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The jazz composer's orchestra update
ECM Records ECM 2391
- Update One
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- Update Nine
- Update Eleven
- Update Five
- Update Six
- Update Ten
- Update Twelve Pt. 1
- Update Twelve Pt. 2 (Preview)
- Update Twelve Pt. 3
All compositions by Michael Mantler
Published by Ernste Musik (KODA)
Nouvelle Cuisine Big Band
Christoph Cech – conductor
Manfred Balasch – soprano saxophone, flute
Clemens Salesny – soprano saxophone, clarinet
Wolfgang Puschnig – alto saxophone, flute
Fabian Rucker – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Harry Sokal – tenor and soprano saxophones
Chris Kronreif – tenor saxophone, flute
Florian Fennes – baritone saxophone
Aneel Soomary – trumpet
Martin Ohrwalder – trumpet
Christoph Walder – french horn
Hans Peter Manser – french horn
Peter Nickel – trombone
Florian Heigl – bass-trombone
Alex Rindberger – tuba
David Helbock – piano
Peter Herbert – double bass
Tibor Kövesdi – double bass
Manuel Mayr – double bass
Lukas Knöfler – drums
with soloists
Michael Mantler – trumpet
Harry Sokal – tenor saxophone
Bernie Mallinger – violin
Igmar Jenner – violin
Cynthia Liao – viola
Asja Valcic – cello
Bjarne Roupé – guitar
Wolfgang Puschnig – alto saxophone
David Helbock – piano
Recorded live August 30/31 and September 1, 2013
at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria
Engineer: Martin Vetters
Mixed and mastered October and December 2013
Photo: Rainer Rygalyk
Design: Sascha Kleis
Produced by Michael Mantler
An ECM Production
in collaboration with Porgy & Bess, Vienna


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Asus Zenfone 3 launched on 17th August 2016 officially in India. Asus Zenfone 3 which falls under the mid range price segment, offers elegant design, excellent camera quality, fast and power efficient processor and a long-lasting battery. Thin 6.16mm edge, multi-dimensional design that's finished with a diamond-cut chamfere.
Zenfone 3 has the ability to match everyone's personality and provides outstanding functionality to meet the needs of each user. The earlier models of Zenfone series were less appreciated due to their bulky design, but his phone seems to have a lot of improvement in terms of everything.
Asus ZenFone 3 has a 5.5-inch display with 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution and intense 600nits brightness for viewing under brightest light and also with an ultra-slim 2.1mm bezel. 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla glass which ensures its protection from unwanted scratches and splashes. The spun metal pattern beneath the glass and curved edges of the back panel provides solid grip with a single hand. The dimensions of the phone are 152.59 x 77.38 x 7.69 mm and it weighs around 155 grams so it is thinner than the Zenfone 2 and almost 15 grams lighter as well.
On the left side it has the hybrid SIM tray which includes one Nano SIM and one Micro SIM slot. At the top it has 3.5 mm jack and a microphone. At the bottom you will find another microphone, USB Type-C connector and the loudspeaker.
On the rear side near the top it has a raised front camera which is covered by a sapphire crystal lens to protect it from any accidental damage. The rear camera is accompanied by a dual LED flash on the right and a laser sensor on the left. Below the camera you will see the fast and accurate fingerprint reader. Fine-drawn on the top and bottom of the metal frame on the front side are hard to observe.
Asus Zenfone 3 has a 16 Megapixel Camera with a large f/2.0 aperture, and with Laser Auto-focus that helps photography enthusiasts focus on an object in as fast as 0.03 seconds. The laser auto-focus helps you to take pictures faster and lock focus less than a seconds, nevertheless the image quality is average at best. I found the images to be good, especially in bright natural light. At low light shots are average, with a increase in darker environment, noise increases. Asus ZenFone 3 front camera has a 8 MP, f/2.0, 1080p
The new Asus Zenfone 3 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and provides the users an option to opt for a 4GB RAM. It has 32GB internal memory with expandable up to 64GB. Backed by Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) comes with its on Zen UI for more Asus traditional look and feel. ZenFone 3 supports 4G LTE, 3G and GSM network frequencies along with dual-SIM slot and the latest 802.11ac technology for Wi-Fi connections that scream at up to 433Mbps. ZenFone 3 comes with 3000mAh battery and it lasts around 15-16 hours which is good. It also comes equipped with a fingerprint scanner which boasts of smarter fingerprint technology. The metallic fingerprint reader allows for rapid 360-degree fingerprint authentication from various angles and scanning accuracy just in 0.2 seconds.
After all that's said and done, ASUS' upcoming Zenfone 3 is one of the best phones they've ever produced. It's easy to make a great looking, great performing phone, but to make one with a price tag that's under 20K – that's the real challenge. While ASUS hasn't released pricing for the Zenfone 3 yet, IF they follow international pricing then there's a lot of value to be had for the phone (it's expected to retail at right around 16K-17K for the larger 5.5-inch variant) despite its higher street price compared to last year's model.

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The defence ministry says it sees no present danger from thousands of tons of munitions currently lying at the bottom of Swiss lakes. The shells and ammunition are considered so benign that regular checks may be discontinued after 2019.
The ministry's latest environmental impact survey drew the same conclusions as predecessors in 2008 and 2012 – namely that the munitions were not leaking and the water contained toxins of such minute levels that the water is safe to drink. In 2012, it concluded that it is better to leave the munitions where they are than to remove them with high risks of explosions.
Water samples showed levels of hazardous materials were at least 100 times below the safe limit, according to the results of the latest tests published on Friday. There was also no evidence of explosives leaking from munitions.
Therefore, the 8,120 tons of munitions dumped in in lakes Brienz, Thun and Lucerne between the 1940s and 1960s will remain where they are. They lie at depths of up to 200 metres and have been covered by sediments of up to two metres thick, making them difficult to recover.
