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Kurt Cobain must be spinning in his grave.
An artist who shunned celebrity, and was ultimately killed by the torment it caused, would never stand for the exploitation of his life.
Sure, it might be done in good taste, but it's still exploitation.
Not to say that I won't check it out. I'm just saying that I don't think Kurt Cobain would approve.
But I didn't know him personally, so I could be wrong. Then again, he killed himself in part due to his sudden massive fame, the antithesis of what he stood for, so my opinion could be very valid.
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More Kurt Cobain musings by Hilary HERE.
Facts about Kurt Cobain you may not have known…
He had a half-brother named Chad Cobain and a half-sister named Brianne O'Conner.
The 1994 Song by R.E.M., Let Me In, is about Kurt Cobain.
His intense vocals, like in Where Did You Sleep Last Night? put a stop to many critics' harsh labels of being a no talent no good.
The circumstances surrounding his suicide were featured on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries.
In an effort to memorialize Kurt Cobain in his hometown, Aberdeen, WA changed their welcome sign in 2005 to read Welcome to Aberdeen, Come as you are.
That's funny. Looks almost like you're portraying a dead kurt as a saint hanging out on a cloud in heaven. You do know that the guy was a torchered heroin addict who rejected religion right? He's rotting in hell for all eternity right now. Just a little truth for you to bring you back to reality. Good music, pity he couldn't see the light. Oh well, we all have a choice to make each day. Will I live right and love God? Or reject it and do whatever I damn well please.
Wish you were resting in peace Kurt.
"Oh well, we all have a choice to make each day. Will I live right and love God? Or reject it and do whatever I damn well please."
well its obvious you've made your choice,and that is to be a judgemental,close minded and weak individual who uses their time not to uplift but to condemn.you're right,kurt did make good music,and was self destructive,which is very sad.he was a good person and had a huge heart,which is more than can be said for you and others of your ilk.
speaking of choices,i've made one of my own,and that is not to respect a person such as you.but do not be disconcerted.just keep telling yourself you're a good person. afterall, you go to church and pray and stuff right? plus you are acutely aware of the shortcomings of others.relish in the fact you could have a lucrative career creating catchy slogans for the westboro baptist church or the phineas priesthood.that is,if you ever tire of visiting blogs about dead celebrities to post anonymous, passive aggressive hate monger.
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I still don'tbelieve that kurt went as far as killing himself but who really knows right because drugs can really @@@@ somebody up The only person that really knows is him and none of that isproven. So anyway kurt rest in peace because i do believe that he went to heaven and not hell because he was a good person inside.
So anyway who thinks otherwise you can go @@@@ yourself.
I'm just kidding but i do think he is an amazing musician
god, gave the world kurt cobain. god took him back.
oh comon about all of this going to heaven of hll thing
i mean, y is doing drugs bad anyway: because the cops have told u not to
so the cops and the church r 1… hmmmmmmmmm…
and also, there is no proof that this heaven and hell place exists anyway
there might be 1 place, there might be aenther life, there might not be ntn, u never know, so y go aroud judging ppl and telling them that they will go smwhere (whose existence is not proven) just to scare thm @@@@less
its just weird…
maybe ppl sould just beleive on things like peace and love (and ice-caps), i mean its all we need, and we can actually fight for it..
anyway: Kurt rocks, but really does! And his image shouldnt be used without his permission (which well never get) coz it might be insulting him. Maybe we should just stick to beleiving in him, and not doing things which (wiht a high possibility) he wouldnt like with him. bcoz he is a ledgend


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Adult Children of Alcoholics – Bill of Rights
1. I have a right to all those good times that I have longed for all these years and didn't get.
2. I have a right to joy in this life, right here, right now — not just a momentary rush of euphoria but something more substantive.
3. I have a right to relax and have fun in a nonalcoholic and nondestructive way.
4. I have a right to actively pursue people, places, and situations that will help me in achieving a good life.
5. I have the right to say no whenever I feel something is not safe or I am not ready.
6. I have a right to not participate in either the active or passive "crazy-making" behavior of parents, of siblings, and of others.
7. I have a right to take calculated risks and to experiment with new strategies.
8. I have a right to change my tune, my strategy, and my funny equations.
9. I have a right to "mess up"; to make mistakes, to "blow it", to disappoint myself, and to fall short of the mark.
10. I have a right to leave the company of people who deliberately or inadvertently put me down, lay a guilt trip on me, manipulate or humiliate me, including my alcoholic parent, my nonalcoholic parent, or any other member of my family.
11. I have a right to put an end to conversations with people who make me feel put down and humiliated.
12. I have a right to all my feelings.
13. I have a right to trust my feelings, my judgment, my hunches, my intuition.
14. I have a right to develop myself as a whole person emotionally, spiritually, mentally, physically, and psychologically.
15. I have a right to express all my feelings in a nondestructive way and at a safe time and place.
16. I have a right to as much time as I need to experiment with this new information and these new ideas and to initiate changes in my life.
17. I have a right to sort out the bill of goods my parents sold me — to take the acceptable and dump the unacceptable.
18. I have a right to a mentally healthy, sane way of existence, though it will deviate in part, or all, from my parents' prescribed philosophy of life.
19. I have a right to carve out my place in this world.
20. I have a right to follow any of the above rights, to live my life the way I want to, and not wait until my alcoholic parent gets well, gets happy, seeks help, or admits there is a problem
What is ACA?
Adult Children Anonymous (formerly known as Adult Children of Alcoholics or ACOA) is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. We meet with each other in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present. We take positive action. By practicing the Twelve Steps, focusing on the solution, and accepting a loving Higher Power of our understanding, we find freedom from the past and a way to improve our lives today. The only requirement for membership is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family.
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Carbon sequestration occurs in soils and agricultural crops mainly through the natural process of photosynthesis. Half of the agriculture biomass is composed of carbon. When the vegetation decays, the litter and roots also contribute carbon to the soil. When agricultural fields are plowed, CO2 can be released to the atmosphere. The amount of carbon in cropland soils can vary depending on types of crops, types of fertilizers used, and type of management practice (such as conventional or conservation tillage). These variables can also determine the presence of other greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide, which have greater global warming potentials than CO2.
According to the EPA, carbon can be sequestered in agricultural soils for 15 years or longer depending on the soil type and management style. There are several agricultural practices that sequester carbon and also reduce the emissions of other greenhouse gases (such as nitrous oxide and methane). According to the EPA, the following table depicts the methods in which agriculture can sequester carbon.
With changes in grazing methods, land management can sequester carbon for 25 to 50 years. According to Tristram O. West of the Department of Energy (DOE) Center for Carbon Sequestration in Ecosystems (CSITE) at Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee, using reduced tillage
greenhouse gases
Agricultural Practices That sequester Carbon or Reduce the Emissions of other Greenhouse Gases
TYPICAL DEFINITION AND SOME ExAMPLES
EFFECT ON GREENHOuSE GASES
Conservation or riparian buffers
Grasses or trees planted along streams and croplands to prevent soil erosion and nutrient runoff into waterways.
