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My name is Gabriel Rael and I am a Software Engineer at SugarCRM.
I'm a proud husband and father. I am originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico and I recently moved from Albuquerque to North Carolina with my family. Outside of writing code, I enjoy playing golf, snowboarding, skateboarding, shooting, fishing and playing music. I play a few instruments which include guitar, ukelele and drums. I am also a MakerBot enthusiast and you can find some of my designs on thingiverse.
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8 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement
Are your employees enthusiastic about their jobs? Do they find their work engaging? While you may never actually hear your employees say they "I love my job" the more engaged your employees are, the more productive and committed they will be, which – ultimately drives performance improvement. Here are 8 ways to improve employee engagement.
- Measure engagement. How enthusiastic are employees about their jobs and your company? How likely are they to recommend your company as a good place to work? Consider using a survey to answer these and other questions related to employee engagement. This can provide a baseline for how your employees feel about working for you and can help identify areas for improvement. Additionally, consider conducting stay interviews in addition to exit interviews both will help identify potential improvement areas in employee satisfaction and engagement.
- Understand individual motivators and strengths. Not all employees are motivated by the same thing. Some may be motivated by working in a team; others may be motivated by having greater autonomy. Supervisors should identify individual motivators and strengths and assign work that based on those individualized factors. Don't know what motivates your employees? Ask them!
- Praise and recognize. Praise and recognition can go a long way in letting employees know the company values them. Praise is generally more informal and can be as simple as a "thank you" for a job well done. Recognition is a more public way of showing employees that they are valued. Why not share employee contributions at staff meetings, in newsletters or via email. Consider social media recognition platforms like Teamphoria.com!
- Reward. Not only is it important to recognize outstanding performance, but it is also important to reward it. While rewards can include bonuses, they don't have to be monetary. For example, consider giving an employee an extra day off or taking him or her out to lunch after completing a particularly challenging milestone. Try Merchandise Albums so employees will remember you every time they use their merchandise!
- Align company goals. Employees should always be aware of the company's mission and goals. They should also know how their job affects those goals. Ensure individual goals help achieve department goals and department goals help achieve company goals. This helps show employees that what they do truly does affect the company's success.
- Build your middle managers. Effective supervisors have the skills and experience to manage employee performance, as well as support and value their employees. Give supervisors the training they need to communicate openly and frequently, set clear expectations, and provide constructive and timely feedback.
- Mentor and develop. By making employee development part of the company culture, you clearly communicate that your organization values employee growth and development. Consider a mentor program where senior managers are paired with a less experienced employee to offer career advice, share knowledge and experiences, listen to questions and concerns, and encourage career development. Cross-training or Job Sharing is another development initiative that can help promote employee engagement by providing employees with the opportunity to learn new skills and face new challenges. Millennials especially love learning new skills and facing new challenges! Developing camaraderie is an important aspect as well teambuilding activities can be conducted at staff or department meetings our take the team out using great opportunities like The Great Office Escape.
- Ensure Open Communication. Share company's goals and business results with employees and celebrate successes. It is also important to encourage employee feedback and suggestions. Take their suggestions seriously and while you may not be able to act on all ideas, ensure a process is in place to respond to each idea. If change does occur, as a result give credit where credit is due and consider rewards wherever possible.
Every job and every employee of your company is important to the success of an organization. By making employee engagement a priority of your culture, you will see returns on improved commitment, decreased turnover, and increased productivity – and you just might hear one of your employees say… "I love my job!"
7 Ways to Recognize Mom on Mother's Day
1. Speak her Love Language
Gifts are great but show your thanks in her love language. Spend Quality Time together reminiscing or taking her on a walk, Clean all the Bathrooms or Windows as an act of Service, Tell her all the wonderful things about her you appreciate as words of affirmation, if she loves gifts why not make something special just like when you were a kid. Don't Know her love language have fun together finding out with this 5 Love Languages Test
2. Good Eats
When celebrating mom's special day don't go back to the old standby get some scoop from dad about years gone by and surprise mom with a restaurant or location that brings back good memories. Read more…
Proper Presentation of Recognition MATTERS!!
Presenting recognition awards to your employee's gives you the opportunity to celebrate more than just an accomplishment. You can use the occasion to reinforce those behaviors that make them a valued member of your team. Preparing an effective award presentation can be as easy as asking yourself a few simple questions. (Who, what, when, where, and why.)
There's much more to Who than the name of the recipient. Keep a note of when the recipient joined your organization. Highlighting loyalty to your company is a great way to celebrate an employee. Mention promotions and other significant career events that have taken place throughout their employment. Try involving members of the recipients work team. Ask co-workers to share or write down their own observations about his/her contributions to the organization.
Describing the What of an award also plays a role in your presentation. Take the time to understand how the award ties to the Read more…
The Function of Employee Incentives and Awards
The debate will always exist with employee incentive program managers and their participants whether to use Cash or non-cash tangible merchandise as incentive awards. Employees may undoubtedly indicate their preference of cash over merchandise rewards, but research has consistently shows that cash is a very poor motivator because of its lack of "trophy" or "memory" value.
When cash and monetary awards are presented, employees see it to be part of their total compensation package, and simply use it to pay for the same things that would be paid by their regular compensation. As a result they easily and quickly forget that the cash award was presented in recognition or as an element of an incentive program resulting in a loss of impact of the value of the cash bonus as an award for performance, or for their years of service.
Research and experience consistently show that non-cash incentives, in the form of merchandise, are much more successful than money as an incentive award. Why are non-cash/merchandise awards better? Read more…
3 Tips for Career Conversations That Energize and Engage Employees
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5 Reasons Why Talented Employees Leave Their Jobs
If you are not engaging your employees then you need to read 5 Reasons Why Talented Employees Leave

