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"How writing a novel completely changed my life."
Hello, and thank you so much for visiting my website.
I've a couple of what I hope you'll find are very enjoyable adventure novels to tell you about. But, in many ways, perhaps the most incredible story of all is what actually happened to me in real life. Even now, years later, I still find it hard to believe that it wasn't all a dream.
The Only Way Was Up
Way back in the recession of the early 1990s I was a 47 year old out-of work manual worker with no educational qualifications and seemingly zero prospects. Then, amazingly, after more than three years on the scrap heap, the writing that I had been doing as a hobby virtually all of my life suddenly came to my rescue.
By the year 2000 I was a published novelist with a whole stack of national TV, radio and press interviews under my belt. From Richard & Judy's Good Morning, to a full page article in the Daily Mirror and a guest spot with legendary DJ Johnnie Walker on Radio Two, for a while it seemed that just about everyone in the media wanted a chat with me.
Not Only That, But ….
Oh, and there's one other little thing I haven't mentioned yet. At the same time that all this was going on, in the most astonishing of career changes, I also just happened to be working on multi-million pound accounts as a copywriter/creative at the London office of the world's most famous advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi. No wonder I love the fabulous TV series, Mad Men.
How It All Took Off
But back to the headline quote. The novel in question was IN THE LONG RUN, and it was written during that long period of unemployment. Getting a minimum of a thousand words a day down on paper felt like as useful a way as any of filling in the long days. And there was always the hope that some smart publisher would eventually pick it up and offer me a big fat cheque that would spell an end to my problems.
In my dreams! It didn't work out anything at all like that. There was a much longer and at times quite rocky road to travel first.
If you'd like to know how things did eventually come good, you can read all about in an article that originally appeared in the July 2000 edition of Saga Magazine by clicking SAGA.
Alternatively, you can listen to that Radio Two chat with legendary DJ Johnnie Walker by clicking JOHNNIE WALKER.
PS: While essentially accurate, no interview or press article could ever do more than cover the bare facts. In order to tell the complete story (warts and all) I've also written a light-hearted, full-length account of this incredible period in my life.
AIN'T FINISHED YET is available as apaperback on all Amazon websites. As a taster, you can read an extract from the book HERE.
My second novel, BURIED PASTS, has now been published as a paperback.. The brand new cover with landscape photography by Mark Mullen is displayed below.
Although all characters and events in BURIED PASTS are entirely fictional, this novel is very much a tribute to the father I knew only through my mother's recollections of him. A Canadian pilot with RAF Bomber Command during WWII, he was killed in action when I was just six weeks old.
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Archive for 'Louisiana'
Polaroid of the week: Baby alligator in Louisiana
Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by Dani.
This week: It's scaly, green, but still manages to be the cutest little thing in the swamp…
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Great American Road Trip: Adieu, New Orleans…for now!
Posted on 13. Sep, 2011 by Jess.
The past three weeks traveling on this NYC2NOLA road trip have been so much fun, and making our ultimate destination New Orleans turned out to be exactly what we needed. As expected when having so much fun, time flew and we found ourselves yesterday with a giant list of places we still wanted to explore so we decided to maximize our last day in the city by renting bikes from The American Bike Rental & Tour Company.
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Great American Road Trip – Nothin' but love for ya, NOLA
Posted on 12. Sep, 2011 by Jess.
Every day spent in New Orleans leads us closer to hiring a real estate agent – we are loving it here in NOLA that much! Read on for a recap of our third day in N'awlins – some hootin', a little hollerin' and a lot of learnin' about Creole culture.
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Great American Road Trip: Alligators and all that Jazz…
Posted on 11. Sep, 2011 by Dani.
Day Two in New Orleans brought us from alligators in Louisiana's wetlands to live jazz on Frenchman Street!


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North Pocono Public Library plans a community garden
About a year after the North Pocono Public Library moved into its new $3.2 million home, the facility's director has big plans for outside the building.
With $8,000 in donations and an $8,000 Lackawanna County Re-Invest Program grant, the library will add a garden outside the teen area, plus a barbecue grill for public events, raised-bed containers called EarthBoxes, a shed, tools and maybe a canopy tent for programs.
Library Director Susan Jeffery is seeking volunteers to help create a garden this year that she envisions becoming a learning space for North Pocono-area children.
"Sadly, a lot of kids think their food comes from Taco Bell or a box from the freezer mom puts in the microwave," Mrs. Jeffery said. "At harvest, they will see where their food comes from. Many children have never seen a sunflower or a zucchini or an eggplant."
The plan is to plant the first harvest in spring, and Mrs. Jeffery plans to donate much of the food the garden produces to the hungry.
Organizers hope to secure more money next year to add a butterfly garden and a gazebo outside the children's library, and eventually a walking trail through the wooded area of the Church Street property.
Even without the extras, children's librarian Kelly Pulice has organized several recent outdoor events, like a tie-dyeing program, weekly papier-mâché events, camp games, plus the upcoming summer reading program closing event — which will include an indoor performance of interactive songs by Tom Sieling and a potluck cookout on Aug. 9.
She is looking forward to having more options to come up with new nature and science programs.
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Popcorn boxes were embellished with glam printable party logos matted on ruffled tissue paper and glittery ribbon from Nashville Wraps. "Popcorn filled the boxes, as well as a spooky surprise — chocolate skeleton limbs made from molds at Fancy Flours," Maureen says. "We also made chocolate-covered marshmallow pops that we embellished with printable bats and sprinkles were from Fancy Flours."
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August 7, 2009
Contact: Dana Woodson - 757.393.8641
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Scheduled for the New Churchland Library
Portsmouth, VA -- The Portsmouth Public Library, Churchland Branch, located at 4934 High Street West will open with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Monday, August 17th at 10 a.m.
Features of the 20,942 square ft. state-of-the-art facility include a technology room with computers, radio frequency identification (RFID) self checkout and security system, a children's area with a storytelling room, group study rooms, a community meeting room, a conference room with SmartBoard technology, and energy-efficient natural lighting.
The hours for the new Churchland Branch will be:
Monday through Wednesday -- 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday --10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
City Treasurer's Branch Office
As part of the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, the new City Treasurer's Branch Office will officially open at the Churchland Library. The office will accept payments to the City Treasurer and to Public Utilities. The hours of operation will be from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. The entrance to the office is located on the side of building that faces Cedar Lane. Designated handicap parking spaces and a 24-hour drop box will be available.
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For more information on Portsmouth Public Libraries, call (757) 393-8365. For more information on the City Treasurer's Branch Office, call (757) 393-8651.
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Beach Reads: New York Magazine highlights their summer reading picks. [New York Magazine]
Et Tu, Bruni?: Speculation continues whether it's a coincidence that Frank Bruni will be leaving his position as restaurant critic for the New York Times this August, the same month his memoir, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, lands on bookshelves. [Publishers Weekly]
Book Deal Blues: Celebrated filmmaker John Sayles isn't having much luck trying to sell his historical novel, a "sprawling, epic tale about racism and the dawn of U.S. imperialism," to publishers. [LA Times]


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A Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier jumps into the water from a CH-47 Chinook for a helocasting exercise April 30, 2014, at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, during Emerald Warrior. Helocasting is a specific type of a water insertion from a low flying helicopter. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jovi M. Prevot, 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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Installing the Hard disks is easy. First you need to remove the cover from the front of the unit by pushing on the front by the three dots and pulling the cover off. Open the drive bay by flipping open the lock and slide the drive bay out of the drive rack. Once the drive is mounted on the rack, simply screw it into place on the bottom with included screws.
Opening the unit is easy. There are three screws holding the cover in place. Simply remove the screws and slide off the cover of the case. The inside of the case has the motherboard on the right side of the case with the PCI Express x1 slot. You can install any normal PCI Express x1 device here. The bottom of the case is where the Battery Backup Module is plugged in. You plug in the BBM to the BAT slot and you are good to go.
The motherboard used on the system has a PCI Express x1 slot which you can install through the side of the case. There is a fan on the back of the case. Thecus has outfitted the system with 1GB of DDR2-800MHz memory, enough to run the file server without issue. The combination of a more modern CPU and plenty of memory allows the N4200 a lot of power as a file server. The N4200 can handle almost every file server and NAS task.


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Gee! Rudd was lying
FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd began legal action against Japan's whaling program despite strong opposition from senior ministers and bureaucrats who warned it was likely to fail and strengthen the hand of the Japanese.
In October 2008, as Australian officials were working to develop Australia's case, the embassy reported to Washington that domestic political considerations were high in Mr Rudd's thinking.
The embassy reported he was likely to eventually see international legal action "as the least damaging politically of his limited choices in dealing with public anger over whaling".
Which pretty well sums up my opinion posted over a year ago. Why is is that people couldn't see Rudd's actions for what they were – simply a means to put the issue on the backburner…..lying hound!
Rudd on the loose again
Greg Sheridan's re-birthing of Rudd as a great Foreign Minister is becoming harder and harder to justify yet he sticks at it.
This week the third meeting of the Australia Israel Leadership Forum took place in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, with a day in Ramallah talking to Palestinian leaders. There is no doubt Rudd is well regarded in Israel and his authentic leadership on Iran is appreciated.
