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The battering of Homs
July 8 - Syrian troops fight with rebels in Homs in a battle seen as crucial to government attempts to drive a wedge between opposition-held areas. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
The battering of Homs. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have been on the offensive in the central Syrian city for ten days, hitting rebel-held neighborhoods with air strikes, mortar bombs and tanks. Little has been spared in a battle seen as crucial to the government's attempts to drive a wedge between opposition-held areas and establish links between the capital and President Bashar al-Assad's coastal strongholds. As the army made gains on the battlefield, Syrian state media announced new leaders in the ruling Baath Party -- a reshuffle seen as an attempt by Assad to put a new face on the organization that has dominated Syrian politics for more than four decades. In Istanbul, the newly elected head of the opposition tells Reuters that the rebels' military position is weak. They propose a truce in Homs for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins Tuesday. So far no signs that the government is ready to accept such an offer. The sounds of war fill empty streets. The video, which could not be independently verified by Reuters shows a war-torn country in ruins where rights groups say more 100,000 people have died.

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Dental Studies is the study of diagnosing, treating and preventing diseases and abnormalities of the teeth and adjacent tissues. It includes the study of designing, making and repairing dental prostheses and orthodontic appliances, and assisting with dental procedures.
The main purpose of this narrow field of education is to develop an understanding of dental health, hygiene and technology, the prevention and treatment of disease, pain control, the structure and function of teeth and gums, and client care during treatment. It also involves developing an ability to assess and evaluate clinical observations to arrive at diagnoses and determine the appropriate courses of action.
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Location: 17/4, Opposite State Bank, Kalikapur Road, Kalikapur, Kolkata
Contact : 033 24842480, +91 8420291730
Price for two: 600/- to 800/- (Apprx)
Cuisine: Bengali, Goan, Chinese
Hours: 12.30pm - 3.00pm and 6.30pm to 10.30pm
Read reviews by the Kolkata Food Bloggers:
"So a bunch of us from the Kolkata Food Bloggers team landed up at the not-so-old restaurant Bongoan for a review , as a part of the Chef At Large Bloggers Table. Initial research showed that the restaurant specialises in Bengali as well as Goan dishes - with Chinese thrown in too as a bonus - hence the justification of the name BONGOAN! This was one place we had seen enroute South City Mall many times but never really ventured in for a meal. The bloggers table seemed like the perfect reason to check out the place and taste some authentic Goan cuisine. Well how authentic ? we'll just find out!"
"Bongoan, a small cozy corner situated on the main road of Kalikapur Road, just in a stone's throw from E.M. Bypass Road, was our this time's destination for the Restaurant Review program that we really enjoyed as the members of Kolkata Food Bloggers group and Kolkata Chef At Large Bloggers' Table. Specialized mainly in Bengali and Goan cuisine and also with a handful dishes from the Chinese cuisine, the name Bongoan apprises the customers with an intricate attraction to visit the restaurant. With a sitting arrangement of approximately 8-9 tables in a not so small room and with a cozy little kitchen, the limited stuff members were very active to attend each and every customer with full attention that we found right after entering the restaurant. They very nicely accommodated us, a member of 7 giggling girls and helped us to feel comfortable at every aspect."
"Bongoan, located just off E.M. Bypass on Jadavpur Connector offers a unique combination of Bengali and Goan Cuisine under the same roof. While the facade looked pretty warm and inviting, the combination of neon green and bright yellow interior and bluish light left me a little cold. The staff however, was warm and accommodating."
"The Chef at large-Kolkata Blogger's table and members of Kolkata Food Bloggers finally got together for their first meet at BonGoan, Kolkata which specializes in Goan and Bengali cuisine with some Chinese thrown in as well.
The ambiance of the restaurant is very simple with a cozy and small space. The neon lights were a rather put off, especially for taking pictures of food.
The staff comprising of a lone waiter, was very prompt and had a pleasing attitude. The food however took longer to be served, considering we were the only ones there.
Since I am personally not familiar with the Goan cuisine, I happily let my fellow bloggers decide on the dishes..."
The ambiance of the restaurant is very simple with a cozy and small space. The neon lights were a rather put off, especially for taking pictures of food.
The staff comprising of a lone waiter, was very prompt and had a pleasing attitude. The food however took longer to be served, considering we were the only ones there.
Since I am personally not familiar with the Goan cuisine, I happily let my fellow bloggers decide on the dishes..."
" It was a rain soaked balmy evening when we finally met at Bongoan for our very first restaurant review as members of Kolkata food bloggers and Chef at Large bloggers table. These days with my limited scope of venturing out on my own, I always welcome such gatherings with like-minded fellow bloggers. Especially Bongoan being very close to my place I looked forward to this eve very eagerly.
Bongoan is comparatively a new restaurant which I have been crossing on my way to almost everywhere. The unusual name gets the justification from the cuisine it serves, namely Bengali (Bong) and Goanese (Goan). But it also serves few common Chinese dishes, which have mass appeal."
"Drumrolls for the pretty ladies from the Chef at Large Blogger's Table who met for the table's first joint review in Kolkata! For the uninitiated, the CaL blogger's table comprises a group of food bloggers who meet up and jointly review the place at the end of the day. Its an impressive concept wherein not only restaurants benefit by getting reviewed at one go, while bloggers get to let their hair down in like-minded company of their fellow bloggers. In fact the CaL table has been active and quite popular in Delhi and Bangalore, and ain't I glad we are finally doing this in the city that's known for its food, Kolkata. Big thanks to Kamalika who brought the fabulous Kolkata Food Bloggers under the same roof and introduced me to them."


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This blog is named after a passage from Mikhail Bakunin's God & The State,
"(Do) I reject all authority? Far from me such a thought. In the matter of boots, I refer to the authority of the boot maker… For such or such special knowledge I apply to such or such a savant. But I allow neither the boot maker nor the architect nor the savant to impose his authority upon me. I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism censure. I do not content myself with consulting authority in any special branch; I consult several; I compare their opinions, and choose that which seems to me the soundest. But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions."
Bakunin recognised that we needed experts to help us understand the universe but he also recognised that experts were subject to social factors that could undermine their objectivity. In a world where science is painted as a neutral and objective arbiter of a rational world, we have to remember that science does not take place in a vacuum – and if we can argue that our mere presence can alter the outcome of an experiment then we must also recognise that multiple layers of power and wealth relationships will also exert a distorting influence. This is not to denigrate science. If anything, it is an echo of William Morris' call for us all to become, as much as we are able, polymaths for the good of society,
"What I claim is liberal education; opportunity, that is, to have my share of whatever knowledge there is in the world according to my capacity or bent of mind, historical or scientific; and also to have my share of skill of hand which is about in the world, either in the industrial handicrafts or in the fine arts… I claim to be taught, if I can be taught, more than one craft to exercise for the benefit of the community."