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Four Years Ago Today...
I was holding her hand as she lay in a coma at the hospital. She'd had a massive stroke and heart attack earlier that morning from which she would not survive. Amazingly, despite her grave condition my mom held on to life long enough for out-of-state family to fly in to be there with her as she took her final breaths in this world.
Only a few days before that my mom and I had talked and laughed together. I knew that her last days were near, but I kept hoping she'd be here a little longer. In retrospect the signs were obvious, but at the time it was hard to imagine her dying.
The first year of my mom's absence from this world felt like an eternity. It took a couple of years before I quit reaching for the phone to tell her something or to ask her a question only to remember that she wasn't there anymore.
Four years have now passed since I held my mom's hand as she took her last breath. While I continue to think of her every single day, now I smile inside remembering her presence and her positive influence on my life and on everyone's lives that she touched. She was much loved and adored by everyone who met her as she was fun, kind, compassionate, wise, incredibly talented, and always interested in others. You couldn't help but like her. She was almost 79 when she died, surrounded by her family just as she wished.
Although my daily column is mostly business-related, I've mentioned my mom's influence on my website design business numerous times especially in regard to creativity, art, and design. My mom was an art major in college and remained passionate about art and music throughout her life. She gently taught me so much, not just about art and music but also about love, forgiveness, kindness, and compassion.
Listed below are links to some of the posts in which I've mentioned my mom's artistic or creative influences on me.
- The Color Around Us
- Thanksgiving and Fancy Tablecloths
- Web Standards: Show and Tell Time
- Design and Creativity Influences
- New Review of My CD, Journey Within
- When Is It Time for a Redesign?
- Ansel Adams at 100
- Typography As An Art Form
- An Angel in Our Midst
- Digital Web's April Issue: Packed with great articles, tips, tutorials, and info
- My Second Christmas Without Your Cookies
- The Speckled Piano
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GMC Exterior Body Parts
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GMC side panels, rocker panels and tail panels are available for years 1960 through the present. What ever year of sport utility vehicle you are driving you can get the exterior body parts needed to make that repair project one that you will find easy to accomplish and one that you will be proud of in the long run. GMC truck body part and GMC automotive parts are found on the pages of our discount auto body pages, where you can shop when you have the time, not just when the stores are open.
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A new Apple patent filed a little over a year ago with the US Patent and Trademark Office shows off a Smart Cover that would double as a secondary display and allow user input. As with other patents, no one knows if it'll ever see the light of day but it's definitely a neat concept.
The patent details a cover that adds a second display that could act as extra screen real estate in order to show notifications, function as a media controller, or even accept user input in the form of a touch keyboard or drawing instrument. Using the keyboard as a cover would be very simliar to what Microsoft is trying to do with the up and coming Surface tablet.
An accessory device arranged to communicate with a host device by way of a communication channel, the host device comprising a host device display arranged to present visual information, the accessory device comprising: a flexible flap having a size and shape in accordance with the host device display, wherein at least a portion of the flexible flap is covered by a flap display configured to present visual information; and a connecting portion, the connecting portion arranged to provide at least a communication channel arranged to convey information between the host device and the accessory device wherein at least some of the information is presented visually on the flap display.
The Smart Cover assembly would attach in a way similar to how the existing ones do but would draw power from a built-in connector running along the side of the cover.
Apple has several patents floating around and whether this one will ever develop into an actual product is anyone's guess. It could make for a nice way to draw input into an iPad maybe eliminating the need of always using a desktop in conjunction with accessories like Bamboo pads. It'd be much easier to carry around and create content on the go.
If something like this does come to market how many of you would be interested in picking one up?
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Do you need complete isolation to write or is it more portable than that?
I can write in the midst of—not very conveniently—but I can make progress in the midst of the usual family clamor. But it has to be said, perhaps with some regret, that the first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone, most fully alive when alone. A tolerance for solitude isn't anywhere near the full description of what really goes on. The most interesting things happen to you when you are alone.
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Jamaican musician and producer LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY has announced a live show in London this coming November.
The show takes place on 1 November at Under The Bridge in the capital with tickets priced at £27.50 in advance.
PERRY is also set to perform in Bristol on 24-25 October at the Simple Things festival.
Last year the godfather of dub put his Back On The Controls album out on the Upsetter label.


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With a seal of approval from the HMC (Halal Monitoring Committee), Poplar's Madina Grill is a name you can trust in halal dining. From their premises down London's India Dock Road, this sophisticated restaurant offers cuisine from all around the world, served up healthy, hearty and halal. All the best international dishes are to be found here, from classic hot wings and T-bone steaks to spicy peri peri chicken, gourmet beef burgers – try the Madina Tower Burger topped with double turkey rations, egg, fried onions, double cheese, tomato and lettuce if you have a serious appetite – and biryani with chicken or lamb tikka. There's plenty for vegetarians at Madina Grill too, so don't hesitate to bring along your meat-free friends or family members. Whatever you do, be sure to reserve your table ahead of time to snag your seat at this popular restaurant!
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Name of business:
A Sense of Bride – Ester Gonzalez (owner)
When was your business established?
June 2010
What wedding services do you offer?
Wedding planning /coordinator -Linen rentals – wedding decor rentals
What inspired you to start your business?
There is something about seeing a young girl's long time dream come to reality. I love the excitement in the air. Knowing that this is a covenant between two people and God. That really excites me !
What makes your business unique?
I believe that my business stands out because we are innovative and we like fresh ideas. Trying new and different decor ideas is my specialty. I love to create new original designs. Brides now a days like to put their own stamp on thief special day. I pay special attention to details.
What is your business motto/slogan/mission?
My mission is to see the faces of happy brides. Knowing that I was trusted with such a special day in their lives is such an honor.
Do you have employees/staff/team?
I have an amazing staff. I could not do this without them. I do have to say that even though my hubby is not part of my staff he is truly my support. He helps me succeed.
Three words to describe your business:
innovative- integrity – Passionate
What is your favorite season for your business and why?
All year round. Every season has its unique touch and feel. I love it !!
What else do we need to know about your business?
Our business has lots of complimentary services when you hire us.
Do you cry at weddings?
Absolutely ! I get butterflies in my stomach.
What is your absolute favorite part of wedding celebrations?
There are so many favorite parts it's so hard to pin point. I love to see the Bride and Groom lose themselves in their first dance. It seems like they are in their own world.
Do you prefer your cake naked or dressed?
Either one. It's cake !!! Dressed or not. Ha!
Rapid fire words – sound off!
Puts God first , loves to laugh , enjoys chick flicks , LOVES spending time with family


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Bard envisions the liberal arts institution as the hub of a network, rather than a single, self-contained campus. Numerous institutes for special study are available on and off campus, connecting Bard students to the greater community.
The Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College embodies the fundamental belief that education and civil society are inextricably linked. In an age of information overload, it is more important than ever that citizens be educated and trained to think critically and be actively engaged with issues affecting public life.
The Division of the Arts offers programs in art history, dance, film and electronic arts, music, photography, studio arts, and theater and performance. Theoretical understanding and practical skills alike are developed through production and performance in all disciplines. In the course of their program studies, students in the arts also develop aesthetic criteria that can be applied to other areas of learning. Students may undertake the arts for different reasons—as a path to a vocation or an avocation, or simply as a means of cultural enrichment. Working with a faculty adviser, the student plans a curriculum with his or her needs and goals in mind.
As a student progresses to the Upper College, the course work increasingly consists of smaller studio discussion groups and seminars in which active participation is expected. Advisory conferences, tutorials, and independent work prepare the student for the Senior Project. This yearlong independent project may be a critical or theoretical monograph, a collection of essays, or, for a large proportion of students, an artistic work, such as an exhibition of original paintings, sculpture, or photography; performances in dance, theater, or music; dance choreography or musical composition; or the making of a short film with sound. In designing their Senior Project topics, students may have reason to join their arts studies together with a complementary field or discipline, including programs or concentrations in other divisions. Plans for such integrated or interdivisional projects are normally created on an individual basis with the adviser.
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The Blackhawks Are Back In The Stanley Cup Finals
May 25, 2010 by SRG
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The People of Chicago are going crazy because of one man Dustin Byfuglien! Big Buff, as he is known, single-handedly beat the San Jose Sharks by scoring three game winning goals, and thereby sending the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 18 years. The kid sure has delivered after being promoted to Chicagos top line.