Most of the munitions came from factories in Thun in canton Bern and Altdorf in canton Uri. Around one third date back to the Second World War and were dumped in 1948 on government orders after the catastrophic explosions of stockpiles shortly beforehand, including one in Mitholz in the Bernese Oberland that killed nine people.
In 2019, further sediment and water samples will be tested, the defence ministry said in a statement, which added that there is no need to continue the monitoring programme at regular intervals.
Watery graves
There are an estimated 8,210 tons of munitions lying at the bottom of some of Switzerland's biggest lakes.
Lake Thun is home to 4,600 tons, Lake Brienz to 280 tons and Lake Lucerne to 3,330 tons. Shells and ammunition were dropped in Lake Thun until 1963 and until 1967 in Lake Lucerne.
Other lakes have been a dumping ground for the Swiss army or used for target practice. Lake Walenstadt received weapons, Lake Alpnach gas masks, and barbed wire ended up in small lakes around the Gotthard Pass.end of infobox


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Yesterday was quite the day of thought, inspired from many different sources.
Instead of attending our regular Friday class, me and my fellow DJDer's attended a conference called 'On The Move,' a seminar for emerging dancers and graduating dance students about how to launch their careers. Put on by the Alberta Dance Alliance and held at the Alberta Ballet studios, the day consisted of several different workshops and a yoga class at the end.
While the classes ranged from a psychology of loving oneself and one's work, to injury prevention, to contracts and legality, the session I enjoyed most focused on creating and producing work. Though I was expecting from the description something other than I got, this worked in a positive way. I was expecting a class on the steps to self-producing a project, and ended up with an open-ended discussion with the artistic director of the Alberta Ballet and a well-known independent dance artist here in Calgary who works quite a bit with video. It was truly inspiring to get a chance to ask questions of these two people who had been through so many stages and ups and downs to get to their success points as choreographers. We discussed their thoughts on the point where one goes from 'emerging' to 'established,' and I asked about their thoughts on how you know or find out whether or not your work is 'worth it' when you are still in such an early stage that you have not yet applied for a grant.
It was great to hear, from their experiences, that you have to keep reinventing, remain curious, and continue questioning yourself, because when you stop doing that, you stagnate. Even for well-established people such as themselves, they admitted openly to failures, even recent ones, suggesting there is no such mark as 'unstoppable;' even the established continue to have ups and downs. I had some really nice chats with many of the presenters after their workshops, and the whole day left me feeling all-around warm and fuzzy. It was so nice to get a chance to immerse myself a bit deeper into the community here. Though much of the information I had heard many times before, the value sprung from the fact that it was coming from new people in a new place, creating for me new perspectives.
Similarly inspiring yesterday, surprisingly, was my late-night trip to a bar near to our house. Cale, Rebecca and Steph got off work while I was having a glass of wine, and were attending a going away party for a friend from work at this bar across the street. I figured 'what the hell, I have no excuse; money is ok, I can walk home, and I have nothing to do tomorrow. Can't really back out!' On Friday and Saturday nights, they hire in a DJ and the bar becomes more like a club, so needless to say, there was much dancing to be had.
I ended up spending most of the night on the dance floor (which does not stray from the usual for me), but quite a bit of that time running around like a loon and insisting that everyone sitting in relatively close proximity to the dance floor would have to get up and join me. And guess what; it worked! Most everyone I approached gave in, including two black gentlemen that appeared to be from elsewhere. I could just tell they wanted to dance, but at first could not decide if they were avoiding the dance floor because they thought they were better than everyone else cutting it, or if they were self-concious in that particular setting. Turns out it was self-conciousness. When the Bob Marley came on (stereotypical, but I am just telling it like it happened), they busted out the moves.
I was happy to see that they had joined me, and made sure to let them know by coming to jam with them. Turns out, they in fact had moved about a year ago from Africa. There was a bit of a language barrier, and that may be part of why they hung back, but I found out in a bit more time that they are living with two dorky, awesome Canadian guys who were also there that night ( and who I also eventually got on the floor!) They were all-together just a cool bunch of guys, and when they got going, they got going and blew everyone else out of the water. Except for me of course, and that was soley because I am not afraid to be ridiculous and move huge. All in all, I stirred the dance floor up a bit and I think a lot more people left feeling happier because of it.
Ah, The Power of Dance. Not Cheese. Dance.


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After a few trips to the shore for winterization and removing the seasonal stuff, our living room is once again looking like a boat threw up in it. In an effort to avoid dealing with that, I thought it would be a good time to do a review of the 2015 sailing season.Continue Reading "2015: The Year of Maintenance" →
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Arriving to Torrance Woman's Club wedding, all of the ladies were in a frenzy getting ready. Except, that is, Kellie, the bride herself. She was as cool as a cucumber and had a go-with-the-flow attitude towards everything unplanned. The same was with Michael, her groom, and it made perfect sense how they can love each other so much.
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As a young company incorporated in 2013, FRAGG works with a managerial team of over 100 years combined experience in SME/Impact Fund Management, Fund Mobilisation, and implementation of training for SMEs in Accounting, Financial Management, and Business Development. Our team has high network in the Impact Investment ecosystem covering the investors, local financial institutions, regulatory bodies and project promoters.
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This is the first in a three-part series which will provide an example of a completely serverless architecture offering data-driven sites with a node backend and federated authentication. Let's jump into the first entry and learn how to host our code in an AWS S3 bucket.
Hosting can run the gamut of complexity, pricing and maintenance. Some of the things we think about when hosting are security, scalability, reliability and complexity.
Historically, an application's server and client were one and the same and hosted in the same location. When we needed to host a website, we would spin up a server or multiple servers (redundancy is good), and place our code on the server to be delivered to the world in the form of rendered static websites.