Champion of popular science, Robin Ince recently warned against the danger of dumbing-down science in order to make it more accessible. Undoubtedly our modern technological world would be inoperable without people specialising in certain fields. It would be a mistake to dumb-down a field of knowledge to facilitate the participation of those who had limited knowledge of the subject – even in the name of democracy – but herein lies the problem; there is a deficit of democracy in the quest for knowledge – and we all suffer for our collective failure to address it. We do not live in a world where the quest for knowledge can be pure. We live in a world of wealth, power and patronage – and, for all their protestations to the contrary, scientists do also. You don't have to look any further than Charles Darwin and the corruption of his theory of evolution into a four-word mantra for free market economics, to see that we live in a world where scientific knowledge is used to justify economic and political ideologies. It doesn't matter that it was Herbert Spencer and not Charles Darwin who gave us "survival of the fittest". Nor does it matter that in Mutual Aid, Pyotr Kropotkin showed that co-operation was the key to our collective survival. What matters is how scientific findings are understood by society as a whole – and how they are acted on. This simplification of theories into sound-bites may well be exactly what Ince was referring to. But this isn't dumbing-down in the name of democracy. It is dumbing-down in the name of privilege.
Pierre Bourdieu described how the wealthy and powerful convert economic capital into knowledge capital which in turn will be used to multiply their economic capital. Scientists and politicians might belittle social theory as a woolly "soft" science compared to their "hard" testable sciences. But, if we want to test Bourdieu's theory we can see examples of such behaviour all around. Just look at the petro-chemical industries funding of global warming debunkers, the tobacco industry's similar approach to the ill effects of smoking or the GM industries aggressive and often litigious approach to studies into bio-diversity. This has significant consequences for us all – so we need independent experts – perhaps more than we ever have.
But if you want to study to join the ranks of the experts it is increasingly difficult to do so if you are poor – or even lower middle class. The Russell Group of universities are now pushing for fees of £16,000 pa. Their argument is that excellence costs – and in doing so they have provided us with another neat example of knowledge capital being transferred to economic capital! Apparently, excellence will only be found amongst those in the population who can afford to spend the best part of £50,000 on a degree that is already uncertain to deliver the much vaunted graduate premium – unless you have the contacts to make it pay. If the Russell Group really believed in excellence they would be pushing for better state funding to open up Higher Education to all. Of course the traditional HE model cannot cope with the scale of intake being suggested – so we are faced with a logical choice. Do we limit access to HE by selection, be it academic or economic, or do we see increased access to HE as being part of our human evolution and enable our HE provision to evolve with it? If this is not going to lead to dumbing-down but wising-up then it means using new technology to deliver a good quality and well supported distance learning HE option rather than the two-tier system that is developing with web-based MOOCs.
This inequality among the ranks of experts matters because all research requires interpretation of data – and in that act of interpretation the researcher will bring their own life experience to bear. Obviously their work is open to peer review – but who are their peers? If the only people who can afford to become expert researchers come from the upper classes then this will inevitably impact on their interpretation of the data. Although in "hard science" this might not matter so much, in socio-political and economic research this could be catastrophic for any claims of objectivity. And, despite claims to the contrary, the borders between the "soft" and "hard" sciences are extremely porous. As Boris Johnson proves, we have not come so far from the scientific quackery of eugenics that we could not slip back. Just look at the way the poor are increasingly blamed for their own condition. This can only be challenged by those who understand the experience of being poor having the opportunity to argue their case on equal terms to the "experts" – and if we agree that experts are an important element of our modern world then the only alternative is to enable the poor to gain the education that enables them to join the ranks of the experts. If we are genuine in our wish to be a modern knowledge based society this is essential.
Another consequence of us not democratising access to knowledge is the propensity for scare stories to snowball. Andrew Wakefield is widely vilified in the scientific community for what is generally seen to be his flawed research into cases of autism and the MMR vaccine causing a catastrophic drop in vaccinations. Of course this viewpoint is contested and it was with great trepidation I agreed for my own child to have the MMR. There are those who would see the state step in to enforce such vaccinations but this rather misses the point. Rather than vilifying individuals for heretical research perhaps the academic establishment should ask why such ideas gain traction. There is clearly a popular distrust of science – and what we need to be asking is why that should be the case. All too often, those with vested interests are the ones who have the resources to fund research programmes. Again we see examples of transferable capital reinforcing the position of big business. While many scientists reject the suggestion that he who pays the piper calls the tune, the likes of the tobacco, global warming and GM debates suggest there is considerable truth in this. Even if not actually influencing the conclusions of the research then in choosing the direction and nature of research that is to be funded. Nobel scientist Randy Schekman recently claimed this process also extends to what gets published in prestige journals. Those who challenge the status quo often face personalised attacks which can end their careers. Not long ago it was Árpád Pusztai's research into GM crops that was being attacked – and now it is Gilles-Eric Séralini. After a while this control becomes internalised with researchers knowing what sorts of projects will get funding, which will be considered "serious science". Similar processes to those identified by Chomsky as creating a false consensus in the media have also been identified by Ron Westrum in science, where collegial recognition is such a powerful social reward that scientific promise is not considered independently of others reactions to it. As Max Planck said, "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." Thomas Kuhn's model of paradigms of scientific progress posits a disciplinary matrix of what constitutes good science in the normal phase of science. However he argued that during scientific revolutions new methods and ways of understanding are adopted to meet challenges for which the previous scientific model was inadequate. Does corporate power add another impenetrable layer that prevents science from progressing, leaving it in a state whereby the only science allowed to thrive is that which reinforces the primacy of free market ideology? What does this mean for a society that claims to have rational scientific method as its guiding principle?