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Tom Caruana is a British hip-hop producer and the boss of Tea Sea Records, whose unlicensed Wu-Tang Clan versus the Beatles mash-up album brought him some unwanted legal attention. M3 got in touch with Tom to hear his story, and got some pointers on running a successful small label in the digital age…
They say that there's no such thing as bad publicity, but is that true even of publicity that leads to major-label lawyers threatening to sue you for damages? That was a question that British hip-hop producer Tom Caruana was forced to confront in 2010 when, a few days after the publication of an interview he gave to the New York Times, he was contacted by Capitol Records. The subject of the New York Times interview – and the strongly worded email from Capitol – was Caruana's unauthorised mash-up album Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers, a beguiling seventy seven minutes of music that sets Wu Tang Clan vocals to beats built around samples taken from cover versions of Beatles songs (and a few snatches of Beatles' originals). It was originally offered as a free download from Caruana's own Tea Sea Records website and Bandcamp page.
Speaking via Skype from his home in Lancashire, UK, Caruana remembers making the album: "I was doing it at the most hectic time in my life, when I was doing my teacher training. I realised that being a music teacher was not really what I wanted to do – I just wanted to be making music – and I think subconsciously that might have had something to do with [making the album]. With a project like that, they're both such huge bands that it's fairly inevitable that it's going to get a good response, if it's made well." Although he expected the project to be well received and take his talents to a wider audience, the scale of it's popularity still took him by surprise. "I looked back on my Facebook timeline the other day, to when it was released. It'd been up for twenty four hours and there had been a thousand downloads, and I was like wahey; time to celebrate, open the champers! and then it just went on and on.."
In the month before he was obliged to remove it from his own sites, Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers was downloaded more than fifty thousand times, attracting the attention of national newspapers in the UK, complimentary tweets from the Wu's Raekwon, and the interview request from the NY Times – the first interview that Caruana had ever been asked to give about his musical endeavours. The interviewer asked whether he had been worried about the legal repercussions of the project. Caruana remembers his answer: "I was like, 'well no, not really: I've put it up for free and the Beatles' lawyers will be going after people who are bootlegging the original music, and I've used lots of cover versions'."
When an email arrived from Capitol Records, who own rights to the Beatles back catalogue in the United States, stating that Caruana should remove Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers from his website within twenty four hours or they would start legal proceedings to force him to do so, he saw his own words in front of him: "They had quoted me, from the New York Times interview, where I'd said 'they're not going to be bothered about me because I'm giving it away for free,' and they were saying 'this is where you're wrong.' They basically said that I was damaging their reputation and undermining their relationship with their customers, the people who actually buy licences to use the Beatles' music.."
On the same day, Caruana also received an email requesting his phone number, from a business associate of the Wu Tang Clan. "He said he'd listened to it with RZA and Method Man and they all really liked it," Caruana remembers, "and he said that the only things I should have done differently was to put a Promotional Use Only sign on it, and make it a bit shorter." As well as praise and friendly advice, the Wu associate made some suggestions for collaborative follow-up projects, offering contributions of exclusive performances from members of the extended Wu Tang family. "It was surreal," Caruana says, "It broke down a wall of possibility; made me realize that people are just people and anything's possible. I think that was the beginning of thinking that I can actually reach people with what I do. It was an exciting time. But at the same time, it was kind of like, 'well, I only got this success because this album has Wu Tang and Beatles in the title; it's made up of Wu Tang and Beatles music and all I've done is piece it together; there's not really a lot of me in it'."
Caruana complied with Capitol's demands and removed the offending audio from his website. Capitol contacted his internet service provider and accessed his account themselves to confirm that he had done so. Then they informed him that they were going to proceed with a claim for damages.
Reaching a substantial international audience with an album that so flagrantly flaunts copyright law would have been impossible in the pre-internet age, but Tom Caruana was performing alchemical acts with extracts of other people's recordings long before the world wide web was commonplace in day-to-day life.
Growing up in Forest Row, Sussex, he started recording on a four track tape machine at the age of 12 or 13, playing his father's drums, bass and guitars, and using tape speed manipulation to warp the sound of his vocals. Graduating from four to eight tracks, and getting hold of a basic sampler whilst studying for his GCSEs, the teenage Caruana produced dozens of albums, complete with artwork, each in a limited edition of one single cassette tape. "I was my own biggest fan," he chuckles, remembering how he would sometimes play the tapes to friends, but more often just stick them in his Walkman and head out to the woods.
In those days, he sourced records to sample from a local house clearance business where he would help out. "It's really romantic, thinking back to it," he reminisces, "There'd be a stack of records in the corner that everyone knew was there, but when they'd just done a house clearance they'd chuck it all in this big room and I'd go round on my hands and knees, climbing amongst all the junk, finding different boxes of records. That's where it all started, for me." Those early days instilled a crate-digger's ethic in Caruana – "it was always about sampling the unknown, the obscure" – that he adhered to zealously, and says he will "always go back to," despite the gloriously deliberate and playful transgressions heard on the Wu Tang mash-ups, and similar projects.
Meeting likeminded individuals fuelled his development: "Somebody I went to college with, called Dutch Courage, had an MPC and was more into digging than I was at the time. I used to go round to his and he'd play me beats, and that opened up my mind to what I could do. Then I got a better sampler and moved to London and started doing things with rappers up there."
His time in London saw Caruana hone his skills as a beatmaker and work with numerous collaborators, but also forced him to consider his relationship to the aggressive attitudes and shallow machismo that can seem to dominate hip-hop. "I can remember periods of just feeling fed up with having rappers round, and feeling I was being used for beats," he says, "I was fed up with the aggressiveness of London rappers because I didn't feel it was me, or anything I particularly wanted to carry on with."
A period back in Forest Row gave him the chance to concentrate on sampling folk music and develop his own Bombadeal lyrical persona. Following that he moved to Brighton and, once he'd settled in, he hit something of a purple patch, and Tea Sea Records was born.
"Yeah, I know Tom," confirms the man behind the counter at Brighton's Rarekind Records – a hub for the city's hip-hop scene – when asked if the name Tom Caruana means anything to him. "What can I say, he's a great producer and he's probably the most prolific person making music that I know. He's always got new stuff coming out, always got a load of different projects on the go. And he's versatile, you know: he can make that freaky fairground shit, or the real hard drum-driven stuff. He's a proper musician, which is not unheard of for a hip-hop producer, but it's not exactly the norm. And he's a bit mental. In a good way." Pressed on what he considers to be Caruana's best, or definitive, work, Mr Rarekind scratches his head, "That's hard to say, 'cause he makes so much. For me, it's his work with Dr Syntax, or the Menagerie album. Then of course there's the Beatles / Wu album.."
It's a few years since Caruana moved away from Brighton but he maintains a strong working relationship with several rappers from the South Coast town, even though he now lives 250 miles to the North. Many, though not all, of these projects are released through Tea Sea Records.
Launched in 2007 as an outlet for Caruana's productions that weren't being released on other labels, Tea Sea is currently thriving, thanks in no small part to the success of Professor Elemental's unique brand of steampunk flavoured chap-hop. Caruana and Elemental have known each other for a long time and collaborated extensively over the years, including in the Menagerie, the group in which Elemental rapped and Caruana contributed beats. Elemental originally adopted his Victorian mad-professor guise as part of a concept album that Caruana was producing in which the tracks were themed around different eras, from caveman times to a space-age future. The persona stuck and proved popular, with the video for Cup of Brown Joy, an ode to the wonders of tea, becoming a YouTube hit with over a million views. Despite not being finished when Brown Joy was in it's first flush of viral success, the album on which the track features, Rebel Without Applause – Tea Sea's thirteenth release, on which Elemental is still in the process of becoming the Professor – became the label's biggest hit to that point. Without the numbers at his fingertips, Caruana estimates Tea Sea sold about two hundred downloads in the first couple of years of the album's availability, with a greater number of copies being sold on CD.
Then came the runaway success of Magical Mystery Chambers and the legal threats from Capitol. Faced with the threat of a claim for damages, Caruana wrote an apologetic letter in which he explained that he hadn't understood the implications of what he was doing, and that it was an art project – intended for friends only – that had got out of hand. Capitol did not pursue the threatened legal action and Caruana was able to get on with working on his own music and releasing it through Tea Sea Records.
"There's definitely still money in sales," Caruana says, on the subject of his label's current fortunes, and the possibility of small independents making money from their music in 2012 and beyond. "The majority of artists on Tea Sea bring in peanuts," he says, but the success of a few of the label's releases, most notably Professor Elemental, make the operation financially worthwhile. "As a label, I don't really have the money to do promotion beyond social networking, and the mailing list," he continues, adding that "the mailing list is now my biggest tool in terms of being able to make a profit." The tireless performance schedule of the Professor is continuously adding to that list, which also includes the email addresses of the fifty thousand people who downloaded Magical Mystery Chambers before it was withdrawn. "Professor Elemental is gigging most weekends, and sometimes a few in the week. The two things [live performances and sales of recordings] work together." The videos for Cup of Brown Joy and Fighting Trousers, made by an individual known as Moog, have also played an important part in Tea Sea's success. "We're paying him for the next one," says Caruana, "but he made those first two for free, for the love of making videos. To be honest, the whole record label is built on blags, on politely asking people. I owe a lot of favours."
As shown by the shelves full of records behind him in the Skype window, his happy memories of teenage crate-digging, and the warm crackle in his beats, Caruana is a life-long lover of vinyl. He says he'd like to make Tea Sea releases available in that medium, but has doubts about the economic viability of it. The care that he takes over sequencing and blending the tracks in his releases, and the over-arching concepts present in many of them, indicate that he is committed to the album as a form, regardless of physical format. And he says that purchases from Tea Sea Records attest to the fact that his audience is too, with around 50% of people buying full albums as opposed to individual tracks.
Looking to the future, Caruana talks with typical enthusiasm about a plethora of new releases. There's a new album with Brighton hip-hop crew the Menagerie ready to drop when a video is completed, a new Professor Elemental album lined up for later in the summer, a "straight up, fairly serious" album with Longusto, an EP with Clev Cleverly, an album with Dr Syntax on which every track ties in with dialogue from the films of Edgar Wright, a non-rap mash-up project he refers to as Motown Goes To The Movies, the long-gestating Bombadeal album… Considering that he says "I make twice as much as I end up using. I've always got lots of leftover bits and beats," the man's productivity is astounding. Or as he puts it "As long as there's records that I haven't heard, there'll always be samples to take…"
Interview by Joe Venables
For more information about Tom Caruana's music, you can visit the official Tea Sea Records website and find the label on Myspace, Twitter and Bandcamp. Also, be sure to check out M3's recent interview with Tom's colleague Professor Elemental.