The last sentence raises my eyebrows and seems at odds with the restr of the article.
Sheridan goes on to say;
In an interview with this paper's John Lyons in Cairo on Saturday, Rudd said: "Our view has been consistent for a long time and that is that all states in the region should adhere to the [nuclear] Non-Proliferation Treaty, and that includes Israel. And therefore their nuclear facility should be subject to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection."
The Arabs love it while Israel is bemused.
With only one Israel and a host of Israel hating Arab nations having a vote at the UN I can't help but think Rudd is just padding his resume for a post-politics appointment.
I hope he gets it real quick so we can stop putting our long time relationship with Israel in jeapoardy.
Rudd states the obvious
KEVIN Rudd has warned that flood-ravaged Pakistan faces a serious disease epidemic unless UN and aid agencies take immediate precautions.
Gee, I bet no one else had thought that might be the case with major flooding in a third world country.
Rudd caught out
Rudd is quoted in the Weekend Australian (25/10) saying in a conversation with President Bush Rudd raised the question of the G20 and Bush replied G20 – what's that? The call came though at a dinner Rudd was holding when he was called away to talk to Bush. He came back to the dinner and seemingly big noted himself to the dinner guests.
This would suggest Bush is stupid and that would suit the dinner guests and supporters who still think Rudd is competent enough to handle the position of Prime Minister and that world leaders just hang about waiting for his wise words.
The rest of us smelt a rat and questions have been asked by the blogging community. The media, still on a honeymoon and reluctant to point out their bride looks ugly in the cold light of dawn, have been predictably silent about the matter.
The US have made it plain that Bush is well aware of G20 and that puts ex diplomat Rudd in a quandary. How to backup….I know, he thinks, I'll attack the libs for once suggesting al-Qaeda would welcome Obama as President and defuse the issue.
Doesn't work. al-Qaeda are on record as preferring Obama as President in that they want Bush and the Republicans humiliated, but the question remains unanswered. If Rudd didn't say what the Australian says he did, and remember the editor-in-chief of the Australian was at the dinner, then why has he let the matter fester for a week without clarification?
Because it suits him and his idea of what a statesman is. The article in the Weekend Australian portrayed Rudd as advising and convincing Bush to take a certain course in the attempts to calm the financial markets. It suggested a wise and knowing statesman was advising and setting straight a stupid republican president on how to handle a problem.
The truth is more likely that world leaders now sees Rudd as blabber mouth, not to be confided in, as anything said in conversation could end up on the front page of the local newspapers in a manner that reflects well on Rudd and poorly on the guy at the other end. At least that's what the London Times report (London Times link from Andrew Bolt
Ex diplomat…very ex!
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Wistey Earns Bid to NCAA Championships
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior breaststroker Imelda Wistey was selected to compete in the 2014 NCAA Championships, the NCAA announced today. Wistey will compete in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, becoming the first Cyclone swimmer to qualify since Nan Liu earned a ticket to the 2010 championships. The NCAA Championships take place March 20-22 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center
Since transferring to Iowa State from Grinnell College after her freshman year, Wistey has racked up 68-career first-place finishes and 86-career top-three finishes in her three seasons in the cardinal and gold. Wistey tallied 24-event wins this year – 17 coming in the 100 and 200 breaststroke – leading the Cyclones to seven dual meet wins and the highest team finish at a conference championship in the Big 12 era.
Wistey earned her second career First Team All-Big 12 honor at the 2014 Big 12 Conference Championships with a third-place finish in the 100 breaststroke, touching in a time of 1:01.62. Wistey's senior season was accented with a career performance in Iowa State's dual meet against instate rival Iowa when the breaststroker broke four records including school records in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.46) and the 200 breaststroke (2:13.76).
Iowa State's top divers, senior Jessica Henderson and sophomore Elyse Brouillette, will compete at the NCAA Zone "D" Diving Championships on Mar 10-12 for a chance join Wistey and compete in the NCAA Championships.
Wistey's Big 12 Conference Championship Performance:
Event: Finish: Prelim/Seed Time: Finals Time:
200 Medley Relay 4th 1:41.40 1:41.41
200 IM 12th 2:03.76 2:04.78
400 Medley Relay 3rd 3:49.09 3:41.81
100 Breaststroke 3rd 1:01.62* 1:01.60*
200 Breaststroke 9th 2:16.43 2:15.49*
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Google Execs to Leave in 2024
Posted by jonathan at 10:40am EST on 01/31/2008
In an interview hosted by CNN's Fortune, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt all have a few things to say about Google and their positions there.
Here is the highlight question,
Will you all work at Google for the rest of your careers?
Schmidt: We agreed to work together for how long, gentlemen?
Brin: Twenty years.
Really? When did you make that agreement?
Schmidt: Two years, seven months, and four days ago. But who's counting? Actually, we agreed the month before we went public that we would work together for 20 years. I will be 69, and according to Google I'm going to live to 84, so I should be fine.
20 years. That's it? Well, Eric has already been the CEO of Sun Microsystems so he's had a lifetime of success already. Eric has obtained more success than most of us can even dream of.
And well, for Larry and Sergey, they've been equally successful, both co-founders of a small company called Google Inc.
20 years, is it enough? You bet. They will be quadruple billionaires by then and will be able to finish out life in bliss.


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etnies BMX Tour: Day 7, Milwaukee
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May 24 2010 / Monday
Day 7 4 Seasons Skatepark - Milwaukee, WI.
Day 7, the last demo on the tour & out of all the stops the team was super hyped on not having to do crazy long drives any more & even more hyped on hitting 4 Seasons. With one of the best "street" park set ups in the country as well as a rad mini & sick bowl, the whole team had a blast & made the most of their time in Milwaukee, wasting no time clocking footage & tearing the park, metaphorically of course.
Thanks to the folks from 4 Seasons & the Action Village crew who laid out a full spread, BBQing hotdogs & burgers for everyone, having a blast with the kids and giving away plenty of goodies.


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Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler Tie the Knot in NashvilleLaurie White
Love, baby carriage, and now marriage.
Reality tv star Kristin Cavallari and longtime fiance, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, checked the last item off of that list by getting married today in Nashville.
Cavallari posted the news to Twitter via Instagram, saying "Im officially Kristin Elizabeth Cutler!!!!!" and posting a picture of what are likely the couple's wedding bands.
Im officially Kristin Elizabeth Cutler!!!!! instagram.com/p/aRHsY0tQ0P/
— Kristin Cavallari (@KristinCav) June 7, 2013
TMZ reported that the couple got their marriage license early Friday at the Davidson County clerk's office in Nashville, and wasted no time tying the knot after the paperwork was in order.
Cavallari and Cutler welcomed son Camden Jack last August.
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March 1, 2012 – The Health Department kicks off its annual nicotine patch and gum program today to help New Yorkers quit smoking. The program will run through March 16. To coincide with the patch and gum giveaway, the department is running a hard-hitting ad campaign that visually depicts three common cancers that smoking causes and describes the low survival rates of these cancers. The campaign's take home message is "Quitting is much less painful." The campaign's graphic images focus on esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and stomach cancer. They also show the extensive treatment for each of these cancers such as esophageal resection, partial stomach removal, and radiation, which can be invasive and painful. Ads will run on television, on-line and in local newspapers.
"The nicotine patch and gum program and hard-hitting, graphic education campaigns we've run over the last seven years have made a tremendous impact on smoking rates in New York City and have helped thousands of people quit smoking and improve their health," said Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley. "Last year alone, almost 40,000 smokers participated in the program. If you're still smoking, take this opportunity to call 311 or visit nyc.gov to get help quitting."
Smoking is still the leading cause of premature preventable deaths in New York City. While the adult smoking rate in NYC is at an all-time low of 14%, an estimated 850,000 New Yorkers still smoke, putting themselves and those they love at risk of disease, disability and death. In NYC in 2010, there were 922 deaths from pancreatic cancer with approximately 20% of those deaths being smoking-related. There were 439 deaths from stomach cancer with about one in six estimated to be related to smoking. Deaths due to esophageal cancer amounted to 273 with more than 60% of those deaths related to smoking.
The Health Department's nicotine patch and gum program, launched each year since 2006 in conjunction with hard-hitting educational campaigns that NYC has become internationally-renowned for, has prompted 300,000 New Yorkers to call for help quitting smoking since 2003.
"I've been smoke-free since February 2010 after calling 311 for help to quit," said James Oliver, a former smoker from Brooklyn, who hopes New Yorkers will take the Health Department up on their offer to help. "I'd seen a lot of anti-smoking commercials and knew I could call to get help. I'm so glad I did. Although quitting wasn't easy, I'm glad I did it with nicotine patches – they greatly reduced my desire to smoke."
The Health Department's anti-smoking campaigns have driven a nearly five-fold increase in calls for quit smoking assistance to 311 since 2006. The annual number of calls grew from approximately 11,000 in 2005 – the year before the Department launched its hard-hitting anti-smoking public education campaigns – to more than 50,000 in 2011. Since these graphic campaigns showing the real health consequences of smoking began airing in New York City, smoking rates have dropped from 18.9% to 14.0%.