Increases carbon storage through sequestration.
Conservation tillage on croplands
Typically defined as any tillage and planting system in which 30 percent or more of the crop residue remains on the soil after planting. This disturbs the soil less, and therefore allows soil carbon to accumulate. There are different kinds of conservation tillage systems, including no till, ridge till, minimum till, and mulch till.
Increases carbon storage through enhanced soil sequestration, may reduce energy-related CO2 emissions from farm equipment, and could affect N2O positively or negatively.
Grazing land management
Modification to grazing practices that produce beef and dairy products that lead to net greenhouse gas reductions (such as rotational grazing).
Increases carbon storage through enhanced soil sequestration and may affect emissions of CH4 and N2O.
Biofuel substitution
displacement of fossil fuels with biomass (agricultural and forestry wastes, or crops and trees grown for biomass purposes) in energy production, or in the production of energy-intensive products such as steel.
Substitutes carbon for fossil fuel and energy-
intensive products. Burning and growing of biomass can also affect soil N2O emissions.
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methods instead of conventional methods can sequester carbon for 15 to 20 years.
A major benefit of agricultural sequestration is that it also positively affects soil, air, water, and therefore, wildlife habitat. When carbon sequestration practices reduce soil erosion and management practices decrease pollution runoff, this all promotes healthy water quality in addition to preventing climate change.
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Yes I have got a bit caught up in the whole "Macaron Frenzy" that seems to have splashed over all the reality TV cooking programs and then mesmerised the masses.
I recently got my first cookbook dedicated to this lovely biscuit courtesy of my friend Lynn:
Aren't they PRETTY!
In Australia we have a lovely lady DONNA HAY who is known as a "Food Stylist" but she is also an awesome home cook/chef. She is VERY good at shortcuts to achieve an awesome result.
My brother who has also got a love of food.... bought this when he saw it on special in his supermarket:
It sat in his pantry for months before he gave it to me to make them.... because he thought it all sounded a bit tricky.
So yesterday he came over for dinner with his two mini schnauzers, and I baked them in the afternoon. This is how they turned out:
These appear much more yellow than what they really were..... I had to take the pictures at night without the benefits of natural light - hence the yellow tinge
Almost identical I'd say (minus the colour issue LOL!)
And we can honestly say - really nice and delicious - and much less sugary than others we have tried.
Well Done Donna !! Another really great product.
But I will be making mine from scratch (stretching my skills) from here on using my cookbook.
No doubt you will hear all about my attempts. Wish me luck.


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Whether online, on the phone, by telegraph, or in person, we are governed by the same basic principles. The medium may change, but people do not. The question instead is whether the outliers, the trolls and the flamers, will hold outsized influence — and the answer seems to be that, even protected by the shade of anonymity, a dog will often make himself known with a stray, accidental bark. Then, hopefully, he will be treated accordingly.
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We hope everyone is getting through Hurricane Sandy alright! The office here in Portland, ME saw some wind and some rain, but thankfully not much more. If you're in an affected area, we hope you're safe, dry, and with power!
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by Everitt P. Long (2 Aug 94)
Wolvens are a minor bloodline which derives from any clan, when a lupine's kinfolk is sired. This bloodline works best in crossover campaigns, or games that involve a high presence of NPCs of the oposing mythos. If the character comes from a Garou enviroment (pre-embrace), the character may have knowledges which normal vampires would not have. However, if the character did not grow up with the tribe's kinfolk, he may be confronted with mysteries even his sire cannot explain. Also, due to reasons described below, there is a good chance that the character is blood-bound to her sire. The character may be seen only as a tool for exploitation.
Wolvens belong to both clan and tribe, but they are ultimately excluded from both. Unlike Abominations, Wolvens can interact well enough between Garou and Kindred to act as intermediaries. Their unique perspective on the WoD gives them a very privilidged understanding. Beacause of this, they are mistrusted as well as useful. They walk a fine line between being indispensable and the Final Death. They are also a heck of a lot of fun to roleplay, being both physical and social.
Disclaimer: I made this bloodline up long before I read the Kult rules. Therefore, I feel that I am under no obligation to change the name of this bloodline just because they took my name ;)
Also, some people may find the Path of Gaia at the end somewhat lacking. I am not an expert in the field, so this is just sort of my best-guess. If anybody has worked out a Path based upon REAL religious and philosophical beliefs, I would be happy to see it posted or E-mailed to me.
Wolven, minor bloodline
Nicknames: Bloodwolves
Wolven are a minor bloodline, created by the siring of a Lupine's kinfolk. They are not Abominations, since the garou gene(s?) is dormant. However, their genetic make-up is different enough from regular humans to affect the embrace. For reasons which are not entirely clear, only about one in ten embraced kinfolk become Wolvens. There is not enough data to make conclusions about the subject. However, since they have no Gnosis score, they do not risk the death that Lupines face when embraced. Most simply join the clan of their sire.
As a bloodline, they have no structure or organization, simply because they are so rare. Normally they associate with their siring clan (or caitiff). Typically they take a clan name, as well as their bloodline. For example, there are Brujah-Wolvens, Tremere-Wolvens, etc. Since the Sabbat normally tries to simply exterminate the Lupines, there are few if any antitribu-wolvens, and the few who come only from Black Spiral stock. For the most part, they are treated as normal clan members. Indeed, seldom do their sires realise that their childes are different. When Wolvens are discovered, reaction ranges from expulsion from clan society to curiousity and investigation. Lupines generally stay away from Wolvens simply because they are too dangerous. The Wolvens could now be pawns of their leech masters and their knowledge of lupines would make them dangerous opponents. Seldomly do they actually hunt down the wolvens, out of pity and in respect for past service. Showing mercy generally cancels all debts in the eyes of the Garou. The exceptions to this are the Get of Fenris and Red Talons, who will destroy their Wolvens, and the Glasswalkers and Shadowlords, who may try to use the Wolvens. Some Bone Gnawers will make loose alliances with Nosferatu- Wolvens and some Children of Gaia attempt to establish the Wolvens as intermediaries between Garou and Kindred. Camarilla Gangrel generally treat the Wolven with respect, although their Sabbat brethren will hunt them down.
Appearance: varies, as mortals. As a clan member, they tend to dress as their clan does, but follow the stereotypes with less enthusiasm. Many prefer to wear more natural clothing, and generally favour the practical over the fancy. Often they wear discrete pins, indicating their original Garou tribe.
Haven: as per their clan. Since they are tolerated by most lupines and their natural disciplines, they are more likely to live in the countryside or wilderness than regular Kindred.
Background: this also varies, as per clan. This usually occurs when their sire is unaware of their origin. Often they are embraced to be used as a weapon or spy against the Garou (or blood-bonded at the very least. This is bad, for when the Lupines find out, they go to great pains to destroy the Regent. The enslavement of blood is one of the Wyrm's vilest creations in their eyes. They often have a -4 Flaw: Blood-Bonded (-2 for Tremere).) When this is the case, the leeches take whoever they can get.
