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Conservatives really hate women. Actually, they pretty much hate anyone who isn't rich, white and male. And Christian. Preferably American. But women, public enemy number one. Even when they're tired of bashing the queers or finding extremist Muslims under every rock or blaming Mexicans for the lack of jobs or whining about "welfare queens," they're never to tired to dream up new and torturous ways to screw women, literally and figuratively.
Take the Tea House of Representatives. Please. Their first order of business was, of course, to repeal health care and make sure that you paid more for less health care, that if you lose your job, and the health insurance that comes with it, and have some terminal disease, you won't be able to get insurance again and that your kids are shit out of luck if they need insurance.
But their next order of business? Redefining rape. Yep. According to the conservative assholes in the Tea House of Representatives, it isn't rape unless you have enough bruising and lacerations. Oh, and by the way, incest doesn't count anymore either. And this is just in a bill that bans federal funding for abortions across the board, except for rape, of course, and provided it was "forcible" enough. No, if you are drugged by some cretin who then has sex with your drug-addled body, it is not rape.
Although I'd be willing to bet if Neil Patrick Harris drugged Rep. Chris Smith, the idiot who wrote this bill, and then had sex with his drug-addled body, Chris would be rushing to change the language in his bill. Probably to say that homosexual rape doesn't have to be forcible. Fortunately for us, Neil wouldn't do such a thing, and even if he were inclined to, Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, would not be in the running.
By the way, 173 Tea House Republicans have signed on to co-sponsor little Chrissie's bill.
Of course, abortion is pretty much the top target for these Tea Housers and other conservative slime. The seem to think that all straight liberal women do is fuck and run out and get abortions, depriving them of overloading the world population even more than it already is. Personally, I'm in favor of some retroactive abortions, but that's another post.
Anyway, they squawk about killing babies, but that's not what it's about at all. It's about control. Control over women. Barefoot and pregnant. Women should be in the kitchen and not the Tea House. They use the killing babies thing to appeal to the women in their midst, because even they wouldn't go for it if they understood what it's really about. The poor little babies.
Personally, I'm not that fond of the idea of abortions myself. I'm never going to have to make that decision for myself, so I can't say with certainty what I would do if I found myself with an unwanted pregnancy. If I did, it would most certainly be from rape, maybe incest. But what if it weren't forcible enough for John Boehner?
But here's the thing: I would prefer that abortions are never necessary, but sometimes they are. And the fucking assholes who say they aren't have written a bill that changes the definition of rape to "forcible rape." And that's precisely why I would never want to see abortions banned. When men can act like human beings instead of sex-crazed animals, maybe. But until then? Fuck you, Chris Smith.
There's even been some talk among some conservatives about repealing suffrage.
And these jackasses will stoop to anything to try to win — mainly because they know they're fucking wrong and if they don't cheat, it won't happen. But they should seriously reconsider use of the "sting and heavily edited video" operations because so far it's been an utter failure.
First there was the ACORN sting, which unfortunately wasn't revealed to be total bullshit until far to late to save the organization. And honestly, ACORN was an easy target. It was loosely organized and really didn't have tight enough controls on its "volunteers." Nevertheless, the James O'Keefe video was total bullshit. As was his attempt to bug Sen. Mary Landrieu's office. He was arrested for that one. And then his benefactor, Andrew Breitbart, ran with the Shirley Sherrod video, which, again unfortunately, was not revealed to be bullshit until the Obama administration, in its haste to kiss the ass of conservatives, had fired her. But the bullshittiness of it was revealed very quickly.
So now the conservatives are playing a tiny little video snippit that purports to show Planned Parenthood staffers helping a guy who says he's a sex trafficker find a back alley abortion for one of his girls. SEEEEEEE EEEEEEEVVVVIIILLLLL PLLLANNNNNEEDDDDDD PPPPPAAAARRREENNNTTTHOOOODDD! Except that during the four or five days last month that these supposed sex traffickers were visiting several Planned Parenthood offices, Planned Parenthood reported the supposed sex trafficking ring. To Attorney General Eric Holder. AND they said they thought it might be a hoax, too.
Sting FAIL, big guys.
Conservatives really suck at investigative journalism, y'know. They seem to start with what they think is going on, and then they devise "stings" to make what they think is going on go on. Of course, they're invariably wrong, too. That's just not how it works. Wanna know how it works? Go check out Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), which is a 35-year-old non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting.
Hey, wait! I have an idea! Let's "sting" IRE! We can prove they only care about liberal investigations. Or something.


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Bluetooth made easy
Kernel Support
You must have bluetooth support in your kernel if you are going to use bluetooth. Enable the following in your kernel config:
Networking support → Bluetooth subsystem support → <m> RFCOMM protocol support <y> RFCOMM tty support <m> BNEP protocol support <y> Multicast filter support <y> Protocol filter support <m> HIDP protocol support
I find no difference in choosing built-in modules vs. loading modules with the exception that someday you may wish to use out-of-tree drivers directly from wireless.kernel.org. Just adding all the modules guarantees you can do anything bluetooth in the future, not worth worrying about saving a tiny bit of space.
Also be sure and select your bluetooth device driver:
Networking support → Bluetooth subsystem support → Bluetooth device drivers → <m> HCI USB driver
Make sure you choose at least the HCI USB driver. Others may be applicable to your setup too, for example, if you have a Broadcom BCM203x device you'll want the driver for that which loads the appropriate firmware.
Userspace Programs
As of this writing there have been big changes in bluez. If you intend to use headsets, they (currently) will NOT work with bluez-5.x. The HSP/HFP protocol that these headsets use were set up by bluez (in the past), but that now will be handled by pulseaudio (in the future). For headset owners (in the present) you must choose bluez-4.x and pulseaudio-4.x if you intend to use them. So mask the newer versions in /etc/portage/package.mask:
echo ">bluez-4.(whatever version you choose)">>/etc/portage/package.mask echo ">pulseaudio-4.(whatever version you choose)">>/etc/portage/package.mask
A2DP and other protocols still work fine in bluez-5, so if you don't intend to use headsets the above doesn't apply.
Add "bluetooth" to your USE flags in /etc/portage/make.conf
And then: emerge -aND @world
If you need firmware for your bluetooth receiver be sure and get that too. Sys-kernel/linux-firmware is always a safe bet to have on hand.
You'll want to add bluetooth to your startup:
# rc-update add bluetooth default
While it's rumored that some high-profile Funtoo users refuse to even run X server, for the rest of us a handy GUI can be nice. However, be aware that all operations can be done from the command line as well. If you intend to do that, bluez-4.x needs to be installed with the "test-programs" USE flag. I don't believe it's necessary with bluez-5 and above.
For bluez-4.x/pulseaudio-4.x users wanting a GUI you can use gnome-bluetooth (I recommend <=3.6) or blueman. The blueman project has been abandoned, but still works fine until we all move on past version 4 bluez.
For bluez-5.x users the choice is more limited. Blueman will not work. A newer version of gnome-bluetooth probably does, not tested here. I did test bluedevil and it seemed to work, but I suspect initial pairing must still be done at the command line.
Pair up your devices, you're ready to go! For bluez-4.x with GUI this is pretty trivial, if you have issues, there is plenty on the web. Bluez-5.x is a little different, as far as I have seen it is all done at the command line, once again I refer you to the web where it is covered in detail.
Custom Tips
With bluez-5.x, things are bit strange. It starts with your bluetooth device (receiver) powered off. For those that would like their bluetooth active on machine start, the following code passing around the web added to /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules is purported to work:
#/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules # Set bluetooth power up ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="hci0", RUN+="/usr/bin/hciconfig hci0 up"
However, I suspect the same technique the author has been using for years will work just as well. At any rate, while bluez-4.x powers your device on at startup, by the same token you can start it powered down and then use a hotkey to toggle it. By adding the following to your /etc/local.d/*.start file:
#/etc/local.d/*.start rfkill block bluetooth
Bluez-4.x will start with the device powered off.
