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ISCM World Music Days 2008, Vilnius
Report by Eve de Castro-Robinson, New Zealand
The ISCM has formidable heft, its birth in Salzburg in the early twenties lending significant historical weightiness to all its endeavours. From the outside, the organisation has a hallowed United Nations aura. From the inside it's just like a less formal version, with a hierarchy of President, Exec Committee (ExCom) and delegates (40-odd, from the Faroe Islands to Venezuela), who sit at the five-morning General Assembly to deliberate on policy and procedure. As a first-time delegate to the GA I found the subtle, and not so subtle, political power play between member countries and their representatives fascinating and illuminating. It is clear that a major shift in vision has been necessary to drag the ISCM's previously Eurocentric gaze outward toward a 21st century world.
As a newer Member country, and the one placed geographically as far south as is possible short of offering a membership to Antarctica, it's heartening for New Zealand to be in the fold for various reasons. New Zealand music has long been taken seriously in the wider Asia-Pacific region, partly due to our lively contribution within the Asian Composers League which holds an annual festival (NZ has hosted two of these), but has not yet achieved that profile within the ISCM. NZ rejoined in 2003 having let an earlier membership lapse due to the not inconsiderable annual subscription.
Also our proximity to Australia, home to the newly elected President John Davis and host of the 2010 World Music Days, gives NZ a higher profile by association. Given that the previous Northern hemisphere focus of the organisation has meant that the WMDs have been held predominantly in Europe with a few sorties to Asia, this Antipodean slant will raise our musical voice higher.
Like most musical organisations, the ISCM relies on the energy and forward thinking of its ExCom and I was enormously impressed with the dedication and perspicacity of the team led by Richard Tsang, from Hong Kong. Tsang, (until 2008 President for six years), was often in the position of needing to move efficiently through the Agenda with crucial items such as Changes of Statutes to allow a greater representation of music from member countries, fielding all the while a variety of valid queries and objections from the ultra diverse GA.
First impressions of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius were bizarre juxtapositions of the medieval and contemporary, and of grinding poverty and gleaming opulence. As the young drug-and-anger-fuelled taxi driver hurtled into the Old City on an unforgettably dangerous dodgem ride, a bent old woman with scarf and long apron went about her duties painstakingly sweeping leaves in the park - with a long twig broom. A couple of hours later walking cobbled streets to the concert hall, I passed beautifully restored gingerbread medieval churches in yellows and apricots and nearby smelt the rarefied air of extreme prosperity, Versace mannequins beckoning from gleaming windows. A limping hustler, subsequently spotted every evening working the same tourist patch, became curiously like a familiar friend.
Centuries of occupation from East and West leave deeply disturbing political scars across this charming little river city. A block from the swish Congress Concert Hall, the old KGB headquarters is now the Museum of Genocide Victims, exhibiting the horrors that swept the land under Soviet rule, which one kept remembering was right up until 1991- engraved around the outside of the building are the names of those young men executed within.
Vilnius is this year's European Capital of Culture. Certainly there are some fine performance venues - I attended the newish Congress Concert Hall; the National Philharmonic Hall; the formal plush City Hall with its curved ceiling and rewarding acoustics; the funky multi-purpose Contemporary Arts Centre which clearly draws a younger crowd, the National Drama Theatre and the scruffy-but-versatile Arts Printing House.
Short of listing the pieces I experienced (due to only attending the first week and sometimes selecting rather than devotedly hearing every work in a concert), I offer a subjective view of a collection of works which for a variety of reasons made a strong impression.
Heiner Goebbels's abstrusely-yet-memorably named
was the standout Festival experience - a masterly collage of music theatre featuring the Mondriaan String Quartet playing Bach to Bryars and more (check Goebbels on Youtube explaining the work). French with Lithuanian surtitling would certainly have been challenging for any mono-linguists yet even without literal understanding the work somehow conveyed its meaning through a strikingly controlled blend of drama, text, music, film, lighting and design.
French actor Andre Wilms, oddly namechecked in the Festival's own publicity as demanding in his comfort requirements, must have redeemed himself to the organisers with his passionate and eloquent central role. It is rare to be kept in suspense in a multimedia work, let alone experience an epiphany, but Goebbels and his outstanding team achieved both and much more in this extraordinary tour de force.
If this work sat squarely in masterpiece territory, Goebbels's other offering, the overly simplistic
Ou bien Sunyatta
, for voice, kora and orchestra was disappointing in its musical attempt to emphasise the cultural differences that arise when traditions collide; in fact the attempt
successful, thus confirming my scepticism about such bi-cultural contrivances. On the other hand the incongruity of two charming Senegalese musicians in full costume sharing the stage with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra on a chilly night was the sort of experience that a WMD can throw up.