Character Creation: They can have any type of concept. Physical attributes are often primary, as are Skills. Natures and Demeanors are usually similar. Common backgrounds are Contacts, Allies, and Influence. Wolvens may take Fetishes with Background points. However, since they have no Gnosis, they can only activate it by convincing or forcing a spirit to use its own power. They may also take the Totem background. However, since they have neither Rage nor Gnosis, they may have to convince the Totem spirit to provide the power for its Gift. This should require heavy roleplaying and is ultimately up to the ST whether this is permitable.
Clan Disciplines: Special. All Wolvens start out with Protean. However, their second discipline is determined by their auspice. Ragabash get Obfuscation, Theurges get Spiritus (from the ST Guide to the Sabbat), Philodox get Auspex, Galliards take Presence, and Ahrouns take Celerity. The player chooses her third discipline from the regular clan list. The wolf-form in Protean 4 is the same as for the Wolven's tribe. Wolven who attain the 6th level of Protean automaticly gain the ability to transform into the Hispo or Glabro forms of Garou, and those who reach the 7th may assume Crinos form (complete with stat. adjustments). For wolf-form, use either the stat. adjustments in Clanbook: Gangrel or in W:tA (ST's choice).
Wolvens may be able to entreat spirits to teach them Garou gifts as well (or threaten them with Spiritus or Spirit Thaumaturgy). If the ST allows this, then they may be learned, but at 2x the experience costs for first level gifts, 3x for second, etc. Estimate or keep records of how much Renown the Wolven has gained.
Weakness: Special. All Wolvens possess their clan weakness. In addition, they suffer from at least one of the following additional weaknesses as well:
The ST should decide what weaknesses the Wolven gets. Generally, the more Garou powers and manerisms which the Wolven takes, the more weaknesses he gets.
Preferred Path: Many Wolvens follow the Path of Gaia (see below). Few follow any other Path, although many retain just their basic humanity. The exception to this is Black-Spiral Wolven, who typically follow the Path of Typon, Evil Revelations, or Dead and the Soul.
Gaining Clan Prestige: as per their clan. Garou do take an interest in the affairs of the Wolven, and this may make the Wolven respected or reviled in their eyes, far more so than normal kindred.
Quote: "If the Wyrm and Gehenna is to be stopped, then both the Leeches and Garou must unite. Our first goal is to remove the wyrm-tainted Prince of this city. Of course, I am the best qualified to lead the anarchs to this victory and establish a more just society..."
Stereotypes: (Clan views often override these ones)
This path is the practice of the Gaia theory. The Earth is viewed as a macro-organism (a Celestine in Lupine theology) or a god. Humanity is murdering the mother goddess, and through it, itself. The followers of this path attempt to correct the damages done, by changing humanity's habits to a more natural lifestyle. Nature is viewed as the ultimate authority by those on this path, although they tend to idealise Nature. Still, for some, it is harsh and cruel.
This path originated with Lupine theology, and has been modified by current ecological and feminist theory. It smacks too much of the Weaver for most Lupus and Metis lupines, but it is quite popular among the Homid breeds and Kinfolk. Some Gangrel who were slipping over to the Beast have also began to follow this path.
There is little in the way of formal ritual, although some used modified Native American or Wicca rituals to venerate the Earth Mother. Many kinfolk use actual Lupine ceremonies to celebrate Gaia.
Most tend to be activists and usually have little political or economic power. This theory is not compatible with authoritarian or capitalist models. Many tend to be vocal, but often fail to follow the tenants of the path when it involves themselves.
10 Living beyond your natural span 9 Killing for any reason other than survival or mercy 8 Unnatural and uneven division of power, based upon gender. 7 Repressing your natural instincts 6 Excessive materialism or consumption 5 Acts of unnecessary cruelty 4 Failing to fight the Wyrm's minions 3 Failing to prevent the Apocalypse 2 Consorting with the Wyrm 1 Desecrating Gaia
Views about Other Paths
1 Take no more than you need 2 Fight against the despoiling of the planet 3 Enhance your own spirituality by communing with nature 4 Take no action to harm Gaia 5 Do not usurp your place in Nature 6 Respect your instincts but be responsible for the consequences 7 You are emotional 8 Humanity, Garou, and Kindred all hold a place in Gaia 9 Beware of the Weaver's encroachment 10 Use your intelligence, as well as your instincts


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Delicious and moist banana bread is filled with a generous serving of chocolate chunks to make sure you have chocolate in every bite. This chocolate chip banana bread recipe is the perfect afterschool snack, lunchtime treat or toasted with butter for a naughty breakfast!
How do you make chocolate chip banana bread?
It's easy breezy. That's why I often make banana bread, quick bread is the best. Banana Nut Granola is also ao fave of mine. This Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe requires your normal culprits. Butter, Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Eggs, Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, Bananas, Greek yogurt and duh chocolate chips. Or chunks, I like chunks better because there is more melty chocolate.
Make sure you start off with ripe, brown, spotty bananas. If you don't have ripe bananas then turn your oven on to 350F and place your bananas skin on, on a baking sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes, make sure to let them cool completely before using them in the recipe.
Grab a 9X5 loaf pan and grease it heavily all up against the sides. Then turn your oven on to 350F.
In a large bowl combine your butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar. One fully incorporated add your vanilla extract and eggs. Always make sure your eggs are at room temperature, so they can combine with the rest of the ingredients better.
In a smaller bowl combined your flour, baking soda, and salt.
Gently fold in your dry ingredients into the wet then add the mashed bananas and Greek yogurt and chocolate chunks, folding it all together gently. You do not want to overmix the banana bread.
If you are feeling fancy sprinkle some extra brown sugar on top of the banana bread, my mom always did this growing up so I usually do too. It gives you a nice crunchy sweet top.
Bake the banana bread for roughly 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean or just a couple moist crumbs. Everyone's oven is different so base it off of the toothpick test.
Let the banana bread cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes before inverting it on to the rack. If you invert it too quickly you will end up with a broken loaf.
For another type of chocolate and banana quick bread try my recipe for chocolate swirl banana bread.
How do you store banana bread?
I live in Southern California so we have pretty warm weather almost all year round. To preserve my baked goods I often keep them in the fridge. Banana bread can definitely be left in an airtight container on the counter, which sometimes I do in colder times. Whatever you do just make sure it is covered up or in an airtight container.
With the brown sugar crunch on top, moist banana bread from the Greek yogurt and the chocolate chunks our family think this is the best chocolate chip banana bread recipe.
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 65
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 10–12 Slices 1x
- Category: Snack
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Delicious and moist banana bread is filled with a generous serving of chocolate chunks to make sure you have chocolate in every bite. This chocolate chunk banana bread is the perfect afterschool snack, lunchtime treat or toasted with butter for a naughty breakfast!