Or, you bluez-5.x users that want your device powered on start:
#/etc/local.d/*.start rfkill unblock bluetooth #UNTESTED!
/etc/local.d/*.start operates as the root user. This is convenient, as rfkill requires root to execute.
Your bluetooth device will be physically powered down (no electricity even) when rfkill blocks it. Most desktop environments, Gnome, KDE, etc. have some way to assign a hotkey to a command. However, these commands are limited to the unprivileged user. Since rfkill must be run by root I use the following method.
First, we need toggle action, so the key can turn bluetooth either off or on. This accomplishes that. I have a /home/<username>/bin directory with many "helper" programs. In there, create a file owned by root, with chmod 744 permissions called bluetooth.
#/home/<username>/bin/bluetooth #keyboard shortcut set to <your choice>, toggles bluetooth on & off #this file must be added to sudoers ;) # we need to find which rfkill applies to bluetooth, there can be one for wifi, one for bluetooth, I have a 3rd , don't even know what it is for file in /sys/class/rfkill/* do if [ "$(cat ${file}/name)" = "hp-bluetooth" ]; then ### you'll have to snoop around in there, rename to what your device is called BT_STATE=$(cat ${file}/state) fi done if [[ ${BT_STATE} -eq 1 ]]; then rfkill block bluetooth BLUETOOTH_STRING=" Bluetooth powered off" DISPLAY_COLOR="red" else rfkill unblock bluetooth BLUETOOTH_STRING=" Bluetooth powered on" DISPLAY_COLOR="blue" fi # Clean up any running aosd_cat processes killall aosd_cat &> /dev/null # Display the desired text echo "$BLUETOOTH_STRING" | aosd_cat -n "Georgia Italic 120" -u 1000 -o 200 -R $DISPLAY_COLOR -S black -f 0 -e 4 -p 3 -x 300
As you can see, I also have a display that prints huge colored letters across my screen telling bluetooth status for a few seconds as I enable/disable it. To have the display you must install x11-libs/libaosd. That's it, the code in the bluetooth program shows how to use this handy library.
Since this program is owned by root, and in fact, rfkill itself must be run as root, simply put the following line in your sudoers file:
<username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /home/<username>/bin/bluetooth
Now just add the following command to your hotkey assignment, and you can toggle bluetooth on & off to your heart's content:
sudo /home/<username>/bin/bluetooth
Yet Another Trick
Another handy thing that can be done. I have 2 computers at my desk, 1 is rarely used and somewhat underpowered. I sometimes use it though to talk on voip, leaving my main machine free to compile, restart, whatever.
The problem: I wish to use the same headsets on both computers. In practice, this is a bit of a hassle, because you must pair the headsets with only one machine, so as I switch back and forth, I have to change the pairing. Not the end of the world, but we can save that hassle.
Some newer headsets can be paired to as many as 3 different receivers, great if you have them
The first task is to acquire the bdaddr program. It's on the Backtrack Linux distros, you can probably find it out there in cyberspace somewhere, but it gets confusing on a search because bluez uses the bdaddr abbreviation a lot, creating a lot of noise in your search. I just put it in /usr/bin.
To accomplish this, one machine must be the "Master Record" and the other machine pretends to be that machine with pairing. Not as complicated as it sounds.
Now pair all of your devices on the "Master Record" machine. The secret link codes are stored at (shhhh!) /var/lib/bluetooth in a directory named with your receivers bluetooth address, let's say AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA. After this is done you are ready to start on the Pretender machine. It will fool bluez into thinking that it's bluetooth address is AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA, even though it has a different address. Copy the AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA directory from /var/lib/bluetooth on the "Master Record" machine to /var/lib/bluetooth on the "Pretender". The Pretender will now have two directories in /var/lib/bluetooth, AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA and it's own receiver's address directory. (Unless you have more than 1 receiver, but let's keep it simple).
Then simply modify the code in /home/<username>/bin/bluetooth, only the "turn on" section is shown below, because that's all we are changing:
#/home/<username>/bin/bluetooth (partial) … else rfkill unblock bluetooth # add these 4 lines sleep 2 /usr/bin/bdaddr -i hci0 AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA 2&>1>/dev/null /usr/sbin/hciconfig hci0 reset /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart # end of addition BLUETOOTH_STRING=" Bluetooth powered on" DISPLAY_COLOR="blue" ... …
And that's it! Now both machines will use the same headsets and you won't constantly have to re-pair. When the Pretender bluetooth is toggled on it has the other machines bluetooth address for it's receiver. Note that I always start my bluetooth powered off, so it always starts in pretend mode, if you start with yours powered on it won't spoof the other address until you toggle it off & then on unless you add the above code to your /etc/local.d/*.start file.
The only caveat is I'm not sure what would ever happen if I had both bluetooth receivers on at the same time and turned on a headset. But far short of a nuclear meltdown I'm sure, I suspect one machine would grab the headset before the other? Anyhow, with hotkey controlled bluetooth it's never been an issue.


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Talladega, AL (AP) -- Regan Smith won the crash-filled Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway when NASCAR said he was leading at the final caution flag Saturday night.
The race was delayed three hours by rain and slowed by several cautions, and NASCAR cut the distance by 10 laps as darkness closed in on the track. Then Joey Coulter brought out a caution and NASCAR decided to make one attempt at a green-white-checkered finish.
At least 10 cars were jockeying for position in packs of two on the final lap when Brian Vickers was spun hard into the outside wall. Smith, Joey Logano and Kasey Kahne raced three-wide to the finish line and Kahne crossed it first.
But NASCAR decided Smith was leading when the caution came out and was the winner.
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Blog Cabin 2009: Luxuries and Home Technology Voting Choices
Kohler® VibrAcoustic™ Exposed-Deck Bath
A head pocket and pillow cradle the neck and head, while the user listens to his or her own playlist via a DTV-Bath Interface in this tub.
Kohler® Fountainhead™ Elongated One-Piece Toilet
Innovative tankless Power Lite® technology provides exceptional flushing performance, using just 1.28 gallons per flush, saving as much as 3,200 gallons of water annually over a traditional 1.6-gallon toilet.
Kohler® Steam
This steam system includes a generator, which releases steam into the steam head within one minute of pushing the power button. A control panel allows the user to control time, temperature and power cleaning.
Kohler® SoundTile™ Speakers
Kohler's low-profile SoundTile speakers allow you to enjoy your favorite music or Internet radio stations through your DTV II interface.
Cast-Iron Stove
Contemporary Fireplace Insert
State-of-the-Art Home Theater
Home Gym
Upscale Sports Club
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Smart Lighting
This convenient home technology allows you to control your home lighting from any room in your home, via a button or touch-screen.
Multi-Room Music
Integrate lights with music to set a mellow mood or create your own soothing alarm clock with this technology.


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Are you an adrenaline junkie searching for the perfect wave? Looking for love and a stunning sunset? Seeking a shore to create the ultimate sand sculpture? Well, here are 3 ways to find your perfect beach experience.
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Pioneering undersea explorer, Dr. Sylvia Earle says that every breath of air we take comes from the sea. The ocean is important, because without it, we would not exist. "There's plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water." And at 97% of the Earth's water, the ocean is the life-support system for all creatures on our planet. That's a pretty clear reason why we should care about and for our seas.
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Waikiki Beach contains a world of beach adventures to keep you exploring for days and weeks on end. So here's what you need: the be-all, end-all, grandaddy list of all lists for the best spot along Waikiki Beach to do just about whatever it is you could imagine doing.
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Born in 1987, Katayama grew up in Gunma prefecture, and currently bases herself in Tokyo. Born with tibial deficiency, both of her legs were amputated when she was nine years old. Since young, Katayama has been expressing the relationship between her body, her mind, and the world outside, through objects, artistic performances, and photography: The intimate self-portraits, depicting Katayama in her specially made high heels, are often taken in her apartment/studio, where she surrounds herself with household goods and her own creations including the carefully decorated prosthetics. Grand prix winner of "Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2012", Katayama has also attracted many attentions at this year's International Art Triennale in Aichi prefecture - Aichi Triennale 2013.