Smokers can receive additional help by registering on NYC Quits (Search NYC Quits on nyc.gov), an interactive website with tools and information to help smokers quit. Registered users can access tools like a Quit Diary and a Cravings Log to track their progress and seek support during the quitting process. In addition, the agency's "NYC Quits" Facebook page – facebook.com/nycquits – has become an online smoking cessation support network with more than 6,000 fans. Smokers who want help quitting can apply to get patches or gum at no cost by calling 311 or completing an easy online application by searching for "NYC Quits" on NYC.gov.
Quitting can be tough, but nicotine patches and gum can double your chances of success. Here are some tips to make quitting smoking easier:


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Park Avenue Christian Church Montebello
Sunday Services @ 113 S Park Ave Montebello, CA 90640
9:00am Spanish – Children's programs for birth through 6th grade
10:30 Coffee – Coffee, Snacks and hanging out together
11:00am English – Children's programs for birth through 6th grade
Family Agape Service – 1st Sunday of every month the whole family attends church service together.
You are probably here because you want to know more about us. Let me tell you a little about Park Avenue Christian Church Montebello.
We are a diverse group of people who make up this Christian church family. People from various ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Regardless of our backgrounds we all have one thing in common and that is Christ.
We are an imperfect people who are striving to live out Christ's likeness in our lives and in our community. You can go to the "Our Beliefs" page and find out more about what we believe and who we are, but the best way to really do that is to visit and spend time with us.
I want to personally invite you to join us for our worship services and when you do, please introduce yourself and we can set up a time to talk over coffee.
Thank you again for visiting our website and we look forward to the privilege of getting to know you.
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1. Guinan, M., McGuckin, and Y. Ali. 2002. The effect of a comprehensive handwashing program on absenteeism in elementary schools. American Journal of Infection Control 31: 1-8.


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Footwear Designer Franco Sarto Talks Methods, Inspirations and His Love for California Wine
From humble cobbler to internationally renowned designer, Franco Sarto has come a long way since he began working at a shoe factory at the age of 14. His roots as a shoemaker in Dolo, Italy have given Sarto the technical background to create footwear that is lasting, wearable, and versatile. Recently, Sarto made an appearance at Nordstorm in the Westfield San Francisco Centre to promote his new self-titled spring collection. After meeting with devoted fans and handing out autographed sketches, Sarto (and his translator) sat down with us to talk about his methods, inspirations, and his appreciation of California wine.
Ladies Man: Q&A with Prabal Gurung
Since his debut at New York Fashion Week in February 2009, Prabal Gurung has made quite a name for himself. Just ask his frequent patron first lady Michelle Obama. The on-fire designer recently made an appearance at San Francisco's Neiman Marcus to showcase his Spring 2011 collection. Gurung sat down with us to talk about his designs, his friendship with Demi Moore, and his message to women everywhere.


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Samsung Galaxy Star entry-level Android smartphone launched in India for Rs 5,240
Earlier this month, we spotted the Galaxy Star on Samsung India's website. Today, the South Korean company officially launched the entry-level Android device for Rs 5,240.
The Galaxy Star, as we had reported earlier, sports a 3-inch QVGA TFT LCD display and is powered by a 1GHz Cortex A5 processor and 512MB RAM. Samsung is also offering features like a 2-megapixel rear camera, 4GB of internal storage that is expandable using the microSD card, and a 1,200mAH battery.
On the connectivity front, the Galaxy Star is 2G-enabled, and supports dual-SIM slots, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, while on the software side of things, the device runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean wrapped under Samsung's TouchWiz UI. In addition, the device also has a string of pre-loaded apps like ChatOn, Google apps, and the Samsung App Store.
As an introductory offer, Samsung has also partnered with Vodafone India to offer Galaxy Star buyers with a Vodafone connection, free Internet data worth 250MB per month for 2 months.
The Galaxy Star will join the likes of the Galaxy Pocket, Galaxy Y Pro Duos, Galaxy Music Duos, Galaxy Fame and the more recently launched Galaxy Y Plus and Galaxy Young in Samsung's portfolio of entry-level Android phones.


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Chocolate ice cream pudding
Chocolate ice cream pudding
This delicious dessert combines a creamy ice-cream with dried and glaced fruits. With a dash of brandy, this recipe would make an easy festive season dessert that will be popular with the whole family.
serves: 20
- 1/2 cup sultanas
- 1/2 cup chopped glacé fruits (e.g. apricots, cherries, figs)
- 2 tbsp brandy
- 395 g NESTLÉ Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 600 mL cream
- 200 g NESTLÉ Rich & Dark Cooking Chocolate, melted
- 200 g NESTLÉ Rich & Dark Cooking Chocolate, extra
- Combine sultanas, glacé fruits and brandy, stand 30 minutes.
- Beat Nestlé Sweetened Condensed Milk and cream until thick, add fruit mixture and Plaistowe Rich Dark Cooking Chocolate, and combine well.
- Spoon mixture into 7 cups (1.75L) capacity bowl lined with plastic wrap. Cover, freeze until set.
- Spread extra Plaistowe Rich Dark Cooking Chocolate evenly over plastic wrap to a round of 35cm in diameter. With chocolate side down, drape over pudding, quickly pull edges of plastic wrap to straighten pleats. Freeze until set, trim away excess chocolate with hot knife.
- If desired decorate with strawberries just before serving.
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- Use glacé fruits e.g. apricots, cherries, figs, Nestlé brand Sweetened Condensed Milk and Rich & Dark Cooking Chocolate.


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PatientPlus articles are written by UK doctors and are based on research evidence, UK and European Guidelines. They are designed for health professionals to use, so you may find the language more technical than the condition leaflets.
- Nephritis essentially means inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis may involve the glomerulus, tubule, or the interstitial renal tissue.
- When inflammation involves the glomeruli it is called glomerulonephritis.
- When kidney disease involves structures in the kidney outside the glomerulus, it is broadly referred to as tubulo-interstitial disease. This disease generally involves the tubules and/or the interstitium of the kidney and spares the glomeruli.[1]
- When inflammation affects the area of the kidney between the nephrons (the renal interstitium) it is known as interstitial nephritis, or sometimes tubulo-interstitial nephritis.[2]
- Nephrosis is a descriptive histopathological term for renal disease without an inflammatory component.
Renal disease can present in a number of different ways, including as:
- Nephritic syndrome (nephritis).
- Nephrotic syndrome (nephrosis).
- Acute kidney injury (acute renal failure).
- Chronic kidney disease (chronic renal failure).
- Hypertension.
- Renal pain and dysuria.
Glomerulonephritis can present with different clinical syndromes. These include nephrotic and nephritic syndrome. Glomerulonephritis is discussed in more detail in the separate article Glomerulonephritis.
Interstitial nephritis can be acute or chronic. Acute interstitial nephritis is commonly due to a drug hypersensitivity reaction and presents as sudden-onset acute renal failure.[2][3] Acute interstitial nephritis is discussed in detail in the separate article Interstitial Nephritides and Nephrotoxins.
So, nephritis and nephrosis are responses to renal disease or injury. There are a number of underlying disease processes that can lead to both nephritic and nephrotic syndromes. This article gives an overview of acute nephritis and nephrosis. There are also separate articles on:
- Nephrotic Syndrome.
- Acute Kidney Injury.
- Chronic Kidney Disease (Chronic Renal Failure).
- Renal Tubular Disease.
- Goodpasture's Syndrome.
- IgA Nephropathy (Berger's Disease).
Acute nephritic syndrome[4]
Acute nephritic syndrome is the most serious and potentially devastating form of the various renal syndromes.[5]
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Clinical features
The key clinical features of acute nephritic syndrome are:
- Haematuria.
- Reduced urine output.
- Fluid retention and oedema (including periorbital, pedal and pulmonary oedema).
- Proteinuria (usually <3.5 g/day).
- Hypertension.
- Uraemic symptoms (including anorexia, pruritus, lethargy, nausea).
- Deteriorating renal function.
- Post-infection with nephritogenic strains of Group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus (typically occurs in children).
- Any of the other causes of glomerulonephritis:
- Other bacterial infections - eg, typhoid, secondary syphilis, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, pneumococcal pneumonia, infective endocarditis.
- Viral infections - eg, hepatitis B, mumps, measles, infectious mononucleosis, varicella, Coxsackievirus.
- Parasitic infections - eg, malaria, toxoplasmosis.
- Multisystem systemic diseases - eg, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Goodpasture's syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis.
- Primary glomerular diseases - eg, Berger's disease (IgA nephropathy), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.
- Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- Diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine
In primary care:
- Take a history - ask about onset of symptoms, uraemic symptoms, look for a clue to an underlying cause - eg, recent streptococcal infection, other infection, multisystem disease.
- Measure blood pressure.
- Assess for peripheral, periorbital and pulmonary oedema.
- Perform urine dipstick for protein and blood.
- If acute nephritic syndrome is suspected, patients should be referred to secondary care. Acute admission may be required.
In secondary care:
- Investigations are focused on assessing severity of renal injury and looking for the underlying cause - discussed in detail in the separate article Glomerulonephritis.
- Management depends on the underlying cause and is also discussed in the same article.
- This depends on the underlying cause.
