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Be Honest with Yourself and Others
I used to lie to make myself look cool. But I realized that the friends I was trying so hard to impress weren't good friends at all. We gossiped all the time and were mean to one another. I knew I had to be honest with these friends, so I told them that our relationships were leading me away from God. Breaking away from that group and finding new Christian friends has been a good decision!
—Holly Cannon, 16
Be careful whom you imitate
Although I'm from the South, I don't have a strong southern accent. Yet after spending a week with my friends at camp, I always come back with a heavier twang. When we spend time with other people, we inevitably start acting like they do—in speech, manner, or action. Ephesians 5:1 tells us to be imitators of God instead.
—Mary Lynn Johnson, 19
Listen to those who know you well
After starting a new job, I met someone who shared my interest in movies and music. We quickly became friends, although she was quite the party girl. Hanging out with her, my lifestyle began to change. When my supervisor noticed the change in me, she pulled me aside and said, "Show me your friends, and I'll show you who you are." After that conversation, I began to surround myself with new friends who have helped me to become more like Christ.
—Amy Wickland
Be willing to say NO in love
Sometimes we feel that to love people means to give them whatever they want, even if their demands are unreasonable, hurtful, or selfish. But real love isn't stupid, and it doesn't feed sin or selfishness. Sometimes love means saying no. Sometimes it means looking past people's demands and seeing their real need, even if they need to be told no.
—Rachel Starr Thomson
Handle all relationships with prayer
When I first noticed that my friend's attitude was negatively affecting mine, I began to pray about what I should do. My answer was to take a breather. When I took some time off, I saw my attitude change. She's still my friend, but I've learned that all relationships need to be handled with prayer.
—Sierra Klotz, 16
A famous football coach once said that the young people under his supervision would be changed only by the books they read, the movies they watched, and the people with whom they associated. Certainly, we are a glorious combination of DNA, the things we experience, and the attitudes we choose; but how many of us have seriously considered who or what influences us and how we influence other people? With what do we feed our minds? Who are our friends? I believe our pipeline of influence has a lot to do with what flows out of our hearts and lives. Junk In, Junk Out!
—Von Mitchell
—from devozine (September/October 2011). Copyright © 2011 by The Upper Room®. All rights reserved.


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We going to fly with You (Now He'll be coming down)
We going to fly with You (Now He'll be coming soon)
We going to fly with You (Now He'll be coming down)
We going to fly with You (Now He'll be coming soon)
It's just an average day I'm thinking every thing's okay
I'm walking down the street just trying to pass my day away
And all of a sudden I turn my head and now I hear a crash
A car is flying towards me and plus it's coming fast
I'm moving quickly as it crashed into the side of the street
I looked inside but now there's no one in the driver's seat
And all around me it's only chaos that I can see
These people running and screaming but it makes no sense to me
Now what happened I look up and see a plane just crashing
Into the side of a building up in smoke and flames blasting
When suddenly it hit me so clearly just the reality
That the Son of God came back but didn't come back for me
I was that part time Bible reader slash part time church leader
Giving God part time I'm a part time believer
You'd seen me on the front pew just by the speaker
Falling asleep on Sunday morning
Just while I'm listening now to the preacher
Had everybody fooled including me
The fools included me but really now the only fool was truly me
See I truly be wishing I could change the way I was living
While others we're seeking after God I was seeking after religion
I'm trying to call my friends but they keep on coming up missing
I'm getting stressed cause there's one thing that I was wishing
That I would've done more with the truth of the words that I was given
Why did I waste that time why didn't I just listen
Jesus I'm sorry Jesus is it too late for me
Jesus can you hear me You feel so far from me
I'm sorry for what I did I'm sorry for the way I lived
I been ignoring You ever since I was a little kid
I know that You forgive but can You just forgive me
For all the times I've ignored for all the loving that You give me
Please don't forget me I'm sorry please believe me
Don't go! Jesus don't leave me!!!

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The Internet empowers consumers over retailers for the first time. E-retailers will no longer be the force--or the bottleneck--that they are in the physical world. This implies a dramatic shift of who has power in the e-commerce domain.
New media mimics the past
The first approaches in any new medium mimic what is already well understood in prior media. Marshall McLuhan first espoused this idea in the '60s, and it has played out to this day with remarkable accuracy. The early movies were "filmed theater," with a single camera angle capturing the view from the audience seat. Early TV shows were televised radio programs. People start with what they understand, and the unique expressions of the new medium take time to emerge.
The Internet has grown much more quickly than any of the preceding media did, but it has not yet matured. Many millions of people are using the Web, while it is still in the "filmed theater" phase. Untargeted banner ads, like subway billboards, are simplistic and increasingly ineffective. We have yet to see the widespread adoption of business models that are uniquely derived from the Internet media and that would not have been feasible in the physical world.
So what do we have so far? On the Internet, one of the first e-commerce metaphors was the shopping mall. MCI and several now-defunct start-ups built online versions where consumers would see rows of retailers and rows of products on their shelves. Some of them even went so far as to create a 3D rendition of the physical shopping experience.
Those shopping malls failed in part because they ignored the Internet's power to collapse geographical distance; such an aggregation of commerce sites under one virtual roof was unnecessary when people could go anywhere with a few keystrokes.
Vertically integrated e-retailers
The next physical-world model transplanted to the Internet was the "vertically integrated retailer," a single vendor like Amazon.com that handles the shopping experience from product selection to shipment. E-retailers have scaled much more quickly than traditional shops serving a geographic locale, but they do not represent the great step forward that the Internet enables.
In the next few years, merchandising and product selection will be decoupled from product fulfillment and support. Today they are smashed together out of habit because that is what we are used to in the physical world. We browse the products on the shelves, ask a sales clerk for advice, pick a product, pay for it, and take delivery all from the same store. In the physical world, it is cumbersome to segregate these activities to different companies, as the customer would have to shuttle across town for each step in the buying chain.
The retail store is orchestrated around maximizing efficiencies of the physical supply chain--the logistical relationships that move the goods from production to the consumer. The consumer is engaged only in the final step with the binary option to buy or not to buy from a fixed set of options at fixed prices. Power rests with the store. Geographic constraints defined this optimal retail chain, one that has undergone little change for hundreds of years.
Vertical integration is not optimal for consumers. Let's say you want to decide which DVD player to buy. Do you want to go to a company that is trying to sell you a DVD player? Do you want to seek advice from a company that only profits when they close a sale? Would you seek advice from a sales clerk who barely knows you?
Theory of objectivity
What if your alternative was a "shopping agent" service with a brand like Consumer Reports, which has no economic incentive to sway you one way or another, will give you honest consumer feedback, and will get to know you and all of your purchase habits across the entire Web?
Any one merchant knows only what you have done on that particular site. Other companies (like NetZero, ThirdVoice and the "browser buddies") will stay with you as you surf and can make personal recommendations for you based on your buying habits across the entire Web.
So for both objectivity and pan-Web personalization, there will be separate consumer companies that focus exclusively on product selection and reviews. They can innovate in many ways, like consumer feedback networks, collaborative shopping and buyer aggregation (imagine ad-hoc groups with fleet purchasing power). When a vertically integrated industry breaks apart, there is rapid innovation at each horizontal layer, just as we saw in the computer industry when IBM ceased to be the one-stop shop for computing.