Hyperactive with schizophrenic tendencies, Satoru Wono plays with the extremes and has fun blurring the tracks. Swimming against the tide of fashion and movements, he lays claim to the status of an "old-style" composer, although he uses the latest tools to push back creative limits. Without falling into the conceptual trap, his music speaks to the mind as well as the body. With hypnotic cells and rhythmic decortications, Satoru Wono explores the crossover paths that lead to trance.
Satoru Wono was born in 1964 and currently lives in Tokyo. A great lover of Hollywood films in his youth, he was enamored with their soundtracks. When, at university, he discovered that they were to a great extent inspired by the music of the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, he threw himself into studying classical composition. However, in the Eighties in Tokyo, there was a passion for new electronic music and the young Satoru, who was becoming more and more interested in samplers, digital sequencers and other computer devices, spent his nights in the city's coolest clubs.
In 1987, he was awarded a composition prize by the Association for Contemporary Japanese Music and started his career as a composer. After several years working in experimental music, he brought our Sweet Science and El Niño, a fusion of electronic music and Latin pop. Alongside this, he continued his research into experimental and electro-acoustic music in Sauvage and Sonata for Sine Wave and White Noise. An associate professor of the Faculty of Plastic Arts at the University of Tama (Tokyo), he teaches music and film and is the author of several works on music and technology.
A composer, DJ, author and critic, producer and arranger… it is by trawling through the abundant diversity of works that he is able to compose or produce something that shows just what he is capable of. By wearing more than one set of headphones, Satoru retains an atypical approach and a personal reflection regarding his work.
Satoru likes to recycle and integrate into his own pieces sounds that are usually used in other forms of music. Although fashioned extremely precisely, his works are nevertheless terribly jubilatory. Essential to the Japanese avant-garde scene, he is also the musical director of Maywa Denki.
© 2006 text: Franck Stofer, photo: Albane Laure
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What if beauty suddenly sprang from the superposition of the video of black American singer Minnie Riperton singing 'Loving You' with a scene from the film of Hitchcock's The Birds? What could possibly come out of mixing some old 45s of a child playing an analogue synthesizer with a video showing a Sumatran vegetable seller accompanying his pitch on a small plastic piano? Sensory discoveries, collisions of meaning, these are the moments of miraculous chance that the video-artist Dai Soma (better known under the name Yudaza Jazz) searches for.
Yudaya Jazz mixes and synchronises images and sounds on a set of turntables equipped to mix DVDs, also using a camera and microphone to capture performers in real time, as well as a few audiovisual effects for enhancement. This set-up means he has a palette of images and an infinite variety of sounds and textures at the tips of his fingers. The compositional work is always carried out on stage, live, with nothing repeated or prepared, because the exquisite instants Yudaya Jazz looks for can only be the product of the fragile and the momentary.
Dai Soma remembers being fascinated as a child by an old Kamishibai (paper theatre) storyteller, who improvised stories by showing a procession of his drawings to astonished spectators. Later, Dai Soma began making his own films and showing them in a cinema that he hired in Tokyo. Finding the repetition of the same projection extremely boring, he started to play with the sound effects of the films, upsetting spectators and the owner alike. He obstinately continued in this direction and sought out his audience in Tokyo clubs.
Dai Soma is a front-row spectator at his own audiovisual performances, always looking for the unexpected moment, the subtle variation that turns everything on its head. He is excited by the risk of manipulating images live, the random nature of the editing. In love with all types of audiovisual devices, audio cassettes, VHS, 45s, DVDs or MPEG files, Dai Soma is not however an obsessive collector. He's not interested in conceptualising his art and cares little whether the results are pop or avant-garde. What counts is to bring about the aesthetic moment capable of surprising him himself.
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
At the beginning of 2008, YMCK took on the stature of an international group. Their first two albums, Family Music (2004) and Family Racing (2005) were both released on Usagi-Chang (Sonic Coaster Pop, Macdonald Duck Eclair, PINE*am), an independent representing a new Japanese electronic pop scene that was taking over from the declining "Shibuya-kei" movement. YMCK surprised a lot of people when they announced that they were releasing their third album Family Genesis on Avex Trax, a phenomenally powerful Japanese label with a mass market policy (Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Koda, Namie Amuro). Did this mean a new niche strategy for Avex? The news shook up the independents.
The video games consol Famicom (Family Computer Disk System) is known outside Asia as NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). It's a sweet memory in the tender years of many young adults across the globe: the charm of a pixellised world of monophonic music. Today, this universe, which influences numerous artists, is known under the sobriquet "8-bit" in homage to the microprocessors of the first computers and video games consoles of the 1970s and 80s. This is the world that YMCK have set about extending. And who knows where they'll end up with it?
Yokemura (musical programming), Nakamura (visual programming) and Midori (vocals and scenography) brought out their first CD-R in 2003. At the beginning, Yokemura wanted to produce original electronic music, but soon fed up of the techno/house fare in vogue at the time, he chose to take another direction altogether. He wanted to manipulate simple sounds and create a "picopico" style, clickety and poppy. He found the ideal raw materials for his music in the world of early 1980s video games. Yokemura was clever enough to avoid the clichés; his main influence is jazz in any case. As you can imagine, his approach has taken YMCK well beyond video game music.
Constraints stimulate creativity. Out of a limited visual and musical aesthetic, the YMCK imagination has run riot. Burningly balanced ternary rhythms support majestic surges of synth choruses. Midori adds a suave, vaporous voice and space voyage airhostess chic to the ensemble. The coherence and quality of the visuals developed by Nakamura indicate that the music is only the first stage in an ever-expanding YMCK world.
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
The Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys look like a real bunch of outsiders. They are a singular mix of good humour, electro and… mambo! Each Tokyo Panorama Mambo boy is a member of numerous projects, a true band of incorrigible adventurers: Gonzalez Suzuki, a radio presenter on Love FM and the leader/producer of the jazz club group Soul Bossa Trio; Paradise Yamamoto, first official Japanese Santa and the celebrated inventor of Mambonsai; Comoesta Yaegashi, a Japanese DJ pioneer who regularly officiates alongside Yasuharu Konishi (Pizzicato Five) on the label Readymade.
The origins of the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys date back to the end of the 1980s; 1986 to be precise. A strange formation (2 percussionists and a DJ) to say the least, they launched themselves onto the Tokyo club scene and were soon in the Oricon charts (information and statistics on the Japanese music industry). The adventure lasted 6 years. In 1993, they decided to take a break to give some time to their (numerous) other activities. 2008 is the year of the big comeback. Like an exotic phoenix rising from the flames, the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys have resumed service. Energy and bonhomie intact, they are embracing the dance floors once again with their sparkling made-to-measure mambo.
Mambo? Damaso Perez Prado introduced mambo to Japan at the beginning of the 1950s, first on record, then on stage when he visited the archipelago for the first time in 1959 and performed several memorable concerts in Ginza and Asakusa. Mambo took Japan by storm, even the celebrated enka (Japanese popular music) singer, Hibari Misora, put her melodies to latin rhythms. The energy of the mambo was the perfect accompaniment to the atmosphere of post-war Japan, the Showa period, "the 30 glorious years". A veritable process of hybridisation began, which lasted until the introduction of rock.
What remains is the memory of the energy and ecstatic atmosphere that reigned over the bars and dancehalls of the capital. And it's this energy that the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys want to access. There is no nostalgia though. The Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys are simply worried that the music of today has become too cold. So they're getting out the congas and putting on their frilly shirts to go out on a new mission; warm the hearts.