In this model, we were required to maintain our servers, add more when needed or remove them when not needed. Security, scalability and reliability are in our hands and complexity is usually higher than needed.
In today's architecture, we are seeing a greater separation between the client code and server code. With the advent of more robust client frameworks and mobile apps, a web application's backend is often hosted by itself and available to the different clients that communicate with it. So, logically, a web client is also hosted separately. For the remainder of this post, we will be discussing the hosting of a web client specifically.
Hosting a client separately opens some doors to us because all we are worried about is the code that renders on the user's device. This basically means that all we need is a public folder to store our code. Enter Amazon Web Service's S3. AWS S3 offers a web hosting enabled bucket that can serve up static files.
The advantage to this is immediately recognizable in some of the core factors we have to look at when hosting. From a security standpoint, it's a no-brainer. When using AWS S3, we automatically have access to several security measures like AWS Permissions, bucket access control lists, and cross-origin resource sharing limitation.
For scalability and reliability, S3 storage has this built in. AWS S3 buckets are not limited to a single server or group of servers that we need to maintain. S3 is an inherently scalable container backed by AWS to be highly available. Stack CloudFront on top of that and you now have a highly available site that includes geolocation serving as well.
Show Me!
Now that we have some pretty good reasons to use S3 for hosting, I am going to show you how to get started with a simple site and take advantage of S3's features. In this first part, the site will be static. In later posts, we will start consuming data to make it dynamic. From here on out, I am going to assume you have an AWS account. Let's get started.
Preparing The Bucket
If you have never used S3 before, you will find it under Storage & Content Delivery on the main dashboard. Click on S3 to enter the dashboard.
On the S3 dashboard click the Create Bucket button to create a new bucket.
Bucket Name: Choose a name for your bucket. When choosing a name, it must be unique because bucket names are shared across all of AWS.
Region: Choose the region you want your bucket to reside in.
Click Create to create your bucket.
Congratulations, you should now have a new bucket in your bucket list. Click on the magnifying glass next to your bucket name to reveal the properties.
As you can see there are many different bucket configurations we can change. For now, we are concerned with the one that says Static Website Hosting. Click to expand the website options.
Choose the Enable Web Hosting radio button. For now, we only need to fill out one thing on the form, which is the Index Document field. For our project, we will be using index.html. When setting up for production, be sure and add an error page. S3 will treat this as a rewrite. Meaning, when an error occurs, it will keep the same URL in place but serve up the error page.
Take note of the Endpoint. This will be the address of your hosted website. This can be modified with the use of Route 53, but that's for a different blog post. Click Save and you're done. The endpoint for this demo can be seen at http://serverless-architecture.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com.
Preparing My Code
S3 hosting can be used with any type of static hosting. You can use a framework of folders and sub-folders, or just a single html page.
In most of my client-side development, I use a framework called Aurelia, with a module bundler called webpack. Because part of this blog deals with hosting a SPA framework, I have used Aurelia and Webpack here as well. So, to prepare for S3 hosting, I have packed up my entire site in a folder called
A lot of these files may not make sense, but there is one I want to point out. You can see the
index.html page. You'll remember that, when setting up the bucket, we set our Index Document to be
index.html. So it's pretty important that it exists. The basic idea is to have your code under a main folder.
Getting My Code to My Bucket
Now that we have our hosting bucket in place, we need to get our code into our bucket. I will show you a couple of ways to do this.
The Easy Way
AWS provides an upload process to copy your files from your local computer to your bucket. This is a fairly simple process, but can be tedious when doing development iterations. To get started, click on your bucket name to go into your bucket. You will now see the contents of your bucket, which is nothing.
Let's fix that. By clicking on the Upload button, AWS presents you with a dialog that will allow you to upload your files into the bucket. Using the AWS uploader, load the contents of your web directory into the root of the S3 bucket. When you are done, your index.html file, and all supporting files should be present in your bucket.
The Slightly Harder, But Much Better Way
If you are a developer that releases code often, you will soon discover that going to the AWS dashboard to upload your code each time is rather frustrating. If only there were a better way… enter AWS CLI. If you haven't installed and configured the AWS CLI yet, follow the instructions here. When configuring your AWS CLI it is strongly recommended that you use an IAM user with proper credentials.
Once you have your CLI installed and configured, open up a terminal and enter the following command but modified for your specific information.
aws s3 sync [path to folder] s3://[unique bucket name] --acl "public-read"
Let's break that down:
- aws: invokes the aws cli.
- s3: invokes the s3 command in the aws cli.
- sync: is the command that tells the cli to sync the local folder with the bucket. Beware, if it isn't in the local folder, it will be removed from the bucket.
- path to folder: this is the path to your local folder. In my case I keep my production code in a folder called dist. This is a sub folder in the root of my project. So, from the root of my project my path would be ./dist/ .
- unique bucket name: for me this is serverless-architecture. So the entire bucket path will be s3://serverless-architecture.
- –acl "public-read": this is important. This adds an ACL to the bucket that allows the bucket to be read publically.
Ok, ready? Hit enter. If all has gone well, you should see your files being uploaded to the bucket. Once this process is complete, you can load up your endpoint in a browser and you should see your page. Mine looks as follows:
If you are hosting a standard multi-page site, that's it! You're done with the basic settings. If you are interested in configuring for an SPA, read on. If not, skip on down to Routing Rules.
Spicing it up with a SPA
Ok, so you're an old pro at hosting static sites on AWS S3. Let's change our scenario a bit. One of the new trends happening is the idea of an SPA (Single Page Application). The idea of an SPA is to have a single page that only reloads specific parts of that page, rather than reloading the entire page upon navigation. Let's add a second page to our site:
When building an SPA with frameworks such as Aurelia or Angular you will deal with client side routing. This is done by using the hash, so a link might look like
serverless-architecture.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/#/page2. When using the hash, the browser knows to use the Index Document so this will work out of the box on AWS.