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Disruptive technologies. Distributed content models. Globalization and transformation. The publishing business has certainly seen some seismic shifts in 2015, bringing both challenges and opportunities. We hope our monthly recommended reading lists have provided you with the resources you need to learn about these important trends and prepare for what's down the road.
To mark the end of this game-changing year, we bring you the most popular TFP Book Picks of 2015, decided by you, our readers. Top topics include content strategy, data visualization, design thinking, and more.
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The Content Strategy Toolkit: Methods, Guidelines, and Templates for Getting Content Right by
Content is everything. It's a business asset that deserves strategic attention. Today, people who never thought much about content are being asked to tackle it and all its complexities, and they're clamoring for information that goes beyond the theoretical and illustrates practical application. This book offers exactly that. It provides an abundance of examples along with concrete suggestions and action plans for how to implement strategies.
Enterprise Content Strategy: A Project Guide by
This step-by-step guide to building an enterprise content strategy outlines best practices for conducting and executing content strategy projects. Enterprise Content Strategy draws on Kevin Nichols' experience managing one of the largest and most successful global content strategy teams, providing an insider's look at how to build an enterprise content strategy. Full of definitions, questions you need to ask, checklists, and guidelines, this book focuses not on the what or why, but on the how.
The Ultimate Guide to Business Process Management: Everything you need to know and how to apply it to your organization by
The Language of Content Strategy by
This book defines 52 terms that are central to the discipline of content strategy. Each term has been defined by a contributor known for his or her depth of knowledge in that area of expertise, accompanied by an essay that explains the importance of the term within the world of content strategy. This guide provides a starting place for conversations among content strategy practitioners and between practitioners and clients.
Visualize This: The Flowing Data Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics by
Data is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its intended audience. In this full-color book, data visualization guru and author Nathan Yau uses step-by-step tutorials to show you how to visualize and effectively tell stories with data. He explains how to gather, parse, and format data, and design high-quality graphics that help you explore and present patterns, outliers, and relationships.
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at Business or Design School by
As many companies have lost confidence in the traditional ways of running a business, design thinking has entered the mix. This book presents a framework for design thinking that is relevant to business management, marketing, and design strategies, and provides a toolkit to apply concepts for immediate use in everyday work. It explains how design thinking can bring about creative solutions to solve complex business problems.
Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value by
Design has greater opportunity to add value to the triple bottom line than any other business function. Ranked in the top 100 bestseller list by Amazon in design, marketing, and communication categories, Design Thinking explores techniques, methods, and hands-on case studies from international thought leaders, covering design thinking methods, design thinking in service design, design thinking in brand building, and design thinking in creating customer experiences.
Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Creative Technologies by
This handbook highlights the latest research in education, communication, and creative social expression using digital technologies. By exploring advances in art and culture across national and sociological borders, it gives artists, theorists, information communication specialists, and researchers the tools they need to effectively disseminate their ideas across the digital landscape.
The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization by
The author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation reveals the strategies design firm IDEO uses to foster innovative thinking throughout organizations and overcome naysayers who stifle creativity. Filled with engaging stories of how companies like Kraft, Procter and Gamble, Cargill, and Samsung have incorporated IDEO's thinking to transform the customer experience, this is an extraordinary guide to nurturing and sustaining a culture of continuous innovation and renewal.
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Jesper, I've had the exact same issues for a week and a half now since I loaded CatalinaOS and RB 5.8.1. Posted the issue on here and zero support, extremely frustrating. You think someone from Pioneer would be on here to assist. Did you just upgrade to Catalina too? What type of Mac and year is yours?
The USB is formatted for FAT32 and Master Boot Record and is no longer recognized as a device to export to, the USB only is recognized in the Explorer tab for importing tracks into RB.
I'm researching how to downgrade back to Mojave and go back to RB 5.8.0 since all my issues started since upgrading. I too have a gig coming up on NYE and haven't been able to play at all..


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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
I have blogged with my students once this semester. I am having a difficult time getting my students to see the benefits of blogging and how to talk to each other outside of the classroom. I do not feel like I set up the blogging very well. I hope that next semester will provide the technology to blog everyday. I am in the process of evaluating my goals (again) and seeking new ways of meeting the needs of my students. I am not happy with the way that the goals are going.
Tune in again soon for new goals and old goals revisited.
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- Karl Fisch said...
Try to keep in mind that blogging may not be the best solution for your classroom. I think it can be a very powerful force for student engagement, but that doesn't mean it will work in everyone's room or with everyone's style.
Think about what kinds of problems you are trying to solve in your classes (not chemistry problems, but overall problems), then think about what might be good solutions to those problems. If blogging happens to address one (or more) of those problems - great. If not, that's okay too.
I think the other use of blogging with our students that may not be specific to your class is using it as personal reflection on their own learning. We have talked a lot about using it to engage students with particular topics, but I think that possibly a more powerful use of it in the long term will be as personal reflection for the students. That's something many of us are not comfortable with (notice how difficult it has been to get 21c teachers to reflect in their blogs), but it's also something that the research shows really helps people learn. Now we just have to figure out how to convince students (and teachers) that this will make a difference . . .


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Nigerian airlines in destructive competition — Ex-NAMA boss
Lagos – Capt. Roland Iyayi, a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), on Friday said airlines operating in the country were in destructive competition.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iyayi made the assertion while speaking at a conference on "90 Years of Aviation in Nigeria'' in Lagos.
The conference was part of activities to mark the first flight in Nigeria which flew from Cairo to Kano on Nov. 1, 1925.
He said the airlines had not been able to maximise the huge potential of the aviation sector in generating employment and contributing to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Iyayi, who is the Managing Director of Topbrass Aviaton, said Nigeria currently boasts of 15 million travelling passengers out of a population of 170 million which accounts for only 10 per cent.
According to him, out of the 26 airports in the country, 80.2 per cent of the total traffic passes through the Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt Airports.
"I scarcely see any major airline in the country today that will survive the next three years except that there is a major injection of capital.
"The promoters of airlines don't take time to study the market. So, they need to think outside the box and find new ways to make the industry to grow,'' he said.
Iyayi also advised the government to enact policies that would support the growth of the sector, including the establishment of a strong national carrier like the defunct Nigerian Airways.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar Usman, said the authority was strengthening its regional offices to effectively perform its oversight functions.
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Meggison said the aviation sector was only contributing four per cent to the country's GDP, while that of Ethiopia was contributing 26 per cent. (NAN)


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Tyler Hilton was in studio with Jackie & Bender on KISS 106.1 FM in Seattle on Tuesday (November 30). Tyler talked about meeting so many people on the road he forgets people's names, being asked if he's related to Paris or Nicky Hilton, partying the other night for his 21st birthday in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, appearing on 'One Tree Hill', and more. He also performed 'When It Comes' and 'Glad'. The interview has since been removed from kiss1061.com.