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I first just want to take a moment to acknowledge with thanks, the interest and support in this project from the many women who have had a chance to respond to my request to participate.
For the reader, if there is anyone in particular you'd like to see featured on this site then please send me an email [firstname.lastname@example.com] or leave a comment below and I will see what I can wrangle (although, I cannot guarantee that the request can be fulfilled).
Please note, that requests will need to be either a current MP or an elected candidate for their party or a registered independent.
The reason I have limited it at this stage is firstly, because its election year, and secondly, it would require a lot more time (which I don't have at the moment) to collate a site that broad.
I also wanted to provide a little run down on the format and structure, so that readers know what to expect and so that any potential participants can use this information to help them decide if they'd like to participate.
I have sent out emails to all women MP's, and to some candidates who have been formally elected by their party membership to stand in the upcoming election.
I asked if they'd like to participate and outlined the reasons and purpose of this site. I am still waiting on many replies, but I have also received a significant number of positive responses.
I haven't obtained all the email addresses for some of the newer women to this arena, so that is my task over the next few days.
For those who agreed to participate, I have sent out some questions (in the form of a questionnaire allowing for either short or detailed answers) to help me formulate the article I will write on each on them.
Some of the questions are quite generic, others covering personal political values, some views on women specific issues and a snapshot of some of their non-political aspects.
The participants are not expected to answer all the questions sent [but are most welcome to do so].
Launch Date
I anticipate that the site will officially launch with the first or first few articles by Friday 2 May, 2014. If there is to be a delay for any reason, I will post an update closer to the time.
I'll clarify here for those who are uncertain that this is not an "official" site for the 2014 NZ election.


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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Day 1 in Tam Dao
Hi Cade and Elizabeth, thanks for writing! I learned, Cade, that the colder the habitat the longer life a butterfly will have. However, most butterflies only live about the same length as our painted ladies. And, you might be surprised to learn that there are painted ladies here in Vietnam!
After staying one night in Hanoi, I met up with my team members and the lead scientist, Vu Van Lien, and we drove to Tam Dao National Park, where I am now and will spend the rest of my time in Vietnam. Last night we had a monsoon.
Today (Sunday, May 12th) Vu Van Lien explained to us what we will be doing for the rest of the week. I learned some interesting facts about butterflies from him. Here are just a few:
Years ago someone paid $100,000 dollars (that's American dollars) for a very rare butterfly specimen found in Vietnam. Now people raise and sell this particular species of butterfly for $100.
Female butterflies don't spend much time looking for food. Instead, they get most of their nutrients and energy from the male butterflies, who do spend most of their time looking for nectar. The females spend their time looking for plants that the eggs they lay can eat when they hatch (yes hatch—they eggs hatch, the caterpillars ____________).
Some female butterflies lay their eggs on the wrong plants. When their eggs hatch, the caterpillars die from lack of food.
Not all caterpillars eat leaves—some eat flowers.
Butterflies are most active during the hours of 9 am and 4 pm. After that many of them rest.
Question number 1: Please look up "monsoon" in a dictionary and post what it is for others to read. You could also look it up in Encarta.
Question number 2: Is there anything you collect that you might pay a lot of money for? Share!
Question number 3: Birds are just one of many different butterfly predators (in other words, birds are one type of animal that eats butterflies). Can you think of any other kinds of animals that eat butterflies? Take a guess!
Don't forget to type your name into your response so that I know who wrote each comment!
P.S. I would like to upload more photographs--I've taken over 200 so far, but I have a really slow connection, so slow that it took me 30 minutes to open this account and post!
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Hi Rachel, Thanks for replying. Definition of monsoon from Dictionary.com: a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter. How windy was it?. and how much rain did you get? Butterflies might also get eaten by lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, cats, fish (sometimes fish jump out of the water and eat insects), bats, and spiders. Boy it's a scary world for a butterfly! I was wondering if there are large and/or poisonous spiders in the jungle where you are? Have you seen any? How many species of butterflies are in the area where you are? How many have you seen? What was the most interesting thing you saw while you were in Hanoi? Hope you are having fun. Cade
- May 15, 2007 at 6:54 AM
- Rachel said...
Hi Cade--I think you got all of the predators correct! Wow! There are some large spiders here, but they are not dangerous. We've seen about 30 different butterfly species so far. You also got the definition of a monsoon correct. We have them nearly every day. I don't know how much rain we've gotten because I have no access to news whatsoever and there are no newspapers here! I am having a lot of fun but I also can't wait to get back to the U.S. for the Montana trip. Today I saw my first wild mammal--a rat, who ran across the road. Lots of dogs--I'm going to post their photos soon, some chickens, even saw some pigs today but that's about it. Oh yeah, there are cats here, and I sit with one on my lap every day at the internet cafe where I log onto a computer that is VERY slow.
- May 15, 2007 at 7:56 AM
Hi Rachel!
I cant belive your connection is that slow!
the class is leaving got to go right you later!
- May 15, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Hello Rachel-
The word monsoon means a heavy rain fall. Joy said she had been in many of them, why do you bring it up? I cant wait too see you and dont forget to post a gabcast so I can hear your voice! I hope you got my moms cell phone number. did you? what is your favorite "exotic" food so far? post soon!
Miss you a TON
Elizabeth C.
- May 15, 2007 at 8:29 PM
I am on the internet with Elizabeth and just wanted to say hello.
- May 15, 2007 at 8:30 PM
Hi Rachel,
How is life in Veitnam? Are you making friends with the other teachers on the trip? I looked up the exact words,"animals of Vietnam" and this one of the things it came up with. If you have the time check it out it is a very interesting article. Here are the steps in finding this article:
1) Type animals of Vietnam into google, MSN, Yahoo, any searching bar (I suggest google).
2)Look for the article called, "Veitnam's vanishing Wildlife" and then click it.
3)and enjoy!
I also meant to tell you that I made a blog just for you it tells you what happened here so if you would like to see it it is at:
go see it!
Miss you even more,
- May 16, 2007 at 9:06 PM