However, let's be a bit picky. We don't want that # mark in all of our URLs. We want the URLs to be clean and simple and memorable. This can be accomplished as well. Through the use of pushstate, the client framework can update the browser with the proper URL as navigation occurs. Ok, let's turn on pushstate in our SPA.
After that change you can see that the # is now gone from our URL and we can navigate back and forth between pages. Success? Not quite. If I try to refresh page 2, I get something unexpected.
So what's the issue? By turning on pushstate we have removed the # from the URL. This is all well and good when navigating within the application. However, if we do a refresh, the browser looks for a physical page called
page2 in the root of the site. Because we are using a SPA, this page does not actually exist so we get a 404.
This is an easy fix with S3 hosting. If you remember back to the bucket setup we configured the Index Document? Now we are going to take advantage of the Error Document and how S3 handles that routing.
Ok, so here we have set our Error Document to be the same as the Index Document. Because of the rewrite nature of the error page, if S3 throws a 403, which it will when using client side routing for SPAs, it will rewrite to the index page. The index page will then do its magic and route to page2 because it is still the URL in the browser.
Why a 403 and not a 404? The browser throws a 403 because it cannot find the virtual pages of a SPA and then tries to list the directory. Because we do not have listing available to the public, it throws a 403. Remember, this is only happening when a page is being directly hit through an outside link or refreshed at the browser level. Not necessarily edge case, but rare enough that it works for my situation.
Routing Rules
For a bucket based hosting, AWS S3 offers us some very "serverish" functions. One of these functions is the ability to write custom routing rules. For example, let's say you have a page cleverly named
page3. This page is a marketing page and is well known out in the wild. Sadly, the day has come when you need to retire page3 but you don't want to lose all of that SEO "link juice" your page3 has built up. Let's setup a Routing Rule to handle this.
Returning to the S3 dashboard on AWS. Click the magnifying glass to bring up the properties of your bucket. Choose Static Web Hosting and expand Edit Routing Rules under the Enable Website Hosting radio button.
We added the following rules to the text area:
Let's break that down:
- RoutingRules: is the container for rules
- RoutingRule: is a single rule
- Condition: sets the condition that must be met for the rule to be invoked
- Redirect: is what we want to happen when the condition is met
- ReplaceKeyPrefixWith: is what we want to replace our key with.
In plain speak, this says, "Hey, if you get a request for
page3, redirect it to
Routing rules offer a powerful mechanism for handling routing situations, while still allowing us to keep our hosting simple. For more information and examples of Routing Rules please go here.
Domain Redirection
One last thing I would like to show you about S3 hosting is the ability to handle domain redirection. Let's say you have a domain
webecool.com. As the owner of WeBeCool, you have to decide if you want people to reach your domain at
webecool.com or
www.webecool.com. For SEO and maintenance reasons, you don't want both, but you certainly don't want to miss traffic coming in. In S3 hosting, this can be handled. Let's walk through our scenario.
First, let's set up a new bucket called
webecool.com to match our scenario. If possible I like to name my buckets according to the domains they will host. This makes it much easier when addressing this bucket from other services and the AWS CLI. Here is what our new bucket looks like.
Next, we are going to create a new bucket called
www.webecool.com. We are still going to use the Static Website Hosting drop down, but this time we are going to choose the Redirect all requests to another host name radio option.
In the Redirect all requests to field, we are going to enter our desired host name, which in our case is
webecool.com. The hostname we redirect to here is not limited to another bucket. It can be any fully qualified domain name (FQDN). Click Save and you're done.
So now, if a user goes to www.webecool.com, they will get redirected to webecool.com. Now you only need to maintain one bucket and your SEO guy is happy.
One thing to note, in this scenario, I am using specific domain names to make a point. However, to use specific domain names for S3 buckets, rather than the auto-generated ones, you must configure your DNS properly. The easiest way to do this is by using Route 53.
Wrap Up
I hope you have enjoyed this post on hosting with AWS S3. As stated before, this is the first post in a series covering "Building a Serverless Architecture on AWS". Stay tuned for the next installment, where I'll discuss using AWS Cognito as a serverless authentication provider.


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Chickens! As you may or may not have noticed, I was quiet in 2016 while the world lost its marbles. But here's some news!
I am working on a new shiny pop act (with a new name) for later this year, so keep an eye on my Facebook page or sign up to my mailing list for updates. I am busy selling off old equipment to buy new toys, I have recording time planned, and I'm raring to go. Life without music is no life at all, but expect something very different from me for these evil times.
I am proud to announce that I was a finalist in The Furious Gazelle's February Writing Contest for my story 'Him Next Door' - a revenge story for people who love cats. Another story of mine, 'Hallo!', was recently published on Gay Flash Fiction.
All the music is over at Bandcamp.