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Solving discretely constrained mixed complementarity problems using a median function
Steven A. Gabriel
In this paper we present a novel formulation based on a certain median function to solve discretely constrained mixed complementarity problems (MCPs). Such problems seek to combine integer (discrete) solutions that are also equilibrium ones and have applications in engineering and economics. Several theoretical results show the correspondence between the easier-to-solve formulations presented and the original discretely constrained MCP. Lastly, the approach is tested on a variety of illustrative examples.
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The last day of Manila Auto Salon 2010
So Marsha and I went to the last day of Manila Auto Salon which I think I should stop doing so if I want to take decent pictures. There will always be a flock of guys with huge poser dicks and umbrellas around to just piss you off. Heh~
The Manila Auto Salon 2010 was from Nov. 18 to 21. We went on the last day at around 5PM after hours in the parlor. :3 I had my Diana F+ and took more pictures of the girls than the cars even if I wanted to take more of the latter. There just weren't many that awed me. Yes, I have to make you believe that I'm not there just for the girls. I guess I had huge expectations for this event. There were even fewer girls than the cars. Such disappoint! *shakes head* Twice did we only see guys flocked over the car girls. One was when some girls had a short dance stint and second was Jahziel's awarding.
My film has not been processed, so I'll post pictures of those was worth seeing taken by my Marsha. We apologize in advance for the blurriness as he hasn't gotten used to the camera yet.
One of the few that got me excited in this event — TOY/DISPLAY CARS
We saw a black Camaro from Shangri-La Hotel Makati last Thursday lunch.
The car's really HOT.
She suddenly popped out of nowhere. ^^;;; Marsha saw her first before I did. I hate being short. 😐
As per Larry, her name is Abby Poblador.
I want one. Even if just for display in my future HUGE garage. LULz~
Imma drive around flooded Manila in this. LULz~ Even though it looks like it would
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Sunday, 29 January 2012
REVIEW: lift, run, bang ebook
Now there is a title you'll either love or hate! These two books are based on the blog of the same name ( click here to check that out). A friend of mine had the books & so I thought I'd check them out as they are both quite short. I won't give away the whole program here, but the ideas are pretty basic (translated: that means I like them!), you get two books, one for mass building, one for strength peaking, you also get excel sheets to plug-in your own numbers & use the system. The whole system is built upon eating a lot & lifting pretty heavy most of the time. I liked the 80% : +10%: -10% rule. It's so easy to add into your training & yet I'd never thought of it, that is a change to my 2012 log book right there! (80% of your workout should be 'ok', 10% great, 10% will be crappy. Simply writing it down in your log will allow you to see how you are going, if you have too many -10% then you are doing something wrong, if you are hitting a load of 80% &/or +10% then you're heading the right way...how simple is that!). That one rule was worth the read in itself & there is plenty more in there for someone who wants to improve their lifts. The good thing is neither book is over 40 pages! Read the mass one first (it's a little over 30 pages), then read the strength one (26 pages). Read them in that order as some stuff is covered in the mass but not in the strength, so it makes more sense that way. You can read & digest these in an hour or so, then go straight to it if you want. I liked the simple style & common-sense approach to lifting. The dietary advice is pretty much useless to the vegan, veggie or even meat reducing athlete, but you can get some ideas of the amounts needed to eat to grow larger & yes sometimes the younger guys & gals need to slip in some junk to add mass (but outside of the very youthful, 'bag of bones' junk food should be a very rare treat). There is a little swearing in the book, if that worries NEVER hang around with powerlifters or similar types as aggression tends to 'loosen the tongue' when you lift flat out max weights.
As a final note there was plenty about lifting, a very little about running & nothing about banging in the book, so if you expected anything else you are out of luck (also all the pictures are of big, sweaty guys, not the heaving bosomed young ladies, so again tough luck).
The whole thing costs $15 USD so if you like the powerlifting/powerbuilding style of training then this could be of use to you. I can probably guarantee you have heard 90% of what is being said before, but if this book actually gets you DOING IT, then it's $15 well spent!
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Labels: deadlift, powerlifting, review, squat
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- Aging Ophelia said...
Your reviews are hilarious-- I might even read the first book, and I'm no bodybuilder. In fact I have damaged muscles from Dermatomyositis. So maybe I need to stop by here more often...
Peace, Mari
- 2 February 2012 at 14:14
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For diners, the new platform will offer users a fully personalised experience with new features including an improved review system and a loyalty scheme.
For restaurateurs, the new platform will streamline the profile-building process and add new analytics and reporting functionality.
Speaking about the project, Sugarvine co-founder Adam Holland said: "We're very excited to announce the impending launch of Sugarvine.com Version 2.0.
"At the heart of this project is our desire to give diners the ultimate guide to eating out in a particular area - whatever the occasion or budget - and we want to deliver them the information in a way that is personalised, relevant and user friendly. Sugarvine version 2.0 will do just that."
Sugarvine, which was established in 2002, features restaurant profiles, special offers, reviews, features, competitions and online booking.
Simon Iredale, CEO at Preston-based Motionlab, added: "We're hugely excited to be working with the Sugarvine team as we redevelop the platform for today's digitally connected diner.
"Everyone is familiar with the Sugarvine brand and its proposition. However, it wasn't until we really started to dig into the existing site and map out the new customer journey that we appreciated just how much of a valuable resource Sugarvine is."


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HIGHLIGHTS of TX Slitting Lines
Material to be Processed
No. of Cut
Max OD
stainless steel, aluminium, pre-painted steel, and etc
250 m/min
0.1 mm to 10 mm
TX is is one of the leading manufacturers of precision slitting lines, our slitter lines are suitable to process materials used and produced in steel mill, metal coil service centres, the automotive and appliance industry, such as stainless steel, aluminium, pre-painted steel, galvanized steel cold rolled steel, hot rolled steel, carbon steel, high tensile steel, electric steel, copper, brass and titanium.
TX slitting lines meet the highest requirements to the processing quality and precision. We guarantee best results for your cutting processes and achieve best cutting quality, slit width tolerance and precise recoiling technique with our lines.
According to different requirements: speed, degree of automation, productivity, type of required surface, strip thickness, strip width and coil weight, number of slit strips and so on, we will develop, design and provide the best solution accordingly.
Depending on the type of longitudinal slitting line, the finishing line is mainly composed of:
The decoiler continuously uncoils the strips and maintains a constant tension in generator mode and provides motor-driven support of feeding.
De-coiler for coil weights can be up to 40tons and strip widths max 2, 200 mm.
Applicable for different tension levels
Different coil diameters is managed by means of expandable shaft with the segments that can be radially adjusted via a sliding wedge system to grip the coil on the decoiler shaft. And by adding rubber/steel sleeve.
Single decoiler or double cones decoiler is available.
Outboard bearing support is provided for single decoiler
AC- or DC-powered
The configuration of the machines in the section can be various according to customers' specified request.
After the coil is unwound, the threading pinch roll captures the strip and moves it through the straightener. The flattener is designed by TX with different diameter and number of work rolls based on the type of material to be processed, thickness, width, tensile strength and etc.
Cropping shears is utilized on both entry side and output section: in feeding side, it cut the ends of strips which is improperly dimensioned and of irreparable surface defects; in the output section, the crop shear cut the strip according to the pre-set length on the HMI.
Mode of cropping shear: start-stop cutting
Materials to be processed including both ferrous and non-ferrous metals such as steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, chromium and many different kinds of special alloys.
Strip widths 2,200mm max.
Thicknesses ranging from 0.1 to 10 mm
TX's Slitter heads is designed and manufactured for achieving the highest precision and strictest tolerance value on slitting width, minimum bur, and shear/tear ratio, by means of minimum arbor bending, parallelism of the slitter shafts, exact concentricity, "0" axial gap and our advanced tooling locking system.
Double slitters interchange system: there are two slitter heads are equipped, one slitter head is running for production in line, while another is in tool setting offline, after the production, the dual injector slitter heads are interchanged by shuttle system on rails. By this means the time for tool changing time can be minimized.
Braking systems are utilized to decelerate the loose slit strips coming out of the pit, provide uniform tension on each slit strip therefore the strips can be wound tightly and edged straightly.
Thanks to our years effort and practice, we have developed the most advanced tensioning system applicable for both delicate and non-delicate material, like hot rolled steel, stainless steel, aluminium, pre-painted steel, electric steel, copper, brass and titanium.
TX tensioning system mainly including three types of device: — Felt press — Roller braking system — Belt bridle tensioner
Our system provides the recoiling tension in a non sliding manner so as to prevent any marks on the surfaces of the slit strips, even when processing the most delicate materials.
Besides, our quick change separator shaft can benefit reduction of tooling changing time.
Recoiling machine is used for recoiling of the slits strips with or without the separators holder arm after the head of the coil is fed into recoiler gripper.
Coiler for coil weights can be up to 40tons and strip widths max 2, 200 mm.
Our robust frame can ensure the neat performance of recoiling.
Different coil diameters is managed by means of expandable shaft with the segments that can be radially adjusted via a sliding wedge system to grip the coil on the recoiler shaft. And by adding rubber/steel sleeve.
Outboard bearing support is included.
AC- or DC-powered
reliability, stable performance, long lifetime for hard working
reliability, stable performance, long lifetime for hard working
reliability, stable performance, long lifetime for hard working
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Talk about a rogue spy!
The Department of Justice has charged an ex-CIA employee, 29-year-old Joshua Adam Schulte, with leaking classified information.
But not just any classified info! The New York Times and others report Schulte leaked the infamous 'Vault 7' hacking tools to Wikileaks, violating the Espionage Act. The massive leak is considered among the largest leaks of classified information in CIA history.
When Wikileaks posted thousands of pages of CIA documents with secret cyber tools in March 2017, investigators say this is the guy Wikileaks got the goods from.
A grand jury has indicted Schulte on several charges related to gathering and transmitting info on U.S. intelligence gathering capabilities.
If that weren't bad enough, the former University of Texas grad has also been charged for possession of child porn.
Apparently, it was while investigating Schulte for transmitting the classified data that the feds also discovered the child pornography.
The Federal agents reportedly found more than 10,000 files, images and videos of child porn.
Although the accused hacker reportedly had a ton of encryption to protect the porn images, he had all the passwords to them on his cell phone, which investigators quickly discovered.
Now it looks like Schulte could have a long, long time behind bars to think about those spilled secrets.


