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Kylie's music always has a happy, and electric-pop kind of beat, and Body Language is no different. As the nineth album released by Miss Minogue, this album is different from any other but still recognisable as Kylie. Kylie has a sexy and sultry sound in some of her tracks especially 'Red Blooded Woman' which is my personal favourite, as it is incredibly catchy and sexy, and also has some attitude, for example when Kylie says 'you think i'll listen, no I don't care.' Although Kylie oozes sex appeal this is a very classy and feminine album, which could be owned by women of different ages, because of Kylie's age plus her ability to keep it youthful. Released in 2003, this wasn't Kylie's biggest album but some of the songs were released and are still recognisable, e.g. 'Chocolate', 'Red Blooded Woman' and 'Slow', possibly being her most memorable song from this album. Listening to this album makes you feel very chilled out, some of the music, for example 'Chocolate' is like some extremely chilled out dance music you may find on a chillout album. Listen to this album if you are in the mood for some chilled out pop/dance hits either for background music or simply relaxing to.
I may be a rock chick by preference but I am, at the end of the day, female, and sometimes us girls just need to listen to some pop. If I'm going to do that I am not going to turn to the latest offering of the X Factor and I'm not going to worship at the altar of Beyonce. I'm going to turn to something truly, provenly, poptastically fabulous and once upon a time I did so and chose a Kylie album.
Body Language was the follow-up to Kylie's astonishingly good pop album Fever. It was headed by it's first release, Slow, and the cover features Kylie looking decidedly Parisien and 70s-model-esque, all smokey eyes and fringe-tastic hair, with a crop-stripe top and bare midriff and tight black leggings whilst sitting on a bar, with the text of the cover art stretching behind her. Think Brigitte Bardot for the 21st Century and you're about there!
The title of the album is seemingly in reference to the first track and indeed first single release, Slow, which features the truncated line "read my....body language".
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Label: Parlophone
Release: Nov 2003
The first release from this album and it took Kylie back to number one. It's a seductive, sensuous track and as the name suggests, it's not in a hurry to go anywhere.
Upon its release, this track was gifted a video shot from above of Kylie in a stunning dark blue swimsuit-style outfit, contorting and writhing on a towel surrounded by various other dancers doing precisely the same thing. Photographically and coneptually, it was pretty brilliant, and it totally backed up the mood created by the track.
As Body Language was released in 2003, nearly a whole decade ago, how does it hold up? Well the intro to Slow is not slow as such but sensuous, with a clear smooth baseline but swirling disco / electro toplines. Kylie's lyrics are whispered and husky, breathy and it's fairly obvious what the theme here is; seduction and nothing less. This is backed up by the lyrics "hear what I'm saying, and I haven't said a thing....come on and dance with me, yeah, slow...". Nothing is rushed here, it's an indulgent retro tease of a track and very effective for what it does, reflecting a more sophisticated take on the brazen sex goddess tag attached to the artist after the previous album's Can't Get You Out Of My Head and the infamous outfits that went with it.
Synthy intros lead us to sugary-sweet breathy high-notes from Kylie. I don't believe this was released as a single. I'm sure that this was intended as a continuation of the more teasing, sensuous lead single but I personally find this track disjointed, with the vocals overly affected by production and far too removed from the backing track, with no real hook that you can get into. If this were my usual type of music I wouldn't have an urge to dance to it and if I did I wouldn't know how to go about it. There are too many unexpected vocals, synth tweaks or occasional expressive "ohh!"s from the artist, as if someone has just administered a swift slap to the behind, for this to have any coherence - and that's before the electronically-tweaked voices of backing singers get thrown into the mix. A miss and a sore disappointment after the sensuous genius of Slow.
A brief heartbeat-like intro leads to more electro sounds as this kicks in, Kylie follows soon after - thankfully singing again but here still she's against a stripped-down electro track and it makes her lack of range either hugely evident or her producers told her to rein it in. This is a pop vocal track over an electronic noise that has no depth, no bass and sounds both underproduced and overproduced at the same time. I suspect the artist would struggle to perform this live - it's more R'n'B than her usual style - so whilst her shortcomings in this musical genre are made up for by her voice being made to sound flawless, this is made laughable by Beyonce et al - and I don't even like them.
Vocally, you have what you expect; fliration, and nothing less. There only thing new here is Kylie's formula being applied to a new backing track, and frankly it doesn't work.
Another basic intro leads to a slightly more built-up bar or two before the breathy lyrics kick in. Again, this is massively produced. There's a little more disco-esque sound to this, but when it follows the dire track before, there's not much about it that stands out. At this stage, I'm starting to think that all this album is about is Kylie breathily singing her usual lyrics and then just letting her trendy producer of the time take over when she's gone home and turn it into whatever they want. Again, there's no depth here, no style. Okay, nobody else was putting out this sound at the time and I think the artist and production team were looking to really follow up that Bardot album cover with a new sound but it never washed with the buying public and there's one reason - it's boring, it's shallow and it's useful only if you were opening a cocktail bar in the early 'noughties'. It's now obsolete and when compared with later efforts such as "Two Hearts", this is insipid.
More disco-y, dancy fun here. Boring vocals kick in soon after the music does, in precisely the same tone as before, but there is some hope as a more bass-y electro sound builds and the lyrics start to show some rhythm and life. This is more energetic than the last few offerings whilst also having the same breathy vocals, much more envisagable as something one might dance to, more of a classy nightclub track with hints of eighties influence and synth edges, still nothing amazing but far superior than some on this album. It proves one thing; as with Madonna's dance album of the same time, this genre switch for female artists was viable if supported by a strong backing track - something Kylie herself went on to prove with the aid of the Scissor Sisters and something Rhianna has since been all over. The vocals here are snappier, sharper and more fun - one of the better tracks.
The resurgence of the album continues here in a big leap - this was another single and the dark, sexy video including Kylie in skin-tight clothing fitted with the tone very well. Red Blooded Woman is a full-bodied track that comes out of nowhere when played after the tracks the precede it on the album. Kylie is no longer just a breathy accessory to a dance track that never started, but the driving vocal force behind a subtle yet perfectly-produced seductive pop track that no doubt is still played in night clubs and I am sure was remixed to devilry in its day. "This girl wants to rock with you" sings the tiny Australian and I'm sure that it made a lot of people want to dance with it.
At the end of the day, Kylie is now and was at this stage a stadium entertainer, and the crucial point is that I could see her charming the crowd with this one. To me, this, in it's brazen pop style laced with R'n'B tendencies, and Slow outshine the rest of the tracks here and belong on a far stronger album cut in the same style.
Synths are back, as are the breathy lyrics...or just breathy sounds over the intro. But this time I'm not complaining. For all I was apprehensive, the intro continues into lyrics in the same truly delightfully light and sensuous style, and the R'n'B influences are toned down just enough here for the chorus, which is utterly delightful, to take over. Okay, so we're lacking lyrical and vocal depth here but this song is a treat, an illicit indulgence just like the title suggests, and for all the continually samey tone of Minogue's breathy lyrics can grate between the chorus, when you reach that recurring section of the song it is truly well-written, well-executed and as the song builds to the climax, the production overlays the lyrics of it so effectively as to make it almost impossibly to get out of your head.
Failings would be the mid-track change of tone, although the one that follows is actually an example of how the R'n'B influence on this album does work - in the late 90's style, think En Vogue for the lighter audience, it does add texture and depth and layers to this track.
And that gorgeous, soothing seduction from Chocolate gets wrecked by a disjointed synth intro to Obsession. The vocals try to match this mess and early signs are not good. It doesn't get any better. This is a filler and doesn't deserve to follow something like Chocolate. It's like a bad Spice Girls album filler and Kylie should have known better. Skip it...
Wow, a truly 80s intro. Thunder, and rain, then birdsong and drums. Then in comes a fun, poppy backdrop of sound to Kylie singing, with some crazy over-produced "backing" singing that overpowers the whole sound. What is this mess?
I keep waiting for this to gain some coherence and momentum, and convince me that this isn't just a complete waste of time. Fever was such a strong pop album - unashamed to be what it was and consequently packed full of pop gems - and yet this follow up gives us this nonsense? Skip again...