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
A real octopus, Tatsuya Yoshida began the drums at the beginning of the 1980s. 25 years later, he has become a truly polyrhythmic monster with syncopated respiration. An initiate in progressive music from high-school days, Tatsuya Yoshida listened to Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Camel and This Heat. Although he cites his main influence as Christian Vander and Magma's Kobaïan operatic choruses and interlaced phrasing, Tatsuya Yoshida also mines other seams to create a new, complex and concentrated style, incorporating the expressivity of prog rock, the freedom of jazz and the energy of punk.
The foundations of Japanese independent and alternative music were born in the Eighties. Tatsuya Yoshida was already playing in the group YBO2 beside Masashi Kitamura and K.K. Null (Zeni Geva) when, in 1985, he formed a duo, Ruins, with just bass and drums. Four bass players came and went: Hideki Kawamoto, Kazuyoshi Kimoto, Ryuichi Masuda and Hisashi Sasaki. With the departure of his last bassist, Tatsuya Yoshida set out on a quest for a new pretender, but abandoned his mission, unable to find a candidate up to the job. The music Ruins were creating had become so complex that electronic machines were now Tatsuya Yoshida's ideal partner.
Ruins then became Ruins Alone. Like syrup or strong alcohol, Ruins make music that makes you grimace. Ruins is a lab of the Tatsuya Yoshida stamp, a direct interface between his brain and his drumsticks. You could get 15 rock records out of one Ruins album, just by adding a bit of fizzy water. Each composition could be developed in many different directions. Tatsuya Yoshida plays in over 20 groups; he needs to, to sustain sufficient space for his overflowing creativity.
Tatsuya Yoshida has worked with some of the greatest improvisers on the planet, such as John Zorn, Fred Frith or Derek Bailey. Today, above and beyond the Ruins Alone project, Tatsuya Yoshida is the composer and drummer both in Korekyojinn, an instrumental trio that pushes polyrhythmic complexity to its ultimate limits, and the Koenji Hyakkei ensemble, a quasi-orchestral formation that bridges the gap between prog rock and contemporary music. In his time out from music, Monsieur Yoshida compulsively photographs stones. He travels the world in search of the mineral beauty of monumental statues and the millennial energy of rocks.
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
Although they were all trained in classical ballet from early childhood, the five young women who make up Project Oh!Yama are far from being your straight up ballet rats. They have always wanted to keep a distance between their art and professional careers (to preserve the pleasure of dancing intact?). They got to know each other on the lecture hall benches of the "Litterature and education" course at the "Art, expression and activities" department, option "Teaching choreography". So it isn't altogether by chance that they're doing what they're doing! That said, Project Oh!Yama was first conceived among girlfriends, as a way of keeping in touch after finishing college.
Project Oh! choreographer, Yuri Furuie, lives to be creative. Books of images, little ditties on the piano, choreography, no matter; it's the creative act itself that's important. With an almost social approach she says: "I have never believed that age or lack of experience are a handicap; nothing prevents anyone from creating anything." Her choreographies often come from sensations or images. An example: "two cornered crabs that can't escape". Then the girls play around with what she has given them, invent poses, try out moves. The choreographic ideas distil themselves into gestures that are then selected, discarded, repeated and put together into routines.
Project Oh!Yama shy away from conceptualisation, as if the idea of attaching words to their work would automatically limit it, throw a net over the imagination. Yuri Furuie's artistic intention is nevertheless unambiguous: "I simply aim to produce unexpected happenings on stage and give the public things to see that they don't get to see in everyday life. I want to wake the sleepers!" No real critical dimension to the onstage clowning there then, or at least not consciously.
Project Oh!Yama's choreographic impact is undeniable. The speed and precision of their bodies, the faultless orchestration of movement, their liveliness and spark. The stage is bare. They ornament it themselves; frank, straight up, uninhibited, unhampered. Their rapidity is astonishing, the juxtaposition of situations frontal, then absurd. To the point where you ask yourself if the Project Oh! girls might not, by some mysterious filiation, be the direct descendants of Dada.
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
Picopico is an artist and creator of what are known as "kaiju" monsters. The word "kaiju" comes from 17th and 18th century Japan, the Edo period, when it was used to refer to strange and fantastic animals with magical powers. Today "kaiju" is a term that tends to be used for imaginary, usually big, animals. The word came back into usage in modern Japan after the release of the first Godzilla film in 1954, followed by the TV series Ultraman at the end of the 1960s. In the 1970s there was a "kaiju boom" on television.
While a literature student, Picopico, almost by accident, started making little characters out of modelling clay. He then moved onto monsters with wigs that he showed at his first exhibition. He slid graually into this new activity rather than becoming obsessed all at once. The desire to make things he had never seen did eventually start to take him over however. Over the last 5 years, Picopico has consciously kept a sketchbook to record his "kaiju" each day, keeping his hand in and exercising his imagination.
Picopico's monsters are earthlings, not extraterrestrials or fantasy figures. They each have their own characteristics or specificities. Take the monsters "Beckos" and "Neba" for example. Picopico says, "The name "Beckos" comes from a northern Japanese dialect and means "cow". Beckos is a horned monster. He and I are very close. I like his colour, blue, and his shape, nothing special, rather standard actually. But he has a long tongue, like the gods in Papua New Guinea. "Nottokaiju Neba" stinks and sticks to you. That's his particularity! That's why he's made of natto (fermented soya seeds)!"
Picopico's "kaiju" aren't nasty. They live beyond the manmade concepts of good and evil, justice and injustice. "A huge "kaiju" can crush furniture or people when he walks but he does it without realizing, just because he's moving around," Picopico explains. The monsters spark various reactions: fear among children and a cult for the strange among adults. But monsters amuse and intrigue everyone, don't they. They have an incredible power just by dint of being!
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
Mambonsai is a new pop culture pastime that involves decorating bonsais with small plastic figurines. Bonsais, miniature trees, bound and cultivated in pots, are part of Japanese cultural heritage. No surprise then that Mambonsai is seen as heresy by the purists. But at the end of the day the activity is perhaps not all that absurd. Much in the way you might place little plastic people alongside model electric trains, Mambonsai requires a little scenographic imagination. The aim is to recreate a slice of life, ordinary or strange, inspired by the forms of dwarfed trees.
Mambonsai won the best new idea award at the Japan Hobby Association in 2001 and the number of adepts has been growing round the world ever since. As an activity, it lightens the weight of tradition in the art of bonsai. It appeals to all ages and only requires a good dose of humour. Invented in the fertile mind of Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys percussionist, Paradise Yamamoto, Mambonsai is a portmanteau word that reflects his passion for two diametrically opposed worlds: the mambo and bonsais. A Master of Mambonsai, Paradise Yamamoto makes regular TV appearances in Japan to share his enthusiasm in public.
Paradise Yamamoto is an unusual character. Born in 1962 in Sapporo in Hokkaido in the north of Japan, he began his career as a car designer but quickly developed skills in half a dozen other disciplines. A great Mambonsai master of course but also an expert in bath salts, a critic of "luxury" eat-as-much-as-you-can buffets, a connoisseur of gyoza (Chinese ravioli) and, proudest of all, the first Santa in Japan to be accredited by the World Santa Claus Congress, based in Greenland. An atypical career that Paradise Yamamoto cultivates with natural good humour and aesthetic tastes.
Several works have been published on the elfish art of Mambonsai. Photos of these pastoral scenes are a real delight. Hole in One is of a group of golfers absorbed in the game on a carpet of moss, Capturing Bin Laden ~ Just Round the Corner shows the capture of public enemy number 1 at the summit of a miniature rock and in 2020 A Space Odyssey a team of scientists clad in anti-bacterial suits analyse huge extraterrestrial mushrooms.
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
After rubbing shoulders with the American avant-garde and, in particular, John Cage with whom she taught, Michiyo Yagi went back to the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument related to the cithara. She breathes into this instrument expressivity of unsuspected force and develops her harmonic potential into virgin musical lands. She has played with the avant-garde (Ruins, John Zorn, Zena Parkins), in traditional Japanese music groups, has appeared worldwide in Hoaio (with Haco and Sachiko M) and Kokoo, and has taken part in the album made by the pure techno pop marketing product techno pop vivant that is the singer Ayumi Hamasaki.