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Tickets are available now or Fashion CITED 2012, benefiting the Legal Hospice of Texas. A total of 17 local designers are scheduled to showcase their fashions at Frontiers of Flight, on a nearly 60 foot custom designed runway! The event is set for Thursday, March 22nd and begins at 6 pm.
Widely regarded as one of the top fashion events of the year for local designers, Fashion CITED will feature 170 looks in this year's show.
Legal Hospice of Texas works tirelessly to build a community in which people, regardless of health or economic status, have
access to justice. Their mission is to provide timely and compassionate legal services to low income
persons diagnosed with terminal illnesses or HIV-disease
Dallas Light Sound has worked for weeks on a custom production design for the event that incorporates lighting, stage design, runway, audio, video projection, and staging to help make the 2012 event the biggest ever. This year makes our fourth as technical producers for Fashion CITED. Images from shows from each of the last three years can be found on our facebook page in the photo galleries section at www.facebook.com/dallaslightandsound.
For additional information or to purchase a ticket, visit... www.legalhospice.org.


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A Decorative Porcelain patchwork tile, that is very versatile. Displaying over a hundred different geometric designs. Mixed differently on each tile creates a random patchwork effect. This look is always popular with designers and with the high anti-slip rating you can now create this effect on both wall and floors.
Kimono wall and floor decorative tile, that has a quirky patchwork style. Supplying any given space an unorthodox character. Kimono is a high sort after tile. This tile has a light dusting of glitter that sparkles when caught by light, creating a pleasant finish.
A stunning, elaborate patchwork tile, made up of different geometrical patterns. A matt decorative patchwork tile, that will bring energy to any wall or floor space, these striking mosaic effect tiles have different designs;
; from geometric displays, dragon fly's through to floral patterns. Kimono can be partnered with various other tiles. They are suitable for both walls and floors and have a matt textured finish. Patchwork effect tiles are becoming ever more popular, as a residential or commercial feature floor tile, as splashback or maybe a feature piece. These 442×442 mm tiles are made up of 16 number, 100x100mm individual tiles. Each 442×442 tile has 16 different unique designs with hues of Burnt orange, terracotta, turquoise, green and aqua blue. Kimono patchwork tile is a pressed tile with a grout effect between each 100x100mm tile. So, you don't need to grout between the faux mosaic pieces.
Kimono 442x442 mm
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B-4B-XL Super Long Super Wide 4″ Double Padded Strap up to 64″
Extra long super wide black leather 4″ strap with double thick padding. Great for bass players!
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We get so many calls from guys who need their straps reeeeeally long, especially bass players. So here is our new B4-B Bassman XL super long and super wide black leather strap with our signature double thick padding for bass players and guitarists with heavy instruments. These XL's will adjust as long as 64″. That's 10″ longer than our standard B4B straps.
- Deep Black Polished Top Grain Leather Top Welt
- Ultra Soft Glove Leather Back with Double Thick Padding
- Contrasting Double Needle Top Stitching
- 4″ wide and adjustable from 52″-64″
These are 100% handmade straps crafted with special skill and care, using only ultra premium grade leathers.
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2 reviews for B-4B-XL Super Long Super Wide 4″ Double Padded Strap up to 64″
This strap is awesome. I like playing my bass extremely low, and this let's me do it pretty much on my knees. Very comfy and looks cool. It was shipped very promptly and arrived at my place in Australia in no time. Would highly recommend.
Bought mine in August 2017 and I use it for my 1979 Peavey T-40 Bass Guitar which is probably one of the heaviest basses ever made. This beautiful wide strap helps spread the weight of this heavy bass. Ideal to ease shoulder, neck and back discomfort when used for long gigs.


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2018 Buick Torx - $40 large for the Buick Outback. Included in my buildout:
I need a sunroof and unfortunately it's only available on the top trim level. Bad product planning Buick.
The color I chose was one of the two "free" choices and IMO the best of any of them. Thankfully Buick allows the darker interior with this color choice.
One more thing, the name is horrible. I'd prefer Buick Sportwagon but "wagon" turns people off so we call it either a type of fastener or the plural of rotational force.


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We've almost got our full Spring wardrobe! We've got the shoes and shirts and this #FashionFriday is all about the chinos!
With the temperature rising to match the sunshine we think it's time to go with something casual. Chinos are fantastic because of how versatile they are. A popular trend in America, they have been around since the 20th Century (so yes, for a rather long time!) and we can see why it is still so popular. Described as being the 'middle-man' between khakis and dress trousers, they're not as casual as jeans but not as formal as dress trousers. Hence why they are the best of both worlds!
The colour options for chinos are also incredibly versatile! Original tanned and blue is the perfect choice for the warmer season but we also have available greyscale hues too. They would look fantastic with some of our SS17 shirts!
Ted Baker will always be a pioneer in menswear and we couldn't resist adding their chinos to our collection! The tapered style helps give more shape than a pair of baggy khakis and generally looks great with anything. A staple must-have for any trendsetting gentleman!
Herbie Frogg is always a great option because we know they put as much effort on the outside as inside. There is always an interesting pattern to behold as you can probably tell from the lining. We've also got the Remus Uomo Jeans available. It works great because the fabric used is not as stiff as denim which equates to more comfort.
Please be sure to visit us at our John Douglas Showrooms on Chestergate and have a quick wonder yourself! We're going to be creating a cool spring collection video soon so watch out for that too. We look forward to seeing you!


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Capture Momentum with the Right Next Step
There are two common mistakes we tend to make after Creating Value for our men: (1) we do too little, or (2) we try to do too much.
We do too little when we don't plan for the Right Next Step for our men. So many times we Create Value through an event, only to have spent ALL of our time planning the event and no time planning what to do next. This means we go from planning one big event to planning the next big event. In between those events, men aren't involved in growing in their relationship with Christ. If we aren't careful, men will begin to think that all it takes to grow is to go from one event to the next event.
We do too much when we invite men to an event, only to cram a year's worth of Bible study in between the food, or at half-time of the game, or after the event when everyone is ready to go home.
When you are planning for any event to Create Value, make the follow-up (Capture Momentum) opportunities part of your event planning. Don't Create Momentum without a plan to Capture that Momentum.
In every interaction you have with a man, whether it is one-on-one over lunch, a small group kickoff, a men's retreat or seminar, or any other activity, you should always be thinking, "What is a reasonable next step?" Then, constantly communicate these steps to your men.
Keys to successfully Capturing Momentum are:
- Make the Follow-up Fit the Event by determining the types of men you will be targeting.
- Right-size the Commitment. Don't ask men to over-reach based on "end-of-event enthusiasm." Make the follow-up something they can visualize themselves doing – with some of that same enthusiasm.
- Always Have an Ending Point: Make it short (4-6 weeks) so even if the enthusiasm fades or reality sets in, they can still see themselves "toughing it out" for just a few weeks.
- Choose Good "Second Gear" Material by using materials that raise significant issues and deal with them in light of the Bible. Men will make a one-time, short-term commitment to something that seems "doable."
- Start New Groups for New Men because it's uncomfortable walking into an already established group. Make it easy for new guys to come to a group.
- Help Men Take the Next Step…on the Spot. Have the men leading the follow-up groups in place and ready to introduce themselves with all the information (when they will meet, where, what time, etc.). Then have them sign up for one of those groups before they leave the room.
Every leader in your church needs to have a Capture Momentum, "next step" mindset. Always show men a right next step. Getting men to take a first step and then not showing them what's next is detrimental to helping men grow. Make the time to plan how to Capture the Momentum from your Create Value activities.