The intro to this sounds like a direct rip off of 'Underwater Love'. It's nothing like as good. It truly does continue to sound like a slightly less aquatic version of that iconic track and I can't honestly pick out a single point of merit for this younger version. Again it's clearly devised as a means of seduction and meant to embody glamorous subtlety; it achieves none of those aspirations.
A darker, slower intro; briefly makes you think of Madonna's Frozen. This is short-lived; Kylie soon kicks in and at least she's singing this time, although still in the same massively limited range as the rest of the songs on offer here. At this point, be it by general disappointment at the new style or the album as a whole, I can't work up any enthusiasm for this song. It's nothing new. It's hyper-produced, there's no real emotion in the vocals, and for all the lyrics profess a desire to be with the object of affections, I'd no sooner deploy this as a means of romance than I would a cheese grater to my own leg. It's another filler and not very well done; there's no emotion to grip on to, just background noise that is impossible to connect with.
Please let it end on a good note. Oh, no. More half-arsed synthy pop. Almost reflective of the worst 90s disjointed pop that you could get, which is ironic because the failings of most of those acts was poor production, whereas this had all the production you could want. Oh well. A thoroughly disappointing end to what is a thoroughly disappointing album...
Slow, Chocolate and Red Blooded Woman were released as singles from this album and it's obvious why; they're good, full-bodied pop, albeit in various ways. They deserved to be singles but they never reached the heights of Can't Get You Out Of My Head. But they wouldn't - that was one of the most iconic pop tracks of all time, and they had the sorry task of trying to match it. They never would, so their lack of chart-topping glory was understandable (although Slow did manage it, I believe). But they are the only gems amongst an album which is largely a massive disappointment, something that tries to take the best of earlier 90s pop and make that what it aimed to be but produced instead something even worse.
I suppose that the stand out tracks make this seem even worse when taken as a whole album but the fact that Fever was so comprehensively enjoyable shows this up to be truly poor, and that the artist's intended reinvention was a seriously bad shout. Somehow she survived it to remain popular when many lesser artists would have faded after such a bad offering, so fair play to Kylie, but this is by far and away that worst I've heard from her.
Kylie can still turn out a truly good track and her record as a live entertainer is unquestionable; she may not be everyone's ideal artist but you can't deny the facts. But it's albums like this that, for me, reduce the reputation of female pop artists. A few stand outs and a load of fillers, and at worst I could suggest that the three stand-out tracks aren't even truly in the same style as the dross that fills the rest of the album, which suggests severe laziness on the parts of both artist and producer.
A miss. Sorry Kylie.
I'll start off by saying I'm a Minogue sisters fan, so I really tried to love BODY LANGUAGE.
But just because I'm a fan doesn't mean I'm going to throw in the words `Stunning' and `must own' just because the Minogue name is stamped on the cover. In fact the term `grower' may be too generous for some of the tracks.
Too be totally honest I think the only reason BODY LANGUAGE was made was to crack the US market to cash in on the success of Fever over there.
All of the tracks have subtle R&B influences - which doesn't suit Kylie; There were no catchy sing-along tracks, no passion, no fun, just music-by-the-numbers. Too much thought went into the style and not the substance.
In fact, when it comes to the track list, apart from the singles `Slow', `Red Blooded Woman', and `Chocolate' (Only above average), I'm hard pushed to remember any of the songs.
I can remember `Obsession' & 'Loving Days' are also above average, though they don't yell hit. And I only remember `Secret (Take You Home)' for Kylie's `rapping'.
The rest of the album isn't bad; it's just boring which is just as disappointing for someone I used to admire so much.
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(On the other hand, the single b sides `Soul On Fie' & `Almost A Lover' have that Kylie passion in them. `City Games' is catchy, something you can sing along to. `Cruise Control' is blah).
The highly anticipated follow-up to her hugely successful, 'Fever', the 'Princess of Pop' crammed in load of RnB into this release, unfortunately to less success.
This album provides a turn in direction in the singers music, however, we all know what damage that did to the singers career in the nineties. On the other hand, her transition from pop to RnB on this specific release is quite refreshing.
The albums quality however, can be argued. The three singles, 'Slow', 'Chocolate' and 'Red Blooded Woman' are unsuprisingly the albums best features, apart from the CD cover, that is.
With many of the other tracks being pure fillers, and perhaps forgetful, there is some 'Kylie Gold' to, most of which is in the first half of the track list.
Although the album lacked the commercial appeal of her previous release, this album displays fine vocals, and a more sultry RnB good mood about it, that brings it near the top of the pile of the singers best releases. It is just a pity, that the track did not achieve greater heights, although that could be due to lack of promotion and limited singles.
Kylies 9th album relased back in 2003, this album is not a dissapointment,it once again showed Kylie Minogues versatility both in sound and style.
From more electronic sounding tracks like slow to the more sultry sounding chocolate this album offered everything and more.
This album didnt really provide that many commercial/chart successes for Kylie Minogue but I feel it was and still is a top class album.
The tracklisting for the album I have is as follows:
1. Slow
2. Still Standing
3. Secret (Take You Home)
4. Promises
5. Sweet Music
6. Red Blooded Woman
7. Chocolate
8. Obsession
9. I Feel For You
10. Someday
11. Loving Days
12. After Dark
My favourite song on this album has to be red blooded woman,this is because it was kind of upbeat yet sultry and smooth all at the same time.
This is definately one of Kylies most creative sounding albums,each track makes you feel different and for me that really just makes the whole album even better
Following Kylie's phenomenally successful Fever era, she could have easily spat out a carbon copy of that album, but instead she chose a completely new direction of sexy, less uptempo electro-pop.
And for the album itself...
1. SLOW: The album opens with the lead single, which was a UK #1 and I'm guessing you should know this one. A very subtle electronic vibe with sexy, almost spoken vocals from Miss Minogue.
2. STILL STANDING: This is a cover of a demo by little known pop artist Alexis Strum, and is a good example of the album's overall sound. It's a slice of sexy electronica with swirling synths, plenty of classic Kylie sass as she exclaims "guess who's back on top".
3. SECRET (TAKE YOU HOME): This is my absolute favourite track on the album, and I feel they really missed a trick by not releasing it as a single. It's a catchy, fun, pure pop track which is seductive and Kylie even attempts a rap in it, which isn't too bad.
4. PROMISES: This is almosta hybrid between electro-pop and an influence of urban-pop, which works quite well. I do like this track, but it can get repetitive and irritate me slightly at times.
5. SWEET MUSIC: This is an insanely catchy track, it has a sexy and hypnotic bassline, and is riddled with double entendres throughout, cleverly straddling a double meaning between making music and sexual undertones.
6. RED BLOODED WOMAN: This was the album's second single and I'm guessing you should know this one too as it was well known at the time. It's a sort of R&Pop track with catchy hooks and a good chorus. I liked it a lot at the time it was released but it hasn't stood the test of time for me at all, it has no lasting appeal.
7. CHOCOLATE: This was the album's third and final single, and is my second favourite track on the album. It's a slow and very sexy track, and I really loved the video to this.
8. OBSESSION: This is almost like 'Promises'' sister track, except I prefer this.
9. I FEEL FOR YOU: This is the album's first true 'filler' track, it has a nice funk sound but lacks substance and falls flat in every other way.
10. SOMEDAY: And this is the album's other filler track, and without a doubt the worst song on here. It's pure nothingness, I can't fathom how this was included on the album when she had a few decent B-Sides from the era such as 'City Games', 'Almost A Lover' and 'Cruise Control'.
11. LOVING DAYS: This is almost in ballad territory, and has a trip-pop sounding beat. Kylie's vocals are on top form in this song, and it is quite emotive and lyrically coherent.
12. AFTER DARK: This is another very sexy, seductive song. Cathy Dennis had a hand in this track, it's another song with an R&Pop type sound and is a good closer to the album I think.
If you're expecting another Fever, you may be disappointed by this album, but it's a solid album with those two filler tracks excepted. I respect that Kylie took a risk and didn't just follow her successful Fever era with a carbon copy, although it was nowhere near as successful and arguably not as good, I adore this album.
For Kylie Minogue, each new album brings a new direction. Its the main thing that prevents her from becoming stale. Her voice is nothing outstanding, and she's neither controversial nor outspoken. Most of her lyrics are contributions from men who want to use her as a muse for their work, and she quite happily smiles at the compliment whilst reaping the rewards of their toil.