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This week's recommended reading includes thoughts on the Cornish tourism industry, body image, contraception and more. Cornwall relies on the tourism industry to keep itself going, yet I read an article earlier this week which said that tourism has actually become a problem. Too many people are heading to the same beaches, leading to overcrowding,… Continue reading Saturday Share #54
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Welcome to Saturday Share, where I share my favourite blog posts from the last week. This week it's actually a fortnight's worth of posts as I was busy nerding it up for National Stationery Week last week (sidebar: you can still enter my quill set giveaway until midnight). I've added two more books to my… Continue reading Saturday Share #141
Saturday Share #138
Looking for theatre reviews, reading recommendations and Cornish favourites? You've come to the right place. Here's a selection of blog posts I've loved reading over the last week. Since Hannah Gale's post on the future of blogging, it's been a hot a topic and I took a lot from Cat's post on giving up our… Continue reading Saturday Share #138
Saturday Share #128
You really can find so much awesome advice on the internet. From potty training to travel and life balance to dating, these bloggers have got you covered. I've loved reading about Cat's freelance journey and she's just posted the first part of her tips on writing your own freelance business plan. My favourite travel blogger… Continue reading Saturday Share #128
Saturday Share #124
Tis the season to be jolly, so let's enjoy the snow, have a crack at some Christmas DIYs and set some goals for the new year. Here's a rundown of the blog posts I've loved this week. I'm so jealous of everyone who had proper snow this week but have loved looking at your photo… Continue reading Saturday Share #124
Saturday Share #109
This week I bookmarked over a dozen links that I loved, most of them review/sponsored posts. I know some people have a love/hate relationship with these types of posts but I love it when a blog suits the brand really well, the content is well thought out and I find out about something I might… Continue reading Saturday Share #109
Saturday Share #106
I feel like every time I open Twitter theses days there seems to be more bad blood in the blogosphere, so this weekly update feels more necessary than ever. I love championing my favourite bloggers and sharing posts that have helped or inspired me. First off, 'scuse the little self-promo. I contributed to a fun… Continue reading Saturday Share #106
Saturday Share #105
After missing last week's reading round-up due to a whole host of giveaways (there's still time to win some non-alcoholic goodies and a meal for two!), there's a bumper Saturday Share for you this week. I hosted the #lbloggers chat last week and it inspired the lovely Gwennan to write a post. I've got a… Continue reading Saturday Share #105
Saturday Share #102
My fave posts this week are full of stationery - shock horror! Enjoy :) I've been keeping a gratitude journal for a couple of months now and can totally relate to Natasha's post on the benefits. Gwennan is queen of bujo posts and I loved this one on how it has helped improve her productivity.… Continue reading Saturday Share #102
Saturday Share #95
It's been a busy ol' week in the blogosphere, with plenty of conflict and debate - primarily based around Instagram bots and 'blaggers' - but there's been a lot of positivity too. Here's what I've loved reading this week. Be still my heart (or rather be quiet my tummy!). Cathryn's no-bake lemon and elderflower cheesecake… Continue reading Saturday Share #95


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It's been a while since I've done any physical activity to raise money for A Smile for a Child.
I'm heavier than ever. I'm more unfit than ever.
So this is the obvious time to set myself a small challenge. This might not seem like a challenge to most, especially given the things I have attempted in the past, but for me right now it will be a stretch and then some.
I aim to run 2 miles every day for forty days.
Please sponsor me as much or as little as you like. Motivation will be a challenge for me, so knowing that I'm raising money, I hope, will give me the kick up the bottom I need to get out of the door.
See you in thirty days xx
Please sponsor Beatrice to be Beatrice. She's doing it every day and needs a new chair in April to keep going. There's a wide range of other expenses on the horizon too. A new Wheelchair vehicle, standing frames and so on. The new chair alone is £23,142. Any help you can give will be most appreciated xxxxx.
Here's our original fundraising quest from 2010. She's still with us and she's still awesome!
Beatrice is our beautiful five year old daughter. She is bright and full of life, always wanting to explore the world around her. Beatrice is always happy and ready to greet new people with a smile and a wave.
In July 2010 we received the news that Beatrice has Type II SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). This, amongst other things, means she'll never walk. Gutting, to say the least. It's taken us a while to get used to this (Beatrice doesn't seem overly bothered!!), but we're finaly coming to terms with what it will mean for us - Adaptation of house, change of vehicles - All going to be expensive!
Added to this, we've found out that our local PCT won't fund an appropriate powered chair for Beatrice. One of the key attributes of children with SMA is that they're smart - really smart. I suppose it's a bit of balance. Limited mobility at a young age, however, can limit opportunities for learning and exploring the child's environment. Therefore early access to mobility is imperative - we want Beatrice to have as close to the same mobility as a normal toddler and this can be achieved through a powered chair with height adjustment - but it doesn't come cheap - £20,000. And we have to change the chair every 5 years, so this is an everlasting campaign so that once we've got her mobile, we can keep her mobile! Money raised goes towards equipment/services and anything else that can help improve Beatrice's quality of life.
All donations are made with a non-binding condition that the money will go toward Beatrice.
We can get there with your help - she'll keep whizzing round for a long time :-)
Lots of love,
Andrew, Amy, Beatrice and Henry xxx
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It was recently announced that Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) will be releasing a Japanese version of "Gee" as their second single in Japan. "Gee" was the song that launched the girls to super stardom in Korea and I get the feeling that it'll do the same for them in Japan. Does anyone else think so too? Anyways, a radio-rip of the song has already been released.
I for one am disappointed that they're releasing yet another rehash of one of their Korean songs. What's next? Are they planning to release Oh! and Run Devil Run in Japanese as their 3rd and 4th single followed by the second Korean Album in Japanese too? Hopefully, they won't go down this route. As for "Gee", it took a lot longer for me to get used to unlike "Genie" when I liked it right away. On my first listen, everything felt so broken but I still kept listening to it now I'm addicted to "Gee" all over again. The single is set to be released on October 20.


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Deloitte: Telecom Executives Plan to Invest Millions in Blockchain Research
The results of a survey conducted by Deloitte show that 40 percent of executives from the Telecom, Media, and Tech (TMT) industry wish to invest millions in blockchain research in the near future.
Published Tuesday morning, the results of the survey – included in a report from the firm's Center for Technology, Media, and Telecom – show how the blockchain technology can be applied across sectors in the TMT space.
The researchers behind the findings surveyed 1053 executives in 7 different countries, out of which 180 were from TMT firms. The researchers found that about 84 percent of the total respondents believe that "blockchain will broadly scale and reach mainstream adoption".
According to the report, roughly about 59 percent of the respondents believe that blockchain has the potential to disrupt their respective industries, and 29 percent said they had already joined a blockchain consortium.
