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Charleston County Republican Party is hosting a stump meeting and BBQ for all the Republican candidates running in the June 10 primary. Each candidate will speak to the crowd and be available for one-on-one conversations with voters.
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Every day, we'll take a quick look around the Indiana beat with a couple of stories that could be of interest to IU fans.
Here are the stories for Feb. 6, 2014
1. Pete DiPrimio of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel had this story following national signing day Wednesday about new IU wide receiver Dominique Booth. Booth set to create new path at IU2. Tony Krausz of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette had this football story out of signing day. Defense focus of new group of Hoosiers 3. Evan Hoopfer of the Indiana Daily Student had this story about the 26 signees. Football team signs 26 recruits
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Complexion is probably one of my favorite DJs. I use to keep up with his weekly radio show, The Future Beats Show. There are tons of people who are avid followers of labels like Soulection but the real deep vibes I mess with are what The Future Beats show features.
I'm at the office and wanted a fresh new mix to listen to while I get some task done. It randomly came to me to check out Complexion on Soundcloud. To my delight there was a brand new mix but noticed tons of the old mixes were gone. Apparently Soundcloud took down his account and he has taken a break for awhile. Glad to see him back on Soundcloud and wish him nothing but the best. I can only hope for my new project to be as successful as his show. Joe Kay was a huge influence on me back in the day but Complexion is the real hero now. Enjoy!]]>
I created this website over a lonely week-end nearly 7 years ago.
The look and feel of the website has stayed the same since its birth.
It's time for a change.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that there will be a complete redesign of AfroMonk.com coming soon!
The recent few years I was completely burnt out from the scene and the music. I've been fortunate enough to have amazing friends over the years to keep things going when I was feeling uninspired. There are not enough THANK YOU's I can say to all the people who have been there.
I finally feel rejuvenated from taking a break from writing and music.
Going forward I'll be the sole contributor to the website.
I posted about what the purpose of AfroMonk.com was back in December. I've been thinking about it extensively and believe that despite these changes, it will still stand true. The major difference is that it'll be more of my own personal selections and be designed to find new music. There will be some other new features but you'll see…
The tone of the site will be very informal.
It's about discovering new music and reacting to it.
Hoffman, I have no idea how I found you but I did.
I've recently had to rebuild my music collection that I lost. This process has been inspiring me to start writing about the music. It's refreshing to get back into music as I'm having to start from scratch.
Hoffman's Serenity is one of those albums that I can listen to completely through and not have to worry about skipping a track. It's pretty chill music but still has that punch and motion to keep you grooving.
I'm use to constantly going through new music. I'm having to go back to build some of the most recent music, I love. This album was one of the few that I had to go back to.]]>
Data Rebel's Reborn is one of those albums that I generally put on in the background quite often. I randomly came across his music on Spotify via one of the playlist created by them. I can't remember the name of the track that was featured but it made me search for more. I'd categorize this album as downtempo, chill, and glitch. It reminds me of early edIT, Of Porcelain, and Slidecamp.
I found this album on Bandcamp after I did some research about him and it totally blew me away. This came out in March 2015 and feel like it's one of those albums that never got the attention it deserves, hence this blog post. I've never interacted with him online but hope this gives more attention to music like this.]]>
Koyo was played for me a few weeks back now by my close friend Naseef. We were at a pool party that I just had played for a few hours and were driving home. I'll admit I was quite buzzed and had Naseef drive my car to drop some friends off. Rarely will I give anyone the opportunity to play music in my car. Yes, I'm an asshole, but there aren't that many people I can trust when you're as picky as me. Naseef, is well aware of this and I'm sure took notes from the set I just had played at the pool party and cue'd up this album from Koyo.
I'll be straight up and say that I haven't been too inspired by music lately, especially since my laptop got stolen. This album completely blew me away. We were driving down to Miami and every track made me take a mental note on how they would work into one of my DJ sets. If you're into the whole Soulection/Future Bass sound, this album is totally up your alley.
Koyo, is definitely one of my favorite producers right now. It's also worth noting that everything I've checked out on Lush since this release has been on point as well.]]>
Kalya Scintilla & Eve Olution are an infinite, evolving, and inspiring vision stemming from our artistic and creative community. Expressing an awakening feel through sound through movement, both entities make up a unifying experience into profound truth made possible through in-depth exploration of the self. Kalya Scintilla is a pioneering, worldwide known artist stemming from our underground, world fusion, bass scene and has been in a flourishing state for years now, is the mastermind behind psytrance project MerKaBa, and his label, Merkaba Music. Kalya Scintilla's frequencies revolve around intricate & lush, glitch, bass beats fused in with infinite psychedelia, ancient, & middle eastern melodies. Eve is a awe inspiring Storyteller and Visionary Director revealing stylistic and intentional mythical ritual and comes from an exhilarating background in Theatre. She has illuminated extensive training in numerous fields within this art form such as performance, directing, performance art, and production and has opened her own Children's Theatre & has evoked further through Evokation Sacred Art, once called Soulvoice.
Meeting in 2012 in West Coast, USA, the two merged and began to write 'Open Ancient Eyes', a sound healing and theatrical journey which would be brought into balanced existence through ancient literary truth, expansive sonic frequencies, and known and mythical expressive nature. They eventually began touring Australia together, and have now announced more touring around the world. Both Yaegon and Eve come from an in-depth, passionate, and expressive understanding of unifying triggers as they've been evolving their passion through collaboration, infinite inspiration, and passionate drive which brings transmissions forward with intentional and profound awareness – an activated amplification. An energetic shift is brought into existence as they share their passions with the world around them. Intrigued by both Yaegon and Eve's intention and their numerous accomplishments, I reached out and connected with them as they reveal their inspirations, visions, story behind 'Open Ancient Eyes', the next chapter, creative processes, Merkaba Music, the self, harmonic tuning, rituals, writing, their world tour recently announced, their first approaching full theatrical performance at Lucidity this weekend, and more! Like a story unfolds and a tapestry weaves together, they provide a place of remembrance and ancient knowledge which has fractalized into Universal, Cosmic consciousness existence.
1. Such an honor to connect! I want to congratulate the both of you on all of your creative and inspiring energy, thank you for sharing ancient sound healing & theatrical performance. What does the present moment feel like?
Thank you so much. The present moment…feels infinite, expansive, limitless if put into words. haha.
2. Yaegon, you emerged from a Ten day total darkness retreat during the middle of January. Eve, did you participate as well? Share with us your experience. What exactly is does it entail?
Yes, we both took the journey. Highly recommended for those who are very mentally active as this experience unravels thoughts (both waking & subconscious) in the most physical and powerful way. Mantak Chia has a center dedicated to this work and you can google his name along with the words "dark technology pdf" and read in detail all the physical benefits of this work, there are many. We are personally hooked and plan to do another one but go for 14days next time. Ideally we'd like to do one once a year. A great "reset" button for the body and mind and super powerful experience on many levels. The best way we can describe it is it's a time of stripping back the chatter of the mind (this happens without willing yourself to focus on presence) and every day the mind/body slowly peels back the layers until you are physically experiencing your body as palpable presence. After we emerge there is sharp mental clarity, a natural feeling of peace or stillness, and overall tranquility.
3. Eve, you're a lively, enchanting, energetic ancient myth storyteller, theatrical performer, and art director. Your expression is flawless and intriguing. You're an intuitive & rhythmic journey. Tell us more about the importance of movement & theatre, and how your personal experience within it has created a profound state of bliss & the overall healing process. Could you reflect on what occurred in 2009.
Wow, first thank you. It means a lot to me to be received in this way. I've felt for a long time the art of live performance has yet to truly be acknowledged as a powerful medium of transformation in this sub culture. My work aims to anchor in that potential with performance being the conduit for the amplification of being truly alive. I strive to be as raw, real, and ever present as possible in my art and strongly feel that this is an important role to play in igniting audiences and fellow artisans with inspiration to do the same. There is a quote I love, "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -h.thurman. That's what I think has been profoundly healing for me, the awakening and action of coming alive which has lead to moments of states of bliss as well as indescribable challenges, and sometimes when I'm lucky states that transcend words. 2009 in San Diego, I met exquisite souls who inspired me to co create a performance based on mythological deities. Everyone in the community kept speaking about being a "goddess" or attending "goddess" gatherings but when I asked them if they knew the actual stories of these goddesses they said no. So as a theatre director, I thought "perfect then let's do that!". 9 months later we put on the show with this theme, and something palpably powerful happened. The women were bringing thru these archetypes in such a magnetic visceral way…all of us were in awe and changed our lives after that night. This experience opened the doors of ritual theatre to me and true ritual magic. I've been creating with these themes ever since under the project now named "evokation sacred art".