Although she grew up to the sound of the koto played by her mother, far from accepting its presence and sound as evidence, Michiyo Yagi, during her formative years, considered this instrument to be an object that demanded a lot of work, a prisoner of a fossilized repertoire with slight harmonic potential compared to that of western classical music.
The eminent traditional apprenticeship that she followed did not really give her any opportunity to blossom in her own musical environment: living at her teacher's home, in the company of her co-pupils, she performed the daily chores of cleaning, washing and cooking, viewed as equally important as the lessons themselves. During the rare public performances, still be their teacher's side, the disciples had to pay him for the privilege of playing by his side. Rigid in the extreme, this teaching was, however, the first step towards an expanded conception of music, with her teacher Kazue Sawai being the true pioneer of a traditional Japanese music that was open to experimentation and modern compositions.
In 1989, she appeared as part of the Sawai group at the Bang On A Can Festival at New York, where she was struck by a work for percussion by John Cage that shattered her compartmentalized conceptions of "tradition" and "modernity". In 1991 during one year as guest teacher at the Wesleyan university (Connecticut), where Cage also taught, she helped create several pieces with, amongst others, John Zorn and Christian Wolff, and helped in the extraordinary prolixity of the young students, whose pared down creations (mixing Balinese dances and western music) had a profound effect on her and persuaded her to write her own works.
On her return from the United States, her personal approach to composition the rules of the game that she was discovering did not sit well with the immutable teaching of Sawai and Yagi chose the breakaway route to independence. Her style was initially characterized by an unusual strength, a expressivity with a power that was almost masculine. As a logical extension of her robust finger plectrum, she sometimes has recourse to small hammers and hooks to strike her instrument's strings, insisting on their percussive potential. This is also how she discovered the polyphonic potential of the koto produced by phantom vibrations of the vibrating strings on the strings at rest, giving rise to subterranean motifs and melodies.
The aim of some of Yagi's research is a new form of "Japaneseness", a modernity that is free from the influence of the West and the accepted homage, but these great plans do not stop her taking pleasure in exploring repertories that are over 400 years old …
© 2006 text: Franck Stofer, photo: Albane Laure
"Seamoons" robot singers with paper lungs, "Ultra-folk" automatic guitars and "Koi-beat" mechanical rhythm box¸ the creative genius of Maywa Denki outs its efforts into paradoxes: passionate goldworking / off-the-wall public presentations; innovative artistic pretentions/assumed marketing strategy. Like Bruno Munari, Nobumichi Tosa breathes life into his resin and aluminium robots, irresistible and capricious machines, whose vain mechanical beauty are much vaunted by Tosa.
Old Tosa created Maywa Denki in 1969. One of the multitude of small businesses that used their flexibility for the benefit of the major Japanese companies and that formed the basis of Japan's growth and dynamism during the Sixties. Unfortunately, like many others, Maywa Denki suffered a downturn in fortunes and closed its doors in 1979. In 1993, Mr Tosa's two rejects, Masamichi and Nobumichi, created the artistic group known as Maywa Denki.
Initially performing in the shopping malls of Tokyo, after a few appearances on television, Maywa Denki become an unmissable artistic machine. They use business words and images to disseminate their work. On the one hand, the uniform reassures the Japanese, but, on the other, the effect produced by a team of blue men wearing caps who struggle to present cranky creations is simply irresistible.
In 2001, there was an internal reorganization : big brother Masamichi, a little cranky, retired at the age of 35. Nobumichi Tosa, the hard-working and applied younger brother, was then, naturally and officially, appointed President of Maywa Denki. In fact, the concept was born out of Nobumichi Tosa's end of study project. He created a series of instruments of absurd, fish-like design that he presented, wrapped up, to the July. Since then, he has kept his hand on the tiller and steers a course between creative work and public presentations: the Grand-Guignol aspect.
These objects are manufactured in single copies. Doomed to remain prototypes, their usage is very limited, almost nil. Nobumichi Tosa works with gold in his workshop, where he lauds the mechanical beauty of his creations that are the result of fusion between resin and aluminium. Some machines are sometimes reproduced in small production series, simplified and purified versions of the prototypes. A third level of objects is marketed commercially, signature Maywa Denki gadgets: electrical extensions in the shape of a fin, small plastic men who tap their head...
Maywa Denki's work fall into one of three classifications : Naki, Tsukuba and Edelweiss. Although these series are distinct from each other, there are points of connection between them. Naki is the first series to be developed by Nobumichi Tosa on the theme of Who am I ? 26 objects in the shape of a fish focus on him and his relationship with the world. The Naki series comprises some of Maywa Denki's emblematic instruments Denki with the Koi-beat, a portable rhythm box in the shape of a carp with incorporated electrical switches, or the famous Pachi-moku, a type of two-tone marimba worn on the back like two metallic wings and played by clicking one's fingers.
© 2006 text: Franck Stofer, photo: Albane Laure
Charging out of a supersonic maelstrom, Maruosa performances are of a violence worthy of XVth century Italian frescos. Alone on stage, this man gives off an energy more or less equivalent to that of an entire death metal band put through the breakcore grinder. With cries from beyond the tomb and a whirlwind of hair that would delight shampoo sellers the world over, Maruosa shows that musical ultra-violence isn't necessarily synonymous with disgust and destruction.
Offstage, Maruosa is a calm, composed young man, concerned about food and body hygiene. What he aims to transmit is positive human energy. Maruosa says, "There are many people in Japan who listen to calm, airy, ambient music to console themselves when they feel bad but I think they're making a mistake. They should be listening to music like mine to raise their spirits." Electroshock therapy as the title of his album, Exercise and Hell, suggests, a paradoxical transmission of positivity that finds its source in loud, chaotic music.
Music didn't really interest Maruosa at first. He preferred to lose himself in his favourite manga (Gegege no Kitaroby Shigeru Mizuki!). One day however he heard a piece by YMO and discovered that music isn't always accompanied by words and can be purely instrumental. He continued to explore instrumental music until the day a friend showed him a piece of software that would allow him to make his own music. He started with pop (!) around 2001 and was invited to work with 2 Gameboy players. He accepted but, to give himself a new challenge, took up the mic, started yelling into it and was away! His music suddenly changed direction under the influence of this new all-powerful arm.
It was an explosive formula. In the space of a few years, Maruosa did a series of marathon tours around Japan and Europe, appearing at Sonar in Barcelona in June 2008 before setting off on a series of concerts in Oceania. Maruosa is a mover and a shaker. He has developed contacts through organising concerts in Tokyo and even manages his own label Rendarec, which broadcasts recordings and news from musician friends such as MIDIsai, aaaaa, Ove-Naxx, Bogulta, DJ Scotch Egg and Doddodo.
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
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A cross-genre symbol, in the same way as the penises, with which the young girls are portrayed on the canvases of Henry Darger, the moustache stuck under the nose of La Veuve Moustachue creates confusion. Confusion of the sexes – a black dress, a little hat and a veil as a sign of mourning– and confusion of styles, promoted by the particular flavor of the game played by Yuichi Kishino, who brings together comedy and tragedy, evening news and poetry, optimism and despair.
Public comedian, musician, cinema actor, critic and teacher at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Yuichi Kishino was born in Tokyo in 1963. His family raised him to enjoy and respect the theatre and the popular arts that were so specific to ancestral Japan.
Very active on the Japanese musical scene, he has played in several groups, including Watts Towers and Space Ponch, and directs his own label - Out One Disc – which has produced the CD Les Vacances de… La Veuve Moustachue.
For La Veuve Moustachue, Kishino dresses up as a transvestite on the stage, but, in real life, is neither gay nor a drag-queen. This is the style he has chosen to depict their scenes of predilection, such as the universal feelings of love and loss or the lack of communication in the world today.