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Prayer On The Wind
You are in the shadows,
You are hard to see,
Pulled away from the sunlight
By the shade of the trees.
The wind today is strong,
It rustles the leaves.
You are in a corner
Fallen to your knees.
Send a prayer out on the wind.
Let it circulate the world
And return to you again
Changed by the pattern of souls
That it touched
As you grew older.
Don't let the sorrow and the pain
Control how you move in the world.
The sunlight is for everyone.
The sunlight is for everyone.
There is no problem
Too great that cannot be solved.
Patience and work will bolster your resolve
To work all this through
To work all this through.
Send a prayer out on the wind.
Let it circulate the world
And return to you again
Changed by the pattern of souls
That it touched
As you grow older.
I just wrote these lyrics for the man in my mind who is suffering. His suffering is symbolic to me of all the many men who are suffering now, having been abused and having turned towards abuse but who are hurting because of it all. I think many men in our culture take on the role of everything being just okay, no problems, when inside they are feeling some despair. This becomes the standard pattern of living a dual life of outer and inner. I have the honor of witnessing some of the inner world of this man. I want him to know that he is not alone. The sunlight is for everyone, but it requires stepping out of the shadows. It requires having some faith in the goodness of self and the goodness of others.
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I've been wanting to post these for awhile now and I thought this would be a good time to post these darling pictures that moms have sent me. I am so impressed...most of these are pictures are from stuff moms saw on here & took it to the next level & totally made it their own. Enjoy!! *sorry most are small - I wish they were bigger so you can see how cute they all are
is this not the cutest face? with her 3 little piggies on top? i really like how she added the 2 piggies underneath too.
her fourth birthday...so cute
Thanks to all of you for sending photos. If you have something you want to share - send them to me. Or if you have step by step instructions you want to share also - send them my way. We all love new ideas.


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For a long time during the match it looked like a fairytale result was on the cards but it was not to be.
With a number of players on duty for the Under 16 side, it was a chance to blood some new talent.
HK won the toss and put Wanganui into bat. After a slow start Wanganui dominated the opening session to be 60-2 at drinks. The middle session belonged to HKCA who ripped out the middle order and were in a strong position going into the final session with Wanganui reeling at 114-7 with 16 overs remaining.
At that point it looked like a famous victory was on the cards. But Wanganui had other ideas and batted out the final overs to reach 183-7. Brett Cameron finished unbeaten on 47.
For HKCA new caps Sean Finlayson (2-21), Liam Bargh (1-14) and Ryland Knight-Densem (0-25) did an excellent job. Liam Forward (2-31) and Ivan McIntyre (1-25) were the other wicket takers.
Liam Forward took a fine catch off his own bowling. Wicketkeeper Jayden Miles snared two catches behind the stumps and Ivan McIntyre threw in a runout. Overall it was an excellent performance from the team in the field.
The target to win of 184 was always going to be a demanding one. HKCA opener Matt Goulden went in the first over. After 11 overs HKCA were in trouble at 27-3.
Carter Andrews and Ivan McIntyre then put on a 49 run partnership to give some hope. But with the run rate required climbing the pressure mounted. Carter was bowled for 44 (a career best) and 4 runs later Ivan went for 18.
In a do or die effort HKCA sent in their pinch hitters Liam Bargh and Sean Finlayson, but the gamble did not come off as Wanganui bowled tightly.
With the cause lost No.6 batsman Keegan McLachlan batted on bravely until he ran out of partners. He was the last wicket to fall, out for 21 from 42 balls.
There were a lot of positives from the match and HKCA supporters can look forward to the rest of the season with some optimism. The new caps can be proud of their effort and will have learned a lot from the experience.


