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It dawned on me whilst browsing Sarah Wilsons 'I quit sugar' and Brad Pilon's EatStopEat, that at the heart of a success story, a life changed by 'this new trick', a new person made by 'changing this one little thing', is the pre-requisite of any success, life altering or otherwise. It is not the discovery of fasting for 24 hours, individuals with eating disorders have been doing that for years, and yes they're slim – but no, they're not happy. They're the one's looking at these diets wondering 'why can't I do that'. The 'that' they are referring to is the happiness, the contentment, the joy and self-love emulating from the people on the pages and screens before them. Before sensationalising eating well and exercising regularly they had their ah-ha moment and they discovered something else. Who they are. Furthermore, they accepted and loved who they are. (This isn't me making a generalised statement, it's written in ink and typed in Helvetica.)
Those that have come up with the best 'its not a diet, it's a lifestyle' all have one thing in common; somewhere on their 'about me' page you will stumble upon the phrase 'It was just about working out who I was and what was best for my body'. The great secret behind the best diet and lifestyle ritual is actually you (note: how empowering). It is the relationship you have with yourself; How you feel about the way you look and what you eat – and being honest about it. Ultimately, sort out who you are and listen to your body – recognise the signs of hunger, pay attention to how your body, emotions and mental state respond to certain foods, and not just while you're eating them. We all feel great eating a man-size bowl of ice-ceam while we watch love actually, it's how you feel in an hour, the next morning, or a day later that counts. Are you irritated, lethargic, or emotional? Do you get 'brain fog', short tempered, and count down until you can have your next big bowl of ice-cream. These are the things you need to pay attention to.
If you're unsure where to start, cut out anything processed. Yes, it will be hard. It's no secret that sugar is addictive, like caffeine we get headaches and 'hangovers' from withdrawal or over-indulging. On the other hand, salty food is keeping most of us standing on our 13hour shifts before our adrenals collapse.. If you need help, ask for it. See a good naturopath, dietitian or TCM practitioner. You might notice that you don't crave chocolate or fries after 2 weeks – you might feel THAT great. Knowing how your body ticks is the trick to a successful lifestyle plan – after all, it is a lifestyle. The rituals we perform daily, weekly or fortnightly contribute to the life we will live in 10, 20 and 30 years time. If you choose to live with youth, vitality and energy, get to know yourself today. After this point you won't need to look for advice, you will know yourself well-enough to know what does, and what doesn't, work for you.

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Type 10 (TK-X) Main Battle Tank (MBT), Japan
Type 10 (TK-X) is an advanced fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, for the Japan Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF). The MBT can be deployed in a wide range of missions including anti-tank warfare, mobile strikes, special operations force attacks and other contingencies.
The Japanese Ministry of Defence placed an order with the main contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for up to 13 Type-10 MBTs in 2010. The tanks entered into service with Japan in 2012.
Development of the Type 10 MBT
The development of the Type 10 MBT was initiated by the Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) in 2002. A prototype of the tank was completed in 2006. Running tests were conducted through 2007 and 2008, and shooting and networking trials were performed thereafter. TRDI completed the development in 2009 and started producing the tanks in 2010.
Rotem (part of the Hyundai group) has developed the K1 series of vehicles, which includes the K1A1 120mm main battle tank, the K1105 mm main battle tank, K1 ARV armoured recovery vehicle, and the K1 AVLB armoured vehicle launch bridge.
Type 10 MBT design and features
The Type 10 MBT is the replacement of the Type 74 and Type 90 MBTs, which are in service with the JGSDF. It features significant enhancements in manoeuvrability, protection, fire power and performance becoming one of the world's top 10 main battle tanks.
The tank accommodates a crew of three including commander, gunner and driver. It has a length of 9.4m, width of 3.2m and height 2.3m. The gross weight of the tank is 44t and the combat weight of 48t. The MBT can be transported by trains and trucks.
Armament and protection of Type 10 tank
The Type 10 MBT is equipped with a turret fitted with an automatic loading system. The turret can be rotated through 360° in traverse to determine the enemy targets. It is armed with a 120mm L44 smooth-bore gun, which is licence-built by Japan Steel Works.
The secondary armament of the Type 10 MBT consists of a M2HB 12.7mm heavy machine gun and a Type 74 7.62mm co-axial machine gun. The turret is also fitted with smoke grenade launchers.
The tank's hull is equipped with nano-crystal steel, fourth generation modular ceramic composite armour for protection against rocket propelled grenade (RPG) rounds, HEAT projectiles, and anti-tank missiles. The add-on modules can be easily removed and installed to alter the protection levels.
It is also fitted with a nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection system and automatic fire suppression systems.
Observation and fire control of the Japanese main battle tank
The Type 10 tank is equipped with an enhanced fire control system to engage stationary and moving targets. The tank also fitted with a laser range finder.
The commander's station is fitted with a panoramic sight, mounted on the right of the turret. It provides day / night observation and target identification.
The MBT is fitted with a digital battlefield management system (BMS) that provides increased situational awareness by displaying the required information. The tank also boasts of advanced sensor systems and sophisticated C4I (command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence) equipment, which allows the tank to communicate and share information with other tanks in the GSDF network.
The intelligence C4I system also enables the MBT to work together with the troops in the infantry's outdoor computer network, Regiment Command Control System (ReCS) during integrated combat operations.
Type 10 MBT engine and mobility
The Type 10 tank is powered by water-cooled, four-cycle, eight-cylinder diesel engines coupled with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) gearbox. The engine generates a power of 1,200hp.