That these were the only black faces in the Festival was in itself a strong reason for the ISCM to loosen further its geographical apron strings both in terms of membership and festival venue. The ISCM would then become a truly international organisation.
Of the Festival's two signature composers, Jonathan Harvey and Peter Eotvos, the latter had a much higher profile in the first week due to Harvey's ill health, which unfortunately delayed his arrival. The Hungarian Eotvos' presence as conductor and composer in the opening concert kicked things off with a hiss and a roar, literally, with his own
Jet Stream
featuring the flamboyantly talented Swede Haakan Hardenburger who stood downstage and screamed through his horn like a free-jazzer. I relished the ambience of the moderately-sized Congress Concert Hall, its wide blonde interior featuring a deep balcony projecting right over the stalls allowing circle-dwellers to be immersed in the music.
A couple of nights later Eotvos was conducting the superb Ensemble Modern in the traditional 'shoebox' National Philharmonic Hall including his own
Octet Plus
Snatches of a Conversation
, both featuring the vivid presence of Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan. Both pieces were clever and engaging but perhaps due to under-amplification of the voice failed to quite deliver.
This set did deliver two of the Festival's finest works by representatives of the 70s generation:
from Michel van der Aa (Netherlands) and
Splattered Landscape II - Cloud's Echoing
by the Malaysian Chong Kee Yong
While the former offered the memorable opening of masking tape being slowly torn from along a table with double bass drone, and concluded with a gradually wrapped metronome, Chong gave us a compelling melange of stylistic sources with brilliant gestural control of far-flung instrumental resources.
The Arts Printing House, up a side street and set back behind an unnamed façade and pockmarked courtyard provided some of the quirkiest programmes of the Festival. Some of my most memorable experiences were modest in scale. The solo recital by Swedish virtuoso Magnus Andersson was a case in point. Julio Estrada's (Mexico) intimate
A box with braids
for solo guitar amply demonstrated the less-is-more maxim. Short in duration but as affecting as anything I heard in the Festival, this theatrical piece was brought to chilling life by Andersson, who must've all but destroyed a set of strings to perform it. While coaxing otherworldly sonorities from the body of the instrument, the guitarist skilfully detuned the strings one by one until he was able to wrench them about in a visceral and violent depiction of traumatic inner turmoil. One admires a risk taker like Andersson, who presented just four carefully chosen contrasting works, from Christopher Anthin's (Sweden) witty
featuring a wry out-of-sync video sequence of the performer, to the Slovenian Uros Rojko's
Passing Away.
This touching little study of eroticism based on a gentle oscillation was a subtle charmer of a piece.
Another striking concert in the old Printing House, a programme truly in keeping with the Festival's In-between subtitle, was Turba/Solo Duets, which eschewed standard concert practice and played out from a retro quasi-living room complete with lamps and cacti. Classics including Berio's
Sequenza X
for trumpet and piano resonance and Scelsi's
for double bass rubbed musico-theatrical shoulders with newer intriguing works by Beat Furrer and Dietmar Wiesner. My favourite were the unassuming but captivating phonetic poetic miniatures of Gerhard Ruhm's
The Cello Octet Conjunto Iberico was an utterly disciplined, tightly honed ensemble of equal parts - four each of ardent young men and women, playing inscrutably under the direction of impresario Elias Arizcuren who started the group in 1989. A fulltime ensemble is a rarity indeed, and its professionalism was persuasive. The programme too, was one of the festival's more superior offerings, encompassing Kagel, Gubaidulina, Kutavicius, Loevendie, Donatoni and Harvey and noteworthy was the fact that each work was either written for, or dedicated to them. The General Assembly, movingly, began with a minute's silence to Stockhausen, Tristram Carey and the Argentine-German Kagel who died just a month before the festival. His presence was felt here in
, a full-bodied and bold work, the women of the octet forcefully slapping the fingerboards with rhythmic gusto. Gubaidulina's
Mirage: The Dancing Sun
, in contrast, was revelatory in its reticence, the light and dark of its achingly beautiful lines, and the ebb and flow of its repeated notes. The senior Lithuanian Kutavicius has been dubbed the country's minimalist, but the style of his charming
Andata e ritorno
had a quirky individuality, especially in the players' unison vocalisation overlaying the music.