In Against Method and Science In A Free Society Paul Feyerabend argued that, although science has been an instrument of enlightenment and liberation, there was nothing in it that was inherently liberating and that now, exempt from criticism, scientific ideas are taught in schools in the same way as religious ideas once were. In this way he suggested that science was actually a threat to democracy and undeserving of its privileged position. He argued for the separation of science and state in the same way as church and state have been separated in some countries. Furthermore he suggested that we should be skeptical of experts who he said should be controlled democratically by juries of laypeople. Feyerabend argued for a free society in which all traditions had equal access to the centres of power. Obviously this opens the door to creationism, eugenics and all sorts of other viewpoints that are anathema to modern science – but this is the logical consequence of elitism in knowledge! It is not the democratisation of knowledge that leads to dumbing-down but the elitism. If knowledge is retained by an small group of experts whose links with the economic elite become self-supporting and exclusive, then science's claim to be the pursuit of objective truth becomes suspect. Once knowledge is preserved among the elite, science becomes as esoteric as religion and the choice between the bearded man in the clouds and the bearded man in the cords becomes, quite literally, an act of faith. The relationship between science, wealth and the state becomes as dangerous as the relationship between religion, wealth and the state. If this elite group of experts, whose position is so defined by patronage and self-referencing, demand acceptance of their truth and cast out heretics as dogmatically as the church ever did, then the free interplay of ideas that drives progress becomes too embroiled with the politics of privilege. How can we then be surprised when the rejection of science arrives hand in hand with the rejection of wealth and power – no matter how erroneously?
There can also be another reason for this rejection. Western science tends to offer primacy to the measurable "objective" over experiential "subjective". One could argue that this has served us pretty well – but beyond simple counting and measuring it begins to break down. Again, subjectivity rapidly intrudes, despite protestations to the contrary. Why does the world that is measured have more value than the world that is experienced? It could be argued that this is numerical data is prioritised precisely because it is easily measured whereas individual experiences are difficult if not impossible to quantify or measure and not because subjective experience is of less value. Of course you can ask people to self-assess on a numerical scale – but this introduces at least two elements of subjectivity; the person who creates the scale and the person who interprets the scale. But does this matter? Yes. We measure to quantify. We measure to compare. Does it really matter if a third party can "objectively" measure the pain felt by two people? Can one person's suffering be reduced by comparison to another's? Do we then decide that their suffering is more acceptable than the others? Do we quantify a person's usefulness to society in the same way? Of course we can see evidence of such decisions being made every day – and they are based on rational foundations. On science. Or so we are told. But is it really? Or is it based on a selective reading of science being used to legitimise political action.
In 2004, 60 scientists, including 20 Nobel Laureates, accused the Bush administration of distorting scientific data for political ends but as we have seen, scientists are likely to be shot down if they challenge the status quo. Recently Ian Boyd, Chief Scientific Advisor to DEFRA, quite explicitly warned scientists against dissent, pointing out that "there is no imperative for science to be included in policy making." In other words, science is co-opted to lend credence to political activity but politicians will ignore them if the science does not fit the policy – or the economics. Therefore our society's claim to be based on rational, scientific grounds does not stand up to scrutiny. Ironically, the marginalisation of science that so worries scientists when discussed by Feyerabend has already happened – but it has been marginalised by power and economics rather than democracy and superstition. The rich have consulted their cobbler – and finding his expertise not to their liking, they have rejected it in favour of some other cobblers they have bought and paid for.
So is science irredeemably compromised? No. Compromised it certainly is – but not irredeemably so. We achieve nothing by being anti-science, anti-knowledge or anti-expert. But we do need to recognise, and more importantly challenge, the socio-political processes that compromise scientific method. We also need to recognise that our current scientific method is inadequate if it can only deal with the quantifiable. It is no longer acceptable to reduce human existence to a mechanistic model. There is no logic in an argument that refuses to consider aspects of existence that do not lend themselves to simple measuring – just on the basis that we are not able to measure them. That is a reductive argument that is as dangerous as any fundamentalist religious dogma because it lends credence to the view that only the quantifiable has value. It is an argument ideally suited to a short-termist free market ideology – but not one suited to a holistic understanding of the integrated, interconnected world that we undoubtedly live in. So we need to evolve – and science, as a core part of our understanding and interaction with the world around us, likewise needs to evolve. It needs to become collaborative again rather than combative – often so combative that it ends up being mediated by the courts. We need more knowledge distributed among more people, creating more experts and enabling more people to consider more ideas within a more robust scientific method that recognises and seeks to avoid the distorting effects of power and wealth. That is the path to progress – but it is not the only path we are offered. We have a choice. We can allow things to stay as they are; a select few get their place among the elite in return for allowing themselves to be wheeled out as a rationalist fig leaf to cover naked power and corruption. Or we have the courage of our forefathers, to re-imagine human civilisation and its place in the universe. We can make popular science a popular movement; part of a much needed New Enlightenment which reclaims rationalism from the corporate religion of greed.


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after almost two monthsof silence i finnally release another page. yes i know im bad person but ive been so swamped recently that i just never got around to it. plus i went to italy and ive been in an all around artistic rut recently. good news though, im getting over it. i woke up at around 4 am this morning and in an epic frenzy cranked this page out. there WILL be more page soon, i promise because i do love making toaster head.


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Recognition and management of the seriously ill child
6 - 7 February 2019
Course details
- Duration: 2 days
- Fees:
- £395 for doctors
- £300 nurses and AHPs
- 10% discount for Imperial College/ICHNT staff
- Venue: St Mary's Campus
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This short course will cover the presentation, recognition, diagnosis, management and outcome of the conditions which most commonly cause life-threatening illness in children of all ages. It will develop knowledge of the epidemiology, pathophysiology and therapeutic principles of serious illness in childhood and provide experience of the skills and techniques required to diagnose, monitor and treat these conditions.
Examples of illness covered in the modules include: Infection, Haematology, Trauma, Respiratory, Renal, Anaphylaxis, Surgical conditions, cardiology, neurology, and neonatology. Current research themes with a potential impact on diagnosis and treatment will be explored.
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Course aims
- To discuss normal physiology in children and how it may be altered by serious disease.
- To indicate the main causes of serious illness in children
- To identify the epidemiological background to serious illness in children in different parts of the world
- To define the main principles of management in childhood serious illness
Who should attend?
This course will benefit paediatricians, GPs, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals involved in Child Health.
Course structure
The course consists of lectures.
Comments from past participants
"Very useful for early years of training."
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Have you ever seen a card that you would NEVER want? In generally ANY circumstance?
Well, I know I have!
I stumbled across this while perusing the "non-sports" section of COMC, and it made me stop and take a second look. I mean, really? Gene Simmons' pants? I'd feel like I would have to wash my hands after touching that card even if it was in a top-loader.