Furthermore, the findings by Deloitte suggest that the overall interest in the nascent technology has grown exponentially. In its report, the firm predicted that revenue for blockchain firms has a good possibility to grow from $340Mln in 2017 to as much as $2.3Bln in a couple of years.
The report by the firm featured other data points highlighting some figures on the financing side of things. For example, in the first 6 months of 2018 alone, blockchain startups have received funds from venture capitalists to the tune of $1.3 billion.
The researchers also found that many developers are also looking into blockchain technology, stating that since 2009, the number of blockchain-based projects on GitHub, an open-source development platform, has grown exponentially.
According to the firm, in 2016 alone, developers produced more than 27,000 blockchain projects.
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As Age Concern Lancashire launches its What the Flock campaign, a volunteer reveals how important it is to be part of the charity's befriender scheme.
Read more: Meet Lonk the sheep who will help lonely people feel less alone as Age Concern Lancashire launches What the Flock campaign
Kate Rosindale, 37, of Ashton, has been a befriender with Age Concern since last year and has struck up a strong friendship with 95-year-old Freda, from Plungington.
She says: "Having felt loneliness before, it breaks my heart to know what a huge problem it is in today's society.
"It's not just imagining all those people feeling so empty and alone, it's knowing what an impact that will be having on their physical and mental health and therefore on our communities.
"For me, befriending is a small but meaningful way to try to help with this.
"Freda lives with chronic pain that is caused by arthritis and a trapped nerve.
"Freda's son had learning difficulties and lived with her until he died in 2017, aged 57.
"She catches up weekly with her sister but it has to be over the phone rather than in person, even though they are only a mile apart, because they are both housebound. She looks forward to seeing her brother who visits from down south every few months.
"There are a couple of family members who regularly come to see Freda, and she occasionally gets out to the shops with their help.
"Despite all this, Freda's days are long and lonely.
"Can you imagine what it's like, spending day after day staring at the same four walls and struggling to even move freely around your own home?
Read more: Cartoonist Tony Husband supports Age Concern Lancashire's What the Flock campaign after his dad experienced loneliness through dementia
Visit www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/WTFLancashire.
"As Freda's befriender, I visit on a weekly basis during my Friday lunch hour.
"Through this small window I see how hard life can be for her at times.
"I'd describe visiting Freda as humbling, thought-provoking and sometimes upsetting. But it's also uplifting, fun and good for the soul.
"During the past year and a half, Freda and I have become more than members of a befriending service; we have become friends.
"Never mind the 58-year age gap - we have a natter, we catch up about what's been going on in our lives and in the world, and we love doing jigsaws together.
"Occasionally there are tears, usually of frustration, but we always end up in fits of giggles at least once or twice during our hour together.
"For me it's interesting to speak to Freda about her life in days gone by – from her growing up in the 1920s to living through the war, and from her role as a mother to four children to her many varied jobs including confectioner and bus conductor.
"I know Freda thinks about the past a lot. She can't believe how she's ended up like this, housebound, when she remembers all the things she used to love doing, like swimming, dancing and walking round the markets.
"I know Freda has felt lonelier since her son died.
"She misses having someone to talk to, especially in the winter.
"She tries to do little bits, like cleaning and ironing, to keep herself occupied and stave off the boredom. She's a fan of TV soaps, but she doesn't like reading because she falls asleep, so if there's nothing good on TV she'll just go to bed.
"A lot of the time Freda feels like there's nothing to look forward to.
"At least I know my weekly visit does give her that. She tells me it makes a big difference to have a visit as it's a bit of company and it helps pass the day on.
"It's always hard to leave Freda because I know I'm leaving her on her own again.
"But I try to focus on the positive impact of the time we spend together, and on the friendship that we have built, despite how "different our lives are.
"I'd like to finish by saying how proud I am to be involved in the befriending service, but more than anything how proud I am to call Freda my friend."


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+Damn, son. . . +
Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson {circa. 1933}
by George Hoyningen-Heune //seminal art photography of the 1920s & 30s
Stay {STYLE-WISE}
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+Damn, son. . . +
Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson {circa. 1933}
by George Hoyningen-Heune //seminal art photography of the 1920s & 30s
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Until next time,
1920s bad ass Paris bedroom interior.
exotic art luxe.
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Edgar Allen Poe, A Dream Within A Dream
Until we meet again,
It's a pervasively positive outlook on life, really; one that begs you to be free. The most unique thing you can be, really, is yourself, and no God or society should hold that against you. It's your right.
It is a philosophy embraced by millions around the world, and a magic realist way of living that has influenced countless art forms in the last century; most especially music, with Crowley being a inspiration to The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, and countless numbers of heavy metal rock groups.
It's a doctrine as old as time itself, really, and with the re-release of Crowley's Original Wax Recordings by Mr. Suit we felt it to be the perfect inspiration for a little vintage photographic inspiration- {PHOTOBLAST}, as we like to call it here, at The Eye of Faith.
After all, it's been a long while since we've featured one of our timeless collages of vintage musings on the site, and just thought- you know what, you guys are worth it!!
So, please, whatever you do- ENJOY!
And, always remember
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whatever you do.
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Known as "The Personality Girl", Annette Hanshaw was a popular chanteuse of the 1920s who brought a modern spirit to the classic ingenue. She was signed with Pathe records, and later married label executive Herman Rose, effectively retiring from entertainment altogether.
While for many years it was believed the actress had begun her singing career shortly after her 16th birthday, it has been recently revealed that, in fact, Hanshaw was born in 1901, and not 1910, making her 25 at the time of her first recording in 1926.
She was a prolific performer (with over 780 recordings!), and made records under dozens of pseudonyms including Gay Ellis for sentimental songs, Dot Dare and Patsy Young (for Betty Boop impressions), as well as Ethel Bingham, Marion Lee, Janet Shaw, and Lelia Sandford. And while she made an attempt at a comeback later in her life, the demos were never released.