4. Yaegon, was there a particular moment in your life that truly awakened you? Share with us the experience.
There were a serious of awakening events the first being a late night listening session with Herbie Hancock's album "man child" on vinyl. In this moment I knew in the depths of my soul that music was my highest joy. The second was at an outdoor festival or "bush doof" as we call it in Australia. It was in the northeast of Aus where i received very clearly a deep remembering that music was to be my dharmic path on the earth. Everything changed after that moment.
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5. 'Evokation Sacred Art' is a "Ritual Theatre collaborative creations of intentional performance with the focus on healing, awakening, and activating the divinity within all those who are connected to the experience in any way." Can you elaborate more on this art form?
Sure, so after the first performance I became enthralled with exploring if this experience could be replicated or was it something that would forever be a mystery. I found I could repeat it and there was a formula to it. Keep in mind, each performance would be different but what would be the same is the strong personal experience of the performers and the strong reactions of the audience. In the past three years I've had to travel solo with Yaegon as budget wouldn't allow us to realistically travel with a troupe of performers. So I began creating one woman shows and began focusing my intention of evoking presence vs. archetypes. Now the experience I collected over all those years are now being funneled into our new productions debuting at Lucidity this year. We are in the very beginning phases but I'm excited to see how it all comes together as we gain some momentum.
6. Yaegon, 'Open Ancient Eyes', is your latest LP. It's a beautiful and in-depth journey; it's a story of the human awakening that follows the plot layout of the Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell. It's a story of truth, love, ancient remembrance, & deep collaboration. Both of you wrote this together starting in December 2012. What was the creative process like? Can we expect a follow up?
I thoroughly enjoy musical story telling and having intention and vision be the framework thru which the vibrations come to life, but this journey in particular was the most challenging because of the nature of the hero's journey itself. Even if I could fully understand what it means to enter one's underworld before I took the journey, would I have still have taken it? Definitely.
OAE is the first chapter in multi part saga. OAE is the story of the human awakening and our human bloodlines of the earth , the next chapter will see us diving into the earth itself…not to give too much away.
7. Where are you based out of at the moment? You've just announced a European tour, congratulations; What do you guys hope to accomplish in this approaching Summer journey?
Santa Cruz, CA. This summer is about connecting with the global family and bringing our work to festivals we've never been to. A big one for us that we are finally getting to be a part of and experience in the legendary Boom festival in Portugal. Often described as the Mothership European festival leading a global example of sustainability/eco consciousness and so much more.
8. How do both forms of your art reflect and help to grow each other and the world around you? What is the overall intention and message behind Kalya Scintilla & Eve Olution?
We both are driven by our art and because of that deep dharmic commitment to devotion to our soul mission we grow exponentially as we cheer each other on and live our dream. The living of our soul passion is a beacon of inspiration for others , they cheer us on , we cheer them on and we ALL start thriving. That's what has been the biggest gift living in a community of people who do that more often than not. The intention and message behind us?…I think we leave that one up to the ones who come to witness. We wear our hearts on our sleeves and if anything I think people really connect with that in whatever way they need that to be.
9. Share with us the importance in tapping into yourself. What can evoke during the deep exploration of the self?
Simply? Experiencing your soul's song and waking up to that as your guide for life. Feeling awake to the grandeur of creation itself. Being able to look out and see the sublime beauty in the smallest things in every moment. Gratitude, deep real gratitude for all of it.
We live so much of our lives in the confusion of our minds which is just one small aspect of our self , our heart is our true compass and guide , so if we can remember and learn how to go inside and touch this place , we will connect more deeply with the truth of who we are and where we are going.
10. Congratulations on Merkaba Music! It's been super amazing watching your label flourish into divine existence, thank you for providing Harmonic tuning. Congratulations on all your personal music/projects as well of course! Could you elaborate more on the science behind healing through frequency & into Chakra balance?
First and foremost, healing comes thru intention to heal and intending to be healed, so the science of the tuning and frequencies is not as important as a soul connected intention. However, it does make sense to search for a way to deliver this intention with more accuracy. The current western tuning standard of equal temperament is almost completely disharmonic. And even if we pitch our music down to a=432hz , we are still using a disharmonic temperament . Understanding that melody is a key to accessing the emotion body and the cellular memory of a human it makes perfect sense to me to use tunings that create harmonic relationships between the notes.
As far as Chakra balance goes there are equations that show through a scientific lense that the relationship between light and sound is in fact different from the current new age chakra healing model. I feel it is important that we base our methods on solid research and not just follow a trend blindly.
Sound healing does not only mean entering states of bliss. Healing is bringing the light of awareness to the denser parts of us, where old energy is stuck. So we cannot expect to liberate this energy if we just bypass it into realms of imaginary bliss. That is why we move between the shadow and the light in Kalya Scintilla.
Lastly we need to understand that being a healer does not mean forcing healing on those who we might think need to be healed. We have to understand that not everyone is ready to look at their shadow material, let alone transmute it. I feel it's about creating a realm of potential that others can choose to receive if they are ready.
11. Lucidity, Crossroads, approaches for it's 5th chapter! This will be the first full theatrical production which follows the mythological story of Open Ancient Eyes. What can we expect? How is this different than that of previous performances?
You can expect a timeless story written in universal threads to dance us all awake inside a multi dimensional soundscape of our planet. Sound good? haha. Thus far this has been performed as mainly as a one woman show but now there will be many storytellers on stage giving life to the way this album was originally meant to be experienced.
12. Eve & Yaegon, do you have any daily ritual mantras and/or practices? Outside of music production and performance, what helps to keep you balanced?
Before our feet touch the stage, we set intention and offer to the land, the people and the earth, every single performance. Keeping Balance is actually something we are learning as we go and it is an art form in itself especially on the road. Making sure the basics are strong i.e., enough sleep, healthy eating, meditation practice, ritual, enough time in nature etc. The basics are vital when keeping our bodies, minds, & hearts healthy while traveling, which is no easy feat. We learn better and better techniques as time goes on. Oh ya, & lots of laughter along the way!
13. Transformational festivals are very much profound experiences that can trigger endless inspiration. It personally has for me, especially diving more into the self. Do you see these transformative experiences as such evolving further and providing more in-depth sustainable living in the future?
We are definitely in an evolution. As we travel the globe we see with our own eyes this is a world movement not just here in the u.s. And what we can see now is that these festivals are a launching pad for many souls who gain inspiration, like mind connections, then take that out into their world and begin living sustainably or learning more about living in communities or pursuing their true passions or any combination or all of thee above. There is no reason to think this all won't continue to evolve.
14. Eve, I've noticed you've tapped into writing! I've read all three in-depth explorations you've presented. What other themes can we expect to evolve in the future stemming from this art form?
Haha, oh awesome! Ya, I've been sitting on my writings actually. I have learned a lot from my journey with mythology, archetypes, invocation, evocation, life and have a strong passion to share. I've waited quite awhile before I could authentically feel I had something of importance to share about these topics which now have become near and dear to my heart. Many people can speak on theories or ideas, but my interest is in sharing tangible experiences and insight I have acquired along the way. Rooting and grounding these universal metaphors into human experience. I strive to embody what I teach and always continue to learn as a student because these topics are so vast and profound to me. I'm just getting warmed up laying down some basics, I'll start going deeper into practical ways to integrate these ideas and share more on the ancient stories themselves. I also just opened a soundcloud account to share vocally the stories, embodiment practices, and past vocal works of mine. I'm really excited about getting the stories out there through many mediums. Like I said, I've just started. More to come!
15. What does Lucidity mean to you?
The first thing that comes to mind in that question is life as a lucid dream. We are vivid dreamers and love playing with the idea and experience that there is a thin line between the waking and sleeping worlds. The life feels at times like a Lucid dream.