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SA Prsangaya- Musical Show by Victor Rathnayake presented by ORSA
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The ORSA organizes The "SA Prsanga" a well known solo musical show
by The Veteran Artist Victor Rathnayake on Saturday 4th March 2006
at the Dharmaraja College Auditorium at 6.30pm.
The "SA Prsanga" is a well renowned solo classical musical programme
by Mr Victor Rathnayake which has been staged over 1300 times in Sri
Lanka and worldwide.
The objective of the project is to raise funds for the Lake View
Park Development fund.
We invite our members to participate in the event by collecting
sponsorships for the offcial souveniour, banners and etc to make the
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The show tickets are on sale now and priced at Rs 1,000- , Rs 750-,
Rs 500- and Rs 250-
For ticket reservations contact Ruwan on 0773 154473.
Please contact Suminda Vithanarachchi - (0777 841542)or Ruwan (0773
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===Press Conference ====
A press conference has been scheduled to announce the "SA Prsanga "
The Solo Musical Show of Victor Rathnayake organised by The Old
Rajans Scout Association.
Date/Time : 14th of February 2006 at 04.30pm
Venue : Auditorium, Government Information Department, Polhengoda
Road, Narahenpita
Mr Victor Rathnayake will also be present for the press conference,
together with Mr S Keerthirathne - Principal Dharmaraja College, Mr
S Madura - Asst Chief Commissioner- Sri Lanka Scouts and Old Rajans
Scout Association offcials.
Call Ruwan on 0773 154473 for more details.
Read the news on blog at http://orsa-news.blogspot.com
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The term first appeared in the March, 1971 issue of QST magazine's "How's DX" column by Rod Newkirk, W9BRD (now also VA3ZBB). Newkirk called them "the unsung fathers of Amateur Radio." While he probably was not trying to coin a term at the time, here's how Newkirk introduced "Elmer" in his column and, as it turned out, to the rest of the amateur radio world: "Too frequently one hears a sad story in this little nutshell: 'Oh, I almost got a ticket, too, but Elmer, W9XYZ, moved away and I kind of lost interest.'" Newkirk went on to say, "We need those Elmers. All the Elmers, including the ham who took the most time and trouble to give you a push toward your license, are the birds who keep this great game young and fresh."
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Habbakadal, Sept. 24: Raman Mattoo expected a low turnout. But what he saw today, stunned even his seasoned soul.
Sixty to 70 women clad in burqas have been making the round of my constituency in six to seven Sumos and other cars, the Independent candidate from this constituency in Srinagar said at his residence on Gupkar Road.
My activists even caught some of them. It is also intriguing that postal ballots have not been received. Something strange has happened in todays polls. This is unbelievable.
Unbelievable it was. Not even the reports of alleged large-scale rigging by National Conference activists could have prepared him for the incredible statistics. Only 1 per cent of voters cast their ballot here against the average turnout of 42 per cent in the 27 other constituencies that went to polls in the districts of Jammu, Srinagar and Badgam.
The Kashmiri Pandit should have known better. A couple of weeks ago, chief minister Farooq Abdullah had approached him with the request to withdraw from the fray in favour of the National Conferences Shammima Firdoz. Abdullah even took Mattoo with him on his aircraft from Jammu to Kashmir to convince him, but failed.
Elsewhere, too, the script was not very different from that of the first phase on September 16. In Ganderbal, where chief ministerial candidate Omar Abdullah is contesting from, the story was more or less the same. National Conference workers could be seen cajoling voters to come out of their homes and cast their ballot. Those who made it to the booths were seen hurrying back. In booth No. 22, at Dudrama, only 17 votes had been polled till 3.15 pm.
At Beehama and Dudrama, policemen guarding polling stations could be seen asking journalists about the situation elsewhere. Polling is negligible here. Is it brisk' Are people coming out' were the repeated queries in Ganderbal.
At Kharyar, local residents complained that minister Ali Mohammad Sagar was leading the rigging brigade. He is moving around in several vehicles with goondas, rigging the polls, said Ghutam Geelani. There is a total boycott of polls here.
Sagar was also noticed in Munwarabag, Mattoos constituency. What was he doing there is anybodys guess, Mattoo said.
Downtown Srinagar remained tense throughout the day. Shops were closed and people preferred to remain indoors. The fear of the militants had clearly prevailed.
Passing through Naushera, this correspondent saw a Pakistani flag fluttering in the middle of the street. As the vehicle slowed, the calm was shattered by cries of hum kya chahte hain aazadi, la ilaha ill ill lalla. A group of 50 youths surrounded the vehicle. The voting today is zero here. Write the truth. We want freedom from India. We want our own state, said Abdul Sattar, one of the youths.
Asked what the Pakistani flag was doing, Sattar said: The Indian government only listens when we unfurl the Pakistani flag. Had the polls been for plebiscite, we would have all come out to exercise our right. But the polls are meant to form another government. We are not interested in such polls.
At Badgam, there were reports of polling in certain pockets. It was, perhaps, the only district surrounding Srinagar where some polling took place. But the turnout ranged from low to moderate.
As expected, Lal Chowk, in the heart of Srinagar city, remained deserted. After yesterdays encounter at Gogjibag, only gun-toting security personnel roamed the streets.
Journalists were thronged by small groups of local residents wherever they stopped. Everywhere the charges were the same: the National Conference had done nothing and people wanted it to go.


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Can Cigars Cause Birth Defects If Your Man Smokes
Can cigars cause birth defects if your man smokes?
