Classic Red Bus tour (AM)
- Transportation by Open Deck Vintage bus
- Professional guide
- Ticket to THE SEA LIFE London Aquarium
- See Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
- Private cruise on the River Thames
Open Top Vintage Bus Tour with Live Professional Guide
What better way to enjoy the highlights of London than from on board a Classic 1950's Route-master Bus with a live professional guide?
Enjoy great views of the capital's iconic sights, both old and new, including Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, St. Paul's Cathedral, London Bridge, The Shard, Tower Bridge & the London Eye.
The Vintage Double Decker Bus Tour includes a photo stop at Westminster Abbey, burial place of Britain's monarchs and the host for coronations and many royal weddings since its construction in the eleventh century.
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official Royal residence of Her Majesty the Queen, and we make our way to the perfect spot to watch the world famous Changing of the Guard ceremony as the Queen's soldiers, dressed in their fabulous tunics and busbies march to military music.
Private guided cruise on the River Thames
Enjoy our new private and exclusive river trip that passes Shakespeare's Globe, Cleopatra's Needle, London Bridge and The Shard. Enjoy the magnificent view of the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge from the river before we arrive at Milbank/Westminster pier. (Private cruise exclusive to Premium Tours customers operates during summer months.)
The SEA LIFE London Aquarium
The Sea Life London Aquarium is home to one of Europe's largest collections of global marine life and is the jewel in the crown of the 28 Sea Life attractions in the UK and Europe. Situated in the heart of London, the experience takes visitors on an immersive and interactive journey along the Great Oceanic Conveyor.
The mysterious experience starts by taking a submarine style lift to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean . Along the journey, a stunning glass tunnel walkway offers guests an unforgettable experience by strolling underneath a tropical ocean. There is plenty of interaction along the way, from feeding the stingrays and watching diving displays to touch pools and discovery zones. Other stars of the show include green turtles, seahorses, octopus, zebra sharks and the ever popular clown fish. The true highlight however, commences as guests complete their journey in the deeper darker zone of the Pacific Ocean - take a walk on the wild side and watch 10 species of shark swim beneath your feet from a suspended glass platform.
The tour ends at The SEA LIFE London Aquarium leaving you ample time to enjoy the attraction and surrounding area. Why not grab some fish and chips or take a flight on the London Eye?
- Transportation by Open Deck Vintage bus
- Professional guide
- Ticket to THE SEA LIFE London Aquarium
- Changing
of the Guard
- Entrances to Westminster
Abbey and Tower of London
- Gratuities
Please note:
- Please note that this is an open top bus tour - please be prepared for the possibility of rain.
- The tour departs from Victoria Coach Station Gate 19 at 8.15am (boarding starts 8am).
- When the guard change does
not take place, we stop instead for photos of the Buckingham Palace
- Child: 3-16 years
- Senior 60+ years
- Please note that the tour ends at the venues and no drop-off back to Victoria is provided.
- Victoria Coach Station (Gate 19 - 20), 164 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1W 9TP


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Re: st: More efficient processing of nested loops?
Robson Glasscock <email@example.com>
Re: st: More efficient processing of nested loops?
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:18:56 -0400
I completely understand that, and I'm also very appreciative of the
time you spent with my problem.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
> Sorry, Robson, but I spent a while working on my previous post and
> will add no more time to this thread.
> Someone else may naturally be able to help.
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Robson Glasscock <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> Nick,
>> Thank you for your help with this. Your approach gives me the return
>> for a single day. There is some variation, but that day is usually the
>> return on the date the two datasets were merged. These observations
>> have non-missing values for datadate_2 and date_t_4. I had a difficult
>> time writing this up, and I apologize if my description of the merged
>> datasets or the problem was not clear enough.
>> Dataset A has around 12 years of daily returns for 3,500 firms.
>> Dataset B has the earnings announcement date for quarter t
>> (datadate_2) and quarter t-4 (date_t_4) in each row. I merged these
>> two datasets (1:1 cusip date) into Dataset C and ran the two loops.
>> There are typically around 250 days between datadate_2 and date_t_4
>> that need to be added together.
>> I can provide any additional information if needed. Here is the code I
>> ran from your responses:
>> bysort cum_id_cum (datadate_2) : gen d2_temp_2 = datadate_2[1]
>> bysort cum_id_cum (date_t_4) : gen dt_temp_2 = date_t_4[1]
>> egen cusip_mode = mode(cusip), by(cum_id_cum)
>> local mark "date <= d2_temp_2 & date >= dt_temp_2 & cusip_mode==cusip"
>> egen cum_ab_temp = total(ab_ret) if `mark', by(cum_id_cum)
>> replace cum_ab = cum_ab_temp if `mark'
>> I wrote the two inefficient loops based on what I would do by hand to
>> sum up the abnormal returns. Go into the first cusip and identify the
>> two boundary dates for the first earnings announcement. Go back
>> through all the daily returns for that cusip and mark each day that is
>> between these two dates. Sum up these individual returns into one
>> number. Do this again for the first cusip but second earnings
>> announcement, etc.
>> Thanks again for the time you have already spent on this,
>> Robson
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> More speed-ups:
>>> bysort cum_id_cum (datadate2) : gen d2_temp_2 = datadate_2[1]
>>> bysort cum_id_cum (date_t_4) : gen dt_temp_2 = date_t_4[1]
>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>> egen cum_ab_temp = total(ab_ret) if `mark', by(cum_id_cum)
>>>> replace cum_ab = r(sum) if `mark'
>>>> should be
>>>> egen cum_ab_temp = total(ab_ret) if `mark', by(cum_id_cum)
>>>> replace cum_ab = cum_ab_temp if `mark'
>>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> The good news is that I think you are right. This code appears to be
>>>>> much more complicated than it needs to be.