- 4oz (1/2 cup/ 1 stick) Unsalted Butter, melted
- 66 Grams ( 1/3 cup) Granulated Sugar
- 100 Grams (1/2 cup) Light Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 Large Eggs, at room temp.
- 250 Grams (2 cups) All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5oz Greek yogurt
- 3 Brown Bananas, very ripe
- 8–10oz Chocolate chunks/ chips
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9X5 loaf pan.
- Melt butter in the microwave or over the stove. In a large bowl combine melted butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Add in vanilla and eggs. Mix until just combined. In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
- Fold in bananas, Greek yogurt, and chocolate chunks. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pan for at least 30 minutes before inverting on to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an air tight container.
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Cris is the business owner & key player in the day to day operations. Very passionate at providing solutions to everyone's motoring requirements. Since taking over the business in 2000 he has grown, streamlined, built strong foundations & achieved great success to keep the company at the top of the industry in High Wycombe. Cris' success isn't only within business but also on the racetrack. Competing in British Motorsport, he has achieved results including international race wins, endurance race championships & championship titles.
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Marta has been with Westlake for more than 8 years and is at the front of most transactions, bookings and requests. She deals with facility management, Health & Safety and daily operations. She has worked within the motortrade for many years and has Qualifications in Customer Services & accounts. Her helpful & friendly attitude is perhaps far outweighed by her personal physical achievements which includes many marathons, mountain runs & similar events.
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Adam is a fully qualified vehicle repair technician. Other accreditation's include ATA Air Condition certification & Semi Automatic Double Clutch installation engineer. Adam is one of just a few tech's qualified in High Wycombe to undertake Semi Automatic clutch replacements. He has previously worked with other Fleet service businesses and has over 8 years of experience as of 2016. In Adam's spare time he competes in Endurance Kart racing within his family run team.
Bradley is currently working towards full ATA technician accreditation, his previous employment includes working with Aston Martin Service outlet. He has more than 3 years experience as of 2016 and has a keen interest in football, previously playing at a Semi pro level. Great team player assets.
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Dan has achieved his Motor trade City & Guilds with VW Audi Group in Germany. He has also more recently worked with Kia High Wycombe & BMW Sytner. Dan was born in Germany & moved to England 5 years ago, learnt to speak the English language perfectly & takes great pride in learning all aspects of our trade & industry.
(Senior Technician & General Manager)
Sean has roughly 30 years of experience working within the motortrade. He has an extensive level of Certification & experience that would prove him to be one of High Wycombes' most accomplished Technicians. With more than 20 years working at Ford, many years in independent vehicle repairs & roughly 10 years experience as a Diesel Injection Specialist, his level of knowledge is second to none. Seans' real passion is restoring, modifying & building Ford RS Classics cars.


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Production Company: ITV Studios
Kent Locations used: Thames Estuary – Redsand Forts, Whitstable Harbour, The Historic Dockyard Chatham
ITV's new 5 part series, Ade at Sea, sees actor and presenter Ade Edmondson set sail to explore the history of Maritime Britain and meet people whose lives are still influenced by the sea today.
In the second episode of the series, Ade travels along the Thames Estuary visiting Kent locations such as The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Whitstable Harbour and Redsand Forts, also known as The Maunsell Forts.
With its cobbled streets, Georgian and Victorian architecture and period features spread across 80 acres, The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a popular filming location having been seen on screen in productions such as Mr Selfridge (2013-2014), Les Miserables (2012) and The Mummy (1999).
Whitstable is a seaside town near Canterbury and is famous for its annual Oyster Festival as well as the delightful harbour, shingle beach, busy high street and strong arts and culture scene. Whitstable has been previously seen on screen in productions such as Who Do You Think You Are? (2013), Cook Me The Money! (2013) and Things I Haven't Told You (2008).
The Redsand Forts are metal and concrete structures which were built as bombing defences during the Second World War and are located 6 miles out into the Thames Estuary off the coast of Whitstable. They have previously been used on screen for projects such as a Prodigy music video and a Red Bull challenge!
Don't miss the Thames Estuary episode of Ade at Sea which airs on Thursday 27th March 2014 at 20:30 on ITV1.
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While UFO believers have held for decades that "disclosure" was just around the corner, the modern Disclosure movement was savvy enough to realize that "Disclosure" would need a little push. On May 9, 2001, Dr. Steven Greer's Disclosure Project held a press conference in the National Press Club in Washington, DC, featuring twenty people who have made claims of a widespread government conspiracy to conceal the existence of extraterrestrial visitors. After a brief flurry of sensationalist news reports, the mainstream news media simply ignored what Greer and his pals had to say, and nobody followed through on it. The Disclosure Project folks expected that enterprising news reporters would follow up on their leads, and by diligent investigation blow the whole government UFO conspiracy sky-high through diligent investigation. However, it didn't happen, because no experienced reported believed there was anything in the UFO conspiracy claims worth following up.
Enter Leslie Kean (pronounced "Kane"), a reporter working for Pacifica Radio station KPFA in Berkeley, California, widely known as the radical radio voice of the Peoples' Republic of Berkeley. Leslie Kean is the reporter that the Disclosure movement has been waiting for. She says her initiation into the ranks of UFO proponents occurred in 1999 when she was given a copy of a French UFO report called COMETA, which is usually described as a report commissioned by defense officials, but was in fact written by a private group. Like Bentham upon reading Hume, the "scales fell from [her] eyes," and she suddenly realized the reality of UFOs as unknown flying vehicles. (Although her fellow UFO proponent John Alexander described the COMETA report as "an embarrassment… unsubstantiated data from questionable sources" in his book UFOs Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities.) Kean has no doubts whatsoever that the government is hiding something really big from us concerning UFOs, although she professes (a bit disingenuously) to be agnostic on the question of whether they are extraterrestrial.
Of the COMETA report, she says "all conventional explanations of something natural or man-made had been eliminated by the authors and their associated teams of experts, and yet these objects were observed at close range by pilots, tracked on radar, and officially photographed." Really? Among the COMETA cases supposedly having no possible explanation were Lakenheath, UK, 1956 – except that this case is the subject of Chapter 21 of UFOs Explained (Random House) by the famous UFO skeptic and late fellow of CSI-COP, Philip J. Klass. What does Kean say about Klass' demolishing of the "evidence" presented? Nothing. Klass' name does not appear in the book's index. Kean writes a chapter on "The Roots of UFO Debunking in America," but she does not even mention Klass, Menzel, CSICOP, or anyone associated with it. To her, it's all the fault of the government: the United States Air Force (USAF), and especially the once-secret 1953 Robertson Panel of the CIA.
