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Is Kate Middleton Smoking to Cope With Wedding Stress?
"Only Princess Diana could understand the amount of pressure this young girl is experiencing," a royal expert tells me. "It's been billed as the wedding of the century, when in realty it is just young kids that are at the center of it. No one should be put under this sort of pressure."
Kate's weight loss has meant the young lady has had to purchase an entire new wardrobe and even been forced to make alterations to her wedding dress to make sure it fits her new tiny body.
"The fact that she's smoking again isn't helping," an insider tells me. "She has always enjoyed an occasional cigarette -- which suppresses her appetite -- and has tried to give it up several times as William hates it. However, as the wedding gets closer and closer, she is smoking more and more."
Many members of the royal family smoke, but this is one nasty habit insiders tell me Kate is determined to stop after she ways "I do."
Incidentally Kate will be the first royal bride to have a university education, the first to live with her husband before marriage, and the first to have fallen over at a roller disco in a pair of yellow hot pants.
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- Wednesday 06 AprilBy Jeff
Yeah and Obama is smoking again to cope with america and the next election.
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy stu
Diana had affairs to cope w/ stress. Kate will be bigger than Diana. Unless she caught "playing" w/ Harry.
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy ml
i would play with harry.
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy mrbasebal1
So she smokes an occasional cigarette to relieve stress. Good for her! Much better than being miserable to be around, like many women who condem smoking, drinking, or anything else that might help them relax and be more enjoyable to be with.
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy JohnRL
I couldn't agree more.
Some opium, a little heroin, a few hits of ketamine. Whatever it takes to relax.
Oh, and before the naysayers get all worked up: I've been smoking crack five times a day for the last 30 years and I never got hooked...
- Thursday 07 AprilBy Koko
Hey I agree with u.... stress makes ppl (including women n i am a woman) uptight and painful to be around... thankfully i'm not one of those women coz i enjoy my cigarettes and enjoy being happy...so what if the young soon to be royal has a cig... is it that bad... OMG... a cigarette in the house... how shameful...get over it already... :)
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy ggmil43
Hopefully Kate is not smoking, but again, she is under undue stress, so let the dear girl cope for the moment. Now is it anyone's business anyway? I hope she has the wedding of a lifetime and the media leaves her alone. We don't want another Diana tragedy with Katie. Hopefully she will get the camera's off her in a nice way, but firm way, be kind newsfolk, go get your news in the trenches of earthquake territory, and in the war zones, that's a great place for people with your so-called skills at getting NEWS! Leave Kate and William alone.
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy leek
So? I hear Camilla is a regular chimney and has the wrinkles to prove it!
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy tony
wonder how much a pack is in england?
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy lola
Woo Hoo thats some juicy gossip right there! I also hear she occasionally wears her socks inside out and...wait for it...pees in the shower. tsk tsk...
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy JohnRL
No, she doesn't pee in the shower (I know because I watch her).
However, I can tell you for a fact that she does take the occasional dump in there.
And it's heftier than one might imagine.
Just, FYI...
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy JM
So what! Leave them alone. If I was marrying a prince and had to put up with all the crap that the media hands out, I'd smoke an occasional cigarette too!!
- Wednesday 13 AprilBy Di
Tara, how about putting all that bull back in the pen?
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy blood
OMG who cares if she smokes. So sick and tired of cigarette smokers being treated as if they have leprosy! Is it killing you? Is it effecting your life or pocket? Shut the hell up already about smokers and mind your own damn business!!
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy Carol Lee
I wholeheartedly agree.
- Wednesday 06 AprilBy taraHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Actually, yes smoking does kill nonsmokers. Second hand smoke DOES cause lung cancer so stop being so ignorant. Youre just a pissy smoker who doesnt like being told a habit that makes you smell, turns your skin yellow, your teeth rot, causes mouth cancer, esophageal cancer and stomach cancer is bad for you because you dont have the will power to give it up.
- Thursday 07 AprilBy knmiller89
Occasionally walking through a cloud of smoke is not going to kill you.
Just don't marry a smoker.
I DO think smokers should be respectful of nonsmokers and make a point to not smoke around others...no one likes smoke being blown in their face.
But what people do on their own time is their own business.
And don't act like you're morally superior because you don't smoke.
We all have our flaws/quirks.
Leave poor Kate alone. I'm fairly certain you've never had to deal with the media hounding you 24/7.
- Tuesday 12 April
I have to preface this by saying that I love smoking and I miss the physical act of it. I chose not to do it anymore because I didn't like the way it made my body feel, and that was my personal choice. I don't mind if other people smoke. My issue here is with the weak defenses put up to make your point.
First, being exposed to secondhand smoke IS hazardous to people's health and there are many scientific studies to show this. There's your first argument shot to hell.
Second, smoking DOES affect people's lives even if they don't do it themselves. When you lose someone close to you because they couldn't give up cigarettes, that is a life changer. Tell me otherwise after you have to watch a parent die before your eyes.
And as for my pocket, that is also affected when I have to pay taxes to fund Medicare that has to pay for the preventable illnesses that are caused by smoking.
- Thursday 14 AprilBy pugz
actually, no one would care if they had leprosy because it doesn't AFFECT my life, my nose,or my pocket, like smoking. first of all, no one chooses to have leprosy, it is a disease. people make a conscious choice to smoke even though they know it causes many diseases. second, the cost of smoking-related disease in this country is in the billions. how much do you think is spent on leprosy? and last, but not least, SMOKING STINKS!!!!!
- Wednesday 04 MayBy Bella Mia
Yes - actually it is killing me! Breathing second hand smoke caused me to have several bouts with upper respirator illnesses! Smoking killed both my parents and I watched them slowly die. Our health insurance premiums are sky high because of smoke related illnesses (heart, lung, and cancer!) and our medicaid system is broke because of the uninsured. Once people are diagnosed with lung cancer they try to wipe out the effects of a lifetime of smoking in just a few months. Sadly - they typically die anyway but millions get spent on this last ditch effort. Think about that when you make your sill remarks about smoking and how it doesn't effect anyone other than the smoker.