- Nephritic syndrome caused by acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in children is generally excellent.[5]
Nephrotic syndrome[6]
Clinical features
The key clinical features of nephrotic syndrome are:
- Proteinuria (formerly defined as >3.5 g/day but there appears to be individual variation around this cut-off figure).
- Hypoalbuminaemia as a result of urinary protein loss (albumin levels usually in range <25-30 g/L).
- Peripheral oedema due to hypoalbuminaemia.
- Hypercholesterolaemia/dyslipidaemia.
- Primary renal diseases
- Minimal-change glomerular disease (15%) - the most common cause in children.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (35% of nephrotic syndrome) - the most common cause of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in adults.
- Membranous glomerular disease (33%).
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (14%).
- Secondary renal diseases
- Post-infectious causes - eg, Group A beta-haemolytic streptococci, tuberculosis, malaria, syphilis, viruses (such as varicella-zoster, hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency), infectious mononucleosis.
- Collagen vascular diseases - eg, SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis nodosa, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, vasculitides.
- Metabolic diseases - eg, diabetes mellitus, amyloidosis.
- Inherited disease - eg, Alport's syndrome, hereditary nephritis, sickle cell disease.
- Malignant disease - eg, multiple myeloma, leukaemia, lymphoma, carcinoma of breast/lung/colon/stomach.
- Medications - eg, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), captopril, lithium, gold, diamorphine, interferon-alpha, penicillamine, probenecid and many others.
- Toxins - eg, bee sting, snake bites, phytotoxins.
- Pregnancy - eg, pre-eclampsia.
- Transplant rejection.
In primary care:
- Take a history - onset of symptoms may be gradual over a few weeks; look for a clue to the underlying cause; some patients describe their urine as frothy; there may be associated lethargy and anorexia.
- Measure blood pressure (although hypertension is not usually found).
- Assess for peripheral, periorbital and pulmonary oedema and ascites.
- Look for deep vein thrombosis, which can occur due to a hypercoagulable state.[7] Similarly, be wary of chest pain, which can be a symptom of pulmonary embolus.[8]
- Perform urinalysis which will show gross proteinuria.
- If nephrotic syndrome is suspected, patients should be referred to secondary care. However, most do not require acute admission.
- The separate article Nephrotic Syndrome discusses investigations and management in more detail.
Further reading & references
- Jaipaul N; Overview of Tubulointerstitial Diseases, Merck Manual, 2009
- Alper Jr AB; Tubulointerstitial Nephritis, Medscape, Jun 2011
- Praga M, Gonzalez E; Acute interstitial nephritis. Kidney Int. 2010 Jun;77(11):956-61. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.89. Epub 2010 Mar 24.
- McMillan J; Nephritic Syndrome, Merck Manual, 2010
- Parmar MS, Acute Glomerulonephritis, Medscape, Jun 2011
- de Seigneux S, Martin PY; Management of patients with nephrotic syndrome. Swiss Med Wkly. 2009 Jul 25;139(29-30):416-22. doi: smw-12477.
- Cohen EP et al; Nephrotic Syndrome, Medscape, Jun 2013
- Yang GF, Schoepf UJ, Zhu H, et al; Thromboembolic complications in nephrotic syndrome: imaging spectrum. Acta Radiol. 2012 Oct 18.
Disclaimer: This article is for information only and should not be used for the diagnosis or treatment of medical conditions. EMIS has used all reasonable care in compiling the information but make no warranty as to its accuracy. Consult a doctor or other health care professional for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. For details see our conditions.
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Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta Recommended Ages: 14+ An "Adult Content Advisory" remains in effect for the second book of the Lumatere Chronicles, in which the fate of kingdoms depend on the actions of highly sexed Young Adults. Even more so than in Finnikin of the Rock, in which the figurative and literal rape of a kingdom is involved in the tale of a nation divided 50/50 between captives and refugees. But now ... Read More »
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The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud Recommended Ages: 13+ Some trilogies are open-ended. When the author decides to add a fourth book to it, we start to call it the So-and-So Quartet. Since fans of a series are unlikely to regret the arrival of a new installment, this sort of thing is usually embarrassing only to publishers who have invested money in packaging the first three books as the So-and-So Trilogy, and to unsparingly ... Read More »


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No. 16 Women's Tennis Falls 4-3 At No. 23 Notre Dame
Senior Jillian O'Neill defeats No. 39 Shannon Mathews in three sets
Feb. 26, 2012
South Bend, Ind. - The 16th-ranked Georgia Tech women's tennis team (5-5) couldn't repeat Friday's comeback effort in a 4-3 loss to the 23rd-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3) Sunday morning at the Eck Tennis Pavilion on the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind.
The Irish got on the board with an 8-3 win on court two doubles by Britney Sanders and Julie Sabacinski over Tech's Lynn Blau and Elizabeth Kilborn. It is only the third loss of the year for the Jacket duo who broke into the national rankings at No. 54 in the latest ITA poll.
Notre Dame clinched the first point of the day with an 8-5 win by the third-ranked team of Kristy Frilling and Shannon Mathews over the ninth-ranked Jacket pair of Jillian O'Neill and Alex Anghelescu on court one.
Jennifer Kellner and Chrissie McGaffigan finished off the Irish doubles sweep with a 9-7 win over Viet Ha Ngo and Muriel Wacker on court three.
Sanders extended Notre Dame's lead to 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Tech's Lynn Blau on court four. Sophomore Muriel Wacker earned the Yellow Jackets first point with a 6-3, 6-2 win over ND's Katherine White on court six.
O'Neill, ranked No. 47, topped the Irish's Mathews, ranked No. 39, in a three-set battle, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3, to tie the team score 2-2. It is the second time in as many matches the Jackets have rallied from down 2-0 to level the team score.
Notre Dame re-gained the advantage with a 6-3, 6-1 win on court three by No. 124-ranked Kellner over the Jackets' Ngo. McGaffigan clinched the Irish win with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Tech freshman Jasmine Minor on court five. Kilborn would rally for her second three-set win in as many matches when she downed Frilling 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 on court two to make the final team score 4-3.
The Yellow Jackets are now off until March 7 when they open the ACC portion of their schedule at home against the Clemson Tigers in a 2 p.m. match at the Bill Moore Tennis Center.
Fans are encouraged to follow Georgia Tech women's tennis on Twitter, @GT_WTEN, and like the Yellow Jackets on Facebook, GTWomensTennis, for an inside look at the program.
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Posted Monday, January 21, 2013
The Western New England University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will offer a workshop on "Legal Issues in Finance" on Tuesday, February 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Blake Law Center. The workshop will feature attorneys Scott W. Foster of Bulkley Richardson and Michael D. Sweet of Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy, P.C. as presenters. The event is part of the Center's Basic Business Law for Small Businesses series and is free and open to the public.
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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.
Yesterday, for the first time since the fall of Moammar Gadhafi, Libyans cast votes to elect their government. These were parliamentary elections. And while Libyans celebrated the landmark event in the street, it is clear the transition to democracy is running into trouble.
For more, we're joined by Fred Wehrey in the BBC Studios in London. He's a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and he was in Libya during the run-up to the elections.
Welcome to the program.FRED WEHREY: Thanks, good to be here.
GREENE: So, tell us what the country seemed like as we approach the selection first. What were the conflicts that we were seeing in Libya?
WEHREY: You know, I would describe the mood as guardedly optimistic. The main issue really was the disagreement between the east and the west, and specifically this feeling in the east that they were not being represented by these elections, that the historic marginalization of the east - that Gadhafi had implemented - that this would continue. One activist told me that it was simply old wine in new bottles.
So, as a result of this, you had in the run-up to the election calls for boycott in the east, protests, violence, the closure of oil refineries and, as we saw on Election Day, some deadly acts of violence.
GREENE: Help us understand how this is possible. I think the image that many of us have from Libya was the ouster of Gadhafi being a victory for the east, for Benghazi, where the revolution was sort of born. Why do they feel they're not getting the power that they expected?
WEHREY: Well, that's just the crux of it. I mean they're disappointed that the transitional authority, the NCC, has really moved a lot of the political power to the west. Specifically, they point to the allocation of parliamentary seats, where the west has more parliamentary seats. And so, there's this move in the east of simply that these elections are illegitimate and people should not participate.
GREENE: And I guess, you know, we're still waiting for results from these elections. But I wonder, you know, is there a sense of who the front-runner parties are, and if we're seeing the same sort of secular Islamist divide that really emerged in Egypt?
WEHREY: You really don't see that divide. Libya is really a different political animal. The line between Islamist and secularist is really blurred. So what you're seeing is a very even, close race between the National Forces Alliance, a more nationalist secular party led by Mahmoud Jibril, the former executive chairman of the NTC, and a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate party, the Justice and Construction Party.
GREENE: And, as we go forward, I mean, a lot of the conflict we've been talking about - a helicopter shot down, boycotts, protests in the streets - does this all threaten to undermine this country as it goes forward? Or is this kind of the turbulence that we expect?
WEHREY: It's a bumpy, turbulence and road. But my sense here - and I really want to emphasize this - was the tremendous euphoria and can-do spirit of the Libyans. I mean, they realized that they do not want to jeopardize the enormous sacrifices that their martyrs made. You have to remember also that in the larger frame of things, this election was successful.