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PhilaU Graphic Design End of Fall 2016 Semester Reviews and Nexus Learning
A tradition that we have here in the PhilaU Graphic Design Communication program is to have end of semester "All-Class Reviews." That is, we gather the students by "cohort" (all Sophomores, all Juniors, etc.) to see what they have been up to, and after being in the program just one semester students know and understand this tradition. It is a time to come together as a larger class (not just a few sections), to be with friends, peers and colleagues; and it is a great way for the overall faculty to conduct assessment of what is happening in the program. To take a pulse of the program if you will. And if this past Fall 2016 semester is any indication, the work coming out of the program at this moment is very strong!CONTINUE READING POST…
PhilaU Day of Giving 2017 Industry-Sponsored Project
As a part of the Design 5 Introduction to Branding and Identity course during the Fall 2016 semester junior-year students were tasked to work on the branding and identity of the 2017 PhilaU Day of Giving. This annual philanthropic event engages all members of the PhilaU community—current students, faculty and staff, alumni—to gather, energize and mobilize to raise funds for scholarships and other activities at the University. Students were asked to design a cohesive, creative approach to raise awareness about the event.CONTINUE READING POST…
AIGA PhilaU Student Group Field Trip to Lead Graffiti Letterpress Shop
Some student members of the AIGA PhilaU student group recently took a field trip to Newark, Delaware to get their hands dirty at Lead Graffiti, a fabulous letterpress facility. Students worked hands-on with wood type and letterpresses in a workshop led by Lead Graffiti owners, Ray Nichols and Jill Cypher. The workshop was created in honor of H.N Werkmen, and to learn about the history of typography and letterpress printing. The students had a great time for the afternoon stepping away from the computer and working with their hands with letterforms off-screen.
DiSanto Part of Design for Good Panel
Adjunct Professor, Rose DiSanto, has been invited to participate in Hi-Res Live's December 8 podcast "Design for Good." Host Ryan Starr will be facilitating a live recording of the podcast, talking about design for the greater good with designers who do work for non-profits, charities and community programs. Rose will be joined by other Philly designers Steve Linchuk of Agency M and Brian Jacobson and Cara Cox of J2. Details and tickets are available here.
Employer Panel Discussion Features PhilaU Graphic Design Alums
A recent panel discussion sponsored by Career Services held at PhilaU featured three PhilaU Graphic Design alums from the Archer Group of Wilmington, DE. Michael Mayton, Creative Director (PhilaU GDC, 2008), Giovanni Frias (PhilaU GDC, 2014), and Bruno Forcine (PhilaU GDC, 2015) participated in the panel discussion entitled "What Employers are Looking for in Portfolio." The alums spoke to students about what employers look for in a successful portfolio and provided helpful tips to help students land their dream job.CONTINUE READING POST…
Package Design Students Create Japanese Inspired Tea Projects
Students in Associate Professor Maribeth Kradel-Weitzel's Package Design course visited the Shofusu Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park. This structure was originally constructed in Japan in 1953 using traditional techniques and materials. In 1958, the building moved to Philadelphia where it is surrounded by three different types of Japanese gardens. Students enjoyed a fascinating tour of the house. The trip concluded with a Japanese tea ceremony, during which the students whisked up and tasted matcha tea and learned about proper cultural etiquette.CONTINUE READING POST…
PhilaU Graphic Design and CUSP Collaboration
Senior Graphic Design students enrolled in Systems Design Integration, are undertaking a large scale, industry-sponsored project. This Fall, we are excited to partner with the Philadelphia Climate & Urban Systems Partnership (CUSP).
The Climate & Urban Systems Partnership (CUSP) is a group of informal science educators, climate scientists, and learning scientists in four Northeast U.S. cities (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York City, and Washington, DC.) who explore innovative ways to engage city residents in climate change issues. In Philadelphia, CUSP's main role is civic engagement around climate change.
AIGA Philly Open Studio Tours
By Charlotte Rymar (PhilaU GDC, 2018)
AIGA Philly Open Studio Tours began recently, and three PhilaU Graphic Design juniors were lucky enough to visit DiD Agency's newly built studio in downtown Philadelphia! DiD Agency is an independent healthcare advertising agency that takes pride in creating emotional relationships with the consumer using insight-driven, inspiring brand stories. The studio tour was a great insight into the "day in the life" of an ad agency, and tips and tricks for resume's, portfolios, and going into the professional world. Some great take-aways: don't be afraid to take chances; even something beautifully designed can fall flat if there's no direction; and no matter what your career or job may be, it's about being able to connect to people on a human level.CONTINUE READING POST…
Walker's Poster Wins Anfachen Award 2016
Walker's WORK FAMILY LIFE poster exhibited on the streets in Hamburg, Germany.
Professor Walker's studio Gold Collective was invited to submit to the Anfachen Award, an international poster competition under the theme "World of Women":
The theme of this year fomenting Award in Hamburg is "World of Women" and is dedicated to strengthening and supporting women. Women fight for their rights, climb the corporate ladder … Women achieve a balance between education, entrepreneurship and volunteering. The women's world, a world of contradictions, is to be shown on the posters: Loud and soft. Startling and profound. Striking and provocative.Questions and answers posing print.
Of the 200+ submissions, 25 poster were selected, printed, and exhibited on the streets of Hamburg, Germany. All 25 posters can be viewed here.CONTINUE READING POST…
Visual Explanations for the Science Classroom
The final set of posters designed for the 8th grade physics classroom
Last year Reesha Grosso (GDC Alum) was preparing her 8th grader science classroom at Garnet Valley Middle school and noticed a lack of well designed engaging posters available for her walls.
"Each year students come to me having been exposed to a decade of sharply designed media, and I want my classroom to feel relevant to this new generation." says Grosso.
After graduating from PhilaU about a decade ago, Grosso has since obtained a Master's in science education from UPenn positioning her with a unique perspective of the STEAM (science, tech, engineering, art, math) education model with the ability to bridge science and art.
Grosso brought the problem to her old GDC program and it seemed to be the perfect partnership for the newly revived GD elective Issues in Information Design. Finding better ways to communicate and engage science concepts to young audiences is exactly the type of current topic that can be addressed through good information design.
Professor Walker and Grosso collaborated to come up with a format for the project that would actively involve both the Garnet Valley students and the PhilaU students. Focusing on the Physic topics Grosso covered with her students, groups of Garnet Valley students worked togetherCONTINUE READING POST…