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The Threat to Your Food Freedoms
If you are interested in protecting your right to eat what you wish then we would ask you to start researching the fantastic work of groups like The Alliance for Natural Health, Gaia Health or Naturalnews and show your support today by signing the petition below.
Largely unknown amongst the general public, in late April of this year ALL traditional vitamins and herbal supplements that have been used and relied upon for milennia were outlawed across Europe in the pretence of protecting you from harm. Unbelievable I know, but under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive once the supplies of the vast majority of natural herbs and vitamin supplements are gone from the shelves of your local health store, they will not return. The only varieties available will be synthetic, nutritionally-depleted alternatives which have been licensed because the big pharma companies behind them are the only ones with the finances to meet the new requirements of the scheme and have their products registered.
Millions of people all over the world have relied on these products to maintain their health for thousands of years yet now we are told that they should be treated like drugs and, as drugs, they have to be licensed and registered or removed from sale. Now successfuly introduced in the UK and wider Europe, the model is to be taken to other parts of the world, including the US.
But the buck does not stop here. Since the 1960′s under the shadowy agenda of Codex Alimentarius (latin for food code),a system of guidelines, standards and recommendations that guides the direction of the global food supply has been pursued. It aims to tell us what is safe, but in the process often uses criteria that are manipulated to support the interests of the world's largest corporations. This is a subject that I will revisit in a later Blogicalcomment, but for now I am hoping to spark interest among those who have not heard of these alarming issues. Today I wanted to bring your attention to a petition that is currently being collated by the excellent team at Gaia Health. The rest of the text in this piece is taken verbatim from their latest petition appeal. I very much hope you will feel compelled to sign today and then embark on your own reserach into the threat to your food freedoms.
We're losing the right to manage our own health. Even the right to choose our food is being stolen. We can stop it, but only by ending the basis on which it's being done—not by addressing each action.
A stunning theft of our rights is happening now—right under our collective noses. We're losing the right to manage our personal health as we see fit. It's a right so basic that no one ever thought to list it among the rights of free speech and assembly. Who could ever have imagined that something so basic might come into question?
That, though, is exactly what is happening. Some of us try to do battle, but we've been focusing on losses as they occur. We combat genetically modified foods, loss of access to vitamins and herbs, and much more. The war is being fought on so many different fronts that we're all suffering battle fatigue. We win an occasional bout, but lose most, which adds to our frustration.
Can this war on our personal rights be won? Are our children destined to have no choice about what they eat or how to treat illness?
I believe it can – but we need to take the battle to the next level. For a further discussion, please read The Theft of Health Rights: Can It Be Stopped?
We need to address the methods by which these thefts of our health rights are being taken. To do this, a new petition has just been started to stop the redefinition of foods as drugs. There are two essentially identical petitions, one for the US and one for the EU:
US Declaration of Health Rights: Foods Are Not Drugs and
EU Declaration of Health Rights: Foods Are Not Drugs
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The people's ability to manage their own health as they choose is being undermined by a proliferation of claims that foods are drugs. These declarations, based both on claims of health effects and substances that have been isolated from foods and also used as pharmaceutical drugs, have the potential of bringing every aspect of our lives under control.
This is a dangerous path, threatening every citizen's access to foods of their choice and self-determination in health management. This redefinition of terms supports draconian controls over the people's food supply and health management.
We call on our representatives in the House of Representatives and the Senate to stop this dangerous pattern of limiting access to the foods, including herbs, vitamins, and minerals that are ingested as nutrients. Please assure that the following statement, or its equivalent, is enacted into law:
"No substance that has traditionally been considered a food or source of nutrition may be designated or redefined as a drug. No natural substance derived from foods may be designated as a drug. No newly discovered natural plant or animal that people find palatable as food or nutrition may be designated as a drug. No food may be controlled as a drug. All existing redefinitions of foods as drugs must be removed and any controls placed on them as a result of that redefinition must be reversed."
Becky20-20 permalinkJuly 21, 2011
Just signed up! This is the first I'd heard of any of this. Amazing seeing as how important it seems. Where can I get more information about this Codex thing? Do you imagine it has such a complicated name because its likely to put people off learning about it?
Karen permalinkJuly 22, 2011
I'm shocked that this could happen without the majority of the public understanding the significance of what is changing. I've not read about this in the mainstream papers and feel by the time people do realise what has happened, it will be too late.
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Killing Kennedy: The End of CamelotPaperback
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More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the page-turning work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Alan Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, powerful elements of organized crime have begun to talk about targeting the president and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.In the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down by an erratic young drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes the scene, only to be caught and shot dead while in police custody.The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and deceit of Camelot, bringing history to life in ways that will profoundly move the reader. This may well be the most talked about book of the year.
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Alabaster Stone Shade 3-light Chandelier
ITEM#: 11913024Make a grand impression in your formal dining room with this stunning alabaster stone shade three-light chandelier, large foyer or home library. The alabaster shade boasts a beautiful cobblestone design that draws the eye and complements traditional home decor. The fixture's hardware features a lovely copper finish that perfectly melds with the style of the shade. With three 60-watt bulbs inserted in this fixture, it creates plenty of warm ambient light to illuminate your room.
- Brighten any room in your home with the traditional styling of an alabaster stone chandelier
- Lighting features an alabaster stone shade with a cobbled design
- Home decor offers a copper finish
- UL listed
- Requires three (3) 60-watt bulbs (not included)
- Fixture measures 20 inches wide x 16 inches high
- The lampshade is made of individual pieces of alabaster stones attached together in a special process. It is not made of a single piece of alabaster stone.