Polling went ahead and about 94 to 98 percent of the polling stations. There was high voter turnout. By and large this has been a historic, momentous occasion.
GREENE: We've been talking about the historic parliamentary election in Libya with Fred Wehrey. He's a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and he joined us from the BBC Studios in London.
Thanks so much.
WEHREY: Thank you, appreciate it.
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Joey Chestnut Starves Himself Prior to Winning Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
July 4th means fireworks, cookouts, and for some the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Every year on July 4th, Coney Island holds Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest where participants eat as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes. On Wednesday, Joey Chestnut won the hot dog eating contest for the sixth consecutive year. The man ate 68 hot dogs… sounds appetizing right?
I could barely finish the five BBQ chicken wings I had last night at our family's Fourth of July cookout. I can only imagine where this man puts his food!
Well, fortunately this morning on the TODAY show Joey offered his secrets to scarfing down 68 hotdogs and buns. Joey's girlfriend makes him 70 hotdogs and he tries to eat as much as he can within 10 minutes. And he tries to eat a little more each day than his previous attempt. Three days before the big hot dog eating contest Joey does not eat anything to prepare himself for all the hot dogs he will devour.
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I had a sneak peek at a new series that Nickelodeon will debut this Saturday morning and I want to give you the heads up: It's winner!
Sanjay and Craig is the story of two best friends -- one of whom happens to be a talking snake -- and it was created by the trio of Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf and Jay Howell (yes, he designed the characters on Bob's Burgers). The show is hilarious - and has a fresh point of view. Yes, it's more a "Fox-like" sitcom and less an animators tour-de-force, but it delivers the laughs - pretty much non-stop.
The thing I especially like about the show is that it feels more like a primetime series or a Comedy Central show than a "kids-show". That feeling of 'including the adults' harkens back to earlier Nick series such as Ren & Stimpy, Spongebob, Invader Zim -- and I welcome its return.
I had a chance to do a quick Q&A with co-creator Andreas Trolf:
How did you three get together?
AT: Jim, Jay and I are all friends from having lived in San Francisco for a while. We all worked with each on various projects throughout the years. Audrey Diehl at Nick approached Jim and Jay about pitching something we got together and came up with the idea of redeveloping an idea we had for a fanzine ten years ago. It was about a adult snake charmer named Sanjay. We aged him down and took the snake-charming aspect out of it. The relationship of a human and a wise cracking snake always really appealing to us and we created a world out that.
What are your roles on this show?
AT: My background is in fiction writing. Jay is the art director, Jim is our post-production maniac. He's a filmmaker and editor. Between the three of us relatively-unexperienced dudes, we combined our talents into one thing. We get to work with an incredible team over here (at Nick Studios in Burbank), Thurop Van Ormon, Ryan Crego, Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi - we are getting the benefit of their years of experience making shows I've watched my whole life. The three of us have a say on everything on the show, but I'm centered around the writing room, Jay is cranking with his art team, and Jim and Throup are working away, editing.
The timing on this show is hilarious...
AT: Our timing director is Alan Smart and he's been on everything, first and foremost from The Simpsons and Spongebob. Between him, Ryan Crego and Steve Downs, the timing goes through a refining process. Between the first storyboard pitch and when we send the animatic off the jokes get funnier. I just laughed today at a joke I wrote two months ago because these guys are making it read as best as it possibly can.
None of you creators are Indian. How did you decide to use a lead character of that ethnic backround?
AT: Yeah, to put it bluntly we're three white dudes. Sanjay is bi-racial, his mother is white and his father is from India. I hope people are cool about it - I see no reason they shouldn't be. To us it felt like something that was ready to happen. It's something we wanted to explore. If we are lucky to get a second or third season we will be exploring his background. I'm a child of immigrants and it informs who I am. I was the first member of my family that was born in the United States. The main thing we want to get across with Sanjay is that he's an American kid - and an American kid can come from anywhere.
Although the show is on Nick, it feels a little smarter than the average show aimed at kids...
AT: There's so much room for smart engaging children's programming. What we wanted to do was make a show we wanted to watch. And if we make it compelling for kids in a way that doesn't talk down to them, it'll be engaging for adults too.


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Date: 11/4/2005
DeSales Junior Randy Sturm Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 1st-Team
DeSales junior Randy Sturm, of North Cape May, N.J., continued to receive post-season honors on Thursday, November 3, as he was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division First-Team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA).The members of CoSIDA vote on the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Soccer Teams. Only Academic All-District First-Team members are forwarded to the national committee and considered for All-American status.On November 3, Sturm was named to the All-Freedom Conference First-Team, as well as the Freedom Conference Player of the Year. Also, he is a three-time All-Freedom Conference member and twice has been named to the First-Team. He earns ESPN The MagazineAcademic All-District honors for the first time in his career.He currently leads the 14-2-2 Bulldogs in scoring with 15 goals and four assists for 34 points. His 34 points rank him fifth all-time for points in a season and he is currently ranked seventh all-time with 30 goals and 15 assists for 75 points at DeSales. This season he has seven game winning goals and has won Freedom Conference Player of the Week honors four times.
Sturm, an elementary education major with a 3.57 cumulative GPA, has been named to the MASCAC Fall All-Academic team twice and is a four-time member of the Dean's list at DeSales.
DSU advanced to the Freedom Conference Championship game yesterday with a 2-0 win over Wilkes University. The #1 seeded Bulldogs will host Drew University in the title game beginning at 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 5th. The winner receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament
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Fax to the white house, 202-456-2461
How are you? I am writing to you with the audacity of hope, the hope that together, we can resist the temptation to the easy and the obvious. Our global crisis deserves a global perspective and a global solution. At the center of this economic tsunami are two issues: affordable health care and sustainable energy.
We are part of the 99%. We will Occupy Wall Street, Philadelphia and cities nationwide. We will Occupy Together, and we will Occupy Everywhere. We volunteered for you, donated to your campaign, and voted for you in record numbers. We are dedicated, loyal and tireless. We are also parents, students, retirees, managers, wait staff, artists, writers, teachers, doctors, firefighters, and many of us are activists. We have limited time to give to causes. At this time, many of us will not have the time, or the money, to give to any political campaign that does not directly address our concerns.
We need you to come out strongly, and REJECT the Keystone XL, and fight for sustainable energy.
We are now faced with these two central issues, and although health care reform will one day help us, at present, many of us are struggling. We have lost our homes, our businesses, our ability to dream, our upward mobility, and our faith in our system.
It seems our politicians have sold their souls to corporate interests. Where is our vision? Our dreams of a better future? Why are we continuing to give millions of dollars to support an archaic energy grid which utilizes dwindling resources when we have cheap, renewable and everlasting energy sources? Why do we gift $4 Billion dollars EVERY YEAR to oil & gas companies?
Why have you not spoken out on the FRAC Act? Why is Congress holding up this important legislation that will close the "Halliburton loophole"? Why are you even considering signing off on the XL Keystone Pipeline? Not one drop will be used to decrease our "demand" for foreign oil.
Natural gas is a dangerous and toxic substance, we need to take the billions given away in corporate subsidies and invest in research and development. We can start the Renewable Energy Revolution today. Today is the day. Now is the time and place we choose.
Start with one school, install solar space heaters. This will save tens of thousands of dollars. Tens of thousands of local taxpayer dollars. Multiply that by hundreds of thousands of schools. The savings to taxpayers will be monumental and sustainable. It is simple, affordable and available today. Move on to installing more solar panels and wind turbines.
Mr. President, this one decision will decide so much more. We want to believe in change, we want to believe you will keep your promise to end our addiction to fossil fuels. Today is the day.
This is what we're looking for…an answer to how can the corporate interests and oil dependency continue in a world needy of environmental revolution and renewable energies. 11/21 it is!
Very well written Lisa! Thanks so much for CARING! The more we accept, the more we allow, the more we allow, the more we MUST ACCEPT!
Good job Lisa. We cannot sacrifice our planet for corporate profits. We need our president to stand up for the hard working constituents that helped him get elected.
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Surely, some people consider what we are presently doing as a great andventure. for others, it might be something like climbing Mount Everest, or diving or maybe parachuting.
In retrospect, there is nothing in our cruise until now that really felt adventurous or dangerous. Maybe the close encounter with the French carferry in dense fog at the entrance to Dover's busy port.
The Ultimate Adventure can be something much more surprising and just out of an ordinary day. Like what happened to me today...
When we returned to the boat in the afternoon after a several hour walk through Ferragudo and to the shore and back, I decided to row the inflatable dinghy the 200 meters or so across the Channel to the Marina at the Western side of thei Ria. I wanted to leave some books we finished reading in return for the ones Isabelle found in their office a couple of days ago. At the same time I checked e-mails and weather forecasts on the internet.
I knew it would be a bit tougher to row back, since it was slack water when I left the boat, and the tide turned to ebb while I was in the Marina. The wind would be against me too, gusting to 25 knots from North. A little challenging but definetely manageable.
When I was done in the Marina office and came out on the pontoon again I glanced downstream the Ria (my sight was blocked by a wharf and a Navy building upstream). I was glad enough to see that the wind had come down a bit and jumped in the dinghy to row back swiftly... As soon as I left the pontoon I realized that I could barely make progress against the 3-4 knots tidal stream and the headwind acompanied by small choppy wavelets.