Local wunderkind cellist Mindaugas Backus set the bar high with his coruscating performance of three striking works programmed back to back near the beginning of "Procession", a controversial four-hours-plus smorgasbord of musical and culinary consumption. It was a thrill to be in the presence of this committed young musician who had us galvanised merely on his upbow. Japanese Ichiro Hirano's offering
Yume no matsuri,
while poised and beautifully crafted, benefited enormously from Backus's elucidation, as did the in-your-face grunt of the ensuing gutsy
Ad Naan
(Jacek Grudzien/Poland) and
Terra tecta
(Vytautas V. Jurgutis/Lithuania). I hope this soloist goes on to an international career.
Procession was a bold innovation by the organisers. Billed as a four-hour process of music and culinary heritage it was certainly challenging to the jet lagged or sonically overloaded. There was an appealing anarchic spirit to the caprices of the evening though and a chance to socialise with fellow audience members from around the world. Having been ushered into a large room featuring a mysterious long central table, we were offered a glass of wine and treated to the installation
, by Swedish Ivo Nilsson; four disembodied heads materialised from the dim light, their made-up deadpan gazes unnerving. This was a cleverly controlled piece, enhanced by the actor/singers' skill in delivering strangely compelling grunty vocalisms.
Much awaited was the concert by those denizens of the avant-garde, Les Percussions de Strasbourg. There was a slightly unnerving sixties time-warp in their aesthetics and delivery - surely their experience should have prevented the decibellic overload of Cendo's raucous
- but for me a single work vindicated this. The late Gerard Grisey's
Tempus ex Machina
was a gripping half-hour of sustained brilliance. A warm glow of bass frequencies emanated from bass drums, timps and gongs, the usual cliché of distant thunder transformed to enchantment in the French master's hands. Having experienced Grisey's complete Les Espaces Acoustiques a few weeks previously in London, I was keen to hear him in this more limited sonic palette. Grisey's normally compositionally shrewd compatriot, the urbane Gerard Pesson exhibited a more-is-less extravagance in
Ur Timon,
nevertheless wittily showy with its percussive paraphernalia.
It was a shame that Jonathan Harvey was unable to be present for the first week and I was sad to miss the Signature concert featuring his choral works. The acclaimed British composer was represented by seven works during the fortnight, one of which was his 1980
Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
. The striking peach and white St Catherine's Church with its twin rococo towers was an astute choice of venue for the Harvey classic. Restored beautifully on the outside, its once fine interior had not yet been completely renovated, the ravages of destruction making the presentation of such a powerful spiritual work utterly apposite. Nearly thirty years on, the exquisite blending of bell sonorities and voice of Harvey's chorister son rang truer than ever, especially with the 2008 contextualisation of a floor-projected video by hip Belgian crew Visual Kitchen.
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra concert programmed the old and new in novel fashion, kicking off with the bold and vivid colours of Yuasa's
Cosmos Haptic (2003).
It was significant to have the senior Japanese composer present, especially since his contemporaries Berio and Ligeti are literally no longer with us. Segueing from the Ligeti masterwork
straight into a smart remix (Spheres) by hot young composer Vytautas V. Jurgutis was a salutary experience for the listener and a courageous experiment for the Lithuanian. It paid off by the skin of its teeth, since the original is one of the classic small-but-perfectly-formed exploratory acoustic works of the 20th century, but Jurgutis's deft handling of the electronic component as well as a certain playfulness in keeping with the Ligeti aesthetic rendered it a valid retake. His peer, the 33 year old Chilean Oscar Carmonas contributed
En dehors II,
whose gradually morphing waves and blocks of sound and betrayed the influence of electronic sound heard in so much orchestral writing of the past 50 years. So compelling were the four above-mentioned works, that John Adams's
Century Rolls
after interval came across (not just) to this listener, as New Music-lite from the New World.
Overall, the WMD experiences I had were refreshing and stimulating, with the usual Festival gradient from tedious, neutral, positive, uplifting to sublime. A welcoming ambience prevailed and the festival was smoothly arranged, notwithstanding the usual minor organisational glitches. I felt the public discussions were perhaps the least successful aspect of the Festival. An invited panel being asked spontaneous questions is not the best format for truly in-depth consideration on such topics as Composer and State, Composer and Agent etc. I would have preferred symposium type sessions featuring prepared papers following which discussion is open to the floor. Few people, even experts in their field, are as eloquent spontaneously as they are in considered print.
But the opportunity to experience a city and culture far removed from one's own was one to treasure and of course it is an incalculable pleasure to meet people from all over the globe and to hear their music. As we say in New Zealand/Aotearoa:
He aha te mea nui? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata
. What is the greatest thing? It is people. It is people. It is people.
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Although he's currently starring on a weekly television series, Garret Dillahunt doesn't like repeating himself -- he strives to, with every project, bring to life a character he's yet to play. Something that will become very evident over the next few months as a trio of striking new films hit screens, each boasting a new incarnation of the actor.