- This chandelier is recommended for a space of 320 square feet to 430 square feet
This fixture does need to be hard wired. Professional installation is recommended.
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|3 Lights
|18 in to 36 in
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|14 in to 17 in
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Quite impressive, as beautiful as described!Read More
poor quality
I had purchased a chandelier similar to this one. but more expensive and larger, about 4 years ago which I was very happy with and still own today. This chandelier however appeared to be a return from someone else, was very poorly constructed, very poorly packaged, and missing critical parts for hanging. I returned it, though I had to pay return shipping even though it was received in what appeared to be previously used condition. No questions were asked about returning it for full credit which did come through in a rather timely way.Read More
Perfect lamp
Love this light, very good quality, can only use 60w buld so its dim in my dining room but very satisfied with itRead More
Favorite purchase
Moving into a much older house needing upgrades. Had a budget, so I went a little cheaper on the bathroom fixture and got this for my dining room. Worth every penny!! Absolutely beautiful. and really makes the whole room come together. It even made my old table look better(light cream color) Really softens the light though, so if you like your dining area Bright, might not be for you.Read More
Alabaster Stone Shade Chandelier softlight however
Notice closely the hooks that the shade hangs on. I did not notice it in the display. We live in earthquake country 2 miles from the San Andres fault and we are concerned if this could hold up. Concerns to me hooks at the top and at the base of the lamp which you can not see in the photo at the website are seen from across the room. You can see the top of the light bulbs (skinny as I could purchase) over the top of the shade. Installation was rinkedinky and It took 2.5 hours to install cause these/plates did not match. It was to much of a hassle to return I we will live with it. It is growing on me despite the downside. Basically I would give it a "D" however we are keeping the lamp and will try to overlook its diffiss\ onionRead More
I have always had a love for Alabaster stone and was pleased when I saw it on Overstock. In preparation for the holidays, i decided to change all the light fixtures in the house. Upon seeing this fixture I thought the price so low that I did not believe the quality would be any good. After reading the reviews I decided to take a chance. THANK GOODNESS I DID!!!! I was so impressed when it arrived. Flawless,beautifull, I could not believe it. Very heavy so make sure you have help. Every day I look at it I am amazedat it's beauty. Thaank you again Overstock. YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN!!!!!Read More
alabaster chandelier
This light is beautiful. It looks like polished granite. I will be using it over a black granite table. Dont hesitate to purchase it is great quality, not real crazy about the bronze/copper color fixture that it hangs from. I havent installed it yet but i would highly recommend. The colors are just as pictured dark cream yellow with black/gray strands going through it.Read More
I recently purchased this item and it is every bit as gorgeous as the picture, maybe even more so. It is quite heavy, so it definitely takes two people to hang it! I am VERY happy with this chandelier. I highly recommend this piece. It makes the room look elegant.Read More
great light
I had read the reviews before purchasing and felt fairly confident that I would like it, but it was so much nicer than I expected. ii love it. it looks perfect in my hallway (I got the smaller size)Read More
When the light arrived it has a small chip in the glass. I called the company and rported the problem. I was asked to email a picture of damaged. It was completely replaced speedily from Tiffany Direct. It displays a soft and warm lighting. My guest loves it. It is easy to clean rather than a chandelier. It is not my living room a focal point as you enter the house. Love it!!!!Read More
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Looks beautiful, fits my motif, great reviews.
It suits my style and the vision I have for my new dining room.
I liked its looks for my new kitchen
I like its looks.
I needed a light to go over the kitchen table. It reminded me of a stained glass. The price was good too.
I currently have a chandelier, that I don't like, that hangs down about 29 inches, which is a reasonable height. Will it look odd to have a light over my table that so much shorter, just 16 inches. I just Love this light!
Hello 22mrss22, this is based on your tastes and style. This chandelier would go great in a dining room or kitchen. Thank you for shopping with us.
How come some of the reviews say its plastic when the description & about 50 reviewers clearly describe the quality heavy Alabaster stone ?
Hello 22mrss22, the shade is constructed from individual pieces of alabaster stone and then glued together with a form of epoxy resin. To add strength, a layer of fiberglass is bonded on the inside of the light. The reviewers have mistaken the resin and fiberglass as the material for the shade. I hope this information is helpful . Thank you for shopping with us.
I am putting this above a 48 inch round, 36 inch high pub table. Would this hang too low and would it give enough light for the table?
Hello 10isnut, this will look gorgeous with your pub table. There should be adequate light for the table. I hope this helps. Shelia B
No it will be good but it radiates the light outward so you don't get a good direct light. I wouldn't use it over a pub table
Is the light able to be installed with a dimmer switch?
Hello aurora733, yes it can with the correct dimmer switch. Using a licensed electrician will reduce the chances of improperly installing this fixture. Thanks for shopping with us! -Amanda P
I don't understand the dimensions. What is the diameter of the glass
Hello marsilia, this is 20 inches wide. Have a great day!
It is 20 inches. It is quite large, but it has beautiful pale colors and somehow it blends in with any style without being the main focus of the room.
The base looks like bright copper in the picture, but has been described in different ways in reviews. What is the finish on the base
Thank you for your question maggie2152. The Alabaster Stone Shade 3-light Chandelier has a copper finish. The digital images we display have the most accurate color possible. However, due to differences in computer monitors, we cannot be responsible for variations in color between the actual product and your screen. Have a great day.
Copper look
Mine is dark copper. It's subdued
We have a slight slope in the ceiling (angle-vautled) not the straight flat ceiling - in the dining room area. Will this lamp hang be able to straight?