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BOSTON (AP) — College football is returning to one of professional baseball's most iconic venues.
Fenway Park is scheduled to host three games next fall featuring teams from New England.
The first game is scheduled for Nov. 10 when Brown plays Dartmouth. It will actually be the third time the Ivy League teams play at Fenway.
The next day, UMass will be the home team against Maine, a first for both schools.
On Nov. 18, UConn will be the home team against Boston College. It will be the 77th time the Eagles have played at Fenway, but the first for the Huskies.
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Manchester United are set to announce the £16million signing of Dutch defender Daley Blind today, Daily Star reports.
Blind passed his medical and the Red Devils will complete the transfer in the next few hours.
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Although naturally a defender, according to reports United manager Louis van Gaal is bringing Blind in to play in midfield.
However his versatility will be extremely useful for Van Gaal's 3-5-2 setup, being able to play as a centre-back or a left wing-back.
"I don't mind at all, as long as I get minutes on the field," he said.
"Did I speak with Louis van Gaal in the last few days about the role I am going to play at United? We did have some informal contact, but the conversations which took place stay between him and me.
"I just want to be part of the team, in whatever role that is going to be, in defence or in midfield."
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So, after I put the kids to bed I went to Kroger. I NEVER go to Kroger. I usually do the farmer's market, but jsut needed to get a few things for the babysitter to be set while I'm gone. I live downtown, so it's a really dodgey store.
I'm walking out the door and I see this tan van parked about 5 spaces down. Big guy in the passenger seat staring at me or the door. I assumed he was waiting for someone, but I just got a funny feeling the way he was looking. Call me paranoid, but I remembered one of htose cheesy forwards I got from someone about women being safe, blah , blah...
I stopped at the door to dig through my purse for my keys, instead of at the car, and I put them between my fingers just in case. Prego or not, I cna whip out some kick ass... All of the time thinking I'm being a dork, I go to my car and open the Passenger side door (away from the van) to put all of the groceries in. and I'm not looking at the van, but as I put the last bag in and close the door, he gets out and so does the driver. Even BIGGER guy. His face was all scared up like Seal (the singer). So I actually locked the car BACK up and took the cart all the way to the front of the store.
As I start walking toward the store, the driver comes around the back of my car, and the passenger goes over to the other lane, toward the front of my car. They're both talking on cell phones, but walking really slow. So I turn my back to them and take the cart up. When I turn back around the driver is litterally standing AT the back of my car talking on his phone, but obviously watching me. The store is busy, people are going in and out constantly. so I stand at the front door, fold my arms and just stare him straight in the eye. He's a good 10 yards away. At this point I was more pissed than scared. I've got 6 brohters. I'll kick their a$#es!!! Well, no. Better not to try that this time...
The other guy was still standing toward the front of my car, but not as close. They are totally standing there waiting for me to come back. I stood there for a good 60 seconds wating starign straight at him standing by my car. Makignit very clear that I'm not budging till they are gone.
Then 2 cars pull up and park in the parking places on both sides of my car. Tons of college students. I immediately start walking straight to my car while they are all right there next to it. The driver (at the back of my car) looks at the other guy and nods toward the store. They both hang up their phones and walk towards the store. I was in the car with the doors locked before they got inside.I don't know if they wanted my purse, or my car, or something worse. Travis pointed out that I was an easy target, since I can't run as fast being pregnant. JERKS! All I know is that I'm NEVER going Krogering late at night again on Howell Mill.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
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Hermione teaches Ron Fur Elise by Beethoven on the piano in Harry Potter 7
The scene is only about 10 seconds long. Running for their lives from Voldemort, the 3 young wizards are in a tent in the middle of nowhere.
Ron and Hermione are sitting next to each other on the bench. Ron gives his best playing the first 2 bars of the song, his fingers pressing hard on the keys.
"Slower," Hermione says with a smile. She plays next, softly her finger presses on E followed by a D sharp.
Perfect pianissimo poco moto as composed 300 years ago.
Cute, brilliant and a pianist too, not to mention she can cast spells on you. Gotta love Hermione Granger.
Fur Elise was composed in the early 19th century, Beethoven was in his forties when he completed one of his most famous masterpiece.
At the time Europe was in turmoil, Napoloen was waging war across the continent.
As if fate had intervened, in an almost similar time of uncertainty with Dumbledore murdered and their world also plunging into darkness, Ron and Hermione finds solace and comfort in its soothing harmony.
It is not the only song written by Beethoven to be featured in a big budget Hollywood blockbuster.
Jim Carrey made us laugh in Ace Ventura the Pet Detective accompanied by Symphony No.9 "Choral", 4th Movement.
Dinasours wrecked havoc through San Francisco in Jurassic Park 2 as Piano Sonata No.8 "Pathétique", 2nd Movement played in the background.
Piano Sonata No.14 in C# min "Moonlight" kept the suspense high as Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman fought for control of a nuclear submarine in Crimson Tide.
He faced many difficulties during his lifetime. He never found love and suffered from illness. Yet his compositions continue to bring joy and inspiration centuries later.
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Harmony is proud to offer a full compliment of services while maintaining the comfort and charm of small town living. Our business directory reflects our roots in agriculture and industry, our passion for education and technology, and a strong business community compromised of many dedicated professionals. Our business community is here to serve you!
Greenfield Lutheran Church, Nativity Catholic Church and Harmony United Methodist Church are available for the spiritual needs of residents and visitors, and hold ecumenical services together for various holidays throughout the year.
Clara House in Harmony offers housing options for seniors including independent living, assisted living and memory care. Gunderson Harmony Care Center offers skilled nursing care, in and outpatient physical therapy and other services.
Service clubs such as the Harmony Lions Club and the Harmony American Legion Post 81 do good works and help care for our community.
The Harmony Public Library offers free Wi-Fi in addition to books, DVDs, audiobooks and e-books. Computers are available for public use.
The Harmony Economic Development Authority assists in business development and is currently offering a rebate of us to $12,000 for building a new home in Harmony.
Harmony is a great place to live, work or place… we hope that you enjoy your time in our community!
Harmony Body Shop offers over 20 years of experience in body repair and other automotive services. Stop in today and ask Mike for an estimate!
Locally owned & operated for 40 years offering a full service grocery store with a focus on FRESH... Produce, Meat, Hot Deli Chicken & More.. enjoy your time in Harmony!
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We take the work out of eating healthy!
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The British Safety Council, while welcoming the continuing fall in the number of fatal injuries in Great Britain's workplaces detailed in HSE's 2013/14 health and safety statistics report published today, expressed its concern with the upward trend in the number of new work-related ill health cases. Stress, anxiety and depression and musculoskeletal disorders continue to be the biggest causes of work-related ill health and account for almost 20 million working days lost each year costing society an estimated £8.6 billion.
Alex Botha, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, commenting on the report said: "While we welcome the continuing improvement taking place in preventing injuries in our workplaces we are concerned that the 2013/14 report shows no improvement in reducing work-related ill health occurrences.
"The focus for many years has been on safety. With some 2 million people suffering from a work-related illness – and with over half a million new cases reported in 2013/14 – it is clear we need to change our thinking and focus in order to tackle the root cause.
"This year the British Safety Council's annual conference, 'Pushing health up the agenda', brought together a range of experts to explore and share what we need to do to tackle the full range of occupational health conditions such as asthma, mental health and cancer. What was clear is that we have the solutions to tackle work-related illness but are not applying them as we should.
"The social and economic consequence of neglecting the health and wellbeing of the workforce is grave. HSE estimates that workplace illness costs GB society some £8.6 billion each year. The average number of days lost per case of work-related stress, depression or anxiety is 23 and 16 for musculoskeletal disorders.
"What we've seen is that in tackling occupational health, a lot can be learnt from the 'safety' landscape. So often we see that it is about clear leadership, effective communication, appropriate training, good measurement and management – in a sense, health can be managed 'like safety'. And the business case is there to support the value of such investments.
"Our thinking needs to change too about how to ensure that we comply with the law and keep our employees healthy and safe. For too long compliance has focused on safety. Our attention must turn to identifying what we need to do not only to comply but to have a fit and healthy workforce.
The British Safety Council is making its guide, 'Managing stress at work', freely available online until the end of November – see www.britsafe.org/policy-and-opinion/campaigns. We will also be revising and re-publishing our occupational health guide in December. We are committed to playing our part to make the case for healthy workplaces and the importance of looking after the health and wellbeing of the workforce."
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If you have times like these too, OS X has an Invert colours option. Unfortunately it is buried layers inside System Preferences.
I need to switch between the modes often, depending on the kind of work I am doing. So I wrote an executable script (another word for an app) which can be run directly from spotlight.
Download the app from here. Place it anywhere on your system you want (provided that location is indexable by spotlight). You can be creative and rename the app anything you want. Just make sure that name is unique enough to come up on top in spotlight.
Since this app momentarily takes control of your system, the first time you try to execute it you will be asked to set permission for it. Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy. Here you will see the app listed.
- Trust me
- Unlock preferences
- Check the app
Unless you do not trust me, this should do it, go ahead and have fun. If you are suspicious of me, lets build one together :]
Launch 'Script Editor'. This is the IDE we will use to write, compile and execute our script.
First, lets try and get our script to open the System Preferences window and navigate to Accessibility screen. Type in this code:
tell application "System Preferences" activate set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess" end tell
Hit the play button on top to execute the script. Unless you had a monkey on your keyboard, this should open the system prefs and navigate to Accessibility(historically referred to as universal access) screen.
Next, lets look for the 'Invert colors' checkbox and toggle it.
delay 0.1 tell application "System Events" tell process "System Preferences" if (exists checkbox "Invert colors" of window 1) then click checkbox "Invert colors" of window 1 end if end tell end tell
You will notice we put up a delay, this gives time for OS to actually finish launching System Preferences.
In case you are on a slow machine you may want to change this to a higher value.
Run it again, if everything goes as planned, you should see your world with inverted colours now. But we still have the system prefs open. Lets add code to close that as well.
tell application "System Preferences" quit end tell
The script is now ready, all we need to do is create an Application from it. In Script Editor, select File > Export… Give your app a name. Under File Format change 'Script' to 'Application'. Done.
If you modify this script to do other cool things with the system prefs, do let me know.


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Ecard: Halloween attack
Objective: the Earth. Plan: destroy humanity.
¡Mayday, mayday! The extraterrestrials are invading us! And they don't look very friendly, like ET… They don't seem to come to make peace. Do they want to abduct us all? Wait, I got a better idea… So the creatures from outer space have come to stay, right? Then join the party, guys! Not even the most evil extraterrestrial would be able to decline such a wonderful offer. Come on, Frankenstein, Dracula and Jack O'Lantern are already there. What are you waiting for to join those terrifying and renowned guests?
This Halloween, surprise everybody with your funny animated ecard! And if you're organizing a party to celebrate this night… use this scary ecard to invite everyone at your haunted mansion to celebrate this Halloween! Remind them that they have to come disguised and that there will be lots of surprises!Leave all your friends petrified with this creepy animated ecard. Remember that you can send it by email or share it on your Facebook wall. This way, all your contacts will enjoy the ecard! Wish a Happy Halloween with Cuteki!


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Scott Community College introduced its one-class-at-a-time evening program this past fall. Since beginning, they have fine-tuned the program to add an entrepreneurial emphasis. To let more people know about it, the college has scheduled an April 7 information session beginning at 6 p.m. The session will be held at the Kahl Educational Center, 326 W. Third St., Davenport.
Also, first time students taking an evening class, whether in this program or in another area, receive half tuition for their first class.