The Tribeca Film Festival plays host to two -- Any Day Now and Revenge For Jolly -- while September brings about his bad guy role in the time-twisting Looper, from director Rian Johnson. I caught up with Garret to talk about all three as well as find out what he's hoping to see next season on Raising Hope.
Insider.com: Congrats on another amazing season of Raising Hope. Especially that finale.
Garret Dillahunt: I loved Virginia's beauty pageant freeze on the stand and also seeing Lucy chase Sabrina with the knife. But then again, I love this show. I feel really lucky to have it – some people think it's dumb but others get just how clever it is. There are so many in-jokes and subtle references that you really have to pay attention.
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Insider: What are you hoping to do in season three with Burt that you haven't yet?
Garret: Well, I really like how physical they have Burt – I'm always wrestling and jumping and running and falling – it's the most physically demanding show I've ever done, which I wasn't expecting, but that's what makes it fun. I hope to keep that up. And I wonder what would happen if Sabrina and Jimmy got a place of their own, which would make Burt and Virginia deal with empty nest syndrome for the first time. But that's just me – I don't know if that's going to happen.
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Insider: You have two films opening at The Tribeca Film Festival. First is Any Day Now, where you play one half a gay couple (alongside Alan Cumming) who tries to adopt. What attracted you to this project?
Garret: First, I'm a fan of Alan's and he was already attached when I signed on. He's just joy. There's nothing toxic about the guy – he's all about having a good time as he makes his way through life. I also thought it was a beautiful story that would be very difficult to bring to life without being sappy or manipulative – that presented an interesting challenge. As did playing this barely out of the closet attorney in the 1970s, who has to make some massive leaps in his personal life in order to make public proclamations of who he loves. It seemed very timely as well.
Insider: Do you think it's strange to say that a film about public perception in the 1970s is timely roughly 40 years later?
Garret: I think it's sad and unfortunate. I mean, it's hard enough to admit how long ago the 70s were. I mean, holy sh*t, I remember them [laughs], you know? But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous. I think I'm most proud of the relationship Alan and I were able to create in the movie, I think it comes across very believable and loving and true. It's a small contribution to the argument, but I hope a truthful one.
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Insider: How did you go about creating the relationship?
Garret: I think we lucked out in that Alan and I work in a similar fashion – we both feel like if you're not having fun, there's no point to being in this business. It should be challenging, but we share the idea that pain doesn't need to be involved. As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, "If I was gay, I'd be with him" – you know? I've always appreciated spectacular men and Alan is pretty spectacular. I felt safe with him both professionally and personally, so it was just a good environment.
Insider: The film covers all areas of their relationship, so what was important to you about their love scene?
Garret: I hate when you see sex scenes in movies with two actors of the same sex and there seems to be a lot of flipping. They just keep flipping each other around in the bed [laughs] It's like, "what are you doing? No one does that!" [laughs] We wanted our love scene to be fun and funny and sweet as opposed to two people obviously trying to avoid physical contact [laughs].
Insider: How did Alan compare to Kristen Wiig, whom you marry in Revenge For Jolly?
Garret: [laughs] Well, my responsibilities are a lot less in Jolly. It's a great, long wedding scene. I had played Kristen's husband before in this short called One Night Only. Her boyfriend was in that and wrote Jolly, so I guess he thinks Kristen and I have good on-screen chemistry. She's another one, like Alan, that is unafraid. She jumps wholeheartedly into a role and you can't help but be right there with them.
Insider: In addition to those films, you also have a role in Looper [watch the trailer] which looks to be, pardon my french, a massive mindf*ck.
Garret: [laughs] I hope it is a mindf*ck – I loved this experience a lot. I'm incredibly jealous of Joseph Gordon-Levitt – he's just so cool and together. I wish I was as cool and together at that age. Plus, he looks incredible in the makeup -- but he had to drink shakes all the time because he couldn't eat with the makeup on. But he's so good and Emily Blunt is amazing. I mention them because those are the two I worked with.
Insider: Who do you play in the movie?
Garret: I play Jesse, who is one of the "Gatmen" – they're the dudes in the long black coats that are the enforcers for the bad guys. I'm hunting Joseph's character when he messes up and breaks the rules, which allows me to the baddest of the "Gatmen." I had the real leather coat, just so you know – which was not the best in New Orleans heat [laughs], What I like about the characters in this film is that there's no white hats. I'm just a guy with a family trying to do his job. I don't want to get hurt, I just want to find him and go home.
Insider: Didn't Killing Them Softly [which reunites Garret with his Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director Andrew Dominik] also film in New Orleans?