Thank you for your question tptours. Unfortunately, the Alabaster Stone Shade 3-light Chandelier will not hang straight, I'm sorry. Have a great day.
no the arms are rigid
Alas you were wiser than I to enquire... My beautiful lamp remains in the box as I have a sloped ceiling also...
No , it would look awkward
This requires a very straight ceiling. It moves otherwise like a mobile.
We had this issue in our daughters home years ago with a light she purchased. My husband made a wooden block that took care of the slanted ceiling issue.
How large an area is this light recommended for?
Thank you for your question katinca1025. The Alabaster Stone Shade 3-light Chandelier is recommended for a space of 320 square feet to 430 square feet. Have a great day.
Does this fixture need to be ceiling mounted or can it hang down via a copper tube or chain?
This fixture is designed to be ceiling mounted.
Ceiling mounted
what is the weight of this 3 lights chandelier?
The weight of this product is approximately 22 pounds.
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The day Finn Maguire discovers his father bludgeoned to death in a pool of blood, his dreary life is turned upside down. Prime suspect in the murder, Finn must race against time to clear his name and find out who hated his dad enough to kill him. Trawling the sordid, brutal London underworld for answers, Finn exposes dark family secrets and faces danger at every turn. But he's about to learn that it's the people you trust who can hit you the hardest..."'A fast-paced thriller with real heart' Simon Kernick
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Niall Leonard is a successful TV screenwriter with a long list of credits including international hits such as Hornblower, Wire In The Blood and Monarch of the Glen. Niall grew up in Newry, Northern Ireland and now lives in West London with his wife and their two teenage sons. He studied English at the University of York and trained as a screenwriter and director at the UK National Film and Television School. Niall's wife recently won fame as a novelist in her own right when as EL James she created the publishing phenomenon Fifty Shades Trilogy. It was James who challenged Niall to write a book. So last November he took part in the 2011 NaNoWriMo novel writing event in which writers create a book in a month, and thus his debut YA thriller Crusher was born. Niall is currently writing the sequel to Crusher.
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Like everyone else, I was intrigued by this NaNoWriMo project written by the husband of the author, E.L. James (you may have heard of her). Crusher is a tight crime novel set in West London, which follows 17 year-old Finn Maguire as he tries to discover the reason behind his father's murder. I definitely enjoyed this debut more than I did the Fifty Shades books, although I'm not sure how reliable that benchmark is.
You can sense Leonard's screenwriting background throughout the book. The descriptions of the settings and people were really detailed and well-imagined, but there was a certain complexity lacking with the dialogue (and indeed the characters). Despite that I was utterly engrossed in it. The suspense just pulled me in-I was nervous for Finn and it kept me wanting to read more.
Finn is the reason I enjoyed the book. He's interesting-instead of the genius detective or well-connected journalist you usually get as a crime protagonist, he's a dyslexic teenage drop-out, living in squalor and working a dead-end job at a fast food restaurant. He has no natural talent for solving mysteries and barrels into situations without much thought. He's scrappy and determined to do what's right, even though the universe (i.e. the police) seem to be conspiring against him. He also seemed emotionally disconnected, but to me it was a self-preservation instinct, considering what his life has been like so far. I was drawn to Finn and cared about what happened to him, and when he did show emotion, it gave the book real heart.
Most of the other characters are like a checklist of crime fiction: mafia boss, bad girl, know-it-all detective, even evil henchmen. We didn't really get into their heads, which again I think is a symptom of the screenwriting-they were easily digestible but lacked true depth. They mostly served a plot purpose, mainly as red herrings. In a weird way the book benefited from it because Finn, as the main character, was the only one I really connected with as a reader and I liked him.
The plot was a little thin in places, but I enjoyed the story and I'm pleasantly suprised by variety of issues Leonard tackles. I liked all the plot twists and was surprised by the ending, so as a crime novel it worked for me. If you're looking for an entertaining read, then this is the book for you.
Thank you to Random House for providing a copy of the book for review.
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"One of my favourite authors is Simon Kernick whose books I can devour in a single sitting. I would put the amazing Niall Leonard in the same category because CRUSHER was just as gripping and pulse-pounding and gave me sweaty palms from start to finish... If you enjoy crime novels then you'll love CRUSHER, which is one of the best young adult novels within this genre I've ever read." A Dream of Books blog "I was addicted to this from the first chapter... The storyline is compelling, peppered with so many twists and turns that you will question everything, and has an amazingly explosive ending that you will not be expecting. CRUSHER is a fabulous debut from Niall Leonard that is definitely not to be missed!" FictionFascination blog "I thoroughly enjoyed this young adult debut thriller by Niall Leonard... Finn Maguire is an extremely well-drawn and empathetic character." Raven Crime Reads blog "Finn is beautifully observed - a teenage boy in a world of trouble who is brave and persistent but who also inhabits a taciturn emotional landscape that readers will engage with... There are some fantastic action scenes, including a truly great escape and a visceral fight... The plot is cleverly worked-through with all sorts of twists and turns and paced for breathlessness and page-turning. CRUSHER has all the ingredients of a great YA thriller - accessibility, character, plot, action, pacing." The Bookbag "This thriller travels at a gripping pace" Publishers Weekly
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I was addicted to this from the first chapter... The storyline is compelling, peppered with so many twists and turns that you will question everything, and has an amazingly explosive ending that you will not be expecting. CRUSHER is a fabulous debut from Niall Leonard that is definitely not to be missed!
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When he looked at me again his cold smile had cracked, like ice over a deep, freezing black torrent. 'I need to know,' I said. 'Who sent that guy to kill my dad, and me?'
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The day Finn Maguire discovers his dad bludgeoned to death in a pool of blood, his dreary life is turned upside down. Prime suspect in his father's murder, Finn must race against time to clear his name and find out who hated his dad enough to kill him. Scouring the sordid London underworld for answers, exposing dark family secrets and facing danger at every turn, Finn is about to learn that it's the people you trust who can hit you the hardest... This year's most talked-about debut thriller.