>>>>> I can't follow your word description -- doesn't mean it's unclear,
>>>>> just means that it is too much for me to absorb -- but from looking at
>>>>> your code there are several major and minor inefficiencies.
>>>>> The main problems are
>>>>> 1. You have two outer loops tangled together, one Stata's and one
>>>>> home-made, but neither appears necessary.
>>>>> 2. The inner loop is a loop over one case, and so not needed.
>>>>> 3. -egen- calls are very inefficient to calculate constants that
>>>>> -summarize- can calculate, except that #1 implies to me that you can
>>>>> do most of the work in a few -egen- calls.
>>>>> 4. Some copying of values from one place to another to no obvious purpose.
>>>>> With some guesswork, your code to me boils down to
>>>>> egen d2_temp_2 = min(datadate_2), by(cum_id_cum)
>>>>> egen dt_temp_2 = min(date_t_4), by(cum_id_cum)
>>>>> egen cusip_mode = mode(cusip), by(cum_id_cum)
>>>>> local mark "date <= d2_temp_2 & date >= dt_temp_2 & cusip_mode==cusip"
>>>>> egen cum_ab_temp = total(ab_ret) if `mark', by(cum_id_cum)
>>>>> replace cum_ab = r(sum) if `mark'
>>>>> Note that your use of "temporary variables" is not the same as Stata's.
>>>>> Nick
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Robson Glasscock <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I am running Stata 12. I have written code that creates a variable
>>>>>> that is the sum of abnormal returns for each firm. The abnormal
>>>>>> returns are accumulated from three days after the firm makes its
>>>>>> earnings announcement in quarter t-4 to three days after the firm
>>>>>> makes its earnings announcement in quarter t. My problem is that it
>>>>>> takes around 2 minutes for my code to execute for each firm/quarter
>>>>>> announcement, and there are around 150,000 earnings announcements in
>>>>>> the dataset.
>>>>>> I modified a panel dataset with the earnings announcement dates for
>>>>>> each firm so that each observation contains both the quarter t
>>>>>> earnings announcement date and the quarter t-4 earnings announcement
>>>>>> date (with the three days added to each per above). I then merged this
>>>>>> dataset with a second panel dataset that contains the daily returns
>>>>>> for each firm. The merged dataset has around 10.2 million
>>>>>> observations.
>>>>>> Next, I created a count variable, cum_id_cum, which is a running total
>>>>>> of each earnings announcement. This variable is truly cumulative and
>>>>>> does not reset back to 1 when the next firm releases its first
>>>>>> earnings announcement. The loop contains a variable, runn, that starts
>>>>>> with a value equal to "1" and increases by 1 each time the loop is
>>>>>> processed. I'm using that to help identify the particular dates of the
>>>>>> quarter t and quarter t-4 earnings announcement so that the abnormal
>>>>>> returns are accumulated over the correct period. Datadate_2 is the
>>>>>> quarter t earnings announcement and date_t_4 is the quarter t-4
>>>>>> earnings announcement. Cusip is the identifier for each firm. Date is
>>>>>> the date of the firm's return in the stock market for each trading
>>>>>> day.
>>>>>> The big picture of my approach was to create temporary variables that
>>>>>> will equal the cusip, datadate_2, and date_t_4 when runn equals
>>>>>> cum_id_cum. These first-step temporary variables (d2_temp, dt_temp,
>>>>>> and cusip_temp) have missing values except in the observation where
>>>>>> runn equals cum_id_cum so I created second-step temporary variables
>>>>>> (cusip_temp_2, d2_temp_2, and dt_temp_2) which place the cusip,
>>>>>> datadate_2, and date_t_4 values for each particular run through the
>>>>>> entire dataset. This allows me to mark the days for each firm that are
>>>>>> between the dates of the earnings announcements and then sum up the
>>>>>> abnormal returns in a temporary variable called cum_ab_temp. The final
>>>>>> variable with the sum of the abnormal returns for each firm is cum_ab
>>>>>> and is retained in the observation where _merge==3 (from the merge
>>>>>> mentioned in the second paragraph of this post).
>>>>>> My code is below. Note that I constrain it to the first 25,000
>>>>>> cum_id_cum values due to macro size constraints:
>>>>>> gen runn= 1
>>>>>> levelsof cum_id_cum if cum_id_cum !=. & cum_id_cum <25000, local(cum_id_cum)
>>>>>> foreach 1 of local cum_id_cum{
>>>>>> gen d2_temp= datadate_2 if runn== cum_id_cum
>>>>>> gen dt_temp= date_t_4 if runn== cum_id_cum
>>>>>> gen cusip_temp= cusip if runn== cum_id_cum
>>>>>> egen cusip_temp_2= mode(cusip_temp)
>>>>>> egen d2_temp_2= min(d2_temp)
>>>>>> egen dt_temp_2= min(dt_temp)
>>>>>> foreach x of varlist date{
>>>>>> replace mark= 1 if `x' <= d2_temp_2 & `x' >= dt_temp_2 & cusip_temp_2==cusip
>>>>>> egen cum_ab_temp= total(ab_ret) if mark==1
>>>>>> replace cum_ab= cum_ab_temp if datadate_2== d2_temp & dt_temp==
>>>>>> date_t_4 & cusip_temp==cusip & d2_temp !=. & dt_temp !=.
>>>>>> replace runn= runn+1
>>>>>> drop d2_temp
>>>>>> drop dt_temp
>>>>>> drop d2_temp_2
>>>>>> drop dt_temp_2
>>>>>> drop cusip_temp
>>>>>> drop cusip_temp_2
>>>>>> drop cum_ab_temp
>>>>>> replace mark=0
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> I'm wondering if there is a more efficient way to do the above which
>>>>>> will result in a significantly faster processing time. My fear is that
>>>>>> the above ignores the functionality of Stata and instead uses
>>>>>> inefficient brute force.