Garret: It did, but my role is just a cameo in that because Andrew was bringing back the whole Jesse James crew. Although the first cut of the film was two and a half hours long, and I know they had to trim that down to an hour and a half, so I might have been cut out. I don't know. But it was great to see those guys again.
Insider: There seems to be this revival of troupes in Hollywood -- groups of actors and writer/directors working together over and over. Do you enjoy that resurgence?
Garret: I do. I like doing repeat business. I don't know how to phrase this without sounding like an arrogant ass, but I think people like working with me and generally want to do so again. That's something I'm very proud of. It makes me feel like I've done a good job and I like pleasing people. But I also think it says something about the actors I'm attracted to. Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie. [George] Clooney and Pitt and guys like that are all about making the best movie possible -- and that's best for the audience, it's best for the movie, it's best for Hollywood and it's best for the other actors. I dig it.
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Scooby-Doo and Shaggy once again come sleuthing their way to your PC, this time in a spooky castle adventure. Lost in the forests of Nova Scotia, Scooby and crew are startled by something that looks like a dragon and discover a medieval castle. While investigating, they find the place is haunted and, to thicken the plot, a princess has been kidnapped!
Scooby-Doo! Phantom of the Knight is a single player adventure that utilizes research skills, deductive reasoning and logical analysis to solve a mystery. Each time you play, you encounter new clues with a different villain and outcome. The skill setting offers three progressively difficult levels of play: spooky, spookier and "spooktacular" (easy, medium and hard).
Use the mouse to manipulate certain areas of the environment and move the gang from room to room. As you investigate, you discover items such as a feather duster and clues like a Pizza Palace coupon. Each time you speak with a character, he or she is added to your list of possible suspects for further investigation and, to make matters tough, everyone is a suspect!
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Scooby-Doo! Phantom of the Knight is geared towards children 5-10 years of age. The original voices of Shaggy and Scooby are present in this cartoon mystery along with the entire gang from the television show. Shaggy lacks the courage and Scooby the wit to tackle the mystery of the Phantom Knight -- they need your help!
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Hot air supports wind-power farms, not research. Viewed 33,413 times
By: Bill TewPublished for Salt Lake City, Utah (Area-Info.net Feb. 21, 2012)
This morning, I'm sitting at Salt Lake City airport waiting for a flight to Los Angeles, so I responded to a "greenie" on a facebook discussion about energy. Because I believe that nuclear power is a viable method of electric power generation that has been maligned by an ignorant, green, radical, environmentalist movement, an acquaintance on the social network told me only people with their head in the sand support nuclear power generation plants.
She hadn't heard the term "N2N" which stands for Natural Gas to Nuclear. Writer Ed Hiserodt points to a definition by author Robert Bryce in his book POWER HUNGRY. "N2N- a process [Bryce] sees going on around the world, except in some countries such as the United States where the government is dominated by environmentalist radicals. As part of the second N, he forecasts the use of small community reactors a tenth of the size of current reactors utilizing technology where meltdowns are impossible. These would include reactors powered with thoriaum, an element three times more abundant than uranium."
Mr. Hiserodt, writing in the February 20, 2012 issue of THE NEW AMERICAN, and quoting Robert Bryce, asserts that one of the key myths of green-radicals is that "Wind Power Reduces CO2 Emissions." Mr. Hiserodt asks, "Would you be surprised that wind-power boosters so not have a single study- based on actual data collected from the world's existing fleet of wind turbines and conventional electricity-generation plants- showing that wind power actually reuces carbon dioxide emissions?"
Considering that the anthropogenic-global-warming fear mongers contend that the most serious danger to mankind is due to human poduction of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere that supposedly causes global warming (ignoring the key green house gas- water vapor), one would expect such a study of wind turbine reduction of carbon dioxide to exist. Unless of course the data paints an opposite story.
Hiserodt points out that wind turbine use is shown to actually increase the carbon footprint for dependable electricity generation due to the undependable nature of wind.
"However, a wind turbine on a network of other generators where an energy level must be maintained continuouslyis a horse of a different color. Because winds are extremely variable- and the power generated by a wind turbine is a function of the cube of the wind speed- there must be electricity-producing backup systems for all industrial wind generation. And since electricity is used the moment it is created, the backup generation must be on the verge of producing power at the instant the wind turbine component drops.
In other words, the backup generator must be a 'spinning reserve': always operating and producing nearly as much CO2 as when generating power. Making the problem [CO2 generation] worse, since the backup generator must slow down (cool down) or speed up (heat up) to comensate for the gain/loss of wind gneration due to wind variances, the backup systems operate very inefficiently." So if you want dependable electric power an energy company has to keep the backup coal-fired plants or nuclear plants inefficiently spinning in reserve to back up the variable, undependable, windpower generators.