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GRF has entered into collaborations and tie-ups with various institutions in order to extend its reach in spreading the Gandhian legacy. The alliances will also help in creating a well-knit network of like-minded institutions, whose collective bank of tangible and intangible resources will help GRF in furthering its cause more effectively.
The process is ongoing and GRF hopes to foster more alliances in the near future.
On 13th March, 2010, the Foundation entered into a strategic alliance with Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, India. The Vidyapith is a deemed university found by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920. It offers formal education from nursery to doctorate level, based on the core Gandhian ideals of truth and non-violence, productive work with a sense of dignity of labour, socio-religious equality and use of mother-tongue (Gujarati) as medium of education. The Vidyapith has a wide range of academic, curricular and extra-curricular activities.
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First up on my Ornament DIY Week is the Candy Cane! This is a super simple concept and extremely cheap. You can probably even get all the supplies you need at the Dollar Store. Nearly every craft store carries the supplies, even Walmart.
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4. Lace (1/2 in wide, with eyelets-aka holes in the center part)
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Cut your pipe cleaner to about 5 1/2 inches long. You can go longer if you want a larger cane, but 5 1/2 is the smallest I would recommend with the size of the beads. Anything smaller doesn't look right.
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Slide your bead onto the pipe cleaner. Keep it near the top as you will be working here and pushing down as you go along. If you push it down each time you will have a hard time weaving the lace onto the pipe cleaner. Weave your lace on. There are several ways you can do this. For a thicker lace look, weave two eyelets onto the pipe cleaner between beads. For a more even look, weave back and forth between each eyelet.
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We began our ministry in Mexico in 1980 with the Child Sponsorship Program. Through the years, we have moved into highly impoverished areas to help children in need. But poverty continues to impact the country severely.
There are Only a Few Things I'm Passionate About
There are a few things that I am passionate about that I will never move away from. My relationship with God and my family, music and the plight of children in poverty.
The Sonflowerz are sisters Elissa and Becca Leander. Recently Paul Haddix, Artist Relations Manager, sat down with them and discussed their new album and their involvement with Compassion.
Catching up with Shaun Groves is a thrill ride of deep emotion, spontaneous wisecracks and purposeful passion. Shaun is on a journey to keep Jesus at the center of his life and to change the face of poverty.
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Ismene loved school. She loved learning how to work math problems. But Ismene was worried. Her grandparents might not make enough money to buy food and keep her in school.
Five Reasons Why Sponsorship Is Great for Teens
To all you teens out there who are hesitant about making the decision to sponsor a child, I want to encourage you to go for it! I am living proof that what you do makes a difference in so many lives, including your own.
Sponsors at my church have been experiencing financial hardships with gas prices, unemployment, and the overall cost of living. I'm not sure if you're experiencing this same tension, but I suspect that with finances being tighter, many of us are investing less time in this ministry.
Your Child Will Choose You
In all honesty, you're not the one who will choose your little boy or girl. God has chosen a little one for you, and He will lead you to him.
Seven Ways to a More Rewarding Sponsorship
Sponsorship, when fully embraced, changes both the child's and the sponsor's lives. There are simple things you can do to make your sponsorship more rewarding.
Will You Stand for Orphans?
Only Jesus can rescue a child from an orphanage and give the child a Heavenly mansion. But we need to bring them to His feet. This is not a commercial. This is also not a script. This is a calling.
Lord, Keep Their Hearts Only for You
Anticipation kept me awake, as did the roosters crowing every half hour. I wake up early and eagerly get ready for the long-planned visit with Ancyto, the Compassion child my family and I sponsor in Haiti.
God ordained a decision I made in 1986 to sponsor Jewel, a small decision really. It was ordained by God, not only to bless Jewel. but to bless me.
Does child sponsorship through Compassion really work? How does it make a difference in the life of a child?
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You are more than a sponsor. You are an answer to prayer, a vital helping hand, a voice of hope, a mentor and a friend.
Compassion Sunday 2011 – Thank You
Compassion Sunday 2011 took place this Sunday, April 10. Because of your participation in this annual event many children around the world have the chance to overcome poverty.
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Our Contact Center recently received the following email from Sarah W., a brand-new sponsor. She sponsored her first child on March 25, 2011. We love receiving emails like this.
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Pastor Jack Haynes is a huge advocate for missions, and he taught the church that as a Christian, you go or you send the gospel to the world. Through the ministry of Compassion I have discovered I can be a Missionary on the Couch.
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Sponsorship isn't about us as sponsors trying to save these children; it's about us working together to save each other.
One-to-one sponsorship helps children across the globe write off poverty and begin living a lives of hope. And it begins when someone picks up a child packet and makes the commitment to sponsor a child. That's when our sponsorship notification process gets rolling.
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Kamal's Life After Child Sponsorship
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"Sponsorship is not about the money you give but about the lives and relationships you build." This is not just a clever thing to say. It's a profound statement that I learned from the children themselves. I've seen that our children are more concerned about building their relationship with you than the help they get.
When a Child Leaves Our Sponsorship Program
In the contact center we're responsible for processing the paperwork for every child that leaves our program — "departs" in Compassion lingo. On average, we deal with about 1,500 to 3,000 departures a week.
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In Phillies, Nats see the future
As hopeless as things seem for baseball lovers in Washington, a look at the NLCS can show you that the future can be as sunny as the present is currently bleak.
The Nationals don't have to travel far -- about 100 minutes, on any train heading north out of Union Station -- to see what's possible, in a jewel of a ballpark, Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park.