During his appearances, he improvises cues whilst Yoko accompanies on the piano. Very quickly, this changes and gradually becomes part of the context of written songs, before regaining his freedom. These two areas cross-infect and it is soon hard to tell them apart : we do not know what has been composed and what has just been invented. It is this tension that gives the performance so much charm.
© 2006 text: Franck Stofer, photo: Albane Laure
Kicell is a dream, Kicell is a journey, a folk pop sound to carry you to places in the memory that time has erased. Escape the agoraphobic blue skies and get down, all the way down to destinations unknown. Take the epic, lyrical stroll through Kicell's surrealist lands. Not rock but roll, measured background rhythms that push towards emotional harmonised summits, the distinctive trait the timbre of Takefumi Tsujimura's voice, one in a thousand, clear, fragile, delicate and precise, like the point of a needle.
Kicell is two brothers: the big one, Takefumi Tsujimura (vocal, guitar), and the little one, Tomoharu Tsujimura (vocal, bass and musical saw). Takefumi is deep, an introvert. Tomoharu is more distracted yet delicate. Takefumi was already recording his songs on a four-track, doubling his own voice, when they started playing together in 1999. The brothers' voices are very similar and this is what gives such a recognisable balance to their work. Takefumi's passionate love stories become experimental pop in Tomoharu's hands and the fusion/separation inherent in their arrangements is what gives Kicell its force.
Kicell have released 5 albums since October 2000, the date when they left their native Kyoto to head for Tokyo. All have sold over 20,000 copies. The last to date, "Magic Hour" (2008), has a tragic beauty and is out on Kakubarhythm (Sakerock, Illreme). It is an amazingly produced post-pop opus, a success. Emerson Kitamura (Jagatara, Mute Beat), the discrete third member, sometimes joins them both for recordings and on stage. Emerson adds a very light dub touch to the Kicell sound and the odd melodic line that really hits the spot.
Kicell were invited to play in New York in 2005 by the celebrated artist entrepreneur, Takashi Murakami but they are still mostly unknown outside Japan. They seem to lack a little confidence in themselves, as if their influences (Robert Wyatt, Sigur Rós and Young Marble Giants) might betray them abroad. Of course, we can all be blind to our own originality, but it's time for Kicell to leave Japan and find new audiences. There can be no doubt that reaction to their quality and adventure will be positive. Could this be the beginning of a new Kicell chapter?
© 2008 text: Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo: Eric Bossick
Kentaro!! surprised everyone at Yokohama Dance Collection R 2008, by walking away with the French Embassy Prize for Young Choreographers. He also snapped up both the Audience Award and the Nextage Special Award in the Toyota Choreography Award 2008. All died hair, skateboarder clothes and false nonchalance, Kentaro!! is a young dancer blurring the edges in the Tokyo contemporary dance world. "Direct expressivity" or "crude spirituality"; the critics are still struggling to define this new phenomenon. Totally imbibed in urban electro culture, Kentaro!! hasn't put a step wrong over the last few months, dancing in all the right places.
He got bitten young, watching the TV show "Dance Koshien", Takeshi Kitano presenting a high school street dance competition. Kentaro!! was only 11 but made his decision. He trained endlessly in front of a video of Michael Jackson, imitating moves in front of the telly. At the beginning of the 1990s, hip-hop and breakbeat had only just been introduced into Japan. Kentaro!! found his way to the only studio in Tokyo giving classes in hip hop. Eager to learn, he also took house and lock dance classes; he was 13.
He quickly assimilated the different techniques. During his teens his tastes matured as he mined this American genre, getting to know more New York hip-hop: Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest. He also saw that he had to find his own style. Kentaro!! wasn't an African American from the projects. He was Japanese and he had to learn how to use his own physique, his build.
Kentaro!! mixes hip-hop with a sort of Japanese spirituality. He adapts rap motifs and moves into the dance without ever losing sight of who he is. Very acute musically, with faultless technique, he projects his body into the mix. Electro, pop rock, hip-hop, he doesn't simply use the beats as a canvas; his moves are extreme and penetrate the music like a needle on the record.
© 2008 text : Franck Stofer, translation: Jack Sims, photo : Eric Bossick


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36 U.S. Code § 151303 - Board of directors
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(b) Members and Appointment.—
(1) The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is an ex officio nonvoting member of the board. The Administrator appoints the voting members of the board.
(2) The board consists of the following 12 voting members:
(3) The terms of office of the voting members are 6 years (except for the initial members). The terms shall be staggered so that the terms of 4 members expire every 2 years.
(c) Chairman.— The chairman shall be elected by the board from its voting members for a 2-year term.
(e) Meetings.— The board shall meet at the call of the chairman at least once a year. If a member of the board misses 3 consecutive meetings, that member may be removed from the board and that vacancy may be filled as provided in subsection (b)(4) of this section.
(f) Status and Compensation.—
(1) Appointment to the board shall not constitute employment by or the holding of an office of the United States.
Source(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1399; Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(8),Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3244; Pub. L. 106–503, title I, § 113(b),Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2304; Pub. L. 108–169, title II, § 206(a),Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2040; Pub. L. 109–284, § 5(9),Sept. 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 1212.)
|Revised Section
|Source (U.S. Code)
|Source (Statutes at Large)
|36:5202(a)(1) (words before 1st comma).
|Oct. 26, 1992, Pub. L. 102–522, title II, §§ 203(a)–(f), 204(c)(2) (words after 2d comma), 106 Stat. 3417, 3419.
|36:5202(a)(1) (words after 1st comma), (2), (b), (c).
|36:5202(a)(3), (4).
|36:5203(c)(2) (words after 2d comma).
Subsection (a) is substituted for "The Foundation shall have a governing Board of Directors (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the 'Board')" for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (b)(1), the words "(hereafter in this chapter referred to as the 'Administrator')" in 36:5202(a)(2) are omitted as unnecessary. The words "Within 3 months after October 26, 1992" in 36:5202(b) are omitted as obsolete.
Subsection (b)(3) is substituted for 36:5202(b) (last sentence) to eliminate obsolete and unnecessary words.
In subsection (d), the words "for the transaction of business" are omitted as unnecessary.
Subsection (f)(1) is substituted for "Appointment to the Board shall not constitute employment by, or the holding of an office of, the United States for the purposes of any Federal law" to eliminate unnecessary words.
Pub. L. 105–354
This amends subsections (f) and (g) ofsection 151303 of title 36, as enacted by section 1 ofPublic Law 105–225 (Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1400). The amendment clarifies the restatement of 36:5202(a)(3) by making it clear that appointment to the board of directors of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation does not constitute appointment as an officer or employee of the United States Government for the purpose of any law of the United States.
2006—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–284substituted "The chairman" for "The Chairman".
2003—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108–169, § 206(a)(1), (2), substituted "12" for "9" in introductory provisions and "nine" for "six" in subpar. (D).
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 108–169, § 206(a)(3), substituted "4 members" for "3 members".
2000—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–503, § 113(b)(1), added subsec. (f) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (f). Text read as follows: "Appointment to the board does not constitute appointment as an officer or employee of the United States Government for the purpose of any law of the United States."
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 106–503, § 113(b), redesignatedsubsec. (h) as (g) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (g). Text read as follows: "Members of the board serve without compensation."
1998—Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 105–354amended subsecs. (f) and (g) generally and added subsec. (h). Prior to amendment, subsecs. (f) and (g) read as follows:
"(f) Status and Compensation.—Members of the board—
"(1) are not officers or employees of the United States Government; and
"(2) serve without compensation.
"(g) Liability of Directors.—Members of the board are not personally liable, except for gross negligence."
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–354, § 3,Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3245, provided that: "The amendment made by section 1(8) of this Act [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the provisions of Public Law 105–225, as of the date of enactment of Public Law 105–225 [Aug. 12, 1998]."
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315 (a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security.