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All change…
How this site (and me) have changed since its inception in 2012. Loads of music has been uploaded, culminating in three short "releases"; Bucket of Tentacles (2013), Analogue (2014) and The Illicium Lure (2015). I'm very proud of what I managed to pull together as a "solo artist" since starting to learn the piano and its more than I ever really expected, but I developed a new passion, running, which I've gradually started sneaking into this blog. Like many things I've tried in life its become an all-consuming activity to the extent that there is no time for music and I unfortunately seem to have currently lost the desire. I go running, in the mud, instead and haven't touched my piano since around April 2016.
I've really enjoyed blogging to this site, so I've been contemplating how to continue with a running theme, and have now set up an alternative blog at www.allhailthetrail.co.uk
For anyone interested in my running exploits then please have a visit and follow. Otherwise, thanks for following this blog and any comments along the way. I expect to continue uploading Bucket of Tentacles style photographs now and again and who knows, maybe some more squelchy synth noises and horror beats will re-appear.
Bucket of Tentacles is descending to the depths from where it emerged. For the moment…..
Blinded by Technology (Peak District Challenge)
5am alarms are usually reserved for going on holiday, but as I leap (stumble) out of bed it's for an entirely different reason. It's to get a train out to Hathersage for the 50km Peak District Challenge which I'm running as a duo with Michelle Edye. We've both been putting the miles and pork pies in over the last few months, with lots of training sessions out in the Peaks, so are hoping we'll be ready for the challenge ahead. This is a running/walking event, so when we arrive at the registration hall I use my powers of perception to weigh up the competition and I decided they were running if they were wearing shorts…… scientific I know. Given the lack of legs on show it looked like most of the entrants were going for the walking option.
We'd all received our checkpoint info about a week before and we'd had a busy route planning session linking up the checkpoints, plotting onto paper maps and studying every inch of the route, however it will soon become clear that this wasn't true at all. Once we'd planned it I transferred the route onto Strava and uploaded to my GPS. Whilst I think we're both pretty comfortable with navigation, the plan was to leave the maps in the bag and use my GPS watch the whole way which meant far less stopping and more time running.
"This is all very well and good, but where do we get to eat the sausage rolls?"
Team "Lost in the North" pretended that this was a reasonable time to be up in the morning
Suddenly, we were off around 8:30am and trotted down the lane merrily. The weather was pleasant, conversation was flowing, birds were singing (probably) so everything was going amazingly to plan. I think we had a few minor thoughts that this didn't seem to be the route we planned, but being slaves to technology, completely ignored it. It was when a gentlemen told us we were heading towards Froggatt edge that faint alarm sleigh bells started jingling in the back of my mind. Froggatt edge was at the end of the route wasn't it? We stopped and consulted the map, which I'm sure had an "I told you so" look all over it. Sure enough we'd started going clockwise round the route instead of anti-clockwise!
Having already done 7km and some not-insignificant uphill the best thing we could think of doing was sit down on a rock. Michelle phoned the race organisers who offered to pick us up, but the damage was done and there was no way we wanted any ferrying around, so we decided just to carry on. 50km is 50km whichever way round you do it!
Froggatt Edge – some five hours before we were meant to be there
The people manning the first checkpoint seemed vaguely surprised to see us, which was an entirely understandable reaction considering they were actually the last checkpoint. Nevertheless we explained our situation, ate their lovely flapjacks and continued along the route. With the initial disappointment out of the way we started enjoying the fantastic views and ticking off the miles. It actually turned out to be a good experience as sometime around halfway we started seeing other entrants coming towards us who we recognised from registration and who looked slightly surprised to see us! Clearly we were anti-establishment, the renegades, flouting the rules of the race!
Somewhere in the Peaks.
Yoga…. I think.
Team Badges
The deeper we got into the route, the more people we came across coming the other way, all trying to give each other encouragement that "lunch checkpoints weren't far away" which really depends on your definition of far. Or lunch. We met various runners on other (much-longer) ultra-races and most seemed happy to pause for a quick chat to see how far we were all through our challenges. By the time we got to the last (first) checkpoint everyone had already gone home so we text them as "proof" that we made it and continued on for the last 10km stretch to the end.
Right about now, the heavens opened. I'm not talking about a little shower – this was the kind of rain you should be looking at out of your window, shaking your head back-and-forth, whilst clutching a cup of tea. After a while we probably couldn't get any wetter so decided to try and get some kind of pace going, which we probably should have named "Slow+1". We soon came across a wiry long haired fellow also inevitably drenched. We started chatting and he casually tells us he's running to Sheffield and is around 40-50 miles in to a 60 mile race like this is the most normal thing in the world to be doing on a Saturday lunchtime. It was round about then I realised we are all probably insane.
I tried to high-five Michelle to get the spirits up. We missed. Twice. We considered wading through a river to get back to the end quicker. Brain function was clearly becoming difficult.
A mere 7 hours 28 minutes, 55.6km and 1,300m of elevation after starting, we arrived back at the race HQ and were instantly presented with a curry which was gratefully received. Michelle started eating everything (note how she's attempting to conceal a large tomato in her hand in the pic below), and that was the challenge over!
Loads of thanks to the organisers who put on a great event, and to the checkpoint marshals who give up their time to stand on there in the cold for hours on end! I think we had the second quickest time for the 50km, but doubt it will stand with such a large deviation from the suggested route.
Done. Ultrarunning badge in the post.
And so the long-running journey continues…… Man vs Mountain (Snowdon) on 3rd September and the Project Trail 50 miler in November!
Project Trail: Meeting the team
After the fantastic news that I'd been selected for Project Trail I headed to our nation's Capital for the photoshoot last week. To avoid ridiculously priced peak time trains, instead of my usual Tuesday Sweatshop run from the Manchester Arndale, I ended up going down the night before. I phoned Murray, arranged a quick warm down game and headed off for Wimbledon. I arrived at Euston, had a disciplined pint to relax (£4.90 and served by an Aussie – clearly I had arrived in London) and then got the tube out to Wimbledon.
Quite an uneventful night followed in the smallest hotel room ever, but I survived and headed on to Wimbledon Common to meet the Men's Running team…… I soon met up with Rick (the editor) and the rest of the team, along with a friendly familiar face, Anne-Marie who i'd completed the Thunder Run with the previous year! It was about now that I started eyeing up the piles of boxes on the car park which was our gear hoard – full kit from Columbia Montrail, a TomTom Runner Cardio watch, some Adidas sunglasses and enough High5 nutrition to make me seriously concerned about making it back to Manchester carrying this lot on public transport!
After meeting the other entrants (Jon and Nic) and also the competition winners from Women's Running, we all eagerly changed into our new fancy trail running gear and headed further into the Common to find some suitable spots for photographs which will be used for the forthcoming Project Trail articles. I'm much more used to being on the other side of a camera, but managed to pull out a few tough-runner poses even though I'm not a fan of being in "the limelight". We were asked a few interview questions to be used for the mag and did a quick video interview (links below), I definitely get very self-conscious in front of a video camera! A quick run round the common later to try out our new gear and it was time to head off home!
A really great part of this whole experience is getting a training plan devised by Robbie Britton. We have a call scheduled this week to discuss the plan so proper training will be starting very soon and apparently, I'm going to have to get very very used to hill reps!
Here's the three of us just before heading off home, and some links to the YouTube videos below.
Jon, Dan (me) and Nic
Project Trail: The Photoshoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUFSQPic-GU
The Interviews:
Dan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr_N29marhw
Jon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbJkK9pcZ_Y
Nic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDbOizg5m1o
Since my Lumix GX1 suffered a heat stroke in Gran Canaria and I replaced with a GX7 back in Sept/Oct I barely seem to have used it. When I'm out running I see so many things I'd love to photograph, but the two hobbies are very incompatible! I finally took a local stroll without my shorts and trainers instead armed with a camera and thought I'd focus on one particular area – the southern part of Ancoats close to Manchester City Centre.
Before I even knew I was destined to become a Manchester resident I visited here back in 2013 with work so spent some eerie time in the deserted/derelict Morning Star hostel and school which I mentioned in THIS POST. Its a strange area on the fringe of the city, clearly industrial, but lots of deserted/derelict buildings with pockets of nice flats, kind of like the Northern Quarter has burst its seams and some hipsters have spilled over Great Ancoats Street clutching their Macbooks and little dogs. I've not gone for beautiful photos here (ability problems) so just tried to capture the vibe of the area. So, without further ado, here are a few snaps!.
Anita Street, very clean and well presented considering the surrounding area!
Nestled inside an old Mill, a coffee shop serving Ancoats Coffee. A true hispter hangout.
I wouldn't try getting in here….
The hawk-eyed amongst you will be screaming "That's not Ancoats!!!" and you'd be right. I wanted to try out keeping some colour in a B&W photo so here is my first effort. This car is in the NQ right by Cord bar and hasn't moved since I began living here.
George Leigh Street
I too, wish I knew the way.
Swift half down Smith's?
So there you go. It was good to get out with the camera again and also try out a few different editing techniques on the pics above. Until next time…..
Piano Recital
It was time to attempt to play piano again in front of real people! My piano teacher, Daria, had arranged a student recital at her house. Bring nibbles and 'performance enhancing' alcohol! The last time I did this was June 2014 at the Royal Northern College of Music. I've been at this piano lark for quite some time now, almost 4 years and lessons for 3.5 so should be getting to some kind of believable standard. I almost certainly haven't practiced pure piano as much as I should have as quite a lot of time has been dedicated to composing the tracks on this blog. A difficult balance which I'll get to later.
On the day of the recital, I recorded the pieces I was planning to play warts and all so here they are! The first three are from the ABRSM Jazz Piano Grade 3 book (Sombrero Sam, Sails and Birks Works) and the final piece was a Christmas song, a quickly pulled together Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer 🙂
Six of us shuffled into the house all probably a bit worried about performing in front of others, but a few sniffs of red wine and there was a bit more relaxation in the air. It was really interesting to hear others play from relatively new players to people who had far more experience. When it came to my performance itself I messed up quite a few times but managed to get through it. The improvisation sections were perhaps the most challenging as I found this quite hard to improvise with performance nerves going on. I've played plenty of gigs on drums and had mostly got over the nerves of playing and during later stages got to the point where I was reasonably comfortable playing. Let's just say I'm not there with piano yet……
It got me thinking about how long I've been playing and how 'good' I should be. As odd as it may seem, I didn't start piano because I wanted to learn piano. I started because being a long term drummer with an interest in recording music and pushing what you can do with sound I thought I needed to try a solo project. Very difficult on drums, so a keyboard which can produce a vast array of sounds seemed a great option. Piano lessons have been great to develop musical groundwork and I've put a lot of that into the Bucket of Tentacles pieces, with certainly more musicality and development within the tracks from the first pieces I recorded for this blog.
I feel at a crossroads of sorts to decide where I want to take things, partly because I know that piano performance is never going to be 'my thing' and isn't why I started this. I've always liked the extreme of things, for example I don't want to listen to something that's a bit metal, I want it as fast, as dark and as extreme as it gets. Or as genre-hopping discordant and weird as it gets. This is where I get my love for bands like the Secret Chiefs 3 or earlier Mr Bungle who turned my thoughts of what you can do with music upside down. I've had a similar experience with running, doing 5km, 10km doesn't feel enough so I'm pushing to achieve a (short) ultramarathon 50km.
Its difficult to know where to focus my attention at the moment, my various hobbies need significant time spent practicing pure piano pieces, scales, arpeggios, technique, sight reading, music theory, feel, sound crafting on synths, drum programming, recording techniques, Cubase, applying effects, EQ, compression, listening, composing, writing music, blending sounds, mixing. Then running, long distance runs, intervals, tempo runs, all round fitness with cross training, weights. What about my other passion photography? Huge range of skills and practice needed there including familiarity with editing software on top of what you take camera side.
I am obviously very lucky to be able to even attempt to do that much "stuff" but its more slow development on all, rather than leaps and bounds in any one subject.
So the Bucket of Tentacles will continue into 2016 and will continue to be a record of the artistic or physical achievements that I do. Here is to 2016 which could include a grade 3 piano exam, some extreme running and potentially a fourth 'release' of collections of tracks. If there is time of course!
Have a slithering Christmas and New Year.
The Illicium Lure (EP#3)
The difficult third album….. From what started as uploading a couple of sound snippets has turned into three years of music or noise uploads, loads of photos, and somehow a third EP. Here is the latest offering of tracks recorded and uploaded over the last year, this time with some extras and a couple of minor remixes. For the first time, this also includes a collaboration. Track 5 "Thalassa" features vocals written and performed by long term friend and band mate, Alistair Davies. Thanks Al!
1. Lost (Self Inflicted Desolation)
2. Fleuve Parasseux
3. Streetwork
4. Interlude (Tango)
5. Thalassa
6. Cenotes
7. Interlude (Donkey Kong)
8. Number stations
9. Reload
How have "the tentacles" changed since the last collection of tracks "Analogue" in July 2014….? I've continued piano lessons, learnt lots and hopefully added more musicality to some these tracks, certainly in Thalassa and Fleuve Parasseux. Listening back, several of the tracks contain improvised synth editing. I've always tried to maintain an element of improvisation on several of my tracks but listening back I have no idea how, or what I did in some of the parts. It would be unrepeatable which I think is great but also slightly frustrating!
So another year goes by, Life goes on… some tough moments at work, got married, some great experiences along the way, and a whole new passion for running. Long live the tentacles!
Get a printed copy from THE SHOP
For the copyright purists, for (nearly) the first time I've 'stolen' a couple of bits and pieces, so here are the details: –
Track 1 – A mere use of a pre-set sequence from the Arturia microbrute, bite me.
Track 3 – The very premise of this track was recording artists from the streets. I actually tried to make contact to ask permission but received no response. Some drums and beat boxing parts are recorded on an iPhone in Manchester City Centre. The radio intro/outros are pretty much all live street recordings.
Track 4 – A very short piece from a piano magazine introducing the style of tango. I enjoyed playing it so recorded it and solo'd over it!
Track 7 – The beeps and boops are recorded from me playing my 1982 Nintendo Game and Watch Donkey Kong, still working today, move over PlayStation!
Track 8 – Voices and number stations stolen from web postings on the subject. The whole track came together from listening to parts on the web and adding some random synth warblings and a beat… getting it done off the cuff.
Fleuve Parasseux
Time to get back to the roots of this blog and get some music up! Here is my latest offering – "Fleuve Parasseux"
Fleuve Parasseux:
What's that rubbish picture I hear you say? Its a river of course, but I have taken the liberty of inconveniencing a few electrons and altered it using the free image "glitching" website available HERE
I love that we have access to fantastic technology, but then try and mess things up so that pictures look old, retro, faded and "glitched" or produce music then distort it to make it sound like its on tape, or add record scratches etc. Why do we strive for perfection and then try and quickly get away from it?
The track itself started as a piano piece which I recorded and then developed all the other parts around it. Whilst uncharacteristically "nice" for the most part, I tried to add my own "glitch".
New EP coming very soon including a collection of tracks from this blog, a couple of new "interludes" and an older track with new vocals all over it (not by me thankfully!)
Lake District Snaps
I had a nice break in Windermere recently, and whilst of course I took all the "usual" photos of normal stuff with people in, that's not what this blog about, so here is a few I took of the more arty-farty type!
Moody view from Orrest Head (lots of running training up and down this "hill" over the week!)
A beautiful little spot where I could crawl all over the place trying out long exposure
Back when cars were great
A bit of an engine with some close depth of field – arty or what!
Down with the ozone layer!
A perfectly in focus Oscar from the Lakeside aquarium. I loved his colours.
… and that's the lot. Musically, I have a piano track bubbling away so just need to sort out some time to record it. Its leading up to the third Bucket of Tentacles EP, which will hopefully include a collaboration piece with some actual singing by Al over Thalassa (posted here previously).
Prelude (Piano Lesson)
Here are a couple of pieces from my piano lessons as its been a while since I've recorded any. These have taken a while to learn as they're classical which keeps both hands busy (and twists my brain). Anyway, they both happen to be called "Prelude". The first one "Prelude in C" is noted as attributed to Bach and edited by Richard Jones, so here it is.
The second one has no noted credits on it, but the way I play it here its probably best they don't know. This needs a lot more work to get the hands working together, but as a record of progress, here it is warts and all.
I'm working on a new "proper" track using a great new hybrid analogue/digital synth, the Roland JD-Xi. I've only had it a week, but am getting on very well with it. The track (inc. drums) will all be created using that synth and its vocoder (!!) and is warming up to be a bit of a dark drum'n'bass / hip-hop type track. In fact I'm going to record a few bits for it now…..