Cigars: Your exposure to cigars really is related to second hand smoke. Birth defects are not associated with cigar smoking in the male. Smoking cigars or cigarettes increases your risks for pregnancy complications. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Congenital Abnormalities (Definition)
Abnormalites that are present at birth. Also known as birth defects. For example- cleft palate is a congenital abnormalities. Another example congenital heart disease is the presence of a ...Read more
If a man is taking vicodin Zanaflex (tizanidine) and nuerontin can it cause birth defects if my wife gets pregnant while im on this medicine ?
No.: There little to no evidence linking paternally ingested drugs to birth defects. The paternal contribution to birth defects had to do with age (more autosomal dominant rare but severe traits can manifest after de novo mutations in the spermatozoa) and family history and not generally with drug exposure. ...Read more
Does azathioprine cause cause birth defects in men?
Data presented on : This site http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/m/pubmed/15023170/ suggest an ?ed risk of congenital abnormalities. Since affected progeny had the same disorders as their fathers, a causal association with an immunosuppressant could not be proven. Please consult your wife's ob-gyn & request a pre-pregnancy visit with a prenatal genetic counselor to assist you in decision-making. ...Read more
Can toxoplasmosis infection in a man cause birth defects?
Unlikely: Toxoplasmosis toxicity to the fetus causing birth defects is due to the organism traveling across the placenta. So it requires the mother to be infected. Toxoplasmosis is not transmitted by sexual contact. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Does short-term exposure to second-hand smoke cause birth defects?
No.: Second-hand smoke can be blamed for many things, but not birth defects. ...Read more
Can the prolonged use of Pueraria Mirifica 500mg cause birth defects if in the future I decide to have children, even if I have stopped it?
No, but...: No, prolonged use won't have an effect. However, since it compmfsims phyroestrogens, which are chemicals that are similar to estrogen, you should not take it when you are pregnant. ...Read more
Can the on and off or prolonged use of Megace (megestrol) ES cause birth defects if in the future you decide to have children? What are the concequences?
Possibly: Agree with above answer and to expand on it, a teratogen exerts it's damage when taken during pregnancy. If you are not taking it from before conception through the pregnancy your risk is considerably lower, ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can my boyfriends chemotherapy from december to april cause birth defects if i became pregnant in september?
Hard to say: Depending on the type of chemo, he could be infertile for some period. If not totally infertile, the sperm affected by the chemo would likely be weak swimmers,allowing the unaffected sperm through to do the deed.It would be a good idea to have a discussion with the docs involved before you start trying to clear up the issue. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can Endometriosis or any other form of cysts cause birth defects if I were to get pregnant?
No: Neither endometriosis nor ovarian copyists will cause birth defects. ...Read more
Can the morning after pill cause birth defects if I get pregnant anyway?
No : That has not been shown to occur. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Since there is formaldehyde in nail polish, wondering if it can cause birth defects if pregnant women use it?
Safe: From what I have read on the internet, formaldehyde in nail polish is safe during pregnancy since the concentration is so low. ...Read more
Will it cause birth defects if i eat a lot of vitamin a rich vegetables and drink v8 during pregnancy. My prenatal vit. Has a as 100% beta carotene?
Contact obstetrician: Contact your obstetrician for an answer.Get a more detailed answer ›
What birth defects can taking K2 cause?
Who knows?: no studies available on this subjectGet a more detailed answer ›
Birth defects are on the rise. What could cause this?
Many reasons: First, are they really increasing, or are they just living. Up until recently in history most of those pregnancies with defects would miscarry or the baby die rapidly after birth. Now we save these pregnancies and children. However, if increase, it is likely the many environmental exposures we have in the industrial age, both in the air we breath and perhaps the foods we eat. ...Read more
Can mono cause birth defects?
No: From cdc: "there are no known associations between active ebv infection and problems during pregnancy, such as miscarriages or birth defects.". ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can Valium cause birth defects?
Yes: All medications in this class, benzodiazepines, are category d -- known to cause birth defects in humans. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can salmonella cause birth defects?
No: None reported.Get a more detailed answer ›
Does ureaplasma cause birth defects?
Ureaplasma: Ureaplasma infection is associated with premature births as well as spontaneous abortions.During birth the organism can also infect the newborn and cause meningitis, pneumonia or septicemia (blood infection). ...Read moreSee 4 more doctor answers
Can listeriosis cause birth defects?
Stillbirth: Our biggest concern is that listeria infection in the expectant woman can cause death of her fetus. There have been cases traced to eating contaminated cheese and cold cuts. Please see my guide on what food to feed your family (and fetus); there are two answers and links to food safety there. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Why does incest cause birth defects?
Gene errors: We all carry recessive genes to a few conditions that are not a problem unless they come together with another carrier.The closer you are related, the more genes you have in common. Two carriers, can conceive a baby that has both bad recessive genes, with any pregnancy.Whether this produces a fatal metabolic disorder or some lesser problem, the results are the same. The genes define you. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Birth Defects (Definition)
A physical or biochemical abnormality that is present at birth- it may be inherited or ...Read more
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Christopher Chu is the lead singer and songwritfer for The Morning Benders, a rock group from San Francisco.
I must say, I can't really trust a rock musician that's up at 10:30 AM.
(laughs) Yeah. It was kind of testing my strength. I'm recording up at Dreamland, so I need to be up.
What are you working on upstate?
I'm producing a band up here, doing their record. It's at the studio Dreamland, this old church they converted into a studio in the woods. It's pretty rad.