16. Anything else you two would like to share with us?
Thank you for receiving our offerings and thank you to those who take the journey with us. Your love is deeply felt and we feel so blessed to be sharing this life journey with you.
potions releases III on Wormhole Music Group. A full length album, it's a magnitude of brilliance and fresh as future trap and glitch hop vibes are intertwined with creative sparks of deep sub bass, 808's, howling sound design, mind-boggling, tripped out fusions, & synth crescendos. A West Coast bass vibe is felt immensely and his production skills are top notch. I really dig potions soundscapes. Experience a dope journey through each of the 9 tracks as they are displayed in groundbreaking fashion. Creating a rhythmic, mysterious, and underground patterns, they will capture and inspire a mad potion of possibility. I am especially stoked to see this artist grow and reveal his future, melodic, and bouncy soundscapes which portray a vivd and in-depth exploration of creativity.]]>
Black Forest by Wu Wei is the newest volume released on Merkaba Music, inspired from the archetypal mystery and associated power of woodlands, often home to rituals and practices seeking shelter from the eyes of societal convention. Coalescing elements from around the globe, from ambient vocals to middle eastern instrumentations, Wu Wei has woven a spirited anthology with an underlying narrative. 'Refugee', influenced by the struggle of losing one's home and being cut from your roots, creates a melodic aura assembled by indigenous Syrian instruments that meditates on the fight to maintain identity in the face of crisis. The title 'Eyes of an Owl' finds muse in Norse folk music and modern ambient metal of Norway, creating a more abstracted environment with an airy melody stamped with Wei's signature bass. Continuing the world hop tour, 'Our Ghosts' haunts airwaves with sober strings and ardent atmospheric sculpting, taking listeners to a contemplative realm deep in the forests of thought, where the sultry downtempo stirrings surface the timeless questions of the human condition. Varnished with remixes from Soulular and Devin Kroes, this six track release is an immense addition to the Merkaba treasury and a statement of global awareness through music. Catch Wu Wei this July at Konnexion Festival and Enchanted Forest and keep your ears perked for future compilations.
Beginning with a collective dream of the community, Lucidity is a triggering open-source vision of known possible truths stemming from the depths of our transformational culture. Created through an intentional and co-creation approach, Lucidity has illuminated a vision in 2012 where separate entities stemming from the Santa Barbara arts, music, and conscious community were fostering dreams of a greater vision than they were about to produce on their own….so together, a dream has blossomed. During this approaching collaborative gathering, Crossroads, taking place from April 4th – 10th, 2016, we enter the second chapter of our collective journey and the fifth installment of this epic saga which brings us into the now of our socio-cultural evolution as we recognize all of the shadows that we face, and as a whole, engage in finding solutions to further and clear our growth as a society.
A movement highlighting 7 core values: Participation and Immersion in the Artistic Process, Personal Growth and Global Healing, Awake and Aware Consciousness, Environmental and Social Responsibility, Family Fun and Creative Play, & Transparency, the folks at Lucidity are gearing inside-out growth as an enlightening form of transformation. Branching a Universal bond of connections through co-creations, we will fractalize through open channels of sound, movement, art, dance, and visual creativity; it's an artistic wave of conscious communication. Transformational Festivals are real triggers into higher levels of consciousness, I can vouch as I am currently on a healing and transformational path through inspiration stemming from these experiences which have been guiding me since Summer of 2012 w/ Sonic Bloom, Art Outside in 2013, Sonic Bloom 2014, and Envision, Enchanted Forest, Art Outside 2015. Exactly two years ago today, March 16th, 2014, I also aligned on a path of discovery through an intuitive following of passions and removal of blockages…I healed myself through writing. Transformational festivals have triggered limitless depth, inspiration, & aligning patterns…they have helped me to remove blockages, and through it, I have experienced a life changing journey. Experience a spiritual uplift of like-minded people who gather together to live, learn, discover, share, & synchronize! I am eager to go to the ultimate transformational gathering that is Lucidity…I hear nothing but magic!
Lucidity has captured many through its meta narrative, revealing truth, discovery, realization, and deep intention – it's what sets them apart as they focus on connecting the theme. For more history on its previous chapters, explore their website. Featuring a total of 6 mythic chapters, the first three years have been about personal transformation, last three are about collective transformation into the present, our culture, and finding solutions. Through sustainable living a lucid visions, we explore next level solutions towards healing Earth. Will you be part of the solution? We can't do it without you… so I encourage you to come experience Lucidity. I'm looking forward to this weekend as its profound intention has captured me. Featuring over 40 workshops with over 90 workshop presenters from topics ranging from: activation & empowerment, art & creativity, consciousness & spirituality, dance & movement, education, flow & martial arts, food & lifestyle, gender alchemy & intimacy, healing arts, kids, lucid dreaming music, sustainability & permaculture, yoga & meditation. I am especially stoked for some expansions on crystal healing, reiki healing, sound healing, meditation & creativity, anything along those fields! Filled with themed and creative villages, reusable "mapdana's", emphasizing a zero-waste event and a "leave it better mentality", providing mindful organic feeding, featuring dope music and visual art, they are also extending their vision into "Lucidity Course Week" happening April 4th – April 10th. Immerse yourself in a powerful movement stemming from the West Coast and remember to bring what you experienced and learned into your everyday life.
Throughout the weekend of April 8th – April 10th, our Lucidity star family has also provided lush nourishment of sonic vibrations, visual and installation arts, & mesmerizing acrobatic movement stemming from artists and performers from all over the world including top-notch, fresh, & diverse national and local genre taste. Musical headliners such as Keller Williams, Haywyre, & Kalya Scintilla w/ Eve Olution will be gracing us with eclectic vibes. Over 100 other musical acts were announced and artists such as Mark Farina, J.Phlip, Bluetech, Om Unit, Kaminanda, Mike Love, Mr. Bill, EPROM, Pumpkin, Mihkal, Psymbionic, Merkaba, Whitebear, Mihkal, Yheti, Saqi, HAANA, Secret Recipe, CharlesTheFirst, PartyWave, Dissolv, Yaima, DubCOliNG, Nas-Ja, Oneness, Grymetyme, Irieyes, Shaman's Dreams, Benjah Ninjah & more will be providing a lucid dose of bass, live-tronica, funk, conscious hip-hop, glitch, glitch-hop, sacred bass, trip-hop, acoustic, jazz, reggae, & more.
One of my favorite aspects of music and arts festivals, asides interactive workshops, are the visual artists! Creating live art while getting inspired by their surroundings of smiles, live music, art, and other creations is truly something inspiring to visually experience. A total of over forty visual artists ( Gallery Artists & Installation Artists ) will be present at Crossroads so be sure to tap into your surroundings to discover, learn, and engage while exploring their styles so you can feel, relate, understand, and reflect. I have so much respect and love for visual artists as they truly display themselves in the present moment and engage in co-creation, as everyone else does! Support! Last but not least, a vibrant array of Performers will be performing all over the stages and on campgrounds so be sure to keep your eyes wide open for movement all around you.
When listening to an interview on Lucid Planet Radio w/ Dr Kelly featuring Jonah Haas ( Founder and Co-Marketing director of Lucidity ) on How Festivals Evolve Consciousness a couple weeks ago, I was eager to find out that Lucidity folks are currently seeking permanent land space to create permaculture design and to host people all year around during smaller, intimate events/retreats, culture of growing food, healing arts, & movement – a whole systems' approach to community living. Enter 'LucidPlanet' as a promotional code, while purchasing tickets & save!
The time is now to come together for Crossroads at Lucidity Festival 2016! Bring yourself, your hoops, creative tools, a clear mind, art, camping gear, but most importantly, bring your higher self and awareness! New world change is the atmosphere of these transformational festivals, so be sure to come play to learn! Envision lush views, smiles, laughter, silence, languages, & deep intention decorating the festival! A nourishment awaiting to trigger life-changing paths is on its way to Live Oak so be ready to experience creative and artistic breakthroughs, aligning movement, co-creations, explorations, truth, discovery, & sustainable living.
'Lucidity's environmental commitment is to leave Live Oak better than before.'
Inspired by Lucidity's deep intention, I reached out to Wesley Wolfbear Pinkham of Optimystic Media, operating at Lucidity Festival. He shares with us his visions on the presence and future of Media. Wesley guides us through a deep exploration of the foundations behind his creations, his affiliation with Lucidity, triggers that led to this creation, community co-op theme, breaking down the vicious repetitive cycle, transformation, the game changing solution, fearlessness, & manifesting dreams. Wolfbear is gearing a path of innovative approaches leading into breaking down mainstream society's stagnant ways, and how co-creation & proper tools can break through and illuminate a sustainable society.
1. Hey Wesley, happy to connect. I want to say that I'm intrigued by Optimystic Media, I want to congratulate you on a new found vision! Lucidity Festivals are the key into "transformational" culture, share with us your affiliation with Lucidity and how you plan to further the vision via Optimystic Media.
I had a friend of a friend doing promotions for some event and I visited the website. When I got there, I watched this video at a TEDx in Canada, this guy driving around a magical spaceship tour through this world I'd never heard of: Transformational Festivals. That video was Jeet-Kei Leung (founder of The Bloom Series). I packed up my car and I went up a few days before the gates opened. Instead of throwing me out, the production crew put me in the box office, where I spent the next 3 years of the festival, building a system and taming the chaos.