The Phillies are an example of what's possible in a major market when a new stadium, smart drafting and development, good fortune, fan support, patience, and most importantly, ownership dollars, combine to build a colossus, in Philly's case, one that is trying to reach its third straight World Series and win its second in three years. There's no guarantee it will work out that way for the Nats. But it's possible, if the Lerner Family does what the equally reticent Phillies ownership group has done in the past decade. There are people in Philadelphia who say the team's success happened in spite of the owners, not because of them. Maybe. But it still happened.
"Any team can be this team, eventually," Brian Schneider, the Phillies' backup catcher and former National, said last week, as the Phillies were dispatching the Reds in the Division Series. "But the success this team's had the last couple of years, there's a reason why it doesn't happen very often. This is a special team, it really is. Any team can piece the right guys together, but it's not that easy."
A decade ago, the Phillies were in a relatively similar position to where the Nationals are now: playing in an NL East with a dynasty (the Braves were in the middle of their 14 straight division titles), a Mets team that spent lavishly, if not correctly, and a Marlins team always re-arming itself with good prospects. Okay, the Phils were an 80+ win team then, something the Nats can only dream of. But they weren't going anywhere.
"When Ed (Wade, the former general manager) hired me in '98, our mantra was to try to get good and stay good," said current GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. "And the only way you can do that is through player development and scouting. And we had to do it by drafting right and developing right. Our core players are the guys that are home grown. That was the kind of the beginning, the genesis of where we are today."
In 2001, the Phillies' payroll was a little more than $41 million, and the team's star players were guys like Bobby Abreu, Scott Rolen, Marlon Anderson, Pat Burrell and Johnny Estrada. (Jimmy Rollins was in his second season with the big club.) The team drew 1.78 million fans to dilapidated, cookie cutter Veterans Stadium, 14th overall in the National League. The Phils were eight years removed from their last postseason appearance, the '93 World Series coughed up by Mitch Williams. And the team's owners were viewed as cheap, lacking in vision, unwilling to make hard choice or to open the purse strings, as evidenced by their inability and/or unwillingness to pay what it took to sign J.D. Drew, the second pick overall in the 1997 amateur draft.
This sounds familiar, unless you've managed to put the unfortunate business with Aaron Crow out of your mind, which would be understandable.
But with $260 million in taxpayer money helping to build what would become Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies' owners started to dust the cobwebs off of their collective checkbook.
In late 2002 -- supposedly at the urging of minority partner John Middleton -- the Phillies, who had finished 80-81 that year, surprised many in baseball by signing free agent slugger Jim Thome to a six-year, $85 million deal that made him the highest-paid player in club history. That followed a four-year, $17 million deal the team made with All-Star third baseman David Bell. In 2003, Philly acquired closer Billy Wagner from the Astros. But Citizens didn't open until 2004, and even then, there was no guarantee it would produce the kind of revenue necessary to compete with the likes of the Yankees and Red Sox.
Yet the Phillies did some deficit spending. They spent for veterans who could help them win enough until their young guys -- Rollins, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Brett Myers, Ryan Madsen and Ryan Howard -- were ready to win big. They built a bridge from their desultory present to the potential of their future. They made a commitment to their fan base.
It didn't make them into a title contender (Philly finished second again in the NL East in 2004), but it showed their fans they were willing to go all in, and seriously. The fans responded with a gate of 3.25 million, good for second in the National League. And the fans have been coming ever since.
"Obviously, we knew when we got in this ballpark, our revenues would be different," Amaro said. "And as we told our fans, we work off of the revenues that we can create here, and our payroll ... would justify that. And that's what's happened. The fans have been so loyal, so extraordinary, to the point where we've been able to do these things. We've been able to get Roy Oswalt. We've been able to get Roy Halladay. We were able to make certain trades that we certainly wouldn't have been able to do without the support of the fans."
The Phils plucked Shane Victorino from the Dodgers in the 2005 Rule 5 draft, offered him back to the Dodgers when he didn't make the big club, but had to keep him when L.A. declined to re-acquire him. (See? Luck.) By 2006, the kids were ready to take over. Philadelphia traded Thome to make room for Howard at first base. Utley and Rollins were set up the middle. Carlos Ruiz, a near afterthought of a draft pick, blossomed into a top-flight catcher. Philly gambled that Jayson Werth could stay healthy enough to get through a full season in right field. (He has. Lucky, again. Why is it that the teams who work at it the hardest seem to have all the luck?)
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Which now hangs desolate and unworn in your wardrobe, price-tag still dangling remorsefully.
Having just moved house and being forced to undergo a major cull of unwanted items, I am all too aware of the 'what-on-earth-was-I-thinking' type question that permeates the majority of my spending patterns
We are continually accosted with bargain buckets and buy-now-or-regret-later deals, we are force-fed what's-hot-and-what's-not type information by the media, and are consequently conditioned to put being on-trend at the top of our personal agendas. Even if it does mean ending up with a wardrobe crammed full of buy-now-and-regret-immediately type purchases.
In today's throwaway culture, fashion has become more about quantity than quality, about a continual turnover of cheap impulse buys, about eight vest-tops for twenty quid even though you only need one. It has become about cramming our wardrobes full of unwanted and unused items that will soon be clogging up landfills across the country. 50% of the clothes bought by British women last year have never been worn. Meanwhile, the amount of textile waste at council tips has more than quadrupled in less than five years – in the UK alone 900,000 million items of clothing, shoes and accessories are thrown away every year. And in addition to this landfill-clogging fashion, we are impacting the supply chains that orbit the planet, and pumping even more CO2 into the environment. In short, our fashion-fickle tendencies are totally unsustainable.
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San Jose Mercury News, 2/26/10
Fifteen months after beating back a challenge from environmental groups at the ballot box, an Arizona developer's plans to build the largest housing development on the shores of San Francisco Bay since Foster City was constructed 50 years ago are running into an increasing headwind.