Maybe I'm just being overly cynical (feel free to call me out), and maybe it's because I'm not that big of a KISS fan, but I'm bothered by this card.
I know the resolution stinks, but it seems COMC has a new system in place to prevent "image sharing" from their site, so I had to go dig this one up on Google. If you are interested in this card (or want to see how similar Gene can look to Sylvester Stallone), here's the link:
Some of the most expensive pants you'll never wear...
Anyway, that's all I have for today, haha.
I hope all of you have a great (and safe) New Year's, and I look forward to the coming year.
Stay unabashed! Stay interested!


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Common Mistakes That Make Market Research "Dangerous"
A respected leader in the MR community recently posted a link to an article with this provocative title: Focus Groups Are Dangerous. Know When To Use Them. To put this in perspective, I believe that the same can be said about almost anything (matches, gasoline, staplers). This includes items from the market research repertoire from "archetypes" to "benchmarks" to "closed-end questions " to a "Z-Test" (thanks to GMI's Glossary of market research terms – especially for providing MR related references beginning with the letter "Z"!)
Recent conversations with some of my more experienced and brilliant clients highlight several mistakes that they see occurring on an increasing basis that illustrate the dangers of conducting research that is poorly conceived and executed.
|Insufficient investment
|Small sample sizes or not enough groups cause decisions to be made with limited, inconclusive or inaccurate data
|Failure to define specific research objectives
|Generates data that does not answer the critical questions required to make "next step" business decisions and misses opportunities to explore important issues of interest
|Using flawed test materials
|Makes the study results suspect due to bias or poor comparisons
|Testing too late
|Project deadlines and the current state of development make the designated corrective actions unfeasible
I believe that one of the most common causes of these mistakes is a lack of "band-width" on the part of my corporate clients. It is important to note that this is not their fault. Almost all of my active clients find themselves in a situation where downsizing and budget cuts have increased their workloads to the extent that it seems impossible to give any one aspect of their jobs the attention it deserves. Add budget cuts and tighter development timelines to the mix and you greatly increase the likelihood of making one of the cited mistakes and generating "dangerous" market research findings.
Unfortunately, some respond to this dilemma by completely eliminating market research and developing new products without the guidance of ongoing customer feedback. I believe that this is a risky proposition on many levels.
My proposed solution is to hire a market research professional who can ensure that each study gets the attention it deserves. This previous post entitled, Is your market research firm SMALL enough to "DO IT ALL"? speaks to this issue.


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by Gail Rodgers
Megan had decisions to make that would affect her family and her career path. The pros and cons could be weighed either way and no clear cut direction could be seen. She did not know what to do. Confusion and anxiousness weighed her down.
Her email brought an unexpected note from a friend.. "You are on my mind and in my prayers this week. As I read my Bible today it seemed I should share this verse with you"...
"We are asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding…being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience ...joyfully giving thanks to the Father." Col.1:9-12
Tears came to Megan's eyes as she read this verse. God was assuring her He would fill her with the knowledge of His will through spiritual wisdom and understanding. Could she trust Him with the question marks of her life?
The Holy Spirit used this verse to renew her confidence that God would direct her. Megan felt new hope that God would navigate her through the question marks. With new focus she began to commit each decision, each day to God.
As the month passed Megan felt God truly directing her path and showing her His will through an understanding that she knew came from His heart. She felt herself being strengthened by God's mighty power.
If you have a decision to make and don't know which way to turn…ask God for spiritual wisdom and understanding. It goes beyond the pro and con lists we make for ourselves. His desire for you is to be fruitful and to grow in your knowledge of God.
Give Him the question mark you are searching out today and truly trust Him to guide you. Pray about every aspect of your decision. Keep God in the center of your focus and do not neglect reading His Word and asking Him to guide you through it. He will keep His word and will give you patience and endurance as you wait on Him.


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Full Cesana biography
Cesana arranged and orchestrated music for network radio, the screen and the Radio City Music Hall in New York, and conducted a noted 1941 Town Hall concert of his own works. Noted Brazilian music critic José Domingos Raffaelli feels the composer should be associated with lighter forms of music, writing "...in my opinion easy listening music is the kind of music played by the string orchestras of Mantovani, David Rose, Peter Yorke, and others." Cesana began his study of the piano in 1909. One fact beyond dispute is that the man liked to learn; he had many teachers and became adept at organ, orchestration, and harmony. He turned out compositions and arrangements for radio stations and the Hollywood film studios and began premiering his original works in the early '40s at prestigious venues such as New York City's Town Hall., Cesana was contracted by Columbia alongside company such as Ray Conniff. ---notes from biography by Eugene Chadbourne.
VIDEO: Otto Cesana - Ecstasy Full Album GMB


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Inverloch Surf Lifesaving Club
Gippsland, Victoria
'Saving lives, preventing injuries, enjoying the water'
Summer in Melbourne is about being at the beach. There are 57 surf lifesaving clubs in Victoria offering summer programs for kids as young as 5 years old. Swimming is a necessary life skill in Victoria, the surf life saving clubs offer a fantastic way to learn how to be safe in the acquatic environment, to get fit and to make friends. Inverloch's SLSC has one of the best surf beaches in Victoria and their Little Nippers program, looks a lot of fun!
|U10 Nippers Inverloch SLSC
It's easy to see why Inverloch is a popular holiday destination. We love the surf beach here, you can walk a long way. The Gippsland coastline is dog friendly, here the Crazy Poodle and his great mate Spurt, enjoy some off lead fun. Getting them to sit still long enough for a photo was quite a challenge!
|Crazy Poodle and Spurt at the Dinosaur rocks, Inverloch
Happy Weekend to you all!
Linking with a Happy Pink Saturday
with Thanks to Beverley
and with Saturday's Critters
With thanks to Eileen


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I want to thank Mike for his comment about the Orange Juice. Orange Juice, like many other foods, is one of those tricky things that might seem healthy but secretly is not. OJ is often as loaded with sugar as a soda! I tend to stick to water or club soda and simply add lime or lemon juice for flavor.
Juices and dried fruits are always dangerous - not as healthy as the seem.
I had my own "Nutritious Foods in Disguise" experience this weekend.
A friend of mine from work invited me to take a cooking class with her called How to Make Vegetables Taste Great. Right up my alley! I signed up.