Nothing serious- all it would take was a good physical work out for maybe ten minutes, and then dinner aboard 'Röde Orm'. This little trip quckly changed into a 'steeple chase' in the wet though. Within a few seconds I discovered that a really nasty gust approached and with a power boat for company that would obviosly make some steep wakes. Needless to say he drove at 15 knots or so in the channel! Two fishing vssels around fifty foot each came the other way. Still manageable but a bit less pleasent. Then I looked toward the sea and started to laugh out loud by myself. First a tug boat, then a HUGE ferry from Madeira and last in this little procession the Pilot boat.
Fine, first row like my life was depending on it, look right-look left- stand by for a few seconds while one of them passed and then ROW again for all I could to cross the channel BEFORE the Ferry.... Don't get me wrong here, I LOVE to row, I love physical activity, in fact the only drawback with saiing in my mind is that it can be a bit too little physical action for my taste.
Well, now I got some action allright. I just about made it before the ferry, I could see a few people on deck - some seven floors up- watching me, a little guy in a miniature dinghy fighting his way against the tide and the wind.
Then one of the oars came loose from the oarlock. The nut had unwinded at the absolutely least agreeable time.
All of a sudden I moved downstream at what seemed like a speedboat. With the loose oar I started to paddle canoe style while I kneeled on the bottom of the dinghy. Simultaneously I considered the whole situation and how ridiculous it appeared and started to laugh.... but I still kept paddling like a maniac. It took me a couple of minutes to make it to a mooring bouy a mere 5 meters upstream. I tied a bowline to it and then I was able to reinstall the oar properly and breath for a few seconds. Now I noticed that Isabelle, probably when she heard the big ferry coming, had gone out itno the cockpit of 'Röde Orm', where she now with keen interest followed my proceedings. From this distance I couldn't tell if she was worried for me, or just amused by the absurdity of the whole scene.
I safely made it back to the Mothership and very much appreciated to tie the dinghy up to the swim ladder.
Of course there was never any real danger in all this except maybe a cold swim to safety on the shore if I hadn't been able to make it back rowing/paddling.
An Ultimate Adventure in the smaller format, wasn't it? ;-)
The Algarve Coast (al Gharab= the arab coast from the days of the moor's occupation of the major part of the Iberian Peninsula) is not that long. Approxiamately 50 miles of a rocky shore, dented by caves and usually quite steep. Consisting mostly of limestone, this coast is very rich in fossils. From Cabo San Vincente in the West, via Lagos, Portimao, Vilamoura, Faro/Olhao to the River Guadiana at the Spanish Border. At 37 degrees north, these waters are safely navigable for small craft all year around. The gales are few, and shelter are to be found in marinas and anchorages.
For several reasons we are planning to stay in this area and the Guadalquivir river in Spain - navigable over 50 miles to the city of Sevilla- for at leat some part of the winter. Firstly, we will have a sprayhood made here in Portimao, then finish some small projects on the boat again. Having mail forwarded from Sweden and France and other practical matters such as routine medical check-ups too.
No problems at all, there is a lot to be explored and we are by no means in a hurry. Admittingly it was a bit sad to see 'Zephyr' with Steve, Colin and Giselle leave for Marocco and the Canaries, but we are convinced we'll meet again somewhere in the future. One of the beautiful things crusing provides are all the interesting people you meet. Other sailors of course, but also the people you encounter in the places you anchor.
As for the Portuguese, they must be the most friendly and helpful people in Europe! Wonderful experience for us, it is just too bad that we don't speak decent enough Portuguese to be able to communicate better. Both Isabelle and I speak some Spanish, but even if the both languages obviously are closely related, we find it dificult to understand Portuguese. In writing it is less of a mystery though.
Yesterday we were just relaxing onboard without even going on shore. -Zephyr- left in the morning for Lagos, where they are to meet some friends. We just wanted to be at peace, by ourselves, in this remote and beautiful place another night. Most of the night and the day was windy. Around 25 knots probably a bit more in the gusts. Nortjerlies though, so we were well sheltered and snug at the anchorage.
A clear blue sky was the first thing I saw when I looked out the companiinway hatch in the morning. 14 degrees outside after a full moon night. Soon enough the sun warmed our little world to above 20 degrees. Still No rtherly wind around 25 knots and very gusty.
We took off after morning coffee and the other 'rituals'. Double-reefed main and full jib flying but the mizzen stayed furled. We were heading 77 degrees towards Punta do Piedade 14,5 miles to east, and then some 7 miles more to Portimao. Splendid close-hauled sailing, with some spray flying over the cockpit now and then. Since we sailed under land (about 40-50 meters high shoreline) the sea was almost flat. Quite much like crossing a large 'Fjärd' in the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden.
Just before we arrived at Punta do Piedade, the wind decreased. We shook the reefs out and hoisted the mizzen and kept speeding towards Portimao. We anchored just opposite the marina in the quite narrow Ria.
Portimao is a quite big town, or even a city. I would guess the biggest one at the Algarve Coast. We have made an arrangement here to have a sprayhood/dodger made for Röde Orm, and also order some 'bits and pieces' i e spares over the interneet and have them shipped here. So, we will probably stay in the area for at least a couple of weeks. After that, we'll see. We still like to take it one day at a time, and improvise along the way. we are in no hurry, and we want to explore as long as it is interesting at the places we arrive.
11/01/2009, Enseada de Sagres//Cabo de Vincente
As said before, one morning one just wakes up knowing that it is time to heave anchor. Today was such a morning. Southbound for the Algarve coast, 60 miles around Portugals SW point - Cabo Sao Vincente- and then into the sheltered anchorage at Enseada de Sagres. The only thing we knew about the town of Sagres before arrival was that the name of it has been lent to one of the biggest beer-brands in the country.
After several windless days, we were naturally hoping for a decent breeze to sail south, and the forecast suggested around 10 knots of wind from the Northerly quarter which seemed fine.
We took off just after dawn after a quick breakfast. Soon enough the skies became totally overcast, dispite the mighty high pressure system, and I started to suspect that the calm we experienced in the morning was going to sustain during most of the day. It did. Around 3 PM a blue 'hole' between the gray skies showed up, and provided just enough wind for us to be able to hoist sail and move along at around four knots, allowing the engine to rest a while. Shortly after, the wind decreased and the boat speed dropped to just above 2 knots. going dead downwind, with some 3-4 meter swells and all of you who have been at sea in a sailing boat know exactly what I am talking about. We fired up the iron genny again to posssibly arrive before dusk. Not to long after this, a dense big cloud passed further offshore. A typical squall, that made the wind pick up again and allowed the engine to rest and 'Röde Orm' to move along at 5-ish knots despite the fact that we - out of sheer lazyness- flew too little canvas, since there were a mere 5 miles left to our waypoint.
We entered the anchorage a little less than an hour after dark, together with 'Zephyr', with whom we mad company all day along. The picture of 'Röde Orm' under sail is taken by Steve on 'Zephyr'. They got some really nice wind from the cloud by the way, and came rocketing under their spinnaker shortly before we passed cabo Sao Vincente. Well done!
is fun. We trail a couple of lines most of the time underway and occassionally we have caught a maquerel or two to add FRESH fish to the menu.
Yesterday we got a most polite and kind information that we were not allowed to do so within Portuguese waters (12 miles offshore). The police came over in their RIB just as I was frantically trying to catch maquerel in the anchorage after discovering a school moving around the boat. They told me, that without a license one could get fined Euro 500 (!) for fishing. We soon agreed that the tiny maquerel wasn't worth that, and I stowed away the fishig gear. They also said that the license was simply to expensive to be of any interest for a crusing boat passing through Portuguese waters.
Given that in Sweden 'hobby' fishing is free in the Sea, I must admit that I couldn't imagine that was ot the cas everywhere... stupid maybe, but now I know better. In retrospect, we saw lots of small boats with people out fishing close to the shore in Galicia, but none of it here in Portugal, so....
One get to learn new things every day.


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Judging by these topless photos of Katie Price, her recent breast-reduction surgery didn't go so well. The Brit "glamour model" underwent her fourth breast operation, and it reportedly left her with lumpy scar tissue underneath her nipples. Ick.
Top Harley Street surgeon Alex Karidis says she has gone too far.
He said: "Some would say she's butchered herself for fame and fortune. If she came to me tomorrow looking for unnecessary surgery I would frankly turn her down."
"It's not the result the surgeon will have been looking for. The nipple's been moved upwards a full inch.
"It looks like some of the old nipple's been left behind. There's no question it's been caused by the uplift (breast reduction)."
"My advice to Katie would be NOT to jump into more surgery,certainly not for at least 18 months."
"She made her breasts larger to forge a career in glamour modelling and now she's re-positioning herself as an earth mother and had them reduced. She's changing her skin. But it's a slippery slope. You can get carried away and turn into a person who doesn't see the real 'you' any more."
Katie reduced her 32FF implants down to a 32D, but has admitted being unhappy with the results. She said she's planning a fifth operation to correct the last surgery.