Another COMETA "unexplained" is the RB-47 case of 1957. That case fills chapters 19 and 20 of Klass' 1974 book. (UFO skeptic Tim Printy has recently published a highly-detailed analysis of the RB-47 case, leaving it in tatters.) Kean tells us that Jimmy Carter "had his own UFO sighting in 1969, before he became governor of Georgia." What she does not tell her readers is that it has been known for over thirty years that Jimmy Carter's "UFO" was in the same position as Venus (see my analysis of the Carter sighting . There is more in Chapter 2 of my UFO Sightings: The Evidence (Prometheus Books, 1998)). Kean also likes a list compiled by another French UFOlogist, Dominique Weinstein, consisting of 1,305 "cases for which adequate data is available to categorize the [objects] as unknowns." UFO skeptic and CSI fellow James Oberg glanced at that list, and quickly pulled out ten cases that he knew to be caused by Russian space launches (James E. Oberg: "UFO book based on questionable foundation").
There seems to be a pattern here. It's easy to tout UFO cases as having no conventional explanation as long as you completely ignore everything that's been written to the contrary. Surely even radical Berkeley reporters must actually investigate controversial claims - and sometimes even interview the token Republican to get an opposing view - even when they "know for sure" what the answer is. I cannot imagine what caused Citizen Kean to forget her professional training and become an innocent lamb in accepting pro-UFO claims, but clearly she is the reporter they have been waiting for, the Chosen One who will lead UFOlogy from the wilderness of isolation and despair into the media spotlight. She calls upon the U.S. government to set up a new UFO agency – it can be a small one, she reassures us – to monitor, collect, and investigate UFO reports.
Kean invited several contributors to write chapters describing UFO incidents in which they had personal involvement. She begins with the chapter "Majestic Craft with Powerful Beaming Spotlights," concerning the famous Belgium UFO wave of 1989, as written by Major General Wilfred de Brower of the Belgian Air Force (Ret.). It started off with two policemen reporting a bright light in the sky, and soon reports of UFOs were coming in from all over the region. Many of the UFOs were reported as triangular, and it was widely assumed that the U.S. was testing some kind of secret aircraft – over Belgium! Jets were sent up in pursuit, but no solid radar or visual contacts were established. In fact, by the time the Belgian UFO craze was over, despite widespread sightings the only provided "evidence" was a single blurred color photo, which unfortunately shows nothing in the background that can be used for analysis. (The man who took this photo, now identified as Patrick Marechal, admitted in July, 2011 that it was a hoax. He said that he has "managed to fool the whole world with a silly model made of styrofoam.")
Kean is sensitive to the criticism that there ought to have been much more photographic evidence, given so many sightings. She lamely suggests that "twenty years ago, cell phones and relatively inexpensive, consumer-level digital and video cameras were not yet in use" (true, but we had plenty of film cameras), and also that the dearth of photos "was likely due to the effect of infrared light around the UFO, which can cause even such an object to disappear altogether in a photograph," which if true suggests that burglars can disappear from surveillance cameras by carrying an infrared light. She ignores a skeptical analysis showing that the policemen's original UFO was reported in the same position as Venus, that some of the early Belgian sightings were from a light show at a disco, and that the sole color photo could easily be duplicated using cards and spotlights, as illustrated in Wim Van Utrecht's chapter "The Belgian 1989-1990 UFO Wave," in UFOs 1947-1997 From Arnold to the Abductees, edited by Hilary Evans and Dennis Stacy. (London: John Brown Publishing, 1997). And even if Kean didn't know of Van Utrecht's skeptical research, de Brower certainly did, since he was interviewed by Van Utrecht.
Another contributor is the retired Iranian General Parfiz Jafari, who describes his own 'UFO dogfight' experience in chasing a supposed UFO over the skies of Teheran in 1976 (back when Iran was a U.S. ally). He tells of chasing - in an American-built F-4 - an unknown object that looked "similar to a star, but bigger and brighter." This was almost certainly Jupiter. The object allegedly induced failures in the aircraft's electronics. This case, also a COMETA "unexplained," is the subject of Chapter 11 of Klass' 1983 book UFOs The Public Deceived (Prometheus Books). Klass, an authority on Avionics (a portmanteau of "aviation electronics" he is credited with coining), described known issues with the F-4's avionics that could likely cause the problems Jafari reported.
A second similar case from 1980 is described in the chapter "Close Combat with a UFO," written by Commandante Oscar Santa Maria Huertas of the Peruvian Air Force (Ret.). Neither Kean nor any of her contributors evince any familiarity with the classic 1948 Lieutenant George F. Gorman "UFO dogfight" documented in the USAF Project Blue Book files in which this North Dakota Air National Guard pilot apparently played cat-and-mouse with a lighted weather balloon known to have been launched nearby ten minutes earlier (Donald Menzel and Lyle G. Boyd, The World of Flying Saucers, Doubleday, 1963). There is no reason to suspect that the "UFO dogfights" in Iran and Peru were very different.
Another of her big cases took place in Rendlesham forest in the U.K. in 1980. This case is sometimes called the "British Roswell," although the incident is a claimed landing, not a crash, near a USAF base in Britain. The British skeptic Ian Ridpath has a website discussing a large number of problems with this case, which Kean cheerfully ignores. Her contributor Sgt. James Penniston, USAF (Ret.) displays his notebook with drawings supposedly made during the incident, while Col. Charles I. Halt USAF(Ret.) suggests that Air Force Office of Special Investigations personnel secretly came onto the base and interrogated witnesses, covertly using sodium penothal to brainwash them and erase their memories. Kean doesn't tell us that that Penniston's notebook was never seen publicly until 23 years after the incident, suggesting its authenticity is very dubious. Penniston also has elsewhere stated his belief that the beings that landed in Rendlesham Forest were our distant descendants returning to obtain genetic material to keep their ailing species alive: "They are time travellers. They are us." He also claims to have received digitally-encoded telepathic messages from them, that he recorded in his magic notebook. As for Halt, his credibility on the case has suffered greatly, especially since his recent affidavit flatly contradicts many of his original statements (see Ian Ridpath's 2010 article "The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case.").
Kean is enormously impressed by pilot sightings, which she describes as "a unique window into the unknown." She writes that pilots "represent the world's most experienced and best-trained observers of everything that flies… these unique circumstances potentially transform any jet aircraft into a specialized flying laboratory for the study of rare anomalous phenomena." However, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the late USAF Project Blue Book consultant who Kean repeatedly cites as a respected UFO authority, came to exactly the opposite conclusion. On page 271 of his 1977 book The Hynek UFO Report, he wrote, "Surprisingly, commercial and military pilots appear to make relatively poor witnesses"). Kean actually quotes from other pages of that book, but makes absolutely no mention of Hynek's low opinion of pilot sightings. This is perhaps the clearest example of Kean's habit of totally ignoring everything in the UFO literature that disagrees with her beliefs.
Physicist Michio Kaku, who is well known for attempting to rationalize the physics of UFOs and of Time Travel, is quoted on the book's cover declaring it filled with "eye-opening information" that would "set the gold standard for UFO research." Skeptics should note how easily Kaku has been dazzled by Fool's Gold.


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In case you couldn't tell by the title… I started work this week. I can't exactly say where; contracts and the lot *dramatic eye roll. But suffice it to say that this week has probably been one of the best I've had since entering Germany. Not only because I absolutely love my job, but also because things are just really great.