I really like Big Echo, man. Gotta say it was a lot different than what I was expecting. It's pretty dense and intricate, not much at all like the stuff on Grain of Salt.
I would say that some of that stuff you're talking about, texturally and arrangement-wise, was a big product of me getting more into production, more into using the studio as an instrument. That's part of it. Another part of it is that we had, with our first stuff, played it for a while, toured three or four times around the States, so we were really itching to work on some new material. We'd been growing for a while, listening to a lot of different kinds of music, more diverse artists. The first stuff we were more into 50s and 60s and 70s, the early classic stuff. Which I still really like I've just listened to it a lot. For the new stuff, there's a lot more modern influence and it's all over the board, 80s, 90s. It was a product of us wanting to try something new.
What's it like working with Chris Taylor? What did he add to the process?
Great! I love that guy. It's a little different than most of the other stuff he's worked on because we had tracked the album in San Francisco before Chris was involved. I had planned to do it all myself, produce it and everything. When it came down to the point after everything was tracked, it was a lot denser and I knew it was just going to be a different-sounding record. Being deep in the process, we decided it would be a good idea to get a fresh pair of ears on it. So that was the initial reason we reached out to Chris. I had been in contact with him for a little while, sending him stuff, talking about recording, and I always loved all of his work. So he was someone that we had thought about working with at some point but we never had an idea of what capacity.
He told me about buying someone a 21st birthday shot at one of your shows. One of the guys in the band.
That's true actually. He came to one of our shows when we came through New York, and we've always vibed out really well. When it got to mixing, I asked him if he might be into doing that, and he was super supportive and into the stuff, and said he would do it. He started working on it and it just became clear that we were going to get a lot deeper into it, so I went up to New York and I was there for a couple weeks. We ended up tweaking, shaping the sound and stuff. He was definitely an influence. We did it in the church where they record a lot of their stuff.
All that gear.
Exactly. So there's that sound of that studio.
He didn't like my Grizzly Bear vs. Panda Bear cage match idea. Maybe he just had the idea before I did and was nervous that I was thinking about it too.
That's probably it. He was mad someone heard about it somehow.
Is there something on this record that's the most evolved Morning Benders thing you've done?
I really like bands that don't try to hone in on a specific sound. I just find that really boring. Sometimes it works, like a band has five albums with this one kind of formula that they're working from. But I'm more of a fan of bands that change it up all the time, like The Beatles or Radiohead. Or Beck is a good one, all these reinventions—I think that's really cool. I've always just been in the mindset that we need to try something new every album. So that was definitely a part of this. We didn't want to feel hindered by a specific sound or previous stuff. So we're just trying to be as free as possible. I'm not sure if there's anything that best represents what we were going for.
We spent a long, long time picking the songs and sequencing it, figuring out the flow and vibe of the record. That was really important. I guess that's something we're proud of too.
I understand you just moved here. What's that been like?
We're pretty new. I've been in New York, in Brooklyn subletting with a friend, for like two weeks and then I came up here. So it's really new. I love New York. I've spent a lot of time here because all my family, all my extended family on both sides is up here so I've been up here every summer for most of my life. I always knew I would want to come here, so it wasn't like we totally had no idea. Along the lines of what I said before, I think that music is a big product of the environment you're living in. I'm just curious to see where that puts us.
Everything's so competitive here. It's frustrating, but I think it keeps you humble. I mean, it keeps me paranoid, but it keeps most people humble.
I kinda like that. I think it keeps you moving, you know?
There's so many awesome people here.
It's a double-edged sword. It pisses you off, but it eventually pushes you to do something else.
Do you try to adopt a perspective akin to your favorite artists while you're writing a song? Or how does your songwriting process work?
I think it goes both ways. First and foremost, my favorite bands and artists are people that I feel are heartfelt, you know? Even though they're messing stuff up you can always tell it's with the most meaningful intentions. When I'm writing a song, I generally don't have any influence or anything in mind. It's more instinctual at that point and it usually just comes out the way it does. And I figure out if that's going to fit. But when it comes down to production and arranging, there's definitely an idea of looking at it through someone's lens. What I find interesting is mixing and matching all those different lenses. You have these weird, different elements pulled from different places. I think that's one big thing we're doing, that goes along with the album being called Big Echo, trying to pull from all these different places, these sounds from 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, mashed together in a weird way.
I mean, I just feel like there's an overwhelming amount of music out there that's just so easy to consume now. How do you reign that in some, taking all of these influences and translating it into a cohesive piece?
That's a good question. But I think that's the magical part of it. I think it's different for other bands, but for us, we don't really approach things conceptually, lay out plans. We just play stuff that sounds cool to us and we just do it. We don't really care where the idea comes from. It's just matter of approaching it with that, not confining yourself to anything.
With the Internet, it's totally crazy. There's all this music that used to be obscure that now is popular, easy to grab. It's changed everything.
What are you excited about that's coming up? Outside of the record, of course.
It's kind of amazing to me, that it's coming out in a few months. That's a big deal. It's been done for a little while just as a result of the music industry. How to prep it, all that shit. So that sucks. I'm excited to see what different people are interested in it that weren't interested in the first record. Like I was saying before, we didn't conceptualize the need to reach this new audience. It's just interesting because it's pretty different from the first stuff.
It might not have the immediacy. I feel like it's denser and more interesting, but not as bouncy as "Grain of Salt" or something.