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Tiddly Inks We Are Gell-ing Challenge
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Donna this is beautiful. I LOVE the vintage feel with those gorgeous flowers and the embossing!! What a perfect gel card! Love the sparkles too!ReplyDelete
Well, this is one beautiful card and I must say, a card that has a story of adventure in it because of the process. The mermaid is just beautiful....and your card is a beauty.ReplyDelete
omg Donna she is gorgeous hun, i love the bubbles inside too when you open the card up and the flowers at the edge of the oval are so glittery and pretty, love it!! hugs Lou xxxxReplyDelete
Your card is just beautiful! I love everything about it! The flowers, the mermaid, the gel, it's all just wonderful!ReplyDelete
This is lovely! I think your gel card came out fantastic. What great color choices!ReplyDelete
I have been admiring other people's gel cards for years now. Yours is gorgeous!! And I love the little story of how it got that way. I am inspired.ReplyDelete
Oh my GAWD, girlfriend! It has been AGES since I've had the time to do a little blog hopping. My grandson has gone home now, and I'm catching up to some other crafty things. So I've actually found a little time to catch a breath! LOL! LOVE your card! Especially all the embellies! They look amazing! Hope you're doing well and enjoying your summer!ReplyDelete
Hi Donna! I know what you mean about not wanting to get messy ;D I am exactly the same way...LOL! We must be cut from the same mold! Your card turned out amazing! She is colored up perfectly and I love the added bubble details. The gel combined with those fabulous die cut layers makes the card so elegant. Awesome work! Hugz, CherylReplyDelete
This is of course nothing but FABULOUS.. I love the LARGE opening too.. it must be from using your Grand Caliber... love love how you arranged the flowers.. just beautiful. hugsReplyDelete
Your gel card is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card Donna! I love all the flowers and the pretty embossing.ReplyDelete
It does feel very vintagey...love the colors and the inside sentiment. :)ReplyDelete
Ooh lala Donna~ReplyDelete
This gel card is unbelievable stunning... very pretty~
So pretty, love the colors you chose and Miranda is beautifully done :)ReplyDelete
that's pretty funky....though I'm not the type to wanna get messy, either. With my luck, it would have looked like a mess, too....lol.ReplyDelete
Donna I love mermaids and your card is FANTASTIC (fintastic? sorry, couldn't help myself) ;) I love this technique and am so going to give it a try :) I'm super messy so this is going to be reeaalllly fun :)ReplyDelete
I've seen the gel cards done before but never so beautifully. Love the soft colors.ReplyDelete
Hi Donna!Your card is AMAZING!I love your image and your coloring, It is just Incredible,You are soooo Talented my friend!I always LOVE your Project.JUST BEAUTIFUL!!:)ReplyDelete
I have never seen this technique before. I am totally wowed. I love the look it gives the image. Something so different! Love what you did with the coaster too..it really looks the underwater florals you see around the coral, or even in those gorgeous salt water tanks people have in their homes. Amazing job Donna.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 4:44 AM
Okay, Donna, now this is my kind of fun! Still trying to recuperate from AC but I will put on my thinking cap tomorrow and see what I can come up with. I LOVE the way your flora turned out. I have one of those coasters and now I know why I had a hard time coloring it. DUH! The fern looking part of yours almost looks like sea sponge! And your sea water is just AMAZING! You go girl!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous!! I'm going to have to check out the gel card tutorial...it looks fab!ReplyDelete
LOL - I had to scroll down to get to this post and just have to tell you I LOVE your KEN pictures. tee hee.ReplyDelete
This turned out so awesome. I love the bubbles you added on the inside and all the inking, so wonderfully watery. Too fun!


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Miami Heat coughs up 23-point lead in loss to Philadelphia 76ers
With injuries on top of injuries running through the team in recent weeks, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra's exasperated expressions during news conferences have been varied, nuanced and many.
On Tuesday morning before his team played the Philadelphia 76ers, Spoelstra was asked about his team's game on Christmas against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and he contorted his face appropriately.
The day before Christmas Eve, Spoelstra wasn't yet ready to wrap his brain around trying to defend James with the Heat's piecemeal roster.
"We're not at a point where we're circling some games more than others," Spoelstra said. "We're in survival mode right now."
And then he cautioned: "We can't afford to look ahead, at all, ever, this season."
Later that night, the Heat lost to the worst team in the NBA 91-87 two days before Christmas with LeBron. The Heat blew a 23-point lead in the second half and was outscored by the 76ers 18-9 in the fourth quarter.
"Our offense was empty," Spoelstra said. "It seemed like we had a 16-minute drought where we couldn't hold the fort."
Trailing by two points, the Heat (13-16) missed multiple opportunities to tie or take the lead with a minute to play, including missed three-point attempts by Dwyane Wade, Shawne Williams, Mario Chalmers and Luol Deng. There wasn't a Christmas sweater in AmericanAirlines Arena or perhaps all of Miami as ugly as that final minute of the game.
"Those last home-run threes were probably the best looks we had the entire second half," Spoelstra said. "I'll take those over the execution we had up to that point."
The Heat had 14 turnovers in the second half and shot 27.8 percent from the field. Wade was 9 of 21 in his first game back since missing Sunday's game with a sore right knee.
"We really struggled just to get into the offense," Spoelstra said. "Once we started to turn it over, it became a landslide from there."
The Heat lost five consecutive games and 8 of 9 at home before defeating the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Miami hasn't won consecutive games at home since the first week of the season. The Heat led by 23 points four minutes into the second half, but the determined 76ers (4-23), who defeated the Orlando Magic on Sunday, never stopped playing defense. The Heat, of course, just quit playing as it was outscored 45-18 to end the game.
A three-pointer by 76ers second-year pro Michael Carter-Williams with 9:17 left in the game cut the Heat's lead to four points. Rookie Jerami Grant then gave the 76ers an 85-82 lead with 5:55 left when he went inside against Udonis Haslem, drew a foul and then converted the three-point play.
Carter-Williams and his length and activity were a problem for the Heat throughout the second half. The Heat's guards combined for eight turnovers. Carter-Williams finished with five steals to go along with 12 points in the second half. He had 20 points, six steals and three rebounds for the game.
Wade banked in a turnaround jumper to cut the 76ers' lead to 87-86 with three minutes to play, but Philadelphia forward Luc Mbah a Moute answered with a driving layup. The Heat missed seven shots in the final 100 seconds of the game.
Wade finished with 23 points after scoring 17 in the first half. Williams had 17 points and was the Heat's only consistent offensive option in the second half. He was 4 of 5 from the field in the final two quarters. Chalmers had 11 points to round out the Heat's scorers in double figures.
Mbah a Moute had 19 points, and K.J. Daniels had 13 points off the bench. Robert Covington and Grant both scored 11 points for the 76ers.
Wade said the embarrassing loss to the Sixers would not affect the Heat going into its Christmas game against James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"We had a lot of losses this year, so just throw this one on top of the rest," Wade said. "I think everyone will get rejuvenated and understand that we have a nice Christmas game coming in here. Fans will be excited and we need to find a way to win."


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The Vanhaerents Art Collection
is pleased to announce
Heartbreak Hotel
, its first major exhibition outside Belgium.
Set to take place on the occasion of the 56th Venice Biennale, this exhibition will be on view at the Zuecca Project Space, one of Venice's leading cultural institutions, from May 6 through September 15.
Heartbreak Hotel
is curated by Walter Vanhaerents, the founder and primary benefactor of the Vanhaerents Art Collection, in celebration of his 70th birthday.
Keeping in line with earlier exhibitions, which were held in its Brussels location, the upcoming presentation immediately draws its title from pop music history. Inspired by the evocative and high-strung lyrics of Elvis Presley's 1956 song,
Heartbreak Hotel
brings together fifteen or so sizeable works from the Vanhaerents Art Collection: they combine visual tension, a strong physical presence and conceptual vigour, whilst reverberating closely with the ideas and sentiments as expressed through Elvis's evergreen piece of rock 'n roll music.
Conceived as a dialogue between works by artists from different backgrounds and generations, the exhibition explores notions of melancholy, physical suffering and martyrdom.
Heartbreak Hotel
conjures up historical images of warfare and contemporary forms of religious practices, in contrast to an Arcadian realm of waving palm trees, amusing clown figures and leisure ladies in sophisticated, lush surroundings. Throughout its course, the presentation touches on issues of art collecting, as it confronts an impatient collector with his adversary, an unpredictable dealer in devilish attire – soliciting the question: in whose favour will the balance ultimately shift?
This exhibition will demonstrate the importance of showcasing private collections to the greater public and explore the way art is bought and consumed. The Vanhaerents Art Collection will work together with Zuecca Project Space to exhibit Walter Vanhaerents' prized pieces to provide a unique insight in the intimacy of a single collector's taste and research.
With works by Sam Falls, Katharina Fritsch, Matthew Day Jackson, Bruce Nauman, Ugo Rondinone, Markus Schinwald, Cindy Sherman, Yinka Shonibare, Lucien Smith, Nick van Woert, Joana Vasconcelos, Bill Viola and Andy Warhol.