Body Language is a surprising entry to the Minogue catalogue though. On the back of an album that was not only a safe predictable option, but one that found her in a position of security both critically and commercially. So to completely throw the old mix out, and chuck in a new mix is somewhat concerning and yet oddly admirable.
The album opens with Slow, a slick and stripped back song that has Kylie writhing about in the video singing about slow dancing. The unusual sound calls to mind the sound effects used on early console games. Its a risky move, considering Slow was the lead single from the album. But it paid off double, as it gave Kylie her seventh UK number 1, and also showed that she wasn't prepared to rest on her laurels after a hugely successful previous album.
As the album progresses, Kylie samples and alludes to the many sounds that she grew up with. Still Standing is a slicked up reference to the disco era, with its lyrics calling to mind Tina Charles "I Love To Love". The excellent Secret (Take You Home) gears towards an r'n'b sound, sampling early 80s electro whilst remaining modern and interesting. Promises is the most Kylie-esqe that the album gets, and for its sins, is the least interesting. A low key chorus and a stagnant melody are as good as it gets.
Sweet Music brings some life back to the album, with Kylie whispering sweet nothings about the recording process. Well, her work has always come first, so its no surprise to hear her writhing about talking of her high hats and the fairlights on the track. Its a beat that is remiscent of early Prince, another one of Kylie's idols.
Red Blooded Woman is the most urban Kylie gets, and whilst boasting a fairly generic backdrop, is convincing enough to enjoy. Chocolate is the albums hidden gem. A subtle and low key ballad with Kylie whispering her way through a sexy chorus which likens sweet love to eating chocolate. An unusual sentiment in a pop song.
Obsession is a turgid affair though, which appears to play out Kylie's irritation about being a figure of fantasy. Its one of those songs that has the listener cringing and thinking "if you dont like i, why are you in this profession". A minor quibble thusfar though.
The latter end of the album does take a slight downturn, as Kylie abandons the vibes for something slightly less funky. I Feel For You plays with musical sounds as well as weather effects and has Kylie singing against her backing vocalists. The laid back Someday has Kylie singing alongside Green Gartside of Scritti Politti song. Its a song that just keeps the album ticking along, but doesn't really add any value to it.
The last two tracks are the delightful ballad Loving Days, a song that is quite haunting and also boasts one of the rare excellent vocals from Kylie, and the soulful After Dark.
Body Language is such a deviation from Kylie's previous work, its not hard to see why the general public didn't respond well to it. With only quarter of the sales that previous release Fever managed to acquire, this album suffered for its art. Whereas Fever basked in its generic uplifting dance sound, Body Language is a subtle affair that chooses to be about the music and not the celebrity that is Kylie.
Body Language often experiments in modern urban sounds, as well as the electro era of the 80s. Kylie is most comfortable when referencing the music that she grew up with, and has often cited that many of her untapped influences are from the Gary Newman, Human League, Adam and the Ants era. So its nice that Body Language finally allows her to borrow from that, and fit her personality around her music, as opposed to the other way around.
Lyrically, Kylie has some input to the album, but this time around opts for the best material rather than choosing her own songs out of vanity. Its questionable, in all honesty, as to how much input she actually has, but if her future albums are as tasty as this then who is complaining. As for her voice, well, she has honed it to perfection in her ripe old age, but there are times where it is just too controlled and breathy. I long to hear Kylie belt out a song in the same way that she did on the recent Jools Holland special, but for now, Body Language is the best of her recent albums.
2003 saw Kylie Minogue launch her ninth studio album and the follow up to 2001's worldwide hit 'Fever', starting with the lead single 'Slow', a sexy, sultry electro track which blended simplicity with breathy vocals to grab the number one spot in the UK. 'Body Language' followed shortly afterwards, supported by a classy, Bardot-inspired image to go with it of bleached hair and corsets, releasing to mixed reviews.
Swapping her inviting, infectious pop beats for more smooth electro and RnB sound instead, the album was not 'Fever' part two as a lot of people had hoped for and perhaps even expected, with Minogue taking a different direction, re-inventing herself once more. Adopting a new vocal style, higher and more breathy, putting aside the more powerful tones of 'Fever' before it, the blend of them and the different music style gave 'Body Language' a new and rather unexpected sound, which the public opinion seemed divided on, and even the fans were divided on it, with some not liking the new, somewhat Americanised sound.
Despite the mixed reviews, it led the way with a number one and charted highly in both the UK and Australia. Because of the hype after such a huge album from her two years earlier with 'Fever', it was always going to be an uphill struggle to achieve the same levels without someone complaining it wasn't good enough. However, Minogue has put plenty of herself into the album, lyrically and emotionally, covering broken promises, break ups and finding new love amongst other things. There's plenty to like, with the RnB edged 'Red Blooded Woman' being the second single, incorporating a throbbing beat, Timberlake-style sound and semi-spoken lyrics. It delivered attitude and showed Kylie really can cut it in every market, released with a sexy, bum-wiggling video, reaching number five in the UK.
Chocolate made the third and final single, not enjoying hugely impressive sales, with very light vocals, it really wasn't very "Kylie", but still made top ten in the UK. The video saw Minogue spending two weeks learning ballet and dancing expertly in the video. The album has plenty of other treats, with 'Sweet Music', B-side to the lead single 'Slow', deserving to be a single really with its beat and bass line, feeling positively groovy, high-tempo and sporting catchy lyrics. 'Promises', 'Someday' and 'Loving Days' all delved more into her personal issues, with the latter making for a lovely, sensual tune that just glides along, capturing the mood of the lyrics perfectly. 'Secret' and 'Obsession' offered treats for people that wanted Kylie doing a little modern RnB style music, along with the hit 'Red Blooded Woman', and change the sound of the album up to break away from the pop mould.
Whilst 'Body Language' didn't offer the same highs as 'Fever', and has a couple of songs that you feel could've been much improved or dropped for another, it still had plenty to offer and gave an electro sound not heard since her nineties DeConstruction albums 'Kylie Minogue' and 'Impossible Princess', and changed her style again, rather than just lazily following on from 'Fever'. Though not the chart smashing album people built it up to be from nothing, it's still well worth a listen, particularly if any of the singles particularly grabbed you.
One thing i love about Kylie is that she can try different things.
So i recommend this album, its fab.
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After the massive international success of 'Fever' Kylie was sure to offer something different and wonderful for her fans across all genres. In 2003 we were presented with the marvelous new album 'Body Language' that again saw Minogue take a new direction with her music.
Over the years Kylie has slowly gained musical credibility with her music as more people seem to be taking her music seriously! There was a massive launch for this album costing over £1 Million. There were people from all parts of the celebrity world invited along as well as some exclusive tickets for the fans! The show lasted just over an hour and was well received by fans and music critics alike. The album is by far the most experimental that Kylie has recorded to date and we see Kylie thrilling us with Electro Pop, Pop, R & B and a little bit hip hop!