Let me explain.
This week I learned how the use the oven. Not that I didn't understand how it worked before, but knowing my oven back stateside – I had always been very hesitant using any oven. But this week – I used it almost every night of the week cooking sweet potatoes, cabbage, and as many vegetables as I could think of. It was actually incredible. I went to a political pub night last week hosted by Young Democrats Abroad – and *surprise it was actually really fun. You don't realize how much you miss talking about politics until you don't for 8 months.
On a more work-related front, I've started wearing foundation and eyeliner every morning (Only Kiko brand – but still, worth it!). Most of you know me and know my relationship with makeup (i.e. that I don't really have one) – but wearing a little bit every day and noticing how much more professional I feel has been a real eye-opener. While I certainly won't wear makeup all the time now… I've been convinced of how great it is for work.
This week has been utterly fantastic health-wise. I made a conscious decision that I would bring lunch to work and create my own salads to remain more healthy. I tend to stick to healthy and easy options like spinach, tofu, tomatoes and bell peppers. It's simple, delicious and awesome. I also started a new workout regime which has been absolutely killer. My legs have never been sorer *I say now, and I'm hoping that it kicks me in the butt. It's from one of my favorite lifestyle blogs, Byrdie – which I really recommend you check out! I still have somehow been making time to attend yoga, granted at 7am – but as long as it works, it works.
I've also found more great podcasts to listen to: WSJ Heard on the Street, Slate's Whistlestop, and The Audio Long Read from the Guardian.
Recipes for this week
Baked Sweet Potato and Cabbage Wedges
- Take a Sweet Potato: Wash it, and poke some holes it in with a fork
- Without Preheating, place the sweet potato in the oven at around 219C and with a piece of parchment paper to cake the oil, leave it in there for 45 minutes
- In the meantime, cut up a cabbage into wedges, season with some salt and pepper and place it in the oven on either a tray or baking-ware
- Luckily, they both take around 45 minutes, so if you can time yourself correctly – it's only about 5-10 more minutes for the cabbage to be done.
- Personal tip: Add some pesto (Because pesto makes everything better)
Eggs, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage and Beans
- Fry an egg (I have faith in your ability to do this)
- Clean and chop up Brussel sprouts and cut some small pieces of cabbage too (or really any vegetable you want), also grab some white beans (I used canned)
- Place them in a pan over medium heat and hang out with them until they're finished cooking
- Add some grape tomatoes (and again pesto (Are you sensing a trend?)) and enjoy!
Also some cool stats I found:
- There will be 9 billion people worldwide by 2050. (UN)
- At the halfway point of the Appalachian Trail, most hikers eat 1/2 gallon of ice cream. (REI)
Weekly Roundup: DONE.
Talk to you guys next week!


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To tailor or not to tailor when it comes to buying your next suit – that is an intriguing question.
The answer has much to do with the amount of folding you're willing to splash on the purchase; but is far from the sole factor.
After all, it's possible to have a suit individually tailored to your body shape for as little as $500, or to spend as much as $3500 to buy a pre-made one off the rack.
What to do, then, if - for the sake of argument - you've $1500 to $2000 to spend? Will a ready-to-wear (or off-the-rack) suit deliver the same sort of fit, feel, comfort and durability as one you've had tailored? Will the mass-produced option reward you with better value?
Craig Smith is the global communications director of London-based men's fashion house Ted Baker, which sells off-the-rack suits from a worldwide chain of its own boutique shopfronts as well as major department stores.
"Ultimately it comes down to how much that individual wants to invest, and how comfortable they are about what they know they want," he says.
"I've done both recently and I think it's fair to say that we (Ted Baker) feel we make some of the best suiting products in the market for a fashion brand, irrespective of price point.
"The problem is, there is a lot of very poorly made suiting product in the marketplace at price points which, frankly, they shouldn't be at because they don't deserve to be."
On the other side of the sewing machine is Ermenegildo Zegna, an acknowledged leader in men's suiting for many decades that offers both made-to-measure and ready-to-wear suiting options.
The company's Australian manager of made-to-measure products, Nicholas Hooper, cautions it's easy to plump for an off-the-rack purchase because of an enticing sale price.
"I think sometimes when people are buying suits, they're jumping in because it's a price point thing, maybe it's on sale and they don't sit back and think about buying the right size, and is it the right fabric?" he says.
"A lot of the time people are thinking 'it's a uniform, I'm not too fussed by it, it's on sale, I'll just buy it. The fit's probably not right, but it's only (costs) so much'.
"To me, I think it's better if you spend a bit more time thinking about it, about what you wear and in the long run I think you will (spend) about the same or maybe even less if you plan a bit better."
Sitting between Ted Baker's attractively priced off-the-rack offerings and Zegna's premium choice of a stylish ready-to-wear collection and the no-expense spared made-to-measure service, are a host of alternatives.
At Executive Style we've heard both good and bad reviews about the steady stream of overseas tailors who drop into town, setting up base in a CBD hotel room for a couple of weeks to perform measuring sessions with local clientele enticed by attractive deals.
Some are geared towards volume rather than quality and utilise mass-producing Asian factories for construction of their suits before posting the completed garments to the customer.
In this respect no final tweaks can be carried out, and if the measure was not accurate or the tailor not adequately skilled, the result can be a fit no better than an off-the-rack suit. Worse still, you could end up with a suit in need of significant alteration - at your own expense.
Contrastingly, other tailors - most notably those headquartered in Australia but also some visiting from overseas - offer a high level of measurement expertise, excellent construction technique and will happily provide a follow-up consultation to make any necessary adjustments to ensure a proper fit.
A tailored suit, by its definition, promises a fit designed for your exact body shape. It should be configured to sit perfectly on your frame and accentuate your best attributes, while simultaneously obscuring unflattering ones.
As an additional bonus, you're far less likely to find yourself standing in a lift next to a colleague wearing the exact same suit as you.
Personalisation is key to tailoring experience, says Hooper. "The reason someone would get into made-to-measure would be someone saying 'I want something personalised that is made for me'," he says.
Some customers choose this avenue, others are led to it. "The difference between ready-to-wear and made-to-measure is most of the time you would have a customer who just can't get his size from off a rack.
"Another obvious thing is he might be a 56 in the jacket and a 50 in the trouser. He might want two trousers with his suit so that he can get the longevity out of the jacket."
Hooper says the price difference between Zegna's ready-to-wear and made-to-measure offerings isn't as great as most customers expect. "The perception is that we talk double or three times the price. The service is usually, generally speaking, around 15-20 per cent more, depending on which category of fabric you use," he says.
A Zegna consultation will begin with a selection from more than 500 fabrics of varying colour, weight, texture and composition, before moving on to a measuring session that could extend from one to three consultations to ensure it's done properly.
Hooper says the choice of fabric is crucial to obtaining the right fit and can take up a large portion of the initial consultation.
"Two things make a good suit, one is the fit and one is the fabric. If you don't choose the right fabric then the fit can only do so much, and vice-versa," he says.