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How to check if my Windows workstation is safe
By: Dave le Roux on: Tue 05 of Aug, 2008 [06:45 UTC] (494758 reads)
Firewall not enabled, viruses, spyware, behind on updates, not on the Unisa domain?... All these factors can contribute to a machine that is not well protected and vulnerable to infections or attacks. The final result possibly being a total loss of data and a re-install of your work station.
There are a few simple checks one can run to verify whether a Microsoft work station should be safe.
1. Is the firewall enabled on my Microsoft work station?
Every motor car and airplane has a thick steel pllate/wall between any of it's motors and the rest of it's structure. These walls are designed to stop any fire originating in the motor bays from spreading to the rest of the body. Any device or control that needs to get through these walls is given a hole as small as possible. The exact same principle applies to a computer firewall. It wraps your work station up and only allows network traffic in and out through holes that are selectively opened up by the operators.
To check whether the firewall is enabled on a Windows XP work station, you select the "start" button on the task bar and then "control panel". In the list you will find a "Windows Firewall" option. Double Click on the "Windows Firewall" icon and you will get a window as below.
Ensure that the "ON (Recommended)" Check box is selected and you should be fine. However, if you are part of the Unisa domain, these settings WILL be set and greyed out so that the user cannot change them. This is to ensure that the protection of data policy is enforced on all work-stations.
2. Is the work station in the Unisa AD domain?
Being part of the Unisa AD domain is actually not optional. If you have a Unisa work station to perform your day to day functions, it has to be part of the Unisa domain so that settings and updates can be sent to the station automatically.
To check if your work station is part of the Unisa domain, press Control-Alt-Delete? together after starting up the machine, it should ask for a username and password AND (if need be after pressing "options" ) you should get the choice of Log On To: Guest, your machine, Students and Unisa. If you do not see that choice (which should by default be showing Unisa), please notify helpdesk of this, they can then send someone to rectify the problem.
3. Is my antivirus up to date?
Anti-virus systems are a necessity on any Microsoft Windows machine. They are designed to scan files as they are accessed during normal operations. As the file is accessed, the contents are compared against a database containing definitions of all the known viruses. If this database is not kept up to date, then new viruses will not be detected.
To verify that your definitions and anti virus engie is up to date, perform the following steps... In your taskbar you should see a Green square with a white tick in it. If you keep your mouse pointer hovering over it, the text "Microsoft Forefront Client Security" should appear. If you click on it, the client opens and at the bottom of the opening screen it shows the dates of the latest updates of both the Antivirus definition and the Antispyware definition. Both dates should not be older than 1 week. To manually update the definitions, you can click on the little "down pointing" arrow right of the big question mark (help) in the header and select "Check for Updates" Microsoft Forefront Client Security will now access the network and check to see if there are new updates. You must of course have an network or Internet connection, otherwise this doesn't work.
4. Are my Microsoft Updates up to date?
Operating system updates apply to any operating system. Vulnerabilities are detected and reported to the developers of these operating systems and new code is created to close any "holes" that may exist. It is therefore non-debatable that operating system updates be installed. By keeping your work-station updated, you can eliminate the possibility of being infected by thousands of viruses at a time.
If you see a yellow shield in your task bar, please click on it. It will most probably say that your machine has updates ready or that your machine needs to be rebooted after the installation of the last updates. You must install the updates and restart the machine if required. If your workstation is behind with its updates, several components of Windows may not work properly and your machine could be vulnerable.
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Richard Collins was her loving
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Why Do the Nations Rage?
Why Do the Nations Rage?
Peggy Kannaday
Psalm 2:1-5, (King James Bible)
1 "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure."
I love Psalm 2 because it summarizes and speaks about the futile and vain plan
of Satan and those who follow him, and it also reveals God's attitude toward their attempt to dethrone Him and to come against His beloved people.
Those that have pushed themselves up into positions of power are the kings and rulers in our societies. They have a strong desire to break down the influence of The real King of kings and Lord of lords, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is a deterrent and a threat to their voracious appetite to control and gain all power over the people.
This anti-Christ spirit has grown over these many years, and it is now being culminated at the end of this age. There is a complete conflict of interests between Jesus Christ, and His anointed, and the anti-Christ and his followers.
Jesus Christ came to give us an abundant life. Satan comes only to kill, steal and destroy.
Jesus Christ is the awesome Lord over all, as He is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. Satan can only try and deceive people into believing that he is as powerful as almighty God, but there is no power that even compares with the power of our Lord, Savior and coming King of kings, Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ came to this earth and died on the cross to redeem mankind from their sins, selfish ways and their evil. Satan is in the business of trying to lure humanity into every type of evil sin in order to bring them down and into the slaughter.
Satan is powerless to force human beings to follow him, and so he uses deception, trickery, lies and empty promises to ensnare people (who do not have the knowledge of our great God) to fall into his web of eventual horrors.
Satan is delusional concerning his future and about the power of almighty God. He goes around as a roaring lion seeking those who he can devour and lead into an eternal hell.
Rev. 19, describes the horrible end of the anti-Christ, the false prophet and the beast.
19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their fleshh.
The Lord has to laugh at the arrogance, the sheer gall and the confusion of His enemies and the enemies of His anointed. All of their energies, time, resources, and attempts are destined to be thwarted. Everything that Satan does to come against the Lord and His people will be dissolved and brought to nothing.
We are always hearing about the plans of Satan and his dupes, but our God has a far greater plan that will come to fruition. God's plan will never fail.
Psalm 2:6-12,
6 Yet have I set My King upon My holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.
God has a solution for fallen mankind, and that is an awesome plan of redemption.
We do not deserve it, but the Lord proved His love for each human being by dying on the cross for our sins, even when we were in sin. His love is unspeakable.
God, The Father sent His only begotten Son to this evil earth, and He allowed Him to be stalked, tortured and finally crucified for our salvation, deliverance and our eternity to be with Him. This was the ultimate sacrifice for even one human soul.