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A simple gesture snowballed into a giant rice monster that threatened the Northeast Avalon until I ate it.
The tale starts at my sister-in-laws place in Halifax. As a surprise, our host hauled out a plate of vegetarian sushi for my expectant spouse, who is constantly craving sushi but avoids it because of the raw fish factor.
Wicked! my wife said after a single bite. Steve, you should try making that.
Yethsss, I nodded, an entire roll stuffed in my gob.
I had selfish reasons for agreeing. Im bonkers about sushi. Once a California or avocado roll touches the tastebuds, my mental playlist cues this song, http://tinyurl.com/3u9rtz.
Hear those lyrics? Cant stop addicted to the sushi, my mom says its gonna make me big, choose not any limitation, buffet with no reservation...
But I was having reservations about agreeing to make it.
Sister-in-law said it was easy and sent me a link (http://tinyurl.com/c3g3td) that teaches you how to roll your own.
I found almost everything I was looking for at the grocery store, including the seaweed, sushi rice, and a big bag of thick, dill pickle-flavoured Ruffles, which I promise the recipe called for.
The only thing the store didnt have was a bamboo rolling mat. So, I pulled a MacGruber (http://tinyurl.com/d4r9yk) and improvised with the same bamboo fishing poIe had as a 10-year-old.
After readying the rice, cutting the cucumber and axing the avocado, I followed the video and had things ready to roll. I turned it over slowly and gently, and kept repeating that. It grew into a hummer-sized white blob about 120,001,675 times bigger than it should be.
And perhaps it was just the natural contraction of the rice, but Id swear under oath that my sushi was breathing.
Luckily my wife was in the garden. If she saw Super Sushi, she would have been slasher movie frightened or delighted with the story she could tell.
Scared of my sushi and my wife seeing it, I went to the knife block and pulled out the one that most resembled a dagger. It started rolling towards me. I nervously raised my blade, drove it into the middle of the blob and continued cutting it into bits that didnt taste bad once doused in soya sauce. The cat helped by licking fragments off the floor. The kitchen was soon back to normal and the wife never suspected a thing.
A forensic investigation later uncovered my seaweed sheets should have been cut in half. Ill keep that in mind for the next sushi experiment, which wont be anytime soon. Im stuffed.


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Summoner name : Illuviel
Level: 30
Region: EU-W
Favorite champ : Lux
Least Favorite Champ : Kayle
Extremely competitive? : No
Do you rage? : No. Rage is depressing and it kills the fun.
Preferred role : Support
Able to perform roles : AD ranged/melee, support, tank, jungle
Age : 25


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Is there a reason that people sway back and forth while praying?
I saw a lot of people pray like this, but I'm too shy to ask them why do they do this.
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Is this common this young or a sign that I need to de-stress or both? Anyone else out there get shingles way too young?
I was lucky to catch it before it spread too much but I would happily get rid of that which I do have. Even if it means I don't get to tell bad jokes about roofing. Thanks for the info.
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It's rare but not unheard of. If your immune system is depressed for some reason you're more likely to have it happen. Stress could cause it or being sick from something else could as well. Sometimes it just happens.
This is weird because I just had a conversation today about a girl who was applying to graduate school when she started having facial paralysis on one side. Turns out it was shingles and it was so bad that she had to spend the next six months of her life learning how to reuse those muscles and nerves. Never went to graduate school.
It obviously isn't unheard of. I think anyone who has had chicken pox still has the disease lying dormant in their system... If our immune system is compromised then we are susceptible to diseases that we normally wouldn't be. Hopefully doctors can pinpoint the cause and you will have a quick recovery.
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What the hell are shingles? (not the housing coverage)
chicken pox / herpes
not to be confused with: AIDS............
I had it at 21.
Don't confuse hope for a plan.
I had it at about 8 and again at 40. It was by far worse when I was 8.
It is generally something that happens when you are older.
I got it in High School I believe due to Wrestling. Not that I caught it from wrestling but that my immune system and body were probably being ignored/abused during that time. I wasn't exactly smart about cutting weight and such.
Had them at 12 when I was detassling corn with the family. I wasn't tall enough to reach the tassles in one field and had to bend the corn over. I was a very late bloomer. Thank goodness mom would come back and help my a-hole brothers wouldn't. Haven't had them since, but they fealt like I was beening stabbed. Doctors said I was one of the younger cases they had seen at the time and most medicines weren't designed for children.
I had them last summer at the age of 24 as well. I however, chose to wait it out and let it spread a bit before I did anything about it. Mine was on the right side of my body... shingles only effects 1/2 of your body, it never crosses over the spine... don't know why, but that's what the doctor told me and mind was from spine to the center of my chest all the way around my upper body.
The worst bumps went away relatively quickly with the medicine, but I still have a few small ones a full year later. Shingles lives in your nerve endings so the reason I knew something was eventually wrong is because I could barely lift my right arm without cringing in pain, unfortunately the pain from shingles lasted with me for about 6 months before it subsided... doctor said sometimes it can take longer.
Anyways, it's not fun, but not life ending.... I wish them upon no one. I also think stress is always just a cop out for when doctors don't know why the hell something happens.
Now that MBB is back, do we still have to pretend that WBB matters?
My wife is a nurse and we had this conversation once...seems like it's more common, even in younger people, than you may think. I know I was surprised too.
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This is weird because I just had a conversation today about a girl who was applying to graduate school when she started having facial paralysis on one side. Turns out it was shingles and it was so bad that she had to spend the next six months of her life learning how to reuse those muscles and nerves. Never went to graduate school.
I am not doctor, I just play one on the Internet, but that almost sounds like a mild stroke. Didn't know shingles could do that.
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I had it at about 8 ...
Oh yeah, well I had them in utero.
I had them about 2 years ago, so I was 22. Sucked, sucked hard. Mine was on my head, showering was the worst, every drop of water felt like I was getting stabbed in the head.
It was funny going to see the doctor before I realized what they were. I told him my hair hurt, because it only hurt when my hair would get brushed or moved, not when I just touched my head.
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I will admit, I am to blame in sometimes making mountains out of molehills.
Shingles are extremely rare that young and you have to have had chickenpox earlier in your life in order to get shingles. Shingles are basically the same virus as chickenpox, but the traditional chickenpox must come first and shingles (unlike chickenpox) can't be transmitted.
From what I know, shingles most often start up when the bodies immunity system is weak, which is why it normally attacks older people. If you have shingles that young, you probably need to figure out what is weakening your immunity or things may only get worse as the years go by. Stress is likely the main factor.
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I had a very mild case my senior year of HS, basically a really nasty rash over ~ 4 sq.in. of my ab's. As it was during basketball season, it was quite painful (and I always had to be a "shirt" in practice)!
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Lanvin Features 82-Year-Old Jacquie Tajah Murdock in Fall/Winter Campaign
42 comments:
- estroJen said...
Stunning!! She looks amazing. This blog makes me proud to be a woman.
- July 18, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- Wanda said...
OMG! Jacqui is STUNNING. What exciting times these are. Congratulations to her and to you, Ari! You both must be thrilled!
- July 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM
- Claudia Pantoja said...
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- July 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM
- déjà pseu said...
She's absolutely *stunning* in that ad!
- July 18, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Worthington said...
She warms my heart. I love when good things happen to good, deserving people.
- July 18, 2012 at 1:55 PM
- Sinead said...
Proof that dreams never stop coming true. :P
- July 18, 2012 at 2:32 PM
- Annie said...
I think this campaign (and the American Apparel one in your sidebar) is proof of what a great impact Advanced Style is making. Bravo, Ari and congratulations, beautiful Jacquie. This is such a touching story.
- July 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM
- My Scrambled Style said...
Wow, so nice to read this. I love your blog. It's amazing to see all these beautiful women. Makes me so happy.
Thank you!
- July 18, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- Carol Markel said...
Congratulations Jacquie and Ari. Jacquie, you are magnificent.