On Thursday, 92 current and former elected officials from all nine Bay Area counties signed a letter opposing the project — which would construct up to 12,000 homes on vacant land owned by Cargill Salt into a community of 25,000 people.
Those coming out in opposition to the project — which would be east of Highway 101 next to the Port of Redwood City — included longtime Silicon Valley conservation leaders, such as former state Sens. Rebecca Morgan and Byron Sher.
Also listed are Ken Yeager, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors; state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco; Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums; and the current mayors of Mountain View, Cupertino, Campbell, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Alameda, Hayward, Richmond, Albany and Belmont.
"There is growing regional outrage and opposition to this project," said David Lewis, executive director of Save the Bay, an environmental group based in Oakland that organized the list.
Pete Hillan, a spokesman for DMB Associates, a Scottsdale, Ariz., developer working with Cargill to win approval for the plan, called the announcement premature and unreasonable. He noted that the Redwood
City Council, which would have to vote to change the zoning on the property to allow the development, hasn't yet hired a company to draw up an environmental impact report.
"Redwood City is undertaking an EIR process," Hillan said. "That is the place where all comers are going to have their concerns raised and vetted in an open and transparent process. We're disappointed that any elected official would seek to circumvent the process by which the public can seek to become more informed about not only the benefits, but the impact, that our project would have."
New obstacles
In November 2008, Redwood City voters defeated Measure W, an initiative backed by environmentalists that would have required a two-thirds vote of city residents for any development on open space such as the 1,436-acre salt evaporation pond site at issue.
Cargill and DMB then submitted a development application to the city in May.
But in the past six months, the project has faced a number of substantial new obstacles that foreshadow years of challenges, political headaches and almost-certain lawsuits if Redwood City eventually approves the plan. Among them:
Still on track
Hillan said that the project, which developers hope to start in 2013, remains on track.
"It's moving forward," he said. "I wouldn't characterize these as major bumps in the road."
He said the project is environmentally friendly because DMB and Cargill will build on only half of the site, used for salt crystallization for a century, and convert the rest to wetlands and parks.
It also will provide infill housing, Hillan added, so Silicon Valley workers don't have to commute as far to their jobs. And he noted that the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Redwood City-San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce and other organizations support the plan.
The environmental opponents say the salt ponds are essentially part of the bay and none of them should be developed.
"This project is DOA," said Lennie Roberts, with the Committee for Green Foothills in Palo Alto. "There are huge hurdles that are becoming more and more evident."


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Eliyahu Stern, Yale University; Jeremy Dauber, Columbia University (Moderator)
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Winner of the 2012 Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication
Finalist for the 2013 Sami Rohr Prize in Jewish Literature
The beginnings of contemporary Jewry are often associated with Jewish figures in Western Europe such as Moses Mendelssohn. But in his book, The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism, Eliyahu Stern offers a new and provocative narrative for understanding contemporary Jewish life, which begins in the East, with the leading East European mystic and rabbinic scholar of the 18th century, Elijah ben Solomon, or the "Vilna Gaon." Eliyahu Stern joined in conversation with Jeremy Dauber for a discussion about the Vilna Gaon, his influence on modern Judaism, and why his legacy has been claimed by traditionalists, enlighteners, Zionists and the Orthodox.
Eliyahu Stern was the Tell fellow at the YIVO Institute in 2004.
Eliyahu Stern is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University. From 2009-2010 he was the Junior William Golding Fellow in the Humanities at Brasenose College and the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. His first book, The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism, was published by Yale University Press in 2013. He has served as a term member on the Council on Foreign Relations, and a consultant to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland and is currently a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute.
Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Yiddish literature at Columbia University, where he also serves as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and teaches in the American Studies program. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his doctorate from the University of Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. His previous books include In the Demon's Bedroom: Yiddish Literature and the Early Modern (2010) and Antonio's Devils: Writers of the Jewish Enlightenment and the Birth of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literature (2004). Jeremy Dauber's most recent book, The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye (Randomhouse) was released in October, 2013. He frequently lectures on topics related to Jewish literature, history, humor, and popular culture at the 92nd Street Y and other venues throughout the United States.


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When I make phone calls on my brand new iphone 4 I hear people but they cannot hear me! Any fix for this? I tried restarting but the problem is still there...
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Some basic searching has come with it has to do with the noise canceling thing on top. I recently went back to iphone 4 from Android. I get the phone, load all my stuff up on it and then someone calls me. I pick up, I say hey and they cant hear me. I have tried calling several people, all with the same probem. Using facetime, they can see and hear me. I can record voice memos so I know the mic is not broken.
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I have an iPhone 3 and I now people cannot hear me talking. I can hear them. It works fine if headset is plugged in and speaker works but trouble on phone calls.
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Has anyone run into this or heard of it?
A bit worrying as at the moment Im in the middle of a situation that needs me to be reachable round-the-clock and Im not always going to be near a land line.
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Hey. A few months ago my iPhone 4 suddenly had an issue with making and receiving calls.
Whenever a call is active the loudspeaker button illuminates and I cant hear anyone speaking, and after ringing my home telephone I realised they cant hear me either. When I plug the headset in, the button doesnt illuminate but still no sound. FaceTime works fine so does playing music and voice control.
Ive tried setting the phone to factory settings but still no luck.
Anyone have any fixes to this issue? I do keep it updated and as I say this suddenly happened after a phone call!
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Please write a patch or fix for this fric$##%%^% problem!!
I cant use the Fric(&((* phone as a phone.
The patch just needs to stop the controler or the proximity sensor from blocking out the bottom mic. Thats all and we can all use this fri$%$ phone as a phone!!!
Otherwise Ill join those others going over to Galaxys .... or worse some microsoft dragy phone....