On my way to the airport this morning a radio commentator was talking about a radical group of environmentalists demonstrating against oil sands development because somehow the "pristine environment" would be disturbed in view of a national park in Utah. Funny the radicals care about pristine views where oil is concerned but they don't care how many stupid-looking windmill farms blot the pristine views across Idaho, California, Utah, etc.
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The college exhibitions program invites faculty to consider developing exhibitions of art and/or objects as an enrichment of their teaching and scholarly interests. Guided by the Exhibitions Coordinator, the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities' Staff will work closely with faculty to mount exhibitions that make best use of the college's spaces, collections, and other resources to extend cultural literacy through the display of visual and material items. Beyond use of Haverford's own collections, we invite proposals for traveling exhibitions, single and group artist shows, as well as visiting curators.
Faculty interested in sponsoring or curating an exhibit are encouraged to work with Matthew Callinan, Exhibitions Coordinator, (firstname.lastname@example.com) to develop their proposals.
Proposals should include and/or address to the extent possible the following:
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5 Meetup Groups match "Zen Meditation" near Chandler, AZ
Desert Lotus Zen is the Phoenix home of the Pacific Zen Institute. Ours is a practice of exploration and discovery, supporting each other in community. To find what is in our hearts and to experience our lives as they are adds richness and clarity. We invite you to join us on this adventurous path by participating in our activities. Practicing in community often deepens our practice without even trying. Our mission is to develop a culture for transforming the mind through meditation, koans, conv …
We are a lay sitting group in Glendale AZ. We meet on Tuesday evenings at the West Valley UU Church at 59th and Cholla. Offering instruction in zazen (Zen Buddhist meditation) and the opportunity to practice with the structure and support of a group inspired in the Rinzai Zen tradition.Beginners welcome. Please visit our website for more info and to find my contact info. http://raichozan.blogspot.com/
This is a group for anyone in the East Valley (or those willing to drive), interested in Buddhism, particularly Zen. Any level of interest is invited; lifetime practitioners and soul-searchers alike. Over the years, I have noticed a lack of Buddhist-related activities and groups in Phoenix and the East Valley and am looking to rectify that, by providing a supportive, open group for people to learn, discover, and share.
Silent meditation, mid-week in mid-town Phoenix. All meditation styles and traditions, as well as no-style and no-tradition all welcome. Sit in the silent company of others and leave at ease. Venue is a yoga studio with zafu (round, flattish) cushions available onsite. Cool nights we often have a fire in the fireplace. If interested, you can hear about and discuss ways to deepen your practice. Come share the silence with us, an island of peace in a busy week !
Become part of a global awakening Awakening to the present moment Mindfulness is the art of living in the present moment. Practicing our natural state of healing and transformation, allowing us to create a more harmonious family and society. Experience awareness of body, thoughts and feelings, filling our canvas with unlimited possibilities and beauty. Simplicity of Mindfulness If we practice stopping and taking three breaths throughout the day, the day is less stressful and we are more at pea …
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It wasn't quite fireworks, but the sun's activity, coming out of a long, deep lull, picked up a bit over the July Fourth weekend. A group of sunspots, which mark intense magnetic activity, appeared in the past few days—a patch larger and more populous than any yet this year, according to data from the Space Weather Prediction Center.
As we reported in April, this year got off to a slow start in terms of sunspots, which typically wax and wane in an 11-year cycle. The minimum of that cycle brought an exceptionally quiet 2008, one of the least active sunspot years of the century.
Solar activity can have significant impacts in Earth's neighborhood, some 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away. The so-called space weather that the sun stirs up can fry satellites, corrode pipelines and knock out electricity on massive scales.
Joseph Gurman of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S. project scientist for the sun-circling Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), characterized the current upwelling as "not unusual for this phase of the solar cycle," as the sun's activity begins to awaken. The region, Gurman says, has burbled with low-level flares, but "it hasn't given up anything huge yet."
For an idea of what might happen the next time the sun does kick up something huge, see our August 2008 feature on solar superstorms and the communications infrastructure.
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With this 4th day of 100+ temperatures here in south Texas....thats all we need.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisWith about the 5th day here in south texas with 100+ temperatures and no rain...thats all we need.
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First, Obama. Then Cap'n'Trade.
We need another Trillion (or two) stimulus. Why work? Money is FREE!
Ask AIG or GM.
Does anyone know the impact on weather heavy sun spot activity will have? I live on the Gulf Coast in Texas. My concern is our Hurricane season which has started. Its been faily quiet so far.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisTo the above comments, short-term solar trends don't have as significant an effect on terrestrial mean temperatures as actual terrestrial factors. That being said, the increase in average activity on the sun in the last few centuries is fairly attributable to what global warming has been occurring, just don't tell your liberal chums, they like to think conservation isn't worth doing for its own sake.