Slow - The opening track is the hypnotic Number 1 single 'Slow', this track gave kylie her 7th number 1 and saw her span her number 1's across the 80's, 90's and the 00's. Only one other person has achieved this and that being Madonna. In a time where the charts were in decline Kylie released something different which made it easy for her to get to number 1 with this single. With its hypnotic base line and 80' electro pop feel Kylie not only sings this song with ease but sounds super sexy! Lots of promotional work was done with this single and gave many people in Edinburgh the chance to see this performed live at the European MTV Awards. - 9/10
Still Standing - This is a brilliant track, funky and excellent vocals from Kylie. The track is again electro pop with a more modern feel to it! This would have made a strong single from the album as again it has a very attractive base line to it that gets you hooked to this track quite easily! The only thing about this track is there is not much singing as there is a big long gap in the middle filled with what seems like experiments with synthesisers. 8/10
Secret I Take You Home! - Again this is an excellent track seeing Kylie giving a funky rap throughout the song! A strong base line all the way through and flawless vocals! this is probably one of the more upbeat tracks on the album and is really hip hop influenced. I could imagine the video to this song being very sexy! In this song Kylie is comparing catching the guy she wants to a car race and I could see her driving a very fast car in the video chasing the man of her dreams! Or is my imagination very wild? 9/10
Promises - This is a very poppy song and is something you would expect on a Kylie album of past! It is a good filler on this album as it does show that Kylie is still fabulous at pop songs and her vocals have grown as she has. A very catchy chorus that has you singing along after a few listens the way a good pop song should! I really like this song and again would like to have seen this into a single! Towards the end of this song it takes a a different direction by almost slowing into a ballad and this works really well as it flawlessly picks up pace when moving back into the chorus! 8/10
Sweet Music - Another funky base line and hypnotic vocals with a very sultry feel to it! Kylie's vocals are very sexy throughout the verses of this song! The chorus is very funky with a brilliant beat to it and a real edge to it! This a mixture of brilliant pop and R & B! A song that again would do well for an American market. 8/10
Red Blooded Woman - This was the second single from the album and made an impressive chart debut at number 5. This is my favourite song from the album and is a fine example of how Kylie can mix brilliant pop with R & B. The video that accompanies this song is perfect hot summers day stuck in a traffic jam with the windows down and no air! Kylie looks amazing in this video and not a sign of her bum on show any where. With sexy vocals throughout we see Kylie sounding like we have not heard on any other track or any other album! This red blooded woman does not want to hang around she just wants to get down! I knew she was singing this to me! 10/10
Chocolate - This was the third and last single taken from Body Language and is certainly a grower and it impressive chart position at number 6! This is a lovely ballad and a beatiful video to accompany it and showing of more of Kylie's hidden talents as she does a ballet routine. This is a another hypnotic track with trancy vocals from Kylie. This is Kylie's favourite song from the album, it took her a long time to get this song exactly the way she wanted it and was recorded over a couple of days in a very hot studio during the summer of 2003 in London! 8/10
Obsession - This song is R & B with a nice poppy chorus. It is not one of the stronger songs of the album though Kylie's vocals thorughout the chorus are impressive. The verses are almost just talking and though it mixes well with the chorus it is not my cup of tea. A bit bland for me! 6/10
I Feel For You - Starts with a crack of thunder and a heavy down pour of rain that slowly moves into birds singing and then a very cool rhythmic base line! This is a very different direction for Kylie and sees her vocals take on a very different sexy direction as it almost sounds husky to the rhythmic beat! The chorus takes on another direction as it picks up pace from the verses. This song is catchy but takes time to grow on you as it is not as infectious as other tracks! Some really high notes are hit from Kylie and there are some very interesting backing vocals from what sounds like a cool soul diva! 7/10
Someday - Another ballad that I have to say is not quite so impressive, although it is sexy it does not come too much! It is Kylie singing with very slow sexy vocals and really that is about it for this track. There is again an interesting male backing vocal arrangement that adds a little character to the song. 6/10
Loving Days - I love this song from the album and is a a nice hypnotic yet haunting vocal! It is superb and whilst sounding like a ballad is also a classic ballad! With a fantastic base line not unlike that of 'The Crying Game' from the 'Fever' Tour. This is another of the stronger tracks from the album and after the last few tracks not making much of an impression the close to the album picks up again and before moving on to the final track you are brought back to the sheer talent that Kylie has with her vocal range! This could have been an excellent single! 9/10
After Dark - Another song that sees Kylie really slowing her vocals down throughout the verses and then using them strongly to show off the strong chorus. R & B inpsired and an ok close to the album. This should maybe have been swapped around with loving days to ensyre the album finished on a high but that could just be my musical preference as the song itself is a strong song just not as poppy as I would like! 8/10
Overall the album is very good and kept me busy for much of my holiday when it was intitially released and is one of the Kylie albums I probably listen to most! It was not as well received as 'Fever' and I believe that has always been the same with Kylie she brings out a couple of classic pop albums then as she tried to show her creative side with some excellent work she always seems to lose fans along the way! Her fans don't seem to want her doing anything other than pop which I think is a shame as she has amazing talents at all different styles of music! I give this album overall 8/10.
With ''Body Language'' Kylie, adapts a more mature and 'R' and 'B' and more hip offering of pop. Kylie's previous album ''Fever'' was pure pop and very catchy but ''Body Language'' is very much catchy as well, but it is quite different from all her albums to date. This is not usual, pure and simple pop - most tracks are electro pop, some are hip hop, most are 'R' and 'B' and the rare track is pure pop. This is an addition to the album, as it is an album with a varied number of musical genres.
''Slow'' is the first single, off this album. The track was originally not well recieved, as it was a different style to the music Kylie, has released previously. However, this was a hit in the singles chart. This song is very gentle pop, with slight electronic effect added on. Very catchy as well.
''Still Standing'' is again another electro pop track, this is stunnigly catchy. The music backing is very much hip hop, and electro but it is essentially a pop track. A very good listen.
''Secret (Take You Home)'' is a very nice and mellow track. This track is far more pure pop than most tracks on this album. Their is a slight bit of electronic pop mixed in as well, but this is very catchy. Kylie also raps in this, which sounds really good. The rap is very fast, and the music backing matches. Very good production on this track and very catchy.
''Promises'' is a very nice and gentle ballad and pop track. Very nicely mixed and produced again. Really good listening, again very poppy and catchy. The verses are well written, the chorus is good as well. Very well written and excellent music backing.
''Sweet Music'' is a hip hop track, and quite poppy as well. The lyrics are really nice and simple, the song is very catchy and 'R' and 'B'. Provides great listening.
''Red Blooded Woman'' is a very nice, loud, essentially pop track. This was released as the second track off this album. It is very well written, the production on this track is amazing. Again, this is very catchy. It is quite poppy track and the chorus is great and in line with the music backing. Very catchy, again well produced.
''Chocolate'' is a very nice and gentle pop ballad. The track is nice and mellow and was released as the third track off the back off this album. This track stands out on this album. Quite a good track. Very catchy, excellent chorus.
''Obession'' is a rock and pop track. The track is generally very fast. The chorus and verses are very well written, very fast and great listening.
''I Feel For You'' is a nice track. I like the music backing to this, a very loud piano, gentle drums and horns and loud backing vocals and music make this an excellent track. Very well written once again, and shows the extent of Kylie's voice.
''Someday'' is a pop ballad. Very nice and gentle. It is catchy, will make you sway from side to side. Very nice listening, great production.
''Loving Days'' is very much a pop track. The musical backing to this track is really good. It has a nice and gentle music backing beat. The drums, and electronic piano in the background is in tune with the song and vocals on the track. This track is essentially brilliant. The production on this track is outstanding.
''After Dark'' is a hip hop, 'R' and 'B', rock and pop track. It is mellow, nice and catchy ballad. The song is quite soft, it is very well written - the lyrics are great. I like the chorus as it is catchy and the verses are catchy as well. The track shows the extent of Kylie's vocals. Very nice listening.
This is in overall terms, essentially an excellent album. It shows lyrically that Kylie is a good writer and singer. The song's are very diverse and the variation of tracks included is really good. Every track is catchy. This will make you sway from side to side, dance, sing and tap your feet to it - this is Outstanding.