Our wonderful God warns all of those who oppose Him to be forewarned that they will be eventually annihilated if they persist in their vain and futile plans to take over all of the world and the people in the world.
He admonishes these evil empire rulers to be wise. However, only those people who have the fear of God have wisdom. These leaders have no fear of God, as they believe in the erroneous deception that they are gods.
They are very mentally deranged in their thinking, and that is why many of them are able to kill even their own family members and many innocent people to gain more power for themselves. They are totally self-centered and ego centric.
Some that claim to be "Christians" are also involved in this evil empire, and they are being used to spread disinformation, propaganda and Satan's heinous plans to the world. They are on the radio, the TV, the Internet, and you will know them by their fruit which is to bring hopelessness, terror and lies to God's people and the innocent people who do not know The Truth, The Way and The Life.
These false teachers, false prophets, false apostles, false pastors and evangelists, etc. are always talking about the exploits of our enemies, and they are not talking about the glorious plans of our Lord Jesus Christ. Before The Lord returns; He will have His beautiful bride. She will be without spot, wrinkle or blemish. This is a wonderful hope and prospect, and we, God's people are to be in the process of making ourselves ready to be part of the glorious church.
We are hearing from many about the plans of Christ's enemies, but the Bible tells us that the gates of hell will "not" prevail against the Lord's Church. Praise God for those men and women of God who are teaching the real Word of God.
We, Christians have so much to look forward to on this earth in these last days. The Lord is allowing a great time of truth to be revealed, as the wheat and the tares are coming into maturity. People will have no excuse, as to which way they choose to go, and who they will serve.
Those that choose to go the way of the world and the anti-Christ system will be gathered up and thrown into the fire, but those who choose to serve the Lord will be gathered into His barn of safety and protection.
When the Bride is prepared to meet Jesus Christ, and when Jesus returns; what a tremendous time of joy, blessings and restitution that will be. It will be a time when The Lord's Kingdom will come on this earth for 1,000 years.
At the end of that time, Satan will be released for a season to be allowed to tempt those who were not tested in the previous time on earth. After that period of testing, hallelujah, Satan will be bound up, and sent to hell for all eternity. What a great day that will be for all of God's beloved people.
The heathen are raging along with Satan, because they know that their time is very short to try and deceive the people and to lead them to the slaughter.
This is a wonderful time in history when we will see the fulfillment of the plans and purpose of almighty God. Keep your faith and trust in Him very high, and He will bring you through everything very victoriously.
He always causes His people to triumph. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. There is none other that is even to be compared to Him.
Let's rejoice and praise God that we have been counted worthy to be part of this glorious grand finale. Pray that you, yours and all people will be counted worthy to escape what is to come, and to be able to stand before the Son of man.
We are not to surrender to the plans of Satan and his dupes. Instead, we are to praise God;, stand in prayer, spiritual warfare and the power of The Holy Spirit.
My prayer for this evil age:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank You for Your great and mighty promises found in Your precious Word. You will always be with us even unto the end of this age. You will never leave us nor forsake us.
We pray that all the evil deeds of darkness in this world will be exposed, and that all of the works of Satan will be destroyed, along with his hiding places, weapons, devices, vehicles, and everything that is being used against You and Your anointed.
We pray that all of those evil works will be replaced with the works of our Lord Jesus Christ. May His Kingdom come, and His will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Lord will raise up a mighty standard against him. Please raise up the men and women of God who will have the spirit of Joshua, Caleb, Josiah, Jehu, Joseph, John, Peter and Paul, and those who have served You victoriously over these many years.
Please bring all of these handlers, gang stalkers, coven,cult, secret society members, and traitors to our country and our people to justice, judgement, prosecution and hopefully to repentance.
May Your Name be lifted up and glorified on this earth. For Thine is the Kingdom, power and glory forever and ever. In Jesus' precious Name we ask these things and all for Your glory. Amen, amen and amen.
Peggy Kannaday is the Managing Editor of "Church Growth International" which is the English outreach of The Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea.
Margaret (Peggy) Kannaday,
Managing Editor
Church Growth International
Regent Park/Glen Ridge, 707 Torrey Pines Lane, Fort Mill, SC 29715, 803 547-2164


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Advanced Modeling of Friction Stir Welding – Improved Material Model for Aluminum Alloys and Modeling of Different Materials with Different Properties by Using the Level Set Method
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) has gained much importance throughout the last years. Beside comprehensive experimental work that has been carried out, the simulation of the welding zone is of major interest. Due to the high strains observed within the welding zone, the Eulerian (CFD) approach seems to be the most promising for the prediction of flow around the FSW tool. However, the CFD modeling of FSW still faces some problems.
This paper introduces an advanced CFD model for the simulation of friction stir welding of different aluminum alloys. To model the welding of different materials, the use of level set method will be introduced to friction stir welding. With that it becomes possible to predict material mixing within the weld seam.


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I'm new to this forum and eager to learn. I've written several websites over the years and none that were anything close to web standard compliant. They were designed using MS FrontPage utilizing many tables, nested tables, and then more tables. It's a HTML mess. While the content is solid, the site needs a serious overhaul and re-write. I've taken several online classes through Ed2go through my local community college that cover the basics of Dreamweaver CS5 and then intermediate HTML and CSS. I plan to continue with the intermediate HTML & CSS class after an upcoming total knee replacement surgery. At least after I no longer need the pains meds and can concentrate better.