That's what I'm curious to see. It's immediate on some points. I think it's the best thing we've done, obviously, I guess people always say that about the latest thing they've made (laughs). We definitely were trying to make it, if possible, immediate and a grower. Trying to capture everything; one of our goals is to make these songs that are joyous and these songs that are really melancholy, or putting together sounds that are analog and digital, a lot of opposite, contrasting things.
But it doesn't seem overwrought.
We didn't want to do that, so we're trying to arrange the song in the way that feels right. But on top of that, we had budgetary and time constraints. We recorded the whole album in ten days, so we had to hone in on the components we wanted to focus on. It never became this super bloated thing, with the orchestra in there, some huge thing.
So I was thinking about these Radiohead shows, which are totally great, except for the fact that it takes them like five minutes between each song to setup for the new arrangement.
That is kind of crazy. I actually heard from Chris that Jonny toned down his setup recently. He used to have this massive pedal thing. They're sort of the kings of that though, I guess. It's kind of gnarly when they're wheeling in the grands between each song.
And all these 50s original make Gibsons.
It's really hard, watching (laughs). It's kind of sad. You're like, if I even had two or three of these setups to switch between, it'd open up things so crazy. But they have a different setup for every song.
Someday that'll be you.
I see what you're saying, that it's kind of annoying to see that happen. It's kind of cool, on one hand. There the quintessential band for that, they're the most perfectionist, nitpicky bunch. I kind of like when a band just goes out and reinterprets their stuff. You don't see that a lot with Radiohead; sometimes you do, maybe with older songs.
But there's something about a bar band, just hammering through their set.
That's pretty cool. I remember seeing, when I was younger, Queen. And obviously they have a lot of crazy production going on. But when they play live, because they're all so good at their instruments, they don't need that stuff. They can just play as a four-piece. I've kind of changed my opinion on them, but Freddie is crazy. He's just bringing it.
I feel like great bands have two people butting heads, just like The Beatles. Marr/Morrisey. Yorke/Greenwood. Waters/Gilmour. Are you guys like that?
We actually aren't like that. It's weird. We have trouble sometimes trying to figure out what's right in arranging stuff. But generally, once we find it we agree on it. Sometimes we'll just sit in our practice space playing songs for hours and hours and days and days and nothing's sticking. It's super frustrating, but it's probably a better scenario than fighting all the time.
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Pass a football to any youngster in most of India and watch the ball being kicked back. Pass the same ball to any youngster in West Bengal and watch him play around with it, juggle it on his feet, balance it on his toe, before returning it in a perfect curve.
Against the backdrop of a prolonged lean patch for teams from West Bengal at the national I-League stage, there is an apocryphal ring to the old commentary on the culture of football in the state. The statistics are telling: No team from Kolkata has won the I-League title (earlier known as the National Football League) since 2003-04, when East Bengal FC lifted the trophy after defeating Dempo Sports Club, Goa. Mohun Bagan, the other big name from Kolkata, last won the championship almost a decade back, in the 2001-02 edition. After topping the table in the previous I-League, when East Bengal faced near relegation, Dempo SC has won the I-League four times, one more than both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal FC. Compared with the first eight editions of the National Football League, which began in 1996, when Mohun Bagan and East Bengal FC won the championship six times between them, the following six years saw them draw a blank.
Derby duo: East Bengal (in red) and Mohun Bagan are fierce
What went wrong
Bengal football's poor show in the professionally run I-League, where the best football clubs in India compete, has inevitably raised questions on the current state of the game in a place where football has traditionally generated intense passions, vicious club rivalries, films and music albums based on club loyalties, legendary players and dinner-time conversation in homes.
Foreign power: East Bengal's Nigerian striker Ekene Ekenwa at practice.
It's premature to write the obituary of Bengal football, says Rana Das Gupta, executive committee member of the East Bengal club. But he does observe a growing disinterest in the game at the grass-roots, para (neighbourhood) level.
"Why would we pay for outstation players, even at an undeserved premium, if local talent was available in plenty?" Das Gupta asks. Since former India cricket captain and local lad Sourav Ganguly triggered a definite interest in the bat and ball game at the para level, cricket matches and camps have become more visible and there has been a corresponding drop in attendance at football matches. Das Gupta, in fact, partly blames cricket for football's failing fortunes in Bengal. Local boys, he says, don't always make the best use of the opportunities they get.
On an average, the Mohun Bagan and East Bengal FC line-up at I-League matches makes room for three or four local footballers; the rest of the team comprises players from other Indian states, and foreigners. With Indian football opening up to corporate sponsorship in the past seven-eight years, the even spread of the corporate penny has also bridged the difference in standards between Kolkata clubs and clubs from Goa, Mumbai and Punjab. While Mohun Bagan spends aroundRs10 crore annually to build and groom its team, according to the club's general secretary Anjan Mitra, East Bengal's annual investment on the team is to the tune of Rs7-8 crore, says Das Gupta.
"Compared to us, I would say Dempo SC spends a couple of crores more. In the current situation, it is the highly paid foreign players who are making a difference between teams," he adds.
"It is there to see," says Trevor Morgan, former professional English footballer and the current East Bengal FC coach. "Somebody like Ranty Martins of Dempo SC has been a consistent goal scorer. The top goal scorers over the last four years have all been foreigners. An Indian strike force seems lacking."
Since 2004, Bengal football clubs have faced the strongest opponents in Goan club teams such as Dempo, Salgaocar and Churchill Brothers. Of the six editions of the I-League since then, Dempo has won four times and the Churchill Brothers, once. The now-disbanded Mahindra United club of Mumbai was the only non-Goan team to win the trophy, in 2005-06. The most that the two clubs from Kolkata could achieve was an individual runners-up spot.