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h can be purchased for £8.99 from CD Wow. ?Slow? begins with a very sexy drum beat, before the introduction of Kylie?s vocals and keyboards. The track oozes sex, and has a disco beat, slightly reminiscent of a Donna Summer collaboration, interspersed with Kylie?s almost orgasm induced vocals. Imagine dancing in a night club, and singing the words to this song to your partner??.The song has been released as a single, and the accompanying video only adds to the sexual connotation. Brilliant. The introduction to ?Still standing? almost makes the listener believe that this is indeed a Human League or Gary Numan album. A strong futuristic beat, makes up for the slightly drab vocals, but Kylie manages to deliver them powerfully, and invites her partner to remember the time that they first met, reminiscing over the explosive charges felt between the two. Distorted backing vocals give the song a robotic feel. ?Secret? again starts with keyboards, giving a futuristic influence. Kylie?s vocals in this track are moody and the lyrics leave the listener imagining a motor cycle, travelling at high speeds, with Kylie delivering her lines, with hair streaming in the wind. Kylie asserts that she enjoys living in the fast lane, and lives for parties and a good time. A great dance track. ?Promises? uses instruments to create an oriental feel to the beginning of the track, and Kylie?s vocals are quiet in this track, and although the track still has a fast beat, the lyrics show the pain from a previous relationship, and question the promises made that were subsequently broken. Kylie manages to sound like a small, lost schoolgirl in the song, which has a catchy beat and will have toes tapping to the rhythm. Crashing and scratching heralds the beginning of ?Sweet Music? which has an irresistible bass beat, and some wonderful musical effects. Kylie?s voice sounds breathy in the song, and she conveys her feelings for moving to the beat of music i
n general. However, this track to me tells of her feelings for the events that are going to take place after the music has stopped. The vocals in the track are completely different to any of her other tracks, and she manages to sound like a bouncy little pop artist. ?Red Blooded Woman? begins with subdued vocals laid over synthesizers and drums. The track is very fast and the music is the master, rather than the vocals. The music builds into a crescendo and again the song is laden with sexual overtones, which Kylie does so well. The track does have a lull in the middle, where the beat slows, before building again into a dance track. ?Chocolate? begins with an echoing keyboard beat, and distorted voices. Again, Kylie?s voice has changed completely, this time into an almost innocent teenager, but as one can imagine from the title, this track again has strong sexual overtones and the similarities between chocolate and sex addiction are littered throughout the song. A fantastic track, and my favourite on the album. ?if love were human it would know me in a lost space come and show me, hold me and control me and then melt me slowly down, like chocolate? Thunder and lightning sound effects begin ?I feel for you? which has a very fast funk beat, and some almost cartoon-like backing vocals. Kylie?s voice in this track had real depth, and the song tells of the feelings that make a person almost want to explode when being in the company of a person they love. The title of the song is sung in a breathy child-like way, and adds atmosphere to a wonderful dance track. ?Someday? has a very atmospheric musical introduction, and is the slowest track on the album. The vocals have been mixed to sound almost tinny, and the song tells of a relationship break down and reminds us all how things can often go wrong. Full of weird and wonderful mixing and effects, this track is another very strong offering. ?Loving Days? has a club b
eat, although a slow track, and begins with violins and a softly brushed drum. Another song of relationships, although this deals with a loving fulfilled partnership and is Kylie at her sultry, inviting best. The use of orchestral instruments in the track add atmosphere, and makes this a ballad worthy on inclusion on an already faultless album. The final track ?After Dark? ends the album with a funky song, with Kylie?s vocals turning once more to those laden with inviting, sexy tones. This track seems to have a Liberty X influence, and some of the lyrics sound very similar to those on ?Just a Little?, although Kylie delivers them in her own inimitable style. A fantastic final track, which completes a very strong track listing. ?After dark, all night long, Dusk till dawn, I wanna make some honey, Give me that touch, give me the night, Give me that urge that makes me feel right? The album has somewhat surprised me. There is a not a weak track in sight, and this diminuitive, elfin like girl has re-affirmed her place at top of the tree, mainly due to constant hard work, and re-inventing her style, and delivery of her vocals With a career spanning fifteen years in music, and an amazing twenty in television, Kylie is now an old-hand at gauging what the public want, and she now seems to have them eating out of the palm of her hand. Forget pop princess, and think sex siren. Move over Madonna, the Australian nymphette is after your crown. Go and buy it. You won?t be disappointed.


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Minnesota Indian Tribe Calls on President Obama to Find Solution to Nuclear Waste Issue; 'Continued Inaction is Irresponsible'
Call comes after Congress votes to cut funding for Yucca Mountain
Oct 15, 2009, 15:11 ET
RED WING, Minn., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Prairie Island Indian Community today called on President Barack Obama to follow the law and deliver on the federal government's decades-old mandate and promise to establish a permanent repository for the nation's commercial nuclear waste. The Tribe's urging comes after Congress approved the FY2010 Energy and Water Appropriations bill which cuts funding for the proposed national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., to record low levels. High-level, radioactive nuclear waste from the nation's nuclear power plants is currently accumulating at 'temporary' storage sites in 39 different states, including Minnesota. The Prairie Island Indian Community, near Red Wing, Minn., is located less than 600 yards from a nuclear power plant and nuclear waste storage site operated by Xcel Energy.
"The Prairie Island Indian Community continues to pay the price for the federal government's failure to follow the law and fulfill its promise to find a permanent solution for the nation's nuclear waste. Today's vote by the U.S. Senate to move the bill to the president is another slap in our face," said Prairie Island Tribal Council President Ron Johnson. "Continued inaction and delay by the federal government and elected leaders is irresponsible. We call on Congress and the President to put politics aside and commit to a national nuclear waste storage solution that ensures the safety, health and environments of the communities like ours who live so close to nuclear waste storage facilities."
Twenty-seven years after Congress passed the National Nuclear Waste Storage Act mandating the establishment of a national underground waste repository, and after the federal government has spent more than 20 years and $10.4 billion studying the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, President Obama this February announced his administration's plans to completely abandon the project and seek alternatives. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), a vocal critic of the Yucca Mountain project, has said the administration's FY 2011 budget will provide zero funding for Yucca Mountain. This comes after the American ratepayers have contributed more than $33 billion, including nearly $700 million from Minnesotans, since 1983 to the national Nuclear Waste Fund for the development of a safe and secure national nuclear waste storage facility. A blue ribbon commission to study and recommend alternatives has yet to be appointed.
Located just 600 yards from Xcel Energy's twin nuclear reactors and 25 large steel casks of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel, the Prairie Island Indian Community in Red Wing, Minn., is among the closest communities in the country to a temporary waste site. The dry cask units sit on a cement pad in the floodplain of the Mississippi River, near the community's homes, businesses, church and community center. According to the Department of Energy, there are 121 of these nuclear waste storage facilities throughout the U.S. Xcel Energy is currently seeking relicensing of its aging, nearly 40-year-old Prairie Island plant. The current licenses expire in 2013 and 2014. The Prairie Island Indian Community is opposing the relicensing.
If the Prairie Island nuclear power plant is relicensed for an additional 20 years as Xcel Energy is proposing, 69 new nuclear waste casks would be necessary, bringing the total number of casks at Prairie Island to 98. Each one of these storage casks contains 40 spent fuel assemblies, which represents approximately 25 tons of nuclear waste.
Considering the current standstill on a national repository, the only reasonable assumption at this time is that thousands of tons of nuclear waste will be stored indefinitely on Prairie Island, in casks designed to store the waste only temporarily.
"We did not ask for a nuclear neighbor, and we know the people of Nevada have not asked for one either," said Johnson. "However, we believe that storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, a remote, militarily-secure facility the government has designed and designated for permanent storage, is a better solution than leaving it where it sits - virtually indefensible and only yards from vulnerable communities such as ours."
"It is irresponsible to continue producing this nuclear waste without a sensible plan for how to deal with it," added Johnson. "Our Community will continue to hold the federal government accountable for its pledge to deal with the waste, we will continue to oppose the relicensing of Xcel Energy's nuclear power plant, and we will continue to oppose any expansion of nuclear power until this issue is resolved."
About the Prairie Island Indian Community
The Prairie Island Indian Community, a federally recognized Indian Nation, is located in southeastern Minnesota along the banks of the Mississippi River, approximately 50 miles from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Twin nuclear reactors and more than two dozen large steel nuclear waste storage casks sit just 600 yards from Prairie Island tribal homes. As many as 35 additional casks will be added in the coming years. The only evacuation route off the Prairie Island is frequently blocked by passing trains. The tribe has been fighting to have the nuclear waste removed since 1994 when the state of Minnesota first allowed Xcel Energy to store the waste near its reservation. On the Web: www.prairieislandnews.com.
SOURCE Prairie Island Indian Community

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Jessie J looks absolutely stunning on the cover of Elle magazine. The British star has certainly come a long way from the "Price Tag" singer we met a few years back.
For a behind the scenes look go here Elle UK.
You can get Jessie's November 2012 issue at newsstands now.
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Orb, Oxbow flop in Belmont Stakes
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NEW YORK — Both Orb and Oxbow came up short in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
Neither could build on their wins in the Triple Crown as Palace Malice pulled off the 13-1 upset.
Orb, the spectacular winner of the Kentucky Derby with a powerful rally in the slop, fizzled out in the Preakness and the Belmont.
He was fourth in the Preakness after being pinned down on the rail for much the race. The bettors were in a forgiving mood, making him the 2-1 favorite in the Belmont.
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Malignant Cancer-Causing Molecule Identified
A cancerous cell is not a problem if it is benign. However, if it becomes malignant, it can cause major health problems and even be fatal. Scientists have identified a molecule known as PML which directly affects whether or not a cancer cell becomes malignant. This line of study may prove to be a breakthrough in cancer research if scientists can figure out how malignant tumors can be converted to benign tumors.