In the meantime, my pressing issue is creating my templates needed to get this re-write done. Where I am at this point is stuck. The header I envision would use three images I created in Photoshop. The first is the left column (fixed width of 330px) with my observatory name and coordinates, the right column is an image of fixed width of 300px. The center column would be liquid, if possible, allowing the left and right pictures to remain in their positions and the center image, title of the website with shadow and bevel affects, to remain center of the two columns regardless of monitor resolution. I would set the minimum width to 1024 and maximum to 100%. Height would be fixed at 200px. Actual dimensions of the images used are: left - 330x200px right - 300x200px center - 450x120px. I could remake that center image giving it a 200px height placing the text where I want it aligned if that makes it any easier. Is this possible or even practical? I should mention that I can easily do this using tables but I am trying to 1) learn the proper technique 2) be standards compliant.
As far as scripts go, if it's in DW CS5 I may have played with them and they would have been Javascript most likely. I'm no web designer. I am a retired HVAC tech that specialized in computer controlled zoning systems for home and commercial buildings. I build my own Windows based computer systems so hardware wise I'm pretty proficient. I'll be re-writing my church's website after completing mine. Hopefully I'll learn a good deal more doing mine first but they are totally different in design. I think the church site is actually much easier and a lot smaller overall.
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Gina Vs. Jessica - Video WW69 - The Complete Match
First there is Gina, 5'9" & 161 lbs., a super hot babe with sexy jet black hair and a body that will make you quiver with excitement, that was draped in a sheer black dress. Her opponent was Jessica, 5'8" & 143 lbs., a drop gorgeous blonde with blue eyes and a figure that is unbelievably hot which she displayed in short blue dress. Because this match was highly anticipated to be close, a professional referee was called in to enforce the rules and declare when a submission was obtained. The battle started fiercely, with both of these goddesses determined to win. The action was non-stop, as one would be on top and then the other with the referee keeping them within the confines of the ring. Both of these sexy fierce female warriors scored body scissors in the first 20 minutes of battle, but no submissions could be obtained. Around Twenty minutes into match, both warriors stripped out of their dresses, leaving Gina in an incredibly sexy black thong bikini and Jessica in a blue floral bikini. Slowly Jessica seemed to be getting top control and finally after several intense efforts, she secured a pair of lethal body scissors against Gina and earned a submission point. Shortly thereafter, Jessica got an unbelievably prolonged chest-head pin that lasted over 10 minutes. Nobody could believe how long Gina held on, but finally she had to give up another point. After this hard fought battle, some exciting post interviews were conducted by the referee outside of the ring that lets you get some insight into what these warriors were thinking during their battle. Truly any fan who loves to see hard fought girl versus girls matches, must add this video to their collection today.
Evie Vs. Charles - Video FG505 - The Complete Match
Evie Diaz is a smoking-hot hard-bodied brunette, who stands at 5'3" and weighs 130lbs. Wearing jeans and a white and brown bikini top, Evie is more aggressive than her larger and heavier opponent Charles, who is 5'10†and 174 lbs. Although, Charles brings her down to the mat, Evie quickly rallies to take control of the match and crushes Charles between her powerful legs in a devastating body scissor! This hot little dynamo frequently has the dominant position, with humiliating chest sit pins and tortuous head scissors and vice-like body scissors. You really don't want to miss Evie in action! WOW!! At one point, Evie pushes Charles onto his back and when he tries to stop her from moving into a chest sit pin by putting his feet up, in a daring move, she leaps over his legs! Unfortunately, she gets pushed off to the side, but she moves right back in, takes control, and then treats him to a crushingly painful body scissor! Later in the match, it looks as though Charles has the upper hand, trapping Evie in a head lock. Evie refuses to submit and manages to escape (you'll have to watch to find out how), then moves back into the dominant position, leaving Charles helpless. If you enjoy watching hot, sexy, hard-bodied women dominating a man, you don't want to miss Evie putting Charles to shame!
Evie Vs. Luke - Video FG500 - Part 1
Evie is a hot brunette in jean shorts and is a dynamo on the mats. She moves right in on Luke, who is larger and begins grappling with him. She even traps him in a painful grapevine!
Jill Vs. Suzanne - WW51 - The Complete Match
It is a very rare occasion indeed when Flamingo producers would decide to book a rematch, but there were so many fans who wrote and pleaded to see another exhibition of some of the fiercest, extremely competitive wrestling action between two super sexy female warriors, that the rematch was put together. In the first war which is available on WW40 Jill Vs. Suzanne, there was no official scorekeeping done. Each sexy gladiator thought that they'd won. Many fans have written in with the opinions varying. The end result has been two savage female babes that have been dying to get it on again. The Flamingo producers are proud to present this collector's item in a outright war! Jill is a well known Scottish lass who's 5'4, 130 lbs and Suzanne is just as sexy at 5'7", 130 lbs. Jill wore tight hot little jean shorts with black tights to start and about half way thru the match stripped off the shorts leaving just the sexy silky tights. Suzanne wore a sexy red dancers leotard and white tights and looked like one of the sexiest dancers we ever saw. Each warrior came to win and to have no controversy, each submission was scored by the victor on a scoreboard during the match. It started quick with Suzanne jumping on Jill and landing a grapevine, but Jill quickly rolled her over and used those sexy powerful thighs to crush the life out of Suzanne and had her shrieking in agony! In a shocking display of brutality, Jill lifted Suzanne and slammed her into the wall repeatedly! This wild violence is all real and was so brutal, the producers almost called a halt to the war. There were many holds such as reverse head scissors, body scissors, chest sit pins, cross pins, humiliating cradles and more. Just like the first time, this was a violent and very close match. Who do you think took the victory?