Bengal renaissance: Coach Trevor Morgan is aiming to guide East Bengal to their first I-League title in six years.
Blame game
"There has been a significant shift in Indian football's equilibrium. Kolkata clubs no longer enjoy a monopoly and Goa has emerged as a parallel hub," says Manas Bhattacharya, former international player and current editor of football magazine Kick-off. He reflects on the time when three Kolkata teams, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting Club, brought back the Federation Cup, a tournament that started in 1977, 20 times between them. Former international player Manoranjan Bhattacharya, who played for India between 1978 and 1989 as well as for the top two Kolkata clubs, blames the short-term, quick-fix policies of the Kolkata clubs.
"Unlike Goa, there is tremendous pressure from fans in case the Kolkata teams don't do well. Club authorities wilt easily and both fans and the clubs are impatient for success," he says. Bhattacharya is among the nine coaches who have trained East Bengal in the last five years. In the case of Mohun Bagan, 12 coaches have been appointed in the same period.
"Look at Dempo. Barring minor changes, they have stuck to the same team over the last three years. But in Kolkata, every player and coach is constantly on the chopping board," Bhattacharya says.
What Bhattacharya subsequently underlines is the case of "missing team spirit". He belongs to the time when players enrolled in Mohun Bagan and East Bengal often on the basis of their pride of belonging, and decisions were not based entirely on fat pay cheques. "With most clubs offering good money, players change allegiance every year. Regional pride no longer works these days," he says.
Chuni Goswami is one player whose football career, spread over 22 years, has seen him playing for only one club: Mohun Bagan. Goswami is also the rare athlete who captained the Indian football team to the Asian Games gold medal in 1962, and after his retirement went on to play first-class cricket for Bengal, even captaining the state team to the Ranji Trophy final twice. Says Goswami: "Cricket and tennis are more attractive games at middle-class homes these days. Parents too push their children towards these for the returns are better than football. I might have played exclusively for Mohun Bagan out of my love for the club, but it doesn't mean others have to do the same. It's a professional world and I wonder what I would have done had the players' fees been as good back then."
The way ahead
But given the game's century-old history in the state, Goswami thinks Bengal football is just going through a temporary bad patch. It's only a matter of time, he believes, before the Kolkata clubs once again take the top slot at the I-League.
Even as he speaks, Mohun Bagan—under new coach Subhas Bhowmick, after Stanley Rosario got the sack following a poor I-League run this year—have held on to a hard-fought 2-2 draw against the formidable Dempo. East Bengal, currently enjoying a superb run under English coach Morgan, are contenders for the top prize.
At the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, the East Bengal team is being made to go through a rigorous workout session by Morgan. Just days ahead of their match against Salgaocar, and a couple of days after beating Jagatjit Cotton and Textile (JCT) Mills Football Club at their home ground, there is an air of buoyancy in the team. There is friendly banter too on the sidelines and a club official promises a sumptuous lunch to a journalist if the team wins against Salgaocar. Morgan knows what he is up against. "I realize that the Goa teams have had an upper hand, but that's a stranglehold we are trying to break," he says.
So far, the script has gone his way. East Bengal beat Dempo by a goal in their first I-league encounter this year and the team has maintained a clean slate by winning all their four matches. "The last East Bengal-Mohun Bagan match here saw 45,000 supporters turn up and it was fantastic. Expectations are big and we have to keep up the good work. No one can put more pressure on me than what I put on myself," he says.
So will Goswami be proved right? Will these teams be able to claw their way back to the playing field they once dominated effortlessly?
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Blood In The Ink Vol. 2: Angryblue
Death by Party | Our gift to you? A Death by Party original interview merry Crackmas
It's Christmas time, all the little youth food are either sleeping like good little meals or trying to stay awake to catch some fat, drunk, homeless guy in a bright red Adidas track suit breaking into their house to make out with their mom and then kill the entirely family slowly, with eggnog. Or something like that, I heard some sort of musical story like that once. I'm not really a "current events" follower, so this whole gift giving thing is a new concept to me. Usually I show my appreciation with a rag full of chloroform and the sudden realization you just woke up in a bathtub full of ice and you're missing a spleen. This year however, I decided to break from tradition and not just abstain from ritualistic gingerbread cannibalism, but I'd also give something back to the teeming masses of well trained and badly behaved consumers/supporters of the Swellco & Swellco way of life. That something, is this article and interview that I was already going to post anyways. Enjoy.
Firstly I'd like to impart to you this month's bit of art and wisdom from Godmachine.
I got into graphic design 7 years ago out of the necessity to get word out about the band I had started. We launched a guerilla marketing campaign involving several months of pre-promotion for a band that technically didn't exist. We didn't fucking care. Looking back, at the beginning I had no goddamn idea what I was doing with that mouse and a (possibly pirated) copy of Photoshop. But I knew what I wanted and I set out to find the tools to help me along the way. That's when I ended up Googleing something to the extent of "Photoshop blood" (I was 17, I thought blood was evil or something, fuck off) and happened upon the website of one Angryblue, at this point I had no idea what an Angryblue was, but I did find a download page that had some Photoshop brushes and a couple custom fonts for fucking FREE. I didn't know it at the time, but this is one of the several moments that changed my life for the better. Because this is the moment I got my first real taste of what was possible with a computer and the right tools.