Ive had my iPhone 4S for about three weeks but today Ive realised that I can hear people when they call me, but they cant hear me. Ive tried everything Ive found on forums and support threads including a full restore, removing SIM card, restoring network settings etc.
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when i call some body or they call me i can barely hear them its like my volume is low! which its not! but i when i put them on speaker its loud and clear! can somebody tell me how to fix it plesea and thank you
When I make or receive a call on my Iphone 4, I cannot hear the other person unless I put it on speakerphone. Any ideas how to correct this? Thanks. Lorraine
When making a phone call I have to put it on speaker to hear who Im calling. I cant hear when putting the phone to my ear.
This happens about 90% of the time, both to cell phones and land lines. I went to AT&T and they changed my SIM card but that did not solve the problem. They said if the new SIM card doesnt solve it then I will have to get help or service from Apple. Does anyone know what the problem may be?
The issue started about a month ago and gradually occured more often, and now its basically happening every time I place or take a call: I can hear the person at the end of the line, but they cant hear me when I talk.
Also, perhaps thats not related, whenever I plug it in my dock to listen to music, theres no sound coming out - I tested the dock with an older iPod I have lying around and it worked just fine.
I first thought it was some interference issue and tested from various places, to no avail. Its basically useless as a phone..
Since its out of warranty (its a little over 2 years old), I wonder whether I can even get it fixed without paying about the same amount of money I would need to shell for an iPhone 4.
What are my options? Take it to the local Apple Store and hope someone will take pity on me?
Hi I think I may have found a reason why the iPhone 4 will cut out during calls and people can not hear you. I believe it is software related because when I iPhone is reformatted the calls work fine. If you turn off 3G, there must be a 3G connection for this to work, then calls will start to cut out again. Even if you turn 3G back on the calls will cut out. This will happen until I iPhone is reformatted again. Could this be a software problem or a 3G antenna problem.
since about november last year (on and off) whenever I ring someone or they ring me, no one can hear me. I have reset all the settings, have cleaned out the headphone hole. I have the latest software, and it seemed to get worse when I did the last software update. I have an iPhone 4. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to solve it?
It just started and its frustrating because can hear them and they start off (sometimes) hearing me and then the sound drops and they cant hear me anymore. I have tried restoring and it helped for a day and then started up again. HELP!!
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"Achilles Last Stand" is absolutely incredible...my friends and i used to listen to that song for hours. "Tea For One," in my opinion, seems like a b-side to "Since I've Been Loving You," but a b-side that is just as enjoyable as the a-side.
Presence in its entirety would not be a good introductory album, but it is one of my top 5 Zep albums.
Think i'll give it a listen. It's been long enough.
― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Thursday, 10 August 2006 03:53 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 10 August 2006 05:06 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Kiss My Grits! (Bimble...), Saturday, 12 August 2006 14:24 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Kiss My Grits! (Bimble...), Saturday, 12 August 2006 14:27 (8 years ago) Permalink
If anyone here is old enough to actually remember this record when it came out in 1976 and can comment on the overall musical milieu it was born into, I'd love to hear about it.
― Kiss My Grits! (Bimble...), Saturday, 12 August 2006 14:38 (8 years ago) Permalink
i like their later period albums. prefer the vocals to plant in his supposed peak. he sounds like hes not trying so hard on presence. just relaxed. more like himself. and the riffs are still great. theres just an easier going charm about this era of led zep, you know theyre not trying so hard, have less to prove etc, but rather than = lazy, theres something appealing about them just doing what they do.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 27 August 2011 12:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Surprised Bonham doesn't get more mention here. To me his drumming is on fire on this rek. That said, it's pretty much the case on everything. I love the guy to death.
― senomar, Sunday, 28 August 2011 18:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
When I did my Zep POX, I started from the premise of Presence + 3, then looked at the rest of the catalogue for songs strong enough to knock any of Presence's songs out. (My POX was 3 out of 10 Presence... before I managed to whittle it down, it was 5 out of 15 Presence.)
― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy),
Took me a minute to decipher my own post there. But yeah, this is the absolute biznis, always will be to me.
― Halal Spaceboy (WmC), Sunday, 28 August 2011 19:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
My thoughts on Presence.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Saturday, 5 May 2012 23:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
bringing this back up to the top for Sunday morning readers...
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Sunday, 6 May 2012 08:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's brilliant stuff, Marcello. Thank you for that. Still a huge fan of this, probably 3rd fave Zep record.. Bonham is so phenomenal on this, the whole thing does have that "room sound" that puts me in mind of what Albini strives for
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 6 May 2012 08:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
also, as massive a Zep geek I am, did not know that bit about the Stones coming in for 'Black and Blue'!
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 6 May 2012 08:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
seriously fantastic piece, Marcello
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 6 May 2012 09:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
This isn't even LZ's best album but it's good enough for me.
― Moka, Sunday, 6 May 2012 09:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Great post -- thanks! Very evocative -- I was instantly listening along in my head as you described sections.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
As i said on twitter, an amazing piece of writing Marcello. kudos.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
dude, marcello, A+. for real. and i hate everything and everybody! makes me want to work harder.
― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2012 16:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Presence is going on the turntable now.
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 6 May 2012 16:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Damn, that was a great piece.
― Mule, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
that was great
(could do without the 'if you aren't feeling _____, you aren't really listening' tho)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 23:01 (1 week ago) Permalink
Anyone heard the new presence out takes "10 ribs and all?"
― calstars, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 00:27 (6 days ago) Permalink
lol @ some corny Pitchfuxor giving Presence a 7.6 (and ranking ITTOD higher?!) -- it's better than 90% of the records on Best New Music
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 03:08 (6 days ago) Permalink
I guess 10 ribs will be available on Friday. Intrigued by the description of it as yacht rock and happy that's it's about 5 minutes long.
― calstars, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 13:18 (6 days ago) Permalink


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