While I certainly learned a great deal from the class and really enjoyed making everything from saag paneer to roasted Brussels sprouts, there was one point that really disappointed me. Many of the recipes relied heavily on oil or butter for flavoring. I was really frustrated because the class seemed to just reinforce the notion that veggies are not tasty or satisfying, that they require a lot of fat and "doctoring" to taste good. Of course, a little butter makes anything taste better, but I have found that an open mind and some re-training of the palette can lead to a genuine enjoyment of vegetables and their natural flavor.
Some of my favorite ways to prepare vegges include:
- Sauteing with ginger, lime juice and a bit of soy sauce
- Steaming in fruit juice in general - lime, lemon or orange work great
- Steaming and adding cracked pepper and salt in moderation
- Sauteing in a small amount of olive oil and apple cider vinegar
- Cooking in "Hot Vinegar" - apple cider vinegar + hot sauce
- Roasting with a bit of olive oil and cracked pepper/salt
- Cooking in a curry sauce that does not use too much oil - cumin, curry, cinnamon, coriander, clovers, cardamom, turmeric, mustard seeds and paprika are all great to mix around in a curry
- Steaming in miso broth (which I make myself by simply adding miso paste to water)
- Stir frying with ginger, garlic, soy sauce, mustard, honey and some spicy pepper


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19 January 2016
10 nen goshi no HikiNEET o Yamete Gaishutsushitara Jitaku goto Isekai ni Ten'ishiteta. Chapter 4 - Part 8
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31 comments:
For some reason I feel that Kevin isn't trustworthy.ReplyDeleteReplies
every merchant in otherworld is evil.Delete
believe me. even inside the world that *cough*shield*cough* the merchant that i read is all scammer.
He hold the access to a great source of knowledge from another world. Treating his source right will bring him great benefits. Only an idiot would mistreat his gold-laying goose. For that reason, Kevin is trustworthy right now.Delete
Doesnt mean He wont take advantage of Yuji's knowledge. but he can be trusted to keep this location secret and protect Yuji to his best.
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2016 at 7:24 PM
@tommy not all of the merchant that the shield met is scammer because the shield's first merchant acquaintance is trustworthy and he even made all the shields armor...Delete
I think so too, but Kotarou seems to be fine, even more than against the adventure.Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 5:13 AM
But that shield himself is scammer (lol)Delete
thanks for the chapReplyDelete
basicaly the author hates yuji and loves kotarou.
that's all
Thanks for the chapter.ReplyDelete
If what the peddler wants is information, i wonder what would happen if he ever discovered the wealth of information the internet that yuuji has access too can offerReplies
/ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ \ReplyDelete
| Thanks!!!! Nepu!!!! |
\_____ ___/
ぶお~ん( ⊃┳⊃
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knew that so many mirrors was a bad idea. I mean that stuff is like 5 times its weight in gold since its too hard to make, or impossible to make.ReplyDelete
paper and mirror still a good trade, because yuuji have internet. but, he need a strategy.ReplyDelete
okay, NEET army, time to get work :)
He got free electricity right there. Some bathtub experiments should yield excellent results.ReplyDelete
High grade liquor, for one thing.
I still wonder how Kevin knew that yuuji was from another world?ReplyDelete
learn them enough to make porn movies, boom problem solvedReplyDelete
now some of you may think that just having sex would be faster but comeon, it's yuuji
thanks for the chapter
When did he get that second title ? the "Big Breast Lover" oneReplyDelete
When will we get more Kazura?ReplyDelete
What happened to Takarakuji de 40 Oku Atattanda kedo Isekai ni Ijuusuru?
It was getting into a really good part! =p
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2016 at 2:14 PM
Thanks, I can't wait what will happen next. Keep on translating please!ReplyDelete
She's a dog, though.ReplyDelete
I trust Kotarou, she likes the merchant more than the adventurers...
Thanks so much for all your hard work!!
- AnonymousMay 10, 2016 at 10:13 PM
Once info is sold, it can be resold (to the same person) though? So how is he going to get value for his info? Its not like the peddler can actually afford it at a fair market value after all.ReplyDelete
simple reason that hes trustworthy, he doesn't even own a shop yet, but hes a good merchant. A not so trustworthy merchant would already own a shop through devious means.ReplyDelete
thanks for the hard-work!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 23, 2017 at 1:54 PM
Ah, yuuji really pissed me off in this chapter.ReplyDelete
The anons worked really hard for no benefit to write those instructions, and he immediately discards them. Does he have no respect? I don't blame him for dropping his poker face but making a retreat and consulting the board was of massive importance.
Him continuing the conversation in any form at that point was the worst possible idea. Basically suicide. Worse than eating the mushroom, worse than trying to invite the adventurers in.
The anons knew this and that's why they didn't bother trying to write instructions besides to seek backup. They knew if yuugi tried to continue interacting with the peddler on his own from there it had a huge probability of leading to Bad End.
As others have said the author really needs to do something, anything, that will make yuugi regret his naivety. He isn't just acting ignorant, and he isn't just an idiot. He's putting his life and the life of his new sister at risk. When a kid tries to stick a fork in an outlet we don't say "Ah well they're just an idiot." We reprimand them because being an idiot isn't an excuse for actively trying to throw your life away.
This part of his character isn't fun or entertaining to me. I just can't help but think yuugi needs to take things more seriously for the sake of Alice. Being a fool on your own may be fine, but he chose to take responsibility for her and he needs to take that seriously. He can't keep acting like an idiot, and I don't enjoy seeing him do so.
Ugh. Thanks for the translation and sorry for the rant.Replies
- AnonymousJanuary 23, 2017 at 2:00 PM
Well, I think the author will probably end up going easy on him regardless. I mean, at least he didn't prolong the conversation and eventually followed the directions, but he should have done so immediately. No "I'll hear him out" bullshit - just excuse yourself and say that they'll speak again later. Only a fool would listen to that whole spiel from the peddler and further give away the weakness of his position.Delete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2017 at 9:50 PM
I was actually more bothered with his retarded behavior and stammering, even though he was a serious hikikomori before one would think that all this time of hunting, foraging and doing other stuff would make him a little bit more reliable. But it seems he hasn't really matured at all since the first prologue. Then there's the fact that he went on even though he was supposed to go for backup, that was somewhat more acceptable to me because he already ruined it, that stammering was enough for the peddler to ascertain that YES, he's from another world, it's already too late to play dumb. Might as well have asked his intentions like this without talking yourself and then ask for backup from there, which he did.Delete
Well, his overall behavior just makes me cringe a lot of the time. The story would be far funnier and better if he was actually a bit capable/reliable/intelligent and more self-confident. Right now he's even worse than the normal wimpier type japanese mcs that you see in other novels.