The research was conducted at the University of Montreal's Department of Biochemistry and the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre. The team was led by Dr. Gerardo Rebeyre of the University of Montreal.
"We discovered that benign cancer cells produce the PML molecule and display abundant PML bodies, keeping them in a dormant, senescent state. Malignant cancer cells either don't make or fail to organize PML bodies, and thus proliferate uncontrollably," said Ferbeyre.
A dormant, senescent state is one in which the cell has matured and is no longer able to reproduce. PML is the body's natural defense against the cancer spreading to other cells and other parts of the body. Previously, the mechanism for how PML worked was a mystery. However, the team's research has managed to shine a light on it by collecting samples from hospital patients.
"Our findings unravel the unexpected ability of PML to organize a network of tumor suppressor proteins to repress the expression or the amount of other proteins required for cell proliferation," explained researcher Véronique Bourdeau. Researcher Mathieu Vernier emphasized that "this is an important finding with implications for our understanding on how the normal organism defends itself from the threat of cancer."
The research can be found in the journal, Genes and Development, and was funded by the Canadian Cancer Society and the Fonds de la recherché en Sante du Quebec. The researcher's work creates exciting avenues for future research. According to Ferbeyre, "Our discovery opens new possibilities to explore what other molecules are involved in generating senescence: a goal we consider important if we want to design therapies that turn malignant tumors into benign tumors."
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The last time family heard from 49-year-old Stacy Welsh she told them she feared for her safety.
That was in a July 4 phone conversation with Welsh's mom, Sacramento County sheriff's spokesperson Sgt. Lisa Bowman said. Five weeks later, Welsh still hasn't been in communication with family and that isn't normal.
Bowman said the missing woman's address was unknown but she has previously lived in Orangevale. The last time Welsh's mom saw her daughter was June 16 in the area of K Street in downtown Sacramento.
Welsh was described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing approximately 120 pounds. She has long brown hair and brown eyes.
It isn't like Welch to be out of touch with family and for that reason, she is considered at risk, Bowman said. Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Welsh was asked to call the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department at (916) 874-5115.


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The reason why the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is doomed can be summed up in a paragraph. The Arab populations left in political limbo when Israel recaptured in 1967 the territory that it had lost to Egypt and Jordan in 1948 exist only as a strategic weapon of disruption.
They have been shaped into a population that is defined only by terrorism because that is the purpose that their sponsors put them to. There can be no constructive outcome of the conflict because you cannot negotiate with a weapon.
The trouble is not that Israel is unable to reach a settlement with the Palestinians; but that the Muslim countries funding and operating the terrorist groups that constitute the Palestinian political factions are unwilling to give up their weapon.
Negotiating with the Palestinian Authority or Hamas is like trying to negotiate with a gun or bargain with an attack dog. There is nothing to be gained from such a futile task. The conflict will end only when those countries that are behind it will decide that it should end. And they have no reason to want it to end. (continue reading...)(...more)


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– Elvis Costello
Since there have been artists, there have been critics. It's all part of a great dialogue between the practitioners, who advance their disciplines (and change the world from time to time) and the thinkers, who codify and explain the "new" for future generations to better understand what came before. This is the purpose of criticism. Period.
Music criticism in particular has changed the most severely over the years. From the beginning of music there have, undoubtedly, been available cognoscenti. I even imagine cave people, pounding away at their rocks, while someone nearby criticized the nuance of their pounding, their conversion to slate, or mentioned that the previous evening's rock banger had more soul, more insight into the whole idea of banging. Perhaps the ancients benefited, perhaps it even aided in the "development" of western music, a dialogue rather than a necessary evil, a means to an aesthetic end.
The impulse to criticize is a teacherly one—call it scholarly, academic, or enlightening, critics are there to explain. They can help us select a recording or attend a concert (or inform us of what took place at an event we the readers were unable to attend) but can also define a trend, draw conclusions, or introduce us to material we might not otherwise know. The same can be said of a gifted teacher; they serve the same cultural purpose.
The first music critics, Boethius and his Ancient Greek crew, wrote musical treatises, and approached music as an abstraction, another discipline on the road to purity through knowledge. As Arthur Koestler details (quite brilliantly) in his momentous The Sleepwalkers, music itself was actually the first known mathematical constant. Pythagoras figured this out, that "…balance and order, not sweet pleasure, are the law of the world." Suddenly scholarship took music—most specifically the "…Pythagorean discovery that the pitch of a note depends on the length of the string that produces it…"—and admitted it to the highest realm of study, the realm of science. All of this from an ancient form of criticism: scholarship.
At some point, in music (as well as film) criticism and scholarship separated. A new beast was born—the professional "reviewer."
As with everything else, times have changed. Critics are much different animals than the ancient scholars, and even the first professional thinkers about music—schools of thought still ebb and fold, countless words have been read on these topics, schisms and battles have been waged. But there is now, more than ever, a need for effective criticism. In the ancient world little existed, unlike the modern age. Scholars, teachers, and, yes, even critics are necessary in order to make sense of it all. Gone is the abstraction, it's taken a turn to the real.
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Kaka admits he's unsettled at AC Milan following Ronaldinho's arrival.
"Ronaldinho is settling in very well and is giving us a great hand, but there are tactical issues we need to understand," warned Kaka.
"Before his arrival we were accustomed to playing in a certain way and had learned the movements by heart.
"It was [Clarence] Seedorf and I behind a striker, who was almost always [Pippo] Inzaghi. With Ronaldinho turning up there have been some tactical modifications.
"Personally I had always started central and moved wide left as I approached the box, but now Ronaldinho is there and that limits me a little bit."


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Flashed stock T-mobile Sense 5 rom. Everything works except camera.
Used RUU for AT&T 1.44. EVERYTHING WORKS! However, I'm on AT&T 1.44 which is extremely old.
Installed CleanROM 7.0R2. Everything works except camera.
RUU'd to 1.44 again
Installed MIUI ROM from thread. Everything works except camera.
Updated firmware and hboot to 2.18 and retried all of the above steps with same results.
Downgraded hboot to 2.15, repeated above steps.
I am S-OFF and CID 1111111. I obviously relocked bootloader for RUU but unlocked to flash recovery.
Gave up on custom roms entirely and flashed RUU for AT&T 5.18 (android 4.2.2). THE CAMERA DOESN"T WORK ON THIS EITHER. I have tried changing kernels too. Is there something I'm missing or is the ONLY solution to return to the old ICS RUU?


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Woodland Park CO
Woodland Park Colorado is known as the "City Above the Clouds." Situated at 8,437 feet above sea level, this small mountain community is a short drive to downtown Colorado Springs and a popular choice for many due to its uniquely "Colorado" feel. We like to describe this city as the Ski Town without a ski area.
Woodland Park is located in Teller County, Colorado, just west of Colorado Springs. This area features a significant amount of retail and commercial development. Resident of this area can accomplish most of their day-to-day needs without a trip down to Colorado Springs.
Woodland Park has its own School District RE-2. For those that prefer private schools, many of the Colorado Springs, private institutions offer shuttle services to and from Woodland Park.
People choose Woodland Park because it feels like a true mountain community but you're not far from Colorado Springs. This area is also closer to the big ski areas in Summit County.
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Jesus: Someone Who Cares
A full-size 32 page full-color comic. The Seekers are giving a report on Christianity at the annual Seeker Convention. Sharing from their own fears and hurts, they present Jesus as someone who cares for each one of us.
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Mentor's Guides
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The Guides include: "A Guide for Mentor's", "Mentor's Guide for Abuse and Neglect", "Mentor's Guide for Children of Divorce", "Mentor's Guide for Grieving Children", and "Mentor's Guide for Natural Disasters".


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Legal Question in Real Estate Law in South Carolina
mortgages and deeds
I plan to loan an employee who lives in SC money. I live in VA. He has agreed to put his house up for collateral. What do I need to do to ensure that I am covered if he defaults on the loan? Promissory note? 2nd mortgage? Lien?
Thank You.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: mortgages and deeds
As far as I know, Virginia still permits the use of the confession of judgment provision in a debt instrument whereby the debtor gives written
authority for the entry of judgment against him
in the event that he defaults on his payments.