Jennie Vaughn Vs. Julie Taylor - WW96 - The Complete Match
Get ready for some great female wrestling action! Totally hot blonde babe Jennie, 5' 7" and 134 lbs., has a very sexy body with thick shapely legs and a nice full butt. Julie, 5' 7" and 141 lbs., is very fit and athletic with powerful thighs, an awesome butt, and nice boobs. It is absolutely incredible to find two women so hot sexy and gorgeous who are actually strong tough female wrestlers. When you see these two unbelievably hot gorgeous women fighting their hardest with so much determination you will be absolutely amazed. Jennie looks absolutely stunning in her tight black dress as she uses her strong legs to crush Julie's ribs. Julie looks unbelievably hot in her short jean cutoffs and white tank top as she fights back hard, refusing to give in. Halfway into the match the score is tied, and these gorgeous ladies pause to strip down to their bikinis. Jennie's cute red bikini really shows off her sexy figure, and Julie's tiny thong bikini leaves very little of her awesome body to the imagination. These ladies are both incredibly determined to win and just refuse to give in. They hold out through plenty of rough holds like body scissors, head scissors, and cross pins. Even when both ladies have one another locked in rib crushing body scissors, both just refuse to be the first to submit. With the score tied eventually someone had to submit, so watch this great video today to find out who came out on top, and who was forced to give in.
Julie Taylor Vs. Charles Jordan - Video FL105 - Part 3
Julie is a super sexy blonde. Her opponent Charlie is a fit man who came to win. In a rough take down by Charlie they hit the mats hard. Charlie is doing good this part of the match. Julie is tough and knows to bide her time. Eventually she outmaneuvers Charlie and gets him in a painful cross pin. When Julie gets Charlie in a mind blowing pair of head scissors she forces him to submit verbally rather than tap the mat. She must have been mad after the early part of this round. If you love seeing an incredibly sexy woman who is a true warrior subdue and humble a fit man you must watch this one!
Natasha Lynn Vs. Andy Harper - Video FL115 - The Complete Match
Natasha is 5' 3" and 120 lbs. of gorgeous muscular female power. Her opponent Andy stands 5' 10" and weighed in at 155 lbs., but even with that size advantage, he was in for a very tough match. Natasha is incredibly strong, and her tantalizing body is in amazing shape, complimented by an absolutely stunning pretty face. As the match started, both opponents circled briefly, then Natasha got a hold of Andy and quickly put him in a body scissor. Andy fought hard and escaped, only to be put in a chest-sit pin and then a head scissor so powerful he had no choice but to tap out. Natasha's fit muscular feminine body is incredible to watch in action. She wears a sexy white lace cropped top over a blue bikini top that can barely contain her amazing breasts and tiny white shorts that accentuate her thick powerful thighs and awesome firm butt. She removes the lace top after about 15 minutes of battle, giving you an even better view of her unbelievable toned fitness body. As the match continues, you can see that Andy tries to get a submission to no avail. The chance of Andy ever securing a submission appears to be at best highly unlikely. She uses body scissors, head scissors, grapevines, and cross-pins to completely overwhelm Andy as she racks up point after point. If you would like to see a beautiful, but unbelievably powerful woman use her incredible strength to completely defeat a taller, heavier man in a competitive wrestling match, you will definitely want to order this video today!
Jennie Vaughn Vs. Brad Morgan - Video FL112 - The Complete Match
Despite the fact that Brad, 5' 2" and 136 lbs., is smaller than his beautiful opponent, Jennie, he planned to give the match his all and thought he would do pretty well. He was very wrong. Jennie is 5' 6" and 141 lbs. of incredibly sexy female power. It never fails to amaze us that a lady who is so hot, is also such a strong, tough, skilled female wrestler. You will be in awe as you witness Jennie's wrestling prowess as she wrestles in a little top tied up to reveal her flat stomach and a tiny skirt that barely covers her luscious thighs and incredible butt. Not only does she look amazing, she is a strong wrestler and Brad doesn't stand a chance against her. Even though he comes on strong and even manages to briefly get Jennie into a full nelson, Jennie puts him into one rib crunching body scissor after another. After racking up a whopping 10 points in less than 20 minutes, Jennie removes her top and skirt to finish the match in a black bikini. Be prepared to be blown away as you witness this incredibly sexy babe use her fit toned athletic body and powerful thighs covered only by her bikini to completely overwhelms Brad with her wrestling skill and strength. Brad is put through body scissors, head scissors, cross pins, chest sit pins, and headlocks. He just can't seem to escape from Jennie's unyielding grasp. If you want to see an incredibly hot lady completely out wrestle a guy who can't seem to do anything to stop her, this is the video for you.
Julie Taylor Vs. Lindsey Adams - ww84-01
Lindsey, 5'3" & 109 lbs., is a trim, toned, brunette with the sexy, feminine body of a dancer. Julie, 5'7" & 136 lbs., is a hot blonde with full, powerful thighs, and a nice round butt. Neither of these secy ladies likes to give and they fight like wildcats while enduring painful holds such as cross pins, body scissors, and head scissors until finally one of them can stand no more and has to give up the point. If you like seeing sexy, strong, athletic women competing intensely then this one is a must see.
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Attending opening night of The Human Spirit, I had no idea the play would evoke such painful memories of an era I experienced during my thirty-six years in South Africa. Arriving in 1957 as a young newly-wed, I lived in a small, predominantly gold-mining town in the Western Transvaal, a virtual hotbed of Apartheid development and activity. Almost daily, new stringent restrictions were imposed on the non-white majority, who regularly suffered unwarranted brutality at the hands of both uniformed police and ordinary citizens. The Rivonia trials and Nelson Mandela's imprisonment evoked disbelief and a sense of doom. I felt certain that wealthy South Africa, leader of the African continent, had started on an inexorable downward spiral!
Carole Eglash-Kosoff's play, The Human Spirit, is a well portrayed dramatization of true stories from the egregious South African Apartheid era, and of the men and women who tirelessly devoted their lives, publicly, or clandestinely, to support that country's most disadvantaged. The non-white populations had been neglected for nearly half of the century, Nelson Mandela was still in prison, clean water and sanitation barely existed, and AIDS was beginning to orphan an entire generation.