The biggest and most "immediate" threat of an increase in solar activity is an exceptionally active solar maximum and resultant coronal mass ejection. We're due for a big one at any time now (likely either this coming maximum or the next), NOAA's been warning about this since the late-90's. If the effect strikes Earth, the effects would be truly devastating for mankind and a natural disaster the likes of never seen by modern man.
Also, that August 2008 article (linked in the post) is a good read, check it out:
Nathan Black - you are probably right - there is a giant possibility of giant coronal mass ejections causing great havoc in our earthly midst. It is inconceivable that the public ignores these warnings. Keep up the good work
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisNathan Black - you are probably right - there is a giant possibility of giant coronal mass ejections causing great havoc in our earthly midst. It is inconceivable that the public ignores these warnings. Keep up the good work
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisBelieve it or not, this activity was predicted by a crop circle a few weeks before. I know nothing about solar flares or CMEs but I like to look at crop circles. People are beginning to decode them, and sure enough, someone said a recent one predicted solar activity for around 7/7. I checked back a couple of days later to see if there was any validity and I'm just shocked.
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i hate searching for info as it takes tooo much reading so i will just ask: i need a rearend that will fit my 46 & 47 commodore that will use the same wheels thats on the car alread. ford 9" comes to mind but im not sure. and what years of whatever others have used. spring is coming and i need to get started on this. . .
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Ford 9" and 8.8 have same 4.5 bolt Pattern and many different widths to fit most Hudson's. I think Bronco11 and real early Econoline Vans are the narrowest rears. Some say Granda fits too. Ford rears have un-equal left/right Tubes but never has been a problem. Older Mopars have thevsame bolt pattern too. Best measure your housing then walk the Wrecking Yard. -
problem here is we only have late model junk yards and if memory serves only two of thosem and ya better know what your looking for or they have no clue.
all the old stuff gets crushed about the same time they get it as old stuff here is so badly rusted there is nothing to save.
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I hate when Yards clean up all older stuff. Iwould like to help but I have a pickup thats wider measurement than a Car. I have used varius widths Ford 9" housings in a '37, & '50 Hudson in addition to my Truck. Only spring pads need moved. The U Joint Flange is the same and Emergency brake cables can be adapted. I read a Post that '70's Granada practically bolts in Pre-Stepdown'. Click on my Name then select All Posts and read more on Rear End Interchanging in older Threads. It easy swap... -
Any of the 80'S square LTD and Crown Vic have a 8.8 that will fit . But your tape Is always your best friend . Note If you plan to use a wider wheel you will have to adjust accordingly do to the off set. Hudson Dave:)
im putting a mopar 8 3/4 in my essex some day... with a 5 on 4.5 bolt pattern and probably 11x2.5" drums. it looks the best from the back and on my car you will see it without bending over ot look. they are strong enough for over 500 hp and there are plenty out there. if you decide to change the gears you can just buy a used chunk, dont have to set up gears. let me know the width you need and i can find out the closest size, in what model it came.
i;ll haul my butt out in the snow with my tape on sunday. its suppose to be in the upper 20;s finally. . . thanks kindly for all the input.
Measured the rear axle on my 47 Brougham yesterday and got a width of 60.5 inches between brake drum/rim mounting faces. I also an looking for a Ford rear axle (preferably 9") and will post when/if I find one that will fit. I realize the width doesn't have to be exact as an offset rim can be used to compensate for axle width differences.
68-70 b body, sattelite and coronet would be your closest fit at 60 1/8", the next would be the 70-74 e body cuda and challenger, at 61 5/8", and the 65-69 c body, the big cars which will be 61 3/4. these should all be pretty easy to find, they were almost standard in all of these models and will all have a 5x4.5 bolt pattern. just stay away from the imperial they had a 5x5 or 5.5 bolt pattern. if you find the one your looking for double check the dimensions because some could have swapped it out in all these years.
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Ive never thought Id admit it But I miss the sounds of car engines in a busy city. I miss the advertisements that were slammed in your face while you watched random things on YouTube. I miss movies, music, alarm clocks , books and even work. But above all I miss my family and friends. Ive been alone for- A short silence followed as Heath, a 23 year old man, counted the days since he last had seen people. Blankly he stared at the mirror in front of him, where he saw the only person he could talk to. - 3 weeks and 2 days. It was my fault to go in that building. I shouldve known that it was infested with walkers. I shouldve known Heath looked at the stubble bearded man with messy, short brown hair. He had blue eyes and a handsome smile. Not that he was smiling at that moment. Right now he looked serious and slightly hopeless. Heath covered the mirror up with a towel and sighed as he let his eyes wander around the apartment that he had been able to hide in before his group changed in walkers. He hadnt eaten for almost a week and felt horrible. Tiredness was slowly taking over his body and he was about to give up. Today hed finally try to get out of here. The small apartment looked like it was becoming smaller and smaller every day. Heath started to feel like he was going mental in here.