By 2014, I was writing and photographing about 12 festivals a year, including coming full circle and working with Jeet-Kei on The Bloom, Festival Fire, LostinSound, Reinhabiting the Village… A lot of other organizations and publications. Working with so many different publishers, marketing firms, festival producers, I was developing an idea of what I, as festival media, needed to do my job better.
For the 2015 season, I took the torch from the ineffable Spencer Weiner as Media Coordinator at Lucidity. My natural tendency is to create systems that are replicable and open-source. There's so much time and energy that goes into making things that work, prototyping and testing, getting feedback. I was lucky to inherit a realm that had a lot of excitement and previous successes. But we got a whole new set of feedback from a new set of hands working the spreadsheets and application cycle, the media dumps and the follow-ups.
Those systems, and a desire to work co-operatively and not competitively, that's where Optimystic Media was born. From the connections and experience of creating a truly remarkable Media experience on-site, we realized just how many things were missing to create the sort of footage we needed to tell the story of this rapidly changing movement.
2. What initially triggered the inspiration to create a new vision with Media at Lucidity?
There were quite a few triggers in creating a new vision for Media at Lucidity. First of all, the festival itself is a major driver for communal change and best practices in festival prouction. Industry insiders in the Transformational Festival scene know that Lucidity is one of the best-run small festivals in the country, one of a small handful of events that is building open-source systems to improve the entire scene. Festivals such as Enchanted Forest Gathering (Mendocino), Envision (Costa Rica), Desert Hearts (SoCal) and Beloved (Oregon) all have Lucidity producers in major roles.
Once you have the basics under control, when you know there are the systems in place to keep the bathrooms clean, the cars parked, the stages from falling apart, you get to move up the Maslowian pyramid. You go from checking the boxes for safety and security to trying to fulfill the emotional, spiritual and metamotiviational needs of your community.
So it's only natural for Lucidity to try and push the edges of Media to match the cutting-edge programming on-site. Last year, I noticed on the schedule that there were 12 different workshops going on at once during some parts of the weekend. We produce more content than Lightning in a Bottle but have maybe 1/8th the population.
We've needed to expand our Media plan to reflect the intentionally wide diversity of experiences, ages (young and old), genders, cultures and interests both curated and developing organically.
We got tired of seeing the same recap videos, the same soundtracks, the same language being used over and over. At Optimystic Media, we call these media products "Hot Chicks and DJs®," just slow motion booties, bass, hands on laptops. Where were the stories? The dialogue? We want to create narratives that invite you on a journey, your own adventure, where you already feel like you belong before you ever get to the gate. So we're working on doing more of that. Our cut of the Lucidity promo for this year reflects that direction.
3. You define your vision as "A Community Co-Op", could you please elaborate?
The overwhelming sense in this industry has been that in order to succeed, you need your own brand, your own identity, your own clients, your own systems. Setting up Optimystic as a community co-operative is the chance to break down the competitive, winner-takes-all approach to the limited resources of festival marketing budgets. It is a direct rejection of the scarcity mindset, viewing ownership and opportunity in terms of contribution and participation.
A Co-Operative business means that it is owned and operated by its employees. It is democratically administered, and is part of an evolving set of business models beyond the traditional top-down organizations traditionally seen in creative agencies. Some of the processes of creating agreements and bylaws are still on hold while we try to establish revenue streams and core systems.
In the mean time, we're an open tent as we try to build bridges between the many elements of the Mediasphere: the few PR firms in the scene, the shooters and production companies, the myriad blogs and writers…
4. Mainstream Media is something that needs to change. Through your vision, how do you intent to break the vicious repetitive cycle, and instead push forward feels of sustaining and empowering independent storytelling?
"The Media" seems to be the kind of boogieman both politicians and New Agers like to agree to hate. I've had people confront me with at a festival and tell me I was the problem since I couldn't participate with a camera in my hand. The truth is, this is the way I participate. This is the gift that I bring to the table, and the way I love to contribute. The Media is not the problem, Capitalism is. And the conglomeration that hides hidden agendas of the major players in the scene. Today, we have more conglomeration than ever, but we also have a vast array of democratic channels by which we can distribute information.
Our vision is one bred by the thoughts, hopes and work of many media practitioners, theorists, futurists and entrepreneurs. Antonio López's The Media Ecosystem is a seminal guide to our goals: viewing media as an essential expression of global ecology, of making media that speaks not just for the humans but for the animals. If we are to give a microphone to the quieted voices, we must put a microphone to the earth as well.
That book came to me by way of the publication wing of Evolver Network. The work of its founder, Daniel Pinchbeck, informs the moral compass that drives our efforts. It's so easy to look at our world and be drawn into hopelessness, a lack of power. By aligning with groups such as the Center for Planetary Culture, we become bigger than ourselves, part of a powerful coalition of changemakers.
Optimystic Media has its vision written right into its name. We're optimistic about the future: we live in the most interconnected, global and fast-moving era of all time. We have, at our disposal, the tools to bring down companies and governments, shed light on darkness and review the best beer selection in the history of mankind. We also call on the mystical to bring us back
5. Define the "Game Changing Solution" and how it evolves through Optimystic.
During the coverage over racial frustration in Ferguson, I saw a story about the Media getting muscled out of a local McDonald's where they had set up for the week to cover the developing drama. How can we expect our media streams to remain journalistically neutral when they're setting up in such a toxic and corporate environment? What if we could set up a mobile environment that provides the core needs of power, wifi and hospitality while also instilling a sense of community, collaboration and democracy?
Festival Media is a source of immense joy and love for the shooters and writers that find themselves mixed up in this world. It's a place to truly capture honest, magical, beautiful moments and it feeds your creative side throughout the year.
But there's little to no money in it. The publications pay their photographers in writers in a comp ticket, which means they aren't even paying for it, the festival is. The shooters and editors that work in-house sometimes get small stipends, but it's nowhere near their day-rate. It's a passion project for some, a weekend with a camera to play and collaborate. For others, it's something that they truly want to succeed and become financially independent doing.
The Game Changing Solution was the creation of a system where Media can thrive and producers can tell more complex stories. We create a better working environment, called the Optimystic Media Hub: a cleaner set of operations, a central point-of-contact, hospitality, power, wifi, coffee and the reliability of Media Coordinators who are on-point, not on drugs, phones charged, ready to help. For those that want to develop their economic models, we're developing systems that allow us to diversify our revenue streams, including direct media sales, vending and merch opportunities, licensing and collaborating on leads and projects.
6. How many years have you attended Lucidity? What is it about Lucidity that screams out transformation and possibility?
I have been at Lucidity since its first year in 2012, in the muddy, chaotic hilariousness of a first year festival's box office. I was immediately changed, my own experience screams out transformation and possibility. I had gone to bluegrass festivals, raves, world music events, large civic festivals, but nothing like this. I was immediately swept up and enamored with the community.
Now, five years later, I see that so much of the scene has hit a stride, we're comfortable with what we're doing and creating. There's all the makings of a culture or sub-culture: style of dress, music, art, insider language. Some festivals just take these elements and put them on a poster and expect "Transformational" results. It takes a lot more than that.
What makes Lucidity different is that we're constantly pushing ourselves to collaborate with new and different ideas, concepts, directions. We create a container for a vast array of co-creation. Last year, we upped the permaculture game by creating three different programs: a pre-event intensive, a permaculture action day with The Polish Ambassador and Ayla Nereo and an on-site hub that provided programming and demonstrations throughout the event. This year, we're expanding our pre-event intensives into the Lucid University Courseweek where we're offering 5 different tracts of learning: Reiki Healing, Permaculture, Art and Creativity, Leadership and Embodiment and Lucid Dreaming.
7. What is(are) Lucidity Festivals mission(s)?
Lucidity is an open-source transformational arts and music festival. When we become lucid in our dreams, we realize ourselves as infinite potential, we let go of fear, and we are free to create that which we want to see in the world. Bring those visions, those possibilities, and that delicious conscious energy with you to Lucidity and wake up in the dream.
Our economic model creates a strong balance between music, art, workshops and sustainability. We don't use our lineup as a way to sell tickets, our community has come to a sold-out festival every year because they trust our values. They're written clearly and inform everything that we do, as an organization:
The long term goal is to collectively purchase land, move away from the build/strike cycle and create a community resource for learning and education. Lucidity belongs in a place, we aren't just a floating, nomadic community. We are deeply connected with the Santa Barbara scene, including the SOL (Sustainable, Organic, Local) Food Festival, the Santa Barbara Food Co-Op, programs for community building in Isla Vista, and many other projects. We're hoping to find land nearby to create a needed permanent resource in the community.