Often putting their own, and their family's lives in danger, the "Mamas," ordinary women in a black township, defied the rules by banding together and doing everything possible to ease the suffering and misery of the voiceless, victimized, and severely restricted non-white populations.
Lisa Dobbyn plays Helen Silverman, a Jewish humanist with medical training. She rebels against the hospital policy of giving the "sick, little black kids" a few pills, making a few notes in their files, and sending them on their way—admitting them overnight is strictly forbidden. Zuri Alexander plays Bertha, a black medical assistant who gives up her valuable hospital position to assist Helen. Allison Reeves plays Tutu, who escapes the farm where she lives with her loving grandmother, and from the farmer who preys on young, attractive black girls. She goes to search for her mother in Cape Town, working for a while as a dishwasher at an elite British Yacht Club before discovering her real life-purpose.
The story is both heartbreaking and uplifting, with moments of wry humor, as parties from both sides of Apartheid work selflessly together to achieve, against all odds, unbelievably positive results, despite poor conditions, lack of finance, and serious harassment by authorities. The actors each play different parts, changing costumes and persona smoothly on a well-appointed stage with no curtain drops.
Drummer Trevor David has spent many a Sunday beating the drums at the famous Venice Beach drum circle. Upon returning from a decade in Japan, he attended the audition and secured the role, adding mood and color to each scene with constant and varying drumbeats. Lighting effects, costume design, and stage setting all deserve special mention. All round a highly recommended, important production.
The Human Spirit was written by Carole Eglash-Kosoff, directed by Donald Squires, and produced by Racquel Lehrman (Theatre Planners). This production stars Zuri Alexander, Virtic Emil Brown, Trevor David, Lisa Dobbyn, Terrance Ellis, Zehra Fazal, Matt Fowler, Safia Hakim, Eamon Hunt, Allison Reeves, Rea Segoati, and Cary Thompson. Production staff includes Victoria Watson (Associate Producer), Gary Lee Reed (Set Designer), Michael Gend (Lighting Designer), Jon Jackson (Sound Designer), and Jerry A Blackburn (Stage Manager).
The Human Spirit is a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre
Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays at8pm, Sundays at 3pm.
Closes: June 29, 2014
Reservations: http://www.plays411.com/human
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Hello! Yay Friday is here! :> But when it comes as Friday at the end of Spring break it is a wee bit sad! So have been enjoying having Ariel home from school! I cannot believe how much more I have been able to craft with having two kids rather than just one! :> Last night we took the kids to see a movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked and enjoyed spending time as a family! So happy with how well Carter does at the movies now! :>
Today I am babysitting my friends 3 kids 6 and under. The youngst is only 18 months so I have been jumping up a lot as the silent little dude gets into stuff in the first half an hour I found him just about playing in the toilet (bathroom door shut now on) in my front closet, opening the tv glass doors (found childproof lock) and was he eating a toy? Nope! Phew you forget how much these toddlers get into! Currently they are all playing so nicely and I am not going to mess with that so I thought I would quickly blog!
Today I have a card to share that I used the other flower stamp from the Floral Blossom set by Hero Arts for Basic grey, I also used a Konnichiwa paper with it!
I entered this card last night in the flickr group for March's Hero Arts contest of fabulous flowers! I am also entering this card into Lily Pad's challenge of Flowers, and Simon Says Stamps anything goes challenge!
I embossed the flowers with some chestnut zing powder onto the Konnichiwa patterned paper and than embossed them again onto matching cardstock cut them out and paper pieced them, using foam squares to give dimension! My last several cards have been more springy and pink colors this color scheme is a welcome change, it looks so great on my craft table, I keep looking at it!


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And the winner of the $10 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble, the pack of note cards and the autographed copy of Divorced, Desperate and Delicious is... Kimmie! Kimmie, please visit my website, www.Christie-Craig.com, and send me an email with your snail mail address and I'll get your prize out to you ASAP. Congrats!
Crime Scene Christie
I got the email from Gemma a while back, suggesting that for Killer Fiction's anniversary week, we all blog about our "call" stories.My first thought was, "Sounds great." Although, I think I might have blogged about that before.
Yes, I sort of have two calls stories—there's the recent one that brought me back into novel publishing, and it's motivational, inspiration.
Heart racing, I replied, "I've been waiting for this for six years. I can take it standing up." (Looking back, this response may have been due to my past 'call' experience.) "I've sold a book, haven't I?"
Being a total New Yorker, her reply was quick. "No. You haven't a sold a book. "The thought that ran through my head was . . .shoot me now. I mean I was so ready for it to happen, and from my agent's tone, I just knew I had finally arrived.Then my agent continued, "You've sold four."
Breathless and in my southern drawl, I answered, "I need to sit down."
I remember thinking she was just being nice.
Later that night at the awards ceremony, I was awarded first place. And it hit me, wow, she really did like my story.In a couple of months, manuscript complete, I packaged my 240 page story along with my hopes and dreams, and I sent the package to her. Sure, I was excited, but I wasn't holding my breath. I'd heard of other writers getting this close and then getting the big rejection that hits you right in the gut. Hmm…speaking of gut pain…


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- Special tube speaker of a total power of 9W - Choose mobility and easy access - Independent from time and place - Original design - Simple form
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The SOUND TUBE is characterized by its interesting design enclosed in a shape of a large tube. The appearance of the device connects modern style and ergonomics. Apart from advanced specs the quality of sound is further manifested in the larger and solid dimensions and appropriate weight of the device. The side control panel that includes all connectors and buttons, including the sound volume adjustment buttons.
The device is characterized by the perfect sound of Your favorite music. Two speakers with a subwoofer of a power output as high as 5 W guarantee very high sound quality, characterized by high sound dynamics and rich bass.