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The KwaZulu-Natal Coastline—stretching from the east coast of South Africa to Mozambique, is the scene of an annual migration spectacle. Billions of sardines, driven towards the coast by warm ocean currents swarm in the sea, as sharks, seabirds, and dolphins wait.
"Wild Ocean" was co-directed by Steve McNicholas. You might know the English dancer-choreographer for his percussion theater troupe, Stomp. McNicholas traveled to South Africa to film another kind of choreography—and epic epic struggle for survival.
STEVE MCNICHOLAS: I was stunned. It was 2005, July, 2005, which is winter down there. And I was in a helicopter. We were scouting along the coast, so just taking photographs of the coast. And then I just saw this huge—it looked like—it honestly looked like an oil slick. I really thought there'd been some kind of spillage, because I'd actually just passed—there was a wreck of a tanker along the coast. But it was fish. It was this huge shoal of sardines that was really just a fraction of the shoal that was traveling along that coastline that was just swept into a little beach area. And they were literally coming up on to the sand on the beach. We landed the helicopter and went down and looked, and just this whole frenzy of people taking the sardines out of the water. The women going in with skirts and scooping sardines out in their skirts, people running in with buckets, taking fish out with buckets. And while all this is happening, you had—there was probably about twenty sharks moving in from the deeper water. So these sardines were truly doomed because on one hand you got the people on the beach who are going for them, you've got sharks in the water going for them and you've got gannets were coming in from above.
BRUCE GELLERMAN: I gotta tell you, those gannets, those birds, they look like they're dive bombing, they're kind of dropping out the sky, going boom—head-first right into the water.
MCNICHOLAS: Oh, they're incredible. I mean they plummet from 30, 40 foot in the air straight down into the ocean. And as you watch them, it's almost like they dislocate their wings or they become a living dart so when they hit the water—their skulls are specially strengthened to be able to take that impact, so when they hit the water, they go as deep as they possibly can with the—you know, the force of gravity takes them.
GELLERMAN: At one point in your film the narrator asks, you know, what can we do to keep the oceans alive. You never answer that question in the film. Did you not want to be preachy?
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After updating my Windows 10 PRO OS with the 1903 update on my laptop with AMD graphic card I can not longer open my TBC 5.10 (or any other version) Does anyone has a work around to be able to open TBC?
Anyone that has AMD graphics card and Windows 10 DONT INSTALL UPDATE 1903 or you wont be able to even open TBC!!