- July 18, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- Patrick McNally said...
Bravo to Jacquie and to Lanvin, they could not have chosen a more beautiful model!
- July 18, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Juli said...
Holy cats, she looks fierce! What a gorgeous photograph. Kudos to Jacqui, and to Lanvin, for seeing the beauty in an older woman, for a change!
- July 18, 2012 at 4:25 PM
- Mabel and Zora said...
She is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!! I love your site!
- July 18, 2012 at 4:33 PM
- carla fox said...
A beautiful lady. And a good reminder to never give up one's dreams.....no matter our age:)
- July 18, 2012 at 4:39 PM
- lorenabr said...
She looks amazing :)
- July 18, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- That's Not My Age said...
I knew that I recognised Jaqui when I saw the Lanvin campaign but could not place her - so thanks for your tweet. And this is amazing news! Keep up the good work.
- July 18, 2012 at 5:46 PM
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- Andrés Corella said...
Man, you´ve done well...this is amazing..and she is a testament of what timeless elegance stands for...can´t wait to see your documentary.
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- July 18, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Wow. She looks fantastic! Ari, see what an impact you and your blog and your lovely women are making on the fashion world?!? Plus, you're making all of us feel beautiful. Congratulations, Jacquie, and congratulations, Ari.
- July 18, 2012 at 7:00 PM
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- July 18, 2012 at 8:11 PM
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The peplum is sensational!
- July 18, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Sean said...
wow, the ad is GORGEOUS!
- July 18, 2012 at 8:31 PM
- Brant said...
Oh Ari how wonderful for you both! Very, very well done dear man. You are inspiring so many people and I am in awe of your insight and persistence. Beautiful!
- July 18, 2012 at 10:17 PM
- Vogue Sky said...
Wow, what beautiful photos! Those shoes have been on my wishlist and that dress is amazing- they go great together. Love your style!
- July 18, 2012 at 10:29 PM
- Kiah Torres said...
Jacquie looks absolutely AMAZING in this ad! This story really touches my heart. You are incredible for getting the ladies in the ad. God bless you! Kiah
- July 18, 2012 at 11:17 PM
- vain319 said...
she is soo beautiful..I love her style,quite an inspiration..she makes me actually want to buy their stuff.lol..
- July 18, 2012 at 11:47 PM
- Miss Sultana said...
omg all the women on this blog are so beautiful! great blog!
- July 19, 2012 at 12:23 AM
- The Style Crone said...
Very exciting! Jacquie is stunning in this ad. You have changed many lives.
- July 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- Brant said...
I can hardly wait to find out who the other model is. Ruth, Jenny, Mary, Rita, Linda, Ilona, Joyce? Who have I missed? Who, Ari Who? Smiles . . .
- July 19, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- Brandon Hood said...
All I can say is CHIC!
- July 19, 2012 at 1:30 PM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
Jacquie looks simply stunning in the Lanvin ad - how wonderful for her, and for you! I'm looking forward to seeing more of the Advanced Style ladies in ad campaigns
- July 19, 2012 at 2:01 PM
- The Dutch Lady of Fashion said...
I can't get enough! It's so absolutely beautiful!!!
- July 20, 2012 at 4:21 AM
- The View from High Heels said...
I think she may be a tad too thin for her age.
- July 20, 2012 at 11:39 PM
- Lynn said...
She is just incredible!
- July 21, 2012 at 10:24 AM
- Shell said...
I'm so happy for Jacquie. Dreams do come true!
- July 21, 2012 at 9:38 PM
- Leslie Sirag said...
Retiring in a small town has compensations, but it's also limiting. Getting dressed up here often means a silk shirt over jeans--which makes it especially nice to see advanced style & these lovely trailbreakers in Lanvin's ad.
We're planning to spend at least winters somewhere a bit more cosmoploitan, so I'm hoping to wear some advanced style myself. Thanks for the blog, & can't wait for the video!
- July 22, 2012 at 6:00 AM
- Lady B said...
Ooooh, love these, 'its never too late' fashion stories with happy endings. She looks The Business in the campaign!
- July 23, 2012 at 3:21 AM
- Gabrielle said...
All 82 year old woman should be this blessed to look as good as her. Her look is so refined and glamorous! That campaign ad is too fierce for words. Her suit shows off her amazing figure and that makeup along with her hair...Perfection.
- July 24, 2012 at 8:27 AM
- Nicky Jett said...
I'm so glad I found your blog via facebook page: Vintage Black Glamour...
"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." ― Franz Kafka
- July 24, 2012 at 9:54 PM
She looks so regal -- and I love what she's wearing. I've never been very wild about fashion, but I think what I dislike is overdone patterns and accessorizing. A good body-flattering shape and the right color are really 90% of what works -- her suit is spectacular.
- July 25, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- Brandon said...
A woman is not a woman
Til time has lined her face
For it's time that gives her beauty
Charm and quiet grace
- August 21, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- Latest Fashion And Style said...
Amazing outfit for old ladies so nice.
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- Georgiana said...
I actually liked the ads with elder models, they were certainly something new and unexpected when they appeared. Some people might say it is for the shock factor, but I say, why not? I wrote an analysis of these for a school project and published a part of it on my blog, check it out if intereated.
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At ONEplace we're all about the value of volunteering...helping nonprofits connect with volunteers, and vice versa. However, as we all know, one of the challenges of relying on the talent and commitment of volunteers is that they don't always have as much time as we'd like, to help nonprofit organizations turn their visions into reality.
That is precisely the issue that led to the creation of The Extraordinaries, a web-based platform for micro-volunteering that launched about a year ago. According to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, a periodical we receive at ONEplace, "[t]he goal is to harness thousands of currently untapped hours by making volunteering fast, convenient, and bite-sized. While waiting for a bus or cooling your heels at the dentist's office, you could be using your smart phone to tag photos for the Smithsoinian, send a study tip to an at-risk student, or map your local parks. 'We want volunteering to be as fun and ubiquitous as playing a game,' explains Sundeep Ahuja, cofounder and president of the San Francisco-based business."
As soon as I read about The Extraordinaries, I went to the site, signed up, searched some of the more popular projects, and was soon busy tagging photographic images for the Library of Congress. And it did feel like I was playing a game, but I knew I was doing much more. I was really making a difference. I look forward to digging a little deeper into the site and searching for other projects, which are listed by categories such as climate, animals or education.
And of course, there is a social media angle to this effort as well. Participants can share their Extraordinaries activities with friends via Facebook, Twitter, and the like. This means that the brief volunteer contribution by one person could easily multiply, inspiring more to do the same. And all it takes is a few minutes. Ingenius!
Posted by Karen Santamaria at 04/27/2010 01:13:17 PM |


text: Waterford's signature crystal Lismore collection now includes essential barware pieces, perfect for holiday cocktail parties and sophisticated entertaining. Like the rest of the pieces in the collection, the glass was inspired by Ireland's spectacular Lismore Castle, once home to Sir Walter Raleigh. After each piece of 24% leaded glass crystal has been carefully blown, cut and polished, the Waterford name is stamped in the base. Waterford has produced fine crystal since 1783. Hand wash. Double old-fashioned: 12-oz. cap., 4 1/2" high. Highball: 12-oz. cap., 5 1/2" high. Martini glass: 12-oz. cap., 5 1/2" high. Pitcher: 2-qt. cap., 8 3/4" high. Made in Europe.


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Saral Wax Free Transfer Paper is a specialized transfer paper that works like carbon paper to transfer a design from one surface to another. It produces waxless, greaseless, clean tracings that lay lightly on the tracing surface and are easy to erase.
Each roll contains 12 ft (366 cm) of paper measuring 12½" (318 mm) in width.
Blue — non-photographic, for bright line and tole painting.
Yellow — good on metal and glass surfaces.
Graphite — for all-purpose tracing.
White — for dark surfaces.
Red — for ceramics.
® Saral is a registered trademark.