As Hooper speaks to me he takes a few quick measurements before handing me a suit jacket. As I'm contemplating how good it looks he points out a flaw, where the material is scalloping at the top of the sleeve. A couple of strategically-placed dressmaking pins later, and the finish is perfect. It's a good example of how a tailor's keen eye, deft hand and deep understanding of shape, cut and fabric combine to make a good suit into a great one.
After the initial consultation the client's measurements are sent to the Zegna factory (in Switzerland for normal production, or Italy for handmade). When it returns it will be about 85 per cent complete and a further consultation - or two - will typically make final alterations and add the finishing touches.
The entire process could take three months or longer to complete, but Hooper says it's well worth the wait for that perfect finish.
"In the past people have looked at the suit as a uniform, so in one respect there hasn't been a lot of excitement about it. The younger generation is getting a little bit more excited and saying 'if I'm going to wear a suit to work I want it to look good'," he says.
Conversely, the major benefit of an off-the-rack purchase is convenience – you can walk into a shop or department store during your lunch break and walk out an hour later with a complete suit ready to wear the next day, or before the end of the week if minor alterations to sleeve, leg length or waistband are needed.
Should you be blessed with a common body shape – one that fits within the pre-made paradigms of "regular" or "long" sizing, and is uniformly proportioned without significant bulges at the shoulders, chest, belly or seat – you may be able to locate an off-the-rack suit that fits and flatters your shape.
The downside is that major alterations to an off-the-rack suit won't be possible, either at the initial fitting or subsequently if the wearer's body shape changes significantly over time.
Because they're mass-produced, you're likely to get a better grade of fabric or a more stylish cut for the same price as the tailored equivalent. However, it's also worth asking about the suit jacket construction, which will be either canvassed or fused. The former is the more expensive option, with a stitched-in canvas lining that drapes better and conforms to your body shape over time; the latter is a glued lining that won't offer the same level of conformity or longevity.
Ted Baker's Craig Smith advises men to shop where they feel comfortable. "Whether it's a brand they know or not, they've got to get a rapport with the salesperson who understands what they're asking for, he says.
"What is the purpose of the product, how many times are you going to wear it, what are you trying to achieve? Because whichever way you look at it, it's a decent-sized investment."
Is it possible to achieve a tailored finish from an off-the-rack purchase? Smith believes so. "Yes, with the right brands, and there aren't a lot of them in the marketplace. If it's well made, fundamentally, but if it's poorly made, never."
So, should you choose tailor-made or off-the-rack? Both have their benefits and the most important factor is to make a considered decision based not solely on price points, but on the reputation for service, skill of the company or individual you choose.
In short, do your homework and place your trust in proven products.


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Somewhere around Norton Disney speeding down the A46 three beers deep, we clocked the yellow roadwork signs for Lost Village Festival and swung a right.
For its second year, festival directors and Moda Black label bosses Jaymo and Andy George have described their vision as "A surreal, otherworldly experience in an abandoned woodland village, resonating the sound of the world's finest artists" and to say we were excited for a hidden weekend of house music hedonism would be a 'mild' understatement.
After twenty or so miles cruising through the stunning Lincolnshire countryside, the B road took us deeper into the forest and anticipation started to rise. Once inside the press campsite we cracked another beer and admired our pop-up tent handiwork. With the red sun setting through the trees, the sounds of Late Nite Tuff Guy's "Do I Believe In God" Prince edit drifted across the campsite. Time for a wander.
After a few more sets on the Saturday we'd actually come to realise that it had practically become prerequisite for the entire DJ roster to play at least one Prince track, but at that point it was still fresh and exciting and we stumbled happily onwards.
Bypassing the Michelin starred Banquet tent the festival opened up directly to the main Burial Ground stage with Fatboy Slim mid-slay. The big beat behemoth deftly transitioned through Wildchild's "Renegade Master" into Cook's own "Eat Sleep Rave Repeat" and out to Sugarhill Gang's "Apache (Jump on it)". I couldn't bring myself to note down the next track as it was far too cheesy, but by that time we'd decided to scarper anyway and left everyone to their yellow tinged euphoria – see below.
The sun had set by now but the production values were shining bright. The entire tent was adorned with hanging rag corpse statuettes and (for a small scale boutique festival) one heck of a light show. After the electrifying cheese-fest we decided we needed to step our game up and went to hunt down Ben Klock. Unable to find him (appropriate considering the name of the festival) we ended up at the after-hours Lookout stage for Bicep instead and a celebration of life through the medium of house.
Due to licensing regulations the music turned off at 1am, so the crowd amassed in whatever communal spaces were left – in this case an open sided tent with a piano and the Theatre Tent – before deciding to call it a night.
Awaking to the dawn chorus of hacking coughs (my own), we sparked up, grabbed some beers and headed back in. Meandering through Basecamp we inspected the food options (although it would turn out we wouldn't be eating for another 28 hours…). Of the seven or so eateries, the one everyone went mad for was Breakfast Club with their gigantic illuminated sign proclaiming 'BACON'. Shout out to Buddha Bowls though who gave us our first food of the weekend on Sunday afternoon and Smokestack for the early evening hot beef injection.
Music-wise, for some reason I'd had a preconception that there'd be at least a vague Balearic feel to the afternoons, but the daytime programming consisted of sort of vaguely electro, 2009-esque indie rock bands. No-one was watching them though as everyone was stuck in the queue for Breakfast Club the entire afternoon. Bacon rolls 1 – Guitar music 0.
We decided to use this opportunity of out of place music and no desire to chew anything other than our eyebrows to investigate the site further and headed to the newest addition to the festival – the much lauded Lake of Tranquility. The area was intended for relaxing, rejuvenating daytime activities such as morning yoga sessions, roofless hot tubbing and archery. We eschewed these and hit up the Grey Goose cocktail stand.
By now the music was picking up again. The rope-lined track led us curving through the woods accompanied by the sounds of The Beatnuts' "Off The Books" (cheerfully, not the last time we got to hear this stone cold classic) and arrived at the Abandoned Chapel for Artwork slamming out a riotous disco set. It was exceptional. Did he play Prince? Of course he did. It went off.
The setting of this stage was easily the best of the four. Tunnelling outwards from a DIY chapel stage, lined from both sides and above with the sunlight glittering through trees and only one entrance, this was the lost village I'd been described. Other stages, barring some decorative nuances, could have been at any other festival, but this was Lost Village Festival through and through.
Ex-Phonica employee and current Berlin resident Palms Trax followed Artwork's masterclass with an array of funked up bangers then we headed straight back to catch Heidi at the Burial Ground. The Ibizan tech house pomp continued with Bristolian big man Eats Everything. Surrounded by smoke machines, confetti cannons and with arms spread wide it was as if David Guetta had eaten David Guetta. In the best way possible of course. But we couldn't stay (as much as we would've liked to considering his masterful breakdown into Mariah Carey).