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Pure Grain Drops 'Indiana Sun' on Fountain Square
Mike Breen
0 Comments · Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Country crew Pure Grain, which hails from nearby Bright, Ind., will be celebrating the release of its brand new album, Indiana Sun, when it performs as part of the free, weekly "American Roots" concert series this coming Tuesday on Fountain Square.
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Your Weekend To Do List: 6/6-6/8
The Cincinnati Rollergirls close their season with the third annual Crosstown Knockdown Saturday. The double-header opens with a mixed game featuring CRG's Black Sheep team and the Battering Rams, Cincy's men's team. During the main event, CRG's Violent Lambs face-off with the Black-n-Bluegrass Rollergirls' Blackouts. CRG's home rink is at the Cincinnati Gardens; with the arena for sale, it might be the crew's last game there. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the first bout begins at 6 p.m. The game is also Fan Appreciation Night — the first 500 fans through the door will receive CGR cowbells and the girls will be handing out gifts to fans throughout the games. Tailgating is encouraged, parking is free and dollar beers are available from 5-6 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door. Enjoy a taste of the Middle East this weekend with St. James' Mediterranean Food Fest. Guests can binge on traditional fare including hummus and falafel, stuffed cabbage and grape leaves, varieties of kebabs, gyros, baklava and more. There will also be live entertainment and plenty of traditional carnival fare for the kids. The fest runs daily Friday through Sunday. Go here for directions and more info. Concours d'Elegance returns to Ault Park for another summer day of classic cars displayed in one of Cincinnati's most beautiful parks. More than 200 collector rides will be showcased, with a spotlight on Mustangs and microcars and the 100th anniversary of Maserati. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day-of. The show runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Here's a twist on the typical summer yard sale: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens its scenery shop to the public for a big sale Saturday morning. Furniture, glassware, china, costumes, and other items seen onstage in popular Playhouse productions will all be priced to sell from 8 a.m.-noon. Bring cash or a check; all proceeds benefit the not-for-profit Playhouse. The MidPoint Indie Summer Series continues Friday with a great lineup of local acts. The Mason School of Rock opens the night at 7 p.m., followed by Honey & Houston, The Tigerlilies and Wussy at 10 p.m. Advance tickets to MidPoint Music Festival ($69 all music access and $179 VIP) will be on sale at Fountain Square. Check out the full Indie Summer Series schedule here.Second Sunday on Main kicks off this weekend, bringing more than 80 local vendors, food trucks, street performers, live music and specials at Main Street business to the street, between 13th and Liberty streets. This "Main Street Block Party" runs noon- 5 p.m., featuring music by The Hot Magnolias, a celebrity chef demo, a dog parade and contest, a clothing swap and community yard sale, entertainment at the Rock Paper Scissors performance tent and much more. For more art openings, parties, festivals and other stuff to do this weekend, check out our To Do picks, full calendar and Rick Pender's Stage Door for weekend theater offerings.
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Chromeo Added to the MidPoint Music Festival Lineup
Entertaining Electro Funk duo to headline Washington Park on Sept. 25
Hugely popular Canadian Electro Funk duo Chromeo is bringing its groovy sound and stage show to this year's MidPoint Music Festival. Chromeo's tour in support of its recently-released fourth album, White Women, will include a headlining turn at MPMF.14 as the twosome heads up the bill on the Washington Park stage on Thursday, Sept. 25.Chromeo performed the single "Jealous (I Ain't With It)" on The Late Show with David Letterman a few weeks ago (to the apparent delight of the soon-to-be-retired host):And the duo worked the crowd into a lather from the main stage at this year's Coachella festival, drawing acclaim from outlets like The Hollywood Reporter, who declared Chromeo's appearance one of the Top 10 sets of the entire Californian fest.Chromeo's White Women single "Come Alive" features MPMF alum Toro Y Moi:Three-day passes for MPMF.14 (running Sept. 25-27 in various venues across Over-the-Rhine and Downtown) are on sale now for just $69 at mpmf.cincyticket.com (there are also a few early-bird-priced VIP tickets available). Single-show tickets for Chromeo's Washington Park appearance go on sale this Friday. (Single-show tickets to Washington Park's Friday night performances on Sept. 26 — which include headliners The Afghan Whigs — are on sale now at the CincyTicket link.)More MPMF.14 performers will be revealed over the next several weeks. Keep an eye on MPMF.com and the festival's Facebook and Twitter pages for the latest news and updates. Click here to check out some of the other previously announced performers.
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More MidPoint Music Fest Performers Announced
Plus, bands sought for music video project, OTR Summer Celebration and 4EGsquare showcase local music, Evening Redness debuts and Margaret Darling and friends cover full albums
Mike Breen
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Real Estate, Tycho, Sun Kil Moon and more join The Afghan Whigs in the MidPoint Music Festival lineup, local bands are being sought for a music video project, OTR Summer Celebration and 4EGsquare showcase local music (for free), Evening Redness debuts and Margaret Darling and friends cover full albums.
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More Artists Announced for MidPoint Music Festival
Real Estate, Tycho, Panda Bear and more set for September fest
A new batch of over 20 artists has been announced for this year's MidPoint Music Festival, which returns to the clubs and venues of Over-the-Rhine and Downtown Sept. 25-27. The following acts join The Afghan Whigs, who were announced last week as the Washington Park headliners on Sept. 26, at 2014's MPMF. Real Estate New Jersey Indie rockers Real Estate enhanced the buzz they've been building on in March when Domino Records issued the group's latest album, Atlas. The tough critics at Pitchfork, supporters of the band since its 2009 debut, gave Atlas an 8.8 (out of 10) and said it's "at once their most forlorn album and their most beautiful." "It is rare, and special, for a band to be this effortlessly and completely themselves," Pitchfork added. Panda Bear Noah Lennox is a founding member of Animal Collective but also a successful solo artist under his stage name, Panda Bear. His experimental, psychedelic style will be on glorious display at MPMF as he promotes his latest solo effort, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper, due sometime this year on Domino Records. (Fun fact: Panda Bear was a guest artist on Daft Punk's Album of the Year Grammy-winning Random Access Memories.)Tycho Ambient Electronic artist Tycho (born Scott Hansen) makes critically acclaimed music for the esteemed Ghostly International label. His latest album, Awake, came out in March and reached No. 2 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart (and No. 23 on the general Billboard album chart). In a review of the new album, Consequence of Sound said, "Listening to Tycho is the aural equivalent of exploring a new art museum. The overall effect is one of remarkable beauty and you still have the option of how you'll take it in."Deafheaven Uniquely adventurous San Francisco metallers Deafheaven take a unique approach to Black Metal, which has led to wider acclaim and a more diverse audience than most other Black Metal bands … and, of course, has led to some of the genre's fans to decry them as "not Black Metal." Whatever. The group's fantastic Sunbather was one of the more compelling albums of 2013 (and, subsequently, one of the best reviewed albums of last year, as well). Here's CityBeat's interview with the band from earlier this year. Gardens & Villa After spending a couple of years touring the world and becoming a tighter, better band in the process, Californian Indie Electro Pop band Gardens & Villa released its second album, Dunes, on the Secretly Canadian imprint earlier this year. The Raveonettes Danish Indie Rock duo The Raveonettes have been buzzing around since 2001, when Rolling Stone editor David Fricke saw the band at a music festival and publicly raved about them. The twosome's fuzzy Pop sound was an instant hit upon the release of Chain Gang of Love on Columbia in 2003. Over a decade later, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo are prepping their seventh full-length and continue to tour the globe. Sun Kil Moon Mark Kozelek first brought his emotive, slo-mo Indie Rock to the masses with the great Red House Painters. When that band dissolved around the turn of the century, the singer/songwriter and actor (he was in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky) continued the vibe with Sun Kil Moon, which released its sixth album, Benji (featuring Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley and Will Oldham, among other guests), in February of this year. In July, Kozelek will release a live Sun Kil Moon album. Barrence Whitfield & the Savages The Afghan Whigs aren't the only MPMF band with international acclaim and Cincinnati ties. Vintage R&B/Rock & Roll outfit Barrence Whitfield & the Savages was formed in the '80s by Soul shouter Whitfield and Peter Greenberg, guitarist for the pioneering Cincy Garage Rock band The Customs (and, later in Boston, DMZ and The Lyres). The twosome reformed the band (with some local musicians in the fold) and released the locally-recorded Savage Kings album in 2010. Building a bigger audience with every tour, the band's Dig Thy Savage Soul album last year was its best received yet, leading to successful shows across Europe (and a spot of Later … with Jools Holland in the U.K.). Read CityBeat's feature story on the band from last year when they played a two-night stand at MPMF venue MOTR Pub. Barrence Whitfield & The Savages The Corner Man Later with Jools Holland from TKA on Vimeo. EMA EMA is Erika M. Anderson, a South Dakota native who honed her chops in the California experimental music scene. With EMA, Anderson makes slinky Indie Pop Rock so infectious it caught the attention of indie label giants Matador Records. The label released EMA's latest album, The Future's Void, in April to widespread praise. Ex Hex Ex