Protagonists prone to pure idiocy are not funny, they're frustrating. It's fine if they're somewhat silly, but don't turn them into retards that just makes mistakes all the time and can't think properly, that's not comedy, that's just subpar writing.


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ICenter NEWS & EVENTS
Summer 2016:
- Our SCOPE Program was recently featured as a story in the UT News! Thank you to the UT News writing staff for a lovely write-up about what we do! Read the article here!
Summer 2016:
- The Women of Philanthropy at the University of Toledo selected the Instrumentation Center proposal for "Living Science - The Ever-Changing Periodic Table". The proposed project will be completed at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.We are very excited about this project, as it has the capability to combine art, science, and many other subjects into an eye-catching display.
- The display will be a large wooden cabinet in the shape of the periodic table of elements with cubby holes for examples of each element. While similar displays do exist around the world, ours will be unique in that instead of filling each element itself, we will recruit community members from area schools, the UT campus, and other local groups to select an element of their choosing and fill the corresponding box.
- The cubbies will be changed periodically, to reflect the ever-changing nature of the periodic table. For example, the lead cubby may be filled with samples of water from Flint, Michigan to represent the issue with the local water.
- Each school year, community members will be invited to pick an element and update the display, making it a truly immersive work of art! In addition, two tablets will be incorporated with apps that allow users to explore the periodic table in more detail, including an app that combines elements to see if they react.
- Check out our page here to read more or sign up for an element!
Spring 2016:
- The Instrumentation Center has just installed a Western Blot Imager Azure c500. Please come down and use it! From our tests, the sensitivity is just as good, if not better, than film.
Check out the instrument page for specs and more information!
Winter 2016:
- The Instrumentation Center, along with Jaime Navarrete of Crown Battery, welcomed students from Tiffin Middle School's eighth grade advanced science class! Below is the picture and update we received from Jaime:
Mr. Jim Mason, Tiffin Middle School Science Teacher, and six students from his advanced science class visited the Instrumentation Lab at University of Toledo on Saturday Jan. 16, 2016. The students, assisted by Dr. Pannee Burckel, used an SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) to view various samples at high magnification.
Tiffin Middle School 8th Graders at the Univ. Toledo Instrumentation Lab (lft-rt: Kirsten Egbert, Dr. Pannee Burckel, Jacob Brown, Raphael Confessor, Nina Navarrete, Mr. Jim Mason, Lane Irving, Nathan Grover).
Summer 2015:
- Congratulations to Kristin Kirschbaum, the director of the Instrumentation Center,
on winning the American Crystallographic Association's Oxford Cryosystems Low Temperature
Poster Prize 2015 for her poster The Structural Beauty of Nanoparticles. The so far Largest Crystal Structure of a
Gold Nanoparticle: Au133(SC6H4tBu)52
Summer 2013:
- Thanks for helping us out, Mark-Robin Giolando! Repairing the chiller and installing a board.
May 2013:
- Welcome Cassandra! Cassandra is a sophmore in Chemistry and will work with the I. Center to coordinate and expand the SCOPE program!
January 2013:
- Welcome Zina! Zina is a senior in Biology and will work with Biology and the ICenter to coordinate and expand the S.C.O.P.E. project.
Winter 2012:
- In collaboration with Dr. Avidor-Reiss from the Biology department, we are now extending our S.C.O.P.E. project to include a confocal microscope.
Fall 2011:
- We have added a Bruker dual wavelength Apex diffractometer for single crystal crystallography. It is equipped with a Cu-ImuS and a traditional Mo-sealed tube source.
Summer 2011:
Over the past year, the ICenter has been diligently working to provide an outreach program geared towards exposing pre-college students to advance scientific instrumentation. Recently, the outreach program - S.C.O.P.E. - was featured in a UTnews article showing some of the programs impact so far (http://utnews.utoledo.edu/index.php/07_18_2011/ut-electron-microscope-advances-learning). Dr. Stacy Gates has recruited, and so far trained 20 educators in the Northwest Ohio and Michigan areas for participation in this program, and was essential in designing and organizing this project, along with Dr. Kristin Kirschbaum (Director) and Dr. Pannee Burckel (Instrument Scientist). This year, we are extending this program to middle schools and their students. We appreciate the ongoing enthusiasm and participation from educators in the Northwest Ohio and Michigan areas, and hope that together we can better prepare our students for advances in the world of SCIENCE!!


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If you are going to set sail into the uncharted waters for the first time, you can always forget something or not do something perfectly. For example, if you are going to fish, you might get your first try unsuccessful but as you go further, you'll find the joy of it and come back the other day, only to realize that you've been casting for hours and you run out of line but still crave for more. This is an unacceptable excuse, especially if it is the season of fishing. Therefore, you must have some extra in your tackle box.
Extra Lines
Getting an extra line in your tackle box is always a good idea in case that your current line got tangled or ripped. You must also carry lines that suites the particular fish species that you'll catch as well as the weather condition or wind flow. You should also consider the area you are going to fish. If you're going to go fishing in a clear lake, a thin, clear line will help fake out the fish.
Extra Hooks
Bring extra hooks, different kinds for any sorts of fish. This is a great way to get prepared in any kind of fishing situations. You won't love fishing a 100-pound catfish using a river trout hook.
Floaters or Bobbers
They will help you know if you're getting a bite from a fish because they'll sink if a fish bites. You will know that you have to be ready to reel your catch in. Bobbers come with different shape, size and colors. Round bobbers are easy to attach but won't allow you to cast deeper while a slip bobber needs extra effort but you'll get your hook deeper in water.
If you want to catch a fish that goes way underneath, a hook and a lure isn't enough to get it deeper. Therefore, you'll need to attach a weight or a so-called sinker in order to make sure that it can sink further down the water.
Plastic Worms
Using live baits is a great thing but using plastic worms can also be an advantage. This is a great thing to have especially of you are bass fishing. They come into different colors and sizes. Those that have long tails are the easiest to use. There are some beliefs that certain colors attracts more fish, so pick the best color that yields the most catch for you.
The good old hook and worm combination should be enough for your fishing needs. But if you want to make use of more complex lures to up your game, it's still a great idea. There are a lot of different lures from spinners and spoons, minnow imitations and many others that you'll think will match your target species perfectly.