We bring you now her 1929 classic "Pagan Love Song" to drift away with, and help enjoy the day. . . her voice is the pinnacle of that 1920s sound, and is as fresh and true as ever. It's the perfect song for these hot and lazy summer days.
Please enjoy, and look for more of Annette Hanshaw's wonderful recordings (we are blessed to have them) !
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Found this gem last night, and wanted to share it on the site. It's been a while since we had a good old fashioned {MUSIC MINUTE} (granted our last {STYLE WISE} was also a {MUSIC MINUTE}) – but here's another gem for your listening pleasure.
{Sublime & Disturbing – Otto Dix}
It's called "I'm Doing What I'm Doing for Love" by Teddy Kline and His Orchestra ft. The Two Jazzers. Especially with the release of this year's "The Great Gatsby" (was that good? I can't decide), I expect to see more and more of the 1920s seep into our everyday so be warned! Best get into the mood with a mean hot jazz tune like this one which beats the shit out of any of the jazz mixes in "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack.
I wish it had been more like the Mia Farrow/Robert Redford version, but that's a whole other post . . . the point is, I began to realize a song like this would have been the same kind of hit pop tune that today we'd be all into for a month and then move on to the next . . .
Hoping this helps it from being forgotten! And I'm going to find more cool stuff like this to share in the {FUTURE}
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Oh, the 1920s, how I love thee so. You must check out this incredibly silly, weird, and wonderful crazy flapper beach ballet to the tune "Come into the Water". The ladies are rehearsing tirelessly for the upcoming Orphans' Benefit.
The clip starts off with some impressively fluid camera movement along the bustling shoreline, revealing all the beach fun that could be had in 1929 including beach volleyball and the charleston! Some things never change . . .
It's just a short clip, this one. Just enough to make you smile. Check it out!
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When I first saw the trailers for "The Artist", shortly after it's premier at the Cannes Film Festival that would lead to Jean Dujardin's Best Actor win at the prestigious art festival, I was not impressed. Silly folly, I thought. Reductive (Thanks, Madonna). Wasted Inspiration. How could this "NEW" silent film set in th 20s really make a splash? There was no way, in my mind, that the audiences of 2011 would really appreciate the novelty…but surprisingly, they did!
Don't know what it is about this one (as I'm still stubbornly NOT seeing it) that really taps a chord with everyone these days, but one thing is certain we have a hit on our hands! Picking up seven wins at the British Academy Awards last night, the film is continuing it's unbeatable winning streak all the way to the Oscars.
Granted, the recreation of the 1920s looks great (especially costumes by first-time Academy Award nominee Mark Bridges, who painstakingly recreated designs from the 20s), not to mention Du Jardin's charisma and winning smile, but there seems to be something so defeatist about watching a silent film made in 2012.
Why do I need to see this? I have seen many silent films, some of which are the most impressive pieces of film making, or dare I say ART, I've ever seen: "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920), "Birth of a Nation"(1915) , "Intolerance"(1916), "The Gold Rush"(1925), "Metropolis"(1927), "Voyage to the Moon" (1902), and "Pandora's Box" (1929) are all some of the most important films ever made, as well as full of some of the most visually arresting images of all time.
All these films were made before sound became an unstoppable force in making movies. Before this time, the power of image and word, and the novelty of the moving image was enough to begin a revolution that would become Hollywood. And don't think that because these films were made without sound that they are PG fair, because most silent classics are full of adultery, scandal, ghosts, vampires, drugs, sex, violence, and witches- all the things we love at The Eye of Faith, minus the rock n' roll!
Watching the films of that time are magical in itself, as it's probablly the closest any of us could ever get to time travel in our lifetime. It's fascinating getting lost in Louise Miller's beautiful bow lips, or catching Valentino's devilish gaze- these celluloid dreams are the closest thing we have to these faded idols of yesteryear and their long lonst lost time. Having been made on film, we are getting a literal imprint of a moment in time playing out before our eyes. Absolute magic!
Back in those days, they didn't have any of the technology we have today to make movies- all you had was a team full of people and a whole lot of passion to try to tell your story. Even "The Artist" couldn't escape from having the shoot the film first in Colour, to then digitally manipulate the film to the lauded black and white photogrpahy being praised today.
Back in the 1920s, there is no way they would have shot a film only to have to redo it completely somewhere else; if time meant money now, time really meant money in those days- but today in 2012, I'm afraid that time for these jewels only means edging closer and closer to obscurity.
Ultimately, it's about love for movies in general. I cannot fault director Michel Hazanavicius' vision, bringing his ode to Silent Era to the masses, and hopefully with it's growing popularity the film can also bring some love to the real classics of the 1910s and 1920s. However, I can't help but think "The Artist" may even further dampened our view of the true days of Hollywood Babylon. Reductive.
Many people, like myself, see all the promos for "The Artist" and can't see past the gimmick of it all. (I mean, REALLY?!!) Hopefully this doesn't taint the idea of watching a real classic- seeing as you can watch a "NEW" one. Or maybe I'm being much too cynical and everything is jolly! It's great to see so much love for the past, in general though. Perhaps simply, the time of nostalgia has really struck.
Throughout the years, silent films have provided an endless source of inspiration. Luckily, many silent films are being restored and archived so future generations can enjoy the magic of the past. Watching a silent film, you can almost feel lucky, as if somehow you have found a hidden doorway to the past, and luckily you can stay there (at least for an hour or two).
Lest we forget from whence we came, and enjoy a piece of the puzzle today!
We've included a scene from 1928's "The Laughing Man" (a precursor to Batman's iconic villain The Joker) for your viewing pleasure.