Hex is the new band from Mary Timony, leader of Helium, member of Wild Flag and also a solo artist (the band name comes from the title of her 2005 Lookout! Records album). The band's first release, the 7-inch single "Hot and Cold," came out on Merge Records in March.Landlady Formed by Man Man's Adam Schatz, Brooklyn's Landlady became a hometown favorite thanks to consistently great live shows and a 2011 self-released album. In July, the band releases its new album, Upright Behavior, on Hometapes, home to artists like Matthew E. White and Megafaun. Speedy Ortiz When Massachusetts Indie Rock band Speedy Ortiz had its first official full-length, Major Arcana, released on Carpark Records last year, the band instantly became an audience and critical favorite, landing on many scribes' "Best of 2013" lists. The A.V. Club called the album "a markedly assured debut, one that makes Speedy Ortiz an act to watch. Like its songs, the band's detonation is inevitable." Earlier this year, the band released the Real Hair EP.Low Cut Connie After building a strong following in Cincinnati thanks to repeated visits (including a great set at last year's MPMF), Piano Rock crew Low Cut Connie return for another rollicking show in the Queen City. Read CityBeat's interview with LCC from March here.The Tontons Houston Indie rockers The Tontons hit the touring circuit hard over the past seven years and now, with the release of their second album, Make Out King and Other Stories of Love, earlier this year, the hard work is paying off for the band. The self-released LP received high praise from the likes of The New York Times, Paste and Rolling Stone. Ex-Cult Psych/Proto Punk band Ex-Cult hails from Memphis and recently released its second album, Midnight Passenger, on Goner Records. CMJ says, "This second full-length breathes with a more expansive volume and guitar churn, without resorting to every other current garage band's habit of just dumping reverb on everything. In fact as this rec moves along, its snaky sprawl sees the band crawling out of its genre garage, like spilled oil and gas seeping into the weeds and cracks in the driveway, making everything a bit more slippery as you approach."Milagres Brooklyn's Milagres make Indie Synth Rock for the Kill Rock Stars label. After the success of their 2011 album, Glowing Mouth, the band released Violent Light in early 2014. Rubblebucket Formed by two former members of Reggae group John Brown's Body, trippy Dance Rock band Rubblebucket self-released its debut, Rose's Dream, in 2008. Since then, the band has had its cover of The Beatles' "Michelle" declared on the 50 greatest Fab Four covers of all time by Paste, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and recorded with LCD Soundsystem's Eric Broucek. The band's most recent release is the EP Save Charlie.Mutual Benefit NYC-based Mutual Benefit is the dreamy project of singer/songwriter Jordan Lee, who grew up in suburban Columbus, Ohio. Last year's debut full-length, Love's Crushing Diamond, drew comparisons to the likes of Sufjan Stevens and Grizzly Bear. The Cave Singers Seattle Indie Folk group The Cave Singers formed in 2007 out of the ashes of the great Pretty Girls Make Graves. The band's latest album, Naomi, came out last year on Jagjaguwar.July Talk Canadian Indie rockers July Talk formed just a couple of years ago, but already they have an international profile, touring with artists like Billy Talent and Besnard Lakes and catching audiences attention with a great live show. The group recently premiered a new music video for "Summer Dress," a song slated for a forthcoming EP. St. Paul & the Broken Bones Alabama Soul ensemble St. Paul & the Broken Bones' great sound and live show have made them a favorite on the international touring circuit. The band's debut album, Half the City, came out earlier this year, leading to the group's appearance on CBS's The Late Late Show and, more recently, a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year from the Americana Music Association.Three-day tickets (and VIP tickets) are on sale now at mpmf.cincyticket.com. Today at noon, single-show tickets for The Afghan Whigs' all-ages (kids under 10 can get in free with a paying adult) concert in Washington Park on Sept. 26 go on sale at the same site. For the latest MidPoint updates, be sure to visit mpmf.com. You can also follow MPMF on Twitter here and Facebook here.
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The Afghan Whigs to Headline MidPoint
Plus, Hip Hop artist Sleep releases stellar new album 'Branded'
Mike Breen
0 Comments · Tuesday, May 6, 2014
One of Cincinnati's finest musical exports, The Afghan Whigs, will return to where it all started and perform at the 2014 MidPoint Music Festival this fall. Plus, Cincy MC Sleep releases the brilliant, gritty and emotional new album Branded: The Damon Winton Story.
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Free MidPoint Indie Summer Shows Announced
Plus, Taylor Alexander releases new EP, Cheech Mob celebrates 420 and Electric Citizen announces big tour, new single
Mike Breen
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 16, 2014
This summer's free MidPoint Indie Summer concerts on Fountain Square feature Wussy, Mad Anthony, Danny and His Fantasy and many other local acts alongside some great national headliners. Plus, Taylor Alexander releases a new EP, Hip Hop collective Cheech Mob celebrates 420 and Electric Citizen announces big tour and new single.
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Tuesday • The Drinkery
Brian Baker
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 16, 2014
On the final night of last year's MidPoint Music Festival extravaganza, an old man dropped into The Drinkery to grab a beer, catch his breath and absorb a few minutes of Sol Cat's soulful Psych/Dance/Pop, which had reminded him at least a little of Walk the Moon's similarly adrenalized output. He'd expected an out-of-town show to be sparsely attended, which would theoretically allow him a seat at the bar and a chance to recharge for the remainder of the night.
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MidPoint Indie Summer Concerts Announced
Free summertime Fountain Square shows feature national headliners and lots of local talent
The first good sign that consistent warmth is on its way is the announcement of the lineup for this year's MidPoint Indie Summer series at downtown's Fountain Square. The concerts are part of the Square's free PNC Summer Music Series, which showcases different types of music (played mostly by local acts) five days a week. (The lineups for the every-Thursday Salsa on the Square shows have also been announced; visit myfountainsquare.com for details.)The eclectic, free Indie Summer shows take place every Friday throughout the summer. This year's lineup is perhaps the series' strongest yet, with some higher profile national touring acts and the usual array of top-notch local talent. Here's the full rundown of Indie Summer shows so far (a few slots are still to be announced): • May 30: WHY?; Yip Deceiver; Bad Boxes; Dark Colour • June 6: Wussy; The Tigerlilies; Honey & Houston; Mason School of Rock• June 13: Betty Who; Vito Emmanuel; Captain Kidd; Pluto Revolts• June 20: Those Darlins; The Harlequins; Those Crosstown Rivals; The Frankl Project • June 27: Moon Taxi; Peridoni; Nevele; Acarya • July 4: Local H; New Strange; Mad Anthony; One Day Steady • July 11: Soledad Brothers; Electric Citizen; Pop Goes the Evil; Grotesque Brooms • July 18: Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites; DAAP Girls; Mardou • July 25: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Public; Danny & His Fantasy• August 1: The Spiders (tribute to David Bowie); Honeyspiders• August 8: Man Man; Injecting Strangers; Ohio Knife; Skeleton Hands• August 15: The Nightbeast (a co-headliner will be announced in July)• August 22: psychodots; Lemon Sky; Tonefarmer; Heavy Hinges • August 29: Islands; The Pass; The Yugos; Joey Cook & The Keepers of the SecretThe Indie Summer series is sponsored by the MidPoint Music Festival, CityBeat's popular annual music extravaganza, which returns to the clubs and venues of Downtown and Over-the-Rhine Sept. 25-27. (Though all MPMF-worthy, the acts are booked through Fountain Square, not by MidPoint.) There will be a MidPoint booth on Fountain Square every Friday where music fans can find the latest MPMF info and purchase tickets to the three-day festival. A limited amount of discounted early-bird passes for this year's MPMF are available now at mpmf.cincyticket.com. Nail down your three-day tickets (or VIP Experience tickets) before the prices increase. And be sure to stay tuned to mpmf.com and the fest's various social media accounts for the latest updates.
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WATCH: The MidPoint Sessions featuring Molly Sullivan
Cincinnati singer/songwriter stars in fourth video from the Queen City Project's "MidPoint Sessions" series
So far, the videos released from The Queen City Project's series of clips from The MidPoint Sessions (a day party that took place at the Art Academy during September's MidPoint Music Festival) have showcased three great Ohio acts — Athens' The Ridges (also the curators of the Sessions), Cincinnati's The Happy Maladies and Columbus' Indigo Wild. Today you can check out the final clip from the performances, this one featuring another Cincinnati artist — intriguing singer/songwriter Molly Sullivan. While the previous performances were acoustic, Sullivan strums an electric guitar and utilizes loops to create a haunting effect. Click here for more about Sullivan. And you can see/hear her live this Thursday at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine as she opens for Lexington, Ky.'s Ancient Warfare, which also played this year's MidPoint Music Festival. Find details on the free show here.
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Milking it with Hazon
Live from the food conference: More ▸
Live from the food conference: More ▸
On Saturday afternoon, as participants in the 2010 Hazon East Coast Food conference shuffled from their seats to the buffet tables, a small plate of goat meat appeared in the back of the dining hall. Quietly it was passed among the participants in Adamah, a three-month fellowship combining organic agriculture and Jewish learning. Weeks earlier,… More ▸
The 2010 Hazon Food Conference, East Coast version, kicked off last night at the Isabella Freedman retreat center in Connecticut. I haven't even been here a full day and already I've learned how to make a compost bucket, milk goats, make farmer's cheese, and braid challah. Well, not really. I've been flitting about so much… More ▸
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