The built-in battery and the Bluetooth support allow you to use the device both at home and outside. The SOUNDE TUBE is the perfect addition and supplementation of mobile devices – after pairing you can not only listen to music, but also watch movies with far better sound quality than that offered by the speaker of your smartphone or tablet. Crisp and clear sound of the device should satisfy even the most demanding users. The set includes hooks and a belt, that make carrying the speaker easier.
The SOUND TUBE can be paired with a smartphone working under the control of Android and iOS operating systems. The built-in SD card reader and USB port enable you to play your favorite music directly from the memory card or a pendrive. The device also features a built-in FM radio, that can be an alternative during trips to places where Internet access, and access to some of your smartphone features are limited.


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Yes, we realise this month's A Month In Records is roughly a week late, but we've been suffering from something of an Our 66 hangover (click it for a link!). It's okay, though: the painkillers have finally kicked in and, a few sour faces aside, we're firing on all cylinders again. And those faces have nothing to do with any compiling of ridiculously time-consuming album countdowns; we're just a bit gutted that last night was Les Incompétents' final show. Boo, but also yay, in a funny sorta way.
October witnessed the release of a number of frankly fantastic albums; granted, we at the DiSopolis had our heads buried in html rather too much of the time to notice said great records, but our esteemed team of writers and reporters and scribes and slags told us all about them. And here are some of them, again! In a kinda compilation feature type-o-thang. Much like Our 66, but shorter. Mercifully…
Seriously, we didn't even get time to go bust any ghosts! Sheeeesh…
PJ Harvey
The Peel Sessions – 1991 – 2004
(Island – review here)
Polly Jean was just one of a flood of artists to release a Peel Sessions compilation recently, but hers is absolutely the pick of the bunch. Says our reviewer: "this is an album one can easily listen through as a coherent, worthy whole – it fits and works together perfectly despite the fact that the songs showcase the development of a thirteen-year career; and it's a career damn worth showcasing." A blatantly obvious must-have for any long-term fans, Harvey's The Peel Sessions also allows newcomers to her music an insight into her rather rawer roots.
Souls She Said
As Templar Nights
(Poptones – review here)
The long-awaited debut album from The Icarus Line's Joe Cardamone and Don Devore did not disappoint: one minute a disco-dancing everyone on the floor now strut-punk affair, the next a slow-burning 'n' gurning stoner essential, As Templar Nights manages to maintain a peculiar consistency and coherency across its admittedly brief running time. Says our man with the plan: "Souls She Said are acerbic and sweet, stretched and contained, claustrophobic and spaced out". Us, we like the sound of that muchly; you, you'll probably agree, no?
Andrew Bird
Fingerlings 3
(self-released – review here)
In the words of our ace reviewer Mr Jez Burrows: "You'd best prepare yourself. Because as you stand in the shadows, the roads down which these songs are travelling in your head are about to take unexpected left and right turns, the odd hairpin or careering curve - melodies expand and contract like anxious lungs, lyrics rewrite themselves in the air. It's almost an injustice to have these songs, so gracefully played and replayed in your head, retooled before your eyes." Intrigued? You bet you are, so go read about Mr Bird right now.
Saturday Night Wrist
(Maverick – review here)
The Californian quintet's fifth studio album left few fans disappointed: those expecting a wandering away from all things heavy were surprised by Saturday Night Wrist's forceful guitars and pulverising drums, while those fearing an erratically assembled album a la their great in places self-titled effort were relieved to hear that Deftones had crafted an album that could be consumed remarkably well as a whole. Deftones are now operating in creative circles that few metal acts can reach. A great album.
Creating Short Fiction
(Gravity DIP – review here)
If all 'emo' actually sounded like Orko, it almost certainly wouldn't have become the dirty word it is today, a catchall for any guitar-toting outfit who match pop riffs to diary page lyricism. Emo in the rather more archaic sense of the categorisation, Orko owe a fair debt to the likes of Rival Schools and Far; yet plagiarism isn't particularly high in their agenda, and they add their own twists and turns on Creating Short Fiction. Says our reviewer: "Creating Short Fiction is an exciting first chapter in what I hope will be a lengthy story". Nice!
But wait! There were other grand records released in October, so check these out before you move on with your months: Converge's No More Heroes (review); Sodastream's Reservations (review); Adrian Klumpes' Be Still (review); Subtle's For Hero: For Fool (review); and A Hawk And A Hacksaw's The Way The Wind Blows (review).
Wanna know about singles and great live gigs of the month known as October 2006? Then you've read on to the right place. On the singles front, the month saw The Good The Bad And The Queen release 'Herculean' to a decidedly ace nine-outta ten here; Bat For Lashes continue her campaign to steal away the heart of every indie boy in the land with the release of 'Trophy' (review); CSS tear the dancefloor into shreds with the impossible to rid from your skull 'Alala' (review); The Long Blondes break into the top thirty with 'Once And Never Again' (review); and Field Music put things a little 'In Context' (review). And that's just a scratching of the surface! Click here to browse our recent singles reviews.
Highlight's of the month's live calendar included (click names for review links) Frank Turner in Devises, Mates Of State in London, Ed Harcourt in Glasgow, The Raconteurs in Newcastle, The Long Blondes in Cambridge, The Lemonheads in Nottingham, Patrick Wolf in Norwich, and The Victorian English Gentlemens Club in Leicester. Us, London-centric? T'would appear not, dear readers!
Rolo Tomassi
Rolo Tomassi EP
A raging, cheap-keys-bashing, guitar-mangling, throat-hoarsening, killer-hook-filled, screaming-teen-featuring, unashamedly-fun EP – five tracks in twenty-five minutes – this debut from Sheffield youngsters Rolo Tomassi simply stole our breath away. Think along the lines of Trencher, Blood Brothers, Daughters, et cetera, but take away any of those bands' off-putting aggressiveness and replace it with tomfoolery and give-a-fuck frivolity. Yes, we like this A LOT. Read more about the band at their MySpace, here, and read our review here.