8. Share with us the importance of personal growth, letting go, being fearless, tapping into creativity, and losing the ego. What can manifest?
I think many of us understand, theoretically, that the Ego is the enemy of success. But our society rewards the Ego, especially in the Media landscape. We judge our famous people by their Instagram followers, their book sales or the size of their fortunes. My own Ego has gotten me quite far at times, but it all comes crashing down eventually. The space between how you project yourself to be and what you truly are becomes discordant, leading to external and internal lies. The Ego gets in the way of personal growth, convincing you, manipulating the facts in order to see yourself in the best possible light, despite the realities of your behavior.
By developing Optimystic Media into a Co-Op, the goal is to manifest something that is hard to take individual credit for, something much larger than myself or any of our other core team. By developing open source systems that regenerate back into a project that shares our values and interests, we hope to manifest something that any of us can step away from at any point to take care of ourselves, to treat our own wounds without the fear that another world will come crashing down if we walk away from it. Much of our traditional workforce teaches us this panic, that if we let go, the world will collapse. There is power in numbers, especially knowing that there are people you've never even met who will help you along your journey.
By tapping into a more collective creativity, we allow the free flow of movement from professional to amateur, from traditional to experimental. We know who has the right gear and knowledge to capture hyperlapses or long-exposure light painting or who is developing a new technique for a certain kind of shot or post-production style. We can also keep each other honest with our intentions, ask for help when we need it and get more perspectives into the creative process.
9. Are you also expanding Optimystic Media into other festivals outside of Lucidity? If so, which ones?
Yes. Optimystic Media is a collaborative movement that belongs to the festival community, as a whole. Lucidity is a driving force, our home base, but we're developing systems that are useful to organizations at different budgets, sizes and existing systems.
Though we function as a visual brand of our own, we are ultimately a white label solution. You might see some of our branding in a space, but at Lucidity, we run the Lucidity Media Hub. We're a business-to-business project, and our many members are involved in almost every major festival in the Transformational Festival movement. We were down at Envision supporting Justin Brothers, Alexa Rae and the fabulous folks at The Confluence. We'll be at Boogaloo Mountain Jam providing media support and slinging organic, fair trade delicious craft draft nitrogen infused cold coffee. We're deeply involved with the squishy magical goodness of Enchanted Forest Gathering in Mendocino. There are a host of other events, vendors, sub-projects that we support with media creation, creative direction, copywriting, websites… You name it. Check out our website for an ever growing list of our community.
10. Anything else you would like to share with us?
Don't cut out the watermarks.
And check us out at our website, on our Facebook or, better yet, come by Lucidity Festival's Media Hub – open to the public – by the Lucid University.]]>
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Funding Unsuccessful
This project's funding goal was not reached on June 30, 2011.
Sox and Whisker's: The Lion Kitties Adventures
This project's funding goal was not reached on June 30, 2011.
The adventures of Sox and Whisker the Lion Kitties brothers are on the hunt with old friends to meet new friends to explore the world to see how it work and to show the uniqueness in all of us and yet show that we're all the same inside with the help of Buger the Butterfly and professor Frog .
Stories written by Diane Marie Garrett and Hardrick Gulley
The fund trying to raise will go to Doran publishing to get the book printed and on there shelf of books stores and if we go over our goal the funds will be donated to Noah Ark and no kill animal shelter and back into Kick starter project campaign .
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Don't deny facts
Frank Wooten's column "Don't deny warming skeptics' right to deny" conflates the meanings of skeptic and denier. Their meanings diverge when it comes to science or history.
A skeptic understands his subject and has arguments he thinks rebut the majority opinion.
A denier has no particular background in the subject, doesn't understand the argument between the skeptical minority and the majority, but picks a side anyway and holds onto it come hell, high water or facts.
There are very few climate scientists who are skeptical about the observed warming being partly driven by our society's emission of greenhouse gases. They are not deniers, but they get closer each day.
Consider the argument they use that the warming is just natural variation. We know from boring the icecaps that the average concentration of carbon dioxide has not exceeded 300 ppm in 650,000 years. Yet today it's at 400 ppm and climbing. That's ironclad proof warming isn't due to natural variation.
We must face the fact that the typical nonbeliever in man-made global warming is a science denier, not a skeptic. And as such it is not overheated rhetoric to compare them with their cohorts: flat-earthers, geocentrists, creationists and in the historical field, Holocaust deniers.
Their behavior is identical. They repeat well-rebutted myths, such as the one above, and keep on repeating them despite correction. Like 2 plus 2 equals five, denial of man-made climate change is not a point of view; it's simply wrong.
David D. Peterson
Mariners Court
Port Royal
The liberal shift
I'm writing in response to those who still believe in Obamacare. With the Gestapo tactics of Obamacare in full view, I'm wondering why freedom-loving people continue to plod along oblivious to the fact that Obamacare is the tip of a very large iceberg.
Despite a collectivist philosophy, liberalism has generally been willing to coexist with free markets and economic freedom. This was true of Democratic presidents culminating with President Clinton.
Obamacare, however, signals a significant shift in that position. Having the power of taxation, the Supreme Court's ruling that a penalty is the legal equivalent of a tax gives Congress unprecedented power. It now has the power to pass any mandate it wishes simply by including a penalty. This new power constitutes a Trojan horse directed at our economical system and the very fabric of the Constitution.
The Founders understood that central governments are inherently corrupt and a threat to liberty. An Obama administration laced with numerous scandals accentuated by Obamacare only validates their belief. With his signature achievement at stake, Mr. Obama didn't hesitate to make back-room deals and blatantly lie.
At the altar of federal power, Democrats insist that Obamacare is necessary for the greater good. To insure the uninsured, HHS mandated standards that every insurance plan must meet. Not meeting the new standards, five million Americans had their "substandard" insurance canceled.
Though the new insurance is more expensive, Democrats claim it is better because it meets their standards. In truth, the overcharge subsidizes the uninsured. For their own good, presumably, many Americans will be forced to buy insurance they don't need, don't want, or can't afford.
The president's one-year stay of execution changes nothing. With so many broken promises, canceled policies, disappearing doctors, missing hospitals, and shocking premiums, it's impossible to ignore the ideological implications of this liberal nightmare.
Unchecked, the continuing growth of liberalism can only lead to tyranny. As we have seen, it's not going to be pretty. Americans must decide:
Is a world of collective goodness and unlimited mandates the world they want for themselves, and their children and grandchildren?
Bill Bissette
Short Street
Bring troops home
On Dec. 7, I could not help thinking of the same date in 1941. Known now as Pearl Harbor Day when the Japanese bombed our base in the Hawaiian Islands and surrounding islands, this unannounced attack resulted in the start of World War II.
That war ended in four years with many American losses, but there was no debt. We citizens paid for that war by the end of the war with war bonds and stamps which school children bought.
Now, beginning this year we have been fighting 14 years resulting in trillions in debt, enormous losses, and promises to return our troops. Why, I ask, when the tribal war has long been going on and will continue after we leave?
I say bring all our troops home now. We have more than kept our commitment. There are problems right here at home that our troops could help solve. I pray that we wake up to the uselessness of all these losses.
God bless our servicemen and women.
Gwen Siegrist
Plantation Lane
Mount Pleasant
Deeper in debt
Our nation does not need an increase in the minimum wage law. It may well increase unemployment for the poor, the middle class and teen-agers or seasonal workers.
What our country needs is a government that will stop devaluing our American dollar so people won't have to tolerate a regime that "robs Peter to pay Paul."
The city of Detroit, Mich., is facing bankruptcy. It is $18 billion in debt. A major cause has been politicians trying to please everyone including themselves. I wonder how many trillions it will take before the United States of America declares bankruptcy?
At least the feds have printing presses that probably can print out billions every day, and acting before these dollars become worthless because of inflation, we just might save ourselves and our country if we get serious and start the process of electing statesmen to public office instead of politicians.
Kenneth Anderson Jr.
Planters Curve
Mount Pleasant
Help for vet
It is with joy and gratitude that I write this letter. I was recently working with a post-Korean Army veteran who was in a dire situation. The veteran's home had become infested with bedbugs. The double-amputee's family was unable to pay for the extermination services and did not know where to turn.
The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center is privileged to have a number of community partner organizations that support our veterans.