[And if you have a lot of time on your hand OpenFlix on Youtube has a ton of Full Length classic films for Free including the 1922 Swedish Documentary HAXAN on the History of Witchcraft!!! Silent and Spooky. Click Here.]
Now you have a good trajectory. So, have fun!!!
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How to Carve a Turkey
How to Carve a Turkey
MET's David Tomov-Strock shows us how it's done
If the thought of carving that Thanksgiving Day bird makes you blanch, David Tomov-Strock has some advice.
The most important tip: use a sharp knife. "The first time I tried to do it, I used a chef's knife that was not sharp enough," says Tomov-Strock (CAS'03, MET'13), who teaches Metropolitan College's Cooking Up Culture Program for children. "So, I really just mauled that turkey. There were shreds of meat everywhere. But once you have a sharp knife, all the rest falls into place, because you can cut it as thin as you'd like and it looks attractive."
The second tip is more of a reminder: a turkey is not simply a bigger chicken. "When you roast a chicken, the meat falls off the bone more easily," he says. "You could almost pry it apart with a fork and still get beautiful pieces. But with a turkey, you really do have to cut it in order to get all those pieces."
Tomov-Strock honed his own turkey-carving skills while a student in MET's Master of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy program. "My parents had the idea—if you're into cooking, why not cook us Thanksgiving dinner?" he says.
These days, he coordinates programs for the food and wine experiential programs at MET. He helps with events in the programs' demonstration kitchen—Lidia Bastianich, the host of WGBH-TV's Lidia's Italy, a cookbook author, and a restaurateur, was in recently, taping a show—and teaches children and alumni. At Winterfest last year, he led a class on the food of the Balkans. This semester, he taught children kitchen skills and introduced them to dishes from Thailand. He loves it.
"A lot of these kids come in having not really done much in the kitchen," Tomov-Strock says. "They're afraid of the fire, they're afraid of oil splashing on them or of using a knife. And some don't have any experience eating cuisine outside of what they're used to at home. It can be a real shock to them."
At the same time, he says, the children are always open to trying anything. Their reaction to the dishes from a recent class on Ghana, some of them spicy, surprised him. "We had toned it down for the kids, but it still had a good kick to it," he says. "And the kids were coming up for seconds and even thirds. They loved it."
Tomov-Strock's childhood experiences with food were the opposite of some of his students'. Although there wasn't much of a culinary scene in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where he grew up, mealtimes at home were anything but bland. His journalist father had lived in Mexico, Vietnam, and Hong Kong, and his mother is from the Philippines. "I was eating sushi as a kid, when nobody had even heard of it," he says.
He began thinking about food as a career while working in BU's Financial Assistance office. The MET master's in gastronomy caught his eye. He took his first class, the history of food, and fell in love. For his capstone, he left his job to enter the intensive, semester-long Certificate Program in the Culinary Arts. Students have the opportunity to work with practicing chefs, like master chef Jacques Pépin (Hon.'11), a MET instructor, a renowned author, and a television cooking show host, who cofounded MET's MLA in Gastronomy program with Julia Child (Hon.'76). "He is one of the few chefs remaining who went through the French apprentice system," says Tomov-Strock. "And you can see how that training really benefited him. Look up a video of him mincing garlic. It's incredible to watch."
That leads us to Tomov-Strock's third suggestion—on where to carve the turkey: in the kitchen or at the dinner table. He prefers the latter. "The whole roasted bird on your table is very impressive," he says. "It reminds you of the bounty that we're celebrating at Thanksgiving."
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1. It hurts when you have someone in your heart, but you can't have them in your arms
2. one of the best feelings in the world is when you hug the person you love and they hug you tighter ❤
3. Great minds contain ideas, solutions and reasons; scientific minds contain formula, theories and figures; my mind contains only you!
4. You're as sweet as bailey as strong as tequila as warm as cognac as exotic as malibu as heady as a cocktail & as special as as a champagne. I am simply drunk on U
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7. If you ever asked me how many times you've crossed my mind, I would say once. Because you came, and never left.
8. I went to bed smiling cause I knew I would dream about you but I woke up smiling cause I knew you weren't a dream.
9. I don't want to be your 'favorite', or your 'best', I want to be your only and forget the rest.
10. When you love someone, it's something. When someone loves you, it's another thing. When you love the person who loves you back, it's everything.
11. Sometimes we let affection,go unspoken. Sometimes we let our love go unexpressed. Sometimes we can't find words to tell our feelings. Especially towards those we love the best
12. So there's this girl. She's beautiful, funny, has a great personality, and guess what? She's reading this right now.
13. My love for you is a journey, starting at forever and ending at never
14. There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.
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[Satnews] Fully integrated geoscience company, CGG, has extended its contract with Marlink for customized Sealink VSAT services for an additional five years.
As part of the agreement, Marlink will continue to deliver dual C-/Ku-band connectivity to support efficient operations on CGG's high-end survey vessels, mainly operating in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and South East Asia. CGG offers a complete range of marine acquisition services, providing high-end broadband solutions, state-of-the-art narrow-, wide- and full-azimuth towed-streamer exploration, development and 4D seismic surveys and complementary non-seismic techniques such as gravity and magnetic surveys. In partnership with its seabed joint venture, CGG also provides hybrid node-streamer surveys and seamless acquisition from deep to shallow water.
Marlink connects CGG vessels to its recently upgraded iDirect VSAT network platform, including X7 modems, further enabling the company to use its connectivity for smart operations, leading to reduced operational costs whilst increasing crew and client satisfaction and supporting compliance for safety processes and regulations. The longstanding relationship between Marlink and CGG and the effectiveness of the recent connectivity upgrade supported CGG's decision to continue operations using Sealink customized VSAT services. CGG reports that, following the upgrade, one of its key clients, a major oil and gas producer, declared the broadband facilities on board as "Best-in-class."
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