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My beginning student wanted to play the fishing game, so I made some rhythm flash cards for him. He had not learned rests yet, but after playing this game, now he knows them! I changed the color of the fish so they are all a solid color. I thought this would help young and/or distracted children to focus on the notes. Then they looked too plain, so I added the dots.
My little student is bothered by the fact that the dotted half note doesn't have his own name! He feels sorry for it. Then he wanted to know why I didn't make a dotted half rest. Isn't it funny what children will key on?
I also used these cards with lower elementary level students, and for them I set a time limit to see how many they could catch and identify in a certain amount of time. Otherwise, we would have spent the whole lesson fishing, which I think was fine with the kids, but not for me because I have a lot of music I want to teach!
The cartoon nature of these cards show they are intended for young children, so I don't plan to make any with higher note values. However, if you want to play a fishing game with older students, you can use regular flash cards. I suggest a time limit for this, too.
Every day I get emails asking me what program I use to make these fish. I drew these myself in Photoshop. The reason they look so homemade is because they are! I'm not an artist, so it's kind of painstaking for me. But I love art and I wish I could really draw.


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text: There are a lot of things going on a Union Station over the past few months. If you haven't been keeping up with the progress, here is a short summary. The underground bus station, also known as the bus box, is currently being dug out. Over the past week a series of conveyor belts were put in place to remove tens of thousands cubic yards of dirt. When it is completed, the hole will be twice the depth that you see today. The progress is moving very quickly, but will take quite a while as there is a ton of dirt to move. A retaining wall is under construction and going in along the Consolidated Main Line (CML) at 17th Street. This station will eventually be the new location of the light rail trains. Once the station is in place, the light rail trains coming in from the South will go under the Millennium Bridge straight to the station which is at one end of the bus box. The final piece that is happening right now is the removal of the commuter rails right behind Union Station. All of the passenger rails will be removed so that the digging of the bus box can back up the Union Station Structure. The only track to remain will be Amtrak's California Zephyr line. A temporary terminal is underway at 21st and Wewatta. This will serve as Union Station until the construction is finished. Once the temporary terminal is up and running the final passenger rail will be removed. If you are interested in getting more information on this incredible project, please contact me. My sales office seven days a week and would love to give you additional details.


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By Lisa Unger
4 out of 5 stars
Lana Granger has a past that seems to have come back to haunt her. She has been scarred by the death of her mother, apparently at the hands of her father. Her memory is very spotty but she does remember helping him bury her mother.
Lana was always a child who was "different". And now, one of her professors has found a job for her babysitting for a young boy who is also very different and troubled. Luke is incredibly smart and with no affect at all, can become angry and violent at the drop of a hat. Lana feels almost a kinship with him and after beating her in chess, he tells her he wants to play a scavenger hunt with her. The clues take her to creepy places and seem to involve the disappearance of her best friend Beck. Lana was the last to see her alive and also the last to see another girl who went missing, found dead later, alive.
Does Lana have anything to do with it all? Does Luke?
This books is very dark and very bleak but it keeps you so riveted. There are alternating chapters from a mom's journal about her difficult child and the damage he causes. It makes you feel so sorry for Luke's mother and then there is a twist that I NEVER saw coming! It really changes the entirety of the story. I read one other book by Lisa Unger and I definitely will be searching out more.


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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Jess in boots
Having mostly ridden Western so far, the boot collection has wandered through red, black, with the current pair of riding boots being brown. However, using the English saddle more has led to some challenges. The top of my western boots, even through jeans, catches on the bottom of the "skirt" (if that's what you call it on an English saddle) which interferes with posting. That's when the pant leg itself isn't riding up my leg, which I'm sure means something about my position, but is irritating nonetheless. Really, I don't need this kind of help from my boots.
Plus, I confess to loving the lean line of English boots, so for Christmas my big present from Steve was a pair from Mountain Horse. I have been following their shipping journey impatiently for over a week and came home tonight to the long-awaited box on the table.
I tried them on immediately, of course. I can't wait to actually ride in them! I'm sure it will make me into the most excellent rider, right? Well, a girl can dream anyway.
2 comments:
- Dane Jane said...
They're so SHINY!!! And I'm so JEALOUS! Enjoy!
- Dave (aka Buckskins Rule) said...
Mrs. BR bought a new pair today herself. You ladies have a way of making those English Boots look good.
I've ridden in an English saddle once. That was plenty for this cowboy. Even though I know the saddle does not keep one on the horse, it just didn't feel right.
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For years, rumors have swirled that the steamy sex scene between Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland in the 1973 film "Don't Look Now" was in fact real and the couple were having sex on set.
But Sutherland, 82, pooh-poohed the theory at the New York premiere of his latest film, "The Leisure Seeker."
"They're idiots," the Canadian-born actor exclaimed when asked about people who believe he was actually making love to Christie.
"There were two cameramen in there," he explained. "The takes were 15 seconds long, maximum. 'All right, Julie, hold your head, OK, turn your heard a little to the side, OK, Donald, all right Julie, (climax).'"
As Sutherland listed the directorial instructions, he made a mechanical sex sound to enhance the story.
The veteran actor added that he adored the scene because it "reminded you of making love."
Christie also has fond memories of it, telling a documentary on director Nicolas Roeg that the filmmaker "managed to get the extraordinary thing that happens when you are making love" and "I loved the squirming bits and all those things you don't see."
In "The Leisure Seeker," Sutherland and Helen Mirren play a married couple who embark on a road trip before his Alzheimer's and her cancer can catch up with them.
Sutherland admitted that like a lot of others his age, he worries about memory loss.
He was not long in New York, flying off the next day to London to continue working on "Trust," a miniseries directed by Danny Boyle in which Sutherland plays the tycoon John Paul Getty.
Getty is also the subject of Ridley Scott's latest film, "All the Money in the World," starring Christopher Plummer as the billionaire who refused to pay the ransom for his kidnapped grandson.
Sutherland doesn't view the billionaire as a villainous character but someone who had to deal with family members who had drug problems.
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It was my DD1 8th BD.
She loves fruits on her gatou' so she took her dad all around the city searching for the perfect cake...& here's what she bought.
It was a very tasty cake...
happy Birthday my dear Fofo!!
I'm an Egyptian ,Muslim Ummi to 2 adorable girls..May Allah bless them..I'm celebrating my ADD as well as trying to find my way...
What do you think ?
What it is your favourite?
I have been postponing this tag forever now...& it has been difficult to write!!!
I'm very glad I did & near the end I could at atleast add 3 more points but I'm sticking to 10!
I tag anyone who feels like doing this.
It's other name is Sabil Om Hashim.It's run by some amazing artists....they really know how to get the kids excited about arts.
fagnoon is located on Sakkara Road, Giza