Randy Bishop, the owner of All Pro Pest Management, Inc., rose to the occasion and graciously volunteered to help the veteran and his family.
Mr. Bishop provided the veteran with the extermination services at no cost, The cost of these extermination services could have easily exceeded $1,000, yet out of the kindness of his heart, Mr. Bishop rendered the services to a veteran in need.
The Trident Area Agency on Aging stepped up to the plate and furnished the veteran's family with a new mattress and box springs to ensure there was no risk of recurrent infestation.
I wish to thank our community for coming together to meet the needs of our veterans and to make others aware of the miraculous work being done in our community.
Keneisha Young
Social Work Intern
Ralph H. Johnson
V.A. Medical Center
Bee Street
No roundabout
I travel Riverland Drive and Camp Road many times weekly, at different times of day, and for the life of me cannot figure out why a roundabout in that area is necessary or desirable.
There isn't that much traffic, and I have never seen or heard of an accident there in 30-plus years.
There appears to be very little space on which to build one, without seriously encroaching on the creek, marsh, and someone's yard.
I want to meet some of these brilliant folks who run the illustrious S.C. Department of Transportation
Beverly O'Brien
Highwood Circle
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PITTSBURGH – Marvel Smith returned to the locker room less a cast on his left foot but a little wobbly nonetheless. Anyone with two sprained ankles would be.
Has he returned to rescue the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers?
"It's up to coach," he said.
It was the easy way out. It's really up to the player, isn't it?
"If it is, I'll tell him I'm ready now, so it isn't up to me," Smith said. "I might not be 100 percent, but I'll never say I can't go play, so it's up to coach."
Smith understands his value to the Steelers. Over the last three seasons, the left tackle has missed large chunks of 14 games. The Steelers are 3-11 in those games. And this week, in a must-win game, the Steelers are facing another top-flight tandem of defensive ends.
Last week, Alex Brown and Adewale Ogunleye of the Chicago Bears failed to sack Brett Favre, but in the two previous Bears games, against NFC contenders Carolina and Tampa Bay, the two ends combined for nine sacks.
Brown, who'll rush over Smith's vacated left tackle position, has drawn 14 holding penalties and forced nine false starts this season. Who'll block him?
* Not Smith. The Pro Bowler hopes to return the following week at Minnesota.
"It's hard rehabbing both ankles at the same time," Smith said. "But they're both getting better every day."
* Not Alan Faneca. The last time Smith was injured for an extended period was 2003 and exasperated coach Bill Cowher moved Faneca over from left guard when Oliver Ross didn't work out at left tackle.
"You tell me to go out there and I'm going to go out there," Faneca said. But no one has told him to go out there.
* Not Max Starks. He might know Brown from their days together at the University of Florida, but Starks of course is the Steelers' right tackle, and he's struggled himself as a second-year player starting his first season. Starks was upgraded to probable yesterday with a shoulder injury and he guaranteed reporters that he'll play Sunday.
"Working out in space with Ogunleye gives him that inside-outside option to create a lot of pressure," Starks said of the Bears' sacks leader with nine. "He usually forces the quarterback to roll out to the opposite side where the other defensive end is sitting upfield."
That would be Brown, and again the question: Who will block him?
For the fourth consecutive week, rookie Trai Essex will replace Smith. Of course, his presence and the three-game losing streak are a commonality. Essex might turn into a dandy player some day, but today he is struggling.
So what about the big guy way back there on the bench? Barrett Brooks is, after all, an 11-year veteran. He might know enough tricks to keep Brown off of Ben Roethlisberger, the quarterback with the splint on his injured right thumb. Might Brooks be the better option against a stud pass-rusher in a game the Steelers must win?
"I'm a competitive guy. I wouldn't be around here if I didn't want to play," Brooks said. "I still love the game. It's not like I have to play; I made my money, just like everybody else, but I love the game of football. I love to play. I don't want to practice every day and then not play. I really do want to play."
Brooks was active last Sunday and thought he might get the call, but it never came. He watched Essex struggle without rancor.
"Everybody needs to know their roles," Brooks said. "I'm here to win; you know what I'm saying? Whatever it takes to win, I'm going to do. If it takes me getting the rookie ready, than I'm getting the rookie ready. If it takes me playing, I'm going to play. Whatever role they define to me, that's the role I'm going to play."
Brooks played one snap last week. He was the third tight end at the goal line and helped seal the corner on Jerome Bettis's easy touchdown run.
"When I go in, I perform and perform at a high level," Brooks said. "The offense never drops when I go in there. They can run whatever they want to run when I'm in there."
In two years with the team, Brooks hasn't come close to meaningful playing time. But he's in the bullpen warming up.
NOTE – Along with Starks, QB Charlie Batch (hand) and LB Andre Frazier (hamstring) were upgraded to probable Thursday.


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Justice Anthony Kennedy Is a Conservative Pariah Again
In his latest opinions on affirmative action and abortion, the famous "swing justice" earns a fresh round of right-wing anger.By Ed Kilgore
In his latest opinions on affirmative action and abortion, the famous "swing justice" earns a fresh round of right-wing anger.By Ed Kilgore
Justice Kennedy joined Supreme Court liberals in stopping states from shutting down abortion clinics on dubious medical grounds.By Ed Kilgore
The much-debated Fisher v. University of Texas case yields a 4–3 decision for the university, as Justice Kennedy surprises us again.By Ed Kilgore
A president must gamble with the planet's future.By Jonathan Chait
"With no additional comment."By Caroline Bankoff
So. Much. Sass.By Dan Amira
It's okay because none of the justices understand technology either.By Nitasha Tiku
He'll stay on until the end of Obama's first term.By Dan Amira
Crybaby.By Dan Amira
It also happened at George Washington last month.By Chris Rovzar
This is just confusing.By Chris Rovzar
The latest official portrait of the Supreme Court is hilarious.By Chris Rovzar
FINANCE • Buffett to the rescue: The Oracle of Omaha may take a 20 percent stake in crisis-ridden Bear Stearns. If the deal goes through, Bear CEO Jim Cayne will have another new bridge partner to brag about. [NYT] • Goldman Sachs named Edward Forst as co-head of investment management, a troubled group with a mere $796 billion in assets. Forst takes the place of Eric Schwartz, who's retiring after 23 years with the bank. [NYP] • "The tears of Chuck Norris would supply enough liquidity to solve the credit crisis. Too bad he never cries." [Bloomberg]
The Plaza Hotel turns 100 on October 1, and she's having a birthday party. MTV nixed having the stars of The Hills go to the Gossip Girl premiere party at Tenjune. On NY1's Wiseguys, Ed Koch and Al D'Amato berated lefty Mark Green over MoveOn.org's "General Betray Us" ad. Alina Shriver, sister-in-law of Maria and wife of Anthony Kennedy, just debuted a clothing line. A Pontiac had to be removed from the stage of 50 Cent's concert at Hammerstein Ballroom because it had gas in the tank. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, and Violet played in Sheep Meadow. Eartha Kitt, better known as Catwoman, says she's 80 but still "burning."


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With their stunning mountain backdrop and idyllic scenery, Davos and Klosters have all it takes for that perfect family Alpine holiday.
The tradition-rich Grisons holiday resort of Arosa is located at the end of the romantic Schanfigg Valley at an altitude of about 1800 metres above sea level. With its impressive range of mountain peaks all around, Arosa Lenzerheide is just as attractive for extended hiking tours in summer as it is in winter, offering a great variety of snow sport activities.


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A dramatic close up of a lion's face proves that shades of brown can be quite striking and is the inspiration for today's Golden Browns color inspiration scheme. Color codes (from top to bottom): #dfcfc2, #e6bc94, #c39154, #795233, #4a3a2d
Shades of Jade – Color Inspiration
This color inspiration is all about the shades of green in this gorgeous photo which reminds me of all the fabulous jade carvings I saw on a trip to China. Color codes (from top to bottom): #d5f3e7, #a6cfad, #3eb686, #01965e, #007a3d
Creating A Spa Bathroom At Home
Design has been my occupation and "preoccupation" all of my adult life. So when it came time to redesign our master bath I visualized what I would enjoy most in the new space. There are many ways to build the perfect bathroom and I will admit that I discarded a few along the road to ...
Cobblestone Hues – Color Inspiration
This fabulous photo of cobblestones inspired this color inspiration palette of pink, cream, black, gold and brown beige.
I Love February: Valentine Printable Artwork & Birthstone Art
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I love the way this looks, but I would enjoy it more if the placement had it trailing off the side. cropped in this way I feel like the design would give the impression that it continued off into space.