We'd been informed that the Rothschild's-esque tribal procession was already making its way through the site for the lakeside fireworks spectacular, led by the weird and wonderful Lost Village characters, and rushed off to join. The sight of a fireworks display mirrored off the black water of a shimmering lake was of particularly significant beauty in our by now completely addled state and we spent the rest of the night by its banks recounting the days' events. Events I'd be a fool to publish.
Starting a bit later on Sunday we kicked things off with an anthemic, jubilant set from Vauxhall residents Horse Meat Disco. Transplanting the atmosphere of their famed Sunday night residency at The Eagle to a Sunday afternoon at the Abandoned Chapel was done to devastating effect, pulling out all the crucial classics. They followed their mandatory Prince tune ("1999" if I remember correctly) with Teddy Pendergrass and Larry Levan's remix of "Stand On The World" and truly bought 'Paradise' to the Village.
Ben Pearce (Sex Tape) followed with some jacked up, funky tech (not the HudMo Valentine's day R&B the name might suggest). Later, at the press tent for the first time of the weekend we found Craig Charles, replete with leather waistcoat, soaking up the sun prior to his Funk & Soul set at the Lookout, before DJ Koze rounded off the festival with a trademark mind-bending, soul fulfilling, atmospheric journey of a set. A perfectly twisted end to a perfectly twisted weekend.


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Anyways, as she was writing that stellar post, I was working on a blog design. And also mulling over in my head what I would write about in my own post. You see, I kind of shot myself in the foot the other day when I wrote about the importance of quality, original content. Because that means my ramblings are no longer acceptable. Which means I had nothing to write about.
Jen said, "Oh, the irony" and went back to wordsmithing an entertaining post and I returned to blog designing and stewing in my jealousy of her ability to work "treasure trove of curiosities" into a post.
Then on the way home, we got to chatting. Jen's a creative and an artist to boot. So we, quite philosophically, discussed the importance of creativity and art. I was telling her that somehow, taking the time to be creative just feels selfish to me. That it just does not matter as much as my teaching. That at the end of my little life, I will be more proud of myself for having been a teacher than I will for having designed blogs.
And yet, in my classroom I strongly encourage creativity. I want my students to use their imaginations and to create an environment within their home that allows their children to do the same (I teach adults). And when someone has artistic talent, I offer suggestions of how they can further develop that talent.
So why when we take the time to develop artistic talents or to explore our creativity, why does it feel selfish? Why do I feel like there a billion other things that would be more worth my time and energy?
Sometimes there are stories in me that just won't let me rest until I've taken the time to let those stories run through my fingers. And sometimes, I feel selfish for sneaking out of bed to grab those floating words and place them in a pleasing order.
I wonder if Michelangelo laid in bed at night, wide awake as the lines and shapes and colors and figures of the Sistine Chapel came together in his head. When he finally started to paint it, I wonder if it was like doing a paint by number from having envisioned it all those nights before falling asleep.
And I wonder if he felt selfish for having spent four years painting that. And for all the years before those four, the years that he spent developing his talent.
And would we, collectively, be lesser had they felt selfish and decided to wash the dishes instead?


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Gone Gaming: Justin Lassen
RoboBlitz is sort of a stylistically different remake of the classic NES game Smash TV with a hit more of adrenaline to its physics and robotics. "So the score definitely needed to have the energy of an arcade game, the pulse of industrial electronic music, and the soul of classic beats and guitar," explains Lassen.
Shredding for Multithreading
Lassen composed 11 tracks totaling just over 20 minutes of music for RoboBlitz. "Each of the tracks had to loop perfectly, since players would basically be in the levels for different amounts of time — and we didn't want the music to get in the way, but just to ride with the player," he says.
No stranger to the video game culture, Lassen explains, "I've always been working on video games, even since I was a kid making games in QB, VB, or C++, both in playing and in modifying and demoing. So this was just another wonderful opportunity to get involved with yet another cool game project, but on a much higher level."
And it was a pretty revolutionary and bleeding-edge project for Lassen to work on. "We were using next-gen technology like advanced physics driven game play, dual-core multi-threading and the mind-blowing Unreal Engine 3," he explains. "So I wanted the music to be electronic and orchestral, but mostly just gritty, raw, and on the edge — to match the amplitude of the game itself."
Lassen composed all original material for this project, working on half of it in Paris and the other half of it back in the U.S. — all done on a super-tight, three-week schedule.
Scoring with Sonar, Cakewalk, and NI
For the score, Lassen relied on a multitude of PC-based audio apps, plug-ins, and software instruments. "I used some wonderful sampling and soft synths by NI and East West, Garritan Personal Orchestra, and tracked and sequenced in Sonar 4 Producer Edition and all its delicious plug-ins and mixing stuff," he says. "But my baby was a Schecter S1+ with custom EMG active pickups, running through a giant configuration of BOSS and other stomp boxes, pre amps, etc."
Lassen trashed it up a bit with some bit-destruction plug-ins, including Analog X's Bit decimator. "I also sang my own choir/pad parts with a dozen overlays and used Cakewalk's reverb plug-in to process that," he adds. "Of course, I did a bazillion drum edits and programming — stutters and all — by hand." Lassen also used a Roland XP-30 synth and mixed the tracks through Behringer hardware.
Working on RoboBlitz gave Lassen the opportunity to get his hands on the next-gen UE3 technology, and street cred for his talents as he took the helm as audio supervisor for the E3 version of RoboBlitz and producer/composer for all versions of the video game.
Fast Forward
As if that wasn't enough polish for one year in Lassen's successful rise to recognition as a talented composer, remixer, and sound designer, Cakewalk commissioned him to write a flagship demo for its Sonar 5 64-bit DAW software. "My demo track is sort of a smooth/cinematic electronic/orchestral/trip-hop pleasure-trip, that takes advantage of their various new soft synths," he explains.
Next, Lassen will be doing the original score for another game, Hexen: Edge of Chaos and working on the original soundtrack for Linda Bergkvist's dark fairy tale world, Furiae. He also plans to continue his remixing exploits and finish a second symphony in 2006.
Not bad for a studio kid.


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Red Brick Spring, oil on canvas
Red Brick Spring, oil on canvas
Earlier this spring, I visited Philadelphia with my Mom for the always outstanding Philadelphia Flower Show. I love going to the city at this time of year because there's still the crisp, direct light of late winter without any summer haze and humidity. In addition, since it is still winter, the shadows are longer and more dramatic in the afternoon than they would be in the summer season.
This view is along Chestnut Street near 19th Street. Naturally, the glowing red bricks in the late afternoon sunlight drew me into this composition. I loved the contrast of these fiery colors against the cool, cerulean sky in the distance.
The light was so beautiful on this afternoon that I walked down Chestnut Street toward 15th Street and you can see a companion piece to this work, "Study, Early Spring," looking in the opposite direction as afternoon eased into evening.
- About: Original oil painting on canvas
- Artwork size: 8" x 8"
- Framed size: 9.5" x 9.5"