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Just like most kids of all ages, I don't particularly like to do some of the chores required to give the illusion of a neat, orderly house. But since society frowns on living in one big junk heap all of the time, I find it necessary to occasionally tidy up a bit. While doing just that recently, I picked up a couple of old army aviator caps (AAF spec. AN-H-15) and found beneath them an old white cotton summer flying helmet I have treasured for years. Not being in a rush this day, I had time to sit, study, and reflect on this relic of my introductory experiences in flying. This helmet came to me very early in my aviation career from a very influential pilot friend.
The old helmet is not much to look at now, because time has frayed the edges and the front is a speckled, mottled color from oil stains and perspiration. There are a couple of sewn up places and one where additional cloth was needed to make the repair. The chin strap is still functional as are the two snaps on the back to hold the goggles in place. Evidence in the form of a faint brownish stain around the helmet proves that for untold hours the elastic band of the goggles was actually secured in that position. That old tattered cloth helmet, slightly yellowed with age and the stains of experience that water can't wash out is very much like our lives. The experiences of life leave their marks on each of us that time can fade, but never completely obliterate. Because that old helmet has become a symbol to me of such thoughts, I hang onto it.
The previous owner was a man I met while I was in high school and earning my flight instruction. He befriended several of us who were working at the small grass strip and very soon in our eyes he became one of our local heroes. Claude was in his late 20's, olive complexioned, with dark curly hair and matching dark eyes. In my memory he resembled Errol Flynn, a popular movie star of the time. Others must have shared my impressions, because he dated some of the most beautiful women in the area. His swashbuckling good looks were betrayed by his personality because he was quiet and mild almost to the point of being shy around strangers. Once he became familiar with those around him, the inner man would emerge revealing a keen sense of humor and a propensity for having a good time. His grin displayed bright white teeth that sharply contrasted with his tanned skin.
Even though he was ten years our senior, he still enjoyed the activities of youth. His involvement in touch football, target shooting, motorcycle riding, and girl chasing lead us to believe there really was life after high school. The one shared interest that made him especially important to us was that he just plain enjoyed flying. Claude wore the raccoon-like badge of his profession with distinction and he represented what we aspired to be. From wearing goggles all day long in the sun, the area around his eyes was much lighter than the rest of his sun tanned face, so he was a marked man. He was a cropduster!
To him, it was a job of long, hot summer days with endless hours of flying in a Stearman behind a Pratt 450 in a series of spray runs, reversal turns, and more of the same. It was a job that the boredom of long flying hours and chemicals could lull the unwary into the insidious fringes of complacency. To us, his job was the epitome of romantic adventure. He had all of the fun flying he wanted for six or seven months in the summer and the rest of the year to relax, hunt, fish, travel, or do whatever he desired. The pay was good too, because Claude always drove a late model auto and that was the gauge of wealth at our stage of life.
Over several years of casual association, weather days in the hangar, and minor social functions, Claude came to know our small group of fledgling aviators fairly well; as we did him. As time passed we novice pilots made small, but steady gains in experience and achievements accompanied by the congratulations of our friends. Working up the rungs of the ladder of aviation was agonizingly slow, but Claude was there with his encouragement also. Upon graduation from high school and the advent of separate colleges, our lives began a slow drift apart in spite of our promises to "keep in touch". That slow drift apart was accelerated into explosive proportions in one summer day.
My construction foreman knew that my heavy manual labor job each summer was to help finance my college work, which would allow me to obtain my real goal — aviation. So as we were knocking off work one long, hot, but productive afternoon, he told me of a radio news report he had just heard. An aircraft had just had an accident not very far from where we were. As curious as anyone else, I arrived at the scene right behind the emergency vehicles. The wreckage was a jumble of parts barely recognizable as a Stearman spray plane. The fabric and some of the wood parts were still burning along with the chemical and gasoline mixture spilled around the wreck. Someone had pulled the pilots body out of the fire and it lay to one side as a grim testimony to the unforgiving nature of that type of work. The body was not badly burned, but it was discolored and swollen. The spider webbed pattern of cracks at the front of the hard helmet indicated the pilot had probably died of head injuries during impact. When the helmet was removed a moment later by one of the rescue workers, I involuntarily caught my breath in a short gasp at the sight of the hair. I knew even before the wallet identification verified my worst fears, whose name would appear in the back pages of tomorrows local newspaper. Claude was at my feet and I had not recognized him! The wave of nausea that swept over me caused me to turn away and depart immediately. Even now I can recall the scene vividly as though that fire had seared every detail into my memory. Time has dimmed the emotion, but the memory is still there.
With Claude's departure, we each went our separate ways as if he had been the bond that caused us to remain together. Possibly because his absence was so conspicuous in our group or that we reminded each other of our loss, was the reason we each turned our backs and pursued our own directions in life.
A couple of years ago, I was flying a Stearman to Willard Duke's "Last of the Season Stearman Fly-in" at Jennings, La. Intentionally, I flew a little off course toward Elton, La. Elton is not a very big place on highway 190, so the big church was easy to find. Behind the church is the cemetery. The Stearman responded easily but slowly as I dropped the left wing to point at the spot where we buried Claude. The unexpected steep banked circles caused the helmeted and goggled head in the front cockpit to turn to face me through my windshield in a questioning manner. My wife then turned to look off the tip of our left wing at the cemetery, paused a moment, and slowly nodded her head in understanding. She had never known or even met Claude, but through my stories knew this had to be the place and this airborne gesture was my salute of respect.
In my generation, grown men were expected to control their emotions and to a degree hide their feelings. There were only a few situations or circumstances in which it was really acceptable to display ones emotions. So I was relieved to know the white cotton helmet I was wearing held my goggles in place and the excess moisture in my eyes was known only to me.


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Poul Ruders' Diferencias - on a beloved tune by J.S. Bach.
Programme Note:
'Differencias' was an old Spanish naming of musical compositions dealing with various techniques involving theme and variation. In modern Spanish it simply means differences. It's a nice title, however, and as to the present piece, a very fitting one indeed, because I wrote it especially to The Elsinore Players for their South America-tour in 1981. Actually nothing happens to the clipping of wellknown Bach (the first four bars of the chorale: 'jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring', cantata No. 147), apart from the continuous changing of the succession-pattern of the 11 triplets and one duplet, the latter of which creates the recognizable 8/8 pattern amidst the flow of 9/8 'spinnrad-rolling'. To put it popularly, I haven't included anything that Bach does not have in the book himself. In addition to that, the unpredictable accents and various instrumental colours are the only means of 'differences'. There are no modulations, no tricky polyphony, nothing but a long, thoughtful tasting the beautiful piece of tune. Well, of course, the chorale itself enters the picture in the very last section, but that is merely for me to have the pleasure of tossing it away again before it comes to a proper end. Finally, I really do think, that the Cage/Morgan poem quoted below, is the most suitable prologue to 'Diferencias':14 variations on 14 words I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry (...)


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Depressed and defeated, facing the inauguration day of a new U.S. President he calls "flabbergastingly unfit for office", writer David Finkle put thought and pen to the internet and posted a series of opinion-driven quatrains on Facebook. On day 2, still unable to climb out of his funk, Finkle wrote another, and another, and another, finding himself three hundred sixty-six days later with a new dose of acerbic wit and humor for every day of Donald Trump's first year in office, including an anniversary verse to complete the cycle.