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very nice, l love the colors!
nice present
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cool fractal!!
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This engine is currently lacking in more important pixel movement related support, unless its been added in 500+. Simple things like being able to calculate and move at angles, even a simple redesign to the controls, so you can use more than one movement button at a time by default, etc. This is all stuff I've already had to build into Box Zombies to get a simple top-down 2D shooter working.
EDIT: That's also a nearly 5 year old post being bumped, such speedy progress made around here =P
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The resource package shouldn't have to re-download; that can cache. I haven't had issues with the caching.
FalacyI've been banned from bug reports for a decade now, and don't use the 499+ versions of BYOND, but logging in to this for a quick test (SS13) http://www.byond.com/play/159014470. Walking around for a bit, the background/tiles clearly become corrupted in some way, drawing things that shouldn't be there. The audio (music) seems to have cut out after a few seconds, though I can steal hear random sound effects from messages. And after a short while, the entire map portion of the screen just blacked out on me, and doesn't seem to be coming back.
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Canon has unveiled two new high-end models in its popular IXUS range of compact cameras: the Digital IXUS 980 IS and Digital IXUS 870 IS.
The flagship, 14.7-megapixel Digital IXUS 980 IS brings several 'firsts' to the IXUS range - including manual control, and a striking design available in stylish, head-turning black, as well as traditional IXUS silver. The Canon IXUS 980 IS (see two pictures below) a second new mode - QuickShot - uses the optical viewfinder for framing and focusing, virtually eliminating shutter lag.
The 10-megapixel Digital IXUS 870 IS features a 4.0x wide-angle (28mm) optical zoom, a high-resolution three-inch PureColor LCD screen, and comes finished in gold or silver. The Canon IXUS 870 IS (pictured below) features a wide-angle (28mm) 4x optical zoom, ideal for large group shots, atmospheric interiors or architecture.
Both cameras use Canon's new DIGIC 4 processor, for fast performance and richly detailed, clean images in a huge number of shooting situations. As well as ensuring ultra-fast operation and superb, low-noise images, DIGIC 4 drives several intelligent technologies that Canon claims "make great photos easier than ever".
And both cameras feature Canon's optical Image Stabilizer technology, for blur-free shots throughout the zoom range and in low-light conditions.
People shots benefit from improved Face Detection Technology, which even detects faces positioned at an angle to the camera, or in profile. Face Select & Track tracks a specific subject even more accurately, while a new FaceSelf-timer function - which automatically triggers the shutter shortly after a new face enters the frame - makes group shots and self-portraits easy.
Canon's improved Motion Detection Technology delivers improved results by registering camera and subject movement, then automatically adjusting ISO to prevent image blur.
Blur is further guarded against by new Servo AF, which continuously adjusts focus on subjects moving towards or away from the camera. DIGIC 4 also powers Canon's new i-Contrast feature, which brings out great, natural-looking detail in dark areas of pictures - without blowing out lighter areas.
The IXUS 980 IS is available from late September for around £350 (US$536), while the IXUS 870 IS is available from late September priced at £270 (both prices include VAT).


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Nokia N900: Internet Tablet with Maemo Linux
Nokia has introduced the N900 as the newest in its line of Linux-based Internet tablets.
Unlike the earlier Nokia tablets, the N900 device based on the Maemo Linux platform can now run on G2 (GSM) and G3 (UMTS) mobile networks and no longer depends exclusively on WLAN connections as do its predecessors the N800 and N810. The N900 brings a 3.5" WVGA display (at 800 x 480 pixels), touchscreen and both a retractable and onscreen keyboard. Nokia also morphed the Internet tablet into a smartphone with the usual ingredients such as a 5-megapixel digital camera, A-GPS navigation and FM transmitter.
Whereas its precedessors were more or less tabletop devices, the N900 with its 111 x 60 x 18 mm size and 181 gram weight can fit in your shirt pocket. Availability is "soon" according to the Nokia Maemo website, which also lists the specifications.
Some of the key data:
3.5 mm AV connector
TV out (PAL/NTSC)
Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
Bluetooth v2.1
FM transmitter
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fm transmitter.. yea FM Transmitter. according to some sources it will not ship with the software for it though, but since the release was pushed back it may be available on time and ship with it.. but I guess well just have to see
It would be a very nice feature to be able to listen to your music on any system capable of radio... i.e. car or grand/parents(stuck in the past) house
FM transmitterOlá! This device has FM transmitter? It would be an FM receiver?
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Cubillan imparting a valuable lesson
After having averaged 19.4 minutes per game his first two seasons at MU, David Cubillan saw his playing time cut by more than half in 2008-'09.
The native Venezuelan, who'd developed a reputation as a solid long-range shooter and fiery on-court presence early in his tenure with the Golden Eagles, averaged just 9.5 minutes per game and didn't play at all in four games -- the first time that had happened since he arrived in Milwaukee.
Considering the transfer-happy, me-first attitude many collegiate players now possess, from the outside looking in it wouldn't be at all surprising to hear someone in Cubillan's position grumbling about his role -- or lack thereof -- on what turned out to be a team that finished 25-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season.
You won't hear Cubillan himself complaining, however. Quite the contrary, actually.
Be it his upbringing, background, outlook on life -- or, more likely, all of those -- the senior-to-be said recently he didn't consider his junior season a disappointing one in the least.
"It wasn't a disappointing year at all," he said. "I learned a lot. It was a different year, but it wasn't disappointing, because I grew up as a player, and I grew up as a person, too. I had a different role, and I had to learn to deal with it. So I don't think it was a disappointing year at all.
"I think it was a great year, because I had to overcome a lot of stuff that I didn't see before. Last year I learned to overcome a lot of stuff. It's something that I can take now, and apply to later."
There were a few key factors at play in Cubillan's fall from the rotation.
First and foremost, coach Buzz Williams viewed Cubillan as strictly a backup shooting guard. Considering the outstanding season that Jerel McNeal had in the starting role, and the fact he averaged an even 35 minutes per game, there just weren't many minutes left for Cubillan.
Cubillan was also coming off surgeries on both shoulders, which left him unable to participate in a good portion of MU's workouts last off-season. For a player who'd suffered through a tough close to his sophomore year as far as shooting the basketball, it certainly wasn't an ideal situation.
Probably a hair under the 6 feet at which he's listed, Cubillan also didn't possess the type of length or athletic ability Williams craves in his players.
Despite all that, Cubillan did get ample opportunity to prove himself early last season, but failed to respond. He played double-digit minutes in eight of the Golden Eagles' first 10 games, but hit just 8 of 28 three-pointers (28.6%) and didn't positively impact the game enough as far as a ballhandler or defender.
After a 13-minute stint against Presbyterian on Dec. 28 Cubillan fell completely off the map, playing just 30 minutes total as MU opened Big East play with a 9-0 record. With Williams settled on a shortened rotation that relied heavily on McNeal, Wesley Matthews and Dominic James, the die was cast for Cubillan.
He saw his role increase some out of necessity after James went down with a broken foot against Connecticut on Feb. 25, and he played 25 minutes against St. John's in the first round of the Big East Tournament. He also wound up playing in both of MU's NCAA tournament games in Boise.
The depth of his struggles can be underscored by looking at the number of shots he knocked down over the course of the Golden Eagles' 18-game Big East slate: zero. He wound up going 0 for 5 from the field in 14 appearances, and 0 for 1 from three-point range.
Despite that, Cubillan was routinely praised by Williams for his team-first, selfless approach, one that saw him transform into a vocal supporter on the bench. Then in late April, at the team's season-ending banquet, Cubillan's persistence was rewarded with the Hank Raymonds Sportsmanship Award, given annually to the player perceived to be the most selfless and positive.
Looking back on it all, Cubillan admitted that the season wasn't an easy one. But then, just as quickly, he found the silver lining.
"It was kind of tough, because if you compare the minutes from my first two years to last year, it was different," he said. "It was tough, but I realized that it was a learning experience. That's what you go to college for – you learn. It was great. I learned a lot.
"I'm proud of (how I responded). Like you said, it wasn't easy. But sometimes you have to go through stuff like that. It was a learning experience, it got me better. At first it was tough, but everybody understood my role on the team, I understood my role, and I did it. I tried my best to help my teammates, and help our team."
Looking ahead, Cubillan first and foremost feels completely healthy -- something he hasn't been able to say since his freshman year. He's back to lifting weights with very few restrictions, and able to take part in all the pickup games and individual workouts he missed out on last year at this time.
That alone has helped restore some of his confidence.