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Vince Gill
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (July 2007)
|Vince Gill
Gill at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2012
|Background information
|Birth name
|Vincent Grant Gill
|April 12, 1957
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
|Country, bluegrass, blue-eyed soul, country pop, Southern rock
|Singer, songwriter
|Vocals, guitar
|Years active
|RCA Nashville, MCA, MCA Nashville
|Associated acts
|The Notorious Cherry Bombs, Pure Prairie League, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist and a duet partner.
Gill has recorded more than 20 studio albums, charted over 40 singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 26 million albums. He has been honored by the Country Music Association with 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. Gill has also earned 20 Grammy Awards, more than any other male country music artist. In 2007 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Early life
Vince Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma. His mother had a son, Bob Coen, from a previous marriage. He was Gill's half-brother, but was considered a full brother by Gill.[1] His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative law judge[2] who played in a country music band part-time and encouraged Gill to pursue a music career. His father encouraged him to learn to play banjo and guitar, which he did along with bass, mandolin, dobro and fiddle.[3]
Gill attended high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. While there he performed bluegrass in the band Mountain Smoke, which built a strong local following. After graduating from high school in 1975, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, to join the band Bluegrass Alliance. Afterwards he spent a brief amount of time in Ricky Skaggs's Boone Creek band before moving to Los Angeles to join Sundance, a bluegrass group fronted by fiddler Byron Berline.
In 1979 Gill joined Pure Prairie League as lead singer, recording three albums with the band. He left them in 1981 to join Cherry Bombs, the stage band which backed Rodney Crowell. There he worked with Tony Brown and Emory Gordy Jr., both of whom would later produce many of his albums.[3]
Gill debuted on the national scene with the country rock band Pure Prairie League in 1979, appearing on that band's album Can't Hold Back. He is the lead singer on their hit song "Let Me Love You Tonight". Mark Knopfler once invited him to join Dire Straits, but he declined the offer (although he sang backup on the Dire Straits' album On Every Street). He provided background vocals for the song "Tennessee Line", from Daughtry's second studio album, Leave This Town.[4]
Gill has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1991.[5]
In July 2011, Gill appeared as a guest on NPR's news quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me.[6] Also in 2011, he appeared on the second of two bluegrass tribute albums for the British rock band The Moody Blues: Moody Bluegrass TWO... Much Love (2011).[7]
In February 2012, Gill announced, "For the first time in 30 years, I don't have a record deal. Don't know that I want one."[8] In March 2012, he performed at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for its opening night. In April 2012, it was confirmed that Gill had been working with Bonnie Tyler on her upcoming album, performing a duet with her entitled "What You Need from Me".[9] In June 2012, he was touring and performing only bluegrass songs.[10]
Gill received the 2,478th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 6, 2012.[11]
On October 15, 2012, it was announced that Gill would be featured in a song by Kelly Clarkson titled "Don't Rush", which appears on Clarkson's first Greatest Hits album. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA and has sold 509,093 copies as of October 13, 2013. The two debuted the song at the 2012 CMA Awards on November 1, 2012.[citation needed]
In 2010, Gill officially joined the country swing group The Time Jumpers.[12]
On November 5, 2014, at the 48th annual CMA Awards Gill received the Irving Waugh award for excellence in country music. This was only the fourth time the award had been granted since its inception in 1983. The previous country music artist to receive the award was Johnny Cash.[13]
In his career Gill has sold more than 26 million albums and accumulated more than 50 Top 40 hits.[14]
Personal life
In 1968 Gill's older brother, Bob Coen, was involved in a severe car crash. Bob was 22 years old at the time, while Gill was 11. The accident placed him in a coma for three months and left him with non-reversible brain damage. Coen subsequently struggled in life and would lose contact with his family and friends. He died in 1993.[1] Gill wrote the song "It Won't Be the Same This Year" for his brother. He dedicated his 1993 Christmas album Let There Be Peace on Earth and his first televised Christmas special that year to his brother Bob.
Gill met country music singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of the Rodeo in Los Angeles when they were both starting out in music. The two married in 1980. Their daughter Jenny was born in 1982.[13] In 1983 the couple moved to Nashville. Gill worked as a session guitarist, sang back-up and continued to write songs while his wife's career reached notoriety. Occasionally Gill would mix sound for his wife's band. The two divorced in 1997.[15]
Gill met Christian music artist Amy Grant in 1993 when he asked her to perform in his first televised Christmas special. They formed a lasting friendship. Both parties were in troubled marriages. Grant and then husband Gary Chapman began divorce mediation in 1998, with Grant moving out of the home and filing for divorce in early 1999. The divorce was finalized in June 1999. Gill and Grant began to see each other publicly a few months later. In March 2000 they were married. Together they have one daughter, Corrina.[15] Though they had no physical relationship while involved in their first marriages, the divorces caused a certain amount of disquiet in their fan base. Gill's concert at the Kauffman Center in Kansas City, Missouri, was picketed September 8, 2013 by the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, over his divorce and subsequent remarriage to Grant.[16]
Gill has a keen interest in golf and has been playing since early childhood. A scratch golfer, he has organized and participated in many charity events centered around golf. In 1993 Gill founded the Vinny Pro-Celebrity Golf Invitational, which serves as the primary beneficiary for the Tennessee Golf Foundation. In 2003 the PGA awarded him the PGA Distinguished Service Award for his work in charity and in promoting junior golf.[17]
Gill and Amy are fans of the Nashville Predators ice hockey team, having been season ticket holders since the opening season. In the 2007 playoffs, they sang the national anthem for each game.[citation needed] In addition, Gill is a member of the Board of Directors of the Predator Foundation charity organization.[18]
- 1984: Turn Me Loose
- 1985: The Things That Matter
- 1987: The Way Back Home
- 1989: When I Call Your Name
- 1991: Pocket Full of Gold
- 1992: I Still Believe in You
- 1993: Let There Be Peace on Earth
- 1994: When Love Finds You
- 1995: The Essential Vince Gill
- 1995: Souvenirs
- 1996: High Lonesome Sound
- 1998: The Key
- 1998: Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
- 2000: Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
- 2000: 'Tis the Season (with Olivia Newton-John)
- 2003: Next Big Thing
- 2006: These Days
- 2011: Guitar Slinger
- 2013: Bakersfield
- 2016: Down to My Last Bad Habit[19]
Selected awards
- 1984 Top New Male Vocalist
- 1992 Song of the Year with John Barlow Jarvis - "I Still Believe In You"
- 1992 Top Male Vocalist
- 1993 Top Male Vocalist
- 1990 Single of the Year - "When I Call Your Name"
- 1991 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1992 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1992 Song of the Year with Max D. Barnes - "Look At Us"
- 1993 Album of the Year - "I Still Believe in You"
- 1993 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1993 Song of the Year with John Barlow Jarvis - "I Still Believe in You"
- 1993 Entertainer of the Year
- 1994 Entertainer of the Year
- 1994 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1995 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1999 Vocal Event of the Year with Patty Loveless - "My Kind of Woman, My Kind of Man"
- 2014 Irving Waugh Award of Excellence
- 2014 BMI Icon Award
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Grammy Awards (He won twenty awards from forty nominations.)