Now it's almost a decade later and I'm completely fucked up and it's this bastard's fault. I introduce to you, Angryblue. When I first found him he was already a pretty well established artist, but now he's built up such an immensely crazy client list that I'm really surprised he's managed to stay as underground as he has. Seriously, he's done work for everyone from GWAR to Lil' Wayne to Peeping Tom to Soundgarden to The Pixies and back to The Melvins. If there's a good band or musician out there, it's starting to seem like he's probably made something for them. And ya know what? It's well fucking deserved, from what I can tell, he doesn't stop. Ever. It took me two months to get him to stop long enough to answer some questions for me. So, without further ado, I present, the Angryblue interview
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SnakeOilGhost: Please state your name for the record.
Angryblue: Justin Kamerer
SOG: Tell us about yourself.
AB: I am a dwarfy illustrator who spends most of my time in my dimly lit studio drawing ugly stuff with the intent of taking it over to the Crackhead Press shop I share with my studio-mate and making prints.
SOG: What's the story behind the moniker Angryblue?
AB: It's really not very exciting. It's based off of a nickname a friend had for me. Then, just sort of the same approach as a band name, since I still ended up liking it after a week, I just stuck with it.
SOG: I know that you've been in a few bands. Do you feel like having experience on the other side of the designing helps or hinders your creative/business process?
AB: I love writing music. I used to fairly actively play in a few local bands, but it wasn't really a defining part of who I am. Once I ventured out on my own and quit my job to do the art thing, I had to stop writing music to be able to spend enough time focusing on making working for myself actually work.
In the meantime, I've still obsessively listened to music. I can't function without it. But only recently started getting interested in writing again. Getting a used iPad off of craigslist made me dust off my pedal board and start having some fun again. I've gotten together with a few ex-bandmates people to figure out how work in a style I'm uncomfortable with so I have to study a new way to approach writing.
I don't think it makes much of a difference. Though, I 'get it' when someone comes to me with the idea of a themed album because I've done that – it still makes me hesitant to want to do anything with it because the idea is usually so grandiose and vague at the same time, that it can be a pain to work on.
SOG: When one looks through your collected works, several themes reoccur, insects, flowers, nature in general, birds, eyes, rabbits, old school cartoons and… hmm… that's weird… I know there's something else I'm missing…. Oh, right, SKULLS. How did you end up with so many themes running through your head?
AB: The skulls are pretty easy. I grew up listening to Metallica, Guns 'n' Roses and between punk and industrial music, that's a pretty consistent theme. Plus, Pushead did all of that great merchandising for Metallica. Whenever I pictured a skull that was how it was supposed to look. Gnarled, corroded and ornate at the same time.
I started drawing birds because I wanted to try focusing on something I was unfamiliar with that I've always enjoyed looking at. There are only so many times you can draw a skull before you go, "ok. I get it. I understand the structure" but birds were completely unfamiliar territory. I think whenever I introduce something new; it's for the same reasons. I've been drawing a lot of flowers and plant-life because, I've never bothered before and I feel like I should understand their structure and it gives me a chance to try to grow and learn some new things.
A lot of different things inspire me visually; I just kind of draw whatever I like, so I don't get bored.
SOG: You have some very interesting things you've collected over the years, everything from various insects to medical supplies to dead birds, vinyl figures and several gazillion skulls (I've seen quite a few in pictures, but I can only assume you have tons of them.) What are your 3 favorite items and why?
AB: 3 favorites? Oh I dunno. That's really tough. I collect a lot of things to inspire me in random ways. Insects/skulls/medical instruments/teeth/whatever can be used in so many different ways that just having them all around keeps a constant source of inspiration flowing. If I stay in a nonstop place of brainstorming, it makes working a lot less difficult.
For instance, when I was working on The Acacia Strain album art, a friend had recently given me a dead bird and I had a piece of dental equipment for students to practice various things on and I put them together and took a few reference photos to get me started.
Once, I was stuck on a poster design for Russian Circles. I wanted to have something I'd be really proud of and turned around to my bookshelf. I had a (Virgin) Mary I'd set up holding a cicada and she was surrounded in bisque doll heads. It was perfect. I made her have 4 eyes and put in a few other elements and BAM. Done.
My most recent purchases were a pair of dental exam lamps from the 50's. I'm still pretty excited about those. I have a weird love for lighting.
SOG: You tend to make a lot of really off the wall pieces that seem more anchored in graffiti culture than the traditional "band poster/shirt designer" What part if any does that culture and art play in your life?
AB: I don't know if graffiti culture really plays a strong part in my regular thought process, but I definitely love the off the wall protest/punk street art stuff. I love to play on words and have a sort of random sense of humor that I try to play with when I can. If you mix that into my love for D.I.Y. punk and snarky humor, I guess I could see it reflected a bit.
SOG: Have you ever come up with an idea that was too ridiculous to make?
AB: I don't think fear of ridiculous would stop me from doing something. Usually, it just makes me go for it more, I suppose. I finally got around to making a few batches of crack rock candy to be branded by Crackhead Press. That was fun. Especially since one morning my girlfriend was at work and trying to figure out why she felt so run down before she remembered, "oh yeah. That's right. I was up all night bagging crack with intent to distribute."
SOG: Speaking of crack cocaine: We at Swellco feel that people should get on high on God (and or weed). What part, if any, do you feel drugs play in your creative process?
AB: Drugs don't really do anything for me. Pot makes me feel like a 3rd grader who's next in line to read a book report in front of his class. That's a terrible feeling. I do, however, like a good bourbon.
SOG: Tell me about Crackhead Press.