With a soft groan he managed to pull himself up and got back on his feet after sitting on the floor for so long. The apartment was at the second floor. Stairs were nearby, he knew. At first Heath thought about going through the window but it didnt take him long to realize that hed break his legs if hed try to jump down. Besides, hed make a lot of noise which would attract the walkers. He closed his eyes and listened. Just listened. There was no groaning, no shuffling and no heavy breathing. It was time to get out of here, he decided.
As he broke down the barricade, made from a desk, chairs and a bed, he kept looking around as if something would grab him from inside the room. Which was nonsense as there hadnt been anything in there with him since he had entered the small apartment. After he had silently got rid of all the things that were blocking the door he slowly opened it and looked around. There was no power so it was dark. Really dark. Only the light that came through the window behind him shed some light to the long hallway. Heath could barely see the stairs which were a few meters away from him. As he stood there he noticed that his heart rate had raised and he was breathing heavily. He could feel himself shiver as he stood there. Come on, pull yourself together He told himself silently and straightened his back. Then he made his way to the stairs and blinked as he tried to get used to the lack of light. There was still no sound of a walker but he didnt let himself get caught off guard. He had lost his machete and bow when they were running from the horde. He blamed himself for being the only one alive. He shouldve helped them but instead he kept running. A soft sigh escaped his lips.
When he got downstairs there was more light. Still no walkers as well. This seemed to be a good day. A small smile formed on his Heaths lips as he made his way towards the door through which theyd entered the building. Finally the smell of rotten flesh, moist and other horrible things got replaced by fresh air. The sun did blind him though. But he didnt mind as he enjoyed the warmth of the sun upon his pale skin. Finally he was outside. What was keeping him in there for so long? Heath didnt quite know, maybe it was the fact that he was just frightened from the nothingness hed see out here.
Soon he realized that it wouldnt be nothing that was roaming around the parking lot in front of the apartment building. When his eyes had gotten used to the light he froze. There was a horde, probably the same as before he locked himself up, that were all turned towards him. Not that that surprised him as he had chuckled and roughly opened the door with a lot of noise. The first walkers were already slowly approaching him and grasping the air. The closer they got the faster they started moving. Heath looked around before he started running. He didnt quite know what way to go but, hell, everything was better than that. He was running and running, behind him he could hear the countless feet shuffling, scraping and pounding on the street, they were faster than he could remember. Suddenly he came to a stop when, in front of him, a walker stood. Heath knew exactly who it was. His eyes widened and his mouth slowly dropped. It was as if he forgot about the walkers behind him. In front of him stood his father. His face partially torn off and skin torn up. Groans escaped his fathers throat. Heath couldnt control his body anymore as he just stood there while walkers started closing him in. F-Father? He whispered softly. Tears had filled his eyes as he desperately waited for a human reply.


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In the Hive | Movie review
Robert Townsend's reform-school drama fails to transcend its didactic intentions.
More outreach component than engaging movie, In the Hive follows a group of new arrivals at a reform school that aims to help them out of the life. The movie soon zeroes in on Xtra (Jonathan "Lil J" McDaniel), the only student the tough-love principal, Mr. Hollis (the late Michael Clarke Duncan), regards as having college potential. Director Robert Townsend (The Five Heartbeats, The Meteor Man) effectively shows how pressure not just from gang leaders but from family and friends weighs on his protagonist; in moments, Xtra feels as though learning is akin to betrayal. (The scenes of him chatting with his jailed, abusive father pack a particular chill.)
Mostly, though, In the Hive fails to rise above its nakedly didactic intentions. Separating the class into groups based on how likely they are to graduate, Duncan's Hollis briefly imbues the film's lesson making with real, dramatic gravitas. But the low-budget execution is clumsy (a fishing-trip scene looks distractingly unconvincing) and the character arcs too tidy. Loretta Devine's school cook provides the mothering the boys can't get at home; Ali Liebert's idealistic English teacher, who shows Xtra the definition of chutzpah, gets an education of her own. Although a scene of her crying over something he's written feels hopelessly ersatz, the movie rallies with an open-ended finale: What would you do, it asks, in Xtra's shoes?


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