"I feel good," he said. "I'm still doing a little bit of rehab with my shoulders. But I feel good. Last year in the summer I couldn't do anything, but now, this summer, I'm back to doing stuff. So it's good."
Having seen his accuracy from beyond arc drop for the second consecutive season (from 42.5% as a freshman to 33.6% as a sophomore to 29.4% as a junior), it would stand to reason Cubillan would be focusing on trying to regain his stroke this summer.
He is, while at the same time working on the other aspects of his game.
"I'm doing a little bit of everything," he said. "You always can get better at anything you do. So I'm doing it all – I'm working on my ballhandling, my shooting. Working on everything, basically. I have a pretty good idea of what I have to do, and I have to work on everything."
Cubillan didn't want to venture a guess as far as what his role will be heading into his senior year, and considering the Golden Eagles will be integrating seven new players into the system, that's probably a wise move.
He does believe all the new blood will create some more excitement around the Al McGuire Center, regardless of who winds up playing where.
"Yeah, it's exciting," he said. "I think it should be exciting for all of us. It's almost a new team, so it'll be exciting to see what's going to happen. But all I can tell you is we're going to be a team – no individuals – and everybody's going to work hard. Everybody's going to make sure we get it done."
Cubillan is already looking forward to serving as a leader and a mentor to the newcomers -- a role that can't be underestimated considering all the new blood, and one that would seem to fit him well.
"I've got to get to know those guys, and see how they learn," said Cubillan. "Some people, they see what you do and they do it. Obviously like in the summer, we have more experience in the weight room, and the things that we do. Some people, you have to go to people and tell them, 'This is what you have to do,' and they'll listen and take it. So I think it's going to be a little bit of both."
Majoring in corporate communications, Cubillan is also looking forward to taking a big step off the court as he begins an internship with AM-1510 in Milwaukee. Always quick with a smile, friendly and originator of the "Venezuelan Shuffle" -- a type of strut he unveiled after hitting some big three-pointers as a freshman -- Cubillan figures to be a natural in his new gig.
"I'm going to be working with ESPN Deportes, and they tell me that I'll help bring more attention from the Hispanic community," he said. "They think it'll be good. Not many Hispanics like basketball; they like soccer. Me being there, I'll be doing events, meeting people, going out in the community. I'll be going out and talking to Hispanics and stuff. It's going to be a learning experience in terms of the future.
"I don't know what I'm going to be doing, but it will probably help me. I could be working in a company. I like sports, so you never know. They just expect me to be there and learn, and they're going to help me."
Looking at the big picture, Cubillan is also cognizant of the fact that this will be his last year in Milwaukee. Considering how far he's come, and what he's accomplished in the time he's been here, it's clear he's still taking nothing for granted -- a viewpoint that many Division I athletes fail to grasp.
"It goes fast. It goes real fast," he said with a laugh. "I'm grateful that I'm still here, and have the opportunity to wake up and do it every day. It's been three great years, and I've learned a lot."
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Round-up: When is a simple omission a snub?
When last week's Globe and SAG nominations were announced, the blogosphere was thick with talk of who had been "snubbed." It's a word we're all guilty of misusing, implying as it does calculated group-think impossible with large voting bodies. (Film writer Nick Davis summed up the misconception with this tweet: "Whenever I order off a restaurant menu, I look at everything I didn't order, even the dish I almost chose, and I think, 'I'm snubbing them!'") Screen International editor (and HFPA voter) Mike Goodridge reminds us that voters can only vote for contenders, not against them; in a crowded field, omissions are inevitable, but who's to say they were pointedly ignored? Proving that a group like the HFPA is a hive of conflicting opinions, not the collective Globes mentality we often refer to, his own favorite film of the year is "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." [Screen Daily]
Mark Harris is happy enough that Brad Pitt's performance in "Moneyball" is headed for an Oscar nod, but believes he deserves one for "The Tree of Life" even more. [Grantland]
Madonna reveals in an interview that asked both her filmmaker ex-husbands, Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie, for advice on "W.E." I smell sabotage. [The Telegraph]
On "The Artist," and how it references later Hollywood talkies more than it does the golden age of silent cinema. [The L]
Nathaniel Rogers rounds up the year in LGBT characters on screen, including folks from "Weekend," "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"... and "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol." [Towleroad]
Charlie Lyne takes issue with the eye-for-an-eye approach to sexual abuse in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." [Ultra Culture]
Not having seen the film, I'm neither endorsing nor resisting her view, but Manohla Dargis is at the peak of her powers in this "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" review. [New York Times]
Why Michael Fassbender is the man of the year. (Not that most people need much convincing.) [The Playlist]
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Ethiopia Official statement - HEINEKEN, the parent company of Bedele Beer, canceled their sponsorship of Teddy Afro's concert.
Statement from HEINEKEN's website reads.
Ethiopia music sponsorship update
On 20 December 2013, HEINEKEN Ethiopia announced a sponsorship agreement between the Bedele Special brand and the Ethiopian artist Teddy Afro. HEINEKEN Ethiopia regrets that they will disappoint those who were looking forward to the concert tour; however it has been decided not to pursue the sponsorship of the concert tour.
Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) – Confidential sources close to Awramba Times disclosed that Bedele brewery, Heineken NV's subsidiary in Ethiopia has cancelled Teddy Afro's nationwide "Journey of Love" Concert.
Oromo Activists called on Bedele brewery to stop sponsoring Tewodros Kassahun's nationwide tour that was scheduled across different cities of Ethiopia?
Two weeks ago, Ethiopian singer Tewodros Kassahun (aka Teddy Afro) told the local Enqu magazine that he considered emperor Minelik's imperial expansion a "holy war". This remark deeply offended thousands of Oromos as an ethnically-motivated "remark" against Ethiopia's largest ethnic group.
Oromo activists all over the world had campaigned beer drinkers in Ethiopia to ditch Bedele products and also pressure regional officers to withdraw the sponsorship.
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This is a deliberate planned attack to Ethiopia. Who advice Teddy to organize this concert? We should not forget the outsiders knows our history more than we do. They never rest, never sleep, before creating trouble in our country. Look what's happening in Congo the richest resourceful country in Africa. Colonized by Europeans and America. After freedom still the people of Congo divided and fight forever, can not use their resources. We also have so many cases. We are surrounded by enemies. We have started so many projects which attracts the whole world's attention and envy. How about GERD it was not long ago that the Egyptian high officials were talking finding a way to Sabotage our country. So please let's be United. We do not benefit from unnecessary argument. Look Europeans has different tribes but they do not argue about it, but find a solution. Teddy please take your hands out from Our Countries Affair.
Girmay, Lili !
Please Teregaga!!!
Down with hatred that can be directed against individuals, entities or group of people. Down with a deep and emotional extreme dislike against others. Down with hatred which associated with feelings of anger and a disposition towards hostility. Long live brotherhood in Ethiopia. I love my country with its problems as other country does.
Please read what Tsegaye Y posted it is very intresting.
weye yebehere gudaye.yebetserawu gena newu?????
Thank you Hieniken and Bedle for listing to the people of ONE ETHIOPIA. Teddy Afro thing you and your BADO followers the so called opposition party, or those who wanted to go against our people and our Government. No one is going to listen to your full of HATE Propaganda any more. Teddy you are losing it again, you have NO VOICE AT ALL. Live Ethiopia for Ethiopians, because, we are wiser than your empty propaganda. Did you get it NOW? Just shout-up and let us finish the development programs (specially the Light Train Project) of our country. Trust me when God started working in Ethiopia for Ethiopians nothing will stop it. God's work is already started in Ethiopia and will continu. Any way, who cares about the past Bull$..... ht loser leaders. We live in the present, for the present and work for the future of our children and Grandchildren. Long Live Ethiopia.
Love you all and God bless. Anyway, BEDRUO BERE YARESE YELEMENA (Yesterday is passed, we live TODAY) so, T. Afro guys just give-up. We ETHIOPIANS are UNITED as ONE ETHIOPIA, and Thanks God, We LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE the PRESENT PROGRESS OF OUR COUNTRY. Thank you all, for working hard for the success of Ethiopia. It is happening NOW. WOWOWOW GOD BLESS ALL
Some of you who are asking this guy should stage concerts on the lands of Oromia are those who hate Oromo and Oromia. You want to mock us in our lands. This is to meant that our struggle against the Ethiopian feudal rulers-Menelik and Haileselassie or his predecessors and successors were futile. No concert on our lands. You may go hell with Teddy if you like. People who are praising Menelik and his likes are those who wish the past to come. This is impossible!!!