AB: Jeral Tidwell and I were in his studio a few years ago and talking about printing posters. He had DieselFuel as his publisher for prints at that time and I didn't know much about screen-printing as I'd only had 2 or 3 done for myself and we decided we should just get the equipment and set up a manual press. With the help of the amazing Bill Green, we got the money together for some supplies and put everything together (well, they put it together as I was still employed doing web design at the time) and thus the ugly little baby known as Crackhead Press was formed.
Since then, we've 'published' a ton of posters and have done a few art books. One is coming up pretty soon with a day of the dead theme featuring 2 other artists other than Jeral & myself.
SOG: Any future projects or plans you're particularly stoked on and want to tell us about?
AB: I'd like to put together a book in the spring featuring a ton of the merchandising designs I've done, maybe some detail shots of drawings/paintings/typography-based art I've done and whatever else I can stuff in there. I love the idea of putting out something that has a collection of things I've done with a limited edition print or something.
I've got a few new things I want to work into my printing toolset in the next few months like printing foil. I think that would be a lot of fun.
Since I've started doing music again, I thought it would be great to put together a solid collection of songs with some off-the-wall overdone packaging and put it out in the world.
Other than that, I've just got the usual flow of new prints and posters coming out.
SOG: Finally, I just wanted to thank you for putting out the free fonts and brushes on your site, I wouldn't be on the path I am without them.
AB: Thank you. I just put those things out at the same time I was obsessed with the same stuff. I wanted to learn how to make a font and tried it out. I would LOVE to try doing a few of those soon as well since it's been so long. I hate the ones I did, but it's really fun to stumble onto them used in weird ways like album art, videogame covers, horror movies, Halloween packaging and tattoos. I think one of the weirdest was being in Zurich, Switzerland and seeing promotional posters for 50cent's album at the time and thinking, "Hey! That's my terrible handwriting!"
So as the Christmas sun rises over the charred husk of the sleeping sustenance, a fat man, high from inhaing reindeer ass fumes for 24 hours and drunk on the power to choose who lives and dies via coal and toys, swerves violently to avoid an imaginary abominable snowman and crashes his sled made out of the carcass of a '78 Ford Pinto with a floorboard of wooden shipping palettes into the icy tundra of the North Pole. He'll drag his deadbeat sociopathic ass to a warehouse filled with elves under indentured servitude who never stop building toys covered in lead paint.
I'll leave you with a few final words about Angryblue: The man is an artistic machine, unafraid to call it like he sees it, yet still capable of being one of the good guys in the fight against shitty art. Having already done work for several big names in the music, clothing and entertainment industries, I can't wait to see what the future holds for him. Spoiler alert: It probably involves skulls.
Go to his website, follow him on Tumblr and Twitter, and stalk him on Facebook. But most importantly, go buy stuff from the guy, I have a few of his prints and they look INCREDIBLE. Go, give him all your money.
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The 2010 SEMA Show has just wrapped for a 30th time after showing a creative array of new automotive products as well as sharing a seemingly countless number of customized car designs. Everything from modified Chevrolet Camaros, Toyotas, Hondas and even Hyundai were paraded out inside of a Las Vegas convention center to be viewed by only invited industry guests. Making their inaugural visit to the SEMA Show in 2010, Audi showing in Las Vegas is evidence to the new esteem this aftermarket exhibit. Compared to the relatively lackluster attention of late auto shows, it appears that the 50,000 attendees of the SEMA Show sampling a rich, true nature of what was once the auto show.
A quick glance at the exhibited vehicles of aftermarket manufacturers as well as OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) displays a carefree expression and far-out envisioning running rampant in 2010. The objective of the SEMA Show is to invoke the personalization of cars or trucks by sometimes taking a project vehicle to outrageous extremes for personal taste.
In the post-world war two era car business, the auto shows of automotive manufacturers were a living celebration of an optimistic future for a beloved form of personal transportation. Industrial artisans took the medium of the automobile and crafted a divine treasure on 4-wheels (or with how many wheels they choose). Through the 1950s, General Motors held numerous auto exhibits called the Motorama demonstrating rapid advancements in design and technology. designer named Harley Earl was left uninhabited to create show cars like the La Sabre and the Firebird concept cars. With recent economic troubles affecting virtually every auto company's marketing budget, the last thought was to allow this passion to overrun the need for maintaining or obtaining profitability.
For the past number of years, it seems the North American International Auto Show in Detroit (as well as a wide host of other American and Canadian car exhibits) is less interested winning over the consumer (715,000 presenting themselves in person for the event in 2010) as it is scoring some form of political goal. The green agenda pitched by domestic and foreign automakers is dominating the talk within every automotive brand detouring from the fun, adventurous designs. Promoting more fuel efficient, smaller cars even when the current sales charts for new vehicles indicate the crossover utility vehicles are the driving force of the marketplace. For American auto enthusiasts, a decreasing number of radical concept cars have been on display leaving most major new car auto shows feeling like an over-extended dealership sales floor.
Perhaps enjoying the shelter from the typical bureaucracy of the modern automotive industry, the SEMA Show concept vehicles show deeper optimism and creativity many car lovers are wanting to see from manufacturers. It's a shame that the general enthusiast crowd do not witness firsthand passion still running deep into the corporate faucets of automakers.
As we'll enter auto show season in North America with the opening of the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 18th, there are signs that some of the creative juices which fed the 2010 SEMA Show will spout in LA area. Jaguar has announced plans to again show off their C-X75 concept and Nissan is taking the covers off the North American 2012 GT-R.
Information Source: SEMA, North American International Auto Showing
Photo Credit: Toyota Motors Sales USA