- 1990 Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - "When I Call Your Name"
- 1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration with Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner - "Restless"
- 1992 Best Country Song with John Barlow Jarvis - "I Still Believe in You"
- 1992 Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - "I Still Believe in You"
- 1993 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, and Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield - "Red Wing"
- 1994 Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - "When Love Finds You"
- 1995 Best Country Song - "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
- 1995 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
- 1996 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Worlds Apart"
- 1997 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Randy Scruggs - "A Soldier's Joy"
- 1997 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Pretty Little Adriana"
- 1998 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "If You Ever Have Forever In Mind"
- 1999 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Tommy Allsup, Asleep at the Wheel, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, and Steve Wariner - "Bob's Breakdowns"
- 2001 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Albert Lee, Steve Martin, Leon Russell, Earl Scruggs, Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Paul Shaffer and Marty Stuart - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
- 2002 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "The Next Big Thing"
- 2006 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "The Reason Why"
- 2007 Best Country Album - "These Days"
- 2008 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Brad Paisley, James Burton, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner - "Cluster Pluck"
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sharp, John (May 2, 2013). "Vince Gill Talks About Helping the Mobile Rescue Mission". Retrieved December 8, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "The 85th PGA Championship / News / Vince Gill: A man whose life is in tune (8/13/03)". Pga.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Vince Gill Official Site". Retrieved December 8, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Album Review: Daughtry" Retrieved July 21, 2015
- ↑ "Vince Gill". Grand Ole Opry. Retrieved October 29, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ [1], NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me stats page; retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Moody Bluegrass Two…Much Love". bluegrasstoday.com. June 7, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Profile, theBoot website; retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ [2], songlyrics.com; accessed October 29, 2014.
- ↑ Palisin, Steve (June 7, 2012). "Vince Gill concert will be 'all bluegrass'". The Sun News. Retrieved June 8, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Vince Gill Getting Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame". August 23, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Chancellor, Jennifer. "Gill joins Time Jumpers for debut album". Tulsa World. Retrieved September 11, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Vince Gill Biography". Academy of Achievement. November 10, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Thompson, Gayle (September 5, 2015). "23 Years Ago: Vince Gill Earns First No. 1 Hit With 'I Still Believe in You'". the Boot. Retrieved December 12, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Graham Kizer, Jennifer (January 4, 2010). "For Amy Grant and Vince Gill, the Second Time's the Charm". Good House Keeping. Retrieved December 9, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Watch: Vince Gill Confronts Westboro Baptist Church". Us995.cbslocal.com. Retrieved September 10, 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Denney, Bob (2003). "A man whose life is in tune". PGA.com. Retrieved December 9, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Predators Foundation". Retrieved December 12, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/vince-gill-new-album-down-to-my-last-bad-habit/
- ↑ "CMA AWARD WINNERS 1967-2011". Country Music Association. Retrieved February 19, 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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Top Ten Books on my Fall TBR!
Posted by The YA Book Traveler , Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:00 AM
- Queen of Shadows
- Illuminae
- Six of Crows
I LOVED Poison Study, hope you do too!
I remember we had a short discussion about Half Bad on Twitter one day. It has a really unique writing style. I didn't love it, but I liked it enough to want to continue on with the series. I noticed Dreamstrider on another list, and I haven't heard of it until today. It sounds amazing, though. :D
Sarah @ The Reading Petal
I'm so excited! EVERYONE keeps saying how good it is!
Yes, I had read a few pages of Half Bad but wasn't in the mood for it. I'm hoping to get to it but I'm not 100% sure I will.
So many great books! The Summer of Chasing Mermaids is one of my favourite books of the year so far. I haven't read any of the others, but I have most of them on my TBR. I hope you enjoy them! :-)
~Marie @ Ramblings of a Daydreamer
My TTT
Great list! Winter and Vengeance Road made my list too! :)
Soundless is also on my TBR pile for fall (more particularly, next month!) and so is Winter!! Oh boy, I'm so excited for Winterrrr!!
I really hope you'll enjoy Vengance Road, I absolutely loved it!!
I finished VENGEANCE ROAD last week and really enjoyed it. MISTBORN is also great. The whole series is fantastic. I hope you love all these.
Happy TTT!
So excited for Six of Crows and Illuminae! I've only heard good things! Red Queen was really good and Vengeance Road was amazing! I'm impatiently waiting for Winter, Soundless, and Dreamstrider. Great list!
My TTT
Lizzie @ Big Books and Grande Lattes
My sister-in-law loves the Mistborn series - I need to read them at some point too My TTT
Red Queen was on my list this week too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/top-ten-tuesday-23/
Oooooh I LOVE Mistborn! Seriously, that trilogy is just so wonderful. I also loved Vengeance Road. I've got a giveaway at the moment if you haven't got a copy yet ;)
I've had Red Queen on my Kindle since July but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Soon I hope :)
oh my god vengeance road is on my tbr too! the cover is just so gorgeous 😍 im also getting a signed copy so im literally excited heh 🙈 and winter! im so nervous about it and at the same time sad bc its all ending now 😢 red queen is a good book although i felt like she just recycled a bunch of ideas from other books...... AH IVE READ SIX OF CROWS TOO AND I LOVED IT IT WAS AMAZING. LEIGH IS MY FAV. i was quite disappointed with queen of shadows though. and ah i cant wait to read illuminae! ive heard of so much great stuff about it <33
isha @ two sisters bloggin'
Oh Soundless! I can't wait to check that one out!
This is an amazing Fall TBR! So excited that you're reading RQ this fall. Super smart move to save it until closer to the release date of the second book because the ending is crazy intense!
Vengeance Road!!! I really want to read that book! Dreamstrider has a really pretty cover, omg. I didn't enjoy Red Queen very much but you might like it more than I did! :) Great list!
Blessie @ Mischievous Reads
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