This provision in a debt instrument ot agreement permits the creditor or his attorney to appear
in court once the debtor has defaulted and receive
an automatic judgment against the debtor. A lien,
can then be immediately filed against the debtor's property and garnishment and levy actions against salary and bank accounts undertaken.
Whatever kind of debt instrument you choose to utilize in this situation, it should contain a
provision for this confession of judgment.
Re: mortgages and deeds
As primary protection, you are correct, a note and mortgage are the answer. But, you could supplement your protection with the note further liening salary due, boats, cars, life insurance cash value assignments, etc., careful to provide that the exercise of one remedy is not to the exclusion of exercising against others. Afterall, there may be no equity in the residence. He should provide that information as well.


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My second drawing - trying something different =) A water droplet thing I think... I actually love RMD! =D
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Bloom - Update #6, The Invisible Magic
The next kickstarter update for Bloom: Memories gives a small update on the project, and Lead Developer James gives a look at how the game was developed.
The Invisible Magic of Bloom
Heya everyone, Dani here again... but only for a bit. This update will actually be in the hands of James (the developer, who handles the techy side). First off, thanks so much for all of the support! We are just around the corner from reaching the goal, so please keep spreading the word and we can push through.
To help things along, I'm also happy to announce a special $5 add-on.
Small Print - An 8.5" x 5.5" art print! ((Note: This is not the final version, I will be doing several versions and a vote will decide the most popular TWO to print. So if you get two of these add-ons, you will get both different prints)).
Also, we just made it into the top 10 on steam greenlight, so things are definitely moving in the right direction!
Anyhow, take it away James.
Outside of the amazing artwork and beautiful music of Bloom, there is something equally impressive and it's almost invisible unless you know where to look. Because this is a passion project, every team member has poured their heart and soul into Bloom – and I am no different.
I am James, the lead (and only) developer. My job is building the game engine; to pull all the amazing assets together to create the game.While many programmers view code as a means to an end, a tool… I see it as an art form. To produce beautiful code, to achieve the impossible, to turn a bunch of unconnected stuff into an amazing experience for the player.
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SP/MP: Single-player
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Genre: Adventure-RPG
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But it won't be the chronicles of a certain Sarah Connor this time. Or at least, I don't think it will be, though I'm sure she'll be involved in some aspect. Just like you can't have a Terminator in a "Terminator" movie, you gotta have Sarah Connor in there somewhere, especially when you're rebooting the whole shebang.
According to trades, Skydance Prods. and Annapurna Pictures, the same people behind the upcoming big-screen "Terminator" reboot, will also be rebooting the franchise on TV with a new TV series. We're told the series "will follow a critical moment from the original 1984 Terminator movie, taking it in a completely different direction."
Whatever that means. Basically, it's a reboot of the franchise. I guess that's pretty clear now, right?
I guess the producers saw how Marvel pulled this type of small screen/big screen convergence off with their Marvel movies and ABC's "Agents of SHIELD". A lot of folks have talked about doing something like this, but let's face it, it took Marvel to actually do it. ("The X-Files" did something similar back in the day, with an ongoing TV series and a movie.)
"X-Men" and "Thor" writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller will pen the untitled "Terminator" TV series, while Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier, who wrote the rebooted movie, will executive produce, thus ensuring continuity between the two properties.
The last time "Terminator" hit the small screen was in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" a few years back, which was canceled after just two seasons. It starred "Game of Thrones'" Lena Headey as Sarah Connor and "Firefly's" Summer Glau as a teenage cyborg from the future. A very hot teenage cyborg from the future, of course.


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Elevate your salads! Kenyan artists hand carve these ethically produced tongs from fallen olive tree wood.
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Apple Time!!!
The children in room 106 made a delicious batch of applesauce. It was a terrific culminating activity for our apple unit. Thanks again for apples!
After washing the apples, each child had the opportunity to cut an apple. Scroll down to see a picture of your child slicing an apple. Don't they look great!
Once all of the apples were cut, we placed them into a pot with a little bit of water, skins and all. Then, we let the apples come to boil. With a little mashing every now and then, the apples soon became very soft and mushy.
The last step in our easy recipe, is to place the cooked apples into a food mill. The food mill separates the skins and seed from the apples and just leaves us with sweet delicious applesauce.
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This weekend, soul diva [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Chaka Khan[/lastfm] will receive a special honor from her friends in music and colleagues with the United Negro College Fund. BET will be airing the previously recorded special recognizing Chaka for all her involvement with the organization, plus there will be special performances from some of the biggest names in soul music!
The special United Negro College Fund Evening of Stars airs this Sunday, January 30 on BET all to honor the powerhouse Chaka Khan for her involvement with UNCF and all her cultural contributions.
She will be presented with the Award of Excellence and serenaded by music superstars like [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Stevie Wonder[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Herbie Hancock[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Fantasia[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]El DeBarge[/lastfm] with a collection of her famous hits.
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Clouds' foldable recyclable shopping bag
The Chinese cloud motif is popular because clouds are thought to be auspicious and to bring luck.
The base of this convenient recyclable shopping tote forms into a zippered wallet which holds the bag when it is not in use making it not only stylish and neat, but conveniently easy to carry.
The blue and white 'Clouds' are highlighted with a bright pop flourescent colour lining on the handles and trim.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — For months, soaring gas prices have made drivers aggravated and angry but prices could drop fifty cents by the end of the month.
Crude oil prices plummeted this week from $114.83 on Monday to $97.18 by Friday, a drop of 15%. Even though gas prices are still expensive, this could start to trickle down to the gas pump, up to a drop of 20, 30 or 50 cents by Memorial Day Weekend.
Even with the drop, the average price of filling up an average gas tank will still be $60-70 per car.
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Protection Racket 9122-00 Deluxe Cajon Case
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The Protection Racket cajon case combines effortless transportation and functionality with maximum protection. Constructed from 600 denier polyester, the water resistant outer layers are highly abrasion resistant and don't fade, crack, or shrink and are highly stable in extreme climatic conditions.
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Bengals QB Dalton injures arm
Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton does not appear to have a serious injury after leaving Thursday night's preseason finale with a bruised right arm.
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Coach Marvin Lewis says Dalton was "fine" and would have returned had it been a regular season game.
Dalton was hit by Robert Mathis and others on the Bengals' sixth offensive play. Initially, he stayed down, then got up and walked toward the sideline where he dropped to the ground again. Trainers appeared to be checking his elbow.
Bruce Gradkowski replaced Dalton for the Bengals.
Dalton remained dressed in shoulder pads and stood on the sideline for the rest of the drive, which ended with a 37-yard field goal.
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I can't even tell you the first time I said "I want to be her."
It might have been in elementary school, when I wanted to be Ginger Spice. Well, really I wanted to be Baby Spice – but I had Ginger Spice's hair color.
It may have been Elle Woods, Scarlett O'Hara, Skye Hoppus, Jackie Kennedy, Becky Bloodwood, Marie Antoinette, the girl at the grocery store, or the Duchess of Cambridge. The statement was always the same – I want to be her.
So, for January, we read (and gave away) Andrea Linett's marvelous book I Want to be Her! with the idea that we would use these women as inspiration to better ourselves. Some of us worked towards Kate's thighs, or her hair, or her closet. Whatever it was, we all had goals, and I think this book helped me stick to them.
Linnett's book is a creative compilation of the women who have inspired her throughout her life. From her babysitter, to the foreign exchange student, all of the women are described, illustrated, and styled in a perfectly colorful manner.
I loved the book – and read it in two days. The styles that Linett highlights are so far from my own – my prim and frilly chic contrasted with her 80's grunge. But the message was the same: dress for YOU, pick your own style, stick to what you love.
Andrea Linett was creative enough to start her own website, spotlighting the women that she wants to be. Whether it is girls on the street or acquaintances she encounters, the website spotlights a chic young lady with a great sense of style. Personally, I LOVE Michele, Model and Vintner. Which girl do you love?
Andrea has a Twitter account too! And she is not afraid to chat with followers. Check her out at @alinett
So, you know how much you love Michael Kors? Well…Andrea Linett is their VP Global Creative Director. Which means we must now shop for Michael Kors products. You know…to support her… Personally, I love this bag: Michael Michael Kors Hamilton Large Tote, Luggage
What did you think about I Want To Be Her? Who was your favorite girl? Mine was, by far, Chloe Sevigny!
Ah, February. If you ask me, February is the month of love. You may say "Bah! Humbug!" but I say "yay chocolate."
In honor of the month of love, I picked a book that I was really eager to read. Royal Romances by Leslie Carroll was on the top of my reading list, and I was thrilled to share it with you.
The idea is simple: an up-close look at our favorite royal romances, from Charles II to William, the Duke of Cambridge. They loved, they lost, they ruled a kingdom.
Personally, I am a hopeless romantic – and I still hope to be the next Mette-Marit, meeting my sangre real prince at a rock concert. Ah, dare to dream.
Read on, lovely ladies!
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Woodstove ashes cause brush fire, destroy shed in AuburnBy BRENDAN CLOGSTON
Union Leader Correspondent
November 27. 2012 8:17PM
"Careless" woodstove ash disposal at an Auburn residence caused a small brush fire and thousands of dollars of damage.
The Howells of Star Circle Road had thrown woodstove ashes into the woods next to their 8 foot by 10 foot Quonset-style shed, believing the ashes were cold after having been left in a container for about two days. The brush was ignited by the ashes, and the fire spread to the shed.
The Auburn Fire Department and the Hooksett Fire Department responded to the scene at 10:46 a.m. and the fire was under control quickly.
"The thing we need to stress this time of year is for people to properly dispose of their woodstove ashes and not assume that they're cold," said Auburn Fire Chief Bruce Phillips. "Put them in a safe area when you dump them out. Make sure they're not in a cardboard box, plastic mud bucket, paper bag; never store them on the deck, that sort of thing. We're getting to that season where people are gonna start dumping these out, and they have to be safe."
Auburn Fire estimated that between the loss of shed itself and the equipment inside it, the fire caused approximately $5,000 in damage.


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Meera Sethi
Meera Sethi is a Canadian visual artist whose interdisciplinary practice encompasses a range of mediums to pose questions about the relationship between migration, diaspora, identity and hybridity.
Often invoking humour and irony, Meera undercuts our political and cultural assumptions and asks us to look again. Her work foregrounds contemporary histories on the edges of representation, especially queer, diasporic and post-colonial moments.
Fashion and the politics of dress is a persistent theme. Recent work includes Upping the Aunty, a multidimensional project comprised of street fashion photography, a colouring book for adults and a series of painting on canvas that place the figure of the "Aunty" at the centre of fashionability thus calling into question our unexamined notions about style. In #Unstitched, an ongoing, multi-year project, Meera investigates the possibilities and tensions of creating community using a single garment – a sari – across multiple diasporic sites.
Meera is the recipient of multiple grants from the Toronto, Ontario and Canada arts councils. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has been featured in NBC, NPR, The Toronto Star, The Globe&Mail, The Fader, Vice, VOGUE India, CNN, MTV and numerous other print and online publications. She lives and works in Toronto.


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Safety Study of RAD001 to Treat Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer (RAD001)
This study has been completed.
The Methodist Hospital System
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: March 12, 2007
Last Update Posted: March 17, 2016
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
The Methodist Hospital System
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- How to Read a Study Record
Detailed Description:
Patients with metastatic renal cell cancer will be enrolled to receive RAD001 to determine whether the use of RAD001 will result in an improvement in the time to tumor progression.
|Carcinoma, Renal Cell
|Drug: RAD001
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study of RAD001 (Everolimus) in Patient's With Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Sirolimus Everolimus TemsirolimusU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by The Methodist Hospital System:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To collect data on time to tumor progression produced by the study treatment. [ Time Frame: restaging every 8 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Response rate [ Time Frame: restaging every 8 weeks ]
- Duration of tumor response [ Time Frame: restaging every 8 weeks ]
- Safety and toxicity [ Time Frame: AEs as occur ]
- Six month and 12 month survival rate [ Time Frame: at 6 months and at 12 months ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: restaging every 8 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: RAD001
Subjects will take RAD001 (Everolimus) 10mg by mouth daily.
Drug: RAD001
Participant will take RAD001 (Everolimus) 10mg by mouth once a day.
Other Name: Everolimus
Detailed Description:
Patients with metastatic renal cell cancer will be enrolled in the study if all eligibility criteria are met and they agree to participate. The participant will take RAD001 (Everolimus) 10mg by mouth once a day. During the first cycle, they will have blood work done once a week (4 weeks). On cycles thereafter they will have blood work on days 7 and 21. Once a month, the patient will have a chest x-ray. Every 8 weeks the patient will have a CT scan of the chest, abdomen and pelvis. If clinically indicated, additional tests will be done.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have predominantly clear cell renal cancer (75%)
- Patients must have evidence of metastatic disease. Metastatic disease should not be progressing so as to require palliative treatment (e.g., radiation, surgery, etc), within 4 weeks of enrollment.
- Patients may have received no more than two prior regimens such as immunotherapy, chemotherapy or molecular targeted agents for renal cell carcinoma with at least 1 regimen consisting of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (sorafenib or sunitinib). Four weeks must have elapsed from previous therapy.
- Patients must have adequate physiologic reserves as evidenced by lab values
- Effective birth control must be practiced by both male and female patients
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with central nervous system metastases are excluded, except those patients who have had complete excision or radiotherapy and remain asymptomatic, off steroids for 21 days, with no evidence of new disease as shown by MRI
- Patients known to be HIV positive are not eligible, although testing specifically for participation in this protocol is not required.
- Patients with a recent history of TIA (within 6 months), or are requiring regular antianginal therapy or are having claudication sufficient to limit activity are not eligible. Patients with a previous history of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism are not eligible.
- Patients with active autoimmune disease.
- Patients who have had steroid therapy within the past three weeks.
- Patients involving concurrent anticancer drug therapy. Any immunosuppressive drugs or any other experimental therapy.
- Female patients who are pregnant or lactating.
- The patient has an unstable medical condition, such as uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or hypertension; active infections requiring systemic antibiotics, antivirals, or antifungals; clinical evidence of cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction including, but not limited to: unstable CHF; uncontrolled arrhythmias; unstable coagulation disorders; or recent myocardial infarction (within 6 months).
- The patient has received any investigational agent(s) within 4 weeks of study entry.
- Patients with evidence of mucosal or internal bleeding and/or platelet refractory (i.e., unable to maintain a platelet count > 50,000 cells/mm3).
- Patients unable to maintain an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of < 1,500 cells/mm3.
- Any condition, including laboratory abnormalities, that in the opinion of the Investigator places the patient at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study.
- Prior malignancy (within the last 3 years) except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or other cancer for which the patient has been disease-free for at least 3 years.
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00446368
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00446368
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine - Methodist Hospital
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Sponsors and Collaborators
The Methodist Hospital System
|Principal Investigator:
|Robert J Amato, DO
|Baylor College of Medicine - Methodist Hospital
More Information
Additional Information:
Keywords provided by The Methodist Hospital System:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|The Methodist Hospital System
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00446368 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
RCC-RAD-01 ( Other Identifier: Novartis )
|First Submitted:
|March 9, 2007
|First Posted:
|March 12, 2007
|Last Update Posted:
|March 17, 2016
|Last Verified:
|March 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by The Methodist Hospital System:
metastatic kidney cancer
metastatic renal cell cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Kidney Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antifungal Agents


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Here is yet another perfect example of a Chicagoian. Jesse Jackson Jr. a chip off the old race hustler block refuses to step down from Congress until tax payers pay his disability. It will take another couple weeks before Congress decides to waste your tax dollars on this jackass.
Sources tell FOX 32 News that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is willing to give up his 2nd Congressional District seat if he's given disability when he steps down.
Jackson Jr. was re-elected to his tenth term but last month, sources say, he applied for a disability package–what could be his only income if he resigns. It is expected to take a couple of weeks for Congress to approve or deny the request.
His house on 72nd Street in Chicago is part of the federal government's investigation into allegations that Jackson Jr. misused campaign funds. Sources say Jackson allegedly spent $20,000 to renovate and buy furniture for the family's home in Chicago, not their 5-bedroom Victorian home in Washington D.C.
The basement in the Chicago home has five televisions and a number of printers and copying machines, sources say. Most of the equipment was purchased in the mid-90's when Jackson was first elected, but because of flooding a couple of years ago, most, if not all, was replaced.
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